June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1115 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

IN HONOR OF MRS. SALLIE rights cases, as well as pro bono services for ZACKY COLD STORAGE GROWTH LANGSETH FOR HER INDUCTION the NAACP. Hilbert is a noted trial lawyer and WARMS FRESNO ECONOMY INTO THE NATIONAL TEACHERS has had a distinguished career as a deputy HALL OF FAME, DEER PARK, TX prosecutor, corporation counsel, and interim HON. GEORGE P. RADANOVICH judge and mediator. OF CALIFORNIA HON. KEN BENTSEN In 1987, Hilbert founded the Indiana Coali- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXAS tion for Black Judicial Officials, and he serves Wednesday, June 19, 1996 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as the group's general chairman today. The Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, a major Wednesday, June 19, 1996 organization's purpose is to increase the num- ber of black judicial officials in the State of In- California poultry producer, Zacky Farms, is Mr. BENTSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor diana. The Indiana Coalition for Black Judicial embarking on an expansion plan in coopera- Mrs. Sallie Langseth of Pasadena, TX, who Officials organizes statewide public awareness tion with the city of Fresno, and I am pleased will be inducted into the National Teachers campaigns which have resulted in an in- to bring it to the attention of my colleagues. Hall of Fame in Emporia, KS, on June 22, creased number of black referees and judges Zacky Farms is an engine of economic en- 1996. She is one of five educators in the pro tem, the election of a black judge to the terprise in my 19th Congressional District. In country being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Lake County Superior Court, the appointment sharing the following article from the Fresno It is a particular honor to recognize Mrs. of Robert Rucker, the first African-American to Bee, written by business news reporter San- Langseth because she was named Texas' serve on the Indiana Court of Appeals, Fifth ford Nax, I salute the men and women of Teacher of the Year in 1995. I cannot think of District, and Myra Selby, the first female and Zacky Farms and wish them well as they grow a more deserving recipient of this award. the first African-American to serve on the Indi- and add value to our community. Mrs. Langseth is the first teacher from a ana Supreme Court. [From the Fresno Bee, June 6, 1996] Texas school district to be inducted into the ZACKY FARMS EXPANSION EXPECTED TO ADD Hilbert also cofounded the Fair Share Orga- National Teachers Hall of Fame. Mrs. 200 JOBS nization in 1958. Its purpose was to assure Langseth taught in the Pasadena School Dis- (By Sanford Nax) trict from 1969 to 1972 and has since taught that black people receive their fair share of the fruits of American democracy. One major ac- The latest expansion by Zacky Farms will in the Deer Park School District. She has dis- generate 200 new jobs, with more to come as tinguished herself through her innovative complishment of the organization was the em- the poultry producer puts even deeper roots teaching methods and her dedication to her ployment of the first black managers of a into Fresno. students, and her ability to help them under- major chain store, the A&P, in Gary. A 75,000-square-foot addition to its Empire stand problems. Her teaching goes well be- Outside of the legal profession, Hilbert has Cold Storage plant at East and California yond the classroom, including hosting study reached out to several civic organizations. streets will add 13 million pounds of storage. groups in her home and tutoring former stu- Also, 5,000 square feet of space is being Hilbert's distinguished memberships include: added to the East Street turkey-processing dents who are having difficulty with their col- lifetime memberships of the NAACP and the operation in a related project, said Ken Rut- lege math courses. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; the Urban League ledge, vice president and general manager of Mrs. Langseth's tremendous dedication in of Northwest Indiana; St. Timothy Community Zacky Farms. serving her students and our community is Church; Calumet Inn of Court; James C. Together, the two expansions will increase consistent with the highest degree of profes- Kimbrough Law Association; the Lake County Zacky’s local work force by about 200. The sionalism. I join her students, their parents, Bar Association; the Indiana State Bar Asso- poultry processor employs about 2,400 people her colleagues, and our entire community in ciation. He also serves as a board member for in Fresno and is one of the largest private thanking her for all that she has done for the employers in the county. the Methodist Hospitals. Many of the turkeys supplied to Zacky are young people of Pasadena and Deer Park. Moreover, he has received local and na- raised in Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Madera She truly belongs in the National Teachers tional recognition for having excelled in his counties. California is its largest market. Hall of Fame. profession. In 1994, Hilbert received the Na- The expansion of the cold-storage plant f tional NAACP William Ming Award, the should be complete in October. The addition to the turkey processing plant should be TRIBUTE TO HILBERT L. BRADLEY Valparaiso University Black Law Students As- done in January. sociation Education and Civil Rights Award, The projects, which will total about $12 the Omega Psi Phi Inc. Citizen of the Year million, are among the $124 million worth of HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY Award, and the Phi Delta Kappa (Beta Mu investment Zacky plans to make in Fresno OF INDIANA Chapter) Outstanding Service and Leadership in the next 20 years, Rutledge said. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Award. In 1992, Hilbert was inducted into the Zacky operates turkey and chicken plants Wednesday, June 19, 1996 Steel City Hall of Fame, and, in 1991 and in Fresno, and the investments could lead to 1958, he received the NAACP Mary White 3,400 new jobs over 20 years, city officials Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is the be- said. lief of many that we are all put on this Earth Ovington Award. Hilbert is the only member to Ruledge said an expanded freezer will en- for a reason. Mr. Hilbert L. Bradley has ac- whom the Gary branch has twice presented able Zacky to store all of its produce inter- complished his mission in life after spending a this award. In 1990, Hilbert was presented nally rather than contracting some of it out lifetime working unselfishly to improve the with the Gary Frontiers Drum Major Award, to a public freezer as it now does. The addi- the Focus 2000 Great Garyite Award, the tional 5,000 square feet at the processing lives of citizens in the city of Gary, as well as plant will allow Zacky to consolidate func- the entire State of Indiana. In a congratulatory NAACP Community Service Award, and the Tolleston Community Council Service Award. tions that are divided between two buildings, celebration, the community of Indiana's First he said. Congressional District will gather on Sunday, As Hilbert reflects back on his career and The expansions also will make Zacky’s op- June 23, 1996, for a testimonial dinner to community activism, he can hold his head eration more energy-efficient and will reduce honor Hilbert. This dinner will take place at high and be proud of his accomplishments. water consumption. ‘‘This new equipment is Marquette on the Lagoon in Gary, IN. Hilbert is a true role model for all young pro- very efficient,’’ Rutledge said. As an attorney dedicated to his profession, fessionals and citizens. Mr. Speaker, I ask you Zacky’s ‘‘grand plan’’ in Fresno is being accomplished with help from city officials and a community activist dedicated to the and my other distinguished colleagues to join through a development incentive agree- well-being of others, Hilbert has tirelessly led me in honoring Hilbert Bradley for his unself- ments. the fight for equal opportunity, and civil and ish dedication to make Indiana's First Con- In such agreements, companies get a credit human rights protections for all people. He gressional District, as well as the entire Na- for some development fees against the pro- has provided legal counsel in landmark civil tion, a better place in which to work and live. jected increase in tax payments. These

∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. E1116 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 agreements are common with large manufac- sistant chief of staff for installation manage- ACTING TO SHAPE THE FUTURE turing companies that make significant con- ment. I asked him how rare it was that (By Alex Machaskee) tributions to the tax base and have large Picatinny hit the grand slam of military awards. I want to express my thanks to Donald work forces. Newhouse, who addressed this Congress in ‘‘They provide the necessary incentive to ``It is a milestone, because most of the time the larger installationsÐthe Fort BenningsÐ Berlin in 1993 and ‘‘nominated’’ me to pro- encourage expansion and relocation,’’ said vide an update on the message he shared at Bill Evans, vice president of the Fresno are the top-dog winners. To have a smaller in- that time. As you certainly know by now, County Economic Development Corp. stallation like Picatinny come in and win all this year’s theme is ‘‘Vision for the Future,’’ Any program that generates new jobs is three really is precedent-setting.'' and those of you who were in Berlin three welcome in a county where the labor pool is I couldn't say it any better myself. years ago may recall that Donald conveyed expanding at twice the pace of job creation. On Memorial Day, we'll salute and remem- his own ‘‘vision for the future’’ at that time. Zacky Farms began business in Los Ange- ber the men and women who gave the ulti- Donald expressed the hope that his young les in 1928 and expanded its operations to grandson, Andrew, and his peers will still re- Central California and the Fresno area in mate sacrifice for this Nation. And when we do, we often think of veterans and those who ceive their news from newspapers when they 1971. are adults. Grandfather Donald expressed an- f currently serve our Nation in the armed serv- other hope for the future as well—that An- ices. drew wouldn’t be his only grandchild! Well, I TRIBUTE TO PICATINNY ARSENAL The men and women at Picatinny Arsenal am pleased to report to you that Donald’s vi- are these people. They build the munitions sion is already coming true. First, as an in- HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN and armaments that our soldiers in Bosnia dustry, we are beginning to successfully ad- dress the challenges we must meet if news- OF NEW JERSEY and throughout the world are using. They as- sure that we have the best technology and papers are to retain their vital place in our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES world and in the world of our children and arms to keep the peace. Wednesday, June 19, 1996 grandchildren. Second—and of equal impor- When I traveled to Bosnia in December and tance to Donald—young Andrew now has a Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, when met with our troops on the eve of their deploy- little brother, Alexander, giving Donald two ``Braveheart'' won the Oscar for best motion ment, I saw determination, professionalism, grandsons! picture this year, everyone knew about it, be- and a willingness to do the job. When Sec- Back in 1993, Donald talked about the need cause an Oscar is the top award for the mo- retary Perry led the thundering and raucous for newspapers to ‘‘constantly reinvent our- tion picture industry. The Emmys, the Tonys, applause to congratulate Picatinny employees selves,’’ and he suggested five ‘‘seismic the Pulitzers, the Nobels, and others are just changes’’ that all of us in the industry must for being the best of the best, I saw joy and address. He mentioned (1) competition from like it. We recognize these awards and imme- pride of a job well done. mass marketers; (2) database marketing; (3) diately equate them with excellence and un- Congratulations, Picatinny. I salute you, and consolidation among retailers; (4) magazines paralleled achievement in a certain field of en- salute those who gave their lives and those and cable television focusing on narrower de- deavor. They represent the ``creme de la who have defended our country on this Memo- mographic groups; and (5) the multi-year re- creme,'' the best of the best. And when people rial Day. cession which, fortunately, is now behind us. win them, they receive well-deserved recogni- f Donald cited The Plain Dealer as a case tion. study in dealing with these seismic changes. But 2 weeks ago, a group of neighbors, ACTING TO SHAPE THE FUTURE: Much of what he talked about was still in MACHASKEE ADDRESSES WORLD process at the time—most significantly the friends, relatives, and peers in our community construction of our $200 million, state-of-the- who work at Picatinny Arsenal won the top NEWSPAPER CONGRESS art production and distribution center. So, military awards for installation excellence, and Donald suggested that an update of our vi- no one seemed to notice. In fact, they won the HON. LOUIS STOKES sion of the future might be in order. top three awards, including the highly coveted Before I bring you up to date, I believe we OF OHIO all could agree that since 1993, two addi- President's awardÐan extremely rare feat in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the military and one which is referred to as the tional factors have had a crucial impact on Wednesday, June 19, 1996 our industry: the dramatic increase in news- Triple Crown in the hallowed halls of the Pen- print prices, which have skyrocketed 55% in tagon. At the ceremony, I sat next to Senator Mr. STOKES. Mr. Speaker, just recently, the the United States since Donald addressed the STROM THURMONDÐwho's served in the Sen- 49th World Newspaper Congress gathered in Congress; and the intensifying competition ate longer than anyone elseÐand even he Washington, DC. Using the theme, ``Vision for for people’s time and attention, especially was shaking his head in amazement that one the Future,'' the group addressed the chal- from the Internet. Nearly 30 years ago, when base won all the awards. lenges which must be met if newspapers are I was promotion manager at The Plain Deal- I was fortunate to have been with base to retain their vital place in the world. er, I told a marketing group: ‘‘Intelligent commander Brig. Gen. James W. Boddie, One of the highlights of the World News- and foresighted planning permits the mar- keting-oriented newspaper to act to shape its Rockaway Mayor John Inglesino, and a group paper Congress was a keynote address deliv- future rather than react to save its very ex- of Picatinny employees when they received ered by Alex Machaskee, the president and istence.’’ That message is really at the heart the Army's top award, and I must admit it was publisher of the Plain Dealer newspaper which of the philosophy that drives us at The Plain an awesome explosion of pride. Military brass serves my congressional district. Mr. Dealer. Throughout our organization, we are up to and including Secretary of Defense Wil- Machaskee has enjoyed a distinguished ca- acting to shape our future—to protect our liam Perry clapped long and loud, saluted time reer at the Plain Dealer, which spans approxi- news-on-paper franchise and to ensure our and again, and sat up and took notice of the mately 36 years, serving at the helm as presi- role as a primary provider of information for success of Picatinny Arsenal. dent and publisher since 1990. The news- my own grandchildren, as well as Andrew and Alexander. The Defense Department created these paper has maintained a daily circulation level When we set out several years ago to ‘‘re- awards to recognize excellence and to reward of approximately 400,000 and a Sunday cir- invent’’ The Plain Dealer, we determined improvement in quality, performance, and pro- culation of 550,000. Among major metropolitan that we needed to produce a more relevant ductivity. The criteria that is used is exactly newspapers in the United States, the Plain newspaper for current and potential sub- the same that private businesses are rated on Dealer ranks first in circulation penetration in scribers and that we had to create the capa- when being judged for the prestigious Malcolm the home county. bility to provide quality color reproduction Baldridge Awards for Quality. for advertisers, better sectionalizing and In his remarks at the World Newspaper more zoning availabilities for target market- But what makes this achievement much Congress, Mr. Machaskee outlined how the ing. Key to the strategy we developed was more amazing is that all of this took place dur- Plain Dealer is meeting the current global the ‘‘reallocation of resources’’ from redun- ing what Secretary Perry called in his remarks competition. He said, in part, dant manufacturing and distribution activi- ``the toughest times in the U.S. military.'' In- We are exploring and entering new areas to ties to areas that would improve the content deed, several top officers told stories of the meet changing needs and a changing world. of the newspaper. We knew that enhancing pain and reality of working in the times of Indeed, in all that we do, we are acting to our core product was the most essential com- base closures and defense downsizing, when shape our future so it does not become nec- ponent of our strategy. After all, the finest both civilian and military employment rolls are essary to react to save our existence. facilities and technologies in the world mean nothing unless the quality of the content is being reduced. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to share the en- there. ``You can't cut excellence,'' said Lt. Col. Carl tire text of Mr. Machaskee's remarks with my So we adopted the phrase ‘‘Leadership in Smith, in reference to the shrinking military. colleagues and others throughout the Nation. editorial excellence’’—not only as a pro- Smith is a staff officer who works for the as- It represents worthwhile and insightful reading. motional tagline emblazoned on our trucks June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1117 but as an attitude. We invested in people, 1994—and things went so smoothly that it of that it went into extra innings, ending adding 75 reporters and editors at a time was almost a ‘‘non-event.’’ The changeover after 2 o’clock in the morning. Many Cleve- when other newspapers were cutting back on happened to coincide with the similarly ex- landers didn’t get to bed until 3 o’clock or stall. We added or enhanced a number of edi- citing and successful opening of a new ball- later. But thanks to the flexibility of our torial features and sections aimed at specific park for our red-hot Cleveland Indians in plant, some latitude in our deadlines and a demographic targets, including minorities, downtown Cleveland. To most of our readers, lot of hustle on the part of our staff and our women and teen-agers. We also opened three our front-page headline the next morning independent distributors, most of our readers bureaus in outlying counties as part of our seemed to refer to the opening of the ball- woke up just a couple of hours later to the commitment to in-depth coverage of the 125 park and Cleveland’s opening-day victory: complete game story and color action shots communities in our primary circulation ‘‘Just perfect,’’ it said. But for us at The in The Plain Dealer. area. We began to provide more local news Plain Dealer, the headline had a second, The power of color is the big story in Ad- and features, including increased coverage of more personal meaning. vertising. Major retailers tell us that, with- scholastic sports at 176 high schools. ‘‘News As proud as we are of the Tiedeman facil- out question, color ads move more product. from around the world and around the cor- ity, we know that shaping the future re- One of the most dramatic results, in fact, ner’’ became our hallmark as well as a pro- quires doing much more than building a new came from a department store that directly motional slogan. plant. That is why we are constantly ‘‘re- linked a color ad to a 45 percent increase in Not only did we change our product, but we inventing’’ and fine-tuning our primary sales of a particular fragrance. Timeliness of fundamentally changed the way we produce product and the way we produce and distrib- advertising, too, can be dramatically effec- and distribute it. In the late 1980’s we began ute it. In the editorial area, we introduced a tive. One Friday night last September when a planning process to identify and eliminate major graphic redesign in 1994, including not the Indians clinched the division champion- contract language that was an impediment only easier-to-read body type, but a com- ship, The Plain Dealer had special advertis- to effectively managing the work force and pletely new headline face designed for us spe- ing pages ready to put on the presses—IF the implementing changes in technology. Con- cifically for offset reproduction. We also con- Indians won. This required reconfiguring the siderable time and effort were put into devel- tinually develop additional features that tar- presses on deadline, but planning and team- oping an operational change plan based on get specific demographic groups. Over the work by Production, Advertising and Edi- how we would operate if we had no contrac- past 18 months, for example, these have in- torial and the capabilities of the new plant tual limitations and restrictions to deal cluded weekly sections devoted to Family, combined to make it possible. As a result, with. This exercise was particularly impor- Personal Finance/Personal Technology, On advertisers found crowds of baseball fans tant as we planned our new production facil- Campus, Driving and others, as well as Com- waiting for their doors to open on Saturday ity. The end result of that exercise was a 33- munity pages twice a week. morning. And within hours, those customers page document that served as our guide for Our teen section, which we call ‘‘NEXT,’’ snatched up millions of dollars’ worth of setting bargaining goals and objectives and was redesigned and expanded by editors who championship jackets, T-shirts and caps. for implementing and managing change over involved teen-agers extensively in the proc- Advertisers are very pleased with results the next several years. ess. We also have undertaken a number of like these, and so are we. In fact, in retail In two very successful rounds of negotia- major special sections for such events as the display alone, our color ad revenues were up tions, we won more favorable contract terms Major League Baseball playoffs, the opening 17 percent from 1994 to 1995. Color revenues and phased in a program of voluntary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Cleve- from national advertising, while starting buyouts in the manufacturing and distribu- land’s bicentennial celebration. from a smaller base, were up 90 percent. And tion areas of our operation. The first major One project we are especially proud of is classified advertisers—particularly auto component of the ‘‘reinvention’’ of The Plain ‘‘What Makes Cleveland, Cleveland!’’—48 dealers—are seeing the benefits of using spot Dealer was the phased-in opening of 19 stra- pages of color photography featuring our and full color. But color isn’t the only story, tegically located circulation depots, where metropolitan area through the eyes of our as we continually work to identify appro- newspapers could be trucked in bulk by our photographers. This was a very special sec- priate new products and services in an effort drivers for pickup by independent distribu- tion for several reasons. For one, it was a to provide marketing solutions for our ad- tors. The distribution of newspapers to de- great device for showcasing our color capa- vertisers. Our Marketing Database now has pots would allow the use of a two-part run bilities and the talents of our photo staff. well over one million names and addresses, system when the new plant opened, with Even more importantly, it was great testi- appended with a broad array of demographic classified and feature sections being printed mony to Editorial and Advertising working and lifestyle information from quality early in the evening and main news and together. At the time, a major national re- sources. In a joint effort between Advertising sports printed several hours later. The de- tailer, Target stores, was entering the Cleve- and Circulation, we are working rapidly to- pots were all fully operational a year before land market and was looking for a way to ward the day when we can actually deliver the plant opened, giving us ample time to top off its marketing plan. Target became an address-specific product. In the mean- work out bugs in the system. the only sponsor of the section, which later time, we are constantly exploring opportuni- This transition, which included a $3.5 mil- earned a major local advertising award as ties to utilize this wealth of information to lion conversion of our fleet, meant we had well as the National Printing Industries of help our advertisers achieve their marketing fewer trucks, going to fewer places—so we America award for best four-color printing objectives. were able to reduce our driver work force by on newsprint. All in all, while color is very Over the winter, for example, we put it to about 80 positions. Surely the capstone of important, our primary focus is on creating use for a heating and air conditioning dis- our ‘‘reinvention,’’ however, was the 1994 an excellent product, day in and day out. tributor. This advertiser was running a print opening of our Tiedeman Production and In ‘‘reinventing ourselves,’’ to use Donald’s and broadcast campaign focusing on the Distribution Center. With this plant, we now phrase again, The Plain Dealer is rediscover- theme of cold-weather pet care, and he want- have the very latest newspaper technologies ing something that the best community-ori- ed to supplement the campaign with a direct and capabilities, including electronic pre- ented newspapers of the past knew and prac- mail piece. His target consisted of dog and press pagination, high-speed printing and ticed—that it is possible to be an aggressive cat owners with specific income and demo- color capability throughout the newspaper. watchdog while simultaneously recognizing graphic criteria. Using our data base, we The plant brought a high level of automa- pride and achievement in a community. were able to identify more than 10,000 read- tion to our operation, and it resulted in a Such undertakings as ‘‘What Makes Cleve- ers who met these requirements. In our ef- number of innovations of our own—including land Cleveland’’ and the extensive coverage fort to be full-service providers and to de- the only automated, cart-based loading, stor- of the Rock Hall opening and the baseball velop marketing solutions for our advertis- age and delivery system operational in the playoffs come from a newspaper that has ers, we are offering new options that go be- world today. We are very proud of our facil- also been recognized as a civic watchdog. Our yond traditional newspaper advertising. One ity, and grateful to our very supportive own- coverage of government investment prac- such option is PDQuickline, our audio-based ers. We are also very proud of our people for tices, for example, was credited by banking system that puts an array of information— helping to ensure a virtually problem-free experts with forestalling an Orange County- including information about advertisers’ startup. This was a result of the fact that, as style bankruptcy in our home county. And products and services—at callers’ fingertips. I mentioned, we had already converted to the editorially we have been aggressive in de- Another new product is Star Watch, a non- depot system a year earlier. It was also a re- manding reform of the Cleveland public proprietary, entertainment-oriented publica- sult of the tremendous effort that went into schools. tion that carries single-sheet and other in- planning and training. Our goal is to create an information re- serts to non-subscribers and enhances the ef- To train our pressmen, for example, we source that competitors cannot match in fectiveness of advertising in the Plain Deal- erected two Goss press units and a folder terms of breadth and depth. At times, we can er. Being a full-service provider also requires next door to our downtown facility. Long be- even hold our own against television in the capability to compete successfully for fore the new plant opened, we conducted test terms of timeliness. One of the best examples advertisers’ commercial printing business. runs and produced live product on the new of that came last fall, when the Cleveland In- This is a relatively small but growing part of presses, easing the transition not only for dians brought our city its first post-season our business, primarily involving super- the pressmen but for graphic designers and baseball game in 41 years. Things seemed to market preprints. Speaking of supermarkets, pre-press personnel as well. We went fully be working against us all night—the game while many newspapers have all but lost food operational at the new plant in early April of was delayed several hours by rain, and on top advertising, the leading supermarket chains E1118 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 in our market rank as our number-three and Fame and its inductees, the site offers a link Lindsey Moorefield, Laura Pendergrass, Ryan number-four advertisers. Our success in re- that features information on Cleveland res- Andres, Danielle Gain, Emily McCoy, Cari taining these important advertisers is clear- taurants, hotels and museums. At The Plain Hammond, Michelle Pizzuro, Becky Garmon, ly a result of our ability to provide more Dealer, our vision of the future is very than ‘‘traditional’’ newspaper advertising clear—the newspaper will remain our core Amanda Holtzman, Meg Herndon, and Kellie services. Circulation is an area that poses a business for as long as we can foresee. In Dixon. special challenge for us, because we are in a fact, with the support of the Newhouse orga- To athletic director Mike Raybon, principal shrinking marketplace—with a trend of out- nization we are betting more than $200 mil- Dr. Kathryn Rogers, the faculty, staff, stu- migration of people from our core market. lion on this vision, represented by our new dents, parents, and friends of Ragsdale High Even so, among major metropolitan news- plant. School, we offer our congratulations for win- papers in the United States, we rank first in On June 5, 1994, at the formal dedication of ning the North Carolina 1A/2A/3A State wom- circulation penetration in our home coun- The Plain Dealer’s Tiedeman Production and en's soccer championship. ty—with 54% penetration daily and 72% on Distribution Center, the symbolism was re- Raleigh also was the site of another Sixth Sunday. And despite three suggested retail assuring: it was young Andrew Newhouse price increases in three years, we have main- who pushed the button to start the presses! District high school State championship. The tained circulation levels of about 400,000 Yet, like most of you, we are exploring and women's soccer team of Grimsley high School daily and 550,000 Sunday. This is largely a re- entering new areas to meet changing needs in Greensboro, NC, captured the 1996 State sult of gearing the Circulation Division’s ef- and a changing world. Indeed, in all that we 4A women's soccer championship, defeating forts toward establishing a productive and do, we are acting to shape our future so it the Raleigh Broughton High School Caps 2 to efficient distribution system that provides does not become necessary to react to save 1. The victory moved the Grimsley Whirlies to both outstanding service and professional- our existence. Most of us in this room have a stellar record of 21±1±1 for the 1996 sea- ism. Going forward, it requires building our dedicated our lives to newspapers. For us, son. ability to distribute an evermore narrowly nothing beats the roar of the presses, and we targeted product. believe nothing can ever replace the depth The State championship was the third in 5 We are also working to create an environ- and breadth of information newspapers years for the Whirlies, and the win was truly ment that enables our independent distribu- present. In the current environment, how- a team effort. As Coach Herk DeGraw put it, tors to succeed, by improving communica- ever, we need to work harder than ever to ``This one is sweet. Everybody stepped up and tions, offering incentives and sponsoring ensure that newspapers remain a vital part did their jobs extremely well.'' seminars to help them run their operations of our children’s lves—and our grand- Congratulations go to Laurie Benson, who profitably. And, to reduce the handling of children’s lives—as well. won the championship game's Most Valuable money, we worked with Diebold Incor- f porated, the nation’s leading maker of auto- Player Award. Congratulations are also in mated teller machines, to develop an ATM- NORTH CAROLINA IS HOME TO A order for team members Meagan Renn, Cori like machine in which independent distribu- GREAT SOCCER TRADITION Stevens, Lacy Ross, Sarah Ann Davis, Mollie tors can deposit their receipts at the depots. Lynch, Meredith Seawell, Sarah Atkinson, Considerable attention is being focused on Mikel Casey, Kristy Shumate, Kelly Clark, Jen- single-copy sales, as well. We have worked HON. HOWARD COBLE nifer Marsh, Carrie Anderson, Jamie Bombart, hard over the past several years to improve OF NORTH CAROLINA Kristen Moody, Courtney Black, Jessica our relationships with vendors and to de- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velop the capability to determine by com- Overby, and Ashley Andringa. puter just how many newspapers should be Wednesday, June 19, 1996 Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the citizens of the placed at each location each day to avoid Sixth District of North Carolina, let me con- sell-outs and reduce returns. Our continuing Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, the State of North gratulate the 1996 Grimsley Whirlies on their community outreach efforts are helping us Carolina is home to a great soccer tradition, State championship. Congratulations to head learn the concerns of various ethnic and na- particularly in women's soccer. This year, Mr. coach Herk DeGraw, assistant coach Susie tionality groups as well as young people, our Speaker, the Sixth District of North Carolina is Williams, announcer Dick Forrester, faculty readers of tomorrow. And within The Plain proud to add two more chapters to this out- trainer Joe Franks, student trainer Pablo Dealer, we are working hard to get every one standing tradition. of our more than 1,600 employees committed Torrente, and statisticians Lisa Evans, Zach North Carolina has long divided its schools Wineberg, Tyler Spence, and Mike Cleaver. to our vision of being the finest newspaper in into classifications to determine sports cham- the United States. Over the past 18 months, To athletic director Bob Sawyer, principal I have met with virtually every one of our pions. That way schools of equal size can Tom Penlend, the faculty, staff, students, par- employees, usually in groups of no more compete fairly. This system also allows more ents, and friends of Grimsley High School, we than 25 over breakfast or lunch. I have found schools the opportunity to compete for titles offer our congratulations on winning the North these sessions insightful and invaluable in and trophies. We are proud to say, Mr. Speak- Carolina 4A State women's soccer champion- truly keeping a finger on the pulse of our er, that the Piedmont Triad is the home of the ship. newspaper. North Carolina 1A/2A/3A and the North Caro- Once again, North Carolina remains a soc- As I mentioned at the outset, two signifi- lina 4A women's soccer champions for 1996. cant factors have emerged during the past cer hotbed and the Sixth District is proud to couple of years—newsprint costs and the The Ragsdale High School Tigers of James- claim two more champions. Internet. In addressing these factors, it is in- town, NC, captured the 1996 1A/2A/3A State f teresting that we find ourselves dealing with women's soccer championship, and the ‘‘webs’’ in both cases. At The Plain Dealer, Whirlies of Grimsley High School in Greens- NORTH PONTOTOC STUDENT, ABI- part of our efforts to reduce our newsprint boro, NC, claimed the 4A women's soccer GAIL HAMILTON, IS DISTRICT consumption was a reduction in or web width championship. Both teams were crowned WINNER IN RESPECTEEN SPEAK this past February. The conversion went champions on June 1 in Raleigh, NC. FOR YOURSELF PROGRAM without a hitch, and the change in widths is imperceptible. Nevertheless, we expect sav- In the 1A/2A/3A class, the Ragsdale Tigers ings of upwards of $1 million a year in our captured the State title with a 3 to 0 shutout HON. ROGER F. WICKER newsprint costs. The other ‘‘web,’’ of course, of the Asheville Roberson Rams, limiting the OF MISSISSIPPI is the burgeoning World Wide Web. As part of Rams to just four shots on goal all game. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES our vision for the future, we formed a wholly championship win capped off a brilliant 23±3 owned subsidiary this past year that special- season for coach Brien Braswell's squad. The Wednesday, June 19, 1996 izes in developing Internet sites. In connec- Ragsdale Tigers have been outstanding in the Mr. WICKER. Mr. Speaker, more than tion with this, we are actively working with advertisers and potential advertisers to iden- championships, claiming two State titles in the 15,000 seventh- and eighthgrade students tify opportunities for increased business. For last 3 years. around the country participated in this year's example, recently we worked with the local Congratulations go to Sarah Judy, who won RespecTeen Speak for Yourself social studies Auto Dealers Association to provide a web the championship game's Most Valuable Play- curriculum program, which teaches young site in connection with a major Auto Show. er Award. Mr. Speaker, congratulations on a people about the political process. The pro- Our first venture onto the Internet was great season are in order for Coach Braswell, gram is part of the Lutheran Brotherhood's rockhall.com, our very successful Web site manager Joey Menendez, Trainer Julie philanthropic initiative in support of our Na- for Cleveland’s new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The site has recorded Hutchens, and team members Cindy Mullinix, tion's youth. more than 20 million ‘‘page impressions’’ Kyleen Hudson, Kelly Martin, Kristin One of the final lessons in the program in- since its debut last August and has been Wittenborn, Anna Dellosa, Jordan Allison, Erin cluded having students write their Members of named a ‘‘cool site’’ by many publications. Beeson, Paige Waggoner, Vickie Cortes, Ni- Congress to express their views or offer solu- In addition to features about the Hall of cole Brannan, Ashline Green, Christie Dixon, tions to issues of interest. The letters were June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1119 judged by a panel of educators and one win- ety. Alexander Ogorodnikov established a pri- In May, 1974, he suffered from a disabling ner was chosen in each congressional district. vate shelter for young homeless from all over fall on the job. During his convalescence, Mi- A seventh-grade student from North Pontotoc Russia who find themselves on the streets of chael earned a degree from Mineral Area Col- Attendance Center was selected as the winner Moscow without a roof over their heads. Dur- lege in Missouri. Following his graduation in from Mississippi's First Congressional District. ing the Moscow G±7 Nuclear Security Summit June 1979, he returned to ironworking out of Her name is Abigail Hamilton. Abigail wrote to in April, President Clinton visited a number of local No. 395 in September of that same year. me regarding prayer in our public schools. the residents of the shelter. In 1981, Michael was elected to the local I wanted to share Abigail's letter with my Naturally, Mr. Ogorodnikov's work has been No. 395's examining board. In 1981, 1986, colleagues and congratulate her for participat- very challenging. After 70 years of com- and 1991, Michael was elected to represent ing in this program. munism, the institution of private charity has local No. 395 as a convention delegate. In SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, been slow to make a comeback. Resources 1984, Michael was elected as local No. 395's Ecru, MS, January 30, 1996. are scarce; property rights are unclear. Bu- financial secretary-treasurer and he was re- Hon. ROGER WICKER, reaucrats often seem more determined to stifle elected for three more terms in 1987, 1990, U.S. Representative, than assist private initiative. Criminal struc- 1993. Michael retired this year after 30 years Washington, DC. tures would prefer that idle hands look in the as a member of local No. 395, 15 years as an DEAR CONGRESSMAN WICKER: How would direction of criminal activity for sustenance officer, and 4 terms as local No. 395's finan- you feel if one day someone suddenly said and livelihood. Nevertheless, Mr. Ogorodnikov cial secretary-treasurer. you could no longer continue a tradition? I offer my heartfelt congratulations to Mi- Devastated? Grieved? This scenario describes has persisted. His efforts have been reported and applauded by the Moscow press, and chael, his wife, Bonnie, and his two children, what had been done to students, teachers, Tina and Byron. They can all be proud, as Mi- and the community of North Pontotoc. A Mayor Luzkkov's office has been supportive of tradition of student-initiated, student-led, his work. Some international organizations are chael has worked arduously in the labor prayer was taken from us. For approxi- providing a measure of assistance. movement to make the American dream pos- mately 20 years, we had this type prayer in As Moscow was preparing for the Summit, sible for others. Mr. Speaker, I ask you and our school. Mr. Ogorodnikov had invited President Clinton my other distinguished colleagues to congratu- On December 20, 1994, Mrs. Lisa Herdahl to visit the Christian Mercy Society shelter to late Michael, who has proven himself to be a with the ACLU and People for the American observe private charity in action in Russia. distinguished advocate for the labor move- Way filed a lawsuit against Pontotoc County This request was forwarded through the Beau- ment. I sincerely wish Michael a long, happy, Schools for having student-led, student-initi- tiful Hearts charitable organization of Erie, PA, and productive retirement. ated prayer over the school’s intercom. A f court injunction last spring stopped prayer and by many Members of the Congress of over the intercom. The court date deciding both parties. For logistical and security rea- TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM SINCLAIR whether to continue student-initiated prayer sons, the President was unable to visit the is March 4, 1996 at federal court in Oxford, shelter itself, but Mr. Ogorodnikov and his Mississippi. Beautiful Hearts associates had arranged an HON. FRED UPTON OF MICHIGAN George Washington warned: ‘‘reason and exhibit about the shelter at a Moscow hotel IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES experience both forbid us to expect that na- where the President had other meetings tional morality can prevail in exclusion of Wednesday, June 19, 1996 religious principle.’’ Research proves the ac- scheduled. Despite the heavy demands on his curacy of his warning. Birth rates for teen- schedule, President Clinton graciously visited Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to agers and cases of sexually transmitted dis- the exhibit and met with some of the young honor Mr. William Sinclair. Please join me in eases have risen since 1962. Also, SAT test residents. congratulating Bill as he retires after spending scores have plummeted for 18 consecutive Mr. Speaker, the G±7 Nuclear Security almost two decades as the city manager of my years since that year. What happened in Summit was about providing nuclear safety in hometown, St. Joseph, MI. For 18 great years 1962? The Supreme Court took prayer out of our uneasy world, about governments cooper- he has dedicated his hard work and efforts public school with the Engel case. ating with one another to reduce danger to into making St. Joseph a quality city and a I support you co-authoring the school millions of people. Security can also be a great a place to call home. prayer amendment with Congressman Istook Bill's career in public service reaches back from Oklahoma. Please participate in the function of mutual understanding and having meeting to force this amendment to the genuine concernÐeven across bordersÐfor to 1954 when began working as a surveyor House floor, and do not allow compromises other human beings, one for another. By visit- and cartographer for the city of Detroit. His that would defeat the purpose of this amend- ing the young people of the Christian Mercy time in Detroit was interrupted for 2 years by ment. I wouldn’t want a government written Society shelter, President Clinton exhibited a tour of duty in the U.S. Army. After spending prayer or mandatory participation in devo- that concern on behalf of all of us here in the a few more years in Detroit, Bill lent his engi- tion. I trust you are influencing other con- United States, and I appreciate his kind ges- neering expertise to the cities of Birmingham gressmen to be co-signers of this amend- ture. and Rochester before calling the west side of ment. f the State his new home. Our Constitution guarantees us freedom of He has also been active in other aspects of speech and religion. However, should one TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL STEVENS the community. Bill has served on the Twin person be allowed to dictate the beliefs of a community? Thomas Jefferson said: ‘‘The Cities Airport Board, the Harbor Authority, and will of the majority, the natural law of every HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY has been a fixture in the Michigan Municipal society, is the only sure guardian of the OF INDIANA League. rights of man.’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Over the past 18 years, local officials, city Sincerely, Wednesday, June 19, 1996 councils, businesses, and residents, alike, ABIGAIL HAMILTON, have all correctly sung the praises of this won- 7th grader NPAC. Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it gives me derful civic leader. He has been a fixture in f great pleasure to rise today and pay tribute to our community and an integral part of its a celebrated community servant, Mr. Michael growth. His dedication, vision, and commit- PRESIDENT VISITS YOUNG RESI- Stevens. On Friday, June 21, 1996, Michael, ment has been an important ingredient in the DENTS OF HOMELESS SHELTER along with his friends and family, will celebrate rebirth of the twin cities area. IN MOSCOW his retirement from the Iron Workers Union Mr. Speaker, I have been lucky enough to Local No. 395 in Hammond, IN. This retire- work with Bill Sinclair on many different occa- HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH ment dinner will be held at St. Elijah Serbian- sions. Time and time again I have counted on OF NEW JERSEY American Hall in Merrillville, IN. Bill for his assistance, his advice and his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We are all fortunate to have dedicated peo- abundant energy. I know that though Bill is of- ple, like Michael, involved in the labor move- ficially retiring, looking out for the best inter- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 ment in Indiana's First Congressional District. ests of the people of the St. Joseph-Benton Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I Michael embarked on his distinguished career Harbor area will continue to be a major focal rise to note and commend the President for as an iron worker in local No. 392 in East St. point in his life. Someone this dedicated sim- taking the time during his recent trip to Mos- Louis, IL, in June of 1966. He then moved to ply could not have it any other way. cow to meet with, and encourage the work of northwest Indiana and joined Iron Workers Mr. Speaker, please join with me on behalf Alexander Ogorodnikov, a former political pris- Local No. 395 in Hammond in September of the people of Michigan's Sixth Congres- oner and founder of the Christian Mercy Soci- 1967. sional District in thanking Bill Sinclair for 18 E1120 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 years of dedication to St. Joseph, MI. I wish cluding two additional fires just last nightÐ HONORING SAM LENA him and his wife, Hilda, a long, healthy, and should serve as a wakeup call to every Amer- happy retirement. All the best, Bill, and thank ican who is dedicated to protecting our reli- HON. ED PASTOR you for all that you have done. gious heritage, our commitment to free ex- OF ARIZONA f pression, and our unyielding determination to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES preserve law and order. TRIBUTE TO JIM WEATHERS Through this legislation, we are sending a Wednesday, June 19, 1996 message: Racism will not be tolerated and Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to HON. DAVE CAMP race-based crimes will not go unpunished. The pay tribute to Sam Lena, a beloved public OF MICHIGAN destruction of a house of worship is repulsive servant of southern Arizona who passed away IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and those who commit such contemptible acts on March 12, 1996. He will be greatly missed. Wednesday, June 19, 1996 will be pursued and prosecuted. Sam Lena was born January 23, 1921, in Let us also send this unmistakable message Evergreen, LA. At the age of 20, he moved to Mr. CAMP. Mr. Speaker, it is with great to the twisted, hateful perpetrators of these Tucson for health reasons. For the ensuring pleasure that I rise today to honor Mr. James heinous acts: The basic decency, tolerance, 55 years, Sam was a distinguished member of J. ``Jim'' Weathers. Jim answered his Nation's and compassion of the American people will the Tucson and the southern Arizona commu- call to arms, served his community, and most flower in the ashes of these charred sanc- nity. He was an outstanding softball player, importantly raised a family. He provided a tuaries. And while we can never forget that and was well-known for being a strike-out ace. sterling example of what we hope to accom- there may be an ugly capacity to hate in all of In one game as the pitcher for the Tucson plish and strive to be. us, as individuals and as collective members Elks, he struck out 21 batters in eight innings. Jim served in the U.S. Navy during the Viet- of society we must never tolerate those who Sam was also a respected businessman and nam war. Following his naval service, he par- give in to such tendencies. In many cases dedicated public servant. ticipated in the Naval Reserve. As a member these beliefs and practices are embedded His athletic skills and business talents of New Lothrop Post 6579 of Veterans of For- deep in the soul and no act of Congress will gained him widespread recognition and re- eign Wars, he served as 9th VFW District root them out. Therefore, every American spect throughout the community. This popu- Commander and captain of the VFW State must be vigilant to stamp out racism and ha- larity encouraged him to move into a more for- Honor Guard and was instrumental in serving tred wherever it surfaces. Together we can mal leadership role. In 1965, he was ap- the needs of veterans. He was also employed ensure that in America, the principles of jus- pointed to the Arizona House of Representa- by General Motors' Buick Motor Division for 32 tice, equality, and brotherhood thrive in the tives where he served two elected terms. In years, 8 years as a driver. warm glow of freedom. 1968 he was elected to the State senate Jim was born in Owosso, MI, on January where he served three terms and became a 19, 1944, the son of Jerome and Gladys f powerful force in southern Arizona politics. Weathers. He was a 1964 graduate of New TRIBUTE TO MS. IDA CASTRO From playing softball as a pitching strike-out Lothrop High School and resided in New ace to his extraordinary effectiveness as a Lothrop most of his life. He married Glenda ´ public servant, Sam Lena infused his life with Walworth on November 4, 1967, and raised a HON. JOSE E. SERRANO commitment and caring. He worked tirelessly family. OF NEW YORK for those groups and issues that were dear to Jim was a member of the West Flint Church IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES him: Law enforcement, education, health care, of the Nazarene. He was also a member of Wednesday, June 19, 1996 social services, and the mentally retarded. the New Lothrop-Hazelton Township Fire De- Each of these areas benefited throughout partment and the Tri-County and Shiawassee Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay Sam's tenure in the Arizona State Legislature, Bike Club. Jim was very active with the New tribute to Ms. Ida Castro, an outstanding indi- the Arizona State Senate, the Pima Country Lothrop Athletic Department. vidual who has dedicated her life to the Board of Supervisors, and as the special as- Jim's extraordinary life was cut short during empowerment of Hispanic women. Ms. Castro sistant to Arizona Governor Rose Mofford a recent biking trip. His family and accomplish- was recently appointed by President Clinton while he directed her southern Arizona office. ments stand as a testimony to his commitment as Director of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Sam made government personal. To quote to service, dedication to country, and love of Department of Labor. his friend and protege of many years, Pima family. Mr. Speaker, Ms. Castro was born in Puerto County Supervisor Dan Eckstrom: Rico. On the island, she directed job training Mr. Speaker, I know you will join me in pay- Sam truly loved the many constituents ing tribute to Jim Weathers for his service to and job development programs. Later on she that he served, from the youngest child to his country, his community, and his family. taught labor law at Rutgers University in New the oldest senior citizen. To him all people The people of mid-Michigan will miss him Jersey, and worked at Hostos Community Col- were the same. Yet, it was his special love dearly. lege in my congressional district, the south for the indigent and disadvantaged that f Bronx, helping mothers who were receiving made him such the great community servant Aid for Families with Dependent Children be- that he was. ‘‘Mr. Sam,’’ as he was affection- CHURCH ARSON PREVENTION ACT come economically independent through full- ately called by many, really enjoyed being OF 1996 time employment. out with his people, whether it was at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Lena’s Liquors, Ms. Castro has been a long-time advocate SPEECH OF the District 10 Democratic Club meetings, at of women's issues. She has fought to improve Safeway, or just on the street, Sam was very HON. MARTIN R. HOKE working conditions for women, insure equal approachable, willing to listen and always OF OHIO pay for equal work, incorporate employment ready to help. He knew practically everyone in his district and everyone who knew him, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with family needs, and increase job opportuni- ties for women in all fields. knew him first as a friend. Tuesday, June 18, 1996 Prior to her appointment as Director, she Sam Lena worked diligently to ensure that Mr. HOKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong worked as Deputy Assistant Secretary of society's resources were available to all. But support of H.R. 3525, the Church Arson Pre- Labor for Workers' Compensation programs more importantly, he spoke for those who are vention Act of 1996. As a member of the Judi- and later as the Labor Department's Acting often unable to speak for themselves: The ciary Committee I heard testimony from law Deputy Solicitor. Through her new position at poor, the disadvantaged, the downtrodden. In enforcement officials that they do have the Labor's Women's Bureau, Ms. Castro will con- many areas of health care, services to the tools they need to effectively fight these ab- tinue working to provide better employment poor, recreation facilities, education, and serv- horrent acts. Those resources are provided in opportunities for women and encouraging ices for the mentally retarded, Sam Lena's this legislation. them to develop their full potential. peace making ability and genius as a consen- As other Members have recounted, there Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me sus builder made new and better programs have been over 100 church fires across the in congratulating Ms. Ida Castro for her new possible. United States since October 1991. Most of post as Director of the U.S. Department of In addition to his official duties as an elected these fires have occurred at predominantly Af- Labor Women's Bureau and in recognizing her and appointed public servant, Sam Lena was rican-American churches located in the South- contributions to the advancement of women in an activist for the community. Through his per- east. The most recent string of attacksÐin- this Nation. sonal efforts on behalf of Kino Hospital, this June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1121 critically needed community facility has been caregiving, as well as our outstanding dedica- ance and want to buy a policy of their own. It kept open. As a member of the Pima County tion are tribute to your success. It is also an is a nice little bill and justifiably helps many Sports Authority, Sam was instrumental in pro- important part of making our community and worthy people. The Medicaid budget bill, on moting sporting activities, especially spring country a better place. the other hand, will probably reduce Medicaid training baseball and the building of a new f resources by a quarter of a trillion dollars over southside baseball stadium. the next 6 years, and remove the guarantee of Kino Hospital and the new baseball stadium THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF adequate health insurance from millions of are a small part of the legacy Sam Lena PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH children, parents, and grandparents. Thirty- leaves this community. The greater part of his seven million low-income blind, disabled, legacy is the people he helped and encour- HON. JERRY F. COSTELLO aged, and low-income children and their fami- aged. ``Mr. Sam'' was a friend, a teacher, a OF ILLINOIS lies are currently covered by Medicaid. Far counselor, a mentor. Many community leaders IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more people will be hurt by the Medicaid cuts were first befriended and encouraged by Sam Wednesday, June 19, 1996 than will ever be helped by the Kennedy- Lena. The spirit of community that he engen- Kassebaum bill. dered continues to grow through those he has Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. Speaker, I rise today to If an individual pursued two such diamet- mentored. recognize Peace Lutheran Church in rically opposed actions, we'd say he was un- Sam was always available to counsel and to Steeleville, IL. August 9, 1996, marks the balanced and should seek professional help. talk with those who needed a caring friend. church's 100th anniversary. The Senate in Kassebaum-Kennedy adopted We are fortunate that this man of good morale Their first church was built in 1896 by 27 an amendment to provide basically equal cov- character, simple tastes, and mild manner of- charter members. Peace considered itself an erage of mental and physical health. I under- fered his guidance to so many others. Many independent Lutheran congregation affiliated stand that that provision is being dropped. were encouraged by his example to emulate with the Wartburg synod, which it officially That is unfortunate. Members of Congress these positive characteristics. joined in 1933. In 1950, the remaining serv- could use the help. To Sam Lena's many friends, to his beloved ices still conducted in German were discon- f wife, Tina, to his children, Sam, Jr., Katherine, tinued in favor of services conducted in and Johnny, and his step-children, Christine ``American.'' Throughout the years Peace has IN RECOGNITION OF THE SALVA- and David, to his grandchildren, Jennifer, established a school for seventh and eighth TION ARMY’S EFFORTS IN ST. Julieanne, Catherine, Benjamin, Matthew and graders, a Sunday school program, a mission- LOUIS Sara, to his sisters, Lily and Virginia, and his ary society, two children's choirs, a young brothers Buddy and Babe, I extend my sincere women's missionary society, and a prayer HON. JAMES M. TALENT appreciation for their willingness to share this group. In 1988, Peace Lutheran Church be- OF MISSOURI great man with so many others. His life is a came part of the Central-Southern Illinois IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in model for all to follow. I thank Sam Lena for Wednesday, June 19, 1996 being my friend and for making his city, his America. county, his State, and his country better for all Peace Lutheran Church has contributed to Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in of us. the life of the Steeleville community for a cen- recognition of two outstanding programs that f tury. Their faith and dedication to their com- have made a tremendous impact on the St. munity remains a fine example for the people Louis community: the Salvation Army com- CAREGIVERS LEND A HAND of Illinois and the country as a whole. prehensive substance treatment and rehabili- Mr. Speaker, on August 11, Bishop Zenker tation program [CSTAR] and the Salvation HON. JOE KNOLLENBERG of the Central-Southern Illinois Synod will join Army community in partnership family center OF MICHIGAN Rev. James R. Lillie and the rest of the Peace [CIP]. These two organizations have worked IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Lutheran congregation for their 100th anniver- with a consortium of businesses, service orga- sary celebration. I ask my colleagues to join nizations, and governmental groups to provide Wednesday, June 19, 1996 me in wishing them a wonderful celebration the St. Louis community at large with invalu- Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I rise and hope that their next century can be as able homeless and drug treatment services. today to honor a special person who has productive as the past century. The Salvation Army's CSTAR and CIP pro- taken on a special task. f grams are part of an effort to help stabilize Livonia native Vikki Kowaleski, publisher of and empower homeless families and women Caregiver Monthly, and her husband John WHY CONGRESS NEEDS THE with chemical dependencies so that they may have dedicated themselves to people who MENTAL HEALTH BENEFIT help themselves. By nurturing a sense of dig- need help. nity and resourcefulness, these programs en- After a personal experience with the every- HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK able individuals and their families to re-enter day rigors of caregiving in which their ideas OF CALIFORNIA the community as participating citizens. were innovative and praised, Vikki and John IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Through the unique programming offered at decided to share their experience. each of the centers, families are given a foun- They developed Caregiver Monthly, a na- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 dation to rebuild their lives and eventually relo- tionwide, Livonia-based newsletter, which is Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I know it is not cate into safe and affordable housing. published to encourage, support, assist, in- fashionable to seek perks for Members of About a year ago, Congressman WATTS and form, and exhort caregivers throughout the Congress, but we desperately, desperately I began to travel and visit organizations, like world. need oneÐand the country would be better for these, around the country. We asked the peo- Celebrating the first anniversary of their ini- it if we obtained this benefit for ourselves. ple and community leaders what they needed tial publication this month, this first year has We need the mental health parity amend- to run their programs more efficiently and what been a tremendous success. ment, because a majority of the Members are it would take to revitalize these impoverished Dedicated to helping those whoÐout of clearly suffering from severe mental dis- communities. need or even the goodness of their heartsÐ connect. As an institution, we are in need of All of the organizations found the Federal care for relatives, the elderly, or those unable treatment. Government's involvement in their programs to to care for themselves, Caregiver Monthly fo- I refer, of course, to the insanity of spending be burdensome and intrusive. The Govern- cuses on helpful hints and information on long hours trying to pass the Kennedy-Kasse- ment made them jump through bureaucratic many things like nutrition, long-term care, and baum amendment to improve health insurance hoops, fill out stacks of paperwork, and follow other important health and personal tips. coverage, while we are also about to pass silly, expensive, and troublesome regulations. Often promoting ways to make caregiving Medicaid budget cuts which will effectively re- They asked us to reduce this redtape and easier, Caregiver Monthly is a very important move health insurance coverage from millions allow participants to enter their programs with- reading for our dedicated individuals who care of Americans. out having to comply with an abundance of re- for those who need help the most. The Congressional Budget Office estimates quirements and to be able to run their pro- Congratulations, Vikki and John, and keep that the Kennedy-Kassebaum bill might help gram without being told which portions of the up the great work. Caregiver Monthly is head- about 550,000 people a year when they switch programs were acceptable and which were ed in the right direction. Your commitment to jobs or leave a job which offers health insur- not. E1122 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 Based on these recommendations and oth- lective screening process. This process is much of the credit for the success of the team. ers from people we met, we introduced legis- based on the student's elementary school per- The district coordinator, Holly Brewer, and the lation designed to empower the institutions formance, standardized tests, recommenda- State coordinator, Dorothy Skeel, also contrib- that provide structure, rehabilitation and order tions, attendance, and participation in extra- uted a significant amount of time and effort to to low-income neighborhoods. The bill does curricular activities. With a student-teacher help the team reach the national finals. this by empowering faith-based and other pri- ratio of 15 to 1, every student's individual aca- The We the People . . . The Citizen and vate groups, funding scholarships for low-in- demic needs can be addressed. The faculty the Constitution program is the most extensive come children, encouraging private investment shows a great deal of dedication to their work. educational program in the country developed and home-ownership, and assisting those This is exemplified by the fact that 51.9 per- specifically to educate young people about the neighborhood groups which are restoring cent of the teachers hold master's degreesÐ Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The 3-day structure to their communities. well above the State average. national competition simulates a congressional The American Community Renewal Act al- The students of Academic High School have hearing in which students' oral presentations lows for up to 100 renewal communities to be consistently distinguished themselves at the are judged on the basis of their knowledge of established on a competitive basis in both Hudson County Science Fair. Academic stu- constitutional principles and their ability to urban and rural areas. To be designated a re- dents have won trips to the International apply them to historical and contemporary is- newal community, State and local govern- Science Fair on a regular basis. Academic sues. ments would have to work together with neigh- students have distinguished themselves by Administered by the Center for Civic Edu- borhood groups to lessen the burden of rules qualifying as National Merit semifinalists, as cation, the We the People . . . program, now and regulations that hamper job creation. well as attending the Governor's Schools and in its ninth academic year, has reached more There are two tenants of the bill that would the St. Peter's College Summer Scholars Pro- than 70,400 teachers, and 22,600,000 stu- directly and positively impact the Community gram. Students also have received the New dents nationwide at the upper elementary, in Partnership Family Center as well as the York Times' Young Citizen Award and placed middle, and high school levels. Members of CSTAR program. The first is a charitable tax first in the Kiwanis-Key Club essay contest. Congress and their staff enhance the program credit. Individuals would be able to contribute With achievements such as these, it is not by discussing current constitutional issues with to the charity of their choice, whose mission is surprising that 96.9 percent of the graduates students and teachers. poverty relief, and receive a tax credit of up to go on to attend 4-year colleges, including the The We the People . . . program provides 75 percent of a $200 donation. The other pro- most competitive colleges, such as Harvard, an excellent opportunity for students to gain vision would allow renewal communities to Yale, MIT, and Cornell. an informed perspective on the significance of voucherize their drug and alcohol rehabilitation Despite the challenges inherent in providing the U.S. Constitution and its place in our his- programs. Participants would have the ability quality, urban public education, Academic tory and our lives. I wish these students the to choose where to receive their treatmentÐ High School demonstrates that it can be done. best of luck in the national finals and look for- whether private or public. It's no great secret Providing a quality public education takes ward to their continued success in the years that private programs like CSTAR have tre- dedicated teachers, parents, and students ahead. mendous success rates and little recidivism. working together to build a community school. f Targeting the few pillars of strength in these I want to particularly note the work of School communities and empowering them is essen- Principal Robert J. Roggenstein, who has A TRIBUTE TO DARRELL tial to uplifting the deterioration of our low-in- worked many long hours to fulfill the school's TORGERSON come communities. CSTAR, the family center, mission. and others deserve the recognition and sup- I am proud to have a school in my district HON. VIC FAZIO that serves as a model for other urban port from the Federal Government and I be- OF CALIFORNIA schools. I ask that my colleagues rise and join lieve the community renewal bill does just that. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES me in honoring this outstanding school. Mr. Speaker, it is both an honor and a privi- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 lege for me to pay tribute to these fine organi- f zations, and commend them upon their efforts TRIBUTE TO THE AWARD WINNING Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ensure that all residents of St. Louis County STUDENTS OF HILLSBORO HIGH today to salute a decorated veteran of public have the opportunity to operate in the commu- SCHOOL education, Darrell Torgerson, on the occasion nity as participating citizens. They are an out- of his retirement from active service. standing example not only for the residents of HON. BOB CLEMENT Mr. Torgerson has taught chemistry to stu- St. Louis County, but to the Nation as a dents at Mira Loma High School in Sac- OF TENNESSEE ramento for the past 30 years. Over the whole. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f course of those three decades, Mr. Wednesday, June 19, 1996 Torgerson's rare fusion of light-heartedness ACADEMIC HIGH SCHOOL: RANKED Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, on April 27± and dedication to the task at hand has earned AMONG NEW JERSEY’S BEST 29, 1996, more than 1,300 students from 50 him a permanent place in the hearts and States and the District of Columbia were in minds of countless pupils. HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ Washington, DC, to compete in the national Mr. Torgerson is the kind of teacher in OF NEW JERSEY finals of the We the People . . . The Citizen whose eyes the classroom door is never IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and the Constitution program. I am proud to closed, and in whose ears the dismissal bell announce that the class from Hillsboro High never rings. Ignoring the common standards of Wednesday, June 19, 1996 School in Nashville represented Tennessee. mediocrity, Darrell Torgerson has set the Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today These young scholars have worked diligently standard for this students by demanding more to pay tribute to Academic High School. Aca- to reach the national finals by winning local of himself than was ever asked. Mr. Torgerson demic has consistently been ranked one of the competitions in their home State. has devoted countless hours after school to best public schools in the State, and has been The distinguished members of the team rep- tutoring both the eager and the frustrated, has ranked one of New Jersey's top 21 best high resenting Tennessee are: Aras Alexander, worked closely with honor students on their schools by New Jersey Monthly. Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Allison Bradfield, science papers for the International Bacca- At a time when some question the mission Jennifer Cartwright, Andy Cheatham, Grace laureate program, and has coached student of our public school system, Academic High Cheng, Alfredo Cisneros, Hillary Condon, Lisa teams to numerous victories in various local School is an example of what can be done DeBusk, Kimberly Ewton, Marthie Francis, and national science competitions. His fresh- with dedication and commitment to an ideal. Blythe Gore, Corey Harkey, Eva Lea, Charles man students have made their mark in Sac- Public schools can excel and anyone who McMackin, Katie Newman, Casey O'Shea, ramento area competitions by regularly taking doubts this need only take a tour of Academic Amanda Osteen, Austin Ray, Jamie Richards, first place over opposing high school teams High School. Kristin Robertson, James Shadinger, James made up of juniors and seniors. Academic High School was established in Shaub, Madeline Short, Eleanor Smith, Jen- We all know that teachers are the guardians 1976 as a college preparatory school for high- nifer Tlumak, Emily Van Hook, Katie Walton, of America's future, but we don't hear enough ly motivated students. Academic serves an and Emily White. about teachers like Darrell Torgerson, who ethnically and racially diverse population. Pro- I would also like to recognize their teacher, has been a guardian angel for an entire gen- spective students must undergo a highly se- Mary Catherine Bradshaw, who deserves eration of young people. I commend him on June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1123 his long and fruitful career, and I wish him the themselves in a situation similar to the parents ada, he was ordained on June 30, 1946, by best of luck on the next stage of his life as ed- of newborns. There is no reason, therefore, to James Cardinal McGuligan. Father Doyle re- ucator. treat them differently than birth parents. turned to Philadelphia to celebrate his first f There are few foster or adoptive parents in mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church before any single workplace, guaranteeing that the traveling the world as an educator, mission di- INTRODUCTION OF THE PARENTAL effects on the employer would be minuscule in rector, editor, and preacher. LEAVE EQUITY ACT OF 1996 keeping with the policy of the FLMA. I urge my Since returning to Old St. Joseph's Church colleagues to support this bill to help ensure in 1967, Father Doyle has become a pillar of HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON that foster parents and adoptive parents re- the Philadelphia Community. He has served OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ceive the same opportunity as birth parents to as chaplain to the Federation of Irish Societies IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bond with a new child and to acclimate that of the Delaware Valley, the Irish Society, Le- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 child to her new family and surroundings. gion of Mary, Knights of Columbus, and the f Ancient Order of Hibernians. Father Doyle was Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I intro- honored as the 1992 Hibernian of the year for duce the Parental Family Leave Act of 1996, ZION EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN his selfless dedication to the community and a bill which will ensure that employees who CHURCH CENTENNIAL ANNIVER- willingness to help those in need. choose to care for a foster child or adopt a SARY Father Thomas Patrick Joseph Doyle epito- child will benefit from the same leave policy as mizes the Jesuit ideals. Today, I join his their coworkers who are birth parents. This bill HON. BART STUPAK friends in offering both thanks and congratula- does not mandate that employers provide OF MICHIGAN tions for his years of dedicated service. leave benefits beyond existing law, but rather IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f that if they choose to provide such benefits, they do so for all parents equitably. Because Wednesday, June 19, 1996 CUTTING SPENDING the employers involved are generally larger Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for businesses and the number of children is me to bring to the attention of the House of HON. LEE H. HAMILTON small, the bill will not burden employers. Representatives and the Nation that the Zion OF INDIANA The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 Evangelical Lutheran Church or Ironwood, MI, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES [FMLA] provides that employers must grant up is celebrating its centennial anniversary on Wednesday, June 19, 1996 to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for June 22, 1996. It was 100 years ago that 20 adoptive, birth and foster parents to care for a Lutherans were drawn together by their com- Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to new child. Although some employers go be- mon faith to form the Church of Ironwood, MI. insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, yond the mandate of the act and provide paid Today, the congregation has nearly 600 dedi- June 19, 1996, into the CONGRESSIONAL leave or allow paid sick leave to be used by cated members who are proudly celebrating RECORD. employees with a new child, they often extend the love and faith that has been shared within CUTTING SPENDING these benefits only to birth parents and not to the congregation and the Ironwood community Despite much of the political rhetoric in foster parents or parents who adopt. My bill for the past century. Washington, Congress and the President tracks the FMLA, correcting this inequity by In 1896, Pastor Michael Kivi was asked to have made significant progress on reducing the federal budget deficit. For the first time providing that if an employer allows additional lead the small congregation. He graciously ac- leave benefits for the birth of a child, the em- since President Truman, the deficit has been cepted the offer and began his new job for a reduced for years in a row. In fact, the pro- ployer shall provide the same leave benefits to salary of $20 a month. Thirteen dedicated jected 1996 deficit ($140 billion) is less than parents of a foster child or an adopted child. pastors have served the congregation since half of the 1992 deficit ($290 billion). Com- Thus, my bill does not require employers to Pastor Kivi. Currently, Pastor Francis Strong pared to the size of the economy, the U.S. provide leave policies beyond the requirement leads the members in worship and fellowship. deficit is now lower than that of any other of the FMLA, but provides only for equal treat- The congregation has been planning the an- major industrialized nation. However, much ment for adoptive and foster parents, in keep- niversary festivities since 1992. ``The History more must be done. The challenge facing Congress is to maintain this discipline and ing with the intent of the original legislation. of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,'' a The basis for granting parental leave to both stay the course until the deficit is erased. In concise history of the parish, was printed last past months, Congress has taken a number foster and adoptive parents overlap, but the fall. An original stage play was written for the of positive actions. circumstances of foster parents and adoptive celebration entitled ``Workers in the Vineyard.'' 1996 SPENDING parents are often different. Foster children are A centennial feast is being hosted on June 22 With my strong support, Congress recently generally older children who have been re- for members and friends of the congregation. passed the last of the yearly appropriations moved from their own homes. Often they are Mr. Speaker, on behalf of all northern Michi- bills which fund basic government oper- children with specific needs. Sometimes they gan, and the entire Nation I would like to con- ations. Overall, these bills cut spending $23 have been abused. Thus, a foster parent will gratulate Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church on billion blow 1995 levels—about 5 percent. I normally have a greater challenge of adjust- 100 years of faith, love, and ministry. voted to eliminate more than 200 wasteful ment than a new birth parent. A foster parent f programs, including the Advisory Commis- must acclimate to a child who already has set sion on Intergovernmental Relations, the habits and personality traits. The foster child is FATHER THOMAS PATRICK modular helium reactor program, a congres- JOSEPH DOYLE, S.J. sional warehouse and parking lot, and many sometimes intimidated by being thrust into her more. new surroundings. She may have come from LINE-ITEM VETO dangerous or perhaps life threatening cir- HON. ROBERT A. BORSKI cumstances. In addition, foster care systems, With my support, Congress passed a line- OF PENNSYLVANIA item veto, and the President signed it into especially those in large cities, are in great IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES law. Under this provision, the President can disrepair. A recent GAO report reported dis- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 object to any specific project or program and graceful circumstances for the care of many of return it to Congress. Without a two-thirds these youngsters, a situation that is pervasive Mr. BORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to vote in both the House and Senate, the pro- throughout the United States. The wreckage honor Father Thomas J. Doyle, S.J., who will gram would be eliminated. This is an impor- left behind by failed foster care systems is be celebrating the 50th anniversary of his ordi- tant step in efforts to block wasteful spend- often reflected in the lives of foster children. nation into the Society of Jesus on June 30, ing and ‘‘pork-barrel’’ projects. I am dis- They clearly need their parents in their new 1996. appointed that the congressional leadership delayed this provision until 1997 by defeating home as much, and probably more than the Father Doyle, a product of the Philadelphia an effort to make it effective immediately. If newborns who are the major recipients of paid community, attended the Gesu Grammar this had passed, even more could be saved leave. School, Roman Catholic High School, and St. from spending bills this year. Adopted children are generally not as old as Joseph's Preparatory School before deciding BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT foster care children and do not generally come to serve God and the community. Upon his For the first time in history, the House to their new families from troubled cir- graduation from St. Joseph's in 1933, Father last year approved a balanced budget amend- cumstances. However, because most adoptive Doyle entered the Society of Jesus. After per- ment to the Constitution. The version that parents are caring for an infant, they find forming his priestly studies in Toronto, Can- passed the House would require a 3⁄5 vote of E1124 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 both the House and the Senate to pass an un- tinue reducing the deficit, year by year, in a America's hard-won superiority in science balanced budget or to raise the debt limit. It disciplined, methodical manner. and technology, he believed, should be used would allow certain exemptions in time of Unless significant changes are made, the to relieve the tensions and miseries of the war or national security threat. I voted for final budget plan is expected to be vetoed by this amendment, and am disappointed that it the President. Although the differences be- war-torn world. He supported the Marshall failed in the Senate. tween the sides are significant, I think the plan for Europe, but also proposed a similar program of engagement in Asia. Had the Con- DOWNSIZING GOVERNMENT American people want Congress and the President to continue negotiating to reach gress heeded his prophetic advice, we might With my support, Congress voted in 1994 to agreement on the budget. It is the respon- cut more than 270,000 federal positions by have avoided the disastrous route that took sibility of leaders in both parties to put aside 1999. We are significantly ahead of schedule, our country into conflicts in Korea and Viet- partisan differences for the common good of with more than 160,000 positions eliminated, nam. ``We must make allies in Asia,'' he the nation. leaving the federal workforce smaller now Over the past year, both the President and warned, ``or we are doomed to protracted, than at any time since the mid-1960s. We the congressional leadership have moved to- costly, and indecisive wars.'' should continue this course, focusing par- wards the Coalition budget. There is still His ideas about cultivating constructive co- ticularly on top-heavy bureaucracies that time to unite the American people behind a operative relationships with Pacific Rim coun- have the bulk of their employees in Washing- tough, honest, and fair balanced budget that tries were part of the long tradition of trade ton, D.C. It has been my personal practice reflects basic American values and invests in each year to reduce administrative spending and friendship among the people of the North- our future. It would be a tragedy if the west and their neighbors to the East. Our for government programs and agencies to progress that has been made since 1992 is re- lessen the opportunity for waste. During the APEC program today is a culmination of the versed with a budget that increases the defi- vision of Washington State advocates such as appropriations process for fiscal year 1996, I cit in 1997 and 1998. I will continue to urge all supported many amendments to reduce over- of my colleagues to seek a final agreement. Warren Magnuson, Henry Jackson, and Hugh head in certain government agencies and f B. Mitchell. programs. Mitchell's legislative agenda also included REFORMING GOVERNMENT PURCHASING TRIBUTE TO HUGH B. MITCHELL, the careful stewardship of the abundant natu- Too often we hear about outrageous gov- FORMER MEMBER OF CONGRESS ral resources of the Pacific Northwest. Adop- ernment purchases of $600 toilet seats or $100 tion of his plan for comprehensive manage- screwdrivers. Centralized management is HON. JIM McDERMOTT ment of the Columbia River Valley by the Con- often inefficient. Last year, with my sup- gress might have averted the ecological crisis port, Congress passed legislation to stream- OF WASHINGTON line the wasteful government procurement IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES we now struggle to overcome. Hugh Mitchell's reputation as a far-sighted process. The new law reduces paperwork bur- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 dens, streamlines acquisition procedures, intellectual is complemented by his legendary and cuts government purchasing costs. It en- Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today attentiveness to the wisdom of his constitu- courages federal employees to act like pri- to pay tribute to a former Member of both ents. His civility of discourse and equanimity in vate businesses and purchase certain sup- Houses of Congress, Hugh Burnton Mitchell. the face of adversity sprang from his faith in plies at a local office supply store if it saves Mr. Mitchell died on June 10, at age 89, and the democratic process. His pragmatic vision money. It also expands the bidding process his family and friends are gathering at Day- of government of, by, and for the people is a to make it more competitive and efficient. break Star Center in Seattle to remember him legacy that enhances this body, Mr. Speaker, SIX-YEAR BALANCED BUDGET today. and I commend it to you. I voted for a plan to balance the budget in Hugh Mitchell was a true son of the North- f six years. This conservative ‘‘Coalition’’ west, and true Democrat. His belief, that gov- budget asks all Americans to do their fair ernment could help people realize their AMERICA WANTS HEALTH CARE share with equitably distributed savings. REFORM This plan would cut spending by more than dreams, was at the core of his public service. $700 billion. It reforms welfare, protects So- He was born in Great Falls, MT in 1907, grew cial Security, preserves Medicare and Medic- up on a dairy farm, and attended public HON. RON PACKARD aid for the future, maintains investments in schools. After graduating from Dartmouth Col- OF CALIFORNIA education and job training, and cuts cor- lege, he engaged in editorial work at an Ever- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES porate subsidies. The Coalition budget would ett, WA newspaper. In 1933, he joined the Wednesday, June 19, 1996 reduce the deficit by $9 billion in 1997, $25 congressional staff of U.S. Representative billion in 1998, and continue on a glidepath Monrad Wallgren, and extended his service on Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, America's wait to a balanced budget in 2002. for health care reform is nearly over. My col- Unfortunately, the House defeated this the Hill for 12 years, including Wallgren's term budget and passed a version that would in- in the Senate. leagues in both the House and the Senate crease the deficit in 1997 and 1998. This is the When Wallgren was elected Governor of the have reached agreement on the Health Cov- plan that was supported by House Speaker State of Washington, he appointed Mitchell to erage Availability and Affordability Act of 1996. Newt Gingrich. I voted against increasing serve the balance of his Senate term. Hugh This is the health care bill the American peo- the deficit. The main difference between this Mitchell was just 37 years old when he was ple have wanted for years. plan and the Coalition budget is that the sworn on January 10, 1945Ðthe second The Republican health care reform plan is Speaker’s plan borrows an additional $150 youngest U.S. Senator at the time. He was portable and affordable. Despite the extremist billion to expand certain tax breaks. As a re- defeated for election in 1946, but was elected efforts of the Clinton administration to national- sult, the national debt would be billions of dollars higher in 2002 than under the Coali- to the House in 1948 and served in the 81st ize this Nation's private health care system, tion budget. The Coalition budget dem- and 82d Congresses. He was not a candidate the long wait for portable and affordable heath onstrates that it is possible to make tough for renomination in 1952, but mounted an un- care is over, and, it took a Republican Con- budget choices while reflecting the values successful bid for the governorship of Wash- gress to get it done. Our plan ensures port- American cherish: responsibility, honesty, ington in 1952. ability, fights fraud and abuse, cuts red tape, fairness, and the promise that the future will Mr. Speaker, our country has changed dra- increases access, and enhances affordability. be better for our children. The problem with matically in the 40 years since Hugh Mitchell For the first time, working Americans will be the budget supported by Speaker Gingrich is graced the floor of this Chamber, but the prin- able to leave their jobs without having to worry that increasing the national debt would leave even more of a burden on our children. ciple that animated his public service is time- about losing their health care insurance due to It is correct that both the Speaker’s plan less: that government could and should aid preexisting conditions. Up to 25 million Ameri- and the Coalition plan balance the budget on the people he represented. He listened to the cans per year will benefit from this agreement, paper, but the Speaker’s plan postpones 82% people, and tried to put government to work which eliminates preexisting condition exclu- of the deficit reduction until after the 1998 for them. sions for persons with prior health insurance elections. In fact, the President’s separate Hugh Mitchell's congressional career began coverage. An additional 4 million job-locked plan makes a similar mistake. History shows as World War II was ending; the country's Americans are freed to job hunt because in- that such an approach is a recipe for failure. agenda then was similar to that which faces it surance companies will be required by law, to Time and time again Congress has passed ‘‘deficit reduction’’ plans that postpone seri- today in the post-cold war era. Mitchell urged accept persons who had prior health insur- ous spending cuts for several years. My posi- conversion of America's war-related industries ance coverage. tion is that we should use the Coalition ap- to peacetime infrastructure-building, both to This agreement fights fraud and abuse by proach and pay our bills now, and not just put people to work, and to prevent a reversion creating new penalties against those who en- promise to pay them later. We should con- to the hardships of the Depression. gage in health care fraud. It creates a national June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1125 health care fraud and abuse control program sanctioned. As a result, the supply of services TRIBUTE TO WENDY GUEY, 1996 to coordinate Federal, State, and local law en- and other subcontracts, farm-in arrangements, NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNER forcement actions and funding is increased for and the like in connection with contracts en- investigation, reviews, and prosecutions. tered into prior to the date of enactment will HON. MARK ADAM FOLEY To provide greater access to health care, not expose companies to potential sanctions. OF FLORIDA the agreement fights discrimination in the Tax Similarly, companies may continue the devel- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Code against millions of small, self-employed opment of oil resources as contemplated business men and women by giving them vir- under exploration and production-sharing Wednesday, June 19, 1996 tually the same rights as large corporations to agreements signed long before introduction of Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to sa- deduct their health insurance costs. It allows this legislation. By addressing these legitimate lute an exceptional student from Palm Beach tax deductions for long-term health care concerns of the business community, our com- County, FL, Miss Wendy Guey. At 12 years needs, and it allows terminally ill patients and mittee has preserved an important principle old, Wendy attends the Palm Beach County their families to receive tax-free accelerated while reducing the likely exposure of U.S. School of the Arts and was the winner of the death benefits from their insurance compa- companies and U.S. workers to foreign gov- 1996 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. nies. ernment retaliation. Not only a talented pianist and violinist, Miss The President and his liberal allies insist on As the administration made clear in its testi- Guey is also a bright, young lady who calmly perpetuating big Government policies and so- mony before the Trade Subcommittee, it too spelled vivisepulture to become a national cialized heath care. America rejected it in shares my concerns about the potential unin- champion. To get through the early rounds, 1993, and they do not want it today. The tended consequences of the legislation. I was she spelled correctlyÐparquet, multifarious, Health Coverage Availability and Affordability pleased that the administration indicated that and gesticulate. Aside from a small shopping Act of 1996 ensures portable, affordable the bill should apply only prospectively, to fu- trip, she donated $200 to her school while the health care for working Americans. ture contracts and to future investments. With rest of the prize money has been put away for It is time the Clinton liberals stop dragging the bill before us today, the administration college. their feet and came to the negotiating table. should be in a better position to ensure that This was Miss Guey's fourth National Spell- f hard-working Americans in the 14th District or ing Bee. In 1993, she came in fourth place at anywhere in our great land will not be put at the unbelievable age of 9. This year, she DO NOT PUT HARD-WORKING risk. came back after missing two words in pre- AMERICANS AT RISK In closing, I wish to again commend our vious rounds to win the championship. Committee leadership for producing a bill that Perhaps most importantly, Miss Guey has HON. GREG LAUGHLIN maintains long-standing principles, reduces reached a level that all American students OF TEXAS the risk of harmful retaliation, and provides the should strive to achieve. Education cannot be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES President with the flexibility needed to ensure emphasized enough; our children need to be Wednesday, June 19, 1996 that the American economy is not adversely prepared to attain the skilled positions that will affected by our pursuit of foreign policy objec- await them in the future. For the United States Mr. LAUGHLIN. Mr. Speaker, like other tives. to compete on the international level, young Members of this body, I abhor terrorism and individuals such as Miss Guey need to be- support ongoing efforts to reduce the spread f come the role models for all students. of weapons of mass destruction. But I also I am proud to recognize Miss Guey for her HONORING ‘‘OLD’’ JOE CLARK want to be sure that we do not hurt hard-work- victory as well as her parents Mr. and Mrs. ing Americans in our efforts to achieve foreign Ching and Susan Guey of Palm Beach Gar- policy objectives. From the outset, I have been HON. HAROLD ROGERS dens. We should all be proud to salute Wendy particularly concerned that enactment of this OF KENTUCKY for her achievements and wish her the best of bill might hurt the citizens of the 14th District IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES luck in her future endeavors. of Texas and American families throughout the f country. Wednesday, June 19, 1996 As the chairman of the Trade Subcommittee Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to POSTAL REFORM knows, I was particularly concerned that the honor one of southern Kentucky's country bill, as reported by the International Relations music legends, ``Old'' Joe Clark. HON. JOHN M. McHUGH Committee, could have two potentially harmful ``Old'' Joe recently celebrated his 50th year OF NEW YORK effects. First, the initial bill would have put at of performing at Renfro Valley, Kentucky's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES risk the jobs of Americans at totally innocent premier country music venue. He has been U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies. Sec- making us laugh with his unique brand of Wednesday, June 19, 1996 ond, the initial bill could be read to apply retro- country humor and skillful banjo-picking for the Mr. MCHUGH. Mr. Speaker, the following actively to investment commitments made and last half century. He is a true treasure of the letter by Postmaster General Marvin Runyon contractual obligations undertaken many years Commonwealth. was published in the June 1, 1996 Washing- ago. ``Old'' Joe came to Renfro Valley after enter- ton Post as a rebuttal to an earlier Washington Through the strong leadership and personal taining folks in and around his home of John- Post column calling for the creation of a Gov- intervention of the chairman of the full commit- son City, TN. After sharpening his talents in ernment commission to address the complex tee and of the Trade Subcommittee, these Tennessee, ``Old'' Joe attracted the attention issues of postal reform. The authors of the concerns have been addressed. I am gratified of Renfro Valley's founder, John Lair. And, as original articleÐMessrs. David Ginsburg, Mur- that the unprecedented innocent subsidiary they say, the rest is history. ray Comarow, Robert Hardesty and David provision was dropped in its entirely. That It did not take long for ``Old'' Joe's fame to HarrisÐargued in their guest column, ``Deliv- change alone will ensure that workers in my spread throughout southern Kentucky. And, he ery for the Postal Service,'' that postal reform district will not have their livelihoods affected was soon a part of the national country music would best be addressed through the creation by the actions of others that were well beyond scene. He appeare at the Grand Ole Opry and of a Government commission to report and their control. Moreover, the bill was redrafted performed with some the Nation's top country analyze these important public policy issues. to ensure that the long-standing principle of stars. While I do not embrace that conclusion, I in- contract sanctity is preserved. To eliminate ``Old'' Joe Clark talents are legendary at cluded their column in the CONGRESSIONAL any possible interpretive ambiguity, the defini- Renfro Valley. For 50 years, he has set the RECORD of June 6. tion of investment makes clear that the legisla- standard for an entire generation of country In his rebuttal, Mr. Runyon argues to the tion applies only to activities undertaken pur- musicians and comedians. Without a doubt, contrary and says that the Postal Service can- suant to an agreement entered into with the ``Old'' Joe has left his mark on the Renfro Val- not wait for results of findings of a commis- Government of Iran or the Government of ley community. sion. Mr. Runyon stresses that the Postal Libya (or nongovernmental entities formed by Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to honor Service has begun to meet the demands of to- those governments) after the date of enact- ``Old'' Joe Clark on his 50th anniversary at day's mail delivery and that legislative reforms ment. Thus, for example, companies can con- Renfro Valley. I know that the people of south- are needed to keep it thriving for years to tinue to honor their contractual obligations ern Kentucky love Joe and appreciate his life- come. I will be introducing such legislation in under existing contracts without fear of being time of service to entertain us. the next few days. E1126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 [From the Washington Post, June 1, 1996] INS TO BE COMMENDED IN MIAMI processed on a timely, efficient basis by INS. ALREADY DELIVERING Although there have been enormous backlogs HON. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART in the past, I believe that Commissioner (By Marvin Runyon) OF FLORIDA Meissner is taking important steps toward Were the Postal Service a private com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES helping immigrants naturalize and take full ad- vantage of citizenship in these great United pany, it would be the ninth-largest business Wednesday, June 19, 1996 in the United States. It is bigger than Coca- States. Cola, Xerox and Eastman Kodak—combined. Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, the Immi- f gration and Naturalization Service [INS], cre- With more than 750,000 employees in all U.S. CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS states and territories, the U.S. Postal Serv- ated by Congress over a hundred years agoÐ ice is the largest civilian employer in the March 3, 1891Ðhas been charged with the re- country—accounting for one out of every 170 sponsibility of providing services under the Im- HON. FRANK RIGGS U.S. paychecks. Last year, the Postal Serv- migration and Nationality Act, which among OF CALIFORNIA ice delivered 181 billion pieces of mail—more other things includes providing assistance to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pieces in a day than Federal Express delivers individuals seeking naturalizationÐthe process Wednesday, June 19, 1996 in a year. by which eligible immigrants become U.S. citi- Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, northern Califor- No doubt the complex and amazing U.S. zens. Therefore, INS is appropriately involved nia, with its benign temperature, is home to Postal Service faces some serious challenges. in the citizenship process as an integral part many agricultural products, including grapes, But does anyone seriously believe that this and I believe that Commissioner Meissner has stone fruits, vegetables, and citrus. California calls for creating another government com- made significant progress in reducing the ex- has 275,000 acres in citrus groves. Roughly mission? tensive processing backlogs for prospective 30,000 to 35,000 people are employed in the In their article of May 20 [‘‘Delivery for new citizens as interest in naturalization has citrus industry, which means ontree revenues the Postal Service,’’ op-ed] four friends of increased substantially during her term as of $546.3 million for the State of California. the Postal Service—David Ginsburg, Murray commissioner. However, if the brown citrus aphid intrudes Comarow, Robert L. Hardesty and David F. Although I cannot speak for other portions into our groves, everything we worked so hard Harris—argue for just such a panel. of the country, in Miami INS has done a com- for will be lost. The fact is, the Postal Service can’t wait mendable job of moving applicants through The brown citrus aphid is the carrier for the for a commission. We’ve already begun to the citizenship process expeditiously. As a citrus tristeza virus or CTV. CTV is a very de- turn things around. part critic of INS's failure to process applica- structive disease that has already killed over No tax dollars fill our coffers. And the real tions on a timely basis, I have been encour- 40 million trees worldwide and is projected to price of a stamp, when adjusted for inflation, aged by the important headway INS has made destroy 180 million citrus trees on citrus is about the same today as it was in 1971. But in reducing the average time for completing an tristeza virus-sensitive sour orange rootstock today’s Postal Service makes a profit. Last application. in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, year, we earned $1.8 billion. So far, we’re on Naturalization applications have severely and other parts of North America. If there is track to earn between $700 million and $900 outpaced the capacity of INSÐfrom just over even one strain of the CTV in the rootstock, it million in fiscal 1996. 200,000 in 1983 to over a million in 1955, and will debilitate the trees and will produce ex- In 1995 we set a record of 88 percent for on- thousands of applications had been accumu- tremely low quantities of fruit. If the quantity of time delivery. We expect to set a new record lating in Miami with a mere 22 personnel to citrus decreases, it means millions of dollars in when new statistics are released next week. process them. To respond to this unaccept- revenue lost for the State of California. Moreover, we intend to raise our national able situation, using its own fee revenue, INS My colleagues in Arizona, Flordia, Louisi- on-time delivery average for local first-class has added 158 naturalization personnel to the ana, and Texas share California's understand- mail to 92 percent by next year. By 2000, we Miami District staff this year to handle the ing of the importance of the threat presented are aiming for 95 percent or better, with steadily increasing volume of citizenship appli- by the brown citrus aphid. If not controlled, the similar improvements in other service cat- cations. In the first half of this year, thanks to disease will escalate and will affect the U.S. egories. the additional staffing provided by Commis- citrus industry, possibly eliminating the United We’re also working to raise revenue and sioner Meissner, the Miami district has been States as a major supplier of fresh fruit and exploring the universe of technology. In the able to complete close to 30,000 N±400 appli- juice concentrate in the world. coming months, we will be launching hybrid cationsÐthe standard naturalization formÐ Congress has already made a commitment mail services that combine the speed of com- which is over 1,000 more than the Miami dis- to fight the citrus tristeza virus in the fiscal puter messaging with the security and im- trict completed in the entire year for 1995. I year 1996 and fiscal year 1997 Agricultural pact of the U.S. Mail. We’ll also be introduc- have been pleased with this progress and appropriations bills with a $500,000 special re- ing electronic money transfer services, inter- commend Commissioner Meissner's hard work search grant. However, I believe more needs national catalogue shopping, convenient new to ensure that naturalization is given the prior- to be done. The farm bill, passed earlier this bill-paying methods and dozens of new serv- ity it merits. year, created a $3 million cooperative national ices available at our 40,000 post offices. Through its Citizenship USA project, INS is research initiative to control the citrus tristeza And we’re increasing service, not costs, by meeting on a monthly basis in Miami with local virus and the brown citrus aphid. The program reengineering the way we deliver the mail. organizations to improve community outreach. would entail new research and develop tech- Last year, we launched a new blueprint for Groups such as One Nation, the Catholic nologies needed to manage the disease, pro- excellence called CustomerPerfect!, which is Legal Immigration Network Inc. [CLINIC], vide environmentally and energy-efficient con- helping us examine how we deliver the mail Dade County Schools and the Hispanic Coali- trol measures, and reduce the economic every step along the way, from the back tion have worked with volunteers and local of- losses due to the diseases caused by the dock to the customer’s mailbox. At the same CTV. Unfortunately it was not possible to fund time, we’re working to reduce labor costs, ficials to help the INS facilitate its citizenship activities. the research initiative in this year's appropria- which account for some 80 percent of our an- tions bill. However, if additional monies be- nual budget. To be eligible for citizenship, an immigrant must be a legal permanent resident for at come available to the committee, I will work to But more must be done. Legislative reform least 5 yearsÐthree if married to a U.S. citi- ensure that the CTV research initiative is is needed to allow the Postal Service to keep zenÐexhibit good moral character and under- given strong consideration for funding. pace with the communications business; for f example, to offer business customers volume standing of constitutional principles, dem- discounts and customized service contracts. onstrate a knowledge of U.S. history/civics AUNG SAN SUU KYI AND HER We need the authority to test new products and basis EnglishÐunless exempted for age WORK IN BURMA more easily and bring them to market more or disabilityÐand must pay an application fee quickly. And we need changes that will bring of $95 which funds the INS process of exam- labor negotiations back to the bargaining ining each case. Thus, naturalization is not an HON. NEIL ABERCROMBIE OF HAWAII table so we can better control our costs. automatic step for every immigrant, and those IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Postal Service doesn’t need a commis- individuals who have gone to the trouble and sion. It needs to have the shackles of govern- effort of playing by the rules and have dem- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 ment regulation loosened so it can continue onstrated their dedication and desire to be a Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Speaker, today its commitment to excellence. U.S. citizen deserve the opportunity to be there was a ceremony commemorating the June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1127 51st birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi, the rightful Ms. Calvert dedicated her life to community clear. I am not talking about teenagers flipping leader of Burma. It highlighted the continuing service. She was active in the Unitarian Uni- burgers. Contingent workers can be heads of repression occurring in Burma. As you know, versalist Church of San Diego and in its Wom- a households. They can be old or young. But, Burma is ruled by a brutal military dictatorship en's Federation and Project Freedom of Reli- not surprisingly, they are disproportionately which rejects the mandate of the democratic gion. She was coordinator of the Religious women and minorities. elections of 1990. Rights Task Force and advisor for Planned Employers increasingly view contingent Although Aung San Suu Kyi is no longer Parenthood at her church. She served as workers as disposable. Contingent workers under house arrest, the military regime has founder and chairwoman of the San Diego often provide short-term profits to employers been stepping up its repressive measures chapter of the Religious Coalition for Abortion who don't want to pay health insurance, pen- against her and her party, the National League Rights and as a member of the board of direc- sion benefits, unemployment insurance, and for Democracy. As the sixth anniversary of the tors of the Coalition for Reproductive Choice. vacation and sick leave. This is not to say that democratic election approached, over 200 As a woman who had been stricken with there should be no part-time or temporary people were arrested. Recently, the regime re- polio at the age of 15, she committed herself jobs. They provide flexibility for both employ- leased half of the detainees. These arrests to ensuring that others in similar situations ees and employers. Moreover, there are con- were the latest example of the egregious could enjoy a rewarding and independent life. sciences employers and temporary agencies human rights situation in Burma. She was an appointee to the County Commit- that set the standard when it comes to pay Aung San Suu Kyi and members of the Na- tee for Persons with Disabilities, and she lob- and benefits for part-time and temporary work- tional League for Democracy did not give in to bied for access to facilities and services for ers. But the rise in the number of involuntary the fear of retribution. They held rallies these disabled persons. contingent workers and the recent corporate past two weekends and will continue to meet. With a power wheelchair, arm braces and a purging that has taken place paint a gloomy I say to Anug San Suu Kyi, thank you for ventilator to provide oxygen, she lived as inde- portrait of contingent work in America. your courage and devotion to principle, you in- pendently in San Diego as her health would Temporary employment alone grew 10 spire all of us. You are a very courageous permitÐand she worked at The Access Cen- times faster than overall employment between woman, who has endured uncomprehensible ter, a nonprofit agency that provides services 1982 and 1990. In 1982 contingent workers hardships. We will continue to help restore for the disabled, representing her clients in constituted a quarter of the labor force. And you and the rightfully elected parliament to their efforts to also live independently. that number continues to rise. power in Burma and end the horrendous Despite being told often that she would Not surprisingly, women and minorities are human rights violations. never finish college or be employed, she re- overrepresented in the part-time and tem- f ceived a bachelor's degree in social work and porary work force. For example, the percent- a master's degree in counseling from San age of African-Americans in the temporary SALUTE TO THE MISSIONARY EF- Diego State University. She was employed in work force is double that of the whole work FORTS OF NINTH AND O BAP- social work and chemical dependency coun- force. Moreover, two out of three temporary TIST CHURCH seling, first at Episcopal Community Services workers are women. Women and minority and then at the California Youth Authority. She groups, therefore, suffer a disproportionate HON. MIKE WARD joined The Access Center in 1993 and coordi- share of the drawbacks of involuntary part- OF KENTUCKY nated a program to buy adaptive equipment time and temporary employmentÐlower per- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for people with severe disabilities. hour wages than full-time workers; reduced or She was honored with several awards, in- no employment-based health, retirement, and Wednesday, June 19, 1996 cluding the Gallantry Award by the Easter other benefits; and the constant threat of Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sa- Seal Society, the Unsung Unitarian of the being released with little or no warning. lute the Ninth and O Baptist Church of Louis- Year Award, the Woman of the Year Award by Employees who worked for Honeywell Infor- ville, KY. This remarkable congregation led by the Coalition for Reproductive Choice, and the mation Systems found out the hard way. After Pastor Rodney Burnette organized relief ef- Freedom of Religion Award by the Religious working for Honeywell as a computer pro- forts for the children of a war-torn Bosnia. Coalition for Abortion Rights. grammer for 8 years, Jimmie Ruth and the Last October, the parishioners of the Ninth But of all the awards, the most significant majority of her department were laid off. She and O Baptist Church organized an amazing was the respect and admiration of her friends, was hired back as a consultant, but the conglomeration of ``shoebox blessings'' filled family, and community for her community in- change in status resulted in a loss of benefits with a variety of gifts for children in Bosnia. volvement, her passionate advocacy for the and forced her to pay Social Security taxes. They worked in collaboration with the South- disabled, and her desire to make the world a She found herself working along side her ern Baptist Foreign Mission Board adminis- better place for all people with disabilities. former coworkers, who had also been hired trator in Eastern Europe Bill Steele to iron out We seldom find a person as dedicated and back without their benefits. the specifics of the project. They then ap- brave as Ms. CalvertÐthose who touch us Corporations that replace full-time workers pealed to other churches, schools, and com- with their perseverance and optimism. My with temporary workers do it to save money. munity organizations to donate boxes filled thoughts and prayers go out to her partner, But it can often cost taxpayers money. We all with toys, clothes, picture books, and candy Chris Shelly, to her family, and to her friends pay higher health costs when uninsured work- for children of ages up to 13 years old. in the disabled community and in the San ers receive expensive emergency care rather More than 2,700 boxes were collected as Diego community at large. She will be missed. than preventative medicine. We all pay when well as over 200 cases of medical supplies f employees without retirement plans must de- and 150 cases of food. Thanks to this extraor- pend on public assistance. We all pay when dinary church group, thousands of Bosnian THE PART-TIME AND TEMPORARY families are unable to reinvest money back children had gifts for Christmas. I would like to WORKERS PROTECTION ACT into the economy. take this opportunity to commend them for There is little proof that replacing core work- their efforts and their commitment to building HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER ers with contingent labor benefits companies. bridges of peaceful offerings to the unfortunate OF COLORADO According to management research consultant victims of war across the Atlantic. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Helen Axel, companies do not always save f money by providing contingent employees with Wednesday, June 19, 1996 lower wages and fewer benefits. The produc- TRIBUTE TO DARLENE CAROL Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, we live in tivity of companies is often negatively im- CALVERT a disposable society. We have disposable dia- pacted by the high turnover rates of contingent pers, cups, plates, utensils, gloves, needles, employees. The costs and time required for HON. BOB FILNER razors, bags, heat packs, and flashlights. We training new waves of temporary employees OF CALIFORNIA even have disposable cameras and contact are not compensated for by trimming wages IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lenses. But we have gone too far. We have and benefits. entered the age of the disposable worker. Cutting jobs has become profitable in an- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 I am talking about the contingent work force, other wayÐfattening the pockets of CEO's. Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to which is made up of part-time workers, tem- When Robert Allen, CEO of AT&T, announced honor a great community leader who passed porary employees, independent contractors, 40,000 layoffs in January, he made more than away last weekÐDarlene Carol Calvert. day laborers, and others. Let me make it $5 million as AT&T stock soared. This is in E1128 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 addition to his $3 million salary. So Allen team took the State championships by one- The following candidates are to receive earned millions for firing thousands. half of a point thanks to Brad's relay team in bachelor of science in fiscal accounting: The Part-Time and Temporary Worker Pro- the final event. And, somehow he still found Yaraset Maria Alonso Cruz, Candido Barrera tection Act address this problem. Simply put, the time to coach a youth basketball team in Vasquz, Angel Bautista Capistran, Lucero if an employer provides health care and pen- his community. Bustos Quezada, Yaneth Alejandra Bustos sion benefits to full-time workers, then they Brad's parents, Mike and Sheila Conners, Terrones, Daniel Castrejon Hernandez, must provide partial coverage to contingent are undoubtedly very proud of their son's Conrado Diaz Mota, Luis Alberto Elizalde workers. achievements. I share in their pride and wish Marban, Arturo Guevara Dircio, Maricela Jarez Under the bill, all employees working 500 Brad the best of luck in his studies at Notre Gatica, Maria Aldegunda Lopez Hernandez, hours or more per year receive a prorated Dame next year. Andres Jordan Mendoza Arteaga, Rosales share of health benefits under the employee f Maricruz Morquecho, Sandra Ocampo Santos, sponsored group health plan based on the Yareli Perez Herta, Jesus Reza Cruz, Luis amount they worked. In other words, an em- IN HONOR OF MARIO JIMENEZ Rojas Castro, Betzavet Salinas Mateos, and ployee who works 20 hours per week is eligi- Maria Del Rosario Santiaguillo Guerrero. ble for half of the benefits of a full-time em- HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES The following candidates are to receive ployee. OF CALIFORNIA bachelor of science in general medicine: In addition, employees working 500 hours or IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rossana Castrejon Hernandez, Belen Catalan more per year are eligible to participate in an Wednesday, June 19, 1996 Chavez, Fatima Janet Catalan Lopez, Sindy employer-provided pension plan at the same De Jesus Tapoya, Magnolia Elizalde Gaytan, prorated rate. Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col- Maribel Garcia Munoz, Juan Benito Gaytan The bill also allows voluntary part-time work- leagues to join me in recognition of the great Catrejon, Nestor Hernandez Riquelme, Luz ers to receive unemployment compensation honor that will be bestowed upon Mr. Mario Ji- Estela Iriarte Salinas, Selene Montanez while looking for part-time work. Currently, in menez of Whittier, CA. Dominguez, Maribel Montes Juan, Graciela order to receive unemployment insurance, a On June 28, 1996, during the annual grad- Peralta Marba, and Maria De La Guadalupe part-time worker must look for, and accept if uation ceremony of the university of his home- Soto Garcia. offered, full-time work. town, Huitzuco, Guerrero, Mexico, Mr. Ji- f Another concern is the misclassification of menez will be named the ``Father of the Gen- employees as independent contractors. The eration'' for the class of 1993±96. GEYSERVILLE INTERMODAL/ Part-Time and Temporary Workers Protection Mario Jimenez, a leader of the community VISITORS CENTER Act limits the IRS's ability to waive employer and a philanthropist in my congressional dis- tax liability for misclassifying employees as trict, has spent many years supporting our HON. FRANK RIGGS local youth and educational initiatives. As a independent contractors and prevents Federal OF CALIFORNIA successful businessman in Pico Rivera, Mario and defense contractors from willfully IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES misclassifying employees as independent con- has dedicated his time and resources to var- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 tractors. ious programs and activities that promote ex- Finally, the bill requires the Bureau of Labor cellence in education. He is a member of the Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ex- Statistics to conduct an annual survey to de- Congressional Award Council, a national orga- press my appreciation and support for the rec- termine the level of health and pension bene- nization that challenges and recognizes young ognition given by the Committee on Appropria- fits for temporary employees, the number of people in my congressional district. tions to the value of a proposed project in jobs an individual holds, and the number of In honor of the following 1996 graduates of Geyserville, CA, in Sonoma County. In the re- hours an individual works on each job. the Centro de Bachillerato Tecnologico, I con- port accompanying the fiscal year 1997 Agri- I urge my colleagues to join with me in sup- gratulate the candidates to receive a bachelor culture appropriations bill, the committee ex- porting the Part-Time and Temporary Workers of science in electricity: Francisco Castrejon presses its expectation that the Department Protection Act of 1996. Marban, Isahi Flores Garcia, Eden Vladimir will give consideration to funding this project f Garces Nunez, Ricardo Ernesto Garcia Cas- under the rural business enterprise grants pro- tro, Jose Alfredo Jimenez Roman, Adrian gram. While the report makes reference to TRIBUTE TO 1996 PRESIDENTIAL Lopez Carrera, Jose Esteban Marban intermodal transportation and technical assist- SCHOLAR BRAD CONNERS Salcado, Rafael Mendoza PanÄaloza, Jorge Is- ance requests relating to a train depot in rael Ortega Figueroa, and Jorge Luis Rivera Geyserville, one point merits clarification. In HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA Roman y Armando Tellez Escamilla. order to fully meet the rural needs of OF WISCONSIN The following candidates are to receive a Geyserville, it is important to give equal con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bachelor of science in fiscal accounting: Flavio sideration to funding the construction of a visi- Aguirre Pineda, Lazaro Alonso Astudillo, Wednesday, June 19, 1996 tor's center and small business incubator, Edgar Aragon Perez, Heriberto Coronel Flo- which will be constructed adjacent to the Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. Speaker, I rise today to res, Silberto Calindo Garcia, Marlyn Gonzalez depot. pay tribute to Brad Conners, who was named Varga, Maribel Ildenfoso Flores, Martha Euge- f a 1996 Presidential Scholar. As a constituent nia Jimenez Elizalde, Rubi Nelly Lagunas of mine, it is a special honor to congratulate Gaytan, Suhail Lopez Garcia, Omar Marban MFN STATUS FOR CHINA Brad and his distinguished teacher, Mr. John Ocampo, Nayelli Miranda Sanchez, Celina Burke. Nieves Nieves, Adson Peralta Bautista, Alicia HON. NEIL ABERCROMBIE Each year, only 141 students in the country Rodriquez. Arellano, Claudia Rojas Aragon, OF HAWAII are selected for the prestigious Presidential and Susana Sonido Gomez. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Scholar award. The competition is fierce, and The following candidates are to receive those that are chosen must demonstrate ex- bachelor of science in administrative informa- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 cellence in academics, leadership, and school tion: Nazaria Basilio Saavedra, Alejandro Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Speaker, today I and community involvement. Casarrubias Merino, Violeta Castillo Jaimes, rise to speak out against granting China the Brad recently graduated from Catholic Me- Elida Castro Ayala, Victor Hugo Delgado Her- most-favored-nation [MFN] status. For many morial High School, where he excelled both in nandez, Antonio Elizalde AVila, Ozcar years I have followed the human rights and and out of the classroom. Namely, he finished Encarnacion Jaimes, Flor Figueroa Taboada, business violations occurring in China. This school with an A average and was a member Alfonsina Hernandez Castrejon, Matriza Her- past year we have once again seen many of the academic decathlon team. Coached by nandez De La Cruz, Armida Eliona Marban problems arise with China. Mr. Burke, the team took second place at the Marban, Gustavo Morales San Matrin, Henrik As my colleagues know, last month the State finals. Brad won individual honors, as Adu Nava Figueroa, Andres Nery Robles, United States customs agents arrested sus- well, with a gold medal in economics and Malinal Xochitl Ocampo Cardenas, Nallely pects in the United States with ties to China's bronze medals in both fine arts and science. Pineda Gonzales, Lorena Rosales Franco, state-owned munitions companies for smug- In addition, Brad participated in football, Rocio Segura Eligio, Juan Tabodada Ayala, gling AK±47's and other dangerous weapons basketball, and track all through high school. Alfonso Toledo Figueroa, Isaias Valle Abrego, into the United States. These same compa- In fact, this year the Catholic Memorial track and Magdalena Villalva Estrada. nies are selling nuclear weapons technology June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1129 to Pakistan and advanced missile technology ily values; she likes to think most folks in themselves as political and social conserv- to Iran. Sioux Falls do. atives, has rejected that argument. They Many people claim that if we don't grant So when daughter Jessica was born four work not just because they need to, but be- years ago, Beeck made a decision that she MFN status to China that American business cause they want to. They believe they can says reflects her deep conviction that family continue to work without jeopardizing the will be hurt. That's not true. American busi- comes first: Seven weeks after giving birth, physical and psychological well-being of nesses are hurt by the Chinese Government she enrolled Jessica in day care and returned their children, particularly if they get a lit- allowing piracy of copyrighted American to her job as a securities broker at tle help from their employers, their commu- goods. These pirated copies are made in fac- Citibank’s South Dakota branch. nities and their elected representatives. tories with the full knowledge of the Chinese For Beeck, whose pay nudges her family’s Clearly, for women whose families can af- Government. Everyone here is aware that a annual income just above the nation’s me- ford it, curtailing outside work can increase dian of $33,000, working outside the home trade war was barely averted yesterday be- the quantity, as well as the quality, of their could easily be characterized as a choice in involvement in their children’s lives. Evi- cause the United States and China came to name only. Her family needs her income if it dence indicates some women are managing an agreement that is designed to crack down is to afford the trappings, and opportunities, to do so, although their numbers so far don’t on Chinese piracy of compact discs and com- of middle-class life. add up to a significant demographic trend. puter software. Yet there’s more involved here than eco- But for a majority of American women, the Unfortunately, I don't think the Chinese un- nomic necessity. The fact is, Beeck likes her values debate no longer turns on the ques- derstand that we are serious about protecting job. She likes day care too. She says it has tion of whether they will or won’t work out- our copyrighted goods. Once again, the Chi- given her children, Jessica and 7-year-old side the home. They simply will, at a rate of Ryan, ‘‘things I couldn’t give them at nese have only been slapped on the wrist for almost seven out of 10 nationally. home,’’ including field trips, a structured In places like Sioux Falls, the values de- not abiding by agreements made. In the past, learning environment and other kids to play bate now turns on the question of how hus- MFN status has been granted in hopes that with—lots and lots of other kids. bands, employers, communities and govern- the Chinese Government was going to crack Beeck could easily parlay her skills into a ment will adapt to the reality of a society in down on the piracy problems and human high-intensity, and probably higher-paying, which both mothers and fathers draw a pay- rights violations. This has not happened yet. job elsewhere. But she has chosen to stay at check. Granting MFN to China does not encourage Citibank and in Sioux Falls in part because ‘‘We have an economy that requires women her employer and her community have taken to work and, of course, by choice, women the Chinese Government to correct their pains to ease the burden on mothers who human rights violations. Despite China's ro- work,’’ said Fran Sussner Rogers, chief exec- work outside the home. utive officer of Work/Family Directions, a bust economy and economic reforms, there ‘‘Staying here,’’ she said, ‘‘is a measure of Boston consulting firm. ‘‘But we’ve kept our continues to be widespread human rights my commitment to family values.’’ institutions and the places we work running abuses. China still places severe restrictions Sioux Falls, in fact, might just represent on rules that were made for men with wives on freedom of speech, the press, assembly, the future of American motherhood. at home. And then we’ve had such ambiva- A surprising 84% of mothers who live here lence about whether women should work association, religion, privacy, movement and are employed outside the home, according to that we haven’t adapted our communities to worker rights. In Sunday's Post, it was noted the 1990 census. Among women with children a new situation.’’ that China's priority for the next 15 years younger than 6, a whopping four out of five The solution, Rogers said, is obvious: ‘‘So- would be to discredit Tibet's exiled religious are in the paid work force. In a recent na- cial institutions, not individuals, need to tional ranking of the best places for mothers leader, his Holiness, the Dalai Lama. deal with this as a values issue. Working is to work, Sioux Falls with its population of I ask my colleagues to ask themselvesÐ a necessity, and it’s good for us.’’ Why would we want to grant MFN status to a approximately 100,000 placed first. Does this mean the end of maternal guilt, The reason: Local employers such as country that continues to ignores human rights and of politicians and activists who prey Citibank are scrambling to adapt to the upon it? Certainly not. But the working violations, continues to replicate American needs of working mothers instead of expect- mothers of Sioux Falls have a message for copyrighted goods, smuggles guns into our ing mothers to adopt to theirs. Civic leaders public figures who suggest that employed country, and has given nuclear technology to are mobilizing private charities an public mothers are hurting their kinds and eroding rogue nations? I strongly urge my colleagues schools to pitch in. Elected officials are the nation’s values: Don’t try it here. doing their part, providing a model for other to vote against MFN for China. ‘‘To tell you the truth, it kind of makes cities, and perhaps Washington, to emulate. f my blood boil’’ to hear politicians who As a result, family values and working equate stay-at-home moms with family val- mothers are coexisting peacefully here in SIOUX FALLS MAY REPRESENT ues, said Karla Quarve, a 31-year-old mother THE FUTURE OF MOTHERHOOD America’s heartland. ‘‘I don’t think women have to be home to of a son in day care and a daughter in first teach their children family values,’’ said Liz grade. HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER Bute, a 37-year-old manager at Citibank An auditor at Sioux Falls’ Home Federal whose five children have all spent their pre- Savings Bank, Quarve works because she OF COLORADO likes her job. And she offers no apologies. Be- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES school years in day care. ‘‘I think we’re past that.’’ cause she has a boss who values her and re- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 While it is no simple matter for women to spects her family responsibilities, she regu- larly helps out during school and day-care Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, talking simultaneously keep their careers on track and give their kids the moral foundation field trips, and always makes it to her family values is one thing. But in yesterday's they need, she said, it’s up to ‘‘society as a daughter’s school ceremonies. Los Angeles Times article ``Sioux Falls May whole’’ to share the burden. Although it could probably afford to do Represent the Future of Motherhood'' Melissa That, said Bute, is part of what values are without her income, Quarve said, ‘‘I think Healy tells us how one community is living all about. And it is a responsibility that our family would suffer’’ if she stayed home. them. The article tells how family values and Sioux Falls is taking seriously. She would be less happy, and the kids would be denied the fun of their day-care center. SPECIAL PLACE working mothers are coexisting peacefully in ‘‘You can still instill values in your chil- Sioux Falls, SD, because, as Ms. Healy points At a time when many Americans say they dren and work,’’ she said. out, the community, its employers and its insti- are reexamining some of the fundamental DRAMATIC RISE tutions, ``are scrambling to adapt to the needs choices made by themselves as individuals— Today, more than two out of three children of working mothers instead of expecting moth- and by society as a whole—the issue of work- ing moms occupies a special place in the na- have mothers who work outside the home, up ers to adapt to theirs.'' Hats off to the Los An- tional ‘‘values’’ debate. from just under half in 1972. More dramatic, geles Times and to the moms in Sioux Falls In the mid–80s, conservative activist Phyl- however, is the rise in women with very for showing us how a community can work to- lis Schlafly suggested that mothers who re- young children at home returning to work. gether to help its families thrive. mained employed for their own self-fulfill- In 1980, 38% of mothers with infants younger [From the Los Angeles Times, June 18, 1996] ment had contributed to adolescent suicides. than 1 worked outside the home. By 1990, As recently as 1991, then-Rep. William Dan- that percentage had climbed to 53%. Among SIOUX FALLS MAY REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF nemeyer (R-Fullerton) took to the floor of women with preschool children, the figure MOTHERHOOD the House of Representatives to denounce has risen to 67%, from 44% in 1970. (By Melissa Healy) the ‘‘devastation’’ that results when ‘‘work- According to a 1995 Harris Poll cited by the SIOUX FALLS, SD.—Marjorie Beeck, 31, ing mothers * * * put careers ahead of chil- Families and Work Institute, 48% of married grew up in small-town South Dakota, and dren and rationalize material benefits in the women in 1995 were bringing in half or more she is not abashed about calling herself tra- name of children.’’ of their family’s income, making women a ditional. There is no trace of irony in her But a substantial number of working significant financial, as well as emotional, voice when she volunteers that she has fam- mothers, including many who characterize pillar of their families. E1130 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 The rapid rise in maternal employment has Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) is pressing Britzman’s center would provide day care coincided with extraordinary social ferment legislation to create a more generous tax with a holistic twist: When a child is en- on a number of fronts: a surging divorce credit than currently exists for day-care rolled, his or her family would undergo a rate, more children born to single moms, a costs incurred by families with annual in- family assessment, designed to identify drastic rise in crime, a decline in academic comes ranging from $20,000 to $80,000. areas of strength and weakness, and would standards and a general sense that the na- Many in the GOP have sought to improve agree to volunteer a certain amount of time tion’s ethical climate has eroded. It was only access to day care as well, especially as a to the program. a matter of time, say some, before mothers corollary to welfare reform, which would For families, and especially for stressed- who work outside the home got blamed. allow states to require recipients to go to out working mothers, he says, the family en- ‘‘Women have always been seen as the peo- work. richment center would be a place to ‘‘relax ple who are the custodians of morals and val- Republicans have added $4 billion to bol- and connect’’ with an extended network of ues,’’ said Caryl Rivers, co-author of the ster welfare recipients’ access to day care, neighbors and other helpers. book, ‘‘She Works, He Works: How the Two- and legislation by Rep. Constance A. Morella TOP ENVIRONMENT Income Family Is Happier, Healthier and (R-Md.) would expand poor women’s access Sioux Falls recently topped a list of cities Better Off.’’ ‘‘They are seen as the people to day care by providing additional tax cred- with the friendliest environment for working who are supposed to keep the culture tidy. its. mothers, compiled and published by the So when it becomes untidy, there is a rush to For middle-class parents, Republicans have women’s magazine Redbook. Some observers say to women, ‘It’s your fault.’ ’’ argued that the broad design of their policy caution that the city is still far from nirvana As a result, Rivers said, ‘‘we’re loading all priorities is family-friendly: By balancing for employed moms and their families. the issues of modern society—drugs, crime, the budget, cutting taxes and reducing the Wages for both men and women remain quite violence, rap music—onto the question of deficit, they argue, Republicans would re- low—part of the region’s draw to big cor- whether Mom is home or not.’’ turn more money to families, which they porations like Citibank. But it remains a subject of intense debate could use as they see fit. For all their growing economic clout in within academic circles whether children— WORKPLACE CHANGES their families and the community, profes- and with them, society—suffer from that de- While politicians look for legislative rem- sional women here still react coolly to femi- cision. edies, women increasingly are voting with nist rhetoric. The early results of the most comprehen- their pumps and work boots and rubber-soled Yet it may be that Sioux Falls and other sive study on the subject, released in April, uniform shoes. communities like it represent the best avail- appear to offer heartening news to women In places like Sioux Falls—a tight labor able synthesis of our culture’s traditional who work outside the home. In the first market in which working mothers enjoy con- commitment to family and mothers’ increas- phase of a study overseen by the National In- siderable clout—mothers are doing more ing commitment to work. stitute of Child Health and Human Develop- than merely hoping their kids will not be ad- ‘‘There’s a quiet revolution going on in ment, psychologists tracked 1,300 families versely affected. They are commanding this city,’’ said Susan Randall, development from a child’s birth to 15 months. They found changes in the ways that employers and the director of Turning Point, a social service that the security of the bond infants form community operate, making the care of chil- agency that works with troubled children. with their mothers is largely unaffected by dren easier and higher in quality, and mak- ‘‘There are still the trappings of tradition- their having been left in the care of others. ing vital family time better, both quali- alism, but the reality is very different.’’ Behavioral scientists have long surmised, tatively and quantitatively. f though not yet established, that a weak Sioux Falls’ largest employer, Citibank, trust relationship between a mother and her subsidizes a day-care center for its employ- TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN R. infant often marks a child for future trouble. ees just across a grassy field from its sprawl- BRASWELL But the study found that only in cases where ing campus. The firm’s corporate culture is the mother is judged to be insensitive to a consciously pro-family. Supervisors try to baby’s needs does day care—especially exten- accommodate the needs of their largely fe- HON. DONALD M. PAYNE sive day care or poor-quality day care or a male work force, offering flexible working OF NEW JERSEY succession of day-care providers—adversely hours, insurance for part-timers, and a hot- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES affect an infant’s attachment to its mother. line offering employees advice on everything A 1993 survey by the Education Depart- Wednesday, June 19, 1996 from breast feeding to balancing career and ment also reflects favorably on working family. Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I mothers. The study gauged parental involve- Easing the burden on employed mothers is rise to recognize and honor the retirement of ment in their children’s school life—a strong a challenge the Sioux Falls community is the esteemed Vice President and Chief Ethics predictor of student behavior and in turn, working to shoulder as well. The Sioux Em- student achievement. It found that mothers Officer of The Prudential, Mr. Stephen R. pire United Way spends 20% of its funds to in the workplace are, overall, more likely to Braswell. help provide day care, compared with a na- be involved in their children’s school life— Mr. Braswell began his career with The Pru- tional average of about 9%. The Sioux Falls going to plays, volunteering in classes, orga- dential in Jacksonville, Florida in 1963. He public schools have switched many of their nizing fund-raising or school functions—than parent-teacher conference times to evening held a wide variety of positions before rising to mothers who are not employed. hours, and family physicians like Dr. Jerry the position of Vice President of Prudential's GOVERNMENT HELP Walton have altered their hours so they can Group Insurance Department. In 1975, he was When it comes to working moms, many see many of their youngest patients, with transfered to Prudential's Government Rela- Americans appear willing to abandon their parents in tow, after the standard workday. tions Division in Washington, DC where he customary caution about the wisdom of out Privately funded before- and after-school was responsible for Prudential's federal gov- side intervention. programs serve 600 children throughout the ernment relations. Mr. Braswell spent five In a pool conducted in January 1996 as part Sioux Falls school district, with sliding- of a National Issues Convention sponsored by scale fees for children from lower-income years, working with Congress, the White the University of Texas at Austin, 80% said families. The school district has launched a House, Federal Regulatory Agencies, and the they believe that government should help summer-care program that combines learn- National Trade and Business Organizations. In with child care and preschool would be a ing and fun, and fills the vital child-care gap 1981 Mr. Braswell was named President of ‘‘useful step in strengthening the family.’’ that working parents of school-age kids find Southwestern Operations in Houston, Texas The Clinton administration and its Demo- during the summer months. with overall responsibility for ten southwestern cratic allies on Capitol Hill have tried to ‘‘We don’t take the place of parents, no one states. He also served as Senior Vice Presi- seize upon such views in their efforts to could do that,’’ said Dennis Barnett, presi- dent in charge of Human Resources and as shore up the party’s values credentials. Ar- dent of Sioux Falls’ Volunteers of America, guing, for instance, that half of all low-wage and organization that funds three day-care President of the Prudential Property and Cas- workers in America have children, Clinton centers in the city. ‘‘But we are partners ualty Company for four years. Mr. Braswell officials have pressed for a boost in the mini- with parents in teaching some of these val- ends his years of service from the New Jersey mum wage, sought to stave off Republican ues we would all expect in our children. In headquarters as the Senior Vice President efforts to restrict the earned-income tax many cases, parents choose to have that and Chief Ethics Officer of The Prudential. credit for low-income families, and endorsed kind of partner in raising their children.’’ Mr. Braswell has been personally involved legislation to make women’s pensions more Some in Sioux Falls would take the con- in the communities in which he has lived. He comparable to men’s. cept of partnering with working parents even served as President of both the Jacksonville, ‘‘We as a society cannot and should not further. separate family values from economic val- Mark Britzman, a psychologist and 35- Florida and Houston, Texas Mental Health As- ues,’’ said Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich. year-old father of two, is laboring to create sociations. He also has acted as Vice Chair- ‘‘And what is the most important family the Circle of Hope Family Enrichment Cen- man of the Metropolitan YMCA Board and value? The ability to keep your family in ter, which he calls a ‘‘one-stop shopping cen- served on the Board of Trustees of the Rice shelter, food and clothing.’’ On Capitol Hill, ter for families.’’ Center, while he was a resident of Houston. June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1131 His commitment to excellence and dedication many different capacities. He has been a on the democratic protesters in Tainamen to service clearly extend past the realm of his classroom teacher, a counselor, a coordinator, Square. professional commitments. His involvement is a director, an administrative assistant, and an Accordingly, enactment of this bill will curb admirable. assistant principal during his career. the activities of the PLA which threaten our The retirement celebration honoring Mr. Ralph believes in being prepared and has economic and national security and are an af- Braswell's many years of service will take spent a great deal of his life attending school. front to our form of government and free soci- place on the twenty fourth of June. Mr. Speak- He has done a great deal of graduate work ety. Accordingly, I urge my colleagues to co- er, please join me in thanking Mr. Braswell for and received his Master's degree from Newark sponsor and support H.R. 3684 and ask that 33 years of service and devotion to the Pru- State College Graduate School. Coursework the full text of H.R. 3684 be printed at this dential. at the NASA Center is also a part of his point in the RECORD. f reÂsumeÂ. Ralph has used his experience in the H.R. 3684 classroom in a great deal of his community Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- TRIBUTE TO STELLA PODBELSKI work where he has been active in many recre- resentatives of the United States of America in KUKULSKI ation programs. Congress assembled, Ralph's love of the communities he serves SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. is evident in his work in East Orange and in DECLARATION OF POLICY (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the fol- OF NEW JERSEY his hometown of Hillside, NJ. He has been ac- lowing findings: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tive in the Citizens' Advisory Committee of the (1) According to the Defense Intelligence Hillside Board of Education, a member of the Wednesday, June 19, 1996 Agency, the People’s Liberation Army of Hillside Board of Education, and president of China owns and operates a number of enter- Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay the Hillside Democratic Club. Realizing that he prises which produce both civilian and mili- tribute to Stella Podbelski Kukulski of could serve his community better from an tary products. Sayreville, NJ, a valued and cherished mem- elected position, Ralph was elected to the Hill- (2) The General Staff Department of the ber of our community who recently passed side Township Committee where he has People’s Liberation Army owns and operates away. served as the Finance Commissioner, the Polytechnologies, which is the weapons trad- Stella Kukulski lived her entire life in ing arm of the People’s Liberation Army and deputy major and major of Hillside for two has a representative office in the United Sayreville. She served with distinction as a terms. States. valued employee for Sunshine Biscuit in Mr. Speaker, I am sure my colleagues will (3) The General Logistics Department of Sayreville for 17 years before her retirement in want to join me as I offer my congratulations the People’s Liberation Army owns and oper- 1981 and as a supervisor for the Marion Dress to Ralph Milteer and extend my best wishes to ates a large international conglomerate Company in South River, NJ, where she him and his family for a happy, active and known as Xinxing Corporation, which also worked for 40 years. For her involvement in healthy future. has a representative office in the United States. community service, Stella Kukulski was well f respected and admired. She served as a (4) The People’s Armed Police, which is partially controlled by the People’s Libera- member of the Sayreville Saint Stans Seniors STOP SUBSIDIZING CHINA’S MILITARY FORCES tion Army, is responsible for the occupation Club, the Sayreville Senior Citizens Thursday and suppression of dissent in Tibet and the Club, and as a charter member of the Union execution of prisoners throughout China, and of Polish Women Group 81. Her deep faith HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN provides guards for the forced labor camp and generosity was consistently demonstrated OF NEW YORK system in Laogai, China, owns and operates China Jingan Equipment Import and Export, as a communicant of Our Lady of Victories IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Roman Catholic Church in Sayreville, and as which also has a representative office in the Thursday, June 20, 1996 member of its Rosary Society. United States. Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I have in- (5) These and other enterprises owned by As a testimony to the high esteem in which the People’s Liberation Army regularly ex- Stella Kukulski was held, the New Jersey troduced H.R. 3684, which prohibits the impor- port a great variety of products to the Unit- General Assembly enacted a resolution, intro- tation into the United States of civilian and ed States, including, but not limited to, duced by Assemblyman John Wisniewski who military goods produced, manufactured, or ex- clothing, toys, shoes, hand tools, fish, min- represents Sayreville in the State legislature, ported by the People's Liberation Army [PLA] erals, and chemicals. paying tribute to the memory of Stella Kukulski or any Chinese defense industrial trading com- (6) The export of products allows the Peo- and extending profound sympathy and sincere pany. I strongly urge my colleagues support of ple’s Liberation Army to earn hard currency this initiative which will deprive the PLA and its directly, which in turn can be used to mod- condolences to her family. ernize its forces. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to join in paying subsidiaries of the hard currency that supports (7) The average consumer in the United tribute to Stella Kukulski, an exceptional per- activities which are inimical to U.S. economic States is unaware that products they are son who will be deeply missed by all those and national security interests. purchasing were produced by the People’s who knew her. Two Chinese Government defense firms Liberation Army. f have been implicated in the largest assault (8) Trade with the People’s Liberation weapons smuggling operation in United States Army effectively is a subsidy of military op- TRIBUTE TO RALPH MILTEER history. Some of the heads of these firms, erations of the People’s Republic of China. which sought to smuggle over 2,000 AK±47 (9) The China National Nuclear Corpora- tion exported illicit nuclear technology to HON. DONALD M. PAYNE semi-automatic weapons into the United Pakistan in contravention of the Treaty on OF NEW JERSEY States, are relatives of China's top leadership. the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Moreover, the PLA and the defense indus- and the Arms Export Control Act, thereby trial trading organization are responsible for a contributing to the threat of nuclear war on Wednesday, June 19, 1996 series of events which are a threat to vital the Indian Subcontinent. Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, United States interests, including; the recent (10) Naval units of the People’s Liberation this evening a retirement dinner is being held belligerent gestures toward Taiwan during the Army have committed aggression against in honor of Ralph Milteer. Mr. Milteer is ``a first democratic elections in Chinese history; the Republic of the Philippines and threat- ened the United States Navy’s right of free man for all seasons.'' He has spent all of his the transfer of cruise missiles to Iran, M±11 passage in the South China Sea. adult life helping others. When I think of missiles and nuclear technology to Pakistan (11) Chinese defense industrial trading achievers, Ralph is always on my list. His and the purchase by China of SS±18 strategic companies have transferred cruise missiles achievements have benefited him personally missile technology and equipment from Rus- to Iran, thereby threatening the safety of but more importantly, they have benefited sia; the violation of United States-Chinese tex- United States military personnel in the re- many, many New Jerseyans. tile agreements and intellectual property rights gion. Ralph Milteer is a product of the East Or- [IPR]; and the flagrant human rights violations (12) Representatives of China North Indus- tries Corporation, a Chinese Government or- ange, NJ, school system where he attended in the form of the occupation of Tibet, the ganization, have been indicted by the U.S. elementary and high schools. After graduation maintenance of political prisoner camps known federal government for smuggling of fire- from Montclair State College Ralph returned to as Laogai and the repression of the religious arms and conspiracy related thereto, impor- the system as a teacher. For 36 years, he has freedom of Chinese Christians. Finally, let us tation of firearms without a license, impor- been affiliated with the same school system in not forget the repression wrought by the PLA tation and sale of firearms with obliterated E1132 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 serial numbers, and transfer and possession A TRIBUTE TO COACH GALEN lauded his numerous significant contribu- of machine guns in violation of the laws of JOHNSON, JR. tions to the Porter High School athletic pro- the United States. gram and to high school basketball in gen- eral, using a long list of appropriate adjec- (13) Representatives of Poly Group, a Chi- HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. tives including ‘‘great’’, ‘‘mentor’’, ‘‘char- nese Government organization, have also OF TENNESSEE acter builder’’, ‘‘one of a kind’’, ‘‘deter- been indicted for engaging in the unlawful IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mined’’, ‘‘expert’’, ‘‘professional’’, ‘‘out- activities described in paragraph (12). standing’’, ‘‘adept’’, ‘‘hard worker’’, ‘‘awe- (14) Representatives of China North Indus- Thursday, June 20, 1996 some’’, ‘‘extraordinary’’, ‘‘role model’’, ‘‘win- tries Corporation attempted to sell solid Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I recently had ner’’, ‘‘one of our best and brightest’’, ‘‘tre- rocket fuel to Iraq in the fall of 1990, con- the privilege to attend a ceremony in Blount mendous poise under pressure’’, ‘‘dedicated’’, trary to a number of actions by the United County, TN during which Coach Galen John- ‘‘diligent’’, ‘‘rare’’ and ‘‘acclaimed’’; and Nations Security Council. Whereas, it is fitting that we pause in our son, Jr. was recognized a one of the leading deliberations to honor and congratulate (b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United high school basketball coaches in the country. Coach Galen Johnson and commend him for States to prohibit the importation into the Coach Johnson made Porter High School a his service; now, therefore, be it United States of goods that are produced, State basketball power for over a quarter of a Resolved by the House of Representatives of manufactured, or exported by the People’s century. He had a phenomenal record of suc- the ninety-ninth general assembly of the State Liberation Army or Chinese defense indus- cess over the years. His overall record con- of Tennessee, the Senate concurring, That we trial trading companies. sisted of 735 victories, averaging more than honor and congratulate Coach Galen John- son on the Porter Elementary School Gym- SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN IMPORTS. 30 wins per season. nasium being named in his honor and wish (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any Settling for nothing less than 100 percent him well in his future endeavors; be it fur- other provision of law, no good that is pro- from his players, Coach Johnson led Porter ther duced, manufactured, or exported by the High to three State championships in 1959, Resolved, That an appropriate copy of this People’s Liberation Army or a Chinese de- 1963, and 1967. In addition to these cham- resolution be prepared for presentation with fense industrial trading company may be en- pionships, his teams were in contention for this final clause from such copy. tered, or withdrawn from warehouse for con- several other titles as well. f sumption, into the customs territory of the I request that a copy of the State of Ten- United States. nessee House Joint Resolution No. 543, a THE CATHEDRAL-SECOND BAPTIST (b) DETERMINATION OF CHINESE DEFENSE IN- resolution to congratulate Coach Galen John- CHURCH: DEDICATED TO SERV- ING PERTH AMBOY DUSTRIAL TRADING COMPANIES.— son, be placed in the RECORD at this point so (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) that I can call it to the attention of my col- and (3), not later than 30 days after the date leagues and other readers of the RECORD. HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary OF NEW JERSEY TENNESSEE HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 543 of the Treasury shall determine which per- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sons are Chinese defense industrial trading A Resolution to honor and congratulate companies for purposes of this Act. The Sec- Coach Galen Johnson, Jr. on the Porter Ele- Thursday, June 20, 1996 mentary School gymnasium being named in retary shall publish a list of such persons in Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker I rise today to the Federal Register. his honor. Whereas, the Tennessee General Assembly honor the Cathedral-Second Baptist Church (2) PUBLIC HEARING.— was pleased to learn that one of the greatest and its work in rebuilding the historic New Jer- (A) GENERAL RULE.—Before making the de- high school coaches of all time, Galen John- sey city of Perth Amboy. The cathedral's latest termination and publishing the list required son, who made Porter High School a state contribution to Perth Amboy is the opening of by paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treas- power for a quarter of a century, will be spe- the Donald Hilliard, Jr., Community Affairs ury shall hold a public hearing for the pur- cially recognized by having the Porter Ele- Complex. It will open on June 22, 1996. pose of receiving oral and written testimony mentary School (which used to be Porter The Cathedral-Second Baptist Church has a High School) gymnasium named in his regarding the persons to be included on the long, proud history of service. Founded in list. honor; and Whereas, his phenomenal record of consist- Perth Amboy in 1892, it has provided the resi- (B) ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS.—The Sec- ent success as a High School Basketball dents of the city with a place to congregate retary of the Treasury may add or delete Coach from 1955 to 1979 has rarely been and celebrate for over 100 years. Its member- persons from the list based on information equaled; and ship has increased from 125 to over 4,000, available to the Secretary or upon receipt of Whereas, his teams compiled an exemplary and it now offers spiritual, moral, and emo- a request containing sufficient information overall record of 735 victories and 167 losses, tional support in 9 different neighborhoods. to take such action. an enviable winning percentage of .815; and The Cathedral-Second Baptist Church pro- (3) CHINESE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL TRADING Whereas, his teams won an average of 28 games per season and won 20 or more games vides a number of services, including edu- COMPANY.—For purposes of making the deter- cation through its Cathedral Preparatory Acad- mination required by paragraph (1), the term for 24 consecutive years, a national record; ‘‘Chinese defense industrial trading com- and emy, aid to the homeless through its many pany’’— Whereas, his Porter High School teams soup kitchens, and opportunities for commu- won three State Championships in 1959, 1963 nity growth through its multimillion dollar Ca- (A) means a person that is— and 1967, finished State runner-up twice in thedral Community Development Corp. The (i) engaged in manufacturing, producing, 1969 and 1978 and third in the State twice in cathedral and its members continuously dis- or exporting, and 1964 and 1971; and Whereas, Coach Johnson guided teams to play a rich faith, a strong sense of community, (ii) affiliated with or owned, controlled, or the State Tournament an incredible 18 to 21 and remarkable altruism. subsidized by the People’s Liberation Army, years; and The Rev. Doctor Donald Hilliard, Jr. exem- and Whereas, he took teams to the regional plifies the cathedral's commitment toward (B) includes any person identified in the tournament 23 of 24 years and placed either building a better community. An esteemed United States Defense Intelligence Agency first or second in 20 of those 23 years; and scholar and lecturer, he serves as the senior publication numbered VP–1920–271–90, dated Whereas, his teams never finished lower pastor of the Cathedral-Second Baptist September 1990, or PC–1921–57–95, dated Octo- than second place in the district; and Church. Under his leadership, the church has ber 1995. Whereas, Coach Johnson was chosen Dis- trict Coach of the Year seven times; and increased its budget from $73,000 to $3 mil- (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall Whereas, he coached 18 All-State players, lion and has become one of the fastest grow- apply with respect to goods entered, or with- including two who were later named AAU ing churches in New Jersey. His Vision 2000 drawn from warehouse for consumption, on All-Americans; and plan provides a food pantry, soup kitchen, and or after the 45th day after the date of the en- Whereas, Coach Johnson spent 45 Years as clothing distribution center for the underprivi- actment of this Act. an Active Coach, including his last four as leged in Perth Amboy. an Assistant Coach at Maryville College; and SEC. 3. DEFINITION. The latest contribution of the Cathedral-Sec- Whereas, in 1990 Coach Johnson received ond Baptist Church to the community is the For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Peo- the highest honor that a Tennessee Coach ple’s Liberation Army’’ means any branch or can receive when he was named a member of Donald Hilliard, Jr., Community Affairs Com- division of the land, naval, or air military the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame; and plex. The facility includes a senior citizens service or the police of the Government of Whereas, team members, students, parents, hall, library, computer center, conference the People’s Republic of China. fans, sports writers and even opponents have rooms, administrative and executive offices, June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1133 and three retail stores. It promises to be a want to think, all the books I want to read, all keeps in touch with the needs of the neighbor- wonderful addition to the area. the walks I want to take and all the friends I hood by holding monthly board of directors This new 38,000 sq. ft. edifice is a testa- want to see.'' I continue to wish the best for meetings at which key local issues of safety, ment to the ongoing goodwill of the Cathedral- Gus Arriola, who I know is finding new and traffic, sanitation, and quality of life are dis- Second Baptist Church and the deep faith and creative ways to make his mark on the world. cussed and acted upon. charity of its members. I am proud to have f The Gramercy Neighborhood Associates such a devoted organization in my district and also plays a vital role in the preservation and ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing its CHURCH ARSON PREVENTION ACT protection of the Gramercy Park Historic Dis- achievements. OF 1996 trict, and is presently seeking the designation f of extensions to the historic district as well as SPEECH OF the landmarking of individual buildings of ar- TRIBUTE TO GUSTAVO MONTANO HON. PETER DEUTSCH chitectural, cultural, or historic merit in the ARRIOLA OF FLORIDA area. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I am proud of the hard work that the Gra- mercy Neighborhood Associates has put into HON. SAM FARR Tuesday, June 18, 1996 OF CALIFORNIA the community. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to leagues to join with me today in tribute to the Thursday, June 20, 1996 voice my outrage over the arsons that have Gramercy Neighborhood Associates and all of destroyed over 110 churches across the coun- the hard work that they have done to improve Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise try. These vile and cowardly acts threaten our the qualify of life in our community and today in recognition of a highly acclaimed car- constitutional right to worship freely and safe- throughout the city of New York. toonist and cultural advocate who recently an- ly. H.R. 3525 is a good first step in preventing f nounced his retirement. Gustavo Montano these heinous attacks on religious freedom. In Arriola, known to most as Gus, is the creator my opinion, however, it is just a first step and THE CROSS IN THE WOODS of the famous cartoon ``Gordo.'' For more than there is far more this body can and should do. 44 years he maintained a large and faithful fol- Mr. Speaker, the deliberate burning of HON. BART STUPAK lowing while introducing an American audi- churches, synagogues, and mosques con- OF MICHIGAN ence to Mexican customs and traditions. stitutes a national emergency, and stopping IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Arriola began animating directly after the fires should be our top priority. Every Thursday, June 20, 1996 high school at Screen Gems, then with Colum- means available to us should be put to use, bia on ``Krazy Kat.'' He pursued his art work- including the use of the National Guard. We Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, and Members of ing in the MGM Cartoon Department on the need to make available increased funding and the U.S. House of Representatives, it is an story sketch of the cat and mouse series resources for our law enforcement agencies honor for me to bring to the attention of this ``Tom and Jerry,'' then created the incom- so that they may be better able to prevent and body and the Nation the 50th anniversary of parable `'Gordo'' strip. solve these acts of hatred. It is essential that the founding of Cross in the Woods being Mr. Arriola has earned many awards and we create a national clearinghouse to monitor, celebrated on June 23, 1996. The Cross in the honors which exemplify his great contributions compile, and scrutinize information relating to Woods is the largest crucifix in the world and to society. In 1957, ``in recognition of his pio- these fires. Furthermore greater support and is located in Indian River, MI. Made of bronze neering and bringing design and color to a funding for watchdog groups needs to be and redwood and weighing 14 tons, it stands `new high' in the field of newspaper comic made available. 55 feet high and is 22 feet wide. strips,'' he was awarded a distinguished artist We need to encourage the establishment of The idea for Cross in the Woods began in citation by the San Francisco Artists Club. Mr. a national dialog on the impact and prevention 1946 when Rev. Charles Brophy, a young Arriola was also honored with the Citizen of of these depraved acts. It is only through in- priest from Cheboygan County, succeeded in the Year award from Parade of Nations, Inc., creased cooperation and strict enforcement having State officials transfer to Cheboygan which stated, `` `Gordo' exemplified the positive will be able to prevent future attacks on our County the 13 acres of Burt Lake on which the attitudes and educational efforts that best sacred places of worship. cross now stands. Once obtained by the coun- produce intercultural understanding.'' The Cali- I encourage my fellow Members of Con- ty, Reverend Brophy purchased the site from fornia State Assembly and Senate awarded gress to stand together with the American the county for $1. Mr. Arriola with a great honor from the people people and tell those who are perpetrating In 1954, the cross was raised and sculptor of California by declaring a `'Gus Arriola Day,'' these crimes that we will not be victims of Marshall Fredericks began his work of design- thus, immortalizing this great man. their hate and cowardice. ing and sculpting the crucifix. This is unique to most crucifixes in that it depicts Jesus Christ Mr. Arriola was also awarded two National f Cartoonist Society awards, both in 1957 and without a crown of thorns and missing the 1965 for best humor strip. In addition, he was TRIBUTE TO GRAMERCY wound to his side. It was the intention of Mr. honored by the Smithsonian Institution in NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATES Fredericks to have a crucifix showing that Washington, DC, for his tribute to author Ra- Jesus Christ was at peace with his beliefs and chel Carson. HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY the sacrifice he made by dying on the cross. Over 200,000 citizens from across the coun- Mr. Arriola has also contributed his artwork OF NEW YORK try visit the cross annually. In addition, the cur- to support numerous community causes. He IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has lent his creative talent to the Alliance on rent pastor at the cross, Rev. Donard Paulus Aging, Beacon House, Carmel Art Association, Thursday, June 20, 1996 maintains a mailing list of over 20,000 people Carmel Foundation, Carmel Public Library Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today who receive regular newsletters keeping inter- Foundation, Community Hospital of the Monte- to pay tribute to the Gramercy Neighborhood ested parties informed of ongoing events. rey Peninsula, Crosby Golf Youth Center, Associates which has done so much to im- Also located on the grounds is a chapel Friends of Sunset Foundation, Guide Dogs for prove the quality of life in the Gramercy Park where services are held weekly that regularly the Blind, Hospice of the Central Coast, Mon- neighborhood of my district. attract a capacity number of parishioners and terey History and Art Association, Monterey The Gramercy Neighborhood Associates is visitors. Plans are underway for the construc- Jazz Festival, Monterey Peninsula Museum of primarily involved with the area from Park Av- tion of a church that would provide a view of Art, Ombudsmen, Pacific Grove Art Associa- enue South to Third Avenue, and from 17th the cross and other statues located on the tion, Pacific Grove Museum of National His- Street to 22d Street. Thanks to the hard work grounds. tory, Red Cross, Salvation Army, and the So- of the staff, members, and sponsors who Mr. Speaker, the Cross in the Woods re- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. make all of the association's work possible, minds us that God's ways are opposite of our He is a humanitarian willing to help people by GNA has become a model for a community- own human ways. As the cross was a symbol contributing his influential work to their issue. based organization. of death in the Roman Empire, it is now a In response to a question about his retire- GNA works to beautify the neighborhood by symbol of victory in our faith. For it is said in ment, Mr. Arriola quotes from the late writer holding a clean & green day each spring. Romans 8:38±39: and naturalist John Burroughs stating: ``I still Also, the association plants and maintains ``For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor find the days too short for all the thought I sidewalk trees and tree-garden fences. GNA angels, nor principalities, nor things present E1134 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, Nash, a native of Lunenburg County, VA., McClure, and his nephew, Walter Nash, both nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will told The Daily Post-Athenian in an 1985 of Athens. be able to separate us from the love of God interview he recalled leaving a plantation at Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 the age of 4 where his grandmother had in Christ Jesus our Lord.'' p.m. at First United Presbyterian Church in worked as a slave cook and had stayed on Athens with the Rev. Charles Johnson offi- f after the Civil War. He kept his baby sister ciating. M.D. Dotson and Sons Funeral Home until he was 8-year-olds, then worked until A TRIBUTE TO W.E. NASH in Athens is in charge of the arrangements. he was 17. Complete funeral arrangements are included In 1904, he was making 50 cents a day haul- on Page 2. ing supplies in a mule-drawn wagon when he HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. In the 1985 interview with The DPA, Nash passed by Blackstone Academy the day the OF TENNESSEE recalled the influence of his mentor, Booker white students were leaving for Christmas T. Washington, and the ‘‘Let down your IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vacation. bucket where you are’’ speech delivered in Thursday, June 20, 1996 ‘‘They were coming down this walk that led from the school house,’’ Nash recalled in Atlanta, Ga., in 1895. Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, Professor W.E. the 1985 interview with Fran Ellers, a DPA Nash said he took Washington’s advice to Nash, a great Tennessean, recently passed staff writer at the time. ‘‘They had horns heart because he could have left Athens away at the amazing age of 108. they were blowing—they were just having a many times. Professor Nash was a longtime teacher and good time, to tell you the truth. . . . I said, ‘‘But there’s good water here,’’ he said. principal in Athens, TN. He was a dignified ‘‘That looks good. I’d like to be into some- ‘‘Real good water.’’ and honorable man who embodied all the old thing like that.’’ Nash was referred to the all-black Thyne f virtues that seem sometimes to be in short Institute in Chase City, Va., where a student supply today. could work his way through school. At the HONORING PARTICIPANTS OF THE Professor Nash was one of the most re- age of 17, he walked 23 miles to Thyne and 47TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE entered the first grade. spected citizens of McMinn County, TN and AND ENGINEERING FAIR was loved by many people. He was a commu- Nash graduated in 10 years and had his ap- nity leader for more than seven decades and plication in hand to become a Pullman por- ter when he was called home to care for his was active throughout his life in the Repub- ailing mother. The black residents of his HON. BOB MENENDEZ lican Party. hometown organized a private school and OF NEW JERSEY I request that a copy of the article about the paid Nash to become the teacher. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES life of W.E. Nash which appeared in the Ath- Later, he won a scholarship from Knoxville ens Daily Post-Athenian be placed in the College, where he also ran the work program Thursday, June 20, 1996 in the afternoons and served as night watch- RECORD at this point. I would like to call it to Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the attention of my colleagues and other read- man from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. It was at Knox- ville where he met his future wife, a reg- to pay tribute to a group of New Jersey stu- ers of the RECORD. istered nurse named Willa Mae Pearson. dents for their participation in the 47th Inter- [From the Daily Post-Athenian, Apr. 29, 1996] After graduating in 1922 at the age of 34, national Science and Engineering Fair [ISEF], PROFESSOR NASH DIES AT 108 Nash came to Athens to lead the black Ath- held recently in Tucson, AZ. I want to particu- ens Academy, funded by the United Pres- W.E. Nash, who rose from humble begin- larly note the accomplishments of two Jersey nings in Virginia to become an education byterian Mission Board in Pennsylvania. The academy burned down in 1925 and Nash was City students, Archna and Vandna Prasad, and community leader in Athens for more both juniors at Academic High School in Jer- than seven decades, died Friday at his home. considering other job offers, but community He was 108. leaders asked him to stay and he agreed. sey City. Nash, known as ‘‘Professor Nash’’ through- Construction of the county-funded J.L. The twin Prasad sisters were honored at the out his distinguished career, served 28 years Cook School began in 1926, and the school fair for their scientific research projects. opened Nov. 12 that year with Nash as the as the principal at the county’s school for Archna's research project focused on crusta- black students, J.L. Cook School, retired in principal. The school begin with 150 stu- dents, and eight years later the enrollment cean and mollusk shell purification systems, 1953 at the age of 66. which are a natural solution to heavy metal Among his numerous awards were member- was at 375 students from McMinn and sur- ship in the Community Builders Hall of rounding counties, including some from as contamination in water. For her efforts, she Fame and the receiving of an honorary doc- far away as North Carolina. won a 4-year scholarship to the University of Nash worked at recruiting students, adding torate degree from Tennessee Wesleyan Col- Arizona and three third-place awards. courses and developing an ‘‘on-the-job train- lege. He was also the first recipient of the E. Vandna's research project was centered on ing’’ program. He also set up a type of em- Harper Johnson Community Relations the removal of trichlorethylene. For her efforts, ployment office through the school, and dur- Award from the Tennessee Education Asso- ing the Great Depression he gave the test Vandna took third-place in the engineering ciation. that qualified Athens men to participate in category and a $1,000 award. Local leaders hailed Nash’s commitment the Works Progress Administration job to education and his influence. I am proud to have such brilliant, dedicated, corps. Vant Hardaway, supervisor of attendance and hard working students in my district. As a Nash recalled in the 1985 interview that al- and transportation for the Athens City Nation we must be prepared to compete sci- though black schools weren’t high on the Schools, said Nash’s influence extended be- entifically in the 21st century. With students McMinn County Court’s priority list, he had yond the immediate Athens area because a friend, Judge E.B. Madison, who supported like Archna and Vandna, I know our country is Cook School included students from as far his efforts. in good hands for the future. These accom- away as North Carolina. Nash’s commitment ‘‘I would say, ‘Judge, now we need badly plishments are even more noteworthy because to education and values continue to have ef- two more rooms,’ ’’ Nash said. ‘‘He said, these students were among more than 1,071 fect today, he said. ‘Well, how much are you going for?’ ’’ ‘‘It’s a great loss to so many people be- participants who presented 989 projects. The Nash would tell him, and Madison would participants came from all over the United cause he affected so many lives,’’ Hardaway write a resolution and sign it. Nash, then, said. would take the resolution from judge to States and from 40 countries around the Residents in the area still refer to the dis- judge until he got nine signatures to secure world. cipline and the values they learned from men the approval for the addition. I also want to commend the Jersey Journal like Professor Nash and others, Hardaway After retiring as Cook’s principal in 1953, for enthusiastically sponsoring the Hudson said. Even in later years when Nash was un- he remained active in the community. He County Science Fair. The fair has become an able to be active physically, Hardaway said was an elder of First United Presbyterian important showcase for our young scientific leaders still looked to him for guidance. Church, a member of Boaz Masonic Lodge ‘‘He still would give advice and counsel,’’ No. 318 and a board member emeritus of achievers. Sponsoring a local event, and Hardaway said. ‘He lived through a real Cedine Bible College. sending champions to the national competition merger of cultures, not just in Athens but In 1985, he headed the list of local dig- demonstrates the Journal's strong ties to the definitely in Athens.’’ nitaries invited to sit on the platform at the Hudson County community, and I want to J. Neal Ensminger, editor emeritus of The McMinn County Courthouse during Presi- thank them for their commitment. Daily Post-Athenian, said the Athens area dent Ronald Reagan’s visit to Athens. He Archna and Vandna have spent many hours owes a debt of gratitude to Nash. was featured in numerous newspaper articles ‘‘This community doesn’t realize how throughout the region and also received rec- working on these projects, and they are a much it owes to Professor Nash,’’ Ensminger ognition on national television programs. credit to New Jersey and our Nation. I salute said, praising Nash for being a ‘‘stalwart cit- Nash was preceded in death by his wife. them today and wish them much luck in their izen in education and public affairs.’’ Local survivors include his niece, Zelma future endeavors. June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1135 TRIBUTE TO DR. KARL PISTER Aquarium Research Institute and the board of rence also served for 3 years as vice presi- trustees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Re- dent. Lawrence currently serves as vice-chair- HON. SAM FARR search Institute and of the board of trustees of man for B'nai B'rith's international Community OF CALIFORNIA the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Volunteer Service, and he has held this posi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Pister also serves as chairman of the board of tion for 9 years. Previously, Lawrence served Engineering Education and is a member of the on B'nai B'rith's Membership Cabinet, Fund- Thursday, June 20, 1996 Coordinating Council for Education of the Na- raising Cabinet, and Leadership Cabinet. In Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise tional Research Council. addition, Lawrence served as the president of today to pay tribute to a scholar who has pur- In addition to my honoring of Dr. Pister's nu- the Indiana State Association for B'nai B'rith. sued excellence in the academic world for his merous accolades and accomplishments, I For B'nai B'rith's America Lodge No. 90, Law- entire life. Dr. Karl Pister first entered the un- would also like to pay tribute to a man of great rence served as president, vice-president, sec- dergraduate program at the University of Cali- character. He has made a commitment to a retary, and treasurer. fornia at Berkeley more than 50 years ago and continued vision to lead and a compassion to We are all fortunate to have dedicated peo- is today being honored as chancellor of the listen in order to best contribute to the ad- ple, like Lawrence, involved in the community University of California at Santa Cruz, a posi- vancement of science and the advancement of of Indiana's First Congressional District. In ad- tion he has held for the past 5 years. our society and Nation. I wish him well in his dition to his involvement with B'nai B'rith, Law- Dr. Pister first began teaching immediately future endeavors. rence is a board member of Hoosier Boys after he received his Ph.D. in theoretical and f Town. He also served as a board member for applied mechanics in 1952. He began as as- Northwest Indiana Family Services where he sistant professor and in the Department of TRIBUTE TO VIRGINIA O’TOOLE was president for 3 years. Civil Engineering at Berkeley and after 10 BAILEY Professionally, Lawrence is the president of years was promoted to professor in 1962. For David Lawrence Enterprises, Inc., a company the following 18 years, he also served as vice HON. WILLIAM H. ZELIFF, JR. he founded in 1993. David Lawrence Enter- chairman and chairman of the Division of OF NEW HAMPSHIRE prises specializes in energy conservation and Structural Engineering and Structural Mechan- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES indoor air quality equipment for manufacturers. ics. He was appointed dean of the College of B'nai B'rith is the world's oldest and largest Thursday, June 20, 1996 Engineering, at Berkeley, on July 1, 1980, and Jewish organization with members in 55 coun- led the school to be recognized as one of the Mr. ZELIFF. Mr. Speaker, let me extend my tries. B'nai B'rith has been in existence for Nation's outstanding schools of engineering. sincerest congratulations and gratitude to a over 150 years. District 2 consists of eight sur- Dr. Pister has been the recipient of numer- wonderful woman who is retiring today after a rounding States including Indiana, Kentucky, ous prestigious awards. He was twice selected very fulfilling and successful career. Mrs. Vir- Ohio, Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming, Colorado, as a Fulbright Scholar, first, in the Department ginia O'Toole Bailey has been serving the and New Mexico. Locally, B'nai B'rith America of Mathematical Physics, University College, community of North Conway, NH, for 17 years Lodge No. 90, which covers all of northwest Cork, Ireland, and then in the Institute for Stat- as the John Fuller Elementary School Nurse. Indiana, sponsors several community events. ics and Dynamics of Aerospace Structures, Over the last 17 years, Mrs. Bailey has pro- Lodge No. 90, which has a B'nai B'rith youth University of Stuttgart, West Germany. He vided an invaluable service and has estab- organization, has taken children to baseball also was awarded the Wason Medal for Re- lished a strong bond with North Conway and games and sponsored a brotherhood essay search by the American Concrete Institution, surrounding communities. Mrs. Bailey has contest for elementary and junior high stu- and in 1982, was the recipient of the Univer- looked after and taken care of our children's dents. Lodge No. 90 has also sponsored a sity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, College of playground cuts and bruises when we, as par- teddy bear drive to help acquire teddy bears Engineering Alumni Honor Award for distin- ents, could not be there. She has been the se- for hospitals. guished service in engineering. In 1988 he curity blanket that so many young people I offer my heartfelt congratulations to Law- was presented with the Vincent Bendix Award need at such a young age. rence and his wife, Jane Harper Alport, on the for minorities in engineering by the American For all these reasons, I would like to thank eve of his installation as president of B'nai Society for Engineering Education, and in Mrs. Virginia O'Toole Bailey on behalf of my- B'rith District 2. They can be proud as Law- 1993 he was bestowed the highest honor by self, the students and staff of John Fuller Ele- rence works hard to preserve Jewish culture the society, the Benjamin Garver Lamme mentary, the parents, and the town of North while improving the quality of life for Indiana's Medal, for his contributions to engineering Conway for 17 great years of caring and dedi- First Congressional District. I sincerely wish education. He also was the recipient of the cation. I also offer my gratitude as a Rep- Lawrence a long, happy, and successful term. Distinguished Alumni Award from the Engi- resentative of New Hampshire and I am sure f neering Alumni Society of the College of Engi- I speak for all my colleagues here in Congress neering, University of California, Berkeley. when I say congratulations. Mrs. Bailey will be LEGISLATION DISAPPROVING THE Dr. Pister has also served the University of greatly missed at John Fuller Elementary NRC FROM LOCATING A NU- California in many other ways. He held the po- School. CLEAR WASTE FACILITY sition as chairman of the committees on Sen- f ate Policy and Educational Policy of the HON. NEIL ABERCROMBIE TRIBUTE TO LAWRENCE B. Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate, OF HAWAII ALPORT and also served as chairman of the University IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Committee on Education Policy. From 1978 to 1980 he was vice-chairman and chairman of HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY Thursday, June 20, 1996 the nine-campus Academic Council and As- OF INDIANA Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Speaker, I rise sembly of the Academic Senate and faculty IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES today with other concerned Members of Con- representative to the board of regents of the gress to introduce legislation which amends Thursday, June 20, 1996 University of California. the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to pro- Dr. Pister is also a member of numerous Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it gives me hibit the licensing of a permanent or interim engineering academies and associations. He great pleasure to rise today to pay tribute to nuclear waste storage facility outside the 50 is a member of the National Academy of Engi- a celebrated community servant, Mr. Law- States. Specifically, this bill would preclude the neering, and is a fellow of the American Acad- rence B. Alport. On Monday, June 24, 1996, Nuclear Regulatory Commission from issuing emy of Arts and Sciences and the American Lawrence's friends and family will gather to a license for the storage of radioactive waste Academy of Mechanics, the American Society celebrate his installation as president of B'nai or spent nuclear fuel in any of the U.S. terri- of Mechanical Engineers and the American B'rith District 2. The installation banquet will tories. Senator DANIEL AKAKA has already in- Association for the Advancement of Science. be held at The Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza troduced a companion bill, S. 1878, in the Dr. Pister is also an honorary fellow of the in Merrillville, IN. U.S. Senate. California Academy of Sciences. Since he first joined the organization in I have grown increasingly troubled by state- He currently serves as chairman of the 1980, Lawrence has proven to be a great ments and presentations that have been made board of directors of the California Council on leader within B'nai B'rith. For the past year, by a New York City investment firm, KVR, Science and Technology and is a member of Lawrence served as president-elect, as well Inc., that earlier this year made an offer for the board of directors for the Monterey Bay as a member of the board of governors. Law- Palmyra Island, an atoll of more than 40 islets E1136 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 1,000 miles south of Hawaii. Initially, it was re- ‘‘They went different directions where the task. There were some 6,600 tracts that had ported that KVR. Inc. talked about using Pal- winds of interest were blowing,’’ said to be surveyed, appraised and their price myra for scientific research and hotel develop- Cardwell, a supervisory park ranger who will haggled over. Many times, the land had to be retire in September. ‘‘Some to Virginia, condemned in court. ment of some kind. However, recent events some to Georgia . . . Ten families went to It was tough for many to leave their homes make it evident that KVR, Inc. wants to use New Mexico. My sadness was watching them and their ways of life. Some, particularly if Palmyra for a repository of radioactive waste. leaving us. I remember a lot of them hugging they were too old or sick to move, were al- KVR, Inc. has been circulating draft legisla- my mother and father and crying.’’ lowed to remain under lifetime leases. Oth- tion among the administration and Members of This mass eviction distinguishes the ers were granted shorter leases, but they Congress to locate a radioactive waste site on Smokies, home to farms and communities could not cut timber, hunt or trap. a Pacific atoll. According to representative for more than 100 years, from all but a few The park’s first superintendent arrived in 1931. Three years later North Carolina and from KVR, Inc. Palmyra is on a short list of national parks. For other major parks such as Yellowstone, Congress merely carved Tennessee transferred deeds for about 300,000 candidate sites being considered. them out of lands already owned by the gov- acres to the federal government, and Con- I want to state for the record that I am un- ernment. And for the most part, these were gress authorized the development of park fa- equivocally against this initiative. places where no one wanted to live anyway. cilities. In order to locate the site at Palmyra the But land in the mountains of Western Standing at the Rockefeller Monument at draft legislation waives compliance with the North Carolina and eastern Tennessee was Newfound Gap on the North Carolina-Ten- National Environmental Policy Act in regard to owned by hundreds of small farmers and sev- nessee line in September 1940, President the preparation of the environmental impact eral large timber and paper companies. The Franklin Roosevelt formally dedicated the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. statement and the Clean Water Act to dredg- Smokies was the first national park to be created totally from privately owned land. THE PARK’S DEVELOPMENT ing. Quite understandably, the farmers didn’t By then, much of the early work to develop Siting a radioactive waste facility is a seri- want to be pushed out of the family home- the park had been accomplished by the Civil- ous matter. The environmental consequences steads where they had lived and tilled the ian Conservation Corps, an agency formed cannot be ignored. For too long the Pacific soil for decades, and the companies were re- during the Depression to provide work for community has been used as a nuclear dump- luctant to abandon their timber reserves, the legions of unemployment. ing ground. The United States tested nuclear miles of railroad tracks, systems of logging At its peak in the late ’30s, the CCC had devices in the Marshall Islands, and we are all equipment and villages of employee housing. more than 4,300 young men building roads, having to deal with the enormous costs asso- There were an estimated 1,200 to 1,400 fami- trails, stone bridges and fire towers, the lies that had to be moved out, said Tom Rob- park’s first campgrounds, as well as the ciated with these tests. More recently, the bins, a park ranger and historian who gives Oconaluftee Visitor Center on the North Government of France conducted a series of programs at the Oconaluftee Visitors Center Carolina side and the park headquarters in nuclear tests at the Moruroa and Fangatauga near Cherokee. Tennessee. atolls in the South Pacific, which was opposed ‘‘Obviously there were hard feelings all the ‘‘There wouldn’t have been any early de- by over 160 nations. way around, and still are,’’ he said. ‘‘People velopment of the park without the CCC,’’ Mr. Speaker, my bill is preemptive strike were uprooted. Robbins said. against proposals to designate a radioactive ‘‘Some people tried to look at it from a Work on the park stopped in the early 1940s positive standpoint, particularly those who when America entered World War II, and the waste site in the Pacific. KVR, Inc. attempts to had farms that were sort of played out. But National Park Service’s budget was cut dras- achieve a laudable goal but at an enormous plenty of people had no desire to sell, but tically. cost. I want to advise my colleagues that any had no choice. It was particularly hard on Robbins said the Smokies and the coun- attempt to go forward with the KVR, Inc. pro- some of the older people. They figured that try’s other parks saw no significant funding posal will be vigorously and vehemently op- was where they were going to die and be bur- until the mid-’50s when Congress infused the posed. ied.’’ agency with new money for a major, 10-year f SEEDS OF THE PARK recovery program. And the Smokies benefited. It was during The idea of a public land preserve in the that time that the observation tower on MASS EVICTION UNIQUE TO Southern Appalachians started in the late Clingmans Dome and the Sugarlands Visitor SMOKIES 1800s, and by the early 20th century the fed- Center were constructed. Campgrounds and eral government was under pressure to make other facilities were renovated. the concept a reality. Since then, it’s been a matter of mainte- HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. The strongest supporters were based in OF TENNESSEE nance. Little new has been built in the park Asheville and Knoxville, Tenn., and the two over the past 30 years, and the old structures IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES groups were competitors over the location of become more worn and in need of repair with Thursday, June 20, 1996 the park. Finally they put aside their dif- each passing year. ferences and agreed it should be in the heart Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I thought the of the Smokies, halfway between the two f following recent article from the Asheville Citi- cities. WALTER MERCADO: HE MADE A zen Times about the formation of the Great The movement was spurred in large part not by conservationists, backpackers or fish- DIFFERENCE IN THE HISPANIC Smoky Mountains National Park might be of COMMUNITY great interest to some of my colleagues and ermen, but by motorists. Members of newly formed auto clubs wanted good roads many readers of the RECORD. through beautiful scenery on which they HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ MASS EVICTION UNIQUE TO SMOKIES could drive their cars. OF NEW JERSEY (By Clarke Morrison) LEGISLATION APPROVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As a birthday gift on an August day in In May of 1926, President Calvin Coolidge Thursday, June 20, 1996 1970, Glenn Cardwell drove his 85-year-old fa- signed a bill that provided for the creation of ther back in time to a place that had been the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today their home. and Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park. to pay tribute to Walter Mercado, an icon of The sight of the beautiful cove, absent the The legislation allowed the U.S. Department the Nation's Latino community. For 26 years, farmsteads and families that once dotted the of the Interior to assume responsibility for a Mr. Mercado has worked tirelessly and self- rolling landscape, prompted a pained recol- park in the Smokies as soon as 150,000 acres lessly to bring his message of peace, hope, lection of the forced exodus that cleared the of land had been bought. way for the Great Smoky Mountains Na- But the government was not allowed to and love to millions of his followers throughout tional Park. buy land for national parks, so boosters had the world and to the Latino community, in par- ‘‘He said the thing he hated most was los- to turn their attention to raising money. In ticular. I am pleased to note that he will visit ing our neighbors,’’ Cardwell said of his fa- the late 1920s the legislatures of North Caro- my hometown, Union City, on June 21, 1996. ther, Bill, who died a few months after the lina and Tennessee each appropriated $2 mil- Walter Mercado was born in Puerto Rico. visit. ‘‘You can buy a farm anywhere, but lion for land purchases, while individuals and During his youth, he had a great yearning for tearing up your community does something groups contributed another $1 million. But knowledge. He immersed himself in the arts, to your spirit.’’ by 1928, the price of the land had doubled and studying Spanish dance, ballet, painting, The Cardwells lived at the mouth of the fund-raising campaign came to a halt. voice, recitation, oratory, music, and acting. Greenbriar Cove near the park’s northern Finally the needed funds were in hand boundary, and so were among the last to when a major foundation endowed by John Later he came to New York to study under the have their land condemned by the govern- D. Rockefeller pledged $5 million. legendary acting teacher Sanford Meisner. He ment. They watched as friends and relations However, even with the money in hand, ac- went on to become one of Puerto Rico's most moved on. tually acquiring the land proved a tedious celebrated and distinguished actors. June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1137 After pursuing his studies, Mr. Mercado de- welfare reform that moves people off of the TRIBUTE TO TOP COAST GUARD cided to devote himself to helping others. He welfare rolls and onto payrolls. OFFICER made extensive trips throughout the world. If we are to have real welfare reform, we Through his top-rated television show on must take power out of the hands of Washing- HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY Univision, numerous books and public appear- ton bureaucrats and give it back to the people OF CALIFORNIA ances, Mr. Mercado has raised the quality of and the States. Not many people, outside of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES millions of lives with entertaining, helpful ad- the White House, believe that the Washington Thursday, June 20, 1996 vice on matters of health, family, love, and fi- welfare bureaucracyÐwhich has presided over nance. In addition, he has been involved in the past 30 years of failureÐknows more Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Capt. Eric Staut, commanding numerous charities because of his concern for about welfare reform than the States who officer of the Coast Guard Training Center in the well-being of the community and the world. have proven track records. It is high time the Petaluma, CA, who retires this month after 30 Mr. Mercado has given special attention to the President stopped talking out of both sides of years of impeccable service to our country, betterment of children's lives everywhere. his mouth and began welfare reform in ear- our Coast Guard, and the Petaluma commu- Mr. Mercado combines a flamboyant, out- nest. nity. going nature with a genuine concern for peo- Captain Staut's extensive accomplishments ple. He is not afraid to be outlandish, but he f and experience in the Coast Guard include is also sensitive enough to care about his au- WILLIAM H. NATCHER BRIDGE serving as district chief of operations, law en- dience. Perhaps, he is so popular, because forcement staff chief, commanding officer of his audience knows that behind the showman- SPEECH OF two air stations, and chief of enlisted person- ship is an entertainer with a heart of gold. nel responsible for the management of the It is an honor to have such an outstanding HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAR Coast Guard's 30,000 member enlisted force. and considerate individual visit my district. OF MINNESOTA I had the pleasure of working with Captain Walter Mercado demonstrates the positive in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Staut when he was the commanding officer of fluence one person can have on the lives of the Coast Guard Training Center, Petaluma. many. I ask my colleagues to join me in rec- Tuesday, June 18, 1996 Through his creative, proactive, and skillful ognition of Walter Mercado, a remarkable Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, it is with a leadership, the training center has become man. great deal of pride that I support the consider- one of the most efficient facilities in the Coast f ation of H.R. 3572. This legislation, which is Guard. Under Captain Staut's command, the Petaluma Training Center went from being on PERSONAL EXPLANATION the same bill the House passed last Congress but the Senate failed to act on, acknowledges the chopping block to receiving the Unit Com- the contribution of one of our dear friends and mendation Award, which is the highest unit HON. ELTON GALLEGLY colleagues, William H. Natcher of the State of award in the Coast Guard. According to the OF CALIFORNIA Kentucky, by designating the bridge on U.S. Coast Guard's Commandant who awarded this prestigious commendation, the staff dem- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Route 231 crossing the Ohio River between onstrated dynamic leadership and innovation Thursday, June 20, 1996 Maceo, KY and Rockport, IN, as the ``William in the quality of training and support services. H. Natcher Bridge''. It is only fitting and proper Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I It was Captain Staut's natural leadership that that a major infrastructure project serve as a was attending a function in my congressional helped shape and enrich the minds and hearts district. As a result, I unfortunately missed long and lasting monument in honor of Bill of the students and staff who take pride in the several votes. Had I been here, I would have Natcher. He worked closely with the then- work they do and in the place they serve. His voted ``yea'' on rollcall 248; ``yea'' on rollcall Committee on Public Works and Transpor- leadership, hard work, and dedication have 249; ``yea'' on rollcall 250; ``nay'' on rollcall tation to provide funding for the construction of tremendously affected countless lives. 251; ``yea'' on rollcall 252; ``nay'' on rollcall this project. On June 25, 1996, Captain Staut will be re- 253; ``nay'' on rollcall 254; ``nay'' on rollcall For over 40 years, Bill Natcher worked tire- lieving his command of the Petaluma Training 255; ``nay'' on rollcall 256; ``nay'' on rollcall lessly to serve his constituents and the Nation. Center, but he will forever remain a vital link 257; ``nay'' on rollcall 258. His public service record is exemplary with to the history of the Petaluma area, and the f having never missed a day of work and with west coast, for the honors and successes he having cast 18,401 consecutive rollcall votes brought to the center and for helping keep the CLINTON WELFARE REFORM until advised by his physicians to remain at only Coast Guard Training Center on the west the Bethesda Naval Hospital to receive medi- coast. I urge my colleagues to please join me HON. RON PACKARD cal treatment. in saluting Captain Staut, and wishing him and OF CALIFORNIA Mr. Speaker, more importantly, the char- his wife, Carolyn, much success with their fu- acter of the gentleman is what set him apart IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ture plans. from many of his colleagues. He was a cour- f Thursday, June 20, 1996 teous, dignified, and considerate human being EAST KENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, it was not a whom we all loved and respected. Throughout CONTINUES EXCELLENCE month ago that the President praised the Wis- Bill Natcher's tenure in the House, he enjoyed consin welfare reform plan. Once he got the tremendous respect. He exhibited true leader- headlines he wanted, the backpeddle began. ship virtues during his service as chairman of HON. VERNON J. EHLERS The Clinton administration's wavering on Wis- the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and OF MICHIGAN consin's plan is just another in a long history Human Services, and Education and as chair- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of broken promises on welfare reform. man of the Committee on Appropriations. Thursday, June 20, 1996 Throughout 1992, candidate Clinton talked Under his tenure, all 13 appropriations bills Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to time and again about the need for welfare re- were enacted on time, without the need for a take this opportunity to recognize the out- form. It has been almost 4 years and his only continuing resolution. standing dedication and effort of a group of action on welfare reform has been to veto the In the 103d Congress, this committee students and their teacher from my district. reform, not once, but twice. In February of this worked closely with the gentlemen from Ken- The students are from East Kentwood High year, the President supported a bipartisan wel- tucky and was extremely proud of his willing- School and their teacher is Deb Snow. Earlier fare reform plan unanimously approved by the ness to work together to support legislation this spring, Ms. Snow and her 22 students Nation's 50 GovernorsÐRepublican and Dem- that maintained the integrity of the legislative competed in the We the People the . . . The ocrat alike. Within a month Secretary Shalala process. Citizen and the Constitution national finals and said the President would veto the plan. Mr. Speaker, it was an honor and privilege won the region three award. The award is pre- It is clear the President does not mean what to have served for over 19 years in the House sented to five schools, from each of five geo- he says. In spite of all of his talk, he is wed with my friend and colleague, Bill Natcher. I graphic regions, with the highest cumulative to the status quo. By contrast, my Republican am pleased to support this legislation as a tes- score during the first 2 days of the national colleagues and I are committed to ending wel- tament to the tremendous work he did for the finals. This remarkable feat was accomplished fare as we know it. Congressional Repub- State of Kentucky, its Second District, and the while competing against 49 other classes from licans have proposed and passed genuine Nation, and I urge approval of the bill. around the country. E1138 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 The We the People the . . . The Citizen sions outreach which was inspired by Dr. Bill ton Baptist Church in a growing community. and the Constitution program encourages high Wallace, after whom the church was named. It has had good lay leaders and good fol- school students around the country to better Dr. McCluskey joined Wallace Memorial as lowers.’’ Asked what has been the strength of his understand the history and principles of our its pastor in 1959 when there were approxi- own growth, McCluskey says, ‘‘A wonderful Nation's constitutional government focusing on mately 45 members. At that point, he had held wife and family who sustained and were en- the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. several different high level positions with many couraging. She has been the most stabilizing After extensive preparation in their respective agencies and ministries. He had served as the and encouraging. The church will miss her schools, students compete in a challenging 3- president of the Tennessee Baptist Conven- more than they will miss me.’’ day competition that includes a simulated con- tion, the Tennessee Baptist Pastor's Con- Before they were married April 2, 1953, she gressional hearing. During the competition the ference, the Tennessee Baptist Youth Evan- was Elizabeth Ann Peters of Knoxville. Known to members as ‘‘Lib,’’ she is a con- students are judged on their oral presen- gelistic Conference, the Ridgecrest Baptist As- sultant in working with children with the tations, their knowledge of constitutional prin- sembly, and senior teacher for Evangelism Ex- Sunday School Department of the Tennessee ciples, and their ability to apply them to histori- plosion International. Additionally, he had trav- and Southern Baptist Conventions. She has cal and contemporary issues. The program is eled to several foreign countries on mission been a trustee with East Tennessee Baptist the most extensive of its kind. work. Hospital since 1989 and is president of the ad- I am extremely proud of the students from Most importantly, his love for Christ and his visory board of the Carson-Newman College East Kentwood who made numerous sac- mission to share that love with others has of Nursing. The couple has four children and rifices to represent our district and State in this guided Wallace Memorial as the church's eight grandchildren. One son and one son-in- law are ministers. competition. Advancing to the national finals membership and programs have grown over Jim McCluskey, as he prefers to be called, and being recognized as one of the top the years. grew up in Chattanooga and earned his bach- schools in this competition is no easy task. Dr. McCluskey has said that the inspiration elor’s degree from Carson-Newman in 1952. These students made a commitment to suc- of his own growth has been ``a wonderful wife He went on to earn the master of divinity ceed and followed through on their goals. The and family who sustained and were encour- and master of religious education degrees students who studied long hours to reach the aged. She has been the most stabilizing and from Southern Baptist Theological Semi- finals were: Katie Bacon, Ryan Brubaker, Dan encouraging. The church will miss her more nary and the doctor of ministry degree from Bush, Brad Busse, Brian Busse, Nathaniel than they miss me.'' Luther Rice Seminary. He has held two other pastorates, in Squiresville and Cartier, Jamie Cassis, Stacy Corsaut, Michelle Several church members are sad to see the Lawrenceburg, Ky. He came to Wallace Me- David, John Defouw, B.J. Desmond, Brian McCluskey family leave. Theresa Wilson de- morial in 1959. Dishinger, Ryan Eavey, Chris Frazier, Andrea scribed it best when saying: He has held various high-level board and Hudson, Mark Hulbert, Rachel Katonak, For the 14 years that I’ve been a member of advisory positions with at least two dozen Winnie Lee, Kurt Leland, Chris Magnuson, Wallace Memorial Baptist Church and have ministries and agencies during his career, in- Emily Peterson, and Beth Zoller. known Jim and Lib, their ministry has been cluding president of the Tennessee Baptist The students are not the only ones who an example of putting Christ first and self Convention; denominational speaker at the give their all for this competition. They are for- last. Their leadership has always been full of Tennessee Baptist Convention, Tennessee Baptist Pastors’ Conference, Tennessee Bap- tunate to be under the tutelage of their teach- energy and enthusiasm for the Lord and his church. We will sorely miss Jim and Lib and tist Youth Evangelistic Conference, er, Deb Snow, who goes above and beyond we are thankful for their years of service. Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly; and senior the call of duty of preparing students for this clinic teacher for Evangelism Explosion competition. Under her leadership, East Rev. Jim McCluskey recently told the Knox- International. He has traveled to several for- Kentwood has enjoyed frequent success in the ville News Sentinel: ``The Church is not built eign countries on mission work. We The People . . . The Citizen and the Con- on me, but on Christ. The best is yet to be. Wallace Memorial has always emphasized stitution program. Her dedication and passion Move onward, upward and forward and give mission work. It has sent forth 42 persons new leadership the same following they gave from among its members as spiritual lead- for teaching should serve as an example for ers—ministers, ministers of music, teachers other teachers to follow. Congressional district me.'' I request that a copy of the article that re- and laypeople involved in spiritual missions. coordinator Donald Fink and State coordinator It has sent more than 101 mission teams to Linda Start also play important roles in East cently appeared in the Knoxville News Senti- foreign and American locations on mission Kentwood's success. Their guidance and plan- nel be placed in the RECORD at this point so and mercy trips. These included emergency ning efforts were extremely beneficial in help- that I can call it to the attention of my col- disaster teams sent to hurricane locations. ing the team advance to the national finals. leagues and other readers of the RECORD. Its annual mission giving is in the hundreds MOVE ONWARD, UPWARD of thousands of dollars. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to take this time One impetus for this enthusiasm is the in- (By Bill Maples) to recognize the outstanding accomplishments spiration for the church’s name—Bill Wal- of this team. The valuable lessons learned Wallace Memorial Baptist Church at 701 lace, a native of Knoxville who died a Chris- through competition and teamwork will help Merchant Drive is a huge edifice. Its audito- tian missionary martyr in China in 1951. prepare these students for the challenges that rium seats hundreds. It has a reputation for When his body was returned to the U.S., he lie ahead in their adult years. I want to thank its far-reaching mission outreach and for its was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. The fu- Christmas and Easter programs. It has 3,162 neral was held at Wallace Memorial. A room the students and teacher Deb Snow for serv- members. ing as excellent representatives of the Third containing Wallace’s memorabilia has been But its members are feeling a painful sense set aside by the church. District. Again, my deepest congratulations of loss this weekend. Dr. James G. Many members have come forward with a and my wishes for continued success in the McCluskey, its pastor for 37 years, is preach- farewell word for the McCluskeys. Typical is years to come. ing his last sermon on Sunday. He is retir- that of Theresa Wilson: ‘‘For the 14 years f ing. that I’ve been a member at Wallace Memo- ‘‘There are other things I want to do but rial Baptist Church and have known Jim and A TRIBUTE TO DR. JAMES G. not in a full-time pastorate,’’ he says. He Lib, their ministry has been an example of McCLUSKEY mentions consulting, teaching, substitute putting Christ first and self last. Their lead- preaching. ership has always been full of energy and en- Then, too, there are children and grand- thusiasm for the Lord and his church. HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. children he and wife, Elizabeth, want to visit ‘‘Jim and Lib have truly made Wallace Me- OF TENNESSEE more, and some traveling they want to do. morial feel like a large family through their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dr. Roy T. Edgemon, director of disciple- loving and caring attitudes. Wallace Memo- ship and family in the development division Thursday, June 20, 1996 rial as a church family has been truly hon- of the Baptist Sunday School Board, will ored to have been under the leadership of Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to recog- serve as interim pastor. Jim McCluskey as our senior pastor for the nize Dr. James G. McCluskey for his 37 years The church is having a reception at the past 37 years. We will sorely miss Jim and of service as pastor of Wallace Memorial Bap- church Sunday, April 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. The Lib and we are thankful for their years of tist Church in Knoxville, TN. His leadership public is invited. service.’’ It has been a colorful voyage. Wallace Me- What message does Jim McCluskey leave and service has truly blessed Wallace Memo- morial has grown from 45 members when it with the church? ‘‘That the church is not rial Baptist Church. was founded in 1952 to more than 3,000 mem- built on me, but on Christ. The best is yet to Today Wallace Memorial is one of the larg- bers today. What made it grow so rapidly? be. Move onward, upward and forward and est churches in the east Tennessee area with ‘‘Wallace Memorial was well-born,’’ give new leadership the same following they over 3,000 members. It is devoted to its mis- McCluskey says. ‘‘It was started by Arling- gave me.’’ June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1139 What message would he give to a starting Islands would have taken much longer and In 10 short years, the Marins' one grocery church? ‘‘Focus on meeting people’s needs.’’ been far costlier than it actually was. store has blossomed into a chain of super- What message would he give a starting I urge my colleagues to carefully review this markets throughout New Jersey and Florida. preacher? ‘‘Spend as much time preparing Their success has made them role models for yourself as you do preparing a sermon.’’ resolution that corrects this grave injustice and the Hispanic community and the community at f provides recognition to members of the Phil- ippine Commonwealth Army and the members large. INTRODUCTION OF HOUSE of the Special Philippine Scouts. Manuel's and Maria's fine character is not CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 191 The full text of the bill (H. Con. Res. 191) only evident in their business success, but is included at this point in the RECORD. also in their devotion to their family and com- H. CON. RES. 191 munity. In addition to raising two children, HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN Yanina and Yaddiel, the Marins have worked Whereas the Commonwealth of the Phil- OF NEW YORK to reunite their family by bringing members IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ippines was strategically located and thus vital to the defense of the United States dur- over from Cuba. Manuel is very active in the Thursday, June 20, 1996 ing World War II; Latin American Kiwanis Club and participates Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to in- Whereas the military forces of the Com- in their many charitable activities. He also pro- troduce this resolution (H. Con. Res. 191) to monwealth of the Philippines were called vides financial support to other businessmen provide that long delayed recognition to per- into the United States Armed Forces during through Banco Uno, which he founded. World War II by Executive order and were I am very grateful for the Marin family's con- sons considered to be members of the Phil- put under the command of General Douglas tributions to the Hispanic community, New Jer- ippine Commonwealth Army Veterans and MacArthur; sey, and our Nation. Their success is proof members of the Special Philippine ScoutsÐby Whereas the participation of the military that, indeed, we are a land of great oppor- reason of service with the Allied Armed Forces forces of the Commonwealth of the Phil- tunity for all those willing to seize it. I ask my during World War II. ippines in the battles of Bataan and Corregi- dor and in other smaller skirmishes delayed colleagues to join me in honoring this great We must correct the grave injustice that has family. befallen this brave group of veterans, since and disrupted the initial Japanese effort to f their valiant service, on behalf of the United conquer the Western Pacific; Whereas that delay and disruption allowed States, during the Second World War. the United States the vital time to prepare TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN P. CLARK On July 26, 1941, President Roosevelt is- the forces which were needed to drive the sued a military order, pursuant to the Phil- Japanese from the Western Pacific and to de- HON. PETER DEUTSCH ippines Independence Act of 1934, calling feat Japan; OF FLORIDA members of the Philippine Commonwealth Whereas after the recovery of the Phil- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ippine Islands from Japan, the United States Army into the service of the United States Thursday, June 20, 1996 Forces of the Far East, under the command of was able to use the strategically located Lt. Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Commonwealth of the Philippines as a base Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to For almost 4 years, over 100,000 Filipinos, from which to launch the final efforts to de- pay tribute to Stephen P. Clark, a man who feat Japan; dedicated his life to serving the public for of the Philippine Commonwealth Army fought Whereas every American deserves to know alongside the Allies to reclaim the Philippine more than four decades. He served as mayor the important contribution that the military of the city of Miami from 1967 to 1970 and Islands from Japan. Regrettably, in return, forces of the Commonwealth of the Phil- Congress enacted the Rescission Act of 1946. ippines made to the outcome of World War again from 1993 to 1996. In between he This measure denied the members of the Phil- II; and served as mayor of metropolitan Dade County. In 1970, he resigned as mayor of Miami to ippine Commonwealth Army the honor of Whereas the Filipino World War II veter- win the office of mayor of Dade County. With being recognized as veterans of the United ans deserve recognition and honor for their the exception of 2 years, he held that post States Armed Forces. important contribution to the outcome of World War II: Now, therefore, be it until 1993. Once in office he helped transform A second group, the Special Philippine Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Dade County from a sleepy tourist oriented Scouts called ``New Scouts'' who enlisted in Senate concurring), That the Congress recog- county into the growing metropolis it is today. the United States Armed Forces after October nizes and honors the Filipino World War II Under his guidance Dade County has become 6, 1945, primarily to perform occupation duty veterans for their defense of democratic an initial center for banking, business, and the in the Pacific, have also never received official ideals and their important contribution to arts in the United States. the outcome of World War II. recognition. As mayor of Dade County, Mr. Clark I believe it is time to correct this injustice f spurred county improvement projects such as and to provide the official recognition long IN HONOR OF MANUEL AND MARIA a modern transit system, a cultural center, and overdue for members of the Philippine Com- a main library. He was instrumental in estab- monwealth Army and the Special Philippine MARIN: AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY lishing community wide, public-private efforts, Scouts that they valiantly earned for their serv- to create jobs and economic assistance. He ice to the United States and the Allied cause initiated the Housing Finance Authority, which during World War II. HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ provides low-cost mortgages for new home- These members of the Philippine Common- OF NEW JERSEY owners. Furthermore, he constantly worked to wealth Army and the Special Philippine Scouts IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES improve living conditions, create job-training served just as courageously and made the Thursday, June 20, 1996 programs for the youth, and facilitate effective same sacrifices as their American counter- community relations amongst Miami's de- parts during the Pacific war. Their contribution Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today pressed areas. helped disrupt the initial Japanese offensive to honor Manuel and Maria Marin, a classic In 1993, 23 years after resigning from office, timetable in 1942, at a point when the Japa- American success story. Mr. and Mrs. Marin Stephen Clark was again elected to serve nese were expanding almost unchecked will be honored at a reception this Saturday at Miami as their mayor. He initiated measures to throughout the western Pacific. the Sheraton Meadowlands in East Ruther- save the city millions of dollars while improv- This delay in the Japanese plans bought ford, NJ. ing and expanding public services such as the valuable time for scattered allied forces to re- America is a land of immigrants, and this fire and police. He worked to improve commu- group, reorganize, and prepare for checking family exemplifies the immigrant success nication and enhance ties with the community. the Japanese in the Coral Sea and at Midway. story. Manuel and Maria arrived in the United Under his direction, the city joined forces with During the next 2 years, Filipino ``Scout'' States with only the clothes on their backs and Fannie Mae to create an affordable housing units, operating from rural bases, tied down a few personal possessions in May 1980. plan which provides nearly 70,000 Miami- precious Japanese resources and manpower They were searching for a better way of life Dade families with housing opportunities. In through guerilla warfare tactics. and an escape from the Communist dictator- 1994, he hosted the Pan American Summit of In 1944, Filipino Forces provided valuable ship of Cuba. Despite their bad fortune, the Hemispheric Presidents, which was attended assistance in the liberation of the Philippine Is- Marins dedicated themselves to creating a by 34 heads of state from democratic coun- lands which in turn became an important base new life in their adopted homeland. Through tries of the Western Hemisphere. for taking the war to the Japanese homeland. their sweat and determination, they were able In a time when cities across this Nation Without the assistance of Filipino units and to scrape up enough funds to open up a gro- have seen shrinking budgets while ever in- guerrilla forces, the liberation of the Philippine cery store in West New York, NJ, in 1986. creasing challenges mounted, Stephen Clark E1140 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 was there for metropolitan Dade County. In colorectal cancer screening, I did so not be- rican-Americans. The studies were unanimous meeting those challenges head on and con- cause I am an African-American, but because in their conclusionsÐthat ``the entire colon of quering them, he touched and improved the providing colorectal cancer screening as a * * * black patients is at greater risk than that lives of millions of Florida residents. Mr. covered benefit funded the Medicare Program of white patients to develop cancer of the Speaker, Stephen Clark is an example for us has the potential to save thousands of lives colon.'' They found that colon cancer tends to all as to what an elected official should strive each year in this country. The statistics on strike African-Americans more commonly on to become. I thank and praise him for his life- colorectal cancer cannot be ignored. There the right side of the colon than the general time of service and dedication. are about 150,000 new cases of colorectal population in the United States. f cancer each year in the United States, and These studies raise serious questions about about 60,000 people will die in the United the approach taken by other colorectal cancer LINDSEY SEDLACK WRITES A States from that disease each year. Colorectal screening bills, which provide coverage only POEM FOR PEACE cancer is the second leading killer of all the for sigmoidoscopy and not the barium enema. cancers. It also is an equal opportunity dis- While the barium procedure allows for screen- HON. TOM LANTOS ease whose victims include Americans of all ing the whole colon, the flexible OF CALIFORNIA races, creeds, and ethnic groups. sigmoidoscope screens only about one-half of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I recently became aware, however, of a the colon. Sigmoidoscopy does not screen the Thursday, June 20, 1996 number of medical studies that make me real- right side of the colon where African-Ameri- ize that, as an African-American, I have a spe- cans more frequently develop colon cancer. Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to cial reason to be concerned about this issue. Thus, providing coverage only for bring my colleagues' attention to a beautiful These studies have found that colorectal can- sigmoidoscopy puts African-Americans and poem, ``Helping the World,'' that was sent to cer strikes African-Americans differently than it possible other unidentified ethnic groups at me by an eight-year-old girl from my district. does the general population in the United risk. Let me cite the conclusions of several of The author Lindsey Sedlack, is the great- States. Moreover, these differences are critical these studies: grand-daughter of Ben Swig, a great humani- with regard to screening to detect this disease. ‘‘Current screening recommendations tarian of the San Francisco Bay area and a The data in these studies make clear that [sigmoidoscopy] may not be effective enough longtime friend. Mr. Swig was a benefactor of sigmoidoscopy is not an effective screening for preventing colon cancer in this popu- my cause that needed help, including the Sal- procedure for African-Americans. Rather, a lation.’’ ‘‘Distribution of Adenomatous Pol- yps in African-Americans,’’ Lisa A. Ozick, vation Army and the Jewish Community Fed- barium enema or other procedure that views eration. This poem by his granddaughter em- MD, Leslie Jacob, MD, Shirley S. Donelson, the full colon is clearly preferred for this popu- MD, Sudhir K. Agarwal, MD, and Harold P. bodies his humanitarian spirit. lation, and perhaps for other groups as well. Lindsey's awareness of the social problems Freeman, MD, The American Journal of Gas- In the opening weeks of this Congress, I in- troenterology, May 1995, p. 758. of our times, the love and sensitivity she troduced a bill, H.R. 1046, that would expand ‘‘This study points out the potentially dis- brings to these issues and her dedication to the Medicare Program to provide coverage of crepant sensitivity and value of this instru- make this world a better place for all of us periodic colorectal cancer screening services. ment [sigmoidoscope] between black and gives us hope for the future. It is a young gen- Because this bill provides coverage for all of white patients, suggesting that colonoscopy eration of multitalented individuals like Lindsey and/or air contrast barium enema examina- the currently available screening procedures, it tions are the screening methodologies of who will comprise the next generation of lead- would allow all Medicare recipients at aver- ers. Mr. Speaker, I ask that her poem be in- choice in black patients.’’ ‘‘Anatomical Dis- age-risk for colorectal cancer, including Afri- tribution of Colonic Carcinomas Interracial cluded in the RECORD, and I urge my col- can-Americans, to decide to be screened with Differences in a Community Hospital Popu- leagues to encourge young leadership like the more comprehensive barium enema pro- lation,’’ Houston Johnson, Jr., MD and Rita Lindsey's. cedure or, if they prefer, sigmoidoscopy. As of Carstens, RN, Cancer, 1986, p. 999. HELPING THE WORLD last week, the Colorectal Cancer Screening ‘‘This study challenges this recommenda- (By Lindsey Sedlack) tion [sigmoidoscopy every three to five Act has 30 cosponsors in the House of Rep- years] as unsatisfactory for blacks since 50 If I were wind, resentatives, from both sides of the aisle, and percent of neoplasms could be missed in I would blow free. the key provisions of the bill were included as blacks compared to only 20 percent in Wishing the world part of the comprehensive reform of the Medi- whites.’’ ‘‘Site-Specific Distribution of Large was as happy as me. care Program in President Clinton's most re- Bowel Adenomatous Polyps: Emphasis on I would carry seeds cent budget proposals. Ethnic Differences,’’ Houston Johnson, Jr., across the world, MD, Irving Margolis, MD, Leslie Wise, MD, making flowers and plants H.R. 1046 is distinguished from other colorectal cancer screening legislation by the Dis. Colon Rectum, April 1988, p. 260. for boys and girls. ‘‘Data support the clinical impression that On hot summer days, fundamental belief that the decision on how to blacks have relatively more proximal colonic I would make a cool breeze screen each patient should be left to the pa- tumors than the general population. They that would cool people down tient and his or her physicianÐnot the Federal also suggest that early full study of the and russle through the leaves. Government. For this reason, H.R. 1046 au- colon, including barium enema with air con- I would blow all the war and fighting away thorizes Medicare coverage for colorectal can- trast or colonoscopy (opposed to flexible wishing that only peace would stay. cer screening for individuals at average-risk sigmoidoscopy), is highly indicated in I wish that the homeless could have their screening or work up for earlier diagnosis in own town. for colorectal cancer that includes an annual fecal occult blood test [FOBT] and direct patients, especially blacks suspected of pol- I wish that people would stop cutting trees yps or carcinoma of the colon.’’ ‘‘Anatomic down. screening every 5 years with either a barium Distribution of Colonic Cancers in Middle I wish people would stop making animals ex- enema procedure or sigmoidoscopy. For indi- Class Black Americans,’’ John W.V. Cordice, tinct viduals at high-risk for colorectal cancer, the Jr. MD, Houston Johnson, Jr. MD, Journal of and would draw more pictures on paper with bill provides an annual FOBT and direct the American Medical Association, 1991, p. ink. screening every 2 years with either a barium 730. If I were the wind I would blow free enema procedure or colonoscopy. The bill ‘‘Unless barium enema studies or wishing the world also authorizes the Secretary of Health and colonoscopic studies are employed, signifi- was a happy as me. cant numbers of premalignant lesions or f Human Services [HHS] to authorize coverage early cancers could be missed in a black pop- for new screening procedures as they become ulation if the distribution of lesions found in PROVIDING COLORECTAL CANCER available. Unlike other colorectal cancer this study is generally applicable to black SCREENING COVERAGE FOR ALL screening bills that would provide Medicare re- populations.’’ ‘‘Untreated Colorectal Cancer AMERICANS imbursement for only some of the currently in a Community Hospital,’’ Dr. Houston available screening procedures, H.R. 1046 Johnson, Jr., Journal of Surgical Oncology, HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS recognizes that different screening procedures July 3, 1984, p. 198. OF FLORIDA may be appropriate for different individuals. These medical studies have caused me to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The bill, therefore, provides a range of options redouble my efforts on this legislation. We and leaves the choice to patients and their need to enact a colorectal cancer screening Thursday, June 20, 1996 physicians. bill that serves all Americans, and that pro- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, The validity of this approach is confirmed by vides an equal opportunity for all Americans to when I first became involved in the issue of the medical studies on colorectal cancer in Af- have a screening procedure that is effective June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1141 for them, and which will prevent this horrible but were disproportionately concentrated in eration and is the past campaign chair. Jerry disease. the sigmoid and rectum of whites.’’ (p. 259). is also director and past president of the Mil- Mr. Speaker, I encourage all of my col- ‘‘The findings of this study underscore the waukee Center for Independence and the Mil- leagues to reexamine this issue, and to con- important ethnic differences in the site dis- tribution of adenomatous polyps. The right- waukee Public Museum, as well as past gen- tact me or my staff if you would like to obtain sided dominance of neoplastic lesions in eral chairman of Israel Bonds in Wisconsin. copies of the studies I have cited here, or blacks emphasizes the importance of total Jerry presently continues to serve as a board other studies on colorectal cancer and the al- colonic surveillance to detect these large member of the Jewish Home and Care Center ternatives for screening. I also encourage you bowel neoplasms in this racial group.’’ (p. and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to join me as a sponsor of H.R. 1046, and to 259). Foundation Board. In addition to these en- work to establish colorectal cancer screening ‘‘This study challenges this recommenda- deavors, Jerry selflessly devotes his time to as a covered benefit under the Medicare pro- tion [sigmoidoscopy every three to five the advisory boards of the Milwaukee Heart years] as unsatisfactory for blacks since 50 gram. With this step, we can begin to make percent of neoplasms could be missed in Institute, First Bank Milwaukee, University of serious progress in reducing the avoidable blacks compared to only 20 percent in Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Business Ad- pain, anguish, and excessive medical costs whites.’’ (p. 260). ministration and the Marquette University Law that this disease imposes on all of our citi- (4) ‘‘Anatomic Distribution of Colonic Can- School and Multicultural Council. zens. cers in Middle Class Black Americans,’’ John Louise and Jerry have been married for 36 COLORECTAL CANCER IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS: W.V. Cordice, Jr. MD, Houston Johnson, Jr. years and have three daughters and four MEDICAL STUDIES INDICATE THAT SCREEN- MD, Journal of the American Medical Asso- grandchildren. Their commitment to their faith, ING WITH SIGMOIDOSCOPY AND FOBT IS IN- ciation 1991, pp. 730–732. family, country, and community is truly extraor- ADEQUATE FOR THIS POPULATION ‘‘Data support the clinical impression that blacks have relatively more proximal colonic dinary, and they have been an inspiration to A number of recent medical studies have tumors than the general population. They us all. confirmed earlier reports that polyps and also suggest that early full study of the Mr. Speaker, I commend the Milwaukee colon cancer occur more commonly in the colon, including barium enema with air con- Chapter of the international State of Israel right (proximal) colon of African-Americans, trast or colonoscopy (opposed to flexible as compared with the general population. Bonds organization on its excellent selection sigmoidoscopy), is highly indicated in These studies raise questions with regard to of Louise and Gerald Stein as this year's screening or work up for earlier diagnosis in the adequacy of colorectal cancer (CRC) honorees. I wish Louise and Jerry continued patients, especially blacks suspected of pol- screening with sigmoidoscopy, given that a success in all of their endeavors. yps or carcinoma of the colon.’’ (p. 730). sigmoidoscopy procedure examines only the (5) ‘‘Untreated Colorectal Cancer in a Com- left (distal) side of the colon, and suggest the f munity Hospital,’’ Dr. Houston Johnson, Jr., use of the barium enema or colonoscopy as Journal of Surgical Oncology, July 3, 1984, preferred screening methodologies for Afri- INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION pp. 198–200. can-Americans. TO DEVELOP PLAN TO REOPEN ‘‘Generally, sigmoidoscopic examinations The principal findings of these studies are PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE are recommended to complement physical as follows: examinations and stool blood tests. While (1) ‘‘Distribution of Adenomatous Polyps this recommendation may be appropriate for in African-Americans,’’ Lisa A. Ozick, MD, HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON white patients, it may not be appropriate for Leslie Jacob, MD, Shirley S. Donelson, MD, OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA black patients. Unless barium enema studies Sudhir K. Agarwal, MD, and Harold P. Free- or colonoscopic studies are employed, sig- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES man, MD, The American Journal of Gastro- nificant numbers of premalignant lesions or enterology, May 1995, pp. 758–760. Thursday, June 20, 1996 early cancers could be missed in a black pop- ‘‘Previous research has suggested that pol- Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I am in- yps and colon cancer occur more commonly ulation if the distribution of lesions found in this study is generally applicable to black troducing a resolution to develop a plan for the in the right colon in African Americans com- reopening of Pennsylvania Avenue. This reso- pared with the general population.’’ (p. 758). populations.’’ (p. 198). ‘‘This study supports previous work that f lution, similar to a resolution enacted in the suggests that there is a significant shift to Senate last night, brings together and rec- the right in the anatomical distribution of TRIBUTE TO LOUISE AND GERALD onciles House and Senate approaches to the polyps in African-Americans. It also shows STEIN closing of Pennsylvania Avenue. At my re- that the malignant potential is as high for quest after the closing last year, the House right-sided polyps as it is for those on the HON. THOMAS M. BARRETT D.C. Subcommittee held hearings on June 30, left. Current screening recommendations OF WISCONSIN 1995, and again this year on June 7, 1996. At [sigmoidoscopy] may not be effective enough both hearings, truly devastating damage to for preventing colon cancer in this popu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES downtown traffic and commerce was reported. lation.’’ (p. 758). Thursday, June 20, 1996 (2) ‘‘Anatomical Distribution of Colonic The victims of the closing are pervasiveÐresi- Carcinomas Interracial Differences in a Com- Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I dents, commuters, tourists, and businesses. In munity Hospital Population,’’ Houston John- pay tribute today to two of Milwaukee County's effect, downtown D.C. is disjoined and dis- son, Jr., MD and Rita Carstens, RN, Cancer, outstanding citizens, Louise and Gerald Stein. figured. No large city today, healthy or notÐ 1986, pp. 997–1000. As the Milwaukee Chapter of the International and D.C. is insolventÐcould absorb the enor- ‘‘This study points out the potentially dis- State of Israel Bonds organization prepares to mous costs associated with closing the most crepant sensitivity and value of this instru- honor Louise and Gerald for their many con- important cross town street. ment [sigmoidoscope] between black and white patients, suggesting that colonoscopy tributions to our community, I would like to Some in Congress had called for an imme- and/or air contrast barium enema examina- take a moment to reflect on the remarkable diate reopening of the avenue. Recognizing tions are the screening methodologies of achievements of this great couple. that this was impractical and impossible be- choice in black patients.’’ (p. 999). Louise was educated as a registered medi- cause of the obligations of the Secret Service ‘‘The finding that . . . indeed the entire cal technologist, and is exceptionally involved written into law, I have sought ways to open colon of this population of black patients is in the Milwaukee Jewish Federation as an offi- the avenue while safeguarding the White at greater risk than that of white patients to cer, and cochair of the Lead Community House and to keep the Park Service from develop cancer of the colon is astounding.’’ Project for Systemic Change in Jewish Edu- foreclosing the possibility. This has also been (p. 1000). (3) ‘‘Site-Specific Distribution of Large cation. Louise is a past president in the wom- the view of D.C. Subcommittee Chair TOM Bowel Adenomatous Polyps: Emphasis on en's division. Louise also serves as a board DAVIS, who joins me as a cosponsor today. Ethnic Differences,’’ Houston Johnson, Jr., member of the Jewish Education Service of The bipartisan resolution we introduce today MD, Irving Margolis, MD, Leslie Wise, MD, North America and the Hillel Academy. requires that all the relevant parties partici- Dis. Colon Rectum, April 1988, pp. 258–260. Jerry Stein is a distinguished attorney and pate. Thus, this resolution is the most useful In a study at Queens Hospital Center in certified public accountant who for the past 39 response to the closing. It depolarizes and New York, it was found that ‘‘[f]ifty-two years, has worked for the Zilber-Towne Realty depoliticizes an issue that has two important black and 46 white patients had 130 adenom- atous polyps. . . . A separate racial analysis family of companies. He is the president and sides. It puts everyone to work on solving the demonstrated an unexpected pattern of dis- CEO of Zilber, Ltd., which is responsible for all problem, rather than facing off against one an- tribution among blacks and whites. Adenom- investments and operations of the Zilber com- other, leaving the problem begging for atten- atous lesions were more broadly distributed panies. Jerry presently serves with distinction tion. I appreciate the attention that the House in all segments of the large bowel for blacks, as the president of the Milwaukee Jewish Fed- and the Senate have given to the effect of the E1142 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 closing on my district and on every American's consideration of H.R. 3662, a bill making ap- Force Base owe thanks to Champion for many capital city. I urge all Members to support this propriations for fiscal year 1997 for the De- of their buildings. Champion has also been in- resolution. partment of Interior and related agencies. strumental in the construction of the Inter- f Had I been present, I would have voted national Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie and most ``no'' on rollcall 254, ``no'' on rollcall 255, ``no'' universities constructed or expanded in the SUPPORT THE POSTAL SERVICE on rollcall 256, ``no'' on rollcall 257. last 75 years signed their construction con- CORE BUSINESS ACT I ask unanimous consent that my statement tracts with Champion, Inc. appear in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD imme- In 1950 Medio Bacco divested himself of HON. RANDY ‘‘DUKE’’ CUNNINGHAM diately following these votes. Champion stock, making Louis Verrette chief OF CALIFORNIA f stockholder. A new waive of opportunities met IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the company during the 1960's as nuclear CHAMPION, INC., 75TH construction developed. Cement used for nu- Thursday, June 20, 1996 ANNIVERSARY clear plants had to meet higher standards than Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise general cement, and Champion's concrete today to join my colleague, Mr. HUNTER, in in- HON. BART STUPAK made the grade. The company continued to troducing the Postal Core Business Act of OF MICHIGAN build and service various nuclear projects 1996. This important legislation works to pre- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES across the Nation until 1984. vent the U.S. Postal Service [USPS] from un- In 1971, Louis Verrette became chairman of Thursday, June 20, 1996 fairly competing with a small business indus- the board and his son, William Verrette, re- try, known as the Commercial Mail Receiving Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, and Members of placed him as president. Champion continued Agency [CMRA]. The livelihoods of those who the U.S. House of Representatives, it is an to grow under Bill's supervision. In 1989 and own and operate small commercial packing honor for me to bring to the attention of the 1990, Champion acquired Herman Gundlach, stores throughout the country, like Mail Boxes House of Representatives and the Nation that Co. of Houghton, MI, and Charter, Inc. of Etc. and Postal Annex, are in danger. Approxi- Champion, Inc. of Iron Mountain, MI, is cele- Ishpeming respectively. These latest acquisi- mately 10,000 CMRA businesses may be brating 75 years of service to the upper penin- tions have strengthened Champion both finan- forced to close their doors due to the USPS' sula and the Nation on June 21, 1996. Medio cially and geographically. Champion, Inc. cur- tax-free expansion into services already pro- Bacco, an immigrant road-builder opened the rently has satellite offices throughout Michi- vided by private packaging stores. doors of Champion Gravel Co. on June 21, gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Tennessee. These expanded services include wrapping, 1921. Through the hard work and dedication The 75th anniversary celebration being held packaging, and shipping of items, and the of Mr. Bacco, his nephew Louis Verrette, and on June 20 and 21, 1996, is a tribute to USPS may expand beyond that. The USPS is Louis' son, William Verrette, Champion Gravel Champion's many employees, suppliers, cus- opening stores throughout the country, many Co. has become Champion, Inc. and is known tomers, and friends. In reflecting on the last 75 in locations very near private companies who today as one of the most successful gravel, years William Verrette recognizes the compa- already provide these services. The fact is that redimix, and construction companies in the ny's success is owed to ``so many good peo- the USPS does not fairly compete. They do State of Michigan. ple * * * our managers, office staff, field per- not charge State or local tax on retail items, Medio Bacco founded Champion 75 years sonnel, customers, and friends.'' they are insured by the Government, and they ago in Iron Mountain, where its headquarters Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend often do not pay the Federal, State, and local are still located today. In 1927, Mr. Bacco's Champion, Inc. on their 75th anniversary for taxes that private companies do. These are 14-year-old nephew, Louis Verrette came to the hard work and dedication they have shown only some of the advantages enjoyed by the him looking for a summer job and was as- the people of Michigan and the Nation. I am USPS, creating a playing field tilted against signed the position of assistant timekeeper for pleased that Michigan counts the Verette fam- private industry. Moreover, when a customer a paving job being completed from the Stur- ily as one of our most outstanding families, brings an item to be packaged by the USPS, geon River bridge to the Delta County line. He and that I can count on them as personal the USPS requires that the customer send the continued working for his uncle during his friends. package through U.S. mail. Commercial mail summer vacations until he graduated from f companies do not require this of their cus- Michigan Technological Institute in 1934. CHURCH ARSON PREVENTION ACT tomers. Upon graduation Louis joined Champion's OF 1996 The legislation we introduce today will allow Service & Supply Co., located where Cham- the USPS to continue improving their goal of pion's Lake Shore Engineering Co., presently SPEECH OF timely and effective delivery of mail, but will stands. After 8 years at the Service & Supply prevent them from unfairly competing with Co., Louis Verrette was called upon to serve HON. WILLIAM J. MARTINI OF NEW JERSEY small business. Under our bill, the USPS will his country in World War II. When the war IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not be able to expand their services beyond ended, Lt. Col. Louis Verrette returned to his what they were offering as of January 1, 1994. family in Iron Mountain and to Champion Tuesday, June 18, 1996 This is a reasonable approach to protecting where he took over as president. Medio Bacco Mr. MARTINI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to jobs and satisfying American consumers seek- retired and became chairman of the board. commend my House colleagues for the unani- ing adequate postal services. Champion Gravel Co. saw many changes mous support shown for H.R. 3525, the The livelihood of Americans is being threat- when Louis Verrette took hold of the reins. On Church Arson Prevention Act of 1996. We ened by the Federal Government. We must December 6, 1945, Champion Gravel Co. be- have sent a clear and unmistakable message prevent small businesses from going out of came Champion, Inc. Louis began touring that this Congress stands united against ha- business at the hand of the Federal Govern- Champion's various gravel plants but was un- tred. ment. This will certainly happen unless the happy with their conditions. He vowed to make Since October 1991, we have witnessed USPS is prevented from unfairly competing the necessary improvements to keep the more than 100 different acts of probable arson with commercial mail companies. I encourage plants producing to capacity. With this im- specifically targeting churches. Over half of my colleagues to join me in support of this im- provement underway, Louis Verrette was able the churches burned have been predominantly portant legislation. to concentrate on expanding the dimensions African-American congregations. f of the company by developing projects aimed Mr. Speaker, it is one thing to stand up and at keeping Champion busy during the winter vigorously denounce these racist and PERSONAL EXPLANATION months when road construction was not pos- antireligious hate crimes; however, it is far sible. As a result, Champion began providing more important to actually do something about HON. WILLIAM F. CLINGER, JR. services and supplies to iron and copper them. We need the ability to combat this prob- OF PENNSYLVANIA mines throughout Michigan and Minnesota. lem and that is why H.R. 3525 is more than IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As Champion grew so did the size of its a simple denouncement. It will give the Fed- projects. Throughout the 1950's and 1960's, eral Government the ability to prosecute and Thursday, June 20, 1996 Champion, Inc. was involved with construction punish those who burn or desecrate religious Mr. CLINGER. Mr. Speaker, on June 19, of several military installations throughout property. Furthermore, it will also bring aid to 1996, I was unavoidably detained and missed Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Both the victims of these crimes, who are often rollcall votes 254, 255, 256, and 257 during Kincheloe Air Force Base and K.I. Sawyer Air underinsured or completely uninsured. June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1143 Clearly, no one is insulated from the flames TRIBUTE TO LT. COL. ANTHONY F. 95 percent of the transactions are executed by of hatred. Even in my home State of New Jer- QUAN dealers simply matching or pairing their own sey, a church was recently burned. I am proud orders with those of their customers. The to say that a leader in the African-American HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD overwhelming majority of trades executed on community in New Jersey is working very hard OF GUAM the CSE are for small retail orders. Indeed, 70 to combat the burning and desecration of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES percent of CSE trades are for 500 shares or less, and 97 percent are for less than 2,000 places of worship. Minister and New Jersey Thursday, June 20, 1996 Assemblyman Alfred E. Steele, a constituent shares. Very few institutional traders have Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I would of mine from Paterson, NJ, has introduced a their trades preferenced on the CSE. like to commend Lt. Col. Anthony F. Quan of The SEC order granting approval to the bill on the State level to stiffen penalties for the U.S. Army for his outstanding contributions CSE preferencing program left many important arson at churches, synagogues, and mosques. to the island of Guam through his outstanding questions unanswered. Among these ques- Mr. Speaker, although these crimes have military service. I also offer my sincerest con- tions is why only small retail orders are exe- been primarily directed against African-Amer- gratulations on his recent graduation from the cuted under the CSE's preferencing rules, and ican congregations, I must hasten to point out U.S. Army War College. whether these orders are receiving the same that they are an assault on those who believe I have personally known Tony Quan for opportunity for price improvement as they in the freedom and tolerance of the United many years. He was born in Agana on Sep- would on the primary market. States. As Assemblyman Steele has said, ``If tember 19, 1950, to Frank D. and Maria C. Mr. Speaker, today we take up H.R. 3005, they attack one, they have attacked all of us.'' Quan. His wife, the former Flora Baza, is a the Securities Amendments of 1996. This leg- islation does not address the issue of With the Church Arson Prevention Act, we can lady well known on the island as the ``Queen preferencing but I understand that similar leg- now fight back. We have clearly and decisively of Chamorro'' music and as the first Guam beauty queen to bring home an international islation in the other body may contain a provi- acted to end this most vicious and destructive title. Tony and Flora are the proud parents of sion directing the SEC to undertake a detailed form of intimidation. four children, Anthony, Jr. (T.J.), Edwin, study of preferencing on exchange markets. Jomia, and Jessica. Such a study would provide more information f Although Tony's distinguished military about how preferencing affects small retail in- record and training seem to stand out among vestors. Unless such a study concludes that DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR his numerous accomplishments, several as- there are tangible benefits to investors, includ- AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO- pects of his notable career are also worth ing small investors, and to the capital forma- PRIATIONS ACT, 1997 mentioning. He received his commission from tion process from this practice, I would support the U.S. Army soon after graduating with a de- efforts to move swiftly to ban preferencing on SPEECH OF gree in civil engineering from Marquette Uni- exchanges. versity. He has also been awarded two mas- f ters degrees, an MS in civil engineering from HON. PETER DEUTSCH KEN HAAG, FRIEND AND Marquette in 1974 and an MA in public admin- OF FLORIDA TALENTED ARTIST istration from Shippenburg University in 1996. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In addition to his service with the U.S. Army and the Guam National Guard, Tony also HON. BRUCE F. VENTO Wednesday, June 19, 1996 worked in various capacities for the Govern- OF MINNESOTA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House in Committee of the Whole ment of Guam and the private sector. House on the State of the Union had under On Guam, the personal accomplishments Thursday, June 20, 1996 consideration the bill (H.R. 3662) making ap- and success of native sons and daughters are Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, a friend and tal- propriations for the Department of the Inte- always celebrated and adopted as triumphs ented artist, Ken Haag, passed away May 16, rior and related agencies for the fiscal year for everyone in the community. As a graduate suddenly and unexpectedly, at his Eastside ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur- of the U.S. Army War College, Lieutenant Saint Paul home. Ken's loss will be heartfelt poses: Colonel Quan has attained the highest level of by the entire community and neighborhood. educational training offered by the U.S. Army. Ken Haag poured his great energy and talent Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Chairman, I would like He has brought great recognition not only to to underscore the comments of my colleagues back into the State of Minnesota, our Eastside himself but also to the island of Guam and its neighborhood, and his wonderful family. who join with me in supporting the Florida del- people. On behalf of the people of Guam, I Ken was a constant and joyful volunteer. He egation's Everglades amendment to H.R. congratulate Lt. Col. Anthony F. Quan for his lent real meaning to the role of citizenship, 3662Ðthe fiscal year 1997 Interior appropria- outstanding achievements. We commend his working as an artist but deeply involved in tions bill. Congress has long recognized that efforts, hard work, and contributions to the is- music, education, environment, and housing Everglades restoration is a basic quality of life land. activities. He was a modern day renaissance issue. The State of Florida has taken the lead f man. on this by funding the lion's share of restora- Ken took special pride in his high school ex- tion. It is crucial that Congress recognize the SECURITY AMENDMENTS OF 1996 perience. His artistic talent was recognized by

Federal commitment by funding authorized SPEECH OF establishing a scholarship program at Saint land acquisition priorities in this Interior bill. Al- Paul's Johnson High School. though the committee report claims to make HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL Ken Haag's distinctive art works depicting the Everglades a top national priority, this OF NEW YORK wildlife and Minnesota settings benefited many promise can only be fulfilled by fully funding IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES publications. Especially notable were the Min- nesota Department of Natural Resources Vol- the land priorities in this bill. Tuesday, June 18, 1996 unteer covers. This Congress is deeply interested in the Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, on May 9, 1996, Ken's cultural roots were Scandinavian, and link between the economy and the environ- 19 of my colleagues wrote to the SEC regard- for over three decades he was a loyal member ment. There is no better example than in ing the agency's approval of a preferencing of Saint Paul's Swedish Male Chorus. Ken south Florida where our multibillion dollar program on the Cincinnati Stock Exchange was a real pioneerÐa quiet, no-nonsense ac- economy depends solely on reversing the en- [CSE]. I share the concerns expressed in that tivist who was often at the cutting edge of is- vironmental mistakes of the past. letter. Among other things, the letter ex- sues. pressed concern that the Commission did not Ken attained good success and continued to I appreciate Chairman Regula's willingness adequately examine how preferencing affects live and thrive, and give back to our commu- to work with us on this issue. I led the delega- the quality of trade prices received by small nity much more than he ever received. Ken tion in organizing our unified position, and I retail investors. will be missed. Thanks, Ken. know the chairman is aware that a majority of Preferencing enables a broker to direct its I encourage my colleagues to read the fol- us are on record supporting our efforts today. customer orders to buy or sell stock to itself, lowing article about Ken Haag, which ap- I look forward to resolving this issue to every- acting as dealer. On the CSE, in those stocks peared in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on one's satisfaction, and I thank the chairman. where preferencing dealers trade exclusively, May 18. E1144 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 [From the St. Paul Press, May 18, 1996] One example of how we can spend our which is competing with them is one of the MAGAZINE ARTIST KEN HAAG DIES money more efficiently is in restoring wild largest organizations in the worldÐthe U.S. (By Anne Brataas) salmon runs to our Northwest rivers. The Fed- Postal Service [USPS]. My bill will insure that A memorial service for St. Paul wildlife eral Government now spends hundreds of mil- the Postal Service does not compete with and sporting magazine artist Ken Haag will lions of dollars every year to improve salmon these small businesses, while still maintaining be at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gustavus runs on these rivers. Unfortunately, much of the viability of the Postal Service to maintain Adolphus Lutheran Church, 1669 Arcade St., this money is wasted. We don't really know its core business: the delivery of mail. St. Paul. how to restore salmon runs in urban or heavy Over the last 15 years, the American mar- Haag, 63, died early Thursday of a heart at- ketplace has fostered many new industries; tack in his East Side St. Paul home. farming areas, and we end up spending lots of A St. Paul native, Haag graduated from money with very little to show for it. one of these is the commercial mail receiving Johnson High School and the Minneapolis One place where our money could really agent [CMRA]. The average American knows School of Art and Design, served in the U.S. make a difference is on the Elwha River on these businesses by their brand names: Mail- Navy and attended Gustavus Adolphus Uni- the Olympic Peninsula. Almost all of the Boxes, Etc; Postal Annex; PostNet; Pakmail; versity. Elwha, from Mount Olympus to the Strait of and Parcel Plus. Together these franchise or- ‘‘He was always drawing,’’ his wife, Bar- Juan de Fuca, flows through the Olympic Na- ganizations represent over 4,000 store owners bara, recalled. ‘‘Even as a little kid, he tional Park. This environment is in the same in all parts of the country, with an additional would copy what he saw in the funny pa- 6,000 stores which are not affiliated with any pers.’’ Since 1985, Haag had created the cover pristine condition it was 100 years ago, when artwork and illustrated articles for Sports all five species of wild salmon returned to the franchise organization. The CMRA industry is Collector’s Digest. He illustrated nature river every year by the hundreds of thousands. about 10,000 strong. guides for Picture magazine of the Min- The Interior bill that we are debating today What are CMRA's? This industry provides neapolis Sunday Tribune from 1963 to 1969 is a massive bill that will determine how some value added and ancillary services to postal and created the cover art for the Minnesota of our money will be spent next year. Given customers and serve as mini-offices for many Volunteer magazine from 1963 to 1975. the scope of this bill, I'm especially pleased home-based businesses and sales people. In addition to art, Haag particularly en- Specifically, CMRA's provide the materials and joyed baseball, music and nature, and was an that the Elwha project has been made one of the bill's three top priorities. In fact, the bill in- help their customers safely pack parcels to en- avid observer of waterfowl on St. Paul’s sure safe delivery; they help customers iden- Lake Phalen. He was a past president of the cludes language that recognizes the Elwha Minnesota Bird Club and a member of the River represents a unique opportunity to re- tify the most efficient and cost effective man- Zumbrota Covered Bridge Society. store salmon runs in the Northwest without ner to send their packages; they oversee mail- For 32 years, he was a member of the St. compromising our goal to balance the Federal boxes and offer personalized postal services Paul Swedish Male Chorus. to their customers; and these are just to name Among other community activities, Haag budget. This is a perfect example of what this Con- a few. Over 15 years ago, Tony DeSio saw staffed the annual Festival of Nations’ Swed- the need for these services within his commu- ish booth and served as president of the gress is all aboutÐsmart spending. The first step in restoring salmon to the nity of San Diego County, and he opened the Phalen Lake Elementary School PTA for the first Mailboxes Etc. The rest, as they say, is 1976–77 school year. Elwha requires that we purchase the two He also chaired the Minnesota Environ- dams that have been built on the river. Over history. These services simply were not provided at mental Citizens Control Agency speakers bu- the past month, I've had the pleasure of work- reau from 1969 to 1972 and the East Side’s the USPS, however, given the rate by which ing with Chairman REGULA, Chairman LIVING- Volunteer Housing Committee in 1975. this industry has exploded in less than two STON, Congressman NORM DICKS, the senior In 1991, a Ken Haag Art Scholarship was decades, there were clearly a need within our Senator from Washington State, SLADE GOR- begun in his honor at Johnson High School. communities. This new kind of postal store It awards $250 each year to a student who TON as well as members of the Washington provided these services and provided them demonstrates outstanding artistic ability to State delegation in an attempt to get some of quickly and efficiently. In a very short time, be used for further art education. the funds we need to move this project for- this one small store has grown into an industry Haag had already selected this year’s win- ward. We still have a lot of work ahead of us, ner before his death. His children will of nearly 10,000 small business men and but at least we are making progress. women who every day provide these services present the award in his memory and dedi- The bill that we will vote on today not only cate a portion of the memorials received for to their friends, neighbors, and customers. future scholarships. contains language making the Elwha project a So what is the problem here, Mr. Speaker. Haag is survived by his father, Hans of St. top priority, it also gives the President the abil- So far, this story sounds like the American Paul; his wife, Barbara; four daughters, ity to use some of the money contained in this dream. Every day, American small business Camille Farinella of St. Paul, Michelle bill to purchase the Elwha dams. That is good owners invest their own capital and work to Beaulieu of North St. Paul, Dorinne Foster news because the administration has made achieve the American dream. That would be of Maplewood and Kendra Haag, St. Paul; this project a priority. By passing this bill the case in this instance if it were not for one one son, Chad Haag, St. Paul; six grand- today, we give the administration the chance children; and two sisters, Jan Cruz of Hugo major problem: the Postal Service which has and Grace Potter, St. Paul. to turn their talk into action by using some of enormous taxpayer supported advantages, A private family funeral is planned. the money in this bill to buy the dams. has decided to directly compete with this in- f In these times of tight budgets it's a tragedy dustry. to waste a single dollar that is designated for Mr. Speaker, that is simply wrong. I am a THE REASON WE’VE MADE ELWHA the environment, because it may be difficult to big supporter of the U.S. Postal Service. Like A PRIORITY replace that dollar in the future. If we can con- every other Member of this body and every tinue to keep focused on spending our envi- American, I depend upon the hard work and HON. RICK WHITE ronmental money where it can really have an dedication of the Postal Service employees for OF WASHINGTON impact, we will improve our environment so the timely delivery of my mail 6 days a week, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that it can be enjoyed today and in the future. and I want a strong USPS. I do not think it is Thursday, June 20, 1996 f fair, however, that the Postal Service should start targeting small businesses for its reve- Mr. WHITE. Mr. Speaker, I consider myself SUPPORT THE POSTAL SERVICE nue. This CMRA industry is home grown, and one of the luckiest Members of this Chamber. CORE BUSINESS ACT it should not be preyed upon by the U.S. Gov- My home is in the Puget Sound region of ernment. Washington State and I don't think there is a HON. DUNCAN HUNTER After all the USPS is a government industry more beautiful area in this whole country. Our OF CALIFORNIA with the following enormous advantages: entire region is surrounded by water and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The USPS does not charge tax on its retail mountains. itemsÐthat is a 5±10 percent advantage right Thursday, June 20, 1996 Like the people in my district, I take our en- there. vironment seriously. That is why I think we Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to The USPS is self-insured as an agency of need to do a better job of preserving and pro- introduce legislation to protect a small busi- the U.S. GovernmentÐthese small business tecting our environment than we are doing ness industry from unfair Government com- CMRA's have to purchase insurance. right now. In order to do that, we have to petition. These small businesses exist in every The USPS does not have to make a profitÐ spend our environmental money where it can congressional district and employ tens of thou- there is nothing that requires them to be profit- have the greatest positive impact. sands of people. The Government agency able as far as I know. When they are under June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1145 threat of not breaking even, they request a Congress has the ultimate authority over the the electronic frontier unchecked by any high postal rate increase. Postal Service. The House Postal Service technology sheriff or adherence to any code of The USPS borrows money from the U.S. Subcommittee, chaired by my friend and col- electronic ethics. Federal Reserve at the most favorable ratesÐ league, JOHN MCHUGH, is beginning to craft It is this issue of hijacking personal informa- CMRA's have to borrow money at market postal reform legislation. I hope that the sub- tion that we are concerned about and we are rates. committee will give my bill serious consider- obviously concerned when kids are the target. The USPS has a statutory monopoly on the ation. This issue needs to be addressed. A The issue of child and adult privacy in an delivery of first class mail, the revenue of vital Postal Service is critical to our Nation's electronic environment, must find its ultimate which can be used to subsidize other services. future, but Congress must not stand by and let solution in a carefully conceived and crafted Perhaps the biggest advantage of all is its a giant Government agency destroy a whole combination of technology, industry action, size. If the Postal Service was a private busi- industry of small private businesses. It is inter- government oversight or regulation. ness, it would be ranked as the 12th largest esting to note that all of these CMRA's stores Without question, the issues posed by ad- business in the Nation, and 33d largest in the are independently owned and operated. There vances in digital communications technology world. is not one franchise organization which runs Is it right that the Postal Service should are tremendously complex. Again, how best to stores as a corporation. This makes the indus- enter into competition with small businesses protect kids is a complex issue. How to put try very unique, and has directly contributed to with all of these inherent advantages? Would teeth into privacy protections is also important their profitability. the Congress stand by and allow Ford to to figure out. What may have worked for pri- Mr. Speaker, there is not a single congres- maintain a monopoly, while letting them use vacy protection or parental empowerment in sional district without at least one of these their profits to compete against small busi- the phone or cable or TV industry may not CMRA stores within its borders. Therefore, I nesses on a different front? Would the Con- adequately serve as a model when these urge my colleagues to join me in this legisla- gress let Exxon compete with small busi- technologies converge. Therefore I believe we tion, which will most assuredly effect a small nesses if it had limited sovereign immunity must pursue other alternatives. business within their hometown. This bill is and was represented by the Department of We must recognize that children's privacy is pro-Postal Service and pro-competition. Every Justice? The answer is a resounding no. a subset of a parent's privacy rights. The bill Mr. Speaker, the Postal Service has a job to American has the right to the American I am introducing today is premised on the be- doÐdeliver the mail and sell postage. That is Dream. These small business owners look to lief that regardless of the technology that con- what it was designed to do by the Founding us to insure that their dream is not taken from sumers use, their privacy rights and expecta- Fathers. These core services are what the them. tions remain a constant. Whether they are Postal Service is good at, and what it should f using a phone, a TV clicker, a satellite dish, or continue to do. Offering ancillary services only COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY AND a modem, every consumer should enjoy a Pri- detracts from their core mission. CONSUMER EMPOWERMENT ACT vacy Bill of Rights for the Information Age. My bill, the Postal Service Core Business These core rights are embodied in a proposal Act, specifically prohibits the USPS from get- I have advocated for many years and I call it ting into the CMRA business. It addresses the HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY ``Knowledge, Notice and No.'' question of what is the proper role for the OF MASSACHUSETTS In short, consumers and parents should get Postal Service in areas where private indus- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the following three basic rights: tries already provide the service. That role is Thursday, June 20, 1996 First, knowledge that information is being to stay out of private businesses way and let Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to intro- collected about them. This is very important the marketplace work. duce the ``Communications Privacy and because digital technologies increasingly allow My bill is remarkably simple. The Postal people to electronically glean personal infor- Service is prohibited from competing with pri- Consumer Empowerment Act. The issue of privacy in the information age and in particu- mation about users surreptitiously. I would vate industry, like the CMRA's, unless the note here that many Internet browsers, for ex- Postal Service was offering the service nation- lar, children's privacy protection, is quite timely as the Nation becomes ever more linked by ample, use ``cookies''Ða technology that can wide as of January 1, 1994. The purpose of identify and tag an online userÐunbeknownst the bill is to draw a clear line as to what the communications networks, such as the Internet. It is important that we tackle these is- to the userÐand keep track of what Web sites USPS can and cannot do. a person visits. Such a line is necessary. I am familiar with sues now before we travel down the informa- Second, adequate and conspicuous notice reports of postal executives stating that they tion superhighway too far and realize perhaps need to get into retail businesses to protect we've made a wrong turn. that any personal information collected is in- the Postal Service. That is simply not true. Thomas Mann once said, ``A great truth is a tended by the recipient for reuse or sale. This is an agency which made $1.5 billion last truth whose opposite is also a great truth.'' Third, and, the right of a consumer to say year and has stated that it expects to make in The great truth of the Information Age is ``no'' and to curtail or prohibit such reuse or excess $500 million this year. This is not a that the wireÐand I use the term ``wire'' as sale of their personal information. suffering agency. shorthand for any telecommunications infra- The National Telecommunications and Infor- Furthermore, the USPS is an agency which structure such as phone, cable, computer, or mation Administration [NTIA] has been actively does not seem to understand its mission. Rep- wireless networksÐthe wondrous wire that studying how to safeguard telecommuni- resentatives of the Postal Service have lauded brings new services to homes, businesses, cations-related personal information. ``Privacy the organization as the country's largest retail and schools will have a certain Dickensian and the NII,'' an analysis completed by NTIA distribution system with 50,000-plus outlets, quality to it: It will be the best of wires and the in October of 1995, documented a number of and announced their intention to increase its worst of wires. areas where personal privacy protections var- retail revenue by $1 to $1.5 billion in the next It can uplift society as well as debase it. It ied depending upon which network carrier pro- few years. This is wrong. All of those outlets can allow people to telecommute to work and vided a telecommunications service. For ex- were built with taxpayer money and stamp obtain distance learning classes. New digital ample, the Cable Act requires cable operators revenue. The U.S. Government and the tax- technologies and other innovations allow cor- to notify subscribers at the time of subscription payer built this system, but not to be a com- porations to become more efficient workers of the operator's information practices and petitor with the private sector. more productive, and businesses to conduct generally prohibits an operator from disclosure Mr. Speaker, this is a vital bill. I again voice commerce almost effortlessly in digital dollars. of personal data. Such protections, however my strong support for the Postal Service, I This same technology however, will avail do not extend to video services offered by want to help it remain strong and vital. Com- corporate America of the opportunity to track DBS providers or wireless cable operators. peting in industries which the private sector the clickstream of a citizen of the Net, to Under the legislation I am introducing today, has created is not the way to meet their goal. sneak corporate hands into a personal infor- the FCC will be tasked with harmonizing the My bill would redirect the Postal Service to its mation cookie jar and use this database to privacy protections across board so that core mission: Mail delivery and stamp sales. compile sophisticated, highly personal strong, tough privacy policies exist regardless That's why I call the bill the Postal Service consumer profiles of people's hobbies, buying of the technology that a consumer uses to ob- Core Business Act of 1996. American corpora- habits, financial information, health informa- tain a service. tions have learned that to be successful, they tion, who they contact or converse with, when The bill is structured in a way that will first must concentrate on their core business. The and for how long. In short, that wondrous wire ascertain whether there are technological tools Postal Service needs to understand this too. may also allow digital desperadoes to roam that can empower consumers and parents. E1146 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 The bill also requests the agencies to deter- I want to thank President Bill Clinton for nowned white liberal Democrat. That was mine if there are industry standards and prac- his forthright leadership in going to South understandable, but the new Republican tices that embody this electronic Privacy Bill of Carolina and seeing first hand the crisis and committee chairman, Gerald Solomon of meeting with the victims whose church has New York, had order the Pepper portrait re- Rights. Where technological tools don't exist, been destroyed. That is a necessary and ef- placed by that of another Democrat, the late or where a particular industry refuses to em- fective use of the bully pulpit of the presi- Howard Smith of Virginia, a last-ditch seg- brace this code of electronic ethics in a way dency. regationist and in his many years as Rules that solves the problem, then the Government What has happened? Over 63 African Amer- Committee chairman one of the most power- is obliged to step in and reinforce protection of ican churches have been burned over the past ful opponents of the civil rights legislation privacy rights. five years. Other churches, with African of the sixties.’’ I implore the industry to act swiftly because American members, have been burned. There All of the above were seeding the clouds of the current situation is utterly unsustainable. has been a pattern. The firebombed churches racism; all were using race to manipulate have almost all been very small rural voters; all were engaged in a cultural con- The same libertarian quality that has stimu- churches located in isolated areas. spiracy to exploit the racial fears and insecu- lated such rapid growth of the Internet gravely Why is this happening? Is it a legal con- rities of the American people. Such words threatens to cripple its promise. It is chaotic, spiracy? The jury is still out—and the inves- and actions help to set a national climate free, and open, but has spawned an expo- tigation is still on—with regard to a legal that appeals, not to the best in us, but to the nential increase in commercial voyeurism that conspiracy. worst in us. And that climate rubs the is tearing privacy rights asunder. While Jack Is it a cultural conspiracy? And what is sticks, strikes the spark, and fans the winds, Kerouac would have a fine time joyriding from meant when someone says that? Let me try that eventually bring us the burning down of to explain. I am from Chicago and a big Chi- Black churches. site to site on the World Wide Web, I believe cago Bulls fan. When Michael Jordan shoots Even this year, expect affirmative action that many, many citizens of the Net would be a 3-point shot, Chicago fans jump in excite- to be the centerpiece of another political particularly troubled to find that their personal ment because Michael Jordan just made a strategy to manipulate the American people dataÐtheir usage of the World Wide Web it- basket. But guess what? Michael Jordan fans onto a so-called race issue—which really selfÐcan be and is being tracked. At risk is in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami and all around isn’t a race issue, since white women have consumer confidence in the medium. When the country jump up too—a kind of cultural been the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative consumer confidence plummets so will eco- conspiracy, if you will—because, in basket- action. But it will divert attention away nomic activity on the Internet. ball terms, Michael Jordan represents the from issues of substance. We need jobs and a My legislation will establish ``Knowledge, common denominator through which all of full employment economy. We need a single- his fans relate. payer national health care system. We need Notice, and No'' as the goal and will require What’s the parallel to church burnings? affordable housing for all of our people. We Government action where the technology or When we talk about cultural conspiracies need an educational system that prepares the industry fail to adequately protect consum- with respect to church burnings, we are talk- our young people to work in the 21st cen- ers and kids. ing about some politicians, some radio and tury. We need our national infrastructure re- f television talk-show hosts, and other hate built—our roads, sewers, bridges, airports, mongers around the country fanning the seaports and rails. We need our cities rebuilt. CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS flames of economic insecurity and race ha- We need family farmers restored to their HOLDS HEARINGS ON CHURCH tred, fanning the fears of racial animosity land. We need our environment cleaned up. BURNINGS with anti-affirmative action, anti-majority- That is what we need, but what we will minority, anti-immigration propaganda from likely get is diversion—affirmative action, the very top of our nation, creating a kind of California Civil Rights Initiative, propo- HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY racial cultural conspiracy. sition 187-type issues scapegoating immi- OF MISSOURI In 1964, in reaction to Brown v. Board of grants and more. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Education decision in 1954 and the resulting That is why this hearing is so important. civil rights movement, Barry Goldwater, a This hearing helps to clarify what is really Thursday, June 20, 1996 Republican, ran his presidential campaign going on. It helps to identify what politi- Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker. Today the Con- talking about States’ rights. It was a way of cians are really doing. It helps to educate gressional Black Caucus [CBC] held hearings saying that States had a way around the the American people so they can insulate on the rash of church burnings occuring equal protection clause of the Constitution themselves from such diversion and, hope- of the United States. fully, demand more of those running for pub- across the Nation. The list of panelists in- In 1968, in response to the 1967 and 1968 lic office in 1996. cluded government officials, civil rights lead- riots and the anti-Vietnam mass protests, So I want to thank you again, Mr. Chair- ers, religious leaders, the Fraternal Order of Richard Nixon, a Republican, ran his cam- man, for your insight and wisdom in calling Police, and the Anti-Defamation League. Each paign on a law and order theme. for this hearing. And thank you for inviting made a significant contribution to the dialog on In 1972, George Wallace, a Democrat, ran me to participate. increasing the Federal response to the church his campaign in reaction to attempts to de- f burnings. However, one of the most poignant segregate the schools, on an anti-busing platform. TRIBUTE TO JUAN C. TENORIO and thought-provoking statements was submit- In 1976, even Jimmy Carter, also a Demo- ted by the youngest member of the Caucus, crat, gave a speech in Indiana talking about HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD Hon. JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr. ethnic purity. OF GUAM I commend Congressman JACKSON'S re- In 1980 and 1984, Ronald Reagan talked marks to my colleagues with hopes that his about welfare queens; and in 1988 it was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES words will be as enlightening to Members as George Bush who used Willie Horton. Thursday, June 20, 1996 they were to those in attendance at today's Even our current President, in 1992, used Sister Souljah in his bid to become the Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, back hearing. President of the United States. home in Guam this month, the architectural/ STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN JESSE L. This year we heard Pat Buchanan, a presi- engineering firm of Juan C. Tenorio Associ- JACKSON, JR. dential candidate, equate ‘‘We Shall Over- ates, Inc., is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Mr. Chairman, I want to commend you for come’’ with whistling ‘‘Dixie.’’ He said those It is a significant milestone for a company calling these hearings. They are necessary. who sing ‘‘We Shall Overcome’’ and those president, Mr. Juan C. Tenorio, a fellow They are important. They are informative who whistle ‘‘Dixie’’ are both involved in Chamorro who believed in himself and worked and help to educate and arouse the American freedom movements. people and elected officials to corrective ac- Well, if whistling ‘‘Dixie,’’ protecting the hard to achieve success. His is a classic tion. Confederacy, and ‘‘We Shall Overcome,’’ American success story, and I am proud to re- I want to commend the Justice Depart- fighting for equal protection under the law, late it here for the RECORD. ment, and especially Deval Patrick, the As- can be equated, it suggests that either we From his simple beginnings on the island of sistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, are all missing the boat or that something is Saipan, Mr. Tenorio moved to Guam at the for his tireless and ceaseless efforts at inves- taking place within our nation that has not age of 14. At age 20, he enrolled at Marquette tigating these crimes against God and hu- been healed (even) since the Civil War. University in Milwaukee, WI, to study civil en- manity. The Republicans took control of Congress gineering. While there, he also signed up for The Congress deserves some credit for in 1994, and, Tom Wicker reports in his new passing a stronger law on Tuesday that gives book, Tragic Failure, ‘‘on January 23, 1995 ROTC. Juan Tenorio graduated in June 1962. the Department of Justice greater leverage .. . in the ornate hearing room of the House After a brief stint with the Los Angeles road in prosecuting those who engage in the dese- Rules Committee, the victorious Repub- department, Mr. Tenorio joined the U.S. Army. cration or destruction of property belonging licans removed a portrait of former Rep- He spent 30 years with the Army Corps of En- to religious institutions. resentative Claude Pepper of Florida, a re- gineers, active and reserve, and retired as a June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1147 full colonel. After earning his engineering li- nizations to rise again? Will we allow the his- merous civic and community projects around cense in California, Mr. Tenorio returned to toric achievements of our courageous freedom the St. Charles area. Guam. Even before his arrival, word had fighters who sought to create a nation of fair- Mr. Jim Trenary of Jim Trenary Chevrolet spread in Guam that a native son was coming ness and racial harmony to be further de- has been recognized as the 1996 Employer of home as a licensed civil engineer. Almost im- famed? the Year in Retailing. Trenary Chevrolet, which mediately, Mr. Tenorio was urged to take on In our society, arson of a church attended opened in October of 1993 with 12 employ- the directorship of GovGuam's Department of predominately by African-Americans carries a ees, currently has 43 employees with plans to Public Works. After serving as director for 2 unique and menacing threat to individuals in expand and improve its facilities. Mr. Trenary years, Mr. Tenorio struck out on his own. The our Nation who remain physically vulnerable to has been in the automobile business 29 years, rest, as they say, is history. acts of violence and intimidation because of and he has served on numerous civic and In 1971, the firm of Juan C. Tenorio began their race. Such threats are intolerable and in- business organizations in the St. Charles area. as a three-man operation in a shared office dividuals responsible for such acts must be Mr. Ray Pickett of Pickett, Ray, & Silver, space. Its first year revenue was only $30,000. aggressively pursued and apprehended. Inc. has been named the 1996 Employer of Today, Juan C. Tenorio and Associates em- As churches burn from flames of hate and the Year in Service. Mr. Pickett's company ploys more than 50 people and grosses sev- intolerance, there are those in our society who specializes in civil engineering, land planning, eral millions annually. Its design projects in- would dismantle civil rights legislation and af- surveying, and construction management for clude major infrastructure improvements in firmative action that have provided assistance numerous types of developments. Pickett, Guam and Saipan, hotels, shopping centers, to groups in our Nation who have been dis- Ray, & Silver has experienced rapid growth, marinas, golf courses, resort complexes, and criminated against due to their race, sex, or while providing highest quality of products and Guam's new Southern High School. As noted religious beliefs. services to its customers. by Juan C. Tenorio's chief designer, Francisco We as a Nation must not allow the practice Mr. Speaker, these gentleman and their Z. Diamzon, ``When you combine the experi- of scapegoating others because they are of a companies are to be commended for their ence and expertise of the staff, you'll find that different race or nationality or poor to con- dedication to their customers, communities, there is over 120 years of experience in this tinue. Our Nation was built on diversity and we and their country, I ask that you join me in company. I am happy and proud to say I am must refute any beliefs that condone or sup- congratulating them on these fine achieve- part of that team.'' As company president and port an atmosphere of blame and intolerance ments. team leader, Juan remains a hands-on practi- against those in our society who are defense- f less, particularly our sick, poor, and aged. Just tioner of the engineering profession. RECOGNIZING SAME SEX MAR- as the churches, synagogues, and mosques Juan C. Tenorio was the first Chamorro li- RIAGE IS IN THE INTEREST OF shelter our weak and defenseless, we as censed civil engineer to venture into business. THE MAJORITY His success paves the way for other up-and- Americans have an obligation to protect those coming young professionals. His determination houses of worship from vicious attacks. and commitment, his professionalism and per- I commend President Clinton and Attorney HON. BARNEY FRANK sonal integrity, have earned him the admira- General Janet Reno on their quick responses OF MASSACHUSETTS tion and respect of the people of Guam and to investigate these criminal acts of terrorism IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Northern Marianas. I gladly join them in and I hope those who make such treats will be Thursday, June 20, 1996 extending hearty congratulations and best prosecuted and will serve sentences commen- Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, wishes for many more years of success to surate with the cowardly and despicable na- I recently received a letter from a former con- Juan and his family, his wife Charlene and ture of their actions. gressional staffer who passed along to me a daughters Christina, Lisa, and Tico, and to the f column she had found in the Cleveland Plain staff and management of Juan C. Tenorio & Dealer on the subject of the pending same Associates, Inc. May your next 25 years bring RECOGNITION OF FOUR OUTSTANDING BUSINESS LEADERS sex marriage bill. I think the article is an elo- continued growth and prosperity. quent and forceful explanation of a point of f HON. JAMES M. TALENT view which very much ought to be understood STOP THE FIRES by the Members before they vote on this legis- OF MISSOURI lation, and I ask that it be reprinted here. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES [From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 9, HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL Thursday, June 20, 1996 1996] OF NEW YORK SAME-SEX MARRIAGES DESERVE RECOGNITION; Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PARTNERS NEED THE CHANCE TO LIVE IN recognize four individuals from Missouri's Sec- Thursday, June 20, 1996 PEACE ond Congressional District who are being hon- In a nation wracked by child abuse, domes- Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express ored by the St. Charles Chamber of Com- tic violence and divorce, it’s hard to believe my outrage and that of good Americans merce and by the city of St. Charles, MO, for that politicians would spend their energy across this great country at the wave of sus- excellence in their businesses and community- condemning people for loving each other. picious fires that have swept at least 30 oriented projects. But that’s exactly the effect of the so-called churches in the South in recent months. Mr. Bob J. Kirkwood, proprietor of Lewis & Defense of Marriage Act, which would pre- Churches and synagogues are the corner- Clark's Restaurant and the Trailhead Brewing vent the U.S. government from recognizing stones of our communities, providing the Co., has been named the 1996 Small Busi- same-sex marriages, even if those marriages are legal in individual states. moral and spiritual cultivation that our society ness Person of the Year by the St. Charles The act’s congressional sponsors describe so desperately needs. I ask all my colleagues Chamber of Commerce. Through his hard it as ‘‘protection’’ for the American family. in the House to voice their condemnation of work and leadership, Lewis & Clark's has However, as a married man, I am unable to these deplorable acts. Vandalizing places of grown into one of the most successful res- discern the threat. On the contrary, I have worship is not a partisan issue. taurants in the St. Louis area. In 1995 he come to believe that legalizing gay unions I also call on all the moral leaders of our opened the Trailhead Brewing Co., which is would actually strengthen the institution of Nation and those of every religious back- also experiencing phenomenal growth in its marriage. I did not always hold this conviction. As a ground to stand against these acts of terror. first year. Mr. Kirkwood has also been a lead- teenager, I was bombarded with the same Every synagogue, mosque and church is vul- ing advocate for other restauranteurs and messages about homosexuals as most Ameri- nerable to the same acts of terrorism commit- small business owners through his work with cans. And I absorbed those messages: Gays ted against our black churches and it is crucial the National Restaurant Association. were strange, perverted, lacking in morals. that leaders of every religious denomination Mr. Manuel E. Joaquim of Findett Corp. has Besides, in my obsession with my own bur- speak out against the vandalism of our Na- been recognized as the 1996 Employer of the geoning heterosexuality, it seemed tion's houses of worship. Year in Manufacturing. Findett Corp. is a cus- unfathomable that any male would not be sexually interested in females. It is a shame that the history of violence and tom manufacturer of specialty chemicals for In the ensuing years, my opinions began to intimidation toward black people in this country major corporations across North America. shift as I learned about the origins of sexual is repeating itself. Will we allow hate groups Under Mr. Joaquim's leadership, Findett's orientation. But I didn’t change much until such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, sales have increased rapidly over the past 5 about age 25. That’s when I met Bob and skinheads, and other white supremacist orga- years. His employees also participate in nu- Scott. E1148 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 Bob was a co-worker of Kelly, my FOOD STAMPS AND THE ELEC- cently, USDA viewed regulation E as inappro- girlfriend whom I would later marry. One TRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER priate for the Food Stamp Program. USDA, in day, Bob asked Kelly if we would like to join SYSTEM May 1993, stated its opposition to the applica- them for dinner. Kelly accepted readily, but bility of regulation E to its programs because my discomfort was palpable. On the way there, I asked Kelly what I should do if ei- HON. PAT ROBERTS those programs do not fall under the jurisdic- ther of these men tried to hug me. OF KANSAS tion of that regulation; legislation and regula- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions for the USDA programs already have My uneasiness lasted throughout the provisions for benefit recipient rights and pro- evening. And even today, more than a decade Thursday, June 20, 1996 later, it still creeps up on me at times. But tection; and regulation E may reduce benefit Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Speaker, today I am in- recipient's services. as I got to know Bob and Scott, and other troducing legislation concerning the Food gay people since then, I reached this conclu- Stamp Program and the electronic benefit However, in June 1995, the Federal Elec- sion about homosexual relationships: They transfer [EBT] system, on behalf of myself and tronic Benefits Transfer Task Force, rep- are not much different from heterosexual resented by officials from the Office of Man- ones. BILL EMERSON, the chairman of the Depart- ment Operations, Nutrition, and Foreign Agri- agement and Budget, the USDA, and the De- At their essence is the same kind of spark culture Subcommittee, who is an expert in the partment of Health and Human Services, stat- that exists between straight couples. They ed its opposition to removing regulation E ap- go through the same excitements and dis- food stamp and EBT programs. We are intro- ducing this bill, along with other members of plicability for the food stamp and other assist- appointments. And, like their straight coun- ance programs. This is very unfortunate and terparts, gay relationships are far more the Committee on Agriculture, because we be- about respect, trust and commitment than lieve that EBT systems, in which food stamp this position is contrary to the positions of the they are about sex. benefits are provided through a debit card sys- National Governors' Association, the National tem instead of coupons, are the preferred Conference of State Legislators, the National The most significant difference between Association of Counties, and the American gay and straight relationships, I discovered, choice of delivering food benefits. The inspec- was the atmosphere in which they exist. The tor general of USDA, in his testimony of Feb- Public Welfare Association. love between straight people is celebrated ruary 1, 1995, before the committee, made it According to a 1993 Department of the and affirmed; gay love is attacked and con- clear that EBT systems, while not eliminating Treasury study, application of regulation E for demned. trafficking in food stamps, were superior to State EBT systems would cost States over Legalizing homosexual marriages would di- coupons and a tool that can be used in track- $800 million per year for Aid to Families with minish these attacks. It would take the wind ing down persons abusing the Food Stamp Dependent Children [AFDC], food stamp and from the sails of the true sexual bigots, en- Program. general assistance programs. This represents couraging an evolution in attitude similar to It is vital that States be allowed to proceed an unfunded mandate to the States and many the one we have experienced with interracial with implementation of EBT systems for the States have said they could cease EBT pro- and inter-religious unions. Gay people, at Food Stamp Program. An element that is gram planning and operations if regulation E is least to some extent, would be freed from standing in the way of implementation of EBT their embattled status. applied to them. is a Federal Reserve Board rule known as For these reasons we are introducing this But the benefits of gay marriage, I believe, regulation E. This rule, among other provi- would extend beyond the gay community. bill today and urge our colleagues to support sions, would create a new entitlement to the it. The rest of us would benefit because legiti- replacement of food stamps for persons re- mizing gay marriage would bolster the insti- ceiving their benefits under an EBT system. H.R. — tution of marriage. How? By reminding all of The bill we are introducing provides that regu- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- us that at its core, marriage is not so much lation E will not apply to the Food Stamp Pro- resentatives of the United States of America in about gender, or sex, or politics, but about gram. Congress assembled, caring, maturing, committed love. The National Governors' Association sup- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ports exemption of State and local EBT pro- f This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Encourage- grams from the regulation E provisions and ment of Electronic Benefit Transfer Systems have stated their opposition to unfunded man- Act’’. PERSONAL EXPLANATION dates that are created by the liability provi- SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. sions of regulation E. The National Governors' Section 7(i) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 HON. WILLIAM M. THOMAS Association also stated that without this ex- (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)) is amended by adding at the emption, States will not be able to move for- end the following: OF CALIFORNIA ward with EBT. ‘‘(7) ENCOURAGE ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANS- For more than 10 years the U.S. Depart- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FER SYSTEMS.— ment of Agriculture [USDA], at the direction of ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The disclosures, protec- Thursday, June 20, 1996 Congress, has been investigating the feasibil- tions, responsibilities, and remedies estab- ity, cost-effectiveness, and general impact of lished under section 904 of the Electronic Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I using an electronic benefit transfer [EBT] sys- Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693b), and any missed a vote on an amendment to H.R. tem to issue food stamp benefits. Paper cou- regulation or order issued by the Board of 3662, which passed by a 93 vote margin, 257 pons are replaced and recipients use a debit- Governors of the Federal Reserve System in to 164. I oppose the amendment which would like card at the grocery store checkout. Coun- accordance with such Act, shall not apply to ties in several States, including Pennsylvania, benefits under this Act delivered through resume designating critical habitat for the mar- any electronic benefit transfer system. bled murrelet and would have voted against Minnesota, New Mexico, and New Jersey have implemented EBT and Maryland, Texas, ‘‘(B) REPLACEMENT OF BENEFITS.—Any reg- the amendment had I not been detained dis- ulation issued by the Secretary regarding cussing a matter of importance to some of my Utah, and South Carolina have EBT systems the replacement of benefits under this Act, Tulare County constituents with Members of statewide. and liability for replacement of benefits the Senate in the Senate Chamber. USDA has found that EBT administrative under this Act, and liability for replacement costs are lower than coupon issuance costs; of benefits under this Act, under an elec- For too long, the Endangered Species Act that food stamp benefit loss and trafficking are tronic benefit transfer system shall be simi- has hurt our economy and wasted public re- reduced; grocery store costs are reduced; lar to the regulations in effect for a paper sources. As a cosponsor of H.R. 2275, I be- food stamp participants prefer EBT; and finan- food stamp issuance system. lieve Congress must reform the Endangered cial institutions also prefer EBT and their costs ‘‘(C) DEFINITION OF ELECTRONIC BENEFIT Species Act, so that it will contain strict re- are reduced. TRANSFER SYSTEM.—As used in this para- quirements for scientific documentation and Law enforcement officials have spoken in graph, the term ‘electronic benefit transfer mandate objective evaluation of evidence prior favor of EBT because it provides an electronic system’ means a system under which a gov- to any species being listed and a habitat des- trail of abuses in the program. While trafficking ernmental entity distributes benefits deter- ignation made. If society wants to protect a mined under this Act, or other benefits or is not eliminated under an EBT system, inci- payments, by establishing accounts to be species, then society should pay for it, and not dental street trafficking is reduced consider- accessed electronically by recipients of the lay the costs onto the backs of that segment ably. benefits, including through the use of an of society who own property on which so- States want to move ahead with EBT. Reg- automated teller machine, a point-of-sale called endangered species live. ulation E rules stand in their way. Until re- terminal, or an intelligent benefit card.’’. June 20, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1149 THANK YOU, WILLIAM C. AYRE Post these elections were the most flawed Similar to his colleague, Bishop Donald elections held in Eastern Europe since 1989. Hilliard, an active and dynamic leader, has HON. JAMES A. BARCIA Mr. Speaker, when compared to the authori- also sought to improve the life of not only his OF MICHIGAN tarian ways of its brutal past, Albanians have members, but of the surrounding area of Perth IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES made commendable strides in both economic Amboy, as well. Bishop Hilliard, who currently and social reform. But lingering human rights serves as the senior pastor of the Second Thursday, June 20, 1996 problems and the inability to develop certain Baptist Church of Perth Amboy and Bishop Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Speaker, the heart of our democratic institutions raise very serious elect of the covenant fellowship of pastors, democratic system of Government is local questions regarding Albania's future. churches, ministries, and the cathedral assem- government. People concerned about the cur- These recent elections, which are the cul- blies, has nurtured and watched his church rent situation and future of their communities mination of an emerging pattern of authoritar- grow from a membership of 135 to more than depend upon local government to meet their ian tendencies, should stand as a loud, clear 4,000. Furthermore, he has witnessed the most immediate needs. And the success of signal to the world that Albania has strayed church's budget increase from $73,000 to local government depends upon dedicated in- from the course of democracy. Albania's fail- $3,000,000 annually. Not only does this make dividuals who are willing to deal directly with ure to embrace democracy threatens the sta- his church one of the fastest growing in the both the people and the issues on a daily bility of the entire Balkan region. State, but is has been cited as a model church basis. As a champion of democracy throughout the for growth by American Baptist churches, For the past 18 years, Genesee Township, world, the U.S. Government must not, and U.S.A., as well. within my congressional district, has had the cannot, ignore the fact that this election was Since 1983, when Rev. Dr. Donald Hilliard good fortune to be ably represented by Wil- neither free nor fair. It is incumbent upon us was called to pastor the Cathedral Second liam C. Ayre, as the Township's Supervisor. to speak out against oppression and subver- Baptist Church, both the congregation and He is retiring after 18 years of commitment to sion of democratic institutions in the struggling church have experienced tremendous growth. making Genesee Township a constantly better countries which are attempting to build them. The successful purchase and renovation of place, and he is being recognized for his serv- We must hold accountable those who per- the historic Majestic theater in downtown Perth ice tomorrow evening. petrate election abuses, or democracy will Amboy has provided a new house of worship William Ayre is one of those individuals who never take root in Albania. for Bishop Hilliard and his members. The ca- works at causes in which he believes. In addi- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join thedral blends turn of the century elegance tion to having been Township Supervisor for me in working to increase security in the Bal- with state-of-the-art technology to provide its the past 18 years, he has also served on sev- kan region by urging the Albanian Government worshipers with a unique combination of his- eral Genesee County committees, the Mass to hold elections which are free, fair, and sub- tory and future dreams. The church also pur- Transit Authority, the Genesee County Eco- ject to international monitoring. The Albanian chased the historic ELKS lodge, directly nomic Growth Alliance, the Flint Area Narcot- people deserve the opportunity to exercise across the street from the cathedral, which ics Group, as well as several positions within their new democratic ideals, and they deserve now has been converted into the Family Life the Michigan Townships Association. In fact, our full support. Enrichment Center. This facility is complete he served as the president of the Michigan f with an elegant banquet hall with adjoining Township Association in 1995, as well as a kitchen facilities, a library, a learning center, member of the Board of Directors of the Na- RECOGNITION OF THE HONORABLE and a computer lab. Renovations are continu- tional Associations of Towns and Townships. FLOYD FLAKE AND BISHOP DON- ing on the third and fourth floors which will His commitment is no surprise to anyone ALD HILLIARD house offices, classrooms, a lecture hall, and who knows him, as best evidenced by his 36 a liturgical dance/cultural arts studio. year marriage to his wife, Sandra. His two HON. ROBERT G. TORRICELLI Mr. Speaker, while Bishop Hilliard came to children and seven grandchildren who have OF NEW JERSEY the Cathedral Second Baptist Church with seen his commitment to his community, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES such credentials as his Bachelor of Arts from Eastern College and Master of Divinity from know of his dedication to this nation through Thursday, June 20, 1996 his service in the Air Force, including 3 years Princeton Theological Seminary, he still found in Germany, have had the kind of guidance Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. Speaker, on Satur- time to complete his Doctorate of Ministry from and role model that we hope for for all chil- day, June 22, 1996, the Cathedral Second the United Theological Seminary, Samuel D. dren. Baptist Church in Perth Amboy, NJ will have Proctor Fellow. Mr. Speaker, as William Ayre continues his a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Donald This dynamic speaker has ha the honor of commitment to his community by now moving Hilliard, Jr. community affairs complex. The speaking at various churches, conferences, on to another position with the Genesee building will be named in honor of Bishop and conventions across the United States and County Road Commission, I ask that you and Donald Hilliard, the pastor of the Cathedral Nigeria, West Africa. He was a visiting lecturer all of our colleagues join me in thanking him Second Baptist Church. at Boston University, an adjunct professor at for his years of service, and wishing him the My friend and colleague, Congressman Princeton Theological and New Brunswick very best in all that lies ahead for him and his Floyd Flake, will be the featured guest speak- Theological Seminaries and adjunct faculty at family. er of Saturday's grand event. Reverend Flake Essex County College. f not only represents the sixth congressional For more than 12 years, Bishop Hilliard has district in the State of New York but also is the served as a member of the National Baptist ALBANIA TAKES A GIANT STEP distinguished pastor of Allen AME Church, Ja- Convention, U.S.A. The national conventions BACKWARD IN DEMOCRACY maica NY, which boasts more than 6,000 consist of more than 30,000 churches and 8 members. million Baptist members across the country. HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER Rev. Congressman Floyd Flake, a man with He is also affiliated with the American Baptist OF ILLINOIS a vision of empowerment for the African-Amer- churches, U.S.A., the Progressive National IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ican people, no doubt will provide an inspiring Baptist convention, the NAACP, United Negro message on Saturday. As pastor of Allen AME College Fund, served on the advisory board Thursday, June 20, 1996 Church, a post he assumed in 1976, he has for the Ronald McDonald children's charity, Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, on May 26 the founded the Allen Housing Development Fund Multicultural advisory board at Eastern Col- world watched as Albania, Europe's poorest Corp., Allen Christian School and Multipurpose lege, St. David's, PA, National Advisory Board country, which for decades has suffered under Center, Allen Home Care Agency, Allen Hous- at the United Theological Seminary, Dayton, a fanatical strain of communism, held its first ing Corp., and the Allen Neighborhood Preser- OH, Perth Amboy Chamber of Commerce, elections since the Democratic Party defeated vation and Development Corp. Furthermore, Middlesex County Youth Services Commission the former Communist Party. But what we saw through numerous other clerical, civic, and Minority Subcommittee and the Perth Amboy did not even remotely resemble the makings community organizations, Reverend Congress- Special Improvement District Committee. of democracy. The elections were riddled with man Flake has sought to provide spiritual sus- Moreover, he has received an award from fraud, coercion, and other violations before, tenance reaching far beyond the walls of Soul Brothers Inc. Community Award for out- during, and after the voting. To put it simply, church. He also shows his tenacity in the standing efforts in uplifting the community, the these elections were neither free nor fair. Ac- House of Representatives as he fights for ra- Ronald L. Rice Award for outstanding human cording to a June 6 article in the Washington cial justice and equal rights for all Americans. services from the NUAC of New Jersey, he E1150 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 20, 1996 was inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Seminary and the Evangelism Award by Mr. Speaker, it is an honor and a pleasure Humanitarian Award from Drew University, American Baptist Church, U.S.A. to pay tribute to the Cathedral Second Baptist Madison, NJ, he was inducted into the Martin This exceptional pioneer was licensed into Church in Perth Amboy, NJ, its great leader, Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at the Gospel ministry in 1976 and ordained in Bishop Donald Hilliard Jr., and their distin- 1978. He is married to Minister Phyllis D. Moorehouse College, named executive of the guished guest, and my illustrious colleague, year by Perth Amboy Chamber of Commerce. Thompson Hilliard and the father of three He was selected as the distinguished alumnus daughters, Leah Joy, Charisma Joy, and Des- the Rev. Congressman Floyd H. Flake. of the year, 1995, by Princeton Theological tiny Joy.