May 1, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9095 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS CONGRESSMAN BEN CARDIN: chuckle." "It's kind of a paradox; he's not some people," said Representative James A. GREAT ADDITION TO THE the typical politician." Hayes, D-La., a former colleague on the WAYS AND MEANS COMMIT- But Representative Steny H. Hoyer, D­ Public Works Committee. Md.-5th, who served as Senate president in In December, Mr. Cardin finally realized TEE Annapolis shortly before Mr. Cardin ran the his dream of a seat on the Ways and Means House, sees in his close friend an astute pol­ Committee, of the Hill's most powerful HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK itician, who combines intellect and hard panels, with a policy reach that extends to work with an "intuitive feel for what moti­ Social Security and health care, trade and OF CALIFORNIA vates people." taxes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The man who once "ran the state," in the He came out swinging early. In a heated Tuesday, May 1, 1990 words of a Maryland legislator, settles into a exchange with Richard G. Darman, director chair in his office above North Baltimore's of the Office of Management and Budget, Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, Congressman East Belvedere Avenue. Short and husky, Mr. Cardin sharply questioned the Bush ad­ BEN CARDIN's recent appointment to the Ways with wispy gray hair and a wide smile, he is ministration's plans to cut the capital gains and Means Committee has also been a gain as approachable as the comer grocer. tax. for the Health Subcommittee, because of the "I try to be myself. I don't try to put on a "He asks thoughtful questions, he digs be­ Congressman's deep interest in improving show," said the congressman, a bit defen­ neath the surface," said Representative health care for all Americans. sively. "I enjoy all aspects of political life." Sander M. Levin, D-Mich., a fellow Ways I recently enjoyed reading the April 3, 1990, Politics is in his genes. Both his father, and Means member. "He's already making a Meyer, and uncle Maurice were elected to mark." Baltimore Sun piece entitled, "Cardin genial, the House of Delegates and created a politi­ "It really is a perfect match for what I but he grabs hard issues." From his work on cal organization in the Forest Park-Ashbur­ want to do," said Mr. Cardin, who plans to the Health Subcommittee, it is clear that the ton area. concentrate on perhaps the two thorniest article accurately reflects a hard-working, bril­ The younger Cardin hoisted campaign issues in Washington: the budget deficit and liant Representative. signs as a toddler and held office as a health care. The article follows: schoolboy. "Theodore McKeldin [the In January he called for removal of the former governor and Baltimore mayor] was Social Security trust fund from the budget CARDIN GENIAL, BUT HE GRABS HARD ISSUES at my bar mitzvah. He'd be at our house and calculations and for reduction of the deficit would talk politics all the time," he recalled. with a mixture of new taxes and spending One Friday night each month, a group of "My father would talk politics all the time." cuts. men assembles deep in the Baltimore area As a young married couple, Ben and Many question the political will for such a with a deck of cards and some poker chips Myrna Cardin considered moving out of Bal­ move. Representative Byron L. Dorgan, D­ etched with the letters "BLC." timore into the new apartments rising along N.D., recently told his Ways and Means col­ The initials stand for Benjamin L. Cardin, Liberty Road. But Meyer Cardin, political leagues that using Social Security surpluses D-Md.-3rd, who jokes that no matter what patriarch, cautioned against the move. "He was "fundamentally dishonest" but politi­ cards are dealt, he'll go home with all the said, 'You should stay in the city you might cally necessary since Democrats "don't want chips. want to go into politics,'" Myrna Cardin re­ to make choices either." "He does anyway; he's the best card called. "Dealing with the deficit probably will not player," says Baltimore County Sheriff J. The 22-year-old law student was elected to be a popular thing to do because it means Edward Malone, a player in the game that the House of Delegates from the Cardin increasing taxes and/or reducing spending," began in the early 1970s. "You can't read stronghold in 1966. concedes Mr. Cardin. "We're elected to do him. You can't read whether he's got it or Mr. Cardin set out to prove himself, not to just the opposite." he's bluffing." overcome a notion of family favoritism, he Similar difficulties surround health In politics, Mr. Cardin often seems to walk said, but to rise to the strong tradition of policy. off with all the chips. In Annapolis in 1979, 5th District lawmakers. "I had to feel "I was very much in favor of the cata­ he became the youngest speaker of the worthy of the seat," he said. strophic health care program," said Mr. House of Delegates at the age of 35. A Arriving in Annapolis, Mr. Cardin devel­ Cardin, referring to the law that was decade later on Capitol Hill, his star has oped a reputation as an intense-if some­ scrapped by Congress last fall after out­ been on the rise through a combination of what bland-legislator. He evolved from his raged senior citizens objected to bearing all reputation, skills and his recent elevation to family's backroom politics of patronage and the costs for the program. Mr. Cardin-who the powerful Ways and Means Committee. organization into a legislator who found his caught some heat from constituents-vainly Along the way he also has been hard to niche "in substantive issues rather than pol­ pushed a plan that would have reduced the read at times, more complex than his genial itics for politics' sake." Medicare premiums through increased to­ demeanor would reveal. Prince George's District Judge Gerard F. bacco taxes. Laid back and shy-almost compulsively Devlin, then a fellow House member, re­ The congressman lapses into a lengthy nice-he is a devoted family man whose members a legislative retreat in Ocean City discussion of health care issues. ("That tender talk with his wife on a car phone can with this new delegate from Baltimore. "Ev­ turns him on," said his wife.) He chats make aides blush. A successful politician, he erybody was on the beach and Ben was pre­ about costs and policies in other countries. seems removed from the egocentric tenden­ paring a report," he recalled adding with a Facts and figures spill out: The federal role. cies of many colleagues: his long career has laugh, "I think he took his tie off." The private role. He's on a roll. been marked by inclusion and compromise. "I prefer to work on a bill than to try to "Why not let people under 65 buy Medi­ Yet he was not shy about wielding power win favor from my colleagues from being a care?'' he finally asks. "I would favor the de­ in Annapolis to push through a bill or gavel social person,'' Mr. Cardin said. velopment of a national program provided a recalcitrant lawmaker. And , at times The nose-to-the-grindstone style also has that we allow private insurers to write simi­ frustrated by the slow pace in Washington, served him well two decades later in Wash­ lar policies to compete with the federal gov­ he longs for the return of a strong House ington, where he is viewed by colleagues and ernment." speaker. staffers as a "nuts and bolts" legislator. Ben Cardin often seems absorbed in the Quietly driven, Mr. Cardin zealously pur­ Fellow lawmakers point to his work on na­ intricacies of legislation. But in his district, sued his Ways and Means seat even before tional bills-such as reparations for Japa­ the politician shifts toward the practical, he was sworn in. He "cracks the whip" for nese-American internees during World War working his constituents like the ward heel­ more briefing material, said a former aide. 11-and to local concerns such as money for ers from the political heyday of his Cardin When he picks up a book he can never read cleanup of toxic chemicals in Baltimore's elders. a few pages: he must finish a chapter. harbor. A recent night found two dozen South "We used to call him Dr. Jekyll and Mr. "He's a very professional legislator with Baltimore voters seated in folding chairs in Hyde," recalled his wife Myrna, with a an attention to detail, a quality lacking in the sparse basement of a Methodist church.

e 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. 9096 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1990 Before them is the man they elected with 73 I commend Jack Kemp's remarks to my col­ comproinise and split our differences with percent of the vote. leagues. He underscores for all of us the im­ enemies and adversaries-but we are re­ "Ben's a good man," said George Jones, portance of remembering this dark chapter in minded that Neville Chamberlain and past president of the Beechfield Community history and calls on us to honor the victims by Eduard Daladier came to learn at Munich in Association, lighting up a cigarette and ges­ September of 1938 that not every enemy turing toward the speaker. "I think he supporting the "orphaned child," the State of can be appeased. Not every conflict can just works for his people." Israel. At a time of continued tension in the be negotiated away. The congressman receives high marks for Mideast and the prospect of wider emigration The Holocaust presents Jews with particu­ his constituents' services, which involves of Jews from the , this speech larly painful and unpleasant lessons. It has, more than helping with Social Security will help us put our current policies in the ap­ in particular, taught them that there were checks, said observers, who note that Mr. propriate context. more people around the world willing to eu­ Cardin has organized mock legislatures REMARKS BY SECRETARY JACK KEMP logize them than were there to raise a hand where high school seniors draft bills. "It to save them when they were attacked by goes beyond the mundane to the visionary," This annual observance of the "days of re­ Nazis. It has taught Jews that there are said Baltimore City Councilman Anthony J. membrance" of the Nazi Holocaust and the more people willing to apologize to them for Ambridge, D-2nd. historically unprecedented, and unparal­ the past than are willing to stand by them Dressed in a gray suit and a paisley tie, leled destruction of a thousand-year-old civi­ lization, that of European Jewry, serves when they are attacked by anti-Semites, vi­ Ben Cardin comes off like an earnest night­ lified at the UN, and blasphemed with a res­ school professor. He chats about legislation, many purposes. It revives our memories. It olution equating Zionism with the evil of throws in some lame jokes and then tries to honors the victims. It informs the young and it is vital to our understanding, not only racism. The victims cry out for that resolu­ perk up the crowd using the Socratic tion to be repealed now! method. of Jewish history, but to Jewish survival as well. Holocaust commemorations always culmi­ "How does the deficit affect us?" nate in the exhortation, "Never Again!" But They are young and old, black and white, A few years ago at a small Passover Seder with Elie and Marian Wiesel and family it is vital that we remind ourselves that this residents of a "quilt" district that stretches is not just a plea. It is not just a declaration from blue-collar Little Italy to middle-class friends of ours in Miami, FL, my wife and I learned what Jewish children have been somehow aimed at would-be perpetrators Columbia. The 3rd District also is highly or­ urging them not to repeat the crime; rather ganized, with myriad political clubs and as­ learning for centuries about slavery and suf­ fering, about struggle, and the exodus, out it is our solemn and sacred pledge, our pro­ sociations, each with assorted factions. fession of personal resolve to prevent a new The congressman lacks a club but forges of the hands of Pharaoh's Egypt. President Bush said on the eve of this Holocaust. But as important as it is to take an alliance with this political polyglot. Still, this pledge, I believe it is a profound Inis­ true to his roots, he has "several thousand" years Passover celebration, that it has spe­ cial significance because he said, "A great take to see that pledge as the only meaning people he can call on for money or political of the Holocaust. grunt work. "They've been extremely re­ march of freedom is underway for Soviet Jewry, and this year many thousands will In fact, to see it that way is in my view a sponsive," he said. great disservice to the memories of those Mr. Cardin has had only token opposition celebrate the Seder with their families in Israel. For these people, and for their breth­ who died and to the lives of those who sur­ since his decision to run for the seat in 1986 vived. The Holocaust was not only an histor­ when Barbara A. Mikulski, then a repre­ ren waiting to emigrate, "next year in Jeru­ sentative, launched a successful U.S. Senate salem" is becoming a promise fulfilled." ical event. It was after all a specific event bid. The Passover Haggadah specifically in­ unleashed against a particular people at an More formidable candidates-state Sen. structs Jews to instruct their children about absolute moment in time, and in a specific John A. Pica Jr., D-Baltimore, and former the redemption from Egypt. Memory and place. Besides the untold suffering of mil­ Baltimore County Executive Theodore G. remembrance means a fidelity to the truth lions, the utter destruction of a thousand­ Venetoulis-decided against the race, given of history and at this Holocaust Memorial yea~-old civilization, but of European Jewry, Mr. Cardin's stature and also his strong sup­ we recommit ourselves-Jews and Christian naziSm destroyed not only a people, but a port. The latest federal election report alike-to the integrity of memory and to the culture, a language, a way of life, and a mil­ shows Mr. Cardin led Maryland delegation truth of history. Thus this day, as Elie lennium of memories. in fundraising, pulling in $235,000 in the Wiesel pointed out recently, can be both sad It is true that Zionism predates the Holo­ last six months. and hopeful. And it puts us all in a correct caust, but in the broader historical sense Ben Cardin's quick rise to influence in frame of mind for contemplating the awful the State of Israel is the successor, the Washington raises the inevitable questions insights, the warnings and lessons that orphaned child, of that great, now-destroyed about his future course. emerge from this particular moment in his­ civilization of European Jewry. Much of the Some political observers believe that if a tory that we recall and remember this day. culture, the way of life, as well as many in­ U.S. Senate seat should open up, Mr. Cardin Why is there a holocaust memorial in dividual survivors of European Jewry have would be the first to announce his candida­ Washington? There were no concentration taken new root and new hope in Israel, and cy. This congressional district was the base camps here; but I believe no location for the while the Holocaust tragically decreed that of Ms. Mikulski and also the state's other U.S. Holocaust Museum could be more ap­ not only would Europe be Jewry's past, it U.S. Senator, Democrat PaulS. Sarbanes. propriate than within the site of our memo­ also decreed that Israel would be Jewry's The congressman brushes aside such talk. rials to Thomas Jefferson, George Washing­ future. But the poker player in him knows what to ton, and Abraham Lincoln. Thus the best way to honor the memory do when the cards are dealt. What an exciting moment in history it is of that destroyed Jewish past is by cherish­ "If opportunities present themselves," he to know that these founders of our precious ing, protecting, and nurturing its future as said, "I'll be prepared to make quick deci­ democratic institutions are being quoted in embodied by the rebirth of Israel. sions." every language and in every corner of the It is not enough to mourn the parent world. President Bush called it the Revolu­ unless we give succor and support to the or­ tion of 1989; perhaps it's but the Revolution phaned child. Indeed it diminishes the REMEMBERING THE of 1776, but not yet completed. memory of the vanished parent to do any­ HOLOCAUST This memorial and this day of remem­ thing less. brance teaches equally important lessons, Criticism of the State of Israel, is not in some of which are unpleasant but others so and of itself an act of anti-Semitism, nor is HON. VIN WEBER necessary to keeping our pledge, "Never it necessarily an act of anti-Zionism. Those OF MINNESOTA Again!" This day whets our appetite for the who would hector and abuse, those who IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES true brotherhood of man. We yearn as did would play politics with its very survival, the Prophet Isaiah for the days of which, those who would criticize it according to Tuesday, May 1, 1990 "They shall beat their swords into plow­ standards that no other country in the Mr. WEBER. Mr. Speaker, last week our shares and their spears into pruninghooks." world is subjected to, are doing more than former colleague, Jack Kemp, Secretary of the To think about and remember the Holo­ being unjust to one country. They are be­ Department of Housing and Urban Develop­ caust makes us sick of violence and war, but traying the memory of a murdered people ment, addressed the annual National Civic makes clear that good men and women, whose culture and civilization, whose hopes when threatened by aggressors and tyrants, and dreams, whose sons and daughters have Commemoration of the Days of Remem­ may at times have no alternative to defend­ found their home at last in Israel. brance. This ceremony pays tribute to the ing themselves than by force of arms. It is not too much to say then, that when memory of the 6 million victims of the Nazi As Elie Weisel reminded us at the first a Middle East tyrant threatens genocide by Holocaust and is organized by the U.S. Holo­ Holocaust Memorial, "indifference to evil is poison gas warfare against Israel, and pro­ caust Memorial Council. evil." Would that it were always possible to posed to turn into the last gas chamber, he May 1, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9097 is declaring himself prepared to finish the Massachusetts has drawn its strength and Award assistance to municipalities based work of the Holocaust. its sense of character from its seacoast, with on financial and environmental criteria, The lesson of this day, in this sacred Boston Harbor as a focal point. with a maximum subsidy of 75 percent. place, at this moment in history, is that we The sense of history in the Harbor is Create a $20 million watershed-protection must protect and defend what has come to strong: In its waters the U.S.S. Constitution grants program. take its place in Jewish and world history, is docked; through its waters colonists were Create a $200 million revolving loan fund the resurrected Jewish state of Israel. supplied with raw materials which nurtured for water treatment facilities. I believe that helping Israel resist tyrants the spirit of American independence. In a Allow cities and towns to participate in a and tyranny and to resist others who would real sense, Boston Harbor has played a sig­ state bonding pool so as to reduce the debt threaten to compromise and weaken the nificant role in two presidential elections. A costs of building water and sewer facilities. Jewish state, is, the best way to honor the Tea Party there helped make George Wash­ However, even with the increased user victims of the Holocaust. ington our first president. Sewage there fees, maxmium share of state bond andre­ helped make George Bush our 41st presi­ volving loan funds, additional federal funds dent. are critical to prevent intolerable rate in­ BOSTON HARBOR FUNDING Candidate Bush was certainly correct creases-increases that amount to devastat­ when he called Boston Harbor's water ing rate shock. filthy. Boston Harbor has accurately been When it passed the Clean Water Act in HON. CHESTER G. ATKINS labeled the dirtiest harbor in America and 1972, the federal government began a feder­ OF MASSACHUSETTS the public health implications are frighten­ al-state partnership which would result in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing. the transformation of the nation's water re­ Tuesday, May 1, 1990 Eighty-two percent of flounder and other sources. Under this historic program, over fin-fish in the harbor are diseased; twenty­ $40 billion has been authorized to help fund Mr. ATKINS. Mr. Speaker, in the 1988 presi­ three percent have visible tumors. High over 15,000 projects. Rivers like the Cuya­ dential campaign then-Vice President George levels of cancer-causing PCB's have been hoga, the Hudson, and your own Potomac, Bush traveled to Boston and called Boston found in lobster tamale. Half of the har­ are being reclaimed for future generations. Harbor a national disgrace. Now, as holder of bor's 4, 700 acres of shellfish beds are closed But make no mistake about it, there is our highest national office, he has ignored this permanently-all of them are closed after it much more to be done. EPA's own needs rains. Even those clams which can be har­ survey estimates that over $80 billion worth problem by failing to commit Federal re­ vested must undergo a purification process. of work remains to be done. sources to the $6.1 billion Boston Harbor Swimmers entering the waters of urban In recognition of the Boston Harbor crisis, cleanup effort. beaches are at risk for infections-not to Congress authorized $100 million in the Last year, Congress appropriated $20 mil­ mention the questionable aesthetics. But 1987 reauthorization of the Clean Water lion to ignite the cleanup and ease water and what was not mentioned during the Presi­ Act. To date, $61 million has already been sewer bill rate shock for Greater Boston resi­ dential campaign, however, was what is appropriated and put to work on vital dents. In his fiscal year 1991 budget request, being done in response. The Massachusetts harbor projects such as: the President deleted those funds, and ig­ Water Resources Authority, the agency cre­ Site preparation for the new treatment ated by the Massachusetts legislature in plant-$25 million nored the $39 million left from a 1987 con­ 1985 to clean Boston Harbor, is undertaking Marine borings for the effluent outfall gressional authorization. The citizens of Mas­ the design and construction of $6.1 billion tunnel-$17 million sachusetts are doing their part by accepting worth of new wastewater treatment facili­ Design of the cross harbor conveyance water and sewer rate hikes of close to 300 ties to end the pollution of Boston Harbor. tunnel-$19 million percent in the last 4 years, and the Massa­ The program, which is under a federal court Congress has already made an investment chusetts Legislature has done its part by cre­ order, is well underway and most agree on in the future of the Harbor. MWRA antici­ ating a $1.4 billion revolving loan fund to pay schedule. It is a complex, expensive and pates spending the balance of $39 million for wastewater treatment improvements. challenging program of men, machinery and for the construction of the conveyance plumbing and I might add, controversial. As tunnel which will transmit wastewater from Sadly, our environmental President, who ex­ complex and challenging as the engineering the South System, under the Harbor, for ploited a tragic situation for his own personal and construction may be, the biggest chal­ treatment at the new Deer Island plant. gain, sits on the sidelines and does nothing. lenge facing the MWRA and the 2.5 million Thus allowing the de-commissioning of the With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I would users of its system is how to pay for it. facility at Nut Island. This antiquated plant like to submit a statement delivered today by The MWRA is making a strong effort to currently treats the sewage from 20 commu­ Massachusetts State Representative R. draw upon its own resources to meet this nities west and south of Boston. Though Emmet Hayes before the Appropriations Sub­ challenge. In the last four years, water and Boston Harbor gets all the attention, the committee on VA, HUD and Independent sewer rates have increased 272 percent. The problexns do not end with the Harbor. The average family of four is currently paying South Essex Sewer District, which receives Agencies, which oversees the Environmental just under $400 per year in user fees. The and treats water from 5 communities north Protection Agency's budget. Representative rates by the mid 1990's are anticipated to be of Boston, is under a consent decree to build Hayes has shown remarkable leadership on in excess of $800; and by the turn of the a secondary treatment plant. The water this crucial environmental issue by sponsoring century, ratepayers could be facing bills of quality problexns in New Bedford Harbor the legislation that created the State's revolv­ $1200 of $1400 per year. In addition, the are so serious, parts of it are designated ing loan fund. His statement eloquently sum­ MWRA to date has issued over $1.1 billion super fund sites. Many cities and towns marizes the daunting task facing the citizens in bonds. The most recent issue, 836 million, through-out the Commonwealth are faced of Massachusetts and the progress that has was put to market in January of this year. with massive capital expenditures to fix and been made so far. · There have been other efforts to meet the in many cases replace aging sewer pipes. For funding challenge of the Boston Harbor these reasons alone, it is imperative that STATEMENT BY RoBERT EMMET HAYES, MAssA­ Clean-Up at the state level. The Massachu­ Congress appropriate the full $2.4 billion CHUSETTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE, CHAIR­ setts state legislature unanimously passed, authorized for next fiscal year. MAN, CoMMITTEE oN FEDERAL FINANCIAL As­ and the governor recently signed legislation The harsh realities of the federal budget SISTANCE which I am proud to say I sponsored. This deficit are well known and I realize how Good afternoon, my name is Robert legislation will bring some measure of rate­ strapped the budget allocation for your sub­ Emmet Hayes. I am a State Representative relief not only to MWRA users, but all com­ committee is. As a state legislator, I under­ from the 7th Plymouth District in Massa­ munities in the Commonwealth facing simi­ stand the importance of the housing issue; chusetts and I serve as House Chairman of lar projects. The bill, Chapter 275 of the as a state legislator, I have consistently sup­ the Committee on Federal Financial Assist­ Acts of 1989, will allow cities and towns to ported each veteran's program that has ance. I am here today to urge your support be able to tap into a $1.4 billion revolving come to the floor of the Massachusetts for the appropriation of $39 million for the loan fund to help pay for water and sewer house. As an American, I look with pride, as Boston Harbor Clean-up effort and the full­ improvements. This new law is the culmina­ you do, at our space accomplishments. But I funding of $2.4 billion for the Federal Clean tion of a two-year campaign to come to grips can think of no better investment the gov­ Water Act authorization. with billions in federal water and sewer ernment can make than investing in the en­ Boston Harbor encompasses an area of 50 mandates in Massachusetts. vironment in which we live. The interest in square miles. It houses the largest popula­ Chapter 275 will: our recent commemoration of Earth Day in­ tion concentration of any area of the Massa­ Establish a $1.4 billion trust fund to pro­ dicates the public concern with a clean and chusetts coast line, and is New England's vide financial assistance to cities and towns healthy earth. I urge you to include in the largest seaport. For more than 350 years, for water and sewer projects. budget $39 million for the Boston Harbor 9098 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1990 Clean-Up and to fully fund at $2.4 billion facilitate a cooperative transition to a more The United States pledged that only from a for the fiscal year authorization of the Fed­ stable deterrence which relies increasingly limited number of ABM Test Satellites eral Clean Water Act. on nonnuclear defenses against strategic would it conduct testing of a component of Thank you for your consideration. ballistic missiles, should they prove feasible. an ABM system based on other physical Today's strategic balance relies almost ex­ principles and capable of substituting for an clusively on nuclear offensive weapons. Ad­ ABM interceptor missile. Such testing COOPERATIVE TRANSITION TO vances in nonnuclear technologies now would be to counter a strategic ballistic STRATEGIC DEFENSES make it likely that greater reliance on ad­ mssile or its elements in flight trajectory. vanced defenses can be combined with stabi­ The number of U.S. ABM Test Satellites in HON. JON L. KYL lizing reductions in strategic offenses to orbit simultaneously will not exceed a reduce further the risk of war. number well short of that associated with OF ARIZONA To achieve these goals, the United States any realistic deployed capability. To build IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has a forward-looking approach in the De­ confidence further, the United States has Tuesday, May 1, 1990 fense and Space Talks. We seek to assure proposed as a predictability measure notifi­ full testing rights for advanced defensive cations for launches, tests, changes of Mr. KYL. Mr. Speaker, when President technologies, as allowed in the 1972 Anti­ orbits, and deorbits of ABM Test Satellites. Reagan introduced America to the opportunity Ballistic Missile, or ARM Treaty. We seek to The United States has also proposed that of defense against ballistic missiles and led free space-based ABM radars and their sub­ both sides be permitted to develop, test, or the way with the formation of the SDI Pro­ stitutes from outdated ABM Treaty limits. deploy space-based ABM radars and their gram, his critics went into high gear. SDI, they U.S. proposals would require serious and substitutes without restriction. This would said, would never work and would destabilize thorough discussions with Soviet Union on avoid future definitional and verification deterrence if it did. specific measures for a cooperative transi­ problems likely to arise because of advanc­ tion prior to either Party's future deploy­ ing space-based technology, and it would en­ Well, 7 years of solid technical progress ment of advanced defenses beyond current have routed the "it will never work" crowd. courage the evolution of stabilizing space­ ABM Treaty limits. U.S. proposals would based sensors. Yes, it will work, and innovative concepts like also assure deployment rights after those Another major concept in the U.S. draft brilliant pebbles can be on the President's talks. Finally, the United States seeks, Treaty is ensuring predictability in the de­ desk for a decision during his first term. through predictability-that is, confidence­ velopment of the U.S.-Soviet strategic rela­ Now it is time to underscore that strategic building-measures, to avert future techno­ tionship in order to reduce the risk of nucle­ defenses will be stabilizing. The fact is that logical surprises by encouraging greater ar war. This objective was agreed at the openness in both sides' activities in the field 1987 Washington Summit. In 1988 the survivable and effective defenses would of strategic ballistic missile defense. strengthen deterrence and reduce the risk of United States proposed predictability meas­ II war by significantly complicating the planning ures to implement this objective. These The centerpiece of the U.S. approach is measures include annual exchanges of pro­ and execution of a first strike with strategic of­ our proposed Defense and Space Treaty, grammatic data, meetings of experts, brief­ fensive forces. Moreover, a cooperative transi­ aimed at facilitating a cooperative transi­ ings, visits to laboratories, and observations tion to deterrence which includes nonnuclear tion. The U.S. draft, updated last December, of tests in the field of strategic ballistic Inis­ defenses would complement stabilizing reduc­ retains key understandings reached at the sile defense. These measures would be car­ tions of strategic offensive weapons in the 1987 Washington Summit and takes into ac­ ried out on a voluntary, reciprocal, and com­ START Treaty. count the outcome of the September 1989 parable basis. Their purpose is to create a And despite the noise level from Wyoming meeting of Secretary Baker and better understanding of each side's ballistic on SDI, greater stability means greater securi­ Foreign Minister Shevardnadze. At that ses­ missile defense activities as early as the re­ sion the Soviet Union dropped its demand search stage-years before the appearance ty for Soviet people, too. All the better if the for agreement on a period of nonwithdrawal of advanced defenses in the field. move can be made cooperatively. from the ABM Treaty. The Soviet Union At the Wyoming ministerial, Secretary of A cooperative transition is precisely what also dropped its linkage between signature State Baker began an effort to see whether the United States is proposing in the Geneva and implementation of a START Treaty the areas of agreement on predictability Defense and Space Talks. Our proposals and reaching a new agreement on Defense measures could be expanded to become a would require 3 years of serious discussion and Space. The United States welcomed this point of mutual advantage. To stimulate our with the Soviets on specific measures for a step. Soviet colleagues' understanding of the U.S. cooperative transition prior to either party's The U.S. draft Treaty provides for proce­ predictability measure for "visits to labora­ dures whereby either Party may declare its tories," Secretary Baker offered a first­ future deployment of advanced defenses intent to deploy strategic defenses by giving hand, practical demonstration. He invited a beyond current ABM Treaty limits. Another notice and proposing specific measures for group of Soviet experts to visit two U.S. lab­ key feature of the U.S. proposal is predictabil­ implementing a cooperative transition. The oratories conducting SDI research. The visit ity, that is, confidence-building, measures to Parties would be required to conduct three took place last December and was very suc­ avert future technological surprises by open­ years of intensive discussions of the pro­ cessful. Ambassador Youri Nazarkin, who ing for both sides an early wide window into posed specific measures and the implica­ led the group, described the visit as a useful the other's activities in the field of strategic tions for strategic stability. Subsequently, confidence-building measure. The Soviet ex­ ballistic missile defense. unless agreed otherwise, if a Party decided perts received briefings, saw hardware first­ to commence deployments beyond those al­ hand, and had an opportunity to ask numer­ Mr. Speaker, President Bush has a forward­ lowed by the ABM Treaty, it would have to ous questions of U.S. scientists conducting looking approach in the Defense and Space give a further six months' notice. the research. The visit was designed both to Talks. On April 19, Ambassador Dave Smith, This proposed mechanism offers a more foster transparency and to stimulate the ne­ our D&S negotiator, provided a succinct over­ stable path for deploying advanced defenses gotiations on predictability measures. Sub­ view of the talks to the Geneva Conference than the current alternative, which is to ex­ sequent to the visit, we were pleased when on Disarmament. I commend his statement to ercise the supreme interest withdrawal pro­ the Soviet Union accepted the concept of my colleagues: vision of the ABM Treaty. The ABM Treaty visits to laboratories as a predictability permits a Party to withdraw and deploy measure. STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR DAVID J. SMITH, after only six months' notice. Our proposed At the meeting between Secretary Baker CHIEF U.S. NEGOTIATOR FOR THE DEFENSE new mechanism would help ensure a mean­ and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze in AND SPACE TALKS ingful and timely dialogue on how to Washington earlier this month, the United I achieve a stable, cooperative transition. States proposed that the two sides agree on Mr. President, I appreciate this opportuni­ The revised U.S. draft Treaty also reflects predictability measures in the form of a ty to share with the Conference on Disar­ the full rights of the Parties under the free-standing agreement-not linked to the mament our perspectives on the Defense ABM Treaty to develop and test advanced ABM Treaty. The U.S. draft agreement calls and Space negotiations. My predecessor, space-based ABM systems and components. on the Parties to implement the predictabil­ Ambassador Cooper, spoke with you last To build confidence and prevent mispercep­ ity measures outlined above. August. Since then several positive develop­ tions about such testing, the United States To illustrate how such an agreement ments have occurred, although key areas of offered a Space Testing Assurance in Octo­ might work and to inform our negotiations, disagreement remain. ber 1988. It assures the Soviet Union that last month in Geneva the United States pro­ Throughout the five-year history of the U.S. space-based ABM testing which is per­ posed reciprocal pilot implementation of the Defense and Space Talks the United States mitted by the ABM Treaty could not consti­ U.S. predictability measures for a single has had a consistent objective. We seek to tute a prohibited deployment of defenses. project on each side. The U.S. chose as its May 1, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9099 project the Infrared Background Signature and in a cooperative way. This is our goal in respond to applied loads. As an example, a Survey. We have asked the Soviet Union to the Defense and Space Talks. computer model of a ten story building, select a Soviet project for pilot implementa­ IV which was generated on the LLNL computer tion. The U.S. idea is that the sides should Mr. President, it has been an honor to system, is shown in Figure 1. One could en­ conduct a "try-out" before implementing appear before the Conference on Disarma­ vision this structure as a scale model which the free-standing predictability agreement. ment today. I wish you the best for the suc­ resides in the memory of the computer In this respect the initiative is similar to cessful conclusion of the Spring Session, rather than in actual physical form. "try-outs" in other negotiations-the Joint and I hope to have the opportunity to ad­ [Figures not reproducible in the REcoRD.] Verification Experiment in the U.S.-Soviet dress this body again in the future. Nuclear Testing Talks, the Verification and The use of large scale, fast supercom­ Stability Measures in the START negotia­ puters has revolutionized the structural tions, and the Bilateral Data Exchange and design process. As part of this modern proc­ LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATION­ ess, a computer model is constructed for vir­ Verification Experiment in the U.S.-Soviet AL LABORATORY DEVELOPS chemical weapons bilateral discussions. tually all complex structural systems rang­ There has been recent and important NEW TECHNOLOGY TO DETER­ ing from airplanes to bridges to buildings. progress on predictability measures. The MINE STRUCTURAL SAFETY The computer aided design process allows a sides agree that they should expand and rigorous check of the safety of the structur­ strengthen it. On the remaining issues in al design as well as an economical optimiza­ HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK tion of the design. our negotiations, much remains to be done OF CALIFORNIA to achieve a Defense and Space Treaty that Over the past 15 to 20 years the Mechani­ provides for greater stability in the years IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cal Engineering Department at Lawrence ahead as new technologies open the way for Tuesday, May 1, 1990 Livermore National Laboratory has devel­ reducing the threat posed by ballistic mis­ oped numerical analysis software tools . Taking into account these purposes and and displacements in the structure and After the recent Loma Prieta earthquake, their relevance now, the United States is de­ design changes can rapidly be incorporated LLNL Directors instructed the Engineering termined to preserve the option to develop in this model. The computer can also be Department at LLNL to help in post earth­ and deploy effective, advanced defenses used to generate pictures of the structure quake studies as a public service to the state when they are ready, at a measured pace which visually show how the structure will of California. Engineering management de- 9100 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1990 cided that one way in which the Engineer­ SUMMARY ecutions-even in the face of unbelievable ing Department could make a significant As a result of the Lorna Prieta earth­ and avoidable tragedies at worksites which positive contribution was to make LLNL quake, much of our non-defense work has seemed like Dante's inner circles of Hell. At computer simulation capabilities and experi­ focused on California structures. However, the time of my Subcommittee hearings, enced engineering analysts available to re­ the problem of decaying infrastructure is only 14 criminal cases had been referred searchers and organizations studying the national in scope and we believe that a con­ from OSHA to the Justice Department in performance and retrofit of critical struc­ tribution could be made by LLNL at the na­ its 18-year history. The Subcommittee tures. Currently LLNL is providing support tional level. Engineers at LLNL are very en­ report entitled "Getting Away With Murder to the California Department of Transpor­ thusiastic about the possibility of utilizing in the Workplace: OSHA's Nonuse of Cri­ tation post Lorna Pierta earthquake studies. their talents and LLNL tools to address non­ minial Penalties for Safety Violations," was One group at LLNL is working in conjunc­ defense problems important to the econom­ unanimously approved and included recom­ tion with a research team from the Univer­ ic well being of both California and the mendations to beef up criminal sanctions to sity of California at Berkeley in a study of nation. encourage their use by the Federal govern­ an elevated structure which was significantly damaged in the work in this area and consequently we have Things have improved only marginally Lorna Prieta earthquake. In this study not developed the appropriate national con­ since then. There have been two prison sen­ LLNL is constructing very detailed models tacts or funding sources. We are extremely tences imposed under the OSH Act-both of the structure to set the structure in motion. panies and wish to squeeze a higher profit made clear. This motion is very small but still detectable from their business or postpone safety ex­ During my Subcommittee's hearing, testi­ using sensitive accelerometers which are penditures, even if it means allowing life­ mony was presented which showed that one placed at strategic locations on the struc­ threatening and dangerous worksites. I do reason there were so few criminal prosecu­ ture. The data from the accelerometers not believe most businesses choose this tions under the OSH Act was the paltry in substandard struc­ hearings and a subsequent report detailed prehensive and irreversible brain damage. tures of interest. the limited scope of OSHA criminal pros- The employers had the untrained worker May 1, 1990 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9101 handling mercury in an unventilated base­ Giving serious attention to this project is the United States. Even the Congressional ment with no safety equipment provided. one way that the Attorney General could Budget Office, in a report issued this month in That worker will spend the rest of his life in give meaning to President Bush's Labor Day connection with pending plebiscite legislation a severely impaired condition-but the em­ message. Last fall President Bush paid in the Senate, outlined the almost prohibitive ployer under the OSH Act is liable for a homage to America's working men and civil fine only. women by giving thanks for the "rights and costs of statehood. This specific case illustrates the third and freedoms our system of government en­ But some pro-statehood advocates in last section of the proposed legislation. The sures," including "freedom from health and Puerto Rico are telling the people that state­ bill clearly states that the OSH Act does safety hazards in the workplace." Holding hood would result in a bonanza of benefits to NOT preempt state and local law. The mer­ people accountable for actions that result in them from the U.S. Treasury and are thus cre­ cury case, for example, is moving through death to innocent workers is an important ating a "land of milk and honey" expectation the courts of New York as a criminal case way to insure that there is in fact freedom level. For them, statehood would be the pana­ pressed under State law. If OSHA cannot or from health and safety hazards in the work­ place. cea for all the problems of Puerto Rico. They will not pursue blatant criminal violations are doing this in the face of the CBO report. of its own Act-then the states should be Because there are only a handful of cases given an unequivocal green light to use involved, the project would not require very Their allies in the United States should set the their own laws and resources to pursue much time, but it would be time well spent. record straight for them and warn Puerto worksite offenses under traditional state Data obtained from the Department of Jus­ Ricans of the very things the CBO report police powers. Reiteration of the intent of tice regarding the handling of six cases points out. Congress not to preempt state and local which were pending for 2V:z to 3 years at the To that end, Mr. Speaker, I would like to police powers adds an extra and important Department suggest that there may be some share with my colleagues today a remarkably · layer to enforcement of worksite health and administrative problems which could be cor­ perceptive, no-nonsense column in the San safety laws. rected. For example, in one case there was a five month delay between referral to main Juan Star by Alex Maldonado. He is a former The OSHA Criminal Penalty Reform Act editor of two daily newspapers in Puerto Rico is simple, just and long overdue. Support for Justice and referral to the U.S. Attorney. the proposed Act is widespread, and in­ The decision to decline the case was made and a former Nieman fellow at Harvard. I hope cludes a general letter of support from the 22 months later. Are there undue processing my colleagues will carefully reflect upon the Office of the U.S. Attorney General. I com­ delays which mean that by the time a deci­ truths in Alex Maldonado's column, entitled mend this Subcommittee and its Chairman sion can be made the case is unattractive for "Hawaii vs. Puerto Rico," which appeared in from recognizing the importance of creating prosecution? Could direct referrals or elimi­ the April 15, 1990, edition of the San Juan tough criminal sanctions within the OSH nating review steps speed up the process Star. Act and the need for widening its scope. and make it more effective? Is there inad­ equate preparation of the cases in the first HAWAil vs PUERTO RICO place? Do prosecutors need to be involved On July 29, 1989, here in Puerto Rico, a STATEMENT OF HON. BOB WISE with the development of the case earlier in Cuban by the name of Javier Sotomayor Today I join with my colleague Mr. Lantos the process? If the Department would iden­ leaped to a height of eight feet. A world to co-sponsor legislation which will increase tify the types of problems which would record for the high jump. the penalties for violations of the Occupa­ make prosecution difficult, it could work Sotomayer has, of course, two arms and tional Safety and Health Act when with OSHA to correct the defects. two legs. an employee dies as a result of violations of I recognize that prosecution of drug cases Does this mean that since you and I also OSHA standards. It will also add to the is a national priority, that the workload is have two arms and two legs, if we really Act's criminal provisions violations for will­ growing and prosecutors must spend a lot of want to, we also can jump eight feet? Of ful actions which result in serious injury time on these cases. But it is important that course not. This is ridiculous. Even dumb. and reckless endangerment of human life. our concern about drugs in our society does This is exactly the kind of false logic that Annually, 7,000-11,000 workers are killed not intrude on effective implementation of the Puerto Rican people are subjected to in on the job and thousands more die from the this important regulatory statute. We can our so-called political status debate. Forget long-term effects of occupational illnesses. do a better job of preventing the loss of life economic reality, we are told, we can be Since enactment of the Occupational Safety from avoidable work place accidents. I look what we want to be. and Health Act of 1970, more than 100,000 forward to hearing how the Department of The latest example is the New Progressive workers have lost their lives because of Justice addresses these problems and antici­ Party reaction to the Congressional Budget unsafe working conditions. These statistics pate that a stronger law OSHA statute will Office report that includes a chilling de­ translate into the disruption of families and encourage more aggressive action on the scription of the economic effect of state­ economic hardship when mothers, fathers, part of the enforcement agencies. hood: a considerable reduction in industrial sons and daughters die at the workplace. investment, a significant reduction in our The Government Operations Committee economic growth and a huge increase in un­ has documented the dismal record for pros­ STATEHOOD FOR HAWAII IS employment. ecutions under this statute. By enacting this NOT THE SAME AS STATE­ The NPP leadership, accompanied by legislation we will remove one of the causes HOOD FOR PUERTO RICO economists, held a press conference last for this poor record. But legislative change Wednesday to denounce the study. Its fun­ is not enough. The Departments of Labor damental argument is this: and Justice must give priority attention to HON. JAIME B. FUSTER All the 50 states are much richer than the development and prosecution of these OF PUERTO RICO Puerto Rico. There are states as small in cases. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES size as Puerto Rico. Therefore, if Puerto The Department of Labor does not refer Tuesday, May 1, 1990 Rico became a state, it must become as rich very many cases to the Department of Jus­ as the other 50 states. tice and of those which are referred, most Mr. FUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise again to Acting NPP president, Rep. Zaida are declined for prosecution. It takes no point out to my colleagues significant articles "Cucusa" Hernandez said: genius to understand that over time there and other observations about an issue which "Not a single state has become bankrupt will be little incentive for OSHA investiga­ they will soon have to confront: the matter of or has suffered an economic disaster upon tors to spend the time required to develop being admitted into the union. On the con­ cases to be referred to Justice for prosecu­ a congressionally sanctioned political status trary, absolutely all the territories that tion. plebiscite in Puerto Rico between the choices opted for statehood, including Hawaii, im­ Accordingly last September, as Chairman of statehood, independence or an enhance­ proved their respective economies, raising of the Government Information, Justice ment of the existing commonwealth status. As the standard of living of their citizens to and Agriculture Subcommittee, I urged the you know, Mr. Speaker, I favor the latter runong the highest in the world." Attorney General to focus attention on this option, because commonwealth status has The last thing that the statehooders important issue. I recommended that he proven itself to be in the best interests of should do is to compare Pureto Rico to make clear to U.S. Attorneys throughout Puerto Rico and the United States ever since Hawaii. As a previous CBO report lion. producing weapons-grade uranium in 1986. In sum, six ongoing Pakistani nuclear "They have agreed to help her," said Alan As of mid-1988, information available pub­ projects depended critically upon materiel Wachter, a Washington public relations ex­ licly indicated that Pakistan has obtained or design information clandestinely ob­ ecutive representing Showa Denko. "The clandestine assistance for the facility-and tained from the advanced nuclear supplier extent of the help has not been determined. for an expansion of its enrichment capabili­ countries: the original Kahuta enrichment They haven't met yet." ties either at Kahuta or at a second enrich­ plant; the Dera Ghazi Khan uranium hexa­ The disorder is characterized by severe ment plant possibly under construction in fluoride plant; a major expansion of Paki­ muscle and joint pain as well as flulike the town of Golra-from firms in Canada, stan's enrichment capability; the possible symptoms. It draws its name from the aches Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzer­ construction of a secret reactor for the pro­ known as myalgia and the abnormal in­ land, and the United States. The assistance duction of tritium; a tritium purification crease in a type of white blood cell known as included: design technology for the gas cen­ plant; and various material and equipment eosinophils. trifuges that are the heart of the Kahuta needed for the manufacture of nuclear Since the FDA's warning in November plant; essential electronic components and weapons. measuring equipment; special "maraging" about the suspected link between L-trypto­ steel for the construction of the centrifuges; phan and EMS, the number of cases report­ and vacuum pumps and other equipment for MOTHER'S DAY TRIBUTE: EMS ed to the federal Centers for Disease Con­ handling uranium hexafluoride gas within CLINIC IN DENVER trol has grown to 1,463 from 287. The the facility, some of which hardware was number of deaths has jumped to 21 from specifically designed to handle weapons­ one. In Colorado, 44 cases have been report­ grade material. In addition, between 1977 HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER ed. Although a containment in the manufac­ and 1980, with the help of a West German OF COLORADO turing process of L-tryptophan originally businessman, who was subsequently convict­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ed for the smuggling operation, Pakistan ob­ was thought to be causing the outbreak of tained an entire installation for converting Tuesday, May 1, 1990 EMS, an intensive search so far has failed to natural uranium into uranium hexafluoride, find anything. Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, as Moth­ No single batch of L-tryptophan or any the form of uranium processed in uranium er's Day approaches, I can think of no more enrichment plants. The facility was built one manufacturer's product has been tied to near Dera Ghazi Khan. fitting testimonial than the story of Dyan Hum­ the EMS outbreak, although an Oregon During 1989, investigations in West Ger­ phries' successful fight to establish America's woman who blames her EMS on ingestion of many uncovered yet another major Paki­ first EMS clinic in Denver, CO. Ms. Humphries Showa Denko's product has sued the Japa­ stani smuggling network, involving two began her struggle when she learned her nese company for $20 million. firms in the Federal Republic, Neue Tech­ mother had been stricken by EMS, a blood "At this point, Showo Denko could not nologien GmbH and a subsidiary it disorder caused by L-tryptophan, a nonpre­ have picked a more appropriate moment to established to mask its participation, Physi­ step in and help," Humphries said. "They scription drug used as a dietary supplement or have the opportunity to create so much kalische-Technische Beratung . Be­ sleeping aid. I would like to share with my col­ tween 1983 and 1987, these firms reportedly good press for themselves." assisted Pakistan's uranium enrichment ef­ leagues the moving account of Ms. Hum­ Showa Denko, with 5,000 employees, last forts by providing specialized containers for phries' achievement, which was published last year reported revenues of $5 billion and net the transport and storage of uranium hexa­ month in the Denver Business Journal. income of $144 million. fluoride and 130 metric tons of aluminum [From the Denver Business Journal, Apr. Humphries began gathering information for use as centrifuge housings. cians with whom she made contact and In addition, NTG and PTB provided criti­ The nation's first clinic devoted to re­ started the foundation in December to cally important assistance to a new phase of searching the painful and sometimes fatal share what she had discovered. the Pakistani nuclear weapons effort, the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome will open in The foundation plans to open a clinic at production of tritium for advanced nuclear Denver this June with funding from the the Colorado Neurological Institute when weapons. According to various press ac­ world's leading supplier of the dietary aid the institute moves into new offices at counts, NTG or PTB provided Pakistan with blamed for the blood disorder. Swedish Medical Center in June. Early test quantities of tritium gas, a tritium puri­ "You're watching another American plans called for an EMS patient to be exam­ fication and storage plant, tritium precursor Cancer Society get off the ground," said ined by specialists in two different fields at materials, the design for a reactor that Dyan Humphries, founder and executive di­ the same time, so the patient could avoid could be used for tritium production, and rector of Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome repeat trips to the clinic.

39-059 Q-91-46 (Pt. 6) 9104 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1990 "We will bring in as many people as neces­ Senator Anjain was selected because of his do just about anything else, he challenged a sary," said Humphries, who is running the leadership in the struggle to get the U.S. Gov­ powerful foreign government by taking an foundation from a drafting table at her ernment to live up to responsibilities to the unpopular stand on behalf of his people and home. "What we need is aggressive re­ people of Rongelap atoll, whom he repre­ at considerable personal and political risk. search. That's where we need the bucks." "The 1985 move into exile by the Range­ Plans for the clinic have grown with sents. These responsibilities came about lap People was made in the face of consider­ Showa Denlto's announced intent to con­ when out Nation's huge "Bravo" thermonucle­ able opposition. It was a courageous act of tribute to its operation. Although the exact ar test in 1954 irradiated the atoll. Rongelap faith. Only recently has that move come to operations of the clinic won't be decided was then a part of the Territory of the Pacific be viewed by others, including key members until Showa Denlto makes its contribution, Islands which the United States administered of the U.S. Congress, as justified. the preliminary idea calls for the addition in trust for the United Nations. "The People of Rongelap have expressed of specialists in more fields, as well as coun­ Because the Insular and International Af­ a desire no different from anyone else-that selors and physical therapists to help EMS fairs Subcommittee, which I chair, has jurisdic­ they and their children be allowed to live in patients mentally and physically. an environment free from contamination. "Kind of like one-stop shopping," said Dr. tion over Marshall Islands matters, I can per­ Their determination, as evidenced by their Neil Rosenberg, director of the neurotoxico­ sonally attest to the effectiveness and dedica­ move away from their ancestral homeland, logy, neuroimmunology and neuromuscular tion of Senator Anjain's commitment to im­ is an inspiration for all of us. For this programs at the institute. proving the environment of his people's home­ reason, in honoring Senator Anjain, we Already examining EMS patients on his land and the treatment of people subjected to honor too the Rongelap People. own, Rosenberg will be joined by specialists nuclear fallout. "It is significant too that notwithstanding in other fields once the clinic opens. His efforts are not only improving the quality having asked the ultimate sacrifice of his "The big question is whether we are going of life of all of the Marshallese people ad­ people, Senator Anjain remains loved and to see a huge increase in the number of revered throughout the Marshall Islands. cases," he said. "We may be just seeing the versely affected by U.S. nuclear testing; but "Senator Anjain is clearly a leader of prin­ tip of the iceberg now." also of people everywhere who have ever had cipal, integrity and courage. His dedication Rosenberg believes Humphries' plan to problems with radiation. to his people and to the truth commands all add counselors to the clinic is a good one. Senator Anjain has been persistent and cre­ of us to salute him in his efforts." "We need someone involved in the clinic ative over the years in fighting wrong and bu­ to give counseling because people with any reaucratic decisions within the U.S. Depart­ chronic disease need counseling, coping ment of Energy related to his people's con­ SHOW TO SUPPORT skills," he said. cerns about their health and the safety of their DEMOCRACY The clinic also must serve as a research center into the cause of EMS and explore atoll. His example is a model of responsible possible treatments of the mysterious disor­ leadership in attacking difficult environmental HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO der. problems. "Even the doctors at this point are not all For the benefit of all Members, I would like OF CALIFORNIA that educated about it," Rosenberg said. to insert in the RECORD at this point a copy of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rosenberg began seeing EMS patients last the press release Rolling Stone issued April Tuesday, May 1, 1990 month and met Humphries when he made a 12 regarding its selection of Senator Anjain. house call to her mother's home. Hum­ [From the Rolling Stone Magazine, Apr. 12, Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, my col­ phries' mother, Gloria Smith of Littleton, 1990] league and good friend, the vice chairman of took daily doses of L-tryptophan for years the House Foreign Affairs Committee, BILL before becoming sick last October with what [Press Release] she thought was the flu. Smith responded Statement by Howard Kohn, an editor at BROOMFIELD has written a compelling analysis by increasing her dosage of L-tryptophan. Rolling Stone, accompanying the announce­ about the failure of the Congress to support in EMS has left her a quadraplegic. ment of Senator Anjain's selection to the a timely fashion democracy in the Western "It has so weakened her body that she is Rolling Stone Environmental Hall of Fame: Hemisphere. unable to lift her arms, lift her legs," Hum­ "The individuals and organizations we After years of debate and after authorizing phries said. "We don't know if she'll ever be have selected were considered to be the hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to able to function again, if she'll ever be able foremost environmental leaders world-wide promote democracy in Nicaragua and to walk again." of the last 20 years. These are leaders who Although her mother's diagnosis original­ have come to the forefront of the environ­ Panama, the Congress is now in peril of miss­ ly propelled Humphries into learning about mental debate since the first 'Earth Day' in ing the opportunity to secure the objective it EMS, her interest in finding a cure now is April of 1970. Each in his or her own right has so long sought. more widespread. Humphries spends several has a record of long-term accomplishment. The new democratic governments in Nicara­ hours a night leafing through a battered "Many individuals and organizations with gua and Panama desperately need economic spiral notebook containing the names of good intentions and significant accomplish­ assistance now to prevent the collapse of EMS victims, as she calls them, and talking ments were considered. However, those we their economies and the survival of their fledg­ to them all across the country. selected stood out from all others because of ling administrations. The Congress, after years "I have a real vested interest," Humphries their unique dedication and the special sac­ of saying we should be sending economic as­ said. "And it's not just for my mom any­ rifice each in his or her own right has made. more. It's 1,400 others." Those we honor have taken that extra step, sistance instead of military assistance, has the gone that extra mile, or pushed themselves chance to do that very thing, and it is wasting to the limits in order to achieve the particu­ time. NAMING OF MARSHALL ISLANDS lar justice each has sought. Significant to Congressman BROOMFIELD assesses this SENATOR JETON ANJAIN TO each of the 25 individuals and organizations problem clearing in his commentary published THE ENVIRONMENTAL HALL selected is the fact that they have each in the Washington Times on April 24, 1990. I OF FAME dedicated their lives and their existence, urge my colleagues to give his thoughts their year after year after year, to a better life most serious consideration. for those they represent. HON. RON de LUGO "Moreover, those finally chosen were [From the Washington Times, Apr. 24, OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS people who history has shown to have been 1990] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES correct, however unpopular their stands SLOW To SUPPORT DEMOCRACY might have been initially. Time and history Tuesday, May 1, 1990 have vindicated each respectively. These are my own, in the same way I would want my "Whoever it is, they'll certainly be behind Principal Jess Wilson's office at Mayfield own daughter looked after," he says. the person," he says. Elementary School is a cluttered room, but Wilson and his wife, Hilda, who works as a In parting, he points out some more of the a visitor can tell at a glance that its occu­ secretary at Vail Middle School, have three children's drawings. A heart still up from pant is an active man with many interests. children. Their daughter, Carla, named Valentine's Day is signed: "I love you, Mr. On the walls are photos of some of the an­ Ohio Junior Miss in 1988, is now a student Wilson.'' tique cars he has restored over the years, majoring in telecommunications at the Uni­ "Things like that I'd miss if I weren't needlepoint pictures, a large quilt made for versity of Kentucky. Their twin sons, around little people," he says. him by the school's Girl Scouts and a small­ Rodney and Robert, are multihandicapped er one by the first-grade Daisies. There is a and reside at Doty House where Wilson recent gift of a watercolor of the 50-year-old visits them every day. school by local artist W.B. Rehse, and on a Having two handicapped children has ATTORNEY GENERAL COM- table a sculpture of a cowboy brings to mind taught Wilson "a lot of patience," he says, MENDS DALLAS POLICE DETEC­ Wilson's boyhood in Elk City, Okla. Family and it has also helped him to understand TIVE TRULY HOLMES photos hang on the wall to the left of his parents of other children with handicaps. desk and on the other side is a portrait of J. "It's taught me a lot of patience with Edgar Hoover, a remembrance from his kids-to be patient working with little HON. JOHN BRYANT years with the FBI. people, listening to them, hearing them OF TEXAS But Wilson draws attention to a child's out." drawing on paper that shows the imprint of Coming to Middletown to teach was some­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES little hands. "Now, that is probably some­ thing of a fluke for Wilson. He had been Tuesday, May 1, 1990 thing only a mother could love, but this working with the FBI, first in Washington little person wanted me to have it," he says. and then in Oklahoma City for about three Mr. BRYANT. Mr. Speaker, U.S. Attorney "The children give me these, and I tell years. But in 1963, he began thinking about General Dick Thornburgh recently commend­ them I'll put them up in my office. And a career move. One of his friends got a ed Dallas Police Department Detective Truly then they'll come look for it. It's important packet of information from a teachers' Holmes for his assistance in the investigation to them," he says. He points to a three-pan­ placement bureau, and Middletown was one eled louvered screen at the office door. "I of the school systems described in it. and prosecution of "skinheads" for racial vio­ just keep this here because it makes a good "It sounded nice from what was in the ma­ lence and vandalism in Dallas. place to display their drawings." terial," he says. "So I left the FBI and came As one who fully shares the concern of the Wilson, 50, is retiring at the end of this here." He and his wife arrived in a car U.S. Department of Justice, the Dallas Police school year, after serving as an educator in towing a U-Haul trailer with all their pos­ Department the Dallas County District Attor­ the Middletown City School District for 27 sessions. He says he thought at the time years. He has spent 12 of those years as ney's Office, and numerous citizens' groups teaching was something he'd try for a while. about the increasing incidence of hate crimes, principal at Mayfield where the staff mem­ He says he's leaving now before he started bers and parents say they hate to see him getting grandchildren of his first students. racial and religion-related violence in Dallas leave. But he says it is time to do something Wilson taught at Sherman School for four and other major cities, I want to share with my different, although he plans to remain in years, and then was principal at Spring Hill colleagues General Thornburgh's letter of Middletown. "Jess has a unique style of leadership," for one year before returning to Sherman as commendation to Detective Holmes. Superintendent Harry Eastridge says. "He principal. He was transferred to Mayfield in And, of course, I add my own sincere ap­ seems to have a down-home flavor in deal­ 1978. preciation to Detective Truly Holmes for his ing with parents. He's great at the public re­ Helping families in the community has been part of his job as principal. Wilson vigorous pursuit of justice in these cases, lations part. He has almost a sixth sense of which are so important in helping to stop what parents want to see for their child. . . . says there isn't a week that goes by that he "It's going to be tough to replace a guy doesn't refer someone to one of the United these detestable acts of violence and vandal­ who's become an institution." Way agencies. He also suggests families in ism. School board member Fred Finney, who trouble consult a clergyman if they attend Attorney General Thornburgh wrote the fol­ was president of the Mayfield PTO in the church. lowing letter to Detective Truly: late 1960's, says Wilson is probably "the top He is reticent about his religion, saying simply: "We've always been active in OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, elementary principal in southwest Ohio" in Washington, DC, April 5, 1990. terms of motivating students and staff. He church." But back in his office, he keeps a large Bible on a table opposite his desk. Detective TRULY HoLMES, says he has raised the academic level of the Dallas Police Department. 2014 Main Street. school" from mediocre to outstanding." "I found it in a closet at Sherman School," he explains. It had been given to Room 506, Dallas, TX But Wilson gives credit to the school's DEAR DETECTIVE HOLMES: I wish to com­ teachers for the success of a program which Sherman by the Daughters of America in 1915. He kept it in his office there and then mend you for your outstanding efforts tests all students in grades 2-6 to identify during the course of the investigation and "trouble areas" where more instruction is brought it with him to Mayfield. needed. Average test scores were a half-year Wilson also serves as a go-between to help trial of United States v. Sean Tarrant. et aL, behind grade level before the program; families in need. Businesses that want to a joint local and federal prosecution of acts three years later, students' scores improved help a family at Thanksgiving or Christmas of racial violence and vandalism by Dallas to at grade level or above. contact him, and then he makes the ar­ skinheads. Wilson is a familiar sight at Mayfield be­ rangements being careful not to hurt any­ The Department attorneys who prosecut­ ginning each day outside the building greet­ one's pride. ed the case have informed me of the excep­ ing parents as they drop off their children. "Some are a little proud, but if you say, tional investigative work you contributed At the school day's close, he again takes up 'Can I help you?' they generally will .... I during the initial investigation on this case, his post outside the school, watching out for appreciate their feelings and privacy, and I its lengthy grand jury investigation and its his students. don't want to ever embarrass anyone," he ultimate trial. Your tenacity in locating wit­ "I can meet more people on the street says. It takes a few years to build up a rela­ nesses, your sophisticated interviewing tech­ than I can in my office," he says. tionship with a community like that, he niques and your willingness to perform any "I enjoy getting to meet the parents. says. "But they know I'm interested in their service needed by the prosecution quickly That's so much a part of the job, a big part children." were invaluable. of my job-to know the parents and for PTO President Kenny Gibson says Wilson Acts of racial and religious hatred, such as them to know me." "relates to kids on all levels" and he relates those disclosed by the evidence in this case, The vigilance of his FBI training is evi­ to parents as well. are simply intolerable in a free society. That dent as he describes how far in each direc­ "I've never heard anyone say: 'he doesn't was the message of this prosecution and tion he can see from the school. like me' or 'he's picking on me.' " Gibson your efforts were its cornerstone. "I know just about 95 percent of the par­ says. It is always a privilege to have law en­ ents," he says, explaining he makes a point "He's good at what he does. You can't re­ of meeting any strangers at the· school. place him. It's going to 'be hard to find an­ forcement officers like yourself on our pros­ They usually turn out to be a grandparent other guy just like him." ecution team. On behalf of the entire De- 9108 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS May 1, 1990 partment of Justice, I congratulate and [From the New York Times Magazine, Jan. of Western-style democracy and the materi­ thank you for your fine work. 28, 1990] alism of Western markets. They pine for a Sincerely, RUSSIAN NATIONALISTS: YEARNING FOR AN romanticized, patriarchal . DICK THORNBURGH, IRON HAND "Let other countries surpass us in the Attorney GeneraL