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INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLA­ persons most closely involved in its implemen­ with this project we can cure this dreaded af­ TION TO REAUTHORIZE CHAP­ tation. I hope to continue to work with my col­ fliction. TER 2 OF THE ECIA leagues in Congress in order to perfect this legislation so that it can best meet the needs COMMEMORATING LARRY VUIL­ HON. WILLIAM F. GOODLING of our Nation's schools. LEMOT'S SERVICE TO THE NATION OF PENNSYLVANIA THE MIAMI PROJECT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, April 1, 1987 HON. LAWRENCE J. SMITH HON. JOHN EDWARD PORTER OF ILLINOIS Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, last week I OF FLORIDA introduced H.R. 1795 which would reauthorize IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Wednesday, April 1, 1987 Wednesday, April 1, 1987 Improvement Act through 1993. Chapter 2 Mr. SMITH of Florida. Mr. Speaker, a dedi­ Mr. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to was created as part of the Ominbus Budget commend the work of Lawrence Donald Vuil­ Reconciliation Act of 1981 by combining over cation ceremony is taking place in south Flori­ da that is of interest to the entire Nation. On lemot who is retiring from a career devoted to 30 categorical programs into an educational excellence as the director I superintendent of block grant. Last year Congress appropriated April 3, 1987, the basic science laboratories of the special education district of Lake County $529 million for this purpose. the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis will be in Gurnee, IL. His commitment to this endeav­ Most Federal education funding comes with dedicated. or extends all the way back to May 1960. many strings attached. While this makes The project, based at the University of The special education district of Lake sense in most cases, it is also important for Miami Medical Center, has been the focus of County [SEDOL], is a centralized joint agree­ us to help schools implement innovative pro­ international media attention over the past ment serving 40 school districts, and presently grams based on their own ideas. Parents, stu­ year. employing more staff and providing more serv­ dents, and educators from across the country The project's goal is quite clear. In fact, it's have told members of the Education and stated in the organization's name. The Miami ices to more students than any other joint agreement in the State. In the Labor Committee that chapter 2 is an impor­ project aims to cure paralysis. It hopes to 1979-80, SEDOL Program served over 2,489 students, tant part of their school program. This reau­ bring the top physicians and scientists from not including those served by each of the thorization proposal retains the current flexibil­ around the world together to launch an attack member district's Speech Therapy and Learn­ ity in chapter 2, while specifying more clearly on this devastating affliction. what are its major goals. Mr. Speaker, the Miami project is a reality ing Disabled Student Programs. A total of 570 professional and clerical staff are currently The proposed chapter 2 legislation would: today because of Nick Buoniconti who, for employed, including classroom teachers First, retain the current 80-20 percent split many years, was a major player with the 325 representing all categories of special educa­ between local and State education agencies. Miami Dolphins football team. In 1985, Nick's son Marc suffered a severe spinal cord injury tion. Second, with the 20 percent money States while playing college football that has left him The cooperative joint agreement model has could find three general categories of activi­ a quadriplegic. Since that time, Marc has been requested and received Mr. Vuillemot's assist­ ties: State administration of the chapter 2 pro­ undergoing rehabilitation and has become an ance as a consultant since 1960. This model gram, technical assistance, grants to local international symbol of the Miami project's delivers services to Special Education Pro­ school districts, and statewide activities aimed goal: To make paralysis an affliction of the grams at numerous institutions including, the at achieving the goals of the act, and with 25 past. Minnesota State Department of Education, In­ percent of the State money-which is 5 per­ Nick Buoniconti's love for his son is so diana University, the University of Illinois, the cent of the total State grant-they must spe­ strong that his concern has grown beyond Montana State Department of Education, and cifically do "effective schools" programs. family needs. Nick's aim now is to help people the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Otherwise, the application process and the throughout the Nation and the world who Education. creation of the State advisory council remain suffer from paralysis. Mr. Vuillemot has served on the board of di­ much the way they are under current law. The dedication on April 3 marks an impor­ rectors of the Lake McHenry Regional Pro­ Third, with the 80 percent money, local tant step for everyone who has been or will gram since it's inception in 1967. His guidance school districts could choose among the fol­ be touched by the tragedy of paralysis. I be­ and counseling in that capacity has helped lowing educational areas in deciding how to lieve it's also a testimony to the courage of produce one of the State's outstanding pro­ utilize their local funds: programs for at risk Marc Buoniconti and the dedication of Nick grams in the provision of diagnostic services youth, instructional, educational materials and Buoniconti and the many citizens who are to children. equipment, educational personnel develop­ working for the success of the Miami Project In 1972, in cooperation with the special ment and training, effective schools programs, to Cure Paralysis. education department at Illinois State Univer­ and special projects-including gifted and tal­ To further the goals of the Miami project, sity at Normal, Mr. Vuillemot developed a ented and technology education. Nick Buoniconti's friends and former team­ unique off campus Teacher Training Program. I worked very closely with Chairman HAW­ mates will be hosting the second annual NFL This program has been responsible for train­ KINS in developing this bill and I am glad that Celebrity Roast on April 11, 1987, in Miami. ing an exceptional group of special education we have followed the example of H.R. 950, As the newest addition to the NFL Hall of teachers. which reauthorizes chapter 1, and introduced Fame, former Miami Dolphin great, Larry Through the years, Larry Vuillemot's profes­ this legislation jointly. In fact, H.R. 1795 repre­ Csonka will be roasted by members of the sional involvement has included work with sents the efforts of many people who provid­ 1972 team. The event will be a stroll down such groups as the American Academy of Pe­ ed input to our committee and who will see memory lane with members of the Miami Dol­ diatrics and the American Association of their finger prints in the bill. phins' great 1972 season, and will raise funds Mental Disorders-an active member since Chapter 2 is a program that started out as for this very worthy and important medical 1952. He has spoken three times at the na­ an orphan but has definitely been adopted by goal. I urge all my colleagues and the commu­ tional conventions of the American Associa­ the educators of this country. H.R. 1795 re­ nity to support this important step for those of tion of School Administrators-a member tains the original purposes of chapter 2 while our citizens who are suffering from forms of since 1967. He has been a member of the making some modifications suggested by the paralysis. With the devotion of all connected Council for Exceptional Children since 1954

• 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. April 1, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7731 and served as editor of the Illinois Council for [From the Albuquerque Tribune, Sept. 19, strength ... and I don't think the govern­ Exceptional Children Newsletter from 1962 to 1986] ment is doing enough to find out if our boys 1964. POW NIGHTMARE STILL HAUNTS SURVIVOR OF are really alive or dead," Montoya said, echoing the exasperation of Albuquerque From 1962 to 1964, he was also president THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH families still waiting for their men. of the Illinois Administrators of Special Educa­ He tapped his forehead with apparent tion. He has been involved with the Illinois Carlos Montoya's years of torment as a frustration. Commission on Children as a member of the Japanese prisoner of war drag on, paving a The memories open wounds that appar­ Committee on Emotionally Disturbed Children trail of ailments, disillusion and nightmares ently haven't healed. And he becomes common to the victims of . and as chairman of the Subcommittee on choked with tears recalling the ten years It is etched in his memory, he said: Every after being freed. But of those, he won't say Legal Mandates. Mr. Vuillemot was appointed moment from April 4, 1942, to Sept. 18, by Gov. Richard Ogilvie to the first Statewide much except to refer to his wife as "a strong 1945, when he was held prisoner in the Phil­ woman." His business, he said, was not set Council on Developmental Disabilities, and ippines and Japan. up to make money, but to hold on to his since 1981 he has been chairman of the Illi­ "In my nightmares, the Japanese are after sanity. nois State Advisory Council for the Education me, or I'm after them. I would like to dream "It's terrible how one race acts against an­ of Handicapped Children. of my little girl, Nora, but I don't," he said, shaking his head. "I would like to dream of other," he said, sighing. Other advisory boards that Mr. Vuillemot things that have happened since, but I has served on include those of the Lake don't. I've had disagreements recently, and I County Society for the Mentally Retarded, wish I could dream about those ... I just EAGLE SCOUT AWARD since 1960; the Illinois Regional Resources can't!" Center at Northern Illinois University; and the Montoya, 71, was one of the tens of thou­ sands of World War II American soldiers­ HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS Moraine Association Residential Daily Living OF PENNSYLVANIA Facility for the Adult Retarded. many from New Mexico-subjected to a 100 mile march known as the Bataan Death IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Vuillemot has received numerous March. Scores of men died on the march honors, including annual recognition by the from thirst and starvation. Wednesday, April 1, 1987 president of the Illinois Administrators of Spe­ Though Montoya was freed three and Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, so often we, as cial Education for dedicated service to the one-half years later, he at times is sorry he Members of this great deliberative body, tend IASE since 1966. In 1972, he received the is not among the dead soldiers. "I would have preferred to have been to overlook the extremely important achieve­ Lake County Mental Health Award, and in ments of our constitutents. Thus, it is with 1979 he received a certification of recognition killed at the beginning of the war than go through that and Missing in All three young men, Mark Henderson, Paul University of Illinois, College of Education. Action at Kirtland Air Force Base Ford Cranes, and Steven Kuhn, members of That same year he was also named the Ray­ has little practical meaning. Rather than symbolism, Montoya prefers relief. Boy Scout Troop, 594, will receive Boy mond E. Williams Memorial Lecturer at the Scouts' highest award-the coveted Eagle University of Illinois, Phi Delta Kappa, Pl chap­ He continues to fight with the Veterans Administration for full disability insurance. Award-before family, friends and their Con­ ter. Next week he will file yet another claim in a gressman at the Middletown American Legion, Mr. Speaker, Lawrence Donald Vuillemot's long series of unsuccessful attempts at in­ Post 599, this Sunday, April 5, 1987. record speaks for itself. I can only add that he creasing his 60 percent disability to full cov­ I would like to extend my congratulations to has worked his entire life to uphold one of the erage. each of these young men and would ask my basic tenets of SEDOL's philosophy, that the Montoya says he takes dozens of pills a colleagues in the U.S. Congress to join me in "provision of educational services designed to day for the asthma he contracted shoveling coal for the Japanese. His breathing is la­ paying tribute to them on this very special oc­ meet the individual's needs is an intrinsic casion. right." Larry Vuillemot's retirement after 27 bored because Paddlefoot, a Japanese guard, broke his nose. He said he has paid thou­ years of dedicated service to Lake County sands of dollars to heal his back, which he and the State of Illinois is well deserved. I am hurt falling 40 feet from a trestle in Japan. NATIONAL WEEK OF THE sure he will be both missed and remembered Montoya was beaten repeatedly with the AMERICAN TAXPAYER for years to come. butt of rifles, he said. His right hand bears the deforming mark of torture. He gets piercing cramps in his feet at HON. LEON E. PANETTA POW NIGHTMARE STILL HAUNTS night-he thinks from wearing only discard­ OF CALIFORNIA SURVIVOR OF THE BATAAN ed Japanese army pants and shoes and a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEATH MARCH straw coat in freezing weather. The prison­ ers made the blankets into mittens because Wednesday, April 1, 1987 others had lost skin from their unprotected HON. BILL RICHARDSON palms while pushing searing carts of coal in Mr. PANETIA. Mr. Speaker, I am introduc­ OF NEW MEXICO a Japanese port city, Montoya said. ing today a resolution authorizing the Presi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "But no one compensates me for the dent to designate the week of April 12-18, cramps, could care less," he said, 1987, as "National Week of the American Wednesday, April 1, 1987 his voice rising. Taxpayer." Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I would V.A. spokesman Gerry Murphy said many This, of course, is the week in which April like to call the attention of my colleagues to New Mexico POW's get no compensation 15 falls, the date by which most Americans an article written in the Albuquerque Tribune. from the government because they have no are required to file their annual income tax re­ evidence to back their claims. The other It concerns a POW's nightmare existence POW's, he said, are compensated according turns. It is an appropriate time to pay recogni­ while in the service of the U.S. military during to the amount of damage their body suf­ tion to the American taxpayer, on whose World War II. The article gives people a fered. shoulders rest the burden of paying for Gov­ glimpse at the terrible pain suffered by men Montoya said he is awaiting documents ernment and on whose hard work the vitality who were tortured over long periods of time. that he said would complete his disability and security of this Nation depend. Much of that pain goes on today-both bodily claim. For millions of Americans, the chief form of and psychologically. I feel this article points Meanwhile, he is here, busy as always in contact with the Federal Government is out the sacrifice that Carlos Montoya gave for his successful Northeast Heights restaurant, through the annual filing of a tax return. This Cocina de Carlos, but 15 Albuquerque men his country, and the adulated praise that is are still missing in action or are prisoners of has often been an onerous experience. Last owed him and other veterans like him. Con­ war in Southeast Asia, 13 years after the year's tax reform bill was intended to ease gress would do well to bear in mind that our United States pulled out of Viet Nam. some of the burden of paying Federal taxes veterans deserve the utmost attention for their "It's horrible the United States was not for most Americans. Either through reducing service. able to win in Viet Nam because of lack of the taxes owed or by simplifying the system, 7732 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 1, 198 the bill was designed to stem the erosion of and dearest shipmates. As I stood at atten­ TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN public trust in Government and taxation. tion at the gravesite with the other honor­ FIREFIGHTERS OF 1985 Ultimately, the new law may be successful ary pallbearers and as taps was played, the in this regard, but for now, the new W-4 forms men around me stood silently with tears and a general mistrust of new tax laws have coursing down their cheeks. Standing next HON. WILLIAM F. GOODLING to the grieving widow was the Secretary of OF PENNSYLVANIA combined to create the opposite effect of Defense, Cap Weinberger, whose eyes, like what was intended. The American taxpayer is mine, were brimmed with tears. And so we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES feeling as put-upon as ever, and not without put to rest Admiral Arthur Stanley Moreau, justification. Jr., USN, who had served the Navy and his Wednesday, April 1, 1987 The resolution I am introducing would not country his whole life. Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, on October 4 reduce taxes, reform the Tax Code, or simplify I wanted to share this with you because 1981 the people of the United States dedicat tax forms. It would, however, pay tribute to the Art, like the other men who serve in this po­ ed a monument at the national Emergenc people who made Government in this country sition of responsibility, are the men of Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD known a possible. I hope my colleagues will join me in honor, integrity, discipline and courage, the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. The sponsoring this resolution. who keep us free and liberty alive for us and monument pays tribute to America's firefight for our children. For me, when the last note Mr. Speaker, it is obviously too late to gain ers, who have been the bulwark of the Na the necessary 218 cosponsors to gain enact­ of taps ended, it was a moment of instant re­ dedication-to rededicate my life to the tion's civil defense effort since the foundin ment of this resolution in time for this April 15. memory of Art, the principles that he be­ days of our country. Throughout our history, However, I will soon introduce a new resolu­ lieved in and stood for as an American-a patriotic Americans have risked their lives ta tion for the week of 1988 that includes April free American. defend their communities against fire and dis 15. The American taxpayer deserves this rec­ KARL. asters. Therefore, it is only fitting to remembe ognition, and I hope we will give it to him. those who have given their lives unselfishly in Following is the text of the resolution: ADMIRAL ARTHUR STANLEY MOREAU, JR., U.S. service to their fellow man. H.J. RES. 225 NAVY On Sunday, October 12, 1986, the fifth Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep­ Admiral Arthur Stanley Moreau, Jr., U.S. annual Fallen Firefighters Memorial ceremony resentatives of the United States of America Navy Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval was held on the campus at the monument in Congress assembled, That the President Forces, Europe and Commander in Chief, site, honoring these who made the ultimate of the United States is authorized and re­ Allied Forces Southern Europe died of car­ sacrifice, the sacrifice of their life, in an effort quested to issue a proclamation designating diac arrest at the U.S. Naval Hospital, to save others during 1985. the week beginning April 12, 1987, as "Na­ Naples, Italy at 4:38 A.M. . pass surgery in 1977 he thought about retir­ Michael J. O'Neil, Chief Counsel, House HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN ing. Permanent Select Committee on Intelli­ OF TENNESSEE "But my doctor said to keep working and I thinks its been for the best. It has been gence. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4. Moderator: Morton Rosenburg, Special­ good for my health." Wednesday, April 1, 1987 He leaving now because he has in enough ist, CRS American Law Division. years. Edward Correia, Chief Counsel and Staff Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, the Etowah En­ "I wanted to retire as soon as I could. I Director, Subcommittee on Administrative terprise accurately sums up the career of retir­ wanted to enjoy life." Practice and Procedure, Senate Committee ing general manager, Paul Sitzlar. Paul served But, he's not leaving without regrets. on the Judiciary. the Etowah Utilities Board for 37 years. "If I was younger I would like to stay on. Patrick M. McLain, Counsel, House Com­ The article follows: The job is interesting and demanding. It's mittee on Energy and Commerce, Subcom­ RED RETIRES AFTER 37 YEARS WITH EUB still enjoyable-most of the time." mittee on Ovesight and Investigations. What he will not miss is telephone calls in Charles Tiefer, Deputy General Counsel (By Richard McCoy) the wee hours of the morning. What he will to the Clerk of the House and Deputy Gen­ Paul "Red" Sitzlar's desk at the Etowah miss is the "involvement with things going eral Counsel, House Select Committee to In­ Utilities Board looks strange. It's clean. on." vestigate Covert Arms Transactions with It's usually cluttered with reports, files But, he plans to keep busy, He and his Iran. and whatever else a utilities general manag­ wife, Faye, plan to camp, travel and go to 1:30-3:00 -Panels: Top­ er needs. But he's getting ready to leave. UT football games. They have season tick­ ical Subjects. "I've given everybody everything they ets and make every home game. The Special Dimensions of Fiscal Oversight need," he explained. Friday he will retire They would like to tour the U.S., especial­ after 37 years with the cityowned utilities ly Hawaii and maybe Alaska. Moderator: Angela M. Evans, Specialist, department. Since 1971 he had been general He knows he has been lucky to have CRS Education and Public Welfare Divi­ manager. worked with one thing he really enjoys, sion. Sitzlar was born and attended school in electricity, even if he had had to put up Martha Grundmann, Analyst in Domestic Tellico Plains. From the earliest days elec­ with the problems of sewer, water and gas. Programs, House Committee on the Budget. tricity has always been a love of his. Rikki Sheehan, Staff Member, Subcom­ When he was 34 years old and working for mittee on Labor, HHS, and Education, himself as an electrician Frank Berry, then GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY Senate Committee on Appropriations. EUB general manager, asked him to come to Eugene F. Sofer, Budget and Appropria­ work in Etowah. tions Analyst, House Committee on Educa­ At first he was a linesman. He stayed on HON. WILLIAM 0. LIPINSKI the ground while others climbed the poles. tion and Labor. OF ILLINOIS Bayla White, Senior Budget Examiner in He was promoted and for the next four Education Branch, U.S. Office of Manage­ years he climbed the poles. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment and Budget. In 1955 there was another promotion. "I was made meter superintendent. I read the Wednesday, March 25, 1987 The Volatile Nature of Environmental meters." Oversight Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, as cochairman Ten years later he was named superin­ of the Democratic Council on Ethnic-Ameri­ Moderator: James E. McCarthy, Special­ tendent of the electric department. cans, I rise to pay tribute to the day-March ist, CRS Environmental and Natural Re­ Then, in January 1971, he was named sources Division. overall general manager of the utilities. 25, 1821-when Greek patriots rose up in re­ Richard Frandsen, Counsel, Subcommit­ Since he started with the EUB it has bellion against their Turkish oppressors. One tee on Oversight and Investigations, House grown, tremendously. hundred and sixty-six years later, many Ameri­ Committee on Energy and Commerce. In 1949 about 1 million kilowatt hours of cans of Greek descent still remember and Sue Morland, Executive Director, Associa­ electricity were sold. Now sales top 120 mil­ honor this most important and historic event. tion of State and Territorial Solid Waste lion kilowatt hours a year. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire in Management Officials. In 1955 there were 2,000 electric custom­ 1453, the Greek people lived for almost 400 Curtis A. Moore, Counsel, Senate Commit­ ers. Now there's twice that many. years under Turkish domination. But with cour­ tee on Environment and Public Works. Sitzlar likes to talk about the electric de­ partment. He says that if he had not age and conviction and after nearly 6 years of Resources for Oversight: Congressional Sup­ become EUB manager he would have liked war beginning in 1821, the Greek revolutionar­ port Agencies, Inspector General, and to have been manager of an electric coop­ ies finally won national independence from the Other Executive Branch Sources no gas, water or sewer. Sultan of the Turkish Empire. Moderator: Thomas W. Novotny, CRS If he couldn't do that he would have As a country committed to the ideals on Senior Specialist. stilled worked with electricity. which the Greeks based their rebellion, Amer­ Charles Dempsey, Management Consult­ "Electric work, that's what I like. That's ica provided much moral support and backing. ant . all I've ever known." President James Monroe, John Adams and Richard Schmidt, Scanlon, Hastings, and His biggest headaches have come from the sewer department. other prominent Americans at the time ex­ Schmidt . Roger Sperry, Senior Management Ana­ environmental regulations and maintenance Speaker, another American President, Harry problems. S. Truman, provided both moral and material lyst, GAO . working. Others have retired or died. all who live in our land. Mr. Speaker, I would James F. Fitzpatrick, Partner, Arnold and "I'm the last of the old ones." like to take this opportunity to convey my Porter. He's been through four general managers. Howard M. Messner, Assistant Adminis­ In addition to Berry, who hired him, there warmest wishes to those Greek Americans trator for Administration and Resources were C.E. McGee, J.G. Synder and Bill Hud­ who reside in the Fifth District of Illinois and to Management, Environmental Protection dleston. Sitzlar served as general manager all Americans of Greek descent throughout Agency. longer than any of the others. our Nation. 7738 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 1, 198 AMENDMENT TO IMMIGRATION CONGRESSMAN RICHARD H. HOME HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT LEHMAN HONORS MARCELLO LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE SALCIDO AS 1987 "LABOR HON. BILL RICHARDSON LEADER OF THE YEAR" HON. OLYMPIA J. SNOWE OF MAINE OF NEW MEXICO HON. RICHARD H. LEHMAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA Wednesday, April 1, 1987 Wednesday, April 1, 1987 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. SNOWE. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I am plan­ Wednesday, April 1, 1987 ducing, along with a number of my colleagues ning to introduce an amendment to the State five bills concerning the Medicare horn Department authorization bill designed to Mr. LEHMAN of California. Mr. Speaker, health benefit. These bills address certain as assist former and present Cuban political pris­ am honored to recognize Marcello Salcido, a pects of home health care under Medicar oners in getting their freedom by permitting constituent of mine who has contributed a which have lately been weakened by incon visas to be issued to nationals of Cuba who great deal to the labor community in Fresno sistencies, insufficient communication, in are or were imprisoned in Cuba for political and to many of the people who work and creased denials, and insensitivity. I regar activities without regard to section 243(g) of know Marc as 1987's "Labor Leader of the these bills as links in a chain to strengthen the Immigration and Nationality Act. My Year." the home health benefit. amendment would exempt Cuban political I am pleased to see this award presented to Numerous factors have joined to increase prisoners from certain visa restrictions. The Marc because he has contributed a great deal the demand for home health care. As you are Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] to the labor unions in the Central Valley, espe­ well aware, the elderly population is growing will not presently give visas to individuals who cially in the past 16 years as a recognized rapidly, especially the over-85 population. In are trying to enter this country from a third leader. In 1964, Marc was first introduced to addition, the new prospective payment system country. Cuban political prisoners who have the unions while working as an apprentice at a and the implementation of DRG's means that successfully left Cuba and made it to another supermarket in Reedley, which was a member patients are being released from hospitals "sicker and quicker." country such as Panama or Mexico are there­ of the former Amalgamated Meatcutters I believe that it was the intent of Congress fore denied visas to enter this country. This Union. In 1971, Marc was appointed business in voting for the prospective payment system action effectively turns these individuals back representative for the Amalgamated Meatcut­ that those discharged from hospitals more over to Castro-they have left Cuba with the ters Local and served as the recording secre­ quickly would be cared for in their own homes goal of achieving freedom in this country-and tary on the executive board. Following a through the provision of less expensive home then they are denied that freedom. The policy merger that brought the Amalgamated Meat­ health care services. However, we are now of this administration, designed purportedly to cutters and Retail Clerks Locals under the ju­ finding that the Department of Health and punish Castro backfires and the people who risdiction of the United Food and Commercial Human Services is limiting reimbursement for suffer are the Cuban political prisoners who Workers Union, Marc took on the job of presi­ home care in an arbitrary and capricious fash­ so desperately need our help. dent of the union. Today, the U.F.C.W. is the ion. Hearings held on late largest international union in the AFL-CIO and My first concern is that the elderly are not during the 99th session of Congress highlight­ represents a membership of 1.3 million. Marc receiving the medical care they need and to ed the dire circumstances of Cuban political has brought a great deal of experience to the which they are entitled. I am also concerned prisoners. Armando Valladares, a former long­ U.F.C.W. since the days of his apprenticeship that home health agencies, as secondary vic­ term Cuban political prisoner and author of a in a meatcutters shop in Reedley in 1969. tims of these increased denials, face the di­ poignant and disturbing book on his experi­ This award is a reflection of the appreciation lemma of either refusing services to many ill ences in Castro's prisons, stated that the of Marc's hard work. elderly who are of uncertain eligibility or bear­ most significant thing the United States can Marc Salcido is a leader that the Fresno ing the costs of care themselves. I am intro­ do for all Cuban political prisoners is to let community is proud of and is certainly some­ ducing five bills to address the problems them come to this country. My bill will ease one that we can look to for committed leader­ faced by both victims. passage into this country for a group of ship to our local labor groups. He has provid­ THE HOME HEALTH INFORMED CONSUMER ACT OF present and former Cuban political prisoners. ed growth and stability to local 126 by creat­ 1987 It is long past time for us to do so. ing an atmosphere in the union of coopera­ This bill provides for mandatory publication I originally offered this amendment to the tion. Marc believes that "proper communica­ and distribution of a booklet describing Medi­ Immigration Reform Act of the 99th Congress. tion is essential to making the members par­ care-reimbursed home care, including services It was incorporated into the original text of the ticipants rather than spectators of the collec­ covered, beneficiaries' rights, and the appeals process. Often potential patients have not legislation and passed the House. During the tive bargaining process and their union." His been provided detailed information on what House-Senate conference, it was turned into a commitment extends beyond local 126 to the Medicare home health benefit does and sense of Congress. It is good that the Con­ public service on committees such as the does not cover. This booklet would be made gress is on record as being for facilitating the State Human Rights Committee, chairman of available at hospitals, home health agencies, entrance of Cuban political prisoners into this Butchers and Employers Health and Welfare physicians' offices, senior centers, nutrition country-the INS, however, still has not been Trust Fund and executive board member of sites, and outpatient clinics. legally directed by the Congress to stop its the Fresno-Madera Counties Central Labor THE HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE CARE WAIVER practice of denying visas to Cuban political Council. EXTENSION ACT OF 1987 prisoners who have braved the odds and suc­ I join the Central Labor Council of Fresno This bill extends the waiver of liability for cessfully made it to other countries. This and Madera Counties in recognizing the denials based on services considered not amendment I am introducing today will be achievements of Marc Salcido and presenting medically necessary and reasonable or custo­ such a decisive step. I hope that it sees quick him with the 1987 "Labor Leader of the Year" dial to September 30, 1989. This would estab­ action, and I urge my colleagues to support it. award. Marc exemplifies rare qualities of lead­ lish a date consistent with the waiver exten­ ership of which the Fresno community, his sion for technical denials. Under the waiver of family and trade unionist colleagues can be liability, home health agencies with a denial proud. rate of 2.5 percent or less are paid for the denied services. The waiver is important to home health agenices because it allows a 2.5- percent cushion for error, meaning that home health agencies are not expected to be 100- percent perfect in their determination of Medi- EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7739 care eligibility. Home health and hospice Circumstances in Maine are a good exam­ strophic care, we must be aware of the impor­ agencies have faced loss of this waiver due to ple of the effects of this policy of limiting ben­ tant role that an effective home health care :an inconsistent application of Federal regula­ efits. Last September I held a hearing there to policy plays in strengthening the community ions. Loss of the waiver leads many agencies discover what difficulties Medicare benefici­ based provisions. Please join with me in sup­ o deny care when they are not completely aries and home health providers were experi­ porting this legislation to address some of the confident of reimbursement even if the patient encing. I found that agencies with no prior de­ problems facing elderly consumers of home ight reasonably deserve care. nials were having their claims denied at rates health care. THE HOME HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1987 of 20 percent or more. Currently HHA's in This bill requires fiscal intermediaries [Fl's] Maine have an average denial rate of 30 per­ to communicate with home health agencies cent, the highest denial rate in the country. CONGRATULATIONS TO LAKE­ [HHA's] within 7 days of receiving written or The initial impact of this rise in denials last LAND, FL, STUDENTS erbal communication from HCF A regarding a fall was to leave agencies "holding the bag" riodification, clarification, or any kind of policy for the cost of services already provided but interpretation which is not published in the not reimbursed by Medicare. One agency was HON.ANDY IRELAND Federal Register. This bill seeks to address denied 96 client claims totaling 1,208 visits in OF FLORIDA October 1986-as compared with eight client the internal procedures by which HCF A makes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES modifications and interpretations which are claims denied in August 1986. The October not subject to the Administrative Procedures denials for this one agency alone totaled ap­ Wednesday, April 1, 1987 ~ct [APA] and other rulemaking procedures. proximately $50,000. Mr. IRELAND. Mr. Speaker, I would like to There is concern that if this level of denials Home health advocates feel that HCFA and draw the attention of my colleagues to a most continues, it may result in the bankruptcy of a the Fl's make rules internally while HCFA significant occasion occurring in Florida's 10th maintains that it has not changed interpreta­ number of home health agencies, which will Congressional District. The music programs at tions of Medicare policy. Nevertheless, denial ultimately mean that fewer clients will be Lakeland High School and Southwest Junior rates have increased dramatically in Maine served. Further, the increased denial rate re­ nd have doubled nationally. This bill estab- sults in reduced service provision to the elder­ High School will receive awards from the John ishes a direct line of communication neces­ ly by home health agencies who are fearful Philip Sousa Foundation. It is unprecedented ary to address the need for better informa­ that their Medicare claims will be denied. Sta­ that two schools from the same area receive ion. tistics from Maine show that agencies are this recognition simultaneously. THE HOME HEALTH PROMPT RECONSIDERATION ACT screening their potential clients much more Lakeland High School will receive the OF 1987 closely; consequently, the Medicare caseload Sudler Flag of Honor and Southwest Junior This bill requires that Fl's make decisions for home health agencies has been reduced High will be awarded the Sudler Cup Award, on appealed denials-reconsiderations- by as much as 50 percent, patients receive both named after Chicago businessman and ithin 90 days. This bill also stipulates pay­ fewer visits, and are discharged sooner. arts patron Louis Sudler. The awards recog­ ment of interest on the amount of the claim in The problem, however, is not limited to nize sustained excellence over a number of question when the reconsideration decision Maine or even one region of the country. years. akes longer than 90 days. Currently Fl's take Indeed, the increase in home health care de­ One criteria for these awards is that the rom 45 days to a year to rule on appeals of nials has become a crisis of national propor­ concert band will have placed itself in situa­ denials of home health care reimbursement, tions. Nationally, HCFA statistics indicate that tions where there has been an opportunity for leaving the beneficiary uncertain as to wheth­ the percentage of home health agency claims evaluation by qualified persons or has been er services are covered by Medicare and leav­ denied rose from 1.2 percent in 1983 to over rated "superior" at State, regional, or national ing the home health agency with a cash flow 6 percent in 1986. The National Association levels in concert activities. problem while it waits for a decision on pay­ for Home Care conducted a nationwide survey The Sudler awards top a long list of ment. and found that 75 percent of all home health achievements for both schools' music pro­ THE HOME HEALTH MEDICAL NECESSITY STANDARDS care agencies report large increases in the grams. Lakeland High's wind ensemble was ACT OF 1987 number of elderly in their communities who chosen twice in 4 years to play at the Mid­ Currently many claims are denied on the are going without the home care they need. basis that the services provided were not To illustrate the problem, I quote from a west International Bank and Orchestra Clinic medically necessary or reasonable although a letter I received from a home health agency in in Chicago, which showcases top bands from physician had prescribed them. This bill: Odessa, TX: all over the world. No other Florida high (1) Puts the burden of proof on HCFA to • • • denial rate has gone from one per­ school band has been invited twice. show that the care was not medically reason­ cent or half of one percent to a 3-4 percent Southwest's symphonic band played at the able or necessary by using unbiased, expert denial rate. Not only do we face severe fi­ Mid-West in 1985, too, marking a first for a medical evidence; nancial troubles but we face moral and legal Florida junior high music group. (2) Gives physicians more control and in­ problems as well. • • • For example, one Lakeland High also set a State record this volvement in home health care; case involved a patient requiring a skilled year by having 25 students selected for 1987 (3) Encourages the Fl's to look at each nurse to change a foley catheter, monitor for signs and symptoms of concussion fol­ all-State bands. The school's marching band case on an individual basis, taking into ac­ lowing a fall, remove sutures and monitor played at the Tournament of Roses Parade in count particular circumstances for each indi­ episode of urinary tract infection. Agency Pasadena, CA, in 1985, and made a cameo vidual, rather than denying the visits and then was denied two skilled nurse visits that the appearance in an HBO film, "Long Gone," having the denial reversed after an appeal; intermediary termed not medically neces­ which will air this spring. (4) Addresses discrimination against individ­ sary. If agency staff fail to intervene in a Mr. Speaker, I would like to offer my con­ uals who have chronic illnesses as opposed patient's crisis, to monitor changes in pa­ gratulations to band directors at both schools, to acute. Medicare is supposed to cover acute tient's condition, then we could be put in Lakeland High's John Carmichael and South­ care; however, if an individual meets the nec­ the position of being charged with negli­ essary home health criteria of being under a gence by patient and patient's family and west's Frank Howes as well as to the current attending physician. • • •We have suffered physician's care, needing intermittent, skilled students and alumni who also should share in through Gramm-Rudman, delay in claims these achievements. Both schools are most nursing care and being homebound, then the processing time, change in intermediary, in­ individual should not be denied care. For ex­ creased paper workload, and now unjusti­ deserving of this tribute and I know that the ample, a person with congestive heart failure fied claims denial by intermediaries. It ap­ students' parents as well as the entire com­ occasionally falls into a medically unstable pears that HCFA can mandate any standard munity are extremely proud of this accom­ condition which requires skilled medical care. they wish. plishment. This bill would prohibit HCFA from denying I believe that Congress owes the 30 million Medicare coverage to this person solely be­ elderly of this Nation the Medicare benefits to cause congestive heart failure is considered a which they are entitled, no more, no less. chronic condition. Indeed, if ultimately we are to address cata- 7740 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 1, 1987w TRIBUTE TO MRS. ANGELA INSURANCE FAILURES PRESSURE STATES' BAIL­ more than all previous assessments sine LAROCCA OUT FuNDS 1980 combined. . because of financial problems, so the chelle schools and is a graduate of the West­ The organization counts 57 isolvencies demand on fund assessments is likely to chester Business School. Having successfully since 1984 a startling change from the recent past in which "five auto carriers continue to grow. completed the course requirements at the going under was considered a crisis," she In Pennsylvania-where the maximum as­ International Institute of Municipal Clerks at said. sessment is 2 percent of direct premium Syracuse University, she was certified as a More serious than the number of compa­ written-there is still some margin left, municipal clerk. nies going bust, however, is the unprece­ though it has shrunk as assessments have Committed to education and innovation, dented size of those that do. Nick A Verreso, skyrocketed. Mrs. LaRocca plans to study computers-the president of the PIA, estimated that there The 1985 Pennsylvania assessment of $41 path of the future-during her retirement. Her was $3 billion in insolvent companies; debt million was "greater than all prior assess­ interest in computers began after she installed that ultimately will have to be paid by the ments levied" added together, said Ron two word processors in her city hall office. funds. Chronister, deputy insurance commissioner. The biggest insolvency of them all-appar­ The 1986 assessment was higher still: $62 She appreciates the power of computers in ently the largest insurance insolvency in the voting process and intends to keep up million. history-is that of Mission Insurance Co. Chronister said that Pennsylvania actual­ with this rapidly advancing technology. and various subsidiaries, now entering liqui­ ly makes two assessments for the property­ Mrs. LaRocca has one daughter, Phyllis, dation. casualty fund, one for auto insurance and who is married to Victor Christiano. Her three California-based Mission is involvent by another for "all other" kinds of coverage. grandchildren, Victor, Terry, and Lisa-ages $448.1 million, and, according to Texas In­ There is plenty of room left in the auto 26, 24, and 20-also living in New Rochelle surance Commission Doyce Lee, "We believe assessment, he said. But in the other fund, and are all graduates of New Rochelle Public that most claims on these companies will be the maximum possible assessment last year Schools. I know her family is proud of her. We subject to the guaranty funds of the states." Each state and the District of Columbia was $54.5 million and the actual assessment certainly are. has a guaranty fund to cover policies writ­ was $43.5 million. We will miss Mrs. LaRocca when she ten by property and casualty insurers. Most, The Insurance Department hopes that spends the winter months at her Florida resi­ but not all, states have a similar fund to one major insolvency-that of Mutual Fire, dence, but she promises to always return in cover policies written by life and health in­ Marine & Inland Insurance Co. of Philadel­ the spring to her native New Rochelle which surers. phia-won't affect the guaranty fund at all, she calls "home." The property and casualty funds nearly because a rehabilitation is being attempted. all follow a model developed around 1970 by Should the Mission insolvency and others the National Association of Insurance Com­ ever exceed the fund's assessment limits, RISING TIDE OF INSURER missioners, in response to a brief wave of in­ Chronister says, claimants might have to INSOLVENCIES THREATENS solvencies of automobile insurance compa­ divvy up what was available one year and nies. wait for subsequent assessments to get the HON. JAMES J. FLORIO When an insurance company fails, the remainder. fund in each state calculates how much is Others wonder if the guaranty funds OF NEW JERSEY owed to its citizens and then assesses the ought to even try to reimburse the kinds of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other companies licensed in that state a pro­ corporate policyholders most affected by Wednesday, April 1, 1987 portional share of the amount. The Penn­ today's insolvencies, as opposed to the indi­ sylvania fund, for instance, would assess Mr. FLORIO. Mr. Speaker, the following arti­ viduals with automobile policies who first companies licensed in Pennsylvania to pay inspired the safety net. cle by Larry Fish in the Philadelphia Inquirer money owed to state residents from the provides an excellent account of the threat "I don't really think that the drafters of California insolvency. the guaranty fund system thought the com­ posed by a rising tide of insurance company In 1980, the total assessments for all the state funds were $12.4 million, according to merical lines would ever be a program," said insolvencies. The subcommittee on Com­ Marcus of the guaranty fund association. merce, Consumer Protection and Competitive­ the National Committee on Insurance Guar­ ness is currently investigating the huge Mis­ anty Funds. In 1984, when that number bal­ looned to $74.l million, the industry in its sion Insurance insolvency, referred to in the innocence considered "that was a real big article, as part of our broader study of industry assessment," said Richard J. Marcus, the solvency. Mr. Fish's article will provide Mem­ committee's executive secretary. bers of Congress with useful background on Things rapidly got worse: The 1985 assess­ this troubling situation. ment was a staggering $344 million, far April 1, 1987 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 7741 GRAZING FEES ON PUBLIC public interest to charge a fee for livestock the United States, for its effectiveness in re­ LANDS grazing permits and leases on the public sponding to those in need of prompt emer­ land which is based on a formula reflecting gency care. Mr. Morrish himself has respond­ annual changes in the costs of production. HON. RON MARLENEE ed to over 20,000 emergency calls as a quali­ This concept of basing the formula on the fied emergency medical technician. OF MONTANA ability of livestock producers to pay is as true IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A member of several community organiza­ today as it was then. When livestock prices tions and a recipient of over a dozen distin­ Wednesday, April 1, 1987 are up and producers are able to pay more guished awards and commendations, Mr. Mor­ Mr. MARLENEE. Mr. Speaker, today I join the formula adjusts the fee upward. When the rish holds a special affection and concern for with 20 of my colleagues in introducing legis­ farm economy is depressed, the formula ad­ children. Indeed, he has dedicated an enor­ lation which would permanently reauthorize justs downward and producers pay less for mous amount of time and energy to such pro­ the grazing fee formula established in 1978 grazing their livestock on public lands. grams as the Special Olympics, the Ragamuf­ under the Public Rangelands Improvement It is no surprise then, that for the last sever­ fin Parade and Bridging the Gap for the Chil­ Act. This legislation establishes a formula al years the fee has adjusted downward to re­ dren, all of which attempt to involve young which sets grazing fees on a yearly basis ac­ flect the difficult economic times which farm­ people in activities which enrich and entertain. ers and ranchers have experienced. While cording to livestock market conditions as well In one particular youth council sports program, there continues to be tremendous economic as the cost of production. When prices re­ he demonstrated his versatility and stamina by disruption and harm to the livestock industry, ceived for livestock are down while prices serving, over a 15-year period, as president, the grazing fee charged by the Forest Service paid for farm supplies are up, the formula will vice president, secretary, treasurer, chief and Bureau of Land Management has not adjust the fee downward. When these factors umpire, football referee and team manager of contributed to this disruption. are favorable to livestock producers, the for­ the group. Mr. Speaker, recently there has been much mula will increase the fee ranchers pay for It is my privilege to bring the unselfish and debate about grazing livestock on public grazing livestock on public lands. meritorious accomplishments of Mr. Morrish to lands. Opponents of public lands grazing Mr. Speaker, the public lands are an impor­ the attention of my colleagues in the House. I claim that the public lands provide only 2 per­ tant part of our economy in the West. In Mon­ know they join me in commending the out­ cent of the grazing forage in the entire coun­ tana, the public lands account for one-third of try. Therefore even if we eliminated all of the standing service he has given his community the land area. In other Western States, the livestock from these lands, it would have a and the contributions he has made to the public lands account for up to two-thirds of minimal affect on the livestock industry. How­ social and cultural development of young the land. It is easy to understand then, that ever, those same people fail to realize that people in his area. the people who live and work in the West the public lands account for up to 60 percent need these lands to provide recreation, of the grazing in the Western States. In my JEWISH EXODUS IS timber, livestock grazing, and other multiple home district of Oregon, the small rural com­ uses. ENCOURAGING Livestock grazing on the public lands is a munities are socially and economically de­ particularly important use because many of pendent on livestock producers who use the the farms and ranches which are adjacent to public lands. HON. DUNCAN HUNTER Finally Mr. Speaker, I would add that ranch­ the intermingled Federal lands would not be OF CALIFORNIA viable economic units without the public lands; ers who use these public lands to produce food and fiber also provide a valuable service. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and without farms and ranches which use When they develop water for their sheep these public lands, there would not be a Wednesday, April 1, 1987 and cattle, wildlife have a new source of county tax base nor would there be much of Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, lllya Vaitsblit is water; when minerals such as salt and other an economy to support the small rural towns 69 years old. He is the only member of his nutrients are provided for livestock, the wildlife which exist in the West. family who survived the Holocaust. He has Mr. Speaker, in order to insure that these share in the additional supplements. In fact, never seen his only grandson and chances fragile western economies are not harmed, it from 1979 to 1983, permittees of the public are that he will never again see his son. He is is necessary to allow reasonable timber man­ lands contributed $14 million in rangeland im­ half blind and suffering from multiple sclerosis. agement on the public lands; it is necessary provements. Fortunately, his wife Inna, a retired pediatri­ to provide reasonable access for recreation; Mr. Speaker, the PRIA formula is a good cian, is able to care for this bedridden man. and . it is necessary that a reasonable fee is one. I encourage all of my colleagues to join In 1973 lllya retired from his job as a radio charged for the grazing of livestock on the me in supporting this fair and equitable legisla­ engineer because of failing health. He and his public lands. The formula that is established tion. family applied for an exit visa to Israel but by this legislation provides for a reasonable were refused because lllya had previous fee. TRIBUTE TO LARRY MORRISH access to classified material. Although their son was allowed to leave the Soviet Union, LIVESTOCK GRAZING ON HON. GUY V. MOLINARI lllya and Inna have been denied exit visas re­ PUBLIC RANGELANDS OF NEW YORK peatedly since 197 4. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We have been hearing a lot lately about Mr. HON. ROBERT F. (808) SMITH Gorbachev and his new policy-glasnost. But, Wednesday, April 1, 1987 Mr. Speaker, we must remember that there OF OREGON Mr. MOLINARI. Mr. Speaker, there is, in are over 400,000 people seeking to leave the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES every community, a select group of individuals Soviet Union. People like lllya and Inna who Wednesday, April 1, 1987 who care enough about their neighborhood to only want what we as Americans have every Mr. ROBERT F. SMITH. Mr. Speaker, I am labor tirelessly for improvements in the quality day-their freedom and the right to worship joining several of my colleagues in introducing of life in the area, particularly those that will and be with their family. legislation this week which would make per­ offer greater opportunities and assistance to Today's Jewish exodus is encouraging-I manent the formula used to determine fees children. Today, I rise to recognize one such pray it continues. But the fact remains that for the grazing of livestock on public range­ individual in the Bay Ridge portion of my dis­ aside from a few highly publicized releases, lands. trict, Larry Morrish. only 244 Soviet Jews have been allowed to In 1978 Congress passed the Public Range- The list of Mr. Morrish's accomplishments is leave the Soviet Union. Mr. Speaker, I believe land Improvement Act [PRIA] which author­ extensive and exemplary. He is a founding that if Mr. Gorbachev is serious about his ized the present fee formula. In the policy member of the Bay Ridge Volunteer Organiza­ glasnost policy he must allow more Soviet statement to PRIA, Congress made clear its tion [BRAVO], a highly praised volunteer am­ Jews to emigrate. intention in adopting the grazing fee formula: bulance service that is the largest and busiest For our part we must continue to show our To prevent economic disruption and harm in New York. BRAVO has received numerous support for the refuseniks and other Soviet to the western livestock industry, it is in the citations, including one from the President of citizens who long for freedom. I hope, Mr.

91 -059 0-89-21 , San Anto­ Mr. EVANS of Illinois, will conduct a hearing o HpN. G. V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY nio, Texas; recipient of Air Force Distin­ the status and concerns of women veterans. guished Service Medal; employed by Joint want to commend the gentleman for schedul OF MISSISSIPPI Hospital and Accreditation Commission. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MG Jeanne M. Holm, USAF