E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2000 No. 151 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. nounced that the Senate has passed chairman and ranking minority member of The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. without amendment a bill of the House the Committee on Appropriations; and (2) Coughlin, offered the following prayer: of the following title: one motion to recommit. In a world filled with noise and con- H.R. 5461. An act to amend the Magnuson- The SPEAKER. The gentleman from fusion it is difficult to be attentive to Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage- Georgia (Mr. LINDER) is recognized for Your Word, O Lord. ment Act to eliminate the wasteful and un- 1 hour. Grant us peace; peace of heart, sportsmanlike practice of shark finning. Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, for pur- health in our families and firm purpose The message also announced that the poses of debate only, I yield the cus- to our Nation. Senate agrees to the amendments of tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman Steady our spirits with Your al- the House to the bill (S. 439) ‘‘An Act from Massachusetts (Mr. MOAKLEY), mighty hand, that we may know You to amend the National Forest and Pub- pending which I yield myself such time are present and care for us even now. lic Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act as I may consume. During consider- Help us not to fear Your silence; in- of 1988 to adjust the boundary of the ation of this resolution, all time yield- stead, let us enter into its pure light. Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada.’’ ed is for purposes of debate only. Under Earth’s blanket of winter The message also announced that the Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 669 is quiet our depths that we may be a Senate agrees to the amendments of a closed rule providing for consider- source of peace and reconciliation to the House to the bill (S. 1694) ‘‘An Act ation of House Joint Resolution 128, others. to direct the Secretary of the Interior which makes further continuing appro- Keep us attuned to the slightest to conduct a study on the reclamation priations for fiscal year 2001 through kindness, the child’s prayer, the gentle and reuse of water and wastewater in December 11. whisper of understanding and all that the State of Hawaii.’’ House Resolution 669 provides for 1 signals Your kingdom is near. f hour of debate on the joint resolution, Grant Sabbath to our souls that we equally divided and controlled by the may recognize Your glory when it ap- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER chairman and ranking minority mem- pears now and forever. Amen. The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- ber of the Committee on Appropria- f tain 1-minute speeches today at the tions. The rule waives all points of THE JOURNAL end of business. order against consideration of this f joint resolution. Finally, the rule pro- The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- vides for one motion to recommit, as is ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION the right of the minority. ceedings and announces to the House OF H.J. RES. 128, FURTHER CON- Mr. Speaker, the current continuing his approval thereof. TINUING APPROPRIATIONS, FIS- resolution expires at the end of today, Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- CAL YEAR 2001 and further continuing resolutions are nal stands approved. Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, by direc- necessary to keep the government op- f tion of the Committee on Rules, I call erating while Congress completes the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE up House Resolution 669 and ask for its consideration of the remaining appro- immediate consideration. priations bills. Because the President The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- refuses to sign any of longer duration, from Indiana (Mr. PEASE) come forward lows: the joint resolution covered by this and lead the House in the Pledge of Al- rule simply extends the provisions of legiance. H. RES. 669 Mr. PEASE led the Pledge of Alle- Resolved, That upon the adoption of this our current continuing resolution by 3 giance as follows: resolution it shall be in order without inter- days. vention of any point of order to consider in Mr. Speaker, after months of hard I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the the House the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 128) United States of America, and to the Repub- work, the House has now just a few making further continuing appropriations lic for which it stands, one nation under God, issues left to resolve. Some of these for the fiscal year 2001, and for other pur- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. issues are issues of policy. Others are poses. The joint resolution shall be consid- issues of money. Issues of policy do not f ered as read for amendment. The previous belong in our appropriations discus- MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without sion, they belong in our authorizing A message from the Senate by Mr. intervening motion except: (1) one hour of committees. The President has always Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- debate equally divided and controlled by the been quick to chastise the Congress for

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VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:56 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08DE7.000 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 H12048 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2000 such legislation, so I know this is not GENERAL LEAVE Mr. Speaker, we are supposed to have the proper place or time to be having Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, our appropriations work done by Octo- these discussions. I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- ber 1. We obviously do not have that In contrast, this is now the time to bers may have 5 legislative days within work done. As I said yesterday, that is talk about money. We talk so much which to revise and extend their re- not unique. That has happened often in about money here that it is easy to for- marks on House Joint Resolution 128, Congress. get that the money is real and that it and that I may include tabular and ex- But I think something unique is hap- pening which, in my view, no longer really belongs to the taxpayer. It traneous material. would surprise most Americans to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there justifies voting for these continuing learn that when we here on the floor objection to the request of the gen- resolutions. I do not intend to vote for talk about spending $1 billion in a tleman from Florida? this continuing resolution, and I will year, what we are really talking about There was no objection. vote against it. Continuing resolutions are supposed is spending well over $2.5 million per f to be passed to give us more time to day, $2.5 million per day. FURTHER CONTINUING APPRO- get our work done. When they are So I have come to the House floor PRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2001 passed, we are supposed to be resolving with a great comfort for each of these our differences. This is now the 19th continuing resolutions, knowing that Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 669, I call time that we have had to come to the every day is another small down pay- floor and ask for yet another extension ment to the American taxpayer. Each up the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 128) making further continuing appropria- of time. day is another step towards smaller I would not mind doing that if I tions for the fiscal year 2001, and for and more efficient government. thought we really were making other purposes, and ask for its imme- Like my Republican colleagues, I am progress. I have read several newspaper diate consideration in the House. accounts this morning of the alleged determined to pass fair and fiscally re- The Clerk read the title of the joint agreements which were reached at the sponsible appropriations bills. I will resolution. stay here as long as it takes to achieve The text of House Joint Resolution White House yesterday. I have read stories. If I believed that those stories this goal for the American people. 128 is as follows: were true, I would then feel fairly opti- Mr. Speaker, I hope that the Presi- H.J. RES. 128 dent will join us in our good-faith ef- mistic that in fact we could get fin- Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- ished within a few days over the week- forts to negotiate a fair, bipartisan so- resentatives of the United States of America in lution to the disagreements still before Congress assembled, That Public Law 106–275, end. us. I am hopeful that the fair, clean is further amended by striking the date spec- But in fact what I know to be going continuing resolution covered by this ified in section 106(c) and inserting ‘‘Decem- on behind the scenes is at huge vari- rule will give us the time we need to ber 11, 2000’’. ance with the newspaper stories that I have seen this morning, so somebody complete the appropriations process in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- has fed some information to a number a thoughtful and judicial manner. ant to House Resolution 669, the gen- of reporters, information which is sim- This rule was unanimously approved tleman from Florida (Mr. YOUNG) and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. ply not accurate. I suspect some of by the Committee on Rules yesterday. that misinformation has been spread I urge my colleagues to support it so OBEY) each will control 30 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman by design, but I suspect that some we may proceed with general debate other of it has been spread simply and consideration of this bill. from Florida (Mr. YOUNG). Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, through honest misunderstandings. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of I yield myself such time as I may con- My interpretation of what is going on my time. at the White House is quite different sume. Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. Speaker, today we bring to the than the optimistic picture painted in myself such time as I may consume. House another continuing resolution, the papers this morning. Mr. Speaker, even though the fiscal House Joint Resolution 128. b 0915 year started 69 days ago, my Repub- This one is different than the ones we When I talk to people who are in that lican colleagues still have not gotten have been doing. This is a 3-day exten- meeting, I get wildly varying and dif- all the appropriation bills signed into sion, so this would keep the govern- fering explanations about what the law. So here we are, meeting on De- ment functioning until Monday night. parties did or thought they were doing. cember 8 to consider not the first, the The leadership of the House and Sen- They all appear to be operating from second, or the third, but the 18th con- ate are negotiating with the President, different financial baselines. So that tinuing resolution in this fiscal year. and hopefully there will be some kind when they use a specific number, when Mr. Speaker, this continuing resolu- of breakthrough soon so we as appro- one party in those discussions uses a tion will keep the Federal government priators can finalize the details of the specific number, two other parties in open through this weekend so the nego- agreement. We have not reached that the room have an erroneous under- tiations can resume again next week. agreement yet, but we will be working standing of what that number means. Once they resume, I hope the Repub- over the weekend. And as a result, we get the picture lican leadership will agree to consider I spoke yesterday evening with the when people come out of the White the bipartisan spending agreement that Director of the Office of Management House that everybody has played kissy- makes the improvements to education. and Budget, as did my counterpart in face, and it is all nice and wonderful, Until then, we need to keep the Federal the Senate. There is movement, but we and we are very close to a deal. government open for other business. are not there yet. Anyway, Mr. Speak- Yet, when you take a look at the ac- So although I think it is well past er, we will be working over the week- tual differences that are being dis- time that these appropriation bills end to see if we can have this con- cussed, we are still miles apart; and I were finished, Mr. Speaker, I will sup- cluded for the Members to vote on next do not believe that passage of this or port this continuing resolution. week. any other continuing resolution is Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance As I mentioned yesterday, there are going to lead to a narrowing of those of my time. several issues that are still out- divisions. I think it will lead to a con- standing, most of which are not even tinuation of the drift, and that drift is Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I yield appropriations items. Nevertheless, in no way the responsibility of the gen- back the balance of my time, and I they are attached to this bill. tleman from Florida (Mr. YOUNG) or move the previous question on the res- So, by next week, we hope to have anyone else on the Committee on Ap- olution. more progress to report. propriations. The previous question was ordered. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of If I may speak institutionally, I be- The resolution was agreed to. my time. lieve if the Committee on Appropria- A motion to reconsider was laid on Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- tions on both sides of the aisle were al- the table. self 15 minutes. lowed to work these agreements out,

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:56 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.003 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H12049 we could do so in 1 day. But so far as Well, I would suggest to you that reached on both sides of the Capitol I know, there are no clean signals weaknesses in our schools are just as with both parties. And as I say, in the being given that we can, in fact, do important as weaknesses in national interests of rational governance, I am that. defense. I would suggest that weak- willing to help participate to a reason- So I will make a flat prediction. This nesses in our education system are just able degree, but I am not willing to resolution will pass. It will probably as important as weaknesses in our savage these programs in order to get have a majority of votes on both sides transportation system. an agreement. I am not willing to pre- of the aisle. And come Monday, we will I would suggest that weaknesses in tend that there is major progress when, be here having to pass another resolu- education are just as serious as weak- in fact, there is not. tion because people will have peddled nesses in our farm programs. I want to say again, none of the fault baffle-gab over the weekend without I would suggest that weaknesses in for any of the progress that has not doing very much real work. our education programs are at least as taken place lies at the doorstep of the I compare some of the numbers being important as weaknesses in our locks gentleman from Florida (Mr. YOUNG). discussed in the papers. I see, for in- and dams and river reengineering pro- As far as I am concerned, he has been stance, that a number of the papers grams. And yet, we are being asked to open at all times to suggestions and to refer to the possibility of reaching cut the efforts to reduce class size in requests from everyone regardless of agreement for the Labor-Health-Edu- our schools. party, regardless of the branch of gov- cation bill at the level of $107 billion. We are being asked to cut the agree- ernment. There is not a chance of a snowball in ment that was reached on after-school I think the gentleman has genuinely Hades that you would find a majority programs so that kids when they leave tried to get us to a resolution of this of votes in this House for that kind of school have someplace to go besides an problem, but there are other people. I a bill. And it is important for people on empty house, because both parents are will be blunt about this. Every time I both sides of the aisle to understand working outside of the home. We are was asked by members of the press be- that. being asked to cut back on the prom- fore the election what I thought was I am perfectly willing to participate ises that we have made in that con- happening to the Labor, Health and in an exercise which requires flexi- ference report for special education Education bill, what I said was that I bility on both sides of the aisle, but I and for education for disabled children. thought that the Republican leadership know from talking to a number of my We are being asked to cut back on was trying to, at all costs, avoid a vote good friends on the other side of the the $500 increase in the Pell grants on education until after the election, aisle that they themselves would not that everyone claimed to be for earlier so that they could hide their long-term be satisfied to vote for a bill which and that, in fact, Mr. Bush campaigned intention to cut the amounts in this came in here at $107 billion. on. We are being asked to cut back on agreement. Then after the election, Now, people will say, well, that is the teacher quality initiatives so that we they would then feel free 2 years in ad- number that the President asked for. can reach the ‘‘startling’’ situation vance of another election, counting on Well, if you take a look at what this under which the people teaching math- the public’s ability to forget that they Congress passed so far this year, it in- ematics to our kids will actually be would then feel free to make large re- creased what the President asked for trained in mathematics, and the people ductions in the education funding pro- for agriculture by $1.3 billion. teaching science will actually be grams that we had agreed to. It increased what the President trained in science, and the people Now that is exactly what is now hap- asked for for Energy and Water, many teaching history will actually be pening. I do not believe that all Mem- for Members’ projects, by $1 billion. trained in history. bers of the majority party agree with It increased what the President Yet, we are being asked to cut back that. I think there is a substantial asked for in the Interior appropriations on those initiatives. We are being number of Members who do not want to by $2.5 billion. asked to cut back on a good many oth- do that, but they have not been al- It increased what the President ers from the levels reached in that lowed to cast a vote on the floor. And asked for in Transportation by $2.4 bil- agreement. I am willing to sit down until they are or until we can get rea- lion, and Defense by over $5 billion, but and work out some reasonable adjust- sonably rapid progress, I no longer in- when it comes to Education, we are ments in those programs. But I am not tend to support these CRs. I have sup- now being told that we should go back willing to vote for instruments that en- ported 18 of them in a row in order to to 106. able anyone on either side to pretend keep negotiations going, but I see no We just had an election and the that we are making major progress meaningful progress. standard bearer for the majority party, when, in fact, we are not. I see the leadership of the House and Mr. Bush, indicated that under Repub- And what is happening is that we are the Senate and the President each try- lican governance there would be a bi- being slow-danced to the end of the ses- ing to compete with each other in pub- partisan approach to government, and sion, when we will be given a choice of lic relations terms to show who can be yet the very first thing that we are accepting a simple status quo edu- the sweetest in front of the TV cam- being asked to do is to break the bipar- cation budget when, in fact, the situa- eras or the print press, but I do not see tisan agreement that was reached on tion on the education front dem- any real decisions being made that re- funding levels in the Labor-Health and onstrates that is not what we need. We flect the honest view of a majority of Education appropriations bill before need some imagination. We need some people on both sides of the aisle in this the election. forward progress, and we need a lot House. When that bill came back to this more support for some of these initia- And so until I do, I will vote no on floor, I do not recall a single signifi- tives than we have had so far. this and subsequent continuing resolu- cant objection to a dollar number in I really believe that if that original tions. the bill. agreement was put on the floor, the Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of I do recall some quite vivid con- dollar amounts I am talking about, ab- my time. troversy, as the gentleman from Flor- sent the language items that were at Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, ida (Mr. YOUNG) indicated yesterday, issue, I really believe that if the dollar I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman about what were nonappropriation amounts for education and health care from Ohio (Mr. TRAFICANT). items in the bill, language items that and worker programs contained in that Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to be attached by one side or conference were allowed to come to the thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. the other; and yet today after everyone floor by the Republican leadership, it YOUNG) for yielding the time to me. ran on the idea that this Congress was would pass with a significant majority, Mr. Speaker, I want to compliment going to provide the biggest increase in and we would have a lot of votes from the gentleman from Florida (Chairman education since the days of Lyndon both sides of the aisle. YOUNG) for shepherding through a bill Johnson, now we are being told that we That bill is not being allowed to and a process that is unbelievable. And have to abandon that 22 percent in- come to the floor. Instead, we are being I want to associate my remarks with crease in education funding. asked to renegotiate a deal that was our fine leader of the Committee on

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:56 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.009 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 H12050 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2000 Appropriations, the gentleman from United States Senate, I never wanted of the opportunity that we took away Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY), who has stated to have any job at all except to be a from people in education, of the mercy the facts that the gentleman has done Member of this House—because this is help that we took away in terms of a marvelous job. supposed to be the people’s House. This health care. I also want to compliment the gen- is where we are supposed to be, because I do not think that is what most tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) for we have 2-year terms, we are supposed Members of this House want to do. But fighting some of the salient points that to be closest to the desires and the if we continue on the course we are are important to many Americans. needs of the American people. going, that is exactly what we will do I take this time, not to belabor Con- When we come here and cast our in the Christmas season. That is ex- gress, but I am concerned about the votes, these votes are supposed to be actly opposite of what the Christmas status of the minimum wage. I would about something bigger than just the spirit is supposed to lead us all to do. hope that both the gentleman from differences between our parties. There That is why I am voting against this Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) and the gen- are legitimate reasons to have political resolution. tleman from Florida (Mr. YOUNG), al- parties because we have honest, philo- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance though this is not totally in your prov- sophical, and substantive differences. of my time. ince, assert your tremendous influence So we each make a choice about which Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, to include in that final package the of those two imperfect vehicles is the I yield myself the balance of the time. minimum wage that we constructed on best in order to try to put forward the Mr. Speaker, I would respond to the the House floor, and, if necessary, to causes we believe in. gentleman from Ohio (Mr. TRAFICANT) even expand it pursuant to the condi- To me, the glue that holds this coun- who mentioned minimum wage in- tions that exist in the country. try together is our ability to be con- creases, and I would say to him that I cerned about what happens to every in- hope that he knows that our leadership b 0930 dividual in this country, not just those is considering and is willing to consider I also voted for a commensurate tax who are well connected enough with us minimum wage legislation, but they reduction for those business people who to be able to get through on a phone believe that, at the same time, tax re- must take on that additional burden of call or to grab us on the street and say, lief should be considered; and that is the increase in minimum wage. But as ‘‘Dave’’, or ‘‘Clay’’, or ‘‘Bill’’, how are what they are trying to work out. my colleagues know, my amendment you. When we come here, our priorities Now, I am not part of the negotia- changed the original language from $1 are supposed to represent a judgment tions there. I do not believe that the over 3 years to $1 over 2 years. I am about who needs help the most. gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) asking both of you powerful leaders if The Labor, Health, Education bill is is. That is a different group of nego- you can and, if necessary, to even ex- the bill that is supposed to help meet tiators because those are not appro- pand upon that figure considering im- those shortcomings. We live in a capi- priations issues. On the appropriations poverished areas like mine who des- talist system, and I think that is the bill negotiations, sometimes we do get perately depend upon that opportunity. best of any economic system that can sidetracked and get off on tangents But I know that that is not within be devised. We reward initiative. We re- that do not relate to appropriations, your province, but I know that you two ward imagination and hard work. but that is just part of the appropria- have worked so very hard. Through entrepreneurship, we see peo- tions process. But anyway I would say If possible, I still support a tax cut ple with talent and drive help build to the gentleman that he raises an im- for America that would allow those economic opportunities for themselves portant issue that is being considered employers the opportunity to raise and for a lot of people who come to by our leadership. that wage without laying off our peo- work for them in their firms or their We have a very large surplus. At a ple. But it is very important to me and businesses. time of surplus, whether it is in our many Members that represent districts I salute everyone with that talent. government life or whether it is in our like myself. But there are a lot of people in this family life or our business life, when So I ask the gentleman from Florida country who need help to get on that one has a large surplus, one’s economy (Chairman YOUNG) to assert his power- train to success. There are a lot of peo- is very good, there are several things ful leadership that he has, the gen- ple in this country who need help when one ought to do. One can indulge one- tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) to they fall off that train, sometimes for self in some of those things that one continue to asserting his powerful lead- bad luck and sometimes for other rea- has not had but would like to have. ership that he has in that regard. sons. Well, the government is doing that as Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- We do not meet our responsibilities well. self 7 additional minutes. to those folks when we define ourselves But something else that one should Mr. Speaker, I really believe that, going out the door at the end of this do is pay down some of one’s debts. If what is happening both on this Labor, session as commanding cuts in agree- one’s credit card bills are too high, one Health, Education bill and on the sub- ments we have already reached in edu- ought to pay them off. If one’s car pay- ject that the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. cation and in health care. We certainly ments are too high, one ought to pay TRAFICANT) just mentioned is a true do not meet our obligations if we do them off, if one’s economy is that good, test of our priorities, our character, not pass a significant minimum wage, if one has that extra money available. our fairness, and our humanity. as the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. So that is one of the things that we are We all sit here in comfortable jobs. TRAFICANT) has just indicated. We do trying to do here. We are indulging the We fight like the devil to get them. We not meet our obligations if we have not government because the spending for sometimes pay a heavy physical and completed action to provide a prescrip- this year is increased over last year. emotional price for occupying these tion drug benefit under Medicare. We In the area of education, even at the jobs because people are often not very do not meet our obligations if we do number that the gentleman from Wis- fair in their assessment of public offi- not find ways through a combination of consin (Mr. OBEY) objects so strongly cials, and they will use the slightest public and private systems to provide to, our investment in education is dra- weakness in any human being and try decent health care for every person matically larger than it was last year to use that weakness to define that in- who needs it. and over the President’s budget re- dividual rather than taking a look at The place where we come the closest quest. The same thing for medical re- the whole. So sometimes politics can to meeting those obligations is in this search, which is over the President’s be a very discouraging business and bill, and this is the bill that we are now budget request and over last year’s sometimes one wonders why one is in being asked to shred so we can all go amount. it. home early. So we are indulging ourselves. Also, The answer to me, for myself, is that I am not going to do that because I we are making a stronger investment I came here because I thought this was do not want to go through a Christmas in our national security, trying to the place to be more than any other— season enjoying all of the pleasures of compensate for the excessive deploy- I never wanted to be a Member of the that season, being reminded every day ments that American troops have been

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 23:51 Dec 08, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.011 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H12051 experiencing in the last 8 years; de- But now let us go back to the part So I say, in as friendly a way as I can ployments all over the world that are where we are going to indulge the gov- to my friend from Wisconsin, that is very, very costly, not only in time and ernment a little bit. One of the bills why we should not communicate manpower and womanpower, but in that is higher than last year, if we ever through newspapers or media. We personnel costs. We wear out equip- get it passed, is this bill on Labor, ought to communicate with each other ment. Spare parts cost. All of these Health, Education and Human Serv- directly. And the gentleman from Wis- things cost. So we are indulging the ices. consin and I do that. Regarding his government and providing a little Now, this bill, when it passed the concern about what might have ap- extra money. House of Representatives the very first peared in the newspaper, he should un- At the same time, we should be doing time early in the year, it was right at derstand that that is not always nec- something for the taxpayers, the peo- $100 billion. We have had two sets of essarily the way that it really is. ple who make this money available. So negotiations. The gentleman from Wis- Mr. Speaker, we have had a lot of paying off that debt becomes impor- consin (Mr. OBEY) and I have worked conversation about this continuing res- tant to them, as it should be important with our counterparts in the Senate; olution that we probably did not need to us, because I agree with what the and in July, we came up with a con- to have, but we have done it; and now gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) ference report that we thought that we are going to vote on this continuing said. This is the people’s House. We the House and the Senate would accept resolution. It takes us until Monday. I represent the people of America. and that the President would sign. We would have preferred that we had a I do not know how many realize this, really believed that. But higher au- continuing resolution that would take but in the entire huge Federal Govern- thority decided on one side that it was us at least until Wednesday of next ment system, there is only one place too high and higher authority on the week, because I honestly believe that that one must be elected to serve, and other side said it was too low. So we Members could go home this weekend that is here in the House of Represent- went back to the negotiating table. and come back next Wednesday. By atives. One can be a President by ap- In October, we came up with another then there would be a package that I pointment. Remember, Gerald Ford package. We thought we really had believe would be acceptable to at least was never elected President, but he done it this time, and higher authori- a majority of the Members of the served as President. One can be a Vice ties again shut it down. But that is House and the Senate. President by appointment. One can be why we are here, to work out these ne- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, will the a United States Senator by appoint- gotiations. gentleman yield? ment. One can be a member of the Su- Now, the gentleman from Wisconsin Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I yield to the preme Court or anywhere in the judi- (Mr. OBEY) objects to the agreement gentleman from Wisconsin. cial system by appointment. And in all that he believes was reached at $107 bil- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the lion, which is $7 billion more than the of the many, many jobs in the agencies gentleman for yielding to me. That is House had originally passed. the point that I want to raise. all over this Federal system, one can Mr. OBEY. No. Mr. Speaker, will the be appointed to those jobs. As the gentleman knows, because the gentleman yield? gentleman was here last night, and I The only place where one will never Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Sure. Of was here last night, at 4 o’clock in the serve without being elected by the peo- course I yield to the gentleman from afternoon all of the leaders on high ple is in this House of Representatives, Wisconsin. and so this is the people’s House. That Mr. OBEY. No, Mr. Speaker, I do not wanted us to get together last night, is why we should be paying attention in any way believe there was an agree- first at the staff level so that we under- to recognizing that, if the people have ment reached at $107 billion. I know ab- stood what each other’s proposals were, contributed a lot more money to the solutely for a fact that there was not and then at the Member level. That did government than the government an agreement reached. The White not take place, I think largely because needs, we ought to give some of it House denies that there was an agree- there is still such a tremendous lack of back. ment reached at that number. The clarity coming from the top that it is That is why we are so committed to Democratic leadership denies that hard to sit in a room when we are being providing tax relief for the American there was an agreement reached at given three different descriptions of taxpayer, who is substantially overbur- that number. There was no agreement what we are actually expected to do. dened with their tax obligations, and at that number. The continuing repeti- My question is this. I will certainly then paying down the debt. tion of the mantra that there was one be here every day from now until the I mentioned that if one has a lot of is one of the things that is going to cows come home, if necessary, to get money, a windfall, one’s personal econ- stand as an obstacle to our getting any an agreement. I feel I have full author- omy is good, one’s business economy is progress around here. ity on my side at this point to nego- good, one’s government economy is tiate. I would like to know whether the good, pay down the debt or at least pay b 0945 gentleman yet feels that he has that down part of it. That is what we have Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Reclaiming authority on his side; and if he does been doing. my time, Mr. Speaker, the gentleman not, or if he knows of any other party We have been paying down the debt. just got a little ahead of me because I that does not in this situation, then is Billions and billions of dollars of na- was getting to that point. There was no the leadership going to be in town over tional debt, of public debt is being paid agreement on the $107 billion figure the weekend so that if they want to down. That has a lot of beneficial ef- that the gentleman used. again second guess our work that they fect. One of the beneficial effects is, One area where I do agree with the can do that with some speed so we do the smaller that debt becomes, the less gentleman is what he said about press not have to waste another 3 days and interest the American taxpayer has to reports. The newspapers this morning, have to come in here and ruin yet an- pay on that debt. The interest payment which were overly optimistic, did not other week before we finally get out of on our national debt has been over a represent the meeting at the White here? quarter of a trillion dollars a year. House yesterday. I agree with him. The Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Now, can one imagine how much we information that I have was that there once again reclaiming my time, the can do for our veterans, how much we was no reason to be optimistic based on gentleman from Wisconsin, through can do for our school students, how that meeting at the White House yes- this entire process, has been here when much we can do for medical research, terday, whether we are talking about it was necessary for him to be here. how much we can do for the military, $107 billion, which there was no agree- This gentleman from Florida, through how much we can do for a renovation ment on; there was also no agreement this entire process, has been here when of our infrastructure in America if we on the $112 billion, which is the high this gentleman was required to be here, had that extra quarter of a trillion dol- number that is being considered by and that means that neither one of us lars to use rather than pay interest on some; and definitely there is no agree- got home to our districts very much the national debt. So that is also an ment on the $100 billion, which is what this year because we have been here a important part of what we do. the House passed. lot.

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 23:51 Dec 08, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.015 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 H12052 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2000 Mr. OBEY. That is why my margin this entire process my leadership has Blumenauer Holden Porter Blunt Holt Portman went up. been available to me any day, weekend, Boehlert Hooley Price (NC) Mr. YOUNG of Florida. That may be weekday, night or day. I have no dif- Bonilla Horn Pryce (OH) true. But anyway, the answer to the ficulty whatsoever communicating Boswell Hostettler Quinn gentleman is, I will be here. I do not with my leadership because they are Boucher Hulshof Radanovich Boyd Hunter Rahall have the authority to settle on a top committed to completing this job, but Brady (TX) Hutchinson Ramstad number. I think the gentleman under- they are committed to doing it in a re- Brown (FL) Inslee Rangel stands that. That number is going to be sponsible fashion. Burr Isakson Regula decided by a higher authority than Buyer Istook Reyes We are just not going to sit down and Callahan Jackson (IL) Reynolds mine or his, and it is going to be de- agree to $112 billion, and the gentleman Calvert Jefferson Riley cided along with the President of the might as well understand that. He can Camp Jenkins Rivers United States. Now, if that number is debate about it all he wants to, but we Campbell Johnson (CT) Rodriguez Canady Johnson, Sam Roemer agreed upon by that higher authority, are not going to go to the figure of $112 Cannon Jones (NC) Rogers then the gentleman from Wisconsin billion. Capps Jones (OH) Roukema and I can work out the balance along Mr. OBEY. I am not asking the gen- Cardin Kanjorski Roybal-Allard with our counterparts in the Senate Carson Kelly Royce tleman to. Castle Kildee Ryun (KS) without any great difficulty. Mr. YOUNG of Florida. That is a far Chabot Kind (WI) Sabo Mr. OBEY. If the gentleman will con- greater investment than is required for Chambliss Kleczka Salmon tinue to yield, I would like to correct this legislation. I have made the case Clayton Klink Sanchez one thing the gentleman said. I do have Clyburn Knollenberg Sandlin that we have already increased edu- Coble Kolbe Sawyer the authority from my leadership to cation considerably over the Presi- Collins Kucinich Saxton negotiate all numbers on appropriation dent’s budget request. We have in- Combest Kuykendall Schaffer items, including the overall amount. Condit Lampson Sensenbrenner creased the medical research through Cook Larson Serrano And I would respectfully urge the gen- NIH dramatically over the President’s Cooksey Latham Sessions tleman’s leadership to do the same budget request. But we are not going to Cox LaTourette Shadegg thing on his side. Because the problem go to the $112 billion that this adminis- Crane Lazio Shaw I see is that I think the gentleman’s Cummings Leach Shays tration wants. We are just not going to Davis (FL) Lee Sherman leadership and my leadership are start- do it. Davis (VA) Levin Sherwood ing from different baselines, and so, We have a responsibility to the peo- DeLay Lewis (KY) Shimkus therefore, they think they are talking DeMint Linder Shows ple of America who sent us here to bal- Deutsch LoBiondo Simpson to each other but in fact they are talk- ance the budget, who sent us here to Diaz-Balart Lucas (KY) Sisisky ing past each other. pay down the debt, who sent us here to Dicks Lucas (OK) Skeen Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Well, then, I give a little tax relief to our constitu- Doggett Luther Skelton would ask the gentleman this question, Dooley Maloney (CT) Slaughter ents, the taxpayers who have been Doolittle Maloney (NY) Smith (MI) and I will yield for his answer. What overburdened; and, by God, we are Doyle Manzullo Smith (NJ) number is the gentleman prepared to going to do that. We have done it, and Dreier Markey Smith (TX) Duncan Mascara Snyder start at? we are going to continue to do it. Mr. OBEY. I am starting at the con- Dunn Matsui Souder Mr. Speaker, I ask for a ‘‘yes’’ vote Edwards McCarthy (MO) Spence ference agreement that we reached on this resolution, and I yield back the Ehlers McGovern Spratt agreement on and shook hands on and balance of my time. English McHugh Stabenow toasted with Merlot, as the gentleman Etheridge McIntyre Stearns The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Stenholm knows. I am willing to come down from Evans McKeon PEASE). All time for debate has ex- Everett McNulty Stump that. pired. Ewing Meek (FL) Sununu Mr. YOUNG of Florida. That is my Fletcher Meeks (NY) Sweeney The joint resolution is considered question. How much is the gentleman Foley Menendez Tanner read for amendment. Frank (MA) Metcalf Tauscher prepared and authorized to come down. Pursuant to House Resolution 669, Franks (NJ) Mica Tauzin Mr. OBEY. Let us get in a room in 1 Frelinghuysen Millender- Taylor (MS) hour and start that process. the previous question is ordered. Frost McDonald Terry Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, The question is on engrossment and Ganske Minge Thomas third reading of the resolution. Gekas Moakley Thompson (CA) reclaiming my time, let me get back to Gephardt Mollohan Thornberry my point that we would have been The joint resolution was ordered to Gibbons Moore Thune much better served if we could have be engrossed and read a third time, and Gilchrest Moran (KS) Tiahrt was read the third time. Gilman Moran (VA) Toomey had a continuing resolution that would Gonzalez Morella Traficant take us at least until the middle of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Goode Murtha Turner next week so that these negotiations question is on the passage of the joint Goodlatte Myrick Udall (CO) that the gentleman from Wisconsin and resolution. Goodling Nadler Udall (NM) The question was taken; and the Gordon Napolitano Upton I are both trying to negotiate here on Goss Nethercutt Velazquez the floor, which does not work. We Speaker pro tempore announced that Green (TX) Ney Vitter need that little extra time, and we the ayes appeared to have it. Green (WI) Northup Walden Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I object to Gutierrez Norwood Walsh need those with that authority to es- Gutknecht Nussle Watt (NC) tablish that number, whatever it is the vote on the ground that a quorum Hall (TX) Ortiz Watts (OK) going to be. is not present and make the point of Hastings (WA) Ose Weldon (FL) Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, if the gen- order that a quorum is not present. Hayes Pallone Weldon (PA) Hayworth Pascrell Weller tleman will yield once again, my con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evi- Herger Pastor Wexler cern is that the gentleman has just dently a quorum is not present. Hill (IN) Payne Whitfield said he does not have the authority to The Sergeant at Arms will notify ab- Hilleary Pease Wilson sent Members. Hilliard Peterson (MN) Wolf negotiate the top number; and yet it is Hobson Pickering Wu not my understanding that his leader- The vote was taken by electronic de- Hoeffel Pitts Wynn ship, who evidently is retaining control vice, and there were—yeas 284, nays 37, Hoekstra Pombo Young (FL) over that top number, it is not my un- not voting 111, as follows: NAYS—37 derstanding that they will be here this [Roll No. 602] weekend. Now, are they or are they Baird DeLauro Kilpatrick YEAS—284 Baldwin Dingell Lowey not? Abercrombie Ballenger Bereuter Barton Farr McDermott Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Well, I would Aderholt Barcia Berkley Bonior Ford Mink suggest that the gentleman ask them Allen Barr Berry Brown (OH) Hinchey Oberstar to yield and ask them that question. I Andrews Barrett (NE) Biggert Capuano Jackson-Lee Obey Armey Barrett (WI) Bilirakis Conyers (TX) Olver do not know what their plans are going Bachus Bass Bishop Coyne Johnson, E. B. Owens to be. But I would say this, throughout Baldacci Bentsen Bliley DeGette Kennedy Paul

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 23:51 Dec 08, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.018 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H12053 Pelosi Stark Visclosky SUPPORTING AMERICA’S FAMILIES Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I was sit- Sanders Strickland Waters Schakowsky Stupak Woolsey (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given ting on the floor of the House as we Scott Thurman permission to address the House for 1 were debating the continuing resolu- tion. Frankly, I was puzzled. I would NOT VOTING—111 minute and to revise and extend his re- like to appeal to my colleagues on both Ackerman Forbes McKinney marks.) Archer Fossella Meehan Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, as the sides of the aisle. The budget process Baca Fowler Miller (FL) 106th Congress comes to a close, we should have been completed by October Baker Gallegly Miller, Gary look to the future; and I see great op- 1. Several weeks ago, our distinguished Bartlett Gejdenson Miller, George chair of the Committee on Appropria- Becerra Gillmor Neal portunity before us. Berman Graham Oxley Together, we should work to ensure tions, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilbray Granger Packard that the 107th Congress meets the YOUNG); our distinguished chair of the Blagojevich Greenwood Peterson (PA) subcommittee, the gentleman from Il- Boehner Hall (OH) Petri needs and fulfills the goals of Amer- Bono Hansen Phelps ica’s families. For example, currently linois (Mr. PORTER), sat with Demo- Borski Hastings (FL) Pickett our families must work until mid May crats and worked in a bipartisan way Brady (PA) Hefley Pomeroy of every year just to pay off their tax to get a bill completed. Bryant Hill (MT) Rogan There was a lot of time, my col- Burton Hinojosa Rohrabacher bills. Nothing up to that point goes to- Chenoweth-Hage Houghton Ros-Lehtinen ward savings, investment or other per- leagues, on the floor of the House talk- Clay Hoyer Rothman sonal expenses. This overbearing tax ing about whether it is $107 billion, $110 Clement Hyde Rush billion, $113 billion. You get to a point Coburn John Ryan (WI) burden is simply unfair. We need to Costello Kaptur Sanford give American families a break and around here where it is a billion here, Cramer Kasich Scarborough allow them to keep more of what they a billion there and soon we are talking Crowley King (NY) Shuster earn. about real money. But I want to make Cubin Kingston Smith (WA) it clear to those who may be watching Cunningham LaFalce Talent It is my hope that the 107th Congress Danner LaHood Tancredo will grant needed tax relief to Amer- this process, that every day we wait, Davis (IL) Lantos Taylor (NC) ica’s families as well as pass other nec- children are waiting for moneys for Deal Largent Thompson (MS) essary legislation, including a Medi- after-school programs, for moneys for DeFazio Lewis (CA) Tierney Delahunt Lewis (GA) Towns care prescription drug benefit and real, smaller class sizes, for moneys for mod- Dickey Lipinski Wamp local-based education reform. I look ernization of our schools, for Head Dixon Lofgren Watkins forward to continuing to work as we Start, for those who are waiting for a Ehrlich Martinez Waxman Pell grant. We are talking about $500 Emerson McCarthy (NY) Weiner begin this session on these issues, and Engel McCollum Weygand I encourage all Members to join with more for a Pell grant. For those who Eshoo McCrery Wicker me to support America’s families in are desperately waiting for answers for Fattah McInnis Wise the 107th Congress. cancer research, we are talking about Filner McIntosh Young (AK) f funding for the National Institutes of b 1015 Health. PERSONAL EXPLANATION My colleagues, I hope we would take So the joint resolution was passed. Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the numbers of the gentleman from The result of the vote was announced yesterday December 7, 2000, I was un- Florida (Mr. YOUNG) and complete this as above recorded. avoidably detained in my district and process now. A motion to reconsider was laid on missed rollcall vote 601. f the table. Had I been present, I would have Stated for: voted ‘‘aye.’’ ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. f 602, I was in my Congressional District on offi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- cial business. Had I been present, I would CHRISTMAS DAY IS APPROACHING bers are reminded that remarks are to have voted ``yea.'' (Mr. EHLERS asked and was given be addressed to the Chair and not to Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, dur- permission to address the House for 1 those who may be watching on tele- ing rollcall vote No. 602, I was unavoidably minute and to revise and extend his re- vision or elsewhere. detained. Had I been here I would have voted marks.) f ``yea.'' Mr. EHLERS. Mr. Speaker, I just want to take a moment at this time of SPECIAL ORDERS f year to recognize that we do have a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under major holiday approaching. I wore a the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, Christmas tie today for that purpose. uary 6, 1999, and under a previous order DECEMBER 11, 2000 This is just an effort to first of all re- of the House, the following Members Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Mr. Speak- mind my colleagues and our Nation will be recognized for 5 minutes each. er, I ask unanimous consent that when about the great blessings we enjoy in f the House adjourns today, it adjourn to this Nation, that we are true to our re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a meet at 5 p.m. on Monday next. ligious heritage as individuals, that we previous order of the House, the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. recognize the major holiday which is of tleman from Washington (Mr. PEASE). Is there objection to the re- extreme importance to the majority of METCALF) is recognized for 5 minutes. quest of the gentleman from Oregon? our population, and also in a slightly (Mr. METCALF addressed the House. There was no objection. humorous way to remind my col- His remarks will appear hereafter in leagues that we really are past the f the Extensions of Remarks.) time of adjournment, that we should be f at home meeting with our constitu- DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a ents, reminding them of all that we WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON previous order of the House, the gen- have done, and also to make certain WEDNESDAY NEXT tleman from New York (Mr. OWENS) is that we spend some time with our fam- recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Mr. Speak- ilies and enjoy our Christmas holiday (Mr. OWENS addressed the House. er, I ask unanimous consent that the together. His remarks will appear hereafter in business in order under the Calendar f Wednesday rule be dispensed with on the Extensions of Remarks.) Wednesday next. TIME TO COMPLETE THE BUDGET f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there PROCESS The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a objection to the request of the gen- (Mrs. LOWEY asked and was given previous order of the House, the gen- tleman from Oregon? permission to address the House for 1 tleman from Florida (Mr. GOSS) is rec- There was no objection. minute.) ognized for 5 minutes.

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 23:51 Dec 08, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08DE7.004 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 H12054 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2000 (Mr. GOSS addressed the House. His ment, let us go home to our families imbued with a sense of fairness, a sense remarks will appear hereafter in the and move on. of great intellect, great balance, great Extensions of Remarks.) f willingness to be bipartisan, and every- f thing on behalf of people in our coun- ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF try, so everyone would have an oppor- TIME TO COMPLETE THE BUDGET THE HONORABLE JULIAN DIXON tunity. We will say more in our Cali- PROCESS (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given fornia remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a permission to address the House for 1 I just want to close by saying that previous order of the House, the gentle- minute.) this is really what is known as a trag- Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I wish woman from New York (Mrs. LOWEY) is edy, a very unexpected loss to this at this time to make an announcement recognized for 5 minutes. House and to this Congress and to our that is very tough for me to make. We Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I would great country. So, as a Californian, as just received word that our colleague like to speak to my colleagues on the his colleague on the Committee on Ap- JULIAN DIXON of California has passed. other side of the aisle and would ask propriations, as a colleague on the Per- I wish at this time for the House to again that we complete this process manent Select Committee on Intel- stand at ease and for all of us to stand and complete a bill that funds edu- ligence, I know the gentleman from cation, that funds research at the Na- in silence and in our own way pray for South Carolina (Mr. CLYBURN) speaks him and his family and this body. tional Institutes of Health. from the standpoint of many capac- I find this time in this session really Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, I just want to tell ities, including the Black Caucus, but rather extraordinary. The appropria- my point is that everyone who came in tions process should have been com- my colleagues that from this side of the aisle, the message that we just contact with him in every way admired pleted, my colleagues, by October 1. We him, loved him, respected him. were in the midst of an active cam- heard is accepted with profound grief. paign where everyone talked about I came to Congress with JULIAN I hope it is a comfort to his family education. Governor Bush talked about DIXON. JULIAN DIXON was born here and that so many people share their loss being the education President, talked was from California. He encompassed and are mourning with them at this about how important education is. And the Nation in terms of his personality, time and are praying with them. while we are here, holding up funding his politics and his way of dealing with f for education, talking about a billion people. We all have to face these very more, a billion less, after there was an difficult life experiences, but this one agreement between the chairs of the is profoundly significant on this House. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Committee on Appropriations on the JULIAN was a friend of all of ours and PRO TEMPORE represents what was finest in this in- Republican side and the ranking mem- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. bers on the Democratic side, there was stitution. I am just very sorry to hear it. PEASE). The Chair will recognize the an agreement to fund research at the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. National Institutes of Health, research b 1030 CLYBURN) under a 5 minute special for breast cancer, for Alzheimer’s, for Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, re- order until the privileged resolution is juvenile diabetes. There was an agree- claiming my time, before yielding to ready. ment to invest in education to create the senior member from the California smaller class sizes, to modernize our delegation, let me at this moment f schools, to increase the dollars for Pell yield to the gentlewoman from Cali- grants to invest in education of our fornia (Ms. PELOSI). TRIBUTE TO THE LATE young people. Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank HONORABLE JULIAN C. DIXON I am really puzzled, my colleagues, the gentleman for yielding. how we can continue debating this Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman men- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a after an agreement was reached. I do tioned, he will be yielding to the gen- previous order of the House, the gen- not understand how those who are tleman from California (Mr. STARK), tleman from South Carolina (Mr. CLY- talking about working together in a bi- the senior member of the California BURN) is recognized for 5 minutes. partisan way can renege on an agree- delegation, for a resolution. I know our Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I yield ment to help our children. I do not un- distinguished Democratic leader is on to the gentleman from California (Mr. derstand why Governor Bush does not the floor and will be yielded to as well. MATSUI). call up his friends, the gentleman from But as the senior Member on the Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, Mr. DIXON Texas (Mr. DELAY), the gentleman floor at this time when the gentleman and I came in together in 1978, as the from Texas (Mr. ARMEY), and say, from South Carolina (Mr. CLYBURN) is gentleman from California (Mr. THOM- ‘‘Let’s get together, work in a bipar- breaking this very sad news to us, I AS) mentioned. Eleven Members from tisan way, Democrats and Republicans, want to join my colleague, the gen- California came in 1978, new Members; and pass that bill that the Republican tleman from California (Mr. THOMAS), and on the Democratic side it was Mr. chairs and the Democratic ranking as a fellow Californian and say on be- DIXON, Tony Coehlo, Vic Fazio, and member agreed on.’’ half of our delegation what a tragedy myself. My colleagues, this is the time to this is for us. complete our work. It is already 2 JULIAN DIXON has been a magnificent I have to tell you, this is a shocking months after the appropriations proc- Member of Congress. He served in the moment for all of us in this body. JU- ess should have been completed. I State legislature before coming here. LIAN DIXON was the type of individual would ask my friends on the other side He has done some heavy lifting for this that was about the calmest person that of the aisle to go to the leadership and Congress. On the Committee on Stand- I have ever come across. He is an indi- say, the time is now, we cannot delay ards of Official Conduct, and now as vidual that obviously Members looked any longer, there is an agreement on the ranking member on the Permanent to in terms of seeking advice. He was the table, we did agree to invest in Select Committee on Intelligence, and somebody that all of us in the Cali- after-school programs, modernizing our all of his work as a member of the fornia delegation saw as a moral com- schools, smaller class sizes, expanding Committee on Appropriations, he rep- pass of our State, and certainly in this Head Start, expanding child care. resented the values of our country in body, the House of Representatives. There was an agreement. the struggle over budget priorities. On As long as there will be such an insti- I just want to say one other thing. As the Permanent Select Committee on tution, JULIAN DIXON will be part of a Democrat, we are happy to reach Intelligence he represented the that, because his memory is in all of across the aisle working with our col- strength of our country in the impor- us, and it will be forever. leagues in the appropriations process. tant work of that committee. I obviously express my regards to his No one gets everything they want, so Most importantly though, he was a family and indicate how much we will let us get to work, complete this agree- beautiful, lovely man. His work was miss him.

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 23:51 Dec 08, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.025 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H12055 EXPRESSING SORROW OF THE We are deeply saddened by this unex- Mr. GILCHREST. Mr. Speaker, I HOUSE AT THE DEATH OF THE pected tragedy. Our hearts and our thank the gentleman for yielding me HONORABLE JULIAN C. DIXON, prayers go out to his family, go out to time. MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM his constituents, go out to all of his be- Mr. Speaker, I only knew Mr. DIXON THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA loved friends, in California and around for a few years; but after a vote on the Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I offer a the country. House floor, we would often walk back to our offices together. As a much privileged resolution (H. Res. 671) and To the members of the California del- younger Member, Mr. DIXON and I ask for its immediate consideration. egation, all of us give our deepest sym- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- pathy, and all of us will pray in the would discuss the usual things you lows: days ahead for the comfort and under- might suspect Members of Congress would talk about, the international H. RES. 671 standing on behalf of his family and his loved ones. community, the domestic situation, Resolved, That the House has heard with doing the Nation’s business, the recent profound sorrow of the death of the Honor- Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- able Julian C. Dixon, a Representative from self such time as I may consume. vote that we just took, the very vola- the State of California. Mr. Speaker, JULIAN DIXON, as many tile nature of a democratic process. Resolved, That a committee of such Mem- have said, was a gentleman and a very But the most heartfelt things that I bers of the House as the Speaker may des- caring person. He was 20 miles from my would remember that Mr. DIXON and I ignate, together with such Members of the district. We worked together on a lot of would discuss would be our families Senate as may be joined, be appointed to at- different projects, especially in the de- and the things that mattered most to tend the funeral. the heart back home in our respective Resolved, That the Sergeant at Arms of the fense area, and also in economic devel- House be authorized and directed to take opment. districts, with our family members, such steps as may be necessary for carrying JULIAN was the type of person that with our children, with our friends, and out the provisions of these resolutions and could get everybody that was warring the nature of what it meant to be a that the necessary expenses in connection over something into the room, around Member of Congress. therewith be paid out of applicable accounts the table, and work out something; and So we often think about the icons of of the House. he did that with the Metropolitan America who are most in the news, Resolved, That the Clerk communicate who are most spoken of on a daily these resolutions to the Senate and transmit Transit Authority, which was in deep trouble in Los Angeles County 6 years basis. But Mr. DIXON was that gentle, a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. kind, most profound icon that this Na- Resolved, That when the House adjourns ago. JULIAN would get us all together, today, it adjourn as a further mark of re- and the result was we became cohesive. tion can have, because he did the Na- spect to the memory of the deceased. JULIAN was the type of legislator tion’s business in the most honest way. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- that was for the Nation, for the State, This place, the House floor, has lost the friendly presence of Mr. DIXON; but tleman from California (Mr. STARK) is for the county, as well as for his dis- his spirit, I am sure, will dwell within recognized for 1 hour. trict, and we certainly will miss JULIAN each of us. So our heart goes out to Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 DIXON. minutes to control to my distinguished Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 lessen the sorrow that those who loved colleague, the gentleman from Cali- minutes to the gentlewoman from Cali- him most dear are feeling at this time. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- fornia (Mr. HORN). fornia (Ms. WATERS). Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I am self such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he Mr. Speaker, before recognizing the stunned; I am saddened. It is very dif- may consume to the gentleman from gentleman from New York, the ranking ficult to understand how one day you Missouri (Mr. GEPHARDT), the minority member of the Committee on Ways and have your colleague here with you, leader. Means, I just want to point out to my Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I and, in a few days, he is gone. colleagues that JULIAN had really two JULIAN DIXON is a man and a Member thank the gentleman for yielding me constituencies for almost 20 years. I of Congress that is respected by all. I time. served on the Subcommittee on the Mr. Speaker, as the leader of the have known him since before he ran for District of Columbia at the same time Democrats in the House and as a Mem- the California State Assembly. When that JULIAN was chairing that sub- ber of the House, I rise to express our ULIAN IXON J D was elected to the Cali- committee of the Committee on Appro- collective grief and sadness at the sud- fornia State Assembly, he immediately priations, and the District of Columbia denness of this very, very, very nega- established himself as a brilliant, cred- owes a great deal of gratitude over the tive event that has happened to all of ible, dependable human being. He years for the number of times that he us. gained a lot of friends in the California came to the defense of home rule, to I have served here nearly my entire State Assembly, friends that he still the aid of their schools, their health time with JULIAN DIXON, and, as others has until today. care, their police and fire departments, have said, I have never known a more He went on to be elected to the Con- all at times where he was able to bring gentle, conciliatory, wonderful human gress of the United States, where he de- aid to a concern that was never, I hate being as we have known in JULIAN veloped the same kind of reputation, to admit, the most popular committee DIXON. He served in this body in the steady as a rock, dependable, friendly, in concern in this House, and that was most sensitive and difficult positions. gets along with everybody, even medi- dealing with some of the problems of He served as chairman of the Com- ates when there are problems between the District of Columbia. But he felt a mittee on Ethics in some of the stormi- other Members. You could always go to real responsibility, and he discharged est and most difficult times in our him for help. that responsibility with great human- past; he has been ranking member on He is loved in California. He is highly ity. I think, in addition to his district the Permanent Select Committee on respected. This comes as a great blow. in California, he had that added respon- Intelligence; he has been a sub- He is in the district immediately adja- sibility. committee chairman and then ranking cent to mine; and so we share venues, Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the member on the Committee on Appro- we share all kinds of operations. We distinguished gentleman from New priations. have held joint town-halls together. York (Mr. RANGEL). All of that is important, but I guess I am going to miss him, and my heart Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I thank what is most important to me, and I goes out to Bettye and to his family. I the gentleman for yielding me time. think all of us, is that he embodied to am certain that this Congress will Mr. Speaker, not too long ago we had us the best in public life. He was a show its deepest respect and sympathy elections in the Congressional Black beautiful human being. He loved oth- in every way that we possibly can. We Caucus, and JULIAN DIXON sent in his ers, he cared for others. Everything have lost a great legislator and a great absentee ballot. All I can remember that he did was with grace and excel- friend. about it was that the chairman had in- lence. He typified what it means in this Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 dicated that JULIAN DIXON had said country and in this world to be a public minutes to the gentleman from Mary- that he was undergoing ‘‘minor sur- servant. land (Mr. GILCHREST). gery.’’ But the key word and the key

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:56 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.027 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 H12056 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2000 thing about JULIAN is he also said, I will say that when I think about step-by-step with me, and it reflected ‘‘and don’t worry about me, I will see the trips that we have taken together, what everybody has said and will con- you next week.’’ the time that we have spent, he always tinue to say about the fact that he b 1045 did offer that very, very level-headed worked in a bipartisan manner for approach when it came to providing ad- what he believed was right. I guess that shows us the type of per- vice to all of us. He was a model Mem- In so doing, as well as the site being son that JULIAN was, that he even at ber of the United States Congress, and in the District of Columbia, where that time, when he was facing some I will miss him greatly. My thoughts mention has been made of his dedica- type of a health setback, he was more and prayers are with Bettye and with tion to the Nation’s Capitol as reflect- concerned about the feelings of his col- his family. ing what is best in America on the au- leagues. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 thorizing committee, and then subse- In this great body of Members of Con- minute to the gentlewoman from Cali- quently on the Subcommittee on the gress, in this great body of politics, fornia (Ms. PELOSI). District of Columbia of the Committee there are just some of us, and I am in- Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank on Appropriations, I think he reflected cluded in that number, who cannot re- the gentleman for yielding time to me, so much of what Martin Luther King sist the temptation to have press con- and for taking this special order. stood for, the concept of justice, justice ferences and get on television. But all Mr. Speaker, as a Californian, I say arrived at in a peaceful manner by of us know in the bottom of our hearts to my colleagues, they have to know working with people, by espousing a that the real warriors of politics in this that our entire State will be in mourn- philosophy and acting on it at the House are those who go about their ing over the loss of JULIAN DIXON. He same time, too. business every day, wrestling with the served so well in the State legislature. So I think that as we look in the fu- difficult questions and not seeking the The gentleman from California (Mr. ture to the memorial for Martin Lu- attention or the credit for the good DREIER) mentioned the words ‘‘model ther King, Jr., there, as well as in this that they do. Chamber, will be a memorial also for JULIAN DIXON had to be the epitome Member of Congress’’. He was a model public servant, in- our good friend, JULIAN DIXON. It will of the selfless, hard-working legislator be a reminder of Dr. King’s struggle, who, whether one is liberal or conserv- deed, imbued with a sense of great in- tellect, as I mentioned earlier; with a but JULIAN DIXON’s struggle, also, to ative, Republican or Democrat, we felt eliminate injustice and prejudice, be it that he was one of our best friends. sense of fairness, whether it was on the ethics Committee, the Permanent Se- here in Congress, be it in the Nation, With all of the problems that I have wherever it may be. stumbled across in the House of Rep- lect Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, the Sub- So I express also my sympathy to his resentatives, there has been no Member wife, Bettye, and to his son and other who I have felt more comfortable in committee on the District of Columbia of the Committee on Appropriations family members, and to all of the talking to than JULIAN DIXON. As a friends who share this sense that he matter of fact, even if it was a personal where he served; he served appro- priating and authorizing there. He has left a legacy, but he will indeed be problem, I would know that it would be missed. cared about people. well-kept within the heart of JULIAN Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 As I say, as a member of the State DIXON. minute to the gentlewoman from Cali- assembly, he was a fixture of our State. I hope that we can find some way in fornia (Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD). It is a terrible, terrible loss for us. the days ahead, as we go through the Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD. Mr. most polarized period, I would suspect, Really, he was a giant of a man and a Speaker, I thank the gentleman for in recent history that our country and real teacher and mentor to so many of yielding time to me. this Congress will go through, that us. Mr. Speaker, I am shocked over the somehow we will remember that per- So to Bettye and his family, again, I death of my friend, JULIAN DIXON . The haps there will be the Rangels and the hope it is a comfort to them that so only thing that I can say is that he was DeLays out there fighting, but the many people share their loss, are griev- a gentleman’s gentleman, one who most important thing that our country ing with them at this terribly difficult served this country very well. He will really has as its treasures are not those time, and are praying that they have be sorely missed. I, for one, will miss who are out fighting but those who are the strength to get through it. Think him dearly. out mending, and keeping this Con- of our State as crying at this time. Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 gress and this country so great. California cries over the loss of the minute to the gentleman from Florida Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 great JULIAN DIXON. (Mr. GOSS), the chairman of the Perma- minutes to the gentleman from Cali- Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 nent Select Committee on Intelligence fornia (Mr. DREIER). minutes to the gentlewoman from on which Mr. DIXON served. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank Maryland (Mrs. MORELLA). Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the the gentleman for yielding time to me. Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I gentleman from California for yielding Mr. Speaker, I cannot tell the Mem- thank the gentleman for yielding time time to me. bers how shocked and saddened I am to to me. I obviously am as stunned as every- hear of the news of JULIAN DIXON’s I, like my colleagues, express my body else, and I am sorry beyond belief. passing. One of the main reasons is shock and sadness at the passing of our I send my deepest sympathy to his col- that, as the gentleman from California good friend and colleague who did great leagues, and to his family, of course. (Mr. MATSUI) and I were just talking service to this House and to the people I will say that I had the privilege and about a few minutes ago, JULIAN DIXON of America. pleasure of working with JULIAN, both seemed to be one of those indestruct- It was on Monday, just this past on the Committee on Standards of Offi- ible human beings. He was such a bul- Monday, that I was involved with the cial Conduct and on the Permanent Se- wark of strength for his friends, for dedication of the Martin Luther King, lect Committee on Intelligence, and this institution. Junior memorial here in Washington, out of that came a very easy, com- Sitting behind me is the gentleman D.C. As emcee, I mentioned in my com- fortable friendship. It was very genuine from Florida (Mr. GOSS), who served ments the fact that JULIAN DIXON was and very deep. I think the candor and with JULIAN DIXON on the Committee my colleague who joined with me in trust between us is as far as ever goes on Standards of Official Conduct. I re- several pieces of legislation in moving between human beings. I will miss him member so well the tremendous, non- this opportunity for a memorial in the more than I can say. I am truly in partisan approach that he took to that Nation’s Capitol for Martin Luther shock. very important task here in the House. King, Jr. This is a memorial that will I think, if I could find a legacy to I had the privilege of working with him be paid for by the Alpha Phi Alpha fra- talk about briefly, it was the model as a fellow Angelino on a wide range of ternity to which Martin Luther King, working relationship. I think we had to issues that affected Southern Cali- Jr., belonged. deal with problems that had to rise fornia. We were always able to come It was very interesting, JULIAN above partisanship or other interests together in a bipartisan way. worked so very hard on this memorial, where we had to focus on issues.

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:56 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.031 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H12057 JULIAN brought, as everybody knows his colleague and friend, the gentleman Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 here who worked with him, a great deal from California (Mr. STARK), that when minutes to the gentleman from New of perception to whatever he was doing, he was Chair of the Subcommittee on York (Mr. OWENS). and an incredible persistence. He was a the District of Columbia of the Com- Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I would very pragmatic man. But the things mittee on Appropriations he was like like to join my colleagues in extending that stood out as hallmarks when all the ad hoc mayor of Washington, D.C., my condolences to JULIAN’s family. We the hard questions were asked and all because he had a passion for this city are all shocked and saddened. As a the hard work was done, he had a won- and for it being the Nation’s Capitol. young freshman coming to Congress, I derful sense of humor and he was very I want to share with the Members found JULIAN DIXON, who was not that fair. I trusted JULIAN’s judgment com- just a moment, I was a young staffer in many years ahead of me in seniority, pletely, as did everybody else, because the California State legislature when to be the most nuturing, the guy who we knew it was a fair deal when he got JULIAN DIXON became elected. He was a showed us around and gave us the de- through examining the issue. What a magnificent human being: tall, hand- tails and cared a great deal, wise be- wonderful thing to be able to say about some, smart. He was elected as caucus yond his years of service in the Con- somebody. chair, Democratic Caucus chair in the gress. I think my last memory of JULIAN is California State legislature, and had JULIAN was the kind of person that what I will cherish. It was in Frager’s incredible respect. Obviously, when a always did his homework as a chair- Department Store. He was trying to seat opened here in Congress, he was a man of the Congressional Black Cau- buy a light switch and I was trying to natural to run for that seat, win, and cus, as the chairman of the Congres- buy a light bulb, and we were both hav- serve in Congress with distinction. sional Black Caucus Foundation. I ad- ing troubles. I think that maybe says We are at a loss because we some- mired the way in which JULIAN worked, something about us both, worrying times know that people are ill or in the always thorough, always conciliatory, about the world’s problems, and some- hospital, but it is a shock when we always willing to be the reconciler. Ev- times the details get to us. learn that immediately someone is erybody trusted JULIAN because he was Often as we go through life we hear gone, and particularly those of us from that thorough and basic. people, we as Members of Congress hear California, if we look at the very short JULIAN did not run like a firefly to people say things about Congressmen. I time in the last few years that we lost the cameras. JULIAN was not a peacock would hold JULIAN DIXON up as a Con- George Brown, we lost Sonny Bono, we seeking headlines, but you knew JU- gressman that I am very, very proud lost Walter Capps. We have had an in- LIAN would get the job done. I think of. I do not know how one does better. credible loss of California Members of that the trust that we felt as freshmen Congress. When somebody talks about United coming in and experiencing JULIAN’s States Congressmen, I think of JULIAN b 1100 leadership was also obviously the kind DIXON . He was the best. JULIAN was a champion among them of trust that the leadership felt about We will remember him that way, but all. I am chair of the delegation, and JULIAN. boy, I am sorry we have to remember some people are already going back to He was appointed head of the Com- him at all. I wish he was with us. California, and I am sure they will hear mittee on Ethics. He was on the Per- Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 on the airplane or the minute they get manent Select Committee on Intel- minute to the gentlewoman from New off, and we will share this shock of ligence. And whenever there was an ad York (Mrs. LOWEY). great loss, not only to the State of hoc committee that had a difficult job Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank California, to his family, but to this to do, I noticed that the leadership, the gentleman for yielding time to me. Nation. three speakers, would lean on JULIAN Mr. Speaker, I rise to share the Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 DIXON; and I think that the trust ex- shock, the deep grief, the sadness minutes to the gentlewoman from tended across party lines. It was not which has been expressed by the col- Florida (Mrs. MEEK). just the Democrats, but also the Mem- leagues of JULIAN DIXON. Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, bers of the other party on the other As a Member of the Committee on this Congress has suffered a great loss side of the aisle seemed to have the Appropriations, I have always, always in the death of JULIAN DIXON. God same kind of trust in JULIAN DIXON. stood in awe of JULIAN DIXON. He is a called JULIAN home; and he said to him If you had to take a poll, probably person who would rise and only rise well done, my good and faithful serv- the individual who was trusted most in when he had something substantive to ant. Well done. JULIAN was out- the last 20 years, 30 years, JULIAN say. He would rise with elegance, au- standing. He was a consummate legis- would be high on that list in terms of thority, with grace, with respect. lator, a consummate gentleman. I being the most trusted among us. And JULIAN DIXON has earned the respect served with him on the Committee on I am very saddened by his departure. of all of us in this Congress, and he ex- Appropriations. I will never forget how Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 emplifies the very best of what a public fearless he was, when he stood before minutes to the gentleman from New servant should be. To his family, we many times, not a very agreeing com- York (Mr. GILMAN), the chairman of just want them to know that our mittee, to speak up for D.C. and to the Committee on International Rela- thoughts and prayers will always be speak up for all of the people. tions. with them. We will miss you, JULIAN. Mr. Speaker, I served with him on (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 the Congressional Black Caucus Foun- permission to revise and extend his re- minute to the gentleman from Cali- dation’s board. He was a voice of wis- marks.) fornia (Mr. FARR). dom. He was a voice of calm. He was a Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, very, very bright and smart man; but the gentleman from California for I thank the gentleman for yielding the other side of JULIAN was a very yielding the time to me. time to me. funny humorous side. He used to call Mr. Speaker, it is with deep regret Mr. Speaker, we are all here in abso- me back there where he sat and he and sadness that I join our colleagues lute shock of this news that is less would tell me nice, little today in expressing our sorrow over the than a half-hour old that our colleague, grandmotherly jokes, and I would passing of our good colleague and JULIAN DIXON, died. laugh. Sometimes they were not even friend, the gentleman from California JULIAN was such a presence around funny; but I laughed, because they (JULIAN DIXON). here. When we think that this body op- came from JULIAN. JULIAN’s contributions to this body erates with people who are in key posi- I always teased him about JUANITA and to our Nation are incalculable. tions, positions of incredible respect MILLENDER-MCDONALD, and we always First coming to the House some 22 and importance, serving on the Com- had a running joke about JUANITA. JU- years ago, JULIAN immediately made mittee on Standards of Official Con- LIAN loved her. He loved me. He loved an impact upon arrival. duct and his role on the Committee on all of us in Congress. So it is with great He had previously served as a staff Appropriations, and many of us recall humility that I say God called home a member to State Senator Mervyn M. that in that role, it was pointed out by soldier. Well done, JULIAN. Dymally, who was later a Member of

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He trict in California never diminished JULIAN and to observe him in his rela- did marvelous work in the Committee throughout his 22 years of public serv- tionship with the majority on the Per- on Ethics. ice. manent Select Committee on Intel- He served on the Permanent Select JULIAN came to personify the people ligence, to see his relationship with his Committee on Intelligence in a way of the Los Angeles district. In him, staff and the profound respect in which that few could begin to appreciate un- they had an articulate, compassionate they held him. less you watched him day in and day spokesperson. The fact that he never JULIAN could be summed up by say- out. once received less than 75 percent of ing he had character, honesty. He was JULIAN DIXON is one of the great men their votes at home is an indication of hard working. He was diplomatic, but of the House, a legislator who cares the reverence and gratitude that his he was tough. He was a friend to so about people; and indeed, he and constituents had for him. many of us. He has made a profound Bettye over the years became Arlene Congressman JULIAN DIXON’s con- impact on this Congress, on the United and my closest friends in terms of so- tributions came in great part through States, and on the world. He carried cial contact. We traveled together. We his role on the Permanent Select Com- the load for a lot of the dirty work. loved one another. mittee on Intelligence, a committee re- And I guess I must at this moment I would close my remarks by telling flecting a patriotism of its members. just remember JULIAN in the words of a story that relates much of what we Congressman DIXON has also been an one of my favorite poems called ‘‘A Bag did together. Many years ago as a articulate and active member of the of Tools’’: young Member of the House on the mi- Committee on Appropriations, where Isn’t it strange how princes and nority side, I got used to staffers who he was a spokesperson for the needs, kings, and clowns that caper and saw- think they run our life. And I talked to not only of his own district, but for all dust rings, and common people, like a young staffer on the Committee on of urban America. you and me, are builders for eternity? Banking and Financial Services about In the loss of Congressman JULIAN Each is given a bag of tools, a shape- the fact that there had been many, DIXON, our Nation’s Capital has lost a less mass, a book of rules. And each many years since we had had a gold champion. As a member of the Sub- must fashion, ere life is flown, a stum- coin in this country. committee on the District of Columbia, bling block, or a Stepping-Stone. I was concerned about the fact that he was a defender of home rule for the On behalf of all of my colleagues of that was symbolizing our trade defi- District, for adequate education in the all of those who knew JULIAN, and par- cits, et cetera; and I introduced a bill District of Columbia, and for the en- ticularly the Democratic staff on the to create a new gold coin. And that franchisement of the District’s resi- Permanent Select Committee on Intel- staffer of the Committee on Banking dents. ligence who feel this loss so pro- and Financial Services, when I took JULIAN served in the Army from 1957 foundly, I say we are so happy and the idea to him, he literally mocked through 1960, and as one of a dwindling America is happy and the world is bet- and said, Congressman, that bill will number of Members who were veterans ter because JULIAN was not a stumbling never get a hearing. And you know in the Armed Services, he was a con- block. He was indeed a stepping-stone what, it did not through that Congress. tinual spokesperson for the needs of for a better life for human kind in this The following year, I introduced a our military and for the importance of world. bill again and then I sat down with my maintaining a strong defense posture Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 friend, JULIAN DIXON, and talked about as we negotiate for peace. minutes to the gentleman from Cali- the trade deficit in gold with South Af- His knowledge and understanding of fornia (Mr. LEWIS), chairman of the rica. And JULIAN DIXON cosponsored the needs of our military never ceased Subcommittee on Defense, and who that bill, the entire Black Caucus spon- to amaze and impress all of us. His was worked with JULIAN on the Permanent sored that bill, almost the whole House a voice which compelled the rest of us Select Committee on Intelligence. did. You know what? When I hold up that to listen carefully. Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speak- gold eagle coin, forever now, I will al- Mr. Speaker, JULIAN was a good and er, I very much appreciate my col- respected friend to all of us on both league, the gentleman from California ways remember our friend, JULIAN DIXON, and what he meant to our po- sides of the aisle. He earned our respect (Mr. HORN), for yielding me the time. and admiration; his shoes are going to Mr. Speaker, to my friends, many tential on both sides of the aisle as be difficult to fill. I join with all of our know that this has been a year of crisis human beings working together. Let us colleagues today in expressing condo- for me personally. It is the tragedy of use this as a symbol of the work we lences to his widow, Bettye Lee, to human life that causes us to focus and must do together. God bless JULIAN and Bettye Dixon. their child and to the many people who refocus on those things that are impor- considered him a role model and a tant. We talk often about crises around b 1115 hero. here, issues come and go, and it kind of Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 makes up our life and our day. And we minute to the gentlewoman from Texas minutes to the gentleman from Geor- take too little time to think about the (Ms. JACKSON-LEE). gia (Mr. BISHOP). importance of the humankind who Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Speaker, I thank make up this body. Speaker, I thank my colleagues very the gentleman from Florida for yield- This tragedy should remind all of us much. The loss of Congressman JULIAN ing me the time. that there are many, many more im- DIXON is a catastrophic loss. It is a cat- Mr. Speaker, I, too, join with my col- portant things about the work that we astrophic loss for this Nation and for leagues in expressing our profound sor- do than a single issue or a single day or this body. row in the loss of our colleague, JULIAN a single crisis. We will be talking a lot When others spoke of bipartisanship, DIXON. JULIAN was special to all of us; about the need for our coming to- JULIAN DIXON practiced it. When others but he was particularly special to me gether; and perhaps this horrible trag- spoke of congeniality and friendship because, when I came to this body edy will serve as a beginning point for and fellowship, JULIAN DIXON exempli- some 8 years ago, I identified him us to once again try to reach out to fied it. When others spoke of kindness quickly as a mentor. I talked with him. each other and express that love that and outreach, JULIAN DIXON embraced Mr. Speaker, I would seek his advice really makes this body what it can be you. When there was a hard task, an and his counsel. When I decided that I and should be. unpopular task, a challenging task, was interested in becoming a member Mr. Speaker, I have not had a closer this House turned to JULIAN DIXON. of the Permanent Select Committee on friend in the House than JULIAN DIXON. I did not have the honor and pleasure Intelligence, I immediately sought out We go back to the legislature together of serving with Mr. DIXON on a com- JULIAN DIXON, calling him long-dis- in California. We came here as class- mittee of this House, but I had the

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:56 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.037 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H12059 honor of serving with him in the Con- scending that conviction and recog- located to the gentleman from Cali- gressional Black Caucus and knowing nizing that many of the things that we fornia (Mr. HORN) will be controlled by him through my predecessors who believe so deeply divide us are transi- the gentleman from California (Mr. served in this House in the 18th Con- tory, they are products of the time and STARK). gressional District in Texas. the place in which we live, and focusing There was no objection. I heard of JULIAN DIXON before I ar- instead on our essential humanity, on Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I thank rived in this place, and the words were our respective worth and dignity. the distinguished gentleman from Cali- sweet and melodious. They were words I think that, in the year and years fornia (Mr. HORN), and we appreciate that were uplifting. They were friendly ahead, there can be no better model for that. words describing him. every Member of this body than our Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the To his wife Bettye and to his family, good friend who we will so deeply miss, gentleman from Alabama (Mr. I know that he is at this point missing the Honorable JULIAN DIXON. HILLIARD). in your heart, your mind and your Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, I join souls. But be forever reminded that the self such time as I may consume. my colleagues in expressing sympathy Nation mourns with you. Mr. Speaker, I would like to observe to the family of Congressman DIXON. Every now and then in every profes- Those of us who JULIAN DIXON en- for the House that we have received a deared himself to because he was that phone call from former Member Vic sion, on every job, there is recognition of a person who can give advice. That kind of man and that kind of Amer- Fazio of California who came to Con- person among his colleagues is sought ican, our hearts are torn, our hearts gress with JULIAN in that class, I out for advice; and he is sought out be- are deep with a loss. I can only say to think, in 1978, who wanted me to ex- cause of his talent, because of his per- my colleagues that I remain in shock, press to my colleagues and to Bettye severance, because of his sincerity and but I remain bolstered by the fact that Vic’s condolences. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the because of the good advice he gives. JU- JULIAN DIXON lived, he walked this gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. KIL- LIAN DIXON was such a person. Earth, he served this Nation. But most If he had been a doctor, he would of all, he has shown himself to be the PATRICK). (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was have been known as a doctor’s doctor. kind of person that the world will be given permission to revise and extend If he had been a lawyer, he would have reminded of, selfless, committed, self- her remarks.) been known as a lawyer’s lawyer. He sacrificing, loving, and special. Ms. KILPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, giv- was a congressman; and because of the God bless this Nation, God bless JU- ing honor to God who is the head of my advice that he gave me and many of LIAN as he flies among the eagles, and life, I join with my colleagues to really our colleagues, I consider him as a con- God bless his family. stand here and say what a giant we gressman’s congressman. Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 have lost. As was mentioned earlier, But I knew him also in another ca- minutes to the gentleman from Cali- Congressman DIXON said, ‘‘See you pacity. We both are brothers in the fra- fornia (Mr. COX), chairman of the Ma- next week,’’ and he will, because his ternity Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity In- jority Policy Committee. spirit lives, and it will always live as corporated. Because of the effort of Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I thank the long as we remember him. brother JULIAN DIXON, members of gentleman for yielding me this time. Congressman DIXON supported me be- Alpha now can pay tribute to Dr. Mar- Mr. Speaker, in a way, it is nice to be fore coming to this House of Represent- tin Luther King, our most famous here on the floor and to listen to all of atives. Every day as we served as a brother here in this district because of these things being said about JULIAN member of the Committee on Appro- the monument that he helped Congress DIXON, because my southern California priations for this House, his strength, create. colleague, even now that he is gone, is his intelligence, and his endurance was So on behalf of the more than hun- going to be a powerful force among us. a light for all of us to follow. dred brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fra- All of us in our spiritual lives have Over the rostrum here, it says ‘‘In ternity, I express my sympathy to his aspirational goals that we try to reach, God we trust.’’ Our Nation, this House, family. We lost a good brother, this something greater than us that we try and the world is in perilous times at Congress lost a good Member, and this to be. But it is also important in life to this moment. Let the spirit of Con- Nation lost a good servant. have real human beings that one can gressman JULIAN DIXON guide us I wish to express my deepest sympathy look at and say that is a person I would through these troubled waters. If we today for a dear friend and colleague who like to be like. That is someone who, if should use his spirit and his strength dedicated his entire life to serving his family, I strive, I work, I could be like that to get us through these difficult times, his District in California, and this United States person. JULIAN DIXON is such a model God will bless us, this country will be Congress. He served with determination and for all of us, and is not just now in a better place, and the world will be a an unwavering spirit of dedication. This void death, but was while he walked among safer place. cannot be filled. He was a native son of us such a person. So, Mr. Speaker, as we honor his Washington, D.C., and he made his home in He and I were facilitators together at memory today, let us not forget who he Los Angeles California, where he planted the Hershey at the bipartisan retreat. We was and what he stood for, fighting in- seeds of faith and overcoming. JULIAN over- spent a lot of time talking on airplanes justice wherever it reared its ugly came obstacles with a sense of grace and dig- flying to and from Southern California head, racism, sexism. This is a great nity. Now we can embrace the harvest he has and discussing important national se- country, and the best homage we can left behind. We must not forget the abundance curity business on the Permanent Se- pay to Congressman JULIAN DIXON is to of that harvest when we continue our good lect Committee on Intelligence where honor that memory and instill those works on the different committees upon which he bore so much responsibility. principles in this House. he served. I want to express my deepest sym- But it is with respect to the efforts My love goes out to Bettye and the pathy to his dear wife Betty and his son Cary. that we have made over a period of family, always know that we are here I shall remember both of you in my prayers. many Congresses at Hershey that I to support you. JULIAN DIXON, through JULIAN was truly on loan from God. think I will think best of JULIAN this House of Representatives, can lead Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 DIXON, because in a time when so many us the way into the future. minute to the gentleman from New people are talking about the need for God bless you, my brother, and may Jersey (Mr. PAYNE). bipartisanship, JULIAN DIXON can re- you rest in peace. (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given mind us of what that really is. Mr. HORN. Mr. Speaker, many of the permission to revise and extend his re- Bipartisanship, as he showed us, is Members are not even aware of this an- marks.) not lacking convictions. It is not being nouncement, so I ask unanimous con- Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I add my a political hermaphrodite, half Repub- sent to yield the time we have remain- voice to those who have already spoken lican, half Democrat. But JULIAN be- ing to the gentleman from California to express my heartfelt sympathy for lieved passionately about the things he (Mr. STARK). the family of JULIAN DIXON. When I de- did, and he was a great leader for our The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. cided to run for chairman of the Con- country. But, rather, it was tran- PEASE). Without objection, the time al- gressional Black Caucus, among the

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:56 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.039 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 H12060 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2000 first persons that I sought advice from Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 and to benefit, as so many others, from was JULIAN DIXON. He had a way of minute to the gentleman from Indiana his wisdom and his experience, as the sorting out the issues, trying to ensure (Mr. ROEMER). whole Nation and indeed the world has that the purposes of the Congressional (Mr. ROEMER asked and was given from his service. JULIAN was also my Black Caucus were definitely on the permission to revise and extend his re- landlord; and my family and I are deep- agenda that I was going to propose and marks.) ly appreciative of the great generosity gave me tremendous advice. That was Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, JULIAN that he showed to us when we rented just the way that he was. DIXON was a giant and a gentleman. I, from him. I think the committees that he first of all, want to extend my prayers Our love and our prayers go out to served on sort of said it all. He was a to his family, to Bettye Lee, and to his Bettye and his family, and we hope member of the Committee on Appro- son, to his staff and the staff in the that they are comforted not only by priations. He would not only appro- Permanent Select Committee on Intel- the fact that so many share in the bur- priate formally on the committee as ligence, and to the people of the 32nd den of his loss but by knowing that his his responsibilities said he should and District of California, and especially living and his service have not been in fought for the District of Columbia thank them for sending to us this giant vain. when there was a lot of adversity; but and gentleman who I served with on Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 he in his own private way was a giver, the Permanent Select Committee on minute to the gentleman from Wis- he was an appropriator, he gave advice. Intelligence. consin (Mr. OBEY), who, for a long He gave a wonderful event at the He was a giant in that the tough jobs time, was the chairman and now rank- Democratic National Convention where that demanded bipartisanship and fair- ing member under whom JULIAN served he had a beautiful dinner just for ness and ethics and intelligence, like on the Committee on Appropriations. friends, because that was the type of the Permanent Select Committee on Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, JULIAN person he was. He was on the Com- Intelligence and like the Committee on DIXON was one of those people who al- mittee on Ethics. He is a person of high Ethics, were given to JULIAN. most reveled in functioning anony- ethics. Everyone knows that. I think We have a saying, Mr. Speaker, mously in this House. He took jobs the committees that he served on said around here when we refer to people as that were behind the scenes. Chairing it all. the gentleman from California. JULIAN the Permanent Select Committee on Finally, the Permanent Select Com- DIXON was a gentleman in every sense Intelligence was not a publicity-seek- mittee on Intelligence, one could not of the word, kind and compassionate to ing job; serving as chairman of the find a person more intelligent, more everybody he met, and he was a gen- Committee on Standards of Official noble, more thorough and efficient tleman with a soothing voice. Conduct was a job that required discre- than JULIAN DIXON. tion and, for the most part, silence b 1130 We traveled recently, and he and his while judgments were being made. wife just complimented one another. He served the country in the mili- There are so many Members of this So as I conclude, I think that we can tary. He served the country as a public place who would almost kill to get to a simply remember that old Negro spir- servant. He served all of us. And now itual that said that ‘‘Let the work that microphone ahead of some other Mem- the good Lord has called him home to ber. JULIAN was never one of that type. I have done speak for me.’’ do even more important work. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 I served with him for every day that Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from North he served in this institution and had minute to the gentlewoman from Texas the privilege to serve with him on the Carolina (Mrs. CLAYTON). (Mrs. CLAYTON asked and was given (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON). Committee on Appropriations. Above permission to revise and extend her re- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of all else, what was driven home to me marks.) Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my on a daily basis was how much he loved Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, I colleagues in expressing my deepest and how much he knew this city. I ven- thank the gentleman for yielding me sympathy to JULIAN DIXON’s wife and ture to say he knows as much about this time. family. I met JULIAN DIXON the year this city as the mayor. He would, for Mr. Speaker, all of us are in shock, that he was elected to Congress years, undertake the thankless job of and I join with my colleagues in saying through mutual friends. I had a lot of representing those American citizens that I am in shock, too. But I also join relatives in his district who told me who have virtually no recourse in the my colleagues in saying I am in pro- that he was going to be the best. I con- face of grievances. Because while they found appreciation for the example and sidered him and Bettye my dear are taxed, they are not represented to the life that JULIAN DIXON led. All of us friends. He was quiet, dignified, profes- the point where they have an actual knew him for unique features, but just sional, dependable, thorough, hard vote on this floor, and so he saw that listening to the remarks, one under- working, and, as we hear, respected by as his special responsibility and special stands all of us had tremendous respect all. duty to tend to the needs of this city. for him. JULIAN was fair and knowledgeable of In our Committee on Appropriations Some of us knew him as a person his work. I will miss him. We will all we have a head table at the front, and who, indeed, could feather out con- miss him; but I will miss him as a role then we have four or five tables that go flicts. He had friends on both sides of model, I will miss him as a friend, and down from the head table, and there is the issues. Whether he agreed with one Bettye and family will have my deepest a gap between the committee rostrum or not, he would give one his advice. sympathy. and the seats where most Members sit. I serve on the Congressional Black Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 JULIAN sat at the end of that table Caucus Foundation and serve currently minute to the gentlewoman from the nearest the rostrum. When he felt espe- as chair, and he knew I was kind of a Virgin Islands (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN). cially passionate, he would stand. And reluctant chair of that committee. Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I he would not stand at his microphone, Part of his admonition to me was that thank my colleague for yielding me as most Members do. When he felt the greatest thing one can do is bring this time. strongly about an issue, he would about stability, understanding, and I, like my colleagues, am trying to speak truth with passion to his adver- working together. JULIAN certainly was deal with the shock of our loss, and all saries in that room and he would roam. not one to run away from thorny of us who have had the privilege of He would roam that well and drive issues. So I will remember him for knowing and working with JULIAN home his points with an attitude and a that. grieve at his death. I want to extend on demeanor that said ‘‘Don’t mess with I thank him for the life he leaves for behalf of the all of the people of the me,’’ and ‘‘Don’t bafflegab.’’ us. I hope that we can use it as a chal- Virgin Islands to his beloved wife He knew what the facts were. He de- lenge that we, too, can bring that Bettye and his family our sincere con- fended truth. He defended the defense- calmness, that respect, and the loving dolences. less. He had guts. He had judgment. He care in being a public servant. God It was truly a privilege for me to had balance. He had passion. He was bless you. have been able to serve with JULIAN everything a public servant should be,

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:56 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.042 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H12061 and this country has lost an incredible to mention where I went to school. I’d like We in the California delegation have amount when they have lost JULIAN somebody to mention on that day that Ju- lost a leader and a mentor, and we have DIXON. lian Dixon tried to give his life serving oth- been thunderstruck with the fourth Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 ers. I’d like somebody to say that on that day Julian Dixon tried to love somebody. I sudden death in our delegation in 4 minutes to the gentleman from Cali- want you to say on that day that Julian years. fornia (Mr. HUNTER). Dixon tried to be right on the war question. b 1145 Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I thank I want you to be able to say that he tried to my colleague for yielding me this time. feed the hungry. I want you to be able to say Mr. Speaker, as the gentleman from I wanted to add my voice to those of on that day that I did try in my life to clothe Indiana pointed out, we often use the my California colleagues who dealt those who were naked; that I did try in my term ‘‘gentleman.’’ But no one better with JULIAN and knew JULIAN over the life to visit those who were in prison, and I exemplified that term than JULIAN years and appreciated so much his tried to love and serve humanity. I want you DIXON. He showed us honor, he was a to say that I was a drum major; that I was conciliator, a wise voice even when comity, his ability to reach across the a drum major for justice; that I was a drum aisle in his friendship and his warmth. major for peace; a drum major for righteous- others were gripped with emotion. Yet In California, we are sometimes dif- ness, and all of the other shallow things will under that calm demeanor was a man ferent from other States. I remember not matter. I won’t have any money to leave of passion who fought for education coming in as a freshman in 1980, and behind; I won’t have the fine and luxurious and civil rights and the dispossessed, a while sometimes in Texas it is tough to things of life to leave; I just want to leave man who cosponsored virtually every tell a Texan apart in terms of philos- behind that I committed my life to do for civil rights bill of significance over the ophy, in California we were pretty others. A drum major for success: Julian last 20 years and who obtained funding Dixon. strongly polarized. And it was guys for the same Simon Wiesenthal Center, Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 like JULIAN, and particularly JULIAN, Museum of Tolerance, Tools for Toler- minute to the gentleman from Mary- who had that great ability to reach ance program in Los Angeles, a man land (Mr. CUMMINGS). across the aisle and talk to friends. who was placed on the Intelligence Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I want And we really knew we were JULIAN’s Committee and the Ethics Committee to say to the family of JULIAN DIXON, friends, because he was so genuine and because of what he could bring in intel- and certainly to his friends and rel- so good and established that relation- ligence and in honor to those commit- atives that they certainly have our ship that allowed us to work on lots of tees, a man who cared very much for sympathy. I also want to say to the projects together. He could look across the two cities in which he spent his staff, who I am sure is looking at this the wall of contention and combat and life, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles right now, that we thank them for all competitiveness that marked the elec- where he did so much to provide trans- that they have done to uplift his life tion and get together. and uplift ours. portation for our city. So it is interesting. We look back at In these moments it is really dif- Mr. Speaker, we have lost a great our colleagues that we have served ficult to figure out what to say. But man. He will be missed. with, and often we cannot remember sometimes I think when we are going Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I am all the issues, or we cannot remember through grieving moments we have to pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentle- all the details; but we always remem- first of all thank God that he allowed woman from Connecticut (Ms. ber the person. We are a people who re- E AURO our lives to eclipse with JULIAN D L ). member other people. This institution Ms. DELAURO. I thank the gen- DIXON’s. It was quite possible that we manifests itself not in the walls and could have been on Earth at another tleman for yielding me this time. the columns but in the people. JULIAN time. We could have been on Earth at Mr. Speaker, I rise to share the sor- DIXON was a wonderful, wonderful per- the same time and never had a chance row of my colleagues on the loss of our son. to meet or never got a chance to know colleague and our friend JULIAN DIXON. I hope we can all remember him, and him. I am not a Californian. I have not sometimes when we are having those I got a chance to know him. We served the length of time in this body fights that may tend to get a little bit worked on the Congressional Black that JULIAN DIXON did. I did sit with bitter, remember JULIAN; and I think Caucus Foundation board together. him on the Committee on Appropria- we will all be a little better to each Just a few weeks ago we were working tions. As someone who was senior to other and to the institution. on personnel policies, and he said, me on that committee, I sat and I lis- Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 ‘‘Cummings, when we start off, I want tened and I observed and I watched minute to the gentlewoman from Ohio you to be real clear. We are going to be him. And when he stood and he spoke, (Mrs. JONES of Ohio). fair. These policies are going to be which was not often, he spoke with Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I things where people can look at them great authority, he spoke with great rise with my colleagues this morning 50 years from now and feel good about dignity, he spoke with great passion to mourn the loss of JULIAN DIXON. them.’’ That is the kind of guy that JU- and with determination, because he un- I have the pleasure of succeeding derstood, better than most, the poten- Congressman Louis Stokes, who I LIAN DIXON was. So we thank God for his life. We tial of this institution and its effect on called this morning. He was just in thank God that he allowed our lives to the lives of people that we represent in shock, as we all are, about that friend- eclipse with his. This whole experience this institution. ship. He said to me, ‘‘Do you remember is a reminder that we are all bound by He was never afraid to stand tall and when I introduced you to JULIAN the reality of our mortality. We really to speak softly or loudly and with DIXON?’’ I said, ‘‘I can never forget it.’’ are. great passion about what this institu- And I can never forget that the first So I guess one could sum up his life tion can mean in the lives of people in check I got for my campaign came by that old spiritual that says, ‘‘Peace, this country. For that, I respected and from JULIAN DIXON. like a river, attendeth my way when admired and viewed him as a role I was trying to think what else I storm clouds like sea billows roll. model. could say very quickly, and I went Whatever my life, Thou has taught me But this institution can often be cold back to a speech by Martin Luther to say, it is well, it is well with my and it can be very impersonal, not only King where he was talking about a soul.’’ May God bless. for people outside of it but for people drum major’s instinct, and I will para- Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 inside of it. And if you needed someone phrase this for JULIAN DIXON. minute to the gentleman from Cali- to get some advice from, someone to If any of you are around when I have to fornia (Mr. SHERMAN). help you build your own confidence, meet my day, I don’t want a long funeral. Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, this you could go to JULIAN DIXON, and he And if you get somebody to deliver the eu- country has lost a leader of depth and never said no to the time that you logy, tell them not to talk too long. And tell them not to mention that I was a Member of integrity. We in this House have lost might have needed, and to respond to Congress. That wasn’t important. Tell them one of our own. Bettye and Cary have when you extended your hand. He not to mention that I have 300 or 400 other lost a husband and a father, and I have reached out and took your hand, and he awards. That is not important. Tell them not lost a role model and a friend. always had time to show you the way.

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And for those of us for all that JULIAN DIXON has meant to reflective and consider the issues and who serve, he was someone that we the District of Columbia. not just popularity or not just their could take heed from, that you should D.C. grieves today at having lost one own political future. I admired JULIAN stop and spend a moment of friendship of its strongest, most committed DIXON greatly. He was one of the Mem- with the people that you serve with friends, advocates, believers. JULIAN bers that I would emulate. But aside and to give to those who do not serve DIXON knew more about the District of from policy, JULIAN DIXON could be a with us the intent that we will stand Columbia and what needed to be done real friend. tall and speak loudly and with deter- legislatively than any other Member of When I heard of his passing, the first mination on your behalf. He will be this body with the possible exception of thing that I thought of was that I did someone that we sorely miss and some- its own Delegate. He used his influence not finish the book because we talked one that I will miss. thanklessly to advance the cause of about books on numerous occasions Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 people who did not have a sufficient and he had recommended a book to me minute to the gentleman from Missouri voice within this body. He used his in- and I had not finished it. I feel bad (Mr. SKELTON). fluence to give them that voice. about that. But I assure you, JULIAN, Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I find When I became ranking Democrat on that I will finish the book. myself somewhere between shock and the Subcommittee on D.C., it soon be- In closing, I would just say that we disbelief this afternoon. And yet as I came so apparent that it was JULIAN have truly lost a giant in this institu- sat in this Chamber listening to our that had laid the foundation for the tion, one who represented the great po- colleagues reflect upon our friend JU- most important issues, who under- tential of Congress and one who rep- LIAN DIXON, I sat in amazement that stood. His knowledge, his intellectual resented our greatest accomplish- even out of the grief and sadness of this honesty and his courage had made such ments, getting things done on behalf of moment, such warm and eloquent a difference. And when there was an the American people in a most selfless words could be spoken of someone’s issue that no one else was willing to way. He was a true public servant and life, and I realized that any words I take on, let alone win, it was JULIAN a great American. speak would not measure up. that would take up that issue. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 I knew him. He was a colleague. I was When he realized that more women minute to the gentleman from New on the Permanent Select Committee were dying from AIDS as a result of York (Mr. MEEKS). on Intelligence with JULIAN DIXON. I dirty needle exchange in D.C. than any- Mr. MEEKS of New York. Mr. Speak- worked with him. He was as bright as a place else in the country, he knew that er, to the family of JULIAN DIXON, what tack. Patient. I will repeat that. He this was a thankless issue that nobody echoes still in my head is the letter was patient. The polestar of his work wanted to take on, but JULIAN did. He that JULIAN sent to the members of the on that committee as I witnessed it stood up in that full Committee on Ap- Congressional Black Caucus where he was that of American security. But propriations. Our ranking member of said, ‘‘Rest assured, I’ll be okay.’’ I more than his work on that committee, the Committee on Appropriations the would like to say today to the family I witnessed him in leadership positions gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) that he is, in fact, ‘‘okay.’’ in this House. He was a true role described what would happen when Ju- In this time, you think and you have model. He was someone who gave ad- lian stood up. He commanded attention to say thank you. Thank you to our vice freely and, more than anything, because of his articulation but most good Lord for passing JULIAN DIXON served as a friend. That is how I will importantly because of his credibility, this way. remember JULIAN DIXON, as a friend. his courage. b 1200 I express my sympathy to his wife He won that issue. Nobody else could Bettye, to his family, to his colleagues have won that issue. But the Members Thank you for sending a servant who from his State, and to those who knew had such deep respect for JULIAN had the characteristics that one could him well. He was not only a gentleman, DIXON. That is his legacy. It is a legacy look up to. he was a gentle man. We shall long re- that gives all of us a model, a model When I think of JULIAN, I think of a member him. personally and professionally. He is role model, and I oftentimes wish that Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 what we need to be. JULIAN, we thank I could always have his cool and calm minute to the gentleman from Virginia you for all you have been to this body demeanor, even in the face of a storm. (Mr. MORAN). and this country. I wish that I could have his depend- Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speak- Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 ability, because you could always de- er, the rest of the world will wake up minute to the gentleman from Mary- pend upon JULIAN in a time of need. I tomorrow morning and read in the land (Mr. WYNN). think of him as ‘‘old reliable,’’ one who obituaries about JULIAN DIXON’s leader- Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to sa- sometimes, you know, you just make ship on appropriations and on the In- lute JULIAN DIXON. I believe he rep- the presumption that he is there, be- telligence Committee and the Ethics resents the very best of this institu- cause he always had been there for you Committee. They may figure out that tion. Not because of fiery rhetoric, not in time of need, a faithful individual he had a 100 percent perfect voting because of eloquent words, although he and a servant of this great Nation. record on civil rights, on education, on was certainly capable of both, but be- So I can imagine that when JULIAN the environment, on labor issues. They cause of his ability and his skill to was called home, our Lord said, ‘‘Job may find out about his funding of the work within this institution across the well done, my good and faithful serv- tools for tolerance program at Simon aisle to accomplish things, to get ant.’’ Wiesenthal Center or the Angel Gate things done for the American people. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 Academy for at-risk youth or any num- In my mind that is the true standard minute to the gentlewoman from Cali- ber of dozens of other things that he of greatness in Congress. Not to make fornia (Ms. LEE). started in his constituency. But they the most noise but to get the most Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I join my col- will not get a full flavor for what he done. I admire particularly the fact leagues in sharing my deep sense of meant to this body, his credibility, his that he could stand in the face of pop- shock and love for our beloved JULIAN courage, his heroism, his decency. That ular trends and tell you the real deal. DIXON. Julian was a warrior and a is his legacy. He could tell you the truth. He could statesman. I met JULIAN in 1975 when I Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to speak the truth in the face of over- worked as a member of Congressman express particularly on behalf of one of whelming odds. It did not matter. JU- Ron Dellums’ staff, who I know joins

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:56 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.047 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H12063 us today in remembering this great turn to him and ask, ‘‘JULIAN, will you through a very difficult presidential human being. take this on? This is something that is election and we begin to work through I will always remember how JULIAN so sensitive, but we need your kind of a very difficult political environment treated me as a staff member with dig- professional, thorough investigative up here, but I think if the people I rep- nity and with respect. I know today style. Will you do it?’’ And he would resent could see people like JULIAN that his staff would want me to say take on some of these assignments that DIXON in action here, making the dif- that JULIAN was a wonderful boss, who were highly classified, but so crucial to ficult choices for the right reasons, I demonstrated with them, like he did the country. think it would reaffirm their faith in with us, his tough love, his quiet There was a story in the San Jose this institution and the mere people strength. But that is what really kept Mercury that was very explosive about that serve here. many of us centered and focused. possible crack cocaine being supplied I am proud to have known JULIAN As a new Member, JULIAN counseled to African Americans in our country, DIXON and to have served with him. We me on many of the tips of this trade. one of the most sensitive issues that I will not talk about JULIAN DIXON in the Whenever an issue relating to an ap- can recall since I have been in Con- past tense for a long time, because he propriations project came before the gress. JULIAN DIXON was the person on will remind us, and I hope many people Committee on Appropriations with re- the committee who we asked to take who watch us, of the great things we gard to my district, he always checked that responsibility, and he helped bring can all do as people and the fine things with me first. He would never let me the truth to that issue and helped about this institution we are so privi- get blindsided, and he always made defuse it. leged to serve in. sure that my views and my input with His service will be missed in this in- Thank you again, JULIAN. regard to my district were paramount stitution. He was, as has been said here Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- in his negotiations. He never let me get today, very quiet. He was not the kind self such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I am about to make the blindsided. He was truly a gentleman. of person who was excitable, but he usual motion to adjourn, but I would Some of my most special moments, cared deeply about his responsibilities. like also to ask that because today’s however, with JULIAN were riding home I can still see him standing up in the with him, sometimes late at night. We Subcommittee on the District of Co- adjournment, at least for JULIAN, will lived right around the corner from each lumbia appropriations issue that the be sine die, that we save the gavel for his family. other, and during these rides he talked gentleman from Virginia (Mr. MORAN) Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. Mr. Speak- about things he really cared about: the mentioned, about this free needle ex- er, it is my sincerest wish that I would not issues and the people of his native change and how important it is to pro- have the need to stand on the floor of this Washington, D.C., and, of course, of his tect these people’s lives, and even House and address my colleagues today. My congressional district, and his family. though the committee is overwhelm- colleagues and I are here today to offer our But what he always reminded me ingly stacked against it, on the basis of prayers and condolences to Congressman JU- during these very personal conversa- votes, he was able to get almost the en- LIAN DIXON's constituents, friends, and family tions was that I should not let the busi- tire committee to join him in this im- upon his sudden passing. ness of my life here in Washington, portant endeavor, and he explained I want to especially extend my prayers to D.C. get in the way of my personal why it was so crucial to the lives of so his wife, Bettie, and his son, Cary. If I could friendships. All of us really do need to many people here in the District of Co- take a second to address them personally, I remember his words of wisdom, and I lumbia. simply say that while we cannot possibly thank him for this. So I miss him already. There will be share the sense of loss you are feeling, we I want to thank Bettye and JULIAN’s a great void here in this House with his can offer our understanding and our support in family and his constituents for sharing loss, but I hope that people will re- this trying time. this great leader with us. I want to member the great work that he did as If we could possibly bear your grief, we wish them God’s blessings. May JU- one of our best Members of the House would gladly do so. Please know that you are LIAN’s soul rest in peace. of Representatives. in our thoughts. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 JULIAN, God bless you and your fam- Those of us who knew Congressman DIXON minute to the distinguished gentleman ily. We are going to miss you. understood him to be a tremendous leader, from Washington (Mr. DICKS). Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 legislator, colleague, and friend. Congressman Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today minute to the gentleman from Florida DIXON, like so many others who have served in deep sorrow at losing a good friend (Mr. DAVIS). in this legislative body, had a sacred trust, a and colleague on the Committee on Ap- Mr. DAVIS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I sort of covenant, with the people who elected propriations and on the Permanent Se- would like to rise and to thank JULIAN him. In him, they entrusted their voice in gov- lect Committee on Intelligence where DIXON on behalf of myself and the com- ernment, and the direction of their futures. we served together, and my heart goes munity I represent in Tampa, Florida, Congressman DIXON lived up to the trust that out to his family, to Bettye, and to his and also to provide a further glimpse as was placed in him with an energy and dedica- staff, both here in Washington, D.C. to this really remarkable man that so tion that should serve as a tremendous exam- and back in his district. many of us served with. ple of public service to each and every one of JULIAN DIXON was a class act and I got to know JULIAN as really a rel- us. someone who will be missed. He was a atively new Member here. He did not In his work in the House of Representatives, person that the leadership would go to really know me from Adam, and I came he fought against crime in our neighborhoods, when there was a delicate assignment, to him with a very serious national se- against the hopelessness that plagues many either on the Permanent Select Com- curity issue, and he treated me like of our nation's inner-city youth, against the ra- mittee on Intelligence or on the Com- someone that he had known for years cial misunderstanding that birthed the Los An- mittee on Standards of Official Con- and who had earned his respect, which geles riots and against the idea that one duct, where he also served. For many I had not. I will never forget that. That should be treated different in America because years he and I served on the Sub- is rare around here. It is rare most ev- of the color or their skin. But he also brought committee on Defense Appropriations, erywhere. I got a chance to watch him his skill as a leader and a legislator to fight for and we worked together to really help in action working with the Attorney the things that have made our nation great. the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. General and working with Republicans He fought for programs that increased the MURTHA) and our various chairmen and Democrats and members of the strength of America's Armed Forces, for initia- over the years strengthen the United senior executive branch around here, tives that made life a little easier for our men States of America and to rebuild our and it was like a knife through butter. and women in uniform, for policies that protect national security. He had earned respect. He knew how to Americans from terror overseas and for the I can tell you, on the Permanent Se- talk to people. He had earned the trust belief that anyone, with hard work and dedica- lect Committee on Intelligence he sat of so many people that depended upon tion, can attain the American dream. next to me, and on some of the most him for his honest judgment. While we, as a legislative body, may feel delicate issues the gentleman from It is so easy to be cynical today in that we are that much more diminished be- Florida (Chairman GOSS) and I would this particular time as we work cause of his loss, that is not the case. We are

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:02 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K08DE7.050 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 H12064 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2000 richer because of the idealism he brought to and attempts to infringe on the rights of free FURTHER MESSAGE FROM THE us, because of the professionalism he has speech. Whether it was a president's assault SENATE shown us, and because of the friendship he on the Civil Rights Commission, a proposal for A further message from the Senate shared with us. And, what I think is most trou- a youth sub-minimum wage, efforts to weaken by Mr. Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- bling to us, is that because of his sudden federal contract compliance, to lessen the ef- nounced that the Senate has passed passing, we were not able to talk to him, to fects of full-employment legislation, or to elimi- without amendment a bill and a joint hold his hand one last time and say goodbye nate minority set-asides, the Caucus was resolution of the House of the following to our good friend. And so, I do so today. JU- there to respond.'' titles: LIAN * * * goodbye. We'll miss you. Today we mourn the loss of the JULIAN Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, only the resi- H.R. 2903. An act to reauthorize the Striped DIXON, and send our heartfelt sympathies to Bass Conservation Act, and for other pur- dents of JULIAN DIXON's own district can feel all who love this generous and passionate poses. as deeply about his loss as the citizens of the man. He will be sorely missed by the United H.J. Res. 128. Joint resolution making fur- District of Columbia, the city where he was States House of Representatives. ther continuing appropriations for the fiscal born and received his early education. JULIAN Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep year 2001, and for other purposes. managed to serve two districts at once with sadness that I add my voice to the chorus of f his extraordinary wisdom, excellence and dili- condolences offered to Congressman DIXON's LEAVE OF ABSENCE gence: his own in California, where he owed wife Bettye Lee and son Cary. This unex- his first allegiance, and this city. JULIAN be- pected loss is such a tragedy to all of his By unanimous consent, leave of ab- came a Californian when his parents took him friends, staff, and constituentsÐbut mostly of sence was granted to: there as a child, but he never ceased to be a course to his loved ones and family. Mr. BACA (at the request of Mr. GEP- Washingtonian. Shocked to learn the news this morning HARDT) for today on account of official I personally owe much to his wise counsel, while in Los Angeles, I wish I could be there business in the district. particularly during my first years in Congress on the House floor with my colleagues to join Mr. BECERRA (at the request of Mr. when JULIAN almost singlehandedly guided our in the expressions of sorrow and words of GEPHARDT) for today on account of offi- appropriations smoothly through tough terrain. honor. As the heartfelt eulogies flow from cial business. I am eternally grateful that he continued to Washington D.C. to the rest of the country, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois (at the request serve on the D.C. Appropriations Sub- many are reflecting on the lifelong contribu- of Mr. GEPHARDT) for today on account committee although it is a post with head- tions and inspirational leadership of Congress- of illness. aches, but no rewards. Yet all the provincial Mr. FOSSELLA (at the request of Mr. man DIXON. service to his own district and ours must not ARMEY) for today on account of his A superb public servant and guiding mentor obscure JULIAN's singular service to the institu- son’s hospitalization. to so many of us, Congressman DIXON will be tion in posts assigned only to members whose Mr. HILL of Montana (at the request greatly missed in the halls of Congress and in balance of justice, compassion and integrity is of Mr. ARMEY) for December 7 and the heart of Los Angeles. Again, to his closest perfect. JULIAN's service on the Intelligence today on account of medical reasons. family and to all who respected and honored Committee and the Ethics Committee came Mr. ROHRABACHER (at the request of Congressman DIXON, my deepest condo- because he was regarded as a member's Mr. ARMEY) for today through Decem- lences. member, the best that we had and the best ber 13 on account of a death in the fam- Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I want to offer that there was. We should be so fortunate to ily. my condolences to the family of JULIAN DIXON. ever attract again a member so wise and intel- f ligent, so collegial and so perfect for this All of us are dismayed at his untimely death. House. He was a colleague and a friend here in the SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED Congress since my arrival here in 1983. While Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, today America has By unanimous consent, permission to he will long be remembered for his work with lost a champion of human and civil rights, JU- address the House, following the legis- the House Ethics Committee and the Select LIAN C. DIXON of California. I offer my deepest lative program and any special orders Committee on Intelligence, his achievements and profound sympathy to his wife, BETTY, his heretofore entered, was granted to: in supporting development assistance to coun- son, Cary, and his other family, friends, and (The following Members (at the re- tries in the Caribbean and Africa should not be loved ones. JULIAN was serving in his 11th quest of Mr. OLVER) to revise and ex- overlooked. In fact, it was under his leadership term representing the 32d congressional dis- tend their remarks and include extra- that the first South African sanctions bill was trict, was a friend, a brother, and a patriot. Mr. neous material:) enacted by the United States Congress. DIXON was a vigorous, tireless fighter for civil Mr. OWENS, for 5 minutes, today. His death is a loss not only to his family and rights, cosponsoring every major civil rights Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, today. measure during his time in Congress. He lead the people in his Los Angeles district but to (The following Member (at the re- the nation as a whole. I will always feel his the fight to protect the U.S. Civil Rights Com- quest of Mr. THORNBERRY) to revise and mission when it was under assault. He was loss greatly. extend his remarks and include extra- also a tireless advocate of Home Rule for the Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, having neous material:) heard from JULIAN’s colleagues from District of Columbia so that all citizens would Mr. GOSS, for 5 minutes, today. have a voice in Congress. He was held in the California and across the Nation, I (The following Members (at their own highest regard by all of his Congressional col- yield back the balance of my time. request) to revise and extend their re- leagues. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. marks and include extraneous mate- He was a champion for the youth of Los An- PEASE). The question is on the resolu- rial:) geles, securing funds for anti-crime prevention tion. Mrs. LOWEY, for 5 minutes, today. programs across the city, and was a con- The resolution was agreed to. Mr. CLYBURN, for 5 minutes, today. sistent and effective voice in protecting the A motion to reconsider was laid on f poor. In 1983, he wrote the first economic the table. sanctions law against South Africa, and, in ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT 1987, he authored an urgent appropriations f RESOLUTION SIGNED bill to provide humanitarian aid to southern Af- Mr. THOMAS, from the Committee rica, the world's poorest region. JULIAN was a GENERAL LEAVE on House Administration, reported great leader in the Congressional Black Cau- that that committee had examined and Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- cus, serving as its chair in 1983±1984. JULIAN found truly enrolled bills and a joint imous consent that all Members may more than any CBC member, defined the role resolution of the House of the following have 5 legislative days within which to that the caucus has played. In 1984, JULIAN titles, which were thereupon signed by revise and extend their remarks on H. said, ``On the floor of the Congress, in com- the Speaker: Res. 671. mittee hearings, before the press and across H.R. 3048. An act to amend section 879 of America, we have spoken out against policies The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there title 18, United States Code, to provide clear- which undermine the enforcement of civil objection to the request of the gen- er coverage over threats against former rights and civil liberties, respect for law and tleman from California? Presidents and members of their families, order, disregard for personal rights of privacy, There was no objection. and for other purposes.

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 01:05 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08DE7.008 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H12065 H.R. 3514. An act to amend the Public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- transmitting the Department’s final rule— Health Service Act to provide for a system of mittee on Commerce. Amendment to Class E Airspace; Algona, IA sanctuaries for chimpanzees that have been 11247. A letter from the Deputy Associate [Airspace Docket No. 00–ACE–34] received designated as being no longer needed in re- Administrator, Environmental Protection December 7, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. search conducted or supported by the Public Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- Health Service, and for other purposes. rule—Approval and Promulgation of Imple- tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 4281. An act to establish, wherever mentation Plans; Arizona State Implementa- 11258. A letter from the Program Analyst, feasible, guidelines, recommendations, and tion Plan Revision, Pinal County Air Quality FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- regulations that promote the regulatory ac- Control District and Pinal-Gila Counties Air mitting the Department’s final rule—Air- ceptance of new or revised scientifically Quality Control District [AZ 063–0020a; FRL– worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 767 Se- valid toxicological tests that protect human 6839–9] received December 7, 2000, pursuant to ries Airplanes [Docket No. 2000–NM–91–AD; and animal health and the environment 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Amendment 39–11936; AD 2000–21–04] (RIN: while reducing, refining, or replacing animal Commerce. 2120–AA64) received December 7, 2000, pursu- tests and ensuring human safety and product 11248. A letter from the Lieutenant Gen- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee effectiveness. eral, Director, Defense Security Cooperation on Transportation and Infrastructure. H.R. 4640. An act to make grants to States Agency, transmitting the listing of all out- 11259. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- for carrying out DNA analyses for use in the standing Letters of Offer to sell any major cialist, FAA, Department of Transportation, Combined DNA Index System of the Federal defense equipment for $1 million or more; transmitting the Department’s final rule— Bureau of Investigation, to provide for the the listing of all Letters of Offer that were Airworthiness Directives; Turbomeca Arriel collection and analysis of DNA samples from accepted, as of September 30, 2000, pursuant 1 Series Turboshaft Engines; Correction certain violent and sexual offenders for use to 22 U.S.C. 2776(a); to the Committee on [Docket No. 2000–NE–11–AD; Amendment 39– in such system, and for other purposes. International Relations. 11912; AD 2000–20–01] (RIN: 2120–AA64) re- 11249. A letter from the Acting Director, H.R. 4827. An act to amend title 18, United ceived December 7, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, trans- States Code, to prevent the entry by false 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- mitting a report authorizing the transfer of pretenses to any real property, vessel, or air- tation and Infrastructure. up to $100M in defense articles and services 11260. A letter from the Program Analyst, craft of the United States or secure area of to the Government of Bosnia-Herzegovina, any airport, to prevent the misuse of genuine FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- pursuant to Public Law 104–107, section 540(c) mitting the Department’s final rule—Revi- and counterfeit police badges by those seek- (110 Stat. 736); to the Committee on Inter- ing to commit a crime, and for other pur- sion of Class E Airspace; Fayetteville, AR national Relations. [Airspace Docket No. 2000–ASW–17] received poses. 11250. A letter from the Director, Office of December 8, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. H.J. Res. 128. Joint resolution making con- Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regulatory 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- tinuing appropriations for the fiscal year Commission, transmitting the Commission’s tation and Infrastructure. 2001, and for other purposes. final rule—Export and Import of Nuclear 11261. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Equipment and Materials (RIN: 3150–AG51) f Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting received November 16, 2000, pursuant to 5 the Service’s final rule—Treatment of Loans SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on with Below-Market Interest Rates—received The SPEAKER announced his signa- International Relations. 11251. A letter from the Chair, Christopher December 6, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ture to enrolled bills of the Senate of Columbus Fellowship Foundation, transmit- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and the following titles: ting a report on the Foundation’s Fiscal Means. 11262. A letter from the Chief, Regulations S. 1972. An act to direct the Secretary of Year 2000 audit and investigative activities Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting Agriculture to convey to the town of Dolo- pursuant to the Inspector General Act; to the Service’s final rule—Research Credit- res, Colorado, the current site of the Joe the Committee on Government Reform. Suspension Period—received December 6, Rowell Park. 11252. A letter from the Chief Executive Of- 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the S. 2594. An act to authorize the Secretary ficer, Corporation For National Service, transmitting the Inspector General’s Semi- Committee on Ways and Means. of the Interior to contract with the Mancos 11263. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Water Conservancy District to use the Annual Report to Congress covering the pe- riod April 1, 2000 through September 30, 2000 Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting Mancos Project facilities for impounding, the Service’s final rule—Administrative, storage, diverting, and carriage of non- along with the Corporation’s Report on Final Action, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Procedural, and Miscellaneous—received De- project water for the purpose of irrigation, cember 6, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. domestic, municipal, industrial, and any Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Gov- ernment Reform. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and other beneficial purposes. Means. S. 3137. An act to establish a commission 11253. A letter from the Writer/Editor/ Webmaster, National Science Foundation, 11264. A letter from the Chief, Regulations to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Unit, Internal Revenue Service, transmitting the birth of James Madison. transmitting the semiannual report on the activities of the Office of Inspector General the Service’s final rule—Special Rules for f for the period April 1 through September 30, Certain Transactions Where Stated Principal 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Amount Does Not Exceed $2,800,000—received ADJOURNMENT Act) section 5(b); to the Committee on Gov- December 6, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, pursuant ernment Reform. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and to House Resolution 671, I move that 11254. A letter from the The Administrator, Means. the House do now adjourn in memory U.S. Agency For International Development, f transmitting the Office of Inspector Gen- of the late Honorable JULIAN C. DIXON. eral’s Semiannual Report to Congress for the PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS The motion was agreed to; accord- period ending September 30, 2000, pursuant to Under clause 2 of rule XII, public ingly (at 12 o’clock and 10 minutes 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to bills and resolutions of the following p.m.), under its previous order, the the Committee on Government Reform. 11255. A letter from the Chief, Office of titles were introduced and severally re- House adjourned until Monday, Decem- ferred, as follows: ber 11, 2000, at 5 p.m., in memory of the Regulations and Administrative Law, USCG, Department of Transportation, transmitting By Mr. LAMPSON (for himself, Mrs. late Honorable JULIAN C. DIXON of Cali- the Department’s final rule—Safety Zone MORELLA, and Mr. RODRIGUEZ): fornia. Regulations: Savannah, GA [COTP SAVAN- H.R. 5647. A bill to establish the Federal f NAH–00–098] (RIN: 2115–AA97) received No- Elections Review Commission to study the vember 30, 2000, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. nature and consequences of the Federal elec- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- toral process and make recommendations to ETC. tation and Infrastructure. ensure the integrity of, and public con- Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive 11256. A letter from the Assistant Chief fidence in, Federal elections; to the Com- mittee on House Administration. communications were taken from the Counsel for Legislation and Regulations, Federal Transit Administration, Department By Mr. LATOURETTE: Speaker’s table and referred as follows: of Transportation, transmitting the Depart- H.R. 5648. A bill to delay any legal effect or 11246. A letter from the Deputy Associate ment’s ‘‘Major’’ final rule—Major Capital In- implementation of a notice of rights and re- Administrator, Environmental Protection vestment Projects [Docket No. FTA 99–5474] quest for disposition form of the Immigra- Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final (RIN: 2132–AA63) received December 7, 2000, tion and Naturalization Service if an alien rule—Approval and Promulgation of Air pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- admits to being in the United States ille- Quality Implementation Plans; Pennsyl- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- gally, gives up the right to a hearing before vania; Approval of VOC and NOx RACT De- ture. departure, and requests to return to his terminations for Individual Sources [PA– 11257. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- country without a hearing; to the Com- 4096a; FRL–6577–9] received December 7, 2000, cialist, FAA, Department of Transportation, mittee on the Judiciary.

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:02 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08DE7.014 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 H12066 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2000 By Mr. OBEY (for himself, Mr. KIND, By Mr. GREEN of Texas: ADDITIONAL SPONSORS and Ms. BALDWIN): H.J. Res. 132. A joint resolution proposing Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 5649. A bill to require the Secretary of an amendment to the Constitution of the were added to public bills and resolu- Agriculture to make emergency market loss United States to abolish the electoral col- tions as follows: payments to dairy producers for any month lege and to provide for the direct popular H.R. 5642: Mr. MCKEON and Mr. GUTKNECHT. in which the national average price for Class election of the President and Vice President III milk under Federal milk marketing or- H.J. Res. 131: Mr. MCNULTY. of the United States; to the Committee on ders is less than a target price of $11.50 per f hundredweight; to the Committee on Agri- the Judiciary. By Mr. STARK: culture. ´ PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO: H. Res. 671. A resolution expressing the Under clause 3 of rule XII, condolences of the House of Representatives H.R. 5650. A bill to declare certain Federal 123. The SPEAKER presented a petition of on the death of the Honorable Julian C. lands in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the Legislature of Rockland County, New as excess, and for other purposes; to the Dixon, a Representative from the State of York, relative to Resolution No. 604 of 2000 Committee on Armed Services. ´ California; considered and agreed to petitioning the United States Congress to By Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO: By Mr. GREEN of Texas: condemn the murder of the two Israeli sol- H.R. 5651. A bill to convey certain Federal H. Res. 672. A resolution expressing the diers by a mob while in the custody of the lands to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, sense of the House of Representatives that Palestinian Authority at Ramallah, and and for other purposes; to the Committee on the private-sector distributors of the influ- urges President William Jefferson Clinton to Armed Services, and in addition to the Com- strongly condemn this atrocity and the vio- enza vaccine should give priority to distrib- mittee on Resources, for a period to be sub- lence which engendered it and to use all the sequently determined by the Speaker, in uting the available vaccine to those people resources of the United States government each case for consideration of such provi- at a high risk of developing complications to restore a situation of peace and security sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the from an influenza infection; to the Com- in the Middle East; which was referred to the committee concerned. mittee on Commerce. Committee on the Judiciary.

VerDate 08-DEC-2000 00:02 Dec 09, 2000 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L08DE7.100 pfrm02 PsN: H08PT1 E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2000 No. 151 Senate (Legislative day of Friday, September 22, 2000)

The Senate met at 10 a.m., on the ex- until 10:30 a.m. It is expected the House life Service then, to take some photo- piration of the recess, and was called to will vote this morning on a continuing graphs of those vessels. We found, after order by the President pro tempore resolution that funds the Government examining photographs, that on the [Mr. THURMOND]. through Monday, December 11. The top of the vessels, on the decks, there Senate will have a voice vote on the were pens, literally, where they would PRAYER resolution as soon as it is received toss a fur seal here and a harbor seal The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John from the House. Therefore, no votes there, and a baby sea lion there. And Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: will occur during today’s session of the then there was what we called a ‘‘glory Lord God, speak to us so that what Senate. On Monday, an additional CR hole’’ in the center, and they just we speak may have the ring of reality will be necessary. However, it is hoped shoved all of the fish into that hole. and the tenor of truth. You have grant- that a vote will not be needed on that And it was ground up and sent back ed the Senators the gift of words. May resolution on Monday. I thank my col- into the world’s economy as protein. they use this gift wisely today. Help leagues for their attention. None of it came ashore in the United them to speak words that inspire and Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest States or Alaska. instruct. Enable them to say what they the absence of a quorum. That appalled me. I came back and mean and then mean what they say, so The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The we worked with people in the House. that they are able to stand by their clerk will call the roll. We devised a bill and introduced it to words with integrity. And since the The assistant legislative clerk pro- claim the 200 miles off our shore for the world listens so carefully to what is ceeded to call the roll. protection of the marine resources. said and watches how it is said, may Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask That did not pass that year. the Senators judge each other’s ideas unanimous consent that the order for The next year, I asked my good but never each other’s value. In this the quorum call be rescinded. friend, Senator Warren Magnuson of way, may the Senate exemplify to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Washington, and he introduced the bill world how to maintain unity in diver- objection, it is so ordered. as chairman of the Commerce Com- sity and the bond of patriotism in the f mittee. I was cosponsor. But we worked search for Your best for America. Help to get that bill passed. STELLER SEA LION BIOLOGICAL By 1976, that bill was passed. We ob- us to listen to You and to each other. OPINION In Your all-powerful name. Amen. tained control over the 200 miles off Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I have our shore. In that process we started f come to the floor because, as we are the concept of Americanizing the 200 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE considering the final wrapup of the ap- mile zone so we could get better con- The Honorable CRAIG THOMAS, a Sen- propriations bills, I face the problem of trol over the vessels that harvested our ator from the State of Wyoming, led having to modify a provision that was fish. the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: in a bill as we were ready to send it to The grand story of the whole con- the President before the election deal- tinuum since 1976 is the pollock and I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Repub- ing with Steller sea lions. cod of the North Pacific. Pollock and lic for which it stands, one nation under God, It is sort of a long story, but let me cod were at that time a fairly insignifi- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. start from the beginning. cant fishery. They were taking prob- f In 1969, as a new Senator, I flew from ably 10–20 million pounds a year—a lit- Kodiak to the Pribilof Islands in a tle bit more—and would bring it ashore RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING Navy plane. I observed hundreds—hun- here into our country. MAJORITY LEADER dreds—of foreign fishing vessels—fac- But the difficulty with pollock is, it The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The tory trawlers—between those two is- must be fleshed and boned soon after it acting majority leader is recognized. lands off our coast. They were catching is caught. It turns into a wonderful, f Alaska’s seafood. As a matter of fact, white protein. The Japanese use it as they were beyond the 3-mile limit. surimi. We use pollock and cod as fil- SCHEDULE They were in international waters at lets and in fish sticks. If you go to Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, for the that time. Long John Silver’s or McDonald’s, any information of all Senators, the Senate Subsequently, I asked the Coast one of those entities today to buy a will be in a period for morning business Guard, and I think the Fish and Wild- fish sandwich, there is a 9 out of 10

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. S11748 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 8, 2000 chance you are going to be eating Alas- I am trying to start a line of rea- One man developed what is known as ka pollock. soning here so people understand what a localized depletion theory. He opined But here is the beauty of the control has happened. The way that that bio- that the reason there was a decline mechanism we set up over the 200-mile logical opinion under the Endangered around Atka Island was that factory limit. Pollock in the North Pacific is Species Act has been handled is a di- trawlers were coming and fishing. In cannibalistic. I have said that on the rect assault on the 1976 Magnuson Act the period after they were fishing, floor before. As they mature, they get because it has taken over the jurisdic- there was a localized depletion of the lazy, do not want to forage for food, tion of the regional councils to prepare fishery resource. That is not a sci- and they eat their young. We found these fishery management plans. In entific conclusion. That is a theory. that if you harvest the mature fish— fact, the Magnuson Act contains an But they brought him in to write the take them to market—the biomass ex- emergency clause. The Secretary of biological opinion on Steller sea lions pands. Commerce is enabled, under certain in relationship to pollock and cod, and The biomass of Alaskan pollock is circumstances, to issue emergency or- he used his new concept of localized de- about five times the size it was when ders that change or even promulgate a pletion. He has now brought forward in we created the 200-mile limit. It now management plan. But this manage- this biological opinion, through the De- sustains the most enormous fishery in ment plan is promulgated in a biologi- partment of Commerce—I wish I had the world. It is a vital necessity to the cal opinion issued under the Endan- the map to show the Senate—a process economy of the Pacific Northwest and gered Species Act. There is no emer- which denies access to the groundfish an absolute necessity to our State. gency clause in the Endangered Species fleet to areas within a 20-mile radius of By virtue of an action taken just re- Act. most Steller sea lion rookeries. The cently, the administration has now de- What we did in 1976 was to provide concept of the connection between nied access to Alaskan pollock and cod, the tools to each region to manage the those rookeries and the pollock is lo- to the extent that about 1,000 boats fisheries in their area. There has never calized depletion. It is not science. It is will not fish in January who would oth- been a more successful effort in terms an assumption. And it has not been ac- erwise go out and start fishing. of Federal-State cooperation, in my cepted by the scientific community. The Department of Commerce re- opinion. Now, because of a lawsuit filed Their own scientists admit they have leased, last Friday, a biological opinion by Greenpeace in a Federal court, the no data to support this theory, and on the relationship between the Steller National Marine Fisheries Service is that is a direct violation of both the sea lion and the Alaskan groundfish trying to change the total management Magnuson-Stevens Act and the Endan- fleet. This 588-page document contains of the North Pacific as far as the gered Species Act, which require a a massive rewrite of the fishery man- Steller sea lion and Alaska groundfish sound scientific basis. The difficulty is agement plan for the Bering Sea and are concerned. This is the real emer- that the biological opinion, if it be- the Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries. gency here for us, but it is something comes operative, will limit the areas Mind you, under the Magnuson Act— every coastal State should look at. Be- and limit the seasons in which fisher- it is now called the Magnuson-Stevens cause by using the authority of the men can fish for pollock and cod. That Act—but under that Act that com- Magnuson Act emergency clause and is a limitation that is only authorized menced in 1976, the duty to create fish- taking it into a process under the En- under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and ery management plans for the areas off dangered Species Act and issuing a it cannot be promulgated except in re- our shore lies in the regional councils. management plan that is only outlined sponse to a plan presented by the re- Alaska is the only State that has its by the Magnuson Act, but by issuing it gional council. own council—because of the massive in a biological opinion, what they have Our regional council denounces this area of our State; more than half the done is they have seized from the current biological opinion. Our State coastline of the United States is in States, they have seized from the re- opposes it violently. As I said, no one Alaska—we have a regional council. gional councils any management au- knew anything that was in it. It was As I mentioned, the duty to prepare thority over the areas off our shores totally in camera. Nobody had access fishery management plans under Fed- that the Magnuson Act covered. to it, unless it was the plaintiffs in the eral law is in the regional councils. I cannot stand by and see this hap- lawsuit, Greenpeace. The Commerce This is a magnificent experiment in pen. In the first place, as I said, this is Department denied me access to it and terms of government. The councils are a terrible blow to the people of my demanded I wait 12 hours. And in that created by appointments from the Sec- State who work hard harvesting and 12 hours, they filed it in opinion in retary of Commerce from a list sub- processing this fish. The value of the court without giving us a chance to ex- mitted by the Governors of the coastal lost harvest alone will be at least $191 amine it. States. The Federal Government and million under the biological opinion. The Magnuson Act was designed to the States have each delegated some But if you look at that stream of eco- promote safety at sea. I don’t know authority to those councils to manage nomic activity it creates in the na- how many people know about it, but fisheries in those areas. tional economy, there is over $1 billion the worst death ratio in any industry But this document, filed last Friday, a year that comes from groundfish. It in our country is in commercial fishing was prepared in secrecy. No one in my is turned into a marketable, salable off our State. As the father of a son State knew what was in it. product and develops these retail enti- who has been out there fishing for 10, It impacts areas inside Alaska state ties that are world renowned in terms 12, 15 years, I can tell the Senate, there waters. It covers areas in the jurisdic- of providing quality fish and fish prod- is no greater worry for a father than to tion of other departments. And it was ucts for consumption by our con- have a son on one of those boats be- not unveiled until the very last sumers. cause the death toll is horrendous. It minute. In fact, the National Marine The opinion that was filed is an in- will be worse because of Government Fisheries Service had an appointment teresting thing. The first five times the regulations that require closures and to brief me on it on Thursday, and they National Marine Fisheries Service ex- require actions that aren’t based on asked to put it off until Friday. I plored the relationship between pol- common sense. In this biological opin- changed that appointment for them. lock and the decline of the Steller sea ion, they are now going to force our The reason was, they wanted to file it lion, the opinion said there was no re- small boats to fish in the dangerous in court before they met with me. They lationship. Dissatisfied with that, the offshore areas in the winter storm sea- had already delivered the document to administration dismissed from the area son. They say: Fish in the winter storm the Federal judge involved when we of research the people who had written season. We passed the act so we could met Friday. They prepared this be- those first opinions and turned to a enact regulations so we could get out cause a Federal judge in Washington new researcher who had done some re- of the winter storm season. I can’t un- had enjoined all fishing because they search off Atka Island, which is about derstand why they would do that. It is lacked sound science under their prior 1,500 miles west of Anchorage, on the a direct violation of Federal law to do biological opinion, prepared under the relationship of mackerel out there to that. They should have at least con- Endangered Species Act. the fishing efforts. sulted the regional council and allowed December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11749 the regional council to have hearings. determine whether that framework contains addressed. Those fisheries and their effects They have not done so. necessary measures to ensure the protection on listed species are expected to continue in Yesterday in Anchorage the advisory of listed species and critical habitat. The the action area and into the future. Herring panel to the North Pacific Fisheries opinion determines whether the BSAI or and salmon are fisheries that are managed GOA groundfish fisheries, as implemented entirely by the State of Alaska, or, in the Management Council voted unani- under the respective FMPs, jeopardize the case of pollock and Pacific cod, only a per- mously to reject this biological opin- continued existence of listed species in the centage of the fishery is managed by State ion. They want to restore the regula- areas affected by the fisheries (i.e., the ac- authority, and are species found year-round tions that were in effect prior to its tion areas) or adversely modify critical habi- in the diet of Steller sea lions. issuance until we can have public hear- tat of such species. The environmental baseline also discusses the potential effects of the environmental ings and public review and we get the ACTION AREA changes on the carrying capacity of the ac- National Academy of Sciences and The action area consists of ‘‘all areas to be tion area over the past several decades, in- other qualified scientists to review this affected directly or indirectly by the Federal cluding the relationship between the dietary theory that has been presented by the action, and not merely the immediate area needs of Steller sea lions, the regime shift National Marine Fisheries Service involved in the action’’ (50 CFR 402.02(d)). As hypothesis, and massive population declines such, the action area for the Federally man- in recent decades. The opinion concludes under the cloak of sound science. aged BSAI groundfish fisheries covers all of I do have a provision I am going to that it is highly unlikely that natural envi- the Bering Sea under U.S. jurisdiction, ex- ronmental change has been the sole under- offer to this bill again. It is a modifica- tending southward to include the waters lying cause for the decline of Steller sea tion of the amendment that is already south of the Aleutian Islands west of 170°W lion. there. It would allow the fishery to go longitude to the border of the U.S. Exclusive The environmental baseline attempts to forward under both the Endangered Economic Zone. The action area covered by bring together all of the estimated mortali- Species Act and the Magnuson-Stevens the GOA FMP applies to the U.S. Exclusive ties of Steller sea lions and a synthesis of Act regulations that were in place be- Economic Zone of the North Pacific Ocean, the significance of those takes. The best exclusive of the Bering Sea, between the available scientific information on the mag- fore this opinion was issued. People are eastern Aleutian Islands at 170°W longitude nitude and likely impacts of Orca predation saying we are emasculating the Endan- and Dixon Entrance. The area encompasses on listed species in the action area are ana- gered Species Act. Nothing is further sites that are directly affected by fishing, as lyzed. Other factors, such as disease, ecologi- from the truth. The Endangered Spe- well as sites likely to be indirectly affected cal effects of commercial whaling through cies Act was part of the plan that was by the removal of fish at nearby sites. The the 1970s, and pollutants, while not entirely followed and was in effect before this action area would also, necessarily, include excluded as contributing factors, have been new plan was filed in the lawsuit in Se- those state waters that are encompassed by considered, but are given lesser importance in explaining the observed pattern of de- attle. Earlier this year, the Depart- critical habitat for Steller sea lions. The action area includes the Alaska range clines. ment of Commerce argued in court of both the endangered western and threat- EFFECTS OF ACTIONS that these regulations were sufficient ened eastern populations of the Steller sea The scope of the ‘‘effects of actions’’ anal- under the Endangered Species Act. lion. However, the effects of the Federal ysis is intended to be comprehensive. As Again, I am here to ask the Senators FMPs on Steller sea lions generally occur such, the opinion is broad and examines a from New England, from the Atlantic within the range of the western population. range of activities conducted pursuant to the area, from the South Atlantic area, Therefore, this consultation focuses pri- FMPs including the manner in which the from the Gulf coast, from the Pacific marily on areas west of 144 W longitude (the total allowable catch levels are set, the proc- council area, to look at what has hap- defined boundary of the western population ess that leads to the setting of these levels, of Steller sea lions). the amount of prey biomass taken from sea pened. This is a federalization of fish- NMFS has determined that the action lion critical habitat. The effects of other ac- eries off our shores under the guise of being considered in this biological opinion tivities that are interrelated or inter- the Endangered Species Act based upon may affect 22 species listed under the ESA, dependent are also analyzed. Indirect effects a theory that has not been tested any- including 7 species of endangered whales, the are those that are caused later in time, but where. two distinct populations of Steller sea lions, are still reasonably certain to occur. Inter- In my opinion, the current act that is twelve evolutionarily significant units (ESU) related actions are those that are part of a before us to close out the Government of Pacific salmonids and one species of en- larger action and depend upon the larger ac- dangered sea turtle. The action area also in- tion for their justification. Interdependent should not pass and will not have my cludes 4 species of endangered or threatened actions are those that have no independent signature on the final conference re- seabirds, and 1 species of marine mammal, utility apart from the action under consider- port unless something is in there that the northern sea otter, that has been pro- ation (50 CFR 402.02). deals with this very odd biological posed as a candidate species under the ESA. The first part of the effects analysis is a description of fishery management as prac- opinion and restores the capability of ENVIRONMENTAL BASELINE our people to continue to fish in a safe ticed under the FMPs, including an expla- The environmental baseline for the bio- nation of how ecosystem issues are consid- and sound way off our shores. logical opinion must include the past and ered. Particularly important sources of po- Mr. President, I was given a CD–ROM present impacts of all state, Federal or pri- tential ecosystem effects are highlighted in of this document, the biological opin- vate actions and other human activities in subsequent sections. The second part of the ion. I think it would be nice reading for the action area, the anticipated impacts of effects analysis focuses on the current ex- some people over the weekend. I ask all proposed Federal projects in the action ploitation strategy and its potential rel- area that have already undergone consulta- unanimous consent that the executive evance, both past and present, in shaping tions, and the impact of contemporaneous changes in the abundance and population summary be printed in the RECORD fol- State or private actions (50 CFR § 402.02). The structure of groundfish stocks. The present lowing my remarks. The entire docu- environmental baseline for this biological fishery management regime’s maximum tar- ment is available on the National Ma- opinion includes the effects of a wide variety get fishing reference point of B40% is used as rine Fisheries Service website. of human activities and natural phenomena an example to illustrate the potential direc- There being no ojbection, the mate- that may affect the survival and recovery of tion and intensity of direct effects. rial was ordered to be printed in the threatened and endangered species in the ac- The third part of the effects analysis re- tion area. The opinion recognizes that such views the annual fishery cycle, from surveys RECORD, as follows: phenomena and activities have contributed through the establishment of Total Allow- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY—NOVEMBER 30, 2000 to the current status of populations of those able Catch (TAC) levels. The effects are eval- In compliance with section 7 of the Endan- listed species. While some may have oc- uated specific to the major stages of the gered Species Act (ESA), the National Ma- curred in the past but no longer affect these cycle and to explore whether effects can be rine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has completed species, others may continue to affect popu- compounded through subsequent steps in the this biological opinion consulting on the au- lations of listed species in the study area. cycle. Finally, in the fourth part of the ef- thorization of groundfish fisheries in the The environmental baseline for this action fects analysis, the FMPs and their manage- Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands region includes fisheries and other FMP-associated ment tools and policies are examined as (BSAI) under the Fishery Management Plan activities that are occurring, and that have guiding documents for management of the (FMP) for the BSAI Groundfish, and the au- occurred prior to January 2000. Other fisheries and protection of the associated thorization of groundfish fisheries in the human-related activities discussed that may ecosystems. This part also addresses the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) under the FMP for affect, or have affected, the baseline include fisheries as they are prosecuted under the Groundfish of the GOA. This opinion is com- the impacts of human growth on the action FMPs. prehensive in scope and considers the fish- area and the effects of commercial and sub- CUMULATIVE EFFECTS eries and the overall management frame- sistence harvests of marine mammals. Alas- Cumulative effects include the effects of work established by the respective FMPs to ka managed commercial fisheries are also future State, tribal, local, or private actions S11750 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 8, 2000 that are reasonably certain to occur in the mackerel would drop below B40%. The global cific cod and Atka mackerel taken inside action area. The State groundfish fisheries control rule is a revised, more precautionary critical habitat inside the GOA to less than are generally smaller than the federal fishing strategy (F40% adjustment proce- 20% of the total catch. The measure also pro- groundfish fisheries but are expected to have dure) for principal prey of Steller sea lions tects against excessive harvest rates that marginally more impacts (because of loca- taken by the groundfish fisheries in the may rapidly deplete concentrations of prey tion) on listed species with respect to com- BSAI and GOA (pollock, Pacific cod and inside critical habitat. NMFS has concluded petition for prey and long term ecosystem Atka mackerel) than that which currently that a temporally dispersed fishery would impacts. The crab fishery is one of the big- exists under the FMP. The effect of using the not significantly harm the foraging success gest fisheries managed by the state. How- global control rule is increased likelihood of Steller sea lions as the take would be re- ever, this fishery is not likely to directly that the stock is maintained at or above the duced to a level that NMFS believes would compete for prey with either Steller sea target stock size by reducing the exploi- not compromise them. lions or other listed species. Herring, salm- tation rate at low stock sizes. The spatial concentration of current fish- on, Pacific cod, pollock, squid, and octopus Other RPA elements completely protect ing effort for pollock, Pacific cod and Atka are items found year-round in the diet of sea lions from groundfish fisheries at global mackerel may result in high local harvest Steller sea lions. Species such as salmon and and regional scales, and in both temporal rates that reduce the quality of habitat for herring occur much more frequently in the and spatial dimensions. The other RPA ele- foraging Steller sea lions. Fishing inside summer as determined by analyses of Steller ments reflect a heirarchy of NMFS concerns critical habitat may result in takes of sea lion prey habits from 1990–1998. about the effects of the groundfish fisheries Steller sea lions through adverse modifica- Perhaps the most important interaction on Steller sea lions. Those concerns are tion of habitat (i.e, prey availability). There- between state fisheries and listed species greatest with respect to critical habitat fore, this RPA reduces the percentage of pol- may arise from the pattern of localized re- areas around rookeries and major haulouts, lock taken inside critical habitat from 80 to movals of spawners. Although the patterns and in special foraging areas designated as 42% in the GOA, from 45 to 14% in the EBS are generally similar from one fishery to the critical habitat, and less for areas outside of and from 74 to 2% in the AI compared to 1998. next, the sheer number of distinct fisheries critical habitat where take levels are not It also reduces the percentage of Pacific cod makes it difficult to describe them individ- considered to be at a level that would jeop- caught in critical habitat from 48 to 21% in ually. Likewise, each fishery is distinctly ardize Steller sea lions. Significant inter- the GOA, from 39 to 17% in the EBS and from different in either the number of boats, gear actions between sea lions and the fisheries 79 to 17% in the AI as compared to 1998. The used, time of year, length of season, and fish for pollock, Pacific cod and Atka mackerel RPA reduces the percentage of Atka mack- species. Therefore, we present the herring have been eliminated in critical habitat be- erel caught inside critical habitat in the AI fishery as an example of this type of inter- tween November 1 and January 19, or 22% of from 66 to 8% as compared to 1998. action to demonstrate some of the competi- the year. This level of partitioning is nec- Finally, the RPA is designed to close ade- tive interactions that may occur. essary in this period because sea lions at this quate portions of critical habitat to commer- The impacts of some of the State fisheries time are considered extremely sensitive to cial fishing for the three primary prey spe- on Steller sea lions and, in some cases, prey availability. Because fisheries are re- cies of groundfish, while imposing restric- humpback whales would be similar to those stricted to the remaining 78% of the year, tions on fishing operations in areas open to of the Federal fisheries: cascade effects and dispersive actions taken at finer temporal fishing to avoid local depletion of prey re- and spatial scales are also necessary to avoid competition. Steller sea lions and some of sources for Steller sea lions. This approach jeopardy and adverse modification. The RPA the State fisheries actively demand a com- of creating areas open and closed to fishing extends 3 nautical mile (nm) protective mon resource and the fisheries reduce the operations provides contrast between com- zones around rookeries to all haulouts. In availability of that common resource to plete closures and restricting fishing areas the GOA, EBS and AI, a total of 139 no-fish- Steller sea lions while they satisfy their de- within critical habitat and forms the basis ing zones (note: the rookeries are already no- mand for fish. The State groundfish fisheries for monitoring the RPA. Over the past dec- entry zones) are established that will parti- may reduce the abundance or alter the dis- ade the North Pacific Fisheries Management tion all pups and non-pups from disturbances tribution of several prey species of listed Council has noted the importance of assess- associated with vessel traffic and fishing in species. ing the efficacy of conservation measures in- close proximity to important terrestrial After reviewing the current status of each tended to promote the recovery of the west- breeding and resting habitat. The RPA closes listed species in the action area, the environ- ern population of Steller sea lions. To this many rookeries and haulouts out to 20 nm to mental baseline for the action area, the ef- end, NMFS has incorporated into its RPA a directed fishing for pollock, Pacific cod and fects of the FMPs for Alaska Groundfish in monitoring program that will allow for such Atka mackerel. This second spatial parti- the BSAI and GOA, and the cumulative ef- an evaluation. fects of the federal action, NMFS has deter- tioning element excludes all fisheries for pol- lock, Pacific cod, and Atka mackerel from INCIDENTAL TAKE STATEMENT AND mined that the FMPs are not likely to jeop- CONSERVATION RECOMMENDATIONS ardize the continued existence of any listed approximately 63% of critical habitat in the An Incidental Take Statement (ITS) speci- species in the action area except for the en- GOA, EBS, and Aleutian Islands. These fies the impact of any incidental taking of dangered western population of Steller sea measures significantly increase the amount endangered or threatened species. It also lions. In addition, after reviewing the cur- of critical habitat protected from directed provides reasonable and prudent measures rent status of critical habitat that has been fishing for Steller sea lion prey, greatly re- that are necessary to minimize impacts and designated for Steller sea lions, the environ- duces the number of potential takes of sets forth terms and conditions with which mental baseline for the action area, the Steller sea lions through competition for a NMFS must comply in order to implement FMPs for Alaska Groundfish in the BSAI and prey base inside critical habitat, completely the reasonable and prudent measures and to GOA, and the cumulative effects, it is NMFS’ protects all pups and non-pups on rookeries be exempt from the prohibitions of section 9 biological opinion that the FMPs are likely and haulouts out to 3 nm from the effects of fishing activity, and greatly reduces the of the ESA. to adversely modify this critical habitat des- In addition to the RPA and ITS, conserva- ignated for Steller sea lions. interactions between fisheries and sea lions during winter months. tion recommendations have been provided REASONABLE AND PRUDENT ALTERNATIVE Fisheries occurring in the remaining 34% within this biological opinion. An example of Based on the effects discussion and NMFS of critical habitat and the areas outside crit- one of the conservation recommendations determination that fishing activity under ical habitat require further dispersive ac- that NMFS believes should be implemented the FMPs are likely to jeopardize the contin- tions to avoid jeopardy and adverse modi- is a more comprehensive stock assessment ued existence of the western population of fication. The temporal concentration of fish- that would provide detailed information on Steller sea lions and are likely to adversely eries for pollock, Pacific cod and Atka mack- groundfish stocks on spatial and temporal modify their designated critical habitat, erel may result in high local harvest rates scales and to provide timely review of pos- NMFS has developed a reasonable and pru- that may reduce the quality of habitat by sible fishery interactions with listed species dent alternative (RPA) with multiple compo- modifying prey availability. The RPA estab- (and in the future on essential fish habitat). nents for the groundfish fisheries in the lishes the following measures to disperse This would allow for better analysis of the BSAI and GOA. The fisheries effects that fishing effort at regional and local scales and possible impacts of target fisheries on listed give rise to these determinations include to reduce the effects of groundfish fisheries species and the more proactive development both large scale removals of Steller sea lion on prey availability for sea lions to neg- of time/space harvest recommendations at forage over time, and the potential for re- ligible or background levels. the individual stock assessment level so that duced availability of prey on the fishing The RPA separates the fisheries into four fishery interactions with listed species and grounds at scales of importance to individual seasonal limits inside critical habitat, and essential fish habitat can be minimized. foraging Steller sea lions. two seasonal releases outside of critical The cumulative effect of the RPA elements The first RPA element addresses the har- habitat, and disperses fishing effort through- contained in this biological opinion success- vest strategy for fish removal at the global out the open portion of the year, January 20– fully removes jeopardy and avoid adverse or FMP level. This RPA requires the adop- October 31. Season start dates are spaced modification of designated critical habitat. tion of a new harvest control rule that would evenly throughout this period and portions However, the State fisheries in Alaska, par- decrease the likelihood that the fished bio- of the TAC is allocated to each season. These ticularly those involving salmon, herring, mass for pollock, Pacific cod and Atka actions reduce the proportion of pollock, Pa- and Pacific cod are likely to result in take of December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11751 Steller sea lions and may require modifica- sonal relationships among the 100 MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING tion. As a conservation measure, NMFS also Members is something really quite dif- APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL recommends that the State of Alaska re- ferent. Each of us leaves the others YEAR 2001 quest NMFS to assist in the development of with strong impressions. Friendships a Habitat Conservation Plan (as authorized Mr. GORTON. Given the presence of under section 10 of the ESA). This plan become both broad and deep during the the assistant Democratic leader, I ask should be designed to mitigate adverse im- course of a career here in the Senate. unanimous consent the Senate now pacts on Steller sea lions and other listed When one comes to the end of such a turn to the consideration of H.J. Res. species that might accrue from State man- career, it is those personal relation- 128. aged fisheries. This plan should employ the ships, in my view, that are the most The PRESIDING OFFICER. The same standards and principles as used in this deep and most profound and that have biological opinion to prevent completion and clerk will report the joint resolution the greatest effect on one as an indi- by title. minimize take between fisheries and listed vidual. species. The legislative clerk read as follows: To listen to expressions from people A joint resolution (H.J. Res. 128) making CONCLUSION who are not accustomed to speaking After analyzing the cumulative, direct and further continuing appropriations for the fis- emotionally or personally is an ex- cal year 2001, and for other purposes. indirect effects of the Alaska groundfish tremely moving experience. For that fisheries on listed species, NMFS concludes There being no objection, the Senate reason, as close as each of those indi- that the fisheries do not jeopardize any list- proceeded to consider the joint resolu- viduals was to me, I don’t want to men- ed species other than Steller sea lions. The tion. tion them by name but simply express biological opinion concludes that the fish- Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask my thanks and my appreciation for all eries do jeopardize Steller sea lions and ad- unanimous consent that the resolution versely modify their critical habitat due to they said. Those friendships, of course, be considered read the third time and competition for prey and modification of will continue in most cases through a passed and the motion to reconsider be their prey field. The three main species with lifetime. which Steller sea lions compete for prey are Relationships of necessity are really laid upon the table. pollock, Pacific cod, and Atka mackerel. The quite different. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without biological opinion provides a reasonable and There is, however, one other set of objection, it is so ordered. prudent alternative to modify the fisheries The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 128) in a way that avoids jeopardy and adverse relationships about which I should like to speak very briefly, and that is the was considered read the third time and modification. passed. Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I sug- relationship between a Member of this f gest the absence of a quorum. body and his or her staff, both present The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and past. I think I can say unequivo- COMMENDING SENATOR GORTON cally that quite profoundly I am and clerk will call the roll. Mr. REID. Mr. President, while the The assistant legislative clerk pro- have been a creature of my staff over the period of my entire 18 years in this Senator from Washington is present. I ceeded to call the roll. wish to tell him on a very personal Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask body. My proudest achievement is that so basis, how much I have appreciated his unanimous consent that the order for many young people—almost all from help. SLADE GORTON has called the the quorum call be rescinded. my own State—have worked for a great State of Washington his home for the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without or shorter period of time on my staff past 47 years, having moved to Seattle objection, it is so ordered. either here or in the State of Wash- from Chicago in 1953. f ington. The great majority of them, of He served in the United States Army from 1946 to 1947. He was in the United EXTENSION OF MORNING course, have already gone on to other States Air Force on active duty where BUSINESS careers—most of them in the State, a return that I find particularly grati- he reached the rank of colonel, from Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask fying. 1953 to 1956, and in the Air Force Re- unanimous consent that the period for If I have a legacy—I think in many serves from 1956 to 1981. morning business be extended, with respects if any of us has a true legacy I have worked with Senator GORTON Senators permitted to speak for up to over the years—the best of all the bills on the Appropriations Committee, par- 10 minutes each. we have gotten passed and almost in- ticularly on interior issues. Because of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without evitably amended within a relatively his knowledge and experience on inte- objection, it is so ordered. short period of time—that legacy is the rior matters, working closely with him f young people to whom we have given a in his role as the Interior Sub- start here in highly responsible posi- committee chair, we passed the Lake SENATE RELATIONSHIPS tions, working on important matters of Tahoe Restoration Act and other im- Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, yester- public policy and dealing with dozens, portant environmental legislation for day morning, without any notice to hundreds, and even thousands of the Nevada including restoration of the this Senator, my distinguished col- constituents whom we represent, grow- Lahonton cutthroat trout and stopping league from Washington, Senator MUR- ing in not only thoughtfulness but re- the spread of invasive species. RAY, came to the floor to congratulate sponsibility during that period of time. Those of us who have worked with me in my career in the Senate in a For me, the great legacy for genera- SLADE GORTON have long known his most generous and gracious fashion tions to come will be the new, young, dedication to the ideals of this body and to yield time to other Senators for and maturing people who have worked and his championing of the State of the same purpose. for me during the course of these 18 Washington. I remember when the Sen- Each of them, including the other years. I have every hope that at some ator took over the Interior Sub- Senator present, Mr. BURNS, was more time in the not too distant future at committee on Appropriations; he did than generous and profuse in their least one of them may appear in this something unusual. The Senator called praise. The experience of listening to it body as a Member. And certainly I am members to his office, all the members in my office bore some resemblance to of the belief that many of them will ap- of the subcommittee, Democrats and attending one’s own wake. But, none- pear in my State and other States in Republicans, to sit down and talk theless, the many fine things that were positions of increasing responsibility in about what we thought should be the stated about my career by Members on a lifetime that will have been marked direction of the subcommittee, which both sides of the aisle is deeply appre- by our association together. areas should be funded, which areas ciated. I thank my colleagues. I thank the should be cut back a little bit. I appre- I reflected a little bit later on the staff here and of the Senate itself in ciated that very much. It set a great fact that while our public image—and, this Chamber, but most particularly tone for the subcommittee. for that matter, our public duties—has the hundreds of young people who have I was curious and looked around his to deal with profound political and so- worked for and with me during the office and saw many indications that cial questions of public policy, our per- course of the last 18 years. Senator GORTON had been to the U.S. S11752 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 8, 2000 Supreme Court presenting cases. I have for the people of your own State but tian faith was a central part of his life. been in courtrooms many times, at the country, if you used the experience He loved his family, friends and most over 100 jury trials, argued before the and the wisdom of all Members of your important of all, he loved Christ. ninth circuit of our State supreme committees or of the Senate itself. Today, I join his family and friends in court, but never had the opportunity to So I am particularly grateful for the remembrance of Mark Gillming, whose argue a case before the U.S. Supreme comments of the Senator from Nevada. demeanor and character were a bless- Court, even though I am a member of But whatever courtesies he was ren- ing to those who knew him. He will be that bar. dered by this Senator he earned by missed greatly.∑ The number of times the Senator having taught the same lesson. f from Washington has appeared as an f advocate for the State of Washington MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE PROJECT HOMESAFE and other parties in the U.S. Supreme ENROLLED BILL SIGNED Court is most impressive. It is a rare Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, there is a Under the authority of the order of occasion that a person gets to argue company in my home State of Michi- the Senate of January 6, 1999, the Sec- once, but to argue as many cases before gan which is to be commended for its retary of the Senate, on December 7, the Supreme Court as the Senator from efforts to reduce gun injuries and 2000, during the recess of the Senate, Washington has is extremely impres- deaths. Last month, Meijer Stores received a message from the House of sive. paired up with a coalition of law en- Representatives announcing that the I also want to say that the people of forcement officials to implement a fire- Speaker has signed the following en- Nevada have done well as a result of arm buyback program in selected coun- rolled bill: the Senator being the chairman of that ties in Michigan. H.R. 2415. An act to enhance security of subcommittee. The State of Nevada is The firearm buyback program, called United States missions and personnel over- 87-percent owned by the Federal Gov- ‘‘Project Homesafe,’’ allows gun owners seas, to authorize appropriations for the De- ernment. As a result we have many to receive a $50 Meijer cash card in ex- partment of State for fiscal year 2000, and for problems. The Senator from Wash- change for every functioning firearm. other purposes. ington was always very understanding Meijer Stores donated $100,000 worth of Under authority of the order of the of the very special problems we had in these cash cards to promote the dis- Senate of January 6, 1999, the enrolled the State of Nevada. posal of unwanted guns. Guns turned in bill was signed subsequently by the The Senator had a great relationship under this program are expected to be President pro tempore (Mr. THUR- with the ranking member of that sub- destroyed. MOND). committee, Senator BYRD, and to have Mr. President, Project Homesafe is a At 10:26 a.m., a message from the Senator BYRD say publicly the things constructive enterprise and the kind of House of Representatives, delivered by he has on many occasions about his re- public-private partnership needed to Ms. Kelaher, one of its reading clerks, lationship with Senator GORTON speaks promote safety in Michigan homes and announced that the House has passed volumes. Senator BYRD has been in the communities. I applaud the initiative the following joint resolution, in which Senate 48 years and really understands of Meijer Stores as well as Attorney it requests the concurrence of the Sen- quality when he sees it. General Jennifer Granholm, the Michi- ate: I want the Senator from Washington gan Sheriffs’ Association, Ingham H.J. Res. 128. Joint resolution making fur- to know how much I appreciate his County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth, ther continuing appropriations for the fiscal good work. I will always remember his and Kent County Sheriff James year 2001, and for other purposes. friendship and look forward to our con- Dougan, all of whom were instrumental The message also announced that the tinued association. in implementing Project Homesafe. House has passed the following bills, I thank SLADE GORTON, his wife f without amendment: Sally, and their three children and S. 1898. An act to provide protection seven grandchildren for their years of ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS against the risks to the public that are in- sacrifice and dedication to our nation. herent in the interstate transportation of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- violent prisoners. IN HONOR OF MARK LEWIS ator from Washington. S. 3045. An act to improve the quality, Mr. GORTON. I thank the Senator GILLMING timeliness, and credibility of forensic science from Nevada for his fine comments and ∑ Mr. ASHCROFT. Mr. President, I services for criminal justice purposes. compliments. I may tell the Senator, would like to take this opportunity to The message further announced that that relationship is perhaps a result of recognize and honor the two-month an- the House agrees to the amendment of the marvelous biblical statement about niversary of the death of Mark Lewis the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4640) to casting your bread upon water and hav- Gillming, who passed away Sunday, Oc- make grants to States for carrying out ing it come back manyfold. tober 8, 2000, in a car accident in DNA analyses for use in the Combined When I was first a member of the Ap- Springfield, Missouri, on his way to DNA Index System of the Federal Bu- propriations Committee, I was in the church with his cousin, John Lingo. reau of Investigation, to provide for minority. The Senator from Nevada Mark Gillming grew up in my home the collection and analysis of DNA was the chairman of the modest sub- town of Springfield, Missouri, and was samples from certain violent and sex- committee on the legislative branch, a senior at Hillcrest High School to be ual offenders for use in such system, and I was his ranking minority mem- graduated with the class of 2001. As a and for other purposes. ber. The Senator from Nevada came to student, he excelled in both academics The message also announced that the my office to consult with me in a way and athletics, becoming an honors stu- House agrees to the amendments of the he did not need to about those appro- dent and being involved in track and Senate to the bill (H.R. 5630) to author- priations. I think it was I who per- football. Mark exhibited a great pres- ize appropriations for fiscal year 2001 suaded him to put more benches and ence on the Hillcrest High football for intelligence and intelligence-re- trash receptacles on the Capitol team, both in action and in spirit. lated activities of the United States grounds, which was denuded of them at Mark’s life touched many lives, far Government, the Community Manage- the time, so I can believe I actually ac- beyond his school into his community. ment Account, and the Central Intel- complished something in that modest He was well liked by his peers and had ligence Agency Retirement and Dis- position. great influence on those who knew him ability System, and for other purposes. It was that lesson when we went into during his short life. His positive out- ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED the majority that taught me that on look enriched those around him. The message further announced that the Appropriations Committee and the Mark was the son of Pastor and Mrs. the Speaker has signed the following Senate as a whole, it was best to work Kenneth D. Gillming. He was a member enrolled bills: with everyone when it was at all pos- of Cherry Street Baptist Church where H.R. 3048. An act to amend section 879 of sible to do so and that you were far his father is a pastor. Mark was a lead- title 18, United States Code, to provide clear- more likely to be successful not only er in their youth ministry. His Chris- er coverage over threats against former December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11753 Presidents and members of their families, (Revenue Ruling 2000–55) received on Decem- EC–11813. A communication from the Act- and for other purposes. ber 7, 2000; to the Committee on Finance. ing Chief Counsel, Foreign Assets Control, H.R. 4281. An act to establish, wherever EC–11801. A communication from the Chief, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, feasible, guidelines, recommendations, and Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled regulations that promote the regulatory ac- Department of the Treasury, transmitting, ‘‘Blocked Persons, Specially Designated Na- ceptance of new and revised toxicological pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled tionals, Specially Designated Terrorists, tests that protect human and animal health ‘‘Rev. Rul. 2001–10—Small Taxpayer Excep- Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and Spe- and the environment while reducing, refin- tion to Accrual Method and Inventory Re- cially Designated Narcotics Traffickers: Ad- ing, or replacing animal tests and ensuring quirements’’ (Rev. Rul. 2001–10) received on ditional Designations and Removals and human safety and product effectiveness. December 7, 2000; to the Committee on Fi- Supplementary Information on Specially H.R. 4827. An act to amend title 18, United nance. Designated Narcotics Traffickers, Foreign States Code, to prevent the entry by false EC–11802. A communication from the Chief, Terrorist Organizations’’ (31 CFR chapter V, pretenses to any real property, vessel, or air- Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, appendix A) received on November 28, 2000; to craft of the United States or secure area of Department of the Treasury, transmitting, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and any airport, to prevent the misuse of genuine pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Urban Affairs. and counterfeit police badges by those seek- ‘‘Year 2001 Section 7872(g) CPI Adjustment’’ EC–11814. A communication from the Fed- ing to commit a crime, and for other pur- (Revenue Ruling 2000–56) received on Decem- eral Register Liaison Officer, Office of Thrift poses. ber 7, 2000; to the Committee on Finance. Supervision, Department of the Treasury, EC–11803. A communication from the Chief, S. 1972. An act to direct the Secretary of transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Agriculture to convey to the town of Dolo- a rule entitled ‘‘Consumer Protections for Department of the Treasury, transmitting, res, Colorado, the current site of the Joe Depository Institution Sales of Insurance’’ pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Rowell Park. (RIN1550–AB34) received on November 28, ‘‘December 2000 Applicable Federal Rates’’ S. 2594. An act to authorize the Secretary 2000; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, (Revenue Ruling 2000–54) received on Novem- of the Interior to contract with the Mancos and Urban Affairs. ber 17, 2000; to the Committee on Finance. EC–11815. A communication from the As- Water Conservancy District to use the EC–11804. A communication from the sistant to the Federal Reserve Board, trans- Mancos Project facilities for impounding, Chair, Medicare Payment Advisory Commis- mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule storage, diverting, and carriage of non- sion, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Regulation H Part 208—Member- project water for the purpose of irrigation, relative to medical savings accounts and ship of State Banking Institutions in the domestic, municipal, industrial, and any payment for care in post recovery care cen- Federal Reserve System, Regulation Y Part other beneficial purposes. ters; to the Committee on Finance. S. 3137. An act to establish a commission EC–11805. A communication from the Sec- 225—Bank Holding Companies and Change in to commemorate the 250th anniversary of retary of the Navy in concurrence with the Bank Control’’ (R–1087) received on Novem- the birth of James Madison. Navy Chief of Operations, transmitting, pur- ber 29, 2000; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. f suant to law, a report relative to the Marine Corps intranet contract; to the Committee EC–11816. A communication from the Leg- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER on Armed Services. islative and Regulatory Activities Division, COMMUNICATIONS EC–11806. A communication from the As- Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator of National Banks, transmitting, pursuant to The following communications were sistant Attorney General, Office of Legisla- tive Affairs, Department of Justice, trans- law, a report relative to the final rule ‘‘Con- laid before the Senate, together with mitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to sumer Protections for Depository Institution accompanying papers, reports, and doc- the activities during fiscal year 1998; to the Sales of Insurance’’; to the Committee on uments, which were referred as indi- Committee on the Judiciary. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. cated: EC–11807. A communication from the Di- EC–11817. A communication from the Coun- sel for Legislation and Regulations, Office of EC–11795. A communication from the Chief, rector of the Policy Directives and Instruc- tions Branch, Immigration and Naturaliza- Public and Indian Housing, Department of Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Housing and Urban Development, transmit- Department of the Treasury, transmitting, tion Service, Department of Justice, trans- mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled entitled ‘‘Asylum Procedures’’ (RIN1115– titled ‘‘Consortia of Public Housing Agencies ‘‘Application of the Anti-Churning Rules for AE93) received on December 7, 2000; to the and Joint Ventures’’ (RIN2577–AC00) (FR– Amortization of Intangibles in Partnerships’’ Committee on the Judiciary. 4474–F–02) received on November 30, 2000; to (RIN1545–AX73) (T.D. 8907) received on No- EC–11808. A communication from the the Committee on Banking, Housing, and vember 27, 2000; to the Committee on Fi- Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellec- Urban Affairs. nance. tual Property and Director of the Patent and EC–11818. A communication from the Sec- EC–11796. A communication from the Chief, Trademark Office, transmitting, pursuant to retary to the Emergency Loan Guarantee Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Sim- Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- Department of the Treasury, transmitting, plification of Certain Requirements in Paten port of a rule entitled ‘‘Emergency Steel pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Interference Practice’’ (RIN0651–AB15) re- Guarantee Loan Program; Commercial Lend- ‘‘Revenue Procedure 2000–50, Treatment of ceived on November 27, 2000; to the Com- ing Practices and Re-opening of Period for the Costs of Computer Software’’ (Revenue mittee on the Judiciary. Applications’’ (RIN3003–ZA00) received on Procedure 2000–50) received on December 4, EC–11809. A communication from the December 5, 2000; to the Committee on Bank- 2000; to the Committee on Finance. Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellec- ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC–11797. A communication from the Chief, tual Property and Director of the Patent and EC–11819. A communication from the Leg- Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Trademark Office, transmitting, pursuant to islative and Regulatory Activities Division, Department of the Treasury, transmitting, law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Rules to Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled Implement Optional Inter Partes Reexam- of National Banks, transmitting, pursuant to ‘‘ ‘Liable to Tax’ Treaty Residence Stand- ination Proceedings’’ (RIN0651–AB04) re- law, a report relative to the final rule ‘‘Rules ard’’ (RR–1114511–00) received on December 4, ceived on November 27, 2000; to the Com- of Practice and Procedure’’; to the Com- 2000; to the Committee on Finance. mittee on the Judiciary. mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- EC–11798. A communication from the Chief, EC–11810. A communication from the Di- fairs. Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, rector of the Office of Management and EC–11820. A communication from the Leg- Department of the Treasury, transmitting, Budget, Executive Office of the President, islative and Regulatory Activities Division, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled transmitting, pursuant to law, the pay-as- Comptroller of the Currency, Administrator ‘‘Federal Employment Tax Deposits—De you-go reports numbers 522–526, dated No- of National Banks, transmitting, pursuant to Minimis Rule’’ (RIN1545–AY46, T.D.8909) re- vember 16, 2000; to the Committee on the law, a report relative to the final rule ‘‘Risk- ceived on December 5, 2000; to the Committee Budget. Based Capital Guidelines; Market Risk Meas- on Finance. EC–11811. A communication from the Di- ure; Securities Borrowing Transactions’’; to EC–11799. A communication from the Chief, rector of the Office of Management and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Budget, Executive Office of the President, Urban Affairs. Department of the Treasury, transmitting, transmitting, pursuant to law, the pay-as- EC–11821. A communication from the Sec- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled you-go reports numbers 517–521, dated No- retary of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to ‘‘Notice 2001–2, Research Credit Suspension vember 16, 2000; to the Committee on the law, the report entitled ‘‘Replacement Fuel Period’’ received on December 7, 2000; to the Budget. and Alternative Fuel Technical and Policy Committee on Finance. EC–11812. A communication from the Di- Analysis’’; to the Committee on Energy and EC–11800. A communication from the Chief, rector of the Office of Management and Natural Resources. Regulations Unit, Internal Revenue Service, Budget, Executive Office of the President, EC–11822. A communication from the Act- Department of the Treasury, transmitting, transmitting, pursuant to law, the pay-as- ing Administrator, Energy Information Ad- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled you-go reports numbers 527–531; to the Com- ministration, Department of Energy, trans- ‘‘Year 2001 Section 1274A CPI Adjustments’’ mittee on the Budget. mitting, pursuant to law, the report entitled S11754 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 8, 2000 ‘‘Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the EC–11831. A communication from the Chief, laid upon the table, and any state- United States 1999’’; to the Committee on Office of Regulations and Administrative ments relating to the bill be printed in Energy and Natural Resources. Law, United States Coast Guard, Depart- the RECORD. EC–11823. A communication from the Act- ment of Transportation, transmitting, pur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ing Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife suant to law, the report of a rule entitled and Parks, Department of the Interior, ‘‘Drawbridge Regulations; Sacramento objection, it is so ordered. transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of River, CA (CGD11–00–011)’’ (RIN2115–AE47) The bill (H.R. 2903) was read the third a rule entitled ‘‘Migratory Bird Hunting; (2000–0052) received on November 9, 2000; to time and passed. Temporary Approval of Tin Shot as Nontoxic the Committee on Commerce, Science, and for Hunting Waterfowl and Coots During the Transportation. f 2000–2001 Season’’ (RIN1018–AH67) received on EC–11832. A communication from the Chief, November 30, 2000; to the Committee on En- Office of Regulations and Administrative ORDERS FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER vironment and Public Works. Law, United States Coast Guard, Depart- 11, 2000 EC–11824. A communication from the Di- ment of Transportation, transmitting, pur- Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask rector of the Office of Congressional Affairs, suant to law, the report of a rule entitled Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Nu- unanimous consent that when the Sen- ‘‘Drawbridge Regulations; Mokelumne River, ate completes its business today, it re- clear Regulatory Commission, transmitting, CA (CGD11–00–009)’’ (RIN2115–AE47) (2000– pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled 0053) received on November 9, 2000; to the cess until the hour of 5:30 p.m. on Mon- ‘‘List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Committee on Commerce, Science, and day, December 11. I further ask consent NAC–UMS Amendment’’ (RIN3150–AG57) re- Transportation. that on Monday, immediately fol- ceived on December 5, 2000; to the Committee EC–11833. A communication from the Chief, lowing the prayer, the Journal of pro- on Environment and Public Works. Office of Regulations and Administrative EC–11825. A communication from the ceedings be approved to date, the time Law, United States Coast Guard, Depart- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Farm for the two leaders be reserved for their Credit Administration, transmitting, pursu- ment of Transportation, transmitting, pur- use later in the day, and the Senate ant to the Inspector General Act for the pe- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled then begin a period of morning busi- ‘‘Drawbridge Regulations; Gulf Intracoastal riod of April 1, 2000 through September 30, ness until the hour of 6 p.m., with Sen- 2000; to the Committee on Governmental Af- Water, Algiers Alternate Route, Louisiana (CGD08–00–021)’’ (RIN2115–AE47) (2000–0054) ators speaking for up to 10 minutes fairs. each, with the time equally divided in EC–11826. A communication from the Man- received on November 9, 2000; to the Com- ager, Benefits Communications, Farm Credit mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- the usual form. Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, the an- tation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without nual report for the plan year ended Decem- EC–11834. A communication from the Chief, objection, it is so ordered. ber 21, 1999; to the Committee on Govern- Office of Regulations and Administrative mental Affairs. Law, United States Coast Guard, Depart- f EC–11827. A communication from the Ad- ment of Transportation, transmitting, pur- ministrator, Rural Utilities Service, Depart- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled ORDER FOR RECORD TO REMAIN ment of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant ‘‘Regulated Navigation Areas; San Pedro OPEN to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘7 CFR Bay, California (CGD11–00–007)’’ (RIN2115– Mr. BURNS. I further ask consent Part 1792, Seismic Safety’’ (RIN0572–AB47) AE84) (2000–0005) received on November 9, that the RECORD remain open until 12 received on December 4, 2000; to the Com- 2000; to the Committee on Commerce, mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- Science, and Transportation. noon for the submission of statements. estry. EC–11835. A communication from the Chief, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without EC–11828. A communication from the Chief, Office of Regulations and Administrative objection, it is so ordered. Office of Regulations and Administrative Law, United States Coast Guard, Depart- Law, United States Coast Guard, Depart- ment of Transportation, transmitting, pur- f ment of Transportation, transmitting, pur- suant to law, the report of a rule entitled suant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Noxious Liquid Substances, Obsolete Haz- PROGRAM ‘‘Safety/Security Zone Regulations; 2nd An- ardous Materials in Bulk, and Current Haz- Mr. BURNS. For the information of nual Head to the New River Front Regatta, ardous Materials in Bulk (USCG–2000–7079)’’ all Senators, the Senate will convene Hartford, Connecticut (CGD01–00–218)’’ (RIN2115–AF96) (2000–0001) received on No- on Monday, December 11, at 5:30 p.m. (RIN2115–AA97) (2000–0088) received on No- vember 9, 2000; to the Committee on Com- The House is expected to vote on a con- vember 9, 2000; to the Committee on Com- merce, Science, and Transportation. merce, Science, and Transportation. tinuing resolution on Monday evening. EC–11829. A communication from the Chief, f Therefore, the Senate will be in a pe- Office of Regulations and Administrative REAUTHORIZATION OF THE riod of morning business awaiting the Law, United States Coast Guard, Depart- STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION receipt of the resolution from the ment of Transportation, transmitting, pur- ACT House. Senators should be aware that suant to law, the report of a rule entitled the resolution is expected to be passed ‘‘Safety/Security Zone Regulations; Weekly Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I ask fireworks, Dockside Restaurant, Port Jeffer- unanimous consent that the Senate by voice vote, and therefore a rollcall son harbor, NY (CGD01–00–217)’’ (RIN2115– now proceed to consideration of H.R. vote is not expected on Monday. AA97) (2000–0089) received on November 9, 2903, which is at the desk. f 2000; to the Committee on Commerce, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Science, and Transportation. RECESS UNTIL 5:30 P.M., MONDAY, EC–11830. A communication from the Chief, clerk will report the bill. Office of Regulations and Administrative The assistant legislative clerk read DECEMBER 11, 2000 Law, United States Coast Guard, Depart- as follows: Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, if there is ment of Transportation, transmitting, pur- A bill (H.R. 2903) to reauthorize the striped no further business to come before the suant to law, the report of a rule entitled bass conservation act and for other purposes. Senate, I now ask unanimous consent ‘‘Safety/Security Zone Regulations; Oil Spill There being no objection, the Senate that the Senate stand in recess under Recovery, Lower New York and Sandy Hook Bays(CGD01–00–220)’’ (RIN2115–AA97) (2000– proceeded to consider the bill. the previous order. 0090) received on November 9, 2000; to the Mr. BURNS. I ask unanimous consent There being no objection, the Senate, Committee on Commerce, Science, and that the bill be read the third time and at 10:48 a.m., recessed until Monday, Transportation. passed, the motion to reconsider be December 11, 2000, at 5:30 p.m. December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2155 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

WINNERS OF THE OLIN E. TEAGUE work and for the distinguished award they re- about $4 million, but which others familiar AWARD ceived. with his midwifery put at as much as $40 f million. Mr. Vega says he took the payments as part of his undercover persona, and that HON. BOB STUMP SECRET AGENT MAN his law-enforcement handlers knew it. He OF ARIZONA also denies paying any bribes. ‘‘The agents I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES worked with used to joke: ‘Baruch, we HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. trained to put people in jail, but with you, Thursday, December 7, 2000 OF MICHIGAN we get them out,’ ’’ he says. Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, in a ceremony on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES However the case sorts out, Mr. Vega’s story offers a rare look into the twilight Wednesday, September 13, 2000, in the Thursday, December 7, 2000 House Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing world of the narcotics informant—and into room, the Orientation and Mobility Section, Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I submit the the questionable relationships and accom- modations. U.S. authorities sometimes enter Western Blind Rehabilitation Center, VA Palo following articles, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on December 7, 2000 into the into as they pursue the global war on drugs. Alto Health Care Facility, Palo Alto, California, Already, it is proving an acute embarrass- received an Olin E. Teague Award for their ef- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. ment to the DEA, which has placed two forts on behalf of disabled veterans. SECRET AGENT MAN—FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER agents on paid leave pending an internal in- The Teague Award is presented annually to SCORES BIG OFF PALS IN THE NARCOTICS vestigation of their relationship with Mr. VA employees whose achievements have TRADE Vega. And it comes at a delicate time, just been of extraordinary benefit to veterans with BARUCH VEGA MADE MILLIONS AS A FEDERAL as the U.S. government begins to implement service-connected disabilities, and is the high- INFORMANT, BUT WAS JUSTICE SERVED?—A a $1.3 billion program to fight the narcotics PRIVATE JET TO PANAMA CITY trade underpinning Colombia’s bloody civil est honor at VA in the field of rehabilitation. war. By Jose de Cordoba The Section members, Miriam Emanuel, Because of the highly secretive nature of Scott Johnson, Julie Hazan, Richard Ludt, MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—For years, fashion undercover operations—and law enforce- Patrick Ryan, Jennifer C. Smith, Candace photographer Baruch Vega jetted from ment’s reluctance to disclose the details of Thelen, and Paul Thomas, Blind Rehabilitation Miami to Milan, shooting the industry’s top cooperation agreements with drug suspects— Specialists; Charles ``C.T.'' Vasile, Supervisor models. it’s impossible to answer the central ques- Few knew of Mr. Vega’s off-the-books job, tion of whether traffickers who paid fees to Blind Rehabilitation Specialist, and Bill one that was far more lucrative—and dan- Ekstrom, Chief Western Blind Rehabilitation Mr. Vega received special treatment from gerous. When he wasn’t snapping collections the U.S. justice system. No evidence has Center, were selected to receive this pres- for Versace or Valentino, Mr. Vega, a Colom- been presented that any agents accepted tigious award in honor of their work to develop bian by birth and an engineer by training, bribes. But what can be pieced together, the first power scooter training program for low was covertly meeting with some of the through court documents and interviews vision blinded veterans with ambulatory prob- world’s most-powerful drug traffickers, try- with Mr. Vega and others involved in his ca- lems. ing to persuade them to surrender to U.S. reer, suggests at the very least a highly un- Realizing that current support items such as lawmen. orthodox operation that took on a life of its By most accounts, he was a star operative. own, fueled by piles of underworld cash. canes, walkers, and scooters did not meet the ‘‘We regarded Vega as our principal weapon’’ needs of the less mobile, blind veteran, the in the battle against Colombia’s drug car- RED FACES AT DEA team determined to find a solution. The team tels, says one former U.S. agent. ‘‘I think he In a brief statement, the DEA says it is worked with specialists in Physical Therapy, was very successful,’’ agrees retired cocaine ‘‘very concerned about the allegations . . . Physical Medicine, and Prosthetics Service to kingpin Jorge Luis Ochoa, speaking by cel- concerning the conduct of certain DEA study the various types of power scooters lular phone from Colombia, where he re- agents.’’ It declines to comment further, cit- available for sighted individuals. In addition to cently completed a six-year prison term. ‘‘A ing a continuing investigation. The Justice Department also declines to comment. their full daily schedules, the team members lot of people got into his program and co- operated with him, and he with them.’’ Mr. Vega became a law enforcement go-be- made the time to actually become power So many, in fact, that a meeting brokered tween almost by accident. He was working in scooter travelers to learn to navigate on the by Mr. Vega last year in a Panama hotel New York City in 1976 as a structural engi- scooters as sighted individuals. When they be- drew more than two dozen drug dealers or neer when a neighbor and fellow Colombian came fully knowledgeable of power scooter their representatives, according to Mr. Vega was arrested in a police raid. The neighbor’s travel, they began to develop options to adapt and the lawyer for one of the suspects. Rat- wife tearfully sought Mr. Vega’s help. Mr. the power scooter for use by blind veterans. tled by a new Colombian policy permitting Vega, who was studying law at night, had be- Their enthusiasm, persistence, and creativity traffickers to be extradited to the U.S., they friended a fellow student then working at met in marathon sessions with Drug En- the FBI. According to Mr. Vega, his friend paid off. Two distinct power scooter programs forcement Administration agents, negoti- said the case against the neighbor appeared were developed to meet the differing needs ating plea agreements that would poten- weak, and charges would probably be and capabilities of legally blind low vision vet- tially net them reduced jail terms in ex- dropped soon. They were. erans. These programs offer veterans a higher change for providing information on drug The grateful neighbor, who was indeed in- quality of life and a highly valued commodityÐ shipments by other traffickers. volved in the cocaine trade, gave Mr. Vega their independence. But in March, Mr. Vega’s secret life unrav- $20,000 for what he believed was a successful Mr. Speaker, the name Olin E. ``Tiger'' eled. As he was unpacking from a photo intervention. Word of Mr. Vega’s supposed Teague is synonymous with exemplary service shoot, agents from the Federal Bureau of In- clout began to spread, and he soon met many of the future capos of Colombia’s drug car- to the Nation's veterans. The late Congress- vestigation burst into his penthouse and ar- rested him on money-laundering and ob- tels, most of whom who were then living in man Teague served on the House Veterans struction-of-justice charges. In a criminal New York. Affairs Committee for 32 years, 18 of those complaint filed in Miami federal court, the By 1978, Mr. Vega was dividing his time be- years as its distinguished chairman. No one government accused him of receiving mil- tween New York and Miami, which was im- who opposed him on veterans' issues ever lion-dollar fees from drug lords, in return for mersed in the violence and decadence later had to ask why he was called Tiger. He set promising to use his influence with U.S. made famous by the television show ‘‘Miami the standards by which we can best serve all agents—and even bribes—to help them with Vice.’’ ‘‘There were the beautiful people, co- veterans. I know my colleagues join me in of- their legal problems. The name he gave the caine, models, the fast life,’’ says Sgt. June Hawkins, now a supervisor in the homicide fering our deep appreciation to the Orientation operation, according to the complaint: ‘‘The Narcotics Traffickers Rehabilitation Pro- unit of the Miami-Dade police department. and Mobility Section for their concern, dedica- gram.’’ There were also lots of unsolved murders in- tion, and innovation in meeting the special re- Mr. Vega, a trim 53-year-old who favors volving Colombians with false names. ‘‘They habilitation needs of disabled veterans. We black T-shirts, readily admits he accepted were who-isits, not who-dunnits,’’ says Sgt. congratulate them for the excellence of their the traffickers’ money, which he says totaled Hawkins.

∑ 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. E2156 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 8, 2000 After finding Mr. Vega’s name and number a cent, but knew him as a lawyer who visited ‘‘There were 200 drug dealers who wanted in the phone book of one victim, police dis- prison ‘‘to ask Colombians for money to ad- to surrender to American justice and make a covered he was often able to identify the vise us.’’ Mr. Castano Ochoa says he never deal,’’ says Mr. Vega. who-isits. At the time, Mr. Vega was married cooperated with the U.S. government, and For the DEA’s Mr. Tinsley, the panic was to the daughter of a real-estate tycoon who says he was freed because the judge ‘‘realized a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to strike a counted among his properties the Mutiny there was nothing against me.’’ crushing blow against the drug trade, says Hotel, then a favorite watering hole for That the drug dealers were paying Mr. Richard Sharpstein, his lawyer. ‘‘Tinsley be- many of the city’s most-notorious char- Vega for his purported services was an open lieved they had the highest-level drug deal- acters. secret among the U.S. agents working with ers in the world willing to cooperate at a A YACHT NAMED ABBY SUE him, says one former official. Indeed, some level never seen before,’’ says Mr. Mr. Vega lived the Miami lifestyle, with a saw it as a plus, given their tight budget. Sharpstein. In the following months, Mr. Vega was mansion off Miami Beach and a 78-foot yacht ‘‘The drug traffickers paid him to be their constantly on an airplane, shuttling between named the Abby Sue. ‘‘He was a real charm- representative,’’ say the former official. ‘‘We Panama and Miami, brokering meetings be- er,’’ remembers Sgt. Hawkins, then a mem- didn’t have to spend any government funds; tween DEA agents and drug traffickers anx- ber of Centac 26, a joint federal, state and we never could have afforded the level he was ious to make their peace with the U.S., ac- local police antidrug task force. ‘‘A wheeler- spending.’’ In any case, Mr. Vega’s results seem to cording to interviews with meeting partici- dealer extraordinaire who could sell snow to have outweighted any misgiving. In 1987, pants and statements by lawyers for drug the Eskimos.’’ Mr. Vega’s charm was enhanced by his when cartel hit men almost killed a former dealers submitted to the FBI. He was such a willingness to fund his own activities, a wel- Colombian attorney general, Mr. Vega was frequent flier that last November, he come contrast to most informants, whom po- able to learn the names of the would-be as- plunked down $250,000 toward the lease-pur- lice tend to view as money-grubbing low- sassins, says the former official. In 1989, the chase of a seven-passenger Hawker jet, Mr. lifes. Former Centac commander Raul Diaz FBI asked Mr. Vega to look into reports that Vega says. Panamanian flight manifests show that on says Mr. Vega aided in one of the unit’s big- drug dealers were planning to blow up Presi- many occasions he was accompanied on his gest cases ever, at great personal risk, and dent George Bush’s plane during a trip to Co- jet by DEA agent Larry Castillo of the agen- ‘‘didn’t get any money from us for his help.’’ lombia, says the former U.S. official. The By 1985, the Miami police introduced Mr. feedback: The hit was off. cy’s Miami office. Mr. Castillo has been Vega to the FBI, where agents determined to PLAYING A HORSE RANCHER placed on administrative leave with pay, make use of his access to the highest eche- Mr. Vega even lived the life of a country pending the result of an internal DEA probe, lons of Colombia’s drug circles. Mr. Vega— squire, courtesy of the U.S. government, along with Mr. Tinsley. Mr. Castillo’s lawyer who prefers to be called a ‘‘mediator’’ rather which set him up from 1988 to 1991 in a fancy declines to comment. The FBI complaint says that soon after the than an informant—was perfect for the job of ranch in Eustis, Fla., that had been con- Millennium indictment, Mr. Vega orches- double agent. He had turned a lifelong inter- fiscated from a drug dealer. Renamed ‘‘El trated a meeting at Panama’s Miramar est in photography into a career as a fashion Lago,’’ the ranch boasted Paso Fino show Intercontinental Hotel between an alleged photographer and producer of fashion shows. horses, highly prized as status symbols drug dealer and U.S. agents. ‘‘Vega told the That gave him access to the beautiful women among Colombian drug dealers. In fact, the CW [confidential witness] that he had U.S. and glamorous social circles that dazzled operation was really an undercover sting officials in the hotel room next door and ar- drug traffickers. conducted by a task force composed of mem- ranged for the CW to meet with them. The Meanwhile, a former U.S. official says fed- bers of the Internal Revenue Service, the CW then met with four DEA agents and a eral agents helped concoct Mr. Vega’s cover: FBI and the Lake County Police Depart- a jet-setting playboy who for a price would Miami police officer.’’ ment. During the meeting, the confidential wit- exert his influence with U.S. law-enforce- During those years, Mr. Vega entertained a ness—whom Mr. Vega and several other indi- ment agencies. To aid Mr. Vega’s deception, long stream of drug capos at El Lago. ‘‘Drug viduals familiar with the case say is Carlos the former official says, agents would make dealers used to drop off their horses and say, Ramon, an alleged drug trafficker known as leniency recommendations to prosecuting ‘‘Train them for me, Baruch,’’’ says an ac- ‘‘the Doctor’’—discussed with the agents the attorneys and judges in the cases of drug tive U.S. law-enforcement official. The task procedures for his possible surrender, the traffickers working with Mr. Vega. The re- force mostly gathered intelligence, and Mr. complaint says. sult: Colombia’s drug barons believed Mr. Vega helped induce an importance money Mr. Ramon, under indictment in Miami for Vega could do anything. launderer to cooperate with U.S. authorities, conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine, APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY says a federal law-enforcement official. wasn’t alone. More than two dozen Colom- ‘‘Baruch is a brave man,’’ says retired The official insists that defendants re- bian traffickers or their representatives were Lake County Police Capt. Fred Johnson. ‘‘I ceived no special favors, but that they truly locked in similar marathon meetings in a rendered assistance in investigations and think the world of this guy.’’ He was also industrious. Under Mr. Vega’s suite of rooms rented by Mr. Vega on various that prosecutors, using their broad discre- management, the El Lago facility became floors of the Miramar, according to meeting tion, argued for sentence reductions com- one of the largest Paso Fino ranches in the participants. mensurate with the level of cooperation. Four months later, Mr. Ramon surrendered U.S. The ranch remained government prop- This official and Mr. Vega add that the ap- to authorities in Miami, but only after a erty, but Mr. Vega says he paid for numerous pearance of impropriety was part of the act— farewell dinner at the trendy China Grill, for capital improvements, including new corrals that hardened criminals were much more which Mr. Vega says he picked up the $1,000 and stables. During this time, Mr. Vega says likely to take the first step toward cooper- tab. After spending a month in jail, Mr. he did receive about $70,000 as his percentage ating if they thought the U.S. system was Ramon, who is cooperating with U.S. au- of the haul from money-laundering stings, rigged in their favor. thorities, posted bail. He now lives in Miami but added that he also continued to receive Nevertheless, a senior federal agent famil- Beach’s luxury Portofino Tower, according iar with the case says such an arrangement fees from drug traffickers. In 1997, Mr. Vega’s work came to the atten- to court papers. would likely have violated Justice Depart- Federal investigators are now trying to tion of David Tinsley, a senior supervisor at ment guidelines. Allowing Mr. Vega to rep- trace the path of the money Mr. Vega gen- the DEA’s Miami office. People who know resent himself as someone with influence erated from traffickers. Mr. Vega says more Mr. Tinsley describe the 27-year veteran of over U.S. prosecutors and other officials ‘‘is than $5 million wound up with Daniel law enforcement to be a hyperkinetic, dedi- totally unacceptable,’’ he says. He adds that Forman, a well-respected Miami defense law- cated and sometimes zealous agent. With Mr. informants shouldn’t be in a position to ac- yer, as legal fees to represent Mr. Ramon and Tinsley, an expert on drug-money laun- cept cash from drug traffickers without su- 18 other accused traffickers. dering. Mr. Vega’s work picked up consider- pervision—although he allows that such Mr. Forman appears to have played an im- ably—especially so after a Miami federal oversight is hard to maintain when the case portant role in Mr. Vega’s final months as an grand jury indicted 31 Columbian drug traf- involves work in dangerous foreign coun- informant. The defense attorney was brought fickers in October last year. tries. into the case at the insistence of the DEA’s Among the people Mr. Vega says he helped A STAMPEDE OF COLOMBIANS Mr. Tinsley, who needed someone who would is Luis Javier Castano Ochoa, now a federal Billed as an enormous blow to Colombia’s move the plea negotiations along without deputy in Colombia’s Congress. In 1988, Mr. drug cartels, the so-called Millennium in- raising a lot of objections, according to Mr. Castano Ochoa pleaded guilty to U.S. money dictment came at a time of great confusion Vega. The informant says he quickly became laundering and drug charges and was sen- in the narcotics trade. Colombia’s congress ‘‘50–50 partners’’ with the defense attorney, tenced to 16 years. But three years later, the had recently changed the law to allow drug with Mr. Vega herding in clients and split- same Miami judge who sentenced him let traffickers to be extradited to the U.S., ting the fees with Mr. Forman. Flight mani- him off with time served. Mr. Vega says he where they couldn’t readily pay off judges. A fests show that Mr. Forman flew several met with Mr. Castano Ochoa in prison, stampede of Colombians arrived at Mr. times from Panama to Florida in the com- charging him $40,000 to help him work out a Vega’s door; some had already been indicted pany of Messrs. Vega and Castillo. cooperation agreement with the government. and others feared they could be next. All Mr. Forman, in an e-mail, strongly denied Reached by telephone in Bogota, Mr. sought the sort of edge that Mr. Vega pur- that Mr. Vega relayed legal fees to him, add- Castano Ochoa says he never paid Mr. Vega ported to offer. ing that ‘‘Mr. Vega is not, and has never CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2157 been, my partner in any sense of the word.’’ says he and Mr. Tinsley cleared the traf- was the same, the price of energy is too high He declines to comment on his clients, ex- fickers out of the hotel for fear of their ar- and is hurting our nation and others, and it cept to say that the government didn’t at- rest. must come down. tempt to interfere with his representation of ‘‘There’s a common distrust between DEA them. Bogota and DEA Miami,’’ says Mr. While OPEC has agreed to increase pro- Mr. Tinsley’s lawyer, Mr. Sharpstein, says Sharpstein, Mr. Tinsley’s lawyer. ‘‘The Bo- duction, it is difficult to ascertain by how much his client brought Mr. Forman into the case gota agents were jealous of Miami agents and what effect that increase will make on the because he had worked with Mr. Forman racking up these cases.’’ price of oil. Thus far, the price of imported when the latter was a federal prosecutor and Today, Mr. Vega is officially off limits to crude oil remains over $30 per barrel, and then as a defense attorney. ‘‘He trusts U.S. law enforcement. When the FBI charged OPEC's increase in production has done little Forman and still believes in him,’’ says Mr. him in March, authorities froze a Miami or nothing to stabilize the prices for heating Sharpstein. bank account in his name containing $1.5 oil, or significantly reduce the price per barrel As for the financial arrangements, Mr. million. Though most condemn Mr. Vega’s Sharpstein says Mr. Tinsley had no idea Mr. alleged illegal enrichment some agents be- of imported crude oil to an acceptable level for Vega was receiving money from traffickers, lieve his fall is undeserved after such a long both consumers and producers. The oil market and wouldn’t have allowed it had he known. career in a world whose common coin is remains volatile and prolonged cold weather Mr. Tinsley’s understanding was that Mr. often a violent death. could easily result in prices soaring to the $40 Vega would receive a percentage of the value As fear and controversy swirl around him, per barrel, ten-year highs of a few months of assets seized by law enforcement, a more- Mr. Vega sits in his Miami Beach penthouse, ago. This is substantiated by EIA's following traditional method of compensating inform- wearing an ankle monitoring device and statement. ants, says Mr. Sharpstein. ‘‘Unfortunately,’’ fielding phone calls from models in Greece he adds, ‘‘it’s not in writing.’’ and designers in Paris. ‘‘I will be in Miami The EIA states: ``unless the winter in the Apart from the controversy over money, for the rest of the season. Same place, same Northeast is unusually mild or world crude oil Mr. Vega’s wheeling and dealing caused ris- apartment,’’ he tells a model who calls to prices drop significantly, the projected high ing tension in the law-enforcement commu- commiserate, ‘‘I have a bunch of pictures for prices for heating oil will continue until next nity. Under a 10-year-old program, all co- you. They used the one with the bathing spring.'' The EIA further reports that, ``a risk operation agreements with major drug traf- suit. It looks very nice.’’ exists this winter for distillate fuel (home heat- fickers are supposed to be cleared through f ing oil and diesel fuel) price spikes similar to the Justice Department’s secretive ‘‘Blitz what happened last February, especially if the Committee’’ to ensure that criminals don’t THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S weather stays unusually cold in the Northeast pit one agency or prosecutor against another in search of the best deal. A senior com- CHILLING WINTER FORECAST for more than a few days.'' The EIA once mittee member declines to comment on Mr. again underscores that mother nature plays a Vega. HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN significant role in determining the price of en- But federal agents outside Mr. Tinsley’s ergy. OF NEW YORK small DEA group grew increasingly upset as Mr. Speaker, the next Administration must IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Vega breezed through their turf. One was create and implement a strategic, coherent, Ed Kacerosky, a driven and highly decorated Friday, December 8, 2000 forward looking short and long-term energy U.S. Customs agent known for his work lead- ing to the 1997 indictment of the Cali cocaine Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, as we enter the policy that takes winter weather into consider- cartel. winter months, the Energy Information Agency ation when formulating a national policy. Not- withstanding the current Administration's fail- $60 MILLION FOR VISAS of the U.S. Department of Energy (EIA) deliv- ered the cold facts on December 6th in its ure to enact an energy policy that makes Now a supervisor in the agency’s Miami of- sense for the American people, there are fice, Mr. Kacerosky didn’t take it well when ``Short-Term Energy Outlook for December Mr. Vega tried to help the daughter of late 2000.'' The bottom line is that prices for home short-term measures that we can take to make Cali drug load Jose Santacruz obtain U.S. heating oil and natural gas will rise this win- our homes more energy efficient this winter. resident visas for her family. At a meeting terÐconsiderably. Regardless of how our houses are heated, brokered by Mr. Vega and attended by Mr. While the EIA's report is written in approxi- there are certain steps that can lower the cost Kacerosky and other U.S. officials, Sandra mations, averages, and technical language, its of our heating bills: checking doors and win- Santacruz offered to give the U.S. half of message resonates loud and clear with our dows for leaks and drafts; wrapping the hot some $120 million her family held in ac- water boiler with insulated material; clean fil- counts around the world in exchange for the constituents and those residing in the North- visas, say U.S. officials. The U.S. turned eastÐthat their heating oil bills may increase ters on forced air furnaces; making sure that down the offer. by more than 33 percent from last winter. Fur- fireplaces are clean and working efficiently, Last year, Mr. Kacerosky became enraged thermore, it is predicted that those whose and if they are not being used, making sure upon learning that Mr. Vega had approached homes and businesses are heated by natural that the flues are sealed; installing a program- Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela, a former leader gas are likely to see an increase of 50 percent mable thermostat, and caulking and adding of the Cali cartel, in a Colombian prison. in their utility bills this winter over last winter's. weather stripping where needed. People familiar with the matter say Mr. The reasons EIA give for the projected in- Mr. Speaker, as the price of energy con- Vega offered to help Mr. Rodriguez tinues to rise, no one should have to decide Orejuela’s son William—under indictment in creases are: lower than average heating oil Miami on U.S. drug charges—in return for and natural gas reserves, an increase in de- whether to feed their family or to heat their information on possible high-level Colom- mand versus available supply, and the onset home. There are programs such as the Low bian police corruption. of colder weather, earlier in the season. The Income Home Energy Assistance Program Mr. Kacerosky, these people say, blames American Gas Association reports that while (LIHEAP), for which I have been a strong ad- William Rodriguez for the brutal 1995 torture exploratory drilling for natural gas has tripled vocate. LIHEAP is designed to assist our low and killing of the wife of a key informant. over the past year, it will take another year or income families with the costs of energy. As After the prison meeting, these people say, more before that gas will make its way into the the Department of Health and Human Serv- Mr. Kacerosky wrote an eight-page memo to marketplace. Another factor effecting home ices states, depending on the LIHEAP grant- his superiors sparking the investigation of Mr. Vega. heating oil prices, a distillate of crude oil, is ee, LIHEAP can be used for: heating assist- Mr. Vega’s activities also played into a the relatively high price per barrel of crude. In ance, cooling assistance, energy crisis inter- growing feud between the DEA’s Bogota de- this regard, our dependency on foreign oil, vention, and weatherization and other energy- tachment and Mr. Tinsley’s Miami-based specifically from the OPEC nations, hurts us. related home repairs. If constituents are hav- crew. The Colombia-based agents largely re- Mr. Speaker, the situation with OPEC is not ing trouble paying for the high costs of energy, sponsible for last year’s Millennium indict- any new issue. Our House International Rela- they should not hesitate to contact their Mem- ment were unhappy that the alleged crimi- tions Committee as well as the Government ber of Congress to find out if they qualify for nals they had long been stalking were work- Reform Committee have held hearings on LIHEAP assistance. ing out deals with Miami-based agents ap- pearing to poach on their turf with Mr. OPEC and their affecting the exorbitant costs While the EIA projects that the price of en- Vega’s help. of energy. I have called upon President Clin- ergy this winter may rise by as much as 50 Hearing on Oct. 21, 1999, that Bogota-based ton, Secretaries Albright and Richardson, and percent, it is important for our constituents to DEA agents were heading for Panama to to OPEC Ministers before their meeting last know that no one should have to choose be- crash the Miramar dealer summit, Mr. Vega September urging their assistance. The theme tween eating or heating. E2158 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 8, 2000 IN MEMORY OF FRANK HEBROCK nities they serve. In being so generous with TRIBUTE TO COLONEL ROSLYN his time, Angelo has always showed that there GLANTZ TROJAN HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN is no one who can honestly say they are ``too OF FLORIDA busy'' to serve. HON. ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES When we say that Angelo Tomasso helped build New Britain General Hospital, we mean OF MARYLAND Friday, December 8, 2000 so much more than the bricks and mortar of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would a new wing. Through his generosity, commit- Friday, December 8, 2000 like to pay special tribute to Frank Hebrock, a ment and fine example of civic service, Angelo Mr. EHRLICH. Mr. Speaker, my friend and Leesburg High School teacher and former has proven himself to be a man who helped former constituent, Colonel Roslyn Glantz Tro- Lake County Schools Superintendent can- create the reputation of New Britain General jan, is retiring after 29 years of exemplary ac- didate, who passed away on October 14, as one of the finest hospitals in the area. I feel tive federal service in the United States Army. 2000. He leaves his wife, Bernie Hebrock, his privileged to call him my friend and I thank She has served our country with dignity, son Scott and his brother Bill. Mr. Hebrock him for all he continues to do for our hospital honor, and integrity. was a talented and committed teacher and and city. Colonel Glantz Trojan, a native of Annap- was greatly loved and respected by his family, f olis, Maryland, is a 1971 graduate of Hood friends, students, and colleagues. College in Frederick, Maryland, with a Bach- Born in Cambridge, OH, where he attended H.R. 4828 elor of Arts (BA) in History and a 1981 grad- high school, Mr. Hebrock later went on to uate of George Washington University with a major in education at the University of Ohio. HON. GREG WALDEN Masters of Business Administration. In 1972, After leaving Cambridge, he taught in Talla- OF OREGON she entered the Army through the Officer Di- hassee and for the past five years in Lees- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rect Commission Program. After Officer Basic burg, FL, he taught American and world his- Friday, December 8, 2000 Training at Fort McClellan, Alabama, she was tory. Revered for his dedication, Mr. Hebrock assigned to the Combat Surveillance and exhibited a selfless commitment to his stu- Mr. WALDEN of Oregon. Mr. Speaker, I Electronics School at Fort Huachuca, Arizona dents both in and out of the classroom. He would like to share with my colleagues my un- as a administrative officer. was devoted to actively involving students in derstanding of the land exchanges regarding Soon thereafter, Colonel Glantz Trojan was their history lessons, and at the same time, the Steens Mountain Cooperative Manage- selected to serve as an Operations Officer and equally devoted to fostering the students' ment and Protection Act of 2000 (H.R. 4828) Officer Recruiter at the Army District Recruit- physical well-being through his work as assist- that was debated on the House Floor on Octo- ing Command in New Orleans, Louisiana. ant football coach and junior varsity baseball ber 4, 2000. From 1976 to 1979, Colonel Glantz Trojan coach at Leesburg High School. In addition, I would like the record to indicate that the served in the 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Mr. Hebrock combined his interest in govern- cash payments to the ranchers were designed Barracks, Hawaii, first as a division logistician ment with his conviction in providing the high- to compensate the payees for severance dam- and then as a Company Commander in the est quality of education to our area's schools ages to their remaining property. I want it to Division Support Command. by running for superintendent of the Lake be clear that these payments are being made County school system. for economic losses that the ranchers are suf- Following her advanced military and civilian Mr. Speaker, our community has truly suf- fering from their dislocation as a result of the schooling, she was nominated to the Army fered a great loss. We will all remember his creation of this Wilderness. Staff in 1981, where she served as Team outstanding contributions and are forever H.R. 4828 was supported by the entire Or- Chief, Tactical and Non-Tactical Wheeled Ve- grateful for his shining leadership in the field egon congressional delegation and is the hicle Program. Colonel Glantz Trojan left the of education. I would like to express my deep- product of a long and hard-fought battle to en- Pentagon in 1984 to join the staff of the 2nd est condolences to his family, coworkers, and sure that there was an Oregon solution to an Infantry Division in Camp Casey, Korea. She all of the students whose lives he so pro- Oregon issue. left Korea to attend the Armed Forces Staff foundly touched. f College. f From 1986 to 1987, Colonel Glantz Trojan THE MONOCLE RESTAURANT served a joint duty assignment at the United HONORING ANGELO TOMASSO, JR. States Readiness Command, MacDill Air HON. BOB BARR Force Base. As the first J±4 for a newly HON. NANCY L. JOHNSON OF GEORGIA formed Joint Task Force, she planned the de- OF CONNECTICUT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ployment of forces and the employment of lo- gistics for the CINC's operational plan. Colonel IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, December 8, 2000 Glantz Trojan served in Germany in the Friday, December 8, 2000 Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I am Army's legendary 3rd Armored Division. She Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speak- pleased to honor and recognize The Monocle first served as the Executive Officer of the er, I wish today to recognize a milestone in restaurant in Washington, DC. The Monocle 503rd Forward Support Battalion in the life of one of Connecticut's most treasured was founded in 1960 by ``Connie'' Valanos Kirchgoens, later commanding the 54th For- citizens. After serving for over 40 years in vir- and his father, veteran restauranteur George ward Support Battalion (FSB) in Friedberg, tually every officer position and on every com- Valanos. Today, the restaurant is owned and Germany. As Battalion Commander of the mittee of New Britain General Hospital, Angelo operated by Connie's son, John Valanos. This 54th FSB Colonel Glantz Trojan deployed her Tomasso, Jr., has decided to retire from the year The Monocle celebrates its 40th anniver- battalion to Desert Storm in support of the 3rd Hospital's Board of Directors. sary. Armored Division. Her support of this Division To read a list of Angelo's accomplishments The Monocle is one of our nation's Capital's during the Gulf War was truly outstanding. Fol- and activities is to bear witness to a life spent finest dining establishments. It has been one lowing the War, Colonel Glantz Trojan at- in the service of others. Whether it was as a of the few restaurants that, year after year, tended the U.S. Army War College and after soldier, entrepreneur, parent, philanthropist, or helps set the standard for fine dining in Wash- graduation was assigned to the Supreme Al- dedicated volunteer, Angelo has brought to ington, DC. The food, ambience, and cour- lied Command, Atlantic as the Logistics Plans every phase of his life the caring and under- teous staff all contribute to make a visit to The and Operations Officer. standing of a man who embraces his respon- Monocle one to remember and cherish, as It was during her assignment as the Deputy sibility to better the lives of his neighbors, have so many of our nation's political leaders Installation Commander and Garrison Com- community, and State. for 40 years. mander, U.S. Army Garrison, Aberdeen Prov- Angelo's impact on New Britain General The Monocle's location and building are fur- ing Ground (APG), Maryland, that I personally Hospital goes far beyond the work he did as ther reminders of the unique history of which came to know of Colonel Roslyn Glantz Tro- a member of the Board of Directors. As the the restaurant has become a significant part. jan's considerable skills as a leader. I later president of one of Connecticut's largest con- I join many of my colleagues in recognizing learned of her deft diplomatic and political struction firms, Angelo set an example of the the owners and the employees of The Mon- skills during her final assignment in the Army sense of responsibility business owners ocle, as it celebrates 40 years of culinary ex- as the Chief of Legislative Liaison, U.S. Army should have in keeping healthy the commu- cellence in Washington, DC. Materiel Command from 1998 until now. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2159 I am proud to report to my colleagues that pened to Musavat in the 1995 parliamentary gation of the Council of EuropeÐan organiza- Colonel Glantz Trojan's personal awards in- election. At that time, the OSCE/UN observa- tion to which Azerbaijan has applied for mem- clude the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Su- tion mission emphasized the need to amend bership and which is not particularly known for perior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the or get rid of this obviously flawed method of hard-hitting assessments of election shenani- Defense Meritorious Service Medal, as well as determining the validity of signatures, but gansÐamplified: ``Despite the positive several Army meritorious and commendation Azerbaijan's authorities did not heed that ad- changes observed in Azerbaijan in recent medals and the Southwest Asia Campaign vice. years, the scale of the infringements doesn't fit and Kuwait Liberation medals. The exclusion of leading opposition parties into any framework. We've never seen any- Mr. Speaker, this exemplary soldier, my drew strong criticism, both inside and outside thing like it.'' friend Colonel Roslyn Glantz Trojan, deserves the country, including the OSCE and the U.S. Mr. Speaker, in the context of international the thanks and praise of this grateful nation Government. In early October, in apparent re- election observation, such a brutally candid she has faithfully served for so long. I know action to international concern, President Aliev assessment is simply stunning. As far as I the Members of the House will join me in ``appealed'' to the CEC to find some way of know, representatives of ODIHR or the Coun- wishing her and her husband all the best in registering excluded opposition parties. Some cil of Europe have never expressed them- the years ahead. CEC members objected, arguing there was no selves in such terms about an election that f constitutional basis for such a presidential ap- they decided to monitor. One senses that the peal or a changed CEC ruling, but the Com- harshness of their judgment is related to their ELECTIONS IN AZERBAIJAN mission moved to include opposition parties. disappointment: Azerbaijan's authorities had Though their participation certainly broadened promised to conduct free and fair elections HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH the choice available to voters, the manner of and had long negotiated with the ODIHR and the Council of Europe about the legal frame- OF NEW JERSEY their inclusion demonstrated conclusively that President Aliev controlled the entire election work and administrative modalities but, in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES end, held an election that can only be de- Friday, December 8, 2000 process. ODIHR welcomed the decision by the CEC scribed as an embarrassment to all con- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, on and urged a reconsideration of the exclusion cerned. According to Azerbaijan's CEC, in the party November 5, parliamentary elections were of over 400 individual candidatesÐabout half list voting, only four parties passed the six-per- held in Azerbaijan. In anticipation of those of those who tried to run in single-mandate cent threshold for parliamentary representa- elections, the Helsinki CommissionÐwhich I districts. But the CEC did not do so, and only chairÐheld hearings in May, at which rep- tion: President Aliev's governing party, the in very few cases were previously excluded New Azerbaijan Party; the Communist Party; resentatives of the government and opposition candidates allowed to run. As 100 of par- leaders testified. While the former pledged that and two opposition parties, the Popular Front liament's 125 seats were determined in single [Reformers] and Civil Solidarity. Other impor- Baku would conduct a democratic contest, in mandate districts, where local authorities exer- accordance with OSCE standards, the latter tant opposition parties allegedly failed to break cise considerable power, the rejection of over the barrier and apart from a few single man- warned that Azerbaijan's past record of hold- 400 candidates signaled the government's de- ing seriously flawed elections required the date seats won no representation in par- termination to decide the outcome of the vote. liament. strictest vigilance from the international com- Though coverage of the campaign on state In the aftermath of the election and the as- munity and pressure from Western capitals media favored the ruling party, opposition sessments of the OSCE/ODIHR and the and the Council of EuropeÐto which Azer- leaders were able to address voters on tele- Council of Europe, the international legitimacy baijan has applied for membership. vision. They used the opportunityÐwhich they of Azerbaijan's legislature is severely under- Subsequently, I introduced a resolution, H. had not enjoyed for yearsÐto criticize Presi- mined. Within Azerbaijan, the ramifications are Con. Res. 382, which called on the Govern- dent Aliev and offer an alternative vision of no better. All the leading opposition parties ment of Azerbaijan to hold free and fair elec- governing the country. Their equal access to have accused the authorities of massive vote tions and to accept the recommended amend- the media marked progress with respect to fraud, denounced the election results, and ments by the OSCE's Office of Democratic In- previous elections, as noted in the ODIHR's have refused to take the few seats in par- stitutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to the election report. liament they were given. Though some gov- law on elections. However, the voting and vote count on elec- erning party representatives have claimed that From the start, there was pressure to with- tion day itself, according to the ODIHR's elec- opposition representation is not necessary for draw the resolution from the Azerbaijani gov- tion observation mission, failed to meet OSCE the parliament to function normally, othersÐ ernment and others. They argued that Presi- standards. That is the usual dry ODIHR formu- perhaps including President AlievÐunderstand dent Aliev had made, or would make, the nec- lation to characterize an election that was not that a parliament without opposition members essary changes to ensure that the election fairÐi.e., the conditions for the participants is ruinous for Azerbaijan's image. New elec- met international standards, claiming to render were not equalÐand in which the official re- tions are slated in 11 districts, and perhaps the resolution either irrelevant or out of date. sults are not reliable or credible. The Novem- President Aliev is hoping to tempt some oppo- That pressure intensified as the election drew ber 6 statement elaborated: ``The elections sition parties to abandon their boycott by offer- near; in fact, the resolution never came to a were marred by numerous instances of seri- ing a few more seats. Whether opposition par- vote before Congress went out of session in ous irregularities, in particular, a completely ties, which are bitterly divided, will participate early November. flawed counting process.'' Moreover, ``observ- or eventually agree to take up their deputies' It is worth recalling this brief history in light ers reported ballot stuffing, manipulated turn- mandates remains to be seen. of what actually happened during Azerbaijan's out results, pre-marked ballots, and production What is clearer from the conduct of the pre-election period and on November 5. With of either false protocols or no protocols at all. election and its outcome is that President respect to the election law, one of ODIHR's . . . The international observers express their Aliev, who is preparing the succession of his concerns was ultimately addressed by a deci- concern at what seems to be a clear manipu- son as Azerbaijan's next president, was deter- sion of Azerbaijan's constitutional court, but on lation of electoral procedures.'' mined to keep opposition leaders out of par- other important issues, Baku rejected any con- This would be bad enough, considering that liament and ensure that the body as a whole cessions and refused to incorporate ODIHR's the election was the fourth since 1995 that is supportive of his heir. If the only way to suggested changes. From the beginning, failed to meet OSCE standards, even if some guarantee the desired outcome was wholesale therefore, the election could not have met progress was registered in opposition partici- vote fraud, so be it. Prognoses of possible ac- OSCE standards, as ODIHR made plain in pation and representation in the CEC. Much commodation with the opposition, or possibly several statements. more interesting and disturbing, however, even some power sharing arrangements, to During the registration period, the Central were the words used in a post-election press facilitate a smooth and peaceful transfer of Election Commission (CEC) rejected several conference by two key international observers: power, have proved unfounded. Indeed, Presi- leading opposition parties. Claiming that gov- Gerard Stoudman, the Director of ODIHR, who dent Aliev reportedly has told the new UK Am- ernment experts could tell which signatures generally employs measured, diplomatic lan- bassador to Baku that Azerbaijan does not were forged, fraudulent or otherwise invalid guage, said he had not expected to witness ``a need to join the Council of Europe, indicating merely on the basis of a visual examination, crash course in various types of manipula- that he is not prepared to make any conces- the CEC maintained the Musavat and the tion,'' and actually used the phrase ``primitive sions when it comes to maintaining his grip on Azerbaijan Democratic Party had failed to get falsification'' to describe what he had seen. power and passing it on to his chosen heir, 50,000 valid signatures. The same thing hap- Andreas Gross, the head of the observer dele- whatever the international community thinks. E2160 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 8, 2000 Even more worrisome is that by depriving TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF FORMER came a legend in his own time, by conferring the opposition of the possibility to contend for CONGRESSMAN HENRY B. GON- upon him the titles of statesman, warrior, pio- power through parliamentary means, Aliev has ZALEZ neer, patriot, hero and a national treasure. We seriously reduced the chances of a ``soft land- also remember him as funny, brilliant, a mav- ing'' in Azerbaijan. When he eventually leaves SPEECH OF erick, and a coalition builder who lived his life the scene, anything could happen. This is not HON. NICK J. RAHALL II and served his people with exuberant ardor. only a frightening prospect for the citizens of OF WEST VIRGINIA Most of all he was genuine, and he was hon- Azerbaijan, its neighbors and hopes for resolv- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES est to a fault. ing regional disputes, especially the Nagorno- Tuesday, December 5, 2000 But Henry B. Gonzalez said it best: ``I have Karabakh conflictÐit is a scenario that should never failed myself, and I have never failed alarm policymakers in Washington as well. Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to you.'' pay tribute to our colleague, the late Henry B. Mr. Speaker, it is not my intention to say ``I He provided the opportunity for all of us to Gonzalez, who died on November 28, 2000, told you so'' to those colleagues who argued follow in his footsteps, and none more so than and who served the House and the Nation for against my resolution. I would much have pre- his beloved son, the gentleman from Texas, 37 years as one of its most revered public ferred to make a statement congratulating CHARLIE GONZALEZ, our colleague now serving servants. To his family, his wife Bertha, his Azerbaijan on having held exemplary elections the 20th District of Texas, and I again extend son CHARLIE who now serves in the House as and making substantial steps towards democ- to him and his family my heartfelt sorrow and our colleague, and to all of his constituents in ratization. Alas, I cannot do so, which should tell them, Henry B. will never be forgotten. the 20th District in Texas, I extend my most sadden and concern all of us. But I fear the f sincere condolences. My prayers are with all consequences will be far more serious for the of you in the hope of giving comfort against INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION citizens of Azerbaijan. the grief of your great loss. ADDRESSING THE FLU VACCINE What to say about Henry B., as he was af- SHORTAGE f fectionately known in his San Antonio Con- NEW YORK’S HEALTHY START gressional District. In the House, Henry B. was known as a fierce activist for the poor and for HON. GENE GREEN CONSORTIUM HELPS REDUCE IN- OF TEXAS FANT MORTALITY minorities in the field of housing, small busi- ness, community development, and consumer IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fairness. He was an unbridled advocate for Friday, December 8, 2000 HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS what he believed was right for his constituents Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, influ- OF NEW YORK and the Nation. enza is a serious illness that afflicts millions of For Members like me, he was a friend, a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Americans each year. While most Americans mentor and an educatorÐbecause without his recover after a few days, influenza causes Friday, December 8, 2000 knowledge and willingness to share, many of us who did not have the privilege or oppor- thousands of deaths each year, mostly among Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, today I praise the elderly. Fortunately, vaccination can pre- the outstanding work of New York's Healthy tunity to serve with him on the Banking and Housing Committee would not have known vent a person from becoming infected with in- Start Consortium. Healthy Start/NYC (HS/ fluenza. NYC), a collaborative, community-driven, Fed- what was going on, or how to resolve the problems facing the NationÐfrom affordable Influenza vaccines are developed each year eral project was founded in 1991 to combat in- because the flu virus naturally mutates and fant mortality and poor maternal and child housing to community development to sal- vaging the savings and loan industry, naming changes. This year's strain of flu vaccine has health in three medically underserved areas. been a particularly difficult strain to produce New York neighborhoods like Bedford- only a few of his many struggles to secure the American dream for all Americans. for all manufacturers, and as a result, there Stuyvesant, Mott Haven and Central Harlem are lower than normal yields. Although we ex- have some of the Nation's highest infant mor- From the beginning of his adult life, Henry B. was on fire to help his people and his State pect there will be sufficient vaccines for this tality and poverty rates. From 1991 to 1997, year, there has been a delay in releasing vac- HS/NYC served 30,000 women and their fami- and his country. A feisty first-ever Mexican- American to serve in the State Legislature, he cines to the public. lies annually which lead to a 40 percent de- The Centers for Disease Control and Pre- crease in the infant mortality rate, a drop in was also the first to be selected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1963Ð vention (CDC) has recommended vaccinations low birth weights and a 24 percent decline in first be given to individuals who are at particu- births to teens. and in both jobs he went about kicking down ethnic barriers, facing civil rights issues with larly high risk for developing complications. The Consortium has been able to create a searing defiance that meant a 36 hour fili- This group includes individuals who are 65 strong public-private network of health and so- buster in the Texas State Senate, defeating 16 years or older, people who suffer from chronic cial service agencies, providers, schools, segregationist bills, to punching out a res- illnesses, individuals in nursing homes, chil- churches, businesses, and individuals. It has taurant patron in the 1970's for calling him a dren who are undergoing long-term aspirin remained committed to its community-driven, ``communist.'' When an apology was de- therapy, and pregnant women. collaborative approach. I want to particularly manded, Henry B. said only that he was sorry Ninety percent of vaccines are distributed by commend the work of Ngozi Moses with the he had pulled the punch. private sector distributors for use by health Brooklyn Perinatal Network; Arlene Bailey- During his 37 years in the House of Rep- care providers. This resolution urges these pri- Franklin with the Bronx Perinatal Consortium; resentatives, Henry B. Gonzalez spoke out for vate sector distributors to follow the CDC's Sharon Rumley with the Queens Comprehen- the peopleÐall peopleÐon behalf of the recommendations to ensure that those at high- sive Perinatal Council; Goldie Watkins-Bryant needs of the working poorÐlong before it was est risk for influenza complications be given with Healthy Start/New York City Project; Luci popular to do so. He held in his hand the day priority in receiving their vaccine. Chambers, with Downstate New York Healthy of his swearing in as a Member of this House H. RES. — Start Project; Mario Drummonds, with North- a bill to abolish the Poll Tax which was even- Whereas influenza is a contagious viral in- ern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership; Cheryl tually enacted, and he never stopped working Brown-Hoyte with Nassau County's Healthy fection that affects the respiratory tract; against all kinds of discrimination against the Whereas people of any age can become in- Start Project and Dara Cerwonka with Suffolk poor and the disenfranchised in our country. fected with influenza; County Perinatal Coalition. And so we say goodbye to Henry Gonzalez, Whereas, although most people who be- Now that the Healthy Start Program has knowing that the rich, the poor, the powerful, come infected with influenza recover within been reauthorized, I look forward to working the disadvantaged, the young and the old, are a few days, some people develop serious com- with the Healthy Start/New York City Consor- better off than they would have otherwise plications that can become life-threatening; tium in the months ahead. The Consortium been without his caring and compassion, and Whereas influenza causes thousands of hopes to broaden its work with consumers. I without the fire in his heart and the courage of deaths each year, mostly among the elderly; Whereas vaccination can prevent a person am certain that the Consortium will be able to his convictions as a public servant that left so from becoming infected with influenza; bring new families into its program during the much good in its wakeÐenough to last a life- Whereas the periodic mutation of the in- next fiscal year. Once again, I offer my con- time. fluenza virus requires the influenza vaccine gratulations to the Consortium on a job well We celebrate the life of Henry B. Gonzalez, to be annually updated to contain the most done. who served under eight presidents and be- recent influenza virus strains; CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2161 Whereas a lower-than-expected yield of one TRIBUTE TO SIDNEY YATES were coming by sea; or Faneuil Hall, where of the components of this season’s influenza colonists met to protect British rule; and many vaccine has caused the distribution of the other revolutionary war sites. vaccine to be delayed; HON. JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY Whereas the Secretary of the Department OF MASSACHUSETTS As an appropriations committee cardinal, of Health and Human Services, the Commis- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sid was also helpful in providing funds to pre- sioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Friday, December 8, 2000 serve Boston's 31 harbor islands, which are and the Director of the Centers for Disease rich with historical and geological treasures. Control and Prevention are working closely Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, on October 5, Because of Sid's support, visitors will soon be with vaccine manufacturers to facilitate the our country lost a great patriot, Sid Yates. Sid able to take a ferry to many of these remark- availability of a safe and effective influenza was my very dear friend, and a beloved fed- able islands, which have been unaccessible vaccine for this influenza season; eral representative, who preserved and pro- for years. Sid's commitment to the preserva- Whereas temporary shortages of the influ- tected our country's finest cultural resources tion of the harbor islands will provide plenty of enza vaccine early in this influenza season and historical landmarks. recreational opportunities for residents and may require decisions to be made regarding For nearly a half of a century, Sid served in visitors to Boston. The City of Boston is a bet- how to prioritize the use of the available the House of Representatives. I was fortunate vaccine; ter place to visit thanks to the kindness and enough to have served with him for more than wisdom of Sid Yates. Whereas the vaccine available early in this 25 years. He was a true gentleman and distin- influenza season should be used to maximize guished politician who brought honor and dig- Just as the lanterns at Old North Church the protection of people at a high risk of de- shone brightly to guide the patriots in their veloping complications from an influenza in- nity to the U.S. House of Representatives. It was a very sad day when Sid announced fight for independence, Sid Yates' commitment fection; and dedication to the arts and humanities was Whereas the Director of the Centers for he would not run for reelection. I know the House of Representatives meant a great deal a guiding light for all Americans. While his Disease Control and Prevention reports that light has faded, his legacy will endure because the groups of people at a high to him, and it was very hard for Sid to leave of his devotion to preserving our country's his- (1) people who are 65 and older; a place that he loved. Personally, I missed him greatly. It always made my day when he torical landmarks and cultural resources. Just (2) residents of nursing homes and other like Paul Revere, Sid Yates was a great pa- chronic-care facilities that house people who returned to Capitol Hill for a visit. I was sad- have chronic medical conditions; dened by his passing and he will be greatly triot. (3) people who have chronic disorders of missed by those of us who worked beside f the pulmonary or cardiovascular systems, him, and the nation as a whole. including asthma; Many people remember Sid as a tremen- IN RECOGNITION OF SUE NICHOLS (4) people who have had required medical dous advocate of the arts, but I will always re- follow up or hospitalization during the past member him as a master of the art of politics. year because of chronic metabolic disease, Sid loved serving as a deputy in the Demo- HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN kidney dysfunction, blood disorders, or cratic Whip organization. So much so that for immunosuppression; well over twenty years, Sid served as a deputy OF FLORIDA (5) children and teenagers who are receiv- whip, while championing the causes of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing long-term aspirin therapy; and Democratic Party. Friday, December 8, 2000 (6) women who will be in the second or Not only was Sid a great politician, but he third trimester of pregnancy during the in- was also a genuine and caring person. He fluenza season; Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would worked hard behind the scenes to help indi- like to recognize the tireless dedication of Mrs. Whereas all influenza vaccine used in the United States is produced in the private sec- vidual members shepherd their projects Sue Nichols to the children of our community. tor, and 90 percent of that vaccine is distrib- through the legislative process, but he was al- Mrs. Nichols was born and raised in Miami- uted by private-sector distributors for use by ways certain to give the credit to others. Al- Dade County where she is a teacher at St. health care providers; though a giant in the House, Sid would always Thomas Episcopal Parish School. She has Whereas reports have indicated that cer- make it a point to take of the little things with- now been teaching kindergarten for 25 years. tain distributors of the influenza vaccine are out any kind of fanfare. For instance, every Recently, Mrs. Nichols wrote an article enti- taking advantage of the influenza vaccine Thursday, after our Democratic Whip meet- tled ``Flowers of Tomorrow Are Seeds of shortage by raising their prices by as much ings, Sid would always make sure to bring Today'', which I believe is an accurate rep- as 500 percent; back muffins or danish to his staff. Although in resentation of her kind and exuberant de- Whereas distributors are first supplying the grand scheme of things this small token of meanor. This outlook is the product of a those buyers willing to pay the highest price thoughtfulness was probably lost on most for the influenza vaccine, even when those healthy life philosophy which was passed on buyers were the last to order; Members, I believe it spoke volumes on the to her by her grandmother, Viola Erhart. It is kind of person Sid Yates was. Whereas, for example, although the Direc- quite simple and yet at the same time incred- tor of the California Department of Health While I will always remember Sid as a won- ibly profound. At its core is the saying: ``May Services contracted with a distributor in derful and caring person, I can't overlook how each person I see today go happier for it on February to purchase influenza vaccine at a hard he worked to make our country a beau- his way''. She lives by this motto every day as cost of $17.99 per vial and has received only tiful and cultural place to live. As Chairman of a wife, friend and teacher. one third of the order, the Director of the the coveted Interior Appropriations Sub- Mrs. Nichols' greatest service to our com- Maine Division of Disease Control con- committee, he fought tirelessly to protect free munity lies in her devotion as a teacher to the tracted with that same distributor in June expression of the arts, and to preserve funding spreading of this wonderful vision among her and July to purchase influenza vaccine at a for national parks, historical landmarks, and cost of $39.00 per vial and received both ship- students. She understands that while the national seashores. He was a true believer in ments within two months; and young mind is fragile, it is at the same time re- the benefits of the arts and historical land- Whereas distributors are in a unique posi- markably open. By recognizing our children as marks. tion to make vaccines available first to fa- the flowers of tomorrow and instilling within My hometown of Boston had benefited cilities serving people at a high risk of devel- them her grandmother's message of kindness, greatly from his generosity and dedication to oping complications from an influenza infec- Sue is actively contributing to the development preserving historical landmarks. Over the tion, such as nursing homes, hospitals, and of these same values among her students. doctors offices: Now, therefore, be it years, Sid supported vital federal funding for Resolved, That it is the sense of the House Boston's Freedom Trail, a wonderful walking Mrs. Nichols deserves the greatest praise of Representatives that the private-sector tour through the City of Boston that provides both from the families of these young boys distributors of the influenza vaccine should a historical review of the many famous Revo- and girls, and from all those whose lives she make all reasonable efforts to ensure that, lutionary War sites including the African Meet- will touch. Her efforts are an invaluable invest- during any shortage of the influenza vaccine, ing House, Dorchester Heights, and the Old ment in our community's future and we are all priority is given to distributing the available truly blessed to have her in the classroom. vaccine to those groups of people identified South Meeting House. by the Director of the Centers for Disease Thanks to Sid's work with the Freedom Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join Control and Prevention as being at a high Trail, tourists can visit the famed Old North me in applauding Mrs. Sue Nichols for her risk of developing complications from an in- Church, where Paul Revere hung two lanterns outstanding service to the youth of our com- fluenza infection. warning citizens of Boston that the British munity. E2162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 8, 2000 IN HONOR OF THE 90TH ANNIVER- U.S. where, on an historic September morn- Khalistan'' on the destruction of the Air India SARY OF THE CHURCH OF THE ing, he addressed a joint meeting of the jet that were reflected in statements by one of INCARNATION House and Senate. Today, as never before, our colleagues. This ``Council'' has little pres- India and the U.S., the world's two largest de- ence and HON. ROBERT MENENDEZ mocracies, are collaborating on a host of Turning to the second eventÐthe massacre OF NEW JERSEY issues of mutual interest, from technology to of 36 Sikh villagers in Chittisinghpora on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the environment and from economic develop- March 20, 2000 which occurred just as Presi- ment to the fight against terrorism. dent Clinton arrived for his state visit to India. Friday, December 8, 2000 Our close ties with India would not have Statements that the Indian government was Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today been possible without the bipartisan coopera- responsible for this infamous act of murder, to honor the Church of the Incarnation on its tion of the Congress. The vast majority of our defies the facts. The true story is otherwise. 90th anniversary, which will be celebrated on members have embraced that relationship. We Indian authorities have arrested a prime sus- Sunday, December 10, 2000. Founded in have enacted congressional resolutions dem- pect in the case who disclosed that the mas- 1910, the Church of the Incarnation is cele- onstrating our solid support for India and its sacre was the work of a group of terrorists in brating ninety years of faith in God and com- democratic institutions and we have been ac- the ranks of the Hiz-ul-Majahideen (HUM) and munity. tively engaged in promoting regional stability The Church of the Incarnation held its first in an area of vital concern to U.S. interests, HUM's affiliate, the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET). service on January 8, 1911, in a room rented and the flow of commerce between our na- The HUM has already been designated by the from the Afro-American Women's Industrial tions. In view of the overwhelming support in State Department as a foreign terrorist organi- Club for $6.00 a month. Although its begin- forging a harmonious relationship for the new zation and I have joined with other members nings were meager, its future would not be. millennium, it is disappointing that a few of our of the Congress in calling upon the State De- Despite financial hardship, the congregation colleagues have seen fit to disparage and dis- partment to name the LET as a terrorist orga- grew steadily, attracting members with the courage that relationship by launching a series nization. deepest faith and commitment. of ill-informed attacks on India and its people. Both the HUM and LET are on the long list In June of 1928, the Church of the Incarna- In the interest of accuracy and in the broader of terrorist organizations that are encouraged tion held a groundbreaking ceremony for its context of the growing bonds of friendship be- and supported by Pakistan. Attacks from new building. On December 24, 1928, the tween the U.S. and India, it is important that forces outside of India, often led by armed Church held its first service there. we set the record straight. mercenaries, are consistent with the pattern of In 1971, the Church achieved ``Parish Sta- First, let us consider the baseless claim that terrorism that these and other terrorist groups tus,'' and later established an award for the the Government of India was responsible for have carried out for many years against inno- man and woman of the year. In order to be- the bombing of an Air India jet in 1985, which cent Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir. Their come more involved in the community, the occurred off the coast of Ireland in a flight motive is clearÐthey seek to disrupt the terri- Church began to sponsor and implement com- originating in Canada, claiming the lives of torial integrity of India and to show that a munity outreach programs and participated in 329 passengers. That incident has now been multi-religious society cannot survive. The at- community development projects, including thoroughly investigated by one of the world's tack on the Sikh community in Chittisinghpora, after school and summer camp programs; the most respected law enforcement agencies, the by cynically choosing the very eve of Presi- renovation of P.S. #18, which currently pro- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). On dent Clinton's visit to New Delhi to perpetrate vides housing for low-income families; a October 27, 2000 after an almost 15-year in- these atrocities, follows the policy of ethnic ``Clothing Ministry'' for the poor; and a scholar- quiry, the RCMP charged two residents in Brit- cleansing to eliminate whatever little minority ship fund. ``Resurrection House'' opened for ish Columbia, Ripudaman Singh Malik and population that resides in the Kashmir valley. occupancy in 1992. In addition, the Church es- Ajaib Bagri, with the murders of the innocent Casting blame on India for these deliberate tablished a Sunday school and a men's cho- civilians killed in the crash of the Air India jet. acts of violence is at odds with the facts of the rus and youth choir, as well as a newsletter One of those individuals, Mr. Malik, has been case and India's constitutional obligation to entitled ``Good News.'' identified by Canadian authorities as the finan- protect the civil and human rights of its diverse The Church of the Incarnation merged with cial backer of extreme Sikh separatist groups communities. St. Mathew's and St. Stevens in 1997. Today, operating from Canada. Both Canadians have the three churches together are St. Augustine. also been charged with the murders of two Finally, let us consider recent statements A new church and community center will be baggage handlers in Tokyo by a bomb that claiming that India is practicing ``state ter- completed in December 2001. was meant to destroy yet another Air India rorism'' in Punjab and Kasmir, citing unsub- Ninety years after its founding, the Church flight. These individuals, will be given a trial stantiated figures from questionable and unre- of the Incarnation proudly celebrates its his- and afforded every opportunity to defend liable sources. Using these claims, it is con- toryÐa history that is a testament to the con- themselves against the murder and criminal tended India should be declared a terrorist gregation's enduring faith and extraordinary conspiracy charges lodged against them by state. Such a notion flies in the face of the commitment to God and community. Canadian authorities. documented record by the U.S. State Depart- Today, I ask that my colleagues join me in As the India Abroad News Service reported ment citing the improvement of human rights honoring the 90th anniversary of the Church of recently, moderate Sikhs in the U.S. have wel- in India. It is also contrary to the partnership the Incarnation. This congregation's faith is a comed the RCMP's apprehension of the sus- between the U.S. and India in combating the wonderful example for everyone. pects. According to India Abroad, the Sikh menace of international terrorism by engaging f Council on Religion and EducationÐa commu- in day-to-day cooperative counter-terrorist ac- nity think-tank based in WashingtonÐcon- tivities. SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT cluded: With India's record of democracy deeply WITH REGARD TO INDIA We, the Sikhs, condemn the killing of in- rooted in its constitution and its tolerance for nocent people. We also want to emphasize in its many religious and ethnic communities, the strongest possible terms that any such HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN India itself has suffered from the ravages of OF NEW YORK employment of violence for political ends is totally against Sikh teachings and values. terrorism to a degree virtually unparalleled IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Sikh religion teaches tolerance and re- around the world. The human cost of this Friday, December 8, 2000 spect for all religious beliefs and practices cross-border terrorism has been staggering. . . . The consensus in the Sikh community Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, as the year 2000 Indeed, over the years, more than 16,000 Indi- in India and internationally has been that ans in Punjab have been murdered and comes to a close, we can look back over the political issues must be resolved through past twelve months with a profound sense of maimed by cross-border terrorists. The deadly dialogue, political process and peaceful toll in Jammu and Kashmir has exceeded accomplishment by pointing to a new chapter means. We are surprised and shocked that in our relationship between the United States there could be Sikh individuals who would 21,000. and India. We have witnessed dramatic commit such a horrible act . . . It is in this context that we should examine changes that have created a dynamic and These moderate and responsible views of the damage that can be caused by unsubstan- lasting partnership as celebrated throughout the U.S. Sikh community stand in sharp con- tiated allegations and false propaganda. President Clinton's visit to India last July and trast to the false information in press releases Charges are continually hurled against the Prime Minister's Vajpayee's journey to the prepared by the so-called ``Council of Government of India every time a vicious act CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2163 of terrorism is committedÐfor example, the ni (Beta Tau Lambda) Chapter of the Alpha gional Office before being transferred to bombing of the Air India jetliner in 1985, the Phi Alpha fraternity, which marked its 60th an- Greenville in July of 1979. Since that time he attack on the Sikh community in March of this niversary on this past Monday, December 4th. has served as District Manager in Greenville, year, and the shooting of innocent pilgrims on Throughout its 94-year existence, the Alpha which includes both the Greenville and Eliza- their way to the Amarnarth caves in August. Phi Alpha fraternity has been an exemplary or- beth City offices. The Greenville District There is more than sufficient evidence to show ganization, with a mission committed to public serves eight northeastern North Carolina that the last two acts committed this year were service. The Fort Worth Alumni Chapter has Counties having over 45,000 beneficiaries re- the handiwork of elements from Pakistan be- done a tremendous job of furthering Alpha Phi ceiving over $300 million annually in Social longing to the LET. The facts with regard to Alpha's mission and has worked to make a Security benefits. Fred's respect for individual the Air India case point to Canadian-based real difference in our North Texas community. differences, his ability to build on their Sikh supra-nationalists as the source of the The Fort Worth Alumni Chapter has taken strengths and compensate for weaknesses, aviation disaster. If this kind of propaganda is action in our community to curb juvenile delin- has made him the quality manager with whom uncritically allowed to hold sway, it encour- quency, foster job training skills and commu- we have enjoyed working. ages militant units like the LET to perpetrate nity safety programs, and combat teen preg- Fred Lilley loves his country, is active in similar atrocities against innocent civilians. It is nancy by educating young men. local and community events, and lives each characteristic of the modus operandi of these Through the years, the members of Alpha day to its fullest. A retired Colonel in the U.S. terrorist groups to deflect attention from their Phi Alpha and the Beta Tau Lambda chapter Army Reserve, Fred is also a member of the inhumane acts by deliberately shifting the have become leaders of their community, a Reserve Officers Association, the Civil Affairs blame to India. testimony to the strength of their education as Associations, The Association of the U.S. The first and only address by a foreign head members of this fine organization. Army, and is a member and past President of of state before a joint meeting of the 106th Congratulations again to the Beta Tau the Greenville Civitan Club. He is a loving Congress by India's Prime Minister Vajpayee Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity husband to his wife, Lenora who is an assist- speaks volumes about the position of the U.S. on your 60th anniversary. I know you will con- ant librarian at a local elementary school and Congress on U.S.-India relations. tinue serving our Fort Worth community a wonderful father to his daughter Gail, who The recent ill-informed statements by some throughout the next 60 years. currently resides in Florida. of our colleagues do not represent the views f The service that Fred Lilley has given to the of most Members of the U.S. Congress. taxpayers for the past forty years has, in my HONORING MR. FRED W. LILLEY f opinion, exemplified what a true public servant FOR 40 YEARS OF FAITHFUL should be. His concern about efficiency and RECOGNIZING LARRY JUSTICE OF SERVICE TO THE AMERICAN always making sure the citizens are given MACON, GA, FOR HIS RETIRE- PUBLIC courteous and sincere service will long be re- MENT FROM THE BIBB COUNTY membered as Fred Lilley's legacy. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HON. WALTER B. JONES f OF NORTH CAROLINA HONORING HAROLD PRAEDIGER HON. SAXBY CHAMBLISS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF GEORGIA Friday, December 8, 2000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, OF PENNSYLVANIA Friday, December 8, 2000 upon my election to the House of Representa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. Speaker, I would like tives in 1994, I opened a district office in Friday, December 8, 2000 to honor an exceptional citizen from Macon, Greenville, NC located next door to the local Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Speaker, today I recog- Georgia's 8th Congressional District, Larry Social Security Administration. Little did I real- nize Mr. Harold Praediger, who is retiring as Justice of Macon, Georgia, on his retirement ize at the time how beneficial this location Borough Council President of Rockledge in from the Bibb County Board of Commis- would be in helping the people of the third dis- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. sioners. trict. As you can imagine, my district office over Mr. Praediger has been a resident of Larry Justice was first elected to the Macon Rockledge for 45 years and has contributed Board of Commissioners in 1969 and has the past 6 years has been busy assisting con- stituents with their Social Security problems. years of extraordinary service to his commu- served as chairman for 10 years. As a long nity. He has been a member of the Borough time public servant, Larry has served on the The work my office has performed on these cases has allowed my staff and I to develop Council for more than 14 years where he State of Georgia Local Health Advisory Com- served as Recreation Chairman, Vice Presi- mission and is the past president of the a number of wonderful relationships with the employees of the Administration. One of these dent and currently as President. As President, Macon Board of Realtors. Mr. Praediger has played an integral role in I have had the distinct honor of working with relationships in particular has proven to be es- kicking off the new Municipal Building project Larry on such projects as the Fall Line Free- pecially valuableÐthe relationship between my office and Mr. Fred Lilley, district manager in that is scheduled to break ground next year. way, Robins Air Force Base and many other A graduate of Abington High School, Mr. the Social Security office next door. issues in transportation, health, education and Praediger resigned as the Head of Mainte- Fred Lilley has always been most helpful to defense. I will miss his tenacity and hard work nance at Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia and my office. Time and time again he has as- ethic, as well as, our close working relation- is now a co-owner of Acker's Hardware. He sisted my staff and I in resolving problems for ship. and his wife, Linda, have three children: Mi- my constituents and has offered valuable ad- Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize Larry chael, Steven and Leigh Anne. vice and insight. That is why, while happy for Justice for his dedication and service to Bibb It is a privilege to acknowledge the achieve- Fred, I was somewhat saddened to hear of his County. He is an extraordinary citizen, and I ments of Mr. Harold Praediger. The entire upcoming retirement from the Social Security am proud to serve as his Representative in Rockledge community has benefited from his Administration. the People's house. leadership and fellowship. I join the Borough Upon Fred Lilley's retirement on December f Council in congratulating him on his many 30, 2000, we will be losing a committed and years of exemplary service. HONORING THE FORT WORTH caring public servantÐone who has dedicated f ALUMNI (BETA TAU LAMBDA) his career to helping his fellow man. He has CHAPTER OF THE ALPHA PHI given 40 years of service to the citizens of our A FREE KASHMIR IS IN THE U.S. ALPHA FRATERNITY Nation through his work with the Social Secu- VITAL INTEREST rity Administration and the U.S. Army and HON. MARTIN FROST Army Reserves. Originally from Martin County, HON. MAJOR R. OWENS OF TEXAS NC, Fred began working for the Social Secu- OF NEW YORK rity Administration following graduation from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES East Carolina College in 1960. During the en- Friday, December 8, 2000 suing years he worked in a number of offices Friday, December 8, 2000 Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, today I recognize throughout the southeast, including a ten year Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I have just re- the outstanding efforts of the Fort Worth Alum- assignment in Social Security's Atlanta Re- turned from a 1-week visit to Pakistan and E2164 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 8, 2000 Kashmir. This brief tour of a nation of more rity Council have ignored the pains of the So I again want to tell you how proud I am than 140 million people who were our loyal al- Kashmir people. [of our forces], and how proud I am of Presi- lies during the critical years of the cold war For humanitarian reasons Kashmir must be dent Clinton for having reached across the aisle to say, ‘‘I want this Republican to serve with the Soviet Union was pleasant and tre- set free. Of equal importance is the fact that in my administration to send a signal to the mendously informative. The purpose of my trip this long festering problem fuels an explosive American people and to the Congress that was twofold. First, I represent the largest com- dispute between Pakistan and India. Because when it comes to national security there is munity of Pakistani and Kashmir-American citi- both of these powers now have nuclear weap- no party label. There is no party difference. zens in our nation. Their concerns for their ons, Kashmir has become one of the globe's We have one national security commit- homeland are also my concerns. Secondly, most dangerous regions. Justice for the peo- ment.’’ And I thank him for giving me this since I was a high school student, and for all ple of Kashmir is now inextricably interwoven opportunity to be the civilian representative with freedom from the massive world nuclear of the greatest military in the world, bar of my adult life, I have been captivated by the none. They are the finest military that we problem of Kashmir self-determination which contamination which would result from any nu- have ever had. They have performed magnifi- mysteriously does not arouse the pity and clear conflict in South Asia. cently the world over. Janet and I had the anger throughout the world that it deserves. The continuing refusal of the United States opportunity to visit General Tilelli in Korea To raise the national and world level of visi- and its allies to assign the highest priority to up on the DMZ in the frozen hills. We’ve bility on this issue I have founded the House the Kashmir problem is a dangerous strategic been out in the Persian Gulf where the tem- Pakistan-Kashmir Caucus. blunder. The failure to pursue a vigorous and peratures ranged from 120 up to 140 degrees. During our stay in Pakistan and Kashmir as thorough non-violent diplomatic solution in We have been all over the world where our men and women serve us. And I must tell the guest of the Council of Pakistan Ameri- Kashmir will result in tragic future con- you—there can be no higher honor for me cans and the government of Azad Kashmir we sequences. and Janet than to be working on their be- covered a full and productive itinerary: f half. We were received by several high level offi- It takes a great tragedy like the U.S.S. cials of the national government including the TRIBUTE TO JACK VALENTI ON Cole to remind the American people that our Head of State, General Parvez Mucharref; HIS RECEIPT OF THE CIVILIAN men and women in uniform are serving us. whose present title is Chief Executive Officer. PATRIOT AWARD Because of them, you and I are able to sleep safely. We go home tonight and we sleep We also met with the Foreign Minister, the under that blanket of freedom because of Minister of Education, the Prime Minister of HON. TOM LANTOS what they do day in and day out, because of Azad Kashmir, the Administrator of the City of OF CALIFORNIA the dangers they face day in and day out, be- LaHore, the Governor of the province of Pun- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cause of the lives they put on the line day in jab. Friday, December 8, 2000 and day out. They are great warriors. They We conferred with the American Embassy are also great musicians, as you’ve seen. and Consulate officials in both Islamabad and Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I invite my col- They are great peacekeepers. They are dip- LaHore including Ambassador Milman, Prin- leagues to join me today in congratulating and lomats. But most of all, they’re our sons and cipal Officer Sheldon Rappaport, and Counsel honoring Jack Valenti, the President of the our daughters, and we must do everything in our power to make sure that we give them General David Donahue along with the very Motion Picture Association of America, on his receipt of the first Citizen Patriot Award. This everything that they need and deserve in helpful members of their staffs. order to continue to serve us in the fashion As a result of the recent passage of the award recognizes outstanding contributions by that they do. That has been our commit- Brownback amendment which exempts edu- civilians to our nation's military personnel and ment. That will be, hopefully, the commit- cation aid from the set of sanctions presently to our nation's security. My dear friend, Jack ment of those who will follow. being imposed on Pakistan, we met with an Valenti, is a friend to many of us here in this The film industry plays a critical role. On unusual number of education officials and vis- body, and he is most deserving of this singular the way in, a number of the television re- porters were asking us, ‘‘Why are you doing ited six schools and four higher education in- honor. Jack first served our country during World War II, flying over 50 combat missions this? Why are you here in Hollywood?’’ Well, stitutions. Because of my long-term assign- Hollywood has played a role in the security ment on the Education Committee I applauded over Italy. Later, he served in a position of of this country throughout our history. If the Brownback amendment and conveyed my great responsibility in the administration of you go back to World War I, it was the movie intent to closely work with those who are President Lyndon B. Johnson. He then went star celebrities who were helping to push charged with administering it. on to represent our nation's film industry here those Liberty Bonds. If you look at World On a one day trip to Azad Kashmir we vis- in Washington, D.C. War II, many of the celebrities were raising ited three schools and a refugee camp. We Mr. Speaker, I could spend all day extolling over $1 billion to support that war effort. met children with high spirits and keen intel- the virtues of this outstanding man, this ex- And then there are the film clips that we traordinary citizen and patriot. However, my have seen here tonight—‘‘Saving Private ligence. We also met refugees who were obvi- Ryan’’ by Steven Spielberg; ‘‘U-571,’’ ‘‘The ously crushed in both spirit and body. efficient nature suggests that I share with you Perfect Storm,’’ [and] ‘‘Top Gun’’ that Jerry In Islamabad, and LaHore as well as in the excellent remarks of Secretary of Defense Bruckheimer produced earlier. And we are Azad Kashmir we participated in several press William Cohen when he presented Jack with going to witness another movie produced by conferences and meetings which discussed this award. I request that excerpts of Sec- Jerry with Michael Day, ‘‘Pearl Harbor,’’ the Kashmir problem at great length. The retary Cohen's speech be placed in the coming out on Memorial Day. And, of course, Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir, Sultan RECORD. there’s another great tribute to our military Mahmood Chaudary showed particular con- by Cuba Gooding, Jr. in ‘‘Men of Honor.’’ REMARKS OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WILLIAM The film industry is important in shaping cern about the present stalemate and the de- COHEN PRESENTING THE CIVILIAN PATRIOT what people think about our military and cline in American interest as a third party. We AWARD TO JACK VALENTI, PRESIDENT OF THE supporting them, and we wanted to be here assured him that, despite the exceptional MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA to say something to Hollywood you don’t power and influence of the Indian lobby, we I had a long speech tonight, but that’s not hear very often, and that’s ‘‘Thank you.’’ would return to achieve a greater balance of what I’m going to inflict upon you. You had Thank you for all that you do in portraying thinking and action with respect to Pakistan an opportunity to pay tribute to a young the men and women who serve us, their pa- and Kashmir. We also pledged to work with sailor who survived the U.S.S. Cole tragedy. triotism, their courage, their sense of honor. I don’t know if many of you are aware of the Pakistani and Kashmiri community in On behalf of all of us, we in the Pentagon what took place following that terrorist want to say thank you to Hollywood. America to ``jump-start'' a ``People's Movement bombing. But for 48 to 72 hours following Tonight, we’re going to present the first to Free Kashmir''. that tragic event, these young men and Citizen Patriot Award. And again, I was Self determination, democracy and human women aboard that ship worked much of the asked on the way in, ‘‘Why Valenti?’’ Of rights are assigned the highest priority in the time without any power. They were in total course, you have to say, well, why not Va- value scheme of the international community darkness. They had no external support. lenti? . . . . We are celebrating a patriot in in this year 2000. The people of Kashmir have They had lost 17 of their colleagues. Fifty Jack Valenti. He is a veteran who flew 50 been denied all three of these vital social and were desperately wounded. They had chaos combat missions over Italy in World War II, all around—smoke, jagged metal. Then they who went on to public service in the White political components while the nations of the lost the power and the water was coming in House with President Johnson, who has con- world have watched their plight for 53 years. at 10 gallons per minute, and they had to tinued his service to this film industry but The United Nations has reneged on a vital bail it out bucket by bucket. But they were also to this country. And you know that he’s promise to Kashmir for more than five dec- determined to save that ship to make sure a man of great language and literature and ades. The great powers who sit on the Secu- that ship did not go down. passion and commitment. He has been a CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2165 strong advocate on behalf of the men and Treasury, Postal Service and General Govern- Mr. Speaker, on November 7, 2000 two women who are serving us in the military. ment including planning and coordinating im- Presidents may have been elected. So if we’re looking for a citizen patriot, at portant Subcommittee travel to review counter- Vice President GORE received a majority of the very top of the list we take Jack Valenti narcotics programs in the Andean drug source for all that he represents. the popular vote cast that day and Governor countries, port security and drug trafficking in I will tell you that patriotism is in his Bush may have received a majority of the Miami and the West Coast, and Customs au- blood. I remember reading a book that he elector college electors. wrote some years ago, and I came across a tomation projects at busy commercial ports passage. He said, ‘‘I remember my white- such as Detroit and New York. Mr. MacKinnon Regardless of your political viewpoints, I be- mustached grandfather, Sicilian, proud, and also has been highly responsive to the re- lieve that from this point forward the President dignified, and dominant, speaking to me and quirements of this Subcommittee in both an- of the United States should be elected by di- his dozen grandchildren in heavy accents, ticipating and responding to our information re- rect popular vote. thick with an odd mix of Sicily and the quirements, and in facilitating any hearings or This legislation will abolish the electoral col- Texas gulf coast, and he said, ‘‘Love this other meetings between the Subcommittee country, be proud of this country. It’s a good lege and ensure that when the American peo- land.’’ and the Customs Service. He has brought great professionalism to his work, and has al- ple step into the voting booth they, and not a Jack Valenti has lived up to the words of slate of faceless electors, will choose the next his grandfather. He is proud of this country. ways contributed a fair measure of his energy, He is a proud patriot. And I can’t think of a enthusiasm and a dram of Scottish wit to all President. better summation than one I read from Jus- his endeavors. The Founding Fathers installed the electoral tice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who also was a Special Agent MacKinnon came to his cur- college as a mechanism to ensure only the warrior, during the Civil War. Holmes said rent assignment after a full and productive best and brightest individuals of their time that, ‘‘Through our great and good fortune, decade carrying out investigations of narcotics served as our President. This relic of a by- in our youth our hearts were touched with smuggling, illegal export of munitions and sen- gone era was created because the Founding fire. And it was given to us to learn at the sitive technology, and trafficking in child por- outset that life is a profound and passionate Fathers did not trust Americans to learn all thing. And while we’re permitted to scorn nography. This work included six years lead- they needed to know to make an informed de- nothing but indifference and don’t pretend to ing undercover investigations of international cision. undervalue the worldly rewards of ambition, child pornography, many of which involved the we have seen with our own eyes beyond and Internet. Out of that work, Mr. MacKinnon But times have changed and the American above the gold fields, those snowy heights of moved on to be one of the first investigators people have come along way from those days. honor. It’s for us to bear the reports of those to work in and develop the Customs Service's We now live in an era of high-speed Internet who follow. But above all, we have learned Cyber-Smuggling Center. He has developed a access, instantaneous media coverage of that whether a man accepts from Fortune wide reputation for his work in the field of international events, 24-hour news stations, her spade and will look downward and dig, or Internet investigations, testifying before our from Aspiration her axe and cord and will and cross-country flights. There is no reason scale the ice, the one and only success which counterpart Subcommittee in the Senate, as- all Americans can't access the information is his to command is to bring to his work a sisting foreign police in international investiga- they need to make an informed choice about mighty heart.’’ tions, and teaching undercover courses for who they want as their President. For more than half a century, Jack Va- State and local police on Internet crimes lenti has brought to his work a mighty against children. There was a lot of discussion about trust in heart, and we are eternally grateful for that. Special Agent MacKinnon will soon depart the recent Presidential campaignÐon both f for Boston to take up a new assignment in the sides: trusting people to make their own field as a Group Supervisor in the Office of the choices about retirement savings; trusting sen- TRIBUTE TO JOHN P. MACKINNON Special Agent in Charge officers. From our iors to choose their own prescription drug perspective, he has served Customs well, and plans; trusting women to control their repro- HON. JIM KOLBE in so doing has done the same for our Sub- ductive health. Well, if we are going to entrust OF ARIZONA committee and the Congress. We wish him all Americans to make these personal choices, the best in his new assignment and expect to we must also trust them to choose the Presi- HON. STENY H. HOYER see great things as his career progresses. dent they believe best represents their inter- OF MARYLAND f ests. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Americans do not need to be protected from Friday, December 8, 2000 LEGISLATION ABOLISHING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE their own decisionsÐit's time to trust them. Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Mr. In the 20th Century we gave women the HOYER, and I wish to recognize Special Agent John MacKinnon of the U.S. Customs Service HON. GENE GREEN right to vote, allowed direct elections of our OF TEXAS for his exemplary service with the Office of United States Senators, and passed numerous IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congressional Affairs for the past two years, voting initiatives designed to open the polling including his work as the acting team leader Friday, December 8, 2000 place to all citizens wishing to participate. for appropriations since May of this year. Spe- Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise In the 21st Century, we must to sweep cial Agent MacKinnon has provided extraor- today to introduce an amendment to the Con- away these last archaic roadblocks and move dinary assistance to the Subcommittee on stitution abolishing the Electoral College. forward to a truly modern democracy. Friday, December 8, 2000 Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS Senate passed Continuing Resolution. The House and Senate passed H.J. Res. 128, Making Further Continuing Appropriations. Senate Chamber Action Messages From the House: Pages S11752±53 Communications: Pages S11753±54 Routine Proceedings, pages S11747–S11754 Additional Remarks: Page S11752 Measures Passed: Recess: Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. and recessed Continuing Resolution: Senate passed H.J. Res. at 10:48 a.m., until 5:30 p.m., on Monday, Decem- 128, making further continuing appropriations for ber 11, 2000. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks the fiscal year 2001, clearing the measure for the of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Record on President. Page S11751 page S11754.) Striped Bass Conservation Act Reauthorization: Senate passed H.R. 2903, to reauthorize the Striped Bass Conservation Act, clearing the measure for the Committee Meetings President. Page S11754 No committee meetings were held. h House of Representatives Earlier, agreed to H. Res. 669, the rule that pro- Chamber Action vided for consideration of the joint resolution by Bills Introduced: 5 public bills, H.R. 5647–5651; voice vote. Pages H12047±48 and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 132 and H. Res. Meeting Hour—Monday, Dec. 11: Agreed that 671–672, were introduced. Pages H12065±66 when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet Reports Filed: No reports were filed today. at 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 11. Page H12053 Profound Sorrow on the Death of the Honorable Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Julian C. Dixon, a Representative from the State Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, Dec. of California: The House agreed to H. Res. 671, ex- 13. Page H12053 pressing the condolences of the House of Representa- Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate tives on the death of the Honorable Julian C. Dixon, today appear on pages H12047 and H12064. a Representative from the State of California. Pages H12055±64 Quorum Calls—Votes: One yea-and-nay vote de- veloped during the proceedings of the House today Making Continuing Appropriations: The House and appears on pages H12052–53. There were no passed H.J. Res. 128, making further continuing ap- quorum calls. propriations for the fiscal year 2001 by a yea and nay vote of 284 yeas to 37 nays, Roll No. 602. Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and at Pages H12048±53 12:10 p.m., pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 671, the House stands adjourned until 5 p.m. on D1206 December 8, 2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D1207 Monday, December 11, 2000, in memory of the late Senate Committees Honorable Julian C. Dixon. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 12, to hold oversight hearings on the status of natural gas Committee Meetings markets, 9:30 a.m., SD–366. No Committee meetings were held. House Chamber f To be announced. CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD House Committees Week of December 11 through December 16, 2000 Committee on the Judiciary, December 13, Subcommittee on Crime, oversight hearing on ‘‘The Threat Posed by the Senate Chamber Convergence of Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, and Terrorism,’’ 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. During the week, Senate expects to consider any Committee on Resources, December 12, Task Force on cleared legislative and executive business, including Headwaters Forest and Related Issues, hearing on matters conference reports, when available. related to Headwaters Forest, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth. D1208 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST December 8, 2000

Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 5:30 p.m., Monday, December 11 5 p.m., Monday, December 11

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: After the transaction of any Program for Monday: Consideration of H.J. Res. 129, morning business (not to extend beyond 6 p.m.), Senate Making Further Continuing Appropriations (closed rule, expects to consider a continuing resolution, and may con- one hour of debate). sider other cleared legislative and executive business.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Green, Gene, Tex., E2160, E2165 Moakley, John Joseph, Mass., E2161 Hoeffel, Joseph M., Pa., E2163 Owens, Major R., N.Y., E2163 Barr, Bob, Ga., E2158 Hoyer, Steny H., Md., E2165 Rahall, Nick J., II, West Va., E2160 Chambliss, Saxby, Ga., E2163 Johnson, Nancy L., Conn., E2158 Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana, Fla., E2158, E2161 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E2155 Jones, Walter B., N.C., E2163 Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E2159 Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr., Md., E2158 Kolbe, Jim, Ariz., E2165 Stump, Bob, Ariz., E2155 Frost, Martin, Tex., E2163 Lantos, Tom, Calif., E2164 Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E2160 Gilman, Benjamin A., N.Y., E2157, E2162 Menendez, Robert, N.J., E2162 Walden, Greg, Ore., E2158

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