21550 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE September 22, 1981 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Tuesday, September 22, 1981 The House met at 12 o'clock noon. Strengthening the financial integri only purpose is to bring more tax dol The Chaplain, Rev. James David ty of social security must be done in lars into the Federal Treasury. Ford, D.O., offered the following an equitable and humane way rather prayer: than by sacrificing the future of those So you will walk in the way of good entitled to the system's protection. I TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM men and keep to the paths of the right invite my colleagues to join me in op 0 This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., 0 1407 is 2:07 p.m. e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by the Member on the floor. September 22, 1981 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 21551 The CCC paid 14.5 percent for its ently impressed by his smooth han we have assumed toward that country money in the month before the cur dling of each new challenge. in the past. rent 14.5-percent rate was set last Probably no better incident demon I would urge support for that resolu spring, and USDA analysts reportedly strates Mike's thorough-going ap tion : September 22, 1981 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 21555 The scale of Wallenberg's actions is The resolution before us, as amend tive of the Simon Wiesenthal Institute perhaps unparalleled in history. I do ed, is identical to Senate Joint Resolu on the Holocaust in Los Angeles, Calif. not make such a statement lightly. In tion 65. In the House, House Joint It was the great efforts of the people the heart of Nazi-occupied territory, Resolution 220 was co-referred to the at the Institute, Mr. Speaker, that under the eye of history's most mon Committee on the Judiciary, chaired helped alert many Members of Con strous regime, Wallenberg devoted by our distinguished colleague, the gress to the need in the world today to himself to the liberation of those per Honorable PETER W. RODINO, JR., and study and remember the Holocaust to • secuted millions who were marked for to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. assure the world, Jew and Christian extinction merely because of their reli Both committees considered the reso alike, that there will never again be a gion. His success was beyond the limits lution and ordered it favorably report time such as we experienced in this of what was thought possible. But at ed. The Foreign Affairs Committee world during the 1930's and 1940's. ' the crowning moment of his accom filed its report-97-152, part 1-on Raoul Wallenberg is one of those plishment, at a time when liberation June 17, 1981. The Judiciary Commit rare individuals whose light not only for all appeared within reach, Soviet tee reported a version identical to that shone in terms of his ability to safe troops seized Wallenberg in January passed by the Senate. The Committee guard Jewish lives but whose light 1945. on Foreign Affairs concurs with the shines to all of us today as a humani Despite Soviet statements that Wal amendment added by the Senate and tarian. I think he is alive and I happen lenberg died in 1947, repeated reports the Judiciary Committee. That to believe that the Soviet Union knows have indicated that Wallenberg was amendment makes it clear that the where he is and that this resolution alive over the years and is still be conferring of honorary citizenship on will force open his case for all the lieved to be languishing in a Soviet Raoul Wallenberg is an extraordinary world to see. prison today. For such a fate to be in measure, and is not to be regarded as I want the world to know that there flicted upon a man who has given so setting a precedent. are Members of Congress on both much of himself is a tragedy beyond During World War II, Raoul Wallen sides of the aisle who testified during proportion. Only an inhumane system berg, who exhibited unparalleled brav the hearings, as reflected today in this such as the Soviet Union's would ery, was instrumental in saving the joint resolution, who not only cospon commit such a heinous crime as hold lives of an estimated 100,000 Hungari sored it but who would willingly vote ing Wallenberg over all of these years. an Jews. In 1945, Wallenberg was im for it. It will then be signed by the I do not know or understand why the prisoned by the Soviets in violation of President, and I hope the President Soviets would keep Wallenberg impris his Swedish diplomatic immunity and signs it with the type of ceremony oned all this time, but the Soviets international law. There have recently that will send a signal that will shine have never abided by Western stand been reports indicating that Raoul across the world, right in the deepest ards of decency and continue today to Wallenberg may still be alive. and darkest places of the Gulag Archi commit further acts of atrocity among The resolution recognizes the ex pelago and say to the Soviet Union their own people and in Afghanistan. traordinary heroism of Raoul Wallen that America and its people, Jew and We have before us a clear opportuni berg and grants him honorary U.S. Gentile alike, refuse to forget Raoul ty to send .a strong message to the citizenship-an extremely unusual Wallenberg, and that we stand beside Soviet Union on the fate of a heroic action. Further, the measure calls on him and what he did, not only on individual. Wallenberg is not only a the President to press the Soviets for a behalf of Jews but for all people who symbol of everything that is decent in determination of Wallenberg's where suffer. I want this light to shine for mankind, but his spirit is embodied in abouts, and to secure his return· to other people unjustly imprisoned ·by thousands of Hungarian Jews who are freedom. the Soviets, who have no other hope still alive today because of his efforts. Mr. Speaker, I urge the adoption of for freedom than our intervention, I know of no better way of repaying House Joint Resolution 220, as amend like Anatoly Shcharansky, who has mankind's debt to Wallenberg than to ed. been languishing in a Soviet prison for grant him honorary citizenship and Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 over 4 years, and whose wife calls me minutes to my colleague, the gentle from Israel to plead on his behalf, and demand that the Soviet Union account man from New York . 21560 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE September 22, 1981 . Mr. Wallenberg was taken into cus case. For that reason, I cosponsored e Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise tody by the Soviets in 1945, and has House Joint Resolution 220 and urge in support of this resolution which not been heard from since. In 1957, my colleagues to approve it. I com would confer honorary citizenship on the Soviet authorities notified the mend the gentleman from California Raoul Wallenberg. Raoul Wallenberg Swedish Government that Mr. Wallen . September 22, 1981 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 21569 the average public employee in the Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Chairman, school system, which is a very similar United States. · will the gentleman yield? city, and we have all the costs of a big We need to carefully look at each of Mr. COLLINS of Texas. I will be city and all of that, yet our average the operating categories in the District glad to yield. student cost is $2,406 per student. It budget to see the contradictions Mr. McDONALD. Mr. Chairman, I costs $2,400 in Dallas; here in the Dis present, but I will just use two as illus appreciate the gentleman's remarks. I trict it costs $3,200. trations. First, District public educa certainly want to associate myself Now, if you look at these figures, tion is characterized by continually de with his remarks. there is another thing that impresses clining pupil enrollments and high per Did I understand the gentleman cor one, and I must say that it is a nega pupil costs. Pupil membership has de rectly when he said that the District tive impression. There is a 13-percent clined from over 145,000 in 1969 to of Columbia has five times greater em error rate in District of Columbia wel about 94,000 this year. Yet the District ployment of city personnel than, say, fare payments. That results in about spends $3,205 per student a year to a comparable area of Phoenix, Ariz.? $11 million being paid to ineligible re produce academic results far below Mr. COLLINS of Texas. I just took cipients. This does not include the those attained, for example, by the Phoenix, which is a hard-working, in wrongful payments that are made in Dallas school system which spends dustrious city out west. Look at the medicaid and food stamps and social only $2,406 per student. Continuing salaries of the District of Columbia service programs. There is enough high expenditures on fewer and fewer here, and you know why they have so waste specifically to pay for the educa students to produce continually lower many public employees. Mr. McDONALD. That is an as tion of 3,432 students in town. academic achievement does not make In 1969, the Federal Government sense. tounding comparison. What is the reason for the massive increase for the contributed $12 million to the District The history of public assistance pro of Columbia welfare program. At that grams in the District illustrates that District of Columbia? Is there any jus tifiable reason, or is it just padding time, there were 38,000 monthly re problems indeed tend to get worse as the payroll? cipients. Today, the monthly recipi money is thrown at them. First, there The CHAIRMAN. The time of the ents have ballooned up to 90,000. It is a 13-percent error rate in District of gentleman from Texas has expired. has gone from 38,000 to 90,000 just · Columbia welfare payments that re since 1969. sults in about $11 million being paid to Mr. COUGHLIN. Mr. Chairman, I ineligible recipients. This does not ac yield 5 additional minutes to the gen About 14 percent of the Washington, count for wrongful payments in medic tleman from Texas. D.C., population will end up getting aid, food stamp, and social service pro Mr. COLLINS of Texas. I would like some public assistance this year. to say that apparently there is a very There is no justification for taxing our grams. There is enough waste in the strong development program through identifiable losses to pay for the edu people back home to provide tax out the District of Columbia in trying money to pay for higher salaries in cation of 3,432 District school children to get on the District of Columbia pay for 1 year. the District of Columbia than the roll. When you think about the fact workers in other sections of America Second, as Federal aid to public as that the average salary in the District are receiving. There is no justification sistance programs has gone up, so has of Columbia is $21,000 and you realize for paying for schools that are produc the number of people on the public that the average salary for aU of the rolls. For example, in 1969, the Feder ing less in the way of quality educa States in America on the public pay tion, but costing more. It is time that al Government contributed over $12 roll is $16,000, you can realize that one million to the District of Columbia the District of Columbia faced up to really has a plum if one gets one of the averages. If we are paying an aver welfare programs. At that time there these District of Columbia jobs. So, were about 38,447 monthly recipients. age of $16,000 per public worker apparently that is the main incentive throughout the rest of America, we This year, when Federal aid has grown in Washington, to get on the city pay to $43.8 million, the number of aver should not be paying $21,000 here in roll. the District, with the rest of America age monthly recipients has ballooned Mr. McDONALD. I would like to to 90,919 people. In other words, about subsidizing the District of Columbia to commend the gentleman from Texas get this money. 14 percent of the District of Columbia for bringing these figures to our atten population will receive public assist Remember this: the District of Co tion and I certainly hope that we will lumbia only pays 32 cents in taxes for ance this year. take some corrective steps on this I hope my colleagues will join with every dollar they get back from the problem. Federal Government. If they want to me in sending a call for self-discipline Mr. COLLINS of Texas. I thank the to the District government and those receive more, they ought to pay more gentleman very much. I would like to taxes for those benefits. in Congress willing to indulge in exces discuss something about other operat sive spending that must be financed by ing categories in the District budget. Mr. DIXON. Mr. Chairman, I have taxpayers. There is no justification for They have several contradictions, and no requests for additional time, and I taxing our people back home to pro I would like to give the Members two. reserve the balance of my time. vide tax money to pay for higher sala First, public education in the Dis Mr. COUGHLIN. Mr. Chairman, I ries than workers receive in the other trict. If we watch it closely, we have a yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from sections of America. continual decline, decline, decline. As Illinois (Mr. PORTER). an example, there were 145,000 stu Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, I want 0 1400 dents enrolled in the District of Co to commend my colleague the gentle I mean, they are really well paid lumbia in 1969. Today, the latest fig man from California, who in chairing compared to what municipal employ ures I have seen, there were 94,000 the District of Columbia Subcommit ees make throughout the country. The students enrolled. They dropped from tee has been eminently fair in all mat average yearly salary for District of 145,000 to 94,000. Everybody is taking ters and has been a strong and steady Columbia employees is $21,300. Public their children out of public school if ing influence toward thoughtful legis employees in Texas average $14,316 they possibly can. lating. Likewise, the ranking minority annually. Get that. They are paying I want to tell the Members the cost member, the gentleman from Pennsyl them $21,000 here and they are get in the District of Columbia is $3,205 vania, has brought to bear on this ting $14,000 in Texas, and they are per student per year to produce aca process his considerable experience asking us to subsidize the District of demic results of which the District of and expertise as well as a wealth of Columbia. That does not sell in Peoria Columbia is among the lowest in the legislative insights, as he does in all of and it does not sell in Texas. Nation. I compared that to my own our House deliberations. 21570 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE September 22, 1981 The product, however, this bill, is teet those he deems his. I believe in tion of a personnel lottery with respect to perhaps overly generous at a time of home rule for District residents, but I the hiring of firefighters or police officers. Federal budget stringencies and cut also see a proper Federal role. I sus Mr. PARRIS. Mr. Chairman, a few backs. The District government re pect the adjustment of each interest weeks ago, not far from this Capitol, a ceives the full 1982 budget request of will be a subject of perpetual debate. police officer named Louis Green at $1.87 billion with a $300 million Feder As I said before, the budget request tempted to arrest a robbery suspect. al payment, the full amount that was is fully granted and the Federal pay The suspect grabbed for Officer authorized at the time this bill was ment is at the $300 million level. Green's revolver and the two men marked up. Since that time, the Con I support them. But before Federal began to struggle in a dimly lit hall gress has raised the authorization to funds should be added by the Con way on the 3rd floor of a building on $336.6 million, so that possibly either gress, the District administration 13th Street. by Senate or conference action, we can should present a realistic and strong As the struggle began, Officer Green expect an additional amount to be plan to prevent future budget deficits, called for assistance. And then as he back before us some time in the reduce and eliminate the present one, waited for the help he knew would future. and bring order out of the general come, he fought for his life with a In any case, approval of the full chaos that has characterized the Dis man he did not know, a man who was budget request and full Federal pay tricts finances for too long a time. trying to shoot him with his own gun. ment must raise for the Congress the Mr. LEHMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise In any city in this world, the call entire issue of how the District of Co in support of H.R. 4522, District of Co "officer in trouble" or "officer needs lumbia is conducting its financial busi lumbia appropriations for fiscal year assistance," gets an immediate re ness. As I have said on this floor 1982. sponse. Those who are sworn to pro before: Not very well, with an accumu This is my first year on the District tect us must also protect themselves. lated budget deficit of nearly $400 mil of Columbia Appropriations Subcom lion and no acceptable plan to address But in this city, the Nation's Capital, mittee, and I have been most im that is becoming increasingly difficult, it. pressed by the way in which the chair As the economic problems of this because the District of Columbia gov man, Mr. DIXON, carries out his duties. ernment has begun implementing per Nation were not created by President I commend him for the excellent job Reagan, those of the District were not sonnel policies that are systematically he does chairing the subcommittee. It stripping the city of the qualified created by Mayor Barry. But they are is quite often a very difficult task to his problems now and a plan to fi manpower needed to maintain ade balance the interests of the District quate public safety. nance a past operating deficit by float government and the interests of the ing a revenue bond issue-a violation Federal Government. It took 13 minutes to get help to Of of basic precepts of municipal fi ficer Louis Green. Thankfully, he was Because of the District's unique role not injured and the robbery suspect nance-will not only cost District tax as the seat of our Nation's Capital, the payers untold extra millions, some he battled for almost a quarter of an Congress has the responsibility to hour was arrested. thing like $600 million over the long review the District's budget and enact term, to pay for it, but on the Dis it into law. It is our job to make sure Officer Green was fortunate. But trict's first incursion into the bond that the Federal interest is protected, the next police officer may not be. Or markets, will lead it straight to the and I believe we have done so in this perhaps the next person in trouble bottom of the financial ratings. legislation. In these tight budgetary will not be a police officer, but one of Furthermore, there has been a de times, it is particularly worth noting the millions of Americans who visit cided lack of cooperation between the that the bill contains nearly $50 mil this city each year, a constituent of District and the subcommittee on the lion less than the amount requested one of our colleagues visiting the Na vital issue of crime control at a time by the administration. tion's Capital. when violent crime, particularly drug I strongly support the bill as it was As a result of the personnel policies related crime in the District of Colum reported from the Appropriations which now exist in the District of Co bia, is heading off the graph. I am not Committee, and I urge my colleagues lumbia as they relate to the police and yet sure that the District administra to vote in-favor of H.R. 4522. fire departments, the average response tion will carry out the mandate of the The CHAIRMAN. Are there further time for police assistance is 30 min last Congress to hire the additional requests for time? If not, the Clerk utes. 221 policemen that were deemed es will read. As a result of personnel practices sential. Certainly if the President The Clerk proceeded to read the bill. that are now imposed on the police cannot impound Federal funds, the Mr. DIXON (during the reading). and fire departments by the District Mayor ought not to be able to do so. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous con of Columbia, the average time for an Perhaps, in the absence of the fulfill sent that the remainder of the bill be ambulance response in the Nation's ment of this mandate, the Congress considered as read and open to amend Capital is twice the national average. should explore the possibility of ear ment at any point. As a result of personnel policies marking the Federal payment to The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection mandated by the District of Columbia insure that the relatively few require to the request of the gentleman from in connection with the hiring and ments Congress makes are in fact ac California? training of firefighters, instruction of complished. There was no objection. new recruits at the District of Colum I know that the Mayor and the Dis The CHAIRMAN. Are there any bia Fire Department Training Acade trict administration feel that Congress points of order against the bill? The my has been reduced from 11 weeks to role-and of course that of our sub Chair hears none. 6 days. committee-in all this is superfluous Are there any amendments to be of As a result of personnel policies laid and as some have said smack of fered at this point? down by the District of Columbia in paternalistic politics. In the Mayor's AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. PARRIS connection with the hiring and train position, I might feel the same way. Mr. PARRIS. Mr. Chairman, I offer ing of firefighters, a passing score on But this is unlike any other city-it is an amendment. the District of Columbia Police De a Federal city, to the extent of Federal The Clerk read as follows: partment employment test has been Government facilities and their envi Amendment offered by Mr. PARRIS: Page lowered to 35. rons, at least-the city of all Ameri 20, after line 25, insert the following new Public safety in the District of Co cans. There are legitimate Federal in section: lumbia has been deteriorating for terests and it is as much my job to pro SEc. 122. None of the funds appropriated some time. The report by the Appro tect them as it is the Mayor's to pro- in this Act may be used for the implementa- priations Committee which accompa- . September 22, 1981 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 21571 nies the legislation we are now consid letter that is very artfully drawn, and Second, what does this have to do ering contains some of the most criti he read from that letter just a few mo with the qualifications of the police cal language in recent memory. ments ago. I would like to read from man who is brought on the force. I In hearings before the Appropria the same letter to demonstrate to the suggest to the Members that it has tions Committee on this legislation, Members that what he talked about in nothing whatsoever to do with wheth there were a number of heated ex the well has no relationship to the er or not the police officer will be a changes in which committee members amendment. successful police officer. There is no accused the District of Columbia gov He says in his letter, and he men empirical evidence that says the ulti ernment of ignoring the wishes of the tioned on the floor, that- mate police officer who scores 100 and Congress and ignoring public safety The instruction for new recruits at the is brought onto the force will be better needs in the Nation's Capital. During D.C. Fire Department Training Academy, than the other officer who scored 70. those hearings, several of our col which included emergency medical training, There are many other ingredients, leagues warned District of Columbia has been reduced from 11 weeks to 6 days. many other factors, besides the exami officials that things had to improve. That is only half true. As a matter nation that go into the recruitment of I am here today as the ranking of fact, they did receive 6 days of police officers. member of the Government Oper training, but all applicants will receive I have heard that this pass-fail ations and Metropolitan Affairs Sub full training academy requirements system would allow people who are committee of the House District of Co beginning October 1981, and must suc not otherwise qualified to obtain jobs lumbia Committee to tell you that cessfully complete these requirements. on the police force. That is absolutely things are not improving. They cannot So it was merely a temporary situa untrue. This pass-fail system merely improve under the shortsighted and tion to get more people on the job in a sets up the priority of hiring, assum misguided personnel policies that are short period of time. That is not un ing they have all the other require being imposed on the police and fire common in any jurisdiction. ments which, by the way, have not departments of this great city. The gentleman also quoted from a been changed. The latest and by far the most dam Bill Raspberry column that appeared aging personnel directive issued by the The CHAIRMAN. The time of the recently in the Washington Post, and gentleman from California ' ··' September 22, 1981 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 21573 tainly is no objective basis for deter will fare over the 4 years based on the civil service exam. But I will never mining that persons who score highest tests that they give. My colleague has forget, time after time, and one day I on exams are most qualified. ·There seen those before. They can show that remember this, a woman wrote to me are a number of criteria which have to there is 1 chance in 50 that this person and said, be taken into account, and the criteria will continue in the academy for 4 I have never known anyone like Mr. taken into account under this system years based on the test results. Smith, when the man who had given me would assure that all persons who ulti Now, some test results have a pretty that phony icebox and was going to have to mately are hired meet all of the de good track record, and I have watched give me a brand new one, and he got up and mands of the job. the academies very carefully and they he shook hands with Mr. Smith and said I would add that in light of the sta normally have a very good track that he had never parted with $494 with tistics which were stated by the distin record on the qualifications going in. I more pleasure. guished gentleman from Virginia, he think it is exactly the same thing That is the kind of an inspector and might well have been arguing that we here. mediator you want. But the examina do something different. The duly That is why if we go to the lottery tions would not produce him. In fact, elected officials of home rule govern system we, in effect, throw all that we they barred him. ment of the District of Columbia agree have learned and know about the tests I said to the Governor, "I do not and, in this case, have acted to assure out the window. care about the Civil Service Commis that our police force does indeed hire The CHAIRMAN. Time of the gen sion. If he is fired, I am leaving," be those best qualified to serve. tleman from the District of Columbia cause that was the measure, the best The CHAIRMAN. The time of the has again expired. was so far away from the measure of gentleman from the District of Colum 21576 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE September 22, 1981 people of Pennsylvania's Eighth Con monwealth of Pennsylvania urging Mr. DIXON. Mr. Chairman, I re gressional District. And beyond that, them to deny GROWS landfill permis serve a point of order on the amend this hasty proposal ultimately does sion to implement this plan, and re ment. not provide a meaningful answer to questing that a public forum be pro Mr. BENNETT. Mr. Chairman, I rise the questions facing the people of the vided. I, too, have petitioned DER to today to offer an amendment to H.R. District of Columbia. reject the GROWS proposal until cer 4522 to prohibit the use of Federal Mr. Chairman, this proposal is, in tain determinations have been made. funds to license any establishment my view, a classic example of short In response to the objections raised within the boundaries of our Nation's sighted, last-minute decisionmaking. It by myself and others, DER has re Capital that sells drug paraphernalia. provides a short-term solution for the quested that GROWS provide infor Narcotics abuse today, especially District of Columbia but creates a mation on the environmental impact among young children, is growing at long-term problem for the people of of this proposal, as well as a detailed an alarming and an intolerable rate. my District. That problem, with which analysis of the sludge content. Fur Yet, we have allowed a paraphernalia the District of Columbia is only too fa thermore, DER has urged the Distr.ict industry which, in the words of former miliar, is the regrettable fact that of Columbia to explore alternative DEA Director Pete Besinger, "preys there is only so much landfill area to methods of disposal. . on the drug fantasies of our youth," to go around. Mr. Chairman, I sympathize with flourish. The reason the District of Columbia the plight of the District of Columbia. is in this current crisis is because it This despicable industry of drug par Yet, I do not believe that running aphernalia has developed into a multi has exhausted the landfill sites that roughshod over the citizens of the had previously been available to it. million-dollar business that not only Eighth Congressional District provides facilitates, but glamorizes drug use. To The Eighth Congressional District an equitable solution for the problem does not want to find itself facing a allow its existence in our Nation's Cap of sewage disposal. ital is a national outrage. similar situation a few years down the I believe that the taxpayers of this road. Today in the District of Columbia, country should be assured that this is there are at least 15 wholesalers who Currently, GROWS landfill handles the most efficient and effective plan somewhere between 100 and 150 tons market these devices which are de available. signed primarily for the use of illegal of sludge per day from various sources For this reason, I request a 60-day primarily in suburban Philadelphia. drugs. They in turn stock the count delay in the implementation of this less numbers of street vendors and so The additional influx of sewage from plan in order to give the organizations the District of Columbia will triple-or called head shops which flourish even involved in the proposal time to ade in the shadow of the Capitol. Many of perhaps quadruple-the amount of quately answer the questions that sludge being deposited into the these vendors blatantly distribute have been submitted by the Common their paraphernalia on the sidewalk in GROWS landfill each day. Estimates wealth of Pennsylvania and to give vary as to the lifespan of the GROWS the plain sight of even the youngest Pennsylvania time to effectively evalu child. landfill. Even the most optimistic pro ate those answers and make an in jection, however, predicts that the formed decision on the soundness of It is no wonder that our young GROWS landfill will be exhausted people are confused for they must con this proposal. tend with the paradox that while withins 8 short years. My amendment does not preclude Mr. Chairman, perhaps a few statis drugs are illegal, devices to administer the eventual use of these funds or the them are not. It is no wonder the rest tics would help place this issue in per disposal of this sludge but it provides spective for my colleagues. The Dis of the world questions our resolve to some assurance to the people of the fight drugs when faced with the para trict of Columbia plans to truck 500 Eighth Congressional District that tions of sludge over the 15-month dura dox of an America which asks them to they are not the victims of a capri destroy their marihuana and poppy trict. That adds up to over 200,000 cious and hastily conceived scheme. tons of slugde over the 15-month dura crops, but allows the sale of drug para Mr. Chairman, as a freshman Con phernalia to flourish in its own Cap tion of the proposed contract with gressman I had hoped to bring Wash GROWS. ital City. This clearly a national prob ington closer to my constituency-but lem which we must address. Shipping 500 tons of sludge on a 175- truckloads of sewage sludge was not mile one-way trip is an expensive prop My amendment will prohibit the use osition. Mr. Chairman, it has been es what I had in mind. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentle of Federal funds to grant a business li timated that the transportation costs man from California SUMMARY OF FEDERAL GRANT ASSISTANCE TO T~E biggest business in town. There are so occurs in the District's employment DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA...:_Continued many services that we provide for each year. them in addition to this billion dollars. Mr. FAUNTROY. Mr. Chairman, if Agency 1982 What I am asking in my amendment the gentlewoman will yield, it is my estimate 1 is to just have them work under a rea understanding that the attrition rate Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ...... 13,407,700 sonable ceiling, just spend twice as is at a level of 3 to 5 percent. much, just have twice as many people, Ms. FIEDLER. Three to five per Total, Transportation Services and Assistance ...... 15,897,400 as most cities have, but limit it to cent? 19,000 in personnel for the District of Mr. FAUNTROY. Yes. Env:n:~~:Srv~~~ F~r.~ .. ~.~.~.~~ .. ~~ .. ~.~~~~~~.. 1,228,000 Columbia. Ms. FIEDLER. That would be, C3pital Outlay (General Fund) ...... 142,818,900 roughly, how many employees does FEDERAL FUNDS Water and Sewer Enterprise Fund: Department of Environmen· the gentleman say-32,000? tal Services...... 138,000 Mr. FAUNTROY. As we indicated, 5 Amount percent is roughly 1,900. Total ...... 1 513,126,400 Ms. FIEDLER. What kind of a Item: 1 Amounts as submitted in the budget for the District of Columbia Federal payment ...... $300,000,000 growth factor has there been in the Government for 1982 (H. Doc. 97-17) . Federal contribution to police offiCers, firefighters, teach· employment rate of the city over, let ers, and judges retirement funds ...... 52,070,001T The Federal reimbursement is $15 Payment in lieu of reimbursement for water and sewer us say, the past 3 to 5 years? Has it services to Federal facilities ...... 13,500,000 been going up or has it been declining? million. Federal loans for capital outlay ...... 155,000,000 The total is over $1 billion of Feder Federal revenue sharing ...... 19,239,000 Mr. FAUNTROY. As I indicated in al funds for the District of Columbia. 539,809,000 my remarks, the employment level has I want to commend the District FJ~~~oi:!n~;~~~~.~~~~ ..i. ~~~~ ..i~ . ~~i.~.~.~~!.:::::: ::::::: : 513,126,400 been going down by 12 percent over Committee for the excellent appraisal Federal reimbursements ...... 15,535,700 the past 2 years. and the very fair approach that they Total, Federal funds...... 1,068,471,100 Ms. FIEDLER. I thank the gentle made in presenting the committee's man very much. I was just struck by report. Time and again in its report Mr. FAUNTROY. Mr. Chairman, I the figures in terms of the overall ex they refer to the fact that they have a rise in opposition to the amendment. penditures. The city of Los Angeles management problem down there at Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to has over 3% million people and their city hall. They hired Arthur Andersen the chairman in somewhat amazement budget is $1.1 billion approximately. & Co., and they hired Lucas Tucker that the gentleman from Texas would I was just trying to make some kind these are management consultant question the well-considered judgment of an equation between the 750,000 firms, accounting firms-to make a of the Subcommittee on Appropria population which exists in the Dis management appraisal. I want to tions for the District of Columbia, trict, as articulated by the gentleman quote from their record: which has addressed itself assiduously from Texas, and the total expenditure, A separate report providing greater detail over recent years to improving the ef which seemed very high to me. I was on the weaknesses noted in the District's ficiency of the District government just interested in the actual picture central systems and data processing activi over a period of time, plus attrition. ties. In addition to weaknesses in systems, and reducing the number of District these reports identified numerous weak employees. When you have a fairly high attrition nesses that were attributable to poor per The gentleman, to our amazement, rate, often simply by dealing with at formance and non-performance by District has suggested that we cut the level of trition you can begin substantially to personnel. District employment in 1 year by reduce the amount of employment . The Committee urges the District to re nearly 50 percent. without having to remove people from spond to each of the items of weakness Surely the House will not agree to their jobs and let that attrition help to noted in the Andersen report as soon as pos reduce the overall employment level sible and suggests that the managers re this clearly outrageous amendment. sponsible for the weaknesses be given exten In commending the committee for and save funds. sive training in management and supervi its careful attention to the efforts of Mr. FAUNTROY. If the gentlewom sion techniques. the mayor and the city council to pro an will yield further, as the gentle What I am suggesting is that we do vide necessary city services that it has woman participates in the discussions not need to teach them management. over the past 2 years alone eliminated of District affairs from time to time, We need to put them in another type some 4,800 District positions, a reduc the gentlewoman will become aware of of business. If they do not know how tion of some 12 percent over a 2-year the fact that the District of Columbia to run city hall, if they are big spend period. government, unlike that of many mu ers; then they should be, they ought The committee only this year has nicipalities, encompasses functions to be in another business, whatever it come in with an additional 1,943 jobs which are provided by both State, is, whether it is selling tires or wheth eliminated, or 5.4 percent of the level county, and municipal governments, in most of our communities. er it is wor~ing in a grocery store; but of employment which was maintained obviously, they do not know how to in District government during the Thereby, it cannot be compared to run city hall. fiscal year 1981. the burden of service delivery that is It is our responsibility when we real I simply urge the Members to re assumed by the average city in the ize how President Reagan has called spect the fact that our committee has country. on Congress day in and day out to bal spent long hours examining the con 0 1530 ance the budget, to cut expenses, that duct of the District government, as right here in our hometown would be sessing its need for personnel and Ms. FIEDLER. I thank the gentle a good place to start. agreeing to recommend the level of man. Every time I think of what we do for 34,000 this year, a drop of nearly 2,000 Mr. COLLINS of Texas. Mr. Chair the District, I am amazed. We provide over the level which was allowed the man, will the gentlewoman yield? them with the Capitol Hill Police. We year previously. Ms. FIEDLER. I yield to the gentle provide them with the White House Ms. FIEDLER. Mr. Chairman, I man from Texas. Police. We provide them with the Park move to strike the last word. Mr. COLLINS of Texas. The gentle Police. We have the FBI, all this does Mr. Chairman, I was wondering if I woman has raised a most interesting not go in their budget. might inquire of the representative of question about attrition, which is The biggest business in town is the the District several questions. amazingly low, but I would like to convention business. The Capitol, the I wonder if the gentleman could tell remind my colleague that the average Government, is what stimulates the me what kind of an attrition rate salary in Washington, D.C., is $21,000 I September 22, 1981 CONGRESSIO~AL RECORD-HOUSE 21579 in the public sector, whereas, the aver nize the progress the District govern rest of this preponderance come from? age salary for public employees in ment had made and is continuing to Is that handling the welfare? America is $16,000. Having a public job make in reducing its employment base. Mr. COUGHLIN. It is a whole varie in Washington, D.C., is like having a Mr. COUGHLIN. Mr. Chairman, I ty of departments. I do not have the taxi medallion in New York City. You move to strike the requisite number of details. I was taking some of the larger really do have something you grab words, and I rise in opposition to the figures. hold of and hold onto for life. amendment. Mr. COLLINS of Texas. I thank the I was amazed when the gentlewom I am reluctant to oppose the amend gentleman. an talked about the size of Los Ange ment of my good friend, the gentle The CHAIRMAN. The question is on les, but we have these tremendous man from Texas, but the bill does the amendment offered by the gentle grants that we give to the District of presently limit the number of perma man from Texas 79--059 o-85-35 (Pt. 16) 21582 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE September 22, 1981 in the nature of a substitute be consid courage and facilitate developmentally Amendment offered by Mr. AKAKA: Page ered as read, printed in the RECORD, sound investment projects by provid 8, strike out lines 3 through 5 and insert in and open to amendment at any point. ing insurance and other support for lieu thereof the following: The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection foreign investment, giving a boost to (3) by striking out subsections (f) and (j) to the request of the gentleman from and redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), American firms engaged in exporting. (j), (k), and (1) as subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), New York? As my colleague from Illinois, Mr. (j), and (k), respectively. There was no objection. FINDLEY, has noted OPIC has been es Page 8, line 15, strike out "239(i)" and AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. BINGHAM pecially helpful in encouraging ex insert in lieu thereof "239(k)''. Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Chairman, I ports of American agricultural prod Mr. AKAKA. Mr. Chairman, there is offer an amendment. ucts. Certainly, strengthening the a sleeper in this bill which would, if The Clerk read as follows: American export posture is one of our adopted by the House today, effective Amendment offered by Mr. BINGHAM: important national priorities. ly allow OPIC to subsidize the dump Page 5, line 17, insert "(1)" after "(b)". . Second, OPIC furthers the long ing of foreign sugar on our market. Page 5, after line 20, insert the follo~g: range goal of U.S. assistance to less de (2) The authority of the Overseas Pr1vate Under the terms of this bill, specific Investment Corporation to enter into con veloped countries, the so-called LDC's, categorical restrictions against OPIC tracts under section 234(a) of the Foreign with the aim of making them better support of projects involving copper, Assistance Act of 1961 shall be effective for partners in world trade, an important citrus, palm oil, and sugar would be any fiscal year beginning after September objective both economically and politi lifted. 30 1981 only to such extent or in such cally. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong oppo ~ounts' as are provided in appropriations H.R. 3136 extends OPIC authority sition to lifting the restriction on Acts. through fiscal 1985. The objective of OPIC investments in projects for the Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Chairman, the the legislation is commendable, the growing of sugar. Section 231 of the amendment the Clerk has read is to track record of the Corporation has Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 re section 5(b) of the bill, and that is been shown to be impressive, and I be quires OPIC to decline support for any agreeable to me. This is one of the lieve it is in the best interests of the project likely to reduce U.S. employ technical amendments that is offered Nation for the activities of the Over ment significantly in a particular in to bring the bill into compliance with seas Private Investment Corporation dustry. the Budget Act. to be further extended. I urge passage How is OPIC to know when the do Under section 40Ha> of the Budget of the bill. mestic sugar industry is being hurt Act any bill which provides new con AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. BINGHAM when we in this country still have no tra~t authority must specify that such domestic sugar policy? Currently, authority is effective only to the Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Chairman, I extent provided for in an appropria offer an amendment. there is no statement of U.S. sugar The Clerk read as follows: policy available for the simple fact tions act and the authority to issue in that we do not have one. Given this surance is such contract authority. So Amendment offered by Mr. BINGHAM: Page 3, after line 25, add the following: fact, how is OPIC going to determine this amendment takes care of that when a particular project in a lesser technicality. (c) The amendments made by this section The CHAIRMAN. The question is on shall take effect on October 1, 1981. developed country is going to hurt our the amendment offered by the gentle Mr. BINGHAM. Mr. Chairman, this domestic sugar industry? man from New York
HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES-Tuesday, September 22, 1981 the House Met at 12 O'clock Noon
