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AMERICORPS: ANOTHER FAILED ton administration promised would be work­ "volunteer" exceeds the median income of ELITIST PROGRAM ing as teachers, doctors and police officers to workers in the private sector, including help improve communities. The reality, how­ those with years of experience. The edu­ ever, is that the majority of these highly cational benefits also exceed those available HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON paid "volunteers" work in federal or state to veterans. In addition, at least $15,000 per OF NEW YORK bureaucracies, government-funded programs participant goes for overhead and adminis­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES or even political action organizations. tration. Tuesday, April 4, 1995 For example, more than 2,800 AmeriCorps Worse than President Clinton's good inten­ participants work in federal departments or tions gone awry and the litany of waste and Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, in typical lib­ agencies, including 1,200 in the U.S. Depart­ abuse is AmeriCorps' effect on the essence of eral fashion, the President 2 years ago chose ment of Agriculture, 525 in the Interior De­ volunteerism. Private sector community to respond to declining voluntarism by throw­ partment, 210 in the U.S. Department of Jus­ service is thriving. The Labor Department ing Federal money and bureaucrats at the tice, 135 at the Environmental Protection estimates that there are currently three mil­ problem. At the time, .1 warned against this Agency and 60 at the National Endowment of lion unpaid volunteers between the ages of 18 wasteful use of limited tax dollars because it the Arts. and 25, most of whom work for religious or­ The federally funded Legal Service Cor­ would jeopardize worthwhile and necessary ganizations, the backbone of community ac­ poration, the chief litigator for the welfare tivism. projects. state (which for example, represents drug The laudable goals of AmeriCorps do not Lo and behold, 2 years later, that is exactly dealers when they are threatened with evic­ match its reality. If the goal is to expand what happened. President Clinton's pet project tion from public housing), was awarded 44 educational opportunity, the AmeriCorps was funded at the expense of needed veter­ AmeriCorps volunteers, cost the U.S. tax­ budget would be better spent on direct aid to ans' health care projects. Mr. Speaker, veter­ payer $959,000 plus an additional $1,242,784 in students. If the goal is to stimulate service, ans are people who know all there is to know "matching funds." In San Francisco, the Congress should amend the tax code to allow about national service and deserve the assist­ AmeriCorps "Summer of Safety" program for tax credits or increased deductions for ance our limited resources can provide. To organized 40 groups to rally against the fed­ those who donate their time and money. that end, my good friend and chairman of the eral crime bill's "three strikes and you're out" provision. Veterans' Committee, BOB STUMP, and I spon­ More than half of the money spent on sored an amendment to restore the funding for AmeriCorps ends up funding bureaucracies THE HOME RUN READER SUMMER VA outpatient clinics by rescinding funds from and paperwork. 'Educrats' at Northwestern READING PROGRAM AmeriCorps. University, for example, were given $140,000 Like all other liberal programs, AmeriCorps by AmeriCorps to develop "a plan to com­ HON. JIM UGHTFOOT plete for more AmeriCorps money next is wrought with abuse and spends half its OF IOWA money on bureaucracies and paperwork. Just year," without funding a single "volunteer." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES like their School Lunch Program, which sup­ Similarly, Americorps gave bureaucrats a $100,000 planning grant to study a volunteer ports bureaucrats instead of feeding hungry Tuesday, April 4, 1995 corps in the Virgin Islands and gave the children, this volunteer program, intended to Council of Great City Schools, which is de­ Mr. LIGHTFOOT. Mr. Speaker, I would like provide student aid, funds even more bureau­ voted to the "advancement of education in to bring the Members' attention to a reading crats rather than directly aiding students. Fur­ inner-city public schools through public and program in my district which has done a great thermore, Mr. Speaker, the liberals and Presi­ legislative advocacy," a $200,000 planning deal to motivate young people to read. It dent Clinton have succeeded in exacerbating grant. Again, none of this money went to seems commonplace to hear about American the problem of voluntarism by throwing money help students ·pay for college. students who do not meet the strenuous cri­ at it. Their volunteers receive more money and Despite the rhetoric, AmeriCorps does lit­ tle to help working families pay for college. teria we must require of them. Unfortunately, benefits than many of our hard-working citi­ At a 1993-94 price tag of $155.5 million, about it is not unusual to hear about young Ameri­ zens. On top of that, the tax dollars funding one-tenth of one percent of the 16 million cans who graduate from high school without this program often go to wealthy families, students enrolled in post-secondary edu­ adequate reading skills. maintaining their elitist pool of feel-gooders in­ cation participated in AmeriCorps. Even if This program is sponsored by the Daily stead of inspiring do-gooders. Supporting ex­ Congress expands the program to 150,000 par­ Tribune newspaper in Ames, lA, and the Iowa isting community based groups who already ticipants by 1997 as the Clinton administra­ Cubs baseball team and is entitled, appro­ perform charitable duties would incite civic vir­ tion has requested, less than one percent of priately enough, "The Home Run Reader students will be able to participate. tue and activism amongst others. Summer Reading Program." This program Mr. Speaker, since my warning 2 years ago Furthermore, the majority of the students recruited come from wealthy, not poor or was conceived with the sole purpose of help­ wasn't enough to discourage my fellow Mem­ needy, households. The AmeriCorps program ing children discover the pleasure of reading. bers from creating another wasteful, bureau­ is not means-tested (the liberals in Congress The program has been successful. cratic program, I would like to offer the follow­ defeated conservative efforts to develop a Last year marked the launch of the program ing article that appeared in the Hill newspaper means test). Thus, the children of wealthy and over 5,000 children and 26 libraries in 4 as evidence of its failure. "AmeriCorps: Rhet­ and influential people can elbow out poor Iowa counties were involved. The students oric vs. Reality" provides justification for re­ students for participants in the program. As ranged in age from 2 to 16 years of age and Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) noted on the Sen­ scinding valuable tax dollars from this mis­ read or had read to them an astounding guided program. ate floor, instead of sending one AmeriCorp participant (who may or may not need finan­ 50,000 books, according to Mary [From the Hill, Mar. 29, 1995] cial assistance) to college, five needy stu­ Youngerman, a constituent in my district who AMERICORPS: RHETORIC VS. REALITY dents could qualify for Pell Grants. served as the coordinator of the program. This (By Allyson Tucker) Nor does AmeriCorps promote "volunteer­ summer, the program will span eight counties Thanks to a $1.7 million public relations ism". Each AmeriCorps "volunteer" is paid a and its estimated that 12,000 young people budget, AmeriCorps, the Clinton administra­ $7,400 stipend and a $4,750 tuition credit, will participate. tion's national service program created in worth approximately $7.27 per hour, plus It is my hope that participating in this pro­ 1993, remains a sacred cow despite a cost of medical benefits and free child care. The $30,400 per "volunteer" and abundant evi­ total, tax-free AmeriCorps package is worth gram will initiate a love of reading in children dence of waste and abuse. nearly $20,000 annually, more than the in­ that will last them for the rest of their lives. Ac­ Consider the facts. In 1993-1994 AmeriCorps come of 39.3 million working Americans. The cording to Ms. Youngerman, this program was had about 20,000 "volunteers" who the Clin- total, non-taxable income of an AmeriCorps inspired by a similar program in Illinois.

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 10336 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 4, 1995 Mr. Speaker, I hope other Members will feel DAVID LOUIE: A SHINING EXAM­ lions of taxpayer dollars each year in the form free to contact me if they are interested in de­ PLE OF EXCELLENCE IN JOUR­ of illegal water subsidies to a few selected veloping similar programs in their districts. NALISM owners of corporate farm operations. The Hopefully, bringing attention to the Home Run water subsidy abuses have for years been a Reader Summer Reading Program will moti­ HON. TOM LANTOS huge embarrassment of Presidents of both po­ vate others to get involved at the local level to OF CALIFORNIA litical parties. But the Clinton administration encourage young people to read and learn. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has published new regulations that will once and for all close the loopholes in the Federal Tuesday, April4, 1995 Water Program. The San Diego Union last Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to week published an insightful description of this WIZARDS OF WESTWOOD RECLAIM honor and commend Mr. David Louie, a two­ resource ripoff. I urge my colleagues to closely NATIONAL TITLE time Emmy Award winning reporter for KGO­ read the following editorial. TV in San Francisco, for his long and distin­ [From the San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 29, guished career. After 25 years of excellence in 1995] HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES broadcasting and a bright future ahead of him, REDISTRIBUTE STATE' S WATER David is and will continue to be one of the OF CALIFORNIA LARGE CORPORATE FARMS SHOULD NOT BE premier television reporters in the Nation. SUBSIDIZED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In the many years that I have known David, The future of San Diego County, and all of he has always been a shining example of in­ Tuesday, April4, 1995 Southern California, depends on water. In tegrity and intelligence in broadcast journal­ average years, we can supply only 5 percent Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ism. David has been at KGO-TV since 1972, to 10 percent of our own needs. We have to starting as a general assignment reporter, and import the rest from Northern California and pay tribute to the new NCAA National Basket­ the Colorado River. ball Champion UCLA Bruins. now is the business editor and money reporter as well as a contributing reporter on "Market­ The first thing businesses must know be­ It was a night for the ages. It was a night place," the station's weekly business program. fore they can operate in San Diego is wheth­ for the new to replenish the old, a night to Recently, David Louie was elected as chair­ er they will have a guaranteed water supply cast-off the shackles of history of the glory of in the future. Without that, little else mat­ man of the National Academy of Television ters. As San Diego continues to grow, and as the present, a night for old ghosts to summon Arts and Sciences [NAT AS], a nonprofit . orga­ our economic future increasingly depends on new heroes. It was a night for the UCLA Bru­ nization of 10,000 members committed to en­ attracting new business or expanding exist­ ins to sustain its magnificent legacy with a riching the quality of television programming. ing ones, a guaranteed water supply will be­ performance worthy of its storied past. The Elected to the NAT AS board in June 1994 and come more important than ever. Bruins delivered-emphatically. currently serving a 25-year term, David is California has plenty of water for San Diego and everybody else, but for decades it The game between the UCLA Bruins and known nationally for his remarkable contribu­ tion to the field of journalism. has been locked up in the Central Valley. Ag­ defending national champion Arkansas Razor­ riculture uses about 80 percent of all the backs was truly a battle of titans. The Razor­ David's active involvement in the community water delivered in California, and Central backs were trying to become only the second and in promoting the advancement of broad­ Valley agriculture accounts for most of that. NCAA basketball champion to repeat in 22 cast journalism prompted Mayor Frank Jordan In the Central Valley, most farmers get years. The Bruins were trying to win their first of San Francisco to declare July 19, 1994, as water subsidized by taxpayers. Some pay as championship in 20 years. They did not dis­ "David Louie Day." Also, David was inducted little as $10 to $20 per acre-foot. Contrast that with farmers in San Diego County, who appoint. They played with the skill, intensity, into the prestigious NAT AS Silver Circle, com­ posed of media professionals who have pay the same retail rate as the city- $550 to and determination that befitted champions, $700 per acre-foot. past and present. It was like Ali and Frazier, served as broadcasters for 25 years and who have made notable contributions to Northern The artificially low water rates in the Secretariat and Affirmed, Magic and Bird. Central Valley, locked in by contracts as Champions who transcended their sport and California television programming. long as 40 years, help explain why so much of brought out the best in each other. In 1990, David was elected as national the state's water never gets south of the president of the Asian American Journalists Tehachapi Mountains. At such cheap prices, The game was played with Bruins past and Association, an organization encouraging eth­ there is no incentive for farmers to conserve. present watching from the sidelines. The Wiz­ nic diversity in our Nation's newsrooms. He But there is plenty of incentive to waste ard of Westwood, John Wooden, was in the has and continues to serve with distinction in water by farming marginal land and growing stands. Tyus Edney, the Little General, was this extremely important capacity. water-intensive crops in a virtual desert. sitting on the bench with a badly sprained Mr. Speaker, these numerous awards and In recent years, the Central Valley's grip on the state's water supply has begun to wrist. It was said that the Bruins could not honors speak volumes about one of our Na­ match the Arkansas bench. It was said that loosen. In 1992, President Bush signed the tion's finest reporters. In friendship and admi­ Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Bruins could not match Arkansas size and ration, I extend my most heartfelt congratula­ which for the first time allowed Central Val­ strength. Finally, it was said that the Bruins tions to this extraordinary American. ley farmers to sell their water to cities. simply could not match the skill and resiliency Now, the U.S. Department of Interior's Bu­ of the defending champions. But the Bruins reau of Reclamation is moving to undo a dec­ were more than a match for the Razorbacks. WELFARE REFORM FOR WESTERN ades-old inequity that has allowed huge cor­ WATER CHEATS porate farms to skirt acreage limits for sub­ When the Razorbacks pressed, the Bruins sidized water. If the feds are successful, attacked with speed and precision. When the Central Valley farmers will have even more Razorbacks took it to the hole, the Bruins HON. GEORGE MILLER impetus to sell water to cities like San blocked shots, stole passes and held the OF CALIFORNIA Diego. vaunted Arkansas inside game to season lows IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Federally subsidized water was only sup­ in points and rebounds. When the Razorbacks Tuesday, April 4, 1995 posed to be for small, family farms. Up until shot the rock from the perimeter, the Bruins 1982, the limit was 160 acres, although it was Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, almost universally ignored. Then it was held Arkansas sharpshooters to an abysmal while the House has been rushing to cut child raised to 960 acres, but huge farms of thou­ 10 of 28. And when the Razorbacks made a care, school lunches, and a host of other pro­ sands of acres continued receiving taxpayer­ final frenzied run, the Bruins kicked out the grams for poor people, the Bureau of Rec­ subsidized water by simply dividing their jams and ran away for a 89-78 victory. lamation has been quietly writing the last land into 960-acre trusts in the names of fam­ ily members. One of the nation's largest cor­ The critics have been silenced. Digger chapter of new rules that will help eliminate porate farms, J.G. Boswell, sold its acreage Phelps, Dickie V. and the rest of hoop punditry one of the most abused subsidy programs in to its employees' trust fund. It was all done must now pay the Bruins their due respect as government. If you want to hunt down welfare on paper; nothing changed on the ground. the 11th NCAA National Championship banner cheats, look to California's Central Valley, The Bureau of Reclamation, which for is hung from the rafters of Pauly Pavilion. where the Federal Government doles out mil- years winked at such practices, now intends April 4, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10337 to crack down on them. Central Valley farm­ Since 1992, Woody has worked closely with HONORING STANLEY 0. ers will fight back with their substantial po­ many of us in the House on issues important IKENBERRY, PRESIDENT, UNI­ litical clout. But the Bureau of Reclamation to the Coast Guard. I worked especially close­ VERSITY OF ILLINOIS, UPON HIS should hang tough. Taxpayers should not be subsidizing huge ly with Commander Lee from 1993 to 1995, RETIREMENT corporate farms. But there also must be a when I served as the ranking Republican free-market redistribution of water re­ member of the House Merchant Marine and HON. THO~W.~NG sources in California. Fisheries Committee. During those years, OF ILLINOIS California's cities are the industrial and commercial engines that drive the state's committee staffers, Chairman GERRY Sruoos, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES economy. To survive and prosper, San Diego and I all relied on advice and information sup­ Tuesday, April4, 1995 and other cities need more Central Valley plied by Woody to better understand the Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, this week the Illi­ water. Eliminating taxpayer subsidies for needs of the men and women of the U.S. nois congressional delegation and alumni of huge corporate farms would free up water for Coast Guard as they worked to carry out their the University of Illinois in the Washington, cities. Federal officials should strictly en­ many diverse missions. force the 960-acre limit for subsidized water. DC, area will honor U of I president, Stanley Throughout the years I worked with him, I 0. Ikenberry. At the conclusion of this aca­ was always impressed with Woody's tireless demic year, President Ikenberry will be retiring TRIBUTE TO VFW POST 2151 efforts on behalf of the Coast Guard, and his from his post after 16 years of outstanding efforts to improve communication between top service to the U of I, the Champaign-Urbana HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY Coast Guard officials and those of us on Cap­ community, the entire State of Illinois, and in­ OF INDIANA itol Hill charged with overseeing the Coast deed to the country. His daily presence in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Guard's activities. president's office will be deeply missed, but his influence will be felt for many years to Tuesday, April 4, 1995 Commander Lee coordinated hundreds of come. Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Coast Guard presentations at congressional Among the highlights of President to pay tribute to the past commanders and hearings and briefings, including annual budg­ Ikenberry's tenure are the establishment of the auxiliary presidents of the Veterans of Foreign et briefings and updates on Coast Guard oper­ U of I at Chicago campus, the Beckman Insti­ Wars Post 2151. On April 8, 1995, V.F.W. ations during the Cuban and Haitian refugee tute for Advanced Science and Technology, Post 2151 will hold a commemorative dinner crises. Woody coordinated more meetings and the President's Award and University Scholars at their Post in Gary, IN, to honor their past of­ appearances on Capitol Hill by the two Coast Programs, and the National Center for Super­ ficers. Guard commandants under whom he served computing Applications, in addition to con­ The past commanders of V.F.W. Post 2151 than had been coordinated during the entire struction of a host of new academic buildings include: Harold James, Otha Williams, Dan L. previous decade. Woody's efforts to foster a and laboratory space. President Ikenberry's Williams, Joe Dishman, Bob Wilson, Jesse leadership and dedication to these and other Rogers, Bill Woodard, William Rapier, Lee G. better relationship and improved communica­ projects have earned the U of I its continued Coleman, and Virgil Fields. tion between top officials of the U.S. Coast The past auxiliary presidents for V.F.W. Guard and those of us in Congress resulted in paramount reputation in the academic and sci­ Post 2151 include: Bertha Harvey, Dorothy widespread and bipartisan support in the entific research community not only in Illinois Jordan, Bessie Jones, Prestine Fontleroy, Ada house for the U.S. Coast Guard as it worked but throughout the country. Indeed, President Williams, Jennie Young, Mary Clay, Elouise to carry out its many varied responsibilities. Ikenberry's visionary and bold leadership over Woodard, Jessie M. Shackelford, Doris Dan­ the years has helped to establish the U of I as But Woody always believed that telling the one of the premier and most highly respected iels, Mary Pendelton, Mattie Gault, Lula Mar­ Coast Guard story involved more than partici­ shall, Doris Daniels, Verlee Perry, and research institutions throughout the world. pating in congressional hearings. In his years On a personal note, President Ikenberry has Vanessa Jenkins. as the Coast Guard's liaison officer in the These former commanders and auxiliary been a good friend and someone with whom House, Woody organized and managed more presidents have been dedicated to preserving it has been a fine pleasure to work closely than 30 field trips for House staff members. the memory of the service of the U.S. soldiers with over many years both as a Member of Those trips provided staffers with invaluable to defend our country in foreign wars. Be­ Congress and during my service in the Illinois cause of the V.F.W.'s efforts in the preserva­ first-hand information and a better understand­ General Assembly. I am pleased that Stan tion of the history of the United States and for­ ing of Coast Guard operations, missions, and and his wife Judith will continue to call Urbana eign affairs policy, our citizens can learn from needs. home and I look forward to continuing our past experience in hopes for a better world. In the same way, Woody understood the friendship in the years ahead. Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my other col­ need for his fellow Coast Guard officers to Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the entire Illinois delegation I offer our congratulations to Presi­ leagues to join me in commemorating these better understand how the Congress works. dent Ikenberry for his life-long commitment to honorable men and women of V.F.W. Post That's why he volunteered to speak at the the highest quality education, the advance­ 2151 for their dedicated service to our great Chief Petty Officer's Academy and the Re­ country. ment of research, and distinguished service to serve Training Center Group Commander's students at the U of I, as well as all of the course. That's also why he has taken the time people of Illinois and our country. We cannot SALUTING U.S. COAST GUARD to advise field commanders on how they can thank him enough for his contributions toward COMDR. WILLIAM J. "WOODY" foster greater understanding of Coast Guard the betterment of all our lives. LEE ON HIS RETIREMENT missions by the public as well as by Federal­ level elected officials. HONORING PAUL J. MANAFORT HON. JACK F1ELDS A 1974 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard OF TEXAS Academy, Woody deserves our sincere thanks IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the 21 years of distinguished and selfless HON. NANCY L JOHNSON Tuesday, April 4, 1995 service he has given to the U.S. Coast Guard OF CONNECTICUT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, those of us who and to his country. Woody informs me that have worked on issues important to the U.S. he's accepted an exciting and challenging po­ Tuesday, April4, 1995 Coast Guard have enjoyed the opportunity to sition at Raytheon, and that he plans to con­ Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speak­ work with Comdr. William J. "Woody" Lee. tinue his marathon running. I know you, Mr. er, on Wednesday evening, April 26, 1995, Woody will retire from his position in the very Speaker, and all of my colleagues join with me Paul J. Manafort, a friend and admired com­ near future after 21 years of active duty serv­ in wishing Comdr. William J. "Woody" Lee­ munity leader will be honored as Citizen of the ice in the Coast Guard, and I would like to as well as his wife, Dona, and their two chil­ Year by the New Britain Lodge of Elks. Paul's take a moment to salute his efforts on behalf dren-continued success and happiness in the remarkable leadership and contributions to the of the U.S. Coast Guard. years ahead. greater New Britain community have spanned 10338 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April4, 1995 many decades and represent a broad spec­ We must never forget the true nature of the heroin trafficking problem and seizures trum of civic, professional, community and World War II. It was a war of aggression by of heroin have increased rapidly in the past charitable endeavors. military dictators and their followers in Japan few years ..." Nevertheless, a unilateral ef­ Paul will be honored for his leadership, and Germany. Our Armed Forces fought with fort of any country is not enough to win a complete victory against drugs. My govern­ dedication and many achievements, both per­ supreme bravery and sacrifice to save our ment, therefore, has thoroughly cooperated sonally and professionally. He has dedicated way of life, to save democracy, to give suffer­ with American as well as other international his life to his family and community. Paul ing people back their freedom. And it was law enforcement agencies to crack down on Manafort's elective service began on the New fought and won by great patriots like Hayne all drug related crimes and will continue to Britain Board of Aldermen. He was elected as W. Dominick. do so. The State report also indicated that, mayor in 1965 and served three terms during in the last year, the ROC government not a period of great cultural and societal change. only "continued to cooperate well" with the His thoughtful and proactive leadership re­ TAIWAN'S SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS Drug Enforcement Agency but also explored TO FIGHT NARCOTICS with U.S. authorities the possibility of sign­ sulted in strong economic development and ing a bilateral counternarcotics agreement. responsive public policies for the city. The re­ The people and the government of the ROC spect Paul earned during his elective tenure HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL are as committed as you are to fighting drug led to his appointment as commissioner of the OF NEW YORK problems. ·we hope you will take note of our department of public works where his state­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES strong commitment and vigorous actions on this important matter. wide service was widely acknowledged. Tuesday, April 4, 1995 Community service and volunteerism have With warmest regards, Sincerely, been the cornerstone of Paul's commitment to Mr. RANGEL. Mr Speaker, in August 1993, had the privilege to attend a Regional BENJAMIN LU, enriching the quality of life in New Britain. He Representative. has enjoyed membership in numerous civic, Counter Narcotics Conference in Taipei, Re­ community and charitable organizations. His public of China. The conference was held in work with ethnic, veterans, disabled and conjunction with the Republic of China's Min­ TRIBUTE TO REVEREND AND MRS. church organizations is legendary. His active istry of Justice, and was attended personally BURGOS participation on the boards of the Boys' and by Justice Minister, Dr. Ma Ying-jeou. The de­ Girls' Club, New Britain General Hospital, the cision to hold the conference in Taipei, to­ HON. ROBERT MENENDFZ Police Athletic League, his leadership with the gether with Minister Ma's participation, was yet OF NEW JERSEY another indication from our friends on Taiwan Greater New Britain Opera Association, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sons of Italy, the Colombian Federation, St. of the seriousness of their antidrug efforts. Tuesday, April4, 1995 Ann Church and civic groups such as the I have just received a letter from Benjamin Elks, Lions Club, and the Knights of Columbus Lu, the Republic of China's Representative Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I would like have afforded Paul many awards and much here in the United States, which details some to take this opportunity to congratulate Rev. acknowledgment throughout his many, many of the further steps undertaken by the Repub­ Gregorio Burgos and his wife, Lucia, on the years of service. Those who have known and lic of China since the conference. I would like celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary. worked with Paul know that his tremendous to include it in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Reverend and Mrs. Burgos were united in contributions to the community are founded in because I feel it is important that such efforts marriage in Puerto Rico on April 19, 1945. the deep personal satisfaction he has found in do not go unnoticed here in the Congress. I They are a fine example of family unity and to­ helping others and his commitment to the city strongly commend the Republic of China's gether have contributed a great deal to our of New Britain and her citizens. antinarcotics efforts, and submit the following community and country. Veterans, the disabled, young and old citi­ letter from Representative Lu: Rev. Gregorio Burgos has been actively in­ zens alike, fellow volunteers, his family and TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND volved as a pastor and minister for the past 52 friends will gather on April 26 to share their CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE, years. He and Lucia have dedicated their lives very great appreciation, respect and admira­ Washington, DC, March 14, 1995. to helping others. Through their religious work tion for one of the very great gentlemen and Hon. CHARLES B. RANGEL, in the community they have touched the lives U.S. House of Representatives, of many in need. As a minister of the Church leaders in the city of New Britain. Washington, DC. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE RANGEL: I am writ­ of God of the 7th Day, the Burgos have nur­ ing to update you regarding an issue of great tured the spirits and minds of congregants IN HONOR OF HAYNE W. DOMINICK importance, international narcotics control. throughout New Jersey. They have worked to­ This is also a matter of mutual concern to gether to build congregations in many New HON. BOB GOODLATIE the United States and my country, the Re­ Jersey cities, including Paterson, Jersey City, OF VIRGINIA public of China (ROC) on Taiwan. Newark, and Camden. In the State of New According to reports released by the Min­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES York they established parishes in the Bronx istry of Justice of the ROC, drug related and Rochester, and in addition they have Tuesday, April 4, 1995 crimes such as drug abuse, trafficking and money laundering were increasing in the taken their message of love to Pennsylvania Mr. GOODLATIE. Mr. Speaker, with all of Taiwan area in recent years. However, the and the Caribbean. the recent discussion about Enola Gay and ROC government has taken effective meas­ The Burgos have dedicated most of their some academic types trying to rewrite history, ures to put the problems under control, and lives to their congregants and have known all I'd like to talk a moment about a great Amer­ the achievements were duly noted by Amer­ the joys and sorrows of the religious life. ican living in my district who knows much ican authorities. As commended by the When there was illness among their about the subject of World War II. "International Narcotics Control Strategy congregants, they comforted the sick and their His name is Hayne W. Dominick, and as a Report of 1995" of the United States Depart­ families. When a child was born, they were 21-year-old machine gunner for the Army Air ment of State, officially released on March 1, my government has launched nation-wide there to join in the celebration. Whenever Corps he fought the Japanese across the Phil­ anti-drug programs and passed harsher laws there was death, they were also there for con­ ippine Islands and then made the last stand at against traffickers. In addition, although not solation and to give the family strength to go Corregidor. Days later, he survived the brutal a member of the United Nations, the ROC on. and infamous Bataan death march. Like thou­ has introduced "legislation in conformity Their strong love and commitment for each sands of his comrades in that march, Mr. with the 1988 UN Convention in the areas of other and their community helped inspire the Dominick demonstrated bravery, endurance, money laundering, precursor chemical con­ writer Adalberto Mendez in his book entitled constancy in the face of torture and inhumane trols and 'illegal drug' schedules." "History of the Church of God of the 7th Day." treatment, and compassion for his hurting Both the record-breaking volume of drug Although both Gregorio and Lucia are seizures and an impressive number of offend­ comrades that is perhaps unmatched in mili­ ers indicted in Taiwan in recent years proved semiretired, they remain actively involved in tary annals. Then, for another 4 years, his that our efforts have been fruitful. The re­ their congregation as counselors. Reverend courage carried him through the horrors and port also noted that "the Taiwan authorities and Mrs. Burgos have five children, Raquel, brutality of a Japanese prison camp. have mounted a concerted effort to attack Wilfreda, Elieser, Irma, and Sara. They are April4, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10339 also the loving grandparents of 15 grand­ status. The legislation will also provide the resentatives to advise the Administrator on children and 4 great grandchildren. FAA with the major personnel, procurement, management, policy, spending, and regulatory Please join me in wishing Rev. Gregorio and finance reforms needed to keep America's matters. And it will mandate that final action Burgos, 79, and Mrs. Lucia Burgos, 68, a air traffic control system the best in the world. must be taken on all FAA rulemakings within happy golden anniversary. A celebration will Although our national air transportation sys­ 18 months after the date of their initiation. be held in their honor on April 9, 1995. I am tem is the best in the world-it should be bet­ I'm offering my bill as a starting point for de­ sure that their family and friends are inspired ter. As a pilot and flight instructor, I've seen a veloping consensus towards a meaningful and by the example that they have set. I wish lot of problems with the FAA bureaucracy. And realistic reform effort. I hope you will join me them continued happiness and prosperity. I've heard from far too many people who've as I continue to work with the leaders of the had first-hand experience with the mis­ aviation community-the airlines, general avia­ management and inefficiencies at the FAA. tion, FAA employees-to shape these ideas A TRffiUTE TO CENTRAL FALLS These are exemplified by the advanced auto­ into the kind of package all of us can support. illGH SCHOOL STUDENTS mation system, which is the core of the air­ space modernization effort-a project bungled HON. PATRICK J. KENNEDY so badly that it is billions over budget an years TAXPAYERS, TIGHTEN YOUR BELT OF RHODE ISLAND behind schedule. TO PAD INDUSTRY'S PURSE? We're clearly not doing our best to ensure IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that ours is the safest and most efficient sys­ HON. GEORGE MillER Tuesday, April 4, 1995 tem possible. We've reached a point in the de­ OF CALIFORNIA velopment of our aviation system where we Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. Mr. Speak­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES er, I rise today to honor a group of 25 stu­ can no longer postpone action. It is clear that dents from Central Falls High School who won everyone, the administration, Congress, and Tuesday, April 4, 1995 the Rhode Island title in the "We the People" the aviation user groups agree on the need for Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, as competition on the Constitution and the Bill of reform at the FAA. Congress nears the end of the first 100 days, Rights which was held March 12 at the Com­ At the appropriations committee, we heard let us examine some of the choices the new munity College of Rhode Island. Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena Republican majority has made to find ways to The 25 juniors are all students in the U.S. testify that the Clinton administration's pro­ reduce the Federal deficit. In January, the Re­ history class taught by Bertrand Brousseau, posal for a Government-owned ATC Corpora­ publican majority passed its balanced budget who is the chairman of the social studies de­ tion is the only solution to the problems that amendment without explaining to the Amer­ partment at Central Falls High School. The exist at the FAA. Yet there is near-universal ican citizens which Federal programs will be students will compete for national honors in agreement that the administration's proposal is sacrificed for the sake of deficit control. The joining 1,200 students from across the Nation no solution at all. The General Accounting Of­ Republican's rescissions bill, however, pro­ in Arlington VA; and Washington DC, from fice's analysis of the administration's proposal vided a glimpse of the programs on the chop­ April 29 to May 1. strongly suggests the proposal has been ping block, those which provide summer jobs The competition involves students dem­ rigged with financial assumptions to make the for our youth, those which provide housing for onstrating their knowledge of constitutional concept superficially attractive. the elderly and poor, those which provide While I recommend the administration for principles and their relevance to contemporary community service volunteer placements in taking a proactive role in FAA reform, the issues. Making the feat more impressive is our inner cities, and those which provide plans has earned almost no support from the that 14 of the 25 students from Central Falls healthy lunches for our schoolchildren. This industry or from Congress. But there has been High School learned English as a second lan­ week, Republicans would widen the gap be­ one positive outcome to the discussions about guage. Some of the ·students or their parents tween the rich and the middle-class by pass­ privatizing the nation's ATC system. It has are natives of Portugal, Mexico, Puerto Rico, ing a healthy tax break for the wealthiest helped focus the debate, allowing several El Salvador, Mozambique, Colombia, Liberia, members of society. common complaints about the FAA to emerge. Poland, and Vietnam. My legislation seeks to address those key Of course, reducing our $4 trillion deficit is I will be visiting these award-winning stu­ obstacles which nearly everyone agrees are a responsibility for all Americans. However, if dents in their classroom on April 10 to wish hampering our efforts to keep pace with tech­ the average American thinks that everyone is them the best of luck in this competition. I am nology and the growth of the aviation industry. equally sharing the burden of balancing the very proud of their accomplishments. They For example, the DOT structure hinders the budget, it's time for a wake-up call. While have shown that hard work and desire, along FAA from doing its job in the most effective many Americans will have to learn to do more with proper parental and educational support, manner. By reestablishing an independent with less and while many worthwhile Federal can overcome any language barriers. FAA, we eliminate the many layers of review programs are facing the Republican firing I'd like to offer my congratulations and best by Department of Transportation political ap­ squad, some industries have been granted wishes to Mr. Brousseau and his students: pointees and their staffs. While no former FAA clemency from deficit reduction efforts. The Kelly Bianchi, Berta Couto, Elizabeth Diaz, Administrator supports the ATC Corporation mining, grazing, timber and agricultural indus­ Elizabeth Gartska, Linda Layous, Juan proposal, restoring FAA to independent status tries, which use Federal mineral resources Menzano, Christine Patricio, Hannah Tarawali, is supported by 10 of the 11 living former FAA and operate on public lands, continue to Alexandra Zaldana, Janet Blandon, Yolanda Administrators. shamelessly receive billions of taxpayer dol­ DaSilva, Michelle Doucet, Martha Gutierrez, My bill provides an independent FAA with lars in Federal subsidies each year, and Re­ Rebecca Lussier, Nelci Paiva, Celina Sackal, the personnel and procurement reforms need­ publicans plan to do nothing to ensure Ameri­ Halena Taveira, Melenie Casto, Daisy Diaz, ed to ensure the safety of the users of our in­ cans a better return for their resources. Susan Freitas, Melanie Kowal, Mike Macedo, creasingly complex and busy aviation system. I'd like to submit for the RECORD and urge Beatriz Patino, Kathy Siwy, and Agnes Wee. It establishes two pilot programs; one to ex­ my colleagues to read a March 27 op ed by empt the FAA from procurement regulations Mr. Jim Gogek that highlights some of the cir­ which hamper its ability to acquire the cutting cumstances under which public resource in­ FAA SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT edge technology it needs, and another to ex­ dustries continue to receive Federal handouts. AGENCY empt FAA from most civil service rules except In his San Diego Union-Tribune editorial, Mr. those relating to employee benefits. Gogek describes some of the egregious Fed­ HON. JIM UGirnOOT The bill creates a select panel to review and eral policies that pad the pockets of natural re­ OF IOWA report to Congress on innovative funding source development companies with billions of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mechanisms, such as loan guarantees and re­ dollars each year. structured grant programs, to ensure that the Understandably, the taxpayers are outraged Tuesday, April 4, 1995 money is there for future improvements of the by these massive handouts to multimillion dol­ Mr. LIGHTFOOT. Mr. Speaker, today I am Nation's aviation infrastructure. lar industries and are calling for an end to cor­ introducing legislation to restore the Federal My bill will establish a management advisory porate welfare, but most Republicans appear Aviation Administration to independent agency board made up of high-level industry rep- indifferent to their demands. How much longer 10340 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 4, 1995 will the taxpayer have to watch the new major­ trict paid $8 per acre-foot of water whose full TRffiUTE TO THE NORTHWEST IN­ ity in Congress cut valuable programs in order cost was actually about $46 per acre-foot. DIANA HISPANIC COORDINATING to pay for timber sales in our national forests Some federally subsidized water goes to ir­ COUNCIL that lose money? How much longer will large rigate surplus crops, which receive an agri­ mining companies be able to extract gold and culture subsidy. A federal study in 1986 found that California crops receiving subsidized HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY silver from our public lands for only $2.50 an OF INDIANA acre? How much more money in subsidized ir­ water were also getting nearly $500 million in crop subsidies. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rigation must we give to huge agribusinesses for surplus crops? How much longer will we One of the nation's largest corporate Tuesday, April4, 1995 allow the annual giveaway of hundreds of mil­ farms, J.G. Boswell Co., tills about 192,000 Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today acres in the Central Valley that are irrigated lions of dollars to ranchers in the forms of with federally subsidized water. to commend the efforts of the Northwest Indi­ cheap grazing leases and free livestock feed? ana Hispanic Coordinating Council for their How much longer must we all tighten our belts Farmers receiving federally subsidized numerous contributions to northwest Indiana. water are negotiating contracts to sell that so that these industries, many of which are water to cities like San Diego-at market Founded on November 15, 1988, the His­ not even controlled by American citizens, may prices. panic coordinating council is composed of leaders from over 40 different Hispanic organi­ continue to grow rich from our tax dollars? Besides water and crop subsidies, most In February 1995, I introduced the Public Central Valley farms benefit from subsidized zations. These people have committed them­ Resources Deficit Reduction Act, legislation power from government-built hydroelectric selves to improving the quality of life for the which will recover more than $3 billion a year dams to pump subsidized water to their Hispanic residents of northwest Indiana. Coun­ lost through these unreasonable Federal sub­ fields. Some farms also receive millions to cil president and cofounder Benjamin T. Luna sidies. I am pleased that 44 other Members, help market products overseas. has been instrumental in providing the His­ from both sides of the aisle, have joined me Over the last decade, $1.3 billion in agri­ panic community with motivation and opportu­ as co-sponsors of this legislation which will culture subsidy checks were mailed, not to nities for excellence. end this corporate welfare. As Congress con­ rural areas but to major cities and their sub­ On April 8, 1995, the coordinating council tinues to work toward increasing fiscal ac­ urbs, where corporate farms and absentee will present honors to 42 top scholars and ath­ countability and boosting returns to the Treas­ farmers have their offices. San Diego re­ letes throughout northwest Indiana. The coun­ ury, I urge my colleagues to consider joining ceived $11.8 million, Los Angeles $10.8 mil­ cil will also present their annual recognition lion and San Francisco $13.9 million. Sac­ awards to deserving individuals. The council us in our efforts to achieve fair-market value ramento received $102 million. A corporation for the use of the public's resources. based in Rancho Bernardo got almost $1 mil­ will honor these distinguished people at a ban­ [From the San Diego Union-Tribune, Mar. 27, lion for a farm in Montana. quet which will be held at the American Legion Post 369 in East Chicago, IN. 1995] Those are only some of the agricultural BIG AGRICULTURE ALSO DRAINS THE FEDERAL subsidies in California alone. Imagine the cu­ The students who will receive awards for TILL mulative sum we pay for the whole nation. outstanding academic achievement include: Patricia Alvarado, River Forest High School; (By Jim Gogek) Then there are subsidies for grazing, min­ My Republican colleagues promise that ing and timber. Here's a few goodies: Albert Davila, Merrillville High School; Alyssa House GOP members will soon begin taking Diaz, Highland High School; Guadalupe Gon­ on federal subsidies to business-dubbed The National Forest Service alone incurred zalez, East Chicago Central High School; Jes­ "corporate welfare"-now that they have cut $557 million in net losses in 1993 in timber sales, grazing leases and mining subsidies. sica Herrera, Martin Luther King Academy; funding for such social programs as job Tania Higareda, Clark High School; Maria training, drug courts, vocational education, A 120-year-old mining law doesn't require Lule, Bishop Noll High School; Karla Madrigal, summer jobs for kids, housing for the poor royalties based on the value of metal ores and elderly and food subsidies for low-in­ taken from federal land. The only payment Hammond Morton High School; Xochilt Me­ come women, infants and children. for ownership of a claim is a fee of between dina, Hammond Gavit High School; Becky Ra­ San Diego's freshman Republican, Rep. $2.50 to S5 an acre. A mining company holds mirez, Crown Point High School; Edwin Rami­ Brian Bilbray, was here recently and made a claim to a huge platinum strike in na­ rez, Horace Mann High School; Robert Rami­ the same promise: Subsidies are next on the tional forests in Montana estimated to be rez, Calumet High School; Jennifer Ramos, block. However, he admitted that it might be worth $32 billion. The federal government Munster High School; Albert Rodriguez, Lew a tough battle cutting some agriculture-re­ will receive at most about $10,000 for patent­ Wallace High School; Melissa Rodriguez, lated items, such as the $500 million ethanol ing the claims and acreage fees. Hammond High School; Joshua Rodriguez, subsidy that goes mostly to one company in Ranchers pay $1.86 a month per animal Illinois. Griffith High School; Elvin Roman, Horace unit, which equals one cow and calf or four Mann High School; Aaron Vela, Lake Central Big Ag greases the skids in Washington as sheep, to graze on public land. The fee on pri­ well as anybody. The constituency favoring vate property is $10 a month. Federal grazing High School; Cara Velez, Portage High corporate subsidies has a lot more money for leaseholders are allowed to sublease their School; and Brett Sweet, Lowell High School. greasing than does the poor people's con­ land-at a substantial profit. Many lease­ The students who will receive awards for stituency. So don't hold your breath. holders are huge corporate ranchers. One outstanding athletic achievement include: Here in California, federal subsidies are rancher in California leases 5 million sub­ Aerie Arreguin, Highland High School; Robert themselves a cash crop. Central Valley agri­ sidized acres in California, Nevada and Wyo­ Avila, Andrean High School; Phil Benavides, culture floats on the federal dole. Timber, ming. mining and ranching operations also belly up Lowell High School; Juan Carlos Buezo, Lew to the trough. These are the same folks, by In California alone, the private use of pub­ Wallace High School; David Brugos, Clark the way, who vehemently oppose any govern­ licly owned timber. grazing and mineral re­ High School; Arturo Corral Ill, Wirt High ment regulation on their land. But they have sources on national forest property resulted School; Jessica Figureroa, Merrillville High no problem accepting a government handout. in a $34 million net loss for taxpayers in 1993. School; Victor Garcia, Griffith High School; Let's take a look at some of California's Not all public subsidies to business are Eusebio Gonzalez, Gavit High School; Jerame natural resource subsidies, starting with ag­ bad. Some, such as certain research subsidies Hicks, East Chicago Central High School; riculture: for medicine and science, return much great­ Daniel Mayorga, Hammond High School; The Central Valley Project, a huge federal er social benefits than the original cash out­ project that provides water to farmers in the lay could buy. Jason Mendoza, Munster High School; Rich­ San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, has ard Mendoza, Hammond Morton High School; cost taxpayers between $34 billion and $70 But providing millions of dollars to David Ortiz, Portage High School; Matt wealthy corporate farms? Giving away bil­ billion since passage of the Reclamation Act Rodriguez, Calumet High School; Vincent of 1902, according to the Congressional Budg­ lions in valuable minerals and timber on public land? And perhaps worst of all, subsi­ Rosado, River Forest High School; George et Office. Torres, Bishop Noll High School; James Of the nearly $1 billion spent just to con­ dizing the destruction of our forests, wilder­ struct its irrigation facilities, only about $50 ness, grasslands and fisheries? Torres, Lake Central High School; Erin million has been paid back by users. What do you call a public policy that does Valdivia, Hobart High School; and Tom Central Valley Project water districts pay all that while at the same time slashes funds Zelaya, Crown Point High School. a fraction of the full cost of water. According for summer jobs for kids? I can think of sev­ Aisha Ceballos of Gary Emerson High to a 1991 federal study, Westlands Water Dis- eral words, but this is a family newspaper. School will be awarded both an academic and April 4, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10341 athletic award by the coordinating council at everything else in America. Now, Schoharie of the Westfield High School concert band-as their annual banquet. County employs only 5 percent of its popu­ well as conductor Philip Geiger-on this sig­ The council will also present the outstanding lation in agricultural and forest work. Still, it nificant achievement, and I know you join with family award to Rafael and Doritila Fletes of has retained its small town character and me in wishing everyone associated with the East Chicago. This distinguished couple was charm and the Schoharie Valley remains one band continued success in the years ahead. carefully selected from many qualified families of the most scenic regions in New York State. on the basis of their unity and dedication to One thing that thankfully hasn't changed, one another's successes. Ms. Eliza Vela will Mr. Speaker, is the pride and values of the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE EX­ receive the community service award. The citizenry. On June 3d, residents of Schoharie PLAINS REPUBLICAN WELFARE labor award will be given to Mr. Robert Flores. County will take part in day-long festivities REFORM Mr. Francisco Loza, president of the River commemorating their heritage. There will be Forest and Lake Station School Corporation tours of the various historical sites which mark HON. TOM LANTOS Dual District Bilingual and Migrant Education the region as well as parades and plenty of OF CALIFORNIA Program, will be awarded the president's small town camaraderie. I commend the peo­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES award. Finally, Ms. Maria DeLaLuz Murillo ple here for their commitment to their region Tuesday, April 4, 1995 Tellez will be honored with the distinguished and the Schoharie County Bicentennial Com­ Caesar Chavez Award, in honcir of the late mittee for their hard work in organizing this Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, the San Fran­ charismatic president and founder of the Unit­ event. cisco Chronicle has done a superb job cutting ed Farmworkers. Today, Mr. Speaker, I ask all Members to through the deceptive rhetoric of the majority Media recognition awards will go to Mr. Mi­ join me in an anniversary tribute to Schoharie in Congress to reveal the real reason behind chael Puente and Mr. Michael Gonzalez, of County, a great place to live. welfare reform, Republican style: massive tax the Post-Tribune; Mr. Mark Arrendondo and cuts for the rich paid for by cutting benefits to Mr. Jose Alvarez, of the East Chicago News; the millions of poor, elderly, disabled, and Mr. Christian B. Candelaria, of the Herald CONGRATULATING THE WEST- legal aliens of our country. As the editors so News Group; Mr. Tom Gutierrez, Jr., of WJOB FIELD HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT aptly point out, simply cutting benefits to our radio; Ms. Terry Serna, of La Voz Newspaper; BAND most vulnerable citizens will do absolutely Mr. Joe Arrendondo, of channel 56/WYIN; Ms. nothing to solve the most difficult problems Sylvia Lopez, of WGN; and Mr. Carmello HON. JACK F1EIDS facing them and our society as a whole. Melendez. OF TEXAS Meaningful welfare reform must replace de­ Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my other col­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pendency with independence while maintain­ ing the safety net for those truly in need. Al­ leagues to join me in applauding all of the Tuesday, April4, 1995 award recipients chosen by the Hispanic co­ though real reform will not be simple and it will ordinating council. I feel that all of the partici­ Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this not be cheap, the alternative-cutting off our pants are most deserving of the honors that opportunity to congratulate the Westfield High most needy citizens-is the epitome of short­ will be bestowed upon them. It is my privilege School concert band in Houston, TX, on re­ sightedness. Mr. Speaker, I commend your at­ to commend them on their achievements. cently winning the Sudler Flag of Honor, which tention and the attention of my colleagues to is presented to the most outstanding high this excellent and timely editorial, and I ask school concert bands in the United States and that it be placed in the RECORD. SCHOHARIE COUNTY, NY, Canada. [From the San Francisco Chronicle, Apr. 3, CELEBRATES BICENTENNIAL Under the direction of Mr. Philip Geiger, the 1995) Westfield High School concert band is just the WELFARE ON THE CHEAP Is NOT REFORM HON. GERAlD B.H. SOLOMON 31 st concert band to earn the Sudler Flag of Any hope that the Senate might salvage OF NEW YORK Honor in the 12 years that it has been award­ some glimmer of actual "reform" from the House-passed welfare bill largely vanished IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ed. The award is presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation and is intended to recog­ last week when Senate Finance Committee Tuesday, April 4, 1995 nize and salute high school concert band pro­ chairman Bob Packwood, R-Ore.-who will Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I have always grams of international-level excellence. draft the Senate version-indicated he would go along with the House in ending the fed­ been proud of the heritage and physical beau­ Winning the Sudler Flag of Honor proves eral entitlement nature of most welfare pro­ ty of the 22d Congressional District of New what many of us have known for along time: grams and turning them into block grants to York which I have the privilege of represent­ that the Westfield High School concert band is the states. ing. It is for this reason, to savor the history among the very best concert bands in North That basic approach has everything to do and character of the picturesque towns and America. with cutting spending for the poor in order counties, that I return home every weekend. The Sudler Flag is designed in red, white to heap tax cuts on the rich- and virtually We often forget, Mr. Speaker, that the real and blue and features the logo of the John nothing to do with welfare reform. America is not Washington, but the small As Senator John Chafee, R-R.l., noted last Philip Sousa Foundation. The flag becomes week: " Instead of focusing on employability towns and villages where real people live and the property of the band. Each member of the * * * out-of-wedlock births and * * * work. I would like to talk about a collection of band receives a personalized certificate and intergenerational welfare dependency, the such towns today. the band director receives a personalized focus (of the House bill) seems to be entirely On Saturday June 3d, Schoharie County, plaque. on how to save money.* * *" NY will celebrate its 200th anniversary. This To be eligible for the Sudler Flag, a high That, in fact, is the basic flaw in the Re­ county was formed by the New York State school must have maintained a fine concert publican approach: the contradiction be­ Legislature from parts of Albany and Tryon band for at least 7 years. Although the band's tween saving money and reforming welfare. Real welfare reform, the kind that ends de­ Counties in 1795. However, its history began concert activities receive the most attention in pendency and self-defeating behavior by put­ long before this official action. The area was the selection process, the high school's band ting people to work, costs money, it doesn't settled by German explorers in 1712 when program must be a complete one and must in­ save it. It requires, at a minimum, paying they arrived from the lower Hudson Valley. clude a marching band, small ensembles, and for job training, child care and job creation­ This frontier region prospered with its rich solo participation by its members in contests none of which are adequately provided today. farmlands, rolling countryside, and quiet and festivals. Also, the band conductor must The original GOP contract spoke of spend­ streams. In fact, this county adopted the In­ have been at the same high school for at least ing $10 billion on jobs programs. The House­ dian name for the river which ran through the 7 consecutive years and is expected to be in­ passed bill offers nothing-simply the re­ quirement that welfare recipients must work valley, Schoharie. volved in professional band and music edu­ after two years, whether there are any jobs With its splendid forests and fertile river cation organization and activities on the local, or not, or lose benefits. bed, the Schoharie Valley was an agricultural State and national level. Trying to do welfare on the cheap will re­ hotbed for many years. However, the county Mr. Speaker, I know that you join with me sult only in a system even less effective and has changed since those days, like just about in congratulating the young men and women more wasteful than the present one. It is not 10342 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS April 4, 1995 simply foolish, but mean-spirited, for it years since, including, Whitney Young, Vernon CLINTON RELISHES HIS arises not from any desire to improve an im­ Jordan, and the current president and chief UNNECESSARY INVASION perfect system, but from the barely disguised motive of trying to pay for $190 billion worth executive officer, John E. Jacob. of middle- and upper-class tax cuts at the ex­ The Monmonth County League has sought HON. CHRISTOPHER COX pense of the weakest, most disenfranchised to bring together a broad cross-section of pub­ OF CALIFORNIA members of society: poor women and chil­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lic and private sector leaders representing the dren, who are the major beneficiaries of wel­ Tuesday, April4, 1995 fare, and legal resident aliens, who have paid corporate, banking, legal, government, and taxes and played by all the rules but can't educational communities. Among the major Mr. COX of California. Mr. Speaker, the oc­ vote. goals of the Monmouth chapter of the league casion of President Clinton's visit to Haiti is What would real welfare reform look like? occasion to reflect on the ill wisdom of his pol­ are programs to assist unemployed and un­ It might well include the GOP demand to icy there. It is "his" policy because, as he did turn programs over to the states, as Presi­ deremployed people to become self-sufficient with Mexico, he bypassed the Congress. The dent Clinton has also urged, so that flexibil­ through job readiness counseling, job develop­ following article by Sir Eldon Griffiths is a so­ ity and experimentation might flourish free ment, job bank and referral services, and en­ bering analysis of the Clinton Haiti policy. of burdensome federal mandates. It would trepreneurial advocacy. The league also works · also include more money, not less, for inno­ CLINTON RELISHES His UNNECESSARY vative jobs programs. to address the housing needs of the commu­ INVASION But the Republican block grant approach nity, through the development of affordable By the time you read this, U.S. troops in simply replaces liberal federal mandates housing and counseling to assist families and Haiti will be pulling out in favor of a U.S.­ led, U.S.-munitioned, and largely U.S.-fi­ with conservative ones, and it further con­ individuals who may qualify for various forms stricts the states by reducing overall pro­ nanced U.N. army. President Clinton is in jected spending by some $65 billion over five of rental or home ownership assistance pro­ this tiny speck of an island, ready to pass years in order to pay for tax breaks. grams. The league also works in developing the baton-! almost said the buck!-to U.N. As the Economist magazine observed last leadership through the support of young adults Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, whose thankless task now becomes to hold week, the Republicans are passing up a and professionals serving in mentorship and chance •' to do welfare reform in a way that the ring in Haiti while the smallest, poorest is right rather than merely right wing." If tutorial programs. Efforts also focus on health country in the Western Hemisphere struggles the Senate goes along, the only hope for real education and prevention programs. to construct a "viable democracy." welfare reform will be the veto pen. I wish the United Nations better luck than Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor for me to its hapless multinational forces experienced pay tribute to the work of the Monmouth after the United States handed over Somalia. TRIBUTE TO THE MONMOUTH County Urban League, and to wish for its con­ Let's also acknowledge that six months-and COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE tinued success in the future. several billion dollars-after Jimmy Carter brokered his deal and sent in an air-sea armada with more firepower than all HON. FRANK PAllONE, JR. the armies of Latin America combined. Port OF NEW JERSEY au Prince is probably less dangerous than it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN RECOGNITION OF LORIN AND was under the rule of Raoul Cedras and his ANN WASHER thugs. With the U.S. embargo lifted, some, Tuesday, April 4, 1995 though by no means all, of Haiti's services Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, and small firms are back in business. Most of April 6, 1995, the Monmouth County, NJ, HON. BILL BAKER those Haitian boat people intercepted by the Urban League will hold its Second Annual U.S. Coast Guard as they tried to get to Equal Opportunity Awards Dinner at the Long OF CALIFORNIA Florida are being repatriated, many forcibly, from the unsanitary camps that shame Branch Ocean Place Hilton. I would like to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES America in Cuba and Panama. take this opportunity to congratulate the Mon­ Last Tuesday's high-noon murder of a mouth County Urban League, and its new Tuesday, April 4, 1995 prominent Haitian lawyer who had criticized president Dr. Webster Tremel!, for the excel­ Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, re­ President Aristide is, however, a reminder lent work that the league has done in lending that Port au Prince still is driven by dan­ cently a couple from my district, Lorin and Ann a helping hand to those in our community who gerous elements, but thanks to the U.S. Ma­ need it most-and to give my strongest en­ Washer, needed to cancel a long-awaited trip rines (and a growing Haitian police force), couragement for their future endeavors. to the Nation's Capital due to health reasons. the situation in the capital has improved to It would have been a special trip for them, as a point where it's less frightening to walk in Mr. Speaker, the mission of the Urban the streets at night than it is in, let's say, League as a nonprofit community-based social 50 years ago this month they met in Washing­ Washington, D.C. service and civil rights organization is to assist ton on a blind date. That night, April 12, 1945, Clinton has every reason to praise the U.S. African-Americans and other minorities and was the day President Roosevelt died. Ann forces. They did what he told them to do. low-income families and individuals to achieve and Lorin had to change their plans to dine But his claim that his Haiti was a " triumph" is none the less as spurious as it is self-de­ social and economic equality. The league, out and instead ate at the home of a friend. whose national headquarters is in New York ceiving. This version of events may sit well Obviously the location of their meal was unim­ with those Haitians who've done well from City, has 114 affiliates across the nation. portant, as their courtship began in earnest Aristide's return; it may also carry the day Working through social work, economics, and shortly thereafter, and they were married in with the liberal press and what's left of the the law, the league seeks to secure equal op­ October 1946. Black Caucus in Congress. But history, I pre­ portunities in all sectors. While seeking to im­ dict, will judge Clinton's Haitian adventure prove the quality of life for racial minorities, Mr. Speaker, although Ann and Lorin cannot less generously. More likely it will be seen as the league is also devoted to the goal of build­ come to Washington to celebrate the April 12 an unnecessary, grotesque mismatch of U.S. ing bridges between the races. anniversary of their first meeting. I am pleased power to U.S. interests. The league was founded in 1910 in re­ Is that too harsh a verdict? If you think so, to honor them for a relationship that has en­ just ask three questions: sponse to the needs of southern blacks who dured 50 years. It is increasingly rare in our Did Haiti under Cedras (or any other ruler) migrated to New York seeking enhanced eco­ society that a couple exhibits the qualities of pose a threat to U.S. security? It didn't. It nomic opportunities, only to be confronted with loyalty and love demonstrated by the Wash­ couldn't. It doesn't. Haiti has no military unemployment, scarce health care, and over­ airfields, no naval ports, no missiles sites ers, and I am pleased to draw attention to this crowded housing. The league was created like those in Cuba that enemies of America through the merger of several organizations outstanding couple as the reminisce about not might use. Militarily, Clinton's invasion was dedicated to assisting these new arrivals and only their courtship, but so many years of mar­ a classic case of using a billion dollar ham­ ried life. Couples like the Washers have much mer to crack a 20-cent nut. combatting the racism of that era. In the years Was Haiti crucial to the economic inter­ since, the league has expanded into a nation­ to teach and much to remember, and deserve ests of the United States? No. it wasn't. It wide organization, and many distinguished our congratulations on this unique day in their isn't. It couldn't be. Haiti has no oil, no min­ leaders have presided over the league in the lives. erals, no products of any kind the United

------·------April 4, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 10343 States needs to earn its living. Trade with INTRODUCTION OF THE CHLORINE A 1990 EPA analysis revealed that as many Haiti is so insignificant that when the Unit­ ZERO DISCHARGE ACT OF 1995 as 1 in 10 subsistence and sports fishing indi­ ed States imposed a total embargo, few viduals could get cancer by eating fish con­ Americans even noticed, outside a few travel HON. BnLmCHARDSON taminated by releases from certain pulp and agents in Miami. OF NEW MEXICO paper mills. Additional studies have found that Were the lives of American citizens at risk IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pulp and paper mill workers tend to have high­ in Haiti? No, they weren't. Despite all the ef­ er rates of particular forms of cancer, such as Tuesday, April 4, 1995 forts of the State Department, not one exam­ soft-tissue sarcomas and respiratory cancers, ple was found of Americans suffering oppres­ Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I am than the population as a whole. A 1988 EPA sion or wrongful imprisonment in Haiti. pleased to rise today to introduce the Chlorine survey of 104 U.S. pulp and paper mills found Lacking these or any other reasons of U.S. Zero Discharge Act of 1995. This legislation, bleached pulp from nearly every mill to contain national interest, President Clinton based which has already been cosponsored by near­ the most dangerous forms of dioxins and his case for invading Haiti on the need to im­ ly 30 Members of the House, is identical to furans. pose-or restore-democracy. But why in H.R. 2898 which I introduced in August 1993. A 1992 report issued by the International Port au Prince, but not-as Ronald Reagan That legislation, although not enacted by the Joint Commission on the Great Lakes Basin sought to do in the face of Clinton's criti­ 103d Congress, garnered nearly 60 bipartisan [IJC] concluded that "the use of chlorine and cism at the time-in Salvador or Panama or cosponsors. its compounds should be avoided in the man­ Nicaragua? The Chlorine Zero Discharge Act will, if en­ ufacturing process." A 1994 report from the Okay, Cedras was a rightwing brute, just acted, result in the elimination within 5 years same organization reported that "mounting as Aristide is a leftwing demagogue. But if of the use of chlorine and chlorinated com­ evidence continues to reinforce concerns Cedras was grinding down the Haitian people pounds as bleaching agents in the production about the effect of persistent toxic sub­ to a level that justified U.S. intervention, of pulp and paper. Specifically, the bill would stances" including reproductive, metabolical, why didn't Washington first try to overthrow amend the Clean Water Act to require a re­ neurological and behavioral abnormalities, him with the CIA (as it did in Guatemala and duction to absolute zero of the discharge or suppression of the immune system and in­ Cuba)? And how come, when Jimmy Carter release into water of any organochlorine com­ creasing levels of breast and other cancers. went to Haiti with Colin Powell and Sam pounds, byproducts, or metabolites formed as Former IJC and Indiana Republican Party Nunn, Carter claimed the U.S. embargo was a result of the use of chlorine or any other Chair Gordon Durnil has been even more "shameful" and called Cedras "an honorable chlorinated oxidizing agents in the pulp and forceful, warning "the heart of our message is man" with whom the United States could do paper manufacturing process. that the integrity of the human species will be business? The use of chlorine and chlorine compounds increasingly compromised unless we act deci­ When the full story comes to be told, Haiti, in the pulp and paper industry is the second sively to bring the growing problem of persist­ I suspect, will turn out to have been the un­ largest use of chlorine in the United States ent toxic substances under control. We are necessary invasion. The United States got and Canada. Chlorine and its compounds are convinced that the dangers posed to humans sucked into it in large part because can­ used as bleaching agents to remove residual will increase with each passing generation." didate Clinton publicly broke with George lignins from wood pulp to make the resulting The American Public Health Association Bush's policy of sending back the Haitian paper white. [APHA], a nationwide membership association boat people, with the result that hundreds of The use of chlorine as a bleaching agent in of over 30,000 health professionals, passed a thousands set off for Florida, creating a the production of pulp and paper results in the resolution in October 1993 "calling for measur­ problem that Clinton in office found he release of an estimated 1,000 organochlorines able and progressive reduction toward the couldn't handle. Clinton was then humiliated in the wastewater of pulp and paper mills. The elimination of the use of chlorine-based when he sent in the USS Harlan County sup­ average pulp mill in America releases 35 tons bleaches in the paper and pulp industry and of ply ship with a bunch of officials on board of toxic organochlorines each day. However, ozone-depleting chlorinated organic chemi­ who turned tail at the first whiff of grape­ only 3 of the 1,000 organochlorines released cals." In February 1994, APHA endorsed the shot from Cedras's goons on the dock. And so are currently regulated by the EPA: dioxin, Chlorine Zero Discharge Act. it came to pass that stopping the flow of ref­ furan, and chloroform. Only the State of Or­ Despite repeated claims to the contrary, al­ ugees (that Clinton himself had invited), and egon regulates organochlorines as a class of ternatives to the use of chlorine and putting Aristide back in Cedras's place, be­ pollutants. chlorinated compounds do exist. Totally chlo­ came the leitmotifs of U.S. foreign policy. Although dioxin is produced as a byproduct rine-free [TCF] alternatives such as hydrogen Never mind Cuba, where the dictatorship of pulp and paper bleaching in only very small peroxide and ozone are in use today in mills was harsher and the outflow of migrants amounts, scientific studies by the Environ­ around the world, especially in Europe. Unfor­ larger. Forget Rwanda, where millions died, mental Protection Agency [EPA] and inde­ tunately, although these alternatives are in­ or Angola and all the rest. Haiti was a case pendent scientists have shown that even in creasingly relied upon by our competitors in of presidential pique and strategic misjudg­ minute amounts, organochlorines such as Sweden, France, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, ment, of liberal idealism, and Florida's dioxin are persistent and bioaccumulative. and Germany, American industry has stead­ Democratic politics getting in the way of This means that they remain in the environ­ fastly refused to adapt to the changing market any objective long-term assessments of U.S. ment for years and buildup over time reaching conditions affecting the worldwide paper mar­ diplomatic priorities and America's true na­ levels that have been linked to cancers and ket. Only one mill in North America, the Louisi­ tional interests. development and behavioral disorders in hu­ ana-Pacific pulp mill in Samoa, CA, has made So when the president returns to Washing­ mans and death in animal and plant life. For the switch to TCF production. ton, let's hope he lays aside his mantle of example, although DDT was banned in the Such intransigence in the face of changing Liberator-or is it Conqueror?-of Haiti. 1970's, trace amounts now linked to animal world-wide market demands for white paper Time has come to return to the real world of deaths still persist in the environment more that does not destroy the environment and global issues. Clinton's relations with Father than 20 years after its last known use in this threaten human health could spell disaster for Aristide may just be hunky-dory, but with country. the American pulp and paper industry. Failure most of the other leaders of Europe and Asia, In its recent reassessment of dioxin-