January 29, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1737 ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS cosponsors of S.J. Res. 4, a joint resolu- Area Act of 2002, we will pay tribute to S. 19 tion proposing an amendment to the the patriots who fought and died in At the request of Mr. DASCHLE, the Constitution of the United States au- so that we might become a name of the Senator from Louisiana thorizing Congress to prohibit the Nation free from tyranny. In the 107th Congress, I was proud to (Ms. LANDRIEU) was added as a cospon- physical desecration of the flag of the sor of S. 19, a bill to amend the Inter- United States. see the Senate approve this legislation nal Revenue Code of 1986 and titles 10 S. RES. 25 as part of a bipartisan package of her- and 38, United States Code, to improve At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the itage area bills. Unfortunately, the bill benefits for members of the uniformed names of the Senator from Massachu- was not approved in the House of Rep- services and for veterans, and for other setts (Mr. KERRY) and the Senator from resentatives. I will work even harder in purposes. New Jersey (Mr. LAUTENBERG) were the 108th Congress to see that this im- added as cosponsors of S. Res. 25, a res- portant legislation passes both houses S. 52 olution designating January 2003 as and goes to the President’s desk for his At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the signature. I hope my colleagues will name of the Senator from Vermont ‘‘National Mentoring Month’’. support this legislation, and I ask (Mr. LEAHY) was added as a cosponsor f unanimous consent that the text of the of S. 52, a bill to permanently extend STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED bill be printed in the RECORD. the moratorium enacted by the Inter- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS There being no objection, the bill was net Tax Freedom Act, and for other By Mr. CORZINE (for himself and ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as purposes. Mr. LAUTENBERG): follows: S. 83 S. 230. A bill to establish the Cross- S. 230 At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the roads of the American Revolution Na- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- names of the Senator from South Caro- tional Heritage Area in the State of resentatives of the United States of America in lina (Mr. HOLLINGS) and the Senator New Jersey, and for other purposes; to Congress assembled, from West Virginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) the Committee on Energy and Natural SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. were added as cosponsors of S. 83, a bill Resources. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Crossroads to expand aviation capacity in the Chi- Mr. CORZINE. Mr. President, today, of the American Revolution National Herit- cago area, and for other purposes. along with Senator LAUTENBERG, I am age Area Act of 2003’’. S. 85 introducing legislation, the Crossroads SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. At the request of Mr. LUGAR, the of the American Revolution National (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— name of the Senator from Connecticut Heritage Area Act, to establish the (1) the State of New Jersey was critically important during the American Revolution (Mr. DODD) was added as a cosponsor of Crossroads of the American Revolution because of the strategic location of the State S. 85, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- National Heritage Area in the State of between the British armies headquartered in enue Code of 1986 to provide for a chari- New Jersey. I am proud to be joining New York City, New York, and the Conti- table deduction for contributions of my New Jersey colleagues, Representa- nental Congress in the city of Philadelphia, food inventory. tives RODNEY FRELINGHUYSEN and RUSH ; S. 98 HOLT, who are introducing this legisla- (2) General spent al- most half of the period of the American Rev- At the request of Mr. ALLARD, the tion in the House of Representatives, with the support of the entire New Jer- olution personally commanding troops of the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. in the State of New Jer- BENNETT) was added as a cosponsor of sey delegation. This legislation recognizes the crit- sey, including 2 severe winters spent in en- S. 98, a bill to amend the Bank Holding campments in the area that is now Morris- Company Act of 1956, and the Revised ical role that New Jersey played during town National Historical Park, a unit of the Statutes of the United States, to pro- the American Revolution. In fact, New National Park System; hibit financial holding companies and Jersey was the site of nearly 300 mili- (3) it was during the 10 crucial days of the national banks from engaging, directly tary engagements that helped deter- American Revolution between December 25, or indirectly, in real estate brokerage mine the course of our history as a Na- 1776, and January 3, 1777, that General Wash- tion. Many of these locations, like the ington, after retreating across the State of or real estate management activities, New Jersey from the State of New York to and for other purposes. site where George Washington made his historic crossing of the Delaware the State of Pennsylvania in the face of total S. 138 defeat, recrossed the on the River, are well known and preserved. At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, night of December 25, 1776, and went on to the names of the Senator from Wash- Others, such as the Monmouth Battle- win crucial battles at Trenton and Princeton field State Park in Manalapan and ington (Mrs. MURRAY), the Senator in the State of New Jersey; Freehold, and New Bridge Landing in (4) Thomas Paine, who accompanied the from New Mexico (Mr. BINGAMAN), and River Edge, are less well known and troops during the retreat, described the the Senator from Maryland (Mr. SAR- are threatened by development or in events during those days as ‘‘the times that BANES) were added as cosponsors of S. try men’s souls’’; 138, a bill to temporarily increase the critical need of funding for rehabilita- tion. (5) the sites of 296 military engagements Federal medical assistance percentage are located in the State of New Jersey, in- To help preserve New Jersey’s Revo- for the medicaid program. cluding— lutionary War sites, this legislation S. 185 (A) several important battles of the Amer- would establish a Crossroads of the ican Revolution that were significant to— At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the American Revolution National Herit- (i) the outcome of the American Revolu- name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. age Area, linking about 250 sites in 15 tion; and NELSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. counties. This designation would au- (ii) the history of the United States; and 185, a bill to authorize emergency sup- thorize $10 million to assist preserva- (B) several national historic landmarks, plemental assistance to combat the tion, recreational and educational ef- including Washington’s Crossing, the Old Trenton Barracks, and Princeton, Mon- growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Sa- forts by the State, county and local haran Africa. mouth, and Red Bank Battlefields; governments as well as private cultural (6) additional national historic landmarks S. 225 and tourism groups. The program in the State of New Jersey include the homes At the request of Mr. DASCHLE, the would be managed by the non-profit of— name of the Senator from Washington Crossroads of the American Revolution (A) Richard Stockton, Joseph Hewes, John (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- Association. Witherspoon, and Francis Hopkinson, signers sor of S. 225, a bill to provide for emer- Simply put, we are the Nation that of the Declaration of Independence; gency unemployment compensation. we are today because of the critical (B) Elias Boudinout, President of the Con- tinental Congress; and S.J. RES. 4 events that occurred in New Jersey (C) William Livingston, patriot and Gov- At the request of Mr. HATCH, the during the American Revolution and ernor of the State of New Jersey from 1776 to names of the Senator from Georgia the many who died fighting there. By 1790; (Mr. CHAMBLISS) and the Senator from enacting the Crossroads of the Amer- (7) portions of the landscapes important to Alaska (Ms. MURKOWSKI) were added as ican Revolution National Heritage the strategies of the British and Continental

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