February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3621 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS LAWRENCE WALSH DOESN'T KNOW almost immediately undercut it by giving "The reason I didn't go to trial was I was flat WHEN TO QUIT immunity at their own hearings to Lt. Col. out of money and my lawyers wouldn't go Oliver North and Adm. John Poindexter. any further. I pleaded guilty to a non-crime Both men were later convicted but had the which Walsh knew didn't exist." HON. WM. S. BROOMF1ELD charges overturned by federal appellate The former Air Force general also accuses OF MICHIGAN courts because of the immunity grants. Mr. Walsh of hounding business clients until IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Even some of Mr. Walsh's supporters con­ several ended their relationships with Mr. Wednesday, February 26, 1992 tend he should have called in the dogs at Secord's security consulting companies. "Ev­ that point and left as his primary accom­ eryone in touch with me, no matter how re­ Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, once plishment a clear articulation of the prob­ mote, got called by the legions of lawyers again someone has asked Lawrence Walsh lems involved in trying to have simultaneous this guy has at his disposal." "when." congressional hearings and a federal crimi­ And Mr. Secord says $8 million belonging When will he close down his Iran-Contra nal probe. to his companies has been frozen in Swiss probe? But the prosecutor is still fighting what he banks since 1986, an embargo Mr. Walsh en­ When will the political abuse of the Office of perceives as the good fight. forces with occasional memos to the banks Mr. Walsh's latest target, former CIA offi­ saying the freeze is still justified. Independent Counsel end? cial Claire George, says of his indictment, When will the taxpayers stop footing the bill "I was financially destroyed by this, and I "[It] merely makes me a pawn in the contin­ doubt I will ever recover," Mr. Secord says. for meaningless investigations and prosecu­ uous drama of political exploitation." "And in the end, the judge gave me a $50 tions? In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal fine. . . . That was like winning a battle And once again, Mr. Walsh's answer has called the George indictment "another after all your troops are dead.'' 'Walshing' whereby a legally bizarre prosecu­ proven disappointing. "It's perfectly clear we're THE UPSHOT talking a long time," he says. tion forces its middle-class victim to spend millions of dollars to hire lawyers to shut After spending-by his own estimate­ As Michael Hedges of the Washington about $30 million over more than five years, Times points out in a recent article, the world Mr. Walsh down." But Lawrence Walsh believes his work has Mr. Walsh's Iran-Contra cases have for the has changed dramatically since Mr. Walsh had an important legacy, despite the set­ most part gone one of three ways. began his probe in 1986. Continuing his office backs and criticism. The main targets, former National Secu­ has been compared to prosecuting a branch "We have shown that there can be effective rity Council aide Oliver North and former of bootleggers after prohibition is ended. criminal law enforcement in the national se­ National Security Adviser John Poindexter, Nonetheless, Mr. Walsh plods on, enriching curity area, albeit with enormous dif­ were convicted. But those convictions later lawyers and leaving a trail of bankrupted vic­ ficulty," he says. Such expensive efforts were overturned because they were based in should be made, he contends, "if the offense part on the pair's immunized testimony to tims in his wake .• Congress in 1986. I commend Mr. Hedges' articles to my col­ is serious enough." In an interview, Mr. Walsh makes it clear Others, like former CIA station chief Joe leagues and encourage them to sign on as co­ his purpose is to establish, for history, the Fernandez, were able to get their cases sponsors of the Independent Counsel Sunset principle that criminal prosecution is the ul­ dropped, but only after spending huge sums Act-H.R. 444-so we never again have to timate check in the system of checks and in legal fees-in Mr. Fernandez' case, $1.8 witness such a perversion of our system of balances. million. checks and balances. · "If we tolerate deliberate deception by a The third class of defendant is illustrated QUIXOTIC QUEST?-AS CRITICS STEAM, LAW­ popular and strong chief executive and false by Elliott Abrams. The former State Depart­ RENCE WALSH PUSHES ON WITH IRAN­ statements to the Congress, which is sup­ ment official says he pleaded guilty to CONTRA PROBE posed to be one of the checks upon an auto­ charges brought by Mr. Walsh to avoid spending money on defense lawyers. Mr. (By Michael Hedges) cratic executive, we have to see that the checks and balances are effective-and that, Abrams was sentenced to community service When asked how long he will pursue his in the last analysis, takes law enforcement," and the requisite $50 fine-half the amount quest, Iran-Contra special prosecutor Law­ he says. of some D.C. parking tickets. rence Walsh answers without apology or a But Mr. Walsh shows far less passion or Critics such as Mr. Secord say Mr. Walsh's trace of irony. "It's perfectly clear we're compassion in defending individuals' rights $30 million price tag is an intentional mis­ talking a long time," he says. "Months, not not to be pursued by government enforcers, representation of the true costs of the probe. weeks." his critics maiI).tain. "He lies about that all the time," Mr. Surrounded by canyons of legal documents Asked about Joe Fernandez, a midlevel Secord says. "The costs of pursuing this in­ in the small library of his offices on 13th CIA officer who spent nearly $2 million to de­ vestigation have been over $100 million." Street NW., Mr. Walsh looks to be in fighting fend himself against charges that eventually The former general says the higher figure trim, perhaps 15 years younger than the 80 he were dropped, Mr. Walsh says: "I have no re­ includes costs to the Justice Department, turned last month. He appears capable of grets because he always had the opportunity the federal courts, the CIA and other agen­ hanging in there for the long haul in his re­ to cooperate with us .... He made the cies of cooperating with the probe. duced role of overseer of the legal fallout choice to be an antagonist." Mr. Walsh-whose hourly rate of pay was from the Iran-Contra affair. HIGH COSTS capped at about $140,000 a year when he And that's what worries his critics, who worked on the case full time-won't com­ view Mr. Walsh at best as a Don Quixote on That's the attitude that infuriates Law­ ment on the future of his investigation. Offi­ a mission long since rendered irrelevant. The rence Walsh's opponents. It is what the Wall cial sources say it is following a path leading windmills are ever-receding; the cost of the Street Journal called the "Catch $2.2 mil­ from a guilty plea by former CIA official joust continues to mount. lion": Cooperate or be ruined financially in a Alan Fiers. Other indictments are antici­ "The whole world has changed but not this case that may be dropped or may result in a pated, officials say, but not of "names" from guy," one highly regarded Washington law­ $50 fine. the Reagan-Bush administration. yer says. "It seems to me this has become an Former Maj. Gen. Richard Secord was an­ When asked specifically about Oliver obsessive mission for him." other of Mr. Walsh's targets. He eventually North, Mr. Walsh says he can't comment be­ For Mr. Walsh, the mission began in De­ pleaded guilty to one count of making a false cause "we may not be through with him cember 1986, when he was appointed by three statement to Congress, was given probation yet"-indicating the former Marine lieuten­ federal judges with a broad mandate to in­ and paid a $50 fine. ant colonel could be called as a witness in a vestigate arms sales to Iran and allegations Mr. Secord says he was innocent of the future case. of money funneled illegally to the Nica­ charge, indeed claims Mr. Walsh knew he raguan resistance. was innocent. CAREER-CAPPER Congressional opponents of the Reagan ad­ "I've spent $1.2 million on legal fees so far When Mr. Walsh began his probe in 1986, ministration pushed for the probe, but then and it is not over yet," Mr. Secord says. the Soviet Union was the Evil Empire, Wash-

• 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. 3622 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 ington covertly supported Iraqi President Opponents have compared the George pros­ TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM Saddam Hussein in his war with Iran, and ecution to Mr. Walsh's 1989 case against CIA ARROWSMITH then-Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega agent Joe Fernandez, which was dismissed considered himself the Castro of Central after the Justice Department declined to re­ America. lease classified documents. The prosecutor If the world has turned, Lawrence Walsh will not comment specifically on the George HON. DON EDWARDS has not let the revolutions distract him. He case. OF CALIFORNIA says he is pursuing to the letter of the broad mandate that a three-judge panel issued 63 REWARDING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES months ago. Though Lawrence Walsh predicts a long One newspaper quoted a Walsh acquaint­ life ahead for his probe, critics hope Congress Wednesday, February 26, 1992 ance describing his work as " prosecuting a pulls the plug. The law authorizing the inde­ bunch of bootleggers after Prohibition has pendent counsel expires this year, and Con­ Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. Speaker, ended"-an analogy Mr. Walsh rejects. gress will hold hearings to determine wheth­ with the deepest regret I must advise you and From the beginning, Mr. Walsh saw his ap­ er to extend it. my colleagues in Congress of the death last pointment as the capstone to a career in Mr. Walsh says he has not been called as a week of William Arrowsmith, one of America's which he rose from a young, racket-busting witness. most distinguished scholars, and writers, a prosecutor to a federal judge and top-dollar "I think there must be a continuation of private lawyer. He also served as deputy to the institution, but it should not be used translator, and linguist of enormous talent. Bill Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge during U.S. lightly," he says. "The expense is a reflec­ was also a personal friend to many of us here peace talks with North Vietnam, and headed tion of the scope of the assignment. . . . It in the House of Representatives and Senate. the American Bar Association committee reflects the very broad assignment we were. that assesses Supreme Court nominees. given, and that has been the biggest criti­ The Boston Globe's obituary in its February Mr. Walsh was born in Nova Scotia, but his cism of it." 22, 1992, edition quoted Dr. John Silber, Bos­ family moved to New York when he was 2. He ton University's president, as follows: graduated from Columbia College in 1932; Mr. Secord and others say Mr. Walsh's three years later, he got his law degree probe is an example of why the law shouldn't In the classroom and in his books and es­ be renewed. there. says and translations, Bill Arrowsmith used After his first wife died, in 1965 he married "He ought to be Exhibit l," Mr. Secord his enormous talents as scholar, linguist and Mary Alma Porter of Oklahoma City, his says. "If Congress doesn't vote to end the law, I hope Bush has enough guts to veto it." poet to celebrate the basic modalities of adopted home. He has four daughters and a human existence as revealed in classics. son. After all the years, all the battles, all the If Republicans now castigate Mr. Walsh's controversy, does Mr. Walsh ever regret tak­ The Globe article went on as follows: investigation while liberal Democrats sup­ ing the assignment? port him, he has spent most of his life serv­ "No, it's a public responsibility if you are In 1972, Mr. Arrowsmith was one of 10 pro­ ing GOP bosses. At his first news conference asked and can do it," he says. "Secondly, it fessors in the country to receive the $10,000 as special counsel in December 1986, he an­ is a very challenging and interesting assign­ E. Harris Harbison Award for Gifted Teach­ swered charges that his ties to the Repub­ ment. Professionally, it's been rewarding, al­ ing. lican Party were too strong for him to be ob­ though not without its disappointments." jective. He translated numerous writers-classical Over the years, Mr. Walsh worked for GOP LAWRENCE WALSH CAN DISH IT OUT OUTSIDE and moder~including Euripides, Aristoph­ heavyweights ranging from mob-fighting anes, Petronius, Nietzsche, and the Nobel prosecutor Thomas Dewey and New York COURTROOM Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to New York City (By Michael Hedges) Prize-winning poet Eugenio Montale. For his Mayor John Lindsay and President Nixon, translations of Montale, Mr. Arrowsmith re­ Lawrence Walsh has been brawling in who named him deputy to Mr. Lodge in the ceived the International Montale Prize, the Paris peace talks. courtrooms since the 1930s, when he battled the mob as a young prosecutor under New La'ndon Translation Prize, and the Shestack PICKING UP PIECES York District Attorney Thomas Dewey. Poetry Prize. Now, Mr. Walsh has turned over the day­ So Mr. Walsh is toughened against insults The founding editor of three literary jour­ to-day running of the Iran-Contra investiga­ from adversaries such as Lt. Col. Oliver tion to his deputy, Craig A. Gillen. He stays North, who called him a "vindictive wretch." nals-the Chimera, the Hudson Review, and in Oklahoma City three weeks out of four, But he still can be quick to anger. Ario~r. Arrowsmith had also edited Delos working on the book that will be his final and served as contributing editor of American word on the probe-if not his critics' or that Ask the Iran-Contra prosecutor about of historians. former staff member Jeffrey Toobin, and the Poetry Review and Peoquod. He calls the writing of the book "agony" invective flows: "He missed his target," Mr. Born in Orange, NJ, he graduated from Walsh growls. "He was supposed to get and says he is saving until last a formulation Princeton University in 1947, studied at Oxford of how he sees his legacy. Abrams. We hit the target after he left." It was in part Mr. Walsh's pugnacious style Mr. Toobin had the effrontery to leave the University as a Rhodes scholar, and received that backers sought when he was chosen to Iran-Contra prosecution and then write a a Ph.D. in classics at Princeton in 1954. probe the Byzantine tangle of U.S. arm sales somewhat critical book about the process After teaching at Princeton, the University of to Iran and clandestine funding of the called "Opening Arguments: A Young Law­ Contras fighting Mr. Ortega's Sandinista re­ yer's First Case." Texas, and a year at the Massachusetts Insti­ gime in Nicaragua. A self-proclaimed liberal, Mr. Toobin wrote tute of Technology, he came to Boston Univer­ But whatever his legacy, for now Mr. that he came to view Mr. Walsh's probe as sity in 1971 , staying 5 years. He returned to Walsh's approach strikes those on the receiv­ too broad and too vague. Boston University in 1986 after stints at Yale, ing end as vindictive and overzealous. And "Only crimes are crimes," Mr. Too bin his targets-largely Reagan administration Johns Hopkins, New York, and Emory univer­ wrote, implying Mr. Walsh had lost sight of sities. officials-have a growing body of supporters that mote of wisdom from the first week of who believe that, after five years and many law school. The former Walsh aide also wrote Bill leaves two daughters, Beth of Colorado million dollars, enough is enough. of the " futility of using the criminal process Springs and Nancy of Austria; a sister, Mrs. "It's a question of how rapidly these things to expose or correct governmental mis­ L.V. Mills of Middletown, NY; a granddaughter; can be handled, and it's not entirely in our deeds." control," Mr. Walsh says. "What happens in and a close friend, Marianne Meyer of New an investigation is that a piece will fall into But Mr. Walsh is dismissive of those obser­ vations. York. Our sympathies go to these dear mem­ place that will pick up a lot of material that bers of his family. had been hanging from an earlier investiga­ "He wanted things brought down to the tion.'' primer stage where he could handle it," the Finally, Mr. Speaker, in Bill Arrowsmith's The latest development: a closed hearing prosecutor says of his former protege. " He's passing we lost more than a great scholar and on Valentine's Day to determine whether a tenderfoot [who] muffed it." a wise and talented professor. We also lost a classified documents involving Clarie Clearly Mr. Walsh is not a man who takes George, former CIA deputy director of oper­ a double-cross lightly- even if he cools down friend, someone whose charm, warmth, and ations, should be turned over to Mr. Walsh's enough within five minutes to call Mr. decency added much to the lives of all those staff. Toobin a "nice kid." fortunate enough to know him. February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3623 IN RECOGNITION OF LAKESIDE In 1988, Mencia was in the Caracas Cham­ sorb them without serious reduction in our LOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ber of Commerce building when the riots ex­ services," he says. "I think it's a testimony FLAG PROGRAM ploded after President Carlos Andres Perez to the effective leadership of the Department imposed an austerity program to save the and the quality of our work force." country's economy. "We ran through the In the past year, he says, the number of HON. BERYL ANTHONY, JR. streets with some local VIPs, trying to find Florida foreign offices has increased to OF ARKANSAS a taxi, while rock throwers smashed windows seven, and there's a strong possibility of · IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES all around us," he recalls. "We didn't find opening an office in Taiwan in the near fu­ one, but eventually, about 10 of us put $100 ture. "Our Brazil office, which reports di­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 together and got a man with a station wagon rectly to me, has been an outstanding suc­ Mr. ANTHONY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to to take us back to the hotel." cess both in developing trade opportunities pay tribute to the Lakeside Lower Elementary Behind Mencia's easygoing facade is a seri­ with Brazil and, more importantly, in in­ School for the institution of a flag program. ous businessman who takes pride in "having creasing the visibility of Florida," Mencia been a player in developing Florida, and par­ says. "Every day I receive an article pub­ The fostering of patriotism in our youth of the ticularly Miami, into a major international lished in Brazil describing Florida as a place United States is of utmost importance, and I crossroads." to visit and invest." commend the children of this school, the fac­ Peter Tesch, project manager for the Eco­ But as director of the Latin American of­ ulty, and administration for its leadership, and nomic Development Council for Marion fice, Mencia believes his greatest challenge the parents for their encouragement. County, says Mencia helped him organize the is to help Florida corporations make the Instilling a love for country and a respect council's first trade mission abroad, which most of the opportunities that will emerge in and understanding of what this wonderful was to Barbados and Trinidad two years ago. Latin America this decade. "We are seeing country means to its citizens begins at home. "He was also very helpful when we started some radical changes in the region, and just as Latin America refers to the 80s as the lost The people in Lake Village are proving to be the international-trade program in Ocala." Florida is fortunate to have Mencia in decade, I think years from now we'll look fine examples for these young people by mak­ charge of Latin American trade, Tresch says. back to the 90s as the decade of oppor­ ing them aware of the flag and its symbolism "His organization is one of the most effec­ tunity," he says. "Our office plays a key role of freedom. I believe we will continue to see tive groups in the state, as far as trying to in helping Florida maximize its share of op­ much success in this integral part of their edu­ promote international trade with Latin portunities." cation. America." The changes in Latin America run parallel I congratulate this school and community Mencia plans to continue to play a major to a change in the paternalistic way the and urge my colleagues to join me in the feel­ role in the state's international develop­ United States has traditionally viewed the region. "I think that the U.S. perception of ing of pride for this shining example of working ment. The office of Latin American trade or­ ganizes an average of nine trade missions Latin America is changing radically," together on their project of education and ac­ and exhibits to Latin America every year, Mencia says. "The Enterprise for the Ameri­ complishment. targeting the most promising markets for cas Initiative is probably the most signifi­ Florida. "That's the most challenging part cant U.S. policy towards Latin America of my job, given the volatile economic per­ since President Kennedy's Alliance for A TRIBUTE TO MANUEL MENCIA formance of the Latin American nations and Progress in the 60s. It's significant that this the sometimes volatile nature of its poli­ is an innovation that emphasizes trade and HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN tics," Mencia says. not aid. To me, that reflects the changing "Most people I work with, or who have met perception of U.S. policy makers and econo­ OF FLORIDA me through my work, immediately realize mists towards the region." IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that I enjoy what I do," he says. "I can't "Benign neglect," is Mencia's description Wednesday, February 26, 1992 think of one day that I didn't look forward of U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America to the challenge. I have always been ex­ in a historic context. "Interest in the region Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am tremely conscious that government employ­ only grows at times of crisis, as when one of pleased to recognize Mr. Manuel Mencia, di­ ees don't have the greatest reputation for our frequent dictators threatened U.S. inter­ rector of the Office for Latin American Trade productivity and initiative, and to me, this ests," Mencia says. "Then we would see a for the Florida Department of Commerce. Mr. has been a great incentive to go out of my burst of activity and action." Mencia, who admits that he loves his profes­ way to prove that we of the public sector do Now the roles are changing, he says, and sion, has been incredibly successful in in­ make an important contribution and effec­ U.S. policy makers are recognizing Latin tively work with the private sector. America as a logical partner in a world creasing Florida's trade with Latin America. In that's being divided into trading blocks. an International Business Chronicle article en­ "I've always emphasized to my employees that when you work in the government," he Even economists of high repute, such as titled, "Manuel A. Mencia: Relishing Each adds, "you have to go an extra half-yard to Peter Drucker, chief economist for the Wall Day's Challenge," Luisa Esquiroz Arellano re­ prove yourself to the general public." Street Journal, are now speaking of the need ports on the great fortunes of Manuel Mencia: Mencia says government employees always to reactivate the Latin American economies In the 12 years he's traveled through Latin have to fight the private sector's prejudiced as a way to boost the ailing U.S. economy. America selling Florida for the state's De­ ideas about bureaucrats. " When you walk "I think all that presents unprecedented partment of Commerce, Manuel A. Mencia, through a businessman's door, his pre-con­ opportunities for Floridians," he says, best known as "Manny," has had his share of ception of you is not going to be a good one "given our privileged geographical position adventure. and it is up to you to prove this person and cultural affinity to Latin America." "The job has never been boring, says wrong," he says. "I'm very proud that, by I am pleased to recognize Mr. Manuel Mencia, now director of the Office for Latin and large, the staff of my office has done so Mencia, and I would like to congratulate him American trade for the Florida Department consistently." on significantly escalating trade between Flor­ of Commerce. "I've survived earthquakes, Says Carlos A. Amaro, general manager of ida and Latin America. I wish Mr. Mencia con­ one mugging, two automobile accidents, one Palex Medical Inc., a biomedical company in death threat and a plethora of late-night Dade County: "He's one of the most dedi­ tinued success as the Director of the Office for parties and social events." cated economic-development professionals, Latin American Trade for the Florida Depart­ Mencia, who relishes telling stories, has with a purpose to enhance and promote the ment of Commerce. quite a repertoire. Early in his career, while internationalization of Florida. He's always representing Florida at the Guatemala Inter­ willing, capable and available to help any national Trade Fair, a mystery man called businessman in providing any type of local RUSSIA TO DEVELOP ARMS him repeatedly at his hotel accusing him of and international contact. He's been very ef­ EXPORT INDUSTRY being a CIA agent. "He promised to under­ fective any time we've requested specific mine my health dramatically." contacts or assistance with U.S. government He consulted on the problem with his supe­ offices overseas. HON. MEL LEVINE rior at the Department of Commerce and "He's done a great job, having to work OF CALIFORNIA with the security officer of the U.S. Embassy with the limited resources he had," Amaro IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in Guatemala. "Both advised me that per­ says. " I think he deserves a lot of credit for Wednesday, February 26, 1992 haps it would be a wiser course to leave be­ what his office has been able to accomplish." fore the conclusion of the fair," Mencia re­ Mencia has had to work effectively in spite Mr. LEVINE of California. Mr. Speaker, Sun­ counts. "I chose to stay, although I did look of deep budget cuts in the Florida Depart­ day's Washington Post included a disturbing over my shoulder a lot." ment of Commerce. "We've been able to ab- article about the Russian economy and arms 59--059 0-96 Vol. 138 (Pt. 3) 24 3624 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 proliferation. The Post reported that the Rus­ Air Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, had authorized the sale of excess weapons sian Republic has decided to pursue foreign former Soviet defense minister and now com­ oversea&-wi th all proceeds to go toward military sales as a key element of its national mander-in-chief of the joint armed forces of construction of officers' housing. And this week, Ukrainian President Leonid economic program. This decision by the Rus­ the Commonwealth of Independent States, similarly argued that "we shouldn't seri­ Kravchuk charged that the Black Sea fleet­ sians represents a significant failure for Bush ously curtail" arms production, both because an object of contention between Ukraine and administration policies toward arms control arms workers and their families need protec­ Russia-was in the process of selling off 49 and the new republics of the CIS. tion and because the overseas arms market ships through a joint-stock company headed The international community, particularly the could be lucrative. With profits from arms by an admiral. Kravchuk said that cruisers, newly liberated countries of Eastern Europe sales, the marshal argued, the nation could submarines, escort ships, minesweepers, and the CIS, has turned to the United States buy equipment to produce consumer goods. landing craft, a destroyer and a missile boat for leadership on this issue. But the adminis­ Peter Aven, deputy foreign minister for have been sold or are to be sold to India and tration's policy toward U.S. arms sales has trade, said in a news conference Friday that other countries. "The competent bodies of Ukraine are now sent the message that we approve of selling trade in arms will continue to be regulated by the government, with no sales to coun­ checking the lawfulness of the sale of the highly sophisticated weapons to unstable re­ tries engaged in conflicts, but he said the warships and craft of the Black Sea fleet," gions like the Middle East. government will no longer enjoy a monopoly Kravchuk said. A quote by Andrei Kokoshin, a Russian mili­ in sales. Throughout the former Soviet Union, eco­ tary expert, included in the article printed "We proceeded from the view that arma­ nomic hard times are hitting the once invio­ below, makes the point quite clear, "I think if ments are also a commodity," he said. "They lable military-industrial complex especially other countries would have started reducing should be sold to earn money." hard. Yegor Gaidar, Russia's deputy prime arms deliveries, this would have had some ef­ Yeltsin has prepared a decree authorizing minister for economics, said that the govern­ the formation of "a series" of weapons-trad­ ment will spend only about 15 percent of last fect, but it turned out that most democratic year's total on weaponry, mostly buying countries are not stopping arms sales, but in­ ing firms, each associated with a large weap­ ons plant. A government committee would spare parts and other supplies needed to keep creasing them." existing equipment in operation. Since the end of the gulf war, the Bush ad­ issue licenses for arms sales, Aven said. Two such trading firms already have been formed, Desperate to survive, arms factories are ministration has sold over $16 billion in arms he added. seeking foreign investment and trying to to the nations of the Persian Gulf nations. Yeltsin explained Russia's motives in his produce civilian products. But many also are And, now we hear reports of a $5 billion F-15 Izvestia interview today. seeking to sell overseas. package for Saudi Arabia. Following suit, the "We have sharply cut back our expendi­ "In St. Petersburg, 74 percent of enter­ prises belong to the munitions industry, and Russians have negotiated a $2 billion package tures for defense, and for purchasing arms in particular," he said. "A similar cutback in there are no natural resources," Yeltsin aide with Syria for Mig-29 and SU-24 aircraft and Galina Staravoitova told reporters. "Peters­ concluded an agreement with Iran for SU-24's arms production would have dealt an enor­ mous blow to the plants which make them burg will not survive. The only way out is to and T-72 tanks. allow export arms trade. The Bush administration must back up its . . . [and] would have led to social tensions and placed millions of people on the edge of words on arms control with action. If the Unit­ unemployment. So trading of arms is a kind ed States is to retain the leverage and influ­ of buffer.'' A FISHY SITUATION ence necessary to dissuade other countries Yeltsin also said that Russia would give up from making destabilizing sales, we must stop the Soviet Union's ideological approach to HON. SID MORRISON making destabilizing arms sales of our own. arms sales, instead selling "on the govern­ OF WASHINGTON [From the Washington Post, Feb. 23, 1992) mental level, and openly," and respecting IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES international conventions .. RUSSIA BOOSTS WEAPONS SALES TO AID Wednesday, February 26, 1992 ECONOMY A ven said the government would not allow (By Fred Hiatt) every firm to sell arms independently, be­ Mr. MORRISON. Mr. Speaker, over the last cause the competition might drive prices too year in the Northwest we have been wrestling Moscow.-Russia has decided it must ac­ low. But his deputy, Shibayev, acknowledged tively promote arms sales overseas at the ex­ with the controversial reallocation of one of that many independent actors would like to our precious natural resources, Bering Sea pense of converting weapons factories to ci­ enter the weapons business. . vilian purposes, according to senior Russian "In fact, we have opponents in the Defense pollock. Duff Wilson and Ross Anderson, re­ officials. Ministry, the Ministry of Industry and other porters with the Seattle Times, wrote inves­ The growing sentiment in favor of un­ tigative articles about this allocation issue and abashed pursuit of profit through weapons departments," Shibayev told the newspaper sales reflects both Russia's dire need of hard Nezavisimaya Gazeta. "Today, many state­ about the North Pacific Fishery Management currency and the dismal state of its vast run producers are craving orders, and believe Council which makes these decisions. I would military-:industrial complex. Although con­ they will be able to solve their problems by like to submit the articles to the RECORD and version remains a prime focus of government selling off their military products independ­ encourage Members to read them to get a policy, it appears to be losing ground to ently." better understanding of this ongoing con­ Andrei Kokoshin, a military expert being those who believe the nation could quickly troversy. reap billions of dollars by selling tanks, proposed as a possible defense minister of fighter jets and other weapons abroad. Russia, said in an interview Friday that A FISHY SITUATION "Today, trading in arms is a necessity for arms factory representatives have been dis­ (By Duff Wilson) us," Russian President Boris Yeltsin said in turbed to see Western nations wooing their The United States' richest fishery is con­ an interview published today in the news­ former customers. trolled by a federal council so riddled with paper Izvestia, adding, "Soviet weapons are "I think if other countries would have conflicts of interest that its actions result in highly popular in the world, and easily find started reducing arms deliveries, this would millions of dollars in benefits to some coun­ buyers.'' have had some effect, but it turned out that cil members or their companies. The Soviet Union was for years a leading most democratic countries are not stopping Critics say self-serving votes by council purveyor of weapons abroad, along with the arms sales, but increasing them," Kokoshin members are also leading to lost jobs here United States, but the sales were tightly said. "Naturally, it's very disappointing to and artificial higher consumer prices for controlled and used for political more than our arms producers to see . . . other coun­ fish. commercial gain. Now, with the Cold War tries advancing on our markets." The group, called the North Pacific Fish­ over and Russia desperate for cash, many Yeltsin himself not long ago promised the ery Management Council, was set up 15 years fear that dozens or hundreds of local govern­ aircraft complex at Ulyanovsk that it could ago to manage the $1 billion-a-year Alaska ments and individual factories may begin sell four giant cargo planes, each worth an fishery in the federal zone between three and freelancing in the arms business. estimated $120 million, overseas. "I will sign, 200 miles offshore. "The world market for arms has been di­ you sell," he told aircraft workers, to wild But it wasn't until recent years, when vided in a sense, and it would not be wise to applause. The next day, he authorized an American fishermen began fighting Amer­ withdraw from the market we have cor­ automotive factory in Nizhny Novgorod to ican fishermen, rather than the Japanese, for nered,' Vladimir Shibayev, deputy chairman sell 300 armored personnel carriers overseas, shares of the resource, that the council of the government's committee for foreign again keeping the proceeds and bypassing emerged in public view as a sort of Tammany economic relations, said in a newspaper the Ministry of Defense. Hall of the Pacific. interview this week. "After all, arms trade is A few days later, Yeltsin told 5,000 disgrun­ "The politics are so blatant it forces you a highly profitable business." tled military officers at the Kremlin that he as a protective measure to become pa.rt of February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3625 the problem," says Walter Pereyra, a Seattle lose personally from the decision. But they soon quit that position and went into busi­ businessman and member of the council. all voted. ness as a freelance consultant. "It's a corrupting process." The fishery council is exempt from federal Cotter's role in a committee studying ways Four of the 11 council members own fishing conflict-of-interest laws because it is sup­ to address the issue of "by-catch," a peren­ businesses. Two are industry-group employ­ posed to be an advisory body, with the sec­ nial problem where boats fishing for one spe­ ees. One is a consultant who makes no secret retary of commerce making the final deci­ cies inadvertently scoop up others, is an­ of the fact he hopes to make money off his sion. The Secretary, however, almost never other illustration of how conflicts develop on inside expertise. overrules a council decision and is not ex­ the council. The committee's job was to de­ Pereyra, perhaps more candid than most, pected to do so in this case. cide whether fishermen should be required to admitted that he performs government busi­ That leaves a handful of special interests toss the fish back or not. The decision was ness with an eye on his own trawler compa­ in charge of a federal resource affecting worth big money to the industry. nies' bottom lines. thousands of jobs and millions of consumers. After months of work, the committee "I shouldn't even be on the council making The council has no rules on abstaining agreed on a consensus plan. Then one mem­ these kinds of decisions that I have a con­ from votes because of personal interests, no ber, representing the Alaska Crab Coalition, flict on-absolutely," he said. "I think that's rules against seeking outside work from spe­ had second thoughts. true of every member of the council. It cial interests groups, and no requirements Cotter, the committee chairman, had led should be in the hands of professional man­ for lobbyists to report their activities or the 1988 council discussion on the by-catch agers." spending. plan. But instead of urging a vote to ap­ Pereyra, for instance, loses millions of dol­ The council was set up under fishing-indus­ prove, Cotter said he, too, had an 11th-hour lars in potential revenue because of council­ try control because of a distrust of scientists change-of-mind. ' imposed limits on fishing for a type of bot­ who might set fishing limits too low, accord­ Cotter's vote to delay the plan made the tom fish called pollock. Pereyra, citing sci­ ing to Bud Walsh, former chief counsel to the difference in the 6--5 vote. It was later killed. entific studies on optimum yield, is trying to Senate Commerce Committee. Walsh worked A few months before that meeting, Cotter get the council to loosen the limits. with Sen. Warren Magnuson of Washington had been paid to take a week-long trip to the Under current practice, most of the council to draft the Fishery Conservation and Man­ Soviet Union to represent the Alaska Crab members are appointed precisely because of agement Act in 1976. Coalition in negotiations with Soviet busi­ their industry experience. They are required Council members are nominated by the ness. Cotter said he planned to manage a to file financial-disclosure statements and governors of Alaska and Washington and ap­ joint venture for the crab boaters if it suc­ take an oath to vote in the national interest. pointed to three-year terms by the secretary ceeded. But some council members say the na­ of commerce. They meet six times a year, Shortly after the vote, Cotter disclosed he tional interest is often equivalent to their usually in Anchorage. Four council members was being paid $1,250 a week by a group of own business interest. represent government agencies; seven rep­ crab operators for consulting services. Cotter Consider: resent fishing interests. quit that job about two months later, saying After he took a $1,250-a-week job from crab Donald Bevan, former director of the Uni­ fishermen, council member Larry Cotter he was nervous about what his employers versity of Washington School of Fisheries, really expected of him. changed his vote and tabled a far-reaching said the law he helped to draft is not work­ rule he'd previously favored and the crabbers "I wasn't, in my opinion, doing enough ing because of the personal conflicts of fish­ work for the amount of money I was receiv­ opposed. ing-industry members. Council member Oscar Dyson voted to ing," Cotter said in a sworn deposition in a "We might do better with 11 real-estate recent lawsuit that touched on council con­ allow Japanese fishing companies to take 10 salesmen who had no conflicts of interest," million pounds of cod from the U.S. fishing flicts. Bevan said. "It just isn't good public policy In an interview, Cotter insisted his private zone after he struck a private deal for his having people with a direct financial interest company to sell them a million pounds of business had nothing to do with his change making decisions on those financial inter­ of vote. He noted that he disclosed the con­ cod fillets. ests. We wouldn't stand still for a minute Council member Ron Hegge's three freezer sulting agreement even though he was not with a city council run by contractors mak­ required to do so at the time. Cotter said he boats kept their current fishing rights while ing decisions on city contracts." competing trawlers were slashed in a plan The American Factory Trawler Associa­ voted against the by-catch plan to try to approved by Hegge and a council majority in tion recently approached the Department of save it, not to kill it, because the National June. Some council observers said Hegge Justice and the Department of Commerce in­ Marine Fisheries Service was going to refuse also stands to gain from a fishing-quota plan spector general to try to have conflict-of-in­ to enforce the plan. now under study. Hegge says he could be terest charges investigated. The timing of his private deal indicated he hurt, not helped, by the plan. They weren't the first. Lee Alverson, a Se­ was either negotiating or had already signed These council members all deny they were attle consultant and former top federal fish­ on with the crab-boat group at the time of considering their private business while they ery official, tried without success years ago the council meeting. performed their public service. But business to interest federal agencies in investigating Cotter hears the talk. He grew angry at the people and other observers point to the web the council's activities. allegations his vote was bought. of self-interests on the council every time it Alverson and the trawler association, a Se­ "If I'm going to be bought off-and I'm decides who gets how much of the fish. attle-based group, said in their complaint to sure ·as hell not-it's not going to be for a "It's a very serious problem, and we're get­ the Commerce Department that council couple thousand bucks," he said. "I mean, ting situations here that are very, very close members should not "be the recipient of con­ give me a break." to the edge." said Rudy Petersen, a council siderable amounts of money from clients Cotter said he solicits consulting work member from 1982 to 1988 and owner of a Se­ who have a great deal at stake in council de­ from people who attend council meetings attle-based factory trawler. cisions." and plans to do even more work after he Steve Davis, longtime deputy director of A department attorney responded that the leaves the council next year. Cotter said he the council staff until he quit in July, said Magnuson Act provide an implied exception turns down some potential work because of council members take pains to mask their to conflict-of-interest laws for council mem­ council conflicts, adding that he would wel­ self-interest in scientific rationales. bers. come a federal investigation. "When you sit through a council meeting, "We're talking about billions of dollars "What I say is, come on and have a major you'll know there's an underlying motive that people can shift around between indus­ investigation of me. Start with my bank ac­ that's probably the main reason they're try groups," Alverson said, "and they're count. Look at my check register." doing what they're doing, or a particular going to vote for themselves." In Cotter's view, his opponents in the Se­ council member is pushing a regulation down Alverson and the Seattle fishing group attle-based trawler group, the big losers in a particular path," Davis said. were especially critical of Cotter, a consult­ the vote on fish allocation, are trying to de­ Conflict-of-Interest charges were raised ant from Juneau. stroy the council process with allegations of last summer in a plan to shift at least $250 Cotter was appointed to the council in 1986, conflicts. million of annual fish product from a Se­ thanks partly to a last-minute lobbying blitz " There is smoke, no fire," he said. attle-based floating factory fleet to a largely by the Pacific Seafood Processors Associa­ Council member Dyson, a career fisherman Japanese-owned processing industry on the tion, a group representing shoreside process­ from Kodiak, has also found himself accused Alaska shore. ing plants. He was upfront about his plans to of putting business interests first. Washington, as a result of the plan, could honor the debt. Shortly after Dyson was appointed to the lose more than 1,000 jobs. Critics say the de­ "I don't think you will need to spend a lot council in 1986, a company representing 18 cision will also mean higher prices for fish of time trying to determine how I'm going to Japanese fishing companies signed a con­ by curbing the free market economy. vote," Cotter wrote the head of the group. tract with Dyson's company to purchase one Seven of the 11 council members live in President of a longshoreman's union at the million pounds of cod products in return for Alaska, and four of them stood to gain or time he was appointed to the council, Cotter the council and the state of Alaska allowing 3626 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 the Japanese to take about 10 million pounds Hegge said he makes his council decisions FISHY BUSINESS of cod from the Bering Sea. based on testimony and the national-interest (By Ross Anderson) It was apparently the first and last such standards of federal law. Never mind that it's November, and it's purchase agreement. "I'm going to vote for the best interests of Jay Hastings, Seattle attorney for the blowing a gale on the Bering Sea. Dave Fra­ the resource, not the best interests of Ron ser would rather be fishing. Japan Fisheries Association, said the pur­ Hegge," he said. "I think of my own situa­ He could be dragging an enormous trawl chase agreement was offered to several other tion in this sense: I think if it is good for me net into the wind, scooping up pollock, deliv­ companies in addition to Dyson's. Hastings as a fisherman, I guess it would be good for ering them to the highest bidder, paying off said U.S. authorities required the Japanese the fisheries." his crew and taking his share home to Port to buy some product if they wanted to fish Three other council members are accused Townsend. off Alaska. of conflicts of interest because they are paid "I know the problem at that council now, Instead, Fraser's 86-foot boat is tied up at to represent a certain viewpoint. the docks in Alaska, while the fisherman but at that time I don't think it was even Richard Lauber, council chairman, is a viewed as a problem in conflict of interest," works on the telephone and on airliners, try­ full-time lobbyist for the Pacific Seafood ing to fend off a federal decision that threat­ Hastings said. Processors Association, which represents More recently, Dyson has been a solid vote ens to push him and other Washington fish­ shore plants, the big winners in the billion­ ermen from the lucrative fishing grounds in favor of giving onshore processing plants dollar onshore-offshore battle. a guaranteed amount of fish to buy and sell. they helped pioneer a decade ago. Henry Mitchell works for western Alaska For this, Fraser blames the North Pacific And he is one of nine stockholders in a big interests as director of the Bering Sea Fish­ Kodiak processing plant. Fishery Management Council, the Alaska­ erman's Association. Bob Alverson manages based council that allocates well over Sl bil­ In essence, Dyson is allocating large the Fishing Vessel Owners' Association in amounts of money to himself, says Gary lion worth of fish among competing interests Seattle. every year. He and other fishermen are in­ Brown, an economist who worked on the on­ They say they vote independently of their shore preference issue for the factory trawler creasingly disturbed that the council is rid­ associations. dled with self-serving decisions, many of group. The decision could be worth millions "As soon as council week comes along, I of dollars to Dyson's company, Brown said. them tilted against Washingtonians. don't feel that I represent anybody but the "People talk about the fox guarding the Dyson said he did not vote just for Dyson, resource,'' Alverson said. but for all fishermen who may be helped by hen house," he says. "But what we've got Some former council staff members are here is a few roosters divvying up the hens." the onshore preference. He said his main in­ also being accused of conflicts. terest is in seeing the fish resource managed All this appears to be essentially legal, and Richard Tremaine, an economist, and largely invisible to taxpayers and consumers well. . Davis, a biologist, were hired this year by The council does get high marks for con­ whose interests the council is supposed to LGL Associates, a consulting firm. LGL was protect. Fraser, who is vice chairman of a servation. The panel routinely votes for a paid about $15,000 by the shore processors' lower cap on fishing than scientists say they subcommittee that advises the council, says group to analyze the council proposals on on­ the decision-makers themselves can't even need to preserve the stock in the Gulf of shore processing preference. Alaska and Bering Sea. Other councils, nota­ be blamed; the problem is a system that Tremaine worked on the analysis but said forces them to make decisions that affect bly in New England, have allowed overfish­ he did not use any inside information. ing to the point of depletion. their personal pocketbooks. Tremaine denied a charge by Brown that he Fraser is just one of hundreds of Seattle­ Yet council members who are proud of was asked by council staff members to com­ their conservation work, when it comes time area fishermen whose livelihoods are jeop­ to divide up the available fish, are being ac­ ment on council submittals before they were ardized by a council decision last June to made public. split up the pollock fishery worth hundreds cused of at least the appearance of voting Davis, who was in charge of council staff their financial self-interest. of millions of dollars and give nearly half of Hegge, a council member from Anchorage, on the onshore preference issue, said he had it to Alaska-based processors. owns three freezer boats that fish with lines no conflict because he did not join LGL until The decision was made by a council that is and hooks. Those boats might have lost in­ after the council made its decision. Davis did sworn to operate in the national interest but come if their fishing rights had been cut not work on the LGL report financed by the that is dominated by Alaskans and by mem­ back as the council is proposing to do with shore processors. bers who work for fish-processing companies. similar offshore freezer boats the fish with Davis accepted the LGL job in April but The problem in the North Pacific is an old nets. stayed at the council three more months to one: Although there are millions of tons of Hegge's boats were· exempted. Hook-and­ finish work on the onshore preference plan. fish to be had, there are too many fishermen line freezer vessels of less than 125 feet in Davis passed out his new business cards at and too many boats. The result is an eco­ length were classified as part of the in-shore the June council meeting where the onshore nomic and political struggle for rights to fleet, which suffered no cutbacks. Hegge and decision was being made. He left federal em­ harvest a publicly owned resource. his family own a 78-footer, a 56-footer and ployment July 10 and has recently been seek­ The solution, Fraser says, is to allocate half of another 78-footer. ing industry clients. those fish the old-fashioned way: Sell them Economist Brown said Hegge did not take Davis has now started speaking out about to the highest bidder. a final position on the onshore preference how the council decision on onshore pref­ But that isn't the way the fishing industry issue until after the amendment passed. "In erence was made by politics, not merit. He works. Never has, and Fraser wonders if it fact, that definition was tailored for Hegge," had to junk a $25,000 computer model be­ ever will. Brown said. cause of lack of time to do a proper analysis. Instead, all that fish is given away. Until Hegge denied that, saying he did not bene­ Davis said that is one big reason why, after recently, it was allocated on a first-come, fit from the amendment and would not have 11 years, he quit. first-served basis. But now that there are too been hurt by being classified with the off­ "As analysts, we were kind of being, many takers, the allocation is done by the shore fleet. He said he was voting to prevent squeezed down a certain path," Davis said. council, which has proven itself incapable of the huge and mobile offshore trawl fleet "We felt if we'd had more time we would disregarding its myriad political and eco­ from scooping up too many fish at the ex­ have come out stronger against" the onshore nomic conflicts. pense of the shore-based industry. . preference plan. "The process has turned into a horror Some council insiders also said Hegge Economist Brown said he has worked with show" Fraser says. "It comes down to stands to gain from a plan for fishing quotas some of the seven similar councils in other powe~. because there are no principles guid­ that the council is crafting. The quotas on parts of the country, but nowhere are the ing their allocation decisions." black cod would replace a limited season on dollars so big or the conflicts so blatant. Like most Alaska fishermen, Fraser start­ the cod, and they would give some fishermen More than half of all edible fish in the U.S. ed out fishing salmon from a small gillnet a guaranteed future harvest right, a right is caught off Alaska. The annual value to boat out of Port Townsend. In the mid-1970s, that could be sold to other operators. fishermen is nearly Sl billion per year, but fish runs were in decline and court rulings "Someone like Ron Hegge stands to do real because the council is allocating the fish in turned over half the runs to Native Amer­ well," said former council deputy director future years, too, the amount that is really ican tribes, so Fraser headed north to Bristol Davis. at stake is S5 billion to SlO billion, Brown Bay. But Hegge said this, too, is an incorrect as­ said. But salmon runs were depressed there as sumption. He said he has cut back his black­ "The stakes have gotten so high that I well. Fishermen blamed offshore fleets of cod fishing in recent years so he would re­ don't see how any process here can continue Japanese and Soviet factory ships, which ceive a smaller quota than most other black to work," Brown said. "There's never been a fished for low-value groundfish but scooped cod-fishermen. situation where you put billions of dollars in up tons of salmon as well. . "I would be better off personally if we front of the industry and ask them to police In 1976, Congress addressed that problem never went to it," Hegge said. themselves." with the Magnuson Act, which sought to February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3627 evict the foreign fleets by extending U.S. ciding who is entitled to the resource, simply iom me in sending congratulations to Kristi fisheries jurisdiction to 200 miles and which let the marketplace rule. Yamaguchi and her family for her performance set up the regional fisheries councils to man­ " I tell them: 'This is a public resource, like at the Olympics. We all wish her the best at age the fishing grounds. trees or minerals. Why don't you sell it?' Most Alaska fishermen considered pollock "And they look at me like: 'Are you seri­ the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994, or wher­ and other whitefish to be virtually worth­ ous?'" ever her aspirations lead her, both on and off less; they stuck with salmon. The history of the fisheries is defined by the ice. But Fraser and a few friends saw the possi­ the "tragedy of the commons." Competing bilities. They raised some money and built a for a free resource, fishermen increase their modern trawler-the "Muir-Milach," Celtic catch until the fish are exhausted. Because HELP OUR DOMESTIC AUTO for "shining sea full of fish." They pioneered of that tendency, fishery councils in other INDUSTRY (H.R. 4314) the business, scooping up groundfish and regions, especially New England, have pre­ selling it-initially to foreign factory ships sided over the demise of the industry they HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN and later to their U.S.-owned successors. are supposed to protect. In recent years, Fraser's boat has grossed Fraser and others fear the North Pacific OF NEW YORK about $1 million per year, he says, providing Council will do the same. The council needs IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a comfortable income for the owners and to get out of the business of allocation, so Wednesday, February 26, 1992 they can focus on the science of preserving their crew. Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to During the '80s, however, the U.S. fleet the fish stocks, he says. grew faster than expected. At the same time, "And the only rational way to do that is to take this opportunity to draw the attention of competitors built processing plants in Alas­ privatize the resource, to recognize their role my colleagues to a bill I have introduced kan coastal towns such as Dutch Harbor and as owners and sell it. today, H.R. 4314, which amends the Internal Kodiak. Now the combined fishing and proc­ That would leave Fraser competing head­ Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable essing capacity is greater than the supply of on with corporate factory trawlers and credit for the purchase of a domestically man­ fish. shoreside plants. But he's willing to take ufactured automobile. The Fishery Management Council, based in that risk. In January, I had the opportunity to partici­ Anchorage, "worked well when it was Ameri­ "The guy who comes out best is the guy who can catch fish most efficiently and get pate in a hearing of the House Budget Com­ canizing the fishery, taking fish away from mittee task force on urgent fiscal issues, orga­ foreigners," Fraser says. "But deciding be­ it to market," Fraser says. "I may be naive, tween one American fisherman and another but I think I could come out fairly well nized by our colleague, the gentleman from has turned into a horror show." under those ground rules." New Jersey [Mr. GUARINI). The hearing fo­ Instead of neutral biologists or resource What are the chances of the system being cused on our Nation's declining industrial base managers, the council is run by officials changed? and specifically on the plight of the automobile from major processing companies. And in Virtually nil, he says. The industry is accustomed to getting its industry. June, those conflicts of interest blurted into Today, we have been discussing proposals the open when the council voted to award fish for free, and most fishermen can be ex­ pected to resist any attempt to change that. to spur economic growth and provide tax relief rights to 45 percent of the fishery, worth an for families. Central to the concepts I support estimated $250 million, to the Alaska Taxpayers and consumers may see it dif­ plants-a huge blow to the Seattle-based fac­ ferently. But, then again, they don't get to is the need for job creation in our Nation. · tory trawlers. vote. Needless to say, the declining industrial base, Fraser is one of hundreds of Washing­ and the accompanying loss of jobs, is not con­ tonians caught in the middle of a turf war. tributing to an economic recovery. His boat is neither a factory-trawler nor a A TRIBUTE TO OLYMPIC GOLD Therefore, it is apparent that some form of shore-based plant. He's just a fisherman, MEDALIST KRISTI YAMAGUCHI Government assistance is necessary. There caught up in the politics of allocation. are several positive steps that could be taken So it was that Fraser and several of his fel­ HON. DON EDWARDS by the Federal Government to spur domestic low fishermen tied up their boat recently OF CALIFORNIA growth. The Federal Reserve has already sig­ and flew to Washington, D.C. The controversial inshore-offshore decision IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nificantly lowered the discount rate, a move now sits with Commerce Secretary Robert Wednesday, February 26, 1992 that should lead to increased investment in re­ Mosbacher, who must either approve the search and development and infrastructure de­ plan or send it back. Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. Speaker, velopment, and the enactment of the $151 bil­ Fraser and friends sought meetings with Fremont, CA, one of the cities in my congres­ lion, 6-year Surface Transportation Reauthor­ members of Congress and other federal offi­ sional district, is not commonly known for its ization Act should also be of a lasting benefit cials, trying to explain the flaws in the coun­ abundance of winter sports. But we are proud to our economy. cil system and its recent decision. to claim as one of Fremont's own one of the However, these solutions will not begin to He came away with a strong sense of fore­ shining stars of the recent Winter Olympics in show a positive effect until several years from boding. Albertville, France. I rise today to congratulate "The council process is kind of scary, but now. Therefore, a short-term solution is nec­ Kristi Yamaguchi, the young woman from Fre­ essary. My legislation creates a refundable tax the congressional process is even scarier," he mont who won the Olympic Gold Medal in the says. "That's the ultimate land of smoke and credit of 10 percent of the cost of a new car, mirrors. You get 10 or 15 minutes with your women's figure skating on February 21. up to a total tax credit of $2,500. congressman, or more likely with one of Ms. Yamaguchi, an alumna of Mission San As you know, there has been a consider­ their staff. They try to be polite and' empa­ Jose High School, is known for her artistry as able debate over the definition of an Amer­ thetic, but some of them don't seem to un­ well as her athleticism on the ice. She started ican-made car. Therefore, my legislation de­ derstand the issue and you wonder: What are skating at age 6, and was a national champion fines a domestically produced vehicle as a ve­ they going to do with this information?" pairs skater in 1989 and 1990. In both years, Congress is reluctant to mess with the sta­ hicle containing at least 75 percent of U.S. she was also second in the women's individ­ material and labor. tus quo, he says. The council serves as a ual skating, testimony to her incredible talent. buffer, which prevents the politicians from Despite this initiative, if the auto industry having to deal with the volatile issues of al­ This year's national and world champion, she does not respond by implementing improve­ locating a public resource. won the gold medal despite tough competition ments in management and manufacturing According to the Magnuson Act, the coun­ from fellow United States skaters and cham­ techniques, any effort made by the Federal cil is supposed to be advisory, he says-feed­ pions from Japan and France. Government or proposals by Congress will not ing information to federal fisheries officials, Ms. Yamaguchi stands out as a rare and suffice. who make the final call. But it doesn't work talented athlete, and a young woman I am Mr. Speaker, I request that the full text of that way. proud to have as a member of my community. H.R. 4314 be inserted at this point in the CON­ "The biologists just set the overall quotas, Her amateur career thus far offers a powerful and they're good at that. But they're not GRESSIONAL RECORD, and I invite my col­ good at managing the human element. They lesson for our Nation's young people, that with leagues to cosponsor this vital measure. set the quota at 2 million tons, and then hard work and dedication no dream is H.R. 4314 they say: 'Have at it, boys.'" unreachable. Her skill and grace are a beauty Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep­ When asked for a solution, Fraser has a to watch, and I am very pleased to acknowl­ resentatives of the United States of America in bold idea. Instead of spending their time de- edge her today. Mr. Speaker, I ask that you Congress assembled, 3628 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR PURCHASE OF DOMESTI· chapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is woman screaming. He followed her outside CALLY MANUFCTURED AUTO- amended by striking the item relating to and found Michel slumped in the front seat. MOBILES. section 35 and inserting the following: He recognized Michel as the same man who (a) GENERAL RULE.-Subpart c of part IV of came by the clinic that morning to make an subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal "Sec. 35. Credit for purchase of domestically manufactured automobiles. appointment. Michel was not breathing and Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to refundable was quickly turning blue. credits) is amended by redesignating section "Sec. 36. Overpayments of tax." (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments Barcenas reclined the car's seat, leaned 35 as section 36 and by inserting after section over Michel and began CPR. His wife called 34 the following new section: made by this section shall apply to auto­ mobiles acquired after December 31, 1991. 911. He continued mouth-to-mouth resuscita­ "SEC. 35. PURCHASE OF DOMESTICALLY tion until Metro-Dade paramedics arrived. MANUFCATURED AUTOMOBILES. Barcenas and the paramedics-who knew "(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.-There shall be TRIBUTE TO CARL INGRAM him from his days as medical director of the allowed as a credit against the tax imposed emergency room at Kendall Regional Medi­ by this subtitle for the taxable year an cal Center-gave Michel oxygen and medi­ amount for each qualified automobile ac­ HON. BERYL ANlHONY, JR. cine to stimulate his breathing. The medics quired by the taxpayer during the taxable took Michel to Baptist Hospital, where he year equal to the lesser of- OF ARKANSAS "(1) 10 percent of the cost of such auto­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was listed in good condition Friday. "He did a great job,'' said paramedic John mobile to the taxpayer, or Wednesday, February 26, 1992 "(2) $2,500 ($1,000 in the case of a qualified Slimak, who was so impressed by Barcenas automobile described in subsection (b)(1)(B)). Mr. ANTHONY. Mr. Speaker, I would like to that he plans to nominate him for the fire "(b) QUALIFIED AUTOMOBILE.-For purposes take this opportunity to pay tribute to Mr. Carl department's Citizen's Commendation Award. of this section- Ingram, a longtime friend of mine who passed "(1) IN GENERAL.-The term 'qualified auto­ Meanwhile, Michel's family was im­ away January 30, 1992, in Texarkana, AR. Mr. mobile' means any automobile if such auto­ pressed-and thankful. mobile is manufactured in the United States Ingram provided outstanding service to the "We're very happy he was there," said and if- people in the State of Arkansas during his ten­ Michel's nephew, Landry Cheron. "Andre is "(A) such automobile is purchased by the ure with the Farmers Home Administration doing much better. We thank him." taxpayer in the 1st retail sale of such auto­ from 1943 until his retirement January 3. Barcenas said it was no big deal: "Every mobile (within the meaning of section 4011), 1992. time something goes on, I always like to go or He was very helpful in rural development by and help a little." "(B) such automobile is acquired by the and worked unselfishly to ensure funding for Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Dr. taxpayer in a qualified resale and such resale Barcenas for helping to save the life of Andre occurs within the 2-year period beginning on farm programs and water association projects. the date of the 1st retail sale of such auto­ His devotion to the farmers and rural develoi:r Michel. His deed is duly recognized, and I mobile. ment was demonstrated through his constant wish him much success with the future of the "(2) AUTOMOBILE.-The term 'automobile' efforts to make sure the farmer's concerns Kendall Medical Clinic. means any 4-wheeled vehicle which is pro­ were heard and attended to. pelled by fuel (as defined in section Carl Ingram will be missed not only by his PITTSBURGH WELCOMES DR. J. 4064(b)(7)) and which is manufactured pri­ family and friends but also by our community marily for use on public streets, roads, and DENNIS O'CONNOR, SIXTEENTH highways. and State which he served faithfully for many CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVER­ "(3) QUALIFIED RESALE.-The term 'quali­ years. SITY OF PITTSBURGH fied resale' means any sale of an automobile if- "(A) such sale is after the 1st retail sale of A TRIBUTE TO DR. JORGE HON. WIUJAM J. COYNE such automobile, BARCENAS OF PENNSYLVANIA "(B) such sale is for a purpose other than resale, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "(C) no credit was allowed under this sec­ HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN Wednesday, February 26, 1992 tion for any prior acquisition of such auto­ OF FLORIDA Mr. COYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mobile other than at its 1st retail sale. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "(c) SPECIAL RULES.-For purposes of this welcome Dr. J. Dennis O'Connor of the city of section- Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Pittsburgh and wish him great success as the "(1) MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am new chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. STATES.-An automobile shall be treated as pleased to pay tribute to Dr. Jorge Barcenas On Friday, February 28, the University of manufactured in the United States if at least Pittsburgh will celebrate Founder's Day with 75 percent of the cost to the manufacturer of whose remarkable, life-saving efforts saved such vehicle is attributable to value added in Andre Michel after he stopped breathing from the installation of Dr. J. Dennis O'Connor as the United States or Canada. an asthma attack. Dr. Barcenas' extraordinary the 16th president of this historic institution. "(2) JOINT ACQUISITIONS.-If any qualified actions were reported by Manny Garcia in a Two hundred and five years after the Pitts­ automobile is jointly acquired by two or Miami Herald article, entitled "Doctor at Right burgh Academy was first established as an more persons- Place, Time Revives Man Slumped in Car." I center for higher education, the University of "(A) the aggregate amount allowable as commend the following article to my col­ Pittsburgh will be continuing its traditions of credit under subsection (a) to such persons academic excellence under the leadership of with respect to such automobile shall be de­ leag\,Jes: termined by treating all of such persons as When Dr. Jorge Barcenas opened a clinic in Chancellor O'Connor. one taxpayer whose taxable year is the cal­ Kendall two weeks ago, he thought his days Dr. O'Connor was named earlier this year endar year in which such acquisition occurs, as an emergency room doctor were over. He by Pitt's Board of Trustees to succeed Wesley and was wrong. W. Posvar, who served as Pitt's president "(B) there shall be allowed to each of such Barcenas, who spent six years saving lives since 1967. Dr. O'Connor comes to Pittsburgh persons a credit under subsection (a) for such in emergency rooms, used his training Mon­ from the University of North Carolina at Chair day afternoon to save a 40-year-old man who person's taxable year in which such calendar el Hill, where he served as vice chancellor of year ends in an amount which bears the stopped breathing after an asthma attack. same ratio to the credit determined under Andre Michel of Kendall passed out while academic affairs and provost. subparagraph (A) as the portion of the cost driving to the clinic in the Shoppes at 104 at Dr. O'Connor brings to Pitt his proven expe­ of such automobile borne by such person 14687 SW 104th St. Witnesses said Michel's rience as an energetic administrator, commit­ bears to the aggregate cost of such auto­ car jumped a curb and hit a wall. ted educator and scientist. Dr. O'Connor has mobile. Within seconds, a woman ran to the Ken­ combined his work as an administrator with a "(d) BASIS REDUCTION.-The basis of any dall Medical Clinic, which.opened Feb. 1. dynamic continuing career as a working sci­ qualified automobile shall be reduced by the "About 5 p.m., this woman comes in entist, conducting research in developmental amount of the credit allowable under this screaming "He's not breathing,'" said section to the taxpayer for the purchase of Damaris Barcenas, the doctor's wife and biology. He has been active as an author of such automobile." manager of his clinic. numerous papers published in scientific jour­ (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of Jorge Barcenas, 36, was in a back room nals, and has lectured in the United States sections for subpart C of part IV of sub- testing his new equipment when he heard the and abroad on a range of scientific and aca- February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3629 demic issued. Pitt's Trustees have found in world's most crippling diseases brought the sensus on how much we should be spending this man an individual who has earned a well university a worldwide recognition. In the on defense and how our military should be deserved reputation as a leader in the field of years following, Pitt emerged as the world's structured in the post-cold war world. higher education. leader in organ transplantation. The site of the GLOBAL CHANGES A native of Chicago, Dr. O'Connor earned first double-transplant operation, Pitt's Medical For decades United States defense plan­ his bachelor of science degree from Loyola Center continues to break new ground in the ning centered on the Soviet threat. We main­ University in 1963, and his master's degree challenging field of transplant surgery. tained military forces capable of fighting si­ from De Paul University in 1966. He was multaneously a major land war in Europe In addition to the medical center, Pitt has a and a second smaller war elsewhere. This awarded in Ph.D. degree from Northwestern national reputation for the depth and breadth plan drove the large increases in the defense University in 1968. of its academic programs. Several depart­ budget. Our cold war defense policy entailed Dr. O'Connor began his professional aca­ ments in the arts and sciences enjoy high na­ the deployment of large nuclear and conven­ demic career at UCLA as an assistant profes­ tional ranking, including philosophy and inter­ tional forces to deter Soviet attack; forward sor of zoology from 1968-73. He was associ­ national studies. Pitt is also known for its deployment of United States forces in Eu­ ate professor of biology from 1973 to 1979, many fine professional schools and centers, rope and Asia to demonstrate our commit­ and professor 9f developmental biology from such as the Katz Business School and the ment to our allies; and large standing forces to sustain our security needs and objectives. 1979 to 1987. In 1979, Dr. O'Connor became Learning Research and Development Center. The changes in the Soviet Union and East­ Chairman of the UCLA Biology Department. Pitt is also playing a central role in the emer­ ern Europe have made this policy obsolete. Between 1981 and 1987, he served as dean gence of the city of Pittsburgh as a center for Political and economic upheaval in the of the division of life sciences. While a mem­ high technology research and development former Soviet republics and the breakup of ber of the UCLA faculty, Dr. O'Connor also through its management of the University of the Soviet military make a conventional served as a visiting professor at Monash Uni­ Pittsburgh Applied Research Center, a major threat to Europe remote. The republics con­ versity in Australia and at the University of research complex just outside Pittsburgh. The tinue to possess large nuclear arsenals, but Nijmegen in Holland. university is also a partner in the Pittsburgh leaders in Russia and the other nuclear In 1987, Dr. O'Connor joined the faculty of armed republics have stated their intention Supercomputing Center, one of five sponsored to reduce forces, strengthen ties to the West, the University of North Carolina. He served as by the National Science Foundation. and channel limited resources into economic vice chancellor of research and graduate stud­ Today, the University of Pittsburgh serves and political reform. ies and dean of the graduate school until 1988 approximately 25,000 undergraduates and U.S. RESPONSE when he was named vice chancellor of aca­ 10,000 graduate students and sponsors re­ President Bush responded in early 1991 to demic affairs and provost. At the same time, search programs with a total value exceeding the changing security environment with a Dr. O'Connor served as vice president for Tri­ $150 million. With 15, 100 full and part-time revised defense plan that would cut U.S. angle Universities Center for Advanced Stud­ faculty and staff, the university and its medical forces by 25 percent and the $290 billion de­ ies; board member of the North Carolina Bio­ center is the largest employer in the city of fense budget by 20 percent (adjusted for in­ technology Center; and board member of the Pittsburgh. Pitt consist of 17 undergraduate, flation) over the next 5 years. The plan Research Triangle Institute. graduate and professional schools and 15 would reduce active and reserve Army divi­ sions from 26 to 18; Navy ships from 530 to ·It is clear from this outstanding academic major research centers on the Pittsburgh cam­ and professional career why Pitt's presidential 450; active and reserve tactical fighter wings pus. In addition, it includes four regional cam­ from 34 to 26; and active duty military per­ search committee chose Dr. O'Connor as the puses at Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, sonnel from 2.1 million to 1.65 million. Over­ individual best qualified to become the Univer­ and Titusville. One of the Nation's leading uni­ all military personnel levels would decline sity's new chancellor. I join the board of trust­ versities, Pitt and its medical center have an by about 1 million. United States troops in ees in saluting Dr. O'Connor and welcoming operating budget which totals more than $1 Europe would be cut from 325,000 to 150,000, him to Pitt and the city of Pittsburgh. billion annually. and several military bases would be closed at Dr. O'Connor has already found the Univer­ Clearly, the position of chancellor for the home and abroad. sity of Pittsburgh to be an institution of out­ The President's proposed defense budget University of Pittsburgh will be both challeng­ for fiscal year 1993 calls for an additional $50' standing academic accomplishments, ready to ing and rewarding for Dr. O'Connor. He will billion cut in projected defense spending over continue its role as one of America's premier have daily responsibility for building upon the the next five years, primarily by eliminating centers for higher education. He has also ex­ great traditions of this institution and directing or delaying major weapons programs. The pressed his excitement about making his the growth of Pitt as a center for learning. Still, proposed budget for 1993 is $281 billion, about home in the city of Pittsburgh. I know that Dr. I am confident that the university's board of $10 billion less than last year's level. The O'Connor will find ample confirn:lation of his trustees have entrusted the future of Pitt to an budget envisions cutting defense spending by initial positive assessment of the University individual of outstanding academic and admin­ 4 percent annually over the next five years. and the city of Pittsburgh in his work and ex­ The President's budget plan could mean a istrative skills. 50 percent cut in U.S. strategic warheads to periences as Pitt's new chancellor. I wish Dr. O'Connor the very best in his role a level of 4,500-5,000. The President would In his role as chancellor, Dr. O'Connor will as chancellor and extend to him my support cancel the B2 Stealth bomber at 20 aircraft, take an active part in advancing the great tra­ and assistance in his work to promote the convert some strategic bombers to conven­ ditions of the University of Pittsburgh. For over goals of higher education at the University of tional missions, and boost spending on the 200 years, Pitts has represented a commit­ Pittsburgh. Strategic Defense Initiative by 32 percent. ment to education, research, and public serv­ He would also redirect funds away from pro­ ice. During the late 19th and early 20th cen­ duction of next generation weapons toward turies, the university played a central role in DEFENSE RESTRUCTURING research and development of new systems. He would cancel the Seawolf submarine and the rise of Pittsburgh as a center of the Amer­ indefinitely delay the procurement of an ad­ ican industrial revolution. In the 1920's and HON. LEE H. HAMILTON vanced new Army helicopter and tank. More 1930's, Pitt's Cathedral of Learning, the OF INDIANA resources would be dedicated to upgrading world's tallest university structure at 42 stories, existing systems. rose from the campus grounds to serve as a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The President contends that steeper cuts beacon for new generations of students seek­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 in defense spending would compromise our ing the benefits of higher education. Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ability to respond to new security threats, and hollow out U.S. forces, lowering morale During this century, Pitt gained an inter­ insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, national reputation for its medical center. Long and effectiveness. He notes that defense February 26, 1992, into the CONGRESSIONAL spending will decline by 1996 to its lowest considered one of the Nation's best medical RECORD: level, as a share of national income, since be­ schools, Pitt served as the academic home of DEFENSE RESTRUCTURING fore World War II. Dr. Jonas E. Salk during the time he received The collapse of the Soviet Union offers the ASSESSMENT well deserved acclaim for his work in develop­ U.S. an opportunity to reevaluate the size I support most of the proposals in the ing a successful and highly effective vaccine and shape of its defense programs. The President's defense budget. The proposal for fighting polio. Dr. Salk's triumph in devel­ threat to the U.S. has changed dramatically halving of our nuclear forces is a good start. oping an antibody for combating one of the in the last 2 years, but there is still no con- President Yeltsin has indicated a willingness 3630 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 to negotiate even deeper cuts, down to per­ community suffered a great loss in the death, sponsorship of religion. At the same time, it haps 2,500 warheads. These proposals would at age 42, of Douglas S. McKay. has required government to demonstrate a make the world a safer place, and should be His service and dedication extended into compelling interest if it is to restrict any­ pursued, especially given the danger of So­ many fields. A graduate of Columbia Univer­ one's religious freedom. viet nuclear weapons spreading to developing On both fronts, the current Supreme Court countries. The collapse of the Soviet Union sity and St. John's Law School, he was a is moving in the opposite direction. also makes unnecessary further production member of the board of managers of the In last year's Smith decision, a 6-3 major- • of cold war weapons systems such as the B2 Queens County Bar Association. ity held that any law that does not inten­ bomber. He served on community boards 7 and 11, tionally discriminate against religion is con­ I also think the President's procurement was past president of the Douglaston Civic stitutional, even if it has the effect of im­ policy for conventional systems makes Association, on the board of directors of the · pairing someone's ability to practice his sense. The United States does not have to Alley Pond Environmental Center, an elder of faith. This session, the court heard a Rhode rush to produce new and expensive weapons the Community Church of Douglaston, and a Island case in which the local school board systems at this time. The Gulf war dem­ (joined by the Bush administration) argued onstrated that the United States possesses member of the St. Andrew's Society. that the government may endorse religious superior weapons technologies, and can af­ A man of many talents, he was a columnist practices as long as it does not coerce any­ ford to make incremental improvements in for the Bayside Times/Ledger, and an active one into participating. existing systems, such as the F-18 fighter member and State assembly candidate of the The First Amendment's protection of and the Apache helicopter. These systems Democratic Party. speech is also under assault, though to a should be sufficient to meet the security Whenever there was a just cause or an lesser degree. threats of the next decade. This new procure­ issue challenging our collective conscience, This year, in a 5--4 decision, the court ment strategy, combined with a substantial Doug McKay was invariably playing a key upheld an Indiana law banning public nudity research and development budget, should in a case involving nude barroom dancing. maintain an adequate defense technology leadership role, donating his time and efforts. Writing for a plurality, Justice William and industrial base. He was a man of courage and faith who re­ Rehnquist all but wiped out precedent that FURTHER RESTRUCTURING mained active till the end, when his young life viewed dancing as protected expression, sub­ Many will say that the President's defense was claimed by Crohn's disease. ordinating it to society's policing powers to cuts are insufficient. Congress will likely I am confident the House of Representa­ enforce morals. consider deeper reductions. My view is that tives wishes to join me in expressing our con­ In 1989 and 1990, the court, in successive 5- challenges at home will require that a great­ dolences to his wife, Maureen, and their three 4 decisions, upheld the right of individuals to er share of the Federal budget be channeled children, daughters Devon and Morgan, and engage in symbolic speech by burning the American flag. But with Justices David to domestic needs-in the near term, to help son, Cameron. lift the country out of recession, and in the Souter and Clarence Thomas replacing Jus­ long term, to boost American competitive­ We have lost a dedicated and concerned tices Thurgood Marshall and William Bren­ ness and living standards. civic leader, and a good friend and neighbor. nan, it is likely that subsequent cases in­ I also think that the President's defense volving symbolic political speech will go the plan should be challenged for not using this other way. opportunity to redefine national security. FREE RELIGION AND SPEECH, IN Dancing and flag-burning involve a gray Defense spending should not be driven by the RETREAT area where protected speech and unprotected budget, but by a hard assessment of the new conduct must be distinguished. This session, threats and risks to the United States. The the court will draw such a distinction when questions for planners are not easy: What are HON. DON EDWARDS it reviews a Minnesota law singling out the new nuclear dangers? What should be the OF CALIFORNIA " hate crimes" for special punishment. size, shape, and cost of our forces? What in­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The most disturbing free-speech decision of dustrial base should support them? How do Wednesday, February 26, 1992 the Rehnquist court to date is Rust v. Sulli­ we maintain our technological edge? van, which this year barred doctors in feder­ The President is essentially calling for less Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, we are a ally funded health programs from discussing of the same, a smaller military force that country that prides itself on its freedoms, and abortion. Here, the court was prepared to let still reflects cold war priorities and think­ particularly those of speech and religion. This a governmental rule abridge speech in that ing. My view is that the United States no second editorial in a series that appeared in most protected doctor-patient relationship. longer faces the Soviet threat, but rather di­ the Atlanta Constitution looks at the first It is small comfort that the abridgement verse and unpredictable threats, ranging applies only where federal funds are being from rogue powers in regions where the Unit­ amendment of the U.S. Constitution. We have spent. From clinics to universities, institu­ ed States has vital interests to drug traffick­ reason to be concerned that the Supreme tions throughout American society are in ing to terrorism to weapons proliferation. Court has and will continu'e to infringe on some measure supported by public monies. These threats will require a smaller, more these freedoms. I fear for the futtire of our Will the Supreme Court, in its deference to mobile, more flexible defense that can re­ country's citizens as the Court moves away government, go on to let officials restrict spond to a crisis anywhere in the world. Re­ from these highly valued rights. I encourage speech in other contexts as well? sponding to these threats will also mean a you to read this editorial and to recognize the much smaller United States military pres­ reasons for concern. ence in Europe and Asia. The new military Article I: Congress shall make no law re­ PLACE THE BLAME WHERE IT force structure must exploit the advantages BELONGS of American technology, and be prepared to specting an establishment of religion, or pro­ take decisive action without putting large hibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging numbers of American lives at risk. It must the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON also work to accomplish these tasks at the right of the people peaceably to assemble and OF NEW YORK lowest price possible. to petition the Government for a redress of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grievances. Wednesday, February 26, 1992 [From the Atlanta Constitution, Dec. 9, 1991) TRIBUTE TO DOUGLAS S. McKAY Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, one morning FREE RELIGION AND SPEECH, IN RETREAT Mr. Customer goes to the general store and HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER This is the second in a series of editorials leading to the 200th anniversary Dec. 15 of purchases a baseball bat. He smiles as he OF NEW YORK the ratification of the Bill of Rights. lays his money on the counter along side of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The First Amendment, which is dedicated his purchase. Mr. Shopkeeper smiles, hands Wednesday, February 26, 1992 to protecting rights of conscience and ex­ him his change and his baseball bat and says, Mr. SCHEUER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to eulo­ pression, begins with religion. The idea is at "have a good day." With a smile on his face once to ensure that no religion receive offi­ Mr. Customer proceeds to Mr. Neighbor's gize and pay tribute to a man who dedicated cial endorsement and that all people be free a great deal of his life and energies to his house where he promply begins to beat Mr. to worship according to their lights. Neighbor senseless with the baseball bat. community, civic organizations, and to helping Over the past half-century, the U.S. Su­ his fellow men and women. preme Court has found such establishments The next day, Mr. Police Officer shows up The community of Douglaston, the Borough of religion as public school prayer unconsti­ at the general store. of Queens, and the greater New York City tutional, reflecting excessive government Are you Mr. Shopkeeper? February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3631 Why yes, I am. woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark on about 24. Several monuments honor her You're under arrest. You have the right to much of their epoch-making expedition of memory. One of the best known is that remain silent, you have the right* * * 1804-06, that even today her biographers dif­ erected by the Wyoming Historical Land­ Wait a minute, wait a minute, what have I fer in many details. mark Commission on U.S. Highway 287, 2 done? However, the historic Journals of the two miles east of what is thought to be her burial You beat Mr. Neighbor senseless with a explorers, and their latter letters, tell us place in a Shoshone graveyard. baseball bat yesterday. I did what? much about the famous "Bird Woman," as You beat Mr. Neighbor senseless with a her Mandan Indian name may be translated. baseball bat and he required a whole lotta One of President Jefferson's major pur­ COLUMBIA HEIGHTS MINNESOTA stitches and medical attention. Not to men­ poses in commissioning Lewis and Clark to AND LOMIANKI, POLAND ESTAB­ tion there will probable be psychological explore the newly acquired Louisiana Terri­ LISH "SISTER CITY" RELATION­ damage from this trauma. tory had been the establishing of friendly re­ SHIP I did no such thing. lations with Indian tribes between St. Louis Did you or did you not sell said baseball and the Pacific Ocean. Indian chiefs were to bat to one Mr. Customer yesterday? be given Jefferson "peace medals" ·at these HON. GERRY SIKORSKI Well, of course I did. historic first contacts with white men. OF MINNESOTA Then you're under arrest because your In the winter of 1804, some 1,600 miles from baseball bat put a serious hurt on Mr. Neigh­ their St. Louis starting point, Lewis and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bor. Clark arrived in the North Dakota country Wednesday, February 26, 1992 But it wasn't my baseball bat. I just sold it of the Mandan Indians, where they were be­ Mr. SIKORSKI. Mr. Speaker, in Minnesota, to Mr. Customer. I thought we was going to friended by the tribe and spent a peaceful play baseball. winter. Living among the Mandans were a the land of 10,000 lakes, bridges are vital links Yeah, that's what they all say. French Canadian fur trader, Toussaint that unite our communities, connecting our I just wanna ask one more thing. What's Charbonneau, and his young Indian wife, people to neighbors across our lakes and river gonna happen to Mr. Customer? Sacagawea. When the expedition left Mandan banks. And, just as our Minnesota bridges That poor man, he pleaded temporary in­ country, the couple went with it: provide a link to sharing friendships, talents, sanity and is resting comfortably at home. Charbonneau, hired as an interpreter for $25 and traditions; Sister Cities build bridges of Now hurry up and let's go. I gotta go book a a month; and Sacagawea, her newborn baby coffee cup salesman for a cup of coffee that understanding and cooperation. Columbia on her back. Heights, MN and Lomianki, Poland have es­ hit Mr. Husband in the head this morning. It seems likely that Sacagawea's main rea­ Mr. Speaker, if you think this is a joke, then son for accompanying the explorers was a tablished a sister city relationship. It is a global let's look seriously at what the District of Co­ longing to see her own Shoshone people bridge to build upon their common values and lumbia is trying to do by placing blame for again. Five years earlier, at about 12, she has traditions, working to build communication and crimes on manufacturers to firearms in the been stolen by Crow Indians, taken far from friendship with citizens on our global river District. When are we going to place this her Rocky Mountain home, and sold as a banks. slave to the Missouri River Mandons. In time I want to share with you the cooperative blame where it belongs-on the criminals. No she had again been sold, this time to one else and nothing else is at fault, but them. statement between our neighbors in Min­ Charbonneau. nesota and Poland. Furthermore, Mr. Speaker, if the D.C. gov­ If less than the heroine she has sometimes ernment wants to pass laws that infringe on been pictured to be, Sacagawea was unques­ SISTER CITIES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE the rights of law-abiding citizens, they had bet­ tionably of great value to the expedition in CITIES OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN, UNITED ter look out! Because I will double my effort to her role as peace envoy and intermediary STATES OF AMERICA AND LOMIANKI, POLAND cut off their Federal aid that comes from law­ with Indian tribes. Clark said of her­ Edward Carlson, Mayor of the City of Co- abiding taxpayers who resent this kind of leg­ "Sacagawea reconciles all the Indians as to lumbia Heights, MN of the United States of America, and Andrzej Belka, Mayor of the islation. our friendly intentions. A woman with a party of men is a token of peace." City of Lomianki, Poland, declare on behalf Across the Missouri River, Lewis and Clark of their respective citizens that they have es­ BIOGRAPHY OF SACAGAWEA were faced with the snow-capped Rocky tablished a "Sister City" relationship be­ Mountains. Crossing them would be impos­ tween the two cities to promote mutual un­ (SHOSHONE) sible without horses. Going on ahead, Lewis derstanding and friendly cooperation as fol­ met a band of Shoshone Indians, and per­ lows: HON. ENI F.H. FALEO MA VAEGA suaded them to return with him to the expe­ (1) We shall seek to promote and foster mu­ OF AMERICAN SAMOA dition. tual understanding through friendly rela­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES When she saw the Indian band, say the tionships between the citizens of Columbia Journals, Sacagawea "danced with joy." She Heights and Lomianki. Wednesday, February 26, 1992 began sucking her fingers to show that these (2) We shall promote and encourage the ex­ Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, were her people, among whom she had grown change of delegations, activities, and infor­ through Public Law 102-188 (S.J. Res. 217, up. A particularly moving episode was the mation in order to foster the sharing of cul­ H.J. Res. 342), Congress and the President Indian girl's reunion with her brother, who tural, educational, social, economic and po­ had become chief of the tribe. With her tre­ litical traditions. This will enable us to build designated 1992 as the Year of the American bridges of friendship between individuals and Indian. This law pays tribute to the people who mendous advantage of Sacagawea's relation­ ship, the explorers were able to barter for 29 organizations. Through understanding and first inhabited the land now known as the con­ fine Shoshone horses, and the journey con­ appreciation for the particular traditions tinental United States. Although only symbolic, tinued. and common values we hold, we can bridge this gesture is important because it shows Across the Rockies, the party built canoes our total friendship. there is sympathy in the eyes of a majority of and followed the Columbia River to the Pa­ Both Mayor Carlson and Mayor Belka de­ both Houses of the Congress for those Indian cific. The two explorers frequently praised clare this "Sister City" relationship to be es­ issues which we as a Congress have been Sacagawea's endurance and fortitude in their tablished, and the document shall be pub­ Journal She must have been understanding as lished both in English and in Polish to be struggling with for over 200 years. In support preserved by the two cities. of the Year of the American Indian, and as well. Lewis wrote of her: "If she has enough to eat and a few trinkets to wear, I believe part of my on-going series this year, I am pro­ she would be perfectly content anywhere." viding for the consideration of my colleagues Sacagawea was among those Indians hon­ BARBARA BELL, HONORED a short biography of Sacagawea, the female ored with the prized Jefferson peace medal, PRINCIPAL Shoshone Indian who accompanied Lewis and evidence of the genuine fondness Lewis and Clark on their epoch-making expedition of Clark felt for her. After the journey, Clark wrote to Charbonneau: " Your woman who HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN 1804-1806. This biography was taken from a OF FLORIDA U.S. Department of the Interior publication en­ accompanied you that long, dangerous, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES titled "Famous Indians, A Collection of Short fatiguing route to the Pacific Ocean and back deserved a greater reward for her atten­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Biographies." tion and services on that route than we had SACAGAWEA (SHOSHONE) in our power to give her." Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am So many romantic legends have been in­ Most historians now believe that pleased to recognize Barbara Bell, who has spired by Sacagawea, the Shoshone Indian Sacagawea died around 1812, at the age of been honored by the Dade County Public 3632 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 School System as being one of its best admin­ BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S CIVIL NEW YORK CITY ACTIVIST TESTI­ istrators. She was one of seven candidates JUSTICE REFORM FAVORS BUSI­ FIES ON ENVIRONMENTAL RAC­ chosen to compete for an award. NESS, HURTS POOR AND MIDDLE ISM As principal of Joe Hall Elementary School, CLASS Ms. Bell strongly believes every child deserves HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS an equal chance to learn, an opportunity HON. DON EDWARDS OF NEW YORK schools should do their best to provide. She IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was recently featured in the Miami Herald for OF CALIFORNIA her ·extraordinary dedication and commitment IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, February 26, 1992 to education. The article "Superintendent Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to call at­ 'Would Be Proud'" by Roxana Soto reveals tention to the testimony of Ms. Marjorie Moore why she is so admired and loved by students Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. Speaker, before the Health and Environment sub­ and colleagues. The article follows: The New York Times ran an excellent com­ committee of the Energy and Commerce Com­ mentary on the Bush administration's civil jus­ At Joe Hall Elementary School the slogan mittee. Ms. Moore is the first African-American is: "Joe Hall is a great place to be." tice reform. This reform would benefit big busi­ to direct a citywide environmental organization Students, teachers and parents say the rea­ ness and rich Americans at the expense of the in New York City. son is simple: Principal Barbara Bell. poor and middle class. I urge all of my col­ She testified yesterday before the sub­ "She is the reason why I don't mind driv­ leagues to read this editorial. committee while we were investigating envi­ ing 45 minutes to get to school every morn­ [From the New York Times, Feb. 15, 1992] ronmental racism and lead poisoning. Environ­ ing," said Shirley Webb, a first-grade teacher BASHING LAWYERS-ALSO JUSTICE mental racism-related to environmental eq­ who has known Bell for 17 years. "I can't uity-is the propensity for polluting industries think of anybody else who works harder." Playing off public distaste for lawyers, the Bush administration embraces "reform" of and waste disposal facilities to locate near or The people at the school system's Region V in minority communities, and the disproportion­ office seem to agree with Webb. They nomi­ civil justice. "Let's stop America's love af­ nated Bell as their choice for the 1991-92 fair with lawsuits," the President says. And ate health risks borne by these communities. Principal of the Year award. Vice President Quayle condemns the costs Health studies and studies of waste facility lo­ "Barbara Bell is an exemplary principal," and delays of litigating civil cases. Bashing cations back up these charges. lawyers may be fun, but this campaign risks The poor also suffer disproportionately in said Margarita Alemany, Region V director. harm. "She is energetic, dedicated, innovative and bearing the environmental health risks for the very caring of the students." Lawyers have indeed encouraged an in­ waste of our entire society. But according to creasingly litigious society. But Mr. Quayle When Bell, 53, graduated from the Univer­ addresses himself mainly to richer Ameri­ the testimony of the Assistant Secretary for sity of Miami with a degree in Business Ad­ cans, like manufacturers, municipalities and Health, while 41 percent of poor children have ministration and Accounting, becoming an doctors. He offers nothing for the poor and blood poisoning, it afflicts 61 percent of poor, educator was the farthest thing from her middle class who need lawyers but can't af­ African-American children. Among Hispanic mind. ford their fees. children of all income groups, 48 percent of all But because opportunities for women were Lawyers do extract costs from the econ­ limited in 1959, she decided to give education Mexican-American children and 36 percent of omy. But they also police the marketplace, all Puerto Rican children have blood poison­ a shot. Once she got a taste of teaching, she drafting and enforcing the contracts that was hooked forever. ing. make a $6 trillion economy function. Yes, These numbers are not even the full story, Bell's philosophy on education is straight­ many bright people are drawn to law at the forward. She believes every kid deserve an expense of vocations that create weal th. But for they are based on the less exacting stand­ equal chance to learn. many lawyers, including Mr. Quayle, apply ard of 15 micrograms per deciliter. We have "School is the one institution that can their skills outside the practice of law. no statistics for the new standard of 1O equalize opportunity for all children," she Mr. Quayle makes some harmful, some use­ micrograms per deciliter proposed by the Cen­ said. "It is up to the school to provide the ful and some harmless proposals. The harm­ ters for Disease Control. According to the As­ best opportunity it can for students to learn, ful include requiring a losing plaintiff to pay sistant Secretary, "levels as low as 1O are as­ to care and to grow. Basically, a school has the defendant's legal fees, sharply curtailing to be a place of learning and excellence." sociated with decreased intelligence, slower contingency fees for lawyers and recklessly neurobehavioral development, learning disabil­ Born in New York City, Bell came to attacking punitive damages. Miami in 1953. She graduated from Miami ities, behavioral disturbances, and reduce stat­ Supporters of the "loser pays" rule believe ure." Beach High School and went on to UM. it discourages frivolous lawsuits. It also dis­ In 1960, Bell started teaching at Miramar courages legitimate but risky ones. Similar These facts provide the context for Ms. Elementary. She also worked at Everglades arguments apply to contingency fee arrange­ Moore's testimony, which I include for the Elementary and served as a curriculum coor­ ments by which lawyers get a percentage of RECORD: dinator at the North Central area office. the winnings, but only if they win. Such fees TESTIMONY OF MARJORIE MOORE, PROGRAM During this time, she returned to the UM often provide the only access to justice for DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL to be certified in secondary and elementary people without means. HEALTH CENTER AT HUNTER COLLEGE, NEW education and get a master's degree in ad­ Punitive damages-awards over and above YORK CITY ministration and supervision. She then be­ straight compensation for civil wrongs-have Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members came principal of Rockway Elementary until sometimes spun out of control. Mr. Quayle of the Subcommittee. My name is Marjorie 1985, when she took over at Hall, 1901 SW wants states to limit punitive awards to the Moore. I am the Program Director for the 134th Ave. actual financial harm the plaintiff suffered. Community Environmental Health Center at Bell said she has loved every minute of her But what of a wrong that caused small finan­ Hunter College in New York City. Our Center 32 years in the school system. Only once did cial harm but such distress that the jury provides technical assistance to grassroots she have to think twice about continuing her wants to teach a lesson? groups in New York's poor communities. We job-when her husband, school superintend­ Mr. Qualye would encourage more pro­ work to develop effective community leader­ ent Paul Bell, died suddenly in October 1990. grams for out-of-court resolution but doesn't ship on environmental health issues by edu­ "When Paul died, I really didn't know if I propose funds to pay for it. He also refuses to cating and organizing. wanted to continue or not," Bell said. "But seek long-deferred increases for Federal pov­ I should also note that I am, to the best of we shared a vision-education. I gave it a erty law programs, which he unfairly de­ my knowledge, the first African-American thought and I realized that running a school rides. Director of a City-wide environmental orga­ is something I knew how to do. The President, likewise, fails to distin­ nization in New York City. I am honored to "He is still an inspiration. I know he'd be guish between meritorious and meretricious have been asked to travel to Washington proud of what I've continued to do." suits. "Health costs would be an awful lot today to share with the Committee my Mr. Speaker, I commend Barbara Bell for lower if we didn't have frivolous lawsuits thoughts on what our government can do to going after those doctors for malpractice," eliminate lead poisoning from our nation's her outstanding achievements as teacher and he says. That assigns no blame to doctors health crisis vocabulary. administrator. Her devotion to education is an who malpractice, only to suits charging mal­ Please, for a moment, come back a few inspiration to all teachers and principals in practice. An overloaded civil justice system years with me. The time is 1971. Our country Dade County and around the Nation. needs reform, not simplistic slander. is at war-abroad and with itself. Our Presi- February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3633 dent is using covert operations to undermine young inmates, drop-outs and junkies came not going to take it anymore. Wide-ranging foreign governments and to maintain power from. How many, dare we wonder, may have right-to-know provisions about lead hazards at home. College students are demanding ac­ been lead-poisoned in their early years? We are a critical first step. Parents absolutely tion to protect our environment. Our cities, may never know. How many tens or hun­ have a right to know if our homes contain still reeling from riots, are facing severe dreds of thousands of mothers could have lead paint just as surely as we would be enti­ challenges to create peaceful race relations, taken action to protect their kids had they tled to be told that an armed drug-addict is provide job opportunities for people of color only known that there was a dangerous standing over our babies' cribs. The notion (excuse me-Negroes and Puerto Ricans). We criminal right in their apartment 2417-twen­ that right-to-know provisions should apply are confronting a major housing crisis. We ty-four hours a day, seven days a week? How only to home sales is an outrageous slap at need to straighten out our schools. Our chil­ many children have been whooped because poor people who cannot afford to purchase dren-mostly minority children-are dying they couldn't get it together enough to be­ homes. If we move into an apartment laden from lead poisoning caused by landlord ne­ have properly or pass basic math or keep with lead paint, why should we be denied glect and air pollution. And Marvin Gaye is their things organized or pay attention long such valuable child-protective information? singing about it all-Inner City Blues: enough-because they weren't developing Further, right-to-know ought to apply to oc­ "Make me wanna holler, throw up both my properly? How many might have been lead­ cupants of all housing units. Poor people hands. Make me wanna holler, throw up both poisoned? We may never know. How many don't have a high mobility rate-usually, my hands." will abuse their kids? We may never know. we're stuck in the only place we can afford OK-let's come back. Here we are in 1992. Where did this last generation go? Why is it for long periods of time. But that shouldn't But like Marvin asked, "What's goin' on?" that more of our young males are in jail be any reason not to tell me that my little What the hell is going on? Here in America­ than in school? The questions are endless. 5 year-old could be in danger right now, twenty-one years later-a generation later­ Makes me wanna holler, throw up both my should it. precious little has changed for our children. hands. Equally ludicrous is the ultimatum that Childhood lead poisoning is still a national You have heard or will be hearing some we must choose between proper, safe abate­ disgrace. In my neighborhood-Harlem-in alarming statistics from many of my distin­ ment of lead hazards and homelessness. New York City, and in communities of color guished colleagues about the scope of this Some have suggested that appropriate abate­ all around this country, children are still tragic and needless disease. In short, with ment will cause a mass exodus of building being killed by lead poisoning. No, we are no the guidelines recently adopted by the Cen­ owners, whom, we are asked to believe, with­ longer burying them because of lead, but ters for Disease Control, there will be an ex­ out substantiation, would abandon their oth­ they are still dying. When lead prevents a ponential increase in the number of children erwise profit-making buildings if they are re­ child's mind and spirit from proper develop­ who will be considered lead-poisoned. These quired to toss a little money into mainte­ ment, their lives are destroyed. In this "land children-millions of American children-did nance. Some stubborn, foolish owners, in the of the free", our children are not "free" to not become poisoned upon the snap of CDC's name of naked greed, may prefer no profit to pursue their dreams. Instead, they are fingers; they may have had dangerous levels less profit-unless we continue to permit dragged down and held back. Often, they of lead in their blood and bones for months them business loss tax write-offs for aban­ can't learn to read, write, perform simple or years. What? Again? When the Safe Drink­ doning their property. And if the President mathematics, master the coordination nec­ ing Water Act was amended in 1986, lots of and Congress found those few little hundreds essary to button a shirt or tie their shoes. folks suddenly found that their drinking of billions of dollars laying around to bail What do you suppose becomes of a lead water was contaminated-the same water out the maladept, mooching, millionaire poisoned 4-year-old when they become a that was OK yesterday. Other times, we sud­ managers of our nation's S & L's, surely it is teenager? Do they become honor students denly find ourselves making three dollars within our political imagination to devise a over the limit for public assistance. In New program to protect America's poorest fami­ and decide which university's offer of admis­ York City, there are some working poor fam­ sion to accept and then become leaders in ilies who choose to enter the homeless shel­ lies from choosing between in-home danger their chosen fields? What do you think? The ter system, as horrible as it is, instead of liv­ or homelessness. real question is "Why?" Why, a generation ing in our own communities, because the How we serve our children ought to be as later, do people in my neighborhood still shelter system can serve as an expedited New York's Mayor David Dinkins offered, wanna holler-throw up both our hands? means of gaining a permanent apartment in "the most important measure" on which we If you're wondering just what in the world a public housing project. And now lead. are judged. Our nation's local and State gov­ school drop-outs, joblessness, child abuse, Makes me wanna holler, throw up both my ernments, as well as the Federal govern­ homelessness, drugs and crime could possibly hands. ment, indeed have a moral obligation to have to do with lead poisoning, let's stop. We need to get serious, once and for all, spare our children needless devastation. It is The last time that broad action was taken about eliminating lead poisoning. There is sad that so relatively few local jurisdictions on the Federal ·level to address lead poison­ no excuse for lead poisoning. Other serious have significant legislation or regulations ing was in the early 70's, when the issue was diseases are tragic in that we don't know ex­ designed to protect children from lead. It is, forced by parent and tenant groups in inner­ actly what causes them or how to stem or in some ways, even more infuriating when city communities across the country. The cure the disease. The tragedy of lead poison­ meager provisions, once enacted, go largely "trouble-makers"-the ones who had the ing is that we do know. We know what its unenforced. Everything I have learned about courage and the desperation to protest their causes are. We know how to prevent it. Yet, lead indicates that this is true in New York living conditions in organized, illegal squats, millions of our children's lives are still being City; colleagues from around the country vocal rallies and, when necessary, violent destroyed by lead. It's a national disgrace. have shared with me similar frustrations. confrontation-well, in a sense, they were Imagine~a nation with the capability of New, comprehensive Federal legislation may the lucky ones. Think about that. What steering missiles from miles away into a 2 have the effect of enforcing New York City made them take action? they were armed square-foot target has yet to set its sights on landlords, and the City itself-a major owner with information. They learned that lead protecting its own children. Makes me of real estate in its poorest neighborhoods-­ was killing their kids-not in some univer­ wanna holler. to spend monies requisite to bring apart­ sity's school of public health, but burying We must get clear about responsibility. All ments up to grade. In other words, if Con­ their own. Everyone knew the obvious too often, people in positions of significant gress doesn't look, no one will know. While I threats to our kids' safety-heroin, the push­ responsibility have laid the blame for lead sincerely empathize with the monumental ers, the knives and guns and all that. And we poisoning on parents. -"If it's so dangerous, tas·k of guiding New York City's finances were angry. We were angry that a life was why don't they just move?", I have been through these horrendous economic times, I snapped off for nothing-caught in the cross­ asked. "Tell them to buy bottled water." respectfully disagree with my Mayor, who fire or whatever. But somehow, it was still One pamphlet even recommends paving over worries that Federal legislation would lay an one young life at a time. What ignited the fe­ lead-contaminated soil around our homes. It unfair burden upon the City. HR 2840 would verous outcry over lead poisoning was when has to stop. The industries that promoted not penalize New York for promulgating a we developed an awareness that lead was big­ this deadly toxin-particularly the paint, cursory statute ten years ago, rather, the ger than all the .357's in Harlem and Detroit automotive and gasoline industries- all bill may require the City to simply obey its and Watts and Chicago and Philly .... When must be held accountable. And landlords who own ordinance. There can be no pride in de­ it dawned on us that we were s~crificing !t violate lead safety regulations ought to be nying our children. whole damn generation, we hit the streets. subject to criminal prosecution. There is no New Federal legislation ought also to es­ When you've spent your life in the ghetto, reason I can think of why causing irrevers­ tablish strict requirements for safety of both your kids become your only hope out. Not ible damage to a child's proper cognitive and lead abatement workers and the tenant/occu­ for you, but for them and theirs. Lead was emotional development ought not be treated pant families. Standardized worker training stealing our last dreams. as a felony. courses are neE!ded to ensure that abatement Need a little proof? Perhaps it would help Information, we understand, is power. of lead hazards does not place children and to wonder, for a moment, just where today's What we don't know will hurt us and we're their families at greater risk than without 3634 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 abatement. Family-sensitive abatement is better known as the Driver's License Suspen­ illegal parents on AFDC in Los Angeles Coun­ essential; work crews must be able to com­ sion Program. Public Law 101-516 requires ty alone rose from 97,665 in February 1991 to municate in the same language as the ten­ States to implement a program that suspends 121,042 in November. ant/occupant family, and they must be able to establish an agreeable daily schedule for the driver's licenses of individuals convicted of "Meanwhile, the Immigration Reform and performance of the necessary work. Without any drug offense for a period of not less than Control Act of 1986 is about to increase the such parameters, abatement can become a 6 months. number of immigrant adults eligible for bene­ family's worst nightmare. I know-I had These California druggies would have you fits." One report estimates that there may be peeling lead paint in my apartment and, believe it is OK and legal to smoke marijuana over 100,000 additional persons on AFDC even in a city which purports to have a in Carifornia or anywhere else for that matter. after May 1992 and May 1993, when provi­ tough lead poisoning prevention law, and How absolutely ridiculous. It is this type of atti­ sions expire that prohibit adult applicants for even though I knew all the right supervisors tude that perpetuates the drug problem cur­ citizenship under the amnesty program from and high-level officials to call, it was hell. rently facing the United States today. These Got that? With all this professed legislative themselves receiving benefits. protection, my own keen knowledge and ex­ are the very people who never stop to think Clearly the welfare costs facing my home tensive connections, abatement was hell. about the damage inflicted by drugs on our State will escalate so long as citizen taxpayers What do you think it's like for young moth­ society. They do not stop to think that illegal are forced to pay for AFDC and other welfare ers without such resources? Makes me wanna drugs cost this country billions of dollars and benefits and services for illegal aliens and holler, throw up both my hands. thousands of lives yearly. their American-born offspring. This is a prob­ The process of how the imminent lead haz­ Wouldn't it be nice if these casual drug lem which threatens to overwhelm not only ard abatement industry will burgeon is an­ users woke up and realized they are at fault California, but all border States and other other issue of extreme concern to me. The new CDC guidelines virtually ensure that, for children growing up without fathers be­ States to which illegal aliens are moving in­ out of the tragedy of this horrible disease, a cause they died in the line of duty making a creasingly in search of refuge, scarce employ­ lucrative industry will emerge. Affirmative drug bust or they are at fault for a stray bullet ment opportunities, and public assistance. steps must be taken to ensure that the popu­ ending the life of an innocent child during a Mr. Speaker, I have introduced legislation lations most victimized by lead poisoning re­ street ·drug war. It truly amazes me to think designed to rectify this growing problem. I call ceive the economic development benefits they feel so removed from these activities. my colleagues' attention especially to House that this new industry will afford. Specifi­ Well, I would be only too glad to respond to Joint Resolution 357 and H.R. 3605, which cally, training programs for abatement man­ their request to oppose this law with a re­ would restrict automatic birthtight citizenship to agers should be established in conjunction with the nation's historically Black colleges. sounding not on your life, because that might persons born in the United States of legal-resi­ Similar programs at other institutions very well be what it costs us to just say yes. dent mothers, and to H.R. 3441, which would should offer priority to Latinos. Where nec­ stop the payment of Federal welfare benefits essary, training grants and loan packages to illegal aliens. Now is the time for action if should be made available to permit young WELFARE REFORM, CALIFORNIA we are to save State and local governments entrepreneurs from poor families to start-up STYLE from budgetary disaster attributable in large their new lead abatement businesses and en­ measure to illegal immigration and to persons able them to hire workers from the hardest HON. ELTON GAilEGLY whose illegal status should bar them from tak­ hit communities. In this fashion, a nominal but important level of economic integrity OF CALIFORNIA ing unfair advantage of our generous welfare may be returned to victimized communities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES system. As I close, I must offer my most important Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that suggestion. Like the old African griots' tale the full text of the article "Welfare Reform, of the boy who looks for his lost magical Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I wish to California Style" be reprinted in the RECORD stone in an open field miles from the dark bring to the attention. of my colleagues an arti­ as it appeared in the Wall Street Journal on forest where he had lost it, I simply want to cle which appeared on the editorial page of February 25, 1992. point out that if the Committee wants to yesterday's Wall Street Journal concerning [From the Wall Street Journal, Feb. 25, 1992] hear the full story of lead poisoning-how it California's welfare reform program. Debra WELFARE REFORM, CALIFORNIA STYLE , impacts minority communities, whether Saunders, a columnist for the Los Angeles Federal or local agencies have adequately re­ (By DEBRA J. SAUNDERS) sponded to the threat of lead poisoning and Daily News, one of the leading newspapers in my district, has done a good job of describing For some Californians, welfare has become what provisions are necessary in Federal leg­ not a safety net but a hammock. This group islation, ask the mothers. They can't afford California's enormous welfare problem and the by no means represents the majority of those to come to Washington-except those who ballot initiative proposed by Governor Wilson on welfare, but its ability to get the most live here, that is. The most sincere action to remedy the situation. out of the system has helped drain it nearly this Committee could take would be to work Known as the Taxpayer Protection Act of dry. Because this group has so tapped the with local groups in poor communities 1992, the Governor's proposal would remove system, there may be little left for families around the country to set up local hearings. one incentive for those individuals who come who only recently have been driven by the I would be happy to provide the Committee recession to ask for aid. with appropriate contacts to facilitate such to California attracted by its reputation as the Golden State for generous welfare benefits. In That's why Californians may be willing to hearings. vote for a controversial initiative proposed Mr. Chairman, members of the Sub­ addition to limiting AFDC grants for new­ by Gov. Pete Wilson that would radically re­ committee, I thank you all for your efforts comers to the level they received in their structure the state welfare system. While to save our children. I am grateful for the home States, the initiative contains powerful other states are freezing or cutting benefits opportunity to share my thoughts with you work incentives so that able-bodied recipients because of state budget problems-and Cali­ today, and I will be happy to answer any who fail to find gainful employment will suffer fornia is in the same leaky boat-Gov. Wil­ questions you may have. major cutbacks in benefits. son, like Gov. Jim Florio and Assemblyman As welcome as this bold program will be in Wayne Bryant of New Jersey, seeks to ad­ a State facing major budgetary problems, it dress a system that discourages and under­ DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION mines self-sufficiency. PROGRAM fails to remedy the serious problem posed by The numbers in California tell the story. illegal aliens. As Ms. Saunders points out: "Il­ One in five of those receiving Aid to Fami­ HON. GERALD B.H. SOLOMON legal aliens can slip over the border and re­ lies with Dependent Children has been on aid ceive free prenatal care. When their children for eight years or more. And that's a statis­ OF NEW YORK are born in the United States-on the U.S. tic welfare boosters often use to defend the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES taxpayers' dime-those children become citi­ current system. Wednesday, February 26, 1992 zens and automatically can be enrolled for It doesn't pay to work. A 1991 report by the Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, it has recently AFDC. With half of the Nation's illegal immi­ bipartisan state Legislative Analyst's Office noted that the system's incentives "could in­ come to my attention that a California group grants and a third of all refugees, California al­ duce [individual who have never been on called Pot First has begun a postcard cam­ ready shoulders a large burden. And as the AFDC] to go on welfare rather than work." paign asking their Representatives to please economy sours, hurting immigrants who came The Legislative Analyst's Office also found say no to "smoke a joint, lose your license," here to work, the number of citizen children of that the state's workfare program would February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3635 work best if it prepared recipients "for jobs dren are born in the U.S. (on the U.S. tax­ tions. (In California, AFDC moms automati­ paying more than $1,400 per month." Those payers' dime), those children become citizens cally are eligible for sta.te-paid abortions.) who took jobs that paid $1,200 a month, it and automatically can be enrolled for AFDC. But Gov. Wilson does expect this initiative noted, would be "worse off by $150" (their With half of the nation's illegal immigrants to appeal to California voters, for the simple italics) per month. and a third of all refugees, California already reason that hard times and a history of run­ A WELFARE MAGNET shoulders a large burden. And as the econ­ away spending have left the state with the The state has learned that 32% of women omy soars, hurting immigrants who came hard choice of cutting welfare or schools. It's here to work, the number of citizen children either that or annual tax hikes. on AFDC conceive and have children after Not even the most optimistic welfare advo­ going on aid. of illegal parents on AFDC in Los Angeles Without changes in the welfare system and County alone rose from 97,665 in February cate can believe that Californians would demographic trends, the governor's Office of 1991to121,042 in November. agree to pay higher taxes so the state can Finance expects the ratio of taxpayers to re­ Meanwhile, the Immigration Reform and continue to boast the nation's fifth highest cipients of AFDC to drop from 6.21:1 in 1990 Control Act of 1986 is about to increase the welfare benefits. to 2.94:1 in 2000. number of immigrant adults eligible for ben­ California's high benefit level appears to efits. A 1990 report by the County Welfare Di­ have been a welfare magnet for some. Until rectors Association estimates that Califor­ THE PASSING OF MAYOR MICHAEL recently, state AFDC benefits for a family of nia could expect more than 100,000 new peo­ M. POCOST OF ARDSLEY, NY three were $693 a month, the second highest ple on AFDC after May 1992 and May 1993, in the nation. Now, at $663, they are the fifth when provisions expire that prohibit adult applicants for citizenship under the amnesty HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN highest-far greater than the $381 that rep­ OF NEW YORK resents the average grant in the nine other program from receiving benefits for them­ most populous states. The state Health and selves. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Welfare Agency believes about 7% of current That state has beefed up its efforts to go Wednesday, February 26, 1992 after deadbeat dads and the unwed fathers of AFDC recipients lived in another state with­ Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is with great in 12 months of starting aid here. Approxi­ AFDC children. The AFDC recoupment rate mately half of that 7% were on aid imme­ for 1989-90 was a mere 5.9% in the Golden regret that I rise to inform my colleagues that diately prior to moving to California-which State. Since then, the state and counties during the recent holiday recess, we lost an makes them probable welfare shoppers; the have begun notifying credit agencies when outstanding, public-minded citizen. Michael M. price tag for these likely shoppers: $100 mil­ support is overdue; garnishments of wages Pocost, the distinguished mayor of the village lion. and tax rebates are being utilized more ag­ of Ardsley, regrettably passed · away on De­ These statistics explain the logic of Gov. gressively, as they should be. It should be noted that while welfare advo­ cember 23, 1991. Pete Wilson's proposed voter initiative, Throughout his life, Michael Pocost was the dubbed the Taxpayer Protection Act of 1992. cates cite a lack of jobs as a cause of case­ load increases. California's dependency rate personification of an individual seeking a bet­ It would limit AFDC grants for newcomers ter community for himself and for future gen­ to what they received in their home state. grew in the 1980s even when unemployment As Health and Welfare Agency spokeswoman declined significantly. California's depend­ erations. He was never reluctant to pitch in to Kassy Perry recently put it, the administra­ ency rate remained at 8.8% from 1979 to 1989, make things just a little better for all of us. Mi­ tion understands that there are a certain when the national rate fell from 6.5% to 6.1 % chael's community activities, in addition to number of individuals who come to Califor­ and the state's AFDC benefits were the na­ guiding Ardsley as mayor, demonstrates his tion's second highest. nia "to take advantage of our generosity in Expect the Wilson initiative, once it quali­ strong sense of leadership. terms of cash benefits," and while that may fies for the November ballot, to play a Michael worked to better his community as be "their own way of searching for a better prominent role in the coming elections­ a trustee of the village of Ardsley, and through life" (36% of the new caseload arrivals come presidential and state. The initiative, which his membership in the Ardsley Sector Volun­ from the 10 lowest benefit states), California also includes a number of budgetary reforms, can no longer afford to fund it. teer Ambulance Corps, the Ardsley Recreation The governor's initiative also boasts of is sure to come up as George Bush and the Commission, the Ardsley Planning Board, the work incentives. Initially it would cut all Democratic gaggle pass through California­ Westchester County Citizens Consumer Advi­ grants by 10%. After six months, able-bodied especially since many provisions require fed­ sory Council, the Westchester County Village eral waivers. recipients who failed to find a job would suf­ In his State of the Union address, the Officials Associated, the Board of Governors fer an additional 15% cut. Still, while cut­ president pledged to support such waivers. of Yonkers Jewish Community Center, and the ting a family of three's benefits to $507 after His rationale-that "welfare was never Advisory Board of the Ardsley Extension of six months (which would be augmented by meant to be a life style"-is one no doubt Yonkers Jewish Community Center. He also food stamps and MediCal), it would allow shared by many taxpayers. It is that belief, families to keep money earned from a part­ served as the police commissioner and deputy not poor-bashing-as New York Gov. Mario mayor of Ardsley, prior to being elected time or full-time job-to an amount beyond Cuomo has suggested-that explains the ap­ the $693 that family earned before last year's mayor. peal of welfare reform. Michael Pocost chose to serve our country welfare cuts. Food stamps would increase re­ With the retirement of Alan Cranston and gardless of whether the parent works. the special election for the seat vacated in the U.S. Air Force. He was a staff sergeant The initiative also would try to take away when Mr. Wilson became governor, Califor­ between 1954 and 1957. After completing his incentives that lead teen-age children to nia has two competitive U.S. Senate races military service, his passion for the law and for start families they cannot support. Teen-age this year. Alll five Democrats in the Senate judicial process continually inspired his career. mothers would receive an extra $50 each races have signed on to part of the initia­ month for staying in school, and face a like Upon graduation from Brooklyn Law School in tive-usually the provision to lower benefits 1960, Michael was successfully involved in the cut for dropping out . .What's more, minors for newcomers-or its concept. One Demo­ would receive support only if they remain at general practice of law until 1966. He contin­ crat, Lt. Gov. Leo McCarthy, even repack­ ued to rise to eminent posts as the adminis­ home, unless their parents are deemed abu­ aged the newcomer limit and displayed it in sive or unfit. Payments would go directly to his own initiative proposal. As Gov. Wilson trator for the council of the city of New York, the (grand)parents. and as counsel to the vice chairman and ma­ A provision similar to part of New Jersey's wryly noted, "I have notices that people who earlier would not have been caught dead say­ jority leader, Thomas Cuite of the Council of new welfare plan would freeze benefits so the City of New York. that parents would not receive higher grants ing anything like what they are saying now for children conceived after the parents are saying yes, welfare does require reform." Michael's prominence in the business com­ began receiving AFDC. Gov Wilson has AN INDUCEMENT TO ABORTION? munity helped him promote the economic de­ called the present system of increasing the Indeed, the Democrat-controlled Legisla­ velopment of his region. He served as the as­ grant for each child an "insidious incen­ ture just might agree to enact some of Gov. sociate director of the New York State Petro­ tive," although it probably would be more Wilson's proposals in order to head off place­ leum Council, the Government Relations Attor­ accurate to say such increases simply elimi­ ment on the ballots. ney for the Mobil Oil Corp., the arbitrator for nated a disincentive. And while many might expect this initia­ the Westchester County Better Business Bu­ tive to endear hard-line conservatives to The one growth area about which the ini­ reau, and the executive vice president and tiative does nothing (because of court deci­ Gov. Wilson, it might backfire. For one sions, it can't) is that of illegal aliens and thing, the hard right hates him, no matter chief administrative officer of the Metropolitan those seeking legal citizenship. what he does. For another, the lack of a New York Retail Merchants Association. Illegal aliens can slip over the border and grant for additional children is considered an His is a voice that will be sorely missed receive free prenatal care. When their chil- inducement to abortion by pro-life organiza- throughout the Hudson Valley region. 3636 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 Mr. Speaker, I invite our colleagues to join business. They are market-distorting actions mercial edge to their aid programs. The well­ me in expressing condolences to Michael's that drive up the price of doing business and publicized cooperation between our Agency widow, Carol; to their daughters Ellen and divert real aid monies to capital projects for International Development and Ex-Im that would be commercially viable in their Julie; and to Michael's sister Joanne. Bank to offer tied aid for "commercial" own right. deals caught the attention of our trading With the passing of Michael M. Pocost, our That's why it is good news that nego­ partners. And so did the recent Bentsen/ Hudson Valley region has lost an outstanding tiators representing countries in the Organi­ Boren/Byrd/Baucus bill that, among other community leader. zation for Economic Cooperation and Devel­ things, would put AID in the capital projects opment have now agreed to dramatically business in a big way. None of the OECD curb the use of tied aid for commercial pur­ members would have welcomed that. PROSPECTS FOR MULTILATERAL poses and also are taking steps to greatly re­ There are probably other reasons as well REFORM IN TRADE duce the use of mixed credits. The action on that we'll not know about. But the point is tied aid, led by the United States, is the cul­ that for whatever reasons, American compa­ mination of a two-year negotiating effort. If nies should have one less trading barrier to HON. DOUG BEREUfER carefully implemented-and the odds are cope with. And that is good news for all of OF NEBRASKA that it will be-the OECD agreement will us. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES significantly lower a major trading barrier for American firms. While precise figures are Wednesday, February 26, 1992 almost impossible to come by, a recent Ex­ A TRIBUTE TO ANDREA Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, this Member Im Bank study identified about $1 billion of VELASQUEZ wishes to call to the attention of his colleagues specific export deals that were effectively off limits for American companies in 1990 be­ an excellent opinion article in the Washington cause of tied aid · offered by other govern­ HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN Post of February 26, 1992, by Mr. John D. ments in support of their exporters. Other OF FLORIDA Macomber, Chairman and President of the studies have put the total volume of tied aid IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. Export-Import Bank. Mr. Macomber has anywhere from $4 billion to $6 billion. By Wednesday, February 26, 1992 brought exceptionally enlightened and aggres­ whatever measure, it is an attention-getting sive leadership to this important export arm of problem. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am the U.S. Government. In this article he de­ Most of the "spoiled markets" have his­ pleased to recognize Ms. Andrea Velasquez, a torically been in the Pacific Basin, al though former officer of the Central Intelligence Agen­ scribes what we still must tentatively define as tied aid certainly has not been limited to a long-delayed but very important break­ cy who was recently named director of busi­ that region. Some countries had been so ness development for Psych/Care in Miami, through in the practice by many export coun­ hooked on these cheap credits that it was al­ tries of using tied aid and mixed credits to pro­ most impossible to have a normal business FL. In a Miami Herald article entitled "Former mote their exports. transaction with them. CIA Officer Takes on New Assignment in This use of tied aid and mixed credits has What came out of the recent negotiations Health Care," Charles Rabin reports on the frequently put U.S. exporters at a large dis­ with regard to mixed credits? The most im­ great successes of Ms. Velasquez. I wish to advantage with their competitor companies portant step was to make a clear distinction commend the following article to my col­ between commercial transactions and those from nations that routinely use such tactics leagues: eligible for aid. In brief, when the agreement Four . years ago, Andrea Velasquez was with large governmental bankrolls. Our Gov­ goes into effect, jt will be against the OECD ernment has been forced to fight fire with fire working in Central America as an officer for trading rules to offer other than traditional the Central Intelligence Agency. by creating a relatively small warchest of our market-rate export credits for a deal that is "I wanted to go into international busi­ own to keep our industries, commodity pro­ considered a commercial transaction. And ness," she said. ducers, and exporters competitive, and to the higher-income developing countries will These days, she's drawing on her past expe­ keep pressure on other nations to abandon be ineligible for tied-aid credits. So low-in­ rience but playing it a little safer. these costly and anticompetitive tactics. Nego­ terest loans, which are an essential ingredi­ In October, Velasquez was named director ent of aid, will go to the projects and coun­ tiations to establish acceptable definitions of of business development for Psych/Care Inc., tries that really need them and not for com­ a medical benefits company based in Miami. mixed credit and tied aid, to set rules for their mercial projects. "It's challenging because the field is just ex­ use, and to ultimately reduce or eliminate In addition, a process for clarifying and ploding," she said. these tactics, have primarily been conducted working out differences has been agreed to. Her travels as a CIA agent helped her make through the Organization for Economic Co­ Clearly, this will not be all smooth sailing­ contacts that have been useful in her new operation and Development [OECD]. Those and a nealthy degree of skepticism is cer­ work, Velasquez said. negotiations, which at times seem endless or tainly not inappropriate-but the indications "We have a possibility of going inter­ are that within the next 12 to 18 months national," she said. "I recently met with the futile, now perhaps are finally showing prom­ most of the major issues should be worked government of Costa Rica, because they are ise because of the persistence and priority at­ out. trying to revamp their health care system." tached to this issue by the Bush administra­ One of the more fascinating questions is Psych/Care provides employee assistance tion. Mr. Speaker, this Member encourages why the United States and its supporters and managed mental-health care programs his colleagues to examine the attached article were successful in achieving what some con­ to 150,000 subscribers in Florida and 37 other for the details of this important trade issue and sider a big breakthrough after years of frus­ states. Companies purchase benefits pack­ offers his continued encouragement and com­ tration. After all, the problems our exporters ages that cover drug abuse, stress and psy­ have had with this unfair trade practice have chiatric care. mendations to the negotiators and to Mr. been well known and complained about for "We know people have been looking at Macomber and the U.S. Export-Import Bank. years. Here's my list of reasons why: sky-rocketing costs, and we feel our product [From the Washington Post, Feb. 26, 1992) (1) The administration takes the issues se­ is a way of controlling a significant amount Ams TO TRADE riously. This is a direct reflection of the fact of it," said Jose M. Sanchez, president of that exports are important not only to the (By John D. Mac9mber) Psych/Care's parent company, the Vincam companies involved but to our national eco­ Group. "Most large companies are trying to The major industrial trading countries of nomic well-being. Promoting American ex­ cut back costs through benefits. We say, the world, and the United States in particu­ port sales has short-term benefits and long­ don't cut benefits, just manage them bet­ lar, have made an important breakthrough term implications. Our national strategic in­ ter." in free trade: The practices that have been a terest is well served by our companies' hav­ Despite the recession, Velasquez said the thorn in the side of American exporters-tied ing meaningful market shares in foreign company is growing at about 2,500 subscrib­ aid and mixed credits-appear to be on the countries. ers per month. way out. (2) Treasuries around the world played a " Actually, the economy has helped us be­ "Tied aid" is aid given with strings at­ larger role by asserting the obvious to their cause health care costs are going wild," she tached: The financing of a deal in the devel­ respective commerce and trade agencies. To said. oping country is linked to purchase of ex­ wit, there is not enough money to carry out In 1988, the government passed a law re­ ports from the donor country. "Mixed cred­ appropriate and needed aid programs and at quiring federal agencies to have an effective its" refers to a combination of subsidized the same time subsidize business deals that method of dealing with employees who have loans and an aid grant to sweeten the deal. really do not need it. drug problems. Federally funded businesses, These practices have put U.S. exporters at (3) There was some fear that the Ameri­ Velasquez said, have been the main contribu­ a serious disadvantage in bidding on overseas cans might in frustration adopt a more com- tor to the growth of the industry. February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3637 Employee-assistance programs soon caught Mr. Speaker, we, as Members of Congress, have the resources or the time to rifle on with private companies, she said, because often pass legislation in the good faith that we through reams of paper in an effort to deci­ "it made sense." To date, Velasquez said, 60 are helping and protecting the American peo­ pher and determine the regulations that percent of Fortune 500 companies have em­ ple, but closer examination of some of these apply to their business. Thus, to enable ployee-assistance programs. small businesses to comply in a legal and Psych/Care is an affiliate of the Vincam good intentions reveals that their net result is timely fashion, it is important that the regu­ Group, one of the fastest-growing Hispanic not always positive. Less than 2 years ago, lations be phrased in simple and concise lan­ firms in the United States. Vincam offers Congress passed the Nutrition Labeling and guage. Such an effort would be in vain, how­ human resource management services. Education Act, a law that on its face promised ever, if small business owners are unaware As director of business development, only good things: Helping consumers make that the current regulations are to change. Velasquez's primary concerns are finding healthier food choices; creating clear and un­ For this reason, I also encourage the FDA to new business for the company and developing derstandable labels for consumers; and en­ develop a dissemination plan to make small a marketing strategy. businessmen, who cannot keep abreast of "We're planning on going after self-insured couraging manufacturers to produce new, every change in government regulation, companies," Velasquez said. "It's an un­ healthier foods. aware of the new requirements. tapped market and a logical extension." Congress passed this legislation without Under the general topic of intricacy, I After graduating with a marketing degree much question or concern. The NLEA passed would like you to consider an additional from the University of Georgia in 1983, by voice vote under suspension of the rules point. Compounding the difficulties small Velasquez's road to Psych/Care took several quickly and painlessly. The House-Senate businessmen and women face in their efforts turns. conference report was pushed through during to comply with the final label reforms is a Her first job out of school was for Boyle detailed and prescriptive interim rule regu­ Midway Inc. in Atlanta, where she handled the waning days of the 101st Congress with little debate. lating cholesterol and fat level claims. This export accounts and inventory control. By proposal seems superfluous given the FDA's 1985, she had been recruited into the CIA, But this hurry-up enactment may have an existing authority to take regulatory action serving as a general operations support man­ excruciating impact on thousands of our Na­ against false and misleading claims. It will ager for a large Central American station. tion's small businesses and millions of their take enough effort and resources to make In the next three years, she received two workers. A more careful examination of this the transitions prescribed by the final regu­ promotions and a letter of commendation law and its effects may have avoided this po­ lations. It appears to me both unnecessary from a U.S. ambassador. She left the service tential disaster. and unjustifiable to propose costly interim in 1988 after marrying a foreign national and The NLEA requires that the Food and Drug rules as well. thereby losing her security clearance. Then it was on to United Gardens of Administration formulate rules regulating the II Miami, where she was responsible for mar­ labeling of foods in a more uniform and accu­ I commend the FDA's conclusion in its reg­ keting Colombian flowers in the United rate way, but the FDA's proposed regulations, ulatory impact analysis that the "proposals States. After a year there, she joined Amer­ published in the Federal Register on Novem­ will have a significant adverse impact on a ican Biodyne, a Psych/Care competitor, in ber 27, 1991, will be economically devastating substantial number of small entities, includ­ Miami. She stayed with American Biodyne ing small businesses." But it is your respon­ for small businesses as they incur overwhelm­ sibility under the law, when recognizing this until her recent appointment. ing costs in their struggle to comply. "We think she's doing a spectacular job," negative impact, to take the next step and Sanchez said. "The management process we Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with the give small businesses the special consider­ had was just limping along until she joined Congress the comments I submitted regarding ation they need and deserve. us." the FDA's proposed rules in an effort to illus­ This is precisely the purpose of the Regu­ Velasquez is married and the mother of an trate how congressional inattention combined latory Flexibility Act (P.L. 98-577). It re­ 18-month-old son, Ricky. with zealous administrative regulation can quires that federal agencies, upon deter­ work to damage a vital source of this Nation's mination that their regulations will have a Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to bring atten­ significant economic impact on a substantial tion to the accomplishments of Ms. Velasquez, innovation, growth, and job creation-small number of small entities, perform an analy­ and I would like to wish her much success in businesses: sis that examines alternative, less onerous her position as director · of business develop­ COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS, ways for small businesses to comply with in­ ment at Psych/Care. Washington, DC, February 21, 1992. trusive regulations. Re Docket No. 91N--0219. The FDA failed in its regulatory impact Hon. DAVID A. KESSLER, analysis to isolate small businesses, analyze FDA AND CONGRESS SUFFOCATE Commissioner, Dockets Management Branch their specific needs, and offer alternatives SMALL BUSINESS (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, appropriate to their unique situation. In­ Rockville, MD. stead, the FDA analyzed options irrespective DEAR DR. KESSLER: I am writing to com­ of firm size, and this will not suffice. The law HON.ANDY IRELAND ment on the proposed rules to amend the requires the FDA to undertake a proper reg­ OF FLORIDA food labeling regulations published in the ulatory flexibility analysis, and it is crucial IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Federal Register (Vol. 56, No. 229) on Novem­ that the FDA does so before the publication of any final rules. Wednesday, February 26, 1992 ber 27, 1991. Let me begin by saying that I agree with III Mr. IRELAND. Mr. Speaker, last January I the objectives of increased consumer aware­ It is incredible to me that the only special stood in the well of the House and suggested ness and future health benefits to be met by consideration small business has been af­ to Congress that as a New Year's resolution food label reforms. My concern, however, is forded throughout this regulatory process we devote our best efforts to the protection that small businesses would be forced to bear has been a narrow exemption offered by the and promotion of our Nation's 20 million small an unfair economic burden as a consequence Congress. The inclusion of an exemption for of the FDA's proposal. businesses. To meet this new resolve, I as­ businesses selling food with gross receipts of Small business today is the victim of myr­ less than $500,000, or with food sales less than serted that it was necessary for each and iad regulations that our government has im­ every one of us to scrutinize the legislation $50,000, in the NLEA recognizes only a tiny posed. Each new regulatory measure adds to portion of the small businesses which will that comes before us and analyze the cumu­ the weight that is preventing many small suffer under these regulations. It ignores lative effect our actions will have on the future businesses from keeping their heads above thousands more who, without our help, will success and survival of small business. water. In economic hard times, it is our na­ have to comply with the same rules as multi­ Currently, Government regulation is weigh­ tion's small businesses that offer the key to million dollar corporations. It is blatantly ing heavily on the backs of our Nation's small recovery. Easing regulation is one important unfair to expect that small businesses, often and simple way we can enable small business business men and women, and each new law operating on a small margin, can spread the to fulfill their role as innovators and job cre­ extra costs of compliance in the same way a and regulation adds to that burden, making it ators. With these points in mind, I respect­ increasingly difficult for small businesses to big business can in their effort to dilute the fully urge the FDA to seriously consider the adverse economic impact. lead us on the road to economic recovery. following comments. The National Association of Specialty Today, Mr. Speaker, I would like to provide an I Foods Trade provided an excellent example example of why approaching our legislative re­ The intricacy of the label regulations will of just how differently small and large busi­ sponsibilities with a consideration for small determine to a great extent the ability of nesses will be economically affected under business is so crucial. small enterprises to comply. They do not the FDA's proposed rules. As you know, in 3638 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 their testimony at the FDA's public hear­ termine what constitutes a small business. I benefit from increased prices and decreased ings, the NASFT estimated that the fixed would be pleased to lend any assistance I competition in the marketplace as busi­ compliance cost per item a company sells can, as well, to make this process fair and nesses struggle to cover costs. This will un­ will be $6,250. Using this figure, a small com­ accurate. doubtedly result if the final rules do not re­ pany (Sl,000,000 sales) that sells 30 items~ will IV flect sympathy for the plight of small busi­ incur fixed conversion costs of 18. 75 Yo of nessmen and women by granting them some sales. This percentage is devastating to An additional concern I have is the appli­ cation of the proposed regulations to the leeway. . small companies that often survive on prof­ In President Bush's State of the Un10n ad­ its of less than 3% of sales. For even a me­ food service industry. To detail the numer­ ous differences between the packaged food dress, he recognized the role small business dium-sized company ($50,000,000 sales) that will play in America's economic recovery sells the same number of items, the fixed industry and the food service industry would overstate the obvious. Likewise, to suggest and emphasized the importance of access to costs of conversion would be considerably capital for their growth and survival. Expen­ less burdensome, only .38% of sales. that what is appropriate regulation for one industry can fairly apply to the other defies sive regulations drain small businesses of NASFT's calculations are based on esti­ this valued capital. Would it not be simpler mated fixed costs and are, therefore, con­ logic. For example, descriptive terms that com­ to ease costly government regulation of servative estimations. When one considers small business rather than to develop new, that the per-unit cost decreases as the vol­ monly appear on restaurant menus, such as "light", "healthy" , and "fresh" , are used perhaps more expensive, ways to offer in­ ume of goods sold increases, the discrepancy creased access to capital? in costs incurred by a small versus a large and understood in a different context than In the present economic climate, the last company becomes even greater. It is obvious the same adjectives appearing on the label of thing we should do is impose more financial that high-volume companies are able to ai:>­ a packaged food. The FDA's regulatio17s pressures on small businesses operating on a sorb the costs of compliance in a way that is would require restaurants to have their thin economic margin. I strongly urge you to not possible for low-volume producers; to meals analyzed to determine whether the do your part to ensure that small businesses subject them to uniform regulations under terms they use to describe them meet the are able to thrive and-flourish, making our the law is unreasonable. Clearly, some kind definitions formulated by the FDA-defini­ economy stronger as a result. I hope that the tions which do not match the intended and of flexibility needs to be offered to small points and suggestions I have made will ~elp businesses. interpreted connotation of the word as it ap­ you meet this goal. Thank you for your time Fortunately, the law provided an avenue of pears on the menu. Instead of participating and consideration. relief for small businesses by granting the in this inane process, restaurants will more Sincerely, likely omit these terms from their menu en­ Secretary the authority to extend the date ANDY IRELAND, of compliance if "undue economic hardship" tirely. The absence of these terms from Member of Congress. will result. As the previous examples ill us­ menus contributes to a dearth of informa­ tion rather than to increased consumer tra tes, such an impact is likely for sm~ll businesses. I urge the Secretary to exercise awareness. POLITICS OF HATE his authority to its fullest by esablishing an Further, the economic impact resulting extended compliance time for all small busi­ from the required menu changes under the nesses. FDA's proposal will be unbearable. Ninety­ HON. STENY H. HOYER As several sources stated during the FDA's nine percent of this nation's more than OF MARYLAND public hearings on the subject, it will be vir­ 285 000 eating and drinking establishments IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tually impossible for the good industry to qu~lify as small businesses under the SBA's definition. I have to agree with the National Wednesday, February 26, 1992 make the required transition in six mont~s· time. The National Food Processors Associa­ Restaurant Association that the FDA has se­ Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, the Anti-Defama­ tion estimated that "about 50 million new riously underestimated the magnitude of the tion League has recently released its 1991 food packages and labels will need to be pro­ costs associated with their regulations. The audit of anti-Semitic incidents. This year's total duced each hour, 24 hours a day without NRA estimates that 262,000 restaurants will of 1879 separate incidents of anti-Jewish van­ interruption, for six months" if a May, 1993, be affected and that approximately 414,000 different menus will need to be changed. dalism and harassment represents the highest compliance date is mandated. The costs of number ever recorded by the AOL and an 11- compliance cannot be absorbed by the food These figures are significantly higher than those offered by the FDA's regulatory im­ percent increase over 1990. The report shows producers and retailers, and the demand can­ that the number of physical assaults against not be absorbed by the label printers, design­ pact analysis, translating into a greater cost ers and content analysts. of compliance to the industry overall. Jews doubled in 1991 , and that college cam­ I~ addition, a short compliance period will Finally, it seems to me that these points puses were host to more than 100 a~ti-Se~itic result in heightened competition between are moot under Congressional intent and the incidents. Incidents of the most serious kinds businesses for the services required to make law. Even if prior law provides the FDA with of vandalism, such as arson, bombings, and the label changes. Big business will have an some authority to regulate restaurants cemetery desecration, increased by 29 per- under previous schemes, the intent of Con­ unfair advantage in such a game, forcing cent. . small businesses to expend even more time gress was not to include them under the new, more ambitious program. However, artfully The New York Times of February 23 in­ and resources as they search for companies cludes an article entitled "Colorado Klansman that are willing and able to render such serv­ the NLEA was crafted to work with the prior ices at an affordable cost. Even label suppli­ laws, we cannot be blind to the fact that Refines Message for the '90s," describing .on~ ers, whose businesses will boom as a result, Congress specifically repeated the "subpara­ of the new breed of "sawy, clean-cut d1sc1- graph (5)" restaurant exemption throughout have expressed concern stating they do ~~t ples" the Klan is cultivating to promote a possess the capability to fulfill the antici­ P .L. 101- 535. An honest, straightforward kinder, gentler image, one that does not hate pated demand for at least two years after the reading of the law would suggest Congress blacks but simply "loves whites." Meanwhile final regulations are enacted. actually meant to exclude, or thought it was excluding, restaurants from the new regu­ the annual report of Klanwatch, a private non­ Allowing small businesses more time to profit group that monitors white supremacist make the changes would have the effect of latory scheme. Indeed, the report accom­ panying the bill (101-538) accedes this fact activity, notes that the number of such hate relieving some of the economic and demand groups increased significantly in 1991. pressures on all industries involved in the (page 22) unless specific disease claims are label reform process and, as the FDA recog­ made by food service companies. Just last month, in the Bronx, two black nized in its proposed rules, the savings argu­ Given the costs, the illogic of applying the schoolchildren were stopped by a group of ably outweigh the heath benefits gained if a same rules to vastly different enterprises, older whites who punched them, smeared 6-month compliance time is required. Stag­ and given the plausible, defendable position their faces with white paint, and chopped off that Congress did not intend to include res­ gering compliance time by size ~ould ha~e some of the younger one's hair. The incident the additional benefit of reducmg unfai.r taurants in the scope of the law, it seems reasonable to assert that the FDA has ex­ sparked a number of retaliatory incidents in competition between small and large busi­ which members of the white and Hispanic nesses as they vie for the services of design- ceeded Congressional intent and the bounds community were also victims of bias attac~s. ers, printers, and analysts. . of good government by insisting on including When defining small business and assessmg them. And while the police and the local community the "undue economic hardship" endured, I v rallied to find the perpetrators and to mollify feel that the FDA must consider firm size as Overall, it is counterproductive to attempt race relations, the inner scars of the young well as industry and volume of sales. I rec­ to aid and protect consumers if, in the proc­ victims were likely to endure long after the ommend the FDA consult with the Small ess that same attempt hurts and even de­ bruises faded and the paint was scrubbed Business Administration in its efforts to de- str~ys small businesses. Consumers will not away. February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3639 Mr. Speaker, such statistics and stories Legion Auxiliary including: past State presi­ fall of the Berlin Wall, and we tend to suffer have no place in our society. They grow from, dent; past unit president; past historian; and from a certain impatience with things that and nourish, the politics of hate. past vice president. She is the first black take time. Racism, anti-Semitism, intolerance: these Also, we are still mostly an untraveled lot. woman to hold any of these offices. Too many of our citizens haven't seen the re­ are the watchwords of the politics of hate. The Mrs. Taylor has also served on the board of birth of Europe; nor have America's media politics of hate are cheap and immoral; they directors for John Hope Settlement House, given adequate coverage to this phenome­ prey on our weaknesses and corrupt our po­ where she is still a board member. In addition non. To the extent we have thought at all tential. The politics of hate feed on ignorance she serves as a volunteer to the Rhode Island about international relations, we have for and fear: They offer false security by laying Veterans' Hospital and Nursing Home; and the too long been focused on the Cold War, the blame on others, by seeking solace in anger, St. Martin de Porres Senior Citizen Center. In Middle East, and, lately, our trade problems by lashing out at the vulnerable. The politics of her busy schedule she also finds time to tutor with Japan. In fact, we seem today to be hate use mighty words to mask their own cruel elementary children, in addition to serving as mesmerized by the Japanese challenge. But the rise of a united Europe is an event worthlessness. Yet in troubled times, their a church usher. For leisure she bowls once a of far greater importance to the United message often garners undue notice. week. I am proud to highlight the achieve­ States than the frictions evident in our rela­ If we are to remain true to our values, to the ments of this immensely talented and gener­ tionship with Japan. principles of justice and equality that form the ous woman, and honored to say happy 70th The aggregate numbers are striking. In bedrock of this Nation, we must take a vigilant birthday. 1991, the flow of visitors between the US and and forceful stand against the politics of hate the EC was 14.1 million; between the US and and those who spread its poison. We must Japan, 4.3 million. Two-way-investment be­ tackle the problem at beginning and end, si­ AFTER MAASTRICHT: EUROPE'S tween the US and the EC totaled $417.9 bil­ lion; between the US and Japan, $104.5 bil­ multaneously-exposing and condemning its GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR UNITED STATES lion. Two-way trade between the US and the advocates, while inoculating those susceptible EC was $190 billion; between the US and to its call. Japan, $132 billion. Responsibility lies at every level. Political HON. MARCY KAPTUR Very few Americans know we have a trade leaders and figures of authority should person­ OF OHIO surplus with Europe, while everyone knows ally identify themselves with principles of toler­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES .we have a deficit with the Japanese. ance and decency, demonstrating by example The figures cited above do not include Wednesday, February 26, 1992 their commitment to the cause. Legislators those for the United States and the six mem­ ber countries of the European Free Trade should devise and support specific legislation Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with my colleagues a recent article by Area (EFTA): Austria, Finland, Iceland, Nor­ against discrimination. Law enforcement agen­ way, Sweden, and Switzerland. As EFTA is cies should endeavor to identify and prosecute Ben Palumbo, former staff director of the on the verge of joining the single market of those whose crimes are driven by hate. Judi­ House Democratic Caucus, that appeared in the EC, the imbalance is even greater. With­ cial authorities should promote the nondiscrim­ the February 20, 1992 issue of Roll Call. His out EFTA, the EC is big enough-340 million inatory administration of justice. And edu­ findings and analysis of our Nation's relation­ well-educated, highly skilled, healthy, pro­ cational, cultural, social and media groups ship with Europe are insightful and forward­ ductive people. With EFTA, we will be look­ should fight negative stereotypes by providing looking. ing at a free market of almost 400 million [From the Roll Call, Feb. 20, 1992) people with whom our relationship has been accurate information and fostering positive dia­ longer, deeper, and closer than with any log. AFTER MAASTRICHT: EUROPE'S GREATER other part of the world; with whom our eco­ Mr. Speaker, we cannot legislate the values OPPORTUNITY FOR UNITED STATES nomic and trade relations have been easier; that lie in the hearts of men and women. But (By Benjamin L. Palumbo) and from whom we have absorbed much of we can teach our children, whose world this What was the meaning of the summit that what we are in law, language, culture, and will become, that strength lies in diversity, that the 12 nations of the European Community economics. tolerance breeds compassion, that respect for held in Maastricht in the Netherlands in De­ It is not Japan bashing to recall both these one another is a virtue. By promoting such cember 1991? numbers and the depth of our European rela­ ideals in the young, we invest in their ability to The waning of nationalism? The end of ide­ tionships. Rather, it is a summons to reality. ology? Acceptance of a new international The point is that the opportunities and the tackle the demands, explore the challenges, economic reality? victory for the farsighted challenges for the US are greater with Eu­ and meet the opportunities that lie ahead. statesmen, from both sides of the Atlantic, rope than with Japan. And dealing with Ja­ Moreover, we encourage them to work with, who believed in a united Europe even as it pan's far more closed economy and anti-com­ and trust, one another. Education and a sense lay devastated, depleted, dependent? petitive economic arrangements may be ac­ of shared convictions are potent antidotes to Symbolically, it was all of the above. And complished more easily by cooperation be­ hatred. We must strive to make intolerance in­ more. Imagine that the Franco-Prussian War tween the US and the EC than by uncoordi­ tolerable. of 1870 began a political "Ice Age" in Europe. nated retaliatory measures. That it unleashed glaciers which expanded For example, anti-trust has been rooted in inexorably, accelerated by the two World our history for almost a century. The EC is VIVIAN IRENE TAYLOR: A Wars, until they blanketed Europe, leaving now vigorously applying what it calls " com­ the continent prostrate, its politics frozen petition policy" against excessive market SELFLESS SERVANT into a left-right ice mold. concentrations. Our mutual interests, our But then imagine the first hint of a thaw: deep interdependence, our shared under­ HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS a tiny drop of water created by the warmth standings should allow us to negotiate an OF NEW YORK of the US Marshall Plan. The drop turned agreement on rules of competition for all to into a rivulet with the formation of the Eu­ play by, as indeed the EC has already pro­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ropean Coal and Steel Community in 1951 , posed. Wednesday, February 26, 1992 and, by the time of the signing of the Treaty Should the Japanese wish to participate, Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, today I want to of Rome in 1957 creating the European Eco­ well and good. But should we agree and they nomic Community, the glaciers began their opt out, the consequences would be serious. acknowledge the efforts of a woman who cele­ long retreat. A binding agreement between the US and the brated her ?0th birthday on January 7, 1992, Today the Ice Age is over, and throughout EC resting on a vigorous anti-trust policy Mrs. Vivian Irene Taylor. Mrs. Taylor is a na­ Europe a new political spring is evident as would, by definition, be the rules for the tive of Providence, RI. She is the fourth of the success of the Maastricht summit and richest market in the world----{)50 million con­ nine children, the grandmother of seven and the near-completion of the economic inte­ sumers. Thus, the US/EC rules would be ev­ the great-grandmother of three. gration plan targeted for later this year at­ eryone's rules; those who ignored them In 1985, Mrs. Taylor retired from 23 years of test. would do so at great cost. service with Blue Cross/Blue Shield where she Unfolding before us is one of the greatest The significance of the Maastricht summit events of our t ime, perhaps eclipsing the col­ is that t he ability of the EC to act and nego­ worked in subscriber service. Throughout her lapse of communism. tiate as a unit has taken a quantum leap. life and during her retirement she has labored We Americans seem unable to grasp fully This is not to say that a monolith has been tirelessly in voluntary capacities. She has what has happened. Perhaps this is because created. Its political and economic leaders served in various positions for the American it does not have the dramatic impact of the will no more march in lock-step than do our 3640 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 own. But just as the effect of our Constitu­ programs unless the President agrees. He is watched the public debt spiral to heights tion was to strengthen the central govern­ extremely unlikely to do so. Today, we face ungraspable both by the people and by the ment by diminishing but not eliminating, the reality imposed by the budget agreement Members of this body. I challenge anyone in the power states held under the old Articles of a budget agreement which many of this body to explain the word trillion in plain of Confederation, the effect of Maastricht is 1990, similar. us supported. The President might be under English. I simply cannot be induced to support The 1957 Treaty of Rome was the product attack by conservatives in his own party for another piece of legislation that stands in of far-sighted politicians who ached to end raising taxes in that budget agreement, but he basic conflict with the long-term good on this the European cycles of war and destruction, holds the high ground in this debate. Nation. We must put an end to the gimmickry, and who pulled their business leaders along. The so-called peace dividend has been the for if we do not our irresponsibility will lead us But the single European act of 1986 which great liberal hope, a giant pot of money taken further down the road of impotence than we strengthened the institutions of the EC, and from the hands of the missile and tank build­ have already traveled. Though I stand in op­ the establishment of the goal of a truly inte­ ers to be spent on education and infrastruc­ position to my party, I must vote against all grated economy by 1992, were examples of Europe's business leadership reacting to the ture. No one has told the American people the bills laid before me today. threat of international competition and that, according to the Congressional Budget pushing their political leaders along. Office, we are going to need an extra $135 bil­ What is important to us is that the com­ lion over the next 5 years just to keep our INTRODUCTION OF THE SPENDING petition about which they are most con­ nondefense discretionary spending at levels PRIORITIES REFORM ACT OF cerned is not American but Japanese; not be­ above the slow but unrelenting erosion of in­ 1992--H.R. 4315 cause the American competition is weak, but flation. No one has told the American people because Europeans and Americans have a that, even with strict adherence to the budget HON. HARRIS W. FAWEil more common understanding about the rules of competition and how economic activity agreement, the deficit falls only to $174 billion OF ILLINOIS should take place. in 1996 and then starts to rise again. We are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the perpetrators of a great myth. One day the The Maastricht summit reflects an enor­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 mous determination to achieve European American people will not be deceived by the unity. It sets goals for monetary union, and overstated, grandiose claims of this body. Mr. FAWELL. Mr. Speaker, $120,000 for a single currency. It establishes a framework Our efforts today are the embodiment of a animal waste disposal research in Michigan to for a common foreign policy and ultimately contradiction. We seek to stimulate the econ­ address the conflicts between the producers a common defense policy. And it does all this omy without adding to the deficit. The most el­ and the general public; $700,000 for while carefully preserving the rights of the ementary of economics tells us it cannot be acquaculture in Stoneville, MS to determine EC's member-states through requirements the causes of off flavor in channel catfish and for a weighted majority or unanimity on im­ done. The President and Congress, both portant decisions. Democrats and Republicans, need to make a develop treatments to reduce the incidence of The skeptics have been confounded. Now basic choice: we can either bust the budget off flavor in ponds; and $2,000,000 for a the oblivious must awaken to this new Euro­ and pump some money into this lagging econ­ riverfront park in Charleston, WV; and pean reality and seek a partnership in which omy or we can give up on this idea of fiscal $13,000,000 for construction of certain Federal we together face the world's problems. stimulation. To resort to a cliche, we cannot and non-Federal facilities at America's Indus­ have our cake and eat it too. trial Heritage Park, PA. Many are attracted to cutting the defense These projects, whatever their merit, re­ OPPOSITION TO GROWTH PLANS budget and spending the savings. We are all ceived funds through the back door of the ap­ eager to give the American taxpayer a break. propriations process for fiscal year 1992. They HON. GLENN M. ANDERSON But the question begs: is this responsible? are the reason why I became a porkbuster. OF CALIFORNIA The various economic plans which revolve in One of my greatest frustrations in Congress IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dizzying speed around this Chamber violate has been trying to stop expenditures such as two of the most fundamental principles I have these, which are often tucked into massive Wednesday, February 26, 1992 held since entering public office. First, you do spending bills, in the middle of the night, with­ Mr. ANDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to op­ not raise taxes in the middle of a recession. out hearings, without debate, and often with­ pose all three so-called growth plans being of­ Second, you do not cut taxes facing a $390 out even a printed bill. Because attempts to fered on this floor today. My decision is not an billion budget deficit. Is it any wonder that attack these expenditures one by one have easy one to make, nor will my rationale be Congress is mistrusted by a clear majority of had only limited success, we adopted a new popular among my colleagues. There is much Americans? Do we consider the legacy we strategy-comprehensive legislation to rid the in these plans that I find attractive, but I am leave today for our children and our children's budget of porkbarrel projects all at once. not free to pick and choose individual ele­ children? Have we reached such lows of politi­ Today Senator HANK BROWN, Congressman ments. As a long time Member of this House, cal debate that we scramble to show the citi­ TIM PENNY, and I will be introducing the I fully understand the necessity and difficulty zens of this Nation who can be the least re­ Spending Priorities Reform Act of 1992, also of bringing a comprehensive package to the sponsible? known as Porkbusters 11. This measure will re­ floor. But today my understanding cannot per­ With our deficit, real measures, like a deep scind the unobligated balances for 642 suade my vote. targeted investment tax credit, are too costly projects, worth $1,540,363,400, which were The unrelenting pressure of our staggering to be considered by this House. So we toy at funded in the fiscal year 1992 appropriation budget deficit looms over these proceedings. the fringe. The plan coming out of the Ways bills. Though we have not told the American people and Means Committee holds probably the The bill is the result of extensive research yet, Congress no longer controls the purse most sensible of changes to the Tax Code; by our Porkbusters Coalition, a bipartisan strings of this Nation. Fully two-thirds of this the indexation of capital gains to exclude the group of Members of the House and Senate, year's Federal spending will go to pay for enti­ false appreciation of inflation. But in this politi­ and 14 different taxpayer groups. As its name tlements and interest payments on the debt, cal season, the very issue of capital gains implies, porkbusters aims to eliminate Federal spending that is .entirely beyond the control of threatens to become one rich versus poor, or, projects which bypass Congress' established either the authorizing or appropriating process. more appropriately, the rich versus the middle budget procedures. The group has developed We sit on our hands while this Government class. a list of seven tests for wasteful spending. spends $390 billion more than we take from We were elected by the American people to Projects which tripped at least three of these the taxpayers. In the last decade, this Nation serve, not to deceive. I may stand lonely in my evidences of wasteful spending were included has sold its children, and probably its grand­ views, but the American people must be told in the bill. children, into the servitude of debt from which the truth. We have promised, and delivered, a These seven objective criteria include: the they will not easily recover. world of painless expenditures. The result is project was never the subject of a congres­ Congress as a body, and particularly we as our deficit. For years now, I have supported sional committee or subcommittee authoriza­ Democrats, are confronted with a simple, and budget pacts and summits and plans and tion hearing; it lacks specific legislative author­ immensely disagreeable, fact, There will not agreements that promised long-term reduc­ ization-congressional rules, often waived, re­ be any shifts in defense dollars to domestic tions in the debt. The result is that I have quire authorization legislation prior to appro- February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3641 priation; the expenditure was added at the last HONORING JUDGE JOHN C. her busy schedule, she sets aside 25 percent minute in a House-Senate Conference; the TRACEY of her time to do pro bono work. The Miami project has no relationship to the act under Herald highlighted the work of Ms. Gievers in which it was funded, or the agency under HON. CONSTANCE A. MOREllA an article by staff writer, Marti Ostrander. That which it is administered; the project was not OF MARYLAND article follows: competitively awarded; it is of purely local in­ Karen Gievers of Kendall gets up at 5:30 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a.m. She is at her law firm, Karen A. Gievers terest, without national or regional importance; Wednesday, February 26, 1992 P.A., in downtown Miami by 8 a.m. She rare­ and it was earmarked in violation of the proc­ ly leaves until 8 p.m. ess prescribed by law. Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased When Florida's Legislature meets, her job to have this opportunity to recognize Judge moves her to Tallahassee, where her work The criteria we employ are essentially the John C. Tracey and his work on behalf of chil­ days are even longer. rules Congress is supposed to abide by in dren. On February 27, 1992, the judge cele­ She is president of Operation Safe Drive funding Federal projects. These rules are brates his 60th birthday and his retirement and its Tallahassee lobbyist. She is also there for a reason-to protect Congress from from the bench of the Sixth District Court of president-elect of the Dade County Bar. Gievers specializes in civil litigation and itself. Careful review, debate, and comparison Maryland. in public service. She estimates that 25 per­ of competing spending proposals forces Con­ During his tenure in the judiciary, Judge cent of her time is spent helping the poor gress to set priorities and discard ill consid­ Tracey has been an outstanding advocate for solve their legal problems for free. "I want to help somebody else," she said. ered proposals. children. He is a founder of the Montgomery County Boys Home, established in 1964, and "I have the time." Last year, we introduced a similar bill, H.R. became the first president of the Home's Gievers was recently chosen one of 20 Flor­ 2643, S. 1288, to rescind unobligated bal­ ida lawyers-and the only one from Dade-to Board of Directors. The program, now the receive the Florida Bar President's Pro Bono ances for 325 projects from the fiscal year Boys' and Girls' Homes of Maryland, serves Award for providing free legal service to the 1991 appropriations cycle which tripped at 1,400 children. poor. least three of our tests. Although we were not Judge Tracey has also served on the Mary­ Pro bono means '-' for the good of the pub­ able to get a vote on this measure, we believe land Task Force on Permanency Planning, as lic." The purpose of the awards, created in 1981, is to encourage more Florida lawyers to it had a significant impact in terms of bringing well as other bodies dealing with juvenile and family law. He is an advocate for the needs of help the needy, said Paige Miller, coordina­ national attention to the issue of wasteful gov­ tor of public service programs of the Florida children in the courts and a staunch supporter ernment spending and bringing pressure to Bar. of the establishment and development of the Gievers, originally from California, moved bear on Congress to reform its free spending court appointed special advocate [CASA] pro­ to Miami in 1969. ways. gram in Montgomery County. CASA is a na­ She started college at Miami-Dade Com­ This year, armed with experience and a tionwide movement of community volunteers munity College, received her bachelor's de­ who speak for abused and neglected children gree from Florida International University great deal of grassroots support for the effort, and graduated from the University of Miami we are again ready to roll up our sleeves and in court. Patrons of the local program include Law School in 1978. work for passage of this legislation. The Amer­ the National Council of Jewish Women, Junior Gievers has donated more than 1,300 hours ican people are rightly exasperated with a League of Washington, IBM, and the Gannett of pro bono services to minors in the past 12 Foundation. years. Congress which is wasting their hard-earned As a member of the National Council of Ju­ Her goal, she said, is " to get children into tax dollars on parking garages and theater venile Court Judges, Judge Tracey secured permanent homes because if they don't have permanence in their life they can't learn as renovations. They are demanding an end to from the council the final funding needed to pork barrel spending. well in school, they don't develop self-con­ begin the Montgomery County CASA project. fidence and are not able to interact with This is not to say all of the projects on our The county now has 83 active volunteers. other children, thus preventing them from list have no merit. Many do have laudable pur­ Children who have a CASA tend to spend less realizing their potential." time in court and less time in the foster care She has two children of her own: Donna, 19, poses. But do they have as much merit as 1O a sophomore at Tulane University, and Dan, other projects which were never considered? system than those without a volunteer advo­ cate. The recognition and respect Judge Tra­ 21, a senior at the University of Southern We will never know because there was no California. cey has given to the program and its volun­ competitive bidding, no hearings, and no de­ She lives in Kendall with her children's teers has given CASA volunteers a sense of two dogs. bate on the relative merits of these projects. In the importance of their work. Gievers has been involved in two major these days of extremely limited budgetary re­ Children trust him, confide in him, and write cases involving pro bono work. sources, it is vitally important that funding de­ him letters. They sense his interest in their fu­ In October 1990, she filed a class-action suit to order the Department of Health and Reha­ cisions be based on merit, not on whether a ture well-being. On behalf of the children and bilitative Services to stop holding children project happens to be in the district of a pow­ others whose lives have been touched and in temporary foster care illegally, and to re­ erful Member of Congress. made better because of the work of Judge structure the state's foster-care program. Tracey, I thank him for his dedication, cour­ Children in need don't always have to be Our group does not claim to be infallible; age, and compassion. taken away from their families, nor should there are surely projects out there we ne­ case workers handle more than 15 children at glected to include. And, it may be that after any one time, Gievers said. further review, some of the projects which KAREN GIEVERS RECEIVES FLOR­ She said she wants to change the focus of IDA BAR AWARD FOR PRO BONO foster home care to get children " in perma­ were originally included in our list may prove nent places and homes," she said. to have actually passed the tests. I am sure WORK Gievers was also the court appointed cura­ we will be hearing from the sponsors of these tor for the estate of Ronnie DeSillers. HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN She stepped in to try to sort out the fi­ projects-I welcome their input into this proc­ nances after Ronnie's mother, Maria ess. OF FLORIDA DeSillers, was criticized by state regulators Our aim is to see that established congres­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for using money donated for her son's liver sional rules and procedures for appropriating Wednesday, February 26, 1992 transplants for a BMW, jewelry and rent for her apartment. Federal funds for specific projects are fol­ Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, Ms. She spent the money after Ronnie died of lowed. In light of the fact that this year the Karen Gievers, the president of the Dade liver failure. Federal deficit is expected to reach $401 bil­ County Bar Association, was recently chosen The job took more than 700 hours of free as one of 20 Florida lawyers to be honored for legal service, Gievers said. lion and we will spend $294 billion to service After paying Ronnie's medical bills, there our $4 trillion national debt, it is the least we their pro bono work. In addition to Ms. Gievers was $135 ,000 left in the fund. should be doing. duties with the Dade County Bar, she is the Gievers suggested that the money be do­ president of Operation Safe Drive and its lob­ nated to the Governor's Transplant Life-line byist at the Florida State Legislature. Despite For Children. 3642 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 I commend Ms. Gievers for her extraor­ and by providing State universities with wilder­ one needs help. He is still blessing lives, she dinary commitment to helping those in need in ness research grants. says. south Florida. It is fitting that she be honored Seventh, strengthening and defining the Son Thomas and his wife Aline are truly as she has by the Florida Bar Association. Her management of national forest special man­ good neighbors, and like good neighbors ev­ work is an inspiration to many others who agement areas such as national recreation erywhere are inspirations to us all. have the resources and talent to give back to areas, making them showcases that stand out Incidentally, the Thomas's have · two fine the community. from general national forest lands. sons. The older is Jim, an attorney in Savan­ Eighth, improving the management of the nah. The younger is LINDSAY, our esteemed Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, colleague in the House of Representatives. THE WILDERNESS MANAGEMENT the largest wilderl")ess in the lower 48 States, ACT by consolidating it from 6 national forests into 1 national forest and designating it the Na­ CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVER­ HON. BRUCE ~ VENTO tion's first all wilderness national forest. SARY OF THE NA VAL CONSTRUC­ OF MINNESOTA The debate over designating wilderness TION BATTALION CENTER IN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES often has been heated. Few, however, can ob­ DA VIS VILLE, RI Wednesday, February 26, 1992 ject to doing a better job of protecting the na­ Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, today I have in­ tional wilderness already designated. All HON. JACK REED troduced three bills, the National Forest Wil­ Americans, no matter what their environmental OF RHODE ISLAND derness Management Act, the National Parks politics, should support protecting the wilder­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ness system already in place. The American and Public Lands Wilderness Management Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Act, and the National Wildlife Refuge Wilder­ people worked hard and made sacrifices to Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in rec­ ness Management Act. Ever since the pas­ create this system. It deserves quality man­ ognition of the 50th anniversary of the Naval sage of the Wilderness Act of 1964, Congress agement. Construction Battalion Center [CBC] in has acted on a great many wilderness bills, Davisville, RI, and the return of the Seabee enlarging the National Wilderness Preserva­ "GOOD NEIGHBOR" SON THOMAS statue which stands in front of the center. tion System from 9.5 million acres 25 years CBC Davisville was established in 1942 as ago to over 95 million acres today. Those bills the Davisville Advanced Base Depot, the first focused on designating new wilderness areas. HON. J. ROY ROWLAND of its kind in the world. During World War II, The proposed Wilderness Management Acts I OF GEORGIA CBC Davisville was known as the home of the am introducing substantively deal with how IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Seabees, the name by which the proud men well we are taking care of existing wilderness Wednesday, February 26, 1992 and women of CBC Davisville have always areas. They would not designate a single new Mr. ROWLAND. Mr. Speaker, we live in an been known. acre of wilderness, but instead would be the age that often seems faster paced, less friend­ The spirit and skill of the Seabees carried first comprehensive legislation to strengthen ly, and more isolated from our neighbors than our country forward to victory during World the management programs that protect the when I was growing up. War II. Working under enemy fire, Seabees wilderness that we already have designated. But if you think neighborliness is a thing of built the airfields, and docks, and roads which Such legislation is urgently needed. Congres­ the past, I recommend that you read a series gave our marines and sailors the foundations sional O\tersight hearings and U.S. General of articles appearing regularly in the of victory. Accounting Office studies have determined Waycross, GA. Journal-Herald about special An example of the many projects that the that the condition of the National Wilderness people who truly deserve to be called good Seabees played a significant role in planning Preservation System is deteriorating. These neighbors. and supporting is Project Reindeer during investigations discovered that many wilder­ One of our citizens who was recently recog­ World War II. This project involved the con­ ness areas are suffering from erosion, polluted nized as a "good neighbor Sam" is Son struction of a U.S. naval communications facil­ lakes and streams, invasion of non-native spe­ Thomas of Patterson, GA. ity on the island of Diego Garcia, located in cies, unnecessary structures and improve­ For more than a half century, Mr. Thomas the middle of the Indian Ocean, which is some ments, garbage, air pollution, and violations of has reached out to help his neighbors, espe­ 11 ,000 miles from Davisville. wilderness laws and regulations. These im­ cially the young people who regularly found During the Vietnam conflict, an estimated pacts could be prevented or alleviated by bet­ his cotton gin and his side yard as welcome 8,000 packages of material a month were sent ter management. places to play and socialize. According to Mrs. from Davisville to locations all over the world. This legislation would strengthen the wilder­ ness management programs in the Forest Kitty Smith, who brought Mr. Thomas to the On June 25, 1971 , the Secretary of the Navy attention of the. Journal-Herald, he often joined recognized CBC Davisville's contributions with Service, the National Park Service, the Bureau the youngsters to keep down the fighting and the Meritorious Unit of Commendation. of Land Management, and the U.S. Fish and cussing and ended up taking the whole crowd Frank J. Iafrate, a native Rhode Islander, Wildlife Service which are the four Federal to the Patterson Pharmacy for cold drinks. The used a bee as the Seabee emblem to symbol­ agencies that manage America's wilderness Thomas method of youth development, she ize both the industriousness of the workers system. Its provisions include: First, creating a Director or Division Chief of says, has helped many good young people and the strength of their sting. The CBC Wilderness within the Washington head­ become good adults. Davisville Seabee holds tools to symbolize quarters of each agency to provide wilderness The story is told about two poor youngsters, workmanship, and a gun to symbolize military leadership. regulars around the cotton gin, who were re­ strength. Second, giving wilderness management its cruited by Mr. Thomas to help him with deliv­ Later, a statute of the Seabee, based on Mr. own budget lien item in the budgets of each eries, and who were always treated to a meal lafrates' insignia, was constructed in honor of agency along with measurable output targets on the way back. Years later, a well-dressed the men and women who served their Nation to prevent misuses that have been docu­ man approached Mr. Thomas, saying "you as Seabees. Over the years the Seabee stat­ mented with wilderness funding. don't remember me, but you kept my brother ue, which stands outside the CBC Davisville Third, establishing a national wilderness and me from starving when we were boys." base, has become an important Rhode Island monitoring system to measure the condition of Once, some 50 years ago, a next-door fire monument. the wilderness resource. threatened the home that Mrs. Smith and her In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Fourth, requiring that each wilderness have husband had just occupied. Mr. Thomas CBC Davisville, the Seabee statue was re­ a wilderness management plan within 2 years quickly took charge, she recalls, organizing stored and returned to the community of North of its designation. volunteers to move their belongings to safety Kingstown. The community's love of this Fifth, creating a national wilderness acad­ and then moving it all back in again after the monument was noted when the statue was re­ emy to train wilderness managers. danger had passed. She says Mr. Thomas still moved for this work and rumor spread that the Sixth, strengthening wilderness research by knows about his townspeople's good times Seabee was gone for good. I contacted the establishing a wilderness research institute and bad times and is available whenever any- Navy and I was assured that the Seabee stat- February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3643 ue will remain in North Kingstown as long as Berzsenyi, Bruce Johnson, Brent Thomason, Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our col­ the community desires. and Greg Norman, and is coached by Richard leagues, friends, and family in recognizing the Mr. Speaker, like all Rhode Islanders, I am Bracknell. dedication and service of an extraordinary saddened by the impending closure of CBC With the problems we currently face, it is re­ man, Harold "Hap" Harris. Hap's contributions Davisville. Many great men and women have freshing to see a group of young people think­ to both Congregation Emanu El and the com­ served as Seabees and, tomorrow, Rhode Is­ ing about real solutions. If they continue to put munity are certainly worthy of acknowledge­ landers gather to celebrate the return of the the same hard work and determination into ment by the House today. statue as well as the 50th anniversary of CBC their work that they showed in winning the Davisville. I know all my colleagues join me in State championship, I am very optimistic about saluting the work of these men and women what the future holds for this country. and the tradition of the Seabee. Again, congratulations to the Carrollton High SWEET ALICE HARRIS School Debate Team. We are all very proud of you. REAUTHORIZATION AND HON. MERVYN M. DYMAllY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1992 A TRIBUTE TO HAROLD C. "HAP" OF CALIFORNIA HON. DENNIS M. HERTEL HARRIS, JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JERRY LEWIS Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Wednesday, February 26, 1992 OF CALIFORNIA Mr. DYMALLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. HERTEL. Mr. Speaker, in this 20th anni­ tribute to Alice Harris of Watts, Los Angeles, versary since enactment of the National Ma­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 who has been cited by the President as his rine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I 703rd Daily Point of Life. Sweet Alice, as she Act of 1972, we are called upon to reauthorize would like to bring to your attention today the is affectionately called by all who know her, is title Ill of the act, which gives authority to the fine work and outstanding service of Harold far more than a point of light; far more than Secretary of Commerce to designate national "Hap" Harris. His dedication, humility, and just another star in a galaxy of good marine sanctuaries. The primary mission of love for his community and fellow man have smaritans. She is a source of light and energy the National Marine Sanctuary Program is to earned him the distinguished Rabbi Norman F. which burns brighter than a thousand Suns. preserve and restore areas of ocean, coastal Feldheym Award. This great honor is given The glow of her warmth has been a source of and Great Lakes waters for their unique quali­ annually to the most outstanding member of comfort and inspiration to all who have passed ties. the Congregation Emanu El who possesses through the portals of the Parents of Watts As we take on this task, we must look at the generous and compassionate attributes of [P.0.W.] which she founded more than a quar­ what history has taught us through the current Rabbi Feldheym. He will be recognized and ter of a century ago. site selection, evaluation, and designation honored for his devotion at a ceremony on Never one to forget the circumstances of process. May 16. her own youth, including having been a single Yesterday, I introduced H.R. 4310, a bill en­ Hap is a Redlands native, making his very teenage mother, she has reached out to trou­ titled the "National Marine Sanctuaries Reau­ first venture out of the Inland Empire to attend bled young people giving them the guidance thorization and Improvement Act of 1992." college at Dartmouth in New Hampshire. they have often lacked at home. She has built There, he was active in his fraternity, a mem­ This bill includes a number of provisions ad­ the capacity of P.0.W. to be there for those ber of the Reserve Officers Training Corps, dressing the central issues of our reauthoriza­ who seek the help of any of its 15 programs. and met his lovely wife, Holly. Upon gradua­ tion efforts, incorporates the suggestions of She has counseled bewildered and aban­ tion, Hap was given a commission as a sec­ hearing witnesses from November 7, 1991, doned pregnant young teenagers and has ond lieutenant in the U.S. Army Ordinance and serves as a vehicle for continuing reau­ connected them up with community organiza­ thorization discussions and markups. Corp. and served in the 182d Ordinance Bat­ tions who adopt them and help them to get On March 11, 1992, the Subcommittee on talion in Manheim, West Germany for 2 years. the emotional and medical support they need Oceanography, Great Lakes and the Outer Upon completion of his military obligation, to enable them to bear healthy children. Sweet Continental Shelf will hold a joint hearing with Hap returned to the United States, married Alice has shown herself tough enough to me­ the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Holly, and settled back in his home State. Im­ Conservation and the Environment to ensure mediately, he began his retail career and diate gang disputes and to persuade many of that reauthorization of the National Marine quickly moved into the family business, the their wayward members to return to school. Sanctuary Program gets underway. Additional Harris Co. Young people whom she helps are not mere thoughtful suggestions from the hearing will be Hap has been extremely active in the better­ temporary recipients of her attention. She be­ incorporated into H.R. 4310. ment of the communities that have supported comes a lifelong mentor. One of the most As we begin this process, I ask Members of Harris. He has been involved in everything amazing accomplishments of P.0.W. is the the House to review the summary and text of from arts to health care, symphonies to hos­ fact that most of the young people who partici­ the bill printed in yesterday's RECORD and co­ pitals. He has served on the boards of the pate in one its programs end up going on to sponsor H.R. 4310 as their endorsement that American Heart Association, advisory board of college. the National Marine Sanctuary Program de­ the Junior League, and as treasurer of Good­ The homeless, the unemployed, the drug serves our continued support. will Industries. Hap was also president and addicted-all are beneficiaries of Sweet Alice's cochair of the centennial observance of Con­ Parents of Watts programs which range from gregation Emanu El, chairman of the board of job training to language instruction. CONGRATULATIONS TO directors for St. Bernardine Medical Center In addition to P.O.W. Alice Harris has also CARROLLTON HIGH DEBATE TEAM and Foundation, and president of the Kiwanis founded the Black and Brown Committee Club. In addition, he is a member of the fol­ which has played such a vital role in promot­ lowing boards: General Mail Merchants Asso­ HON. NEWT GINGRICH ing harmony between blacks and Hispanics. OF GEORGIA ciation, the More Attractive Community Foun­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dation, Inland Action, United Way Advisory Mr. Speaker, Watts is indeed blessed to Board, and Riverside Plaza Merchants Asso­ have such a sterling citizen as Alice Harris. Wednesday, February 26, 1992 ciation. How much better off all of our communities Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I would like to The prestigious Rabbi Norman F. Feldheym would be if they had a Sweet Alice amongst take this opportunity to congratulate the Award will be presented in the spring as Con­ them. The President does well to honor her. Carrollton High School Debate Team which re­ gregation Emanu El celebrates its 101 st anni­ She has long been one of my favorite people. cently won the Georgia Class AAA Debate versary. In addition, the annual commemora­ Now all the Nation can know of her good Championship. The team consists of Jason tive journal will be dedicated to Hap. works. 3644 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 SAY NO TO FAST TRACK AN INTERNATIONAL At one point it appeared that the Organiza­ PEACEKEEPING FORCE FOR HAITI? tion of American States, which is trying to resolve Haiti's problems, might go so far as to send a military force to the island. That HON. JIM JONlZ HON. DOUG BEREUI'ER has not happened, and Haiti remains a di­ OF INDIANA OF NEBRASKA lemma. If the U.N. is going into the business IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not only of peacekeeping but of rehabilitat­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, February 26, 1992 ing sick nations, such ministrations could prove to be Haiti's only salvation. Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, in recent weeks the United Nations has undertaken Mr. JONTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ex­ major new peacekeeping responsibilities. In TRIBUTE TO DR. FLOYD press again my opposition to the consideration Yugoslavia, in El Salvador, and in Cambodia WOOLCOTT by Congress of a North American Free Trade the United Nations is using international Agreement, or any other trade agreement for peacekeepers to bring a halt to long-standing HON. DUNCAN HUNI'ER that matter, on the fast track. Once more this civil wars. These efforts finally offer the pros­ OF CALIFORNIA week we heard U.S. Trade Representative pect of stability to nations that have seen all IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Carla Hills say that a NAFT A would not result too much suffering. Wednesday, February 26, 1992 in a flow of jobs south of the border, but I am An editorial in the February 24, 1992, edi­ not convinced. Past events are probably a bet­ tion of Lincoln Journal suggests that such an Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, I wish to recog­ ter gauge of the future than optimistic projec­ international peacekeeping effort might also be nize Dr. Floyd Woolcott of Borrego Springs, tions by the administration, and past events appropriate for Haiti. The Organization of CA, on the occasion of his 20th consecutive year of practice in that community and the show jobs moving to Mexico. American States has apparently ruled out such an effort, but a U.N. operation may be 54th year in his medical career. Last year, just 2 weeks before this House At age 82, Dr. Woolcott still makes house exactly what is necessary. The Journal states: voted to extend fast track, United Tech­ calls. This is particularly significant since resi­ "If the U.N. is going into the business not only nologies closed an auto wire harness plant in of peacekeeping but of rehabilitating sick na­ dents in Borrego Valley, centered in the Wabash, IN, and put 550 people out of work. tions, such ministrations could prove to be 600,000 acre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Those jobs were moved to United Tech­ Haiti's only salvation." are isolated in a radius of 50 miles from trau­ nologies plants in Mexico. That same com­ Mr. Speaker, this body continues to focus ma care facilities. pany has also announced their intention to on the symptoms of Haitian instability-the The Borrego Springs population fluctuates between 3,000 during peak summer months to close yet another plant in Indiana, too. flood of immigrants. As this editorial correctly 8,500 in the winter months, a condition that notes, we would do well to pay more attention General Motors has this week announced makes it extremely difficult to encourage quali­ to the root causes. This Member commends the closing of 12 plants with 16,000 layoffs. fied medical practitioners to move their prac­ the Lincoln Journal editorial, entitled "In Haiti Part of GM's plan is to close their Moraine, tices to this community. as in Cambodia," to his colleagues: OH engine plant and consolidate it with a Dr. Woolcott arrived in Borrego Springs in plant in Mexico. [From the Lincoln Journal, Feb 24, 1992) November 1971 after 3112 years as a general IN HAITI AS IN CAMBODIA Surely, the attraction of Mexico for United practitioner in Fairbanks, AK. His time in Alas­ That's not a peacekeeping force the United States business is not Mexico's small ka was preceded by a 22-year practice in Nations is on the verge of sending to Cam­ Lake Oswego, OR. consumer market but its large labor pool work­ bodia. That's a government. ing for tow wages in unregulated and unsafe Secretary-General Boutros Bou tros-Ghali Dr. Woolcott, in a newspaper interview, work sites. has asked the Security Council to dispatch noted that he came to Borrego Springs as a more than 20,000 troops and administration transition into semiretirement, but it has never I believe, Mr. Speaker, that these recent to the Southeast Asian country to imple­ materialized. events portend a massive movement of high­ ment the peace agreement signed last fall. The only period when the physician can skill, high-paying jobs to Mexico if we agree to The council likely will OK most if not all of take time off is during the summer months a free trade agreement that does not protect his request this week. when winter visitors return home and the pop­ jobs at home. That is why I have introduced Clearly Cambodia will need some kind of ulation shrinks. "This is the only time I can risk impartial outside presence if it is to emerge legislation, H.R. 4269, which would take such from years of conflict to become a peaceful, taking some time off," he observes. an agreement off the fast track. If we are democratic and secure nation. Soldiers will Three years ago, even the summer months going to negotiate the lowering of trade bar­ have to be disarmed, elections monitored, re­ brought no respite. When the community's riers, we must do that with the goal of improv­ turning refugees dealt with. medical clinic was forced to close due to a ing our economy and retaining and creating The U.N. project, however, would go be­ loss of its parent organization, Dr. Woolcott, in good American jobs. yond that. Its team would run much of the conjunction with qualified personnel from the government, manage the police forces, fire department, assumed the responsibility of My bill would give the Congress adequate produce video tapes about the importance of providing emergency medical care throughout time to consider any proposed free trade human rights and even monitor the news media to make sure they perform fairly. the summer. agreement and all its ramifications by eliminat­ While he has since been joined by a medi­ ing the time constraints in the 1988 Trade Act. After a year or so, the nation presumably would be ready to go it alone. cal center staff of two doctors, two nurses, H.R. 4269 would also allow amendment in the In short, Cambodia would temporarily be and an administrative support staff, Dr. areas of labor and environmental standards, recolonized. Not by an imperial power, but Woolcott was the only medical representative rules of origin, dispute resolution, or trade ad­ by the world through the U.N. in Borrego Springs for most of the 20 years he justment assistance. The venture will be pretty much an experi­ has served the community. ment. If it's successful, the technique of re­ Among his many tasks as a doctor during Something as important to the well-being of colonization may be utilized elsewhere. the American people and the future of the One candidate for such attention comes that period of time, he has given injections to American economy as a North American Free immediately to mind: Haiti, the wretched race horses and intravenous solutions to in­ Trade Agreement should not be considered Caribbean nation that may be beyond gov­ jured coyotes. He even recalls a time when he under limitations of fast track. The fast track erning itself. Some knowledgeable about had to pull a sea captain's wisdom tooth in the hemispheric affairs have suggested that Hai­ procedure removes Congress as the elected absence of a dentist. ti's only hope is a form of recolonization. On April 10, 1992, residents in Borrego representatives of the American people from After years of dictatorship and corruption, Springs are expected to rally for the fourth its responsibility to assure that the agreements Haiti's politics are a mess, its economy near consecutive year, contributing to and partici­ a state of disaster, and its environment, too. negotiated by the administration are indeed in pating in the Woolcott Invitational Golf Tour­ the interest of the American people. Continued differences between Haiti's mili­ tary and exiled President Jean-Bertrand nament, a fund-raising effort that helps offset Mr. Speaker, my bill, H.R. 4269 would re­ Aristide cast serious doubt on the country's overhead operating costs of the medical cen­ store that authority to Congress. Thank you. future. ter. February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3645 Naming the annual benefrt in honor of Dr. plenishment of supplies and ammunition. ues of democracy and freedom and looked to Woolcott serves as a continuing tribute by the About 11 p.m., just before reaching Sunda the United States as the leader of the free na­ community to their country doctor. For the Straits at the western end of Java, Perth sight­ tions and peoples of the world. past 3 years and today as well, Dr. Woolcott ed and fired upon several Fubuki class Japa­ Unfortunately, the defeat of Nazi Germany has continued to play a large role in helping nese destroyers. Turning down into Bantam organize the fund-raising activities. At a time Bay, Houston and Perth found 55 transports and Japan gave way to the cold war. VOA when increasing numbers of Americans are already unloading troops and a running battle combated Communist disinformation about the forced to go without health insurance and ensued. United States by telling those behind the Iron health care costs continue to go through the Houston and Perth headed for the open sea Curtain about American values, institutions, roof, Dr. Floyd L. . Woolcott demonstrates what and found waiting for them 2 aircraft carriers, and U.S. foreign policy. In this way, VOA selfless devotion to professional-medical eth­ 4 cruisers, 13 destroyers, and an unknown played an important role in the collapse of ics can accomplish. number of torpedo boats. This superior Japa­ communism and the rise of democracy world­ Dr. Woolcott's example should provide nese group was fresh from victory, having wide. health professionals everywhere with the inspi­ lead the attack on Pearl Harbor the previous Now that the cold war is over, some people ration to rise above the current professional­ December. Despite the hopelessness of the economic-political problems that plague them situation, and despite being at the very end of are saying that we don't need VOA, that the at every turn and return to the business of car­ their amm·unition, the two cruisers took on the explosion of American culture and the spfead ing for people. superior Japanese force in the proudest of of democratic values around the world makes The occasion of Dr. Woolcott's 20th anniver­ naval tradition. So fierce was the battle put up VOA redundant and unnecessary. I strongly sary as the country doctor still making house by the Houston and Perth that, when question­ disagree. calls in Borrego Springs at age 82, commands ing the survivors the next day, the Japanese While the collapse of communism is a posi­ my deepest respect and admiration. I am did not believe them when they denied having tive development, it does not mean that the pleased to endorse the interest and efforts of battleships with them. citizens of the former Communist States now Borrego Springs residents as they engage in At about 11 :30 p.m., the Perth took her enjoy full access to accurate and objective self-help programs such as the fourth annual fourth torpedo and went down. Houston fought news and information. The media there are Woolcott Invitational Gold Tournament in re­ on until shortly after midnight on the morning sponse to the growing health care problems in of March 1, 1942, when she took her fourth still learning how to function as free media America. torpedo and lie dead in the water, out of am­ should. Furthermore, there are still many parts munition, firerooms and powder magazines on of the world where people are denied access fire, at the mercy of the Japanese. The Japa­ to objective news and information, particularly REMEMBRANCE OF U.S.S. nese formed a semicircle around Houston, China, Cuba, Iran, and Iraq. "HOUSTON" AND H.M.A.S. "PERTH" turned searchlights on, and blasted her until VOA not only provides objective news and she finally slid to her watery grave. information, it also educates its listeners about HON. ROBERT G. TORRICELLI Of the 1,065-man crew, only 368 were to U.S. foreign policy positions and endeavors, OF NEW JERSEY survive the sinking to be captured by the Jap­ plus American institutions and values. Al­ anese, many being machineguned in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES though certain private U.S. media organiza­ water during the night by torpedo boats. An Wednesday, February 26, 1992 additional 79 of the crew would die horrible tions, such as the Cable News Network and Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. Speaker, it is with deaths during their 31/2 years as prisoners of Time magazine, are developing a worldwide great respect and admiration that I address war of the cruel Japanese. The survivors were circulation, they cannot reach as large an au­ my colleagues in the House today, for I rise to used as slave labor in such places as Java, dience as ·voA can. Furthermore, while Amer­ ask that we remember the brave crews of the Singapore, Burma, Thailand, French Indo­ ican pop culture is certainly spread around the U.S.S. Houston and the H.M.A.S. Perth on the china, and Japan. Many worked on the infa­ globe, VOA can give foreign listeners a more occasion of the 50th anniversary of their sink­ mous Burma-Thai death railroad portrayed in indepth look at who and what we Americans ing. the movie "Bridge on the River Kwai." are. The U.S.S. Houston and the H.M.A.S. Perth Mr. Speaker, I am proud to join in paying In its December 1991 report, the President's were part of a fleet whose mission was to stop tribute to these brave men. They made the ul­ task force on U.S. Government International or slow down the Japanese who were advanc­ timate sacrifice for their country and should be ing southward through the South China Sea remembered on this most solemn occasion. Broadcasting recommended an expanded role and Maccassar Straits in the early spring of for VOA in our post-cold-war international 1942. Ships from many nations were put broadcasting policy. The task force believes under the command of the Dutch for this mis­ FIFTY YEARS OF THE VOICE OF that VOA needs the resources to speak with sion. On February 27, 1942, the largest naval AMERICA a stronger voice to the Middle East, Africa, battle since Jutland in World War I took place and Asia, and the capability to target specific in the Java Sea. At the end of over 7 hours HON. WM. S. BROOMAELD countries if necessary. VOA needs more fund­ of bitter fighting, the Japanese had sunk 13 of OF MICHIGAN ing, not less, for it to become a truly global the Allied ships leaving only the H.M.A.S. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES broadcaster, able to carry out new tasks. Perth, a light cruiser, and the U.S.S. Houston afloat. Houston and Perth were ordered to dis­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Finally, VOA is staffed by a great diversity engage the enemy, head for the western Java Mr. BROOMFIELD. Mr. Speaker, beginning of talented people from all over the world who port of Batavia, refuel, and proceed to the this week, the Voice of America [VOA] cele­ came to America because they believe in what southern port of Tjilatjap and evacuate Amer­ brates its 50th anniversary. Since its founding, this Nation stands for and are committed to ican troops from the island. VOA has played a vital role in promoting de­ seeing democracy take root in their former Arriving at Batavia during the early morning mocracy and freedom around the world. homelands. of February 28, the Houston and Perth found In February 1942, when VOA first began I am well aware that affairs programs ap­ the port in complete chaos. The Dutch had al­ broadcasting, it pledged to its listeners that it pear to be a luxury in these times of recession ready evacuated and hoses had to be jury­ would always tell the truth, whether good or and budget deficits. Nevertheless, the Voice of rigged to get only a portion of the fuel re­ bad. At first the news was mostly bad. The America, with a budget this year of around quired. Axis Powers controlled large portions of Eu­ Dutch air patrols reported no Japanese rope and East Asia, and the Allied forces were $280 million, is one of our most cost-effective naval activity within 250 miles, so Houston in retreat everywhere. But VOA stood out as instruments for furthering American foreign and Perth left Batavia in the early afternoon, a beacon of freedom and hope to those living policy goals and interests. I hope that the confident that they would be able to break under Axis occupation. When Allied forces Congress, when considering funding levels for through, evacuate the troops to Australia, and emerged victorious in 1945, people who had fiscal year 1993 programs, will give its full finally get much needed rest, repair, and re- lived under Axis occupation embraced the val- support to VOA. 3646 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 TRIBUTE TO LT. COL. PAUL Q. surance for up to 36 months to employees Mr. Szalay has been honored by several TENHET II ON HIS RETIREMENT who have been laid off or had their hours re­ American organizations. In 1985, the Air Force duced. Under these COBRA continuation pro­ and the Jewish War Veterans of Massachu­ HON. JAMFS V. HANSEN visions, the employee may have to pay the setts recognized his heroism. Letters or praise OF UTAH premium, but because the premium is based from various U.S. officials, including then-Vice IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on a group rate, it is usually much cheaper President George Bush, are on his family than the premium they would otherwise have room walls. But for the last 47 years, Miklos Wednesday, February 26, 1992 to pay for an individual health insurance pol­ Szalay's heroic deeds have been untold and Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to icy. unrewarded by his native Hungary. Finally, pay tribute to a dedicated Army officer and Unfortunately, if an employer files for bank­ last October, Hungarian President Arpad great American, Lt. Col. Paul Q. Tenhet II, ruptcy, in most instances the employer is ex­ Gonez awarded his with a medal and certifi­ who will retire this month from the service empt from the COBRA continuation provisions cate. Upon receiving the recognition Szalay after nearly 26 years. even though the employee would be respon­ declared, "We have a new government, and Since July 1987, Lieutenant Colonel Tenhet sible for the premuim. For example, former the new government's heart is in the right has been responsible for the preservation of employees of Midway Airlines not only lost place." law and order as the director of security at their jobs when their employer recently filed Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Tooele Army Depot, UT. His many duties have for bankruptcy' they also immediately lost their in saluting Miklos Szalay. Mr. Szalay makes included the coordination and supervision of health insurance. us all humble. We cannot help but ask our­ all law enforcement and base security, over­ My legislation would protect these employ­ selves whether, if the need ever arose, we sight of intelligence and personnel/classified ees. It would eliminate the exemption from would have the same courage and selfless­ information, crime prevention, physical secu­ COBRA continuation provisions for employers ness as Miklos Szalay. He serves as a lesson rity, and investigations. Through the years, he filing for bankruptcy. This means that employ­ to us all-in humanity, in compassion, and in has provided staff supervision and technical ees of a business that declares bankruptcy bravery. support for the subordinate depot activities se­ would be able to continue their group plan curity functions. health insurance. Lieutenant Colonel T enhet has no equal in LET'S LISTEN TO VICTIMS, NOT the area of security operations. Without ques­ CRIMINALS tion, he has set the highest standard of per­ TRIBUTE TO WORLD WAR II HERO sonal integrity and professional conduct. He MIKLOS SZALAY HON. TOM CAMPBEil has earned the admiration and respect of his OF CALIFORNIA subordinates through competent and direct HON. DICK SWETI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES personal example. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Wednesday, February 26, 1992 The officers and personnel at Tooele speak IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Speaker, highly of Lieutenant Colonel T enhet. They Wednesday, February 26, 1992 have told me that he is 100-percent reliable the House barely passed a crime bill several Mr. SWETI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and trustworthy. During his time there, he has weeks ago. The bill was clearly insufficient. pay tribute to Miklos Szalay, a man I am singlehandedly reshaped the security oper­ The courts~harged with interpreting the proud to call my constituent. The story of his ations of the entire depot complex into one of law-have curbed excessive death penalty liti­ wartime bravery has been hidden from the the finest in the entire Army. gation and ridiculous appeals based on tech­ One of the best examples of this is that, world for 47 years. But now, as the cold war nicalities. The President~harged with enforc­ retreats into the history books, his courage even though Tooele's security requirements ing the law-has proposed tough measures to and heroism is recognized even in his native have drastically increased in recent years due fight crime. But the leadership of the Con­ Hungary. to its chemical munitions demilitarization pro­ gress~harged with making new laws-has In October 1944, Sgt. Arnold Silverstein of gram, Lieutenant Colonel Tenhet streamlined tried to turn back the clock on the war against Baltimore was shot down over Hungary with the security force by 18 percent without com­ crime. his aircraft. Inside enemy territory the fate of promising security. The morale and training of Let's deal with just two issues, Mr. Speaker. this brave American Jew would have been his force has improved dramatically under his First, habeas corpus. No one denies that ac­ sealed had his Nazi pursuers caught up with tenure. In the process, he reduced operating cused persons deserve a full and fair adju­ him. Yet he · was able to elude his would-be costs by over $1.1 million, thereby helping the dication of their cases. But when repeated ap­ captors and stay hidden until April 1945. depot to remain competitive. peals clog our system, when Federal courts Clearly, he did not act alone. Clearly, some­ It is difficult, Mr. Speaker, to comment ade­ continually have to review fair trials, and when one was watching over him and protecting quately on an officer of Lt. Col. Paul T enhet's courts have to open up long-settled criminal him. That someone was Miklos Szalay and his caliber. He has given over 100 percent to the cases, our system of justice becomes a sys­ family, who sheltered and hid this American Army throughout his career. Lieutenant Colo­ tem of delaying justice. soldier for 6 months while Nazi troops scoured We should adopt the President's "full and nel Tenhet's time in the service has been a credit, not only to himself, but to Tooele Army the countryside for him. fair" adjudication standard. As Szalay has said, "My father didn't like Second, exclusionary rule reform. I have Depot and the entire U.S. Army. I wish him what the Germans did to the Jewish people. spoken about this before, but let me reiterate well in his future endeavors. He didn't like the war." Still, who was this that courts should not hog-tie police who act American to Miklos and his family? Why risk in good faith in warrantless searches. Let any­ GROUP HEALTH PLAN FOR BOTH the wrath of the Wehrmacht and the Nazi one who disagrees with me read United CURRENT AND FORMER EMPLOY­ troops who repeatedly came to the Szalay States versus De Leon Reyna, involving a EES OF AN EMPLOYER IN BANK­ farm, particularly during the initial 10-day in­ conscientious officer who caught a criminal RUPTCY PROCEEDINGS tensive search for Sergeant Silverstein? Later, with 1,200 pounds of cocaine. Let anyone who prompted by seeing Miklos wearing a shirt disagrees with me read Illinois versus HON. MAR1Y RU~ made by his stepmother out of parachute ma­ Rodriguez, in which police-acting in reason­ OF ILLINOIS terial, soldiers captured and tortured Miklos to able reliance on the testimony of a battered IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES force him to admit his family was harboring an and traumatized woman--arrested her enemy pilot. He denied it, enduring the torture attacker, who possessed cocaine. The Su­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 for the sake of a stranger. Thanks to Miklos preme Court allowed the evidence to be Mr. RUSSO. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ and his family, the American pilot survived. used-and we should make that approach ducing legislation to help prevent employees Nor was Sergeant Silverstein the only one part of our statutory law. Evidence obtained in from losing their health insurance when their rescued by Miklos and his family. In February good faith should be permitted to be used to employer files for bankruptcy. 1945, a Hungarian Jewish refugee, Julius convict criminals. Under current law, employers providing Kraus, escaped from a Nazi work camp and Mr. Speaker, the President asked us to health insurance are required to offer this in- also hid at their farm. pass a strong crime bill in the State of the February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3647 Union Address. Let's listen to victims, not savings from high risk infants. The expansion A TRIBUTE TO COL. ROBERT R. criminals. Let's follow the President and truly of the Medicaid Program to cover pregnant ZOGLMAN fight crime. women and their infants up to 135 percent of the Federal poverty level will certainly help to HON. JOHN P. MURlHA ensure more care for our neediest citizens. INTRODUCTION OF INF ANT OF PENNSYLVANIA MORTALITY AWARENESS DAY I hope this educational effort will make this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES year's Mother's Day a special day for our Na­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 tion's infants. The birth of healthy babies to HON. CLAUDE HARRIS healthy mothers should be the goal of all Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF ALABAMA Americans. inform the Congress of the imminent retire­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment of Col. Robert R. Zoglman, a truly out­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 standing soldier of the U.S. Army. Colonel Zoglman ftas served this Nation faithfully and Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ WlilTE RIVER VALLEY HIGH honorably for over 28 years. A native of Wis­ ducing a House joint resolution to designate SCHOOL consin, he enlisted in the Army and began his May 10, 1992 as "Infant Mortality Awareness Service in the Intelligence Corps. While serv­ Day." It is my hope that this commemorative ing in Japan he applied for Officer Candidate legislation will make more Americans aware of HON. FRANK McCLOSKEY School and was commissioned a second lieu­ our Nation's deplorable infant mortality rate. OF INDIANA tenant of artillery. During the next 10 years, he As a member of the Task Force on Infant served in a number of troop-leading assign­ Mortality in the House Sunbelt Caucus, I am IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments that took him to the Republic of Viet­ pleased to be the primary sponsor of legisla­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 nam, Fort Campbell, KY, Fort Sill, OK, and for tion to help our babies. This legislation is an 5 years to Germany. important part of the task force's goal to edu­ Mr. MCCLOSKEY. Mr. Speaker, I would like After a tour in Washington, Bob served as cate and inform the public about infant mortal­ to take this time to commend the efforts of Mr. a battalion executive officer in the Republic of ity. It is a special honor that the task force has Don Terrell's senior class at White River Val­ Korea and subsequently as the commander of chosen me to lead the drive for this com­ ley High School. During the 1991-92 school the 3d Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artil­ memoration. year, these 22 seniors have spent their week­ lery Regiment, 2d Armored Division, Fort This is the third time that I have sponsored ends volunteering their labor to improve their Hood, TX. Bob has served the last 6 years in this resolution. I am pleased to announce that community. the Washington area and for the last 4 years again this year, the rate for infant mortality for The program was initiated by Mr. Terrell in has been Chief of the Army Liaison Office to the United States has dropped again. For the hopes of easing the adjustment to a newer the Appropriations Committees. During that 1989, the infant mortality rate was 9.8 infant and larger school. What began in the teach­ time the Army has been well served by this deaths per 1,000 live births, down from 10.0 in er's senior English class as an extra credit outstanding soldier's actions. 1988. Every percentage point downward program soon expanded to all of his classes. He has been no small part of a great num­ means that we, as a nation, are succeeding in In the first year of the program, students vol­ ber of the historic actions that have faced our saving more children. unteered 135 hours of their time for commu­ country, not the least of which were Oper­ Nonetheless, the statistics about infant mor­ nity service. This year, they hope to double ations Just Cause and Desert Storm. On be­ tality are indeed sobering. It is expected that that output by donating 300 hours. half of the Congress and the Nation, I wish to more than 38,000 infants will likely die this Some of their activities have included work­ express my thanks to Colonel Zoglman and year before their first birthday. Each death ing in the Monroe County Community Kitchen, his family and wish him the best as he em­ represents a personal tragedy for one family. assisting the Greene County Shrine Club and barks on a new career. In addition, the international ranking of the helping citizens with mental disabilties in United States on infant mortality has declined Bloomington. Last fall, these young men and from sixth in the 1950's to 24th in 1989. While TRIBUTE TO NATIONAL FOOTBALL women cleaned yards for the area's senior other nations have improved their standing, FOUNDATION SACRAMENTO VAL­ citizens, donating over 50 hours of their time the United States has fallen farther behind. LEY CHAPTER'S SCHOLAR ATH­ for senior citizens in and around Worthington. When I first came to Congress, my home LETES OF THE YEAR At Christmas, the students launched a food State of Alabama had one of the highest infant drive that ultimately donated 500 items to the mortality rates in our country. Today, with the area Salvation Army. This spring, the students HON. ROBERT T. MATSUI help of dedicated individuals, Alabama's rate will return to the Monroe County Community OF CALIFORNIA is much lower. I would like to especially com­ Kitchen and will be visiting an area nursing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mend the efforts of Dr. Sandral Hullett and her home and attempt to establish a reading pro­ staff at West Alabama Health Services in Wednesday, February 26, 1992 gram with the patients. Greene County, AL for a job well done. I be­ Mr. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lieve we need to redouble our efforts to en­ Furthermore, these students have come pay tribute to 1O high school and 3 college sure that fewer babies die. from many different backgrounds-some are members of the Sacramento community upon One of the most promising solutions may be members of the National Honor Society, one their acceptance as this year's National Foot­ the Federal involvement in a new idea called is married, one lives independently, and many ball Foundation Sacramento Valley Chapter's the "Healthy Start Program." Birmingham, AL are from broken homes. And because White Scholar Athletes of the year. These outstand­ was recently chosen as a test site for the pro­ River Valley High is the consolidation of three ing individuals deserve to be recognized for gram. The idea of the initiative is to con­ rural schools, some students have travelled their dedication to the pursuit of excellence not centrate Federal resources in either a rural or over 30 miles to participate in the program. only in their sport but also in their academic urban setting where infant mortality rates are Despite these personal and geographical ob­ undertakings. more than twice the national average. It is stacles, these students have continued to This ceremony will recognize the achieve­ hoped that this increased funding will succeed make a difference in the lives of others. ments of a very elite group of outstanding stu­ in getting expectant mothers to seek prenatal In a time when our Nation's students are dent athletes in the Sacramento Valley area. treatment early during their pregnancy. threatened by the increase in schoolyard vio­ The 3 college students: Jason Edwards, Uni­ Finally, our Nation needs to ensure that lence and substance abuse, the work of the versity of the Pacific; Eric Palmberg, California healthy babies are a priority. For every dollar seniors at White River Valley High should State University, Sacramento; Michael Shep­ spent on prenatal care on high risk mothers, serve as an indication of the promise our Na­ herd, University of California, Davis; along with there can be a savings of more than $3. In tion's youth possesses, and the greatness the 1O high school students: Eric Belding, many cases the initial investment by the State they can achieve. We should applaud these Bear River High School; Byron Deeter, El Ca­ and Federal Government can be expensive. efforts, and wish them continued success in mino High School; Eric Frostad, Roseville However, providing preventive care can yield the future. High School; Tim Griffin, Jesuit High School; 3648 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 James Kidd, Elk Grove High School; Brian INTRODUCTION OF THE BREAST­ creased significantly. However, past breast­ Marlette, Oak Ridge High School; Joe FEEDING PROMOTION ACT OF feeding promotion activities have concentrated McKeen, Cordova High School; Zachary 1992 primarily on professional and paraprofessional Stassi, Jesuit High School; Mike Stathem, Del training in lactation management skills, and on Campo High School; Joseph Tanner, River HON. SUSAN MOLINARI individual counseling. One of the key issues City High School; and Eric Tennison, Roseville OF NEW YORK about breastfeeding is that it is often mis­ High School are to be congratulated for their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES understood and perceived as being socially outstanding achievements. It is through their unacceptable. A national media campaign commitment and skill that these individuals Wednesday, February 26, 1992 would help to counter some of those negative have made significant contributions to the en­ Ms. MOLINARI. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleas­ perceptions. tire Sacramento community. ure today to introduce the Breastfeeding Pro­ The purpose of the campaign is to increase Mr. Speaker, I commend the 1992 scholar­ motion Act of 1992. The bill I am introducing awareness of, and knowledge about, breast­ athletes for their many accomplishments. I am will authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to feeding as the preferred method of infant feed­ sure that my colleagues join me in saluting utilize private funding to conduct a national ing among the general public; to foster the these invaluable members of the National campaign and educational program on creation of a positive public climate with re­ Football Foundation and Hall of Fame for their breastfeeding. The conduct of the national spect to the acceptability of breastfeeding; to expertise and their sportsmanship. It is campaign will depend upon an infusion of increase awareness of health providers, pol­ through their hard work and sacrifice that funds and in-kind contributions from the pri­ icymakers, employers, educators, and commu­ these young men have met the challenge of vate sector. nity groups of ways in which they can promote excelling in two different environments head­ This campaign is appropriately coordinated breastfeeding; and to foster the creation of in­ on. I extend my best wishes for their contin­ by the Secretary of Agriculture as he admin­ stitutional mechanisms to continue ued success in all their future endeavors. isters the special Supplemental Food Program breastfeeding promotion at the State and local for Women, Infants and Children [WIC]. Along levels after the campaign ends. with most of my colleagues in the House, I Mr. Speaker, I ask for the support from all have been a strong supporter of the WIC Pro­ my colleagues for the swift passage of this im­ REQUEST FOR COSPONSORS OF gram. WIC has proven to be a cost-effective portant legislation. RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING 1992 program that provides supplemental foods and nutrition education to low-income pregnant, AS COLUMBIA RIVER BICENTEN­ RECOGNIZING !MAD BABA OF NIAL YEAR postpartum, and breastfeeding women, in­ fants, and young children up to 5 years of age HUMBLE, TX who are found to be at nutritional risk. HON. ~ AuCOIN Passage of the Breastfeeding Promotion Act HON. JACK f1ELDS is an important step toward reaching our na­ OF TEXAS OF OREGON tional health goals. As you know, breast­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES feeding is the most convenient, economical, Wednesday, February 26, 1992 and beneficial way of feeding infants. It pro­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Mr. FIELDS. Mr. Speaker, Parade magazine vides benefits for both the physica~ and emo­ recently announced its all-America high school tional health of infants as well as their moth­ Mr. AUCOIN. Mr. Speaker, in this year of soccer team, and I am pleased that an out­ the Quincentennial of Christopher Columbus's ers. The benefits for infants include protection standing young man living in my congressional voyages, many of us may not realize that district-tmad Baba-was again named to that some of us here today might be sitting in Par­ from ear infections, diarrhea, and respiratory illnesses through the immunologic properties team. liament in Ottawa were it not for the 17th cen­ lmad, a midfielder on Humble High School's of breastmilk. Breastmilk is also the most com­ tury Yankee merchant seaman, Capt. Robert soccer team, is only a high school junior-and plete and most easily digestible source of nu­ Gray. yet, this year was the third consecutive year in trition for infants During negotiations between Great Britain which he was named to Parade's all-America The benefits for mothers include enhanced and the United States over settlement of the high school soccer team. And in fact, tmad self-esteem, more rapid postpartum recovery, boundary dispute between the United States was named not only to the magazine's all­ and the creation of a special bond between and Canada, Captain Gray's charts of his voy­ America team, he was named Parade's player mother and infant. Breastfeeding is also con­ age up the Great River of the West-a river of the year. If, as we all hope, lmad is named venient because it requires no heating, mixing, he named after his ship the Columbia in to the magazine's all-America team next year, or sterilization, and is less expensive than bot­ 1792--provided a powerful argument for the he will be the first athlete ever to be named American claim to the Pacific Northwest. We tle feeding. The Surgeon General and the leaders of the to a Parade all-America high school team 4 won, and today the National Government of major health professional organizations have years in a row. the old Oregon Country sits in Washington, In an article published in a recent issue of all endorsed breastfeeding as the preferred DC as we do. Parade magazine, lmad's soccer coach, method of infant feeding. Captain Gray, sailing out of Boston, was not Despite the advantages, only 54 percent of Lanny Morton, was quoted as saying: only the first American to carry the U.S. flag U.S. mothers in the general population were What makes Imad such a great player­ more than his technical skill with the ball­ around the world. He was the first to cross the breastfeeding at hospital discharge, and 21 hazardous Columbia River bar on May 11, is his uncanny field sense. He knows what's percent were breastfeeding at 5 to 6 months going on all the time: Where the opponent is 1792. This epochal event merits national ob­ of age in 1988. The rates are even lower for weak, where to exploit the defense, where his servance of its bicentennial year. Captain WIC mothers. The current target for the U.S. teammates are located. This ability led to Gray's sailing is a significant part of our na­ population, as recently stated by the Surgeon his scoring half of our total goal production tional historic heritage and has too tong been General as one of her objectives for the year last year, when he was a sophomore. neglected in our legacy of publicly recognized 2000, is to increase to at least 75 percent the Parade pointed out that this is why lmad turning points that made this Nation what it is proportion of mothers who breastfeed their ba­ was voted the most valuable offensive player today. bies in the early postpartum period, and in­ in his district last year by opposing coaches. As a member of the Pacific Northwest dele­ crease to at least 50 percent the proportion Mr. Speaker, let me say that I am doubly gation sponsoring this legislation, I cordially in­ who continue breastfeeding until their babies pleased with the richly deserved recognition vite my colleagues to join us in recognizing are 5 to 6 months old. that has been accorded to tmad because not this historic event by becoming co-sponsors of The reasons why women do not breastfeed only does he reside in my congressional dis­ our Joint Resolution requesting the President are varied, but experience from past or ongo­ trict, he also attends my alma mater-Humble proclaim 1992 as Columbia River Bicentennial ing breastfeeding promotion activities in sev­ High School. Year and May 11, 1992 as Captain Robert eral States has demonstrated that breast­ I appreciate this opportunity, Mr. Speaker, to Gray Day. feeding initiation and duration can be in- salute this amazing young man, and I know February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3649 that you and all of my colleagues join with me tion of studying medicine, but in 1932 he de­ 1977, calls for establishment of a sys­ in wishing him continued success, both in the cided to dedicate his life to the church. tem for a computerized schedule of all classroom as well as on the soccer field, in On February 5, 1933, Manuel Sanchez re­ meetings and hearings of Senate com­ the coming year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. ceived the blessing of funding and pasturing mittees, subcommittees, joint commit­ the Spanish Pentecostal Church. From this tees, and committees of conference. church, which later became the Antioch Pente­ This title requires all such committees IN RECOGNITION OF ROBERT W. costal Church, many prominent ministers re­ MASHBURN, PROGRESSIVE ceived their inspiration. Reverend Sanchez to notify the Office of the Senate Daily FARMER'S 1992 MAN OF THE served his church ministry for 56 illustrious Digest-designated by the Rules Com­ YEAR IN SERVICE TO MIS­ years and led it with an unsurpassed love and mittee-of the time, place, and purpose SISSIPPI AGRICULTURE devotion. of the meetings, when scheduled, and In addition to his labor in his own church any cancellations or changes in the HON. MIKE PARKER ministry, Reverend Sanchez dedicated himself meetings as they occur. OF MISSISSIPPI to the founding of the Spanish Eastern District As an additional procedure along IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the Assemblies of God. Adopting the idea with the computerization of this infor­ of "Sweet Fellowship" as his motto, Reverend Wednesday, February 26, 1992 Sanchez practiced what he preached in his re­ mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Mr. PARKER. Mr. Speaker, today I stand in lationships with his fellow ministers. Reverend Digest will prepare this information for the Halls of Congress, in the people's Cham­ Sanchez served as the president of the Span­ printing in the Extensions of Remarks ber, to speak in honor of a great citizen of my ish Eastern District and was the great pioneer section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD State, Robert W. Mashburn. in enabling it to grow to what it is today. on Monday and Wednesday of each Robert Mashburn is a true gentleman farmer Despite the great efforts Reverend Sanchez week. whose love of the land is reflected in his devo­ devoted to the Spanish Eastern District, when tion to its protection. He actually works the Meetings scheduled for Thursday, his obligations would have required he leave February 27, 1992, may be found in the land in his operation of a model family farm in Antioch Pentecostal Church to devote full time Bolton, MS. Robert is widely recognized as to the council, his dedication to Antioch pre­ Daily Digest of today's RECORD. one of Mississippi's best conservation farmers. vailed. Reverend Sanchez's tremendous love He is a pioneer in the production of low-tillage for Antioch made this an easy choice. MEETINGS SCHEDULED cotton, which greatly enhances the productivity In March 1986, Reverend Sanchez retired of erodible land. He carefully follows a con­ and was awarded the title of "Pastor Emeri­ FEBRUARY28 servation plan in maximizing the yield from tus." He died on October 24, 1991, leaving 9:00 a.m. sloping, highly erodible land. He has made behind Antioch as a memory of his accom­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation substantial investment in his farmland, includ­ plishments. Today it is clear that the lessons Communications Subcommittee ing miles of terraces and other water-retention of his life of good deeds and devotion to the To hold hearings on S. 1200, to establish a goal for the development of a nation­ structures, in an honest cultivation of the soil. church are carried on by the leadership of Robert has been active in numerous profes­ wide broadband communications sys­ Rev. Manuel A. Alvarez. tem by the year 2015, to promote the ef­ sional farming organizations. He served as I am proud to recognize the memory of Rev­ ficient deployment of technologies ca­ president of the Mississippi Soybean Associa­ erend Sanchez before my colleagues and fel­ pable of supporting multiple commu­ tion and is active with the American Soybean low citizens. nications uses, and to permit local Association. He was president of the county telephone companies to provide video farm bureau and works with the Mississippi programming, subject to specified anti­ and American Farm Bureau. He is also in­ TRIBUTE TO MR. ERIC ROBERT monopoly safeguards, and related is- volved with the Southern Cotton Ginners As­ GREITENS sues. sociation, the National Cotton Council, and the SR-253 9:30 a.m. Mississippi Cattlemen's Association. He was, HON. WIWAM (Bill) CLAY Armed Services in addition to this year's honor, named Mis­ OF MISSOURI To hold hearings on inventory manage­ sissippi Farmer of the Year for 1991 by the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment in the Department of Defense. Mississippi Agri-News Network. SD-192 It is indeed a pleasure and an honor to rec­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 10:00 a.m. ognize the achievements of Robert W. Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, I wish to acknowl­ Finance Mashburn. Please join with me in extending edge an outstanding young man in the First Social Security and Family Policy Sub­ congratulations to this honored citizen of Mis­ Congressional District of Missouri, Mr. Eric committee To hold hearings on alleged illegal intru­ sissippi. Robert Greitens, a student at Parkway North sions into personal Social Security High School in St. Louis, MO. records. Eric has been selected as a regional recipi­ SD-215 A TRIBUTE TO REV. MANUEL T. ent of the sixth annual Amateur Athletic Unioni Foreign Relations SANCHEZ Mars Milky Way High School All-American To resume hearings to examine the stra­ Award, which recognizes four young men and tegic nuclear reduction in a post-cold HON. STEPHEN J. SOLARZ four young women for their exceptional scho­ war world. SD-419 OF NEW YORK lastic, athletic and community service achieve­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments. Eric was chosen from over 13,000 high MARCH2 school seniors nominated nationwide. As a re­ Wednesday, February 26, 1992 2:00 p.m. gional recipient, Eric will be awarded a Armed Services Mr. SOLARZ. Mr. Speaker, only on a rare $10,000 scholarship to the college of his To hold hearings on military strategy, occasion do I rise to pay tribute to any one in­ choice from M&M/Mars. roles and missions, and United States dividual. But in regard to Rev. Manuel T. In recognition of his academic excellence, force levels for Europe. Sanchez, I do so without any hesitation. I am discipline and dedication, I enter the name of SD-192 proud take this opportunity to take the floor to Eric Robert Greitens into the CONGRESSIONAL Foreign Relations say a few words about Rev. Manuel T. RECORD as one of the outstanding young men To hold hearings on the nominations of Sanchez and his life's labor at the Antioch and future leaders of America. Robert C. Frasure, of West Virginia, to Pentecostal Church. be Ambassador to Estonia, Darryl Nor­ man Johnson, of Washington, to be Manuel Sanchez was born in Puerto Rico SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS Ambassador to Lithuania, and Ints M. on February 25, 1907. His faithful wife Pilar Silins, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to and he were blessed with 15 children. In 1927 Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, Latvia. he traveled to the United States with the inten- agreed to by the Senate on February 4, SD-419 3650 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 MARCH3 on Technology and National Security Environment and Public Works 9:00 a.m. on the overall competitiveness of the Environmental Protection Subcommittee Appropriations U.S. economy. To hold hearings on proposed legislation Defense Subcommittee SD-538 authorizing funds for the Resource To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Joint Economic Conservation and Recovery Act, focus­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ Technology and National Security Sub­ ing on recycling provisions. partment of Defense, focusing on Navy committee SD-406 posture, and Marine Corps posture. To hold joint hearings with the Commit­ Veterans' Affairs SD-192 tee on Banking, Housing, and Urban To hold joint hearings with the House 9:30 a.m. Affairs on the overall competitiveness Committee on Veterans' Affairs to re­ Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the U.S. economy. view the legislative recommendations To hold oversight hearings on the imple­ SD-538 of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, mentation of the national school lunch 10:00 a.m. the Blinded Veterans of America, WWI program. Environment and Public Works Veterans, Military Order of the Purple SR-332 Water Resources, Transportation, and In­ Veterans' Affairs Heart, Association of the United States frastructure Subcommittee Army, Retired Officers Association, To hold joint hearings with the House To hold hearings to examine water re­ Committee on Veterans' Affairs to re­ and Vietnam Veterans of America. sources infrastructure needs and im­ 345 Cannon Building view the legislative recommendations pacts. of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. 10:00 a.m. SD-406 Appropriations 345 Cannon Building Foreign Relations Special on Aging Business meeting, to mark up S. Con. Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary To hold ' hearings to examine the effects Res. 70, to express U.S. support for the Subcommittee of fuel assistance and housing reduc­ protection of the African elephant, S. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tions on the elderly. Con. Res. 80, concerning democratic timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ SD--628 changes in Zaire, S. Con. Res. 89, con­ partment of State. 10:00 a.m. cerning the United Nations Conference S-146, Capitol Appropriations on Environment and Development, to Appropriations Agriculture and Related Agencies Sub­ consider the International Covenant on Transportation Subcommittee committee To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Civil and Political Rights (Ex. E, 95th Congress, 2nd Session), and pending timates for fiscal year 1993 for the timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ Interstate Commerce Commission, and partment of Agriculture, focusing on nominations. SD-419 the Office of Inspector General. the Agricultural Research Service, the SD-138 Cooperative State Research Service, Labor and Human Resources To hold hearings to examine comprehen­ Foreign Relations and the Extension Service. To resume hearings on strategic nuclear SD-138 sive health reform proposals. Finance SD-430 reduction in a post-cold war world, fo­ Business meeting, to mark up proposed Joint Economic cusing on arms control. legislation to encourage economic To hold hearings to examine United SD-419 growth and recovery. States agricultural competitiveness Joint Economic SD-215 and how current trade talks might af­ To hold hearings to examine new ap­ Foreign Relations fect the farm industry. proaches to restructure the public sec­ To resume hearings on strategic nuclear B-352 Rayburn Building tor to deliver more for less. reduction in a post-cold war world, fo­ 2:00 p.m. 2359 Rayburn Building cusing on the future of arms control. Armed Services 2:00 p.m. SD-419 To hold hearings on proposed legislation Appropriations Joint Economic authorizing funds for fiscal year 1993 VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ To resume hearings to examine the 1992 for the Department of Defense and the committee economic report of the President and future year defense plan, focusing on To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ the nation's economic outlook. the unified commands military strat­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the SD-G50 egy and operational requirements. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2:00 p.m. SR-222 the Office of Consumer Affairs, and the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Foreign Relations Consumer Information Center. Communications Subcommittee European Affairs Subcommittee SD-116 To hold hearings on S. 1101, to require To hold hearings to examine U.S. policy Energy and Natural Resources the Federal Communications Commis­ toward Yugoslavia. Public Lands, National Parks and Forests sion (FCC) to prescribe standards for SD-419 Subcommittee AM stereo radio broadcasting, an FCC Select on Intelligence To resume hearings on S. 1755, to reform rulemaking proposal relating to radio To resume hearings on S. 2198, to reorga­ the concessions policies of the National ownership rules, and other related is- nize the United States intelligence Park Service. sues. community to provide for the improved SR-253 management and execution of United SD-366 Select on Intelligence 2:30 p.m. States intelligence activities. Appropriations SH-216 To hold hearings on the nomination of Foreign Operations Subcommittee Vice Adm. William 0. Studeman, U.S. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ MARCH5 Navy, to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, and to have the rank of timates for fiscal year 1993 for foreign 9:00 a.m. assistance, focusing on multilateral de­ Admiral while so serving. Appropriations SH-216 velopment banks. Defense Subcommittee SD-138 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ MARCH6 Energy and Natural Resources timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ Public Lands, National Parks and Forests partment of Defense, focusing on Army 9:30 a.m. Subcommittee posture. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry To hold hearings on S. 1755, to reform the SD-192 Agricultural Research and General Legis­ concessions policies of the National 9:30a.m. lation Subcommittee Park Service. Armed Services To hold hearings on the alternative uses SD-366 To continue hearings on proposed legisla­ of agricultural commodities, focusing tion authorizing funds for fiscal year on impediments to commercialization. MARCH4 1993 for the Department of Defense and SR-332 9:30 a.m. the future year defense plan, focusing Joint Economic Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the unified commands military To hold hearings on the employment-un­ To hold joint hearings with the Joint strategy and operational requirements. employment situation for February. Economic Committee's Subcommittee SR-222 SD--62.8 February 26, 1992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3651 MARCH 17 tion, and the National Credit Union eral Deposit Insurance Corporation, 9:30 a.m. Administration. and the Resolution Trust Corporation. Commerce, Science, and Transportation SD-116 SD-116 Science, Technology, and Space Sub­ Select on Indian Affairs 10:00 a.m. committee To hold hearings on S. 1752, to provide Appropriations To hold hearings to examine an overview for the development, enhancement, and Transportation Subcommittee of NASA's budget for fiscal year 1993. recognition of Indian tribal courts. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SR-253 SR-485 timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Na­ 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. tional Transportation Safety Board. Appropriations Appropriations SD-138 Agriculture and Related Agencies Sub­ Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary committee Subcommittee APRIL 3 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 10:00 a.m. timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Fed­ Appropriations partment of Agriculture, focusing on eral Communications Commission, and Agriculture and Related Agencies Sub­ the Food and Nutrition Service, and the Securities and Exchange Commis- committee the Human Nutrition Information sion. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Service. S-146, Capitol timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ SD-138 Appropriations partment of Agriculture, focusing on Transportation Subcommittee the Agricultural Stabilization and Con­ MARCH18 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ servation Service, the Foreign Agricul­ 9:30 a.m. timates for fiscal year 1992 for the Na­ tural Service, the General Sales Man­ Commerce, Science, and Transportation tional Highway Traffic Safety Admin­ ager, and the Soil Conservation Serv­ Science, Technology, and Space Sub­ istration, and the Research and Special ice. committee Programs Administration, both of the SD-138 To hold hearings to examine NASA's Department of Transportation. space station and launch issues. SD-138 APRIL7 SR-253 10:00 a.m. Select on Indian Affairs MARCH26 Appropriations To resume oversight hearings on the im­ 9:30 a.m. Agriculture and Related Agencies Sub­ plementation of the Indian Gaming Appropriations committee Regulatory Act (IGRA). VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SH-216 committee timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ partment of Agriculture, focusing on MARCH 19 timates for fiscal year 1993 for the En­ the Commodity Futures Trading Com­ 9:30 a.m. vironmental Protection Agency, and mission, the Food and Drug Adminis­ Appropriations the Council on Environmental Quality. tration, the Farm Credit Administra­ VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ SD-G50 tion, and the Farm Credit System As­ committee Commerce, Science, and Transportation sistance Board. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Consumer Subcommittee SD-138 timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Na­ To hold hearings on S. 664, to require Appropriations tional Science Foundation, and the Of­ that health warnings be included in al­ Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary fice of Science Technology Policy. coholic beverage advertisements. Subcommittee SD-124 SR-253 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 10:00 a.m. timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Fed­ Appropriations MARCH27 eral Bureau of Investigation, and the Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Drug Enforcement Administration, De­ Subcommittee 10:00 a.m. partment of Justice. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Appropriations S-146, Capitol timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ Agriculture and Related Agencies Sub­ partment of Justice. committee APRIL 8 S-146, Capitol To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ 9:30 a.m. Appropriations Veterans' Affairs Transportation Subcommittee partment of Agriculture, focusing on the Animal and Plant Inspection Serv­ To hold joint hearings with the House To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Committee on Veterans' Affairs to re­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Fed­ ice, the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the Agricultural Market­ view the legislative recommendations eral Highway Administration, Depart­ of the AMVETs, American Ex-POWs, ment of Transportation. ing Service. SD-138 Jewish War Veterans, Non-Commis­ SD-138 sioned Officers Association, National Association for Uniformed Services, MARCH20 APRIL 1 and Society of Military Widows. 10:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. SD-106 Appropriations Select on Indian Affairs Agriculture and Related Agencies Sub­ To hold hearings on proposed legislation APRIL 9 to authorize funds for programs of the committee 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Appropriations timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ SR-485 VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ partment of Agriculture, focusing on 10:00 a .m. committee the Farmers Home Administration, the Appropriations To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Na­ the Rural Electrification Administra­ Subcommittee tional Aeronautics and Space Adminis- . tion, and the Rural Development Ad­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ tration. ministration. timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ SD-G50 SD-138 partment of Commerce. 10:00 a.m. S-146, Capitol Appropriations MARCH25 Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary 9:30 a.m. APRIL 2 Subcommittee Appropriations 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ Appropriations timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Na­ committee VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ committee ministration, and the Small Business timates for fiscal year 1993 for the To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Administration. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora- timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Fed- S-146, Capitol 3652 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS February 26, 1992 Appropriations MAY7 MAY21 Transportation Subcommittee 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ Appropriations Appropriations timates for fiscal year 1993 for Amtrak, VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ and the Federal Railroad Administra­ committee committee tion, Department of Transportation. To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ SD-138 timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Na­ partment of Veterans Affairs, and the tional Community Service, and the APRIL 29 Court of Veterans Affairs. Points of Light Foundation. SD-116 10:00 a.m. SD-J24 Appropriations 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Appropriations Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee Subcommittee Transportation Subcommittee To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Gen­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the U.S. timates for fiscal year 1993 for the U.S. eral Accounting Office. Information Agency, and the Board for Coast Guard, Department of Transpor­ SD-138 International Broadcasting. tation. S-146, Capitol SD-138 MAY22 9:30 a.m. APRIL 30 MAY14 Appropriations 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ Appropriations Appropriations committee VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Sub­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ committee committee timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ partment of Housing and Urban Devel­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the De­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Fed­ opment and certain related agencies. partment of Housing and Urban Devel­ eral Emergency Management Agency. SD-138 opment. SD-124 SD-G50 10:00 a.m. POSTPONEMENTS 10:00 a.m. Appropriations Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee Transportation Subcommittee To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ FEBRUARY27 To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Fed­ 10:00 a.m. timates for fiscal year 1993 for the Fed­ eral Aviation Administration, Depart­ Environment and Public Works eral Transit Agency, and the Washing­ ment of Transportation. To hold hearings on the President's pro­ ton Metropolitan Area Transit Author­ SD-138 posed budget request for fiscal year ity. 1993 for the Environmental Protection Agency. SD-138 SD-406