December 21, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S19107 Rev. FRED KAMMER, S.J., saying, ‘‘What are the priorities of this worked on the welfare bill since he has President, Catholic country?’’ We are going to decide. become chairman. Charities USA. The priorities of this country are For the benefit of the staff here, I am Commissioner KENNETH L. that we want to help people who need a going to do the wrap-up and then pro- HODDER, National Commander, transition for a temporary period, and ceed with my remarks after the wrap- The Salvation Army. that is what this bill does. Can people up. PREME MATHAI-DAVIS, stay on welfare if they are able-bodied f Executive Director, and do not have young children under YWCA of the U.S.A. 6? They cannot do it forever. No, they MORNING BUSINESS Mr. MOYNIHAN. I reserve the re- cannot. They cannot stay on it genera- Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I mainder of my time as I believe we are tion to generation. They have to work ask unanimous consent that there now going to try to go to a concluding after 2 years and they have a lifetime be a period for the transaction of morn- measure here. limitation of 5 years. ing business. Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, first, I What does that tell working people of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without yield 5 minutes to the distinguished this country, especially the working objection, it is so ordered. Senator from Texas. poor? It says there is an incentive for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- you to do what is right. No longer are f ator from Texas is recognized. you going to have to support people THE BAD DEBT BOXSCORE Mrs. HUTCHISON. Thank you, Mr. who can work but will not. If you can Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, as of the President. I thank the distinguished work and do, if you consider it a privi- close of business yesterday, December chairman of the committee for the lege to work and contribute to the 20, the Federal debt stood at wonderful job that he has done. It is economy of this country, you will not $4,988,966,775,602.69, a little more than never easy to make such changes as we be subsidizing people who can work and $11 billion shy of the $5 trillion mark, are making in this bill. But it is one of do not. which the Federal debt will exceed in a the most important decisions that we We have talked about what is a block few weeks. will make, because it is one of the key grant and what is not a block grant. On a per capita basis, every man, elements to change the direction of We are going to put AFDC on a block woman, and child in America owes this country as it relates to welfare grant with growth. There is a formula $18,938.20 as his or her share of that and to allow us to balance the budget. that allows for the growth States to debt. We have heard a lot of talk this have a fair allocation. But there still is afternoon and this evening about help- a safety net, Mr. President. There is a f ing children. Mr. President, if we are safety net in food stamps, in child nu- HONORING JOHN C. STENNIS going to help the children of this coun- trition. Those will not be block grant- try, the most important thing we can ed. Those are going to be based on Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise do is balance the budget. We cannot need. So food and nutrition programs today to pay tribute to Senator John balance the budget unless we put wel- are a safety net, and they are kept in C. Stennis, for whom our Nation’s new- fare on a budget. If we do not put wel- the bill as a safety net. est aircraft carrier is named. Further, I fare on a budget, we will not be able to Mr. President, we are going to set the include in today’s RECORD the excellent do what is right for this country. priorities of our country with this bill. remarks given by the Secretary of De- I am voting yes on this conference re- We are going to say to the working fense, William Perry, and Senator port for two reasons: We must take people of this country that it is worth THAD COCHRAN, the two principal welfare off entitlement status and, Mr. something to work, it is a privilege in speakers at the commissioning of this President, we have talked all day and this country to have a job and to con- great ship on December 9, 1995. all night about the President saying he tribute to the economy and you are not Built with the minds, hands, and is going to veto this bill. There is one going to be competing with someone sweat of thousands of workers at New- reason he is going to veto this bill. It who refuses to work even if they can. port News Shipbuilding, and manned is because we are taking welfare off en- The working people of this country are by the men and women of the most titlement status and putting it on a going to know that we have a budget powerful Navy in today’s world, this budget. That is the fundamental dif- and that this is not going to be unlim- ship serves as an symbol of peace, that ference between the President and ited spending. will stand guard night and day on the those of us who are going to support Mr. President, I know that my time seven seas deterring aggression. As a this bill. is up, and I will just say that we are former sailor in World War II, Sec- This bill does not cut welfare spend- making decisions that will determine retary of the Navy, and now a senior ing. This bill slows the rate of growth the priorities of our country and we are member of the Senate Armed Services of welfare spending from 5.8 percent to going to get this country back on track Committee, I know well the awesome 4.02 percent, less than 2 percentage and we are going to bring back what capabilities of these magnificent ships. points of difference in the rate of made this country great. In my brief remarks to an impressive growth. We are going to spend more on It was the strong families, it was the audience of over ten thousand people welfare. But the difference is we are spirit of entrepreneurship and the who braved a wintery day, I recalled going to put some parameters around working relationships that have built how, as I worked by his side for over a it. We are going to give the States the this country. We are going to bring it decade, Senator Stennis would relate right to have a welfare program that back and make this country strong stories of how a succession of Presi- fits the needs of their States. again. dents would say ‘‘Whenever I was Mr. President, my Governor, George Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the awakened in the middle of the night by Bush, says, ‘‘What are they talking floor and thank the chairman. a report of a crisis somewhere in the about, hurting the children? Do they Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I yield the world, my first thoughts were always think I am going to have starving chil- remainder of my time to the distin- ‘Where is the nearest U.S. aircraft car- dren in my home State?″ guished Senator from Pennsylvania. rier?’’’ My Governor is a graduate of Yale. I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mr. President, it is fitting that this mean, it is not the University of Texas, ator from Pennsylvania is recognized great ship bears the name of Senator but it is OK. I think he is enlightened. for 18 minutes, 52 seconds. Stennis. Senator Stennis was my friend I think he can handle the job, and I Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I and mentor, whose humble beginnings think every other Governor in the want to thank the distinguished chair- in a small working-class home and United States of America knows best man of the committee who has done an equally humble and proud manner in what will fit their State’s needs. absolutely superb job with this piece of which he lived his entire life, stand in This is going to make some monu- legislation in shepherding it through stark contrast to this magnificent ship mental changes in the priorities we the conference. It has been a pleasure that now bears his name. He was a true have. We have heard tonight Senators to work with him in the time we have visionary and champion of our Nation’s

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:51 May 29, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA15\1995_F~1\S21DE5.REC S21DE5 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS S19108 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 21, 1995 Armed Forces. When Senator Stennis As the officers and crew of this fine ship strong Navy. And no Navy ship has more left the Senate, he gave me a plaque carry out their duties, I know that they will presence than a Nimitz class aircraft carrier. which was always on his desk. While be challenged and strengthened by the exam- Let me give you an example of what for- ward presence does for our security. The the plaque itself may be simple and ple of this ship’s namesake, John C. Stennis. It is the kind of ship that appropriately U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt, affectionately plain, the message ‘‘Look ahead’’ has bears his name. It is robust, well made in all called ‘‘TR’’—another Nimitz class carrier— deep meaning. Indeed, even today, our respects, and ready and able to meet every recently led a battle group through a six Nation is reaping the benefits of the challenge. May it be God’s will that it will month deployment. When it started out, last forward thinking Senator who lived by do so safely. March, it first went to the Arabian Gulf to these words. enforce the no-fly-zone over southern Iraq. Mr. President, during the commis- REMARKS OF SECRETARY WILLIAM PERRY AT Then, it sailed to the Mediterranean to con- duct routine exercises with our allies and sioning ceremony of the USS John C. THE COMMISSIONING OF THE USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN–74) friends in the area—exercises that improve Stennis, attended by many Members of the ability of our forces and other nations to Admiral Boorda and Secretary Dalton have Congress including Senators STROM work together. At the same time, ‘‘TR’’ sup- both rightly said that the United States THURMOND, THAD COCHRAN, TRENT ported NATO’s Deny Flight operations—en- Navy is the most powerful in the world. I forcing the no-fly-zone over the former LOTT, CHUCK ROBB, SAM NUNN, and want to tell you that that is not simply rhet- Yugoslavia. Then, in August, several mem- DIRK KEMPTHORNE, and Congressmen oric, it is a statement of fact. And the ship bers of Saddam Hussein’s family defected to SONNY MONTGOMERY, OWEN PICKETT, we’re commissioning today, U.S.S. JOHN C. Jordan and the world worried that Saddam HERB BATEMAN, BOBBY SCOTT, and STENNIS, will be the most powerful warship might lash out at his neighbors. To deter in the world. GENE TAYLOR, I was honored to be able this potential aggressor, we moved ‘‘TR’’ to Two hundred and twenty years ago, this to present the ship with that plaque, as the eastern Med and repositioned an amphib- very day, America learned its first lesson on I am sure Senator Stennis would have ious force in the Red Sea. These forward de- why our Nation needs a powerful Navy. For wanted, in hopes that it would inspire ployed forces with credible combat power on that day, only a few miles from here, the sent Saddam a message, loud and clear. Soon the gnerations of men and women that battle of Great Bridge began. It was the first after this crisis died down, ‘‘TR’’ rushed will serve on her. military engagement of the Revolutionary back to the Adriatic Sea to conduct NATO I ask unamious consent that Senator War in the Virginia colony. American forces air strikes over Bosnia. And, as we all know, COCHRAN’s and Secretary Perry’s re- won this battle. But, afterwards, the de- these air strikes played a critical role in feated British forces proceeded to bombard marks be printed in the RECORD. bringing the parties to the bargaining table the city of Norfolk, with their cannons, from There being no objection, the re- in Dayton. marks were order to be printed in the the sea. The American forces were helpless So, on one deployment, for six months, to stop them because we had no Navy. RECORD as follows: ‘‘TR’’ improved our ability to operate with Throughout that year, 1775, some members REMARKS OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN AT THE our allies; helped a friend in need; deterred of the Continental Congress had been op- Saddam Hussein; and helped create an oppor- COMMISSIONING OF THE U.S.S. ‘‘JOHN C. posed to trying to build a Navy. In fact, one STENNIS’’ (CVN–74) tunity for ending the deadliest fighting in member, Samuel Chase, remarked, ‘‘Building Europe since World War II. Those of us from the State of Mississippi an American navy is the maddest idea in the As we look ahead, it is clear that deploy- could not be more proud today. We are all world.’’ His views were countered by John ments like these will not be uncommon for honored by the career and life of John C. Paul Jones, who said, ‘‘Without a respectable our carriers. And, as we realize this, we must Stennis. navy, alas America.’’ also recognize that this craft is not just a When he was elected to the United States Incidents like the bombardment of Norfolk fast, powerful vessel with fast, powerful air- Senate in 1947, an editor of one of our news- showed that not having an American navy craft. Instead, it is four and a half acres of papers said our State would ‘‘earn the plau- was the maddest idea in the world. So, the American turf, off the coast of any trouble dits of the Nation’’ by choosing such ‘‘a views of John Paul Jones prevailed over the spot in the world we send it to. In other thoughtful, purposeful, and high-minded views of Samuel Chase and America did build words, it’s not just a floating runway for air- man.’’ a respectable Navy. planes, it is a mobile island of American That turned out to be very true indeed. In- By the time of the Second World War, our power. An island we can rush to anywhere tegrity was not just a virtue with John Sten- respectable Navy had become a global naval our interests are threatened and use to do nis, it was a way of life. For that he was power. And this naval power helped defeat anything needed to support our operations. greatly admired. the forces of totalitarianism on two sides of In addition to using it for large, powerful With all his good personal qualities, he had the globe. And all during the Cold War, our air strikes, we can use it to launch a team of an enormous capacity for hard work and en- global naval power contained the forces of Navy SEALs. We can use it as a joint com- durance. His personal toughness as well as Soviet expansionism. Today, we are adding mand and control center to shape the battle- his courage and determination was greatly another great ship to our global naval field in almost any theater. And, as Admiral tested when he was shot by robbers in 1973, power—a ship that will help project and de- Paul David Miller showed us last year, when and then later when serious health problems fend America’s interests for the next fifty we went into Haiti, we can even use it as a threatened his life. years. The John C. Stennis is America’s sev- launching pad for the 10th Mountain Divi- He not only survived, he prevailed, as Wil- enth Nimitz class carrier. Both of these sion troops and Army helicopters. liam Faulkner might say, and he did so with- names, Nimitz and Stennis, capture the glo- But, even with these tremendous capabili- out complaint or any noticeable ill humor. rious history of our Navy in this century. ties, this carrier is still only as good as the John Stennis was always in good spirits, Fifty years ago, Admiral Chester Nimitz men and women who will operate it. Admiral friendly with all his colleagues, the epitome commanded our Pacific force. It was that Nimitz himself said, ‘‘There is simply no sub- of decorum and courtesy. In the ten years I war that witnessed the emergence of the air- stitute for good seamanship.’’ A ship like was privileged to be his State colleague in craft carrier as a powerful tool for the most this carrier requires intelligent, dedicated, the Senate, I never heard him say a critical powerful nation. Then, through 50 years of well trained people. People like Captain Rob- or unkind word about anybody. the Cold War, Senator John Stennis saw to it ert Klosterman, who will very soon com- But he was tough minded, resolute, and that America’s Navy remained the most mand this ship, and the officers and the crew firm, like he had been as a trial judge, insist- powerful in the world. He has been called the who are handpicked to join him. ing on order and respect for the Court, and father of America’s modern Navy, because, I have great confidence that the John C. later the Senate. The judicial temperament when John Stennis said, ‘‘America needs this Stennis is one of the most capable ships in he exhibited included a strong respect for ship,’’ Congress listened. Senator Warner has the world. I have equally great confidence justice and fairness. told you that one of Senator Stennis’s favor- that this crew is one of the best groups of It is no wonder then that as a young Sen- ite sayings was, ‘‘Look ahead,’’ and it is fit- sailors in the world. Captain Klosterman and ator he was chosen to serve as the first ting that this saying has become the unoffi- his crew will present some of the world’s chairman of the Committee on Standards cial motto of U.S.S. John C. Stennis. Because most sophisticated and deadly equipment. and Conduct. at the end of the Cold War, there are some They not only have to operate this equip- His effective work as chairman of the Sub- who ask why America still needs ships like ment, they also have to maintain it. There committee on Military Preparedness gave John C. Stennis, and the answer to their ques- are no Maytag repairmen on the open seas. him his first opportunity to develop exper- tion is, ‘‘Look ahead.’’ And that is why it is essential for our sailors tise in national defense matters. When he When you look ahead, you see that Amer- to have the best training available. And once later chaired the Armed Services and Appro- ica will remain a global power with global we train them, we need to keep them in the priations Committees, he helped authorize interests, that America will continue to face Navy. To do that, we need to treat them and fund what all now recognize as the threats to its interests, and that protecting right and we must take care of their families mightiest military force in the world, distin- these interests requires a powerful presence as they weather the strain of having a parent guished from all others by our nuclear pow- in many places around the world. A critical or spouse away from home. And that is why ered aircraft carriers. way of getting that presence is by having a the title that we invest in our sailors quality

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:51 May 29, 2008 Jkt 041999 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 J:\ODA15\1995_F~1\S21DE5.REC S21DE5 mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS December 21, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S19109 of life. Caring about our people—giving them Mr. President, I appreciate the oppor- Jr. Place in Louisville, Kentucky, as the decent pay, housing, and medical care—is tunity to recognize the years of devo- ‘‘Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building.’’ not just the right thing to do, it is also the tion and strong leadership that Pat has H.R. 1253. An act to rename the San Fran- cisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the smart thing to do, because it is vital to brought to Central Electric and its cus- maintaining the quality and readiness of our Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National forces. tomers. I wish him and his wife JoAnne Wildlife Refuge. Finally, let us remember, on this holiday all the best during Pat’s retirement H.R. 2481. An act to designate the Federal season, that many of our servicemen and and hope they have many more happy Triangle Project under construction at 14th women are deployed in the Mediterranean, years to come. Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, in the District of Columbia, as the ‘‘Ronald the Adriatic, and in Yugoslavia. Still more f are on their way. They are all preparing to Reagan Building and International Trade support the peace Implementation Force in MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT Center.’’ H.R. 2527. An act to amend the Federal Bosnia. It is a tough assignment for them. It Messages from the President of the Election Campaign Act of 1971 to improve is even tougher on their families. So as we United States were communicated to the electoral process by permitting elec- celebrate this year, let us all pray for the tronic filing and preservation of Federal safety of our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and the Senate by Mr. Thomas, one of his secretaries. Election Commission reports, and for other Marines performing these difficult missions. purposes. And let us also pray for their comrades— f H.R. 2547. An act to designate the United some 150,000 of them—who will also spend EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED States courthouse located at 800 Market their holidays away from their loved ones as Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the ‘‘How- they perform other missions for peace and As in executive session the Presiding ard H. Baker, Jr. United States Courthouse.’’ freedom around the globe. Officer laid before the Senate messages H.J. Res. 69. Joint resolution providing for Next to my office in the Pentagon is a from the President of the United the reappointment of Homer Alfred Neal as a painting depicting a soldier, he’s in a church States submitting sundry nominations citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the praying with his family just before a deploy- Smithsonian Institution. ment. Underneath this painting are the lines which were referred to the appropriate H.J. Res. 110. Joint resolution providing for from the Bible, in which God says, ‘‘Whom committees. the appointment of Howard H. Baker, Jr. as shall I send and who will go for us?’’ And, (The nominations received today are a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of Isaiah answers, ‘‘Here am I. Send me.’’ This printed at the end of the Senate pro- the Smithsonian Institution. Christmas, our Nation asks, ‘‘Whom shall I ceedings.) H.J. Res. 111. Joint resolution providing for send?’’ And, 150,000 of our military personnel the appointment of Anne D’Harnoncourt as a f answered, ‘‘Here am I. Send me.’’ These mili- citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the tary personnel are America’s finest and they MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE Smithsonian Institution. H.J. Res. 112. Joint resolution providing for deserve the prayers and support of all Ameri- At 9:33 a.m., a message from the cans. the appointment of Louis Gerstner as a cit- House of Representatives, delivered by izen regent of the Board of Regents of the f Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, an- Smithsonian Institution. PATRICK T. ALLEN: DEDICATED nounced that the House has passed the The message also announced that the TO SOUTH CAROLINA following bill and joint resolution, in House agrees to the report of the com- Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I rise which it requests the concurrence of mittee of conference on the disagreeing today to remember and to thank Pat- the Senate. votes of the two Houses on the amend- rick R. Allen for his 25-year career as H.R. 2704. An act to provide that the ment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. head of the Central Electric Power Co- United States Post Office building that is to 1655) to authorize appropriations for operative in my home State. Pat is re- be located at 7436 South Exchange Avenue, fiscal year 1996 for intelligence and in- tiring in January and he’ll be sorely Chicago, Illinois, shall be known and des- telligence-related activities of the ignated as the ‘‘Charles A. Hayes Post Office missed. United States Government, the Com- Building’’. munity Management Account, and the Central Electric plays a critical role H.J. Res 134. Joint resolution making fur- in the lives of thousands of South Caro- ther continuing appropriations for the fiscal Central Intelligence Agency Retire- linians. It is a wholesale supplier for 15 year 1996, and for other purposes. ment and Disability System, and for rural electric cooperatives in South The message also announced that the other purposes. The enrolled bills and joint resolu- Carolina, which in turn supply elec- House has agreed to the following con- tions were signed subsequently by the tricity to more than 345,000 residential, current resolution, in which it requests President pro tempore (Mr. THUR- commercial and industrial customers the concurrence of the Senate: in two-thirds of the State. Pat Allen’s MOND). H. Con. Res. 106. Concurrent Resolution The message further announced that role in steering Central Electric has permitting the use of the rotunda of the Cap- been critical. pursuant to the provisions of Public itol for ceremony as part of the commemora- Law 84–372, the Speaker appoints the Pat moved to South Carolina from tion of the days of remembrance of victims his native Texas in 1970 to take a job as of the Holocaust. following Members on the part of the manager of engineering and construc- House to the Franklin Delano Roo- tion with Central Electric. He became At 11:15 a.m., a message from the sevelt Memorial Commission: Mr. president and chief executive officer in House of Representatives, delivered by ENGLISH of Pennsylvania and Mr. HIN- 1975. The company has grown tremen- Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, an- CHEY of New York. dously under his leadership and moved nounced that the House of Representa- At 4:24 p.m., a message from the from a one-floor office in the Farm Bu- tives having proceeded to reconsider House of Representatives, delivered by reau Building in Cayce to its present the bill (H.R. 1058) to reform Federal Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, an- home in Columbia. securities litigation, and for other pur- nounced that the House agrees to the Pat introduced the first computers to poses, returned by the President of the report of the committee of conference Central and wrote the original pro- United States with his objections, to on the disagreeing votes of the two grams. He installed an economic devel- the House of Representatives, in which Houses on the amendments of the Sen- opment department, which later be- it originated, it was passed, two-thirds ate to the bill (H.R. 4) to restore the came the nucleus of a successful new of the House of Representatives agree- American family, reduce illegitimacy, venture, Palmetto Economic Develop- ing to pass the same. control welfare spending and reduce ment Corp. Now, the spin-off company ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS welfare dependence. SIGNED represents Central Electric and an- ENROLLED BILL SIGNED other public service company, Santee At 1:01 p.m., a message from the At 6:06 p.m., a message from the Cooper, in its economic development House of Representatives, delivered by House of Representatives, delivered by mission. Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, an- Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks, an- Pat introduced many marketing con- nounced that the Speaker has signed nounced that the Speaker has signed cepts to Central’s member cooperative the following enrolled bills and joint the following enrolled bill: that have earned national recognition resolutions: H.R. 1530. An act to authorize appropria- for their proactive and aggressive ap- H.R. 965. An act to designate the Federal tions for the fiscal year 1996 for military ac- proaches. building located at 600 Martin Luther King, tivities of the Department of Defense, for

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