4422 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 9, 1993 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Tuesday, March 9, 1993

The House met at 12 noon. a good sign that an energized recovery I do not think so. I urge the Presi­ The Chaplain, Rev. James David may be around the corner. dent to listen more and punish less Ford, D.D., offered the following pray­ But lower interest rates and a slight those who have problems with his er: ease in the unemployment rate are no package. In thankfulness and gratitude we ex­ substitutes for job creation. press our appreciation for the oppor­ This recession will not be a real re­ tunity to work in this place and to covery until the economy is fueled by 0 1210 serve the people of this land. We pray, many, many high-octane jobs. KEEP CUTTING, MR. PRESIDENT 0 God, that we will have enthusiasm At this stage in the last seven reces­ for our tasks, vision to lead along the sions, the economy has typically recov­ (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was path of justice, strength and integrity ered 237 percent of the jobs lost. In the given permission to address the House for our responsibilities, wisdom to current recession, we have recovered for 1 minute and to revise and extend walk the paths of truth, and the perse­ only 29 percent of the jobs lost. his remarks.) verance to accomplish those good deeds President Clinton's economic pack­ Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, ac­ that lift the spirits of people every­ age contains a balanced mixture of cording to the Washington Post today, where and express the unity that we all spending cuts, sacrifice and investment President Bill Clinton has agreed to share. In Your name, we pray. Amen. to create more jobs and to reduce the cut spending by $55 billion more than deficit. he originally intended. I commend the President for moving THE JOURNAL With the support of the Congress and every citizen, the Clinton blueprint to in the right direction. The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam­ restore the economy will succeed. Still, let us not be fooled into think­ ined the Journal of the last day's pro­ The Clinton plan asks the American ing that the President's package has ceedings and announces to the House people to link hands and to stride into enough spending cuts. his approval thereof. the future. If we fail we will have sur­ In fact, these further cuts only bare­ Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour­ rendered to the status quo and the ly make up for the shortfall discovered nal stands approved. blame game of the past. by CBO last week. In that analysis, Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Every investment of the President's CBO concluded that the President's clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on plan is offset-dollar by dollar­ plan would achieve $60 billion less in agreeing to the Speaker's approval of through spending cuts in existing pro­ spending cuts than the President origi­ the Journal. grams. nally said. The SPEAKER. The question is on Mr. Speaker, the investments in the And these cuts do not offset Presi­ the Chair's approval of the Journal. Clinton economic plan will strengthen dent Clinton's plan to spend more on The question was taken; and the our economy through job creation. unnecessary investment. Speaker announced that the noes ap­ Mr. Speaker, President Clinton needs peared to have it. to understand this simple fact. We need Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, I object to PUNISHING DISSENT to cut spending so that we can make the vote on the ground that a quorum · (Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming asked and progress on the deficit, not to allow us is not present and make the point of was given permission to address the to spend more on something else. order that a quorum is not present. House for 1 minute and to revise and Keep cutting, Mr. President, and stop Pursuant to rule I, the vote on the extend his remarks.) spending. Only then will we balance Speaker's approval of the Journal will Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming. Mr. our budget. be postponed. Speaker, an article in the New York The point of no quorum is considered Times yesterday shed considerable withdrawn. light on the Clinton administration's DEFICIT REDUCTION IS KEY TO view of democratic debate. FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Apparently, a Democratic Member of (Mr. PAYNE of Virginia asked and The SPEAKER. Will the gentle­ the other body raised important ques­ was given permission to address the woman from Washington [Ms. DUNN] tions about the President's package House for 1 minute and to revise and please come forward and lead the while consulting with Vice President extend his remarks.) House in the Pledge of Allegiance? AL GORE. Mr. PAYNE of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Ms. DUNN led the Pledge of Alle­ He said the President's proposal was I believe, as do most Americans, that giance as follows: "high on taxes and low on cuts," pre­ our efforts to reduce our massive Fed­ cisely the opinion of many Members of eral Budget deficit is the key to future I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Repub­ both parties. economic growth for our Nation and lic for which it stands, one nation under God, And what was the response of the meaningful job creation for our people. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Clinton administration: They decided So, it is surprising that the response to move a project from Alabama, the to the President's economic plan by Senator's home State, to Texas, as a the American people is very positive. BILL CLINTON'S ECONOMIC sign of disapproval with the idea of Importantly, the international reac­ PACKAGE WILL CREATE JOBS principled dissent. tion to the President's plan is also very (Mr. DERRICK asked and was given Is that the way to proceed with an positive. permission to address the House for 1 economic package? Punish all dissent, Recently, Secretary of the Treasury minute and to revise and extend his re­ and reward only those who keep quiet? Lloyd Bentsen met with other finance marks.) Is that the message that we want to ministers of the G-7 nations. Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, interest send to our children about the virtues In the past, out of control deficits led rates have have been falling and that is of democracy? other G-7 nations to doubt the ability

OThis symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g. , 0 1407 is 2:07 p.m . Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. March 9, 1993 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4423 and the resolve of the United States to minute and to revise and extend his re­ 25 percent. This amendment will cut be a player in the effort to stimulate marks.) one-quarter from last years total au­ and sustain global economic growth. Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, the grid­ thorization for the standing commit­ Now that the United States has dem­ lockers are at it again-preaching the tees and will make allowances for the onstrated the will to reform its own status quo over change. They have la­ many committees that have a history fiscal practices policies, we speak with beled President Clinton's plan as more of lean budgeting and fairly allocating renewed authority on the international unnecessary spending and they could resources. economy. not be more wrong. Mr. Speaker, the American public Our ability to participate as mean­ Bill Clinton's plan is one of vision has indeed signalled a willingness to ingful partners in these global eco­ and courage. It is a plan the American sacrifice. But I believe their definition nomic discussions will help fuel greater people can support as real change and of sacrifice is for their elected officials economic growth and opportunity here real investment in our Nation. to first cut spending. I hope every in America and around the world. And for those who still feel we can Member will contact the membership continue down the same old path of do­ of the Accounts Subcommittee and tell nothing, wait-and-see economics, I OPEN RULE ASKED ON SPENDING them that the need t o put America's offer them these undeniable facts: fiscal house in order must begin right CUTS The unemployment rate in February here, in America's House of the people. (Mr. ZELIFF asked and was given was higher than it was at the bottom of It is quite simple, with regard to permission to address the House for 1 the recession. spending cuts, Congress must lead the minute and to revise and extend his re­ There are more unemployed people way. marks.) today, after 23 months of a heartless Mr. ZELIFF. Mr. Speaker, only 2 recovery, than at the worst point of short years ago, we, as freshmen Mem­ every other postwar recession but one. JOB RECOVERY IS PRESIDENT'S bers, cast one of our first votes after Mr. Speaker, the unemployment rate FIRST PRIORITY 21/2 full days of emotional and soul­ in my home State of West Virginia is (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was searching debate to commit U.S. troops over 10 percent. My constituents cry given permission to address the House in the Persian Gulf. out for action. They desperately need fo r 1 minute and to revise and extend The Members were divided, emotions the economic stimulus package which his remarks.) were taut, there was sincere conviction will create jobs right away. They des­ Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, on both sides. perately need the long-term invest­ President Clinton has presented a I was proud of the House that day. It ment in Head Start, vo-tech education, package of economic stimulus propos­ was representative government at its and our small businesses that will help als aimed at putting people back to finest. All the Members were heard. them to prosper in the future. work. It makes needed and long over­ Fair play prevailed. Each Member So instead of do-nothing, gridlock due public investments. and is paid stood up for his or her principles. partisan politics, let us invest in Amer­ for-dollar for dollar-by more than 150 No point of view was muzzled. The ica again. Let us start creating the specific cuts in other domestic pro­ majority prevailed. But the minority jobs that will mark our entrance into grams. had their say. the global marketplace. Let us make Unfortunately, those who-last Today, we face a different kind of the United States the economic envy of year- urged us t o do nothing while the war. Our country is in danger from the world. recession roared, now argue t hat we within. America's economic future is in It takes only the courage to change should ignore the alarmingly low rate jeopardy. A courageous new President and the willingness to invest in the at which new johs are being created by is committed to change and has called America of tomorrow. the technical recovery now underway. for action. President Clinton has asked The fact is, a recovery is not really a the Members of this House to propose recovery until we recover jobR lost dur­ specific ways to cut our bloated budg­ INTRODUCTION OF AMENDMENT ing a re0ession. et. TO REDUCE NONSTATUTORY By that measure the current tech­ The problem is that the leadership of COMMITTEE SPENDING BY 25 nical recovery is hardly a recovery at the President's party will not give us PERCENT all. For example, February's unemploy­ an open rule to propose those spending (Ms. DUNN asked and was given per­ ment levels were actually higher than cuts that their President has asked us mission to address the House for 1 unemployment levels recorded in for. minute and to revise and extend her re­ March 1991-at the very bottom of the Mr. Speaker, the decisions on how to marks.) recession. fight this economic war deserves the Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, 3 weeks ago, Last year, the American people voted same kind of fair play and decency that President Clinton spoke with great for change. One of the fundamental you showed 2 years ago. passion and eloquence of the need for changes they voted for was a rol:Just In the name of our children and our the United States to put its fiscal economy which creates jobs; and a rec­ grandchildren, give us an open rule to house in order and of his vision for this ognition of the fact that the Federal propose spending cuts. America's eco­ country. Quite frankly, I disagree on Government has an important role to nomic future depends once again on his views of broad new taxes for the play in helping to bring that about. courageous, nonpartisan leadership. families of America. And quite frankly, Like millions of other Americans, job Give us an open rule on spending cuts. I believe that the public is having in­ recovery is the President's first prior­ Let there be votes so that the people creased concerns regarding taxes that ity. can see who is for cutting spending. will reach deeply into the pocket of I urge my colleagues to makt: it their The Speaker has a responsibility to every-and I repeat every-middle­ priority as well, and to join the effort be fair and allow the democratic proc­ class family in America. to put Americans back to work. ess in the people's House to take place But Mr. Speaker, today, I wish to so that this economic war can be won speak of the area of spending cuts for America. where there is total agreement. HEALTH EXAMS Thus, Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, on be­ (Mr. GILMAN ~ sked and was given half of myself and my freshman Repub­ permission to address the House for 1 PRESIDENT'S PLAN IS ONE OF lican colleagues, I will introduce a minute and to revise and ext-end his r P.­ VISION AND COURAGE modest amendment before the Ac­ marks.) (Mr. RAHALL asked and was given counts Subcommittee, that will reduce Mr GILMAN. Mr. Speaker , according permission to address the House for 1 nonstatutory Committee spending by to a 1989 survey conducted by t he 4424 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 9, 1993 Health Insurance Association of Amer­ Mayor Althaus' message to House rity of our U.S. t rade negotiators, and ica, only 34 percent of conventional Republicans is simple and to the point: we must rid U.S. campaign practices of heaJth insurance companies cover an­ I would urge the Republicans not to pick foreign influence. Thus, Mr. Speaker, I nual adult physical exams. The per­ apart and characterize it as " polit ics as have introduced three bills to achieve centages for physicals increase to 42 usuaL'' I think an instantaneous negative re­ these goals: to clean up foreign trade percent in t he P PO programs, and 95 action is more " politics as usual'" in the lobbying in our Nation's Capital and to percent fo r HMO 's. light of this bold a proposaL create a professional trade service Per iodic health exams are ext remely Mr. Speaker, I couldn't agree more. corps. important for t he whole population in The Ethics in Foreign Lobbying Act, order t o detect possible diseases or MESSAGE TO BILL CLINTON; a bill I first introduced in the 102d Con­ other health problems. For women over gress wit h our former colleague, Frank 50 years old. screening with mammog­ DON'T USE SOCIAL SECURITY FOR YOUR SPENDTHRIFT HABITS Guarini, will establish a clearinghouse raphy and physical examination ha s and require a disclosure of foreign lob­ been associated with a reduction of a t (Mr. ROTH asked and was given per- bying efforts, as well as ban contribu­ least 30 percent in m ortality from mission to address the House for 1 tions to U.S. campaigns from foreign­ breast eancer. In addition, alm ost all of minute and to revise and extend his re­ controlled corporations and trade asso­ tne nearly 5,000 deaths n.nnually from marks.) ciations. cervjcal cancer could be pr evented Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, here is the The second bill, the Foreign Agents thr ough early det ection and t r ea t men t . front page of last Saturday's Appleton Compulsory Ethics in Trade Act, will Moreover , an estimated 45 percent of P ost Crescent. It states that the Presi­ close the revolving door of U.S. Gov­ heart disease deaths could be preven ted dent's Budget Director wants to go ernment officials leaving high-level or, at the leaH t , postponed through im­ after Social Security, tax Social Secu­ trade positions, and going to work for proved hypertension cont rol. rity, and cut Social Security benefits. the other side, and then lobbying our My bill, H.R. 36, the Comprehensive The Democrats, the article states, are Government. Preventive Health and Promotion Act going after the people on Social Secu­ The third bill, Mr. Speaker, creates a of 1993. will p::: ovide coverage fo r peri­ rity. professional trade service corps, an odic healtb exams under private healt h Mr. Speaker, 41 million Americans elite body of trade negotiators to solve insurance plans, and fo r any health depend on Social Security. These are the problem of short tenure and revolv­ benefit programs of the F eder al Gov­ benefits they have paid for. Today 134 ing door service among current U.S. ernment . million workers are paying into the So­ trade negotiators. Mr. Speaker, l urge my colleagues t o cial Security fund to earn their future Please join me in cosponsor ing these ta ke a close look at H.R. 36. the Pre­ benefits. But now, Mr. Speaker, the bills. The American people deserve no ventive Health Care Act and JOin me in Clinton White House wants to raid So­ less. my effort t o produce a healthier na­ cial Security to cover up the budget tion. mess. The American people know the truth. CLEAN WATER ACT RESEARCH AMENDMENTS 0 1220 Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit. It is unfair to make the el­ (Mrs. MORELLA asked and was given MAYORS BACK CLINTON derly and disabled Americans pay the permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was bill that the big spenders in Congress m inute and to revise and extend her re­ given permission to address the House ar e running up, $1 billion of debt each marks.) for 1 min te and to revise and extend and every day. Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, re­ his remarks.) Mr. Speaker, $1 billion a day of debt cently I introduced the Clean Water Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise each and every day; that is the legacy Act research amendments. It is nec­ today t o brmg my colleagues' atten­ of the Democrat Party to the future of essary to reevaluate our national ap­ t ion to the support expressed for t he our country. proach to water quality problems. The President's economk plan by William It is wrong for the White House to Federal Water Pollution Control Act Althaus, the president of t he U.S. Con­ take money out of people's Social Se­ has taken steps to ensure swimmable ference of" Mayors. Mayor Althaus. the curity accounts. That is just like steal­ and fishable waters for our residents. Republican -nayor of York, PA, has ing from the pension fund or from a Pollution in lakes, streams, and rivers, said, and I quot e, " the people of t his bank account. however, persists in all areas of the country are en titled t o see this pro·· Some of us vote day in and day out in country. gram enacted in its entirety." this House for a balanced budget. Our The Clean Water Act needs updated Mr. Speaker, this endorsement only message to Bill Clinton is: science to support its regulatory and highligh ts the absurdity of t he contin­ " Don't use Social Security for your monitoring efforts. This scientific base ued blind opposition to t he plan from spendthrift habits. Keep your hands off is the goal of the bill I have introduced. our :2.epublican colleag·•1es, who pub­ of Social Security.'' We also need to reorient our water re­ licly demand more sper.ding cuts, but We have an obligation to our senior search programs to tackle such prob­ actually pro - <'"A none which would citizens to be fair, just, and honest lems as nonpoint source pollution, meet with accepta n0e even from their wit h them. They, our senior citizens, ground water, and contaminated sedi­ own par w. Hot air r-~, b o u t spending cut s have put their trust and confidence in ments, and wetlands restoration. is no!:. enough. A billion dollar cut isn't us. We cannot betray that trust and The Clean Water Act research ·ort..n a. dime unless it passes Congress, confidence. Let us all vow to protect amendments will also set up through and fra11kly, what I ha.ve heard from Social Security. the U.S. EPA a technology develop­ thE.: a th. er :.ide of the :21.isle simply does ment and demonstration grant pro­ not .r1<1. ke t he grade. gram to test, ident ify and demonstrate M . Spea ker, I suhmit tha t Mayor INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION innovative wastewater treatment and Althaus' And,)rsement is one we migh t TO ENSURE INTEGRITY OF U.S. water conservation technologies. haw~ expected from congr essional Re­ TRADE NEGOTIATORS Mr. Speaker, I know that the Clean pt blicans, too, were they free of t he in­ (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given Water Act amendments will assist in fluence of the Republican leadership­ permission to address the House for 1 improving such waterways as the whicll makes it party policy to oppose minute and to revise and extend her re­ Chesapeake Bay, as well as the Great the Presiden t 's plan, n ot because this marks.) Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, and Long Is­ is not a g-o od plan, but because this is Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, America land Sound. I ask my colleagues to join not. their plan. must do all it can to ensure the integ- me in improving the research portions March 9, 1993 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4425 of the Clean Water Act and to same time, preventing unskilled labor­ Center, it is a miracle that only five consponsor H.R. 1116. ers from working on these projects. people lost their lives. Americans have For the last 60 years, taxpayers have a right t o feel outraged and to expect paid billions more than necessary for their Government to respond accord­ PRESCRIPTION FOR ECONOMIC RE­ many construction tasks where un­ ingly . COVERY AND DEFICIT REDUC­ skilled laborers could have contrib­ TION uted. These laborers, often minorities, (Mr. POMEROY asked and was given usually poor, and always needing an PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ECONOMIC permission to address the House for 1 opportunity, have been shut out by the PLAN minute and to revise and extend his re­ very Government which is supposed to (Mr. KLINK asked and was given per­ marks.) protect them. mission to address the House for 1 Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Speaker, the eco­ As we look for ways to bring our Na­ minute, and t o revise and extend his nomic health of this country is being tion's budget into balance, let's bring remarks.) battered on two fronts. repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act to the Mr. KLINK. Madam Speaker, in parts First, like a virus we just cannot floor of the House for debate so that of my district the official unemploy­ shake, we continue to be sapped by the Americans can hear the facts about m ent rate is above 12 percent. The real effect of the recession. While economic this costly and unfair anachronism. unemployment rate is nearly twirf.' indicators show us on the rebound, mil­ that mucl1 in certain pockcLs. Nation­ lions of unemployed workers across the wide, our job creation has not kept country can testify the economy is 0 1230 pace with the rest of the economic l'e­ still quite sick and needs help. AN AMERICAN BUDGET covery. In fact, in an historical sense Second, we are plagued with the (Mr. BARLOW asked and was given this recovery is not providing nearly as chronic affliction of too much debt. permission to address the House for 1 many jobs as recoveries from past re­ This condition is bad and getting worse minute and to revise and extend his re­ cessions did. by a magnitude approaching $1 billion marks.) The Clinton economic package 7ill a day. Like severe obesity, our bur­ Mr. BARLOW. Madam Speaker, there provide jobs for our constituen ts. T C' geoning deficit threatens our future is a pride building across America. Clinton plan invests in our Nation's in­ and saps vitality from our present eco­ People of all ages, Republicans, Demo­ frastructure, which will create jobs nomic strength. crats, liberals, and conservatives are now and increase our productivity and The toughest part of our present di­ thankful that at last we are putting our competitiveness in the future. lemma is that both conditions require our Nation on the road to financial The President wants tv invest in in­ attention. You cannot achieve steady, health. dustrial conversion for communities sustainable recovery without bringing This budget that is an American and families deva&tated by defense cut­ down the deficit. budget. We are going to give our chil­ backs so that workers will continue t o On the other hand you cannot make dren and our grandchildren that to have goou jobs and 0ommunities can meaningful deficit reduction if the which they are entitled, a country that thrive again. President Cl inton wants economy suffers a relapse and slides is strong, a country that is proud, a to put 100,000 more police officers on back into a recession with another country that has its finances in order. the street. That means more jobs and round of layoffs, job loss, and business less crime. Over 5 years the Cl.i"'lton failures. package will Cieate 8 million new JObs. Mr. Speaker, that is why the eco­ FBI AND BATF AGENTS COM­ Madam Speaker, we need thost: jobs. nomic prescription advanced by the MENDED FOR THEIR WORK AT President addresses both goals: eco­ THE WORLD TRADE CENTER nomic recovery and deficit reduction. (Mr. OXLEY asked and was given CLINTON PLAN FOCUSES ON As we evaluate the package we must permission to address the House for 1 SPENDING INCREASES AND keep in mind a central fact: You can­ minute and to revise and extend his re­ HIGHER TAXES not have one without the other. marks.) (Mr. EWING asked and was glven per­ Mr. OXLEY. Madam Speaker, as a mission to address the House for 1 former special agent of the Federal Bu­ minute, and to revise a,nd extend hb SAVE BILLIONS, REPEAL DAVIS­ reau of Investigation, I take great remarks.) BACON pride in the astute investigative wor k Mr. EWING. Madam Speaker , wbn.e (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given being conducted by agents of the FBI selling his economlc recovery plan to permission to address the House for 1 and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco the American people, President Cliu t.r~ n minute and to revise and extend his re­ and Firearms into the February 26 has linked his support t o patrioti:'lm. marks.) bombing of the World Trade Center. His supporters have accus0d the :q,ep ·,lb­ Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, we can It is often months or even years be­ licans of being responsible for gridlock cut more than $1 billion per year from fore investigations of this nature begin even t hough t he Democrats control the Federal budget without raising to yield firm conclusions. However, both the executive braneh and both taxes or affecting a single program. At thanks to advanced forensic skills and Ho uses of the leg-ISlature. the same time, we can increase oppor­ quality detective work, Federal agents But questions should be raised about tunities for young people and give made their first arrest within 1 week of the economic package t.hat :F'rPsident American families more for their tax the bombing. Clinton ha::; proposed. How can we af­ dollar. While there is still much work to do ford it, with increases in spending by Do such win-win situations really in investigating this cowardly and des­ hundJ. tlds of bill tons of dollars? exist? picable act, I take this opportunity to The best stimulant packag-e tha.t we Yes, if Congress is willing to repeal a commend the investigators involved could give this country is to leave the law that was passed for all the wrong for their expertise and professionalism. billions of dollars in new t axes wir.r the reasons more than 60 years ago, the As an aside, I note that this. incident American reople. Davis-Bacon Act. points up the importance ()If the Fed­ Ross Perot has •'orreC'tly saiJ. ...>:!1 CES The Davis-Bacon Act was passed in eral death penalty for terrorist acts, this morning "We are gettlr~ ~· majo1· the 1930's to prevent some Americans and I recommend that the Justice De­ new social prfl eT ~.m c; every r•a:;. >1.ll of from competing for work on Federal partment seriously consider its appli­ which are magnificent, in C"tlC< lJ~ :.t. construction projects. It required the cation in this case. when you are broke. you vall. t go to Federal Government to pay artifically Madam Speaker, based on the extent Europe" and 1 would add: AnG. ;;aid for high wages to all workers while, at the of the bomb damage at the World Trade y new taxe.: 4426 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 9, 1993 That is why we must first cut spend­ tion for Attorney General of my friend network. I sense that he might also be ing before we even think of funding an­ and constituent, Janet Reno. a budding country and western singer. other program or raising taxes. The I had the privilege of working as an Actually if he were, his No. 1 hit would best way to invest in our children's fu­ assistant State attorney with Miss be ''Achey-Breaky Promises.'' ture is to cut the deficit. Reno some years ago, and I always con­ He would sing of his sad habit of sidered it an honor to be able to serve breaking promises to middle-income my community as one of her prosecu­ Americans. He would wax poetic on his REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVID­ tors. need to raise taxes on those making ING F'OR CONSIDERATION OF Janet Reno has, for many years, en­ only $20,000 a year. And he would croon H.R. 4, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF joyed the support and admiration of mournfully about his energy tax, which HEALTH REVITALIZATION ACT those who know her best, the people of will cost the average American about OF 1993 south Florida. $500 a year. Mr. MOAKLEY, from the Committee She has been overwhelmingly re­ President Clinton would also lament, on Rules, submitted a privileged report elected, time and time again, as Dade in this ballad, about his inability to (Rept. No. 10:.>-27) on the resolution (H. County's prosecutor, not only because change from an old Democrat, into a Res. 119) providing for the consider­ of the effectiveness of her work, but new Democrat, despite his campaign ation of the bill (H.R. 4) to amend the also because of her calling to public promises. Public Health Service Act to revise and service, her sensitivity toward all the Madam Speaker, after the Clinton extend the programs of the National people she has served-especially the administration finally gives us the bad Institutes of Health, and for other pur­ victims of crime-her extraordinary news on their plans to increase both poses, which was referred to the House accessibility, and above all, her integ­ taxes and spending, I suggest that Calendar and ordered to be printed. rity. working Americans come up with their We in south Florida know that Amer­ own country anthem. ica will be well served by the first A BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE AND A It would be a song about the tough GROWING ECONOMY woman to become Attorney General of times caused by Clintonomics. It would the United States, and we are proud of be called "My Achey-Breaky Wallet." (Mrs. MINK asked and was given per­ Miami's own, Janet Reno. mission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her re­ 0 1240 marks.) WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT DEFICIT REDUCTION OLD GLORY CONDOMS ALLOWED Mrs. MINK. Madam Speaker, aft er 12 TO UNFURL long years, finally, a blueprint for (Mrs. LOWEY asked and was given change in America has finally arrived permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was from the White House. President Clin­ minute and to revise and extend her re­ given permission to address the House ton's budget emphasizes what our marks.) for 1 minute.) country's most important resource, the Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I rise Mr. TRAFICANT. Madam Speaker, American people, have been lacking for to commend President Clinton and the the Old Glory Condom Corp. appealed a so many years. For the next 5 years House Budget Committee on their re­ prior decision that banned their red, discretionary spending is frozen at the solve-which I share-to make real white, and blue condoms. Now, Old 1993 level. It will allow us to reorder cuts in the Federal budget deficit. Last Glory contended that the use of their our priori t ies and begin investing in night's action by our Budget Commit­ red, white, and blue condoms was in America's future. The President's in­ tee to cut an additional $63 billion in fact a patriotic act. And, guess what? vestments begin with the most pre­ spending over the next 5 years makes The U.S. Trademark Office of Appeals cious segment of our population: our clear that we are serious about putting agreed with that. childr en. Full funding for Head Start, a the Nation's economic house in order. Here is what the panel said. The total of $8 billion over 4 years to serve The President has signed off on most of name Old Glory and its logo of a flag nearly 1.4 million eligible disadvan­ those added cuts and shows that he is shaped like and unfurled condom is taged children; $2.6 billion over 4 years willing to go the extra mile to meet neither scandalous nor offensive nor fo r fn ll funding of WIC. The new admin­ the deficit reduction challenge. unconstitutional. istrat ion is dedicated to creating a na­ Blue smoke and mirrors budget plans No wonder the American people are tional service program, to help young are history. Gridlock is a thing of the losing confidence in our Government. people pay for a college education, past. The American people have made What is next, the Congressional Medal while serving their communities. The clear that they are ready for a Govern­ for Benedict Arnold? When our Govern­ President is also committed to increas­ ment that tells them the truth and ment starts treating the flag like an ing jobs in a growing economy: 500,000 faces up to the budgetary mess which Old Glory condom, something should jobs by the end of this year. Assistance has grown year after year for the last be done. for dislocated workers, one-stop career decade. Today, we have a President and shopping, st.mmer youth jobs and a Congress working together to place training. and a 50-percent expansion of our economy on sound footing. COMMITTEE FUNDING CUTS the Job Corps program by the year Last night's action is just one more (Mr. HUTCHINSON asked and was 2001. Finally Madam Speaker, we have clear indication that the American given permission to address the House a President who is responding to the people will at long last see results. for 1 minute and to revise and extend needs of his Nation. his remarks.) Mr. HUTCHINSON. Madam Speaker, ACHEY-BREAKY PROMISES the first action of the reform coalition IN SUPPORT OF THE NOMINATION (Mr. DREIER asked and was given in Congress was to end the select com­ OF JANET RENO AS ATTORNEY permission to address the House for 1 mittees. We changed the committee 0-ENERAL OF THE UNITED minute and to revise and extend his re­ system with this reform. But it cannot STATES marks.) and should not be used as an excuse to (Mr. DIAZ-BALART asked and was Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, it is ignore the overstaffing and overfunding given permission to address the House no secret that President Clinton is an of other committees. for 1 minute and to revise and extend accomplished musician. We have all Now that the sun is setting on these­ his r emarks.) seen him play his saxophone at one lect committees, we are hearing whis­ Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Madam Speaker, time or another, and a number of us pers that we should leave the other I rise tOhio [Mr. TRAFICANT], who has (1) ensure that payment of damages under amended, and urge expeditious action shown spirited leadership in moving this section is a contractual obligation of this bill forward in a bipartisan man­ Columbia Hospital; and on this very sound, important legisla­ tion. ner. It has been a pleasure working (2) require the Administrator to provide to with you in moving this bill. I also Columbia Hospital notice and an opportunity Mr. Speaker, I include for the to respond before the Administrator seeks to RECORD a statement of administration wish to thank the full committee lead­ recover such damages. policy on this bill, as follows: ership, our chairman, Mr. MINETA, and our ranking minority member, Mr. SEC. 6. REPORTS. STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY During the 5-year period beginning one SHUSTER. They quickly established The Administration supports enactment of themselves as able legislators, as evi­ year after the date of the conveyance under H.R. 490, which would provide for increased section 1, Columbia Hospital shall submit to attention to health issues of specific concern denced by the quick action on this bill. the Administrator, the appropriate commit­ to women. Mr. Speaker, I urge enactment of tees of the Congress, and the Comptroller H.R. 490. General of the United States annual reports Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I on the establishment, maintenance, and op­ myself such time as I may consume. yield such time as he may consume to eration of the Resource Center and the sat­ Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. the gentleman from California [Mr. Mr­ ellite health centers. 490, a bill to convey a parcel of Govern­ NETA], our handworking chairman of SEC. 7. MEMBER INSTITUTES. ment-owned land located at 2400 M the full Committee on Public Works The Resource Center should- Street, NW. , Washington, DC, to Co­ and Transportation. (!) include among its outreach activities lumbia Hospital for Women. Columbia the establishment of formal linkages with no Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, I thank Hospital will pay the General Services the gentleman for yielding me this less than 6 universities or health centers Administration [GSA] $12.8 million for throughout the Nation, to be known as time. " member institutes" in furtherance of the this land at the time of conveyance. The Columbia Hospital for Women is purposes of the Resource Center; and This land will be used to construct the an impressive institution. Historically, (2) provide national notice of the oppor­ National Women's Health Resource it has served both the District of Co­ tunity such entities have to participate in Center. lumbia and the Nation by offering ex­ programs and activities of the Resource Cen­ Mr. Speaker, for 6 years, Congress cellent medical care to women and by ter. has considered legislation to transfer pioneering in research and clinical The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. this parcel of land to Columbia Hos­ services that have provided models for BISHOP). Pursuant to the rule, the gen­ pital. Original proposals in 1987 called improved care for women throughout tleman from Ohio [Mr. TRAFICANT] will for a no-cost transfer to the Hospital. the country. be recognized for 20 minutes, and the GSA and this committee resisted this Columbia's premiere efforts include: gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. DuN­ effort. Two years later, legislation was the first area institution to offer mam­ CAN] will be recognized for 20 minutes. reintroduced which called for $5 mil­ mography; the area's first hospital­ The Chair recognizes the gentleman lion to be paid by Columbia Hospital. based infertility clinic; the first pre­ from Ohio [Mr. TRAFICANT]. This figure was raised to $10 million to natal clinic in the city; and the first Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I be paid in installments, then raised to hospital in the United States to utilize yield myself such time as I may $12 million, again to be paid in install­ ultrasound in diagnosing women. consume. H.R. 490, as amended, author­ ments. Within the Columbia Hospital, the izes GSA to sell land to the Columbia H.R. 490 represents a unique oppor­ National Women's Health Resources Hospital for Women that is adjacent to tunity for the Federal Government to Center originated as a concept in the the Hospital. The hospital will pay earn money, rather than spend money. 1980's to meet the need for expanded $12.8 million for the land, and con­ This bill will earn $12.8 million on the health education resources for women struct a facility to house its national sale of this land and will send a posi­ in the District and the Nation. The women's health resource center. tive message to women that we are center integrates clinical research, The bill contains strong provisions to concerned with women's health issues. educational programs, and informa­ protect the Government interest in the H.R. 490 reflects the years of negotia­ tional services. It focuses on identify­ land; and very importantly, there is no tions on the price of this land, as well ing health problems of women that cost to the Federal Government. The as the safeguards contained in the bill. need further research and on creating resource center, with its educational, Columbia Hospital is obligated to de­ greater access to the results of the re­ research, and outreach activities will velop the National Women's Health Re­ search that has been done on women's make a significant contribution to im- source Center within 4 years of convey- health issues. March 9, 1993 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4433 The resource center is the only na­ worthy purpose, one that focuses on search agenda and defining educational tional institution dedicated exclusively women's health care, and also it is very goals responsive to the needs of both to the improvement of women's health. important to note, I believe, that the consumers and health care profes­ In addition, the resource center dis­ Federal Government will not be re­ sionals throughout the nation. In addi­ seminates information on important quired to pay for either the building or tion, because the center will be located women's health care issues such as operating of this facility. here in the Nation's Capital, H.R. 490 breast cancer and domestic violence. So, this is good for the Government, brings special benefits to metropolitan Today, more than ever before, our good for health, good particularly for area residents in particular. In addi­ Nation is facing a health care crisis, women's health, and I strongly urge tion to the price to be paid for the land and as women's social roles and envi­ support of this legislation. itself, H.R. 490 requires as part of the ronments have changed, so have their Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I quid pro quo that the hospital establish health needs. Increasing numbers of yield such time as she may consume to and operate three satellite health cen­ women are living under the dual roles the very capable gentlewoman from the ters in the District of Columbia in ex­ of managing a home and a career. District of Columbia [Ms. NORTON], change for the conveyance of the land. Nearly half of them are single parents. who deserves a lot of credit on this bill. This exchange will contribute to in­ Women are living longer and with a Ms. NORTON. I thank the gentleman creasing the survival of newborns at a greater sense of independence. With for yielding this time to me. time when our country's infant mortal­ this changing lifestyle, women need Mr. Speaker, I rise in very strong ity rate is shamefully high compared not only medical care and advice, but support of H.R. 490. I want to especially to that of other developed countries, sociological and psychological counsel express my most sincere thanks to nowhere higher than in the District of to help lead healthy and productive committee chair, NORMAN MINETA, sub­ Columbia. The accessibility of ade­ lives at any age. committee chair, JAMES TRAFICANT, quate prenatal care will help to reduce Mr. Speaker, I believe the land trans­ and the ranking member, JOHN DUN­ the rate of infant mortality and to in­ fer provided by H.R. 490 will produce a CAN, for their considerable effort and crease the overall health of the women very significant public benefit because swift action to bring this project to receiving care. Thus, not only will the it will help make it possible for the fruition. Nation benefit from H.R. 490, but the hospital and resource center to achieve Thanks to their bipartisanship and District of Columbia will benefit from even greater contributions to the objectivity, this was the first bill to satellite centers which will serve low­ health care of women. come before the full committee and is income women most in need of com­ Furthermore, the bill not only ac­ the first to be reported to the floor this prehensive health care. complishes these important purposes, session. Most impressively, there is no cost to it does so without cost to the Federal Mr. Speaker, for over two decades Co­ American taxpayers. Columbia Hos­ Government. The bill authorizes a land lumbia Hospital for Women and the pital is not asking the Federal Govern­ transfer, for which the hospital would District of Columbia have sought pas­ ment for 1 Federal cent. Columbia Hos­ compensate the Federal Government sage of legislation which would author­ pital will finance this acquisition with $12.8 million, thereby reducing the Fed­ ize the sale and conveyance of Federal 100-percent private funding. Mr. Speak­ eral deficit by that amount. land to the hospital for the construc­ er, rarely does Congress have the pleas­ Mr. Speaker, I want to commend tion of a building to house the first Na­ ure of considering a bill for construc­ Chairmen CONYERS, STARK, and COL­ tional Women's Health Resource Cen­ tion of a facility, much less one as LINS for their invaluable efforts on ter in our country's history. In an al­ vital as this one, that does not also making this a successful piece of legis­ most novel request to this body, the sport a price tag for the taxpayers. lation. I also want to give special rec­ hospital proposes to perform this pub­ The fact is that Congress is directly ognition to subcommittee chair JIM lic service without the help of 1 penny responsible for raising the cost of this TRAFICANT for his leadership in making of taxpayers' funds. At this time when facility because of several years' delay this a truly national program, and to Congress is challenged to address the in approving this bill. At a time when BUD SHUSTER and JOHN DUNCAN for beleaguered condition of our health the President urges every citizen to their cooperation in moving this bill care system, I cannot imagine that my make a contribution toward the well­ expeditiously. colleagues will fail to appreciate the being of our Nation, I urge my col­ Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of H.R. value of H.R. 490. leagues to allow Columbia Hospital's to 490. The focus and benefits of H.R. 490 are offer its own gift-a national resource both significant and national. The Co­ center for research and education to 0 1320 lumbia Hospital for Women is a pre­ improve the health of women and chil­ Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 eminent institution, renowned for its dren in our country. minutes to the very distinguished long record of high-quality health care Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 ranking member of the full committee, delivery to meet the unique health minutes to my good friend, the distin­ the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. needs of women and infants. As a result guished ranking member of the Com­ SHUSTER]. of this land conveyance, the resource mittee on the District of Columbia, the Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in center will build on Columbia Hos­ gentleman from Virginia [Mr. BLILEY]. strong support of this legislation. Usu­ pital's distinguished 127-year history to Mr. BLILEY. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 490 ally we come to this Chamber to pass provide critically important women's directs the General Services Adminis­ legislation to spend the taxpayers' health education programs, clinic re­ tration to sell 1.2 acres of Federal prop­ money. But today we are here to re­ search, and information services to erty in northwest District of Columbia ceive the taxpayers' money. Not only health care consumers and profes­ to the Columbia Hospital for Women the $12.8 million that the Federal Gov­ sionals nationwide. As the Congress for $12.8 million, payable in full at the ernment will receive for the sale of this has acknowledged, the health needs of time of the conveyance. While the land, but also it is important to em­ women have long been neglected in the terms of this sale have been improved phasize that the alternative to selling absence of a national health care focus over several years of disagreement, it this land, I am told, is to continue to like that which will be offered by the is still a poor management decision house Government bureaucrats in that resource center. and poor public policy. facility at a cost of $63 million. This bill is a national response to Despite the hospital's extensive lob­ So, really, the swing here for the tax­ women's health concerns. The resource bying effort to market this as a unique payers of America is a $75.8 million center will be collaborating with uni­ national resource, the National Wom­ positive financial swing. versities throughout the country. As en's Health Center is plainly just an­ Beyond the dollars, however, it is member institutes universities will as­ other business deal. There is no com­ very important to note that this is a sist the center in developing its re- petition for the subsidy Columbia will 4434 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 9, 1993 receive. Columbia Hospital has been We have heard the gentleman from Mr. Speaker, I would urge that we trying to obtain this Federal property Ohio [Mr. TRAFICANT], the distin­ support this bill at this time. for 30 years in order to expand its clini­ guished chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Speaker, the purpose of H.R. 490, as cal services. Certainly there is nothing explain to us the Federal interest in amended, is to authorize the Columbia Hos­ wrong with an organization's desire to this. pital for Women to purchase 1.2 acres of adja­ expand its business opportunities. How­ We have heard our colleague, the cent Federal land for the construction of a ever, I strongly object to the sacrifice gentleman from California [Mr. MI­ building to house the National Women's of the substantial Federal interest in NETA] outline for us much of the bene­ Health Resource Center. The nonprofit, feder­ this property. fits. ally chartered Columbia Hospital for Women Columbia's claim that its National The District of Columbia Committee has agreed to pay $12.8 million for the land. Women's Health Resource Center will has passed this legislation in the 100th, The center will be a national women's health be a unique public service of national the 101st, and the 102d Congress, and I resource center to collect information, conduct importance is questionable for several hope we can pass it one last time with investigations and research, and to dissemi­ reasons. First, the clinical services your forbearance and proceed. nate information on women's health. being provided are not new to this area Let me not review the need for medi­ The full Committee on the District of Colum­ nor unique to the Nation. There are nu­ cal care for women and children in the bia voted in the 102d Congress to report a bill, merous facilities in the Washington, District of Columbia, or whether or not H.R. 3703, a bill similar to H.R. 490, and filed DC area which provide the very same Columbia Hospital is a preeminent re­ House Report 102-912, part I, last Congress diagnostic and treatment services of­ search or health care institution. I am in support of passage of that measure. The bill fered by Columbia. Nearly three-quar­ not qualified to make that judgment passed by unanimous voice vote. Although ters of the resources of this project will for you; but I think I am qualified to there was consistent opposition to the bill by be devoted to these clinical services. spot a fairly decent business deal. the committee's minority members, the ranking Similarly, there are numerous agen­ For those of you, who read as I do minority member said during floor debate: cies and institutions which promote every day, the number of pieces of But I can assure my colleagues that the public awareness and patient education property that the Resolution Trust work of the House District of Columbia Com­ regarding women's health. While Co­ Corporation has for sale and think that mittee and the House Public Works Commit­ lumbia's efforts maybe valuable, they getting $12,800,000, which is a couple tee has improved the terms in favor of the certainly are not unique. The dif­ million dollars over appraisal, is not a Federal government * * * some of our initial ference is that other institutions must singularly good business deal for the objections have been satisfied. All of the im­ go through the competitive process for U.S. Government, guess again. provements made in H.R. 3703 result in a bet­ Federal support but Columbia does not. It is a dilapidated 100,000-square-foot ter deal for the American taxpayer. Columbia Hospital does not, by its building that the GSA says will have to Bills similar to H.R. 490 have been favorably own admission, possess any particular be torn down. reported by the House District of Columbia expertise in conducting medical re­ The State Department in testimony Committee in the 1OOth, 101 st, and 102d Con­ search. There are a host of institutions before our committee indicated they gresses. H.R. 490 was referred to three in this area which have proven track will not consolidate anything. They are House committees. I want to thank the Chair records in women's health research, still spread all over town and there are of the House Public Works Committee, Chair­ but Columbia is not among them. plenty of office locations that are man MINETA, and the subcommittee Chair, Mr. Finally, it is uncertain whether this ready to be used with far more modern TRAFICANT, for bringing this bill with only minor sale would be in the public interest. facilities than the existing building amendments forward in such a timely manner. This is not surplus land. GSA has plans that is there. I, on behalf of the House District of Colum­ to improve this property and build a It is a corner out of a block, sur­ bia Committee, have written the Speaker to in­ site that would help consolidate State rounded on two sides by streets and on dicate that the committee has completed its Department employees. The failure to two sides by hospital property. It could consideration of H.R. 490 and supports its relocate the Federal employees as GSA not, with the height limits, be a com­ conclusion on today's Suspension Calendar by has recommended will cost the tax­ mercial building under any cir­ a unanimous vote. payers more than $30 million. GAO has cumstances. Again, this legislation and the National reported that billions of dollars could Second, there are no bids. It is a won­ Women's Health Resource Center is a signifi­ be saved if the Federal Government derful thing to think that we might cant national public health benefit that the owned office space rather than leased build Disney Land East. We might do a Congress should seek to support and pro­ it. As Federal policy, this sale is a step whole host of things with it, but the mote. in the wrong direction. fact is that right now it is virtually not Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 I strongly question whether this is an being used, and here is a private chari­ minutes to the gentlewoman from appropriate use of the land held in the table nonprofit corporation that wants Washington [Ms. DUNN], one of our fin­ public trust and, therefore, must op­ to give the Federal Government est freshman Members. pose H.R. 490. $12,800,000, and I stand here and if Ms. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, let me ex­ 0 1330 somebody wants to walk up and add tend my appreciation to the gentleman Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, be­ another couple million dollars, we will for yielding me this time. fore I yield time to our next speaker, I, go back to the committee and see if we Mr. Speaker, I wish to give my full too, want to commend the gentleman cannot get you a little more, I say to support to H.R. 490 which will author­ from Pennsylvania [Mr. SHUSTER], an the chairman, the gentleman from ize the sale of undeveloped land to Co­ outstanding graduate of the University Ohio [Mr. TRAFICANT], but I think that lumbia Women's Hospital for the estab­ of Pittsburgh, for his leadership on our getting $12,800,000 and providing free lishment of a national woman's health committee and welcome him here community health care centers for resource center. today. women and children who might not This center will serve as a clearing­ Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he otherwise have any medical care, it is house for information on women's may consume to the gentleman from belaboring the point to decide whether health issues. It will link California [Mr. STARK], chairman of it is the best medical care or just more groundbreaking research being done at the Committee on the District of Co­ good medical care. universities across the country to iden­ lumbia. We have a win-win situation. We win tify the unmet health concerns of Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I would $12 million, almost $13 million and women. This will provide a meaningful like to speak on behalf of H.R. 490, as change, where there are no other bid­ opportunity for health professionals, amended. ders. We provide some additional facili­ consumers and public officials to en­ We have heard it described well by ties to an institution which has pro­ hance national awareness of women's my colleague, the gentlewoman from vided excellent medical care in the Dis­ health issues, ranging from the treat­ the District of Columbia [Ms. NORTON]. trict of Columbia. ment and prevention of breast cancer, March 9, 1993 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4435 to the assistance of victims of domes­ the 101st Congress, I chaired the Gov­ the Public Buildings and Ground Sub­ tic violence. ernment Operations Committee sub­ committee helped to bring about House Mr. Speaker, as women constitute a committee responsible for the then­ passage of last year's bill, H.R. 3703. greater portion of the labor force, there pending bills. On the basis of our thor­ Perhaps I can be forgiven some pride is heightened interest in the health is­ ough investigations and hearings, I be­ in the fact that H.R. 490 reflects the sues that confront them. The sale of came convinced of the special need for basic terms which my subcommittee in this land, for the development of such such a center, of the potential of the the 101st Congress worked out with the a center, should thus be seen as a sound resource center to make a major con­ hospital and the other committee then economic decision that does not add a tribution toward filling that need, and concerned, the Committee of the Dis­ single penny to the national debt. of the hospital's capacity to carry out trict of Columbia under the chairman­ Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to funding and development as well as to ship of RoN DELLUMS. These terms were support H.R. 490 as a step forward in assist with the center's mission. a purchase price of $12 million to be women's health research. Our subcommittee had to decide if paid the Government and the hospital's Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I the dollar value of the land to GSA agreemeut to add to its community yield 81/2 minutes to the gentlewoman would be matched by the consideration services the establishment and oper­ from Illinois [Mrs. COLLINS], the former flowing from the hospital; namely, a ation of three satellite health centers chair of the Subcommittee on Govern­ large cash payment to GSA's Federal for mothers and teenagers in medically ment Activities and Transportation of buildings fund plus the significant in­ underserved communities of the Dis­ the Committee on Government Oper­ tangible public benefits both from the trict of Columbia. ations, and I thank her for all her ef­ resource center and from three sat­ H.R. 490 will increase the hospital's forts on behalf of this legislation. ellite health centers in underserved cash payment to the Federal buildings Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the gen­ areas of the District of Columbia to be fund of $12.8 million. It will preserve tleman from Tennessee would yield the established and operated by Columbia the commitment for the three satellite gentlewoman some additional time. Hospital. It was the subcommittee's health centers and it contains mecha­ Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an unanimous conclusion that combined nisms to assure that the purposes of additional 81/2 minutes of my time to benefits of the proposal would greatly the bill will be achieved. To this end, the gentlewoman from Illinois [Mrs. exceed the costs. options of property reversion and mon­ COLLINS]. I want to explain women's need for etary penalties are provided for. Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker; I ask such a resource center by restating Mr. Speaker, The Federal Property unanimous consent that the gentle­ some well-known facts: Women have and Administrative Services Act ex­ woman from Illinois [Mrs. COLLINS] be different physiologies and lifestyles presses the policy of Congress that allowed to control the 7 minutes allot­ from men. We live significantly longer. Federal surplus real property may be ted to her. We are more likely to contract chron­ donated to serve public health pur~ The SPEAKER (Mr. BISHOP). Is there ic, disabling diseases which require poses. The land affected by our bill is, objection to. the request of the gen­ hospitalization. We suffer with the of course, not surplus property, even tleman from Ohio? problems of unplanned pregnancy. We though for many years it has been There was no objection. are more likely to be hospitalized from greatly underutilized. The small struc­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen­ a large number of diseases and medical ture now on the lot is old and dilapi­ tlewoman from Illinois [Mrs. COLLINS] conditions from whjch men are free. dated. Renovation is not feasible. Only is recognized for a total of 7 minutes. Furthermore, our social and eco­ lately has GSA taken steps to plan for Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois. Mr. Speak­ nomic roles are both different and a new and larger Federal building er, I thank the chairman and the rank­ changing. We have always been more there. It seems to have required the ing member of the Committee on Pub­ likely than men to be living in poverty. imminence of our legislation to prod lic Works and Transportation for being Nearly half of women today are single GSA into belated action. Thjs is my so generous with their time. parents. Notwithstanding all these. point: If the Congress by general law I rise in full support of this legisla­ facts and more, the health care system has sanctioned the cost-free transfer of tion and do so on behalf of the Govern­ has been slow to recognize and deal valuable surplus land to a public health ment Operations Committee and to act with known basic differences between organization, then it is consistent with as floor manager of the Government men and women. The process demands such a policy to sell this underutllized Operations Committee. speeding up. The proposed resource GSA land to a major public health en­ Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. center would help provide and guide tity for $12.8 million and in addition re­ 490, which will enable the Government such acceleration. alize the extraordinary public health to sell certain GSA-controlled land in Mr. Speaker, the provisions of H.R. benefits this project offers. the District of Columbia to the Colum­ 490, have been carefully crafted. Their To sum up, Mr. Speaker. I know of bia Hospital for Women. The land, lo­ language has evolved through a period few bills that have been so thoroughly cated next to the hospital, would be­ of more than 5 years. The present form studied and so carefully drafted as has come the site of a facility to house the has come about as a result of close co­ H.R. 490. I have followed this legisla­ National Women's Health Resource operation and consultation among the tion closely for four Congresses and I Center, an affiliate of the hospital. three committees of jurisdiction: The am convinced that H.R. 490 offers to Funding and construction of the re­ Committees on Government Oper­ the Congress an unprecedented oppor­ source center would come from the ations, the District of Columbia, and tunity to serve the special hea 1th needs hospital. Public Works and Transportation. I of women and children, nationally and The resource center is unique among commend the work of their present and locally, not only without Federal out­ health organizations in this country past chairmen as well as that of the lays but with receipt of a cash payment because it presents a comprehensive chairs of the concerned subcommittees that reasonably relates to the current combination of services related to for having supported this evolution. I estimated value of the property. I urge women's health needs that include re­ would particularly recognize the gen­ my colleagues to follow last year's ex­ search, clinical, informational, and tleman from Ohio [Mr. TRAFICANT], ample of a unanimous House and again educational functions on national and whose subcommittee of the Public approve t his legislation. local levels. Works and Transportation Committee This legislation originated in the has done major work this Congress in 0 1340 100th Congress in the Governm~nt Op­ bringing the bill before us today. Let Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield erations Committee and has enjoyed me also recognize the work of one who myself such time as I may consume. active House consideration in each suc­ is absent, our former colleague from Il­ Mr. Speaker, I would like to close ceeding Congress. During the 100th and linois, Gus Savage, who as chairman of simply by saying this: 4436 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 9, 1993 'I'here are very few Members of this So, Mr. Speaker, I applaud the effort women's health research with more money body who have opposed more spending by this subcommittee and by all of and I believe this bill moves us in that direc­ bills than I have. I yield to no one in those on both sides of the aisle who tion. Moreover, the center's strong effort to my concern for the national debt. It have brought to the floor and made marry cutting edge research with the provision has been my greatest legislative prior­ this a reality. of services and information is critically impor­ ity to try to do something about our Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I tant. Our efforts to expand health research horrible national debt and these hor­ yield myself such time as I may would be futile if we did not also work to get rendous deficits we have been having consume. that information out of the lab and into the year aft er year. Mr. Speaker, in closing want to hands of doctors and patients. But this is not a spending bill. This is thank the gentleman from Tennessee I am pleased to again support this important a b11l to receive money for the Federal [Mr. DUNCAN]. His constructive leader­ bill and I urge my colleagues to lend their sup­ Government. This $12.8 million price ship has helped us to bring this bill port too. that has been placed on this property is forth. Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I a very fair price according to the most I want to commend everyone who yield back the balance of my time. recent assessment and according to the worked on this bill over previous Con­ The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. most recent appraisal. In fact, it is $2.8 gresses, and also thank all of the staff BISHOP). The question is on the motion million approximately above both the on both sides of the aisle. offered by the gentleman from Ohio assessment and the most recent ap­ I think this is a tremendous bill. [Mr. TRAFICANT] that the House sus­ praisal. Eighty-six percent of all health re­ pend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. This is a fair bill for the taxpayers. It search money spent in America today 490, as amended. is a good bill. I urge its support. is spent and invested on diseases of Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance The question was taken. men. This is an indictment. This bill is Mr. BLILEY. Mr. Speaker, I object to of my t1me. a step in the right direction. I am very Mr. 'rRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I the vote on the ground that a quorum proud of all those who have partici­ is not present and make the point of yield 1 minute to the distinguished pated. gentleman from California [Mr. TucK­ order that a quorum is not present. Mr. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, the issue be­ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evi­ ER] , Compton's former mayor . fore us passed through the appropriate sub­ Mr. TUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I thank dently a quorum is not present. my d.istinguished chairman of the Sub­ committee and the full committee on Public The Sergeant at Arms will notify ab­ committee on Public Buildings and Works and Transportation. I was generally sent Members. Grounds, the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. supportive of this land transfer in those com­ mittees. However, issues are raised by other The vote was taken by electronic de­ TRAFICANT], for yielding this time to vice, and there were-yeas 339, nays 69, me. committees who share jurisdiction over this subject that were not considered in Public not voting 22, as follows: Mr. Speaker, I am just very happy to [Roll No. 55] jom in with my colleagues on this bill Works, and frankly these concerns cause me in which I believe both sides of the concern about bringing this bill up under this YEAS-339 aisle have come together and said that procedure. It needs further work. Abercrombie Clyburn Gephardt Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in Ackerman Coleman Geren we are doing something, not only for Andrews (ME) Colllns (GA> Gilchrest the women of America, but for the support of H.R. 490, the Columbia Hospital for Andrews (NJl Collins Danner Gunderson of the full Committee on Public Works tional Women's Health Resource Center. Barrett (WI) Darden Gutierrez Under the bill's provisions, the Columbia Hos­ Becerra de Ia Garza Hall (OH) and Transportation, the gentleman Be!lenson Deal Hall (TX) from California [Mr. MINETA]. I most pital for Women to pay $12.8 million for the Bereuter De Lauro Hamburg certainly appreciate the comments and property. The bill should also require the hos­ Berman Derrick Ham!! ton pital to operate three satellite health care cen­ Bev!ll Deutsch Harman the support from the gentlewoman Bilbray Dicks Hastert from the District of Columbia [Ms. ters in the District of Columbia for women and Bishop D!ngell Hayes NORTON] and others, the gentleman children most in need of those services. Blackwell Dixon Hefley from California [Mr. STARK], the gen­ At a time when the Government is increas­ Blute Dooley Hefner ingly criticized for neglecting women's health Boehlert Duncan Hilliard tleman from California [Mr. DELLUMS] Boehner Dunn Hinchey who have carried this legislation for care, I believe today's legislation offers an op­ Bon!lla Durbin Hoagland many years, and I am glad to see that portunity for our Government to demonstrate Bon! or Edwards (CAl Hobson it has finally come t o fruition and that its commitment to women's health care needs. Borski Engel Hochbrueckner Boucher English (AZ) Hoekstra we can finally get his land conveyed. Reports regarding the failure to include ap­ Brewster English (OK) Hoke This is not only a question of convey­ propriate numbers of women as subjects in Brooks Eshoo Holden an0c which will not add a co::;t to the clinical trials, as well as the disturbingly high Browder Evans Horn Brown (CA) Everett Houghton defiClt, but it is actually a g ·~ at dem­ rate of gynecologic-obstetric surgeries are in­ Brown (FL) Ewing Hoyer onstration of inves!imeut as our Presi­ dicative of the need to better address wom­ Brown Fazio Huffington dent l.as tal!-rr::d about, Mr. Speaker. We en's reproductive health issues. Over 675,000 Bryant Fields (LA) Hughes are investin_g today for the .health care women underwent surgical removal of their Bunning Filner Hunter Byrne Fingerhut Hutchinson neenc.i Women's Health Resource Canady Fogl!etta Inglis this . .::; che best example tho:tt we can Center. Over 12,400 women die each year of Cantwell Ford (MI) Ins lee Cardin Fowler Jacobs give uo the 103d Congress and to the ovarian Gancer; 44,000 women died from Carr Frank (MA) Jefferson American pubic as to how we can get breast c.:incer in 1990. I believe statistics like Castle Franks (CT) Johnson (CT) off tht· dime, get off the gridlock and this illustrate better than anything, the great Chapman Franks (NJ) Johnson (GA) Clay Frost Johnson (SD) really see the '1eal th care m~e ds of need for the services provided by the center. Clayton Furse Johnson, E. B. womt·. n and minorit·es in this country Last year, I introduced the Women's Reprcr Clement Gallegly Johnston serverl. ductive Health and Medicine Act to infuse Cl!nger Gallo Kanjorski March 9, 1993 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4437 Kaptur Morella Serrano McDade Sanders Sharp Hoyer Min eta Schumer Kennedy Murphy Shaw Owens Scott Watt Hughes Minge Serrano Kennelly Murtha Shays Hutto Mink Sharp Klldee Nadler Shepherd D 1410 Hyde Moakley Shepherd Kleczka Natcher Shuster Inglis Mollohan Sis!sky Klein Neal (MAl Sisisky The Clerk announced the following Inslee Montgomery Skaggs Klink Neal (NC) Skaggs pairs: Jefferson Moran Skelton Klug Nussle Skeen On this vote: Johnson (GA l Murtha Slatt .~ ry Kopetski Oberstar Skelton Johnson (SDI My ers Slaughter Kreidler Obey Slattery Mr. Dellums and Mrs. Maloney for, with Johnson, E. B. Nadler Smith (lA) Kyl Olver Slaughter Mr. Cunningham against. Johnston Natcher Smith (NJ) LaFalce Ortiz Smith (IA) Kanjorsk! Neal (MA) Snowe Lambert Orton Smith (Ml) Mr. FAWELL changed his vote from Kaptur Neal (NC) Spence Lancaster Pallone Smith (TX) "yea" to "nay." Kasich Oberstar Svratt Lantos Parker Snowe Mr. SMITH of Michigan and Mr. Kennedy Obey Stark LaRocco Pastor Solomon THORNTON changed their vote from Kennelly Olver Stenholm Laughlin Paxon Spratt Klldee Ortiz Stokes Lazlo Payne (NJ) Stark "nay" to "yea." Kleczka Orton Strir.kland Leach Payne (VA) Stenholm So (two-thirds having voted in favor Klein Owens Studds Lehman Pelosi Stokes thereof) the rules were suspended and Klink Pallor1 e Stupak Levin Penny Strickland the bill, as amended, was passed. Kopetski Parker Swett Levy Peterson (FL) Studds Kreidler Pastor Swift. Lewis (GA) Peterson (MN) Stupak The result of the vote was announced LaFalce Payne (NJ> Synar Lightfoot Pickett Swett as above recorded. Lambert Payne (VAl ranner Lipinski Pickle Swift A motion to reconsider was laid on Lancaster Pelosi Tauzin Lloyd Pombo Synar Tejecta the table. Lantos Penny Long Pomeroy Talent LaRocco Peterson (FLl Thornton Lowey Porter Tanner Laughlin Peterson (MN) Thurman Machtley Po shard Tauzin Lehman Pickett Torres Torricelli Mann Price crhead Bliley Kastch Sen sen brenner Barrett (WI) Coppersmith Furse Buyer Hobson Morella Burton Kim Smith (NJ) Murphy Buyer King Smith (OR) Bateman Costello Gejdenson Callahan Hoekstra Coyne Gephardt Callahan Kingston Spence Becerra Calvert Hoke Nussle Oxley Coble Knollenberg Stearns Beilenson Cramer Geren Camp Horn Canady Huff!ngton Combest Kolbe Stump Berman Danner Gillmor Packard Bevill Darden Gilman Hunter Paxon DeLay Lewis Dicks Brewster King Regula Mica Zeliff Dingell Hall Brown (CA) Duncan Hamilton Dornan Knollenberg Rogers NOT VOTING-22 Brown (FL) Durbin Hayes Dreier Kolbe Rohrabacller Barton Dickey Hastings Brown (OH) Edwards

CF- Cfl 25 percent of CF sur- CF funds remaining plus Spent 2 Surplus

Year: 1983 ..... ············································· ·· ······· ·· ·· ············· ············· $281.701 $75,437 $206 ,264 $51 ,566 $154 ,698 1984 ...... ··· ··· ·············· ·· ························ 185,355 99,191 86 ,169 21 ,692 .25 64,476.75 1985 ...... ················· ·· ··········· 95 ,218 58,111 37,107 9,276.75 27 ,830.25 1986 ...... 178,830 44,122 134,708 33,677 101,031 1987 ...... ·· ·················· ················· 158,931 12,054 146,877 36 ,719.25 110,157.75 1988 ...... 221.589 98,325 123 ,264 30 ,816 92,448 1989 ...... 116,868 7,359 109,509 27,377 82,132 1990 ...... 132,717 26,474 106,243 26 ,560.75 79,682.25 1991 ...... ······· ········· ·· ·· ······ 294,168 54,284 239 ,884 59,971 179,913 1992 ...... 262,430 102,928 159,502 39,875.5 119,626 .5 1993 (estimate) ...... 120,787 24 ,100 96,687 24,171.75 72 ,515 .25

Average ...... 186,235.8 54,762 .30 131,474 32,882.1 98,591.88

I Represents unobligated sec . 32 balance at start of year. 2 Represents funds spent lor emergency surplus removal. Definition : Sec . 32 funding is a permanent appropriation , equivalent to 30 percent of U.S. customs receipts, authorized under sec. 32 of the act of August 24, 1935 (Public Law 74- 320). The CF portion of sec . 32 is determined annually based upon funds remaining alter USDA determines its other allocations lor sec. 32 dollars. By law, up to $300,000,000 of the prior year's unexpended funds can be carried over to the next year, and used lor the CF. Findings : The average annual USDA sec. 32 unobligated balance (in effect, the CF) lor the past 11 years is approximately $186,000 ,000 . The average amount spent annually over the past 10 years from the CF lor emergency farm sur­ plus removals and other purposes is approximately $55,000,000. The average amount in the annual CF "surplus" is $131 ,000,000. The average amount that would be spent on the TOP Program annually would be approximately $32,000,000. This would still leave an annual average of nearly $100,000 ,000 in the emergency contingency lund, alter the TOP Program is funded . March 9, 1993 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4443

D 1450 Current estimates are that 800,000 acciden­ CONCLUSION PROTECTIVE SAFER MEDICAL tal needlesticks occur each year. Over 50 per­ Mr. Speaker, this is a tax bill, but I expect- DEVICES cent of these are caused by unnecessary nee­ 1 hope-it will never raise a dime. Its purpose dles, that is, needles used to access intra­ is to signal to the marketplace that a change The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. venous equipment. In a recent report, a Uni­ is needed to save lives by eliminating unsafe KLINK). Under a previous order of the versity of California at San Francisco profes­ devices in an area where we know how to do House, the gentleman from California sor disclosed that 22 percent of medical stu­ better. Passing this bill in 1993 could ensure [Mr. STARK] is recognized for 5 min­ dents and 15 percent of dental students were that by the beginning of 1997, health care pro­ utes. accidentally exposed to blood last year. Ap­ fessionals would be free from the fear of con­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, neither you nor I proximately 15 percent of all nurses receive tracting deadly diseases through accidental know the incredible horror affiliated with an ac­ accidental needlesticks each year and in one needlesticks. cidental needlestick. Melissa Campbell of San hospital 8 percent of all employees sustain a Francisco, however, did know firsthand. Five H.R.- needle injury in 1 year. and a half years ago, while working as a Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep­ nurse in the AIDS unit of a hospital, she gave ACCIDENTS CAN BE REDUCED resentatives of the United States of America in Experts estimate that half of needlestick in­ Congress assembled, That (a) chapter 36 of the a patient an injection, crossed her hands while juries could be eliminated with the use of im­ Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to removing the needle and jabbed herself. Me­ certain other excise taxes) is amended by in­ lissa Campbell died in November 1992 from proved devices which minimize exposure to contaminated needles. Many new products serting after subchapter D the following new AIDS. subchapter: have been introduced into the market that at­ It is essential that health care workers like " Subchapter E-Certain Medical Items Melissa Campbell be protected. Her suffering tempt to make devices with needles safer. Self-sheathing hypodermic needles and cath­ " Sec. 4491. Imposition of tax. could have been prevented with the use of " Sec. 4492. Definitions and special rules. eter connections are available but are not yet protective medical devices in the workplace. "SEC. 4491. IMPOSITION OF TAX. Representative RANGEL and I are today re­ in widespread use due to a higher price for " (a) GENERAL RULE.-There is hereby im­ introducing a bill designed to provide a safer safer devices as compared to conventional posed on the taxable sale of any taxable med­ workplace for health care personnel. needles. ical item a tax of 10 cents per item. This bill would put the most valuable protec­ In a study conducted by the New York State " (b) TERMINATION.-No tax shall be im­ tive tool into the hands of frontline health care Department of Health in 1991, after implemen­ posed by this section on any sale after De­ workers and health care administrators-infor­ tation of devices using safer technologies, the cember 31, 1999. mation. This bill requires the Commissioner of number of sharps-related injuries decreased "SEC. 4492. DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES. the Food and Drug Administration to devise 30.8 percent and IV-related injuries decreased " (a) TAXABLE MEDICAL ITEM.-For purposes of this subchapter- safety performance standards and to annually 75 to 93 percent. Data gathered by Dr. Hanine Jagger, and others, at the University of Vir­ "(1) IN GENERAL.-The term " taxable medi- update these standards with attention to how cal item' means any item­ the devices currently on the market measure ginia suggest that "88 percent of needlesticks "(A) which is- up. It is expected that the Commissioner could potentially be eliminated by product re­ " (i) a syringe, or would look to experts in the field when devel­ design or substitution." "(ii) an item which is designed to be part oping these performance standards. This infor­ THE COST DIFFERENTIAL of an intravenous system and to which a mation will support the work of union rep­ Many health care facilities have not adopted standard prescribed under paragraph (2) ap­ this equipment due to the cost involved. As an plies, resentatives, hospital administrators, and oth­ "(B) which is manufactured or produced in ers who have the goal of incorporating the example, for a hospital to transition to a the United States or entered into the United safest technologies available. needleless IV system can cost as much as States for consumption, use, or warehousing, The bill will also use the Tax Code to make $10,000 for each 100 beds. Currently, IV sys­ and it economical for health facilities to use safer tems with safety devices can cost as much as "(C) which does not meet the applicable needle devices. The tax provision will not take 2.5 to 6.5 times the current market rate for de­ standard prescribed under paragraph (2). effect until 1997 so as to give manufacturers, vices without safety features. "(2) ANTINEEDLESTICK PREVENTION STAND­ marketers, and health care facilities time to What may not be apparent to health care fa­ ARDS.- Not later than the date 1 year after develop the most reliable, low-cost, mass-pro­ cility administrators is that the cost of one the date of the enactment of this section, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Admin­ duced safe needles possible. Using the Tax needlestick resulting in HIV infection exceeds istration shall prescribe safety performance Code to place a temporary excise tax on un­ the average cost of converting one hospital to standards for syringes, and such components safe needles bought by health care providers a needleless system. For example, the esti­ of intravenous systems as such Commis­ will ensure that there is a future mass market mated average cost of treating just 1 person sioner deems appropriate, for purposes of for safer needles, and this mass mar!