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June 18, 1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE H6481 campaign finance reform in over a dec- VACATION OF SPECIAL ORDER where there is risk, you cannot cal- ade. S. 1219, the McCain-Feingold regu- AND GRANTING OF SPECIAL culate the cost or be guaranteed deliv- lation, has the support of a coalition of ORDER ery from pain or loss. Bosnia is a land 30 grass-roots organizations and edi- Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, of grief and turmoil and none of us are torial board from all across America. I ask unanimous consent to claim the immune from it.'' Those were the Last year LINDA SMITH, CHRIS SHAYS, time of the gentlewoman from Ohio. words of his father upon learning of his and I introduced the House version of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there son's death. this campaign finance reform bill. H.R. objection to the request of the gen- Adam was working for the Commerce 2566, the Bipartisan Clean Congress tleman from California? Department when I arrived. He served Act, was the result of months and There was no objection. on the staff of the press office for sev- months of negotiations between groups eral months before becoming a per- of Democrats and Republicans. Both f sonal assistant to the Deputy Sec- bills are a remarkable example of what TRIBUTE TO ADAM DARLING retary for 2 years. Adam was also in- can happen when Members put aside strumental in bringing state-of-the-art their partisan differences and sit down The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a science to the central coast and to the to the same table to try to make Con- previous order of the House, the gen- country. Just 1 year ago he helped or- gress more accountable. tleman from California [Mr. FARR] is ganize the first-ever link between the H.R. 2566 eliminates PACs, caps lob- recognized for 5 minutes. classrooms across America and marine byist donations, requires 60 percent of Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, biologists working in the Monterey campaign contributions to originate in tonight I rise on the third anniversary Bay. a candidate's home State. It eliminates of the day on which I took the oath of Ron Brown had asked Adam to han- loopholes and large political party con- office 3 years ago in this Chamber to dle press relations and advance plan- tributions and sets voluntary spending replace then-Congressman Leon Pa- ning for the economic development limits, offering candidates discounted netta, who had gone to work in the mission in Bosnia. According to broadcast time and large mailings if White House as head of OMB. Adam's family, Adam saw it as an op- they sign a pledge not to spend any Standing in the well before me, I portunity to make a significant con- more than $600,000. thanked the California State legisla- tribution to the peace effort where it If enacted, the Bipartisan Clean Con- ture, which I had left the night before, was severely needed. gress Act will halt special interest in- for the good work they were doing in Rather than working hard to gain fluence in Washington and really clear guiding the State of California. At the personal attention, Adam worked hard the way for the truly representative same time I paid tribute to my mother, for the sheer pleasure of doing well and democracy which our forefathers envi- who had died of cancer while I was in the satisfaction of knowing he had sioned 200 years ago. the Peace Corps; and to my sister, who helped make someone else's life a little Now, it is difficult to change a sys- was killed while visiting me in the more livable. tem that is so favorable to incumbents, Peace Corps. Adam saw life as an opportunity to given the fact incumbents have access In the gallery at the time was my fa- serve the world, telling his family at to PAC and lobbyist contributions. ther, Fred Farr, and my sister, the age of 5 that he would be President They help us win reelection in the Con- Francesca Farr. Also in the gallery of the United States someday; a young gress over 90 percent of the time. In- from my district was Rev. Darrell Dar- boy made his commitment to bettering cumbents receive 70 percent of their ling and his son Adam Darling, who the country at any cost. During the few PAC contributions in each cycle. Sev- grew up in Santa Cruz, part of the dis- years that he was afforded, Adam enty percent of all PAC contributions trict I now represent. worked with the dedication and com- go to incumbents. Compare that with Tonight, on the third anniversary, I mitment of a President and accom- less than 12 percent for challengers; want to pay tribute to that beautiful plished more for the good of human- less than 12 percent. young man, Adam Darling, who lost his kind during his lifetime than many Mr. Speaker, the time for campaign life in the plane crash with Secretary even attempt in 100 years. finance reform is now. We have to act Ron Brown in Bosnia. The loss of Adam Darling and 34 oth- in this Congress while we have a Presi- Adam Darling died doing precisely ers in Bosnia will be sorely felt by all dent willing to sign this bill. Let us what he wanted: serving his country and will remain in our hearts as a me- give President Clinton this bipartisan while working to make the world a bet- morial to all who pay the highest cost bill and pass it into law. ter place. He was an eternal optimist. possible in order to keep the world by f Adam had once offered to ride his bike serving their country. I want to thank REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER across this country from his home the Darlings for being here on this day AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 2618 State of California to Washington, DC of my anniversary of being sworn into for then-Governor Bill Clinton because Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask Congress, and I want to pay tribute to he felt that he could make a difference unanimous consent that my name be Adam Darling who was here to greet in the 1992 presidential race just by removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 2618. me when I first arrived, and wish that riding a bicycle across the Nation. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there he was still here today. After the election he ended up in Wash- objection to the request of the gentle- Mr. Speaker, thank you for allowing ington working for the Commerce De- woman from New York? me this time to pay tribute to this There was no objection. partment. great young American. When I arrived to be sworn into Con- f f gress, Adam was there to meet me. He The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a brought his father, Rev. Darrell Dar- WHITEWATER previous order of the House, the gen- ling, with him from Santa Cruz all the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a tleman from California [Mr. DORNAN] is way here to Washington, DC. Accord- previous order of the House, the gen- recognized for 5 minutes. ing to his father, Adam Darling was a tleman from Indiana [Mr. BURTON] is [Mr. DORNAN addressed the House. leader among his peers, his friends, his recognized for 5 minutes. His remarks will appear hereafter in family and in his work. His leadership Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- the Extensions of Remarks.] grew from a keen and uncluttered er, I was kind of distressed today when f mind, a character free of shame, given I turned on the television set and saw The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a or received, and thoroughly generous the report that came out from the Sen- previous order of the House, the gen- in spirit. ate Banking Committee on tleman from Illinois [Mr. HASTERT] is He was very realistic about both pub- Whitewater. I was not upset about the recognized for 5 minutes. lic policy and public service and the report; I was upset about how it was [Mr. HASTERT addressed the House. limitations and temptations of both. presented by the media and that it was His remarks will appear hereafter in Adam's realism never was cynical. pooh-poohed as though it was nothing the Extensions of Remarks.] ``When you decide to make a difference significant. H6482 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE June 18, 1996 The fact of the matter is it is very, licans, and they were sought without and it would limit the length of time very significant and there were some justification. The Secret Service has that insurers could refuse to cover a very real possibilities of violations of said there was no way that they could preexisting medical problem. law and obstruction of justice. For in- have accidentally provided the White Essentially what this legislation does stance, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the House with this out-of-date list. Usu- in its original form is to simply make President's wife, said she did not know ally, almost always, when the White it easier for people to get health insur- anything about or have copies of the House asks for evidence or an FBI ance because we know that fewer and billing records from the Rose Law Firm background check on somebody, it is fewer people, fewer and fewer Ameri- that dealt with Castle Grande in the prospective, to find out if there is any- cans today have health insurance as Whitewater episode.