3660 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 7, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS GAO REPORT REVEALS with my strong recommendation that they ex­ the school and its superior commands con­ FAILURES IN NAVY TRAINING ercise strict oversight to make sure the Navy tributed to Mirecki's death. In addition, the complies. initial investigations were flawed, although In a free society, our Military Establishment subsequent investigations produced infor­ HON. TOBY ROTH mation that allowed action to be taken OF WISCONSIN depends on public trust. In this case, the Navy against those involved. Two later training IN THE HOUSE OF' REPRESENTATIVES failed Lee Mirecki and failed the American reviews helped to improve training safety, people. it is now up to the Navy command to but weaknesses remain. Tuesday, March 7, 1989 restore that trust, so that every American Safety concerns were involved in several Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago, a 19- family whose son or daughter serves in the of the other 16 training-related deaths. The year-old Navy recruit died while undergoing Navy has confidence that they are told the Navy did not always perform the required training at the Navy Flescue Swimmer School truth when a loved one dies-whether in investigations into these deaths. at Pensacola, FL. His name was Lee Mirecki, combat or in training. GAO'S ANALYSIS a young man like many thousands who join The GAO has done a superb job in this in­ An intimidating atmosphere existed at the our Armed Forces with enthusiasm, idealism vestigation. Their commitment to excellence is rescue swimmer school and a commitment to their country. a shining light for all who serve in Govern­ Because of command pressure to produce Today, I released the results of an exten­ ment and I thank them for their hard work. more graduates, the Rescue Swimmer sive GAO investigation of Lee Mirecki's death. [GAO report to congressional requesters, School became less selective of the students The report reveals that Lee Mirecki died be­ March 1989] it enrolled and increased the importance of cause of serious safety problems, and not in a NAVY TRAINING-SAFETY HAS BEEN IM­ discouraging voluntary attrition. These fac­ freak accident, as the Navy claimed. A sum­ PROVED, BUT MORE STILL NEEDS To BE tors helped to create an intimidating, non­ As mary of the GAO report follows my remarks. DONE volunteer atmosphere at the school. a result, it enrolled students who had little The GAO also found that safety problems PURPOSE chance of success and then intimidated contributed to at least 5 of the 16 other Navy On March 2, 1988, Airman Recruit Lee them into remaining in the course by re­ training deaths which occurred during 1986 Mirecki died while undergoing training at minding students of the negative career con­ through 1988. the Navy's Rescue Swimmer School in Pen­ sequences that would result if they with­ In addition, the GAO found defects in Navy sacola, Florida. Since January 1986, 16 other drew. Navy personnel have died while involved in investigation procedures that impede the training activities. Annually, about 800,000 A lack of effective internal controls Navy's ability to correct safety problems. Navy personnel receive formal training. The atmosphere at the school combined Finally, the GAO determined that, contrary The Wisconsin congressional delegation with inadequate internal controls allowed a to the Navy's claim that safety has been re­ requested that GAO answer the following series of events to occur that led to the stored, in fact much more has to be done to questions: death of Lee Mirecki. improve safety in high risk training. How and why did the Mirecki incident First, Mirecki was not a good candidate The bottom line is that Navy instructors still occur? for rescue swimmer training. He did not vol­ are not trained to conduct high risk training Has the Navy done enough to see that unteer, did not receive any psychological such an incident cannot reoccur? screening for duty as a rescue swimmer, and and that students still are not screened to How adequately was the Mirecki incident was not a strong swimmer. In addition, he make sure they can handle the dangers. investigated? was not informed that rescue swimmer After months of Navy stonewalling, last Were safety problems present in the other training was required until he arrived at the June I turned to the GAO to find out why Lee Navy training deaths? Aircrew Candidate School. Second, Mirecki Mirecki and the other Navy men had died. BACKGROUND was pressured into remaining in the Rescue Specifically, I wanted to know whether safety Lee Mirecki entered the Navy under a pro­ Swimmer School after he panicked in his was a problem and whether the Navy was gram that guaranteed him training as an first class. Third, he was allowed to re-enroll properly managing its training. The entire Wis­ aviation anti-submarine warfare operator. after a flight surgeon had determined that he was not physically qualified. Fourth, the consin congressional delegation endorsed my When he arrived at Aircrew Candidate School after recruit training, he was in­ instructors forced Mirecki to continue the request. training exercise, despite his pleas to quit. From GAO's report, I conclude that Lee Mir­ formed that he had to complete the Rescue Swimmer School. Those events occurred because the school ecki's death was a tra~1edy waiting to happen. After panicking during a lifesaving exer­ did not effectively manage its operations He was not qualified for this dangerous cise, Mirecki decided to withdraw from the and staff. For example, the school did not course, and was confronted with instructors school. He then underwent some medical re­ adequately supervise and train instructors, who were not properly trained or effectively views to determine his fitness to continue had an inadequate student feedback system, supervised. He was coc:?rced into this high risk the training. Although a flight surgeon de­ inadequately screened students, and did not termined that he was unfit to continue be­ have a system for alerting instructors to training because the Navy had a shortage of special student problems. rescue swimmers. cause of a water-related fear, he was re-en­ rolled in the course. The lack of effective internal controls at The Navy brass had ignored safety prob­ During the same lifesaving exercise, Mir­ the school was compounded by inadequate lems at Pensacola for months before Lee Mir­ ecki again panicked. This time, the instruc­ command oversight. Higher level commands ecki arrived. TheY. swept reports of problems tors forced him to continue. He became un­ did not <1 > pay sufficient attention to high under the rug, and did not properly review the conscious, and the instructors removed him attrition and rollback rates, (2) follow up on course of training. from the water and began resuscitation ef­ injury and medical incidents, (3) establish This GAO report is a catalog of failures by forts. Subsequent medical treatment failed safety audit/inspection responsibilities, and (4) provide adequate curriculum review. the Navy-which led to Lee Mirecki's death to revive him. The cause of death was diagnosed as heart Initial investigations into the Mirecki and others. Today I am transmitting copies of failure brought on by extreme fright, fa­ this report to the Navy, with a demand that incident were inadequate tigue, and lack of air. This incident led to a The Mirecki incident triggered a number the GAO's findings be implemented without series of investigations and resulted in a va­ delay. I am also asking that the Navy contact of investigations. The Chief of Naval Air riety of disciplinary actions against 10 indi­ Training convened a Judge Advocate Gener­ the families of those who have died in training viduals. al Manual investigation. This initial investi­ to tell them what really happened. RESULTS IN BRIEF gation was hastily done and narrowly fo­ I am also transmitting this report to the An intimidating, nonvolunteer atmos­ cused and did not thoroughly analyze the chairmen of the Armed Services Committees, phere and inadequate internal controls at circumstances of Mirecki's death.

e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in ------this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. March 7,, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3661 A Naval Investigative Service investiga­ NEW NAVAL HOSPITAL CELEBRATES FIRST most staff members, however, that contribu­ tion began after a tip was received alleging ANNIVERSARY, PATIENT "BOOM" tion is known only to a few. Greg has been an that the death may have been caused by in­ invaluable advisor, right arm and friend to me. structor misconduct and the Navy was at­ Capt. Carl Wesolowski, who commands Now he faces even greater challenges. The tempting to cover it up. GAO found that the nation's largest naval medical center, drug epidemic is the most serious problem af­ the investigation did not sufficiently ad­ served hamburgers to some of the 3,000- dress the issue of an alleged cover-up and fecting our region. Greg has been asked by member staff of San Diego Naval Hospital our country executive to coordinate all phases contained numerous flaws. yesterday as they celebrated the first anni­ Navy officials found both investigations to versary of the institution's new $260 million of our local fight against drugs. The future of be inadequate and directed a supplemental facility. so many young people depend on his efforts. Judge Advocate General Manual investiga­ " It wouldn't have worked without them," I know he is up to this new challenge, and I tion and reopened the Naval Investigative the captain said, "and we are doing things hope all my colleagues will join me in thanking Service investigation. The results of these we weren't doing a year ago-we're increas­ Greg Gill for his contributions and wishing him later investigations were used as the basis ing access to medical care." Godspeed. for disciplinary charges and actions against The new hospital, in Balboa Park's Flori­ those involved. da Canyon, has a daily patient load of 2,000-twice the number that were treated END OF COMMUNISM IN Command actions have improved safety, but at the facility it replaced. The original EUROPE? more needs to be done Naval Hospital in Balboa Park was begun in The actions resultin€: from the Rescue the 1920s and most of its buildings are now Swimmer School review and the command­ being razed. The site was transferred to the HON. TOM LEWIS wide review contributed to improving train­ city in a land-swap negotiation. OF FLORIDA ing safety. However, GAO concluded that Wesolowski acknowledged that the hospi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES additional changes are still needed to clarify tal could not begin to meet the medical policies, eliminate coercion, improve instruc­ needs of all the estimated 400,000 San Diego Tuesday, March 7, 1989 tor selection and training, and improve in­ County military personnel, retired person­ Mr. LEWIS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I insert ternal controls. nel and dependents entitled to care there. the enclosed article, "End of Communism in But he said breakthroughs in medical ad­ Eastern Europe?" by rny constituent, Mr. Death investigations need to be improved ministration have allowed him to expand Navy regulations call for up to three inde­ patient loads Arthur Burck, in Extensions of Remarks: pendent investigations of a death to deter­ "We expanded our Beach Post, Oct. 23, mine whether safety issues were involved care clinic by adding civilian doctors to the 1988] and identify needed corrective actions, de­ staff," he said. "In June 1987, we were END OF COMMUNISM IN EASTERN EUROPE? termine accountability, and ensure that the seeing 50 primary-care patients a day. Now the right to emigrate, most visa has been bulldozed and replaced by sprawl­ In this fast-changing world so filled with applications are granted to those who have ing, huge office buildings for the communist immediate problems, it is easy to overlook recently applied. This leaves the refuseniks, bureaucracy. It is a damning indictment of what historians may eventually assess as what happens when communism takes over the most significant development of our who have been denied many times over for a a mature, sophisticated city of beauty and times. It is that on the economic front there host of poor reasons, as political pawns to be culture. · has been complete and total victory over so­ used as concessions when negotiating with Then in Yugoslavia were found an econo­ cialism and its offshoot, communism. the West. Additionally, glasnost has allowed my near collapse: inflation over 200 percent, It was not always clear that victory would the spawning of anti-Semitic groups like unemployment 15 percent, $21 billion in for­ be ours. Those of us who grew up in the Pamyat making the need for emigration all the eign debt. By comparision, even foundering Great Depression remember the arguments more urgent. We must continue to press the Argentina looks good. Riots and strikes were from a surprisingly large and varied section Soviet Union to go beyond superficial conces­ cropping up in some areas as Communist po­ of American life that communism-socialism litical leaders jockeyed to improve their po- was the wave of the future. sions and make true human rights advances as agreed upon in the recent concluding doc­ stt~a · FRANCE'S SOCIALIST FLING On the surface beautiful Budapest, fully ument of the Vienna Conference on Security Indeed, as recent as the early 1980s social­ and Cooperation in Europe. recovered from the war damage that de­ ism was still on the move. The socialist gov­ stroyed 60 percent, seems happy, relaxed, ernment of France then took over 95 per­ I rise today, International Women's Day, in ebullient and communism's entrepreneur cent of the banking industry and many order to make our community aware of the ac­ capital of capitalism that once gave it the giant industrial firms, so that government tions of a select group of women who are in reputation for an "economic miracle." was in control of most of the 20 largest cor­ desperate need of our help. For the next 3 COMMUNIST LEADERS ON EDGE porations. days, the Jewish Women Against Refusal But behind the facade is widespread pov­ Moreover, 17 of the 50 largest industrials [JEWAR] will be conducting their third annual erty. A third of Hungarians survive on negli­ in Western Europe-and of course every­ hunger strike in protest of the Soviet Union's gible or substandard income of less than thing in Eastern Europe-were government­ continued refusal to grant them exit visas. $100 per month while inflation and unem­ owned, including eight of the top 10 in Italy ployment soar. and basic industries in leading democracies Many of these women, who have been refuse­ Struggling to find solutions, Communist such as Britain, Sweden and Austria. niks for more than a decade, are waiting to be leaders are considering shutting down the In recent years the tide has turned. reunited with their families. I am compelled to inefficient state-owned heavy industries and France, Britain and other nations have been insert the statement of these women, on the returning workers to farms that were taken busy returning many of these big companies eve of their hunger strike, into the RECORD away from them when state-owned farms to private ownership-"privatization." Why? because it will reinvigorate us all to continue were the "in" thing in the early days of so­ Experience confirmed the fact that big busi­ the fight. cialist takeover. Others talk of selling a nesses, already burdened by huge and in­ third of businesses to Western capitalists flexible bureaucracies, became even more STATEMENT BY REFUSENIK WOMEN ON THE and other capitalistic moves that might re­ stagnant under the heavy hand of govern­ EVE OF THEIR HUNGER STRIKE invigorate the economy. In the meantime ment bureaucrats. As in the past two years, refusenik women there are strikes, riots and other disturb­ The industrial units of communist na­ declare a three day hunger strike on March ances that keep Communist leaders on edge. tions, of course, remain shackled to massive 8, International Women's Day. For similar reasons, Czechoslovakia is like government bureaucracies. Nevertheless, in There have been certain improvements in a quiescent volcano that may erupt at any the first several decades of the postwar the problem of emigration throughout 1987 time. It was just 20 years a1~0 that Czech re­ period, the vigor of the Soviet economy sur­ and 1988. However, there is still no legal formers took the lead with their own pro­ prised many Western economists. mechanism for solving the problem. This ac­ grams of perestroika, but they paid the But gradually over the past decade the cordingly affects the fate of people tragical­ price for being ahead of the times when Soviet economic engine has been malfunc­ ly. Repeated promises by Soviet authorities Soviet tanks rolled in and replaced reform­ tioning. to line the problem up with their interna­ ers with hard-liners who in recent turbu­ Today, the Achilles heel of the U .S.S.R. is tional commitments remain empty words. lence were replaced by other hardliners. its stagnating economy. The Soviet authorities have now divided It was a pleasure to end the trip in Mr. Gorbachev therefore faces the mind­ the problem of emigration into two spheres: Vienna. In 1945, Vienna was one of the boggling task of implementing a thorough one is for people who apply to emigrate for grubbiest of cities-40 percent damaged and reorganization of Soviet industry, a job of the first time and the other is the release of with its defeated population spiritless and unprecedented difficulty and seemingly in­ refuseniks. Thousands of people who first impoverished. Today it is hard to find a superable challenges. If Mr. Gorbachev apply are allowed to go rather quickly. more beautiful and prosperous city. If one fails, freedom is unlikely to come to the while refuseniks remain an object of endless needs to be convinced concerning the total Balkan satellites. What happened to political bargaining at international negotia­ superiority over communism of democracy Czechoslovakia in 1968 and Hungary in 1955 tions and harassments by bureaucrats at and a free-enterprise economy, the compari- when Soviet tanks brutally moved in to home. March 7, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3663 Lawlessness and arbitrary rule reign to­ relationship with the United States. The Fed­ Puerto Ricans have great respect for the in­ wards refuseniks detained for reasons of eral Government has supported Puerto Rico's stitution of statehood. But the majority at "state security." In most cases, they have right to self-determination since the days of present feels that statehood would not be in been held beyond all reasonable time limits. Their problem is not resolved. In many President Harry Truman. Self-determination for the interest of the United States or Puerto cases refusal of permission for them to emi­ Puerto Rico has been the continuing and Rico, and could plunge the now-thriving econ­ grate is confirmed, their term of waiting commendable policy of the United States. omy into deep depression if the island's spe­ being extended monstrously. More and President Bush's advocacy of statehood cial economic arrangements under Common­ more "security" refuseniks appear, receiving comes despite the fact the only a minority of wealth status were eliminated, as they would refusals as hitherto without any lawful Puerto Ricans have expressed themselves for be under statehood. From an island which is grounds. now an asset to the United States-and Another big group of refuseniks are the statehood. For example, in last November's poor relatives. Their situation is vivid testi­ elections, Gov. Hernandez Colon, the incum­ called the keystone of the Caribbean Basin mony that the Soviet authorities refuse to bent, pro-Commonwealth supporter, won 48. 7 initiative-Puerto Rico as a State could comply with their own legislation. As a percent of the vote, while the prostatehood become heavily dependent upon U.S. taxpay­ result, hundreds of people, including many candidate won 45.8 percent. The proindepen­ ers as its industrial sector atrophies without its women and children, are denied defense dence candidate received 5.5 percent. The present tax advantages. under law and are doomed to wage an end­ last time Puerto Ricans formally expressed It behooves Congress to examine these less overwhelming struggle against cruelty themselves on this matter in a plebiscite held issues closely as it comes to consider Presi­ and inhuman treatment. dent Bush's request and to help Puerto As a whole, the refusenik situation today in 1967, Commonwealth predominated with exposes the old absence of legal foundation 60.4 percent of the vote, while statehood re­ Ricans understand what it would be willing to for solving the human rights problem in the ceived 38.9 percent, and independence, 0.6 agree to regarding each of the options to be Soviet Union. Accordingly, we again appeal percent. selected by Puerto Rico through a referen­ to the Soviet and foreign public to support Although President Bush came out for dum. It is also vital that Congress expedite the our just fight for observance of the right to statehood in his February 9 speech, Gov. Her­ legislative process concerning this referen­ emigrate, both for those who have been nandez Colon the next day praised the Presi­ dum, thereby expediting Puerto Rico's con­ waiting for years, and for those who hope to tinuing right to self-determination. use the right but cannot do so because there dent's recognition of Puerto Rico's right to are no reliable assurances. self-determination. But the Governor added The right to emigrate, including essential that this right includes the right of the Puerto JUST SAY NO TO BIG STEEL assurance that it will be observed, has just Rican people to conduct their political affairs been confirmed by the Vienna Conference without outside interference, without pressure on Security and Cooperation in Europe. The from anyone in the Government of the United HON. BILL FRENZEL conference confirmed that right on January States making official statements concerning OF MINNESOTA 19 and its decision was published in the Soviet Press. preferences for the political status of Puerto IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rico. Will the Soviet Union once again refuse to Tuesday, March 7, 1989 honor its commitments, so that we will The facts are that the Commonwealth of again remain deceived victims of lawlessness Puerto Rico, which came into being in 1952 Mr. FRENZEL. Mr. Speaker, the February and arbitrary rule? through a compact between Puerto Rico and 20 edition of the Minneapolis Star Tribune the United States, has provided the basic un­ contained an excellent editorial opposing an derpinnings for Puerto Rico's extraordinary extension of voluntary restraints for the U.S. PUERTO RICO MOVING TO steel industry. I hope my colleagues will DECIDE ITS FUTURE RELA­ and much admired economic and social growth, which has seen the island's per capita review the arguments opposing the extension TIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED contained in the article before making any de­ STATES income soar from $121 in 1940 to over $5,000 today. Economically, the island's semi­ cision on the issue. The article follows. HON. JAIME B. FUSTER autonomous status has allowed Puerto Rico JUST SAY N 0 TO BIG STEEL . to create a thriving industrial sector of over The U.S. steel industry is a junkie. It's ad­ OF PUERTO RICO 2,000 industrial plants, which are the main­ dicted to protection from foreign competi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES spring of an economy whose gross domestic tion. The industry has grown so dependent Tuesday, March 7~ 1989 product [GDP] is now about $19 billion, which that it focuses obsessively on ensuring that its habit will continue to be fed. Another fix Mr. FUSTER. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues allows Puerto Rico to have the highest stand­ is due later this year. Big Steel's dealers­ have no doubt noticed the recent surge of in­ ards of living in Latin America. Puerto Rico Congress and the White House-seem intent terest in the matter of Puerto Rico's political last year bought some $7.3 billion worth of on providing it. That's the way addictions status, a matter placed on the national products from the United States mainland, become perpetual-one fix at a time. The agenda when President Bush elaborated on it more than that of Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, solution is to quit cold turkey. Congress and in his February 9 address to a. joint session of and Chile combined. the White House should cut off the supply. Despite the obvious economic advantages If they won't do it, Big Steel's foreign com­ Congress which was nationally televised. For petitors should. the further interest of my colleagues in this of Commonwealth status, a growing number The U.S. steel industry has enjoyed pro­ matter, I would like now to give all Members of Puerto Ricans have come to prefer state­ tection from foreign competitors in some of Congress a brief background on this impor­ hood in recent years. Yet, many of them form since 1969. Despite the help, the indus­ tant issue that will have important implications somehow believe, as is maintained by local try failed to modernize, and cost-conscious for both the United States and Puerto Rico. prostatehood leaders, that they can have foreign competitors still captured one-quar­ In his speech, President Bush called for a statehood without paying Federal taxes, or ter of the U.S. market by the early 1980s. In referendum in Puerto Rico to allow Puerto somehow have Federal taxes phased in over 1984, with Big Steel apparently on its death Ricans "to determine their own political bed and with an election-conscious Congress a 20-year transition period. These leaders also clamoring to impose harsh import controls, future," adding that "personally, I strongly maintain that Puerto Ricans need not give up President Reagan asked Congress to let him favor statehood." Mr. Bush has long been an Spanish as their official langauge-as it has negotiate voluntary restrictions instead. advocate of statehood. I favor the existing been for nearly 500 years-or need not give The restrictions would last five years, giving Commonwealth status, with improvements, as up Puerto Rico's current international person­ the U.S. steel industry a chance to rebound. does our Governor, Rafael Hernandez Colon, ality. They also claim that Congress will Congress agreed, and foreign producers who proposed in January a political status assume Puerto Rico's external debt of over went along for fear that failure to oblige plebiscite for Puerto Rico. $12 billion. would bring even more severe restrictions on Gov. Hernandez Colon was later joined by their U.S. sales. These questionable contentions should be Now the "voluntary" quotas are about to the leaders of the prostatehood and proinde­ subject to close scrutiny by Congress. The expire. Surprise: Big Steel says it just can't pendence parties in Puerto Rico, who agreed people of Puerto Rico have a right to know get along without them- even though its to seek a commitment from the United States whether statehood will in fact be granted with profits are extraordinarily healthy, its mills for a final solution to the issue of the island's such unusual conditions. are running at near capacity, and the de- 3664 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 7, 1989 cline in the dollar has made American steel ing foundation known worldwide for its re­ For many years, Mrs. Johns was the direc­ among the cheapest to produce. U.S. politi­ search in the areas of conservation, resource tor of consultation and education for the cians seem determined to keep the industry management, marine life ecology, and mari­ Prince Georges County Comprehensive Com­ wrapped in dependency. During last fall's culture. Much of the institute's significant con­ munity Mental Health Center. In 1984, County campaign, George Bush pledged his support for a continuation of the controls, and Con­ tribution to the scientific literature is attributa­ Executive Parris Glendening chose her to be gress seems similar inclined. ble to the opportunity its scientists have to uti­ the first executive director of the Commission Steel-using manufacturers are incredulous lize Sea World's state-of-the-art veterinary lab­ on Children and Youth. She served in that at this official acquiescence to continued oratories and the park's vast collection of post for 2 years. protectionism. They suffer the conse­ marine animals. In the last two decades in my county, when­ quences: highly inflated steel prices and Mr. Speaker, Sea World plays a significant ever a board or commission was being shortages or delayed deliveries of some steel role in the economic health of San Diego, pro­ formed, Bonnie Johns came to mind as a products. Because they must pay more for viding jobs to thousands of young people and person who would be sure to meet any task steel than their foreign counterparts, U.S. students and contributing greatly to the growth manufacturers are at a competitive disad­ with intelligence and integrity. She gave of her vantage both at home and abroad. Some, and maintenance of the tourism industry. With time and talents generously, and the lives of like Caterpiller, Inc., are fighting back by its parent company, Harcourt Brace Jovano­ thousands of children in our county are the building new manufacturing plants abroad­ vich, Inc., Sea World and its employees repre­ better for it. at the expense of U.S. communities. All to­ sent a considerable resource not only to the I remember Bonnie Johns fondly as a friend gether, steel-users estimate that import re­ community of San Diego but to the families, and with great admiration as a public servant. strictions have cost the United States sig­ students, and scientists of the Nation. I know we were blessed in Prince George's nificantly more manufacturing jobs than I am proud to extend my congratulations to County during some difficult years to have a they have saved in the steel industry. president Robert K. Gault, Jr., and his staff leader of Bonnie Johns' wisdom. That's the flaw in protectionism. It helps and associates on the occasion of the 25th some Americans but hurts others even I ask the Members of the House to join me more. For five years, steel-using manufac­ anniversary of Sea World of California. in extending our condolences to Bonnie turers and American consumers have car­ Johns' husband Anthony and to their children ried Big Steel. Now it is time for the indus­ A TRIBUTE TO BONNIE JOHNS and grandchildren. try to compete fairly with foreign producers or get out of the business. Congress should refuse to allow an extension of the volun­ HON. STENY H. HOYER REMARKS ON BASE CLOSING tary import restrictions and President Bush OF MARYLAND REPORT should decline to negotiate one. If Bush and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congress cave in, as seems likely, foreign producers should refuse to go along. Tuesday, March 7, 1989 HON. TERRY L. BRUCE Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, on November 16, OF ILLINOIS 1988, Prince Georges County lost one of its IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEA WORLD CELEBHATES ITS most respected citizens when Bonnie Johns Tuesday, March 7, 1989 25TH ANNIVERSARY passed away. For more than 20 years, Mrs. Johns served Mr. BRUCE. Mr. Speaker, on February 22, HON. BILL LOWERY the people of our county in a variety of posts, 1989, I testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Installa­ OF CALIFORNIA. both as a professional and as a civic activist. tions where I expressed my concern about the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES She was a person of great ability and com­ base closure Commission's report. Tuesday, March 7, 1989 passion. In her private and public careers, she combined her training in teaching and coun­ Closing and realigning obsolete military Mr. LOWERY of California. Mr. Speaker, it is seling with her interest in the welfare of chil­ bases was one of the cost-saving recommen­ with admiration that I rise today to pay tribute dren. dations of the Grace Commission and an initi­ to Sea World of California as it celebrates its In Prince Georges County in the 1960's, ative proposed by the congressional Grace 25th anniversary year. Found13d in 1964 on a Mrs. Johns served as executive director of the caucus, of which I am a cochair. small plot of land on Mission Bay in San United Communities Against Poverty [UCAP], The act's primary intention was honorable: Diego, Sea World with its sister parks in an agency created during the Great Society To save the taxpayers billions of dollars and Cleveland, Orlando, and San Antonio-is one years of the Johnson administration to combat to make better use of our Nation's defense re­ of the largest and most respected marine zoo­ poverty in the inner-beltway area. UCAP con­ sources. logical parks in the world. tinues its mission today with the same com­ I voted against the authorization of the The history of Sea World is one of dedicat­ mitment which Bonnie Johns first brought to it. Commission under the act. I agreed with the ed people guided by a simple philosophy and Bonnie Johns became most well known in bill's cost-saving intentions but I believed that spurred by the energy common to dreamers Prince Georges County and throughout the its mandate was too narrow and the time and visionaries. In addition to presenting pre­ Washington area for her service to the frame to evaluate the bases was too short. mier entertainment for the family, Sea World is schools. In the early 1970's, she was a More importantly, I was concerned about renowned for its significant contributions to member of the citizens advisory committee of the sweeping delegation of legislative author­ marine education and research. the county school board. In 1977, County Ex­ ity to an outside agency without allowing full Sea World's education programs have ecutive Winfield Kelly appointed Mrs. Johns to congressional oversight. served more than 1.5 million students and a vacancy on the board. In 1980 she was The enactment of the bill left too great a teachers, offering them a unique opportunity elected to that post in her own right. margin for error. What if national defense to visit the park to study and learn first-hand During her tenure of the board, Prince were weakened by proposed closures? What about the wonders of the marine world. And, Georges County was under court order and if no significant cost savings were achieved? through its award-winning outreach program, was moving toward integration of the schools. What if mistakes had been made by the Com­ Sea World has taken the mysteries of the sea As the only black member of the school mission? How are these mistakes to be cor­ to school assemblies, classrooms, libraries, board, Mrs. Johns' profile was high and her rected? and clubhouses across the western United role was difficult. Hers was always a voice of Since the release of the base closure States. reason, often a lonely one. She engendered report, it is my observation that mistakes have Since its founding, Sea World has spon­ such respect that in her last year on the board been made by the Commission. Doubts linger sored an extensive stranded animal program, she was elected to be the Chair. in my mind over the legislation's intended sav­ annually treating at its own expense as many Mrs. Johns chose not to run when she was ings estimated at $2 to $5 billion a year, and as 650 orphaned, ill, and injured animals up for reelection to the board in 1984. She the Commission's proposal which projected a found on southern California beaches. wanted to devote her spare time to the pursuit modest savings of $700 million. The Commis­ Sea World also serves as the host and of other interests. Certainly after years of night sion seemed to cast aside its mandate of cost major benefactor of the independent Sea meetings, she had earned a rest. However, reduction, which was the foundation of its World Research Institute, a nonprofit operat- she was not out of the public eye for long. charter. March 7, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3665 But the Commission's report contains many deny a cost savings as a result of the pro­ those individuals or families who can apply more serious flaws, specifically with regard to posed closure. The Commission estimates that credit against an existing tax liability. For Chanute. I recently toured Chanute Air Force that the closure of Chanute will save $68. 7 the 6 million children in poverty, and the 6 mil­ Base in eastern Illinois with Congressman ED million annually. But this figure seems to lion households eliminated from the Federal MADIGAN. The Commission's report seriously mirror the cost of operating expenses at the tax rolls by the 1986 Tax Reform Act, the tax underestimated the facilities at Chanute, the Air Force base each year. credit is virtually useless. Thus, while the max­ cost of closing the base, and the impact on The figure must be based on some other imum credit in theory is $720 for one child the surrounding community. The Commission savings since we know that Chanute's func­ and $1,440 for two or more children, in reality relied on outdated information about the base; tions will be realigned to other facilities; and, no one can currently claim those amounts and it did not even bother with an onsite in­ according to the Air Force, the realignment of since they are higher than the maximum tax li­ spection. Chanute's functions would require $243 mil­ ability for the applicable income levels. By Since 1981, Congress has appropriated lion in construction at the four receiving making the dependent-care tax credit refund­ about $150 million for training facilities, per­ bases. Others have placed estimates much able, families of all income levels will be able manent buildings, housing, and other support higher. to take equal advantage of the tax credit. activities. The quality of work in Rantoul and We do not know whether they considered A second feature of my bill addresses the the improvement in Chanute's facilities in all possible costs including: Realignment of day care supply problem by providing incen­ recent years, has made the base an essential functions to the receiving bases; termination tives to businesses to provide dependent care component of our national siecurity program. of existing contracts with the private sector; facilities as a business or as a benefit for their The Commission claims that Chanute was cleanup of hazardous wastes; cost of home employees. Currently, there is no special tax slated for closure "primarily due to reduced buyout; legal suits against the Government for incentives which would make it more attrac­ mission effectiveness caused by lower quality damages; large lump sum payments to laid-off and limited availability of facilities." In reality, tive for employers to spend money on day tenured teachers in the school district; and care for its employees than to provide some major modern facilities exist throughout the defaulted loans and other financial damages base including a new liquid fuels training facili­ other kind of fringe benefit. By bill grants a 10- caused by the closure. percent tax credit for any investment now eli­ ty, $1.9 million; a new weather training facility, It is my belief that closing Chanute Air $7.5 million; an addition to the aircraft engine gible for the normal investment tax credit and Force Base and realigning its functions else­ used for a dependent care facility. I would training facility, $1.7 million; a new 500-man where will actually end up costing the taxpay­ also establish a new 5-percent investment tax dormitory, $10.8 million; new steam lines, ers money. And we will be compromising our credit for any structural expenses associated $16.9 million; a new regional waste water national defense readiness in the process. with building a dependent care facility, now treatment facility, $11.9 million; a new unac­ As a Member of Congress, it is my obliga­ not eligible for credits of any type. companied office personnel housing facility, tion to act responsibly in reviewing the Com­ Mr. Speaker, there have been many child $4.6 million; and a new co!d storage facility, mission's report. The documentation request­ care bills introduced thus far in this Congress, $2.9 million. All construction on these projects ed from the Commission is absolutely neces­ including ones that take advantage of the de­ occured within the last 6 years, with a price­ sary for Congress to make a fair judgment on pendent-care tax credit. Unlike many of those, tag of over $66 million. This construction the base closing recommendations. my legislation does not expand the scope of would have to be duplicated at the receiving A GAO study is now underway which will the Tax Code, but only addresses those fami­ bases should Chanute be closed. At the re­ either confirm the Commission's findings or lies who are already entitled to the depend­ ceiving bases, there is already a 2-year wait disapprove them by offering information the for housing. I don't have to tell you that there Commission had overlooked in its efforts. I ent-care tax credit. Accordingly, I urge my col­ is not much incentive for sorvicemen to reen­ urge my colleagues to remain patient until all leagues to support my initiative. list without adequate housing. the facts are in on this matter. I request that the full text of my bill be in­ As you can see, although Chanute's loca­ serted at this point in the RECORD: tion represents the Air Force's oldest techni­ H.R. 1282 CHILD CARE cal training center, only its location is old-its Be it enacted by the Senate and House of facilities are new or renovated. Representatives of the United States of The Commission's contention that Chanute HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN America in Congress assembled, lacks space for administration and training OF NEW YORK SECTION 1. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR EXPENSES purposes is ludicrous. The base's largest facil­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR HOUSEHOLD AND DEPENDENT ity, Whitehall, is only surpassed in administra­ CARE SERVICES NECESSARY FOR tive space by one building in the Department Tuesday, March 7, 1989 GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. of Defense: The Pentagon. And there is no Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I am re­ (a) SECTION MOVED TO APPROPRIATE PLACE shortage of buildings for training. introducing legislation making child care more IN SUBPART C OF PART III OF SUBCHAPTER A OF CHAPTER 1 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE I am concerned about the loss of surge ca­ widely available to families of all incomes. My CODE OF 1986.- pability should Chanute bei closed. Each base legislation makes the current dependent care ( 1) DESIGNATION.-Section 21 of the Inter­ has an unused capacity in the case that a mo­ tax credit refundable and provides incentives nal Revenue Code of 1986 is henceforth to bilization should occur. By closing one of the to businesses to provide onsite child care fa­ be designated as section 34A of such Code. Air Force's technical training centers, the cilities for their employees. (2) PLACED IN SUBPART c.-The section for amount of surge that a base can accommo­ The lack of affordable and quality child care which paragraph <1 > provides a new section date would be severely limited. is the greatest obstacle confronting women number is hereby moved to the appropriate Fifty-one training courses are offered at today as they balance their careers, economic place in subpart C of part III of subchapter Chanute, and none are offered at any other livelihoods, and their family's needs. In 1986, A of chapter 1 of such Code. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.- technical training center. Chanute's weather some 60 percent of the mothers of 3- to-5- (1) Paragraph <1> of section 129 of such training school teaches weather forecasting to year-olds were working, most because of eco­ Code ·C2)". fuels training school offers courses to test and will have mothers in the work force by 1995. <2> Subsection of section 213 of such evaluate aircraft fuels, and safety courses. Ev­ And a significant number of these children will Code is rooms, equipment, facilities. They all must be if this problem is not addressed. amended by striking out "21" and inserting in lieu thereof "34A". placed somewhere since Chanute functions The legislation I am reintroducing would (C) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.- are vital to our defense. make the dependent-care tax credit refund­ (1) The table of sections for subpart A of There is great confusion on how the pro­ able. As many of my colleagues are aware, part III of subchapter A of chapter 1 of jected cost savings will be achieved. Neither our Tax Code provides for a tax credit for such Code is amended by striking out the the report nor the working papers confirm or costs associated with dependent care for only first item. 3666 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 7, 1989 <2> The table of sections for subpart C of Columbia, or an organization described in capitals, the Lance modernization issue domi­ part III of subchapter A of chapter 1 of section 501(c) which is exempt from tax nated the news. Naysayers portrayed West such Code is amended by inserting after the under section 501(a)." German Chancellor Kohl's announcement on item relating to section 34 the following new (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendments item: made by subsections (a), Cb), and (c) shall the eve of the visit to postpone the decision "Sec. 34A. Expenses for household and de­ apply to the period after December 31, 1989 on replacing the aging, short-range Lance pendent care services necessary IN GENERAL.-Subsection of section been expected that the Allies would reach 46 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 applies." Ernie will receive the Gene Sosnick Award for Missile, Lance as Chip." My only disagree­ (C) DEPENDENT CARE CENTER PROPERTY DE­ FINED.-Section 48 of such Code is amended by re­ Other high school scholar-athletes to be to include short-range nuclear missiles like the designating subsection as subsection honored include: Robert Blair (Davis), Chris Lance in the conventional stability talks. I be­ and by inserting after subsection the fol­ Campbell (Jesuit), David DeMarco (Wood­ lieve that adding this category of missiles to lowing new subsection: land), Mark Eddy (Delta), Greg Harcos the agenda would unnecessarily complicate "(t) DEPENDENT CARE CENTER PROPERTY.­ (Jesuit), Jason Hartsfield (San Juan), Kris the talks and would undermine the current For purposes of this subpart- Johnson (Bear River), Khari Jones (Center), NA TO consensus on this issue. Having noted "(1) TREATMENT AS SECTION 38 PROPERTY.­ For the period beginning after December 31, Mike Mccarn (Lincoln), Woon Park (Fairfield), that exception, I urge my colleagues to read 1989, dependent care center property shall Mark Parsons (Bella Vista), Robert Perry this excellent editorial and support continued be treated as meeting the requirements of (Bella Vista), Greg Quilici (Jesuit), Bryon Rock­ funding of the Lance follow-on. paragraph (1) of subsection'(a) such center meets the requirements University, Sacramento). fear the risks and some doubt the need. of subparagraphs (C) and of section Congratulations to this year's recipients for Even before Mr. Baker left Washington, 34A(b)(2), and exemplary performance, and also to the Sac­ Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany "(B) more than !}0 percent of the gross ramento Valley Chapter for undertaking this announced he would postpone deciding revenue of such center is from 1 or more of program to promote and encourage sports­ whether to accept new short-range Ameri­ the following sources: manship and excellence. can missiles on German soil. That imposes "(i) Payments which are employment-re­ on Mr. Baker a diplomatic task of excep­ lated expenses . time. Now the Administration has to "(iii) Grants received from a State or po­ Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, during Secre­ produce the other half-a viable arms con­ litical subdivision thereof, the District of tary of State Baker's recent visit to all NATO trol proposal. March 7, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3667 Even success throws NATO into crisis. Dr. King's registration campaign through wife, Pauline, his brother Hervey, and his The recent Euromissile treaty, which bans Selma is over, the march on the Nation's Cap­ sister, Mrs. Theo Patterson. intermediate range nuclear rockets, will itol for jobs and freedom has ended, but the leave the nuclear defense of Europe much winding road for equality continues and looms more dependent on short-range weapons ahead-still full of pot holes, still in need of INTRODUCTION OF ILLEGAL like nuclear artillery shells and the 80-mile DUMPING PREVENTION ACT constant repair. Lance missile. Since these weapons would OF 1989 explode mostly on German soil, West Ger­ Yes, Mr. King sleeps, but we can make his mans regard them with limited enthusiasm. dream a reality by maintaining the constant To resist the German anti-nuclear tide vigil for equality and civil rights, in our schools, HON. SAM GEJDENSON and maintain the principle of nuclear deter­ in our jobs, for the ill among us and in our OF CONNECTICUT rence, the Pentagon plans to replace exist­ concern for the homeless. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing Lance missiles, wh ich are expected to be As conscientious Americans, black or white, obsolete by 1995, with new Lances with a Tuesday, March 7, 1989 280-mile range. This is just under the limit rich or poor, we can no longer accept the placement of detours and road blocks in the Mr. GEJDENSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today set by the Euromissile treaty. to reintroduce the Illegal Dumping Prevention It was anticipated that Mr. Kohl would road for equality and civil rights. accede to deployment of the new missiles. Yes, we can keep the dream he dreamed Act of 1989. This legislation would give the But Mikhail Gorbachev's peace offensives alive by making his vision for equality our very Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] and make many West Germans want to wait. own. the U.S. Attorney General the power to seize Mr. Kohl, facing elect ions in 1990 and under When we help to educate, when we extend boats and other vessels of waste transporters attack from both left and extreme right, put a hand or offer a word of kindness or give the found guilty of illegally dumping medical off the decision until 1991. waste, hazardous waste, and municipal solid Providing that Congress is willing to build opportunity to try, we continue to honor the name and memory of the late Reverend Dr. waste into the oceans and waterways in viola­ the new missiles without a formal accept­ tion of EPA permits. ance from West Germany, Mr. Kohl's desire Martin Luther King, Jr. to postpone a decision on deployment won't As you may recall, at the end of the 1OOth hurt. The new weapons could still be avail­ Congress, legislation was passed and signed able for deployment by 1995. A TRIBUTE TO W. STANLEY into law that bans the future dumping of But NATO has to anticipate opposition to MACHEN sewage sludge. It also sets together penalties deployment even after the next West for those caught dumping medical waste. German election. The way to deal with that HON. STENY H. HOYER However, the Illegal Dumping Prevention Act opposition is to tie deployments to arms OF MARYLAND gives the agencies that enforce the ocean control, as was done during negotiations on dumping laws the additional muscle they need Euromissiles. In this case, short-range nu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to effectively stop the illegal dumping of not clear weapons-not now under negotiation­ Tuesday, March 7, 1989 could be added to the agenda of the Conven­ only medical waste, but also hazardous waste tional Stability Talks to begin in Vienna Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, last month, on and municipal solid waste. The Illegal Dump­ March 10. January 3, Prince Georges County lost one of ing Prevention Act of 1989 will offer an addi­ Germans who seek unilateral disarma­ its most civically active citizens, and one of tional sentencing option providing a strong in­ ment can plausibly be urged not to scrap a our best Democrats, with the death of Stanley centive for waste disposers to comply with the bargaining chip under active negotiation. Machen. laws that are currently on the books. Dumpers Meanwhile, brisk production of the new He was not only a lifelong Democrat, but a will know in advance that when they illegally missiles would give Moscow an incentive for agreement before they are deployed. lifelong Prince Georgian. Born in Hyattsville, dump any waste, they will lose their boats. The Warsaw Pact has about 1,400 short­ Stanley Machen served our country in the The issue of illegal dumping caught the range launchers, compared with NATO's 88 Navy in World War II. He graduated from public's attention last summer because many Lance missile launchers. It would be useful George Washington University, and began his beaches were forced to be closed, and swim­ to remove this disparity-but not as long as business in 1946. mers were fewer because of the waste wash­ the East maintains its advantages in conven­ Mr. Machen was a successful businessman, ing up on shore. However, illegal dumping has tional weapons. having operated his own engineering and sur­ broader economic and environmental effects Mr. Gorbachev ha.s already told the veying firm for four decades. In addition to his that go far beyond just closed beaches. United Nations he would reduce his vast tank armies in Europe. Will he now agree to political activities, he participated in many As many may remember, from November accept equality of conventional and nuclear business organizations, including the Prince 1987 through January 1988, more than 21 forces at much lower levels? The best way to Georges Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of dead whales washed up on our shores. Many find out is to produce the new Lance mis­ Commerce. He also was a member of the of the pollutants being dumped into the siles, and negotiate. Prince Georges and Montgomery County Engi­ oceans are being eaten by fish, dolphins, and neering Society. seals. In addition, the dumped waste adds nu­ For more than 25 years I have been in­ trients to the water, overloading the ecosys­ TRIBUTE TO DR. MARTIN volved in politics, I knew Stanley Machen as tem and exacerbating existing environmental LUTHER KING, JR. the guiding force behind the Young Men's problems like the low oxygen levels that we Democratic Club, one of the most active orga­ have seen in the Long Island Sound in the HON. BILL LOWERY nizations of its kind in our county. He had summers. OF CALIFORNIA served as its president, and on his death was Because of these problems, our fishermen IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES treasurer of the club. who depend on oceans and waterways for The Machens are a politically active family. their livelihood have been experiencing small­ Tuesday, March 7, 1989 Some of you were colleagues of Stanley Ma­ er catches and catching fish with fin rot and Mr. LOWERY of California. Mr. Speaker, in chen' s brother, former Congressman Hervey other diseases that make them unmarketable. commemoration of one of our Nation's most Machen, when he served in this House in the Many areas which were once breeding inspiring civil rights leaders, I would like to 1960's. grounds for oysters and other shellfish are no submit written testimony in honor of Dr. Martin As we all know, those of us who hold public longer fishable because the catch is contami­ Luther King, Jr., prepared by Mr. Daniel A. office owe a lot to the people behind the nated, dead, or simply too small to be worth Young, Sr., a constituent in my district. scenes who give of their time and ability to harvesting. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., though tired and make our political parties great. In Prince Though vessels would be seized only from weary afoot from his travels, heavy burdened Georges County we have always had a debt those convicted in court of illegally dumping, with his caring for the plight of the poor, the to a true "Mr. Democrat," Stanley Machen. this bill sends a strong message to illegal needs of the homeless, concern for the unem­ We will all miss him greatly. dumpers that their actions will no longer be ployed, were he here among us today he Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me tolerated. The Illegal Dumping Prevention Act would say, "The road for equality stretches in expressing our continued sympathy and of 1989 provides a tough sentencing option to before me, I haven't got time to sleep." condolences to Stanley Machen's family; his use against those who profit from polluting our 3668 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 7, 1989 oceans. It makes it clear that we are serious saw his ships could be attacked by the can­ priations Subcommittee. The gentleman has about protecting our oceans and beaches for nons on Dorchester Heights and decided to seen firsthand the hardships this funding crisis our children, grandchildren, and even for our leave Boston harbor. is causing in our veterans' hospitals and is This day is celebrated on March 17th as use today. Evacuation Day. The password that day, very involved in helping us find the proper so­ It is time that polluters stop using our General Knox said, was "St. Patrick." The lutions. The first hearing he held upon assum­ oceans and waterways as sewers. Illegal day the British left was March 17, now St. ing the leadership of the subcommittee was dumping in the oceans threatens a vital eco­ Patrick's Day, so Boston celebrates two on the VA medical care supplemental. He is a nomic and environmental resource on which events that day. strong veterans' advocate, and he will work to our entire Nation depends. I urge my col­ With the departure of the British, Boston send a bill to the floor without delay. I applaud leagues to join me in sending a strong mes­ ceased to be a battleground. the efforts of the distinguished chairman from sage to potential dumpers that we are serious Her sons of Liberty took a glorious part in the fighting in other places, but the town Michigan. about protecting our oceans and waterways. itself was not again in the conflict. Mr. Speaker, the VA needs supplemental funding now. I urge my colleagues to throw their full support behind this effort. AN ADDITIONAL OBSERVANCE VA SUPPLEMENTAL AN URGENT OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY AS IT MATTER RELATES TO THE REVOLU­ HONORING PLANNED PARENT­ TIONARY WAR HON. G.V.(SONNY)MONTGOMERY HOOD ASSOCIATION OF BUCKS HON. BRIAN J. DONNELLY OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, PA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, March 7, 1989 HON. PETER H. KOSTMAYER Tuesday, March 7, 1989 Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, when OF PENNSYLVANIA President Bush spoke to the Veterans of For­ Mr. DONNELLY. Mr. Speaker, I would like IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eign Wars yesterday morning, he told them he to take this opportunity to share an account of was aware of funding problems in veterans Tuesday, March 7, 1989 U.S. history, regarding the Revolutionary War. health care and he promised to work with the Mr. KOSTMAYER. Mr. Speaker, 1989 is a The story of this event bears particular coinci­ Congress in solving the problems. major anniversary year for an important orga­ dence to our traditional recognition of St. Pat­ Many of my colleagues and veterans from nization in my congressional district, the rick's Day. This rendition was researched and across the country have contacted me in Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks written by Kevin Doherty, Amanda Gorman, recent weeks concerning the dire funding situ­ County [PPABC]. India Henshaw, and Pie1rre Royer, from Mr. ation now faced by all of our veterans' hospi­ For 25 years, PPABC has worked energeti­ Paul Gibbons, fifth grade class at the Charles H. Taylor Elementary School, in Boston. As a tals. cally and effectively to achieve its goal: former graduate of the Taylor School, I am Hospital beds are being closed; programs "Every child a wanted child." PPABC has proud to to share this historical event as it and services are being terminated; positions earned its reputation as a leader in the health was prepared by these students. for health care professionals remain unfilled; and human services field in southeastern equipment and maintenance money is being Pennsylvania. The agency has consistently re­ A MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL EVENT diverted to pay salaries; in many instances, ceived superior commendation for its delivery An important event during the Revolu­ of the highest quality medical family planning tionary War was the evacuation of the Brit­ prescriptions are not being filled; and scores ish Army from Boston. of low-income veterans are being denied med­ services, for its expertise in sexuality educa­ Here's how it happened: Fort Ticonderoga ical treatment. The problem is lack of money. tion for all ages, and for its effective advocacy is located on Lake Champlain in New York This is the most serious situation VA hospi­ of family planning services and reproductive State. It was an important stronghold tals have encountered in many years. freedom for Pennsylvanians. during the Revolutionary War. When the As you are proba':>ly aware, both the Veter­ PPABC has distinguished itself not only by hostilities began the Province of Connecti­ ans' Affairs Committee and the Secretary-des­ the duration, by also by the scope and quality cut ordered Ethan Allen to seize the fort, ignate of the Department of Veterans Affairs of its services. The organization, frequently in taking it from the British generals. On May tenth, 1775, Ethan Allen and Benedict have requested emergency supplemental coalition with other groups, has provided able Arnold led "The Green Mountain Boys" in a surprise attack. Ethan Allen also requested reasonable increases over ad­ with some of the critical health, educational, yelled "come on out you rat" to the com­ ministration proposals for VA spending in and advocacy concerns of our time, concerns manding officer. Getting the weapons to fiscal year 1990. that have a profound effect on individuals and Boston was a herculean task. General As a result of this funding crisis, Richard the community as a whole. The accomplish­ Henry Knox was made the leader by George Darman, Director of the White House Office of ments of the agency, in addition to serving Washington. Washington greeted him for Management and Budget, agreed to meet with over 10,000 contraceptive patients annually, this auspicious honor, and jokingly asked, include establishing a community task force "But where are the weapons?" me and other members of the House and It was agreed that Washington had an ap­ Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees as well and a comprehensive program to prevent palling lack of weapons. Whereupon the re­ as members of the Appropriations Committee. teenage pregnancy, initiating a community sourceful Gen. Knox made an inquiry into We had a very constructive meeting with AIDS network and promoting and providing the hauling of British cannons (captured Mr. Darman last Wednesday during which we AIDS education, expanding medical service to earlier by Ethan Allen at Fort Ticonderoga explained to him the severity of the VA medi­ offer important health screening tests to low­ in New York> to the capital city of Boston. cal funding shortfall. Though he made no firm income seniors, helping parents and children Washington fell in with this ingenious idea. commitment on the level of funding that will to communicate about sexuality, and working Henry Knox and his brother William set out after the desperately needed equipment. be required to get through this fiscal year, Mr. with teachers, counselors, mental health pro­ The time was mid-November 1775. Knox Darman recognizes that something must be fessionals, agency personnel, and the clergy estimated the 300 mile trip would take two done. to help them to be more effective in assisting or three weeks. But Knox did not bargain At the conclusion of this meeting, Mr. others with sexuality concerns. for blinding snowstorms, freezing gales and Darman expressed his desire to work closely Mr. Speaker, I commend Bertha Bates Cole, hampering thaws that plagued his men, his with the Congress to resolve this matter. He Elise F. Jones, Dr. Herbert K. Speers, Samuel boats, horses and sleighs. The group did not expects to send the President a recommenda­ Snipes, John C. Haas, and Charles Meredith, reach their destination until late January, tion regarding a supplemental later this week. all of whom played a significant role in the 1776. early years-when birth control was not con­ Knox brought the cannons across Massa­ I want to applaud Mr. Darman's willingness chusetts and around to the southern part of to work with us on this funding problem. sidered an appropriate topic for public debate the city right near our school. Then, the I also want to thank my good friend from in many communities-and who remain Americans were ready to attack the British Michigan, Bos TRAXLER, the new chairman of staunch supporters of Planned Parenthood to ships in the harbor. The British General the VA/HUD-Independent Agencies Appro- this day. March 7, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3669 Over the past 25 years many Bucks Coun­ we should better address today's needs and SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. tians have served unselfishly as president of heecessary obstacles that prevent successful This Act may be cited as the "Fairness for this fine organization: Elise F. Jones, Gordon adoption in this country. . Adopting Families Act". Wallace, Mary Bull, Lucy Leigh, Rev. George We have not done very much to encourage SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR ADOPTION EXPENSES. E. Hollingshead, Jr., Zayde E. Mclean, Fran­ the development of healthy families, despite a (a) DEDUCTION FOR ADOPTION EXPENSES.­ cine Harbert, C.E. Denoon, Jr., Alice Bentley, lot of lip service to this ideal. Children still lan­ (1) IN GENERAL.-Part VII of subchapter B Nancy Morrill, Laura Jackson, and Penny guish in the foster care system much too long, of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code Wood. their best interests being lost in legal mire. of 1986 nurse practitioners; Hazel Miles, LPN, oper­ childbirth expenses. It would also help families ations manager; Sally McCormick, director of with respect to the legal adoption of any who are, more and more, choosing to expand child by the taxpayer shall not exceed education; Sandra Storch, RN, director of pa­ their own families through adoption. $5,000 ($7,000 in the case of an international tient services; Maggie Groff, director of public Tax reform enacted during 1986 has aban­ adoption>. affairs; Joyce Pfeiffer, social services coordi­ doned the needs of children and prospective "(2) INCOME LIMITATION.-The amount al­ nator Phyllis Morabito, counselor; and Sylvia adoptive parents by leaving this issue to the lowable as a deduction under subsection (a) Cucchiaro, office manager. States. Yet research has shown most States for any taxable year shall be reduced (but Special thanks also to Joan Stack, chair of have neither the funds nor sufficient interest not below zero) by an amount which bears the 25th Anniversary Committee, and the the same ratio to the amount so allowable to initiate adoption assistance programs. by which the join me in wishing Planned Parenthood of for reasonable and necessary adoption of a taxpayer's adjusted gross income (deter­ Bucks County another successful 25 years. child by a taxpayer. These fees include mined without regard to this section and agency fees, court costs, attorney fees, and section 136) exceeds $60,000, bears to FAIRNESS FOR ADOPTING other expenses directly related to the legal "(B) $10,000. adoption of a child. It does not allow ex­ "(3) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.- FAMILIES ACT "(A) IN GENERAL.-No deduction shall be penses incurred in the adoption by an individ­ allowed under subsection for any ex­ HON. WILLIAM LEHMAN ual of the spouse's child since such a child pense for which a deduction or credit is al­ would already be a member of a family. The OF FLORIDA lowable under any other provision of this amount allowable shall not exceed $5,000 chapter. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and in the case of an international adoption, " GRANTS.-No deduction shall be al­ Tuesday, March 7, 1989 $7,000. The deduction would not be allowed lowed under subsection (a) for any expenses paid from any funds received under any Mr. LEHMAN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, for for anyone whose taxable income exceeds $60,000. And to encourage more companies Federal, State, or local program. several Congresses I have introduced legisla­ "(C) QUALIFIED ADOPTION EXPENSES.-For tion to amend the Internal Revenue Code of to join those who already provide employee purposes of this section- 1986 to provide a deduction for adoption ex­ reimbursement for adoption expenses, the bill "(1) IN GENERAL.-The term 'qualified penses. I recently introduced H.R. 1205, the allows for business expenses. adoption expenses' means reasonable and "Fairness for Adop ·ing Families Act" along One of the primary barriers to adoption for necessary adoption fees travel outside the United States, child has a right to a home, I believe that The text of the "Fairness for Adopting Fam­ unless such travel is required- ilies Act" follows: "(i) as a condition of a legal adoption by people who are eager to become parents the country of the child's origin, should not be barred only because they H.R. 1205 "(ii) to assess the health and status of the cannot afford the high costs associated with Be it enacted by the Senate and House of child to be adopted, or adoption. For those who chose this option, Representatives of the United States of "(iii) to escort the child to be adopted to and it is a magnificent way to form families, America in Congress assembled, the United States. 3670 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 7, 1989 "(3) CHILD.-The term 'child' shall include ing out the last item and inserting in lieu more Americans live longer, I believe we any child determined by the State to be a thereof the following: should take special note of their vital contribu­ child described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of "Sec. 136. Adoption assistance programs. tions to our society and listen to their input. "Sec. 137. Cross reference to other Acts." section 473(c) of the Social Security Act." We should learn from the matured wisdom (2) 2 PERCENT FLOOR NOT TO APPLY.-Subsec­ SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. tion (b) of section 67 of such Code is amended by striking out cember 31, 1988. ignore. "and" at the end of paragraph (12), by strik­ In the Ninth District of Florida, seniors are ing out the period at the end of paragraph particularly aware of Federal, State, and local (13) and inserting in lieu thereof ", and", CORRECTION OF RECORD activities that affect the elderly. Many older and by adding at the end thereof the follow­ Americans have taken an active role in their ing new paragraph: HON. LYNN MARTIN communities, and thus, continue to make con­ "(14) the deduction under section 221 is constituting the Select Committee on Narcot­ pleased to be a cosponsor of a bill that will amended by redesignating section 136 as ics Abuse and Control as a permanent com­ express gratitude for their accomplishments. section 137 and by inserting after section mittee. 135 the following new section: Although I was not permitted under the pro­ "SEC. 136. ADOPTION ASSISTANCI~ PROGRAMS. cedure to offer the amendment, the chairman INTRODUCTION OF BILL TO "(a) IN GENERAL.-Gross income of an em­ of the Rules Committee [Mr. PEPPER] gra­ EXTEND FEDERAL CIVIL SERV­ ployee does not include amounts paid or ex­ ciously promised that the Rules Committee ICE CREDIT FOR CERTAIN NA­ penses incurred by the employer for quali­ would hold a hearing on the matter at an early TIONAL GUARD TECHNICIANS fied adoption expenses in connection with date and, in his words, "report back to the the adoption of a child by an employee if such amounts are furnished pursuant to an House * * * with respect to whether or not HON. CONSTANCE A. MORELLA adoption assistance program. the Select Committee on Narcotics should be OF MARYLAND "(b) LIMITATIONS.- reconstituted as a standing legislative commit­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES " (!) DOLLAR LIMITATION.-The amount ex­ tee of the House." (p. H406) cludable from gross income under subsec­ While I read directly from my amendment Tuesday, March 7, 1989 tion with respect to the legal adoption of during my remarks, the text the reporters of Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I am introduc­ any child by the taxpayer shall not exceed debates placed in the RECORD at page H405 ing legislation today to correct an inequity af­ the excess by an amount military reserve force: They maintain the mili­ which bears the same ratio to the amount AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MRS. MARTIN OF ILLINOIS TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 84 tary equipment assigned to the Guard, recruit so excludable ex­ constituting the Select Committee on Nar­ important link in the defense capabilities of ceeds $60,000, bears to cotics Abuse and Control as a permanent, our Nation. " (B) $10,000. standing committee of the House with legis­ Twenty years ago, the 90th Congress rec­ lative authority.". "(c) ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.-For ognized the importance of the National Guard purposes of this section, an adoption assist­ ance program is a plan of an employer- technicians by enacting the National Guard " ( 1) under which the employer provides OLDER AMERICANS MONTH Technicians Act of 1968. Public Law 90-486 employees with adoption assistance, and brought this class of employees into the Civil "(2) which meets- HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS Service Retirement System and clarified their "(A) the requirements of section 89Ck), OF FLORIDA status as Federal employees. Unfortunately, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congress did not grant full credit for prior " CB> requirements similar to the require­ service, though this was standard practice. ments of paragraphs (2), (3). and (5) of sec­ Tuesday, March 7, 1989 They were granted only 55 percent credit for tion 127(b). "(d) QUALIFIED ADOPTION EXPENSES.-For Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, once again, annuity computation purposes. The effective purposes of this section, the term 'qualified legislation has been introduced this year to date imposed by the law was January 1, 1969, adoption expenses' has the meaning given recognize a very special group of individuals­ which denied credit to those technicians who such term by section 221(c)." our older Americans. I am a proud cosponsor had moved to other Federal employment prior (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.·-Paragraph (2) of House Joint Resolution 60, legislation that to that date. In many instances, the former of section 89(i) of such Code is amended by cans Month. to a similar position with the Army or Air Force inserting after subparagraph the follow­ Older Americans Month is a time when we Reserve. ing new subparagraph: can look to the valuable contributions that The 94th Congress became aware of this " An adoption assistance program (within the meaning of section 136(c))." senior citizens make to each of our communi­ inequity and took some corrective action, (3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.-The table of ties. Older individuals are the fastest growing though lack of vital demographic information sections for part III of subchapter B of segment of our population. It is estimated that precluded complete resolution at that time. chapter 1 of such Code is amended by strik- one out of nine Americans are elderly. As However, the Committee on Post Office and March 7, 1989 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 3671 Civil Service did recognize the inequity and VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA However, the Army has informed me that it is House Report No. 94-461 stated: against its policy to reissue Medals of Honor To the committee's knowledge, no other HON. RICHARD H. BAKER unless the original recipient is alive. My legis­ group of employees brought under the civil OF LOUISIANA lation would simply give the Platt family a new service retirement system has been penal­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Medal of Honor free of charge. I know the ized in this manner. Tuesday, March 7, 1989 Platt family would deeply appreciate having a Despite attempts in each intervening Con­ new medal. gress, no further action was taken until the Mr. BAKER. Mr. Speaker, the week of 99th Congress. Public Law 99--661 contained March 5-12, 1989, is recognized as Volun­ a provision granting credit for pre-1969 Na­ teers of America Week. This important nation­ tional Guard technician service to those who al organization has its headquarters in the THE PASSING OF MR. MILTON were employed under the Civil Service Retire­ State of Louisiana. MOORE Throughout its history Volunteers of Amer­ ment System at the time of application. It did ica has been forming partnerships to meet not extend the same benefit to those former community needs. These partnerships exist in HON. RONALD D. COLEMAN technicians who had previously retired, or sep­ more than 175 communities across the United OF TEXAS arated, from Federal service. States. The cumulative success of this organi­ There are about 100 pre-1969 National zation is surpassed only by the differences IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Guard technicians who had retired from Fed­ made in millions of individuals' lives. Tuesday, March 7, 1989 eral service prior to enactment of Public Law Volunteers of America is recognized for Mr. COLEMAN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I 99-661. Most of these individuals are World cost effective and creative services for those would like to note with sadness the passing of War II and Korean conflict vetelrans: Their av­ in need. The organization professionalism is a distinguished citizen of my district, Mr. erage age is 65. They average 6.77 years of surpassed only by the dedication of its volun­ Milton Moore, national commander of the civilian service in the National Guard-their teers and staff. This dedication has resulted in service ranges from a few months to as many an outstanding history of nearly a century of American Ex-Prisoners of War. Mr. Moore died as 20 years and they were denied the oppor­ services in the true spirit of American philan­ in El Paso, TX, on March 6, 1989, at the age tunity of applying for retirement credit. There thropy. of 68. are a few surviving spouses of deceased With a unique ability for timely response to Mr. Moore was a native of East Marion, NY, former National Guard technicians who have human needs, Volunteers of America will con­ and joined the Army in 1939. After humble be­ been denied benefits as a result of this inequi­ tinue in a leadership role in solving community ginnings shoeing mules for the cavalry, he ad­ ty. problems. New services are being added at a vanced to the rank of captain. He participated Mr. Speaker, the intent of my bill is to cor­ dramatic pace. But more importantly, Volun­ in the invasion of Normandy on June 6th, rect this 20-year-old inequity by allowing Fed­ teers of America is developing new kinds of 1944, where he was later taken prisoner by eral retirement credit for all prior service as a partnerships that multiply and focus resources the German forces. Only 23 years old, he National Guard technician. It would ensure fair on community problems. spent 9 months in several POW camps in and equal treatment for all those men and Today, there is a need for volunteer organi­ Poland. After a stint in solitary confinement he zations to give aid to those who are home­ women who have served their country as escaped but was recaptured. Two tries later, less, unemployed, or otherwise need help. Our technicians in the National Guard and guaran- in February of 1945, he was successful. society has always relied upon the private Mr. Speaker, Mr. Moore will be remembered . tee them retirement compensation for work sector and volunteer organizations to help the they have performed for the Government and for who he was as well as for what he did. He less fortunate. Volunteers of America has displayed uncommon courage on the battle­ that has been paid for entirely by Federal been in the forefront of this effort. It is only funds. field, and, as his three attempts at escape tes­ appropriate that we take this opportunity to tify, he never in his heart surrendered. He was The bill does not provide for the Federal recognize the important contributions that Vol­ Government to pay back any amount due to a loving father and husband. He believed in all unteers of America have made to our country the things that make America great, such as recomputation, but applies only to monthly during this special week. love of country, hard work, sacrifice, and dedi­ payments accruing after the enactment of this Fortunately for all of us, Volunteers of cation. I realize that in this day and age these bill. Furthermore, because of the age and fi­ America displays the vision and leadership to nancial ability of most of these former Nation­ be among the thousand points of light that are concepts may seem alien, especially to many al Guard technicians, the requirement of a so important now and that will be so important of our young people. But I would hope and "pay back" deposit is made optional-this is in the years to come. pray that should our Nation ever face another normal civil service practice. such test, young Americans would follow the Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to co­ sterling example set by Milton Moore and his MEDAL OF HONOR TO PLATT generation. sponsor this bill to assist these public serv­ FAMILY ants who deserve to receive credit for their After retiring from the Army in 1966, Mr. work as civilian employees of the National Moore served in the El Paso and Texas chap­ Guard. HON. CURT WELDON ters of the American Ex-Prisoners of War OF PENNSYLVANIA where he served four terms as national direc­ ORIGINAL COSPONSORS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tor. In October 1988, he was elected national Montgomery, Tallon, Penny, Robinson, Tuesday, March 7, 1989 commander of the organization. Shumway, Bevill, Walgren, Young , Only a week ago, on February 28, 1989, Henry, Hiler, Bentley, Goodling, Mfume, Mr. WELDON. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ Commander Moore presented the American Hayes , Morrison Philadelphia area for and was an excellent spokesman for this im­ Meyers