Extensions of Remarks E1547 HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE HON. DAVID

August 3, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1547 in a short amount of time upon Inland Empire will help prospective homebuyers achieve their lected her literary work. Students in China and and Californian transportation needs. I can goals by reducing initial out-of-pocket costs by Taiwan now read her prose and poetry in their think of no other more fitting tribute to Bill as much as 80 percent. That means that indi- textbooks and standard reading. Leonard than the dedication of this vital inter- viduals and families that lack the cash to Throughout her life, Cecilia Chang received change given his many years of service in the make a large downpayment can take advan- many honors and awards, among them, the field of transportation infrastructure. tage of California NeighborWorks to bridge the prestigious Chung Shan Literary Award in Bill Leonard began his professional career financial gap. 1968; the Distinguished Alumni Award from when he joined his father at Leonard Realty & This program also helps families with past Taipei Catholic University; the China Literary Building Company in San Bernardino, after credit issues by providing them with coun- Society Award; the National Sun Yat Sen Cul- leaving the United States Army (1943Ð1946) seling from Neighborhood Housing Services, tural Foundation Literature Award; the Wom- where he rose to the rank of First Lieutenant. giving them a better education about their en’s Union Long Poetry Award; and the Life- He earned a bachelors degree in Business credit, their finances and the home buying long Contributor in Literature Award from the Administration from the University of California process. And all of this is achieved without Chinese Literary Society of Taipei on May 4, at Berkeley in 1944. From the family business, burdening taxpayers. Instead, NeighborWorks 2001. Bill Leonard developed, owned and operated a relies on a collaborative effort between the pri- Cecilia Chang came to the United Sates variety of real estate, management and devel- vate sector and non-profit partners to meet the seven years ago to live in Southern California. opment services throughout the Inland Empire. needs of potential homeowners in Orange She was married to the late Philip Yu and is And from 1956 to 1958 he served as a mem- County and in California. survived by one son, Justin Yu of New York ber of California’s Athletic Commission. Providing new ways to get hard working in- City, one daughter, Theresa Yeh of Los Ange- In the community, Bill Leonard has been dividuals and families into their own homes is les, and four grandchildren, Rosemary and equally involved and giving. He is a member truly a worthy objective. It makes them feel Pauline Yu and Paul and David Yeh. and past director of the San Bernardino Area good about themselves and about the commu- f Chamber of Commerce, member and past nity they live in. I look forward to seeing more president of the San Bernardino Host Lions, initiatives like this one in California and to HONORING CALVARY CHILDREN’S founding member and president of Inland Ac- working with the NeighborWorks partners in HOME, COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA tion, Inc. and a member of the National Or- the future. ange Show Board of Directors, which he has f HON. BOB BARR served as President and Chairman of the OF GEORGIA TRIBUTE TO THE LATE CECILIA Board of Governors. Additionally he has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES served on the San Bernardino Valley Board of HSUI–YA CHANG Thursday, August 2, 2001 Realtors, San Bernardino College Foundation, St. Bernadine’s Hospital Foundation and Uni- HON. DAVID WU Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Rev. versity of California at Riverside Foundation. OF OREGON Snyder Turner is an untiring servant to the Bill Leonard has been honored numerous IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES needy children of Cobb County, Georgia. Rev. Turner’s greatest accomplishment is that he times over the years for his outstanding public Thursday, August 2, 2001 and community service, including the Boy has managed Calvary Children’s Home since Scouts of America Inland Empire Council’s Mr. WU. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my 1971. Rev. Turner has received numerous Distinguished Citizens Award, Valley Group’s condolences to the family and friends of awards and widespread recognition for his Award for Excellence in Infrastructure, and Cecilia Hsui-Ya Chang, also known as Cecilia work with children. His commitment to pro- more. The Interchange Dedication is a proud Yu, upon her passing. viding a haven for disadvantaged children addition to this list. Cecilia Chang was born in 1919 in Tienjing makes him an invaluable asset to Cobb Coun- Mr. Speaker, Bill Leonard has dedicated his of Hopei Province, near Bejing. She began her ty and surrounding communities. life to public and community service. An Amer- literary career very early. Her essays and Calvary Children’s Home provides long-term ican whose talents have bettered the lives of poems were published in various Chinese lit- care for abused, abandoned, and underprivi- those living in the Inland Empire and Cali- erary magazines and newspapers when she leged children. The home has operated in fornia. It is an honor for me today to join in his was in junior high school. In her second year Cobb County since 1966, and has continually recognition—the new Interchange bears a of high school, she published her first book. expanded its ability to care for even more chil- proud and distinguished name. Cecilia Chang studied western languages at dren. In 1997, Calvary moved to a new loca- f the Fu-Jen Catholic University in Beijing at the tion in Powder Springs. This new facility al- beginning of the Sino-Japanese war. After she lows the Home to care for 20 to 30 children CALIFORNIA NEIGHBORWORKS graduated from the Department of Foreign at one time. Calvary Children’s Home provides Languages and Literature, she studied history care to children for as long as they need it; HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE as a graduate student and became a sea- there is no age at which care must stop. OF CALIFORNIA soned editor for Fu-Jen Catholic University’s This year marks the 30th anniversary of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES literature journal. Because of the ongoing war, Rev. Turner’s leadership at Calvary Children’s she moved to Chungking and worked as the Home. I would like to extend to Rev. Turner Thursday, August 2, 2001 editor of the Literary Edition at the Social Wel- my admiration for his work with the children of Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ap- fare Daily News of Chungking and the Na- Cobb County. I hope Rev. Turner’s work and plaud the efforts of Freddie Mac, California tional Catholic Newspaper (‘‘YI-Shi Pao’’) at dedication to his community continues for Bank and Trust (CB&T), Impact Community the age of 24. After WWII, she returned to many years to come. Capital, Neighborhood Housing Services of Beijing to teach as an instructor at Fu-Jen f Orange County (NHSOC) and the California Catholic University. Housing Loan Insurance Fund (CaHLIF), for In 1949, she moved to Taiwan and taught INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT: launching a unique new statewide public-pri- as a professor of the English Department at RIGHT TO LIFE ACT vate homeownership initiative called California Providence University in Taichung, Taiwan. In NeighborWorks. California Neighborworks was 1965, she began her tenure as professor of lit- HON. DUNCAN HUNTER designed to help address California’s afford- erature and translation at Fu-Jen Catholic Uni- OF CALIFORNIA able housing crisis. Every American dreams of versity School of Literature. She continued to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES owning a home, but because of skyrocketing teach at Fu-Jen for 17 years. home prices in California, that dream has un- Altogether, Cecilia Chang has written and Thursday, August 2, 2001 fortunately become unattainable for many hard published 82 books in Chinese, some of which Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, today I am in- working Californian families. In Orange County have been translated into English, Korean, troducing legislation that, if passed, will once alone, home prices have appreciated by a and French. Her works have been published and for all protect our unborn children from staggering 45 percent since 1995. and widely read in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Main- harm. Over 1.3 million abortions are per- All the partners involved should be com- land China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Institu- formed in the United States each year and mended for creating an innovative and pro- tions and libraries throughout the world, in- over 38 million have been performed since gressive program that is responsive to the cluding the Library of Congress and the Cen- abortion was legalized in 1973. This is a na- mortgage needs of Californians. This initiative tral Library of the Republic of China have col- tional tragedy. It is the duty of all Americans E1548 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks August 3, 2001 to protect our children—born and unborn. This on in the minds of the millions of men, women tion of Central Connecticut testified about how bill, the Right to Life Act, would provide blan- and children that came to see this amazing difficult it is for a provider to respond to a ket protection to all unborn children from the man and his dangerous performances. There technical denial of a claim. For example, a pa- moment of conception. were 1,500 people that attended his funeral to tient must be homebound in order to be enti- In 1973, the United States Supreme Court, pay their respects in his adopted home town tled to benefits. A physician must certify, in in the landmark case of Roe v. Wade, refused of Venice. writing, that the patient meets the homebound to determine when human life begins and Gunther Gebel-Williams began his career at requirement. However, if the certification is not therefore found nothing to indicate that the un- the age of 12 in WWII Germany and he later signed and dated prior to billing for coverage, born are persons protected by the Fourteenth joined the Barnum and Bailey Circus in 1968 a claim denial is issued. At this point, a pro- Amendment. In the decision, however, the only to make his first American debut on Jan. vider has to pursue a formal appeal. Our bill Court did concede that, ‘‘If the suggestion of 6, 1969. From that first debut in 1969 until his requires the development of a system to allow personhood is established, the appellants’’ last in 1989 he never missed a show, totaling easy corrections of technical problems with case, of course, collapses, for the fetus’ right 12,000 consecutive performances. Kenneth claims without having to go through the ap- to life would be guaranteed specifically by the Feld memorialized Gunther Gebel-Williams by peals process—saving time for providers and Amendment.’’ Considering Congress has the saying ‘‘He was unlike any performer any- for the appeals system. constitutional authority to uphold the Four- where. When he entered the circus arena, At a recent meeting of my Subcommittee, teenth Amendment, coupled by the fact that whether caring a Roman Post on galloping Congressman CAMP told us that he spent an the Court admitted that if personhood were to horses or atop an elephant, every eye was al- afternoon working in one of his local doctors’ be established, the unborn would be pro- ways on him until he left the floor.’’ When offices, filling out the forms that need to be tected, it can be concluded that we have the Gunther Gebel-Williams was not performing completed before Medicare can be billed for a authority to determine when life begins. he would often put on a pair of his old boots health care service. He was confronted with The Right to Life Act does what the Su- and help to sweep the floor. several books, each as large as a phone preme Court refused to do in Roe v. Wade He loved and cared for the animals like a book, that needed to be consulted in order to and recognizes the personhood of the unborn father. At Gunther’s funeral Dr. Richard Houch properly code the claim. It just should not be for the purpose of enforcing four important a retired veterinarian, told the audience of his that difficult. provisions in the Constitution: (1) Sec. I of the devotion to animals stating, ‘‘He would watch I have visited a wide cross section of Con- Fourteenth Amendment prohibiting states from baby tigers and leopards playing to figure out necticut’s health care providers—and they depriving any person of life; (2) Sec. 5 of the what they could do best in the act. He knew raise a common theme with me. They are Fourteenth Amendment providing Congress the personality, disposition and idiosyncrasies frustrated. These are good people who want the power to enforce, by appropriate legisla- of every animal.’’ He was an amazing man to take care of the patients they see. And yet tion, the provision of this amendment; (3) the who was not only loved by the animals but they are inundated by forms, requirements, due process clause of the Fifth Amendment, also by his fans and friends. I believe that the second-guessing, and heavy handed over- which concurrently prohibits the federal gov- world has lost a legend and my congressional sight. We have to take action, or we run the ernment from depriving any person of life; and district a good citizen. He will be missed great- risk of driving from the Medicare program the (4) Article 1, Section 8, giving Congress the ly. very providers we need to ensure that seniors power to make laws necessary and proper to f have access to high quality care. enforce all powers in the Constitution. An eye physician from Torrington Con- This legislation will protect millions of future INTRODUCTION OF MEDICARE necticut contacted me earlier this year to ex- children by prohibiting any state or federal law REGULATORY AND CON- press his frustration with a system that sub- that denies the personhood of the unborn, TRACTING REFORM ACT OF 2001 jected him, in his words, ‘‘to a star-chamber thereby effectively overturning Roe v. Wade. proceeding . . . for the crime of serving the We have had some recent successes in HON. NANCY L. JOHNSON elderly.’’ This is unacceptable. We must act. protecting our preborn including the passage OF CONNECTICUT My bill will diminish the paperwork load re- of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act and the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quired to meet complex and technical regu- latory requirements and immediately free up Human Cloning Prohibition Act, as well as the Thursday, August 2, 2001 introduction of the Born-Alive Infants Protec- for patient care time that providers now spend tion Act. These bills recognize the unborn Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speak- completing and filing federal forms. Specifi- child as a human and provide protection to the er, today I rise to introduce the bipartisan cally, my bill streamlines the regulatory proc- fetus. Because I firmly believe that life begins Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform ess, enhances education and technical assist- at conception and that the preborn child de- Act of 2001. Over the past several months, I ance for doctors and other health care pro- serves all the rights and protections afforded have been working closely with PETE STARK, viders, and protects the rights of providers in an American citizen, I support these pieces of Ranking Member of the Ways and Means the audit and recovery process to ensure that legislation. The Right to Life Act will finally put Health Subcommittee, to assemble this much the repayment process is fair and open. At the our unborn children on the same legal footing needed package. This legislation is the prod- same time, the bill has been carefully de- as all other persons. I hope my colleagues will uct of months of bipartisan consultation with signed to protect ongoing and necessary ef- join me in support of this important effort. health care providers and with the Department forts to reduce waste, fraud and abuse from f of Health and Human Services. Our bill will go the Medicare program. a long way toward alleviating the burden of In addition, under this bill, the Secretary is THE GREATEST SHOWMAN ON unreasonable and unnecessary regulatory pa- given the tools to manage Medicare program EARTH perwork from the nation’s doctors and other operations competitively and efficiently. For health care providers. the first time, the new Centers for Medicare HON. DAN MILLER I am pleased that every member of the and Medicaid Services will be able to contract OF FLORIDA Health Subcommittee has decided to join me with the best entities available to process IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Congressman STARK in introducing this claims, make payments and answer questions. important legislation, along with several of our And the Secretary will be free to promote Thursday, August 2, 2001 colleagues from the full committee. This inter- quality through incentives for the Medicare Ad- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, ‘‘La- est tells us that Members of Congress are ministrative Contractors to provide outstanding dies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, hearing from doctors, from home health work- service to seniors and health care providers. welcome to the greatest show on earth! The ers, from hospital administrators, from nursing The bill includes a section I am particularly Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Cir- home aides that change is needed. Good excited about that will create a demonstration cus is proud to present Gunther Gebel-Wil- health care is about patients, not paperwork. program designed to make intense and tar- liams.’’ America’s health care providers must be freed geted technical assistance available to small These words were spoken all across the from the flood of forms. health care providers. This demonstration will world for the past quarter of a century reach- My Subcommittee has been taking a serious offer technical experts to work with small pro- ing the ears of an estimated 200 million peo- and honest look at the problems of providers viders on a voluntary basis to evaluate sys- ple, introducing the greatest animal trainer that throughout the year. And I have to tell you— tems for compliance and suggest more effi- has ever lived. Gunther Gebel-Williams has the problems are real. At a hearing in March, cient or more effective means of operating recently passed away, but his memory will live Susan Wilson of the Visiting Nurses’ Associa- their documentation and billing systems. This