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TRIBUTE TO ETHEL L. PAYNE for Health Care Recruitment in proclaiming Because of the foresight of Americans a today, June 4, 1991, Health Care Recruiter century ago, these forest lands are here today HON. MERVYN M. DYMALLY Recognition Day. for all of us. I am confident that they will be OF CALIFORNIA As we all know, the quality of our Nation's here a century from now as well, continuing to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN'l'ATIVES health care depends on much more than the benefit our grandchildren and great-grand­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 technology and the material resources which children as they have enriched our lives in so we put into it. Rather, it depends on those in­ many ways. Mr. DYMALLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today dividuals who dedicate their professional lives Open houses will be held in the Angeles with a great deal of sadness as I mourn the to medicine; nurses, physicians, physical National Forest on June 14, 15 and 16 to death of Ms. Ethel Payne. Ethel Payne is con­ therapists, pharmacists, occupational thera­ mark the centennial and to demonstrate how sidered by many to be the "first lady" of the pists, and other professionals. These are the the forest is protected and what animal and black press. I can recall reading her articles in individuals on whom we have come to depend plant species live there. I ask my colleagues the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Cou­ for efficient and effective health care. · to join me in honoring our forests and in cele­ rier. These black publications were the major Recruiting bright, motivated professionals to brating 100 years of use and enjoyment. sources of news for the black community. the health care field is thus of crucial impor­ Mr. Speaker, to say that Ethel Payne was a tance. In this regard, the National Association seasoned journalist is indeed an understate­ for Health Care Recruitment, under the leader­ PRAISING THE TESTIMONY OF DR. ment. Ethel Payne was literally on the front ship of Gail Glasser, has been especially im­ JAMES RENIER, CHAIRMAN AND line when African-American journalists weren't portant. NAHCR, which is composed mainly of CEO OF HONEYWELL, INC., BE­ recognized in standard journalistic circles. In registered nurses, has been extremely active FORE THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS fact, she was the first black women to serve and highly successful in its efforts to attract AND MEANS as a commentator to appear on network tele­ the most qualified individuals to the health vision. Ms. Payne covered two wars and the care profession. HON. CHARLES 8. RANGEL administrations and campaigns of six Presi­ This year, NAHCR's 16th, has been pro­ OF NEW YORK dents. She was particularly known for her sen­ claimed "The Year of the Recruiter." It is a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sitive handling of international affairs. Ms. year in which we celebrate the skill, motiva­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Payne reported from 30 countries and inter­ tion, and dedication of health care recruiters viewed leaders on 6 continents. Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Mr. Speaker, fortunately the written works of across the country. Without them, our health share with the House the very perceptive and care system would certainly suffer I am grate­ Ethel Payne continue to live. Her papers are forward thinking testimony given today before found in collections in the New York Library ful to all of the individual recruiters who have the Committee on Ways and Means by one of system and Howard University. Her spoken worked so diligently during the past year, and our Nation's prominent business leaders, Dr. words were recorded by the Washington I am pleased to salute them all on National James Renier, chairman and CEO of Honey­ Press Club Foundation for their oral history Health Care Recruiter Recognition Day. well, Inc. Dr. Renier was testifying during project. hearings to examine factors affecting U.S. Ms. Payne was a native of Chicago and a A SALUTE TO THE ANGELES international competitiveness. He made it graduate of Northwestern University. She has NATIONAL FOREST abundantly clear that our Nation cannot be served as a visiting professor of journalism at competitive without recognizing that we must Fisk University and Jackson State University invest in our children. It is not enough to im­ and was a former Ford Foundation fellow. She HON. ELTON GAllEGLY prove our schools, Dr. Renier declared we is a past president of the prestigous Capitol OF CALIFORNIA must insure a foundation for that education. I Press Club. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES hope that all my colleagues will read Dr. · Ms. Payne will always be remembered for Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Renier's testimony and give heed to his plea: her elegance and her strong sense of commit­ Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor STATEMENT BY DR. JAMES J. RENIER, ment to helping those who couldn't help them­ to rise today to honor our national forests dur­ CHAIRMAN AND CEO, HONEYWELL, INC. selves. Ms. Payne proudly served on the ing their centennial year, and to pay special Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the oppor­ Board of Africare, an organization dedicated to recognition to the Angeles National Forest, tunity to testify on the ability of American companies to compete successfully in world relief on the Continent of Africa. California's first national forest. Mr. Speaker, I'm glad to have been commerce. I appear in two capacities: as the As many of my colleagues know, after Con­ Chairman and CEO of one of those compa­ privleged enough to know Ethel Payne and gress established the Forest Reserve Act, the our society is better because she passed this nies, Honeywell, headquartered in Minneapo­ Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve was lis; and as a Vice Chairman of the Commit­ way. established just outside Yellowstone National tee on Economic Development and Chairman I express my deepest sympathies to the Park on March 30, 1891. That reserve is now of its Su!:>committee on Education and Child family and friends of Ethel Payne. Although part of the Shoshone and Teton National For­ Development. she is gone, the quest for equality continues. ests. A year later, the San Gabriel Forest Re­ I can speak for a broad segment of business Ethel, we won't give up the fight. in thanking the committee for taking up serve, now Angeles National Forest, was es­ this critical issue. You have observed, Mr. tablished. Chairman, that there was a time when JUNE 4, 1991: HEALTH CARE Today, the 155 national forests around the "there was little reason to focus on opening RECRUITER RECOGNITION DAY Nation indeed serve as lands of many uses. foreign markets and encouraging domestic Millions of Americans each year camp, hike, firms to sell abroad." But, as you said, HON. CONSTANCE A. MOREI!A fish, ski, and picnic in our forests. In addition, "Those days are gone forever." the timber from these forests-harvested care­ Speaking for Honeywell, we are a stronger OF MARYLAND fully and scientifically-has gone into millions international competitor today as a result of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fundamental restructuring that began in of homes. And through the careful manage­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 1986. But we are concerned about the ment of the U.S. Forest Service, watersheds strength of American industry in general. In Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased and wildlife have been protected and allowed my own industry, for example, domestic to rise today to join the National Association to flourish. competition has changed considerably. Bai-

• 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. 13280 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 ley Controls is now owned by IRI, an Italian Teachers have to spend too much of their Our public education system is the bedrock firm. Robertshaw, Foxboro and Barber-Cole­ time dealing with social problems rather of future competitiveness. We must not let man have been acquired by Siebe of the U.K. than teaching. And this means that neither ignorance or denial of the new social reali­ And others are now owned by foreign inter­ the social nor the academic needs of the chil­ ties lead to its destruction. ests. dren are being adequately met. One super­ I want to move now to the necessity of pro­ My education and much of my business ex­ intendent told me of 52 services which tecting the U.S. technology base. Long-term, perience is in technology, and I can best con­ schools must provide: drug education, day risky and expensive investments in tech­ tribute to the Committee's investigation by care, training for teenage parents, suicide nology developments are made on the as­ offering some observations on the function of prevention and others. Many of these are sumption that, if successful, investors will technology in international competition. mandated by law and many are unfunded. enjoy a long-term return on the investment, Global competitors, like Honeywell, de­ In Minnesota we have the additional prob­ and build on its initial success. pend on at least five leverage points: cost of lem that our school year is among the short­ But sizeable investments can be jeopard­ capital, productivity, scale of production, est in the country. So with the schools' so­ ized by patent infringements and other viola­ global distribution and technology. Our abil­ cial responsibilities and students' social ac­ tions of intellectual property rights, as I can ity to compete in terms of capital and pro­ tivities, there is even less time for learning. personally attest. Patent infringements have duction relies heavily on our ability to take We often hear the phrase "restructuring cost our company many millions of dollars. a long-term view of the development, protec­ the nation's schools." But in my state and When suit is brought, it may be years before tion and utilization of technology. the other 49, the schools have already been it goes to trial. And under these cir­ Let me begin with utilization. America is restructured once; the plight of poor families cumstances, it is possible for technologies to still a world leader in computer-aided engi­ has forced publc schools to accept a new mis­ become obsolete before disputes are resolved. neering, artifical intelligence, software engi­ sion. Schools used to exist almost solely to Given this experience, Honeywell places a neering, computer-integrated manufactur­ provide an academic education. Now they premium on establishing effective, enforce­ ing. These technologies, and others, can have also become institutions for admin­ able intellectual property rules through the produce competitive gains if we utilize them istering social services. They no longer have Uruguay Round and other trade negotia­ effectively. That requires skilled people who time to deliver a sufficient curriculum. tions. It is important, however, that the ne­ can work in this high-tech environment. We have an ad hoc system that is too pre­ gotiations do not result in a weakening of Today's jobs require a median of 12.5 years occupied with filling students' personal the protection now provided by section 337 of of education. But jobs created during this needs to do a good job of teaching-but lacks U.S. trade law. decade will require 13.5 years. And by the the resources, the staff and the administra­ Another protection issue is whether our year 2000, a third of all jobs will require a tive flexibility to carry out the social mis­ international competitiveness is affected by college degree. The Committee is well aware sion successfully. foreign investments in high technology com­ that we are falling short of these require­ The change in the schools has been caused panies. Overall, foreign investment is a posi­ ments, and that the data-with few excep­ by a change in the family. The traditional, tive force in our economy and Honeywell tions-promises slight chance of competing cohesive family unit not represents only supports the open investment policies which with the well-educated Asians and Euro­ eight percent of American families. Today, have been maintained by the government. peans. the typical family is a looser, laxer arrange­ We should be especially alert, however, to Earlier this year, the subcommittee I chair ment that is too often unable to provide ade­ the long-term potential risks associated with on the Committee for Economic Develop­ quate learning readiness. Unless we recog­ ment published a report on U.S. education ti­ nize the way we have distorted the tradi­ foreign control or ownership of critical tech­ tled "The Unfinished Agenda." It sounded a tional school system to meet this change, nologies. It is simply responsible to consider warning: The education goals of the presi­ and unless we redesign the school system to the implications. Will foreign investment in­ dent and the nation's governors will not be meet both the academic and social agendas, crease our vulnerability in these tech­ nologies? Will the commitment to these reached unless we first solve serious social we are asking for trouble. If we want the problems that face our children and our schools to become surrogate families, and technologies be sustained by the new own­ schools. Too many of our children are sent to take on the responsibility of preparing chil­ ers? Will the loss of some firms affect our school too hungry, too ill, too angry and too dren to learn-in addition to taking them ability to sustain a viable critical tech­ frightened to even think about learning. If through the learning process-then we must nology base? you take poverty, neglect, living environ­ design a school system that can carry out The interagency Committee on Foreign In­ ment and minority status together, almost this mission. vestment in the United States (CFIUS), in 40 percent of the nation's children go to Unless we are prepared to do that I doubt concept at least, performs a valuable review school with a disadvantage that may have that we will have the workforce to support function. But are we satisfied that they have them beaten before they start. our technical goals. I doubt we can compete been stringent enough? Teachers say they can teach only when effectively with the better educated and sin­ I understand the Committee has been noti­ children are ready to learn. Before they can gle minded workers in many other leading fied of 540 foreign investment cases since start the academic program, they have to industrial countries. 1988, that only 12 cases have undergone a for­ help their students work through the learn­ In the final analysis, the success of our mal investigation and that only one was ing handicaps of poor health, meager social education program rests with our states and blocked. The Committee does not make its development, low emotional stability and a communities. But federal programs such as deliberations public-but it's somewhat sur­ lack of curiosity. Head Start and the Supplemental Food Pro­ prising that only one-fifth of one percent of In Minnesota, we think our education is gram for Women, Infants and Children can these cases had serious national security im­ pretty good. But even there, we see the same make an important contribution to learning plications. problems as the rest of the country. We have readiness. Programs like these, along with As the CEO of a high-tech company, mak­ more children living in poverty than we had the educational R&D programs announced by ing decisions on technology investments 10 years ago, more children born to single President Bush, are a proper function-what every day, it is important for me to know parents, more children subject to abuse and I would call the corporate role-for the fed­ how concerned Congress is about this issue. neglect. Teachers say they are forced to deal eral government. The business and commu­ I would like to close with a few words with "unsettling and sometimes chaotic nity leaders I talk with appreciate the sup­ about the development of technology. family situations". port Congress has given these programs. And Right now, we are congratulating our­ The result is that Minnesota education is we would urge the Congress to work toward selves on the power that U.S. technology ex­ taking the national trend. Our dropout rate giving them full funding. At CED we esti­ hibited in the Gulf war. But many of these has been climbing for a decade and our ACT mate the cost at an additional SlO billion in smart weapons were developed in the 1960s scores and SAT scores have been going down. new federal, state and local funding. This is and '70s. According to a recent analysis of It has reached the point where business is slightly more than double present federal scientific papers, the quality of American re­ genuinely worried. In the past 10 years, we funding, and will have to be phased in over search dropped during the 1980s in key manu­ have doubled state spending on education. several years. facturing technologies. Another analysis re­ But today less than half of Minnesota busi­ But it is an investment that should not be ports that while our patent strength has in­ ness people think education now meets their postponed. Head Start was begun in 1965, but creased by about 30 percent since 1983, Ja­ needs. And in high-tech companies only has never had funding to serve all eligible pan's strength has increased 100 percent. about 25 percent of them are even somewhat youngsters. If the program had been avail­ Development of technology cannot be satisfied. able to all eligible children, today, 25 years turned off and on like a faucet. It requires a Today, when you go into a school in Min­ later, we would have a full generation of long-term commitment. For example, Hon­ nesota and schools all across the country, young adults more likely to be self-suffi­ eywell, with the U.S. Navy, began R & D on you were them struggling with new social re­ cient, participative citizens, making impor­ the Ring Laser Gyro-a gyro for aircraft sponsibilities that have been thrust upon tant contributions to productivity and to the navigation that uses laser beams instead of them. competitive strength of the United States. moving parts-in 1962. It has since become June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13281 the standard ·of the industry, worldwide, but World War, he was commissioned in the field proud to come with a begging bowl, but we it did not become profitable until 1985. as a British army officer and was awarded must make sure his plate isn't left empty. In the midst of long-term development pro­ Britain's Military Cross. After the war, Maxwell grams like this, a company is subject to risk. There is always a technical risk; your inven­ was responsible for maintaining a free press in the British sector of Berlin, thus beginning his THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF U.S. tion may not work. But we also have to PARTICIPATION IN WORLD WAR II weigh every dollar in R&D against the drain distinguished publishing career. on earnings per share, the other business op­ Robert Maxwell has had a special relation­ portunities lost, and the impact on financial ship with a number of leaders of the Soviet HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN performance. Union and the former Communist countries of OF NEW YORK Yet, these investments are vitally impor­ Eastern Europe. Although Robert Maxwell is a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tant--not just to the company, but to the dedicated democrat, with a small "d", he whole nation. The Laser Gyro is part of a su­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 brings to the question of relations with the So­ perior navigation system, which is part of a Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I en­ superior aircraft. One industry in which the viet Union and Eastern Europe a special expe­ U.S. retains world leadership is aircraft pro­ rience and understanding. joyed the distinct priviledge of participating in duction-thanks, in part, to two decades of Mr. Speaker, it is because of Robert Max­ the kick-off ceremonies marking the "Week investment in the Laser Gyro. It took a lot well's unusual perception of the Soviet Union For the National Observance of the 50th Anni­ of know-how, resources and patience. And that I call to the attention of my colleagues the versary of World War II." This week-long cele­ frankly, given the present short-term envi­ editorial which appeared in yesterday's edition bration commences the commemoration of the ronment, I wonder if we would undertake of the New York Daily News. It calls for West­ 50th anniversary of U.S. participation in the such a development today. Second World War, which will stretch from this Mr. Chairman, I would hope you believe as ern assistance to the Soviet Union, and it was I do that our key technologies are national signed by Mr. Maxwell, himself. coming December 7 until 1995. assets, not just corporate properties, and In view of the current importance of the de­ Mr. Speaker, I am honored to serve on the that they should be treated as such by the bate on this issue in the United States and National Archives World War II Commemora­ nation. among our Western allies, I ask that Robert tive Committee. I am 1 of 83 veterans of What concerns me is that, just as we have Maxwell's editorial be placed in the CONGRES­ World War II who are current of former Mem­ reacted with ad hoc response to changes in SIONAL RECORD, and I urge my colleagues to bers of Congress who serve on this commit­ the education area, we seem to be reacting give it the careful and thoughtful attention that tee. to changes in technological competition in a A National Archives traveling exhibition will similar ad hoc fashion. Governments of in­ it deserves . dustrial countries provide support for the de­ WE MUST INVITE GoRBACHEV open near the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential velopment of critical technologies-support (By Robert Maxwell) Library in San Antonio, TX, on December 7, 1991, and then travel throughout the Nation we have historically received in this country It is the economic, political and military from the Department of Defense. Like it or interests of the United States and Europe, until the 50th anniversary of V-J Day in 1995. not, much of this nation's electronics and that Mikhail Gorbachev remain the most We are hopeful that millions of Americans will control technology has come from defense powerful leader in the East. A favor to him take advantage of this opportunity to share in R&D programs. This support is likely to de­ is a favor to us. the commemoration of one of the seminal crease, however, with the cost pressures fac­ That's why it is right for President Bush to events in American history. ing the DOD. strongly support the invitation for Gorba­ Like the utilization and protection of tech­ Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to have been chev to join in next month's London eco­ one of the original cosponsors of the resolu­ nology, advances in the state of the art will nomic summit, at which Prime Minister not happen automatically. Industry must see John Major of Britain will play host. tion calling for this commemoration. Census the potential gain in the enterprise, and It is why it will be equally right to put our figures tell us that a vast majority of Ameri­ must be confident that Congress understands hands in our pockets for the Soviet Union. In cans today have no first-hand memory of and considers industry needs. the end it would save us money. World War II. Those of us who did experience I thank the chairman and the committee President Mitterrand of France and Chan­ the events of those years owe it to future gen­ for the opportunity to express these observa­ cellor Kohl of Germany were enthusiastic erations to pass on the lessons learned during tions. about the invitation. President Bush and that time. Only those of us who experienced John .Major hestitated, but now following life and combat during a "total" war can ap­ the Primakov mission to Washington they ROBERT MAXWELL ON THE IM­ know it makes sense. Only the Japanese, as preciate the importance of ensuring that it PORTANCE OF WESTERN ASSIST­ short-sighted as they are rich, still hold out. never happen again. Only those of us who ANCE TO THE SOVIET UNION Gorbachev needs for his country no less lived through the horror of being attacked by than a new Marshall Plan minded by the rich those who perceived us as weak can under­ HON. TOM I.ANTOS nations attending the London summit, a stand the importance of maintaining our plan of the kind that restored the prosperity strength. Only those of us who witnessed the OF CALIFORNIA of Western Europe after the war. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES horrors of the holocaust and the devastating After 75 years of communisim the Soviet inhumanity of ruthless totalitarianism can un­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Union is a gray monument to failure-weary waiting lines, dreary prospects, rationing, derstand the need for universal human rights. Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, Robert Max­ shortages, rampant corruption and inflation. We on the National Archives World War II well's rise to the top is the stuff on Horatio But it remains a mighty nuclear power, Commemorative Committee are especially Alger novels. with its missiles still pointing toward New grateful to the Archivist of the United States, Known to New Yorkers as the person who York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, Don W. Wilson, for the outstanding service he saved the New York Daily News, Maxwell is a London, Paris, Rome, Bonn and Tokyo. And has performed in putting this program to­ man of considerable talent and drive. His we still spend billions updating our missiles gether. His service in assisting Americans to achievements in the field of publishing are nu­ targeting Moscow, Lenigrad, Vladivostok, remember World War II, and collecting the merous and impressive, but his interests are etc., etc. Gorby needs our cash, technology and memories and the archives of that struggle be­ as varied as they are fascinating. Mr. Maxwell management know-how. We need his politi­ fore they are lost forever to the mists of time, wears many hats. Besides being a newspaper, cal survival at home and his political help are truly extraordinary, and he deserves our book, and magazine publisher, Mirror and abroad. The victory in Desert Storm could commendation. Pergamon Press, he is a television and film not have happened without his political sup­ Likewise, we salute Brig. Gen. Robert F. producer. He is also the chairman of sporting port. McDermott, U.S. Air Force, retired, the chair­ clubs and events. Mr. Maxwell heads up Brit­ He can aid mightily in achieving a Middle man and chief executive officer of the United ain's National AIDS Trust fundraising effort. East settlement of the kind desired by Presi­ Services Automobile Association for helping From A to Z, Mr. Maxwell makes his mark. dent Bush and Israel. He can help with the early release of our long-suffering hostages. collect the corporate funds and individual do­ Born in Czechoslovakia, Robert Maxwell He can make real and deep arms cuts pos­ nations which make this exhibit possible and has had extensive experience in international sible to the benefit of all. for effectively planning this exhibit. matters. At the age of 16, he fought in the Gorbachev must have a success. Inviting Mr. Speaker, after our Commemorative Czech underground. By the end of the Second him to the summit table is a start. He is too Committee briefing yesterday, we participated 13282 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 in a public ceremony. Michael P.W. Stone, our the Navy outpost at Pearl Harbor. In a single Yet if these past fifty years have taught us Secretary of the Army, delivered extremely in­ afternoon, the term "national security" was anything, it is the danger of wishful think­ spirational remarks which underscored the sig­ redefined to read "international obliga­ ing. In the modern world, wishes are no sub­ nificance of World War II on all our lives. He tions." Soon, ten million of us went off to stitute for will. That is something we fight a total war against dictators for whom learned at terrible cost in fighting what Win­ accurately pointed out how any war-but most a declaration, a constitution, or a bill of ston Churchill called the most unnecessary especially a total war such as World War 11- rights would be anathema. of all wars. changes every aspect of our society in ways Many never came back. They rest on for­ And because we learned it, we were willing that neither friend nor foe can anticipate. eign soil: In the chalkfields of northern and able to respond quickly when an Iraqi Our keynote speaker was the co-chairman France, the jungles of Asia, or on the floor of dictator tried to swallow a tiny neighbor. of the National Archives World War II Com­ the deep Pacific. Some came home phys­ Like the warriors of my day, the troops of memorative Committee, Senator ROBERT DOLE ically or psychologically scarred for life. To Desert Storm fought, not for territory but this day, they wear their injuries as proudly of Kansas. Himself a hero of World War II, the for justice, not for plunder, but for right­ as their medals, because both were earned in eousness. The ideals for which they fought Senator articulately explained the significance a noble cause. Still others returned to a very have yet to be implemented in every Amer­ of World War II in words that cannot be im­ different land from the one they left to ican home. But then, that's what sets us proved upon. avenge the boys of Bataan and Pearl Harbor. apart. Thanks to the documents displayed in So impressed was I by the Senator's com­ For if the war changed those who fought it, this building's rotunda, we are a Nation that ments that I ask that they be read into the it changed America even more. has never become, but it is always becoming. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD at this point, so that This, too, is part of the 50th anniversary The people of the National Archives know observance that begins this week. A war that that where you come from says a lot about they can be shared with all our colleagues and shattered artificial barriers of race and sex. all of our constituents: where you're going. So if you want another A war that took American women out of the reason to remember the war that began fifty WW II NATIONAL OBSERVANCE home and ushered them into the workforce. years ago, consider this: By recalling a world (Remarks of Senator Bob Dole) A war that paved the way for the modern at war, we might hasten a world where chil­ Whatever else you say about old soldiers, women's movements, a quiet revolution that dren recall only peace. they never forget. Today, we assemble at insists, "We, the People" who wrote a con­ That could be the greatest of all legacies this shrine of democracy to insure that they stitution, must live up to the promises of from the citizen soldiers who rescued are never forgotten. equal treatment that it contains. civiliation itself from a long, starless, night We recall an earlier war, even as we com­ World War II was an equal opportunity of the soul. memorate the quick and successful comple­ conflict. The enemy shot equally at white, tion of another conflict halfway around the black, or brown targets. On a battlefield, the world. Later this week, Washington will wel­ blood of black soldiers and white all flows to­ gether, in a crimson stream of mutual valor. INTERNATIONAL come home the men and women of Desert COMPETITIVENESS Storm. It's hard to believe, but some people Fortunately, the young G.I.'s who returned question this outpouring of national pride. home to America in 1945 could not reconcile Maybe they are embarrassed by the cheering the fight against Hitler with acceptance of HON. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI and the chants-the flagwaving and the un­ Jim Crow. So in defeating the scourge of Nazi racism, we also declared war on big­ OF ILLINOIS abashed love of country that inspired Ameri­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ca's volunteer Army and that sustained it in otry-beginning in our own backyard. During the next four and a half years, mil­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 the bleak deserts of Arabia. lions of war stories will be told. Some of the Surely no one can mistake this week's ob­ most moving will form the heart of a major Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI. Mr. Speaker, today servances as a glorification of war-least of traveling exhibit opening December 7 in San all the soldier, who must suffer the scars and the Committee on Ways and Means began a Antonio. For making it possible for today's series of hearings on factors affecting U.S. terrors of battle. No: What we celebrate this Americans to experience an earlier genera­ week are the human qualities that lend no­ international competitiveness. Over, the next tion's rendezvous with destiny, we are all in­ few months, we will examine a wide range of bility to the battlefield. The courage and debted to the United States Automobile As­ selflessness. The sacrifice and the profes­ sociation, and to the exhibit planners of the issues-from tax and trade policy to education sionalism. Qualities exhibited by American National Archives. and training-that can help to determine fighting men and women on the road to Ku­ Between now and 1995, we will examine whether America is adequately prepared to wait and on the sands of Iwo Jima. what has been called "the last good war.'' At participate in the global economy we will face Chiseled into the front of this building is special exhibits, conferences, reunions, film in the next century. We were privileged this the phrase, "What is past is prologue." If the festivals, educational workshops, and a shot Smithsonian is America's attic, then the Na­ morning to begin the hearings with testimony of other events, we will remember the war from the Speaker of the House. Speaker tional Archives is America's strongbox. Here and those who fought it. Not only giants like are enshrined the charters of our nation­ Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, and Brad­ FOLEY gave us an excellent overview of the hood. The declaration that made us inde­ ley-but the nameless heroes who went to challenges before us. For the benefit of all pendent. The Constitution that made us their deaths known only to God. Members, the text of his prepared remarks fol­ whole. And the Bill of Rights, which after We will recall places like Casablanca, lows: two centuries remains a guidepost in human­ Anzio, Normandy, and Midway. We will mar­ STATEMENT OF SPEAKER THOMAS S. FOLEY ity's age old struggle to be free. vel over a Nation united in defense of all There is not a way of putting a value on that we hold most sacred. But we will not I. INTRODUCTION: THE REALITIES OF THE NEW such documents-or on the national char­ forget the abuses that occurred when war­ WORLD ORDER acter they define. Wars shape character. time emotions ran amuck and some of our In the past four decades, the United States They also express it. Fifty years ago, Ameri­ own people were punished for the simple fact has the proud achievement, along with its al­ cans from every walk of life stopped what of their national ancestry. lies, of having defended the values of politi­ they were doing on a Sunday afternoon in Hopefully, we will draw lessons from the cal and economic freedom with remarkable December. I was in college at the time, wait­ war before the war-from that intense battle success. These victories include the defeat of ing tables in a University of Kansas frat of words waged between those who thought it communism as a military threat in Western house. Truth is, I didn't take the world very was possible in the 1930's to isolate America Europe and the triumph and exposition of seriously before December 7, 1941. from global mainstream and those who ac­ democratic values in Eastern Europe. By Nor was I alone. For most of us, the events cepted the responsibilities that accompany forging a multi-state coalition against the in Europe existed dimly in radio broadcasts international leadership. aggression of Saddam Hussein and leading or newspaper stories. The news from half a Great nations measure their greatness in the military operation, we reaffirmed our world away served to remind Americans of the obligations they honor and in the ideals great influence in world affairs. why we had abandoned the old world 300 they uphold. America is no exception. In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf con­ years earlier. After all, why should we worry Fifty years later, for example, we all wish flict, however, the United States is in a so­ about a continent that seemed bent on self­ that nations would leave their neighbors bering position. After World War II, we found destruction? Weren't we protected from undistrubed. We wish the world might build ourselves in an international community as harm's way by two oceans, gigantic moats fewer tanks so it could spend more fighting the one preeminent victorious combatant behind which even the largest country could poverty and disease. We wish that no young and economic power. Today, we are sur­ take shelter? American would ever again be forced to rounded by economic powers, some growing All that changed on December 7, 1941, when leave his loved ones and take up arms in and some already giants, in a global environ­ American isolation was blasted along with some far off killing field. ment of competition and fast-paced progress. June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13283 We now face serious domestic problems, and ture investment in world competitiveness. creased 37 percent, and even that was inad­ the fundamental challenge of how to regain "Affecting the cost of every commodity we equate. our relative international economic competi­ consume or export," pronounced Kennedy, While higher education remains a success­ tive advantage. "[our transportation system is] vital to our ful and well financed venture in this coun­ While the problems we face are serious, we ability to compete abroad. It influences both try, primary and secondary education is in should place the issues in proper perspective. the cost and the flexibility of our defense need of serious attention. When studies indi­ The United States is still the world's leading preparedness, and both the business and rec­ cate that half of 17 year-olds in the United economy, with resources, technology, and a reational opportunities of our citizens." Ken­ States cannot easily read or even understand S5 trillion GNP unequaled by any other coun­ nedy, at that time, proposed raising taxes on a newspaper editorial, we have a real crisis try. The GNP of our nearest competitor, diesel fuel, tires, and heavy trucks to cover for the future of our country, not only in Japan, is only about half the size of ours. the large expenditure needed to finish the economic terms but also for 'the future of a However, since 1980, our economy has de­ interstate system. He also took a political democracy that depends upon an educated clined in relative terms. risk by asking Congress to prevent a planned electorate. The consensus of economists point to the reduction in the gasoline tax. Japan's educational system, by compari­ decline in productivity as the principal cause We must readopt President Kennedy's atti­ son, lavishes attention to the primary and of the relative erosion of the United States' tude and fiscal commitment towards our in­ secondary schools rather than the schools of traditional global economic leadership. Dur­ frastructure. Simply put, infrastructure in­ higher learning. At the same time, the sys­ ing the 1980's, for instance, Japan achieved a vestment has been all talk and no action tem is geared towards the average child productivity growth of about 3 percent per during the 1980's. At the same time, we were rather than the exceptional one. year, as opposed to a 1 percent figure for the building a S22 billion surplus in unspent To be a teacher in Japan is a high honor, United States, at the same time as Japan's highway trust funds. We ought to begin and by addressing someone as "Sensel", or overall GNP grew by an average of approxi­ spending the surplus for its intended reason. teacher, you pay them the highest com­ mately 4 percent compared to less than 3 Furthermore, dedicating a greater part of an pliment. We must provide American teachers percent for the United States. increased gasoline tax to infrastructure with the same respect, although this will in­ While a number of factors may account for spending will also spark the rebuilding that volve changing long settled attitudes. Clear­ our lagging productivity, many economists we need. ly, Congress must set an example, even if a are now singling out three recent govern­ Moreover, infrastructure investment does small one, legislatively. Congress should ex­ mental policies as serious structural impedi­ not simply mean increased resources for our pand the federal role in training and recruit­ ments to our economic growth and inter­ roads, but also critical investment in new ing teachers. We must in particular consider national competitiveness. The first finding technologies. For instance, the United affording significant scholarships to students has been the critical importance of public in­ States needs to encourage the installation choosing to teach in disadvantaged areas or frastructure investment to the long-term and development of fiber optic networks, as teaching subjects in which skilled teachers productivity growth of the American econ­ these will form the basis of 21st century in­ are lacking, such as science and math. A fed­ omy, and the lack of such investment by the formation and communications links. Japan, eral board to certify teachers with outstand­ United States relative to other nations. The again, is currently implementing a SlO bil­ ing skills is another idea worthy of consider­ second factor, in this age of increasing lion program to install fiber optics in every ation. globalization of capital and technology, is home and business. We must also recognize that education our declining investment in human capital, We could use high speed rail systems to de­ does not simply start in formal schools. namely the education and training of our crease the strains on our highways and Early intervention through Head Start and citizens, probably the most significant in­ roads. Germany and France are currently other successful federal programs begins the vestment we can make to boost our economy using such trains as an environmentally education process-a process that is not ne­ and its ability to compete globally in the sound and efficient mode of transport. As an­ glected in Europe and Japan. 1990's and the next century. Thirdly, we have other example, the ground-based air traffic Even with the successes of higher edu­ been deficient in encouraging the levels of control system in the United States has not cation in the United States,.only about one research and development needed to main­ been revamped since the 1960's, resulting in quarter of our population ever graduates tain the American lead in technology. an inefficient use of airspace and needless from a college or university. Germany and II. REBUILDING AMERICA'S COMPETITIVE EDGE: delays. Use of global satellite navigation other European countries have adopted INFRASTRUCTURE I systems would significantly reduce traffic youth apprenticeship programs in conjunc­ Our nation's core infrastructure-our buildup, decrease delays and accidents. tion with the business community which streets and highways, mass transit systems, provide valuable on-the-job training to non­ airports, water and sewer systems, and elec­ ill. EXPANDING AMERICA'S MARKETABLE SKILLS: college bound students. A cooperative skill­ trical and gas facilities-is an essential com­ EDUCATION based training program between the schools ponent to a competitive economy. It affects Today, we live in a truly international and businesses increases the productivity of the cost of all goods and services, thereby marketplace. The world's leading corpora­ the workforce, at the same time decreasing having a direct relation to the productivity tions, including American multi-nationals, the rapidly growing gap between college of our workforce. Poor infrastructure in­ compete globally, while the movement of graduates and high school graduates. Ger­ creases the costs in making and transporting both capital and technology are not confined man employers, for example, believe their goods, which translates into a less produc­ to national borders. In this environment, a training system provides a major competi­ tive and efficient economy. On the other nation's competitive advantage comes to de­ tive advantage over firms in other countries. hand, a quality system of infrastructure pend principally on its will and ability to ex­ About 70 percent of young Germans enter the using the latest technologies will decrease pand and mobilize the marketable skills of job market through their apprenticeship pro­ the ultimate cost of goods and services. its citizens. gram. Only six months after passing the Ger­ Since the 1960's, our country's net invest­ Like infrastructure, the quality of our edu­ man apprenticeship examination, over 68 ment in our basic infrastructure has nearly cational system is directly related to our percent of graduates were working in occu­ come to a halt, dropping from well over 2 ability to compete and maintain a premier pations for which they are trained. German percent of GNP in the 1960's to less than .5 role in world affairs. Only by developing the executives attribute much of their business percent during the mid-1980's. Japan and minds and talents of our people can we ex­ success to their sophisticated workforce, West Germany, on the other hand, have aver­ pand the pool of skills needed to research, largely trained directly by them under the aged spending 5 percent and about 2.5 per­ design, and produce marketable products and apprenticeship program. cent of their GNP, respectively, for infra­ services, and, equally as important, to main­ I am not advocating a wholesale adoption structure during the period 1973 through 1985. tain an active electorate upon which our na­ of another country's system of learning. But Recent studies by economists demonstrate tion's political and governmental founda­ we must recognize and consider characteris­ this decline in spending has caused a cor­ tions have been built. tics of other systems that will improve edu­ responding decline in the growth rate of pro­ As with our nation's investment in infra­ cation generally here in the United States. ductivity in the United States, while those structure, our financial commitment to edu­ Unfortunately, we have difficulties changing other nations have seen their growth rates cation and training during the 1980's was one or implementing educational policies in the accelerate. One well-known study by a of little action. In seven of eight years in the United States because we have, rightfully, former Federal Reserve economist attributed Reagan Administration, the President asked sought local control over the policy of our as much as 80 percent of America's decline in Congress to make large cuts in education, al­ educational institutions at the primary and productivity since the early 1970's solely to most 34 percent less in one year alone. Con­ secondary level. As a consequence, there are the decline in infrastructure investment. gress resisted, increasing education spending almost 15,000 school boards in the United During the highpoint in our nation's infra­ by 13 percent during that decade. But it is States. Although I do not point to this exam­ structure building, President Kennedy recog­ grossly insufficient to our needs. During the ple as a model for our nation, the Minister of nized the critical importance of infrastruc- 1970's, federal spending on education in- Education in France can sign an order on

49-059 0-95 Vol. 137 (Pt. 91 48 13284 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 one day that will directly affect the next day problems of its own society. If Germany and smoke screen of "quotas," fanned by a slick 54,000 elementary and secondary schools. Japan as they are today were present at the and expensive public relations campaign, has Another difficult educational problem we founding of the United Nations, strong mem­ obscured the debate about the bill's real face is the need to develop better programs bers of the international community in good goals. to retrain workers who lose their jobs. For standing, they would most likely be perma­ The Democratic leaders' bill, which has bi­ example, twenty-nine years ago when Con­ nent members of the UN Security Council. If partisan support, will not create quotas. It gress took up the Trade Expansion Act, this we are to ask such countries to share an ex­ merely reverses 1989 Supreme Court deci­ Committee adopted a forward looking rec­ panding role in international affiars, we sions that weakened anti-discrimination ommendation by President Kennedy to es­ must be willing to ensure that they are rec­ laws in employment that had worked fairly tablish a special program, called trade ad­ ognized proportionately within various and effectively for nearly 20 years. In fact, justment assistance, to ensure that the the­ international bodies. the bill explicitly makes quotas illegal, per­ ory of free trade helping everyone would al­ VI. CONCLUSION ways be, in fact, a reality. President Ken­ mitting a quota victim to sue for damages. Although still the leading economic power The Democratic bill would bring consist­ nedy was very clear about the program he in many respects, the United States cannot had in mind, stating "Tliis cannot be and ency to civil rights damage suits. Existing ignore its relatively declining edge in world law allows compensatory and punitive dam­ will not be a subsidy program for govern­ markets. At least three structural impedi­ mental paternalism. It is instead a program ages for intentional discrimination based on ments must be removed in order for us to re­ race; the bill extends this right to people in­ to afford time for American initiative, verse this trend. First, we must commit re­ American adaptability, and American resil­ tentionally discriminated against because of sources to improve our infrastructure and re­ sex, disability or religion. iency to assert themselves." lated technologies. Second, we must reshape Unfortunately, the United States has never and improve our educational system, includ­ Today, the House is to vote on three bills: achieved a successful dislocated worker pro­ ing the creation of a job training system. Fi­ a bipartisan compromises sponsored by the gram either in trade adjustment assistance nally, we must encourage more non-military Judiciary Committee chairman, Jack or in the Job Training Partnership Act. But research and development. Brooks, and the committee's senior Repub­ just because the task is difficult does not I am delighted to have had the opportunity lican, Hamil ton Fish; the strong version mean we can give up. A program to retrain to testify before the Ways and Means Com­ written by the House Education and Labor workers is absolutely essential if the United mittee on such a timely topic, and wish Committee last year, and President Bush's States is to draw full benefits from the dyna­ these hearings the greatest success in com­ substitute. mism of world trade. ing forward with constructive solutions. The compromise will be approved over­ It is not simply enhancing capital forma­ Thank you. whelmingly. It includes understandings tion that increases productivity, but enhanc­ reached in discussions between civil rights ing labor and its skills has, according to many economists, a direct link to overall and business leaders-discussions scuttled by productivity growth. As another example, DON EDWARDS ON CIVIL RIGHTS White House intimidation, on Mr. Bush's or­ greater managementJlabor cooperation-hav­ IN NEW YORK TIMES ders, with Bush aides saying the quota issue ing employees more involved in workplace must be kept alive for future elections. decisions-has led to stunning productivity HON. JACK BROOKS The Brooks-Fish bill limits punitive dam­ ages for intentional discrimination to increases in those companies that have em­ OF TEXAS barked on such a course. $150,000, a provision many of us have fought The education of, and commitment to, our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for two years but whose inclusion is essen­ workforce at all stages of development-­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 tial if we are to approach the two-thirds vote whether it be at the primary or secondary Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Speaker, our distin­ needed to override a promised Bush veto. level, or at a point where a job is lost-is Last year's bill will be offered so members of guished colleague from California, DON ED­ crucial to our future competitiveness. By both parties can vote for a stronger "pure" combining the best elements of our edu­ WARDS, has worked long and hard on the bill that does not limit punitive damages. cational system and those of our competi­ issue of civil rights throughout his 29 years in Attorney General Dick Thornburgh calls tors, and allowing for job retraining to re­ the U.S. House of Representatives. There is the Brooks-Fish substitute a "hoax." He is channel our resources, we can expand the probably no one in this body who is more wrong. It is the Administration's substitute skills of our workforce and our ability to knowledgable on the subject, nor more com­ that is a hoax. It fails to reverse most of the meet global challenges. mitted to protecting the rights of all Americans Supreme Court cases the compromise bill IV. INCREASING AMERICA'S INNOVATION: and wiping out racial intolerance, than he is. seeks to overturn. It makes it easy for busi­ TECHNOLOGY Today, as we consider the civil rights bill of nesses to justify practices that, have dis­ Our country continues to be the world's 1991, J believe it is important that his ex­ criminatory effects. leading source of new technologies. But we tremely well-written letter to the editor of the The phoniest part of the Bush bill pretends have fallen behind in supporting much-need­ New York Times-in today's edition-be to provide additional remedies to victims of ed research and development. Germany, for harassment but actually places more obsta­ example, now spends 136 percent more in brought to each Member's attention. Following is the text of the letter: cles in their way. The bill would even legal­ non-military research than we do in propor­ ize harassment if the worker did not file a tion to GNP. America has discovered new [From the New York Times, June 4, 1991) complaint with the employer's in-house technologies, such as the VCR, but, in a mat­ MORE RACISM FROM THE G.0.P. grievance system within 90 days. ter of a few years, has lost the markets for (By Don Edwards) Enactment of the Democrats' bill would such technologies to overseas competitors. WASHINGTON.-When the landmark Civil signal an end to the diminution of our rights Whether it be investment in new infrastruc­ Rights Act of 1964 was passed by the Con­ by a Supreme Court now controlled by a ture technologies or the development of commercial products, only by encouraging gress, Republicans voted for it 4 to 1. But in Reagan-Bush majority. The bill would return research will the United States keep its lead­ considering the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the to ordinary working people procedural rights G.O.P. seems less interested in a civil rights ing edge in innovative technologies and, like a reasonable time period for filing a equally as important, in keeping a hold on bill and more interested in reviving race as a complaint, equitable rules on proving dis­ the everdeveloping markets for these tech­ campaign issue for 1992. This is part of a con­ crimination and protection against discrimi­ sistent pattern. nologies. nation in employment contracts. In 1988, the Bush-Quayle campaign ex­ In restoring these rights, the bill would V. SHARING THE BURDEN OF INTERNATIONAL ploited racial fears in the shameless Willie AFFAIRS give all workers-whites, racial and religious Horton ads. In the 1990 elections, the party minorities, women, men and people with dis­ Rising to our domestic challenges is not successfully exploited the civil rights bill abilities-a fair chance at fighting discrimi­ the only key to maintaining our nation's with race-based TV ads misrepresenting the international competitiveness. It will be in­ bill and pandering to racist fears. The party nation, and the right to seek damages. It is cumbent on other nations to come forward now seems intent on continuing this policy. unworthy of the President to play racial pol­ with a more supportive role in confronting Republican leaders have repudiated David itics to defeat it. international challenges. The United States Duke, the Republican Louisiana legislator cannot continue to bear the preponderant and former Ku Klux Klansman, yet the cost of meeting the post-war world problems President's men do not shrink from using in the same sense and proportion that we the very code words-like "quotas"-that have borne them in the past four decades, Mr. Duke uses to spread paranoia about and at the same time meet the domestic blacks' taking jobs from whites. The phony June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13285 IT IS TIME TO ESTABLISH CON­ It is interesting to note that the National Se­ (1 ) by inserting " and directives" after " Fil­ GRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT ON curity Adviser and his legal counsel insist that ing documents" in the heading of such sec­ WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECU­ they do provide to the appropriate congres­ tion; sional committees information about relevant (2) by designating the text of such section RITY DECISIONS as subsection (a); and policies when asked to do so. Unfortunately, (3) by adding at the end the following new HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. there is no way for congressional committees subsection: to know about the existence of these execu­ "(b)(l) The original and 3 duplicate origi­ OF MICHIGAN tive policy directives when they are cloaked in nals or certified copies of each Executive di­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES secrecy. Similarly, when Congress is not in­ rective shall be filed with the Office of the Federal Register on the next business day Tuesday, June 4, 1991 formed, how can it know of new directives which replace old policies or which break new following the date the Executive directive is Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ ground? issued. The Archivist of the United States troducing, on behalf of myself and Mr. shall cause to be noted on the original and This bill would place no restrictions upon the copies of each such Executive directive the BROOKS, chairman of the Committee on the President's authority to establish and carry out Judiciary and former chairman of the Commit­ day and hour of the filing and shall number national policy. It would only require that such such filings sequentially in the order filed. tee on Government Operations, and Mr. policies be numbered and registered with the The original of all Executive directives shall HAMILTON, chairman of the Subcommittee on Office of the Federal Register and that copies be permanently retained as a part of the Ar­ Europe and the Middle East, the Presidential of each such directive be transmitted to the chives of the United States. Directives and Records Accountability Act. Speaker of the House and the President of the "(2) Upon filing, one copy of each Execu­ The purpose of this bill is to establish a rou­ Senate. If necessary for reasons of national tive directive shall be immediately transmit­ tine process for congressional oversight on the ted by the head of the Office of Records Man­ security, they could be classified. ageme:ut to each of the Speaker of the House issuance of national security directives. This If such a practice had been in effect during bill seeks to bring these critical decision docu­ of Representatives and the President pro the decade of the eighties, Congress would tempore of the Senate. In the case of direc­ ments under the control of the law and provide have had an early-warning system which tives which contain information which may for increased public accountability. might have permitted us to escape the disas­ be withheld from disclosure under section National security decision directives, now trous consequences of the failed Iran hostage 552(b)(l) of title 5, such copies shall be trans­ calred NSD's or NSDD's under prior adminis­ policy. mitted and maintained in the manner re­ trations form a significant body of national law Until recently the executive branch claimed quired by the rules and procedures of the and policy. They may regulate anything from House of Representatives and the Senate, re­ the need for such excessive secrecy about na­ spectively, to protect the information there­ the war on drugs, to policy governing space tional policy because of the exigencies of the exploration, to nuclear proliferation, to actions in from improper disclosure.". cold war and the Soviet threat. That threat has SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL AND in the Persian Gulf. They are, however, now evaporated. It is time for the executive to OTHER FEDERAL RECORDS. cloaked in secrecy. They are not called to the recognize that the Congress is not an adver­ (a) INFORMING EMPLOYEES OF PRESIDENTIAL attention of anyone outside the executive sary from whom its policies must be con­ RECORDS ACT REQUIREMENTS.-Chapter 22 of branch, even after they are declassified. This cealed. title 44, United States Code, is amended by legislation would bring them under an appro­ The text of the bill follows: adding at the end the following new section: priate level of congressional oversight. "§ 2208. Informing Employees of Require- This is intended to treat NSD's the same H.R.- ments manner as other Presidential directives. If the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep­ "(a) Each officer or employee who is ap­ President issues an Executive order or other resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, pointed or detailed to, or otherwise em­ proclamation, that directive must be registered ployed in, a position in the Executive Office pursuant to the terms of the Federal Register SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. of the President or Vice President, or on the Act. However, directives such as NSD's are This Act may be cited as the "Presidential immediate staff of the President or Vice Directives and Records Accountability Act". not covered. This bill would extend the cov­ President, shall receive, and shall at the SEC. 2. CONTROL OF THE USE OF EXECUTIVE DI­ time of employment sign a receipt for, a no­ erage of the Federal Register Act to any Pres­ RECTIVES. tice describing the requirements of this idential directive which establishes policy, di­ (a) DEFINITION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVE.­ chapter and of the procedures for control­ rects the carrying out of law or policy, author­ Section 1501 of title 44, United States Code, ling, managing, and preserving Presidential izes or requires the use of appropriated funds is amended- or Vice Presidential records. or other resources-including personnel, or (1) by designating the 4 indented para­ "(b) Each such officer or employee shall, at otherwise asserts or appears to assert an au­ graphs thereof in order as paragraphs (1), (2), the time of vacating any such position, re­ thority of the President. (3), and (4); ceive a copy of the notice required by sub­ I believe that the excesses of recent years (2) in paragraph (3), as so designated by section (a) shall be prepared jointly by the Archivist and the counsel to the President:". are a clear warning that secret policymaking is striking "and" after the semicolon at the end; (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF RECORDS dangerous to our national government. Under (3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by MANAGEMENT.-Chapter 22 of title 44, United our Constitution, the Congress is an equal striking the period at the end and inserting States Code, is further amended by adding at partner in the creation and development of na­ ";and"; and the end the following new section: tional policy. All too often we have discovered (4) by adding at the end the following new "§ 2209. Office of Records Management. that the executive branch has been carrying paragraph: "There shall be in the Executive Office of out policies of which Congress has not been "(5) 'Executive directive' means any writ­ the President an Office of Records Manage­ informed. On occasion, particularly during the ten instrument, other than a Presidential ment. The Office shall be responsible for se­ Iran-Contra affair, the executive branch has proclamation or Executive order, that- curing compliance with the requirements of "(A) is signed or endorsed by, or is issued this chapter and for carrying out such other acted despite the law. We all remember that at the direction of, the President, or an ap­ the Iran-Contra scandal was launched by functions as may be assigned by the Presi­ pointee in the Executive office of the Presi­ dent. The Office shall consult with the Ar­ Presidential directives not shared with Con­ dent; and chivist before making any significant change gress because the authors of this criminal act "(B)(i) establishes policy, (ii) directs the in the practices or procedures used to secure knew the Congress would know better. carrying out of law or policy, (111) authorizes such compliance.". During the past year, as chairman of the or requires the use of appropriated funds or (c) AUTHORITY OF THE ARCHIVIST To DEFINE Government Operations Committee, I have other resources (including personnel), or (iv) RECORD.-Section 3301 of title 44, United been engaged in an ongoing dialog, with Gen­ otherwise asserts or appears to assert an au­ States Code, is amended by adding at the end thority of the President; eral Scowcroft, the President's National Secu­ the following: "The Archivist of the United rity Adviser. The White House has· refused to except that such term does not include a States shall have final authority in the Ex­ finding under section 662 of the Foreign As­ ecutive branch to determine what con­ provide even a list of NSD's issued by the sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2422).". stitutes such a ·record for purposes of chapter Bush administration. I did not seek the actual (b) FILING AND REGISTRATION OF ExECUTIVE 21 through 33 of this title and may issue such NSD's themselves, just a numbered list with DIRECTIVES.-Section 1503 of title 44, United rules, regulations, and guidelines as may be the titles and a brief summary of each. States Code, is amended- necessary for such purposes.". 13286 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 (d) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMEND­ THE BENS PRINCIPLES ON Each signatory should develop its own MENTS.- CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES methods to advance these principles in the (1) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.-The analysis for operation of its domestic and foreign subsidi­ chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, is aries. Special emphasis should be focused on amended- HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN "choke point" exports, such as raw material (A) by striking out the item pertaining to OF NEW YORK and machinery used in producing nuclear section 2205 and inserting the following: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES weapons and missile technology. Senior "2205. Exceptions to restricted access." Tuesday, June 4, 1991 management should cooperate with BENS, proliferation experts, and government agen­ and Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to di­ cies to determine appropriate action regard­ (B) by inserting after the item pertaining rect my colleagues' attention to a new initiative ing suspect countries and projects. to section 2207 the following: that opposes the spread of nuclear, chemical, "2208. Information employees of require­ and biological weapons as well as the missile ments. delivery systems that are used to launch these WAIVER OF JACKSON-VANIK FOR " 2209. Office of Record Management." . weapons. Business Executives for National THE U.S.S.R. IS AN IMPORTANT (2) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.- Section 2201(3) Security [BENS] has designed a set of prin­ STEP TOWARD NORMALIZATION of title 44, United States Code, is amended by ciples which all nations should adhere to. The OF TRADE RELATIONS striking "thereof' and inserting "thereof'. BENS principles address the moral and ethical aspects of exporting materials that could be HON. DOUG BERElITER used in the construction of these weapons of OF NEBRASKA MEMORIAL DAY AT GETTYSBURG mass destruction. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES These principles are not designed to replace U.S. laws governing exports. They are de­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 JJON. WIWAM F. GOODLING signed to complement the existing set of laws Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday OF PENNSYLVANIA and regulations by not only questioning wheth­ President George Bush informed Congress of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES er or not a given export sale is legal but also his intention to waive Jackson-Vanik for whether that sale is a right decision. In this re­ Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Mongolia, and most Tuesday, June 4, 1991 spect, the principles are similar to the Sullivan important, the Soviet Union. The waiver for the Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, Memorial principles which for a long period dealt with Soviet Union is particularly significant, for it is Day is a holiday whose significance some­ business practices in South Africa. the first step in the long-waited normalization times becomes vague and distant. On Mon­ We cannot hope to stop all of the harmful, of trade relations. This Member would like to day, May 27, 1991, Memorial Day, I was af­ or potentially harmful sales of components for take a moment to commend the President for forded the honor to participate in a very spe­ weapons of mass destruction simply by pass­ his decision. cial ceremony in Gettysburg, PA, within my ing new laws. It is necessary to establish an Clearly, the Soviet Union continues to pur­ 19th Congressional District. The meaning of export control regime which would permit and sue policies that are objectionable to the Unit­ this day was once again made vivid to me as even encourage legitimate exports, while si­ ed States. It denies true self-determination to I joined with others in a funeral procession led multaneously preventing those sales that have the people of the Baltic States, and the de­ by a riderless black stallion, a solemn symbol the potential of presenting danger to the world mocracy movement in many regions is under of the fallen soldier. at large. This undertaking will require the ac­ attack by reactionary forces. It is altogether Gettysburg usually celebrates Memorial Day tive cooperation of the business community. proper that the United States should press to with a parade and other activities, but this Accordingly I am pleased to see that the advance the cause of human rights in the So­ year's celebration included an especially mem­ BENS principles were initiated by an organiza­ viet Union. We should seek to ensure that the orable interment ceremony of unidentified re­ tion of leading business executives. people of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are mains of Civil War soldiers from both the I invite my colleagues to review and support permitted to determine their own future. But North and South who died at the Battle of Get­ these principles and I request that the full text we should not hold trade hostage to these ef­ tysburg, Antietam, and Chancellorsville. The of the principles be inserted at this point in the forts. ceremony was held at the Gettysburg National CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Over the years the United States has fought Cemetery following a procession through the THE BENS PRINCIPLES: GUIDELINES FOR to promote the rights of Soviet minorities, par­ town which included a memorial service con­ ExPORTS ticularly the Jewish minority, to emigrate. The ducted by clergy of the common faiths present Business Executives for National Security Jackson-Yanik amendment to the 1974 Trade in the Civil War period. The impressive 3d (BENS), a national, nonpartisan trade asso­ Act has been instrumental in pursuing this pol­ U.S. Infantry, or "Old Guard" who maintain the· ciation, believes that the proliferation of icy. And Jackson-Yanik has now achieved its 24-hour vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Sol­ weapons of mass destruction and terror, and objective. Last month the Supreme Soviet dier, also participated in this notable event, the technology to deliver them, is an urgent voted final approval to a comprehensive emi­ . their first excursion outside of Washington, problem requiring immediate attention. gration law. In short, the Soviet Union appears DC, and Arlington National Cemetery. BENS recognizes the importance of not un­ to have addressed the concerns raised in duly disrupting trade, but believes that Frank Bracken, Deputy Secretary of the In­ American business should place first its re­ Jackson-Yanik. It is time now to recognize and terior, served as the event's keynote speaker. sponsibilities toward national .security. reward these Soviet efforts by a waiver of . Mr. Bracken stressed the importance of Therefore, in addition to complying with all Jackson-Vanik . rememberance of those who have fallen in statutory and treaty restrictions, business In the next few weeks the State Department war when he said, "It is for this we honor should base its commercial activities on will be examining the new Soviet emigration them: The cause they believed in, their devo­ moral and ethical considerations. law. If, as appears likely, the law is judged to tion, and their sacrifice." His closing remarks (1) This company is committed to halting· satisfy the concerns raised in Jackson-Vanik, included the endorsement of world peace and the spread of nuclear, biological, or chemical then the granting of normal tariff status, or the weapons, or missile delivery systems. harmony. (2) This company will support the letter so-called most-favored-nation trade status, will The burial and ceremony to honor those and spirit of current and future laws against most certainly be forthcoming. The granting of who have sacrificed in war can only repay a the proliferation of such weapons. MFN, which really confers normal tariff status, part of the great debt we owe. They fought to (3) This company will not knowingly ex­ is an important step if commerce between the protect the freedom we enjoy, thus we must port products or technologies likely to be United States and the Soviet Union is to grow. work to preserve that freedom and see that used in the unlawful or unconscionable de­ Mr. Speaker, this Member applauds Presi­ this Nation continues to adhere to the prin­ velopment of such weapons. dent Bush for his decision to waive Jackson­ ciples ftpon which it was founded. Though (4) This company will make every effort to Vanik for the Soviet Union, and would urge discover and document the ultimate destina­ firsthand experience is necessary for full ap­ tion and use of its products. him to move as rapidly as possible to confer preciation, I was very impressed by Gettys­ (5) This company will urge domestic and the normal trade status of MFN. This Member burg's ceremony and hope to share the expe­ foreign businesses to abide by these prin­ urges the Congress, would urge this body to rience. ciples. work closely with the executive branch in June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13287 order to speed the granting of normal tariff Whereas, they will perform a concert on represents Cincinnati's Soviet sister city, status for the Soviet Union. the Ellipsis of the White House on Thursday, Kharkov, has a point. June 6th at 10:00 a.m.; and Those most in charge of their nations often Whereas, the District 102 Concert Band will lose much of the popularity they had before HONORING AILEEN E. BURNS be exemplary ambassadors of their parents, their ascent to power. It happened to U.S. the Marquette Heights-North Pekin commu­ President Lyndon B. Johnson and to former nities, Tazewell County, and the Peoria area; British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, HON. ELIOT L ENGEL and not because of any corruption but because of OF NEW YORK Whereas, Congressman Robert Michel un­ their decisions. Johnson's were connected IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES derstands the significance of this event and with the Vietnam War, Mrs. Thatcher's plans to share these memories into the Con­ mainly with her unflagging support of a poll Tuesday, June 4, 1991 gressional Record; or head tax. Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, this week, the Therefore be it resolved that the Tazewell Tough decisions, especially when widely County Board proclaim June 6th to be recog­ Westchester Irish Committee is holding its an­ perceived as wrong, diminish popularity. But nized in the beloved community of Mar­ popularity should be no leader's primary nual cocktail party-buffet during which it hon­ quette Heights-North Pekin, Tazewell Coun­ aim. That aim should be the right decisions, ors individuals who have worked tirelessly to ty, Illinois, and proclaim said day as being whatever the cost in popularity. It all too improve the local community. I wish to particu­ Georgetowne Middle School Band Day. often doesn't work that way, and any nation larly recognize one of the honorees, Aileen suffers to the extent it doesn't. Burns, a life-long resident of the city of Yon­ Gorbachev would be less than human, per­ kers in my congressional district. THE SOVIET BID FOR WESTERN haps, if he wasn't concerned about the Aileen has demonstrated a concern for is­ AID depths to which his popularity has sunk. sues that effect her fellow Irish-Americans, as Even in a society still centrally controlled and largely undemocratic, it must hurt to be well as a dedication to serving the community. HON. BOB McEWEN as widely disliked as the polls show him. She currently is the employment manager at OF OHIO This isn't to suggest that's why he wants St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES massive economic aid from the West. He may she is working toward continuing her health Tuesday, June 4, 1991 well believe only such a funds infusion can care career by pursuing a masters of science prime the Soviet pump toward the freer in Health Services at Iona College. Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to bring to economy he promises in exchange. Aileen has also been an active member of the attention of my colleagues this column Given the menace of a militarized, Stalin­ the American-Irish Association for the past 1O from the Cincinnati Enquirer by Robert Webb. ist-type Soviet Union, the option Gorbachev Many in Washington and some of our allies seems now to favor would be worth almost years, including a stint as the first woman any price to the West. NATO wouldn't have president of the organization. She has served argue that the West should provide massive fi­ nancial aid to prop the ailing Soviet system to agreed on a cut of at least 50% in U.S. forces on the Scholarship, Heritage Day and Journal in Europe, for example, if Moscow hadn't Committees for the Association, and she also shore up support from President Gorbachev. changed as much as it has already. That cut serves on the Yonkers Mayor's Irish Advisory But Robert Webb cautions that "any Western should mean huge U.S. tax savings eventu­ Board. economic aid to the Soviet Union * * * should ally. Further reductions could come with the In short, Aileen Burns is the type of young be conditioned on the firmest possible guaran­ pullback of Soviet troops enabling NATO to woman of whom we can all be proud. She has tees of a free-market economy. Any such aid, count on three months or more warning for remained true to her heritage and served her moreover, should be mainly in the form of any ground attack by Moscow. A world largely unthreatened by the Soviet Union is community and country well. It is a pleasure to loans guaranteed by the Soviets' immense natural resources, including gold." treasure to behold. join the Westchester Irish Committee in rec­ But Bruce D. Porter, Bradley senior re­ ognizing her outstanding accomplishments. Mr. Speaker, I commend it to my col­ search associate of the Olin Institute for leagues. Strategic Studies at Harvard University, At this point, please enter into the CONGRES­ makes a strong case in the spring issue of A NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENT SIONAL RECORD the attached column, "The So­ the National Interest for not underrating the viet Bid for Western Aid": Russian Republic, far and away the Soviet THE SOVIET BID FOR WESTERN AID Union's largest, richest and best armed. In a HON. ROBERT H. MICHEL June Harper's excerpt, Porter recalled Alexis OF ILLINOIS The portrait of a Soviet Union near eco­ nomic death may be vastly overdrawn. Its de Tocqueville's prediction in Democracy in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gold reserves alone may be worth S34 billion. America (published in 1835) that Russia was Tuesday, June 4, 1991 None knows the precise value of its oil re­ also destined for U.S.-type greatness. Porter serves, but they must be immense. And its sees Russia's resurgence "both as a global Mr. MICHEL. Mr. Speaker, I take this oppor­ diamond assets are by no means meager. power and as a continuing obstacle to West­ tunity to introduce to my colleagues a fine and Yet Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is ern interests." talented group of musicians-the calling for $100 billion in economic aid from "By the turn of the century, Moscow will Georgetowne Middle School Band of North still be in the seat of some kind of govern­ the West. He wants to lay his case before the ment,'' Porter wrote. "That government-­ Pekin, IL. These young men and women of approaching London economic summit of the whether communist, democratic, fascist, na­ note will perform a concert on the Ellipse of United States and six other industrial na­ tions. No Soviet leader has ever before made tionalist or autocratic-will control at least the White House this Thursday at 1O a.m. I the current territory of the Russian Republic know that this performance will delight its au­ such a plea and certainly not to that forum. That Gorbachev would suggest the gravity of . . . and probably the Ukraine, Byelorussia, dience with the high level of competence and his, if not his country's, position. and Kazakhstan as well. If it succeeds in quality for which the Georgetowne Middle Gorbachev has long been on the political holding together this 'Slavic core,' it will School Concert Band and Jazz Band are ropes, suffering from the failures of have inherited nearly 92% of the territory known. perestroika. Russians and other Soviet peo­ and over 80% of the population of today's So­ ples have tasted or sensed enough of life in viet Union." He said such a residual union I join with the Marquette Heights-North would still possess most of Moscow's current Pekin communities in offering my congratula­ the West to convince them that much has gone wrong in their country. They blame the military capacity, "including the biggest, tions on this fine accomplishment and wish the best-equipped army in Europe and the larg­ musicians continued success. Communist Party, which Gorbachev contin­ ues to defend despite the sharp drop in his est nuclear arsenal in the world." At this time, Mr. Speaker, I would like to in­ popularity. sert the resolution passed by the Tazewell GUARANTEES NECESSARY YELTSIN POPULARITY County Board proclaiming June 6 as Any Western economic aid to the Soviet Yet Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Union, then, should be conditioned on the Georgetowne Middle School Band Day. member of the Supreme Soviet parliament firmest possible guarantees of a genuine PROCLAMATION who visited Cincinnati recently, cautions shift to political freedom and a free-market Whereas, on June 4th thru June 8th, the that the popularity of Russian Republic economy. Any such aid, moreover, should be Marquette Heights-North Pekin President Boris Yeltsin, Gorbachev's main mainly in the form of loans guaranteed by Georgetowne Middle School Concert Band political rival, may be partly because he is the Soviets' immense natural resources, in­ will be traveling to Washington, D.C.; and not at the nation's helm. Yevtushenko, who cluding gold. 13288 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 But most Western aid should be in exper­ where development has been stunted by com­ bound them to her with powerful bonds of tise, cultural exchanges and trade, as in the mand economies and monopolistic political patriotism and pride." Cincinnati-Kharkov model. Americans and structures. The institute has been active in America is a country of possibility-the other Westerners, moreover, have much to Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East possibility of making things happen, of turn­ learn from as well as teach a country incal­ and, of course, Eastern and Central Europe. ing possibility into opportunity. And Amer­ culably rich in its ethnic diversity, talent ica is also a nation with many complex and and natural resources. Phyllis Kaminsky has helped guide the insti­ pervasive problems. tute and has participated directly in many of its The problems are familiar to all of us-per­ programs. Most notably, she has served as sistent budget and trade deficits, increasing THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE leader and resident-expert on the complex and violence and homelessness in our cities, an tense situation in Yugoslavia. unrelenting drug problem, a crumbling infra­ Phyllis' address revolving around the issue structure, and deteriorating public schools, HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN those institutions which are the very founda­ OF FLORIDA of responsibility in leadership and citizenship as the final burden of freedom is very insight­ tion of our democracy-our American way of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES life. ful and warrants the close attention of my col­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 A few short months ago, we were a deeply leagues. divided and pessimistic nation worried about Ms. LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS DELIVERED BY economic decay and political paralysis. And announce the unveiling of the Metro Dade Po­ PHYLLIS KAMINSKY then we followed our President into a war lice Department's Police Athletic League. The Chancellor Eggers, President Simpson, against aggression and a quick, brilliantly­ league will consist of youth programs in bas­ Members of the Utica College Foundation executed military victory. Victory was fol­ ketball, baseball, bowling, swimming, boxing, Board and National Alumni Council, Utica lowed by a surge of patriotic rallies and flag­ dance and WRAP, an anti-drug program for College Faculty and Staff, Family and waving unmatched· by anything in this gen­ Friends of the Graduating Seniors, and the eration. As an extraordinarily diverse soci­ youths. Graduating Seniors of the Class of 1991: ety, the United States is not unified along WRAP, an acronym for Winning Recreation RESPONSIBILITY: THE FINAL BURDEN OF lines of race, religion or culture. An external Alternative Program, will include supervision of FREEDOM threat is the one thing with the power to neighborhood parks by police officers. In fact, Not surprisingly, my remarks today are bond our nation into a unified whole. Now most of the Police Athletic League consists of about the future-your future and our coun­ that the threat has receded, we need to redi­ off-duty police officers volunteering their time try's future. As Charles Kettering said: "We rect this unanimity and solidarity to build to help children. shall all be concerned about the future be­ for a future without war. Many officers are to be thanked for this cause we will have to spend the rest of our It would be tragic, indeed, if the nation's lives there." pride in our recent military success overseas wonderful endeavor. Among them are Sgt. Al diverted it from tackling the enormous prob­ Bonanni, the director of the P.A.L.; Officer The past 20 years-for most of you the span of your lifetimes-has been a period of rel­ lems at home-the internal threat. It should Rodney Polite; Officer Myron Williams; Sgt. ative peace and prosperity in this country. be possible to exercise international leader­ Jim Dibenardo; Officer Ted Peterson; Officer You leave Utica College today to become ship while at the same time harnessing the Angelo Singleton; Lt. Harold Hasenback; Sgt. part of the generation that will lead this same unity of purpose and commitment in a Joe Delancy; and Officer Jim Colangelo. country into the 21st century, a challenging comprehensive effort to renew and rebuild In its first year of existence, the league also and exciting prospect that will demand the our country and its inner cities, to restore best of each and every one of you. its economic growth, and replenish its has one of the most comprehensive summer wealth. We should be guided by the words camps in the State with one of the best dance When you depart the halls of campus today, you will begin writing a new chapter spoken on June 22, 1989 by President Bush. programs in the country. Its baseball team will in the book of your lives. This new chapter He said: " From now on in America, any defi­ consist of some of the best Dade County ath­ will build on the portions of the story you nition of a successful life must include serv­ letes with off duty police officers as coaches. have already written, using the knowledge ing others." Much of the $150,000 required to support you have gained here and reflecting the peo­ At the same time that we Americans grap­ the League will come from money seized from ple and events that have had an influence on ple with our domestic challenges, slowly, drug dealers. It is truly heartwarming to know you. perhaps very slowly, the world around us is that money formerly directed at corrupting our But all of you are part of a bigger story­ demanding more and more freedom. We are you are part of the "great American experi­ witnessing an unparalleled explosion of eth­ youths will now be put into educating them. ence"-a chronicle of a democracy that is a nic self-discovery and a strong assertion of The Police Athletic League will soon be little over two hundred years old. A.M. popular will-from Kurdistan to Lithuania­ counseling children throughout all of Dade Rosenthal recently wrote in the New York from Quebec to Kashmir-from Tibet to County and thereby promoting our safe and Times "Democracy does not guarantee hap­ Solvenia-from Sri Lanka to Northern Ire­ productive future. It is with great pride that I piness. It just gives people the chance to pur­ land. call this organization to the attention of the sue it-an inspiration upon which America Our democracy and free-enterprise econ­ House and the American public. was created." omy were the beacons of light that freedom There is much that needs to be done for fighters followed in Eastern Europe and the our country and, by example, for those in the Soviet Union. In this "democracy" revolu­ world who look to the United States for tion our political and economic system is the COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS OF global moral and political leadership. It is up model for the world. PHYLLIS KAMINSKY to Americans to strengthen America from Having participated in a number of elec­ within, to preserve our unique experiment in tion observation missions to Central Europe, HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO freedom and to passionately guard against where people were voting for the first time OF CALIFORNIA those who would divide us against each in a free multiparty election, I could not other. help but be moved by the enthusiasm and de­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES America is a country of many blessings. termination of these new voters as they par­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ticipated in the democratic process. And Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, I rec­ recently said: "Americans and Europeans now, after the birth of democracy and the es­ alike forget how unique is the United States tablishment of the rule of law to replace the ommend to my colleagues the following com­ of America. No other nation has been built whim of dictators, Eastern European nations mencement address given by Phyllis upon an idea-the idea of liberty. No other will experience severe economic hardship Kaminsky to the Utica College of Syracuse nation has successfully combined people of over the next few years before their demo­ University. I have the privilege and honor to different races and nations within a single cratic reforms begin to bear fruit. serve with Phyllis Kaminsky on the board of culture. A couple of months ago a city worker in directors of the National Republican Institute Both the founding fathers of the United Moscow when asked him how his life had for International Affairs. The institute, one of States and successive waves of immigrants changed now that this country had em­ the core grantees of the National Endowment to your country were determined to create a barked on the road to democracy. His answer new identity. Whether in flight from perse­ was: "We may be worse off today than we for Democracy, has played a very instrumental cution or from poverty, the huddled masses were five years ago, in every material way. role in assisting Democratic political parties with few exceptions welcomed American val­ But I don't care, because at least we have around the globe struggling to realize rep­ ues, the American way of life and American got a little air to breathe. We must never resentative forms of government in countries opportunities. And America herself has forget how stifling, how dead it was before." June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13289 In contrast to our nation which was founded American citizens are required to exercise For the first time since Vietnam, Amer­ upon an idea, Eastern Europe is defined not their rights of citizenship-through the vot­ ican historians are referring to a Second by ideology but by national character. The ing booth, the census form and tax returns. American Century, a century when Amer­ difficulty of the transition from communism And now, more than ever, Americans are de­ ican leadership will truly be able to shape to democracy appears to have been grossly clining to do so. and define the world-a global experiment in underestimated both by the East Europeans And the group of citizens between the ages democracy, with America leading the way. themselves and by the West. of 18 and 25 represent the largest number of Individual freedom, equal opportunity and Casting ballots was simple compared with "democracy dropouts". It is indeed ironic cultural diversity are the most precious the task of setting up a society in which dif­ that at a time when democracy is flourishing commodities of this noble experiment. The ferent people and different groups respect around the world, it is in danger of losing its Second American Century will be shaped by each other's rights, including the right to foothold in this country. people who have confidence in themselves govern, the right to disagree and the right to Those nations seeking to learn from us and who inspire confidence in our nation and be different. European societies lack the so­ demonstrate that we have much to learn its institutions. The Second American Cen­ cial flexibility and openness of the United from them. They teach us to appreciate the tury must also begin at home. States. The melting pot still works here, as freedoms we enjoy and they revitalize the If Americans want it, there can and will be Margaret Thatcher points out. principles which we honor, yet take for a Second American Century, one in which we And, even closer to our shores, in Central granted. assure the ultimate triumph of our demo­ America, voters line up at the polling sta­ Democracy in the final instance depends cratic ideals and direct the tides of change tions gambling to participate in a demo­ upon an informed and involved population, into channels that will benefit all mankind, cratic process, while knowing full well that citizens able to evaluate and then play a role not iust a select few. they could lose their lives by doing so-by in the course of international affairs. The di­ In my election observation travels in Hun­ receiving a bullet rather than a ballot. The ploma you receive today symbolizes the hope gary, Czechoslovakia and 4 republics of long lines of voters that stretched for miles that you will use the knowledge and commu­ Yugoslavia, I made it a point, in each case, in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and nications skills you acquired to ensure that to talk directly with voters outside the poll­ Haiti remain vivid images for all of us. our democracy endures for your children and ing stations. The common thread that ran In Africa, the seeds of democracy are being their children. through their comments was their willing­ planted and the Continent is awakening­ The world is inspired by the powerful ness, in fact, their eagerness to participate bringing to the African peoples for the first meaning of documents written over two hun­ and be held accountable for their vote. They time the possibility of free expression, eco­ dred years ago because our founding fathers were determined to exercise their newly-won nomic opportunity and political participa­ left us a legacy of confidence in the citizen­ right and prepared to pay the price of democ­ tion. a social contract that constitutes our great­ racy. And in Asia, we must never forget the God­ est political and moral strength. In return, These voters have sent us a message-a dess of Democracy-the Statue of Liberty of the citizen was granted the greatest gift of message we cannot ignore. It is time for the courageous Chinese students in all-personal freedom. Americans to roll up their sleeves, recharge Tiananmen Square or the poignant plea for President Bush has appointed me to serve their batteries and assume the "final burden assistance by the Dalai Lama of Tibet when as a member of the Board of Visitors of the of freedom" as President Bush has said-the he visited Washington recently-a reminder U.S. Air Force Academy. While out in Colo­ dual responsibility of leadership and citizen­ from a gentle people engaged in a largely rado Springs recently, I talked with a first ship. forgotten struggle for their freedom. year Academy cadet who was reflecting on Ordinary people are the true heroes of our his new life in the military and the rigorous Good luck to you all. time. Ordinary people tore down the Berlin demands on him since his enrollment at the Wall. Ordinary people ousted the dictators. Academy. He told me about a prisoner of war Ordinary people demanded their rights in during Vietnam who had inspired him to SACRED HEART HOSPITAL-­ Latin America and Eastern Europe. And or­ serve his country and develop a true appre­ CHAMPIONS dinary people are enduring the harsh sac­ ciation for the freedom that our country rifices in the painful transition to a free and stands for. open society. As the cadet tells it, the POW, in despera­ HON. CURl WELDON Americans have a special responsibility to tion, scrawled the words "Freedom has acer­ OF PENNSYLVANIA reinforce these ordinary heroes in every way tain taste to it" on the wall of the caves be­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES we can. They seek their freedom and risk the fore he died. Like the POW, the cadet had danger because they are convinced there is a also known the freedom of the outside world Tuesday, June 4, 1991 strong America willing to protect them. beyond the Academy and he understood the Mr. WELDON. Mr. Speaker, I wish to con­ In a June 1982 address to the British Par­ prisoner's burning desire to taste it once gratulate the Sacred Heart Hospital Medical liament several years before the dramatic again. It helped him understand the strug­ Center in Chester, PA, for being honored as a events of 1989, then President Reagan said: gles that people go through to protect free­ statewide finalist of the Pennsylvania Hall of "Let us now begin a major effort to secure dom and ·why Americans, both young and the best-a crusade for freedom that will en­ old, risk their lives in far-off places to pre­ Fame Champions of Older Workers. gage the faith and fortitude of the next gen­ serve freedom for those who don't even com­ This project seeks to identify, promote, and eration. For the sake of peace and justice, prehend its significance. honor Pennsylvania employers who have let us move toward a world in which all peo­ Some generations are tested more severely made noteworthy efforts to hire older workers ple are at last free to determine their own than others. The Utica College Class of '91 and to increase employment opportunities for destiny." will be called upon to apply what they have people 55 or older. The hospital located in the Each day, the U.S. Government hosts doz­ learned in a complicated and highly charged city of Chester, just outside of my district, was ens of foreign visitors who have come to the international environment, to live in an United States to study our system and our interdependent world and be part of the in­ nominated by the senior employment program great documents-the Declaration of Inde­ formation society-to be the "builders of de­ of the Delaware County Services for the Aged. pendence, the Constitution, the Bill of mocracy" and "make the world safe for di­ Sacred Heart Hospital aims to utilize the ex­ Rights. It is very possible that they know versity" as President Kennedy said in 1963. perience and wisdom of older workers. These them even better than perhaps we ourselves May you approach these challenges with an older workers have a great deal to offer our do. appreciation of what we are and have community. Their experience, reliability, and In his address to a joint session of Con­ achieved as a nation and a vision of what we pride in their work is unmeasurable. By utiliz­ gress, Vaclav Havel, President of Czecho­ can become. slovakia, said of those documents: As you record your chapter in the chron­ ing our older citizens, Sacred Heart reaps the ''They inspire us all. They inspire us de­ icle of America, I hope that you will ensure benefits of a largely untapped resource of our spite the fact that they are over 200 years for future generations a strengthened Amer­ work force. In addition to the great service old. They inspire us to be citizens." ica, a responsible and unfettered democratic they provide to others, our senior citizens re­ His words should reinspire us to be good process, a government that adheres to the ceive gratification for performing this much­ citizens-to renew our commitment to learn­ rule of law based on justice for all, and a plu­ needed public service. ing and participation-the very things people ralistic society that respects and protects all Mr. Speaker, not only does this hospital around the globe are risking everything to ethnic traditions. That is the essence of this offer an outstanding opportunity for older achieve. The warning signs of complacency special place-the United States of Amer­ have already appeared in the U.S. when bare­ ica-the inspiration for the lyrics of the song workers, Sacred Heart also has an excellent ly half of the eligible voters participate in that many of you know well, "I'm proud to reputation for servicing the "poorest of the our national elections, and even fewer bother be an American where at least I know I'm poor". By employing these older citizens, Sa­ to participate in congressional races. free". cred Heart has established an economically 13290 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 efficient system to give medical attention to all Whereas this discovery led to the emer­ (2) the American Film Institute has a lead­ our citizens regardless of ability to pay. Sa­ gence of the art and science of motion pic­ ership role in implementing and coordinat­ cred Heart's enlightened employment prac­ tures through the work of many creators in ing the national centennial celebrations and tices should serve as a role model for all em­ the United States and other countries; in joining with regional entities and other Whereas during this period the technology interested parties in organizing other events ployers. necessary to create motion pictures was per­ relating to the lOOth anniversary of this Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Seventh Dis­ fected in a series of exciting American inven­ great American art form. trict of Pennsylvania I applaud the Sacred tions, which included the development of the Heart Medical Center for their excellent serv­ kinetograph and kinetoscope by Thomas Edi­ ice commitment to our community. son and W.K.L. Dickson, and the perfection SIERRA CLUB RESOLUTION of strip film by George Eastman; HONORING SIL CONTE Whereas the cycle of invention, innovation THE lOOth ANNIVERSARY OF MOV­ and improvement continued without pause IEMAKING AND AMERICAN FILM during the 1890's with the construction of HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN Thomas Edison's first film studio, dubbed OF CALIFORNIA the "Black Maria", and in 1893 a series of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. TED WEISS technological innovations marked a turning OF NEW YORK point in the development of the motion pic­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ture; Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, the Sierra Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Whereas the first commercial presentation Club's board of directors recently adopted a of Edison's kinetoscope by the Holland resolution honoring our former colleague Silvio Mr. WEISS. Mr. Speaker, in 1993 movie­ Brothers in New York City demonstrated the making will celebrate its 1OOth anniversary. To public's fascination with motion pictures, Conte. The Sierra Club resolution is a fitting mark this occasion, I have introduced a reso­ and as the demand for kinetoscope films tribute to Sil and a reminder to all of us of his lution to honor this treasured ·American art grew, Edison's invention was marketed extraordinary commitment and his lasting ac­ form and distinctively American innovation. internationally; complishments. I am delighted to include the The art and science of moving pictures was Whereas motion pictures have the power to resolution in today's RECORD: developed through the work of numerous cre­ touch our hearts, souls, and imaginations, SIERRA CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS and shape our hopes, dreams, and even our RESOLUTION ators in the United States-including Thomas national consciousness; Edison-and was perfected through many The Sierra Club Board of Directors deeply Whereas the motion picture serves as regrets the passing of Representative Silvio American inventions. But while America has America's ambassador to the world, convey­ contributed to the technology involved in mov­ Conte, a true public servant and friend of the ing American values, beliefs, styles, and at­ environment. Representative Conte fought iemaking, it has left its indelible mark on the titudes, transforming world culture with its for the public interest during his 32 years in moving picture art and has indeed transformed potent images and making the global village Congress. He introduced and advocated sig­ this art form. a reality; nificant environmental initiatives which had Films have reached every one of us-each Whereas motion picture production is not far-reaching national, as well as local, im­ of us has favorite pictures and beloved stars. only art but also one of America's most suc­ pacts, benefiting the people of Massachusetts cessful creative enterprises; and all Americans. America is home to unforgettable icons, from Whereas the motion picture has en­ Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers to Representative Conte was a true leader in trenched our cultural heritage with unfor­ the fight to cut sulfur and nitrogen oxide Bogie and Bacall, John Wayne, and the thou­ gettable characters who have become Amer­ sands of larger-than-life men and women both emissions which cause acid rain. His decade­ ican icons, from Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chap­ long fight to stop acid rain culminated in the of past years and in the present who com­ lin, and the Marx Brothers to the immortal passage of the Clean Air Act of 1990, which mand the silver screen both home and Garbo and the eternal Lillian Gish, from includes a strong acid rain control program. abroad. Bogie and Bacall, John Wayne, Sidney This victory was due to this persistent, tire­ Movies are more than an entertaining art Poitier and Cicely Tyson to Indiana Jones, less fight to protect our lakes, trees, and form; they are also a successful creative en­ E.T., and the thousands of other larger-than­ lungs from acid rain. life men and women who commanded the sil­ Representative Conte fought to protect terprise. Moreover, they are America's ambas­ ver screen, and from these legends are pre­ sador to the world, conveying American values wetlands from wasteful agricultural develop­ cious film moments that are forever etched ment by introducing the Swampbuster Im­ and beliefs, styles and attitudes. Their images in our memories and imaginations; and messages help convey the goals and as­ provement Act. He advocated the restoration Whereas in 1965 President Lyndon Johnson of drained wetlands because he understood pirations of not only Americans but of people signed the legislation leading to the forma­ the delicate balance between this unique in every corner of the globe. tion of the American Film Institute and pro­ ecosystem and the health of its surrounding This resolution recognizes this wonderful claimed that the Institute's mandate would environment. He championed legislation to American art form and calls for a nationwide be to recognize the moving image as an art prohibit mineral exploration and develop­ celebration of the motion picture centennial form, preserve the heritage of film and tele­ ment in pristine and fragile Antarctica. Rep­ vision, and identify and train the next cre­ through exhibitions, festivals, educational pro­ resentative Conte also worked to stop pork ative generation; barrel projects such as the Garrison Diver­ grams, and other activities. The resolution rec­ Whereas on September 26, 1989, at a cere­ ognizes the American Film Institute [AFl]­ sion Project, which threatened critical fish mony which celebrated the motion picture as and wildlife habitats. whose founding legislative mandate is to help the art form of the 20th century, President His leadership for environmental protec­ preserve the heritage of American fil~and and Mrs. Bush honored the American Film tion will be sorely missed. Sierra Club will its role in helping to coordinate these activi­ Institute and reaffirmed its role as the na­ honor Silvio Conte's memory and contribu­ ties. It also calls upon the AFI to join with re­ tional organization devoted to advocating, tions by working to effectively implement gional entities and other interested groups nurturing, and preserving the art of film and the Clean Air Act, and by fighting to main­ video; tain nature's delicate balance. throughout the country in related activities. Whereas the American Film Institute is a Hopefully, this resolution will assist in help­ national leader in film and video arts and is ing all Americans to celebrate an art form devoted to advocacy for and preservation of which has touched generations of Americans, the art of film, television and video; and REMEMBERING TIANANMEN which continues to not only entertain but in­ Whereas the American Film Institute is SQUARE spire, and which has written a living history of poised to spearhead the nationwide celebra­ our Nation's cultural heritage. tion of film's centennial during 1993: Now, HON. TOM LANfOS be Mr. Speaker, I insert the text of the resolu­ therefore, it OF CALIFORNIA Resolved by the House of Representatives (the tion in the RECORD: Senate concurring), That it is the sense of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. CON. RES. - Congress that- Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Whereas in the late 19th century inventors (1) all Americans should have the oppor­ around the world focused on discovering a tunity to celebrate the lOOth anniversary of Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago means of artificially reproducing movement film in 1993 with exhibitions, festivals, edu­ today, the world was shocked by the image of so that it appeared to viewers that they were cational programs and other forms of observ­ brutality and violence in Tiananmen Square. It actually seeing the movement as it occurred; ance; and was on this day that the decrepit leadership of June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13291 China stooped to the use of force in order to HONORING HELEN ANN HENKEL The continuing debate about U.S. relations maintain its illegitimate grip on power. Today, with the Chinese is another illustration of the congressional human rights caucus held HON. ELIOT L ENGEL the topsy-turvy nature of U.S. politics. It's an event to commemorate this sad anniver­ no wonder Americans are confused about OF NEW YORK who's on first. sary. We remembered the massacre of those IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES freedom-loving students and we reaffirmed our Tuesday, June 4, 1991 PARROTING THE DEMOCRATS commitment to fight for the cause for which President Bush is saying today substan­ they died. Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, today I wish to tially what the Democrats were saying prior How sadly ironic it is, then, that the debate pay tribute to Helen Ann Henkel, a distin­ to 1972, when President Nixon stunned the guished member of the Slavic community in over most-favored-nation [MFN] trading status world with his personal trip to Beijing to Yonkers, who is being honored with the Book for China will reach a fevered pitch this week. begin the process normalizing diplomatic re­ of Golden Deeds Award by the Exchange The anniversary of the democratic uprising lations. Club of Yonkers. Congressional Democrats, by the same and its brutal repression underscores just how The Book of Gol~~n Deeds Award is a pres­ token, are saying today substantially what regrettable the President's call for MFN status tigious honor given to an outstanding individ­ conservative Republicans were saying prior really is. ual who has provided many years of service to 1972. With all due respect to the President, his and dedication to the Yonkers community. From the time the Communists achieved position on China is dead wrong. His policy Helen Henkel certainly fits this description. As control of the Chinese mainland in 1949 to both fails its stated purpose and is completely chief clerk in the Yonkers Department of Pub­ the moment of the Nixon initiative of 1972, devoid of moral direction. lic Works, she has coordinated many essential Democrats were arguing that the United States simply couldn't ignore a billion Chi­ The President argues that a policy of eco­ city services. In addition, she serves as vice nomic engagement with the Chinese dictators nese. chair for the Yonkers Board of Ethics, second Those were also years in which the Repub­ is the best policy the United States can follow. vice president for Big Brothers and Big Sisters Through trade with China, the President main­ licans were saying that the Communists had of Yonkers, and on the board of directors of a installed an oppressive government whose te­ tains, we stand a better chance of influencing host of other important civic organizations. nets were so contrary to America's historic the policies of that Communist nation. The The Exchange Club of Yonkers, which was principles that recognition would be uncon­ facts, however, tell another story. founded in 1937, has a long history of raising scionable. In the 2 years since the massacre, what has funds for the improvement of the community. Now we find President Bush parroting the the administration to show for this policy? It is a group that judiciously bestows its hon­ pre-1972 Democratic line: If we isolate China, What has been the great payoff for pursuing ors on those rare individuals who have given we abandon all hope of influencing its do­ this strategy of business as usual? What will freely and selflessly to the people of Yonkers. mestic behavior. And we find Democrats say­ it take before we realize that the administra­ Helen Henkel is only the ninth recipient of the ing substantially what the pre-Nixon Repub­ tion's policy is bankrupt? Golden Deeds Award in the 54 years of the licans were saying: Cordial relations with In the name of imports and exports, the ad­ the Chinese only reinforce the authority of Exchange Club of Yonkers, and she is the first those hard-liners in Beijing who were the au­ ministration seems willing to ignore the prin­ local female recipient of the award. thors of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in ciples upon which this Nation was founded. As the granddaughter of Polish and Ukrain­ which some 5,000 Chinese students died. There are many of us, however, who believe ian immigrants who came to this country at The irony of it all is that anyone was sur­ with all our might that respect for democracy the turn of the century, Helen Henkel has car­ prised by what happened in Tiananmen and observance of individual human rights ried on the rich traditions of her heritage while Square two years ago. That massacre was throughout the world is this Nation's most im­ also giving generously to her community and wholly consistent with China's 40-year tradi­ portant export. country. I salute her today along with the Ex­ tion of handling political dissent. If any­ During today's congressional human rights change Club of Yonkers. thing, Tiananmen Square was a tame replay. caucus event on the steps of the Capitol, I re­ Between 1949 and 1952, China's new Com­ munist government seized all farmland and called other such events when we demanded put between 50,000 and several million land­ reform from brutal governments around the OUR TOPSY-TURVY CHINESE POLICY lords to death. world. From those same marble steps, we Between 1953 and 1957, agriculture was col­ called for the freedom of Nelson Mandela. lectivized, and peasants were brutally forced Today he is free. We called for the Waterloo HON. BOB McEWEN to combine their landholdings into coopera­ of the tyrant Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania. OF OHIO tives. Today the Romanian people have shed the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES China's Great Leap Forward, which began yoke of his repression and are light years Tuesday, June 4, 1991 in 1958, was a nationwide campaign to in­ closer to joining the brotherhood of free na­ crease industrial and agricultural output at Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to bring to a ferocious human cost. tions. the attention of my colleagues a column from In 1966 came the Cultural Revolution, Today, we called for the end of repression the Cincinnati Enquirer by Thomas Gephardt. which saw Chinese young people organized in China. That day, too, will come. At a time when our Government is considering into semimilitary units to crush suspected Today, June 4, 1991, Tiananmen Square is extending China most-favored-nation status, counterrevolutionaries and to drive profes­ teeming with security forces wielding cameras this insightful piece reminds us that Com­ sionals and intellectuals into the country­ and sticks to intimidate anyone who might go munist China's "history is an unbroken record side to perform menial labor. to that great monument to democracy's strug­ of violence against human rights." I commend China's genocidal campaign against Tibet gle. Those hooligans might succeed in keep­ it to my colleagues. killed a full sixth of the Tibetan people and ing those who love freedom from placing white At this point, I enter into the CONGRESSIONAL drove thousands more into exile. flowers of remembrance where blood once RECORD the attached column: "Our Topsy­ ATROCITIES IGNORED stained the square. But they are incapable of Turvy Chinese Policy." No one knows how many Chinese were bru­ stomping out the spirit of China's democratic [From the Cincinnati Enquirer, June 2, 1991) talized and murdered during these years of movement. That spirit is inexorable. It will Our Topsy-Turvy Chinese Policy consolidation. There were, after all, no tele­ soon rise up and strike at the old men of President Bush interrupted his Memorial vision cameras to record the carnage. But Beijing. It will defeat them. Day weekend to pick up an honorary degree just because these outrages were not re­ When a statue is erected in Tiananmen at Yale University and to defend most-fa­ corded by the U.S. television networks Square honoring those young heroes of de­ vored-nation trade status for the People's doesn't mean they didn't happen. Communist China's history is an unbroken mocracy who gave their life for its cause, I Republic of China. The president's position is at sharp odds with the view of many congres­ record of violence against human rights. If, pray the United States will be on the moral sional Democrats who have not forgotten notwithstanding that record, the existence side of history. But if that day comes tomor­ China's crackdown on pro-democracy dis­ of the Chinese nation could not be ignored in row, history will not judge the policies of this sidents in Beijing's Tiananmen Square two the 1950s and '60s, why is it so easy for con­ Nation kindly. years ago this week. gressional Democrats to ignore it today? 13292 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 TRIBUTE TO SHELDON S. SOLLOSY Brian M. Lamarsh of Troop 49 in the Lake­ analysis of the population crisis in Africa, and wood section of Warwick, and he is honored I commend it to my colleagues. HON. JACK REED this week for his noteworthy achievement. [From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Apr. 12, 1991] OF RHODE ISLAND Not every young American who joins the ExPLODING POPULATION, ExPLODING IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Boy Scouts earns the prestigious Eagle Scout Award. In fact, only 2.5 percent of all Boy PROBLEMS Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Scouts do. To earn the award, a Boy Scout (By Werner Fornos) Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay must fulfill requirements in the areas of leader­ Deprivation, poverty and hunger are so tribute to Sheldon S. Sollosy, who will this ship, service, and outdoor skills. He must earn commonly associated with Africa that it is week be named recipient of the Providence 21 merit badges, 11 of which are required only natural to wonder if and when so many nations on that beleaguered continent will Rotary Club's 1991 Rhode Island Distin­ from areas such as citizenship in the commu­ ever be free from the specter of imminent ca­ guished Citizen Award. Mr. Sollosy, who has nity, citizenship in the Nation, citizenship in the tastrophe. since 1954 served as president of Manpower, world, safety, environmental science, and first A brief comparison between the state of Inc. of Providence, has long distinguished him­ aid. Missouri and the African nation of Senegal self as an activist in Rhode Island's business As he progresses through the Boy Scout brings home the brutal disparities between and Jewish communities, and has consistently ranks, a Scout must demonstrate participation the developed and developing worlds. Mis­ devoted considerable time and effort to var­ in increasingly more responsible service souri and Senegal are about the same size. ious charities. I join thousands of Rhode Is­ projects. He must also demonstrate leadership There, however, the similarities end, Mis­ souri has a population of 5 million. Senegal's landers in praising his worthy selection for this skills by holding one or more specific youth population of 7.4 million will double in only award. leadership positions in his patrol and/or troop. 26 years. The nation is already experiencing The impressive range of Mr. Sollosy's com­ These young men have distinguished them­ the deadly toll that rapid population growth munity involvement reflects his devotion to selves in accordance with these criteria. takes on the health of a nation's people par­ business, education, faith, and his fellow For his Eagle Scout project, Brian Lamarsh ticularly women and young children. In Sen­ Rhode Islanders. He is vice chairman for the led a group of Scouts in landscaping the egal, 128 infants died for every 1,000 live Government Affairs Council of the Greater births. In Missouri the figure is 9.9. The sta­ House of Hope temporary shelter in Warwick. tistics for the rest of Africa are no less grim. Providence Chamber of Commerce, vice Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues A recent example is the Human Develop­ president of the Providence Public Library, to join me in saluting Eagle Scout Brian ment Index, by which the United Nations De­ and a member of the Workers Compensation Lamarsh. In tum, we must duly recognize the velopment Program measures the quality of Advisory Council, the board of the Public Edu­ Boy Scouts of America for establishing the life in 130 countries. The index tries to deter­ cation Fund, and the Governor's Small Busi­ Eagle Scout Award and the strenuous criteria mine purchasing power required for a decent ness Council. He is also chairman of religious its aspirants must meet. This program has living standard in different countries. It practices for the Jewish Home For The Aged, combines life expectancy and adult literacy through its 80 years honed and enhanced the with gross domestic product per capita, and a director of the Genesis School, the Jew­ leadership skills and commitment to public weighted according to price levels. Of the 20 ish Federation of Rhode Island, Leadership service of many outstanding Americans, two countries with the lowest human develop­ Rhode Island, the Turks Head Club, and the dozen of whom now serve in the House. ment rating, 17 are in Africa. Providence Performing Arts Council. It is my sincere belief that Brian Lamarsh An exporter of food only 30 years ago, sub­ In recent years, Mr. Sollosy has served as will continue his public service and in so doing Saharan Africa today is more greatly de­ president of the Rhode Island Chamber of will further distinguish himself and con­ pendent on imports than any other region of Commerce, honorary president of Temple sequently better his community. I am proud the world. Children under 5 account for 50--80 percent of its total mortality, compared to Torat Yisrael and Providence Hebrew Day that Brian Lamarsh undertook his Scout activ­ only 3 percent for the same age group in Eu­ School, a delegate to the White House Con­ ity in my representative district, and I join rope. In Mali, the desert has advanced 220 ference on Small Business, and chairman of friends, colleagues, and family who this week miles south in only two decades. the Rhode Island March of Dimes during the salute him. Meanwhile, the global focus on the Persian last outbreak of polio. Gulf crisis and the extrication of Eastern Eu­ For his efforts, Mr. Sollosy has been named rope from the Soviet yoke has shoved to the Small Business Leader of the Year by the back pages in the news of famine in Sudan AFRICA'S EXPLODING and Ethiopia. But perhaps editors no longer Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, POPULATION consider famine in Africa to be news. After recipient of the distinguished Amudim Award all, didn't Sudan and Ethiopia just have a by Providence Hebrew Day School, and recipi­ major drought five or six years ago? ent of Brandeis University's Distinguished HON. WIWAM (Bill) CLAY They did. But from all indications, the Community Service Award. OF MISSOURI present famine will be as devastating as the Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my fellow col­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES drought of 1984-85 and probably worse, affect­ leagues to join me in saluting distinguished ing about 10 million people. Tuesday, June 4, 1991 A recent visit to Africa reinforced my Rhode Island citizen Sheldon S. Sollosy. long-held belief that the very survival of Thousands of Rhode Islanders, like myself, Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, Africa's population is at an all-time high today, and is rapidly in­ countries in this fastest-growing region of have been touched by Sheldon's many ges­ the world hinges upon a vast reduction of tures of compassion, enthusiasm, and innova­ creasing each year. Africa's current population population growth. Projections of the con­ tion, and I am proud that he has undertaken includes 661 million people, experts say that tinent's human numbers are astounding, of­ much of his work in my representative district. Africa is on course to double in just 24 years, fering little cause of optimism about the re­ I join family and friends who next week cele­ and approach 1.5 billion by the year 2020. gion's future. Africa's population of 661 million is on brate his many contributions. There appears to be no way to provide such a vast majority of people with the basic neces­ course to double in only 24 years and ap­ sities of life. These necessities include food, proach 1.5 billion by 2020, while the per cap­ ita gross national product for the region is EAGLE SCOUT BRIAN M. LAMARSH shelter, and jobs, not to mention education only $600. Nigeria, Africa's largest country HONORED and health services. Action must be taken im­ with a population of 118.8 million, expects 42 mediately to deal with this situation and to see million more people by the end of the cen­ HON. JACK REED that it does not get any worse. The most help­ tury and a total population of 273.2 million ful organizations seems to be the voluntary by 2020. OF RHODE ISLAND These spiraling human numbers can only IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES family-planning programs. It seems apparent that more support for family planning in Africa lead to unthinkable socioeconomic problems. Tuesday, June 4, 1991 There is simply no way to provide such a should be provided by the United States and rapidly growing population with food, shel­ Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sa­ other developed countries. We must all work ter and jobs, let alone education and health lute a distinguished young man from Rhode together to solve this problem. An editorial by services. Island who has attained the rank of Eagle Mr. Werner Fornos recently appeared in the St From every conceivable indication, much Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He is Louis Post-Dispatch. It offers an excellent of Africa will have to rely on foreign assist- June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13293 ance well into the 21st century. But more ocre performance. Yet such extraordinary pay what we would expect. They are increasing and more countries of the region are arriving for poor performance is becoming the norm in their pay year after year regardless of per­ at the conclusion that voluntary family corporate America. formance: planning programs are the best hope of pro­ Recently, newspapers reported that al­ Believe it or not, Federal Government regu­ viding any light at the end of this long, dis­ lations actually hinder any stockholder efforts mal tunnel. though Eagle-Picher Industries filed for bank­ Zimbabwe has established a national fam­ ruptcy in January of this year, last year its top to curb executive pay. ily planning program that is a model for sub­ five executives got a raise of more than 30 A ruling by the Securities and Exchange Saharan Africa. In a continent where na­ percent. Commission allows corporations to ignore tional percentages of couples who use mod­ I am sure everyone will concede that 1990 stockholder proposals on pay and prevent ern birth control methods flounders in single was a difficult year for business in this coun­ those proposals from being put to a share­ digits, Zimbabwe has a 36 percent acceptance try. But as corporate management was asking holder vote. rate. A $15 million family planning informa­ tion and communication effort by the U.S. average workers to tighten their belts, deci­ The SEC regulation-the Shareholder Pro­ government aims to increase that rate to 50 sions made in too many corporate boardrooms posal Rule-states that any shareholder who percent within the next six years. led to enormous pay raises-without the has held 1,000 dollars' worth of stock for at At the same time, Zambabwe shows signs stockholders having any say in the matter. least a year is eligible to submit a shareholder of progress in development that should be The facts are that CEO pay in America vast­ proposal to a corporation. The corporation the envy of its neighbors. It should certainly ly exceeds CEO pay in other countries; that then has to circulate the proposal in its proxy be apparent by this time that rapid popu­ increases in CEO pay in America exceeds the statement and put it to a shareholder vote, un­ lation growth erodes economic advancement. pay of our other workers; and that CEO pay less the proposal falls into one of the SEC's Though bringing down fertility rates does not necessarily guarantee prosperity, few in America has continued to rise in the face of exceptions. countries with high population growth­ falling company profits. The SEC rule considers proposals on pay to other than a smattering of Middle East oil In the 1960's and 1970's, the pay of our be an exception. So corporations can simply sheikdoms-have any hope at all of improv­ schoolteachers, engineers, factory workers, ignore stockholder proposals on executive and ing their quality of life. and corporate CEO's was increasing at about director compensation. It is true that Zambabwean women are the same rate. In the 1980's CEO pay in­ Another SEC regulation controls the disclo­ still averaging 5.7 children during their re­ creased in an unbalanced proportion to work­ sure of compensation information, and, de­ productive lifetime, but 10 years ago they ers salaries. spite SEC efforts to require clear disclosure, were having seven. If other countries of sub­ In the history of our country, there has Saharan Africa where seven children per all too often, even knowledgeable investors women are the norm can replicate never been such a wide pay gap between the are at a loss to figure out complex pay pack­ Zambabwe's success in lowering its growth earnings of our CEO's and average workers. ages spread over multiple pages in annual rate-and the pace can be significantly ac­ The spectacular CEO pay increases and proxy statements. celerated-the region may still be able to widening pay gap of the 1980's were not Nowhere in an annual report is there one balance its population with its resources. If linked to increased profitability at American list that adds all compensation and gives the not, Africa must continue its reliance upon companies. Just the opposite is true: Execu­ bottom line in pay and perks for each execu­ foreign aid, which has along, with every tive pay rose at the same time corporate prof­ other commodity, a saturation point. tive and director. Nor is there any easy way to its stagnated or dropped. compare current pay to past years or to The 1980's saw CEO pay shoot up past the project the future costs of the very intricate THE CORPORATE PAY inflation rate, while the hourly wages of other pay packages that are common today. RESPONSIBILITY ACT employees failed to keep up with inflation, and Finally, there is no mechanism which allows company profits dropped well below inflation. shareholders to nominate directors and in­ HON. JOHN BRYANT This trend appears to be continuing: In 1990, clude them in the corporation's proxy state­ I understand that CEO pay rose another 7 ment and ballot. As a Senate witness testified: OF TEXAS percent while corporate profits fell by the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We know the theory of the corporation. same amount. The shareholder elects the board to rep­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 In short, CEO pay increases are outpacing resent their interests, and then the board's Mr. BRYANT. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ inflation, the pay of other American workers, job is to choose the management and set the ducing a bill to give stockholders a voice in the pay of CEO's in other countries, and com­ compensation package. But, in reality, this the way executive pay is set by their corpora­ pany profits. Several compensation experts theory is turned completely upside down, be­ tions. In an economic system based on cap­ have characterized CEO pay as spiraling out cause the way the process works, the man­ italism, it is hard to believe that such a law is of control. agement appoints the board. . . . And wheth­ A similar story applies to the members of er the shareholders vote for the manage­ necessary. ment's slate, against the slate, or whether Lately, news stories have carried numerous corporate board-the people who are charged they vote at all, they get the management examples of ever-increasing executive pay. with setting the CEO's pay. Those directors of slate. There is no competition for board Business Week stated that the pay levels the corporation have also seen their pay sky­ seats. Worse yet, there is no mechanism for were mind numbing. Time magazine headlined rocket, to an average of $45,000 for the equiv­ the shareholder to nominate an alternative its article on executive pay: "CEO's: No Pain, alent of about 21/2 weeks' work. Some receive board member. Just Gain." Forbes magazine stated in red let­ as much as $94,000. That cash payment is on As long as shareholders are barred from the ters-on its' cover-that the current pay sys­ top of such benefits as insurance, travel ex­ nomination process, directors will have only a tem "doesn't make sense." penses and pensions. weak sense of loyalty and accountability to The average pay for a CEO is over 100 It seems to me that in boardrooms across stockholders. And directors simply won't have times the average pay of the average worker. America, the directors and the CEO's are get­ an incentive to confront the CEO or each Even the great financier J.P. Morgan said no ting rich together, even when their companies other about their runaway pay. executive should make more than 20 times are losing money. Shareholders have made it clear that they the average pay of the average worker. A witness at a hearing held a few weeks are angry about excessive pay and angry As recently as 10 years ago our pay ratios ago by the Governmental Affairs Oversight about SEC practices which block shareholder were close to that target, but this is no longer Subcommittee, chaired by Senator LEVIN, stat­ attempts to do something about it. One Sen­ the case. Other countries of the world are ed that: ate witness testified that skyrocketing CEO much closer to the mark. A Japanese CEO "[T]the board members are dependent upon pay, unrelated to corporate performance, is earns about 17 times more than the average and thus beholden to just one person, the the "smoking gun that proves the lack of worker; in Germany the figure is about 23 CEO, for their positions, pay, and perks. So meaningful accountability of managements of times. But here in America, our gap is now it doesn't surprise me a bit that there is not large American corporations today." a lot of argument when it comes to the day 100 times-sometimes much more. where the board approves the CEO's pay. It is The witnesses also testified that these prac­ I believe it is one thing to have extraordinary a you-scratch-my-back, I'll-scratch-yours tices threaten American competitiveness. They pay for spectacular performance. It's another system of corporate governance. Under the explained that executives who receive huge to have fabulous pay for dismal or even medi- system, the executives are doing exactly pay increases when the company is doing 13294 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 poorly not only lose their incentive to improve specify a method for calculating the present to its security holders, by the estimated corporate performance, but also damage the value of stock options and other deferred or present value of such compensation.". morale of workers far down the pay scale and contingent compensation and require this SEC. 3. SHAREHOLDER NOMINATIONS. damage investor interest in buying American compensation cost to be reflected in corpora­ (a) IN GENERAL.-Section 14 of the Securi­ tions' earnings statements; ties Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78n) is stock. (4) allow stockholders with not less than That is why I am introducing the Corporate amended by adding at the end the following 3% or Sl million of the corporation's voting new subsections: Pay Responsibility Act. Senator CARL LEVIN equity shares to nominate directors and in­ "(i) CORPORATE OFFICER NOMINATIONS BY has authored and introduced the same bill in clude their nominees in the corporation's SECURITY HOLDERS.- the Senate-based on his subcommittee's ex­ proxy statement and ballot; "(1) SECURITY HOLDER NOMINEES.-Subject tensive research on the issue and the hear­ (5) allow stockholders' access to the cor­ to the rules and regulations of the Commis­ poration's list of stockholders and impose sion, a person or group that is the beneficial ings testimony he heard last month. monetary penalties on corporations who The purpose of our legislation is to get the owner of voting equity securities represent­ refuse this access; and ing- Federal Government out of the way of stock­ (6) provide for confidential voting of prox­ holders who are angry about runaway pay and "(A) not less than 3 percent of the voting ies and tabulation of vote results by an inde­ power of such issuer's securities, or pendent third party. want to hold their corporations accountable for "(B) not less than Sl,000,000 in market it. H.R.- value, The bill would reduce the Federal barriers to may nominate persons for election to the effective stockholder action on excessive ex­ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep­ board of directors of the issuer. resentatives of the United States of America in ecutive pay. "(2) INCLUSION IN PROXY STATEMENT.-Sub­ Congress assembled, First, it would allow stockholders to vote on ject to the rules and regulations of the Com­ SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. mission, such nominations shall be included proposals addressing how a corporation This Act may be cited as the "Corporate should set executive and director pay. in the issuer's proxy statement and form of Pay Responsibility Act". proxy, and the person or group making such Second, it would require corporations to pro­ SEC. 2 CORPORATE OFFICER COMPENSATION. nominations may provide descriptions or vide clearer and simpler disclosure of execu­ Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act other statements with respect to such nomi­ tive and director pay packages. of 1934 (15 U .S.C. 78n) is amended by adding nation to the same extent as the board of di­ Third, the bill would allow shareholders with at the end the following new subsection: rectors or management of such issuer, and to not less than $1 million or 3 percent of a cor­ "(h) CORPORATE OFFICER COMPENSATION.­ the same extent as provided with respect to poration's stock to nominate directors and in­ "(!) SECURITY HOLDER PROPOSALS.-For other nominations. purposes of this Act and the rules and regu- clude their nominees in the proxy statement "(j) AVAILABILITY OF SECURITY HOLDER lations issued by the Commission under this LIST.-Upon receipt of a written request, an and ballot. Act, recommendations, proposals, or state­ issuer shall promptly deliver its list of secu­ Finally, the bill would provide for confidential ments on the policies, criteria, or methods to rity holders of record and any list of bene­ voting of proxies and require the SEC to sup­ be used in determining or providing the com­ ficial owners used by or available to it to port shareholder access to a corporation's pensation to be paid to the directors or the any person entitled to obtain such list under stockholders when this access is otherwise chief executive officer of an issuer shall be applicable laws. An issuer that fails to authorized by law. considered proper subjects for action by its promptly provide the list required by this Mr. Speaker, the owners of the corpora­ security holders. If such recommendations, subsection shall be subject to a monetary proposals, or statements otherwise meet the penalty imposed by the Commission, pursu­ tions-the stockholders-ought to have the requirements of this section and the rules right to question inappropriate executive pay ant to rules or regulations established by the and regulations of the Commission, an issuer Commission. at their annual shareholder meetings. They may not omit such recommendations or pro­ "(k) CONFIDENTIALITY.-The Commission ought to have the right to propose changes in posals or any statement in support thereof shall, by rule or regulations-- their corporation's compensation policies, cri­ otherwise required by this section from its "(!) require that the granting and voting of teria and methods for setting CEO and direc­ proxy statement. proxies, consents, and authorizations, be tor pay. After all, it is their money. "(2) DISCLOSURE INFORMATION.-Pursuant confidential; and By increasing shareholder participation in to the rules and regulations of the Commis­ "(2) require the tabulation of votes to be sion, an issuer shall include in its proxy performed by an independent third party, compensation policies and practices, the Cor­ statement, clear and comprehensive infor­ porate Pay Responsibility Act would provide certified in accordance with such rules and mation concerning the compensation paid to regulations; and some CPR to revive American competitive­ each director and senior executive, includ­ "(3) provide for the announcement of the ness. ing- results of a vote following such tabulation. I invite my colleagues to join me in remov­ "(A) a single dollar figure representing the Nothing in this subsection shall be construed ing the Federal Government's stumbling total compensation paid to such person, in­ to authorize any person to withhold informa­ blocks to shareholders who want to increase cluding deferred, future, or contingent com­ tion from the Commission or from any other corporate performance and stop runaway ex­ pensation, by the issuer during the year to duly authorized agency of the Federal Gov­ which such proxy statement pertains; ecutive pay. ernment or a State government that is oth­ "(B) the estimated present value, rep­ erwise required by law.". SUMMARY OF CORPORATE PAY RESPONSIBILITY resented by a dollar figure, of any forms of ACT SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. deferred, future, or contingent compensation (a) IN GENERAL.-The amendments made by The Corporate Pay · Responsibility Act provided during such year; and this Act shall become effective 1 year after would reduce federal barriers to stockholder "(C) a graphic representation of- the date of enactment of this Act. actions on corporate policies and methods "(i) the compensation referred to in sub­ (b) COMMISSION ACTION.-The Commission which determine the pay of executives and paragraph (A); shall promulgate final rules and regulations directors. "(ii) comparable figures for the total com­ necessary to carry out this Act not later If enacted into law, the Act would amend pensation paid to such person by the issuer than 1 year after the effective date of this the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to: during each of the 2 years prior to the year (1) allow stockholders, for the first time, to to which such proxy statement pertains; and Act. obtain a stockholder vote on proposals rec­ "(iii) comparable figures for the estimated ommending changes in corporate policies, total compensation to be paid to such person criteria and methods used to determine and by the issuer in each of the succeeding 5 ADDRESS BY C.L. SHARMA, DEP­ provide compensation to the CEO and direc­ years. UTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR tors; "(3) PRESENT v ALUE CALCULATIONS.-For MANAGEMENT, UNESCO (2) require clearer and simpler disclosure of purposes of paragraph (2) of this subsection, executive and director compensation pack­ the Commission shall- ages, including a bottomline dollar figure on "(A) specify the method for estimating the HON. FSTEBAN EDWARD TORRES the total compensation paid to each individ­ present value of stock options and other OF CALIFORNIA ual, and a table comparing this compensa­ forms of deferred, future, or contingent com­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion to the 2 previous years and 5 succeeding pensation paid to the directors of senior ex­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 years; ecutives of an issuer; and (3) require the Securities and Exchange "(B) require the issuer to reduce its earn­ Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to Commission (SEC), for the first time, to ings, as reflected in its earnings statements bring to the attention of my colleagues an im- June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13295 portant message of progress made by the all know, has been a force for rigorous and for improved international co-operation in United National Educational, Scientific, and careful analysis on UNESCO questions. Its the Social Sciences and the Humanities with Cultural Organization [UNESCO]. studies, which include its independent pan­ particular emphasis on Human Rights. All el's review of UNESCO and its independent this, of course, is within UNESCO's proper When the United States made, what I con­ work with the Sierra Club on the environ­ sphere of action. Thus, under the overall sider to be, a misguided step and withdrew ment, have all helped to focus attention on guidance of the Director-General, and with from UNESCO in December 1984, it made a those things that UNESCO has been accom­ the Deptuty Director-General for Pro­ threefold indictment of this international body: plishing under its Director-General, Mr. gramme, the effort has been both sub­ First, the organization was badly managed; Federico Mayor, and on the programme mat­ stantive and administrative to put more of second, it was embarked on excessive budg­ ters of high priority like the environment, in UNESCO's resources to work on those pre­ etary growth; third, its activities had become which UNESCO plays so important a role in cise things where the Organization can make h!ghly politicized and divisive. the UN system. We know that the United Na­ a difference. Since 1984 UNESCO has made clear and tions Association of the United States has The focus on efficient programme imple­ undeniable progress in implementing dramatic played a courageous and sometimes a lonely mentation, and on moving forward to the role. It has consistently been a voice of fair frontiers of knowledge and skill would not reforms in its management, budget, personnel play and has stood up with a great deal of have been possible if UNESCO had remained policy, and programs. Credit for this progress courage and consistent commitment to find­ an arena for empty political rhetoric. In es­ is in great part due to the leadership of ing out the truth about UNESCO at times tablishing a better dialogue with the govern­ UNESCO's Director-General, Federico Mayor. when it was subjected to unfair criticism and ing bodies, in assisting them in the exercise Mr. Mayor recently asked his deputy for even attack by very powerful forces. I would of their full constitutional responsibilities, management, C.L. Sharma, to undertake a like to pay tribute here, at this luncheon on the Director-General has not flinched from mission to Washington, to brief myself and a Capitol Hill, to the leadership of the United insisting on an end to the controversies of number of my esteemed colleagues on recent Nations Association of this country and par­ the past. This crucial but delicate task was ticularly to Mr. John Whitehead whom I had accomplished at the twenty-fifth session of developments in UNESCO. To this point, I the pleasure of meeting in New York last the General Conference, held in 1989, when it would like to share with my colleagues the ad­ week, and to Seeretary Elliot Richardson definitively ended the debate on the New dress given by Mr. Sharma upon the occasion and to Jeff Laurenti, who has unstintingly World Information and Communication of his visit to Washington on April 22, 1991. worked to bring the image of UNESCO and Order and unanimously adopted a new policy It is particularly timely that this progress re­ its reality into focus both within the UN As­ dedicated to the free and uninhibited flow of port on UNESCO be brought to your attention. sociation and here in the hall of Congress. information both within and among soci­ My esteemed colleague, the gentleman from About a year ago, Secretary of State Baker eties. This was a positive endorsement of the Florida, Mr. DANTE B. FASCELL, has informed issued a report on UNESCO which frankly, role of a pluralistic and private press and we found to be factually confusing, and con­ media throughout the world. For more than me that H.R. 1415, authorizing appropriations sequently leading to biased conclusions. a year now that policy has taken practical for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for the Depart­ There had obviously been a failure to consult form in a series of East-West and North­ ment of State, includes language mandating a relevant branches of the United States Gov­ South press meetings dedicated to support­ report by the Secretary of State on the activi­ ernment and specialists in UNESCO's fields ing independent media through direct co-op­ ties of UNESCO, to be submitted to the Con­ of education, science, culture and commu­ eration between professional organizations gress not later than 60 days after the enact­ nication in reaching these conclusions. Many in this and other countries with newborn ment of the legislation. of the so-called facts presented in this report media in Central Eastern Europe and parts With this in mind I ask that my colleagues were not facts at all but mere unfounded of the developing world. The Warsaw School judge for themselves whether UNESCO has suppositions. However, that is a matter of of Journalism has just opened its doors as a the past now. I believe the time has now result of this public and private co-operation successfully addressed the issues raised by come for the United States Government to co-ordinated, encourage, and brought to fru­ our Department of State. In addition, I would review this matter afresh, particularly in the ition by UNESCO. ask whether it is time for the Congress of the light of the current process of change at Similarly, UNESCO's work in Human United States to instruct the Department of UNESCO. I base my arguments not on inten­ Rights and Peace Research is rigorously fo­ State to permit this country to rejoin the inter­ tions or plans to reform this or that aspect cused on education and scientific research national scientific, cultural, and academic com­ of UNESCO's programme or management or with specific emphasis on individual rights munities which are now linked so successfully budget-the need for reforms in these areas and in particular on an Apartheid-free South in common democratic purposes through having motivated the United States' with­ Africa. drawal in 1984-rather, I speak at this time As most of you know, this year will see a UNESCO. of what has actually been done and of the Di­ General Conference at UNESCO, when the ADDRESS BY C.L. SHARMA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR­ rector-General's detailed proposals for the Programme and Budget for the coming bien­ GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT, UNESCO coming biennium (1992-93) which will go to nium (1992-93) will be proposed by the Direc­ President Werner Furnos, of the Con­ the Organization's Executive Board meeting tor-General along with the recommendations ference of Washington Representatives of the next month for its observations and rec­ of the Executive Board. In preparing this United Nations, thank you for this invita­ ommendations to the General Conference document, it has been our aim to con­ tion. I would also like to thank Congressman which will meet in the fall. centrate the programme around important Esteban Torres for his sponsorship of this At its last session, UNESCO's Executive initiatives in which UNESCO can contribute luncheon, as well as the Americans for the Board recommended that the Organization to efforts by the UN system as a whole to Universality of UNESCO. should try to achieve substantial progranime solve problems old and new that threaten the It is a great honour and pleasure for me to concentration, appropriate changes in the stability and quality of lives. For example, be able to spend this afternoon at lunch with structure of the Secretariat, and a negative the proposed programme will significantly you here on Capitol Hill today. Congressman budget growth aimed primarily at adminis­ increase resources dedicated to world-wide Torres, who as you know, was the United trative and support services, while ensuring efforts to provide Basic Education For All States' Permanent Delegate to UNESCO .in the strengthening of programme actions in (in co-operation with the World Bank, the the latter 1970s, is a man of rare vision. He areas of vital interest. This follows on the United Nations Development Programme has consistently supported international co­ far-reaching decisions of the last General and UNICEF within the UN system and with, operation in UNESCO's fields for many years Conference to eliminate contentious and po­ by the way, the United States Agency for and he has been largely responsible with his liticized content from the programme and to International Development here, in Washing­ friends in the Congress, for placing the focus UNESCO's actions on the catalytic ton). It will also build on the World Climate UNESCO question on the agenda of the Gov­ pursuit of priorities in education, science, Conference toward the 1992 UN Conference on ernment. We greatly value his support and, culture and communication. Environment and Development (in co-oper­ of course, we also welcome the questions My role as Deputy Director-General for ation with UNEP, WMO and the non-govern­ and, if I may say so, the very hard questions Management, is to assist in the process of mental International Council of Scientific that he often puts to us about the reform careful and continual change to improve the Unions). It is important to note that both of process at UNESCO. Organization's ability to "deliver the goods" these co-operative ventures in the vital The United Nations Association in this to its Member States in such key areas as fields of education and environment, were country, in its Chapters and in its national Literacy and Basic Education, Higher Edu­ initiated by the Director-General of UNESCO organization both here in Washington and in cation, Environment and Basic Scientific as part of a general policy of forging more New York, have been a force for "thinking Research, Preserving the Cultural Heritage­ and more cost-effective linkages with the globally and acting locally" which we at both physical and non-physical, Promoting international community in addressing pri­ UNESCO value very highly. The UNA as we the Free Flow of Information and working ority issues. The same holds true for work in 13296 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 Population Education, and the fight against 2. The State Department in 1984, looked TRIBUTE TO REV. MSGR. VINCENT AIDS and drug abuse in which UNESCO's askance at what it considered to be an P. COBURN, J.C.D. ON THE 50TH work is financially and programmatically overconcentration on People's Rights which ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ORDINA­ linked to the relevant agencies of the UN was viewed as a step back from the defense TION system. of individual human rights. I can tell you From a management perspective, you may that since the last General Conference the be interested in knowing that the budget, reverse is the case. HON. ROBERT A. ROE which we intend to present to the Executive 3. The State Department also felt that OF NEW JERSEY Board next month will represent a 2.6% de­ UNESCO was hostile to the private sector. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES crease from what it would have been, had the Our cooperation with private media and Tuesday, June 4, 1991 standard zero growth budget which has been business is fully demonstrable, vital to our the recent norm in the UN system been programme, and is bearing fruit. Mr. ROE. Mr. Speaker, it with the greatest adopted. We will probably be the first Orga­ 4. Work on peace and disarmament was felt pride that I rise today to pay special tribute to nization of the system to come up with a re­ to overlap with other bodies of the UN sys­ a very special member of our clergy in my duced budget. This represents a reduction of Eighth Congressional District Msgr. Vincent P. 11 million dollars over the previous tem. In these fields, as well as those I have biennium's figures re-costed for inflation. discussed above, UNESCO is cooperating Coburn who will celebrate the 50th anniver­ This reduction of 11 million dollars in our fully with the system and has set up mecha­ sary of his ordination to the priesthood at the proposed budget is being achieved through nisms to avoid any overlap. 12 noon Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle the abolition of posts, as many as 62, mainly 5. UNESCO's budget was considered exces­ Church of Bloomfield, NJ. A reception in his in administrative and support services. sive at a time when other agencies were honor will be held immediately following the Other areas include curtailment of meetings keeping to zero-growth policy. UNESCO is Mass in Herron Hall, St. Thomas the Apostle and documentaion including those of the the only Agency today which has come up School, located adjacent to the reactory. with a reduced budget proposal, as I men­ governing bodies, staff travel and other ad­ Mr. Speaker, Monsignor Coburn was born ministrative expenses. The result is that, de­ tioned earlier. spite the overall 11 million dollar reduction, 6. UNESCO was considered inefficient and September 15, 1915, in Newark, NJ, the we will be able actually to increase pro­ overly contralized both in the powers of its eighth child of John J. Coburn and Grace The­ gramme funds substantially for major pro­ Director-General and in staff and initiative resa Mullin, who were married in St. James gram areas. This increase is 3. 7 percent. at Headquarters. Decentralization, individ­ Church, Newark, NJ in 1899. He was baptized At the same time, UNESCO's personnel ual initiative and accountability are the Vincent in St. Rose of Lima Church in the and management systems are undergoing order of the day at UNESCO with a collegial Roseville section of Newark on September 23, considerable reform. Based on the rec­ decision-making process in the Directorate, 1915. He entered first grade at St. Rose of ommendations of a Commission which we and a gradual shift of staff, programme and Lima Parochial School in September 1921, re­ had appointed headed by Mr. Knut Hammar­ project responsibilities out to the field. ceived his first Holy Communion in the spring skjold of Sweden and the advice of a Panel UNESCO has modernized its communication chaired by Austrailia's Ambassador to the of 1922 and the Sacrament of Confirmation systems and its reporting system. Several the same day in the old Church at St. Rose, United Nations, Mr. Peter Wilenski, we have Field Officers which were hitherto perform­ adopted a new system of personnel eval ua­ ing primarily liaison functions have now became a member of the first boys choir and tion under which all staff clearly know their been converted to offices performing graduated from the eighth grade in 1929. He expected tasks, and performance appraisal is intersectoral programme activities. entered Seton Hall Preparatory School in Sep­ done objectively and rigorously. This is to Finally, UNESCO's programme was consid­ tember 1929 and graduated in June 1933. He ensure that excellence is rewarded and that was accepted at Seton Hall College for the fall under-productivie staff can be reassigned or ered to be overly dispersed with too few re­ sanctioned. Moreover, despite the limited fi­ sources going to too many small programme term of 1933 and graduated with a degree of nancial resources, we have been inducting actions. The new Budget, now provides clear bachelor of arts in 1937. The previous year, young probationers into the Secretariat to and quantifiable evidence that personnel and as was the custom then, he was accepted at rejuvenate it and to ensure that an inverted finances are being focussed around priority the seminary of the Immaculate Conception at age-pyramid begins to turn around. Concern­ clusters of activities. As a result, in the Pro­ Darlington, NJ and was ordained to the holy ing previous criticisms that UNESCO is top­ gramme and Budget proposals i.e. the 26 C/5, priesthood on June 7, 1941 . His first priestly heavy, it should be mentioned here that we the number of sub-programmes is reduced assignment was to study canon law at the from 51 to 43 and the number of programme are eliminating a number of posts at Direc­ Catholic University of America in Washignton, tor-level and above in UNESCO, and the actions has been reduced from 151 to 114, a number of such posts even now is proportion­ 25% reduction. DC, entering in September 1941. After receiv­ ately lower than in the other comparable Ladies and gentlemen, the process of re­ ing the degrees of bachelor and licentiate in agencies of the UN system. form is never complete in any organization canon law in the next 2 years, he received the On a micro-level, which is none the less and certainly not one as complex as degree of doctor of canon law on May 17, symbolic of our efforts, the self-financing ac­ UNESCO. There will always be room for fur­ 1944. The title of his published doctoral thesis tivities like the UNESCO Commissary and ther improvement. So is the case with us. was "Marriages of Conscience". the Restaurant Services, which used to be in However, as the above quick recount shows, During summers while studying in Washing­ deficit until recently, are now turning sig­ genuine and sustained efforts are bearing ton, he began the revision of the ecclesiastical nificant profits. fruit now, and the time has come to redouble tribunal of the archdiocese of Newark. Upon Assuming that the United States' depar­ our efforts to work together, toward a goal ture from UNESCO was a temporary separa­ completion of his studies, he was assigned to of eliminating an unnatural situation which temporary parish posts for a year because of tion and not a permanent divorce, it may be has existed for the last few years. By that I worth while going through the reasons which mean the U.S. absence. the shortage of priests due to the duration of led to this separation and which were sum­ After all, as democracy tries to take root the Second World War. On June 1, 1945, he marized in various reports prepared by your in Central Eastern Europe, Latin America was designated as assistant chancellor, and Government at the time of withdrawal and and now Africa, can the United States with advocate-notary of the tribunal, with residence thereafter. Remarkably, the State Depart­ its commitment to freedom everywhere, hold at St. Patrick's PrcrCathedral in Newark, NJ. ment Report of April last year, did not cover At St. Patrick's he also served as youth direc­ these issues as rigorously or as completely back from rejoining an organization which is as it should have. Since this was not done, it totally dedicated to its initial Constitu­ tor, moderator of the Boy Scouts, and was in­ might be useful for me to do it very briefly tional mtssions and which is doing every­ volved in various other parish endeavors. In now. thing within its means to function more ef­ 1948 Father Coburn's teenage boys basketball 1. In 1984, and as recently as a year ago, the fectively in the pursuit of these goals which team won the archdiocesan Catholic Youth State Department felt that the New World involve individual human rights, freedom Organization championship. Information and Communication Order made and what our Director-General calls, the cul­ A neighboring parish plant, St. Bridget's, UNESCO potentially a party to restricting ture of democracy? Let us work together to fix that. As T.S. had burned to the ground in great part in July press freedom. Certainly, this is not the case 1953. In September 1954, Father Coburn was now. The New World Information Order is no Elion wrote in The Choruses in the Rock: longer in UNESCO's programme and it has "And all that is ill, you may repair if you directed to rebuild and revitalize that parish. been completely replaced by a strategy walk together . . . And all that was good you This was done, and in 1955 Centers for the which places due emphasis on the private, must fight to keep with hearts as devoted as Blind, Deaf, and Retarded were established at pluralistic and independent sources of news. those of your fathers who fought to gain it." St. Bridget's as part of the work of the Mount June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13297 Carmel Guild of the archdiocese. An aposto­ For the past 5 plus years, Monsignor ever, the steady stream of bad news is inter­ late for the Spanish-speaking was started at Coburn has been a resident at the rectory of rupted by a glimmer of hope, evidence that the same time in the parish. On August 26, the parish of St. Rose of Lima, Short Hills, NJ. despite the enormity of the problem, progress 1968, Monsignor Coburn was made pastor of He is the moderator of the Lifelighters Senior is being made and human lives are being the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle, Bloom­ Club and is generally available when needed turned around. field, NJ, where he remained until his retire­ at the discretion of this kindly pastor and per­ And to prove it, I bring to the attention of my ment on September 10, 1985. sonal friend, Msgr. William P. Devine. colleagues the uplifting story of Jonathan Paralleling his work in the above parishes, Mr. Speaker, as Msgr. Vincent P. Coburn Wade, a young man from my district who not Father Coburn was directed in 1945 by the celebrates the 50th anniversary of his ordina­ only raised himself out of the quagmire of drug tion to the priesthood, I know that you and all archbishop to organize and develop the court addiction but is doing the same for others as system of the tribunal. When completed in of our colleagues here in the Congress will want to join me in extending our warmest well. January 1953, he was appointed officialis, or At one time, Jonathan Wade led the high presiding judge of the tribunal for all cases greetings and felicitations for the excellence of his service to his faith, our Nation, and all of life, smoking cocaine every day and making and causes in first instance and for appeals money selling drugs. Then suddently in 1984, from the other dioceses of the State of New mankind. We do indeed salute an esteemed his world came crashing down. He was ar­ Jersey. He was named a papal chamberlain to pastor, exemplary clergyman, and great Amer­ rested for the sale and possession of drugs. his holiness, Pope Pius XII, with the title of ican--Rev. Msgr. Vincent P. Coburn, J.C.D. He lost his job and his family. very reverend monsignor in 1954, and ele­ vated to the rank of domestic prelate with the But instead of giving up, Jonathan Wade OPPOSITION TO MFN STATUS FOR picked up his crumpled life and pieced it back title of right reverend monsignor in 1958. Mon­ CHINA signor Coburn resigned as presiding judge of together. He successfully completed a 28-day the Newark tribunal in 1973, but has remained HON. TIM VALENTINE drug treatment program at Sun Coast Hospital as a judge in the Newark tribunal and as a and has been clean ever since. As commend­ OF NORTH CAROLINA able as quitting drugs was, however, Jonathan part-time judge in the tribunal of the diocese of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Palm Beach, FL. Wade didn't stop there. Monsignor Coburn has fulfilled a number of Tuesday, June 4, 1991 He entered St. Petersburg Junior College in other archdiocesan assignments over the Mr. VALENTINE. Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago 1985 and graduated with a 3.32 grade point years. He was a consultor to the archbishop today the Chinese Government began a brutal average. At the same time he was putting from 1960 to 1978, the first chairman of the crackdown on prodemocracy demonstrators in himself through school, Jonathan was also ac­ priests personnel board from 1968 to 1969, a Beijing. As we remember the brave individual tive in anti-drug activities in his community and member of the priests senate from 1969 to who refused to yield to a tank and the stu­ was working to re-establish a strong relation­ 1973 and a founding member of the "Cursillo" dents who gave their lives in the peaceful ex­ ship with his three sons. movement in the archdiocese. He established pression of the democratic ideal, let us not for­ He founded Operation Par, Parental Aware­ in Newark the "Casa do Colores" for the con­ get our own country's current involvement with ness and Responsibility, in 1984 and numer­ ducting of cursillos for men and women in that nation. ous other recovery support groups for people both Spanish and English. He taught tribunal As we examine our trading policies with addicted to drugs and alcohol. Today, Jona­ processes in the seminary of the Immaculate China, we must remember the vital American than Wade works 40 hours a week as an ad­ Conception from 1957 to 1958. He also taught industries that will be threatened by another diction counselor at Largo Correctional Center a course on the history and value of the law extension of most-favored-nation status to and 20 hours a week as a recruiter of minority of the church as affecting civil law in the Unit­ China. students for St. Petersburg Junior College. He The textile industry in my State has been ed States at the Seton Hall Law School from recently earned his second associate degree devastated by foreign competition. Our textile 1955 to 1964. Again, he was president of the and plans to enter the University of South Eastern Conference of the Canon Law Society industry will never be able to compete with a system that uses forced prison labor to manu­ Florida in the fall to earn a master's degree in of America for a term in the late fifties and rehabilitation counseling. taught canon law in the Diaconate School of facture garments at below rockbottom prices. I do not believe it is in our best interests to Recently, Jonathan Wade was aptly recog­ the archdiocese for the entire time the school nized for his tremendous achievements. He was located in Newark. He was designated by continue the demolition of the American textile was one of seven people in America to re­ Pius XII, as the apostolic visitator to the Fran­ industry while rewarding the repressive poli­ ceive the Achievement · Against the Odds ciscan Sisters of the Poor in 1958. He was cies of the Chinese Government by an exten­ also a trustee of St. Michael's Hospital in sion of most-favored-nation status, and I urge Awards. Newark for many years and a trustee and my colleagues to join me in opposition to this Mr. Speaker, Jonathan Wade has trans­ member of the board of directors of the Mount extension. formed his life. The son of an alcoholic, he Carmel Guild from 1960 to 1973. He was has rejected drugs and alcohol and broken the cycle of addiction. Through his ordeal, he de­ president of the Newark Clergy Association at ONE MAN BEATS THE ODDS the time of the 300th anniversary of the found­ veloped tremendous strength and faith in the ing of the city. He was moderator of the HON. MICHAEL BIURAKIS future. Jonathan Wade believes in the power Catholic Forum from 1952 until 1973 and of education and every day, he brings that OF FLORIDA chaplain of Court Seton of the Catholic message to more and more young people. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Daughters of America from 1965 until 1968. What Jonathan Wade is today, versus what Monsignor Coburn was present at the con­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 he used to be, is testimony to the rightness of cluding sessions of the Second Vatican Coun­ Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, daily, Ameri­ our commitment to ridding America of the cil as an observer for the archdiocese. He cans are confronted with the horrors of drug scourge of drugs. Jonathan Wade believes tried over the years to implement the findings abuse. Every night, the evening news brings that America can kick the drug habit. He has of the coun<;:il in his parish work, particularly in us fresh evidence of the destruction drugs proven it can be done. the establishment of the Parish Council, which · brings to families and whole communities. Mr. Speaker, I can think of no one who is was of invaluable help in the administration of The Bush administration has rightfully com­ more deserving or representative of the spirit the parishes where he was assigned. Perhaps mitted America to fighting drugs in every way of the Achievement Against the Odds Award the most enjoyable assignments he fulfilled possible. This year, we will spend almost $12 than Jonathan Wade. were the establishment of the September Club billion to interdict drugs at our borders, to fight for senior citizens at St. Thomas the Apostle drug violence on our streets and to help those Parish, and the teaching of religion to the sixth Americans who have fallen victim to drug ad­ grade pupils in St. Thomas Parish School, and diction. the parish confraternity of christian doctrine Mr. Speaker, the problems of drug abuse classes. cannot be minimized. Once in awhile, how- 13298 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 LEGISLATION TO END IMPORTS prohibit imports, these countries are powerless world's trading nations failed to reach a world­ INTO THE UNITED STATES OF to stop the trade. wide agreement on trade issues. In fact, they WILD-CAUGHT EXOTIC BIRDS To address this crisis and help bring an end recently admitted that they will miss the March to this brutal trade, the gentleman from Mas­ 1, 1991 deadline for completing the Uruguay HON. ANIHONY C. BEILENSON sachusetts and I are introducing two bills round of multilateral trade talks intended to OF CALIFORNIA which represent the culmination of nearly 3 continue the General Agreement on Tariffs IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years' study and discussion by the wildlife and Trade, [GA TT]. In light of this failure to Tuesday, June 4, 1991 conservation and animal welfare communities, reach a worldwide agreement, the President's the pet industry, bird breeders, zoos and vet­ efforts to secure a North American agreement Mr. BEILENSON. Mr. Speaker, I am de­ erinarians. Though the two proposals are dif­ is likely to fuel fears by other trading nations lighted today to join my good friend and col­ ferent in detail, they have a common goal: to that the United States has abandoned the league from Massachusetts, GERRY Sruoos, prohibit imports of wild exotic birds for the pet GA TT process and is pursuing an alternative the chairman of the House Subcommittee on industry. policy of promoting regional trading blocs in­ Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation, in intro­ In doing so, we hope to promote a viable, stead. ducing legislation to end imports into the Unit­ humane, and well-regulated captive-breeding CONCERNS ABOUT MEXICO ed States of wild-caught exotic birds. industry, both in this country and abroad, The proposed new trade agreement with The international trade in macaws, ama­ which will meet the demand for house pets, Mexico is particularly controversial. Supporters zons, cockatoos. toucans, African greys, and discourage smuggling, and help ensure the of a United States-Mexico free trade agree­ other exotic birds taken directly from their survival of the most endangered species. ment claim that it benefits both nations. They habitats in Latin America, Africa, and else­ Mr. Speaker, the importation of wild birds is say that it would not only increase American where to supply the demand for house pets is a cruel, inhumane, and environmentally de­ exports to Mexico, it would help spur growth an appalling practice which, because it is structive practice which must be stopped--be­ and economic development in Mexico and largely unregulated, has resulted in devastat­ fore these birds are faced with extinction. I thereby reduce pressure for northward migra­ ing declines in populations of some of the urge my colleagues to join us in supporting tion. Critics respond that the agreement would world's most beautiful birds. Nearly one quar­ this worthy effort. do more to increase United States imports ter of the world's 300 parrot species are at risk from Mexico than exports to Mexico. As a re­ of extinction-some, such as the beautiful sult, it would bring about the export of Amer­ South American macaw, may already be be­ NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE ican manufacturing jobs, rather than goods, yond any hope of recovery. Others, such as AGREEMENT south of the border. the blue-fronted amazon, may soon be elimi­ My immediate concern centers on the inter­ nated from large portions of their native habi­ HON. CRAIG A. WASHINGTON ests of American workers as a whole. Under tats. OF TEXAS trade agreements already in place, tens of Each year the pet industry in the U.S. im­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES thousands of American workers have lost their ports over 500,000 of the estimated 8 to 20 Tuesday, June 4, 1991 jobs and tens of thousands more have seen million birds taken from the wild each year, employment opportunities vanish. Where are more than half of which belong to species list­ Mr. WASHINGTON. Mr. Speaker, I would these jobs now? Certainly not in the United ed as threatened under the Convention on like to thank all of my constituents that were States. They're now in other countries like International Trade in Endangered Species in attendance at the Eighteenth Congressional Mexico, or the nations of the Pacific rim, [CITES], the international treaty which governs District Town Hall Meeting on Trade. I was where wages are a fraction of those earned by wildlife trade. pleased to have the opportunity to discuss my workers in the United States. Foreign workers Worse, the wild bird trade is characterized views on the proposed North American Free also do not have many of the rights of Amer­ by an alarming degree of cruelty. Crammed Trade Agreement. Although foreign trade is ican workers, such as fair labor standards, nor into shipping crates with little air, food, water important to our national economy, given our do they have even the most basic workplace or freedom to move, millions of birds-up to State's proximity to Mexico, it is especially sig­ safety and health protections. While I do think one-half of all birds caught in the wild by some nificant here in Texas. Before I continue, how­ that opportunities should be available for work­ estimates-die of suffocation, dehydration, ever, allow me to give you some background ers in other nations, I don't think those oppor­ starvation or disease before leaving the coun­ on this proposal. tunities should come at the expense of work­ try of origin. Of those birds which reach the President Bush is very interested in expand­ ing people here in the United States. United States, nearly one in six is either dead ing trade opportunities for American busi­ I am also very concerned about possible on arrival or dies while in quarantine as a re­ nesses. To that end, he would like to nego­ threats to the environment brought about by sult of inhumane conditions during transit. tiate a free trade agreement between the Unit­ the treaty. While our country has a vast array Shocking as these rates of mortality seem, ed States, Canada, and Mexico. His goal is to of environmental laws to protect our air and they are an accepted cost of business for create a huge North American free trade zone water, those protections are considerably most bird traders. which would include 360 million consumers, weaker-and in some cases nonexistent-in Just as alarming is the extensive environ­ with annual trade of $200 billion and economic Mexico. For example, the majority of Mexican mental destruction which often accompanies output of $5.5 trillion. The trilateral negotia­ communities along the Texas border have the taking of wild birds, as trees and other tions between the United States, Mexico, and sewage treatmemt systems which are woefully vegetation are destroyed to locate birds inhab­ Canada are scheduled to get formally under­ inadequate by American standards, and they iting tropical rain forests and other sensitive way this summer, with the hope of completing significantly contribute to pollution of the Rio ecosystems. In addition, although parrots and an agreement by the end of the year. Grande River. Similarly, air pollution standards other rain forest birds are known to play a FAST TRACK APPROVAL PROCESS in Mexico are also lax, posing a health threat principal role in the dispersal of seeds and the To that end, the President formally notified on both sides of the border. Moreover, the use pollination of plants, little research has been Congress on February 5, 1991 that he intends of many toxic chemicals banned in the United done on the potential adverse effects of re­ to use the so-called "Fast Track" approval States is legal in Mexico, and hazardous moving essential species from the rain forest process to secure Congressional approval of wastes are often casually disposed. ecosystem. the proposed trade agreement. The "Fast CAREFULLY CONSIDER FREE TRADE-REJECT FAST The true extent of the damage the bird trade Track" process is intended to streamline the TRACK has wrought on bird populations and their regular approval process in the Congress. A trade agreement may well benefit the habitats is still unknown because many export­ Once the implementing legislation is intro­ United States and its neighbors. In light of the ing countries lack the resources necessary to duced, the fast track rules operate to require many complex issues to be resolved, how­ assess the impact of unregulated trade or to an up-or-down vote in the House and the Sen­ ever, congressional consideration of such an provide adequate protection for their wildlife. ate, without amendments, within 60 days. agreement warrants a great deal of thought Over 100 countries have laws banning the ex­ WORLDWIDE TRADE AGREEMENTS STALLED and careful analysis. Members of Congress port of wild exotic birds, yet unless consuming The Presidenf s effort to secure the North should study the many issues involved and re­ countries, such as the United States, agree to American agreement comes shortly after the tain their right t amend the agreement. Since June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13299 the fast-track process would reduce the time fice of the city of Houston sent out a message of repression. The Government's cruelty is available for careful consideration and elimi­ that we should recognize the importance of matched only by its secrecy. Take the case of nate the possibility of amendments, I believe trade to the Houston economy. We have an Xiao Yuan, a staff member of Science and that Congress should reject fast track and use opportunity to participate in an agreement that Technology Institute of the Central China the ordinary, more deliberate approach. hopefully will provide long standing benefits. Teachers' University in Wuhan. Xiao was ar­ My constituents in the Eighteenth Congres­ The city of Houston, as a local governmental rested on July 12, 1989, and was accused of sional District expressed concerns relating to entity expressed a desire to be a partner in helping to conceal wanted dissident Wang tariffs, subsidies, the environment, economic trade with those involved. Juntao. He was reportedly indicted in January development, and the labor force. I would like The American and Mexican workers are a 1990, but he still had not been tried by late to state those concerns and remedies offered concern to all involved in the discussion. The 1990. His present legal status and where­ for each concern. needs of the American worker are of utmost abouts remain totally unknown. The Sierra Club felt that their main concern importance. Concerns about job loss mean the Mr. Speaker, what kind of government is was the issue of tariffs. Tariffs are often uti­ most to the 18th Congressional District. Jobs this that not only punishes people that work lized to shield industries that are not competi­ are the first priority to most Americans. If jobs for peaceful change, but then tries to conceal tive and are a form of protectionism. This are lost, what happens to those individuals. its brutal repression from the rest of the group was most concerned with tariffs that are Will they be protected? Will other jobs be pro­ world? The Chinese Government has gambled utilized to advance a certain social goal. For vided for those individuals? If jobs move to that the West will forget Tiananmen Square instance, if the United States wants to save Mexico this will not necessarily help the Mexi­ and the bloody events that followed. But the family farms, the United States would ensure can worker because of rampant exploitation in continuing clamor of our voices shows that we that foreign competition would be equal to that wage rates. There was data given by the will not forget, and that we do care. We care of the United States. If the United States AFL-CIO and the steelworkers that stated about Xiao Yuan and his colleagues. We care wants to advance that social goal, it would there would be an overwhelming job loss to about the fallen students. We care about limit the entry of certain types of products that America. However, the data given by those in those who cannot return. We care about those may cause harm to the environment. For ex­ favor of fast track showed an overwhelming suffering today in the jail cells of China and ample, the United States might limit the impor­ gain in jobs to replace those lost. Tibet. tation of certain endangered species, or some At the conclusion of the town hall meeting Because we care, because we will not for­ tropical woods. If all barriers to trade are lifted the representative from the Texas Chamber of get, we must insist on a higher standard than with the free trade agreement then the United Commerce expressed the current status of political expediency when making our judg­ States would not be able to use this form of this issue the best. He said that he had re­ ment about the most favored nation status to protection for the environment. In that respect, ceived a bootleg copy of the free trade agree­ the People's Republic of China; our policies the Sierra Club is concerned about the tariff ment and wanted to share that copy with ev­ must be consistent with our principles. We issue and would like to see that issue ad­ eryone. He held up a folder containing blank must send a clear signal to those who request dressed. pages. Since the fast track authority has been our trade assistance. In addition to the tariff issue, there were extended, that is what we have to deal with at Why does this administration reward China's concerns about subsidies. The Sierra Club this time. Those blank pages give us an op­ continuing repression? Why does this adminis­ wants to internalize the costs that pollution portunity to let President Bush know that the tration reward a government that violates the have on society so that the polluter pays for 18th Congressional District is aware that there human rights of its own people? For the sake their harm to the environment. These can be is not an agreement yet and we will stand up of our own principles and values, and for the applied in the form of subsidies. The Sierra and have our issues addressed. sake of the repressed victims of State-spon­ Club can support subsidies which provide ben­ sored violence, we must not renew MFN for efits for the public. These subsidies for the the butchers of Beijing. public benefit include, but are not limited to, TIANANMEN SQUARE Mr. Speaker, let us commit ourselves to en­ subsidies to farmers to allow some of the suring that such tragic atrocities of Tiananmen farmland to fallow as wildlife habitat. These HON. DICK SWETI Square are never forgotten. Let our collective subsidies should be looked at differently when OF NEW HAMPSHIRE memory become a clear deterrence to those discussed in the context of the free trade IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leaders who make a mockery of democracy. agreement. Tuesday, June 4, 1991 We must be certain that those who have fallen The concerns relating to the environment did not die in vain. Let us never give up our are critical because environmental hazards Mr. SWETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to struggle for the freedom of one-fifth of man­ know no boundaries. An example of an envi­ commemorate a sad but important anniver­ kind. ronmental hazard that affects both countries is sary. Two years ago in Tiananmen Square, on pesticide usage. Some pesticides are banned a dark day for human freedom, government in the United States because they are hazard­ troops of the People's Republic of China ruth­ THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ous to the health of people. However, these lessly and bloodily put an end to an historic UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE same pesticides are used in Mexico and could movement toward democracy that had been appear in our food if it is shipped from Mexico. sweeping that nation. HON. LOUISE M. SLAUGIITER The Houston Audubon Society expressed their Government troops with armored personnel OF NEW YORK concerns that pesticides allow cumulative carriers and tanks entered the square and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES damage to all species. Mexico's regulations massacred hundreds of unarmed protesters. are inadequate and would put the American These Chinese citizens had come to Tuesday, June 4, 1991 farmer at a competitive disadvantage if he or Tiananmen Square to lodge their protest non­ Ms. SLAUGHTER of New York. Mr. Speak­ she complied with American standards. The violently. They did not call on their fellow er, as a member of the Honorary Committee Houston Audubon Society also felt that the countrymen to engage in violence. They sim­ of the National Observance of Ukrainian Inde­ Bush administration had not adequately ad­ ply asked for a chance to take part in shaping pendence, I am proud to join Ukrainian-Ameri­ dressed these concerns in the public hearings their country's destiny. cans across the country in commemorating held at the committee level. They felt that the The Government did not stop its brutality the 50th anniversary of the Act of Restoration request for an extension of fast track is an at­ there. It engaged in executions following the of the Ukrainian Independent and Indivisible tempt to pass legislation not approved by Con­ massacre and unleashed a wave of repression State on June 30. gress in the 1990 farm bill. Houston Audubon against prodemocracy activists across China Ukrainian independence was reborn in a dif­ are supportive of fast track and free trade, but and Tibet. Kangaroo courts meted out prison ficult hour 50 years ago. That independence felt that their concerns should be addressed in sentences ranging from 1O to 20 years, and was short-lived, but its spirit has survived half the free trade agreement. these same courts continue to imprison these a century of Soviet repression and it continues The free trade agreement and the extension real freedom fighters. to buoy modern-day aspirations for freedom. of fast track authority also raised concerns On this 2-year anniversary, we cannot even Joseph Stalin wanted Ukrainians to become about economic development. The mayor's of- be sure of the status of many of these victims Russians; but, despite his condemnation of 13300 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 the Ukrainian Catholic Church and the mass conceivable now. This booming island nation plement the Commission's recommendations. I imprisonment of Ukrainian nationalists, Stalin is among the largest and most successful · am honored to be joining my colleague, Sen­ never succeeded in breaking the spirit of traders in the world. ator JAY ROCKEFELLER, the distinguished chair­ Even so, Taipei, still suffering from more man of the Commission, who has introduced Ukraine and destroying its rich culture. Today, than four decades of political isolation, faces our commemoration of Ukrainian independ­ the prospect of being shut out of the General the companion bill in the Senate (S. 1177). ence is as much a celebration of this rich cul­ Agreement on Tariffs and Trade-the key Mr. Speaker, I do not believe there is any ture and proud history as it is a prayer for the group of 100 nations that seeks to oversee disagreement here that our health care system political future of Ukraine. world trade. is failing, or that things will get worse if noth­ I am pleased to represent in Congress the But economic isolation of Taipei makes no ing is done. The two-volume, 555-page Pep­ more than 3,600 Ukrainian-Americans of sense to anyone-except to its arch nemesis per Commission report provides ample docu­ Beijing. mentation of these facts. We have tried partial greater Rochester, NY. Like Ukrainian-Ameri­ Beijing opposes Taiwan's application to be­ cans across the country, this active and spir­ come a member of GATT because of its "one­ solutions like expansions of Medicaid eligi­ ited community in upstate New York has dedi­ China" policy. How smart is that? After all, bility, and reform of Medicare payment meth­ cated itself to the preservation of the Ukrainian Beijing's own GATT application has been on ods. But, important as these incremental steps language, culture, and customs. They have hold since the Tian An Men Square massacre have been, our efforts have been undercut by also worked earnestly to provide relief to their in June of 1989. the lack of a national policy assuring coverage Ukrainian brothers and sisters overseas who Beijing should somehow finesse the one­ for all and our failure to control health care China issue. After all, Taiwan tried to do continue to suffer the devastation of Chernobyl costs. just that, exhibiting sensitivity to Beijing It is clear to me that our existing public pro­ and the repression of the Soviets. In Con­ when it made its application in January, not gress, I am proud to support the efforts of as sovereign government but as the "Cus­ grams cannot continue to meet their obliga­ Ukrainian-Americans through my work with the toms Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen tions if current expenditure trends continue. Helsinki Commission and through my sponsor­ and Matsu," the islands off the Chinese Moreover, workers and their employers will in­ ship of legislation supporting independence for mainland. creasingly be unable to find or afford basic Ukraine and all Soviet Republics which seek Where is the United States? health coverage, and providers will simply be The State Department has expressed con­ overwhelmed by the cost of providing services such status. cerns about Taipei's bid, especially since During the past 50 years the time for re­ to those who do not pay. Beijing has backed the U.S. position in the Unfortunately, the Bush administration stored Ukrainian sovereignty has never been Persian Gulf and the effort for a peaceful so- more right than it is today. As a new world 1u tion in Cambodia. But the U.S. trade rep­ seems content to sit back and watch our order takes shape, friends of Ukraine here in resentative is encouraging GATT member­ health care problems mount. Recently an ad­ the United States and around the globe are ship. ministration official was quoted as saying that reminded of Ukraine's aspirations for freedom Economic isolation of Taiwan is, prac­ they're not neglecting this issue, they'd just from Soviet control. We continue to pray and tically speaking, impossible. Taiwan is the rather have a good proposal than a quick one. work for the realization of this just ideal. 13th largest trading nation and the United This is, to say the least, a curious comment States' fifth largest trading partner. Its for­ for an administration that's been in office for eign reserves of $60 billion are second only to the last 21/2 years, during which the problems Japan's. Taipei and Beijing both are mem­ in the health care system have worsened. IT'S TIME TO ALLOW TAIWAN TO bers of the Asian Development Bank and Pa­ JOIN THE GATT cific Economic Cooperation Council. Al­ The proposal Senator ROCKEFELLER and I though the two have no official ties, Beijing are sponsoring is hardly quick-it's taken HON. ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO benefits from investment, tourism and cap­ months of study, consultation, and drafting. OF CALIFORNIA ital from Taipei. But it is good. It builds on the strengths of the Taipei should be allowed to join GATT be­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES existing system-and there are many-but it cause as a member it would be obliged to fol­ also corrects many major defects. Tuesday, June 4, 1991 low trading rules established internation­ Under this bill, most Americans would con­ Mr. LAGOMARSINO. Mr. Speaker, less than ally. Keeping it out is silly. tinue to have insurance coverage provided 2 weeks ago this House engaged in lengthy through their employers, and their employers debate over future American trade policy and H.R. 2535, THE PEPPER COMMIS­ would have powerful new tools to control spi­ objectives. Much focus was given to the bene­ SION HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND raling health insurance premiums. Private fits and importance of GATT. Knowing of my REFORM ACT health plans would be prohibited from exclud­ colleagues' interest in the subject, I would like ing persons from coverage or canceling exist­ to share the following commentary that ap­ HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN ing coverage on the basis of individual health peared in the Los Angeles Times. status. Insurance pricing practices in the small OF CALIFORNIA I recommend reading the last line first. The employer group market would also be subject IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES editorial addresses the question of Taiwan's to Federal standards based on community rat­ application to join GATT, and states emphati­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 ing methods. cally, "Keeping it out is silly." As one of the Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, few problems I want to emphasize that insurance reforms most successful trading nations in the world facing this Nation are more urgent-or require alone will not move us toward our goals. If we Taiwan has a right to sit with the other trading more leadership-than the task of reforming eliminate medical underwriting and require nations of the world and be a formal adherent our health care system. More than 33 million community rating, but we do not set Federal to the rules of international trade established Americans have no protection against the standards for basic benefits or require employ­ under GA TT auspices. costs of basic health services, and millions ers to provide coverage, the result-I fear­ Any issue with the mainland concerning who more are only a paycheck away from losing will be more uninsured persons, and higher governs China has been avoided, as the appli­ the coverage they have. And, for all Ameri­ costs for those continuing to purchase cov­ cation has been submitted under the name of cans, the cost of health care is spiraling out of erage. "Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, control. These conditions are deplorable, and Under my bill, Americans outside the work Kinrnen and Matsu." The application does not require us to act, and to act quickly. force would have access to health insurance purport to represent the mainland. The time to Last September, after a year of hearings through a public program which-like Medi­ recognize economic realities and cast aside ir­ and meetings, the Pepper Commission issued care-would be run by the Federal Govern­ relevant political questions is now. Just as the a landmark report setting forth a blueprint for ment and-unlike Medicaid-would not be tied commentary states, to do otherwise is silly. reforms in this country's health care system. I to the welfare system. This program would [From the Los Angeles Times, Nov. 10, 1990) supported the Commission's recommenda­ serve those employees and family members WHY NCYI' TAIWAN Now? tions, and I am committed to advancing its ob­ whose employers choose to pay rather than BEIJING SHOULD FINESSE ONE-CHINA ISSUE, jectives of making basic health care acces­ offer private health insurance coverage, as DROP OPPOSITION TO GATT ENTRY sible to all Americans and restraining the well as those now eligible for Medicaid and Imagine a world without Taiwan. Beijing growth in health care costs. Today I am proud those who are uninsured. Existing State pay­ would certainly like to, but that's hardly to introduce comprehensive legislation to im- ments for basic health services provided to June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13301 Medicaid eligibles-an estimated $14 billion­ lieve it can be done without greatly increasing (2) paying a premium set at a fixed percent would be phased out over a 3-year period, private premiums or public expenditures. of payroll to enroll their employees and de­ easing the fiscal crunch that many States now The Pepper Commission report also con­ pendents in the public health insurance plan. find themselves in and freeing up State re­ tained recommendations for addressing the The percent of payroll would be fixed by the Secretary of HHS to assure that employers sources to pay for improvements in, and ex­ long-term care crisis facing this country. I sup­ do not have stronger incentives to enroll pansion of, nursing home and community­ port these recommendations as well, and I in­ their employees in the public health insur­ based care to elderly and disabled individuals. tend this summer to introduce legislation im­ ance plan than to insure them privately. If In order to keep expenditures in both the plementing them. However, the bill I am intro­ the Secretary does not set the percent, the public and private health plans manageable, ducing today speaks only to the issues of ac­ bill would set it at 7. Employers opting to the bill includes a number of cost control fea­ cess and cost containment for basic health purchase private group insurance coverage tures recommended by the Pepper Commis­ care services. would be required to pay at least 80 percent of the premium; low-income employees could sion, including incentives for managed care, I am encouraged by the growing interest in these issues in Congress. In striking contrast qualify for subsidies (paid by the public plan) cost-sharing for covered services, and pro­ for their share of premiums and deductibles. motion of clinical practice guidelines. I also to the administration, the Democratic leader­ Employers with fewer than 25 (but more have provided in my bill the opportunity for ship in both the House and the Senate is mak­ than 4) employees would be subject to this e_mployers to elect the payment rates estab­ ing serious efforts to forge a consensus within "pay or play" requirement only if, by the lished by the public plan for basic services. the party on the essential elements of a health end of the 4th year after enactment, less These payment rates, which are based on care reform initiative. It is gratifying to those of than a specified target percentage of their employees have no coverage for basic health Medicare payment rules, offer employers pro­ us who served on the Pepper Commission to see many of our recommendations forming the services. Employers with fewer than 5 em­ tection against unreasonable or unpredictable ployees would be exempt from this require­ cost increases. basis for agreement among many of our col­ leagues. ment altogether; they and their employees The bill would be financed on a pay-as-you­ could enroll in the public plan on an individ­ I intend to begin holding hearings on the go basis. The public health insurance program ual basis. issue of health care reform in the Subcommit­ would be paid for through employer and em­ Public Health Insurance Plan: Beginning tee on Health and the Environment this sum­ ployee premiums and a surtax on personal with the third year after enactment, all indi­ mer. I expect to take testimony from Members viduals who are not covered through their and corporate income tax liability. The surtax who have introduced other reform proposals employers (or through an individual quali­ would be set at the level necessary to gen­ so that we can better understand the dif­ fied health insurance policy) would be eligi­ erate the revenues necessary to meet the ferences among the bills and begin to develop ble to enroll in a public health insurance costs of the program not covered by employer a consensus on a common approach. I look plan. The plan would offer coverage for the and employee premiums. The public program same package of basic health services (in­ forward to working with Senator ROCKEFELLER cannot be paid for from premium income cluding parallel deductible and coinsurance and my colleagues in the House to develop requirements) that employers would be re­ alone because of the need to subsidize low-in­ legislation that can be enacted in this Con­ come families and the likelihood that the plan quired to offer, plus early and periodic gress. What follows is a brief summary of the screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT) will enroll many individuals with poor health bill: services for children. The Secretary would be status who cannot now obtain private cov­ BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE PEPPER COMMISSION directed to develop clinical practice guide­ erage. The advantage of the surtax is that it HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND REFORM ACT OF lines with respect to these services to assure is broad-based, moderately progressive, and 1991 quality. The public plan would be adminis­ able to keep pace with program spending over Overview: At full implementation, all tered by the Federal government using pri­ time. Americans would have coverage for basic vate fiscal agents to process claims. The pro­ This bill will cost money. There is simply no health services through one of the following: gram would have no ties to Medicaid or the welfare system. Low-income individuals en­ responsible way to give over 33 million unin­ (1) private group health insurance offered by their employers; (2) a new, Federally-admin­ rolling in the public plan would also be eligi­ sured Americans access to basic health care istered public health insurance program; (3) ble for premium and deductible subsidies re­ services without putting more resources into Medicare; or (4) qualified individual health lated to income. the system. I do not yet have CBO estimates, insurance policies. Basic health services Medicare: The Medicare program would be but the Pepper Commission estimated that its would include hospital, physician, diag­ left intact. Beneficiaries would be able to ob­ recommendations would, at full implementa­ nostic, preventive, and limited mental tain Medigap supplemental coverage through tion, cost the Federal Government about $24 health services. With the exception of pre­ the public health insurance plan. Coverage of preventive services would be expanded to in­ billion a year in 1990 dollars. This is obviously ventive services, these services would be sub­ ject to deductibles and coinsurance require­ clude colorectal cancer screening. Low-in­ a major social policy commitment. But we ments, with an overall annual limit on cost­ come beneficiaries would be eligible for as­ have to remember that the longer we wait to sharing of S3,000 per family. Private pur­ sistance with Medicare premiums, solve the problem of the uninsured, the more chasers---€mployers, unions, health insurers, deductibles, and cost-sharing requirements it will cost. And the longer we wait to face up managed care plans-would be able to use under the public plan. to the issue of controlling health care costs, the same payment rates for basic health Medicaid: Current Medicaid beneficiaries the more our health care spending will in­ services that Medicare and the new public would receive coverage for basic health serv­ ices under either the new public health in­ crease. Inaction is an extremely costly option program use. Health insurance products sold to firms with 100 or less employees would be surance plan or through their employers. for patients, for employers, and for Federal, subject to minimum standards designed to Medicaid benefits that are not included in State, and local governments. make group coverage accessible to employ­ the basic health services package (e.g., pre­ This bill is not perfect. It reflects the basic ers. Low income persons would be eligible for scription drugs, nursing home care) would thrust of the Pepper Commission's solutions to subsidies that limit or eliminate cost-shar­ continue to be offered through the current the major health care access problems. In my ing obligations. Capital funds would be made Medicaid program under existing rules. Cur­ view, it can and should be strengthened. One available to expand primary care and public rent State spending for Medicaid coverage health delivery capacity. The bill would be for the basic health services would be phased of its major shortcomings is the failure of the financed on a pay-as-you-go basis, with funds out entirely by full implementation. basic benefit package to include outpatient for the public health insurance plan coming Cost Containment: The basic health serv­ prescription drugs. Obviously, although drugs from a combination of employer and individ­ ices package is ~ubject to deductibles of $250 are central to the practice of modern medicine, ual premiums and a surtax on personal and per individual, S500 per family. The public their high cost makes it difficult for patients to corporate income tax liability. These re­ health insurance plan would pay for basic comply with prescribed therapies, undermining forms would be phased in over 5 years. health services using Medicare payment the quality and effectiveness of the medical Employer-based Coverage: By full imple­ rules. Private purchasers (health insurers. care they receive. Furthermore, millions of mentation, all employers with 25 or more employers, labor-management funds, etc.) employees would be required to offer cov­ would, at their option, be able to use the Americans with chronic diseases simply can­ erage for basic health care services to their public plan's payment rates in purchasing not afford the cost of their life-sustaining full-time employees and dependents on a basic heal th services for their own enrollees. drugs. I intend to develop a proposal to add "play or pay" basis. Employers could meet The bill would preempt State laws mandat­ coverage for prescription drugs to the private this requirement by (1) purchasing private ing the coverage of services other than those and public plan basic benefit package. I be- group health insurance (or self-insuring), or contained in the basic health services pack- 13302 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 age, as well as State laws restricting the use group market reforms effective. Coverage Jim Pack, Paul Stanton along with scoring of qualified managed care plans. among employees of small firms re-surveyed leaders "The Recchin' Ball," Mark Recchi, and Small Group Insurance Reforms: States to determine whether target for coverage of "The R.T. Express," Kevin Stevens. They uninsured workers is met. would be required, by the third year after en­ blended the experience of seasoned veterans actment, to enforce minimum federal stand­ Year 5: All Americans required to have ards on all health insurance products mar­ coverage for basic health services through (1) with the youth and talent of spirited youngsters keted to employers. No qualified plan could employer group health insurance, (2) public to bring Lord Stanley's Cup to the City of Pitts­ deny or limit coverage of basic health serv­ health insurance plan, or (3) individual burgh. ices to any individual on the basis of health qualified health insurance policy. If small The victory was especially sweet for those or risk status. The Secretary of HHS, in con­ employers do not meet target for coverage of Penguins who gave so much to the team dur­ sultation with the Secretary of Labor, would uninsured workers, they are subject to same ing the building years. Troy Loney, Bob Errey, apply minimum standards to self-insured " pay or play" requirements as large and me­ Randy Hillier, Frank Pietrangelo, and Phil dium-size firms. employment-related plans. If a State failed Bourque together endured some of the most to establish or maintain an acceptable regu­ latory program, the Secretary would be au­ difficult years of Penguins hockey. thorized to certify all health insurance prod­ CONGRATULATIONS TO THE This championship did not come easily. The ucts marketed to employers in the State. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS team lost the first game in each of their four Qualified heal th plans offered to small em­ playoff series, including three home losses. In ployers (100 or fewer employees) would be re­ HON. RICK SANTORUM a way, this characterized the history of the quired to offer at least a basic benefit plan, Penguins; the Pens never seemed to like to OF PENNSYLVANIA use community rating, guarantee issue and do things the easy way. With exciting come­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES renewal of policies, and meet certain infor­ backs they finished strong, despite the inju­ mation disclosure requirements. Tuesday, June 4, 1991 ries, the controversies, and the caliber of the Financing: The costs of the public health insurance plan would be financed from three Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today competition. By winning the Cup, the Penguins sources: (1) the premiums (set at a fixed per­ to congratulate the Pittsburgh Penguins for showed the heart of true champions. With cent of payroll) paid by those employers opt­ their recent victory in the Stanley Cup finals. pride and poise they exemplified the character ing to enroll their employees in the public As a longtime fan, I take great joy in this of the city. And in their play they returned the plan; (2) the premiums (set on a community­ team's efforts and accomplishments. faith and enthusiasm of their fans. rated basis) paid by individuals enrolling in One cannot fully appreciate the Penguins' The enthusiasm of Penguins fans is no the public plan on a non-employment basis; accomplishments without understanding the small issue. The Igloo has sold out close to 90 and (3) the revenues from a surtax on per­ history. Twenty-four long years ago, the Pitts­ percent of the time during the past several sonal and corporate income tax liab111ty. The burgh Penguins hockey club joined the NHL. seasons. Pittsburgh fans love thier sports surtax would be set at a level necessary to generate the revenues needed to fund the The team, much like its namesake, was an teams, and the players love their fans. Last public plan costs that are not covered by the awkward little creature that failed to fly for 23 year we witnessed the depth of sentiment for employer and individual premiums. Funds years. Prior to that, the minor league hockey this team by the fans in the region. I am refer­ from all three sources would be credited to a club, the Hornets, tormented hockey fans with ring to the outpouring of concern and affection Public Health Insurance Trust Fund, from their inept play. But last Saturday, when Mike for goalie Tom Barrasso during his greatest which benefits would be paid. Lang-the team's creative announcer-told time of need. Tom's daughter, Ashley had Primary Care and Public Health Delivery fans that Elvis had just left the building, the cancer and he was forced to leave the team Capacity: The Secretary would be directed to Pens confirmed that they could soar to the for part of the season. The show of love and spend, each year, between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of the amounts in the Public Health Insur­ pinnacle of the National Hockey League and support for Tom and his family exemplified ance Trust Fund for construction and mod­ become only the 10th franchise in modern his­ Pittsburgh's relationship with their sports ernization of new public health and primary tory to win the cup. heros. At the victory rally, when Tom said that care delivery sites in underserved urban and Throughout the years the Pens have put on he loves the Pittsburgh area, he joined a long rural areas. The Secretary would also be di­ the ice some of the worst teams in NHL his­ list of athletes who have fallen in love with rected to report every five years on the im­ tory. Oh, there were some bright spots along western Pennsylvania. Players from all sports pact of this blll on achieving the goals and the way, thanks to the likes of Ken Schinkel, and all parts of the country have chosen to objectives in Healthy People 2000. Syl Apps, Dave Burrows, and Rick Kehoe. EM make their homes in the Pittsburgh area even Transition: The blll's requirements would after having been traded to other teams. be phased in over the first 5 years after en­ in a league in which almost everyone makes actment. the playoffs, the Pens always found a way not Penguin players don't just live in Pittsburgh, Year 1: Secretary of HHS develops regula­ to. In fact, they were in the playoffs fewer they become part of Pittsburgh by getting in­ tions and guidelines; NAIC develops small times than nearly any other team in the dec­ volved with the people of our region. Even in group market health insurance reform stand­ ade of the 1980's. The franchise hit rock bot­ the lean years the Penguins found a way to ards. tom in 1983 when it managed to win only 18 join with the community to help our charities. Year 2: Medicaid coverage extended to all of 80 games. For example, the Penguins serve dinners at pregnant women and infants below 185 per­ Ironically that humble season saved hockey the annual Sixty-five Roses Dinner to raise cent of poverty at 100% Federal expense. States must legislate small group market in Pittsburgh. Following the season the Pen­ money for cystic fibrosis. Tom Barrasso hosts health insurance reforms [check]. guins drafted Mario Lemieux as the first pick golf outings for the Ashley Barrasso Founda­ Year 3: Public plan begins operation, en­ in the first round of the NHL draft. With him tion for cancer research. The Penguins also rollment available to all. Large employers the hopes of Pittsburgh hockey fans were im­ raise money for the Arthrities Foundation and (more than 100 employees) required to offer mediately ignited. Mario carried the hopes that the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, not to mention private coverage for basic health services to the Penguins would finally achieve the glory of their work for amateur hockey in the region. employees and families or to enroll them in Pittsburgh's Pirates and Steelers. Mario's Acts like this have bonded team and commu­ public plan. State benefits mandates pre­ magic made hockey nights in Pittsburgh excit­ nity in the most special and enlightening of empted for large employers. Carriers may not market unqualified health insurance ing. Fans knew that on any given night they ways. products to employers. Private payors have could witness Mario beat NHL goalies "like a When the Penguins returned to Pittsburgh option to use public plan payment rates in rented mule." The fans came and cheered after the championship series, an estimated purchasing basic health services. Survey of Lemieux, but the team never jelled. 30,000 fans were on hand to welcome them coverage among employees of small firms This year the Pens hired "Badger" Bob home. This number is impressive unto itself, (less than 25 but more than 4 employees) to Johnson, the first U.S. citizen to coach an but the team did not arrive in Pittsburgh until determine percentage target for coverage of NHL champion in more than 50 years. Gen­ 3:30 in the morning. Receiving Pittsburgh uninsured workers. eral Manager Craig Patrick, and super-scout sports champions at Greater Pitt Airport has Year 4: Medium-size employers (more than 24 but less than 101 employees) required to Scotty Bowan, assembled one of the finest become somewhat of a tradition in western offer private coverage for basic health serv­ groups of men ever to take the ice. Proven Pennsylvania. The fans were there for the Pi­ ices to employees and families or to enroll winners such as, Paul Coffey, Bryan Trottier, rates with their recent success and Steelers in them in public plan. State benefits mandates Joey Mullin, Ron Francis, and Jiri Hrdina were their glory years, but they had never gathered preempted for medium-size employers. Small contributors with Jaromir Jagr, Ulf Samuelson, in numbers approaching this. June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13303 Three days after the final victory, the city black males keep dropping out of school first A TRIBUTE TO ASHER HOW ARD held a rally at Point State Park to honor the or mocking their more industrious class­ champs. The rally was at noon, but the crowd mates for "acting white." HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. started to gather at daybreak. An estimated We are all fortunate that industrious blacks like Gen. Colin Powell, Dr. William OF TENNESSEE 80,000 people jammed into the park, standing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with 85 degree heat and 80 percent h1,.1midity. Cosby or the Rev. Martin Luther King were not unduly concerned about "acting white." Tuesday, June 4, 1991 At the airport and at the park there was what We need to get back to the unifying ideal Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, Asher Howard, one commentator called, "an old-fashioned of "acting American"-e pluribus unum and love-in." There were no riots, no looting, no who served for 19 years as the county judge all that. of Blount County, TN, was recently honored stampeding crowds, just positive enthusiasm Much more vocal leadership is needed both for his years of public service. and honest respect for the hard work which from black spokesmen and from the White brings success. House on this American issue. The huge pool . May 20 was declared as Asher Howard Day Now is the time to savor the victory for the of unemployed black males is everybody's m Blount County. No one I can think of would players, the owners, the fans and the entire problem. It is first and foremost the problem be more deserving of such a tribute. Pittsburgh area. For it will be only 5 months of the individual unemployed black male. If Judge Howard served on the Blount County until Elvis returns to the building to the music he gets it implanted firmly in his head that Court-now commission-and served as the of Jaws, the cries of "Ulf! Ulf! Ulf!" and the studying hard in school and achieving is county executive. raising of the Stanley Cup banner to the ceil­ "acting white," he is doomed and no Civil He ran the county government like a busi­ ing of the Igloo. The glory of this season will Rights Act is going to save him. ness and ran it economically and efficiently. fade into a pleasant memory, but the spirit that Group hiring quotas are too easy a straw But he also ran it with his heart and showed man to knock down in a country founded on great compassion for his fellow man. is Pittsburgh will continue to make this area individual rights. Okay, so group hiring truly some place special for years to come. He knew that it is neither kind nor compas­ quotas with rigidly set numbers based on sionate for a government to spend money it percentages in the population seem un­ does not have or take even one penny more American. The real question is: What are we OUR HOPE IS "ACTING AMERICAN" from the people than is absolutely necessary. going to do about all these unemployed or We need more men like Asher Howard in unemployable young men? this Nation today. Somehow, we must get them trained and HON. BOB McEWEN He was one of my father's closest friends, OF OHIO hired. Black leaders say: You cannot leave equal-opportunity hiring simply to the good and he has been a very good friend to me, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES faith of employers. You cannot count on too. Tuesday, June 4, 1991 them to act American and do the right I hope that he enjoys his retirement years, and I want to wish him the best in the future. Mr. McEWEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to bring to thing. Approximate affirmative-action goals must be spelled out by law. When Judge Howard was honored for his the attention of my colleagues this column years of community service, the Maryville­ from the Cincinnati Enquirer by Tony Lang. Employers with an obvious racial imbal­ ance ought to be expressly seeking qualified Alcoa Daily Times ran a news story and edi­ Now that Capitol Hill is focused on civil rights, blacks to hire. But if unable .to find or at­ torial which I would like to call to the attention Tony Lang reminds us of the proud American tract any, employers certainly should not be of my colleagues. tradition of equal opportunity based on the in­ leaving those positions empty and telling MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COUNTY dividual rights guaranteed by the Constitution. qualified whites they need not apply, as I'm (By Adele McKenzie) He reminds us that groups do not have rights told is occurring these days in some univer­ Few people have ever made the impact on under the Constitution, and that all of us are sity departments. Blount County that one transplanted Ken­ guaranteed rights not because of our color, Almost as sad as young black males sneer­ tuckian, Asher Howard, made during his 26 but because we are Americans. ing at school achievement as "acting white" years of public service. I commend it to my colleagues. is the disgrace of industrious black grad­ "Judge Howard" as most think of him At this point, please enter in the CONGRES­ uates being turned away from jobs or pro­ today, came to Blount County to work at the SIONAL RECORD the attached column: "Our motions after they have played the game the Aluminum Company of America and Blount Hope is 'Acting American'". way they were told, studied hard, got a good County has been home ever since. education and asked nothing more than an Under his guidance, Howard left office as OUR HOPE IS "ACTING AMERICAN" equal opportunity to get hired. Studies sug­ Blount County judge (equivalent to current (By Tony Lang) gest discrimination against black hires is county executive office) with the county God help us if the proposed 1991 Civil still a significant problem in the U.S. work­ showing a net worth of $350 million and a Rights Act ends up as just some legalistic place. bonded indebtedness of only $2.5 million. To language game, with the issues of de facto It is no consolation to a qualified unem­ top that, he also left the legacy of $7 .25 mil­ hiring quotas still left in doubt. ployed black that other educated blacks lion in the fund balance. The entire rights movement has gotten so While county judge, Howard would pro­ seem to write their own ticket in some cor­ claim, "Blount Countians get as much for muddied lately, we got blacks advocating porations and may even receive preferential "separate but equal" schools and whites their tax dollars as any taxpayers in the treatment over whites in assignments or pro­ state." wondering: What ever happened to good old­ motion. It is no consolation that educated fashioned civil-rights ideals such as "inte­ He also said, "Blount County is run on a gration" and "equal opportunity"? Asians or Hispanics or women or even fat business-like basis, not on the basis of par­ My own intellectual anchor in all this con­ white males may also suffer hiring discrimi­ tisan politics." troversy over quotas, affirmative action and nation. It is no consolation that certain im­ Howard still talks about how members of multiculturalism is that the U.S. Constitu­ migrants from much more impoverished cir­ the court, now called county commission, tion guarantees individual rights-not group cumstances may have less trouble getting both Republican and Democrats, always rights. But you should know pressure groups hired or achieving. voted what each thought was best for the and ideologues attack even this ideal on the county as a whole. "We had top quality on grounds that American individualism ulti­ AN EQUAL SHOT the county court and it showed in what we mately benefits "individuals" belonging to It still comes down to that single qualified could do," he says. the dominant power group-meaning "white black individual who ought to have an equal "Blount County voters would not tolerate males." shot at getting hired. It is a case-by-case political blocs back then, they demanded a lot from their public officials, and they got SEPARATIST ILLUSION question for the employer: Am I acting American? Hiring fairly? Without discrimi­ it," says Howard. Yes the separatist movement is largely nation against skin color. Employers seldom It was under Howard's administration that about power and control, which is largely il­ the sheriff department moved to their merit lusory since real power comes from such hire groups. They hire individuals. Which is system and began to retain trained officers mundane things as schooling, competence, one more reason constitutionally protected rather than wholesale turnover of officers hard work and jobs. That's why the 1991 Civil individual rights-not group rights-are still every two years, which was then the. term of Rights Act could be so important, but all the every American's best hope. the sheriff. legal hiring guarantees in the world aren't Howard also brought the county into its going to much good if 40% to 60% of young computer operation. This followed five years 13304 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 after he and others thought a $17,000 book­ Another dream was to see the county with in office June 1, 1955, and he later was re­ keeping machine would answer most of the garbage pickup service. He spent a great deal elected until he decided to retire. problems. When the machine became over­ of time working on both and later conceded A 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner, he loaded, Howard was ready to "go whole hog that without metropolitan-type government, served on the Townsend Chamber board, and and get the best," as he puts it. He also in­ the sewer system would be virtually impos­ the Smoky Mountain Passion Play board, troduced the county to the concept of a sible. He initiated a plan to have a dumpster was a member of the Boy Scout Council, budget director. in most communities where residents would served on the boards of Chilhowee Nursing Under Howard's leadership, the county's bring their garbage. This has now been re­ Home, Tennessee Air Pollution Board, was 1907 courthouse grew in size with one com­ placed by private haulers in the county but chairman of the State Community Develop­ pleted addition in 1957 and a second annex many continue to discard garbage with little ment Board, and President of the Tennessee dedicated in 1979. The original courthouse thought of others and the environment. County Judges Association. also had extensive renovation as a result of Today, he still regrets that he was unable Here are some of the other things which the second annex. to get zoning and planning in place. occurred under his leadership: Especially fitting was the planning for con­ The county began paying deputies who pre­ solidation of the county's high schools that BLOUNT HONORS ASHER HowARD FOR 26 YEARS viously depended on fees for their services. resulted in Everertt, Porter, Townsend and IN COUNTY SERVICE Abolished the three-member county high­ Walland being served by Heritage High Today is Asher Howard Day in Blount way commission and replaced it with a one­ School, and Lanier and Friendsville closing County. Many of his friends will gather at man superintendent. as high schools with the opening of William noon at the Airport Hilton to honor this Bought many rights-of-way in order to Blount. Townsend resident who served 26 years as a widen county roads. Howard had taught math at Walland High member of the county court (commission) Established and maintained a good sized School where he started the football pro­ and/or as county judge (executive). unappropriated balance in the budget, ena­ gram after World War II. Fred Sentell want­ Retired since 1974, he lives on Asher How­ bling the county to have a better cash flow, ed him coaching at Townsend High School ard Road, just a block off Lamar Alexander minimize its bonded indebtedness, and fre­ and Howard responded. Parkway in Townsend. He hasn't been idle quently build county buildings with taxes Concern over the schools was the catalyst during that time but has been active in orga­ over a two-year period. that brought Howard into politics. He was nizations and has kept regularly in touch The first county planning commission was riding to UT with Mack Davis, John Webb with his many friends throughout the coun­ established, abolished because of public op­ and Ralph Greaser and frequently the con­ ty. In the last couple of years he has been position, and then reestablished. versation turned to the deplorable condition bothered with leukemia, a form of cancer Insisted that what is now U.S. 321 from of the school buildings. which stops the bone marrow from producing Maryville southwest toward Lenoir City had Davis urged Howard, who had served in the blood cells. a four-lane right-of-way, delaying the Marine Corps, to run for county court. Davis Asher will be 79 on July 23 but he ·gets project until the state approved the wider went so far as to get the late Sam H. Dunn, around just the same, meeting regularly right-of-way. (Loudon County and area who was an attorney, to prepare the qualify­ with a group of friends for breakfast and at­ chambers of commerce are trying to get the ing petition and then secured the needed sig­ tending Alcoa Kiwanis Club's weekly meet­ road widened to four lanes from the county natures of qualified voters to launch How­ ing. line to the Fort Loudoun Bridge.) ard's political career. He was elected a mem­ Born and reared in Pathfork, Ky., in Har­ Began Blount's strong efforts at industrial ber of the Blount County Quarterly Court in lan County, Asher met his wife Mildred, development. 1948 and served until 1955 when he became known to her many friends as "Lum," when About 1970, Asher tried to "sell" the state Blount County Judge, a position he filled her family moved temporarily from Town­ on building a major road along the approxi­ until 1974. send, a sawmill center, to the farm on which mate route followed by the Lamar Alexander When Howard was a member of the county Asher was raised in Kentucky to operate a Parkway from Circle Drive on West Broad­ court and then county judge, there were 41 sawmill. A number of Townsend residents way to the Maryville College entrance on members of the court. were employed at the Kentucky operation. Walland Highway. Asher got the state com­ Land for Heritage was purchased and the They were married June 26, 1936. missioner of transportation here and walked school, as yet unnamed, was being designed Asher completed two years at Union Col­ the route with him. Later they flew the when Howard left office by his own choice, lege at Barbourville, Ky., got a certificate route. deciding that he would not run again, a and began teaching in Kentucky. In 1941 Asher's dedication to public service and his choice that his wife, Mildred "Lum" was es­ Asher was employed in ALCOA's high ten­ interest in the welfare of the entire county pecially happy when it was made. sion yard. He worked and went to school at have been outstanding. It is a very appro­ Mrs. Howard, a Townsend native, was the U-T at a time when the company paid the priate time for the county to pay a long daughter of Bruce Myers. Today, the How­ tuition. overdue tribute. Have a great day Asher! ards live next door to the Myers' homeplace. In 1946 he heeded the call of Blount County Growing up in a "sawmill town" Myers had Schools Superintendent L. M. Ross to teach taken his family to Virginia where he oper­ at Walland aild revive a football program PENNSYLVANIA STUDENTS CON­ ated a sawmill and then to Path Fork, Ky., which had not existed since about 1930. He where Mildred and Asher met. did that but his friend J. Fred Sentell, Town­ DUCT VOTER REGISTRATION During Howard's administration, the size send principal, talked him into taking over DRIVES of the county court was reduced to 21, the as football coach at Townsend in 1947. size of the present county legislative body or Perhaps his best team included a passing county commission. "I petitioned for a body attack with Dale Carnes throwing and Carl HON. GEORGE W. GEKAS of nine, but I got 21" he says. "Skeet" Myers catching. That team lost to a OF PENNSYLVANIA Howard had the vision that is today the strong Everett team by only one point at Ev­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Blount Industrial Development program. He erett and caught the imagination of a lot of secured a grant that enabled purchase of the local fans. Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Henry Lane Farm, which is now the major Amos and Andy Trotter, who had the Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to part of the Blount County Industrial Park. Buick dealership here, lured Asher into the pay tribute to the 25 students in Mr. Robert "This is probably the best thing that I ac­ automobile sales field. Asher sold four cars McCloskey's ninth grade civics class at complished as county judge," Howard ad­ on one Saturday and was hooked on that pro­ mits. fession for a while. Central Dauphin East Junior High School in "I feel I left the county with positive The former Marine was elected to the suburban Harrisburg, PA. As part of their class change and that I gave the county court and county court (commission) from Townsend project, these students went out to their neigh­ the officeholders leadership,'' Howard says. in 1948 and served until 1955 when he was borhoods and were determined to get people Howard made it a habit to make a daily elected judge (executive). During the last to register to vote. visit in each office every day. This was his five years on the court, he served as judge Through their determined efforts, these stu­ way of knowing what was going on and being pro-tern. In the fall of 1954, Blount County dents were able to sign up 71 people to vote. a part of the county in all ways possible. It Court elected Asher Howard, a Republican, In past years, Mr. McCloskey's classes have also enabled him to have a handle on the judge to succeed the late George D. Roberts budget preparation. who had died while in office. However, there registered more than 2,000 area citizens to Howard admits to some disappointments was a difference of opinion over who could vote. I am so glad to see these energetic from his time in office. He tried desperately name the successor to a judge and Gov. young people learn first-hand about the proce­ to make the county the first in the state Frank Clement named Democrat Bill Reg­ dures that allow Americans to exercise the all­ with a countywide sewer system. ister to the post. A court case placed Howard important right to vote. June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13305 It is my hope that this useful exercise will urday. But even though the designated period Monfried Optical-Bridgeport. foster greater interest in how government is officially over, some businesses are continu­ Mrs. Powell's Cinnamon Rolls-Bridgeport. works among our young people, and that they ing to offer discounts as their way of saying Peanut Shack-Bridgeport. will take an active role in civic affairs in the "thank you" to the troops. Pearle Vision-Bridgeport. So today I say " thank you" to them-all Ponderosa-Bridgeport. years ahead. Rax Roast Beef-Bridgeport. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to 406 of them. They made the Desert Storm Sara Regina's Bridal & Floral-Clarksburg. join me in paying tribute to Mr. Mccloskey and Discount program a success and provided an Shoney's-Bridgeport. his fine students for their efforts in promoting additional "welcome home" for the men and Sterling Optical-Bridgeport. greater public awareness and involvement in women who answered their country's call. So Stone and Thomas-Bridgeport. our Nation's democratic process. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call the attention Stone and Thomas-Clarksburg. of the Congress to the businesses which Video World-Clarksburg. made the Desert Storm Discount program a Wendy's-Bridgeport. THANK YOU WEST VIRGINIA BUSI­ success. In Jackson County: NESSES FOR THANKING OUR Rax Roast Beef-Ripley. In Berkeley County: Shoney's-Ripley. TROOPS Berkeley Carpet and Ceramic-Inwood. Tetrick Showcase Jewelry-Ravenswood. First Look Photo-Martinsburg. Tetrick Showcase Jewelery-Ripley. HON. BOB WISE J.C. Penney's-Martinsburg. In Jefferson County: People's National Bank-Martinsburg (3 lo- J.C. Penney's-Charles Town. OF WEST VIRGINIA cations). IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Stuck & Alger Pharmacy, Inc.-Charles Ponderosa-Martinsburg. Town. Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Rolane Factories Store-Martinsburg. In Kanawha County: Shoney's-Martinsburg. Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer Allen Lucas Nissan-Charleston. Uniglobe Preferred Travel-Martinsburg. Ames-Charleston. my sincere thanks to the American men and In Cabell County: American Telephone-Huntington. Ashmore Optical-Charleston. women of Operations Desert Shield and Bazaar-Charleston. Desert Storm. But I know I am certainly not Amsbury's Factory Outlet-Huntington. Bazaar-Huntington. Boll Furniture-Charleston. alone in my gratitude. Boulevard Recreation Center-Charleston. We all have heard hundreds of speeches in Beldens Jewelers-Barboursville. C.J. Reuschlein-Huntington. Candy Factory-Charleston. this Chamber and across the country express­ Chilli Willi's-Huntington. CBM Computer Center-Charleston. ing our country's gratitude and support for the Foard Harwood Shoes-Barboursville. Cellular One-Charleston. job our troops did during the victory in the Per­ Foard Harwood Shoes-Huntington. Charleston Department Store-Charleston. sian Gulf. Foodland-Barboursville. Charleston Deli-Charleston. Charleston School of Beauty-Charleston. But today, I would like to add an additional Foodland-Chesapeake, OH. Foodland-Huntington (4 locations). Collector's Choice-Charleston. expression of appreciation-this one to more Contemporary Galleries-Charleston. than 400 business owners and operators Foodland-Lesage. Foodland-Milton. Currey's Bike Shop-Nitro. throughout West Virginia who have been tak­ Foodland-South Point, OH. Deb Shops (Kanawha Mall)-Charleston. ing part in what is known as Desert Storm Dis­ J.C. Penney's-Barboursville. Delfine's-Charleston. count. This program provided a way for the K-Mart-Chesapeake, OH. Disc Jockey-Charleston. State's business community to say "thank­ Master's Tuxedo-Barboursville (2 loca- Dudley's-Charleston. you" to the men, women, and families of Op­ tions). Elegant Impressions-Charleston. Master's Tuxedo-Huntington. Galperin Jewelry-Charleston. eration Desert Storm. Today I wish to say Gene's Fine Jewelry-Charleston. "thank-you" to the businesses which partici­ Mattress Warehouse-Barboursville. One Hour Martinizing-Huntington. Goldfarb Electric Supply Company- pated. Rax Roast Beef-Huntington (2 locations). Charleston. A few months ago I asked the West Virginia Shaw's Jewelers-Barboursville. Grayfields-Charleston. National Guard, the West Virginia Chamber of Shoney's-Huntington (3 locations). Herbert Music Company-Charleston. Commerce, the local chapter of the Employers Stationers-Huntington. Intimate Moments-Charleston. Supported Guard and Reserve, and the West Stone and Thomas-(Barboursville). J.C. Penney's-Charleston. Virginia Retailers Association to join me in or­ Stone and Thomas-(Huntington). Jackie Z's-Charleston. Joe Holland Chevrolet-Charleston. ganizing the Desert Storm Discount. The re­ Stride Rite Bootery-Barboursville. In Fayette County: Jones Business Machines-Charleston. sponse was enthusiastic and contagious. Dr. Carl Hansen-Fayetteville. Kelly's Mens Shop-Charleston. Our goal was to get businesses to offer dis­ J.C. Penney's-Mt. Hope. Kentucky Fried Chicken-Charleston. counts on goods and services to people who Lilly's Crown Jewelers-Mt. Hope. Kip's Discount-Charleston. were activated for Operation Desert Shield Mountain River Tours-Hico. Lee Eyewear (Quincy Mall}--Belle. and Operation Desert Storm and their depend­ Rax Roast Beef-Oak Hill. Life Stride Shoes-Charleston. ents. My office had been receiving dozens of In Greenbrier County: Lighter Than Air-Charleston. calls from people who faced financial uncer­ Shoney's-Lewisburg. Lilly's Keepsake Diamond Center (Kanawha Mall)-Charleston. tainty because their husbands, wives, fathers, Stone and Thomas-Lewisburg. In Hancock County: Lilly's Keepsake Diamond Center (Town or mothers had been activated as part of our Rax Roast Beef-Weirton. Center)-Charleston. Nation's response to the Persian Gulf crisis. Stone and Thomas-Weirton. Lowe's (Quincy Mall}--Belle. Once the war was won and the troops United National Bank-Weirton. Lowe's-Charleston. began coming home, our hope was that busi­ In Harrison County: Mark Christopher Carpets-Charleston. nesses would make it easier for those families Arby's-Bridgeport. Master's Tuxedo-Charleston (2 locations). to make the purchases which they had to put Betsy's Inc.!DBA Stride Rite Shoes- Master's Tuxedo-Nitro. off during the war, to get loan from a bank, Clarksburg. Mattress Warehouse-Kanawha City. Bob Evan's Restaurant-Bridgeport. Mattress Warehouse-South Charleston. and to enjoy a meal, an evening out, or a get­ Camelot Music-Bridgeport. Medical Center Pharmacy-Charleston. away trip with a loved one who had been Chaplan Jewelers-Clarksburg. Merle Norman-Charleston. gone. Chik-fil-A-Bridgeport. Merrill Photo Supply-Charleston. Retailers, restaurants, bowling alleys, super­ Corn Dog-Bridgeport. Minute Man Press-Charleston. markets, pharmacies, dry cleaners, travel Disc Jockey-Bridgeport. Nature's Furniture, Inc.-Charleston. agencies, barber and beauty shops, banks, Foto I-Bridgeport. One Valley Bank-Charleston. car dealerships and service shops, a Head Hunters-Bridgeport. Payless Shoes (Kanawha Mall}--Charles- whitewater rafting outlet, a resort hotel, and Health Connections-Bridgeport. ton. Holiday Hair Fashions-Bridgeport. Photo One-Charleston. most every other kind of business participated. J.C. Penney-Bridgeport. Pied Piper-Charleston. Each of them agreed to offer a discount of J.D. Bentley-Bridgeport. Property Protection Company-Charles­ between 5 and 30 percent off goods and serv­ Jack's Friendly Furniture-Clarksburg. ton. ices for a 2-week period which ended last Sat- Kids Only-Clarksburg. Rax Roast Beef-Charleston. 13306 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 Rax Roast Beef-South Charleston. Larry Douglas-Bluefield. Rax Roast Beef-Hurricane. Regis-Charleston. Lilly's Crown Jewelers-Bluefield. Shoney's-Winfield. Sears and Roebuck-Charleston. Magic Mobile Homes-Bluefield. In Raleigh County: Sherwin Williams-Charleston Mercer Health Center-Bluefield. Beckley Welding Supply-Beckley. Shoney's-Charleston. Mountaineer Bowling Lanes-Bluefield. Lilly's Crown .Jewelers-Beckley (2 loca- Shoney's-Cross Lanes. Ms. and His-Bluefield. tions). Shoney's-Dunbar. Mullins Travel-Bluefield. Shoney's-Beckley. Shoney's-Kanawha City. New Graham Pharmacy-Bluefield. Stone and Thomas-Beckley. Shoney's-South Charleston. One Valley Bank-Princeton. In Randolph County: Shoney's-St. Albans. Physical and Occupational Therapy Serv- Shoney's--Elkins. Silk 'n Memories-Charleston. ices, Inc.-Bluefield. Stone and Thomas-Elkins. Skeffington' s-Charleston. Royal Jewelers-Bluefield. In Summers County: Smorgasbord-Charleston. Shoney's-Bluefield. New River Scenic Whitewater Tours-Hin­ Sodaro's Electronics-Charleston. Shoney's-Princeton. ton. Sport Mart-Charleston. Southern Office Supply-Bluefield. In Tucker County: Sports Card Connection-Charleston. Southside Professional Pharmacy-Blue- Mountaintop Realty (Canaan Valley)- Stamper's Jewelers-Charleston. field. Davis. Stateside Imports (Kanawha Mall)­ Stone and Thomas-Bluefield. Timberline Resort-Davis. Charleston. The Wellness Center-Bluefield. In Upshur County: Stone and Thomas-Charleston (2 loca- Tomchin Furniture-Bluefield. Stone and Thomas-Buchannon. tion). Tomchin Furniture-Princeton. In Wetzel County: SVI Pharmacy-Charleston. Willis Chiropractic-Bluefield. AAA Mobile Homes, Inc.-New The Computer Doctor-Charleston. In Mingo County: Martinsville. Tolley's Bible Bookstore-Charleston. J.C. Penney's-Williamson. Adena Industries-New Martinsville. Value City Furniture-St. Albans. In Monongalia County: AHA Mobile Homes-New Martinsville. Venture Lanes-St. Albans. Boston Beanery-Morgantown (2 loca­ Barth's Florist-New Martinsville. Vogue Dress Shop-Charleston. tions). Bee Electric-New Martinsville. Lilly's Crown Jewelers-New Martinsv111e. Waldenboo~s (Kanawha Mall)-Charleston. Camelot Music-Morgantown. In Lewis County: Dr. Dominic Raymond, Dentist-Morgan- Mason's Clothiers-New Martinsville. J.C. Penney's-Weston. town. Neville Olds Cadillac Buick Jeep Eagle- Rax Roast Beef-Weston. Eyecare Center-Morgantown. New Martinsville. TCI of West Virginia-Weston. Elderbiermann-Morgantown. Rax Roast Beef-New Martinsville. 79 Speedway-Weston. Freshen's Yogurt-Morgantown. TCI of West Virginia-New Martinsvme. In Logan County: Gordon Jewelers-Morgantown. In Wood County: Ira A. Watson, Company (Watson's)- Harold Weiss Jewelers-Morgantown. J.C. Penney's-Parkersburg. Logan. Hero Hut-Morgantown. Master's Tuxedo-Parkersburg. Lilly's Crown Jewelers-Logan. Hot Stuff-Morgantown. Mattress Warehouse-Marietta, OH. Shoney's-Logan. I Can't Believe It's Yogurt-Morgantown. Mattress Warehouse-Parkersburg. TCI of West Virginia-Logan. J.C. Penney's-Morgantown. Model Carpet-Vienna. In Marion County: Kay Jewelers-Morgantown. Obermeyer Florist-Parkersburg. Crowley's Hallmark-Fairmont. Kobe of Japan-Morgantown. Pat's Upholstery and Factory Outlet-Par- Friendly Furniture-Fairmont. Last Word-Morgantown. kersburg. Hot Sam Pretzels-Fairmont. Lilly's Crown Jewelers-Morgantown. Rax Roast Beef-Parkersburg (2 locations). Leed's Candies-Fairmont. Living Quarters-Morgantown. Shoney's-Parkersburg (2 locations). Rax Roast Beef-Fairmont. Monfried Optical-Morgantown. Sid's Furniture Mart-Parkersburg. Ray's Jewelers Inc.-Fairmont. Morgantown Phone Center-Morgantown. Stables Motor Lodge-Parkersburg. Rider Pharmacy-Fairmont. Musselman Jewelers-Morgantown. Stone and Thomas-Vienna. Shoney's-Fairmont. One Valley Bank-Morgantown. TCI of West Virginia-Parkersburg. Stone and Thomas-Fairmont. Payless Shoes-Morgantown. Wharton Cadillac Olds-Parkersburg. Zasloff's Jewelry Palace-Fairmont. Photo Express-Morgantown. YMCA-Parkersburg. In Marshall County: Rax Roast Beef-Morgantown. In Wyoming County: Allen's Bootery-Moundsville. Regis Hair Salon-Morgantown. Tomchin Furniture-Mullins. Blake's Kiddie Korral and Attic- Repairs Plus-Morgantown. Statewide chains: Moundsville. Rugby's Biestro-Morgantown. Kentucky Fried Chicken-Statewide (34 lo­ Budget Interiors-Moundsville. Sbarro's-Morgantown. cations). Dr. W.M. Isminger-Moundsville. Sears and Roebuck-Morgantown. Lowes-Statewide (21 locations). Fay's Jewelry-Moundsville. Shoney's-Morgantown. K-Mart-Statewide corporate owned-(17 Grand Vue Park-Moundsville. Sport Mart-Morgantown. locations). Josabeth, Inc.-Moundsville. Stone and Thomas-Morgantown. Joseph's Trophy Case-McMechen. Things Remembered-Morgantown. Lightners Plumbing and Heating- Universal Jewelry-Morgantown. IN HONOR OF CALVIN H. Moundsville. Victory Ford-Morgantown. WHEATLEY Rax Roast Beef-Moundsville. Video World-Morgantown. Rich's Quick Print-Moundsville. Wendy's-Morgantown. HON. RON de LUGO Tire America-Moundsville. In Nicholas County: OF VIRGIN ISLANDS United National Bank-Moundsville. Nicholas Printing, Inc.-Summersville. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Weusbauer's Flowers-Moundsville. Rax Roast Beef-Summersville. Young's Cafeteria-Glendale. In Ohio County: Tuesday, June 4, 1991 In Mason County: Capital Music Hall-Wheeling. Mr. DE LUGO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Fruth Pharmacy-Pt. Pleasant. Crone's-Wheeling. a most distinguished Virgin Islander, Calvin H. Shoney's-Pt. Pleasant. Doc William's Country Store-Wheeling. In Mercer County: Posin's Jewelers-Wheeling. Wheatley. I can say without fear of contradic­ Blacor Steel-Bluefield. Rax Roast Beef-Wheeling. tion that there is no man with more experience Bluefield College Bookstore-Bluefield. Rich's Quick Print-Wheeling. in the operations of the executive branch of Cole Motor Company-Bluefield. Stone and Thomas-Wheeling. the Virgin Islands Government than Calvin. He Colonial Jewelers-Bluefield. Stone's Terrace Shop-Wheeling. has worked alongside eight Virgin Island Gov­ Dr. Assaad Mounzer, MD-Bluefield. TC! of West Virginia-Wheeling. ernors, both appointed and elected, in capac­ First Community Bank-Bluefield. Tire America-Wheeling. ities up to executive assistant. His sense of Flower's Baking Company-Bluefield. In Putnam County: continuity, his understanding of government H & M Shoe Stores-Bluefield. 19th Hole Tavern-Poca. H. Lynden Graham, CPA-Bluefield. Country Expressions-Hurricane. operations, his ability to get the job done, is J.C. Penney's-Bluefield. Master's Tuxedo-Scott's Depot. unequaled. It is precisely because of these Kammer Furniture/Kammer Security­ Mattress Warehouse-Winfield. qualities that Calvin is called back into govern­ Bluefield. McKerr's Fashions-Hurricane. ment service again and again, to serve with June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13307 continuing excellence the people of his native Born in Newark, NJ, Jimmy Herman joined THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Virgin Islands. his first trade union at the age of 17, the Na­ CAMPAIGN FUND PROTECTION ACT Through the years, Calvin has also been tional Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards. closely involved in the banking industry. As an After serving in a number of positions, HON. AL SWiff officer for Citibank, he left to manage the Peo­ Jimmy moved to San Francisco where his ne­ OF WASHINGTON ple's Bank, an effort to bring banking and gotiating skills made him an outstanding union IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES banking services to a broader cross-section of representative. His roles as a west coast Tuesday, June 4, 1991 the Virgin Islands community. He eventually union leader included presidency of ILWU Mr. SWIFT. Mr. Speaker, I am introducing rose to the position of president before return­ Local 34, service as a member of the Pacific ing to Citibank to manage its offices on St. today the Presidential Election Campaign Coast longshore negotiating committee and Fund Protection Act, a bill to correct certain Croix and St. Thomas. ILWU representative to many trade union con­ Calvin has been extremely active in commu­ technical oversights in the original public fund­ ferences. nity service. As district chairman, president, ing legislation and make the process more ef­ Since 1977, Jimmy has served as the presi­ and a member of the executive board of the ficient for both Presidential candidates and the Boy Scouts of America in the Virgin Islands, dent of the ILWU and is generally recognized Federal Election Commission. he has been essential to the development of as one of the leading voices in America for a The Presidential election funding system the strong foundation which makes it the ex­ strong, honest union movement, one that is was established by Congress in the early cellent organization it is today. He has also committed not only to its members' well-being 1970's as one of the key reforms to increase served on the Virgin Islands board of directors but to international peace and justice. Jimmy's public confidence in Government following the of the Girl Scouts of America, on the board of work as president reaffirms the highest tenets incredibly corrupt fund-raising practices that the United Way of St. Thomas-St. John, as an of the union movement and the spirit of labor were uncovered in the Watergate scandal. officer of the St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of brotherhood, and we have all benefited by his The public, and Congress, were outraged to Commerce, on the board of the Police Athletic wise leadership over the years. discover that millions of unregulated dollars League, and as chairman of the board of the I have worked with Jimmy and the ILWU on not subject to disclosure requirements were Virgin Islands Government Employees Retire­ many occasions, and I would like to mention poured into the 1972 election, often with ment System. just two. He was a leading force in support of strings attached-like the appointment of an Calvin has been honored many times for his the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Com­ ambassadorship or other high Government of­ fice. Almost every conceivable form of corrup­ service to the people of the Virgin Islands, re­ pensation Amendments of 1984, which I tion resulting from the mix of private money ceiving the Boy Scouts' Distinguished Citizen helped write as chairman of the Subcommittee Award and Silver Beaver Award, the American with public policy was exposed during the Wa­ on Labor Standards. We made historic strides tergate revelations. Legion Award of Merit, the Wilbur LaMotta forward in the area of workers' compensation Community Service Award, the Business and The immediate result of this scandal was in that law, especially in the area of aiding broad campaign reform legislation, with the Professional Womens' Club Community Serv­ those injured due to exposure to asbestos and ice Award, and the 1984 St. Thomas Rotary Presidential Election Campaign Fund being an other occupationally related diseases and dis­ integral part of those reforms. Man of the Year Award. He is also an in­ abilities. ductee in the Virgin Islands Sports Hall of The fund seeks to minimize the impact of Jimmy also was a major force within the Fame. private moneys by providing for the public fi­ antiwar movement during the many struggles On June 10, 1991, Calvin will be installed nancing of Presidential primary and general as the new civilian aide to the Secretary of the of the 1980's concerning Central America and elections through the voluntary income tax Army for the Virgin Islands. In this capacity, he the shortsighted and harmful role this Nation checkoff. This program has worked extremely will serve as the military's liaison to the terri­ played in Nicaragua and El Salvador. Jimmy well since its inception, with 49 of the 50 tory, maintaining the strong link forged many not only challenged the predominant political major-party candidates who have run for the years ago between Virgin Islands civilians and views in the Nation but also fought many in Presidency since 1976 participating in the pro­ U.S. military forces. the labor movement who did not share his gram. During the 1988 election, however, Mr. Speaker, Calvin Wheatley is an out­ wise view of these destructive policies. And in large sums of undisclosed private money crept standing Virgin Islander, a gentleman of the the end, I think Jimmy's analysis was borne back into the process through the so-called highest regard, a man who has been an im­ out by the facts and by history. soft money loophole. To maintain the integrity portant player in the historic events that Jimmy has also donated substantial of the Presidential funding system, Congress shaped the Virgin Islands for the past almost amounts of his free time and his energy to a must pass, prior to the 1992 election, legisla­ 50 years. number of charitable community organizations, tion to shut off this potentially corrupting fund­ ing source. No one deserves more than Calvin recogni­ serving on the board of directors for both St. The bill I am introducing today deals with tion for his many and continuing contributions Anthony's Kitchen and the outstanding to the Virgin Islands and her people. the immediate problem of fund solvency. The Delancey Street Foundation's rehabilitation Presidential public funding law, as enacted, program. contained a structural flaw that guaranteed Jimmy Herman's numerous contributions to TRIBUTE TO JIMMY HERMAN that the fund would eventually run out of labor organizations, to peace, to international money. The problem is that the original legis­ HON. GEORGE Mill.ER understanding and cooperation and to his lation authorizing the $1 checkoff made no OF CALIFORNIA community mark his active life as one that has provision for periodic adjustments in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES benefited men and women not only in San amount of the checkoff to allow for inflation. At Francisco and the west coast but throughout the same time, however, on the other side of Tuesday, June 4, 1991 the world. the ledger, campaign spending limits were in­ Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speaker, I On the occasion of his retirement, I am dexed for inflation and have been rising stead­ rise to pay tribute to one of the outstanding . proud to join my colleagues in honoring this ily. As a result, the FEC now projects that the leaders of the labor movement in this country great American who, I am delighted to say, fund may face a shortfall during 1992 and will and a very good personal friend of mine, has also been a close friend and colleague for definitely be in the red by 1996. Jimmy Herman. many years. I wish him well, many years of As you know, Mr. Speaker, the fund's in­ Jimmy is retiring this year after nearly 40 happiness and continued productivity. come is derived entirely from the $1 checkoff years in service with the International Long- on the Federal income tax return. From 1976 shoreman's and Warehousemen's Union, one through 1981, over 25 percent of the income of the great labor organizations of our Nation tax returns were checked for the fund. This and a leading force for progressive labor poli- percentage has slowly declined over the past cies on the west coast. No one played a 9 years to a figure now just below 20 percent. greater role in shaping the courageous agen- The dropoff in taxpayer participation has, of da of that organization than Jimmy Herman. course, meant a decline in fund income. 13308 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 There have been many guesses as to why hard pressed to argue that a restoration of rural roads. I urge my colleagues to allow the participation rate has declined, so the Fed­ public trust in their Presidency took a back States to address the questions raised by eral Election Commission researched this seat to any other program. these parties by supporting my legislation. problem and discovered, not surprisingly, that The fund is also attacked because it is pub­ an overwhelming majority of taxpayers knows lic financing, and a tortured effort is made to very little about the goals of the program, how confuse the fund with possible public funding THE DILEMMA OF BUDGET RE­ the fund is used, or why it was created. The proposals for congressional elections. As men­ STRAINTS VERSUS SCIENTIFIC FEC has now embarked on a modest edu­ tioned earlier, the fund was explicitly created INQUIRY cation program, aimed not only at the general through public funding to avoid a repeat of the public but also at professional tax preparers corruption of 1972. HON. C. THOMAS McMillEN who are now responsible for almost 50 per­ And that, of course, raises the basic ques­ OF MARYLAND cent of all returns and apparently fail to ask tion which all opponents to the fund must an­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their clients whether they wish to participate. swer. If you don't like the fund, what's your al­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 While an education program is obviously de­ ternative? Are you willing to go before the sirable, the critical issue is the imbalance be­ American people and say you want to return Mr. MCMILLEN of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, tween the payout rate and the declining real to the days of black bags and grocery sacks nobody refutes the fact that, in a world of limit­ value of the checkoff amount. The fact is, a full of illicit contributions? Are you anxious to less fiscal resources, we would all like to forge dollar checked off in 1973 is worth only 36 put the White House up to the highest bidder? ahead on a science project of the importance cents today. My bill increases the checkoff How short do you think the American public's of the superconducting super collider. The po­ amount to $3 and indexes it for future inflation. memory really is? tential for life-enhancing discoveries from the Even with slight fluctuations in participation, The Presidential Election Campaign Fund SSC is extraordinary. The SSC will help us to the $3 rate will provide adequate funds for has succeeded in restoring a sense of public unravel the mysteries of the atom, and to bet­ 1996 and the index factor should take care of confidence in the Presidential selection proc­ ter understand the makeup of matter. This, in future demands. The FEC has so testified and ess. It is a very small price to pay for public turn, will provide us with insight into the origins all the projections support them. trust, because without that trust no other Fed­ of the universe, and will assist us in our efforts This legislation makes two other important eral program can succeed. The Protection Act to harness energy forces for the benefit of funding adjustments. First, it reorders the pay­ legislation is essential to the continued integ­ mankind. out priorities of the fund so that general elec­ rity of the fund and the Presidential election But in reality, budget constraints must be re­ tion candidates receive first payment followed process. spected. Further, we need to proceed at a by primary candidates and the parties are last. pace that our pocketbooks can handle, under­ This is the obvious order of preference and I standing all along that there are present-day believe everyone is agreed on it. THE 65 MPH SPEED LIMIT demands that require our attention-housing, The bill will also require the Treasury De­ environmental protection, and veterans' care, partment to take estimated receipts into ac­ HON. PAT ROBERTS just to name a few. While I voted on Wednes­ count when calculating cash on hand. This is OF KANSAS day, May 29, against the Eckart-Wolpe-Slat­ a standard accounting device to handle the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tery amendment to eliminate all SSC funds for possibility of a temporary cash flow problem fiscal year 1992, I agree in principle that we Tuesday, June 4, 1991 during early 1992 primaries. need to moderate the pace at which we move So I believe these technical changes will Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. Speaker, today I am in­ on this extraordinarily complex engineering shore up the receipt end of the fund and en­ troducing legislation to allow States the au­ project. For budgetary reasons, had it come sure the intent of the original act. thority to adjust-when determined safe-the up for consideration, I would have voted for My bill also deals with three other concerns speed limit on rural roads to 65 mph. The bill the Eckart amendment, which would have which have arisen over the past 14 years of is similar to legislation I introduced in the trimmed only fiscal year 1992 construction implementation. The first is simply another 101 st Congress. funds from the general science budget, but al­ recognition of the 165 percent inflation factor As the House and Senate continue to for­ lowed research and development funds to and increases the matching fund eligibility mulate the reauthorization of the blueprint of continue. Without a viable program still under­ threshold from $5,000 in each of 20 States to our national highway policy, in the Surface way, international partners have no incentive $12,500 in each of 20 States. This should not Transportation Act, I believe discussion of the to continue with their participation-they could be any particular additional burden to a na­ remaining restrictions of the 55-mph speed easily walk away from the project, effectively tional candidate. limit should be addressed. Congress has pre­ bringing the SSC to a permanent halt. A second concern has to do with convicted viously deemed that States could independ­ Mr. Speaker, if the space station debate has felons being eligible for matching funds. My ently determine the speed limit on interstate taught us anything, it is that we must proceed bill would prohibit candidates convicted of pub­ highways up to 65 mph. However, that action deliberately on engineering projects of this lic funding process felonies from receiving left previous restrictions on States' authority to magnitude-we need to set milestones where fund payments. increase the speed limit on all other roadways. we evaluate our progress and reevaluate the Finally, the bill repeals the State-by-State If adopted, my legislation would specifically validity of our final goals. In particular, we spending limits for Presidential elections. This allow Governors the right to raise the speed need to assess, at various points in time, the requirement has proven to be an enormous limit to 65 mph on all roadways without the level of international participation and overall expense and headache for everyone without penalty of losing Federal highway improve­ cost projections. This will ensure that our appreciably improving the selection process. ment funds. Currently, States face millions of science dollars are being well spent and that Something like 60 percent of all the FEC audit dollars in fines, up to 1O percent of their the American taxpayer is getting the best time is allocated to this one area. Repeal will State's allocation of their Federal highway value for his tax dollar. save everyone money without doing any harm funds, if they set speed limits above 55 mph to the integrity of the system. on roadways that are not part of the Interstate Opponents to the Presidential Election Cam­ Highway System. SPRINGFIELD INDIANS SHAKE, paign Fund have attacked it because only 20 Mr. Speaker, State governments are better RATTLE, AND ROLL TO AN­ percent check off, claiming the remaining 80 able to evaluate the safety and traveling OTHER CALDER CUP TITLE percent are opposed to the fund. The only le­ needs of their residents, not Congress or gitimate research indicates that most of the 80 Washington bureaucrats. State transportation HON. RICHARD E. NEAL percent is either not aware of the fund or specialists are more familiar with local road­ OF MASSACHUSETTS doesn't understand it, so there is no validity in ways and are responsible for their care and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the opposition argument. Some have claimed maintenance. that the moneys could be better spent on Many complaints have been heard through­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 other programs, but that can be said of any out rural America regarding the mandatory 55- Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, it line item, and I think that opponents would be mph speed ceiling Congress has imposed on is with extreme pleasure that I share with you June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13309 the news of the Springfield Indians winning the constituents, I am proud to have the oppor- CONGRATULATIONS TO TED WIATR Calder Cup Trophy for the second straight tunity to bring Tim to your attention today. year. The "Tribe" has now won a total of HON. GLENN POSHARD seven championships in their 48 years in the OF ILLINOIS American Hockey League. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES What is more remarkable than beating their A TRIBUTE TO HEATHER J. arch rivals, the Rochester Americans, in the CROWSHAW Tuesday, June 4, 1991 finals for a second straight year, is that only Mr. POSHARD. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor two players remained from last year's team. to rise before my colleagues in the U.S. With a new affiliation with the Hartford HON. RONALD K. MACHTLEY House of Representatives and congratulate Whalers, the Indians inherited a team that won OF RHODE ISLAND Ted Wiatr, a young man from my district from a total of only 11 games last year. Not only whom I expect to hear great things in the fu­ was this a new team, it was also the youngest IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ture. team in the league. This fact did not deter Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Ted recently competed in the National Ge­ their superb coach, Jimmy Rodgers, or their ography Bee here in Washington as the Illinois general manager, Bruce Landon. Their never Mr. MACHTLEY. Mr. Speaker, it is my dis­ State champion. He and 57 other young peo­ say die attitude was never more evident when tinct pleasure to congratulate Heather J. ple from the United States and its territories down three games to one they rallied to beat Crowshaw, of East Providence, RI, this year's matched wits in an event designed to increase Fredericton in the opening round of the play­ recipient of the Congressman Ronald K. our understanding of the world around us. offs. It continued when the Indians rallied from Machtley Academic and Leadership Excel­ The National Geographic Society estimates a two-game deficit to beat Rochester in front lence Award for East Providence Senior High 5 million students took part in the initial round of a packed house at the Springfield Civic School in East Providence, RI. at 38,000 schools. Ted won the Illinois cham­ Center. This award is presented to the student, cho­ pionship by competing against 103 students Springfield has always had a proud tradition sen by East Providence High School, who from much larger schools in major metropoli­ of great hockey throughout its years in the demonstrates a mature blend of academic tan areas. But under the guidance of instructor American Hockey League. As a charter mem­ achievement, community involvement, and Ron Snyder, this eighth grade student from St. ber of the AHL, Springfield has entertained leadership qualities. John's Lutheran School in Red Bud, IL, won thousands of hockey fans in western Massa­ Heather J. Crowshaw has more than fulfilled the State title and earned the right to come to chusetts. I am confident that we will be re­ this criteria. She is ranked first in a class of Washington. Although he invested a great warded with more great moments in the fu­ 364 students. She has maintained an extraor­ deal of hard work to get this far, Ted also ture. dinary GPA of 93.83. credits his success to his classmates who Mr. Speaker, Springfield, MA, has always I commend Heather J. Crowshaw for her helped him prepare, and to his parents, who been recognized as the birthplace of basket:­ outstanding achievements and wish her all the were with him every step of the way. ball. With continued success from the Spring­ best in her future endeavors. A recent test of high school seniors found field Indians we might be also known as the only a little better than half of them could find permanent resting place of the Calder Cup. their way around a map of the world, with only TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF NEWTON half of them understanding the purpose of the ACTION FOR NUCLEAR DISAR­ Panama Canal. In times like these it is en­ TRIBUTE TO TIMOTHY S. CAREY MAMENT couraging to know there are some students who are interested in the world around them, HON. HAMILTON flSH, JR. and are excited to learn about the fascinating HON. BARNEY FRANK people and places out there. John Wiatr, OF NEW YORK Ted's father, tells me he used to pull out a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MASSACHUSETTS road atlas on family trips and Ted would ea­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gerly absorb its -details. That is the kind of in­ tellectual curiosity our schools and commu­ Mr. FISH. Mr. Speaker, it is with great Tuesday, June 4, 1991 nities should encourage, and as someone who pleasure that I rise today to pay tribute to a started in public service as a classroom teach­ county legislator from my district and a good Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the members of Newton er, I believe this geography bee is a good friend, Timothy S. Carey. idea. On Sunday, June 9, 1991, Tim will be hon­ Action for Nuclear Disarmament on their 10th anniversary this Sunday, June 9. I regret very I am always pleased when someone from ored by the Westchester Irish Committee for southern Illinois represents our area so well, much that I will not be able to attend the birth­ his dedication and work on behalf of a number and that is certainly the case with Ted Wiatr. day~specially since it will be held one block of issues of concern to the Irish community. I Ted will enter high school this fall, and al­ from my home in Newton. But I know that my cannot think of anyone more deserving of this though it's probably a little early to decide friends in NANO will be warmly and duly praise. As a cochairman of the ad "loc con­ these kinds of things, I am encouraged to praised by Mayor Ted Mann, who will be gressional Committee for Irish Affairs, I have know he expresses an interest in being a equal to this occasion as he is to all others. been particularly grateful for his sponsorship teacher himself. The members of NANO have been models of resolutions in the Westchester County Leg­ On behalf of the people of southern Illinois of effective and informed citizen action. For 1O islature in support of the MacBride principles, I congratulate Ted on his achievements and years they have fought for a world and an Joe Doherty and Sean Mackin. wish him the best in the future. Besides being one of the founders of the America in which peace and justice prevail. Westchester Irish Committee and an original Even those who disagree with some or all of member of the Northern Westchester Division NAND's positions recognize the genuineness A TRIBUTE TO RON AUSTIN of the Irish Immigration Reform Movement, of their commitment and the selflessness of Tim Carey has a long history of involvement in their work. And I personally have found my as­ HON. Bill. GREEN political and government affairs. A successful sociation with them to be extraordinarily bene­ OF NEW YORK political consultant, he is a contributing author ficial to me and my work. Currently, I am IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of "Finishing First: A Campaign Manual," and working with them in our effort to give the a lecturer on electoral and governmental poli­ American people the benefit of the reductions Tuesday, June 4, 1991 tics. in the military budget to which we are entitled, Mr. GREEN of New York. Mr. Speaker, I Tim Carey is an outstanding public servant and from which our society would benefit rise today to pay tribute to a man whose and member of the Westchester community. enormously. I am delighted to be able to be boundless generosity and selfless dedication Because of his efforts on behalf, not only of working with this excellent organization in this to troubled youths has distinguished him as a the Irish-American community, but of all of his important cause. philanthropist of the highest grade. 13310 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 In 1971, when Mr. Ron Austin created the tenure here has been extremely exciting. They THE 1991 AMERICAN SPARK program at Julia Richman High were present during the President's State of COMPETITIVENESS ACT School-a public high school in my district­ the Union Address and also during his speech he opened a channel through which teenagers at the end of Operation Desert Storm. In addi­ HON. TOM CAMPBEil would unburden themselves of problems that tion, they have seen President Chamorro of OF CALIFORNIA most of us have never confronted and most Nicaragua and Queen Elizabeth II. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES likely never will. I would also like to commend these dedi­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 The SPARK program gives young people cated and hard working young people as they who feel alone and secluded due to the enor­ will soon be leaving to complete their high Mr. CAMPBELL of California. Mr. Speaker, mity of their problems the opportunity to dis­ school education. They are: Warren C. not long ago, America was universally consid­ cuss their feelings and experiences with other Aceron, Kara A. Adamson, Alejandro V. ered the world's strongest economic power. youths in similar situations. Such predica­ Aguirre, Elizabeth J. Ambrose, Kenneth E. Ar­ Now we are one of several. America has be­ ments might include having drug-addicted par­ cher, Anne K. Barkis, Scott A. Beal, Roger L. come dependent on foreign capital to finance ents or being addicts themselves, being phys­ . its trade and budget deficits. Our performance Beckett, Wendy M. Bianchini, Angela M. Biga, ically and sexually assaulted by a parent or a standards no longer are recognized as the Michelle N. Billig, Julie L. Bolkin, Rachel D. parent's boyfriend or girlfriend, pregnancy, and world's best. No more does the "Made in the homelessness. Talking about these cir­ Borak, Edward K. Brooks, Whitney A. Camp­ U.S.A." label guarantee the highest quality cumstances, often for the first time, gives a bell, Suzann L. Corrigan, Misti H. Coy. Lauren around. teenager the support and acceptance that is E. Creamer, Teri E. Cross, Michelle H. Custer, Many have pointed the blame for this slide essential to coming to deal with his or her Allison H. Davis, Timothy B. Duffy, Jennifer A. toward the American worker and manager. I problems. Dukarski, Donald W. Dyer, Jr., Randall A. disagree. America's ingenuity and ability to Mr. Austin's understanding, respect, and ad­ Fine, Kevin J. Gentner, James R. Geraci, J. produce quality goods are second to none. miration for these students has enabled him to Brian Gomillion, Vikram D. Gopal, Any J. What badly needs improvement is govern­ communicate 'successfully with them at a time Graveman, Stacey T. Gutenkunst, Ann C. ment. Right now, government penalizes Amer­ when communication with most adults in their Guthmiller, Sarah A. Holt, John A. Hosinski, icans for doing the very things we must do to lives is severely strained. But to say that Mr. Duane A. Humeyestewa, Sam P. Jacks, Karen compete-investing in the future, researching Austin's communications skills are the root to M. Keller, Jennifer M. Kersey, Andrew S. and developing new products, working to­ his success would be saying too little. When Kosegi, Sarah P. Leonard, Samuel E. .Lisman, gether to solve common problems. the youths in the SPARK program talk about Alfonso Martel, Vicki D. McAvoy, Rebecca K. We can reverse America's competitive slide, Mr. Austin, they speak about one of the few McKee, Camilla B. Messing, Nicholas K. but we must first admit that we ourselves have adults who genuinely means it when he says Mitsis, Hilary K. Munger, Gilmer L. Murdock, been part of the problem. Government must he loves them. And clearly, from the amount Ill, Amanda C. Murphy, John L. Noppenberg, stop punishing individuals for being daring and of devotion shown to Mr. Austin, he is loved Ill, R. Russell Orban, Ill, Lori C. Palmer, Aus­ creative. by them. tin R. Perez, Nathan M. Powers, Amanda J. Today I am introducing a bill, the 1991 The SPARK program has proven to be Prince, Guy A. Raz, David I. Rappaport, American Competitiveness Act, to unharness much more than a class. Those who partici­ James S. Sager, Michelle M. Semple, Chris­ the engine of American private enterprise. I pate in SPARK have become a family. Some­ am pleased to be joined in introducing this tina M. Sinck, Suzanna L. Smith, Rachelle L. times they lean on each other and at other eight-point plan by the distinguished minority Snowdon, Melissa J. Stevenson, Walter B. times they support each other. When they whip, Mr. GINGRICH; the chairman of the Re­ speak about the love they have for one an­ Stilwell, IV, M. Paige Williams and Joshua M. publican Conference and my California col­ other, they express themselves with words Zeitz. league, Mr. LEWIS; and the chairman of the and revelations not often made by those so The service of these pages is integral to the House Republican Task Force on Competitive­ young. Although most of them are teenagers, effective operation of the House of Represent­ ness, Mr. DELAY. experience has made them older than their atives. These individuals with their diverse The American Competitiveness Act consists years. backgrounds, represent what is good about of the following components: Beyond the personal level, there is no doubt our country. Common denominators of this COMPONENTS OF THE AMERICAN SPARK has been a scholastic triumph. Attend­ group are their academic achievements and COMPETITIVENESS ACT ance and grades improve as students become the courage they have demonstrated in ven­ 1. MAKING THE R&D TAX CREDIT PERMANENT members of SPARK, and their talents are turing so far from the security of their homes. Our competitiveness sprouts from our abil­ given a chance to rise above the debris of Through this experience they have witnessed ity to create, develop, and market new prod­ emotional trauma. a new culture, made new friends, and learned ucts. But under current law, the tax credit I commend these students for their incred­ the details of how this Government works. for research and development expenses is not ible strength in facing their problems and try­ As we all know, much is required of those permanent; it must be renewed by Congress every year. And virtually every year, the ing to overcome them. Mr. Austin said, "My who do become congressional pages. Along respect and admiration for the resilience and R&D tax credit is held hostage until the with being immersed in a new environment, waning days of the fiscal year before it is fi­ resourcefulness of the young people that I the pages must possess the maturity to bal­ nally renewed. Companies cannot plan for work with is boundless." ance competing demands for their time and the future with any certainty because they I should like to offer my respect and admira­ energy. In addition, they must have the dedi­ do not know whether the R&D credit will tion to Mr. Austin by encouraging all my col­ cation to work long hours and the ability to still exist the following year. leagues to commend him for making great The American Competitiveness Act would interact with people at a personal level. I am things possible for those whose lives have make the R&D credit permanent. It will as­ been filled with only the bad. sure they will consider this to be one of the sure our firms of the beneficial tax con­ most valuable and exciting times in their lives, sequences of long-range R&D investments. and that with this experience they will continue 2. CAPITAL GAINS TAX RELIEF FOR LONG-TERM KILDEE HONORS PAGES to lead successful and productive lives. Mr. INVESTMENTS Speaker, as Chairman of the Page Board, I Investment capital is crucial to our long­ HON. DALE E. KILDEE ask my colleagues to join me in honoring this term competitiveness. It is the fuel that al­ group of distinguished young Americans. They lows existing businesses to expand and entre­ OF MICHIGAN preneurs to put their new ideas in action. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will certainly be missed. Unfortunately, our capital gains tax is high­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 er than that of nearly all our major trading partners. Most capital gains in the United Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to States are taxed at 31 percent. Japan aver­ take this opportunity to express my personal ages a five percent rate. Germany imposes no gratitude to all of the pages for their faithful capital gains tax at all on assets held for service in the House of Representatives. Their more than 6 months. June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13311 A permanent cut in the capital gains rate country. While section 337 of our trade law HONORING GOSPEL SINGER is an essential step toward making our coun­ provides some protection to our firms, it is CASSIETTA GEORGE try more competitive. The American Com­ cumbersome; markets can be lost during the petitiveness Act creates a tax exclusion time it takes to prosecute a case. varying from a low of 50 percent for assets The American Competitiveness Act cor­ HON. JULIAN C. DIXON held for two years to a high of 100 percent for rects section 337 by making it easier to ex­ OF CALIFORNIA assets held for five ye'ars. The plan, thus, en­ clude goods that violate our intellectual IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES courages the long term holding of assets. property laws. Tuesday, June 4, 1991 3. ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT IN START-UP COMPANIES 8. ENHANCING THE BUSINESS-EDUCATION Mr. DIXON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the The American Competitiveness Act creates PARTNERSHIP purpose of joining the Christian and black gos­ a special incentive for investing in start-up Only by cooperating will business and edu­ pel community as it celebrates 48 years of companies through a 50 percent exclusion for cators be able to train workers to meet the gospel music by Cassietta George in a na­ capital gains derived from initial stock offer­ challenges of the next century. Toward this tional tribute to be held at Praises of Zion ings that are held for two years. This provi­ end, the American Competitiveness Act con­ Baptist Church in Los Angeles, CA. sion will reward the founders of start-ups­ tains a tax incentive for companies to lend A native of Memphis, TN, Ms. George the engineers, risk-takers, and investors who their employees to schools and colleges to give up the security of working for estab­ began her gospel music career at the tender assist in teaching students and preparing age of 4, first singing at her father's church. lished companies for the challenge of creat­ course materials. ing our future Fortune 500 firms. Before long, she would ascend the stage par­ Mr. Speaker, we can prevent America's 4. ELIMINATING THE TAX INCENTIVE FOR ticipating in school concerts and at various TAKEOVERS competitive slide, but to do so will require ad­ community events in and around Memphis, in­ Current tax law favors debt over equity. mitting to ourselves that we have been part of spiring people throughout the area, even in Interest paid on corporate debt is tax-de­ the problem. Government must stop punishing Mississippi and Arkansas. ductible, but dividends paid to shareholders individuals for being daring and creative. It In 1953, Ms. George became a member of are not. This distinct.ion creates a built-in must stop working against the people it is sup­ the world famous Caravans, which then fea­ tax incentive for increasing a company's posed to be helping. tured such renowned gospel artists as debt-which is at the heart of a leverage Albertina Walker, Louise McDonald-Ross, the buyout. I urge my colleague to work with me to By eliminating takeovers driven by tax enact the 1991 American Competitiveness late Rev. James Cleveland and John Erin considerations, we will allow takeovers to Act. Davis. Later, that group would feature the tal­ proceed on the merits, and thereby enable ent of other great gospel artists such as Inez our firms to do a better job of focusing on Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Delores Washing­ productive, long-range planning. The Amer­ ton, Dorothy Norwood, the late Bessie Griffin, ican Competitiveness Act makes dividends A TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY J. and Josephine Howard. deductible and eliminates this unhealthy PERAICA After leaving the Caravans, Ms. George bias. moved to Los Angeles, embarking on a suc­ 5. BRINGING OUR LABOR LAWS INTO HARMONY cessful solo recording career during which she WITH TODAY'S WORKPLACE HON. WILLIAM 0. LIPINSKI has recorded more than 15 albums and writ­ The essential elements of our labor laws OF ILLINOIS ten over 80 songs which have been recorded were written more than fifty years ago. by her and other gospel artists. She is most There has not been a comprehensive over­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES haul since. noted for her remarkable solo recording of "Walk Around Heaven" which has endured as The labor-management relationship has Tuesday, June 4, 1991 changed dramatically in that time period. a standard over the years. The Depression-era assumption of antag­ Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to Ms. George has performed throughout the onism has given way to cooperation and mu­ pay tribute to Mr. Anthony J. Peraica, who has Nation from Robin Dell Park in Philadelphia to tual education. Yet some aspects of our labor recently been named Business Person of the Carnegie Hali. She also has the ·rare distinc­ laws inhibit progress, most notably, section Quarter by the Garfield Ridge Chamber of tion of having performed with the Los Angeles 8(a)(2) of the Labor Management Relations Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Act. Concern over sham unions created a Commerce in Illinois. rather stringent prohibition on employers Born in Trogir, Yugoslavia in 1957, Mr. the great Zubin Mehta and has two Grammy working directly with employees on matters Peraica immigrated to the United States in nominations to her credit. of working conditions. 1970. He has a bachelor's degree in political Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to The American Competitiveness Act would science from the University of Illinois and was be able to add my voice to those which have reform 8(a)(2) to enable all firms and unions admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1984 after grad­ showered deserved praise over this wonder­ to work together to achieve common goals. uating from John Marshall Law School in fully talented gospel artist over the last five 6. REMOVING UNREASONABLE RESTRICTIONS ON 1983. Currently, Mr. Peraica heads a six-per­ decades. Please join me then in paying tribute PENSION FUND MANAGERS to a lady who for 48 years has contributed so The Employee Retirement Income Secu­ son law firm in Chicago. The Garfield Ridge Chamber of Commerce much to America by spreading a message of rity Act (ERISA) places excessive restric­ love, and by inspiring millions of people both has bestowed this high honor upon Mr. tions on pension fund managers by forcing here and abroad with her music. Cassietta them to accept a stock purchase offer if the Peraica because of the active role he plays in offer price is above the market price. This is George is indeed a treasure and I sincerely his community. As vice chairman of the Peck wish her, her family and her admirers only the a bad rule. While a given offer price may be Elementary Local School Council and a board attractive, there often are many other issues best of all things in the years to come. that managers must take into consideration member of the Boy Scouts of America, he has before they agree to a transaction. Pension had a very positive influence on the youth in fund managers should be permitted the flexi­ his neighborhood. Mr. Peraica is also involved SOVIET PERFORMANCE AND FU­ bility to make decisions that will guarantee with organizations which benefit the commu­ TURE WAIVERS OF JACKSON­ both the short and long term interesr,s of nity as a whole. He is a loyal member of the VANIK their firms. Garfield Ridge Chamber of Commerce and as The American Competitiveness Act would give managers the ability to take factors such takes the time to attend meetings, plans HON. STENY H. HOYER other than price into consideration when community programs, and coordinates festivi­ OF MARYLAND they evaluate purchase offers. ties. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7. PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I would like to thank Mr. Peraica for his time Tuesday, June 4, 1991 RIGHTS and dedication, and I ask my colleagues to Investors are understandably hesitant to join me in congratulating him on this outstand­ Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday Presi- · risk their money in new products and tech­ ing achievement. He is an asset to the com­ dent Bush announced his intention to grant the Soviet Union an additional 1-year waiver nologies when there exists a significant dan­ munity and a role model for all. ger their ideas will be pirated in another of the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the 1974 13312 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 4, 1991 Trade Act. This amendment links United those who have been denied permission to INTRODUCTION OF THE ETHICS IN States-Soviet trade to human rights by deny­ emigrate. HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ACT ing nonmarket countries most-favored-nation Fourth, the Government of the Soviet Union OF 1991 [MFN] trading status until they permit sub­ is ensuring that its laws, regulations, practices, stantive and sustained emigration. On Decem­ and policies conform with their commitments HON. BENJAMIN L CARDIN ber 29, 1990, President Bush notified Speaker under its international obligations, including OF MARYLAND Foley that he was waiving the Jackson-Vanik the relevant provisions of the Helsinki Final IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES restriction against the Soviet Union for 6 Act and all conference on security and co­ Tuesday, June 4, 1991 months. Six months have passed and the operation in Europe commitments. Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro­ President has once again certified that the So­ I urge my colleagues to review this resolu­ ducing legislation that will put an end to much viets are living up to their commitments by al­ tion and join me in supporting it. of the fraud and abuse in the home medical lowing record numbers of Soviet citiz~ns to Mr. Speaker, I cannot complete my thoughts equipment industry. While home medical emigrate. on the President's decision to extend waiver equipment is a vital component of our Nation's Mr. Speaker, I do not intend to oppose a authority at this time without noting that an of­ health care system, in recent years some un­ waiver. The Soviets, especially during the past ficial investigation of the bloody events in scrupulous medical equipment suppliers have 2 years, have made considerable progress in Vilnius in January has been released and con­ cheated the Medicare Program out of millions their emigration practices. In 1989, according cludes that the deaths were caused "not by of tax dollars. My legislation attempts to pre­ to statistics provided by the National Con­ shots from troops or by being run over by vent these abuses from occuring in the future ference on Soviet Jewry, Jewish emigration tanks, but by shots from Lithuanian fighters so that our scarce Federal resources can be was 71,217. That number more than doubled and other causes." devoted exclusively to providing needed medi­ to in and through the end of 186,815 1990 This report is not only incredible, it is insult­ cal care to our Nation's senior and disabled May 1991 those emigrating had already ing and outrageous. The findings have no re­ citizens. reached 73,000. The numbers for Germans lation to fact. Mr. Speaker, the investigation is The abusive practices in the home medical are just as encouraging. In 1990, more than a cover-up and I regret that the Soviet Gov­ equipment industry have been well docu­ 148,000 ethnic Germans arrived in the Federal ernment cannot come to terms with the freely mented by a variety of sources. Special rec­ Republic of Germany, up by 60 percent from elected governments of the Baltic States. It ognition should be given to Senators COHEN 98, 134 in 1989. The Soviets have indicated has released Eastern Europe from its gri~it and SASSER, Representative BRIAN DONNELLY, that between 440,000-460,000 citizens left the is time to do so with other States that have the General Accouting Office and the Inspec­ Soviet Union during 1990. And the numbers never sought to be part of the Soviet Union. tor General at the Department of Health and for this year indicate that this emerging trend Human Services for their efforts to bring to will continue. light a wide range of fraud and abuse in home Recently, on May 20, 1991, the Supreme medical equipment. In addition, NAMES and Soviet, after several lengthy delays, passed in A TRIBUTE TO FRANK SAIN other representatives of the legitimate home principle a new law on exit and entry from the medical equipment industry have been strong Soviet Union. The legislation represents a sig­ proponents of reform. I appreciate their assist­ nificant improvement over existing Soviet law. HON. JAMFS H. BILBRA Y ance in drafting this legislation and their ongo­ However, several sections fall short of inter­ OF NEVADA ing interest in cleaning up the industry. My nationally recognized standards, including legislation attempts to address many, but not IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES those of the conference on security and co­ all, of the problems these parties have re­ operation in Europe, on freedom of movement Tuesday, June 4, 1991 vealed. issues. In addition, the law will not even go The home medical equipment industry is Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to into effect until January 1993. Since the waiv­ one of the few major health provider or suir recognize a distinguished member of the Las er authority of Jackson-Vanik is now for 1 plier categories in Medicare that is not subject Vegas community. On July after dedi­ year, it is imperative that the Soviets continue 1, 1991, to governmentally recognized standards of to perform in the emigration sphere. cating 1O years to the Las Vegas Convention practice, health and safety. The ease with As Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, I and Visitors Authority as executive director, which businesses may be created and begin have long urged the Soviets to implement Frank Sain will be retiring. billing Medicare for home medical equipment those commitments they have undertaken Mr. Sain's contributions to Las Vegas' is an invitation for abuse to fly-by-night oper­ within the Conference on Security and Co­ growth in the tourism industry have been ations. My bill would require the Secretary to operation in Europe. widespread throughout his career. If you will, establish certifications standards to assure pa­ It is for this reason, that I, along with Sen­ please imagine the number of annual visitors tient safety and the availability of high quality ator DECONCINI, the Cochairman of the Hel­ to Las Vegas doubling within the past decade. covered items for suppliers of covered items, sinki Commission, am introducing a sense of Last year itself saw 20.3 million visitors to this ostomy bags and supplies related to ostomy the Congress resolution that asks the Presi­ city. As a result, Clark County's gaming reve­ care. Within 3 years any supplier that has not dent to consider certain "performance" factors nues have increased from $1.6 billion to an in­ been certified under these criteria will not be before providing a waiver in 1992 of the Jack­ credible $4 billion. eligible for reimbursement from Medicare. By son-Vanik amendment. This resolution would Las Vegas would not have been able to ac­ making quality of service a requirement for basically see to it that the Soviets are living up commodate the phenomenal growth without entry into this industry a great deal of the to their commitments in implementing their re­ the vision of Frank Sain. During the last ·10 abuses we have seen can be prevented. cently passed emigration legislation. years, the Las Vegas Convention Center has Because significant differences in reim­ The resolution would ask the President to undergone $100 million in expansion and ren­ bursement levels and coverage policies con­ consider the following objectives before pro­ ovation projects. Acting as executive director, tinue to exist between carriers, some compa­ viding in 1992 a waiver of the Jackson-Vanik Mr. Sain orchestrated the opening of inter­ nies have engaged in the practice of forum trade restrictions. national offices which have helped to signifi­ shopping. This consists of suppliers shopping First, all individuals who, for at least 5 cantly increase the number of foreign visitors around to locate their business operations, or years, have been refused permission to emi­ to Clark County each year. their billing operations, in areas serviced by a grate from the Soviet Union, are given permis­ It is not enough to say that Frank Sain's carrier that pays more and has a more liberal sion to emigrate. presence within the Las Vegas Convention coverage policy. My legislation would require Second, restrictions on freedom of move­ and Visitors Authority will be missed. But rath­ suppliers to bill the carrier having jurisdiction ment, including those pertaining to secrecy are er his departure will be felt throughout the Las over the geographic area of the residence of not being abused or applied in an arbitrary Vegas community. I know that my fellow Mem­ the patient to whom the item is furnished. This manner. bers of Congress will join with me in thanking is a simple, clear rule which will put an end to Third, a fair, impartial, and effective adminis­ Frank Sain for his dedication to bettering Las the abuse of forum shopping. I would urge the trative or judicial appeals process exists for Vegas and in wishing him well in his future. Congress and the Health Care Financing Ad- June 4, 1991 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13313 ministration to explore this issue further. I can TRIBUTE TO REV. DR. VINCENT D. mayor of Miami Mr. David T. Kennedy; Ms. think of no reason for Medicare coverage pol­ BECKETT Esterlene Lewis; Mr. Gene Marks; Mr. Vernon icy for home medical equipment to differ from Philip; Mrs. Carmetta Russell; Mr. Harry L. one region of the country to another. HON. CURT WELDON Russell; Mr. Gonzales T. "Guy" Sanchez; Mr. The third major reform in this legislation is OF PENNSYLVANIA Robert Wilder; and Commissioner of Dade a prohibition on physicians referring a patient IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES County Sherman S. Winn. for a covered item to a home medical equip­ The Theodore R. Gibson Memorial Fund ment company in which the physician or an Tuesday, June 4, 1991 and its honorees deserve the utmost distinc­ immediate family member has (a) an owner­ Mr. WELDON. Mr. Speaker, it is with great tion in their efforts to promote unity and har­ ship or investment interest in the provider, or pleasure that I rise today to pay tribute to Rev. mony in south Florida. (b) other compensation arrangements with the Dr. Vincent D. Beckett who will be celebrating provider. This prohibition is the same as the his 1OOth birthday June 6, 1991. prohibition enacted in OBRA 1989 regarding Rev. Dr. Vincent Beckett has been an inte­ physician referral to clinical laboratories. gral part of the Woodland Avenue Pres­ HONORING DR. JOEL KAHN Under Medicare law, the physician is the gate­ byterian Church for over 70 years. His con­ keeper to the DME benefit. The integrity of the gregation has been blessed by his servitude physician's responsibilities both to the Medi­ and dedication to Our Lord Jesus Christ. I am HON. CHARLFS LUKEN care Program and to the patient must be indeed pleased to pay tribute to this man of OF OHIO maintained. God on this joyous occasion. The bill includes several provisions which May I add, Mr. Speaker, that Rev. Dr. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are consistent with the passage of last year's Beckett has faithfully served our community Tuesday, June 4, 1991 antihassle legislation. The bill modifies . the with the fortitude and conviction that it so prohibition on suppliers filling out certificates of deeply needs. We are proud of his accom­ Mr. LUKEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to medical necessity so that this prohibition will plishments and honored to celebrate his 1OOth congratulate Dr. Joel Kahn of Cincinnati, OH, be targeted to the list of potentially overused birthday. on being named National Multiple Sclerosis items. Last year's oxygen retesting language Mr. Speaker, I ask that we all take a mo­ Society's Father of the Year. This award hon­ is amended to make it consistent with the new ment to offer our praise and extend best wish­ ors Dr. Kahn for his ability to be an excep­ uniform certification of medical necessity form es to Rev. Dr. Vincent D. Beckett as he cele­ tional father despite the handicap that multiple drafted by the Health Care Financing Adminis­ brates this momentous occasion with his fam­ sclerosis has given him. tration. In addition, an up front purchase op­ ily and many friends. The honor recognizes a father who has mul­ tion is provided in instances where an item is tiple sclerosis for his outstanding parenting in needed for longer than the rental period more light of the limitations imposed by chronic ill­ than 75 percent of the time or where the pa­ THE THEODORE R. GIBSON ness. Dr. Kahn was diagnosed with MS in tient has a condition, recognized by the Sec­ MEMORIAL FUND 1976. By 1980 he decided he could no longer retary, that will warrant long-term use of the walk and maintain the stamina necessary for equipment. An exception is provided for the all his daily responsibilities, so he adapted to mandatory submission of claims for inexpen­ HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN an electric scooter. In naming him the winner, sive items of less than $50. OF FLORIDA judges were impressed by his concern for Finally, the bill has two provisions aimed at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES educating children. easing the blow of the over $2 billion in cuts Tuesday, June 4, 1991 Dr. Kahn is an active member in the com­ mandated in last year's reconciliation legisla­ Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, the munity. He volunteers with Everybody Counts, tion. Prior to last year Medicare paid 10 per­ an educational program designed to convey to cent of the purchase price of a capped rental Theodore R. Gibson Fund is a nonprofit orga­ nization in Coconut Grove, FL, that is dedi­ school students just how special people are, item for up to 15 months. OBRA 1990 cut this regardless of their particular strengths or limi­ reimbursement by reducing payment from cated to fostering unity among different ethnic tations. Dr. Kahn wants these children to see months 4 through 15 to 7 .5 percent-for a groups and to the establishment of charitable, possible total of 120 percent. Many suppliers educational, religious, health, scientific, and beyond a person's disability and see the total have complained that this change will be very cultural programs that will benefit all people person. Dr. Kahn is also a member of a Cin­ difficult to incorporate into their billing prac­ regardless of their ethnic background. cinnati community task force. He took part in tices. My legislation would simply restore For the first time, the charity will honor wor­ an extensive study examining long-range com­ monthly payment to 10 percent per month, thy representatives of various ethnic commu­ puter needs in the local school system. while limiting the number of months of pay­ nities in Dade County who have made signifi­ Dr. Kahn doesn't think of himself as dis­ ment to 12-again, for a possible total of 120 cant contributions to unity and harmony abled. He plays kickball, baseball, and goes percent. among south Florida's multiethnic community. bowling with his 6-year-old son. He also made The bill also provides that during the 2-year These honorees and their spouses are The the switch from mechanical engineering to in­ transition to national price limits no item may Hon. and Mrs. Maurice Ferre, Mr. and Mrs. dustrial engineering at Proctor & Gamble be reduced by more than 15 percent per year. Garth Reeves, and Mr. and Mrs. David Law­ where he works. As his mobility problems in­ At the end of the transition, all items would still rence. Through their efforts, cooperation be­ creased he felt that they prevented him from be subject to the national limits. This provision tween Dade County's many ethnic groups is carrying out his duties as a mechanical engi­ is consistent with the protection provided to now underway. neer, so '1e changed his career to industrial physician fees during the transition to the re­ The Gibson Memorial Fund has made great engineering. He received his Ph.D. in indus­ source based relative value scale. It was an strides in its attempts to eradicate numerous trial engineering in 1986 and today is the di­ appropriate policy for physician payment re­ problems. Its efforts include programs geared rector of his local industrial engineering soci­ form, and is, I believe, appropriate for home toward caring for the needy, early childhood ety and serves as an adjunct professor of en­ medical equipment. development, educational enhancement, em­ gineering at the University of Cincinnati. Both the monthly capped rental and the limi­ ployment opportunities, health care for the un­ Dr. Joel Kahn should be considered a hero. tation on annual payment reductions provi­ derprivileged, cooperation with other charities, He has made considerable contributions to sions involve expenditures above the Medi­ neighborhood improvement, and civil rights. Its both the youths and the school system of his care baseline and therefore are subject to the board of directors include Mrs. Thelma V.A. community. The support and dependability he PA YGO requirements of last year's budget Gibson, president; Mr. Frank J. Cobo, first vice has provided are immeasurable by numbers or agreement. Although at this time I do not have president; Mrs. Verneka S. Silva, second vice words. I would like to express both my appre­ a funding proposal to cover these costs, I fully president; Ms. Sondra Wallace, secretary; ciation and admiration for his accomplish­ intend to comply with the spirit and the letter Commissioner of Miami J.L. Plummer, treas­ ments. I am proud to have a person like Joel of the PAYGO requirements as they apply to urer; Rabbi Herbert M. Baumgard; Mr. T. Wil­ Kahn in my district. He is an inspiration to us this legislation. lard Fair; Mr. Wilfredo "Willy" Gort; former all.