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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 107th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 147 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2001 No. 153 House of Representatives The House met at 10:00 a.m. and was THE JOURNAL Human Services, and Education, and related called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- tember 30, 2002, and for other purposes. pore (Mr. SHAW). Chair has examined the Journal of the last day’s proceedings and announces The message also announced that the f to the House his approval thereof. Senate insists upon its amendment to Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- the bill (H.R. 3061) ‘‘An Act making ap- DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER nal stands approved. propriations for the Departments of PRO TEMPORE Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, pursuant Labor, Health and Human Services, The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- to clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on and Education, and related agencies for fore the House the following commu- agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of the fiscal year ending September 30, nication from the Speaker: the Journal. 2002, and for other purposes,’’ requests NOVEMBER 7, 2001. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The a conference with the House on the dis- I hereby appoint the Honorable E. CLAY question is on the Speaker’s approval agreeing votes of the two Houses there- SHAW, Jr. to act as Speaker pro tempore on of the Journal. on, and appoints Mr. HARKIN, Mr. HOL- this day. The question was taken; and the LINGS, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. REID, Mr. KOHL, J. DENNIS HASTERT, Speaker pro tempore announced that Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. BYRD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. the ayes appeared to have it. Mr. SPECTER, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. GREGG, Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, I object Mr. CRAIG, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. STE- f to the vote on the ground that a VENS, and Mr. DEWINE, to be the con- quorum is not present and make the ferees on the part of the Senate. PRAYER point of order that a quorum is not f The Reverend Dr. John S. Reist, Jr., present. Professor of Christianity and Lit- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- EXTENDING A WELCOME TO THE erature, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, ant to clause 8, rule XX, further pro- GUEST CHAPLAIN, THE REV- Michigan, and Pastor, Somerset Con- ceedings on this question will be post- EREND DR. JOHN S. REIST, JR. gregational Church, Somerset, Michi- poned. (Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and gan, offered the following prayer: The point of no quorum is considered was given permission to address the Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, withdrawn. House for 1 minute.) we are grateful for the Members of this f Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speak- House whom we have elected by Your PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE er, I rise to introduce our guest chap- Providence to do Your work. lain today, and we certainly welcome We ask that You give Your wisdom The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the today’s distinguished guest chaplain, to this House as they consider and de- gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. my personal pastor, Reverend John bate. SMITH) come forward and lead the Reist, Junior. We request that You grant to them, House in the Pledge of Allegiance. Reverend Reist is a great American and through them, to us, the power to Mr. SMITH of New Jersey led the and a community leader. He has served choose the right and the will to do the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: as a veteran in the Armed Forces. He right, not only for us but for all man- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the now combines his duty at the Somerset United States of America, and to the Repub- kind. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Congregational Church with his work We pray that whether in this House indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. as a professor of Christianity and lit- or in far-off mountains and trenches or erature at Hillsdale College. He has f in the skies or the corridors of power, been recognized as teacher of the year, all of us might eventually and finally MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE served as academic dean and is now the rejoice that we in our time and in our A message from the Senate by Mr. executive director of the Michigan As- place will have made out of this Monahan, one of its clerks, announced sociation of Scholars. He holds a Ph.D. present challenging moment a memo- that the Senate has passed with an degree in English from the University rable passage toward Your coming amendment in which the concurrence of Chicago and has been widely pub- kingdom of righteousness and peace. of the House is requested, a bill of the lished. We pray this in the name of Jesus House of the following title: His warmth, his devotion, his humor Christ and for the sake of all human- H.R. 3061. An act making appropriations and understanding make him an out- ity. Amen. for the Departments of Labor, Health and standing counselor to his congregants b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H7855 . VerDate 06-NOV-2001 00:55 Nov 08, 2001 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A07NO7.000 pfrm04 PsN: H07PT1 H7856 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE November 7, 2001 and his students. These qualities have and all the dedicated employees of the town and help revive the sagging econ- led to a doubling of our congregation in General Accounting Office who were re- omy. On the other hand, when they the 3 years since he came to our located or otherwise inconvenienced to come to the Nation’s Capitol, they find church. accommodate Members and their staffs it closed, locked and off limits. Reverend Reist is distinguished by while House office buildings underwent What kind of example are we setting his love for his family, his church and precautionary testing for anthrax. for America’s museum of democracy? his college, and his ability to motivate Those employees’ graciousness and Is ours a government of by and for the and cultivate those around him. I am patience demonstrated their teamwork people or a government that lives be- proud to welcome him here today as and the fact that their important work hind heavily guarded, closed doors? our guest chaplain. was uninterrupted when thousands, I When Americans come to Wash- ington, D.C., they get the same dreary f emphasize, Mr. Speaker, thousands of us descended on GAO headquarters, is a refrain at the White House, the FBI ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER tribute to their professionalism and to and the Supreme Court: Closed to the PRO TEMPORE their Americanism. It also reinforced public. When they come to the House of Representatives they find their Mem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The our American ethic that, working to- ber of Congress can no longer provide a Chair will receive 15 one-minute gether, there is little that we cannot guided tour of the storied corridors, speeches on each side. do. Again, Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the the Capitol dome or the old Senate f entire House, I thank David Walker, all Chamber. Instead our visitors are sent SALUTE TO THE WORLD SERIES of the employees at GAO for their co- for 10 minutes to sit by themselves in PLAYERS, ARIZONA DIAMOND- operation, their graciousness and their the gallery. Mr. Speaker, there are those who say BACKS AND NEW YORK YANKEES facilitation of the business of America. we need a Capitol littered with jersey (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was f barriers, ugly fences and awful planters given permission to address the House NATIONAL HISPANIC SCIENCE so we can feel safe in our fortress, but for 1 minute and to revise and extend NETWORK I say we should not let security con- his remarks.) (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was cerns rob us of the freedom to partici- Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, there given permission to address the House pate in and petition the government. If is no doubt that this is a trying time in for 1 minute and to revise and extend terrorists can wander all the way to our history. Questions of great moment her remarks.) the Capitol without being discovered, confront this House, and yet precisely Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I we really are in desperate straits. because this is a time of national need, am pleased to announce that the Na- Mr. Speaker, when will you give the it is entirely appropriate that we focus tional Hispanic Science Network on American people back their Nation’s likewise on our national pastime be- Drug Abuse is holding its first annual Capitol? cause the recently completed World Se- conference on Hispanic Drug Abuse Re- f ries offers to millions of Americans search this weekend here in Wash- more than just diversion and amuse- HUMAN CLONING ington, D.C. (Mr. SMITH of New Jersey asked and ment. It offers again reinforcement of The mission of the National Hispanic was given permission to address the the positive characteristics of team- Science Network is to foster bio- House for 1 minute and to revise and work and rising to the task when the medical research on drug abuse among chips are down.