E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 108 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 150 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2004 No. 103 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, of mass destruction. Highly classified The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. documents were removed from the Na- Coughlin, offered the following prayer: f tional Archives. The Justice Depart- Lord God, Your prophet Ezekiel envi- MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE ment is investigating Sandy Berger, sioned an idealized kingdom. Just as having secreted away some misplaced any patriot does for his or her country. A message from the Senate by Mr. highly classified documents that could As people of faith, the Members of Con- Monahan, one of its clerks, announced be potentially embarrassing to the gress also have ideals for the Nation. that the Senate has passed without former administration. And we pray that their visionary hopes amendment a bill of the House of the What in heaven’s name was he think- will be realized. following title: ing? Why would he risk both his rep- Perhaps it is our own longing for H.R. 4226. An act to amend title 49, United utation and possible prosecution? What equal justice for all within our bound- States Code, to make certain conforming is there to hide in this coat? aries and our desire for homeland secu- changes to provisions governing the registra- At the very least it is gross neg- rity along our borders that help us best tion of aircraft and the recordation of instru- ligence, and at the most it is a national ments in order to implement the Convention to understand the prophetic action of security crises. With his experience, no Ezekiel setting boundaries for all the on International Interests in Mobile Equip- ment and the Protocol to the Convention on one can claim that these are the ac- tribes of . International Interests in Mobile Equipment tions of a bumbling or absent-minded Perhaps he teaches us that we need on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment, government employee. Sandy Berger to set boundaries ourselves as the best known as the ‘‘Cape Town Treaty’’. knows better. way for keeping peace and assuring The message also announced that the Since when is taking and misplacing prosperity. Each State, each commu- Senate has passed a bill and concurrent classified documents ever an honest nity, doing its part to make the whole resolutions of the following titles in mistake? And we thought it was bad Nation strong and responsible. which the concurrence of the House is when the last administration was just In the end, Ezekiel saw You, the all- requested: taking the furniture. holy Lord God, dwelling in the midst of it all. From this center all power would S. 2249. An act to amend the Stewart B. f McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to pro- BAD HABITS OF THE WHITE flow in and out. From this center vide for emergency food and shelter. where You dwell all else would be S. Con. Res. 125. Concurrent resolution rec- HOUSE measured and all would be held to- ognizing the 60th anniversary of the Warsaw (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given gether. Uprising during World War II. permission to address the House for 1 Lord God, dwell in our midst, now S. Con. Res. 130. Concurrent resolution ex- minute and to revise and extend his re- and forever. Amen. pressing the sense of Congress that the Su- marks.) f preme Court of the United States should act expeditiously to resolve the confusion and Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, the THE JOURNAL inconsistency in the Federal criminal justice read the 9/11 Commission The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- system caused by its decision in Blakely v. report. They know how damaging it is ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- Washington, and for other purposes. going to be, so they leaked the Sandy ceedings and announces to the House f Berger story to distract attention away from this report. his approval thereof. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- This is a bad habit of this White nal stands approved. The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- House. They leak a story to change the tain 10 one-minute speeches per side. subject when they are in deep political f f trouble. They leaked the identity of a PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CIA agent whose husband criticized NO AVERAGE SUIT The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman this administration. They leaked Dick from New Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL) come (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given per- Clarke’s memo when he criticized forward and lead the House in the mission to address the House for 1 them. And they leaked documents to Pledge of Allegiance. minute and to revise and extend his re- discredit Paul O’Neill after he criti- Mr. PASCRELL led the Pledge of Al- marks.) cized them. legiance as follows: Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, I know the The timing here, unfortunately, I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the photo behind me looks like an average again, is very suspicious. We need some United States of America, and to the Repub- business suit. It is not. It is a weapon answers here. Can we trust this Justice

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VerDate May 21 2004 00:49 Jul 23, 2004 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JY7.000 H22PT1 H6560 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 22, 2004 Department to investigate fairly and grate the information. They put out Now, Mayor Bloomberg of impartially who leaked this? And why something called the TTIC, the Ter- said something very interesting 2 is this administration trying to dis- rorist Threat Information Center. weeks ago. You folks are going up tract the American people again from Guess what? They send low-level people there for your convention. They had 11 the 9/11 Commission report, a commis- there on short details and they do not homicides 2 weekends ago. He stood in sion that this White House did not sup- share. They are like 3-year-olds about a press conference and said, there are port the creation thereof or the con- billion dollar budgets. too many weapons on the street. tinuation of this commission? And They have the information to make I say to Mayor Bloomberg, call your most importantly, does this adminis- this country safe. It is time for this President, remind him of the commit- tration trust the American people with Congress and this administration to ment he made in the 2000 campaign, the truth? I think not. take the steps we need that are out- the presidential campaign, and make f lined in this report. Forget about sure he keeps those commitments. We Sandy Berger and a bunch of other B.S. do not need another Columbine. We do GOOD NEWS FROM THE f not need another spraying of people PRESIDENT who are innocently lost day in and day (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER out. What we need is keeping our com- given permission to address the House PRO TEMPORE mitment. Will the President? for 1 minute and to revise and extend The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. f his remarks.) TERRY). The Members are reminded to Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I avoid profanity. SLOPPY SOCKS SCANDAL would like to express my appreciation f (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was to President Bush for the good news he given permission to address the House IRAQ’S RETURN TO NORMALCY has given all Americans. for 1 minute and to revise and extend Thanks to his efforts to combat ter- (Mr. PITTS asked and was given per- her remarks.) rorism, terrorists around the world are mission to address the House for 1 Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I on the run. Thanks to his economic ini- minute and to revise and extend his re- am hearing from my constituents on tiatives, more than one million new marks.) the Sandy Berger sloppy socks scandal. jobs have been created in the last sev- Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, there is They are horrified, absolutely horrified eral months. Thanks to his education still a lot to do, but as we speak the that somebody who was trusted with legislation, America’s children are Iraqi government is making progress. our Nation’s security would stoop to doing better in school. Thanks to his Iraqi police are rounding up kidnap- such a level of carelessness that now Medicare reform, seniors pay less for pers. The Kurds have captured 15 for- we have the situation where it appears prescription drugs. Thanks to his tax eign militants in Kirkuk, including a he has stuffed it in his socks, in his relief, every taxpayer has more to key leader and an al-Qaeda affiliate. pants pocket, in his jacket pocket and spend on their family’s needs. The number of Arab and other for- has taken frequent, frequent restroom Yet, many of the President’s oppo- eign fighters currently detained in Iraq breaks. nents, frankly, hate him and the na- continues to grow. Iraq’s border police What happened with the documents? tional media is biased against him. have apprehended more than 60,000 for- They are offended that the former Why does the President’s good news eigners in the past 7 months, most of President would make this a laughing bring out the worst in others? them Iranians trying to enter Iraq ille- matter and talk about how he laughed Well, I do not know, but I do have a gally, and there are plenty of signs about the carelessness. hunch that most Americans will give that the residents of Baghdad are find- Let me tell you, my constituents the President their heartfelt thanks on ing a sense of normalcy amidst the want some answers. Election Day. transition to democracy. Here is an e-mail from one of my con- f Five teams participated in the first stituents. ‘‘I do not care when it was Iraqi baseball tournament, including discovered or when it was released, ONGOING ADMINISTRATION two female teams. Nightlife is return- only that it took place. I am very con- FAILURE ing to the banks of the Tigris River, cerned that any government represent- (Mr. DEFAZIO asked and was given and residents have started frequenting ative would minimize the action or re- permission to address the House for 1 summer cafes. gard it as sloppy, careless or a mistake. minute and to revise and extend his re- In Mosul the military is working It is a crime.’’ marks.) with Iraqis to dig wells, renew archeo- The people want answers. They ex- Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, well, the logical digs, build a laboratory and re- pect a full investigation. Republicans can try and dredge up the pair a hospital elevator. f ghosts of administrations past, but this The Iraqi people are making progress b 1015 commission report released this morn- despite the ongoing efforts of terrorists ing says that both the Clinton and to drag them back to the dark ages of THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Bush administrations are equally cul- Saddam Hussein. (Mr. MCDERMOTT asked and was pable in 9/11. What they say is there is f given permission to address the House an ongoing failure. The greatest failure for 1 minute and to revise and extend WILL THE PRESIDENT KEEP HIS is of our intelligence agencies and law his remarks.) COMMITMENTS? enforcement agencies to share informa- Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, as I tion. (Mr. PASCRELL asked and was given got up this morning, I heard on CNN They say no matter how much money permission to address the House for 1 news that the Republican leadership you dump into the intelligence agen- minute and to revise and extend his re- had already decided we cannot do any- cies, they are going to continue to fail marks.) thing about the 9/11 report until next because of the culture of keeping their Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, every year. own information. They say we need to single law enforcement organization, What we come to this morning is, establish a new way of sharing infor- including the Fraternal Order of Po- first, the gentleman from Florida, now mation among those agencies. lice, the National Sheriffs Association, the lady from Tennessee, to tell us that The gigantic bureaucracy of the De- supports our efforts, or lack of them, the problem is Sandy Berger. Hey, partment of Homeland Security, writ- our efforts to continue the ban on as- folks, do not pay any attention to that ten on the back of a napkin by Karl sault weapons. Their only purpose is to report, just look at Sandy Berger’s pic- Rove at the White House, did not get kill or maim. The President made a ture. Come on, look at Sandy Berger’s there because it excluded the intel- commitment in his campaign in 2000. picture. Look at Sandy Berger’s pic- ligence agencies who failed the United He said it. I did not. He said he would ture. That is what you want to do. States of America. Nothing has been continue that ban, and now he is gone This is a distraction by the White done about this ongoing failing to inte- back on it. House. This is a damning report, and

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