4976 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 20, 1989 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Monday, March 20, 1989 The House met at 12 noon. The message also announced that Done at Washington, DC, this seven The Chaplain, Rev. James David the Senate agrees to the amendment teenth day of March, in the year of our Ford, D.D., offered the following of the House to the bill (S. 553) enti Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine, at prayer: tled "An act to provide for more bal 1:01 p.m. As we behold the majesty of Your ance in the stocks of dairy products created world, 0 God, teach us to see purchased by the Commodity Credit A PLEA FOR A BIPARTISAN Your handiwork in every place of that Corporation." APPROACH ON EL SALVADOR world. While we delight in Your pres The message also announced that ence in holy places, may we see Your pursuant to sections 276d-276g, title D This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., D 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. March 20, 1989 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 4977 agriculture. Of the 2.2 million U.S. tion. These are kids whose response to COMMUNICATION FROM THE farms in 1987, more than 57,000 are stress is violence, kids who cannot CLERK OF THE HOUSE found in my home State of Nebraska. relate to other people, kids who hear The SPEAKER laid before the Agriculture is still the Nation's big voices. House the fallowing communication gest business-a trillion dollar indus Only one in four of these emotional from the Clerk of the House of Repre try. More than 21 million Americans ly disturbed children gets any help. sentatives: work in some phase of agriculture Fewer than 1 in 20 receives actual Washington, DC, Mar. 17, 1989. from growing food and fiber to selling mental health treatment. There are Hon. JrM WRIGHT, it at the supermarket. That is about 39,000 severely emotionally disturbed The Speaker, House of Representatives, one out of every five jobs in private children in my State who are not re Washington, DC. enterprise and accounts for more than ceiving any kind of service. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per 17 percent of the gross national prod These children are not going to mission granted in Clause 5 of Rule III of uct. the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa Americans pay less for food than the become functioning, self-supporting tives, the Clerk received at 9:15 a.m. on citizen of any other industrialized adults. Our society will pay the price Friday, March 17, 1989 the following mes nation-an average of 11 percent of in State hospitals, in prisons, in wel sage from the Secretary of the Senate: That their disposable incomes on food con fare costs-when it is too late. We'll the Senate passed without amendment, H.J. pay the price later because we are Res. 117 and H.J. Res. 167. sumption. The average Russian pays With great respect, I am, nearly 26 percent. The average Chi shortchanging them now. Federal Sincerely yours, nese pays nearly 53 percent. mental health block grant funding has DONNALD K. ANDERSON, Today, as always, our producers face been cut in half. The Child and Ado Clerk, House of Representatives. deep uncertainties-continuing lescent Service System Program, en acted in 1984, reaches only 40 States. drought, growing complexity in world The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. markets, unfair trade practices abroad, The pioneering primary intervention project, which brings mental health FROST). Under a previous order of the and the redrafting of our Nation's ag House, the gentleman from Illinois riculture price, and production poli services to children in the early grades, operates in only 11 of my [Mr. ANNUNZIO] is recognized for 5 cies. minutes. As a member of an 11th generation State's 300 school districts. farm family, and as the vice chairman It's easy to make speeches about [Mr. ANNUNZIO addressed the of the House Appropriations Subcom family values, about being the Educa House. His remarks will appear hereaf mittee on Agriculture, I applaud the tion President, about how much we ter in the Extensions of Remarks.] work of my constituents involved in care for children. The test of our com the production, processing, and han mitment is whether we are willing to A KINDER AND GENTLER AMER dling of agricultural products. pay the price. The next generation ICA FOR ADOLESCENTS OF All Americans can be proud and will judge us on this floor not by our THE 1990'S should be grateful for the work they rhetoric but by the courage we show, do so well. or fail to show, in recognizing that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under nothing comes for free, that our chil a previous order of the House, the gen dren are our greatest investment. tleman from Maryland [Mr. HOYER] is EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AND recognized for 60 minutes. DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise NEED MORE HELP D 1210 today to talk about an issue that is 29-059 0 - 90- 27 (Pt. 4) 4982 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE March 20, 1989 No. 2, we have got to expand the annual earnings and constant dollars. was $280 below the poverty line. In 1987, earned income tax credit which will One year of dropouts cost the country this family's earnings fell $2,100 below the not cost workers anything but will pro $240 billion in lost earnings and taxes. poverty line. vide real dollars in the hands of people Between 1980 and 1984, black student In 1986, only 60% of the children in pover ty received AFDC (Aid to Families with De who work for a living, who have chil enrollment declined by nearly 11 per pendent Children), down from nearly 72% dren. cent after steadily increasing during in 1979. During this same period, the real The President has opened the door the 1970's, and Hispanic enrollment value of AFDC benefits declined by 18.5% to us and it is up to us, in large meas decreased 14 percent. for a family of four. ure, to make sure that we walk Despite the problem of at-risk chil DROPOUTS AND UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH through it with something a little bit dren and youth, in the last 8 years the PLACE THEM AT RISK more than he wants to provide. Reagan administration severely cut Unemployment among all youth was Mr. HOYER. I appreciate again the programs that assist in the highly vul 15.9% in 1987. Among black youth it was gentleman's contribution. nerable population. The Federal Gov 33.3%. I want to make the point that the ernment's actual spending for all edu In 1988, 750,000-950,000 students dropped thrust of this special order today is cation activities decreased by 12 per out of school before graduation. Between not a partisan attack but a part isan cent between fiscal year 1980 and 1988. 1973-1986, young people who did not com welcoming of the recognition and the Between fiscal year 1980 and 1988, plete high school suffered a 42% drop in shared partnership in resolving some chapter 1 education funding for ne annual earnings in constant U.S. dollars. of these very deep problems. glected and delinquent youth fell by One year of drop outs costs the nation The gentleman mentioned an issue $240 billion in lost earnings and taxes. more than 8 percent, 80 percent of eli Between 1980-1984, black student enroll that I have had experience with and gible low-income children are denied ment in college declined by nearly 11 % after probably many, many people in this education in preschool programs such steadily increasing during the 1970's. Chamber have had experience with. as Head Start, for preschool children Despite the growing numbers of at-risk And that is the welfare mother who and between 1985 and 1988 education children and youth, the Reagan Administra has an opportunity to go to work but and job training funding under the tion severely cut key programs that assist who does not have a job that provides Job Training Partnership Act fell by this vulnerable population. her health insurance and does not 13 percent. The Federal government's actual spending have a job that will pay her sufficient I can go on, citing these statistics. I for all education activities descreased, in ly to afford to buy health insurance. real terms, by 12% between FY 1980-FY want to commend the distinguished 1988. Between FY 1980-FY 1988, Chapter 1 But if she takes the job she will lose leadership for calling this special education funding for neglected and delin the Medicaid benefits for her children. order and focusing that we cannot just. quent youth fell by more than 8%. after ad So she is locked in, not because of any have rhetoric in dealing with chil justing for inflation. bad feelings, not because of a lack of dren's problems as the Bush adminis 80% of eligible low-income children are sense of responsibility but indeed the tration seems to be on the path of denied participation in the cost-effective very responsibility that she has forces doing. We have to have dollars and Head Start preschool program due to inad her to stay in a mode where medical leadership and commitment, and this equate funding. care will be available, not to herself, leadership and commitment is coming Between FY 1985-FY 1988, education and but to her children. So we welcome job training funding under the Job Training from the Congress, from the Commit Partnership Act fell by 13%. this partnership, to look at what we tee on Ways and Means and the are doing and to turn this question Democratic leadership. TEENS AT HIGH RISK FOR POOR HEALTH around as we did in the welfare reform I know the leader does not want to Teens may be the most medically neglect bill. I wish we could come up with a get partisan, but I think that fact has ed of all age groups, placing them at great better term, a more positive, investing to be stated. I thank the gentleman risk for long term physical and mental term, to encourage, to allow and to lift health problems. for allowing me to participate in this Between 1982-1986 the number of chil up people to become full participating special order today. dren without public or private health insur partners in creating the kind of Amer YOUTH AT HIGH RISK IN l 980'S DUE TO ance increased 20% to over 12 million. In ica that the President wants and that GOVERNMENT NEGLECT 1986, less than one-half of all children in we want. Educational failure, poverty, poor prena poverty under age 13 were covered by Med I yield to the gentleman from New tal and early childhood health care, and icaid. Mexico [Mr. RICHARDSON] . child abuse place children at high risk of Accidents, homicides and suicides account Mr. RICHARDSON. I thank the dis social dependency and delinquency as teen for 80% of the deaths among youth age 15- tinguished leader. I just want to very agers. During the 1980's, each of these indi 24. briefly focus on dropouts and unem cators for children worsened or failed to im As many as 9.5 million children have seri prove significantly. ous mental health problems requiring treat ployment among youth that are at ment; 80% receive inappropriate treatment risk. I am specifically talking about GROWING UP IN POVERTY INCREASINGLY COMMON or no treatment. minority youth. Moreover, millions of eligible children are I want to commend both members of Growing up in poverty diminishes an ado denied health and early childhood preven the Committee on Ways and Means lescent's chances of maintaining good tive programs, which are proven to save health, obtaining a qualify education and lives as well as dollars. Reaching children for their leadership which they have gaining employment. shown on a number of bills that deal early is key to their success as teenagers. In 1987, 16.4% of families with children Every $1.00 invested in quality preschool with these issues. were in poverty, up nearly 35% since 1979. education returns $6.00 in savings because But once again I wish to state some One out of five American children now live of lower costs of special education, public very glaring statistics. Unemployment in poverty. assistance, and crime. Head Start, the com among all youth was 15.9 percent in Families with children are the fastest prehensive preschool program for low 1987; among black youth it was 33.3 growing group of homeless in America, one income 3-5 year-olds, reaches less than 20% percent and among Hispanic youth it third of the homeless in 1987. of the 2.5 million children who are eligible. was 29.1 percent. PROGRAMS NO LONGER KEEP CHILDREN OUT OF Chapter I, the primary federal education In 1988 close to 1 million students, POVERTY program for disadvantaged children, costs 950,000, dropped out of school before Among families with children, one-third $750 annually per child, compared with of the increase in poverty since 1979 would $3,700 annually for a student repeating a graduation. not have occurred if government programs grade. Yet, it reaches only 54% of low D 1300 had as much impact today in removing fam income school-age children. ilies from poverty as they did in 1979. The WIC years, Holmes says he routinely put his On Sept. 17, 1986, Wilfred Benitez, a fi health on the line. nancially troubled former WBC welter DANGERS AND EXCESSES IN "I fought Michael Spinks with a slipped weight champion, appeared in Baltimore for PROFESSIONAL BOXING disc in my neck," he says. "I fought Kenny a 10-round fight. Benitez won the fight but Norton with my left biceps pulled off my was suspended indefinitely when a medical HON. BILL RICHARDSON arm. I fought Muhammand Ali with eight examination after the fight found evidence OF NEW MEXICO stitches in my eye. I fought Leroy Jones of chornic traumatic encephalopathy-or with a twisted ankle. Man, I've fought with punchdrunk syndrome. "Benitez had looked IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fevers, stomachaches, everything. But, you terrible in the fight," recalls Lawrence Monday, March 20, 1989 know, you've got to do it. The opportunity Charnas, neurologist for the Maryland to pick yourself up a few million dollars Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, I would State Athletic Commission. "He'd throw a doesn't come often. It's like a once-in-a-life punch and miss, and he actually lost his bal like to draw to the attention of the Members time dream." ance in the ropes. In the postfight exam, he of the House the summary of a series of Holmes always was considered one of the clearly demonstrated motor impairment." Washington Post articles on the dangers and more sensible boxing champions. A seventh How did Benitez get licensed in Maryland excesses of professional boxing. As an avid grade dropout, he managed to save most of to begin with? Until July 1987, the state boxing fan and as a proponent of boxing the $16 million he earned in the ring. But commission did not require boxers to under reform, I encourage all House Members to when it comes to his health, Holmes ac go prefight neurological exams. "Benitez read Bill Brubaker's articles. Moreover, I urge knowledges, "I really didn't care about the never appealed his suspension," Charnas dangers that were involved. You know, says, "and I don't believe he fought again." you to keep their message in mind when the that's how fighters are." issue of boxing reform and regulation again Wrong. Ten weeks later, Benitez appeared Boxing is as safe as it ever has been. Pre in a fight in Argentina, where he lost on a comes before us. fight medical exams have become more seventh-round technical knockout. The image of boxing has ridden a roller rigid. The maximum number of rounds for On Dec. 12, 1987, Cuba's undefeated coaster, esteemed in one generation and world-title fights has been reduced from 15 super-heavyweight, Leonardo Martinez Fizz, questioned in another. At the present, as Mr. to 12. The World Boxing Council e This "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 4992 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS March 20, 1989 Paraguay to Pennsylvania-that govern the New York commission chairman Randy out of that area and bring them into one sport. Some commissions, such as those in Gordon was not surprised last summer that will give them the opportunity to live a New York, require a boxer to have an when junior lightweight Harold
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