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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 108 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 149 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2003 No. 175 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 10 a.m. House of Representatives MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2003 The House met at 9:30 a.m. and was WASHINGTON, DC, MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE December 8, 2003. called to order by the Speaker pro tem- A message from the Senate by Mr. pore (Mr. BOOZMAN). I hereby appoint the Honorable JOHN Monahan, one of its clerks, announced f BOOZMAN to act as Speaker pro tempore on that the Senate has passed bills of the this day. following titles in which the concur- DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO J. DENNIS HASTERT, rence of the House is requested: TEMPORE Speaker of the House of Represenatives. S. 99. An act for the relief of Jaya Gulab The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Tolani and Hitesh Gulab Tolani. fore the House the following commu- S. 103. An act for the relief of Lindita Idrizi nication from the Speaker: Heath. NOTICE If the 108th Congress, 1st Session, adjourns sine die on or before December 9, 2003, a final issue of the Congressional Record for the 108th Congress, 1st Session, will be published on Monday, December 15, 2003, in order to permit Members to revise and extend their remarks. All material for insertion must be signed by the Member and delivered to the respective offices of the Official Reporters of Debates (Room HT–60 or S–410A of the Capitol), Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. through Friday, December 12, 2003. The final issue will be dated Monday, December 15, 2003, and will be delivered on Tuesday, December 16, 2003. 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Members of Congress desiring to purchase reprints of material submitted for inclusion in the Congressional Record may do so by contacting the Office of Congressional Publishing Services, at the Government Printing Office, on 512–0224, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. daily. By order of the Joint Committee on Printing. ROBERT W. NEY, Chairman. 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. H12747 . VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Dec 09, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 8633 E:\CR\FM\A08DE7.000 H08PT1 H12748 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 8, 2003 S. 460. An act to amend the Immigration forced suppliers to be competitive and Mart is the only major retailer that re- and Nationality Act to authorize appropria- more effective. It has given Americans fuses to allow independent auditing of tions for fiscal years 2004 through 2010 to lower prices, and some experts even say its factories overseas. carry out the State Criminal Alien Assist- has held down inflation. What could be Mr. Speaker, it is time for Wal-Mart ance Program. to open up to independent monitoring S. 541. An act for the relief of Ilko Vasilev wrong with this picture? Well, plenty. Ivanov, Anelia Marinova Peneva, Marina First of all, there are the costs to abroad, to stop cheating its employees Ilkova Ivanova, and Julia Ilkova Ivanova. communities. It appears that commu- at home, and to become a force to lift S. 573. An act to amend the Public Health nities lose far more jobs with Wal-Mart standards, to make our world a better Service Act to promote organ donation, and than they gain. Depending upon that place. for other purposes. community and whether or not those To help them, Congress ought to S. 648. An act to amend the Public Health jobs lost are unionized, the jobs that start now investigating the practices of Service Act with respect to health profes- they do get are $2 to $10 an hour less America’s largest retailer, particularly sions programs regarding the practice of pharmacy. than those destroyed. Much of the op- as it relates to labor and employment. S. 848. An act for the relief of Daniel King position is to the impact that Wal- Communities should help Wal-Mart by Cairo. Mart has on the fabric of the commu- not cutting corners and cutting their S. 854. An act to authorize a comprehensive nities it operates in, often at the out- own throats in competition for another program of support for victims of torture, skirts of town, drawing away from the store, and instead establish reasonable and for other purposes. vitality of the main street where busi- land use and planning regulations for S. 1130. An act for the relief of Esidronio nesses, slowly, are strangled. Wal-Mart developments. Arreola-Saucedo, Maria Elena Cobian The impact can even be devastating Most important, consumers should Arreola, Nayely Bibiana Arreola, and Cindy Jael Arreola. for its suppliers, as detailed in a cover begin to consider whether the lowest S. 1402. An act to authorize appropriations story in this month’s Fast Company price is worth any cost: to the poor of for activities under the Federal railroad magazine, discussing the impact on the world, to suppliers here at home, to safety laws for fiscal years 2004 through 2008, Huffy Bikes and Vlasic Pickles, where the health of our main streets, and the and for other purposes. companies end up being squeezed and abuse of Wal-Mart workers, and Ameri- S. 1683. An act to provide for a report on often cannibalizing themselves. Fi- cans denied basic organizing rights. the parity of pay and benefits among Federal nally, there are grave questions about There is a Wal-Mart Day of Action law enforcement officers and to establish an exchange program between Federal law en- the treatment of workers in the fac- planned next month for January 14. forcement employees and State and local law tories around the world that supply This will give us all an opportunity to enforcement employees. Wal-Mart. consider whether the lowest price, re- S. 1881. An act to amend the Federal Food, There appears to be a corrosive im- gardless of its cost, is worth it. Drug, and Cosmetic Act to make technical pact on Wal-Mart itself: It is not just f corrections relating to the amendments anti-union, but blatantly so, firing made by the Medical Device User Fee and workers who are sympathetic to HONORING JUDGE HERBERT CHOY Modernization Act of 2002, and for other pur- unions. There is illegal coercion of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- poses. ant to the order of the House of Janu- S. 1920. An act to extend for 6 months the their own employees who may be inter- period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the ested in unions, and illegal roadblocks ary 7, 2003, the gentleman from Cali- United States Code is reenacted. to people who would organize. fornia (Mr. COX) is recognized during morning hour debates for 5 minutes. The message also announced that the Last June in the Wall Street Journal, Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, today, in San Senate has agreed to the House amend- there was a story about Wal-Mart fir- Francisco, the Ninth Circuit Court of ment with an amendment. ing workers earning $9.50/hour just be- cause they were at the upper end of Appeals is going to honor one of its S. 877. An act to regulate interstate com- most distinguished judges by hanging merce by imposing limitations and penalties Wal-Mart’s already low pay scale. on the transmission of unsolicited commer- There is strong evidence that the cor- his portrait in historic Courtroom One cial electronic mail via the Internet. porate culture that knows every detail in the courthouse on 7th Street in San of its supply chain refuses to correct Francisco. That jurist is Herbert Y.C. f abuses that have been widely reported Choy. I am very privileged to have MORNING HOUR DEBATES in its own operation. worked for him in my first job upon The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Last year in Oregon, a jury found graduation from law school as his law ant to the order of the House of Janu- that company managers had coerced clerk. ary 7, 2003, the Chair will now recog- hundreds of employees to work over- Today, some 31 generations of Choy nize Members from lists submitted by time without compensation, as Wal- law clerks will honor him, along with the majority and minority leaders for Mart managers were tampering with Chief Judge Mary Schroeder of the morning hour debates.