H5132 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 25, 2004 DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR the floor to speak in protest of the un- the following Members will be recog- WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON fair practice by the City of Miami in nized for 5 minutes each. WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2004 allocating Federal urban security f Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask money to Broward and Palm Beach unanimous consent that the business Counties. Of the $30 million allocated TIMKEN AND THE MIDDLE CLASS to the south Florida urban area, zero in order under the Calendar Wednesday The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a rule be dispensed with on Wednesday, dollars, zero, have been assigned to Palm Beach County. For the City of previous order of the House, the gen- July 7, 2004. tleman from Ohio (Mr. BROWN) is rec- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Miami to neglect providing the nec- essary funding for this county is sim- ognized for 5 minutes. objection to the request of the gen- Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I tleman from New York? ply outrageous, in that they have kept 90 percent of these funds for them- would like to tell today the tale of two There was no objection. visits. President Bush last year visited f selves. Palm Beach County is home to 1.2 Canton, Ohio, visited his friends at the APPOINTMENT OF HONORABLE million people, and it has a large and Timken Company. JOHN KERRY today ROSCOE G. BARTLETT OR THE very busy international airport, as well visited Canton, Ohio. HONORABLE MIKE PENCE TO as three general aviation airfields. The I would like to tell you a little bit ACT AS SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE port of Palm Beach is the fourth busi- about each visit. When President Bush TO SIGN ENROLLED BILLS AND est container port in Florida and the came to Canton, Ohio, he came to the JOINT RESOLUTIONS THROUGH 18th busiest in the continental United Timken Company, a fourth generation JULY 6, 2004 States, making it an attractive target manufacturing firm in Ohio, one of George Bush’s largest contributors. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- for would-be terrorists. The Timken family has given and fore the House the following commu- Mr. Speaker, the hijackers of Sep- raised for President Bush well over $1 nication from the Speaker: tember 11 spent part of their time in south Florida, and Palm Beach was the million over last 2 years. He came to THE SPEAKER’S ROOMS, Mr. Timken’s plant and celebrated his HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, site of an anthrax attack, killing one Washington, DC, June 25, 2004. person and injuring many more; and, program, his economic program. I hereby appoint the Honorable ROSCOE G. yet, Palm Beach County is not getting He stood at the Timken plant and BARTLETT or, if he is not available to per- one dime in antiterrorist funds. This is bragged on Timken’s workers, as he form this duty, the Honorable MIKE PENCE to outrageous, Mr. Speaker, and I am ask- should have, saying that Timken em- act as Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled ing Homeland Security to designate ployees were 10 percent more produc- bills and joint resolutions through July 6, tive this year, he said that a year ago, 2004. Broward and Palm Beach Counties as its own region under the Urban Area this year, than the year before. Ten J. DENNIS HASTERT, percent more productive. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Security Initiative Program so that we can be eligible to receive the necessary Now, a few months later Timken an- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without nounced, earlier this year, that they objection, the appointment is ap- funds we must protect our infrastruc- ture, our community and our residents. had their best, their highest sales, proved. highest quarterly sales they had ever There was no objection. f had. A week after that they announced f SUSAN FAJT they had a 60 percent increase in earn- COMMUNICATION FROM PROFES- (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and ings per share over the same quarter a SIONAL STAFF MEMBER OF COM- was given permission to address the year ago. Ten percent more productive MITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION House for 1 minute and to revise and workers, highest sales ever, very good AND INFRASTRUCTURE extend his remarks.) earnings per share. The Speaker pro tempore laid before Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speak- A week later, the Timken manage- the House the following communica- er, I rise to introduce my colleagues in ment announced that it was closing its tion from Geoff Bowman, Professional the House to a young lady by the name three plants in Canton, Ohio, shutting Staff Member of the Committee on of Susan Fajt. I am going to rise later down its Ohio production, laying off Transportation and Infrastructure: into the 5-minute rule and talk a little 1,300 workers and moving the factories to China. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COM- bit more about her case, but I have a Now, the President has come to Ohio MITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND picture here I just want to introduce INFRASTRUCTURE, everyone to that I took in my office time after time trying to justify his Washington, DC, June 23, 2004. yesterday. This lady was injured in a economic program when Ohio has been Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, car wreck and could not walk or stand, a State that has lost one-sixth of its Speaker, House of Representatives, and she underwent a stem cell treat- manufacturing jobs. Ohio has been a Washington, DC. ment and she is now able to walk and State that has lost 190 jobs every single DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to notify you stand. Quite miraculous. day of the Bush administration. formally, pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules President Bush would be the first of the House of Representatives, that I have The main thing that I want it to been served with a subpoena, issued by the point out, I know many people in this President since Herbert Hoover to have United States Department of Commerce, Na- body have been led to believe this can lost jobs during his time in office. Yet tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- only be done with embryonic stem he goes to Timken, he says that is the tion (NOAA), for testimony. cells. It actually cannot be done with picture of the future. After consultation with the Office of Gen- embryonic stem cells. It was done with Now, the President’s answer to every eral Counsel, I have determined that compli- an adult stem cell. The stem cell was single piece of bad economic news is ance with the subpoena is consistent with taken from her nose and she is con- two-fold. First of all, the President the precedents and privileges of the House. says more tax cuts for the wealthiest Sincerely, tinuing to improve. GEOFF BOWMAN, Only inside the beltway do people be- people in society. A person making $1 Professional Staff Member. lieve what is not true to be true and million on average last year got a f what is true to be what is not true. $123,000 tax cut. More tax cuts for the Adult stem cells allow people pre- wealthiest people in our society, the UNFAIR ALLOCATION OF viously paralyzed to walk. largest corporations in our society, HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDS f hoping that those tax cuts trickle (Mr. SHAW asked and was given per- down and create jobs. That is one of mission to address the House for 1 SPECIAL ORDERS the President’s answers. minute and to revise and extend his re- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. The other is more trade agreements marks.) PEARCE). Under the Speaker’s an- like the North American Free Trade Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, this is the nounced policy of January 7, 2003, and Agreement, Central American Free third day in a row that I have come to under a previous order of the House, Trade Agreement, Free Trade Area of

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