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Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 106Th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 No. 106 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was LIVABLE COMMUNITIES questions about both his judgment and called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under his commitment to the environment. Indeed, sad as his performance has pore (Mr. ISAKSON). the Speaker's announced policy of Jan- f been, it is the lack of perception and uary 19, 1999, the gentleman from Or- passion that I find most disturbing. He DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO egon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) is recognized seems unaware of the Texas environ- TEMPORE during morning hour debates for 5 min- mental problems. Where is his outrage The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- utes. and his concern that, under his leader- fore the House the following commu- Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, as ship, Houston has become the city in nication from the Speaker: the American public weighs the person- the country with the worst air quality? alities, the politics, the policies, and WASHINGTON, DC, This environmental indifference, if September 12, 2000. the passions of this election year, there combined with that of the Republican I hereby appoint the Honorable JOHNNY is one area where their differences leadership in this Congress, could be ISAKSON to act as Speaker pro tempore on could not be more clear, the commit- disastrous. this day. ment to livable communities and a The Clinton/Gore administration has J. DENNIS HASTERT, cleaner environment. In the long run, been perhaps the most environmentally Speaker of the House of Representatives. there may be no area where the deci- sensitive in history, but progress has f sions are more significant. been slowed not just by the complexity MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE The forces of environmental degrada- of today's environmental problems but tion will not be easy to reverse. Clean- by highly organized special interests A message from the Senate by Mr. ing up our waterways and dealing with and, sadly, by a Republican-controlled Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- the consequences of unplanned growth Congress that has been one of the least nounced that the Senate agreed to the and sprawl may take decades. Revers- sensitive in history. following resolution: ing global warming may take thou- For example, since the Gingrich revo- S. RES. 352 sands of years. We have no time to lution, the EPA has been under contin- Resolved, That the Senate has heard with waste. uous assault and a series of destructive profound sorrow and deep regret the an- riders have made the budget process an Luckily for the American public, AL nouncement of the death of the Honorable ordeal every single year for the envi- GORE and JOE LIEBERMAN have the very Herbert H. Bateman, late a Representative ronment. highest rating from the people whose from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Bipartisan alliances to protect the job it is to advocate for and monitor Resolved, That the Secretary communicate environment should be the rule, and we these resolutions to the House of Represent- congressional performance on the envi- have seen them on this floor. I salute atives and transmit an enrolled copy thereof ronment. to the family of the deceased. the work of the gentleman from Penn- One does not have to be merely con- sylvania (Mr. SHUSTER) and the gen- Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns cerned about the stated environmental today, it stand adjourned as a further mark tleman from Minnesota (Mr. OBERSTAR) of respect to the memory of the deceased policies and positions of a Bush/Cheney with TEA±21, keeping the framework in Representative. administration, like drilling in the place, of the gentleman from Alaska] f Arctic Wilderness Reserve or reversing (Mr. YOUNG) and the gentleman from monument status protections for some California (Mr. GEORGE MILLER) on MORNING HOUR DEBATES of our national treasures. CARA, with the gentleman from Ne- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The Republican ticket also has an en- braska (Mr. BEREUTER) working with ant to the order of the House of Janu- vironmental record. Dick Cheney, in me on flood insurance reform. But ary 19, 1999, the Chair will now recog- his 12 years in this Chamber, compiled these, sadly, have been the rare excep- nize Members from lists submitted by one of the worst environmental voting tion. the majority and minority leaders for records. Governor Bush, after two The leader of the other body not only morning hour debates. The Chair will terms leading the State of Texas, has proclaims brownfields reform to be off- alternate recognition between the par- failed to lead his State from the bot- limits but actually puts this incredible ties, with each party limited to not to tom ranks in air and water quality. His pledge in writing. In the House, the exceed 30 minutes, and each Member, voluntary approach for polluting indus- majority leader and the majority whip except the majority leader, the minor- tries out of compliance with air quality have an environmental voting record of ity leader, or the minority whip, lim- standards has resulted in only 30 of 461 zero from the League of Conservation ited to not to exceed 5 minutes. companies stepping forward, raising Voters. 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. H7375 . VerDate 12-SEP-2000 02:59 Sep 13, 2000 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12SE7.000 pfrm02 PsN: H12PT1 H7376 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE September 12, 2000 We should also consider the hidden Veterans Affairs' was in a crisis. VA VA veterans come in to talk to physi- environmental issue of this election, was losing critical, even irreplaceable, cians about their health care history. that of judicial appointments. The assets from its clinical base. The Na- This will aid any veteran who subse- third branch of government, the judici- tion's hospitals in general were suf- quently files a claim of disability, espe- ary, has at times played a key role in fering acute shortages of trained cially given our newfound acquisition protecting the environment by requir- nurses, and indeed the VA itself was of knowledge with the Gulf War Syn- ing the enforcement of environmental viewed as a major recruitment source drome, and that military combat laws, preventing overreaching by pub- by these hospitals. Because of the na- causes stress, exposures may be associ- lic and private parties. Governor Bush ture of the payroll system for Federal ated with pesticides and other things, has voiced enthusiasm for judges in the employees, it is sort of a ponderous and all this might lead to disease later mold of Scalia and Thomas. Judicial civil service system. VA was powerless in life. appointments along these lines could to react in a highly competitive, vola- So I want to commend the Vietnam not only hamstring an administration tile arena. The quality of care was in Veterans of America for bringing this for years but could cripple environ- danger. proposal to me. It is a valuable con- mental enforcement for a generation. In the 101st Congress, we went ahead tribution to this bill. There are some who suggest there is and tried to correct that, but we did Finally, I want to talk about another no difference between the Republicans not quite complete the job. So we had very innovative idea that is crafted in this bill with the help of the gentleman and the Democrats in this election. a hearing in the subcommittee earlier from Florida (Mr. WELDON). His pro- When it comes to the environment, the this year on the status of VA's work posal will set up a pilot program in- reality is stark. The Democrats have a with special focus on the pay situation volving not more than four VA clinic positive record of support and accom- of VA nurses. Mr. Speaker, what we found was very service areas. Within these areas, en- plishment, of sympathy and passion for rolled veterans in need of uncompli- disappointing. In fact, we learned that the environment. The Republican tick- cated hospital admissions would be re- many VA nurses had not received any et offers indifferent voting record, cur- ferred to community hospitals rather increases in pay since our 1990 legisla- sory performance in office, and advo- than being sent to VA Hospitals. cacy of dangerous, even reckless, envi- tion 10 years ago. While those initial So if there are far distances from ronmental policies. pay increases were in many cases sub- these hospitals, they will be able to go Our air, the water, the landscape, our stantial, in the course of time, other to a local hospital. We found out that precious natural resources do not have VA employee groups had caught up be- this saves 15 percent in cost savings. the time to survive benign neglect, ma- cause of the annual comparability So, Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my col- licious indifference, let alone active as- raises available to every Federal em- leagues to support my bill, and I look sault. ployee. So the nurses of the VA found forward to its passage on the House There is a huge difference, perhaps themselves in a situation that they floor. more than any other issue, that of the were not competitive, they were at a Our bill is bipartisan and major provisions of environment.
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