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SENATOR DOLE'S CALL FOR REC­ remains the world's one and only super­ LOBBYING OGNIZING ENGLISH AS AMERI­ power. We will never apologize for that. Our CA'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGE goal is not just to be strong enough to turn back a threat. We must be so strong no one HON. LEE H. HAMILTON HON.GEORGEP. RADANOVICH ever again is even tempted to threaten us, at OF INDIANA all. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA But if we are to return this country to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, September 6, 1995 greatness, we must do more than restore Wednesday, September 6, 1995 America's defenses. We must return as a peo­ Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, many of ple to the original concept of what it means insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, us in this House-indeed, close to 200 of us­ to be American. This means tackling sub­ August 9, 1995, into the CONGRESSIONAL have joined in sponsoring various legislative jects the arbiters of political correctness RECORD. measures that would declare English as our don't even want discussed: For example, The report follows: English must be recognized as America's of­ country's official language. Beyond mere dec­ ficial language. Western tradition and Amer­ LOBBYING AND SPECIAL INTERESTS laration, and depending on the particular pro­ ican greatness must be taught in our Governing in America has become increas­ posal, these bills and resolutions contain var­ schools. And the Federal government just ingly difficult in recent years. Part of the ious mechanisms of implementation and en­ end its war on traditional American values. problem is that the country is much bigger forcement. than it used to be. Since World War II, the The movement behind recognizing English America has always been more than just a population of the U.S. has grown from 130 place on a map, it has held a claim on our million people to 260 million. The country as our official language, I believe, is growing hearts. We are a nation dedicated to a propo­ by the day. I continue to receive communica­ has become much more diverse: more than sition: that all men and women are created half of all California voters in the 1996 elec­ tions irom my constituents, asking that we, in equal, endowed by our Creator with certain, tion will be non-white, and some of my col­ Congress, take action accordingly, and I am inalienable rights. Our forefathers rejected leagues will barely speak a word of English pleased to be a cosponsor of two such Eng­ race and religion as the forces to form a na­ during their next congressional campaign. lish language measures, H.R. 123 and H.R. tion, choosing instead the ideals of freedom The country also faces difficult policy is­ 1005. and democracy. It was a radical gamble, and sues-from balancing the budget to the chal­ And, Mr. Speaker, it is with this emerging ever since we have held it to be an article of lenge of cheap labor abroad. But part of the English energy in mind that I take particular faith that those who would be Americans problem is also the increasing role of special pleasure in making available excerpts from a must first abandon lesser allegiances. As interests in the political process. speech by the distinguished majority leader of Franklin Roosevelt once said, " Americanism Special interests groups have become the U.S. Senate, Bos DOLE, in which he ... is not, and never was, a matter of race much more numerous and well-organized in and ancestry." recent years. Washington, of course, has al­ stressed the unifying role of one language. ways had lobbyists, and contacting Members Senator DOLE addressed the American Legion Succeeding waves of immigrants have been of Congress is a basic form of political ex­ Convention in Indianapolis, IN, earlier this drawn to America by this idea. Lacking the pression. But we have far more lobbyists now week on Labor Day. centuries-old, primal bonds of other nations, than ever before and they have become very You are Freedom's heroes and American we have used our language, our history and sophisticated and aggressive. Lobbying is patriots, and I'm proud to be among you. our code of values to make the American ex­ one of the biggest growth industries around. Each of you has answered America's call­ periment work. We have used them to forge There are more than 12,000 registered lobby­ whether it was to fight for our freedom ,' or to millions of diverse individuals into one peo­ ists in Washington today, three times more defend the peace in which we have prospered ple with a common purpose. Language, his­ than 20 years ago, but studies show that for so many years. Each of you knows what tory and values: these are the strings that there are actually close to 100,000 people in it means to wear the uniform of your coun­ bind our hearts to America. These are the Washington who conduct lobbying activities. try, to put your country first and to be will­ forces that have held us together-allowing I used to hear from just a few farm groups on ing to bear any sacrifice to keep her free. us to be diverse and yet united, to absorb un­ agricultural legislation, for example. Today Because of you, and those who came before told millions of immigrants while coming there are dozens of groups that represent you, we Americans are the freest people on the closest any country ever has to the class­ every commodity; not long ago I was visited earth. And you know as well as I do how we less, upwardly mobile society of our ideals. by people representing Hawaiian Macadamia stay that way; we must remain the strongest nut growers. Many lobbyists now also rep­ country on earth. But these keys to unity are under attack resent foreign governments or companies. That's what I want to talk with you about from our government and from intellectual In recent years lobbyists have also greatly today. Keeping America strong-in her elites who seem embarrassed by America. expanded their grassroots efforts-trying to might and in her heart, in the face of exter­ What we see as opportunity they see as op­ persuade ordinary voters to advocate by nal enemies and in the presence of threats pression. Where we see a proud past, they see their letters and contacts with legislators. from within. America is still the land of the a legacy of shame. What we hold as moral They use the technologies of the electronic free and the home of the brave, and a great truth, they call intolerance. They have false age and can quickly reach and recruit thou­ century of hope and opportunity is about to theories, long dissertations and endless stud­ sands of Americans. With their increasing unfold before us. But to claim that future, ies to back them up. But they know so much numbers and influence, lobbyists have be­ America needs your help. For some in Amer­ they have somehow missed the fact that the come a real power in Washington. They can ica believe our might is no longer needed, United States of America is the greatest organize mass demonstrations and flood and some think our definition of what it force for good the world has ever known. Members' offices with phone calls, fax mes­ means to be an American is out of date. sages, and letters. Of course, neither is true. Can there be any Yes, we have our faults. But part of what doubt that the world is still a dangerous makes me so proud to be an American is the BENEFITS OF LOBBYISTS place? Yes, the Cold War is over. We won one constant effort of our people to do better-to In some ways the growth of these interest of humanity's greatest struggles against to­ make our country right and good and just. groups and lobbying efforts is healthy. I talitarianism and oppression. But today Unfortunately some policies and programs sometimes walk through the halls of Capitol peace is threatened and dark forces are mul­ born out of that desire have gone awry. Hill and think I am in the middle of a con­ tiplying in almost every corner of the world. Begun for the best of reasons and then hi­ vention or jamboree. Americans of all per­ For the demands of freedom require us to jacked by the Embarrassed-to-be-American suasions are clamoring to be heard. No single modernize our forces, to maintain our tech­ crowd, certain Federal programs are untying group dominates and freedom of expression nological edge, and to ensure that America the strings of citizenship. is widespread and vigorous.

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. September 6, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23877 Lobbyists can play an important role in ernment for redress of grievances, but there In 1896, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Rectory the legislative process. They help to facili­ are abuses that need to be checked. Our was established on 2319 South Third Street, tate the flow of information between legisla­ goals should not be to try to stamp out lob­ in South Philadelphia. Our Lady of Mount Car­ tors and their constituents, and they are bying entirely, but to improve the current mel Rectory has witnessed many changes well-informed and have detailed knowledge system so that it becomes more open and ac­ of the issues and Washington politics. They countable and enables us to take the mul­ throughout the years. Our Lady of Mount Car­ are of~en skillful in bringing contending par­ tiplicity of interests in this country and mel Rectory has been blessed with 1O pastors ties together and building coalitions. With forge them into the national interest. since its creation including the founding pas­ their growing numbers, they are also able to tor, the Rev. Bernard F. Gallagher, to the organize constituent interests and get broad present pastor, the Rev. Gerald D. Canavan. numbers of people involved in grassroots lob­ Today the church hosts many organizations to bying. Lobbyists often play an integral role TRIBUTE TO DON BOSCO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE reach out to its parishioners: Catholic Youth in representing less prominent interests by Organization, Senior Citizens' Club, Parish publicizing their causes. Choir, Pastoral Council. The parish also main­ DRAWBACKS HON. FSTEBAN EDWARD TORRFS tains a grammar school of 457 pupils which But the current lobbying system does have OF CALIFORNIA will lead Our Lady of Mount Carmel into the drawbacks. Sometimes it seems that every­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES next century. body is represented except the average man Wednesday, September 6, 1995 In April 1996, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and woman, and that their interests can be Rectory's parishioners will proudly celebrate lost in all the special pleading. Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today· to their 1OOth anniversary with events beginning Hoosiers are rightly concerned about the pay tribute to Don Bosco Technical Institute. in October 1995, and lasting through Sunday, influence lobbyists have in our federal gov­ Bosco Tech is celebrating 40 years of service April 14, 1996, with a concelebrated Mass at ernment. The efforts of lobbyists can at to the San Gabriel Valley and the Greater Los which the Most Reverend Anthony J. times go too far- giving lavish gifts to influ­ Angeles area. Since 1955, young men have ential Members, helping to funnel large con­ Bevilacqua, Archbishop of Philadelphia will be tackled the rigorous and challenging curricu­ tributions to campaign coffers, using strong­ the main celebrant. lum that this notable high school offers. arm tactics to get action on their particular I hope my colleagues will join me today in Like most high schools, Bosco Tech offers agenda, and drafting entire sections of bills wishing Rev. Gerald D. Canavan and the con­ college preparatory academic courses, inter­ or official committee reports. Current lobby­ gregation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Rec­ ing regulations requiring the public disclo­ scholastic athletics and extracurricular activi­ tory a very happy 1OOth anniversary. I wish sure of lobbyists' expenses and activities are ties. What sets this school apart from the rest Our Lady of Mount Carmel Rectory the very vague and are generally considered inad­ is the intensive instruction and practical expe­ equate. best in its next 100 years of service to the rience in technology. Students specialize in Lobbyists' efforts can cancel each other American Catholic community in South Phila­ technological areas such as, design, elec­ out. Members of Congress often witness a delphia. clash of sophisticated and aggressive interest tronics and computer, graphic communication, groups attempting to achieve contradictory manufacturing, materials science, power and policy goals. They push and pull in so many transportation, and construction technology. TRIBUTE TO EUPHRATES ABBITT, different directions that nothing seems to Students select one of these areas to con­ OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR move anywhere. They add many issues to the centrate on after first taking introductory public agenda and that just makes it much courses in at least four of the previously men­ more difficult to get legislation passed­ HON. CARRIE P. MEEK hence gridlock and a greater level of public tioned subjects. Based on their preference, as OF FLORIDA dissa tisfac ti on. well as faculty and parental consultation, stu­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dents select a final technological major. Wednesday, September 6, 1995 NEED FOR REFORM Bosco Tech students also have the option All of this has brought about more pres­ of remaining at the school for a fifth year of Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it is my sure for lobbying reform. I support several study. During this time, they can attain an as­ great pleasure to join the family, friends, and reforms. We should require disclosure of who coworkers of Euphrates Abbitt in recognizing is paying the lobbyist, how much is being sociate of science degree in their selected areas of specialization. Whichever option a her 33 dedicated, consecutive years of service paid; what federal agencies and congres­ to our community. Her retirement from Key sional committees are being lobbied, and the student chooses, he will be significantly more issues involved. Lobbyists should be required prepared for the challenges that await than Biscayne Elementary on June 23, 1995, was to identify how much is being spent on ac­ many of his peers. truly a loss for the Dade County Public tivities such as mass mailing campaigns. We The methods used at Bosco Tech are a Schools. should prohibit Members of Congress and definite success. Their acceptance rate at Euphrates graduated from Middle Township their staffs from accepting gifts from lobby­ major colleges and universities for graduates High School in Cape May Court House, NJ, in ists. Voters have a right to be skeptical 1957, She began her higher learning at Ed­ about some of the gifts Members can now le­ is unparalleled in the Greater Los Angeles area. Bosco Tech alumni are leaders in their ward Waters College period in Jacksonville, gally take. We should also require the public FL, and received a BS degree from Florida disclosure of bill language or committee re­ fields and communities. It is no surprise that port language drafted by lobbyists. The Sen­ they attribute much of their success to their A&M University. Euphrates continued her ate recently passed measures to impose a time spent at Bosco Tech. studies in the field of education as she grad­ gift ban and to improve lobbying disclosure; Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me uated with honors from Indiana University with the House should follow suit. in paying tribute to this widely recognized and a master of science in Education. She contin­ Lobbying reform is needed, but it must be respected school. For 40 years, Don Bosco ued her postgraduate work in education at the balanced. We must not reach too far and try University of Miami and Florida International to restrict legitimate lobbying activities and Technical Institute has invested in the future of America by preparing tomorrow's leaders. University. public contact with Members of Congress. Euphrates Abbitt began her long career in Almost any attempt by the government to education as a creative fourth grade teacher limit private and nongovernmental entities from using their own private funds to lobby at Poinciana Park Elementary. She eventually SALUTE TO THE CENTENNIAL AN­ taught all elementary grades. Through her will be difficult due to the First Amendment. NIVERSARY OF OUR LADY OF Individuals who lobby on their own behalf or hard work and willingness to learn new tech­ volunteers who lobby on behalf of a group MOUNT CARMEL RECTORY niques, Euphrates soon became known should not be covered. In regulating lobby­ among her peers for her dedication to teach­ ists we have to be very careful to protect HON. THOMAS M. FOGUETIA ing excellence. free speech and specifically careful to ex­ OF PENNSYLVANIA In 1969, when integration was introduced clude from regulation contacts from church­ into the Dade County Schools, Euphrates es and related groups. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Abbitt was among those teachers who made it Wednesday, September 6, 1995 CONCLUSION happen. She felt close to the students she Lobbying will always remain an important Mr. FOGLIETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today taught, and they had confidence in her. She part of our political process because of the to salute the centennial anniversary of Our expresses, "If I can reach just one child, then First Amendment right to petition the gov- Lady of Mount Carmel Rectory. my efforts are worth it." 23878 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 Over the many years of Euphrates' career, lives of so many. Please join me as I express crops, the government currently sets a tar­ she successfully carried out various assign­ my regret at the loss of Edward J. Murphy, get price and pays farmers a deficiency pay­ ments including serving as assistant principal and my profoundest condolences to Mary Ann, ment when prices fall below the target. This and acting principal of Key Biscayne Elemen­ his wife of 41 years, his 9 children, his 22 plan would lower those target prices 2 to 3 percent each year for seven years. That tary School. She has been the recipient of grandchildren, and to his entire family. means that deficiency payments would even­ numerious awards, certificates, plaques, proc­ tually be paid only if prices dropped to ex­ lamations, and mementoes through the years THE 1995 FARM BILL tremely low levels. This plan would keep the from her community, colleagues, and students. link between production and payments and Mr. Speaker, this remarkable woman has allow reforms in other programs. However, if dedicated her life to shaping and enriching the HON. LEE H. HAMILTON payments are cut too low, farmers might minds and hearts of our young people. I join OF INDIANA leave the programs, threatening erosion con­ with our entire community in recognizing her IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES trol and other conservation efforts to protect safe drinking water. many years of hard work and dedication which Wednesday, September 6, 1995 OTHER PROPOSALS has made such a huge impact on countless Mr. HAMIL TON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to lives. Euphrates will celebrate her official re­ Urban Members have proposed abolishing insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, farm programs entirely, or reducing pay­ tirement celebration on Saturday, September August 30, 1995, into the CONGRESSIONAL ments to large corporate farms. Other Mem­ 30, 1995, in Miami. I know that my colleagues RECORD. bers have suggested an alternative budget join me in honoring Euphrates Abbitt on this THE 1995 FARM BILL that still balances the budget by 2002, but special day. When Congress returns to Washington makes only one-third of the cuts in farm pro­ after Labor Day, it will begin action on the grams described above. It is not clear which 1995 farm bill. Farm programs are a bewilder­ of these proposals will be considered on the TRIBUTE TO THE LATE PROF. ing variety of production limits, loans, in­ House floor. EDWARD J. MURPHY come support payments, conservation pro­ MY GOALS grams, export promotion, research, a11d rural I believe we should move aggressively to a HON. PETER T. KING development. This year they are caught in market-oriented farm policy. Farmers must the debate between budget constraints and have increased planting flexibility to re­ OF NEW YORK the traditional constituencies that support spond to world markets, and regulations IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES farm programs. Without much doubt, these programs have must be significantly reduced. Cuts in farm Wednesday, September 6, 1995 contributed to the stability and strength of programs will be necessary to balance the American agriculture. American farmers budget, but farmers should not bear a dis­ Mr. KING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor proportionate share of the burden. the memory of one of our Nation's most emi­ produce the safest and cheapest food supply in the world. Americans spend less than 15% Regulation: Regulation should be reduced. nent educators and scholars, Prof. Edward J. of their income on food-far less than our Farm programs must be streamlined and Murphy of the University of Notre Dame Law major competitors. While the number of made more flexible at the local level, with School who passed away on July 24. Americans working on farms may be small an emphasis on voluntary incentives rather Professor Murphy taught at Notre Dame (2%), almost 20% of the country is involved than mandates. All regulations should be from 1957 to 1994-and during that time was in production, processing, marketing, trans­ based on sound science, and the cost of regu­ port, sale, and export of agricultural prod­ lations should be weighed against their bene­ acknowledged to be an unsurpassed aca­ fits. demic authority in the area of contracts law. ucts. Agriculture's success strengthens the American economy. Research: Agricultural research and exten­ Professor Murphy held the first chaired law But, like most areas of the federal budget, sion have given U.S. farmers their competi­ professor at Notre Dame and authored the farm spending will be reduced over the next tive edge. I do not believe agricultural re­ legal textbook "Studies in Contract Law" several years. The debate in Congress centers search should be reduced. With global com­ which became the most widely used contracts on the depth and composition of those cuts. petition and market reforms, research textbook in the country. Unfortunately, the congressional leadership should be a top agricultural priority. Re­ Mr. Speaker, for 37 years Professor Murphy may include major farm programs in a huge search boosts production and develops inno­ vative agricultural products, such as etha­ taught every student who attended Notre omnibus budget reconciliation bill. This seven-year budget bill will include major nol, soydiesel, and biodegradable ink. Dame Law School. It was my honor and good changes in Medicare, welfare, defense, stu­ Trade: The United States should aggres­ fortune to have been one of those students. dent loans, taxes, and hundreds of other sively act to open new markets for American Professor Murphy taught me contracts, nego­ agencies and programs. It will be thousands farmers. We should continue strong export tiable instruments, and bills and notes and di­ of pages long. Because of the enormous size promotion programs to maintain U.S. mar­ rected a senior contracts seminar in which I of the reconciliation bill, debate on the farm ket share, so long as our competitors do the participated. I have no hesitancy in saying that bill may be severely limited on the House same. Small businesses, such as food proc­ Professor Murphy was the most outstanding floor. Several different farm bill proposals essors and forest product manufacturers in are pending. Southern Indiana, depend increasingly on ex­ teacher I have ever had. He was hard working SINGLE-PAYMENT PLAN ports for growth. U.S. export promotion pro­ and dedicated and possessed an unsurpassed grams should be aimed more at these smaller ability to communicate even the most arcane This proposal would replace all commodity programs with one yearly payment. This businesses. · topics. He was admired and respected by plan would cut farm assistance almost a Conservation Programs: Important con­ every student who ever sat in his classroom. half, from about $9 billion this year to $5 bil­ servation programs should continue. The Mr. Speaker, Professor Murphy loved the lion in 2002. Farmers would receive one re­ Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), which law and he loved to teach. But what made Ed duced payment each year based on a percent­ removes environmentally important land from production, should be targeted to more Murphy so unique was that his teaching tran­ age of their historical payments. Farmers would not have to raise crops to receive pay­ environmentally sensitive areas, such as scended the classroom. He believed in values, rolling hills, waterways, and wildlife areas. in principles, and in ideals and he imparted ments, but they would be required to main­ tain existing conservation plans. Supply Management: Programs that limit them to his students in all that he taught. Pro­ One advantage of this proposal is that it crop production should be cut back. Current fessor Murphy believed in God and in his separates payments from crop planting re­ production controls stabilize prices in years Catholic faith and never wavered when con­ quirements, and farmers would be more free of surplus by removing land from production. fronted by the forces of political correctness. to farm according to the market. A dis­ This reduces crop supplies and increases As Notre Dame Law Professor Charles Rice advantage is that, in bad years, farm pay­ prices. However, when U.S. farmers produce less, foreign farmers gain world market noted, "Professor Murphy uniquely integrated ments would still decrease, and many farm­ ers could be forced out of business. This pro­ share and American agribusiness loses faith and morality with the law. What he taught posal also makes no effort to reform current money. Strict supply management programs is sorely needed by law students today." conservation programs, which favor Great place U.S. farmers at a competitive dis­ Mr. Speaker, Prof. Edward Murphy faced Plains states at the expense of hillier areas advantage. death as he lived his life-with courage, with such as Southern Indiana. CONCLUSION dignity and with faith in God. And now I would LOWER TARGET PRICE PLAN In the next few weeks, I am concerned ask this House to pay its own tribute to a man Another proposal would make equally deep these important considerations may be lost who made such a profound impact on the cuts, but keep the basic programs. For most in the rush to complete a mammoth budget September 6, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23879 reconciliation bill. Farm legislation is too birthday will be celebrated on September 29, funding cuts for Head Start, prohibitions on important to brush off with minimal consid­ 1995. lobbying by nonprofit groups, limits on the eration in the overall budget and reform de­ Mrs. Jenkins, born on September 29, 1895, authority of the Occupational Health and bate. is a long-time resident of Philadelphia, whose Safety Administration and the National The farm bill must maintain the strength Labor Relations Board and termination of of American agriculture and move toward birthday will be celebrated by the Second subsides that help the poor pay their utility free market principles. The farm bill should Macedonia Baptist Church on September 23, bills. increase farmer flexibility, decrease regula­ 1995. Mrs. Jenkins is the proud mother of the By a voice vote, the House added an tions, preserve a safe and stable food supply, Reverend Thomas J. Ritter, pastor of the Sec­ amendment calling for a review of Title IX, and provide family farmers with a decent re­ ond Macedonia Baptist Church. Throughout which bars sex discrimination by schools and turn for their labor and investment. her years, Mrs. Jenkins has been an invalu­ colleges receiving federal funds and requires able member of the church in many capacities that both sexes have an equal opportunity to including the nurses unit, the deaconesses, participate in school sports. TRIBUTE TO GERTRUDE "TRUDY" president of the Missionary Society, a member The law has come under fire from some HILL ON HER RETIREMENT newly powerful House conservatives who are of the church choir, a teacher of vacation bible sympathetic to coaches who say they are school, and as a Sunday School teacher for forced to cut back on men's programs in HON. FSTEBAN EDWARD TORRFS over 35 years. In addition, Mrs. Jenkins has order to comply with the law. This trans­ OF CALIFORNIA represented the church as a member and del­ parent effort at scapegoating women's sports IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES egate to the Pennsylvania State Baptist Con­ and enfeebling gender equity in college ath­ Wednesday, September 6, 1995 vention for over 50 years. Mrs. Jenkins has letics should be squelched before it gets lost been an enthusiastic leader for church func­ in the maze of frenetic congressional activ­ Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col­ tions and fund raisers in the Philadelphia com­ ity. leagues assembled to join me in congratulat­ munity. Millions of American women can attest to ing Gertrude "Trudy" Hill, an outstanding In addition to her many church activities, the difference the '70s law has made in their American, for her dedication to public service. lives. Contrast the existence of pre-Title IX Mrs. Jenkins is a strong advocate for voters mothers left out of organized sports in their Trudy has served the city of Whittier as the rights. She has worked tirelessly at the voting city clerk-treasurer since 1981. high school and college years to their daugh­ polls for many years and always encouraged ters, whose lives were immeasurably changed Her expertise and knowledge of local gov­ and persuaded persons to exercise their right and enriched because they were offered more ernment earned her election to the executive to vote. Her strong civic and family commit­ athletic opportunities. board of the Southern California Clerks Asso­ ments, as well as her determination to help The same development of confidence, fit­ ciation for 5 consecutive years. She served as others in the community is an inspiration to us ness, perseverance and social skills that boys president in 1985 and 1986. As president, she all. enjoyed for so many decades through sports initiated an annual strategic planning session Mr. Speaker, I join with the Rev. Thomas J. programs was finally accessible-even if on a much smaller scale-to girls. In addition, for board members to develop a mission state­ Ritter, the congregation of Second Macedonia ment, as well as short- and long-term goals. like boys who play sports, girls who play Baptist Church, and the friends of Mrs. Jen­ sports are more likely to graduate from high She also helped increase scholarship funds kins in wishing her a very happy 1Oath birth­ school. for her State association's annual conference. day. Title IX clearly has opened doors. In the Her long list of service includes membership years since the gender equity law was en­ on the board of directors of the city clerks de­ acted, women's participation in college ath­ partment for the league of California Cities, DEFENDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY letics has ballooned. Participation in young where she also served as president. For the ON THE PLAYING FIELDS women's high school and college competitive past 18 years, Trudy served on seven commit­ sports has increased from about 300,000 to tees of the International Institute of Municipal HON. TOM I.ANTOS more than 2 million. But even after 23 years, equity is far from Clerks and currently chairs the Resource Cen­ OF CALIFORNIA having been achieved. Compared with men, ter Committee. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES women in Division 1-big-time sports col­ Trudy proudly credits her mother as her No. Wednesday, September 6, 1995 leges-receive less thi.tn one-third of athletic 1 role model and mentor. She says her moth­ Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I invite my col­ scholarship dollars, one-sixth of recruitment er bestowed upon her strong determination leagues to join me in condemning the dollars and one-fifth of overall athletic budg­ and the belief that all things are possible. To ets, even though they represent more than meanspirited and utterly sexist provision in the achieve her goals, Trudy seeks a balance in half of the student body. Labor-HHS appropriations bill which would her life. A love for her work, seeing her staff Too many important rights are being sur­ begin to reverse decades of progress in the develop as they are presented new chal­ rendered in the name of congressional vigor. march to gender equality in our Nation. The Hard-won equal opportunity for female ath­ lenges, helping her community through church current majority's recent attack on title IX, the letes should not be one of them. and the YMCA and spending time with her landmark law that opened the door to wom­ family. Trudy is a 10-year member of Sorop­ en's participation in school sports, cannot go timist International of Whittier, a charter mem­ uncriticized even though it was slipped into the A TRIBUTE TO CHARLOTTE F . ber of YMCA of Whittier, an annual participant debate just before this August recess. I draw LEONARD, POETESS OF in the Employee Art Show and an active mem­ my colleagues' attention to the following excel­ ROSEMEAD, CA ber of Our Saviour Lutheran Church. lent and pointed, August 7, 1995, editorial by Mr. Speaker, yesterday her colleagues at the San Francisco Chronicle, entitled "Equal HON. MATTHEW G. MARTINFZ the city of Whittier honored her at a luncheon. Opportunity On The Playing Fields," which, OF CALIFORNIA I ask my colleagues to join me in paying trib­ unfortunately, could not be entered into the ute to Gertrude ''Trudy" Hill for her commit­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECORD before the recess. I offer that editorial ment to her community and wishing her a Wednesday, September 6, 1995 now, and urge my colleagues to reconsider wonderful retirement. the Congress' current path which would re­ Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to verse hard-won gains in equal opportunity for pay tribute to Miss Charlotte Leonard, a resi­ SALUTE TO MRS. RUBY RITTER female athletes. dent of Rose Manor, California Christian JENKINS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ON THE PLAYING FIELDS Home in Rosemead, CA. Mrs. Leonard is the Tucked in the ugly social spending cuts author of one of the most inspiring pieces of package approved by the House of Represent­ poetry that I have ever read. I commend to HON. moMAS M. FOGUETTA atives last week is the first salvo in a war you, Mr. Speaker, and all of my fellow Mem­ OF PENNSYLVANIA against Title IX, the landmark 1972 law that bers of Congress, both in this House and in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES opened a long-closed door to young women the other body, her words: Wednesday, September 6, 1995 who had been denied participation in school sports. THE CHAPEL IN THE DOME Mr. FOLGIETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to sa­ The meanspirited appropriations measure (By Charlotte F. Leonard) lute Mrs. Ruby Ritter Jenkins, whose 1OOth includes restrictions on Medicaid abortions, High in the dome of our Capitol 23880 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 Is the national altar of prayer ment. This often leads to multiple poisonings cent of the historical costs. During its first year By the light of a stained glass window and very costly medical care for each child. of operation, the total cost savings will reach A statesman is kneeling there This revolving door syndrome is traumatic for $2 million, of which the State of Maryland will Inspired by the Holy Bible the child and family, frustrating for care pro­ save between $500,000 and $1 million. Not Open to the twenty-third Psalm vides and costly to the payors. only has Kennedy Krieger reduced the costs High in the dome of this chapel An exciting new model, called the Commu­ of treating lead poisoned children, it has also Our statesman finds peace and calm. nity Lead Poisoning Prevention and Treatment improved upon the quality of care given. In the center of the window Center, created by the Kennedy Kreiger Insti­ I have simplified my explanation of the pro­ In this room of blue and gold tute, a leading speciality pediatric facility lo­ gram in the interest of time. There is so much Kneels the figure of George Washington more to this exciting program, and I urge you With seals above and below, cated in Baltimore, MD, offers a leap forward And all around the ruby red glass in lead poisoning treatment and a significant to encourage your local pediatric hospitals and The stars of our states, aglow. reduction in costs to State and Federal Gov­ health departments to contact the Kennedy Krieger Institute. In the interest of children The seven-branch candelabra ernment. Each side of the al tar stand, The key elements to the model are: across the Nation, the institute will be happy With the flag of our country to the right, Kennedy Kreiger Institute provides a com­ to share information and work with local orga­ The flag of our own dear land. munity-based setting for chelation therapy, a nizations to replicate the model in towns and And the flowers so fair by the Bible there renovated rowhouse conveniently located near cities where lead poisoning is such a tragic, Speak of the Almighty's hand. the outpatient clinic. This is important because yet preventable problem. Men of our state and our destiny it allows children to be treated in a home-like Withdraw from your rush of life setting, ensures that they live in a lead-free THE TENTH AMENDMENT To this peaceful chapel in the dome, environment-thus avoiding repeated poison­ Away from all stress and strife. ing-and it costs much less than in-hospital HON. LEE H. HAMILTON Renew your faith by the altar there treatment. Look to God for strength and wisdom, Kennedy Krieger Institute uses a com­ OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In the wonderful power of prayer. prehensive case management approach, ad­ While I understand that this poem, which dressing not only treatment but also correction Wednesday, September 6, 1995 Mrs. Leonard penned some years ago, may of the child's home environment. The institute Mr. HAMIL TON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to have been included in the RECORD on an ear­ will facilitate the family's relocation to a lead­ insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, lier day-during the Nation's bicentennial-it is free environment or abatement of lead in the August 16, 1995, into the CONGRESSIONAL my firm belief that we need this kind of re­ family's current dwelling. This crucial, com­ RECORD. minder every now and then. I commend Mrs. monsense component in treating a wholly en­ THE TENTH AMENDMENT Leonard's words to my colleagues and I thank vironmental disease has been absent from tra­ This year has witnessed a remarkable re­ Mrs. Leonard both for writing them and for ditional treatment. Kennedy Kreiger lnstitute's vival of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. agreeing to share them with the Nation. comprehensive approach also includes com­ Constitution. It was until recently perhaps the least known, and least understood, of the munity outreach and education regarding ten amendments contained in the Bill of sources and negative effects of lead poison­ Rights, but now it comes up regularly in my INNOVATIVE, COST-SAVING LEAD ing, abatement, nutrition, and proper house­ meetings with constituents and public offi­ POISONING PROGRAM hold cleaning techniques. cials. It is invoked most commonly in sup­ Kennedy Krieger created a partnership with port of arguments to protect states' rights HON. BENJAMIN L CARDIN the Maryland Department of Health and Men­ and return more power from the Federal tal Hygiene [DHMH] to secure a waiver from Government to the states. OF MARYLAND The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Medicaid. DHMH pays a years capitated rate states: " The powers not delegated to the to Kennedy Krieger, a fixed amount well below Wednesday, September 6, 1995 United States by the Constitution, nor pro­ normal inpatient costs. DHMH does not limit hibited by it to the States, are reserved to Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, today, I want to its authorization of dollars to medical treatment the States respectively, or to the people." share information on a new, innovative treat­ only. Recognizing the institute's expertise in What precisely the amendment means has ment and prevention system for lead poison­ treating lead poisoning, the department allows been the subject of debate for over two hun­ ing, conceived in Baltimore, that is achieving these experts flexibility to prescribe a mix of dred years. far better results for greater numbers of chil­ services appropriate to the individual child and HISTORICAL BACKGROUND dren, at a dramatically lower cost than tradi­ family. The department frees the experts to do The Founding Fathers were divided on the significance of the Tenth Amendment. The tional treatments. Approximately 15 percent of what is right for the child, focusing on preven­ delegates to the Constitutional Convention the children in the United States, that is one tion and reducing the revolving door syn­ did not include such language in the original in every six under 6 years of age, have high drome. Isn't it refreshing to see a government Constitution because they thought it was levels of lead in their blood. I urge my col­ agency act sensibly, removing constraints for not necessary. According to this view, the leagues, whose constituents face this problem, real, lasting results for these children? Constitution gave the new Federal Govern­ to take note of this treatment model and con­ The results have been striking. Since the ment specific powers, such as the powers to sider endorsing the approach in their own dis­ program's inception in the summer of 1994, tax and regulate interstate commerce; and tricts. powers not granted to the Federal Govern­ 150 children from 133 families have been en­ ment could not be exercised by it, and were The sad truth is that, even though lead poi­ rolled; 95 percent of the children have lower therefore reserved to the states. soning is entirely preventable, it is the No. 1 blood lead levels at the second visit than at But fear of central authority was wide­ environmental disease that threatens children the enrollment visit and continue to have lower spread and there emerged strong support, in our country. The long term effects of lead blood lead levels; 84 percent of the families during the ratification process, for an ex­ can cause learning disabilities, hyperactivity, who brought their children to the Kennedy plicit guarantee that the states should re­ impaired hearing and speech, even brain dam­ Krieger Institute for their second visit now live tain control over their internal affairs. Hence, the Tenth Amendment was included age. in lead safe environments; and 60 families in the Bill of Rights. Some Founding Fa­ Most children are treated for lead poisoning have participated in educational programs, thers, such as James Madison, viewed the on an outpatient basis and receive chelation and a team of six individuals is being trained Tenth Amendment as merely rhetorical-a therapy. Children with dangerously high levels in the first Lead Patrol class to educate their provision intended to allay public fears of lead in their bodies are treated on an inpa­ communities about lead poisoning issues. about new federal powers, without limiting tient basis. The good news is that traditional Substantially improved results are only the those powers in any substantive way. Others, treatments are usually reimbursed by insur­ beginning. When the historical costs of treat­ like Thomas Jefferson and other states' rights advocates, viewed it as the bulwark ance companies and provide necessary relief ing children with lead poisoning are applied to against abuse of federal powers. to the children. The bad news is that tradi­ the current group of children enrolled in the The Supreme Court has over the years tional treatment has not focused on the root program and compared with the current costs changed its approach to the Tenth Amend­ cause of lead poisoning: the child's environ- to payors, the program costs represent 37 per- ment. Early on the Court paid little heed to September 6, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23881 it. Subsequent Courts, however, invoked the money directly to the counties or the cities? of his spirit to the Indiana Port Commission Tenth Amendment to curtail powers ex­ Why not, as we do with social Security, pro­ and development of northwest Indiana, passed pressly granted to Congress, particularly the vide assistance or vouchers directly to indi­ away on August 10, 1995. powers to tax and regulate interstate com­ viduals, bypassing both the state and the William was the son of a lawyer and a merce. But then the tide turned again. Dur­ local governments? ing the Great Depression, in the face of Americans do not like big centralized bu­ grandson of Michigan City, IN's, first judge. He mounting public opposition and a hostile reaucracies. That's a healthy instinct. The graduated from Notre Dame University, the President Roosevelt, the Court retreated, af­ task is to go beyond it and try to determine Benjamin Franklin School of Accounting, and firming the Social Security Act and other which level of government can best handle a Georgetown University Law School. New Deal laws. The Court thereafter tended certain function. As the Congress looks at Following service in the U.S. Navy from to defer to Congress in the exercise of its shifting more responsibility for welfare, 1943 to 1946 as a lieutenant, he began his constitutional powers. Medicaid, transportation, job training, and law practice in Michigan City. William actively REVIVED INTEREST the environment to the states, we have to be practiced law until 1978. It was at this point in careful that the states have the financial an.d The Tenth Amendment has made a strik­ managerial resources to run the programs. time that William launched another career as ing comeback in the last year. The Supreme We also have to be careful not to dump too a land developer. William's major projects in­ Court invoked the amendment in the course many burdens on states in an extremely cluded the Marina Park South, Commerce of striking down a federal law banning gun brief period of time. The task is to turn a Square, Medical Plaza, and Congress Park possession near a school on the ground that pragmatic eye toward what has a chance of Congress had overstepped its constitutional condominium and office complexes in Michi­ working. If we can do that, the nation will be authority to regulate interstate commerce. gan City. Members of Congress have also acted in the well served. Moreover, in 1989, William joined the Indi­ name of the Tenth Amendment to rein in ana Port Commission, which oversees all federal powers and return more responsibil­ three of Indiana's port sites. In 1991, William ities to the states. CONGRATULATIONS REV. WILLIAM became the head of the commission. During There are several factors driving the re­ J. KEY his tenure, William stressed maritime-related newed interest in the Tenth Amendment. industrial development at port properties. Wil­ First is the general hostility to the federal HON. THOMAS M. FOGUETIA government; there is a sense that govern­ liam succeeded in developing family-wage ment is too intrusive in peoples' lives and OF PENNSYLVANIA jobs for residents of northwest Indiana. As In­ too disruptive of business. Second is the view IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES diana's International Port at Burns Harbor, IN, that problems can best be handled by those Wednesday, September 6, 1995 celebrates its 25th anniversary, the citizens of closest to them, namely state and local gov­ northwest Indiana can thank William for his ernments and individual citizens. Third is Mr. FOGLIETIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today dedication to the Port Commission to make In­ the federal budget deficit, which requires to congratulate the Rev. William J. Key on his diana's ports a success. that more responsibilities be shifted to installation as pastor of the Zion Baptist · William's determination to better northwest states as cost-saving measure. Church, located in North Philadelphia. Indiana for all of its residents did not stop in BALANCED APPROACH Reverend Key, educated at Morehouse Col­ the business community. In 1968, William un­ I am generally supportive of efforts to re­ lege, Indiana University, and the Howard Uni­ derwent surgery for cancer of the larynx and turn power to the states. The federal govern­ versity School of Divinity, began his tenure then traveled to Arizona to learn to speak ment has become too large, bureaucratic and with the Zion Baptist Church over 12 years intrusive, and needs to be downsized. I have without a voicebox. He later counseled people ago, first as a minister of youth and young facing the same operation. supported measures to cut the federal adults and later as executive director of the workforce, turn more responsibilities over to Mr. Speaker and my other distinguished col­ the states, and reduce government spending. Zion Community Center. leagues, William Kenefick's legacy is a superb However, I am uncomfortable with the Reverend Key has been responsible for example of how the business community can proposition that the Tenth Amendment many valuable projects in the North Philadel­ make a difference for everyone in northwest forces us to take such actions. The Tenth phia community including community outreach Indiana. William will be missed by all who Amendment raises the question of how pow­ by joining with Zion Social Services and the loved him. ers should be distributed in our system of Frontiers in developing and implementing Life government, without really answering that Planning workshops and activities for church question. The Constitution has to be read as TRIBUTE TO HARLAN MILLER, a whole, with consideration given to other and neighborhood youth. Reverend Key also clauses which provide large powers to the managed and developed 15 community LONG BEACH, CA federal government. The Constitution is am­ empowerment programs directed to the biguous on the question of where federal Nicetown-Tioga community and established HON. NORMAN Y. MINETA powers end, such as the regulation of inter­ the Joseph DeBerry Choir. Reverend Key's OF CALIFORNIA state commerce, and where state powers management capabilities coupled with his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES begin. We have never been able to resolve strong prayer life and leadership skills have how much power should be kept at the cen­ greatly contributed to Zion Baptist Church's Wednesday, September 6, 1995 ter of the federal government and how much spiritual success and enrichment. could be left to the states. That was a tough Mr. MINETA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call in 1789 and it is a tough call in 1995. I hope my colleagues will join me today in pay tribute to a fellow Californian and friend, Americans have always been hesitant to congratulating the Reverend William J. Key on Harlan Miller of Long Beach, who is nearing lodge too much power in the central govern­ his installation as pastor for the Zion Baptist completion of his 1-year term as president of ment. During the first 150 years of our gov­ Church. I wish the Reverend Key and the Zion the Independent Insurance Agents of America ernment, states had the dominant role. But Baptist Church the very best as they continue [llAA]. Mr. Miller is president of Hamman-Mil­ with the onset of the Great Depression, their service to the Baptist community in North ler-Beauchamp-Deeble, Inc., an independent power shifted dramatically to Washington. Philadelphia. insurance agency located in Long Beach. In more recent years the tide has been flow­ The closure of his term as the elected lead­ ing toward the states, slowly at first but now more strongly. Today what we have is a pe­ er of the Nation's largest insurance trade as­ riod of competitive federalism, which means TRIBUTE TO THE LATE WILLIAM sociation next month in Las Vegas will be the that the federal government and the states N. KENEFICK crowning accomplishment of Mr. Miller's many are competing with each other for leadership years of distinguished service to llAA, his pro­ in domestic policy. HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY fession, and most importantly, to his 300,000 I am not sure that any level of government colleagues across the country. is necessarily wiser, more efficient or more OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Harlan has enjoyed a long and distinguished frugal than other levels, nor am I sure that career as an independent insurance agent. people know more about what happens at the Wednesday, September 6, 1995 state level tha.n the federal level. It is also His service to both his national and State as­ unclear whether giving more power to the Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, northwest In­ sociations-the Insurance Brokers & Agents of states is the best form of moving power away diana lost a g ; ·~at business leader last month. the West-is equally long and impressive. from Washington. Why not give power and William N. Kenefick, who devoted every ounce Harlan has held several elective offices in the 23882 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 Californian association including secretary­ We want to r eform Medicare and we want written to me from the Veterans of Foreign treasurer, vice president, and president. He to save it. That's what it's all about. No Wars of the United States regarding the Voice began his commitment to the national organi­ one's going to be forced into managed care or of Democrary broadcast scriptwriting contest. anything else. It's so simple and so innocent. Jennifer Schuler, a senior at Devils Lake High zation by serving as the State association's I'm just amazed at how it's being depicted. representative to I IAA's national board of di­ (Associated Press, August 9, 1995.) School from North Dakota, has been named a national winner in the 1995 Voice of Democ­ rectors. The person who made this comment on be­ Harlan was elected to llAA's executive com­ racy Program for her essay entitled "My Vision half of the coalition was Claire del Real. Ms. mittee in Los Angeles in 1989. In the time For America" which emphasizes remembering del Real served as the Deputy Assistant Sec­ since then he has served with unwavering the positive things in this world. I have in­ retary for Public Affairs in the Department of cluded Jennifer's essay for the benefit of my leadership, distinction, and commitment to his Health and Human Services [HHS] during the colleagues. thousands of professional counterparts. Reagan administration. Upon leaving HHS, Harlan's selfless attitude is also evident in Bullets flagged down thirty protesters in Ms. del Real took a position with International the depth of his involvement in Long Beach front of the capitol. ...( click) Four B- 52 Medical Centers [IMC]. IMC was a private area community activities. He is a past presi­ bombers flew over Kwait today . ..(click) A HMO participating in a Medicare demonstra­ dent of the Kiwanis Club, Community Volun­ 7.1 earthquake struck southern Califor­ tion project that promised to provide free pre­ teer Office, the International City Club, and the nia . ..(click) The mid-west estimates flood scription drugs, eyeglasses, and doctor and damage to have reached . . . (click) The World Long Beach Boy Scout Council. Additionally, hospital care without Medicare deductibles in Trade Center was a evacuated today after a he was an active member of the California an effort to increase competition and reduce bomb blast... (click) State University's President's Associates and costs to the Medicare Program. (The Wash­ Its hard to watch the news at night and come away with a positive outlook on what has worked with numerous other Long Beach ington Post, June 23, 1987 .) civic groups. the future holds. I, like many other people, In reality, IMC President Miguel Recarey get caught up in the media's negative por­ Currently, he sits on the boards of the Me­ was indicted for being one of the most fraudu­ morial Medical Center, Memorial Heart. Insti­ trayal of the world. If we are so wrapped up lent parties to ever participate in the Medicare in the negative, it closes us off to so many tute, and the Advisory Council Junior League Program, with the fraudulent activity permitted opportunities to see the good that is around of Long Beach and serves on the Planned largely as a result of waivers approved by us. A perfect example is Susan Smith; the Gifts Sponsor Committee for the Long Beach HHS officials. Recarey remains a fugitive from woman who confessed to murdering her two Symphony Orchestra. U.S. courts. The inspector general of the De­ children. The nation, perhaps even the world, I congratulate my fellow Californian and partment of Health and Human Services, the was struck to the soul by this story. A shad­ concerned citizen for a job extremely well General Accounting Office, and a congres­ ow fell over the United States filling us with helplessness and now hinders us from seeing done. I am confident in his selfess service to sional committee found that- llAA, his colleagues, and his fellow citizens of the good that so many people are giving. Between 1981 and 1986, a period in which My vision is that people stop and take the Long Beach will continue uninterrupted well HHS was making key decisions regarding time to see what is actually being accom­ into the future. IMC, numerous HHS employees left Govern­ plished for the better good of this nation. ment service for employment with IMC , ei­ Look for the people who haven't given up on ther directly or as consultants providing our country. Look at our teachers. MSTRAP AND LEAD PROVIDE A services to IMC. (" Alleged Misconduct by Everytime that a teacher helps just one stu­ TECHNOLOGICAL LEAP International Medical Centers, Inc. Offi­ dent understand, is another step forward. cials," Report of the Office of Special Inves­ Look at the organizations dedicated to help­ HON. DUNCAN HUNTER tigations, General Accounting Office, De­ ing citizens of our own United States and the cember 15, 1987.) world. Consider for example, Mothers against OF CALIFORNIA Among the former HHS officials hired by Drunk Driving, or students against drunk IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IMC was Juan del Real, the HHS general driving. Everytime their message touches a Wednesday, September 6, 1995 counsel who left the Government in Novem­ parent or a child, chances are that someone ber 1984 to work for a large Washington law will be spared from an alcohol related acci­ Mr. HUNTER. Mr. Speaker, last week on firm. The firm began representing IMC sev­ dent. What about UNICEF. Does anyone August 29 and 30, the officers and crew of the eral months later and was paid $800,000 in know what UNICEF stands for anymore? The U.S.S. Hayter made history. In exercises 1986 by IMC. In June 1985, del Real quit the Jerry Lewis Telethon or the March of Dimes. against one of the most sophisticated diesel firm to work for IMC at a salary of $325,000, These organizations, too, are fighting for the submarine forces in the world, armed with a four times what he earned as a Government people. The people of the United States. It's full load-out of modern torpedoes, the ship lawyer. IMC also hired his wife, Claire, a not just organizations who are making the former HHS spokesperson at $130,000 per world a better place. Individuals who donate successfully defeated every simulated attack. year. (Miami Herald, 1988.) The state of the art capability that was most organs, give up a half an hour of their time McClain Haddow, the chief of staff to the to tutor someone, or organize a program like professionally demonstrated by the ship's cap­ Secretary of HHS, was found to have cir­ Just Say No are all contributing to the posi­ tain, CDR Alan B. Hicks, and the U.S.S. cumvented his agency's normal procedures, tive side of America. Hay/er represents a technological break­ got a secret opinion justifying the waiver to Certainly our world is not a perfect place. through and a real success story for acquisi­ IMC and granted it. Months after Haddow It does have its share of problems. But rath­ tion reform and reinventing Government. This left HHS in 1986, Claire del Real offered him er than making these problems so large that a job and hired him as an IMC lobbyist. technological leap was provided by two new they seem impossible or insurmountable, ("Medicare Health Maintenance Organiza­ doesn't it make much sense to look at what systems known as MSTRAP and LEAD that tions: the IMC Experience," Hearing of the were developed and deployed in a fraction of has already been accomplished. There are Committee on Government Operations, De­ many people who have not let the negativ­ the time and at a fraction of the cost than tra­ cember 15, 1987.) ism of our country to pull them down. Would ditional Mil-Spec approaches would have In sum, Ms. del Real was a senior rep­ African American's have their rights and taken. resentative in an organization that offered to freedom if Martin Luther King, Jr. hadn't strengthen, but actually looted, Medicare. had the courage to bring his dream to life? Would women have won the right to vote if PRESS ADVISORY Today, she represents an organization with the stated goal of saving Medicare. Susan B. Anthony had not held fast to her vision? The Wright Brothers may have not HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK have even attempted to design or construct a plane if they had let the negativism and ridi­ OF CALIFORNIA "MY VISION FOR AMERICA" cule of their peers influence their vision that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES flight was possible. Without these visions, if Wednesday, September 6, 1995 HON. EARL POMEROY people had not blocked out the negative, OF NORTH DAKOTA America would not be a safe haven for refu­ Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I would like to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gees and immigrants. Without a vision, issue a press advisory concerning the coalition America would international relations be Wednesday, September 6, 1995 to save Medicare. possible? Take for example Space Station Earlier this month, a spokesperson for the Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Alpha. Would this be an all-American project coalition was quoted as saying- bring to the attention of my colleagues a letter with closed doors to the world if someone September 6, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23883 had not had a vision? In reality, the U.S., cent government survey. The number of reg­ Our message must be clear and consistent. Europe, Canada, Japan, and Russia have all ular users, however, is far smaller, perhaps The message in the 1980's was, "Just say no bonded together to create Space Station around four million people, and overall mari­ to drugs," and the message for the 1990's Alpha. This station is a vision to our future. juana use has declined from peak levels in must be the same. Marijuana use is illegal, We all have visions of what we want Amer­ the 1970s. Even so, marijuana consumption dangerous and unhealthy. It is not cool. It is ica to accomplish. Some examples are world among American teenagers has been on the not respectful of your body. If you use drugs, peace, hunger relief, a cure for Aids, or even increase over the last three years. Thirteen stop, and if you can't stop, get help. a unified nation. But my vision is simple. All percent of eighth-graders reported having We know that young people need to hear I ask is that we remember the good, while tried marijuana at least once in 1994, up from antidrug messages where they live, study, we're dealing with the bad. 6.2% in 1991. work and play. This education effort must be WHY THE INCREASE a group effort, involving the public and pri­ vate sector, but particularly parents, teach­ LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA During the 1980s, increasing concerns about the dangers of marijuana and other ers and neighbors. drugs contributed to a sharp decline in use. HON. LEE H. HAMILTON That attitude is changing. More and more OF INDIANA young people today believe that marijuana is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not a dangerous drug-that, unlike cocaine TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH ALVARADO for example, the drug is not addictive, does Wednesday, September 6, 1995 AND LOU MARTINEZ not kill people and does not produce violent Mr. HAMIL TON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to behavior. Furthermore, marijuana is said to insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, have certain medicinal properties, whether HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY September 6, 1995, into the CONGRESSIONAL it is used by cancer patients to ease the pain OF INDIANA RECORD. and nausea associated with chemotherapy or IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by a recreational user to relieve stress. In WHY I OPPOSE LEGALIZING MARIJUANA Wednesday, September 6, 1995 I am almost always asked during high this view, marijuana should be treated like school convocations in southern Indiana tobacco and made legal. Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it gives me whether I think marijuana should be legal­ WHAT ARE THE HEALTH DANGERS great pleasure to rise today and pay tribute to ized. The question reflects a widespread per­ Numerous scientific studies have dem­ two celebrated community servants, Mr. Jo­ ception, particularly among young people, onstrated that marijuana does in fact pose seph Alvarado and Mr. Lou Martinez. On Sep­ that marijuana is a "safe" drug and, like to­ serious health dangers. It damages short­ tember 8, 1995, Joe and Lou will be honored bacco, should be made legal. I do not agree term memory, distorts perception, impairs with this view. Recent scientific studies con­ judgment and complex motor skills, alters for their contributions to northwest Indiana and tinue to demonstrate that marijuana is dan­ the heart rate, can lead to severe anxiety, the Hispanic community by the Northwest Indi­ gerous and can cause significant health prob­ and can cause paranoia and lethargy. It may ana Hispanic Coordinating Council. This testi­ lems for those who consume it. not kill people by an overdose, but young monial dinner will take place at the Casa Blan­ WHAT IS IT marijuana users are more likely than ca Restaurant in East Chicago, IN. Marijuana is a product of the hemp plant, nonusers to consume other illicit drugs, to We are all very fortunate to have dedicated a crop which has been harvested for thou­ have car accidents, and to be arrested. In people, like Joe and Lou, who are sincerely 1993, twice as many teenagers ended up in sands of years and whose fibers have been proud of their Hispanic heritage and have used to make rope, canvas and paper. Mari­ emergency rooms for marijuana use as for juana derives from the sticky resin of the heroin and cocaine combined. taken an active role in promoting the progress flowering tops of the plant. Contrary to popular belief, marijuana is of the Hispanic community in Indiana's First WHERE IS IT GROWN also an addictive drug. More efficient agri­ Congressional District. culture-new methods of harvesting and Most marijuana consumed in this country Joe Alvarado is a native of East Chicago, is grown in Mexico, Colombia and Jamaica. processing marijuana plants-has made the IN. He is also a fellow graduate of the Univer­ The amount grown in this country, however, drug about 20 times more potent than the sity of Notre Dame, where he played varsity marijuana on the street in the 60's and 70's. has increased in recent years, and now ac­ football for the Irish. He later received his counts for about 20% of the entire U.S. mar­ Marijuana is frequently mentioned by drug­ control specialists as being a stepping stone masters degree in finance from Cornell Uni­ ket. Marijuana is the largest cash crop in the versity. Joe returned to East Chicago and U.S. Earnings from marijuana are estimated or gateway to drugs such as crack cocaine at $32 billion per year, far outstripping corn and heroin. About 43% of young people who started his career with Inland Steel Co. in ($14 billion) and soybeans ($11 billion). The use marijuana before age 18 go on to use co­ 1976. Since that time, he has steadily risen highest quality marijuana is cultivated in­ caine. Legalizing marijuana would almost through the ranks from the days when he was doors on the West Coast, but the largest vol­ certainly cause more young people to use-­ a finance trainee to his current position as ume is grown in the Midwest', including Indi­ and become addicted to-marijuana and president of Inland Steel Bar Co. other drugs. ana. The Indiana National Guard, for exam­ Lou Martinez, a classmate of mine at ple, eradicated almost 80 million marijuana WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL COSTS Andrean High School in Merrillville IN, has plants in Indiana last year. There are numerous social and economic been with the United Way system since he WHAT IS THE LAW costs associated with increased marijuana joined the Lake Area United Way in Griffith, Under federal law, it is illegal to buy, sell, use. First, its use can impair academic per­ grow or possess any amount of marijuana formance among young people. Marijuana is IN, in 1979. In my personal experience with anywhere in the United States. Penalties for associated with increased truancy, poor at­ Lou, I can say that he is one of the most dedi­ a first offense range from probation to life tention span and under-achievement in cated and unselfish individuals I know. His de­ imprisonment, with fines of up to $4 million, school. Second, and more broadly, its use sire to serve his community has allowed him depending on the quantity of marijuana in­ causes damage in our workplace. Few Ameri­ to prosper in an organization like the United volved. Under civil forfeiture laws, real es­ cans realize that three-fourths of regular Way, whose focus is community service. As drug users are employed. According to the tate, cars, cash and any other property con­ president of the Lake Area United Way, Lou nected with a marijuana offense are subject U.S. Chamber of Commerce, employed drug to immediate seizure. The federal govern­ users are 33% less productive than their col­ has realized his leadership potential and he ment need not prove that the property was leagues. They are likely to incur 300% higher has played a big part in touching the lives of bought with the proceeds of illegal drug medical costs and benefits. Third, marijuana so many who are in need in northwest Indi­ sales, only that it was involved in the com­ use has been linked to other crimes. ana. mission of a crime-that marijuana was WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE PROBLEM Mr. Speaker, I offer my heartfelt congratula­ grown on certain land or transported in a A key step to reducing marijuana use, par­ tions to these two very special men. Joe and particular vehicle. There are state mari­ ticularly among young people, is to educate Lou's large circle of family and friends, as well juana laws as well. In 1993 more than 380,000 them to its dangers. It is critical to reach people were arrested nationwide for violat­ as the entire Hispanic community of northwest kids early, before they have begun to use Indiana, can be proud of the contributions ing marijuana laws; marijuana convictions drugs, with clear information about mari­ in that year outnumbered those for heroin, juana and with positive alternatives for their these prominent individuals have made. They cocaine and LSD combined. · time. Children typically have very strong have proven themselves to be distinguished WHO USES IT anti-drug attitudes, and most young people advocates for the Hispanic community, and Close to 70 million Americans have tried today don't use drugs. It's essential to rein­ they have truly made northwest Indiana a bet­ marijuana at least once, according to a re- force these views. ter place in which to live. 23884 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 A SPECIAL MEMBERS' · PRAYER The Speaker-elect of the House of Rep­ We pray for the families of our nation and SERVICE ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC resentatives requested that the events of of the world. We recognize that families are CHURCH, 313 2ND STREET, this historic day, the convening of the 104th the bedrock upon which our civilization is SOUTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY, Congress, commence with a service of prayer built, and that no earthly success or fame for all Members and Members-elect. We are can compensate for failure in our homes or JANUARY 4, 1995, AT 9:00 A.M. bi-partisan and ecumenical, gathering in in raising our children to be moral and just. body and spirit to invoke the blessings of Di­ Help us, in all that we do, to strengthen the HON. BILL EMERSON vine Providence upon our assemblage-upon sacred institution of the family. OF MISSOURI our labors and the fruits of our labors. Now Father, we pray for our leadership in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is appropriate that we do this. the Congress of both political parties, that Toward the close of the Constitutional we may be successful, that we may work to­ Wednesday, September 6, 1995 Convention that created the body into which gether diligently for the benefit of all our Mr. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, the opening we will today be sworn as Members, Ben­ citizens and for all people where ever they day of this Congress began, at the request of jamin Franklin rose, addressed the chair, the may be. illustrious father of our country, and to his And this we ask in the worthy name of Thy then Speaker-elect GINGRICH, with a Members' colleagues said: Son, Jesus Christ, Amen. Prayer Service which was held at St. Peter's " I have lived .. . a long time, and the READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT Church on Capitol Hill. It was a significant longer I live Lhe more convincing proofs I see event in the history of this Congress and the of this truth-that God governs in the affairs (The Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman) House of Representatives. The many Mem­ of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the " Zen haYom asah Adonai, Na-geelah bers, Members-elect, and their families who ground without His notice, is it probable v'Nees-m'cha Vo." As David said in Psalm 118. "This is the attended, and the many Americans who that an empire can arise without His aid?" At the time of our greatest national strife day that the Lord has made, let us be glad viewed this Service on C-Span, found it inspir­ Abraham Lincoln said this: and rejoice in it." ing and poignant. " Being a humble instrument in the hands Mr. Speaker-elect, My Dear Colleagues, As we return from our prolonged August re­ of our heavenly Father, I desire that all my Father O'Sullivan, and Friends: What a won­ cess it seems altogether appropriate that we words and acts may be according to His will; derful day this is! Permit me to recite two pause and reflect again on the importance of and that it may be so, I give thanks to the passages from Hebrew scriptures. One recalls keeping all our endeavors in perspective Almighty, and seek His aid." that leadership in this world comes with through our faith. It is in this spirit that I submit It is with these attitudes we gather today, very special obligation to our Creator. The other sets out a prophetic teaching we for the record the following transcript of this and pray this service may be a blessing to all participants and to our labors that lie ahead. should always bear in mind, even in the hour Members' Prayer Service. PRAYER FOR THE PEOPLE AND ALL OF THOSE of our greatest triumph. In the first passage, PROCESSIONAL HYMN-"GUIDE ME 0 THOU IN AUTHORITY as the Israelites prepare to cross the Jordan, GREAT JEHOVAH" (The Honorable Jim Hansen) God admonishes Joshua in these words from He will be our guide even to the end. Ps. 48:14 the First Chapter of the Book of Joshua: Our Father in Heaven, we are assembled Guide me, 0 thou great Jehovah, pilgrim " Be strong and resolute, for you shall ap­ here prior to the beginning of the 104th ses­ portion to this people the land that I swore · through this barren land; sion of the United States Congress. Father, I am weak, but thou art mighty; hold me to their fathers to give them. we are thankful to Thee to live in this great " But you must be very strong and resolute with thy pow'rful hand; land of bounty. Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven, feed me to observe faithfully all the Teaching that We realize the great significance of this My servant Moses enjoined upon you. Do not till I want no more, feed till I want no day, and pray for Thy blessings and guid­ more. deviate from it to the left or to the right, ance. As we take this sacred oath of office, that you may be successful wherever you go. Open now the crystal fountain, whence the and agree to uphold this inspired Constitu­ "Let not this Book of the Teaching cease healing stream doth flow; let the fire tion and the sacred freedoms which have from your lips, but recite it day and night, and cloudy pillar lead me all my jour­ been secured through the blood and sac­ so that you may observe faithfully all that is ney through; strong Deliv'rer, strong rifices of valiant men and women who have written in it. Only then will you prosper in Deliv'rer, be thou still my strength and gone before us, may we realize that we are your undertakings and only then will you be shield, be thou still my strength and servants of the people and sent to this cradle successful. shield. of Democracy to do their bidding. "I charge you: Be strong and resolute; do When I thread the verge of Jordan, bid my May we always remember that we are here not be terrified or dismayed, for the Lord anxious fears subside; Death of death to serve, and that we serve all the people, re­ your God is with you wherever you go." and hell's Destruction, land me safe on gardless of political affiliation, race, reli­ And in the Sixth Chapter of the Book of Canaan's side; songs of praises, songs of gion, or philosophy. Help us to work in har­ Micah, the Prophet taught: praises. mony, with understanding, with patience, " Would the Lord be pleased with thousands I will ever give to thee, I will ever give to and with an eye single to honest values, cor­ of rams, thee. rect principles, to upholding the Constitu­ With myriads of streams of oil? . . . CALL TO WORSHIP tion. "He has told you, O man, what is good, We pray for our President, William Jeffer­ (The Honorable G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery) And what the Lord requires of you: son Clinton, and his family, that he may be Only to do justice, In the Call to Worship, I would like to read blessed as he carries out his awesome respon­ And to love mercy, one verse from the Book of Psalms 95:6 fol­ sibility. We pray for unity as we work to­ And to.walk humbly with your God." lowed with a brief prayer. gether for the betterment of the United The Psalm, "O Come, let us worship and States of America. Bless us with a spirit of TANAKH bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord, Our cooperation, that we may deal justly and A New Translation of The Holy Scriptures, Maker! For He is our God, and we are the fairly with one another regardless of our According to the Traditional Hebrew Text, people of his pasture, and the sheep of His philosophical differences. Help us to treat The Jewish Publication Society 1985. hand." each other as the brothers and sisters which HYMM-HOW GREAT THOU ART Now let us pray. we truly are. Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise Our Father, You have given us this good We also ask that Thy spirit may be poured land for our benefit and have blessed us with Ps. 48:1 out upon the leaders of the world, that peace Patricia Barnes, Soloist every good thing. We offer this Prayer of and tranquility will prevail. We ask a special Thanksgiving for all Your good works to us blessing for those in war torn areas of the First Verse and to all people. world, that peace may come to their lands 0 Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder We ask this day that You would bless our and that people can live together without consider all the worlds thy hands have government with wisdom and that Your hate and strife. made, teachings be done with kindness and in the We are very aware of the less fortunate see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, spirit of understanding and peace. among us, the poor, the sick, and the needy. thy pow'r thro'-out the universe dis­ This is our prayer. Amen. Amen. We pray that, during our deliberations, we played. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS can provide for opportunities for people to Refrain (The Honorable Bill Emerson) progress and to better their station in life. Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee: Welcome! Help us all to have compassion for the truly how great thou art, how great thou art! This is the day the Lord has made, let us needy, and to remember that the worth of Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee: be glad and rejoice in it. each soul is great in Thy sight. how great thou art, how great thou art! September 6, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23885 Fourth Verse derful man, and he didn't know from day to As representatives of every neighborhood When Christ shall come with shout of accla­ day of things and pressures that were going in America we come from different back­ mation and take me home, what joy to happen to him. But he had a world view, grounds ... different ethnic groups ... dif­ shall fill my heart! and his world view was the view of the power ferent economies . .. different cultures ... Then I shall bow in humble adoration and of God in prayer, the peace of God in people's different religious backgrounds. there proclaim, my God, how great hearts. And that is briefly what I want to Lord help us to remember that above all thou art. pray about this morning. we are alike because we are Americans first READING FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT We'll bow our heads. . . . Americans first with a common interest Thank you Father for the passage and for (The Honorable Sue Myrick) of preserving the American dream for our the privilege of coming together today to children and their children as our country MATTHEW 5:2-16 ask for peace in the hearts of the Members of grows and prospers in the next century. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, Congress, not only those taking office for the Lord, help us have the wisdom to appre­ saying: first time, but for the other Members and for ciate what we have and not to be wanting for "Blessed are the poor in spirit, the leadership especially. We pray for them what we don't have. Help us appreciate that For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. and we just ask you to be with them, and because our country was built on moral prin­ Blessed are those who mourn, most especially their spouses and children ciples of freedom and liberty we continue liv­ For they shall be comforted. and families, for whatever is going on in ing in the greatest country on earth. Help us Blessed are the meek, their family. let there be comfort and love appreciate that we live in a country that en­ For they shall inherit the earth. and peace. And, then peace among us as poli­ courages self-responsibility, self-reliance and Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for ticians and elected officials of this country. selflessness .. . righteousness, We pray that there be peace among the par­ Lord, help us understand that You give us For they shall be filled. ties, 0 Lord, that as we go through the days our health, our intelligence and our talents Blessed are the merciful, and weeks that are coming, that we walk in to strive for these principles. Finally Lord, For they shall obtain mercy. a manner that is worthy of You, that we help us understand every day that what we Blessed are the pure in heart, please You, that we increase in knowledge of do now can have a profound affect on what For they shall see God. You and Your will. We just thank You for all happens to our great nation for future gen­ Blessed are the peacemakers, the things You do. We ask 0 God, as we de­ erations . . . For they shall be called sons of God. liberate and as we go through this year, that Help us have the vision ... the foresight . Blessed are those who are persecuted for we ask the question of ourselves individ­ . . the wisdom ... the humility to pursue an righteousness' sake, ually, "God, what is it You ask of us to do agenda that helps the worker, the parent, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. God? What is it You want us to do? Have we the teacher, the child, the volunteer, the stu­ Blessed are you when they revile and per­ been those kind of servants?" If we can, and dent and those less fortunate who need a secute you, and say all kinds of evil if we do that 0 Lord, I believe we can have helping hand. Help us understand, Dear Lord, against you falsely for My sake. peace in our hearts and peace in our country that They are what America is all about. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is and will be helping with the peace in the In Your Name we pray, Amen. your reward in heaven, for so they per­ world. HYMN- AMAZING GRACE! secuted the prophets who were before RESPONSIVE READING TRADITIONAL AMERICAN MELODY, WORDS BY you. (The Honorable Blanche Lambert) JOHN NEWTON, 1779, ARRANGED BY WINTLEY You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt PHIPPS, JOHN STODDART AND ANDRIAN PSALM 18:1--6 AND 31- 36 loses its flavor, how shall it be sea­ WESTNEY Leader: I will love thee, 0 Lord my soned? It is then good for nothing but (Wintley Phipps, Soloist) to be thrown out and trampled under strength. foot by men. All: The Lord is my rock, and my fortress Amazing grace! how sweet the sound that You are the light of the world, A city that is and my believer; my God, my strength, in saved a wretch like me! set on a hill cannot be hidden under a whom will I trust; my buckler, and the horn I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, basket, but on a lampstand, and it of my salvation, and my high tower. but now I see. gives light to all who are in the house. Leader: I will call upon the Lord, who is When we've been there ten thousand years, Let your light so shine before men that they worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from bright shining as the sun, may see your good works and glorify all mine enemies. We've no less days to sing God's praise than your Father in heaven. All: The sorrows of death encompassed me, when we've first begun. and the floods of ungodly men made me PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD afraid. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! (The Honorable Tony P. Hall) Leader: In my distress I called upon the Amen When Bill Emerson asked me to pray for Lord, and cried unto my God; He heard my THE HOMILY world peace I went to my scriptures and voice out of His temple, and my cry came be­ (The Honorable Frank R. Wolf) looked up all the passages on world peace­ fore Him, even into His ears. When I was asked to give this talk, I was or at least peace- and there were hundreds of Leader: For who is God save the Lord? Or initially very reluctant for several reasons. scriptures in both the Old and New Testa­ who is a rock save our God? Not only is it sometimes difficult to speak ments. I thought about it for a while and I All: It is God that giveth me with strength, before your colleagues but I have stuttered thought that a lot of people have prayed for and maketh my way perfect. since I was a small boy and have al ways peace-for world peace-for a number of Leader: He maketh my feet like hinds' found speaking in public a challenge. years and often times it eludes us. feet, and setteth me upon my high places. As someone who stutters, I have drawn in­ And in light of what is going on in the All: He teacheth my hands to war, so that spiration from Chapter 4 of Exodus in the world today, as a matter of fact, I have been a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. Leader: Thou hast also given me the shield Bible where God tells Moses to ask Pharaoh told that there are over 100 conflicts going to let His people go, Moses answers, "I have on in the world right now, twenty-three or of Thy salvation; and Thy gentleness hath made me great. never been eloquent ... I am slow of speech twenty-four major humanitarian crises, and and slow of tongue." God assures Moses that I felt it may be better to pray for peace in All: Thou has enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. He will send him help-and I'm sure I'll get the hearts of us, in the hearts of elected offi­ some help here. cials. Because, if we don't have peace, how PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE But the greatest source of motivation for are we going to have peace in the country (The Honorable Henry Bonilla) speaking today is the passage in Matthew and peace in the world? Let us please bow our heads. Chapter 10 verse 32, where Jesus says, A lot of verses deal with that. There are Dear Lord, We are gathered here on this Whoever acknowledges me before men, I many verses mentioning peace. And the one historic day to ask your guidance as we take also will acknowledge before my Father who verse I really like, that I think addresses the the reins of government in a new direction. is in Heaven; but whoever denies me before issues is in Philippians. " Be anxious for As we toil in the effort to make the right men, I also will deny before my Father who nothing, but in everything by prayer and decisions for our nation we will be counseled is in heaven. supplication, with thanksgiving, let your re­ and advised by many people ... many inter- And because of this, I .felt compelled to quests be made known to God; and the peace ests ... many inner feelings .. . speak today. of God, which surpasses all understanding, In the end help us all to remember that We are about to open the 104th Congress will guard your hearts and minds, through Your divine guidance is what we should turn with great hope and expectation. This is not Christ Jesus. to as the greatest authority ... the greatest very different from the opening of previous Paul wrote this while he was in jail, in special interest ... because Your interest is Congresses. This is my eighth start of a new prison, and he wrote under great manipula­ the best interest of the United States of Congress and I still feel a sense of anticipa­ tion and pressure and stress. Paul was a won- America. tion and excitement. 99--059 0-97 Vol. 141 (Pt. 17) 13 23886 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 So today, as we begin this new Congress, I to do and does it, or a man who finds the meaningful than the pursuit of houses and want to focus on what kind of leaders we easy way around whatever I'm facing. land and machines and stocks and bonds. Nor should strive to be. I have considered this I'm reminded of what William Penn said, is fame of any lasting benefit. I will consider question often for myself. There are several "Government, like clocks, go from the mo­ my earthly existence to have been wasted principles I have learned from my observa­ tion men give them, and as governments are unless I can recall a loving family, a consist­ tions and experience as a Member of Con­ made and moved by men, so by them they ent investment in the lives of people, and an gress, as a father and husband, from reading are ruined too . . . Let men be good, and the earnest attempt to serve the God who made the Scriptures and from listening to individ­ government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they me. Nothing else makes much sense." uals I respect. Four of these I want to share will cure it. But if men be bad, let the gov­ with you today. They are ones that I believe ernment be never so good, they will endeavor CLOSING PRAYER are important to acknowledge as we begin to warp and spoil it.'' (The Honorable Tillie K. Fowler) this new Congess. RECONCILIATION Let us pray. Father in heaven, we humbly 1. The problems in our country have a My third point concerns reconciliation, a ask for Your help and guidance as we under­ moral base, and the solutions are not purely sometimes difficult task in Washington. As take the important work that lies before us political. we govern, it is important to work in a spirit during the 104th Congress. 2. As leaders, we need to be men and of cooperation. What we need in the country Give us wisdom, that we may make the women of character. and world, as well as in the Congress, is rec­ 3. We must foster reconciliation within our right decisions on behalf of the American onciliation-between races, countries, people; and give us compassion, that we country. spouses, between children and their parents. never forget the human impact of those deci­ 4. While we serve in this 104th Congress, we Today, regardless of your religious views, sions. must not forget those that matter most to consider the teaching of Jesus, who is one of us-our spouses and our children. Reinforce in us the knowledge that with the greatest authorities on reconciliation. leadership comes enormous responsibility, MORAL ROOT OF PROBLEMS He stressed the importance of forgiveness and give us strength to undertake the tasks We all know that we face many serious and of loving one's enemies. In Matthew that lie ahead with joyful determination. problems in this country and we as leaders chapter 18, verses 21 and 22, Peter asks Jesus, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my Enable us to transcend the boundaries of need to diagnose and manage them realisti­ politics and partisanship to work together cally. brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times? Jesus answered, I tell you, not for the common good, and keep us ever mind­ I want to suggest a simple proposition to ful that we were elected not to accomplish keep in mind as we lead: The problems we seven times, but seventy times seven." When I think of reconciliation in the polit­ our own selfish ends but to serve the people. face in America have one thing in common­ For we must always remember that the of­ they are at their core, moral. In our culture ical arena I think of one person who did it well. His name was William Wilberforce, who fice we hold is a sacred trust; and that our today, many believe there is no difference actions have the power to change the lives or between vice and virtue. However, we must got together a group of members of the Brit­ ish Parliament from across the political our brothers and sisters for better or for recognize that there are transcendent stand­ worse. ards of right and wrong. spectrum to abolish the slave trade in Eng­ Samuel Johnson once said many years ago land at a time when the country's economy Lord, the Psalmist tells us that "unless when his butler told him a guest was coming was dependent on it. the Lord builds the house, those who build it to dinner who believed morality was a sham. Today there are many who are committed labor in vain, and unless the Lord watches He said, "If he really believes that there is to reconciliation. Here in Congress there are over the city, the watchman stays awake in no difference between vice and virtue, let us a number of groups where members from vain." As we make the laws of our land, help count the spoons before he leaves." both sides of the aisle meet for fellowship us remember that-unless we hold ourselves So, if we believe that transcendent truths and prayer. For example, a group I'm in on to the standard of your law-our work, too, exist, what is our role as Members of Con­ Thursday afternoon (Republicans and Demo­ is in vain. gress? Government is not the source of right crats) meets in the House chapel for fellow­ Thank You for Your many blessings to us and wrong, nor is it the ultimate answer re­ ship and Bible study. The friendships that and to our Nation, and for Your help in being garding questions of right and wrong. The have been formed and the respect that has wise stewards of the bounty You have be­ thing that I fear most is that we will believe changed how we treat one another has been stowed upon us. In Your holy name, amen. extraordinary. When people meet together that we can solve all of our problems politi­ HYMN-BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC cally. If we do believe this, we will fail as we respectfully and begin to listen to each other always have. That's not to say we cannot im­ and work toward reconciliation, it changes (Julia Ward Howe) prove things greatly, because we can. But in the nature of the way they conduct their THE PINE FORGE ACADEMY CHOIR OF PINE our political activity what we should focus business on the floor of the House and in FORGE, PA, LLOYD MALLORY, CHOIR DIREC­ on is creating a climate where conscience is committee meetings. If you pray with and TOR, JOHN STODDART, ORGANIST cultivated and character can be built. It is to for someone, and they pray for you, it is hard that end that public policy, political and so­ to then turn around and attack them, and First Verse: cial, must be directed. much easier to work with them. In this spir­ Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming it of cooperation, we can work toward help­ of the Lord: CHARACTER IN LEADERSHIP ing the people of America. He is trampling out the vintage where the My second point today concerns character. My last point concerns our personal prior­ grapes of wrath are stored; As I enter the 104th Congress, I need to ex­ ities. People generally serve in the Congress He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his amine my heart-what kind of Member do I because they desire to help other people. But terrible swift sword: want to be. The name of Moses is carved in we need to remember that while we serve in His truth is marching on. the wall across from the Speaker's rostrum the 104th Congress trying to help others, we Fifth Verse: in the House. When Moses was choosing help­ not forget those who matter most to us-our In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born ers to lead Israel, his father-in-law Jethro spouses and our children. across the sea, gave him this advice in Exodus chapter 18, People who are working to meet the needs With a glory in his bosom that transfigures verse 21: "Select capable men from all the of others many times neglect to meet the you and me; people, men who fear God, trustworthy men needs of their own families. (Ministers, Doc­ As he died to make men holy, let us die to who hate dishonest gain." tors, Social workers) I heard of an individual make men free, Isaiah chapter 1, verse 17 says, "learn to do who spent his entire life in service to others While God is marching on. right, seek justice, encourage the oppressed. at the expense of his family. After he died Defend the cause of the fatherless. Plead the his sons went to the cemetery and urinated THE BENEDICTION case of the widow.'' on his grave. What a tragedy. As Members, (The Honorable Bill Barrett) And Micah chapter 6, verse 8 says, "And and husbands and wives, and mothers and fa­ what does the Lord require of you? To act thers, we want to be sure to put our families Along with the words and the message of justly and to have mercy and to walk hum­ first. the Battle Hymn of the Republic, bly with your God." In closing, I want to share a quote [by Dr. May the Strength of God pilot us; I challenge myself to follow these guide­ James Dobson] from a book I read on the May the Power of God preserve us; lines-to be a person who fears God, to be family. It says: May the Wisdom of God instruct us; trustworthy, to be a person of integrity and "I have concluded that the accumulation May the Hand of God protect us; character. I must ask myself do I want to be of wealth, even if I could achieve it, is an in­ a man of excellence or a man of expedience, sufficient reason for living. When I reach the May the Way of God direct us; and a man of principle or one who seeks to be end of my days, a moment or two from now, May the Shield of God defend us. popular, a man who looks for the right thing I must look backward on something more Amen. _September 6, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23887 TRIBUTE TO GEORGE M. WHITE commercial development than any other moralizing for welfare recipients who would Ocean County community. This has enabled prefer work. They think it is too bureau­ the township to maintain a tax rate for its citi­ cratic and does not provide sufficient flexi­ HON. Bill RICHARDSON bility. They also think it has done little to zens well below the county average. OF NEW MEXICO reduce poverty. Welfare reform is one of the Mayor Block has been successful in bring­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES major issues before Congress this year, and ing to Stafford millions of dollars in revitaliza­ several aspects of it are being examined. Wednesday, September 6, 1995 tion grants, including the Neighborhood Pres­ THE FEDERAL ROLE Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, it is with ervation Program, which is used to revitalize older areas of the township. He has also in­ The current welfare system as most people great respect and admiration that I honor think of it consists of Aid to Families with today a great American. George M. White, creased parks and recreational areas for the Dependent Children (AFDC), an entitlement who has served 24 years as Architect of the residents of Stafford by 1,000 percent. under which cash benefits flow to all eligible Capitol, has announced his retirement, com­ Manahawkin Lake, which has revitalized under individuals on the basis of need. The federal mencing November 21, 1995. Mayor Block's leadership, has had the highest government pays from 50% to 80% of the cost George M. White has established a long percentage of swimmable days in all of Ocean depending on the state. In Indiana the fed­ and distinguished career, having practiced as County. eral share is about 63%. Reform proposals be­ an architect and as a consulting engineer Carl developed a long-range master plan for fore Congress would provide that individuals are not automatically entitled to such as­ since 1948. He ·is a former electronics design Stafford which gave careful consideration to growth while protecting the environment and sistance. States would be given a fixed engineer and assistant division manager at amount of money- or block grant-that General Electric Company and a former mem­ assuring that future growth would be managed would no longer vary with the number of ber of the Faculty in Physics and in Architec­ properly through existing infrastructure and families needing assistance. ture at Case Western Reserve University. roadways. Shifting to block grants would give states Mr. White zealously gives his time and en­ His dedication to quality of life issues in more flexibility to develop innovative ways ergy to numerous organizations, such as the Stafford Township resulted in the township re­ to deliver assistance. But there would be 50 U.S. Capitol Police Board, the Advisory Coun­ ceiving the Quality New Jersey Award in 1992. state experiments in welfare with no system­ This award is equivalent of the Malcolm Bain­ atic evaluation of the results. Furthermore, cil on Historic Preservation, and the Board of use of the block grant without requiring Regents of the American Architectural Foun­ bridge Award. Stafford's successes with envi­ states to maintain their own effort would in­ dation. A few of his former affiliations have ronmental planning and management have vite welfare cutbacks. States, always fearful been as Trustee of the Freedoms Foundation been recognized by numerous national maga­ of becoming a magnet for the disadvantaged, at Valley Forge, Chairman of the Architectural zines, including National Geographic, which would likely end up competing to cut bene­ Advisory Group regarding the restoration of pointed to Stafford Township as an example of fits and limit eligibility, and a "race to the the Statue of Liberty, and member of the Visit­ how one town can make a difference. bottom" could occur. The past year, under Carl's leadership, Staf­ Several of the proposals would freeze fed­ ing Committee, Department of Architecture eral funding for five years without adjusting and Planning. ford was the first township in New Jersey to for inflation or growth in the number of poor George M. White's reputation is universally win the prestigious Lawrence Emerson Award people. The theory is that block grants will acclaimed. He is a former member of an inter­ from the National Arbor Day Foundation. This achieve administrative savings, but studies national committee of consultants for the resulted in the permanent display of New Jer­ show that 5% in such savings may be about Egyptian Museum of Cairo and a former sey's State Flag at the Lied Conference Cen­ the best that can be expected. If poverty in Chairman of the Committee of Review of the ter in Nebraska. Stafford was also selected for a state increases, it would have to bear the National Capital Development Commission for the 1995 First Place National Award for Excel­ additional cost of serving more poor people. lence by the U.S. Environmental Protection States already cut budgets in a recession be­ Canberra, Australia. cause revenues fall. George M. White has served as the de­ Agency [EPA] for its innovative storm water Block grants are sometimes quite useful, signer, protector and preserver of our federal management design. but I think they make much less sense for buildings in the manner of one who reveres Stafford Township's designation as a Tree programs for which the poor are eligible on and respects the great halls of our nation's City U.S.A. for 6 consecutive years, and as a an entitlement basis and the federal govern­ Capital. I know all of my colleagues in the Tree Growth Award Winner for 4 consecutive ment shares some or all of the costs. I worry House of Representatives join me in wishing years are records unsurpassed by any other that using the block grants means that the community in the entire Nation. poor would have to compete against other George M. White much happiness and suc­ claimants-like teachers, road builders, and cess in the years to come. We shall all miss Carl Block's motto throughout his tenure as law enforcement-for scarce state dollars. him. an elected official has been "Progress With The lack of clout of poor people was a prin­ Pride." Stafford Township's economic growth, cipal reason why the welfare program was as well as the environmental regulations in ex­ federalized in the first place- to assure a TRIBUTE TO MAYOR CARL W. istence in the township today, are indicative of minimum level of protection for the voice­ BLOCK his success in judiciously encouraging growth less poor who would lose out in political while protecting the environment. competition for limited funds at the state HON. JIM SAXTON For his contributions to the citizens of Staf­ and local levels. A key issue is whether assisting the poor is OF NEW J ERSEY ford Township and all of Ocean County, I rec­ seen primarily as a national or state respon­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ognize Mayor Carl Block today. sibility. There is a strong case for giving the Wednesday, September 6, 1995 states more flexibility in reforming welfare. But if the federal government uses block Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, it is a great grants it gives up its role in helping the honor and privilege for me to congratulate the REFORMING WELFARE needy and easing regional economic dispari­ Honorable Carl W. Block, mayor of Stafford ties. Giving states more flexibility in run­ Township, for his 25 years of dedicated public HON. LEE H. HAMILTON ning welfare programs can be done without service as a member of the Stafford Township necessarily converting them to block grants. OF INDIANA Council, Planning Board, Regular Republican For . example, many states, including Indi­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ana, have received exemptions from some Club, and the Board of Trustees of Southern federal requirements to allow them to exper­ Wednesday, September 6, 1995 Ocean County Hospital. iment with improvements in welfare assist­ Under Carl's leadership, Stafford Township Mr. HAMIL TON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ance. has won 24 State and national environmental insert my Washington Report for Wednesday, awards, more than any other municipality in August 23, 1995, into the CONGRESSIONAL ENCOURAGING WORK the country. Many of the environmental proc­ RECORD. An essential yet often elusive goal in wel­ esses conceived and piloted by Stafford are fare reform is to encourage work. Tools to REFORMING WELFARE increase work include financial incentives, now being used nationwide and in Europe. Hoosiers do not like the current welfare Under Mayor Block's leadership, Stafford education and training, and work require­ system. They think it is anti-work and anti­ ments. Township is the fastest growing community in family, and encourages out-of-marriage Financial incentives allow recipients to all of Ocean County, with more business and births. They think it is degrading and de- keep more of their welfare check after they 23888 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 go to work. Past attempts to reduce welfare IN RECOGNITION OF WILMA HICKS street running through the heart of downtown dependency through financial incentives OF MONTICELLO, DEPARTMENT Aberdeen-will become a focal point of na­ have proved disappointing. Education and PRESIDENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI tional attention as the people who know Cal training produce positive results, but they LADIES' AUXILIARY TO THE best come together to convey their collective are expensive. Much attention has to be paid VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS affection for a man baseball fans across the to the quality of training provided and the FOR 1994-95 Nation have begun to call the Iron Man. To availability of child care for welfare recipi­ the citizens of Aberdeen, Cal Ripken is-in the ents moving into jobs. Many reform propos­ HON. MIKE PARKER words of Roy Hobbs, the character played by als require states to enroll 50% of all welfare Robert Redford in the movie The Natural­ parents---some three times the current pro­ OF MISSISSIPPI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES "the best there ever was." portion- in work programs, but these pro­ Last night Cal Ripken played his 2, 130th posals provide no funding for the additional Wednesday, September 6, 1995 consecutive game as a Baltimore Oriole, tying work slots. Likewise, if more welfare moth­ Mr. PARKER. Mr. Speaker, today I stand in a longstanding record originally set by the leg­ ers are moved into work, more child care the Halls of Congress to ask you to join me in endary Lou Gehrig. Today Cal will break that will be needed; but under some proposals honoring Wilma Hicks of Monticello, MS, de­ record-a feat once thought impossible, so child care funds from the federal government partment president of the year of our Ladies much so that Lou Gehrig's Hall of Fame are cut below current levels. Auxiliary to the Veterans of foreign Wars in plaque at Cooperstown states that his record Mississippi. should stand for all time. It is both fitting TIME LIMIT Mrs. Hicks was honored recently as one of andappropriate that Cal Ripken is the only 11 runners-up among department presidents player to surpass the great Gehrig in this re­ Most of the proposals favor time limits for of the year at the National Presidents' Lunch­ gard. He alone represents the qualities for welfare recipients. Today about one-third of eon held in Phoenix, AZ., during the 82d Na­ which Lou Gehrig will always be remem­ the recipients stay on welfare for more than tional Convention of the Ladies Auxiliary to the bered-sportsmanship, character, fair play, five years. They are usually a particularly Veterans of Foreign Wars. She is a member and sheer love of the game. disadvantaged group. The critical issue is, of Auxiliary No. 4889 and has held many posi­ In order to appreciate fully the magnitude of what happens to the recipients who lose all tions of leadership in the auxiliary at the local, Ripken's achievement, we must look at what eligibility for welfare because of the time district and State levels. As a result of Mrs. else happened in baseball during Ripken's 13- limits? Only about one-third of them are Hicks' leadership to our State during het year streak. Since May 30, 1982-the day the likely to be employed two years later. 1994-95 term of office, the State of Mis­ streak began-more than 3,600 players have sissippi can report 8, 11 O members, $31 ,985 in gone on the disabled list. More than 500 play­ ers have played shortstop for other major PREVENTING DEPENDENCY contributions for the Cancer Aid and Research Program, and at least 75 percent participation league teams. Endurance, however, is only in all other auxiliary programs. Across the Na­ one aspect of Cal Ripken's success. He was Everybody agrees that more effort should tion, the auxiliary has raised more than $3 mil­ Rookie of the Year in 1982; MVP in 1983 and be devoted to preventing dependency on wel­ lion for the Auxiliary Cancer Aid and Research 1991; and has played in 13 consecutive all fare. That means education and jobs have to Fund for the seventh consecutive year and star games. He has also hit more home runs be emphasized, especially for the unskilled. has volunteered more than 23 million hours in than any shortstop in major league history. It also means that much more attention has community service. Cal's greatest moments have come off the to be paid to out-of-marriage childbirth and The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of For­ field. He is a tireless advocate for children's lit­ to the low levels of child support from fa­ eign Wars is dedicated to serving our Nation eracy programs and, along with his wife Kelly, thers of children on welfare. through volunteer work in hospitals, through has worked to broaden awareness of Graves' Early childbearing is a major factor in pov­ protecting veterans entitlements and by pro­ disease. He has shown an uncommon willing­ erty and welfare dependency. Overall the viding community service. ness to give back to the community which has teenage birth rate is now lower than it was Mr. Speaker and my colleagues, I ask that so warmly embraced him. Cal is as much a 30 years ago, but the proportion of such you join me in paying tribute to Wilma Hicks. most valuable person as he is a player. births that occur outside of marriage has in­ I also would ask that your share in this mo­ When I think of Cal Ripken, Jr., I think of a creased dramatically. Many welfare propos­ ment to express our collective appreciation to quiet, unassuming man who takes precious als today deny benefits to young unwed and esteem for the 765,283 auxiliary members time before and after every game to sign auto­ mothers or cap benefits to those who have across this great Nation. Ladies, we salute graphs, pose for pictures, or to chat with his additional children on welfare, but overall you for your willing sacrifices of your time and fans-the way Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and the evidence is not clear about the impact of energy, your dedication to our fighting men Jackie Robinson once did. I think of a man for these proposals. Some state experimentation and women and your devotion to America's whom contributing to the team-not rewriting may be in order. veterans. Mrs. Hicks, you symbolize all that is the record books-is the primary motivation. I Requiring more fathers to pay child sup­ good, true and steadfast in our society. We think of a man who tied one of baseball's port would almost certainly mean the num­ will always be grateful for your work and that greatest records on a Tuesday night and ber of poor individuals would drop and the of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of For­ drove his daughter to her first day of school number of families on welfare would also eign Wars. Thank you. the following morning. At a time when many drop. Billions of dollars could be saved. The fans are disillusioned by the corporation of current proposals make the penalties for baseball, Cal's unvarnished passion for the avoiding child support obligations tougher. TRIBUTE TO CAL RIPKEN, JR. sport evokes a time when baseball was what it was always meant to be-a game. CONCLUSION HON. ROBERT L EHRLICH, JR. The people of Aberdeen are right to take OF MARYLAND such pride in their local hero. Cal Ripken I am impressed that the issues in welfare IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES shares their time-tested values-hard work, reform are much more complex-and reform community, family. His success; he is of them itself much more difficult-than the debate Wednesday, September 6, 1995 as much as he is one of them. He personifies in Congress now recognizes. Congress is Mr. EHRLICH. Mr. Speaker, a Member of what is best about our national pastime. His going to have to be more modest in what it Congress is often called upon to acknowledge graceful modesty reminds all of us that nice can achieve in a single bill this year. The the noteworthy achievements of his or her guys often do finish first. system is broken, but serious people have se­ constituents. Today I have the unique privilege My sincere congratulations go out to Cal rious disagreements over precisely what of recognizing a constituent whose achieve­ Ripken, Jr., his wife Kelly and their two young needs to be fixed and how in the welfare sys­ ment is the talk of the nation . children; his parents Cal, Sr. and Vi; and to tem. Tomorrow the quiet town of Aberdeen, MD the entire community of Aberdeen on this (Newsletter based on the Urban Institute will pay tribute to its favorite son-Cal Ripken, happy and historic occasion. May the streak Welfare Reform report.) Jr. West Bel Air Avenue-the normally quiet continue long into the future. September 6, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23889 TRIBUTE TO SADIE FEDDOES honored as the 1982 Woman of the Year by Mrs. Torres returned to Guam and to public the board of managers of the Brooklyn Home health where she became an invaluable addi­ HON. MAJOR R. OWENS for the Aged and also by the Brooklyn branch tion to the women's health care clinics by pro­ OF NEW YORK of the NAACP as its 1984 Woman of the Year viding vital clinical services including prenatal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for her outstanding leadership and dedicated care, family planning, cancer screening, and work. management of sexually transmitted diseases Wednesday, September 6, 1995 She has made several television appear­ in women. In addition to her duties as a nurse Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, Sadie Feddoes ances including guest spots on NBC-TV's practitioner, Mrs. Torres was supervisor and is a shining example of the kind of conscien­ "Today Show," "Black Pride" on WPIX-TV manager of the Central Region Health Center tious, dedicated-citizen leader worthy of being and was alternate guest panelist on the cable Clinic for the past 2 years. designated as a "Point of Light" to be held television show "Face the Women." She is An active member of American Nurses As­ high as a model for all Americans. In her listed in Black American Writers, Past and sociation and the Guam Nurse Association years of service to the least among us and her Present; Who's Who Among Black Americans; [GNA], Mrs. Torres was named the Outstand­ long abiding concern for the personal welfare, Who's Who of American Women; Who's Who ing Employee of DPH&SS in 1981 and 1984. as well as the public achievement, of those in Finance and Industry; and in the British In 1994, she received the GNA Presidential around her, Sadie Feddoes has proven that published Dictionary of International Biog­ Commendation Award for outstanding vol­ she can walk with bankers and kings but raphy. untary and dedicated service to the nursing never lose the common touch. It is quite fitting and proper that we salute profession and organization. She was also Sadie Feddoes is a vice president and com­ Sadie Feddoes as a "Point of Light" for all twice nominated for the GNA Nurse of the munity and government relations officer for Americans. In her career and for her commu­ Year Award. Citibank, where she has been employed for 40 nity, Sadie Feddoes has always performed be­ Mrs. Torres still resides in Malesso with her years; a columnist for the New York Amster­ yond the call of duty. It is our fervent hope husband of 34 years. The couple have two dam News since 1972; past chairperson of the that the bright light of Sadie Feddoes will con­ children and three grandchildren. board of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration tinue to shine for many decades to come. Corp.; member of the board of directors of IN OPPOSITION TO FRENCH Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp.; chair­ NUCLEAR TESTING person of the board of directors of the Billie CONGRATULATIONS CARMEN L . Holiday Theatre; a member of the board of di­ TORRES FOR 25 YEARS OF EX- ~ rectors of Brooklyn Economic Development HON. ALCEE L HASTINGS CELLENCE OF FLORIDA Corp.; a member of the board of directors of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Kings County Overall Economic Develop­ SPEECH OF ment Program Committee; and served on the Wednesday, September 6, 1995 1984-85 New York Regional Panel of Presi­ HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, dent Reagan's Commission on White House OF GUAM rise today to express my outrage over the det­ Fellowships. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES onation by the Chirac government of a nuclear She has worked on many community Wednesday, September 6, 1995 device in the South Pacific. projects and is a member of several charitable Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to The French have blatantly and egregiously and civic organizations. She is a past member pay tribute to Carmen Lizama Torres, a Guam ignored the environmental sovereignty of the of National Women in Communications and Department of Public Health and Social Serv­ region. I strongly object to the fact that France New York Women in Communications where ices [DPH&SS] nurse practitioner who is retir­ carried out these tests more than 10,000 miles she was recognized in 1984 as one of 60 out­ ing on September 29, 1995, after nearly a from their mainland. If, as Mr. Chirac has stat­ standing members. Miss Feddoes was born in quarter of a century of dedicated, unselfish, ed, these tests pose no threat to the eco­ St. Vincent, West Indies and holds a bach­ and untiring service to the people of Guam. system, why are they being carried out 10,000 elor's degree in business from Pace Univer­ The seventh child in a sibship of 13, Mrs. miles away from France? Why detonate atom­ sity. Torres was born and raised in Saipan in the ic weapons in somebody else's backyard? Northern Marianas Islands. Her career as a Why not in central France? Miss Feddoes has received many citations health care provider started on her home is­ The United States, numerous countries, and and awards including Outstanding Perform­ land when she began after completing a respected individuals in the region pleaded ance Award from Citibank in 1970 and is the course in practical nursing at the Saipan Civil­ with the French not to carry out these "experi­ recipient of awards from the Salvation Army; ian Hospital and working there as a practical ments." But Mr. Chirac insisted that they are American Red Cross; the New York State nurse. In the early sixties, she moved to necessary. Why are these tests necessary? Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus; Guam and settled in Malesso with her hus­ Whom are the French preparing to fight? Are National Urban League; National Association band, Jose Torres. they planning to drop a bomb on Algeria? of Negro Business and Professional Women's In 1970, Mrs. Torres enrolled in the Univer­ What specter so haunts them that they need Clubs; National Council of Negro Women; sity of Guam's School of Nursing, and, after to test their nuclear weapons before they sign Lions International; the National Conference of graduating with an associate of arts degree in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? And Christians and Jews; the Boy Scouts of Amer­ nursing, she began her public health nursing what will this mean for the future of the treaty? ica; Coalition of 100 Black Women; the Navy career when she was appointed a public Will other countries rush to detonate bombs Yard Boys and Girls Club; Church Women health nurse and assigned to the public health before they finally renounce nuclear testing? United of Brooklyn; Congressman EDOLPHUS clinics in Asan, Piti, Santa Rita, and Hagat as Will rogue nations and terrorist organizations TOWNS; Senator Velmanette Montgomery; As­ a staff nurse. After 4 years in that capacity, experiment with nuclear weaponry, claiming semblyman Clarence Norman Jr.; and from she was appointed public health nurse super­ that they must protect themselves from French several churches and civic organizations. She visor of the Southern Region Health Center aggression? was also a grand marshal! for the West In­ which serves the villages of Talofofo, Mr. Speaker, I cannot adequately express dian-American Labor Day Parade, which at­ lnalahan, Malesso, and Humatac. my disappointment with the Chirac govern­ tracts over a million persons annually and was In 1979, the World Health Organization ment. Economic boycotts, political protests, the recipient of the Chairman's Award for Dis­ [WHO] awarded Mrs. Torres a fellowship to editorial, outrage, and public opinion seem all tinguished Service from the Congressional study obstetrics and gynecology as a women's to have failed in convincing Mr. Chirac that his Black Caucus of the 102d Congress. health nurse practitioner student at Harbor­ policy is wrong. It is dangerous for the eco­ Miss Feddoes received a citation from Bor­ UCLA Hospital in Torrance, CA; she had the system, dangerous for the fragile marine envi­ ough President Howard Golden on behalf of distinction of being the first Guam nurse to be­ ronment, dangerous for the people living . the People of Brooklyn when she celebrated come nurse practitioner and is certified to around the Mururoa atoll, and dangerous for her 25th year with Citibank and was recog­ practice that profession in California and those who seek a nuclear-weapon-free world. nized in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on the Guam. As Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans occasion of her 30th anniversary by Congress­ After successfully completing the nurse stated: "This is not the action of a good inter­ man EDOLPHUS TOWNS. Miss Feddoes was practitioner course at Harbor-UCLA Hospital, national citizen." 23890 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 INTRODUCTION OF THE PUBLIC GREG WYATT-BILL OF RIGHTS used in operations in Turkey during which PENSION PARITY ACT EAGLE SCULPTURE human rights abuses have occurred. This re­ port is the most definitive administration state­ HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN ment linking United States military assistance HON. BRUCE F. VENTO OF NEW YORK to human rights violations in Turkey. I wrote a letter to Secretary Christopher on OF MINNESOTA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 29 asking several questions about that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, September 6, 1995 report, and on August 15 I received a reply. I Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask that my letter, and the Department's re­ Wednesday, September 6, 1995 recognize Greg Wyatt, the sculptor in resi­ sponse, be printed in the CONGRESSIONAL Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, our Nation's pub­ dence at the Cathedral Church of St. John the RECORD. Divine and director of the art academy at the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COM­ lic servants have had a long and difficult year. MITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELA- Public employees have been asked to in­ Newington Cropsey Foundation. I urge my fel­ low colleagues to attend an exhibition of Mr. TIO NS, crease their pension contributions in exchange Washington, DC, June 29, 1995. Wyatt's Bill of Rights Eagle in the Russell for smaller annuities and to make other finan- Hon. w ARREN CHRISTOPHER, Senate Office Building rotunda from today until Secretary of State, Department of State, Wash­ cial sacrifices in the name of deficit reduction. Saturday, September 9, 1995. ington, DC. Last spring, some Federal employees working Mr. Wyatt's early training in the arts came DEAR MR. SECRETARY: I write regarding in the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City made from instruction with his father, a painting pro­ the State Department's Report on Allega­ the ultimate sacrifice while performing their fessor at the City College of New York. At an tions of Human Rights Abuses by the Turk­ jobs. The time has come to show some sup- early age Mr. Wyatt's father instilled in him an ish Military, released on June 1, 1995. I com­ port for our public servants, the men and appreciation for the cultural and artistic tradi­ mend you for the precision and detail of that report, which provides important informa­ women who work hard to provide needed tions of the Hudson River Valley of New York. tion to the Congress. services for the American people. Greg followed this tradition, earning a bachelor What impresses me about that report is of arts degree in art history from Columbia your open acknowledgment of the role of Today, I am reintroducing the Public Pen- College and a master of arts degree in ce- U.S.-origin military equipment in human sion Parity Act, legislation I first introduced in ramie arts from Columbia University. He con­ rights abuse in southeastern Turkey. As the 98th Congress to rectify a serious tax in- tinued his studies at the National Academy of your report states: "U.S.-origin equipment, equity that our retired public employees con- ,,. Design focusing on classical sculpture, and which accounts for most major items of the tinue to face. America's public retirees de- later traveled to Italy as an instructor in Ren- Turkish military inventory, has been used in opemtions against the PKK during which serve positive action on this bill. aissance figurative sculpture. human rights abuses have occurred." In addition, I am honored to represent the I would like to ask you several questions . As you kn?w, Mr. S~eaker, mo~t of. ou~ pub- district that is home to the Newington Cropsey about the June 1 report. lic-secto~ retirees. receive ~ pens1~n in lieu ~f Foundation located in Hastings-on-Hudson, 1. I do not recall prior Administration the Social Security benefits received by pn- NY, an organization dedicated to preserving statements or testimony coming to the con­ vate-sector retirees. Social Security benefits the work of the 19th century Hudson Valley clusion that U.S. military equipment pro­ are fully tax exempt for individual private-sec- artist Jasper Francis Cropsey and the culture vided to Turkey was used in operations dur­ tor retirees earning as much as $25,000 per of the Hudson River Valley. The exhibit of Mr. ing which human rights abuses occurred. Can you point me to prior statements by year, and couples earning up to $32,000. Wyatt's Bill of Rights Eagle was made pos­ this Administration, or previous Administra­ There is no corresponding tax exemption for sible by funding from the Newington Cropsey tions. that make a link between U.S.-origin public-sector retirees, who are effectively Found~tion. The foundation has previ?us.1~ do­ equipment provided to the Turkish military being penalized by the Internal Revenue Code nated . 1mpo~ant ­ publican candidates since then. In east Ten­ pense of the Federal Government, we might Jesse Jackson on the left and House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich on the nessee, there are few better ways for a Re­ do well also to lower some unrealistic expecta­ right. publican to raise money and meet people than tions. Here's a radical notion: When the whiners to have him entertain at the Webster farm In a free society, there are limits to what insist the problem is rooted in politics, their near Rogersville. government can do to guarantee financial suc­ delusions become self-fulfilling. Their media­ Although George feels that 30 years as gen­ cess for its citizens, prepare for their retire­ stoked anger creates the dysfunctional foun­ eral counsel to ASAE is enough, he will con­ ment, or preserve their families. The U.S. dation upon which the nation's political con­ tinue to remain active at Webster,- Chamber­ Government can not compel people to make versation is held, its candidates elected and its public policy made. They do at least as lain, and Bean, and I know that he will enjoy intelligent career choices, invest wisely, or much damage to politics as politics does to spending more time with his lovely wife, Tuttie, take their kids to the ball game. The Govern­ them. and his children, Hugh, George, and Aen. I ment can not make you go to church-it is in In 1992, the whiners achieved the latest in know that while ASAE will surely miss his the Constitution. a string of dubious political victories by 23896 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 electing a president who is forever reassur­ keeps driving American income distribution stakes are huge. So the 1994 Republican ing them: " I feel your pain." Naturally, this toward more distant poles of inequality. And takeover of Congress gets blown up as a " his­ makes then whine even louder. some is the frustrating wage stagnation of toric" realignment, and already the '96 presi­ But their impact on politics didn't begin the middle class. And some is the confusing dential contenders are talking about a with President Clinton. For a generation change in gender roles and relationships. To­ " once-in-a-lifetime" chance to reconfigure now, the angry middle class has systemati­ gether, all of these forces have undermined cally put into office politicians of both par­ the nuclear family, society's most reliable the size and scope of government. ties who over-indugle them, to everyone's incubator of values and morals. The voters are pretty wise to this poppy­ eventual grief. What is the hated national Let's stipulate that life is tough. It's tough cock, but it feeds their frustration with poli­ debt but the cumulative choice by one cowed to live in the inner city; to lose a job to cor­ tics. They keep hearing about all the up­ Congress and president after another to give porate " downsizing"; to graduate from col­ heavals that are supposed to be coming out the American people all the goodies they de­ lege suspecting you'll never live as well as of Washington; then they check their own mand, then flinch at charging them at 100 your parents. lives and discover nothing's changed. They cents on the dollar? But really! Can it be tougher to be a single When the angry populists get angrier still mother working at McDonald's in 1995 than feel jerked around. They switch channels, or about the way this shell game has mortgaged it was to be a immigrant wife working in a turn off the set altogether. their children's future, they scour the land­ Chicago slaughterhouse in 1915? Tougher to The absence of big change from Washing­ scape for scapegoats. Is it the big money be an insecure factory worker now than an ton can be seen another way: as a testament boys, the corporate lobbyists, the PAC men, Oklahoma farmer during the Dust Bowl to a stable, non-ideological, centrist politi­ the NAFTA brigade? Or is it the lily-livered years? A 22-year-old cab driver now than a cal system, where public policy is fought out politicians? Welfare cheats? Illegal immi­ 22-year old GI in 1917? Or 1943? Or 1952? Or between the 45-yard lines. That's not a bad grants? Single mothers? Blacks? Whites? 1969? thing. Japanese? Mexicans? Detective Fuhrman? Hey, we've got air conditioning, ESPN, All the usual suspects get trashed, except of Dove Bars and lots of other good stuff. But The problem is that the real source of what course the perps themselves, who just get Americans still seem to have convinced ails America lies beyond the reach of govern­ more angry. themselves that life in the past few decades ment. Nobody, for example, wants to live in Before I push this curmudgeonly screed keeps getting worse. a society where a third of all children are any further, let me put my own suspect cre­ Part of the delusion is sustained by my born out of wedlock and half grow up in dentials on the table: I write with some com­ craft. In a complex world, the culture of homes without their biological father. Ev­ plicity and, at least for another moment or complaint makes journalism less difficult. two, some distance. There's a grievance, there's a victim, there's eryone understands how that tears apart the I'm recently back from a three-year stint a bad guy. Whining (and O.J.) has become social fabric. as The Post's correspondent in South Africa, the touchstone that connects us all. It Yet politicians indulge the conceit that where I covered the brave transformation bridges our diversity. It moves product. they can change these behaviors. Right now from apartheid to democracy. Before that, I Sometimes journalism can take all this to they're debating welfare policy, a useful de­ covered American politics for two decades. silly extremes. Last week's Time magazine bate to have. But the personal behavior of During the 1980s, I wrote my share of sym­ cover story, " 20th Century Blues," turns to the poor (or anyone else) is substantially be­ pathetic articles about the set-upon, anxi­ psychobabble in seeking to estabhsh..J;j,__"mis­ ety-prone, economically stagnant middle match between our genetic makeup and the yond the reach of policy; always has been. class. Perhaps I caught the virus. Eventu­ modern world." The piece begins: " There's a New Jersey recently adopted a new welfare ally, like the subjects of these pieces, I grew little bit of the Unabomber in most of us." policy that cuts off additional benefits to jaded with American politics. I decided to Two weeks ago, a New Yorker essay started welfare mothers if they have more kids. The cast my lot elsewhere. the same way. Memo to colleagues: That preliminary findings? They keep right on In South Africa, I had the chance to ob­ guy's a crackpot. Most Americans aren't. having more kids. In matters of the heart serve political leadership at its most sub­ In fact, I've made an important discovery and matters of the loins, government doesn't lime. Had Nelson Mandela and Frederik W. after returning from three years of worrying de Klerk been guided by the angry voices in from afar about America's angst. I'm amazed have enough carrots and it doesn't have their respective constituencies, South Africa by . . . how normal everybody is! In office enough sticks. probably would have been plunged into a elevators, at fast-food joints, in airport lob­ If there was a little more honesty from on race war. Instead, using moral suasion and bies, the folks I encounter are the same high about what government can do, maybe pragmatic statesmanship, they persuaded busy, sensible, good-humored, can-do Ameri­ there'd be a little less anger from below nervous supporters to accept a scary racial cans I've always known. They don't look about what it cannot. compromise. Mandela and de Klerk each suc­ crazed; they don' t even look stressed. ceeded precisely to the degree that an ele­ At the hollow core of this culture of com­ But maybe not. I often wondered these ment of their message to the people was: plaint, there's an element of hype-a kind of past three years how Mandela or de Klerk Stick you pain where the moon don't shine; tacit conspiracy between the media and the would have fared in the cynical pit of Amer­ one day you'll thank me. whiners. The latter have grown savvy about ican politics. They're both gifted politicians, During those three years abroad I also which sound-bites will get them into the na­ but part of their success was based on the re­ kept half an eye trained homeward. From tional conversation. The former, if they're so spect that Africans have for their leadersand 8,000 miles away, American society looked inclined, can extract a fuming quote from institutions. It is a continent full of willing impossibly rich, breathtakingly dynamic and just about anyone. I've found that if you followers (often too willing); in this instance pathologically whiny. talk to most Americans long enough, they Poor, bedraggled Africa probably isn't the turn out to have nuanced, common-sense they were served by exceptional leaders. clearest vantage point from which to observe views (if not always quotable quotes) about In America at the moment, that relation­ anything in the First World. Nonetheless, almost everything, including their govern­ ship has gone awry. Our leaders won't lead here's what I saw from there: An America ment. They may not be especially well-in­ and our followers won't follow. that had colonized the planet with democ­ formed, but they're smart. racy, language, currency, computers, movies, They're certainly right that the political It's hard to imagine how the logjam gets music, bluejeans and fast food. An America system isn't responsive to their anxieties. broken from below. The laws of human na­ whose inflation and unemployment was low, But they're wrong that their anxieties can ture can't be repealed. Cynicism begets cyni­ whose stock market was booming. An Amer­ be reduced to neat public policy solutions. Or cism. ica at peace. An America that had slain com­ that the sky is somehow falling. Still, each of us can make a start. I hereby munism in the second half of the century, When all these people loudly proclaim that vow as a returning political journalist not to just as it had slain fascism in the first. politics is broken, it reminds me of an obser­ report at face value all the whining I'm sure Job well done! Let's party! Yet everyone in vation sometimes made about academic poli­ to hear between now and November 1996. But America I saw on CNN seemed to want to tics: the smaller the stakes, the nastier the shoot, shout or sue. fights. the real burden, I'm afraid, lies with politi­ Plainly, some of this dyspepsia is a morn­ Freed from cosmic worries, spared of wars cians like you, Sen. Bradley. By all means, ing-after phenomenon. After wars, hot or or depressions, bereaved of global enemies, go out and listen to the voices of the discon­ cold, nations lose their sense of mission. And Americans in the 1990s are gazing at their nected. But not too long. What they really some is the stress on everyday lives caused navels and grousing about the lint. It's need is a good talking to. by a shift in economic epochs, from the In­ human nature. dustrial Age to the Information Age. And Both the politicians and the media have a some is a winner-takes-all dynamic that professional interest in pretending the September 6, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23897 H.R. 1854, THE LEGISLATIVE been concerned by the funds that have been occasion of his retirement from over 30 years BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT spent to lavishly renovate GAO's offices. This of dedicated community service and employ­ CONFERENCE REPORT FOR FIS­ renovated space includes plush conference ment as supervisor of child welfare and at­ CAL YEAR 1996 and meeting rooms which seem excessive for tendance with the Montebello Unified School the scope of work performed at GAO. The Dist;ict. leadership and staff of the GAO ought to visit Over the years, Rudy accumulated a long the staff here on Capitol Hill to understand list of accomplishments while working with HON. DOUG BERElITER something about crowded staff office condi­ youth. Starting out as a junior camp counselor OF NEBRASKA tions and about the absence of required con­ at the All Nations Camp in 1948, Rudy worked IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ference rooms for meetings with constituents. his way up the ranks to become a senior Now let's examine the GAO workload. From camp counselor and finally, in 1954, served as Wednesday, September 6, 1995 1985 to 1993, GAO investigations doubled All National Boys Club supervisor for 5 years. Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, this member from 457 per year to 915. In addition, GAO's Rudy later worked as a special education rises in support of the conference report on budget jumped from $46.9 million in 1965 to teacher and after 6 years of addressing the H.R. 1854 and is pleased that this measure in­ our current spending level of $449 million, a needs of special education students, began cludes a reduction of $75 million for the Gen­ nearly 1,000-percent increase in unadjusted his employment with the Montebello Unified eral Accounting Office [GAO] below the fiscal dollars. School District. year 1996 funding level. This Member is par­ While the number of full-time equivalent po­ Rudy also has an impressive record of in­ ticularly pleased that the House and Senate sitions at GAO has been reduced additional volvement in civic organizations, especially conferees further reduced the funding level for cuts are still needed to account for the past those which aim to enrich the lives of youth. GAO by $19 million below the House-ap­ growth at this agency, which this Member will He has been a voluntary Big Brother for over proved fiscal year 1996 level. outline. In 1980, funding for GAO staff cost 32 years, serving as a mentor to young men Mr. Speaker, during the first days of the $204 million; By 1985 that had grown to $299 who might not otherwise have positive role 104th Congress, this Member wrote to the million. In 1988 it was $330 million, and in model to seek guidance and counsel. In addi­ gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. LIVINGSTON], 1989, $346 million. The average increase be­ tion, he has served as a counselor for the the chairman of the House Appropriations tween 1980 and 1990 was 8 percent per year. Youth Opportunity Board, an advisory member Committee, as well as the gentleman from Then, in 1991, GAO was increased by 14 per­ of the Eastmont Teen Post, co-founder of the Ohio [Mr. KASICH], the chairman of the Budget cent, to a total of $409 million. In 1992, GAO Association for the Advancement of Mexican­ Committee, to express this Member's strong received another 8 percent increase to $443 American Students, co-founder of the support for reduced funding levels for GAO. million. Eastmont Parents Guild, co-founder of the This Member is pleased with the action taken According to a Democratic study group committees for both the Reggie Rodriguez which confers with this Member's request for [DSG] special report issued on May 24, 1994, Park and Saybrook Park, co-founder of the reducing funding for GAO. January 1994 personnel totals for GAO were International Youth Boxing Club and the 4,597. This level was nearly as large as the Hollenbeck Police Athletic League Program. For some time, this Member supported a re­ staffing level of 4,617 for the entire Library of Rudy's involvement in such programs exem­ duction in funding for GAO. In fact, during Congress-the largest library in the world­ plify his strong dedication to helping youth. consideration of the fiscal year 1995 legislative which also includes the staff of the Congres­ Rudy, a Golden Glove boxing champion and branch appropriations bill, this Member offered sional Research Service. former professional boxer, also used his ath­ an amendment to cut funding for GAO by 5 According to this same study, in 1994, letic expertise to add fulfilling experiences to percent below the fiscal year 1994 level. Un­ GAO's staffing level was nearly 21/2 times as the lives of many youth. He is currently a box­ fortunately, this amendment failed by a close large as the 1,849 House committee staff ing trainer for the Santa Fe Springs Parks and vote. members during the 103d Congress, and Recreation Program, as well as for the Sierra The $374 million fiscal year 1996 funding more than one-half as large as the 7,340 indi­ High School Night Program. He also has been level for GAO included in the conference re­ viduals employed by Members of the House. a trainer for the Montebello Police Athletic port represents a decrease of $75 million The DSG study also compared funding levels League Boxing Program. In addition to his below the fiscal year 1995 level. During last for the legislative branch from 1979 to 1994, civic and youth sports efforts, Rudy has do­ year's deliberation of the legislative branch ap­ in inflation-adjusted dollars. According to the nated his time as an usher at his local parish. propriations bill, the House approved a funding DSG, the General Accounting Office received Rudy's lovely wife of over 40 years, Gloria, level of $439.5 billion, an increase of $9.4 mil­ one of the largest increases in funding for the and his five children are proud to have such lion. In addition, the fiscal year 1995 con­ entire legislative branch at an inflation-ad­ an active husband and father dedicated to ference report then included $449 million for justed 13.5 percent during this time period. serving his community. Indeed, I have had the GAO, $1 O million more than the House bill. Funding for other areas of the legislative distinct honor of knowing Rudy and his family This Member commends the conferees for re­ branch have actually declined since 1979, ac­ for many years, and I am proud to count him versing this outrageous trend in funding for cording to this study. For example, the Library among my friends. GAO. of Congress received a 17.6 percent reduc­ Mr. Speaker, it is with profound pride that I tion, CBO was reduced by 3.8 percent, and rise to recognize Mr. Rudy Jordan on the oc­ This Member strongly believes that GAO is Members' staff was reduced by 6.4 percent in casion of his retirement from the Montebello an agency where growth has been out of con­ inflation-adjusted dollars since 1979. Unified School District, and I ask my col­ trol, and that it is an agency which has not Again, this Member would like to thank the leagues to join me in extending best wishes been responsive to individual Members, espe­ conferees for their good judgment in facing the and congratulations to Rudy, a fine citizen cially to the requests of Republican Members long-term reality of GAO and reducing funding whose involvement in our community serves during our long tenure in the minority. This for that agency. This Member urges his col­ as an example to all. Member also believes that the quality of work leagues to support this funding level included produced by the GAO is shoddy. While the in this conference report. quality of the work varies dramatically, all products are given the same kind of credibility CONCERNING THE RETIREMENT OF simply because they are GAO products. The SENATOR CLAIBORNE PELL level of resources provided to produce these TRIBUTE TO RUDY JORDAN ON HIS HON. JACK REED products has been excessive and has grown RETIREMENT disproportionately when compared with other OF RHODE ISLAND congressional support agencies. In addition, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GAO resources have also been used for con­ HON. ~TEBAN EDWARD TORRES Wednesday, September 6, 1995 OF CALIFORNIA sultants, training, and other unnecessary ex­ Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, a re­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES penses. Concern has also been expressed markable man made an important announce­ that GAO is more interested in getting head­ Wednesday, September 6, 1995 ment in my home State of Rhode Island and lines than in supporting the Congress with the Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col­ on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Rhode Is­ required information. This Member has also leagues to recognize Mr. Rudy Jordan on the land's · senior Senator, Senator CLAIBORNE 23898 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 PELL, announced to the people of Rhode Is­ It has been a privilege for me to serve with mately $8 million directly affecting Califor­ land and to his Senate colleagues that he in­ CLAIBORNE PELL. I wish the Senator and his nia's more than 200 Impact Aid districts. Bi­ tends to retire at the end of his current term wife, Nuala, good health and happiness in the lingual Education would be drastically cut in the Senate. years ahead. by about 75 percent. California would lose The retirement of Senator CLAIBORNE PELL approximately $37 million in bilingual fund­ ing and districts would be forced to signifi­ marks the close of a career in the U.S. Senate cantly cut back on the number of students that has spanned three and a half decades H.R. 2127 LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION served. More than one-quarter of California's and witnessed rapid change in America and APPROPRIATIONS 5.3 million kindergarten through 12th grade the world. Throughout these turbulent years, students have limited-English proficiency. Senator PELL never wavered from his commit­ HON. MATIHEW G. MARTINFZ Providing the appropriate services is in­ creasingly challenging in California's ment to the search for world peace or the cre­ OF CALIFORNIA ation of educational opportunities for all Ameri­ schools, where nearly 100 different languages IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cans. are spoken. Goals 2000 would be completely Senator PELL's legacy of public service Wednesday, September 6, 1995 eliminated. In California approximately 96 percent of all school districts, including began well before he was elected to the Sen­ Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I think we can Azusa Unified, have indicated to the Califor­ ate in 1960. One month before the Japanese all agree that the right to an education is one nia Dept. of Education that they desire to attack on Pearl Harbor, CLAIBORNE PELL en­ of the most important rights we have in the utilize Goals 2000 funds. California would end listed in the U.S. Coast Guard where he United States. up losing $30 million from this program. served as a ship's cook and able seaman. Long ago, we realized that all Americans These diverse programs are developed at the After America entered the war, Senator PELL's must have access to education if our Nation local level to reexamine existing school pro­ family connections could have secured him an grams in order to better serve students. and our citizens are to prosper. However, the Adequate state funding for education and immediate officer's commission in the Navy, new majority leadership is undermining edu­ but he chose instead to remain in the Coast crucial, deserving, and equally needed pro­ cation in this country. grams will not be available if these cuts are Guard and serve on the dangerous North At­ They cut $4 billion from education, reducing approved. School districts, such as Azusa lantic convoy runs between the United States the Federal Commitment by 16 percent. Unified, desperately need additional revenue and England in the early years of the war. Do they assume that States and localities to continue to provide necessary programs to After the war, CLAIBORNE PELL and his wife, will pick up where the Federal Government will assist children within California. It is our Nuala, went abroad where Pell worked as a leave off? concern that the approval of this final Ap­ Foreign Service officer for the U.S. State De­ propriations bill will negatively affect our In my State or California, it took a lot of district's educational programs. partment. During these postwar Foreign Serv­ arm-twisting to allocate another $1 billion for ice years, CLAIBORNE PELL worked in and Sincerely, education, raising California's per pupil ex­ around the capitals of Eastern Europe, where INEZ Z. GUTIERREZ , penditure rank from 42nd to 40th among the he witnessed first-hand the emergence of President, Board of Educati on. 50 States. Parents, school board members, communist domination. Despite this experi­ and school districts are pleading that Federal BALDWIN PARK, ence, PELL always knew that communism was funds be restored. UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, doomed to failure and predicted the ultimate I submit some of these statements from Baldwin Park, CA, July 20 , 1995. death of communism long before the Berlin school districts in my district for the record. Hon. MATTHEW MARTINEZ, Wall came crashing down. U.S. House of Representatives , Rayburn Bui ld­ Following his Foreign Service career and a Schools will not be able to continue to pro­ ing, Washington, DC. brief stint in business, PELL declared himself a vide many services that our most disadvan­ DEAR REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ: I have candidate for the U.S. Senate. PELL ran on a taged children rely upon. Mr. Speaker, this is just lea rned of the proposed cuts to numer­ platform of "Peace and Opportunity for Rhode irrational and mean spirited. ous educational programs proposed by the Island" and despite the lack of an endorse­ AZUSA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, House Subcommittee on Labor/Health & Azusa, CA, August 1, 1995. Human Services/Education Appropriations ment by the Democratic party, PELL won the Representative MATTHEW MARTINEZ, and am writing to express my outrage and Democratic primary and was elected to the Rayburn House Building, concern for the students and families who Senate in 1960. At that time, one of PELL's Washington, DC. will be dramatically affected by the Commit­ closest friends in New England politics was DEAR REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ: Azusa tee's actions. By reducing programs between Senator John F. Kennedy and it was a special Unified School District respectfully requests 20% and 100%, the Committee is choosing to delight for PELL to be going to Washington your support to express our opposition to the deny students learning experiences that with his good friend. $4 billion in cuts the House Appropriations make a difference in a child's life. The need During his time in the Senate, CLAIBORNE Committee is currently considering to ele­ for maintenance of educational funding from PELL gained a reputation for serving the cause mentary, secondary and higher education the federal government is critical to the suc­ programs previously recommended by an ap­ of peace and creating educational opportuni­ cess of schools. The educational system pro­ propriations subcommittee. These congres­ vides students and families with numerous ties for all Americans. He has been instrumen­ sional cuts would slash critical education opportunities of success. Imagine how many tal in the passage of several arms control trea­ and training initiatives in California and students learn for the first time to read a ties and protocols over the years, including a would reduce education funding by 17 per­ word or write a sentence as well as work ad­ treaty banning nuclear weapons in space and cent while other discretionary programs dition and multiplication problems. The on the floor of the sea. Senator PELL will also have only been reduced by two-five percent. Committee's decision to slash numerous pro­ always be known for creating the Pell grant, The following critical educational program grams will reduce the effectiveness of teach­ the most universally utilized higher education areas affected are the Safe & Drug Free ers resulting in poor student performance grant available in America today. Schools with a $282 million cut and a $25 mil­ and ultimately greater social strife. Senator PELL's favorite motto, "Translate lion funding loss to California. This cut The Committee's actions deny children a comes at a time when parents, educators and comprehensive, appropriate education. The ideas into actions that help people," is a phi­ communities are seeking a safer learning en­ cutbacks slated for the identified programs losophy that has guided all of his work in the vironment for California's students. Voca­ reflect this observation which have myriad Senate, whether it was supporting civil rights tional Education programs administered by social implications. It is unconscionable that legislation during the 1960's or drafting edu­ the U.S. Dept. of Education would be cut by educational programs would be targeted for cation reform legislation in the 1990's $300 million. California would lose approxi­ reduction and include slashing Title I by $1.l Senator PELL is also known for his energy mately $30 million in vocational education billion; eliminating the Goals 2000 program; and unflagging devotion to his job. Despite the funding- a 3 percent cut for the state. Title splitting the Safe & Drug-Free Schools funds long hours, late night Senate sessions, and I funding would be cut by $1.l billion. Cali­ in half; cutting Bilingual Education by 55 weekends working back home in Rhode Is­ fornia would lose approximately $130 million percent; reducing Vocational Education by land, Rhode Island's senior Senator has never and the more than 236 ,000 needy California 28 percent; and trimming Education Tech­ pupils that benefit from this program will be nology by 55 percent. wavered in his dogged determination to make impacted. Cuts to Title I hit hardest those It makes no sense to cut programs which life better for all Americans. I know that he will schools and students that are most in need. impact all districts across this country in bring the same energy and compassion to Impact Aid would be cut by $83 million na­ positive dimensions. As an example, planned whatever task he turns to next. tionwide. California would lose approxi- Title 1 funding reductions would eliminate September 6, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23899 related activities by 1/5 or one day out of five school children. The focus should be on stim­ build and it will take years to get back to at in our nation's schools. All Title 1 students ulating their ideas and developing their least the average national per pupil expendi­ and parents would have lessened Math and skills to lead the U.S. into the 21st century. ture. We do not have the ability to replace Reading activities because of the Commit­ Along with the expert guidance of their the proposed cuts in federal funds and will tee's decision to reduce educational funding. teachers, we can all be winners in the con­ have to take appropriate actions to balance What will be some resultants of the Com­ tinuing struggle for quality education. our already fragile budget. mittee's actions: reduced direct teaching Sincerely yours, These funds truly do make a difference in time, especially Math and Reading, for stu­ TERRY J. LARSEN, Montebello Unified School District. Title I dents who need it the most; lessened assist­ Coordinator, Special Projects K-12. dollars help our truly disadvantaged stu­ ance for students, parents, and teachers in dents. Our "richest" school has a 45% prop­ the arena of drug prevention education; a GARVEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, erty rate-our poorest are located in one of significant increase in lessons taught in a Rosemead, CA, July 31, 1995. the poorest cities in the nation. These stu­ students non-understanding language which Hon. MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, dents now have access to counseling, tutor­ will cause students to fall further behind in U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC. ing, and computers which reinforce their attaining their education; an increase stu­ DEAR CONGRESSMAN MARTINEZ: The Garvey reading, writing and math skills. We have an dent drug use because of lack of knowledge School District, as you know, is an elemen­ almost 50% limited-English speaking popu­ and appropriate decision making; expended tary school district serving 7,200 students at­ lation in our district. In one city, students school violence and confrontation; greater tending kindergarten through grade 8. Of would never have to speak English if it were numbers of parents who are distraught over this number of students, 3,300 are limited not for the schools. Cutting bilingual dollars their child's performance and lack of re­ english proficient and 2,400 are non-english will not help us in our quest to help them be­ sources because of educational cutbacks; a proficient. Twenty-four foreign languages come fully proficient in the English lan­ drop in the opportunity for students, par­ are spoken by our student population. guage. Our students are also under constant ents, and teachers to partake in technology The space in this letter is not enough to pressure to join gangs and use drugs. Drug based programs; and less prepared students describe the numerous other challenges that usage has once again become a nationwide to work in vocational fields among other we face as we endeavor to respond to the epidemic and our students are also affected. resultants. fast-changing and sometimes difficult stu­ This is not the time to decrease half of our California already suffers from one of the dent population service. funding-we should be increasing it! highest teacher to student ratios in the It is disheartening to learn of the proposal Finally, I would like to point out that the United States. The actions of Congress to major corporate employers and politicians by House Republicans to cut $36 billion from have all said that our students are not ready eliminate Title 1 will force districts across current education and training investments, the state and country to layoff teaching as­ to be employed when they leave school. One which would mean a cut of $4.3 billion for proven way to assist those students who sistants who provide a worthwhile service to California school districts, including ours. students. Greater student to teacher ratios have chosen not to go on to higher education We believe that federal financial assistance is through vocational education funding. would be anticipated. program funding alone will not solve our I ask you, where is the leadership to pro­ Major programs are being developed to assist educational challenges. However, federal the school-to-work initiative Cutting back vide schools with the basics so that they can funds constitute a significant and critical provide a decent education to children? If California 30% in vocational education fund­ part of our total budget of $36 million. ing will only set us back in our effort to as­ you think that schools are not performing California school districts have had lim­ well currently, there will be an even greater sist those students seeking a viable career ited options for increasing their local reve­ after they graduate. My fear is we will see backlash. nues. The reduction in federal funding for I am in favor of budget cutbacks. However, more dropouts instead of the steadily de­ programs such as Head Start, Title 1, Goals creasing dropout rate we currently have in I would suggest that the Congress look to 2000 and Safe and Drug-Free Schools pro­ numerous other programs like agricultural posed by House Republicans would have a our district. subsidies and non-significant funded We sincerely appreciate all your effort to devastating impact on our local school chil­ help not only the students in our District, or projects. At the same time Congress could dren over the long haul. At the time when vote to reduce spending by a given percent­ in the State of California, but to continue to California continues to lag in revenue levels fight for all our children throughout the age, yet legislate that departments deter­ compared to that of other states, we as a dis­ mination the reduction. country. America will not continue to be the Education is the foundation of our country trict, are in no position to absorb the kind of great county it is if it continues to ignore from which all industry and decision making funding cuts that are sure to be inflicted by the educational needs of its children. flows. The educational system is what makes the Republican proposal. Very truly yours, our country great so I ask you not to par­ As a school district administrator belong­ BARBARA L. CHAVIRA, take in dismantling our country's backbone. ing to the every-increasing group of people Vice-President. Please demonstrate to the country and the who are being asked to do more with less, I State of California the need for maintaining strongly urge you to oppose these cuts as Los ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, funding for education from the federal gov­ they are harmful to children, to California Los Angeles, CA, August 1, 1995. ernment. and to the country. Hon. MATTHEW MARTINEZ, Sincerely, Sincerely, U.S. House of Representatives, PETER J. KNAPIK. ROLLAND M. BOCETA, Washington, DC. Director, Business Services. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE MARTINEZ: The staff ALHAMBRA SCHOOL DISTRICT, of the Los Angeles Unified School District is Alhambra, CA, July 28, 1995. MONTEBELLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, opposed to the current Labor/HHS/Education Hon. MATTHEW MARTINEZ, Montebello, CA, August 1, 1995. appropriations bill. This legislation would U.S. House of Representatives, Rayburn Build­ Hon. MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, enact billions of dollars in education spend­ ing, Washington, DC. U.S. House of Representatives, Rayburn Build­ ing reductions with a potential of great DEAR CONGRESSMAN MARTINEZ: Educators ing, Washington, DC. harm to the children who are most in need of and Administrators in the Alhambra, Cali­ Dear CONGRESSMAN MARTINEZ: Thank you educational services. fornia School District regard the recent vote for your continued support of public edu­ Federal involvement in public education at of the House Subcommittee on Labor/Health cation. It is sad to see that many of your fel­ the local level is an integral part of the pub­ & Human Services/Education Appropriations low representatives do not value educational lic school system. It has provided much­ to drastically reduce funding for Title I serv­ excellence for our country's children the way needed programs for the disadvantaged stu­ ices and to eliminate the Goals 2000 program you do. If we are going to ask our students dent population. To change the commitment as a direct assault on the school children of to be competitive with the students in other of our federal government to the nation's California. countries. We cannot cut another edu­ neediest children is to cripple an already At a time when the State of California in cational dollar! The federal investment in stressed system. Our cities and their chil­ general and Los Angeles County in particu­ education is already only 2-3% of the federal dren do not deserve to be hurt in such a man­ lar are facing severe budget problems, now, tax dollar, yet it has been cut an alarming ner. more than ever, school districts need federal 18% while other discretionary programs have Proposed cuts to Title 1, which improves support for special needs children and need only been reduced on their growth slowed by basic skills for disadvantaged children; Safe money for projects to improve America's 2-5%. and Drug-Free Schools programs that work schools. In fact, this is the vital role envi­ Leaving it to the states to make up the dif­ to keep violence and drugs away from sioned for the federal government as a part­ ference is ignoring the fact that California schools; job training programs for low-in­ ner in educating the nation's children. has been forced to severely cut back its edu­ come and dislocated workers; and summer Please don't balance the federal budget on cation dollars during our recent devastating jobs programs for youth who most des­ the backs of the neediest in our society-our recession. We are only now beginning to re- perately need hope and a way to be trained 23900 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS September 6, 1995 in work skills, as well as the elimination of Energy and Natural Resources form the concession policies of the Na­ the School Dropout Prevention program To hold hearings on H.R. 1266, to provide tional Park Service, and S. 964, to from the federal agenda, are ill-conceived. for the exchange of lands within Admi­ amend the Land and Water Conserva­ Cutting one of these valuable programs ralty Island National Monument, tion Fund Act of 1965 with respect to would be harmful; cutting all of these known as the " Greens Creek Land Ex­ fees for admission into units of the Na­ andmany other is dangerous. No state or change Act" . tional Park System. local government can replace these federal SD-366 SD-366 funds to prevent the damage the current ap­ Labor and Human Resources 10:00 a.m. propriations bill would cause. To hold hearings on S. 969, to require We strongly urge you to go on record as op­ Judiciary that health plans provide coverage for Business meeting, to consider pending posing the Labor/HHS/Education appropria­ a minimum hospital stay for a mother tions bill. The role of the federal government calendar business. and child following the birth of the SD-226 should not be to harm children by withdraw­ child. ing established and effective support. 2:00 p.m. SD-430 Judiciary Sincerely, 10:00 a.m. RONALD PRESCOTT, Judiciary Terrorism. Technology, and Government Associate Superintendent. To hold hearings to examine the status Information Subcommittee of religious liberty in America. To resume hearings on matters relating SD-226 to the incident in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1:30 p.m . SD-G50 Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to Appropriations by the Senate on February 4, 1977, calls for District of Columbia Subcommittee SEPTEMBER 15 establishment of a system for a computerized To hold hearings on proposed budget es­ 10:00 a.m. schedule of all meetings and hearings of Sen­ timates for fiscal year 1996 for the gov­ Judiciary ate committees, subcommittees, joint commit­ ernment of the District of Columbia. Terrorism, Technology, and Government SD-138 tees, and committees of conference. This title Information Subcommittee requires all such committees to notify the Of­ To continue hearings on matters relating SEPTEMBER 13 to the incident in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. fice of the Senate Daily Digest-designated by 9:00 a.m. SD-G50 the Rules Committee-of the time, place, and Indian Affairs purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, To hold hearings on the nomination of SEPTEMBER 19 and any cancellations or changes in the meet­ Paul M. Homan, of the District of Co­ 9:30 a .m. ings as they occur. lumbia, to be Special Trustee, Office of Energy and Natural Resources As an additional procedure along with the Special Trustee for American Indians. Business meeting, to consider pending computerization of this information, the Office Department of the Interior. calendar business. of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this in­ SR--485 SD-366 formation for printing in the Extensions of Re­ 10:00 a.m. Judiciary SEPTEMBER 20 marks section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD To hold hearings to examine proposals to on Monday and Wednesday of each week. divide the ninth circuit court, includ­ 9:30 a.m. Meetings scheduled for Thursday, Septem­ ing S. 956, to divide the ni.nth judicial Energy and Natural Resources ber 7, 1995, may be found in the Daily Digest circuit of the United States into two Business meeting, to consider pending of today's RECORD. circuits. calendar business. SD-366 MEETINGS SCHEDULED SD-226 2:00 p.m. Labor and Human Resources Judiciary Business meeting, to consider pending SEPTEMBER 8 Immigration Subcommittee calendar business. 10:00 a.m. To hold hearings on legal immigration SD-430 Judiciary reform proposals. Indian Affairs Terrorism, Technology, and Government SD-226 To hold oversight hearings on the imple­ Information Subcommittee mentation of Title III of the National To continue hearings on matters relating SEPTEMBER 14 Indian Forest Resources Management to the incident in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. 9:30 a .m. Act (P.L. 101-630). SH- 216 Commerce. Science, and Transportation SR--485 To hold hearings on public broadcasting SEPTEMBER 12 reform. SEPTEMBER 27 9:30 a.m. SR-253 9:30 a.m. Commerce, Science, and Transportation Energy and Natural Resources Energy and Natural Resources To hold hearings to examine proposals to To hold hearings on S. 1144, to reform Business meeting. to consider pending reform existing spectrum policy. and enhance the management of the calendar business. SR- 253 National Park Service, S. 309, to re- SD-366