September 15, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S 13673 Elizabeth Hanford Dole (1936– ), first ployees in the office of the Sergeant at Arms quirements apply to recipients 3 woman Secretary of Transportation; Sec- and Doorkeeper of the Senate. months after they begin to receive ben- retary of Labor; President of the American (c) A payment may be made under this res- efits instead of 6 months; and this ac- Red Cross. olution only upon certification to the Dis- celerates the requirement by 3 months. Anne Dallas Dudley (1876–1955), key leader bursing Office by the Sergeant at Arms and in passage of the nineteenth amendment, Doorkeeper of the Senate of the individual’s That is the maximum. So if somebody giving women the right to vote; eligibility for the payment. is not in school or job training or in a and political leader. (d) In the event of the death of an individ- private sector job and is able-bodied, (1821–1910), the first ual who is entitled to payment under this under this requirement States will put American woman to found a worldwide reli- resolution, any such payment that is unpaid in place within the next 3 years a re- gion, the Church of Christ, Scientist (Chris- shall be paid to the widow or widower of the quirement that community service jobs tian Science). individual or, if there is no widow or widower be offered to, and that welfare recipi- (1917– ), singer. of such deceased individual, to the heirs at ents accept, community service jobs (1810–1850), author, femi- law or next of kin of such deceased individ- within no more than 3 months of the nist, Transcendentalist leader, and teacher. ual. (1826–1898), feminist, (e) A payment under this resolution shall receipt of their welfare benefit. suffrage leader and author. not be treated as compensation for purposes This modification of this amendment (1878–1972), indus- of any provision of title 5, United States will also put this requirement into law trial engineer and motion study expert Code, or of any other law relating to benefits 1 year sooner, after 2 years rather than whose ideas improved industry and the accruing from employment by the United 3 years. That also is a strengthening home. States, and the period of entitlement to such requirement. Nannerl O. Keohane (1940– ), political sci- pay shall not be treated as a period of em- The Daschle amendment, which was entist and educator; first woman president of ployment for purposes of any such provision narrowly defeated last week, contained Duke University; first woman to head a or law. major women’s college (Wellesley) and re- an even stronger provision which was f search university. added as a modification at my request. Experience has shown we must be (1905–1995), founder of the ORDER FOR RECESS Gray Panthers. more aggressive in requiring recipients Sandra Day O’Connor (1930– ), the fist Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, if there is to work. As I said earlier, I believe this woman Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. no further business to come before the amendment is a firm step in the right Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842–1924), Senate, I now ask unanimous consent direction. leader and organizer of Black women’s orga- the Senate stand in recess under the I make a parliamentary inquiry, just nizations; Abolitionist and anti-lynching previous order, following the remarks to make sure. The modification I re- crusader. Patricia Schroeder (1940– ), congress- of Senators LEVIN, KERREY, and KEN- ferred to in fact was not only adopted woman who has pioneered passage of legisla- NEDY. as part of the package, but also I ask tion helping women and families. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without whether or not there was a motion to Hannah Greenebaum Solomon (1858–1942), objection, it is so ordered. reconsider which was tabled? founder of the National Council of Jewish f The PRESIDING OFFICER. With re- Women. gard to the parliamentary inquiry, the f THE LEVIN-DOLE MODIFICATION Senator will suspend for a moment. OF THE WELFARE REFORM BILL The answer is yes. PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE PAY Mr. LEVIN. I thank the Chair and Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, yesterday yield the floor. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask I offered an amendment on the welfare unanimous consent that the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- reform bill to strengthen the work re- ator from Massachusetts. proceed to the immediate consider- quirement in that bill. I have long be- f ation of Senate Resolution 172, submit- lieved that work requirements should ted earlier today by Senator DOLE. be clear and should be strong and THE DOLE-DASCHLE AGREEMENT The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without should be applied promptly. Able-bod- objection, it is so ordered. Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I sup- ied welfare recipients who are not in port the Dole-Daschle agreement. This The clerk will report. school or in job training should work— The legislative clerk read as follows: modification restores the Federal com- period. My amendment required that mitment to child care as an essential A resolution (S. Res. 172) providing for sev- able-bodied individuals either be in job erance pay. step in moving people from welfare to training, in school, or working in pri- work. It also prevents an unacceptable Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask vate sector jobs within 6 months of re- tradeoff between job training for dis- unanimous consent the resolution be ceipt of benefits, or else be offered and located workers in the changing econ- considered and agreed to, the motion be required to accept community serv- omy and workfare for those on welfare to reconsider be laid upon the table, ice employment. This requirement unable to find jobs in the private sec- and that any statements relating to would be phased in over 3 years in tor. the resolution appear at the appro- order to give States an opportunity to Provisions on child care help to im- priate place in the RECORD. adjust administratively. prove one of the most troubling fea- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without This was a strengthening provision tures of this bill. Rather than end the objection, it is so ordered. that was added relative to work and, Federal commitment to child care and The resolution was agreed to. while States are given the option to put the funds into a general pool, we The resolution reads as follows: opt out of this particular requirement have reached agreement that a specific S. RES. 172 by notification to the Secretary of allocation of funds to child care is es- Resolved, That (a) an individual who is an Health and Human Services, I hope and sential if we are serious about moving employee in the office of the Sergeant at would expect that pressure from the people from welfare to work. Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate who was American people, who overwhelmingly As a result of this agreement, fewer an employee in that office for at least 183 support strong work requirements, will days (whether or not service was continuous) children will be left home alone and during fiscal year 1995, and whose service in convince their States to enforce this more families will be able to obtain the that office is terminated on or after the date provision and not opt out. Senator child care they need in order to take this resolution is agreed to, but prior to Oc- DOLE, the bill’s sponsor, accepted the jobs to become self-sufficient. tober 1, 1995, shall be entitled to one lump principle and the goals of my amend- I am hopeful the progress we have sum payment consisting of severance pay in ment and it was adopted by a voice made on this issue will be preserved in the amount equal to 2 months of the individ- vote. conference with the House of Rep- ual’s basic pay at the rate in effect on Sep- A few moments ago, on behalf of my- resentatives. For welfare reform to be tember 1, 1995. self and Senator DOLE, a modification worthy of the name, it must not punish (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall make payments under this resolution from funds was sent to the desk and was adopted innocent children because they happen appropriated for fiscal year 1995 from the ap- by voice vote. This modification to my to be born poor. It must provide genu- propriation account ‘‘Salaries, Officers and earlier amendment will strengthen the ine opportunities for their parents to Employees’’ for salaries of officers and em- amendment by requiring that work re- find jobs. S 13674 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 15, 1995 The agreement to drop the job train- they have the capacity to take the It may preserve it for current bene- ing provisions from the welfare reform truth. I agree with that. I believe, in ficiaries; it may strengthen it through package is a major victory for Ameri- fact, if we are going to have the debate reforms that have worked in the pri- ca’s workers. We have made good about Medicare that leads to construc- vate sector. Both of those appear to be progress on separate legislation to con- tive reform, that saves the system— in the general outline. But by no meas- solidate and reform the existing Fed- and, by the way, as importantly, slows urement, unless you consider that the eral job training system. That effort and fixes the percent of growth of all future only includes the next 7 years, will continue on a separate track. And entitlements as a percentage of our does this proposal protect it for future I am optimistic that we can reach bi- budget—then we are going to have to beneficiaries. It does not do that. It partisan agreement on this needed, far- come together present facts, tell the sees this as a 7-year problem. It does reaching reform. truth, and have the courage to do so. I not see it as a problem beyond that 7 I commend Senator KASSEBAUM for do not disagree with Speaker GING- years. her leadership. RICH’s observation in that regard. The problem that we have with enti- The current agreement enables us to But, as I said, I was somewhat pro- tlements—if anybody doubts that a keep faith with America’s workers and voked when he said that Democrats are Democrat is willing to propose some- keep the promises that we have made morally bankrupt, and that all we are thing that solves this problem, former to dislocated workers. Large numbers trying to do is frighten 85-year-olds Senator Danforth and I last year, after of men and women have lost their jobs who are concerned about this program. the conclusion of the entitlement com- or have been laid off as a result of Well, Mr. President, 85-year-olds are mission recommendation, made propos- international trade agreements, base quite nervous and concerned about als that would have fixed this problem closings, corporate downsizing, envi- what politicians are going to do with long term, that would have fixed not ronmental protection, and other eco- their Medicare Program, and I think only the Medicare trust funds but nomic disruptions. They deserve the understandably so. But it is not Demo- would have fixed it so that we do not chance to pick up the pieces of their crats that are causing them to be fear- see health care entitlements as well as lives and start anew, and sensible job ful. They are fearful, I would argue, other entitlements continuing to grow training and job education programs principally because they know some- and erode our entire Federal budget. can make that possible. thing needs to be done, and they are Mr. President, that is the most impor- Senator KASSEBAUM and many others not in the main sufficiently well fund- tant problem. on the other side of the aisle have ed personally to be able to cover the worked closely with us in this effort, costs of nursing home care or, for that I think we are closer to consensus on and I commend them for their leader- matter, most of the cost of modern many more things around here than ship. health care. And they are nervous. would sometimes meet the eye given I remain deeply troubled by the po- They are fearful. They are no longer the intensity of the political rhetoric. tential consequences for the most vul- able to produce and enjoy income, and, One of the things I believe that Demo- nerable in our society—poor children— as a consequence, they are extremely crats and Republicans now share, at if this so-called welfare reform bill vulnerable to all kinds of statements. least in a general sense as to what our passes, but these modifications are cer- So, again, I do not disagree with policies ought to be, is that our poli- tainly an improvement. These major Speaker GINGRICH and other Repub- cies ought to promote economic amendments on child care and job lican leaders that were talking yester- growth. We now understand that unless training have eased some of the most day about the need to present facts, we have gains in productivity, unless objectionable features of the welfare the need to present the truth, the need we have economic growth, it is rather bill, but I continue to have serious res- to have courage, and the need to trust difficult for us to do anything. ervations about the remaining provi- the American people that they can We see it in a recession. If you are in sions. handle the truth and the facts pre- a recession, the revenues are down; you I commend the leaders on both sides sented by politicians. have to cut your budget; you do not for their leadership shown on this But, Mr. President—I want to be have money for roads; you do not have issue. clear on this—my criticism of the Re- money for schools; you do not have Mr. KERREY addressed the Chair. publican proposal is not that it does money for health care; you do not have The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. too much; I am critical of the Repub- money for retirement. FRIST). The Senator from Nebraska is lican proposal because it does not do The source of our revenue, whether it recognized. enough. is for retirement or health care or any f Let me emphasis that, Mr. President. I believe that the proposal, the general other program that we fund, is the THE MEDICARE PRESERVATION outline of the proposal, because it sees goods and services that are manufac- ACT OF 1995 the problem through a 7-year budget tured and produced by the American Mr. KERREY. Mr. President, I have deficit plan—and that is what it is—it people, 117 million people in our econ- come to the floor to talk, I hope for the sees this Medicare problem through the omy. If they are productive and they Presiding Officer’s sake, briefly about view of the next 7 years. There is a are selling and our economy is grow- the proposal—the general outline of need to produce a sufficient amount of ing, that is the source of our revenue. the proposal—made yesterday by the savings over the next 7 years, and in It is the source of Medicare revenue. Republican leadership called the Medi- order to meet the balanced budget tar- The distinguished occupant of the care Preservation Act of 1995. The de- gets in the budget resolution, the law chair knows, not only a gifted surgeon tails are not yet available. It is a gen- now requires that be done. There are but designated as a lead Senator I be- eral outline. instructions for the Finance Commit- lieve for the Republicans in coming up Mr. President, I must say had I given tee to produce legislation that will get with some recommendations, under- this speech 7 or 8 hours ago, I probably that done. stands that the entire source of reve- would have been a lot hotter than I am There is a recommendation that will nue for part A comes from a payroll right now. I have cooled down since I probably, all in all, in the end, be con- tax. We have a tax on payroll. We also watched the video replay of Speaker sidered in reconciliation, unfortu- have income taxes that provide cur- GINGRICH’S rather remarkable—and I nately. But when you look at the prob- rently about 69 percent I believe of the would argue and observe, distasteful— lem for the next 7 years, you do not see total revenue of part B, the physician representation of the Democratic view the full size of the problem. services. In both of those cases, we of Medicare. Indeed, the Medicare Preservation have to have income. People are out At one point he said that Democrats Act of 1995 says that it will preserve there working in the workplace. We tax are morally bankrupt. That is as if say- the system for current beneficiaries, their wages to generate the money for ing we ought to approach the American protect it for future beneficiaries, and part A, to pay hospital bills, and we people about the truth, with the facts, strengthen it through reforms that tax their income to pay about 60 per- with the courage and with trust, that have worked in the private sector. cent, or almost 70 percent—it was 75—