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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 144 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1998 No. 81 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Senator from Alabama (Mr. SES- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the SIONS). pore (Mr. LATOURETTE). gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. f f BALLENGER) come forward and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Mr. BALLENGER led the Pledge of PRO TEMPORE PRO TEMPORE Allegiance as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Chair announces that he will entertain fore the House the following commu- United States of America, and to the Repub- five 1-minutes on each side. nication from the Speaker: lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. f WASHINGTON, DC, f June 19, 1998. HAPPY FATHER'S DAY FROM THE I hereby designate the Honorable STEVEN MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE FATHERHOOD PROMOTION TASK C. LATOURETTE to act as Speaker pro tem- FORCE pore on this day. A message from the Senate by Mr. NEWT GINGRICH, Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- (Mr. PITTS asked and was given per- Speaker of the House of Representatives. nounced that the Senate had passed mission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- f without amendment a bill of the House of the following title: marks.) PRAYER H.R. 1316. An act to amend chapter 87 of Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, as the co- title 5, United States Code, with respect to chair of the Task Force on Fatherhood The Chaplain, Reverend James David the order of precedence to be applied in the Promotion, I rise today to discuss the Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- payment of life insurance benefits. importance of a faithful father. er: The message also announced that the With Father's Day this Sunday, it is With gratefulness and joy we cele- Senate passed bills of the following ti- vital that we pause to thank the men brate that Your grace, O God, is suffi- tles, in which concurrence of the House across this country who have given cient for all our needs and available to is requested: time to their children, love them, dis- us in all the reaches of our lives. If we cipline them and show their commit- live with the good fortune of life, You S. 1104. An act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make corrections in maps re- ment to keeping a family together. are there, and if we suffer and know an- lating to the Coastal Barrier Resources Sys- When more than 50 percent of all guish, You are there. Whether in the tem. adults agree that fathers today spend heights of happiness or in the depths of S. 1279. An act to amend the Indian Em- less time with their children than their ployment, Training and Related Services despair, whether at the end of the day own fathers did with them, this should or at the morning light, in youth or Demonstration Act of 1992 to provide for the transfer of services and personnel from the cause us to pause. We must consider age, in all the seasons of our existence, the reality that only if we spend time we can be confident that Your spirit Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Office of Self- Governance, to emphasize the need for job with our kids now will they desire time leads us and Your grace accepts us, creation on Indian reservations, and for with us later. whatever we have been and wherever other purposes. As Father's Day comes and goes we are. The message also announced that again, we should resolve that the most For all these great gifts, O God, we pursuant to sections 276h±276k of title important relationship we will ever offer our praise and thanksgiving. 22, United States Code, as amended, the cultivate will not be here in the halls Amen. Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, of Congress, or over dinner downtown, f appoints the following Senators as or at a campaign fund-raiser, but will members of the Senate Delegation to be the ones that develop in our own THE JOURNAL the Mexico-United States Inter- homes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The parliamentary Group meeting during To all those fathers who are working Chair has examined the Journal of the the Second Session of the One Hundred to be good dads: last day's proceedings and announces Fifth Congress, to be held in Morelia, Keep up the valuable work that you to the House his approval thereof. Mexico, June 19±21, 1998Ð are doing. Society and, most impor- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- The Senator from Kansas (Mr. ROB- tantly, your own kids will say, ``Thank nal stands approved. ERTS); and you.'' b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H4841 H4842 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE June 19, 1998 PRIVATIZATION SCHEMES TRADE absolutely no amount of evidence, ever WHERE DO THE REPUBLICANS AWAY SOCIAL SECURITY'S have the slightest impact on their STAND? GUARANTEE FOR A WALL thinking? STREET GAMBLE Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given of any thinking time they may have. permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given minute.) permission to address the House for 1 f minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, Repub- licans continue to do everything they marks.) BEAM ME UPÐTEACHERS IN can to block the teen smoking and the Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, invest- AMERICA CANNOT EVEN MEN- campaign finance legislation. They ing Social Security in the stock mar- TION GOD? ket concedes to the hysteria manufac- want to preserve soft money and keep (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was the obscenely large contributions from tured by Wall Street. They exaggerate given permission to address the House Social Security's actuarial imbalance big tobacco and other special interests for 1 minute and to revise and extend rolling in to fill their campaign coffers. and call it a crisis. There is no crisis. his remarks.) With current tax and benefit rates re- We know on Wednesday Senate Re- Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, Mil- publicans killed the comprehensive bill maining constant, Social Security will dred Rosario, a sixth grade teacher in pay 100 percent of the benefits of future to help stop teen smoking, and the the Bronx, was fired. Mildred was fired GOP's efforts showed where the Repub- recipients until 2032 without any for attempting to comfort her students change whatsoever. That is according licans stand: in the pocket of the big over the drowning loss of a fellow tobacco companies who want to snuff to the most conservative estimates classmate by simply saying he was in which assume extremely low economic out any real efforts to prevent kids heaven. from smoking. growth rates and high unemployment. Mildred was fired for saying, I quote, What private sector initiative can he was in heaven. And now we see the same thing hap- promise the same? What other program Unbelievable. pening with regard to managed care re- backed by the full faith and credit of In America teachers can pass out form, patient protections. We have not the United States? None. Only Social condoms in school. Teachers can pass been able to get a hearing on patient Security is guaranteed. out needles. Teachers can even have fo- protections; we have not had any effort Privatization schemes trade away rums and discussions on devil worship. really to try to bring a bill to the floor Social Security's guarantee for a Wall But in America teachers cannot even that would reform managed care in the Street gamble. What goes up must go mention God. way that most Americans want to see down. All forms of privatization con- Beam me up. something happen this year in Con- stitute a cave-in and a back-track. A Nation that can discuss devil wor- gress, to make it possible for us to Members of Congress will soon be of- ship in our schools but cannot even have quality health care in this coun- fering a resolution that says Congress mention God is a Nation that has lost try. must guarantee that all obligations to both its sense of values and its sense of What we are seeing here on a regular current and future Social Security common sense. basis is Republican efforts to kill every beneficiaries will be paid in full. Amer- Mr. Speaker, I yield back any prob- major piece of progressive legislation, icans need to hear Congress reaffirm lems we have in our schools. whether it is the tobacco settlement, it its commitments to its citizens. is campaign finance reform, or it is Stand up for Social Security. f managed care reform. f THE PRESIDENT IS OPPOSED TO f THE PROBLEM IN EDUCATION IS EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS NOT A QUESTION OF MONEY (Mr. BALLENGER asked and was AMERICA NEEDS REAL EDUCATION (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given given permission to address the House REFORM permission to address the House for 1 for 1 minute.) minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr.
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