1816 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 19, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OF­ In addition to providing printing support, After securing his real estate license, Mr. FICE: AN INDISPENSABLE SERV­ GPO worked with the Library of Congress to Temple broadened his professional skills to in­ ICE provide CONGRESSIONAL RECORD and congres­ clude sales. He has been involved in the re­ sional bills database files for the Library's new construction of over 50 rehabilitation residen­ HON. STENY H. HOYER THOMAS information service, which provides tial and commercial projects, in addition to OF MARYLAND public access to congressional information. new home construction. Mr. Temple has built IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, as you can see the U.S. Gov­ a well-deserved reputation as a leading realtor Thursday, January 19, 1995 ernment Printing Office is crucial because it and builder in Laurel Canyon and Nichols preserves the history made on the floor of the Canyon. Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to House and the Senate. It is crucial because it During his tenure as president of LACBOR, recognize the outstanding service the U.S. is efficient and provides a vital information Roger Temple has been instrumental in the Government Printing Office provides for this service to the American public. organization's activities to better Los Angeles body, the other body, the Federal Govern­ communities. He directed the organization's ment, and the citizens of the United States. involvement in such projects as the county/city The service GPO provides in making the THE ROAD TO CHANGE graffiti prevention task force, the Multi-Agency CONGRESSIONAL RECORD available in a quick Graffiti Intervention Coalition, the Children's and efficient manner would be difficult to beat. HON. RON PACKARD Miracle Network, and the Los Angles Chil­ The employees of the GPO are dedicated and OF CALIFORNIA dren's Hospital. He was a leader in formation hard working and I applaud their efforts. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and is an active participant in the Multicultural The U.S. Government Printing Office pro­ REAL TOR Alliance for Urban Change, contrib­ Thursday, January 19, 1995 vided key printing and information database uting to the rebuilding of Los Angles in the support to the 104th Congress on its historic Mr. PACKARD. Mr. Speaker, we are speed­ wake of the April 1992 civil disturbance. opening day session, January 4, 1995. ing ahead on the road to changing the way With Mr. Temple at its helm, LACBOR has For January 4, the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Congress and the Government does business. continued its commitment to enhance the containing the public proceedings of each The first bill of the 104th Congress is on the availability of affordable housing and educate House of Congress, totaled 603 pages. Manu­ way to the President's desk. This is only the first time home buyers. Recognizing the impor­ script copy for the RECORD began arriving in beginning. The new Congress is committed to tance of community and political activism, he the early evening, with the final receipt of copy keeping the promises we made with the Amer­ has sought to work together with local, State, by 4:30 a.m . on January 5. Because of its ican people. and Federal leaders to promote Los Angles' size, the RECORD was printed in three parts to We pledge to make Government smaller growth and prosperity, and has contributed his ensure at least partial delivery by the opening and more efficient. We pledge to get Govern­ expertise to a number of government task of Congress the next day. Part I, 128 pages, ment out of people's lives and back into their forces evaluating real estate-related legisla­ was delivered before the House and Senate hands. Mr. Speaker, the people are watching tion. came in at 10 a.m. Part II, 126 pages, was de­ and waiting. They want results. Roger Temple's success as a leader in the livered at approximately 1 p.m. The rest of the Abolishing unfunded Federal mandates and construction and real estate industry in Los proceedings, 349 pages, were combined, establishing the discipline of a balanced budg­ Angeles, and his willingness to lend his efforts printed, and distributed with the January 5 et will pave the road to real change. This is a on behalf of fostering prosperity in the commu­ issue. road built by the people for the people-with nity deserve our recognition and praise. I am By comparison, the CONGRESSIONAL restricted access granted to the Federal Gov­ pleased to call particular attention to his 1994 RECORD for the opening day of the 103d Con­ ernment. leadership of the Los Angeles County Boards gress, January 5, 1993, contained 338 pages. I urge my Republican colleagues to keep of Real Estate, and ask my colleagues to join In all the 103d Congress generated over their eyes on the road ahead and their hands me in congratulating him on his accomplish­ 63,500 printed pages of the CONGRESSIONAL firmly on the wheel. Now is not the time to get ments. RECORD. The largest issue of the CONGRES­ sidetracked. We must work together to make SIONAL RECORD last year was over 700 pages. this a smooth and cost efficient ride. The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD is the most INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION important congressional publication produced TO ADDRESS THE SERIOUS at GPO's central office plant in Washington, TRIBUTE TO ROGER TEMPLE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRA­ DC. The RECORD is printed and bound over­ TION night and delivered the next day before Con­ HON. JUUAN C. DIXON gress convenes. OF CALIFORNIA HON. AN1HONY C. BEILENSON OF CALIFORNIA Approximately 18,300 copies of the RECORD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are printed daily. Of these 5,800 copies are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 19, 1995 printed for congressional use and 6,800 cop­ Thursday , January 19, 1995 ies are printed for the recipients designated by Mr. DIXON. Mr. Speaker I rise today to rec­ Mr. BEILENSON. Mr. Speaker, today I am law. The remaining 5,700 copies are printed ognize the accomplishments of Roger M. reintroducing three bills to address one of the for agencies which requisition them and for Temple, the 1994 President of the Los Angles most serious and fastest growing problems GPO's Superintendent of · Documents distribu­ County Boards of Real Estate [LACBOR]. Dur­ facing the Nation: illegal immigration. tion programs. ing the last year, Mr. Temple has served with The United States has by far the most gen­ The average CONGRESSIONAL RECORD con­ distinction as president of this umbrella organi­ erous legal immigration system in the world. tains slightly more than 200 pages, about as zation representing close to 30,000 Realtors We allow more people-nearly 1 million a much type as four to six metropolitan daily from across the Los Angles area. year-to immigrate here than do all other newspapers. The actual size of each RECORD Roger Temple's roots in real estate and res­ countries combined, and more newcomers are can vary significantly, however, depending on idential and commercial construction date from settling here legally every year than at any how much business Congress transacts. his childhood. As the son of building contrac­ other time in our history. But, while the vast The CONGRESSIONAL RECORD is available tor Nathan Temple, he began his apprentice­ majority of us take pride in this tradition, I be­ from GPO's bookstores and by mail order in ship in his early teens. While working as a su­ lieve we all know that our capacity to accept paper microfiche. In addition, the GPO access perintendent on commercial construction jobs, new immigrants is limited, and that our inabil­ service provides online access to the RECORD, he studied architecture at Los Angles City Col­ ity, or unwillingness, to control illegal immigra­ along with the Federal Register, congressional lege and the University of California at Los tion effectively is threatening our ability to con­ bills, and the U.S. Code, via the Internet. Angeles. tinue to welcome legal immigrants. 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. • I - - .. --- • . - ............. .-,.-\.•""1111..• -L....-_1~---- -- ---- "''"T""""" • ..l...- .. -J- .. -- -·-----·~ ____ .._..,.... __ -- -. - - -- .......- • -- .... January 19, 1995 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 1817 Illegal immigration has already had an enor­ the Civil War, guaranteed citizenship to all who I think in Congress is a real public serv­ mous effect on public services and labor mar­ people born in the United States. Since the ant, patriot, statesman, or just someone who kets in certain areas of the country, and the United States did not limit immigration in 1868 has not lost touch with "folks back home." Claude Harris was such a man. He was also a problems will only get worse. The overwhelm­ when the amendment was approved, and the friend of the hospitals of Alabama. He was a ing passage of proposition 187 in California, question of citizenship for children of illegal man of honor, courage and humility and al­ which seeks to deny education and non­ immigrants was therefore never addressed, though I cannot say for sure, I believe emergency health care to illegal immigrants, is the language has had the inadvertent effect of Claude Harris walked in the light of God. an indication of how serious this issue has be­ conferring citizenship on U.S.-born children of I met Claude in 1987 when he first came to come. But while that initiative was based on illegal immigrants.