E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 107 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 148 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002 No. 58 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was to the Senate from the President pro know she is Senator BYRD’s grand- called to order by the Honorable HIL- tempore (Mr. BYRD). daughter. We are excited for him and LARY RODHAM CLINTON, a Senator from The assistant legislative clerk read the entire family. the State of New York. the following letter: f U.S. SENATE, PRAYER PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, MEASURE PLACED ON THE The guest Chaplain, Commissioner Washington, DC, May 9, 2002. CALENDAR—S. 2485 John Busby, of the Salvation Army, of- To the Senate: Mr. REID. Madam President, I under- fered the following prayer: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby stand S. 2485 is at the desk and is due Almighty God, we thank You for for a second reading. being the refuge and strength of our appoint the Honorable HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, a Senator from the State of New The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Nation during these last painful York, to perform the duties of the Chair. pore. That is correct. months. We praise You for the comfort ROBERT C. BYRD, Mr. REID. I ask that the bill be read You have given during our time of President pro tempore. for a second time, and I will then ob- deepest need. Mrs. CLINTON thereupon assumed ject to any further proceedings at this Faithful God, we ask Your blessing the chair as Acting President pro tem- time. upon our Senators. Give them wisdom pore. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and compassion as they lead our coun- pore. The clerk will read the bill by try. Give them wisdom to see the deep f title. physical and spiritual needs of many RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING The assistant legislative clerk read Americans. Give them courage to af- MAJORITY LEADER as follows: firm that faith in You gives meaning to human life and that service to human- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- A bill (S. 2485) entitled the ‘‘Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act.’’ ity is the best work we can do. pore. The acting majority leader is rec- We humbly ask You to help the Mem- ognized. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- bers of the Senate make this great Na- f pore. Objection having been heard, the tion greater. May we all realize that bill will be placed on the calendar. the prosperity we enjoy in the United SCHEDULE Mr. REID. When the Chair turns to a States of America has come only by Mr. REID. Madam President, this period for morning business, I ask Your grace. Make us worthy stewards morning the Senate will be in a period unanimous consent the Senator from of that grace. Help us all to put into of morning business until 10:30 a.m., West Virginia, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, be action Your greatest commandment to with the time under the control of Sen- recognized for up to 7 minutes. That love God with all our heart, mind, ator STABENOW or her designee. will be out of Senator STABENOW’s strength and our neighbor as ourselves. At 10:30 a.m. the Senate will proceed time. This we pray in the name of Jesus to executive session to consider four The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- who set for us the example of service judicial nominations. At approxi- pore. Without objection, it is so or- above self. Amen. mately 11:30 a.m. the Senate will pro- dered. f ceed to vote on these nominations. f Following disposition of these nomi- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE nations, the Senate will resume consid- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME The Honorable HILLARY RODMAN eration of the trade bill. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- CLINTON led the Pledge of Allegiance, f pore. Under the previous order, leader- as follows: ship time is reserved. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the MARY ANNE MOORE CLARKSON f United States of America, and to the Repub- GIVES BIRTH lic for which it stands, one nation under God, MORNING BUSINESS indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. REID. Madam President, for all f of us who work here on a daily basis, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- we congratulate Mary Anne Moore pore. Under the previous order, there APPOINTMENT OF ACTING Clarkson who, last night had a baby will now be a period for the transaction PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE weighing more than 10 pounds. Mary of morning business not to extend be- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Anne is here every day. We are excited yond the hour of 10:30 a.m., with Sen- clerk will please read a communication for her and her husband. Some of us ators permitted to speak for up to 10 ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S4085 . S4086 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 9, 2002 minutes each and with the time to be istration then says: No, steelworkers countries out of section 201 that had to under the control of the Senator from cannot have health care benefits. pay tariffs because they were illegally Michigan, Ms. STABENOW, or her des- I do not understand how people come dumping steel in the United States and ignee. to think that way, what their value putting our workers out of work. He Under the previous order, the Sen- system is. But it is very clear in steel started to exempt different countries. ator from West Virginia is recognized. country that the President of the He has different requirements for f United States has abandoned the steel- that—again, I think in violation of the workers of America and that he has spirit, if not the letter, of the 1974 STEEL abandoned people who have been al- Trade Act. Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Madam Presi- ready thrown out of work and who have All of us have asked him to stop that. dent, yesterday the President made no health care benefits, and have chil- Again, he has washed his hands of very clear what we have all known for dren to feed, even as he contemplates steel. He has washed his hands, more a long time in steel country, and that reluctantly the idea of doing health importantly, of the steelworkers who is that he basically does not care care benefits for other eligible active can also be called human beings with whether the American steel industry workers. families—people. It doesn’t have to be goes to Japan, Korea, Brazil, Russia, or Let me say this. The President got a an industry. They are called human some other place; that he is willing to lot of credit in steel country for doing beings. They are Americans. They pay see it go as an industry but, much something called section 201. It was taxes. They do things right. They work more importantly in terms of my com- taking the dumping crisis, the illegal in a very dangerous industry. So do ments, that he is willing to consider dumping crisis, before the Inter- farmers. Is a farmer more vulnerable perhaps TAA health care benefits for national Trade Commission. He got a than a steelworker? I do not know. workers who have been destroyed by il- lot of credit for that. He pretty much Maybe a farmer is, but not where I legal importing problems. But steel- had to do that, I would say—on polit- come from. workers do not count. He specifically, ical grounds, No. 1. But more impor- I very much regret this action on his in his statement of administration pol- tantly, the Finance Committee had al- part. Let me conclude by saying this: icy, said: I don’t want steelworkers to ready voted to do it. The Finance Com- We now know that the President have any health care retirement—re- mittee has the same standing legally doesn’t have a commitment to steel- tirement in the sense they do not have under the law as does the President, so workers and to the steel industry. We any more health benefits. I don’t care it was going to happen anyway. So the know he has no regard for how people’s about them. I want the RECORD to be result would have been the same. The lives and entire communities are going crystal clear on that. International Trade Commission would to be affected. I have believed that for It is a sad position. It is a terrible have voted unanimously the steel in- a long time. Now it is proven. It is day for steel. Somebody is going to get dustry was grievously injured by im- clear. He is moving aggressively with up today, they are going to make a mo- ports and people were hurting badly. the help of some of our colleagues, un- He did that knowing that it would tion, and it is going to be a point of fortunately—most of them on the other make him somewhat popular in steel order probably. I don’t know when it side but a couple on this side—to sim- will happen, who will do it, or how it country because people were saying: Gee, we just solved the problem. It is ply walk away from steelworkers. will happen, but I want my colleagues I think that is a kind of betrayal by not even the beginning of the problem.