E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 106 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 146 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2000 No. 24 House of Representatives The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2000, at 10 am. Senate TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2000 The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME called to order by the President pro The Honorable MIKE CRAPO, a Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under tempore [Mr. THURMOND]. ator from the State of Idaho, led the the previous order, leadership time is Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: reserved. PRAYER I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the f United States of America, and to the Repub- The Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John lic for which it stands, one nation under God, MORNING BUSINESS Ogilvie, offered the following prayer: indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There f Almighty God who is for us and not will now be a period for the transaction against us, who recruits us for the bat- RECOGNITION OF THE ACTING of morning business not to extend be- tle of what is right and just, and who MAJORITY LEADER yond the hour of 12:30 p.m. with Sen- ators permitted to speak therein for up empowers us to seek the truth and The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. to 5 minutes each. speak it with love, our central purpose CRAPO). The Senator from Maine. (The remarks of Ms. COLLINS per- is to glorify You by serving our Nation. f taining to the introduction of S. 2194 Renew a sense of chosenness in the SCHEDULE are located in today’s RECORD under women and men of this Senate. Remind Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, today ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and them that You have chosen them; they the Senate will be in a period of morn- Joint Resolutions.’’) are here by Your choice. Revive in ing business until 12:30 p.m. Following The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- them a sense of divine calling. Reclaim morning business, the Senate will re- ator from Nevada is recognized. for them the dignity of the high calling cess until 2:15 p.m. so the weekly party f of politics. Rekindle their fires of pa- caucuses may meet. Upon reconvening, THE RECORD OF JUDGE RICHARD triotic passion. Give them a perfect the Senate will begin consideration of PAEZ blend of resoluteness and intention- the nominations of Marsha Berzon and ality. Our times demand greatness, the Richard Paez to be the U.S. circuit Mr. REID. Mr. President, I wanted to greatness that comes from listening to judges for the Ninth Circuit. speak a little earlier, but I didn’t have You so intently that we can speak the ORDER OF PROCEDURE the opportunity. The minority is very truth with intrepid boldness and cour- I now ask unanimous consent that happy that we are going to move for- ward on some judicial nominations. age. In the midst of the two-party sys- the debate time between 2:15 p.m. and 5 One of the nominations holds a record. tem, help the Senators to affirm their p.m. be equally divided between the It is a record that Judge Paez has. He oneness as Americans and keep a proponents and the opponents of the Berzon and Paez nominations. has been waiting more than 4 years to strong spirit of unity in the struggle The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have the Senate decide whether or not for what is best for our Nation. You objection, it is so ordered. he can be elevated to the Ninth Circuit. alone are the one who can draw them Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, by pre- We feel Judge Paez is eminently quali- beyond secondary loyalties to their ul- vious consent, at 5 p.m. the Senate will fied. I think we will find that a major- timate loyalty to You and help them proceed to a vote on the confirmation ity of the majority will also feel that work together in civility and respect. of the Executive Calendar No. 423, the way. Thank You for calling these men and nomination of Julio Fuentes. Senators Here is a man whose record is unsur- women and helping them choose to be can therefore expect the first vote to passed. He is a person who has been chosen. You are our Lord and Saviour. occur at 5 p.m. today. I thank my col- said to be—these are different quotes— Amen. leagues for their cooperation. ‘‘a well-respected, experienced judge.’’ ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S1193 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 22:49 Dec 04, 2013 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\2000SENATE\S07MR0.REC S07MR0 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S1194 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 7, 2000 ‘‘Judge Paez has bipartisan support.’’ issue. As a result of that, there was a (The remarks of Mr. MURKOWSKI and ‘‘Judge Paez is not an ‘activist’, nor is commission appointed, led by former Mr. HATCH pertaining to the introduc- he ‘anti-business.’ ’’ Judge Paez has Supreme Court Justice Byron ‘‘Whiz- tion of S. 2184 are located in today’s outstanding judicial temperament and zer’’ White. They made a decision on RECORD under ‘‘Statements on Intro- is not ‘antireligion.’’’ Judge Paez has what should be done with the Ninth duced Bills and Joint Resolutions.’’) not acted ‘‘unethically.’’ ‘‘Judge Paez Circuit, and that it should be kept in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under has committed to follow the law on the tact and be administered differently. the previous order, the Senator from death penalty,’’ and to follow the law So I hope the committee of jurisdic- North Dakota is recognized for up to 20 generally. tion which will review the Ninth Cir- minutes. I hope when we look at this man and cuit matters will take into consider- f his qualifications, he will receive an ation what has already been done, and FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD overwhelming vote. He is qualified for that there will be hearings held as to the Ninth Circuit. what should be done, if anything, with Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I came Judge Paez is a graduate of Brigham the Ninth Circuit. back from North Dakota on a late flight last evening on Northwest Air- Young University and he received his f law degree from the University of Cali- lines, flying North Dakota to Wash- fornia at Berkeley in 1972. He has re- EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT ington, DC. When one is traveling all ceived the highest rating given by the Mr. REID. Mr. President, I think it is day and up late, one gets up in the American Bar Association to Federal important this week that we move for- morning and it takes a while to adjust judicial nominees, which is well quali- ward with the Export Administration to find a good mood. My morning fied. Act. This is something that is more wasn’t enhanced when I saw USA It is important to note his nomina- than 10 years overdue. We must move Today and saw the headline, once tion swept through here earlier when forward on that. We are talking about again, that Mr. Greenspan digs in his he was confirmed to the trial court on being friendly in the Senate to the heels on rate hikes. the Federal judicial level. He served high-tech industry. There is nothing Mr. Greenspan goes to Congress and with distinction after we, the Senate, we could do that would be more friend- decides he will tell the American peo- ple they should brace themselves, he approved his nomination. He has done ly to the high-tech industry today than will increase their taxes in the form of that for 5 years, where he has served, passing the Export Administration higher interest rates. That did not ex- as I have indicated, as a U.S. District Act. If we are going to continue to be Judge for the Central District of Cali- actly make my day this morning. the leader in the high-tech industry in I will make a couple of comments fornia. He has presided over numerous the world, we have to pass this act im- about what Mr. Greenspan and the Fed- trials. Prior to being a Federal district mediately. If not, we are going to have eral Reserve Board are doing. court judge, he had a distinguished ca- these businesses move offshore. That March 7, Wall Street Journal: reer as a State court judge. He served is, in effect, what this Export Adminis- The U.S. work force was much more effi- as a California State judge for 13 years. tration Act does. cient in the fourth quarter than initially He is somebody who has been active in I commend Chairman GRAMM of thought, push labor costs sharply lower. charitable and community affairs. He Texas. He indicated he would do what Nonfarm productivity grew at a 6.4% rate is a family man. His mother and father he could to move this forward. He has in the last three months of 1999, the fastest and 10 brothers and sisters live in an- kept his word. This is being held up by pace in seven years and well above the gov- other Western State, the State of Utah. just a few of the chairmen of commit- ernment’s initial estimate of 5%, the Labor As I have indicated, Judge Paez has Department said Tuesday.