E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 104 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 142 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1996 No. 84 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was PRAYER S. 1634. An act to amend the resolution es- tablishing the Franklin Delano Roosevelt called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The Chaplain, Rev. James David pore [Mr. HUTCHINSON]. Memorial Commission to extend the service Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- of certain members. er: f f With all the discordant voices that DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO are heard in our world and with all the COMMUNICATION FROM CHIEF AD- TEMPORE usual pressures from every side, we MINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE long for meaning and purpose in our The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- HOUSE lives and in the lives of those we love. fore the House the following commu- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- We question at times our own ability nication from the Speaker: fore the House the following commu- to see any design or scheme that would nication from the Chief Administrative WASHINGTON, DC, give cohesion to what we do. Yet, in June 10, 1996. Officer of the House of Representatives: I hereby designate the Honorable Y. TIM every moment, O God, we can see Your path of faith and hope and love and we U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HUTCHINSON to act as Speaker pro tempore OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRA- on this day. can acknowledge those gifts of thanks- TIVE OFFICER, NEWT GINGRICH, giving and gratitude that give meaning Washington, DC, May 24, 1996. Speaker of the House of Representatives. in our very hearts and souls. With Re Burton v. Allard. f every word of praise, we celebrate Your Hon. NEWT GINGRICH, gifts to us, O gracious God, and renew Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, Wash- MORNING BUSINESS Your presence in word and deed. Amen. ington, DC. f DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to formally no- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tify you pursuant to Rule L (50) of the Rules ant to the order of the House of May 12, THE JOURNAL of the House that the Office of Finance has been served with a subpoena issued by the 1995, the Chair will now recognize The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Members from lists submitted by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Chair has examined the Journal of the After consultation with the General Coun- majority and minority leaders for last day's proceedings and announces morning hour debates. The Chair will sel, I have determined that compliance with to the House his approval thereof. the subpoena is consistent with the privi- alternate recognition between the par- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- leges and precedents of the House. ties, with each party limited to not to nal stands approved. Sincerely, exceed 30 minutes, and each Member SCOT M. FAULKNER. f except the majority and minority lead- f er limited to not to exceed 5 minutes. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE KING KAMEHAMEHA DAY IN f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the HAWAII gentleman from American Samoa [Mr. RECESS FALEOMAVAEGA] come forward and lead (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. was given permission to address the ant to clause 12, rule I, the House will Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA led the Pledge House for 1 minute and to revise and stand in recess until 2 p.m. of Allegiance as follows: extend his remarks.) Accordingly (at 12 o'clock and 33 I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, minutes p.m.), the House stood in re- United States of America, and to the Repub- I have just returned from my district, cess until 2 p.m. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, and in doing so I always have to go indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. through the State of Hawaii. Today, f f the State of Hawaii is celebrating Ka- mehameha Day, they call it every year, b 1400 MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE in honor of the great King of Hawaii, A message from the Senate by Mr. Kamehameha. AFTER RECESS Lundregan, one of its clerks, an- I want to share with my colleagues The recess having expired, the House nounced that the Senate had passed a some very interesting tributes to this was called to order by the Speaker pro bill of the following title, in which the great Polynesian Hawaiian king, whose tempore [Mr. COBLE] at 2 p.m. concurrence of the House is requested: statue is right here in Statuary Hall 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. H6041 H6042 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE June 10, 1996 as it was a gift from the State of Ha- I refuse to allow Medicare to go H.R. 848 waii commemorating this great island bankrupt because of some political ad- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ruler. vantage. We believe that we have got resentatives of the United States of America in Kamehameha had to prove not only to work together in a bipartisan fash- Congress assembled, his kingship by birth, but he also had ion, without gimmicks, without tax in- SECTION 1. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATION OF AP- PROPRIATIONS. to prove his kingship by merit. His ri- creases. We need to solve this problem Section 1(c) of the Act entitled ``An Act to vals were just as big as he. I do not for the American people. authorize and direct the National Park Serv- know if my colleagues realize, Mr. I invite my Democrat colleagues to ice to assist the State of Georgia in relocat- Speaker, but the statute that we see work together for the American people ing a highway affecting the Chickamauga here of King Kamehameha is supposed in saving Medicare. It is the right and Chattanooga National Military Park in to be life size. This great King of Ha- thing to do; it is the right thing to do Georgia'', approved December 24, 1987 (101 waii was almost 7 feet in stature, for all Americans. Stat. 1442), is amended by striking weighed almost 300 pounds, and can my ``$30,000,000'' and inserting ``$51,000,000''. f colleagues just imagine that his rivals The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ant to the rule, the gentleman from were just as big as he, and having a IT IS TIME FOR THE WHITE HOUSE California [Mr. POMBO] and the gen- fleet of some 16,000 canoes, and the pop- TO COME CLEAN ulation of the Hawaiian community at tleman from American Samoa [Mr. that time was some 300,000 native Ha- (Mr. POMBO asked and was given FALEOMAVAEGA] will each be recognized waiians that lived during his time. permission to address the House for 1 for 20 minutes. Prophesies were made before Kame- minute.) The Chair recognizes the gentleman hameha was even born that he would Mr. POMBO. Mr. Speaker, apparently from California [Mr. POMBO]. be truly a king of chiefs, and that is the White House is at it again. This Mr. POMBO. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- why his name is aptly called, The time they raided the confidential FBI self such time as I may consume. Lonely One, and I ask my colleagues to files of Republican officials, including (Mr. POMBO asked and was given go see the statue of King Kamehameha former Secretary of State James permission to revise and extend his re- in Statuary Hall. Baker. marks.) Mr. POMBO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in f Let me just read from the AP story about this incident: support of H.R. 848, legislation to in- ANOTHER BURNING REEFER But among the unanswered questions were, crease the authorization ceiling for (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was who at the White House knew the files has construction of a by-pass road around given permission to address the House been gathered and why they were kept at the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National for 1 minute and to revise and extend White House rather than returned to the Military Park. his remarks.) FBI? The files, 341 of them, almost all of In 1890, Congress designated the Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, if a them former employees of Republican ad- Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Republican President had been respon- ministrations, were stored in the White Military Park as the first national House security office's vault. sible for this latest abuse of power and military park, in recognition of several invasion of privacy, we would never Mr. Speaker, I guess we can all important Civil War engagements hear the end of it, but I predict the breathe a little easier knowing that which occurred there. Like many of the left-wing media will try to sweep this not every Republican was investigated. Civil War engagements, the site of this incident under the rug. It seems the It was only 341 of them. battle occurred along an important Clinton administration requested and The White House assures us that this transportation corridor, in this case received highly confidential FBI was only a small, innocent bureau- the route leading into Chattanooga, records of 338 former Reagan and Bush cratic mistake. I believe that. I also TN. appointees.