7308 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE April13, 1994 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Wednesday, April 13, 1994 The House met at 2 p.m. Dingell LaFalce Rangel Dunn Knollenberg Roberts Dixon Lambert Reed Ehlers Kolbe Rogers The Chaplain, Rev. James David Dooley Lancaster Reynolds Emerson Kreidler Rohrabacher Ford, D.D., offered the following Durbin Lantos Richardson Ewing Kyl Ros-Lehtinen prayer: Edwards (CA) LaRocco Roemer Fawell Lazio Roth Let us pray using the words of Psalm Edwards (TX) Laughlin Rose Fields (TX) Leach Royce Engel Lehman Rostenkowski Fowler Levy Saxton 103: English Levin Rowland Franks (CT) Lewis (CA) Schaefer Bless the Lord, 0 my soul; and all Eshoo Lewis (GA) Roybal-Allard Franks (NJ) Lewis (FL) Schiff that is within me, bless His holy name! Evans Lipinski Rush Gallegly Lightfoot Schroeder Bless the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget Everett Lloyd Sabo Gekas Linder Sensen brenner Farr Long Sanders Gilchrest Livingston Shaw not all His benefits, Fazio Lowey Sangmeister Gingrich Machtley Shays Who forgives all your iniquity, who Fields (LA) Maloney Santorum Goodlatte Manzullo Shuster heals all your diseases, Filner Mann Sarpalius Goodling McCandless Skeen Fingerhut Manton Sawyer Goss McCollum Smith (MI) Who redeems your life from the Pit, Foglietta . Margolies- Schenk Grams McDade Smith (NJ) who crowns you with steadfast love and Ford (MI) Mezvinsky Schumer Gunderson McKeon Smith (TX) mercy, Ford (TN) Markey Scott Hancock Meyers Snowe Who satisfies you with good as long Frank (MA) Martinez Serrano Hansen Mica Solomon Frost Matsui Sharp Hastert Molinari Spence as you live so that your youth is re­ Furse Mazzoli Shepherd Hefley Moorhead Stearns newed like the eagle's. Amen. Gejdenson McCloskey Sisisky Herger Morella Stump Gephardt McCrery Skaggs Hobson Murphy Sundquist Geren McCurdy Skelton Hoekstra Nussle Talent Gibbons McDermott Slattery Hoke Oxley Taylor (MS) THE JOURNAL Gillmor McHale Slaughter Horn Packard Taylor (NC) Gilman Mcinnis Smith (IA) Huffington Paxon Thomas (CA) The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam­ Gonzalez McKinney Spratt Hunter Petri Torkildsen ined the Journal of the last day's pro­ Gordon McNulty Stark Hutchinson Porter Upton Green Meehan Stenholm Inhofe Portman Vucanovich ceedings and announces to the House Greenwood Meek Stokes Is took Pryce (OH) Walker his approval thereof. Gutierrez Menendez Strickland Jacobs Quillen Walsh Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour­ Hall (OH) Mfume Studds Johnson, Sam Quinn Weldon nal stands approved. Hall (TX) Miller (CA) Stupak Kim Ramstad Wolf Hamburg Miller (FL) Swett King Ravenel Young (FL) Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, pursuant Hamilton Min eta Swift Kingston Regula Zeliff to clause 1, rule I, I demand a vote on Harman Minge Synar Klug Ridge Zimmer agreeing to the Speaker's approval of Hastings Mink Tanner Hayes Moakley Tauzin NOT VOTING-18 the Journal. Hefner Mollohan Tejeda Bacchus (FL) Gallo Neal (NC) The SPEAKER. The question is on Hilliard Montgomery Thomas (WY) Blackwell Glickman Roukema the Chair's approval of the Journal. Hinchey Moran Thompson Brown (CA) Grandy Smith (OR) The question was taken; and the Hoagland Murtha Thornton Danner McHugh Washington Hochbrueckner Myers Thurman Fish McMillan Williams Speaker announced that the ayes ap­ Holden Nadler Torres Flake Michel Wilson peared to have it. Houghton Neal (MA) Torricelli Mr. DERRICK. Mr. Speaker, I object Hoyer Oberstar Towns 0 1423 Hughes Obey Traficant to the vote on the ground that a Hutto Olver Tucker So the Journal was approved. quorum is not present and make the Hyde Ortiz Unsoeld The result of the vote was announced point of order that a quorum is not Inglis Orton Valentine as above recorded. present. Inslee Owens Velazquez Jefferson Pallone Vento The SPEAKER. Evidently a quorum Johnson (CT) Parker Visclosky is not present. Johnson (GA) Pastor Volkmer PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Waters The Sergeant at Arms will notify ab­ Johnson (SD) Payne (NJ) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. sent Members. Johnson, E. B. Payne (VA) Watt Johnston Pelosi Waxman McNULTY}. Will the gentleman from The vote was taken by electronic de­ Kanjorski Penny Wheat Whitten Massachusetts [Mr. MEEHAN] come for­ vice, and there were-yeas 261, nays Kaptur Peterson (FL) ward and lead the House in the Pledge 153, not voting 18, as follows: Kasich Peterson (MN) Wise Kennedy Pickett Woolsey of Allegiance? [Roll No. 98] Kennelly Pickle Wyden Mr. MEEHAN led the Pledge of Alle­ YEAS-261 Kildee Pombo Wynn giance as follows: Kleczka Pomeroy Yates Abercrombie Borski Collins (!L) Klein Po shard Young (AK) I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Ackerman Boucher Collins (MI) Klink Price (NC) United States of America, and to the Repub­ Andrews (ME) Brewster Combest Kopetski Rahall lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Andrews (NJ) Brooks Condit Andrews (TX) Browder Conyers indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Applegate Brown (FL) Cooper NAYS-153 Baesler Brown (OH) Coppersmith Allard Bliley Clay Barca Bryant Costello Archer Blute Coble MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE Barcia Byrne Coyne Armey Boehlert Cox Barlow Cantwell Cramer Bachus (AL) Boehner Crane A message from the Senate by Mr. Barrett (WI) Cardin Darden Baker(CA) Bonilla Crapo Hallen, one of its clerks, announced Bateman Carr de Ia Garza Baker (LA) Bunning Cunningham Becerra Chapman Deal Ballenger Burton DeLay that the Senate had passed with Beilenson Clayton DeFazio Barrett (NE) Buyer Diaz-Balart amendments in which the concurrence Berman Clement De Lauro Bartlett Callahan Dickey of the House is requested, bills of the Bevill Clinger Dellums Barton Calvert Doolittle House of the following ti ties: Bilbray Clyburn Derrick Bentley Camp Dornan Bishop Coleman Deutsch Bereuter Canady Dreier H.R. 1134. An act to provide for the transfer Bonier Collins (GA) Dicks Bilirakis Castle Duncan of certain public lands located in Clear Creek 0 This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., 0 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. April 13, 1994 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7309 County, Colorado, to the United States For­ own. The values and determination man Howard Baker, Sr., and the step­ est Service, the State of Colorado, and cer­ that she helped instill in her stepson mother of former Senate Majority tain local governments in the State of Colo­ became evident as he later grew to be Leader Howard Baker Jr., Irene Baker rado, and for other purposes. H.R. 2947. An act to amend the Commemo­ one of the most distinguished U.S. Sen­ was a dedicated public servant and rative Works Act, and for other purposes. ators in the history of that body, and community leader in her own right. The message also announced that the served as its Republican leader from Throughout her life, she devoted a tre­ Senate had passed bills of the following i977 to 1985, afterward serving as White mendous amount of time and energy to titles, in which the concurrence of the House Chief of Staff at a most difficult serving the people of east Tennessee, House is requested: time under President Reagan. and her many contributions to the Although there are only 12 of us re­ State will not soon be forgotten. S. 859. An act to reduce the restrictions on Mrs. Baker got an early start in poli­ lands conveyed by deed under the Act of maining in the House who served June 8, 1926. alongside Mrs. Baker, we cannot forget tics, working in the Sevier County S. 1586. An act to establish the New Orle­ the effort and tireless devotion she court clerk's office and the Chancery ans Jazz National Historical Park in the brought to her congressional duties. Court office as a teenager in the 1920's. State of Louisiana; and for other purposes. Her service on the Committee on Gov­ After marrying Howard Baker, Sr., in The message also announced that the ernment Operations was exemplary. 1935, she served as Republican National Senate disagrees to the amendments of She constantly gave her all to rep­ Committeewoman for Tennessee for 4 the House to the bill (S. 636) "An Act resent the interests and meet the needs years, from 1960-64. to amend the Public Health Service of her constituents and her State. Mrs. Following her husband's death in Act to permit individuals to have free­ Baker and I worked closely together in 1964, Mrs. Baker was elected to serve dom of access to certain medical clin­ the House during my first term, not the remaining 9 months of his term in ics and facilities, and for other pur­ only as a friend but as a legislator on the House of Representatives, where poses,'' and agree to the conference the floor of the House as well. She also she upheld his legacy of dedicated serv­ asked by the House on the disagreeing was a proud standard bearer of the ice to the citizens of the Second Dis­ votes of the two Houses thereon, and principles of the Republican Party, trict. At the conclusion of that term, appoints Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. PELL, Mr. which she loved and of which she was Mrs. Baker became the city of Knox­ METZENBAUM, Mr. SIMON, Ms. MIKUL­ national committeewoman for Ten­ ville's welfare director, a position she SKI, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. JEFFORDS, nessee from 1960 to 1964. held until 1971. Mr. COATS, and Mr. HATCH, to be the After her departure from the House In each of these endeavors, Irene conferees on the part of the Senate. of Representatives in 1965, Mrs. Baker Baker was a credit not only to herself put her skills and her extraordinary and her family, but to her State and compassion to good use as the director the people that she served.