S510 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 24, 2001 the public. But you have to make the floor, I think this would be an appro- On my return trip, after Senator decision. priate time to report on some foreign VOINOVICH had departed in Israel, I had This administration must support travel which I recently undertook for a the chance to meet with the chief pros- new generation of transmission and 2-week period in late December and ecutor of the International Criminal make sure that existing generation early January, accompanied on part of Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, continues and is not prematurely shut the trip by Senator VOINOVICH. Our trip Carla del Ponte, at The Hague. She is down. took us to the Mideast, where we had insistent on bringing Milosevic to trial There are impediments to competi- the opportunity to confer with Egyp- at The Hague. tion. For example, it is high time that tian President Mubarak, and then in Under the U.N. resolution, there is a PUHCA and PURPA are repealed. We Israel, Prime Minister Barak, and Min- priority status accorded to The Hague need to find ways to allow construction ister Ariel Sharon, who was contesting to try Milosevic. of new transmission lines. We need to for the post of Prime Minister in an Perhaps these interests can be rec- enact legislation to protect the reli- election to be held in Israel on Feb- onciled by trying Milosevic first in ability of the grid. ruary 6; and also former Foreign Min- Yugoslavia, but before he serves a sen- Finally, the State of California made ister Shimon Peres. tence if one is imposed, he goes to The systematic decisions over a 10-year pe- I then continued on to Aqaba in Jor- Hague for trial. Ms. del Ponte was con- riod to not build new powerplants in dan and had the opportunity to meet cerned that there not be a long interval California while at the same time they with King Abdullah in Jordan. because the War Crimes Tribunal is a watched their power consumption We found the Mideast to be very temporary institution. There have been grow. The State made deregulation de- tense, with the exacerbation of vio- some suggestions that Milosevic be cisions that didn’t remove regulations, lence inspired by Palestinian youth. tried by the War Crimes Tribunal in it simply changed the regulations, and The Palestinian Authority has not ob- Belgrade, Yugoslavia, but that remains now, in the face of mounting debt and served their obligation under the Oslo to be worked out. possibly utility bankruptcy, the State accords to have an educational system One thing which must be accom- refuses to allow rate increases to pay which omits the traditional incitement plished, in my judgment, is that for expensive non-utility power. to violence of youngsters. Their edu- Milosevic must be tried and brought to While it would be unrealistic for the cational materials in the sixth grade, State of California to ask the rest of justice. It is enormously important seventh grade, ninth grade and beyond, that a head of state be tried. the Nation to pay for its power, not- urges the young people to engage in vi- withstanding the fact that California I note my distinguished colleague, olence—a holy jihad for the glory of Senator GRASSLEY, has arrived on the consumers enjoy—this is a fact—Cali- Allah—encouraging acts which result fornia consumers today enjoy some of floor, so I will conclude these remarks in their own deaths as martyrs. That the lowest monthly bills in the United with a comment or two on the discus- has set into motion a sequence of States, California needs to make a sions which were held with the leaders events in the area where the violence good-faith effort to accept responsi- in India and in Pakistan where there has just been extraordinary. has been a problem of nuclear con- bility in this crisis. It needs to address I think we are really looking at a its credit problems. It must not pursue frontation and the dispute in Kashmir. generational problem—perhaps more There were also discussions on the per- policies that appear to be intended to than a generational problem—until bankrupt utilities rather than solve secution of Christians, which is a very there is some recognition that the those problems. Then the Federal Gov- rampant problem. Israelis and Palestinians can live side ernment can look at its role in pro- Mr. President, on December 28, Sen- by side under the terms of the Oslo ac- viding assistance. But it is not up to ator VOINOVICH and I departed from An- cords and the implementation, as may the Federal Government to bail out drews Air Force Base and flew across be worked out. California from a series of bad deci- the Atlantic landing late in the When we were there, and to this day, evening in Munich, Germany. Consul sions. And for the long term, the State the atmosphere was heavy with doubts needs to be looking at building power- General Bob Boehme and Economic Of- as to whether a peace treaty could be plants and transmission facilities to ficer John McCaslin met us in Munich. reached. The two shared with us their thoughts meet its power needs. The situation in I have complimented President Clin- on a wide variety of subjects ranging California demonstrates that our en- ton privately and publicly, and I do so from a potential U.S. missile defense ergy future is in our hands collec- again today, for the efforts he main- tively—the State of California first. tained right to the end of his term in system to the current refugee situation We can take the path of least resist- office. Now the new administration, I in Germany. The next morning we had ance, as California did, and we can suf- know, will pick up this very difficult a working breakfast with representa- fer the consequences. Or we can take issue and will work as best they can to tives of the German/American business the actions necessary to ensure our en- community. Our discussions ranged ergy future—oil and natural gas as well implement the peace process and try to bring stability to that region. form lack of an educated workforce in as electricity. Germany resulting in the need for That is why President Bush and we Before traveling to Egypt and Israel, Senator VOINOVICH and I visited Bel- skilled immigrants to staff many of are seeking to revitalize our energy in- their high-tech companies to harmoni- dustry and to formulate a long-term grade in Yugoslavia and made a trip into Bosnia. We were enormously im- zation of a European defense force with energy strategy that will ensure that NATO to the ever-evolving situation in the United States has the energy we pressed with the U.S. military presence in Bosnia, and U.S. soldiers helping to the Balkans. After our breakfast we de- need to fuel our economy. parted Munich and arrived in Belgrade, I thank the Chair. I thank my friend maintain a very fragile peace in that Yugoslavia on Friday December 29. from Maine for allowing me additional area of the world. In Yugoslavia, we met the new lead- My first visit to Yugoslavia was in time. 1986, when I visited with then President The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ers, who are very impressive men who Moisev. I was last in Belgrade in Au- BUNNING). The Senator from Maine is are carrying forward. gust 1998 in an attempt to visit then recognized. The problem of former President Ms. COLLINS. I thank the Chair. Milosevic is a very big issue in Yugo- President Slobodan Milosevic to urge (The remarks of Ms. COLLINS and Mr. slavia. The new Yugoslav leaders say him to turn over indicted war crimi- KERRY pertaining to the introduction they want to try him in Yugoslavia, as nals. Yugoslavia today is a country un- of S. 162 are located in today’s RECORD he has committed horrendous crimes dergoing dramatic changes. Recently under ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills against the people of Yugoslavia—em- and most notably is the formation of a and Joint Resolutions.’’) bezzlement which is estimated as high democratic form of government. The as $1 billion, and stealing the election greatest political achievement of the f on election fraud. But at the same Serbian people was a peaceful demo- A REPORT ON FOREIGN TRAVEL time, there are competing demands cratic revolution. Public protests usu- Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, in the from the War Crimes Tribunal at The ally happen before elections are held absence of any other Senator on the Hague. when the political tensions are at their VerDate 24-JAN-2001 23:57 Jan 24, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G24JA6.008 pfrm02 PsN: S24PT1 January 24, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S511 greatest. In Yugoslavia, the opposite the opportunity to prosecute Mr. elections and the Church had always happened. Mass protests were the only Milosevic for his many transgressions advocated peaceful solutions and a way to guarantee that the popular will against them, such as stealing the Sep- peaceful transfer of power. expressed at the polls was to be re- tember elections and stealing approxi- After our meeting with the Patriarch spected by former President Milosevic. mately $1 billion from the coffers of we flew to Bosnia to meet soldiers from The transfer of power following the the Yugoslav government. President the multinational peace keeping force electoral victory has not been simple, Kostunica was quick to point out that in Tuzla.