E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 105 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 143 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1997 No. 47 House of Representatives The House met at 3 p.m. and was PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE CORRECTION OF THE RECORD OF called to order by the Speaker pro tem- APRIL 17, 1997, PAGE H1624 pore [Mr. MILLER of Florida]. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. SEN- f SENBRENNER] come forward and lead SPEAKER'S COMPENSATION FOR the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. COST OF ETHICS INVESTIGATION DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Mr. SENSENBRENNER led the PRO TEMPORE (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was Pledge of Allegiance as follows: given permission to address the House The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- for 1 minute and to revise and extend fore the House the following commu- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Repub- his remarks.) nication from the Speaker: lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, WASHINGTON, DC, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ... April 21, 1997. Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I ask I hereby designate the Honorable DAN MIL- f the gentleman's words be taken down. LER to act as Speaker pro tempore on this The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. day. KOLBE). The gentleman will suspend. NEWT GINGRICH, PERMISSION FOR COMMITTEE ON The gentleman from Georgia will be Speaker of the House of Representatives. SCIENCE TO HAVE UNTIL 6 P.M. seated. f TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997 TO FILE REPORTS ON H.R. 1276, ENVIRON- b 1030 PRAYER MENTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOP- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. MENT AND DEMONSTRATION AU- KOLBE). The Clerk will report the The Chaplain, Rev. James David THORIZATION ACT; H.R. 1277, DE- words. Ford, D.D., offered the following pray- PARTMENT OF ENERGY CIVILIAN The Clerk read as follows: er: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Let us pray using the words of Psalm I am surprised to see my Republican col- ACT; AND H.R. 1278, NATIONAL leagues on the floor today congratulating 85: OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC AD- Speaker NEWT GINGRICH for doing something Lord, Thou wast favorable to Thy land; MINISTRATION AUTHORIZATION he should have done months ago, paying Thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob. ACT $300,000 for lying to Congress. Speaker GING- Thou didst forgive the iniquity of Thy RICH admitted to bringing discredit on the people; Thou didst pardon all their sin. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- House of Representatives. He has admitted Thou didst withdraw all Thy wrath; Thou er, I ask unanimous consent that the to lying to this House. didst turn from Thy hot anger. Restore us Committee on Science have until 6 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The again, O God of our salvation, and put p.m. Tuesday, April 22, 1997 to file re- Chair is prepared to rule. away Thy indignation toward us. Wilt ports on the following bills: The words of the gentleman from Thou be angry with us forever? Wilt Thou H.R. 1276, the Environmental Re- Georgia constitute a personality prolong Thy anger to all generations? Wilt search, Development and Demonstra- against the Speaker. Under the prece- Thou not revive us again, that Thy people tion Authorization Act; dents, the debate should not go to the may rejoice in Thee? Show us Thy stead- official conduct of a Member where fast love, O Lord, and grant us Thy salva- H.R. 1277, the Department of Energy that question is not pending as a ques- tion. Civilian Research and Development tion of privilege on the House floor. Amen. Act; and The fact that the House has addressed H.R. 1278, the National Oceanic and a Member's conduct at a prior time f Atmospheric Administration Author- does not permit this debate at this ization Act. time. Therefore, the gentleman's words THE JOURNAL These requests have been cleared are out of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The with and approved by the minority. Without objection, the gentleman's Chair has examined the Journal of the words will be stricken from the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there last day's proceedings and announces RECORD. to the House his approval thereof. objection to the request of the gen- Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, I object. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- tleman from Wisconsin? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objec- nal stands approved. There was no objection. tion is heard. 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. H1709 H1710 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð HOUSE April 21, 1997 The question before the House is: NOESÐ190 and extend their remarks and include Shall the gentleman's words be strick- Abercrombie Gordon Nadler extraneous material:) en from the RECORD? Ackerman Green Neal Mr. RIGGS, for 5 minutes, on April 24. Baesler Gutierrez Oberstar Mr. HULSHOF, for 5 minutes, on April The question was taken; and the Baldacci Hall (TX) Obey Speaker pro tempore announced that Barcia Hamilton Olver 24. the ayes appeared to have it. Barrett (WI) Hastings (FL) Ortiz f Becerra Hefner Pallone RECORDED VOTE Bentsen Hilliard Pascrell EXTENSION OF REMARKS Berry Hinchey Pastor Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, I de- Bishop Hinojosa Payne By unanimous consent, permission to mand a recorded vote. Blagojevich Holden Pelosi revise and extend remarks was granted Blumenauer Hooley Peterson (MN) A recorded vote was ordered. to: Bonior Hoyer Pickett (The following Members (at the re- The vote was taken by electronic de- Borski Jackson (IL) Pomeroy Boswell Jackson-Lee Poshard quest of Mr. SENSENBRENNER) and to in- vice, and there wereÐayes 227, noes 190, Boucher (TX) Price (NC) clude extraneous matter:) answered ``present'' 3, not voting 12, as Boyd Jefferson Rahall Mr. ROEMER. follows: Brown (CA) John Rangel Brown (FL) Johnson (WI) Reyes Mrs. MALONEY of New York. [Roll No. 82] Brown (OH) Johnson, E. B. Rivers Mr. DELLUMS. Capps Kanjorski Roemer Mr. RANGEL. AYESÐ227 Carson Kaptur Rothman f Aderholt Gillmor Packard Clay Kennedy (MA) Roybal-Allard Archer Gilman Pappas Clayton Kennedy (RI) Rush ADJOURNMENT Armey Goodlatte Parker Clement Kennelly Sabo Bachus Goodling Paul Clyburn Kildee Sanchez Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Baker Goss Paxon Condit Kilpatrick Sanders er, I move that the House do now ad- Ballenger Graham Pease Conyers Kleczka Sandlin Barr Granger Peterson (PA) Coyne Klink Schumer journ. Barrett (NE) Greenwood Petri Cramer Kucinich Scott The motion was agreed to; accord- Bartlett Gutknecht Pickering Cummings LaFalce Serrano ingly (at 3 o'clock and 4 minutes p.m.), Barton Hall (OH) Pitts Danner Lampson Sherman under its previous order, the House ad- Bass Hansen Pombo Davis (FL) Lantos Sisisky Bateman Hastert Porter DeFazio Levin Skelton journed until Wednesday, April 23, 1997, Bereuter Hastings (WA) Portman DeGette Lewis (GA) Slaughter at 2 p.m. Bilbray Hayworth Pryce (OH) Delahunt Lipinski Smith, Adam f Bilirakis Hefley Quinn DeLauro Lofgren Snyder Bliley Herger Radanovich Dellums Lowey Spratt OATH OF OFFICE, MEMBERS, RESI- Blunt Hill Ramstad Deutsch Maloney (CT) Stabenow DENT COMMISSIONER, AND DEL- Boehlert Hilleary Regula Dicks Maloney (NY) Stark Boehner Hobson Riggs Dingell Manton Stenholm EGATES Bonilla Hoekstra Riley Dixon Markey Stokes The oath of office required by the Bono Horn Rogan Doggett Martinez Strickland Brady Hostettler Rogers Dooley Mascara Stupak sixth article of the Constitution of the Bryant Houghton Rohrabacher Doyle Matsui Tanner United States, and as provided by sec- Bunning Hulshof Ros-Lehtinen Edwards McCarthy (MO) Tauscher tion 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 Burr Hunter Roukema Engel McCarthy (NY) Taylor (MS) Burton Hutchinson Royce Eshoo McDermott Thompson Stat. 22), to be administered to Mem- Buyer Hyde Ryun Etheridge McGovern Thurman bers, Resident Commissioner, and Dele- Callahan Inglis Salmon Evans McHale Torres gates of the House of Representatives, Calvert Jenkins Sanford Farr McIntyre Towns the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. Camp Johnson (CT) Saxton Fattah McKinney Turner Campbell Johnson, Sam Scarborough Fazio McNulty Velazquez 3331: Canady Jones Schaefer, Dan Filner Meehan Vento ``I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) Cannon Kasich Schaffer, Bob Flake Meek Visclosky that I will support and defend the Castle Kelly Sensenbrenner Foglietta Menendez Waters Chabot Kim Sessions Ford Millender- Watt (NC) Constitution of the United States Chambliss Kind (WI) Shadegg Frank (MA) McDonald Waxman against all enemies, foreign and do- Chenoweth King (NY) Shaw Frost Miller (CA) Wexler mestic; that I will bear true faith Christensen Kingston Shays Furse Mink Weygand and allegiance to the same; that I Coble Klug Shimkus Gejdenson Moakley Wise Coburn Knollenberg Shuster Gephardt Mollohan Woolsey take this obligation freely, without Collins Kolbe Skaggs Gonzalez Moran (VA) Wynn any mental reservation or purpose Combest LaHood Skeen Goode Murtha Yates of evasion; and that I will well and Cook Largent Smith (MI) ANSWERED ``PRESENT''Ð3 Cooksey Latham Smith (NJ) faithfully discharge the duties of Cox LaTourette Smith (OR) Berman Cardin Sawyer the office on which I am about to Crapo Lazio Smith (TX) NOT VOTINGÐ12 enter. So help me God.'' Cubin Leach Smith, Linda has been subscribed to in person and Cunningham Lewis (CA) Snowbarger Allen Davis (IL) Owens Davis (VA) Lewis (KY) Solomon Andrews Harman Schiff filed in duplicate with the Clerk of the Deal Linder Souder Costello Istook Tierney House of Representatives by the follow- DeLay Livingston Spence Crane Morella Whitfield ing Members of the 105th Congress, Diaz-Balart LoBiondo Stearns Dickey Lucas Stump b 1103 pursuant to the provisions of 2 U.S.C.