June 16, 1999 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 13095 The amendment I am offering also includes Campbell Hobson Radanovich Hooley Meehan Sanders Canady Hoekstra Rahall Hoyer Meek (FL) Sandlin several provisions dealing with the delivery of Cannon Horn Ramstad Inslee Meeks (NY) Sawyer mental health services to youth in the juvenile Castle Hostettler Regula Jackson (IL) Menendez Schakowsky justice system. These provisions include: al- Chabot Hulshof Reynolds Jackson-Lee Millender- Scott lowing the use of funds in the formula and Chambliss Hunter Riley (TX) McDonald Serrano Chenoweth Hutchinson Rogan Jefferson Miller, George Sherman block grant programs for mental health serv- Coble Hyde Rogers Johnson, E.B. Minge Sisisky ices, training and technical assistance for Coburn Isakson Rohrabacher Jones (OH) Mink Skelton service providers, and a study on the provision Collins Istook Ros-Lehtinen Kanjorski Moakley Slaughter of mental health services to juveniles. Con- Combest Jenkins Roukema Kaptur Mollohan Smith (WA) Cook John Royce Kennedy Moore Snyder gresswoman ROUKEMA has provided the Com- Cooksey Johnson (CT) Ryan (WI) Kildee Moran (VA) Spratt mittee with vital information on the importance Cox Johnson, Sam Ryun (KS) Kilpatrick Nadler Stabenow of mental health services for at-risk juveniles Crane Jones (NC) Salmon Kind (WI) Napolitano Stark Kleczka Neal Cubin Kasich Sanford Stenholm and juvenile offenders and should be com- Klink Oberstar Cunningham Kelly Saxton Strickland LaFalce Obey mended for her work in this area. Danner King (NY) Scarborough Tanner Lampson Olver I have also noticed that a number of pro- Davis (VA) Kingston Schaffer Tauscher Larson Ortiz Deal Knollenberg Sensenbrenner Thompson (CA) posed amendments attempt to direct that a Lee Pallone DeLay Kolbe Sessions Thompson (MS) portion of funding under the Prevention Block DeMint Kucinich Shadegg Levin Pascrell Lewis (GA) Pastor Thurman Grant Program be used for specific purposes. Diaz-Balart Kuykendall Shaw Tierney Dickey LaHood Shays Lipinski Payne The Committee created the block grant by Lofgren Pelosi Towns combining a number of existing discretionary Dingell Largent Sherwood Turner Doolittle Latham Shimkus Lowey Peterson (MN) programs. We did this to provide States and Luther Phelps Udall (CO) Dreier LaTourette Shows Udall (NM) Duncan Lazio Shuster Maloney (CT) Pickett local communities with broad flexibility in de- Vela´ zquez Dunn Leach Simpson Maloney (NY) Pomeroy signing programs to meet their local needs. Vento Ehlers Lewis (CA) Skeen Markey Price (NC) Visclosky Putting any restrictions on the use of these Ehrlich Lewis (KY) Smith (MI) Martinez Rangel Waters funds would tie the hands of local commu- Emerson Linder Smith (NJ) Mascara Reyes Watt (NC) English LoBiondo Smith (TX) Matsui Rivers nities who are in the best position to know McCarthy (MO) Rodriguez Waxman how to address their unique problems with ju- Everett Lucas (KY) Souder Ewing Lucas (OK) Spence McCarthy (NY) Roemer Weiner venile crime. Fletcher Manzullo Stearns McDermott Rothman Wexler Mr. Speaker, there are few programs at the Foley McCollum Stump McGovern Roybal-Allard Weygand McIntyre Rush Woolsey federal level which provide services directed at Forbes McCrery Stupak Fossella McHugh Sununu McKinney Sabo Wu preventing juvenile crime, particularly pro- Fowler McInnis Sweeney McNulty Sanchez Wynn grams to provide assistance to juvenile offend- Franks (NJ) McIntosh Talent NOT VOTING—6 ers. Frelinghuysen McKeon Tancredo Gallegly Metcalf Tauzin Brown (CA) Gordon Lantos It is my hope that we can keep the focus of Ganske Mica Taylor (MS) Davis (IL) Houghton Owens my amendment on providing assistance to this Gekas Miller (FL) Taylor (NC) high-risk population and other juveniles at risk Gibbons Miller, Gary Terry b 1218 of involvement in delinquent activities. Gilchrest Moran (KS) Thomas Mr. ROEMER changed his vote from Gillmor Morella Thornberry I urge my Colleagues to support my amend- Gilman Murtha Thune ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ ment when it is offered and to support the Goode Myrick Tiahrt So the resolution was agreed to. Rule under which this legislation is being con- Goodlatte Nethercutt Toomey The result of the vote was announced Goodling Ney Traficant sidered. Goss Northup Upton as above recorded. Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I yield Graham Norwood Vitter A motion to reconsider was laid on back the balance of my time, and I Granger Nussle Walden the table. move the previous question on the res- Green (WI) Ose Walsh Greenwood Oxley Wamp f olution. Gutknecht Packard Watkins The previous question was ordered. Hall (TX) Paul Watts (OK) GENERAL LEAVE The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Hansen Pease Weldon (FL) Hastert Peterson (PA) Weldon (PA) Mr. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I ask question is on the resolution. Hastings (WA) Petri Weller unanimous consent that all Members The question was taken; and the Hayes Pickering Whitfield may have 5 legislative days within Speaker pro tempore announced that Hayworth Pitts Wicker which to revise and extend their re- Hefley Pombo Wilson the ayes appeared to have it. Herger Porter Wise marks and to insert extraneous mate- Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I object Hill (MT) Portman Wolf rial into the RECORD on H.R. 1501 and to the vote on the ground that a Hilleary Pryce (OH) Young (AK) H.R. 2122, the legislation we are about quorum is not present and make the Hilliard Quinn Young (FL) to consider. point of order that a quorum is not NAYS—189 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there present. Abercrombie Cardin Edwards objection to the request of the gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evi- Ackerman Carson Engel tleman from Florida? dently a quorum is not present. Allen Clay Eshoo There was no objection. The Sergeant at Arms will notify ab- Andrews Clayton Etheridge Baird Clement Evans f sent Members. Baldacci Clyburn Farr The vote was taken by electronic de- Baldwin Condit Fattah CONSEQUENCES FOR JUVENILE vice, and there were—yeas 240, nays Barrett (WI) Conyers Filner OFFENDERS ACT OF 1999 Becerra Costello Ford 189, not voting 6, as follows: Bentsen Coyne Frank (MA) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. [Roll No. 210] Berkley Cramer Frost KOLBE). Pursuant to House Resolution Berman Crowley Gejdenson 209 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares YEAS—240 Berry Cummings Gephardt Aderholt Bass Bonilla Blagojevich Davis (FL) Gonzalez the House in the Committee of the Archer Bateman Bono Blumenauer DeFazio Green (TX) Whole House on the State of the Union Armey Bereuter Boucher Bonior DeGette Gutierrez for the consideration of the bill, H.R. Bachus Biggert Brady (TX) Borski Delahunt Hall (OH) Baker Bilbray Bryant Boswell DeLauro Hastings (FL) 1501. Ballenger Bilirakis Burr Boyd Deutsch Hill (IN) Barcia Bishop Burton Brady (PA) Dicks Hinchey b 1218 Barr Bliley Buyer Brown (FL) Dixon Hinojosa IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Barrett (NE) Blunt Callahan Brown (OH) Doggett Hoeffel Bartlett Boehlert Calvert Capps Dooley Holden Accordingly, the House resolved Barton Boehner Camp Capuano Doyle Holt itself into the Committee of the Whole VerDate Aug 04 2004 15:22 Oct 02, 2004 Jkt 069102 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR99\H16JN9.000 H16JN9 13096 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE June 16, 1999 House on the State of the Union for the the weighty concerns of school violence service to the American public and our consideration of the bill (H.R. 1501) to and, sadly, I think we all know that children if we fail to recognize and ad- provide grants to ensure increased ac- the determined acts of individuals on a dress the more fundamental underlying countability for juvenile offenders, massacre and suicide mission are rare- causes of teenage violence. with Mr. THORNBERRY in the chair. ly preventable through even the best of Lack of proper parental attention, The Clerk read the title of the bill. laws. lack of discipline and overcrowding in The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the We have now learned that these two our schools, exposure to repetitive, ex- rule, the bill is considered as having teenagers felt rejection by their peers, treme violence on television, in the been read the first time. were filled with hatred and had been movies, in video games and over the Under the rule, the gentleman from planning their violent massacre and Internet, and a broken juvenile justice Florida (Mr. MCCOLLUM) and the gen- suicide for a year. It seems to me that system are among the root causes of tleman from Michigan (Mr. CONYERS) the key to preventing such tragedies is this epidemic of juvenile violence. each will control 30 minutes. to foster and strengthen those values Of all of these, the one that by legis- The Chair recognizes the gentleman and convictions that make even con- lation we can have the most impact on from Florida (Mr. MCCOLLUM). templating such madness inconceiv- is repairing our Nation’s broken juve- Mr. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I able. nile justice system, which is the sub- yield myself such time as I may con- Yes, our Nation’s laws do play a part ject of the base text of H.R. 1501; and sume. in fostering such values, but I think yet all of the debate, since Littleton, in Mr. Chairman, I rise this morning in the role our laws play in all of this all of this time, this bipartisan product strong support of H.R. 1501, the Con- pales in comparison to the combined which sociologists and expert after ex- sequences of Juvenile Offenders Act of roles of family, churches, civic institu- pert have told us is one of the most 1999. On a day when there may be more tions and the media. These are what crucial and important steps that we than occasional partisanship, I think it truly shape the character of our youth. can take to protect America’s children, is important to note that the base text This very important point was elo- has gone virtually unnoticed. for our deliberations today and the quently made at the Subcommittee on In most of our urban and suburban base text for what we will probably be Crime hearing last month by Darrell communities today first-time teenage considering tomorrow and maybe even Scott, whose daughter Rachel was vandalism goes unpunished.