E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 108 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 150 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2004 No. 85 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. DELTA AIRLINES CELEBRATES Do Members think they need proof, The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST last month 20,000 U.S. soldiers were Coughlin, offered the following prayer: PASSENGER FLIGHT told, not asked, they were not going Lord God, Father of us all, You feed (Mr. SCOTT of Georgia asked and home after a year in Iraq. Mr. Rums- Your people from the fruit of this land. was given permission to address the feld liked something called the stop- You protect Your children from war House for 1 minute and to revise and loss policy because the military can and from disaster both by government extend his remarks.) conscript soldiers to just keep fighting. and by military. You are ever faithful Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, More soldiers are staying behind be- and always ready to forgive. I rise this morning on behalf of the en- cause there are not enough in Iraq to Bless all fathers of this assembly and tire United States Congress to com- begin with. across this Nation. May they prove mend and give special recognition to From the beginning, professionals in their strength in their gentleness and Delta Airlines on the celebration of its the Armed Forces told this President understanding of their children. May 75th anniversary. Exactly 75 years ago and the civilians that 300,000 soldiers they teach by example and be God-fear- on June 17, 1929 at 8 a.m., Delta’s very would be needed in Iraq. The President ing men who are strong in virtue, and first passenger flight took off from Dal- and his civilians denied it, and they fired anyone who dared to disagree. So faithful in marriage and in prayer. las Airport in Dallas, Texas, heading now the administration calls the draft Reward them for the sacrifice of for Jackson, Mississippi with inter- a stop-loss order, and they are using it their labor and the time offered to the mediate stops in Shreveport and Mon- enjoyment of their families. because they need more soldiers. roe, Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, make no mistake, a May they, their children and their That initial passenger service trip draft arrives in 2005 if this President children’s children come to know Your took 5 hours to cover those 471 miles. remains in office. They just deny, deny, everlasting love for them both now and And today, 75 years later, Delta now deny, just another day in the Bush ad- for all eternity. Amen. has 2,000 flights all across this country ministration. f and carries a daily load of passengers of 300,000. What a remarkable story of f THE JOURNAL American free enterprise. Delta Air- BUSH ADMINISTRATION The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- lines, with 75 years of distinguished CONSISTENTLY WRONG ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- service, has grown the reputation of (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given ceedings and announces to the House being the world’s leading airline, but permission to address the House for 1 his approval thereof. they did not get that way easily. They minute and to revise and extend his re- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- had to go through many challenges. marks.) nal stands approved. Mr. Speaker, to all of the 100,000 indi- Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, just f viduals that work at Delta, we in the yesterday President Bush in the cabi- Congress of the United States want to net room said, ‘‘This administration PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE say congratulations on your 75th anni- never said that the 9/11 attacks were The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman versary. orchestrated between Saddam Hussein from Ohio (Mr. LATOURETTE) come for- f and al Qaeda.’’ Really? ward and lead the House in the Pledge Let me read what National Security UNDECLARED DRAFT of Allegiance. Adviser Condoleezza Rice said in Sep- Mr. LATOURETTE led the Pledge of Al- (Mr. MCDERMOTT asked and was tember, 2002, ‘‘We clearly know that legiance as follows: given permission to address the House there were in the past and have been I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the for 1 minute and to revise and extend contacts between senior Iraqi officials United States of America, and to the Repub- his remarks.) and members of al Qaeda going back lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, in for actually quite a long time.’’ indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. all of the confusion of transition in Mr. Speaker, 1 year later the Na- f Iraq, it is easy to forget that people are tional Security Adviser in September still dying there. Our troops are dying 2003 said, ‘‘We have never claimed that ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER on a daily basis, and this President has Saddam Hussein had either direction or The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- instituted an undeclared draft, but he control on 9/11.’’ tain up to five 1-minute speeches on will not tell Members unless he is re- On Monday night, Vice President each side. elected. CHENEY, who has long maintained and 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. H4509 . VerDate May 21 2004 01:56 Jun 19, 2004 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18JN7.000 H18PT1 H4510 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 18, 2004 repeatedly has asserted that a collabo- DEEPLY PARTISAN BIAS ON DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE- rative relationship existed between SUPREME COURT CURITY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, Iraq and al Qaeda said he, Saddam Hus- (Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts asked 2005 sein, ‘‘was a patron of terrorism’’ and and was given permission to address The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- that he had ‘‘long-established ties with the House for 1 minute and to revise ant to House Resolution 675 and rule al Qaeda.’’ This is the fourth or fifth and extend his remarks.) XVIII, the Chair declares the House in time he has asserted this relationship, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. the Committee of the Whole House on or members of the administration Speaker, I am moved this week after the State of the Union for the further have. There is at least one thing we the death of President Reagan to quote consideration of the bill, H.R. 4567. know about the Vice President: He is him, ‘‘There they go again.’’ b 0913 consistent, he is wrong, and he has The ‘‘they’’ in question are the three been consistently wrong on this sub- extremely conservative members of the IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Accordingly, the House resolved ject. U.S. Supreme Court who are, of course, itself into the Committee of the Whole entitled to their extreme conservatism, f House on the State of the Union for the Justices Scalia, Thomas and further consideration of the bill (H.R. CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH Rehnquist; but, they are really not en- 4567) making appropriations for the De- titled to partisanship. Despite that, (Mr. DELAY asked and was given per- partment of Homeland Security for the they have shown it. mission to address the House for 1 fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, The Colorado Supreme Court, acting minute and to revise and extend his re- and for other purposes, with Mr. in accordance with wrong, marks.) GILLMOR in the chair. uncontroversial constitutional doc- Mr. DELAY. Mr. Speaker, 139 years The Clerk read the title of the bill. ago tomorrow, the sin of human bond- trine, interpreted the Colorado Con- The CHAIRMAN. When the Com- age was ended in the United States. It stitution to mean that the Colorado mittee of the Whole House rose on the has been said that the Civil War was legislature could not reopen redis- legislative day of Thursday, June 17, the last battle of the American Revolu- tricting for partisan advantage 2 years 2004, amendment No. 3 by the gen- after they had originally had redis- tion, and so it was. More than 600,000 tleman from New York (Mr. SWEENEY) Americans died in that conflict to save tricting in the State. It is a very had been disposed of and the bill was the Union, preserve the democratic strongly held doctrine in America that open for amendment from page 22, line ideals of the Founding, and make those a State Supreme Court is the final ar- 22, through page 25, line 20. ideals a reality for 4 million slaves. biter of its own State Constitution. Are there further amendments to If it is that the Civil War was indeed The Colorado Republicans, looking this portion of the bill? the last battle of the Revolution, then for the kind of partisan advantage that AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MS. JACKSON-LEE OF so it is that Gordon Granger fired its the Texas counties were able to get, ap- TEXAS last shot. On his arrival in Galveston, pealed that decision to the U.S. Su- Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Texas, on June 19, 1865, Granger, a preme Court. No one thought it was Chairman, I offer an amendment. major general in the United States much of a serious appeal.