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Vol. 143 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1997 No. 135

SenateThe Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Friday, October 3, 1997, at 10 a.m.

House of RepresentativesTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1997

The House met at 10 a.m. and wascalled to order by the Speaker pro tem-pore [Mr. PEASE].f

DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKERPRO TEMPORE

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be-fore the House the following commu-nication from the Speaker:

WASHINGTON, DC,October 2, 1997.

I hereby designate the Honorable EDWARDA. PEASE to act as Speaker pro tempore onthis day.

NEWT GINGRICH,Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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PRAYER

The Reverend Dr. Ronald F. Chris-tian, director, Lutheran Social Serv-ices of Virginia, Fairfax, VA, offeredthe following prayer:

Almighty God, You have placed us ina world of space and time, and throughthe events of our lives You bless uswith Your love.

Make us all mindful of the swift andcertain passage of time, not only theticks of the clock, but the sweep of theyears.

We acknowledge that time is Yourgift to each of us. We pray, let us allaccept Your gift of time, the hours ofthis day, the days of this month, themonths of this year, and the years ofour lives with gratitude, using the giftwisely in the cause of peace and good-will to all.

O God, let us use our time for bless-ing rather than cursing, for thanks-

giving rather than complaining, forcaring rather than gaining, and for giv-ing rather than conserving.

May we know Your presence in ourlives. May we see Your love in our sur-roundings, and may we live with joy inthis moment. Amen.

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THE JOURNAL OF TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 30, 1997

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.PEASE). Pursuant to clause 5 of rule I,the unfinished business is the questionof agreeing to the Speaker’s approvalof the Journal of Tuesday, September30, 1997.

The question is on agreeing to theSpeaker’s approval of the Journal.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour-nal stands approved.

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THE JOURNAL OF WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 1, 1997

The SPEAKER pro tempore. TheChair has examined the Journal ofWednesday, October 1, 1997, and an-nounces to the House his approvalthereof.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour-nal stands approved.

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will thegentleman from North Carolina [Mr.BALLENGER] come forward and lead theHouse in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mr. BALLENGER led the Pledge ofAllegiance as follows:

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of theUnited States of America, and to the Repub-lic for which it stands, one nation under God,indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

A message from the Senate by Mr.Lundregan, one of its clerks, an-nounced that the Senate had passedwith amendment a bill of the House ofthe following title:

H.R. 2267. An act making appropriationsfor the Departments of Commerce, Justice,and State, the judiciary, and related agen-cies for the fiscal year ending September 30,1998, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that theSenate insists upon its amendment tothe bill (H.R. 2267) ‘‘An Act making ap-propriations for the Departments ofCommerce, Justice, and State, the Ju-diciary, and related agencies for thefiscal year ending September 30, 1998,and for other purposes,’’ requests aconference with the House of Rep-resentatives on the disagreeing votes ofthe two Houses thereon, and appointsMr. GREGG, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. DOMEN-ICI, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mrs. HUTCHISON,Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. HOL-LINGS, Mr. BYRD, Mr. INOUYE, Mr.BUMPERS, Mr. LAUTENBERG, and Ms.MIKULSKI, to be the conferees on thepart of the Senate.

The message also announced that theSenate had passed a bill of the follow-ing title, in which the concurrence ofthe House is requested:

S. 1179. An act to amend the NationalFlood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorizethe National Flood Insurance Program.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8302 October 2, 1997DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR

WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ONWEDNESDAY NEXT

Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I askunanimous consent that the businessin order under the Calendar Wednesdayrule be dispensed with on Wednesdaynext.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is thereobjection to the request of the gen-tleman from Louisiana?

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GRANTING MEMBERS OF THEHOUSE, PRIVILEGE TO EXTENDREMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRA-NEOUS MATERIAL IN THE CON-GRESSIONAL RECORD TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 30, 1997, THROUGHTODAY

Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I askunanimous consent that for Tuesday,September 30, 1997, Wednesday, October1, 1997, and for today, all Members bepermitted to extend their remarks andto include extraneous material in thatsection of the RECORD entitled ‘‘Exten-sions of Remarks.’’

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is thereobjection to the request of the gen-tleman from Louisiana?

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ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY,OCTOBER 6, 1997

Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I askunanimous consent that when theHouse adjourns today it adjourn tomeet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday next formorning hour debate.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is thereobjection to the request of the gen-tleman from Louisiana?

There was no objection.

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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONSBOARD

(Mr. BALLENGER asked and wasgiven permission to address the Housefor 1 minute.)

Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, thetestimony presented last week in theCommittee on Education and theWorkforce and in other recent hearingsmakes it apparent that the NationalLabor Relations Board is an out-of-con-trol Government bureaucracy.

Under the direction of the currentChairman and general counsel, theBoard appears to be liberally interpret-ing the law and appears in many casesto be getting involved in labor disputesin order to promote the agenda of orga-nized labor.

In our committee last week, hard-working business people spoke aboutthe questionable NLRB actions in labordisputes and testified that the Boardignores illegal union tactics which re-sult in substantial cost to the employ-ers and disruptions and uncertainty inthe workplace. The Board’s conductalso allows unions to harass companiesuntil they give in and agree to rep-

resentation, despite the wishes of theemployees.

Mr. Speaker, Congress should right-fully be concerned that the NationalLabor Relations Board is not acting asa neutral referee in labor disputes asrequired by law. This behavior shouldbe unacceptable to anyone who valuesthe traditional concepts of fairness andbalance in the labor-management rela-tions in the United States.

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SPECIAL ORDERS

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.PEASE). Under the Speaker’s an-nounced policy of January 7, 1997, andunder a previous order of the House,the following Members will be recog-nized for 5 minutes each.

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from California [Mr. MCKEON]is recognized for 5 minutes.

[Mr. MCKEON addressed the House.His remarks will appear hereafter inthe Extensions of Remarks.]

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gentle-woman from Washington [Mrs. SMITH]is recognized for 5 minutes.

[Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washingtonaddressed the House. Her remarks willappear hereafter in the Extensions ofRemarks.]

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from Michigan [Mr. SMITH] isrecognized for 5 minutes.

[Mr. SMITH of Michigan addressedthe House. His remarks will appearhereafter in the Extensions of Re-marks.]

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from Montana [Mr. HILL] is rec-ognized for 5 minutes.

[Mr. HILL addressed the House. Hisremarks will appear hereafter in theExtensions of Remarks.]

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from Washington [Mr.METCALF] is recognized for 5 minutes.

[Mr. METCALF addressed the House.His remarks will appear hereafter inthe Extensions of Remarks.]

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from Iowa [Mr. LEACH] is recog-nized for 5 minutes.

[Mr. LEACH addressed the House. Hisremarks will appear hereafter in theExtensions of Remarks.]

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The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-

tleman from California [Mr. DOO-LITTLE] is recognized for 5 minutes.

[Mr. DOOLITTLE addressed theHouse. His remarks will appear here-after in the Extensions of Remarks.]f

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from New York [Mr. PAXON] isrecognized for 5 minutes.

[Mr. PAXON addressed the House. Hisremarks will appear hereafter in theExtensions of Remarks.]f

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from North Carolina [Mr.JONES] is recognized for 5 minutes.

[Mr. JONES addressed the House. Hisremarks will appear hereafter in theExtensions of Remarks.]f

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from Arkansas [Mr. HUTCHIN-SON] is recognized for 5 minutes.

[Mr. HUTCHINSON addressed theHouse. His remarks will appear here-after in the Extensions of Remarks.]f

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from Minnesota [Mr.GUTKNECHT] is recognized for 5 min-utes.

[Mr. GUTKNECHT addressed theHouse. His remarks will appear here-after in the Extensions of Remarks.]f

FRUSTRATIONS OF DOING THEPEOPLE’S BUSINESS

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Underthe Speaker’s announced policy of Jan-uary 7, 1997, the gentleman from Flor-ida [Mr. SCARBOROUGH] is recognizedfor 60 minutes as the designee of themajority leader.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker, Icome to the floor today, I have to say,a bit saddened by some of the eventsthat have occurred this past week. Icame to Congress in 1994, and likemany of us who came here, we hadnever been in government before, cer-tainly had not been in Federal Govern-ment service before, and I have to sayover the past 3 years I have had a won-derful opportunity to see the way thatGovernment works, to see the way thatCongress works, to see the way Wash-ington, DC, works, and there have beena lot of highlights.

I have seen a lot of good, decent peo-ple on both sides of the aisle who careabout this country, who care abouttheir children’s future, and who believethat America can do better, and I havebeen very proud to serve here. I thinkmost Americans who, like me, hadreally just gotten their news from sit-ting on the couch watching TV theirwhole lives would be pleased if theycame up here and saw a lot of thingsthat happened. But regrettably, as is in

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8303October 2, 1997any profession, there are some who donot really carry themselves with asmuch dignity as others.

I have to say, this past week I wasdeeply saddened by some of the eventsthat occurred on this floor during de-bates regarding a seat in California,and it was Ms. SANCHEZ’S seat, and ithad to deal with the challenge that BobDornan was placing on Ms. SANCHEZ.

Just putting aside the facts of thiscase, what bothered me the most wasthat there were several Members onthe Democratic side that came up andchose to use race as an issue, and theyhave been using race as an issue overand over again. In fact, I think itwould be safe to say, and I saw somejournalists report that their activitiescould be described as race-baiting, ba-sically calling anybody who followedthe Los Angeles Times observationsand who followed the observations bythe House panel on this election, sug-gesting that anybody that raised toughquestions about this election somehowwas racist against Hispanics. I have tosay, all we have to do is wave the raceflag and one does cause a lot of peopleto retreat.

The reason I come to the floor todaynot retreating is because, regrettably, Ithink this is just another tactic by avery scared minority, the Democrats,political minority, who are trying todo their best to change the subject in-stead of changing America for the bet-ter or instead of changing the law forthe better.

The Los Angeles Times reportedearly on about this election that thecorruption and the vote-buying and thenumber of illegal aliens voting was sowidespread that one of Mr. Dornan’sopponents, not Ms. SANCHEZ, but one ofMr. Dornan’s opponents, actually helda raffle for a car for illegal immigrantsand told illegal immigrants that ifthey signed up for this raffle, all theyhad to do was vote, and the winner ofthis raffle would win a new car. And sothe gentleman, the illegal immigrantthat joined this, actually entered a raf-fle, voted illegally in the election, andthen won a car because of it, accordingto Los Angeles Times reports.

There have also been documented upto 350 to 400 illegal immigrants votingin this election, with the possibility ofmany more voting, but regrettably, be-cause the Justice Department has notmoved swiftly enough, this matter con-tinues to drag out.

But I guess what it highlighted to mewas a continuing trend, and it was atrend to obstruct justice, politicallyobstruct justice, instead to seeing to itthat the American people found outwhat was going on, and of course this ishappening in campaign finance debatesacross Washington and across America.Every time somebody is charged with anew crime or a possible crime, or everytime the news media comes out and at-tacks somebody for questionable be-havior, they immediately turn aroundand try to change the subject.

This morning’s New York Timeswrites, on the front page, top headline:

‘‘Democrats Used State Parties To By-pass Limits.’’ Over $32 million was sentto local and State officials for theDemocratic party to illegally, possibly,counteract FEC laws. This is a viola-tion. So what happens? What do theydo? They immediately change the sub-ject and say, let us talk about cam-paign finance reform. This has beenhappening for some time.

On September 10 of this year, theheadline for The New York Times said,‘‘Democrats Give $2 Million to Can-didates, Records Show.’’ Down below, aDemocratic party contributor said,whoever did this should go to jail. Thisis illegal, and they knew it.

Yet, all we have heard are memberafter member of this party come to themicrophone and do procedural motionsto adjourn and all of these other thingsthat are supposed to delay us fromdoing the business of the people’sHouse, which is costing American tax-payers tens of thousands of dollars, ifnot more, and none of them will stepup to the microphone and say, I amvery concerned about the abuses andthe laws broken that have been re-ported in The New York Times or TheWashington Post; I am very concernedthat American democracy may havebeen influenced by illegal foreignmoney; I am very concerned that theChinese Communists have their topleaders sketch out a plan on how to in-fluence elections in America. We donot hear that. Instead, we just hearpeople changing the subject.

The chairman of the Democratic Na-tional Committee last year, it was re-ported a week ago, admitted arrangingaccess for donors, and what he did inone case, one particularly offensivecase, is he used his power as chairmanof the Democratic National Committeeto get an international fugitive an au-dience with the White House becausethis international fugitive said that hewas going to give the White House$300,000.

Now, how did he do it? The first thinghe did was, he called the internationalfugitive and they set up a dinner. Thenthe international fugitive said, I amhaving trouble getting into the WhiteHouse because the National SecurityCouncil will not let me in the WhiteHouse because I am an internationalfugitive. That seems to make sense tome.

Well, the Democratic National Com-mittee chairman then, according to hisown notes and records, then called theCIA, this is unbelievable, using ourCentral Intelligence Agency for politi-cal purposes to get an international fu-gitive into the White House to meetthe President of the United States.They called the Central IntelligenceAgency, the chairman of the Demo-cratic National Committee, and toldthe CIA to call the Committee on Na-tional Security to get them into theWhite House.

Now, of course what happened? Theinternational fugitive did get to theWhite House. His name is Mr. Tamraz.

He gave the White House $300,000, be-cause he wanted to get a pipeline over-seas.

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Now when the DNC chairman wasasked by the Senate panel on whetherhe did try to get an international fugi-tive into the White House by using theCIA, by calling ‘‘CIA Bob,’’ as he calledhim, he said, and this is no surprise, hesaid, ‘‘I have no memory of any con-versations with the CIA.’’

It seems this amnesia trend is sweep-ing Washington, and I think if we mixa subpoena with Washington tap waterand media requests for interviews, allof the sudden people’s memory startsto go. I could sort of refresh his recol-lection by simply using his own words.When he was meeting with an inter-national fugitive, in the notes of themeeting with the international fugitivehe wrote, ‘‘Go to CIA.’’ And that is theDemocratic National Committee chair-man Donald Fowler’s handwritten notereminding himself to go to CIA to in-tervene on behalf of an internationalfugitive for Democratic National Com-mittee fundraising. ‘‘Go to CIA.’’

And, Mr. Speaker, this guy says ‘‘Idon’t remember.’’ Now, I believe, andcall me crazy, but I believe if I amchairman of the Democratic NationalCommittee and an international fugi-tive comes to me and says, ‘‘I want togo to the White House and give thePresident $300,000,’’ and then I pickedup the phone and probably called theCentral Intelligence Agency and spoketo Bob. He is on a first-name basis withCIA Bob. And then said, ‘‘Bob can youhelp the National Security Council un-derstand the need to give this inter-national fugitive an audience with thePresident of the United States?’’ And Ibroke arms at the National SecurityCouncil and it eventually happened, Ithink I would remember.

I do not know how many laws werebroken here, I think probably an awfullot, but I would remember. And yet wehear time and time again, ‘‘I have norecollection.’’ ‘‘I have no memory.’’And I think I really do need to intro-duce a bill called the National AmnesiaRelief Act that would somehow studythe effect of water and subpoenas onWashington, DC, officials, because Ihave got to tell my colleagues, amne-sia is sweeping the Capital this yearlike never before.

Mr. SALMON. Would the gentlemanyield?

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. One gentlemanwho never has a problem rememberingis the gentleman from Arizona [Mr.SALMON], a good friend of mine, and Iyield to the gentleman.

Mr. SALMON. Mr. Speaker, I cannotthink of a more worthy project to pur-sue than a national study on the ef-fects of the Potomac water on thebrain, because apparently amnesia isrunning rampantly through this place.

Let me just make a couple of com-ments. First of all, the gentlemantalked about this last week and the

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8304 October 2, 1997idea that there was a lot of race-bait-ing going on; that whenever the otherside, the Democrats, seem to be losingan argument, they always throw outthis trump card that purportedly givesthem the upper hand, and that is tocall us racist when they are losing onthe merits of the argument.

I found that same thing to happenjust the other night when we wereabout to adjourn and we were trying toget through the work, and that we hadscheduled to do yesterday, and theygot up and raised the issue severaltimes that we were not concernedabout the Jewish Members of thisbody. It was a very, very special Jewishholiday and it was fast approaching,and they wanted to know why we ter-rible racists over on the other side, oranti-Semites, would not be more sen-sitive to the needs of these Members ofCongress, when they themselves weremoving every time they got a chanceto adjourn, knowing full well that itwould take up extra time, knowing fullwell that it would cause those Jewishmembers of this body to miss or to belate for this holiday.

Mr. Speaker, I think it is despicable.We were doing everything that wecould to try to get through, and theywere pursuing these dilatory tacticstime and time and time again, and yetthe American public lets them getaway with this.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker,reclaiming my time just for one mo-ment, I thought what was so tellingabout yesterday’s episode, and I didn’tbring that up. I thought the race-bait-ing a few nights ago was bad, but yes-terday they raised the ugly specter ofanti-Semitism and that somehow wewere unfeeling toward the Jews to ob-serve this very, very holy holiday,which of course we were not, and theyknew it. But it was, again, win at allcosts, which concerns me.

I thought it was very telling at theend of that debate that we had a veryhonorable Jewish gentleman from NewYork, a Democrat, stand up and plead.He pleaded.

Mr. SALMON. With his own people.Mr. SCARBOROUGH. He pleaded

with his own Members of his ownparty, ‘‘Please, let us enter into anagreement with the majority leader.’’It was a good agreement. He said it wasa fair agreement and it was the bestway for us to move forward to do thepeople’s business, but at the same timerespect one of the holiest of all holi-days for the Jewish people.

Unfortunately, the goodness and de-cency of the Jewish Member from NewYork was ignored by other Democratswho, I guess, regretfully saw this as anopportunity to gain political advan-tage.

Again, it was a very sad moment. ButI thought the gentleman showed a lotof courage, and I must say that anoverwhelming majority of the Demo-crats agreed with him and agreed withus, agreed with the gentleman fromNew York [Mr. ENGEL] and agreed withus that this was a good idea.

Regretfully, we had Democrats, and Ihave not seen it in 3 years since I havebeen here, we had Democrats scream-ing at each other, yelling and fighting.Obviously, we had Jewish Memberswho were concerned that other Mem-bers may not have been as sensitive asthey should have been. I saw it goingon and I was saddened by it.

Mr. SALMON. Mr. Speaker, if thegentleman would continue to yield, Ithink it was interesting to note thatyesterday, and one does not have to bea math teacher to figure this out. Ithink my son who is in remedial mathin the third grade could figure this oneout. If we would have not had all of thedilatory tactics pursued by the Demo-crats yesterday, the motions to ad-journ every time they got a chance tostand up, we would have been done by12 o’clock. As it stood, because of all ofthe dilatory tactics that they em-ployed yesterday, we did not finishuntil, what was it, 3:00 or 3:30?

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker,reclaiming my time again, we actuallyfinished at about 3 o’clock. We startedto calculate the dilatory tactics thatthey have taken over the past monthand how much it would cost the Amer-ican taxpayers, and it is a remarkablenumber.

Now, they have that right. And letme just say right here, right now, therules of this House allow Members todo that. And if they do that, that istheir business. That is fine. If theywant to delay for their own politicalagenda, that is their constitutionalright and it is their right under therules of this House.

But do not tell me when delayingfrom allowing Members to get home,delaying us to do the people’s business,do not tell me that I am being insensi-tive in keeping people here when it istheir dilatory tactics that are more re-sponsible.

Mr. SALMON. Mr. Speaker, if thegentleman would continue to yield, itreminded me painfully of a time in myyoung life when I had a very, verytraumatic experience. I rememberwhen I was a little boy and my brotherand his friends were playing in the liv-ing room and they broke a very, veryspecial vase that was very, very impor-tant to my mother. And, frankly, theyframed me for it.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. That has hap-pened.

Mr. SALMON. I was the one who gotblamed for breaking this vase, and myfather came home, and I said, ‘‘Daddy,I didn’t do it. I didn’t do it.’’ Well, hedid not believe me because all the evi-dence seemed to suggest that I was theone that did it, and so I got a spanking.Finally my brother came clean on it.

Mr. Speaker, I am just hoping thatthey come clean some day. Frankly,for them to be doing all of these dila-tory tactics and being the reason thatall of these Jewish Members werethreatened at not being able to partici-pate in their very, very special holiday,which all of us wanted them to do it,

and then trying to blame us for it whenthey are the ones extending the timeand playing gamesmanship on thefloor, it brought back those painfulmemories all over again.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker,reclaiming my time, it would be veryinteresting to see what would happen ifsome of these people broke their par-ents’ vase at home. They probablywould have changed the subject andsaid, ‘‘Yes, what this tells me is thatwe need to sue the vase makers tomake sure they make the vases strong-er.’’ We have seen the changing of thesubject.

Let me go back to what we weretalking about. We were talking abouthow amnesia is sweeping Washington,DC, on not trivial matters, but veryimportant matters of substance.

This is a headline, again talkingabout the international fugitive, thatthe chairman of the Democratic Na-tional Committee used his power to in-fluence the CIA to influence the Na-tional Security Council to allow thisinternational fugitive to get into theWhite House and give the President$300,000. The New York Times wrote astory on September 18, and it says,‘‘Ex-White House Aide Tells of Pres-sure Over Donor,’’ and her name isSheila Heslin, testified under oath be-fore the Senate investigating commit-tee that the Energy Department offi-cials and the CIA, as well as the Demo-cratic National Committee, pressuredher as a National Security Councilmember to let an international fugi-tive into the White House.

Mr. Speaker, I have to say that is soshocking, not just to me but to mostreasonable people, that the Americanpeople have set up a National SecurityCouncil to protect the White Housefrom international fugitives like thisgentleman, and then the chairman ofthe largest party of the United Statesof America, and the Department of En-ergy that was formed to help Ameri-cans with energy crises, and then wehave the Central Intelligence Agencywhich is supposed to protect our na-tional security, being used to actuallybreak down this wall of security thatthe American people placed betweenthe White House and international fu-gitives.

This is what Sheila Heslin, who was aNational Security Council aide whogave a very valiant effort to keep thesepeople from the White House, saidunder oath. ‘‘I was shocked. I said whatthe hell is going on? Why are you guysworking with Fowler?’’

And that was National SecurityCouncil aide Sheila Heslin in testi-mony before the Senate on her reactionto the CIA’s intervention on behalf ofan international fugitive. This is whatthe New York Times says.

I will yield to the gentleman in onemoment, but I wanted to tell whatthey said the next day in their edi-torial about this shameful episode inAmerican history. The New YorkTimes wrote of the international fugi-tive’s testimony before the Senate

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8305October 2, 1997committee, and he by the way was veryproud that he was able to buy influ-ence.

Mr. SALMON. Buy influence.Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Buy influence

and muscle his way into the WhiteHouse. The New York Times wrote,‘‘He,’’ the international fugitive ‘‘wasaffirming that in the shadowy reachesof the international business world itwas believed accurately that duringthe 1996 election, dubious entre-preneurs could buy White House audi-ences, particularly if they did not quib-ble about the cost of the ticket.’’

Again, the New York Times is sayingthat in the shadowy reaches of theinternational business world, the WhiteHouse was for sale. The Times editorialconcluded, ‘‘That so many high levelpeople even took the party’s role intoconsideration is one of the most shock-ing lapses of judgment.’’

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlemanfrom Arizona.

Mr. SALMON. Mr. Speaker, I haveheard a lot of people on the other side,and even some who have written let-ters to the editor, say we are wastingtime and we should get on with thebusiness of the people, we should stopthis investigation of the White House.

My response to them is, do thosesame people believe that all of the in-vestigation of Watergate was not timewell spent? In fact, as despicable and assad of a time as Watergate was in thehistory of America, and I believe jus-tice was served there, I do, there werenever any allegations at that time ofespionage, of treason, of bringing peo-ple in and possibly selling secrets tothe enemy.

If Watergate was bad, then what po-tentially could these investigationsyield? We are talking about very, veryimportant matters and the WhiteHouse has established a very, very dis-turbing pattern. Here is how it goes: Itis a three-part, three-step pattern. No.1: ‘‘I unequivocally was not there, didnot do it. I did not do it.’’

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I did not do it. That is in regard toraising money from Buddhist templesor making fundraising phone calls fromthe White House, which is in strict vio-lation of U.S. law. OK. Then when thefacts come out and the WashingtonPost and other media outlets find outthrough their investigative techniquesthat that is not accurate, that you infact were there, that you in fact did dowhat you said you did not do, then thenext response is, well, I cannot recall.I cannot recall whether I did that orwhether I did not do that.

Then when the proof is in the pud-ding and you know exactly that theydid what they said they did not do orthey cannot recall whether they werethere or not, the third response is,well, if I did it, it must have been legal.And there might even have been afourth response now that Janet Reno ishelping them. Well, the law is reallykind of a stupid law in the first place.

It really should not be on the books. Isthat really the kind of people that wewant leading our country? People thatgo through that kind of self-denial?

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. That is whatthe Washington Post has editorializedabout time and time again. What theycall it is telling the truth in dribs anddrabs. They said, you paraphrased whatthey said, how the White House startswith a denial, then they say they can-not recall. Then they deny it. Then alittle bit of information comes andthey limit it to that, and then more in-formation comes out later on and thenthey say, big deal. It happened timeand again. It happened with Web Hub-bell. It happened in a lot of the Chinainvestigation. Craig Livingstone. Youwere talking about how there is pos-sible espionage. Newsweek reportedthat John Huang, when working at theCommerce Department and at theDNC, he would regularly get briefingsfrom the CIA and then talked abouttimes that he would get in a taxicaband go immediately over to the Chi-nese Embassy and talked.

It is, again, very, very disturbing.You brought up the name of JanetReno. The New York Times has beenvery critical of Ms. Reno. I have beenvery critical. I know a lot of othershave. I think in a way she has acted asshamefully as John Mitchell has in notmoving forward as quickly as sheshould have when every reasonable per-son across the country knows of theabuses. Like you said, there are denialsfrom the President that he raisedmoney from the White House and thenhe says, if I did raise money, I did notbreak the law, when records show thathe did, through the Post report, raiseat least half a million from the WhiteHouse.

You have a Vice President, AL GORE,who said that he had never done it be-fore. Then we find out later that heplaced at least 47 calls. Now we areover 100 calls. We were told that thecoffees were not fundraisers. They wereadmitted to be fundraisers. DemocraticSenator LIEBERMAN, in the hearings,stated as much, said we have to saythat at least conclusively 103 of thesecoffees were fundraisers. So they haveretreated.

Now the position they retreat to, andI have to tell you, the position thatJanet Reno is supposedly debating thisweek is, it is insulting to the intel-ligence of me, you, the American peo-ple, that is, that, OK, there was a lawthat said do not raise money on Fed-eral property, but it was an old law.And it was even before telephones wereinvented, and it had nothing to do withphone calls or anything like that. Iwish I had the exact quote from theL.A. Times, but I can tell you what itsaid. It talked about how Judge AbnerMikva, who was the President’s attor-ney, White House counsel in 1993, wrotea memo and said specifically, it isagainst the law to raise money in theWhite House. It is against the law touse White House phones to raise

money. Avoid raising money at theWhite House at all costs. It is illegal.That is what he wrote in 1993.

Why have we not heard that from theAttorney General? Why have we notheard that from news reports? I have totell you, the news media, not printmedia, but the media, ABC, CBS, NBC,the evening news have been circlingtheir wagons, as Brent Bozell has re-ported very well in his daily updates,and been avoiding the story. They talkabout it is an old law, they talk abouthow it may not apply. They never talkabout how the President’s own attor-ney in 1993 told the White House, donot raise money at the White House. Itis illegal. You never hear that, do you?

Mr. SALMON. No, you do not hearthat. In fact, we all have copies of thememo that he sent to the Presidentwherein he told the President thatfundraising from Federal property, itwas illegal. It is the same for you andI. As freshman Congressmen when wecame in 3 years ago, one of the veryfirst things that we were told was donot make fundraising phone calls fromyour office. It is illegal. How long didthe Vice President serve in the Senatebefore he went into the White House?

It gets down to this. I believe thatpretty much what I am about to sayhas been editorialized over and overagain, and I will paraphrase, you aredown to either one, if indeed as all theevidence shows there were fundraisingphone calls from the White House, andthat is illegal, you are left with twovery painful answers or a choice be-tween two very painful answers. No. 1,there is some crooked behavior goingon; No. 2, they are not very intelligent.And it might be a combination of both.I am not sure. But either one is verydisturbing.

Let me comment, or ask you a ques-tion. As to saying I cannot recall, Icannot recall, I cannot recall, have youever had a speeding ticket or a parkingticket?

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Since I do nothave a subpoena and have not beendrinking Washington, DC, tap water, Ican remember. Yes, I will admit herethat I have had a speeding ticket.

Mr. SALMON. I remember I had aspeeding ticket. I was going about 10miles over the speed limit. I rememberthis was over 12 years ago. It was thelast speeding ticket that I got. I re-member exactly what day it was. I re-member, I am not saying I rememberexactly the date but I remember thetime of year. I remember my nephewswere in the car with me. And I remem-ber being very chagrined because I wastrying to set a better example for mynephews and being pulled over. It was avery embarrassing thing. This was 12years ago that I got this speeding tick-et, yet I remember all of the cir-cumstances surrounding that speedingticket. We are talking about a viola-tion of Federal law, far more importantthan a speeding ticket or a parkingticket. I think most Americans outthere can remember if they have got-ten a speeding ticket or parking ticket.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8306 October 2, 1997They can remember the circumstances,the emotions that they felt. They canremember what they were doing at thetime that they received that speedingticket.

Do you think that we should reallybelieve that with the commission ofthis serious a violation of Federal lawthat these people cannot recall?

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Again, it goesback to what the gentleman whochaired the Democratic National Com-mittee said when he said he could notrecall whether he helped get an inter-national fugitive into the White Houseby using influence over the CIA, theEnergy Department, the National Se-curity Council, the White House itself.It absolutely strains credibility. I haveto say that I am personally offendedthat the Justice Department has takenas long as it has in making its decision.I have to also say that I am offendedthat they continue to walk this finelegal line saying, we need to check andmake sure that this one law aboutfundraising applies. This scandal is sohuge, this is the largest fundraisingscandal in American history, even ifthe media, even if TV media does notwant to report it. It is the largest fund-raising scandal in American history. Ifthe media decides to pursue it aggres-sively and if the American people tuneinto it, I think they will see that it isevery bit as damaging to the structureof American democracy and the struc-ture of this constitutional Republic aswhat happened during Watergate,which was, I have to tell you, Water-gate was an absolutely shameful periodin this Nation’s history and one of theheroes out of Watergate was a Senatorfrom Tennessee named Howard Baker,who during the hearing had the guts toput aside partisanship in a way thatJOE LIEBERMAN has done for the Demo-crats and asked the question, what didthe President know and when did thePresident know it. I wish there weremore Howard Bakers. I wish there weremore JOE LIEBERMANs on both sides ofthe party, both sides of the aisle, whowould ask tough questions and put theinterests of America over the interestsof the party.

I have to tell you, I did not come toWashington, DC, as a Republican. Ithink I prove that every day. I came toWashington, DC, as an American to bepart of, be a positive part of a processto get money, power, and influenceback to the States, back to the localgovernments, to balance the budget, tocut taxes, to do the type of educationreforms we need to do to empower par-ents, teachers, students, local schoolboards, and take the power and author-ity and money out of the bureaucraciesin Washington, DC.

I did not come here as a Republican,as a partisan Republican. JOELIEBERMAN from Connecticut did notcome to Washington, DC, solely as acheerleader for the Democratic Party.Howard Baker did not come to Wash-ington, DC, as a cheerleader for the Re-publican Party back in the 1970’s. I

have yet to hear one Democrat in thisChamber go before that microphoneand say, yes, I am concerned that wewere allowing international fugitivesto abuse power, that the DemocraticParty skimmed $2 million, as reportedby the New York Times, that Chinamay have bought influence in theWhite House and that there may havebeen espionage going on, that so manypeople that were contributors to theWhite House and now have fled thiscountry and will not be recalled. It is afrightening spectacle.

Mr. SALMON. I think you make areally good point. I have been reallyproud that at least there is one Sen-ator over on the other side, on theDemocrat side that seems to be inter-ested. I have been very impressed withSenator BOB KERREY and his willing-ness to try to pursue at least truth andjustice. I do not believe anybody couldaccuse us of being partisan hacks orflunkies for the Republican leadership.There probably has not been two morevocal people on the floor in challengingour own leadership and in bucking thetide with our own leadership when wefeel that they have gone astray.

I think we have earned the right toquestion whether or not this adminis-tration is engaged in an illegal activ-ity. I think you make a really goodpoint. Not one Democrat has stood upand asked for justice to be sought orfound in relationship to the alleged il-legal fundraising and selling of secretsand possible espionage going on in thisWhite House, not one Democrat hasstood up. I challenge them. I will buywhichever one does a steak dinner ifthey will have the moral courage tostand up and ask that we at least getto the bottom of the truth.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. I think the gen-tleman is now starting to strike anerve because maybe if you go to cashinstead of money and maybe if you canget cash from a foreign friend and offerthem some foreign cash, maybe thatwould be the type of thing they under-stand because they certainly under-stood it during the 1996 election.Tamraz understood that they under-stood that because this internationalfugitive, when questioned what mis-takes were made and what laws werebroken, his only response was, I thinknext time I will give $600. That is inter-national fugitive Roger Tamraz com-menting on his ability to buy WhiteHouse access.

You are exactly right. We have notbeen partisan Republicans. We havequestioned our leadership, I would saytougher this year than we certainlyhave questioned the Democrats. Wehave held them to a higher standard.We have the gentleman on the floorwith us today that questioned them onthe pay raise. We had some tough ques-tions on how we thought they were try-ing to slip the pay raise through withthe help of the Democratic leadership.We have questioned them on a lot ofother things. I am very concernedabout the $600 million that the IRS was

given this week. I do not think theyshould be given anything. But theseconcerns continue to grow.

We asked tough questions of bothsides. Again, it seems to me we havethe right to ask the President and theAttorney General what they are doing.I have got to say, the Attorney Generalis going to be making a decision thisweek. She will be making the decisionon whether to appoint a special, anindependent counsel to look into it,and the New York Times editorializeda week or two ago that they did not be-lieve that the President nor the Attor-ney General could be trusted to lookfairly into this matter. The New YorkTimes, who usually sides with moreliberal Members of Congress, they didnot this time. They said we cannottrust Janet Reno and we cannot trustthe President to look into this, anindependent third party needs to besought.

b 1045Mr. SALMON. If the gentleman will

continue to yield just a few seconds,this situation with Janet Reno is sodisturbing: That she cannot get by thefact that she feels she has to protecther boss more than she has to representJustice or the needs of the Americanpeople to get to the truth and to findjustice in this matter. I think weshould pass a bill on the floor, if shedoes not appoint a special counsel, tocall her the Enabler General instead ofthe Attorney General.

And frankly, just finally, the phrase,‘‘A day late and a dollar short,’’ we aretalking about several million dollarshere, and, frankly, she has a respon-sibility, a constitutional responsibil-ity, to get to the bottom of this and tofind truth and to find justice.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. I thank thegentleman.

She does have that responsibility,and she needs, again, to review the sit-uation.

As the New York Times wrote in aneditorial on September 10, 1997, yester-day’s testimony yet again puncturesthe fiction that the abuses that oc-curred were solely the responsibility ofthe Democrat Party and not the WhiteHouse. That is very important forJanet Reno’s decision, how much theWhite House was influenced.

And, again, the front page of the NewYork Times today talks about how theWhite House and, I think, Dick Morrishad a scheme to funnel money to Stateparties to do it. And the New YorkTimes editorialized about Janet Reno’sfaulty fix and stated, the AttorneyGeneral mistakes efficiency for integ-rity. And we hope, like the New YorkTimes and others hope, that she willfind the integrity that she needs tomake the decision.

I would like to yield now to a gen-tleman that has been very helpful inthe Committee on Government Reformand Oversight in investigating thesethings, the gentleman from Indiana.

Mr. SOUDER. I thank the gentlemanfrom Florida for his leadership in

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8307October 2, 1997pointing out the problems with this ad-ministration.

We have seen them from the days westarted, first with the Travel Office andas we moved through the FBI files andas we moved through Whitewater andCraig Livingstone, and we havewatched this in the Committee on Gov-ernment Reform and Oversight rel-atively stunned.

And as we start to get the deposi-tions, as we prepare for the larger in-vestigation of campaign finance scams,I was so outraged about a week and ahalf ago to see that the President ofthe United States was proposing to callCongress into a special session on cam-paign finance reform. Talk about gall.

Rule No. 1 for campaign finance re-form should be, follow the current law.What good does it do for us to pass abunch of laws if they do not follow thecurrent law? Today I wanted to share acouple of stories to illustrate thispoint.

Story No. 2: Last month, the Demo-cratic National Committee returned$85,000 in funny money, this time tohelp repay victims of the $38 millionfraud using President Clinton’s photo.The pyramid scheme, set up by UniqueGems International Corp, has beencalled one of the costliest credit cardrip-offs in U.S. history. Here is how ithappened.

In October 1996, at a Florida fund-raiser, President Clinton took a photowith executives of the Miami-basedjewelry-making company who coughedup $85,000 to the DNC. So the price tagfor this picture was $85,000.

When you start going after moneyeverywhere as fast as you can get it,you forget to do some backgroundchecks. The pictures were featured incompany newsletters to gain credibil-ity with investors. The caption read,‘‘The company has been honored byPresident Clinton for its role in helpingmany people with real opportunities toearn a well above average income.’’

Potential marks were told by onecompany boss, ‘‘We met with the Presi-dent. If it were not a good company,the President would not have invitedus to dinner.’’

Soon, investors were lining up to buyworthless beads to assemble into neck-laces, which the company promised tomarket to retailers. At one point, whenUnique Gems was using the President’spicture most extensively, it was rakingin $1 million a day.

By the time the operation was shutdown, 15,000 people had been bilked,most of whom were new immigrantshoping to turn their $3,000 investmentinto a small fortune. The DemocraticNational Committee bilked new immi-grants indirectly through this type ofscheme.

Unique Gems apparently used thirdparties to donate $85,000 to the DNC,despite Federal law prohibiting suchdonations. Four of Unique Gems prin-cipals, who have, surprise, surprise, leftthe country, are foreign nationals pro-hibited by law from donating to U.S.campaigns.

Mr. Speaker, this is yet another ex-ample of campaign finance reform.Rule No. 1, follow the current law.

Former leader of Common CauseFred Wertheimer put it best: ‘‘This isone example, and it is a classic exam-ple, of an attitude that led to the Clin-ton campaign saying, ‘if you give usmoney, that is all we care about.’ ’’

Just so everyone gets this storystraight: DNC got the cash, swindlersgot a photo with the President, and15,000 people got stuck with $38 millionof worthless beads.

The second case is Jorge Cabrera. Aswe know, the Vice President has been agood student of President Clinton’s inmore ways than one. In December 1995,Vice President GORE attended a fund-raiser in Florida for 60 wealthy con-tributors. Among them were severalguests more fitted to Shawshank thansouthern Florida. Consider the follow-ing attendees:

Jorge Cabrera, a drug trafficker withlinks to a Colombian cartel.

Dr. Joseph Douze, a fugitive whoonce blew up a bridge.

Great background checks on thesepeople.

And the host for the evening, Jerome‘‘Jerry’’ Berlin, was indicted in 1990,and later acquitted, on Federal con-spiracy charges of bribing Federal offi-cials. One of the politicians allegedlytargeted was then Senator AL GORE,who prosecutors said did not know ofthe alleged plot.

One guest, who paid the minimum$10,000 cover charge, said, ‘‘Maybe thereason I got to sit with the Vice Presi-dent is that I was the only honest per-son in the room.’’

To be fair, the Vice President wasdisappointed to learn that his picturehad been taken with a long-time drugdealer. ‘‘He never wants to be associ-ated with people who break the law.’’

That makes for interesting Cabinetmeetings. In fact, sometimes you won-der how he looks in the mirror, sincehe violated the laws in campaign fund-raising from the White House.

Some of the same donors at the Flor-ida fundraiser later received personalgreetings from the President and theFirst Lady. Only days later, the Cali-connected Cabrera was sipping eggnogat the White House Christmas party.

Cabrera, who gave $20,000 to the DNC,was later sentenced to 19 years in pris-on for helping import 6,000 pounds ofColombian cocaine that was killingkids in the streets of Fort Wayne, IN,and western Florida, and in Kansas,and he did not get a background check.This man was a drug cartel dealer, forcrying out loud.

At the time of the Gore fundraiserand the White House visit, he had al-ready been arrested twice on drugcharges and pleaded guilty to non-drug-related charges. Court papers saidthat by 1995 he was already deeply in-volved with the Cali Colombian drugcartel.

Ross Perot put it nicely: ‘‘I neverthought I would live to see a major

drug dealer give 20,000 bucks in Floridaand then be invited to a big Demo-cratic reception by the Vice Presidentof the United States, AL GORE, andthen be invited to the White House fora Christmas party.’’

An invitation to the White HouseChristmas party was also sent to Dr.Douze, although the Government hadconfiscated his passport and restrictedhis travel after his arrest on 11 countsof Federal mail fraud and conspiracy.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker,reclaiming my time for a second, Ihave to ask a question. Did the gen-tleman just say that a man who had hispassport seized because he was a felonwas invited to the White House evenafter we seized his passport?

What I am saying is, is the gen-tleman saying that basically the stand-ard of getting in the White House isbelow the standard of actually beingable to stay in the United States ofAmerica?

Mr. SOUDER. I think that is what Iam saying. And, furthermore, a con-victed drug dealer was let in. So it wasnot as though they did not have arecord, it was not as though they didnot have background checks on thesepeople, it was the classic cannot see,cannot hear, and, therefore, there is noevil.

A Federal judge also denied his re-quest to leave the area, Douze’ requestto leave the area, to visit the WhiteHouse. But Douze, who was arrested in1988 for blowing up a bridge in Haiti,received the judge’s permission to visithis dying mother in Haiti a few weeksafter the Gore fundraiser. Surprise,surprise, he has not come back.

How does it happen? They let it.They do not follow rule No. 1, which isto follow the current law.

I would like to, if I can, take a fewmore minutes here to go to the thirdcase, Johnny Chung. This is his quote:‘‘I see the White House like a subway;you have to put in coins to open thegates.’’ That is how Johnny Chung ex-plained his $50,000 contribution whichwas delivered to the First Lady’s officein 1995 to buy access to the President.

Chung said he was seeking VIP treat-ment for a delegation of visiting Chi-nese businessmen when he was asked tohelp defray the First Lady’s WhiteHouse Christmas receptions that hadbeen billed to the DNC. Chung’s visit toWashington in March 1995 raised con-cerns in the Clinton administration’sNational Security Council.

So in answer to the gentleman fromFlorida’s question, here the NationalSecurity Council at least warned them.The Passport Office did not. The other,presumably State Department, did not,on the case from Haiti. They did notwarn the White House on the drug deal-er’s connections, but here the NationalSecurity Council did warn them.

One aide described Chung in thememo as ‘‘a hustler’’ trying to exploithis contacts at the White House. Andwe already saw in the first case whatthe contacts in the White House can dofor bilking poor immigrants.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8308 October 2, 1997Chung essentially paid $7,000 a head

to have six businessmen and himselfwatch Bill Clinton deliver an 8-minuteradio address followed by photos withthe President.

Chung knows his way around theWhite House. In December 1994, he es-corted a Chinese beer executivethrough the West Wing, carrying twosix-packs and taking pictures as theywent. A photo with the First Lady withthe beer executive is on display on oneof Beijing’s busiest street.

‘‘He became an irritant,’’ says oneWhite House official. He took unfairadvantage of the First Lady’s office.’’At least he never came away emptyhanded.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. If the gen-tleman could stay to answer a fewquestions, first of all, the first questionI have is, how did the White House re-spond to the National Security Coun-cil’s warning about Mr. Chung?

And I ask that because I had beenspeaking previously about how actu-ally the National Security Council hadsaid, do not let Mr. Tamraz in; he is aninternational fugitive. Then, of course,we saw the Democratic National Com-mittee chairman improperly use hispower to influence the Energy Depart-ment and influence the CIA to putpressure on the National SecurityCouncil.

And of course Ms. Heslin was toughand told them that he was an inter-national fugitive, he could not get in,so they went around her.

How did the White House respondwhen the NSC also said this inter-national business gangster was dan-gerous?

Mr. SOUDER. With benign neglect,would be kind. With overt refutationand opposite action, would be the cor-rect way, because not only did theyallow him in, they allowed him in re-peatedly, and at a radio address, andinto the White House with the Chinesebusinessmen. So they did not heedtheir National Security Council’swarning.

And so at some point we have to say,how are we going to pass additionallaws to regulate people who will notfollow the laws, who allow drug dealersin, who allow people in who blow upbridges, who have their passports re-voked, who have been warned by theNational Security Council that the guyis a risk?

What they are doing is, they aregoing ka’chung, ka’chung, so to speak,because they want the money, theywant the cash register to ring with thedollars, because that was the primarygoal, not the integrity of the politicalprocess of the United States.

They abused people like JohnnyChung. His statement when he says hethought that was what you have to do,this is not a statement on JohnnyChung as much as it is a statement onthe White House: ‘‘I see the WhiteHouse as like a subway. You have toput in coins to open the gates.’’

So people who did not understand oursystem were led by this administration

to think that the way it works inAmerica is, they have to put the coinsin, or you do not get any action. Andthat is a disappointing demonstrationto people from all these different coun-tries about how this works.

I am so disappointed in this adminis-tration, that they would let the worldthink that the way we do business withthe President of the United States isgiving him illegal campaign contribu-tions.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. And, regret-fully, that is something that has beenechoed, again in the New York Times:‘‘Oil man says he got access by givingthe Democrats money.’’ And in thisstory he testifies, ‘‘I think next time Iwill give $600,000,’’ and stated, really,that the way to get into the WhiteHouse was money and said that was theonly reason he was there, was money.

I want to yield in a second to thegentleman from Kansas, who is cer-tainly a good friend and a great Con-gressman, but my office has called meback up, and I have to offer an apology,because I had said no Democrat hadstood up and questioned the fundrais-ing. And my office notified me that thegentleman from Ohio [Mr. TRAFICANT]has; and, of course, he is a trailblazer.

I have to remind the gentleman fromArizona, he owes the gentleman fromOhio a steak dinner, because he said hewould give a steak dinner to the firstDemocrat that actually stood up andquestioned it. The gentleman fromOhio, of course, the trailblazer, didthat.

Something that the gentleman fromIndiana and I have not touched on yet,something that we are going to beworking on in the coming months, hasbeen the abuse by the Democratic Na-tional Committee and the AFL–CIO tolaunder money.

According to press reports and ac-cording to three Teamsters officialswho have been indicted now and whoare talking to the U.S. Justice Depart-ment, the AFL–CIO and the DNC havebeen acting improperly.

There is another part of this scandalthat, of course, the Attorney Generalwould like to ignore but simply cannot.The Washington Post, on Friday, Sep-tember 19, 1997, wrote, ‘‘U.S. says Careyaides used DNC and AFL–CIO. Consult-ants plead guilty to funneling moneyto 10 Teamsters presidents’ reelectioncampaign.’’ And in the heart of the ar-ticle it says, ‘‘Both the DNC and theClinton-Gore Reelection Committeeagreed to seek contributions to theCarey campaign in exchange for Team-sters’ donations to the Democratic Na-tional Committee.’’ And, of course, ac-cording to the Washington Post, that iswhat happened. That is what the Unit-ed States is telling us now.

b 1100And, of course, it is blatantly illegal

to do that.Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman

from Kansas [Mr. TIAHRT], who has hadsome experience dealing with some ofthe parties involved.

Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I thankthe gentleman from Florida [Mr.SCARBOROUGH] for yielding.

I want to remind the Speaker thatthis Congress, through the Departmentof Labor, actually spent $20 million tooversee this election, and we werespending our taxpayers’ dollars to tryto ensure that there was a fair electionin the Teamsters Union. And what hap-pened is that we had an unfair electionand that the president of the Team-sters Union had to step down, now is invery serious trouble.

Many people wonder, where do theunions get all this money that is avail-able? It comes to them through com-pulsory union dues, it comes from alltypes of dues from working men andwomen that are struggling to makeends meet. And up to 80 percent of themoney in their union dues does goes forcontract negotiations, it does not gofor grievance procedures. Eighty per-cent of the money, or approximately insome cases 89 percent of the money,goes to the international headquartershere in Washington, DC, where theypush their own political agenda, wherethey push their own political can-didates, where they attempt to laundermoney, in this case, in order to gettheir agenda forward, with no regard towhat the workers have in mind as faras what they think is best for America.

Well, this is a typical launderingcampaign, where the AFL–CIO was fun-neling money into the Teamsters, theDNC was funneling money into theTeamsters, with hopes of later on get-ting it reimbursed from the Teamstersback to the Democratic National Com-mittee.

But it is not just at the Federal level.It is not just at the White House. Wehave had experience of it happeningright in Kansas, in the heart of Amer-ica in the Bible Belt.

The Wichita Eagle reported abouthow the Kansas State Democrat Party,which is limited by law to receive only$25,000 in Federal funds coming fromthe Federal party to the State party,managed to get $315,000 by funneling itthrough or laundering it through localDemocratic candidates and countyState parties.

A candidate would get a check for$500; and a phone call would say, ‘‘Wewould appreciate if you would send $400right back to the State party.’’ A coun-ty, the Democrat party, would get acheck for $5,000, limited by statuteagain, and it will come back to theparty. And they used that money torun ads against Senators and againstMembers of Congress who were runningfor election.

I think it is really interesting thatthe defense is kind of the same in eachinstance, whether it is the White Houseor whether it is the Vice President orwhether it is the State party. First ofall they say, ‘‘Well, I did not do it.’’Then later on, as more of the detailscome out, they say, ‘‘I didn’t not do it.But, well, maybe I did do it, but itwasn’t wrong.’’

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8309October 2, 1997Then the third line of defense was,

‘‘Well, yes, maybe it was wrong. But Iwill never do it again.’’ And then thefourth line of defense is, ‘‘Well, it isnot my fault. We had to win, you see.We had to do anything, at any cost, re-gardless of the law.’’

Well, we must, No. 1, uphold the lawhere in America. Because if there is nojustice in Washington, DC, there is nojustice in Wichita, KS, or in Florida, orIndiana, or anywhere in the UnitedStates. We must uphold the law of theUnited States of America in the States.

The campaign financing must startwith the individuals. Rule No. 1, as wasstated earlier by the gentleman fromIndiana [Mr. SOUDER]: Follow the law.If we are ever going to find where weare going, we have got to find a placeto start from. And that is the currentlaw today, we must follow the law.

I guess the Democrat Party in theState of Kansas, the Teamsters, andthe national party in the White Houseare tired of breaking old laws, so theywant campaign reform so they get abrandnew set of laws to break.

I want to say in closing, we cannotwrite enough laws. We have provedthat. We have laws upon laws, statutebooks upon statute books. People haveto do the right thing. It is up to theAmerican people to ferret out thosewho will misalign what they say andwhat they do and mistreat the tax-payers and the people of America bynot doing the right thing. So votersneed to find candidates that will do theright thing and support them so we canchange America.

Mr. SCARBOROUGH. Mr. Speaker,reclaiming my time, I thank the gen-tleman from Kansas [Mr. TIAHRT] forhis insights. And he is right, we havegot to abide by the laws that we havealready passed.

I have said for some time that for theDemocrats and the President to talkabout how they want new laws to bepassed on campaign finance reformwould be a lot like the driver of Prin-cess Diana coming back from the deadand holding a press conference and de-manding that the speed limit be low-ered in the tunnels of Paris or that thealcohol level be lowered in Paris forDUI.

Abide by the laws that are on thebooks and nobody is going to get hurt.Regretfully, though, this is just an-other way that they can change thesubject. And my colleague is right, it isshameful, a lot of the bobbing andweaving. I know the White House, theVice President particularly said, ‘‘I didnot break the law. I did not do any-thing wrong. And I promise I will neverdo it again.’’

It just does not make sense. TheAmerican people are being underesti-mated. They are smarter. When we seethe scandals that are occurring, whenwe see the National Security Council,when we see money laundering withthe AFL–CIO and the Teamsters, whenwe see the Energy Department beingimproperly used, the CIA, the NSC, the

White House, the Vice President’s of-fice, it is time for us to do something.

I agree with the New York Times andI agree with editorial writers acrossthe country, Janet Reno has no choicebut to step up to the plate and hire anindependent counsel, not a partisanDemocrat, not a partisan Republican,but somebody that is independent thatcan look into this and look into thetype of abuses, again, that the NewYork Times even wrote about thismorning that the Democrats use Stateparties to bypass limits; that $32 mil-lion were sent to the local level, paidfor by ads aiding Bill Clinton, possiblyvery, very illegal.

Somebody must look into this. Wecannot allow the integrity of theAmerican system to continue to bequestioned like this. Let us get some-body independent in that can look atthe law and apply the law equally toboth sides. If that happens, America isthe winner, not just Republicans orDemocrats.f

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKERPRO TEMPORE

The SPEAKER pro tempore [Mr.PEASE]. The Chair will remind allMembers that they are to refrain fromreferences to individual Members ofthe other body.f

ELIMINATE MARRIAGE PENALTYTAX

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under aprevious order of the House, the gen-tleman from Indiana [Mr. MCINTOSH] isrecognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. McINTOSH. Mr. Speaker, I wouldlike to report to my colleagues todayabout a project that the gentlemanfrom Illinois [Mr. WELLER] and I havestarted in the last few weeks. I want tothank each of my colleagues who havejoined us in cosponsoring our legisla-tion to eliminate the marriage penaltytax in our Tax Code.

I first started focusing on this when Ireceived a letter from a constituent ofmine, Sharon Mallory, who lives inStraughn, IN. Sharon wrote to meabout how she and her boyfriend want-ed to get married, went to the account-ant, and found out that she would haveto give up her $900 tax refund and startpaying $2,800 if they got married. Shar-on closed her letter of last Februarysaying, ‘‘We hope some day the govern-ment will allow us to get married bynot penalizing us. It broke our heartswhen we found out we can’t afford it.’’

And it broke my heart to think thatSharon and those like her that want toget married and start families in thiscountry are not able to because ourTax Code penalizes them simply be-cause they are married.

I have started a project on mywebsite, and I wanted to share the re-sults of this with my colleagues. Peo-ple, when they want to communicatewith me about the marriage penalty,have started leaving me e-mails at my

site, www.House.gov/McIntosh, wherewe have got a special page on the mar-riage penalty and what it means topeople. So, if I may, let me show mycolleagues the map of the UnitedStates and some of the dozens of re-sponses that we have gotten.

My colleagues, these are just a few ofthe communities around the UnitedStates where people have written methese e-mails explaining to me whatthe marriage penalty has meant tothem. Let me share with my colleaguesa few of them.

Wayne Shelly, who lives in Dayton,OH, wrote this:

Penalizing for marriage flies in the face ofcommon sense. This is a classic example ofGovernment policy not supporting thatwhich it wishes to promote. In our particularsituation, my girlfriend and I would incur anannual net penalty of $2,000 or approxi-mately $167 a month. Though not huge, thiswas enough to pay our monthly phone, cable,water, and home insurance bills. Therefore,the net effect to us is that, if we remain un-married, the United States Government willpay these four bills for us.

He might have gone on to say, con-versely, if we do get married, instead ofpaying those bills, we are going to haveto dig into our pockets and pay theGovernment that money.

A second message was from WilliamDixon of Osgood, IN.

I was a single parent paying child support.I remarried in 1990. Because of my change ofstatus, I owed a tax bill that I could not pay.I am still trying to pay these taxes and pen-alties.

Terri Wyncoop of Springfield, VA,wrote to me:

I knew it was more than enough because Ihad never owed before I was married. How-ever, when I married I owed every year. Wecould owe anything from $500 to $1,000. Weboth claimed zero, and took out an addi-tional $25 weekly out of both of our checksand still owed. Unfortunately, our marriagefailed because of financial reasons.

Does it not just break the hearts ofmy colleagues to know that there areAmerican citizens like Terri Wyncoopof Springfield, VA, who attribute thebreakdown of their family to the factthat this government penalized themfor when they were married?

I can just picture the desperatestraits of those two young people whowant their marriage to succeed decid-ing, ‘‘Well, let us take more out of ourpaychecks in order not to pay taxes atthe end of the year,’’ and to find them-selves still penalized and hit with thatterrible burden.

Now, those financial crises often-times come in at a time when youngpeople are trying to make a new life to-gether. And people say to me, how canthat make a difference? Well, I want toshare with my colleagues a few statis-tics of what has happened in this coun-try since 1969 when we started penaliz-ing marriages in our Tax Code.

The National Fatherhood Initiativereports that since the marriage penaltywas created for the average American,the probability that a marriage takingplace today will end in divorce or per-manent separation is calculated to be

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8310 October 2, 199760 percent of those married. The per-cent of married couples households hasplummeted from 71 percent to merely55 percent of our households in Amer-ica today.

In America, 1 out of every 11 adults isdivorced, 3 times the proportion theyear the marriage penalty first cameinto effect. So this penalty, as we cansee from across the country, is havinga devastating effect on American fami-lies. We must eliminate it from ourTax Code.

I am proud to say that the gentlemanfrom Illinois [Mr. WELLER] and I haveintroduced a bill, along with now closeto 200 cosponsors, that will do justthat. We will not stop until we havesucceeded in passing this legislation. Iurge my fellow Members of Congress tojoin us in that effort.f

SPIRIT WHICH REFLECTSAMERICA OF TODAY

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Underthe Speaker’s announced policy of Jan-uary 7, 1997, the gentleman from NewYork [Mr. OWENS] is recognized for 60minutes as the designee of the minor-ity leader.

(Mr. OWENS asked and was givenpermission to revise and extend his re-marks.)

Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, we havehad a bit of a reign of pettiness overthe past few weeks in the House of Rep-resentatives. Certainly it would appearto the general public that pettinesswas in command, and much of the pre-vious presentation that we have hadwas in that same spirit of pettiness.

I would like to talk about a differentkind of American spirit, American ap-proach, and commend to my colleaguesin the Congress a different approach forthe rest of what remains in this ses-sion, this first year of the 105th Con-gress, and to go forward into the nextyear of the 105th Congress in Januarywith a different mind-set. Instead ofthe pettiness and the small-minded-ness, we should look to inspirationfrom our past American heroes whohave done things in a much bigger way.

I intend to talk about some verypractical problems under this bigtheme of going forward in a spiritwhich reflects the America of todaythat should be. I think we ought toheed the call of President Clinton whenhe called for us to behave like an indis-pensable Nation, that we are the indis-pensable Nation, and we ought to be-have that way as we go into the 21stcentury.

The previous discussion was an ap-propriate one in that it focused, tosome degree, on the subject of cam-paign finance reform, but it was onpetty terms. This is one example ofhow we fall off into pettiness. Pettinessprevailed yesterday as we were aboutto adjourn for the religious holidays,shouting back and forth on the floorabout certain kinds of proceduralitems. It was generated by a biggerkind of pettiness that prevails as a re-

sult of the majority’s insistence thatan election was won in California bymy colleague, the gentlewoman fromCalifornia [Ms. SANCHEZ], that thatelection has to be investigated and re-investigated despite the fact that shehad a marginal 1,000 votes in that vic-tory. Never before in the history of theHouse have we allowed this kind ofpetty investigation, subpoenaing ofrecords and all kinds of harassmenttactics to take place in connectionwith a disputed election.

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from the other side in terms of motionsto adjourn and motions to rise, out offrustration on the minority’s side tovent its anger through these methods.So we reduced to that, one sort of pet-tiness forces another.

When it comes to campaign financereform that my colleagues were dis-cussing before, we must realize thatthe campaign finance reform issue isan appropriate issue and ought to bediscussed in a profound way. We oughtto look at the reform of campaign fi-nancing in the most profound way. Donot call for a special prosecutor for oneindividual or one candidate or for theVice President or for the President.Let us call for a thorough investigationof the whole campaign financing, theraising of money, the spending ofmoney, by both parties, because Ithink the American people, in theirwisdom and their common sense, un-derstand that both parties have gonetoo far in raising funds for electionsand that the real problem at the bot-tom of all of this is whether our democ-racy will be able to survive.

Can a democracy survive as a com-patible partner with capitalism? Willcapitalism inevitably overwhelm thecapitalist economic system and inevi-tably overwhelm the Democratic gov-ernmental system?

In other words, if we have capitalismand we have freedom in the market-place and we allow unbridled profits,and people become powerful in propor-tion to the kind of profits they makeand the kind of money that they accu-mulate, if they are going to restrainthemselves and not use that power totake over the governmental apparatus,can we have capitalism in a Demo-cratic society and capitalism not moveto take over? Can we have the rich notusing their wealth to distort the de-mocracy?

That is a profound question under-neath all of this. Let us deal with it.Republicans and Democrats are guilty.Yes, the Democrats at this point arebeing exposed, there is more in thepaper about them, because the focus ison the White House, a highly visiblePresident and Vice President, but thepettiness of the arguments is being dis-missed by the common sense of theAmerican people. They are not im-pressed. They are not impressed withdiscussions with telephone calls andwho made what telephone calls fromwhere.

They are right not to be impressed,because in the final analysis it is a lit-tle absurd. Every Member of Congressknows that they have gotten telephonecalls in their offices about fundraising.If they did not make them, somebodyelse made it to them. You cannot cutsomebody else who calls you to talkabout fund-raising. Every Member ofCongress knows that they go home andthey make a lot of telephone calls fromhome. That is perfectly legal.

Now, why do we not advise the Presi-dent and the Vice President to go hometo make their calls? If they do that,are they not still on Federal property?Does that not make the President andVice President different and special?They are always on Federal property.They are home. They cannot makecalls at home without being on Federalproperty.

It is a little ridiculous to insist thatthe President and Vice President haveto be subjected to some kind of stand-ard which is as stupid as that in termsof where you make a phone call fromand insist that we should appoint aspecial prosecutor to focus on that.

We need an investigation. We havecommissioned an impartial commis-sion to look at campaign financing, theraising of the money and the spendingof the money across the board. Wemight want to even considerprivatizing that and giving a contractto Common Cause to take a thoroughlook at the whole thing, to pinpointwhere some people have broken thelaw, the present laws, and to makesweeping recommendations for reformthat the Congress might want to bindthemselves to and on a fast-trackbasis.

We do trade treaties on a fast-trackbasis. We say we are going to acceptthe recommendations on an up-and-down basis, we are not going to amendit. Let us have a commission, either aprivate commission or an appointedcommission, to look at the whole ofcampaign fund-raising and expenditureof funds.

Let us look at the relationship be-tween Archer Daniels Midland and oneof the candidates, the fact that a can-didate’s wife earned $1 million inspeaking fees the year before. Thereare all kinds of things to be examinedthat a commission could look at fully.

If we focus on Republicans, we aregoing to find the same kind of prob-lems that have been already exposedamong Democrats. The process istainted by the need to raise millionsand millions of dollars, and we need toget away from that.

Underneath that, we need to find away to deal with the problem of howwe keep the capitalistic system whichwe all know is the system of thepresent and the system of the future.Capitalism is the only economic sys-tem that seems to work in the world,so how do we live with it, adjust it sothat it does not take over?

We have laissez-faire, laissez-fairerules; a government will not interfere

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8311October 2, 1997with the economy, a government willnot interfere with the marketplace. Wedo not have reverse rules, which saysthat the marketplace and the rich, thecorporations, will not interfere withthe government. That is the problem.We need some kind of way to guaranteethat money will not be used to run ourdemocracy, money will not be used todistort the democratic process. That isthe profound question underneath ofall of this.

Let us think big. In thinking big, Iam drawn to the very stunning an-nouncement that was made a couple ofweeks ago by Ted Turner. I think it isa positive note to begin on. Ted Turnerannounced that he was going to give $1billion over the next 10 years to theUnited Nations, $1 billion. That is acapitalist who has succeeded, and thereis a capitalist who thinks in terms ofthe American approach to problems,and certainly the America of the 21stcentury. He opens the door to a newway of having people and corporationswith big money behave. He has throwndown a challenge.

I think it is a great thing that TedTurner has done. A lot of cynics willsay, well, he is not really giving cash,it is stock and the earnings on thestock, it is spread over a 10-year pe-riod. Cynics can always find a way totear down an idealistic gesture. Somepeople say, well, he is just looking forheadlines. Well, OK, maybe he is, butthat is a great way to get headlines.

If the United Nations gets the moneyor the profits from the stock and kidsin Bangladesh get vaccinations, andRwanda, they get a decent meal, ifthings happen all over the world as aresult of him getting publicity, thenthat is great.

If he was unconcerned about public-ity, of course, we know he could havetaken the Dick Morris approach. DickMorris says, when you do big things, dothem in small pieces at a time, tea-spoonfuls. Ted Turner could have an-nounced a $100,000 grant every week forthe rest of his life and gotten plenty ofheadlines, it seems to me, if that wasall he wanted.

He did things in a big American way.He did things in a way which is an ex-ample of the best spirit of the Amer-ican approach to problems. It was thekind of spirit that an LBJ and an FDRand General Marshall of the Marshallplan were capable of, in their ownsphere, not in the sphere of givingaway money, philanthropy, but in theirown spheres. We have had Americansdo things in a big way, a profound way,that no other Nation or no other groupof people have really been able to emu-late.

Mr. Speaker, we have a Morrill Actthat most people do not even knowabout or appreciate. The Morrill Actwas the act by a Congressman namedMorrill, M-O-R-R-I-L-L, because mostpeople do not know about it, that cre-ated a land grant college in every Stateof the Union.

The land grant colleges were createdwith a specific mission, to provide

practical education to the citizens, andit set in motion the whole set of agri-cultural experiment stations, localcounty agents to carry out the resultsof the experiments. It set in motion allof the activities which generated anAmerican agriculture industry whichhas still not been surpassed by anybodyin the world. We feed cheaper, we feedmore people cheaper, than any othernation in the world as a result of thatbase that was laid by the Morrill Act.

But, of course, it did far more thanestablish agriculture as an enterpriseworthy of study, worthy of scientificnations. Those land grant colleges havebecome major centers of intellectualactivity in all of the States.

So the Morrill Act was one of thosebig acts. Ted Turner acted in the spiritof Morrill when he did that.

I do not know which Congressmanwas responsible for the Trans-continental Railroad Act. A lot of peo-ple do not know that the trans-continental railroad, linking up therailroads from the East to the railroadsfrom the West and establishing thatline right across the whole country,that was not done by private enter-prise, it was done with the money ofthe taxpayers. The taxpayers paid pri-vate contractors to build that trans-continental railroad. It was a monu-mental activity, a monumental kind ofaction taken on by the Government,that resulted in linking the east coastwith the west coast and establishingthis Nation as one whole Nation in away that could not have been donewithout that transcontinental railroadlinkage.

Then we had, of course, the New Dealby Franklin Roosevelt, which was asweeping plan which looked at theproblems that we were experiencingeconomically and said, we have to ap-proach these problems in a way to tryto get at solutions, and we have a NewDeal which transformed the role of theFederal Government totally, and lateron the Great Society of LBJ which es-tablished Medicaid and Medicare.

We are debating about the cost ofMedicaid and the cost of Medicare, aidto elementary and secondary edu-cation. All of that came under LBJ,who thought in the vein of an FDR anda Morrill and moved in a way whichcame to grips with big problems, enor-mous problems, and had ideas and con-cepts and legislation which were bigenough to take care of those problems.

Then we had the Marshall plan,George Marshall. His conception of howwe get Europe out of economic chaosand save it from communism was anunparalleled plan, unparalleled gener-osity on the part of the American peo-ple in terms of giving of their tax dol-lars to help to rehabilitate the econo-mies of Europe, big, sweeping activitiesthat were conceived by Americans whothought big.

So when President Clinton calls forus to behave as we are citizens in an in-dispensable Nation, he is in harmonywith a tradition that has already beenestablished.

I was very impressed with the Presi-dent’s State of the Union address, andI entered a piece in the CONGRESSIONALRECORD on February 4 which I amgoing to read at this point before I talkmore about the spirit of Ted Turnerand how that spirit needs to be applied,the spirit of the big American ap-proach, the willingness to seize theissue and to move with an overwhelm-ing game plan to deal with it. One bil-lion dollars to the United Nations byTed Turner is a big act dealing with abig problem that has repercussions andwill generate positive by-productsthroughout the whole world.

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First positive by-product of TedTurner’s gesture is, of course, it showsup the American Congress as a verypetty body. We owe the United Nations$1.2 billion. One or two people in theCongress have held up the payment ofour dues to the United Nations. We areblackmailing the United Nations intodoing what we want to do by holdingup our dues, and here is a man in onefell swoop is willing to give a billiondollars. Why can the Nation not paypast dues of more than a billion dol-lars? Why do we have to insist thatthey reform first, when we know thatany organization that has more than100 people is going to have inevitableadministrative problems?

We have an IRS that has problems.We have a CIA with big administrativeproblems. They lost $4 billion dollars ina petty cash fund. We know that man-kind is not an automatically adminis-tratively efficient animal. We havetrouble administrating things. Admin-istration is always a problem. Everyagency and bureaucracy, every largeconstruct will inevitably face prob-lems.

So we should not put the United Na-tions in a category by itself and say wewant them to reform all of their struc-tural problems, we want them to solveall of their structural problems, wewant maximum reform and then wewill pay our dues. The world would notbe able to run at all and would come toa standstill if we said that everybodyhad to be administratively efficient,every agency and department of thegovernment must be efficient and ef-fective before we allow the taxpayers’money to keep it running. It is ridicu-lous.

Mr. Speaker, Ted Turner’s action togive $1 billion to the United Nations,the first by-product is to show howpetty our behavior is with respect tothe United Nations.

When I was a kid, we collected nick-els for the UNESCO and the United Na-tions was a great hope for the future,and now we have Members on the floorof Congress maligning the United Na-tions, which still is the hope of the fu-ture in terms of spreading the benefitsof peace and prosperity throughout theworld.

So in harmony with the Presidentand in appreciation of the President’s

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8312 October 2, 1997State of the Union Address on Feb-ruary 4, I read the following into theCONGRESSIONAL RECORD. I made a state-ment and then I entered one of my rappoems to go with it:

Mr. Speaker, President Clinton’s inauguraladdress was not a State of the Union speechobligated to provide substance for generalproposals. Appropriately, the President usedhis second inaugural statement to set a tonefor the next four years, the prelude to the21st century.

America is a great country blessed by Godwith wealth far surpassing any Nation on theface of the earth now, or in the past. TheRoman Empire was a beggar entity com-pared to the rich and powerful Americans.

God has granted us an opportunity unpar-alleled in history. President Clinton calledupon both leaders and ordinary citizens tomeasure up to this splendid moment. ThePresident called upon all of us to abandonancient hatreds and obsessions with trivialissues. For a brief moment in history we arethe indispensable people.

Other nations have occupied this positionbefore and failed the world. The Americancolossus should break the historic pattern ofempires devouring themselves. As we moveinto the 21st Century we need indispensableleaders with global visions. We need pro-found decisions.

Then, Mr. Speaker, I ended with thefollowing rap poem:

Under God, the indivisible, indispensableNation. Guardian of the pivotal generation.Most fortunate of all the lands. For a briefmoment, the hold world we hold in ourhands. Internet sorcery, computer magic,tiny spirits make opportunity tragic.

We are the indispensable Nation. Guardianof the pivotal generation. Millionaires mustrise to see the need, or smother beneaththeir splendid greed. Capitalism is King,with potential to be Pope. Banks hoard goldthat could fertilize universal hope. Jefferson,Lincoln, Roosevelt, King, make your star-spangled legacy sing. Dispatch your ghoststo bring us global visions. Indispensableleaders need profound decisions. Internetsorcery, computer magic, tiny spirits makeopportunity tragic. We are the indispensableNation. Guardian of the pivotal generation.With liberty and justice for the world, underGod.

We are the indispensable Nation, andwe ought to behave as leaders in theCongress like we are leaders of an in-dispensable Nation. Pettiness should bepushed to the background. We haveproblems before us which demand thebest minds operating in a mannerwhich seizes the moment and impliesbroad overall approaches and planswhich get real solutions.

The President proposed a board onrace relations. He tackled a huge prob-lem which needs a lot of profoundlight, less heat and more light thrownupon it: The problem of race relationsin America. It is a huge problem.

The board that the President has ap-pointed has an opportunity to dealwith the problem like they are pro-found leaders of an indispensable Na-tion, or they can allow it to crumbleaway into pettiness and small talk.They can get caught up in runningaway from controversy to the pointwhere they run away from relevance.That race board is a good idea thatneeds to think in more profound termsabout what it wants to do.

We have a problem with our InternalRevenue Service which has been high-lighted in the past 2 weeks. The Inter-nal Revenue Service is a necessity tohave someone collect the taxes, and itis most unfortunate that Congress hasover the years not applied and used itspowers of oversight on a more regularbasis. The oversight powers of Congresshave really not been used in monitor-ing the executive branch of Govern-ment in general. It has always been apolitical thing, where one party incharge will zero in on just those itemsand those agencies which give themsome political advantage from year toyear. They neglect an ongoing masterplan to oversee and look at what theGovernment is doing everywhere. TheIRS is long overdue for some criticalexamination.

The problem with the present exam-ination is that it is moving towardtriviality. It is not trivial to deal withthe problems in individual taxpayers’experiences with the IRS. Everybodywho has faced the tyranny of IRS andfound themselves being victimized de-serves to have some relief and deservesto have the attention of Congress.

But what we have to understand isthat the systemic problem, the sys-temic problem generates the specificproblems, and nobody wants to dealwith the systemic problems of IRS;that the system itself is based upon theassumption that we can collect moretaxes, gain more revenue, please bossesat the top, if we go after small peoplewho do not have defenses, if we collectfrom people who cannot hire corporatetax lawyers and who cannot bring inreams and reams of files and books andoverwhelm us. The IRS agents canquickly show that they are doing some-thing. Each agent, each departmentcan collect taxes faster from individ-uals and families than they can frompeople who have the real money, cor-porations and the very rich who havethe networks of investments.

We have had in the past, at least ontwo occasions, I think, administrationswhich have sent memos and they havebeen allowed to leak or we found outwhat they were saying, which in es-sence said: Go after the middle class.Tell the Internal Revenue if the collec-tions are down, it is because they keepwasting time with the corporations. Goafter the middle class because we get aquick return. They have the money andthey are not going to put up any de-fense, so collect most of the taxes fromthe middle class.

Mr. Speaker, the systemic problem isthe problem we ought to be dealingwith. What is the result of that kind ofapproach of collecting most of thetaxes from the middle class? We havein America a clear pattern. I used tobring a chart here. I do not have ittoday, but the chart showed that in1944, corporations were paying a fargreater share of the taxes than individ-uals and families. Corporations werepaying almost 40 percent of the taxesand individuals and families were downmuch lower, 27, 28 percent.

Over the years, that has reversed andcorporations now pay, I think, 11 or 12percent now of the overall income taxburden, while individuals and familiesare paying 44 percent. Now, that is theresult of a systemic problem, the prob-lem of the philosophy of the IRS to col-lect money where it is easy to collectmoney. It is easier to collect moneyfrom the middle class than it is fromcorporations.

Mr. Speaker, we need to go after thesystemic problem. Let us approach theIRS and the revamping of the IRS aprofound way. What we are doing nowis having a process where we intimi-date the IRS and we highlight their ac-tivities in a way that only forces themto do more of what they have alwaysdone, and that is they will continue totry to avoid controversy by going afterthose who are most vulnerable. Theywill only come up with some public re-lations schemes now to hide the factthat they are doing it.

Corporations at this point are payinga smaller share, not only because ofthe way the tax laws are written butbecause of the way the IRS collectstaxes. We have highlighted on thisfloor a profound problem that nobodywants to deal with. I have written toMrs. Richardson, the previous tax com-missioner before she resigned. I havewritten to Secretary Rubin. We talkedabout section 531 and 537 of the Inter-nal Revenue Code. That section, tosummarize, says that if corporationsbuy back their own stock illegally,that is, the Code says they cannot buyback their own stock except for certainpurposes, and if they buy back thestock for purposes other than that,they have to suffer a penalty, and thepenalty is something like almost a 39percent penalty. It is on the books.

Mr. Speaker, I am not on the Com-mittee on Ways and Means. I did nothelp write it and I do not help to mon-itor it at this point. But I am fas-cinated by the fact that we have cor-porate welfare in this country in sev-eral forms. One form is that corporatewelfare flows through the IRS. TheIRS, in its attitude and its refusal toenforce the Internal Revenue Code withrespect to corporations, provides a sub-sidy to corporations that individualsdo not get. Individuals are put on thespot more because the IRS is not doingthe job it should be doing with the cor-porations.

Mr. Speaker, that is not an idlecharge. We can back that up with somestatistics which I will not go into now.I have admitted it into the RECORD be-fore. I have put a whole set of argu-ments into the RECORD. I have listedcorporations that are buying backtheir own stock in ever greateramounts. And when a corporation buysback its own stock, it does two things.It is violating section 531 and 537 of theInternal Revenue Code, which nobodyseems to care about because they areafraid of corporations, but it is also de-nying the shareholders the profits. Bymaking the decision to buy back the

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8313October 2, 1997stock, the corporation hoards unto it-self the wealth.

If it were to pay in dividends themoney that it uses to buy the stock,then individual shareholders wouldbenefit from that. I wonder what themutual fund groups really think aboutthis and why they are allowing it tohappen year after year. What it does iskeep the prices of stock up. If corpora-tions buy back their own stock, thatguarantees that there is a fund thereready to swoop in the minute the stockbegins to go down and buy the stock sothat the price goes up again.

Mr. Speaker, that, in my layman’smind, borders on manipulation, andthat is part of the reason why the lawwas made the way it was made, to fore-stall excessive manipulation of themarket. I wonder how much of themarket’s soaring prices is due to thefact that corporations have a fundready always to buy stock as it goesdown, and then it goes back up.

But in the meantime, what does thatmean for the shareholders who are in itfor the short-run, long-run, it does notmatter. If shareholders do not get thedividends, they are deprived of thechoice of spending their money andtheir profits some other way.

As we investigate the IRS, the IRSought to be investigated with greaterprofundity than I hear now being exer-cised. The Committee on Ways andMeans of the House is about to start itsown investigation, its own hearings.Let us ask the question: Why have re-ceipts from corporations over the yearsgone down drastically, while receiptsfrom individuals and families havegone up? Explain that. Tell us how it isdone.

We know the IRS cannot share withus the records of individual taxpayersor individual corporations, but theyhave statistics which show, and that ishow we are able to say this, there arestatistics that show that corporationspaid a far smaller proportion of theoverall income tax burden than theypaid in 1944. We had a switch, so whydid that take place?

Mr. Speaker, let us approach thislike leaders, profound leaders in an in-dispensable nation, and deal with a sys-temic problem of a system so we cor-rect the system and move it toward amore just method of tax collecting, in-stead of wild charges being made aboutabolishing the IRS, going to a flat taxsystem, doing all kinds of things whichwill make the rich even less vulnerableto taxes while poor people will be sad-dled with greater taxes. The flat tax,all the schemes that we have seen, theylet the rich off but they do not domuch to help middle-class taxpayers.

So in the area of tax reform, the IRS,let us move in the spirit of Ted Turnerinstead of the spirit of Mickey Mouse.The Mickey Mouse spirit is gnawingaway at the agenda in this Capitol. Ev-erybody wants to do things in a smallway, and then blow them up with head-lines and get a lot of credit for havingdone something. It is not important

that we highlight the fact that individ-uals are being abused unless we dealwith the system and corrections of thesystem.

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I have talked about campaign financereform being dealt with in a most pro-found way so that we have an inves-tigation that runs across the board anddeals with the problem and comes backwith real recommendations that Con-gress agrees to enact, recommenda-tions which will protect the Americandemocracy, the democratic form ofgovernment from our capitalistic econ-omy. There is a simple problem. Ifthere are rich people in a society, arethey going to use their wealth or be al-lowed to use their wealth to distort thedemocratic process? That is the prob-lem and that problem has to be dealtwith.

I have also talked about the Presi-dent’s Race Relations Board. Is theRace Relations Board going to dealwith petty problems of attitudes thatpeople may have and names that peoplemay call each other and a lot of thingsthat are going on from now until theworld comes to an end or are theygoing to take this initiative to reallyprovide us with some background infor-mation on what it is all about?

What is race relations all about inAmerica, the core of race relations, therace relations between African-Ameri-cans and mainstream Americans? Thatis the most sensitive problem. Thatproblem has its roots in a thing calledslavery. If the Race Relations Board isnot going to deal with some factualanalysis on the history of what slaverywas all about, of what 232 years of eco-nomic denial, of not being able to ownanything, for 232 years the ancestors ofslaves were not able to own anything,they could not own property. Theycould not pass anything down from onegeneration to another. So we descend-ants of those slaves ended up withouthaving the benefits.

We are unlike any people anywherein the country because we did not haveanything to bring over from the OldWorld with us. They did not allow us todo that. Then for 232 years they ex-acted labor from the slaves withoutpaying them, without allowing them toown anything. If you do not establishwhat that means, if you do not reallyuse your resources to delve into thatand to make the American people un-derstand the consequences of a peoplebeing deprived for 232 years of liveli-hood and being able to pass it down.The wealth of America and the rest ofthe world is primarily inherited, it ispassed from one generation to another.If you interrupt the flow of wealthfrom one generation to another for 232years, what does that mean? So muchis attached to income and wealth.There is a correlation between income,wealth, and education. There is a cor-relation between income, wealth, andthe ability to cope with the problemsof our modern society. There are cor-

relations that cannot be ignored. If youdo not have the wealth, you are not al-lowed to pass down even modestamounts of money from one generationto another. What is the consequence?

So the Race Relations Board ap-pointed by the President needs to at-tack that in a big way. Then I said theIRS and the investigation of the IRSneeds to be put in a new light and ap-proached in a more profound way.

Now I would like to conclude by fo-cusing on the most important subjectof all, and that is approaching edu-cation in a way which is consistentwith the spirit of Ted Turner’s billiondollar gift to the United Nations, ap-proaching the education problem in away which is consistent with the NewDeal, the Marshall plan, the Great So-ciety, the Morrill Act, the trans-continental railroad. I forgot to men-tion the latest act which I consider ona plane worthy of being compared tothe Morrell Act or the New Deal, andthat is the Federal CommunicationsCommission, Federal CommunicationsCommission establishment of a univer-sal fund for schools and libraries. TheFederal Communications Commissionestablished a fund for telecommuni-cations at schools and libraries thatwill begin with $2.2 billion per year togo to schools and libraries in the formof discounts for services. The discountswill range from 20 percent for the rich-est school districts and schools to 90-percent for the poorest school districts.

In other words, in my district manyof the schools who have large numbersof poor students who receive schoollunches, they qualify for a 90 percentdiscount. If the telephone bill is part ofthe plan, they would only pay 10 centson every dollar, a dollar’s worth oftelephone service they use. If they areon the Internet, whatever the charge ison the Internet, they would only pay 10cents on the dollar because of the factthat this fund, the universal fund es-tablished under the order of the FCC,will take up the balance.

The universal fund was mandated byCongress. The Telecommunications Actof 1996 mandated that the Federal Com-munications Commission must estab-lish some way to help schools and li-braries. That was a great act of Con-gress. It was one of the acts worthy ofan indispensable Nation, worthy of theleaders of a Nation going toward the21st century.

So finally, the universal fund forschools and libraries fits into the wholeschool reform effort that ought to bemoved up to a higher level. We aretalking about school reform now againin very trivial terms. The approach toschool reform has lapsed into pettiness.Pettiness, headline grabbing is whatgenerated the stampede into testing.We stampeded a proposal for nationaltesting, leaping over agreements thathad been made by Congress that weshould have three approaches, wherethe Federal Government was involvedin education reform in three majorways. They were to deal with the na-tional curriculum, deal with national

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8314 October 2, 1997testing standards, voluntary standards.Not a national test, but national test-ing standards were to be developedwith the leadership and input of theFederal Government, and we had op-portunity to learn standards as a partof that. Of course, because it grabsheadlines and it does not cost verymuch money, testing has gottenpushed out of proportion to everythingelse.

It is that kind of pettiness, refusal tolook at the problem in terms of the21st century approach and think bigabout education reform. Education re-form is a great challenge that we facenow, probably the greatest challengethe Nation faces. We know there arethings that are radically wrong andthey can be corrected, we have the re-sources to correct them. We must goforward to deal with those corrections.We should not hesitate to apply thegreat wealth and the great know-howof the American Nation to the prob-lems of education.

I talked before about Ted Turner, butthere are a couple other examples ofacting on a big scale that I would liketo mention also before I conclude withthe discussion of education. There aresome other people other than TedTurner who understand what the 21stcentury, as we go to the 21st century,how we should behave. Ted Turner seta new standard for billionaires, but notby himself. There is a guy namedGeorge Soros who also is a billionaire.He is funding several projects that arevery critical in terms of analyzingwhat can be done about certain kindsof problems and in terms of allowingcertain approaches and solutions to goforward so that they can be studied,and many of them are controversial.George Soros moved from Eastern Eu-rope, where certain governments havekicked him out completely, to con-troversy here in America with the drugproblem and the problem of what to dowith our cities, a problem of anti-im-migration attitudes, lawmakers and afew others. So George Soros, even be-yond Ted Turner, is using his billionsto get involved in controversy, to takeon what other foundations have alwaysbacked away from; that is, using theirdollars in areas of great controversy.

There are areas of controversy whichneed the help of most. Solutions to theproblems that are considered con-troversial are solutions that are neededmost. But we have not had the benefitof corporate money and foundation phi-lanthropy because of the fact that ev-erybody was afraid. So George Soros,in that new area, moves in a new direc-tion.

In the area of education, we recentlyhad an announcement by the Demo-cratic task force on education which Iwant to applaud. It is a step forward interms of clearly outlining what theyare recommending that the DemocraticCaucus members do. As such, it is arecommendation for all people inAmerica interested in education re-form. My problem is that it does not go

far enough. It is not petty. It is pro-found, but it falls short of some prob-lems that we are facing.

The Democratic Caucus plan includesthe following set of principles. I ap-plaud these principles. They call forfirst-class public schools that empha-size academic excellence in the basics.They call for well-trained, highly moti-vated teachers to help children achievehigh standards. They call for the use ofpublic dollars to improve publicschools rather than private schoolvouchers and at public expense of aFederal role in education that supportslocal initiatives for strong neighbor-hood public schools. They call for theempowerment of parents to choose thebest public schools for their children,and they say that every child shouldhave access to a safe, well-equippedpublic school. They expand that, in thearea of every child should have accessto a safe, well-equipped public school,by focusing on the problem at theheart of all the problems of school re-form; that is, they call for relief forcrumbling and overcrowded schools.They call for a replacement of crum-bling, overcrowded schools withschools with well-equipped classroomsand the kinds of resources that all chil-dren need. Five billion dollars to repaircrumbling schools and provide newconstruction to relieve overcrowdingand reduce class size, and they call forthe assisting of schools to wire class-rooms so that they are able to makeuse of the funds that I talked about be-fore, the FCC universal service fundsfor schools and libraries.

I applaud the Democratic Caucustask force on education for what theyhave done. I think it is great that theyhave focused on one practical thingthat is doable. The President proposeda $5 billion construction package andthen in the negotiation process it gotlost. It is well-formulated. It is in abill. I think more than 90 Members ofCongress are on the bill. It is a prac-tical piece of legislation. It is a prac-tical proposal that could move in the105th Congress. Maybe not this year,this year of the 105th Congress, butearly in the next Congress it couldmove. I think it could move better if itis part of an omnibus education pro-gram.

We should not hesitate to come for-ward with an omnibus education pack-age in the next year. We should spendthe rest of this session at least in out-lining some of the things that ought tobe included in that package, but at thecore of an omnibus education packagethere should be a construction initia-tive because construction is at theheart of school reform. In my districtwhen I talk to teachers and principalsabout we want to wire the schools forthe Internet, make use of the universalfund that has been established by theFCC, they look at me, it is funny, it isa joke because they have a problem ofroofs leaking and walls crumbling onthe top floors of the schools. They havea problem with enough chalk. They

have a problem with old blackboards.They have a problem with lack of re-pairs of the seats in the school. Theyhave a problem with too many chil-dren.

The schools of New York are stillovercrowded. We are in the midst of amayoral election and you would notknow it because everybody in the pressand the media, working very hard toreelect the present mayor, so all of asudden the problem we had in the fallof 1996 where 91,000 children did nothave a place to sit—we have a schoolsystem of a million children and it bog-gles the mind when you start talkingabout the New York City school sys-tem, but there are a million children,more than a million children, 1,100schools, 60,000 teachers, and it is over-whelming. But the system has failed tokeep pace with the enrollment and youhave last fall, in 1996, an admission ofthe fact that 91,000 children did nothave a place to sit when school opened.This year it is an election year, and allof a sudden the problem seems to havegone away. The press and the mediarefuse to acknowledge we still have amassive overcrowding problem. Thereare schools which will tell you, we donot have an overcrowding problem, yetthey have now 1,500. If you were builtto hold 700 and you have 1,500, you havean overcrowding problem. They saythey do not have an overcrowding prob-lem. And you say, how many lunch pe-riods do you have? They will tell youwe have three. Some kids in someschools are forced to eat lunch at 10 inthe morning because they have somany youngsters the cafeteria will nothold them all and they have to move inrelays.

When you have to make a youngstereat lunch at 10 in the morning, youhave a crisis. The last youngsters toeat lunch eat at 2. You have a crisis onboth ends. It is child abuse, but thosethings are going on.

In the New York school system thereare still almost 300 schools that havefurnaces that burn coal. In the middleof a big city you have school furnacesburning coal. That is a crisis. We havethe highest asthma rate in the coun-try, one of the highest. The childrenare directly affected by the inability ofthe system to provide adequate facili-ties.

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They not only have to live near thosefurnaces burning coal, they have to goand sit in classrooms in the schoolswhere the coal is being burned.

We have a crisis. We have a crisis,and it is not just New York City’s cri-sis, not New York State’s crisis alone.The State, at least, has bellied up tothe problem to the tune of placing onthe agenda for a referendum vote abond issue which will raise $2 billion tobuild schools, build, repair and ren-ovate schools. That is a first step for-ward. I applaud my colleagues in theNew York State legislature. They havetaken the first step.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8315October 2, 1997New York City, of course, the mayor,

in this election year, has found fundsto do repairs here and there. Every-where we go we have some visible signsof the mayor’s office, which cut theschools by $1.5 billion in the past, nowdiscovering that education is impor-tant and producing funds and results.

Over the summer we had junior highschools throughout the city each re-ceiving computers. I am glad we arehaving an election year because edu-cation is getting the attention in NewYork City that it should get. But weneed a more profound response.

The State of New York, with its bondissue, needs help. Even a well meaningadministration who really wanted todo something about education in NewYork City needs help. Why not get thehelp from the Federal Government?That is where most of the money is.The Federal Government has a respon-sibility, which is a moral responsibil-ity.

It is not in the Constitution that theFederal Government is responsible foreducation. Most States have that intheir State constitution. But it doesnot matter, we have the money and theresources. The money does not comefrom Federal sources because there areno Federal citizens in America. Maybethe citizens of Washington, DC, whohave now been taken over again by theFederal Government, are Federal citi-zens. But the rest of us are citizens ofStates and we are citizens of cities andtowns. We pay income tax from thosecities and towns and States into theFederal Government. So the moneycomes from the local level, all of itdoes, and there is nothing wrong withhaving the money go back to take careof crisis situations.

The crisis now in America is not justin New York City but, according to theGeneral Accounting Office, we need$120 billion for the infrastructure andrepair programs of school systemsthroughout the whole Nation. It is nota local problem.

So at the heart of this education ef-fort of the Democratic Caucus, I amglad to see they place school construc-tion as the most specific area that theyare approaching.

The caucus also has focused widelyon well-trained teachers. I think thereis agreement among Republicans andDemocrats that we need well-trainedteachers. I think there is agreementamong Republicans and Democratsthat we need to have more effort towire the schools to make use of tele-communications and technology.

I think there is one other area ofagreement, which I am afraid theDemocratic task force did not mention,and that is charter schools. We havebacked away from any mention ofcharter schools.

Now, why are charter schools impor-tant? Charter schools are importantbecause of the fact that there is agree-ment on charter schools among Demo-crats and Republicans. There is agree-ment that both unions, both big na-

tional unions, the National EducationAssociation and the American Federa-tion of Teachers, both have agreedcharter schools are a good idea.

We are going to be debating on thisfloor next week a bill concerning theD.C., District of Columbia, appropria-tions, and there is a very controversialitem in that bill. That bill has an itemwhich deals with the D.C. schools beingforced to implement a voucher pro-gram. The D.C. schools in that bill aregoing to be forced by Congress to im-plement a voucher program.

Now, vouchers have not been imple-mented anywhere else in the countryas a result of Federal funding or Fed-eral intervention. This will be the firstcase. This would be Congress exercisingits overwhelming powers over the Dis-trict of Columbia to bully them intoaccepting vouchers.

It does not matter to the people whooffer this amendment to do this thatcitizens of the District of Columbia hada referendum. They had a referendum,and they voted that they did not wantvouchers. The citizens specificallyvoted not to accept vouchers. They donot want vouchers. It was put to thetest in a democratic election. Theyvoted that they do not want vouchers.They are embracing charter schools.

The District of Columbia has takensteps to embrace charter schools in away no other locale has. The Districtof Columbia has established a board forcharter schools. They have called forapplications for 20 charter schools.

Now, here is a point of agreementwhere the Democrats agree and the Re-publicans agree, AFT, UFT, that char-ter schools are not a bad idea. I do notthink charter schools will ever over-whelm the traditional public schools. Ithink the future of good schooling formost of America’s children, the futureis in the public schools.

The public schools, however, need tohave a stimulant. Some people saythey need competition. And the bu-reaucracies that I have encountered,certainly the bureaucracy of New YorkCity, does need competition. We needways in which we shake up the smug-ness among administrators and prin-cipals and superintendents by showingthem that all the things they say can-not be done; there are some people whocan do them using the same amount ofmoney that they have.

Charter schools are public schools.Charter schools would take the sameamount of money per child that thetraditional public schools have, and thecharter schools would use that amountof money per child to provide an edu-cation in accordance with the account-ability standards established by theState. They would have to meet thesame standards as the traditional pub-lic schools.

The difference between charterschools and the traditional publicschools, however, would be the govern-ance and the management. They wouldhave more flexibility and more freedombecause they would not be a part of a

hide-bound bureaucracy. They woulddo things that we cannot do in a bu-reaucratic system, which insists every-one has to do the same thing every-where regardless. They would do thingswithout having to run up a chain ofcommand for approval. They couldtake some risks, and they would prob-ably have some failures as a result, butthey might have a lot of successes. Atany rate, they could tackle the bigproblems.

They say in the public schools thatthey cannot have disruptive children,they cannot have children coming fromcertain kinds of backgrounds, withproblems at home, et cetera. Let usthrow that child into a charter schooland tell the charter school board of di-rectors, who should be a group of peo-ple who come together and are pledgedover a long period of time to work withthe problem of schooling, and not a fly-by-night operation where somebodywants to experiment for a little while,maybe while their child is in theschool, and then they will drop it. Weneed a solid board of directors for thesecharter schools, and they ought totackle some real education problems.

At any rate, the District of Columbiahas made its decision. The District ofColumbia has a charter school board.They are calling for the establishmentof 20 more charter schools. Next week,as we debate the appropriations provi-sion which will force them to installvouchers, we should look at charterschools as an alternative. We shouldtackle the whole problem of education,at least.

It requires a movement on a broadbase. There are a lot of components ofeducation reform, but there are severalcomponents of education reform whichnow we can move forward on them be-cause it is possible to reach agreement.

There is agreement that we needmore training for teachers and that theresources ought to be provided par-tially by the Federal Government.There is agreement on that. We oughtto be able to move forward there.

There is agreement that technologyand wiring for the Internet will greatlyimprove education in our schools. Wehave a universal fund established forthat. We should move forward on that.

There is agreement on charterschools, that charter schools are a goodidea. Right now, in America, we haveless than 800 charter schools. We have86,000 traditional public schools. Sowhen we look at 86,000 versus 800, weknow charter schools are not about tooverrun traditional public schools.Even if we had 10 percent, it would notoverrun traditional public schools. Sotraditional public schools are notthreatened by charter schools.

Charter schools represent an experi-ment that we ought to try. Charterschools represent an experiment whichis far superior to vouchers. Voucherscarry us into another realm of privateeducation where people who acceptpublic money can tell us that they arenot going to do things except their

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8316 October 2, 1997way. They have our money, our tax-payers’ money, but they are going todo things their way.

They are honest enough to tell usthat up front. They are not going tochange their curriculum. They are notgoing to change their culture. They arenot going to stop giving religious in-struction, if they give religious in-struction. That is what they are set upto do. They are honest enough to saythat if we give them the money, theyare not going to change or let us dilutetheir integrity.

So private schools or religiousschools will operate as they have al-ways operated. So let us not give thempublic money. Public money should goto public schools, and charter schoolsare public schools.

I want to conclude by saying that no-where is the need greater than in thearea of education, that we understandthat we are leaders in an indispensableNation. We are leaders in an indispen-sable Nation. We are the pivotal gen-eration. If we are petty at this point,when our resources are greater thanever before; if we are petty at thispoint, when we do not have any globalcrisis, there is no world war, there isnothing attracting the attention of theAmerican leaders and American re-sources as much as education should; ifwe at this point will not shift the tre-mendous amounts of dollars that wehave spent on the cold war and on mili-tary defense, shift some of that moneyinto education to meet the recognizedcrises in education, then we are pettyleaders in an indispensable Nation, andthe great indispensable Nation will loseits place in the world.

I have said before that compared tothe United States of America, Romewas a little village. The Roman empire,with all its splendor, was nothing com-pared to the kind of colossus thatAmerica has at this point. But theminds of the American leaders are notmeasuring up to the size of the Nationand the mission of the Nation. We needa generation of profound leaders whoact in a way that this indispensableNation requires.

Ted Turner, in the area of billionairephilanthropy; George Soros, in the areaof billionaire philanthropy; they haveshown the way; Reed Hunt, at the Fed-eral Communications Commission, hasshown the way in the new guidelinesfor universal funds. There are manyplaces where there are Americans whothink like FDR and LBJ and theyknow we have to tackle big problemswith big solutions. And in the area ofeducation, we need to understand thatwe have a big problem that needs bigsolutions.

Part of that solution should be thetraining of teachers; part of that solu-tion should be the upgrading of ourschools with technology; part of thatsolution should be charter schools. Andunderneath that whole set of those sub-parts, there has to be a massive pro-gram to build schools. The construc-tion, the bricks and mortar, comesfirst in this particular case, but in thisindispensable Nation, we need an indis-

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DESIGNATION OF HON. EDWARD A.PEASE TO ACT AS SPEAKER PROTEMPORE TO SIGN ENROLLEDBILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONSTHROUGH MONDAY, OCTOBER 6,1997The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be-

fore the House the following commu-nication from the Speaker:

WASHINGTON, DC,October 1, 1997.

I hereby designate the Honorable EDWARDA. PEASE to act as Speaker pro tempore tosign enrolled bills and joint resolutionsthrough Monday, October 6, 1997.

NEWT GINGRICH,Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.PEASE). Without objection, the des-ignation is accepted.

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LEAVE OF ABSENCEBy unanimous consent, leave of ab-

sence was granted to:Mr. MINGE (at the request of Mr. GEP-

HARDT) for September 30, on account ofmedical reasons.

Mr. ROTHMAN (at the request of Mr.GEPHARDT) for September 30, on ac-count of attendance at funeral servicefor Florence Rothman.

Mr. MCNULTY (at the request of Mr.GEPHARDT) for October 1 after 2:20 p.m.,on account of personal business.

Mr. SAXTON (at the request of Mr.ARMEY) for September 30 until 2:45p.m., on account of attending a memo-rial service.

Mr. YOUNG of Florida (at the requestof Mr. ARMEY) for September 30 after3:30 p.m., on account of official busi-ness.

Mr. WAMP (at the request of Mr.ARMEY) for October 1 after 1:45 p.m., onaccount of a death in the family.f

SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTEDBy unanimous consent, permission to

address the House, following the legis-lative program and any special ordersheretofore entered, was granted to:

(The following Members (at the re-quest of Mr. BALLENGER) to revise andextend their remarks and include ex-traneous material:)

Mr. MCKEON, for 5 minutes, today.Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington, for

5 minutes, today.Mr. MCINTOSH, for 5 minutes, today.Mr. SMITH of Michigan, for 5 minutes,

today.Mr. HILL, for 5 minutes, today.Mr. METCALF, for 5 minutes, today.Mr. LEACH, for 5 minutes, today.Mr. DOOLITTLE, for 5 minutes, today.Mr. PAXON, for 5 minutes, today.Mr. JONES, for 5 minutes, today.Mr. HUTCHINSON, for 5 minutes,

today.Mr. GUTKNECHT, for 5 minutes, today.f

ENROLLED BILLS SIGNEDMr. THOMAS, from the Committee

on House Oversight, reported that that

committee had examined and foundtruly enrolled bills of the House of thefollowing titles, which were thereuponsigned by the Speaker:

H.R. 394. An act to provide for the releaseof the reversionary interest held by the Unit-ed States in certain property located in theCounty of Iosco, Michigan.

H.R. 1948. An act to provide for the ex-change of lands within Admiralty Island Na-tional Monument, and for other purposes.

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SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED

The SPEAKER announced his signa-ture to enrolled bills of the Senate ofthe following titles:

S. 996. An act to provide for the authoriza-tion of appropriations in each fiscal year forarbitration in United States district courts,and for other purposes.

S. 1198. An act to amend the Immigrationand Nationality Act to extend the specialimmigrant religious worker program, toamend the Illegal Immigration Reform andImmigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to ex-tend the deadline for designation of an effec-tive date for paperwork changes in the em-ployer sanctions program, and to require theSecretary of State to waive or reduce the feefor application and issuance of a non-immigrant visa for aliens coming to theUnited States for certain charitable pur-poses.

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ADJOURNMENT

Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I movethat the House do now adjourn.

The motion was agreed to; accord-ingly (at 12 o’clock and 13 minutesp.m.), under its previous order, theHouse adjourned until Monday, Octo-ber 6, 1997, at 12:30 p.m., for morninghour debate.

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1995 (‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), Pub. L. 104–1, 109Stat. 3, 2 U.S.C. §§ 1301–1438, applies therights and protections of eleven labor andemployment and public access laws to cov-ered employees and employing offices withinthe Legislative Branch. With respect to GAOand the Library, five sections of the CAAwill become effective as of December 30, 1997:(a) section 204, applying rights and protec-tions of the Employee Polygraph ProtectionAct of 1988 (‘‘EPPA’’), restricts the use of liedetector tests by employing offices; (b) sec-tion 205, applying rights and protections ofthe Worker Adjustment and Retraining Noti-fication Act (‘‘WARN Act’’), assures coveredemployees of notice before office closingsand mass layoffs; (c) section 206, applyingrights and protections of the UniformedServices Employment and ReemploymentAct of 1994 (‘‘USERRA’’), protects job rightsof covered employees who serve in the mili-tary and other uniformed services; (d) sec-tion 215, applying rights and protections ofthe Occupational Safety and Health Act of1970 (‘‘OSHAct’’), protects the safety andhealth of covered employees from hazards intheir places of employment; and (e) section207 forbids intimidation or reprisal againstcovered employees for exercising rightsunder other sections of the CAA.

The Procedural Rules of the Office of Com-pliance establish procedures for considering

matters that involve employing offices andcovered employees other than GAO and theLibrary and their employees. The purpose ofthis rulemaking is to extend the rules tocover GAO and the Library and their em-ployees for purposes of any proceedings inwhich GAO or the Library or their employ-ees may be involved as employing offices orcovered employees.

The Board of Directors has also proposedto extend its substantive regulations imple-menting sections 204, 205, and 215 of the CAAto cover GAO and the Library and their em-ployees. The NPRM was published in theSeptember 9, 1997 issue of the CongressionalRecord, at 143 Cong. Rec. S9014.2. Record of earlier rulemakings

To avoid duplication of effort, the Execu-tive Director plans to rely generally on therecord of earlier rulemakings. The currentProcedural Rules of the Office of Compliancewere proposed, adopted, and amended inthree phases during the past two years. See141 Cong. Rec. S17012 (daily ed. Nov. 14, 1995)(NPRM); 141 Cong. Rec. S19239 (daily ed. Dec.22, 1995) (final rules); 142 Cong. Rec. H7450(daily ed. July 11, 1996) (NPRM); 142 Cong.Rec. S10980 (daily ed. Sept. 19, 1996) (finalrules); 143 Cong. Rec. S25 (daily ed. Jan. 7,1997) (NPRM); 143 Cong. Rec. H1879 (daily ed.Apr. 24, 1997) (final rules). A copy of the Pro-cedural Rules of the Office of Compliance isavailable for inspection at the Law LibraryReading Room, at the address and timesstated at the beginning of this Notice, andmay also be viewed or downloaded from theOffice of Compliance’s internet Website athttp://www.compliance.gov/proful3.html, orhttp://www.access.gpo.gov/compliance/proful3.html.3. Proposed amendments

The Executive Director is presently awareof no reason why the procedural rules tocover GAO and the Library and their em-ployees should be separate or substantivelydifferent from the rules already adopted forother employing offices and their employees.The Executive Director therefore proposes inthis NPRM to extend the coverage of therules already adopted to include GAO andthe Library and their employees, and tomake no other substantive change to therules. Specifically, the NPRM proposes toamend the definitions established in section1.02 of the Procedural Rules of the Office ofCompliance: (a) by including the employeesof GAO and the Library in the definition of‘‘covered employee,’’ (b) by including GAOand the Library in the definition of ‘‘employ-ing office,’’ and (c) by adding a new para-graph (q) to section 1.02 specifying that GAOand the Library and their employees are in-cluded in these definitions only for the pur-poses of proceedings involving sections 204,205, 206, 207, or 215 of the CAA or for purposesof the rules regarding ex parte communica-tions. A technical correction is also nec-essary in the language being amended.1

4. Request for commentThe Executive Director invites comment

on these proposed amendments generally andinvites comment specifically on whetherthere is any reason why the rules for GAOand the Library and their employees shouldbe separate or different from the rules al-ready adopted for other employing officesand their employees.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 30th dayof September, 1997.

RICKY SILBERMANExecutive Director,

Office of Compliance.

Accordingly, the Executive Director of theOffice of Compliance hereby proposes the fol-lowing amendments to the Procedural Rulesof the Office of Compliance:

It is proposed that section 1.02 of the Pro-cedural Rules of the Office of Compliance beamended by revising paragraphs (b) and (h)and by adding at the end of the section a newparagraph (q) to read as follows:

‘‘§1.02 Definitions.

‘‘Except as otherwise specifically providedin these rules, for purposes of this Part:

* * * * *‘‘(b) Covered employee. The term ‘‘covered

employee’’ means any employee of‘‘(1) the House of Representatives;‘‘(2) the Senate;‘‘(3) the Capitol Guide Service;‘‘(4) the Capitol Police;‘‘(5) the Congressional Budget Office;‘‘(6) the Office of the Architect of the Cap-

itol;‘‘(7) the Office of the Attending Physician;‘‘(8) the Office of Compliance; or‘‘(9) for the purposes stated in paragraph

(q) of this section, the General AccountingOffice or the Library of Congress.

* * * * *‘‘(h) Employing Office. The term ‘‘employ-

ing office’’ means:‘‘(1) the personal office of a Member of the

House of Representatives or a Senator;‘‘(2) a committee of the House of Rep-

resentatives or the Senate or a joint com-mittee;

‘‘(3) any other office headed by a personwith the final authority to appoint, hire, dis-charge, and set the terms, conditions, orprivileges of the employment of an employeeof the House of Representatives or the Sen-ate;

‘‘(4) the Capitol Guide Board, the CapitolPolice Board, the Congressional Budget Of-fice, the Office of the Architect of the Cap-itol, the Office of the Attending Physician,and the Office of Compliance; or

‘‘(5) for the purposes stated in paragraph(q) of this section, the General AccountingOffice and the Library of Congress.

* * * * *‘‘(q) Coverage of the General Accounting Of-

fice and the Library of Congress and their Em-ployees. The term ‘‘employing office’’ shallinclude the General Accounting Office andthe Library of Congress, and the term ‘‘cov-ered employee’’ shall include employees ofthe General Accounting Office and the Li-brary of Congress, for purposes of the pro-ceedings and rulemakings described in sub-paragraphs (1), (2), and (3):

‘‘(1) The processing of any allegation thatsection 204, 205, or 206 of the Act has beenviolated, and any allegation of intimidationor reprisal prohibited under section 207 ofthe Act. Sections 204, 205, and 206 of the Actapply to covered employees and employingoffices certain rights and protections of thefollowing laws:

‘‘(i) the Employee Polygraph ProtectionAct of 1988,

‘‘(ii) the Worker Adjustment and Retrain-ing Notification Act, and

‘‘(iii) the Chapter 43 (relating to veterans’employment and reemployment) of title 38,United States Code.

‘‘(2) The enforcement of the inspection andcitation provisions of section 215(c)(1), (2), (3)of the Act, and proceedings to grantvariances under section 215(c)(4) of the Act.Section 215 of the Act applies to covered em-ployees and employing offices certain rightsand protections of the Williams-Steiger Oc-cupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

‘‘(3) Any proceeding or rulemaking, forpurposes of section 9.04 of these rules.’’

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8318 October 2, 1997EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS,

ETC.

Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, execu-tive communications were taken fromthe Speaker’s table and referred as fol-lows:

5304. A letter from the Director, Office ofRegulatory Management and Information,Environmental Protection Agency, transmit-ting the Agency’s final rule—Carfentrazone-ethyl; Temporary Pesticide Tolerance [OPP–300554; FRL–5744–8] (RIN: 2070–AB78) receivedOctober 2, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri-culture.

5305. A letter from the Director, Office ofRegulatory Management and Information,Environmental Protection Agency, transmit-ting the Agency’s final rule—Exception Deci-sions to Early Entry Prohibition, WorkerProtection Standard; Technical Amendment[OPP–250122; FRL–5599–3] (RIN: 2070–AC95) re-ceived October 2, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri-culture.

5306. A letter from the Director, Office ofRegulatory Management and Information,Environmental Protection Agency, transmit-ting the Agency’s final rule—GlyphosateOxidoreductase and the Genetic MaterialNecessary for Its Production in All Plants;Exemption From Tolerance Requirement OnAll Raw Agricultural Commodities [OPP–300552; FRL–5745–2] (RIN: 2070–AB78) receivedOctober 2, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri-culture.

5307. A letter from the Secretary of Hous-ing and Urban Development, transmittingnotification that it is estimated that thelimitation on the Government NationalMortgage Association’s (‘‘Ginnie Mae’s’’) au-thority to make commitments for a fiscalyear will be reached before the end of thatfiscal year, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 1721 nt.; tothe Committee on Banking and FinancialServices.

5308. A letter from the Chairman, Board ofGovernors of the Federal Reserve System,transmitting the report on State memberbank compliance with the national flood in-surance program, pursuant to Public Law103—325, section 529(a) (108 Stat. 2266); to theCommittee on Banking and Financial Serv-ices.

5309. A letter from the Assistant to theBoard of Governors, Federal Reserve System,transmitting the Board’s final rule—Elec-tronic Fund Transfers [Regulation E; DocketNo. R–0959] received September 19, 1997, pur-suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Commit-tee on Banking and Financial Services.

5310. A letter from the Acting GeneralCounsel, Department of Energy, transmit-ting the Department’s final rule—Acquisi-tion Regulation; Revisions to OrganizationalConflicts of Interest (RIN: 1991–AB26) re-ceived September 30, 1997, pursuant to 5U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onCommerce.

5311. A letter from the Acting GeneralCounsel, Department of Energy, transmit-ting the Department’s ‘‘Major’’ final rule—Energy Conservation Program for ConsumerProducts: Energy Conservation Standardsfor Refrigerators, Refrigerator-freezers andFreezers [Docket No. EE-RM–93–801] receivedSeptember 30, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.

5312. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—Federal MotorVehicle Safety Standards; Hydraulic BrakeSystems; Passenger Car Brake Systems (Na-tional Highway Traffic Safety Administra-tion) [Docket 85–06; Notice 13] (RIN: 2127–

AG35) received September 26, 1997, pursuantto 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onCommerce.

5313. A letter from the Director, Office ofRegulatory Management and Information,Environmental Protection Agency, transmit-ting the Agency’s final rule—Approval andPromulgation of Air Quality Implementa-tion Plans; Maryland; 15% Rate of ProgressPlan for the Baltimore Ozone NonattainmentArea [MD 053–3020; FRL–5905–8] received Oc-tober 2, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Commerce.

5314. A letter from the Director, Office ofRegulatory Management and Information,Environmental Protection Agency, transmit-ting the Agency’s final rule—Revocation ofSignificant New Use Rules for Certain Acry-late Substances [OPPTS–50625B; FRL–5744–6](RIN: 2070–AB27) received October 2, 1997,pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com-mittee on Commerce.

5315. A letter from the Director, Regula-tions Policy and Management Staff, Office ofPolicy, Food and Drug Administration,transmitting the Administration’s finalrule—Latex Condoms; User Labeling; Expira-tion Dating [Docket No. 95N–0374] (RIN: 0910–AA32) received October 2, 1997, pursuant to 5U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onCommerce.

5316. A letter from the Chairman, Securi-ties and Exchange Commission, transmittingthe report on shareholder proposals, pursu-ant to Public Law 104—290, section 510(b)(2)(110 Stat. 3450); to the Committee on Com-merce.

5317. A communication from the Presidentof the United States, transmitting a reporton the status of efforts to obtain Iraq’s com-pliance with the resolutions adopted by theU.N. Security Council, pursuant to PublicLaw 102—1, section 3 (105 Stat. 4); (H. Doc.No. 105—138); to the Committee on Inter-national Relations and ordered to be printed.

5318. A letter from the Assistant Secretaryfor Legislative Affairs, Department of State,transmitting ILO Convention No. 177 andRecommendation No. 184 concerning HomeWork; Convention No. 178 and Recommenda-tion No. 185 concerning the Inspection ofSeafarers’ Working and Living Conditions;Convention No. 179 and Recommendation No.186 concerning the Recruitment and Place-ment of Seafarers; Convention No. 180 con-cerning Seafarers’ Hours of Work and theManning of Ships; Recommendation No. 187concerning Seafarers’ Hours of Work and theManning of Ships; and Protocol of 1996 to theMerchant Shipping Convention, 1976, pursu-ant to Art. 19 of the Constitution of theInternational Labor Organization; to theCommittee on International Relations.

5319. A letter from the Assistant Secretaryfor Legislative Affairs, Department of State,transmitting a memorandom of justificationfor use of section 506(a)(2) authority to drawdown articles, services, and military edu-cation and training from the Department ofDefense, pursuant to Public Law 101—513,section 547(a) (104 Stat. 2019); to the Commit-tee on International Relations.

5320. A letter from the Acting AssistantSecretary for Export Administration, De-partment of Commerce, transmitting the Ad-ministration’s final rule—Satellite fuel,Ground Support Equipment, Test Equip-ment, Payload Adapter/Interface Hardware,and Replacement Parts for the PreceedingItems, When Included with a Specific Com-mercial Communications Satellite Launch[Docket No. 960918265–7203–04] (RIN: 0694–AB09) received September 22, 1997, pursuantto 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onInternational Relations.

5321. A letter from the Director, Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, transmit-ting the ATF’s revised strategic plan, pursu-

ant to Public Law 103—62; to the Committeeon Government Reform and Oversight.

5322. A letter from the Acting GeneralCounsel, Department of Energy, transmit-ting the Department’s final rule—Acquisi-tion Regulation: Elimination of Non-Statu-tory Certification Requirements (RIN: 1991–AB31) received September 30, 1997, pursuantto 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onGovernment Reform and Oversight.

5323. A letter from the Director, Office ofRegulatory Management and Information,Environmental Protection Agency, transmit-ting the Agency’s final rule—Grants and Co-operative Agreements to State and LocalGovernments, Universities, Hospitals, andOther Non-Profit Organizations [FRL–5881–5]received September 26, 1997, pursuant to 5U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Gov-ernment Reform and Oversight.

5324. A letter from the Chairman, MeritSystems Protection Board, transmitting theBoard’s report entitled ‘‘Adherence to theMerit Principles in the Workplace: FederalEmployees’ Views,’’ pursuant to 5 U.S.C.1204(a)(3); to the Committee on GovernmentReform and Oversight.

5325. A letter from the Director, Office ofManagement and Budget, transmitting thereport to Congress under the Paperwork Re-duction Act of 1995, pursuant to 44 U.S.C.3504(e)(2); to the Committee on GovernmentReform and Oversight.

5326. A letter from the Secretary of Com-merce, transmitting the report on the U.S.Antarctic Marine Living Resource DirectedResearch Program, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 2431et seq.; to the Committee on Resources.

5327. A letter from the Chair, AdvisoryCouncil on California Indian Policy, trans-mitting the ACCIP Historical Overview Re-port: The Special Circumstances of Califor-nia Indians, pursuant to Public Law 102—416;Public Law 104—109; to the Committee onResources.

5328. A letter from the Assistant Secretary,Land and Minerals Management, Depart-ment of the Interior, transmitting the De-partment’s final rule—Gifts; Acquisition ofLands or Interest in Lands by Purchase orCondemnation [WO–130–1820–00–24 1A] (RIN:1004–AC98) received October 2, 1997, pursuantto 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onResources.

5329. A letter from the Director, Office ofRegulatory Management and Information,Environmental Protection Agency, transmit-ting the Agency’s final rule—SimultaneousDe-designation and Termination of the MudDump Site and Designation of the HistoricArea Remediation Site [FRL–5885–1] receivedSeptember 26, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.

5330. A letter from the Assistant Adminis-trator for Ocean Services and Coastal ZoneManagement, National Oceanic and Atmos-pheric Administration, transmitting the Ad-ministration’s final rule—Coastal Service’sCenter Broad Area Announcement [DocketNo. 9707–14173–7173–01] (RIN: 0648–ZA31) re-ceived September 23, 1997, pursuant to 5U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Re-sources.

5331. A letter from the Acting Director, Of-fice of Sustainable Fisheries, National Oce-anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans-mitting the Administration’s final rule—Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic ZoneOff Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels UsingTrawl Gear in the Bering Sea and AleutianIslands [Docket No. 961107312–7021–02; I.D.092697A] received October 2, 1997, pursuant to5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onResources.

5332. A letter from the Director, Office ofSustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration, transmittingthe Administration’s final rule—Fisheries

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8319October 2, 1997Off West Coast States and in the Western Pa-cific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery;Nontrawl Sablefish Mop-Up Fishery [DocketNo. 961227373–6373–01; I.D. 092497C] receivedOctober 2, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Resources.

5333. A letter from the Assistant Secretaryfor Legislative Affairs, Department of State,transmitting the Department’s final rule—Visas: Documentation of NonimmigrantsUnder the Immigration and Nationality Act,as Amended [Public Notice 2600] receivedSeptember 15, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Judici-ary.

5334. A letter from the Commissioner, Im-migration and Naturalization Service, trans-mitting the Service’s final rule—Adding Slo-venia to the List of Countries Authorized toParticipate in the Visa Waiver Pilot Pro-gram and Designating Ireland as a Perma-nent Participating Country (Formerly withProbationary Status) [INS No. 1786–96] (RIN:1115–AB93) received October 1, 1997, pursuantto 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onthe Judiciary.

5335. A letter from the Commissioner, Im-migration and Naturalization Service, trans-mitting the Service’s final rule—InterimDesignation of Acceptable Documents forEmployment Verification [INS No. 1818–96](RIN: 1115–AE94) received October 1, 1997,pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com-mittee on the Judiciary.

5336. A letter from the Secretary of Trans-portation, transmitting the Department’s1996 Progress Report on the Transition toQuieter Airplanes, pursuant to Public Law101—508, section 9308(g) (104 Stat. 1388—383);to the Committee on Transportation and In-frastructure.

5337. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—AirworthinessDirectives; Pratt & Whitney JT8D–200 SeriesTurbofan Engines (Federal Aviation Admin-istration) [Docket No. 96–ANE–35; Amend-ment 39–10134; AD 97–19–13] (RIN: 2120–AA64)received September 26, 1997, pursuant to 5U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onTransportation and Infrastructure.

5338. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—AirworthinessDirectives; Pratt & Whitney JT8D SeriesTurbofan Engines (Federal Aviation Admin-istration) [Docket No. 96–ANE–32; Amend-ment 39–10133; AD 97–19–12] (RIN: 2120–AA64)received September 26, 1997, pursuant to 5U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onTransportation and Infrastructure.

5339. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—AirworthinessDirectives; Enstrom Helicopter CorporationModel F–28A, F–28C, 280 and 280C Helicopters(Federal Aviation Administration) [DocketNo. 96–SW–31–AD; Amendment 39–10142; AD97–20–04] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received Septem-ber 26, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);to the Committee on Transportation and In-frastructure.

5340. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—AirworthinessDirectives; de Havilland Model DHC–7 SeriesAirplanes (Federal Aviation Administration)[Docket No. 97–NM–36–AD; Amendment 39–10141; AD 97–20–03] (RIN: 2120–AA64) receivedSeptember 26, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor-tation and Infrastructure.

5341. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—AirworthinessDirectives; Lockheed Model L–188A and L–188C Series Airplanes (Federal Aviation Ad-ministration) [Docket No. 97–NM–07–AD;

Amendment 39–10140; AD 97–20–02] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received September 26, 1997, pursuantto 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onTransportation and Infrastructure.

5342. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—AirworthinessDirectives; Boeing Model 747 Series Air-planes (Federal Aviation Administration)[Docket No. 97–NM–237–AD; Amendment 39–10139; AD 97–20–01] (RIN: 2120–AA64) receivedSeptember 26, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor-tation and Infrastructure.

5343. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—AirworthinessDirectives; AlliedSignal Inc. TSCP700–4B and-5 Auxillary Power Units (Federal AviationAdministration) [Docket No. 97–ANE–03;Amendment 39–10138; AD 97–19–18] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received September 26, 1997, pursuantto 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onTransportation and Infrastructure.

5344. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—AirworthinessDirectives; Raytheon Aircraft CompanyModels 1900, 1900C, and 1900D Airplanes (Fed-eral Aviation Administration) [Docket No.96–CE–60–AD; Amendment 39–10131; AD 97–15–13 R1] (RIN: 2120–AA64) received September26, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); tothe Committee on Transportation and Infra-structure.

5345. A letter from the General Counsel,Department of Transportation, transmittingthe Department’s final rule—Hazardous Ma-terials in Intrastate Commerce; Delay ofCompliance Date, Technical Amendments,Corrections and Response to Petitions forReconsideration (Research and Special Pro-grams Administration) [Docket HM–200;Amdt. Nos. 171–154 and 173–262] (RIN: 2137–AB37) received September 26, 1997, pursuantto 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee onTransportation and Infrastructure.

5346. A letter from the Chairman, Inter-agency Coordinating Committee on Oil Pol-lution Research, transmitting the Commit-tee’s biennial report to Congress, pursuantto Public Law 101—380, section 7001(e) (104Stat. 564); to the Committee on Transpor-tation and Infrastructure.

5347. A letter from the Secretary of Trans-portation, transmitting a report entitled‘‘Implementation of the National IntelligentTransportation System Program,’’ pursuantto Public Law 102—240, section 6054(c); to theCommittee on Transportation and Infra-structure.

5348. A letter from the Director, NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration,transmitting the Administration’s finalrule—NOAA Pan-American Climate Studies(PACS), Program Announcement—Septem-ber 30, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A);to the Committee on Science.

5349. A letter from the Director, Office ofRegulations Management, Department ofVeterans Affairs, transmitting the Depart-ment’s final rule— Appeals Regulations: Re-mand for Further Development (RIN: 2900–AI50) received October 2, 1997, pursuant to 5U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Vet-erans’ Affairs.

5350. A letter from the Chief Counsel, Bu-reau of the Public Debt, transmitting theBureau’s final rule—Regulations Governingthe Offering of United States MortgageGuaranty Insurance Company Tax and LossBONDs [Department of the Treasury Circular,Public Debt Series No. 3–68] received Sep-tember 24, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways andMeans.

5351. A letter from the Chief, RegulationsBranch, U.S. Customs Service, transmitting

the Service’s final rule—Import RestrictionsImposed on Archeological Artifacts fromGuatemala [T.D. 97–81] (RIN: 1515–AC24) re-ceived October 1, 1997, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways andMeans.

5352. A letter from the Acting AssistantSecretary, Department of Labor, transmit-ting a report concerning Recommendationsto Ensure Compliance by Federal Contrac-tors and Subcontractors, pursuant to PublicLaw 104—208, section 8118 (110 Stat. 3009—114); jointly to the Committees on NationalSecurity and Veterans’ Affairs.

5353. A letter from the Secretary of Trans-portation, transmitting a report entitled‘‘Successful Telecommuting Programs in thePublic and Private Sectors,’’ pursuant toPublic Law 104—50, section 345; jointly to theCommittees on Education and the Workforceand Appropriations.

5354. A letter from the Secretary of En-ergy, transmitting the Seventh Annual Re-port for the Demonstration and CommercialApplication of Renewable Energy and EnergyEfficiency Technologies Program, pursuantto 42 U.S.C. 12006; jointly to the Committeeson Commerce and Science.

5355. A letter from the Secretary of Trans-portation, transmitting the Department’s re-port entitled ‘‘Importing NoncomplyingMotor Vehicles’’ for calendar year 1996, pur-suant to 49 U.S.C. 30169(b); jointly to theCommittees on Commerce and Ways andMeans.

5356. A letter from the Executive Director,Office of Compliance, transmitting a noticeof proposed rulemaking (proposing amend-ments to procedural rules previously adopt-ed) for publication in the CongressionalRECORD, pursuant to Public Law 104—1, sec-tion 303(b) (109 Stat. 28); jointly to the Com-mittees on House Oversight and Educationand the Workforce.

5357. A letter from the Assistant Secretaryfor Legislative Affairs, Department of State,transmitting the Secretary’s certification tothe Congress regarding the incidental cap-ture of Sea Turtles in commercial shrimpingoperations, pursuant to Public Law 101—162,section 609(b)(2) (103 Sat. 1038); jointly to theCommittees on Resources and Appropria-tions.

5358. A letter from the Assistant Secretaryfor Legislative Affairs, Department of State,transmitting a report to Congress on Iran-Related Multilateral Sanction Regime Ef-forts, pursuant to Public Law 104—172, sec-tion 4(b) and 10(a); jointly to the Committeeson International Relations, Banking and Fi-nancial Services, and Ways and Means.

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ONPUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports ofcommittees were delivered to the Clerkfor printing and reference to the propercalendar, as follows:

Mr. STUMP: Committee on Veterans’ Af-fairs. H.R. 2571. A bill to authorize majormedical facility projects and major medicalfacility leases for the Department of Veter-ans Affairs for fiscal year 1998, and for otherpurposes (Rept. 105–291). Referred to theCommittee of the Whole House on the Stateof the Union.

Mr. STUMP: Committee on Veterans’ Af-fairs. H.R. 1703. A bill to amend title 38,United States Code, to provide for improvedand expedited procedures for resolving com-plaints of unlawful employment discrimina-tion arising within the Department of Veter-ans Affairs; with amendments (Rept. 105–292).Referred to the Committee of the WholeHouse on the State of the Union.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSEH8320 October 2, 1997Mr. STUMP: Committee on Veterans’ Af-

fairs. H.R. 2206. A bill to amend title 38,United States Code, to improve programs ofthe Department of Veterans Affairs forhomeless veterans, and for other purposes;with an amendment (Rept. 105–293). Referredto the Committee of the Whole House on theState of the Union.

Mr. SMITH of Oregon: Committee on Agri-culture. H.R. 1789. A bill to reauthorize thedairy indemnity program (Rept. 105–294). Re-ferred to the Committee of the Whole Houseon the State of the Union.

Mr. SMITH of Oregon: Committee on Agri-culture. H.R. 1779 A bill to make a minor ad-justment in the exterior boundary of theDevils Backbone Wilderness in the MarkTwain National Forest, MO, to exclude asmall parcel of land containing improve-ments (Rept. 105–295 Pt. 1). Referred to theCommittee of the Whole House on the Stateof the Union.

Mr. SMITH of Oregon: Committee on Agri-culture. H.R. 2366. A bill to transfer to theSecretary of Agriculture the authority toconduct the census of agriculture, and forother purposes (Rept. 105–296 Pt. 1). Orderedto be printed.

DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE

Pursuant to clause 5 of rule X theCommittee on Resources dischargedfrom further consideration. H.R. 1779referred to the Committee of the WholeHouse on the State of the Union, andordered to be printed.f

TIME LIMITATION OF REFERREDBILL

Pursuant to clause 5 of rule X the fol-lowing action was taken by the Speak-er:

H.R. 1779. Referral to the Committee onResources extended for a period ending notlater than October 2, 1997.

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PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 5 of rule X and clause 4of rule XXII, public bills and resolu-tions were introduced and severally re-ferred, as follows:

By Mr. COBLE (for himself and Mr.GOODLATTE):

H.R. 2603. A bill to amend title 28, UnitedStates Code, with respect to arbitration inU.S. district courts, and for other purposes;to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. PACKARD (for himself, Mr.GINGRICH, Mr. FAZIO of California,Mr. ARMEY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia,Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. JACK-SON, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. BOEHNER,Mr. MCKEON, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr.HANSEN, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. HERGER, Mr.CRAPO, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. STUMP,Mr. CANNON, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr.BONILLA, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. SOUDER,Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. SHIMKUS,

Mr. WOLF, Mr. SAWYER, Mr. SAMJOHNSON, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ISTOOK,Mr. COX of California, Mr. FILNER,Mr. EWING, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr.REDMOND, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. LEWISof California, Mr. BARR of Georgia,Mr. DREIER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. TAYLORof Mississippi, Mr. WELDON of Flor-ida, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr.BERMAN, Mr. CAPPS, Mr. WATKINS,Mr. BRADY, Mrs. LINDA SMITH ofWashington, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.COOK, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. PASTOR,Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. PITTS,Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. WALSH, Mr. MCHUGH,Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. BUNNING of Ken-tucky, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. SMITH of NewJersey, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. BROWN ofCalifornia, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr.SALMON, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, andMr. HALL of Ohio):

H.R. 2604. A bill to amend title 11, UnitedStates Code, to protect certain charitablecontributions, and for other purposes; to theCommittee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. SOLOMON:H.R. 2605. A bill to require the United

States to oppose the making of concessionalloans by international financial institutionsto any entity in the People’s Republic ofChina; to the Committee on Banking and Fi-nancial Services.

By Ms. VELAZQUEZ (for herself, Mr.DELLUMS, Mr. FROST, Mr. CONYERS,Mr. NADLER, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs.MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. FILNER,Mr. OWENS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr.TOWNS, Mr. FLAKE, Mrs. MALONEY ofNew York, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. BONIOR,Mr. MILLER of California, Mrs.LOWEY, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. RANGEL,Mr. EVANS, and Mr. ACKERMAN):

H.R. 2606. A bill to amend the PublicHealth Service Act and the Employee Retire-ment Income Security Act of 1974 to estab-lish certain requirements for managed careplans; to the Committee on Commerce, andin addition to the Committee on Educationand the Workforce, for a period to be subse-quently determined by the Speaker, in eachcase for consideration of such provisions asfall within the jurisdiction of the committeeconcerned.

By Mrs. MORELLA (for herself and Mr.LANTOS):

H. Con. Res. 166. Concurrent resolution ex-pressing the sense of the Congress that everyeffort should be made to assure the completeimplementation of, and compliance with, theDecember 1996 Guatemalan peace accords; tothe Committee on International Relations.

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MEMORIALS

Under clause 4 of rule XXII:212. The SPEAKER presented a memorial

of the House of Representatives of the Com-monwealth of Puerto Rico, relative to a reso-lution urging President William JeffersonClinton and the Congress of the UnitedStates to support the methodology proposedby the United States Bureau of the Census to

conduct the Federal Census of the year 2000;to the Committee on Government Reformand Oversight.

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ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

Under clause 4, of rule XXII, sponsorswere added to public bills and resolu-tions as follows:

H.R. 367: Mr. TALENT and Ms. RIVERS.H.R. 373: Mr. STOKES and Ms. NORTON.H.R. 872: Mr. BERMAN, Mr. EDWARDS, Ms.

HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. BOBSCHAFFER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Mr. WHITE.

H.R. 1126: Mr. PASTOR.H.R. 1151: Mr. PACKARD, Mrs. TAUSCHER,

and Mr. BLAGOJEVICH.H.R. 1165: Mr. CLYBURN.H.R. 1232: Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BUNNING of

Kentucky, and Mr. KLINK.H.R. 1371: Mr. TRAFICANT.H.R. 1500: Mr. MATSUI.H.R. 1526: Mr. WEYGAND.H.R. 1534: Mr. SNOWBARGER, Mr. HILLEARY,

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. SHAW, and Mr.BLUMENAUER.

H.R. 1619: Mr. COMBEST.H.R. 1636: Mr. WEYGAND.H.R. 1703: Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. DOYLE, Mr.

FILNER, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. OLVER, Mr. REYES,Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, andMr. PASCRELL.

H.R. 2195: Mr. WATKINS and Mr. BONIOR.H.R. 2206: Mr. EVANS.H.R. 2221: Mr. WELDON of Florida and Mr.

MCINTOSH.H.R. 2273: Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr.

TAYLOR of North Carolina, Mr. ENGEL, andMr. MARTINEZ.

H.R. 2292: Mr. SMITH of Oregon, Mr. TAN-NER, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr.FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr.GIBBONS, and Mrs. MYRICK.

H.R. 2331: Mr. STENHOLM.H.R. 2459: Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SAWYER, Mr.

BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. BARCIA of Michigan, Mrs.CLAYTON, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. MARTINEZ,Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PE-TERSON of Minnesota, Mr. ROEMER, Mr.VENTO, Mr. OWENS, Mr. MILLER of California,Mr. BECERRA, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. JACKSON, Ms.EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. RA-HALL, Mr. REYES, Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN, Mr.ANDREWS, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. FORD, Mr. LU-THER, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr.PAYNE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. STOKES, Mr.MCDERMOTT, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. PRICE ofNorth Carolina, Mr. COYNE, Mr. HEFNER, Ms.JACKSON-LEE, and Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin.

H.R. 2497: Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. LUCAS of Okla-homa, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr.GALLEGLY, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. DEAL ofGeorgia, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr.SENSENBRENNER, Mr. WHITE, Mr. SHADEGG,and Mr. GOODLATTE.

H.R. 2563: Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. FROST, andMr. CUNNINGHAM.

H.R. 2571: Mr. FILNER and Mr. MASCARA.H. Con. Res. 55: Mr. WELLER.H. Res. 224: Mr. MCCRERY and Mr. TURNER.

EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

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Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor.

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THE SAFETY ADVANCEMENT FOREMPLOYEES ACT [SAFE ACT]

HON. JAMES M. TALENTOF MISSOURI

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. TALENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today totalk about the Safety Advancement for Em-ployees Act [SAFE Act], a bipartisan bill intro-duced today that is designed to foster a part-nership between OSHA and employees andencourage greater worker safety. In addition tothe bill, the House Committee on Small Busi-ness prepared a paper entitled, ‘‘Why WorkersNeed Change: The SAFE Act,’’ outlining whythe need for change and how the SAFE Actcan succeed where the big stick methods ofOSHA have failed.

On any given day in the United States, 17workers will die and 18,600 workers will be in-jured on the job. The fact is that many ofthese accidents occur not because employersdon’t care about worker safety; on the con-trary, even the Federal Government estimatesthat 95 percent of employers are striving tocreate safe environments for workers. Theproblem lies with the adversarial posture ofthe Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-tration [OSHA], the Federal agency respon-sible for worker safety. Established by Con-gress in 1970, OHSA’s mandate was to as-sure for all workers safe and healthful workingconditions ‘‘by encouraging employers andemployees in their efforts to reduce the num-ber of occupational safety and health hazardsat their places of employment.’’ The agency,however, has never seriously attempted to‘‘encourag[e] employers and employees intheir efforts’’ to create safe workplaces. In-stead, OSHA operates according to a com-mand and control mentality, issuing burden-some and often incomprehensible regulationswhich may not relate to worker safety, andare, in any event, only sporadically enforce-able. Small wonder that, though OSHA hasbeen in existence for 27 years and has gen-erated tens of billions of dollars in compliancecosts, there is a serious question whether ithas improved worker safety at all.

For worksites to become safer, OSHA’s in-effective, top-down approach must be over-hauled. The agency in its present posture issimply incapable of handling the safety prob-lems of millions of individual workplaces asAmerica heads into the 21st century. As rec-ognized by Vice President GORE, OSHA’s sys-tem ‘‘doesn’t work well enough.’’ In short,OSHA can lead the country to better work-place safety; it cannot command the countryinto better workplace safety.

EMPLOYERS ARE DROWNING IN REGULATIONS

The sheer volume of OSHA regulations thatemployers are expected to read, understand,and implement is staggering. Many of the reg-ulations bear no relationship to safety at theworkplace. Others are so vague that discern-ing one correct interpretation is impossible.The result is that employers are left to fend for

themselves, wasting valuable time and moneymisinterpreting regulations and making work-site improvements that are either not requiredby OSHA or not related to workplace safety,or both.

PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS ARE HUGE AND HAVE NOTANGIBLE SAFETY BENEFITS

Far and away the greatest number of cita-tions are leveled against employers for OSHApaperwork violations. In 1994, the top 6—and11 of 20—of the most-cited violations involvedpaperwork deficiencies. Employers are therebyforced to create more and more paper withouttangible safety benefits. Meanwhile, as OSHAfocuses its sights on paperwork, serious safetyconcerns go in uninspected. For example, in1994 and early 1995, three-quarters of work-sites in the United States that suffered seriousaccidents had never been inspected by OSHAduring this decade. In fact, even OSHA offi-cials acknowledge that their inspectors ‘‘do notget to a lion’s share of lethal sites until afteraccidents occur.’’ The result is that incom-petent or reckless employers go undeterredwhile good faith employers spend time andmoney on paperwork instead of safety.

SO MANY WORKSITES, SO FEW INSPECTORS

OSHA has only 2,451 State and Federal in-spectors to regulate 96.7 million Americanworkers. With a ratio of about one inspector to3,000 worksites, Federal OSHA can currentlyinspect workplaces under its jurisdiction onlyonce every 167 years. OSHA inspectors can-not possibly understand the safety and healthconcerns of worksites that they rarely visit.Nor can they have knowledge of workers’needs in industries as diverse as manufactur-ing plants, funeral homes, and restaurants.

A NEW OSHA REQUIRES A NEW APPROACH

The adversarial model that exists to regulateworker safety between OSHA and employersdoes not get the job done. Pitting the em-ployer against the inspector, the current modelfosters distrust and suspicion, flying in theface of true partnership efforts that are the keyto worker safety. Both the Government andthe private sector waste enormous resourceson the struggle to catch employers in violationof regulations that no one believes will ad-vance worker safety. No wonder that the cur-rent system has so little credibility in the pri-vate sector.

If we are to create a new OSHA, we mustsignificantly change the culture that exists be-tween employers and the agency—makingthem partners not enemies. It is not enough tothreaten large fines for noncompliance whenmillions of safety-conscious employers don’tknow how to comply. Nor is it enough toweigh employers down with more compliancematerials than they can possibly digest or un-derstand.

The answer to achieving safer work environ-ments is to encourage the 95 percent of em-ployers who are concerned about worker safe-ty and health to voluntarily seek expert adviceon how to comply with OSHA’s regulationsand to implement and maintain the expert’srecommendations. Creating true partnershipsbetween employers and OSHA will empower

the honest employers to improve worker safe-ty, while allowing OSHA to concentrate its en-forcement on the 5 percent of employers whoconstitute the bad actors.

Vice President GORE strongly advocatesusing private sector OSHA compliance expertsto help employers achieve greater workersafety. Acknowledging that OSHA ‘‘doesn’twork well enough,’’ because there are ‘‘onlyenough inspectors to visit even the most haz-ardous workplace once every several years,’’the Vice President has called on OSHA to relyon private inspection companies in its effortsto ensure the safety and health of America’sworkers. In this way:

[OSHA] would use the same basic tech-nique the federal government uses to forcecompanies to keep honest financial books:setting standards and requiring periodic cer-tification of the books by expert financialauditors. No army of federal auditors de-scends upon American businesses to audittheir books; the government forces them tohave the job done themselves. In the sameway, no army of OSHA inspectors need de-scend upon corporate America.

By creating partnerships with employersthrough the use of private sector complianceauditors, the ‘‘health and safety of Americanworkers could be vastly improved.’’THE SAFE ACT: THE SOLUTION FOR SAFER WORKPLACES

The Safety Advancement for Employees[SAFE] Act reflects a new partnership ap-proach to worker safety. By encouraging em-ployers to seek individualized compliance as-sistance from qualified third party auditors, theSAFE Act will ensure that more worksites arein compliance with OSHA, and more workersare protected. The SAFE Act does not waiveany of OSHA’s power to inspect workplaces,but it recognizes that employers who activelyseek expert assistance to improve safetyshould not be treated as adversaries. Underthe SAFE Act, employers can choose to enlistthe aid of an entire field of compliance ex-perts, thereby allowing OSHA to concentrateits resources on policing those worksites thattruly need OSHA enforcement. The SAFE Actspells greater safety for workers and in-creased compliance by all employers.f

REPORT FROM INDIANA—REV.PAUL KNECHT

HON. DAVID M. McINTOSHOF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. MCINTOSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today todeliver my report from Indiana. This week, Iwould like to share a special story of a dearand wonderful friend—Rev. Paul Knecht ofRichmond, IN.

Reverend Knecht has recently retired afterserving over 31 years as the executive direc-tor of Wernle Children’s Home in WayneCounty. Wernle Home is a dear place for bothRuthie and me. On many occasions we havevisited our friends at Wernle. We’ve forged

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1896 October 2, 1997friendships with both the children and the won-derful people who care for them.

Working with abused and troubled childrenrequires a special person, a special love, aspecial faith, and a special heart. ReverendKnecht is and was a special man.

Reverend Knecht dedicated his life to help-ing abused and troubled children all across In-diana. His service to God, his church, and theneedy children of Wernle Home will leave aloving presence of acceptance and stability inthe lives of thousands of children who came toWernle.

So today, I would like to commend the ef-forts of Rev. Paul Knecht. As he retires after31 years of service, he will be missed. His lifework has touched so many people, so manypeople and lives forever.

That, Mr. Speaker, is my report from Indi-ana.f

PERSONAL EXPLANATION

HON. JOHN E. ENSIGNOF NEVADA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. Speaker, on Monday,September 29, I missed rollcall votes 460 and461 due to an aircraft delay in returning toWashington from Las Vegas. Had I beenpresent for these two votes, I would havevoted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall vote 460 and ‘‘nay’’ onrollcall vote 461.f

1996–97 VFW VOICE OF DEMOCRACYSCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

HON. SCOTT McINNISOF COLORADO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of theVeterans of Foreign Wars I would like to intro-duce the following winning script from theVoice of Democracy Program. The winner ofthe contest from the Third District of Coloradowas Tara Linton of Craig, CO.

‘‘DEMOCRACY—ABOVE AND BEYOND’’The lyrics to ‘‘God Bless America’’ have

been permanently etched into my brain. Ican remember reciting the song over andover in preparation for a play my entire ele-mentary school participated in to commemo-rate the two hundredth anniversary of theUnited States Constitution.

That play was like a welcome mat to thefuture for me. Not only did it introduce meto the exciting and rewarding world of thetheatre, but it brought me closer to some-thing else—democracy. The play retraced thepath of democracy from America’s past to itspresent. I thank my lucky stars that I hadthe chance to participate because, untilthen, I had no idea how democracy had goneabove and beyond, shaping our country andits people. And now, nine years after singingabout the ‘‘land that I love,’’ I am proud tospeak out on behalf of democracy.

Today’s ‘‘performance,’’ if you will, is di-vided into two acts. In act one we will seehow democracy is responsible for the Amer-ican Dream. And act two will focus on thecontributions we all make to keep democ-racy rising above and beyond.

The curtain opens, and the AmericanDream is exposed. What we see is a plethora

of people, every American who has ever livedor will live. They represent democracy’spast, present, and future, how it has changedand how it has stayed the same.

But one thing stands out more than any-thing else. We can’t see it or touch it or in-terpret it with any of the five senses. It isdeeper and more powerful than any sensa-tion. It is a sense of love, patriotism, andgratitude rolled into one.

You see, nobody had to sit down and decidethat the people of the future deserved a bet-ter life. But somebody did. A lot ofsomebodies, in fact, including the likes ofGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, andBenjamin Franklin. The result of their de-sire to improve the world is what genera-tions of Americans have experienced—theoriginal American Dream. We have the op-portunity to live in the society our fore-fathers only dreamed about.

It’s as if we are all actors fortunate enoughto have starring roles in the manuscript ourfounders began to write even before the for-mation of the Union.

Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin. Theirmasterpiece wasn’t the Declaration of Inde-pendence, nor was it the Constitution; theirmasterpiece is us.

This draws the curtain on act one andleads us to act two: just how we Americanssend democracy above and beyond.

With every effort at getting involved, thedriving force behind democracy gets strong-er. And we’re encouraged to get involved atan early age. Many schoolchildren are di-rectly exposed to democracy the momentthey enter the school with the recitation ofthe Pledge of Allegiance. With educationplaying a major role in democracy’s success,the emphasis on saying the Pledge at schoolis a giant stepping stone for children to be-come familiar with the system.

But it only just begins in childhood. As wegrow older we begin to make choices for our-selves and our country. Nearly every manand woman involved in the armed servicesdoes so for the preservation of democracy.

And all registered voters have the say inwhat the future should entail when they casttheir ballots.

Why do Americans try so hard to keep de-mocracy strong and prominent? Well, it allgoes back to what we saw in act one. Wecame from a long line of people who trulycare. Though democracy in America hasfaced a number of changes, one thing doesn’tchange: we care. About the past, the present,and the future.

The curtain has fallen over act two, butthe performance isn’t quite finished.

An actor knows that the hours spentmemorizing, rehearsing and performing havebeen well worth the effort when the finalcurtain drops, and the audience, left in astate of wonder, fulfillment, and satisfac-tion, reacts with generous and sincere ap-plause.

Will the manuscript our forefathers beganwriting hundreds of years ago ever come to aconclusion? We may never know. Like nearlyall things, democracy will continue to growand evolve—to go above and beyond. Withevery new life exposed to its benefits, democ-racy enters for an encore performance, sureto be even more spectacular than ever be-fore.

And now, as the performance comes to aclose, we should all take time to rememberwhat democracy means to us. From themountains, to the prairies, to the oceans, westand beside her and guide her. America—theland that we love.

EXTENSION OF CONGRATULATIONSTO TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

HON. BOB RILEYOF ALABAMA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. RILEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ex-tend my congratulations to Tuskegee Univer-sity for being named second in the Nation forthe number of black graduating engineers.

I always love to hear about institutions ofhigher learning making good use of their re-sources. By using different programs at theuniversity, the school helps to advance its stu-dents’ futures. One program is the ResearchApprenticeship for Disadvantaged HighSchoolers [RADHS], which is implementedduring the summer of a high school student’sjunior year. Another program is the FreshmanAccelerated Start-up and Training for the Re-tention in Engineering Curricula [FASTREC],which is introduced at the freshman level ofcollege. These two programs, as well as thefamiliarity between the faculty and the stu-dents, help the University to produce fine andoutstanding engineers. Every school does itbest to help students decide what they want tostudy, and to help the students achieve theirgoals with whatever means possible. Fortu-nately, Tuskegee has developed an effectiveprogram. This program enabled 192 studentsto finish their undergraduate degree in engi-neering. Through the example of TuskegeeUniversity, other institutions may have a modelof a productive, resourceful, and successfulprogram—a program which will benefit stu-dents, Alabama, and this Nation.f

PERSONAL EXPLANATION

HON. HELEN CHENOWETHOF IDAHO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, yester-day, September 29, 1997, I was unavoidablydetained and missed rollcall votes 460 and464. Had I been here, I would have voted‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 460 and ‘‘yea’’ on rollcallNo. 464.f

PERSONAL EXPLANATION

HON. MARK FOLEYOF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Nos.462, 463, and 464, I was unavoidably de-tained. Had I been present, I would havevoted ‘‘aye.’’f

A TRAGIC LOSS IN BOISE, ID

HON. MICHAEL D. CRAPOOF IDAHO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. CRAPO. Mr. Speaker, earlier thismonth, a tragic but common event in many

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1897October 2, 1997U.S. cities came for the first time to the capitalof Idaho, Boise. A police officer was killed inthe line of duty—the first officer ever killedduring the 100 years of operation for the BoisePolice Department. The incident resulted froman altercation between two suspects, whowere also killed in the confrontation with offi-cers. Mark Stall was killed on early Saturdaymorning when he and another officer pulledover a vehicle for a traffic violation. The resultwas a shoot-out between two suspects andpolice officer. Another officer, Ron Winegar,was injured during the confrontation and re-mains hospitalized.

Officer Stall was a remarkable young man,one driven to a career in law enforcementfrom a dangerous encounter during his teen-age years, when he and another young manwere abducted and threatened at gunpoint.Boise benefited tremendously through his 3years of service on the Boise Police Force. Heleaves behind a wife and two young daughtersand a community attempting to cope with atraumatic loss of one of those entrusted toprotect and serve.

On Wednesday, businesses in Boise closedand flags flew at half-staff as Boise police, forthe first time, buried one of their own. A news-paper columnist in Boise declared that Boiselost ‘‘its innocence with the death’’ of OfficerStall. That may be true—it is a tragic cir-cumstance, one that has been repeated fartoo often throughout our country. We shouldall reflect on the loss experienced by those inBoise and how our communities can onceagain become safe havens for our families.f

A TRIBUTE TO JESSICA KOZLOV

HON. JIM SAXTONOF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, recently afriend, a proud father, sent me an article hisdaughter authored. It seems to me that Jes-sica Kozlov, editor of Duke University’s, theChronicle, clearly articulates important anddeep thoughts that are part of her developingbeing. I’d like to share them for the record.

[From the Chronicle, Sept. 16, 1997]HOUSEWIVES PLACE IN SOCIETY MINIMIZED BY

FEMINIST MOVEMENT

(By Jessica Kozlov)June Cleaver is as anachronistic in the ’90s

as Peg Bundy would have been in the ’50s.It is because feminism has begun to dictate

those accomplishments of a woman that canbe deemed ‘‘merit-worthy’’—and June Cleav-er no longer fits that model? Or is it becausewomen have become so obsessively wrappedup in breaking the glass ceiling that theyhave forgotten she ever existed?

In a society that encourages women to bemen in the workplace and mere nannies inthe home, the triumphs and rewards of beinga ‘‘house mom’’ have been overshadowed bythe honor of being the division president of acompany or by the esteem earned fromclimbing the corporate ladder. I am ananachronism in my own society, but only be-cause of my mother: She was June Cleaver,and the only one in my neighborhood.

My family could be considered an atypicalnuclear family: two parents, two childrenand a German shepherd named Abigail. Allunder one roof.

Dad went to work every day. Mom stayedhome, packed our lunch and waited for the

school nurse to call with an update of mynewest illness. She was always there to re-trieve me, teary eyed, from the school office-and because of that, I am different.

I came from a town where au pairs werethe norm and housemoms a foreign concept.I remember afternoons at my friends’ homes,eating after-school snacks served by baby-sitters who didn’t speak English and caredonly about their boyfriends back home inItaly or France.

My mother put her career on hiatus whenI was born—a 21-year hiatus, and counting.The most important thing to her was raisingher children, and for her, it was a full-timejob. The result: My friends wanted to be ca-reer women when they grew up, and I justwanted to be Miss Piggy.

But 21 years have passed since my mommade that decision, and society is different.My mother was a product of the June Cleav-er era, but my generation is the product ofan era that began with ‘‘Working Girl’’ andhas yet to peak.

Our society no longer admires the womanwho chooses her family over her career.Feminism’s quest to shatter the glass ceilingbegan as a valiant, admirable effort—and ithas almost achieved its tangible goal. But inits path it has left a track of shattered val-ues, misdirected esteem and latch-key chil-dren. The feminist movement has takengreat strides in the past few decades: An in-creasing number of women are playing majorroles in today’s corporate world, and we arerapidly achieving a ‘‘genderless’’ workplace.Women themselves have completed a 180-de-gree rotation-from the homemaker to theworking girl. That which we respect andstrive for as women—and as society as awhole—has also completed that rotation.

In changing the perspective from which wedefine our values, we have changed our ac-complishments to parallel those values. Inother words, because a powerful movementvalued gender equality in the workplace,women strive to achieve that equality.

Undermining the importance of genderequality is not my intention. Indeed, womenhave come a long way and should strive tomaintain the gain already earned. But wemust not lose sight of—or minimize—the re-ward we once experienced, be it personal orexternal, from raising our own children. Thesuccess that accompanies raising a child—inthe eyes of many members of society—is nolonger equivalent to the success that accom-panies climbing the corporate ladder.

Now here we are at the third-ranked schoolin the nation, attending class after class.And for the first time, maybe learning justhow much we don’t know. We are here be-cause we strive for the best—to be the bestand to do the best. And we are immersed inan environment that fosters those inten-tions.

As I sit here in The Chronicle office enjoy-ing the end of one of my many 18-hour days,I realize I have the genes of the quintessen-tial workaholic.

Not long from now I will once again askmyself what I want to be when I grow up—and the answer will be much more difficultthan it was in the days when Miss Piggy wasmy hero. A career is certainly a priority, andit is to that end that I have been trained tothink.

Logically, I know I would appreciate theopportunity to stay home with my chil-dren—to raise children who will have thebenefit of a childhood experience similar tomine and to promote their ability to grow upand contribute to the wealth of knowledgeand the pool of successful individuals; to putdown the reins of this parade of all-nightersand end the days endured on pure adrenalinehighs.

I hope in today’s society, in which theworking woman is valued over the home-

maker, I’ll have the courage to follow myvalues as I have defined them and not followwhat society has proscribed for me, just asmy mother would have done.

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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT:THE NORTHERN MARIANA IS-LANDS

HON. DANA ROHRABACHEROF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker,Wednesday evening, my colleague from Cali-fornia, Mr. MILLER, resumed his nonstop, politi-cally driven attack on the government andpeople of the Commonwealth of the NorthernMariana Islands. The gentleman’s remarksand accusations, along with those of Mrs.MINK and Ms. DELAURO are simply untrue andneed to be corrected and clarified.

I respect and agree with their position thatmore Federal resources and efforts need to bedirected to the Northern Mariana Islands toenforce the laws of which the Federal Govern-ment has jurisdiction. However, I believe theirunwarranted attacks on the CNMI were mis-directed, especially upon examination of theFederal law enforcement presence on the is-lands. In addition, I do not agree with their so-lution to increase the Federal law enforcementpresence in the CNMI. When one takes intoconsideration that there are only two assistantU.S. attorneys on the islands—not to mentionthe fact that there is no U.S. attorney sta-tioned on the islands—using American tax-payer dollars to increase funding for the Fed-eral Victims’ Assistance Program, as Mr. MIL-LER and Mrs. MINK proposed, is bad publicpolicy.

The Northern Mariana Islands, with very fewexceptions, is governed by the laws of theUnited States of America. Both the U.S. citi-zens on the islands and the guest worker pop-ulation reside under the protection of the U.S.flag and its Federal laws. For these reasons,the people of the Northern Mariana Islandswillingly entered into a unique covenant withthe United States in 1976. The people over-whelmingly voted to accept their self-govern-ment status, along with the responsibilities ofbeing part of the American family. I am hereto tell you that the CNMI Government and itspeople are living up to their responsibilities—they have established a self-reliant economyenabling the local government to fund its ownoperations without the assistance of Federaldollars through free enterprise; enforcement oflocal labor and immigration laws in the last 5years has improved significantly and are con-tinuing to be addressed stringently today; andthe CNMI is promoting democratic values inSoutheast Asia, where the American way ofdoing things is beginning to become the norm.

Unfortunately, the Federal Government isnot fully living up to their Federal law enforce-ment responsibilities in the Northern MarianaIslands. The CNMI does not have authority toenforce U.S. laws. Enforcement of U.S. lawsin the Commonwealth is the sole responsibilityof the Federal Government. It is disingenuousfor my colleagues to assert that the CNMIGovernment is not enforcing its local laborlaws when the vast majority of alleged viola-tions—nearly 90 percent—of labor laws in the

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1898 October 2, 1997CNMI are violations of Federal laws, which theU.S. Government has sole or concurrent juris-diction. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, you can seewhy I am concerned with my colleague’s, Mr.MILLER, proposal to fund anything other thanan additional assistant U.S. attorney for theNorthern Mariana Islands.

I hope the chairman of the Commerce, Jus-tice, State Appropriations Committee, my goodfriend Mr. ROGERS from Kentucky, will work toinclude language in the statement of the man-agers to direct some of the increased fundsfrom the fiscal year 1997 bill to the U.S. attor-ney’s office for the purpose of providing an ad-ditional Assistant U.S. attorney to be stationedin the Northern Mariana Islands.

At the request of Mr. ROGERS, I agreed toaddress the allegations made regarding theCNMI at a later date due to the chairman’swishes to move forward with the bill. Had Ihad the opportunity to elaborate on the state-ment I presented in response to the attacks onthe CNMI, I would have pointed out the fal-lacies in my colleagues’ remarks.

Mr. MILLER suggested that the guest work-ers on the island are routinely subjected togross violations of their human rights and areprovided few of the legal protections affordedto workers on American soil. He cited a Read-er’s Digest report and an Inside Editionexpose done on the islands as documentedevidence proving widespread abuses.

Let me reiterate that the CNMI Governmenthas combated and continues to combat viola-tions of their local laws. For example, in thecase highlighted by the Reader’s Digest in-volving the rape of a Chinese contract workerby former Immigration Officer Isidro Cabrerra,the CNMI Attorney General’s Office has suc-cessfully prosecuted this unsavory individual.In addition, the CNMI’s Department of Laborand Immigration’s Administrative Hearing Of-fice has eliminated its entire backlog of casesby conducting more than a thousand hearingsover the past year. This has resulted in morethan $2 million in payments to workers, thetransfer of more than 1,000 workers to newemployers, the deportation of 200 workers ille-gally employed in the CNMI, and the barringof 75 employers from hiring guest workers.Most recently, the CNMI Attorney General’soffice has facilitated the successful settlementof a civil action suit for the underpayment ofgarment worker wages totaling $996,000—thelargest settlement ever collected by the office.These examples of enforcement and punish-ment of worker exploitation clearly do not re-flect the picture painted by my colleagues whotook the floor to chastise the CNMI Wednes-day night.

In regard to the Inside Edition expose, Mr.MILLER stated that this TV tabloid ‘‘capturedthe horrific conditions in the Marianas on film’’.With much interest, I viewed the expose thenight it ran, and I am puzzled as to what itwas my colleague witnessed that was so hor-rific. The program I watched did not documentthe widespread abuses that my colleague al-leges. The hidden camera investigation I sawturned up CNMI garment factories that theirown reporter described as ‘‘clean and mod-ern’’ and ‘‘beautiful’’. Unable to find the‘‘sweatshops’’ they were looking for, the InsideEdition investigative team turned its attentionto the dormitory accommodations made avail-able to the guest workers by their employers—inexpensive living accommodations where theworkers freely chose to live in order to send

home more of their earnings to their families.Although the dormitories may be consideredby some to be crowded by mainland stand-ards, they are comparable, and in manycases, superior to other housing in the SouthPacific region. In fact, the living quarters I ex-amined on my visit to the Northern Mariana Is-lands were much nicer than the barracks pro-vided to the migrant workers on the mainland.

Mr. Speaker, it was also stated on the floorWednesday evening that my defense of theNorthern Mariana Islands in relation to theguest workers has no ‘‘independent valida-tion’’. I take personal offense, as probablymany of my colleagues do who have wit-nessed first hand the successes in the CNMI,to this remark and would like to set the recordstraight on this implication. Members and stafffrom both sides of the aisle, journalists andthink tanks have traveled to the NMI to exam-ine the Commonwealth. The Republicans andDemocrats who have participated on thesefact-finding delegations have come to admireand respect the CNMI during the past 2 years.In fact, the distinguished chairman of the Re-sources Committee, Mr. YOUNG, has orga-nized a CODEL to travel to the NMI and theother U.S. territories in January to address theconcerns of the Congress and set the recordstraight. I strongly suggest that the gentlemanfrom California [Mr. MILLER]—who is the rank-ing member of the Resources Committee—join the chairman’s delegation.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to address onefinal concern raised by my friend from Hawaii,Mrs. MINK. It is in regards to the 16-year-oldgirl in Hawaii now awaiting resolution of hercomplaint against a Filipino night club ownerwho hired her to dance nude in his club.Sadly, stories like this are reported all toooften in the media today. Incidentally, theWashington Post just ran a similar story in lateAugust about a Virginia man who pleadedguilty to the importation of teen prostitutesfrom Canada to work here on the streets ofour Nation’s Capital. Stories like this put thesituation in the NMI in perspective. I know thatmy colleagues would agree that theseabuses—crimes—depicted in both of thesestories are unacceptable. It is regrettable thatin a great country like ours human beings cansubject other humans to engage these type ofbehavior. The issue, however, is not that theyoccur but what is being done to prosecute theoffenders and prevent this type of conduct inthe future.

In all fairness to the CNMI, it should go onrecord that the statement made by my col-league is somewhat misleading. Mrs. MINK

stated that this individual cannot obtain justicefor the alleged crimes committed against her.According to the CNMI Attorney General, thisis not true. The Federal officials are currentlyinvestigating the possible violations of the FairLabor Standards Act, and the CNMI AttorneyGeneral’s office is continuing their ongoing in-vestigation and will file charges once the Fed-eral prosecutors have completed their case.

HOUSE RESOLUTION 246—REJECT-ING ARAB LEAGUE CALL FOREASING OF SANCTIONS AGAINSTLIBYA

HON. TOM LANTOSOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I call to the at-tention of the House a resolution which I haveintroduced with a number of our distinguishedcolleagues—House Resolution 246 which de-nounces and rejects a resolution adopted bythe Foreign Ministers of the Arab League urg-ing the easing of U.N. sanctions against Libya.Those sanctions were imposed, Mr. Speaker,because of Libya’s refusal to surrender individ-uals on its territory who are wanted in connec-tion with the 1988 terrorist bombing of PanAmflight 103.

In view of the action by the Arab Leaguelast week, Mr. Speaker, I think it is importantthat we reaffirm our commitment to the U.N.sanctions against the renegade Governmentof Libya. The resolution adopted by ArabLeague leaders last week in Cairo is an out-rageous effort to weaken multilateral inter-national sanctions against the renegade rogueregime in Libya. The government of Muammarel-Kaddafi has been one of the principal sup-porters of international terrorism. It is vital thatwe in the U.S. Congress make clear to theseArab countries our unequivocal rejection oftheir ill-conceived and counterproductive state-ment.

At the Cairo Conference of Arab LeagueForeign Ministers on September 21, the Min-isters adopted a resolution calling for: ‘‘Arabcountries to undertake measures to ease theseverity of the embargo imposed on Libyauntil a final, peaceful, and just solution to thecrisis is reached;’’ ‘‘to lift measures freezingLibyan accounts involving money, the sourceof which is other than the selling or exportingof oil’’; ‘‘to support Libya’s right to obtain suit-able compensation for human and materialdamages and losses it sustains as a result ofpertinent U.N. Security Council resolutions’’;and to exempt from sanctions Libyan ‘‘flightsrelated to participation of the Libyan politicalleadership and official delegations in regionaland international meetings.’’

Mr. Speaker, sanctions were imposedagainst Libya by the U.N. Security Council forthe failure of the Government of Libya to turnover to United States or British authorities twoindividuals living on its territory who have beendirectly implicated in the bombing of PanAmflight 103. That aircraft was destroyed by aterrorist bomb over Lockerbie, Scotland, in De-cember 1989. In that terrorist attack, 270 inno-cent people from 30 countries, including manyfrom the United States, died. The Libyan Gov-ernment has also refused to turn over toFrench authorities individuals directly impli-cated in the bombing of French ATA flight 772over Niger in 1988 in which some 160 individ-uals lost their lives.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to joinme in supporting this important resolution. Ialso ask, Mr. Speaker, that the text of this res-olution be printed in the RECORD.

H. RES. 246Whereas the United Nations Security

Council adopted Resolution 748 on March 31,1992, imposing an embargo on the sale of

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1899October 2, 1997arms and on international flights against thestate of Libya and in Security Council Reso-lution 883 on November 11, 1993, furthertightened economic sanctions against Libyafor its refusal to surrender individuals sus-pected in connection with the terroristbombing in 1988 of Pan Am Flight 103 overLockerbie, Scotland, in which 270 individualswere killed and the terrorist bombing in 1989of the French ATA Flight 772 over Niger, inwhich 160 individuals were killed;

Whereas the Security Council had repeat-edly voted to maintain these internationalsanctions against Libya in view of the per-sistent refusal of the government of Libya tohand over for trial the two individuals cur-rently in Libya who are accused of involve-ment in the terrorist bombing of Pan AmFlight 103 and ATA Flight 772;

Whereas the United Nations sanctions pro-vide for legitimate humanitarian flights toand from Libya for medical and other rea-sons, and flights of a religious nature to per-mit Libyan residents to participate in theHadj have been approved routinely under theUnited Nations sanctions;

Whereas Libya has repeatedly violated theUnited Nations sanctions, most egregiouslywhen an aircraft carrying Libyan leader,Colonel Muammar el-Kaddafi, landed inCairo, Egypt, in July 1996 in order for theLibyan leader to participate in an Arab sum-mit meeting; and

Whereas the foreign ministers of the ArabLeague meeting in Cairo on September 21,1997, adopted a resolution in which the min-isters invited ‘‘Arab countries to undertakemeasures to ease the severity of the embargoimposed on Libya until a final, peaceful, andjust solution to the crisis is reached,’’ ‘‘tolift measures freezing Libyan accounts in-volving money, the source of which is otherthan the selling or exporting of oil,’’ ‘‘to sup-port Libya’s right to obtain suitable com-pensation for human and material damagesand losses it sustains as a result of pertinentUnited Nations Security Council resolu-tions,’’ and to exempt from sanctions Libyan‘‘flights related to participation of the Liby-an political leadership and official designa-tions in regional and international meet-ings’’: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representa-tives—

(1) denounces and rejects in the strongestterms the resolution adopted on September21, 1997, by the foreign minister of the ArabLeague in their conference in Cairo which in-vites Arab states to take action to ease Unit-ed Nations sanctions against Libya;

(2) reaffirms the commitment of the Unit-ed States to support United Nations sanc-tions against Libya until the two individualssuspected in connection with the terroristbombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and UTAFlight 772 are turned over to appropriate ju-dicial authorities in the United States or theUnited Kingdom and France as required byUnited Nations Security Council resolutions;

(3) calls upon the President to suspend allU.S. assistance to all countries which violateUnited Nations Security Council sanctionsagainst Libya; and

(4) requests that the Secretary of Statetransmit a copy of this resolution to the gov-ernment of each country which is a memberof the Arab League and express to each gov-ernment the profound concern of the UnitedStates about efforts to undermine the inter-national fight against terrorism by weaken-ing or violating sanctions imposed by theUnited Nations Security Council.

IN HONOR OF ZUMBERAK LODGENO. 859 OF THE CROATIAN FRA-TERNAL UNION OF AMERICA

HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICHOF OHIO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor

Zumberak Lodge No. 859, of the Croatian Fra-ternal Union of America on its 60th anniver-sary.

Zumberak Lodge began in 1937 with ninemembers. In the last 60 years, the organiza-tion has flourished to a membership of over600, the largest lodge in the Greater Cleve-land area. The lodge boasts members whorepresent various professions including: theclergy, doctors, lawyers, merchants, Con-gressmen, Governors, State representatives,judges, teachers, and executives.

Since its inception, Zumberak Lodge hasbeen active in organizing events, communityfundraisers, and sporting tournaments on alocal and national level. The lodge often orga-nizes picnics, dances, boat rides, and hayrides for its members. For 52 consecutiveyears, it has sponsored a concert by theDuquesne University Tamburitzans. Some ofZumberak’s members have even been se-lected to perform with the Tamburitzans. Thelodge was instrumental in establishing theCleveland chapter of the Croatian FraternalUnion Scholarship Foundation. Members con-tinue to support and benefit from this bene-ficial foundation.

In 1942, the lodge sponsored its first na-tional event, the Croatian Fraternal Union Bas-ketball Tournament. The Zumberak team haswon several national tournaments, not to men-tion two trophies for being the best dressedteam. Goldie Malone, Zumberak secretary-treasurer and the one and only basketballqueen, organized the first women’s basketballteam in the Croatian Fraternal Union in 1952.A national bowling tournament was first orga-nized in 1962, and since then Zumberak’ssponsorship and participation has been sec-ond to none.

My fellow colleagues, please join me in rec-ognizing Zumberak Lodge No. 859 for 60years of activities, comradeship, and living bytheir creed: ‘‘be a friend to the friendless,make the warring classes obsolete, here andin the land of our parents. Patience, peaceand prosperity are what we will be promulgat-ing.’’f

A TRUE LOCAL HERO—LEROYANDERSON

HON. GLENN POSHARDOF ILLINOIS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. POSHARD. Mr. Speaker, I would like topay tribute to one of my dearest friends,LeRoy Anderson. He passed away on July 27,1997, leaving a legacy of kindness and con-sideration that will be remembered by all whoknew him. I am proud to say that I knewLeRoy, he was an active member in the Mar-ion area and he touched many lives—espe-cially in the field of education.

LeRoy was born on June 17, 1935, to Albertand Bessie Anderson. On July 7, 1956, he

married Doris Feurer, his beloved wife for 41beautiful years. Leroy is also survived by histhree daughters, Valerie, Vickie, and Steph-anie, a sister and brother, Sue and George,and five much loved grandchildren. All willmiss him dearly.

The town of Marion, IL, has felt the indelibleimpact of LeRoy’s commitment to his commu-nity, his church, and to Marion High School.LeRoy is an alumni of Southern Illinois Univer-sity and proudly held a bachelor’s and mas-ter’s degree in both education and educationadministration. He was true to his professionand reached out to each and every studentthat set foot in his classroom.

LeRoy began his professional career inPittsburg, IL, as a fifth- and sixth-grade teach-er. He then moved to the high school levelwhere he taught American history, civics, anddriver education. While the mind is importantto develop, LeRoy helped round his studentsout by involving them in sports and coachedthe football, softball, and baseball teams.LeRoy was able to cash in on his talents fromhis youth where he was an all around athleteas a student at Marion High School playingfootball, baseball, basketball, and track.

In 1980, LeRoy was promoted to principal ofMarion High School and enjoyed an enduringtenure of 15 years. LeRoy was a local herowho did not hesitate to give back to his localneighbors and their children. His colleagueslooked up to him for advice in their careersand his students were the benefactors of hislove, understanding, and patience, especiallywhen it came to driver education students.

LeRoy was not only a leader in the edu-cation arena, but a spiritual leader in his localchurch community. For over 30 years he wasa faithful member of Zion United Church ofChrist in Marion, IL. There he taught Sundayschool and helped with local functions. LeRoyserved on the board and was never a hesitantmember, and could always be counted on toserve his fellow parishioners.

Mr. Speaker, LeRoy Anderson’s legacy willlive on. When we look at his life and hisachievement, especially being awarded Citizenof the Year in 1975 by the Marion Chamber ofcommerce, serving on the Marion Park boardfor 1973–1977, his ability to initiate the MarionHigh School graduation spree, which began in1991—the first of its kind in the local area,and jump starting the Marion Youth Baseballand Softball league, it is clear Leroy will bemissed. No one could ever take his place. Mr.Speaker, LeRoy has touched my life—he litthe torch and the town of Marion, IL will al-ways see him as an imspiration—a true localhero.f

TMJ AWARENESS MONTH

HON. BARNEY FRANKOF MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker,

I would like to call to my colleagues’ attentionthe designation of this coming November andall future Novembers as Jaw Joints—TMJAwareness Month. In Washington’s world ofabbreviations and acronyms, TMJ is not oneof the better known. Temporomandibular JointDisorders are among the more painful, yetleast well understood disorders affecting peo-ple today. While estimates of the number of

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1900 October 2, 1997people in this country affected by TMJ dis-orders run into the millions, these disordersare often mistaken for other ailments or pre-sumed to be psychological in nature.

In light of the difficulties that exist in diag-nosing and treating TMJ disorders it is clearlyvery appropriate to establish an awarenessmonth, and I applaud the Jaw Joints & AlliedMusculo-Skeletal Disorders Foundation forhelping organize this effort. The foundation,which is based in Boston, was created and ispresided over by two extremely dedicatedMassachusetts residents named Renee andMilton Glass. They have been an excellentsource of information to me over the yearsabout TMJ and related matters, and, althoughthis November is officially TMJ AwarenessMonth, it is also in many ways a tribute totheir dedication and hard work in the cause ofhelping those who suffer from this disorder.

As part of that work, Renee and MiltonGlass and their colleagues are going to be in-volved in two important TMJ-related events inWashington in November. On November 20and 21, the National Institutes of Health will beholding a workshop entitled ‘‘New Directions inPain Research,’’ which will include some dis-cussion of TMJ. On November 22, the TMJAssociation’s annual meeting, with participa-tion by the foundation, will take place at theNIH. Both events will no doubt make valuablecontributions to the goals of TMJ AwarenessMonth.

Mr. Speaker, because I share the Glass’ be-lief in the importance of making the publicmore aware of the effects ofTemporomandibular Joint Disorders, I ask thatthe attached material describing TMJ in moredetail, as well as the foundation’s missionstatement, be entered into the RECORD.

JAW JOINTS—TMJ AWARENESS MONTH

Temporomandibular Joint Disorders, com-monly referred to as ‘‘TMJ,’’ afflict millionsof Americans, both children and adults ofboth sexes and all races.

‘‘TMJ’’ is a painful and disabling disorderthat emanates from the Jaw Joints and canaffect the health of the entire neuro-musculo-skeletal system often spreadingpain and dysfunction throughout the body.

The Jaw Joints are the most special andcomplex joints in the entire anatomy. Whilesimilar to other joints—cushioned by car-tilage, held together by ligaments, andmoved by muscles activated by nerves—theydiffer in their structure which allows themto perform more functions than the otherjoints in the body allowing the mandible[lower jaw] to function in a five-way move-ment, i.e., from side-to-side, forward-and-backward, up-and-down, and to ‘‘open wide.’’

Due to their location, the Jaw Joints arethe pathway for motor and sensory activitiesto and from the brain to the rest of the body.Disorders to the Jaw Joints, therefore, canupset the delicate balance of the neuro-musculo-skeletal systems. Some of the di-verse symptoms of this multi-faceted TMJdisorder include inability to open or closethe mouth freely, difficulty in chewing andswallowing, headache, eye pain, ringing andpain in the ears, leg cramps, fatigue, andpain to the muscles throughout the entirebody. Many of the symptoms mimic or over-lap with many other disorders, thereby cre-ating the popular designation for TMJ as‘‘The Great Imposter,’’ and its sufferers as‘‘Prisoners of Pain.’’

While they are orthopedic joints like allother joints in the body, care for the JawJoints and disorders to them ‘‘falls betweenthe cracks’’ of medicine and dentistry, but is

largely directed into a dental and psycho-somatic realm despite the myriad of symp-toms usually treated by physicians and othernon-dental health providers. TMJ has notyet been established as a ‘‘legitimate’’ medi-cal disorder, thereby denying millions ofAmericans their fair entitlements to healthinsurance and other benefits, as well as theirdignity and deprives them of decent qualityof life. TMJ patients, therefore, are furtherpenalized by being physically, emotionally,and financially broken.

The nation’s pioneer TMJ patient advo-cacy organization, established in 1982, theJaw Joints & Allied Musculo-Skeletal Dis-orders Foundation, Inc. [JJAMD] isheadquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.Among its many goals and missions is thebroader recognition of the importance ofhealthy Jaw Joints to good oral and generalhealth. It plans to establish in-school pro-grams to teach children, their teachers andparents, the importance and function of theJaw Joints, as well as safety and preventionof injury to the Jaw Joints in sports, play,and daily activities. JJAMD advocates forrecognition by the Medical Profession andtheir Societies, Center for Disease Control[CDC,] the National Institutes of Health[NIH], the Arthritis Foundation, and all oth-ers concerning the need to include the JawJoints along with all other joints for inclu-sion in their programs, appropriate com-prehensive research and reporting in themedical and dental literature. JJAMD alsoencourages the Dental Profession to workwith the Medical Profession and to establisha requisite TMJ Speciality training withintheir professional schools.

JJAMD advocates for the creation of medi-cal models and medical protocols for the nec-essary appropriate health insurance coveragefor TMJ patients. This will help to end thediscrimination against millions of Ameri-cans who suffer with this disorder with disas-trous results—including the thousands whohave had silicone joint implants which havefailed. To this end, JJAMD has sponsoredindependent research, holds free public lec-tures, encourages support/self-help groupsand has organized and conducted profes-sional lectures and national seminars.JJAMD has received the support of the Mas-sachusetts Department of Public Health inmany of its activities and has become alliedwith another leading patient advocacy orga-nization. The TMJ Association, Ltd., in ef-forts to support all TMJ suffers around thecountry.

The ultimate aim of these actions is to al-leviate the untold preventable human suffer-ing of to those afflicted with TMJ as well asthe needless high costs of health care associ-ated therewith. By designating November ofeach years as ‘‘Jaw Joints-TMJ AwarenessMonth’’ awareness can be increased amongall Americans, and in particular those in aposition to help treat, insure, provide appro-priate research ultimately to prevent thisscourge in our nation.

JAW JOINTS & ALLIED MUSCULO-SKELETALDISORDERS FOUNDATION, INC.

WHO WE ARE

The Jaw Joints & Allied Musculo-SkeletalDisorders Foundation, Inc. [JJAMD] is a501(c)(3) non-profit national educational, re-search, and advocacy organization. It worksin promoting awareness, prevention, re-search, and knowledge of the Jaw Joints towhole body health. The disorder to theTemporoMandibular Joints [i.e., inlayperson’s term Jaw Joints], is mostlyknown as ‘‘TMJ Disorders.’’ TMJ is one ofthe most pervasive, least understood, andcontroversial health disorders in existencetoday. TMJ is now acknowledged as a com-

ponent in other disorders, and is also calledby a variety of other names and acronyms,adding to the controversy.

VISION STATEMENT

JJAMD expresses its vision through theuse of an axiom that ‘‘Life Revolves Aroundthe Jaw Joints in Every Motor and Sensoryactivity 24 hours a day, awake or asleep.’’JJAMD believes that the disorder to theseTemporoMandibular Joints—known pri-marily as ‘‘TMJ Disorder’’—is largely pre-ventable through a responsible and highquality program of public awareness andeducation.

MISSION STATEMENT

The specific mission of JJAMD, is to net-work with TMJ patients, the general public,health providers and their affiliations andsocieties, governmental agencies, insurers,and through liaison with the MassachusettsDepartment of Public Health, in order to:

Foster appropriate comprehensive publicawareness, knowledge, education, research,and information concerning theTemporoMandibular Joints [the JawJoints]—how they are structured, their func-tion, and their relationship to the wholebody for general good health.

Promote prevention of disorders and dis-eases to the Jaw Joints and advocate for ap-propriate comprehensive perception, medi-cal/dental classification, diagnoses, andtreatments for TMJ Disorder.

Foster self-help-support groups through aNational TMJ Alliance. Exchange informa-tion with other organizations who deal withdisorders containing a TMJ component or re-lationship.

Encourage the Medical and Dental profes-sions to work together in a multidisciplinaryteam effort to create a medical model, proto-cols for appropriate research, diagnoses,treatments, and responsible health insurancecoverage.

Enlist the Medical/Dental School edu-cators, and emergency medical staff, to in-clude within their curricula the routineteaching of the TemporoMandibular Joints[TMJ] and the disorders and diseases tothem.

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AMERICAN TEACHERS IN BOZNIAAND HERZEGOVINA HELP DE-VELOP SUPPORT FOR DEMOC-RACY AND FREE ELECTIONS

HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTONOF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I am proud torecognize Anne A. Fickling, who participatedin CIVITAS@Bosnia and Herzegovina, an in-tensive program designed to train teachersfrom throughout Boznia and Herzegovina withmaterials and methods developed to educatefor democracy. Ms. Fickling was part of ateam of 20 American educators who were as-signed to 16 locations throughout Bosnia andHerzegovina, including the Republika Srpska.The Americans were teamed with 18 teachersfrom the Council of Europe in 9 of these sites.This Education for Democracy Programreached 550 teachers from both entities ofBosnia and Herzegovina.

The summer training program was devel-oped by the Center for Civic Education as partof a major civic education initiative supportedby the U.S. Information Agency and the U.S.Department of Education and built on a pro-gram begun in 1996. The U.S. Information

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1901October 2, 1997Service in Sarajevo provided valuable assist-ance to the program. The goals of the pro-gram are to provide teachers with the toolsnecessary to help prepare students and theircommunities for competent and responsiblecitizenship, including participation in electionsand other opportunities to take part in the po-litical life of their communities. Achieving thisgoal will contribute to the reconstitution of asense of community, cooperation, tolerance,and support for democracy and human rightsin this war-torn area.

I am also pleased to announce that the cur-ricular materials being used for the program inBosnia and Herzegovina have been adaptedfrom the We the People—the Citizen and theConstitution, Foundations of Democracy andthe Project Citizen Programs which are sup-ported by Congress and used in schoolsthroughout the United States. Initial reportsevaluating the summer program indicates thematerials, selected and adapted by educatorsfrom Bosnia and Herzegovina, and teachingmethods were enthusiastically received andwill be adapted for use in classrooms in bothentities of the country.

Anne Fickling is a resident of the District ofColumbia and currently serves as program co-ordinator for the Center for Civic Education.She has traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina6 times spending 25 weeks assisting in thecoordination of this important program to pro-mote Democratic values in the classroom. Mr.Speaker, I wish to commend Anne Fickling forher dedication and commitment during theCIVITAS@Bosnia and Herzegovina program.Her work is helping to achieve the overall ob-jective of building democracy in Bosnia andHerzegovina.f

35TH ANNIVERSARY OF KVCR–TV

HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR.OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, Irise today on the floor of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives with the greatest sense ofpride to congratulate KVCR–TV, a public tele-vision station located at San Bernardino ValleyCollege in my congressional district, on its35th anniversary.

On September 11, 1997, KVCR–TV reachedthe milestone of 35 years serving the peopleof the Inland Empire. As a primary public tele-vision station, KVCR–TV, with consistent pro-gramming of local events, plays a vital role inthe educational and cultural growth of the In-land Empire.

KVCR–TV was the first public TV station inCalifornia to be licensed to a college or univer-sity and the first in the Nation to be licensedto a community college.

Public broadcasting is a private-public part-nership that works. At the local level, KVCR–TV successfully carries out its great respon-sibility of providing meaningful access to infor-mation to the community. Furthermore,KVCR–TV spearheads alternative learning op-portunities such as community serviceprojects, Internet-related activities, and work-shops for teachers, parents, and caregivers.

Its commitment to the well-being of a com-munity and community-based broadcast serv-ices set KVCR–TV apart from national tele-

communication services. The people of the In-land Empire have been very outspoken in theirsupport of KVCR–TV and its quality program-ming. As a long-time supporter of Federalfunding for public broadcasting stations, I amproud to have such an excellent example inour community.

Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join mein recognizing KVCR–TV on its 35th anniver-sary. Let us commend KVCR–TV for its publicinformation efforts for the benefit of the chil-dren and families who rely on public broad-casting as their source for news, information,and education.f

CONGRATULATING TRINITY COL-LEGE ON ITS 100TH ANNIVER-SARY

HON. BARBARA B. KENNELLYOF CONNECTICUT

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mrs. KENNELLY of Connecticut. Mr. Speak-er, today I rise to congratulate my alma mater,Trinity College of Washington, DC, which thisyear is celebrating its centennial anniversaryof providing quality higher education to womenin the Nation’s Capital, across the country,and around the world.

Trinity College was founded in August 1897by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as theNation’s first Catholic liberal arts college forwomen. Chartered by an act of Congress,Trinity has a rich tradition of academic excel-lence, specializing in preparing women forroles of leadership and service.

The Sisters of Notre Dame had a vision ofan institution for women, built on a challengingliberal arts curriculum that assumed thatwomen are the intellectual equal of men, andcomposed of a student body national in scope.One hundred years later, as Trinity proudlycelebrates its centennial, the work and beliefsof the community of the Sisters of Notre Damelive on.

Trinity welcomed its first students in 1900.In 1966, Trinity established its coeducationalgraduate program, and in 1984 created Week-end College, an undergraduate degree pro-gram designed to meet the educational goalsof the Washington area’s working women.

Today, with a diverse enrollment of nearly1,500 students in its undergraduate and co-educational graduate programs, Trinity is a na-tionally recognized leader among the Nation’swomen’s colleges and in the education ofadult women. Using Washington, DC, as anextended classroom, generations of Trinitystudents have walked these very corridors,providing valuable services as interns andstaff in so many of our offices.

In addition to its degree programs, Trinityalso educates thousands of students eachyear through its nondegree and affiliated pro-grams, including graduate workshops forteachers, Washington Very Special Arts, Up-ward Bound, Education for Parish Service,Notre Dame Education Center, andElderhostel. The college is also home to thePan American Symphony Orchestra, whichperforms concerts during the year for musiclovers throughout the Washington area.

Carrying on the tradition of the Sisters ofNotre Dame in helping those in need, Trinitystudents, faculty, and staff participate in var-

ious community service projects, including car-ing for boarder babies, tutoring and deliveringmeals to the homeless, and spending schoolbreaks living and working with migrant farm-workers at the Farmworker Ministry run by theSisters of Notre Dame in Apopka, FL. Trinity’sgraduate education students are active in part-nerships with area schools, and undergradu-ate students conduct after-school programs forthe children at neighborhood elementaryschools, where faculty provide teaching assist-ance and mentoring programs.

Trinity graduates, including my esteemedcolleague from the great State of California,NANCY PELOSI, are using their education tomake a difference in their communities—across the country and around the globe—incorporate boardrooms, courtrooms, class-rooms, laboratories, and families.

In 1997, the work of the Sisters of NotreDame continues to thrive as Trinity College re-mains an institution centered around women,and enriched by the Catholic tradition, a placewhere women can gain the knowledge andtools necessary to succeed in their own livesand give back to their communities. As amember of Trinity’s class of 1958, I am proudto wish Trinity College continued success as itcelebrates ‘‘A Century of Women Leading theWay,’’ and prepares to move forward into the21st century.f

JACOB WETTERLING CRIMESAGAINST CHILDREN AND SEXU-ALLY VIOLENT OFFENDERS REG-ISTRATION IMPROVEMENTS ACTOF 1997

HON. JENNIFER DUNNOF WASHINGTON

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997Ms. DUNN. Madam Speaker, it is the re-

sponsibility of our Nation to make our commu-nities safer. It is our responsibility to give com-munities and families the tools to protectwomen and children from sexual predators.Everything we can do to improve our laws andsharpen these tools is a top priority.

The Jacob Wetterling Improvements Actdoes just that. It improves upon existing sex-ual offender registration laws in order to en-sure that sexual predators who may run, canno longer hide.

In 1994, Congress enacted The JacobWetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexu-ally Violent Offender Registration Act. This actrequires certain offenders to register their ad-dresses and other pertinent information withlocal law enforcement upon release from pris-on. The Wetterling Improvements Act tightensthis prudent law to prevent violent sex offend-ers from falling through the cracks.

In my home State of Washington, residentstake sex offender registration laws very seri-ously. Legislators have enacted a new lawwhich makes it a felony for sex offenders toignore registration requirements. Violating thenew law carries a penalty of up to 5 years inprison. A special police task force has beengiven the authority to track down and arrestsex offenders who fail to register their where-abouts with law enforcement.

Madam Speaker, these are the types of cre-ative solutions that we need to protect ourfamilies and neighborhoods from sexual pred-ators. The Jacob Wetterling Improvements Act

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1902 October 2, 1997provides States with the flexibility and freedomto design their own registry programs, insteadof implementing a one-size-fits-all plan.

I applaud the improvements in this legisla-tion and am proud to be an original cosponsorof the Jacob Wetterling Improvements Act. Iask my colleagues to join me in supportingthis prudent measure.f

TRIBUTE FOR LT. COMDR. LEIGHMADDEN

HON. PATRICK J. KENNEDYOF RHODE ISLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. Mr. Speak-er, today, it is with special pride that I rise topay tribute to a friend, a great American, anda U.S. Navy SEAL, Lt. Comdr. Leigh Madden.The Navy’s elite Sea-Air Land [SEAL] Forcesrepresent a component of the U.S. SpecialOperations Command [SOCOM]. The peoplewho comprise our Special Operations Forces[SOF] are specially trained, highly skilled, andextremely intelligent men and women. On adaily basis, our SOF exceed establishedstandards, go that extra mile or, in LieutenantCommander Madden’s case, swim those extramiles in cold and dangerous conditions inorder to prepare for deployment on some ofour Nation’s most sensitive and critical mis-sions.

Just as the men and women of SOF can, ona moment’s notice, integrate their special opscapabilities into a full spectrum of operationsranging from peacetime activities to war,throughout his career Lieutenant CommanderMadden continues to use his skills and talentsto succeed in a wide range of assignments.

Lieutenant Commander Madden’s service tohis country in Special Operations began in1985 with his attendance and successful com-pletion of the most challenging and physicallydemanding course in the U.S. military, BasicUnderwater Demolition SEAL [BUDS] training.After graduating BUDS class 138, Leigh Mad-den spent the next 8 years serving in SEALTeams on both the west coast and the eastcoast. Deploying over the years to more than20 different countries in Asia, Central andSouth America, the Caribbean, and the MiddleEast, Lieutenant Commander Madden spentmore time in worldwide hotspots than he didin his own hometown.

Lieutenant Commander Madden’s experi-ence and reputation as one of the finest in theSpecial Operations community ultimately ledto his assignment as a leader of one of thiscountry’s most accomplished combat units.Because of the sensitive nature, the exploitsof this unit must remain secret. Although attimes Leigh has served in the covert world, itis evident that as he was placed in positionsof rapidly increasing responsibility, he suc-cessfully met each challenge and his careerquickly progressed.

Thus, when the leadership of the U.S. Spe-cial Operations Command required someoneto work in the highly visible and politically sig-nificant Legislative Affairs Office, they knewLieutenant Commander Madden was the per-son for the job. SOCOM knew they couldcount on Lieutenant Commander Madden touse his experience, skills, and education in away that would clearly illustrate the importance

of SOF while also conveying to U.S. policy-makers the needs of Special Operators in thefield.

In his position as deputy director of legisla-tive affairs for SOCOM, Lieutenant Com-mander Madden provided Members of Con-gress with a better understanding of how thewide-ranging capabilities of our SOF relate totoday’s dynamic international environment.Lieutenant Commander Madden ensured thatSenators, Representatives, and their staffs vis-ited our Special Operations Forces around theglobe. As a result of these trips, I and manyothers have been able to see firsthand themany contributions to our national securitymade by the first-rate men and women of theSpecial Operations Community.

In working with the Congress these past 21⁄2years, Leigh’s sense of duty, his political acu-men, and his ability to understand an issuefrom all angles has not only averted conflictbut has resulted in sound decisions, decisionsthat were best for the Special OperationsCommunity and for our Nation. One of themany tangible results of Lieutenant Com-mander Madden’s diligence is the fact that theSEALS can expect the Advanced Seal Deliv-ery System to be delivered into the fleet bylate 1999 or early 2000.

Sadly for many of us in Congress who havehad the pleasure and honor of working withLieutenant Commander Madden, it is time forLeigh to return to the world that is his firstlove, the cold, wet, hard, and dangerous worldof a Navy SEAL. On this assignment, his skillsand experience as one of the Nation’s bestSpecial Operators will be put to immediate usein protecting our Nation.

Much as I take great pride in continuing theKennedy family tradition of supporting ourSpecial Operations Forces, Lieutenant Com-mander Madden can take great pride in a jobexceptionally well done. On behalf of the U.S.Congress, I want to thank Lieutenant Com-mander Madden for his continuing service tothis Nation and extend to both Leigh and hiswife, Jessie, ‘‘Fair winds and following seas.’’f

A POINT-OF-LIGHT FOR ALLAMERICANS: ETHELINE DUBIN

HON. MAJOR R. OWENSOF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, Sep-tember 26, 1997, at the Brooklyn Society ForEthical Culture, the New York community sa-luted Etheline Dunbar Dubin as a Point-of-Light for her neighborhood, her city, and for allhuman kind. Etheline was a model for numer-ous other unsung heroes and heroines spreadacross our land. She was one of those thou-sands of citizens who are dedicated enough towork tirelessly behind the scenes and neverrequest an ounce of glory or recognition.

In the early sixties when I first became in-volved in civil rights and political activities, Ms.Dubin was one of my mentors. She seemed toknow everything about everybody in local pub-lic life. She was an invaluable civic guidebookfor a newcomer from Memphis, TN, treadinghis way through the byzantine politics of NewYork City.

Unselfish in her personal life; unselfish withher family; and unselfish for the community in

many causes, Etheline Dubin was the kind ofleader who was needed in elected office. Butshe never threw her hat in the ring and an-nounced that she was running for office.Etheline Dubin was a Point-of-Light but shenever craved high visibility; her ego neverneeded bolstering; she had no great hungerfor political power.

She was not a wimp with weak convictions.Etheline Dubin was consumed by a passion todo the right thing. From her first civic activitiesto the very end she raged against evil. Shewas the unsung champion of the people onthe bottom who had no one else to fight forthem. One of the last indignant complaints thatEtheline registered directly with me was acomplaint against a candidate who was run-ning for judge: ‘‘That man owns two housesthat have hundreds of housing code violations.He is running for a judgeship but that man isa slum lord.’’

The civic and political history of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brooklyn can be writtenagainst the backdrop of Etheline Dubin’s indig-nation against evil and her feisty willingness tofight for whatever is right. Etheline and Mar-shall Dubin almost instinctively bounded to theright side. No one ever had to plead with themto go to the front line in a battle for a justcause.

When Bedford-Stuyvesant decided that itwanted more than one token representative inthe NY State Assembly, Etheline was there inthe fight to elect Tom Jones as the first realBedford Stuyvesant people’s representative. Inthe fights against discrimination in employmentand against discrimination in housing, Ethelinewas there. In the middle of the controversywhich erupted when community planning dis-trict boundaries were drawn, Etheline wasthere.

Etheline’s long years of work on communityplanning board eight might be described asher anchor achievement in the community.From her base on planning board eight herconcern for all aspects of community life couldradiate outward.

From the battle to keep the Franklin Avenueshuttle running to the detailed monitoring ofthe quality of life near her home on the cornerof Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue,Etheline made her presence felt. We all enjoythe benefits of a better neighborhood and abetter Brooklyn as a result of the efforts ofEtheline and her partners on community plan-ning board eight.

Etheline Dubin was a solid brick, a goldenbrick in the foundation of what is best aboutour American democracy. Most of us in deci-sionmaking positions realize that the hope ofour system comes from the bottom up. It isthe integrity and the tenacity of the brothersand sisters who are never awarded medalsand big prizes; these qualities keep our soci-ety moving forward.

President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Dealwas shaped by the unrelenting demands ofthe strikers on the picket lines, the demonstra-tors in the streets, the activists in the endlessmeetings. President Lyndon Johnson wasmoved to push aggressively for voting rightslegislation by the marchers who were beatenon a bridge in Selma, AL. We still do not knowthe names of the majority of the heroes whofell that morning under the clubs, bayonets,and tear gas. Just this past week we have wit-nessed commemorations in Little Rock at-tended by President Clinton to remind us of

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1903October 2, 1997the heroism of nine children and other mem-bers of the Little Rock African-American com-munity when they braved the threat of mob vi-olence to integrate Central High School.Those ordinary people inspired President Ei-senhower to send troops in to enforce a Su-preme Court decision.

Etheline Dubin lived in this tradition ofunusing heroes doing what had to be done.Now she has departed leaving behind herhusband, Marshall and two sons: Jonathanand Jason Dubin. Today we do not have theresources and the power to erect a statue forEtheline. But the memorial service was morethan just a moment of reflection, meditationand grieving. She is one of our last heroines.We must celebrate our heroines and heroes.We must erect monuments in our minds thatwill never crumble. We must let Points-of-Lightshine that will never go out. We must rededi-cate our lives to the spirit of unselfish activismin memory of Etheline Dubin.f

PREVENTING DEADLY CONFLICT

HON. LEE H. HAMILTONOF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like tobring to my colleagues’ attention my monthlynewsletter on foreign affairs from August 1997entitled ‘‘Preventing Deadly Conflict.’’

I ask that this newsletter be printed in theCONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

The newsletter follows:

PREVENTING DEADLY CONFLICT

Many thought the end of the Cold Warwould mean a more peaceful internationalorder. But conflict has not lessened. Today,there are more than 27 conflicts underwayaround the world.

Conflict prevention is a matter of acuteimportance for U.S. foreign policy. Wheneveror wherever a crisis erupts, the world looksfor a U.S. leadership role in resolving it,Public opinion strongly resists a U.S. role asthe world’s policeman, and policy-makers al-ways ask: What are the alternatives to send-ing in the Marines? The use of force shouldbe the option of not only last but least re-sort. Unless a better system of conflict pre-vention is developed, the burden on the U.S.will be much greater, financially and mili-tary, to respond to instability and conflict.

Sources of conflict are diverse. Most con-flicts today are not between states but with-in states. Political repression of racial, eth-nic or religious groups creates the conditionsfor conflict. Violence born of desperation be-comes the alternative to continued repres-sion.

There are also economic causes. Gross im-balances in living standards can breed con-flict. Even economic reform and growth,building blocks of stability, can contributeto conflict. For example, growth has by-passed indigenous populations in many partsof Latin America, and inequality has con-tributed to armed revolt in Mexico and Peru.

Nations still compete violently for thecontrol of resources. Control of oil and watercontinue to be a source of contention—andwar—in the Middle East. Population pres-sures can create a serious strain on limitedresources, and so can refugees. Most of theworld’s 15 million refugees today are the re-sult of conflict, but massive refugee move-ments can also spread conflict and instabil-ity.

Much conflict is rooted in deep-seated his-torical animosities. U.S. diplomacy hashelped to stop wars, for example, in the Bal-kans and Middle East, but long-term resolu-tion of these and other conflicts has beenelusive.

What should be done? Because conflict res-olution is so complex, we need a comprehen-sive approach. The challenge is to developthe available arsenal of tools and to usethem skillfully. Among these tools are dia-logue, mediation, political and economicsticks and carrots, diplomatic pressure fromthe regional and international communities,sanctions, and—if necessary—internationalmilitary intervention, either by consent orby force.

At the local level, the primary responsibil-ity for conflict prevention rests with a coun-try itself. Any country will be susceptible tointernal violence if there is not economicgrowth and good governance. If a countryhas good political, economic and legal mech-anisms, tensions can be addressed before vio-lence erupts. Democratic countries withmarket-based economies have the bestrecord of achieving lasting peace and pros-perity.

At the regional level, we should work toincrease the effectiveness of security institu-tions—the Organization of American States,the Organization of African Unity, theASEAN Regional Forum, and others—to pre-vent conflict. They should take more respon-sibility for economic development and inte-gration, the promotion of good governance,and conflict prevention. It is better, for ex-ample, if Africans deal with African prob-lems. Regional organizations should supportconfidence-building measures to increasemilitary transparency, communication, andcooperation. They should develop the capa-bility to apply pressure, offer assistance, ordeploy regional forces to prevent conflict.

At the international level, there is muchto be done. First, the international commu-nity needs a capability for preventive action.This means the ability to deploy civilianpersonnel—to mediate problems, to provideimmediate economic relief, and to addressthe long-term problems that give rise to con-flict. The UN should give higher priority toconflict prevention. Among other things, theinternational community needs a better sys-tem of early warning and response. Conflictseldom arises without warning. Personsknowledgeable about countries are rarelysurprised when long-simmering problems es-calate into full-scale conflict. The problem isgetting timely attention by policy-makers.

Second, the international communityneeds to address the underlying economiccauses of conflict. The U.S. should work withthe international community, especiallyinternational financial institutions, to sup-port long-term development assistance toachieve economic growth and promote eco-nomic opportunity and equality. Workingthrough institutions such as the World Bank,the International Monetary Fund, and theWorld Trade Organization, the U.S. shouldsupport market reform and regional eco-nomic integration to bolster growth. Theinternational community must be preparedto apply pressure, even sanctions, to statesthat do not work to prevent violence or pro-mote conflict resolution.

Third, the international community needsto support political reform and the develop-ment of responsive and accountable govern-ment. Helping to establish and promote in-stitutions of civil society such as politicalparties, trade unions, independent media,and the rule of law are important safeguardsfor protecting human rights, fighting corrup-tion, and fending off political demagoguery.Democratic societies and governments han-dle political disputes with far less violence.

Finally, the international communitymust improve its military response to con-flicts once they reach the crisis stage. Thereare many problems in developing the appro-priate mechanism for an international mili-tary capability to intervene in areas of po-tential or actual conflict, but it is urgentthat these problems be addressed and solu-tions found. The UN continues to coordinateefforts by governments to train forces andset aside necessary resources for future mis-sions. The U.S. should support these efforts,so that the international community can re-spond rapidly and effectively if a military re-sponse is required.

Conclusion. There is no cure for war andhuman folly. We will always have both, andthe U.S. cannot and should not be respon-sible for addressing all the world’s ills. Yetthe U.S., the international community, andindividual states can do more to prevent orreduce conflict. Early attention to disputescan save lives as well as the financial andhuman costs of military intervention. It maynot be a message that is popular in the cur-rent political climate, but devoting more re-sources and efforts to conflict prevention isa long-term investment that serves the U.S.national interest.

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION

HON. CASS BALLENGEROF NORTH CAROLINA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, I was un-avoidably detained on Thursday, September25, for rollcall votes 453 and 454. Had I beenpresent, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ In addition,I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ for rollcall vote 455on this same day.f

IN RECOGNITION OF COL. TERRYL. RICE

HON. PETER DEUTSCHOF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today torecognize Col. Terry L. Rice, upon his depar-ture from his post as Commander and DistrictEngineer of the Jacksonville District of theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Among hismany duties in the region, Colonel Rice is bestremembered for his commitment to the FloridaEverglades and the partnerships he developedtoward restoration of this priceless nationaltreasure.

Throughout his command at the Jackson-ville District, Colonel Rice committed the corpsto a balanced approach toward environmentalmanagement. He has incorporated creativeplanning, engineering, construction, and man-agement of projects that encompass the thirdlargest civil works district in the Nation. Histori-cally, the Jacksonville District is known as aninnovative global leader in environmental res-toration. Colonel Rice has built on this legacyby giving the Army Corps of Engineers a newlook in south Florida through his commitmentto the people of Florida and his vision for eco-system restoration.

For those of us in south Florida and all whovalue the Florida Everglades, I wish ColonelRice great success in his future endeavors.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1904 October 2, 1997TRADE FAIRNESS

HON. RANDY ‘‘DUKE’’ CUNNINGHAMOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, golf wasnot invented in the United States. But the Unit-ed States leads the world in the manufacturingof quality golf clubs. Golfers know that most ofthese manufacturers are headquartered inCalifornia, predominantly in Carlsbad in mycongressional district. They dominate this $2-billion industry because they lead in researchand development of new materials that im-prove the performance, durability, and appear-ance of golf clubs. Major American invest-ments have been made in the research, devel-opment, design, and manufacture of golfclubs, components, and their materials.

To remain competitive, these companies attimes source components, such as golf clubheads, offshore. Their high-paying researchand design and final manufacturing operationsremain here in the United States. Modernquality domestic golf clubs undergo precisionoperations involving many skilled U.S. techni-cians, using leading edge assembly and testequipment here in the United States.

Unfortunately, the prosperity of Americanemployers is threatened and disrupted by arbi-trary or capricious country of origin markingrules and regulations. These have been adopt-ed and proposed by the U.S. Customs Serv-ice. They include the NAFTA marking regula-tions, the proposed marking regulations, andultimately the Uruguay round country of originchanges scheduled for implementation in sev-eral years. The U.S. golf club industry hasbeen able to cope with U.S. Customs regula-tions prior to implementation of the NAFTAmarking rules. But the new country of originmarking requirements have become real tradeand economic barriers. Contrary to their statedpurpose, the new requirements are less un-derstandable, more subjective, and more bur-densome than previous marking requirements.

The marking problems can be resolved byrecognizing that the process of final manufac-turing of golf clubs in the United States isclearly a substantial transformation. Unlike golfclubs of the past, the final manufacturing ofmodern golf clubs is a high-precision, multi-step process by skilled U.S. technicians re-quiring significant attention to detail. They uselaser-guided equipment and highly sensitivescales to determine the weights of individualcomponents and final clubs. Any slight vari-ance causes the rejection of a club that doesnot meet company or industry swingweightstandards.

The U.S. golf club manufacturing industry isa significant domestic employer that deservesto be treated fairly by trade laws. New andProposed country of origin marking require-ments simply fail to recognize the techno-logical progress this industry has made, at thedemand of golfers everywhere. By enactinglegislation that reflects current industry prac-tices, we restore trade fairness to the U.S. golfclub industry, preserve good American jobs,and enhance our trade competitiveness.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

HON. RON KINDOF WISCONSIN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, my colleagues inthe Republican Party have continued to arguethat they oppose campaign finance reform be-cause we first need to investigate the abusesby the White House during the last campaign.While I fully support the airing of the abusesthat may have taken place in 1996, I do notaccept the excuse that we cannot act onchanging the system until the Republican in-vestigations are concluded.

The reality is that much of the abuses of thesystem in 1996 were technically legal. Partiesare allowed to raise soft money, intended forparty building activities, without any limits andwith very little accountability. It is the com-pletely legal soft money contributions of hun-dreds of thousands and even millions of dol-lars that are corrupting the political system.

Furthermore, the hearings are not coveringevery abuse of the current system. One suchexample is the multibillion-dollar tax breakgiven to the tobacco industry during the bal-anced budget agreement. In that agreement,the Republican leadership in the House andthe Senate inserted a $50 billion tax break forthe tobacco industry. Campaign contributionsof more than $1.9 million to the RepublicanParty over the past 18 months, all legal underthe current system, bought the tobacco indus-try a multibillion-dollar tax break. Yet no one isinvestigating that issue.

Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate that we vigor-ously investigate possible violations of the law,by both political parties, during the 1996 elec-tion cycle. However, we should not use that asan excuse to delay making real changes tothe campaign finance system as soon as pos-sible. The time to act is now, we can nolonger accept no as an answer.f

THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OFCLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

HON. BART STUPAKOF MICHIGAN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I have the privi-lege of coming before Congress today to paytribute to a company operating in my districtthat has played a major role in the economic,cultural and historical development of northernMichigan and in the rise of the economic andmilitary power of the United States itself in thelast century and a half.

The history of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is a fas-cinating one, because it is entwined with thedevelopment of the Soo Locks, the growth ofshipping on the Great Lakes, and the develop-ment of pelletizing iron ore. The company’shistory even has ties to a candidate for theU.S. Presidency in the year 1876.

The company began as the Cleveland IronCo. in 1847, just 3 years after iron ore wasdiscovered in the remote wilderness of Michi-gan’s Upper Peninsula. Michigan had beengiven the Upper Peninsula as compensationfor a disputed piece of land along the Michi-gan-Ohio border known as the Toledo strip.

The discovery of iron and of copper in theUpper Peninsula of Michigan made this ex-change suddenly seem very much worthwhile.

Northern Michigan in those years was still aremote frontier area. Mining began in earnestin the 1850’s, but getting the ore to port fromthis wilderness was a great challenge. Theconstruction of a plank road through miles ofrugged terrain brought ore to the budding cityof Marquette on Lake Superior, and by 1857a railroad with steam engines was hauling oreto the new docks in Marquette.

The opening of the Sault Ste. Marie ShipCanal, allowing ships to bypass the rapids onthe St. Mary’s River en route between LakeSuperior and Lake Huron, was a significantevent in the development of the iron and steelindustry in the United States. The passage ofthe two-masted brigantine Columbia throughthe Soo Locks in August 1855 with 120 tonsof ore was significant in this regard. It meantnot only that ore would be mined in UpperMichigan, and later in Minnesota, but thatprocessing of ore and the manufacture of steelwould be done in blast furnaces far from themines, in States on the south shore of theeastern Great Lakes.

During the Civil War and in the years thatfollowed the war, production tonnages in-creased on a regular basis, with shipments hit-ting the 200,000 ton mark in 1880. Surfacedeposits of ore were exhausted by then, andshaft mining was begun to follow the rich ironore veins underground.

By 1890 there were two major iron miningoperations on the Marquette Iron Range. Join-ing the Cleveland Iron Co. was the Iron CliffsCo., founded by Samuel J. Tilden, DemocraticParty nominee for President against Ruther-ford B. Hayes. A merger of these two compa-nies in 1891 created the Cleveland-Cliffs IronCo.

This new company was a pioneer, bringingmany firsts to the industry and to the region.It brought electrical power to the Upper Penin-sula by building an hydroelectric plant in 1910.In 1900 it created the first geological depart-ment for an iron mining company in the LakeSuperior Region. It organized a welfare de-partment in 1905, developed a pension plan in1909, formed the region’s first mine safety de-partment in 1911, built a modern hospital in1918, and even build lumber mills to harvestthe abundant timber.

Making good use of its vast land holdings,the company hired a landscape architect todesign a model town for the area. The com-munity of Gwinn is named for ElizabethGwinn, mother of company president WilliamGwinn Mather.

Perhaps the most significant breakthroughfor the region and for the industry occurredwhen Cleveland Cliffs researchers, workingwith the U.S. Bureau of Mines, developed thecurrent method of concentrating low-grade oreinto pellets. The process of pelletizing iron orehas provided Cleveland Cliffs and the steel in-dustry with more than 375 million tons of ironore pellets. These pellets are made from oreonce considered too low in iron to have anyvalue. Despite periods of economic slowdown,the company, now known as Cleveland-CliffsInc., is the world’s largest producer of iron orepellets and the leading supplier of high-qualityiron ore products to the steel industry in NorthAmerica.

The company employs approximately one-third of its 6,000-member work force in north-ern Michigan. Others work in the corporate

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1905October 2, 1997headquarters in Cleveland, OH, as well as innorthern Minnesota, where the company alsomines iron ore.

Mr. Speaker, Cleveland-Cliffs has an eco-nomic, historical and cultural presence deep inthe geography and the people of the UpperPeninsula of Michigan and in the economy ofthe United States. We wish the company andits employees years of success and the bless-ings of innovation that will keep it viable wellinto a new millennium.f

CONGRATULATING MASSACHU-SETTS STATE SENATOR MARKMONTIGNY

HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY IIOF MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts. Mr.Speaker, I rise today to recognize and con-gratulate Massachusetts State Senator MarkMontigny as a 1997 recipient of the Dr. Na-than Davis Award in the category of Outstand-ing State Senator. The Davis awards, pre-sented to local State, and Federal career andelected government officials, were establishedby the American Medical Association in 1989and are truly one of the most prestigiousforms of recognition for outstanding publicservice in the advancement of public health.

The Massachusetts Senate president,Thomas Birmingham, and the MassachusettsMedical Society, nominated Senator Montignyfor this award because of his effort as SenateChair of the Joint Committee on Health Careto protect the physician-patient relationshipand to improve the health of our citizenry, par-ticularly the working poor and their children.

Senator Montigny’s innovative legislative ini-tiatives include a new Massachusetts Statelaw that provides health insurance to most ofthe Commonwealth’s uninsured children and apilot prescription drug subsidy program for in-digent seniors. He has also authored a bill tolimit the use of pre-existing condition clausesand waiting periods in health coverage—vir-tually guaranteeing the right to obtain healthinsurance coverage. He has also championeda Physician Profiling bill that supports bothconsumer empowerment and the need for ac-curacy and fairness to physicians. In addition,Senator Montigny is working on legislation thatwould refinance Massachusetts’ Uncompen-sated Care Pool, regulate the managed careindustry, and preserve traditional values forcommunity health care institutions in the State.

Mr. Speaker, I have mentioned only a veryshort portion of a very long list of accomplish-ments that Senator Mark Montigny has con-tributed to the public health needs of Massa-chusetts residents. I am honored to congratu-late him today for an award he undoubtedlyhas earned and deserves.f

TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE-CHOICESPREGNANCY CENTER

HON. ROY BLUNTOF MISSOURI

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec-ognize the Life-Choices Pregnancy Center,

which has served the women of Joplin, MOsince its inception in 1990. To date, over4,000 women have received services from thecenter in the form of pregnancy testing, coun-seling for those considering an abortion, andsupport for those who have already had anabortion. The center also manages two pro-grams that make a difference in the lives ofmany Joplin residents: Mom Care, is designedto help mothers deal with their parenting re-sponsibilities, and the Virtuous Reality pro-gram provides valuable information to teensand parents about making responsible andhealthy choices in their lives. As evidence ofthe good work of the Life-Choices PregnancyCenter, at least 160 babies who would havebeen aborted are alive and well today be-cause of their counseling and support.

On October 7, the center will dedicate itsnew facility which will enable it to serve morewomen in a number of new ways. The centerwill immediately begin to offer ultrasound im-aging, physical exams, and other forms of pre-natal care for at-risk women. In the near fu-ture, they also plan to add testing and treat-ment for sexually transmitted diseases, preand post adoption counseling, abstinence edu-cation, and a 24 hour telephone help line tobetter serve the women of southwest Missouri.

Life constantly presents us with choices,and there are consequences to the choicesthat we make. A woman faced with an un-planned pregnancy has few options, and oftenfeels that she has no where to turn. I amgrateful that the women of Joplin can turn tothe Life-Choices Pregnancy Center becausethere they can find a friend who has the pa-tience to listen and the experience to under-stand and give advice that many would not beable to give. And, whatever her decision mightbe, I know that the center will provider herwith the love, support, and counseling that shewill need to make it through such a difficulttime.

In closing, I remember the words of MotherTheresa. Speaking at a National PrayerBreakfast in 1994, she asked ‘‘How do wepersuade a woman not to have an abortion?As always, we must persuade her with loveand remind ourselves that love means to bewilling to give until it hurts. Jesus gave evenhis life to love us.’’ I thank everyone whomade the choice to give of their time and lovefor the benefit of others at the Life-ChoicesPregnancy Center.f

A TRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH PHILA-DELPHIA REVIEW ON THE OCCA-SION OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

HON. THOMAS M. FOGLIETTAOF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. FOGLIETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise todayto pay tribute to my neighborhood newspaper,the South Philadelphia Review, which thisyear celebrates its 50th anniversary.

The South Philly Review is one of the best-written, best-edited community newspapers inthe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Over theyears, the Review has reported on many ofmy achievements here in Congress. But moreimportantly, the Review has been the eyesand ears of the unique community of SouthPhiladelphia. Reporting on births and deaths,

food and drink, high culture and low, the Re-view is South Philadelphia.

In keeping with its commitment to the peo-ple of South Philadelphia, the Review hassponsored many initiatives to improve ourcommunity. In the 1980’s, they started an an-nual food drive that helps to feed thousands ofhungry citizens every year; founded a YouthAppreciation Award to promote the positiveachievements of South Philadelphia students,backing it up with the reward of a U.S. Sav-ings bond; and created a Lifestyles Section tofeature local artists, writers, and entertainerswho have made an impact on their commu-nity. In 1992, they created an Opinion/Editorialpage to give residents a forum to voice andexchange opinions on important issues, and in1995 they started a free concert series thatruns throughout the month of June in MarconiPlaza.

In recognition of the quality of the publica-tion, the Philadelphia Press Associationawarded it the title of Best Weekly Newspaperin the Delaware Valley for 1996. In 1997, theReview repeated as the recipient of thisaward.

Mr. Speaker, in light of its contributions tolocal journalism and to the community ofSouth Philadelphia, I hope my colleagues willjoin me today in congratulating the SouthPhiladelphia Review for its first 50 years, andwish it the best of luck in its next 50.f

WELFARE-TO-WORK PROVISIONS

HON. JERRY F. COSTELLOOF ILLINOIS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I want tobring to my colleagues’ attention the Clintonadministration’s proposed welfare-to-work pro-visions. The House is currently consideringH.R. 2400, the BESTEA legislation, which in-cludes a welfare-to-work component. How-ever, I believe that in order for our welfare re-form package—which I supported—to suc-ceed, we must have strong provisions to tran-sition welfare recipients into the workplace.

The BESTEA legislation includes $42 millionwith a cap of 10 projects nationwide. I com-mend Chairman SHUSTER and our rankingmember, Congressman OBERSTAR, for rec-ognizing the need for this program. However,I believe we should approve the Clinton ad-ministration’s proposal for transit welfare-to-work, which calls for $100 million. By the year2002, States must have moved half of all adultwelfare recipients—over 2 million people—offof welfare and into the workforce. This pilotprogram approach is now written in BESTEAwill not be adequate to meet the needs of wel-fare reform.

The Metro East has over 10,000 welfare cli-ents without earned income who need edu-cation and training to find meaningful employ-ment, according to the Illinois Department ofHuman Services. Regional studies haveshown that with training, we can reduce ourwelfare rolls and put people back into theworkplace, and transportation plays a key rolein making that happen.

I support the administration’s welfare-to-work provisions and intend to work next springto increase the amount for this program in theBESTEA legislation. I urge my colleagues to

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1906 October 2, 1997work with me to lift the cap limit on projectsand increase the amount authorized to suffi-cient levels to make welfare reform a success.f

TRIBUTE TO P.I.M.E. MISSION-ARIES AND THE KNIGHTS OFCHARITY

HON. DAVID E. BONIOROF MICHIGAN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, P.I.M.E. Mis-sionaries in an organization with a noble mis-sion: to serve people around the world in pas-toral, educational, medical, and developmentalways. Throughout the years, their vision ofpeace and justice have enhanced the qualityof life for so many people.

In 1947, under the influence of Edward Car-dinal Mooney of the Archdiocese of Detroit,P.I.M.E. Missionaries established U.S. head-quarters in Detroit. Its members come fromseveral countries including Italy, England, theUnited States, Canada, Brazil, India, and Mex-ico. The international membership of P.I.M.E.embodies the characteristic of the universalchurch.

This year, P.I.M.E. has chosen three individ-uals who have dedicated much of their life totheir communities. Frank Stella, Rabbi DanielSyme, and Kenneth Way have continuallyused their resources and energy to bring aidand sympathy to those who need it. Throughtheir charitable involvement, these men haveproven to be indispensable members of theircommunities.

For the past five decades, the members ofP.I.M.E. Missionaries have combined theirtime and talents to help those in needthroughout the world. As Father ClementVismara once said, ‘‘If we keep life only forourselves, then it withers. Life is radiant fromthe moment we give it to others.’’ I ask mycolleagues to join me in congratulating themembers of P.I.M.E. along with Frank Stella,Rabbi Syme, and Kenneth Way for their con-tributions to society.f

A POINT OF LIGHT FOR ALLAMERICANS: WILLIAM H. PEASE,JR.

HON. MAJOR R. OWENSOF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to saluteProf. William H. Pease, Jr. as a Point of lightfor the citizens of New York City and for allAmericans. Professor Pease is a teacher, aformer engineer, and a forceful advocate ofthe study of African-American history. Tomor-row, October 2, 1997, Professor Pease will be76 years old. He presently serves as professoremeritus, professor of electrical engineeringand assistant dean of instruction at SuffolkCommunity College in Selden, NY.

In his own right, William Pease is a Point oflight; however, he would proudly acknowledgethe fact that he is also a reflection of theflames left burning by two of his mentors, Ro-setta Gaston and Carter G. Woodson. In addi-tion to all of his other labors, the promotion of

African-American history has always been apassion of Professor Pease. He was a teen-age pupil of Mother Gaston who first intro-duced him to the work of Carter G. Woodson,the founder of the Association for the Study ofNegro Life and History. It should be noted thatDr. John Hope Franklin, the current chairmanof the President’s Advisory Board on Race,was also a disciple of Carter G. Woodson.

Professor Pease’s great passion for the pro-motion of African-American history increaseshis effectiveness in his work with youth. Wher-ever possible, he is always ready to assistyouth-serving programs. Together with hisdaughter, Denise Pease, he has sponsored ascholarship awarded through the CentralBrooklyn Martin Luther King Commission tostudent winners of essay and art contests. Asa teacher and a counselor he has directly in-spired young people. In his quite and forthrightpresentations, he keeps the spirit of FredericDouglass and Martin Luther King alive.

Professor Pease is a graduate of Poly-technic Institute of Brooklyn and Fordham Uni-versity. Prior to assuming his position at Suf-folk County Community College, he was asenior instructor at RCA Institute and a micro-wave engineer at Tungsol Electronics. At Suf-folk, he has served as the director of the edu-cational opportunities program and the facilityadvisor of the Black Students Organization.

Numerous organizations has previously rec-ognized William Pease as a great Point oflight. He won accolades as the Tuskegee air-men welter-weight champion in 1945. He wasthe first African-American president of the In-stitute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.Over the years he has received awards from:The Association for the Study of Negro Lifeand History; the New York University Week-end Tutorial Project; the Professional Achieve-ment Award of the Brownsville Association forthe Study of African American Life and His-tory; the Teacher of the Year Award from theNew York University Outreach Program forMathematics and Science; the Mary McLeodBethune Award for the motivation of blackyouth; and a proclamation from the SuffolkCounty Executive for outstanding service andleadership.

Hundreds of the students and disciples ofProfessor Pease occupy leadership positionsthroughout the city and the Nation. For hiscommunity and for all Americans, Prof. WilliamH. Pease, Jr. is a great point of light.f

FAST-TRACK—WHAT IS AT STAKE

HON. LEE H. HAMILTONOF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like tobring to my colleagues’ attention my monthlynewsletter on foreign affairs from September1997 entitled Fast-Track—What Is At Stake.

I ask that this newsletter be printed in theCONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

The newsletter follows:

FAST-TRACK—WHAT IS AT STAKE

Earlier this month, the President askedCongress to grant him ‘‘fast-track’’ author-ity to negotiate trade agreements. Underfast-track, Congress agrees to hold single,expedited yes-or-no votes on trade agree-ments in exchange for extensive input into

the President’s negotiating strategy. Con-gress will vote on fast-track in the comingweeks.

Much is at stake in this debate. Withoutfast-track, U.S. trade policy will grind to ahalt. Other countries will not conclude tradedeals with the President if Congress canlater revise them. Increased trade will creategood jobs and raise wages. It will also sus-tain our world leadership and achieve keyforeign policy objectives.

Between 1974 and 1994 every President hadfast-track authority. They used it to achievetwo major worldwide agreements that cuttrade barriers and boosted U.S. exports. Ear-lier this year, the President nailed downagreements, initiated before fast-track au-thority lapsed, that will cut prices for inter-national phone calls and eliminate barriersto U.S. computer-related exports. U.S. mar-kets are the most open in the world, andtrade agreements consistently require othercountries to do more than we do to lowertrade barriers—to our great advantage.

U.S. prosperity increasingly depends onfinding new foreign markets for the thingswe make and grow. One of every eight U.S.jobs is at least partly supported by exports.Ninety-six percent of the world’s consumerslive outside the U.S., and we need better ac-cess to these potential customers if we wantto preserve or increase our 20% share of theworld’s wealth. Trade agreements give usthat access. U.S. exports have increased 80%,for example, in the products covered by the24 agreements we have concluded with Japansince 1992.

Consider what we lose without fast-track.Without fast-track, we won’t be able to leadupcoming talks on reducing trade barriers inagriculture and services, two sectors inwhich we dominate world trade. Withoutfast-track, Europe and Japan will securepreferential access to markets at our ex-pense. European and Japanese firms wouldbe pleased if the U.S. did not conclude tradeagreements with Latin America and Asia,because they want those markets for them-selves. Without fast-track, new deals in keysectors in which the U.S. leads world indus-try—such as automobiles, energy equipment,and medical technology—will remain out ofreach.

Without fast-track, foreign trade barriersthat are hurting American workers andfarmers right now will remain in place. Rulesaffecting the sale of our products overseaswill be written by others, not by us. Hun-dreds of thousands of potential new jobs willnot be created. But if we give the Presidentfast-track, he will have the power to combattrade barriers—and each agreement he con-cludes will still have to be separately ap-proved by Congress.

Critics of fast-track argue that U.S. jobsand wages are hurt by low labor and environ-mental standards in other countries. Theywant agreements to require our trading part-ners to raise these standards. But fast-trackcritics have not explained how we can per-suade other governments to sign such agree-ments. Countries are unlikely to changelabor and environmental policies simply forthe opportunity to trade more with us. Thereis a better way to help other countries im-prove their labor and environmental stand-ards: by helping them grow, and for that weneed increased trade and fast-track.

Fast-track is important not only for theU.S. economy, but also for the achievementof key foreign policy objectives:

Most countries in Latin America have em-braced democracy and adopted free-marketeconomic policies. Increased trade with theU.S. will stimulate growth, providing a pay-off for painful reforms. That will solidify de-mocracy and enhance U.S. influence.

U.S.-led efforts to reduce trade barriers inthe Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1907October 2, 1997forum (APEC) will help maintain America’sleadership role in Asia. For our close friendsin the region, APEC’s most important pur-pose is to keep the U.S. anchored in Asia.

Better access to world markets is criticalto the success of economic and political re-form in Eastern Europe, and to the independ-ence of the countries of the former SovietUnion.

U.S.-led efforts to reduce trade barriershave contributed to a dramatic increase inglobal prosperity since World War II, reduc-ing the potential for international conflict.

Trade is an increasingly important dimen-sion of international relations. ContinuedU.S. trade leadership will reinforce U.S. for-eign policy leadership. A rejection of fast-track will signal a retreat from our role asworld leader.

Despite the power of these arguments, fast-track won’t be approved unless we addressdeep-seated concerns about the impact oftrade on the U.S. economy.

First, we need to strengthen programs thathelp workers adjust to foreign competition.Trade expansion benefits the U.S. economyas a whole, but it does hurt some workers,especially those with fewer skills. Bettereducation and training will do more to helpU.S. workers than anything a trade agree-ment can do about foreign labor practices.

Second, the President must persuadeAmericans that if they give him fast-track,he will use that authority aggressively—toknock down foreign trade restrictions anddeliver agreements that increase good-pay-ing jobs.

Third, the President and Congress need tolaunch a national dialogue on the impor-tance of trade. We need to highlight the ad-vantages of trade: the jobs created by ex-ports, and the benefits of imports both toconsumers and producers. We need to explainthat low productivity in developing coun-tries often neutralizes any competitive ad-vantage provided by their low wages. Weneed to document the competitiveness ofU.S. manufacturing and how American work-ers are being hurt by recent trade agree-ments concluded without U.S. participa-tion—because of the absence of fast-trackauthority.

Fast-track will empower the President toopen foreign markets—to the benefit of theU.S. economy and U.S. foreign policy. With-out fast-track our economy’s potential willbe unfulfilled, and our international leader-ship will be diminished.

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TRIBUTE TO BISHOP VICTOR T.CURRY, PASTOR OF NEW BIRTHBAPTIST CHURCH

HON. CARRIE P. MEEKOF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it istruly a distinct honor and privilege to pay trib-ute to one of Miami’s great leaders, BishopVictor T. Curry. I want to echo the same senti-ments of joy and gratitude that the 10,000members of the New Birth Baptist Church inMiami lifted up to Almighty God this pastweekend to celebrate his sixth pastoral anni-versary.

Bishop Curry, 37 years old, truly representsthe best and the noblest of our community. Asbishop, senior pastor, and teacher of NewBirth Baptist Church, he is remarkably leadinghis congregation in the ways of God and hastirelessly worked to enlighten our community

on the agenda of spiritual wisdom and goodgovernment based on our God-given con-science and responsibility.

It is indeed fitting for those of us who sub-scribe to the Judaeo-Christian faith to pauseand reflect on the important role that BishopCurry plays in the day-to-day affairs of ourcommunity. I want to acknowledge the tremen-dous work he is doing in constantly guidingnot only the members of New Birth BaptistChurch, but the entire community. He has trulyexemplified the example of Christ as the GoodShepherd, and has led his flock of believers,sharing with them the words of God’s wisdomand the good news emanating from the Gos-pel.

His motto, ‘‘From Vision to Victory,’’ has im-pacted the lives of countless people, propel-ling him into one of our Nation’s charismatictelevangelists par excellence. Along withcountless others in our community, I am in-deed a fortunate beneficiary of Bishop Curry’stelevised teachings and radio ministry throughthe church-owned Radio WMBM–1490 AM,especially in his advocacy to demonstrate bothby way of word and example our unconditionallove for and commitment to the children andthe elderly, the poor, the disenfranchised, andthe least fortunate among us. I have learnedfrom him the very centrality of God in our dailylives, conscious of the fact that the mandate ofour faith must characterize our attitudes to-ward those who could least fend for them-selves.

In its laudatory recognition the Miami Timesaptly described him as ‘‘a forceful, coura-geous, and visionary leader not only of the re-ligious community but also of our wider society* * * with the recognition that our churchesare part of a larger network of institutions thatare the pillars of our community.’’ BishopCurry is fully living up to his vocation as agenuine pastor. His standards for learning,caring, and achieving, especially among theyouth has won for him the accolades of ourecumenical community. Public and privateagencies have oftentimes cited him for hisuntiring consecration to the truth and his un-compromising stance on justice and equal op-portunity for all.

Moreover, his crusades in teaching many awayward inner-city youth has become legend-ary. He has gained the utmost confidence ofcountless parents and teachers who see inhim a no-nonsense motivator. They are wontto entrust him with the future of their children,fully cognizant and genuinely confident thatthey would learn from him the tenets of schol-arship and the pursuit of scholastic excellenceunder a conscientious commitment and rigor-ous discipline.

Our community is deeply touched and com-forted by his undaunted leadership, compas-sion, and personal warmth. As head of one ofthe fastest growing churches in Florida, Bish-op Curry preaches and lives by the adage thatunder the grace of God’s Providence our com-mon quest for personal integrity and profes-sional achievement is not beyond the reach ofthose who are willing to dare the impossible.As a man of God and as an indomitable lead-er in our community, he has rightfully earnedour deepest respect and genuine admiration.

This is the great legacy Bishop Victor T.Curry is unselfishly sharing with all of us. I amgreatly privileged indeed to have his friendshipand his confidence, and I am grateful that hecontinues to teach me to live by his noble

ethic of always loving God and serving my fel-lowmen.

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TRIBUTE TO RON MORRIS

HON. DAVID DREIEROF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I am proud torecognize Ron Morris who participated inCIVITAS@Bosnia and Herzegovina, an inten-sive program from August 1–17, 1997, de-signed to train teachers from throughoutBosnia and Herzegovina with materials andmethods developed to educate for democracy.Mr. Morris was part of a team of 20 Americaneducators who were assigned to 16 locationsthroughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, includingthe Republika Srpska. The Americans teamedwith 18 teachers from the Council of Europe innine of these sites. This education for democ-racy program reached 550 teachers from bothentities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The summer teaching training program wasdeveloped by the Center for Civic Educationas part of a major civic education initiative inBosnia and Herzegovina supported by theU.S. Information Agency and the U.S. Depart-ment of Education built on a program begun in1996. The goals of the program are to provideteachers with the tools necessary to help pre-pare students and their communities for com-petent and responsible citizenship, includingparticipation in elections and other opportuni-ties to take part in the political life of theircommunities. Achieving this goal will contrib-ute to the reconstruction of a sense of com-munity, cooperation, tolerance, and support fordemocracy and human rights in this war-tornarea.

I am also pleased to announce that the cur-ricular materials being used for the program inBosnia and Herzegovina have been adaptedfrom the We the People * * * the Citizen andthe Constitution, Foundations of Democracy,and the Project Citizen Programs, which aresupported by Congress and used in schoolsthroughout the United States. Initial reportsevaluating the summer program indicate thematerials—selected and adapted by educatorsin Bosnia and Herzegovina—and teachingmethods were enthusiastically received andwill be adapted for use in classrooms in bothentities of the country.

Ron Morris is a teacher at Arcadia HighSchool in Arcadia, CA. He also serves as thedistrict coordinator for the We the People* * * the Citizen and the Constitution Programin my home district. A student team of con-stitutional experts from Arcadia High Schoolunder the leadership of Ron Morris came toWashington, DC, this year to participate in theWe the People * * * academic competition onthe Constitution and Bill of Rights. Theyplaced second in the entire Nation.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to commend Ron Morrisfor his dedication and commitment duringCIVITAS@Bosnia and Herzegovina summertraining program. His work is helping toachieve the overall objective of building de-mocracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1908 October 2, 1997THE RETIREMENT OF GEN. JOHN

M. SHALIKASHVILI

HON. STENY H. HOYEROF MARYLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, after 39 years ofoutstanding service the military career of Gen.John Shalikashvili will come to a close today.In my role as a cochairman of the bipartisanNational Security Caucus [NSC] I had thehonor and pleasure of presiding at a retire-ment ceremony for the General last week. Iwas joined by my fellow NSC cochairman,Senator CHARLES ROBB (D–VA), as well asSenator JACK REED (D–RI) and RepresentativeJANE HARMAN (D–CA).

Rather than saying ‘‘farewell,’’ the caucusorganized this event to say ‘‘well done’’ toGeneral Shalikashvili. He is truly deserving ofthis recognition because of his tremendouscontributions to America’s national security in-terests, and his life is a classic American suc-cess story.

General Shalikashvili was born in Warsaw,Poland, in 1936. He was the first foreign-bornChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the firstdraftee to become Chairman and the firstChairman who was a graduate of Officer Can-didate School.

During his military career, GeneralShalikashvili held a number of prestigiouscommands. He served as commander of the9th Infantry Division and was the commanderof Operation Provide Comfort, the relief oper-ation that returned hundreds of Kurdish refu-gees to Northern Iraq. His last position beforebeing named Chairman of the Joint Chiefswas as Supreme Allied Commander, Europeand Commander in Chief, European Com-mand.

During the tenure of General Shalikashvilias Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, therewas an explosion in the number of military op-erations conducted by the Armed Forces ofthe United States, in such diverse areas of theworld as Haiti, Bosnia, the Taiwan Straits, Ku-wait, the Korean Peninsula and in and aroundthe Arabian Peninsula. While most of theseoperations were peacekeeping or humani-tarian in nature, a significant number of themwere strike or deterrent operations.

Among the General’s many accomplish-ments as Chairman have included NATO en-largement, the Partnership for Peace, theNorth Korean Nuclear Framework Agreement,new defense arrangements with Japan includ-ing revision of the status of Okinawa, as wellas many projects concerning the Gulf Statesand Israel.

One of the last accomplishments of theGeneral’s tenure was the production of theQuadrennial Defense Review [QDR]. TheQDR began the serious solution of the biggesthole in our defense program: the $20 billionmodernization shortfall. With personnel reduc-tion and cuts in aircraft and other programs,the Chairman has reduced roughly half of theshortfall and has laid the groundwork for thereduction of the remainder.

In short, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff, General Shalikashvili confronted historicchange, responded to nontraditional militarymissions and prepared America’s ArmedForces for the challenge of the 21st century.General Shalikashvili’s extraordinary service

has brought great credit upon himself, theArmed Forces, the Department of Defense,and the Nation.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent toplace in the RECORD the remarks of SenatorMAX CLELAND (D–GA) regarding the General’sretirement. The Senator is also a cochairmanof the National Security Caucus and is wellknown as a hero of the Vietnam war.

STATEMENT OF SENATOR MAX CLELAND

I am honored to be here to pay tribute toan outstanding American who exemplifiesthe highest of American ideals. Many Ameri-cans admire him for overcoming the tragedyof World War II by coming to the UnitedStates and fulfilling the American dream.Others praise him for the outstanding leader-ship he has shown over the past four years.

Indeed, the military has faced many chal-lenges over the past several years. GeneralShalikashvili’s efforts, however, have in-sured that the military has not only meteach of these challenges but has excelled.

While I share these sentiments, as a Viet-nam veteran, I am particularly proud of thefact that one of my comrades has led the De-partment. Those American soldiers who livedthrough the Vietnam era and its aftermathunderstand what soldiering is really about.They understand the meaning of sacrifice.

They understand what a national defensereally means. That without one cold, hun-gry, scared 19-year-old soldier being willingto leave his foxhole and advance we have nonational defense.

General Shalikashvili understands theseprinciples. He learned them when he was ayoung child, a child who witnessed the hor-rors of war in Europe and returned there asan adult to lead the military of the world’sforemost defender of freedom and democ-racy. General Shalikashvili did just thatwhen he served as the Commander-in-Chiefof the United States’ European Command, aleader of all NATO forces.

I am extremely proud of the service he hasrendered to the United States. We owe him atremendous debt of gratitude for a job welldone.

General, God bless you and your family onyour retirement.

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION

HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMEROF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, on September24, 1997, I was recorded as voting ‘‘yea’’ andthen as voting ‘‘nay’’ on ordering the previousquestion for the Treasury-Postal appropriationbill, a vote which has been described as a ref-erendum on the 2.3-percent cost of living ad-justment (COLA) for Members of Congress.

The purpose of this statement is to set therecord straight on my actions. I came into theChamber with virtually no time remaining. Mis-takenly, I inserted my card in ‘‘yes.’’

Once I ascertained that the vote was indeeda pay raise, I went immediately and correctedmy vote to ‘‘nay.’’ This ‘‘nay’’ vote was in ac-cordance with my previous position on thecost of living increase for Members of Con-gress. Since 1993, I have voted against everycost of living increase.

When I first walked onto the floor, therewere already 218 votes in favor of the meas-ure. In other words, the COLA had alreadypassed and my vote would have had no effect

on the outcome. Therefore, correcting my voteto ‘‘no’’ could not and should not be seen asdoing anything other than rectifying a mistake.

Furthermore, since early last week, I wasworking out ways to donate this COLA in-crease to charities in New York. I always in-tended to oppose this pay raise, as I havedone in the past, and had fully intended to do-nate the money if the pay raise was foistedupon me.

Mr. Speaker, I insert the following:CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Washington, DC, September 26, 1997.

Mr. JOSEPH LELYVELDExecutive Editor, The New York Times, New

York, NY.DEAR MR. LELYVELD: May we add some de-

tail to your report on Representative CharlesSchumer’s vote against the congressionalpay raise.

This past week on the House floor, HouseDemocrats have had multiple procedural mo-tions designed to pressure the RepublicanLeadership on the need to bring campaign fi-nance reform to the House floor. The vote onWednesday, September 25th was a recordedvote to move the previous question. Rep-resentative Charles Schumer rushed onto theHouse floor with little if any time left on thevoting clock. As he was pulling out his vot-ing card from his wallet, a veteran memberof Congress shouted from the back, ‘‘This isa ‘yes’ vote,’’ and Mr. Schumer used the ma-chine to vote ‘aye.’ Mr. Gejdenson came upthe aisle and advised him that, in fact, thiswas not a procedural vote without meaningbut was the vote on the congressional payraise. Mr. Schumer was in obvious distressthat he had voted contrary to his wishes. Herushed immediately to the front of the Houseand changed his vote from ‘aye’ to ‘no,’thereby voting against the pay raise.

Sincerely,VIC SNYDER,

Member of Congress.SAM GEJDENSON,

Member of Congress.

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TRIBUTE TO MAJ. BRYAN A.KNIGHT

HON. ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR.OF MARYLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. EHRLICH. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise inhonor of an American pilot whose quick think-ing, skill, and tremendous courage saved hun-dreds of my constituents’ lives.

On September 14, 1997, Maj. Bryan A.Knight, flying his F–117A fighter, participatedin the Middle River air show near the MartinState airport. As he commenced his flyby, partof the plane’s wing came off, causing the air-craft to spin helplessly in the air. As the planebegan to disintegrate around him, MajorKnight—demonstrating the excellent trainingand instincts every pilot must have—stayedwith the plane until he has steered it awayfrom the throng of spectators on the ground.He ejected at the last possible moment, onlyabout 1,000 feet from the ground. While thecrash caused some property damage, no onewas injured or killed.

Major Knight, who holds a degree in mathe-matics from the University of Texas, earnedhis pilot’s wings on April 1, 1987. He is cur-rently assigned to the 7th fighter squadron asan instructor pilot. His decorations include

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1909October 2, 1997three Air Force commendation medals, threeAir Force achievement medals, and the Na-tional Defense Service Medal. He is a seniorpilot with over 2,700 hours of flight time, 500of them in the F–117.

Mr. Speaker, though there is every indica-tion that Major Knight’s actions before andafter the incident were exemplary, it is to hiscredit that he still feels sorrow and regret forthe families whose homes were damaged inthe incident. Just recently, he revisited thecrash site to survey the wreckage and visitwith some of the impacted families. During hisvisit, he encountered a woman who had cometo his aid after the crash. In a quiet, poignantgesture of thanks, he presented her with hisflight suit name tag.

Mr. Speaker, many citizens of Middle Riverowe Major Knight their own debt of gratitude.His piloting skills and selfless concern for oth-ers prevented an unfortunate accident frombecoming a tragedy. He epitomizes the verybest qualities all our men and women in uni-form should have. I am pleased and honoredto give him the recognition he so richly de-serves.f

H.R. 2568—ENERGY POLICY ACTAMENDMENTS OF 1997

HON. KAREN McCARTHYOF MISSOURI

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, Irise today to urge my colleagues to cosponsorlegislation which I have introduced with thegentleman from Illinois, Mr. SHIMKUS, H.R.2568, the Energy Policy Act Amendments of1997. This bipartisan legislation will allow theFederal Government, State, and local govern-ments, as well as private entities and publicutilities with large fleets to use a blended prod-uct called biodiesel as a part of the alternativefuel vehicle requirements set forth by the En-ergy Policy Act of 1992 [EPACT]. Biodieselprovides another option for fleet managerswho must meet acquisition requirements fromrecent Department of Energy regulations. Theoriginal of alternative fuels did not include bio-diesel, a product derived from soybean andother vegetable oils, because the technologyhad not been fully developed.

State and local governments are required tomeet a prescribed schedule of new fleet ac-quisitions that are alternatively fueled, startingat 10 percent in 1997 and ending with 75 per-cent in 2001 and subsequent futures years.Alternative fuel providers and utilities mustmeet a higher percentage requirement, start-ing at 30 percent this year and ending with 90percent in 2001 and beyond. Offices that mustmeet these requirements earn credits for eachalternatively fueled vehicle obtained during thegiven time period. Fines up to $50,000 perviolation can be imposed for those entities thatdo not meet the requirements set forth by theimplementing regulations.

The biodiesel product has many benefits. Itis a relatively inexpensive alternative becauseit can be used as a part of an 80/20 blendwith regular diesel fuel without requiring anymodification to the diesel engines of existingfleet vehicles. The added value for the envi-ronment is the increased biodegradability ofthe product and the ability to turn waste into

fuel. The product tests produce lower emis-sions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, andparticulate matter, aiding local efforts toachieve Clean Air Act compliance.

The proposed legislation does not include atax credit or Federal mandate. Adoption couldsave the Federal Government and other enti-ties money by providing a less expensive al-ternative that can be implemented imme-diately. In my own community, tests are beingconducted by the Kansas City area metropoli-tan transit authority. Several buses are beingrun on the 80/20 blend so that fuel economyand emissions results can be compared to thestandard results using a traditional diesel fuel.Early returns indicate that the fuel will reduceemissions and perform as well as it has inover 100 other demonstrations, reducing emis-sions by nearly 14 percent. While the cost ofoperating a vehicle on biodiesel fuel is com-parable to the cost of other alternative and re-placements fuels, a U.S. Department of Agri-culture report indicates that the equipment andinfrastructure costs associated with other alter-native fuel options—tanks and fueling stations;retrofitting engines—is six to eight times great-er than biodiesel.

The Federal alternative fuel fleet standardswere set in order to help clean the air and pro-mote the use of alternative fuels to reduce ourNation’s dependence on foreign sources of oiland gas. H.R. 2568 would help meet the goalsof EPACT by allowing for fleet managers toget credit for the actual use of alternativefuels, not just the acquisition of alternativelyfueled vehicles. This legislation is a significantadvancement in promoting alternatives whichhelp reduce emissions and particulate matter;one that can be implemented quickly withminimal expense because it encourages prod-ucts and technology which can be most easilyadapted to the current fleet. Mr. Speaker, Iurge my colleagues to join the bipartisansponsors of H.R. 2568 and urge its passage.f

HONORING DR. W.J. HALL’S 36THPASTORAL ANNIVERSARY ATBETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH

HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNSOF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tohonor Dr. W.J. Hall’s 36th pastoral anniversaryat Bethel Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY.

Dr. W.J. Hall is a native of Oxford, NC. Heassumed responsibilities as pastor of BethelBaptist Church in June 1961. Prior to his ap-pointment at Bethel Baptist Church, ReverendHall had a vast amount of experience inpastoring in Henderson and Oxford, NC, re-spectively. His pastoring was coupled withteaching in the public school system of NorthCarolina.

Since Dr. Hall’s tenure at Bethel BaptistChurch, many wonderful things have hap-pened to the Church, to the people of the con-gregation, and to the South Brooklyn commu-nity as well. As a civil rights activist, Dr. Hallworked very closely with the Reverend Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. by helping minoritiesobtain employment. Moreover, in the SouthBrooklyn community that surrounds BethelBaptist Church, Dr. Hall has made it possiblefor minorities to have medical services such

as family planning and pre-natal care. Dr. Hallalso established the Bethel Baptist ChurchDay Care Center which provides day care forchildren of working parents. The center alsoallows qualified professionals gainful employ-ment within the community.

As senior pastor of Bethel Baptist Church,Reverend Hall has led the congregationthrough two extensive renovations to BethelBaptist Church, and is currently embarkingupon another major renovation. Through hiszealous advocacy, Dr. Hall’s has made it pos-sible for parishioners to improve their creditrating and to have the freedom to borrowmoney through a Federal credit union. Pres-ently, Dr. Hall has plans on the drawing boardfor a Senior Citizens Housing Development.He is truly a beacon of hope for the Brooklyncommunity.

Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me in salutingDr. W.J. Hall on the occasion of his 36th pas-toral anniversary at Bethel Baptist Church.f

TRIBUTE TO JAMES E. DEWHIRST

HON. LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTEROF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise todayto pay special tribute to James E. Dewhirst,president and CEO of the Friendly Organiza-tion in Rochester, NY, who on October 21,1997 will complete 2 years as chairman of theAmerican Association of Homes and Servicesfor the Aging. Through his work with theFriendly Organization, his active participationin aging-services organizations on the local,State, and national level, and countless hoursof community service, Jim Dewhirst is trulymaking a considerable difference in the livesof many older Americans.

Dr. Dewhirst joined the Friendly Organiza-tion in May 1981 as assistant administrator ofthe Friendly Home and manager of the Eighty-One Linden Avenue Apartments—now knownas Linden Knoll. In July 1985, he was ap-pointed administrator of the Friendly Organiza-tion. He served in this capacity until April1989, when he was appointed to the positionof president and chief executive officer.

Jim Dewhirst’s accomplishments at theFriendly Organization and his exemplary lead-ership in aging organizations in his commu-nity, State, and Nation have been wide andvaried. His efforts have positioned the FriendlyOrganization to be not only a current leaderbut a visionary in the delivery of long-termcare. A community activist, he has served asa board member of both the Rochester chap-ter of the Alzheimer’s Disease and RelatedDisorders Association and Monroe CountyLong Term Care, an organization dedicated tofinding innovative long-term care solutions. Hehas served as vice chairman and treasurer ofthe Rochester Area Association of Homes andServices for the Aging, and he held positionsas board member, treasurer, and chairman-elect of the New York Association of Homesand Services for the Aging.

In 1990, Mr. Dewhirst received the ThomasClarke Memorial Award as ‘‘Young Adminis-trator of the Year’’ from the New York Asso-ciation of Homes and Services for the Aging.In 1992, Rochester Area Multiple Sclerosishonored him with the Community Award for

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1910 October 2, 1997Volunteer Service. He is widely recognizedand respected as a leader and innovatorwhose guidance and dedication stand as a na-tional model of outstanding service to the el-derly and others in need.

On October 21, at the American Associationof Homes and Services for the Aging’s 36thannual meeting and exposition in New Orle-ans, Mr. Dewhirst will complete his term asthe organization’s chairman, after havingserved as its top elected leader since 1995.Prior to that, he served with distinction in theassociation’s house of delegates and as amember of its board of directors for 7 years.As immediate past chairman, he will continueto serve on the board as it strives to advancethe association’s vision, adopted under Mr.Dewhirst’s leadership. That vision, which theassociation’s 5,000 not-for-profit memberespouse, calls for the development of a com-prehensive system of care and services thatrecognizes the dignity of all persons and en-hances the quality of life for older adults andothers with special needs.

Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor andpleasure to congratulate James E. Dewhirston 2 exemplary years as chairman of the Na-tional Association of Homes and Services forthe Aging, and on his most distinguishedrecord of service to older Americans.

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CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

HON. NEWT GINGRICHOF GEORGIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I am pleasedto submit into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD anexcellent article on campaign finance reformby the former Governor of Delaware, Pete duPont:

[From The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 24,1997]

PRICE CONTROLS ON DEMOCRACY

(By Pete du Pont)

Hard cases, it is said, make bad law. Thehard cases of Clinton campaign cash corrup-tion are pushing Congress toward very badlaw—the McCain-Feingold bill, which would,in effect, impose price controls on politicalinvolvement.

The First Continental Congress understoodwell the consequences of legislated prices,which had been imposed during the Revolu-tionary War. In June 1778 it concluded that‘‘limitations on the prices of commoditiesare not only ineffectual for the purposes pro-posed, but likewise productive of very evilconsequences to the great detriment of thepublic service and grievous oppression of in-dividuals.’’

But the failure of price controls reachesback to the beginning of government. AsRobert L. Scheuttinger and Eamonn F. But-ler document in ‘‘Forty Centuries of Wageand Price Controls,’’ in 2150 B.C., the King-dom of Babylon adopted the Code ofHammurabi. Among its provisions were wageand price controls. For example, the codesaid the price to hire a 60-ton boat shall be‘‘a sixth part of a shekel of silver per diem,’’and the pay of a carpenter ‘‘four grains ofsilver per diem.’’

BOUNDLESS AVARICE

Twenty-five centuries later, in A.D. 284,the Roman Emperor Diocletian, complainingof ‘‘raging and boundless avarice,’’ decreed

that ‘‘maximum [prices] be fixed’’ for allfoods and services. Hoarding, riots, a blackmarket and a failed economy soon followed.Four years later Diocletian abdicated histhrone.

Sixteen centuries after that, nations rang-ing from Lenin’s U.S.S.R. to Hitler’s Ger-many to Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter’sAmerica imposed wage and price controls.All failed to achieve their purpose andcaused more problems than they solved.

So it makes perfect sense in the world ofWashington to insist that they be imposedagain. This time Sens. John McCain (R.,Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D., Wis.), aided andabetted by Common Cause, the New YorkTimes and President Clinton, want to imposeprice controls on political speech and cam-paigns. Their legislative proposal contains awide variety of price controls: On campaigns(an overall spending limit), on private broad-casters (advertising rates), on government(postal rates) and on out-of-state contribu-tors to a candidate (the proportion of con-tributions they may give is restricted).

The legislation is a mind-numbing exampleof government by the numbers. The overallspending limit for Senate races ‘‘shall notexceed the lesser of $5,500,000, or the greaterof $950,000 or $400,000 plus 30 cents multipliedby the voting age population not in excess of4,000,000 and 25 cents multiplied by the vot-ing age population in excess of 4,000,000.’’ Oh,that is unless the candidate runs in a statethat has no more than one VHF TV trans-mitter licensed for operation, in which case80 cents is substituted for 30, and 70 for 25.

In addition the bill proposes free televisiontime for candidates. Each candidate wouldbe entitled to a total of 30 minutes, to beused Monday through Friday between 6 and10 p.m., in minimum bites of 30 seconds anda maximum of five minutes; but no morethan 15 minutes on any one station. Breath-taking in its complexity, McCain-Feingoldcalls to mind a statement attributed to So-viet official Vladimir Kabaidze in 1936: ‘‘Wecannot tolerate the proliferation of this pa-perwork any longer. We must kill the peopleproducing it.’’

Other reformers offer alternative schemesof government control. Max Frankel, writingin the New York Times Magazine, is for‘‘chasing political commercials off the airand giving ballot-worthy candidates enoughfree air time to present themselves to thevoters.’’ Two think-tankers, Thomas Mannof the Brookings Institution and NormanOrnstein of the American Enterprise Insti-tute, want to eliminate political party ‘‘softmoney’’ and narrow the definition of howmuch an individual or organization canspend advocating or opposing a public policyissue. And House and Senate Minority Lead-ers Richard Gephardt (D., Mo.) and TomDaschle (D., S.D.) want to amend the Con-stitution, weakening the First Amendmentto permit campaign price controls.

All of these ideas are bad economics, badpolitics and, as 40 centuries of experiencehave proved, very bad public policy.

In addition to the First Amendment prob-lem—the Supreme Court ruled unanimouslyin Buckley v. Valeo that political contribu-tions are protected speech—there are enor-mous fairness issues. Mr. Frankel’s formula-tion hints at them: giving ‘‘ballot-worthycandidates’’ free air time. So who is ‘‘ballot-worthy?’’ Strom Thurmond and the Dixie-crats in 1948? Eugene McCarthy’s challengeto Lyndon Johnson in 1968? Harry Browne orRalph Nader, last year’s Libertarian andGreen candidates for president? What impar-tial arbiter would decide who may or maynot run for election in America?

Another affront to liberty is the McCain-Feingold proposal to limit a candidate’s out-of-state contributions to 40% of all contribu-

tions. Under such a provision, non-Louisianans who don’t want to see DavidDuke elected to the Senate might be unableto contribute to his opponent.

Limiting issue advocacy is another clearand present danger to American democracy.McCain-Feingold would permit the federalgovernment to regulate campaign speechthat contains ‘‘express advocacy’’ intendedto affect an election. But advocacy of issuesis what elections are about. There should bemore of it, not less.

Any state or local party activity, fromvoter registration to kaffeeklatsches, that‘‘might affect the outcome of a federal elec-tion’’ would also be covered by national cam-paign controls, effectively federalizing localelections. All this is Big Brother writ large,a bit of Leninism superimposed on modernAmerica.

Finally comes the question of political ac-tion committees. Let’s be clear, we are nottalking of legalizing illegal acts—foreigncontributions to political campaigns, solici-tations from government offices or makingcontributions in the name of another. We areconsidering whether people of similar be-liefs—union members or right-to-life advo-cates—may contribute to a common organi-zation to increase their political impact.

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HONORING JAVIER GONZALEZ 1996CALIFORNIA TEACHER OF THEYEAR

HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRESOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to

recognize a special individual and an out-standing young educator, Javier Gonzalez ofPioneer High School in the Whittier UnionHigh School District, located in my congres-sional district.

Mr. Gonzalez, a young man of humble ori-gins, is a graduate of my alma mater, JamesA. Garfield High School in East Los Angeles.He has risen to the top of his profession in 6short years by being named the 1996 Califor-nia Teacher of the Year. Born to a large fam-ily, he is the 8th child of 21. His family immi-grated to the United States in search of betteropportunities in education and employment.He thanks public education and the programsafforded to him to help overcome the obsta-cles of learning a new language and for beingthe first in his family to earn a college degree.

Trained for a career in engineering, Mr.Gonzalez found his calling in education whileserving as a tutor. He became fascinated withthe power of education and his own ability tohelp young aspiring students reach their po-tential. He attained his bachelor of arts degreefrom California State University of Los Angelesin 1991 and his teaching credentials and mas-ter of arts degree from Point Loma NazareneCollege in 1995. Mr. Gonzalez began his pro-fessional teaching career working with highschool students in the Upward Bound Programat East Los Angeles College.

In 1990, Mr. Gonzalez began teaching atPioneer High School. He currently teachesmath, geometry, and algebra. He is the chairof the Pioneer Mathematics Department,GATE Advisory Committee, and also servesas its coordinator. He is an advisor to the Cali-fornia Scholarship Federation, Associated Stu-dent Council, and coach of the academic de-cathlon team. Mr. Gonzalez is a member of

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1911October 2, 1997the School Site Council, Whittier Academy ofMath and Science, Eisenhower Teams, Mexi-can-American Cultural Institute, National Edu-cation Association, California Teachers Asso-ciation, Whittier Secondary Education Associa-tion, and the California Association for theGifted. Also, he is the coordinator of the SATPreparation Program and supervisor of theCalifornia Academic Partnership Program.

He was named 1996 California Teacher ofthe Year, in recognition of his leadership in thefield of education and his unwavering dedica-tion to our young people. He credits as hisgreatest contribution in education the creationof the Pioneer Math Academy. Established in1991, each summer the Pioneer Math Acad-emy serves over 500 students from grades 4through 12. This program unites in a coopera-tive joint effort school board members, super-intendents, administrators, teachers, parents,students, and college students, who serve astutors, of three school districts, and providesservice to over 40 schools. Everyone who par-ticipates in this truly worthwhile programcomes away with a valuable and enriching ex-perience.

Mr. Speaker, it is with pride that I rise torecognize California’s esteemed 1996 Teacherof the Year, Javier Gonzalez, and ask my col-leagues to join me in saluting him for his out-standing commitment to the education of ouryouth and to America’s future.f

TRIBUTE TO BILL GATES

HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.OF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like tocall to your attention Bill Gates who was hon-ored at the Allied Health Industry dinner.

Bill is the president of the Gates Co., in Clif-ton, NJ. The company is a manufacturer anddistributor of United States and foreign flagsas well as custom banners. They also sell andinstall flag poles. The Gates Co. is now 127years old, having been established by Bill’sgrandfather in 1870 in New York and movingto New Jersey in 1904.

Bill served with the U.S. Navy in World WarII in the South Pacific and is a member of theU.S. Navy League. After completing his serv-ice requirements and attending WilliamPaterson College, he joined the family busi-ness and now carries forth a proud traditionand a sense of legacy.

Currently Bill is deeply involved with WayneGeneral Hospital, serving on the board oftrustees for both the hospital and the founda-tion. Wayne General Hospital is the sponsor ofan exploring program where over 30 youngpeople get a first hand look at various medicalcareers.

Bill is a member of the Greater PatersonChamber of Commerce and the Northern Re-gional Chamber of Commerce where heserves on the board of directors. He was anarea code coordinator for the PolioPlus Cam-paign, and has been tremendously involved inthe Paterson Rotary Club. He served as pastpresident of the Rotary Club, governor’s rep-resentative, St. governor’s representative,chief governor’s representative for three terms,and past district governor of District 7490 ofthe Rotary International. Additionally he is on

the board of the Action Theater Conservatory,a member of the Hawthorne Elks, the GenesisMasonic Lodge, a member of the UpperMontclair Country Club, and a former memberof the Boy Scout Troop 20 in Paterson.

Bill and his wife, Joyce, reside in Wayneand are blessed with two daughters and threegranddaughters.

Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me, our col-leagues, Bill’s family and friends, and the peo-ple of northern Jersey in recognizing BillGates’ many outstanding and invaluable con-tributions made to the community.

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REFORM THE IRS

HON. DOC HASTINGSOF WASHINGTON

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speak-er, I rise today in strong support of congres-sional efforts to reign in and reform the Inter-nal Revenue Service [IRS]. Many Americansbelieve that the IRS is an agency that is outof control. Far too often we hear reports thatthis agency terrorizes and threatens tax-payers. While many of the IRS’s problems areadmittedly linked to our far-too-complicatedTax Code, the agency’s shameful mistreat-ment of taxpayers has other roots, as well. In-stead of working on their behalf, the IRS treatstoo many taxpayers as criminals who are pre-sumed guilty unless they can prove their owninnocence. Unfortunately, because mostAmericans lack sufficient resources to fight theIRS in court, the agency’s actions are often fi-nancially devastating to families and busi-nesses.

That is why I have cosponsored the IRS Re-structuring and Reform Act of 1997, intro-duced by Congressman ROB PORTMAN, Re-publican, of Ohio. Our bill would implementthe recommendations of the year-long Na-tional Commission on Restructuring the IRS,in order to provide taxpayers new protectionsand rights to assist in dealing with this over-zealous agency. By improving customer serv-ice, expanding taxpayer rights, and overhaul-ing the IRS’s management structure, this leg-islation would provide badly needed long-termsolutions to the problems that too many Amer-icans experience with the IRS.

Most importantly, the IRS Restructuring andReform Act of 1997 would completely overhaulthe Tax Code. Since the last major simplifica-tion of the Tax Code was passed in 1986,4,000 amendments have been added to theTax Code. A fairer, simpler, single-rate TaxCode offers the best hope for ending the IRSas we know it. But until tax simplification is inplace, we need to take steps to correct thesevery real abuses and protect our constituentsand taxpayers. That is why I strongly urge thisCongress to take swift action to enact the IRSRestructuring and Reform Act of 1997.

STATEMENT ON THE UNQUES-TIONED INTEGRITY OF UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE STUARTEIZENSTAT

HON. TOM LANTOSOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, in my decadesof watching and working on Capitol Hill, I havenever met a public servant of greater integrityand dedication than the Under Secretary ofState for Economic, Business and AgriculturalAffairs, Stuart Eizenstat. Recent criticism in-volving him has prompted me to undertake anin depth review and analysis of his earlier pri-vate-sector work in the airline industry. My in-quiry has only confirmed my unequivocal andcarefully considered view of Mr. Eizenstat asa public servant of the highest integrity andimpeccable action.

I profoundly deplore the absolutely un-founded accusations that have been madeagainst him by special interests, who have avested interest in an outcome contrary to thecarefully considered and appropriate policybeing pursued by the United States Govern-ment. It would appear that these interests arecynically using this totally unjustified and falsecriticism of this outstanding public servant inan effort to achieve their objectives throughsleaze, innuendo, and falsehood.

I specifically wish to place in the publicrecord the following information about UnderSecretary Eizenstat in order to clarify this situ-ation.

First, prior to his confirmation as U.S. Am-bassador to the European Union, AmbassadorEizenstat listed over 30 clients with whom hewould have no contact for a 1-year period.Ethics regulations require than an officialrecuse himself for 1 year from matters inwhich a former client is a party if the officialbelieves that an appearance of a conflictwould otherwise result. At the request of theSenate Foreign Relations Committee, Ambas-sador Eizenstat went even further. Becausehe had represented British Airways with re-spect to the USAir merger, he agreed not toparticipate in official matters involving thismerger for the duration of his appointment asAmbassador and to consider carefully whetherto participate in other issues involving BritishAirways, if any should arise. He fully honoredthis extensive commitment.

Second, after serving for over 21⁄2 years asAmbassador to the European Union, he hastwice been confirmed by the U.S. Senate,once in early 1996 as Under Secretary ofCommerce for International Trade and againin the spring of this year as Under Secretaryof State for Economic, Business, and Agricul-tural Affairs. In neither instance was he askedto limit further contact with British Airways orwith any of his former clients. Indeed, he couldnot do his job in either position if he were re-quired to recuse himself indefinitely from allmatters involving his former clients.

Third, in his meeting with EU CommissionerVan Miert, he did not seek approval of theAmerican Airlines-British Airways alliance.Rather, he presented a position of the StateDepartment he himself had not participated ineven developing. Instead he merely expressedconcern that the European Union, in its con-sideration of the proposed alliance, not impose

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1912 October 2, 1997anticompetitive conditions which would com-plicate an Open Skies agreement with theUnited Kingdom. He never talked with anyonefrom the Department of Transportation.

Fourth, more than 4 years after having anyrepresentation of British Airways, having hadno financial interest in his former law firm’srepresentation of British Airways, having hadno contact with British Airways in any officialcapacity even to this day, and conforming tothe letter and spirit of the ethics requirements,he has continued to act, as he has throughouthis public career, with the highest ethicalstandards. Indeed, he continues meeting thehighest standards and has now decided to gobeyond anything required and recuse himselffrom further involvement on this issue untilDOT makes its administrative finding.

Fifth, this is confirmed by the followingstatement which was approved by the highestethics official in the State Department:

Under Secretary Eizenstat’s recent discus-sions with EU officials regarding the BritishAirways-American Airlines alliance were fullyconsistent with Government ethical guidelinesand regulations.

No law or regulation requires recusal in thiscase. Government ethics rules require that anofficial not participate in a matter only in twoinstances: when the official has a financial in-terest in the matter or when the matter in-volves in certain cases a former client whomthe official represented within the last year.Neither instance applies here: Under Sec-retary Eizenstat does not have a financial in-terest in this matter; he last represented Brit-ish Airways 4 year ago.

Under Secretary Eizenstat’s 1993 statementof recusal on British Airways, referred to in theJOC [Journal of Commerce] article, resultedfrom his representation of the British Airwayson a matter unrelated to the AA/BA [AmericanAirlines/British Airways] alliance. The recusalwas limited to the period when he served asU.S. Ambassador to the EU, a position that heno longer holds. Neither the law, the Con-gress, nor Government ethics officials requiredthat he continue this recusal when he as-sumed his present position as Under Sec-retary.

His current recusal provides as follows: ‘‘Fi-nally, I will recuse myself from participation ona case-by-case basis in any particular matterin which, in my judgment, it is desirable for meto do so in order to avoid the possible appear-ance of impropriety, despite the lack of anyactual conflict.’’ Both Under SecretaryEizenstat and Department ethics officials havebelieved that the Under Secretary need notrecuse himself under this provision from dis-cussions with the EU on the AA/BA alliancebecause 4 years have passed since he rep-resented BA and because his representationof BA was on a different issue than the pend-ing area.f

THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OFMONTEREY-SALINAS TRANSIT

HON. SAM FARROF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Speaker, I havethe distinct honor and privilege of representingCalifornia’s 17th Congressional District and,

on behalf of all the residents of the centralcoast, I would like to commend to my col-leagues’ attention the 25th anniversary ofMonterey-Salinas Transit.

The Monterey Peninsula Public Transit Sys-tem Joint Powers Agency was formed by thecities of Carmel, Del Rey Oaks, Monterey, Pa-cific Grove, Seaside, and the County of Mon-terey on October 1, 1997. As the predecessorof Monterey-Salinas Transit, it served theMonterey Peninsula area, later expanded toprovide service to the cities of Marina, Salinas,and Watsonville, now serving all of NorthernMonterey County.

I am proud to claim that my district hasbeen among the first in the country to promotecommunity livability and sustainable develop-ment initiatives that enhance the quality of lifefor all its citizens. Monterey-Salinas Transitrecognizes the benefit of sustainable develop-ment and the need to utilize clean tech-nologies. One-quarter of the bus fleet is pow-ered by clean natural gas [CNG] and futureplans call for the total MST fleet and supportvehicles to be fueled with CNG, a much moreenvironmentally friendly source of fuel.

It is the foresight of the MST member juris-dictions that has enabled the transit service tobe on the cutting edge of technology and serv-ice, with ridership of some 4 million pas-sengers each year, including a paratransit vanservice for disabled customers, and a water-front area visitor express service for tourists.As we stand on the threshold of the 21st cen-tury, I am pleased to commend Monterey-Sali-nas Transit for providing 25 years of exem-plary public service to the central coast ofCalifornia, and ask my colleagues in the U.S.House of Representatives to wish them wellon the next 25 years.f

TRIBUTE TO ANGELO VOLPE

HON. BART GORDONOF TENNESSEE

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today torecognize the most enthusiastic person I haveever met, Angelo Volpe, the president of Ten-nessee Technological University.

Angelo Volpe is a distinguished scholar andscientist that any university would be proud tohave as a president. During Dr. Volpe’s 10years tenure as the president of TennesseeTech, he has brought energy and a level ofenthusiasm that is contagious to the entirecommunity. As the founder of Sharing the Vi-sion, a university-wide fundraising campaign,President Volpe has made the dream of col-lege a reality for many students who could notafford tuition. He not only recognizes the valueof a university education, but also acknowl-edges the need for a campus that meets awide range of student needs. During his ten-ure, President Volpe has overseen the cre-ation of a new library and a recreation and fit-ness center. These additions have greatly ex-panded student resources and added to thestature of the university.

Angelo Volpe’s strong chemistry backgroundis also an asset to the university. He came toTennessee Tech from East Carolina Universityand I know they must still feel the loss of thistalented and visionary man. His pursuit of sci-entific knowledge has made him a member in

good standing in such organizations as theAmerican Chemical Society, the TennesseeAcademy of Science, and a past president ofthe Tennessee College Association.

Although a Brooklyn native, Dr. Volpe hasadjusted perfectly to southern life and hasmade Cookeville, TN his home. He is a tire-less leader in the field of education and aprominent member of the Cookeville commu-nity and the Rotary Club. But no man is an is-land. Dr. Volpe has had the support and ad-vice of his able wife, Jennette. Jennette has aPh.D. in psychology and has been invaluablein assisting her husband with his duties aspresident of Tennessee Tech. They are activemembers of St. Thomas Aquinas CatholicChurch and in the local community.

I am grateful that President Volpe will con-tinue to lead Tennessee Tech into the 21stcentury. I know that with Dr. Volpe at thehelm, this university will continue to prosper.He has given of his time, expertise, and en-ergy to make Tennessee Tech an outstandinguniversity and in turn, I would like for us torecognize his accomplishments today andwish him luck in the coming years.

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REFORMING THE INTERNALREVENUE SERVICE

HON. NEWT GINGRICHOF GEORGIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. GINGRICH. Mr. Speaker, I submit forthe CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a series of lettersbetween myself and the White House on thesubject of reforming the Internal RevenueService.

The correspondence sadly demonstrateshow removed from the concerns of the Amer-ican people the White House appears on thisimportant topic. Last week, the entire countrysaw ordinary taxpayers as well as IRS agentsand managers offer dramatic testimony onmany of the outrageous practices of the agen-cy. Apparently, the White House staff were theonly people in the country not to be concernedabout this abusive behavior.

I hope that the White House will join withmillions of American citizens and commit to re-forming the IRS immediately.

THE SPEAKER,U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, DC, September 29, 1997.President WILLIAM J. CLINTON,The White House, Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, I was gravely dis-turbed to read the comments in the presstoday from your top economic advisor, GeneSperling, on the subject of reforming theIRS.

Americans have watched with horror in re-cent weeks as hearings in the Senate andHouse have uncovered dozens of documentedinstances of gross incompetence, harass-ment, and abuse of authority by agents ofthe IRS. According to the testimony of pastand current IRS employees—some of whomwere forced to disguise their voices and hidetheir faces for fear of retaliation—it has beenstandard practice within the agency to tar-get poor individuals who could not afford tofight and to measure agents’ performance onthe number and amount of seizures theymake.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1913October 2, 1997Clearly the IRS is out-of-control and needs

to be reformed. Every year we delay will re-sult in tens of thousands of additional night-mares for taxpayers who are unfairly tar-geted, hounded, abused, and bankrupted bythe agency.

That is why I am so greatly alarmed by thecomments of your top economic advisortoday that reform efforts are ‘‘a recipe forconflicts of interest’’ and a ‘‘serious stepbackwards.’’ Surely you do not agree withMr. Sperling’s bizarre assertion that the bi-partisan recommendations of the IRS reformcommission headed by Rep. Rob Portman (R–OH) and Sen. Bob Kerrey (D–NE) would leadto ‘‘less accountability’’ and ‘‘less trust.’’Does Mr. Sperling truly speak for you whenhe said that you will ‘‘vigorously oppose’’those recommendations?

If you do not repudiate the statementsmade by Mr. Sperling today, you will haveallied yourself with the IRS’ bureaucraticmachine and turned your back on the mil-lions of Americans who have been pulledthrough its gears. I urge you to immediatelydisavow Mr. Sperling’s remarks and makeclear your personal commitment to reform-ing the IRS.

Sincerely,NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House.

THE WHITE HOUSE,Washington, September 29, 1997.

Hon. NEWT GINGRICH,Speaker of the House, U.S. Congress, Washing-

ton, DC.DEAR SPEAKER GINGRICH: Thank you for

your letter of September 29 regarding our ap-proach to IRS reform.

As Mr. Sperling noted this morning instating the Administration’s position, we arefirmly committed to reforming the IRS. Thisis a long-held commitment that recent con-gressional hearings have only helped reaf-firm. As Mr. Sperling reiterated this morn-ing ‘‘much more needs to be done’’ and wehave put forward a ‘‘very strong reformagenda.’’ President Clinton made that com-mitment clear when he signed the TaxpayerBill of Rights into law last year: ‘‘We say toAmerica’s taxpayers, when you deal with theIRS, you also have privileges and we respectthem. You have protection and we will helpprovide it. You have rights and we will shieldthem.’’

Earlier this month, Secretary Rubin out-lined a comprehensive plan to build on thosereforms and to modernize and restructurethe IRS. This builds on the intensified over-sight Treasury has provided over the lasttwo years. Our reform plan mirrors many ofthe recommendations made by the Kerrey-Portman Commission. Our reform planwould strengthen oversight, increase ac-countability, and provide for increasing ad-vice from the private sector. The plan wouldalso grant the Taxpayer Advocate greaterindependence and build on our efforts to pro-mote electronic filing.

To improve management at the IRS, wehave nominated a top-notch private-sectorinformation management expert, CharlesRossotti to head the agency. We believe hecan bring his cutting-edge private sector ex-pertise, particularly in the area of customerservice, to that agency. His nomination ispending before the Senate, and I hope we canput his skills to use as soon as possible.

There is one area where we strongly dis-agree with the plan supported by the HouseRepublican leadership. The President strong-ly opposes a part-time private board thatwould oversee the operations of the IRS. Webelieve that such a private board would fos-ter less accountability and create the poten-tial for wide-scale conflicts of interest, as

Mr. Sperling noted this morning. Undoubt-edly, the type of people qualified to serve onsuch a board would have their own businessbefore the IRS; that potential for conflicts ofinterest would make impartial oversight dif-ficult at best. That concern about conflictsof interest is shared by, among others,former IRS Commissioners from both Demo-cratic and Republican administrations,Brookings Institution scholars, and the NewYork State Bar Association.

I hope we do not let our differences overthe responsibilities of a private advisoryboard stand in the way of meaningful, bipar-tisan reform of the IRS. The American peo-ple deserve better. As Mr. Sperling saidtoday, we were ‘‘appalled’’ and ‘‘extremelydisturbed’’ by the tales of abuse of individualtaxpayers described in the hearings. Such be-havior has no place in this administration asMr. Sperling’s full comments this morningmake perfectly clear.

We are encouraged by the measures thatthe IRS has undertaken to correct thoseabuses and eliminate any practices that mayhave inadvertently encouraged them. Sec-retary Rubin has assured me that he will re-double our efforts to root out cases of mal-feasance and promote accountability at theInternal Revenue Service. To promote realreform at the IRS, I hope we can work withyou in a bipartisan, constructive spirit.

Sincerely,ERSKINE B. BOWLES,

Chief of Staff.

THE SPEAKER,U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, DC, September 30, 1997.President WILLIAM J. CLINTON,The White House, Washington, DC.

Dear Mr. President. With all due respect,Mr. President, your staff just doesn’t seemto get it. For five years, the administrationofficials in charge of the IRS have fiddledwhile the agency has burned the hopes anddreams of thousands of innocent taxpayers.Fortunately, the bipartisan Portman-Kerreycommission has put forth real reforms tohelp the taxpayers.

Now, despite recent congressional hearingsthat have uncovered the extent of the mal-feasance and mismanagement within theIRS, your staff has taken the indefensibleposition that this same group of political ap-pointees should be allowed to continue su-pervising the agency.

In separate statements yesterday, bothyour top economic advisor and your Chief ofStaff made the ludicrous assertion that plac-ing a non-partisan private board of direc-tors—unbeholden to any political interest—in charge of the IRS would foster ‘‘less ac-countability’’ and ‘‘less trust’’ in the agency.

Instead of this independent board, your ad-ministration has proposed the creation of aninternal board made up of 15 current politi-cal appointees from within the IRS, the De-partment of Treasury and the Office of Man-agement and Budget. In other words, yourresponse to the dozens of horror stories wehave heard from innocent taxpayers over re-cent weeks is that we leave exactly the samepeople in charge who have already failed tosolve the problem.

Worse, several of the current officials whowould make up such a board are also donorsto the Democratic Party and Democrat can-didates. In the midst of all of your adminis-tration’s ongoing campaign finance scandals,do you really expect to restore the con-fidence of the American people in the IRS byputting some big-donor Democrats in chargeof ‘‘non-partisan,’’ ‘‘objective’’ tax collec-tion.

Earlier today, you said that we must ‘‘nottry to sweep any of these problems under the

rugs.’’ I agree. The only way to ensure a gen-uine housecleaning at the IRS is to appointa private, independent board of directors forthe agency.

I urge you to drop your opposition to re-form and join with congressional Democratsand Republicans as we take action to restorepublic confidence in the IRS.

Sincerely,NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House.

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HONORING MARIO & CELIA JI-MENEZ ON THE OCCASION OFTHE CELEBRATION OF THE 30THANNIVERSARY OF MARIO’STACOS

HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRESOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to

recognize a very special couple and dearfriends, Mario and Celia Jimenez of Mario’sTacos in the City of Pico Rivera. On Saturday,October 4, 1997, Mario, Celia, and hundredsof members of the community will celebratethe 30th anniversary of Mario’s Tacos.

Mario and Celia own and operate this familyrestaurant in my congressional district. Overthe last 30 years, they built their small tacostand into a thriving business, expanding to itscurrent large family eatery. It is knownthroughout the community for the traditionalMexican and American dishes that are servedin a friendly family oriented atmosphere. Overthe years, Mario’s Tacos has endeared itselfto the residents of Pico Rivera and surround-ing communities and has become a commonplace for friends and family to join together.

A sense of family and a dedication to thecommunity are values held dear to Mario andCelia. The success of their business can becredited to their impenetrable faith and beliefin family and community. Each of their chil-dren, Mary, Mario, Jr., David, Martha, andNorma has contributed their time and efforts tomaking this family business a success. Marioand Celia instilled in their children a strongwork ethic and a belief that with determinationtheir children could accomplish anything.

Their successful business has affordedthem the opportunity to give back to the com-munity. Mario and Celia support variousschool and charitable organizations. Becauseof their strong belief in our young people andthe education that they were denied, they con-tribute much of their time and money to com-munity youth projects, school programs andactivities that support quality education in theirnative country of Mexico, as well as in theUnited States.

Mario has established and works with a va-riety of international aid organizations, assist-ing poor communities in Mexico and SouthAmerica gain access to health care, emer-gency, and educational resources. Locally,Mario and Celia have helped those less fortu-nate by providing meals for senior citizens andhomeless. Also, Mario has been an unwaver-ing supporter of the 34th Congressional Dis-trict Congressional Awards Council, which rec-ognizes young people in my congressionaldistrict for their volunteer contributions in thecommunity.

Mr. Speaker, it is with pride that I rise torecognize the Jimenez family for their strong

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1914 October 2, 1997character and entrepreneurial spirit as theycelebrate the 30th anniversary of Mario’sTacos. I ask my colleagues to join me in salut-ing this fine establishment and extendingMario and Celia Jimenez our fondest wishesfor their continued success.f

IN LOVING MEMORY OF BESSIEGILMORE

HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.OF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like tocall to your attention the loving memory ofBessie Gilmore, from Paterson, NJ.

Bessie was born on September 12, 1920 inCamden, SC. She was the daughter of thelate Charles June, Sr. and Margaret BraceyJune Jackson.

Bessie moved to Paterson, NJ at a veryyoung age and was baptized at St. AugustinePresbyterian Church in Paterson. A graduateof Paterson Public School No. 6, she attendEastside High School and graduated fromBrown Home Mather Academy in Camden,SC.

As a community leader, Bessie spoke forthe disenfranchised citizens of Paterson. Shespearheaded numerous civic action commit-tees, served as chief organizer for the Federa-tion of Neighborhood Councils, which is a divi-sion of the Paterson Task Force for Commu-nity Action, and coorganized the WelfareRights Organization.

Bessie served as a commissioner on thePaterson Board of Adjustment and a memberof the Board of Directors of the Bergen/Pas-saic County Health Systems Agency, theWPAT Coalition Committee, and Title OneCommittee. A Fourth Ward Democratic co-leader and County Committeewoman, she wasa member of the NAACP and the CitizensCommittee for the Passaic County VocationalHigh School.

Bessie’s many honors included the WarAgainst Poverty Award, presented to her bythe Paterson Task Force for Community Ac-tion, the Major’s Award for Civic Contributions,and the Paterson Chapter of the Black Wom-en’s Health Project Award.

Bessie is survived by her husband LouisGilmore, her daughter Deborah Jamison Jeter,and two brothers, Charles June, Jr., andJames Jackson, Jr.

Mr Speaker, I ask that you join me, our col-leagues, Bessie’s family and friends, and thecity of Paterson in paying tribute to the lovingmemory of Bessie Gilmore.f

CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2378,TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE,AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT AP-PROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

SPEECH OF

HON. ROB PORTMANOF OHIO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, September 30, 1997

Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today toexpress my support for the overall fiscal year1998 Treasury, Postal Service Appropriations

Conference Report. But I also want to restatemy concern over the way in which we werenot given the opportunity to vote up or downon the cost-of-living adjustment for Membersof Congress during the fiscal year 1998 appro-priations process. If I had been given thechance, I would have voted against it.

I am a strong supporter of a number of im-portant provisions in the conference report thathas returned from the House/Senate Con-ference Committee, and that is why I feelcompelled to support it. These provisions in-clude funding levels that are consistent withthe bipartisan IRS restructuring and reformlegislation I am sponsoring, including $377million of critical funding to address the Year2000 problem in IRS computer systems. Italso includes $326 million in needed informa-tion technology investments for the IRS.

Furthermore, this conference report includes$1.6 billion for activities related to drug abuse.It includes critical funding for the Drug FreeCommunities Act, which I authored this year toencourage effective community-based drugprevention programs.

And, given the recent reports about ques-tionable usage of the White House for politicalfundraising, it has important provisions to in-crease accountability for the financing of politi-cal events at the White House to ensure thattaxpayers are not subsidizing fundraisers.

After weighing the overall effect of this legis-lation, I felt it would be improper to oppose theentire legislation package over the issue of theCOLA. That issue has already been debatedbefore this body—where I expressed my op-position.f

HARLEM’S HISTORIC SYLVIA’SRESTAURANT IS GOING ON THEROAD

HON. CHARLES B. RANGELOF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, not long ago, I

was honored to present to Herbert and SylviaWoods an award as New York State’s Parentsof the Year. The owners of Harlem’s world-re-nowned Sylvia’s Restaurant had earned theaccolade as a married couple who had raisedfour children and had been blessed by manygrandchildren.

I said then that the Woods’ had dem-onstrated what life is truly about: nurturing,educating, and inculcating in their children thevalues that had allowed them to carry on suc-cessfully in their own lives. But in addition, theWoods’, who came from the humblest of back-grounds in South Carolina, have made a hugemark in the world of business, building a smallfamily-owned restaurant in Harlem into a na-tional operation in the culinary industry—res-taurants in several cities and a line of bottledspices.

Recently reporter Michel Marriott chronicledtheir story in an article in the New York Times.That inspirational story of hard work, persever-ance, and determination follows for the edifi-cation of my colleagues.

[From the New York Times, Sept. 3, 1997]QUEEN OF SOUL FOOD TAKING ‘‘DOWN HOME’’

ON THE ROAD

(By Michel Marriott)The scene on the broad, cracked sidewalk

outside Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem

looked like the opening of a departmentstore sale, as tourists from around the world,in sneakers, shorts and T-shirts, along withother diners in waiting, some in their Sun-day best, anticipated the moment when theycould surge inside.

When the door opened at 12:30 P.M., about100 customers pressed forward, eager for friedchicken, salmon croquettes, collard greens,candied yams, black-eyed peas and the livemusic of Sylvia’s Sunday gospel brunch.

For those for whom soul food has literalmeaning, the weekly four-hour feast, inwhich hundreds gather, was a reaffirmingevocation of down home. For other toe-tap-ping diners, it was a plateful of black cul-ture, a taste of church suppers, backyardcookouts and old-fashioned, black hospi-tality.

The only thing missing was the queen ofsoul food herself, the owner, Sylvia Woods.Mrs. Woods doesn’t work on Sundays any-more. After 35 years of 15- and 16-hour daysto establish her restaurant, on Lenox Avenuenear 127th Street, as a temple of blackSouthern dining up north, Mrs. Woods, 71,and her husband, 72 Herbert, are taking it alittle easier.

They may need the energy: from modestbeginnings in rural South Carolina, they areon the cusp of national success.

Mrs. Woods’s mother mortgaged the familyfarm so that her daughter, than a waitress,and son-in-law, then a cabdriver, could openthe restaurant in 1962. But now, investors ledby the J.P. Morgan Community DevelopmentCorporation are helping to take the Woodses’vision of a cozy place to break cornbread andtransplant it across the country.

Mrs. Woods, a round-faced women withoutsize eyeglasses and a generous smile,finds that prospect pleasing.

‘‘We’ve come such a long ways, but in asense it feels like it was just yesterday,’’Mrs. Woods said, with her husband at herside. ‘‘I put my life in this restaurant.’’

Her regulars enjoy the couple’s success.‘‘I have watched their development,’’ said

Percy Sutton, a leading Harlem businessmanand former Manhattan Borough President. ‘Iknow of no two more deserving and graciouspeople than the two of them. I am deliriouslyhappy for them.’’

The expansion began in February, whenthe first Sylvia’s branch opened in downtownAtlanta. Others are planned for Brooklyn,St. Louis and Baltimore.

Another arm of this food empire is beingmasterminded by their eldest son, VanDeWard Woods, 52: a Sylvia’s line of bottledspices, sauces, dressings and canned seasonedbeans, greens and peas—with Mrs. Woods’ssmiling face on the front. The products areappearing on the shelves of specialty shopsand supermarkets chains in New York andnationally, including D’Agostino, Pathmarkand A.&P./Food Emporium.

The Woodses are at the leading edge of anew interest in soul food. This fall, 20th Cen-tury Fox is set to release the feature film‘‘Soul Food,’’ a sentimental homage. Thecuisine, born on slave plantations and rely-ing heavily on cast-off cuts of meat, friedfoods, gravies and spices, is being reimag-ined, often for diet-conscious customers, atpopular restaurants like George’s in Los An-geles and the Soul Cafe and Motown Cafe inmidtown Manhattan.

In recent years, Mrs. Woods has given anod to the calorie-conscious by offering a fewitems on her menu that are baked andgrilled, not fried. She also seasons her col-lard greens with smoked turkey, rather thanthe traditional ham hocks, after some cus-tomers asked if they could get their greenssans pig.

Even with these accommodations, it’s stillthe same restaurant that has become worldrenowned.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1915October 2, 1997Its very walls pronounce its fame. The

central element of the decor, which Mrs.Woods describes as ‘‘comfortable, decent andclean,’’ are photographs of many notablevisitors.

The former Republican Vice-Presidentialcandidate Jack Kemp, Labor Secretary Alex-is Herman, the media mogul Quincy Jonesand the actor Denzel Washington in the roleof just another diner are among scores ofthose whose pictures are on display in thethree cobbled-together rooms that make upSylvia’s.

Winnie Mandela dined there three times.Diana Ross asked for seconds of Sylvia’sSassy Rice. Muhammad Ali used to roamalong the steam tables fetching his own bis-cuits. Spike Lee filmed a scene of his 1991film, ‘‘Jungle Fever’’ in a corner of the res-taurant now memorialized with a huge auto-graphed poster for the movie.

It has long been a favorite haunt for up-town’s power elite. Mr. Sutton rememberedhow over the years he held meetings at Syl-via’s with figures like Robert F. Kennedyand Jesse Jackson.

But whenever one of her customers asksMrs. Woods who was the most famous star todine there, she responds with a rhetoricalquestion and then answers it.

‘‘Who’s the most famous star to come intothe restaurant?’’ she asks warmly. ‘‘You.’’

Mrs. Woods says the success of their $3million-a-year restaurant is due as much toits unshakable sense of Southern hospitalityas to the food itself.

‘‘You got to make people feel like they’reat home,’’ Mrs. Woods said. ‘‘You got tomake people feel like you appreciate them.That love and affection and caring will carryyou where money can never carry.’’

If she is not going over menus and day-to-day details in her closet of an office—‘‘Syl-via’s Room’’ is burned into the door—she isminding the steam tables or ‘‘talking up cus-tomers’’ in a voice from her South Carolinaroots.

‘‘I walks the floor,’’ Mrs. Woods explained.‘‘If a person is not eating the food, I want toknow why. ‘Well, I’m not hungry,’ I say, uh-uh, you have to bring it better than that.You wouldn’t come in here, if you wasn’thungry.’’

Her accessibility, says Anthony Bowman,who operates a Harlem-based tour company,has helped make her ‘‘an icon.’’

‘‘Most people who have gone there have atleast once seen Sylvia,’’ Mr. Bowman said:‘‘She gives the place an identifiable face.’’

The couple say they are determined tomaintain the personal touch in their newbranches.

So, soft-spoken Herbert Woods, with hisbroad, gentle face, slides behind the steeringwheel of their 1988 Rolls-Royce Silver Spurand drives with his wife 14 hours—nonstop—from their home in Mount Vernon, N.Y., tolook in at the Atlanta restaurant, which isowned by their daughter Bedelia Woods, 49.

‘‘We prefer to drive,’’ Mrs. Woods said.‘‘I don’t mind flying, but I prefer not for

both of us to fly together,’’ Mr. Woods noted.‘‘Just in case.’’

Mrs. Woods disagreed, ‘‘If we go, we go to-gether.’’

Their visit doesn’t mean they don’t haveconfidence in their daughter or their otherthree children and the five grandchildrenwho work in the family business. But Momand Dad’s ‘‘guidance’’ is always helpful, theynote.

None of Mrs. Woods’s success surprisesVicky Johnson, the Belgian war bride of An-drew Johnson the black entrepreneur whogave Mrs. Woods her first job in Harlem, asa waitress in his Harlem luncheonette.

‘‘She was a hard worker,’’ Mrs. Johnson,69, recalled by telephone from her home in

Summit, N.Y. ‘‘I worked side by side withher. She wanted to get somewhere. Believeyou me, nobody gave her nothing. Sheearned it.’’

Mrs. Woods was reared by her mother,Julia Pressley, on their 35-acre farm in Hem-ingway, S.C., a patchwork of small farmswith more wagons than cars when she wasgrowing up.

Her father died two days before she wasborn, Mrs. Woods said, a victim of gassingduring World War I. ‘‘I’ve never seen his face,not even a photo.’’

While picking beans for extra money forthe family, she said, she met Herbert Woods.His mother had died, and he was being raisedby his step-father in Hemingway. She was 11,and he was 12. By their early teens, both re-called, they were falling in love.

Their affection was so strong, Mr. Woodssaid, that when she went to New York withher mother, who worked as a domestic tobuy more farmland back home, he joined theNavy. He thought that as a sailor he mightsail to Brooklyn and see his sweetheart, hesaid.

‘‘As close as I got was Norfolk, Va,’’ Mr.Woods said with a soundless chuckle. Hesoon found himself in the middle of the Pa-cific Ocean and World War II as a cook onlight cruisers and transports. ‘‘When I was inthe Navy, that’s all you could be,’’ he said ofthe era’s segregated armed forces.

Eventually, they married and moved toHarlem. He drove a cab; she worked for theJohnsons.

In 1961, Mr. Johnson, who owned three res-taurants, turned to Sylvia Woods when hisplans to build an upstate resort for blacksoverextended him financially.

‘‘He wanted me to buy the restaurant fromhim to raise some money,’’ Mrs. Woods re-called. ‘‘I said: ‘Johnson, are you crazy? Youknow I don’t have any money.’ ’’

But the mortgage from Mrs. Woods’ moth-er provided the down payment on the $20,000price for the restaurant, the start of an em-pire now worth $20 million. In 1988, Mrs.Woods bought the upstate resort to preventMrs. Johnson, by then a widow and in finan-cial trouble, from losing it on the auctionblock.

Looking back to the early days, Mrs.Woods recalled, ‘‘It was really a struggle.’’But her success, she assured a visitor, waspart of ‘‘God’s plan.’’ She paused and foldedher hands.

‘‘God is so good to me that I truly, trulyknow that He would not bring me this farand leave me alone,’’ she said. ‘‘No.’’

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THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OFSPUTNIK

HON. GEORGE E. BROWN, JR.OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. BROWN of California. Mr. Speaker, Oc-tober 4 marks the 40th anniversary of one ofthe most significant milestones in the historyof humanity’s exploration of space. I of courseam speaking of the launching of the world’sfirst artificial satellite—Sputnik—by the SovietUnion on October 4, 1957.

At the time, the successful orbiting ofEarth’s ‘‘second moon’’ had wide-ranging re-percussions. It was an enormous blow to theAmerican national psyche, and it led to an ag-onizing reappraisal of our educational system,a questioning of our assumed technologicalsuperiority in the world, and alarm over the

national security implications of what the So-viet Union had accomplished. Thus, October4, 1957 marked not only the birth of the spaceage, but also the birth of the space race be-tween America and the Soviet Union—a racethat was simply one more symbol of the coldwar rivalry of the two superpowers.

Yet, from the vantage point of 40 yearslater, that rivalry is not the main legacy ofSputnik. Instead, its legacy is embodied in thecountless ways in which humanity’s explo-ration and utilization of space have enrichedall of us and fundamentally transformed ourlives.

We take for granted so much of what thespace program has accomplished, that it is im-portant to remember what the last four dec-ades of space activities have brought us.These include, but are by no means limited tothe following: Satellite communications, whichhas brought the rest of the world as close tous as our telephone receiver and our tele-vision set; meteorological satellites, whichhave revolutionized weather forecasting andstorm warnings; space-based remote sensing,which has promoted our national security,helped us to understand and manage our en-vironment and our resources, as well as help-ing us to monitor natural hazards; and sat-ellite-based navigation, which has spawnednumerous terrestrial applications and products,and which offers the promised of improved airtraffic management. In addition, space re-search has left a wealth of technologies in itswake that have provided new materials, medi-cal diagnostic and monitoring devices, im-proved power systems—the list goes on andon—to benefit our citizens. It is no exaggera-tion to say the space has spawned industriesand jobs that have become a significant partof our Nation’s economy.

Beyond the material benefits, our first 40years in space have led to dramatic increasesin our understanding of planet Earth, of theSun and our solar system, and of the universebeyond. Space research has led to numerousrewritings of the science textbooks with noend in sight. Anyone who has marveled at thediscoveries made by the Hubble space tele-scope or the Galileo spacecraft cannot doubtthe truth of that statement.

And of course 40 years of accomplishmentsin space have had an enormous inspirationalvalue—whether through seeing images ofhuman footsteps on the Moon, images ofEarth as a beautiful blue globe, or images ofan overachieving little robotic rover on the sur-face of the Mars. The value of such inspirationshould not be underestimated.

Finally, it should be noted that four decadesafter the event that triggered the space race,we have come full circle and are approachingspace exploration as an endeavor to be con-ducted through international cooperation ratherthan competition. Few may remember thatSputnik was launched as a component of theInternational Geophysical Year [IGY], an earlyexperiment in international scientific coopera-tion. Now, 40 years later, international co-operation is becoming the norm for bothhuman space flight and space science re-search.

Forty years ago, human space flight wasjust a goal—and a goal framed in terms of thesuperpower rivalry. Today, on the other hand,we are attempting nothing less than thepeaceful merger of the human space flightprograms of Russia and the United States, as

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1916 October 2, 1997well as cooperation with a dozen nations onthe development of a truly international spacestation. When we read reports of the difficul-ties that United States-Russian cooperation inspace is encountering, it is well worth remem-bering how far we have come from the daysof a dangerous rivalry, and how much we aretrying to accomplish together. Space is not theprovince of a single nation—it is the provinceof all humanity.

In sum, we have accomplished much in the40 years since that tiny metallic globe circledthe Earth for the first time. We cannot predictwith any great confidence what the next 40years will bring. However, if the past is anyguide, we can look forward to our future inspace with anticipation, hope, and a sense ofwonder.f

TRIBUTE TO BISHOP VICTOR T.CURRY, PASTOR OF NEW BIRTHBAPTIST CHURCH

HON. CARRIE P. MEEKOF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it istruly a distinct honor and privilege to pay trib-ute to one of Miami’s great leaders, BishopVictor T. Curry. I want to echo the same senti-ments of joy and gratitude that the 10,000members of the New Birth Baptist Church inMiami lifted up to Almighty God this pastweekend to celebrate his sixth pastoral anni-versary.

Bishop Curry, 37 years old, truly representsthe best and the noblest of our community. Asbishop, senior pastor, and teacher of NewBirth Baptist Church, he is remarkably leadinghis congregation in the ways of God and hastirelessly worked to enlighten our communityon the agenda of spiritual wisdom and goodgovernment based on our God-given con-science and responsibility.

It is indeed fitting for those of us who sub-scribe to the Judeo-Christian faith to pauseand reflect on the important role that BishopCurry plays in the day-to-day affairs of ourcommunity. I want to acknowledge the tremen-dous work he is doing in constantly guidingnot only the members of New Birth BaptistChurch, but the entire community. He has trulyexemplified the example of Christ as the GoodShepherd, and has led his flock of believers,sharing with them the words of God’s wisdomand the good news emanating from the Gos-pel.

His motto, ‘‘From Vision to Victory,’’ has im-pacted the lives of countless people, propel-ling him into one of our Nation’s charismatictelevangelists par excellence. Along with manyothers in our community, I am indeed a fortu-nate beneficiary of Bishop Curry’s televisedteachings and radio ministry through thechurch-owned Radio WMBM–1490 AM, espe-cially in his advocacy to demonstrate both byway of word and example our unconditionallove for and commitment to the children andthe elderly, the poor, the disenfranchised, andthe least fortunate among us. I have learnedfrom him the very centrality of God in our dailylives, conscious of the fact that the mandate ofour faith must characterize our attitudes to-ward those who could least fend for them-selves.

In its laudatory recognition the Miami Timesaptly described him as ‘‘a forceful, coura-geous, and visionary leader not only of the re-ligious community but also of our wider society* * * with the recognition that our churchesare part of a larger network of institutions thatare the pillars of our community.’’ BishopCurry is fully living up to his vocation as agenuine pastor. His standards for learning,caring, and achieving, especially among theyouth has won for him the accolades of ourecumenical community. Public and privateagencies have oftentimes cited him for hisuntiring consecration to the truth and his un-compromising stance on justice and equal op-portunity for all.

Moreover, his crusades in teaching many awayward inner-city youth has become legend-ary. He has gained the utmost confidence ofcountless parents and teachers who see inhim a no-nonsense motivator. They are wontto entrust him with the future of their children,fully cognizant and genuinely confident thatthey would learn from him the tenets of schol-arship and the pursuit of scholastic excellenceunder a conscientious commitment and rigor-ous discipline.

Our community is deeply touched and com-forted by his undaunted leadership, compas-sion, and personal warmth. As head of one ofthe fastest growing churches in Florida, Bish-op Curry preaches and lives by the adage thatunder the grace of God’s Providence our com-mon quest for personal integrity and profes-sional achievement is not beyond the reach ofthose who are willing to dare the impossible.As a man of God and as an indomitable lead-er in our community, he has rightfully earnedour deepest respect and genuine admiration.

This is the great legacy Bishop Victor T.Curry is unselfishly sharing with all of us. I amgreatly privileged indeed to have his friendshipand his confidence, and I am grateful that hecontinues to teach us to live by his noble ethicof always loving God and serving our fellow-men.f

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS RE-AUTHORIZATION AND AMEND-MENTS ACT OF 1997

SPEECH OF

HON. BART GORDONOF TENNESSEE

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strongsupport of H.R. 2261, the Small Business Pro-grams authorization. H.R. 2261 incorporatesthe provisions of H.R. 2429 which reauthorizesthe Small Business Technology Transfer Pro-gram as reported by the Science Committee.

First, I want to say it has been a pleasureworking with the Small Business Committee inthis legislation.

During the Technology Subcommittee’shearing on the STTR program we heardstrong bipartisan support for this small busi-ness, university, government partnership.

This program has been very successful atlinking the research capabilities of universitiesand national laboratories, with the businesssense and drive of our Nation’s small businesscommunity.

A number of amendments have been draft-ed to the original legislation and I would like

to call the attention of my colleagues to oneamendment in particular.

From reviewing the STTR awards madeduring the past 3 years, I became concernedthat the majority of awards are made to onlya few States.

Therefore, I suggested a provision thatwould require SBA to develop an outreachprogram to under represented States. Underrepresented States are defined as those whichreceive less than 20 awards during the prior 2year period. During fiscal years 1995–96 only8 states received more than 20 awards.

During the Technology Subcommittee’shearing it seemed clear that other States havefully qualified small businesses, universities,and nonprofit labs to enable them to competesuccessfully in the STTR program. However,in many States the program is not well-knownnor does the business community know howto apply to the program. The goal of theseprovisions are to expand participation in theSTTR program.

I want to thank Chairman SENSENBRENNERand Ranking Member BROWN of the ScienceCommittee and Chairman TALENT and Rank-ing Member LAFALCE for including these spe-cific provisions in H.R. 2261.

I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 2261.f

HONORING CALVARY COMMUNITYCHURCH FOR ITS 50 YEARS OFSERVICE

HON. ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRESOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col-leagues to join with me today in honoring theCalvary Community Church on its 50th year ofunselfish dedication to the community.

For 50 years, Calvary Community Churchhas provided a comfortable space for worshipand social gathering for residents of Norwalk,Downey, Whittier, and other neighboring cities.Founded in October 1946, the church was offi-cially established in April 1947, when Rev.Dale E. Hundsdoerfer was named its first pas-tor.

In 1949, Calvary Community Church pur-chased property on the corner of Pioneer andMapledale, in the city of Downey; holdingservices in a tent while constructing its perma-nent building. On April 4, 1950, the churchheld its first service in its new chapel. A largersanctuary was built in 1956 to facilitate thegrowing congregation.

Calvary Community Church has emerged asa revolutionary church providing service forthe hearing impaired, initiating food and cloth-ing drives for the needy, holding weekly serv-ices at the California Youth Authority facilitiesin Norwalk, bringing SHARE, a low-cost foodprogram, to Los Angeles County, and for thepast 10 years cosponsoring summer campsfor abused and neglected children. In addition,the church currently provides support for 15missionaries and provides weekly programsfor boys (Royal Rangers), girls (Missionettes),teenagers, and adults of all backgrounds.

I would also like to recognize and thank thepastors for their selfless devotion to CalvaryCommunity Church: Rev. Dale E.Hundsdoerfer 1947–62, Rev. A.J. Sovern1963–77, Rev. Dennis Millat 1977–87, and

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1917October 2, 1997Rev. Sam Miller 1987–91, Rev. Jim Knutsen1991–95, Rev. Gary Jeffery 1995–96, andRev. Siegfried Manntai 1996–present.

Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask my colleagues tojoin me in saluting, thanking, and honoring thepastors and congregation of Calvary Commu-nity Church for its 50 years of dedication andservice to the community.

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ANTHONY SCIBELLI OF SPRING-FIELD, MA, LONGEST CONTINU-OUSLY SERVING STATE LEGIS-LATOR

HON. RICHARD E. NEALOF MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, itgives me great joy to extend my congratula-tions to a constituent of mine who was re-cently recognized by the National Conferenceof State Legislators as the ‘‘longest continu-ously serving legislator in the United States ofAmerica.’’ Anthony Scibelli, a friend, neighbor,and staple in the Springfield political arena,has for 47 years served his constituents in the10th Hampden County district with dedication,commitment, and honor.

Representative Scibelli’s political career hasbeen extensive. Tony began his life of publicservice in his native Springfield by serving for12 years on the city council. In 1951, hebegan what has proven to be a successful ca-reer by becoming a State representative andmember of the Massachusetts General Court.And over the years, as he has earned the titleof ‘‘Dean of the House,’’ Anthony Scibelli hasnever forgotten where he has come from andthe people who have elected him.

Strongly committed to the concept of edu-cation for all, Scibelli’s dedication is best em-bodied in the halls and classrooms of Spring-field Technical Community College. As some-one who has fought for opportunities for all,his devotion to this ideal has been enjoyed byevery child and family who has ever swum inthe Emerson Wight pool. A former chairman ofthe Ways and Means Committee, Representa-tive Scibelli has been a vital participant in theState’s legislative process.

Anthony Scibelli currently serves on theJoint Ways and Means Committee, HouseWays and Means Committee and Transpor-tation Committee. He also proudly serves as adistinguished member of the Knights of Co-lumbus, the Elks, the Eagles, the Sons ofItaly, and the Longmeadow Country Club.While his memberships and affiliations de-scribe some of his personal qualities, perhapsAnthony Scibelli can best be understood byreviewing his personal philosophy. As he saysabout himself, ‘‘I never ignore or dismiss eventhe smallest request from people. Very simplyput, I feel good about being in a position tohelp those who need it.’’

Mr. Speaker, I wish to commend, my friend,Representative Anthony Scibelli, on thisunique and well-deserved national designationand for the vital role he has assumed inSpringfield. I am proud to join with the citizensof the second congressional district in offeringa most heartfelt congratulations.

HONORING PASTOR AMOS G.JOHNSON

HON. DALE E. KILDEEOF MICHIGAN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for

me to rise before you today to recognize theachievements of Pastor Amos G. Johnson ofPontiac, MI. On Saturday, October 4, the con-gregation of Pontiac’s New Bethel MissionaryBaptist Church will honor Pastor Johnson for40 years of dedicated service to the commu-nity in the name of the Lord.

I wish the circumstances that brought PastorJohnson to Pontiac from Clinton, MS in 1957had been more pleasant. Even degrees fromJackson State College and American BaptistTheological Seminary could not protect himfrom persecution and harassment based onthe color of his skin. Following a divine voice,Pastor Johnson left Mississippi for Michigan,and 2 weeks later became the head of NewBethel Missionary Baptist Church. In those 40years, the New Bethel congregation hasgrown from 50 to more than 1,500 under Pas-tor Johnson’s leadership. The church hasmoved from their original building to a beau-tiful new facility directly across the street. Theoriginal church still stands as the New BethelOutreach Ministry-Shelter for the homeless,servicing 161 families and 288 children.

Pastor Johnson’s time with the ministry hasallowed him to develop a strong support net-work that extends outside the church. Thepastor has been affiliated with and has heldleadership positions in groups such as theGreater Pontiac District Association, WolverineState Congress, Oakland County MinisterialFellowship, and the National Baptist Congressof Christian Education, to name a few. He hasalso been honored with an honorary degreefrom the Urban Bible Institute in Detroit.

Pastor Johnson’s deeds in the name of theLord are just as remarkable as his deeds onbehalf of the Pontiac community. In addition tothe Outreach Center, he has served as chap-lain at North Oakland Medical Center in Pon-tiac, and has worked tirelessly to aid thosestruggling with substance abuse. Countingstrong relationships with young people as amajor accomplishment, Pastor Johnson canoften be found working with student andteachers in the Pontiac School District.

Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I askyou and my fellow Members of the 105th Con-gress to join me in saluting Pastor AmosJohnson. I also ask that you acknowledge thecontributions made by Marjorie, his wonderfulwife of 49 years, who has been with him everystep of the way. Self evident in their lifelongcommitment to enhancing the dignity and nur-turing the spirits of all people. Our communityis a much better place because of Pastor andMrs. Amos Johnson.f

40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONOF THE FLORIDA SHERIFFSYOUTH RANCHES

HON. ALLEN BOYDOF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997Mr. BOYD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to

commemorate the 40th anniversary of the in-

corporation of the Florida Sheriffs YouthRanches. On October 2, 1957, the sheriffs ofthe State of Florida, with the best interests ofour young men and women in mind, saw fit toorganize the Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranchalong the banks of the Suwannee River. TheFlorida Sheriffs Boys Ranch has been in con-tinuous operation for the last 40 years and hasserved as the foundation for programs rangingfrom statewide child care programs to nation-ally accredited, community-based, family coun-seling services; independent living skills;parenting classes; and family life education.

The ongoing work of these rewarding pro-grams and their dedicated staff have givenover 30,000 young men and women thechance to resolve personal conflicts and theopportunity to live as lawful, productive assetsto society. Their efforts have helped to rebuildthe American family and combat juvenile crimeat the source, encouraging our youth to act asresponsible citizens and to pursue more re-warding pastimes and activities. Their hardwork and dedication to the youth of the Stateof Florida is most commendable, and I ask,Mr. Speaker, that you join me in honoring theFlorida Sheriffs Youth Ranches on this, their40th anniversary.

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DEDICATION OF KOOTENAI COUN-TY VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA

HON. HELEN CHENOWETHOF IDAHO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, I wouldlike to call the Members’ attention to the dedi-cation today of an important memorial inKootenai County, ID. I am proud to say thatthe Kootenai County Veterans Memorial Plazabeing dedicated today represents the grateful-ness that the people of Idaho have for our Na-tion’s veterans from the Revolutionary War upto the Persian Gulf war. The chairman of thecounty commissioners, Dick Compton, andCommissioners Richard Panabaker and Ron-ald D. Rankin echo the sentiments of the greatpeople of Kootenai County in their apprecia-tion for the great sacrifices these veteransmade. The State of Idaho has a proud historyof support for our Nation’s armed services andfor our Nation’s veterans. Idaho has alsostood strong for the founding principles thathave made this country great. The VeteransMemorial Plaza stands as an important monu-ment for our Nation’s veterans and for thesegreat principles which they stood for with suchcourage, willingness, and sacrifice of life andlimb. I applaud the people of Kootenai Countyfor the dedication of the Veterans MemorialPlaza. I would encourage each of the mem-bers to read the heartfelt words from Commis-sioner Rankin’s dedication below.

DEDICATION OF VETERANS MEMORIAL PLAZA

(By Commissioner Ronald D. Rankin)

In December of 1776, just five months afterthe Declaration of Independence had beensigned and the thirteen colonies were sweptup in the American Revolution, ThomasPaine wrote, ‘‘These are the times that trymen’s souls. The summer soldier and thesunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrinkfrom the service of his country; but he thatstands now deserves the love and thanks ofall men and women.’’

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1918 October 2, 1997That is why we are dedicating this Veter-

ans Memorial Plaza today, to remember allof those who stood fast and held the lineagainst tyranny, from the bridge at Concordto the sands of the Persian Gulf, and to saythank you . . . for without their courage,their dedication and their willingness to diefor what was right, we would not be heretoday.

Those we honor today died so that wemight enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit ofhappiness. Their legacy carries with it a tre-mendous burden—the responsibility to liveour lives so that we may vouchsafe that forwhich they gave their lives . . . our freedom.

Freedoms won on distant battlefields canbe lost in an instant here at home if we donot carry on the fight against tyranny.

No one knows better than a veteran thatservice to America does not end when youcome home from the war. We fought for free-dom and we’ve seen our friends die for free-dom, but in spite of the great sacrifices ofour fallen patriots of the past, we have be-come a nation morally adrift—without com-pass or rudder, sacrificing the generationswe fought and died for to an enemy we can-not see.

In our wars, fought on the fields of battle,the enemy wore uniforms and carried weap-ons—rifles, bayonets, grenades—he was iden-tifiable and we were armed and trained torecognize and defeat him.

Today, a far more insidious enemy is al-ready on our shores striking at the very soulof America. Today’s enemy does not wear auniform or fight with bayonets or grenades.He uses our media, he preys on the carnal de-sires of our communities—he pollutes ourchildrens’ minds with filth and their bodieswith drugs—he has taken God out of our in-stitutions and desecrates our flag with theapproval of our Government. There are nodistant drums of war signaling our peril—nofox holes, trenches, bayonets or grenades inthis war. The ammunition is knowledge,which we must all continue to seek . . . andthe battle is fought in the city halls, thecourthouses, the legislatures, and the Con-gress.

I say to you here today, you patriots andprotectors of our progeny and their heritage,as Patrick Henry stated, ‘‘the enemy is inthe field . . . why stand we here idle? ’’

Thank God the people we honor todaylived. Thank God that they cared enoughabout our country and its future that theylaid down their lives to preserve it, andthank God that with His help we may havethe strength and determination to carry onand make this again the ‘‘One Nation UnderGod’’ for which they died. It is a tremendousresponsibility, but we owe it to them and tofuture generations.

The future begins today, the future beginswith us. May God continue to bless Americaand may he bless us all in our righteous en-deavors.

This I say humbly, in the name of JesusChrist. Amen!

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PRESCRIBED BURN PROGRAMS

HON. JAMES E. ROGANOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997Mr. ROGAN. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro-

ducing H.R. . The intent of this legislation isto slightly amend the Clean Air Act so that ap-propriate Federal, State, and local entities mayconduct prescribed burn programs in non-attainment areas for a test period of 10 years.

Prescribed burns under limited conditionsare essential to the life and health of our for-

ests, to clean air, to the protection and propa-gation of species, and to increased wateryields.

A carefully managed burn program will alsolead to reduced floods and mudslides, and tothe reduction of overall firefighting costs.These savings would then be made availablefor a wide variety of highly beneficial activitiescontained in forest management programs.

With more than 100 years of fire suppres-sion history behind us, we know the currentstrategy is not working. Wildfires in these olderfuel beds occur more frequently. These infer-nos burn several hundred degrees hotter.They burn larger areas and result in greaterdamage and costs.

Two decades ago, we spent an average of$100,000 per year to put out wildfires; todaywe spend $1 billion.

We experience multimillion dollar wildfires inthe Angeles National Forest almost every yearwith the tragic and often unnecessary loss ofhomes, wildlife, trees, and watershed.

We cannot afford to let wildfires in the An-geles National Forest, and other U.S. foreststhat abut urban areas burn hotter, bigger, andfaster. These types of tragedies grow evenmore lethal, destructive and expensive to fight.

Prescribed burns, when used wisely, havebeen effective in reducing the size of wildfires.But we cannot currently use them in our areato the extent necessary because smoke froma prescribed burn is charged against air stand-ards within the framework of the Clean Air Actby Environmental Protection Agency [EPA],the California Air Resources Board [CARB],and the South Coast Air Qualify ManagementDistrict [SCAQMD]. As such, prescribed burnsare rarely and inadequately approved by theEPA.

The irony in this situation is that the EPA,while regulating all planned, open agriculturalburning, forgives, naturally enough, wildfires,which produce 10 to 15 times the emissionsand particulates when compared to prescribedforest burns.

We ask that a program of limited prescribedburns in wildland setting be allowed by theEPA for a period of 10 years, with the ForestService monitoring the results in terms of airpollution, forest survival and health, speciesdiversification, and suppression cost reduction.

Michael Rogers, forest supervisor of the An-geles National Forest, has given his supportfor limited prescribed burns in an unequivocaland straightforward manner. He said: ‘‘InSouthern California we live with a fire-adaptiveecosystem. All our plants and animals haveadapted to a high frequency of fires. We caneither manage this situation through theproactive use of prescribed fire, or be heldhostage by damaging wildfires that result inloss of life, property, natural resources withastronomic costs attributed to both thewildfires and the floods that follow wildfires.’’

It is time to use the restorative and produc-tive use of fire to fight fires and to make ourforest and living environs safer, cleaner,healthier, and more attractive.f

CONGRATULATIONS TRI-CITY SER

HON. JAMES A. BARCIAOF MICHIGAN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Speaker, we want to help

every willing American to help find and keep

a job. To that end, the Federal Governmenthas provided a number of job training pro-grams that depend upon skilled local opera-tors to provide assistance to those seekingnew or improved skills. I am proud to let ourcolleagues know that one such provider in mycongressional district, Tri-City SER, which op-erates with offices in both Saginaw and BayCity, has been selected as the 1997 Commu-nity Based Organization of the Year by theMichigan Works! State Association.

This distinction has been awarded for itssuccess in implementing its case managementsystem, its co-location with other service pro-viders, and the results of its Work First JobSearch Program. The Tri-City SER Case Man-agement System serves those residents ofBay County who participate in the Work FirstProgram and Job Training Partnership Actprograms. The case manager serves as anadvocate for the program participant. Themanager helps by determining the trainingplan that the participant should follow, andprovides support to the individual by monitor-ing his or her progress in training, on in main-taining employment.

People who are in need of assistance oftenfind that the array of programs available tothem is confusing, or the effort necessary totake advantage of them is beyond their capa-bility. For that reason, Tri-City SER co-locatedwith the Michigan Employment Security Agen-cy creating the ‘‘No Wrong Door Center.’’ Thiscenter provides a one-stop location for em-ployers and job seekers who need to deal withemployment services, unemployment insur-ance, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, JTPAand Work First case management, and on-the-job training funds. It also acts as a resourcecenter to help people seeking jobs.

The ultimate goal of job training is getting ajob. But many candidates for employmenthave difficulty in knowing how to find a job.That is why Tri-City SER provides the WorkFirst job search effort, geared toward pre-em-ployment training and assistance with resumewriting, interview skills, and completing appli-cations. Help is also provided in making thecorrect first impression with suggestions forproper attire for both interviews and actualemployment.

This award is the culmination of effortsmade by individuals too numerous to mention.It was the result of the creativity and deter-mination of a program staff that truly believesin its goal of helping people find and retainjobs. It also is testimony to all of the partici-pants in the program who took advantage ofwhat was being offered and made it a successworthy of duplication in many areas aroundMichigan and the Nation. Mr. Speaker, I urgeyou and all of our colleagues to join me incongratulating Tri-City SER on being named in1997 Community Based Organization of theYear. It is an honor they have earned.f

IN RECOGNITION OF OCTOBER 4,1997—DAY OF CONSCIENCE TOEND CHILD LABOR AND SWEAT-SHOP ABUSES

HON. TOM LANTOSOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to

support and pay tribute to the thousands of

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1919October 2, 1997people who will be participating in the NationalDay of Conscience To End Child Labor andSweatshop Abuses. On Saturday, October 4,1997, people across our Nation and acrossthe globe will join in a call to end child laborand sweatshops and to kick off the HolidayShopping Season of Conscience.

As part of a 3-month national and inter-national mobilization beginning on Saturday,October 4, 1997, thousands of organizationsacross our country will participate in vigils, ral-lies, walks for conscience, signing petitions,distributing of leaflets, demonstrations, andservices. The National Day of Conscience willinaugurate the Holiday Shopping Season ofConscience—a national movement to encour-age consumers to reward companies whichturn away from sweatshops and labor exploi-tation and penalize those which continue toviolate human rights.

Many people assume that the exploitation ofchildren and the existence of sweatshops is aproblem only in poorer countries or that it is aproblem which does not exist in this countryany longer. But many workers here in theUnited States still labor under exploitative con-ditions—long hours, subminimum wages, un-safe workplaces, and violations of child labor.

It will surprise many to learn that the UnitedStates ranks first among affluent nations in therate of injury and death to working minors. An-nually there are over 200,000 injuries of chil-dren and young people in our Nation’s work-places and 100 deaths among our workingyouth. In agriculture, 23,500 children are in-jured each year and more than 300 childrendie each year working in the fields. We cannotcontinue to allow our children’s lives to berisked in hazardous, dangerous, or illegalwork.

It will also surprise many to learn thatsweatshops have returned in the UnitedStates in numbers and forms that are similarto the deplorable conditions that existed at theturn of the century. In 1995, American wereshocked when investigators exposed theslave-like conditions of garment workers in ElMonte, CA. Who can forget the young femaleimmigrants from Thailand who were enslavedand forced to live in a compound encircled byrazor wire? These women were forced to work20-hour days in deplorable slave-like condi-tions for as little as $1 per hour. The El Montesweatshop, it was later revealed, made ap-parel for some of this country’s top fashion la-bels.

Mr. Speaker, the El Monte case unfortu-nately is not an isolated instance. The GAOrecently reported that 2,000 of 6,000 garmentshops in New York City and most of the 5,000shops in Los Angeles operate in violation ofminimum wage, overtime, or child labor laws.The National Day of Conscience and the Holi-day Shopping Season of Conscience are aneffort to make consumers aware of companieswhich are the worst sweatshop and child laborviolators.

Mr. Speaker, I do not think that Americansknowingly purchase products made by chil-dren or by a worker who is forced to workunder harsh and degrading sweatshop condi-tions. The great value of the National Day ofConscience and the Holiday Season of Con-science is that through wide participation andeducation consumers can be encouraged toavoid purchasing goods produced in sweat-shops and by illegal child labor, and we canbring about an end to sweatshops and exploi-tation of our children.

Mr. Speaker, we can do much more tomake our Nation’s children’s lives safer andmore secure as they enter the work force. Mygood friend and colleague, TOM CAMPBELL,along with another 38 of our colleagues, havejoined together in supporting comprehensivedomestic child labor law reform. This legisla-tion, H.R. 1870, the Young American Workers’Bill of Rights Act, sets new minimum stand-ards for protecting children in the workplaceand assuring time for academic achievementduring the school year, while still allowing forbeneficial work experience.

Mr. Speaker, this weekend will mark the be-ginning of a significant mobilization by con-sumers and grassroots organizations to endsweatshop abuses and child labor both hereand abroad. It is my hope that we in the Con-gress will mobilize support here in the Con-gress to enact legislation which will ensurethat the job opportunities for our youth aremeaningful, safe, and healthy.f

HONORING THE MASON DISTRICTNEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PRO-GRAM AND ALL OF ITS PARTICI-PANTS

HON. THOMAS M. DAVISOF VIRGINIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I risetoday to recognize a neighborhood organiza-tion that is making a difference in the qualityof life in northern Virginia. The Fairfax CountyMason District Police Department is honoringits neighborhood watch participants on Satur-day, October 4, 1997. This day of appreciationcelebrates the success of a program whichhas helped the general crime rate to declinesteadily since 1988.

The neighborhood watch participantsthroughout the Mason District are dedicatedindividuals who selflessly offer their time to im-prove their community. The Mason District hasthe largest number of and most active volun-teers in northern Virginia. As a former countysupervisor from the Mason District, I can attestto the dedication of those involved in theneighborhood watch. All of those in the MasonDistrict share a tremendous sense of pride inthe accomplishments of our neighborhoodwatch.

The individuals who work in this programcoordinate with the police so they may keepabreast of crime in or around their community.The time and energy they give in walking theirneighborhoods, tracking suspicious activities,people, and cars helps the Fairfax County po-lice deter would-be criminals. The savings totaxpayers through the years has been millionsof dollars, and the savings in crime deterredhas also been measurable. The neighborhoodwatch program in Mason District proudlyshows its strength and its numbers every yearat the national night out where most of theover 100 watch patrols participate. The partici-pants in this program have truly proven thatgetting involved in your community does makea difference. Those who take the time to casta watchful eye on their surroundings ensurethat they have a safer and more friendly placeto live. The Parklawn neighborhood watch dis-covered a fire at Glasgow intermediate schoolin its early stages. Their early detection meant

that firefighters arrived early and saved theschool from serious damage. In other in-stances, leads established by the watch haveled to solving burglaries and convicting carthiefs.

The members and coordinators of theMason District neighborhood watch work inone of the most diverse communities in theWashington area. They often bridge cultureand language gaps to come together and buildsafer neighborhoods. Often, the Mason Districtneighborhood watch has lead to a better un-derstanding of different cultures and back-grounds as people recognize that they sharethe same community values. One of the great-est assets of the Mason District neighborhoodwatch program is the bonds it has built be-tween individuals and neighborhoods. Theneighborhood watch is a program that trulybrings neighbors together. In one instance, awidow and a widower met when paired to-gether on a watch patrol in Sleepy Hollow. Sixmonths later they were married. I can’t prom-ise every single person who volunteers for thewatch in Mason District will be guaranteed aspouse, but it is clear that the neighborhoodwatch has brought many of its diverse popu-lation closer together.

I know my colleagues will join me in salutingthe Mason District neighborhood watch organi-zation that has had so much success. TheMason District neighborhood watch partici-pants have certainly earned a day of apprecia-tion. Their work has made the Mason Districtone of the nicest communities on our Nation.

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150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEEMANCIPATION OF ENSLAVEDAFRICANS IN WHAT IS NOW THEVIRGIN ISLANDS

HON. DONNA M. CHRISTIAN-GREENOF VIRGIN ISLANDS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN. Mr. Speaker, lastweek I came to this floor to invite my col-leagues and all Americans to join my constitu-ents and I as we celebrate the 150th anniver-sary of the emancipation of enslaved Africansin what is now the U.S. Virgin Islands, the dis-trict I proudly represent.

Many of my colleagues have agreed to co-sponsor the resolution I have submitted in rec-ognition of this significant event in our history,and I thank them for their support.

Mr. Speaker, today, October 1, we remem-ber and celebrate the ‘‘firebun,’’ which rep-resents a continuation on the part of the peo-ple of the Virgin Islands, to achieve a yetgreater degree of self-determination.

For while the events of July 3, 1848, rep-resented the end of physical slavery, thefirebun which occurred 30 years later, was avictory over economic slavery.

You see, Mr. Speaker, 1 year after ouremancipation in 1848, the Danish colonialgovernment established the Provisional LaborAct to indenture workers for the continuationof the sugar cane industry on St. Croix.

A bare subsistence wage scale was estab-lished, fees were set to discourage off-islandtravel, and workers were restricted fromchanging jobs, or moving to another estate ex-cept on October 1 of each year.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1920 October 2, 1997That day, October 1 became known as Con-

tract Day. After 30 years of existence underthis oppressive act, St. Croix was once againripe for an uprising. On Contract Day 1878,more than 400 workers, reacting to two inci-dents in Frederiksted town and adopting thecry ‘‘Ironside or ourside’’, began the revoltknown as the firebun, which ultimately de-stroyed close to 70 estates, and in whichabout four whites and 200 blacks reportedlylost their lives. The labor act was repealed 1year later.

Mr. Speaker, I cannot close without recount-ing the critical role of women in the uprising.Mary Thomas, known as ‘‘Queen Mary,’’Axellina Solomon, known as ‘‘Queen Agnes,’’and Mathilda McBean, known as ‘‘BottomBelly,’’ emerged as the leaders of this revoltwhich would in effect continue for another 38years until agricultural workers on St. Croixachieved their long-demanded improvementsin wages and working conditions under theleadership of Judge D. Hamilton Jackson,whose birthday we will soon celebrate on No-vember 1.

These three courageous women would re-ceive long prison sentences for their role inthe firebun, which were commuted after 10years by the King of Denmark. Many of themen who joined them were executed.

Mr. Speaker, this day, October 1, is anotherproud day and milestone in the long history ofmy people in our quest for self-determinationand freedom. It is especially so for the womenof the Virgin Islands, for it represents the sig-nificant role we played in shaping and buildinga society dedicated to social and economicfreedom.

Mr. Speaker, I cannot be at home today tojoin in the celebrations in person, but I jointhem in spirit, and I thank you, Mr. Speaker,for granting me the time to make this state-ment in recognition of this day and the impor-tant moment in history which it commemo-rates.

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IN HONOR OF MARK J. RUWET

HON. NANCY L. JOHNSONOF CONNECTICUT

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speak-er, it is with great pride and appreciation thatI rise today to express my congratulations andappreciation to Mark J. Ruwet for his 25 yearsof dedicated service to the U.S. Department ofAgriculture’s Farm Service Agency.

Mr. Ruwet has been committed to agri-culture throughout his life. For the past 25years, he has dedicated himself to the farmersof Connecticut, first as a county executive di-rector from Litchfield County and most recentlyas program specialist. His years of hard workand tireless efforts have brought tremendousbenefits to the farmers within the State. Mr.Ruwet’s support and commitment to Connecti-cut’s farmers is to be commended.

Mr. Mark Ruwet deserves the many acco-lades he will receive as he is honored for hisaccomplishments and dedication. For his tre-mendous contribution to farmers in Connecti-cut, I salute and thank him.

CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

HON. RON KINDOF WISCONSIN

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, on Monday of thisweek, 81 former Members of Congress, led byformer Vice President Walter Mondale andformer Senator Nancy Kassebaum-Baker,called on this Congress to ban soft money.They join a growing list of well-respected lead-ers of this Nation who have said that a ban onsoft money is good for this country and goodfor our democratic process. Among the otherleaders who have endorsed a ban are formerPresidents George Bush, Jimmy Carter andGerald Ford.

Mr. Speaker, if you have no desire to re-spect the opinion of the majority of the currentMembers of Congress, at least listen to theseformer Members. The former Members whocalled for the ban receive no political gainfrom their position. They are a bipartisangroup from throughout the Nation. They arethe people who understand the issue, knowhow the process works, and recognize that aban on soft money makes sense for our coun-try.

Mr. Speaker, the list of those who support asoft money ban is only growing. The Houseleadership is the only road block to taking ac-tion on this crucial issue. It is time to allow avote on campaign finance reform. I will nolonger take ‘‘no’’ for an answer.

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REPORT FROM INDIANA—REV.PAUL KNECHT

HON. DAVID M. McINTOSHOF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. MCINTOSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today todeliver my Report from Indiana. This week, Iwould like to share a special story of a dearand wonderful friend—Rev. Paul Knecht ofRichmond, Indiana.

Reverend Knecht has recently retired afterserving over 31 years as the executive direc-tor of Wernle Children’s Home in WayneCounty. Wernle Home is a dear place for bothRuthie and me. On many occasions we havevisited our friends at Wernle. We’ve forgedfriendships with both the children and the won-derful people who care for them.

Working with abused and troubled childrenrequires a special person, a special love, aspecial faith, and a special heart. ReverendKnecht is and was a special man.

Reverend Knecht dedicated his life to help-ing abused and troubled children all across In-diana. His service to God, his church and theneedy children of Wernle Home will leave aloving presence of acceptance and stability inthe lives of thousands of children who came toWernle.

So today, I would like to commend the ef-forts for Rev. Paul Knecht. As he retires after31 years of service, he will be missed. His lifework has touched so many people, so manypeople and lives forever.

That Mr. Speaker is my Report from Indi-ana.

INTRODUCTION OF THE HEALTHCARE FRAUD PROSECUTION ACT

HON. ROSA L. DeLAUROOF CONNECTICUT

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Ms. DELAURO Mr. Speaker, I am proud tojoin with my colleagues, RepresentativesFROST, MCGOVERN, HINOJOSA, SCHUMER,BALDACCI, FRANK, THURMAN, MANTON, OLVER,and DELLUMS to introduce the Health CareFraud Prosecution Act today. This bill ad-dresses one of the most serious problems fac-ing our health care system—health care fraud.

Members on both sides of the aisle havespent a lot of time this year trying to figure outhow to stretch our health care dollars to makesure that Americans have access to the healthcare they need. If we want to succeed in ourgoal to reduce costs without sacrificing qualityor limiting access, we need to set our sightson those who are cheating the system. Healthcare fraud consumes nearly 10 percent of ourhealth care dollars, $40 to $90 billion, everyyear, stolen from our health care systemthrough fraudulent billing.

Medicare and Medicaid are particularly vul-nerable to fraud. In one investigation by theDepartment of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Inspector General, 75.5 percentof Medicare claims filed by one hospital werefound to be fraudulent—that’s $25.9 millionworth of bad claims from just one hospital.

This is simply unacceptable. We cannot af-ford this drain on the health care system.Every dollar we spend on fraud leaves us oneless dollar to care for a child’s ear infectionbefore it gets serious or to help provide reha-bilitation for a senior with a broken hip so heor she can return home. We can and we mustcrack down on health care cheats.

The Health Care Fraud Prosection Act willincrease funding or FBI agents, Federal pros-ecutors, and other criminal investigators to in-vestigate and prosecute health care fraud. Itwill create stringent penalties for those con-victed of robbing our health care system. Andit will require those convicted of health carefraud to make restitution payments to patientsand Government agencies.

Investing in law enforcement pays off. Rightnow, the Federal Bureau of Investigation re-turns $40 to the U.S. Treasury for every $1 itis given to investigate health care fraud. That’sa return rate we can truly be proud of.

We all know health care costs are too high.As we search for methods to preserve the ac-cess of seniors to quality health care, to ex-tend the life of the Medicare trust fund, and toinsure the 10 million American children whohave no health care coverage, it is more im-portant than ever to crack down on fraud andabuse in the system.

This legislation will do just that. I urge mycolleagues to support and pass the HealthCare Fraud Prosecution Act.f

TRIBUTE TO EDWARD R. OBERG

HON. JAMES P. McGOVERNOF MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday October 1, 1997

Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, it is withgreat pleasure that I rise before you today to

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1921October 2, 1997pay tribute to Fire Chief Edward R. Oberg ofHolden, MA, who is retiring after 40 remark-able years fighting fires and protecting ourfamilies.

Over the course of his career, Ed Oberghas put the lives of complete and total strang-ers before his own. His entire career epito-mizes a common hero. He’s not on the news,in the papers, or on the radio. Yet, his commit-ment to public safety will not be forgotten.

Ed began fighting fires in January 1957, andhas been rewarded time and again for his re-markable service. In December 1970, he wasappointed lieutenant of the fire department,and only 5 years later he was promoted tocaptain of the department. Three years later,in 1978, he was appointed fire chief. He wasalso a member of numerous organizations in-cluding the Greater Worcester Fire Chiefs As-sociation, where he served a term as presi-dent, and the Fire Chiefs Association of Mas-sachusetts, on whose board of directors heserved for 10 years.

Mr. Oberg and his wife, Virginia, are theproud parents of three children: Steven, An-thony, and Bianca and three grandchildren:Lynn, Steven, and Kelley. Ed has served thetown of Holden with courage, loyalty, and ex-cellence. His service will be sorely missed bythose who relied on his tireless dedication tothe town of Holden.f

INTRODUCTION OF THE ARMSSURPLUS REFORM ACT OF 1997

HON. FORTNEY PETE STARKOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in-

troduce the Arms Surplus Reform Act of 1997.This legislation will bring much needed reformto the sale of military surplus materiel by theDepartment of Defense.

If military surplus were simply a matter ofcombat boots, camouflage, and fatigues, thislegislation would not be necessary. But forthose in the know, Pentagon surplus canmean a cheap, nearly untraceable supply ofweapons and weapons parts that cost theU.S. Government billions of dollars to pur-chase.

According to the current system, each pieceof equipment that the Pentagon designates assurplus is assigned a demilitarization code, or‘‘demil’’ code. Demilitarization represents thework necessary to make surplus materiel fit forsale to civilians: twisting of gun barrels, mutila-tion of helicopter frames, removal of explo-sives from bombs, erasing the memory andsoftware from military application computers,et cetera. Equipment is graded on an alpha-betical scale. An ‘‘A’’ code signifies benignmateriel when no demilitarization is necessary.A ‘‘D’’ code requires extensive demilitarizationbefore surplus sale.

The problem lies in the execution of theprocess. Equipment is coded incorrectly andalmost always too easily. When Pentagon in-vestigators did a random survey of surplusstock, they found missile simulators, bombs,guidance systems for cruise missiles, fullyfunctional automatic weapons, as well as otherpotentially deadly materiels. Enforcement ofprocedure is so lax that an Air Force base inGeorgia lost track of $39 million worth of sur-plus materiel.

This situation represents more than a fiscalthreat to our country. Sophisticated weaponryis finding its way to foreign interests whilecriminals in the United States rely on militarysurplus to outfit their operations. A meth-amphetamine lab run by a national gang wasraided by drug enforcement agents in Los An-geles, who found machine guns and flamethrowers traceable to arms surplus. One mili-tary surplus supplier was outfitting Cobra at-tack helicopters for resale. According to astory filed in U.S. News and World Report,one such citizen, Ron Garlick of Montana,said, ‘‘Mine was fully armed. I had rockets onit and machine guns. I was out there shootingcoyotes with them.’’ It’s a good thing Mr.Garlick was not shooting at people, the Cobraattack helicopter is one of the deadliest heli-copters in the world.

The problem extends beyond domestic pur-chases. The Chinese are the biggest buyersof sensitive electronic surplus materiel. Amongthe items recovered from Chinese scrap deal-ers were encryption devices, submarine parts,radar systems, tubes for Patriot missiles, andparts of the Stealth F–117A fighter. Iran andIraq are also reported to be large purchasersof military surplus.

As former Secretary of Defense William Taftwrote during the Reagan administration, ‘‘. . .a U.S. Customs investigation has confirmedthat the defense surplus system is a source ofsupply for arms traffickers.’’ The thought of theU.S. Government supplying arms to terrorists,drug runners, and foreign interests is a verydisturbing one.

It gets worse. Customs officials examined240 tons of electronic scrap headed for HongKong which originated from the Pentagon De-fense Reutilization Marketing Organization[DRMO] base in San Antonio, TX. The officialsfound massive amounts of sensitive commu-nications and encryption equipment—none ofwhich should have been available for civilianpurchase. Thirty-seven internal guidance sys-tems for the Stealth bomber—at an originalcost of $22 million—were headed for Shang-hai, without any demilitarization modificationswhatsoever.

At Robbins Air Force Base in Macon, GA,the DRMO had adopted a expedited process-ing program. To speed things up and obtainmore sales, a surplus sales manager at Rob-bins told DRMO investigators she had falsifieddocuments and demilitarization statements,registering weapons and other equipment asscrap that was then made available for salefully intact.

The Pentagon seems unwilling to correctthis problem. Perhaps it is a case of mis-placed priorities. An internal e-mail messageat the Pentagon laid out the priorities of thesurplus program as ‘‘1. Profits 2. Profits 3.Profits 4. Profits . . . 6. Accountability’’—prior-ity No. 7 was demilitarizing lethal weapons.With the Pentagon unwilling to face the prob-lem, the system needs congressional interven-tion.

This legislation does not outlaw surplussales. This bill will not infringe on the rights ofcollectors or enthusiasts. This bill will abso-lutely be cost effective because we will nolonger be selling Stealth fighter parts at 16 apound. This legislation simply halts sales andgives the Defense Logistics Agency the timenecessary to fix the problems in the program.

The Arms Surplus Reform Act of 1997 willplace a moratorium on all surplus arms sales

until the Pentagon gets its house in order. Tolift the moratorium, the director of the DefenseLogistics Agency must certify to Congressthat: the Department of Defense inspectorgeneral has completed a full inventory of mili-tary surplus stores and stock; the Defense Lo-gistics Agency has reviewed and correctlyclassified all improper demilitarization codes;and the Comptroller General has reviewed thesurplus sales process and made rec-ommendations to the Director of the DefenseLogistics Agency concerning improvements tothe program.

Currently each service Branch codes itsown surplus. The legislation would establish acentral coding office within the Defense Logis-tics Agency which would have oversight overall surplus coding. The central coding officewould also oversee the demilitarization ofequipment before civilian sale.

To fight abuses of the surplus sale program,the legislation would create a record of salefor military surplus which contains the follow-ing: the Department of Defense source of theitem, including the military base where it wasdemilitarized and sold; the degree of demili-tarization required and performed; the name ofthe person purchasing the item and other suchinformation as the Secretary of Defensedeems appropriate.

This legislation would also prohibit the De-fense Logistics Agency from advertising itsavailable surplus stock on the Internet until theconditions for lifting the moratorium have beenmet.

I would like to thank my colleagues whohave joined me as original cosponsors of thisbill. I am grateful to them and share their vi-sion of a more peaceful world. I thank Ms.PELOSI of California, Ms. SLAUGHTER of NewYork, Mr. LIPINSKI of Illinois, Mr. FILNER of Cali-fornia, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mrs. MALONEYof New York, Mr. YATES of Illinois, Mr.MCGOVERN of Massachusetts, Mr. SANDERS ofVermont, Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN of the VirginIslands, Mrs. LOWEY of New York, Mr.KUCINICH of Illinois, Mr. MCDERMOTT of Wash-ington, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. MARKEY ofMassachusetts, Mr. SABO of Minnesota, andMr. GUITERREZ of Illinois for joining me in thiseffort.

There is no excuse for the fraud and abusein this program—especially when these prob-lems lead to deadly consequences. To quoteWilliam Portanova, an Assistant U.S. Attorneyin California, ‘‘On its best day, the military sur-plus system is morally embarrassing to thegovernment . . . and it never has a bestday.’’ Let’s change that.

I urge my colleagues to join me as cospon-sors of this legislation.f

THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ME-MORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH INDILLTOWN, PA

HON. JOHN P. MURTHAOF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to take

this opportunity before my colleagues in theHouse of Representatives to congratulate andpay tribute to the Memorial Baptist Church ofDilltown, PA, which is celebrating its 100th an-niversary this month.

It gives me great pride—and at the sametime, humility—to be able to stand before you

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1922 October 2, 1997to tell you about a church that has been partof its community for an entire century. Memo-rial Baptist, and many other small churcheslike it, have been quietly going about theirwork of teaching and strengthening familiesand communities so long that we hardly real-ize, until we stop and think about it, to whatgreat extent they form the backbone of ourcountry. A 100-year anniversary gives us thisopportunity.

Memorial Baptist Church has been a sourceof strength to its members and neighborsthrough many hard times. The church has pro-vided spiritual support through two WorldWars, the Great Depression, two more wars,times of social upheaval that tore many com-munities apart across our country, and thefamily struggles that come with many years ofhigh unemployment. Dilltown is a very small,close-knit rural community located in south-western Pennsylvania, a region hard-hit eco-nomically by the downsizing of the steel indus-try some years ago. Were it not for the goodworks of the small community churches likeMemorial Baptist, many families might havebeen torn apart—many people might have losttheir faith and their hope.

But the Memorial Baptist Church has contin-ued on, continued to be there to serve thepeople of Dilltown, and for that, we should allbe humbly grateful.

So again, I congratulate the pastor andmembers of Memorial Baptist Church on its100th anniversary of service to God and com-munity. Keep up the good work, and may yoube there for 1,000 more years.f

PERSONAL EXPLANATION

HON. JOHN N. HOSTETTLEROF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. HOSTETTLER. Mr. Speaker, I inadvert-ently missed rollcall vote No. 458 on Septem-ber 26, 1997. Had I been present, I wouldhave voted ‘‘yes’’ on the Bartlett amendmentto strike funding for payments for U.N. inter-national organization arrearages and U.N.international peacekeeping arrearages.f

TRIBUTE TO THEODORE W.CHERRY

HON. MICHAEL PAPPASOF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today topay tribute to a man whose years of serviceto South Brunswick, NJ, has made him anicon of the community. Ted Cherry, a formermayor and committeeman of South BrunswickTownship was recently honored during a regu-lar meeting of the township committee.

State representatives and members of thecommittee joined together in honoring Mr.Cherry, South Brunswick’s first African-Amer-ican mayor. Mr. Cherry, the town’s mayor in1979, 1980, and 1982, received a standingovation while being honored with a resolutionpassed by both houses of the New JerseyState Legislature. The State honored Mr.Cherry for exemplifying the ‘‘true meaning ofselfless public service.’’

Mr. Speaker, Ted Cherry’s years of unself-ish, dedication to the people of South Bruns-wick is an example of strong, objective leader-ship in public service.

‘‘We are here tonight to say we admire youand we feel indebted to you,’’ said State Sen-ator Peter Inverso. This was only one of manykind words that were said about Mr. Cherry.Ted Cherry is an inspiration to us all by thefair and personable way he conducted himselfduring his tenure as a public official.

As a former local official, I am well aware ofthe countless hours of hard work that all localofficials endure for their fellow residents. I ampleased to join with my fellow elected officialsin New Jersey in recognizing the efforts of TedCherry.f

EQUITY FOR IMMIGRANTS ACT

HON. ELIZABETH FURSEOF OREGON

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, the legislation Iam introducing today, the Equity for Immi-grants Act, will pay to restore benefits to legalimmigrants by cutting corporate subsidies theFederal Government provides to arms mer-chants for sale of weapons systems to othercountries. I am very pleased that 15 otherMembers are joining me as original cospon-sors.

When the welfare reform bill was passed inthe summer of last year, I pledged to restorebenefits that were denied to legal immigrants.Before then, legal immigrants were eligible fora wide variety of public assistance. I am alegal immigrant and I felt it was extremely un-fair to place nearly half the burden of welfarereform squarely on the backs of taxpayinglegal immigrants.

Federal spending is all about choices. Ear-lier this year, this House easily added $27 bil-lion for B–2 bombers that no one wanted. Wecan provide benefits for legal immigrants whoplay by the rules, pay taxes, and carry thesame responsibilities as citizens.

The Balanced Budget Act that became lawin August restored over half of the benefitsthat had been denied to legal immigrants. Mylegislation, the Equity for Immigrants Act, re-stores the remainder of those benefits at acost of $9.5 billion over 5 years and pays forthem by eliminating $9.5 billion in wastefulsubsidies provided to U.S. defense contrac-tors.***HD***welfare reform bills

Last year’s welfare reform bill establishedcomprehensive new restrictions on the eligi-bility of legal immigrants for means-testedpublic assistance. The savings derived fromdenying benefits to legal immigrants were esti-mated at $21 billion over 5 years, accountingfor nearly half the savings in the entire welfarereform bill.

The welfare reform bill denied SupplementalSecurity Income [SSI] and food stamps tomost legal immigrants. In addition, it gaveStates the option of providing Temporary As-sistance for Needy Families [TANF] and Med-icaid to legal immigrants. It also barred mostlegal immigrants arriving after August 22 oflast year from receiving Federal means-testedpublic benefits—TANF, food stamps, Medic-aid, and SSI—for 5 years after arriv-al.***HD***balanced budget act

The Balanced Budget Act was signed intolaw August 5, 1997. It restored SSI and Med-icaid benefits for legal immigrants who werehere before August 22, 1996. It allowed SSIfor those who were here on that date wholater become disabled. The Balanced BudgetAct also extends the exemption from SSI andMedicaid restrictions for refugees from 5 yearsto 7 years after entry.

The Balanced Budget Act provided $11.5billion in restored benefits for legal immigrantsfor the period 1998–2002.

BENEFITS RESTORATION TITLE

Title I of my bill restores legal immigrants’eligibility for benefits by repealing title IV of thewelfare reform bill. Title IV was the part of lastyear’s welfare bill which eliminated legal immi-grants’ eligibility for benefits.

The cost over 5 years of restoring thosebenefits that were not included in the Bal-anced Budget Act is $9.5 billion.

Repealing the remainder of title IV as my billdoes would accomplish the following:

Food stamp benefits would be restored forlegal immigrants who were here August 22,1996 as well as for future immigrants.

SSI and Medicaid would be provided to allfuture immigrants regardless of date of entry.

Repealing title IV would also eliminate theState option for providing TANF and Medicaidto legal immigrants. This has a potential mag-net effect with differing benefits among States.

Repealing title IV would also eliminate the5-year bar on assistance for new arrivals be-fore they can receive Federal means-testedpublic benefits.

WELFARE FOR WEAPONS DEALERS

Title II of my bill reduces arms export sub-sidies to fund the cost of providing these re-maining benefits to legal immigrants. Tax-payers spend billions of dollars annually forFederal subsidies devoted to helping majordefense companies market their wares aroundthe world—plying everything from ammunitionto high-technology fighter jets, all at a timewhen the United States is already the world’sleading arms exporter.

Uncle Sam is the world’s largest arms deal-er, employing nearly 6,500 full-time personnelto promote foreign arms sales by U.S. compa-nies. For the sixth consecutive year, the Unit-ed States led the world in arms deliveries in1996.

We are militarizing foreign aid. In 1995, sub-sidies for arms exports accounted for over 50percent of U.S. bilateral aid.

Major weapons manufacturing firms buy in-fluence by contributing to congressional can-didates—$14.8 million between 1990 and1994. These firms include Lockheed-Martin,Northrup Grumman, and others.

We are backing losers. The U.S. Govern-ment ranks first in the world in subsidizingarms exports. Meanwhile we spend only $150million a year to help U.S. firms get a footholdin the expanding international market for envi-ronmental technologies. That market is ex-pected to reach $190 to $240 billion by theend of this decade. This is at a time that byDOD’s own reckoning, the international armsmarket will likely continue to shrink from itscurrent level of $32 billion.

There is a boomerang effect to our armssales. Subsidized arms sales have causedmore security problems than they have solved.The last five times the United States has senttroops into conflict situations—in Panama,

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1923October 2, 1997Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia—they facedforces on the other side that had gained ac-cess to U.S. weaponry, training, or militarytechnology in the period leading up to the con-flict.

‘‘Surplus’’ weapons giveaways haveemerged as a major military assistance pro-gram. While other, more visible forms of mili-tary aid have been cut since the end of thecold war, shipments of surplus arms through avariety of programs have increased dramati-cally. The United States transferred militaryequipment worth $7 billion 1990 through 1995,including 4,000 tanks, 125 attack helicopters,500 bombers, and 200,000 pistols and rifles.In the majority of cases, the equipment wasprovided for free.

The Pentagon appears to be giving awaystill useful equipment in order to justify theprocurement of new weapons. Congress neverdebates or votes on surplus arms grants, as itdoes with other forms of military aid and thesetransfers are generally omitted from statisticson the overall value of U.S. arms exports.***HD***elements of funding title

Section 201 of my bill eliminates the LeasedDefense Articles Program, which transfersU.S. equipment to other nations for minimal orno rent. Its cost over 5 years is $3.25 billion.

The United States leases weapons systemsthat we might want back in the future, ratherthan selling or giving them away. We alsolease equipment when the recipient cannot af-ford to purchase the weapons outright. The re-cipient pays rent on the equipment equal tothe depreciation of the articles while leased.Weapons systems are loaned for free for co-operative military research and developmentprojects and for joint training exercises.

Section 202 also eliminates the Excess De-fense Articles Program, which gives away sur-plus weapons worth $2 billion over 5 years.

Every year, the Pentagon transfers thou-sands of militarily-useful items it no longerwants to other countries. These items rangefrom boots and uniforms on up to tanks andfighter aircraft. These transfers offer a way tokeep potential customers acclimated to U.S.-made equipment. These giveaways of surplusmilitary hardware help hook foreign armies onU.S. equipment, paving the way for futuresales.

Section 203 mandates recoupment fees onweapons sales to foreign purchasers. Thesefees recover some portion of the taxpayer-fi-nanced research and development costs ofthe weapons system.

All weaponry exported by U.S. firms benefitsfrom billions of dollars of taxpayer investmentsin research and development and plant andequipment. In order to pay back a part of thistaxpayer investment in these weapons sys-tems, for more than 25 years it was U.S. Gov-ernment policy to assess recoupment fees onforeign sales of U.S. military equipment. Thefees are determined by dividing total R&D andother one-time costs by the total number ofunits that are expected to be produced. Thesefees are no longer required.

The General Accounting Office estimatesthat if the fees are imposed on all governmentand commercial arms sales, revenues re-couped by the Treasury would average $500million per year.

Section 204 of this title eliminates ForeignMilitary Financing [FMF] funding for Greece,Turkey, Cambodia, Caribbean and SouthAsian countries, and Partnership for Peace-eli-

gible countries in Central and Eastern Europeand the Former Soviet Union. FMF providesgrants and subsidized loans to buy U.S. mili-tary equipment. We will spend $1 billion onthis funding over the next 5 years.

FMF provides loans and grants to foreignnations for the purchase of U.S. military equip-ment. The true financial beneficiaries of FMFare not the recipient countries but rather thedefense contractors who supply the equip-ment.

FMF is simply a roundabout way of funnel-ing money from U.S. taxpayers into the coffersof major arms exporting firms; in many casesthe funds never leave the United States butare issued to U.S. companies as defense con-tracts as their work on a given foreign orderproceeds. This is a direct export subsidy tothe U.S. arms industry.

Section 205 eliminates Economic SupportFund [ESF] moneys for Turkey, Cambodia,Latin America, and the Caribbean. ESF is forstrategic considerations rather than develop-ment needs. We will spend $1 billion in ESFfor these countries over the next 5 years.

The ESF Program provides cash assist-ance, commodity imports, and other supportfor countries of particular security concern tothe United States. ESF financing serves as anindirect subsidy to foreign purchasers of U.S.weaponry which provides them with either thecash resources or the financial flexibility tosustain their arms purchases from U.S. com-panies.

If ESF were truly an economic developmentprogram, disbursement of the funds would bebased on criteria such as level of need of therecipient nation and the bulk of the fundswould not be routinely set aside for major U.S.arms clients as is currently the case.

Finally, section 206 eliminates authority touse Federal dollars for participation in inter-national arms bazaars—overseas promotionalevents and demonstrations for potential weap-ons buyers.

In a typical year, the U.S. Government helpspromote U.S. weaponry at over half a dozenmajor international air shows. Costs to U.S.taxpayers include revenues foregone fromleasing fees that are no longer charged toU.S. manufacturers to display U.S. Govern-ment-owned weaponry. These waived feesalone can cost taxpayers $5–10 million pershow.

These weapons exhibitions are called train-ing missions so the costs of getting U.S.equipment and personnel to them don’t haveto be reported to Congress. The flight of a B–2 bomber to the Paris Air Show involved atleast a 24-hour round-trip at $14,166 per hourto operate the plane. Pentagon justification forparticipation in one of these bazaars—inSantiago—stated that it is ‘‘consistent’’ withU.S. goals of ‘‘promoting democracy, increas-ing prosperity and trade ties, and achievingsustainable development’’ in Latin America.

In addition to Northrup Grumman’s B–2,other equipment sent to these shows includesMcDonnell-Douglas’s F–18 fighter, Lockheed-Martin’s F–16 fighter, Sikorsky’s Black Hawkutility/assault helicopter, Boeing’s Chinooktransport helicopter, General Dynamic’sAbrams tank, and Raytheon’s Patriot missiledefense system.

The cost to U.S. taxpayers for these showsin 1995 was $27 million.

In summary, I urge support for my bill. I willbe working hard to accomplish the important

goals outlined here and I look forward to work-ing with my colleagues to bring about fairnessfor immigrants.

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TRIBUTE TO NORMA C.NOTTINGHAM

HON. BOB CLEMENTOF TENNESSEE

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, Emersonwrote that ‘‘To know that even one life hasbreathed easier because you have lived. Thisis to have succeeded.’’

Today, I rise to honor an outstanding Amer-ican citizen who far surpassed Emerson’s defi-nition. I come to the floor to recognize the re-tirement of a woman who has touched thelives of thousands of our Nation’s youth. Mrs.Norma C. Nottingham has reached into eachof our districts—transcending partisan poli-tics—to help shape America’s air and spaceforces through the admissions process at theU.S. Air Force Academy.

Mrs. Nottingham retires this week from akey Pentagon post in the Air Force AcademyActivities Group where her contributions havebeen both monumental and long lasting. I riseto not only recognize this retirement, but tohonor the woman whose nearly 44-year careerin Government service has been marked by adeep commitment, a high level of caring, andan inspiring sense of humor.

Mrs. Nottingham is a native of the Washing-ton, DC area and has performed brilliantly ina variety of positions throughout her career.She served two U.S. Senators, Ken Keating ofNew York and Pete Williams of New Jersey,as a staff assistant during the 1970’s. Prior tothat involvement, she was employed by theOffice of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army.Since June 1981, Mrs. Nottingham has beenthe key point of contact for Congress in thenomination and admissions process for the AirForce Academy.

While serving in her latest position, Mrs.Nottingham’s exemplary dedication to theAcademy and its mission was a key factor inensuring the brightest and best young menand women were nominated and appointed tothe Academy. Her exhaustive knowledge ofAcademy policies and programs earned herthe respect and trust of virtually every con-gressional office on Capitol Hill. Additionally,her skills in the political arena were of im-measurable benefit to the Academy and theAir Force on numerous occasions: her experi-ence on Capitol Hill proved invaluable as sheassisted in the preparation of legislation, coun-seled congressional staffers on the Academy’sadmission procedures, orchestrated staffer vis-its to the Academy as well as regional instruc-tional workshops for the staffers, and played akey role in the success of hundreds of con-gressional-sponsored Academy Day eventsacross the Nation.

Mrs. Nottingham personally traveled to mydistrict 9 years ago to assist me with my firstAcademy Day and has been instrumental inthe planning and development of each annualprogram, providing hands-on service and ex-pert advice to my staff and constituents.

Mrs. Nottingham also contributed signifi-cantly to the Foreign Cadet Program through

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1924 October 2, 1997her contact with American Embassies through-out the world, State Department representa-tives in the Washington, DC area, and key ad-mission officials from other service academies.

Perhaps Mrs. Nottingham’s greatest legacyis not what she has personally done, but whatshe has done to educate, empower and guidehundreds of staffers who will continue to bringher dedication, zeal and compassion to theacademy admissions process. Norma has per-sonally aided hundreds of young men andwomen, but the staffers she has inspired andtaught have touched the lives of thousandsmore. There can be no doubt that her workwill continue for generations because she tookthe time to do more than her job—she tookthe time to teach all she knew to hundreds, ifnot thousands, of other willing men andwomen dedicated to helping the thousandswho yearly seek admission to a U.S. ServiceAcademy.

Not only have lives breathed easier becauseof Norma Nottingham’s direct involvement, butfor many, many years to come, her legacy willcontinue through us to inspire bright, honest,and hardworking young men and women toseek a career in service to our great Nation.

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EVERY WOMAN COUNTS

HON. BOB FILNEROF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to re-mind my colleagues that October is NationalBreast Cancer Awareness Month and to rec-ognize California’s Breast Cancer Early Detec-tion Program Partnerships for making avail-able to all California women timely clinicalscreening, mammography, and treatment fornewly detected breast cancers.

This remarkable accomplishment has beenmade possible by the cooperation of healthcare providers through the federally fundedBreast Cervical Cancer Control Program[BCCCP]. Through the BCCCP, volunteersjoin with public and private providers in mak-ing available clinical examinations, mammog-raphy, education and outreach efforts, epide-miology, and the provision and funding oftreatment for women in need of these serv-ices.

Breast cancer is the most common canceramong women, and far too often the lack ofpreventative care and examinations serve as adeath sentence to low-income women andwomen of color. Sadly, many women lack thenecessary resources to obtain screening serv-ices.

In the 3 years, since its inception throughMarch 1997, the San Diego/Imperial CountyBreast Cancer Early Detection Program Part-nership has funded screening services forgreater than 5,000 women and has diagnosedmany cases of breast cancer among womenwho may not have received breast cancerscreening services without the partnership.Through March 1997, the partnership hasfunded outreach and educational efforts to anadditional 14,500 women. Ongoing educationand outreach projects are expected to reachthousands more in 1997 and 1998.

Generous grants from the California endow-ment and donated services from local hos-

pitals and providers regularly ensure that allwomen diagnosed with breast cancer who donot qualify for other private or public funds re-ceive state-of-the-art treatment. Many cancersurvivors join with other volunteers to providea helping hand to newly diagnosed women.

I want to also salute Ms. Rebecca Charles,a resident in my 50th Congressional District,who serves as the co-chair of the Volunteerand Recruitment Committee of the Board ofGovernors of the Scripps Green Clinic for theEarly Detection Breast Cancer AwarenessProgram.

Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join mein support of these exemplary efforts to reacheach and every woman with needed servicesbefore it is too late. Every Woman Counts!f

IN HONOR OF NATIONALMIDWIFERY WEEK

HON. CAROLYN McCARTHYOF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speak-er, I rise this afternoon to salute the importantwork of certified nurse-midwives. The week ofOctober 5 through October 11 is National Mid-wifery Week honoring the professionals whodedicate their lives to this noble calling.

As a nurse and a mother, I recognize theneed for safe and satisfying health care forwomen and newborns. Investing in the healthcare of women and children is essential to thefuture of our country and should be of para-mount importance to our society. The lack ofprimary health care providers for women hasfueled the rise in the U.S. infant mortality andlow-birthweight rates. Certified nurse-mid-wives, in caring for women and their babies,have made outstanding contributions in reduc-ing infant mortality and low-birthweight ratesby making accessible quality care to women.Certified nurse-midwives take a personalizedapproach to women’s health, offering a fullscope of care including maternity, well-womangynecological, and family planning care. Theirefforts to bring quality care to an often under-served population are to be commended.

The American College of Nurse-Midwiveshas declared the theme of this year’s NationalMidwifery Week to be ‘‘Listen to Women.’’ Iencourage my fellow legislators and all citi-zens to take this opportunity to learn moreabout nurse-midwifery and the important workthey perform.f

CHILD ABUSE

HON. LEE H. HAMILTONOF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like toinsert my Washington Report for Wednesday,October 1, 1997, into the CONGRESSIONALRECORD:

CHILD ABUSE

One of the most difficult questions govern-ment at all levels faces is how to protectchildren from abuse. Everyone agrees thatthe government has an obligation to inter-vene when children’s health and safety are

endangered by their parents. But not every-one agrees on when or how to intervene.Each case of suspected child abuse requires abalance between the government’s respon-sibility to protect children and the right ofparents to exercise broad discretion over howtheir children are raised and disciplined.

LEVELS OF ABUSE:Reports of suspected child abuse and ne-

glect have escalated by nearly 50% in thelast decade. Some of this increase is attrib-uted to greater awareness of child abuse, butstudies also suggest that many cases of childmaltreatment are still unreported.

Most Americans cherish their children, butthere is woeful evidence that many do not.Around the country, there are thousands ofchildren who scream for help. In 1996, 3.1 mil-lion reports of suspected child maltreat-ment—either abuse or neglect—were re-ceived by state child protection agencies.About one-third were substantiated, mean-ing that nearly one million children werevictims of verified abuse or neglect. Overhalf of all substantiated cases of maltreat-ment involve neglect, while the remainderinvolve physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.About 1,000 children died as a result of mal-treatment; most of them were younger thanage 5, and over 40% were less than one yearold. In Indiana, just over 22,000 children werevictims of substantiated abuse or neglect in1995, and 29 children died as a result.

RESPONSE:State governments are primarily respon-

sible for efforts to prevent child abuse, inves-tigate reports of child abuse, place childrenin foster care, and punish their abusers.States establish their own definitions ofchild abuse and neglect and guidelines fordetermining when children should be re-moved from home.

The federal government plays an impor-tant role by providing funding for these ef-forts—over $5 billion in 1997—and by impos-ing certain requirements on states. By farthe majority of federal funding is devoted tofoster care. Substantial funding also goes to-ward efforts to prevent child abuse, to pro-vide counseling and other supportive serv-ices to families where abuse or neglect hasoccurred, and to facilitate the adoption ofchildren who cannot be returned to theirparents’ care.

ISSUES:Congress and state legislatures are likely

to examine a number of issues:Resources: The enormous increase in re-

ports of abuse and neglect has placed strainon state child protective service agencies.Many critics charge that caseloads are fartoo large, meaning that caseworkers are notable to conduct thorough investigations orto adequately monitor families where abusehas been substantiated. These critics pointto studies which indicate that the families ofabout 40% of children who die from abuse orneglect had previously been reported to childprotective services. In addition, concernshave been raised that better training is need-ed for caseworkers and others who are re-quired by law to report abuse on how to ac-curately spot abuse and neglect.

Family preservation: In order to receivefederal funds, states must pledge to make‘‘reasonable efforts’’ to prevent or eliminatethe need to place a child in foster care, andto reunite children in foster care with theirfamilies. This requirement is based on thebelief that many abusive or neglectful par-ents can become fit if they get appropriateassistance. That could include treatment forsubstance abuse (which is implicated in be-tween 50-80% of child abuse and neglectcases), parenting classes, economic aid, orother types of assistance.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1925October 2, 1997Most people agree that returning children

to their family is desirable. The disagree-ment occurs with respect to what con-stitutes ‘‘reasonable efforts.’’ Critics saythat states frequently put family preserva-tion above child protection. They worry thattoo often children are reunited with parentswho are still dangerous. In addition, criticscharge that children are allowed to languishin foster care too long, denying them thestability and security they need to prosper.

Some suggest a different standard for deci-sions regarding family unification: the ‘‘bestinterests of the child.’’ But concerns havebeen raised that this is as subjective as ‘‘rea-sonable efforts,’’ and could swing the pen-dulum too far in the other direction, remov-ing children too hastily from families. Somealso argue that family preservation couldwork more often if only greater resourceswere available.

Congress has taken some steps to addressthese concerns. With my support, earlier thisyear the House passed a bill which clarifiesthat states do not have to make a ‘‘reason-able effort’’ to preserve families if the childhas been subjected to ‘‘aggravated cir-cumstances,’’ like abandonment, torture, orsexual abuse; the child’s parent has killed orassaulted another of his children; or a par-ent’s rights to a sibling of the child have al-ready been terminated. The bill requires thatchildren’s health and safety be of paramountconcern in efforts to preserve or reunite fam-ilies. The bill would also push states to makegreater and prompter efforts to place chil-dren for adoption if they cannot be reunitedwith their parents. The Senate has not yetacted on this measure.

CONCLUSION:The family is the best institution for

rearing children, and most families do itvery well. The question of what to do whenparents fail their children is seldom a simpleone. Some cases are clear cut, but many re-quire difficult judgment calls.

Congress must ensure that states have ade-quate resources to protect children and pro-vide abusive parents who want to change thehelp they need to do. Efforts to reuniteabused children with their families are criti-cal, but we must be willing to abandon thoseefforts if they are not working. Congressshould also ensure that states have flexibil-ity to respond to the unique needs of chil-dren and families in crisis. And we must allsupport the work of community organiza-tions, churches, and other groups which seekto help foster healthy families.

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TRIBUTE TO THE SMALLBUSINESS COMMITTEE

HON. GLENN POSHARDOF ILLINOIS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. POSHARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tocommend the tremendous work of the SmallBusiness Committee on the Small BusinessPrograms Reauthorization and AmendmentsActs of 1997. As a member of this committeeI can attest to the effort that went into this bill.I am especially pleased at the reauthorizationof the Small Business Technology TransferProgram [STTR]. In 1992 there was a greatneed for STTR and I took the lead insupplementing the already successful SmallBusiness Innovative Research Program [SBIR]with this effort to tap into the vast resourcesof innovation that exist at our universities andnonprofit institutions. This program has stimu-

lated much needed research in the scienceand technology sectors and has proven suc-cessful in developing the best ideas at our uni-versities and federally-funded research centersand allowing then to be commercially viable. Ithank Chairman TALENT and Congressman LA-FALCE for their support.

This legislation provides much needed fundsfor worthy programs, such as the Micro-loanprogram, that help give a jump start to smallbusinesses. Other valuable programs worthmentioning are the Certified DevelopmentCompanies [CDC’s], listed in title II. With thislanguage the CDC’s will be able to expandtheir program to admit more qualified CDC’swhich would alleviate the load for SBA. Manysmall business owners will see less redtapeand can expect to see a more efficient systemthat will help expedite their paperwork.

In addition, the SBA reauthorization bill allo-cates funding to its microlending partners toprovide added support for technical assistancefor transportation and child care assistance. Iapplaud Congressmen BALDACCI and FLAKEfor their efforts and timeless energy dedicatedto this provision in this legislation. The smallbusiness community was in great need ofsuch a helpful program. In this day of two in-come families and single parents, child careassistance is a huge relief for parents whoneed to work and pay the bills.

Another important provision in the SmallBusiness programs Reauthorization andAmendments Act of 1997 is the Women’sBusiness Enterprises. This legislation contin-ues strong support for women’s business ef-forts, including expanding the women’s busi-ness center program, which provides seedfunding for business training centers through-out this Nation and is one of the SBA’s mostsuccessful programs.

Mr. Speaker, in the past few years the peo-ple of southern Illinois have suffered a greatdeal due to high unemployment, yet are un-daunted. The 19th Congressional District con-tinues to search for new industries and oppor-tunities. Small businesses are critical to thiseffort. The people of Illinois and the Nationwant to move on an capitalize on the manyopportunities that await them. It is essentialthat we continue to provide the SBA with theresources to effect positive economic changesin this country. I congratulate the bi-partisaneffort involved in crafting this bill, and urge mycolleagues to support it.f

CONGRATULATIONS TO SOOKYGOLDMAN

HON. HENRY A. WAXMANOF CALIFORNIA

HON. HOWARD L. BERMANOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, Mr. BERMANand I ask our colleagues to join us in con-gratulating Sooky Goldman, who is being hon-ored by the Maple Counseling Center in Bev-erly Hills at their 25th Anniversary Ball. Weare delighted to join Sooky’s family and friendsin recognizing her extraordinary charitablecontributions.

For the past 25 years, Sooky has been anexemplary leader in civic and philanthropic

work. Her efforts have been recognized bymore than 30 organizations ranging from theBeverly Hills Chamber of Commerce andYMCA to People Assisting the Homeless[PATH] and the Beverly Hills Police Depart-ment. In addition, Sooky created the WilliamO. Douglas Classroom which has providedcountless children from all over Los AngelesCounty the opportunity to experience thebeauty of the Santa Monica mountains. Shehas a well-earned reputation for the tirelessdedication and enthusiasm she brings to eachproject she undertakes.

The Maple Counseling Center in BeverlyHills, which provides low fee mental healthcounseling for nearly 500 individuals eachweek, depends greatly on its committed sup-porters. Its work is particularly needed in thecurrent climate of scarcity of funding for men-tal health services. As a principal founder ofthe center, Sooky has enriched and broad-ened its mission of offering comprehensiveand high quality mental health services tothose most in need.

While Sooky is active in many causes, shehas always placed a great importance on herfamily. She is fortunate to have a loving andsupportive husband, Sam, three children,David, Joel and Kaye, and seven grand-children. Despite her many commitments,Sooky has successfully managed to strike abalance between her public and private lives.

Our community owes a great debt of grati-tude to Sooky, and we ask our congressionalcolleagues to join us in saluting her for hersingular achievements. We wish her everyhappiness and success in the future.f

PRESIDENT CLINTON HONORSNINA ARCHABAL AND MARTINMARTY

HON. BRUCE F. VENTOOF MINNESOTA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased torise today to recognize the distinguished workof Nina Archabal and Martin Marty and to con-gratulate them on their honor. This week, Ninaand Martin were among 10 Americans towhom President Clinton bestowed the NationalHumanities Medal for extraordinary achieve-ment in the humanities. On this the first day ofOctober, the beginning of National Arts andHumanities Month, it is very appropriate thatwe celebrate those that enable many of us toenjoy and experience the arts and humanities.

As the director of the Minnesota HistoricalSociety, Nina Archabal has renewed interestin Minnesota’s heritage and infused it withnew life. In the last 5 years, her energy anddedication has carried the Minnesota HistoryCenter in St. Paul from a dream to one of theNation’s premier centers for the preservationand presentation of history. By giving allgroups the ability to express their unique his-tories, she allows Minnesotans to celebratetheir diversity while transcending their dif-ferences in race, ethnicity, age, gender, orcreed. Most recently, Nina was selected toserve on the American Folk Life Center boardof the Library of Congress.

In these hectic times, it is very easy to losesight of our cultural and social heritage. How-ever, through the study of history we learn to

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1926 October 2, 1997build on the strengths and traditions of ourpast to create a better foundation for our fu-ture. We realize how our past influences ourpresent and informs us of our decisions andactions in the future. Individuals, like NinaArchabal, dedicate their time and energy toensure that we will always learn from thosethat came before us.

Nina’s enthusiasm has caught on in Min-nesota. Under her leadership, the MinnesotaHistorical Society has thrived, boasting thelargest membership of any State historical so-ciety in the Nation. I am personally grateful, asare the people of St. Paul and Minnesota, forthe endeavors of admirable individuals, likeNina Archabal, who, through her diligent andspirited efforts has ensured that the heritageof Minnesota will remain alive and accessiblefor generations to come.

As a religious scholar, professor and author,Martin Marty has been instrumental in bringingreligion into the lives of the American people.In this challenging time of balancing work andfamily responsibilities, more and more Ameri-cans are examining the role of religion, faith,and spirituality in their lives. Unfortunately, reli-gion is often used to divide rather than uniteindividuals. Martin, through the establishmentof the religion project at the University of Chi-cago, reverses this trend and uses religion asa vehicle for understanding among diversegroups and organizations. His values and spir-it are instilled not only in his students but alsoin his son, Minnesota State Senator JohnMarty. Senator Marty has brought this samelevel of understanding, fairness, and inclusive-ness to his work at the State legislature.

Mr. Speaker, dedicated and creative individ-uals such as Martin Marty and Nina Archabalare among our Nation’s most valuable re-sources in retaining a positive and com-prehensive perspective on our past and future.

I ask that the full text of an article from theSt. Paul Pioneer Press be printed in theRECORD so that my colleagues can read aboutthe achievements of these outstanding individ-uals.

[From the St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press]CLINTON HONORS MINNESOTAN FOR HER WORK

ON STATE HISTORY CENTER—ARCHABALAMONG 20 GIVEN MEDALS FOR HUMANITIES,ARTS ACHIEVEMENTS

(By Bill Salisbury)WASHINGTON.—At a ceremony on the south

lawn of the White House on Monday, Min-nesota Historical Society Director NinaArchabal was in prominent company. Sherubbed shoulders with the likes of actors An-gela Lansbury and Jason Robards, jazz singerBetty Carter, bluegrass musician Doc Wat-son, theologian Martin Marty and authorStuds Terkel.

They were among 20 Americans on whomPresident Clinton and first lady HillaryRodham Clinton bestowed the National Hu-manities Medal and the National Medal ofArts.

When the president placed a humanitiesmedal around Archabal’s neck before a crowdof more than 1,000, it was in recognition ofher leadership in helping develop the 5-year-old Minnesota History Center in St. Paul—one of the nation’s premier centers for thepreservation and presentation of history—and for her work in bringing history to life.

‘‘She is a fireball who lets no one stand inher way when the issue is to preserve Min-nesota’s history,’’ Clinton said, ‘‘In the stateof Minnesota, she’s a bridge builder betweennative peoples and other Minnesotans, help-ing them to share their stories. To America,

she exemplifies how tradition forms every-day life and shapes history.

‘‘Just this morning,’’ he added with a grin,‘‘she told the president that it was high timehe hightailed it out to Minnesota to see ex-actly what she’s doing.’’

Archabal, 57, of St. Paul, has headed theHistorical Society since 1986. It has the larg-est membership of any state historical soci-ety in the nation.

The National Endowment for the Human-ities said in a statement that Archabal hashelped transform meticulous scholarshipinto history programs meaningful to people.The endowment also praised her for helpingMinnesota Indians tell the stories of theirculture and traditions to native and non-na-tive people.

After the ceremony, Archabal said: ‘‘Thisaward is really for all the people of Min-nesota. No one could do this alone, and Iwish everyone could have this medal to wearbecause they deserve it.’’

What makes Minnesota unique, she said, isits deep, longstanding commitment to pre-serving a heritage that started with its terri-torial founders.

‘‘The items we preserve and the stories wetell are not only about the Minnesotans weall know—the Hubert Humphreys andCharles Lindberghs—they are the stories ofall the people that make Minnesota what itis today,’’ she said. ‘‘That is our strength.’’

Another of the humanities medal recipi-ents has a Minnesota connection. Marty, arenowned scholar of American religious his-tory at the University of Chicago, is the fa-ther of state Sen. John Marty, DFL–Rose-ville, who attended the White House cere-mony with other members of his family.

The senior Marty teaches and directs apublic religion project. A past president ofthe American Academy of Religion, he is theauthor of 50 books and the senior editor ofthe weekly magazine Christian Century andthe biweekly newsletter Context.

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MICHAEL DUKAKIS SETS A GOODEXAMPLE

HON. BARNEY FRANKOF MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, October 1, 1997

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker,several very valuable commodities are unfortu-nately rare in politics these days—as they arein other aspects of our life. Among theseprized entities are acts of graciousness, com-plete intellectual honesty, extremely lucidthinking, and, probably rarest of all, a willing-ness to go to the aid of a colleague being un-fairly attacked, rather than to gloat secretlyover his or her distress.

This makes the article written by formerMassachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis in theNew York Times for September 29 both ex-tremely rare and extraordinarily valuable. Inthis article, Governor Dukakis, who was duringhis many years in elected office a model of in-tegrity, rebuts the unfair accusations that havebeen made against Vice President GORE andPresident Clinton involving telephone requestsfor contributions. I do have one correction—Governor Dukakis refers to a comment I oncemade about his resistance to any effort undulyto influence him on behalf of contributors bysaying that I had referred to him as the only‘‘true ingrate’’ in politics. In fact, my recollec-tion is that I referred to him as the only exam-ple I could think of, of a ‘‘perfect ingrate’’, in

that he better than anyone I knew in high of-fice was able to withstand the pressures thatresult from elected officials having to raiselarge sums of money from private individualson a regular basis. Then, and now, I cited hisrarity in this regard as the best argument forreplacing our current campaign contributionsystem with public financing—a point Gov-ernor Dukakis himself makes in the article.But, like Governor Dukakis, I am prepared tosettle for less than perfect reform and the cur-rent version of the McCain-Feingold bill seemsto me to meet that definition, so I join him insupporting that.

But most important, I want to commend himfor his willingness to use his own extremelywell earned reputation for absolute integrity tocome to the defense of Vice President GOREand President Clinton against some unfair ac-cusations being leveled at them, and I there-fore ask that his thoughtful, admirable articlebe printed here.

I RAISED MONEY FROM MY OFFICE. SO?I get an odd sort of flashback when I hear

about the uproar over the Vice President’sfund-raising phone calls. I can see him reach-ing for the phone, dialing the number, mak-ing his pitch. I can see it all because I’vedone it myself, under roughly similar cir-cumstances.

When I was running for re-election as Gov-ernor of Massachusetts in 1986, I had twophones on my desk. One was white—the statephone. The other was red—the campaignphone, a separate line paid for entirely bymy campaign committee.

Massachusetts had (and still has) a lawmuch like the Federal one that’s now in thenews, prohibiting fund-raising inside a statebuilding. Yet I made hundreds of campaigncalls on that red phone, and it never dawnedon me or anyone else that doing so violatedthe law.

It’s not that I was cavalier about fund-rais-ing—that’s why I had the separate phonelines. I tried to set a very high standard formy gubernatorial campaigns when it came toraising money. (Barney Frank once said thatI was the only true ingrate in American poli-tics because I was so unresponsive to mycontributors.) No PAC’s. No corporations. Noregistered lobbyists involved in the fundrais-ing process.

But the red phone never made my ‘‘no’’list. That’s because the Massachusetts lawwas not intended to prohibit such things, andneither are its Federal cousins.

Both were part of the civil service reformmovement of the late 19th century that wasintended to end wholesale political patron-age, create a merit system and protect civilservants from being forced by their superiorsor by party bosses to contribute to politicalcampaigns. Al Gore was treading on none ofthat territory with his fund-raising calls.

What do his critics expect the Vice Presi-dent (or the President, who may also havemade such calls) to do? Go across the streetto a pay phone? And what if the person is notin and calls him back at the White House? Isit a criminal offense for the Vice Presidentor, for that matter, a member of Congresswhile at his or her desk to accept a call froma political supporter or contributor?

What troubles me about this kind of fool-ishness is that it is diverting our attentionfrom the things that really need fixing. It’snot where you make the phone calls that isthe problem. It is the people and organiza-tions that candidates are going after and thevirtually unlimited sums of money that thesoft-money loopholes permits them to raise.

Millions of special-interest dollars con-tinue to flow into the coffers of both major

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1927October 2, 1997parties and their candidates. The soft-moneyloophole that the Federal Elections Commis-sion carved into the post-Watergate cam-paign reform legislation—and anybody whohas run for the Presidency knows how per-nicious it is—has made a mockery of our ef-forts to broaden the base of our campaignsand restore public confidence in the politicalprocess.

Unfortunately, much of what is currentlypassing for a Congressional investigation ofthe subject is blatant hypocrisy—many ofthe lawmakers sounding so outraged aboutfund-raising phone calls by Mr. Gore andPresident Clinton are experts at taking spe-cial-interest money; some of their own cam-paigns have been fined for taking too much.

And all of it is a smoke screen for Congres-sional inaction. Speaker Newt Gingrich isleading the way in this regard. Two yearsago, he and the President told a New Hamp-shire audience that reforming our campaignfinance laws deserved the highest priority.Last week he pronounced a major bipartisanbill on campaign finance reform, theMcCain-Feingold bill, dead-before-arrival inthe House.

We know what the problems are: can-didates prostituting themselves for big spe-cial-interest contributions; the soft-moneyloophole, which either the Federal ElectionCommission or the Congress should close im-mediately; campaigns waged almost exclu-sively on radio and television; politiciansspending too much time with fat cats andnot enough time in backyards and livingrooms recruiting supporters from the peoplewho ought to count in this country. Andthen there’s the most important problem ofall; the profound effect all of this is havingon voter turnout and the wililngness of ordi-nary citizens of get deeply and actively in-volved in public life.

The solution is painfully simple. Either wedecide that public financing is the way togo—something that is a long way from com-manding a Congressional majority—or weget behind the McCain-Feingold bill and, tothe maximum extent possible, limit the abil-ity of candidates to raise large amounts ofspecial-interest money.

In short, we don’t need any more educatingabout what the problems are, or any dis-tracting sideshows, or any pre-emptoryblocking maneuvers from the Speaker’s of-fice. We need Congressional action, and weneed it now.

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H.R. 2474, THE RAILROAD TAXEQUITY ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1997

HON. JAMES L. OBERSTAROF MINNESOTA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, I am pleasedto have joined the distinguished chairman ofthe Subcommittee on Surface Transportationof the Committee on Transportation and Infra-structure, Mr. PETRI, in introducing H.R. 2474,the Railroad Tax Equity Adjustment Act of1997. This is a significant piece of legislationwhich will remedy a serious tax equity problemwhich burdens our important freight railroad in-dustry.

Because of the 1990 and 1993 reconcili-ation acts, the freight railroads have been pay-ing 5.55 cents-per-gallon in fuel taxes into theGeneral Treasury for deficit reduction. Allother modes of transportation—highway, air,water—pay only 4.3 cents per gallon. This isan obvious inequity. Now, as a result of the

recent tax reconciliation law, this situation willget even worse. That law transfers the 4.3cents deficit reduction taxes paid by highwayusers, including truckers, into the highwaytrust fund, leaving only the railroad and water-way users paying any taxes toward deficit re-duction.

Mr. Speaker, the differential between whatrailroads pay in fuel tax and what other modespay—1.25 cents-per-gallon—should be re-pealed as a matter of equity. In addition, the4.3 cents in deficit reduction fuel taxes paid byrailroads should be eliminated, to the extentsuch taxes paid by trucks are placed in thehighway trust fund and spent for highway im-provements. H.R. 2474, the Railroad Tax Eq-uity Adjustment Act of 1997, will accomplishthese goals.

The bill has two essential components: First,effective October 1, 1997, the 1.25 cents-per-gallon deficit reduction fuel tax paid uniquelyby the railroad industry will be eliminated, re-ducing the overall deficit reduction diesel fueltax for railroads from 5.55 to 4.3 cents-per-gal-lon. Second, in subsequent years, the excisetax rate on diesel fuel paid by the railroads willequal the portion of the corresponding 4.3cents-per-gallon excise tax paid by highwayusers, including trucks, which is spent on high-way infrastructure improvements in the pre-ceding year. For example, if 2 cents-per-gallonof the highway users’ excise tax revenueswere spent in fiscal year 1998, the railroad in-dustry’s deficit reduction fuel tax in fiscal year1999 would be reduced by 2 cents-per-gallonto 2.3 cents-per-gallon.

The current fuel tax inequity imposed onAmerica’s railroads must be remedied at theearliest opportunity. It is my sincere hope thatthe Ways and Means Committee will seriouslyconsider including a solution, such as thatcontained in the Railroad Tax Equity Adjust-ment Act of 1997, as they develop the tax por-tion of the ISTEA reauthorization legislation.Furthermore, I fully expect the Committee onTransportation and Infrastructure to include inits reported version of BESTEA sense of thecommittee language urging that this situationshould be remedied, as provided in H.R. 2474.

In the interim, I encourage all Members togive this issue their utmost attention and joinwith me and others in cosponsoring H.R.2474.f

RECOGNITION OF ERIN ROXANECHEW

HON. TOM LANTOSOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I invite my col-leagues to join me today in commending Ms.Erin Roxane Chew, a senior at Mercy HighSchool in San Francisco and the recipient ofthe Congressional Youth Excellence Award inthe 12th Congressional District of California.

Erin Chew’s scholastic achievements areimpressive indeed. She has maintained a highgrade-point average while undertaking a chal-lenging class schedule. She has supple-mented her regular high school courses bytaking a variety of honors and advancedplacement courses. Her academic awards in-clude numerous appearances on the prin-cipal’s honor roll. Ms. Chew has also been

recognized in the ‘‘Who’s Who of AmericanHigh School Students.’’

In addition to her outstanding academicrecord, Erin has a remarkable record of com-munity service. As her teacher, Carole Turner,said, Erin is constantly inquiring: ‘‘Do you haveany work for me to do?’’ ‘‘I’d like to see us doa service project to help people outside ofschool that would get some of our more quietkids involved.’’ She has volunteered at theDonaldina Cameron House as a day campleader for children in San Francisco’s China-town. In Mercy High School, she is active withthe California Scholarship Foundation, the Na-tional Honor Society, and the Service Club.She is also a teaching assistant in the MathDepartment, working with incoming freshmen.

Erin plans to attend the University of Califor-nia, Berkeley next fall where she intends tomajor in computer science.

Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues to joinme in commending Ms. Erin Roxane Chew forher outstanding service to the community andin congratulating her outstanding achieve-ments.f

HONORING ARTHUR J.GLATFELTER—RECIPIENT OFTHE SHIELD AND DOVE AWARD

HON. WILLIAM F. GOODLINGOF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I am pleasedto honor Mr. Arthur J. Glatfelter, an outstand-ing York Countian who has given so muchback to the people of York County and theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania. On October28, 1997, Mr. Glatfelter and the Glatfelter In-surance Group will receive the Shield andDove Award from Stepping Stone Counselingand Education Services, Inc., in recognition oftheir leadership and dedication to ending theplague of substance abuse and addiction.

Arthur Glatfelter has been a well-respectedbusinessman for over 50 years. His success inthe insurance industry has allowed him to con-tribute in countless ways to the betterment ofYork County. Through his leadership and will-ingness to reach out to others in the commu-nity, he has touched the lives of hundreds ofpeople from all walks of life. He has openeddoors for many young people—those who aredisadvantaged, at risk for substance abuse, orwithout hope by giving them the opportunityand encouragement to learn the skills andgain the self confidence they need to becomesuccessful adults and share in the Americandream.

Community service and a desire to giveback are the values which have always guidedMr. Glatfelter, both in his personal life andbusiness associations. The long list of nationaland local organizations on which he hasserved and directed include: the YMCA, theYork County Chapter of the American RedCross, the Historical Society of York County,the York Symphony, the Farm and Naturallands Trust, the United Way, the Civil JusticeCoalition, the Margaret Moul Home, and theInternational Association of Fire Chief’s Foun-dation, just to name a few.

I have had the pleasure of working closelywith Arthur on a program which he startedseveral years ago called Project Connections.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1928 October 2, 1997This initiative involves linking middle-school-aged students with local businesses throughmentoring partnerships. Project Connectionshas provided long-term results, which I havewitnessed firsthand, by providing the skillswhich are so vital to the future job market andexposing young people to various career ex-periences and learning opportunities they mayhave never had.

Two very important components of winningthe war against drugs are providing ample op-portunity to young people so they never havethe desire to use drugs and helping those whoare addicted find a positive substitute for theirdestructive behavior. The partnership thatStepping Stone Counseling and EducationServices, Inc., has formed with local schoolsand businesses through their new TRENDprogram [Turning Recreational Excitement inNew Directions] addresses those components.

I commend the excellent work of SteppingStone and applaud their efforts aimed at pro-tecting and freeing York Countians from sub-stance abuse and addiction.

Mr. Speaker, I wholeheartedly congratulateArthur J. Glatfelter on this well-deservedaward. A.J. (Bud) is the greatest anyone couldever have.f

TRIBUTE TO HAMPTON BAYS VOL-UNTEER FIREFIGHTER THOMASE. WILSON

HON. MICHAEL P. FORBESOF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in

this venerable Chamber to ask my colleaguesin the U.S. House of Representatives to joinme in paying tribute to Thomas E. Wilson, avolunteer fireman who has devoted 50 yearsof exemplary service to protecting the livesand property of his family, friends, and neigh-bors in Hampton Bays, Long Island.

On Saturday, October 4, 1997, Thomas Wil-son will be honored by the commissioners,chiefs, officers, and fellow firefighters for his50 faithful years of service to the HamptonBays Fire Department. Since 1947, wheneverfire or other peril threatened the HamptonBays community, Thomas answered the call,whether it came in the dead of night, on ablustery winter day, or in the wilting heat ofsummer. Time and again, Thomas joined hiscomrades as they hastened to the scene,placing themselves in harm’s way to aid an-other human being in danger, regardless ofwhether it be a friend, neighbor, or stranger.

While the Hampton Bays Fire Departmenthas been truly blessed with many dedicatedvolunteers, Thomas Wilson has demonstratedan exceptional level of commitment to hiscommunity. In his 50 years as a HamptonBays Firefighter, Thomas has earned the trustand respect of his peers, who have chosenhim for numerous leadership positions, includ-ing lieutenant and captain.

The residents of Hampton Bays dem-onstrated that same trust and respect forThomas Wilson. For 20 consecutive years, thevoters in Hampton Bays elected Thomas tothe position of fire commissioner, where heserved from 1957 to 1976. He is still activetoday, answering the emergency siren whenduty calls and serving as the unofficial histo-rian of the Hampton Bays Fire Department.

Demonstrating that true heroes are createdover a lifetime of selfless acts and service totheir God, family, and country, Thomas Wilsonis the perfect role model for every volunteerfirefighter who will come after him. So I askmy colleagues in this esteemed House to joinme in congratulating Thomas for 50 years ofservice to the Hampton Bays Fire Department.f

TRIBUTE TO HAROLD EDWARDDALE

HON. GEORGE P. RADANOVICHOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I risetoday to pay tribute to Harold Edward Dale, aman who dedicated his life to flight and thebuilding of aircraft. Mr. Dale built his first air-plane, the Heath Parasol, at the young age of16. During World War II, Harold designedfighter aircraft and was considered to be a val-uable asset to the military. He served asproject engineer for America’s first jet poweredbomber, the B–45 Tornado, and was also theproject engineer for both the F–100 SuperSabre and the Mach–3 + F–108 Rapier fighterplanes.

Harold assisted in the design of the first cor-porate jet, the Saberliner, as well as the firstpersonal jet aircraft, the Weejet. The Saturnrocket sent Americans to the moon, and Har-old served as program manager in the secondstage of this endeavor. After retirement, hestayed active as a designated engineeringrepresentative for the Federal Aviation Admin-istration. He additionally assisted in the devel-opment of the global positioning system usedon Air Force One.

Harold was a devoted husband, father andgrandfather who served his family, his commu-nity, and his Nation. May his memory as oneof the great pioneering military jet aircraft de-signers be honored and blessed.f

IN HONOR OF POLICE CAPT. DALEE. AMARAL AND HIS 31 YEARSOF SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTSOF NEWARK, CA

HON. FORTNEY PETE STARKOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I would like totake this opportunity to honor and congratulateCapt. Dale E. Amaral, a dedicated member ofthe Newark Police Department. After 31 yearsof outstanding service, Captain Amaral will beretiring from the force.

Dale Amaral joined the Newark Police De-partment on February 20, 1966, and has sinceserved in numerous capacities. He began hiscareer as a police officer, serving as patrol of-ficer, narcotics detective, and robbery/homi-cide detective. He was promoted to detectivesergeant in 1981. After a stint as detectivesergeant, Dale worked as a patrol sergeant.He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in1986, and served as commander of the inves-tigation division and then commander of therecords division. In 1992, Dale was promotedto captain. In 1994, Captain Amaral returned

to the patrol division as commander of the in-vestigations division.

Captain Amaral was selected as Newark’sOfficer of the Year in 1971 while assigned asnarcotics detective. He was selected as Offi-cer of the Year a second time in 1981 whileworking as a robbery/homicide detective.

Captain Amaral taught several courses inadministration of justice at the community col-lege level, and is a charter member of theNewark Optimist Club. His hobbies includetravel, real estate, reading, and learning aboutspace exploration.

Dale so loves law enforcement that he willbegin a second career as a deputy sheriff withthe Alameda County Sheriff’s Departmentshortly after his retirement from the NewarkPolice Department. He will be sorely missedby his fellow officers, city employees, andmost of all, the citizens of the city of Newark.

The city will be honoring Dale at a retire-ment dinner on October 3, 1997. I would liketo join them in commendation of his hard workand dedication. I wish him much happinessand success in his future endeavors.f

PERSONAL EXPLANATION

HON. PETER DEUTSCHOF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoid-ably absent from the Chamber on rollcall votesNos. 484 through 489. Had I been present, Iwould have voted ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote 484,‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote 485, ‘‘aye’’ on rollcallvote 486, ‘‘no’’ on rollcall vote 487, ‘‘aye’’ onrollcall vote 488, and ‘‘no’’ on rollcall vote 489.f

A TRIBUTE TO DAVID N. PINCUS

HON. THOMAS M. FOGLIETTAOF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. FOGLIETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise todayto pay tribute to David N. Pincus, a Philadel-phian whose generosity and spirit of caring isrecognized around the world.

David Pincus was born in Philadelphia in1926. After graduating from Philadelphia’sCentral High School, David served in the Navyand upon his return, finished up his degree atPennsylvania State University in 1948. Laterthat year, David went to work at Filene’s inBoston where he learned the ropes of the re-tail clothing business. In 1950, he returned toPhiladelphia and began working in the family-owned Pincus Brothers apparel manufacturingcompany, which had been founded by this fa-ther, Nathan, and four of David’s uncles backin 1910.

Back in Philadelphia, Pincus settled in anapartment downtown and began volunteeringtwo or three nights a week at Children’s Hos-pital. It was there that he first saw childrensuffering. It was an experience that had a pro-found effect on him, and one which wouldeventually lead him to pursue a program ofphilanthropy and personal intervention on be-half of suffering children world-wide.

Since taking over as CEO of the familyclothing business, David Pincus has kept the

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1929October 2, 1997company profitable in a time when clothingmanufacturing in Philadelphia has been in de-cline. But apart from being a successful busi-nessman, David Pincus has distinguished him-self as an exceptional humanitatian. Severaltimes a year, Pincus, as a member of theCARE board of overseers and a board mem-ber of the International Red Cross, puts hisbusiness in capable hands and flies off tosome of the world’s most troubled areas toprovide aid to children who are the innocentvictims of war, famine, and staggering poverty.Since the 1980’s he has visited children inBangladesh, Bosnia, Croatia, Haiti, Rwanda,Romania, Ethiopia, and the Sudan, amongothers. On his birthdays, he has made a tradi-tion of taking gifts to less fortunate children.

David Pincus commits these acts of gener-osity and caring not out of a desire for rec-ognition, but because of a strong sense ofmoral responsibility and because it makes himfeel good knowing that he can help ease thesuffering of those less fortunate than himself.

Mr. Speaker, in recognition of his contribu-tions to the city of Philadelphia and his com-mitment to making the world a better place forchildren, I ask that my colleagues join metoday in honoring Mr. David N. Pincus.f

IN HONOR OF RABBI MILTON H.POLIN

HON. CHARLES E. SCHUMEROF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. Speaker, Rabbi Milton

H. Polin, spiritual leader of Brooklyn’s pres-tigious Kingsway Jewish Center since 1974and past president of the Rabbinical Councilof America is one of the foremost rabbinic per-sonalities in the United States.

At his ordination 43 years ago, his teacherscharacterized him as ‘‘a gifted young scholarwho will inspire a profound reverence forTorah Judaism.’’ More recently he was paidtribute by the U.S. House of Representativesfor being ‘‘a man highly esteemed and re-spected by Jews and Christians whose liveshave been touched by numerous good worksand kind deeds of this outstanding spiritualand civic leader.’’

His rabbinic leadership has transformed hiscongregation into a pulsating center of Torahlearning and communal activity for hundredsof young, highly educated, religiously observ-ant families. He personally teaches a varietyof classes for men and women of all ages andbackgrounds at his synagogue. In addition, theGreater New York UJA-Federation recentlyrecognized his congregation’s outstanding out-reach program for new American families andawarded it a significant Continuity Commissiongrant.

During his presidency of the RabbinicalCouncil of America, the largest and most influ-ential Orthodox rabbinical body in the world,he participated actively in the Conference ofPresidents of Major American Jewish Organi-zations and continues to maintain regular con-tact with the chief rabbis and governmentleaders in Israel.

Active in the larger community in many ca-pacities, Rabbi Polin was recently invited tojoin the Orthodox Caucus, the foremost Ortho-dox think tank in North America, and theboard of directors of the Beth Din of America.

A lifelong religious zionist, Rabbi Polin is anational vice president of the Religious Zion-ists of America after previously serving aspresident of that organization’s Greater NewYork Council. He is a member of the RabbinicAdvisory Council of the Jewish National Fund.

In the several communities he has served,Rabbi Polin has at various times built aMikvah, an Eruv, and two synagogues. His in-terest in Kashruth and responsibility for com-munal supervision long predated his chairman-ship of the Rabbinic Kashruth Commission,the halakhic authority for the Union of Ortho-dox Jewish Congregations of AmericaKashruth Division. He currently serves aschairman of the Kashruth Committee of theVaad Harabbanim of Flatbush.

Rabbi Polin is a trustee of the internationalMemorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. Hewas recently reelected vice president of theCoordinating Council on Bikur Cholim ofGreater New York. Previously he has servedas chaplin of the Kings County Council of theJewish War Veterans and as a member ofboth the rabbinic advisory and the executivecouncils of the Commission on SynagogueRelations, which are agencies of the UJA-Fed-eration of the Jewish Philanthropies of NewYork. He chaired the Committee on the PublicInformation and Education of the Task Forceon Missionary Activities of the Jewish Commu-nity Relations of New York.

In his local community, Rabbi Polin hasserved two terms as president of the 90-mem-ber Vaad Harabbanim of Flatbush and chairedits Jubilee Anniversary celebration. He partici-pated actively on the Board of Education ofthe Yeshivah of Flatbush for many years.

With his wife Shainees, he was sent to theformer Soviet Union more than two decadesago when Jews were not allowed to leave.They have shared their experiences, insights,and concerns for Soviet Jews in several fo-rums. It was this experience that sensitizedthem to the special needs of today’s newAmerican families.

An eloquent speaker and acclaimed scholar,Rabbi Polin’s sermons have appeared annu-ally in the Rabbinical Council of America Ser-mon Anthology. Yeshiva University PresidentDr. Norman Lamm characterized his sermonsas enlightening and creative. His scholarly arti-cles have been published in such journals as‘‘Judaism,’’ ‘‘Tradition,’’ and ‘‘The HebrewTheological College Journal.’’ Several of hishalakhic studies on Maimonides’ Code hasbeen published in Hadarom.

Born in Chicago, IL, Rabbi Polin studied atthe Hebrew Theological College—BethMidrash L’Torah—in his native city from whichhe received his semikhaha and bachelor ofHebrew literature degree cum laude. At his or-dination he was awarded a prize for his He-brew essay ‘‘Rabbi Joseph Albo and the De-bate at Tortosa, 1413–14.’’ He also holds amaster of arts degree in education from theUniversity of Chicago.

Rabbi Polin is listed in ‘‘Who’s Who in WorldJewry,’’ ‘‘Who’s Who in Israel,’’ and ‘‘JewishPersonalities All Over the World,’’ and ‘‘Who’sWho in Religion.’’

He is married to the former Shainee Sachs.They have 5 children, all married, and 18grandchildren. Three of their children live in Is-rael, and 13 of their grandchildren are Sabras.

He never fails to leave me inspired by hiswords and honored by his presence. After 43years of outstanding congregational and com-

munal leadership throughout the country, heretires from his dedicated and faithful service.Rabbi Polin leaves behind a legacy that hastouched us all in so many ways and at somany levels. Thank you, Rabbi, for being suchan inspiration.

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION

HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKYOF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, on rollcallvote No. 480, I was unavoidably detained andunable to record my vote. Had I been present,I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ I ask that this state-ment be inserted in the appropriate section ofthe CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

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TRIBUTE TO THE MEMBERS FIRSTFEDERAL CREDIT UNION

HON. WILLIAM F. GOODLINGOF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I rise to con-gratulate the staff and management of theMembers First Federal Credit Union on theopening of their new operations center in Me-chanicsburg, PA. This new center is located inPennsylvania’s 19th Congressional districtwhich I represent.

Founded in 1950 by employees of the U.S.Naval Supply Depot in Mechanicsburg, Mem-bers First provided basic account services toa handful of members. Since then, the creditunion has expanded its capabilities to keeppace with the ever changing needs of itsmembers. Throughout its history, MembersFirst has pooled resources to benefit its mem-bers—loan by loan, deposit by deposit, shar-ing a special relationship with each and evermember.

Today, Members First is a full service finan-cial cooperative meeting the needs of morethan 78,000 members and offering an array ofproducts and services. The credit union takesgreat pride in staff, members, and all theyhave achieved together as they mark anothermilestone in their history with the mission of‘‘improving economic well being and quality oflife of all members.’’

The new center will offer the latest in finan-cial services technology and house the admin-istrative and support functions of the creditunion. The new operations center is not just abuilding, but a symbol of the pride in the orga-nization and growth of their membership. It isa foundation for the future as Members Firststrives to meet members’ needs in the yearsahead by enhancing quality and service to itsmembers.

Again Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to recog-nize the efforts of the staff and managementof the Members First Federal Credit Union onthis momentous occasion.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1930 October 2, 1997A TRIBUTE TO HAMPTON BAYS

VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER JOHNC. WOURGOLA

HON. MICHAEL P. FORBESOF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today inthis venerable Chamber to ask my colleaguesin the U.S. House of Representatives to joinme in paying tribute to John C. Wourgola, whohas devoted 50 years of his life to protectingthe lives and property of his family, friends,and neighbors as a volunteer firemen inHampton Bays, Long Island.

This Saturday, October 4, 1997, JohnWourgola will be honored by the commis-sioners, chiefs, officers, and firefighters of theHampton Bays Fire Department for his half-century of exemplary service. Since 1946,whenever fire or other peril threatened a mem-ber of the Hampton Bays community, Johnwas there to answer the call, whether it camein the dead of night, on blustery days or in thestifling heat of summer. Concerned only withassisting a neighbor or stranger in need, Johnlearned to confront the grave danger he andthe other firefighters faced with a caution re-spect, confident he could trust in this training,his skill, and the abilities of his fellow fire-fighters.

While the Hampton Bays Fire Departmenthas been truly blessed with many dedicatedvolunteers, John Wourgola has demonstratedan exceptional level of commitment to hiscommunity. In his 50 years as a HamptonBays firefighter, John has earned the trust andrespect of his peers, who have chosen him fornumerous leadership positions, including lieu-tenant and captain. John Wourgola remainsan active and vital member of the HamptonBays Fire Department, answering the call toduty with the same dedication and focus thathe brought to volunteer service 50 years ago.

Demonstrating that true heroes are createdover a lifetime of selfless acts and service totheir God, family, and country, John Wourgolais the perfect model for every volunteer fire-fighter who will come after him. So I ask mycolleagues in this esteemed House to join mein congratulating John for 50 years of serviceto the Hampton Bays Fire Department.f

CONGRATULATIONS TO JIMPARDINI

HON. GEORGE P. RADANOVICHOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I risetoday to congratulate Jim Pardini for being se-lected 1997 Fresno County Harvest of HopeHumanitarian of the Year by the MuscularDystrophy Association. Mr. Pardini exemplifiesgenuine dedication and service to the commu-nity of Fresno, CA.

Jim Pardini is a second generationrestauranteur who has worked and managedhis family business since 1968. After consider-able success in the seventies, Pardini estab-lished a catering division in 1981. Padini Ca-tering soon became one of the largest off-premise catering firms in California. To diver-

sify his services, Pardini opened Pardini’sGrill, Lounge and Banquet Room in 1994. Thismove positioned the Pardini franchise as thepremier food service company in California’sSan Joaquin Valley, capable of accommodat-ing everything from business lunches to wed-dings.

Currently, Jim Pardini is president and CEOof Pardini’s Inc., parent company of all Pardinifood service operations. He is also the ownerof several Tony Roma restaurants throughoutCalifornia.

Pardini’s accomplishments are not limited tobusiness ventures as he is sincerely commit-ted to the well-being of Fresno, CA. Specifi-cally, Jim Pardini is on the board of directorsfor Fresno’s City and County Convention andVisitors Bureau. This organization advertisesthe benefits of the city to conferences andtourists. Similarly, Pardini is a board of directorfor the Saint Agnes Medical Center Founda-tion. This foundation secures funding for oneof the Nation’s top 100 hospitals. Finally, he isthe former president of the California Res-taurant Association, the former president ofthe Fresno Chamber of Commerce and is asupporter of Fresno’s Big Brothers and BigSisters.

Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor that Icongratulate Jim Pardini, the 1997 FresnoCounty Harvest of Hope Humanitarian Awardrecipient. I ask my colleagues to join me inwishing Jim Pardini every success on his fu-ture endeavors.f

THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAIDPROVIDER REVIEW ACT OF 1997:IT’S ABOUT TIME

HON. FORTNEY PETE STARKOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talkabout the hot new job in health care: compli-ance. I refer my colleagues to a September 18Wall Street Journal article which describeshow hospitals and other providers are hiringand promoting professionals to ensure theircompliance with laws and regulations. It’sabout time; $23 billion per year in Medicarefraud, waste, and abuse reported by the HHSinspector general is proof positive that weneed to take compliance more seriously.

Together with Mr. DELLUMS and Mr. MILLERof California, I have introduced legislation thatwould require certain health care providers tofund independent, Federal compliance and fi-nancial audits as a condition of participation inthe Medicare and Medicaid programs. If pro-viders are willing to foot the bill to fly-in com-pliance consultants from high profile firms likeCoopers & Lybrand, they can surely affordGovernment audits. The last thing we need isfor providers to only retain private sector pro-fessionals who can show them how to besneakier. We’ve already given the health careindustry the benefit of the doubt far too long.

The administration also recognizes that au-dits are needed to ensure financial and regu-latory compliance. Health and Human Serv-ices [HHS] Secretary Donna Shalala recentlyannounced that home health agencies willhave to submit an independent audit of theirrecords and practices every 3 years to receiveMedicare funds. In addition, HHS will double

the number of home health agency audits itconducts from 900 to 1,800 per year.

While home health agencies may be thesystem’s most blatant abusers, they are by nomeans the only ones worthy of our best effortsto fight fraud. My bill would require audits ofhospitals, nursing facilities, hospices, clinicallaboratories, and ambulance companies in ad-dition to home health agencies. Yet HHSdoesn’t have the funding to audit all categoriesof providers that have abusive track records.Even if it did, taxpayers shouldn’t have to footthe bill. The sum of $23 billion says it’s timeto make Federal audits a cost of doing busi-ness with the Nation’s largest health carepayer, the Federal Government.

[From the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 18,1997]

HOT NEW JOB IN HEALTH CARE: IN-HOUSE COP

(By George Anders)The hottest new job category in health

care doesn’t require a medical license or anursing degree. It’s compliance officer, a jobborrowed from the defense industry andother businesses under fire from regulators.

Now hospitals and medical schools acrossthe country are rushing to hire their own in-house cops, hoping they’ll keep them fromrunning afoul of the government’s wideningcrackdown on health-care fraud—or helpminimize penalties when infractions arefound.

Consultants estimate that only 5% of thenation’s 5,400 hospitals and medical schoolshave comprehensive compliance departmentsnow. But they suggest the total could doublein the next year.

Securities firms in the late 1980s shored uptheir compliance departments in hopes ofaverting insider-trading scandals. Defensecontractors, thrift institutions and compa-nies worried about pollution regulationshave all taken similar steps in the face ofgreater government scrutiny.

The health-care compliance movement gota boost Monday when President Clinton an-nounced wide-ranging initiatives to combatfraud in home health care. Many hospitalsoperate home-health units that have been fi-nancially lucrative.

Before the President’s speech, hospitalshad already been galvanized by the govern-ment’s massive investigation of Columbia/HCFA Healthcare Corp. This year, in whichfederal agents with search warrants haveswooped into dozens of Columbia-owned hos-pitals. People familiar with the investiga-tion say the government is looking into awide range of potential billing abuses. Co-lumbia has said it isn’t aware of any sys-temic wrongdoing.

‘‘I’ve gotten a lot more respect since theColumbia situation hit the media,’’ saysElizabeth Ryan, a compliance consultantwho until recently was head of compliance atValley Baptist Medical Center in Harlington,Texas. ‘‘A year or two ago, when I called onpeople within the hospital, they said: ‘What’sthis all about?’ But once they’ve seen pic-tures of FBI agents carting away boxes ofdocuments at Columbia, their attitude is:‘Fine. No problem. Come talk to us aboutwhatever you want.’ ’’

In Nashville, Tenn., Columbia itself wantsto expand its roster of top executives to in-clude a senior vice president, compliance.Until recently, a mid-level aide to the gen-eral counsel was in charge of Columbia’scompliance program.

But as Columbia spokesman Jeff Prescottputs it: ‘‘Compliance issues are, and will con-tinue to be, very important for our com-pany.’’ The best way to underscore that mes-sage to employees, he says, is to make com-pliance a much more prominent part of Co-lumbia’s management structure.

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1931October 2, 1997It’s unclear how much whistle-blowing the

hospital industry really wants from its com-pliance chiefs. After all, ultra-strict compli-ance programs can mean higher costs and ir-ritating bureaucracy. Some plump revenuesources could wither away, too, if compli-ance officers declare them to be off-limits.

But most federal fraud-fighters welcomethe effort. ‘‘What we’re talking about is en-suring that organizations bill appropriately,that they train their staff appropriately, andthat they follow good business practices,’’says Eileen Boyd, deputy inspector generalat the Department of Health and HumanServices.

When problems do exist, federal sentencingguidelines treat the existence of a compli-ance program as a mitigating factor that canreduce civil or criminal penalties. Con-versely, hospitals without a compliance pro-gram may be told to form one as part of set-tling a federal fraud investigation. For thatreason, Ms. Boyd tells the industry: ‘‘Youcan pay for compliance now, or you can payfor it later.’’

Traditionally, hospitals have counted onlow-level internal auditors to catch prob-lems, and report them to senior manage-ment. But the new, high-profile compliancechiefs are expected to get involved in poten-tial trouble spots much earlier. They arealso expected to flag hospital boards and thegovernment right away if infractions arefound.

Paul Flanagan got into compliance work21⁄2 years ago, after finishing his studies atCreighton Law School in Omaha, Neb. Whenhe asked a local attorney for career tips inhealth care, the answer amounted to a singleword: ‘‘Compliance.’’

He soon because chief compliance officer atAlegent Health in Omaha. Six weeks ago, the31-year-old Mr. Flanagan jumped to a fast-track job at Coopers & Lybrand, where hewill travel around the country, helping asmany as 60 hospitals set up compliance de-partments.

Currently, the HHS inspector general’s of-fice and the American Hospital Associationare drafting guidelines for a model compli-ance program for hospitals. Those standardsare expected to be issued this fall. They arelikely to be welcomed by a hospital industryfearful that the government’s anti-fraudcampaign could sweep up not just outrightrascals but also people who have been tryingto obey laws that they don’t understand verywell.

‘‘The regulations are so complex that orga-nizations can make errors just because of thecomplexity,’’ says Sister Pat Eck, chair-person of the Bon Secours Health SystemInc. chain of Hospitals and nursing homes inMarriottsville, Md.

Sister Pat says that Bon Secours has tradi-tionally relied on its internal audit depart-ment to catch problems, adding that she is‘‘comfortable’’ with its work to date. But shesays her board is encouraging her to considercreating a more formal compliance depart-ment, something that could happen as soonas next year.

While the most dramatic part of compli-ance programs may be the detection ofwrongdoing, their most important functionmay be training employees how to follow therules in the first place, says Ms. Boyd, thedeputy inspector general at HHS.

‘‘I’m a big believer in hands-on training,where people have a chance to ask questionsand get tested on what they were supposed tolearn,’’ she says. ‘‘Putting a manual on ashelf—or herding people into an auditoriumto watch a video—doesn’t do it for me. If thehealth-care industry is foolish enough to putin compliance programs that aren’t viable,they’re making a serious mistake.’’

TRIBUTE TO DR. JASON HU, REP-RESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLICOF CHINA ON TAIWAN

HON. TOM LANTOSOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today topay tribute to Dr. Jason Chih-chiang Hu, thedistinguished representative of the Taipei Eco-nomic and Cultural Representative Office inthe United States. As my colleagues know,Ambassador Hu has served as the chief rep-resentative of the Republic of China on Tai-wan here in the United States for the past 15months.

During that time, the friendship between ourtwo countries has benefitted greatly fromJason Hu’s outstanding efforts. AlthoughJason will be leaving Washington, DC, we arefortunate that he will continue to work for bet-ter relations between the United States andTaiwan. He will return to Taipei within the nextfew weeks to assume the critically importantposition of foreign minister.

Dr. Jason Hu’s record of distinguished pub-lic service to his nation spans more than adecade. He received his B.L. in diplomacyfrom the National Chengchi University in Tai-wan, and his Ph.D. in International Studies atOxford University. Jason began his career asa university professor, and he later served asthe government’s chief spokesman. SinceJune of 1996 he has been the chief represent-ative to the United States.

We will miss Jason’s wisdom and his articu-late and informed advocacy for Taiwan. Ja-son’s lovely and charming wife, Shirley, willalso be missed. At the same time, Mr. Speak-er, this is a wonderful opportunity for Jasonand Shirley to serve their country in a newand challenging position.

Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues to joinme in wishing them bon voyage and greatsuccess as they face the new challenges andopportunities that lie ahead.f

TRIBUTE TO JAMES JOHNSON

HON. EARL F. HILLIARDOF ALABAMA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. HILLIARD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today topay tribute to Mr. James Johnson of Bir-mingham, AL. Mr. Johnson recently passedaway, yet his legacy will remain a shining ex-ample to our community for decades to come.

Mr. Johnson was born in Sumpter County,AL, and was educated in the public schoolsystem of Alabama. He was a hardworkingman who spent decades working in the steelmills of Ensley, AL.

Above all, Mr. Johnson was a brave andcourageous man. He was the first black everelected as a constable, and he served over 20years.

While James Johnson was confronted withthe evils of segregation and legalized JimCrow laws over 50 years ago, he did some-thing about it. Mr. Johnson stood up and wascounted by volunteering to help register blackvoters throughout Alabama during a period ofhistory when he knew, good and well, that his

actions might cost him his life. However, Mr.Johnson was more concerned about righting awrong and correcting an injustice, than abouthis personal safety.

I will personally miss Mr. Johnson. He wasa great and noble man. My sincere condo-lences go to his wonderful wife, Mrs. BerniceC. Johnson of Birmingham and all of his chil-dren, family, and friends.f

ST. MICHAEL’S POST 1562, CATHO-LIC WAR VETERANS, CELE-BRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY

HON. JAMES H. MALONEYOF CONNECTICUT

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker,I want to bring to the attention of the U.S.House of Representatives and the Nation amost important event in my Connecticut dis-trict. This weekend, St. Michael’s Post 1562 ofthe Catholic War Veterans, will celebrate its50th anniversary. The event will be markedwith the celebration of a mass and a dinnerthat evening in Derby, CT.

Post 1562 was officially chartered on De-cember 22, 1947. With 345 members, the postis the largest Catholic war veterans group inthe State of Connecticut and the fourth largestin the Nation. In addition to advancing the in-terests of Catholic war veterans who havecourageously served their country, this organi-zation’s efforts have served to improve thelives of all residents of the Derby area.

For many years, members of Post 1562have volunteered their time to patients at theVeterans Administration Hospital in WestHaven, CT. Also, the post and its ladies auxil-iary combine efforts on a yearly basis to par-ticipate in the traditional Cross of Peace Driveat local churches. Furthermore, the post dis-tributes gifts to needy boys and girls at theirannual children’s Christmas party.

Mr. Speaker, it is extremely heartening tofind an organization that makes a critical dif-ference in the lives of so many people. St. Mi-chael’s Post 1562 of the Catholic War Veter-ans of the U.S.A. truly is a model institution.On behalf of the State of Connecticut and ourentire Nation, I want to commend the officersand members of Post 1562 for not just theirsacrifices to our country in the name of free-dom, but also for their invaluable efforts tostrengthen the communities of the Derby area.f

TRIBUTE TO COLONEL JIMMIE D.HOLMANS

HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZOF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. RODRIGUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise todayto honor the dedication, public service, andpatriotism of Col. Jimmie D. Holmans. ColonelHolmans, a native Texan, will retire from theU.S. Air Force on October 1, 1997 after morethan 29 years of faithful service to our Nation.

Since the beginning of his military career inNovember 1967, Colonel Holmans has risenthrough the ranks of the U.S. Air Force, al-ways ready and willing to serve our country in

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of RemarksE1932 October 2, 1997any capacity. Recognizing his potential toserve our great country, the Air Force selectedhim to attend Officer Training School. He wasfirst assigned as a personnel officer at ReeseAir Force Base, TX. Colonel Holmans wasthen assigned to Korat Royal Thai Air ForceBase, Thailand, in 1974, where he worked indirect support of the Cambodian and Saigonevacuations and the recapture of the S.S.Mayguez.

Upon his return from Thailand in 1975,Colonel Holmans was assigned to HanscomAir Force Base, MA, and was named the AirForce Systems Command’s Personnel Officerof the Year for 1976. He returned to Texaswith an assignment to the U.S. Air Force Mili-tary Personnel Center at Randolph Air ForceBase where he was responsible for respond-ing to Presidential, congressional, inspectorgeneral, and other high level military inquiries.In 1983, he was reassigned to the 96th Bom-bardment Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, TX,as the wing transitioned from B–52H to be-come the first B–1B wing in the Air Force.

After graduating from the Armed ForcesStaff College in 1986, Colonel Holmansserved as the manpower and personnel staffofficer, Plans Branch, North Atlantic Treaty Or-ganization Airborne Early Warning Force Com-mand, Supreme Headquarters Allied PowersEurope, Mons, Belgium. In 1987, he was se-lected to be the commander, Detachment 1,1141st United States Air Force Special Activi-ties Squadron at Supreme Headquarters AlliedPowers Europe. During this assignment, heserved as the senior personnel advisor to theChief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters AlliedPowers Europe, and was additionally respon-sible for all administrative support to the U.S.Air Force personnel stationed at HeadquartersNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels,Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe,and throughout the BENELUX region of Eu-rope. He was reassigned to HeadquartersUnited States Air Forces in Europe, RamsteinAir Base, Germany, as director, Senior OfficeManagement in 1989. During this tour, he wasawarded the United States Air Forces in Eu-rope Senior Personnel Manager of the Yearfor 1991.

In 1992, he returned to the United States toattend Air War College, and upon graduationin July 1993, he was reassigned to Head-quarters Air Force Intelligence Command,Kelly Air Force Base, TX, serving as chief,Personnel Programs and Systems Manage-ment Division and chief, Senior Officer Man-agement. In November 1993, he served aschief, Assignments and Plans Division, Direc-torate of Personnel, Air Intelligence Agency atKelly.

For the past 18 months, Colonel Holmanshas held the position of chief, Assignments Di-vision, Air Force Colonel Matters Office, wherehe has been directly responsible for assign-ments and professional development of over4,500 Air Force colonels and colonel-selects.

Colonel Holmans has earned the Legion ofMerit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal,Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leafclusters, and Air Forces Commendation Medalwith two oak leaf clusters.

Our Nation, the Department of Defense, theU.S. Air Force, and his family can truly beproud of the colonel’s many successes. He isa man of extraordinary talent and integrity,and we owe him a debt of gratitude for hismany years of dedicated service to this coun-

try. And, let us not forget the contributions andsacrifices made by Colonel Holmans’ family,his wife Myra, and his daughter Melissa. Onbehalf of the citizens of the 28th District ofTexas, we wish Col. Jimmie D. Holmans allthe best in his future endeavors.f

HONORING THE SERVICE OF A.KENDALL RAINE, JR.

HON. JAMES E. ROGANOF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. ROGAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today topay tribute to a dear friend who has spent hiscareer serving his family, his community, andhis country.

Now more than ever, our Nation looks to itsfinest citizens for examples of how to live andhow to succeed. From his earliest days, Ken-dall Raine strove to gain a sound education,give more than he took, and dedicate his lifeto improving the circumstances of others.

As a young man, Kendall learned the impor-tance of a good education. After graduatingfrom Yale, he carried his experience and hisinsight to the U.S. Army, where he served withthe Counter Intelligence Corps during theheight of the cold war.

Following his military service, Kendall im-mersed himself in the world of investmentbanking as our Nation solidified its position ofworld leadership in finance. Kendall’s experi-ence eventually led him to J.P. Morgan, wherehe served for nearly 30 years. His expertisewith foreign markets and the world’s changingeconomy was frequently called upon by mem-bers of the board of directors of one of theNation’s top investment houses.

Kendall has always been a man with asense of community and a dedication to hisfamily and friends. After nearly three decadesof service with Morgan, his focus shifted clos-er to home. For over 15 years, Kendall servedEast-West Bank as a counselor, consultant,trusted advisor, and respected member of theboard of directors.

Beyond his success in the private sector,Kendall has proven himself to be a man of in-tegrity, grit and determination. Throughout hiscareer—often traveling far from family andhome—he has never lost sight of what trulymatters.

Mr. Speaker, America is a nation foundedon the principles of the free market, dedicationto liberty and pursuit of what is right. KendallRaine has personified these characteristicsand instilled these qualities in his friends, fam-ily and peers. For his work, for his dedicationand for his friendship, I am pleased to paytribute to A. Kendall Raine, Jr.f

HONORING THE EXEMPLARY CITI-ZENRY OF JIMMY TOUSSAINTAND ELI BINDER

HON. CARRIE P. MEEKOF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I risetoday to bring to the attention of my col-leagues the outstanding example of honesty

and civic responsibility demonstrated by twoyoung men from my district, Jimmy Toussaintand Eli Binder.

Recently, while walking through their neigh-borhood, Jimmy, who is 11 years old, and Eli,who is 12, noticed that a neighbor, having leftin a rush, neglected to close and lock the frontdoor to his home.

They could have kept on walking, but theyfelt a responsibility to the welfare of theirneighbor. After knocking but receiving no re-sponse, Jimmy and Eli sought out the assist-ance of an adult Citizens on Patrol volunteerand informed him that the homeowner had ne-glected to secure his home. The volunteerlocked the door and notified the gratefulhomeowner, Mr. Bruce Hamerstrom.

These young people have demonstrated animportant part of what makes a community:neighbors looking after neighbors. I congratu-late Jimmy and Eli for their good sense andjudgment, and I know that their parents mustbe proud of them, as are we all.f

TRIBUTE TO THEODORE S. WEISS

HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEYOF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker,I rise today to honor the memory of TheodoreS. Weiss, who represented New York in theHouse of Representatives from 1977 until hisdeath in 1992. Earlier this week, a Federalcourthouse in New York City was designatedthe ‘‘Ted Weiss United States Courthouse’’ inhis memory.

With Ted Weiss’ death in 1992, New York’s17th Congressional District lost a well-lovedand highly popular political leader. This dis-trict, one of the most liberal in the country,found a voice in Ted. He consistently cham-pioned the interests of the poor and the pow-erless, and supported civil and human rightsboth locally and internationally.

Born in 1927 in Hungary, Ted escaped Eu-rope one step ahead of the Nazis in 1938,which might explain his life-long opposition tooppressive dictatorships abroad. He criticizedthe invasion of Granada, lauded the defeat ofPinochet in Chile, and backed sanctionsagainst China, El Salvador, and other coun-tries that perpetrate human rights abuses.When he served on the House Foreign AffairsCommittee, he made humanitarian aid a spe-cial concern, proposing additional food assist-ance to drought-stricken Africa. A long-timeadvocate for peace, Ted consistently votedagainst funding for military projects and sup-ported a nuclear weapons freeze.

Ted was also an active advocate for therights of his own constituency. He was a lead-er for gay and lesbian rights; he sought aid forthe mentally ill and homeless; and he foughtfor reparations for Holocaust victims and Viet-nam veterans who were exposed to agent or-ange. For much of his career, Ted served onthe House Education and Labor Committee,where he fought cutbacks in social programs.

Ted was well-known for his concern for thehealth and safety of his constituents. Hepressed the Food and Drug Administration torigorously guard against dangerous drugs andfood additives on the market. He also advo-cated increased funding for AIDS research

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1933October 2, 1997and urged the NIH to conduct further experi-ments in drug treatment.

Ted Weiss demonstrated true dedicationand commitment to human and civil rights. Itis only fitting that the ‘‘Ted Weiss UnitedStates Courthouse’’ be named in his honor, atestament to his efforts on behalf of equity andjustice. I respectfully urge my colleagues totake a moment today to remember Ted Weiss,a man who made innumerable contributions tohis own district, as well as to the world atlarge.

REPUBLIC OF CHINA CELEBRATESNATIONAL DAY

HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOODOF GUAM

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 1997

Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I extendmy best wishes to Taiwan as it prepares tocelebrate its 86th anniversary of the foundingof the Republic of China on October 10, 1997.President Lee Teng Hui and Vice President

Lien Chan are to be commended for theirleadership. In recent months, both guided Tai-wan through many challenges and maintainedprosperity and democracy for the 21 millionresidents on the island.

I also congratulate Representative JasonHu, Taiwan’s top diplomat in Washington. Hewill return to Taipei and take on the post asthe new foreign minister. Mr. Hu’s promotion isa clear indication of Taiwan’s confidence in hisabilities to serve his fellow citizens.

Good luck to both Taiwan and Mr. JasonHu.

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Daily DigestSenate

Chamber ActionSenate was not in session today. It will next meet

on Friday, October 3, 1997, at 10 a.m.

Committee MeetingsNo committee meetings were held.

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House of RepresentativesChamber ActionBills Introduced: 4 public bills, H.R. 2603–2606;and 1 resolution, H. Con. Res. 166, were intro-duced. Page H8320

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:H.R. 2571, to authorize major medical facility

projects and major medical facility leases for the De-partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1998 (H.Rept. 105–291);

H.R. 1703, to amend title 38, United StatesCode, to provide for improved and expedited proce-dures for resolving complaints of unlawful employ-ment discrimination arising within the Departmentof Veterans Affairs, amended (H. Rept. 105–292);

H.R. 2206, to amend title 38, United StatesCode, to improve programs of the Department ofVeterans Affairs for homeless veterans, amended (H.Rept. 105–293);

H.R. 1789, to reauthorize the dairy indemnityprogram (H. Rept. 105–294);

H.R. 1179, to make a minor adjustment in theexterior boundary of the Devils Backbone Wildernessin the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to ex-clude a small parcel of land containing improve-ments (H. Rept. 105–295 Part 1); and

H.R. 2366, to transfer to the Secretary of Agri-culture the authority to conduct the census of agri-culture (H. Rept. 105–296 Part 1). Pages H8319–20

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from theSpeaker wherein he designated Representative Peaseto act as Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H8301

Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by theguest Chaplain, the Rev. Dr. Ronald F. Christian ofFairfax, Virginia. Page H8301

Journal: Pursuant to clause 5 of rule 1, agreed tothe Speaker’s approval of the Journal of Tuesday,September 30, 1997, subsequently, agreed to theSpeaker’s approval of the Journal of Wednesday, Oc-tober 1. Page H8301

Calendar Wednesday: Agreed that the business inorder under the Calendar Wednesday rule be dis-pensed with on Wednesday, October 8. Page H8302

Extension of Remarks: Agreed that for Tuesday,September 30, Wednesday, October 1, and for today,all members be permitted to extend their remarksand to include extraneous material in that section ofthe record entitled ‘‘Extension of Remarks’’. Page H8302

Meeting Hour—October 6: Agreed that when theHouse adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30p.m. on Monday, October 6 for Morning Hour de-bate. Page H8302

Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from theSpeaker wherein he designated Representative Peaseto act as Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled billsand joint resolutions through Monday, October 6,1997. Page H8316

Senate Messages: Message received from the Senatetoday appears on page H8301.

Quorum Calls—Votes: No recorded votes orquorum calls developed during the proceedings ofthe House today.

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Adjournment: Met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at12:13 p.m.

Committee MeetingsRUSSIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS SECURITYCommittee on National Security: Subcommitteeon Military Research and Development continuedhearings on security of Russian nuclear weapons.Testimony was heard from Senator Lugar; and a pub-lic witness.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,OCTOBER 3, 1997

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

SenateNo meetings are scheduled.

HouseNo committee meetings are scheduled.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE

10 a.m., Friday, October 3

Senate Chamber

Program for Friday: No legislative business is sched-uled.

Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

12:30 p.m., Monday, October 6

House Chamber

Program for Monday: To be announced.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issueHOUSE

Ballenger, Cass, N.C., E1903Barcia, James A., Mich., E1918Berman, Howard L., Calif., E1925Blunt, Roy, Mo., E1905Bonior, David E., Mich., E1906Boyd, Allen, Fla., E1917Brown, George E., Jr., Calif., E1901, E1915Chenoweth, Helen, Idaho, E1896, E1917Christian-Green, Donna M., The Virgin Islands, E1919Clement, Bob, Tenn., E1923Costello, Jerry F., Ill., E1905Crapo, Michael D., Idaho, E1896Cunningham, Randy ‘‘Duke’’, Calif., E1904Davis, Thomas M., Va., E1919DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E1920Deutsch, Peter, Fla., E1903, E1928Dreier, David, Calif., E1907Dunn, Jennifer, Wash., E1901Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr., Md., E1908Ensign, John E., Nev., E1896Farr, Sam, Calif., E1912Filner, Bob, Calif., E1924Foglietta, Thomas M., Pa., E1905, E1928Foley, Mark, Fla., E1896Forbes, Michael P., N.Y., E1928, E1930

Frank, Barney, Mass., E1899, E1926Furse, Elizabeth, Ore., E1922Gingrich, Newt, Ga., E1910, E1912Goodling, William F., Pa., E1927, E1929Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E1912, E1916Hamilton, Lee H., Ind., E1903, E1906, E1924Hastings, Doc, Wash., E1911Hilliard, Earl F., Ala., E1931Hostettler, John N., Ind., E1922Hoyer, Steny H., Md., E1908Johnson, Nancy L., Conn., E1920Kennedy, Joseph P., II, Mass., E1905Kennedy, Patrick J., R.I., E1902Kennelly, Barbara B., Conn., E1901Kildee, Dale E., Mich., E1917Kind, Ron, Wisc., E1904, E1920Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E1899Lantos, Tom, Calif., E1898, E1911, E1918, E1927, E1931McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E1924McCarthy, Karen, Mo., E1909McGovern, James P., Mass., E1920McInnis, Scott, Colo., E1896McIntosh, David M., Ind., E1895, E1920Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E1932Maloney, James H., Conn., E1931Meek, Carrie P., Fla., E1907, E1916, E1932Murtha, John P., Pa., E1921

Neal, Richard E., Mass., E1917Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E1900Oberstar, James L., Minn., E1927Owens, Major R., N.Y., E1902, E1906Pappas, Michael, N.J., E1922Pascrell, Bill, Jr., N.J., E1911, E1914Portman, Rob, Ohio, E1914Poshard, Glenn, Ill., E1899, E1925Radanovich, George P., Calif., E1928, E1930Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E1914Riley, Bob, Ala., E1896Rodriguez, Ciro D., Texas, E1931Rogan, James E., Calif., E1918, E1932Rohrabacher, Dana, Calif., E1897Saxton, Jim, N.J., E1897Schumer, Charles E., N.Y., E1908, E1929Slaughter, Louise McIntosh, N.Y., E1909Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E1921, E1928, E1930Stupak, Bart, Mich., E1904Talent, James M., Mo., E1895Torres, Esteban Edward, Calif., E1910, E1913, E1916Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E1909Underwood, Robert A., Guam, E1933Vento, Bruce F., Minn., E1925Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E1929Waxman, Henry A., Calif., E1925