May 9, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE H 4557

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. TATE. Mr. Speaker, it is an exciting day in America, because the Republicans on the House side are making

real change, just as we promised, with

the Contract With America.

Now we are going to take on the balancing of our national budget. Let me

tell the Members, Mr. Speaker, a child

born today, if we do nothing, will be

saddled with $187,150 in their lifetime

just in taxes, just to pay the service on

our national debt. That is unacceptable. The Republicans are willing to

take that on. We are also willing to

save our Medicare system.

If we do nothing, if we just sit back

on our hands, like some are saying we

should do, it is going to go bankrupt.

Republicans are committed to save it,

to protect it, to preserve it, to improve

it. We are not going to bury our heads

in the sand, Mr. Speaker. We are going

to take on the issues that are important to working people, saving our future and saving our children’s future.

REPUBLICANS TRY TO REFORM A

HUGE MAGICAL ILLUSION IN ATfTEMPTING TO CUT MEDICARE

(Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given

permission to address the House for 1

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, when it

comes to attempts to cut Medicare for

our Nation’s seniors, our Republican

colleagues are trying to perform one

huge magical illusion. I like magic

tricks just about as much as the next

person, but I prefer to see them in the

circus, not here on the floor of Congress.

Let us take a look at what is up the

sleeves of the Gingrichites. They want

to cut Medicare to 37 million seniors by

about $900 each year. This painful cut

is for the very men and women who we

have been celebrating on this 50th anniversary of our victory in Europe, people that we here applauded, who fought

for this country abroad, or who worked

for it here at home.

Yet, at this very time we find in the

Committee on the Budget scheduled for

tomorrow here in the House the

Gingrichites’ proposal to cut the Medicare benefits that are so critical to

these senior citizens.

I would say that David Copperfield

should beware, because with the kind

of magic being performed here and the

kind of illusion here, this is an act that

is ready for the Las Vegas strip.

PERMISSION FOR CERTAIN COMMITTEES TO SIT TODAY DURING

fTHE 5–MINUTE RULE

Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent that the following

committees and their subcommittees

be permitted to sit today while the

House is meeting in the Committee on

the Whole House under the 5-minute

rule:

The Committee on Agriculture; the

Committee on Banking and Financial

Services; the Committee on Economic

and Educational Opportunities; the

Committee on Government Reform and

Oversight; the Committee on House

Oversight; the Committee on International Relations; the Committee on

the Judiciary; the Committee on Resources; and the Select Committee on

Intelligence.

Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding

that the minority has been consulted,

and that there is no objection to these

requests.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there

objection to the request of the gentleman from New Jersey?

Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, reserving the

right to object, the gentleman is correct. The Democrat side has been consulted, and we have no objections.

Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.

EWING). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Jersey?

There was no objection.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE

CLERK OF THE HOUSE

fThe SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following communication from the Clerk of the House of

Representatives:

OFFICE OF THE CLERK,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, DC, May 8, 1995.

Hon. NEWT GINGRICH,

The Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives,

Washington, DC.

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the permission granted in Clause 5 of Rule III of the

Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I

have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope

received from the White House on Wednesday, May 3, 1995 at 7:05 p.m. and said to contain a message from the President whereby

he transmits proposed legislation entitled

‘‘Antiterrorism Amendments Act of 1995.’’

With great respect, I am

Sincerely yours,

ROBIN H. CARLE,

f Clerk.

THE ANTITERRORISM AMENDMENTS ACT OF 1995—MESSAGE

FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 104–

71)

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message

from the President of the United

States; which was read and, together

with the accompanying papers, without

objection, referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary, the Committee on

Banking and Financial Services, and

the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:

Today I am transmitting for your immediate consideration and enactment

the ‘‘Antiterrorism Amendments Act

of 1995.’’ This comprehensive Act, together with the ‘‘Omnibus

Counterterrorism Act of 1995,’’ which I

transmitted to the Congress on February 9, 1995, are critically important

components of my Administration’s effort to combat domestic and international terrorism.

The tragic bombing of the Murrah

Federal Building in Oklahoma City on

April 19th stands as a challenge to all

Americans to preserve a safe society.

In the wake of this cowardly attack on

innocent men, women, and children,

following other terrorist incidents at

home and abroad over the past several

years, we must ensure that law enforcement authorities have the legal

tools and resources they need to fight

terrorism. The Antiterrorism Amendments Act of 1995 will help us to prevent terrorism through vigorous and

effective investigation and prosecution. Major provisions of this Act

would:

—Permit law enforcement agencies

to gain access to financial and

credit reports in antiterrorism

cases, as is currently permitted

with bank records. This would

allow such agencies to track the

source and use of funds by suspected terrorists.

—Apply the same legal standard in

national security cases that is currently used in other criminal cases

for obtaining permission to track

telephone traffic with ‘‘pen registers’’ and ‘‘trap and trace’’ devices.

—Enable law enforcement agencies to

utilize the national security letter

process to obtain records critical to

terrorism investigations from hotels, motels, common carriers, storage facilities, and vehicle rental facilities.

—Expand the authority of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance, within constitutional safeguards. Examples of

this increased authority include additions to the list of felonies that

can be used as the basis for a surveillance order, and enhancement

of law enforcement’s ability to

keep pace with telecommunications technology by obtaining

multiple point wiretaps where it is

impractical to specify the number

of the phone to be tapped (such as

the use of a series of cellular

phones).

—Require the Department of the

Treasury’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms to study the

inclusion of taggants (microscopic

particles) in standard explosive device raw materials to permit tracing the source of those materials

after an explosion; whether common chemicals used to manufacture explosives can be rendered

inert; and whether controls can be

imposed on certain basic chemicals

used to manufacture other explosives.

—Require the inclusion of taggants

in standard explosive device raw

materials after the publication of