May 22, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7133

SENATE QUARTERLY MASS MAIL VOLUMES AND COSTS

FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 03/31/95—Continued

Senators Total

pieces

Pieces

per

capita

Total cost Cost per

capita

Fiscal

year 1995

official

mail allocation

GRASSLEY ................ 0 0 0.00 0 56,381 GREGG ..................... 35,256 0.03173 28,252.50 0.02543 34,552 HARKIN .................... 0 0 0.00 0 56,381 HATCH ...................... 0 0 0.00 0 30,689 HATFIELD ................. 0 0 0.00 0 62,019 HEFLIN ..................... 6,800 0.00164 1,207.20 0.00029 81,113 HELMS ..................... 0 0 0.00 0 140,612 HOLLINGS ................ 0 0 0.00 0 72,302 HUTCHISON .............. 0 0 0.00 0 352,339 INHOFE ..................... 0 0 0.00 0 52,475 INOUYE .................... 0 0 0.00 0 29,867 JEFFORDS ................ 0 0 0.00 0 23,830 JOHNSTON ................ 0 0 0.00 0 82,088 KASSEBAUM ............. 0 0 0.00 0 51,907 KEMPTHORNE ........... 0 0 0.00 0 31,846 KENNEDY ................. 0 0 0.00 0 121,391 KERREY .................... 0 0 0.00 0 32,516 KERRY ...................... 0 0 0.00 0 121,391 KOHL ........................ 0 0 0.00 0 97,556 KYL .......................... 0 0 0.00 0 63,581 LAUTENBERG ........... 0 0 0.00 0 151,392 LEAHY ...................... 3,714 0.00652 1,082.36 0.00190 23,830 LEVIN ....................... 0 0 0.00 0 182,978 LIEBERMAN .............. 0 0 0.00 0 66,615 LOTT ........................ 0 0 0.00 0 48,596 LUGAR ...................... 0 0 0.00 0 111,738 MACK ....................... 0 0 0.00 0 323,488 MCCAIN ................... 0 0 0.00 0 82,928

MCCONNELL ............ 0 0 0.00 0 74,054

MIKULSKI ................. 3,800 0.00077 866.55 0.00018 91,956

MOSELEY-BRAUN ..... 0 0 0.00 0 216,454

MOYNIHAN ............... 0 0 0.00 0 335,341

MURKOWSKI ............. 0 0 0.00 0 23,179

MURRAY ................... 5,558 0.00108 1,298.40 0.00025 106,532

NICKLES ................... 0 0 0.00 0 68,442

NUNN ....................... 0 0 0.00 0 137,674

PACKWOOD .............. 6,300 0.00212 1,469.89 0.00049 62,019

PELL ......................... 0 0 0.00 0 30,524

PRESSLER ................ 0 0 0.00 0 27,650

PRYOR ..................... 0 0 0.00 0 48,743

REID ......................... 12,139 0.00915 6,607.64 0.00498 45,030

ROBB ....................... 0 0 0.00 0 124,766

ROCKEFELLER .......... 61,850 0.03413 10,705.35 0.00591 34,593

ROTH ........................ 0 0 0.00 0 28,591

SANTORUM .............. 0 0 0.00 0 182,834

SARBANES ............... 0 0 0.00 0 91,956

SHELBY .................... 0 0 0.00 0 81,113

SIMON ...................... 0 0 0.00 0 216,454

SIMPSON .................. 0 0 0.00 0 19,826

SMITH ...................... 0 0 0.00 0 34,552

SNOWE ..................... 0 0 0.00 0 29,086

SPECTER .................. 0 0 0.00 0 238,468

STEVENS .................. 0 0 0.00 0 23,179

THOMAS ................... 0 0 0.00 0 15,200

THOMPSON .............. 0 0 0.00 0 94,111

THURMOND .............. 0 0 0.00 0 72,302

WARNER ................... 0 0 0.00 0 124,766

WELLSTONE .............

f0 0 0.00 0 87,939•

TRIBUTE TO LES ASPIN

∑ Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I was

saddened to learn of the passing of Les

Aspin. He was a great public servant

who worked all his life to make our

country better and stronger.

Les Aspin understood the defense

budget better than just about anyone.

He chaired the House Armed Services

Committee during the height of the

cold war and during the even more

challenging years of the post cold war.

He led the Department of Defense as it

began to adjust to America’s new role

in the world. And he began the difficult

process of expanding opportunities for

women in the military. Most recently,

he took on the challenge of reviewing

and reinvigorating our Nation’s intelligence programs.

He didn’t come to Washington for

power and prestige—he came to serve.

He came to represent the working families of Wisconsin’s First Congressional

District. He quickly became an expert

on national defense. His goal was to

strengthen our military while making

sure that the U.S. taxpayer got the

most out of every dollar spent on defense. He realized that national security was too important to become politicized. He believed that a strong defense is not a Republican position or a

Democratic position—it is a necessity

for the world’s only superpower.

Les Aspin served the people of Wisconsin and the people of this Nation

with honor and distinction. He will be

greatly missed.

f∑

PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI TO

VISIT ALMA MATER

∑ Mr. THOMAS. Mr. President, I rise

today as the chairman of the Senate

Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs to inform my colleagues

that, as predicted in the press over the

weekend, the administration will announce this afternoon that it has

agreed to issue a visa to President Lee

Teng-hui of the Republic of China on

Taiwan for a private visit to his alma

mater.

I am very pleased that the administration has finally decided to take this

step. The feeling in Congress on this

issue has been very strong, as evidenced by the near unanimous votes in

the last 2 weeks on the resolution calling on the State Department to allow

the visit. I’m equally pleased that we

have avoided an escalating squabble

with the State Department over the

visit. If this action had been taken earlier, when it should have been, we

could have avoided a great deal of acrimony and conflicting signals. I believe

that the decision to admit President

Lee brings our policies on admission of,

let us say, controversial public figures

more into uniformity, and it removes a

gross and unnecessary slight to one of

our close friends in Asia.

Mr. President, in closing I would like

to make something clear to our friends

in the People’s Republic of China. Although I understand the depth of their

feelings on this issue, I do not believe

that this simple move has to adversely

affect our important relationship. Admitting President Lee Teng-hui for a

private, I repeat, private visit should

not be seen for more than it is—an internal decision to admit a private citizen for a limited private purpose—and I

am sure that President Lee will closely

adhere to the parameters of the visit in

order to avoid any unnecessary complications. There are no hidden signals

here, no nebulous meanings, no new

policy currents. This is not, nor should

the People’s Republic of China interpret it to be, our repudiation of their

one-China policy.

f∑

SUPPORT OF S. 747

∑ Mr. MOYNIHAN. Mr. President, I rise

today in support of S. 747. The intent of

this bill is to modify section 36(b)(1) of

the Arms Export and Control Act to require congressional oversight and scrutiny of all arms sales to the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

until such time as the Secretary of the

State certifies and reports to Congress

that the unpaid claims of American

companies described in the June 30,

1993, report by the Secretary of Defense

pursuant to section 9140(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriation

Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–396; 106 Stat

1939), including the additional claims

noticed by the Department of Commerce on page 2 of the report, have

been resolved satisfactorily.

My interest in S. 747 relates in part

to a New York company, Gibbs & Hill,

Inc. Gibbs & Hill was founded in 1911,

and has the privilege of being the oldest power and transportation engineering firm in the United States. One of

its most notable projects was the electrification of the Northeast corridor

rail line between New York and Washington, DC. The first electric locomotive to run on these tracks was the

George Gibbs I.

In 1978, Gibbs & Hill went to Saudi

Arabia to provide its engineering expertise to the Royal Commission for

Jubail and Yanbu in connection with

the design and construction of the

Yanbu Industrial City. Gibbs & Hill

was hired by the Royal Commission to

design the desalination and related facilities, which are a major component

of this industrial complex. The Royal

Commission required significant additional services of Gibbs & Hill, equaling more than 200 man-years of effort.

After requiring Gibbs & Hill to perform

the work, committing to compensate

Gibbs & Hill for the added services, and

benefiting from the work performed,

the Royal Commission refused to pay.

Gibbs & Hill’s attempts to seek redress

through the kingdom’s court system

was useless, as the court merely upheld

the wrongful acts of another agency of

the kingdom.

The default landed Gibbs & Hill in

the special claims process established

following congressional hearings in

May 1992, and furthered by section

9140(c) of the fiscal year 1993 Department of Defense Appropriations Act.

The $43.4 million claim of Gibbs & Hill

is the last remaining unpaid claim

awaiting resolution by the Saudi Government through the special claims

process. Despite repeated commitments to our Government by the Saudi

Government to resolve the claim favorably for the company, Gibbs & Hill has

not been paid. Gibbs & Hill has waited

more than 14 years to have this debt

paid, including 2 years since receiving

explicit commitments from the Saudi

Embassy that it would spare no efforts

in resolving the claim fairly and

promptly.

Today, the Yanbu Industrial City is

pointed to as an example of the kingdom’s technological advancement. Yet

this advancement was obtained at the

expense of Gibbs & Hill. The kingdom

had an obligation to honor its commitments to Gibbs & Hill, as it still does

today. I urge my colleagues to join me

in supporting S. 747.∑