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‘‘We’re so close. so much has been accomplished with just a little. If we really decided 

that we wanted a clean hydrogen economy, 

we could have it by 2010. No more oil spills. 

Fresh air in Denver and L.A. Think of it.’’

Maybe he’s right. Curiously, amid panic 

over Republican threats to dismember research budgets, hydrogen may prove to be 

not just a survivor but also a winner. The 

new chairman of the House Committee on 

Science is Bob Walker, longtime science 

mentor to House Speaker Newt Gingrich and 

hydrogen ally of Tom Harkin. 

In his office, decorated with pictures of the 

space shuttle, Walker reminds me that one 

of the most powerful forces in the marketplace is ‘‘the love Americans have for roaming the planet freely in their own cars. Hydrogen will make that possible when the 

present technology gets too dirty to extend 

into the future.’’ He has introduced legislation calling for a quadrupling or research 

funds for hydrogen over the next three years. 

Part of the money will be matched by nonfederal sources and part expropriated from 

technologies. Walker believes are either futile or outmoded. 

He has little pity for industries that resist 

change, including auto makers. ‘‘If Edison 

were to invent the light bulb today, the 

headlines would read, ‘200,000 candle makers 

lose their jobs.’ We’ve been through this before, like when cars put blacksmiths out of 

business. It’s wrenching, but overall our national competitiveness gets stronger. The 

same thing will happen in energy. The people 

themselves will demand it.’’

He pauses to gaze at a plaque naming him 

the latest recipient of the National Hydrogen 

Assn.’s Spark M. Matsunaga Award. ‘‘Driving on the interstate, I watch them stringing 

fiber-optic cable up the median strip for the 

Internet. The government talks about the 

Internet but can’t come up with a structure. 

Meantime, it’s happening because people 

want it. When they realize they need clean 

hydrogen, somebody will find a way to supply that, too.’’∑ 

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THE ADMINISTRATION’S MIGRATION AGREEMENT WITH CUBA 

∑ Mr. SIMON. Mr. President, a couple 

of weeks ago, the administration concluded a migration agreement with 

Cuba that I hope will be the first step 

in the direction of a rational policy toward Cuba. 

Under this agreement, most of the 

15–20 thousand Cubans that have been 

housed in Guantanamo Bay for the 

past several months will be paroled 

into the United States, with those paroles to count, on a 3-year prorated 

basis, against the 20,000 minimum 

Cuba-to-America immigration numbers 

agreed upon by the Cuban and American governments last fall. Cuba has 

also agreed to accept back those Cubans at Guantanamo who are excludable under U.S. law because of criminal 

histories, infectious diseases, etc. 

Thus, within the limits set out in last 

fall’s agreement between Cuba and the 

United States, this agreement has 

solved the costly and potentially explosive detention of the Cubans at Guantanamo. 

As part of this new policy, the Attorney General has also announced that 

those attempting in the future to emigrate to the United States from Cuba 

illegally—rather than through the 

process agreed upon last year—would 

be subject to interdiction and forced 

repatriation to Cuba, from where they 

could apply for asylum at the Cuban 

Interests Section in Havana. 

Although I have some concerns about 

the second half of this new approach—

in particular, the policy of interdiction 

and repatriation of future migrants 

from Cuba—and urge the Attorney 

General to implement sufficient procedural protections for those Cubans 

with valid asylum claims, in general I 

view this agreement as a significant 

step forward in our relations with 

Cuba. 

Unlike our policies toward Cuba over 

the past 35 years, the agreement represents a rational and cooperative response to a U.S.-Cuba immigration 

problem that has caused this Nation 

nothing but headaches in the past. If 

our government could approach every 

U.S.-Cuba issue with the pragmatism 

that is reflected in this agreement, I 

believe that our long-sought goal of democratization of Cuba would be much 

closer to our grasp than this goal is 

now. 

I ask to have printed in the RECORD a 

May 4 editorial on the agreement with 

Cuba from the Chicago Tribune. This 

editorial ends with a call to President 

Clinton to apply the tools of constructive engagement in our relations with 

Cuba, and recognizes that these tools, 

not a doctrinaire and obsolete policy of 

Castro-baiting, hold the keys to a successful Cuba policy. 

The editorial follows: 

[From the Chicago Tribune, May 4, 1995] 

A WELCOME CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY

Ever since 1959, when Fidel Castro descended from the Sierra Maestra to enter Havana spewing Marxism like cigar smoke, 

Cuba has been a misplaced comma that jumbled an otherwise cogent political essay 

called the Monroe Doctrine. 

In a commendable turn of direction. President Clinton reinjected logic into U.S.-Cuba 

relations by ending 35 years of preferential 

treatment for Cuban refugees. Clinton ruled 

Tuesday that Cubans will no longer receive 

automatic asylum but must pass the same 

hurdles as any other refugee reaching our 

shores. 

Although Clinton’s decision will be analyzed in terms of the Cuban-American vote 

and hemispheric diplomacy, its inspiration 

was purely practical. 

At present, 20,000 Cuban refugees are stuck 

in tents at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station; their $1 million-a-day tab for room and 

board comes from the Pentagon budget, 

which means the taxpayers’ pockets. 

The refugees are getting restless. Clinton 

wants to avoid ugly riots, so a final exemption will be granted to accept that group. 

Any other ‘‘raft people’’ will be turned back 

to Cuba. 

Clinton has firmly announced that this nation, not Castro, controls America’s borders. 

In addition, Clinton has denied Castro the 

foreign policy weapon of ‘‘boatlift diplomacy,’’ which capitalizes on the pitiful sight 

of refugees foundering abroad unseaworthy 

craft en route to the promise of Florida’s 

beaches. 

There are two glaring holes in the president’s program, however. 

First is a threat that anyone among the 

Guantanamo refugees with a criminal record 

will be denied entry. What’s this? Clinton 

thinks Castro is going to open up his secret 

police files for perusal by Immigration and 

Naturalization Service officers? Doubtful. 

And second is the quid pro quo from Castro, who has promised to allow his people 

free access to the American interest section 

in Havana. There they may file a formal request for U.S. entry, which will be weighed 

by the INS like those of potential immigrants worldwide. But Catro’s promise may 

be meaningless. In Cuba, one of the last remaining communist states on Earth, pressures both subtle and overt can be applied to 

frighten away potential applicants. 

By ending three decades of automatic asylum for Cubans, Clinton has demoted Castro 

from top devil of the Caribbean, much to the 

heartfelt anguish of expatriate Cubans and 

Cuban-Americans. 

If that is to be Clinton’s new policy, then 

it is time to apply the tools of constructive 

engagement—as with China, a few steps at a 

time—using the full range of American diplomacy, trade and culture to push Cuba toward democracy and a rational relationship 

with its giant northern neighbor. 

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SPEECH OF AMY BRINDLEY TO 

STRIKING UNITED RUBBER 

WORKERS 

∑ Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, today I 

would like to submit into the RECORD a 

statement from a 16-year-old in Des 

Moines named Amy Brindley. Amy is 

the daughter of a striking URW member who works at the Bridgestone/Firestone plant in Des Moines. She gave 

this moving speech in April to a rally 

of striking workers and their families. 

I think all Senators should read the 

words of this impressive young American. I ask that her statement be printed in the RECORD at this point. 

The statement follows: 

SPEECH BY AMY BRINDLEY

As a teenage daughter of a United Rubber 

Worker, who’s been on strike for the past 9 

months, I’d like to point out that this strike 

involves many, many people and is just NOT 

limited to the union members and their employer. Bridgestone/Firestone has invaded 

the lives of the entire family with their inexcusable hunger for corporate greed. 

I feel that is important to recognize the 

numerous family members who have fallen 

victim to the ruthless demands set forth by 

Bridgestone/Firestone. 

Being a teenager is never easy, but having 

to deal with the additional stress this labor 

dispute has brought about, has made it even 

more challenging. Many friendships have 

been broken apart throughout this strike. I, 

myself, have had friendships that have suffered great setbacks because of my pro labor 

beliefs. I believe that it is the lack of education that a lot of people have concerning 

the Union. I strongly believe that we need to 

educate and promote the values and the importance regarding unions. As members of 

the United Rubber Workers are attempting 

to hold on to what fellow members have 

fought to gain in the past years of joining together at the bargaining table. If we don’t 

educate people, what will the future hold, 

not just for my generation but the following 

generations also? 

I am a junior at Southeast Polk High 

School. As juniors, we are offered the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. and New 

York for the United Nations Trip. This trip 

is only offered to juniors. Because of the 

strike it was financially impossible for me to 

go with my fellow classmates. It was very 

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difficult for me to watch my friends, including my best friend, as they prepared for this 

venture with great anticipation, and again 

when they returned and shared with me their 

special memories that I was not a part of. 

Under different circumstances I would have 

been among my fellow classmates, but again, 

due to Bridgestone/Firestone’s desire for 

complete control, I was cheated out of a significant, once in a life time opportunity. 

One of Bridgestone/Firestone’s most appalling scare tactics that has personally 

touched myself and my family was the elimination of health care benefits, 90 days into 

this strike. My sister, Angie, and I are both 

insulin dependent diabetics. Consequently, it 

is of utmost importance that we have medical insurance to maintain and control this 

dreaded disease. It has been impossible for us 

to find an alternate insurance policy that 

covers our diabetes. Therefore, my parents 

have been forced to pay the enormous 

monthly premiums for the company’s Cobra 

Coverage, adding to the already overwhelming financial burdens families are facing during this work stoppage due to this 

strike. 

I have briefly touched on just a ‘‘few’’ of 

the intrusions this company has used to manipulate the lives of innocent people. But, on 

the other hand, some things I don’t think 

this heartless company counted on, is that 

I’ve also gained many things. Things that 

you can’t put a material value on. Such as, 

a new understanding of what the union is 

truly about, the importance of solidarity, 

the significance of the support that we’ve received from fellow unions and citizens. The 

outpouring of generosity so many different 

individuals have extended has been astounding. Even though Bridgestone/Firestone has 

taken away our paycheck and temporarily 

left us financially strapped; they’ll NEVER 

take away our dignity! 

Thank you.∑ 

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ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 

1995 

Mr. KEMPTHORNE. Mr. President, I 

ask unanimous consent that when the 

Senate completes its business today, it 

stand in recess until the hour of 8 a.m. 

on Wednesday, May 24, 1995; that following the prayer, the Journal of proceedings be deemed approved to date, 

the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, 

and the Senate then resume consideration of Senate Concurrent Resolution 

13, the concurrent budget resolution. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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ORDER FOR RECESS FROM 4:20 

P.M. TO 5 P.M. TOMORROW 

Mr. KEMPTHORNE. Mr. President, I 

also ask unanimous consent that the 

Senate stand in recess between the 

hours of 4:20 p.m. and 5 p.m. in order 

for all Members to attend a ceremony 

unveiling a bust of former Vice President Agnew. 

The PRESIDING OFFCER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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PROGRAM 

Mr. KEMPTHORNE. For the information of all Senators, the Senate will resume consideration of the budget resolution at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. 

Four hours remain on the resolution 

and several amendments remain. 

Therefore, rollcall votes can be expected throughout Wednesday’s session 

of the Senate and Members should be 

on notice that there could be a large 

number of votes after all debate is consumed. 

Also, Members should be aware that 

following the disposition of the budget 

resolution, it will be the leader’s intention to turn to Calendar No. 102, S. 735, 

the antiterrorism bill. 

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RECESS UNTIL TOMORROW AT

8 A.M. 

Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, if 

there is no further business to come before the Senate, I now ask that the 

Senate stand in recess as under the 

previous order. 

There being no objection, the Senate, 

at 10:35 p.m., recessed until Wednesday, 

May 24, 1995, at 8 a.m. 

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NOMINATIONS 

Executive nominations received by 

the Senate May 23, 1995: 

IN THE AIR FORCE

THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED 

STATES OFFICERS FOR PROMOTION IN THE RESERVE OF 

THE AIR FORCE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 

12203 AND 8379, TITLE 10 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. 

PROMOTIONS MADE UNDER SECTION 8379 AND CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE UNDER SECTION 12203 SHALL 

BEAR AN EFFECTIVE DATE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8374, TITLE 10 OF THE UNITED 

STATES CODE. 

LINE

To be lieutenant colonel 

MAJ. WILLIAM M. ALTMAN III, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. JONATHAN S. BAXT, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. GEORGE C. BLAKE, JR., 000–00–0000 

MAJ. GREGORY G. BOTCH, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. MARK E. CLEM, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. DANIEL L. DELANE, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. GREGORY A. FICK, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. EDWARD R. FLORA, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. DAVID J. HATLEY, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. SCOTT R. JENSEN, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. VANCE J. NEUMANN, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. JAMES R. PATTERSON, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. ROY E. PENSHORN, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. DANA S. QUINN, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. THOMAS H. SHAW, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. DEBORA F. SKUSE, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. JOHN B. SOILEAU, JR., 000–00–0000 

MAJ. MARK S. STOUDENMIRE, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. MARTIN J. TROUT, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. JOHN S. TUOHY, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. JAMES W. UNDERWOOD, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. RICHARD J. UTECHT, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. DANIEL K. WESTMORELAND, 000–00–0000 

MAJ. BRADLEY N. WILKERSON, 000–00–0000 

MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS

To be lieutenant colonel 

MAJ. ZETTIE E. PAGE III, 000–00–0000 

To be lieutenant colonel 

MAJ. MICHAEL VANDEVEER, 000–00–0000 

DENTAL CORPS

To be lieutenant colonel 

MAJ. PHILIP M. ABSHERE, 000–00–0000 

IN THE ARMY

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER, ON THE ACTIVE 

DUTY LIST, FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADE INDICATED 

IN THE U.S. ARMY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 626 

AND 628, TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE. 

ARMY

To be lieutenant colonel 

ROBERT G. KOWALSKI, 000–00–0000 

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS, ON THE ACTIVE 

DUTY LIST, FOR PROMOTION TO THE GRADES INDICATED 

IN THE U.S. ARMY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 624 

AND 628, TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE. THE OFFICERS 

IDENTIFIED WITH AN ASTERISK ARE ALSO BEING NOMINATED FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE REGULAR ARMY. 

MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS

To be lieutenant colonel 

JOSEPH F. MILLER, 000–00–0000 

ARMY NURSE CORPS

To be lieutenant colonel 

*ROBIN R. BENCKART, 000–00–0000 

*LILLIAN A. FOERSTER, 000–00–0000 

ARMY

To be major 

*KEVIN W. MC REE, 000–00–0000 

MEDICAL CORPS

To be major 

DAVID C. BONOVICH, 000–00–0000 

TIMOTHY MATTISON, 000–00–0000 

DOUGLAS A. SCHOW, 000–00–0000 

IN THE ARMY

THE FOLLOWING NAMED CADETS, GRADUATING CLASS 

OF 1995, UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE REGULAR ARMY OF THE UNITED 

STATES, IN THE GRADE OF SECOND LIEUTENANT, UNDER 

THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, 

SECTIONS 531, 532, 533 AND 4353: 

THOMAS H. AARSEN, 000–00–0000 

JAMES F. ADAMOUSKI, 000–00–0000 

BRETT N. ADAMS, 000–00–0000 

GEOFFREY R. ADAMS, 000–00–0000 

NURUDEEN B. ADEYEMI, 000–00–0000 

RONALD R. ADIMEY, 000–00–0000 

MARK C. ADINOLFI, 000–00–0000 

ERIC L. ADLER, 000–00–0000 

ROBERT J. AHERN, 000–00–0000 

DOROTHEA L. AKERY, 000–00–0000 

SYED O. ALI, 000–00–0000 

SHAFFIR ALIKHAN, 000–00–0000 

KIMBERLY D. ALLEN, 000–00–0000 

BRIDGET D. ALTENBURG, 000–00–0000 

PATRICK S. ALTENBURG, 000–00–0000 

JAMES R. ANDERSON, 000–00–0000 

JASON L. ANDERSON, 000–00–0000 

ROBYN J. ANDERSON, 000–00–0000 

WAYNE M. ANDERSON, 000–00–0000 

RICHARD K. ANSELMI, 000–00–0000 

ADAM D. APPLEBY, 000–00–0000 

KRISTEN L. ARGUS, 000–00–0000 

MICHAEL S. ARMSTRONG, 000–00–0000 

PAUL M. ARMSTRONG, 000–00–0000 

STEPHANI R. ARNOLD, 000–00–0000 

PATRICK C. ASPLAND, 000–00–0000 

CHRIS S. AUCLAIR, 000–00–0000 

CHRISTOP M. AUSTIN, 000–00–0000 

RODRICK L. AUSTIN, 000–00–0000 

CORNELIA J. BACA, 000–00–0000 

JEAN-PIE BADO, 000–00–0000 

CHAD A. BAGLEY, 000–00–0000 

DAVID B. BAILEY, 000–00–0000 

MARSHANN M. BAIN, 000–00–0000 

JEFFREY E. BAKER, 000–00–0000 

JOHN T. BAKER, 000–00–0000 

KOO BAKER, 000–00–0000 

SCOTT R. BAKER, 000–00–0000 

TROY R. BAKER, 000–00–0000 

BRIAN C. BALDRATE, 000–00–0000 

CHAD B. BALFANZ, 000–00–0000 

AMBER K. BALLARD, 000–00–0000 

ARYN A. BALLARD, 000–00–0000 

ADAM V. BALUKONIS, 000–00–0000 

JOE D. BANNER, 000–00–0000 

KEVIN S. BARDONNER, 000–00–0000 

THOMAS H. BARNARD, 000–00–0000 

ERIC B. BARR, 000–00–0000 

SUNNY D. BARSE, 000–00–0000 

AARON C. BARTA, 000–00–0000 

JAMES B. BARTHOLOMEES, 000–00–0000 

HEATHER J. BARTOLD, 000–00–0000 

MICHAEL A. BASELUOS, 000–00–0000 

CHAD T. BATES, 000–00–0000 

JOHN W. BAUER, 000–00–0000 

RICARDO A. BAUTISTA, 000–00–0000 

DAVID M. BEAIRD, III, 000–00–0000 

SLADE H. BEAUDOIN, 000–00–0000 

KIMBERLY A. BECK, 000–00–0000 

DAMON A. BECKNEL, 000–00–0000 

SHAWN D. BEEBE, 000–00–0000 

JEFF R. BEIERLEIN, 000–00–0000 

DAVID G. BELL, 000–00–0000 

MICHELLE M. BENCOMO, 000–00–0000 

JACK W. BENECKE, 000–00–0000 

ANDREW M. BENJAMIN, 000–00–0000 

PAUL T. BERGHAUS, 000–00–0000 

ROBBIE W. BERGLUND, 000–00–0000 

MICHAEL L. BERNSTEIN, 000–00–0000 

CHRISTOP E. BERRY, 000–00–0000 

PETER J. BERTANZETTI, 000–00–0000 

JOSEPH D. BERTRAND, 000–00–0000 

THOMAS BEVERLEY, 000–00–0000 

CHAD M. BILBREY, 000–00–0000 

MICHAEL E. BINDAS, 000–00–0000 

PHILIP E. BINDON, 000–00–0000 

MATTHEW S. BIRD, 000–00–0000 

DANIEL J. BIRNBAUM, 000–00–0000 

TODD A. BLACKWELL, 000–00–0000 

JOHN H. BLAHA, 000–00–0000 

TYRONE M. BLAND, 000–00–0000 

BRIAN J. BLEDSOE, 000–00–0000 

MARK A. BLISS, 000–00–0000 

THOMAS G. BLOUNT, 000–00–0000 

PAUL C. BOATMAN, 000–00–0000 

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