S7390 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— SENATE May 24, 1995 

early childhood development programs to 

improve the availability and quality of care. 

No state match is required. (Enacted in 1990 

as part of OBRA ’90) 

FY 94 Actual, $893 million. 

FY 95 Enacted, $935 million. 

State Dependent Care Planning and Development Grants—discretionary grant program for child care resource and referral and 

for before- and after-school child care services. Provides a 75 percent federal matching 

rate to states. 

FY 94 Actual, $13 million. 

FY 95 Enacted, $13 million. 

Child Development Associate Credential 

(CDA) Scholarships—discretionary grant 

program to states to provide scholarships to 

qualified child care workers to cover the cost 

of the CDA application, assessment, and 

credentialing. This credential is awarded by 

the Council for Early Childhood Professional 

Recognition. No state match is required. 

FY 94 Actual, $1 million. 

FY 95 Enacted, $1 million. 

∑ Mr. COATS. Mr. President, today, I 

am pleased to join Senator KASSEBAUM

in introducing the Child Care and Development Block Grant Amendments 

Act of 1995. Since its passage in 1990, 

this program has, and continues to 

enjoy strong bipartisan, community 

and grassroots support. With the assistance provided under this act thousands of families have, for the first 

time, been able to work without fearing the placement of their children in 

less than quality child care environments. 

Currently, 55 percent of all working 

families enroll their children in some 

form of child care. The dramatic increase in labor force participation of 

mothers continues to heighten our 

awareness of the need for child services. And with the imminent passage of 

welfare reform, the need will undoubtedly be even greater. 

The goals of a Federal child care program are many. First, to ensure a safe, 

healthy and stimulating environment 

for the children. Second, to afford parents the maximum amount of choice in 

the selection of a provider. Third, to 

assist with the availability of child 

care slots. Fourth, to ensure that limited Federal dollars are targeted to 

those most in need. And fifth, to distribute funds to States in a way that 

makes sense, eliminates redtape, and 

ensures maximum use of resources. 

I believe we have met each of these 

goals in this legislation. 

First, we continue the minimum 

health and safety standards negotiated 

in 1990. These standards are not prescriptive but they do insist that child 

care providers provide a safe and 

healthy environment for children in 

their care. Second, parents are able to 

select from a wide range of child care 

providers through the use of direct 

grants, contracts, and parent certificates. These include sectarian providers and family day care homes 

which currently are the largest group 

of providers of child care services. 

Third, the authorization level reflect a 

continued Federal priority for quality 

child care services. Expansion of available child care slots is important, but 

is equally important to maintain quality in our expansion efforts. The Kassebaum-Coats bill strikes this important 

balance in authorizing a 15-percent setaside for quality improvement. Fourth, 

the bill targets dollars to the working 

poor by requiring States to establish a 

sliding fee scale for families up to 100 

percent of the State medium income. 

And finally, we have included language 

to ensure that Federal resources used 

for child care are consolidated into 

one, uniform system. 

This last point is significant. In recent years, growing concern has been 

expressed about the number of Federal 

child care programs. The General Accounting Office reports there are currently 93 different child care programs 

administered by 11 Federal agencies 

and 20 offices, at a total cost to the 

taxpayer of at least $11.5 billion, and 

that does not include various tax programs targeted at families with children. 

The Kassebaum-Coats bill ensures 

that those dollars will be used in a way 

that meets the goals of our Federal 

child care policy and not in ways that 

contravene it. 

In addressing child care within the 

context of the welfare reform debate 

we must be careful not to force parents 

to choose between work, and quality 

day care. Many families, especially 

low-income working families, need help 

with their child care needs. Solutions 

and welfare reform must be pursued 

with compassionate realism, recognizing our budgetary limitations, but 

motivated by a concern for children 

and their best interests. The Kassebaum-Coats bill, coupled with the 

block grant and cash assistance program will significantly help those entering the work force with their child 

care needs—and does so in a way that 

is fiscally responsible. 

I would again like to thank Senator 

KASSEBAUM for her leadership in this 

area, and hope that this legislation receives swift approval in the Senate.

f 

∑ 

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS 

S. 256

At the request of Mr. DOLE, the 

names of the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. SANTORUM] and the Senator 

from Minnesota [Mr. GRAMS] were 

added as cosponsors of S. 256, a bill to 

amend title 10, United States Code, to 

establish procedures for determining 

the status of certain missing members 

of the Armed Forces and certain civilians, and for other purposes. 

S. 388

At the request of Ms. SNOWE, the 

name of the Senator from Mississippi 

[Mr. LOTT] was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 388, a bill to amend title 23, United 

States Code, to eliminate the penalties 

for noncompliance by States with a 

program requiring the use of motorcycle helmets, and for other purposes. 

S. 471

At the request of Mr. BIDEN, the 

name of the Senator from Virginia [Mr. 

WARNER] was added as a cosponsor of S. 

471, a bill to provide for the payment to 

States of plot allowances for certain 

veterans eligible for burial in a national cemetery who are buried in 

cemeteries of such States. 

S. 582

At the request of Mr. HATFIELD, the 

name of the Senator from Montana 

[Mr. BURNS] was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 582, a bill to amend title 28, 

United States Code, to provide that 

certain voluntary disclosures of violations of Federal laws made pursuant to 

an environmental audit shall not be 

subject to discovery or admitted into 

evidence during a Federal judicial or 

administrative proceeding, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 585

At the request of Mr. SHELBY, the 

names of the Senator from Idaho [Mr. 

KEMPTHORNE], the Senator from Michigan [Mr. ABRAHAM], the Senator from 

Tennessee [Mr. FRIST], and the Senator 

from Texas [Mrs. HUTCHISON] were 

added as cosponsors of S. 585, a bill to 

protect the rights of small entities subject to investigative or enforcement 

action by agencies, and for other purposes. 

S. 758

At the request of Mr. HATCH, the 

name of the Senator from Connecticut 

[Mr. LIEBERMAN] was added as a cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to amend the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for S corporation reform, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 770

At the request of Mr. DOLE, the name 

of the Senator from Maine [Ms. SNOWE] 

was added as a cosponsor of S. 770, a 

bill to provide for the relocation of the 

United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and for other purposes. 

S. 794

At the request of Mr. LUGAR, the 

name of the Senator from Wyoming 

[Mr. THOMAS] was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 794, a bill to amend the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act to facilitate the minor use of a pesticide, and for other purposes. 

S. 814

At the request of Mr. MCCAIN, the 

name of the Senator from Wyoming 

[Mr. THOMAS] was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 814, a bill to provide for the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes. 

S. 816

At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the 

name of the Senator from Mississippi 

[Mr. LOTT] was added as a cosponsor of 

S. 816, a bill to provide equal protection for victims of crime, to facilitate 

the exchange of information between 

Federal and State law enforcement and 

investigation entities, to reform criminal procedure, and for other purposes. 

S. 847

At the request of Mr. GREGG, the 

names of the Senator from Nevada [Mr. 

BRYAN], and the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. SANTORUM] were added as 

mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS

May 24, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— SENATE S7391 

cosponsors of S. 847, a bill to terminate 

the agricultural price support and production adjustment programs for 

sugar, and for other purposes. 

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 34

At the request of Mr. SMITH, the 

name of the Senator from Montana 

[Mr. BURNS] was added as a cosponsor 

of Senate Joint Resolution 34, a joint 

resolution prohibiting funds for diplomatic relations and most favored nation trading status with the Socialist 

Republic of Vietnam unless the President certifies to Congress that Vietnamese officials are being fully cooperative and forthcoming with efforts to 

account for the 2,205 Americans still 

missing and otherwise unaccounted for 

from the Vietnam War, as determined 

on the basis of all information available to the United States Government, 

and for other purposes. 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 11

At the request of Ms. SNOWE, the 

names of the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. PELL], the Senator from 

Delaware [Mr. ROTH], the Senator from 

Connecticut [Mr. LIEBERMAN], and the 

Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. KENNEDY] were added as cosponsors of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11, a concurrent resolution supporting a resolution 

to the longstanding dispute regarding 

Cyprus. 

AMENDMENT NO. 1128

At the request of Ms. SNOWE the 

name of the Senator from Idaho [Mr. 

KEMPTHORNE] was added as a cosponsor 

of Amendment No. 1128 proposed to S. 

Con. Res. 13, an original concurrent 

resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 

Government for the fiscal years 1996, 

1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. 

f 

AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED 

THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

DODD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT 

NO. 1131 

Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. HARKIN, 

Mr. HOLLINGS, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. PELL, Mr. WELLSTONE, and 

Mr. SIMON) proposed an amendment to 

amendment No. 1131 proposed by Ms. 

SNOWE to the concurrent resolution (S. 

Con. Res. 13) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 

Government for the fiscal years 1996, 

1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; as 

follows: 

Strike all after line 1 and insert: 

‘‘On page 3, line 10, increase the amount by 

$5,100,000,000. 

On page 3, line 11, increase the amount by 

$3,400,000,000. 

On page 3, line 12, increase the amount by 

$3,600,000,000. 

On page 3, line 13, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 3, line 14, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 3, line 15, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 3, line 16, increase the amount by 

$4,100,000,000. 

On page 3, line 20, increase the amount by 

$5,100,000,000. 

On page 3, line 21, increase the amount by 

$3,400,000,000. 

On page 3, line 22, increase the amount by 

$3,600,000,000. 

On page 3, line 23, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 3, line 24, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 3, line 25, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 4, line 1, increase the amount by 

$4,100,000,000. 

On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by 

$5,100,000,000. 

On page 4, line 19, increase the amount by 

$3,400,000,000. 

On page 4, line 20, increase the amount by 

$3,600,000,000. 

On page 4, line 21, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 4, line 22, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 4, line 23, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 4, line 24, increase the amount by 

$4,100,000,000. 

On page 5, line 4, increase the amount by 

$5,100,000,000. 

On page 5, line 5, increase the amount by 

$3,400,000,000. 

On page 5, line 6, increase the amount by 

$3,600,000,000. 

On page 5, line 7, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 5, line 8, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 5, line 9, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 5, line 10, increase the amount by 

$4,100,000,000. 

On page 5, line 17, increase the amount by 

$28,300,000,000. 

On page 5, line 18, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 5, line 19, increase the amount by 

$3,600,000,000. 

On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 5, line 21, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 5, line 22, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 5, line 23, increase the amount by 

$4,100,000,000. 

On page 6, line 16, increase the amount by 

$5,100,000,000. 

On page 6, line 17, increase the amount by 

$3,400,000,000. 

On page 6, line 18, increase the amount by 

$3,600,000,000. 

On page 6, line 19, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 6, line 20, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 6, line 21, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 6, line 22, increase the amount by 

$4,100,000,000. 

On page 31, line 12, increase the amount by 

$28,300,000,000. 

On page 31, line 20, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 32, line 3, increase the amount by 

$3,600,000,000. 

On page 32, line 11, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 32, line 19, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 33, line 2, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 33, line 10, increase the amount by 

$4,100,000,000. 

On page 31, line 13, increase the amount by 

$5,100,000,000. 

On page 31, line 21, increase the amount by 

$3,400,000,000. 

On page 32, line 4, increase the amount by 

$3,600,000,000. 

On page 32, line 12, increase the amount by 

$3,800,000,000. 

On page 32, line 20, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 33, line 3, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 33, line 11, increase the amount by 

$4,100,000,000. 

On page 64, line 9, decrease the amount by 

$1,100,000,000. 

On page 64, line 10, decrease the amount by 

$7,900,000,000. 

On page 64, line 11, decrease the amount by 

$12,000,000,000. 

On page 65, line 17, increase the amount by 

$26,700,000,000. 

On page 65, line 18, increase the amount by 

$4,000,000,000. 

On page 65, line 24, increase the amount by 

$2,400,000,000. 

On page 65, line 25, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 66, line 6, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 66, line 7, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 66, line 13, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 66, line 14, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 66, line 20, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 66, line 21, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 67, line 2, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 67, line 3, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 67, line 9, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000. 

On page 67, line 10, increase the amount by 

$2,000,000,000.’’

HATFIELD (AND OTHERS) 

AMENDMENT NO. 1132 

Mr. HATFIELD (for himself, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. SIMON, Mr. 

KENNEDY, Mr. PELL) proposed an 

amendment to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res 13, supra; as follows: 

On page 11, line 7, decrease the amount by 

$430,000,000. 

On page 11, line 8, decrease the amount by 

$258,000,000. 

On page 11, line 4, decrease the amount by 

$920,000,000. 

On page 11, line 15, decrease the amount by 

$552,000,000. 

On page 11, line 21, decrease the amount by 

$1,000,000,000. 

On page 11, line 22, decrease the amount by 

$600,000,000. 

On page 12, line 3, decrease the amount by 

$1,000,000,000. 

On page 12, line 4, decrease the amount by 

$600,000,000. 

On page 12, line 10, decrease the amount by 

$1,000,000,000. 

On page 12, line 11, decrease the amount by 

$600,000,000. 

On page 12, line 17, decrease the amount by 

$1,000,000,000. 

On page 12, line 18, decrease the amount by 

$600,000,000. 

On page 12, line 24, decrease the amount by 

$1,000,000,000. 

On page 12, line 25, decrease the amount by 

$600,000,000. 

On page 33, line 19, increase the amount by 

$1,000,000,000. 

On page 33, line 20, increase the amount by 

$430,000,000. 

mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS