June 8, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H 5701

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr.

Speaker, the rescission bill was bad

policy. It cuts education programs for

children. The rescission bill cuts safe

and drug-free schools, drastically reducing the funding to a little less than

$10 million.

Yesterday I was honored to be at the

White House when the President honored 98 schools who received safe and

drug-free school funds for their commitment to education in fighting crime

and drugs.

One of those schools recognized was

Crespo Elementary, in Houston independent school district, an inner-city

school district located in the 29th Congressional District.

When the doors of Crespo Elementary

opened in 1992, it was an inner-city

school. Everyone expected it to be low

performing. In 2 years that school has

been recognized as a school by the

Texas Education Agency for its academic performance and its positive

drug-free environment.

I applaud Crespo’s teachers and parents and administrators and students

for their active programs. That is what

works in this country.

I stand by President Clinton’s veto of

the rescissions bill on behalf of the 20

million schoolchildren in Texas and

the hundreds at Crespo elementary who

benefit from the antiviolence and drug

funding.

RUSSIAN MISSILE TECHNOLOGY

SOLD TO BRAZIL

f(Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked

and was given permission to address

the House for 1 minute and to revise

and extend his remarks.)

Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr.

Speaker, they say that actions speak

louder than words. In the case of the

Clinton administration, that appears

to be true.

We have heard from the Clinton administration they are concerned about

arms proliferation; specifically, missile

technology being sold around the

world.

But what are their actions? Mr.

Speaker, today’s Washington Post

headline screams out the record of the

Clinton administration. ‘‘U.S. Waives

Objections to Russian Missile Technology Sale to Brazil.’’ We now learn

the Clinton administration secretly

has given the go-ahead to allow the

Russians to begin to export their technology, while next week on the House

floor, on the defense bill, we will hear

all of these arguments about adhering

to the ABM Treaty.

This is the second case where the

Clinton administration has waived efforts to stop proliferation of missile

technology. Earlier this year they

failed to stop the sale of rocket motors

to China, which will be used to enhance

their cruise missiles.

This is outrageous. Last evening I

wrote to the President a two-page letter asking for a full public discussion

and disclosure, with the Congress,

about the waiver of the sanctions

against Russia and Brazil.

GIVING THANKS FOR THE RESCUE

OF CAPT. SCOTT O’GRADY

f(Ms. JACKSON-LEE asked and was

given permission to address the House

for 1 minute and to revise and extend

her remarks.)

Ms. JACKSON-LEE. Mr. Speaker, I

rise this morning to give thanks for

the safe rescue of Capt. Scott O’Grady,

the F–16 pilot shot down over Bosnia

while flying a NATO support mission.

Captain O’Grady’s training was the

very best in the world, and it kept him

alive for 6 days as he managed to elude

hostile Bosnian Serb troops and communicate by radio with the Marine

Corp rescue unit that would ultimately

bring him to safety.

Though he had suffered some burns

to his neck as he ejected from his crippled aircraft, Captain O’Grady never

panicked.

He endured hunger and hypothermia

while judiciously using his batterypowered rescue radio to call for help.

Both Captain O’Grady and his Marine

Corps rescuers from Camp Lejeune performed by the book. They did precisely

what their military training had instructed them to do, and thus the prayers of all America have been answered.

Mr. Speaker, it has become fashionable lately for many of my congressional colleagues to criticize our military’s readiness, to allege that training

has suffered as a result of more streamlined Pentagon spending.

Well, Mr. Speaker, for those who

want to justify a return to the days of

monstrous defense budgets in the face

of deficits and mounting domestic

problems, I would like to point to the

textbook competence and excellence

displayed by American fighting forces

in this dramatic episode.

To Captain O’Grady’s family, I extend America’s warmest wishes.

We share your joy in the safe return

of your brave loved one.

And we share your pride in knowing

that he is a part of the very best

trained, the very best equipped, and

the readiest fighting force the world

has ever known, and supported by this

administration and Democrats of Congress believing in a strong, efficient,

effective defense.

URGING CONGRESS TO SHOW

fRESTRAINT

(Mrs. MEEK of Florida asked and was

given permission to address the House

for 1 minute and to revise and extend

her remarks.)

Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I

stand here today to urge restraint on

the part of the Congress on both sides

of the aisle, both Republicans and

Democrats, to understand when they

begin to dismantle the only health care

program for the poor that we have in

this country, that they should take

some pause before doing that.

I think the American public needs to

know not what is going on here in

Washington and the bills and the resolutions, but they need to know what is

not there.

The Republicans want to cut Medicaid by $170 billion, and I listened this

morning and I heard some greedy Governors, particularly Governors from

Republican States, who want to have

all the money dumped in one pile so

they can use it as they see fit. And I

guarantee you it will not all be used

for the purposes for which it is intended.

They show little concern about the

impact of these proposals on children,

the elderly, and the severely disabled.

They are concerned about management

and about how they can use this money

to make their coffers stronger. They

like to cut dollars, but they do not like

to create alternatives.

I have heard no alternatives to Medicaid since I have been here.

Mr. Speaker, I urge restraint on the

part of the Congress to think about the

poor and the underserved.

PERMISSION FOR CERTAIN COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES

fTO SIT TODAY DURING 5-MINUTE

RULE

Mr. KASICH. 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 of

the Whole House under the 5-minute

rule: Committee on Agriculture; Committee on Banking and Financial Services; Committee on Commerce: Committee on Economic and Educational

Opportunities; Committee on Judiciary; Committee on Resources; Committee on Science; Committee on Small

Business; and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 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 (Mr.

LATOURETTE). Is there objection to the

request of the gentleman from Ohio?

Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, reserving the

right to object, the gentleman is correct. The Democrat minority has been

consulted and has no objection to this

request.

Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. I there

objection to the request of the gentleman from Ohio?

APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUThere was no objection.

fTION 67, CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET—FISCAL

YEAR 1996

Mr. KASICH. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent to take from the

Speaker’s table the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 67) setting forth the

congressional budget for the U.S. Government for the fiscal years 1996, 1997,