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House of Representatives

Vol. 141 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1995 No. 85

The House met at 12 noon and was

called to order by the Speaker pro tempore [Mr. KIM

f].

DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER

PRO TEMPORE

The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following communication from the Speaker:

WASHINGTON, DC,

May 22, 1995.

I hereby designate the Honorable JAY KIM

to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day.

NEWT GINGRICH,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

fPRAYER

The Chaplain, Rev. James David

Ford, D.D., offered the following prayer:

We are thankful, O gracious God,

that we have been given responsibility

for our lives and times and are accountable for the way we use our talents and the resources of the land. We

know that people in every place and in

every age have obligations to lead and

protect the gifts that have been given

them as individuals and as a nation.

We pray this day, O God, that Your

Spirit would focus our hearts and

minds on how we can be faithful in our

tasks, trustworthy in our work, and enthusiastic about the issues of justice

and mercy. May Your blessing be with

us and all Your people, now and evermore. Amen.

THE JOURNAL

fThe SPEAKER pro tempore. The

Chair has examined the Journal of the

last day’s proceedings and announces

to the House his approval thereof.

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman

from Florida [Mr. GOSS] come forward

and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mr. GOSS led the Pledge of Allegiance as follows:

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the

United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under

God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for

all.

A message from the Senate by Mr.

MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

fLundregan, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed

without amendment a bill of the House

of the following title:

H.R. 1421. An act to provide that references

in the statutes of the United States to any

committee or officer of the House of Representatives the name or jurisdiction of

which was changed as part of the reorganization of the House of Representatives at the

beginning of the 104th Congress shall be

treated as referring to the currently applicable committee or officer of the House of Representatives.

The message also announced that the

Senate had passed a bill of the following title, in which the concurrence of

the House is requested:

S. 184. An act to establish an Office for

Rare Disease in the National Institutes of

Health, and for other purposes.

The message also announced that

pursuant to section 9355(a) of title 10,

United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, appoints Mr.

BURNS, Mr. KEMPTHORNE, Mr. HOLLINGS, and Mr. EXON to the Board of

Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

The message also announced that

pursuant to section 4355(a) of title 10,

United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, appoints Mr.

COCHRAN, Mrs. HUTCHISON, and Mr.

REID to the Board of Visitors of the

U.S. Military Academy.

The message also announced that

pursuant to section 6968(a) of title 10,

United States Code, the Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, appoints Mr.

HATFIELD, Mr. MCCAIN, Ms. MIKULSKI,

and Mr. SARBANES to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy.

(Mr. SKELTON asked and was given

TRIBUTE TO LES ASPIN

fpermission to address the House for 1

minute.)

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, last

night America lost a great military

thinker and I lost a friend. The death

of Les Aspin, former Democratic Congressman from Wisconsin and Secretary of Defense, shocked our Nation.

Les Aspin was my friend. I enjoyed my

association with him while we worked

together in the House Armed Services

Committee and later while he was Secretary of Defense.

He was a genuine defense intellectual

who understood military and strategic

issues. More important, he recognized

the threats we face in a dangerous and

unstable world. As chairman of the

Committee on Armed Services, he

helped fashion the Goldwater-Nichols

Department of Defense Reorganization

Act of 1986. He also supported the use

of American arms to bring an end to

the regime of Manuel Noriega in Panama in 1988 and to eject Saddam Hussein from Kuwait in 1991.

He shaped the Bottom-Up Review

which is the framework of today’s force

structure and our national strategy.

I was active in his campaign, his

election, and reelection as chairman of

the House Committee on Armed Services. While chairman, he was kind

enough to appoint me to head the military education panel which examined

all 10 of America’s war colleges.

I shall miss him. We shall miss him.

America has lost an outstanding expert

in military and national security. And

I have lost a good friend.