H 5488 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 24, 1995

Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, while the liberal Democrats are attacking the Speaker of the House, we

are going to go on and change the government because the people last November demanded change. They want

changes in foreign aid. The liberal establishment here in Washington is not

real fond of change. They do not approve of things like balanced budgets

or fiscal responsibility. For years, now,

liberals and Washington bureaucrats

have made piles of money of the American taxpayer.

Last November, Americans clearly

rejected the status quo here in Washington. They rejected deficit spending,

and they told Congress to balance their

budget and end the bureaucratic spending spree.

This week, Congress will have a

chance to make some fundamental

changes in our foreign assistance programs. We will scale back foreign aid

and eliminate wasteful agencies. Clearly this is an opportunity to dramatically restructure international involvement, making it more accountable to the American taxpayers and

more responsive to American interests.

Less than 10 percent cut this year in

foreign aid. That is disgraceful. It is

not even hors d’oeuvres. Placing AID

under the State Department is like giving your mother to the post office. This

bill needs work. Eighty-one percent of

the American people want dramatic

cuts in foreign aid, and we have not

done it. This bill is just the beginning.

When it goes to conference, this bill

needs tremendous cuts.

PLEASE DO NOT CUT FUNDING

FOR EDUCATION: IT IS AMERIfCA’S FUTURE

(Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked

and was given permission to address

the House for 1 minute and to revise

and extend his remarks.)

Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr.

Speaker, I rise today to object to the

budget put forth by the majority Republicans as it relates to education

cuts. The majority Republicans have

been saying for the past few weeks that

their budget is one for the children of

America.

Honestly, Mr. Speaker, their drastic

budget cut slams the door in the face of

our children. Many young people today

see education as their only way to become part of the middle class, and they

are right. If we cut title I funding, if we

cut bilingual funding, if we cut national service assistance, if we cut student loans, if we cut job training,

where are they going to get the education and training they need to earn a

decent income and become taxpaying

citizens?

It does not save taxes next century

by cutting education today. Our children will not have a job in the next

century to pay taxes if they do not

have access to a good education today.

Mr. Speaker, I am particularly concerned about the elimination of bilingual education in the Republican budget. These two children in this picture

are from the Love Elementary School

in the Heights area of Houston. Love

has an incredible success rate in the bilingual program at their school The

children are learning English, they are

excelling in their studies, and the program works. The students are continuing into junior and senior high. But,

they will not if we pass the Republican

budget because it cuts education funding.

CHINA SHOULD NOT HAVE MOSTFAVORED-NATION STATUS

f(Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I suspect

that when we are gone, the administration will announce they are going to

give China MFN. We should know several things: one, persecution has increased. Catholic priests have been arrested; on Easter Monday a Catholic

priest was taken away. On Maundy

Thursday they raided a house church.

Violations of human rights have increased. The Gulags have increased.

Most of the people watching this today

are wearing clothing made perhaps in

Gulags, but since that time, we have

found out two additional things. We

now know conclusively that they are

shooting 25-year-old men and taking

their kidneys and selling them for

$25,000. We have conclusive proof. I

urge anyone who wants to see it to

come to my office and I will show

them.

The, last week, we found out in Chinese hospitals they are selling aborted

fetuses, aborted babies, for food to eat.

When this Congress has an opportunity

to vote on MFN, I ask Members to

think in terms, do they want to give a

country like that MFN when they are

selling aborted babies for eating and

killing people for kidney transplants?

These are the things that the Nazis did,

and we would never give MFN to Nazi

Germany.

REPUBLICANS SHOULD NOT CUT

THE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM

f(Mr. OLVER asked and was given

permission to address the House for 1

minute.)

Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I have

studied the Republican budget. I have

seen the charts and the graphs. I have

seen the Republicans cut student loans

with one hand to give a huge tax cut to

the wealthiest Americans with the

other hand.

Carissa Guertin of Fitchburg State

College in Massachusetts has seen it,

too. She says student loan cuts might

take her out of college. Carissa writes,

and I quote:

I am the first in my family to actually go

to college. Without student aid, I will be

forced to quit college and try to get a job

without a degree. This may cause me to add

to the growing number of welfare recipients.

I might have to become one. I do not see how

student aid cuts will help our economy at all

in the long run.

A FRIENDLY WAGER: THE HOUSMr. Speaker, I agree with Carissa.

TON ROCKETS VERSUS THE

fSPURS

(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,

yesterday I fought against student loan

cuts, but today I ask for a moment of

personal privilege. As spring proceeds,

Mr. Speaker, many say that the hearts

of Americans turn to the boys of summer. Mr. Speaker, the hearts of Texans

turn to the boys of the B-ball; that is

basketball.

Therefore, Mr. Speaker, who I understand is from San Antonio, a friendly

wager is in order. That is that the

Houston Rockets will take this series

in 7. I wonder, does the Speaker have

the right stuff to accept this wager, the

loser having to provide reasonable penalty for the loss to our respective constituents. I wonder, does he have the

right stuff to accept this wager?

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.

BONILLA). If the gentlewoman will

yield, I thank her, and I would like to

say I accept the challenge with great

enthusiasm, and I am sure that my fellow Texan shares the pride that we all

have in our State in watching two

Texas teams battle it out to represents

the West in the NBA finals.

I, as a Spurs ticket holder for many

years, will be rooting with my heart

and soul for the San Antonio Spurs,

and I know the gentlewoman will be

doing the same for the Houston Rockets, but regardless of who wins, I am

sure that she shares my pride in knowing that there will be a Texas team

represented in the NBA finals.

Ms. JACKSON-LEE. We are on, Mr.

Speaker.

(Mrs. WALDHOLTZ asked and was

FOREIGN AID

fgiven permission to address the House

for 1 minute and to revise and extend

her remarks.)

Mrs. WALDHOLTZ. Mr. Speaker,

speaking as a jazz fan, wait until next

year. But today, we will continue debating the American Overseas Act.

This act takes bold steps to downsize

the Federal bureaucracy, and at the

same time make the United States

more responsive to a rapidly changing

world.

Critics of this bill have said that this

is America turning inward, withdrawing from the rest of the world. In fact,

however, this is America opening its

eyes and squarely facing both our need

to balance the budget and to respond to

a very different and changing world.

Our foreign affairs agencies were created during the cold war, when we had