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Date: 1982-05-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. it is regrettable. of course- that we find ourselves in a situation where two of our friends have come to the unyielding position that they had to resort to arms. I think that all of us regret very much that there is armed warfare anyplace in the world. friend or foe. and especially those of us who have children of military age. and we wonder if we were to be involved what the situation would beor if what we do have today could link us to an eventual Involvement. So. without taking any sides on the issue. but. rather. to be eminently fair. which I think is the responsibility of our institution. the gentleman from New York. my distinguished colleague and chairman of the subcommittee. said he did not mention. or did not want to interfere with. the actual case of jurisdiction of the territory and I think that we would be derelict if we were not to voice some opinion as to why the issue came. regrettably. to the situation in which we find it today. I read a statement which was submitted to the special committee on the situation by the Representative of Argentina. Dr. Jose Maria Ruda. which gives some explanation as to the reason and the cause why Argentina felt that they had a right to this terrttory. Without making any attempt at judging the right or the wrong. I think that it would be proper for us to insert this in the RECORD SO that all Members may be apprised as to why the move was taken by Argentina. The statement referred to follows:
Date: 1982-05-04
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I think it is very often the case that sometimes we do not understand historical aggrievements of people that last for hundreds of years. dealing with pride and dignity of a people and of a nation. Many .of the areas c this country have suffered through that. I use as an example. the fact that in the beginning of President Kennedys term as President. we reinstated the discussion related to a part of Mexico called El Chamizal. The course of the river. the Rio Grande changed. and a part of Mexico was left on the U.S. side. After the case had gone to arbitration. we just neglected the decision of the arbitration board. But thanks to President Kennedy and to President Johnson. the country of the United States exercised its prerogative to return the jurisdiction to Mexico and I wish that other countries of the world would do likewise and follow our example and do equity and justice to historical wrongs of ages past. Mr. Speaker. it is our responsibility to see that justice is done to all concerned.
Date: 1982-05-04
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. today I am introducing along with 23 cosponsors revised legislation to assist the home mortgage lending industry. As you know. last February I introduced the Home Mortgage Capital Stability Act. During March the Subcommittee on Housing Community Development conducted extensive hearings on that bill. The revised legislation responds to concerns raised by the witnesses and to concerns over the budget Impact of the orlhinal bil. On the latter point. the new bill provides for a program of net worth guarantees which will avoid cash outlays. For the information of the Members I include a summary of the revised bill following my remarks: NrT WoRTH GUARArrEE ACT The Act would establish a program to guarantee the net worth of qualifying depository institutionssavings and loans. mutual savings banks. commercial banks. and credit unions. The program would be administered by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. and the National Credit Union Administration Board. Any guarantees provided pursuant to the Act would be backed by a Net Worth Guarantee Account established in the.Treasury and would be subject to an $8.5 billion guarantee limit. The Act would provide that the full faith and credit of the United States stands behind the obligation to pay any guarantee which has to be honored and authorizes the approprlation of any sums for this program. subject to the $8.5 billion guarantee limit. without restriction as to fiscal year.
Date: 1982-05-05
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. there is no objection. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bill which was deemed to have been read the second time by title.
Date: 1982-05-05
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Date: 1982-05-05
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

On behalf of Mr. EXON. Mr. President. I send an amendment to the desk and ask that it be considered.
Date: 1982-05-05
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. communitybased health clinics are under attack throughout the Nation and the future of the Mission Neighborhood Health Center in my district is in jeopardy. The Mission Neighborhood Health Center was designed as a comprehensive health care center. It provides familyoriented medical services for more than 40.000 people. Many of these people do not speak any English. including recent immigrants to this country. As a direct result of Federal budget reductions. the centers services have been seriously reduced. They have been forced to see fewer patients and to increase waiting time for appointments. Under these circumstances. it is difficult for the center to meet the minimum health care needs of the community. This reduction in services is yet another tragedy resulting from the Reagan administrations draconian budget cuts. I would like to include in the RECORD a statement prepared by the Friends of the Mission Neighborhood Health Center. The statement follows: CommuNiTy HEALTH CENTER SERVICES IN THE
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. while citizens around the Nation are observing Clean Air Week this week. Californians have a special stake in defending the Clean Air Act against attack. The legislation now before the House Energy and Commerce Committee would be a disaster for health and the environment in California. The California Air Resources Board predicts it would set back our air quality control program by at least a decade. This bill would expose the majority of people in our State to polluted air for years to come. It would defy public support for cleaning up our smog problem. It would be a ripoff for California auto consumers. And it would increase the acid rain that threatens to ruin our lakes in the Sierras and can even sting your eyes in the form of Los Angeles "acid fog." I will strenuously oppose such amendments and will instead support strong Clean Air Act amendments such as those proposed by Representative HENRY WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker. the extremeproposals to gut auto emissions standards under consideration by the committee would especially jeopardize California. By allowing car makers to double tailpipe I emissions of nitrogen oxides for cars sold outside of our State. these amendments would put pressure on California to weaken its own strong State standards. Otherwise. such legislation would probably limit the selection of models available in California and make them more expensive. Moreover. It would cut back Californias consumerprotecting warranties. Discarding pollution controls that are already in use will not provide the needed relief for the auto industry. Meanwhile. the nitrogen oxide pollution that will result is the prime source of acid rain in California. State officials report that our rainfall averages 10 to 100 times more acidic than normal. with acid fog in Los Angeles 2.000 times strongerstrong enough to corrode metal. Despite these problems. California Is fortunate that our State has produced the leader of the battle to protect the Clean Air Act in the House. our colleague Representative HENRY WAXMAN. I have cosponsored his moderate and constructive clean air bill and urge my colleagues to follow his lead on amendments. I am encouraged by recent committee votes refusing to relax air quality in national parks and wildernesses or to roll back deadlines for meeting health standards as much as proposed. I hope these decisions will mark a turning point toward producing a bipartisan bill that Is fair to all the American people.*
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: WILLIAM J. COYNE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. it appears that calculated. longterm unemployment is an integral part of the administrations economic strategy. This cruel policy is especially unfair if we consider that rewarding the already welltodo with new tax breaks is another important part of the administrations economic recovery plan. We should never forget that there are millions of unemployed who do not qualify for the administrations muchballyhooed tax cuta tax cut which deepens our Federal deficit. thereby contributing to exorbitant interest rates. President Ronald Reagan rather callously suggests that those without work should read the Washington Post help wanted section. No matter how many times you read those ads. you will find very few openings for unemployed steelworkersnor will you find those listings in the Pittsburgh Press or the Pittsburgh PostGazette. What does the administration offer Pittsburgh. a city with an area unemployment rate of 10.6 percent? More of the same. High interest rates. inflated military budgets. and a diggingin of the heels in defense of tax breaks for the wealthy. I would like to share with my colleagues some employment figures which show rather starkly the effect of the Reagan recession on steel industry employment:
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

If it should become obviousand I do not know that it wouldat this date that a session on tomorrow will not complete action on the Department of Defense authorization bill would the majority leader still comprehend a meeting on tomorrow?
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

So it is the intention to proceed with the Department of Defense authorization bill until the budget resolution is reported. If the Department of Defense authorization bill has not been completed by that time what would be the leaders intent?
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

The ditinguished majority leader and I have privately discussed the possibility of taking down the Department of Defense authorization bill until the budget resolution could come before the Senate first. it being the feeling of most Democrats certainly that the budget resolution should precede action on the Department of Defenzce authorization bill. Is the majority leader in a position to indicate what the chances are of our doing that?
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I can certainly appreciate and do appreciate the situation the majority leader is in. When he is asked by a chairman of a committee to proceed with a bill I can understand the majority leaders leanings toward proceeding because I have experienced the same situation. I do feel it would have been better if we had had the budget resolution preceding the Department of Defense authorization bill because otherwise it takes a fourth of the budget outside the budget configuration. I
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the 5 minutes I have be combined with the 15minute order and that I may reserve that time.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. some skeptics today question the American dream. They talk about our complex and difficult times. In what some have called an "age of limits." the doubters often claim that nobody can expect anything but modest success. To W. Clement Stone. however. bleak thoughts like those are anathema. Clement Stone is an embodiment of the classic American dream. Just as important. almost daily. he sees dozens of men and women "making it"-seeing their own dreams becoming real. And he sees those dreams becomIng real. because W. Clement Stone is usually the inspiration behind those same men and women. Clement Stone is a 20th century phenomenon. but his story is as old as the United States itself. He began selling newspapers on Chicagos South Side at the age of 6. By 16. he had sold his first insurance policy. And by 20. with less than $100. he started his own insurance agency. Today. W. Clement Stone heads one of our countrys largest. most successful financial enterprisesthe multibillion dollar Combined Insurarce Co. of America. But Clement Stones horizons are not narrow. He has been an active supporter of the Boys Clubs of America. the National Music Camp and the Interlochen Academy of Fine Arts. and the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry. He is an author. publisher. executive. counselor. and friend to other great men. and. above all. an outstanding citizen. On Capitol Hill. we are most indebted to him currently for his help in establishing our own congressional award program. Clement Stone once wrote. "You become what you think." Certainly. he reflects his own cherished values and dreamspatriotic. accomplished. generous. bold. exact. successful. and visionary. He sets a pace that he has challenged thousands to match through his books. his companies. and his own efforts. Some weeks ago I had occasion to call Clement Stone on the telephone. I said: "Hello. how are you?" He said: "I am healthy. happy. and terrific." That was his response. and that is the kind of outgoing and exuberant reaction that he has. and that I think epitomizes his whole outlook on life. He is just enthusiastic about life. I call attention to Clement Stones accomplishments that are great. great because our system is a great system. the kind of system in which he believes. His birthday was May 4. and I know I speak for many of our colleagues in wishing Mr. Stone a happy birthday and offering him our warm regards for many years to come. Mr. President. I yield the floor.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that I may continue to reserve my time but that the Senate may proceed with morning business if the distinguished majority leader so agrees.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. and I will not object. I think this conforms with an orderly budget process as laid out in the Budget Reform Act. It seems to me it is far better to consider this piece of legislation following. at least. the reporting of the budget resolution. I should also think that any changes. any cutbacks. any modifications of the present authorization should be done by the Armed Services Committee. rather than here on the floor. so as to bring that measure in conformity with the budget resolution as nearly as possible. So I think this is an orderly procedure. It has been cleared on this side of the aisle. It has been cleared with Mr. LEVIN and Mr. BUMPERS. who had intended to offer the motion to recommit. I believe this agreement achieves the objective of this motion to recommit. I compliment the majority leader and I compliment the manager of the bill. I also thank Mr. STENNIS for his assistance in the matter. There is no objection.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I again compliment the majority leader. Mr. ToWER. and Mr. STENNIS. I again say that I think it is better for the Armed Services Committee to have another opportunity to look at this budget and work its will before bringing it back to the floor. especially if it should precede the budget resolution.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the majority leader for his announcement so that all Senators may be on notice that there will be no session tomorrow.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I announce that the Senator from California and the Senator from Arizona are necessarily absent. I further announce that. if present and voting. the Senator from Arizona
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I would hope that there would be no immediate motion to table the resolution and that there could be a time agreement for debate on the amendments. Of course. at that time. if there were a motion to table. it would be in order.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I would hope that we could have some agreement whereby there would be some debate on the amendments. It could be 30 minutes. it could be an hour. whatever. But I would not like to see a motion to table entered summarily without any opportunity to discuss the amendments. So I am willing to suggest the absence of a quorum. with the understanding that I retain the floor once the quorum call has ended. if that is agreeable.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

That was my understanding based on the Presidents statement made during a nationally television address lst September. It was my understanding at the time I designated the name of the distinguished Senator from New York
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I do not think it goes beyond the greatest stretches of the imagination to think there might have been some connection. I was not surprised to see the Presidents budget voted down. I must say that I was not greatly surprised to see it voted down unanimously. I think that the distinguished Senator is right. He serves on that committee.. All of a sudden. this proposal emerged in the shank of the afternoon or the darkness of the night that proposes to mortgage the future of 35 million or 34.5 million Americans to keep in place the folly of the third year of the KemptRoth tax scheme.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I understand that. Some questions have to be prefaced by a paragraph or so as the premise on which the question Is based. Mr. President. I remember the days when there was no social security and the old folks. if they no longer could work. had to stand at the gates of their children with their hats in hand. and if their children could not take them in. there was nowhere left to go except over the hill to the poorhouse. I remember the old county poor. farms in the county whcie I lived. Then there was a President. who was a crippled man. who came to the leadership of this country. His name was Franklin D. Roosevelt. He and a Congress. which was mostly Democratic. enacted the social security program which eliminated those old county poorfarms. the old county poorhouses. and this country entered into a commitment with the people of this country. young and old. that if they paid into the system and became eligible for benefits as a result of their contributions into that system. this Government was committed to make benefit payments upon retirement which were publicly understood. This Government has kept its commitment to these elderly citizens thus far. Last year. the administration. after indicating that the social security program was within the safety net. and that the elderly people in this country had nothing to fear. sent up $88 billion In proposed social security cuts to the Congress. Among those cuts was one to which I referred a little earlier. one which said that if an individual elected to retire at age 62. he would get only 55 percent instead of 80 percent of his promised benefits. In any event. the reaction from this body was immediate and it was definite. The administration backed away from that proposil in a hurry. The KempRoth tax cut was enacted over the objections of many of us on this side of the aisle. We tried to point out the fact that it would result in huge deficits. We took our stand. We tried to tie the third year of the KempRoth cut to the performance of the economy and to the size and the trend of the budget deficits. but we did not have the votes. So the KempRoth tax cut went into effect. We predicted that it would result in huge deficits. We also said it was unfair in that it was not geared toward the middle and lower income people. but they were the ones who were suffering. The tax cut was oriented toward the very wealthy. and 40 percent of the tax cut went to 5 percent of the taxpayers.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I would personally hope that it would be omitted entirely. but if there is going to be any reference to it. I would hope it would be designated for what it is. because it is not appropriate to refer to the Social Security Commission solvency recommendations when that Commission has made no recommendations and is not scheduled to make any recommendations until after the November election. So I would say that it is-
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

It is certainly not an accurate statement. and. in fact. it has no place in this table. But if it were labeled "Social Security Cuts." then we would know exactly what is being talked about. and it could not be placed under the pretense of the "recommendations" of a Commission which has not submitted any such recommendations. which has not reported yet. and which will not be reporting until the end of the year as the President stated last September.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Of course. the distinguished Senator from Kansas runs for reelection occasionally. himself. and he is taking quite a leading part in opposition to my own reelection. I might say. to my regret. I hope he would reconsider what he has just said.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

It was the President who proposed the Commission. He proposed it in the September 1981 televised address to the Nation. He proposed the Commission. but waited 3 months before establishing it. He proposed the date when it would report its findings.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

It is a President of the Senators party. When he refers to my reelection. yes. I am running for reelection. So will the Senator one day.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

That will be his decision. but I am a candidate. as the Senator states. But that has nothing to do with this.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

The Senator is in much better position than I to explain why the President selected the date himself. I did not select the date. It was the Presidents recommendation that there be a task force appointed and it was his statement to the Nation last September that he would ask that Commission to report back after the election. He must have had some reason for that. Unlike my friend from Kansas. I would not assign a political reason for the Presidents selection of the reporting date. But it was the President who said that the Commission will report back after the election.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I want the Commission to complete its work and the President for some good reason of his own I supposeI would not say it was politicalbut for some good reason-
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I do not know about that. I am saying that the President selected the date. not the Senator form West Virginia.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I am saying the recommendations have not come forth yet. What I am objecting to is the use of that language "Social Security Commission Solvency Recommendations" in this action by the Budget Committee yesterday.
Date: 1982-05-06
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I am trying to answer the Senators questions. I object to this line No. 9 "Social Security Commission Solvency Recommendations. $6 billion in 1983. $17 billion 1984. $17 billion in 1985. making a total of $40 billion." Who knows what the recommendations are? Can the Senator say? I am not asking a question because I am not supposed to do that while I hold the floor. But I ask a rehetorical question: Can anyone - say what those recommendations are? Where did the Budget Committee get these figures? Where did the Budget Committee get these figures? I am asking a rehetorical question.