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Date: 1982-02-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the distinguished acting majority leader. I do not believe I need any of the time that the acting leader is offering. I will take just a small portion of my own time. I want to refer to the nomination of Powell Moore to be an Assistant Secretary of State.
Date: 1982-02-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. on February 4. the full Senate approved the nomination of Powell A. Moore to be Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations. I cannot think of a better person than Powell Moore to fill this important position. and I look forward to working with him in his new capacity. Mr. Moore has had a long and distinguished record of public service in Washington. He served as press secretary to the late Senator Richard Russell of Georgia from 1966 until 1971. He served as Deputy Director of Public Information for the Department of Justice from 1971 until 1972. He served as Deputy Special Assistant to the President from 1973 until 1975. With the election of Ronald Reagan as our 40th President. Mr. Powell Moore assumed responsibilities as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. Mr. President. I have known Powell Moore for a number of years. He is a person of impeccable integrity and devotion to duty. He is one of the finest gentlemen I have had the privilege of knowing. His experience in working with the Senate has served him well in his numerous positions with the executive branch. He is sensitive to. and appreciative of. Congress as an institution. As a result. he is particularly effective in working with Congress. He has a difficult job ahead of him. However. I am confident that he is equal to the task. I commend the administration for choosing Powell Moore to assume this critical position. I certainly will do everything I can to cooperate and work with him. and I wish him the very best as he launches into his new responsibilities.
Date: 1982-02-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. does any Senator on my side wish any of the time that I have under my control? I have no further use for my time. I yield it back.
Date: 1982-02-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Madam President. I sent to the desk on behalf of Mr. PELL a Senate concurrent reso. lution. and I ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1982-02-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Reserving the right to object. Madam President. if the Chair will temporarily indulge me. Madam President. I remove my reservation of objection and have no objectiog.
Date: 1982-02-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Madam President. I thank the distinguished majority leader. I have no matter to bring to the attention of the Senate.
Date: 1982-02-09
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. the Presidents budget projects huge increases in the receipts from sales of surplus federally owned land. I just do not believe there is that much unwanted land to sell or that big a market to buy. The big parcels of attractive surplus land usually come out of the Defense Department. which thinks they should be given away. The reasons the administrations proposed land rush will not produce the billions of dollars forecast are as follows: Auction sales open to speculators will violate local control of these land parcels. Hospitals. schools. and State and local governments that are supposed to buy under the administrations budget assumptions do not have the money to do so. They will probably be forced to try and thwart the sales by down zoning the parcels. The dollar estimates in the budget just are not supported by the history of what the Government got in past cash sales. The budget proposal includes receipts from land sales between one Federal agency and -another. Despite this exercise in paperwork. the budget claims the result will be more efficient property management. Executive orders have supposedly required this kind of process for years. A proposed new Interagency Review Board will still have to get Cabinet agencies to relinquish their land. foretelling a modern version of the old range wars. The Presidents budget forecasts $1 billion of income in 1983 and $4 billion every year after from all these purported land sales. The chances of finding and selling that much unwanted Federal land are about nil. If the rest of the administrations budget Is based on assumptions like this one. the deficit is going to be like the proverbial elephant masquerading as a mouse with a glandular condition. Some people may believe the Presidents assumptions. but the same people believe that chickens have lips.
Date: 1982-02-10
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I would like to commend those who have already been commended for the work that they have done on this measure. H.R. 4481. I would also like to discuss briefly what I think is the role of the Federal Government dealing with crime in the United States. First. it can attempt to mount an effective and efficient response to the crimes which are exclusively or primarily Federal. . Second. it can maintain adequately funded Federal law enforcement agencles so as to provide competent backup or ancillary assistance to the States when they are not capable of responding. Finally. the Federal Government can provide leadership to the States by creating and funding model programs. conducting research. and compiling criminal justice statistics. This bill would authorize $170 million in fiscal year 1982. $190 million in fiscal year 1983. and $20 million thereafter. It would repeal existing authorizations of $775 million each in fiscal year 1982. and fiscal year 1983. The CBO estimates outlay savings of $80 million in fiscal year 1982. $327 million in fiscal year 1983. over $500 million in fiscal year 1984. and $200 million or plus in fiscal year 1985. I think that this bill cuts back on the excessive expenditures possibly used in LEAA funding for many years back. I think it also is restrictive in what it attempts to do. but allows the States. using a proper formula. to use this money. without creating an undue burden on the Federal Government. Mr. Chairman. I urge the passage of this measure.
Date: 1982-02-10
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the nominations that have been mentioned by the distinguished majority leader running from pages 2 through 10. inclusive. have been cleared on this side of the aisle. and we are ready to proceed.
Date: 1982-02-10
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. I
Date: 1982-02-11
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. I do not believe that request has been cleared on this side. I say most respectfully to my friend.
Date: 1982-02-11
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. this request has been cleared with Mr. JOHNSTON. who is on the floor and can therefore speak for himself. I therefore remove my earlier reservation of objection. and I have no objection.
Date: 1982-02-11
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. will the Senator allow Senators a longer period of time than 2 minutes?
Date: 1982-02-11
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the request for immediate consideration has been cleared on this side of the aisle. so I am not going to object to the request.
Date: 1982-02-11
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I want to thank the distinguished Senator from Oklahoma for his kind remarks and his very fine statement.
Date: 1982-02-11
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I thank the Chair. I yield to the Senator as much time from my 5 minutes as he may require.
Date: 1982-02-22
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. for the many years I have listened to the reading of Washingtons Farewell Address to the people of the United States. I have never heard It read so well. as far as my recollection serves me. I congratulate and thank Senator INOUYE for his service.
Date: 1982-02-23
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. February 16. 1982. marked the anniversary of the reestablishment of the Lithuanian state and the 731st anniversary of the Lithuanian nation. and I wish to take this opportunity to commemorate this mementous occasion. Lithuania achieved nationhood early but spent centuries fighting German and Russian domination and finally regained status as an independent nation in 1918. For 22 years. Lithuanians enjoyed political and cultural freedom under a democratic government until 1940 when the Soviet Union illegally annexed Lithuania as their 14th republic. The United States and other nations which respect and cherish freedom have never accepted this occupation and continue to recognize the diplomatic status of a free Lithuania. Despite years of Soviet subjugation which included mass deportations. attempts to eradicate their religion and their culture. and gross violations of their civil and political rights. the Lithuanian people have preserved their heritage. language. religion. and desire for freedom. Their steadfast belief In the Ideals of personal liberty and national independence are a tribute to the power to the human spirit to overcome oppression. As we commemorate this anniversary of Lithuanian independence. we also remember the continuing struggle of more recent Soviet aggression in Afghanistan and Poland. The Lithuanian people serve as an example to these and all the peoples of the world who are fighting to attain political and religious freedom.e
Date: 1982-02-23
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I was dismayed to read remarks attributed to Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger that indicate that the Reagan administration is seriously considering the sale of F16 fighter planes and mobile Hawk antiaircraft missiles to Jordan. If indeed this Is the policy of this administration. I urge the President to reconsider its wisdom. The sale of these sophisticated weapons to Jordan will certainly be viewed as another reward to those Arab States which have opposed or impeded the Camp David process. Saudi Arabia already has its AWACS. The sale of F16 fighter planes and mobile Hawk antiaircraft missiles to Jordan is. in short. disruptive to the peace process in the Middle East. threatening to Israelour firmest ally in the Middle Eastand would be viewed by hardline Arab States as a retreat from our historic commitment to the security of Israel.e
Date: 1982-02-23
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. and I do not object. I wish to clarify one matter: would the Senator include in that request that the Senate go immediately to the Department of Justice authorizations bill without an intervening quorum call?
Date: 1982-02-24
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. once again. President Reagan has decided to pull the rug out from under the. elderly poor. This time he wants to kill the title V older worker public service jobs program for over 54.200 lowincome older Americans. Take away these jobs. and thousands of older workers lose income. taxpayers lode more because of higher welfare payments. and other needy groups lose services that their communities cannot replace because of other Reagan cuts. Who beside some budget gnome in OMB wins in this situation?. The Department of Labor tells me they cannot discuss this cut at my subcommittee hearing tomorrow because they do not have the details of their job training program ready. I think they are just ashamed of .what they are doing. I do not blame them. much. I could not look a group of older workers in the face and tell them they are better off on welfare than on the job. either.. We are talking about old. poor people who are able and willing to work to keep their independence. A friend of mine in the San Francisco Public Guardians Office said it best when he was telling me about a 72year.ld woman who works for him. Without the job. she would be getting an SSI gold check instead of a paycheck. He said the choice was clear: "she either works for the guardians office. or she becomes one of our wards." If she and thousands of other title V workers do not fit the Presidents definition of deserving poor. I would like him to come up here and tell us just who does.e
Date: 1982-02-24
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the Senator. I hope the Foreign Relations Committee will act on this resolution and report it favorably and promptly. Following that. I hope to call up the resolution at an appropriate time on the appropriate vehicle and get a vote on it.
Date: 1982-02-24
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the majority leader. I ask unanimous consent that that time may likewise be reserved for Mr.
Date: 1982-02-24
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the majority leader. I wonder if he. in accordance with his usual practice. will supply me with a memorandum. which I in turn shall disseminate among my colleagues. .
Date: 1982-02-25
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. later I shall yield to Senator Proxmire. I yield such time as he may require to Senator Long.
Date: 1982-02-25
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. does the majority leader also state. by virtue of the request presented. that there shall be no other. business up on Monday. no business other than the agent identities bill?
Date: 1982-02-25
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. will th6 ma)ority leader also assure that there will be no votes on anything on Monday. including conference reports which could be brought up without unanimous consent?
Date: 1982-03-01
Speaker: JACK ANDERSON (democrat)
Chamber: S

Washington. D.C. DEAR MR. ANDERSOW. We are in receipt of your letter of February 25. 1982. As we advised you in our letter of February 24. 1982. if- you have in your possession any written or documentary materials which you believe should be brought to the attention of the Senate regarding this matter. the appropriate course would be for you to make such materials available to Senator Williams. his counsel or Senator Inouye. We have also advised you that the Committee will review any such materials which you might decide to submit to us by 10:00 a.m.. Monday. March 1. 1982. As you know. the Senates deliberations on this matter commence on Sincerely.
Date: 1982-03-01
Speaker: JACK ANDERSON (democrat)
Chamber: S

Washington. D.C. DEAR MR. ANDERSON: Senators Baker and Byrd have referredto us your letter of February 18. 1982. The Ethics Committee has. as you know. conducted a full adjudicatory hearing in this matter. .At that hearing. Senator Williams was permitted to call any witnesses aryd introduce an$ evidence he desired. and he took full advantage of that opportunity. After the Committee made its report to the Senate. the Committee. at the request of the leadership. has also twice considered additional proffers of testimony from Senator Williams and his counsel. and from Senator Inouye. who is assisting Senator Williams in this matter. and have made recommendations to the leadership concerning such proffers. We would hope that you have shared with Senator Williams. his counsel. and Senator Inouye any information in your possession which in your view might be relevant in this regard. The presence of Senator Williams investigator at the interviews your associate Mr. Badhwar had with Mrs. Marie Weinberg shortly before her tragic death suggests to us that you have done so. It is important for Senator Williams and his representatives to have access to such information so that they might form their own opinion as to its bearing on Senator Williams case. both before the courts and the Senate. We also note that Senator Williams has directed us to deal exclusively with his counsel with respect to this matter. You may. of course. decide to submit any such information in written or documentary form directly to the Ethics Committee. While the Committee will review any material you might submit to it. it is our judgment that the appropriate course would be to direct such material to Senator Williams and his representatives in the first instance. If Senator Williams or his representatives desire you to send any information you have directly to each Senator. please feel free to do so for we have no objection to your doing so. It should be noted that the Senates deliberations on this matter have several times been postponed in deference to Senator Williams since first being scheduled some six months ago. The leadership has recently indicated the debate on this matter will go forward on March 3. 1982 without any further delay. Accordingly. any written or documentary materials you may wish to provide the Committee to review should be made available by 10:00 a.m. on Monday.
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: WON PAT (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. recently. the U.S. Air Force established a new Air Reserve unit known as the 349th Serial Port Detachment under the Military Airlift Command. The unit is headquartered at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam and although the unit Is only 1 year old. it -s been doing an outstanding job. This months edition of the Air Reservist magazine (February 1982) has an excellent story about the 349th. and I ask that it be placed in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD SO that my Colleagues may have the opportunity to know more about this fine unit. I am pleased that Col. David Palmer. director of Air Force affairs of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States. called this article to my attention. because it shows that the people of Guam are ever ready to do their part for the defense of this great Nation. We on Guam have long placed a premium on patriotism. a fact reflected in the high percentage of our people from Guam who have served with much honor in the military forces of the United States. Today. this heritage of service to our Nation continues. Sgt. John San Nicolas of the 349th perhaps put It best when he told the writer of the article "to me. serving my country is part of being a Guamanian." His statement is echoed by his colleagues and I salute Sergeant San Nicolas and his fellow members of the 349th for a job well done. Mr. Speaker. the article from the Air Reservist is as follows:
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: WON PAT (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. today I rise to introduce legislation which would establish a commission to study the impact of Federal laws on the territories. The question of how the people of these islands are impacted by laws made for the 50 States has long been a troublesome one. We. on Guam. for example. have carefully studied this question and have cone to the conclusion that many Federa laws actually hinder Guams ability to be selfsufficlent. This is to the point that many Federal laws actually have the reverse effect Congress wanted. Rather than encourage compliance with the law. statutes .which are. Inappropriate for insular areas discourage such action because of high cost or unintended effects on our culture or lifestyle. March . 1982 Let me point out one striking example of this: The Clean Air Act. Guam is faced with the prospect of paying over $20 million this year for sophisticated electronic scrubbers for our powergenerating plants to keep down pollution in order to comply with the otherwise worthwhile law. Yet. unlike the States. the pollution from our powergenerating smokestacks blows out to a sea that is empty for over 1.500 miles. The pollution bothers no one. yet all of the people of Guam may have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for a device we do not need. Scrubbers are needed perhaps in the mainland but the law does not take into account the fact that island life and our environment is different. I could cite other instances. but to do so would belabor the point: The territories do not seek to escape compliance with fair and just Federal laws. rather. we only ask that their impact on our way of life be considered before we are driven into bankruptcy and despair. To help resolve this problem. I am today asking Congress to establish a commission which will examine the applicability or inapplicability of all Federal statutes to the territories. Its purpose mirrort. that of a sim!lar commission for the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas which recently submitted a draft report to the Congress. I initially proposed that we enter this review process in 1980. My bill to create a Presidential commission for this purpose received administration support. Although it was not pas.ed by the House prior to adjournmen. the proposal was endorsed by the Senate. In view of President Reagans commitment to seek removal of burdensome and superfluous regulations. I am hopeful of oltaining administration support once again. This was indicated during hearings last week before my Subcommittee on Insular Affairs. when the Assistant Secretary for Territorial and International Affairs recognized the need to remove unintentional restraints on territorial economies and improved application of Federal laws. My legislation would accomplish this. I believe it merits expeditious approval. Thank you.
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. this side is prepared to proceed in accordance with the majority leaders request in connection with the Poland measure.
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. would the distinguished majority leader not include in his request that the Senate proceed by rollcall vote so that that may be ordered in accordance with precedents.
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. Senate Joint Resolution 91 establishes the month of July 1982. as the National Peach Month. The action taken by the Senate today clears the Senateoriginated measure for the Presidents signature. I am pleased to be a cosponsor of this legislation. Some of the finest peaches in the world are grown in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. I know the entire State will proudly celebrate National Peach Month this summer. Again I say that I am indeed proud to be a cosponsor of this measure.
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Furthermore. Mr. President. I assure the distinguished majority leader that before the year is out I will present him with a bushel of the finest peaches grown in West Virginia or anywhere in the world.
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. would the distinguished majority leader also allow nc to have a sprig off of his annual peach tree?
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I would refer again to my offer to present the distinguished majority leader with a bushel of West Virginia peaches. I place one condition on that offer. That condition is that the most eminent photographer on Canitol Hill. the distinguished majority lLader. assures me that he will take a photograph of that presentation and that he will have that photograph framed for me to mount in my office.
Date: 1982-03-02
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the minority is not ready to proceed with the nominations on page 2. but the minority is ready to proceed with the nominations on page 3 under Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and going through page 4 and page 5. Nominations Placed on the Secretarys Desk.
Date: 1982-03-02
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.