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Date: 1981-07-29
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. as Americans. we live In a society free of overt and deliberate governmental repression. It Is difficult for us to understand the hardships experienced by individuals living under totalitarian regimes. We are not tortured. We are not driven from our homes In the middle of the night by security agents. We are not Jailed without trials nor are we charged with crimes that have no legal Justification. Finally. we do not live in a constant state of anxiety for everything we do and say. This lack of freedom. this lack of respect for individual rights is unknown to most Americans. but these cofiditions are a daytoday reality for millions of individuals throughout the world. Two individuals who are particularly familiar with the repressive nature of the totalitarian government are Mykola and Raisa Rudenko. Mykola Rudenko. a founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Monitoring Group. and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. has been Imprisoned in a Mordovian corrective labor colony on charges of "antiSoviet agitation and propaganda." His term Is 12 years. Mrs. Rudenko has been missing from her home in Kiev since April 14. It is believed that her disappearance Is being used to pressure or Influence her imprisoned husband. The "crimes" allegedly committed by the Rudenkos against the Soviet Union are acts of freedom and conscience. By signing the Helsinki accirds in 1975. the Soviet Union pledged to "respect ... human rights and fundamental freedoms. including the freedom of thought. conscience. religion or belief." The Rudenkos and approximately 500 other persons like them have been arrested for merely speaking out In favor of those accords and for documenting where those agreements have been breached. Our thoughts are with the Rudenkos and I urge that Mrs. Rudenkos whereabouts and her condition be disclosed by Soviet officials. Further. I ask that Mykola Rudenkos physical health be revealed. Finally. I urge that the Soviet Union adhere to those agreements outlined in the Helsinki accords. We as Americans. fortunate to live in a society void of systematic repression. cannot accept the unnecessary suffering which countless individuals under totalitarian regimes must endure. We must continue to strive for fulfillment of that. universal desirefreedom.9
Date: 1981-07-30
Speaker: ROGER HANSON (republican)
Chamber: S

Rural Director. Campbell and MoPhereson Counties. Oahe Conservancy SubDistrict Board. Pollock. S. Dak. DEAR ROGER: Thank you very much for the copy of your letter to Senator Pressler of July 7th concerning his bill to deauthorize the Oahe and PollockHerreid units. As the original sponsor of the PollockHerreld authorization. I would certainly be dismayed to see It fall by the wayside. and I am pleased to learn that there Is local interest in trying to rejuvenate it In a modified form. As you know. that is exactly what the CENDAK Steering Committee is trying to do with respect to the Oahe authorizationconvert It to a form which will provide irrigation water for their area. It would not be proper to Imply that it will be easy to achieve development of either a reformulated PollockHerreld plan or a reformulated OaheCENDAC plan. I will be introducing very soon a bill designed to serve the local wlhes with respect to both PollockHerreid and CENDAK. however. and your support would be very much appreciated. As you know. I circulated a draft bill ronths ago (in April) and have actively solicited suggestions ever since that time as to how best to preserve the WEB project and to maximize any gain to the people of South Dakota through the use of the Oahe authortzation. During the time we have had repeated contacts with Administration and Congressional officials. as well as with South Dakota officials and citizens. I believe these contacts and our long and careful deliberations have enabled us to focus more realistically the intent of the draft which was circulated in April. Again. I shall be Introducing my bill very shortly iprior to the August recess). and I hope that it will gain your active support. The time for unachievable proposals and for bickering is past. We now must come together for the good of the people. With best wishes. Sincerely.
Date: 1981-07-30
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for his remarks and I urge my colleagues to support the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. AsHBROORI1.
Date: 1981-09-14
Speaker: RICHARD RUTLAND (republican)
Chamber: S

Fayette. Ala. DEAR DR. RUrLAND: I am very proud and happy to commend your outstanding contributions to the field of Family Medicine. Your friends have brought to my atten. tion your 30 years of dedicated service as a family practice physician in Fayette. Alabama. I know you take pride in this service and particularly in the more than 1.800 babies you have delivered. Your leadership in the medical profession as reflected by your contributions to the founding of the College of Community Health Services at the Unlversity of Alabama is truly outstanding. The family practitioner is a fundamental and important part of our primary health care network. It is most fitting that we honor you. Dr. Rutland. and. at the same time. pay tribute to those in your profession who have given so much to their fellowman. Congratulations on being named "Family Doctor of the Year." You have my best wishes and warmest personal regard. Sincerely.
Date: 1981-09-16
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I rise to offer an amendment to delete $14.910.000 authorized in this bill to the Department of the Navy for the construction of 200 offbase family housing units near the Johnsvllle Naval Air Development Center In Warminster. Pa.. and the Willow Grove Naval Air Station located in Horsham. Pa. The Navy desires to purchase approximately 30 acres of privately owned. industrially zoned land in a suburban community where open space is rapidly diminishing. This initiative. as presently proposed. is inconsistent with community planning. which has. In the past. tried to sensibly coordinate private residential needs and Industrial land usage with the priorities of the Warminster/Horsham Townships. Acquisition of this land. added to the 1.000 acres within Horsham Township already owned by the Federal Government. will result in the removal of onetwvelfth of township property from the tax rolls. In these budgetcutting times. when the Federal Government Is already asking so many sacrifices of local governments. township officials believe that further reductions in their tax base would be detrimental to the area and to their ability to provide funding sources for necessary local services. Additionally. under another program. AICUZ. the Department of the Navy has already begun to purchase private properties totaling 300 acres at the northern and southern ends of the Willow Grove runway which have been determined to be too close to Incoming and outgoing flights. While Horsham residents are well aware of the benefits derived from having the Navy as a neighbor. they are also aware of the penalties which must be paid. Although few air tragedies have occurred in the vicinity of the complex. the community has readily recognized the potential danger and has. for the most part. cooperated with the Department of Navy In this particular land acquisition endeavor. I call this project to my colleagues attention to emphasize the spirit of cooperation my constituents generally display In. their relationship with the Navy. However. this existing housing proposal which is the subject of my amendment threatens to destroy this relationship. I have been actively working with local officials and representatives of the Navy to develop a suitable alternative to the offbase housing plan. The surrounding localities. and in particular the residents of Horsham. many of them veterans. take a tremendous amount of pride in the role they have historically played in our Nations defense readiness. By deleting the funds for this construction and the related encroachment on the local tax base. we will provide the Navy and the community with the necessary time to conduct a thorough review of the avenues open to use to see that a suitable alternative Is developed. one that satisfies the Navys cr1teria without placing an undue burden on the neighboring communities and their residents. Therefore. I strongly urge my colleagues to adopt this amendment and I thank them for their support.
Date: 1981-09-16
Speaker: JAMES K. COYNE (republican)
Chamber: H

I cannot speak to other bases around the country. The specific facility involved here at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station. we have Identified sufficient land on the base itself. which perhaps it not as convenient to the nearby sewer system. but we can certainly overcome those objections. I am convinced. and I am going to work with the Navy and the local township officials to see that the needs of these Navy personnel are met on the base without further detrimerit to the locali tax base and the community.
Date: 1981-09-23
Speaker: M ATHIAS (republican)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I congratulate the Peace Corps on 20 years of achievement. American volunteers began serving abroad in late 1901. The first volunteer wvas sent to teach English In Ghana. Education remains one of the primary contributions of the Peace Corps program. but the education works both ways. American experience and understanding have been enriched by what Peace Corps volunteers have learned abroad. Men and wvomen wvlo volunteer to serve in the Peace Corps today can do so with the knowledge thant their service is welcomed as much by the people of developing countries now as in 1901. and with confidence that. as volunteers. they will gain as much in Insight as they give in assistance. The Peace Corps was an Amecrican Iivention which. like many American inventions. is now emnulated by similar programs supported by other developed nations. The tangible contributions of direct person -to- person help through the Peace Corps and similar programs may seem small. if one looks only at the number of bricks mortared or lengths of waterpipe laid. but the retulrns in goodwill among the people of poor nations and In hope for long ternm development are enormous. The Peace Corps is 20 years old. but it is really ageless. The Peace Corps is constantly renewecd by the enthusiasm and goodwill of volunteers of all ages who seek to help other people improve their living conditions. The Peace Corps is reborn every time another American VolS 10354 WU unteer accepts the challenge of service abroad.O
Date: 1981-09-24
Speaker: JOHN B. KEMSP (republican)
Chamber: H

Regional Federal Highway Administrator. Kansas City. Mo. DEAR MR. HOWARD A. HEFR~oN: This Is In reply to Mr. Roger P. Turners memorandum of the subject dated September 6. 1963. and subsequent telephonic conversations between members of our respective staffs. Mr. Turners memorandum referred specifically to labor standards application to Defense Access. Highway Beautification and Safety Projects. Prior to enactment of the FederalAid Highway Act of 1968. contract labor standards. pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 113(a). applied only to initial construction. work on Interstate projects which were "1. .. authorized under section 108(b) of the FederalAid Highway Act of 1956..."Section 108(b) authorized the appropriation of moneys from the Highway Trust Fund for expeditIng construction of the Interstate System. Contract labor standards coverage. therefore. depended upon the source of the funds. In consideration of the relationship between labor standards application and section 108(b). this office had held. and the Solicitor of -labor had concurred. that initial construction work on the Interstate System financed solely with Highway Beautification Act of 1965 funds. or with funds appropriated pursuant to the Highway Safety Act of 196. was not covered work. Under the 1968 Act. however. coverage Is no longer keyed to the source of the funds. As amended. 23 U.S.C. 113. applies the labor standards to ". .. Initial construction work performed on highway projects on the Federalaid systes... authorized under highway laws providing for the expenditure of Federal funds upon the Federalaid systems The Solicitor of Labor has recently agreed with this office that all initial construction work on the several FederalAid Highway Systems authorized by Title 23. United States Code. including such work as may be performed pursuant to the Highway Safety Act of 1966. and to 23 U.S.C. 131. 136. or 319(b). Is subject to the labor standards requirements of 23 U.S.C. 113. Copies of recent correspondence in this regard are enclosed for your Information. In our opinion. the FederalAid Highway Act of 1968 applies to any Federalaid construction contract which meets all of the following four criteria: (1) Involves Federal funds. regardless of the source of the appropriation. (2) is let by or through a State highway department. (3) is for initial construction work performed on highway projects on a Federalaid system. and (4) Is authorized. in whole or in part. under any section of Title 23. United States Code. If a contract for a Defense Access project meets the first three criteria and Is authorized pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 210. contract labor. standards in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 113. as amended. will apply. Enclosures.
Date: 1981-09-24
Speaker: CHA FEE (republican)
Chamber: S

The second question I put to the Chair Is should the Chairs ruling be sustained on the pant of order concerning the limitation of senatorial deductions. would that same ruling apply to the salaries of certain executive branch officers?
Date: 1981-09-29
Speaker: SLADE GORTON (republican)
Chamber: S

I am an 11 year old girl and I go to Mil1ton Elementary School. I read the article in the paper about the 10 and 11 year Olds picking berries in the fields. When I rend It. I all of a sudden got Interested. I think that we should be able to pick berries. after all were people too. Im sure we are a little bit shorter. but who cares. we can handle it. Please write back to me and tell me how this works out. Signed.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. this morning. I intend to move to consider House Resolution 208. disapproving the District of Columbia Sexual As9sault Act. Three points need to be kept uppermost In our minds. First. The District of Columbia act legalizes homosexual conduct. decriminalizes the seduction of children. legitimizes incestuous relations. and reduces the penalty for forcible rape. to name just a few of the more abhorent features. Second. This is not a matter of homerule. since the Constitution and the SelfGovernment Act give Congress unqualified authority to oversee District actions. Furthermnore. local citizens have not had an opportunity to comment. I hold here 10.000 petitions of affected residents wvho disapprove of the act. Finally. let there be no doubt that attempting to hide be "hind a procedural vote will fool no one. A vote to table or postpone Is a vote to legalize sodomous homosexual liaisons. decriminalize the seduction of 16yearold children. and reduce the penalty for fore. ible rape. for the act will become law If we do not disapprove it today. I urge the House to consider the Issue at hand and then pass the resolution. Thank you.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: DANIEL B. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I wholeheartedly support Resolution 208. When the Washington. D.C. Council legalizes homosexual conduct and the seduction of children and decreases the penalty for forcible rape. we have lost sight of the moral codes of a Clodfearing society. We can no longer play the three monkeyshear no evil. see no evil. and speak no evil. Lincoln once said: To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. Thle time has come for all GodfearIng people to stand up and be counted. Santayana once made the statement that k Those who fall to learn the lessons of history will be condemned to relive them. Are we a destitute society of derelicts? When will we stand up and be counted?
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. pursuant to sections 302(c) and 604 of Public Law 93198. I move to discharge the Committee on the District of Columbia from further consideration of House Resolution 208. disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the District of Columbia Sexual Assault Act of 1981.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

moves. pursuant to Sections 602(c) and 604 of Public Law 93198. to discharge the Committee on the District of Columbia from further consideration of House Resolution 208. disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the District of Columbia Sexual Assault Act of 1981.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. based upon this last vote. It Is apparent to me what the sense of this body Is. and for that reason. since in the interest of expediting consideration of my motion we can get to other Important business on this floor today. I would like to relinquish my time during this portion of the debate so as to be able to speed up the possibility of proceeding to actual consideration of the motion. So with that. Mr. Speaker. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield such time as he may consume to my distinguished colleague from my home State of Illinois
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

I thank my colleague for his gracious remarks. I yield such -time as he may consume to my distinguished colleague from Montana .
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman. I would like to make Just one additional comment. Mr. Speaker. and that Is to correct a misimpression of the distinguished chairman of the District of Columbia Committee. I did. in fact. submit my testimony before that committee In writing and I have a copy of It here in the event the gentleman did not see that.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

All I can say Is last Thursday. I believe It was. that testimony was delivered from my office. If it was lost somewhere. I have an additional copy here. But I will save that for the time we get into debate. Mr. Speaker. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I object to the vote on the ground that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not present.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I would like to make a unanimousconsent request based upon the succession of votes that we have already had. and the fact that there is pressing other business. I do not mean to minimize the importance or the significance of the issue under discussion. but I think there is a conversancy on the part of the Members of this body as to what the issues are that are involved here. and I think minds are pretty well thade up. Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that we limit our debate to 1 hour. to be divided equally.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman will yield. I will certainly consider 2 hours. I was hopeful that we might be able to do it in 1. but if my distinguished colleague is persuaded that he needs the additional hour. I will even go so far as to yield time out of my 1 hour of that 2hour period to the gentleman for discussion if he will accept the 2hour limitation.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Well. I know that there is some strong sentiments on both sides of the aisle to get on with the other business. and for that reason. I would still insist on my unanimousconsent request that we can establish a time certain of 2 hours. As I say. I will be happy to give some of my time to the chairman of the District of Columbia Committee.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

I would say to the gentleman that Archbishop Hickeys comments that I read address a specific issue. I am not conversant with all of Archbishop Hickeys stands on other issues. although I can tell the gentleman safely that I know that lie would not be defined as one of PHILIP CRANES political philosophy. As a result. I think he is an independent witness and an objective witness on a subject where we do happen to share some common ground. Mr. Speaker. I reserve the balance of my time.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. In response to some of the commentary that we have heard. I would remind my colleagues that we have responsibilities in this body that we cannot abdicate under our Constitution. If one wants to talk in terms of an unlimited and unrestrained home rule In D.C.. that cannot even be done statutorily. It would require an amendment to our Constitution. the repeal of article I. section 8. I think In supporting my resolution that the Members of this body are exercising an appropriate and responsible authority. LMr. Speaker. I yield such time as he may consume to my colleague. the gentleman from Michigan . [Mr. SILJANDER addressed the House. His remarks will appear hereafter In the Extensions of Remarks.]
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

If the Speaker will permit. I would like to yield to the gentleman from Louisiana such time as he may consume for the colloquy with the gentleman In the well.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Yes. I would. Under the repealer provisions. that Is. section 13 of the D.C. bill. among other provisions of the D.C. Code that are repealed are 223001. for example. deals with the question of seduction.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield two additional minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana. Section 223001 reads: If any person shall Reduce and carnally know any female of previous chaste character. between the ages of sixteen and twentyone years. out of wedlock. such seduction and carnal knowledge shall be deemed a misdemeanor ... That provision of the D.C. Code Is specifically repealed in section 13 of the D.C. Councils bill under consideration. There are others also. including the one alluded to earlier dealing with the alteration of the penalties for rape. There are. In fact. several different provisions that have been repealed. So. In reading the bill it Is not that one can find what are offensive references. One has to go to the existing D.C. Code and find out what is- being repealed. and thus In effect Is being decriminalized.
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANEI (republican)
Chamber: H

If I can reclaim the time for Just a second on that point. I am not addressing the question of public obscenity. I am talking about decriminalizing the seduction of what is defined as a minor. I would like to ask my colleague from Connecticut in what connection. was he attempting to suggest that the State of Maryland has decriminalized the seduction of a minor?
Date: 1981-10-01
Speaker: PHILIP M. CRANE (republican)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. we have heard the reference to the 40 States that are in agreement. According to the factsheetand this was contributed by our distinguished colleague. the gentleman from the District of Columbia outlining the State criminal code penalties of the 50 States. I only count 25 States that have decriminalized sodomy among consenting wl~ults. is that correct?