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Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I try as a general rule not to involve myself in debates on other committees jurisdiction. I myself am of the view that the Committee on Ways and Means over the years has been quite sensitive to the needs of the various insular areas. I know that in this legislation. the committee had a Scylla and Charybdis problem. I am iin support of the amendment. not only on its independent meritsbut also because once again. we see the insular areas of the United Stateswithout any malevolencepaying an improper price for what is deemed by others to be higher national policy interests. Now. it should come as no surprise that Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are subject to our constitutional arrangements. The Virgin Islands found themselves under a court decision. some 5 years ago where the courts ruled quite properly. I believe. that the Virgin Islands had to assume responsibility to educate all the alien children living in the Virgin Islands. Every time there is a switch in governmental status in the Caribbean. a fair number of people move up north from down island into the U.S. Virgin Islands for all the reasons we might suspect. And so today the Virgin Islands. without an added dime of Federal educational assistance. has a majority of the children in its schools being the children of nonU.S. citizens. Now. I stated I thought the Court decision was right. But the people of the Virgin Islands did not ask to be confronted with this great fiscal burden. Let us protect our insularareas in the process of adopting national policy. -I urge an "aye" vote on the amendment.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speakers table the bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility study of water resource development and for other purposes in the Central Platte Valley. Nebr.. with a Senate amendment thereto. and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of the bill to recognize the organization known as Former Members of Congress. and ask for its immediate consideration.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. this bill is identical to H.R. 4755. a bill which passed the House on October 26. 1981. on suspension. This is not a controversial bill. It was passed by tne Senate with a nongermane amendment on December 13. 1982. The House has passed legislation which disposed of the Senate amendment. so we have no reason to believe that the Senate will have any problem with this bill. This bill grants a Federal charter to the organization known as the Former Members of Congress. an organization open to all former Members. It is a national. nonprofit. educational. civic. historical. and research organization which has been chartered in the District of Columbia since 1970. It is a great organization. worthy of recognition. This bill comports with the standard language the.Judiciary Committee has developed for Federal charters. It contains the standard proscriptions and rigid reporting requirements.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on the bill just passed.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. the gentleman -may well be correct. What I said to the gentlemanand the gentleman may recall my wordswas that some people even have the temerity to tell me that they felt it was written in a vacuum. I am not telling the gentleman that I acccuse him or the committee of that. I am relaying the message that some people gave. This is the perception that some people had. and at some point in time the perception of the people in law is more important than the letter of the law.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for his contribution and I. thank the Members for their courtesy tonight. Let me close. Mr. Chairman. by saying that there are many areas I did not cover for lack of time. and I would consider it prudent and certainly respuusible to address this issue next year.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would like to make two observations that appear in the report of the Select Commission on Immigration. The final report stated that increased enforcement capability should be an integral part of recommendations to curb the flow of immigration. In the report of the committee at the bottom of page 6. it says it is the sense of Congress that an essential el.ment of the program of immigration and reform established by this act is an increase in border patrol and other enforcement activities of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. and that the increase in the level of the border patrol must be done to achieve an effective level of control of illegal immigration. Let me point this.out. We have been talking in the last 2 days about the people who are in this country. I would like to state that I have asked my staff to check with the immigration people. the Immigration and Naturalization Service to come up with some information. and I think it should be made a part of this RECORD. One is that the length of the area between the Mexican border and the United States of America consists of 1.933 miles. The Canadian coastline is 3.000 or say 3.900 miles. We talk about an increase in border patrol. The number of border patrol officers in the United States on duty as of the end of October 1982 ws 2.600. The number authorized by Congress was 2.800. We are 214 short because there were insufficient funds to Dy and equip that many people. Now. one might ask. how many people do we have on line watch? There are 774 officers engaged in line watch. which means efforts directly on the border. That is a ratio of one man for every 12 miles. The ratio of one to every 12 miles is arrived at by stating that 40 percent of the agents service and productive hours is directed on line watch. That is on the border itself. After we take into consideration shift sizes. weekends. sick leave. and so forth. we have only 155 officers on line duty at any given time between Mexico and the United States of America. Now. 155 divided into 1.933 miles of border gives us 12.47 miles per officer. Now. these agents are concentrated at high density crossing areas. for example Chula Vista. Calif.. where we visited. which has a ratio of 4.5 men for every 1 mile.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. the Arizona desert has a ratio of approximately * for every 40 miles. Now. the immigration people tell us that the manpower required in the cost of improving the line watchI am talking about people on the border itselfby twothirds would call for 1.700 new employees at a cost of $74 million. say $75 million. to bring in 1.700 people plus equipment. What is the equipment that they use? Walking patrols. squad cars. helicopters. electronic sensors buried in the ground. infrared night scopes. horses. which is the most cost effective. trail bikes. and airplanes. They state to us that if they have more peopleand this was brought up last night very effectively and it was brought up again tonightwhat are we going to do in the future. We are not going to do anything but continue what we have now. If we do not have enough people patrolling the borders of the United States of America. I have some problems with this bill. One of the big problems is that we have not properly faced up to patrolling the borders between Mexico and the United States. We cannot do that without the help of the Government of Mexico. It makes no difference how much talk we can do here tonight. Unless the Mexican Government has been brought into focus on this entire problem we are going to be found wanting when this bill gets up to final passage.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

As far as I ca. determine. it does not add any. It makes a statement that we must do .hat but it makes no requirement that it will be done.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: THOMAS ONEILL (democrat)
Chamber: H

DECEMBER 17.1982. Speaker. U.S. House of Representatives. Washington. D.C. * DEAR MR. SPEAKER: In compliance with the agreement taken by the assembly of the Chamber of Senators in their session of December 8. 1982. we are making available to you a copy of the approved text. In which this Senate of the Republic of Mexico expresses its concern for the repercussions against Mexican migrant workers in the United States of North America caused by passage of the SimpsonMazzoll legislation. 1. That the Chamber (Senate) expresses as a resolution our alarm and concern for the repercussions which will impact both countries if the SimpsonMazzoll legislation is passed. since this transcendent matter should not be considered from a unilateral perspective. but rather should be treated from a bilateral and even multilateral perspective. taking into account the farreaching migratory phenomenon of undocumented persons between our two countries. 2. That the recommendations of the Parliamentarians of the Western Hemisphere Conference on Population and Development held in Brazil November 5. 1982 be implemented. Those recommendations were approved by several U.S. Senators. and designed to discourage laws such as this (SimpsonMazzoll). which directly and openly threaten the labor and human rights of migrant workers in the United States. and which create a repressive precedent of global repercussions. 3. That this matter be turned over to the Foreign Relations Committee of the (Mexi. can) Senate for detailed analysis. and that it be included as part of the memos to be treated at the next reunion of the Mexico/ U.S. Interparliamentarian conference. 4. That the Latin American Congress. the World Congress. and the Group of Parlia. mentarians for a New World Order be notified so that they may direct their concerns to the U.S. Congress and include the matter In their work agendas. 5. That the proper Mexican authorities be notified of this proposition so that the nec. essary mechanisms be implemented in order to inform the nation. the U.S. Senators and Representatives. and. if possible. the American public of the concerns. intent. and ac. tions of the (Mexican) Senate in regard to this grave matter that negatively affects our good neighbor relations. We urge you. Mr. Speaker. to note our concerns and convey to the members of the honorable House of Representatives the transcribed text. and express our sentiments and our hope of understanding by the U.S. Congress. Floor session of the Honorable Chamber of Senators. Mexico D.P.. December 13. Signed: ANTONIo RiVA PALAcIO. . President.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise for the purpose of making a unanimousconsent request which has been cleared from the other side. and the unanimousconsent request is as follows:
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I can hardly quarrel with the fact that our junior Member from Kentucky was unaware of this. but the Chair and the Parliamentarian have been aware of this at the desk for some 3 16. hours while we have been listening to the gentlemans bill.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I am unaware of any Member in our leadership who is opposed to this. I am aware of about a 20th of the Members of the House who are for this proposal.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. it is not a motion. It is a unanimousconsent request and I would urge regular order to see if there is objection to the request.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. that is thethird time the temporary Speaker has imposed that request on the gentleman from California. The gentleman from California would observe that under regular order it takes one of the membership. not the presiding temporary Speaker. to interpose an objection.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. does the gentleman want a quorum call to establish that? The gentleman from California is prepared to ask for that. too.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

And therefore I continue my unanimousconsent request and at the end of that time I will demand regular orders. the request being I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speakers table the bill . an act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in a feasibility study of water resource development and for other purposes in the Central Platte Valley. Nebr.. with a Senate amendment thereto and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate amendment and the House amendment to the Senate amendment be considered as read and printed in the RECORD.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

There was no member affected by the amendment that objected. I cannot give the gentleman from Pennsylvania the assurance that those who did not have an immediate constituency or district interested be informed.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

The members on your side. on the Interior Committee. I affirm unambiguously are for the gentleman from Californias request. They favor the bill. be it the Member from California. be it the ranking member after him on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. the gentleman from New Mexico or be it the gentleman from Nebraska .
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentlemanfrom Pennsylvania insists on this reservation. then evidently I must yield to that position. I also respect the gentleman from Pennsylvanias concern about orderly process. As for me. I have been waiting for some 3 hours to deal with this request and that has been at some inconvenience to this Member. So I will try to perceive the gentlemas concern and will yield to it.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

On the other hand. I could offer the gentleman the assurance that if this is passed tonight the Chair. the Speaker does not have to make any motion to reconsider laid on the table and therefore it could be in order tomorrow to redress this grievance. if there be one.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Once again the gentleman from California finds. as is not to unique in my parliamentary experience. the minority side has a lot more judgment than the punitive majority side and I will yield.- not because of the Chairs request. but because of our distinguished gentleman from Pennsylvanias suggestion. So I would ask this be put over until the first order of business tomorrow.
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. my dear friend and fellow Texan. DICK WHITE. has ably represented the 16th District of Texas for 12 years. and he is going to be sorely missed by his constituency and his colleagues in the Congress. When DICK WHITE initially came to the House. he campaigned hard on the theme of constituent service. and his success i this regard should be a model for all incoming freshmen Mem-
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: DICK WHITE (democrat)
Chamber: H

knows west Texas. and the people of west Texas know him to be an effective and hardworking Member of Congress in their behalf. As all of us know. DICK WHITE Is a quiet. unassuming man who possesses good manners and a serious eye for congressional business. He works hard. He loves the institution of the House. and he leaves this body a. better place for his having served. Dicic WHITE Is a patriot in the finest sense of the word. He loves his country. and as a combat veteran of World War II. he demonstrated the courage and bravery that America will always call upon in its hour of need. He participated in the worst of it. in the Pacific campaign as a U.S. marine. There is a hard and stout rulea traditionthat once a marine always a marine. Dicx WHITE fits that mold. The House Armed Services Committee will especially miss DICK WHITE. He is a studious. thoughtful. and reflective member of the committee. When witnesses appear before the committee. especially the Subcommittee on Investigations. which he chairs. they had best be prepared. DIcK WHITE does his homework. He understandsthe Defense Establishment and he is not a kneejerk advocate of every defense program that comes down the pike. He respects the American taxpayer. and he dcmands a full accounting for every cent that is expended toward our defense effort. On the energy front. DICK WHITE has demonstrated a tremendous knowledge and interest in alternative sources of energy. He has done an outstanding job on the Science and Technology Committee in the areas of energy and agricultural research. He understands the critical need for America to establish a comprehensive plan for scientific and technological achievement in the decades ahead. not only to be in position to compete economically with the rest of the world. but to provide a better life for future generations of Americans. Throughout all these efforts. his thoughts and actions are in behalf of others. In essence. he is the very epitomy of the unselfish man. Members of Congress like DICK WHITE are hard to replace. He has truly been the good and faithful servant. He can look back on his congressional career and have the confidence of knowing that his was a job well done. DICK WHITE has made his mark. From his first election to the Texas Legislature in 1955 to the present. he has been in the political arena. His retirement is welldeserved but as we all know. a person like DICK WHITE never retires. Therefore. I look forward with the greatest enthusiasm to working with him in the future.e
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. one of the great privileges of serving in this house is the association we have with some of the finest and most dedicated representatives of the people of our country. We are all conscious of the high honor of being selected by our fellow citizens to represent them here. but we soon become aware that most of us share this other privilege and honor of association. Today. I join with my colleagues in paying tribute th RICHARD C. WHITE. one of the finest gentleman I have had the pleasure of knowing since coming to Congress together in 1965. Being of the same congressional vintage I have come to know DICK well. He has always been a good friendone to whom I could look for inspiration and guidance since our days in the Texas Legislature. For 18 years now DICK has represented the 16th Congressional District of Texas with distinction. Pair and kindly he. has worked faithfully for his constituents and the Nation. The strength of his personality. the willingness to say what many felt and the conviction to do the tough things that had to be donethese are all his qualities that will be forever gone. His legislative record is a monument to constructive thinking. farsightedness and legislative acumen. His contributions to the Armed Services Committee and the Committee on Science and Technology are particularly impressive. There Is no question the standards RICHARD set will be difficult to equal. Though DICK is retiring the people of his district will benefit from the work and legislation with which he has been identified through the years. I will miss him. The House of Representatives will miss him. His experience. his wisdom. and his humor will be missed by all who have been fortunate enough to have had DICK as a friend. II 10271 While DICK is the type I hate to see leave the service of his country he is also the type I am happy to see take advantage of time to spend with his family and friends. In the years ahead I wish him all the best.e
Date: 1982-12-17
Speaker: DICK WHITE (democrat)
Chamber: H

went to law school and started his own practice. But he wanted to continue to serve his country in the public arena. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1955. where he stayed 3 years. He then worked as El Paso County Demo. cratic chairman from 1962 to 1963. before election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1965. Altogether. DICK WHITE has represented the people of the 16th Congressional District of Texas for 16 years. serving on the Armed Services and Science and Technology Committees. During that time he has proven himself to be an able colleague and accomplished legislator. His contributions will be greatly missed when he leaves us. My wife. Lee. joins me in wishing DICK and his wife. Kathleen. and their family. all the best in the years ahead.e
Date: 1982-12-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the bill to improve programs for the stabilization of agricultural prices and production and for other purposes.
Date: 1982-12-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I might add further. it Is not even intended to be an endorsement of the program we are speaking about. It is only to facilitate its movement so we can take a look at it In its finished or final form.
Date: 1982-12-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman would yield to me further. it does not even do that. let me say to the gentleman. It just clears two areas. clears up two areas of possible problems for them. The final enactment of the pro. gram. the final package. we insist and reserve the right to take a look at it at the end. This only facilitates the implementation to the stage where we can take a look at it.
Date: 1982-12-18
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

When we return Sunday at 4 oclock. will we at that time take up the continuing resolution or the immigration bill?
Date: 1982-12-18
Speaker: SAM B. HALL (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman will yield for one further question. if we do not take it up on Sunday afternoon. then if we come back on Monday and take it up on Monday or whatever time we do return. on the Inmigration bill?
Date: 1982-12-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I want to clarify this. I am very concerned that we may be starting something here that could turn out to be a monster. Is it the intent of the gentlemans amendment that a list be kept of every person who applies for work. even if he just comes in and says. "do you have a job for me?" Does this mean that the employer should have the name and address of that individual?
Date: 1982-12-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. my concern is this: That we have to legislate for the Nation. but regretfully as individual Members we have to revert to how it applies in my district or my entity or my neighborhood. This is what concerns me: That we have agentleman who owns a packing shed and he hires people for his packing shed through a foreman or he talks to somebody or somebody runs into him downtown and says. "Hey. have you got a job for me?" Are we imposing on him the burden of saying. "What is your name? What is your address? I dont know if I have a job for you. but I have to fill out a blank form when I get back to my shed." And then who gets that information? My inner self tells me that this is asking for trouble. that we are going to make a list that will have a potential impact on individuals who later .may be checked. And that was my concern in the beginning. The may be asked. "Are you legal. or are you not legal? Do you have identification?" I do not know the background of the gentlemans thinking as far as this amendment is concerned. With the respect and admiration I have for the gentleman. I am not going to per se oppose the gentleman. but I am going to wave that red flag and say that this has great potential for mischief.