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Date: 2001-01-06
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: S
State: Texas

It is in writing. signed by a number of Members of Congress. and because we received hundreds of thousands of telegrams and emails and telephone calls. but we do not have a Senator.
Date: 2001-02-14
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. to my colleague. the gentlewoman from Ohio . let -me thank you for leading this celebration series of speeches today. It is important that we at least once a year give notice to the history of the African Americans in this country. We especially think it is important this year. because we just had a very. very emotional. difficult experience with the past election. and the reason why we are so concerned about that is because we have had several turbulent periods in our history on our voting rights. As you know. we got them very early. then Reconstruction. we lost a number of people. We have fought and died for our voting rights. and. as I indicated before. as Santayana once said: "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." We do not want to repeat the history we have had in this country. trying to gain equal respect and equal opportunity for casting votes as citizens in the United States. So it is indeed important that we bring attention to this issue and plead and pray for a solution. I thank the gentlewoman very much.
Date: 2001-02-27
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker. 10 days ago. America lost one of its legends with the death of Dale Earnhardt at the Daytona 500. In the best tradition of NASCAR racing. in the tradition of Junior Johnson and King Richard. Richard Petty. we lost a hero. We lost a person who understood competition maybe better than anyone we have ever seen. a person who understood that every day was about going out and seeing whether or not he could be a winner. Dale Earnhardt won 76 times over these 26 years. He won seven Winston Cup championships. And it was for that reason that he was called "the Intimidator." because everyone knew. if they tuned in to a NASCAR race. if the Number 3 was still on the track toward the end of the race. he was going to spend all his time trying to figure out how to win that race. It did not matter if he was down a lap or if he was in the back of the pack. everyone knew he was going to try to edge his way forward. Sometimes he did it by bumping people gently. sometimes he bumped people roughly. but the fact was he felt it was open for anyone to win that race. He was not a great fan of managed competition or people deciding the rules and the regulations under which NASCAR would be run. He did not like the restrictors. the aerodynamic restrictions on design. He thought it ought to be just raw competition. as those people who went before him in the NASCAR races. That is why he was a hero to millions and millions of people in this country and all over the world. That is why when I calledmy son to talk about the accident afterwards. he talked of how he and his wife sat there with tears in their eyes as they realized that he had died. And other members of our family who had been great fans of his over many. many. many years suffered the loss along with his family and all of his fans. Yes. we truly lost a great hero. We truly lost a wonderful role model and example for so many people about playing every day for real and about competing in the best form and with great gusto. We will miss the Number 3. We will miss the Intimidator. But we know he leaves us a legacy. and all of those drivers who follow him. as with his son. Dale Earnhardt. Junior.
Date: 2001-02-28
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. I rise to speak on behalf of this publication. Every month. and this happens to be the last day of that month. we have Black History Month. We have that because much of the history of blackAmericans was not recorded and intertwined with history making. Often. we do not know our own history until we can get some publication where someone wrote something down about what was going on. All too often. we find the absence of anything that sometimes we accomplish unless it is breaking the law. Our young people need role models. They need to know opportunities are really available. When they can see a publication like this. then often it gives them that inspiration to feel that it is possible for them. too. That is why I think that it is very worthy of having it printed and updated now. H482 col Classrooms at every level can utilize something of this sort. and it is not because we think we are that special. It is because there are so many young black Americans that do not even know today that manyof us serve in Congress and do not know what we do. It is very moving to walk into a classroom and students just want to touch you. because they think that where you have gone and what you have achieved is untouchable until you can say to them. it is touchable. It is touchable because the people that are featured in this book helped to make that possible. And the next one that comes out. it will be those people that helped to bring us to the next level. It is important. and it makes for a more positive attitude with our young people for them to work toward a most successful and productive future.
Date: 2001-03-07
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California . who has been fighting this long and hard for a number of years as a member of the Committee on Appropriations.
Date: 2001-03-07
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

and my brother. Frank. he still conMr. Speaker. I yield myself such time tinues the family business. And this is as I may consume. how you wash dishes. You go like this. Mr. Speaker. if the gentleman would Sometimes it is 2 hours a day. somehave yielded. I would have pointed out times 4 hours a day. It depends upon he. is not holding up the regulations at the extent of the business. If business all. he is holding up the comments. The is good. you have more dishes to wash. regulations is 9pages long. It is not 600 Here is the problem: If somebody pages. and the gentleman completely washing dishes has a problem with. misrepresented what. in fact. he was their hand and they go to the small telling the American public. employer. such as my brother. Frankie. who has 13 tables in his restaurant. this is what Frankie has to do. he has to adopt a program that contains the following elements. hazardous information and reporting. management leadership and employee participation. job hazard analysis and control. training. MSD management and program evaluation. The standard provides the employer with several options for evaluating and controlling risk factors for jobs covered by the ergonomics program. This is washing dishes. How else can you wash dishes where you cannot move your hands? That is the absurdity of these ergonomic 9 pages of regulations and hundreds of pages of attempted clarifications of them. To all the restaurant owners. to all the small momandpops that are trying to eke out a living and to my brother. Frankie. with 13 tables and 13 stools at his bar and a handful of employees. he is going to have to put a sign that says dish washing is hazardous to your health. How else can you wash dishes?
Date: 2001-03-07
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minutes to the gentleman from New York . a member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Date: 2001-03-07
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland . a member of the Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Labor. Health and Human Services and Education.
Date: 2001-03-07
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I object tp the vote on the ground that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not present.
Date: 2001-03-14
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

BUSH Mr. Speaker. it is becoming very clear (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given that whether one is old or young. the permission to address the House for 1 Bush tax cut is too big and will not minute and to revise and extend his reallow us to meet the priorities of this marks.) Nation. Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker. that For those parents who want a decent wrenching sound we heard from Penneducation. a firstclass education for sylvania Avenue yesterday was Presitheir children. who want quality teach- dent George Bush breaking a promise ers in every classroom. who want mod- to the American people. Last Sepern schools. who want to make sure tember President Bush promised the that in fact we can reduce class sizes American people he would work to rebecause we now know that children duce carbon dioxide pollution from learn better in smaller classes. the generating plants. Yesterday he broke Bush tax cut is crowding that out. that pledge. For the elderly. the Washington Post. Despite the fact that since last Seppoints out today that the Bush tax cut tember the evidence has accumulated is a raid on the Medicare trust fund. rapidly. the global climate change is occurring due to carbon dioxide pollution. Even though that evidence has increased. unfortunately. so has the administrations willingness to follow the dictates of the oil and gas industry. For a President who said that the reason he did this is that he is worried about an energy crisis. we find that laughable in the West. because for the last 2 months we have been asking the President of the United States to do something about energy prices. to impose a shortterm wholesale price cap. and he has refused to even consider it. We are going to urge him to reconsider that. because I can promise the Members this. this President broke his promise. It has not broken our spirit to bring Americans clean energy at a reasonable price.
Date: 2001-03-21
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. I am honored to urge the passage of H. Con. Res. 43 which authorizes the revised printing of the House document entitled "Black Americans in Congress." I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland for his foresight and leadership on this issue. and also the gentleman from Ohio . the chairman of the Committee on House Administration. I know the gentleman from Ohio has many obligations which touch and concern the efficient management and operation of this institution. I want to thank the gentleman for including the important task of updating this book as a part of his mission. Mr. Speaker. I ask that if this resolution is approved. that the revised version be dedicated to my friend and colleague. Representative Julian Dixon. who passed away 3 months ago. As we know since the original printing of this book. 40 new AfricanAmerican Members of Congress have walked through these hallowed halls. Many Members who are here now were not here when the book was first printed. including myself. Mr. Speaker. our being here is not an individual accomplishment. it is a testament to a people. AfricanAmericans in this country have gone from chains to Congress. from auction block to Wall Street. from segregation to Silicon Valley. African Americans have been a moving and integral force in the history and development of this country. and we will continue to press forward. As members of the Congressional Black Caucus. our motto has always been "No permanent friends. no permanent enemies. just permanent issues." This motto encompasses our goal of ensuring that every American can enjoy the blessings of peace and prosperity. It is not a utopian ideal or an insurmountable hurdle. It is the concrete realization of Dr. Martin Luther Kings message when he said that we are trying to make America true to its promise. The individual stories in this book are a tribute to those who have worked toward fulfilling Americas promise. Their struggles serve as a road map to guide us forward in our struggle together as a people and as a Nation. Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman from Maryland for sponsoring this legislation once again. and say once again that it is important that young people of AfricanAmerican descent and even new immigrants must understand that they are role models and they can achieve. they can aspire. The opportunities are possible. and with a documentation of this sort I feel that it will be a major part of libraries throughout this country so that there will be a bright future planned for. worked for. thought about. and achieved by those who feel perhaps now that the opportunity simply is not there. They need to know their history. and I thank my colleagues very much for supporting this resolution that will further document that history and progress.
Date: 2001-03-21
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker.. I thank the gentleman from Oregon for yielding to me and for taking this special order. and I also want to thank the gentleman from New Jersey
Date: 2001-03-27
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Madam Chairman. I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for yielding to me. Madam Chairman. voting is the most fundamental -right guaranteed by our Constitution. I came here feeling this term that this would be a high priority for both sides of the aisle. I have spoken with the President. and I have spoken with other leadership in this House. It is very appalling -that there is no evidence of any funding to correct this problem with this Republican resolution. There is no way that we can stand here and say that we support a strong democracy when we are not willing to fund the whole system that the entire country experienced as a failure this past election. Just yesterday. I received a letter from someone in Iowa. talking about the difficulties which they had in Wapello County. He said that he was a precinct election committee member. and he had trouble getting uptodate restoration information from the Iowa Department of Transportation through the Motor Voter Registration Program. This was not just oneplace in our country. Our democracy was threatened throughout the Nation. We are standing here tonight talking about this type and size of budget without having given any particular attention to this problem that simply threatens our sovereignty as a Nation. The world is watching. and we have not even attempted to address it. One cannot address a problem without designating some dollars. The Democratic proposal has $1 billion for 2001 and $500 million for 2002 to replace these outdated machines so that every vote that is cast can be counted. I see no evidence of that in the Republican resolution. even though I asked the President personally about it. He told me that it would be there.
Date: 2001-03-27
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Madam Chairman. if the gentleman will yield. what else. what else in this years budget could be more important than preserving our own democracy?
Date: 2001-03-28
Speaker: DIANNE FEINSTEIN (democrat)
Chamber: S

I expect Senator FEINSTEIN would agree with me. with a $1.000 contribution limit. trying to pool enough resources together to reach 30 million people against a wellknown incumbent. that challenger would probably have to spend the whole 6 years trying to pool together enough resources to be competitive. I wonder if the Senator agrees with that observation.
Date: 2001-04-26
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. reserving the right to object. although I do not intend to object. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky .
Date: 2001-04-26
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. continuing under my reservation. I rise in strong support of this resolution. Mr. Speaker. I yield to the gentlewoman from Nevada .
Date: 2001-04-26
Speaker: ROBERT MULLER (democrat)
Chamber: S

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Acting). Office of Vocational and Adult Education. Department of Education. Washington. DC. DEAR MR. MULLER: On behalf of the 32 Tribal Colleges and Universities. I am writing to request your assistance with a serious matter involving our two triballycontrolled postsecondary vocational institutions. United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) and Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT). It has come to my attention that your office is about to publish a solicitation opening up eligibility requirements for Title I. Sec. 117. therefore. significantly changing the intent of the program. It is of great concern that no consultation has been done with our institutions on this matter. To make this change would seriously jeopardize the funding for UTTC and CITs core operations and force their closure. Because of the immense ramifications of this action. we strongly urge you to hold the solicitation to be published March 28. 2002. We also request that appropriate consultation occur. with AIHEC. UTTC. and CIT as soon as possible so that this matter can be resolved constructively and expeditiously. � It is important to note the value of these two institutions and their historic role in providing vocational education opportunities to American Indian students. UTTC and CIT were founded because of limited access to opportunities in vocational education in serving their respective tribal communities. However. because these two institutions are vocational in nature and did not. meet the eligibility requirements of the Tribally Controlled College Assistance Act for core operational support. Sec. 117 was created by AIHECs advocacy efforts on their behalf. Thank you for your immediate attention and consideration. We look forward to your response. I can be reached at 7039804456/cell or 5059824411 until March 29th. Respectively.
Date: 2001-05-10
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. if I might ask the majority leader a question about the committee during the deliberations on H.R. 1. the education bill. During the consideration of H.R. 1. the education bill. in the committee a number of Members on both sides of the aisle withheld amendments during that consideration on the assumption that they would then be able to have an opportunity to offer those amendments on the floor. I have been having Members ask me all day about potential amendments. Has the gentleman given any consideration with the Committee on Rules on the kind of rule. the time that might be allotted to this legislation?
Date: 2001-05-16
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. on rollcall No. 114. Approval of the Journal. I missed the vote due to detainment departing the White House. Had I been present. I would have voted "yea.
Date: 2001-05-16
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me. Mr. Chairman. I rise to request a vote no on this amendment. Let me share with Members that my religious values I hold dear. I am not in church right now. but I respect the right of every woman to choose medical procedures that she and her doctor have decided. But that is not what this is about. This is about family planning. Family planning will eliminate the need for abortions. As a professional nurse. abortions are not done lightly. It is a tough decision and a medical one. for the most part. I can assure the Members that not a single dollar in this bill is going to fund an abortion. But. Mr. Chairman. we recognize the need for family planning. not only will it save lives. it will also prevent a lot of disease. When people have access to information on how to control their emotions and their lives. we will see a better result.
Date: 2001-05-16
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I do not know if this is a fastmoving train or a slowmoving train. but I get the sense this is like that train yesterday with no driver. It is very toxic and it is going real fast down the tracks. and there is nobody in the engine. What. this tax cut is going to do is in fact it is going to be toxic to the rest of the priorities in this Nation. Tomorrow we are going to start the debate on the elementarysecondary school act. and we are going to bring a bill out here that not only will provide major reforms within our school systems. but it will provide the resources to bring about those reforms that the President has said he has wanted. that the Congress has said they wanted. Republicans and Democrats alike. But this vote today will cause us to pass a tax bill that will strip all of the money away that is in that bill for the next 5 years for elementary and secondary education. Because when you take the budget as it was passed. as it was impacted by this tax bill. the Presidents budget went from some money to education to no money in the future for education. The reforms will not come about. the school improvement will not come about. because that is the real price of this tax cut. it infringes on every American school childs education.
Date: 2001-05-17
Speaker: GEORGE MILLER (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: California

Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker. this bill before us today reflects the culmination of a lot of work and effort by all of the members of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. I particularly want to thank the members of our committee. the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman BOEHNER). the gentleman from Michigan . the gentleman from Delaware . the gentlewoman from Hawaii . the gentleman from Indiana . the gentleman from California . who are part of the working group. But I want to extend that thanks to every member of the committee. all of whom had to stretch to try to bring this legislation together to try to create sound educational reform and improvement along the lines that so many Members of Congress have spoken about in our various debates. in our campaigns. talking to children and parents to try to make the American education system a better place for all of our students so they can acquire the skills necessary to participate to the fullest extent in American society. I believe that this legislation does. that. It does that because of the kind of cooperation that we received. However. I must say that I am very disappointed in the rule because I am very concerned that very crucial items for debate within the discussion of the American education system. those amendments were not allowed in order: Amendments offered by Members on this .side of the aisle to deal with the issues of smaller class size. to make sure that in fact we have an environment in which teachers can teach and children can learn. to have modern and safe schools. to renovate the unsafe schools and improve schools through school construction grants. to make sure that we have adequate counselors in schools so if we see violence break out in some of our campuses. even to the extent of killings through gun violence and other forms of violence. that we have people in place who can deal with these student populations. in many cases in very difficult situations. and clearly the need for full funding for IDEA. Mr. Speaker. this is important to all of us on both sides of the aisle to make sure that funding is there. For that reason. I would ask Members to vote against this rule so that perhaps those amendments could be made in order.