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Date: 1981-06-26
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I must agree that we did indeed have some very thorough hearings under the chairmanship of Mr. GONZALEZ on the Subcommittee on Housing on a good amount of this. but let us get the facts straight as to what this change does: 176.000 units of assisted housing down to 156.000. according to the Congressional Budget Office. and those fundsare taken and they are put into the Eximbank. That is to fund the large corporations. Small corporations in my State have told me they cannot participate. This is to help out the Boeings of this world. so we say to senior citizens. "Live in tents and freeze." We say to Eximbank. "We will fund you."p These same senior citizens. their rents will be going up. Let us not forget that. The people living in subsidized housing today are going to have their rents increased 1 percent per year for the next 5 years. Be prepared to answer their questions when they get the rent increases from the housing authorities. You know. that is amusing because from the Republican side of the aisle last year there was almost a unanimous vote dn an amendment that stated that when social. security checks increase. you do not increase the rental for those poor senior citizens who can just about live on what they are getting today. And those are the senior citizens in Woonsocket and Providence and Johnstown and Newport. Fall River. in every community in this country. As to rehab loans. the program is deauthorized. That is the money that people of low and moderate means use to keep their homes in livable condition. so the people of Woonsocket and Central Falls and Providence and Johnstown and Cranston and New Bedford and Fall River will no longer have the benefit of rehabilitation loans. Neighborhood selfhelp centers around the States of Rhode Island and Massachusetts will be closed down because their funding is eliminated. As to CDBO. there is a tremendous reduction. Every community in Rhode Island and Massachusetts will be affected because not only do we reduce the amount of funding. we fold UDAG In there. The mayors of our States are going to be very happy about that one. In addition to that. we fold in quite a few other programs. As a result. there are communities in. Rhode Island and Massachusetts who hoped to do something to revitalize their areas that are not going to be able to do it. And we fold EDA into CDBG. We allow now community development block grant funds to be used for profitprofit undertakingswhich means that much less for our communities to use for the nonprofits in our communities.
Date: 1981-06-26
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I will ask the gentleman to wait for a few more points. and then I will yield. Mr. Chairman. I think that anyone who supports the Latta substitute has to understand that they will then be answerable to their senior citizens. to their neighborhood selfhelp groups. and to their mayors who want to see their economies move. This amendment. as I stated. takes the money from subsidized housing. putting it into the ExIm Bank and reduces the overall funding for CDBG.
Date: 1981-06-26
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

I know the gentleman is interested in rural housing. and he takes a bit of a bath on this one.
Date: 1981-06-26
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Rat infested. one electric light. Yes. I know the kind of place the gentleman is talking about. We have those in Rhode Island.
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. f ask the distinguished acting Republican leader what the program is for the remainder of the week. If he can so state. and for as much as next week as it is possible for him to foresee.
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Can the distinguished acting Republican leader foresee what legislation may be before the Senate in the early part of next week?
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I thank the distinguished acting majority leader. Mr. President. If I have time remaining. I yield it to Mr. STENNS.
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the resolution has been cleared on both sides. There Is no obJection from the minority to its Immediate consideration.
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I Join with Mr. DOLE In expressing congratulations to this very extraordinary group of individuals who have demonstrated unusual courage and a great deal of determination and resolve. They are to be congratulated. I am glad to see the Senate extending its recognition to them for having achieved this very unusual and extraordinary goal. They have the kind of faith and courage that certainly are outstanding and should prove to be exemplary to the rest of us as we attempt to surmount lesser obstacles in life. I thank Mr. DOLE for his thoughtfulness in offering the resolution.
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. and I will not object. Is it the plan of the distinguished ma.lorlty leader to convene the Senate at no) later than 12 noon on that date?
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. all of the nominations on the Executive Calendar beginning with New Rteports. Council on Environmental Quality. and proceeding through page k~ have been cleared on this side of the aisle.
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I move to lay that* motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. there is no objection on this side. This matter has been cleared with Messrs. BIDEN. LEVIN. and other Members through the cloakroom telephone.
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I am sure that our Senate colleagues join Senator BAKER and me in offering our regrets to the family of Angioletta Landon. chief clerk of the Sergeant at Arms Office. After nearly a quartercentury of Senate service. Angie passed away on Sunday after a long illness. She was especially respected for her outstanding and professional work. her diligence in everything she undertook. and her notable devotion to the Senate. Moreover. she will be remembered by all who knew her for her warmth. courtesy. and kindness. I am particularly saddened by the loss of Angie. because as Mr. BAKER has stated. she was a native of my own State. coming from Clarksburg. Mr. President. the success of the Senates work depends significantly on scores of men and women like Angie Landon. who give so tirelessly of themselves for the Senates sake. All of us are moved by Angles death. and we want to let her family know that our thoughts are with them as they mourn the passing of a loved one who wvas also our friend.
Date: 1981-07-08
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. on August 8. 1981. the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America will celebrate the 100th anniversary of their founding. This date marks one full century during which the United Brotherhood of Carpenters has been an effective and strong voice in behalf of the rights of working people and their families. For a full century the United Brotherhood of Carpenters has strengthened the fabric of our society by espousing the cause of Justice for workIng people. In 1881 SecretaryTreasurer Peter J. McGuire of the Carpenters played a strong and leading role In the creation of the American Federation of Labor. In August 1881. he called for the founding convention of the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions which later evolved into the American Federation of Labor. The following month. September 1881. he issued a call for the Structural Alliance. a forerunner of the present AFLCIO Building and Construction Trades Department. Peter McGuire was the presiding chairmaun of the 1886 convention when the American Federation of Labor was established. Since the days of their first officers. President Gabriel Edmonston and SecretaryTreasurer Peter J. McGuire. the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Its members have always been in the forefront of those who espouse the twin Ideals of a free democratic society and trade unionism. They have consistently fought to better the wages. benefits. and conditions of working Americans and to serve the communities in which their members reside and work. From these beginnings the United Brotherhood of Carpenters has grown from a small band of craftsmen to approximately 800.000 working men and women in a wide variety of skills and Industrial pursuits. The commitment to their founding principles has continued to grow and to be strengthened. Virtually every segment of our society and virtually every community in our Nation has been served by them In the past century. I- am pleased to call this Important anniversary in the American labor movement to the attention of my colleagues and I Invite them to Join with me in extending to President William Konyha. Secretary John S. Rogers. Treasurer Charles E. Nichols. and to the members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America a sincere congratulations on the 100th anniversary of their foundIng and best wishes for their continued growth and service to our Nation.*
Date: 1981-07-09
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. may I ask the distinguished majority leader as to what the program will be for the rest of today and tomorrow.
Date: 1981-07-09
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the distinguished majority leader. Is he In a position at this time to say when action may be expected on the omnibus farm bill?
Date: 1981-07-09
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the distinguished majority leader. I may say that the two measures to which he referred earlier have been cleared on this side. If he wishes to proceed with unanimous consent on those. the minority is ready to do so..
Date: 1981-07-09
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I do so for the purpose of stating to the gentleman from Kansas that I have Personal assurance form the Secretary himself that he would open up for the 1981 crop immediately upon the passage of this legislation. Also. I would like to ascertain from the chairman of the subcommittee that the proposed savings figure. am I to understand. is $167 million or $165 million. somewhere In that figure. is that correct?
Date: 1981-07-09
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Which means that the Committee on Agriculture now has cumulatively proposed savings of close to $3 billion which the farmers and the rural areas of this country have willingly. although sometimes with some slight degree of reluctance. provided to the overall effort of reducing our deficit and trying to balance the budget. first with the midannual adjustment on the dairy program. then with our contribution on the reconciliation to the stage It has progressed over $2.5 billion in which was included this amount of some $165 million. so the farm sectors contribution to the overall effort will be somewhere close to $3 billion. which I think Is a major contribution from an area that suffers so many disasters and so many adversities.
Date: 1981-07-09
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Madam Chairman. I think the gentleman overlooks the fact that Congress could pass a bill making bigger trucks able to travel on the Interstate highways and exempt them from toll highways for the MX missile. and we could then drive them around the Interstates.
Date: 1981-07-09
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

That would be little enough for the money we are blowing on the MX missile. if we need to make that change and rebuild all the highways and bridges In existence.
Date: 1981-07-09
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I commend him for his remarks. I rise In support of the Dellums amendment and would like to say that we will spend more than $200 billion on this project. and It will never be completed. I will put any money anybody wants on that bet. if they want to take it. It is a boondoggle that will never be "booned" and. hopefully. will never be "doggled."
Date: 1981-07-09
Speaker: WILLIAM J. COYNE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to tell my fellow colleagues about the Kosharovsky family of the Soviet Union. Mr. Yuli Kosharovsky and his wife Inna. first submitted their applications to emigrate to Israel in April 1971. They were refused permission the following month. Mr. and Mrs. Kosharovsky were again denied permission in November 1977. In 1980. the Kosharovskys were informed by Soviet officials that they must remain in the Soviet Union because they did not have any close relatives in Israel. Ironically. both Yuli and Inna hold Israeli citizenships. Mr. Kosharovsky Is by profession a radio electronics engineer. his wife. a mathematician. Yull and Inna have two sons aged 14 and 11. Yuli Kosharovsky lost his job In the shop where he was working when his employers learned of his wish to emigrate. Since then he has been unable to find work in his profession and taken on odd Jobs to support his family. At present. Yuli Is working as a night watchman at a cinema. His wife. Inna. studied mathematics at the Moscow State University. but has never been allowed to work in her field because of her desire to live in Israel. As one of the early leaders of the Soviet Jewry movement. Yuli Kosharovsky. continues to speak out for freedom of emigration. The KGB has threatened and harassed him. He has been arrested several times sihce early 1970. on charges of hooliganism and disturbing the public order. In the summer of 1975. he began a seminar for unemployed engineers (unemployed because of their desire to emigrate to Israel.) He has been threatened many times by the Soviet police and told that he should discontinue these seminars. but he has not done so. In an Incredible act of bravery. he was one of 250 Soviet Jews who signed the following appeal directed to the Knesset and all Jewish communities throughout the world. We appeal to you at one of the most dramatic moments. perhaps one of the major turning points in the history of the Jews in Russia. Our history is one neverendiong web of humiliation. oppression and pogroms... On the surface only a small part of the erupting volcano can yet be seen. All the rest Is insldehiddeni concealed from view. What is being cooked up. down there In the depths. is as yet unknown to us. but we shall no doubt very soon feel It and experience the full effects of the depth of antiJewish prejudice. At this serious and dangerous moment in our lives. we want you to know that no treachery. threat. slander or libel can Intimidate us. We shall continue with the fight for our freedom. because we know that you are with us. We shall do everything In our power to restore and maintain the honor and dignity of our people. Mr. Speaker. every possible step should be taken by our Government to see that officals of the Soviet Union abide by the Helsinki Accords of 1975. I urge my colleagues to let their voices be heard in defense of the basic human rights of all Soviet Jews.o
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I take this time to Inform the House that there is a very serious outbreak of a pest called the Mediterranean fruit fly In the State of California which appears at this time to be out of control. The Secretary of Agriculture is taking some measures today. sending a special task force. The Deputy Secretary. Dick Lyng. will be there on Tuesday. but the fact Is that the Governor of the State of California has not cooperated fully with the Department of Agriculture. I would like to request my colleagues from California and the Governor himself that this is a very serious threat to the food production not only in California. but in the United States of America and a potential harm to our markets abroad. I think that It is of such a serious nature that unless the Department of Agriculture has the necessary cooperation from the State of California. they are going to be forced to onforce a quarantine on all crops out of the State of California which I will strongly support as a protective device necessary for all the other producing States.
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: JOHN L. BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

I do not recall. Mr. Speaker. any tax Increase under the past administration. I do remember 8 years of Nixon and Ford. If the gentlemen from California wants to remember them. and how taxes crept up and how they fought every effort we had to index the tax thing. But I am sure that Mr. LUNGREN. who Is coming back down the aisle right nowand If I keep talking long enough. my minute will run out and I will not be able to yield him any timewould I yield the gentleman any time to defend the NixonFord administration or the FordNixon administration?
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the. nominations on the Executive Calendar. beginning with the Department of the Interior and going through page 2. with the exception of the nomination under "New Reports" on page 2. have been cleared on this side on the aisle and wre are ready to proceed.
Date: 1981-07-10
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.
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. may I say that the matter Is being discussed on this side of the aisle. I am not in a position at this point to give the distinguished Senator a definite response.
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. my understanding of the words "acted on both of those measures" would not be interpreted by the Chair as requiring final action so as to Include the conference report.
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

That is good enough for me. Mr. President. stil reserving the right to Object. is it the plan of the distinguished majority leader If this order Is entered. to have a session of the Senate tomorrow? I also take It there will be no more roilcall votes prior to Monday.
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I thank the majority leader for the information. He is also counting on the vote to occur on the Johnston motion?
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

In the event cloture will be Invoked on the Johnston amendmentand I am not assuming that the vote will be In the affirmative or that it will be in the negativethere would then be. however. the possibility of votes on that amendment. would there not?
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the distinguished majority leader has enunciated the Intent and understanding of the order and of the majority leaders response to my question. and I so state It for the RECORD.
Date: 1981-07-10
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the vote earlier today on the motion to Invoke cloture on S. 951. the Department of Justice authorizations bill. was a very complex vote that easily could be misunderstood. I want to clarify the situation. as I see it. I believe it Is fair to say that my colleagues voted "No". each for several different but compelling reasons. and each Senator may state his own reasons or have his own reasons. A vote against cloture on the bill. as I see it. could mean that the Senator so -voting supported the HelmsJohnston. approach to the busing question and did not want to see that amendment ruled out of order for not being germane. On the other hand. as I see It. some Senators who voted IT o" support busing as a remedy that the :istice Department may seek and that IF ideral courts may order. Those Senators may have supported the continued filibuster against the HelmsJohnston amendment No. 98 (as modified) . they may not have wanted the Helms amendment No. 89 considered tinder the time limitation provided for In the rule X)MI f cloture were Invoked. I am foursquare against the use of forced busing. and have been from the very beginning. for the purpose of achieving an arbitrary racial balance in Public schools. However. I voted "No" against the motion to Invoke cloture for another reason. Had the motion to invoke cloture succeeded. cloture would have precluded the Democrats from offering our crime control Package which has been developed by Senators BIDER and NuNx and other Democratic Senators. with the support of the Democratic conference. We are very concerned about the problem of crime that plagues our society. We want an opportunity to Immediately address this problem by debating and voting on the Democratic crime control amendments to the bill. We will lose that opportunity If cloture Is Invoked on the bill. Mr. President. I yield the floor.
Date: 1981-07-13
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I have no request for time. I have no need for it myself. I. therefore. yield my time back.
Date: 1981-07-13
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I wish to state -for the RECORD that these requests have been cleared by me with the distinguished Senator from South Carolina . the rankinig member of the Budget Committee.
Date: 1981-07-13
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I want some definite understanding that the minority will be protected. We have already authorized the Chair to appoint conferees. I did not interpose an objection at that point. I know the majority leader Intends to protect the minority but I want it In the RECORD.
Date: 1981-07-13
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. will the distinguished majority leader get an order to the effect that the Chair will appoint these conferees only after consultation with and the approval *of the minority leader. insofar as the minority conferees are concerned?
Date: 1981-07-13
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. all nominations on pages 1. 2. and 3 are cleared on the minority side with the exception of the nomination under "ACTION agency." The minority is ready tp proceed on those nominees who have been cleared.
Date: 1981-07-13
Speaker: WON PAT (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to authorize appropriations for certain Insular areas of the United States. and for other purposes. as amended.
Date: 1981-07-13
Speaker: WON PAT (democrat)
Chamber: H

First of all. let me say that the amounts here are very minimal. They are way below the reconciliation budget figures. As I pointed out in my statement. these are for capital projects. More importantly. of course. more vital are what we call the water and power facilities.
Date: 1981-07-13
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

H.R. 3659 falls.considerably below the amount that was authorized for the territories in GrammLatta 11. GrammLatta II authorized some $236.5 million in fiscal year 1982 for the territories. vihile this bill only authorizes $12 million for fiscal year 1982. The amount that has thus far been appropriated for the territories by the Appropriations Committee Is $171.4 million. The gentlemen can see that the appropriations are way below the amount that the House authorized just recently in GrammLatta 11. This appropriations bill will be coming to the floor shortly. Also. may I point out that H.R. 3659 was taken up by the full committee on June 24. The bill was handled in the same manner as similar bills In the past. concerns were addressed when language was put In for authorizations in the committee budget. With regard to the $8 million authorized for water and power In the Virgin Islands. the administration has been fully apprised of the dire need for water and power assistance In the Islands. The authorization Is clearly justified and the figure pared to meet budgetary constraints.