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Date: 1994-03-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I was asked recently by a person. "Why dont you just put American where it says nationality?" I said. "Fine with me. but what do we do about Central America? What do we do about South America?" He said. "Well. I hadnt thought about that. I thought Americans was us." A friend of mine who is a singer from Mexico was in Canada not too long ago. And at the end of his program. he sang "God Bless America." A Canadian walked up to him and said. "Why are you singing that here?" He said. "Is not Canada a part of North America? Are we not Americans all from Chile to Canada? Should we say this language. yes. that language. no?" I say. let us worry about the issueg of the day and not emotional outbursts of a negative nature. That is why I oppose this amendment. Mr. Chairman.
Date: 1994-03-21
Speaker: GENE GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Chairman. this amendment would raise the authorization of the Emergency Immigrant Education Program for fiscal year 1995 from $40 million to $100 million. This amendment. as proposed. would increase the amount to $100 million. however. a compromise has been reached with Republican Members and it is my hope that this amendment is now acceptable to both sides of the aisle. The Emergency Immigrant Education Program provides funding to States who have been paying the cost of education for children of recent immigrants to this country. These children often are more costly to educate since they often have special needs and this program offers a moderate amount of Federal assistance to recognize the Federal Governments responsibility to compensate States for the costs associated with our Federal immigration policy. We are asking for an increase in authorized amount because the program has not kept pace with the steady increase in the number of immigrant children in our schools. As you may be aware. States such as Texas and California have recently begun legal action against the Federal Government in order to recover the costs associated with immigration. This program addresses part of those costs and is support by both Gov. Pete Wilson and Gov. Ann Richards. Passing this amendment will send a strong message to the States that the Federal Government can and will accept responsibility for its actions. It is our Federal immigration policy that causes much of the burden on our public schools and this amendment will help those States who have thus far been bearing a greater share of this burden. I urge my colleagues to accept this amendment and give our States the resources they need to provide education services to all children.
Date: 1994-03-21
Speaker: GENE GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Chairman. like the chairman of my committee. I also think this amendment is acceptable and is a good compromise. We worked this out to provide that funding for the children.
Date: 1994-03-21
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I move to strike the requisite number of words. Mr. Chairman. when I first came to this institution several years back. along with the distinguished Senator from Illinois. Everett Dirksen. I would introduce the prayer in public buildings. or prayer in school amendment. and have done so from time to time. relying on the Founding Fathers intentions that there be no mandatory imposition of religion upon the citizens of the newly named colonies. upon their separation from England. and that is a very simple process. They never denied. they implored the Almighty in all of their deliberations. in everything that they did. They implored the blessings even in the separation itself. Therefore. I am concerned and disturbed this evening that we are somehow arguing about the how to do it or how to protect it. and deviating from what we need to do. which Is to bring prayer back Into the families. into the communities. into the schools. into the public meetings. as we do daily when we meet here. I do not know the intricacies of the amendments. I hear the arguments on both sides. but what we should be doing is that we be given some guidance to the courts that have not given us finite definitions of what is prohibited. what Is sanctioned. All that I know Is that if we are going to attack crime. if we are going to attack the dissolution of families. if we are going to attack all of the evils that are eating into the heart of our institutions and our country. we need to bring prayer back into the system. How to do It is probably a very intricate question. but this evening I am disturbed as I hear the amendments pro and con. and I probably would support either one of the amendments. but I think that one of the prior speakers said that we will work It out later. That is not the answer this evening. that we would work it out later. What we need to do is a very simple "yea" or "nay" whether you take -the- -money away or whether you give money to entice. I do not know that that would be a final resolution. All that we need to do is say that a prayer or prayers can -be made or offered in public buildings or in the schools without interfering at all with the prohibition of Stateimposed. or the guarantee of. that you have a right. and I may not have added much to the debate here this evening except to add that we need to bring prayer back into the hearts of the American people and into our institutions and everywhere where we need to implore the Almighty as was done by those that founded this great country of ours.
Date: 1994-03-22
Speaker: ROGR G. KENNEDY (democrat)
Chamber: S

Director. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Washington. DC. DEAR DIRECTOR KENNEDY: I enjoyed your speech to the National Parks Hospitality Association last week. The challenges you face of downsizing and streamlining are the same challenges that many businesses throughout the United States have had to face. Babbitts is no different. Over the past five years. we have closed eight unprofitable retail locations and dramatically cut our corporate overhead. Over the past five years. we have dropped from 700 employees to 500 employees. With one major exception. our approach to ensuring the survival of a onehundredfiveyearold company is similar to your approach. In 1987 our company was carrying $20.500.000 in bank borrowings (a debt to equity ratio of 9.1). Our survival plan included an aggressive approach to cutting costs and reducing debt. In order to reduce our debt to a manageable level. we had to sell and lease back some of our operating properties. The Park Service seems to want to acquire properties at.he expense of further increasing the national debt. There is no question that amortizing possessory interest over a period of time will result in lower concession fees and lower revenues to the federal government. I wont bore you with any further discussion of Senate Bill 208. Im sure you understand all the pros and cons and the concerns of the concessionaires. Many of those concerns were discussed at the El Tovar Symposium last fall. I respectfully request you consider suggesting two changes to the bill: (1) grandfathering existing possesory interest thereby honoring commitments made by the Park Service when improvements were made in the parks. and. (2) extending standards lengths of contracts to 15 years. Fifteen year contracts would lessen the administrative burden on the Park Service and would go a long way in ensuring that future National Park Improve-. ments would be provided by concessionaires. As long as I am writing. I would like to bring to our attention my concerns regarding the General Management Plan at the Grand Canyon. I have enclosed copies of a letter I sent to Bob Chandler and a copy of a letter from Steve Carothers. president of the consulting firm. SWCA. regarding the GMP. I believe my proposals are a reasonable compromise and accomplish the parks objectives with minimal environmental impact. Babbitts has had a presence on the south rim of the Grand Canyon since 1905. Our love and appreciation for the park is deeply rooted in the family and our employees. I am concerned about how our Board of Directors and shareholders may view the proposed legislative changes. That coupled with the uncertainty of future contract renewals and impacts from the OMP may result In our company "cashing out" of the business. We may be just one of mahay smaller concessionaires leaving the parks. I hope you will see fit to intercede in Lhe legislative process. Sincerely.
Date: 1994-03-23
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. I rise this morning to express my appreciation and respect for the First Lady. Hillary Clinton. As we speak. she is meeting with people who are interested in what we are going to do about longterm care. Hillary Clinton is a welleducated woman who feels confident in her own abilities. who has felt comfortable in leaving the teas at the White House and going to the people. listening to them and helping to develop a policy to respond to them. We appreciate her because of that. We realize we are not an Ivory tower. We realize that we cannot get policies put together that represent people without talking to people and responding to them. Hillary Clinton has been willing to do that. She has been our First Lady. Mr. Speaker. we elected Bill Clinton for President. and that is his wife. and we are delighted that in America. for the first time in a long time. we have a smart woman who is willing to leave the teas. leave the receptions. and go to the people. and respond to the people. We thank Hillary. We thank her for the respect she has for the people of this Nation. We thank her for the job that she is doing.
Date: 1994-03-24
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. Mexican Presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was my friend for over 20 years. We worked together on many projects of mutual interest to our two nations. I followed with great interest his trajectory in Mexican politics and in the service of his country over the years. I was able to take measure of the man. His death is a terrible loss to his family. to his friends and supporters. to the Government of Mexico. and it is a loss for the people of Mexico. His death is. in fact. a loss for all of us. For I feel this young man of 44 years of age was destined to be a world leader of major import. It is indeed sad that in this day and age tragedies like this happen. I hope that somehow wethe American people and the Mexican peoplemight learn and grow closer from this tragic incident. There are some who will say this assassination shows how chaotic the political situation is in Mexico. Do we forget Lincoln. the Kennedy brothers. and Dr. King? What we must learn is that the political agenda of a small minority in both of our countries is not good government and public service. but rather personal ambitions and hatred. Passion and extremism of this nature must somehow be tempered or altogether withdrawn from the political arena. I do hope we learn. I join our dstinguished Speaker and extend my most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Luis Donaldo and to the people of Mexico We share in their loss.
Date: 1994-03-24
Speaker: EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. a number of forces have combined to once again challenge not only the letter. but the spirit. of one of the most significant pieces of legislation in the history of this great body. the Voters Rights Act of 1965. Just this week we saw Schindlers List nominated as the best picture for 1993. The real message there was never again the Holocaust of the Jews in Nazi Germany. Well. the message here from black Americans is never again. Whatever party we participate in. never again will we sit by and allow gerrymandering that recognizes rivers and freeways and everything else and ignores the fact we are voters. Never again will this happen in this country without getting the attention of everyone. Imagine a Congress that has nothing but white men. No women. no Jews. nothing but white men. That is what the forces would like to see. But we say. Mr. Speaker. to all of America. never again.
Date: 1994-03-24
Speaker: ANDREW C. HOVE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Acting Director. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Washington. DC. DEAR MI. HOVE: I am writing in reference to the House Banking Committee Minority .h and Rolls investigation of the failure of Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan (Madison). As you scuss Securi- know. Madison was taken over by federal ne on by its regulators in March 1989 and resolved by the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) in Noarket survey vember. 1990. To assist in this investigation. I request w to handle that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) provide access to all documents related to Madison and its subsidiaries. Such documents would include. but not be limited to. administrative files. examination reports. interoffice memorandum. notes and minutes of meetings (including telephonic rLy 11. 1985. meetings). correspondence. electronic mail. and agreements the FDIC entered into with private sector firms to perform legal and ne to take in other services related to Madison. In addi.ets discuss tion to documents in possession at FDICWashington. I request access to all docuig you have ments related to Madison held at FDIC field immission as offices. Furthermore. please provide the inton within names and titles of all FDIC employees involved with the examination and supervision of Madison. Please have your staff contact Mike rs from Con- McGarry at 2022252258 to discuss arrangeral banking ments to review the aforementioned docuts related to ments as soon as possible. Loan and its I appreciate your assistance and look forward to your cooperation. from Con- Sincerely. )f Thrift Sulution Trust access to all n Guaranty sidiaries. to earings. from Chairthe RTC reny Congressfrom ChairLnking agenthe agencies son at schedpled to Coniorting docuers losses to tered S&Ls wth anty Madison ReCorporation ison Related Development .ors Meeting
Date: 1994-03-24
Speaker: JOHN E. RYAN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Resolution Trust Corporation. Washington. DC. DEAR MR. RYAN: You hav& recently received letters from Congressman Jim Leach requesting access to all documents you possess concerning Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan and its subsidiaries. The March 8. 1994 letter states that. "Members of the Committee will need access to this material to prepare for the upcoming [RTC oversight] hearings and to perform their ongoing oversight responsibilities." This letter is to inform you that the Banking Committee is not conducting an investigation of Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan or related matters at this time. Mr. Leachs requests do not constitute a Rule X or Rule XI investigation under the House Rules. A hearing does not provide the basis for a member of Congress to obtain documents to which he or she is nototherwise entitled. I will request any information needed by the Committee in order to prepare for any Thrift Depositor Protection Board Oversight hearings pursuant to section 21A(k)(6) of the FHLB Act and will make it available to members of the Committee. as appropriate. I trust that you will give Congressman Leachs requests the consideration they merit and extend to him the same courtesies you would extend to any member of Congress. Sincerely.
Date: 1994-03-24
Speaker: ANDREW C. HOVE (democrat)
Chamber: H

Acting Chairman. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Member. Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board. Washington. DC. DEAR MR. HOVE: You have previously been invited by letter dated March .3. 1994 to appear before the Committee on Banking. Finance and Urban Affairs for the purpose of the semiannual appearance of the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board. I expect that Republican members of the Committee may use the opportunity of the Oversight Board hearing to pursue extraneous matters. including Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan. Any questions regarding Madison Guaranty Savings and Loans. matters that are the subject of pending investigations by Special Counsel Fiske or other law enforcement authorities. or other extraneous matters not specifically. set forth in section 21A(k)(6) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act or the March 3. 1994 invitation letter will not be considered pertinent at the hearing and need not be answered by you. I was the primary sponsor of the provision to require the Oversight Board to appear on a semiannual basis so that the Committee could oversee its activities. The recent appropriation of funds to the RTC. the management reforms. and FDICRTC transition measures required under Public Law 10324 clearly require the complete and full attention of the Committee in order to have a. successful Oversight Board hearing. I intend to keep the hearing so focused. I look forward to your March 4. 1994 appearance. Sincerely.
Date: 1994-03-24
Speaker: GENE GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr.. Chairman. I rise in opposition to the Miller amendment to H.R. 6. The chairman of the subcommittee pointed out that but for the problems with getting amendments up here on the floor on the crime bill. we are willing to spend billions of dollars to build prisons and help States build prisons. I think it is time we started spending some of that money to build schools. because we know that we cannot build our way out of the crisis. and maybe if we build a few more schools we will not have to build prisons next year. But this amendment would eliminate title XI in the bill which provides direct loans for the rehabilitation and the building of facilities. Some of the Natibns schools are in a complete state of disrepair. and this program will set us in the right direction in addressing the incredible -needs for better school facilities. If we listen to the opposition. they are going to tell us we should not be doing this. thdy would not want us to provide funding at all. and even this small amount. $200 million all over the country. will not help everyone. But it will get leverage. Research indicates that the total dollar amount needed to address school facilities is $13 billion nationwide. This modest amount of $200 million in direct loans to school districts for constructing these new facilities will address some of that shortcoming with what both the local schools and school districts and the States are doing. In Texas we have been involved in a school finance controversy for over 20 years. and it is interesting to note that part of the current school court order for our schools includes a requirement that school facilities be addressed. School facilities are a vital part of the component. -as much a part as the school books and as much a part as the teachers. and to say we should not help with facilities in the Federal Government is like putting our heads in the sand. I urge my colleagues to vote against the Miller Florida amendment and give our schools some assistance to provide our Nations school children the education they deserve. This will not solve all of the facility problems. but It will be leverage. and it will help. Again. I urge a "no" vote.
Date: 1994-03-24
Speaker: GENE GREEN (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman from Michigan . the chairman of out subcommittee. for not only allowing me 3 minutes to speak. butalso for his hard work on this particular bill. As the gentleman from Montana said. we spent more time on this bill than we have on many other bills this session. Iam a proud member of the Committee on Education and Labor and the subcommittee that this bill came out of. and I rise today in opposition to the substitute offered by the gentleman from Illinois. I oppose this substitute because it would undermine the result of 13 months of negotiations between members from both sides of the aisle and would undo a number of carefully crafted compromises designed to bring this House in consensus on this bill. The fact that this substitute is being offered is particularly frustrating since I believe we have come a long way in addressing the concerns of the minority.members on a number of issues. During the entire committee process. members from both sides of the aisle had ample opportunity to raise. objections to parts of the bill and each of those objections had a full and open discussion. The compromise reached o the "opportunitytolearn" standard represents one of the best efforts I hay seen in both sides of our committe working together to reach an agre( ment. Reaching these agreements Wa not easy and often resulted In heate debate and now that these commil ments have been made. some In the m nority feel compelled to undermin these agreements by offering a sul stitute that deletes the opportunitytc learn agreement. The Michel substitute also deletes number of important programs such a the school library component of title I and does not ensure that services ar provided to limitedEnglish proficier students under the technical assistanc center. The Michel substitute also does nc contain the set aside for the Dru Abuse Resistance Education [DAR1 program. This program is supported b the education professionals and law ex forcement agencies across the countr and deserves to be included in this r authorization. Members. the Michel substitute has number of shortcomings which I hay described but the largest shortcomin in this plan is that it attempts to b3 pass the committee process in whic we worked hard to create a bill th2 could be supported by both Republicar and Democrats. Education is not a paj tisan issue and I appeal to my co leagues to support the only version ( this bill that was drafted in a bipart san manner. Please oppose the Mich4 substitute and support the committE version of this bill that is the result countless hours of hearings. negotii tions. and compromise.
Date: 1994-03-25
Speaker: ED ENGLEMAN (democrat)
Chamber: S

This is the laboratory im which theblood is ested. PMLLIPS Ed. Engleman Is. a medical dbetor. research: scientist. and. director of the blood. bank at. Stanford University.. Hes also testified as a. paild expert in court cases. against. the Re.. Cross.. He. says all. blood: must pass. a series. of. sophisticated testsj screening- everything from hepatitis .ta syphilis to. the- AIDS- virus.
Date: 1994-03-25
Speaker: DONALD FRANCIS (democrat)
Chamber: S

The newsletter says that CDC does not recommend changing treatment. That was just not true. THOMPSON.. Dr. Donald Francis was one of the. leading scientists at the CDC during the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic. Francis and his colleagues repeatedly warned the NHF about the danger of injecting factor. and by the end of 1982. he says. the NHF should have seen what was going.
Date: 1994-04-13
Speaker: PETER KENNEY (democrat)
Chamber: S

Clear Creek County Comrissioners Office. Georgetown. CO. DEAR PETER: After reviewing the inforniation prepared by BLM estimating the amount of property taxes Montrose County would receive in place of P.I.L.T. funds. I requested our County Assessor to prepare a more accurate calculation (enclosed for your review). It is really quite unfair to assume the entire 970.497 acres of public land Montrose County has would be classified as grazing and waste land. Instead. our assessor has taken the total amount of acreage we have in the following classifications and applied this. ratio to the 970.497 acres of public land we have: *Vacant land. *Crop land. *Dry farm. *Meadow hay. *Grazing land. *Waste land. Even this conservative approach produces $2.12 per acre for potential property taxes versus the $0.065 to $0.75 per acre currently received. I hope the enclosed wbrksheet will help mitigate the BLM report. Sincerely.