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Date: 1981-03-13
Speaker: WON PAT (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. for decades young men and women from Guam have served this Nation with pride and dignity. The Guamanian tradition of unquestioned service to this country is second to none. Yet. I regret to say that the Federal Government has not given the veterans of Guam the tribute they deserve. The U.S. Veterans Administration informs me that Guam has an estimated 10.000 veterans. This. out of a population of only 105.000 by the most recent census count. These are additionally over 5.000 residents of Guam on active duty with the U.S. Armed Forces. Despite this most impressive turnout by our young people. the Veterans Administration has yet to put a full time VA office on the island or to establish a Federal national cemetery there. The legislation I introduce today will. if passed into law. create a nationAl cemetery on Guam. I believe that the establishment of a veterans cemetery is long overdue for Guam. It is a fitting memorial to the thousands who have given their lives or health to fight for America. There is ample federally owned land on Guam which could be used to site the cemetery. From my discussions with VA officials. it is clear that the cost to the Federal Government for this legislation would be very low largely because the land would be free and the proposed project is not large by mainland standards. The important question facing the future of this measure is not cost. however. It is whether America is ready to honor the veterans of Guam. I hope this Congress will show that Guams loyal veterans are not Americas forgotten veterans. Thank you.
Date: 1981-03-17
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. there is no objection to proceeding to the consideration of that measure at this time. the 3day rule having expired.
Date: 1981-03-17
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I wish to say a brief word about the invooation delivered today by Dr. Jack Kinard. The people of West Virginia have a rich spiritual heritage. That heritage is largely the fruit of generations of faithful nurturing by pastors like Dr. Jack Kinard. who has led us in the invocation today. Dr. Kinard has been the pastor of the Bethel Assembly of God Church in Martinsburg. W. Va.. for 3 years. He is a native of Arkansas. where he received his education at Southern Baptist College and the University of Arkansas. In addition. he received clinical training for pastoral care in Arkansas. Prior to accepting the call to Martinsburg. Dr. Kinard served churches in his home State and in Missouri. I am sure that my colleagues join me today in welcoming the Reverend Mr. Kinard into our midst.
Date: 1981-03-17
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I yield such time as he may desire to Mr. PaoxMus. How much time does the Senator desire?
Date: 1981-03-17
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I yield 2 minutes to Mr. PROXMIRE. and I yield to Mr. EAOLETON such time as he may require. from the time that has been allotted to me under the standing order and the time that was yielded to me by the distinguished majority leader.
Date: 1981-03-17
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I want to commend the distinguished Senator from Missouri for giving us his views on the issue of U.S. policy toward El Salvador. particularly as it raises questions about the war powers resolution. The Senators views in this regard nre of the utmost importance because of the major role he played in fashioning the war powers legislation. For my own part. I strongly believe that the message he has delivered today is both appropriate and essential. We must understand that when American military personnel are sent into a situation like El Salvador. consultation between the executive and legislative branches should be the name of the game. So far. there has been precious little of it. Rather. we on Capitol Hill have simply been informed of decisions already taken by the President and his executive branch colleagues. Mr. President. I should hope that Congress and the administration will be able to work together on the issue of El Salvador. We all share the same goal and objective. But to get there. we need consultation and cooperation between the Hill and the White House. This is the message which the able Senator from Missouri has delivered today and. again. I commend ."tra for it.
Date: 1981-03-17
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I rise In support of the pending resolution which commends our former colleague. Warren 0. Magnuson. who stands out as one of the giants of this institution in recent years. Warren 0. Magnuson. or "Maggie" as he is affectionately known. served six full terms in the U.S. Senate beginning in 1944. During his years of service to his State and to the Nation. he compiled a record of accomplishments that is long. impressive. and far reaching. He was a leader in a variety of fieldshealth. education. consumer protection. the environment. and employmentall of which have significant impact upon the everyday lives of the American people. Throughout his career. Senator Magnusonknown In many circles as "Mr. Health"-was one of the strongest congressional advocates of medical research and assistanve. In his first term In Congress. he cosponsored a bill to create the National Cancer Institute. As a freshman Senator. he introduced a bill to create the National Science Foundation. and the first medicare bill. He also authored legislation which established the National Health Services Corps. which recruits and assigns health professionals to serve in medically underserved areas. The fact of the matter is. Mr. President. that Senator Magnusons career in the Senate was filled with any number of legislative achievements. both of national and International importance. Indeed. the Nation owes him a deep debt of gratitude. and in recognition of this. I am sure the pending resolution will be passed overwhelmingly. In short. it was an honor to work with ."Maggie".
Date: 1981-03-17
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the resolution has been cleared on this side of the aisle. Mr. BIDEN has approved the consideration of it. Therefore. no objection is interposed.
Date: 1981-03-18
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that the bill . a bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act with respect to certain reserve requirements. be Jointly referred to the Committees on Banking. Finance and Urban Affairs and Energy and Commerce.
Date: 1981-03-18
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

for 5 minutes. (The following Member (at the request of Mr. STUDDS) to revise and extend his remarks and include extraneous material:)
Date: 1981-03-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the distinguished majority leader has discussed this matter with me. I wish to say that. on behalf of colleagues on my side of the aisle who have to be absent. I express appreciation to him for his courtesy in scheduling the votes for next Tuesday.
Date: 1981-03-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I was not listening when the Chair ruled on the request. but did the request include the matter with respect to third reading?
Date: 1981-03-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Could the Senator tell us what the schedule may be. with respect to the resolution of reconciliation. with instructions. as to when the Senate might begin consideration of that measure?
Date: 1981-03-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I express the hope that Senators on my side of the aisle who have amendments will call them up today and proceed with the debate thereon. so that votes. if ordered. can be stacked up in accordance with the request made earlier and agreed to. as propounded by the majority leader. I suggest that our cloakroom on this side of the aisle inquire of Senators if they have amendments and. if they do. encourage them to proceed at some point during the day to call them up. so that all amendments that will be voted on Tuesday will have been called up and debated.
Date: 1981-03-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. and I do not think I will have any objection. Mr. President. I have no objection.
Date: 1981-03-19
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. this evening in San Francisco. a reception is being held for Pulitzer Prizewinning photographer Mr. Joseph Rosenthal. This event marks his retirement from the San Francisco Chronicle after a distinguished career spanning 35 years with this fine institution. On this occasion. I want to share with my colleagues some reflections on Mr. Rosenthals retirement. While his artistry with the camera has won him acclaim worldwide. especially his memorable and most inspiring photograph of the flag raising on Iwo Jima. it has been that special ability of his to capture the human experience in its most native sense that continually impresses viewers of his work. Mr. Rosenthal has indeed a rare gift and talent. one that I hope even in retirement he will continue to use. It is my pleasure to call this to the attention of my colleagues as Mr. Rosenthal and his work are very much part of our Nations heritage and so much a part of what makes San Francisco the great city that it is.*
Date: 1981-03-23
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I do not intend to speak. and I am ready to yield back the time if no Senator asks me to yield. I see no such indication. I yield back my time.
Date: 1981-03-24
Speaker: DE LUGO (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today. it adjourn to meet at 12 oclock noon tomorrow. Wednesday. March 25. 1981.
Date: 1981-03-24
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the growing Soviet challenge to the West highlights the importance of reassessing the goals of the Western Alliance. Is there a mutually shared perception of the challenges confronting us and the policies needed to meet them? Are the present mechanisms for consultation. cooperation. and decisionmaking adequate? Just where is the alliance headed? The Reagan administration has proposed increasing the portion of our national budget directed to defense from 24 percent to fully 32 percent. amounting to an annual real growth rate in defense outlays of 7.6 percent through fiscal year 1984. At the same time. the administration has put strong pressure on our allies to follow suilt. and to commit more of their. forces outside the NATO area. The Soviet Union is now engaged in a major diplomatic offensive to forestall the development of such a consensus in the alliance. These pressures have exacerbated strains within the alliance. particularly in regard to U.S. arms control policy. The question of burden sharing within the alliance has been an issue for many years. and is of concern to many of us here in the Senate. The administrations policies insure that this issue will receive increased attention. Some of the best minds on both sides of the Atlantic have produced a thoughtprovoking paper on the state of the alliance. Released this past week. the report was a joint project of four highly respected private institutions in the United States. the United Kingdom. Germany. and France. The consensus statement offers a number of recommendations to address the problems now confronting the alliance. Among other things. it suggests the development of new consultative and decisionmaking machinery which should be of particular interest as we turn our attention to the needs of the alliance in the 1980s. I believe the report. "Western Security: What Has Changed? What Should Be Done?" will be of interest to all my colleagues. I ask unanimous consent that it be printed in the RECORD in its entirety.
Date: 1981-03-24
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the time allotted to me be allotted to Mr. BAucus so that he may further yield it. I understand. to the distinguished Senator from r. S 2548 CO] Maine . who will want 3 or 4 minutes. So I yield it to Mr. BAUCUS to control. if that is agreeable.
Date: 1981-03-24
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Reserving the right to object. Mr. President. I wonder if the distinguished majority leader would provide assurance for some time on Mr. MELCHERs amendment. because. under the agreement as presented. Mr. MELCHER might not get the floor until *4 oclock. the time at which the rollcall vote would occur on the bill. and he would have no time for debate on his amendment.
Date: 1981-03-24
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. reserving the right to object. and I shall not object. I thank the distinguished Senator from Montana for pursuing the matter in a very serious way. His concern is not a frivolous one. It is a very conscientious and serious concern. He is attempting to secure certain information which. as the distinguished Senator from North Carolina has pointed out. is very difficult to recgive at this hour. There were two or three Senators on this side who will be inconvenienced by the vote which will occur at 4 oclock tomorrow. but they have been contacted and we have the understanding that they would prefer that we proceed to set the vote for tomorrow. even though they will be inconvenienced. rather than go farther into the night. I think that the agreement that has been worked out is the best that can be secured and I. therefore. state that there is no objection on this side.
Date: 1981-03-24
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I thank the distinguished majority leader for providing. for the vote in connection with the Melcher amendment. that it will be an upordown vote on the amendment. That was the understanding as the majority leader and I discussed it and it is in accordance with the wishes of the author of the amendment if it is offered.
Date: 1981-03-25
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. if the minoritys recommendation is adopted by the House. we will be unable to cover existing salaries for committee staff. I recommend that all Members of the House support the Wright amendment. I will say to my friends on the minority side. if their proposal is agreed to. the House Committee on Banking. Finance and Urban Affairs will have to approach such cuts in an equitable fashion both to the majority and minority sides of the committee and we will operate strictly within the rules of the House as they now exist as far as legislative funding is concerned. Mr. Speaker. contrary to what some might feel. the facts show that the Committee on Banking. Finance and Urban Affairs has not been profligate in the past nor is our budget request profligate in this instance. We will. of course. live within the figure the House approves. but if we are to carry out our responsibilities in a full and complete manner. we must have appropriate funding under which to operate. Mr. Speaker. again I want to commend our colleague. FRANK ANNUNZIO. for the yeoman work he has done in bringing this resolution to the floor. I know we are all in his debt for the work he has done. Mr. Speaker. I appreciate my colleague and good friend. FRANK ANNUNzio. chairman of the Subcommittee on Accounts. yielding to me. FRANK ANNUNZIO. is to be heartily commended for the superb work he has done in shaping the committee budget resolutions for this year. No one in the history of the Subcommittee on Accounts has done a better job laboring under such extreme circumstances. Mr. Speaker. the budget process within the Committee on Banking. Finance and Urban Affairs involves all members of the committee. majority and minority. and we arrive at a budget request ultimately pared down substantially from the original requests made by the ranking minority member and our subcommittee chairmen. Our committee has fewer employees now than it has had in past years. Our committees request for funding provides for no new employees over that requested last year and. in essence. our request of $2.6 million for this year was a barebone. rockbottom figure. The House Administraition Committees recommendation for funding for our committee for 1981 was $2.5 million in round numbers. In consultation with various members of our committee. it was agreed that we would live within this budget figure. although it would mean cutting down on the investigative activities of our committee. either in terms of personnel. investigative hearings or travel for investigative purposes. Under the proposed Wright amendment. if adopted by the House. our committee would receive approximately $43.000 less than that recommended by the House Administration Committee. and we will have to live with this amount of funding. It will. or course. require further reductions in the investigative activities of the committee.
Date: 1981-03-25
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentleman from Illinois. Mr. Speaker. I am somewhat concerned as chairman of the Agriculture Committee at some of the ways the debate has gone today in dealing in generalities and speaking in the ab. stract and sometimes. I might say. even in a vacuum. Every one of us that is here was either elected or reelected. whether you are a freshman Member or a ninetermer like I am. We were out in the hustings. We heard the blare of the bugle. We heard the drum and we heard the word charge to II 1100 reduce expenditures. the same as any freshman or secondtermer or any other termer. so I would like to give you the anatomy of how a committee budget comes about. First. and I just inherited this position. the honor and privilege of being chairman of the committee. I visited with the subcommittee chairman and visited with staff. We looked at the budget from last year. We went item by item. where can we cut. where can we cut? The Speaker told me we had to cut. The majority leader toldme we had to cut. The chairman of the House Administration Committee told me we had to cut. The chairman of the Ac. counts Subcommittee told me we had to cut. My people told me we had to cut. My wife told me we had to cut. So there I was. We went item by item. how can we reduce. how can we reduce? Then when we had done that. I sat down with my ranking Republican Member and he and I went item by item. item by item. We came eventually to an increase of 5 percent of which the majority of Accounts Subcommittee reduced under their criteria. . Now. our committee did not spend everything that it was allowed the last session. so if you would go with this motion to recommit. you are penalizing frugality. You are penalizing those that did what the people wanted us to do last time. All this talk about making it partisan is absurd. We have 12 committee staff on our committee. Six are Republicans and six are Democrats. The subcommittees. which is imposed by rule on us. of the 14. 8 are Republican. 6 are Democrats. so you cannot deal in the abstract. You have to go committee by committee. You have to look at what everyone has done. I resent the fact that those that have used percentages of 300 and 600. whatever hundredth percent. they do not look at the individual committee. They do not look at the individual figures. In our committee 78 percent of our staff is imposed on us by that rule of the subcommittee. 78 percent.
Date: 1981-03-25
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I would like to clear one more thing. because one of my colleagues mentioned that the people may not know what is going on out there. that may be listening to us today. and that is. we do not know where our subcommittees are going to need to go in the course of 1 year. so frugally we say we need hopefully this much for travel. We will cut down If we can. but we do not know where you are going to have a disaster. where you are going to have a flood. where a subcommittee might need to go. That is one of the areas that we have to deal with. hoping that you can reduce. So I would tell you that as a responsible action of our committee and of the House Administration Committee. there will be a motion presented by the gentleman from Texas. the majority leader. but even that. I think. is unjust because we were handled properly by the House Administration Committee. but that is slightly more just than if you go to the 10 percent that does not take into account the responsible committees of this House.
Date: 1981-03-25
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

I appreciate that and I would welcome any assistance the gentleman can give me. but that assistance has to be done in the House with the rule that imposes on our committee 78 percent of the staff.
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill. H.R. 1986. to amend section 201 of the Agricultural Act of 1949. as amended. to delete the requirement that the support price of milk be adjusted semiannually.
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield myself the balance of the time. Mr. Chairman. I rise only to say that I concur with the remarks of the gentleman from Iowa and will assist him in every way possible in order to achieve that end.
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. pursuant to the provisions of House Resolution 117. I move to take from the Speakers table the Senate bill. S. 509. a similar bill to H.R. 1986. and move its immediate consideration in the House.
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to wise and extend their remarks on the bill just passed.
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: PHILLIP BURTON (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. today I join over 220 of my colleagues in support of a resolution bestowing honorary citizenship on one of the heroes of the 20th century. Raoul Wallenberg. I am certain the inspiring and tragic story of this mans life is wellknown - to us all. so I will not recount it here but only say that my wife Sala and I applaud our good friend Tom LANTOS for introducing this resolution. We must use any measure available to us to pressure Soviet authorities to let the world know the true fate of Raoul Wallenbergand to release him if he is still alive in a Soviet prison. This resolution is one more way of letting the Soviet Government know that millions of people throughout the world want to know the truth about this great man.*
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the minority is ready to proceed with the first three nominations on the Executive Calendar and may be ready to proceed with the remaining two after a brief interlude.
Date: 1981-03-26
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: 1981-03-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the item to which the distinguished maJority leader has referred. Order No. 40. has been cleared on this side.
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I mnove to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. may we have order in the Senate? May we have order in the Senate? May we have order in the Senate?
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I will object to agreeing to the committee amendments en bloc. with the exception of the amendments down through line 20. I would not object to considering those amendments en bloc and agreeing to them en bloc.
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Yes. I missed one on line 2. I would not object to agreeing to those first eight. down through line 20. en bloc.
Date: 1981-03-26
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I think It is very important. If I may take 30 seconds of my time. that Senators know what is going on.