[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 35 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H2226-H2227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WELCOME TO THE REVEREND DANIEL J. MAHER

  (Mr. DORNAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DORNAN. Mr. Speaker, what an honor to rise today for our 
Chaplain, who just gave such a beautiful invocation, our Chaplain for 
the day, Father Daniel Joseph Maher. He was born February 1, 1965, in 
Newport News, VA, raised throughout childhood in the city of Hampton, 
VA; a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg with 
a BBA degree in 1986.
  Father received his Masters of Divinity degree summa cum laude from 
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia in 1990. He was ordained 
to the Roman Catholic priesthood in May 1991 for the diocese of 
Arlington, VA. Father served for 4 years as associate pastor of St. Leo 
the Great Church in Fairfax, VA, where I have seen him many times upon 
the beautiful altar there; concurrently served 4 years as a notary for 
the tribunal of the diocese of Arlington.
  Father currently is associate rector of the Basilica of the National 
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception here in Washington, DC, the seventh 
largest house of worship in the world. He has charge of all the worship 
services conducted at the Basilica.
  Thank you, Father, for giving us such stirring words this morning.

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                 CUTTING BACK EDUCATION IS BAD BUSINESS

  (Mr. WISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, here we go again today, another temporary 
spending bill, or CR, continuing resolution, as it is known. The 
Republican leadership promised to run Congress like a business. What 
kind of business can operate this way, where it is now in the sixth 
month of its budget year, the 1996 year, but still has not passed a 
final 1996 budget, and is now holding hearings on the 1997 budget?
  Mr. Speaker, this is the 10th temporary spending bill this year. This 
one is for a week. We are not sure what is next, perhaps a day, perhaps 
3 hours. Maybe just run the Government from lunchtime to quitting time 
and then vote again.
  Mr. Speaker, whether it is 1 month or 1 hour, the fact is this 
temporary spending bill continues an already extreme message: stiff 
cuts in vital education programs. In West Virginia, it means 226 
teachers and 90 aides laid off in 2 weeks. It is going to mean 6,500 
students next year that will not be able to take advantage of the vital 
title I program. Cutting back education? What kind of business is this?

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