[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1314-E1316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ``EVERYONE WINS WITH THE A.D.A.!''

                                 ______
                                 

                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 15, 1998

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, I rise to celebrate the eight 
anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the most sweeping 
nondiscrimination legislation since the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The 
Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) has opened doors for 49 
million Americans, providing hope that they will one day achieve 
complete social and economic integration. To celebrate this 
achievement, hundreds of people will gather in San Diego's Balboa Park 
on July 25, 1998 as part of our region's Disability Independence Day.
  The theme of the San Diego observance is apt--``Everyone Wins with 
the A.D.A.!'' The A.D.A. has created jobs and ensured access to public 
buildings--basic human rights that should be guaranteed to all 
Americans. We have all benefited, now that people with disabilities can 
access the workplace, can shop at their local stores, and can visit 
museums and other public places. We no longer have to be ashamed, now 
that government buildings or health care centers are open to all 
citizens. And we can all feel protected--because any one of us could 
become disabled at any time.
  Although Congress passed this historic law that prohibits 
discrimination against people with disabilities, the real heroes are 
the women and men who fought for the most basic rights in the years and 
decades before the A.D.A. was passed and those who have challenged the 
capacity of their communities' infrastructure since its passage. 
Disabled Americans continually demonstrate how successful people can be 
once barriers are knocked down!
  The victory of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
belongs to thousands of disabled Americans in San Diego and all over 
the nation, who fought a courageous and commendable fight along with 
their families, friends and advocates. But the celebration belongs to 
all Americans because we now have the ability to celebrate together!
  As a society with the promise of equal access for all, we must unite 
to root out areas where this promise is not yet a reality. In honor of 
Disability Independence Day, let us rededicate ourselves to ensuring 
that, truly, ``everyone wins with the A.D.A.''

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, July 16, 1998, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 17
     10:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief Subcommittee
       Housing Opportunity and Community Development Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to review a report on the Real 
           Estate Settlements Procedure Act and the Truth in 
           Lending Act from the Department of Housing and Urban 
           Development and the Federal Reserve.
                                                            SD-538

                                JULY 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine discretionary spending 
           activities within the Department of Transportation and 
           the Department of Commerce.
                                                            SR-253
     10:00 a.m.
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine issues associated with 
           implementing personal savings accounts as part of 
           social security reform.
                                                            SD-608
       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold hearings on S.766, to require equitable coverage 
           of prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, and 
           contraceptive services under health plans.
                                                            SD-430

                                JULY 22
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine how the Year 2000 computer 
           conversion will affect agricultural businesses.
                                                            SR-332
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine China's missile transfer 
           issues.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine new directions in retirement 
           security policy, focusing on social security, pensions, 
           personal savings and work.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Department of 
           Justice's implementation of the Violence Against Women 
           Act.
                                                            SD-226
       Labor and Human Resources
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 1380, to amend the 
           Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
           regarding charter schools, S. 2112, to make the 
           Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 applicable 
           to the United States Postal Service in the same manner 
           as any other employer, and S. 2213, to allow all States 
           to participate in activities under the Education 
           Flexibility Partnership Demonstration Act.
                                                            SD-430
       Indian Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Resources Committee 
           on S. 1770, to elevate the position of Director of the 
           Indian Health Service to Assistant Secretary of Health 
           and Human Services, and to provide for the 
           organizational independence of the Indian Health 
           Service within the Department of Health and Human 
           Services, and H.R. 3782, to compensate certain Indian 
           tribes for known errors in their tribal trust fund 
           accounts, and to establish a process for settling other 
           disputes regarding tribal trust fund accounts.
                                                            SD-106
     10:00 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 2161, to provide Government-wide 
           accounting of regulatory costs and benefits, and S. 
           1675, to establish a Congressional Office of Regulatory 
           Analysis.
                                                            SD-342
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2136, to provide for the exchange 
           of certain land in the State of Washington, S. 2226, to 
           amend the Idaho Admission Act regarding the sale or 
           lease of school land, H.R. 2886, to provide for a 
           demonstration project in the Stanislaus National 
           Forest, California, under which a private contractor 
           will perform multiple resource management activities 
           for that unit of the National Forest System, and H.R. 
           3796, to convey the administrative site for the Rogue 
           River National Forest and use the proceeds for the 
           construction or improvement of offices and support 
           buildings for the Rogue River National Forest and the 
           Bureau of Land Management.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings on S. 2238, to reform unfair and 
           anticompetitive practices in the professional boxing 
           industry.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the results of the 
           Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 1002 Area, Petroleum 
           Assessment, 1998, conducted by the United States 
           Geological Survey.
                                                            SD-366
       Governmental Affairs
       Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
         To hold hearings to examine the problem of telephone 
           cramming-the billing of unauthorized charges on a 
           consumer's telephone bill.
                                                            SD-342
       Special on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE YEAR 2000 TECHNOLOGY 
           PROBLEM
         To hold hearings to examine the Year 2000 computer 
           conversion as related to the health care industry.
                                                            SD-192
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 2109, to provide for an exchange 
           of lands located near Gustavus, Alaska, S. 2257, to 
           reauthorize the National Historic Preservation Act, S. 
           2276, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
           designate El Camino Real de los Tejas as a National 
           Historic Trail, S. 2272, to amend the boundaries of 
           Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in the State 
           of Montana, S. 2284, to establish the Minuteman Missile 
           National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, 
           and H.R. 1522, to extend the authorization for the 
           National Historic Preservation Fund.
                                                            SD-366
     3:00 p.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Patrick T. Henry, 
           of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
           Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Carolyn H. Becraft, of 
           Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
           Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Ruby Butler DeMesme, 
           of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 
           for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations and 
           Environment.
                                                            SR-222

                                JULY 27
     1:00 p.m.
       Special on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine allegations of neglect in 
           certain California nursing homes and the overall 
           infrastructure that regulates these homes.
                                                            SH-216

                                JULY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine why cable rates continue to 
           increase.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the March 31, 1998 Government 
           Accounting Office report on the Forest Service, 
           focusing on Alaska region operating costs.
                                                            SD-366
     10:00 a.m.
       Special on Aging
         To continue hearings to examine allegations of neglect in 
           certain California nursing homes and the overall 
           infrastructure that regulates these homes.
                                                            SH-216

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                                JULY 29
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold oversight hearings on the Department of 
           Agriculture's progress in consolidating and downsizing 
           its opearations.
                                                            SR-332
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
     10:00 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting, to mark up S. 1405, to provide for 
           improved monetary policy and regulatory reform in 
           financial institution management and activities, to 
           streamline financial regulatory agency actions, and to 
           provide for improved consumer credit disclosure.
                                                            SD-538

                                JULY 30
     9:00 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to review a recent concept release by 
           the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on over-th-
           counter derivatives, and on related proposals by the 
           Treasury Department, the Board of Governors of the 
           Federal Reserve System and the Securities and Exchange 
           Commission.
                                                            SD-106
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine international satellite 
           reform.
                                                            SR-253

                              SEPTEMBER 10
     9:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Communications Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine international satellite 
           reform.
                                                            SR-253

                               OCTOBER 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs on the legislative recommendations of 
           the American Legion.
                                               345 Cannon Building

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JULY 21
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1964, to provide for the sale of 
           certain public land in the Ivanpah Valley, Nevada, to 
           the Clark County Department of Aviation, and S. 1509, 
           to authorize the Bureau of Land Management to use 
           vegetation sales contracts in managing land at Fort 
           Stanton and certain nearby acquired land along the Rio 
           Bonita in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
                                                             SD-36