[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23811-23813]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



       GEORGE P. SHULTZ NATIONAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING CENTER

  Mr. LEACH. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 3348) to designate the National Foreign Affairs Training Center 
as the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 3348

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF THE GEORGE P. SHULTZ NATIONAL 
                   FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING CENTER.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Section 701(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4021(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``The institution shall be designated the `George 
     P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center' ''.
       (2) Any reference in any provision of law to the National 
     Foreign Affairs Training Center or the Foreign Service 
     Institute shall be considered to be a reference to the George 
     P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 53 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2725) is amended--
       (A) in the section heading by inserting ``GEORGE P. 
     SHULTZ'' after ``THE''; and
       (B) by inserting ``George P. Shultz'' after ``use of the''.
       (2) Section 708(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4028(a)) is amended by inserting ``George P. Shultz'' 
     after ``director of the''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Iowa (Mr. Leach) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Leach).


                             General Leave

  Mr. LEACH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
and include extraneous matter on H.R. 3348, the bill under 
consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Iowa?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. LEACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, 
and let me welcome this opportunity to bring H.R. 3348 to the House 
floor. The bill designates the National Foreign Affairs Training Center 
after a distinguished American, George Shultz.
  Mr. Shultz, among his many achievements, was responsible for creation 
of the new Foreign Service training facility established in Arlington, 
Virginia. He undertook the difficult task of convincing Congress that 
the funding of the new campus would be an investment in the future of 
our foreign affairs community. In 1993, the professional and modern 
facilities opened as the National Foreign Affairs Training Center.
  Secretary Shultz has a strong belief that the Nation should have a 
permanent home for training U.S. Government officials that serve 
overseas. Since 1947, the State Department has operated an in-service 
training facility, but by the late 1980s, it was apparent that there 
was a need for expanded course offerings and a larger facility to 
accommodate the increased number of participants. Secretary Shultz 
successfully pursued his goal to have a first-rate training facility 
established, which today has an enrollment of approximately 30,000 a 
year.
  As thrice a graduate of courses at the old Foreign Service Institute, 
it is an honor to bring this bill before the House. As a longtime 
admirer of the public service of Secretary Shultz, it is a particular 
honor to help bring his vision to reality.
  I would urge strong support for this resolution and again would 
commend my good friend, the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos), for 
his support for this initiative.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. 
And let me just say at the outset that one of the many reasons why the 
contributions of the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Leach) to the work of 
this body and to the Committee on International Relations is of such 
high quality is because of his earlier service as a member of our 
Foreign Service. He exemplifies the extraordinary talent of our 
diplomatic corps, and I want to commend him for bringing this 
legislation to our attention.
  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to cosponsor this bill with the gentleman 
from Illinois (Mr. Hyde) because Secretary George Shultz deserves all 
the recognition that this Congress and the American people may offer. 
George Shultz was a brilliant Secretary of State and he guided the 
United States through a most critical time in our Nation's history.
  I was a member of the Committee on International Relations during 
Secretary Shultz's entire tenure, and I have the highest regard for him 
both professionally and personally. After leaving Washington, Secretary 
Shultz made the wise decision to return to my area of the country, the 
San Francisco Bay area, and I have been delighted to claim him both as 
a constituent and as a friend.
  George Shultz is proud of his Princeton and Marine Corps background, 
and he has provided a quality of integrity and intelligence and 
commitment to public service which is truly extraordinary. He may have 
left the government and moved away from Washington, but George 
continues to be actively engaged in our foreign policy and committed to 
strengthening and supporting the Department of State and the men and 
women who work there. I think it is more than fitting that this great 
institution that he worked so hard to establish, that he has been so 
dedicated to, should bear his name.
  The Foreign Service Institute was originally created in 1943, and it 
provides training to the State Department and 43 other Federal 
agencies, providing instruction to over 30,000 U.S. Government 
employees every year in 63 foreign languages as well as in courses on 
management, leadership, diplomacy, security, economics, and other 
valuable skills and subjects.
  Secretary Shultz was instrumental in obtaining the land and the 
funding to move the Institute to its current home on a 72-acre plot at 
the National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia. I 
am indeed proud to be a cosponsor of this bill to designate the 
National Foreign Affairs Training Institute as the George P. Shultz 
National Foreign Affairs Training Center.
  I thank the chairman and the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Leach) for 
their leadership on this issue. I urge all of my colleagues to support 
this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LEACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Royce).

                              {time}  1430

  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, I think that it is indeed proper that the many 
achievements of George P. Shultz be recognized by the naming of this 
new National Foreign Affairs Training Center after Mr. Shultz.
  As well as commending the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Leach) for the 
gentleman's efforts, I also commend the ranking member, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Lantos), for the bill that he brought up prior to 
this measure, and take a moment, if I could, to speak about the 
importance of commemorating the 50th anniversary of Radio Free Europe 
and Radio Liberty.
  I think it is important that we remember within 10 minutes of the 
establishment of Radio Free Europe, the Soviets were already attempting 
in 1951 to jamb those broadcasts, and yet those broadcasts got through. 
What Joseph Stalin was afraid of was what was being told over the air 
waves. He was afraid of the truth; Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 
developed a rather unique form of international broadcasting. We call 
that today surrogate radio, airing local news about the countries to 
which they broadcast, operating as if they had a free and vibrant 
press.
  During the Cold War, these radios brought the news of the Hungarian 
revolution of 1956, the Prague uprising of 1968, and most importantly, 
the rise of the solidarity movement in Poland. And when we talk with 
the leaders of the Czech Republic or Poland, they say that the hearts 
and minds of people were turned by the opportunity to listen every day 
to a radio broadcast which explained what was actually happening inside 
their country. These broadcasts were able to explain and to put into 
context what people were hearing from the Soviet broadcasts, and over 
time we know that this was

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the most effective single thing that changed the attitudes of the 
average person in Eastern Europe, we know that from the leaders of 
these countries today. They were critical in contributing to the 
collapse of communism, the collapse of the totalitarian governments of 
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. And besides its outstanding 
impact behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, the radios also 
aided in Afghanistan from 1985-1993 during the Soviet invasion.
  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty still continues to tell the truth, 
countering dictators like Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein has long 
complained that Radio Free Iraq is, in his words, an act of aggression. 
The Iraqi dictator has become so irked by his attempt to undermine his 
control over the media that Saddam Hussein instructed his intelligence 
officials, and apparently recently there has been a plot uncovered by 
Iraq to bomb Radio Free Europe's headquarters in Prague.
  Last month this House passed legislation authored by myself and the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Berman) to re-create Radio Free 
Afghanistan by a margin of 405 to two. The Taliban is on its way out; 
but if Afghanistan is to have a chance of becoming stable, if its 
various factions and ethnic groups are to strike a workable governing 
accord, the country will need free-flowing, accurate news information.
  Unfortunately, the country is starting from scratch. What media the 
Taliban did not corrupt, it destroyed. Looking ahead at the great 
challenges Afghanistan faces, it is clear to those that are on the 
ground that a credible and effective media will not emerge any time 
soon. This legislation will provide for 12 hours of broadcasting a day 
in the two major dialects of Afghanistan, and that is vital to the 
peace and stability in that country. The bill awaits action by the 
other body. Radio Free Europe has been heard by individuals with a 
message of hope and freedom for the past 50 years, and I commend Radio 
Free Europe and Radio Liberty on their anniversary.
  Mr. Speaker, I wanted to speak on behalf of the measure of the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos), and also speak on the 
appropriate resolution today for a very distinguished American, George 
P. Shultz, and to thank the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Leach) for 
bringing that resolution to the floor.
  Mr. LEACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, George P. Shultz began his career in the South Pacific 
in World War II. He is ending his career, to the degree it is ending, 
and we hope it is not fully, with a bill aimed in his honor, a facility 
designed to prevent further wars. I think this could not be more 
fitting.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, long before the current emphasis on training 
for the foreign affairs community, George Shultz had a vision of a 
world-class foreign affairs training center for those who staff our 
foreign affairs establishment. That vision eventually became the 
National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington, Virginia, which 
by this act, we name it after Secretary Shultz.
  With all due respect to the current occupant of that office, George 
Shultz is in my estimation the finest person I have had the honor of 
working with during his or her service as Secretary of State. He played 
an enormous role in the tremendous expansion of the scope of liberty in 
the world during the Reagan Administration, all while protecting our 
national security from real threats. At times, he suffered the slings 
and arrows of fierce partisan attack, as he advanced the sometimes 
unpopular policies of his Administration. He did so always with 
inspiring grace and intellectual honesty.
  If those who serve our Nation in foreign affairs were to model 
themselves after George Shultz, we would do well indeed. Let us help 
keep his spirit in their consciousness by naming the facility he 
planned after this visionary Secretary of State, our friend George 
Shultz.
  I urge all my colleagues to support this tribute to an outstanding 
American, Secretary of State, George P. Shultz.
  Mr. LEACH. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Petri). The question is on the motion 
offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Leach) that the House suspend 
the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 3348.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of 
those present have voted in the affirmative.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX and the 
Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be 
postponed.

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