Page Lugar, Hon. Richard G., a Senator in Congress from the State of Indiana: 51 Margolis, Jeremy D., former assistant U.S. attorney and director, Illinois 426 39 Wolf, Hon. Frank R., a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia: 18 APPENDIXES Appendix 1.-Statement of Hon. Michael Patrick Flanagan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois 451 Appendix 2.-Statement of Hon. John J. LaFalce, a Representative in Congress from the State of New York 452 Appendix 3.-Statement of Scott Harshbarger, attorney general, Commonwealth of Massachusetts 456 Appendix 4. Statement of Garth Manness, president, North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries 460 Appendix 5.-Additional material submitted for the hearing by Frank J. Appendix 7.-Statement of Chloris Lowe, president, Ho-Chunk Nation Appendix 9.-Statement of Jacob Viarrial, governor, Pueblo of Pojoaque 505 514 Appendix 12.-Statement of Arnie Wexler, president, Arnie & Sheila Wexler Appendix 11. Statement of John Warren Kindt, professor, University of 519 546 Appendix 14.-Statement of Michael Schaefer, public interest attorney, Las Appendix 13.-Statement of Valerie C. Lorenz, Ph.D., CPC, executive director, Compulsive Gambling Center, Inc. 559 567 NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT AND POLICY COMMISSION ACT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1995 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Henry J. Hyde (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Representatives Henry J. Hyde, Carlos J. Moorhead, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Bill McCollum, George W. Gekas, Howard Coble, Steven Schiff, Bob Inglis, Bob Goodlatte, Stephen E. Buyer, Martin R. Hoke, Fred Heineman, Ed Bryant of Tennessee, Steve Chabot, Michael Patrick Flanagan, Bob Barr, John Conyers, Jr., Charles E. Schumer, John Bryant of Texas, Robert C. Scott, and Sheila Jackson Lee. Also present: Alan F. Coffey, Jr., general counsel/staff director; Thomas Smeeton, administrator/chief investigator; Joseph Gibson, counsel; Daniel M. Freeman, counsel/parliamentarian; Samuel F. Stratman, press secretary; Nicole Robilotto, legal assistant; Paul McNulty, counsel; Julian Epstein, minority staff director; Perry Apelbaum, minority chief counsel; Melanie Sloan, minority counsel; Tom Diaz, minority counsel; and Marie McGlone, minority counsel. OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN HYDE Mr. HYDE. The committee will come to order. There are some votes in the Senate I understand transpiring now, so the Senators will be coming in later on. But because we have a heavy schedule of witnesses and we have floor business ourselves, so we will be interrupting from time to time, we are going to move along and use the time as best we can. I would like to announce to the members of the committee that, because of time constraints, the only opening statements that will be permitted will be my own and Mr. Conyers. For those members that have opening statements, they may be submitted for the record or, if you choose, at the end of the day when the witnesses are all through you may then make an opening statement, I guess, as you lawyers say, nunc pro tunc, but we do have to conserve time. Today the committee holds a hearing on H.R. 497, the National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act. Congressman Frank Wolf, one of our witnesses, introduced this legislation which would create a National Commission to Study Gambling with an eye towards developing a national policy. Senators Simon and Lugar, (1) who are also with us today or will be shortly, have introduced simi lar legislation in the Senate. [The bill, H.R. 497, follows:] 104TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 497 To create the National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 11, 1995 Mr. WOLF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary I 1 A BILL To create the National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the "National Gambling Im 5 pact and Policy Commission Act". 6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 7 There is established a commission to be known as the 8 National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission (in this 9 Act referred to as the "Commission"). 1 SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP. 2 2 (a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.-The Commission 3 shall be composed of 9 members appointed from persons 4 specially qualified by training and experience, of which one 5 should be a Governor of a State, to perform the duties 6 of the Commission as follows: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 (1) three appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (2) three appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; and (3) three appointed by the President of the United States. (b) DESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMAN.-The Speaker 14 of the House of Representatives and majority leader of 15 the Senate shall designate a Chairman and Vice Chairman 16 from among the members of the Commission. 17 (c) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.-Mem18 bers shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. Any 19 vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but 20 shall be filled in the same manner as the original appoint21 ment. 22 (d) INITIAL MEETING.-No later than 30 days after 23 the date on which all members of the Commission have 24 been appointed, the Commission shall hold its first meet25 ing as directed by the President. |