LegHist.PL89-563.Volume.ONE.Sec.Ten.and

{14, and E.R. 9303, whlch would establlsh
sslety standErds fdr certaln nutomoblle
equtpment, 8nd rcqtrir? thts equlpment
to bc tncluded on all Etltdmoblles sold ln
tntetEtstc 6mmeFoe. I Em de€ply concemed
wlth thls pttblem' sE I conslder
tt to be of the Ereatest
portanoe'
nEtlonEl lft'
When pmple ln our country read ln
ilre newsipaprrs thBt almost 50.000 people
hrve dted durlns the lrst yeer ln tEf,c
Bccltlents, they sre bdellv shocked. But'
then they fted Bbout tHcedy every df,y.
TtiBsedy 18 somethlns th8t happtrE to
otherg. But erterv l3 nrlnut43, SomE
man. woman, or chlld ls ktlled lil tr:Bfilc
scctdents. tvery l8 secondg' somebddy
tE tnjwd Eeflously trr sotrlr tvlst€d
sreckege. And Yet tr8fic becomer
heavlet ever!/ dey. Tlteru ere mom dr:lveB.
morc vehtcles, mdre rf,Ile8 ol travel'
e,nd thus ttrorr ch8nces of mcldenta.
And ln eddltlo'n to thc needles$ loE ol
llfc. flrrrnclel 1oa"55 plle up at tJrG rrtc ol
lU,ooO pcr 6ccond, sruund tht clock'
8om€ 6t10,9?e AtrrGrlesnt havc ben
tfllcd ln bll battler 6tnc:i tlrt battle d
Ifxtngton ln u75, lncludhg thE urost rElY
fiDLflsures from vletnem, yet over t.s
frtllion motorlsta have dled In automoblle
rccldents since 18S9, In spltE of these
lacts, however, the Congresg has taken
very llttle attlrmatlve actlon tpward curbhg
the rapldly riEing number and co6t of
tutomoblle eccldents. Estsbllshftient ol
msnutaciuring $tgndards tor segt, belts,
alrd the requlrcment
devlces otr vehicleq
Feder&l Goverrrment
ol certaln srfety
purchr$€d by the
was s good beglnnlng,
but llttle more, lrecsu8e another
rrcord was set lE.$t year tor tramc accldeut6
and accldents contlnue to bG tho
chlef caus€ of death ln Amerlcans
r !o 3{.
eged
I persnally cannot thlnk oi many
thlngs more trcncflclel to the Natlon's
welfare ihan thls Corurres$ actln8 lBvor-
Bbly on leEislEtloh ded8ned to enal thl,B
horrlble yeArly d$th rate. In l9?5 there
,r*.* orrlV 29 rnllllon llcefls€d drlyers ln
che Unlttd StatEs; todny there Ere 95
miUlon. Yet in I9?5, there wlU b€ 135
milllon Amerlcarrs drlvlng ll? mlUlon
eutomoblle$. In fty home Stste of Florldr
blone, the number of mrs vlll double
In l0 years. The3e lBcts polnt up the
ne€d fof efiectlve leglElotlon to be enrctetl
to curb thl8 modern tragedy of the
trafilc smldent. The trafnc EBlcty leclslBtlon
before the Hou$e todsy qrould do
much td make AfilerlcBn csrs safer-
Whet is psrtlcularly dl8treslng to me
is that Blrnost hBlt of thffie kllled ln r,ccldents
could trBve survlved ln a sale
automobilc. Thls means that we would
$avc 25,000 Amer'lcArls thls year ll thelr
automobll$ were equlpped wlth ceftsln
sbfety feBturs.
sdld:
Presldent Johnson tH
wo cennot mccpt the lntolersblc dEln
on out tlffih Bnd @nomlc rG6ourc6 thft
thEG ectdtnta se mualnS,
714
If wc tal(e ectlon now to hake CilE
themsalves safer the frl8htening number
of deaths and lr\iurlg o{turrlng on ouf
hlghways Bnd our streets can be drarilatlcslly
reduced.
It ls lmportdnt ttEt Consress Bct now,
lor every day we Dut ofi cofrIna to grlps
wlth tfils proDlem Bnother 6? Amcrlcaru
wlll ille ln urEEfe md,or vrtrlclea.
Mr. QIJIIJ.EIiI, Mr. ep€rlrsr, I yl6ld t
mtrute! to the gcntleban lrbm Nebmska
tMr. CutrNtl{cll^rl.
Mf. CUNNINGHAJ\iI. Mr, Sp€EKer, I
thlnk I ouaht to 8sy that' I do support
lhts blll, but I dld f,16 the lndlvldual vl€f,rs
whlch I hope th€ Mehrberfi *lll read.
I hop€ tlr8t none ol th6 Memlreru,
whcn ttrls blll ls approved, are golrg to
isu6 any klnd ol st8tdment thflt now we
hrv6 lolved thc rcoltlont prtblem a. t|{
u vehJolot tf6 conocrned
btu tn no wbe rolvee that
bccsus€
problem,
thli
In
frct, lt' h8t vcrt llt'tl6 to do *lth tho
prtyentlon
gtme.
of r.clalcnt ln tJlc nr$ |rr-
It drlal.s prl-uarlly wlth dedan. 1tr6
have no ncure&-thffd ot u8 ntho haw
bffn In ttrrls yrork prote8slonsuy, a! I
heve for tllny yflIlr tnow that there
rre no f,Bures that support rnt oontentlon
thBt the desl8m of t}le sutomoblle lr
thc c$uErF of edcldcnts. 8o because tr€
pass thls r hop€ that the publlo wtll noi
bs lcd to bellevo thet
Drcblem.
wc hnve rolved thlr
Actunlly, the Eot! lEportant billl wo
wlll b€ votina on lE tJr6 one thst collr68
aftDr thl8, u t.|e sch€dulo lb loUowed,
that come8 trom the Combltto€ on Publlc
Works. Thlr bul scts lnto the gutJ
ol ttre problem. ft was orlglntlly ln
our blll but b€caure there we8 a confllct,
I belleve, b€tween ttle euthorlty of tfr6
two oouunlttees, lt ales asreed betEe€fr
th6 resFfftlve chnlrmen, a^s I underftlnd
It, thst the comftltt4€ on ltubllc
would take out th6 EBJor portlon
Wort!
ol t'tts
blll now under @illderatlon.
So we h8ve e merc stieleton hert vlrlch
6et6 up stNdards whlch, e3 I rsy, only
ulbbles &t thl$, lf lt even goes that f8r.
go that the r€auy lmportdnt bltl tlrat
you are golng to be dlacu8sinE l8 the one
th8t wlll cdrn6 oui ot thc CloEmftt4r on
Publlc Work8, whlch ts mhedulcd alro4v
on the csletldtr. That ls the one tJrat
wlll get et this problem to b cslteln decree.
f thousht thBt ought to be rrlstlc
cleflr trs we go ttrough the deba,te.
Ye$, I suFport the leglslEtton, End r do
hope the.t you wlll ree.d tJr6 Elnorlty
vlews thBt f have submlttatl.
Mr. QUU.LEN. Mr. gpc8tsGr, I hevr
no lurther trque8ta for tlmo.
Mr, MADDEN. Mr, Bp€8ket, I ftovc
the prevlous questlon.
The previou$ questlon wro ordeted.
The SPEAIiER, pro t€mlrore (Mr.
Arsrrr).
t'lon.
The questlon la on ttre reaolu-
The resolution wss Efreed to,
A motlon to recorolder ws
tsble.
lald on the
PR'OVIDING FOR IIIGIfWAY SATTTY,
RESIEAR,CH, AND DEVH.OPMENT
The BPEAI(ER pro temporc. The
Chalr recqgnlze8 the IentlemBn lfdnr
C&llfornl& tMr. Sra|(].
Mr. 9r$8. Mr. Sp€aBer, by dlrcctlon
of the Commltt€e on RUIeB I cau up
Hous€ Rrsolutlon gg{, and 8.6L lor lts lmhedlBte
conslderBtlon.
Th6 Clerk'r€fld the resolutlorr, E5 lol-
!ow8:
II. RH. 90*
Ecrolu€d, Ibrt upo|| thG Etlopttotr ot tJrtr
rdolutlotr lt rhrll ba |[ ordar to movr thet
ttr6 IIou& rilolva ltsll tutd th6 Cffilttfi
ot th. Whol. Ilous oD tnr tt|t ol tnc
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