September 22, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1863 With 29 undergraduate and 8 graduate de- SUNSET MEMORIAL that all human beings are created equal and gree programs, Georgian Court University endowed by their Creator with the unalienable continues to develop new academic programs HON. TRENT FRANKS rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi- to meet the changing needs of the time. A OF ARIZONA ness. Every conflict and battle our Nation has new nursing program established in this Cen- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ever faced can he traced to our commitment to this core, self-evident truth. tennial Year will help stem the serious nursing Monday, September 22, 2008 shortage in our state. Accelerated and Execu- It has made us the beacon of hope for the Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Madam Speaker, I tive M.B.A.s allow busy executives to gain the entire world. Madam Speaker, it is who we stand once again before this House with yet information they need to advance their ca- are. another Sunset Memorial. And yet today another day has passed, and reers. As 1 of only 50 NASA Educational Re- It is September 22, 2008, in the land of the source Centers, Georgian Court ensures that we in this body have failed again to honor that free and the home of the brave, and before foundational commitment. We have failed our our children’s teachers have the most up-to- the sun set today in America, almost 4,000 date scientific information for their classrooms. sworn oath and our God-given responsibility more defenseless unborn children were killed as we broke faith with nearly 4,000 more inno- Georgian Court University has preserved by abortion on demand. That’s just today, cent American babies who died today without the estate that comprises its campus and is on Madam Speaker. That’s more than the num- the protection we should have given them. ber of innocent lives lost on September 11 in the National Register of Historic Places and So Madam Speaker, let me conclude this this country, only it happens every day. the New Jersey Register. Over the decades, Sunset Memorial in the hope that perhaps It has now been exactly 13,027 days since GCU has added buildings to meet the growing someone new who heard it tonight will finally the tragedy called Roe v. Wade was first student population—starting with 7 students in embrace the truth that abortion really does kill handed down. Since then, the very foundation 1908 up to more than 3,000 today. Within the little babies; that it hurts mothers in ways that of this Nation has been stained by the blood past several years, a new wellness center, we can never express; and that 13,027 days of almost 50 million of its own children. Some spent killing nearly 50 million unborn children residence hall, chapel, and science wing have of them, Madam Speaker, cried and screamed in America is enough; and that it is time that been added to the Georgian Court landscape. as they died, but because it was amniotic fluid we stood up together again, and remembered Georgian Court University is an economic passing over the vocal cords instead of air, we that we are the same America that rejected force in Lakewood and the surrounding areas, couldn’t hear them. human slavery and marched into Europe to ar- providing employment to thousands over its All of them had at least four things in com- mon. First, they were each just little babies rest the Nazi Holocaust; and we are still cou- 100-year history and fueling the local econ- rageous and compassionate enough to find a omy. The university is also a cultural gathering who had done nothing wrong to anyone, and each one of them died a nameless and lonely better way for mothers and their unborn ba- place for the community, bringing notable art- bies than abortion on demand. ists, musicians, poets, writers, and political fig- death. And each one of their mothers, whether she realizes it or not, will never be quite the Madam Speaker, as we consider the plight ures to campus for lectures and concerts that same. And all the gifts that these children of unborn America tonight, may we each re- are open to the public. might have brought to humanity are now lost mind ourselves that our own days in this sun- Sending teams of students and staff to pov- forever. Yet even in the glare of such tragedy, shine of life are also numbered and that all too erty-stricken areas of Honduras to install water this generation still clings to a blind, invincible soon each one of us will walk from these systems, to New Orleans to rebuild after Hurri- ignorance while history repeats itself and our Chambers for the very last time. cane Katrina, or right here in Lakewood to own silent genocide mercilessly annihilates the And if it should be that this Congress is al- help provide the necessities of life for the most helpless of all victims, those yet unborn. lowed to convene on yet another day to come, homeless, Georgian Court University is a good Madam Speaker, perhaps it’s time for those may that be the day when we finally hear the neighbor and is committed to making the of us in this Chamber to remind ourselves of cries of innocent unborn children. May that be world a better place. Georgian Court is also why we are really all here. Thomas Jefferson the day when we find the humanity, the cour- an ecologically aware citizen, contributing to said, ‘‘The care of human life and its happi- age, and the will to embrace together our human and our constitutional duty to protect the sustainability of our environment. Its new ness and not its destruction is the chief and these, the least of our tiny, little American wellness center complex has been built with only object of good government.’’ The phrase brothers and sisters from this murderous energy efficiency in mind and is being consid- in the 14th amendment capsulizes our entire scourge upon our Nation called abortion on ered for LEED—Leadership in Energy and En- Constitution. It says, ‘‘No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty or property without demand. vironmental Design—certification. due process of law.’’ Madam Speaker, pro- It is September 22, 2008, 13,027 days since With an abiding commitment to its students, tecting the lives of our innocent citizens and Roe versus Wade first stained the foundation the community, and the greater good, I com- their constitutional rights is why we are all of this Nation with the blood of its own chil- mend Georgian Court University on its 100 here. dren; this in the land of the free and the home years of academic excellence and community The bedrock foundation of this Republic is of the brave. service. the clarion declaration of the self-evident truth

VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:27 Sep 23, 2008 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22SE8.023 E22SEPT1 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with REMARKS E1864 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 22, 2008 SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 10:45 a.m. resolution designating September 27, Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, Judiciary 2008, as Alcohol and Drug Addiction Re- Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee covery Day, the nominations of Clark agreed to by the Senate on February 4, To hold hearings to examine extracting Waddoups to be United States District 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- natural resources, focusing on cor- Judge for the District of Utah, Michael tem for a computerized schedule of all porate responsibility and the rule of M. Anello to be United States District meetings and hearings of Senate com- law. Judge for the Southern District of Cali- mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- SH–216 fornia, Mary Stenson Scriven to be tees, and committees of conference. 2:30 p.m. United States District Judge for the This title requires all such committees Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Middle District of Florida, Christine M. to notify the Office of the Senate Daily fairs Arguello to be United States District State, Local, and Private Sector Prepared- Judge for the District of Colorado, Digest—designated by the Rules Com- Philip A. Brimmer to be United States mittee—of the time, place, and purpose ness and Integration Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine the Federal District Judge for the District of Colo- of the meetings, when scheduled, and Emergency Management Agency’s rado, and Gregory G. Garre of Mary- any cancellations or changes in the (FEMA) future preparedness planning. land, to be Solicitor General of the meetings as they occur. SD–342 United States, George W. Venables to As an additional procedure along Commerce, Science, and Transportation be United States Marshal for the with the computerization of this infor- To hold hearings to examine the safety Southern District of California, A. mation, the Office of the Senate Daily and security of spent nuclear fuel Brian Albritton to be United States At- Digest will prepare this information for transportation. torney for the Middle District of Flor- printing in the Extensions of Remarks SR–253 ida, and Dennis Michael Klein to be Environment and Public Works United States Marshal for the Eastern section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD District of Kentucky, all of the Depart- on Monday and Wednesday of each To hold hearings to examine the Bush Administration’s environmental record ment of Justice, and the authorization week. at the Department of the Interior and for subpoenas relating to the Depart- Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Sep- the Environmental Protection Agency ment of Justice Office of Legal Coun- tember 23, 2008 may be found in the (EPA). sel. Daily Digest of today’s RECORD. SD–406 SH–216 Foreign Relations Joint Economic Committee MEETINGS SCHEDULED To hold hearings to examine the nomina- To hold hearings to examine ways to re- tion of James Franklin Jeffrey, of Vir- duce the number of American families SEPTEMBER 24 ginia, to be Ambassador to the Repub- living in poverty. 9:30 a.m. lic of Turkey. SD–562 Foreign Relations SD–419 2:15 p.m. African Affairs Subcommittee Judiciary Indian Affairs Business meeting to consider H.R. 1294, To hold hearings to examine Africa’s Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Se- to extend Federal recognition to the management of its extractive indus- curity Subcommittee Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chick- tries. To hold hearings to examine the Visa ahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Divi- SD–419 Waiver Program, focusing on miti- sion, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry gating risks to ensure the safety of all Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Mona- To hold hearings to examine the nomina- Americans. can Indian Nation, andthe Nansemond tion of Mark Everett Keenum, of Mis- SH–216 sissippi, to be a Member of the Farm Indian Tribe, S. 514, to extend Federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Credit Administration Board, Farm SEPTEMBER 25 Credit Administration for a term end- Florida, S. 724, to extend the Federal ing May 21, 2014. 9:30 a.m. recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of SR–328A Armed Services Chippewa Indians of Montana, and S. Veterans’ Affairs To hold hearings to examine the author- 1058, to expedite review of the Grand To hold oversight hearings to examine ization of Survival Evasion Resistance River Bands of Ottawa Indians of cooperation and collaboration by the and Escape techniques for interroga- Michigan to secure a timely and just Departments of Veterans Affairs and tions in Iraq, focusing on the Commit- determination of whether the Bands Defense on information technology ef- tee’s inquiry into the treatment of de- are entitled to recognition as a Federal forts. tainees in United States custody. Indian tribe so that the Bands may re- SR–418 SD–106 ceive eligible funds before the funds are 10 a.m. Homeland Security and Governmental Af- no longer available. Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry fairs SD–628 Homeland Security and Governmental Af- To hold hearings to examine ways to pre- 2:30 p.m. fairs vent nuclear terrorism, focusing on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Disaster Recovery Subcommittee hard lessons learned from troubled in- fairs To hold joint hearings to examine the ef- vestments. Federal Financial Management, Govern- fectiveness of agricultural disaster as- SD–342 ment Information, Federal Services, sistance programs in the wake of the 10 a.m. and International Security Sub- 2008 Midwest floods, Hurricane Gustav, Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee and Hurricane Ike. To hold hearings to examine broadband To hold hearings to examine addressing SR–328A providers and consumer privacy. cost growth of major Department of Homeland Security and Governmental Af- SR–253 Defense (DOD) weapons systems. fairs Environment and Public Works SD–342 To hold hearings to examine domestic To hold oversight hearings to examine Rules and Administration partner benefits for federal employees. the Environmental Protection Agen- Business meeting to consider the nomi- SD–342 cy’s (EPA) cleanup of the Superfund nations of Gracia M. Hillman, of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation site in Libby, Montana. District of Columbia, to be a Member Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism SD–406 of the Election Assistance Commission, Subcommittee Judiciary Donetta Davidson, of Colorado, to be a To hold hearings to examine the imbal- Business meeting to consider S. 3259, to Member of the Election Assistance ance in United States-Korea auto- amend title 11, United States Code, Commission, Rosemary E. Rodriguez, mobile trade. with respect to the priority of certain of Colorado, to be a Member of the SR–253 high cost credit debts, H.R. 3971, to en- Election Assistance Commission, and Joint Economic Committee courage States to report to the Attor- Gineen Bresso Beach, of New York, to To hold hearings to examine the current ney General certain information re- be a Member of the Election Assistance economic outlook. garding the deaths of individuals in the Commission for the remainder of the SD–106 custody of law enforcement agencies, term expiring December 12, 2009. 10:30 a.m. S. 3501, to ensure that Congress is noti- SR–301 Aging fied when the Department of Justice Intelligence To hold hearings to examine ways to re- determines that the Executive Branch To hold hearings to examine the nomina- spect Americans’ choices at the end of is not bound by a statute, H.R. 1943, to tion of J. Patrick Rowan, of Maryland, life. provide for an effective HIV/AIDS pro- to be an Assistant Attorney General. SD–562 gram in Federal prisons, S. Res. 659, A SD–G50

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