E226 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks February 28, 2013 STOP THE SEQUESTER Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Cognition; Eric R. Fossum, Dartmouth Col- in recognizing Mr. Aaron Honeysucker for his lege; Robert C. Gallo, University of Mary- dedication to serving to our great country. land; Alan N. Gent, The University of Akron; HON. ELIZABETH H. ESTY Morteza Gharib, California Institute of Tech- OF CONNECTICUT f nology; Ivar Giaever, Rensselaer Polytechnic IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONGRATULATING THE 2012 NA- Institute. Thursday, February 28, 2013 TIONAL ACADEMY OF INVEN- Barbara A. Gilchrest, Boston University; Richard D. Gitlin, University of South Flor- Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, in Connecticut last TORS’ CHARTER FELLOWS ida; Leonid B. Glebov, University of Central week, I heard a lot of different fears from peo- Florida; D. Yogi Goswami, University of ple in my district about sequestration. Almost HON. GUS M. BILIRAKIS South Florida; Mark W. Grinstaff, Boston everyone is worried about the economy. Small OF FLORIDA University; Greg Hampikian, Boise State University; Barbara C. Hansen, University of business owners and manufacturers in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Torrington and Waterbury are worried about South Florida; Patrick T. Harker, University staying above water. Parents in Danbury are Thursday, February 28, 2013 of Delaware; Martin E. Hellman, Stanford worried about their children’s education. Social Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to University; Nick Holonyak, Jr., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. service providers in New Britain and Meriden honor the 101 inventors who were recently Leroy E. Hood, Institute for Systems Biol- are worried about losing funding to help sen- recognized at the University of South Florida ogy; Richard A. Houghten, Torrey Pines In- iors who need meal assistance and to help in Tampa and inducted as the 2012 National stitute for Molecular Studies; Ernest B. families who need housing assistance. People Academy of Inventors’ Charter Fellows by the Izevbigie, Jackson State University; Stephen everywhere are worried about keeping their United States Commissioner of Patents, Mar- C. Jacobsen, University of Utah; Eric W. jobs. garet A. Focarino. In order to be named as a Kaler, University of Minnesota; Linda P. B. And there’s a question in common. With this Charter Fellow, these men and women were Katehi, University of California, Davis; Jo- imminent, self-inflicted threat to people’s jobs nominated by their peers and have undergone seph P. Kennedy, The University of Akron; and people’s livelihoods, why isn’t Congress Sakhrat Khizroev, Florida International the scrutiny of the NAI Selection Committee, University; Sung Wan Kim, University of doing anything about it? Why, at the very having had their innovations deemed as mak- Utah; George V. Kondraske, University of least, are we not voting on a balanced alter- ing significant impact on quality of life, eco- Texas at Arlington. native? nomic development, and welfare of society. John J. Kopchick, Ohio University; Roger Our constituents deserve more than an an- Collectively, this elite group holds more than D. Kornberg, Stanford University; Max G. swer to that question, they deserve action. 3,200 patents. Lagally, University of Wisconsin-Madison; There is no reason businesses and families in The individuals making up this year’s class Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Connecticut, or in any state, should be facing of Charter Fellows include individuals from 56 Technology; Brian A. Larkins, University of this catastrophe. It is entirely of our own doing research universities and non-profit research Nebraska-Lincoln; Victor B. Lawrence, Ste- but it’s the folks back home that suffer the vens Institute of Technology; Virginia M.-Y. institutes spanning not just the United States Lee, University of Pennsylvania; Jean-Marie consequences. but also the world. This group of inductees Pierre Lehn, University of Strasbourg; I ask unanimous consent that the House touts eight Nobel Laureates, 14 presidents of Shinn-Zong Lin, China Medical University; now take up H.R. 699, the Stop the Sequester research universities and non-profit research Thomas A. Lipo, University of Wisconsin- Job Loss Now Act, introduced by Mr. VAN institutes, 53 members of the National Acad- Madison. HOLLEN to replace the sequestration with com- emies, 11 inductees of the National Inventors Barbara H. Liskov, Massachusetts Insti- monsense, cost-cutting policies—repealing Hall of Fame, two Fellows of the Royal Soci- tute of Technology; Alan F. List, H. Lee subsidies for big oil and big gas, refocusing ety, five recipients of the National Medal of Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Insti- tute; R. Bowen Loftin, Texas A&M Univer- subsidies for big agriculture, and enacting a Technology and Innovation, four recipients of ‘‘Buffet Rule’’ so that the wealthiest are paying sity; Dan Luss, University of Houston; Rob- the National Medal of Science, and 31 AAAS ert Magnusson, University of Texas at Ar- their fair share. Fellows, among other major awards and dis- lington; Richard B. Marchase, University of We should be allowed to vote on this bill, tinctions. Alabama at Birmingham; Stephen W. S. and we should vote to remove this threat to The contributions made to society through McKeever, Oklahoma State University; the well-being of folks in all of our districts innovation are immeasurable. I commend Craig C. Mello, University of Massachusetts who have worked so hard to get by and to these individuals, and the organizations that Medical Center; Shyam Mohapatra, Univer- bring our country back from recession. support them, for the work that they do to rev- sity of South Florida; Theodore D. Moustakas, Boston University. f olutionize the world we live in. As the following George R. Newkome, The University of HONORING AARON HONEYSUCKER inventors are inducted, may it encourage fu- Akron; C. L. Max Nikias, University of ture innovators to strive to meet this high Southern California; David P. Norton, Uni- honor and continue the spirit of innovation. versity of Florida; Julio C. Palmaz, U. of HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON The 2012 NAI Charter Fellows include: Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; OF MISSISSIPPI Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cin- Thomas N. Parks, University of Utah; C. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cinnati; Anthony Atala, Wake Forest Uni- Kumar N. Patel, University of California, Thursday, February 28, 2013 versity; Benton F. Baugh, University of Los Angeles; Prem S. Paul, University of Ne- braska-Lincoln; David W. Pershing, Univer- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- Houston; Khosrow Behbehani, University of Texas at Arlington; Raymond J. Bergeron, sity of Utah; G. P. Peterson, Georgia Insti- er, I rise today to honor a remarkable public University of Florida; Gerardine G. Botte, tute of Technology; Leonard Polizzotto, servant, Mr. Aaron Honeysucker. Aaron was Ohio University; Robert H. Brown, Jr., Uni- Draper Laboratory. born in Camden, Mississippi in 1948. He is the versity of Massachusetts Medical Center; Huntington Potter, University of Colorado father of three adult children—Felicia A. Berry, Robert L. Byer, Stanford University; Sir Roy Denver; Paul R. Sanberg, University of Marcus M. Honeysucker, and Chelsie B. Cole- Calne, University of Cambridge; Curtis R. South Florida; Timothy D. Sands, Purdue man. Mr. Honeysucker is a retired military vet- Carlson, SRI International. University; Raymond F. Schinazi, Emory eran who served during the Vietnam War. Nai Yuen Chen, University of Texas at Ar- University; Dean L. Sicking, University of While serving in the military, Mr. lington; Stephen Z. D. Cheng, The University Alabama at Birmingham; Oliver Smithies, of Akron; Paul C. W. Chu, University of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Honeysucker also worked as an insurance Houston; James J. Collins, Boston Univer- Solomon H. Snyder, Johns Hopkins Univer- salesman from 1972–1980. He’s currently a sity; James G. Conley, Northwestern Univer- sity; Franky So, University of Florida; M. J. small business owner and sells real estate. sity; Joseph T. Coyle, Harvard University; Soileau, University of Central Florida; Nan- Mr. Honeysucker graduated from Velma Jack- James E. Dahlberg, University of Wisconsin- Yao Su, University of Florida. son High School in 1967, Hinds Junior College Madison; Roger J. Davis, University of Mas- Jack W. Szostak, Harvard University; Es- in 1972, and Jackson State University in 1997. sachusetts Medical Center; Sandra J. F. ther Sans Takeuchi, Stony Brook Univer- Mr. Honeysucker is a member of several so- Degen, University of Cincinnati; Hector F. sity; H. Holden Thorp, University of North cial & civic organizations including the Veteran DeLuca, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Carolina at Chapel Hill; Charles H. Townes, Donn M. Dennis, University of Florida; University of California, Berkeley; John Q. of Foreign Wars, JSU Alumni Association, Akira Endo, Tokyo University of Agriculture Trojanowski, University of Pennsylvania; Blue Bengal Athletic Association, Woodhaven & Technology; Howard J. Federoff, George- Roger Y. Tsien, University of California, San Homeowners Association, The Retired Active town University; Thomas J. Fogarty, Diego; James L. Van Etten, University of Reserve and Armed Forces Association, and Fogarty Institute for Innovation; Kenneth Nebraska-Lincoln; James W. Wagner, Emory Red Cross Volunteer. M. Ford, Institute for Human & Machine University; John E. Ware, Jr., University of

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