July 29, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1589 Guard has identified a need for this new, con- stored in 902 igloos constructed in the 1940s EARMARK DECLARATION solidated facility to provide space for adminis- to store low technology ammunition that could tration, training, intelligence, life support, sur- be carried by hand. 706 of these igloos have HON. HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ McKEON vival equipment, command post, flight plan- 4 foot wide single doors and a two step dif- OF CALIFORNIA ning, aircrew briefing rooms, flight manage- ferential between the pavement and igloo IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment, and storage. This facility is designed to floor. Funding for this project will modify ap- Tuesday, July 29, 2008 sustain 24-hour/day operations supporting air- proximately 100 igloos to 10 foot doors and borne firefighting, aeromedical evacuation, and provide concrete ramps direct from the pave- Mr. MCKEON. Madam Speaker, I submit the homeland defense missions of 12–PAA C–130 ment to the igloo. This project is in the U.S. following: aircraft associated with active duty Air Force Army Fiscal Year 2011 FYDP. Letterkenny’s Requesting Member: Congressman HOW- personnel. munitions storage mission continues to grow ARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON. f and its need for upgraded igloos to meet this Bill Number: H.R. 6599—The Military Con- mission requirement is more immediate than struction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations EARMARK DECLARATION programmed. Act for Fiscal Year 2009. Account: Military Construction (Milcon), Air HON. BILL SHUSTER Project Name: Carlisle Barracks, Museum Force. Support Facility. OF PENNSYLVANIA Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Edwards Air Force Base. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Account: MILCON, Army. Address of Requesting Entity: Edwards Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Carlisle AFB, CA 93524. Barracks. Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, consistent Description of Request: At my request, a with the Republican Leadership’s policy on Address of Requesting Entity: Carlisle, Bar- project appropriation of $6,000,000 is included earmarks, I am placing this statement in the racks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. in the Military Construction and Veterans Af- fairs Appropriations bill to complete construc- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Description of Request/Justification of Fed- tion of a main base operations ramp replace- Requesting Member: Congressman BILL eral Funding: ment at Edwards Air Force Base. The Air SHUSTER (PA—9). Provide $13.4 million for Museum Support Force has assessed that the 50-year-old main Bill Number: H.R. 6599—The Military Con- Facility, Carlisle Barracks. struction and Veterans Affairs FY09 Appropria- runway is rapidly deteriorating and is projected tions bill. It is my understanding that funding will be to fail in the very near term impacting base Project Name: Army Reserve Center, used to construct a Museum Support Facility operations and flight testing. The Air Force Letterkenny Army Depot. to provide curation, conservation, and storage has also determined that temporary relocation Account: MILCON, Army Reserve. of historical artifacts and art; conservation of of base operations is infeasible and that any Legal Name of Requesting Entity: manuscripts and associated paper materials; delay in funding could result in costs to the Letterkenny Army Depot. research areas, office, and associated activi- government of approximately $4,000,000. Address of Requesting Entity: Letterkenny ties to support the U.S. Army Heritage and f Army Depot, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Educational Center and other Army historical HALTING RAPE AND SEXUAL Description of Request/Justification of Fed- activities in coordination with the Center of ASSAULT IN THE U.S. MILITARY eral Funding: Military History. The facility will also provide a Provide $14.914 million for Army Reserve major educational and tourist facility in the Center, Letterkenny Army Depot. Central Pennsylvania region. HON. JANE HARMAN OF CALIFORNIA It is my understanding that funding for this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES project would consolidate three area Army Re- f serve facilities at the Letterkenny Army Depot Tuesday, July 29, 2008 (LEAD) in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The TRIBUTE TO DEAN HAUGE Ms. HARMAN. Madam Speaker, the stories project will provide a 300 member training fa- are shocking in their simplicity and brutality: a cility with administrative areas, classrooms, female military recruit is pinned down at assembly hall, arms vault, kitchen, equipment HON. TOM LATHAM knifepoint and raped repeatedly in her bar- storage areas, physical training rooms, and OF IOWA racks. Though her attackers hid their faces maintenance facilities. LEAD has set aside 7.5 she identified them by their uniforms. They acres of secure federal land for construction of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were her fellow soldiers. During a routine gyn- the Reserve Center. The Center will be con- Tuesday, July 29, 2008 ecological exam, a female soldier is attacked structed behind the Letterkenny fence and ad- and raped by her military physician. Yet an- jacent to 600 acres of federal land which are Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise to rec- other young soldier, still adapting to life in a used for Reserve training. This facility will also ognize the retirement of Dean Hauge, war zone, is raped by her commanding officer. meet all projected force protection and anti- groundskeeper at Elmwood-Saint Joseph Afraid for her standing in her unit, she feels terrorism standards. This project is in the Cemetery in Mason City, Iowa, after serving she has nowhere to turn. President’s FY 2009 budget and the U.S. his community for over 29 years. These are true stories, and, sadly, not iso- Army Reserve Fiscal Year 2009 FYDP. lated incidents. Women serving in the U.S. Dean’s father, Morris, was the Project Name: Upgrade Munition Igloos, military are more likely to be raped by a fellow groundskeeper of Elmwood for 27 years prior Phase 2, Letterkenny Army Depot. soldier than killed by enemy fire in Iraq. to Dean taking over the reigns. His uncles Account: MILCON, Army. The scope of the problem was brought into Truman Hauge and Virgil Cox also worked at Legal Name of Requesting Entity: acute focus for me during a visit to the West the cemetery. Dean’s groundskeeper job at Letterkenny Army Depot. Los Angeles VA Health Center, where I met Address of Requesting Entity: Letterkenny the 120-acre cemetery included maintaining with female veterans and their doctors. My jaw Army Depot, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. the property, digging and filling graves, erect- dropped when the doctors told me that 41 per- Description of Request / Justification of Fed- ing tents and chairs for funerals, and assisting cent of female veterans seen there say they eral Funding: families in locating burial sites and are victims of sexual assault while in the mili- Provide $7.5 million for Upgrade Munition headstones. Dean’s big heart and dedicated tary and 29 percent report being raped during Igloos, Phase 2, Letterkenny Army Depot. service has helped many families deal with the their military service. They spoke of their con- It is my understanding that funding for this unfortunate loss of loved ones over many tinued terror, feelings of helplessness, and the project would modify igloo doors and provide years. downward spirals many of their lives have concrete ramps to significantly increase pro- I know that my colleagues in the United since taken. ductivity and enhance Letterkenny Army De- States Congress join me in commending Dean Numbers reported by the Department of De- pot’s (LEAD), ability to rapidly and safely sup- for his service to his community and congratu- fense show the same sickening pattern. In port mission requirements. Letterkenny is a lating him on his retirement. I consider it an 2006, 2,947 sexual assaults were reported— major receiving, storage, maintenance, and honor to represent Dean in Congress, and I 73 percent more than in 2004. The DOD’s shipping site for both tactical missiles and con- wish him and his wife Janice a long, happy most recent report, released earlier this sum- ventional ammunition. These munitions are and healthy retirement. mer, indicates that 2,688 reports were made in

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The press scrutiny and con- National Guard Youth Challenge Day, H.R. gressional attention that followed led DOD to Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6493—Aviation Safety Enhancement Act of create the Sexual Assault and Response Of- 2008, I was not able to return to the House fice. Since its inception, SAPRO has initiated Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Madam Speaker, because myself and 6 other Members of Con- training and improved reporting of rapes and today I introduce a really simple bill which will gress from Texas had to make an emergency sexual assaults but has inexplicably failed to help one of the towns in my home State of plane landing due to mechanical problems on track prosecution rates or how victims are Alaska. This bill will fix a problem which can- CO flight 458. Thus this emergency prevented faring within the military structure. not be solved without this legislation. The bill, a timely return to Washington, DC. At the heart of this crisis is an apparent in- entitled the Connell Lake Watershed Protec- Had I been present, I would have voted ability or unwillingness to prosecute rapists in tion bill, will allow the Forest Service to apply ‘‘yea’’ on all three of these measures. the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to a the ranks. According to the DOD’s own statis- f tics, a mere 181 out of 2,212 subjects—or 8 vital watershed in the Ketchikan Gateway Bor- percent—investigated for sexual assault in ough. TRIBUTE TO DALE MORSE 2007 (including 1,259 reports of rape) were re- By doing this, the local government, the ferred to courts martial. In nearly half of the Borough, can manage and protect the water- HON. TOM LATHAM cases investigated, the chain of command shed which is now owned by the Forest Serv- OF IOWA took no action and in the majority of those that ice. While the Forest Service can manage this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES were acted upon, the offenders were assigned area, it is better that the local government has Tuesday, July 29, 2008 administrative or non-judicial punishment. In control of its own watershed since that water- Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today other words, slaps on the wrist. In more than shed is located within the Borough’s bound- to recognize Dale Morse for his longtime serv- one-third of the cases that were not pursued, aries. the commander took no action because of ‘‘in- ice to the International Lions Club. This is a small area—just 880 acres con- Dale has been a member of the Rippey, sufficient evidence.’’ sisting of a natural lake which was enlarged Iowa Lions Club for 40 years. The Inter- This is in stark contrast to the civil justice by a dam constructed in the 1950s when the national Lions Club is a volunteer organization system, where 40 percent of those arrested area was used by the now defunct Ketchikan which works together to answer the needs that for rape are prosecuted, according to the De- Pulp Company. The company needed a water challenge communities around the world, in- partment of Justice and FBI. source and constructed a small dam to en- cluding an end to preventable blindness, The DOD must close this gap and remove large the already existing, natural Connell cleaning local parks and providing essential the obstacles to effective investigation and Lake. That lake has since served as a water supplies to victims of natural disasters. Dale’s prosecution. Failure to draw bright red lines source for the Ketchikan area and the Bor- dedication to his community and fulfilling the produces two harmful consequences: it deters ough wishes to own and maintain the lake and objectives of the Iowa Lions Club has made a victims from reporting rapes and it fails to the surrounding area. lasting impact on those around him. deter offenders. The absence of rigorous pros- If Ketchikan were not completely contained Although Dale is no longer able to regularly ecution perpetuates a culture tolerant of sex- within the Tongass National Forest, there attend meetings, his Lions Club membership ual assault and rape—an attitude that says would be an easy solution, the Recreation and remains active, and his community remains ‘‘boys will be boys.’’ Public Purposes Act, which is specifically de- grateful for his service and continued partici- pation. I consider it an honor to represent Dale The legislation that Mr. TURNER and I intro- signed to solve problems like these. If these Morse in the United States Congress, and I duce today calls on the Secretary of Defense lands were in the public domain in the lower wish him the very best in his future. to develop and implement a comprehensive 48 States, the Bureau of Land Management strategy to end assault and rape in the mili- would simply process a deed under that Act to f tary—to encourage and increase investiga- allow the Borough obtain ownership of the EARMARK DECLARATION tions and prosecutions. land subject to a reverter if the land is not I have raised the issue personally with De- used for either recreation of public purposes. HON. JIM SAXTON fense Secretary Gates, Chairman of the Joint However, the Recreation and Public Pur- OF NEW JERSEY Chiefs Admiral Mullen, and Army Secretary poses Act does not apply to the National For- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Geren, among others. While they express real est System. So, Congress must approve the Tuesday, July 29, 2008 concern, thus far the military’s response has use of the act for this purpose. This is not an been underwhelming. The apparent lack of ur- unprecedented situation, and Congress has Mr. SAXTON. Madam Speaker, pursuant to gency is inexcusable. passed similar legislation in the past. For ex- House Republican Earmark Guidance, I am in- ample, in The Southern Nevada Public Land cluding the following projects I supported that Congress can do better too. While these were included in the 2008 President’s Budget sexual assault statistics are readily available, Management act of 1998, P. L. 105–263, Con- gress approved a bill to allow this Act to be and subsequently received funding in H.R. our oversight has failed to come to grips with 6599: the magnitude of the crisis. No doubt the ab- used in both Southern Nevada and in the Project: Modified Record Range horrent and graphic nature of the reports Tahoe Basin, which lands became part of the National Forest System. Cost: $3,825,000 makes people uncomfortable. But this is no Account: Military Construction—Army excuse for inaction. I applaud the National Se- So, Madam Speaker, I ask only that this bill Legal Name of Requesting Entity: McGuire- curity and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee of the be passed to allow local government to use Dix-Lakehurst Joint Base Oversight and Government Reform Committee the Act just as it would in Nevada or any other Address of Requesting Entity: Command for holding hearings later this week to shine a western state. The Borough is well able to Headquarter, Building 5417, Fort Dix, NJ light on the failure of existing policies. handle this management and will maintain the 08640. Madam Speaker, most of our service current management which is as a rec- Description of Request: Range will train and women and men are patriotic, courageous and reational site and for water source and water- test individual soldiers on the skills necessary hard-working people who embody the best of shed protection. The full terms and conditions to identify, engage and defeat stationary infan- what it means to be an American. The failure of the Recreation and Public Purposes Act try targets for day/night qualification require- to stem sexual assault and rape in the military would apply—no exceptions are being asked. ments with the M16 and M4 rifles. Range im- runs counter to those ideals and shames us I look forward to rapid consideration and proves the capability of Fort Dix, which sup- all. passage of this bill. ports the Army Reserve and National Guard

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