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TRIBUTE TO RABBI JOHN L. bamian who won the 2018 Southeastern Lit- RECOGNIZING ARMY NATIONAL ROSOVE erary Tourism Initiative writing contest with her GUARD MASTER SGT. JOHN short story, ‘‘Tunnel Vision,’’ that focuses on PAUL KARPOVICH OF LUZERNE HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF the American Civil Rights Movement in my COUNTY OF CALIFORNIA hometown Montgomery, Alabama. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Born and raised in Montgomery, Jeanie re- HON. DANIEL MEUSER ceived her undergraduate degree from Auburn OF PENNSYLVANIA Monday, March 11, 2019 University. Following her graduation from Au- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today burn, Jeanie received post-graduate degrees Monday, March 11, 2019 to honor Rabbi John L. Rosove, a man of in English and Teaching Writing from Auburn great integrity and an outstanding leader in the University Montgomery. Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, it is with great respect that I rise today to recognize the greater Jewish community, who is retiring from Jeanie is a stay-at-home mother of three dedicated service of Army National Guard his duties as Senior Rabbi of Temple Israel of currently living in Montgomery. She has writ- Master Sgt. John Paul Karpovich of Luzerne Hollywood, a position he has held since 1988. ten several successful novels, including County. Master Sgt. Karpovich was recently Born and raised in Los Angeles, Rabbi ‘‘Fairhope,’’ a second-prize winner of the 2013 presented with the Pennsylvania Veterans Rosove earned a Bachelor’s in Art History Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Her most Service Medal and is the first recipient of this from the University of California, Berkeley, a recent short story, ‘‘Tunnel Vision,’’ captures distinguished award. Master’s in Hebrew letters from Hebrew Union the spirit of social change through the eyes of The Pennsylvania Veterans Service Medal College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los An- a 1954 Montgomery woman who is magically is reserved for those within our great Com- geles, Rabbinic Ordination from Hebrew Union transported to modern-day Alabama. College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New monwealth who go above and beyond to sup- York, and a Doctor of Divinity from Hebrew Literature like Jeanie’s story can encourage port Pennsylvania’s veterans. A member of Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in tourism and promote economic growth in com- the National Guard, Master Sgt. Karpovich has Los Angeles. munities throughout the United States. The transcended his call to serve. He has become Rabbi Rosove has worked tirelessly and Southeastern Literary Tourism Initiative chal- an instrumental member of the veterans com- selflessly to build a robust Jewish community lenges writers to create stories that attract visi- munity in Pennsylvania, giving selflessly to in the greater Hollywood area, and to bring tors to areas like Alabama’s Second District. many men and women who served before Jewish people closer together, viewing social Jeanie has truly captured the spirit of Mont- him. justice work and ethical principles as core gomery, and I encourage others to visit our For nearly 20 years, Master Sgt. Karpovich Jewish religious values. He oversaw the beautiful city so that they may see firsthand has served on the Wyoming Valley Veterans founding of the Temple’s Day School and the rich history of our area. Day Parade Committee, he is also a life mem- helped spearhead Big Sunday Weekend of Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to honor ber of AMVETS Post 59, a member of Amer- Service in 1998, which today is a year-round Ms. Parnell’s literary success and to acknowl- ican Legion Post 395, serves on the board of organization where 50,000 Good Samaritans edge her impact on the Montgomery commu- directors for the Northeastern Pennsylvania in Los Angeles volunteer annually to help the nity. I am proud to call her a lifelong friend Veterans Multi-care Alliance, and is a member community at over 2,000 events. and fellow Alabamian. of the Honorary First Defenders. Rabbi Rosove has admirably served in nu- Nearly 800,000 veterans call Pennsylvania merous leadership positions, including as na- f home. We are fortunate to have dedicated in- tional chairperson of the Association of Re- dividuals like Master Sgt. Karpovich who work form Zionists of America, where he rep- RECOGNIZING AAYUSH KARAN OF to support our heroes. Madam Speaker, I ask resented more than 1.5 million American Re- MUSKEGO that my colleagues join me in congratulating form Jews. He also served in leadership roles Army National Guard Master Sgt. John Paul at the Jewish Agency for Israel, the World Zi- Karpovich on this well-deserved recognition onist Organization, and the Conference of HON. BRYAN STEIL and thanking him for the many contributions Presidents of Major American Jewish Organi- OF WISCONSIN he has made and continues to make, to our zations, and from 2012 to 2016, he was a na- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES veterans. tional co-chair of the Executive Rabbinic Cabi- f net of J Street. Monday, March 11, 2019 For his work benefitting the Jewish Commu- CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM AND Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ANTI-MUSLIM DISCRIMINATION nity, Rabbi Rosove has received the World honor a young, bright, and talented student Union for Progressive Judaism International from Wisconsin’s First Congressional District, SPEECH OF Humanitarian Award and honored by J Street. Aayush Karan of Muskego. A student at the Rabbi Rosove and his wife Barbara, have University School of Milwaukee, Aayush is in HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE two sons, Daniel and David. Washington this week as one of the top 40 fi- OF TEXAS I ask all Members of Congress to join me nalists—and the only finalist from Wisconsin— IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES today in honoring Rabbi John L. Rosove for in the nation for the most prestigious science Thursday, March 7, 2019 his decades of outstanding service to the Jew- competition for high school seniors, the Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as a sen- ish community and his unwavering commit- Regeneron Science Talent Search. ment to peace and justice. ior member of the Committees on the Judici- His Regeneron Science Talent Search f ary and Homeland Security, the Tom Lantos mathematics project untangled a mystery in Human Rights Commission, the bipartisan HONORING MS. JEANIE PARNELL knot theory. Knot theory has puzzled mathe- Congressional International Religious Freedom maticians for years and advancements in the Caucus, and the Helsinki Commission, I rise in HON. MARTHA ROBY theory could help our understanding of DNA. strong support of H. Res. 183, a resolution In addition to his studies, Aayush runs cross OF ALABAMA that puts the House on record in its con- country and plays the piano. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES demnation of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, On behalf of Wisconsin’s First Congres- racism, and other forms of bigotry as hateful Monday, March 11, 2019 sional District, I congratulate Aayush for his in- expressions of intolerance that are inimical to Mrs. ROBY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to credible achievement and wish him all the the values and aspirations that define the peo- honor Ms. Jeanie Parnell, an exceptional Ala- best in the future. ple of the United States.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Mar 12, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K11MR8.001 E11MRPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS E280 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 11, 2019 I support the resolution also because it also There is an urgent need to ensure the safe- tudes towards Muslims and people who are forcefully expresses the condemnation by this ty and security of Jewish communities, includ- perceived to be Muslim, including the irrational House of anti-Muslim discrimination and big- ing synagogues, schools, cemeteries, and belief that Muslims are inherently violent, dis- otry against racial, ethnic, religious, and other other institutions. loyal, and foreign; or sympathize with individ- marginalized communities. Outside of the United States, Jews are the uals who engage in violence or terror or sup- Mr. Speaker, nearly thirty years ago, as a targets of anti-Semitic violence at even higher port the oppression of women, Jews, and young mother, I first visited Israel and the Holy rates in many other countries. other vulnerable communities. Land, and I have returned many times since Anti-Semitism includes scapegoating or It is very important and significant that the then to the region that gave birth to three of blaming Jews as Jews when things go wrong; resolution before us also condemns White su- the world’s great religions, civilizations, and calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or premacists in the United States who have and cultures. harming of Jews in the name of a radical ide- continue to exploit bigotry and weaponize hate I have been a passionate supporter of the ology or extremist view of religion; or making for political gain, targeting traditionally per- Mickey Leland Kibbutzim Internship program, mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing, or secuted peoples, including African Americans, which for nearly thirty years has enabled stereotyped allegations about Jews. Native Americans, and other people of color, inner-city high school students who live or Another way that anti-Semitism manifests Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, immigrants, study in the 18th Congressional District the itself is when Jewish people are subject in the and others with verbal attacks, incitement, and opportunity to spend a summer in Israel. media and political campaigns to numerous violence. As a member of the Commission on Secu- other dangerous myths, including the canard Let us be very clear: these purveyors of rity and Cooperation in Europe, better known that Jews control the United States Govern- hate will not win because as the Reverend as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, I have trav- ment or seek global, political, and financial Martin Luther King, Jr., taught, persecution of eled abroad on numerous occasions to partici- domination, or that Jews are obsessed with any American is an assault on the rights and pate in parliamentary diplomacy in support of money. freedoms of all Americans. OSCE and other European efforts to combat Mr. Speaker, we need to denounce and re- anti-Semitism, including legislation calling for Mr. Speaker, anti-Semitism is wrong and ject forcefully and continuously the based on a lie—as are racism, Islamophobia, increased security for the Jewish community, scapegoating and targeting of Jews in the funds for civil society coalitions to combat sexism, homophobia, and xenophobia—but re- United States that has persisted for many member the words of William Cullen Bryant, hate, and a U.S.-EU Joint Action Plan to com- years, including by the Ku Klux Klan, the bat prejudice and discrimination that would in- who said: America First Committee, and by modern neo- clude a specific focus on anti-Semitism. Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; Nazis, whose membership decidedly is not As a member of the Commission I sup- The eternal years of God are hers; comprised of ‘‘very fine people.’’ ported the successful effort to include anti-Se- But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, We also must have zero-tolerance for any And dies among his worshippers. mitic incidents in the annual State Department suggestion or accusation that Jews are more International Religious Freedom Reports and Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to loyal to Israel or to the Jewish community than Country Reports on Human Rights, and to cre- vote for H. Res. 183 and I encourage every to the United States. ate the position of the U.S. Special Envoy on person in the United States to confront and re- Such accusations of dual allegiance con- Anti-Semitism within the State Department. ject anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, and stitutes anti-Semitism because they suggest Mr. Speaker, nearly 74 years have passed other forms of bigotry and do all they can to that Jewish citizens cannot be patriotic Ameri- since the end of World War II but for those ensure that the United States lives up to the cans and trusted neighbors, when Jews have who survived, and the descendants and rel- transcendent principles of tolerance, religious atives of those who perished, the Holocaust is loyally served our Nation every day since its freedom, and equal protection as embodied in not ancient history but a reminder of the evil founding, whether in public or community life the Declaration of Independence and the first that can be unleashed when humans give into or military service. and 14th amendments to the Constitution that their worst instincts and appetites. Accusations of dual loyalty have an insid- have made it the envy and the hope of the The Holocaust is the worst example of ious and pernicious history and led, inter alia, world. to the discriminatory incarceration of Ameri- man’s inhumanity to man in human history f and the magnitude of its destruction numbered cans of Japanese descent during World War II more than 12 million deaths, including 6 mil- on their basis of race and alleged dual loyalty; IAN STEWART EARNS THE RANK lion Jews and 1.5 million children. the Dreyfus affair, when Alfred Dreyfus, a OF EAGLE SCOUT A haunting quote in the United States Holo- Jewish French artillery captain, was falsely caust Memorial Museum refers to the story of convicted of passing secrets to Germany HON. PETE OLSON Cain and Abel: ‘‘The Lord said, ‘What have based on his Jewish background; and the you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries questioning of John F. Kennedy’s fitness to OF TEXAS out to me from the ground’ ’’ (Genesis 4:11). serve as President of the United States be- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Holocaust is a testament to the fragility cause of his Catholic faith. Monday, March 11, 2019 of democracy and it forces us to confront un- Following the terrorist attack of September comfortable questions such as the responsibil- 11, we saw a noticeable increase in suspicion Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today ities of citizenship and the consequences of of, and hostility to, Muslim-Americans in the to congratulate Ian Stewart of Pearland, TX for indifference and inaction, and the importance United States, including Islamophobia, based earning the rank of Eagle Scout. Eagle Scout of education and awareness. on false accusations that they were supportive is the highest honor a Boy Scout can earn. That is why we, all of us, must reject and of, or associated with, terrorism. Only a small percentage of Boy Scouts resist prejudice and intolerance in any form. Mr. Speaker, in 2017, mosques were reach the rank of Eagle Scout. This honor re- Mr. Speaker, anti-Semitism is the name for bombed in Bloomington, Minnesota, and quires years of effort to develop the necessary the bigotry and form of racism endured for burned in Austin, Texas, Victoria, Texas, leadership, service and outdoor skills. To earn centuries by Jewish people for no other rea- Bellevue, Washington, and Thonotosassa, it, Ian developed and provided leadership to son that simply because they are Jews. Florida, and mass attacks on Muslim commu- others in a service project. For his project, Ian In 2017 the Federal Bureau of Investigation nities were planned against communities in refurbished soccer goals on fields throughout reported a 37 percent increase in hate crimes Islamberg, New York, in 2019, Jacksonville, the Shadow Creek Ranch Planned Community against Jews or Jewish institutions and found Florida, in 2017, and Garden City, Kansas, in in Pearland, TX. His dedication to our commu- that attacks against Jews or Jewish institutions 2016. nity has prepared him to be a leader in his fu- made up 58.1 percent of all religious-based The Federal Bureau of Investigation has re- ture endeavors and benefit all those around hate crimes. ported that hate crimes against Muslims or him. And it was just last year, on October 27, Muslim institutions in the United States in- On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- 2018, the perpetrator of the deadliest attack creased by over 99 percent between 2014 and sional District of Texas, congratulations again on Jewish people in the history of the United 2016. to Ian for becoming an Eagle Scout. We are States killed 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life That is why I am so pleased that the resolu- proud of his continued success and thank him Synagogue building in Pittsburgh and report- tion before us also strongly denounces anti- for his dedication to making our community a edly stated that he ‘‘wanted all Jews to die.’’ Muslim bigotry, which entails prejudicial atti- better place.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Mar 12, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A11MR8.002 E11MRPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS March 11, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E281 ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF VICTOR Dale will be sincerely missed by his family, graduates present, including Anderson, VALLEY HONORED BY THE the veteran community, and all those who had passed seven resolutions, the last pertaining APPLE VALLEY OPTIMIST CLUB the great pleasure of knowing him. He will be to the ‘‘fundamental principle that the char- acteristic of this Association shall be.’’ Ac- remembered for his service to and love for his cording to the ‘‘Preliminary Meeting’’ min- HON. PAUL COOK country. utes, Reverend Dr. Francis Vinton, Class of OF CALIFORNIA f 1830, Assistant Minister of Trinity Church in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES New York City, introduced a resolution that HAPPY SESQUICENTENNIAL—CELE- the Association be ‘‘formed purely for the Monday, March 11, 2019 BRATING 150 YEARS OF THE promotion of social and fraternal inter- Mr. COOK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to WEST POINT ASSOCIATION OF course.’’ Vinton’s resolution became Article recognize the incredible service of the Assist- GRADUATES PART I (1969–1990) II of the new Association’s Constitution: ance League of Victor Valley, who was hon- ‘‘The objects of this Association shall be to ored by the Apple Valley Optimist Club on cherish the memories of our Alma Mater, HON. JOHN SHIMKUS and to promote the social intercourse and Saturday, March 8. OF ILLINOIS fraternal fellowship of its graduates.’’ Founded in 1979 and achieving Full Chapter IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Does this end the debate regarding the pur- Status in 1982, the Assistance League of Vic- pose of the Association of Graduates’ found- tor Valley is a nonprofit organization focused Monday, March 11, 2019 ing? Not quite. Article IV of the Associa- on identifying and funding ongoing, community Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I rise to in- tion’s original Constitution complicates based philanthropic programs in the Victor clude in the RECORD an article by Keith J. matters. It states, ‘‘Political, or any other Valley. Their signature program is Operation Hamel honoring the 150th Anniversary of the discussions foreign to the purposes of the As- sociation, as set forth in this Constitution, School Bell, which provides new school West Point Association of Graduates. or any proceedings of such a tendency, are clothes to children in need living in the Victor ‘‘On May 22, 2019, the West Point Associa- declared inimical to the purposes of this or- Valley. Since the Operation began, 27,244 tion of Graduates will turn 150 years old. ganization, and are prohibited.’’ Such an ar- local children have received clothing, with Think about it—one hundred and fifty years! ticle calls attention to itself and seems to 1,357 students receiving clothing during the When ‘‘the Association,’’ as it used to be support the notion that the recent U.S. Civil 2017–2018 school year. The Assistance known, held its first organizational meeting War and its political aftermath might im- in the office of Dr. Horace Webster, Class of League has also logged 28,000 volunteer pede the formation of an Association of West 1818, President of the College of the City of Point Graduates. Furthermore, Article III, 2, hours during that same period and gave 1,620 New York, the light bulb had yet to be in- states, ‘‘The oldest graduate belonging to bears to children in local hospitals. vented; the telephone had not been patented; the Association shall be President; and in his The Assistance League of Victor Valley is the U.S. flag had only 37 stars; and the ma- absence the senior graduate present shall one of the most effective nonprofit organiza- chine gun, dynamite, and the torpedo were preside at the meeting of the Association.’’ tions in the High Desert, and I am proud to less than a decade old. This made Thayer the ‘‘official’’ first presi- see them receiving some very well-deserved The year was 1869, an important year in dent. Although Thayer never attended a recognition. I wish them nothing but success the history of West Point graduates. On meeting of the Association of Graduates March 4 of that year, Ulysses S. Grant, Class as they continue to help the less fortunate in (and, interestingly, his name does not appear of 1843, became the 18th President of the on the roll of members until 1872), this pas- our community. United States. Grant, of course, received na- sage marries Thayer’s legacy with the cre- f tional acclaim for commanding the Union ation of the Association, including his desire Army to victory during the U.S. Civil War, IN REMEMBRANCE OF DALE COOK to form such an organization for the benefit accepting the surrender of Confederate of West Point. Going forward, both implicit forces from another West Point graduate, political matters and the promotion of West HON. MARK DeSAULNIER Robert E. Lee, Class of 1829. That recent con- Point routinely enter into the dialogue re- OF CALIFORNIA flict, roughly four years over by the time a garding the Association’s early history and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES handful of graduates met in Webster’s office business. one Saturday afternoon for that first meet- Take the Association’s first public act Monday, March 11, 2019 ing, is often cited as the reason the ‘‘Asso- after a committee of 13 graduates, chaired by Mr. DESAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I rise ciation’’ was formed; that is, to heal the di- Webster, met on June 16, 1869 and drafted the today with Congressman JERRY MCNERNEY to vide between West Point graduates who constitution and bylaws for the new Associa- pay tribute to Dale Cook and recognize his fought on opposing sides of the U.S. Civil tion. Soon after, the committee mailed the War. While it may be romanticized, such a service to our country. proposed constitution and bylaws to all grad- theory is plausible. After all, bridging uates; 128 joined (of more than 1,350 living Dale was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. chasms seemed to be the spirit of the age in graduates), including three former Confed- After enlisting in the Marine Corps as a high 1869. On May 2 of that year the ‘‘golden erate officers: Richard S. Ewell, Class of 1840; school senior in 1944, Dale was assigned to spike’’ of the First Transcontinental Rail- James Longstreet, Class of 1842; and Nathan- the 4th Marine Division on Maui. road was driven into the ground at Prom- iel R. Chambliss, Class of May 1861. In fact, Seventy-four years ago, Dale was one of ontory Summit of Utah Territory, linking Ewell sent a letter back with his dues stat- the few surviving Marines who invaded Iwo America’s East Coast with its West Coast. ing, ‘‘I cannot think that any graduate of the Jima on February 19, 1945. He was wounded Later that year, on November 17, the Suez Academy would, unless blinded by preju- by an enemy grenade and evacuated to Guam Canal officially opened, finally completing a dices, decline to aid the work of reuniting where he joined the first of his many Veterans centuries-old idea to create a waterway be- . . . a bond broken asunder by civil discord tween the Mediterranean and the Indian and war.’’ Conversely, Simon Bolivar organizations, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ocean. Buckner, Class of 1844, the first Confederate (VFW). Yet when Robert Anderson, Class of 1825, general to surrender an Army to Union After returning to the United States, Dale wrote to Sylvanus Thayer, Class of 1808, on forces, perhaps stinging from so-called ‘‘Rad- was recruited by the Atomic Energy Commis- January 28, 1869 to propose the formation of ical Republicans’’ attempts to strip ex-rebels sion as a regional public information officer ‘‘an association of the graduates of the Mili- of their right to vote and hold office in the and later moved to the San Francisco Bay tary Academy,’’ he never mentioned the First Reconstruction Act (1867), wrote back Area, where he spent the rest of his career Civil War as a raison d’eˆtre for this endeavor to the committee saying, ‘‘Fraternal fellow- and retirement. He joined the Army Reserve (and Anderson was the officer in charge of ship can exist only in the light of an ac- Fort Sumter when it was fired upon by as the Chief Public Information Officer of the knowledged equality, [which] is denounced P.G.T. Beauregard, Class of 1838, to start by the legislation of the central government 6th Army command at the Presidio of San that war!) Instead, Anderson plainly told which extends its fostering care to our class Francisco, while continuing his involvement in Thayer he wanted to form an association ‘‘to of graduates of our Alma Mater and at the veterans organizations. see what should be done to perfect and per- same time prescribes the other . . . an ac- Dale continued to serve his community by petuate this truly national Institution,’’ knowledgement of the inequality which ren- leading an annual commemoration of the Bat- [West Point] and, in his February 12, 1869 ders agreeable social intercourse impos- tle of Iwo Jima for many years, first at the reply to Anderson, Thayer agreed. sible.’’ Buckner’s sentiment becomes an im- Golden Gate National Cemetery and later at Three months later, 15 graduates gathered portant theme taken up by committee mem- in Webster’s office for the purposes of offi- the Marines Memorial Club in San Francisco. ber Charles Davies, Class of 1815, in his ad- cially forming an ‘‘Association of the Grad- dress to graduates at the Association’s first He also volunteered as a Boy Scout troop uates of the U.S. Military Academy.’’ Nei- reunion on June 17, 1870. leader and mentored many Eagle Scouts. A ther the Civil War nor the ‘‘perpetuation’’ of Forty-three graduates sat in the pews of proud Marine, he started raising English Bull- West Point was explicitly mentioned in the the West Point Chapel (now known as the dogs, the military branch’s mascot. minutes from that meeting. Instead, the Old Cadet Chapel) to hear Davies’ address.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Mar 12, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11MR8.004 E11MRPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS E282 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 11, 2019 Although no Southern graduates attended lauded the accomplishments of West Point Cullum had been Chairman of the Thayer that first open meeting (more likely due to itself through its graduates. ‘‘We behold, Monument Committee, which was estab- the prohibitive cost of travel than to ideo- also, a great Institution,’’ he said in his 1875 lished at the June 12, 1873 annual meeting, logical allegiances), Davies used poetic lan- address, ‘‘. . . scattering science and knowl- and was instrumental in bringing Thayer’s guage in his speech to delicately and dip- edge over the nation,’’ which seems to pay remains from his hometown of South Brain- lomatically address the issue raised by homage to Thayer and Anderson’s original tree, Massachusetts to West Point. This ac- Buckner, that is the seeming rift between aim for the Association, ‘‘to see what should complishment could be viewed as the Asso- graduates who fought on opposite sides of be done to perfect and perpetuate this truly ciation’s first official act of external busi- the U.S. Civil War. ‘‘We come together as the national Institution.’’ Davies died in 1876, ness (a year earlier the Executive Committee scattered members of a household after a and, according to David Pinder ’86, in his resolved to have the body of Joseph Swift, long separation—some full of years, some paper ‘‘The Association of Graduates of the Class of 1802, exhumed and re-interred at the full of honors,’’ said Davies, recalling the U.S. Military Academy, 1869–1902: The Heal- West Point Cemetery, but this ambition metaphor of a ‘‘divided house’’ used by Presi- ing Years,’’ the leadership of the AOG passed never materialized). Thayer’s remains were dent Abraham Lincoln in a famous 1858 to George Cullum, Class of 1833. One of the re-interred at West Point on November 8, speech. Why would Davies use such lan- original 15 members of the Association, 1877, but the monument intended to honor guage? The answer is reunification. But, Cullum became a member of AOG’s Execu- his memory remained unfinished, as only digging deeper, it is not just a reunification tive Committee in 1871 and chaired this com- $1,225 of an anticipated $3,100 had been raised of graduates from the North and the South; mittee until his death in 1892. A year before from graduates. At the 10th Annual Reunion it is a reunification between West Point those 15 grads met in Webster’s office to on June 12, 1879, feeling that the plans to ob- graduates and the United States of America. form the Association, Cullum published the tain funds to build a stone memorial of Just one sentence prior, Davies said, ‘‘We first edition of his three-volume Biographi- Thayer for placement on the Plain were ‘‘im- come together under the old flag, dear to cal Register of the Officers of the United practical,’’ Cullum proposed that a smaller every American heart, to recall and con- States Military Academy, which he de- monument be built over Thayer’s grave. template that springtime of life . . . .’’ In scribed in its preface as a record of West However, in his address at that reunion, this and his future reunion addresses, Davies Point graduates’ service to the nation so as Cullum’s classmate Francis H. Smith, Class continually uses a ‘‘reunification with the to give ‘‘world-renown to their Alma Mater.’’ of 1833, the first Southern graduate to speak country’’ theme to tacitly unite graduates In the preface to his third edition of the Reg- before AOG members, implored graduates from the North and from the South behind a ister, published in 1891, Cullum’s intent be- not to forget the original monument plan, single purpose. came more explicit. There he wrote that he saying, ‘‘He was a noble specimen of West ‘‘We meet to revive cherished memories hoped ‘‘this last legacy to Alma Mater and Point character, and I trust the scheme will . . . and to renew, together, vows of per- her numerous sons may further prove the not be abandoned of putting, in enduring petual allegiance to our country,’’ Davies usefulness of that noble national institu- marble or bronze, a colossal statue of Brvt. said in the opening to his 1870 address. As tion,’’ nearly echoing Thayer and Anderson’s Brig. Gen. Sylvanus Thayer, the father of noted by George Pappas in his book To the original aim for the Association. While re- the U.S. Military Academy.’’ Point: The United States Military Academy unification seemed to be Davies’ primary A year later, at the 11th Annual Reunion, 1802–1902, ‘‘The defection of southern cadets ambition, championing the accomplishments George Andrews, Class of 1851, Treasurer of and graduates, termed treason by many an- of graduates for the glory of West Point was the Thayer Monument Fund, reported that tagonists, was used as a stepping-stone for clearly the achievement for which Cullum all but $160 of the funds needed for the monu- criticizing West Point in general and its was known. In fact, at that first meeting in ment remained uncollected. The project was graduates in particular.’’ The Civil War 1870, the first order of business after approv- further delayed when the committee hired thrust West Point and its graduates, particu- ing the constitution and by-laws was adopt- the New England Granite Company ‘‘to exe- larly those who defected to fight for the Con- ing a resolution that gave thanks to Cullum cute a statue eight feet three inches high, federate cause, into the national spotlight, ‘‘for his truthful and admirable annals of the standing upon a well-proportioned pedestal and, as noted by Harry Williams in his arti- Military Academy and its Graduates.’’ of eight feet, both of pure white granite,’’ cle ‘‘The Attack Upon West Point During the Cullum demonstrated his philosophy for and the cost jumped to $4,000. To raise Civil War,’’ ‘‘. . . the [Academy] faced and West Point and its graduates in the biog- money to cover the escalating cost, Cullum weathered a series of dangerous attacks de- raphies he wrote for ‘‘Necrology,’’ that sec- reportedly addressed ‘‘personal letters to signed to destroy its existence.’’ tion of the Association’s published annual each living graduate who has a diploma Those who gathered in those early re- report identifying the graduates who had signed by General Thayer.’’ In his June 10, unions must have been aware that West died since the last meeting. In the 1871 An- 1882 Thayer Monument Committee report to Point stood on precarious footing in the nual Reunion, the first to acknowledge the AOG’s Executive Committee, Cullum noted years immediately following the Civil War, author of each graduate’s biography, Cullum that the statue would be ready by winter, as well as the distrust felt for Southern grad- is cited as having written five of them, the ‘‘in ample time to be erected before the Re- uates. In his address at the Second Annual first being for Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Class union of this Association in June 1883’’ (it Reunion on June 17, 1871, Davies’ concluding of 1817. And while other authors devoted was completed on June. 9, 1883, which would words seem to be as much for the graduates paragraphs to the deceased, Cullum wrote have been Thayer’s 98th birthday). At the as for a public he felt may still be wary of pages (Hitchcock’s biography is 10 pages 14th Annual Reunion on June 12, 1883, the future political intentions of West Point long). Cullum continued writing ‘‘Necrol- Cullum furnished a final report on the alumni. ‘‘But above all, fellow graduates,’’ ogy’’ biographies right up until his own Thayer Monument to the Association, saying Davies said, ‘‘let us remember that the na- death, the last one for Montgomery C. Meigs, the statue ‘‘is worthy of the great Super- tion which sustains and has spread its man- Class of 1836, who died January 2, 1892. intendent, whose majestic port [sic] and in- tle over this institution, expects from every Cullum himself died February 28 of that tellectual visage [it] so faithfully represents; graduate, at all times, and wheresoever he year, and his own ‘‘Necrology’’ biography ap- and it is worthy of this Association which may be, the full measure of his duty.’’ Then pears just six pages after Meigs’. has preserved, amid so many difficulties, to in his last (and longest) address to grad- Cullum had started writing an extended bi- raise such a memorial to the ‘Father of the uates, commemorating the centennial of the ography of Thayer for the 1873 Annual Re- Military Academy.’ ’’ Showing its apprecia- Battle of Bunker Hill (1875), Davies made his union, but, according to a Secretary note in tion for Cullum’s efforts to bring the Thayer most overt gesture to reunification between that record, Cullum’s absence in Europe pre- Monument to fruition, the Executive Com- graduates from the North and South via re- vented the completion of it in time for publi- mittee unanimously passed a resolution that newed allegiance to the nation. He began by cation. Ten years later, Cullum likely incor- thanked him for admirably performing his reminding graduates of the resolution passed porated portions of that biography into the duties. at the annual meeting a year earlier to in- momentous address he delivered at the un- A year after erecting Thayer Monument, vite graduates from ‘‘all sections of the veiling of the Thayer Statue on June 11, 1883, AOG moved on to its next order of major country’’ to the 1875 reunion. Seven of the touting Thayer’s impact on West Point and business, another project that took years to Association’s 12 former Confederate officer the nation. Consider this passage: ‘‘With materialize and one that ultimately de- members attended this reunion, the most each evolving year of Colonel Thayer’s pended greatly on Cullum. At the 15th An- ever up to that point. ‘‘[W]e have come here Superintendency, class after class was grad- nual Reunion in 1884, John S. McCalmont, today, to bury within the circuit of these uated, adding to our army 570 officers, of Class of 1842, proposed that Congress should mountains all recollections which can sepa- whom the nation may be justly proud, for in be petitioned to make an appropriation for rate us from each other, or from our common that galaxy are many bright particular stars the purposes of furnishing a hall for AOG use country,’’ Davies said, ‘‘ . . . and to say to which have given lustre to our arms, illumi- at West Point, given that the Association all, for each, and to each for all, that from nated the paths of science, brightened halls had received so many gifts of manuscripts, this auspicious day, all the graduates of this of learning, and adorned various vocations of portraits, books, letters, and more and had Institution will recognize each other as usefulness.’’ Cullum was perpetuating the no room to safely keep them or exhibit friends. Henceforth, and forever, we have one national institution of West Point by dem- them. The matter was tabled and reintro- flag—one country—one destiny.’’ onstrating the perfections of its honorific fa- duced three years later at the 1887 meeting, Interestingly, before championing the pa- ther. But this is not all that Cullum did as but members felt that the USMA Board of triotism of West Point graduates, Davies the Association’s de facto leader. Visitors would have better luck securing the

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Then, Executive Committee voted to amend the OF TEXAS given the lack of reference to it in meeting Bylaws so that initiation fees were reduced IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES notes, the Executive Committee seems to from a one-time $10 payment to an initial $2 Monday, March 11, 2019 forget about this idea for a memorial hall for fee with an additional $1 paid each subse- half a decade, but Cullum did not forget. quent year for the next decade. The prorated Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise today Upon his death, Cullum bequeathed $250,000 fee cycle spurred growth in new membership. to recognize John Anderson of College Sta- to the U.S. government for the purposes of In 1898, only three graduates elected to pay tion, Texas, for his leadership and service to erecting such a hall at West Point. the prescribed $10 initiation fee; in 1902, our Brazos Valley community. According to a March 7, 1892 New York more than 70 paid the new $2 fee. New mem- Times article reporting on his will, Cullum’s John grew up in a military family and lived bership also fostered more graduate partici- all across the United States before settling in gift, ‘‘Follow[ed] an idea which he had for pation. In 1899, only seven members attended some years entertained.’’ Part of that idea the 3Oth annual reunion, but in 1902 report- El Paso, Texas where he attended the Univer- likely involved Cullum’s 1891 proposal that edly some 350 graduates returned to West sity of Texas-El Paso. He went on to serve in Executive Committee incorporate the Asso- Point for the annual alumni reunion. the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1973 and in the ciation under the laws ofNew York state. During the dedication of Cullum Hall, Army Reserve from 1973 to 1986. In 1986, he The committee unanimously adopted moved with his wife, Ann, to the Brazos Val- Cullum’s proposal and filed a certificate of Alexander S. Webb, Class of 1855, who was incorporation in November of that year. As present in Webster’s office at the original ley. some have hypothesized, Cullum proposed May 22, 1869 meeting, looked back on that John came to the Brazos Valley to work at this idea because he had already made his es- historic day and gave a brief account of the Merrill Lynch, where he recently retired as a tate plans, and, rather than gift his consider- organization of the Association. No records vice president and senior consultant. Since able fortune to what might be characterized exist of his remarks, but it is easy to imag- moving to our area, he has been involved with as an informal fraternal club, he wanted to ine he would have said that the 15 graduates many community organizations. leave it to an organization with legitimacy who gathered to form an ‘‘Association of the Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy’’ John has served on the boards of the Bryan and longevity. Furthermore, showing his Rotary Club, the Bryan-College Station Cham- prescience, Cullum explicitly stated in his would be proud that, 31 years later, their will for the memorial hall to be built ‘‘at far- idea had figuratively and literally found a ber of Commerce, MSC OPAS, Brazos Valley thest within five years after my death’’ (per- home, that more and more graduates were Veterans Memorial, Boys and Girls Club of the haps because he witnessed no movement on coming back to that home each year, and Brazos Valley, College Station Medical Center, an idea that originated in 1884!). Cullum’s be- that the Association was continuing to pro- Habitat for Humanity, Military Heritage Center, quest was formally accepted by an act of mote the social intercourse and fraternal fel- and the Brazos Valley Economic Development Congress, and the architectural firm McKim, lowship of USMA graduates.’’ Corporation. Mead & White was appointed in 1894 to de- John is credited with building a house for sign the building. Construction began in 1896, f with the cornerstone being ceremoniously Habitat for Humanity, the installing of statues of Veterans Park, fundraising for the Bryan laid on April 15, and construction was com- 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SAUK Rotary Field of Valor, and building a museum pleted on December 21, 1898. After it was fur- COUNTY GOVERNMENT nished (Cullum also left $20,000 in his will for that honors veterans of our nation’s wars. He this purpose), the hall was dedicated on June assisted with building the Bryan-College Sta- 12, 1900, the date of the 31st Annual Reunion. tion Chamber of Commerce’s federal and According to a July 1900 article by Charles HON. MARK POCAN state legislative plans. His dedication to the Lamed, Class of 1870, in Junior Munsey Mag- OF WISCONSIN greater community earned him their title of Cit- azine, ‘‘This hall is distinctly a monument to West Point and all that it stands for, given IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES izen of the Year in 2016. by a son of the Academy to his brother alum- John has also gone above and beyond to ni and their well beloved mother; designed to Monday, March 11, 2019 positively impact younger generations. He has commemorate their deeds, to preserve their mentored students at Texas A&M’s Mays names, and to bear witness to the enduring Mr. POCAN. Madam Speaker, Business School, the Bush School of Govern- work of the foremost military school of the Whereas, the Sauk County Government is ment and Public Service, and the McFerrin age.’’ celebrating its 175th anniversary and has Center for Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneur- Thirty-one years after its founding, the As- made a distinct impact in the state of Wis- ship Bootcamp, which serves disabled vet- sociation of the Graduates of the U.S. Mili- tary Academy had 473 members on its rolls, consin; and erans. and those members now had a home at West Whereas, Sauk County was first established I am also blessed to have John serve as a Point. In his will, Cullum indicated that it in 1844 when Wisconsin’s Territorial Legisla- member of the Military Academy Review was his desire that the gifted memorial hall ture passed an act organizing Sauk County; Board which assists me in the nomination of be used for ‘‘the Assemblage and Dinners of and young Texans to attend our nation’s service the Association of Graduates of the United academies. States Military Academy, and, if prac- Whereas, Sauk County, from its humble be- John and Ann have sponsored international ticable, I wish that lodging accommodations ginnings of only a few hundred residents, has exchange students and served as host par- should be provided in some part of it for the grown along with the state of Wisconsin; and members of that Association while attending ents. John ensures that the students have a its annual reunions.’’ Furthermore, they now Whereas, Sauk County is now one of the rich experience in the United States, bringing had funds. Cullum’s will also provided $10,000 top ten fastest growing counties in Wisconsin them to Texas A&M football games, showing for ‘‘the current and necessary expenses’’ of with a population greater than 60,000; and them around campus, and bringing them to the Association. This is the genesis of what Whereas, Sauk County continues to gen- Washington, D.C. to learn about our nation’s is now known as the West Point Association erate some of the most significant numbers of history, all at his own expense. of Graduates’ ‘‘Long Gray Line Endow- In retirement, John is working to further his ment.’’ While Cullum was Chairman of tourism in the Second Congressional District of Wisconsin; and education. He is currently enrolled at the Bush AOG’s Executive Committee, AOG’s balance School’s certificate in nonprofit management. sheet consistently ran between $1,000–$1,500, Whereas, both the pioneers that helped Once that is complete, he will work towards but, thanks to his gift, it grew by 3 00 per- build Sauk County and the residents still living cent in one year. the advanced international affairs certificate. At the turn of the 20th century the Asso- there today deserve recognition; now, there- Madam Speaker, I am honored to speak on ciation, now with a home and with funds, fore, I, U.S. Representative MARK POCAN, do behalf of all Brazos Valley Residents to thank started to focus on growth and account- hereby proclaim the Sauk County Government John Anderson for his selfless service to our ability. This began with two notable changes on this special 175th anniversary, a keystone nation and to our communities. We also wish to the Association’s Constitution and By- to the ongoing growth and development of him the best in his future endeavors. laws. First, in 1897, the Executive Committee Wisconsin. decided that an elected graduate, rather that As I close today, I urge all Americans to the oldest graduate, would serve as the Asso- On behalf of the Second Congressional Dis- continue praying for our country, for our vet- ciation’s President, and voted accordingly to trict of Wisconsin, I wish the Sauk County erans, for our military men and women who change Article III of the Constitution. They Government continued growth and success in protect us, and for our first responders who nominated George Greene, Class of 1823, to the years ahead. keep us safe at home.

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WITTMAN today I am joined by my good friend from OF VIRGINIA COMMEMORATING THE 125TH ANNI- Oklahoma, Ranking Member LUCAS, in intro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VERSARY OF THE CARTHAGE ducing the Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Monday, March 11, 2019 Medal Act. PUBLIC LIBRARY Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson were HON. DARIN LaHOOD today in recognition of John Otho ‘‘Jack’’ pioneers. At a time of male dominance and ra- OF ILLINOIS Marsh, Jr., who passed away on February 4, cial segregation at NASA, women and their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2019. John was 92 years old. talents were often overlooked. When women Jack was known for his love for the commu- Monday, March 11, 2019 were permitted to contribute, they were rou- nity and his years of public service. At the age tinely not given credit for their work. Women of Mr. LAHOOD. Madam Speaker, I would like of eighteen, Jack enlisted in the United States color faced additional daily indignities. In spite to recognize the Carthage Public Library of Army during World War II in Germany. From of these challenges, these women chose to Carthage, Illinois, for celebrating their 125th 1954 to 1976, Jack served in the Army Re- apply their considerable talents to help land anniversary. serves and the Virginia National Guard 29th the first man on the moon. Their stories, por- In 1894, the Carthage Public Library was of- Division. Not long after his service, Jack trayed in the Hidden Figures book and film, ficially opened as a circulating library for the earned a law degree and began a career in represent the stories of hundreds of women residents of the city. Since then, the library politics. From 1963 to 1971, he served four computers, mathematicians, and engineers has grown immensely; it now provides the terms for what was then the 7th District of Vir- working at NASA and its precursor organiza- community with far more than great reads. ginia. Choosing not to seek a fifth term, he tion, the National Advisory Committee for Aer- The library has taken on its own role in the continued his career as a Counselor in Presi- onautics (NACA), from the 1930s to the area. This is where the residents of Carthage dent Gerald Ford’s cabinet and eventually as 1970s. go to stay current on local affairs, and where the Secretary of the Army for the longest time The success of the NASA space program is the youth go to learn life skills that strengthen in our nation’s history. From 1989–1994, Jack due in large part to their brilliance, hard work, both their mind and body. served as Chairman of the Reserve Forces and perseverance in the face of adversity. The Carthage Public Library is known Policy Board, a position he was appointed to What better example can we hope to give our throughout west-central Illinois for the services by former Secretary of Defense Cheney. sons and daughters? that it has provided for the community over the Congressman Marsh served for over two This bill will bestow Congress’s highest civil- last 125 years. Today, we celebrate the library decades on the Advisory Council of the Vir- ian honor in appreciation of the achievements and staff for their dedication to serving ginia Institute of Marine Sciences (VIMS) and of Katherine Johnson, Dr. Christine Darden, Carthage. I extend my sincere congratulations received the VIMS Pathfinder Award. Much of Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, and all to the Carthage Public Library for a successful their amazing work impacts my very own dis- the women computers, mathematicians, and 125 years, and I wish them even more suc- trict, as they work to meet the issues facing engineers at NACA and NASA during this im- cess going forward. the Chesapeake Bay and the coastal ocean. portant time in our history. f Jack also served on the Board of Visitors at I am pleased to be joined by Ranking Mem- Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and is one of BOBBY TARANGO HONORED BY ber LUCAS and our colleagues in the Senate in the few honorary alumni of VMI. Jack was THE APPLE VALLEY OPTIMIST introducing the Hidden Figures Congressional honored with the prestigious VMI New Market CLUB Gold Medal Act. I commend Senator COONS Medal, for his public service and role in the for his leadership in championing this bill. Fifty preservation and interpretation of the Hall of years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, it is HON. PAUL COOK Valor. The Commonwealth not only lost a pub- high time we recognize the contributions the OF CALIFORNIA lic servant and community leader, but also a women of NASA have made in service to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES patriot who has dedicated his entire life to nation. Monday, March 11, 2019 serving our great nation. I urge my colleagues to join us and help us Madam Speaker, I ask you to join me in re- move this legislation forward into law. Mr. COOK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to membrance of John Otho ‘‘Jack’’ Marsh, Jr. recognize the service and commitment of f Words cannot express our gratitude. May God Bobby Tarango, who was honored by the bless Jack and his family as his legacy lives NEW HOPE PRESBYTERIAN Apple Valley Optimist Club on Saturday, on through his service. CHURCH REOPENS AND CELE- March 8. f BRATES 40 YEARS Bobby Tarango has worked as a sales rep- resentative for Chicago Title Company for the COMMEMORATING BRAIN HON. PETE OLSON past 22 years, where he has worked to make AWARENESS WEEK OF TEXAS Chicago Title one of the premier players in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES High Desert real estate industry. He has twice HON. EARL BLUMENAUER served as the Affiliate Director for the Victor Monday, March 11, 2019 OF OREGON Valley Association of Realtors, previously IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today served as Chairman of the Board for St. Timo- to celebrate the reopening of New Hope Pres- thy’s Preparatory School in Apple Valley, and Monday, March 11, 2019 byterian Church in Katy, Texas. currently serves on the board of directors for Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, this During Hurricane Harvey, the New Hope the Victor Valley Chamber of Commerce and week commemorates Brain Awareness Week Presbyterian Church sustained over $1.5 mil- the St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation Board. In which presents an important opportunity to lion in flood damage. The reopening of the his spare time, Bobby enjoys coaching his educate lawmakers, students, and the broader church coincided with its 40 year anniversary. son’s and daughter’s soccer teams, and public about brain science, and its many im- Pastor Long and the 100 person congregation serves as Vice President of Storm Soccer pacts and benefits. This is critical when you have dedicated their church’s outreach efforts Club and President of Storm Recreational consider that brain disorders and diseases af- on ways they can help and serve their com- Soccer. fect the lives of nearly 100 million Ameri- munity while growing in their faith. The church Bobby Tarango is consistently doing all he cans—from Alzheimer’s to ALS to mental ill- also serves as the home to the Houston Ko- can to make the High Desert a great place to ness.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Mar 12, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11MR8.010 E11MRPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS March 11, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E285 Neurological and neurodegenerative dis- CELEBRATING GINNY TAYLOR’S month the Post sends 10 to 15 care boxes to orders are among the leading causes of dis- 100TH BIRTHDAY active duty service members who are over- ability in the United States and around the seas. They provide emergency financial as- world—greater than heart disease and cancer HON. VIRGINIA FOXX sistance to veterans in need, sponsor a vet- put together. As society ages, this number will OF NORTH CAROLINA eran’s resource fair, and host a weekly coffee increase exponentially as will the cost to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for our community’s veterans. Post 159’s healthcare system and to the economy. Yet, Honor Guard also provides services including the underlying causes of most neurological Monday, March 11, 2019 a rifle salute and the playing of TAPS for over diseases remain unknown. Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam 70 veteran funerals each year. Neuroscience is the next great frontier. Re- Speaker, I rise to wish Mrs. Ginny Taylor a Additionally, Post 159, and its Auxiliary, search and work being done in this field needs happy 100th birthday. It has been a delight sponsor at least 20 high school seniors yearly to be front and center in both the private world getting to know Mrs. Taylor and her family to the American Legion’s Boys and Girls State and Congress. since they began splitting their time between conference. They also sponsor Boy Scout The bipartisan Congressional Neuroscience homes in Greensboro and Land Harbor in Troop 159 and the Junior Shooting Sports Caucus’ mission is to build awareness of the North Carolina’s Fifth District. Program. intrinsic role brain research plays in under- Mrs. Taylor is a mother of two, grandmother Madam Speaker, American Legion Earl Gra- standing ourselves and our society. As the co- of three, great-grandmother of six, and be- ham Post 159 has had a deep impact in the founder and co-chair, I am committed to work- loved by all of them. Shortly after moving to Brazos Valley since their organization in 1919. ing on these important issues and hope my North Carolina, her husband, Delmer, started Their service to current members of the armed colleagues will join our efforts as members of Delta Plating, and she went back to school to forces, veterans, and youth of the community the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus. learn how to keep books and even helped in cannot be overstated. the plant and driving trucks for the company. I have requested that a United States flag f Mrs. Taylor remains an engaged citizen to be flown over our Nation’s Capitol to honor the this day, especially in bridge circles and First work and legacy of Earl Graham Post 159 and CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF Baptist Church, where everyone enjoys her its members. STEPHEN ROBERT SULENTIC pies. As I close today, I urge all Americans to At 100, I hope to be as full of life as Mrs. continue praying for our country, for our vet- Taylor, and I wish her a wonderful birthday erans, for our military men and women who HON. PETE OLSON and many, many more to come. protect us, and for our first responders who OF TEXAS f keep us safe at home. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECOGNIZING AMERICAN LEGION f POST 159 Monday, March 11, 2019 WARREN PHILLIPS NAMED SUGAR Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today LAND EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR to celebrate the life of Stephen Robert HON. BILL FLORES Sulentic, of Houston, who lost his twenty- OF TEXAS HON. PETE OLSON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES month long battle with Amyotrophic Lateral OF TEXAS Sclerosis (ALS) on December 18, 2018. Monday, March 11, 2019 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Stephen was born in Omaha, NE on May 3, Mr. FLORES. Madam Speaker, I rise today Monday, March 11, 2019 1958 to Phyllis Ann Sulentic and Stephen to recognize American Legion Earl Graham John Sulentic. As a member of the Society of Post 159 for the 100th anniversary of their or- Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today Jesus, he strengthened his faith and devotion ganization. to recognize Warren Phillips for being named to God. Stephen graduated summa cum laude The American Legion was founded on the 2018 Sugar Land Employee of the Year. with a Bachelor of Arts from St. Louis Univer- March 15, 1919 at the American Club in Paris Warren is a firefighter and paramedic with sity and later acquired a Master of Arts from by members of the American Expeditionary the Sugar Land Fire-EMS Department and the University of Michigan and a Juris Doc- Forces. The organization was chartered by also serves on the West Fort Bend Regional torate degree from Harvard Law School. He Congress on September 16, 1919 as a patri- SWAT Team. He was nominated and awarded held many positions in his life ranging from at- otic veteran organization. this high honor by his peers for his unwaver- torney and teacher, to school bus driver and American Legion Post 159 was also first or- ing commitment to our Sugar Land community door-to-door salesman. Stephen served as a ganized in Brazos County in 1919 and invita- and its citizens. Working with the Sugar member of the Mount Lebanon Volunteer Fire tions to join were published in the Bryan Eagle Land—Ironman Sports Medicine Institute, Department from 1998 to 2007, where he re- newspaper beginning on February 6, 1920. Warren implemented a ‘‘Tactical Athlete Pro- ceived the Medal of Valor, the highest honor The post was formally chartered in Bryan, gram’’ for the SWAT team and teaches a com- given by the Mount Lebanon Volunteer Fire Texas on February 13, 1920. bat casualty care class for local police depart- Department, for going above and beyond the Post 159 is named in honor of 1st Lieuten- ments. Warren is also a U.S. Army veteran. call of duty. Stephen left a legacy behind in ant Cyrus Earl Graham, a member of the His service and dedication to both the United his service to community and commitment to Texas A&M Class of 1916 who served in the States and Texas help keep us safe and free. family. Army Air Corps during World War I. On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- Lieutenant Graham was born in Brazos sional District of Texas, congratulations to sional District of Texas, we mourn the loss of County and attended Texas A&M where he Warren Phillips on being named the 2018 Stephen Robert Sulentic. We wish him fair was a member of the Ross Volunteers, and Sugar Land Employee of the Year. I thank him winds and following seas in heaven. graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. for his service to our Sugar Land community. He volunteered for service in the Army Air f f Corps and died in a plane crash in France in 1918, two days before the Armistice ending REMEMBERING MORGAN NELSON PERSONAL EXPLANATION the war. Several years later, his remains were returned to the United States and he was bur- HON. XOCHITL TORRES SMALL HON. ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD ied in the Bryan City Cemetery. Every Novem- OF NEW MEXICO ber 9th, the Post 159 Honor Guard pays their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ARKANSAS respect to his memory at a ceremony at his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gravesite. Monday, March 11, 2019 Since its inception, American Legion Post Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexcio. Monday, March 11, 2019 159 has been a service and community mind- Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember Mr. CRAWFORD. Madam Speaker, on Fri- ed organization. Post 159 committed 10,000 and honor the life of an important and re- day, I had a family commitment that caused dollars to the Brazos Valley Veterans Memo- spected member of the southern New Mexico me to miss votes. Had I been able to vote, I rial to assist with the creation of a permanent community, Morgan Nelson, who on March 1, would have opposed H.R. 1. World War I memorial in Veterans Park. Every 2019 passed away at the age of 99. Morgan

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 Mar 12, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A11MR8.015 E11MRPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS E286 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 11, 2019 was a champion of water, cotton, and edu- In the past 75 years, UNCF has raised over SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS cation—issues he fought for as a private cit- $4.8 billion in scholarship aid for students and Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, izen and as a Representative in the New Mex- annually awards scholarships and internships agreed to by the Senate of February 4, ico State Legislature, where he served for 12 to more than 10,000 students nationwide. 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- years. His proudest achievement was the pro- Due to the work of UNCF, more than 445 tem for a computerized schedule of all posal and enactment of the junior-college sys- thousand students have earned college de- meetings and hearings of Senate com- tem for New Mexico. Later in life, Morgan and grees and proven true their old adage of ‘‘a mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- his wife Joyce established two endowed schol- mind is a terrible thing to waste—but a won- tees, and committees of conference. arships, one with the New Mexico State Uni- derful thing to invest in.’’ This title requires all such committees versity (NMSU) Foundation and one with the Happy anniversary UNCF Here’s to another to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Eastern New Mexico University—Roswell 75 years of proven, effective advocacy. Digest—designated by the Rules Com- (ENMU–R) Foundation. Morgan served on the f mittee—of the time, place and purpose Chaves County Community Corrections Advi- of the meetings, when scheduled and EXPLANATION REGARDING sory Panel and strongly advocated for commu- any cancellations or changes in the COSPONSORING A BILL nity based mental health services. He also meetings as they occur. served as Flood Commissioner for Chaves As an additional procedure along County for the past 10 years, up until the day HON. BRAD SHERMAN with the computerization of this infor- he died. OF CALIFORNIA mation, the Office of the Senate Daily After graduating from New Mexico College IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Digest will prepare this information for of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now New Monday, March 11, 2019 printing in the Extensions of Remarks Mexico State University), Morgan served in section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD World War II for 5 years in the Middle East Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, on on Monday and Wednesday of each and Europe. He later served in Korea, ulti- Wednesday, September 29, 2010 I stated for week. mately leaving the service with the rank of the RECORD: Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, Colonel after 20 years with the U.S. Air Force ‘‘Madam Speaker, I wish to clarify that March 12, 2019 may be found in the when I cosponsor a bill, it does not nec- Reserve. Daily Digest of today’s RECORD. Upon returning to New Mexico after World essarily mean that I agree with every part of War II, Morgan joined his family’s farms in it. At a minimum, my cosponsorship indi- MEETINGS SCHEDULED Cottonwood and East Grand Plains, and he cates that I support moving the bill forward MARCH 13 through the legislative process, including farmed the rest of his life. He was particularly Time to be announced being marked up in committee, and if sent to Committee on Veterans’ Affairs active in promoting cotton, serving over 20 the floor by the relevant committee(s), then years on the Cotton Incorporated (CI) Board of Business meeting to consider the nomi- subject to consideration and amendment on nation of John Lowry III, of Illinois, to Directors, becoming president of the 1517 the floor.’’ be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Cotton Association, working as a member of Let me reiterate that 2010 statement and Veterans’ Employment and Training. the Board of Directors of the Southwestern Ir- provide additional background. TBA rigated Cotton Growers (SWIG), and staying I believe in the legislative process. I believe 10 a.m. active in the NMSU College of Agriculture’s bills are improved during committee mark-ups Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and cotton research and promotion. Morgan and by consideration of amendments on the Forestry To hold hearings to examine the nomina- earned the nickname ‘‘Mr. Cotton’’ and was floor. among the first five inductees into the Cotton’s tions of Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, The effect of cosponsoring a bill is to signal to be Chairman, and to be a Commis- Hall of Fame in 2014. to the relevant committee chair(s) that I be- sioner of the Commodity Futures Trad- Morgan’s family included his wife, Joyce lieve the bill should be marked-up in com- ing Commission. LaSuer Walsh Nelson, who passed away in mittee, a process that may well improve the SR–328A 2008 after 58 years of marriage. They have bill (and in some cases may make the bill Committee on Appropriations three daughters, Margo Eichwald, Ann worse). When I decide to cosponsor a bill after Subcommittee on Department of Defense Houghtaling, and Jane McLaughlin, seven it has completed the committee process, I do To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for grandchildren and numerous great and great- signal to the Speaker and Rules Committee great-grandchildren. fiscal year 2020 for the Department of that I believe the bill should be considered on the Air Force. Madam Speaker, Morgan Nelson’s impact the floor, and almost always under an open on southern New Mexico and our region can- SD–192 rule. Committee on Commerce, Science, and not be overstated. I ask that my colleagues f Transportation join me in remembering him for his tireless To hold hearings to examine the new service and dedication. I join his family, friends CONGRATULATING JOHN HEALEY space race, focusing on ensuring United and all of New Mexico to honor his legacy and ON HIS RETIREMENT States global leadership on the final celebrate his life. frontier. f SD–G50 HON. PETE OLSON Committee on Environment and Public UNCF 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF TEXAS Works IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES To hold hearings to examine an original HON. ALMA S. ADAMS Monday, March 11, 2019 bill entitled, ‘‘Diesel Emissions Reduc- tion Act of 2019’’. OF NORTH CAROLINA Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today SD–406 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to congratulate Fort Bend District Attorney Committee on the Judiciary Monday, March 11, 2019 John Healey on his retirement. To hold hearings to examine the nomina- Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, I rise today John Healey spent his 37 year long career tions of Daniel P. Collins, and Kenneth serving the folks of Fort Bend County in the Kiyul Lee, both of California, both to in honor of the 75th anniversary of the United be a United States Circuit Judge for Negro College Fund. office of the District Attorney, including 26 the Ninth Circuit. UNCF was founded in 1944 by Frederick years as the county’s top prosecutor. Since SD–226 Douglass Patterson to help increase the num- beginning in the District Attorney’s Office in 10:15 a.m. ber of black Americans enrolled in college. January of 1982, John successfully handled Committee on Foreign Relations In honor of UNCF’s remarkable achieve- thousands of cases with dignity and compas- To hold hearings to examine a new ap- ments, last week I joined with my colleague sion. John’s commitment to our community proach for an era of United States- and Bipartisan HBCU Caucus Co-Chair Rep- and his dedication to those he has served de- China competition. SD–419 resentative BRADLEY BYRNE to introduce a res- serves our utmost respect and gratitude. 10:30 a.m. olution honoring UNCF as a strong organiza- On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- Committee on Armed Services tion that has a profound mission to build a ro- sional District of Texas, congratulations again Subcommittee on SeaPower bust and nationally recognized pipeline of stu- to John Healey on his retirement. May he To receive a closed briefing on the most dents that will become leaders in our 21st have fair winds and following seas in his re- significant threats to United States century workforce. tirement. Naval Forces and how Naval Forces

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