July 19, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1359 I would like the record to reflect how I would Ambassadors for Youth award. Cori Morton is women who do this work have a major impact have voted: a 12th grader at Warren Tech North and re- on individuals who seek clearances, the pri- On rollcall vote No. 601 I would have voted ceived this award because her determination vate companies who employ them, and the ‘‘yes.’’ and hard work have allowed her to overcome government agencies which contract for the On rollcall vote No. 602 I would have voted adversities. work. All of this has a major and lasting im- ‘‘yes.’’ The dedication demonstrated by Cori Mor- pact on our national security. f ton is exemplary of the type of achievement Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me that can be attained with hard work and perse- in recognizing and appreciating the important PERSONAL EXPLANATION verance. It is essential students at all levels work which has been done in Ohio since 1965 strive to make the most of their education and to help ensure national security through the HON. ADAM SMITH develop a work ethic which will guide them for issuance of security clearances for those OF WASHINGTON the rest of their lives. working with some of the most sensitive infor- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I extend my deepest congratulations to Cori mation in the nation. We thank these individ- Morton for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge uals for their service and wish them much suc- Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have cess as this important agency makes its tran- Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on no doubt she will exhibit the same dedication sition. Monday, July 18, 2011, I was unable to be and character in all her future accomplish- f present for recorded votes. Had I been ments. IN OPPOSITION TO ANTI- present, I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ on rollcall f vote No. 601 (on the motion to suspend the ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION rules and pass H.R. 33, as amended), and IN RECOGNITION OF THE DEFENSE ‘‘yes’’ on rollcall vote No. 602 (on approving INDUSTRIAL SECURITY CLEAR- HON. GARY C. PETERS the journal). ANCE OFFICE OF MICHIGAN f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH Tuesday, July 19, 2011 PERSONAL EXPLANATION OF OHIO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I am dis- appointed at what the House Republican HON. SUSAN A. DAVIS Tuesday, July 19, 2011 OF CALIFORNIA Leadership did this week. Unemployment re- Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recog- mains above 9%, job growth is sluggish, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nize the men and women who have served we are facing a catastrophic default on our na- Tuesday, July 19, 2011 the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Of- tional debt. Yet this past week the Repub- Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I re- fice (DISCO) located in Columbus, Ohio, since licans passed three bills that do nothing to gret that I was absent from the House Floor 1965 when the office opened. As a result of create jobs, but instead advance a narrow during rollcall vote 601 and rollcall vote 602 on the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure agenda built on environmental degradation. July 18, 2011. Had I been present, I would Commission decision, DISCO must relocate to First, the Republicans brought the mis- have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall vote 601 and Ft. Meade, Maryland, in September 2011. guided BULB Act to the floor. The BULB Act ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall vote 602. The majority of the 160 employees and con- was rushed to a vote under the fictional pre- f tractors plan to remain in Ohio and not relo- tense that American families were under the cate to Maryland, seeking either retirement or imminent threat of having light bulbs snatched IN RECOGNITION OF DESTINEE employment elsewhere. On Wednesday July from their homes. The truth is, under Presi- RICHARDSON 20, 2011, at 11:00 a.m., there will be a cere- dent Bush, new energy efficiency standards mony in Columbus to recognize their, and were adopted for light bulbs with bipartisan HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS their predecessors’, achievements over the support. Incandescent bulbs are not banned, OF TEXAS last 46 years. as the floor speeches this week would have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Located in Columbus, Ohio, DISCO proc- you believe, and industry groups like the Na- esses requests for personnel and facility secu- tional Electric Manufacturers Association op- Tuesday, July 19, 2011 rity clearances for industry contractors under posed the BULB Act because it would harm Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the National Industrial Security Program the investments light bulb manufacturers have recognize a constituent of the 26th District of (NISP). The NISP is a partnership between already made to raise the efficiency of their Texas, Destinee Richardson. Miss Richardson the federal government and private industry to products. This bill was unhelpful and un- is a 9th grader at Little Elm High School, and safeguard classified information. It was estab- wanted and responded only to a problem is the Texas Youth Ambassador for North lished through an Executive Order signed by manufactured in the minds of the political Texas. As a Youth Ambassador, she has President George H.W. Bush in 1993 and af- right. The bill fortunately failed on the House learned important lessons about discipleship, fects all executive branch agencies. The major floor, but it did not fail in wasting our time. forgiveness, trust, and love. signatories to the program are the Department We then moved on to the Energy and Water The Million Youth Peace March International of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commis- appropriations bill. This bill guts clean energy will take place next weekend in Washington, sion, the Department of Defense, and the programs seeking to research and develop D.C. Leaders from across the globe will gather Central Intelligence Agency. There are over new wind and solar technologies while in- to support world peace and encourage others one million cleared personnel and approxi- creasing investments for oil and gas compa- to cease teen-on-teen violence, childhood mately 13,000 cleared facilities under the nies. It cuts things like advanced vehicle tech- obesity, and drug and alcohol abuse. Partici- NISP. nologies and weatherization assistance, which pants will march to encourage youth to ex- DISCO is a Central Adjudication Facility re- support good paying jobs in Michigan and press themselves in non-violent ways. I thank sponsible, on behalf of the Department of De- elsewhere. The bill also includes language Destinee Richardson for her service, and am fense and 23 other departments and agencies, that makes it easier to pollute our drinking proud to represent her in Congress. for determining the facility and personnel water. While many attempts were made to re- f clearance eligibility of contractors and their balance the bill in a more equitable manner, employees for access to classified information, the Republicans insisted on their support for CORI MORTON foreign or domestic. It is responsible for main- oil companies earning record profits and tenance of facility and personnel clearance turned their backs on advanced energy and HON. ED PERLMUTTER records and processing security assurances, science. OF COLORADO clearances and visits involving the United Finally, last week we considered a bill which IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES States and foreign countries. should be called the ‘‘Dirty Water Act.’’ Named To demonstrate the volume of work proc- instead the Clean Water Cooperative Fed- Tuesday, July 19, 2011 essed by each employee at DISCO on a daily eralism Act, this bill is one of the most brazen Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise basis, the 160 employees and contractors at attacks on the Clean Water Acts in memory. today to recognize and applaud Cori Morton DISCO rendered nearly 250,000 clearance de- The bill strips the authority of the Administra- for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service cisions in Fiscal Year 2010. The men and tion to block environmentally harmful projects

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Mr. Speaker, of dollars in tourism that flow into the state be- today our national debt is cause of the recreational fishing, boating, and $14,342,909,569,328.74. beautiful beaches visitors to our state enjoy. HON. JAY INSLEE On January 6th, 2009, the start of the 111th These dollars go away if we let our water Congress, the national debt was quality standards slide. My Republican col- OF WASHINGTON $10,638,425,746,293.80. leagues need to learn that clean water creates IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This means the national debt has increased jobs, and that a dirty environment kills jobs. by $3,704,484,223,034.94 since then. I opposed all three of the measures consid- Tuesday, July 19, 2011 This debt and its interest payments we are ered this week, and hope that the Republican passing to our children and all future Ameri- Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to Leadership will stop with these senseless at- cans. announce that today the Port Gamble tacks on the environment and instead con- f centrate on creating jobs for the American S’Klallam Tribe will host the annual Tribal IN RECOGNITION OF SEASHORE people. Canoe Journey in the town of Port Gamble on DAY CAMP & SCHOOL’S 85TH AN- f Washington state’s Kitsap Peninsula. The Tribal Canoe Journey has been held annually NIVERSARY PERSONAL EXPLANATION since 1989 to continue the historic intertribal canoe journeys of the Coast Salish people. HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. HON. MIKE PENCE The first annual journey culminated in Seattle OF NEW JERSEY OF INDIANA and included nine canoes, one of which was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe. Canoe Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 families train all year for the multi-day event Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I was absent from and often carve their canoes, which is a tradi- congratulate the Seashore Day Camp and the House floor during rollcall votes 601 and tional practice that has been revived for many School as its members and alumni gather to 602. Had I been present, I would have voted tribes as a result of the annual Tribal Canoe celebrate the organization’s 85th Anniversary. ‘‘aye’’ on both rollcall votes. Journey. Two years ago I was honored to Seashore Day Camp has maintained a suc- f watch the majestic parade of canoes as they cessful organization for over eight decades came in on the Suquamish land. The beau- and continues to provide an array of programs THE NEED FOR PEACE IN SUDAN centered on enriching the children’s summer tifully carved canoes are a testament to the AND SOUTH SUDAN experience. Similarly, the award winning Sea- determination and renewal of our local tribes shore school encourages learning at an early HON. SAM FARR to preserve their sacred traditions. age. Seashore Day Camp and School’s hard OF CALIFORNIA The S’Klallam tribe is one of the 29 federally work dedicated to the children of the commu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recognized tribes in Washington state. Along nity is undoubtedly worthy of this body’s rec- ognition. Tuesday, July 19, 2011 with other Northwest Native American tribes, members have struggled to preserve their cul- Mr. John Cittadino, a teacher and swim Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ture in the face of the United States’ westward coach in Asbury Park, New Jersey, founded honor the dawn of the Republic of South Seashore Day Camp in 1926 to provide the expansion. In 1855, the S’Klallam tribe ceded Sudan, the world’s newest nation. While this is children of the local community the ability to certainly a cause for celebration, the road to its traditional lands to the United States in the interact with others during their summer break. peace will not be an easy one for this war-torn Treaty of Point No Point, and its current res- This goal would be accomplished through var- region of Africa. The legacy of fifty years of vi- ervation, which is in my district, was created in ious recreational activities. Seashore opened olence, two million lives lost, and deep-rooted 1938. as the first day camp in New Jersey and one ethnic tensions will not vanish overnight. I would like to highlight the Port Gamble of the first in the United States. Beginning with This is especially true in the Nuba Moun- S’Klallam Tribe’s leadership in issues relating seven children enrolled in its programs, Sea- tains, part of the disputed border region of to economic growth, water resources, and shore Day Camp has grown over the last eight Southern Kordofan. While this volatile area re- decades into one of the largest businesses in land use while retaining many of its tribal prac- mains under the control of Sudan, it is home the area. They currently accommodate more to many communities that support the newly tices. The tribe relies heavily on the traditional than 500 boys and girls each summer and formed South Sudan. Sudanese forces from harvest of clams, oysters, and crabs from Port employ approximately 100 staff members per the north are accused of carrying out exten- Gamble Bay, which is one of the only bays in season. Seashore Day Camp has enrolled sive aerial attacks targeted at pro-South the Puget Sound open to commercial shellfish over 40,000 students throughout their 85 year Sudan groups. These attacks have displaced harvesting. This year saw the opening of history. Sixty percent of the students have re- some 73,000 people, including 2,000 in a re- Teekalet Village on the reservation, which is turned as staff members. Upon his retirement cent bombing campaign. Media reports also an ‘‘ecologically and financially-friendly’’ hous- in 1974, Mr. Cittadino sold Seashore Day suggest targeted civilian killings and ing development for low to middle income trib- Camp to the late Augustus ‘‘Gus’’ Villapiano, a extrajudicial executions of suspected dis- al members. 25-year employee. The Villapiano family relo- sidents. cated Seashore Day Camp to its present day This violence must stop. The citizens of the I am pleased to announce that more than headquarters in Long Branch, New Jersey. Nuba Mountains, and all the citizens of Sudan 1000 participants from many Native American The camp remains under their direction to this and South Sudan, deserve to live in freedom, tribes are expected to journey through Port day. security, and stability. The history of genocide, Gamble on their way to Swinomish to cele- Today, the camp and its administration con- war, and turmoil that has plagued this region brate the 22nd annual Tribal Canoe Journey. tinue to modify the camp curriculum to reflect of Africa does not need to be its future. As I am honored to recognize the journey’s im- the demand for contemporary programs. Daily Sudan marks a momentous separation into portance before Congress today in helping fa- swim instruction and recreational activities re- two independent countries, let us embrace the cilitate a cultural resurgence among Native mains the cornerstone of the Seashore Day possibility and hope that this new beginning Americans in the Northwest and for their dedi- Camp program, though larger-scale interactive can bring. I urge all my colleagues here in events have also been included. Advanced cation to this journey. Congress to use their voice and their vote to sports and cultural and educational trips as

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