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August 20, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E907 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

MAKE IT IN AMERICA ACT HONORING MOUNTAIRE FARMS ican soldiers from WWII and a native of Buf- falo, NY. Lieutenant Colonel Urban served in HON. TED BUDD the from 1941–1946 and HON. JOHN GARAMENDI OF NORTH CAROLINA during his time in the military, saw combat in North Africa, , , and Belgium. After OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES being wounded in France, Urban and his bat- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, August 20, 2021 talion carried on into Belgium where he was Mr. BUDD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to severely wounded by machine gun fire in Friday, August 20, 2021 recognize Mountaire Farms and their enduring Philippeville. Urban eventually made his way Mr. GARAMENDI. Madam Speaker, today I tradition of business excellence. to Germany without the ability to speak from introduce the ‘‘Make It in America Act.’’ I thank The family-owned poultry farm and proc- his previous injuries and medically retired from the Army in 1946. Returning to the United U.S. Senator DEBBIE STABENOW (D–MI) for essing company is the fourth largest in the na- States, Lieutenant Colonel Urban settled down sponsoring the companion legislation, which tion, boasting a storied presence within North in Michigan, received the in was passed recently by the Senate in the bi- Carolina. Despite their scale, Mountaire has continued to cultivate a reputation for family 1979, and passed away in 1995. Some of partisan ‘‘Infrastructure Investment and Jobs values, business success, and giving back to Urban’s other honors include 2 Silver Stars, 7 Act’’ (H.R. 3684). local communities. Purple Hearts, the , and the Our ‘‘Make It in America Act’’ would prevent Aligned with a 2019 expansion in Chatham from France. federal agencies from utilizing unnecessary County, Mountaire features newly opened Post 7275 adopted Lt. Col. Matt Urban’s waivers to get around ‘‘Buy American’’ require- plant operations in Siler City, NC, the largest name in 2011 and today, it looks to keep its ments. Longstanding Congressional direction city in the county, and a portion of the 13th namesake’s legacy of selfless service alive under the Buy American Act of 1933 (Public District that I have the pleasure of rep- through community involvement and outreach. Law 72–428) requires the federal government resenting. The project represented a $170 mil- Chicken and steak dinners, classic car shows, to give preference to domestically produced lion investment, generating county tax revenue and holiday parties all populate the Post’s cal- goods and services. This ensures that tax- and creating over 1,000 jobs. endar and fundraise for various causes and payer dollars are spent in support of Amer- Partnering with over 500 growers and em- services. Additionally, the Post organizes sev- eral veteran-related services and memorials ican-made products and American jobs. ploying over 1,500 workers in Siler City, Mountaire’s economic footprint is essential to for its members. During the Thanksgiving holi- Despite this law, federal agencies routinely the region. Statewide, Mountaire is an eco- day, a food drive is put on by and for vet- waive ‘‘Buy American’’ requirements without nomic powerhouse employing over 5,000 em- erans. For Day, Independence Day, cause to purchase foreign-made products ployees and processing over 840,000 chick- and Veterans Day, the Post organizes cere- even when domestically made alternatives are ens on any given day, and is a asset to monies to remember the fallen and honor its readily available. This must end. North Carolina agriculture, the state’s largest members’ sacrifices. Flag Day is especially The ‘‘Make It in America Act’’ would close industry. significant for both the VFW and AMVETS as flags are placed at the graves of veterans and loopholes in our nation’s ‘‘Buy American’’ laws While continuing to increase production ca- pacity and growing their business, Mountaire those killed in action at local cemeteries. The and require that any waiver of the Buy Amer- has remained focused on what really matters: Post has also remained very active during the ican Act be publicly posted online with detailed the community they set up shop in. Through COVID–19 pandemic, helping members stay justifications by the respective federal agency. initiatives like Mountaire Cares, their annual in contact with the local VA hospital for med- Our bicameral legislation also supports Thanksgiving for Thousands drive, scholar- ical services and keeping veterans informed President Biden’s Executive Order No. 14005, ships, and other community service projects, about vaccination information. by providing Congressional authorization for they are deeply invested in improving the I thank the Lt. Col. Matt Urban VFW and the new Made in America Office within the quality of life for Chatham County residents. AMVETS Post 7275 for its tireless commit- White House’s Office of Management and Through it all, Mountaire embodies their ments to serving our local veterans and great- Budget. This new office is charged with re- core commitment ‘‘to be good stewards of all er community, and I again congratulate the viewing all waivers to the Buy American Act the assets God has entrusted to us.’’ This in- Post on its 75th anniversary. sought by federal agencies and ensuring com- cludes caring for employees, neighbors, cus- f pliance with other ‘‘Buy American’’ laws. I tomers, and others by doing business the right way and by prioritizing people over mere prof- HONORING KATHLEEN ANN strongly support President Biden’s executive MCCARTY order creating this much-needed central office its. Please join me in commending Mountaire dedicated to enforcing ‘‘Buy American’’ laws, Farms on a job well done. HON. MIKE THOMPSON and I thank him for his leadership on this crit- OF CALIFORNIA ical issue. f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congress must further strengthen our na- 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LT. Friday, August 20, 2021 tion’s ‘‘Buy American’’ laws to better support COL. MATT URBAN VFW AND American manufacturing and competitiveness. AMVETS POST 7275 Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam The legislation I introduce today builds upon Speaker, I rise today to honor Kathleen Ann the ‘‘Make It In America’’ agenda I have advo- HON. CHRIS JACOBS McCarty for her exceptional career dedicated cated for throughout my tenure in Congress OF to humanitarian service. and during my earlier service in State govern- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Kathleen was born in Calexico, California, but soon after relocated with her family to ment. When the federal government spends Friday, August 20, 2021 taxpayer dollars, those dollars should be spent Santa Rosa, where she attended Santa Rosa Mr. JACOBS of New York. Madam Speaker, Junior College. Her service began when she on goods made by American workers. It’s that I rise today to recognize the Lt. Col. Matt took a year off from school to volunteer at the simple. Urban VFW and AMVETS Post 7275 on the Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Zimbabwe. Madam Speaker, I encourage all Members 75th anniversary of its founding. Though never part of her original career path, to cosponsor my ‘‘Make It in America Act,’’ to The VFW and AMVETS Post, located in the her experiences inspired her to pursue a ca- support well-paying manufacturing jobs and Town of Lancaster, NY, is named after Matt reer in nursing. In 1977, she graduated from help rebuild the American middle class. Louis Urban, one of the most decorated Amer- the University of California, San Francisco and

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Following her recovery, she sia’s first ombudsman, co- worked as a nurse at the Santa Rosa Memo- Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today wrote the human rights clauses in the con- rial Hospital for one year before returning to as the Co-Chairman of the Commission on stitution and served as Russia’s representa- Zimbabwe. Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Hel- tive on the U.N. Human Rights Commission sinki Commission) to remember the great Rus- and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Under her leadership as the Clinical Officer sian human rights activist Sergei Kovalev and . at Chidamoyo Hospital, Kathleen was able to to include in the RECORD an opinion column Throughout it all, he stayed true to the restart childhood immunization programs and by Vladimir Kara-Murza from Wednesday’s principles that had defined his pe- initiated a program for routine antenatal tet- riod. He sought to make politics moral and Washington Post. never compromised his conscience. With the anus immunization, which has nearly elimi- —‘‘Our opposition was not polit- start of Russia’s military campaign in nated newborn tetanus in Zimbabwe. In 2000, ical; it was moral incompatibility with the regime,’’ Sergei Kovalev, a leading figure in , he tried to use his position to pre- Kathleen began a program for antiviral treat- vent bloodshed—including by personally ment for pregnant mothers in labor, which the Soviet dissident movement, explained in an interview for a documentary I made in leading negotiations that saved the lives of helped drop AIDS transmission in Zimbabwe the early 2000s. ‘‘At some point you realize more than 1,500 hostages during a terrorist to under 10 percent. Kathleen’s contributions that it is shameful to remain silent.’’ siege in the summer of 1995. But while Presi- have helped create 16 child vaccine clinics, Last week, Kovalev died in his sleep at the dent Boris Yeltsin had genuine respect for seven HIV clinics, and have expanded the ca- age of 91. His funeral on Friday was attended Kovalev, he chose advice from elsewhere. pacity of the hospital to 100 beds. Additionally, by thousands of Muscovites who filed past When it became clear that the war would not stop, Kovalev resigned his official positions she created a scholarship program which sup- his casket at the Sakharov Center, an insti- tution named for his friend and mentor, and sent Yeltsin a sharply worded open let- ports the education of 250 young girls. , and designated by Vladi- ter. The president responded personally, Kathleen was undeterred by health com- mir Putin’s government as a ‘‘foreign thanking Kovalev for his service and express- plications or by unpredictable events such as agent.’’ Several Western countries sent their ing sympathy for his motivation. This was a a fire that destroyed much of the hospital, a diplomats to pay respects. No Russian gov- different Russia. ernment official attended. Kovalev spent the last part of his life as he devastating outbreak of cholera, and even a Perhaps it was better this way. I doubt did the first: in opposition to a regime in- break-in by local thieves demanding money. In Kovalev would have appreciated hypocritical creasingly intolerant of domestic dissent and September of 2020, Kathleen was diagnosed gestures of condolence from a regime led by increasingly aggressive toward others. While with a terminal malignancy and returned to the a KGB officer who has brought back many of Russia still had a real parliament, Kovalev U.S. for treatment. She fought her illness with the authoritarian practices Kovalev spent remained a member—voting against Putin’s grace and never lost her sense of humor. his life fighting. confirmation as prime minister in 1999 and Sadly, after 40 years of service, Kathleen Like many in the Soviet dissident move- warning of a coming ‘‘authoritarian police ment, Kovalev joined the human rights state led by . . . the well-preserved Soviet passed away on May 26, 2021. struggle from the academic world. A success- security services’’ in early 2000. That was a Madam Speaker, there is no doubt that ful biophysicist and head of a laboratory sec- time when many in Russia and in the West Kathleen Ann McCarty’s achievements will tion at , he had a were still harboring illusions about Putin. leave a tremendous impact for generations to PhD and more than 60 research papers to his When legal opposition politics became all name. But he could not remain silent in the come. It is fitting and proper that honor her but impossible, Kovalev returned to being face of a resurgent totalitarianism of the what he knew best, a dissident. His last pub- here today. Brezhnev era that saw both domestic repres- lic appearance, earlier this year, was at a sion and aggressive posturing abroad. For virtual event commemorating Sakharov’s f Kovalev, the defining moments were the centennial. show trial of writers and Kovalev described himself as an idealist— HONORING JOHNNIE KERSHAW and the Soviet invasion of an indispensable quality in a seemingly Czechoslovakia, both in the second half of hopeless struggle against a ruthless authori- the 1960s. tarian system. The main lesson from His activism brought his scientific career Kovalev and his fellow was that HON. DAN BISHOP to an end, of course. From then on, Kovalev one can choose not to remain silent even in OF NORTH CAROLINA dedicated his life to documenting, publi- the most difficult circumstances. And that, cizing and confronting abuses committed by in the end, the struggle might not be as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his government against his fellow citizens. A hopeless as it seems.’’ founding member of the Initiative Group for Friday, August 20, 2021 the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR— f the first human rights group in the coun- HONORING UNITED STATES NAVY Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. Madam try—and the Moscow chapter of Amnesty SEAMAN 1ST CLASS LYAL J. Speaker, today, I rise to honor Johnnie International, Kovalev served as the editor SAVAGE FOR HIS BRAVE SAC- Kershaw, a retired volunteer firefighter and na- of the Chronicle of Current Events, the RIFICE AT PEARL HARBOR DUR- tive of Hoke County, North Carolina. The sec- news bulletin that reported on ING WORLD WAR II ond oldest of nine children, Johnnie was born human rights violations throughout the So- July 29, 1936, and moved to Brooklyn, New viet Union. During Kovalev’s subsequent trial on charges of ‘‘anti-Soviet agitation,’’ HON. ELISE M. STEFANIK York, as a young man. There, he enrolled at the KGB tried to prove the slanderous OF NEW YORK Brooklyn Automotive School, where he of the Chronicle’s reporting—but ended up learned transmission and auto body repair. In confirming its accuracy. Not that it changed IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1966, he returned to Hoke County and opened the outcome: Kovalev was sentenced to seven Friday, August 20, 2021 Kershaw’s Body Shop, making him the first Af- years of imprisonment followed by three years in internal exile. His trial was held be- Ms. STEFANIK. Madam Speaker, I rise rican-American man in the county to own his today in honor of United States Navy Seaman own paint and body shop. hind closed doors with a preselected ‘‘audi- ence.’’ Sakharov tried, unsuccessfully, to 1st Class Lyal J. Savage. At the age of 19, Throughout his 30 years of service as a vol- enter the courtroom and ended up standing Seaman 1st Class Savage gave his life in unteer firefighter, Johnnie received several outside the door throughout the trial. At the service to this nation during the attack on awards, including the Outstanding Leadership very same time, in , Sakharov’s wife, Pearl Harbor. His remains were accounted for Award, the Outstanding Fire Chief Award, and Elena Bonner, was accepting his Nobel Peace on July 29th, 2019, after being declared dead the Outstanding Safety Award. Now, at 85 Prize, which he dedicated to ‘‘all prisoners of while missing in action for nearly 80 years. conscience in the and in other years old, Johnnie continues to serve as a Eastern European countries’’—including Seaman 1st Class Savage was born in model leader for the Hoke County community. Kovalev, whom he mentioned by name. 1922 to Roswell ‘‘Ross’’ Savage and Elizabeth I am proud to recognize his achievements The collapse of communist regimes in Savage. During World War II he joined the today and to call him a constituent. Eastern Europe saw many former dissidents United States Navy and was assigned to the

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