May 19, 2000 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 8655 a brand new high school in addition to plans four letters in baseball and three letters in It is important that we have enough re- to renovated and modernized the elementary football. During his senior year he received the sponse teams to be able to work in concert schools and junior high. Big Ten Medal, which is awarded to the con- with various agencies such as the Federal Bu- The presence of Dr. Juliana Texley will ference athlete who best combines athletic reau of Investigation, Department of Justice, surely be missed throughout Anchor Bay and academic success. After college, Hank Federal Emergency Management Agency, Schools. But her legacy as a leader will be began coaching in the NFL, where he became State Police, local law enforcement agencies, seen in every modernized classroom and best noted for coaching the Kansas City fire departments, hospitals, and emergency every successful student that walks the halls Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory in 1970. of an Anchor Bay school. Please join me in Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my distin- medical technicians to respond to WMD wishing Dr. Texley and her family all the best guished colleagues to join me in commending events all over the country. It is equally imper- as she begins her new life. the Silver Bell Club, Lodge 2365 of the Polish ative that the response team have the means f National Alliance of the United States, for for being mobile so that a team may expedi- hosting this celebration of success in sports tiously deploy to a region that otherwise would HONORING THE SILVER BELL and academics. The effort of all those involved be inaccessible by normal transportation CLUB, LODGE 2365 OF THE POL- in planning this worthwhile event is indicative mechanisms. ISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF of their devotion to the very gifted young peo- Mr. Chairman, I applaud the decision by the THE UNITED STATES ple in Indiana’s First Congressional District. Secretary of Defense to create an organization f HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY that is immediately available to him for that ex- OF INDIANA FLOYD D. SPENCE NATIONAL DE- peditiously deploying resources in the event of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR a WMD incident. I also urge the Secretary to FISCAL YEAR 2001 Thursday, May 18, 2000 evaluate methods for enhancing prevention measures to complement the consequence SPEECH OF Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased management efforts. As individuals and to announce that the Silver Bell Club, Lodge HON. JIM SAXTON groups gain an easier time to acquire informa- 2365 of the Polish National Alliance of the OF NEW JERSEY United States, will be hosting the 27th Annual tion, materials, and resources, the need for Hank Stram-Tony Zale Sports Award Banquet IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES our senior officials and citizens to have a on May 22, 2000. Nineteen Northwest Indiana Wednesday, May 17, 2000 sense of urgency becomes more evident. High School athletes will be honored at this The House in Committee of the Whole Mr. Chairman, our nation has yet to face a event for their outstanding dedication and hard House on the State of the Union had under WMD event involving nuclear, biological, or work. These exceptional students were cho- consideration the bill (H.R. 4205) to authorize chemical weapons and we owe it to ourselves sen to receive the award by their respective appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for mili- to be prepared. Some of the nation’s most schools on the basis of academic and athletic tary activities of the Department of Defense populated region are currently unprepared and achievement. All proceeds from this event will and for military construction, to prescribe go toward a scholarship fund to be awarded to military personnel strengths for fiscal year unprotected. This amendment will provide a local students. 2001, and for other purposes: valuable resource that may be applied some This year’s Hank Stram-Tony Zale Award Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong of those regions. recipients include: Christopher Bruszewski of support of the Gilchrest amendment to H.R. I urge other members to emphatically sup- Wheeler High School; Sara Butterworth of 4205. The amendment allows the Department port this measure. Andrean High School; Doug Dybzinski of of Defense to activate 5 more crucial emer- Boone Grove High School; Julie Hoover of gency response teams designated as Weap- f Merrillville High School; Tim Kacmar of Crown ons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams, Point High School; Jeannie Knish of Munster formerly called RAID teams, to address an PERSONAL EXPLANATION High School; Michelle Kobli of Whiting High emergency event caused by a weapon of School; Adam Kowalczyk of Hanover Central mass destruction. As Chairman of the Special High School; Vanessa Krysa of Valparaiso Oversight Panel On Terrorism, facts have HON. ZOE LOFGREN High School; Tom Kubon of Bishop Noll High been revealed to show that an event caused School; Kari Lukasik of Lake Central High by a terrorist is becoming much more likely. It OF CALIFORNIA School; Daniel Matusik of Highland High has also been revealed that first responders to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES School; Greg Mytyk of Hobart High School; such an event are not currently equipped to Gary Ray of Lake Station High School; Jona- handle an incident that includes nuclear, bio- Thursday, May 18, 2000 than Siminski of Hebron High School; David logical, or chemical materials. Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, there are Taborski of Calumet High School; Mark There are many adversaries of the United times when the obligation we have to be a Wachowski of Lowell High School; Kevin States who are becoming increasingly sophis- Wlazlo of Griffith High School; and Natalie ticated and well financed. So it is not a matter good parent conflicts with the schedule of the Yudt of Portage High School. of . . . ‘‘if’ . . we are attacked by a weapon House of Representatives. Tomorrow is such The featured speaker at this gala event will of mass destruction but . . . ‘‘when’’ . . we a day for me. Accordingly, I would like to note be Mr. Len Dawson. Mr. Dawson was a quar- are attacked. Our nation needs to be ready for the record that, were I able to be present terback for Purdue University as well as the with well-trained teams that can help local first tomorrow, I would vote in favor of the Trans- Kansas City Chiefs. With Dawson’s leader- responders in managing such an event. These portation Appropriations bill the House will ship, the Chiefs won the AFL Championship in response teams, as trained and equipped by consider. I appreciate the assistance my dis- 1962, 1966, and 1969. Dawson quarterbacked the Army, are a valuable resource for respec- trict will receive because of this important ap- for the Chiefs in both of their Super Bowl tive state governors. propriations bill as well as the courtesy that games, and was selected as Most Valuable Some parts of the country, such as my own has been extended to me by both the Chair- Player in Super Bowl IV when the Chiefs area in New Jersey, are densely populated man and Ranking Member in considering upset Minnesota 23–7. and have a great need for a response team. Hank Stram, one of the most successful The New Jersey National Guard and the State funding requests important to Silicon Valley. coaches in professional football history, will of New Jersey needs to have a team that can In addition, I have been informed that there also be in attendance at this memorable easily reach the populated areas of its state will likely be an amendment offered to strike event. Hank was raised in Gary, Indiana, and and the surrounding region. Cities like Phila- the provisions in this bill that would freeze graduated from Lew Wallace High School, delphia and Atlantic City just to name two are CAFE standards at their current level. I would where he played football, basketball, baseball, far from the reach of even the closest re- also like to note for the record that I would and ran track. While attending college at Pur- sponse teams currently scattered throughout vote in favor of this amendment. due University in West Lafayette, Hank won the country.

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