S8126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 19, 2015 continued to receive paychecks for if we looked into every agency’s poli- SURFACE TRANSPORTATION over a year. cies and found out that they weren’t EXTENSION ACT OF 2015, PART II again reported documented and that they couldn’t Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam Pesident, I the case of a former high-level Envi- prove that the paid leave was legiti- ask unanimous consent that the Sen- ronmental Protection Agency em- mized. ate proceed to the immediate consider- ployee who pretended he was a member I need to give credit where credit is ation of H.R. 3996, which was received of the Central Intelligence Agency for due. The Office of Personnel Manage- from the House. years. This employee collected paid ment has finally recognized that this is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The leave under the pretense he was con- a costly issue and has moved to take clerk will report the bill by title. ducting top-secret work for the CIA steps to address this misuse of tax- The senior assistant legislative clerk when, in fact, he was home exercising payer dollars. This summer, the agency read as follows: and pursuing a personal research announced guidance on what does and A bill (H.R. 3996) to provide an exten- project. He effectively, according to doesn’t constitute paid administrative sion of Federal-aid highway, highway the Post, stole $900,000 from taxpayers leave. I urge OPM to follow up now and safety, motor carrier safety, transit, for work he never did. That included ensure that all Federal agencies are and other programs funded out of the his salary and bonus. He was actually implementing these recommendations. Highway Trust Fund, and for other paid bonuses. The man was paid a But why did it take us so long? Why do purposes. bonus payment for not working—de- we have to have an investigative re- There being no objection, the Senate frauding the Agency he worked for. port? Where is the management? Where proceeded to consider the bill. The good news is that they caught him. is the management in these agencies Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, 1 The bad news is that it took 2 ⁄2 years that oversees this and does not allow I know of no further debate on the bill. to figure out something was going on. this to happen? Why do we have to wait The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there An article in the Washington Times for the Government Accountability Of- further debate? details a 4-year case where an em- fice to come in and audit these agen- If not, the question is on third read- ployee at EPA was fired for ‘‘sending a cies and find this unbelievable amount ing of the bill. ‘hostile email’ and making inappro- of waste, fraud, and abuse that takes The bill was ordered to a third read- priate statements that ‘caused anxiety place? ing and was read the third time. and disruption in the workplace.’ ’’ So taxpayers are on the hook for an- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill That employee was ultimately re- other $31 million of waste. We add that having been read the third time, the moved from the EPA a second time but to our ever-growing total of waste, question is, Shall the bill pass? only after he received 1,496 hours of fraud, and abuse, now reaching well The bill (H.R. 3996) was passed. backpay. over—almost $119 billion. And we have Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous And on and on it goes. I could stand Members down here talking about a here for a long time talking about ex- consent that the motion to reconsider program that needs funding because it be made and laid upon the table. amples of paid leave to personnel total- is an essential program, but we don’t ing $31 million for payments of paid The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without have the money to do it. Others come objection, it is so ordered. leave for over a 1-year period of time. down and say we can’t cut a penny It is not just the EPA. I am not picking The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- more from any of the programs we ator from Iowa. on one agency. Every agency in govern- have—and that is another issue—and ment has these policies. GAO estimates yet we continue to waste this kind of f that there are some bad track records money. TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE for these agencies. For instance, the Next week it will be item No. 28 as Department of the Treasury has 25 em- we go forward exposing waste, fraud, ployees on paid leave for over a year and abuse in the Federal Government, Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, and the Department of Veterans Af- taking hard-working taxpayers’ dollars because of what happened in Paris last fairs has over 46. And even more dis- at a time when the economy is not week, a lot of speeches are going to be turbing is the fact that the GAO inves- doing all that well. This is something given on the floor of the Senate about tigation found that Federal agencies which continues to be a noose around . But it is too bad that we don’t have sufficient documentation the Federal Government’s neck and only seem to talk about the dangers of for the paid leave, if they had any doc- which needs to be addressed. terrorism when bad things happen in umentation at all. How can you put Madam President, with that, I yield the United States or happen in Paris or someone on paid leave, how can you the floor. someplace else that brings the issue to make payments for over a year and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- our attention. I think what we all need have no documentation as to why you ator from Iowa. to remember is that it is a constant are making the payments? Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I danger that may not appear to us Coming to the floor with these waste was seeking the floor, but it is my un- daily, but somewhere out there are people thinking about killing us for of the week, fraud-and-abuse situa- derstanding that Senator MCCONNELL, tions, it is hard to comprehend how our leader, is on his way to the floor. I what we believe. these things go on. The ingenuity of will wait until he speaks. I don’t think So I rise today, again, expressing my those who are committing fraud and we have to ask for a quorum call be- sympathies to the people of Paris and those who oversee agencies that are cause I think he will be here in just a those affected by Friday’s terrible at- paying this out is stunning. minute. tacks by radical Islamic terrorists I want to make it clear that I am not The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- there. On behalf of the people of Iowa, against paid leave. There are many jority leader is recognized. I continue to stand with the people of valid cases. But taxpayers deserve to France. know why Federal agencies are paying f Unfortunately, the attacks last Fri- their employees not to work for over a day should not have been a surprise. TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND year without sufficient documentation Radical Islamic terrorists have been URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE- for taking such action. In fact, this waging war against the United States LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- ought to go for all paid leave, whether and our allies for years. When thinking TIONS ACT, 2016 it is for 1 day, 1 month, or 1 year. about the last three decades of the last Particularly, though, what ought to CLOTURE MOTIONS WITHDRAWN century, you think about the terrorism be ringing an alarm bell is someone Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, at the Munich Olympics or an Amer- who is on the record as receiving paid I ask unanimous consent that the two ican being murdered on a TWA plane. leave for several months or over a pending cloture motions with respect Then we had a Jewish person in a year—and I am only documenting that to H.R. 2577 be withdrawn. wheelchair thrown overboard in the which was documented for over 1 year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mediterranean. There was the attempt Who knows how much this would total objection, it is so ordered. to bring down the Twin Towers in 1993

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Over the last year, the gov- Now, all of those happened before destrians at the University of North ernment has stopped numerous individ- 9/11. Since 9/11, attacks have occurred Carolina. The attacker claimed to have uals in the United States who tried to around the world—from the train conducted the attack in order to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS. Ac- bombings in Madrid in 2004 to the sui- avenge the killing of Muslims around cording to Director Comey, over 200 cide bombings in London in 2005 to the the world by our American Govern- Americans have traveled or attempted senseless slaughter in the streets of ment. to travel to Syria for this purpose. I Mumbai in 2008. My focus today, how- Another example is the ‘‘Fort Dix ever, will be on the United States Six’’ plot in May of 2007. In that case, fear that such individuals who success- homeland. six men planned to kill American sol- fully return home could recreate the Terrorists have continued to try to diers at the military base in New Jer- Paris attack here in our country, given attack us here on many occasions since sey but were arrested before they could the training, the indoctrination, and 9/11. Some of these attacks have suc- do so. The men were inspired by jihadi the battlefield experience they received ceeded. Most of them have failed. Some videos. abroad. The Washington Post reported of them have involved direct coordina- In June 2009, a terrorist shot two re- on November 16 that 66 men and women tion with terrorist leaders abroad, and cruiters at a military center in Little in the United States have been charged some have been committed by lone Rock, AR. One of the recruiters was with crimes associated with ISIS, in- wolves inspired by terrorists overseas killed, and the other was seriously cluding both attempting to travel to or the views of those terrorists. But wounded. The shooter told the judge in Syria to join ISIS or planning attacks these threats are ongoing, and that is his case that he was a soldier of Al here. what we should not fail to understand. Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Beyond ISIS’s recruitment of Ameri- Consequently, we must be vigilant to Later in 2009, three radical Islamic cans to fight in Syria, the Paris attack guard against those threats. We know terrorists were arrested just before demonstrates the extreme dangers the that we will face them again. they were able to conduct suicide at- group now poses here in North Amer- Several prominent terrorist attacks tacks in . One of these ica. Look at what occurred just over in the United States come to mind. We terrorists drove all the way from his the past year or so. In October 2014, a all remember the carnage at the Bos- home in Colorado to strike the New radical Islamic terrorist who could not ton Marathon in April 2013, where two York City subway system with home- obtain a passport to travel to Syria brothers detonated bombs at the finish made explosives hidden inside a back- shot up the Parliament in Canada, kill- line that killed an 8-year-old boy and pack. He later admitted in court that ing a Canadian soldier on duty at the two others and injured hundreds more. he was trained by Al Qaeda to be a part Canadian National War Memorial. The Although the brothers did not appear of what they call a ‘‘martyrdom oper- next day, a self-radicalized Muslim to have direct ties with terrorist orga- ation.’’ He further confessed that Al convert attacked four police officers on nizations, they were motivated by rad- Qaeda officials ordered these suicide the streets of New York City with a ical Islamic beliefs. attacks from . hatchet after watching ISIS Internet We also remember the November 2009 Also in 2009, on Christmas Day, a ter- propaganda. shooting at Fort Hood, TX, where 13 rorist often referred to as the Under- people were killed and several dozen wear Bomber attempted to blow up a In January of this year, the FBI ar- others were wounded. Incredibly, the bomb concealed in his underwear while rested a person in Ohio for plotting to Obama administration refused to cat- on a flight over Detroit. Several days attack the U.S. Capitol with pipe egorize this as a terrorist attack, in later, Al Qaeda affiliates in and bombs and guns. The terrorist also al- spite of the fact that the shooter had Saudi Arabia claimed responsibility for legedly expressed a desire to support traded emails with then senior Al that effort. ISIS, and he had posted videos and Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki. The In May 2010, a terrorist tried to set messages on social media, supporting shooter also later identified his ex- off a car bomb in the middle of Times violent attacks by radical Islamic ter- tremist beliefs as a basis of his attack. Square in New York City. He was ar- rorists. But those tragedies only continued rested while attempting to flee the Later, in May of this year, two Is- the pattern followed by radical Islamic country on a flight to the Middle East. lamic terrorists drove from Arizona to terrorists since Al Qaeda hijacked and The bomber was trained and financed Garland, TX, to attack a conference crashed airplanes into the Twin Towers by the Pakistani Taliban. center during an art exhibit. The cen- and the Pentagon that fateful day in More recently, the threat from rad- ter was hosting an exhibition of car- 2001. Soon after 9/11, for example, Brit- ical Islamic extremism has sprung toons depicting the Islamic Prophet ish citizen Richard Reid attempted to from the chaos in Syria. By now we are Mohammed. The pair shot and injured detonate explosives packed in his shoe all familiar with ISIS, or the Islamic a security guard before being killed by while on a flight to Miami in December State. Last year, we witnessed the hor- a police officer. ISIS subsequently 2001. He had previously trained at Al rors of ISIS’s brutal and barbaric be- claimed responsibility for that attack. Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan. heading of American journalists James In June 2015, law enforcement offi- Thankfully, he failed, but this at- Foley and Steven Sotloff, and aid cers in Massachusetts shot and luckily tempted attack put us on notice that worker Peter Kassig in Syria. killed a knife-wielding member of a these terrorists were not finished with As FBI Director Comey explained to group of ISIS supporters who were what happened on 9/11. the Senate Judiciary Committee ear- More attacks and plots followed, per- lier this year, ISIS presents a new type plotting attacks here in the United haps less well remembered after the of Islamic extremist organization. For States, along the lines of what Director passage of time. And the passage of one thing, ISIS exploits social media to Comey has said: Just go out and ‘‘kill, time is our biggest enemy here, as we promote its terrorist agenda and en- kill, kill.’’ Two other alleged terrorists don’t think about this often enough. courage people within the United were arrested and are being prosecuted. But they still demonstrate the ongoing States to commit terrorist attacks. As Just this month, an American was threat we face. Director Comey explained, ISIS’s prop- arrested in Ohio for supporting ISIS. In July 2002, an Egyptian shot and aganda machine is like a devil on He allegedly posted online detailed per- killed two Israelis and wounded four somebody’s shoulder saying: ‘‘Kill, kill, sonal information, including their ad- others at the Los Angeles Inter- kill;’’ and ‘‘if you can’t come to Syria, dresses, of 100 U.S. military members. national Airport. Although the FBI did kill somebody where you are. Kill He had then allegedly called on fellow

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Although no a bridge in New York City. seas to people in the United States, as independent, public confirmation of August 2004: A group of men in the United Director Comey has reported to us: Muhammad’s ties to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Kingdom, led by Al-Qaeda ‘‘member or close ‘‘Kill, kill, kill.’’ Just kill anyone. Peninsula exists, Muhammad wrote to the associate’’ Dhiren Barot, were arrested for More chilling than a lot of this is the judge in his case stating that he was ‘‘a sol- being part of an Al-Qaeda plan to bomb the video released earlier this week. On dier’’ of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula International Monetary Fund, New York Monday, ISIS released a video warning and undertook his attack as revenge for U.S. Stock Exchange, Citigroup and Prudential countries against participating in air killing of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan. buildings in the United States, as well as strikes in Syria. The video claimed November 5, 2009: Nidal Malik Hasan, a targets in the United Kingdom. Barot had U.S. Army Major serving as a psychiatrist, earlier scouted the American targets while that ISIS would attack these countries shot and killed 13 people and wounded sev- visiting the United States in 2000 and 2001. just as it attacked France last Friday. eral dozen others at Fort Hood, Texas. Hasan August 2004: Shahawar Matin Siraj and The video specifically threatened to at- stated that his motive was to fight ‘‘il- James Elshafay were arrested after con- tack this city, right here, Washington, legal and immoral aggression against Mus- ducting surveillance at the Herald Square DC. lims’’ in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hasan had subway station in . The pair were According to earlier exchanged 18 e-mails with Anwar al- planning to attack the station with explo- just this morning, ‘‘at least three Awlaki, an important, U.S.-born leader of sives in response to actions by American dozen people in the United States sus- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. military forces in Iraq. April 15, 2013: Tamerlan Tsarnaey and his August 31, 2005: Kevin James, Hammad pected of ties to the Islamic State were younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, deto- Samana, Gregory Patterson, and Levar under heavy electronic or physical sur- nated two bombs within moments of each Washington were indicted on charges to veillance even before the Paris at- other near the finish line of the Mar- wage war against the United States through tacks.’’ That ought to wake us all up to athon, killing three people and injuring hun- terrorist activities. The men planned attacks the dangerous environment that exists. dreds more. Although the brothers were mo- against targets including American military It is all too obvious that we will con- tivated by radical Islam to carry out the at- and Jewish institutions, located in Southern tinue to face attacks from radical Is- tacks, they did not appear to have had any California. direct ties to Islamic terrorist organizations. November 24, 2006: was con- lamic terrorists in the future. We victed of conspiring to help an Al-Qaeda op- ought to remind ourselves every day October 23, 2014: Zale Thompson attacked four New York City police officers with a erative member suspected of planning bomb- about this potential threat. So to help hatchet, injuring two of them (one critically) ing attacks in Maryland to enter the United remind us both of that certainty and at a Queens, New York shopping district. States. Paracha was later sentenced to 30 that we must be prepared for it, I ask The police shot and killed Thompson, and a years in prison. unanimous consent to enter into the bystander was injured in the process. June 23 2006: Seven men, known as the RECORD a long list of terrorist attacks Thompson appears to have been a self- ‘‘Liberty City Seven,’’ were arrested for in the United States that I prepared radicalized Muslim convert who had posted being involved in a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago as part of an Islamic jihad. from public sources. The list may not ‘‘antigovernment, anti-Western, anti-white’’ messages online. Attorney General Gonzales stated later that include each and every attack by ter- May 3, 2015: Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi year that the plotters had promised to fight rorists, but it does include a wide vari- began shooting outside the Curtis Culwell ‘‘a full ground war against the United ety of attempted and planned attacks Center in Garland, Texas during an art ex- States.’’ against our citizens. Because of space hibit hosted by an anti-Muslim group called July 7 2006: Three men were arrested in limitations on material submitted for the American Freedom Defense Initiative. Lebanon for plotting to bomb transit tunnels underneath the Hudson River in New York the RECORD, a more complete and an- The center was hosting an exhibition of car- toon adaptations depicting the Islamic City. The men intended that the New York notated list can be found on my financial district would then be flooded. The website. That list also includes a sepa- Prophet Muhammad. The pair shot and in- jured a security guard before being killed by FBI discovered the plot and gathered infor- rate list of individuals prosecuted in a police officer. The Islamic Sate of Iraq and mation on it through emails and chat-room the United States for attempting to Syria subsequently claimed responsibility postings on web forums used to recruit Is- leave the country to fight for ISIS. for the attack, though the group did not pro- lamic terrorists. There being no objection, the mate- vide evidence of how it was involved with the December 8, 2006: Derrick Shareef was rial was ordered to be printed in the shooters or in the attack. charged with plotting to detonate hand gre- nades at a shopping mall in during RECORD, as follows: July 16, 2015: Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez—who reportedly had been in var- the Christmas shopping season. Shareef was RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACKS AND a Muslim convert who reportedly had dis- PLOTS IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 9/11 ious locations in the Middle East for nearly seven months last year—shot at government cussed his desire to wage jihad against civil- I. SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS personnel in two military installations in ians and had also spoken of attacking gov- July 4, 2002: Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, a Chattanooga, Tennessee, first through a ernment facilities. 41–year-old Egyptian national, shot and drive-by shooting at a recruiting center, 2007: Sabrihan Hasanoff and Wessam killed two Israelis and wounded four others then by traveling to a naval reserve center Hanafi, beginning in 2007 and at the direction at the El Al ticket counter at Los Angeles and continuing to fire. Before being killed by of Al-Qaeda members in Yemen performed International Airport. Although the FBI did police, Abdulazeez killed four Marines, and surveillance on several potential targets, in- not find evidence linking Hadayet to a ter- wounded another Marine, a Navy sailor, and cluding the New York Stock Exchange, for rorist group, the agency concluded the a police officer. The Navy sailor died from future terrorist attacks in the United States. shooting was an act of terrorism because of his wounds two days later. The FBI is inves- El-Hanafi forwarded the report to Al-Qaeda. May 2007: Six men planned to kill Amer- Hadayet’s stated anti-Israel views and oppo- tigating the attack as an act of terrorism. sition to U.S. Middle East policy. ican soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey, but March 5, 2006: Mohammed Reza Taheri- II. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACKS AND PLOTS were arrested before they could do so. This Azar injured six people when he drove a December 22, 2001: British citizen Richard plot is popularly known as the ‘‘Fort Dix Sport Utility Vehicle into a group of pedes- Reid attempted to detonate explosives Six’’ plot, and the men appear to have been trians at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. packed in his shoes while on a flight from inspired by Jihadi videos Taheri-Azar claimed to have conducted the Paris to Miami. The airplane’s crew and pas- June 3, 2007: Four men were indicted for attack in order to avenge the killing of Mus- sengers subdued him, and the plane landed plotting to blow up jet-fuel tanks and a fuel lims around the world by the U.S. govern- safely in Boston. Reid had previously re- pipeline at John F. Kennedy International ment. ceived training at Al-Qaeda terrorist camps Airport in New York City. Assistant Attor- July 28, 2006: Naveed Afzal Haq shot and in Afghanistan. ney General Kenneth Wainstein said that the killed one woman, and wounded five others, May 8, 2002: Jose Padilla was arrested at men ‘‘sought to combine an insider’s knowl- at the Jewish Federation building in Seattle, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and edge of JFK airport with the assistance of Is- Washington. During the shooting, Haq spoke subsequently accused of plotting to attack lamic radicals in the Caribbean to produce’’ with a 911 dispatcher and said ‘‘these are the United States with a radiological weapon a ‘‘devastating attack.’’ Jews and I’m tired of getting pushed around (a ‘‘dirty bomb’’). He had previously spent January 28, 2009: plead- and our people getting pushed around by the several years in the Middle East, and the ed guilty to joining Al-Qaeda and developing situation in the Middle East.’’ U.S. government produced evidence at his a plan with Al-Qaeda leadership to conduct June 1, 2009: Abdulhakim Mujahid Muham- trial indicating he had attended an Al-Qaeda an attack on the Long Island Railroad in mad shot two military recruiters at a Little training camp in Afghanistan. New York.

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The pair’s motive was to conduct physical rorist training at overseas terrorist camps in Abdulmutallab later plead to the charges jihad in the United States, as they were Afghanistan, and had subsequently joined against him and read a statement in court upset about U.S. military activities in Af- Al-Qaeda, had worked with an Islamic terror saying ‘‘I attempted to use an explosive de- ghanistan, Iraq, and Yemen. cell in Europe to prepare to attack targets in vice which in the U.S. law is a weapon of July 27, 2011: Naser Jason Abdo, a U.S. the United States. mass destruction, which I call a blessed Army Private who had been Absent Without May 20, 2009: Four men were arrested for weapon to save the lives of innocent Mus- Leave (AWOL), was arrested in a plot against plotting to bomb Jewish synagogues in New lims, for U.S. use of weapons of mass de- Fort Hood, Texas. He was found with York City after they had planted what they struction on Muslim populations in Afghani- jihaclist materials, weapons, explosives in- thought were bombs near two synagogues. stan, Iraq, Yemen and beyond.’’ structions, and materials. The explosives in- The men also allegedly planned to shoot May 1, 2010: attempted, but structions were from an Al-Qaeda explosives down U.S. military planes operating out of failed, to detonate a car bomb in Times course manual. Stewart Air National Guard Base in New- Square in New York City. Evidence indicated September 28, 2011: was ar- burgh, New York. The men were apparently that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the rested, following an FBI undercover oper- ation, and charged for plotting to use a re- angry over the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, attempted attack, and that Shahzad was in mote-controlled aircraft filled with explo- and one told an FBI informant that he’d be contact with the group via the internet sives to attack the U.S. Capitol and the Pen- interested in joining a Pakistan-based ter- while living in the United States. Shahzad tagon. Ferdaus planned to commit violent rorist group ‘‘to do jihad.’’ was attempting to flee the country through jihad with the materials, and hoped to cause September 2009: and a flight to the Middle East when arrested. a ‘‘psychological impact’’ by killing Ameri- Hysen Sherifi were charged with plotting to May 2010: Paul and Nadia Rockwood, from cans—who he referred to as ‘‘enemies of kill U.S. military personnel at the Quantico King Salmon, Alaska, were arrested for lying to the FBI about having compiled a list of 20 Allah.’’ marine base in . They had under- November 20, 2011: Jose Pimentel was ar- taken reconnaissance of the base and had targets, including mem- bers of the U.S. military, the media, and two rested for building and plotting to detonate practiced attacking the base in July. Boyd, pipe bombs in and around New York City. along with several other suspects, had ear- religious organizations. The couple had also begun to acquire components for mail Pimentel’s intended targets included U.S. lier been charged with international ter- military personnel who had served in Iraq rorism charges in August, but those charges bombs. Rockwood, who had earlier converted to Islam and was studying the writings of and Afghanistan, U.S. postal facilities, and did not concern attacks in the United States. police. Pimentel was described as an ‘‘Al- Anwar al-Awlaki, sought to ‘‘exact revenge Prosecutors played a tape during Boyd’s de- Qaeda sympathizer,’’ though he is believed to tention hearing where he decried the U.S. by death on anyone who desecrated Islam.’’ October 20, 2010: Zachary Adam Chesser, a have worked on his plot alone. military, decried the struggle of Muslims, January 7, 2012: Sami Osmakac, a natural- supporter of designated foreign terrorist or- and mentioned the honor of martyrdom. ized U.S. citizen from Kosovo, was arrested ganization Al-Shabaab, pleaded guilty to September 2009: , and later for plotting to use weapons and explosives charges that included soliciting other Adis Medunjanin and Zarein Ahmedzay, were ‘‘to create mayhem’’ in Tampa, Florida. He jihadists online to murder U.S. citizens in arrested for planning to conduct suicide at- planned to conduct a car bombing, then take the United States. Among other things, he tacks with homemade explosives in the New hostages, and to finally detonate a suicide pleaded guilty to taking specific, repeated York City subway system. All three had re- belt he would be wearing. Osmakac told an ceived weapons training from Al-Qaeda in steps to encourage jihadists to attack the FBI undercover agent that ‘‘We all have to Afghanistan, and Zazi admitted in court that writers of an American television show for die, so why not die the Islamic way?’’ the way the show had depicted Muhammad. he was trained by Al-Qaeda to be part of a February 17, 2012: , a Mo- October 27, 2010: , a natu- ‘‘martyrdom operation.’’ Evidence indicates roccan who was illegally inside the United ralized U.S. citizen, was arrested for plotting States, was arrested following an FBI sting that senior Al-Qaeda officials ordered the at- to bomb multiple Washington, D.C. metro tacks. According to the indictment against operation for plotting to carry out a suicide stations Ahmed believed he was conspiring bombing inside the U.S. Capitol building. Medunjanin, before being arrested for the with Al-Qaeda operatives in plotting the at- planned subway attacks, on January 7, 2010, When arrested near the Capitol, Khalifi was tacks. carrying what he believed to be a loaded Medunjanin attempted to conduct an attack November 26, 2010: Mohamed Osman in New York City by intentionally crashing automatic weapon and a suicide vest. Mohamud, a Somali-American, attempted to September 15, 2012: Adel Daoud was ar- his car on the Whitestone Expressway. wage jihad by trying to ignite what he September 24, 2009: , also rested, following an FBI undercover inves- thought was a real bomb, but which was a tigation, for attempting to detonate what he known as Talib Islam, was arrested and fake bomb supplied by an undercover officer, charged for attempting to kill federal em- thought was a car bomb in front of a bar in at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Chicago. Daoud had earlier expressed his in- ployees by detonating a car bomb at the fed- Portland, Oregon. Among other statements eral building in Springfield, Illinois. He was terest online in engaging in violent jihad in Mohamud made regarding the attacks, he the United States or overseas. arrested after he attempted to detonate what said ‘‘I want whoever is attending that event October 17, 2012: Quazi Mohammad he thought was the bomb, but which was in to leave, to leave either dead or injured.’’ Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, a Bangladeshi, was fact a fake bomb. Finton reportedly idolized December 8, 2010: Antonio Martinez, also arrested following a sting operation for plot- (and had written to) American-born Taliban known as Muhammad Hussain, was arrested ting to bomb the Federal Reserve Bank in member . after a sting operation for plotting to blow Manhattan. He was arrested after attempt- September 24, 2009: Hosam Maher Husein up the Armed Forces Career Center in Ca- ing to detonate what he thought was a 1,000 Smadi, an illegal immigrant from Jordan, tonsville, Maryland. Martinez, a Muslim con- pound bomb near the door of the bank. Nails was arrested for placing, with the intent to vert, was motivated to plot the attack be- undertook his plot on behalf of ‘‘our beloved detonate, what he thought was a car bomb cause he was upset that the U.S. and other Sheikh .’’ outside of the 60-story Fountain Place office militaries were fighting Muslims. November 29, 2012: Raees Alam Qazi and his tower in Dallas, Texas. FBI undercover February 24, 2011: Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, brother, Sheheryar Alam Qazi, both natural- agents met with Smadi over several months a Saudi Arabian student in the United ized U.S. citizens of Pakistani descent, were while posing as members of an Al-Qaeda States, was arrested for planning and having arrested for plotting to attack New York sleeper cell. According to the FBI, Smadi begun to build bombs for use in various ter- City, possibly at Times Square. Raees, in- ‘‘stood out based on his vehement intention rorist attacks in America. Targets of the at- spired by Al-Qaeda (members of which he had to actually conduct terror attacks in the tacks included former President George W. tried to contact) had recently traveled to United States.’’ Bush’s home, hydroelectric dams, nuclear New York to attempt to obtain explosives December 14, 2009: Ehsanul Islam Sadequee power plants, nightclubs, and the homes of for the attack. and Syed Haris Ahmed were sentenced for American soldiers who had been stationed in December 13, 2013: Terry Lee Loewen, an their earlier terrorism convictions in sup- Iraq at the Abu Ghraib prison. Aldawsari de- avionics technician, was arrested following port of terrorism. Among other activities, scribed in his journal, as well as on blog an FBI sting operation for attempting to ex- Sadequee and Ahmed had driven to and postings, his desire for violent jihad. plode a car bomb in a suicide attack at the taken videos—for use by ‘‘the jihadi brothers May 11, 2011: Ahmed Ferhani, a native of Wichita Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, abroad’’ with whom the pair were connected Algeria, and Mohamed Mamdouh were ar- Kansas. Loewen is a Muslim-convert who had via the internet—of targets in Washington, rested for plotting to attack Jewish syna- said to an FBI employee that ‘‘I have become DC., including the U.S. Capitol, the World gogues in New York City. The pair were ar- ‘radicalized’ in the strongest sense of the Bank, the Masonic Temple, and a fuel tank rested after purchasing several handguns and word, and I don’t feel Allah wants me any farm. one grenade. The two were said to be ‘‘com- other way.’’ December 25, 2009: Umar Farouk mitted to violent jihad.’’ September 15, 2014: Mufid A. Elgeeh was Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian citizen, at- June 23, 2011: Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif and charged with encouraging and helping pre- tempted to blow up the commercial airliner Walli Mujahidh were arrested after pur- pare two other people to go to Syria and join

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Suarez allegedly February 25, 2015: Abdurasul Hasanovich had told a confidential FBI source that he the Super Bowl’s Most Valuable Player Juraboev was charged for offering online to wanted to make a ‘‘timer bomb,’’ which was for both games, but ever humble, Bart kill the U.S. President if ordered by ISIS. to include galvanized nails and for which he gave full credit to his teammates and He, along with Akhror Saidakhmetove, al- had purchased components, to be buried and to legendary coach Vince for legedly then planned to travel to Syria to detonated at a beach in Key West, Florida. the team’s historic success. wage jihad on behalf of ISIS. November 12, 2015: Terrence McNeil was ar- Over the years, Bart has received April 2, 2015: Noelle Velentzas and Asia rested in Ohio for soliciting the murder of many honors. He was selected as a Pro Siddiqui were arrested, following a sting op- members of the U.S. military. He had dis- Bowl Player four times and was named eration, for plotting to detonate explosives seminated ISIS rhetoric and detailed U.S. in the United States. The two allegedly dis- military personnel information for 100 mili- the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in cussed possible targets online and had ac- tary members, then called on fellow terror- 1966. He was recognized in 1970 with the quired both multiple propane tanks and in- ists to kill the military personnel in their Gladiator of the Year Award for best structions on how to turn the tanks into homes and communities. exemplifying the character attributes bombs. Siddiqui had allegedly contacted Mr. GRASSLEY. These lists include of a citizen-athlete. And he has been members of Al-Qaeda on repeated occasions. inducted into multiple Halls of Fame: April 10, 2015: John T. Booker was arrested, successful attacks that harmed Ameri- after a sting operation, for allegedly trying cans as well as unsuccessful attempts The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in to detonate a car bomb at the Fort Riley that did not—often thanks to law en- 1976, the Pro Football Hall of Fame in military base in Kansas on behalf of ISIS. forcement’s efforts. What is common to 1977, and the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Booker allegedly had spent months dis- all the attacks is that they were under- Fame in 1981. cussing different plans of attack before de- taken by terrorists who coordinated Bart’s football legacy goes beyond ciding on a suicide attack against the base, with radical Islamic extremists, were technical skill. His excellence in lead- and had begun acquiring components for a inspired by them or by those who ership and strength of character earned vehicle bomb before becoming the subject of him the respect of his coaches, team- the FBI operation. He also allegedly repeat- shared their views. The listed attacks edly stated that he wished to engage in vio- should serve as a reminder that we mates, and fans worldwide. He con- lent jihad on behalf of ISIS. must always be vigilant. We must tinues to be lauded as an example June 12, 2015: David Wright and Nicholas never forget that radical Islamic ex- throughout the NFL. Every year, the Rovinski were charged with conspiring to tremists are waging war against us. We Award is presented to an commit attacks against persons inside the must always be prepared to fight this NFL player who demonstrates leader- United States, which was intended to further battle and to defend against their at- ship and integrity on the field and in ISIS’s objectives and therefore constituted tacks. his community. material support to that group. Wright and Bart considers his wife Cherry to be Rovinski also allegedly intended to behead a I am grateful this Thanksgiving sea- man who had organized a conference in Gar- son for the people in this country who the most important member of the land, Texas that featured cartoons depicting do the difficult work of protecting us Starr family team. Cherry supported Muhammad. Moreover, Wright and Rovinski from terrorists every day. We must and inspired her husband as they raised allegedly conspired with Usaamah Abdullah continually strengthen our country’s their children, Bart Junior and Bret, Rahim—Wright’s uncle—who was shot and ability to win this war. We must ensure and devoted herself to numerous chari- killed after attacking police officers. The that our military and Special Forces table causes throughout their life to- FBI stated that Rahim had been under sur- have the ability to take the fight to gether. Their gifts of time, financial veillance because he had bought fighting support, and celebrity continue to be a knives and spoken of imminently attacking the terrorists overseas, wherever they ‘‘boys in blue.’’ Rahhim, when confronted by are lurking. We must ensure that our part of a lifelong mission benefiting the police on a sidewalk, menaced the offi- intelligence agencies have the tools many charities and causes. cers with a military-style knife before shoot- needed to identify terrorists and their At the height of his career with the ing him when he refused to drop the knife. plots, while preserving the civil lib- Packers, Bart and Cherry cofounded June 17, 2015: Fareed Mumuni and Munther erties that make our country very spe- Rawhide Boys Ranch, a home for at- Omar Saleh were arrested for allegedly con- risk boys. Over the years, the Rawhide spiring to attempt to assist ISIS in commit- cial. And we must ensure that law en- forcement is able to use the lawful Boys Ranch has grown into a campus ting a terrorist attack in the New York area. comprised of seven boys homes, a Mumuni and Saleh allegedly charged, with tools provided by Congress, consistent knives, at law enforcement officers who were with our Constitution and approved by state-of-the-art high school named in trying to arrest them. Mumuni also alleg- our courts, to help stop these terrorist honor of Bart and Cherry Starr, and edly told authorities that he had pledged his attacks. numerous work experience facilities support to ISIS. I yield the floor. that expose youth to a variety of June 19, 2015: Robert McCollum, who I suggest the absence of a quorum. trades. changed his name to Amir Said Abdul The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Bart and Cherry also served as hon- Rahman Al-Ghazi, was charged with, among ERNST). The clerk will call the roll. orary chairpersons for the Vince other offenses, attempting to provide mate- Lombardi Cancer Foundation for more rial support to ISIS. He allegedly had The senior assistant legislative clerk pledged his support to ISIS via social media, proceeded to call the roll. than 44 years. Their work behind the took steps to create propaganda for the Mr. JOHNSON. Madam President, I scenes was central to raising more group, and had tried to persuade others to ask unanimous consent that the order than $16 million for cancer research. join ISIS too. He allegedly had also ex- for the quorum call be rescinded. In addition, Bart and Cherry have pressed his desire to conduct an attack on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without been longtime supporters of Corner- the United States, and had attempted to pur- objection, it is so ordered. stone Schools of Alabama. Cornerstone chase an rifle. f offers a Christ-centered education com- July 13, 2015: Alexander Ciccolo was ar- mitted to academic excellence for Bir- rested on gun charges after purchasing two TRIBUTE TO BART AND CHERRY mingham’s inner city children whose pistols and two rifles from an undercover STARR FBI informant. His apartment allegedly was families have limited school choice. loaded with bomb-making equipment and Mr. JOHNSON. Madam President, I Finally, Cherry’s passion for animals jihadi paperwork. Ciccolo allegedly had rise today to pay tribute and to honor fuels their generous support over many planned to travel to a town with a state uni- two great Americans, two wonderful years for the Greater Birmingham Hu- versity where he could attack students at people—Bart and Cherry Starr—for mane Society. the college. Ciccolo was turned in by his fa- their numerous personal, professional, Bart and Cherry are very proud of ther, who said his son was inspired by ISIS, and charitable contributions to the Na- their children, grandchildren, and had said he is ‘‘not afraid to die for the great-grandchildren, but the accom- cause,’’ and reportedly characterized Amer- tion and the great State of Wisconsin. ica as ‘‘Satan’’ and ‘‘disgusting.’’ We are all aware of Bart’s extraor- plishment they value most, that they July 28, 2015: Harlem Suarez was charged dinary contributions on the football cherish most, is their 60 years of loving with attempting to use a weapon of mass de- field as for the Green Bay marriage. I am honored to recognize

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