July 26, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5469 I am pleased that Jhpiego and groups In a recent Washington Post article, fending her 2008 Olympic Gold Medal in like it from across the globe are com- Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the 100-meter hurdles in London. She ing together for this week’s AIDS 2012 UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations won in Beijing in a thrilling upset and conference in Washington, DC. This Program on HIV and AIDS, said, ‘‘The with a personal best time, making her conference is the largest gathering of previous generation fought for treat- the one to beat in this year’s games. professionals working in the field of ment, our generation must fight for a Member of the Fighting Illini and HIV in the world and will bring to- cure.’’ All-American Gia Lewis-Smallwood gether more than 20,000 people from I am proud that in just the last year, made her first international team in more than 120 counties all working to- the National Institutes of Health has 2011 after competing in the discus for 11 gether to create a blueprint for com- increased spending on cure-related re- years. She remained in Champaign bating HIV/AIDS. I can only imagine search by $56 million. This is a step in after graduating, where she not only the exciting new synergies that will de- the right direction, and I want to see trains but also volunteers at the near- velop when so many innovative, com- us do more. I stand with the entire by YWCA and with Parkland Commu- mitted individuals are in the same HIV/AIDS medical community in re- nity College. room. newing the call to prevent, treat, and Competing in the men’s discus event Among the presenters are luminaries cure HIV/AIDS. Let’s use the oppor- will be , a New Berlin from the public, private, and multilat- tunity of this historic gathering to high school graduate who attended De- eral sectors such as President Bill Clin- renew our call to work on creating an catur’s Millikin University, where he ton, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary AIDS-free generation. played for the men’s team. Rodham Clinton, and former U.S. First f Growing up in Itasca, Sarah Zelenka tried swimming, soccer, volleyball, and Lady Laura Bush, Her Highness Mette- 2012 OLYMPICS GAMES Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, basketball. But it wasn’t until she World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, tomor- went to college that this naturally row evening, hundreds of athletes from UNAIDS Executive Director Michel gifted athlete found her sport: rowing. across the world will gather in London Sidib, Sir Elton John, Whoopi Gold- She has since won gold at the Rowing for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 berg, and Bill Gates. World Cup and World Championships This is the first time the United Summer . and will be looking to add an Olympic Among those marching in the Parade States has hosted the conference in medal to that collection in London. of Nations will be 20 athletes from Illi- Rowing twins Grant and Ross James two decades, and I believe it is the nois. have competed next to each other their right moment for us to be showcasing Making his Olympic debut in the 100- entire lives and share their biggest our strong bipartisan effort to bring meter butterfly is Tyler McGill, a na- fan—their mom. After Ross captured the AIDS epidemic to an end. tive of Champaign. After turning in the the final seat on the eight-man boat The has long been a second-fastest time in the world this going to London, the twins learned leader in the global fight against HIV/ year at the U.S. Olympic trials, Tyler that they had fulfilled their lifelong AIDS. As chairman of the Senate For- will be swimming for a spot at the top dream of competing next to each other eign Relations Subcommittee on Inter- of the podium in London. at the Olympics. national Development Assistance, I am Lake Forest native and Northwestern At 6 feet 9 inches, Sean Rooney is a proud to note that from 2004 to 2010 the Wildcat Matt Grevers is already an natural for the sport of volleyball. He United States spent more than $26 bil- Olympic Gold-medalist as a member of was named Illinois’ Player of the Year lion on bilateral funding to fight AIDS. the two winning relay teams in Bei- in 2001 when he led his high school From my experience leading this sub- jing. This year, he’ll be swimming for team, Wheaton-Warrenville South, to committee, I know that dedicated gov- individual Gold—and maybe a world an Illinois State championship. He ernment experts from an array of U.S. record—in the 100-meter backstroke. competed in his first Olympics in Bei- agencies are involved in the fight, as As the son of an All-American, swim- jing, where he helped Team USA to a are thousands of nonprofits and com- ming is in Conor Dwyer’s blood. After gold medal. He will help them defend munity organizations. achieving personal bests in every event that title this year. Yet despite the progress that the in which he competed at the trials, the Bob Willis grew up in Chicago and numbers and statistics tell us, the Winnetka native will compete in the learned to sail on beautiful Lake story on the ground is still heart- 400-meter freestyle as well as a relay at Michigan. After qualifying for the breaking, and now is not the time to his first Olympic games. Olympic games, he returned briefly to rest on our laurels. International anti- Star diver Christina Loukas was born Chicago before leaving for London, AIDS funding has not increased signifi- in Riverwoods, where she began swim- where ‘‘the first water [his] Olympic cantly since 2008. In places like the ming and diving at an early age. Al- board touched was Lake Michigan Congo, for example, doctors are only though she moved away from Illinois water.’’ able to supply antiretroviral drugs to after high school, Christina remained a Greco-Roman wrestler Ellis Coleman 15 percent of the people who need them. Cubs fan and returns to Chicago often. grew up in Chicago’s Humboldt Park Globally, just 8 million of the 15 mil- Chatham’s Kelci Bryant will join and joined the wrestling team as a way lion treatment-eligible patients in Christina on the women’s diving team to stay out of trouble in a rough neigh- AIDS-ravaged poor regions of the world as she competes in the 3-meter syn- borhood. His signature move is an im- are getting antiretroviral drugs. chronized diving event. Already a two- pressive leap called the Flying Squir- We must do better. We must do bet- time NCAA champion, this will also be rel, which he may employ as he wres- ter to improve the lives of people living Kelci’s second Olympics. tles to win Olympic Gold this year in with HIV/AIDS, and we must do better Algonquin runner won London. to save the lives of their loved ones. four Illinois State titles in cross-coun- Growing up in Naperville, Candace Some experts believe that ‘‘fatigue try and track, but he will be competing Parker was a devoted Chicago Bulls and forgetting’’ are two of the reasons in a relatively new sport for him—the fan. So it wasn’t surprising when she we have not reached more people. —at this year’s Olympics. began to play basketball herself, lead- Though we have been working on treat- He qualified for the team after just a ing her high school team to multiple Il- ing this disease for decades, we still few years training for the grueling linois State championships and becom- have an overwhelming number of infec- event. ing the first female high school player tions to treat. Chicago’s star Wal- to dunk a basketball in a sanctioned But the good news is that scientists lace Spearmon, Jr., will be looking for game. She has been a member of the now believe we have the tools to make vindication this year in the men’s 200- USA Basketball Women’s National serious progress in the fight against meters—a high-pressured sprint that Team since 2009 and helped win Gold AIDS. Scientific advances over the last will include many of the fastest run- for the United States at the Beijing year have been remarkable, and we ners of all time. Olympics. can’t afford to abandon the fight and to Dawn Harper, who hails from my own Swin Cash will join her on the wom- lose momentum now. hometown of East St. Louis, will be de- en’s basketball team. Swin was drafted

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He Born and raised in Springfield, bas- attended New Canaan High School and will compete in the Men’s 3000M stee- ketball swingman Andre Iguodala will Yale University where he rowed for the plechase this Olympic games. represent the United States on the 2012 heavyweight team. He has received Rob Crane will hit the water in sail- Dream Team, or Dream Team Three. many national and international titles, ing. Born in Stamford and raised in His jersey number is now retired at including most recently winning the Darien, he went on to attend the Lanphier High School, where he was pair at the 2012 National Selection Re- Holderness School and Hobart College. both a star student and athlete. gatta number 1 and finishing fourth in He continues a family legacy of sailing, Star defender on the women’s soccer the four at the 2011 World Rowing joining the ranks of his mother and fa- team, Amy LePeilbet grew up in Crys- Championships. He has been named ther, who won world and North Amer- tal Lake. Her high school coach at USRowing’s 2011 Athlete of the Year. ican championships, respectively. In Prairie Ridge remembers her not only Mr. Jurkowski was raised in New 2011, he finished 14th in the Inter- for her athleticism but for her work Fairfield and attended New Fairfield national Sailing Association and ethic and persistence. She will compete High School and Cornell University, Federal’s Sailing World Champion- as a member of the U.S. women’s soc- where he walked onto the team his ships. This Olympics, he will partici- cer team in London. freshman year, competed all 4 years, pate in the men’s singlehanded laser Each of these athletes has arrived in and graduated with a degree in biologi- dinghy sailing event. London as a result of years of persever- cal engineering. He has also served as a In addition to the successes of these ance and hard work. They have woken volunteer assistant coach for the Uni- 10 accomplished and inspiring athletes, up in the dark for early morning prac- versity of Texas women’s rowing team. I wish to recognize all around the tices and endured aching muscles and In London, he will compete in the sin- world poised to participate in the USA sore limbs. They have arrived early and gle sculls event an event that he placed Paralympics. Guided by the U.S. Olym- stayed late, spending hours at the gym, 11th in during the 2008 Beijing games. pic Committee’s Paralympic Military, on the field, or in the pool training for Mr. LaCava is from Weston, CT, and Veteran, and Community Program, attended Phillips Exeter Academy and this moment and their Olympic dream. State and local communities have de- Columbia University. Among other dis- I congratulate the athletes from Illi- veloped important programs to enable tinctions, he placed fifth in the light- nois and every athlete representing his individuals with physical or visual dis- weight eight at the 2011World Rowing or her country at these Olympic games. abilities to participate and compete in Championships and placed first at the I look forward to watching them over sports. The growing prevalence of com- lightweight eight at the 2011 Head of the coming weeks as they compete for munity level sports clubs, such as the the Charles Regatta. In London, he will Olympic Gold. paralympic sports clubs, offers disabled compete in the men’s lightweight four. f Ms. Hendershot grew up in West Americans the opportunity to come to- gether as a community, share their 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES Simsbury , only starting to love of sports, and rally around each Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I row in 2003 as a high school freshman. Already by 2004 and again in 2005, she other. am honored on the opening day of the Our American competitors are inspi- 2012 London Olympics to congratulate won the open eight at the USRowing National Championships. She rowed for rational to athletes and nonathletes of our U.S. Olympic and Paralympic and graduated in all generations. Athletics and sports- Teams. Proudly, 16 of our top Olym- 2010. She will compete in the Women’s manship connect us, reaching the core pian athletes hail from Connecticut, Pair in London with Sarah Zelenka of of our humanity. They represent our including 6 women, who played for our Illinois. hopes, dreams, and aspirations. They legendary University of Connecticut Ms. Trowbridge was born in Wash- serve as national and international dip- women’s teams and will represent our ington, DC, and is a member of the Po- lomats, working together as a team to State and Nation as members of the tomac Boat Club. She was raised in best represent our country. Along with U.S. women’s basketball team. Guilford, CT, and attended Guilford my Senate colleagues, I wish our ath- These athletes will make history on High School. She rowed at University letes from Connecticut and around the a global stage, representing the United of Michigan on a scholarship. Most re- Nation the best of luck and thank States and sharing personal stories cently among her international and na- them for their incredible public service that fuel their drive to win. They have tional results, she finished ninth in the as leaders during these Olympic games. this momentous opportunity and re- double sculls at the 2011 World Rowing f sponsibility because they have worked Championships and won the double hard, demonstrated unremitting char- EXTENSION OF THE FISA sculls at the 2011 National Selection AMENDMENTS ACT acter and integrity, and believed in the Regatta No. 2. She cites her parents, power of athletic excellence to bring coaches, teammates, and Olympic hero, Mr. LEAHY. Last week, the Judici- our nation and the world together. Nadia Comaneci, as inspirations. She ary Committee considered S.3276, a bill Six extraordinary UConn alumni will will compete in the Women’s Double reauthorizing the surveillance provi- compete as members of the 2012 U.S. Sculls event. sions of the FISA Amendments Act of women’s basketball team: , and Donn Cabral will 2008, which is set to expire at the end of Swin Cash, Tina Charles, , represent the United States in track this year. The Director of National In- , and . All and field. Hailing from Fairfield, CT, telligence and the Attorney General six players brought UConn teams to Mr. Kinsley brings his experience at have both stated that reauthorization national championships during their and javelin at Fairfield Pre- of these important national security college careers. The head coach of the paratory High School and Brown Uni- authorities is the ‘‘top legislative pri- U.S. Olympic team, , versity to the international arena. He ority of the Intelligence Community.’’ has led the University of Connecticut won the NCAA title in the javelin After the Senate Select Committee teams through many exciting seasons event in 2010 and in the same year was on Intelligence reported its reauthor- while serving as a tremendous role named Academic All-American and ization bill, I asked for a sequential re- model and mentor. Both Asjha Jones Northeast Region Field Athlete of the ferral. Senator GRASSLEY joined me in and Tina Charles currently live in Year by the U.S. Track and Field and that request. It was for a limited time Uncasville and play for the Con- Cross Country Coaches Association. At and had we not completed our markup necticut Sun. Although the others may Brown University, he studied geology last Thursday, time might well have no longer list Connecticut as their for- and economics. expired for this committee to act on it. mal residence, these players remain a Mr. Cabral was born and raised in I was surprised last week and since to part of our lives. Glastonbury, CT. He attended Prince- be criticized for seeking to improve the

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