May 4, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E727 CONGRATULATING MR. CHARLES With such dedicated players and skilled and the presidents of various service organi- McDONALD ON THE OCCASION OF coaching, it seems only right that their remark- zations. HIS RETIREMENT able qualities led them to this year’s cham- Mr. Angeli, who serves as president of pionship. Their triumph is significant to both Lackawanna College, was previously a mem- HON. JO BONNER the team and their fans because it tells the ber of the late Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. OF ALABAMA story of how the road to victory is paved by Casey’s cabinet. He served as secretary of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES those who never give up. the Department of Community Affairs after The Cowboys’ success comes from sheer Thursday, May 4, 2006 having served as Deputy Secretary for Pro- persistence and true teamwork. These young grams at the agency and as Director of its Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, it is with a tre- men have learned the supreme principles of Northeast Regional office. mendous amount of pride that I rise today to both sports and life. They have experienced A veteran of the United States Army, Mr. honor Mr. Charles McDonald on the occasion that winning is great but success is sweeter Angeli retired with the rank of lieutenant colo- of his retirement after serving as president of when teamwork and faith defy expectations nel. He served two combat tours in Southeast the Alabama Retail Association for 35 years. and confront challenge. Asia, one as commander of a helicopter com- Charlie McDonald has been a devoted ad- These are the young champions: Eric pany. He also served as a Department of De- vocate for the retailers and business commu- Chapa, Edgar Sanchez, Aldo Sierra, Juan fense inspector general and as foreign area nity of Alabama all of his life. Moreover, Char- Razo, Jose Alvarado, Peter Ruiz, Victor Vela, officer in the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France. lie is a worker, not a talker, and he knows how Cristian Sierra, Wilfredo Fernandez, Edgar While in military service, Mr. Angeli was to get the job done. Acuna, Jorge Briones, Jovanny Briones, Alex awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, the He served the Alabama Council of Associa- Lara, Humberto Lopez, Gerardo Herrera, Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, The Air Medal tion Executives for over three decades. In Mario Perez, Gerardo Martinez, Diego and the Pennsylvania Meritorious Service 1987, he served as chairman of the Alabama Rodriguez, Michael Cedillo, Angel Cardenas, Medal. Civil Justice Reform Committee, and in 1992, Jesus Sanchez, Miguel Vasquez, Jose Mojica, Active in state, regional and community af- he chaired the Alabamians for Workers’ Com- Jorge Gandara, Abpsa Cardenas, Jose Sosa, fairs, Mr. Angeli served as chairman of the pensation Reform. and Abel Perez. board of the National Institute for Environ- A graduate of the University of Alabama, The coaches who led them to victory are mental Renewal, the state’s Interagency Task Charles received the School of Commerce Luis Zarate, Arturo A. Puig Jr., Pedro Valdez, Force on affordable housing and the Pennsyl- and Business Administration’s Retailer of the and Miguel Marroquin. vania Housing and Finance Agency. Millennium Award in 1999. He was also hon- I congratulate the Porter Cowboys who Mr. Angeli serves on the boards of the ored by the Food Marketing Institute with the through their unwavering endurance and de- Great Valley Technology Alliance, St. Joseph’s Donald H. MacManus Retail Association Exec- termination have brought great pride and joy Center, Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority utive of the Year Award, and the American to all of South Texas. I ask the House of Rep- and the Delaware and Lehigh Corridor Author- Society of Association Executives awarded resentatives to join me today in commending ity. him the Grand Award for Management this outstanding band of champions who have Mr. Angeli is a past recipient of the Boy Achievement. This year, the National Retail learned the most important lessons of com- Scouts of America’s Outstanding Citizen Federation honored Charles with the pres- petition, faith, and commitment. Mr. Speaker, Award in Northeastern Pennsylvania, UNICO’s tigious J. Thomas Weyant Lifetime Achieve- these young men have inspired us and made Man of the Year Award and the University of ment Award. us exceptionally proud. Scranton’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me f A native of Blakely, Pennsylvania, Mr. in congratulating a dedicated community lead- Angeli earned a bachelor’s degree in political er and friend to many throughout Alabama. PERSONAL EXPLANATION science from the University of Nebraska and a I know Charles’s colleagues, his wife Elaine, master’s degree in education from Scranton his children, and grandchildren, and his many HON. GWEN MOORE University. friends from throughout the country join me in OF WISCONSIN Mr. Angeli and his late wife, Nancy, are the praising his accomplishments and extending IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES parents of two daughters, Ms. Emy Angeli and our heartfelt thanks for his many efforts over Thursday, May 4, 2006 Mrs. Tracy Barone. the years on behalf of the state of Alabama. On a personal note, I want to express my f Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, April 25 and Wednesday, April 26, I own appreciation for the commitment Ray has THE PORTER COWBOYS’ 5A was absent for votes on rollcall numbers 100 made to his community. Although I met him SOCCER TITLE through 108. Had I been present, I would have during his tenure in Governor Casey’s Cabi- voted ‘‘Yes’’ on rollcall number 100, ‘‘Yes’’ on net, it has only been since my Congressional HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ rollcall number 101, ‘‘No’’ on rollcall number district expanded to include Scranton that I OF TEXAS 102, ‘‘No’’ on rollcall number 103, ‘‘Yes’’ on have had the opportunity to work closely with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rollcall number 104, ‘‘Yes’’ on rollcall number Ray on several projects. I know that I can count on him to have thought carefully about Thursday, May 4, 2006 105, ‘‘No’’ on rollcall number 106, ‘‘Yes’’ on rollcall number 107, and ‘‘No’’ on rollcall num- every project he undertakes and to have de- Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay ber 108. termined that it is in the best interest of the tribute to the Porter Cowboys, winners of the Northeastern Pennsylvania. We are indeed f University Interscholastic League Class 5A fortunate to have him in our community. boys’ soccer state championship. These CONGRATULATING RAYMOND S. Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- young players came painstakingly close to de- ANGELI ON THE OCCASION OF lating Mr. Angeli on this auspicious occasion. feat, but rose to victory in a 2–1 double-over- RECEIVING THE B’NAI B’RITH Mr. Angeli’s commitment to service and excel- time win, earning Brownsville’s first 5A state AMERICANISM AWARD lence has earned him the respect and admira- championship, and the pride of South Texas. tion of the greater Scranton community. It is The Cowboys came back from a 1–0 deficit HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI fitting that such an award would be presented against the highly regarded team of Coppell in OF PENNSYLVANIA to him. a match that went to two 10-minute overtime IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f periods. The agility and perseverance of this team gained the recognition of even the rival Thursday, May 4, 2006 APRIL 5, 2006 LETTER TO coach who could not deny the heart the Cow- Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today SECRETARY RUMSFELD boys put forth. to ask you and my esteemed colleagues in the Less than a minute later, Porter tied up the House of Representatives to pay tribute to HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH game 1–1, after Coppell’s only goal. The win- Raymond S. Angeli, of Lackawanna County, OF OHIO ning shot scored with 3:42 left on the stadium Pennsylvania, who will be the recipient of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES scoreboard, leaving the Cowboys’ solid de- B’nai B’rith’s annual ‘‘Americanism Award’’ on fense squad to protect the lead. The team left May 7. Thursday, May 4, 2006 it all on the field to earn the Rio Grande Val- The honoree of this prestigious accolade is Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I sent the fol- ley’s first 5A title in soccer. traditionally selected by past award recipients lowing letter to Secretary Rumsfeld requesting

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From 1981 to tions, it is regarded as the gold standard for The Pentagon, Washington, DC. 1985, he was ambassador to Honduras where Iraqi security forces by U.S. military offi- DEAR SECRETARY RUMSFELD: I am writing he played a key role in coordinating U.S. cials. to request a copy of all records pertaining to covert aid to the Contras, anti-Sandinista August 31, 2005—BBC reports that on the Pentagon plans to use U.S. Special Forces to militias who targeted civilians in Nicaragua. night of August 24, a large force of the Vol- advise, support and train Iraqi assassination Additionally, he oversaw the U.S. backing of cano Brigade raided homes in Al-Hurriyah and kidnapping teams. a military death squad in Honduras, Bat- city in the Baghdad, kidnapping and then On January 8, 2005, Newsweek magazine talion 3–16, which specialized in torture and executing 76 citizens. The victims were all first published a report that the Pentagon assassination. The U.S. had similar programs shot in the head after their hands and feet had a proposal to train elite Iraqi squads to of supporting paramilitary groups set up had been tied up. They suffered the harshest quell the growing Sunni insurgency. The pro- Nicaragua and Honduras as its program in El forms of torture, deformation and burning. posal has been called the ‘‘Salvador Option,’’ Salvador. In a Democracy Now interview on November 16, 2005—Reuters News reports which references the U.S. military assistance January 10, 2005, Allan Nairn, who broke the the discovery of 173 malnourished men, some program, initiated under the Carter Admin- story about U.S. support of death squads in of whom were tortured, imprisoned in a se- istration and subsequently pursued by the El Salvador, suspected that Ambassador cret jail run by Shi’ite militias tied to the Reagan Administration, that funded and sup- Negroponte would most likely be involved in Interior Ministry. ported ‘‘nationalist’’ paramilitary forces who the economic side of U.S. support to death November 17, 2005—Newsday reports that in the past year, the U.S. military has helped hunted down and assassinated rebel leaders squads in Iraq. and their supporters in El Salvador. This We know that a wave of abductions and build up Iraqi commandos under guidance program in El Salvador was highly con- executions, in the style of the death squads from James Steele, a former Army Special troversial and received much public backlash of El Salvador, and with ties to an official Forces officer who led U.S. in the U.S., as tens of thousands of innocent government sponsor, and to the U.S., has hit counterinsurgency efforts in El Salvador in civilians were assassinated and ‘‘dis- Iraq. the 1980s. The brigades built up over the past appeared,’’ including notable members of the News reports over the past 10 months year include the Lion Brigade, Scorpion Bri- Catholic Church, Archbishop Oscar Romero strongly suggest that the U.S. has trained gade and Volcano Brigade. February 15, 2006—Associated Press reports and the four American churchwomen. Ac- and supported highly organized Iraqi com- that the Interior Ministry has launched a cording to the Newsweek report, Pentagon mando brigades, and that some of those bri- conservatives wanted to resurrect the Salva- probe into death squad allegations. gades have operated as death squads, abduct- February 19, 2006—BBC reveals that doran program in Iraq because they believed ing and assassinating thousands of Iraqis. that despite the incredible cost in human morgues in Baghdad receive dozens of bodies Some news highlights: picked up daily from rivers, sewage plants, lives and human rights, it was successful in May 1, 2005—Los Angeles Times reports waste burial sites, farms and desert areas. eradicating guerrillas. that the U.S. is providing technical and Most of the bodies are handcuffed and blind- Mr. Secretary, at a news conference on logistical support to the Maghawir (Fearless folded civilians with a bullet or more in the January 11, 2005, you publicly stated that the Warrior) brigades, the Interior Ministry’s idea of a Salvador option was ‘‘nonsense.’’ forehead, indicating that they were exe- special commandos, according to Major Gen- cuted. The handcuffs used on the victims are Yet mounting evidence suggests that the eral Rasheed Flayih Mohammed. Iraqi au- U.S. has in fact funded and trained Iraqi as- like those used by the Iraqi police. thorities plan to increase deployment of the February 26, 2006—The Independent reports sassination and kidnapping teams and these 12,000-strong Maghawir (Fearless Warrior) that outgoing United Nations’ human rights teams are now operating with horrific suc- brigades, which are composed of well-trained chief in Iraq, John Pace, revealed that hun- cess across Iraq. veterans who have worked closely with U.S. dreds of Iraqis are being tortured to death or We know that the Pentagon received fund- forces in Najaf, Fallujah and Mosul and in- summarily executed every month in Baghdad ing for training Iraqi paramilitaries. clude the Wolf, Scorpion, Tiger and Thunder alone by the death squads working from the About one year before the Newsweek re- brigades. Ministry of Interior. He said that up to port on the ‘‘Salvador Option,’’ it was re- May 16–20, 2005—Los Angeles Times and three-quarters of the corpses stacked in the ported in the American Prospect magazine New York Times reveal discovery of 46 bod- Baghdad mortuary show evidence of gunshot on January 1, 2004 that part of $3 billion of ies, all Iraqi men abducted and slain execu- wounds to the head or injuries caused by the $87 billion Emergency Supplemental Ap- tion-style, in various locations: floating in drill-bits or burning cigarettes. propriations bill to fund operations in Iraq, the Tigris, dumped in ditches and garbage- March 9, 2006—Los Angeles Times reports signed into law on November 6, 2003, was des- strewn lots, and buried at a poultry farm. that Iraqi police officers who worked at the ignated for the creation of a paramilitary June 15, 2005—Washington Post reports Interior Ministry’s illegal prison had re- unit manned by militiamen associated with that U.S. forces had knowledge of secret and ceived American training, and that U.S. former Iraqi exile groups. According to the illegal abductions of hundreds of minority trainers have also given extensive support to Prospect article, experts predicted that cre- Arabs in Kirkuk. The abductions were by 27 brigades of heavily armed commandos ac- ation of this paramilitary unit would ‘‘lead forces led by Kurdish political parties and cused of a series of abuses, including the to a wave of extrajudicial killings, not only backed by the U.S. military. death of 14 Sunni Arabs who were locked in of armed rebels but of nationalists, other op- June 20, 2005—Los Angeles Times reports an airtight van last summer. ponents of the U.S. occupation and thou- that Saad Sultan, of Iraq Human Rights March 10, 2006—Sidney Morning Herald re- sands of civilian Baathists.’’ The article fur- Ministry said that police and security forces ports that men wearing the uniforms of U.S.- ther described how the bulk of the $3 billion attached to the Iraqi Interior Ministry, trained security forces, which are controlled program, disguised as an Air Force classified thousands of whom have been trained by by the Interior Ministry, abducted 50 people program, would be used to ‘‘support U.S. ef- American instructors, are responsible for in a daylight raid on a security agency. forts to create a lethal, and revenge-minded abusing up to 60% of estimated 12,000 detain- Masked men who are driving what appear to Iraqi security force.’’ According to one of the ees in prison and military compounds. He be new government-owned vehicles are car- article’s sources, John Pike, an expert of says the units have used tactics reminiscent rying out many of the raids. classified military budgets at of Saddam’s secret intelligence squads. March 27, 2006—The Independent reports www.globalsecurity.org. ‘‘the big money July 3, 2005—Reuters News reports that the that while U.S. authorities have begun criti- would be for standing up an Iraqi secret po- government of Iraq publicly acknowledged cizing the Iraqi government over the ‘‘death lice to liquidate the resistance.’’ that the new security forces were using tor- squads,’’ many of the paramilitary groups We know that some of the Pentagon’s Iraq ture. Article further says that accounts are accused of the abuse, such as the Wolf Bri- experts were involved in the Reagan Admin- common of people being seized by armed men gade, the Scorpion Brigade and the Special istration’s paramilitary program in El Sal- in the uniforms of the police, army or special Police Commandos were set up with the help vador. units like Baghdad’s Wolf Brigade police of the American military. Furthermore, the Colonel James Steele, Counselor to the commandos, and then disappearing without militiamen were provided with U.S. advisers U.S. Ambassador for Iraqi Security Forces, trace or being found dead. some of whom were veterans of Latin Amer- formerly led the U.S. Military Advisory July 28, 2005—Los Angeles Times reports ican counter-insurgency which also had led Group in El Salvador from 1984–1986, where that members of a California Army National to allegations of death squads at the time. he developed special operating forces at bri- Guard company, the Alpha Company, who Mr. Secretary, in light of this evidence of gade level during the height of the conflict. were implicated in a detainee abuse scandal, U.S. support for and the existence of death The role of these forces in El Salvador was to trained and conducted joint operations with squads in Iraq, what is the basis for your attack ‘insurgent’ leadership, their sup- the Wolf Brigade, a commando unit criti- January 11, 2005 statement, that the idea of porters, sources of supply, and base camps. cized for human rights abuses. In an online a Salvador option in Iraq is ‘‘nonsense’’? Currently Colonel Steele has been assigned Alpha Company newsletter, Captain I request a copy of all records pertaining to to work with the new elite Iraqi counter-in- Haviland wrote, ‘‘We have assigned 2nd Pla- Pentagon plans to use U.S. Special Forces to

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KILDEE OF ILLINOIS prisoner in totalitarian Cuba. ´ OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dr. Pulido Lopez is a dentist, an inde- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pendent journalist and a member of the Chris- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 tian Liberation Movement. He believes in writ- Thursday, May 4, 2006 ing and speaking the truth about the night- Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, I rise mare that is the Castro regime. As a dentist, take this opportunity to honor the Bay City in support of H.R. 282, the Iran Freedom Sup- trained in protecting and nurturing human life, Branch of the National Association for the Ad- port Act, which has 360 bipartisan cosponsors he could not tolerate the tyrant’s incessant vancement of Colored People as it celebrates who represent approximately 216 million abuse of Cuban people. He understood the 50 years as a dedicated champion of civil Americans. human condition and he knew that freedom is rights. On June 2, 2006 the members of the Following continued Iranian threats to de- infinitely superior to the ills of tyranny and re- Bay City Branch will come together to revere velop and deploy nuclear weapons, increasing pression. its founding members and renew its commit- evidence that Tehran is interfering with sta- On March 18, 2003, as part of the dictator’s ment to justice for all. bilization efforts in Iraq, President Mahmoud condemnable crackdown on peaceful pro- Roy Wilkins chartered the first branch of the ´ Ahmadinejad’s denial of the Holocaust and democracy activists, Dr. Pulido Lopez was ar- NAACP in Bay City in 1918. This was at a rested because of his belief in liberty over re- comments that Israel should be wiped off the time when the NAACP was instrumental in pression. In a sham trial, he was sentenced to map, and ongoing Iranian support of inter- convincing President Woodrow Wilson to pub- 14 years in the inhuman, totalitarian gulag. national terrorist organizations such as licly denounce lynching. The Branch was dis- On April 18, 2006, Dr. Pulido Lo´pez’s wife banded but it was re-chartered in 1938 by At- Hezbollah, it is time for the United States to Rebeca Rodriguez Sauto visited him and torney Oscar Baker Sr. and chartered a third take concrete steps to hold Iran accountable found that his health has significantly wors- time in 1946. for its actions. ened. According to the report that she filed In 1955, NAACP member Rosa Parks was I am a co-sponsor of H.R. 282 because I with Cubanet, Dr. Pulido Lo´pez is dangerously arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a feel it is a priority to ensure that Iran is not malnourished, deeply depressed and dis- Montgomery Alabama bus and one of the larg- abusing the basic rights of its people, endan- traught. She reports that he is afflicted with est grassroots civil rights movements was gering the well-being of its neighbors, or de- chronic bronchitis and dark bruises of an un- born. The NAACP was at the forefront of this stabilizing the region. H.R. 282 strengthens known origin have appeared on his skin. struggle and Reverend Obie Matthew, Pastor existing United States sanctions against Iran, Despite his seriously declining health, Dr. of the Second Baptist Church, organized the authorizes support to democratic reformers Pulido Lo´pez stated in the Cubanet report that present Bay City Branch the following year on within Iran, and calls for American investors to he has no real reason to ask for a medical pa- October 8, 1956. 50 years later the Branch is divest their holdings of companies invested in role since he is an innocent man to begin with still fighting for equality of all citizens. Iran’s energy sector. The legislation is de- and what the dictatorship’s officials really have The Bay City Branch has led the fight to give him is freedom. He continued telling against discrimination in housing, education, signed to deny Iran the necessary funds to ad- vance its quest for nuclear weapons. his wife, ‘‘I am more firm in my convictions employment, healthcare, and the criminal jus- every day. I am not going to renounce them. tice system. Some of its notable fights were Iran is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Pro- They know that my health is affected. They the Migrant Negroes from Georgia Case, the liferation Treaty (NPT) and has foresworn ac- can do what they want.’’ Bay County Skating Rink Case in the 1960s, quiring nuclear weapons. Yet, it operated a Dr. Pulido Lo´pez’s commitment to freedom, the Woolworth 5&10 Store Sit-in, the hiring of clandestine nuclear program for nearly two in the face of declining health in the grotesque the first African American teachers by the Bay decades before it was exposed in 2002. gulag, is a brilliant example of the heroism of City School District, and the inclusion of a Iran’s continued behavior has led to the de- the Cuban people. It is a crime against hu- Black History Class in the Bay City Central cision by the International Atomic Energy manity that Castro’s totalitarian gulags are full High School curriculum. The Branch has given Agency to report Iran to the United Nations of men and women, like Dr. Pulido Lo´pez, away more than 70 scholarships to high who represent the best of the Cuban nation. school students. They have supported CORY Security Council. Late last month, the Security Council issued a unanimous statement reit- Mr. Speaker, we must speak out and act Place, sponsored a summer USDA Food and against this abominable disregard for human erating calls by the IAEA and members of the Activity program for children, and worked with rights, human dignity, and human freedom just international community for Iran to suspend its other local agencies to improve the living con- 90 miles from our shore. My colleagues, be- uranium enrichment efforts and permit U.N. in- ditions in Bay City. fore it is too late, we must demand the imme- spectors to reenter Iranian nuclear facilities. The hymn, Lift Every Voice and Sing, was diate and unconditional release of Alfredo written by James Weldon Johnson in 1900. In Now the United States Congress must use Manuel Pulido Lo´pez and every political pris- it he wrote, ‘‘Sing a song full of hope that the every diplomatic and economic tool at its dis- oner in totalitarian Cuba. posal to address this situation. present has brought us; Facing the rising sun f of our new day begun, Let us march on till vic- While Iran must be held accountable for its tory is won.’’ Under the current leadership of actions, I will be demanding that the President TRIBUTE TO THE VILLAGE OF President Idella White, the Bay City Branch is of the United States seek the consent of Con- BREESE marching on in the fight to remove barriers to gress before any military plans are consid- racial equality. The Bay City Branch remains ered. There is no military solution to resolving HON. JOHN SHIMKUS committed to educating citizens about their this conflict. The only solution is to use diplo- OF ILLINOIS constitutional rights, and the adverse effects of macy, work with the international community, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES racial discrimination. and promote change in Iran from within. Mr. Speaker, I am asking the House of Rep- Thursday, May 4, 2006 resentatives to join me in congratulating the Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons threat- Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Bay City Branch of the NAACP for 50 years of ens the stability of the entire Middle East and honor Breese, Illinois upon her sesquicenten- commitment to social justice. The members could spark a dangerous and unprecedented nial. The Village of Breese was formed in are to be commended for their steadfast fight nuclear arms race. I urge all of my colleagues 1856 and will celebrate her sesquicentennial against racial hatred and I pray that together to act now and support H.R. 282. on June 2–4, 2006.

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