June 21, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1101 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

HONORING THE 125TH ANNIVER- IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH AN- COUNTERFEIT DRUG PENALTY SARY OF THE UNITED WAY NIVERSARY OF THE CALIFORNIA ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2012 FLOWER MARKET SPEECH OF HON. DAVID LOEBSACK ´ HON. JACKIE SPEIER HON. LINDA T. SANCHEZ OF IOWA OF CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monday, June 18, 2012 Thursday, June 21, 2012 ´ Thursday, June 21, 2012 Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Mr. LOEBSACK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3668, the to recognize the 125th Anniversary of the Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act. I United Way. the 100th Anniversary of a place filled with vi- have worked with Representative MEEHAN, brant colors, tantalizing fragrances, delicate worked for quite a while on this issue and it’s In 1887 in Denver, Colorado, a local shapes and magic—the California Flower Mar- rewarding to see that bipartisan, practical woman, a priest, two ministers and a rabbi ket in San Francisco. The market is flowers ideas still have a place in this body. came together to work to solve the poverty galore and it’s impossible to be there without H.R. 3668 will raise the penalties for coun- facing their community. The first United Way feeling uplifted. I’m a proud and frequent cus- terfeit medicines, a unique consumer health formed a network of organizations to support tomer at this special place that is also a great and safety problem. This legislation is needed, local charities as well as to coordinate relief boost to our local economy. bipartisan, and non-controversial. Counterfeit drug enterprises jeopardize the services, counsel and refer clients to cooper- The California Flower Market, spanning a ating agencies, and make emergency assist- public’s safety and I believe perpetrators block between 5th and 6th Streets on Brannan should be held accountable. ance grants to those most in need. The group Street, was established by Japanese-Amer- of networks rose from humble beginnings and Unlike other consumer goods, counterfeit ican flower growers a century ago. The grow- medicines pose a significant public health and became the United Way, a united movement ers needed a place to sell their products and safety threat to the innocent, sick patients who committed to improving communities around founded one of the first Japanese-American receive them. the world. corporations in California to do so. The pio- H.R. 3668 will help protect seniors and chil- What they began 125 years ago now com- neering Issei—the first Japanese immigrants dren, who are uniquely vulnerable, as well as prises nearly 1,800 community-based United to North America, South America and Aus- anyone who could be harmed by fraudulent Ways in 41 countries and territories. Today tralia—honed their growing and flower arrang- medicines. ing skills and made significant contributions to the United Way is the world’s largest privately- We must have tougher penalties for crimes the development of the community. sponsored nonprofit. that are a threat to public safety. Today, over 50 vendors sell their flowers to H.R. 3668 ensures this and I encourage my Today, United Way continues the spirit of 4,000 trade buyers, which include retailers, colleagues to support this straightforward, rea- service to move toward a world where all indi- whole sellers, party planners and interior sonable approach. viduals and families achieve their human po- decorators, and to the public directly. The tential through education, income stability and California Flower Market is an oasis in the f healthy lives. Every year the United Way South of Market area of San Francisco. I per- HONORING KENDRA HAYWOOD raises nearly $5 billion dollars for the simple sonally welcome any opportunity I have to purpose to advance the common good. Work- stroll through the market and pick out a per- HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON ing collaboratively, the United Way brings to- fectly grown Phalaenopsis, a blossom-covered OF MISSISSIPPI gether the actions of millions of individuals to Christmas cactus or an Ikebana arrangement. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES resolve pressing community issues. As a But history wasn’t always bright at the Cali- worldwide organization, it is remarkable how fornia Flower Market. During the shameful era Thursday, June 21, 2012 effective the United Way is at targeting local of World War II’s internment of Japanese- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- initiatives and bringing tangible services to our Americans, flower markets throughout Cali- er, I rise today to honor a remarkable valedic- communities. fornia went from Japanese control to non-Jap- torian, Ms. Kendra Haywood. Kendra is the anese control in a matter of months. daughter of Mr. Kenneth Haywood Sr. and We must also attribute 125 years of United Mrs. Jacklon Haywood and resides in Shelby, The United States sent 120,000 people of Way’s success to the imaginative, passionate Mississippi. Kendra is a member of Zion Japanese ancestry to internment camps along group of leaders, community volunteers, and Grove Missionary Baptist Church where she the Pacific Coast. Most of them were Amer- partners on the local and state level. Today, serves as the Sunday School Secretary and ican-born citizens and hard-working, law-abid- United Ways in Iowa’s 2nd District are working volunteers with various auxiliaries in the ing people. The majority of them remained si- diligently to ensure the scope and depth of church. She is a senior at Broad Street High lent about their experiences in the camps and School in Shelby, Mississippi and graduated United Way’s vision is applied to the specific later picked up the pieces of their broken lives on May 26, 2012. needs of individuals and local charities in our and built new communities. The flower grow- Kendra acknowledged early on that it would community. United Way of East Central Iowa, ers were among them. While in the camps, United Way of Johnson County, Inc., United take self-discipline and motivation to achieve the flower growers association worked hard to her academic goals. So during the last three Way of Wapello County, and Burlington/W. remain organized and give growers hope for semesters of high school, she participated in Burlington Area United Way continue to give, the future. In the 1950’s Japanese-Americans Coahoma Community College Dual Enrollment advocate, and volunteer to help people in rebuilt their prominence in the floricultural in- Program, which allowed her to take college need. On United Way’s 125th Anniversary, we dustry. courses while still in high school. commend our local United Ways’ commitment Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Represent- Ms. Haywood is co-founder of Students In- and contributions that effectively make a dif- atives to rise with me to honor the California volved in Community Change (SICC), an orga- ference every day in our community. Flower Market on its 100th Anniversary. It is a nization that strives for both community and symbol of lasting and resilient beauty that can- educational excellence. Students work with not be suppressed, only enjoyed. citizens in their community on beautification

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In commemoration of the 40th anniver- tivity and the importance of community in- music of the Harry Selvin Band, and silent and sary of the welcome-home parade for the vet- volvement. live auctions will round out the evening. erans returning to San Mateo, the city is hold- Ms. Haywood’s sense of obligation to im- It is a festive affair, with military personnel— ing another welcome home parade and fes- prove her community and educational opportu- active, reserve and retired—wearing dress uni- tival to honor past and present soldiers of the nities for others led her to tutor her peers after forms. Civilian men wear dark suits or tuxedos 101st Airborne Division who have put their school. Her philosophy is, ‘‘knowledge is and civilian women wear formal or cocktail lives on the line for our country. power and the more you know the more dresses. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the House of Rep- power you have.’’ She participates in various Auction proceeds will support activities such resentatives join me in honoring the city of school activities including the Alpha Kappa as Ventura County and Thousand Oaks Vet- San Mateo for supporting A Company, 1st Alpha Bolivar County Community Humanity In- erans Day ceremonies, Conejo Valley Memo- Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Bri- volvement Club, Coahoma Community College rial Day ceremony, Thousand Oaks Youth gade, 101st Airborne Division and its brave Tr-County Workforce Job Shadowing Program, Leadership Conference, Junior ROTC awards, men and women who filled it ranks, especially and other civic organizations. and Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops. those who gave their lives for our freedom. After completing her Bachelor of Science Mr. Speaker, I attended the first Red, White f degree, Kendra has plans to pursue a profes- and Blue Ball 27 years ago and am proud to IN RECOGNITION OF THE sional degree in Clinical Psychology at Colo- have been presented the Gold Patrick Henry MUSCOGEE RETIRED EDUCATORS rado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Award at the 1989 Ball. ASSOCIATON Ms. Haywood has expressed a desire to be- I am leaving Congress at the end of this come part of Teach for America as a way of session, which will change my relationship HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. giving back to a rural community and inspiring with the Military Order of the World Wars and OF GEORGIA youth, because Teach for America has had a the Sgt. Michael A. DiRaimondo Chapter. I am IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES profound impact in her education. confident, however, that the relationship will Ms. Kendra Haywood has three siblings, remain strong and grow in the coming years. Thursday, June 21, 2012 Kenneth Jr., Darrius, and Jarvis. She says I am equally confident that my colleagues Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise they, along with her parents, had a positive join me now in honoring the Conejo Valley today to salute the members and supporters impact on her desire to reach for the stars in Chapter of Military Order of the World Wars, of the Muscogee Retired Educators Associa- life. the Sgt. Michael A. DiRaimondo Chapter of tion (MREA) as they commemorate its 50th Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Military Order of the Purple Heart, Captain anniversary this year. A celebration luncheon in recognizing Ms. Kendra Haywood as the Jason Ehret, the U.S. Navy SEALs, and the will be held on Friday, June 22, 2012 at 11:30 valedictorian of Broad Street High School Ball’s 2012 Patriotic Citizen of the Year, Colo- a.m. at the Columbus Convention and Trade Class of 2012. nel John Fer. Thank you all for your service. Center in Columbus, Georgia. f f MREA was established as the Muscogee Retired Teachers Association (MRTA) in 1962 IN HONOR OF THE CONEJO VAL- IN RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF when Mr. Boyd B. Littlejohn and a small group LEY CHAPTER OF MILITARY SAN MATEO’S ADOPTION A COM- of other retired Muscogee teachers decided to ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS, PANY, 1ST BATTALION, 327TH IN- organize themselves in order to better attend THE SGT. MICHAEL A. FANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRI- to the needs and concerns of retired teachers DIRAIMONDO CHAPTER OF MILI- GADE, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION. in the area. Mr. Littlejohn, a retired principal TARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE who served St. Elmo, Clubview, and HEART, AND THE RED, WHITE HON. JACKIE SPEIER Mcllhenney schools, became the first presi- AND BLUE BALL dent before going on to serve as president of OF CALIFORNIA GRTA from 1965–1967. HON. ELTON GALLEGLY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In its early existence, members of MRTA OF CALIFORNIA Thursday, June 21, 2012 would meet in their homes or in churches. Ms. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Ruth Plumb and Mrs. Rex Lavender served as Thursday, June 21, 2012 the City of San Mateo for its adoption in 1968 presidents until MRTA became inactive for a of A Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry short period. In 1972, J. Zeb Morris, retired Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor principal of Waverly Terrace and jazz pianist, of the Conejo Valley Chapter of Military Order Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Divi- sion. became president. After this, MRTA began to of the World Wars, the Sgt. Michael A. grow in membership and was able to improve DiRaimondo Chapter of Military Order of the In 1967 a soldier in Vietnam named Sgt. Joe Artavia wrote a letter to his sister, Linda, its service to retired teachers. Purple Heart, and the Red, White and Blue Throughout the years, the association has asking her to convince the City of San Mateo Ball. been led by distinguished retired educators to adopt his company. He thought an adoption For 27 years, the Military Order of the World such as Lucile David, Lyda Hanna, Nathan Wars has presented its Red, White and Blue would lift troop morale ‘‘as high as the sky.’’ Hunter, Brice Carson, Jack Shepard, Laura Ball to perpetuate the spirit of patriotism. This Linda rallied the community to support her Haygood, L.B. Hickson, Sumter Blackmon, year, the Conejo Valley Chapter is joined by brother and his comrades. Within three John Little, O’Neal Hendricks, Kathryn Hunt, the Sgt. Michael A. DiRaimondo Chapter of months the San Mateo City Council passed a Esto Smith, Anita B. Walters, Dr. Jeanette Military Order of the Purple Heart. Army Sgt. resolution to adopt the company. Marshal and its current president, Diane Boss, DiRaimondo was Ventura County’s first cas- Tragically, Artavia was killed three weeks among others. ualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was 22 later rescuing a fellow soldier, and the people Mr. Nathan Hunter also served as GRTA years old. of San Mateo joined together in mourning. President from 1979–1980 and Mrs. Lucile I did not know Michael, but I have become Artavia’s death solidified San Mateo’s commit- Hunter, his widow and an MRTA member, pre- close friends with his exceptional family. ment to its adopted company and, in fact, in sented his GRTA gavel to the MREA. The Each year, the Ball honors an individual 1972 San Mateo was the only city in the gavel is a treasured keepsake and is passed who has demonstrated exceptional patriotism United States to hold an official homecoming on to each succeeding MREA president. and who has made significant contributions to parade honoring Vietnam veterans. In 1998, the GRTA changed its name to the the community. Since that time the city has continuously Georgia Retired Educators Association to in- The U.S. Navy will be honored at this Satur- supported A Company, 1st Battalion, 327th In- clude all those who work in the field of edu- day’s event. This is the 50th anniversary of fantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne cation and are under the Teacher Retirement the founding of the Navy SEALs and Captain Division, visiting them in peacetime, estab- System of Georgia. MRTA followed suit, Jason Ehret, USN SEAL, will be the honorary lishing pen-pals and sending care packages. changing its name to the Muscogee Retired chair. The 2012 Patriotic Citizen of the Year is The city has served as a model for other Educators Association (MREA), as it is called Colonel John Fer, who served in the U.S. Air towns, cities or counties to adopt individual today. Force for 28 years. military units throughout the country. In addition to having served as teachers, It is fitting that the Ball will be held at the San Mateo’s adopted company has recently mentors, and role models throughout their ca- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. It will returned from a 12-month tour of duty in Af- reer, members of MREA continue to serve the

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These dads spoke eloquently about the 1996 Summer Olympics in Columbus for fast met one student who was nearly ready to drop importance of coaching their daughters in pitch baseball. out of high school, Mr. Kauffmann connected sports, and how it meant just as much to them In past years, MREA has consistently been with this young man about music, took him as coaching their sons. Although bad policy presented with competitive Membership under his wing and helped him graduate on was enacted that limited the effectiveness of awards from GREA. Also, MREA strives to time. Title IX, I am proud to say we were able to re- help active teachers by awarding scholarships Mr. Kauffmann is a devoted husband and verse significant parts of that in 2010. to those seeking graduate degrees. father; he is married to Chandra Kauffmann The fight for fairness continues. Today we Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join and they have a son, Rami. still face disparities in opportunities for girls in me in applauding the exceptional efforts of the Mr. Speaker, I ask this body to rise with me sports, particularly at the high school level. Muscogee Retired Educators Association for to honor the outstanding service of Raphael Girls make up half of the high school popu- all they have done and will continue to do to Kauffmann to the residents of San Mateo lation, yet receive only 41 percent of all ath- address the needs of our retired educators. County. For many more years to come he will letic participation opportunities. This translates Not only did MREA members provide a great serve as an inspiration for other teachers, and to 1.3 million fewer opportunities for young service during their careers teaching our a beacon for his students. women to play high school sports than young young people, but they have continued that f men. Worse yet, this gap is actually increas- legacy of service in the community in retire- ing. ment and for that, I thank each and every one INTRODUCING LEGISLATION CELE- How is it that one law can have such a dra- of them. BRATING 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF matic impact at one age level and yet be less TITLE IX LEGISLATION successful for our young women who are just f four years younger? The answer can be found IN RECOGNITION OF RAPHAEL HON. LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER in public transparency and accountability. As KAUFFMANN OF NEW YORK is true elsewhere in life, sunshine can be the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES best of disinfectants. At the collegiate level, colleges and univer- HON. JACKIE SPEIER Thursday, June 21, 2012 OF CALIFORNIA sities are required to publicly account for how their athletic opportunities, resources, and dol- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce a resolution recognizing the 40th lars are allocated among male and female ath- Thursday, June 21, 2012 anniversary of the momentous Title IX legisla- letes. No such transparency requirements are Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor tion. Forty years ago, on June 23, 1972, it was found at the high school level. Not surpris- Raphael Kauffmann, an outstanding teacher established that educational institutions receiv- ingly, where there is no public accountability, who serves as a role model for students and ing federal funding were barred from discrimi- there is a growing gap in athletic opportunities teachers alike. It is only fitting that he has nating against anyone on the basis of sex. for young student-athletes. been named San Mateo County Teacher of That decision applied to student admissions, Currently, high schools are required to sub- the Year. recruitment, scholarship awards and tuition as- mit annual reports of their athletic participation Mr. Kauffmann graduated Cum Laude from sistance, housing, access to courses and numbers by sport and gender to their state San Francisco State University where he other academic offerings, counseling, financial high school athletic associations. Additionally, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast assistance, employment assistance to stu- school bookkeepers already keep records of and Electronic Communications in 1995. Since dents, health and insurance benefits and serv- all school expenditures—including those made 2005, Mr. Kauffmann has taught at Carlmont ices, athletics, and all aspects of education-re- within the athletic department. Despite doing High School in Belmont. He was promoted to lated employment. all the work of collecting this data, none of it Chair of the English Department in 2009. He This landmark legislation led to gains for is required to be made public. is a member of the National Education Asso- women in all fields, from academics to busi- To make a simple, but profound, change to ciation, the National Council of Teachers of ness to science and technology. The law is high school reporting requirements, I have au- English and he won a PTSA Award of Excel- probably most well known for its impact on thored H.R. 458, the High School Athletics lence in 2010. women in athletics. Since Title IX was en- and Accountability Act. This bill would require Under Mr. Kauffman’s leadership Carlmont acted, the number of women competing in col- high schools to make public vital data on the High School adopted the Expository Reading lege sports has soared by more than 600 per- participation of girls in high school sports. and Writing Course, a school-wide reading cent, and the number of high school girls com- Schools already collect this data. Making the and writing program. The program sparked a peting in sports has increased by over 1,000 information public would be a small change for fruitful collaboration among the teachers within percent. school administrators—estimates are that it his department. The program helps prepare This is important because we know from would take just three to six hours of time once students for college and advances students’ scientific research that student athletes grad- a year to produce a report—and would have writing skills. uate at higher rates, perform better in school a huge impact on the opportunities available Mr. Kauffmann did not always know he and are less likely to use drugs and alcohol, to our young girls. wanted to teach. Starting at age 12 or 13, he smoke, or develop mental illness or obesity As we celebrate the anniversary of the pas- was most passionate about music. He played later in life. Furthermore, I have heard from sage of this landmark legislation, we must re- bass in his high school band and also started countless female athletes, like Olympic gym- commit ourselves to continuing the fight for a band with friends. In college he learned nast Dominique Dawes, that without athletic equity for women and girls. I ask my col- audio production, which helped him apply his scholarships made possible by Title IX, they leagues to commemorate the 40th anniversary passion for music to his professional life. His simply would not have been able to attend col- of Title IX with me, and pledge to keep press- dynamic career has spanned the music, re- lege. Imagine the vast intellectual, cultural and ing forward until opportunities are equal for all. cording and software industries. athletic opportunities that would have been f These experiences taught him the skills and lost to these young women had they not been IN RECOGNITION OF ROGER qualities necessary for survival in the profes- able to pursue their goals of furthering their ANDREY sional world. They also taught him that he education. could meld together academic, professional In the years since the law was passed, we HON. JACKIE SPEIER and creative interests while navigating a ca- have had to fight for improvements to the leg- OF CALIFORNIA reer path. He brings these lessons into the islation and fight against other attempts to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES classroom and offers his students a broad per- weaken it. In 2003, I led a hearing in the spective. basement of this very Capitol building when Thursday, June 21, 2012 Instead of creating an authoritarian atmos- Title IX was being threatened by Commission Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor phere, he makes students his partners in the for Opportunity in Athletic recommendations Officer Robert Andrey for his 27 years of serv- process of learning. He promotes an environ- that ignored the continuing lack of participation ice at the Burlingame Police Department.

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He has throughout the Philadelphia School System. owners. been recognized for his effectiveness in DUI Dr. Robinson’s cultural influence and scholar- Lanty Molloy attended Our Lady of Per- enforcement and his compassion for donating ship will not be forgotten. petual Help in Daly City and graduated from stuffed animals to children in the Mills Penin- I ask that you and my other distinguished Saint Ignatius High School in San Francisco in sula Hospital Emergency Room. colleagues join me to honor the life of Dr. Ed- 1950. He served in the U.S. Army as an MP. Officer Andrey is an outstanding detective ward Robinson. He was committed to enrich- While stationed in Germany he made many who is skilled in solving fraud cases. His se- ing the lives of Philadelphians as a teacher, lifelong friends and developed a love for his- cret to success is that he takes time to listen mentor and activist. Dr. Robinson’s selfless tory. and pays attention to details. He says he was dedication to others leaves a legacy that will In 1955, Frank turned the bar over to Lanty, taught to ‘‘never leave a call unless you feel continue to uplift and inspire others for years his youngest son. He and Blanid raised their comfortable leaving.’’ For example, he re- to come. family in South San Francisco and at age 21, sponded to a call from Child Protective Serv- f their youngest son Owen started tending bar ices and arrived at a Burlingame home on a at Molloy’s. Owen picked up the family tradi- hot summer day. The young girl answering the HONORING JALISA ALLEN tion and to this day is managing the tavern. door was wearing a long-sleeved heavy Located in Colma, Molloy’s has seen thou- sweater. Officer Andrey spent some 20 min- HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON sands of patrons toasting those who passed utes talking to her and gaining her trust until OF MISSISSIPPI away. Posted on the wall is a fitting quote she eventually told him that she had been cut- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from the Irish Herald which reads: ‘‘Though the Molloy’s dwell in the valley of death, at the ting herself. Due to his keen observations, the Thursday, June 21, 2012 girl received help. He humbly adds that being very gates of the marble orchard, the lights a police officer is not rocket science, it’s about Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- are always twinkling in the window and a developing relationships and trust with people. er, I rise to honor a remarkable young woman steady stream of black clad mourners duck in Before I ever met Officer Andrey, I heard Ms. Jalisa Allen, the 2012 Salutatorian at for a soothing pint after bearing the drunken about him in the early ’90s when he recovered Coahoma Agricultural High School. cousin or the elder aunt. You should drop by construction materials from local pawnshops Jalisa is the daughter of Janette Allen, and and get your drink too and get to know Lanty, that had been stolen from my brother. A few has two siblings. Together they proudly reside Owen and the bar.’’ years later I had my own—and very memo- in Friars Point, Mississippi. She is a senior at Lanty is now the one to be toasted and re- rable—encounter with him. While I was in the Coahoma Agricultural High School. At the age membered at this landmark in Colma. He was California State Senate, I reported a sus- of seven, Jalisa decided that she was going to the second generation in a family tradition that picious envelope under my car’s windshield get the best education possible. While pur- I hope will live on for many more generations wiper and he responded to the call. This inci- suing this goal, she has achieved the award of to come. dent put him in the ‘‘entirely uncomfortable’’ being placed on both the Principal List and the Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Represent- situation where he had to take my fingerprints. Superintendent List. Jalisa is also active in atives to rise with me to honor the memory of Robert Andrey was born in Milwaukee, Wis- many school organizations such as, Future Lanty Molloy for the love for his family and consin and went to Allis Central High School. Business Leaders of America, Math Club, friends and his lasting contributions to our He earned his B.A. in marketing management Science Club, and Youth Leadership. community. from Milton College in Wisconsin. He moved Jalisa plans to attend the University of Mis- f to the Bay Area in 1982. sissippi in Oxford and become an Anesthesiol- In his well-deserved retirement, he is look- ogist. After obtaining a degree, Jalisa intends IN HONOR OF KEITH RUNYON’S ing forward to spending more time with his to use her education to help her local commu- ACCOMPLISHED CAREER IN KEN- wife Lona, family, friends and their two dogs. nity in Friars Point. TUCKY Mr. Speaker, I ask this body to rise with me Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me to honor the outstanding service of Officer in recognizing Ms. Jalisa Allen, Coahoma Agri- HON. BEN CHANDLER Robert Andrey to the people of Burlingame. cultural High School Salutatorian of the Class OF KENTUCKY For almost three decades, he made our com- of 2012. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES munity a safer and better place every single f Thursday, June 21, 2012 day. He will be deeply missed by his col- IN RECOGNITION OF THE LATE leagues and residents alike. Mr. CHANDLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today LANTY MOLLOY, SR. f to honor the career of one of Kentucky’s most distinguished and long serving journalists, HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. HON. JACKIE SPEIER Keith Runyon. Mr. Runyon retired from the EDWARD ROBINSON OF CALIFORNIA Louisville Courier-Journal after 43 years this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES last April, and it is an understatement to say that Kentucky will miss this giant in the jour- HON. ROBERT A. BRADY Thursday, June 21, 2012 OF PENNSYLVANIA nalism field. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor A lifelong resident of Louisville, Keith Run- the late Lanty Molloy, Sr. who passed away yon joined the Courier-Journal at the age of Thursday, June 21, 2012 June 11, 2012 in South San Francisco at the 18 while he was a student at the University of Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I age of 79. Mr. Molloy leaves behind a legacy Louisville. His relationship with the Bingham rise today to honor the life of Dr. Edward Rob- as an extraordinary family and business man. family left an indelible impression on his ca- inson. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Dr. Mr. Molloy is survived by his beloved wife of reer, and I know Keith is proud to be the last Robinson dedicated his life to the welfare of 51 years, Blanid Doyle, seven of their eight serving member of the Bingham-era editorial people in Philadelphia and will be sorely children, three of his five siblings and 19 board. From his early days as an obituary writ- missed. grandchildren. er, Keith worked his way through the ranks of Dr. Robinson was a true renaissance man He was born in San Francisco in 1932 as the paper before quickly joining the editorial as he excelled as an attorney, entrepreneur, the son of Frank Molloy of Ardara, County board in 1977. Always seeking a greater chal- educator and mentor. His accomplishments Donegal in Ireland, and Martha Loftus of San lenge, he also started attending the University are not limited to a position as the first African Francisco. His father Frank Molloy came to of Louisville Brandeis School of Law the same American on the board of directors of the Fed- the United States in 1901 as a 18-year-old year and later became the editor of the Cou- eral Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Addition- who pursued—and realized—the American rier-Journal’s book page in addition to his edi- ally, Dr. Robinson served as the Executive dream. After spending a few years in the Pa- torial page responsibilities. Deputy Secretary of Pennsylvania and the As- cific Northwest, Frank came to California Whether tackling education reform or tax sistant Managing Director of Philadelphia. shortly after the big earthquake in 1906. He referendums, Keith’s judgment and talent

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K21JN8.004 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 21, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1105 shaped the editorial board for more than 40 rectorate responsible for coordinating the pro- his father, Joe, and stepmother, Nancy, as years. Throughout his esteemed career, Keith grammatic issues of all Air Force weapons ac- well as two younger brothers, a stepsister, and has received many awards and accolades but quisition programs. a stepbrother. He is remembered as a loving perhaps none as impressive as his most re- In 2006, Colonel Dragoo was selected to big brother, and a positive role model for his cent. This spring, he received the Society of command the Air Combat Command’s Elec- younger cousins. Professional Journalists’ gold medal, one of tronic Warfare Group at Eglin AFB, FL. This I would also like to recognize Marine Cor- the most prestigious honors for editorial writing 450-person group was responsible for deliv- poral Kevin Cueto of San Jose, who was killed in the country, for his work on the proposed ering and evaluating electronic warfare soft- in action nearly two years ago, on June 24, merger of the University of Louisville hospital. ware for the entire Combat Air Force. 2010, in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. A proud graduate of Leadership Louisville, Following his command assignment, Colonel He was 23 years old. Corporal Cueto grew up he is a vibrant participant in the great issues Dragoo was assigned to the Pentagon as in San Jose, and later moved to Campbell to confronting all of Kentucky. He constantly Deputy Director of the Secretariat of the Air live with his father. At Westmont High School, strives to promote equal rights for all and to Force Special Programs Directorate where he Kevin served in the Reserve Officers Training advance the progressive principles of the New served until assuming his current position in Corps and was a member of the football, Deal, the New Frontier, and Great Society. the Office of the Secretary of Defense Special baseball, and wrestling teams. He was also in- Long after his retirement, the work he did both Programs office. In conjunction with his per- volved with the debate team. After graduating in and outside of the newsroom will continue manent assignments, Colonel Dragoo de- from high school, determined to serve his to have an impact on Louisville and all of Ken- ployed in 2001 as Chief of Staff, Combined Air country, Kevin enlisted in the Marines. Cor- tucky. Keith Runyon leaves big shoes to fill at Operations Center, J-3, Prince Sultan Air Base poral Cueto served a tour in Iraq in 2009, be- the Louisville Courier-Journal, and I wish him, Saudi Arabia; in 2004 as Air Liaison Officer, fore being deployed to Afghanistan. Corporal his wife Meme, and his family the best in their C3 Plans, Multi-National Force-Iraq, Baghdad; Cueto has left behind his father, Phillip Cueto, future endeavors. I congratulate him on his and in 2007 as Deputy Director and Chief of his mother, Kelley Greenhaw, and a younger stellar career and thank him for all he has Staff, Combined Air Power Transition Force, brother. done for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Kabul, Afghanistan. Finally, many mourned the loss of Pat Till- f Colonel Dragoo is married to the former Te- man. Pat grew up in my district. He was a star resa K. Wisner. They have two happily mar- football player at Leland High School in San HONORING COL. GREGORY DRAGOO ried children, three incredibly adorable grand- Jose, and earned a scholarship to Arizona children, and will celebrate 31 years of mar- State University. He helped lead ASU to the HON. JAMES P. MORAN riage this year. Rose Bowl in 1997, and was selected as the OF VIRGINIA Mr. Speaker, for the last 29 years, Colonel team’s most valuable player as well as the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dragoo has faithfully served our nation as a Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year. As a Thursday, June 21, 2012 member of the U.S. Armed Forces. As he en- student, Pat also excelled, earning the Clyde ters the next phase of his life with his beloved B. Smith Academic Award, the Sporting News Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to wife Teresa, their two children Melissa and Honda Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and the honor and acknowledge Colonel Gregory F. husband Shawn, and Matthew and wife Sun Angel Student Athlete of Year awards Dragoo upon his retirement after having Lauren, and their three wonderful grand- during his time at ASU. Pat was drafted by the served this great Nation for 29 years. Colonel children, Mackenzie, Carson, and Daisy, he Arizona Cardinals in 1998, and began a prom- Dragoo most recently served in the Office of leaves behind a legacy of dedication, integrity, ising career as a professional football player. the Secretary of Defense, Special Access Pro- excellence. However, when the United States invaded Af- gram Central Office, responsible for the DOD Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in ghanistan in 2001, Pat and his brother, Kevin, coordination of programs assigned to the Air congratulating Colonel Gregory F. Dragoo decided to enlist. Pat married his high school Force. upon his retirement and recognizing his years sweetheart, Marie, and became an Army In 1983, Colonel Dragoo received his Sec- of loyal service to our community and country. Ranger, serving tours in both Iraq and Afghan- ond Lieutenant commission from the Officer f istan. Corporal Tillman was killed in Afghani- Training School at Lackland AFB, TX. He stan. He left behind his wife, Marie, his father, completed his undergraduate navigator train- RECOGNIZING THE HUMAN COST Patrick, his mother, Mary, and two younger ing and was assigned to B-52Gs at the 46th OF OPERATION ENDURING FREE- brothers. Bomb Squadron in North Dakota in 1985. DOM I extend my sincerest gratitude to these After being selected a part of the initial brave young men and their families as we cadre of aircrew selected to fly the B-1, Colo- HON. ZOE LOFGREN mark this solemn milestone. Two thousand nel Dragoo was selected in 1989, as the first OF CALIFORNIA American soldiers have paid the ultimate price B-1 Weapon Systems Officer to attend the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, CA. Thursday, June 21, 2012 Countless others have suffered wounds, both Following his first flight test tour in the 419th physical and mental. The human cost of the Test Squadron, Colonel Dragoo returned in Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Mr. war in Afghanistan has been immense, and I 1993, to the Test Pilot School as an instructor. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the human urge my colleagues to support a safe, imme- From there, he spent the next two years in the cost of the war in Afghanistan. Last Thursday, diate, and orderly withdrawal of our troops, B-1 and Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile June 14th, Marine Corporal Taylor Baune, of and to ensure that our veterans, who have Program Offices at Wright-Patterson, OH fol- Andover, Minnesota, was killed in Helmand sacrificed so much, are given the care and lowed by a year at Air Command and Staff Province, Afghanistan. He was 21 years old, benefits that they deserve. College (ACSC) at Maxwell AFB, AL. and had married his high school sweetheart f In 1996, Colonel Dragoo returned to just three months ago. Corporal Baune was Edwards AFB as Operations Officer of the the 2000th American killed in support of Oper- IN HONOR OF THE OLD MISSION 419th Flight Test Squadron. There, he was ation Enduring Freedom. CHURCH OF SAN JUAN BATISTA dual-qualified in the B-52 and B-1 and respon- We often speak of the financial cost of the sible for all B-52, B-1, and B-2 Flight Test op- war in Afghanistan, which has grown to $289 HON. SAM FARR erations. million per day. Although this is a staggering OF CALIFORNIA Colonel Dragoo was next assigned in 2000 figure, the human cost of the war is beyond IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the Pentagon as the Headquarters Air measure. Force Plans and Programs bomber pro- Just last month, a young man from my dis- Thursday, June 21, 2012 grammer responsible for programming the trict, Travis Morgado, was killed in Kandahar Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- budget and force structure of the B-52, B-1, B- Province. Travis was an athlete who enjoyed ognize the 200th Anniversary of the dedication 2, and Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles. In basketball and football. He joined the Army of the ‘‘Mission of Music,’’ the Old Mission 2003, Colonel Dragoo attended the Air War after graduating from the University of Wash- Church of San Juan Bautista. On June 23, College at Maxwell AFB, AL, and upon grad- ington with a degree in civil engineering, ex- 2012 the Mission celebrates the anniversary of uation was assigned as the Deputy Director pressing a desire to give back to his country. its dedication and an unbroken succession of and then Director of the Weapons Division of Second Lieutenant Morgado leaves behind his pastors since its founding by the Franciscan the Secretariat of the Air Force Capability Di- mother, Andrea, and stepfather, Dean Kessler, order in 1812.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K21JN8.006 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1106 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 21, 2012 The Mission, the fifteenth and largest of ardous waste under Subtitle D. But the EPA’s overthrew an elected government in 2006. California’s twenty-one missions, was estab- proposal has stalled creating uncertainty for Violent protests demanding new elections in lished by the Franciscan friars and dedicated businesses and families. 2010 led to the deaths of at least 90 people. in 1797 by Father Fermin Francisco de As I said when the House of Representa- Rich and poor, military and civilian, politician Lasue´n to its patron, St. John the Baptist. For tives considered this issue last October, I have and voter—all have had differences over the the last two centuries, the Mission has served concerns that designating fly ash as a haz- years. mass daily to parishioners and visitors, includ- ardous material will have major impacts on the But, the newly elected party of Prime Min- ing the Amah Mutsun and other native Cali- recycling and reuse of fly ash to manufacture ister Yingluck Shinawatra promised to bridge fornia Indians who first inhabited the sur- wallboard, roofing materials and bricks, and those divides and lead Thailand towards a rounding area. especially concrete. more stable and democratic future. For this Today the Mission continues to function as In 2008 alone, the concrete industry used country to move forward towards a more free an active parish within the Catholic Diocese of 15.8 million tons of fly ash in the manufac- and fair society, its leaders must push for po- Monterey. The Mission has been included in turing of ready mixed concrete making it the litical reconciliation between differing parties the National Register of Historic Places and most widely used supplemental cementing despite any opposition it may face today. The the California Historic Register. With three material. When combined with cement, fly ash Thailand legislature is currently working its naves it is the largest and one of the tallest improves the durability, strength, way through a political reconciliation bill. As it missions in California. It also features the only constructability, and economy of concrete. continues this process, the United States Spanish Plaza in its original configuration re- It also has huge environmental benefits. should be encouraged and hopeful in our maining in California. Using coal ash—an industrial byproduct—in ally’s path to democracy and reconciliation. The bi-centennial dedication of the Mission concrete results in longer lasting structures And that’s just the way it is. honors the influence of Native American, and reduction in the amount of waste mate- f Spanish, Mexican, and American settler influ- rials sent to landfills, raw materials extracted, ence on the California Central Coast. The energy required for production, and air emis- INTRODUCING THE ‘‘SYRIA NON- 200th Anniversary will be marked with a spec- sions, including carbon dioxide. INTERVENTION ACT OF 2012’’ tacular fiesta and procession from the Mission A ‘‘hazardous’’ designation of fly ash could to downtown San Juan Bautista. Funds put these benefits in jeopardy. It could make HON. RON PAUL earned from the celebrations will go toward fly ash storage and transportation more ex- OF TEXAS unearthing a newly discovered chapel site in pensive, and create a legal environment that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the area as well as for maintenance and res- would deter cement manufacturers from recy- Thursday, June 21, 2012 toration of the Mission basilica and its associ- cling fly ash in cement production. ated buildings. The result would not only be devastating for Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, the Administration Mr. Speaker, I know that I am not alone in the cement manufacturing industry and Amer- is marching toward another war in the Middle recognizing the continuous work of the mis- ican jobs, it could also divert millions of tons East, this time against Syria. As with the presi- sion church in supporting the community of of coal fly ash from beneficial uses to surface dent’s war against Libya, Congress has been San Juan Bautista, including its role as a sig- impoundments like the one that broke open in frozen out of the process. The Constitution, nificant visitor destination in the region. For all Kingston, Tennessee—an outcome nobody which grants Congress and only Congress the the Mission has managed to contribute to the wants. authority to declare war, is once again being community and for all that it will undoubtedly I don’t think H.R. 2273 is a perfect bill. And, completely ignored. continue to do I extend my most sincere to be clear, I support strong regulations for the The push for a U.S. attack on Syria makes thanks to it and wish it the best as it moves disposal and storage of coal ash. But, these no sense, is not in our interest, and will likely into a third century of service to the commu- regulations can and should be completed with- make matters worse. Yet the Administration, nity of San Juan Bautista. out jeopardizing the recycling and reuse of fly after transferring equipment to the Syrian f ash. rebels and facilitating the shipment of weap- I am supporting Rep. MCKINLEY’s motion to ons from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES instruct because it would move the conversa- has indicated that its plans for an actual inva- ON H.R. 4348, SURFACE TRANS- tion forward on how to find a reasonable and sion are complete. PORTATION EXTENSION ACT OF responsible balance between protecting com- This week there are even press reports that 2012, PART II munities and our environment, while also the Central Intelligence Agency is distributing incentivizing the recycling and reuse of coal assault rifles, anti-tank rocket launchers, and SPEECH OF ash—goals we can all support. other ammunition to the Syrian opposition. HON. PETER A. DeFAZIO It is my understanding that my colleagues These are acts of war by the United States OF OREGON on the conference are making progress in government. But where is the authority for the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES finding that balance. Meaningful conversations president to commit acts of war against Syria? There is no authority. The president is acting Wednesday, June 20, 2012 that began more than six months ago between key stakeholders are beginning to bear some on his own. Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, more than three fruit on this issue. Today we are introducing legislation to pre- and a half years ago an impoundment holding We shouldn’t ignore this issue—it’s too im- vent the administration from accelerating its disposed ash waste broke open, creating a portant. We shouldn’t wait for an undefined plan to overthrow the Syrian government by massive spill in Kingston, Tennessee. The spill period of time before strong rules are put in assisting rebel forces that even the administra- covered entire neighborhoods and the Clinch place. We shouldn’t discourage recycling and tion admits include violent Islamic extremists. River with over one billion gallons of coal fly reuse of coal ash by unnecessarily labeling it The bill is simple. It states that absent a ash—displacing residents and resulting in $1.2 as ‘‘hazardous waste.’’ Congressional declaration of war on Syria: billion in clean up costs. Let’s pass this motion and get back to work ‘‘No funds available to the Department of The accident underscored the need for on a long-term bill. Defense or an element of the intelligence strong rules to ensure structural stability and f community may be obligated or expended for the safety of coal ash impoundments. Yet, as the purpose or which would have the effect of of today, no national rules have been put into U.S. SHOULD REMAIN OPTIMISTIC supporting, directly or indirectly, military or place to prevent another Kingston spill. FOR POLITICAL RECONCILIATION paramilitary operations in Syria by any nation, Two years ago the Environmental Protection IN THAILAND group, organization, movement, or individual.’’ Agency proposed the first-ever regulations to This legislation is modeled after the famous ensure the safe disposal and management of HON. TED POE Boland Amendments of the early 1980s that coal ash from power plants under the nation’s OF TEXAS were designed to limit the president’s assist- primary law for regulating solid waste, the Re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ance to the Contras in their attempt to over- source Conservation and Recovery Act throw the government of Nicaragua. Congress (RCRA). Thursday, June 21, 2012 has an obligation to exercise oversight of the EPA presented two regulatory options: regu- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the events president’s foreign policy actions and to pro- lating coal ash as hazardous waste under over the past six years in Thailand have left tect its constitutional prerogatives. This legisla- Subtitle C or regulating coal ash as a non-haz- the country deeply divided. A military coup tion will achieve both important functions.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K21JN8.009 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 21, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1107 Mr. Speaker, the last thing this country tions on their recognition by the well deserved cause I had the honor of working there from needs is yet another war particularly in the honor of E.E. ‘‘Gene’’ Harden Award for Life- 1982 to 1986 as the Director of their Dis- Middle East. Even worse is the president once time Achievement in Central Coast Agriculture. located Worker Program. I saw and partici- again ignoring the Legislative Branch and f pated first-hand in the organization’s efforts to going to war on his own. I hope my colleagues help laid-off workers go back to school for re- will join me in standing up for our Constitu- IN HONOR OF NATIONAL MARINE training. tional authority and resisting what will be an- WEEK Mr. Speaker, I offer my congratulations to other disastrous war in the Middle East. this organization that has touched so many f HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH lives and offer a very happy 125th anniver- OF OHIO sary. IN HONOR OF ANTHONY COSTA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Thursday, June 21, 2012 A TRIBUTE TO JOHN BURROUGHS HON. SAM FARR HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR STATE OF Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in OF CALIFORNIA AMERICA CHAPTER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honor of National Marine Week so that we may join in a celebration of the individuals Thursday, June 21, 2012 who dedicate themselves to the service and HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to defense of this great country. OF CALIFORNIA honor Anthony Costa on the occasion of his Each year a city is chosen to host National IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recognition by the Grower Shipper Association Marine Week and to serve as a venue to Thursday, June 21, 2012 with its prestigious E.E. ‘‘Gene’’ Harden Award showcase the achievements of our most elite Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to for Lifetime Achievement in Central Coast Ag- service members. This year Cleveland, Ohio congratulate the John Burroughs High School riculture. The Ag Leadership Award is pre- was chosen to bring together technology, his- Junior State of America Chapter (JBHS JSA), sented to the individual, company, group, as- tory, Marines and the public they serve. Cleve- from Burbank, California, upon being an- sociation, or agency that has made a signifi- land is a fitting location as currently more than nounced as the winner of the fifth annual Na- cant contribution to the agricultural community 9,000 active duty or reserve Marines hail from tional Civic Impact Award. in the Salinas Valley. the state of Ohio. By highlighting the commu- The concept for the Junior State was envi- Anthony Costa, or Tony, as he is known by nity, country and Corps, National Marine Week sioned in the 1930s by Professor E.A. Rogers, most, was born in Wakefield Massachusetts is both an educational and civic event which who strongly believed that teaching youth the and is the oldest of seven children. He came fosters awareness and connection between fundamentals of good government is one of to California on a train with his aunt and uncle the military and civilian communities. the central needs of a democracy. When he when he was eleven years old, settling in the A week including Marine sporting events, introduced this idea to his students, a rec- San Joaquin Valley town of Los Banos. He speakers, and bands demonstrates the wide ommendation for a junior government was graduated high school in 1946, and later array of talents which fuel the Corps forces proposed by a student, where students would served our nation in the U.S. Army during the both at home and abroad. Various demonstra- not only learn about democracy, but practice it Korean War. After leaving the service, he tions will showcase the Expeditionary Forces as well. Formerly known as the Junior States- found his way to Salinas, California, where he in Readiness. The week is a unique exchange men of America, this project has spread to met and married Salinas Valley native Elsie of thanks and respect for soldier and citizen many high schools in California and across Bassi. Elsie was born and raised in the alike. By remembering the sacrifices of the the nation. Since its inception, over 500,000 Soledad Mission District, graduated from San past, as well as the missions which continue students have gained the skills and knowledge Jose State University, and was a school to require our forces in the future, National essential to be informed and active citizens teacher. Marine Week is a sign of the gratitude and and leaders. In 1956, the young Costa couple began honor which these heroes deserve. Today, the Junior State of America (JSA) farming on a ranch outside of Soledad. As Mr. Speaker and Colleagues please join me and the Junior Statesmen Foundation, strive to prepare and educate high school students their family grew, so did their farming oper- in honoring National Marine Week 2012 to for continuing involvement and participation in ation. For over fifty-six years, the Costa Family show our appreciation to those who give so a democratic society. It encourages students has dedicated itself to being quality growers of much in service to their country. to advocate their personal opinions, develop more than twenty different vegetable row f crops in the Salinas Valley. Their original respect for opinions that oppose their own, small operation has grown to encompass stra- IN RECOGNITION OF THE 125TH AN- think critically, and exchange ideas through tegically owned and leased ground up and NIVERSARY OF THE UNITED problem solving, talks and debates. This expe- rience also allows students to understand the down the Salinas Valley. The family also runs WAY responsibilities and challenges of leadership. year-round harvest operations, field-to-cooler Every year, the top JSA chapters from trucking, joint ventures in Huron, Yuma and HON. MIKE ROGERS across the U.S. compete for the National Civic Imperial Valley crops, and partnership inter- OF ALABAMA Impact Award. This award is presented to the ests in cooling and processing operations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JSA chapter that makes the most prevalent Their farming operation has been a key sup- Thursday, June 21, 2012 impact at their school, by raising the degree of plier to several shippers and processors in the civic engagement and awareness. Ten final- area for many years. Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I ists, who had all been announced winners of The Costa Family Farms is a family farm in ask for the House’s attention today to recog- the ‘‘Chapter of the Year’’ award in their re- every sense of the word. And while the award nize a special organization that is near and spective regions, advanced to be considered singles out Tony for recognition, it is really a dear to me, The United Way. for the National Civic Impact Award. A panel recognition of the whole Costa family. The The United Way Worldwide is the leadership of judges reviewed the materials the finalists family continues to farm the original ranch and support organization for the network of had submitted, and announced John Bur- which they leased for many years. Their busi- nearly 1,800 community-based United Ways in roughs High School as this year’s winner. In ness now involves three generations of family 45 countries and territories. In East Alabama, addition to this prestigious title, the JBHS JSA members including their children David, Mi- we are home to three different United Way lo- will receive a grant towards maintaining the chael, Diane, and JoAnn, who are joined by cations—The United Way of Lee County, The school’s civic engagement programs, a sti- their grandchildren Colby Rubbo and Peter River Region United Way and The United Way pend reward for the Teacher/Advisor as well Dossche. Several other grandchildren are pur- of East Central Alabama. as a plaque highlighting their achievement. suing agricultural degrees. They have built a United Way focuses on helping people The JBHS JSA is also incredibly active in their remarkable operation that bridges the old reach their full potential in education, income school and community. They have raised produce world of trust and handshakes and and health while also encouraging vol- money for the Ronald McDonald House Char- the new modern world of food safety and unteerism and service. June 21st is United ity, attended City Council and School Board product traceability. Way’s Day of Action and June 28th is the offi- meetings and hosted guest speakers. Mr. Speaker, I know that I speak for the cial United Way Founders Day. I applaud the student participants and all the whole House in offering Tony and Elsie Costa The United Way of East Central Alabama, in supporters of JSA for your unwavering com- and their whole family our heartfelt congratula- particular, is a special organization to me be- mitment to civic engagement, and I ask all

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LARRY BUCSHON Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my col- Loyal Order of the Elks 2011. OF INDIANA leagues join me in celebrating Shirley Emily is also actively involved in extra- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MacLaine’s extraordinary career and her at- curricular activities such as, playing the trum- tainment of the AFI’s 40th Lifetime Achieve- pet in the Raymond High School Band, serv- Thursday, June 21, 2012 ment Award. ing as the drum major for the 2011–2012 Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f school year, and participating in both the Mid- call attention to the CANDLES Holocaust Mu- South Honor Band for 2011 and the Capital seum and Education Center located in Terre HONORING THE UNITED STATES District Honor Band. Emily is also a member Haute, Indiana. ARMY MISSION AT TOBYHANNA of the Young People’s Department at her CANDLES is the only Holocaust Museum church, Pearl Street AME Church. located in the State of Indiana, the only Holo- HON. TOM MARINO After high school, Emily plans to attend caust Museum in the world focusing on for- OF PENNSYLVANIA Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. giveness, and the only one focusing on the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES She intends to pursue a career in Intelligence stories of twin children who were used as sub- Thursday, June 21, 2012 Securities with hopes of becoming a research jects in medical experimentation at Auschwitz. analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, CANDLES is an acronym for Children of Mr. MARINO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Federal Bureau of Investigations or the Na- Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Sur- honor of the U.S. Army Mission at Tobyhanna tional Security Agency. vivors. Army Depot in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, on Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me The mission of CANDLES centers on the the occasion of their 100th year of service to in honoring Ms. Emily E. Randle, Valedictorian elimination of hatred and prejudice from our our nation. of Raymond High School Class of 2012. Originally used as an artillery training field, world. The Museum was founded in 1995 by f Eva Mozes Kor who, as a twin, survived the Tobyhanna Army Depot has housed the DOMESTIC ENERGY AND JOBS ACT genetic experiments of Dr. Josef Mengele in United States Army since 1912. The current supply depot was built in 1953 and has served the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. SPEECH OF I was honored to be invited to tour CAN- the U.S. Army ever since. DLES earlier this year and to meet Eva Mozes In its 100-year history, the U.S. Army has HON. JOHN LEWIS Kor and her husband, Mickey Kor. Their mov- found numerous uses for the Army Depot as OF GEORGIA ing account of their experiences during the a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, tank and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Holocaust and their willingness to forgive ambulance center for World War I, prisoner-of- Wednesday, June 20, 2012 war camp during World War II, and storage make their stories truly remarkable. I encour- The House in Committee of the Whole age all Hoosier and anyone who has the op- point for gliders used in the D-Day landings at Normandy in 1944. House on the state of the Union had under portunity to visit CANDLES and to learn from consideration the bill (H.R. 4480) to provide Tobyhanna Army Depot itself has been a Eva’s powerful message of forgiveness. for the development of a plan to increase oil leader in the design, manufacture, and repair f and gas exploration, development, and pro- of many integral and state of the art U.S. duction under oil and gas leases of Federal TRIBUTE TO SHIRLEY MACLAINE Army systems and tools for nearly 60 years. lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary Currently, it is the largest, full-service elec- of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH tronics maintenance facility within the Depart- Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary ment of Defense. of Defense in response to a drawdown of pe- OF OHIO Tobyhanna serves not only the U.S. Army troleum reserves from the Strategic Petro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES but also the people of northeastern Pennsyl- leum Reserve: Thursday, June 21, 2012 vania by providing the single largest number Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Chair, the bill of jobs and employment in the region. that the House is considering contains a very Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, troubling provision. It would place a $5,000 fee June 7th, 2012, the American Film Institute Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the U.S. Army Mission at Tobyhanna Army Depot, and on anyone who wants to protest a lease of bestowed its prestigious 40th Lifetime federal lands. Achievement Award upon actress Shirley ask my colleagues to join me in praising their commitment to country and community. The language in this legislation is very clear: MacLaine. I was privileged to speak at the it refers to this as a ‘‘protest fee’’ and it costs f event in tribute to my dear friend. I submit my $5,000. Clearly, a $5,000 fee places a higher remarks for the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: HONORING EMILY E. RANDLE burden on citizens who might seek to delay or ‘‘I met Shirley MacLaine 33 years ago, with prevent oil and gas development. Congresswoman Bella Abzug at Elaine’s Res- HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON Mr. Chair, my colleagues are well aware taurant in New York City, the beginning of a OF MISSISSIPPI that the first amendment says that Congress magical friendship. She is my daughter Jack- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES shall make no law abridging the freedom to ie’s godmother. Seven years ago Shirley offi- petition the government for a redress of griev- Thursday, June 21, 2012 ciated at Elizabeth’s and my wedding. ances. The Shirley MacLaine I know has an un- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- This fee violates that most basic freedom common intellectual curiosity, borne of a cou- er, I rise today to honor Emily E. Randle. and it violates the spirit of the first amend- rageous approach to life. She has the capac- Emily is Raymond High School’s Valedictorian ment. My amendment, Number 13, offered by ity, in an instant, to go very deep into human at Raymond High School for the Class of Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia as my designee, experience, into the cosmos, into herself. Her 2012. She is the daughter of David and Ruth would fix that. gift to her friends is her ceaseless call for au- Randle of Utica, Mississippi. I am not a lawyer Mr. Chair, but I have ex- thenticity, the challenge to take off the mask, Ms. Emily Randle has a 4.2 GPA and is en- perience in non-violent protest. I have experi- and compassion for those who journey to- rolled in both advanced performance and ac- ence in petitioning the government over a wards the inner truth. celerated classes. She has appeared numer- grievance. And I believe this provision is un- ‘‘The poet, Walt Whitman, may have antici- ous times on the Principal’s List while in high constitutional. pated Shirley when he wrote ‘‘I contain mul- school. Emily is also involved in extra-cur- I have seen firsthand the power of the first titudes.’’ Shirley brings an extraordinary emo- ricular activities. She is the President of the amendment—The power of protest. My experi- tional coloration to the Art of Life and to the Senior Class, a member of the Beta Club, and ence has taught me that this is our sacred performing arts that is so vivid that she has a member of the Student Council. right as Americans. It is a protection from op- the ability to light up a character, light up Emily is very serious about continuing her pression. It is a protection from tyranny and in- stage and screen and light up our lives. education and has received several academic justice. On more than one occasion, my

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.013 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 21, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1109 friends and I put our lives in its care for what TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM A. Mr. Krupman’s many outstanding achieve- we believe. We must protect that right. KRUPMAN ments in providing assistance to children and In the past three years there have been youth, both here and around the world, are in- members of this body who have protested the HON. NITA M. LOWEY spirational. I urge you to join me in honoring policies of the administration. While I disagree OF NEW YORK William A. Krupman. with them on many issues, I deeply respect IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f their right to peacefully and non-violently pro- Thursday, June 21, 2012 test. Some of them may be new to protest but HONORING DEBORAH J. MAGGS I know that every member of the Tea-Party Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Caucus will support my amendment. pay tribute to William A. Krupman of Pur- HON. TOM MARINO Mr. Chair, the ability to protest was the chase, NY, who is being honored for his dedi- OF PENNSYLVANIA foundation of our country. Protest has shaped cation to at-risk youth and their families upon IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his retirement as Chair of the Children’s Vil- and reshaped our society. Again and again. If Thursday, June 21, 2012 the courts review this policy, we should make lage, a New York-based multi-service, not-for- clear that this provision should not stand. I profit agency. Mr. MARINO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in urge my colleagues to vote yes on this Mr. Krupman was elected to the Board of honor of my constituent, Deborah J. Maggs, amendment. the Children’s Village in 1974. In 2004, he was on the occasion of her retirement. elected as Chair of the Board. Through his Deborah was hired in May of 1975 as a tireless efforts as Trustee and eventually f Caseworker 2 for the Lycoming County Chil- Board Chair, Mr. Krupman helped the Chil- dren and Youth Services. She has served for IN HONOR OF AIRMAN 1ST CLASS dren’s Village to become a leader in the child 37 consecutive years, 34 of which were full OWENS welfare and juvenile justice fields. He also time. She worked part time for three years successfully created nationally recognized, from 1979 to 1982 in order to raise her two HON. MIKE ROSS evidence-based models of care that lead to children. real social impact. In 1985, she was promoted to Casework OF ARKANSAS During his almost four decades on the Chil- Supervisor 1 in the General Protective Serv- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dren’s Village Board, Mr. Krupman has pro- ices Unit, a unit she led until 2005. Deborah’s Thursday, June 21, 2012 vided guidance to approximately 10,000 chil- extensive training, experience and skills dren and their families. He has not only moti- helped her develop expertise in the area of Mr. ROSS of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise vated guardians to lead by example and teach Child Protective Service investigation. today to honor a true patriot who died in serv- their children the importance of social, edu- In 2005, Deborah was instrumental in the ice to this great country. On February 17, cational, and economic skills, but has also development, implementation, and supervision 2011, Airman 1st Class Corey C. Owens, provided guidance to orphans, an especially of the County’s Integrated Assessment Units, USAF, died of a non-combat related incident vulnerable group. The Children’s Village’s composed of caseworkers cross-trained to at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq in support of Oper- Dobbs Ferry campus includes long-term resi- perform Child Protective Services, General ation New Dawn. dential treatment programs, a short-term crisis Protective Services and Mental Health As- Airman 1st Class Owens, 26, of San Anto- intervention center, temporary placement for sessments. nio, Texas, was assigned to the 47th Security youth awaiting a court disposition, and a pub- Throughout her career, Deborah has super- Forces Squadron, Laughlin Air Force Base, lic school that educates all of these children vised and mentored over 30 staff, many of Texas, and was on his second deployment to as well as day students from around the re- whom have gone on to become supervisors southwest Asia. His father resides in Story, Ar- gion. The Children’s Village also has offices in themselves. kansas. Harlem and the Bronx and program sites Deborah has dedicated a significant part of Although I never had the honor of meeting around Westchester County. her life to service casework, having either su- Airman 1st Class Owens, it is clear by the out- Mr. Krupman’s work has also had a pro- pervised or conducted over 21,000 investiga- pouring of praise from his colleagues, friends, found impact abroad. Through his commitment tions and assessments protecting the health, and family that he was well liked and well re- and strong will, Mr. Krupman has succeeded safety and wellbeing of well over 38,000 chil- spected by all who knew him. In fact, local in expanding literacy programs around the dren. In 2010 she was recognized with the news reported that when Laughlin Air Base globe. In 2009, at the invitation of the Govern- ‘‘Excellence in Human Services’’ award as held a memorial service on Feb. 28, they had ment of Iraq, Mr. Krupman traveled to the nominated and selected by her staff and trouble finding a space large enough. country as part of the Children’s Village dele- peers. Airman 1st Class Owens is survived by his gation to help train NGO’s working with or- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Deborah current wife, Misty Owens; his two daughters, phans. In Iraq, Mr. Krupman, along with a J. Maggs, and ask my colleagues to join me Xiya and Xoe Owens from his first marriage; team of professionals, assessed the needs of in praising her commitment to Pennsylvania’s his father, Steve Owens of Story, Ark.; his the locals and offered suggestions on how to 10th Congressional District. mother, Chris Owens of Springfield, Ill.; two apply local feedback into the curriculum to en- f sisters, Ann Kusterbeck of Princeton, Tex., sure that the needs of Iraqi families and chil- and Sandra Owens of Springfield, Ill.; two un- dren were being met. The information they H.R. 1756, THE NATIONAL OILHEAT cles, two aunts, two nieces, one nephew and gathered helped Iraq’s non-government serv- RESEARCH ALLIANCE REAU- several cousins. ice organizations develop programs for family THORIZATION ACT OF 2011 When we think of true heroes, we think of foster care homes, social workers, and short- brave Americans like Airman 1st Class Owens term crisis stabilization facilities similar to the HON. CHARLES F. BASS who risk everything to defend freedom and one run by the Children’s Village. Additionally, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE serve this great county. We will always be they established a team of Iraqi social service IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grateful for his selfless sacrifice and he will be leaders to continue and develop the out- deeply missed by all who knew him. My standing work started by Mr. Krupman and the Thursday, June 21, 2012 thoughts and prayers go out to his parents team. Mr. BASS of New Hampshire. Mr. Speaker, and the rest of his family and friends during Mr. Krupman currently serves as Chief Advi- as this Congress debates measures to ad- this very difficult time. We are who we are as sor to Litworld, an organization that strives to dress our nation’s energy independence, eco- a nation because of patriots like Airman 1st make the dream of world-wide literacy for chil- nomic growth, and job creation, I rise in strong Class Owens. dren a reality. LitWorld teams work with teach- support of the National Oilheat Research Alli- Today, I ask all Members of Congress to ers, community members, parents, and chil- ance Reauthorization Act of 2011 (H.R. 1756). join me as we honor the life of Airman 1st dren to establish communities that will grow Oilheat safely and efficiently heats 9.5 mil- Class Corey Owens and his legacy, as well as and expand to harbor literacy leaders. Re- lion American households, keeping an esti- each man and woman in our Armed Forces, cently, Mr. Krupman traveled to several Afri- mated 24.5 million individuals comfortable and all of those in harm’s way supporting their can countries, including Kenya and Rwanda, when the temperature drops. As the American efforts, who give the ultimate sacrifice in serv- bringing with him his enthusiasm and energy cost of living continues to rise, vital advances ice to this great country. We owe them our to share the gift of literacy with children by in this industry can save consumers money. eternal gratitude. reading to them. With the goal of improving heating efficiency

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Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) has made whose lives have been affected by violence in significant progress in improving the efficiency the home. f and reliability of oilheating equipment, thus Today, A Safe Place provides a 24-hour lowering costs to consumers and reducing the hotline that people can call when they are in CONGRATULATING USCG CAPTAIN use of oil. NORA is a collaborative program immediate need of assistance, and its coun- STEVE POULIN ON PROMOTION established by the oilheat industry aiming to selors often will meet with survivors in the TO REAR ADMIRAL strengthen the industry by improving education local hospital or police station as soon as the and training for employees, providing informa- need arises. It has even organized a network HON. JO BONNER tion to customers, and developing new prod- of ‘‘safe houses’’ on the island through its OF ALABAMA ucts for consumers. From an ecological stand- Safe Home initiative, a program though which IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES point, NORA is working on the development of volunteers offer emergency accommodation in sustainable biofuels as part of heating oil, and their own homes to those leaving an abusive Thursday, June 21, 2012 improving emissions controlling technology. situation. The organization provides assistance Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer NORA is funded by a fee of 2/10th of 0.01 with relocation as survivors work to rebuild congratulations to USCG Captain Steve Poulin cent per gallon paid for by oilheat distributors their lives. When a survivor must confront her for his much-deserved promotion on June 25, only if 85% of the industry agrees that it is abuser in court, a counselor from A Safe 2012, to the rank of Rear Admiral. His unwav- wanted. This fee does not affect consumers, Place is often right by her side. A Safe Place ering dedication to duty, combined with his im- but rather is an initiative by members of the in- offers comfort and assistance to hundreds of peccable service record, is a credit to the dustry to improve their product and save cus- people each year, and it is considered to be United States Coast Guard. tomers money. an invaluable service to the Nantucket com- For the people of the Gulf Coast, Captain Since the authorization of NORA the indus- munity by local law enforcement and Poulin has been a good friend and protector of try has: healthcare providers. our shores as Commander of Coast Guard Improved residential oilheat efficiency by 30 Mr. Speaker, it brings me great pride to Sector Mobile, Alabama, from 2009 to 2010. percent or 120 gallons per home. Based on honor A Safe Place, its Board of Trustees, its During his command of Sector Mobile, Cap- the U.S. average heating oil price in the 2009/ counselors and its volunteers as the organiza- tain Poulin demonstrated a level of profes- 2010 winter season, the volume reduction tion celebrates twenty-five years of service. I sionalism in keeping with the finest traditions over this period has reduced oilheat con- urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing of the Coast Guard. He was not only the lead- sumer’s energy costs by about $335 per the importance of this organization to the Nan- er of one of the largest operations in the household at a cost of $7.50 per household tucket community and its significance to those Coast Guard but also a visible and respected heated with oil. whose lives have been changed by its sup- member of our community. Reduced foreign oil imports by 185,000 bar- port. Prior to assuming the command of Sector rels per day. f Mobile, he served in Mobile during earlier as- Reduced CO2 emissions by 30 million tons. signments as Deputy Commander, from 2007 The adoption of NORA’s best practices re- RECOGNIZING THE STATE OF OHIO to 2009, and as Law Enforcement Officer and sulted in reduced claims and less severity for IN CARING FOR OLDER AMERI- Assistant Operations Officer from 1986 to industry participants. This yielded a significant CANS 1989. reduction in the cost of insurance for compa- On July 9, 2010, Captain Poulin left the nies. For a typical company utilizing NORA’s HON. PATRICK J. TIBERI command of the USGC station in Mobile to best practices, insurance costs per customer OF OHIO assume sole duties as local incident com- will be reduced by 1.0 cent per gallon. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mander for the Unified Command. In this ca- The authorization of NORA merely provides Thursday, June 21, 2012 pacity, Captain Poulin marshaled Coast Guard the mechanism for the oilheat industry, should resources in the federal response to the Deep- they choose to work cooperatively, develop Mr. TIBERI. Mr. Speaker, as we work to re- water Horizon oil spill which threatened our programs, and ensure that solutions are found evaluate our country’s health care delivery and coastline for much of 2010. systematically and resourcefully. By reauthor- payment system, I rise in recognition of the izing NORA, we will help ensure the continu- great success my home state of Ohio has had Captain Poulin’s extensive service record ation of research that has helped lower con- in caring for our senior citizens. Ohio Gov- also includes assignments as Deputy Com- sumer costs and improved heating efficiency. ernor John Kasich realized not only the cost mander of the Coast Guard Group Galveston, Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my col- savings but also the quality of care that could Texas, from 1996 to 1999, and Special Ad- leagues and the staff on the Energy and Com- be achieved through caring for seniors in their viser for Border and Transportation Security merce Committee for the work they have done own homes. He dramatically increased the for Vice President Richard Cheney from 2005 on this legislation and urge its consideration availability of home health services for Ohio’s to 2007. From 2003 to 2005, he was Coast and passage. senior populations, and according to the Ohio Guard liaison to the State Department’s Office of Oceans Affairs. He also served as Legal f Department on Aging, the state will save an additional $300 million per year by 2020 be- Counsel for the Coast Guard’s Port Security IN RECOGNITION OF A SAFE cause of that decision. Director from 2002 to 2003, and Legislative PLACE When seniors are paying their own room Counsel in the Coast Guard’s Office of Con- and board, sleeping in their own beds, and gressional Affairs from 1999 to 2001. HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING doing their own laundry and cooking, they end A 1984 graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard OF MASSACHUSETTS up having more personal investment in their Academy, Captain Poulin was awarded his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES own health care decisions—covering costs that taxpayers would otherwise pay in in- Miami School of Law in 1992. Thursday, June 21, 2012 creased Medicare and Medicaid spending. After leaving the Gulf Coast, Captain Poulin Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Giving seniors, and all Americans, more con- assumed the position as the Coast Guard’s di- recognize A Safe Place, its Board of Trustees, trol over their medical choices and health care rector of Congressional Affairs in Washington, its counselors, and its volunteers as the orga- dollars will help promote high-quality, cost-ef- DC. He currently serves as the Coast Guard’s nization celebrates its milestone of twenty-five fective health care. Maritime and International Law Office Chief. years of service to the community. Last month was Older Americans Month, Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the people of A Safe Place is an organization on Nan- and this year’s theme was Never Too Old To South Alabama, I wish to congratulate Rear tucket that helps survivors of domestic vio- Play. Older Americans were encouraged ‘‘to Admiral Poulin on his promotion. I also would lence and sexual assault as they start over stay engaged, active and involved in their own like to extend my very best wishes to his love- and rebuild their lives. They were founded in lives and in their communities.’’ What better ly wife, Sherry, and their two children, Steven 1987 by five members of the Nantucket Wom- way for seniors to do this than to receive and Erin.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K21JN8.015 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 21, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1111 TRIBUTE TO MS. SUZANNE GOSS and to join the U.S. Army in recognizing his Goshenhoppen in Philadelphia County. The service to our nation by dedicating the mili- original settlers enjoyed generally peaceable HON. ANDER CRENSHAW tary’s newest language training facility in his relations with the Indians and worked hard to OF FLORIDA honor. Corporal Corpuz was a native to Cali- ensure the survival of their frontier settlement. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fornia’s Central Coast, and represented his After 1855, the town was re-named community with pride during his service in the Thursday, June 21, 2012 Churchville, Washington Township, due to the Army. He was killed in action in Ghazni, Af- prominence of the Catholic and Mennonite Mr. CRENSHAW. Mr. Speaker, I wish to ghanistan, on June 11, 2006 in support of Op- churches that had been in the area since the congratulate Ms. Suzanne Goss, Government eration Enduring Freedom. 18th century. After the death of Father Bally, Relations Specialist for JEA (Electric, Water & Bernard Corpuz was born on August 16, the Catholic priest in the village, a post office Sewer) on her recent election as the new 1977, and grew up near Watsonville, Cali- was established in Churchville in 1883 and President of the National Association of Clean fornia. He graduated from Palma High School named for the revered priest. The name of the Water Agencies, NACWA. and attended Hartnell College, both in Salinas, village was eventually changed to correspond Ms. Goss is an accomplished leader and California. In July 2004, Corpuz joined the with that of the post office and, in 1912, was committed environmental steward who plays a U.S. Army. After completing basic training, he incorporated as the Borough of Bally. prominent role in seeking a sound direction for was sent back to California’s Central Coast to the implementation of the Clean Water Act. study at the Defense Language Institute For- Over the years, Bally has grown from a few Throughout her career in the water industry, eign Language Center (DLI) in Monterey, Cali- families in a small frontier town to a vibrant Ms. Goss has exemplified what it means to be fornia. DLI is the nation’s largest and most rig- borough of over 1,090 people and 430 house- a public servant. Ms. Goss will continue to en- orous language education center. Corpuz holds. In times of war, the citizens of Bally sure that Florida’s, and the Nation’s, clean completed a rigorous six-month French basic have always heeded their country’s call, and water agencies are sustainable, that the envi- course and graduated on April 28, 2005. His are commemorated by the war memorial dedi- ronment continues to improve, and that public instructors at DLI described him as an ex- cated to their service. The Borough of Bally health is protected. tremely dedicated student of French, who has been home to many industrial concerns At JEA, Ms. Goss works for an advanced studied the language with passion and read including the Great American Knitting Mill, publicly owned water, electric, and sewer util- French literary and religious books with zeal. Bally Case and Cooler, Bally Pants Factory, ity, providing invaluable services to approxi- Following DLI, Corpuz trained as an Army Bally Ribbon Mills, and Bally Block Company. mately 420,000 people in Northeast Florida. interrogator. In December 2005, he deployed Throughout its rich history, Bally Borough and Ms. Goss effectively engages in complex state with the 303rd Military Intelligence Battalion, its citizens have made great contributions to and federal legislative and regulatory issues part of the 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, the quality of the economic and social life of involving wastewater and drinking water with to Afghanistan. On June 11, 2006, Corporal Berks County and the region. an in-depth knowledge of the affordability con- Corpuz was fatally wounded when an impro- Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join cerns of her community and the need for a vised explosive device detonated while he me today in congratulating Bally Borough and partnership between all levels of government. traveled in a convoy of vehicles conducting a its storied history on the occasion of its 100th She also manages JEA’s Grant Program. village assessment. He died in the arms of a anniversary and to extend best wishes for the A member of NACWA’s Board of Directors Catholic chaplain at the age of 28. Borough’s continued longevity. since 2007, Ms. Goss has served as the orga- Our nation’s need for military linguists has nization’s Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice grown dramatically in the wake of the Sep- f President, and has been a member of many tember 11, 2001 attacks. DLI has grown in an NACWA committees and workgroups. She has equally dramatic way to meet this demand. MYPIE INC. played a leading role in NACWA’s Congress and the Department of Defense pretreatment program and is also one of the have helped by funding the expansion and drivers behind the organization’s funding ef- modernization of DLI’s teaching facilities. The HON. ED PERLMUTTER forts. In 2005 she received the President’s newest facility, a 47,000 square foot state of OF COLORADO Award for her work as Vice Chair of the Clean the art building will be formally dedicated and Water Funding Task Force. named in honor of Corporal Corpuz on Friday, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In addition to her work with NACWA, Ms. June 22, 2012. The new Corpuz Hall will Goss is an active member of local, regional, house DLI’s Multi-Language School, which Thursday, June 21, 2012 state and national professional organizations. educates students in the critical languages of Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise These include the American Water Works As- Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Uzbek, Punjabi, Turkish, today to recognize and applaud Katherine sociation, the New Water Supply Coalition, the and Hindi. Every time these future military lin- Anne Crouse and Peter Crouse, owners of Florida Municipal Energy Association, the Flor- guists enter the building they will be reminded myPie Inc., for receiving the Golden Rotary ida Water Environment Association, the Flor- of the passion and determination Corporal Ethics in Business Award. ida Energy Coordinating Group, the Pinellas Corpuz brought to the classroom and to his County Sewer System and the Advisory Coun- service to our nation. myPie opened in 2010 with Katherine deliv- cil on Environmental Policy and Technology Mr. Speaker, I know I speak on behalf of ering pizzas subway style via her bicycle, Sustainable Infrastructure. the entire House, in expressing our nation’s which she rides to and from work every day. Ms. Goss has selflessly shared her time, gratitude to Corporal Bernard P. Corpuz. Also, myPie is the first delivery service in the U.S to passion, energy and ideas to carry out the ob- may his mother, Peggy Corpuz, seek comfort sell pizzas in a subway sandwich style. This jectives of the Clean Water Act. in knowing her son’s name is a beacon for entrepreneurial eye carries forth in their com- It is my sincere pleasure to congratulate Su- higher learning and national service. munity outreach as well. zanne Goss on becoming President of f myPie initiated the 31.4% day where it NACWA. I am certain her actions will ensure awards 31.4% of all sales to local charitable continued water quality progress for the Jack- RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVER- organizations and schools. So far myPie has sonville area, the State of Florida and the Na- SARY OF BALLY BOROUGH donated more than $3,000 to Wheat Ridge tion. High School and Middle School, the Action f HON. JIM GERLACH Center of Jefferson County, 40 West Arts in OF PENNSYLVANIA Lakewood, and Wheat Ridge 20/20. IN HONOR OF CORPORAL BERNARD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES P. CORPUZ myPie is a model for outstanding ethics in Thursday, June 21, 2012 business. It is an example for all businesses HON. SAM FARR Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in America to emulate. OF CALIFORNIA congratulate Bally Borough, Berks County, I extend my deepest congratulations to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Pennsylvania on its 100th anniversary. Katherine Anne Crouse and Peter Crouse for While the Borough of Bally was incorporated their well deserved recognition by the Rotary Thursday, June 21, 2012 in 1912, it has a rich history that stretches of Golden. I have no doubt Katherine and Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cele- back to before the American Revolution when Peter will exhibit the same dedication and brate the life of Corporal Bernard P. Corpuz, present-day Bally was known as character in all their future accomplishments.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K21JN8.019 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1112 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 21, 2012 INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION COMMEMORATING THE 350TH ANNI- to students and teachers in Belize, as well as THAT WILL ENSURE THAT FED- VERSARY OF ST. FRANCIS XA- delivering teacher training to Belize educators ERAL MONEY GRANTED TO VIER CATHOLIC CHURCH IN in Belize and here in Colorado. STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN- MARYLAND Utilizing five focuses of the ‘‘lifting lives FORCEMENT IS USED FOR ITS through literacy project’’, reading with stu- INTENDED PURPOSE HON. JERRY LEWIS dents, teacher education, family literacy, OF CALIFORNIA school supplies and scholarships for both pri- mary and high school students, the Belize IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. YVETTE D. CLARKE Education Project has been able to reach sev- Thursday, June 21, 2012 eral of their goals. OF NEW YORK Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise Since 2007, an education team has traveled IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES today to both salute a former staffer who now annually to Belize to work with teachers, stu- works for a boss more powerful than any dents and families. In addition, a group of edu- Thursday, June 21, 2012 Member of Congress and to celebrate a feat cators from Belize are hosted in Colorado to learn from instruction in Colorado classrooms. Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, of incredible longevity at his new workplace. I was honored to employ Brian Sanderfoot, I congratulate Jean Kishner for her leader- today I introduce legislation that will ensure ship, and all the individuals of the Belize Edu- that federal money granted to state and local from Appleton, Wisconsin, for many years. He represented the highest values we in Con- cation Project for making our world a better law enforcement is used for its intended pur- gress want to provide: courtesy, commitment, place to live. pose, and not in violation of our constitutional and a dedication to public service. f right to equal protection. As a member of the A devout Catholic, Brian left Congress to THE LITTLE ROCK DIFFERENCE House Committee on Homeland Security, I am pursue his true calling in the priesthood. After proud of the service we provide to the Amer- studying both at D.C.’s Catholic University and ican people. Through the Department of in Rome, Brian became Father Sanderfoot HON. TIM GRIFFIN OF ARKANSAS Homeland Security, over $35 billion in federal and entered a new phase of service. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES funds have been granted to local and state Father Sanderfoot settled in the Arch- governments for counterterrorism programs diocese of Washington which is home to over Thursday, June 21, 2012 that have kept our homeland safe since 9/11. 600,000 Catholics living in Washington, DC, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I and five Maryland counties. He now ministers rise today to recognize Little Rock Air orce Unfortunately, not every dime of federally at Maryland’s St. Francis Xavier parish and is Base (LRAFB) and the LRFB Community granted money has been used wisely. Trou- making a real difference in the lives of his Council, both of which are located in central bling reports demonstrate that DHS grants congregation. Arkansas, which I represent. have been used to fund biased training activi- In a nation that commemorates the 25th or This week, the Community Council was pre- ties that are inaccurate, surveillance programs 50th anniversary of an event, Father sented with the Abilene Trophy, which recog- that target members of neighborhoods simply Sanderfoot’s parish has a special distinction. It nizes the community that provides the ‘‘finest because of their religion, and other activities recently celebrated its 350th anniversary, mak- support’’ to an Air Mobility Command unit. that are overbroad and compromise our secu- ing it the oldest Catholic parish in America. This is the second time the LRAFB Commu- rity. Aside from being unconstitutional, these In anticipation of this milestone, Father nity Council has received this award, and it’s programs fail to narrowly target individuals that Sanderfoot initiated two historical discovery truly a testament to their dedication to military are actual security threats. projects. The first was a thorough survey of families, to their community, and to their na- the cemetery at the parish’s Newtowne Neck tion. Accordingly, I urge my colleagues to support Church to map and index the graves. The sec- LRAFB has always enjoyed the support of this legislation that secures our homeland, ond project was an archeological dig to dis- the surrounding community. In fact, LRAFB while maintaining the integrity of federal cover the location of the original chapel. was founded in 1952 when community leaders grants. This legislation will require that DHS St. Francis Xavier’s parish has been a silent raised $1 million to buy property from more counterterrorism grants are used to fund train- witness to a new country coming into being, than 150 private landowners and donated the ing programs developed by the Department of its expansion across a continent, a civil war property to the U.S. Air Force to create Homeland Security, or training programs that that pitted brother against brother, the strength LRAFB. are pre-approved by the Department’s Office of a people tested by the Great Depression In 2011, when LRAFB was hit by a tornado, the community responded by adopting af- of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and its Pri- and world wars, and the rise of a superpower. It has been the site of countless baptisms, fected families. Two weeks later, LRAFB was vacy Office. Additionally, the bill will require weddings, funerals, masses, and homilies. For similarly responsive, assisting local families af- that the Department’s Inspector General regu- three and a half centuries, this parish has fected by flooding. larly review DHS funded programs to ensure been the place where faith was nurtured, re- This supportive and cooperative relationship that they are not used to support civil rights newed, and embraced. goes beyond just ‘‘neighbors helping neigh- violations, including racial, ethnic, and reli- It is a privilege to consider Father Brian bors.’’ Last year, LRAFB’s Joint Education gious profiling. Sanderfoot a part of the extended Lewis fam- Center became a first-of-its-kind partnership Mr. Speaker, we all know the often quoted ily. I celebrate his new life and his lasting faith. between the City of Jacksonville and LRAFB, statement from Ben Franklin, one of the au- Let us honor the durability of St. Francis Xavi- and, to fund this project, the residents of Jack- thors of the Constitution, that ‘‘anyone who er’s parish, which has been a steadfast source sonville voted to tax themselves to raise $5 million to put toward the overall project. trades liberty for security deserves neither lib- of identity and a pillar of stability for all Catho- lics in the area. The relationship between LRAFB and the erty nor security.’’ Today, we need both secu- f community is unique, and, together, they are rity and liberty, and can ill-afford to sacrifice one team and responsive to the needs of each either. These two concepts—security and lib- JEAN KIRSHNER other. They serve as examples of excellence. erty—are national interests that work hand-in- This is how LRAFB and the Community Coun- hand; when one is dismissed, the other is in- HON. ED PERLMUTTER cil differentiate themselves from other commu- herently discarded. This legislation is as much OF COLORADO nities with air bases and what led to the cre- about the liberty of a few, as it is about the se- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ation of ‘‘The Little Rock Difference.’’ curity of this whole nation. ‘‘The Little Rock Difference’’ initiative was Thursday, June 21, 2012 unveiled this week by the Community Council. I hope my colleagues join my effort to re- Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise It establishes the characteristics of the rela- store the integrity of taxpayers’ dollars; let us today to recognize and applaud Jean Kirshner, tionship between LRAFB and the local com- provide the appropriate tools to law enforce- co-founder of the Belize Education Project, for munity, and it is based on the LRAFB mantra ment so that they may secure our homeland receiving the Golden Rotary Ethics in Busi- ‘‘Rock & Role.’’ well; nevertheless, let us also protect the ness Award. ‘‘Rock’’ is for ‘‘The Rock,’’ which is the nick- American people from unreasonable govern- The Belize Education Project is responsible name of LRAFB and how the community af- ment treatment by enacting this legislation. for bringing thousands of books and supplies fectionately refers to LRAFB. ‘‘Role’’ is for the

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Matt traveled exten- the members of the Community Council for Mr. Speaker, recruiting for the ‘‘Montford sively throughout the Northeast, Midwest and their dedication in creating and implementing Marines’’ began on June 1, 1942, following Southwest to speak about the importance of ‘‘The Little Rock Difference’’ and for their on- public pressure on President Franklin D. Roo- the United States-Israel relationship and en- going efforts fostering strong and positive rela- sevelt by Black leaders to issue Executive courage citizen involvement in the American tions between the people of Arkansas and the Order 8802, which barred government agen- political process. From this wealth of experi- men and women who protect our country. cies and federal contractors from employment ence, Matt has gained an extensive back- I am proud to be a part of such a fine group discrimination on the basis of race, creed, ground in politics and foreign policy. of men and women dedicated to their nation color or national origin. The order also re- Matt’s impact in the Jewish community of and to their community, and I congratulate quired all of the U.S. Armed Services, includ- South Florida and the United States extends them on their success. ing the United States Marine Corps, to recruit beyond his work with AIPAC. For six years, f and enlist African Americans. Despite an era Matt served in BBYO, one of the world’s lead- thick with racial discrimination, Black recruits ing Jewish organizations, where he dem- HONORING PROSPECT HILL lined up by the thousands to defend the free- onstrated his passion for convening and con- doms of people abroad, while still being de- necting Jewish teenagers of all backgrounds, HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON nied basic unalienable rights at home. while motivating them to make a difference in OF MISSISSIPPI Among the inaugural class of Black the world. In 1981, Matt rose to become the Gold Coast Council President of BBYO. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Montford Marines were Johnny Thompskins and the late Joe Cobbs. Thompskins, a man It is an honor to congratulate Matt, his wife Thursday, June 21, 2012 of small stature but enormous courage; and Danielle and their sons Jakob, Cooper and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- Cobbs, who developed a strong work ethic Noah, as they celebrate Matt’s outstanding er, I rise today to honor a historic landmark in while working his family’s farmland, received work and leadership. Matt Levin has dedicated Jefferson County, Prospect Hill. Prospect Hill basic training at the segregated Camp 25 years to strengthening the U.S.-Israel rela- served as the catalyst for freed-slaves to im- Montford Point in North Carolina because no tionship, a commitment he and I both share. I migrate to a colony known as ‘‘Mississippi in Black recruit was allowed to enter the main applaud his efforts and look forward to work- Africa’’. Prospect Hill represents a small, but base of nearby Camp Lejeune unless accom- ing with him to strengthen our community at important part of American history. This land- panied by a white Marine. home and throughout the world in the years to mark, rich in history, contributed extensively to Nevertheless, these two men were unafraid come. the dispersal of African Americans to Africa. by the onslaught of World War II. They under- f Prospect Hill was originally founded by Rev- stood that victory in war was only achievable INTRODUCING THE WILD OLYM- olutionary War veteran, Issac Rose; in his will with the talent of its Black citizens. As a result, PICS WILDERNESS AND SCENIC he provided funds that would allow freed- these men served their country with distinc- RIVER ACT OF 2012 slaves to immigrate to the region of Liberia tion, charted uncharted territory, and set the known as ‘‘Mississippi in Africa’’. Although this bar for exemplary African American service- sparked turmoil in Jefferson County, this ac- men. HON. NORMAN D. DICKS OF WASHINGTON tion eventually led to the successful immigra- Mr. Speaker, on a similar note, at 94 years IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion of free-slaves to Liberia in the 1830’s. old, Luke Martin, Jr. is widely known around Prospect Hill has long served as a portion of the state of North Carolina as one of a few liv- Thursday, June 21, 2012 the past that reflects on the abundant history ing children of Civil War veterans. His father, Mr. DICKS. Mr. Speaker. Today I am proud of the South. Its memory recalls the presence Luke Martin, Sr. was a slave in Hertford Coun- to be introducing the Wild Olympics Wilder- of hope and determination that was incessant ty when he bravely joined the Union Army to ness & Wild and Scenic River Act of 2012, during the 19th century. As a prominent land- fight for the freedoms of his loved ones. which will provide critical protection of key for- mark, Prospect Hill conserves a crucial piece Due to his father’s efforts to help gain civil ested areas and rivers in the State of Wash- of American history. rights for Blacks, Martin Jr. was able to be- ington. This bill, a result of more than two In 2011, Prospect Hill was included on Mis- come a distinguished mason who has earned years of work by my staff and the staff of sissippi’s list of the Ten Most Endangered His- enormous respect for building several struc- Washington Senator PATTY MURRAY, is a con- toric Places. As a result, The Archaeological tures across Craven County. sensus effort that adds critical protection for Conservancy acquired Prospect Hill to conduct Today, Thompskins and Martin both reside sources of clean drinking water and preserves research for educational purposes and preser- in New Bern. Cobbs also lived there until his critical salmon and steelhead habitat. It cre- vation efforts. Today Prospect Hill continues to passing in May. ates more than 126,000 acres of new wilder- undergo renovation by The Archaeological Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire U.S. House of ness on the Olympic National Forest and des- Conservancy, in an attempt to restore an im- Representatives to join me in recognizing ignates 19 new Wild and Scenic Rivers and portant element of American history. these men, who will forever remain a corner- their tributaries in the National Forest, in Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me stone in American history. Olympic National Park and on Washington De- in recognizing Prospect Hill as an important f partment of Natural Resources land. Historical Site in Jefferson County, Mississippi. HONORING MATTHEW LEVIN I am particularly proud that the final version f of this bill that is being introduced today has HON. THEODORE E. DEUTCH evolved through a long consultative process COMMENDING MONTFORD POINT that included extensive local community input OF FLORIDA MARINES AND SON OF CIVIL from Tribes, conservation groups, timber com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WAR VETERAN munities, business leaders, shellfish growers, Thursday, June 21, 2012 farmers, local elected officials, hunters, an- HON. G.K. BUTTERFIELD Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in glers, mountain bikers, hikers, federal and OF NORTH CAROLINA celebration of my friend Matthew Levin, the state land managers and the general public. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Southeastern States Director of the American The result, in my judgment, is a common Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Matt sense solution that offers permanent protec- Thursday, June 21, 2012 has shown outstanding leadership in the de- tion to some of the most spectacular of the Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise velopment and coordination of AIPAC’s polit- Olympic Peninsula’s public lands—without today to honor two American trailblazers from ical and grassroots objectives. It is an honor to having a significant impact on timber jobs or North Carolina’s First Congressional District: commemorate his years of dedicated service recreational access. Montford Marine veterans Johnny Thompskins in strengthening the United States’ relationship In our great state of Washington, Mr. and the recently deceased Joe Cobbs. I would with our great ally Israel. Speaker, we cherish the ability of our citizens also like to recognize the son of a Civil War A native of South Florida, Matt graduated to have access to the natural beauty of our re- veteran, Luke Martin, Jr. with a Bachelor of Arts in political science gion, especially areas that remain pristine and

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Our challenge as leaders of a and gas exploration, development, and pro- It is time we put Americans back to work, growing population has been to assure that duction under oil and gas leases of Federal and this legislation will go a long way to en- the most sensitive of these areas are pro- lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary courage economic growth, decrease our na- of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the tion’s dependence on foreign sources of oil, tected from development so that future gen- Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary erations—our kids and their kids—have the of Defense in response to a drawdown of pe- and reduce the costs on hard working Ameri- same ability that we have had to see the mag- troleum reserves from the Strategic Petro- cans. I urge my colleagues to support this bill. nificent vistas and enjoy the benefits of a leum Reserve: f clean environment. The Wild Olympics Wilder- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Chair, I rise RECOGNIZING ILIR ZHERKA ness & Wild and Scenic River Act of 2012 rep- today in support of H.R. 4480, the Domestic resents an important incremental step in as- Energy and Jobs Act. This important legisla- suring the protection of additional roadless tion brings together multiple domestic energy HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA areas in Washington, and I will be working bills that seek to help jumpstart our economy, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with my colleagues on the Natural Resources spur job creation, and reduce energy costs on Committee to urge timely consideration of this families and small businesses. Thursday, June 21, 2012 legislation. Given our slow economic recovery and high Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f unemployment, we ought to do everything ask the House of Representatives to join me within our powers to ease the burdens facing in recognizing Ilir Zherka, Executive Director of JUDY DENISON Americans. Instead, this Administration con- DC Vote, who has been the outstanding lead- tinues to push policies that stifle job creation er of District of Columbia residents in the fight HON. ED PERLMUTTER and increase uncertainty. The failed policies of for equal citizenship rights in our country. Ilir OF COLORADO the last three and a half years have only made will celebrate his tenth anniversary as Execu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a bad situation worse. Why would we continue tive Director of DC Vote on June 24, 2012. Ilir to go down a path that makes it harder and has built DC Vote in membership and in the Thursday, June 21, 2012 harder for American companies to compete in use of a wide assortment of sophisticated tac- Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise a competitive global market? Energy costs are tics and approaches. Under Ilir’s leadership, today to congratulate and applaud my friend a major factor for companies when they are DC Vote has sustained itself for 10 years with- and talented singer Judy Denison for receiving considering building a new facility or moving out interruption, thus ensuring the sustain- the Living Landmark Award. operations overseas. Let’s make that decision ability of a citizen’s movement here for the first The Living Landmark Award is presented by easy for them and work to keep energy costs time in decades. Ilir has been the major tacti- the Golden Landmarks Association, a non- low so a U.S. presence is more attractive. cian of the movement, skillfully using ap- profit organization whose focus is to preserve Today, we have an opportunity to pass leg- proaches as varied as polling, lobbying, and historic places and educate people about the islation that will help stimulate the economy, civil disobedience. wonderful history the City of Golden has to lower the costs on small businesses and put Most recently, Ilir was the architect of un- offer. a few extra dollars in the pockets of hard precedented civil disobedience on the streets Judy Denison relocated to Golden in 1988 working Americans. For too long, we have ig- in front of the Senate and the White House because she loves the peaceful nature of nored the abundant resources here at home, last year, after Congress reimposed anti- Golden and the small town feel. She was the leaving us at the mercy of OPEC and other home-rule riders on the D.C. appropriations co-founder of Save the Mesas and an orga- unstable countries throughout the world. I bill, and after the District government barely nizer for the Mesa Music Festival. Judy’s in- found it amusing that earlier this year when avoided being shut down because of a federal volvement in Citizens Involved in Northwest gas prices rose to record levels, some of my budget fight in which the city was not involved. Quadrant (CINQ) lead to the establishment of colleagues on the other side of the aisle, Ilir’s own arrest was emblematic of the coura- the Golden Newsletter, which reaches out to these are the same individuals who are vehe- geous leadership that he has given the move- ment. nearly 1,000 Golden citizens each week. The mently opposed to opening up production of oil and gas here in the U.S., were encouraging Ilir’s earlier leadership in the fight of D.C. newsletter discusses environmental and cul- residents for a full vote in the House brought tural news and its mission is to preserve the OPEC to increase oil production output. Why would we encourage OPEC to increase pro- the city the closest to success in its history. Ilir clean mountain air and the ambiance of Gold- brought a wide variety of approaches to the duction, while doing everything in our power to en. voting rights struggle with mounting success. severely limit production here at home? Judy’s accomplishments are many. After a His valuable work behind the scenes in estab- medical mission to Belize, Judy set up the Additionally, I am pleased that this legisla- tion makes an attempt to reduce the abuse of lishing contacts to help remove an amendment Belize Education Project to send teachers to that tied passage of the D.C. House Voting the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to score Belize and provide books and scholarships to Rights Act (DCVRA) to the elimination of the short term political points by tying the release underprivileged students. She is a member of city’s gun safety laws is not well known. Years of oil to opening up federal lands for oil and the Golden Rotary Club and meets with teen- of diligent and systematic work brought pas- gas production. Also, this legislation takes im- age girls in the community to discuss life and sage of the DCVRA in the House and Senate, ethics. Furthering her youth outreach, Judy or- portant steps to streamline the permitting proc- only to be undercut by the dangerous gun ganized the Golden Community Choirs, which ess for all energy sources, increase trans- amendment. This disappointment after many is now in its twelfth season. parency and accountability on EPA regula- years of hard work would have caused many Judy Denison is a true ‘‘Golden’’ citizen in tions, and provide for greater lease certainty. to move on. However, on the heels of the set- every sense of the word. She has been a It is important for everyone to understand back for voting rights, Ilir immediately turned champion in the community and I am honored that currently only three percent of federal to leading a new fight for D.C. budget auton- to congratulate her on this well deserved rec- land is leased for oil and gas development. omy and building an expanded national coali- ognition by the Golden Landmarks Associa- Given the instability in the Middle East, we tion to protect the District’s home rule from an tion. Thank you for making our community a must make it a priority to explore and develop unprecedented series of attacks. proud place for all Coloradans. our own natural resources. This doesn’t mean Ilir’s aggressive creativity in building DC that this has to come at the expense of our f Vote has been matched by personal modesty, environment. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce rare in a leader of a movement. Most who DOMESTIC ENERGY AND JOBS ACT has identified 351 energy projects that have have worked with Ilir have been unaware that been stalled by ‘‘not in my backyard’’ suits, he was brought to this country as a child in an SPEECH OF regulatory red tape, and endless challenges immigrant family from Montenegro, fleeing eth- HON. F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR. from environmentalists. What many may not nic tension with Albanians. He rose from an realize is that almost half of these projects underprivileged childhood in the South Bronx OF WISCONSIN were for renewable energy projects. So this is to attend college at Cornell University and law IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES not just an obstacle the oil and gas industry is school at the University of Virginia. Ilir’s work Wednesday, June 20, 2012 facing. I am confident that we can find a way for justice before and during his leadership of The House in Committee of the Whole to ensure the protection of our environment DC Vote was chronicled in an April 2012 arti- House on the state of the Union had under while developing energy resources here at cle in Washingtonian magazine, entitled ‘‘Tak- consideration the bill (H.R. 4480) to provide home, and this legislation is a step forward to ing It to the Street.’’ I ask for unanimous con- for the development of a plan to increase oil make that possible. sent to place the article in the RECORD.

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His leadership has way the civil-rights movement worked, when He is in many ways the movement’s Zelig, a been in the great tradition of citizens who people from the North called their congress- shape-shifter as comfortable testifying be- have petitioned for their rights and engaged in men and said, ’Stop those dogs, turn off fore Congress as he is leading chants through citizen action, including time-honored civil dis- those water hoses.’’’ a bullhorn. obedience. I ask the House to join me in com- We left Zherka’s office and walked to the His own obscurity belies the influence of small break room. Among the photos on the mending Ilir Zherka for his outstanding leader- the nonpartisan advocacy group he turned wall was one of Zherka wrapped in a TAX- from a once-flailing nonprofit into a many- ship of the movement for equal citizenship ATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION flag tentacled powerhouse. Before its advent, rights for the more than 600,000 Americans and pointing skyward with his right hand. Norton says, she often felt like ‘‘a talking who live in the Nation’s capital. The gesture managed to evoke both the Stat- head with nobody, meaning a body of citi- TAKING ITTOTHESTREET ue of Liberty and Moses. zens to back her up.’’ Zherka said that the day after Barack When he isn’t emceeing rallies, Zherka is (By Ariel Sabar) Obama won the presidency, he taped the either on the Hill or at DC Vote, in Dupont The Headquarters of DC Vote have a lived- Washington Post’s front page to the same Circle, where he morphs into a methodical in feel, with scuffed blue carpets and hall- wall. It was a totem to the man who was sup- puzzle-solver. At their Monday meetings, his ways lined with stacks of cardboard boxes. posed to be the movement’s redeemer; the half dozen staffers turn in reports of their The walls are a bricolage of candid photos man who had backed the voting-rights bill as activities over the past week, with a break- from protests and posters from the group’s a US senator, who ate at Ben’s Chili Bowl, down of successes and failures. Zherka uses well-known ad campaigns (I AM DC, I DE- who played basketball with then-DC mayor the reports as real-time intelligence—a MAND THE VOTE). When I first visited last Adrian Fenty and won Fenty’s endorsement ‘‘dashboard,’’ as one of his deputies puts it— summer, a couple of rumpled dress shirts in the Democratic primary; the man, an Af- to identify trends and new lines of attack. hung over the backs of chairs in the office rican-American, who said he saw this his- In the halls of Congress, Zherka has a rep- bullpen. A staffer apologized, saying they’d torically black city on the Potomac as some- utation for relentlessness. When a hard- been tossed there by interns who had thing more than a seat of federal power. fought 2007 voting-rights bill fell three votes changed into T-shirts before going out to That now felt like a long time ago. Last short in the Senate, Zherka ‘‘was absolutely leaflet. spring, Zherka removed the Election Day the first person who said, ‘We have to get The corner office of DC Vote’s executive front page and replaced it with one more at- back on the horse. We have to get moving director, Ilir Zherka, was so tidy by compari- tuned to the times. Its centerpiece was a again. What are we doing? Who are we tar- son that I asked whether he’d cleaned up for photograph of current DC mayor Vincent geting?’ ’’ says Deborah Parkinson, then a my visit. There was a stand for his leader- Gray being handcuffed by the Capitol Police senior staffer on the Senate committee with ship awards, a single mounted news article, on April 11 of last year, a day when 41 people, District oversight. ‘‘Just when you’re tired an impeccably trimmed ficus. Zherka said including Zherka, the mayor, and six DC and ready to take a break for 24 hours, he the slim pile of papers on his desk was a bit Council members, were arrested in the move- was right there saying, ‘What are we going thicker than usual: ‘‘I don’t like clutter. It ment’s largest act of civil disobedience in to do to make sure we get three votes for prevents me from freeing up my mind to decades. The arrests made headlines around next time?’ ’’ work.’’ the world. I accompanied Zherka one morning to a A diagram tacked to the inside of his door The television cameras, the turnout among seminar he was leading for staffers from added to the picture of Zherka as the cool local leaders, and the location—a tightly other nonprofits. The course was based on a tactician bringing discipline to the District’s policed street near the Capitol—gave the ap- how-to advocacy book Zherka is writing. Its long and messy struggle for full democratic pearance of significant advance planning. chapter titles have the ring of both a battle- rights. The nation’s capital has more resi- But Zherka had put the entire demonstra- field manual and a self-help guide—Recruit dents than Wyoming—but no vote in Con- tion together in about 48 hours. The catalyst the Right Champions; Communicate at All gress, which has the power to overrule the was news that President Obama had agreed Times in All Directions; You Lose Until You District’s leaders on local matters. to a Republican-sought ban on locally funded Win. The hand-drawn diagram, of X’s and O’s abortions in DC in a last-minute deal to The seminar was in a guesthouse at the yoked by arcing lines, looked like a page avert a federal-government shutdown. villa-style DC home of Daniel Solomon, a from a coach’s playbook. Inside the biggest ‘‘John, I will give you DC abortion,’’ Obama philanthropist who helped found DC Vote. loop was a list of what Zherka said were ‘‘op- had told GOP House speaker John Boehner, Zherka started with a lesson on issue-fram- ponents or problems.’’ These included Power according to a Washington Post article re- ing: why ‘‘marriage equality’’ is a better of Elites, Ignorance, NRA, Republicans, Blue constructing the negotiations. phrase than ‘‘gay marriage,’’ why ‘‘climate From his iPhone that weekend, Zherka Dog Dems, Pseudo Strict Constructionists. change’’ is more likely to get a politician’s sent an e-mail summoning his staff to a 10 The list had the gravity of a voting-rights ear than ‘‘global warming.’’ AM conference call. This latest attack on Ten Plagues. He gave an example from his own move- self-governance demanded a response, he The diagram, Zherka explained, was a ment: ‘‘When someone says ‘statehood,’ peo- said. They would need to e-mail supporters, postmortem inked after one of the move- ple will ask, ‘Well, where’s the building contact the media, work Facebook and Twit- going to be? Who’s going to be the governor?’ ment’s most spectacular defeats. Legislation ter, and get permits from the Capitol Police. When you frame it as ‘DC voting rights,’ that DC Vote had spent seven years fighting Zherka and his deputies would need to track which is essentially the same thing, people for—and that had won historic votes in both down Mayor Gray and the council over the will say, ‘Oh, it’s what everyone else has.’ ’’ the House and the Senate—came to an ugly weekend and urge them to attend. In less During a break, Zherka and I stepped onto end in the spring of 2010, the victim of a frac- than three hours, an e-mail to supporters an- the patio. ‘‘When I was in college,’’ he said, tured city leadership and of deft politicking nounced a 5 PM demonstration that Monday, ‘‘I took one of those tests that’s supposed to by the national gun-rights lobby. The DC at Constitution Avenue and Second Street, tell you what career to go into.’’ It was some Voting Rights Act would have expanded the Northeast. 150 questions but offered less clarity than US House of Representatives by two seats. Zherka’s plan was to have speeches and he’d hoped. ‘‘I remember the results were One would have gone to DC, whose residents then lead perhaps a half dozen protesters actor, politician, professor, and military offi- are overwhelmingly Democratic, the other to into the street, blocking traffic and refusing cer.’’ Utah, a Republican-leaning state that had police orders to move. Zherka suspected that When DC Vote hired Zherka as its execu- failed by a whisker to win a fourth House Obama’s concession would inflame DC lead- tive director a decade ago, it needed—and seat through the 2000 census. ers, particularly those who had worked to got—all four. In trying to regroup, Zherka—a tall 46- elect him. But how many were willing to be A group of civic leaders and philan- year-old man with narrow features, a loping thrown into the back of a police van? Zherka thropists established DC Vote in 1998 to gait, and a salt-and-pepper goatee—had orga- had run into Mayor Gray at a social function rouse public support for the plaintiffs in nized a series of meetings to pick through the night before, but Gray had been noncom- Alexander v. Daley. The civil suit grew out the wreckage. The movement needed to mittal. of a legal theory that Jamin Raskin—a star pivot, to find a new way forward. At the The next day, after the speeches, Zherka professor at American University and now front of everyone’s mind was the one-word was the first to defy Capitol Police and set also a Maryland state senator—had laid out question scrawled in big red letters at the foot in the busy street. To his relief, Gray in a Harvard law journal. A group of 57 resi- top of the diagram: How? was right behind him. dents, joined by the DC government, argued As Zherka came to see it, the ‘‘inside When I caught up with him not long after- that their lack of full congressional rep- game’’—of lobbying Congress, of quiet meet- ward, Zherka told me that the 41 arrests resentation violated what Raskin said were ings with elites—had to give way to some- were a ‘‘huge turning point.’’ But a year equal-protection and due-process rights to thing more aggressive. The District had to later, the movement’s prospects seem any- ‘‘one person/one vote without regard to geo- make Congress and the White House pay a thing but clear. graphic residence.’’

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.027 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1116 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 21, 2012 DC Vote’s founders saw in the suit new ers and fled with the family to Montenegro. The night before a major hearing, Zherka hope for a struggle winding back 200 years. (Zherka’s parents are Muslim, though helped labor activist Charles Kernaghan pre- The District was founded in 1790 on land Zherka now goes with his family to a Uni- pare testimony accusing the manufacturer of ceded by Maryland and Virginia. A year after tarian congregation.) In their small town, a Kathie Lee Gifford clothing line sold at Congress moved to the new capital in 1800, Ahmet, charismatic and handsome, earned a Walmart of forcing underage workers into lawmakers stripped residents of their ability reputation as an agitator against police har- long shifts at Honduran sweatshops. ‘‘I had to vote for Congress and President. When assment of Albanians. ‘‘My dad was very no idea it would be one of the sparks that Philadelphia had been the capital, the Penn- brash, very nationalistic, very unafraid,’’ would set off dramatic changes within the sylvania governor had refused to protect Zherka says. garment industry worldwide,’’ Zherka says. Congress from a mob of angry soldiers. Never But after taking part in an ethnic brawl Despite a precocious start on the Hill, again, Congress felt, should the seat of fed- one day, Ahmet feared for his family. They Zherka’s past tugged at him. The 1995 Day- eral power be subject to the whims of local borrowed money from neighbors and landed ton Accords settling the conflicts between politicians. in New York in May 1968, when Zherka was former Yugoslav Republics left unresolved Washingtonians raised an outcry They paid 21⁄2. the status of Kosovo, a predominantly Alba- federal taxes and fought wars but were de- Eleven people—Zherka and his six siblings, nian province of Serbia chafing under the nied the very democracy the United States their parents and grandparents—squeezed brutal rule of Slobodan Milosevic. had just fought Great Britain to win. Yet for into a three-bedroom apartment in the Albanians in the United States turned to the next 160 years, little changed. South Bronx. His father worked as a janitor Washington for help. Joe DioGuardi, a Over the decades, resistance to self-rule and elevator operator by day; his mother Bronx-born Republican former congressman took on more cynical dimensions. For many cleaned offices at night. Zherka remembers from New York with a big personality, had in Congress, DC was simply too liberal and feeling humiliated when his mother paid for founded the Albanian American Civic League too black. A history of local corruption groceries with food stamps. in 1989. But DioGuardi was seen as part of didn’t help, though whether the District’s When Marshal Tito or some other Yugoslav the old guard. Zherka felt he could do better. scandals were any worse than those in Con- official visited the United Nations, Ahmet In 1996, while still working for Miller, he gress or in the states remains a fair ques- hauled his children there in his Pinto station raised money from Albanian-American busi- tion. wagon and helped lead hundreds of fellow Al- ness owners to form a rival organization, the It wasn’t until 1961, with the 23rd Amend- banian-Americans in protest. ‘‘We, the kids, National Albanian American Council. ment, that Washingtonians won the right to would march in circles and would be holding ‘‘It was a huge rift,’’ says Avni Mustafaj, vote in presidential elections. In 1970, the signs and shouting out chants,’’ Zherka says. who grew up with Zherka in the Bronx and District was granted a nonvoting delegate in By the time Zherka was a teenager, in the became NAAC’s executive director. ‘‘They’re the House. Three years later, Congress let late 1970s, the South Bronx was a wasteland looking at Ilir Zherka and me and saying, DC residents elect a mayor and 13-member of poverty, racial tension, and violence. His ’We know your grandfather and father—what council. Though the so-called Home Rule Act older brothers ran in a tough circle, and sev- are you doing?’’ was a giant leap, Congress retained the eral dropped out of high school. For a few years, Zherka tried to keep an power to review the city’s budget and all For awhile, Zherka stayed out of trouble. oar in establishment Washington. He was acts of the council. He got a black belt in karate by sixth grade tapped as national director of ethnic out- The momentum the District had drawn and started rap and breakdancing groups. In reach for President Clinton’s 1996 reelection from the broader civil-rights movement in the schoolyards on Friday and Saturday campaign and left Miller’s office for a job as the 1960s and ’70s fizzled amid the violence nights, Zherka—as MC Rockwell or Il Rock— a senior legislative aide to Labor Secretary and corruption of the 1980s and ’90s. After would join the crews who set up turntables Alexis Herman. then-mayor Marion Barry’s arrest in a and performed for the neighborhood. But by 1998, Zherka’s thoughts had again crack-cocaine sting, public animus toward When the family moved to a slightly bet- turned homeward. Milosevic had launched a the city crested. ‘‘The whole idea of making ter-off neighborhood in the North Bronx, violent campaign that forced hundreds of this little pissant city into a state is ludi- Zherka fell in with a gang of Albanian teen- thousands of Kosovar Albanians from their homes. ‘‘I picked up the Washington Post crous, something like a fly landing on an ele- agers who robbed houses, sold drugs, and and read a story about an entire family that phant’s rump and contemplating rape,’’ the rumbled. Zherka had to repeat ninth grade. had been wiped out, including a toddler Philadelphia Inquirer’s David Boldt wrote in When he transferred to Christopher Colum- whose throat had been slit,’’ Zherka says. ‘‘I a 1993 editorial. bus High School, the principal noticed the By October 2000, Anthony Williams—first disparity between his high test scores and remember thinking to myself, ‘The person as DC’s chief financial officer, then as his low grades and warned him to get his act who killed this girl had to be holding her.’ I mayor—had shored up the District’s finances together. The message struck at the right remember going home to my wife and say- ing, ‘I can’t work, I can’t do my job.’ So she and made friends in Congress. But the civil time. One of Zherka’s friends was imprisoned said, ‘You have to go to NAAC.’ ’’ suit hit a wall. The Supreme Court upheld a for burglary; another was found dead in a As the Kosovo crisis deepened, Zherka be- river, in what neighbors suspected was a lower-court ruling that under the Constitu- came the go-to American spokesman not just homicide. tion only ‘‘the People of the several States’’ for Albanian-Americans but also, it seemed, could choose members of Congress, and DC It was during an 11th-grade government class that he felt a calling for public service. for Albanians in Kosovo. In 1999 and 2000, he was not a state. The lower court had recog- testified before the House International Re- nized the ‘‘inequity’’ but said only Congress By his senior year, he was a good enough public speaker that teachers picked him to lations Committee, was quoted in the New could fix it. York Times, and wrote op-eds in the Wash- By 2002, DC Vote was adrift and nearly give ‘‘scared straight’’ talks to freshmen and ington Post, pressing for Western military to testify against budget cuts before the bankrupt. Yet Daniel Solomon and another intervention. As a NATO bombing campaign founder, Joe Sternlieb, came to see the legal board of education. With the help of a state program for under- got under way that March, Zherka sparred defeat as an argument for the group’s re- with Oliver North and Sean Hannity on TV privileged students, Zherka won a full schol- vival. As they looked back at the history of and warned, on CNN, that ‘‘acts of genocide arship to Fordham University. He drew the struggle, they noticed a lack of con- are being committed in the heart of Europe.’’ tinuity. Leaders came and went; passions straight A’s his freshman year and trans- Zherka led an NAAC delegation to a White burned and cooled. ferred to Cornell. House meeting with President Clinton to The leap from the Bronx’s mean streets to ‘‘There were these episodic moments of press, unsuccessfully, for a ground invasion. great interest but nothing continuing, noth- the Ivy league necessitated a costume NATO’s bombing campaign ended in June ing being built,’’ Solomon—whose grand- change: ‘‘I went out and bought three sweat- 1999 with Milosevic’s capitulation. When father cofounded the Giant Food super- ers and a bunch of button-down shirts.’’ He Zherka visited the Albanian capital of market chain—told me. ‘‘As a philan- joined the debate team and was elected Tirana, people stopped him in the streets for thropist, I saw—we all saw—the importance president of the Cornell Democrats. He in- photos and autographs. of building a structure that could keep push- terned in the office of New York senator But the long hours and days on the road ing the issue forward, even and especially in Daniel Patrick Moynihan and graduated were taking atoll. His son, Alek, had been the lean times.’’ from Cornell with distinction and the born in 1997 and a daughter, Hana, three Board members recognized that DC Vote’s school’s John F. Kennedy Memorial Award years later. By 2002, the wars were over and survival—and perhaps the movement’s—de- for public service. NAAC was shifting into a new phase. Zherka pended on its next choice of leader. Back in the Bronx, Zherka’s success be- was ready for a job closer to home. Ilir Zherka was born in 1965 in Montenegro, came a source of pride. Among former class- As DC Vote’s board sifted through re´sume´s then part of socialist Yugoslavia. His grand- mates, Il Rock had become Political II. in 2002, it came up with only one strike parents were farmers who had fought against During his second year at the University of against Zherka: He lived in Bethesda. (He the Italian and German occupation of Alba- Virginia School of Law, he met Linda and Linda had left their Cleveland Park nia during World War II. Disease and the rav- Kinney, a third-year student from Southern condo for a larger home just over the Mary- ages of war claimed the lives of all but one California, who would become his wife. They land line in 1999.) In the end, qualifications of their seven children—Zherka’s father, bought a condo in DC’s Cleveland Park in trumped residence. Ahmet. 1994, and Zherka landed a job as a legislative Zherka turned down an offer from a law After the war, Zherka’s grandfather aide to longtime California congressman firm for what he suspected would be a gruel- clashed with Albania’s new Communist lead- George Miller, a liberal from San Francisco. ing fight. A member of Congress he knew

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To fend off a parliamentary move to ity ‘‘Man, Ilir, DC Vote?’’ Zherka recalls the to undermine the DC voting-rights act in bar all amendments to the House bill, the congressman saying. ‘‘Either you’re really 2009, DC Vote launched Internet ads on pro-gun lobby took the unusual step of smart because you’ll have this job for life or websites in his home state. ‘‘Senator Ensign threatening to ‘‘score’’ the vote on any such you’re really stupid because you actually is focused on DC’s affairs . . . and his own— tactic; avote to disallow amendments would think you can win this.’’ where does Nevada fit in?’’ one read, alluding count as anti-gun on lawmakers’ political I asked Zherka how he responded. to Ensign’s admission of an extramarital li- scorecards. ‘‘I said, ‘I’m stupid enough to think I can aison with a former staffer. Despite months of lobbying, Zherka and win.’ ’’ The group got hundreds of residents to Norton couldn’t come up with enough votes A few months into the job, Zherka went to burn copies of their federal income-tax re- from conservative Democrats, many facing see Congressman David Bonior, a Democrat turns in Farragut Square in a ‘‘Bonfire of the reelection battles, to tilt the scales. from Michigan, which has a large Albanian 1040s.’’ It handed out tea bags labeled End Congress effectively gave Washingtonians population. ‘‘Ilir, you’ve got to give your op- Taxation Without Representation at Glenn an ultimatum: You can have your vote, but ponents something they want,’’ Bonior said, Beck’s 2010 rally on the Mall and festooned only if you give up your gun laws. according to Zherka. ‘‘Your argument can’t lawns across Capitol Hill with signs reading Among voting-rights advocates, the choice be ‘Do this because it’s the right thing.’ You Congress: Don’t Tread on DC! One of its most touched off a bruising debate. In one camp actually need to give them something that eye-catching ads depicted two firemen, one were purists outraged at the hypocrisy of they want.’’ in Maryland and one in DC. ‘‘Both will save having to surrender power in order to get it. But what, Zherka wondered, did backers of your life,’’ it said. ‘‘Only ONE has a vote in In the other camp were pragmatists who DC voting rights have to trade? glimpsed a now-or-never chance. Everyone In 2003, Congressman Tom Davis, a Vir- Congress.’’ Davis remembers Zherka during negotia- knew the clock was ticking toward the mid- ginia Republican, offered an answer: a GOP tions as an understated pragmatist. With DC term congressional elections, which were seat for Utah. Davis chaired the House com- likely to cost Democrats a crippling number mittee with District oversight and was pop- Vote, he says, ‘‘we finally had a group that wasn’t going to be partisan about it. They of seats. ular in his party. In making his case in an A gloom fell over the offices of DC Vote. interview with radio host Kojo Nnamdi, just wanted to get the job done.’’ Davis introduced the DC Fairness in Rep- ‘‘Morale was very, very low,’’ Zherka says. Davis had used all the right words: ‘‘It’s hard ‘‘The economy was tanking. A number of our resentation Act in 2004, and DC Vote went to to make a straight-faced argument that the big donors either walked away or reduced work, writing editorials and mounting public capital of the free world shouldn’t have a their donations. We had to let people go.’’ spectacles. As the bill gained traction, Nor- vote in Congress.’’ Zherka was also grappling with a string of ton and leading Democrats expressed more But DC’s Eleanor Holmes Norton and other personal losses. From 2002 to 2009, three of Democrats in Congress were skeptical. Davis support. In April 2007, DC Vote organized the big- his siblings—all in their forties—died in a had just finished a four-year stint as chair of cruel streak of sudden illnesses. gest voting-rights demonstrations in a gen- the National Republican Congressional Com- For a short while, it looked as if the bill eration. Mayor Adrian Fenty and thousands mittee, charged with electing GOP can- giving DC and Utah House seats might pass. didates to Congress. What good-faith reason of residents marched from the Wilson Build- In Apri1 2010, Norton, who had assailed the could he have for offering a heavily Demo- ing to the Capitol. Less than a week later, gun amendment the previous year, said she cratic enclave a voting seat in the House? the bill cleared the House 241 to 177, with 22 would grudgingly accept it. House majority Statehood advocates also lined up in opposi- Republicans in favor. But in the Senate it leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, tion, because the proposal did nothing about came up three votes short. vowed to move the measure to the House Heartbroken supporters turned to the 2008 DC’s lack of representation in the Senate. floor. Zherka threw his organization’s Zherka, however, saw in Davis the sort of elections. Obama’s ascension to the White weight behind Norton. champion who could rewire the GOP’s oppo- House and the Democratic takeover of Con- But on Apri116, the New York Times edito- sition to DC voting rights. In 2004, Zherka gress infused the movement with a new opti- rialized against any deal that scuttled the and a group of leaders from DC Vote’s coali- mism. ‘‘I really can’t think of a scenario by District’s gun laws, calling it ‘‘extortion.’’ tion told Davis that if he put in actual legis- which we could fail,’’ Norton told the Wash- The Washington Post’s editorial page fol- lation, they would back him. ington Post just after the election. lowed suit two days later. Support on the DC I asked Zherka if it was awkward to get be- Privately, though, Zherka warned advo- Council was cratering. Mayor Fenty had hind a proposal then opposed by Norton. cates to take nothing for granted. Davis had backed Norton’s change of heart, saying the ‘‘Absolutely, it was a little awkward,’’ retired from the House, which would make it city could undo the gun measure later. But Zherka said. ‘‘All of us recognized that Con- harder to recruit Republicans. And Utah was it was an election year, and his chief rival, gresswoman Norton’s leadership on the issue just a few years from winning a new seat then-council chairman Vincent Gray, tacked was significant and it would be hard for us to anyway through the 2010 census. in the other direction; Gray said he wouldn’t move too far forward without her support. At Very early on, Obama’s willingness to ex- sacrifice public safety, and the council lined the same time, we all concluded within our pend political capital on the issue appeared up behind him. organization that this compromise was the brittle. A few days before his inauguration, Meanwhile, liberal Democrats in the Sen- best opportunity to actually achieve rep- Obama told the Post’s editorial board that ate were threatening a filibuster of any bill resentation.’’ he backed a House seat for the District. ‘‘But with the gun amendment. DC Vote couldn’t A few minutes later, Zherka added, ‘‘I’ve this takes on a partisan flavor,’’ he said, hold its own coalition together. Two of its always been a big fan of the adage that you ‘‘and, you know, right now I think our legis- partners—the Coalition to Stop Gun Vio- can’t just keep doing the same thing over lative agenda’s chock-full.’’ Unlike President lence and the League of Women Voters— and over again.’’ Clinton—and like George W. Bush—Obama broke with the group over its support for the After arriving at DC Vote, Zherka pleaded declined to adorn the presidential limousine Norton strategy. the organization’s case to Washington foun- with Taxation Without Representation li- Then Norton reversed herself again. In a dations and soon quadrupled DC Vote’s budg- cense plates. press release, she said that after seeing et, to $1.7 million. Republicans in Congress In February 2009, the former Davis bill— ‘‘egregious changes’’ in the House gun lan- had barred the District from using public now called the DC House Voting Rights guage—allowing the open carrying of fire- money to lobby for voting rights. Zherka ob- Act—made it to the Senate floor, a first for arms—she could no longer go forward. tained a pro bono legal opinion arguing that DC voting rights in more than three decades, The 180s left DC Vote battered. And yet the ban placed no such restrictions on fund- and passed on a largely party-line vote of 61 when the legislation finally died, it was less ing for voting-rights education. He gave the to 37. disappointment than relief that Zherka says opinion to Mayor Anthony Williams, who in The euphoria was again short-lived. Sen- washed over him. Whether or not the bill 2006 authorized the first of several half-mil- ator Ensign had slipped in an amendment with the gun amendment had passed—which lion-dollar grants to DC Vote. eviscerating the city’s gun-control laws. was far from certain—it risked so dividing For DC Vote to be effective, Zherka felt, Zherka says that in the run-up to the Senate city officials, advocates, and lawmakers that Americans outside DC—Americans who had a vote, advocates had mistakenly assumed further progress on voting rights and home vote in Congress—needed to get involved. He that Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada rule might well have stalled for years. and his staff visited national organizations Democrat, would oppose the gun amend- In a series of sometimes emotional meet- to argue that they, too, had a stake in DC’s ment. But Reid was facing his toughest re- ings in the summer and fall of 2010, DC plight. Common Cause, the National Bar As- election fight ever. As a centrist from a gun- Vote’s staff, board, and coalition members sociation, and the United Auto Workers, friendly state, he couldn’t afford an unfavor- sifted through the rubble. Out of that soul- among a diverse group of others, joined its able rating from the National Rifle Associa- searching came the shift from an ‘‘inside coalition, lending their moral weight, lob- tion. ‘‘Not only did he vote for it,’’ Zherka game’’ to an ‘‘outside game’’: civil disobe- bying muscle, and hundreds of thousands of says, ‘‘but he gave Democrats’’—particularly dience aimed at embarrassing congressional grassroots members who could be called on moderates from conservative Midwestern leaders and the President and winning na- to write or phone their representatives on states—‘‘a green light to vote for it, so ev- tional sympathy. Capitol Hill. eryone piled on.’ ‘‘One of the lessons we learned from the Zherka went after hostile or wavering Con- As the bill moved to the House, the NRA fight was that we need to increase the inten- gress members in their own districts. When made clear that it was putting everything on sity of support from our allies,’’ Zherka says.

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A week later, Zherka led a few If a Republican wins in November, ‘‘all of our dozen protesters in a demonstration outside calculus will change,’’ with public protests Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise House speaker John Boehner’s Capitol Hill playing an even greater role than they do today to congratulate and applaud Meg Van apartment. Zherka accused Boehner of hy- now. Ness for receiving the Living Landmarks pocrisy for intruding in DC’s affairs while si- multaneously backing Tea Party calls for DC has grown whiter in recent years, with Award. small government. census figures last year showing blacks los- The Living Landmark Award is presented by Since the start of DC Vote’s Demand De- ing their historic majority. If race had been the Golden Landmarks Association, a non- mocracy campaign, some 76 people have been a subtext of congressional opposition to vot- profit organization which works to preserve arrested—two of them twice. ing rights, I asked Zherka, shouldn’t those historic places and educated people about the Zherka believes that for the campaign to demographic shifts, however cynically, alter wonderful history the Golden area has to offer. succeed, Mayor Gray and other local officials the political math? need to take more of a lead. But Gray, coun- Meg has been a champion in preserving and Zherka told me that they had not. The Dis- promoting the historical integrity of Golden. cil chairman Kwame Brown, and other Dis- trict remains a place that lets gay people trict officials have been embroiled in scan- marry, permits medical marijuana, and Meg Van Ness has had a passion for ar- dals that could complicate their case for funds abortion for poor women. The city’s chaeology since high school. She attended the greater independence. liberal politics is in some ways the move- University of Missouri and later the University On The Kojo Nnamdi Show last May, Gray ment’s most intractable handicap. of Northern Arizona where she received her said he saw his arrest as ‘‘reigniting’’ the Master’s in Archaeology. In 1990, six years movement but downplayed the likelihood of ‘‘If DC for some reason became more Re- a reprise. ‘‘What we’ve got to see,’’ Gray publican,’’ Zherka says, ‘‘absolutely there after she moved to Golden, Meg was ap- said, ‘‘is really a much broader commitment would be a different perspective’’ in Con- pointed to the Golden Historic Preservation on the part of the 600,000 people who live in gress. Board and remained on the board for ten this city.’’ Last May 11, a month after Mayor Gray years. Critics say Zherica has pursued too narrow was arrested, DC Vote hosted another rally. In 2000, Meg joined the Golden Planning a strategy and that his success has sidelined It was at Upper Senate Park, a leafy trape- Commission and worked with the community other voting-rights groups. Stand Up! for De- zoid across from the Capitol. to keep Golden special. Meg worked for 16 mocracy in DC, a volunteer group pressing As supporters gathered by a table piled for full statehood, was founded in 1997, a year years as an archaeological consultant, another with T-shirts and bumper stickers, Zherka, 16 years with the Colorado Office of Archae- before DC Vote. Anise Jenkins, its president in a gray suit and yellow tie, shook hands and cofounder, labeled the Utah compromise with the assurance of a seasoned politician. ology and Historic Preservation, and is cur- a ‘‘single vote’’ strategy because it did noth- A woman had brought two young boys, and rently the Regional Historic Preservation Offi- ing about Senate representation or state- Zherka patted them on the head. ‘‘Ah, look cer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She hood. at these protesters,’’ he said approvingly. continues to serve on various outreach pro- Mark Plotkin, the Fox 5 political analyst When an aide identified an older man in a and former WTOP commentator, is a fan of grams and committees in Golden. blazer and penny loafers as ‘‘our most loyal neither Zherka nor Norton. ‘‘Cairo, Syria— I am honored to congratulate Meg Van Ness online donor,’’ Zherka unfastened a DC Vote people are willing to lay down lives,’’ he on this well deserved recognition by the Gold- pin from his lapel and pinned it on the do- says. ‘‘And here our response is DC Vote? A en Landmarks Association. We all thank her nor’s. tepid, timid, timorous, establishment orga- for her advocacy for the Golden community. After the speeches, the Capitol Police ar- nization that doesn’t want to offend anybody f and, worse, is an appendage to Eleanor rested eight activists who had blocked a few Holmes Norton.’’ lanes of traffic and refused to move. HONORING JESSICA THOMPSON When four Occupy DC protesters went on a But soon the crowds and police vans were hunger strike for District voting rights in gone. Zherka was eager to get home to Be- December, Zherka issued a statement prais- thesda. His son had a series of exit inter- HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON ing their ‘‘courage and conviction’’ but views at Westland Middle School, from OF MISSISSIPPI didn’t explicitly endorse the action. which he was graduating. His daughter, a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES At recent rallies, I heard young Washing- fifth-grader at Westbrook Elementary, was Thursday, June 21, 2012 tonians express a willingness to ‘‘shut the recovering from a stomach bug. He also city down,’’ perhaps by blocking major road- wanted to catch up with his wife—a lawyer Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- ways from Maryland and Virginia. with the Motion Picture Association of er, I rise today to honor a very astute young I asked Zherka whether DC Vote would en- America—about a house they were remod- dorse such tactics. ‘‘Virginia and Maryland woman from the Second Congressional Dis- eling in Chevy Chase. (They moved in No- trict, Ms. Jessica Thompson. She has been people are family, friends, neighbors,’’ he vember.) told me. ‘‘There’s no reason to inconvenience bestowed the distinction of Salutatorian for the and punish them.’’ Just when it seemed everyone had left, a Class of 2012 of Charleston High School in Protests, Zherka said, ‘‘have to be tightly young man in shorts and a soccer shirt Charleston, Mississippi. tied to injustice and the people perpetuating pulled up on a ten-speed. ‘‘Are you with this group?’’ he asked. Jessica is an extremely hard worker, and is it.’’ Hence the demonstrations outside the devoted to academics. She has maintained a ‘‘I’m the director,’’ Zherka said. Capitol and White House, which offer not position on the Superintendent and Principal just the iconography of those buildings but The man told him he wanted to get in- Lists throughout high school. In addition to the sight of federal police—not city ones— volved but had questions: Why did the city’s carting away District residents. website give the impression that the move- honoring her academic responsibilities, Jes- The street protests seem to have chastened ment was divided, listing not just DC Vote sica has also remained dedicated to her extra- some in Congress. GOP threats last year to but two other organizations? If the District’s curricular activities. She has served as the ban the District’s needle-exchange program, population was half black, why were pro- captain of the cheerleading squad, a member undo its gay-marriage law, and permit con- testers today mostly white? of the science club, the Student Council cealed firearms were all thwarted, some- After Zherka’s long day, I wasn’t sure how Treasurer, a member of the Future Christian times by other Republicans. In November, Congressman Darrell Issa, much patience he’d have with a halfhearted Athletes organization, a National Honor Soci- the powerful GOP chairman of the House supporter who had missed much of the rally ety member, and as an usher at St. Paul Oversight and Government Reform Com- for a soccer game on the Mall. But Zherka C.M.E. Church. mittee, drafted a bill to let the District gave no air of hurry. The movement was less Jessica will be attending the University of divided than the website suggested, he said, spend its money without congressional ap- Southern Mississippi as a Lucky-Day Scholar proval, a right local officials have long and many African-Americans have turned out at other rallies. this fall, and plans to major in Kinesiotherapy. sought. (DC Vote is opposing the Issa meas- After obtaining a bachelor degree in ure for now because a provision would bar lo- ‘‘Come help us organize and help us get out cally funded abortions. But Issa has signaled the word—do we have your info?’’ Zherka Kinesiotherapy, she plans to become a phys- he is open to finding a resolution.) said, handing him a card as the sun set be- ical therapist. Jessica does not take her edu- In February, Obama released a 2013 budget hind them. ‘‘Shoot me an e-mail. We need a cation for granted, because she knows that an request that promised to ‘‘work with Con- lot of foot soldiers out here.’’ education is essential to her hopes of fulfilling

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HILLSBOROUGH’S ADOPTION OF in recognizing Ms. Jessica Thompson for her Rev. John Johns, Bishop of Virginia, called the H&H COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, unwavering dedication to education, and striv- Trinity Choir ‘‘the best in the diocese.’’ Today, 327TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST ing to improve not only her life but the lives of the Trinity Music Series features local musical BRIGADE, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVI- others. ensembles and world-renowned artists, work- SION f ing with the Virginia Arts Festival and other community organizations to provide quality HON. JACKIE SPEIER TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 250TH music services, recitals and concerts to the OF CALIFORNIA ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION public free of charge. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND WAR OF 1812 COMMEMORA- As Trinity Episcopal Church gathers to cele- Thursday, June 21, 2012 TION brate this historic milestone, the church can truly remember its past, celebrate its present, Ms. SPEIR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the HON. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT and focus on its future. I would like to con- City of Hillsborough for its adoption in 2007 of OF VIRGINIA gratulate Rev. John R. Throop, D. Min., and H&H Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES all of the members of the Trinity Episcopal Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Divi- sion. Thursday, June 21, 2012 Church on the occasion of their 250th Anniver- sary. I wish them many more years of dedi- In 1967 a soldier in Vietnam named Sgt. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise cated service to the community. Joe Artavia wrote a letter to his sister, Linda today to congratulate a storied institution of f Patterson, asking her to convince the City of faith in Virginia’s Third Congressional District. San Mateo to adopt his company. He thought This year, Trinity Episcopal Church in Ports- IN TRIBUTE TO RON PLOTKIN an adoption would lift troop morale ‘‘as high as mouth, Virginia is celebrating its 250th anni- the sky.’’ Patterson rallied the community to versary, and I would like to take a moment to HON. ELTON GALLEGLY support her brother and his comrades. Within reflect on the history of this esteemed church OF CALIFORNIA three months the San Mateo City Council and its contributions to the greater Hampton IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES passed a resolution to adopt the company. Roads community. Tragically, Artavia was killed three weeks The story of Trinity Episcopal Church begins Thursday, June 21, 2012 later rescuing a fellow soldier, and the people in 1752 with William Crawford, the founder of Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in trib- of San Mateo joined together in mourning. Portsmouth, when he designated space at the ute to a constituent and friend, Ron Plotkin, Artavia’s death solidified San Mateo’s commit- intersection of High and Court Streets for a who will be rightfully honored this weekend by ment to its adopted company and, in fact, in parish church. Between 1761 and 1762, the the Republican Jewish Coalition at its 2012 1972 San Mateo was the only city in the Vestry of Trinity Church was formed. Rev- RJC Summer Bash. United States to hold an official homecoming erend Charles Smith served as the first parish An ardent Zionist and member of the Re- parade honoring Vietnam veterans. priest. publican Jewish Coalition’s Board of Directors, Working with Patterson and the city of Bur- During the American Revolution, the church Ron has committed himself to educating the lingame, Hillsborough adopted its own com- was used by the British garrison, and Trinity’s voting public and supporting Republican can- pany of the 101st Airborne Division in 2007. old church bell was cracked celebrating Gen- didates who understand the unique relation- Since that time the city has continuously sup- eral Cornwallis’ surrender. During the War of ship between Israel, the only democracy in the ported the H&H Company, 1st Battalion, 327th 1812, Captain Arthur Emmerson III, a lay lead- Middle East, and the United States. Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne er in the congregation, was instrumental in the In addition, Ron is a highly successful Los Division, sending care packages, writing let- American victory at the Battle of Craney Is- Angeles-based international business execu- ters and supporting the families of soldiers land. During the Civil War, the crew of the tive and philanthropist who has made his mark who are deployed. ironclad C.S.S. Virginia—commonly called the in corporate marketing and advertising. As a In a few months Hillsborough’s adopted Merrimac—worshipped at Trinity before board- partner and Chief Operating Officer of TMP company will be re-deployed for another tour ing the ship to fight in the first battle of the Worldwide, he was instrumental in building the in Afghanistan. In commemoration of the 40th ironclads against the Union ship, U.S.S. Mon- company into the world’s largest ‘‘yellow anniversary of the original welcoming-home itor. pages’’ advertising agency. parade, a new parade and festival are being Over the years, Trinity continued to grow The next global move was to cofound and held to honor past and present soldiers of the and expand, and its congregation felt a great develop the largest jobs website on the Inter- 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Di- sense of community responsibility, contributing net, Monster.com. He is now Chief Executive vision (Air Assault). to the well-being of the City of Portsmouth, Officer of Directional Marketing at Monster Mr. Speaker, I ask that the House of Rep- surrounding neighborhoods and area church- Worldwide. resentatives join me in honoring the city of es. In the 1890s, Trinity founded the King’s Ron is an active investor in small tech- Hillsborough for supporting HHC 1st Brigade Daughters Hospital, which later became Ports- nology start-up companies based on unique Combat Team 101st Airborne Division (Air As- mouth General Hospital. In the 1960s, under concepts that have the potential to be cutting- sault) and its brave men and women who fill its noted Rector, the Rev. C. Charles Vache´, edge ground-breakers in very competitive its ranks, especially those who gave their lives the congregation was active in the civil rights fields. for our freedom. movement and endorsed the equality of all His career in Yellow Pages began in 1975 f persons. Its members support organizations with the L.M. Berry Co. where he held a num- such as Portsmouth Volunteers for the Home- ber of positions that progressed to sales man- YIMI SERRANO less, Oasis Social Ministry Center, and other agement at its headquarters in Dayton, Ohio. social agencies, providing breakfasts, dinners, In 1986, he became an equity partner in CPC HON. ED PERLMUTTER overnight accommodations, and financial sup- (Communications Planning Corporation) and OF COLORADO port to those in need. Trinity is best known for shortly afterward, he entered into a partner- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES its Annual Children’s Christmas Shoppe, ship arrangement with TMP Worldwide, and where hundreds of children, guided by mem- officially joined the company on July 1, 1988. Thursday, June 21, 2012 bers of the parish and community disguised as He is also an Executive Advisory Board Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise ‘‘elves,’’ can do their own shopping for loved Member of the Cabrillo Music Theatre, Inc. today to recognize and applaud Yimi Serrano ones. The Episcopal Church Women and the and a Board Member of the Association of Di- for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Brotherhood of Trinity take on additional local, rectory Marketing, Inc. Ambassadors for Youth award. Yimi Serrano national and even international community Mr. Speaker, I’m sure my colleagues join is an 11th grader at Jefferson Senior High and service projects of their own. the Republican Jewish Coalition and me in received this award because his determination

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.032 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1120 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 21, 2012 and hard work have allowed him to overcome death. Local clubs he belonged to were Norco many of our promising youth and it has taken adversities. Lions Club, Residents of Norco Urging Protec- over every urban neighborhood in the United The dedication demonstrated by Yimi tion of Rural and Animal Keeping Lifestyle, States of America. Serrano is exemplary of the type of achieve- RURAL, American Legion Post 328, Norco Every time I hear the news that one of our ment that can be attained with hard work and Historical Society, Norco Regional Conser- young sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, hus- perseverance. It is essential students at all vancy, Saddle Sore Riders, Riverside Rec- bands and wives are struck down by illegal levels strive to make the most of their edu- reational Trails, and Norco Senior Citizens and guns in the wrong hands of our misguided cation and develop a work ethic which will Pet Relief Fund. A longtime horse lover, Frank people—it pains my heart with anger. What guide them for the rest of their lives. belonged to a number of equestrian sports or- makes this very difficult for me is that it has I extend my deepest congratulations to Yimi ganizations. He was a life member of Eques- taken the life of a young man whose very Serrano for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge trian Trails, Inc., the California Horseman’s As- focus in life was to mentor his peers and oth- Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have sociation, and the Norco Horseman’s Associa- ers to provide them with a positive direction no doubt he will exhibit the same dedication tion, which he founded and served in for 18 through the principles and leadership of the and character in all his future accomplish- years as President in 1991 and Treasurer Harlem Youth Marines and with the values ments. from 1992 to 2012. and courage of the United States Marine f Frank is survived by his wife of 37 years Corp. Sharon; son Steve (Brenda) Hall, son William Since the age of 15 Ackeem has committed TRIBUTE TO FRANK HALL (Kate) Hall, and son Robert (Robin) Hall; six a tremendous amount of time and effort to the granddaughters, Kristin Hicks, Ashley Hall, Harlem Youth Marine Cadets (HYMC). Once HON. KEN CALVERT Heather Hall, Holly Hall, Vanessa Hall and Ackeem reached the age limit to serve as a OF CALIFORNIA Lauren Hall, as well as two great-grand- cadet, he remained dedicated and continued IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES daughters Joie Lynn and Abbylynn. Frank is to serve the organization through volunteer work. He took mentored young cadets, served Thursday, June 21, 2012 also survived by brother Howard (Kathleen) Hall. as a positive influence in the community, and Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to On Friday, June 22, 2012, a memorial serv- was a much needed role model to many of honor and pay tribute to a good friend of mine, ice celebrating Frank’s extraordinary life will our youth both in and outside of HYCM. Frank Hall. Frank passed away June 15, 2012 be held. Frank will always be remembered for The Harlem Youth Marines, Inc. (HYCM) in Norco, CA. A resident of Norco, CA, for 35 his incredible work ethic, generosity, contribu- provides instruction in military grooming and years, he was a pillar of the community and tions to the community and love of family. His development to students willing and eager to he will be deeply missed. dedication to his family, work, and community learn. This program has supported the youth Frank was born March 2, 1938 in Los Ange- are a testament to a life lived well and a leg- in my district for over 30 years with an empha- les. He grew up in Newport Beach, graduating acy that will continue. I extend my condo- sis on youth development through education from Newport Harbor High School and Orange lences to Frank’s family and friends; although and discipline. They also provide cadets with Coast College, with additional studies at Pa- Frank may be gone, the light and goodness the opportunity to engage in basic military skill cific State University and Riverside Community he brought to the world remain and will never training activities such as rappelling, marks- College. As a youth, he worked for his uncle be forgotten. manship, and weapons safety. The children of renting boats. Frank served the County of Or- Harlem have thoroughly benefited from this f ange from 1959 to 1995 in the General Serv- program through the development of body, ices and Environmental Management agencies IN MEMORIAM AND REMEM- mind, and spirit. Ackeem was a remarkable in the field of Right-of-Way Engineering, Prop- BRANCE OF FIRST SERGEANT testament of their success. erty Management and Facilities Planning, and ACKEEM PAUL GREEN 369TH Mr. Speaker, I know that we, the Village of served honorably in the United States Naval HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS—HAR- Harlem, will honor Ackeem’s life by ensuring Air Reserve as flight crew on anti-submarine LEM YOUTH MARINES, INC. that its young infant son, Ackeem Paul Green, aircraft from 1961 to 1969. Jr., honorable legacy remains alive. We must After retiring from the County of Orange, he HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL bring a realistic end to gun violence because it is destroying the lives of our children, fami- became involved with Norco city government, OF NEW YORK lies and communities. I ask that you and my serving as a City Councilman for 12 years and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mayor for 8 years. Frank was a visionary in colleagues join me in honoring this ambitious Norco; he maintained the community’s rural Thursday, June 21, 2012 young man and an impassioned mentor spirit while encouraging commercial and busi- Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, it is with great whose legacy shall be far remembered and ness development in the Inland region. As a sadness that I rise today to share the news of everlasting. Councilman, he held several appointed posi- a devastating loss to Harlem and the greater f tions, including Riverside Transit Agency, New York City community. We joined with HONORING PRESIDENT TED RTA, where he was Chairman in 2007; River- many family members and friends at Memorial MARTINEZ side County Transportation Commission, Baptist Church to celebrate the life of Harlem RCTC, Commissioner; Western Riverside Youth Marine Cadet First Sergeant, Ackeem ´ Council of Governments where he was Chair- Paul Green, who passed away Sunday, June HON. LINDA T. SANCHEZ OF CALIFORNIA man in 2001–2; Member of the Military Affairs 3, 2012, from a fatal gunshot wound. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Committee for the Norco-Corona Area, which On behalf of our beloved Village of Harlem, was successful in retaining the Naval Surface my wife Alma and I want to extend our most Thursday, June 21, 2012 Warfare Center in Norco; and Member of the sincere and heartfelt sympathy, support, and Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California. Mr. City of Norco Economic Development Advisory love to my beloved friend, Col. Gregory E. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Ted Council, among many others. At the time of Collins, and the entire family of the First Ser- Martinez, Jr. as the eighth Superintendent/ his death, he had been appointed by Super- geant Ackeem Paul Green. At the age of 25 President of Rio Hondo College. A Texas na- visor John Tavaglione as an additional alter- he was indeed a promising young man con- tive, Dr. Martinez has dedicated himself to nate to Riverside Transit Agency and the RTA tinuing the honorable legacy of his father to education and been a strong role model for Transportation-NOW coalition. better not only himself, but his fellow peers as Latinos in academia. It is hard to imagine that Frank would have well. Dr. Martinez has worked throughout his ca- any free time on his hands yet he always Extraordinary young men like Ackeem are a reer to insure that all students have access to found time for his community. He was a mem- rare commodity in this world and serve a high- quality higher education. In his capacity as Su- ber of many local and regional organizations, er purpose in making it a better place. First perintendent/President of Rio Hondo College including the Citizens Advisory Group at the Sergeant Ackeem Paul Green lost his life on he has been committed to maintaining fiscal Norco College, the Death Valley 49er’s Asso- the urban battlefield, from gun violence right stability while enabling student success, high- ciation, the Pacific Crest Trail Association, the here at home, while enjoying a game of bas- level learning outcomes, and the completion of Norco High School Agricultural Advisory Com- ketball with friends on a Sunday afternoon. the $245 million building program. His leader- mittee, and the California State Parks Founda- First Sergeant Green was shot in the back by ship provided a new platform for Rio Hondo tion. He was active in the Corona-Norco an illegal gun in the hands of a misguided College to utilize its resources in partnering YMCA and was President at the time of his youth. Gun violence has taken the lives of so with community and business leaders.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K21JN8.026 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 21, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1121 While at Rio Hondo College, he established Sabrina Smith, a recent graduate at Madison public lands management, and needlessly en- a community advisory committee that includes Shannon Palmer High School in Marks, Mis- cumber the President’s ability to safeguard our local school and government officials, service sissippi. Sabrina is the proud daughter of energy security. agencies, religious groups, small businesses Sharon Smith and they reside in Lambert, Mis- In a radical departure from over forty years and veteran’s groups. Our community is espe- sissippi. of successful, science-based clean air regula- cially grateful for the strong and vibrant Mathe- Her teachers consider her to be an ideal tion, this legislation would for the first time re- matics, Engineering, Science, Achievement student because of her honesty, respectful be- quire the EPA to consider industry costs when (MESA) program and outstanding Veterans havior, and hard work. Sabrina is a recipient determining what level of ozone is ‘‘safe’’ for Service Center that were established under of numerous awards including the Honor Roll, Americans to breathe—which is like a doctor his watch at Rio Hondo College. In 2010, Principal List, Superintendent List, Perfect At- changing a patient’s diagnosis based on the Under Dr. Martinez’ leadership, in 2010 Rio tendance, and special recognition from her cost of the treatment. Costs clearly matter, Hondo College launched the award-winning teachers for making the highest grades in their and they are routinely incorporated into the South Whittier Educational Center (SWEC) classes. Her class work has always exhibited scoping of compliance plans. But they should partnership that provides students from under- the highest standard of excellence. Every day never be allowed to interfere with the initial, served areas with a historically low college at- she works to better herself in school, as well scientific determination as to what is safe for tendance a real pipeline to college. as in everything she undertakes because she Americans and what is not. This kind of error Dr. Martinez’s commitment to education has understands a good education leads to suc- is further extended to the public lands provi- not gone unnoticed. Among many other hon- cess. sions of this bill, which elevate energy produc- ors and awards, Ted has been distinctly hon- Sabrina has always been involved in extra- tion over hunting, fishing, recreation, con- ored with the Outstanding President Award curricular activities. She is a former member of servation and other management uses while from the California Community College Coun- the Madison Shannon Palmer High School imposing arbitrary deadlines for the approval cil for Staff Development, the District 6 Pace- Choir, a member of the Student Council, of onshore drilling applications regardless of setter of the Year Award from the National Treasurer for the Sophomore Class of 2010, safety concerns. Finally, the President’s ability Council for Marketing and Public Relations, and Secretary for the Junior Class of 2011. to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to re- and the Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Key Award Sabrina is also a member of the National Beta spond to disruptions in our Nation’s energy from the International Honorary Society for Club where she regularly participates in its supply would for the first time be conditioned students in two-year colleges. book drives. She is a dedicated supporter of on a poorly defined new drilling plan that is f community service. Sabrina wanted to get an completely unrelated to the purpose of the AARON TATE early start on her career aspirations, so she SPR. volunteered to participate in the Quitman Mr. Chair, this is not serious legislation. It is HON. ED PERLMUTTER County School District Job Shadow Program. hastily thrown together legislative filler which Through this program, Sabrina learned valu- OF COLORADO everyone in this chamber understands is dead able hands-on professional skills such as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on arrival in the Senate. Given the magnitude punctuality, the principles of business attire of the challenges we face, we simply do not Thursday, June 21, 2012 and good grooming, problem solving, oral have this kind of time to waste. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise communication, team spirit and compromise, f today to recognize and applaud Aaron Tate for and responsibility. She believes that these are receiving the 2012 Amgen Foundation’s some of the skills that are necessary for her WILFREDO HUERTA Teacher of the Year Award. to be successful in both her career and her This award is designed to recognize and life. HON. ED PERLMUTTER honor extraordinary science teachers at the Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me OF COLORADO K–12 level who significantly impact their stu- in recognizing Ms. Sabrina Smith as Valedic- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dents through exemplary science teaching and torian of Madison Shannon Palmer High Thursday, June 21, 2012 who achieve demonstrated results in student School’s Class of 2012. learning in communities where Amgen oper- f Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise ates. today to recognize and applaud Wilfredo Mr. Tate has been a middle-school science DOMESTIC ENERGY AND JOBS ACT Huerta for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge educator for nearly ten years at Bromley East Service Ambassadors for Youth award. Charter School in Brighton, CO. His classroom SPEECH OF Wilfredo Huerta is a 12th grader at Jefferson experiences include developing and imple- HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN Senior High and received this award because menting 7th grade science and S.T.E.M. elec- OF MARYLAND his determination and hard work have allowed tive courses, sponsoring chess, middle school IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES him to overcome adversities. science, and LEGO clubs, and overseeing the The dedication demonstrated by Wilfredo Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7th grade science fair. Aaron Tate’s commit- Huerta is exemplary of the type of achieve- ment to teaching science is commendable. The House in Committee of the Whole ment that can be attained with hard work and In addition to his time in the classroom, House on the state of the Union had under perseverance. It is essential students at all Aaron is a member of the National Science consideration the bill (H.R. 4480) to provide levels strive to make the most of their edu- Teachers Association (NSTA) and Kappa for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and pro- cation and develop a work ethic which will Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in guide them for the rest of their lives. Education, where he stays abreast of the new- duction under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary I extend my deepest congratulations to est researched-based best practices in of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Wilfredo Huerta for winning the Arvada Wheat science education. Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I extend my deepest congratulations to of Defense in response to a drawdown of pe- I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- Aaron Tate for this well deserved recognition troleum reserves from the Strategic Petro- cation and character in all his future accom- by the Amgen Foundation. Thank you for your leum Reserve: plishments. dedication to the future of science in our Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chair, there are now f classrooms and your commitment to the com- 34 days left in this legislative session. We munity. could—and should—be focusing our attention HONORING STANLEY HOWELL f on serious legislation that will create jobs and HALL HONORING SABRINA SMITH make a real difference in the lives of our con- stituents. Like a long term transportation bill. HON. BARBARA LEE HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON Or preventing a doubling of student loan inter- OF CALIFORNIA est rates. Or the President’s American Jobs OF MISSISSIPPI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Instead, under the pretense of lowering gas Thursday, June 21, 2012 Thursday, June 21, 2012 prices, we are dealing with this ill-considered Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker collection of seven proposals that together today to honor the exceptional life of Mr. Stan- I rise to honor a remarkable young woman, would gut the Clean Air Act, trump responsible ley Howell Hall. ‘‘Stan,’’ as he liked to be

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.038 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1122 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 21, 2012 called, was a trailblazing public servant who vidual and a stalwart community leader, Mr. RECOGNIZING THE ‘‘BROWARD IS had the distinction of serving as one of the Stanley Howell Hall. He was a respected col- GREATER THAN AIDS’’ CAM- first African-American City Managers in the league, a beloved brother and a dear friend PAIGN ON THE OCCASION OF NA- State of California. Known as a hard-working who will be deeply missed by an extended TIONAL HIV TESTING DAY and talented colleague, a visionary consultant group of loved ones. I offer my sincerest con- and a man of great faith, Mr. Hall has left an dolences to Stan’s surviving family and to the HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS indelible mark on Bay Area communities. With many friends and associates whose lives he OF FLORIDA his passing on May 31, 2012, we look to Stan touched over the course of his incredible life. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hall’s public legacy and the outstanding qual- May his soul rest in peace. Thursday, June 21, 2012 ity of his life’s work. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I Born on June 11, 1946 to William and Hazel f Hall, Stan was the sixth child of a family of rise today to recognize the ‘‘Broward is Great- > eight children. He was named Outstanding LAKELAND COLLEGE CELEBRATES er than AIDS’’ (Broward AIDS) campaign, an Young Man of America twice by the U.S. Jr. ITS 150TH ANNIVERSARY initiative of the Broward County Health Depart- Chamber of Commerce and was a high school ment (BCHD) to raise public awareness of the honors graduate. Earning his bachelor’s in importance of knowing your HIV status and > History at San Francisco State University and HON. THOMAS E. PETRI getting tested. The launch of the Broward a master’s degree in Public Administration AIDS campaign takes place as we observe from Golden Gate University, Mr. Hall ac- OF WISCONSIN the 18th Annual National HIV Testing Day on June 27, 2012, a joint initiative between the quired a breadth of civic knowledge that he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would use throughout his career. He settled in National Association of People With AIDS Richmond, California, working as the Adminis- Thursday, June 21, 2012 (NAPWA) and the Centers for Disease Control trative Assistant to the City Manager. Eight and Prevention (CDC) aimed at promoting HIV Mr. PETRI. Mr. Speaker, I would like to con- testing. years later, he became the first African-Amer- gratulate Lakeland College for 150 years of While advances in antiretroviral treatment ican City Manager in Seaside, California. He service as an undergraduate institution of now allow people living with HIV/AIDS to have did all of this by the young age of 32. higher education. Lakeland College is a pri- longer, more productive lives than ever before, In addition to career milestones serving as vate four year liberal arts college related to the HIV continues to spread at a staggering rate. Director of Governmental Affairs for the Port of United Church of Christ located near She- Nationwide, 1.2 million people in the United Oakland, as well as City Manager for both boygan, Wisconsin—which is in my congres- States are living with HIV/AIDS, and 50,000 East Palo Alto and Hollister, California, Mr. individuals become newly infected with the Hall became a sought-after consultant. He sional district. virus each year. Furthermore, more than one founded the government advocacy and con- The college was founded in 1862 by a in five HIV-positive individuals are unaware group of German immigrants to offer a tradi- sulting business, American Service Associ- that they are infected, which not only in- tional seminary curriculum to the local commu- ates, which aided local community develop- creases their risk for developing worse health nity. Over the years, it began to host addi- ment through expertise in transportation, park- outcomes but also the likelihood of transmit- tional courses and programs of study. The col- ing and project management. ting the virus to others. Mr. Hall was also keenly committed to com- lege adopted the name ‘‘Lakeland’’ in 1956 Although HIV/AIDS knows no borders, race, munity leadership. Among his numerous acco- when the seminary program moved to Min- or gender, it has taken a particularly dev- lades and associations, he was a three-term nesota. In 1991, Lakeland opened a second astating toll on South Florida and certain President and CEO of the Bay Area Urban campus in Shinjuku, Japan, to accommodate groups. Since 2008, Broward County has had League, as well as Principal Officer of West students with international interests. the highest rate of HIV infection per-capita in Coast Infrastructure for Amtrak. He had the Today, Lakeland College serves nearly the nation. Within the past year, new HIV in- distinction of being honored by the Congres- 4,000 students and offers an 18 to 1 student fections rose by 25 percent while new cases sional Black Caucus in Washington, DC and to faculty ratio. It offers more than thirty de- of AIDS also increased significantly. In addi- received awards from the Harbon Publishing gree programs and four graduate programs in- tion, according to the BCHD, HIV/AIDS con- Co. and the Gillette Co. for Achievement in cluding education, counseling, business ad- tinues to have a disparate impact on men who Business and Professional Excellence. His ministration, and theology. Lakeland hosts a have sex with men (MSM) and black hetero- awards from Members of Congress, the State multicultural student body with students from sexual women. Assembly and the State Senate speak to the over 30 countries. HIV/AIDS can happen to anyone, but we quality of his prolific career. And most re- have the power to stop HIV and create an Lakeland prides itself on its ability to foster cently, he was recognized by the U.S. Depart- AIDS-free generation. It all begins with getting ment of the Treasury for Patriotic Service. an educational, covenantal, just, and global tested for HIV to find out your status and Active in 100 Black Men of the Bay Area community, not only at its main campus near using this knowledge to take better care of and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Mr. Hall was Sheboygan, but also at its campuses in Chip- yourself, your loved ones, and your commu- also a devoted church member. He served pewa Falls, Fox Cities, Green Bay, Madison, nity. Equally important is also knowing the sta- both Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church in Milwaukee, and Wisconsin Rapids. tus of your partner. Regular HIV testing has Richmond and Allen Temple Baptist Church, I have had the opportunity to visit the Col- been proven to save lives and reduce new in- where he sang in the chorus and built a strong lege on numerous occasions and commend fections. The Broward > AIDS campaign is a spiritual family. From his groundbreaking work retiring president Dr. Stephen Gould for his 42 vital tool to educate individuals and the com- in public service to his renowned work ethic, years of service to Lakeland. In 2002, I was munity about the realities of HIV/AIDS, why Mr. Hall never ceased to challenge himself. honored to have had the opportunity to speak they should get tested, and where testing is He was even an accomplished pianist. at Lakeland’s commencement ceremony. It is available. On a personal note, I will miss Stan’s evident that the College instills strong commu- Through the Broward > AIDS campaign, the smiles, his words of encouragement and his nity values in its students and alumni. BCHD seeks to encourage and increase HIV support. Stan held a very successful event for testing to reduce the spread of the disease as Strong institutions help make strong com- me at his home recently and he was as happy well as the stigma associated with it. The un- munities, and the people of Wisconsin, espe- as I to be with long-time friends. He proudly fortunate fact remains that many individuals cially those in the Sheboygan area, are proud showed me through his cozy house and he and communities do not talk about HIV/AIDS. of the 150 years of service that Lakeland Col- was especially delighted to show me his back- We cannot hope to eliminate the stigma and lege has provided. To recognize this accom- yard, with its beautiful fruit trees and grass. reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS if we do not plishment, Governor Walker has declared When I visited him in the hospital a few days break the silence. HIV/AIDS is not just a per- June 23 as Lakeland College Day, a well de- before his passing, he smiled. In his own way, sonal health issue, it is a community health served honor. Over 1,000 alumni will return to he communicated the depth of love for his issue and we all have a responsibility to do campus to celebrate June 21–24. friends and me—and I felt that he was at our part to protect our families, friends, and peace and ready to meet the Lord. I will miss I extend my congratulations to Lakeland neighbors. him tremendously. College on its 150th Anniversary and wish all Mr. Speaker, this National HIV Testing Day, Today, California’s 9th Congressional Dis- its faculty, staff, students, and alumni contin- I commend the Broward County Health De- trict salutes and honors an outstanding indi- ued success in their endeavors. partment and its comprehensive HIV/AIDS

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Dr. Crowe and his teachings will access to treatment and care, we know that ditional functions of sustaining theater forces never be forgotten. we can overcome HIV/AIDS. with quality of life products such as food, Mahalo nui loa (thank you very much). f warfighting equipment such as MRAPS, and f developing and fielding emerging technologies HONORING THE LADYWOOD COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM to increase force protection and quality of life BLAZERS for soldiers. HON. ED PERLMUTTER Colonel Russell and his team of soldiers, OF COLORADO Department of the Army Civilians and private HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES industry contractors created from scratch the Afghanistan redeployment process. This proc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, June 21, 2012 ess is responsible for maintaining, repairing, Thursday, June 21, 2012 Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise and removing thousands of pieces of equip- Mr. MCCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise today to congratulate and applaud the Colo- ment out of Afghanistan and back to the Con- to acknowledge the Ladywood Blazers, Michi- rado Railroad Museum for receiving the Living tinental United States or other locations where gan High Athletic Association Division II Soft- Landmark Award. United States Forces are stationed. ball Champions, from my hometown of Livonia The Living Landmark Award is presented by Colonel Russell and his team serve as the upon winning their first state title. the Golden Landmarks Association, a non- ‘‘Face to the Field’’ for the United States Army Led by Head Coach Scott Combs, the Blaz- profit organization which works to preserve Materiel Command, the United States Army ers won the Central Division of the Catholic historic places and educate people about the Sustainment Command and the 3rd Expedi- High School League and went on to defeat wonderful history the Golden area has to offer. tionary Sustainment Command, providing all Farmington Hills Mercy to earn the CHSL A– The Colorado Railroad Museum has pro- war fighters the equipment they need in the B Division championship. vided an interesting and colorful history of rail- Afghanistan Theater to fight America’s en- Ladywood came out swinging in their open- roading unique to the Western United States. emies who harbor ill-will toward freedom. ing round of district play, overpowering Livonia Railroads have been instrumental in Colo- I ask my colleagues to join me today in hon- Clarenceville, 17–0. The Blazers eliminated rado’s history by encouraging the economy, oring Colonel Michel Russell for his steadfast Dearborn Divine Child, 4–0, in the District 58 migration, and culture to flourish. In 1959, commitment to the U.S. Army, his fellow sol- final and advanced to regional competition. Robert W. Richardson and Cornelius W. diers, and his nation. We owe our freedom to First round opponent Detroit Kettering forfeited Hauck opened the Colorado Railroad Museum men like Colonel Russell, whose devotion to but the down time did not affect the Blazers as in Golden. our nation will forever be remembered and ap- they erased Center Line, 13–0 and claimed The museum houses the largest repository preciated. the Region 15 title. Advancing to quarterfinal for Colorado’s railroad history and nearly f action, Ladywood defeated St. Clair, 4–2 and 100,000 people visit the museum every year. then tamed the Wildcats of Wayland Union by RECOGNIZING DR. RICHARD In the late 90’s the museum added a climate- an identical 4–2 score in the semi-final round CROWE ASTRONOMER-IN-RESI- controlled library to house books, photo- to earn a berth in the state final. DENCE, IMILOA ASTRONOMY graphs, and corporate records and added an The Blazers had been in the state final in CENTER OF HAWAII, AND CO- authentic roundhouse and turntable to restore 2009, losing a heartbreaker to Niles. It was a FOUNDER, ASTRONOMER PRO- and maintain the historic equipment. To instill long ride home from Battle Creek as runners- GRAM—UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII in today’s youth a love for trains and railroads, up. This time Ladywood wouldn’t be denied as AT HILO The Colorado Railroad Museum offers train they shutout Saginaw Swan Valley, 4–0 and rides every weekend and hosts the Thomas hoisted the Division II State Championship the Tank Engine event every year. HON. MAZIE K. HIRONO Softball trophy on June 16, 2012 to close out The Colorado Railroad Museum is ranked OF HAWAII a stellar 39–3 season. among the top 25 Denver area historical and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, the Ladywood Blazers and cultural attractions and has been recognized Thursday, June 21, 2012 Head Coach Scott Combs, having compiled an impressive 170–31 record over the last 5 by the Smithsonian Institute, American Asso- Ms. HIRONO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to years, deserve to be recognized for their de- ciation of State and Local History, and Colo- honor Dr. Richard A. Crowe of Hilo, Hawaii— termination, achievement, and spirit. I ask my rado Historical Society for its work preserving an extraordinary man whose loss is deeply colleagues to join me in congratulating the railroad history in the Rocky Mountains. felt. For the past few decades, Dr. Crowe’s Ladywood Blazers for obtaining this spectac- I am honored to congratulate the Colorado leadership in the fields of astronomy and ular title and honoring their devotion to our Railroad Museum; I know they will work to physics and his profound love of teaching has community and country. provide an understanding and passion of rail- influenced generations of islanders throughout roads for future generations. East Hawaii and our island state. f f Dr. Crowe was a vital part of the University VIRGINIA LARSON of Hawaii at Hilo: the co-founder of the astron- A TRIBUTE TO COLONEL MICHEL omy program and the Astronomer-In-Resi- RUSSELL HON. ED PERLMUTTER dence at the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Ha- OF COLORADO waii, which is affiliated with the university. A IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. BRETT GUTHRIE beloved professor, Dr. Crowe inspired many to Thursday, June 21, 2012 OF KENTUCKY follow in his footsteps and pursue careers in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES astronomy. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Virginia Lar- Thursday, June 21, 2012 Dr. Crowe also shared his passion for as- tronomy with Hawaii Island’s younger stu- son for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Mr. GUTHRIE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to dents. His portable planetarium could be found Service Ambassadors for Youth award. Vir- honor Colonel Michel Russell, on the occasion in public school classrooms throughout Hilo, ginia Larson is an 8th grader at Moore Middle of his return home from duty in Afghanistan. helping Dr. Crowe to get students excited School and received this award because her In his role as a United States Army Brigade about astronomy. determination and hard work have allowed her Commander, Mr. Russell was uniquely re- He was committed to community and public to overcome adversities. sponsible for over 50,000 United States Army service—participating in the Hawaii County The dedication demonstrated by Virginia Soldiers, Department of Army Civilians and Band, the Kanilehua Chorale, and the local ro- Larson is exemplary of the type of achieve- contractors from private industry, a command tary club. ment that can be attained with hard work and of equivalent size to an entire Army Corps. We remember and honor Dr. Crowe, and I perseverance. It is essential students at all Colonel Russell was commander of the join with his family, friends, colleagues, and levels strive to make the most of their edu- 401st Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) dur- students in giving thanks for his life of service cation and develop a work ethic which will ing a unique period in time. As a result of the and inspiration. guide them for the rest of their lives.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.043 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1124 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 21, 2012 I extend my deepest congratulations to Vir- The staff of the Morris County Library ical device industry in my State and our nation ginia Larson for winning the Arvada Wheat (MCL), through their dedicated hard work, has as a whole. This industry is working on some Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. made the library a vibrant source of pride and of the most exciting and cutting-edge tech- I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- activity for the local community. Following the nologies in the entire health care sector and cation and character in all her future accom- passage of a bill in 1921 by the New Jersey has changed the lives of millions of Ameri- plishments. Legislature to establish county libraries, the cans. f Morris County Library was formed in 1921 by According to estimates, the medical device a public vote. With over 10,000 books industry employs approximately 430,000 na- IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF catalogued and a new book car to help their tionwide. My State is fortunate to have a vi- JACKIE JENKINS books reach the public, the library opened its brant medical device industry with nearly doors in Morristown in 1922 to serve Morris 8,000 individuals directly employed at compa- HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ County. nies, such as BD and Covidien. These compa- OF CALIFORNIA The MCL continued to grow in its early nies also support approximately 12,000 more IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years and by 1927 established a children’s in-direct jobs in my home state. Beyond pro- book section, which by the end of the year, viding quality, high-paying jobs, these busi- Thursday, June 21, 2012 saw every book in circulation checked out. nesses are responsible corporate citizens who Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. The MCL also opened its resources to the are trying to enhance the communities where Speaker, I rise to honor and recognize Jackie local community with donations of books to they are located and the people who live Jenkins of Westminster, California, who was the State Hospital at Morris Plains, Civilian there. For example, employees at BD’s plant recently selected as one of the California Conservation Corps and the Morris County in Canaan, Connecticut—which recently cele- School Employees Association’s (CSEA) top Jail. The MCL played a significant role in our brated its 50th anniversary—have served as five Members of the Year. She will receive the nation’s defense during World War II by be- mentors to the Housatonic Valley Regional award at the 86th Annual CSEA conference coming a federal depository for government High School and have contributed generously later this year. publications, as well as boasting a large col- to the United Way and other local charities. In Mrs. Jenkins has served the Westminster lection of books on U.S. defense. line with a growing body of evidence on the School District for over 25 years as a parent, The MCL grew with the times, instituting an positive impact bariatric surgery can have on through the PTA, in many classified positions, automated book catalog and circulation sys- diabetics, Covidien has worked with American and currently as the School Office Manager at tem in 1970 and a completely computerized Diabetes Association to fund new research on the largest elementary school in the district. catalog in 1987. This growth meant that a new this potentially life-changing procedure. Throughout her career, Mrs. Jenkins has ex- building was required to contain the resources Unfortunately, when the House recently con- emplified professional service to parents, stu- and accommodate the future growth of this sidered the Health Care Cost Reduction Act of dents, and staff. Not only does she expertly Morris County institution. An architectural plan 2012 (H.R. 436), the majority included an off- manage the school’s office, but she is a men- for a new library was unveiled in 1991 and by set that, according to the Joint Committee on tor to others and her high standards of service 2001 the new Morris County Library building in Taxation, would result in 350,000 fewer Ameri- are an example for other classified employees Whippany was dedicated. The new library cans receiving health care coverage. As part in the school district. contained group study rooms and public meet- of the Affordable Care Act, the Federal Gov- Mrs. Jenkins also consistently brings out the ing rooms which instantly received high de- ernment is set to provide millions of Ameri- best in each and every student. She listens to mand from the public. Their computer rooms cans with premium tax credits for the pur- them read, encourages to them to be better also were capable of hosting training courses chase of health insurance. This will not only classmates, and even helps students carefully on a wide variety of subjects. increase rates of coverage but will also lead to place their first lost tooth in a special con- Today, the Morris County Library serves lower overall health costs since more people tainer. It’s clear to everyone she encounters 487,000 people with their collection of over are insured. The offset that was included in that Mrs. Jenkins is a sensitive and caring 247,000 books and sees 521,000 borrows per H.R. 436, known as the ‘‘true-up’’ provision, confidant to all. year. In 2011 alone, their reference desk an- would have subjected these individuals to In addition to being a consummate office swered 63,815 questions, several for my of- large repayment amounts if for some reason manager, Mrs. Jenkins serves as the CSEA fice! The meeting rooms of the library have their income levels increased from the time President. In this role, she has motivated oth- also seen significant use hosting thousands of that they were actually receiving coverage to ers to serve in CSEA and built the capacity of meetings a year. The MCL continues to part- the time they filed their taxes the following the organization so it can continue to ensure ner with community organizations such as the year. This could come as a result of the indi- the success of every student in the school dis- AARP, Carol G. Simon Cancer Center and the vidual or spouse starting a new job or return- trict. U.S. Veteran’s Administration. The MCL has ing to work after school. While I could not sup- According to her school principal, Linda seen a number of awards during its history, in- port this legislation, I understand the need to Reed, and her many supportive colleagues at cluding the NJ Library Association Swartzburg reduce the medical device industry’s burden in the Westminster School District, Mrs. Jenkins Preservation Award and Librarian of the Year paying for health care reform. is a positive person that has a great sense of from the New York Times. Mr. Speaker, I believe that we can all agree humor, and always encourages everyone to The significant resources held in the library that to maintain our position as the world lead- be the best they can be. and these community partnerships would not er in biotechnology, the United States needs Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues will join be possible if not for the commitment shown to foster innovation and growth within our me in congratulating Mrs. Jenkins on this by the staff of the Library. Their work on be- health care industries. I am proud that I rep- award and thank her for her humble service half of literacy and their community has made resent a number of those companies and and dedication to ensuring that our children the Morris County Library a vital institution in hope that we will find bipartisan solutions to receive a rich and rewarding education. Morris County and New Jersey. create an environment where they will con- f Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues tinue to succeed and develop new break- to join me in congratulating the staff of the through therapies. HONORING THE MORRIS COUNTY Morris County Library as they celebrate their LIBRARY ON THEIR 90TH ANNI- f 90th anniversary. VERSARY IN TRIBUTE TO DR. DONALD f ZIMRING HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN HEALTH CARE COST REDUCTION OF NEW JERSEY ACT OF 2012 HON. ELTON GALLEGLY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA Thursday, June 21, 2012 HON. CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CONNECTICUT Thursday, June 21, 2012 Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES today to honor the Morris County Library lo- Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in trib- cated in the Township of Whippany, Morris Thursday, June 21, 2012 ute to Dr. Donald Zimring, who is retiring from County, New Jersey who are celebrating their Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, the Las Virgenes Unified School District in 90th anniversary. I rise today to recognize the value of the med- Calabasas, California, to become head of

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It is because a more respectable line of work when he 1972 San Mateo was the only city in the of their unwavering commitment to aviation joined the Las Virgenes School District as its United States to hold an official homecoming safety that over 700 million passengers a year public information officer in 1979. parade honoring Vietnam veterans. arrive safely at their destinations. From there, Don became a middle school Working with Patterson, the city of Bur- I congratulate all the professionals at teacher, school principal, assistant super- lingame adopted its own company of the 101st NATCA for their 25 years of hard work. We intendent of business services, deputy super- Airborne Division in 2003. Since that time the look forward to many more years of safety in intendent, and finally superintendent on July 2, city has continuously supported B Company, the skies. 2007. 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Bri- f He is credited with bringing the first Spanish gade, 101st Airborne Division, visiting them in immersion program to the district, instituting a IN RECOGNITION OF THE GIRL peacetime, establishing pen-pals and sending SCOUTS HEART OF CENTRAL community service requirement for graduation, care packages. increasing technology in the classroom, add- CALIFORNIA AND THE 100TH AN- In a few months Burlingame’s adopted com- NIVERSARY OF THE GIRL ing high school performance arts centers, and pany will be re-deployed for another tour in Af- renovating and expanding Lindero Canyon SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES ghanistan. In commemoration of the 40th anni- OF AMERICA Middle School, where he began his teaching versary of the original welcoming-home pa- career. rade, a new parade and festival will be held to Although Don left the classroom early in his honor past and present soldiers of the 1st Bri- HON. DORIS O. MATSUI OF CALIFORNIA career, he never left the kids. For 35 years, he gade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has taken a group of eighth graders to Wash- (Air Assault). ington, D.C., over spring break. Don believes Mr. Speaker, I ask that the House of Rep- Thursday, June 21, 2012 very deeply that students should know first- resentatives join me in honoring the city of Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in hand how their government works. Burlingame for supporting B Company, 1st recognition of the Girl Scouts Heart of Central That belief stems from an earlier career be- Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Bri- California and the Girl Scouts of the United fore the call to teaching caught up with him. gade, 101st Airborne Division and its brave States of America as they celebrate their Don traveled the world as an administrative men and women who fill its ranks, especially 100th anniversary. As Girl Scouts across the coordinator for the Los Angeles World Affairs those who gave their lives for our freedom. country and those in Sacramento gather to Council and had a front-row seat to the deci- f celebrate this remarkable milestone, I ask all sion-making processes of Secretaries of State, my colleagues to join me in honoring the Girl presidents, princes and kings. OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL Scouts’ important role nationally and in the But it was education that became his life. DEBT Sacramento community. Don credits Bernard Cohen, his seventh- and The Girl Scouts began under the guidance eighth-grade teacher at Walter Reed Junior HON. MIKE COFFMAN of Juliette Gordon Low who founded the orga- High in North Hollywood, for sparking his inter- OF COLORADO nization with a handful of girls seeking new est in teaching. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES experiences and opportunities in their commu- ‘‘Most kids get one teacher who ignited that nities. Over the last century they have grown spark and made learning exciting,’’ Don told a Thursday, June 21, 2012 to a membership of over 3.2 million girls and local paper when he was named super- Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, adults, including nearly 29,000 girls and intendent. ‘‘There wasn’t one person who on January 20, 2009, the day President 11,000 adult volunteers in Sacramento and didn’t respect him and look up to him. I Obama took office, the national debt was Central California. thought that was cool.’’ $10,626,877,048,913.08. Over the last one hundred years, the Girl Mr. Speaker, I’m sure many a Las Virgenes Today, it is $15,777,954,587,181.97. We’ve Scouts of the United States of America has student has looked up to Dr. Donald Zimring added $5,151,077,538,268.89 to our debt in provided many services to their scouts’ com- and thought he was cool, too. I am equally just over 3 years. This is debt our nation, our munities and to this country. During World sure my colleagues join me in thanking Don economy, and our children could have avoided War I, the Girl Scouts sold war bonds to help for his 37 years of professional service to Las with a balanced budget amendment. fund the war effort; the Great Depression saw Virgenes Unified School District and in wishing On this day in 1788, the Constitution of the them running food drives and volunteering in him the best in his new role at Brandeis Hillel. United States went into effect when New hospitals; they grew Victory Gardens during f Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it. World War II; they supported the civil rights IN RECOGNITION OF THE CITY OF The Constitution, which strove to form a more movement in the 1960s; and after the terrorist BURLINGAME’S ADOPTION OF B perfect Union and promote the general Wel- attacks on September 11, 2001, they reached COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 327TH fare, is being crushed by the weight of our na- out to a shaken America with special services INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRI- tional debt. to the community and for first responders. GADE, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION f With the help of parent volunteers and other adults giving their time and effort to the orga- HON. JACKIE SPEIER 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NA- nization, the Girl Scouts have been able to TIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL- grow and continue their legacy as a resource OF CALIFORNIA LERS ASSOCIATION (NATCA) for our daughters, nieces, and grand- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES daughters. They cultivate service, character, Thursday, June 21, 2012 HON. JERRY F. COSTELLO appreciation for diversity, and confidence in Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor OF ILLINOIS young girls, fostering new generations of fe- the city of Burlingame for its adoption in 2007 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES male leaders. The Girl Scouts Heart of Central of B Company, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry California provides programs that include ac- Thursday, June 21, 2012 Regiment, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Divi- tivities encouraging girls to explore careers in sion. Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the STEM fields—science, technology, engi- In 1967 a soldier in Vietnam named Sgt. recognize the 25th anniversary of the National neering and math; an outreach program for Joe Artavia wrote a letter to his sister, Linda Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA). girls in underserved rural and urban areas; Patterson, asking her to convince the city of Since its establishment in 1987, NATCA has and a Latino initiative reaching out to encour- San Mateo to adopt his company. He thought been a fierce advocate for its members and age first-generation Spanish-speaking women an adoption would lift troop morale ‘‘as high as has been a strong proponent for aviation jobs, to serve as Girl Scout leaders. the sky.’’ Patterson rallied the community to continuously working for improved working Mr. Speaker, I am honored to pay tribute to support her brother and his comrades. Within conditions and opportunities in the field for the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California and three months the San Mateo City Council over 20,000 controllers, engineers and other the Girl Scouts of the United States of Amer- passed a resolution to adopt the company. safety professionals. ica on its 100th anniversary. I am confident

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.050 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 21, 2012 that the Girl Scouts will continue to affect posi- talented athletes of the Husky Men’s Varsity Florida. He worked as a school psychologist tive change and help inspire girls across the Crew Team for their truly historic season. I and principal. As the districts first black super- nation. I ask all my colleagues to join me in wish them continued success in the future. intendent, Mr. Blocker made a name for him- honoring the Girl Scouts of the United States f self and in 2011 he was named Florida Super- of America and their outstanding service to intendent of the Year by the Florida Associa- our country. HONORING MAUREEN WIGGINS tion of District Superintendents. SHOEMAKER f Mr. Blocker has received many accolades and honors including the John M. Tiedtke Life- ZACHARY NIELSON HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON time Achievement Award from United Arts of OF MISSISSIPPI Central Florida; he was named the District HON. ED PERLMUTTER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Reading Leader of the Year by the Florida De- OF COLORADO Thursday, June 21, 2012 partment of Education’s Just Read, Florida! IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Division; named the Florida Art Education As- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- Thursday, June 21, 2012 sociations Superintendent of the Year; and re- er, I rise today to honor an advocate of lit- ceived the Florida Superintendent’s Award for Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise eracy and research communications, Mrs. Volunteer/Community Involvement. Recipient today to recognize and applaud Zachary Niel- Maureen Wiggins Shoemaker. of the Chairman’s Award from the Metro Or- son for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Mrs. Shoemaker was born in Sumner, Mis- lando Economic Development Commission, Service Ambassadors for Youth award. sissippi. She attended R. H. Bearden Elemen- Mr. Blocker has made a lasting contribution to Zachary Nielson is an 8th grader at Moore tary School (formerly West District High the economy of Orange County. His influence Middle School and received this award be- School), and graduated from West in the Central Florida community has not gone cause his determination and hard work have Tallahatchie High School in 1974. She has re- unnoticed either, he was ranked eight on a list allowed him to overcome adversities. ceived degrees from Coahoma Jr. College, of the 50 most powerful people in Central Flor- The dedication demonstrated by Zachary Jackson State University, and also received a ida and among the top 25 most powerful by a Nielson is exemplary of the type of achieve- Master’s in Elementary Education from Mis- panel of community leaders. ment that can be attained with hard work and sissippi Valley University. He served as the President of the Florida perseverance. It is essential students at all Mrs. Shoemaker’s passion for literacy led Association of District School Superintendents; levels strive to make the most of their edu- her to continue her studies in Library Science a member of the American Association of cation and develop a work ethic which will at Southern University in Louisiana. Mrs. School Administrators; Florida Association of guide them for the rest of their lives. Shoemaker has served R. H. Bearden Ele- School Administrators, and the Council of I extend my deepest congratulations to mentary School and West Tallahatchie High Great City Schools. Zachary Nielson for winning the Arvada Wheat School faithfully through her efforts to ren- Described as an ‘‘advocate of children’’, and Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. ovate and improve the technology sustain- ‘‘a teacher’s superintendent’’, Mr. Blocker was I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- ability in both libraries. able to build new schools, and replace and cation and character in all his future accom- Mrs. Shoemaker has been an asset to the upgrade 128 older facilities. With 33 new plishments. West Tallahatchie School District, due to her schools opened under his guidance and 62 re- f ability to recognize and address the dire placed or restored, Mr. Blocker reduced over- needs of the students in the Tallahatchie crowding and removed 1,000 portable class- CONGRATULATING THE UNIVER- School District. In addition, she has remained SITY OF WASHINGTON HUSKIES rooms and raised the Orange County School active in her community working with the District to an ‘‘A’’ Rating 3 years in a row. MEN’S CREW TEAM ON WINNING Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility and THE 110TH INTERCOLLEGIATE Recently by virtue of Orange County and Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids the School Board, he has been honored with ROWING ASSOCIATION CHAM- of Mississippi (SPARK). Through these part- PIONSHIPS the renaming of the Orange County Public nerships, Mrs. Shoemaker has been able to School building to the ‘‘Ronald Blocker Edu- spread her passion for literacy among sup- cational Leadership Center.’’ Mr. Blocker has HON. JIM McDERMOTT porters of all ages. worked to ensure healthy revenue that will OF WASHINGTON Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me continue to preserve the quality of education IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in recognizing Mrs. Maureen Wiggins Shoe- that the Third Congressional District and Cen- Thursday, June 21, 2012 maker for her continued efforts to support lit- tral Florida Community deserves and needs, eracy in the State of Mississippi. with his high expectations for employees and Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today f students. Mr. Blocker’ s theme of ‘‘One Vision, to congratulate the University of Washington One Voice,’’ is a message we can all truly Men’s Crew Team for winning the 110th Inter- TRIBUTE TO RONALD BLOCKER stand by. collegiate Rowing Association Championships (IRAs) on June 2, 2012. HON. CORRINE BROWN f From the moment that they began their OF FLORIDA PERSONAL EXPLANATION grueling training, the University of Washington IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Huskies exemplified sportsmanship, athleticism and perseverance. Their discipline Thursday, June 21, 2012 HON. ROBERT T. SCHILLING was rewarded when the Huskies won all five Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on be- OF ILLINOIS events at the IRAs—the first time in IRA his- half of the constituents of the Third Congres- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tory that a single program has swept five sional District of Florida and myself, I rise now races. This victory marks the first time in more to offer tribute to the career and success of Thursday, June 21, 2012 than 70 years that the Huskies have won con- my friend, Mr. Ronald Blocker, who served as Mr. SCHILLING. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, secutive national titles, and it finishes a sea- the Superintendent for Orange County Public June 18, 2012, I attended a visitation in the son where the Huskies won every race in Schools for the past 12 years. A visionary and 17th District of Illinois and was unable to cast which they competed. scholar Mr. Ronald Blocker is a true leader of my vote for rollcall Nos. 379 and 380. The Men’s Varsity Eight—Sam Ojserkis, the Central Florida Community, and the great Had I been present, I would have voted Dusan Milovanovic, Alex Bunkers, Ryan State of Florida. ‘‘yea’’ on the bill by Senator MIKE LEE, S. 684, Schroeder, Mijo Rudelj, Sebastian Peter, Sam We are encouraged by Mr. Blocker’ s ac- to provide for the conveyance of certain par- Dommer, A.J. Brooks, and Robert Munn—eas- complishments while serving as the super- cels of land to the town of Alta, Utah, which ily surpassed the standing record for the IRA intendent since July 2000; it was under his passed by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of championship. In fact, every Husky boat also leadership that the graduation rate in Orange 383–3. set a championship record on their way to vic- County, Florida, is at the highest level it has I would also have voted ‘‘yea’’ on the bill by tory. ever been with the dropout rate at the lowest. Senator CARL LEVIN, S. 404, to provide for the As we celebrate the long tradition of crew at A man dedicated to education, Ronald Blocker conveyance of certain parcels of land to the the University of Washington, I want to com- earned degrees in educational leadership and town of Alta, Utah, which also passed by an mend Coach Michael Callahan, and all of the counselor education from the University of overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 380–0.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.054 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 21, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1127 HONORING THE 125TH ANNIVER- IN HONOR OF MR. BLAISE J. ment of a professional and competent acquisi- SARY OF THE CHARTERING OF DURANTE, DEPUTY ASSISTANT tion force. Countless leaders today call him, THE BOROUGH OF SOUDERTON SECRETARY FOR ACQUISITION ‘‘Mentor’’. He partnered with the Defense Ac- INTEGRATION, OFFICE OF THE quisition University to better train program ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE managers and led his team to develop a com- HON. CHARLES W. DENT AIR FORCE FOR ACQUISITION prehensive Career Field Education and Train- ing Plan that provided a roadmap for our OF PENNSYLVANIA HON. C. W. BILL YOUNG young men and women to develop into the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FLORIDA knowledgeable leaders of tomorrow. In 2008, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he correctly identified a significant gap in lead- Thursday, June 21, 2012 ership training for entry and intermediate level Thursday, June 21, 2012 Mr. DENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to program office personnel, and launched the Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on the Acquisition Leadership Challenge Program. honor the 125th Anniversary of the chartering occasion of his retirement, I want to take this Since its inception, this program has grad- of the borough of Souderton, Pennsylvania opportunity to honor Mr. Blaise J. Durante for uated over 4000 Air Force acquisition leaders, and to pay tribute to the many contributions its his 45 years of dedicated service to our coun- and provided them with critical leadership inhabitants have made to the cultural fabric of try. In his most recent assignment, he served training previously only available to senior eastern Pennsylvania. as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisi- managers. As further evidence of his dedica- Charted in 1887, Souderton’s rich history tion Integration, in the Office of the Assistant tion to professional development, Mr. Durante actually began when the first inhabitants, the Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. In is a founding member of the Aerospace and Lenni-Lenape or the Delaware Indians settled this role, Mr. Durante oversaw the integration Defense Advisory Board for the College of the area. They were some of the first native of Air Force research, development and acqui- Business Administration at the University of peoples to come in contact with Europeans in sition budget formulation and execution, and Tennessee. He has since inspired the creation the early 1600’s. The land that today com- directed streamlined management team activi- of the nation’s only Executive Master of Busi- prises Souderton was originally purchased by ties, including acquisition reform and reduction ness Administration program designed for William Penn from the Lenape. The first wave in total ownership cost efforts. Mr. Durante di- aerospace and defense professionals, and of European settlers were Welsh immigrants rected the development of acquisition policy sponsored over 48 military and civilian Airmen who gave Souderton the name of Welshtown. and served as the Chief Financial Officer for for this unique program. They were followed by German Mennonites in the Air Force modernization accounts, man- Mr. Durante is also known for his dedicated championing of continuous process improve- the early 1700’s and by 1750 they would oc- aging all acquisition reporting systems along with the Air Force’s international research, de- ment (otherwise known as CPI). Over the past cupy most of the land. Some claim Souderton velopment and analysis programs. In over four few years, he served as lead for several initia- got its name from one of its early settlers, decades of active duty military and civil serv- tives under the Secretary of the Air Force’s Henry O. Souder, but in fact the North Penn ice, he has held numerous director positions, ‘‘Acquisition Improvement Plan’’ and ‘‘CPI railroad company gave the location its name in leading both Air Force acquisition plans and 2.0’’. He successfully filled civilian acquisition 1863 to differentiate between the borough and policy, and joint service programs. Mr. Durante vacancies across the Air Force, increased ci- the village of Soudersburg in Lancaster Coun- retired from the Air Force at the rank of Colo- vilian and military authorizations, balanced the ty. nel in May 1992 after 25 years of active duty mix of General Officers and Senior Execu- While established as primarily an agricul- and was appointed to the Senior Executive tives, and provided 30 percent more training tural community, the railroad’s arrival in 1857 Service in 1992. A native of Everett, Massa- opportunities for acquisition personnel. To sta- encouraged rapid growth in the community. chusetts, Mr. Durante began his career in the bilize the acquisition budget and instill financial Textile and cigar factories brought prosperity Air Force in 1966 after receiving his commis- discipline in acquisition programs, Mr. Durante and new populations to the borough. The bor- sion through the Officer Training School and directed a significant increase in cost esti- ough’s initial bank, Univest Corp. of Pennsyl- graduating from Northeastern University. His mating confidence levels and established real- vania, was established in 1876 and remains active duty career included assignments to the istic baselines for cost, schedule and perform- an active and vital part of the community Air Force Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Air ance. He directed the analysis of contractor today. Force Systems Command, Electronic Systems overhead rates and tied contractor profits di- Command, and Headquarters, United States rectly to their performance. He worked directly When it was charted as a borough in 1877, Air Force. with a number of industry partners to refine Souderton had a population of 600 people. In Success has followed Mr. Durante through- accounting and reporting processes to im- 1879, the first church in the community, the out his career, and he is known as the Air prove accuracy and reduce long-term costs to Souderton Mennonite Meetinghouse, opened Force’s premier troubleshooter for acquisition the government. Under CPI 2.0, he also sim- on Christmas Day, and the first school in challenges. As just one example, when the plified cumbersome bureaucracy and reduced Souderton opened its doors that following Department of Defense cancelled the Tr-Serv- oversight to provide acquisition programs year. The population had tripled by 1910. Citi- ice Standoff Attack Missile program in 1995 more stability. zens were able to access the nearby bustling and the contractor subsequently filed a $1.3 Finally, Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw city of Philadelphia via railroad on the North billion contractor claim, the Air Force hand- your attention to Mr. Durante’s dedication to Penn lines, while the nearby community of picked Mr. Durante to lead a tiger team that success in our overseas conflicts. He person- Perkasie was connected by the Liberty Bell aided the General Counsel’s office in eventu- ally drove the creation of the Iraqi and Afghan Trolley service. The first automobile arrived in ally reaching an extremely favorable $58.5 mil- Transportation Networks as a method of ad- town on May 1st, 1903, and residents soon lion settlement. vancing Counterinsurgency Operations, while began enjoying pleasant rides down Main Mr. Durante has held his most recent post minimizing the exposure of our troops to road- Street, formerly known as Possum Lane. The since 1994, during which time he has had a side bombs. This unique endeavor established borough’s population doubled again by 1940. significant impact on Air Force acquisition a consortium of tribally owned and operated Following World War II, the demand for ex- processes and execution. His Directorate was transportation companies that collectively pro- pensive labor in the textile industry declined responsible for integrating the Air Force’s $40 vide secure, dependable transportation serv- but the community remained vibrant. Today, billion annual Air Force modernization budget, ices throughout hostile territories. This method Souderton is mostly a quiet, family-oriented which accounted for nearly 30 percent of the was used in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and residential community. total Air Force budget. In this role, he mon- the program is estimated to have taken 3.5 itored performance of the Air Force’s 400 plus To commemorate their 125th Anniversary, soldiers and 2.5 gun vehicles off the road for program portfolio to achieve maximum effi- every 10 Network trucks in service. This is Souderton borough is hosting a year-long ciency for limited funding. In fiscal year 2011 truly an amazing success and deserves proper celebration that has included a community alone, he executed over 255 actions valued at recognition. clean up day, a parade and fireworks show, $2.195 billion to fully fund priorities and sup- Mr. Speaker, Mr. Durante leaves a legacy of historical trolley tours, and a memorial picnic. port our ongoing Overseas Contingency Oper- integrity, innovation, and dedication to those Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join ations. who serve. I ask that my colleagues join me me today in recognizing the 125th Anniversary For over four decades, Mr. Durante has in expressing our sincere appreciation to Mr. of the Borough of Souderton, Pennsylvania. been a passionate advocate for the develop- Durante for his outstanding service to this

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.058 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1128 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 21, 2012 great Nation and the United States Air Force. A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF RUTH nam and participated in more than 40 combat His exemplary character and selfless service KISAKO KAMEI operations and fought for seven consecutive have resulted in a career of which he and his years without respite. family can be very proud. I wish them the very HON. ANNA G. ESHOO In 1991, they again played a vital role as best as they face new challenges in the com- OF CALIFORNIA part of the largest helicopter air-assault mis- ing years. Mr. Durante consistently conducted IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sion in military history during Operation Desert Storm. They have since taken part in peace- himself in a professional manner, which Thursday, June 21, 2012 keeping operations throughout the world. In brought great credit upon himself and the Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Iraq, they played a central role in Operation United States Air Force. I know my fellow honor Ruth Kisako Kamei, a 50 year resident Iraqi Freedom, and in 2007, they were sent to Members of the Senate will join me in thank- of Mountain View, California, who died at the the city of Tikrit, a safe haven for terrorist or- ing him for his commitment to this Nation and age of 91. She was a loving wife, a devoted ganizations. in wishing him all the best in the future. mother, a doting grandmother, a beloved sis- In 2010 they were deployed to some of the ter, and a community leader. most violent territories in Afghanistan and suc- f Ruth Kamei was born in Mayfield, California, cessfully carried out missions that prevented on September 20, 1920 to Niro Nishimoto and insurgents from carrying out violent acts TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT Kisaye Murakami. She was a graduate of Fre- against civilians and military targets. The sol- mont High School in Sunnyvale, California. diers of the Bastogne Brigade Combat Team Before World War II, Ruth met and married will soon be re-deployed to Afghanistan where HON. LOU BARLETTA her husband of 70 years, Kenzo. During the they will continue performing with valor, risking war, Ruth was interned in Heart Mountain, OF PENNSYLVANIA their lives to help make our own country more Wyoming where she worked in the camp cafe- secure. Many of them will be on the front IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES teria. Once the war was over, Ruth and Kenzo lines, doing foot patrols, creating security and settled in Mountain View, California and found- Thursday, June 21, 2012 interacting with Afghan civilians. ed Kamei Nursery, specializing in cut flowers. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the House of Rep- Ruth was a very active member of the Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor resentatives join me in honoring the brave sol- Mountain View Buddhist Temple, participating diers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st the Tobyhanna Army Depot, which will cele- in the Buddhist Women’s Association and a brate its 100th anniversary on June 23, 2012. Airborne Division (Air Assault), especially member of the original Temple Choir. She was those who gave their lives for our freedom. In the summer of 1912, the Army arrived in also a member of the Ikenobo School of f Tobyhanna, PA and established a temporary Ikebana. She also enjoyed gardening, Japa- artillery training camp under Major Charles P. nese cooking and needlework. IN RECOGNITION OF DR. RAY Summerall, Commander of the 3rd Field Artil- Ruth is survived by her husband, Kenzo, BRASWELL, SUPERINTENDENT her sister Mary Sasaki, her son Kenneth, and lery at Fort Myer, Virginia. Based on the OF THE DENTON INDEPENDENT daughters Eileen and husband Robert Eng, SCHOOL DISTRICT camp’s success, Congress authorized the Judy and husband Steve Inamori, grand- Army to purchase land to create a permanent children Ami, Ellen and Jonathan Kamei, HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS camp in 1913. Since then, it has been a mili- Emily Eng Holbrook, Laura Eng Derdenger OF TEXAS tary testing facility, a prisoner-of-war camp, and Julia Eng, Bradley, Gregory and Kathryn IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and, since 1953, an Army facility that repairs Inamori, and numerous nieces and nephews. communications equipment for all branches of She was preceded in death by her brother Thursday, June 21, 2012 the military. Yoshio Nishimoto, and sisters Nobuko Kurotori Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to Today, Tobyhanna Army Depot is the larg- and Grace Kashima. recognize the leadership of Dr. Ray Braswell Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me est full-service electronics maintenance facility as Superintendent of the Denton Independent in celebrating the life and accomplishments of School District (DISD) for the last 14 years. in the U.S. Department of Defense. With a re- Ruth Kamei and offering our deepest condo- gional economic impact of an estimated $4.4 After 33 years of distinguished service with lences to her family. Denton ISD, he is retiring. billion and more than 5,400 employees, f Dr. Braswell has led the transformation of Tobyharma Army Depot is Northeastern Penn- IN RECOGNITION OF THE 1ST BRI- Denton ISD from a small school system to a sylvania’s largest employer. Its presence alone large district with progressive and dynamic in- creates 19,300 regional jobs. In addition, GADE COMBAT TEAM, 101ST AIR- BORNE DIVISION (AIR ASSAULT) structional programs. The population of the Tobyhanna Army Depot employs an additional district more than doubled and has also added 300 personnel who permanently work at ‘‘for- 20 schools and four other facilities. ward repair activities,’’ supporting our military HON. JACKIE SPEIER Braswell was named one of the Top Five personnel around the globe. OF CALIFORNIA Superintendents in Texas in 2003 and 2009. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tobyhanna Army Depot is the Department During his tenure as superintendent, account- Thursday, June 21, 2012 of Defense’s recognized leader in the areas of ability test scores have improved every year and Denton ISD has twice attained the pres- automated test equipment, systems integration Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor tigious recognized status from the Texas Edu- and downsizing of electronics systems. The the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), also known as the Bas- cation Agency. One of Dr. Braswell’s proudest Army has designated Tobyhanna as its Center togne Brigade Combat Team. This brief recita- accomplishments was the opening of the Ad- of Industrial and Technical Excellence for tion of the history of these soldiers barely vanced Technology Complex for the juniors Command, Control, Communications, Com- does them justice. and seniors of Denton ISD in 2006. This com- puters, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Recon- The Bastogne Brigade Combat Team fought plex has afforded over 3,000 students the op- naissance (C4ISR), and Electronics, Avionics in World War I and it was the first American portunity to attain certifications, technical skills, and Missile Guidance and Control. The Air expeditionary force to penetrate the Hinden- and credit for college level courses in such Force has designated Tobyhanna as its Tech- burg Line, a vast system of defenses built by varied fields as health occupations, media nical Source of Repair for command, control, the Germans in northeastern France. Among technology and cosmetology. communications, and intelligence systems. many historic contributions during World War In 1979, Dr. Braswell began his long career II, the Bastogne Brigade Combat Team played with the Denton ISD. He served as an interim Mr. Speaker, for the last 100 years, the a vital role in Operation Overlord in 1944, the superintendent and associate superintendent Tobyhanna Army Depot has been an incred- largest seaborne invasion in history. Later that before being named superintendent in 1998. ible asset for Northeastern Pennsylvania and year, they were part of the airborne invasion Dr. Braswell had been the executive director the United States. Therefore, I commend all of Holland and secured control of supply for policy, planning and evaluation, executive those personnel—military and civilian—who routes and bridges in the German-occupied director of research and development and di- have faithfully served our community and our Netherlands. rector of secondary education. He also served country while stationed at the Tobyhanna In 1964, the 1st Brigade Combat Team, as associate principal and assistant principal Army Depot. 101st Airborne Division was deployed to Viet- at Denton High School. Dr. Braswell’s sincere

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.059 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS June 21, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1129 compassion and strong rapport with his staff for conservation and public service has con- Currently, Mrs. Henry is the Founder and and students has helped him build and main- tributed immensely to the betterment of our Artistic Director of the C.H.A.R.M. School, a tain strong partnerships within the district. community and I am proud to call him a fellow private music studio for voice and piano stu- On behalf of the Denton Independent community member, American and friend. I dents in Thomasville, Georgia. This studio School District, faculty members, students, know that many community members are serves as a preeminent training center for fu- family and friends, I would like to congratulate grateful for his service and salute him as he ture musicians and artist performers. In con- Dr. Ray Braswell on his many years of public retires. junction with her musical commitments at the service, his accomplishments, and his commit- f ment to Denton ISD. I am honored to rep- C.H.A.R.M. School and at First Missionary resent Denton ISD and the 26th District in the EMPOWERING LOCAL PARTNERS Baptist Church, Mrs. Henry also serves as the U.S. House of Representatives. TO PREVENT TERRORISM ACT Music Director of Bethany Congregational OF 2012 f Church in Thomasville, Georgia. TRIBUTE TO JOHN SCHATZ HON. YVETTE D. CLARKE Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in paying tribute to Mrs. Carolyn Henry, a be- OF NEW YORK loved educator, magnificent vocalist and out- HON. KEN CALVERT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES standing role model, as she and her loved OF CALIFORNIA Thursday, June 21, 2012 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ones celebrate her many years of musical Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, achievement and dedicated community service Thursday, June 21, 2012 this bill, the Empowering Local Partners To on behalf of First Missionary Baptist Church Prevent Terrorism Act of 2012, is enacted pur- Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and the Thomas County, Georgia community. honor and pay tribute to an individual whose suant to the power granted to Congress under dedication and contributions to the community Article I of the United States Constitution and Enjoy your anniversary celebration Mrs. of Orange County, California are exceptional. its subsequent amendments, and further clari- Henry! May God continue to bless you and Orange County has been fortunate to have dy- fied and interpreted by the Supreme Court of may you have many, many more years of mu- namic and dedicated community leaders who the United States. sical excellence. willingly and unselfishly give their time and tal- f ent to make their communities a better place IN HONOR OF MRS. CAROLYN f to live and work. John Schatz is one of these HENRY OF THOMASVILLE, GEOR- HONORING RICKY DIXON individuals. On Friday, June 29, 2012, Schatz GIA will end his tenure as the General Manager of the Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD) after 35 years of service to the community. HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON OF GEORGIA Schatz graduated from the University of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MISSISSIPPI Redlands with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and received a Thursday, June 21, 2012 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Juris Doctor from Western State University Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, it is Thursday, June 21, 2012 College of Law in Fullerton in 1989. In 1998 my honor to extend my personal congratula- Schatz was appointed by the State Legislature tions to Mrs. Carolyn Henry, a beloved citizen Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- to the Commission on Local Governance for of Thomasville, Georgia, who will be cele- er, I rise to honor a remarkable gentleman, the 21st Century. From 2000 to 2004, he brating her 31st year as the Minister of Music Ricky Dixon. He was born April 7, 1994, in served as an instructor on ‘‘Water Policy in and 51st year as a member of the First Mis- Greenville, Mississippi. He is the proud son of Southern California’’ at the University of Cali- sionary Baptist Church in Thomasville, Geor- Ms. Hevonne Dixon and Mr. Collis Grisby. fornia at Irvine. He was also a member of As- gia. On June 23, 2012, Mrs. Henry’s relatives, sociation of California Water Agency’s State friends, colleagues and church family will pay Ricky’s mother has truly been an inspiration Legislative Committee for several years. tribute to her for her outstanding musical stew- to him. While raising Ricky, she obtained her Prior to becoming General Manager of ardship and years of dedicated service at First college degree while also working a full time Santa Margarita Water District, Schatz was Missionary Baptist Church. job. It was this example that inspired Ricky to the General Manager of Jurupa Community Mrs. Henry is a graduate of Fort Valley always strive for greatness regardless of his Services District (JCSD) in western Riverside State University where she received her bach- circumstances. County from 1984 to 1994. Before joining elor’s degree in Music Education. Following Ricky is very competitive and a high aca- JCSD, he worked in a variety of positions, in- her graduation from Fort Valley State Univer- cluding Administrative Manager, for the Ran- sity, Mrs. Henry enrolled in Valdosta State demic achiever; his test score on the Algebra cho California Water District in Temecula from University where she would receive her mas- I state exam for the State of Mississippi sub- 1977 to 1984. ter’s degree in Music Education. She attended ject area test ranked him in the top ten per- At SMWD, Schatz established a culture of the University of Georgia for advanced studies centile among high school students in the efficiency. Among his accomplishments were in Vocal Pedagogy and received training in State of Mississippi. The following year he doubling the number of connections while re- Choral Conducting from renowned conductors was inducted into the National Honor Society. ducing staffing from 163 to 122 employees by Rodney Eichenberger and Dr. Andre Thomas In 2010, Ricky began his junior year in high emphasizing cross-training and expanding the of Florida State University. use of technology. During his tenure, Schatz As an advocate for quality education and school at Rosa Fort High School. During this helped keep SMWD’s services affordable by sound musical training for our nation’s school time, he had the privilege of traveling to holding the line on rate increases while finding children, Mrs. Henry served as a public school Washington, DC, to attend the Al Neuharth cost-saving solutions. In the last 15 years, the music teacher for 37 years in both Thomas Free Spirit Journalism Conference. This expe- District has raised rates only twice and de- County and Berrien County, Georgia. Over the rience broadened Ricky’s knowledge and creased its rates six times. It has reaped an course of her teaching career, Mrs. Henry also opened his eyes to what the world has to offer additional $1 million in annual revenues and served as the Director of the Community Choir in terms of career opportunities. However, al- saved ratepayers $6.9 million. Under Mr. at Thomas University and as an Adjunct Music though Ricky knows that his education can Schatz’s leadership, SMWD recently partnered Instructor at Georgia Southwestern University. offer him opportunities around the country, he To go along with her many academic and with four other water agencies to complete the wants to return to Rosa Fort and teach Alge- $54 million Upper Chiquita Reservoir, creating music education accomplishments, Mrs. Henry bra I so other students can go anywhere and the largest domestic water reservoir built in has received acclaim as a vocalist and music south Orange County in 45 years while help- administrator. She is an original member of be successful. ing to preserve the county’s open space. the world renowned Georgia Mass Choir and Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me In light of all John Schatz has done for the she was selected as one of the choir mem- in recognizing Mr. Ricky Dixon as the Salu- community of Orange County, it is only fitting bers to perform in the movie, ‘‘The Preacher’s tatorian of Rosa Fort High School’s Class of that he be honored for his many years of dedi- Wife,’’ starring Whitney Houston and Denzel 2012. cated service. John Schatz’s tireless passion Washington.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 05:31 Jun 22, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21JN8.063 E21JNPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1130 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 21, 2012 RECOGNITION OF THE 70TH ANNI- In 1942 Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed abiding people. Some of them served in the VERSARY OF THE EVACUATION Executive Order 9066, calling for the exclusion military and fought in Europe. AND INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE and internment of all Japanese Americans on Most Japanese Americans chose to remain AMERICANS the West Coast. Kiyo Yoshimura was one of silent about their experiences at internment the people interned. In 1942 government offi- camps, but it had a lasting impact on them. HON. JACKIE SPEIER cials ordered Yoshimura and her family to The government took their homes and their OF CALIFORNIA board a bus, without telling them where it possessions. They had to find new jobs, build IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would take them. new communities and pick up the pieces of They arrived at Tanforan, a horse stable, their broken lives. Thursday, June 21, 2012 where they would live for about six months be- Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to com- fore being shipped off to a more permanent in- In 1988 Ronald Reagan signed legislation memorate the 70th Anniversary of the evacu- ternment camp in Utah. At Tanforan they lived apologizing for the internment of Japanese ation and internment of Japanese-Americans behind barbed wire, smelling the manure from Americans. The law stated that government during World War II. the horses that had previously inhabited the actions were based on race prejudice, war The philosopher George Santayana once same space. They were denied the dignity of hysteria and a failure of political leadership. said: ‘‘Those who cannot remember the past privacy as they bathed or used the bathroom Japanese Americans received reparations. are condemned to repeat it.’’ Yet, during war- in public latrines. They were treated like en- Mr. Speaker, I ask that the House of Rep- time, our nation repeatedly sacrifices civil lib- emies of the state and debased like animals. resentatives join me in commemorating the in- erties to appease unwarranted fears. As the The United States government interned ternment of Japanese Americans during World United States fought against tyranny abroad, 8,000 families at Tanforan, and 120,000 peo- War II. During this dark period of our nation’s our government detained American citizens of ple of Japanese ancestry were sent to intern- history fear eclipsed freedom and as national Japanese descent, solely because of their ment camps along the Pacific Coast. These leaders, it is our duty to ensure that this never race. Japanese-Americans were hardworking, law- happens again.

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