E788 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 20, 2014 For all in you we see their faces girls and Little Soldiers, portunities for excellence, drawing on his own boys . . . your new mission so is this . . . experiences as a student who struggled in As all their love for you their hearts con- To march on and tell heartache goodbye! school and at home. veyed this! And that’s a direct order coming from above! Mr. McComb’s colleagues describe him as And you are America’s future, Your Mothers and Fathers who are Angels deeply compassionate. He describes his her most important part this! all in their love! But Heroes you should not have to be! So put a smile on your face! teaching philosophy as ‘‘kids before content But, sometimes this must be! And dream all those dreams your Moms and and love before all.’’ He likes to say that he Remember this my dear child, Dads knew that you’d create! does not teach English, but rather teaches our Lord watches over you the while! And make them all up in Heaven so proud students English. And all the Angels too high up above, this day! Mr. McComb has been instrumental in en- watch over you all in their love! Because on the day you were born . . . couraging middle-achieving students to im- So wipe away all those tears, The one wish all in their hearts so warmed! prove their work habits and academic skills as and be happy while you are here! Was that you would grow up to be happy and the coordinator of the school’s Advancement Because the greatest thing your parents strong! Via Individual Determination (AVID) program. wanted to see! So make all of parents dreams come true Was for you to grow up strong like a tree Remarkably, 98 percent of AVID students in ... the last two of Patapsco’s graduating classes ... Be happy and live a long life for all of them And be happy . . . and all of you! were admitted to 4-year colleges. The pro- And be all that you could be! For you were all your parent’s greatest love gram helped Patapsco, for the first time in its My Little Women! songs! 50-year history, receive recognition as a top My Little Men! The ones who prayed for you all day and high school from The Washington Post and Just like your Mothers or Fathers it’s time night long! US. News and World Report. McComb also for you to begin! And when you smile, teaches the value of service, working on Its time to so take a stand! remember your parents smile too! projects with students that help feed the hun- It’s time for you to march on once again! As up in Heaven they so smile so all along gry in the community. It’s time To Be A Champion! with you! Just like all of them . . . . Mr. Speaker, education is about more than And remember the rest of your family too so textbooks and syllabuses. The best teachers Your parents your best friends! needs you! Your Moms and Dads who were Heaven sent! And just like your Moms and Dads, give us much more—like inspiration, con- Who were our Nation’s greatest of heroes and Little Soldiers you all must be heroes too! fidence, and compassion. Teachers like Mr. friends! So be happy, McComb touch the lives of young people and For it’s time for you to be strong! and do all those things that children do! provide them with the knowledge and support It’s time for you to lift up your little heads Now there’s an Angel up in Heaven with this they need to become future leaders. I ask you and hearts and march on . . . direct order for you! to join me in congratulating Mr. Sean McComb Just like your Mothers and Fathers to take Be happy and live long and march on! command! on this remarkable achievement and wish him And when their comes a gentle rain, For you were the Best Thing they ever had! many more years of success. their tears of love shall wash down upon you And the Best Part of Them be glad! f to ease your pain! As you carry them with you every each step And you won’t have to cry no more! you take! HONORING THE FORT SNELLING Little Soldiers! So leave all of that sorrow all in your wake! MEMORIAL RIFLE SQUAD ON My dent boys and girls, Mount up Little Soldiers! THE OCCASION OF ITS 35TH AN- you are the future of our world . . . Just like your parents there is a war to be NIVERSARY As Heroes our children should not have to be won . . . there are hills to so take! ... Mount Up, For yourself and your Mom’s and Dad’s I ask HON. JOHN KLINE there’s so much more to be done! you please, OF MINNESOTA To defeat the sadness, find the grace and the peace! IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES And catch that smiling disease! for yourself and your Moms and Dads you Tuesday, May 20, 2014 must win this one! At Ease! Yea, I know you miss them so! Dismissed! Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to And it hurts you wherever you go! f commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Min- And I know it makes you cry, nesota’s own Fort Snelling Memorial Rifle another day together you will not realize! HONORING MR. SEAN MCCOMB Squad. It too makes me cry! Thirty-five years ago this June, six Min- But remember you and carry your most he- HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER nesota veterans volunteered to provide the roic parents deep down inside! OF MARYLAND Memorial Rifle Squad’s inaugural burial honors It’s time for you to march on and try . . . IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for a fellow Minnesotan at Fort Snelling Me- Just like the greatest loves you’ll ever have! morial Cemetery. Inspired by these six men, To Be A Hero and a Champion, Tuesday, May 20, 2014 just like your Mom’s and Dad’s! 20 more veterans answered the call to duty in Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, it is 1979 and became the Rifle Squads’ charter And Be A Kid, with great honor that I rise before you today a do all of those happy things which made members. them glad! to congratulate Baltimore resident and Second Over the last 35 years, the Memorial Rifle For you still have brothers and sisters, District constituent Sean McComb for being Squad has seen its ranks swell to a roster of moms and dads, chosen as the 2014 National Teacher of the 123 active members, 114 retired members, enjoy the time together you have . . . Year. Just 30 years old and with only eight and 156 eternal members. Among its active And remember as you lay your heads down years of experience, Mr. McComb is one of members are veterans of World War II, the to sleep . . . the youngest teachers ever to be selected for Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, and An Angel watches over you so to keep! this incredible honor. Peacetime Veterans. To protect and love you from way up on The National Teacher of the Year is chosen Mr. Speaker, volunteer members of the Me- high, from among the State Teachers of the Year by your Moms and Dads try not to weep! morial Rifle Squad selflessly brave Min- As they are with you every step, every heart a national selection committee representing nesota’s frigid winter blasts and scorching beat! the major national education organizations or- summer heat to provide burial honors for as To protect you so try not to weep! ganized by the Council of Chief State School many as sixteen veterans a day. Since its in- Can’t you feel their Angel’s breath sur- Officers. It is one of the highest honors which ception, members of the Memorial Rifle Squad rounding you so very deep! an educator can receive and, as such, Mr. have provided burial honors for more than For you will hear them on the wind! McComb will travel around the country and 64,000 deceased veterans without missing a And as you awake feeling them holding you represent his colleagues in the teaching pro- single scheduled funeral for 34 years. as were they’ve been! fession for the next year. He was chosen As a former Marine Colonel, and fellow vet- So hush little babies children don’t you cry! For your parents are Angel’s now, among four finalists after earning the top spot eran, I have been proud to support the efforts and one day in Heaven you will look into in Baltimore County and, then, Maryland. of the Memorial Rifle Squad. In 2012, the De- their eyes! An English teacher at Patapsco High School partment of the Army announced it would re- But you all so have a life to live! and Center for the Arts, Mr. McComb inspires duce the availability of ceremonial rifles to Me- You have so much to our world to give! his students to turn their challenges into op- morial Rifle Squads. This action would have

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Tod Brown, Bishop Emer- Guinness, Author; Mary Habeck, Visiting across the country to continue to perform bur- itus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Or- Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Lee ial honors. ange; Rt. Rev. David C. Bryan, Bishop, Habeeb, Vice President of Content, Salem Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the United States PEARUSA, Anglican Church in North Amer- Radio Network; John Hajjar, Middle East Congress, I want to recognize the dedicated ica; Dwight Burchett, Pastor, Centerpoint Christian Committee MECHRIC USA; Joseph Community Church; Paolo Carozza, Univer- service of all those who have served and con- Hakim, International Christian Union; Am- sity of Notre Dame; Bishop Kenneth H. Car- bassador Tony Hall; William Hamel, Evan- tinue to serve on the Fort Snelling Memorial ter, Jr., Resident Bishop, Florida Conference, gelical Free Church of America; George Rifle Squad. I congratulate them on 35 years United Methodist Church; Joseph Cella, Hankhe, Suryoyo American Association; Jo- of selfless dedication to their fellow veterans. Founder, National Catholic Prayer Break- seph W. Handley, Jr., Asian Access; Jeff f fast; Most Rev. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Hanna, Pastor, Living Hope Free Methodist Cap., Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church; Dr. Samir Hanna; Tom Harb, Amer- COMMENDING AMERICAN CHRIS- Archdiocese of Philadelphia; Bishop Abner ican Maronite Union; Rev. Jose Hernandez, TIAN LEADERS FOR STANDING Chauke, Free Methodist Church; Most Rev. Free Methodist Church—USA; Allen D. IN SOLIDARITY WITH CHRIS- David R. Choby, Catholic Diocese of Nash- Hertzke, David Ross Boyd Professor of Polit- TIANS AND OTHER SMALL RELI- ville; Archbishop Oshagan Cholayan, Arme- ical Science at the University of Oklahoma; nian Apostolic Church of America; Evan Rt. Rev. David L. Hicks, Bishop of the Dio- GIOUS COMMUNITIES IN EGYPT, Alevizatos Chriss, Baltimore, MD; John E. cese of the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic and IRAQ AND SYRIA Chowning, Vice President for Church & Ex- ternal Relations, Campbellsville University; Eastern Canada, Reformed Episcopal Church HON. FRANK R. WOLF Betty Clark, Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, Anglican Church in North America; Alec MN; Luis Cortes, Esperanza; Janice Shaw Hill, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship; OF VIRGINIA Crouse, The Beverly LaHaye Institute; Jim Waiel Afram Hindo, Professor; Dennis P. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Daly, Focus on the Family; Dr. Ramsay F. Hollinger, Gordon Conwell Theological Semi- nary; Rev. Dr. Joel C. Hunter, Senior Pastor, Tuesday, May 20, 2014 Dass, American Middle East Christians Con- gress; Wendy J. Deichmann, United Theo- Northland—A Church Distributed; Bill Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I sub- logical Seminary; Greg Delamarter, Free Hybels, Founder and Senior Pastor, Willow mitted the full text of the Pledge of Solidarity Methodist Church; Most Rev. Gerald N. Dino, Creek Community Church; Lynne Hybels, Advocate for Global Engagement, Willow and Call to Action on Behalf of Christians and Bishop of the Holy Protection of Mary Byz- antine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix; Rev. Dr. Creek Community Church; Rt. Rev. Jack L. Other Small Religious Communities in Egypt, Iker, Bishop of Fort Worth, Anglican Church Iraq and Syria, signed by well over 200 U.S. Gilbert Doan; Rt. Rev. Julian Dobbs, Bishop, Diocese of CANA East, Anglican Church in in North America; Rt. Rev. William H. Christian leaders. These individuals, rep- North America; Dr. James Dobson, Family Ilgenfritz, Bishop of the Missionary Diocese resenting the American church, have recog- Talk; Bill Donohue, Catholic League for Re- of All Saints Anglican Church in North nized the gravity of the situation facing reli- ligious and Civil Rights; Andrew Doran, In America; Bassam Ishak; Wally Jadan, MEA gious minorities in these countries, and by Defense of Christians; Hon. Michael S. TV and Radio; Ned Jalou, United Christians signing the pledge have agreed to speak out Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts; Organization; Dr. Jerry A. Johnson, National W. Cole Durham, Jr., International Center Religious Broadcasters; Dr. Douglas M. on behalf of these ancient faith communities. Johnston, International Center for Religion Below is the full list of signatories to the for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University; Most Rev. Robert Duncan, & Diplomacy; Rt. Rev. Derek Jones, Bishop Pledge: Archbishop, Anglican Church in North Amer- of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy, Angli- Fr. Tateos R. Abdalian; Rt. Rev. Keith L ica; Dr. John Eibner, Christian Solidarity can Church in North America; Kristine Ackerman, Bishop Vicar of the Diocese of International (CSI–USA); Prof. John P. Kalanges, Associate Professor of Law, Uni- Quincy, Anglican Church in North America; Entelis, Chair, Department of Political versity of Notre Dame; Asaad Kalasho, Iraqi Susan Agel, Resurrection Free Methodist Science, Fordham University; Gregory R. American Christian Language Association; Church; Charles P. Ajalat; Jhonny Alicea- Erlandson, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing; George Karcazes, Executive Board Member, Baez, Director of Global Missions, Reformed Jonathan Falwell, Senior Pastor, Thomas Orthodox Christian Laity; Joseph T. Kassab, Church in America; Rt. Rev. Kevin Bond Road Baptist Church; Fr. Athanasius K. Iraqi Christians Advocacy and Empowerment Allen, Bishop, Diocese of Cascadia, Anglican Farag; John Farina, Associate Professor of Institute; Ismat Karmo, Nineveh Council of Church in North America; Rt. Rev. Roger C. Religious Studies, George Mason University; America; Bishop David W. Kendall, Free Ames, Diocese of the Great Lakes, Anglican Thomas Farr, Religious Freedom Project, Methodist Church—USA; Magdi Khalil, Cop- Church in North America; Melodee Andersen, Georgetown University; Armando Fernandez, tic Solidarity International; Dr. Audisho Wooddale Church; Rt. Rev. David Craig An- Pastor, The Rock Church; Harold Fickett, Khoshaba, US Rep. of the Chaldean Syriac derson, Sr., American Anglican Council; Dr. Aleteia America; David F. Forte, Professor Assyrian Popular Council; Sami Khoury, Leith Anderson, National Association of of Law, Cleveland State University; A.J. World Maronite Union; Rev. Dr. Walter Kim, Evangelicals; Fr. Bishoy Andrawes, St. Mark French, Sacred Creations; Rt. Rev. Alphonza Park Street Church; Rev. Mrs. Martha Kirk- Coptic Orthodox Church, Washington, DC; Gadsden, Sr., Bishop, Diocese of the South- patrick, Free Methodist Church; Melanie Auday P. Arabo, Associated Food and Petro- east, Reformed Episcopal Church, Anglican Kirkpatrick, author; Rev. Mr. Virgil (Jim) leum Dealers; Don Argue, EdD, Ambassador Church in North America; Edward McGlynn Eugene Kirkpatrick, Free Methodist Church; at Large, Convoy Of Hope; Maged Atiya, Gaffney, Prof. of International Law and Msgr. John E. Kozar, Catholic Near East Physicist, Businessman; Rt. Rev. Will G. At- Genocide Studies, Valparaiso, IN; Mr. Joseph Welfare Association; Sami Kurter, Suryoyo wood, III, Bishop, International Diocese, An- Gamero; Gerry Garbis; Richard W. Garnett, American Association; Daniel Kurtz, Vice- glican Church in North America; Toufic Program on Church, State & Society, Notre President, The Free Methodist Foundation; Baaklini, In Defense of Christians; Wade Dame Law School; Most Rev. John R. Gay- Dr. Richard Land, Southern Evangelical Baho, Syriacs Assembly Movement; Dr. dos, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Seminary; Cheryl Laske, Green Oak Free Mark L. Bailey, Dallas Theological Semi- Jefferson City; Mimi Geerges, Focal Point Methodist Church; Rt. Rev. Dr. Quigg Law- nary; Dr. Ryan Baker, Redeemer Pres- Radio; Robert P. George, McCormick Pro- rence, Bishop, PEARUSA, Anglican Church byterian Church (USA), Louisville, KY. fessor of Jurisprudence, Princeton Univer- in North America; Rt. Rev. Neil G. Lebhar, Bashir Bakoz, Syriacs Assembly Move- sity; Dr. Timothy George, Beeson Divinity Bishop of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese, Angli- ment; Rt. Rev. Thad Barnum, Bishop, School, Samford University; Amb. Joseph can Church in North America; Most Rev. PEARUSA, Anglican Church in North Amer- Ghougassian; Scott Gibbons, Pastor, Big Peter Libasci, Bishop of the Roman Catholic ica; Gary Bauer, American Values; Rt. Rev. Rapids Free Methodist Church; Lela Gilbert, Diocese of Manchester; Rt. Rev. Richard Dr. Foley Beach, Bishop, Diocese of the writer; Rt. Rev. R. Charles Gillin, Suffragan Lipka, Suffragan Bishop of the Missionary South, Anglican Church in North America; Bishop, Diocese of the Northeast & Mid-At- Diocese of All Saints Anglican Church in Chorbishop Seely Beggiani, Professor of The- lantic and Eastern Canada, Reformed Epis- North America; Jim Liske, Fellowship Min- ology, Catholic University of America; copal Church Anglican Church in North istries; Rt. Rev. Clark W. P. Lowenfield, Mindy Belz, Editor, World Magazine; Rt. America; Amb. Mary Ann Glendon; Rt. Rev. Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the West- Rev. David Bena, Assisting Bishop, Diocese Terrell Glenn, Bishop of the Anglican Church ern Gulf Coast Anglican Church in North of CANA East Anglican Church in North in North America; Katharine Cornell Gorka, America; Michael Lunceford; Michael America; William Bennett; Prof Thomas E. Council on Global Security; Franklin Gra- Lundberg, Valley Baptist Church; Jo Anne Bird, CUNY; Joel Boot, Christian Reformed ham, Samaritan’s Purse and Billy Graham Lyon, General Superintendent, Wesleyan Church in North America; Gerard V. Brad- Evangelistic Association; David E. Greer, Church; Rt. Rev. Frank Lyons, Assistant

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