November 13, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9159 Technology degree-granting institu- study abroad remains just a dream for After graduating from Syracuse Uni- tion. rural, minority, and first-generation versity in 1963, Bud Jones worked as a CPI is recognized throughout Penn- college students. physical education teacher at Pulaski sylvania as a premier provider of post- CHERI BUSTOS and I filed this bill to High School for 33 years. During his secondary career and technical edu- address this problem by establishing a tenure, Bud also served as the track cation programs. Scores of students in competitive grant program that will and field coach and the basketball the Commonwealth have earned a ca- allow universities to provide low-in- coach. Bud was named New York State reer in technical education thanks to come and other underrepresented un- Coach of the Year and was inducted Hank’s vision to grow CPI into the in- dergraduates with the means to be able into the Central New York High School stitution it is today. to study abroad. Basketball Hall of Fame. Mr. Speaker, there has been no great- Mr. Speaker, the Senator Paul Simon Bud Jones was a shining example of er champion for CPI than Hank Study Abroad Program Act is a com- the tremendous impact that one indi- Yeagley for the past two decades, earn- monsense bill that will help our stu- vidual can have on an entire commu- ing him the title of Mr. CPI among fac- dents gain essential skills and empower nity. He was a gracious leader and a ulty, staff, administrators, as well as them to thrive in a global and inter- positive influence on the young men past and present students alike. I connected marketplace, and I thank and women he taught and coached, al- wholeheartedly congratulate Hank my friend, Congresswoman BUSTOS, for ways motivating them to strive for ex- Yeagley on a well deserved retirement allowing me to enter this bill with her. cellence. Winfield Scott Jones, affectionately and wish him the best. f known by all of us as Bud, passed away f HELP PREPARE OUR STUDENTS peacefully on November 4, 2017. It is DEFEAT THE TAX REFORM PLAN TO CHANGE THE WORLD with sadness that we mourn his pass- (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI asked and (Mrs. BUSTOS asked and was given ing, and we extend our condolences to was given permission to address the permission to address the House for 1 his beloved family. House for 1 minute and to revise and minute.) We know that his spirit will live on extend his remarks.) Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, today I in all those who had the privilege of Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- am proud to introduce the Senator knowing him. Our community is for- er, the tax plan that has been proposed Paul Simon Study Abroad Program ever grateful for his service and pro- by the House Republican leadership Act with my colleague and my friend found impact on all of us. fails to support working families while from across the aisle, Congresswoman f making them foot a $1.5 trillion bill. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN. AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK Nonpartisan research projects that Paul Simon was a five-term Con- (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given this legislation would raise taxes on 38 gressman and two-term Senator from permission to address the House for 1 million hardworking Americans. The my home State of Illinois. Like me, he minute and to revise and extend his re- impact would be far and wide as the believed in bipartisan solutions. In marks.) tax plan would end deductions for sen- fact, as a Democrat, Paul Simon served Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, this week iors facing growing medical expenses, as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is American Education Week, a time to young adults working to shrink their under Republican Governor Richard Ogilvie—the only time in modern his- celebrate our public education system. student debt, and families paying State The public education system is one of tory that Illinois has elected a Gov- income and sales taxes. this Nation’s greatest accomplish- ernor and a Lieutenant Governor from This legislation would also have ments. In classrooms from Newark, enormously damaging economic con- different parties. Paul Simon believed in a government New Jersey, to Nome, Alaska, public sequences as it would leave our chil- schools train a new generation of world dren to pay off its $1.5 trillion price that helps people and encouraged Con- gress to work together to prepare the leaders, bridge builders, first respond- tag. We need tax reform that puts ers, artists, doctors, plumbers, and working families first, but this clearly next generation with the knowledge re- quired to succeed in an increasingly CEOs. isn’t it. Children in this country—all of global world. For the sake of our economy, seniors, them—have a right to a high-quality Our bill would establish a competi- students, and working families, as well education. tive grant program and Paul Simon’s as the middle class, we must defeat It is a sad state of affairs that we name to help do just that. this bill. have a U.S. Secretary of Education The program would increase opportu- f who continues to tilt the board against nities for college students to study children whose way up is through pub- STUDENTS GAIN ESSENTIAL abroad, especially students who don’t SKILLS IN A GLOBAL AND lic education. get to do so, like so many of the rural During American Education Week, I INTERCONNECTED MARKET- and community college students in my PLACE call on my colleagues to stop using district. public schools as a political bargaining Paul Simon once said: Some of us (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was chip. Let’s put public schools back to- still think we can change the world. I given permission to address the House gether and back to work for the next am proud to introduce a bipartisan bill for 1 minute and to revise and extend generation of leaders. her remarks.) with Congresswoman ILEANA ROS- f Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I LEHTINEN to help prepare our students rise to ask for my colleagues’ support to change the world. TAX BILL for the Senator Paul Simon Study f (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was Abroad Program Act, which I intro- b 1930 given permission to address the House duced along with my good friend, Con- for 1 minute and to revise and extend gresswoman CHERI BUSTOS. RECOGNIZING WINFIELD SCOTT her remarks.) As a former Florida certified teacher, ‘‘BUD’’ JONES Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I know that education is the key to (Ms. TENNEY asked and was given many times, the American people won- unlocking long-lasting and positive permission to address the House for 1 der about the correlation between the change in all of our communities. But minute and to revise and extend her re- work that we do here. As a member of in today’s interconnected world, stu- marks.) the Budget Committee, I can tell them dents must gain foreign language skills Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise that the tax bill that is about to move and the ability to learn from other cul- today to recognize Winfield Scott through this House—the Republican tures. Jones, affectionately known as Bud, a Trump tax bill—will bring about $1.41 Study abroad programs are an excel- respected constituent of the 22nd Con- trillion in revenue decreases in discre- lent way to learn these essential skills. gressional District, who dedicated his tionary spending, which means cuts in However, Mr. Speaker, the ability to life to improving our community. their Medicare and Medicaid.

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