July 23, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6635 keeping more of what they make. The country to connect with Members of in the United States. Sexual assault is average tax cut this year in my district Congress and share their personal expe- a crime that tries to steal the dignity, was over $900. Like a constituent who riences with Alzheimer’s disease. self-respect, and humanity of the vic- commented on my Facebook wall put Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause tim. it: ‘‘Any time that the American tax- of death in the United States, and it Mr. Speaker, the 12th Woman has payer has more money in their pocket, has reached crisis proportions. There is something to say about that. They it’s a good thing.’’ Mr. Speaker, I no effective treatment, no means of came to Congress and publicly told couldn’t agree more. prevention, and no method of slowing their heartbreaking stories on the Businesses and workers are seeing the progression of this disease. Sadly, steps of our Capitol, demanding change tremendous benefits, too. With the tax one in three seniors will die with the not only at their own school, Texas savings, businesses all across the coun- disease. A&M, but nationwide. These ladies are try are expanding and hiring more peo- According to the Centers for Disease determined not only to be survivors, ple. In my district, a local brewery can Control and Prevention, 5 million but victors over their assault. now purchase new equipment and raise Americans were living with Alz- Mr. Speaker, my grandmother taught wages. A local manufacturer told me heimer’s disease in the year 2013. That me that there is no stopping a bold, te- she plans to expand operations and number is expected to almost triple to nacious, Texas woman who has made bring on new employees. 14 million by the year 2050. up her mind. Working with the Trump administra- Mr. Speaker, Alzheimer’s not only Abbie, Meghan, Sydney, Kirsten, and tion, I will continue to work to build has a devastating impact on those who Nikki have made up their minds with on this progress so that more people are diagnosed with the disease, but also unwavering resolve that sexual assault can achieve their American Dream. their caregivers and loved ones. My on campus will stop. f own mom, Mary Thompson, lived with And that is just the way it is. Alzheimer’s for 10 years until it took f HONORING THE LIFE OF WILLIAM her life. PUTIN’S DANGEROUS ACTIONS ‘‘BILL’’ WOLFE, JR. Mr. Speaker, I thank Christie and all (Mr. KIHUEN asked and was given of the Alzheimer’s ambassadors for the (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 important work that they do to raise permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- awareness about Alzheimer’s disease minute and to revise and extend her re- marks.) and to never stop searching for a cure. marks.) Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, like a Mr. KIHUEN. Mr. Speaker, today I f rise to remember the life of William bull in a china shop, President Trump ‘‘Bill’’ Wolfe, Jr. Bill attended the RECOGNIZING JOCELYN DORSEY bulldozed his way through the NATO Route 91 festival in Las Vegas on Octo- (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and summit, offending our allies, and then ber 1. was given permission to address the in Helsinki was shamefully servile to Bill and his wife, Robyn, had two House for 1 minute and to revise and Russia’s autocratic ruler, Vladimir kids together, Ethan and Trevor. Bill extend his remarks.) Putin. Autocrat Putin boasts a long worked as a senior project manager for Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speak- list of brutal and violent threats to lib- Dewberry Engineers, Inc. er, I rise today to recognize the his- erty here at home and abroad. Bill lived for his community. He en- toric retirement of broadcast pioneer In early 2014, Russian forces illegally joyed being a wrestling coach with the and Atlanta, Georgia, treasure, invaded Ukraine’s Crimea and the Shippensburg Elementary wrestling Jocelyn Dorsey. She is really a na- Donbass region. Thousands have been program and a coach for a Little tional treasure. killed and millions of Ukrainians dis- League team. Jocelyn’s list of achievements and placed. Although he loved coaching, he loved accolades are too long for me to recite On February 27, 2015, Russian free- being outdoors more. Bill enjoyed here, but needless to say, her dom fighter, Boris Nemtsov, was hunting, fishing, boating, camping, groundbreaking 40-plus-year career has gunned down outside the Kremlin’s gardening, and jogging. served as an inspiration to so many, crimson walls. Bill and Robyn had traveled to the and she has been a role model to so In the 2016 election, Russian intel- Route 91 festival to celebrate the 20th many of us, not just African Ameri- ligence services used social media and anniversary of their wedding. Unfortu- cans, but all Americans, all Georgians. cyber attacks to target our democratic nately, they were separated when the So we tip our hats to her and wish elections and those of several of our al- gunfire erupted, and Robyn later found her the best in her retirement. I under- lies. out that Bill did not survive. stand that long-distance motorcycle According to the Committee to Pro- Bill is remembered for being very trips may very well be in her future. tect Journalists, 58 Russian journalists smart and always being willing to help I hope that she will keep us abreast have been brutally murdered since 1992. others. He was passionate about every- of her exploits in the future. We will Mr. Speaker, Russia is ‘‘Murder In- thing he did and was loved by many. miss her but know that she will always corporated’’ under Putin’s abhorrent I would like to extend my condo- be in our hearts, and we will always rule. lences to William ‘‘Bill’’ Wolfe, Jr.’s look forward to hearing about her life I include in the RECORD a long list of family and friends. Please know that as she proceeds on. some of Russia’s brutal, murderous ac- the city of Las Vegas, the State of Ne- So I congratulate Jocelyn Dorsey for tions. vada, and the whole country grieve a job well done. BRUTAL AND UNDEMOCRATIC ACTIONS OF DICTATOR VLADIMIR PUTIN’S RUSSIA with you. f 2000—Putin was supposed to face a second- f THE 12TH WOMAN round runoff in the 2000 presidential election, THANKING ALZHEIMER’S (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was had it not been for widespread fraud. Biased AMBASSADORS given permission to address the House coverage by large media outlets controlled by the Russian state and Kremlin supporters (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania for 1 minute and to revise and extend can be accredited for this. (Freedom House) asked and was given permission to ad- his remarks.) 2003—Mikhail Khodorkovsky is arrested by dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, last Russian authorities and charged with fraud. vise and extend his remarks.) week I was joined in the House gallery The trial was criticized for lack of due proc- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. by five incredible young women. Each ess. Charges against him were grounded in Mr. Speaker, earlier today I met with of them has their own story of sur- reasonable suspicion. Christie Glick in my Bellefonte office. vival. Each was sexually assaulted 2003—Russia ranked 86 out of 133 countries in Transparency International’s 2003 Corrup- Christie is an Alzheimer’s ambassador while in college. They call themselves tion Perceptions Index. in my district, and through the Alz- the 12th Woman. 2003—Russia saw a significant deteriora- heimer’s Ambassador Program, people Mr. Speaker, one in five women will tion of fundamental rights and the emer- like Christie work throughout the be sexually assaulted while in college gence of an increasingly aggressive foreign

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Sadly, the United 2006 October 7—Anna Politkovskaya, a Justice Department, House Intelligence States is no exception. journalist who exposed the corruption of the Committee, Senate Intelligence Committee. As many as 300,000 American children Russian army and its conduct in Chechnya, 2017: In December, the Central Election are at risk of child sexual exploitation. was shot and killed in the lobby of her apart- Commission banned opposition leader It is happening in every community ment. Aleksey Navalny from challenging Putin in around the country. Every weekend in 2006—Alexander Litvinenko is poisoned. the 2018 presidential election, removing from Minnesota, as many as 45 Minnesota Litvinenko was a former officer of the Rus- the contest the only credible opposition to girls are sold for sex. sian Federal Security Service (FSB) and have announced a campaign. KGB, who fled from court prosecution in 2017—Russian authorities banned the ac- But there is good news. The Fight Russia and received political asylum in the tivities of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which Online Sex Trafficking Act, a new law United Kingdom. was deemed an extremist group. which was passed with bipartisan sup- 2008—Russia wages a war against Georgia. 2017: Investigative journalist and Novy port earlier this year to crack down on Today, thousands of Russian troops occupy Peterburg cofounder Nikolay Andrushchenko websites that facilitate trafficking, is Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region, which died in April, weeks after he was severely making a difference. Backpage.com, constitutes about 20% of Georgia’s inter- beaten, and Dmitriy Popkov, editor of the the single largest online source of sex nationally recognized territory. Russia has investigative online outlet Ton-M, was shot trafficking has now been shut down by never fulfilled its obligations under the Six- to death in May. Point Cease-Fire Agreement (also known as 2017—Workers on stadiums built for the Federal law enforcement. the Sarkozy Plan) that ended the fighting. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 World Mr. Speaker, July 30 marks World 2010: Polish Air Force Tu–154 Crash over Cup reported exploitation, including non- Day against Trafficking in Persons. It Smolensk, Russia. Antoni Macierewicz (Po- provision of contracts, non-payment of is another opportunity to raise aware- land’s defense minister) claims the fatal wages, and retaliation for reporting abuses. ness and also redouble our efforts in crash which killed Poland’s President Lech The Building and Woodworkers International the fight against traffickers and help- Kaczynski, the First Lady and 94 others in trade union reported at least 17 deaths on ing victims. 2010 in Russia was preceded by two explo- stadiums since construction began. sions on board. A previous Polish govern- 2017—By February 2017, the number of peo- f ment concluded that pilot error was to ple imprisoned for extremist speech spiked UPHOLD OUR COMMITMENT TO blame for the crash, but Law and Justice or- to 94, from 54 in 2015. NATO ALLIANCE dered a new investigation which concluded 2017—In the first six months of 2017 alone, this year that the plane was brought down the number of people administratively pun- (Mr. CORREA asked and was given by explosions on board. No international ished by Russian authorities for supposedly permission to address the House for 1 analysis was allowed by Russia. violating the country’s regulations on public minute and to revise and extend his re- 2013—Putin signs law banning gay publica- gatherings was two-and-a-half times higher marks.) tions. ‘‘It officially declares that gays and than throughout 2016. Mr. CORREA. Mr. Speaker, tonight I lesbians are inferior beings,’’ says Elena 2017—Denis Voronenkov, a onetime Com- Klimova, a gay rights activist in Russia who want to discuss the importance of munist member of Russia’s lower house of NATO to our Nation and to Europe. was convicted under the law in 2014. parliament, dies after being shot outside a 2014—Putin illegally invades Ukraine. hotel in Kyiv. President Poroshenko calls In 1949, the United States and 11 More than 10,000 have been killed, and mil- the shooting a ‘‘Russian state terrorist act.’’ other countries created NATO. Today, lions of Ukrainians have been displaced. Voronenkov, who fled to Ukraine in 2016, is 29 countries make up this alliance. 2014—Russia occupies Crimean Peninsula the latest in a string of Putin and Russia’s At the heart of NATO is article 5, and nearly ten thousand Crimean Tatars are critics who were killed or injured under mys- which says that an attack on one ally displaced from their homes. Russia under the terious circumstances. Putin regime has violated UN human rights, is attack on all allies. 2017—Russia interferes in the French elec- On September 12, 2001, for the first and infringements of the Geneva Convention. tion between opponents Emmanuel Macron 2014—Russian forces shoot down Malaysia time ever, article 5 was invoked. 9/11, and Marine Le Pen. The Macron presidential Airlines Flight MH17 over occupied Ukrain- campaign accused the Kremlin of election an attack on America, was an attack ian territory, killing 298 innocent pas- meddling, saying that servers belonging to on all. sengers. Russia attempts to use the team were hacked by a group likely to be Most recently, the country of Monte- disinformation and propaganda to cover up associated with Russia. negro joined the NATO Alliance. And obfuscate the truth of its brutality. 2018—Father and daughter Sergei and 2014—Human rights abuses in Russia are last week, sadly, the President ex- Yulia Skripal are poisoned. British foreign more prevalent than ever. The LGBTQ+ com- pressed doubt that the U.S. should secretary Boris Johnson said on 16 March munity is targeted. Independent media re- come to Montenegro’s defense. This is that it was ‘‘overwhelmingly likely’’ that port that 31 civilians were killed in the first disturbing. the poisoning had been ordered directly by nine months of 2014. Abduction-style deten- Russian president Putin, which marked the The only time article 5 has been in- tions, torture, and enforced disappearances first time the British government accused voked has been for America. When our persisted in the North Caucasus, as did at- Vladimir Putin of personally ordering the Nation was at its most vulnerable tacks against government critics, the report poisoning. point, NATO stepped up and had our says, adding that the situation is particu- 2018: Donald Trump accepts Putin’s lies on larly bad in Dagestan. back. We must uphold our commitment Russian interference in U.S. elections over 2014—Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian filmmaker, to this critical alliance. statement from U.S. Intelligence Commu- is arrested under charges of running ‘‘ter- f nity: ‘‘My people came to me, Dan Coats rorist organizations’’ in Crimea. 2015—Natalya Sharina, the director of the came to me and some others, they think it’s PERMANENTLY REPEAL MEDICAL Ukrainian Literature Library in Moscow, Russia. I have President Putin, he just said DEVICE EXCISE TAX was put under house arrest in 2015 under the it’s not Russia. I will say this; I don’t see any reason why it would be. I have great con- (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- charges of inciting ethnic hatred and spread- mission to address the House for 1 ing ‘‘anti-Russian propaganda.’’ fidence in my intelligence people, but I will 2015—Journalist Boris Nemstov is shot and tell you that President Putin was extremely minute.) killed. Nemstov was planning on leading a strong and powerful in his denial today.’’ Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise in sup- rally to protest the war in Ukraine days be- —Trump, Helsinki Conference 2018 port of H.R. 184, the Protect Medical fore his killing. Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I urge Innovation Act. 2016—Russian authorities arrested Roman our President to see Putin for what he Many medical device manufacturers Sushchenko, a Ukrainian journalist with the is: an enemy of liberty, not a compet- in North Carolina’s Fifth District have state news service, Ukrinform, on dubious itor. reported how the medical device excise espionage charges. tax hinders medical innovation, costs 2016—Russia attacks U.S. election. Wis- f jobs, decreases research and develop- consin, Ohio, California and 10 other states HUMAN TRAFFICKING said they were among 21 states that Russian ment, and slows capital expansion. government hackers targeted in an effort to (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given A fundamentally flawed policy en- sway the 2016 presidential election in favor permission to address the House for 1 acted under ObamaCare, the medical

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