284 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 155, Pt. 1 January 7, 2009 are 32 States that currently provide early vot- tunity to extend my personal congratulations to pany in St. Petersburg, , eventually ing, including Florida, a State that witnessed the 2008 Myrtle Beach High School Football working his way up from a driver to the vice over one million voters turn out to the polls the Team. By beating the Chester Cyclones in president of the company, an accomplishment weekend before the election. There are also ‘‘Death Valley’’ at Clemson University, the of which he is very proud. 28 States that currently provide no-excuse ab- ‘‘Seahawks’’ led by Coach Scott Earley re- Throughout his life, Richard married twice, sentee voting. turned the Class AAA State Football Cham- but had no children. His first wife Lucille Such practices were critical to managing an pionship Trophy to Myrtle Beach after a hiatus passed away in 1981 and his second wife Ann unprecedented voter turnout. More than 130 of 24 years. This outstanding victory exempli- passed away in 2006. He has fond memories million people turned out to vote in the 2008 fies the drive, ambition and teamwork of these of sailing into harbor and seeing the Election, the highest turnout in any presi- young men. Statue of Liberty and the tug’s radio playing dential election. With this many longtime and f ‘‘Sentimental Journey.’’ new voters engaged in the 2008 election proc- Richard came to Hernando County in 1984 ess, I suspect that voter participation will only CONGRATULATING MR. CLARENCE looking for a retirement community where he increase in 2012. E. FAULK, JR., ON THE OCCA- could keep his dog. Today he enjoys living in As such, we must pledge to fight for election SION OF HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY the Timber Pines community where he is far reform in this Congress. The right to vote and away from the congestion of Pinellas County. to have that vote counted is one of our de- HON. Richard is quite the everyday comedian, telling mocracy’s most fundamental principles. It is OF friends and neighbors that breathing gives him with VOTER that I intend to protect this funda- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the most pleasure. If he had his life to do over mental principle, and I ask that my colleagues again, Richard said he would get more edu- in this Congress join me in this fight for fair Wednesday, January 7, 2009 cation, and his advice to young people today and just elections. Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam Speaker, it is is to always do things in moderation and be f with great pride and pleasure that I rise to conservative. Madam Speaker, I ask that you join me in HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE honor Mr. Clarence E. Faulk, Jr., on the occa- honoring Richard Riedel for reaching his 100th OF ANDY ANDERSON sion of his 100th birthday. Mr. Faulk was born on January 9, 1909 in birthday. I hope we all have the good fortune West Monroe, LA to Clarence E. Faulk, Sr. to live as long as him. HON. RICK LARSEN and Josephine McClendon Faulk. f OF He married Louise Benson Page on July 8, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘‘THE PATERSON GREAT FALLS 1931 and from this union three children were NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Wednesday, January 7, 2009 born. In addition, Mr. Faulk is the proud and ACT’’ Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Madam Speak- loving grandfather of 10 grandchildren and er, Andy Anderson’s passing is a tragic loss seven great-grandchildren. for Washington state, Whatcom County and Mr. Faulk was the publisher of the Ruston HON. , JR. OF NEW JERSEY for me personally. My thoughts and prayers Daily Leader from 1931 to 1962, the owner of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES are with Andy’s loved ones during this difficult radio station KRUS from 1947 to 1968, and time. the owner of Westside Self Storage from 1980 Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Andy’s commitment to public service is leg- to present. Mr. PASCRELL. Madam Speaker, it is my endary and his contributions to Washington Moreover, Mr. Faulk and his late beloved pleasure today to introduce the ‘‘Paterson state have been many and varied. wife owned 10 rental houses, one 16-unit Great Falls National Historical Park Act’’ as While serving as District Manager for Con- apartment house, and eight commercial build- my first act in the 111th Congress. This bipar- gressman Al Swift, Andy was instrumental in ings in Ruston, LA. tisan legislation was approved by the House in creating the PACE (now NEXUS) lane for fre- Mr. Faulk is a friend to many, and is October 2007, and would designate a National quent travelers between the and deemed a gracious and hardworking person to Park at the majestic Great Falls in Paterson, Canada. Andy’s efforts to expand trade and all who have had the privilege of making his NJ. I urge my colleagues to pass this legisla- reduce wait times helped thousands of fami- acquaintance. tion as soon as possible. lies and businesses on both sides of the bor- I ask my colleagues to join me in congratu- Fifteen miles west of New York City, the der. lating Mr. Clarence Faulk on this truly signifi- Great Falls was the second largest waterfall in After I was elected to Congress in 2000, I cant birthday. colonial America. No other natural wonder in asked Andy to come out of retirement to join f America has played such an important role in my team. For 3 years, he served as director our nation’s historic quest for freedom and of my Bellingham office, representing me in RECOGNIZING RICHARD RIEDEL OF prosperity. At the Great Falls, Alexander Ham- Whatcom County. SPRING HILL, FLORIDA ilton conceived and implemented a plan to I am honored to have worked with Andy An- harness the force of water to power the new derson. He was a true friend and a tireless ad- HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE industries that would secure our economic vocate for my constituents. He was always OF FLORIDA independence. available to answer a question, investigate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hamilton told Congress and the American and solve a problem and look for new ways to people that at the Great Falls he would begin Wednesday, January 7, 2009 make life a little easier for the people he implementation of his ambitious strategy to served. Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. transform a rural agrarian society dependent Andy will be missed, but his contributions to Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Richard upon slavery into a modern economy based our community, our State and our country will Riedel of Hernando County, Florida. Richard on freedom. True to Hamilton’s vision, be felt for many decades to come. will do something later this year that all of us Paterson became a great manufacturing city, f strive to do, but that very few of us will ever producing the Colt revolver, the first sub- HONORING THE 2008 MYRTLE accomplish, celebrate his 100th birthday. marine, the aircraft engine for the first trans- BEACH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Richard was born February 1, 1909 in Atlantic flight, more locomotives than any city TEAM Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Richard’s favorite in the Nation, and more silk than any city in childhood memories include receiving his first the world. bicycle and robbing his sisters’ piggy banks to New Jersey’s Great Falls is the only Na- HON. HENRY E. BROWN, JR. buy penny candy. tional Historic District that includes both a Na- OF SOUTH CAROLINA During his youth, Richard attended tional Natural Resource and a National His- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sturbridge Public and Vocational School, and toric Landmark. In a special Bicentennial Wednesday, January 7, 2009 then went on to serve as a sergeant in the speech in Paterson with the spectacular nat- Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Madam United States Air Force. Eventually moving to ural beauty of the Great Falls in the back- Speaker, please permit me to take this oppor- Florida, Richard started working at Linen Com- ground, the late President Gerald R. Ford

VerDate Mar 15 2010 11:51 Jun 09, 2011 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR09\E07JA9.000 E07JA9 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with BOUND RECORD January 7, 2009 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 155, Pt. 1 285 said, ‘‘We can see the Great Falls as a sym- cluding unilaterally withdrawing from Gaza in This bill was passed by the House in the bol of the industrial might which helps to make 2005. Unfortunately, Hamas has not met 110th Congress, thanks to Speaker NANCY America the most powerful Nation in the Israel’s efforts towards a peaceful coexistence, PELOSI who has long fought for the rights of world.’’ and has instead increased military operations D.C. residents and personally insisted that this Preeminent Hamilton biographers, an es- against its neighbor and continues to deny legislation go forward as a bill of historic im- teemed former Smithsonian Institution curator, Israel’s right to exist. portance, Majority Leader , my the former chief of the National Park Service These unfortunate developments are tragic, long-time regional friend, who has been an es- Historic American Engineering Record, and but have been precipitated by Hamas’ aggres- pecially outspoken champion of this bill; Judi- distinguished professors at Yale, Princeton, sion. Hamas must stop the rocket attacks and ciary Chairman JOHN CONYERS, who gave the Harvard, NYU, Brown and other universities all parties in the region need to commit to re- bill his priority attention, emblematic of the have filed letters with the National Park Serv- newing efforts at peace. The U.S. should re- strong support he always has brought to our ice strongly recommending a National Histor- main involved in the peace process and I will rights throughout his long service in Congress; ical Park for the Great Falls Historic District. continue to work with my colleagues in Con- and Chairman HENRY WAXMAN, who as rank- Editorial boards, Federal, State, and local offi- gress towards this goal. ing member and then as chair of the Oversight cials and community groups have also en- f and Government Reform committee, also was dorsed the campaign to award a National Park a central figure in ensuring passage; and Service designation to the Falls. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DIS- many others among my colleagues in both Scholars have concluded that Pierre TRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSE chambers and both parties, who have made L’Enfant’s innovative water power system in VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 2009 special efforts for passage of the D.C. House Paterson, and many factories built later, con- Voting Rights Act. My special thanks to Tom stitute the finest remaining collection of engi- HON. Davis, my good friend and strong partner on neering and architectural structures rep- OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA this bill, who retired at the end of last session. resenting each stage of America’s progress IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It was Tom’s idea to pair the District with Utah from a weak agrarian society to a leader in the Wednesday, January 7, 2009 after Utah narrowly missed getting a seat fol- global economy. It is a little known fact that lowing the last census. I will always be grate- L’Enfant was hired by Hamilton to create Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, today I am ful to Tom for the unfailing bipartisan spirit that Paterson as the sister city to Washington, DC, introducing, I believe for the last time, the Dis- characterized all his work as chair of the Over- having completed his plan of Washington only trict of Columbia House Voting Rights Act, si- sight and Government Reform committee, es- months before arriving in Paterson. multaneously with our Senate partners, Sen- pecially his consistent respect for home rule Madam Speaker, Congress must act now to ators JOE LIEBERMAN and ORIN HATCH. The bill and for affording me every opportunity to fash- pass this vital piece of legislation, so that we we introduce today also will add two perma- ion this bill when he was in the Republican may fully recognize these cultural and historic nent House seats, the first increase in 96 majority and I was a minority member. I must landmarks that have played such a seminal years. It therefore carries a triple bonus: the also thank the two important coalitions of or- role in America’s history. first vote for the District of Columbia after 212 ganizations that have led this fight, the Lead- f years, an additional seat for Utah, and two ership Conference on Civil Rights, whose new permanent seats for the House of Rep- PERSONAL EXPLANATION leader, Wade Henderson also has been a resentatives itself. The citizens of the District close advisor throughout the many years of of Columbia are deeply grateful for the per- this struggle, and D.C. Vote, and its leader Ilir HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ sistent partnership and a bipartisan dedication Zherka, who gave our bill indispensable OF ILLINOIS that Senator LIEBERMAN and Senator HATCH strength through a superior grassroots organi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES continue to bring to this bill, and for the contin- zation that led the successful lobbying strategy Wednesday, January 7, 2009 ued support of Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. here and nationwide and singlehandedly Because of the importance to the city of Mr. GUTIERREZ. Madam Speaker, I was raised the funds necessary to take D.C.’s achieving the vote after more than two cen- struggle national. unavoidably absent from this Chamber today. turies, the D.C. Voting Rights Act is my first I would like the record to show that, had I bill of the 111th Congress. This year we intro- There is every reason to believe that the been present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on duce the bill as members of the armed serv- D.C. bill will finally prevail this year. The bill rollcall votes 1 and 4; ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall vote 3; ices from the District of Columbia are again easily passed in the House in 2007, and now and for Rep. (CA–08) on rollcall engaged in war abroad. In gratitude for the has an estimated 64 votes in the Senate, con- vote 2 for the election of the Speaker of the service of our residents serving today, and of siderably more than the 60 needed. The addi- U.S. House of Representatives. those who have served since our country was tion of seven Democratic senators, who re- f founded, I dedicate the bill this year to the first placed seven Republican opponents of the bill, together with the eight remaining Republicans ISRAEL’S MILITARY ACTION IN soldier from the District to die for his country who supported the bill, should assure that the GAZA in the , 21-year-old D.C. National Guard Specialist, Daryl Dent, and to the Dis- bill will have significantly more than the 57 HON. JERRY F. COSTELLO trict’s first unknown soldier to die after he Senate votes it received in 2007. We are picked up arms to fight for liberation on the equally encouraged that President-elect OF ILLINOIS promise of taxation without representation. Al- , who was a co-sponsor of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES though two centuries apart, the first to die in bill in the Senate, will sign the D.C. House Wednesday, January 7, 2009 these wars had in common fighting for the Voting Rights Act when it reaches his desk. Mr. COSTELLO. Madam Speaker, for the vote. Our first residents here fought in the War My service in Congress has been defined past several years, Israelis living near Gaza for Independence. Specialist Dent gave his life by the search for a way to get full representa- have endured a continual state of fear due to ensuring the vote for Iraqi citizens, a right he tion for the city where my family has lived the thousands of rocket attacks launched from did not live to get for himself since before the Civil War. That search has there by Hamas. When the six-month cease Today’s bill is the first in the Free and Equal been guided by the pursuit of the maximum fire between Hamas and Israel recently ended, series of bills that I will introduce this session possible, including the two-day debate fol- Hamas responded almost immediately by fir- to complete the full roster of citizenship rights lowed by a vote on statehood more than 10 ing more than 70 missiles at civilian targets the residents of the Nation’s capital, that the years ago, the vote I won in the Committee of within Israel. On December 27th, Israel, in an first soldiers were promised and for which to- the Whole during my second term, and the act of self defense, struck at Hamas targets in day’s soldiers continue to give their lives. ‘‘No Taxation Without Representation’’ Act for Gaza in response to these continued attacks, There can be no doubt that the revolutionaries votes both in the House and Senate. The and I want to express my strong support for who invented America’s most quoted national struggle has been driven always by what was Israel’s right of self-defense. slogan did not create a new nation in order to required but also by what was possible, as Israel has taken meaningful steps in recent get the vote, only to turn around and deny the with the Committee of the Whole vote on years to push the peace process forward, in- vote to the citizens of their capital. some but not all matters on the House floor

VerDate Mar 15 2010 11:51 Jun 09, 2011 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR09\E07JA9.000 E07JA9 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with BOUND RECORD