January 23, 2012 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 158, Pt. 1 213 Army, where he was responsible for the adju- honor to represent Richland Springs and their Girls Basketball and Softball. Additionally, dication of all types of war claims in favor of outstanding football program. Again, I con- Coach Stabile was a special education teach- heirs. gratulate the Coyotes on a perfect season and er. In 1951, Judge Diaz retired from the Phil- a state championship. Coach Jeffrey R. Stabile has been a coach ippine Army as Captain. Throughout his distin- f at Bayonne High School for 41 years, includ- guished military career, he received various ing 14 years with the Boys Basketball program awards, including the United States and Phil- RECOGNIZING BARRETT BYRNES as a freshman coach and junior varsity coach, ippine Presidential Unit Citation and the Phil- and 27 years with the Girls Basketball pro- ippine Presidential Military Merit Medal. HON. TIMOTHY H. BISHOP gram as the head coach. Coach Stabile led Judge Diaz was involved in many commu- OF NEW YORK the Boys Basketball team to back to back nity organizations throughout his life. He was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Asso- among the first ordained permanent deacons Monday, January 23, 2012 ciation Junior Varsity Championships in 1968– in the Archdiocese of Agana and was instru- 69 and in 1969–1970. As the Girls Basketball mental in organizing the Knights of Columbus, Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speaker, I head coach, Coach Stabile compiled a record Guam Council and Assembly. Further, he was rise today to honor and recognize the life of of 570 wins and 135 losses, which included 20 a founding member of the Catholic Social Barrett Byrnes, a constituent and friend, who Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Asso- Services, and was active in the establishment passed away on December 21, 2011. He was ciation (HCIAA) Finals and 14 HCIAA Cham- of St. Dominic’s senior care home and the Do- 59 years old. pionships. Coach Stabile led his teams to 11 minican Catholic schools on Guam. Barrett Byrnes was raised in Huntington and New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic As- Judge Diaz was also heavily involved in the attended Harborfields High School in sociation (NJSIAA) Section Finals and won 5 founding of the Filipino Community of Guam, Greenlawn before going on to Farmingdale Section Championships. Finally, his teams where he served as President. He also helped State College. While a student at Farmingdale, made 28 straight State Tournament appear- establish the Marianas Audubon Society, the Barrett pitched for the baseball team and in ances and reached the State final once in UST Alumni Association of Guam, and the 1972 had an ERA of 0.36, fifth in the country 2006. From 1985 until 1992, the team had a Chapter of Bataan-Corregidor Veterans on and a school record that stands to this day. 120 game win streak versus Hudson County Guam. Upon his graduation, Barrett followed in his Teams which led to 7 straight HCIAA Cham- Judge Diaz was married to Josefina de la father’s footsteps and began training to be- pionships. Concepcion for 66 years and together they come an air traffic controller. Ralph Byrnes For his accomplishments, Coach Stabile raised 10 children: Marilu Martinez, Carl Diaz was one of New York’s first air traffic control- was inducted into the Hudson County Hall of (deceased), Mariles Benavente, Marilen lers at LaGuardia Airport. Fame in 2005, into the New Jersey Scholastic Artero, Maribel Chandler, Mariann Carr, Barrett’s career began at Duchess County Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2005, Maricar Davis, Tony Diaz, Vicente Diaz, and Airport in Wappingers Falls, a small local air- and the St. Aloysius High School Wall of Ramon Diaz Jr., and have been blessed with port. It ended at John F. Kennedy Airport in Fame in 2007, where he attended high school. 19 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. New York, where he was a certified profes- Please join me in honoring Coach Jeffrey R. I join our community in mourning the loss of sional controller in the main tower for the final Stabile for his service to the community as a Judge Ramon Diaz. His contributions to the fourteen years of his career, retiring in 2008. teacher and a coach. I thank him, his wife, Guam Judiciary and our community will be re- Beyond his valuable work in the control Maryann, and his two children Jeffrey Jr. and membered by the many citizens he helped tower, Barrett was also an active leader in the Joelle, for his contribution to our community. throughout his life. We extend heartfelt condo- National Air Traffic Controllers Association, of f lences to his many family, friends, and loved which he was a charter member, and presi- ones. dent/faculty representative of the JFK Tower HONORING THE HONORABLE God bless Judge Diaz. He will be missed. chapter. As a safety advocate, Barrett served GABRIELLE GIFFORDS f as an air safety investigator to the National RICHLAND SPRINGS COYOTES Transportation Safety Board. HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP It was through his commitment to legislative OF TEXAS activism on behalf of his union that I came to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES know him, as he served as the face of the Monday, January 23, 2012 HON. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY NATCA to the New York congressional dele- OF TEXAS gation. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I mourn the passing and honor Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my friend Monday, January 23, 2012 the memory of Barrett Byrnes. I wish to extend and esteemed colleague, the Honorable Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to my heartfelt sorrow to his wife, Jacqueline GABRIELLE GIFFORDS. congratulate the Richland Springs Coyotes on Taylor, and the rest of Barrett’s family. A little over a year ago an unfathomable an outstanding 2011 football season. On De- f tragedy occurred in Tucson, Arizona, where cember 9, 2011, the Coyotes won the Class six individuals were killed in a shooting and HONORING COACH JEFFREY R. A, 6-man Division II State Championship with several others were wounded, including Con- STABILE OF BAYONNE HIGH a dominant 76–28 performance over the Mot- gresswoman GIFFORDS. Congresswoman GIF- SCHOOL ley County Matadors. FORDS courage and recovery reminds us that The victory capped a perfect season, where freedom defines our society, and violence will 14 of the Coyotes’ opponents were subjected HON. ALBIO SIRES not silence reason and discourse. Congress- to the 45-point mercy rule—the Matadors were OF NEW JERSEY woman GIFFORDS unbreakable spirit is a les- no exception. This stellar performance earned IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES son that fear will not drive us. Unity and the dedication to our democracy will help us rise the Coyotes their second consecutive state Monday, January 23, 2012 championship. above all adversity. I want to congratulate the team on their Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in The victims of this tragedy were individuals work ethic—domination on the grid-iron does honor of Coach Jeffrey R. Stabile, the former who were committed to the well-being of their not come easy. head coach of Bayonne High School’s Girls community. They had gathered that Saturday As well as the young men on the team, I Basketball team, who taught in the district for morning a year ago in Tucson to discuss mak- want to recognize Coach Jerry Burkhart for over 37 years. Recently, the gymnasium in the ing their community and our world a better putting together a football program of unparal- Bayonne High School Physical Education/ place. It is in good spirit that before Congress- leled success. In the 124 games played under Community Education Center was dedicated woman GIFFORDS resigns she has chosen to his leadership, you can count all the losses on to him and renamed, ‘‘Jeffrey R. Stabile finish what she started by holding a private one hand! Incredible. Court.’’ Coach Stabile had an outstanding gathering in Tucson with some of the people I encourage the team and the coaches to coaching career with the Bayonne High who were at present that tragic day a year enjoy this moment to the utmost. It is my School Bees and also coached both Boys and ago.

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She has made an immeasurable Transportation to be able to review these toll to a 117-year rivalry. Now, the eyes of Texas contribution to our work on the Committee, structures, and others across the country, to are upon the Aggies as they abandon the Big and has been a steadfast champion of NASA ensure taxpayer interests are being best 12 for the alluring SEC. With that decision, and encouraging our next generation of sci- served. Consumers and businesses should ends one, if not the greatest football rivalries entists. She is one of the most devoted Mem- not be forced to pay the price for mismanage- of all time. bers of the House of Representatives, and has ment, and that is why I urge my colleagues to The annual Turkey Day battle between the served our country with distinction. support the Commuter Protection Act. burnt orange and the maroon is not just a Congresswoman GIFFORDS is a shining ex- f game played once a year; it’s not just another ample of our Democratic system of govern- team on the schedule. This game makes or RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF ment—a system where we all have a voice. breaks the season. It’s a rivalry in every sense VINCE PANVINI As she departs these hallowed halls of Con- of the word; a chance for bragging rights for gress, I take comfort from the fact that she is a whole year among family and friends. Neigh- doing so to devote her energies to restoring HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK borhood kids that grow up playing with each her full health, and I wish her the best in her OF CALIFORNIA other become gridiron gladiators, fighting for continuing recovery. She and her family will IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the ultimate goal of beating the other. This remain in my thoughts and prayers. Monday, January 23, 2012 football game divides households, friendships, I pray that we can rise together as a nation Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowl- and the state of Texas. and embody those values of service that Con- edge and thank Vince Panvini for his decades This past Thanksgiving, a historic battle be- gresswoman GIFFORDS has personified. of service on behalf of sheet metal workers lo- tween two Texas universities ran deep in the f cally, nationally and internationally. Panvini’s pulse of Texans who have watched year after IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 3684, THE retirement from his position as Director of year as these two waged war. With their final COMMUTER PROTECTION ACT Governmental Affairs for the Sheet Metal game, it’s happy trails to a Texas tradition that Workers’ International Association is a great I have grown up with, that my kids have grown HON. TOM REED loss to the community of sheet metal workers up with and one that I would love my grandkids to grow up with. OF NEW YORK and to the labor community as a whole. The Longhorns walked out of Kyle field with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Throughout his career, Panvini has proven himself as a first-rate organizer and represent- a 27–25 victory and the bragging rights for at Monday, January 23, 2012 ative of his union members. For close to 50 least another 10 years (or until a non-con- Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in years, this second-generation sheet metal ference game becomes available). As the strong support of the Commuter Protection worker has been a member of Local Union 19 Aggies left their Austin counter-parts for what Act, of which I am proud to be an original co- in Philadelphia. He won election as a Local 19 they believe are bigger and better fields in the sponsor. This bipartisan, responsible legisla- trustee and later to their Executive Board. He SEC, they ended a 117-year relationship with tion brings oversight of our nation’s federally rose to an appointment as Local Union Orga- the sudden divorce. Maybe the Aggies were funded highway system back to the United nizer, then was appointed—and later elect- tired of playing in the shadow of BEVO. After States Department of Transportation, giving ed—as Business Representative for the Local. all, Texas holds a 2–1 lead in overall wins. them the ability to determine whether tolls im- After attending training at Harvard Trade Not all people are glad about the end of this posed by regional and state toll authorities are School for International Labor Relations, he era. Even some Texas citizens with no ties to just and reasonable. This was an authority the was appointed as Director of Governmental either school have suggested the legislature Department of Transportation had previously, Affairs for the Sheet Metal Workers’ Inter- pass a law requiring the two state schools to and one I believe should be restored. Impor- national Association in January 1994. play each other every year in football. tantly, they would only have oversight when, His success, friends and coworkers have The rivalry between UT and Texas A&M is and if, there was a complaint about a toll prac- said, is characterized by the fact that Panvini beyond a Saturday football game. Here at tice. was ‘‘born to do this work.’’ His love of the job home, college football has become somewhat Representing the 29th Congressional Dis- combined with his unparalleled memory and of a religion to many people—a deep-rooted trict of the great state of New York, this is an ‘‘funny but stern’’ personality has won him passion between rival mascots and school col- issue that impacts my constituents directly. leagues of friends and allies. These attributes ors clashing into hard-hitting victories. It’s the Recent actions taken by the Port Authority of also won him great respect among peers, poli- Junction Boys, the Tyler Rose, the last-minute New York and New Jersey are indicative of ticians, organizers, community leaders and touchdown run by Vince Young in the Rose the abusive toll structure that can be imposed union workers. Bowl for the National Championship. when agencies are left unchecked. The Port The labor community’s loss at Panvini’s re- This is beyond college football; it’s Texas Authority recently raised toll rates for all of its tirement, however, will be his family’s gain—a football. Nowhere is it exemplified better than bridges and tunnels, which, when fully imple- noble tradeoff. With a return to Philadelphia, between the two schools. mented, will charge 5-axle tractor-semitrailers he’ll get quality time with family, his top pri- It all started in the 19th century. Grover $105 per crossing. Mister Speaker, this is a ority. Panvini has a son, a daughter and four Cleveland was president when on Friday, Oct. 163% cost jump, with rates three times higher grandchildren. On top of that, Panvini will have 19, 1894, the University of Texas and Texas than Philadelphia, the next highest city for tolls more time to cheer on his Philadelphia Eagles. A&M University began their on-field feud. on trucks. I thank Vince Panvini for his years of serv- Texas A&M was a military academy until the Mr. Speaker, a toll increase like this has a ice and wish him well in retirement. mid-60s. The Aggies’ record against the burnt tremendously negative impact on my constitu- f orange suffered because of this, but this game ents who transport goods in and out of New COLLEGE RIVALRY GOOD FOR was a must win among both schools. The York City. I have heard directly from many of TEXAS Aggies hired legendary coach Bear Bryant as them, like Ken Johnson who owns Leonards head coach and athletic director, but Bryant Express, a trucking company in Ontario Coun- HON. TED POE only defeated the University of Texas one time ty, about the harm this would do for his busi- in the four years he commanded before mov- OF TEXAS ness and others throughout Western New ing on to Alabama. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES York and the Southern Tier. Additionally, it is As A&M transitioned out of being solely a clear that ultimately consumers will bear the Monday, January 23, 2012 military academy, their traditions against the burden of paying higher prices for goods they Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ‘‘Texas Longhorns were passed down from generation buy in stores. fight, Texas fight and it’s goodbye to A&M.’’ to generation. The two universities fed off of

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