March 8, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 157, Pt. 3 3481 PIRATES OF THE SEA: DE´ JA` VU resents the attacks by pirates in the ghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, and OF 1801 Indian Ocean in just the last 4 months. elsewhere, who continue to fight the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Piracy is a growing business because good fight at great risk to their own Chair recognizes the gentleman from nations pay the ransom. Every dollar lives in the face of being ostracized and Texas (Mr. POE) for 5 minutes. paid in ransom is helping the pirates of persecuted by their families and com- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the the seas finance their cause, expand munities, for women’s abilities to be pirates are back. These are not the their reach, and their thirst is even included in the societies in which they Blackbeard, eye-patched, hook-for-a- getting greater for more bounty and live. hand, peg-legged kind of pirates from loot. Despite an increased inter- We celebrate tremendous women here the Hollywood movies. The modern-day national naval presence, the Somalian at home in the United States who have pirates are skilled, rich, violent, armed pirates are getting bolder, and they are done much to advance the ability of with automatic weapons, and are driv- getting more violent. women to work, to vote, to go to en by a business that is generating up America has been dealing with the school, and to run for and hold elective to $7 billion a year. threat of pirates since the days of our office. As a woman who is able to serve My constituents from Texas, Bill Founding Fathers, over 200 years ago. in Congress today, I know that I stand Rouse and his wife Judy, have navi- During the youngest years of America, on the shoulders of these women giants gated the oceans for years. Recently, the Barbary states would blackmail who have sacrificed so much in the they and another group of inter- American ships and the United States past. national navigators and sailors decided by demanding money in return for the But we must also recognize that that Somalia and the Somalian pirates safety of U.S. ships that crossed the much needs to be done right here in the had made the seas too dangerous to Mediterranean Sea. For years, the United States. In our country, women sail in that region, forcing them to United States and European govern- make only 77 percent of the paycheck transport their ships and boats by ments paid the humiliating tribute to that a male would make doing the barges to safer ports. Bill said that we protect the ships, but then in 1801 the same job. We know that even after 100 cannot allow a bunch of thugs to take Barbary pirates felt the wrath of the years it is too soon to declare: Mission an entire ocean away from the world. United States when Thomas Jefferson accomplished. And that is exactly what these pirates sent the United States Navy and the Recent news reports in Afghanistan are trying do. They have taken control United States Marine Corps to take show efforts in Afghanistan to pass leg- of parts of the ocean and are trying to care of business with the Barbary pi- islation that would shut down domestic mock the most powerful nations on rates. violence shelters. Turning our atten- Earth, including ours. This was the most famous action of tion closer to home, in Haiti, we find Days before the ill-fated American the marines during this time. And the that after the devastating earthquake, ship Quest left for their journey, Bill phrase, ‘‘from the shores of Tripoli,’’ UNICEF has found that the rapes in asked Scott Adam to join them in has been immortalized in the marine Haiti are at an all time high. But we’ve transporting their boats. Adam, the hymn. Jefferson sent a clear message also been fixated in recent weeks by skipper, said of the Quest, the Quest to the Barbary states and their pirates: the protests and push for democracy was circumnavigating the globe, and it don’t mess with the United States. And sweeping the Middle East. And women was a lifelong quest. And they contin- they didn’t for 200 years. The Somalian have been leading the charge. ued on their trip, although it turned pirates should study a little American We must also acknowledge the out to be doomed, in the Indian Ocean. history. If they would, they’d find out shameful plight of hundreds of thou- Just a week after Scott Adam and that there will be a day of reckoning sands of mothers-to-be around the three other Americans were captured, that will eventually come to them and globe who die because of pregnancy or they were executed pirate-style after their evil ways. Thomas Jefferson de- child-related complications. It’s Somali pirates captured the ship the stroyed them. We will see what hap- shameful that the simple act of child- Quest. pens now. birth remains a death sentence for hun- Pirates have also hijacked and kid- Our Constitution gives us the author- dreds of thousands of women and girls napped a Danish family. Bill Rouse has ity in article I, section 8: ‘‘To define around the world. also met with these people on this and punish piracies and felonies com- b 1420 doomed ship. This family, including mitted on the high seas.’’ These ocean We must recommit ourselves to the small children, is now on the Somali lines are essential to American com- Millennium Development Goal to re- mainland, still held hostage. Their cap- merce and travel, and we must do ev- duce dying from pregnancy or child- tors have arrogantly warned that any erything in our power to stop the pi- birth. military effort to save them will result rates off the Somalian coast. These pi- Last, I had the honor of attending in their immediate execution. rates of the seas must find out that if the State Department’s Women of Bill has told me of other stories they continue to mess with the United Courage ceremony to honor 10 women. about the tight-knit community of States, they will find themselves in a They were: people sailing in that region from all de´ja` vu of 1801. And they, like the pi- Maria Bashir, a prosecutor general in over the world. And they have been rates before them, will disappear in the Afghanistan. She handles cases on be- forced off of the sea because of the pi- ash heap of history. half of women victims of domestic rates. There are not enough resources And that’s just the way it is. abuse. to respond to these constant threats; f Nasta Palazhanka, who at age 20 has and these pirates not only kidnap, led peaceful protests and called atten- murder, and hold for ransom small INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY tion to the plight of families of polit- boat owners, but attack freighters and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ical prisoners. other commercial vessels as well. Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Henriette Ekwe Ebongo from Cam- In just 2010, Somali pirates hijacked Wisconsin (Ms. MOORE) for 5 minutes. eroon, a political activist and publisher 53 ships and held a total of 1,100 hos- Ms. MOORE. I rise today as the of Bebela, she spent a lifetime advanc- tages for ransom; and pirate attacks Democratic cochair of the Women’s ing press freedom, human rights, good have increased dramatically in recent Caucus to celebrate the 100th anniver- governance, and gender equality. months. Here is a drawing of the recent sary of International Women’s Day. From China, Guo Jianmei, a lawyer. attacks of the pirates in the Indian Mr. Speaker, I’m so pleased to join Founder of the Women’s Law Center at Ocean. The red represents all of the pi- millions in our Nation and around the Peking University, she helped to create rate attacks between March of 2009 up world in commemorating this Inter- a corps of lawyers to defend public in- until October of 2010. But the blue, national Women’s Day. We celebrate terest cases, especially affecting which you see just as much of, rep- courageous women in places like Af- women and other vulnerable groups.

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Founder of the Wom- female Roma Member of Parliament in Dean Acheson Auditorium—Department of State en’s Law Center at Peking University, Ms. WITH SPECIAL GUEST Guo helped create a corps of lawyers to de- Hungary. fend public interest cases, especially in areas First Lady Michelle Obama From Jordan, Eva Abu Halaweh has affecting women, migrants, and other vul- PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS dedicated her career to advocating for nerable groups. When Peking University ap- The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, peared to bow to official pressure, and closed the vulnerable people of Jordan, in- Secretary of State her center, Ms. Guo responded by estab- cluding women at risk of becoming vic- Mrs. Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United lishing her own law firm. The memory of the tims of so-called ‘‘honor crimes.’’ States plight of the women in her village drives her to continue to fight to improve the lives of The Honorable Melanne Verveer, From Kyrgyzstan, we have Roza the underprivileged. Otunbayeva, who emerged as central Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues YOANI SANCHEZ Asia’s first female head of state and The Honorable Julia Gillard, M.P., Prime Minister of Australia CUBA head of government in a traditional, Blogger, technological innovator, and majority Muslim country. Mr. Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs emerging civil society leader Yoani Sanchez From Mexico, the first woman ever has attracted an international following for AWARD RECIPIENTS her blog, Generacı´on Y, which gives readers appointed to the position of Assistant Ms. Maria Bashir, Afghanistan unprecedented insight into life in Cuba. She Attorney General, Marisela Morales Ms. Nasta Palazhanka, Belarus* has worked to improve the ability of ordi- Ibanez, a leader in bringing to justice Ms. Henriette Ekwe Ebongo, Cameroon nary Cubans to access and disseminate infor- mation, and to expand information flow and some of Mexico’s most dangerous and Ms. Jianmei Guo, China notorious criminals. free expression throughout Cuba. In 2009, Ms. Yoani Sanchez, Cuba* Sanchez was detained and roughed up by Last but certainly not least, from The Honorable Agnes Osztolykan, Hungary Cuban state security agents. She lives with Pakistan, Ghulam Sughra has become Ms. Eva Abu Halaweh, Jordan daily fear that she could be jailed and ac- cepts that she will always pay a price for her her village’s first female high school Her Excellency Roza Otunbayeva, President of work as long as the current governmental the Kyrgyz Republic graduate and the first teacher at the system continues. Ms. Marisela Morales Iban˜ ez, Mexico first school for girls. AGNES OSZTOLYKAN Ms. Ghulam Sughra, Pakistan Thank you so much for these women HUNGARY and thanks for International Women’s *Unable to attend awards ceremony Defying the odds, Agnes Osztolykan was Day. MARIA BASHIR elected to Hungarian Parliament in 2010, and is the only female Roma Member of Par- AFGHANISTAN [From the Department of State, United liament (MP) in Hungary. Ms. Osztolykan States of America, Mar. 8, 2011] Maria Bashir is Prosecutor General of the speaks out for Roma people in the face of Attorney General’s Office in Herat province, open hostility, fearlessly advocating for the 2011 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE Afghanistan, the only woman to ever hold equal rights and inclusion of Roma in Hun- AWARDS CEREMONY such a position in Afghan history. She han- garian society. As deputy chair of the Edu- dles cases on behalf of women victims of do- cation Committee, she contributes to Hun- 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL mestic abuse. Her work on behalf of victims gary’s new education regulations, ensuring WOMEN’S DAY of-self-immolation and her unparalleled ef- that Roma inclusion remains a priority of THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S INTER- forts to jail abusive husbands has put her government programming. Ms. Osztolykan is NATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE own life at risk, yet she perseveres to make also a strong promoter of civil society in Herat a more just and safe place and remains AWARDS Hungary, who tirelessly pushes for better steadfast in her commitment to the future of education and opportunities for children. On the 100th anniversary of International Afghanistan. EVA ABU HALAWEH Women’s Day, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sec- NASTA PALAZHANKA JORDAN retary of State will present the fifth annual BELARUS Eva Abu Halaweh has dedicated her career International Women of Courage Awards to Nasta Palazhanka joined the opposition to advocating for the vulnerable people of ten women from around the world. This is youth movement in Belarus at the age of 14. Jordan, including women at risk of becoming the only award within the U.S. Department Now 21, she is a key figure in the opposition victims of so-called ‘‘honor crimes.’’ As Ex- of State that pays tribute to outstanding youth organization ‘‘Malady Front’’ (Young ecutive Director of the Mizan Law Group for women leaders worldwide. It recognizes their Front). Ms. Palazhanka has led peaceful pro- Human Rights, Ms. Halaweh has developed a courage and leadership as they fight for so- tests an called attention to the plight of the legal team that provides free legal advice cial justice, human rights, and the advance- families of political prisoners. She was at and counseling, often the only option for ment of women. the heart of the ‘‘tent camp’’ set up in down- those seeking justice or a remedy to their town Minsk to demonstrate against the plight. Ms. Halaweh’s work has influenced Today, The Secretary of State will pay fraudulent results of the 2006 presidential the government’s actions to prevent torture tribute to this year’s ten honorees from Af- polls, and she has selflessly worked on behalf and prosecute such violations and her advo- ghanistan, Belarus, Cameroon, China, Cuba, of charitable causes to improve the human cacy opposing the government’s use of ad- Hungary, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, and rights situation in her country. ministrative detention to ‘‘protect’’ women Pakistan. They were chosen from among HENRIETTE EKWE EBONGO at risk of so-called ‘‘honor crimes’’ has eighty-seven exceptional women nominated CAMEROON changed the lives of many. by U.S. Embassies worldwide for their ex- Regarded as one of the most influential ROZA OTUNBAYEVA traordinary work in advancing human journalists in Cameroon, Henriette Ekwe KYRGYZSTAN rights. Ebongo, political activist and publisher of Stepping forward as a leader in the second Bebela, has spent a lifetime advancing press effort of her country to shed authoritarian freedom, human rights, good governance, rule, Roza Otunbayeva emerged as Central and gender equality. The publisher of Bebela, Asia’s first female head of state and head of a weekly independent newspaper, she was in- government in a traditional, majority Mus- strumental in the founding of a freer and lim country. In the face of a collapsing, cor- more independent media in Cameroon. De- rupt government and economic stagnation, spite constant persecution over 30 years, ‘‘la President Otunbayeva succeeded in binding

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By Your guidance of our judgments behalf of Frank Buckles and all those other doughboys that we authorize the MARISELA MORALES IBANE˜ Z and decisions may we respond to Your commands and holy inspirations to building of a memorial on The Mall for MEXICO build Your kingdom of peace and jus- those who served in World War I, those The first woman ever appointed to the po- tice. doughboys. It is time for Congress to sition of Assistant Attorney General for Spe- In so doing, may we give You glory do something for those young men and cialized Investigation of Organized Crime women who served. (SIEDO) in 2008, Marisela Morales has been a now and forever. Amen. And that’s just the way it is. leader in bringing to justice some of Mexi- f co’s most dangerous and notorious criminals. f THE JOURNAL Her fearless efforts to stand up against cor- HONORING C. RAY BAKER ruption have generated confidence in SIEDO The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- (Mr. WOMACK asked and was given among the public at large. Under Ms. Mo- ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- permission to address the House for 1 rales’ leadership, SIEDO has succeeded in co- ceedings and announces to the House ordinating efforts with the Secretariat of De- minute.) his approval thereof. fense, the Secretariat of the Navy, the Secre- Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Speaker, I rise tariat of Public Security, and the Secre- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- today to remember an Arkansas leg- tariat of Governance, as well as with the nal stands approved. end—former Mayor Ray Baker—who U.S. Embassy in Mexico, and the embassies f died March 4, 2011, following a lengthy of other governments. Ms. Morales has been illness. For 20 years, Mayor Baker pre- instrumental in creating the first Federal PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE sided over Fort Smith, Arkansas, our Witness Protection Program in Mexico. With The SPEAKER. Will the gentle- her guidance and support, SIEDO indicted second largest city. He was remem- woman from North Carolina (Ms. FOXX) bered this week not only for his out- the first federal trafficking in persons case. come forward and lead the House in the With her oversight, SIEDO and the U.S. De- standing civic leadership, but also for partment of Homeland Security have cooper- Pledge of Allegiance. his 44 years of teaching American his- ated to reunify children of trafficking vic- Ms. FOXX led the Pledge of Alle- tory at Fort Smith Southside High tims with their mothers in the United giance as follows: School, lessons taught to thousands of States. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the students on many of the very issues de- GHULAM SUGHRA United States of America, and to the Repub- bated in this hallowed Chamber. He lic for which it stands, one nation under God, PAKISTAN was an institution in civic and aca- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Born in rural Sindh Province, Ghulam demic accomplishment, including the Sughra became her village’s first female f prestigious Milken Family National high school graduate and the first teacher at WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL Educator Award. the first school for girls. Despite being chal- Mr. Speaker, it warmed the soul to (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was lenged by villagers who refused to enroll listen to his colleagues, former stu- their daughters in school, she initiated a given permission to address the House dents, family, and friends eulogize him public awareness campaign. She came to re- for 1 minute.) for his contributions to humankind. alize that economically empowered women Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the His enthusiasm was contagious; his de- would have more authority to allow their lone survivor, the last doughboy of votion to his school, church, and com- daughters to attend school so she focused on World War I, Frank Buckles, has died ways that would enable local women to de- munity unmistakable. velop their own sources of income. Her ef- at the age of 110. This photograph of Thanks to Mayor Baker, in his own forts led to the creation of the Marvi Rural Frank Buckles was taken when he was immortal words, ‘‘Life’s worth living in Development Organization (MRDO), an NGO 16 years of age. He lied to numerous re- Fort Smith, Arkansas.’’ focused on creating community savings cruiters so he could join the United funds and raising awareness of education, States Army and go ‘‘over there’’ in f health and social development issues. World War I. He served in the Ambu- HORRIBLE UNDERMINING OF f lance Corps, rescuing other doughboys RIGHTS who had been wounded in Europe. He (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked RECESS came back home to America. and was given permission to address The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- During World War II, he was in the the House for 1 minute and to revise ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Merchant Marines, Merchant Seamen, and extend her remarks.) declares the House in recess until 4 and he was captured by the Japanese in Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. p.m. today. the Philippines. He was held as a pris- Speaker, just a few minutes ago I had Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 23 min- oner of war for 31⁄2 years. the privilege of listening to Janice Kay utes p.m.), the House stood in recess Later, Frank moved to West Vir- Bobholz, a deputy sheriff from Wis- until 4 p.m. ginia, and he drove his tractor until he consin; Courtney Johnson, a teacher f was well into his hundreds. This is a from Ohio; Ryan Fagg, an electrician photograph taken of him when he was from Indiana; Lynne Radcliffe, a school b 1600 109 years of age. It was taken not far support staff from Ohio; and Tom AFTER RECESS from here on The D.C. Mall because, Guyer, a U.S. Army veteran and a pa- you see, it was Frank’s wish toward the role officer from Ohio, all of them The recess having expired, the House end of his life that we, as Members of pleading with this Congress to inter- was called to order by the Speaker at 4 Congress, authorize the building of a vene or to cease the nonsense of their p.m. memorial to all of the doughboys who Governors who are union busting and f served in World War I, all 4 million of breaking the backs of middle class them who have all died; 116,000 of them Americans. PRAYER were killed in World War I. They all explained how the unions The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Mr. Speaker, we have memorials for were eager to work with these States Coughlin, offered the following prayer: Vietnam, World War II, and Korea on on health and pension benefits; but yet, Lord, our God and Savior, You have The Mall, but we don’t have a memo- because of special interests and large given us a powerful calling. Destined in rial for all of those who served in World corporate donors and private conversa- our journey of life to find eternal hap- War I. We have a memorial, and this is tions of the Governor of Wisconsin

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