July 14, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1747 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CANNON Brown’s youngest appointees and one of sional work product here can be indecipher- HOUGHTELING ’s oldest.’’ Gov. Edmund G. able. Even Shakespeare’s prose makes lighter ‘‘Pat’’ Brown appointed Houghteling to the reading. With the Bard one needs only an State Park Commission, which Houghteling HON. NANCY PELOSI eventually chaired, in 1959; in 1964 he was ap- English-language dictionary nearby. For Bar- OF pointed to the State Highway Commission. row’s works, one needs, at a minimum, not IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Houghteling was appointed to BCDC in 1971; only Webster’s but Black’s Law Dictionary, the Tuesday, July 14, 2009 in the mid-1970s, he was appointed chairman Revised Statutes of the United States, the by Gov. Edmund G. ‘‘Jerry’’ Brown Jr., a Statutes-at-Large, the United States Code, Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I rise to pay post he held until 1982. While chairman, and a pot of strong coffee. tribute to a great California statesman and Houghteling shepherded through the Suisun Writing federal legislation is obviously a public servant, Joseph Cannon Houghteling, Marsh Protection Plan, which shielded 89,000 unique skill and a decorative art form. Pope who passed away on June 23, 2009. acres of wetlands and wildlife habitat from Barrow and his office colleagues have mas- On July 16th, 2009 Joe’s family and friends uncontrolled development. From 1972–1982, Houghteling was on the Metropolitan Trans- tered it. As a practical matter, all of us Mem- will gather on ’s historic ship the bers untrained as lawyers in our former lives Balclutha to celebrate his life, and I wish to portation Commission. While on MTC, he no- ticed that there was no direct pedestrian ac- would always find ourselves at a disadvantage honor my friend by submitting his obituary cess from the Embarcadero to the ferry land- in any legislature, so we owe Pope Barrow from the . ing. At Houghteling’s suggestion, a passage- and his colleagues an extraordinary debt of Joseph Cannon Houghteling, former chair- way was built through the Ferry Building to gratitude. He evens the playing field so a car- man of the San Francisco Bay Conservation allow easy access. In 1994, a plaque was in- penter like me can compete with any other and Development Commission (BCDC) and stalled in the Ferry Building to honor Democratic activist, died at home June 23 in Member in this place. Houghteling. In 1984, Houghteling was ap- Madam Speaker, on behalf of myself and San Francisco after a short illness. He was pointed to the bi-state Tahoe Regional Plan- 84. Houghteling spent many years in pro ning Agency, on which he served until 1992. my own staff, and on behalf of the staff of the bono public service, with an emphasis on re- Houghteling also was president of the Na- House Administration Committee, I wish Pope gional government, transportation and the tional Maritime Museum Association from well in his next endeavors, whatever they may balance between conservation and develop- 1992–1994. He was instrumental in bringing be. May Pope Barrow always look back over ment. When he stepped down as chairman of the submarine the USS Pampanito to Pier 45. his 40 years here as fondly as will his office BCDC, The Chronicle editorialized ‘‘He has Houghteling lived in Palo Alto, Los Gatos colleagues and every Member of this House. served with wit, style and patience . . . and and Atherton. After moving back to San f has brought a spirit of compromise to its re- Francisco in 1978, he kept a home in Portola sponsibility of allowing development but Valley for many years. Houghteling is sur- DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN protecting the environment, two goals often vived by his wife of 31 years, Signa Judith OPERATIONS, AND RELATED hard to reach.’’ Born in San Francisco in Irwin Houghteling, and his daughters with PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS 1924, son of the late William and Virginia the late Frances Fisher Houghteling: Anne ACT, 2010 LeSeure Houghteling, Houghteling attended Frances Houghteling and her husband, Herb Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. He then Greenman, of Palo Alto; Elizabeth Cannon SPEECH OF joined the Navy V–12 college officer-training Houghteling and her husband, Philip program and attended Bates College and the Balboni, of Cambridge, Mass.; and Mary Wal- HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH College of the Holy Cross. He served aboard lace Houghteling of Berkeley. He is survived OF the USS Ocklawaha in 1945–46 with the forces by his grandson, Philip Cannon Houghteling IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES occupying Japan. He graduated from Yale in Balboni, of Cambridge. He leaves three 1947. After college, Houghteling moved to the nieces and a nephew by his sister, Lucretia Thursday, July 9, 2009 Peninsula, where he was publisher of com- H. Robertson, who predeceased him.’’ The House in Committee of the Whole munity newspapers including The Gilroy f House on the State of the Union had under Dispatch, The Los Gatos Times-Observer, consideration the bill (H.R. 3081) making ap- The Sunnyvale Standard, The Pleasanton EXPRESSING THE GRATITUDE OF propriations for the Department of State, Times and The Mountain View Register- THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- foreign operations, and related programs for Leader. He owned The Nevada County Nug- TIVES FOR THE SERVICE OF M. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and get for a time. He also founded Diablo Press, POPE BARROW, JR. for other puropses: which published books on controversial top- Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Chair, we must take ics including abortion and ‘‘We Accuse,’’ a SPEECH OF measurable actions to replace policies of ag- collection of essays on the new American po- litical anger during the , as HON. ROBERT A. BRADY gression with policies of dialogue, adherence well as ‘‘The Sinking of the Lollipop’’ by OF PENNSYLVANIA to international law and an unwavering dedica- Rodney G. Minott, about the congressional IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion to the protection of human rights. As campaign of Pete McCloskey and Shirley such, I oppose the bill based on the inclusion Monday, July 13, 2009 Temple Black. Although he came from a of funding for programs and support for poli- family of Illinois Republicans, including Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam cies that fail to meet these important goals. great-grand-father ‘‘Uncle Joe’’ Cannon, Re- Speaker, there are many people who work This bill continues funding for the Inter- publican Speaker of the U.S. House of Rep- very hard behind the scenes to enable the national Military Education and Training resentatives, Houghteling became a com- House to fulfill its legislative responsibilities, (IMET) program. IMET is one of the three mitted Democrat. He was a California dele- and Pope Barrow is unsurpassed in his craft. gate to the Democratic Conventions of 1956, funding sources that support the Western supporting Adlai Stevenson, and of 1960, sup- As ‘‘the’’ House Legislative Counsel for the Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation porting John F. Kennedy. He was Northern past dozen years, and as ‘‘a’’ legislative coun- (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of California treasurer to the 1960 Kennedy sel for 28 years before that, Barrow has the Americas (SOA). presidential campaign. He participated in helped me and every Member to prepare and This combat-training facility for security per- many other campaigns, including those of perfect our legislation, that is, the actual words sonnel in Latin America is notorious for grad- both Pat and Jerry Brown, John Tunney, on the papers that Congress enacts into the uating human rights offenders. In its 59 years Dianne Feinstein and Pete McCloskey. law of the land. He is a gruff yet genial fellow of existence, the SOA trained over 60,000 Houghteling served on the boards of many who takes great pride in his work, and rightly Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency nonprofits including California Tomorrow, the Planning and Conservation League Foun- so. He has much to be proud of over the techniques, sniper training, commando and dation, the Coro Foundation, Stanford Hos- course of his career, as many of my col- psychological warfare, military intelligence and pital, Peninsula School and the California leagues have already described. interrogation tactics. These graduates have Newspaper Publishers Association. I frankly don’t know about Barrow’s other consistently targeted educators, union orga- Houghteling joked that he was ‘‘one of Pat genres, but as Legislative Counsel his profes- nizers, religious workers, student leaders, and

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The plan, implement, and evaluate projects sup- Sisters Dorothy and Jean Donovan of Cleve- University believes it will save approximately porting the restoration of the fishery, eco- land, along with two other churchwomen from $150,000 annually in energy savings. Schools, system, and beneficial uses of the Great the U.S., Sister Maura Clarke and Sister Ita nursing homes, and other community institu- Lakes. This request was made with numerous Forde, were raped and murdered by members tions and households will gain a means to dis- Members and Senators of the Congressional of the armed forces of El Salvador. Three of pose of biomass waste in an environmentally Great Lakes Task Force. the five officers involved were graduates of the responsible manner and the entire community Account: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers—In- School of the Americas. will benefit from reduced demand on landfill vestigations I oppose the continuation of funding for the capacity. Funding will be used to acquire the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Merida Initiative and expansion of this flawed anaerobic digesting plant equipment, plan and Army Engineer District, Great Lakes & Ohio program to the Caribbean countries. Time and engineer the installation of the digester plant, River Division again, research has demonstrated that illicit and educate the Oshkosh area community Address of Requesting Entity: 550 Main drug production in developing countries stems about this new technology. This project sup- Street, Room 10032, Cincinnati, OH 45202 from pervasive rural poverty and lack of sus- ports the University’s plan to develop alter- Description of Request: The appropriation tainable sources of income. More money for native sustainable energy sources and follow will provide $4 million in the FY 10 Energy and guns and other tools of destruction will do the Governor of Wisconsin’s directive to elimi- Water Development Appropriations bill, Gen- nothing to ease the suffering of those strug- nate dependence on fossil fuels. eral Investigations account for Remedial Ac- gling with addiction or alleviate the social Account: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, tion Plan (RAP) Committees. The funding problems that compel people to produce Section 1135 would be used for RAPs to identify specific ac- and/or traffic drugs. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. tions to resolve pollution problems by coordi- I also oppose the Import-Export Bank provi- Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit Division nating with the Corps of Engineers in dredging sion in Section 7043 of the bill regarding Iran. Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box and sediment cleanups. This request was Sanctions can be an effective diplomatic tool 1027, Detroit, MI 48231 made with numerous Members and Senators in the right circumstances. However, sanctions Description of Request: $150,000 for the of the Congressional Great Lakes Task Force. are meant to cripple economies and as such Corps of Engineers’ assistance to participate f can have disastrous consequences for the citi- in an investigation to determine the extent of EARMARK DECLARATION zens of any sanctioned country. Iran is experi- the Corps’ water level management strategy encing extreme turmoil among its citizens. Re- on the depletion of fish and other aquatic habi- HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO cent events make it very clear that the people tat within Lake Poygan, Winnebago County, OF WEST VIRGINIA of Iran are to be commended for their cour- Wisconsin. Lake Poygan once provided abun- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES age, not strangled by an increasingly crippled dant high quality habitat for water fowl and economy as the fabric of their society is being other birds, furbearers, and warm water fish- Monday, July 13, 2009 ripped apart. Furthermore, the provision will ery. Much of this habitat has deteriorated in Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, pursuant to undoubtedly target countries that are our allies recent years. The existing water level man- the Republican Leadership standards on ear- who will have a role to play as the U.S. moves agement strategy is being reviewed to deter- marks, I am submitting the following informa- forward diplomatically with Iran and in the re- mine its role in the degradation. Water levels tion regarding earmarks I received as part of gion generally. With the global economic cri- at Lake Poygan have been managed under H.R. 3183—Energy and Water Development sis, this policy will cause the U.S. to fall far the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fox River and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, short of our diplomatic goals in the region. project since 1872. The project would involve 2010. These are policies that take us down the the construction of a break wall on Lake Awarded under: Corps of Engineers, Con- wrong path. I cannot support this bill. Poygan for the purpose of protecting, improv- struction Account, Central West Virginia, f ing, and restoring fish and other aquatic life Corps of Engineers. habitat. FY 2010 funding would be used to Baltimore and Huntington Districts EARMARK DECLARATION continue the feasibility phase. Funds will be used for continuation of au- Account: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers— thorized waste and drinking water improve- HON. THOMAS E. PETRI Construction ment activities under section 571 of the Water OF WISCONSIN Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Resources Development Act of 1999. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Army Engineer District, Chicago f Address of Requesting Entity: 111 North Tuesday, July 14, 2009 EARMARK DECLARATION Canal Street, Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60606. Mr. PETRI. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Description of Request: The appropriation the Republican Leadership standards on ear- will provide $7.275 million in the FY 10 Energy HON. C. W. BILL YOUNG marks, I am submitting the following informa- and Water Development Appropriations bill, OF tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Construction account for the Chicago Sanitary IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. 3183 Energy and Water Development & Ship Canal. The funding would be used for Tuesday, July 14, 2009 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, the construction and operation of the electric Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, 2010: dispersal barriers in the canal as well as a pursuant to the House Republican Standards Requesting Member: The Honorable THOM- study to consider alternative approaches to on Congressional appropriations initiatives, I AS E. PETRI prevent inter-basin transfers of aquatic nui- am submitting the following information re- Bill Number: H.R. 3183 sance species. This request was made with garding projects that were included at my re- Account: Department of Energy: Energy, Ef- numerous Members and Senators of the Con- quest in H.R. 3183, the Fiscal Year 2010 En- ficiency, and Renewable Energy (EERE) gressional Great Lakes Task Force, along with ergy and Water Development and Related Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University a request from President Obama. Agencies Appropriations Bill: of Wisconsin Oshkosh Account: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers— Pinellas County Beach Erosion Control Address of Requesting Entity: 800 Algoma Construction Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Con- Blvd, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. struction Description of Request: The $500,000 ap- Army Engineer District, Great Lakes & Ohio Legal name and address of requesting enti- propriation will be used by UW Oshkosh to es- River Division ty: Pinellas County Board of County Commis- tablish a program for biomass recycling to be Address of Requesting Entity: 550 Main sioners, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL housed on their campus. This project is in Street, Room 10032, Cincinnati, OH 45202 33756 conjunction with several private and public en- Description of Request: The appropriation Description of requests: $14,000,000 is in- tities in the State of Wisconsin. The EERE ac- will provide $3.2 million in the FY 10 Energy cluded in the bill for the Army Corps of Engi- count provides federal funds to strengthen the and Water Development Appropriations bill, for neers and the Pinellas County Board of Coun- United States’ energy security, environmental restoration projects under the Great Lakes ty Commissioners to continue construction of

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