JOURNAL and LEGISLATIVE RECORD - HOUSE, April 12, 2018
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JOURNAL AND LEGISLATIVE RECORD - HOUSE, April 12, 2018 ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE ORDERS SECOND REGULAR SESSION On motion of Representative RILEY of Jay, the following 34th Legislative Day Joint Resolution: (H.P. 1342) (Cosponsored by Senator Thursday, April 12, 2018 SAVIELLO of Franklin) JOINT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING The House met according to adjournment and was called JUNE 16, 2018 AS DESTROYER ESCORT DAY to order by the Speaker. WHEREAS, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam Prayer by Reverend Carie Johnsen, Unitarian Universalist War and the Cold War called upon thousands of America's Community Church of Augusta. youth to join in the fight by land, sea and air to restore freedom National Anthem by Sanford High School Chamber and peace throughout the world; and Singers. WHEREAS, the Destroyer Escort was designed for use in Pledge of Allegiance. World War II as an anti-submarine vessel to provide a lifeline _________________________________ for Allied forces by protecting convoys from the U-Boat menace in the Atlantic and was used extensively in surface-to- Under suspension of the rules, members were allowed to surface combat, shelling shores for invasions and many other remove their jackets. assignments; and _________________________________ WHEREAS, in recognition of the lives lost in these endeavors, and in commendation of the bravery and valor of The Journal of yesterday was read and approved. the sailors of the Destroyer Escorts, the Destroyer Escort _________________________________ Association will host a special ceremony in Lewiston to honor the sailors of the Destroyer Escorts of World War II, the Korean COMMUNICATIONS War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War with special tribute The Following Communication: (S.C. 981) paid to those who lost their lives with their ships; now, MAINE SENATE therefore, be it 128TH LEGISLATURE RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY and Twenty-eighth Legislature now assembled in the Second April 11, 2018 Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, take Honorable Robert B. Hunt this opportunity to recognize June 16, 2018 as Destroyer Clerk of the House Escort Day throughout the State of Maine in commemoration of 2 State House Station the valiant sailors who risked and often gave their lives for Augusta, Maine 04333 peace and freedom worldwide. Dear Clerk Hunt: READ. Please be advised the Senate today insisted to its previous The SPEAKER: The Chair recognizes the Representative action whereby it accepted the Majority Ought Not to Pass from Jay, Representative Riley. Report from the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Representative RILEY: Thank you, Madam Speaker. Safety on Bill "An Act To Provide Additional Deductions from a These fellows that I have with me up here in the gallery today Sentence of Imprisonment for Completion of Education, Mental are veterans. They were destroyer escort sailors and they are Health Treatment and Substance Abuse Treatment Programs" very proud of that. I am very pleased to have them here as my (H.P. 973) (L.D. 1415) in non-concurrence. guests today. Thank you. Best Regards, Subsequently, the Joint Resolution was ADOPTED. S/Heather J.R. Priest Sent for concurrence. Secretary of the Senate _________________________________ READ and ORDERED PLACED ON FILE. _________________________________ On motion of Representative TEPLER of Topsham, the following Joint Resolution: (H.P. 1343) (Cosponsored by PETITIONS, BILLS AND RESOLVES REQUIRING Senator BREEN of Cumberland and Representatives: REFERENCE COOPER of Yarmouth, DAUGHTRY of Brunswick, DeCHANT Bill "An Act To Allow Adults To Purchase Tobacco of Bath, FULLER of Lewiston, Speaker GIDEON of Freeport, Products" HANINGTON of Lincoln, HANLEY of Pittston, PIERCE of (H.P. 1344) (L.D. 1906) Dresden) Sponsored by Representative SANDERSON of Chelsea. JOINT RESOLUTION COMMEMORATING YOM HASHOAH, (GOVERNOR'S BILL) THE DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 12, 2018 Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WHEREAS, from 1933 to 1945, 6,000,000 Jews were suggested. murdered in the Holocaust as part of a state-sponsored, On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED systematic persecution and annihilation program of genocide, pending REFERENCE and later today assigned. and millions of other people suffered as victims of Nazism, _________________________________ such as the handicapped, political dissidents and many others for racial, ethnic or national reasons; and By unanimous consent, all matters having been acted upon WHEREAS, the people of the State of Maine should always were ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. remember the atrocities committed by the Nazis so that such _________________________________ horrors are never repeated, and the history of the Holocaust offers an opportunity to reflect on the moral responsibilities of Doctor of the day, David MacKenzie, M.D., Scarborough. individuals, societies and governments; and _________________________________ WHEREAS, the people of the State of Maine should always remember those who liberated the Nazi concentration camps, H-1610 JOURNAL AND LEGISLATIVE RECORD - HOUSE, April 12, 2018 some of whom lost their lives and others of whom have here. However, at that time, the US had a wave of anti- experienced lifelong emotional suffering, as holding an immigrant sentiment following the war, and there were severe honored place in our history; and restrictions on the number of refugees that could come, post- WHEREAS, the people of the State of Maine should Nazi Holocaust and World War II, to the United States. So, my continually rededicate themselves to the principle of equal in-laws ended up in Canada and my husband was born in justice for all people, remain eternally vigilant against all Montreal. They did eventually make immigration to the United tyranny and recognize that bigotry provides a breeding ground States and settle in the city of New York, but they spent a long for tyranny to flourish; and journey following the war to get here. WHEREAS, the national community, pursuant to an Act of I feel strongly that when we think about immigration, we Congress, will be commemorating the week of April 8, 2018 to must think about this post-war period. My husband and I have April 15, 2018 as the Days of Remembrance of the Victims of become dedicated to the belief that there are people suffering the Holocaust, including the Day of Remembrance, known as from violence around the world, who are refugees currently, Yom HaShoah, April 12, 2018; and who desperately want to come to the United States. We have WHEREAS, it is appropriate for the people of the State of made part of our family two young men who came from the Maine to join in this international commemoration, marking 73 violence in East Africa who are asylum seekers. They are here years since the end of World War II and the liberation of the in the United States legally, but they may not be able to stay. Nazi concentration and death camps; now, therefore, be it For now, they are with us, they are safe, and they are RESOLVED: That We, the Members of the One Hundred protected. One of the most important mottos of this country is and Twenty-eighth Legislature now assembled in the Second E Pluribus Unum, out of many, one. And that is a very good Regular Session, on behalf of the people we represent, pause motto for today. in solemn memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in honor The SPEAKER: The Chair recognizes the Representative of the survivors, rescuers and liberators; that We urge one and from York, Representative Hymanson. all to recommit themselves to the lessons of the Holocaust Representative HYMANSON: Thank you, Madam through the international week of commemoration; and that We Speaker. My husband's family came -- my father-in-law came express our common desire to continually strive to overcome from Poland during the pogroms and my three kids have lost a prejudice and inhumanity through education, vigilance and wide swath of their heritage to the Holocaust. The words I will resistance; and be it further speak are from holocaust survivors. "When you have hatred in RESOLVED: That suitable copies of this resolution, duly your heart there is no room for love." – Faigie Libman "Hate authenticated by the Secretary of State, be transmitted to the will destroy the person doing the hating." – Nate Liepciger Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine and the United "I am a strong believer that we must tell the stories to the States Holocaust Memorial Council in Washington, D.C. on youngsters. They are going to be our witnesses. But, please, behalf of the people of the State of Maine. present them in a way with the kind of emotions that will create READ. -- that will not create the same hatred that was done to us." – The SPEAKER: The Chair recognizes the Representative Max Glauben from Topsham, Representative Tepler. "I tell my story for the purpose of improving humanity drop Representative TEPLER: Thank you, Madam Speaker. by drop by drop. Like a drop of water falls on a stone and Madam Speaker, Men and Women of the House, and Honored erodes it, so hopefully by telling my story over and over again I Guests. Today is Yom Hashoah, the Day of Remembrance of will achieve the purpose of making the world a better place to the Holocaust. live in." – Pinchas Gutter As is typical for my culture and my faith, I must use this "To be a survivor after the Holocaust is to have all the opportunity for the purposes of education. I would like to talk a reason in the world to destroy and not to destroy. To have all little bit about my children's great-grandparents and the reasons in the world to hate and not to hate. To have all grandparents. My mother-in-law's family came from the small the reasons in the world to mistrust and not to mistrust." -Elie Polish village of Izbica, and they were determined not to leave Wiesel.