S5702 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 25, 2019 TRANSMITTAL NO. 19–47 to pursuing an education at the U.S. serving as a visionary guardian of the Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Military Academy, to earning the rank country’s well-being. Hailing from Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the of Supreme Commander of Allied America’s heartland and devoting his Arms Export Control Act Forces in Europe during World War II, life to the pursuit of liberty, Ike left Annex Item No. vii to becoming the leader of our Nation behind an extraordinary legacy that (vii) Sensitivity of Technology: and the free world, Ike continually created a better, more peaceful world. 1. The AN/AAQ–24(V)N LAIRCM is a self- strived for the best. Like so many of f contained, directed energy countermeasures his generation, he achieved a great deal system designed to protect aircraft from in- for himself and our country, but didn’t ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS frared-guided surface-to-air missiles. The seek personal credit for his accom- system features digital technology and plishments. Eisenhower’s determina- micro-miniature solid-state electronics. The REMEMBERING MARCA BRISTO tion, leadership, and honorable char- system operates in all conditions, detecting ∑ Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. President, I incoming missiles and jamming infrared- acter are the reasons that he remains seeker equipped missiles with aimed bursts respected around the world to this day. come before the Senate today to honor of laser energy. The LAIRCM system con- In fact, just 2 years ago in 2017, histo- the life of Marca Bristo: a trailblazer, sists of multiple Missile Warning Sensors, rians with expertise on Presidential an activist, a mother and—to me and Guardian Laser Turret Assembly (GLTA), rankings revised previous figures to so many others—a hero. She passed LAIRCM System Processor Replacement now include Eisenhower among the top away this month at the age of 66, after (LSPR), Control Indicator Unit Replacement five of all U.S. Presidents. spending the last four decades on the (CIUR), and a classified User Data Memory frontlines of the disability rights (UDM) card containing the laser jam codes. Although there are numerous exam- ples of Ike’s international respect, one movement. The UDM card is loaded into the LSPR prior With every day that passed and every to flight; when not in use, the UDM card is particular instance can be drawn from removed from the LSRP and put in secure his 1945 Guildhall Address. After Eisen- fight she took on, Marca redefined the storage. The Missile Warning Sensors (MWS) hower received the key to the city of word resilience. It was thanks in large for AN/AAQ–24(V)N are mounted on the air- London upon leading the Allies to vic- part to her decision to get out of her craft exterior to provide omni-directional tory in World War II, he said, ‘‘No wheelchair and crawl up the steps of protection. The MWS detects the rocket petty differences in the world of trade, the Capitol Building to help pass the plume of missiles and sends appropriate data Americans with Disabilities Act that I signals to the LSPR for processing. The traditions, or national pride should ever blind us to our identities in price- can roll through its corridors to cast LSPR analyzes the data from each sensor my vote in its Chamber three decades and automatically deploys the appropriate less values. If we keep our eyes on this countermeasure via the GLTA. The CIUR guidepost, then no difficulties along later. displays the incoming threat for the pilot to our path of mutual co-operation can She climbed up those steps to tear take appropriate action. The LSPR also con- ever be insurmountable. Moreover, down the barriers that had been hold- tains Built-in-Test (BIT) circuitry. LAIRCM when this truth has permeated to the ing us back. She got onto her hands hardware is CLASSIFIED only when a classi- remotest hamlet and heart of all peo- and knees so the rest of us could rise, fied UDM card is inserted into the system working tirelessly to turn the ADA and it is powered up. LAIRCM system soft- ple, then indeed may we beat our swords into plowshares and all nations from a dream to a law that enshrines ware, including Operational Flight Program the basic civil rights that those of us and jam codes, are classified SECRET. Tech- can enjoy the fruitfulness of the nical data and documentation to be provided Earth.’’ with disabilities rely on to live our is UNCLASSIFIED. Today, we are surrounded by Eisen- daily lives. 2. If a technologically advanced adversary hower’s enduring leadership and ideas. I and countless others am devastated were to obtain knowledge of the specific The effects of his creative innovation that we lost her so soon, but I am also hardware and software elements, the infor- and his focus on the future gave us the deeply grateful to have known her, mation could be used to develop counter- Interstate Highway System, the Fed- deeply thankful that, in one of the measures that might reduce weapon system eral Aviation Administration, the toughest times of my life, when I was effectiveness or be used in the development still adjusting to life in a wheelchair of a system with similar or advanced capa- Saint Lawrence Seaway, NASA, and bilities. the Department of Health, Education, after being wounded in Iraq, she de- 3. A determination has been made that and Welfare, now known as the Depart- cided to reach out. Through her kind- Qatar can provide substantially the same de- ment of Health and Human Services, ness and her wisdom, her strength and gree of protection for the sensitive tech- and the Department of Education. Ike her grit, she quickly went from strang- nology being released as the U.S. Govern- also supported legislation that wel- er to mentor to dear friend. ment. This sale is necessary in furtherance comed Alaska and Hawaii into the Marca was raised on a farm in up- of the U.S. foreign policy and national secu- Union; eradicated segregation in our state New York before moving to Chi- rity objectives outlined in the Policy Jus- cago and earning her nursing degree at tification. Armed Forces; and deployed the 4. All defense articles and services listed in Army’s 101st Airborne to Central High Rush University, but less than a year this transmittal are authorized for release School in Little Rock, AR, ensuring after becoming a nurse, a diving acci- and export to the Government of Qatar. that the law of educational integration dent left her paralyzed from the chest f was followed by all States. down. As the chairman of the Dwight D. Ei- She lost her home because she could DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER senhower Memorial Commission, I am no longer access it. She lost her job be- Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, today pleased to announce that the comple- cause there were no labor protections I wish to celebrate the 129th birthday tion of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Me- for those with disabilities. She lost her of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower morial, commemorating and memori- health insurance because her injuries was a fellow Kansan, a strong trail- alizing the general and President, is on and care were too expensive. But she blazer, and an exceptional American. budget and on schedule. A dedication didn’t lose her resolve, and our country His lifetime traversed many important ceremony is slated for May 8, 2020, the is far, far better because of that and be- eras in our Nation. Ike was born as the 75th Anniversary of the Allied Victory cause she believed that, even if you get American Frontier came to an end, and in Europe, V–E Day, during World War knocked down, it doesn’t mean you are passed away only a few months before II. It is truly exciting to realize that, knocked out. the United States stepped foot on the in about 7 months, our Nation will Marca’s entire life changed the day of Moon, beginning an exploration into dedicate a Presidential memorial in her accident. Suddenly, she looked the new frontier of space. Washington, DC, celebrating the life around and saw a world hostile to her, Born in Denison, TX, on October 14, and legacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower. hostile to all who couldn’t walk or see, 1890, and raised in Abilene, KS, Eisen- I ask you to join me in honoring Ei- couldn’t speak or hear. hower grew up in a humble environ- senhower’s 129th birthday. Ike not only So she set about changing the world. ment. He always worked hard for what championed the free world as an excep- She saw a country that pushed people he wanted. From his early years of tional military strategist, but also led with disabilities into the margins, a working 12-hour shifts at a creamery, our country to times of prosperity nation that treated them as less than,

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In mittee on Finance be discharged from fur- fused to call it anything else, refusing April, Julius was finally liberated from ther consideration of S.J. Res. 52, a joint res- to stop fighting until disability issues Dachau by the U.S. Army. Julius and olution providing for congressional dis- weren’t just relegated to the doctor’s his brother Jacob survived the Holo- approval under chapter 8 of title 5, United office, weren’t just treated as medical caust. States Code, of the rule submitted by the matters, but were recognized as civil After he was liberated, Julius lived in Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary Munich for some time. He married his of Health and Human Services relating to rights. ‘‘State Relief and Empowerment Waivers,’’ So she spoke out. She chained herself wife Phyllis in 1947. Julius moved to and further, that the resolution be placed to public buses to demand wheelchair New York in 1950, where he owned and upon the Legislative Calendar under General lifts. She fought for fair housing and operated numerous businesses. Julius Orders. founded Access Living, which she built now permanently resides in Florida. Sincerely, into one of the leading disability rights Julius and his wife have two children, Mark R. Warner, Joe Manchin, Debbie groups in the country. She wheeled Tobi and Fred. Julius’s wife Phyllis Stabenow, Richard J. Durbin, Angus herself to the front of the Capitol passed away in 2017. King, Dianne Feinstein, Charles Schu- Julius has been an active speaker for mer, Tammy Baldwin, Patty Murray, Building, got down out of her chair Mazie K. Hirono, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, and, one stair at a time, crawled up its the Holocaust Documentation and Edu- cation Center, Inc., where he has Martin Heinrich, Jon Tester, Brian 83 steps, demanding that Congress give Schatz, Maggie Hassan, Catherine Cor- Americans with disabilities the basic touched the lives of so many. Sharing tez Masto, Chris Coons, Ben Cardin, rights the Constitution promised. She Julius’s story is so important as we Tina Smith, Tom Carper, Jack Reed, set up camp outside GOP offices to seek to educate our children and future Tim Kaine, Maria Cantwell, Gary C. tight against cuts to Medicaid, letting generations about the atrocities of the Peters, Ed Markey, Amy Klobuchar, herself get arrested because that is past and stand together against all Robert Menendez, Tammy Duckworth, Michael F. Bennet, Jacky Rosen, what it took. forms of hate, evil and violence. The Holocaust is a stark reminder Jeanne Shaheen, Sherrod Brown, Chris In the process, she reframed how this that evil and hate exist in this world. Murphy, Richard Blumenthal, Patrick country thought about our rights. As Even today, we must remain ready to Leahy, Ron Wyden, Kyrsten Sinema. she famously said, ‘‘My wheelchair confront this hatred and bigotry in all f wasn’t too wide for the doors. The forms. Every generation must heed the doors were too narrow for my wheel- MEASURES REFERRED call to take action in the face of evil; chair.’’ Through all her work over all The following bills were read the first this is the Holocaust’s enduring lesson these decades, she didn’t just widen the and the second times by unanimous of mankind. doors. She opened ones that had pre- consent, and referred as indicated: Julius has lived through unspeakable viously been closed to all of us who H.R. 1632. An act to require a strategy for horror and has dedicated his life to happen to be in a chair. engagement with Southeast Asia and the As- educating and inspiring those around No one used to think about how we sociation of Southeast Asian Nations him. Our memory of all those who suf- (ASEAN); to the Committee on Foreign Re- couldn’t get from sidewalk to street fered must never weaken, and we must lations. when there wasn’t a curb cut. No one always fight against hate. I am hon- H.R. 2229. An act to waive the passport fees used to question the fact that we ored to wish Julius a happy birthday, for first responders proceeding abroad to aid couldn’t climb onto the bus or get a foreign country suffering from a natural and I wish him continued happiness down to the subway. disaster; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- with his family, friends, community, Marca changed all that. She refused tions. and loved ones.∑ H.R. 2327. An act to direct the Secretary of to accept a status quo that didn’t ac- f State to provide assistance to civil society cept all of us. She saw us, she fought organizations in Burma that work to secure for us, and she made our voices heard. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE the release of prisoners of conscience and po- Her work, her friendship, her activ- At 10:20 a.m., a message from the litical prisoners in Burma, and assistance to ism meant so much to me. It is the rea- current and former prisoners of conscience House of Representatives, delivered by and political prisoners in Burma, and for son I am here in the Senate today, and Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, it is the reason I will keep fighting to- other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign announced that the House has passed Relations. morrow. the following bills, in which it requests H.R. 3190. An act to authorize humani- My thoughts are with all of Marca’s the concurrence of the Senate: tarian assistance and impose sanctions with loved ones. Thank you for sharing your H.R. 1632. An act to require a strategy for respect to human rights abuses in Burma, mother, your wife, your sister with the engagement with Southeast Asia and the As- and for other purposes; to the Committee on rest of us. We will continue her legacy. sociation of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Relations. We will keep widening those doors, (ASEAN). f unlocking them, crashing through H.R. 2229. An act to waive the passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid EXECUTIVE AND OTHER them if need be, just as Marca would COMMUNICATIONS have wanted. Doing everything we can a foreign country suffering from a natural to bring about that more fair, more disaster. The following communications were H.R. 2327. An act to direct the Secretary of laid before the Senate, together with just, more accessible world that she State of provide assistance to civil society worked so hard for, for so long. accompanying papers, reports, and doc- organizations in Burma that work to secure uments, and were referred as indicated: Thank you.∑ the release of prisoners of conscience and po- EC–2636. A communication from the Direc- f litical prisoners in Burma, and assistance to current and former prisoners of conscience tor of the Regulatory Management Division, TRIBUTE TO JULIUS EISENSTEIN and political prisoners in Burma, and for Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- ∑ other purposes. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, titled ‘‘2-Phenoxyethanol; Exemption from I would like to recognize the 100th H.R. 3190. An act to authorize the humani- tarian assistance and impose sanctions with the Requirement of a Tolerance’’ (FRL No. birthday of Julius Eisenstein who was respect to human rights abuses in Burma, 9996–66) received in the Office of the Presi- born on October 13, 1919, in Tomaszow and for other purposes. dent of the Senate on September 20, 2019; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, Mazowiecki, Poland. I am honored to f have the opportunity to speak about and Forestry. MEASURES DISCHARGED EC–2637. A communication from the Direc- Julius’s remarkable life today. tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Living in Poland during the Holo- The following joint resolution was Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- caust, Julius was abruptly taken from discharged from the Committee on ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- his home and forced into the Tomaszaw Armed Services by unanimous consent: titled ‘‘Cyclaniliprole; Pesticide Tolerance’’

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