June 8, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3549 coastal areas, including coastal beaches, ma- Maintaining this level of excellence prettiest of all time, I was not going to rine coastal waters, and the Great Lakes, by over more than a decade is hard work. argue with him. Of course, I wasn’t explicitly designating them as ‘‘unusually sen- I have the highest respect for the stu- going to argue with him about much. sitive areas.’’ This will bring more stringent dents, the staff, and the administration That was my first personal exposure safety requirements to these particularly vul- at the DuBois Area Middle School. I to Muhammad Ali. He was a man who nerable areas like my community. Finally, this wish them the best of success in the fu- gained fame in a violent game, but he legislation would require a report examining ture. earned his immortality as a kind, ways to improve hazardous liquid pipeline f gentle, and caring soul. In the later years, when I got to know him better safety through integrity management actions, HONORING THE LIFE OF and spent more time around him, that including an analysis of risk factors that may MUHAMMAD ALI warrant more frequent inspections. is the one thing that always came While nothing can take us back to prevent The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under through: his wonderful soul. the Plains spill, this bill as a whole is an im- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- I don’t know that I have ever known portant, bipartisan effort to protect my and uary 6, 2015, the gentleman from Ken- a person or seen a person who got more other communities going forward. And that is tucky (Mr. YARMUTH) is recognized for joy out of making a child smile as Mu- why I support it. We must embrace this oppor- 60 minutes as the designee of the mi- hammad Ali. And there was never a tunity for the sake of the health and safety of nority leader. time when he was in the presence of our constituents and the environment. GENERAL LEAVE children where he didn’t make an effort I would like to thank Energy and Commerce Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I ask to stop, joke with them, play with Committee Chairman UPTON and Ranking unanimous consent that all Members them. That was a source of incredible Member PALLONE as well as subcommittee may have 5 legislative days to revise joy for him. Ranking Member RUSH for working with me to and extend their remarks and include So, as we remember Muhammad Ali craft a bill that addresses the failures that led extraneous material on the subject of tonight, we remember not just his box- to the Plains spill. I would also like to com- my Special Order. ing prowess. We remember the courage mend staff from both the Energy and Com- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there he showed outside the ring. merce Committee and the Transportation and objection to the request of the gen- He came to age in a very, very turbu- tleman from Kentucky? Infrastructure Committee for working in a bi- lent period in American history: during There was no objection. the civil rights demonstrations, when partisan and bicameral way to get to this final Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, one of product. America was experiencing a convulsion the great joys of representing Louis- over how to deal with the issue of race. Our constituents are relying on us. I urge ville in the House of Representatives is And then the Vietnam war—a war my colleagues to support this important legis- that I get to constantly claim that I whose opposition Ali paid a dear price lation, and I hope we are able to send S. 2276 represent Muhammad Ali and the home for in 1967—refusing to be drafted into to the President for his signature in the very of Muhammad Ali. It has always been a the armed services, knowing that it near future. source of pride not just to me, but to would cost him his boxing career, un- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The all of my fellow Louisvillians that we derstanding that he might well go to question is on the motion offered by could say that the Louisville Lip, the jail and never fight again, but willing the gentleman from California (Mr. greatest of all time, called Louisville to stand for principles. And in doing DENHAM) that the House suspend the home. rules and pass the bill, S. 2276, as Now one of the brightest lights in the that, I think he turned the country amended. world has extinguished. Muhammad Ali around and made them view the Viet- The question was taken; and (two- passed away last Friday after a long nam war in a different light. It thirds being in the affirmative) the and courageous battle with Parkin- wouldn’t have happened, but for Mu- rules were suspended and the bill, as son’s disease, and the world has experi- hammad Ali. He was not the only one, amended, was passed. enced a collective grief period. The joy of course, but he was the most promi- A motion to reconsider was laid on of his accomplishments, the recogni- nent one. Later, who can forget lighting that the table. tion of his commitment to peace, to torch in the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, f tolerance, to respect, to love, all of shaking from the Parkinson’s disease those things, have come from all over CONGRATULATIONS TO DUBOIS that he had, but inspiring millions. the world. AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL ON BEING And, again, making a statement about NAMED A ‘‘SCHOOL TO WATCH’’ b 1800 disabilities that meant so much to so (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania So tonight, some of my colleagues many. asked and was given permission to ad- and I have come to the floor to talk So tonight, as we hear from various dress the House for 1 minute and to re- about Muhammad Ali, his life, his leg- Members about Muhammad Ali, I think vise and extend his remarks.) acy, personal stories, the impact that what will come through is not just, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. he has had on our lives and on this again, his skills as an athlete, but his Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratu- country’s life and on the world. He will contributions as a citizen of the world late the students and staff at the be laid to rest this Friday in Louis- and someone who has left a lasting leg- DuBois Area Middle School on being ville. Former President Clinton will acy, not just on people’s lives individ- named a Pennsylvania Don Eichhorn eulogize him, and many leaders from ually, but on the civilization as a School to Watch. This is the 12th con- around the world will be there to pay whole. secutive year that the middle school their respects. I yield to the gentleman from Ten- has earned this distinction, one of only But I go back many, many years. nessee (Mr. COHEN). two middle schools in the State to do When I was 16 years old, living in Lou- Mr. COHEN. I want to thank Mr. so. isville, having watched him—then, YARMUTH for putting together this The Schools to Watch program was Cassius Clay, an 8-to-1 underdog—upset hour. I think it is important that we started in 1999 as a national program to the great, terrifying Sonny Liston in recognize icons in our society and peo- identify exceptional middle schools Miami, and then going to the airport ple who have contributed so much, as across the country. As part of the pro- the next day to welcome him home. you well expressed, to American cul- gram, State teams observe classrooms; I stood outside the airport. There ture and to the thinking in our country interview administrators, teachers, weren’t a lot of people there that day. about war, about race, and about peo- parents, and students; and look at And as Cassius Clay emerged from that ple with disabilities. Those are three achievement data, suspension rates, terminal and looked around and drew very, very major areas that Muham- quality of lessons, and student work. himself up, I said I had never seen a mad Ali had a great impact on. DuBois Area Middle School will be more beautiful human specimen in my You related back to when you were 16 formally recognized at an event com- life. years old. I was not quite 15 years old. ing up on June 25 in Arlington at the So when he called himself not just At that time, my family had moved to national Schools to Watch Conference. the greatest of all time, but the Coral Gables, Florida. We lived there

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As a ning the Olympic gold medal in 1960, in They built a center about all of his de- kid, we thought it was the coolest Rome—and when his professional ca- sires for freedom and for helping people thing. And I would always remind my reer started. He probably started in around the globe and showing we are dad that he never made a boast that Louisville, but he was quickly in all one. his fists couldn’t back up. Miami Beach fighting. As he said back in I think January of And the poetry. He was ahead of his So he was on the news all the time in this year, his religion of Islam was not time in terms of rap, but he also was Miami Beach and on the sports shows about San Bernardino and Brussels or ahead of his time in terms of what he and whatever else, but always on TV Paris or any other place there have brought to the sport. and a personality in Miami Beach. been attacks. Islam was a religion of As the distinguished gentleman from My granddad gave me $20, which was love, and it should be that way. And it Louisville pointed out, when he stepped a lot of money, on February 25, 1964, if was not the religion he knew. Anybody into the ring with Sonny Liston, we all I remember—and I went to that fight. I who thought it was that way and want- feared for his life. But as it turned out, was sitting probably in the highest ed to discriminate against people based he had that speed and that endurance seat in the Miami Beach Convention on their religion were wrong, because and his incredible skills. He did every- Center and watching that fighting by it wasn’t that type of religion. thing that a boxer shouldn’t do, but he myself. My dad wasn’t so much into it, So he was still, up until this year, was able to do it because of the excep- but my grandfather gave me that $20 taking positions of conscience to try to tional ability. and I went to it. steer people in the right direction. How do I know this? We are fortunate I have got my docket. It’s a great I keep under my glass on my office to have in this Chamber somebody who looking Clay-Liston ticket, in good desk a quote from Muhammad Ali. It is was in the ring with Muhammad Ali. shape, and a couple of programs from on a postcard that I got at the Muham- He was in the ring with him, Sonny that event, which I am proud to have. mad Ali Center. It shows Muhammad Liston, and Joe Frazier. BOB BRADY of I have been a fan of his, and I know Ali in the ring kind of dancing around. Philadelphia was a sparring partner how much of an impact he had on our And it says: ‘‘The fight is won or lost and used in the ring. world. away from witnesses—behind the lines, As you all know, BOB BRADY is a I was also a boxing fan of Floyd Pat- in the gym, and out there on the road, pretty big guy. And he also can move. terson. Floyd Patterson was a previous long before I dance under those lights.’’ champion. The first time that Floyd And it made me think about what we He maybe doesn’t look so nowadays, fought Muhammad Ali, I have to admit do in politics. Our elections are gen- but he still looks pretty fierce. I that I was cheering for Floyd. Floyd erally not won—if you are serious wouldn’t want to get in the ring with didn’t do too well. He hurt his back and about your job and your constituents— BOB BRADY. was taunted by Ali. He wanted him to right before elections. It is done during But I asked him once to explain what say his name. And he punished him your term of office and what you do for that might have been like. And he was pretty good through 12 rounds. your constituents and how you vote dear friends with Joe Frazier. He said: But the second time they fought, and what you do for folks, which is the But you wouldn’t get in a ring with which was in the early seventies, Pat- same thing as a fighter being out there Sonny Liston unless you had a lot of terson did a lot better. They stopped in the gym and on the road doing road- people around you. He said he was the the fight at the end of the sixth or the work, hitting the bag, and training. meanest person he ever met or got in beginning of the seventh. And it was So Ali is what I look at when I sit the ring with in his life. closer to even. After the fight, as I un- down. It is right underneath my desk. And I said: What about Muhammad derstand it, Ali told the referee not to And I see that and he kind of guides Ali? He said: There is nothing like him. stop the fight because Patterson is me—and he guides everybody—in that He said he was a freak. I said: What do fighting so well and he should be able way, if you think about that. That is you mean, a freak? He said: A freak of to continue fighting and it wasn’t fair what life is about: preparation and hav- nature, because of what he was able to to stop it. ing a plan and taking action to imple- do with his speed, with his grace, and I saw an interview with then-Cassius ment the plan. the simplistic thing of just being able Clay with Steve Allen from 1963 that is Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield to move away, from skills that, when on the Internet. In that interview, they to the gentleman from Connecticut you watch these films today, you are in said something about Floyd Patterson. (Mr. LARSON). awe of them. First, Clay made a joke and he said Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. I thank I can remember coming in and talk- that Liston knocked him out twice in the gentleman from Louisville for or- ing about the Ali shuffle when we saw one round. And Floyd’s jaw was some- ganizing this Special Order this him do that against Cooper in England. what challenged. He said his leg should evening. No one had ever seen anything like sue his body for lack of support. And I can’t think of an athlete who more that. And when he came back and he then he kind of stopped and laughed impacted my life and certainly the got in the ring and he would dance, you and chuckled and said: I shouldn’t say lives of people in our generation. just knew that he was going to win— that; I like Floyd. Of course, that was The gentleman from Louisville start- the confidence that he always exuded. before. Floyd didn’t recognize his new ed in 1960—or maybe it started when b 1815 name. you were 16—but watching then- Louisville was the home of Cassius Cassius Marcellus Clay in the 1960 Then, as JOHN YARMUTH pointed out, Clay/Muhammad Ali. One of the great Olympics in Rome—a legendary Olym- he became so much bigger than the attractions in Louisville is the Muham- pics that produced so many highlights sport itself because of his conviction, mad Ali Center, which I have had the of American athleticism, from Bob and he did it during a tumultuous opportunity to visit and go through. Hayes to Rafer Johnson and, of course, time. You can sit and watch all of Ali’s this young, boyish-looking, but elo- The sixties will probably go down and fights, any one of them. Sit in a chair quent and masterful heavy-weight that forever be remembered as a great cru- and push a button and there it is. And moved like nothing else I had ever seen cible for the history of this country just watch any fight. I watched that or would ever see since. when, converging at the same time second Patterson-Ali fight. Floyd was My father worked three jobs. About were the civil rights movement, an doing pretty good through those six the only time he was home on a Friday education movement that was spawned rounds. night, we would watch the Gillette by the launching of Sputnik, the civil It is more than for boxing. It is a cen- Sports Hour, which was the boxing rights movement that also spawned the ter. And it is about what he did for matches that would occur. antiwar movement, that spawned the

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Kennedy the depth and the character of someone greatest of all time’s passing, my heart and Martin Luther King, was Muham- we so admired. was filled and heavy because he was mad Ali, and he brought so much more I thank the gentleman so much for very significant in my life. When you because of his conviction. allowing me the opportunity to share just think of him—and I got to meet I remember my experience of meet- that reminiscence about The Greatest. him first as a young boy. I was about 10 ing him for the first time in East Hart- Mr. YARMUTH. I thank the gen- years old. ford, Connecticut, working at Wood- tleman, and since he referenced the po- My dad was a professional boxer. He land Auto Body, putting tire black on etry and the facts that Muhammad Ali is one of 49, one of 49 individuals to get cars. If you ever had this luxurious is sometimes actually considered the knocked out by Rocky Marciano. But duty, you would not appreciate it. godfather of rap, I would like to read that also brought him into the area All of a sudden, this gold Toronado one thing that he wrote. This is right where he got to know many of the box- pulled into Woodland Auto Body. Now, after the Olympics in 1960: ers in training, et cetera. He would most of the people who worked at To make America the greatest is my goal, train in the same gym in New York Woodland Auto Body were of African So I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole, where Sugar Ray Robinson was, and American lineage. I saw this Toronado And for the USA won the medal of gold, where Bundini and Youngblood were, pull in—and if you know anything Italians said, you’re greater than the Cassius who were always in Ali’s corner. So I about a Toronado, it has one long win- of old. got to see Ali, this Cassius Clay train dow—and when they rolled down the We like your name, we like your game, at an early age, and fell in love with So make Rome your home if you will. window, there was Bundini Brown. He him immediately. I said, I appreciate the hospitality, Number one what you could do when said: Do you know how to get to WINF But the USA is my country still, you saw Muhammad Ali, at that time radio station? Because they’re waiting to welcome me in you saw a young man who was con- I said: Well, yes, sir. It’s just up the Louisville. street here. fident. And yes, as I hear my col- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- leagues talking about his athletic abil- I looked in the back, and there was woman from Ohio (Mrs. BEATTY). Muhammad Ali, and I said: The champ. ity and skills, he had all of that. Mrs. BEATTY. I thank my colleague, But what I would like to talk about I said: Wait right here. And I went in- Congressman YARMUTH. briefly tonight, what was the highest side because I knew my coworkers, who Mr. Speaker, to the rest of my col- of esteem for Muhammad Ali was his certainly enjoyed seeing me have to leagues, it is indeed an honor for me to brain. There is nothing that Ali did put tire black on cars—I came running come tonight to share in the life and that he didn’t think about. Everything in and I said: Muhammad Ali is out the legacy of The Greatest, of the that he did, there was a reason for it. here. The champ is here. champ, of Muhammad Ali. When he first saw this wrestler and And they looked at me and said: Like my colleagues, I followed his ca- how people hated him, this George guy, Yeah, right, and Santa Claus is coming reer and was mesmerized by his wit, his but he saw how all the people were also. poetry, and, more specifically, his box- coming to watch and paying all of their But they came out. And emerging ing skill. money because they were talking, he from this gold Toronado was this unbe- But for me tonight, it was a special was talking. He said here’s a good way lievably gracious human being, of honor when I became a Member of this to promote myself and to make sure course, at 6 foot 3, certainly towering United States Congress. It was during that he could make some money, and above me, and even among some of the the 113th Congress and the 44th Con- so he did that. brothers who were out there talking. gressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Then he thought about calling and But we couldn’t believe that he was ac- Annual Legislative Conference. During naming the round that he was calling tually there in our midst. that conference, each member of the people in and all of that. And so he did If you believe there is a certain aura Congressional Black Caucus can sub- all of those things, but there was a rea- that people have around them, he had mit the name of someone they think son for it. He was a promoter. He knew it. He was given a gift, and he used it. has made a difference in the lives of what it took. People at that time, That picture that appeared in The others, whether it was for health care, many of them wanted to go see the New York Times, with so many ath- whether it was for civil rights, or mak- Louisville Lip shut up, but each time letes of the period, the legendary Jim ing a difference through philanthropy. he would win. Brown and Bill Russell all sitting at As I thought about all of the individ- What I just want to say about Ali, that table, understanding what this uals that I could submit, I was very though, his brain and his heart, his youthful but spiritual individual had proud that I submitted the name Mu- brain and his heart. Because through- done not just for Black America, but hammad Ali. It was even a greater out my lifetime, I had several times to what he did for the world in terms of honor when he received the most votes be with him and to get to know him a speaking truth to power. from my colleagues, and he received little bit. I will just, for brevity of I will always remember that grace one of our Phoenix Awards, named time, talk about one real quick. and elegance and rooting for him, and after Ralph Metcalfe. I can recall I used to drive him at even being scared to death, in the So when I stood on that stage before times when he was in New York. So I Rumble in the Jungle, that George thousands and thousands of individ- would get in the car, and he would get Foreman might do him harm, and said, uals, including the President of these in the car. Of course, he is the funniest ‘‘Oh, my God. What is he doing, hang- United States, President Barack guy in the world. He would be telling ing on the ropes?’’ which later became Obama, and watched the video that his jokes and doing everything else. So we famous for rope-a-dope. family sent because he wasn’t able to were driving down the street in Brook- But he was the most unique athlete attend that dinner, I sat there, honored lyn, New York. I remember it like it that I have ever observed in my life. and proud because this Black man was yesterday. I stopped at a light. All And beyond that unique talent that he made a difference in the lives of so of a sudden, Muhammad is looking brought to the ring, and those skills many young children, so many adults. around, and he jumps out of the car. He that he brought to bear with unprece- And today, we come here and we salute jumps. There were some kids on the dented grace and ability, he also made and we honor a great legacy. corner. He jumps out, and he goes and the world a better place, as the gen- So I want to thank you, Congressman starts shadowboxing with them. The tleman from Louisville pointed out, YARMUTH, for letting me make this kids are saying: Oh, the champ, the and distinguished himself far beyond small contribution. champ is here, the champ is here. what he accomplished in the ring by Mr. YARMUTH. I thank the gentle- He would just talk to them. He was his simple pleas to America. woman. encouraging them to go to school and

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Never after my friend, Congressman GREG national Boxing Hall of Fame, receiv- would you see an individual as popular MEEKS. ing the Arthur Ashe Courage Award by and well known as Ali where an indi- Why in the world would the gen- ESPN, the Essence Living Legend vidual could actually talk about a per- tleman put me on the schedule to come Award, the Presidential Medal of Free- sonal story, because Ali wasn’t one to the podium at this very moment? dom in 2005 by then-President George that was hidden behind bodyguards or But I thank the gentleman, in any W. Bush. The footage of that ceremony this one or that one. He was one that event, for his friendship, and I thank has been all over the news for the last always wanted to be the man on the the gentleman for his extraordinary few days, and I would encourage all of street involved with people to make a leadership. I was in the gentleman’s my colleagues to look at it if you difference in their life. He set an exam- hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, a haven’t. He was given the Presidential ple for individuals. few weeks ago and absolutely enjoyed Medal of Freedom in 2005 by President So I think of the example, too, be- going to church with him and meeting George W. Bush and the Otto Hahn cause of the size of Ali, I heard some- many of his friends there in Louisville. Peace Medal for his work with the U.S. body talking about the rumble in the The gentleman is a great Member of civil rights movement and the United jungle. I used to go up to the camp and this body, and I thank the gentleman Nations. watch them train in Deer Lake. I was so very much. Mr. Speaker, I have used enough time there when he was training for George But, Mr. Speaker, I stand with Con- this evening. I will simply close. I can- Foreman. I was there, stayed up there gressman MEEKS and Congressman not close like my friend, Congressman for about a week. There, again, talk COHEN and all of my colleagues today GREG MEEKS, did a moment ago. That about consciousness, he had these huge to recognize and to remember a great was a masterpiece, and I cannot wait rocks, talking about all of the great American, a true American hero. We to see the video of his closing on an- African American fighters before him honor and we remember this extraor- because he never forgot who he was or other day. It was extraordinary. dinary life and the accomplishments But I will conclude by saying that where he came from, but he had these rocks there, and he was in the gym and the countless contributions of Mu- Muhammad Ali, the greatest of all training. hammad Ali. time, was not only a champion in the I can remember he would get up on Born just 5 years before me in 1942 in boxing ring, but a champion of human the ropes. He put his hands up, and An- Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius rights and civil rights, who, during a gelo Dundee would say: Get off the Marcellus Clay, Jr., was born to difficult time in our Nation’s history, ropes, champ. Get off the ropes. Get off Cassius Marcellus Clay and Mrs. Odessa stood on principle to end racism and the ropes, champ. You are going to get Lee Grady Clay. Those were his par- bigotry in this country. killed on those ropes. ents. On March 6, 1964, when I was a Muhammad Ali, we love you. May About the second round of training, junior in high school, after joining the God bless you, and may God bless your he went over, and he said to Angelo: Nation of Islam, Cassius Clay became family. Shut up. I know what I am doing. known as Muhammad Ali. To the fans of Muhammad Ali all across the world, I thank you for sup- Nobody knew what he was doing, but b 1830 he knew what he was doing. He always porting this great American, and I outthought everyone. He outthought Mr. COHEN, I remember it like it was thank you for allowing us to come into them. That was the key to this thing, yesterday. your homes and be a part of this trib- the greatest of all time. His interest in boxing began at the ute this evening. So, Ali, I say this—I say this because age of 12 after he reported a stolen bi- Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I thank I remember you saying this one time to cycle to a local police officer named the gentleman from North Carolina someone: Joe Martin, who was also a boxing (Mr. BUTTERFIELD). If you want some gin, I’ll get you in 10. trainer. In 1959, Muhammad Ali was Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman If you like wine, it will be round number the National Golden Gloves Light from Illinois (Mr. RUSH). nine. Heavyweight Champion and National Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I want to If you think you’re great, you’ll fall in eight. Amateur Athletic Union champion. thank both of my colleagues for allow- If you want to go to heaven, it will be round After winning his first 19 fights—and ing me to come before this body to number seven. that was absolutely incredible, winning speak on behalf of the people of the But if you want to mix, I’ll get you in six. his first 19 fights—including 15 knock- Talk that jive, you’ll fall in five. city of Chicago, the people of the First If you want to go like old Moore, I’ll get you outs, Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Congressional District. in four. Liston on February 25, 1964, to become Mr. Speaker, I must say that al- Mess with me, I’ll reduce you to three. the World Heavyweight Champion. though Muhammad Ali was and is a na- If that won’t do, you’ll fall in two. Muhammad Ali would then become tive of Louisville—that is his birth- If the crowd wants some fun, you’ll fall in the World Heavyweight Champion in place—I must also claim that Chicago one. 1964, 1974, and 1978, making him the is his adoptive city. He spent many, Why? first fighter to capture the heavy- many years in Chicago. He bought a Because I float like a butterfly, and I sting weight title on three separate occa- like a bee. That’s why nobody mess home on South Kenwood Avenue in my with Muhammad Ali. sions. In 1981, Muhammad Ali retired district. from professional boxing and dedicated Ali, we love you. We thank you for Mr. Speaker, as a young man, a your contribution not only to Louis- his life to promoting world peace, young civil rights activist myself, I ville, not only to the United States of fighting for civil rights, hunger relief, can’t even express the pride that I had America, not only to African Ameri- and just basic human values. when I would travel down the street cans and to Africa, but to everyplace His humanitarian work included and point out to my young sons and on this planet. You are, indeed, God’s helping secure the release of 15 U.S. anybody else who was with me that gift to this great planet. We thank God hostages. Many of my colleagues may that is where Muhammad Ali lives. He for your life and times. You will live on have forgotten about that, but Muham- was a man of the neighborhoods in Chi- forever as the greatest of all time—and mad Ali helped to release 15 U.S. hos- cago. He touched many people—young the prettiest. tages held in Iraq during the first Gulf people, old people, and people who Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I thank War, four hostages held in Lebanon, didn’t necessarily share his same polit- the gentleman. and conducted goodwill missions to Af- ical or religious ideas, but he touched Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman ghanistan and to Cuba. Muhammad Ali them anyhow. from North Carolina (Mr. even had the distinct honor of trav- Mr. Speaker, Muhammad Ali was a BUTTERFIELD). eling to South Africa to meet Nelson man for all seasons. Yes, he achieved Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I Mandela following President Mandela’s prominence in the boxing arena, in the thank the gentleman from Kentucky release from prison. sweet science of boxing, but he

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I believe that time heavyweight division against other have ever called me the N word. after time he knocked out Parkinson’s fighters and other boxers. One of his And he said it. I don’t want to say it disease because he lived with it, he let predictions came true when he defeated on the floor, but he said it. others know that they could live with and knocked out his opposition in the b 1845 it, and he worked every day to support time that he said he would, and there Mr. Speaker, from that moment on, the advocacy groups who were trying was a collective cheer that you could he solidified his appeal, his essence, his to battle Parkinson’s. I am reminded of a gold medal at the hear throughout the neighborhoods of relationships; he solidified himself 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and being Chicago. with all of the struggling people of the He meant something to me. He crowned the World Heavyweight Cham- Nation, of the world. meant something to others. Muham- Let me just say this: I thought about pion so many times. As I had watched mad Ali not only achieved, worked Muhammad Ali when I heard of his him over these past years, the admira- hard, and sacrificed for excellence, but death, and I thought of trying to recap- tion and affection and respect grew he also inspired excellence in others. ture some of my memories of him—how much more looking at him as the Muhammad Ali would walk down he walked, his gait, how he talked. I re- iconic figure, the real spirit of can-do, some of the main thoroughfares in Chi- member his size. I remember the face the best of America, a man whose faith cago: 47th Street, 79th Street, and that was also a beautiful face. He was was very special to him, so much so Madison Avenue. He would walk down proud of how he looked. that he was a conscience objective those streets, and the crowds would But, Mr. Speaker, I guess what in- which was not understood. That Selec- just gather around him and follow him. spired me most about Muhammad Ali tive Service committee was right in His beam in his eyes, the halo and the was how he did not surrender his faith, Houston, Texas. He walked those charisma that he had just made for an surrender his belief, surrender his core streets, his case was tried there, and exciting time, a grand time for all of values to the U.S. Selective Service victory came because he refused to us. which drafted him. yield on his principles. Mr. Speaker, Muhammad Ali not Mr. Speaker, I don’t remember the As one of his noteworthy opponents, only was a great boxer, but he was in- names of the men who were on that Se- Floyd Patterson, told author David deed a man for all times. Look at his lective Service committee. I don’t re- Remnick some years ago: ‘‘I came to following not just in Louisville, not member anything about them. They see that I was a fighter and he was his- just on the south and west sides of Chi- thought that they were destroying The tory.’’ cago, but all across the Nation, all People’s Champion, but they could not Ali traded banter with United States across the world, foreign countries, Af- destroy The People’s Champion. He presidents and world leaders alike, ver- rican countries specifically. The same rose even above all of those people who bally sparring with musical greats— kind of enthusiasm that he inspired, were officially appointed to bring him The Beatles—and shaking hands with the same kind of reverence that he in- down. Nobody could knock out Muham- Mother Teresa. spired to the young men and young mad Ali, in a real sense. His greatest triumph lies in his leg- women in Chicago, you could see the Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I yield acy as a champion, leader, social activ- same kind of inspiration ran up in the to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. ist, and humanitarian, but also a men- Congo, in Nigeria, in Zaire, and in JACKSON LEE). tor by distance of so many boys and other places all across the world. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I girls, particularly our young men. Mr. Speaker, when he retired, I re- thank the gentleman from Kentucky In my own hometown, a young boxer member as a freshman here in Congress for yielding, and I thank all of my by the name of Eric Carr, first met him when we had a session and we honored friends. with one of our great sports figures, the 50 greatest athletes of the century. We are friends when we come to cele- Lloyd Wells, down at the Hyatt Re- Here were some great athletes, but the brate someone as potent and powerful gency. He said that when the champ one who I wanted to be with, the one and, certainly, symbolic. But we should met him, the champ treated him like a who I was most excited about, the one really recognize that The Greatest, longtime friend. He played around with who I wanted to be photographed with Muhammad Ali, who had many him, maybe boxed with him. I may be was only Muhammad Ali. Bart Starr, homes—many of us can claim having adding something to it. But Eric Carr, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and many, had the privilege of him walking as the day went on—it was in the box- many others were here; but Muham- through many of our streets—was a ing beginnings of his life—told him he mad Ali was here, and he kind of husband, father, grandfather, and son wanted to be a champ just like him. sucked the air out of the room. to all of his family members that loved Eric Carr went on to win boxing cham- Later, Mr. Speaker, when I chaired him. pionships, but he will always remember the Annual Legislative Conference, for Today I offer my deepest sympathy how real Muhammad Ali was. the dinner, the gala—I chaired the to his beautiful wife who worked so Let me say that as he fought for the gala—I was so honored that he came to hard to create the Muhammad Ali Cen- future, he envisioned that we all would me to accept an award from the Con- ter, all of his children who gained his enjoy. I love to hear the bantering be- gressional Black Caucus with his love- magnificent talents in many different cause it was wisdom of a philosopher. ly wife, Lonnie; another great time, an- forms and capacities, to be able to now His greatest triumph, as I indicated, other great memory. not only suffer this loss, but mourn was a humanitarian. At the apex of his But, Mr. Speaker, the greatest honor, someone who probably in their life cre- career, lauded for his unparalleled phy- the greatest moment of inspiration, my ated such a space for so many years. sique and mesmerizing moves—I wish I most profound memory of Muhammad I rise today to join in celebrating— could do a few of those right now—but Ali was when he refused to go to fight for that is what I would like to do—The he is more than a sum total of his ath- in the Vietnam war. I think, in my People’s Champion. He was truly the letic gifts. humble opinion, had he just been a voice of a generation, advocating for His agile mind, buoyant personality, great champion—we have had other the ending of inequality regarding Afri- brash self-confidence, wouldn’t you great champions who are African can Americans, but as well, I believe he love him? American: Jack Johnson, Sugar Ray stood for opposing injustices all around I often remember some of those Robinson, and many others, many, the world. words that he said: many others who are great champions. The three-time world heavyweight Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. His But Muhammad Ali wasn’t just a boxing champion helped define the tur- hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see.

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George But then he said: America . . . living on welfare, . . . who can’t thinks he will, but I know he won’t.’’ Service to others is the rent you pay for eat, . . . who don’t [have] knowledge of them- 2. ‘‘Service to others is the rent you pay your room here on Earth. selves, . . . [and cannot see a] future.’’ for your room here on earth.’’ And so his inspiration continues. 3. ‘‘I’m young; I’m handsome; I’m fast. I Ali fought for the future he envisioned and can’t possibly be beat.’’ I would often say that as he lived his that we all enjoy today. 4. ‘‘Don’t count the days; make the days life, we took joy. As a conscientious objector to the Vietnam count.’’ As I close, Mr. Speaker, let me offer War, he refused to be inducted into drafting 5. ‘‘If my mind can conceive it, and my you these words, and let me thank him leading him to be banned from the sport he heart can believe it—then I can achieve it.’’ Jesse Jackson said this as early as 1983, ac- for the life that he has lived. Let me loved at the height of his career. borrow from Shakespeare and say of cording to the Associated Press, and Ali used His inspiring courage and anti-war stance it in his 2004 book. Muhammad Ali: helped spearhead the growing anti-war move- 6. ‘‘It’s hard to be humble when you’re as He was a man. Take him for all in all. We ment of the 1960s. great as I am.’’ shall not look upon his like again. The press called him the Louisville Lip. He 7. ‘‘It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb May The Greatest rest in peace. called himself the Greatest. that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.’’ Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague Ali was the most important political-cultural 8. ‘‘If you even dream of beating me you’d for yielding to me. I still see that figure to survive the deadly tumult of the better wake up and apologize.’’ ‘‘float like a butterfly, sting like a 1960s and flourish during the 1970s. 9. ‘‘Braggin’ is when a person says some- bee.’’ Ali reawakened the American conscious- thing and can’t do it. I do what I say.’’ Muhammad Ali, again, rest in peace. ness stating, ‘‘Champions are made from 10. ‘‘I am the greatest, I said that even be- fore I knew I was.’’ Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate something they have deep inside them—a de- 11. ‘‘Only a man who knows what it is like the life of boxing legend and social activist Mr. sire, a dream, a vision.’’ to be defeated can reach down to the bottom Muhammad Ali, whose words floated like a He eventually retired for good in 1981 and of his soul and come up with the extra ounce butterfly and punches stung like a bee, who after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s dis- of power it takes to win when the match is died Friday at the age of 74. ease in 1984 as the only fighter to be heavy- even.’’ The people’s champion, was truly the voice 12. ‘‘I’m so mean, I make medicine sick.’’ weight champion three times. 13. ‘‘I should be a postage stamp. That’s of a generation, advocating for the African In 2005 Muhammad Ali was presented with the only way I’ll ever get licked.’’ Americans battling racial inequality. the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Presi- 14.‘‘Impossible is just a big word thrown The three-time world heavyweight boxing dent George W. Bush. around by small men who find it easier to champion helped define the turbulent times in Ali received the President’s Award from the live in the world they’ve been given than to which he reigned as the most charismatic and NAACP soon after Obama’s inauguration in explore the power they have to change it. controversial sports figure of the 20th century. 2009. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Im- possible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Im- The man who would come to be known as In 1996, he was trembling and nearly mute possible is potential. Impossible is tem- the ‘‘Greatest of All Time,’’ was born Cassius as he lit the Olympic caldron in Atlanta, but his porary. Impossible is nothing.’’ Marcellus Clay Jr. on Jan. 17, 1942 in Louis- smile induced a thunderous roar in what was 15. ‘‘He who is not courageous enough to ville, Kentucky. one of the most celebrated Olympics moments take risks will accomplish nothing in life.’’ Despite baffling Parkinson’s disease for 30 ever. 16. ‘‘A man who views the world the same years Muhammad Ali would live a full and His post-boxing humanitarian endeavors in- at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.’’ consequential life, winning the Gold Medal at clude putting his name to many initiatives for 17. ‘‘If they can make penicillin out of the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and being peace and humanitarian aid as well as anony- moldy bread, they can sure make something crowned the world Heavyweight champion an mous donations of millions of dollars to a vari- out of you.’’ unsurpassed three times. ety of individuals and organizations surpassing 18. ‘‘I shook up the world. Me! Whee!’’ As one of his noteworthy opponents, Floyd race and class barriers. 19. ‘‘I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the Patterson, told author David Remnick some Despite battling with Parkinson’s disease for rest of your life as a champion.’ ’’ years ago, ‘‘I came to see that I was a fighter, three decades, he has inspired millions of 20. ‘‘At home I am a nice guy: but I don’t while he was history.’’ people. want the world to know. Humble people, I’ve Ali traded banter with United States presi- His work as a humanitarian has been im- found, don’t get very far.’’ dents and world leaders alike, verbally spar- mortalized in the Muhammad Ali Centre. 21. ‘‘A man who has no imagination has no wings.’’ ring with musical greats the Beatles, shaking Explaining his resolve later in life, Ali said 22. ‘‘He’s (Sonny Liston) too ugly to be the hands with Mother Teresa. that, ‘‘All my life, growing up as a little boy, I world champ. The world champ should be His greatest triumph lies in his legacy as a always said that if I got famous I’d do things pretty like me!’’ champion, leader, social activist and humani- for my people that other people wouldn’t do.’’ 23. ‘‘I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe tarian. ‘‘I am an ordinary man who worked hard to Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I’m At the apex of his career, lauded for his un- develop the talent I was given,’’ he said. in a world of my own.’’ 24. ‘‘I’ve wrestled with alligators. I’ve tus- paralleled physique and mesmerizing moves. He was truly a legend—a statesman of the sled with a whale. I done handcuffed light- He carried into the ring a physically lyrical, people. ning. And throw thunder in jail.’’ unorthodox boxing style fusing speed, agility Muhammad Ali was a product of America 25. ‘‘Hating people because of their color is and power more seamlessly than any boxer but a citizen of the world, at first hated and wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color before him or since. misunderstood but eventually beloved for the does the hating. It’s just plain wrong.’’ But, he was more than the sum total of his way he carried himself in dignified decline. 26. ‘‘It’s not bragging if you can back it up.’’ athletic gifts; he was a man of uncompro- He will remain one of the most well-known 27. ‘‘I’m the most recognized and loved mising principles. and respected sports figures of all time—may man that ever lived cuz there weren’t no sat- His agile mind, buoyant personality, brash his legacy be revered. ellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so self-confidence and evolving set of personal In closing, Mr. Speaker, let me borrow from people far away in the villages didn’t know convictions fostered a magnetism that the ring Shakespeare and say of the Muhammad Ali: about them.’’ alone could not contain. ‘‘He was a man. 28. ‘‘It’s just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.’’ A masterful entertainer, Ali captivated audi- Take him for all in all. 29. ‘‘I’m not the greatest, I’m the double ences as much with his mouth as with his We shall not look upon his like again.’’ greatest.’’ fists, narrating his life with a patter of inventive May the ‘‘The Greatest’’ rest in peace. 30. ‘‘Live everyday as if it were your last doggerel. THE SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD ALI—THE because someday you’re going to be right.’’ He was targeted by his country when, in GREATEST OF ALL TIME Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I thank 1966, he exercised his First Amendment right Muhammad Ali, considered to be the great- the gentlewoman. voicing political dissension and concern for hu- est heavyweight boxer, died June 3, 2016 in a I yield once again to the gentleman manitarian observation. Phoenix-area hospital. from Tennessee (Mr. COHEN).

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I just have were glued to the television to see him tended family. Lonnie’s love and dedi- little old legislative business on my fight and to see afterwards Howard cation inspired and energized Ali, even mind. I am not talking about changing Cosell speaking the sports talk to him when his body was failing him. I know the world. I am just talking about and reviewing those fights. that the hearts of this body as well as changing our little part of the world. He was a lot about Louisville. There the world go out to her and the rest of I don’t know if you remember, Mr. is a street in Louisville named after Muhammad Ali’s family. Speaker, when you first got here, you him, Muhammad Ali Boulevard, and May he rest in peace. I thank him on had to go downstairs and sign your the Muhammad Ali Center. behalf of everyone for his great con- name so that we could use that instead Nobody carries on and will carry on tributions to humanity. of a postage stamp on every piece of Muhammad Ali’s love of Louisville I yield back the balance of my time. mail that you sent out the door. It is more than you, Mr. YARMUTH. I appre- Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in called the franking privilege. ciate you having this hour. He was to honor of a man who was a three-time heavy- I have a bill—it is H.R. 1873—that Louisville in such a great way, and he weight champion of the world, a victor at the TAMMY DUCKWORTH and I introduced was a great man to America. I thank Supreme Court of the United States, and one together to abolish that franking privi- you for putting this hour together. of the most remarkable men of the 20th Cen- lege. It is not going to take a lot to get Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I thank tury—a man who truly earned his title: The that done. It is something that is with- the gentleman. Greatest. in the complete control of us here in Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus this institution, but it has been a chal- woman from California (Ms. MAXINE Clay Jr. in Louisville, Kentucky on January, lenge that is hundreds of years in the WATERS). Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. 17, 1942. By age 18, he was the Light Heavy- making. weight Gold Medalist at the 1960 Olympics. In I put mine on here, Mr. Speaker. This Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. YARMUTH for hosting this hour. 1964, he won the heavyweight world title. He is my signature there on the front of Muhammad Ali was a good friend. He would go on to hold that title—off-and-on—for every envelope I send out. If you want was someone that I had known that I another 15 years. to know how to forge a check in my had worked on some projects with. But But Muhammad Ali was not merely one of name, all you need to do is look at any more than that, my husband was one of the greatest fighters in history—he was also a envelope I send out the door. those athletes. My husband was then champion of justice in a country struggling to Back in the day, had we been here in the linebacker for the Cleveland find its way. Like Detroit’s own great cham- 1817, it might have been hard to find a Browns when Bill Russell and my hus- pion, Joe Louis, he was a lightning rod for postage stamp. In the name of getting band, Sidney Williams, and Jim Brown controversy. His success angered those who congressional business done, the law of all got together to support Muhammad disagreed with the simple principle that a per- the land, carried over from England, Ali when, of course, he was not allowed son’s worth was never lessened by the color was that you could sign your name on to be a conscientious objector and was of their skin. He showed courage when he all of your government documents in threatened with prison. stood up for civil rights at a time when it was order to get that important govern- I got to know him sometime after dangerous to do so. He never backed down, ment business done. You couldn’t just that. We used his home for a very spe- never allowed his voice to be silenced be- walk down to the local grocery store cial event. I got to know his former cause of his faith or his race. He was an ex- and buy stamps. You had to have a wife, Veronica, and his children. One of ample for countless men, women, and children mechanism for getting your constitu- his children worked in one of my pro- who needed one. tional responsibilities accomplished. grams. Beyond his work in the ring and as part of b 1900 This comes at a very difficult time the civil rights movement, Muhammad Ali was for all of us. I loved him because he had also an advocate for peace. He grew into his We do that still here today. In these courage. He had the courage to give up faith in a way that shows that Islam is a reli- cynical times, Mr. Speaker, I would his career, had the courage to threaten gion of peace and America is a place of toler- tell you that I hear most often from to be imprisoned, and had the courage ance when—at great personal cost—he spoke folks that they think one of two things to fight. The Nation of Islam stood out against the Vietnam War. As a conscien- is going on with the franking privilege: with him, and these athletes all stood tious objector, he was stripped of his title and one, that we are involved in some sort with him. He was a great man. When he unable to fight for three years during his of incumbent protection plan—self-pro- said he was The Greatest, he really prime. motion here in this institution, self- was, because he was an unusual Convicted of refusing to report for military glorification—by sending our names extraordinaire. service, he appealed to the United States Su- out on the front of all of the mail that I will be at the funeral on Friday. I preme Court, where he won a unanimous (8– goes out the door. If not that, I hear will be there with the family and the 0) opinion reversing his conviction. the second criticism, which is, ROB, rest of the athletes that are still living A champion boxer, a champion for civil why do Members of Congress get free that are going to be there to honor rights, and a champion of peace—it is not mail? The Postal Service is in dire him. possible to overstate Muhammad Ali’s straits—free mail for all Members of Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I thank achievements. He was quite simply, The Congress. the gentlewoman. Greatest. It is not free mail. For every letter I yield again to the gentlewoman We will mourn his memory going forward, that goes out the door that reads ‘‘ROB from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) for a and we will remember him for his work. Most WOODALL’’ up at the top, I get a bill. I quick comment. of all, we will continue to draw strength and in- get a bill from the United States Post- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, let spiration from a man who knew the true al Service for what a stamp would have me thank Mr. YARMUTH and say that I meaning of being a Champion. cost had I put it on that letter. For couldn’t leave the mic without ac- f every piece of mail that goes out the knowledging that George Foreman is door with ‘‘ROB WOODALL’’ written up in Houston, and Evander Holyfield, STOP THE FRANK at the top, I get a bill from the Postal only to say that the people that he The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. COS- Service for whatever the bulk rate fought became his dear friends. I know TELLO of Pennsylvania). Under the would have been for the large amounts they would want me to say that. Speaker’s announced policy of January of mail that I send out the door. It is Thank you so very much for allowing 6, 2015, the gentleman from Georgia not free mail for Members of Congress. us to pay tribute to The Greatest. (Mr. WOODALL) is recognized for 60 min- I want to dispel that myth.

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