February 9, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H665 legislators, has had a number of women inspire you to do things that maybe from his players every day of the week. Governors, and that the first woman you didn’t think you could do. He had Success with honor was what Coach appointed to the Supreme Court, San- the ability to get you to go beyond Paterno expected, whether his players dra Day O’Connor, is a proud Arizonan. being tired into being better. As a were performing in front of a hundred He would surely be proud to know of young guy growing up, he would come thousand fans in Beaver Stadium or Gabby Giffords, daughter of Arizona into our study halls and he would come taking an exam in a classroom. and one of this Nation’s enduring sym- into our halls, and I had the chance to As someone who played football bols of hope, who served this Nation’s go to Penn State many times to see through youth league all the way House of Representatives so ably. him as an assistant coach, and always through college, I fully appreciate the Over the past 100 years, Arizona has enjoyed the moments we had, and then special role that a football coach can been home to a number of colorful and go over to his house with Mrs. Paterno, play in the lives of his players. A coach transformative figures: Carl Hayden, and he would say to Mrs. Paterno, Hey, is, above all, a teacher, and one who Barry Goldwater, Mo Udall, and JOHN these guys are hungry. Can you get can build his players’ character and in- MCCAIN. them a sandwich? Can you get them still the values of hard work, persist- With so many unsuccessful Presi- something to eat? They were always so ence, and teamwork—lessons that last dential candidates, it’s often joked nice to us, and the kids were small a lifetime. Coach Paterno did just that. that Arizona is the only State where then. Football was the means by which he mothers don’t tell their children, Some So I can understand the sense of loss molded players into leaders and forever day you can grow up to be President. In that not only the Paterno family has transformed a university. He prepared fact, mothers get to tell their children but the State of Pennsylvania, and in his players to be winners in life, not something better: You have the privi- particular, Penn State University, be- just on Saturday afternoons. lege of being an Arizonan. cause Coach Paterno was part of the That is why when Joe Paterno passed One thing is certain. Because of the fabric of that which is Penn State. He away on January 22, Pennsylvania lost hard work and sacrifice of those who was the leaven that held Penn State a legendary football coach who gra- have gone before, Arizona’s next 100 together. He was the man that tran- ciously used the spotlight that he was years promise to be even better than scended not just football, because foot- given to help his players, Penn State the first because in Arizona, the beauty ball was only a very small part of our University, and our great Common- of the sunset in the evening is only life, but it was that game that taught wealth. eclipsed by the sunrise in the morning. us about life that was to come and the May he rest in peace. I yield back the balance of my time. adversity that you would face and the Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. I f problems that you would have to solve, thank the gentleman for participating HONORING JOE PATERNO and the idea that, yeah, well, you may today and this remembering and cele- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under not have done it real well on that last brating. Mr. Speaker, in the times of my life the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- play. The only sin was not getting up I have had opportunity to reflect back uary 5, 2011, the gentleman from Penn- off the deck and getting ready for the on and think of as special times, there sylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) is recognized next play. is one time in particular when I was a for 52 minutes as the designee of the So I join my colleagues from Penn- senior in high school. I grew up in Cen- majority leader. sylvania, and there’s a deep sense of ter County. I went to Penn State, I’m GENERAL LEAVE loss for all of us in Pennsylvania, and a proud Penn State alumni. I grew up Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. I especially all of those folks at Penn in the shadow of the Nittany Lion and ask unanimous consent that all Mem- State who have lost a true leader and a Joe Paterno. One of my most meaning- bers may have 5 legislative days within true icon—not just for college football ful memories having played high which to revise and extend their re- and not just for athletics, but for the school football was the day I got word marks and include extraneous material American life. that Coach Joe Paterno had asked for on the subject of my Special Order. So I am deeply indebted to Coach The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Paterno for what he taught us. I also game films to look at me as a prospect objection to the request of the gen- am grieving with the family and with for that great team. That was going tleman from Pennsylvania? the rest of the State of Pennsylvania well until he saw that as an offensive There was no objection. for the loss of a truly great American, guard I was less than 200 pounds. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Joe Paterno. But today, I still treasure that, that Mr. Speaker, I rise today with col- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. I he looked at my performance and at leagues from Pennsylvania to recognize thank the gentleman for his comments, least saw something there. the accomplishments of Joe Paterno, for joining us and honoring and remem- Joe Paterno grew up in Brooklyn, the the longtime Penn State football coach bering a great individual in Joe descendant of Albanian and Italian im- who passed away last month. Paterno. migrants. He derived a toughness from Paterno’s accomplishments as a It’s now my honor to recognize Mr. that heritage, describing his father and teacher and a coach rank him among GERLACH, another colleague that I’ve Albania as a land of quiet, hardheaded the very best in the history of the had the privilege and honor to serve people. His toughness was seasoned by country. His accomplishments were with since coming to Congress. a deep appreciation of the classics. both on the field and on the campus. I yield to Congressman GERLACH. Virgil, which he read in the original I’m pleased today to be joined by a Mr. GERLACH. I appreciate this op- Latin, was a key source of inspiration number of my colleagues from Penn- portunity to join you here today. for Paterno. He wrote, ‘‘I’ll never for- sylvania and pleased to yield to the Mr. Speaker, I’m joining my col- get the majestic ring of the opening gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. leagues from Pennsylvania in recog- lines of ‘The Aeneid’: ‘Arma virumque KELLY). nizing Coach Joe Paterno and the leg- cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris,’’’ Mr. KELLY. I’m glad to be here with acy he forged during more than 60 which he translated as ‘‘Of arms and my colleagues from Pennsylvania. years at Penn State University. the man I sing.’’ My thoughts of Coach Paterno go Most major college football programs Paterno drew inspiration from way back to the time when I was a measure success solely on what hap- Virgil’s hero Aeneas. Of Aeneas he really young guy in Butler, Pennsyl- pens on a hundred-yard patch of grass wrote, ‘‘He yearns to be free of his tor- vania, and Coach Paterno at that time on Saturday afternoons in the fall. If menting duty, but he knows that his was an assistant coach for Rip Engle. you measured a career only in wins and duty is to others, to his men.’’ Coach Paterno would come into our losses, what Coach Paterno achieved is He attended Brown on a football high school, and he was very close historic: 409 times he walked off the scholarship, where he met and com- friends with my high school coach, Art field victorious, the most wins of any bated prejudice—prejudice from those Bernardi. coach in Division I college football. who thought that football players But the thing I remember most about However, what set Coach Paterno lacked the intellectual firepower of Coach Paterno, he had the ability to apart was that he demanded excellence other students, prejudice from those

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Today, he is good friend from Pennsylvania, also a Church, and for education at all levels. quite successful and does quite well. Penn State alumni Nittany Lion, Mr. He said, I once asked him why he did I just wanted to share that story. It’s DENT. it, why he smiled when he signed his one of those stories you really don’t b 1150 30th autograph while getting a paper, hear about or about the anonymous and he said with that twinkle in his contributions that have been made by Mr. DENT. I thank the gentleman eye, The moment they don’t care about him that have been discovered recently from Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for Penn State football, we can’t do the because people have spilled the beans, organizing this Special Order hour in things that matter. so to speak. He didn’t want people to order to discuss the life of Joseph Vin- He understood that, as a symbol and know that he was helping them. He did cent Paterno. As has been said, there as a person, he had to let people own a all of these things without any recogni- have been many eulogies said about piece of him to get them to buy in to tion. Joe Paterno, and he was an extraor- the larger vision. They did, and the re- He was an extraordinary man, and he dinary man by anyone’s measure. sults were spectacular. From the will be deeply missed. All I can say is As has been mentioned, he came to Paterno Library to scholarships to that he was a great Pennsylvanian us via Brooklyn and Brown University. what’s called THON, the dance mara- even if he did spend the first few years I believe he studied English literature, thon where they raise so much money of his life in Brooklyn. He was very and he always took great inspiration for children with cancer, he said, My proud of that by the way. I just wanted from the books he read and the dad helped them all. He made an im- to say that I’ll always have very fond classics. In fact, he turned down a life pact. memories of him. The university is a in professional football in order to stay That’s really what it was about. It better place because of what he has at Penn State and stay in this univer- has often been stated, too, that Joe done throughout his life, and I think sity, academic environment. He actu- Paterno really wasn’t supposed to go to we will always remember him. ally liked meeting with the faculty and Penn State at all. He was supposed to Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. I enjoyed discussing English literature go from Brown University and become thank the gentleman. and other weighty matters. This man an attorney, as his father had expected. Winning was important for Joe was quite complex. He was more than Basically, he told his dad at one point, Paterno, and he won a lot. Last fall, he just football, although certainly that No, I’m never going to be a lawyer. He achieved a record, becoming with 409 was such an important part of his life, was enjoying Penn State. He enjoyed wins and 136 losses the winningest and a big part of his life. the football program. He said his father coach in Division I college football. His We should also note that some of us took it all right, but closed with a wins record surpassed legendary coach- would always watch Joe Paterno over mandate that drove him his whole life. es, including Bear Bryant in 2001, the years. My mom is a Penn State His dad said, It’s not enough for you Bobby Bowden in 2008, and Eddie Rob- alumna and I’m a Penn State alumnus. to be just a good football coach. You inson in 2011. Penn State is one of just Our family goes back many, many dec- need to make an impact. So that was seven teams with more than 800 wins in ades, so we have some acquaintance imparted from his father on to Joe. its history, and Joe Paterno was active with Joe Paterno. Many people fondly There are a lot of people out there with the program for 704 of those remember him—the guy with the thick who played football for him. Some of games, over 61 seasons, with an amaz- Coke-bottle lenses and the khaki these were young men who had a lot of ing record of 514, 183 losses, seven ties— pants—flood pants—with athletic talent in many cases, and some of them or 73 percent. shoes. That’s how they’d see him out were maybe a little bit pampered, as It is my pleasure and privilege now on the field, getting a little agitated some athletes are at the high school to yield to another great Pennsylvania from time to time with the officials, level who are quite good; and Joe could Congressman, Congressman LOU but he was much more complex than be a pretty strict disciplinarian for a BARLETTA. all that. lot of them. In fact, one of his former Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, it’s A few things: first, if there is a theme players, Kenny Jackson, who attended easy to judge Joe Paterno’s career by about Joe Paterno’s life, it was that he Penn State when I did, still calls him the numbers—409 career wins, which is was about setting clear standards, as ‘‘teacher’’ first. Hundreds of players a Division I coaching record; 37 bowl one of his children had told me. He has called him a surrogate father. The les- game appearances with 24 wins; five five wonderful children and a wonderful sons they learned translated across the undefeated seasons; 62 years at one uni- devoted wife, Sue Paterno. He often whole spectrum of their lives, creating versity, 46 of them as the head football said that Joe said things like this: a living legacy, and that will make an coach. Take care of the little things, and impact decades past his passing. Many of those numbers will never be the big things take care of themselves. There are so many people who spoke equaled or passed, but those numbers You either get better or you get worse. of him. Since his death and just prior weren’t the most important things to You never stay the same. Most impor- to his death, I spoke to some of his Joe Paterno. JoePa coached the great- tantly, he said, Make an impact. That former players and friends who knew est players in Penn State football his- was the wisdom that his father passed him well, and they often talk about the tory—Franco Harris, Shane Conlan, on to him and that Joe passed on to his impact he made on their lives and how LaVar Arrington, Curt Warner, John children—make an impact. much they cared for him all these dec- Cappelletti, Kerry Collins. More than So when you think about it, Joe ades after playing for him. In fact, 350 of his players signed NFL con- Paterno’s life was about making an im- there was one story, too, that I want to tracts—79 first-team All-Americans. pact, and football was just a means to share. Again, those numbers weren’t the most that greater end for him. He and his I remember back in the 1980s there important things to Joe Paterno. Here wife, Sue, would see a need, and they was a player named Bob White. He be- is what mattered to JoePa: would meet it one small thing at a came an All-American and was on the Forty-seven academic All-Americans, time until the big things, a legacy of national championship team. I think 37 of them first team; an 87 percent philanthropy and caring, took care of he even played in the NFL for a while. player graduation rate in 2011—20 themselves. They gave a lot of their I just remember how the Paternos took points higher than the national aver- own time as well as their own money. him under their wing. Apparently, he age—and according to the New Amer- His son said something to me, and was a fairly marginal student. He had ica Foundation, no achievement gap I’m just going to read this. One of his some trouble reading and, in fact, between its black and white players.

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My mom tive son of my district, Jimmy Cefalo look back on college as a wonderful would jump up with a smart comment when time of expanding yourself, not just 4 he was talking, and you’d get a glimpse of of Pittston, captured the essence of his how the two of them interacted. Neither one coach. years of playing football. The purpose of them took themselves too seriously. Cefalo said, ‘‘He took the sons of the of college football is to serve edu- And he says: coal miners, and he took the sons of cation, not the other way around. One of my favorite lines that they had was steel mill workers and of farmers in He understood that education re- about how they stayed married so long. They rural Pennsylvania with the idea that quired an effort by both students and had a deal—whoever leaves the marriage we would come together and do it the teachers. Another of his quotes: first had to take the children. So neither one right way, the Paterno way. Those Even the most talented teacher can try of them ever left. thousands, literally thousands, of what he or she thinks is teaching, but it And that was sort of the sense of young men taken from generally small won’t really take unless the student takes humor they had, but they were so ut- communities, looking for direction at a charge of the most important job, learning. terly devoted to each other, to their very young age, this is Joe Paterno’s Thus began Joe Paterno’s grand ex- five children, and to their many grand- legacy.’’ periment at Penn State, where players children. That’s something we don’t would not just be model athletes but b 1200 speak much about Joe Paterno. model students and model citizens. His He didn’t have a whole lot of hobbies That sums it up perfectly. Without players responded, consistently rank- either. He was devoted to family and Joe Paterno, thousands of young men ing at or near among the top of the his football program and his univer- from the smallest towns and townships leading football programs in gradua- sity. That’s what he was about. So it of Pennsylvania might not have re- tion rates. really speaks volumes about him. He ceived a quality college education. He Under his tenure, the Penn State will be deeply missed. saw all of these young men as his sons, football team had 16 Hall of Fame At this time, I yield to the gen- and he wanted the best for each and Scholar Athletes, 49 Academic All- tleman from Altoona, Pennsylvania every one of them. Americans, and 18 NCAA Postgraduate (Mr. SHUSTER). Outside of college football, JoePa Scholarship winners. Penn State had Mr. SHUSTER. I thank the gen- lived a life as plain as Penn State’s more Academic All-Americans than all tleman from Allentown for yielding. uniforms. He lived in the same simple other Big Ten schools and ranked num- It’s a great privilege for me to be ranch house for 45 years. His home ber three among all 120 football bowl here on the House floor today talking phone number could have been found in division schools. about someone whom I had the highest the White Pages. For years, he drove a In 2009, the graduation rate of Joe regard for, and over the years I was Ford Tempo. His trademark rolled-up Paterno’s players was 89 percent, and able to watch just what a tremendous pants were not a fashion statement but the graduation success rate was 85 per- thing he did at Penn State University. a practicality. He rolled up the cuffs to cent, both of which were the greatest It’s not just about winning football save on dry cleaning bills. among all football programs in the games. Of course he won 409 games in But when it came to the university final 2009 Associated Press Top 25 poll. his 46 seasons, five undefeated teams, he loved, the university that educated I am now pleased to yield back to my and led Penn State to two national his five children and thousands of his good friend, Mr. DENT. championships. But he did more than players, Joe Paterno was exceedingly Mr. DENT. I thank the gentleman. that. He did more for the university. generous. Joe Paterno and his wife, And as we wind down this Special And I know my colleagues have al- Sue, and their five children announced Order this hour, talking about Joe ready talked about—it’s the only Divi- a contribution of $3.5 million to the Paterno, we should also probably note sion I school in the country that has a university in 1998, bringing Paterno’s one other thing, too. wing of the library named after the lifetime giving total to more than $4 Of course Joe Paterno was about suc- head football coach. That’s because of million. cess with honor, he was about making his and Sue’s dedication and contribu- Joe Paterno’s personal life was hum- an impact, but he was also about fam- tions to building not only that library ble, his humanitarian life was remark- ily. And also, I just want to say, too, but that institution. And a lot of that able, and his professional life was leg- that many players over the years, their building came about because he built endary. children would come to the school. In those football teams and brought na- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. I some cases, three generations have tional attention to Penn State. thank my good friend for sharing his played with him. It’s a remarkable But for me, on a personal level, prob- thoughts on Coach Joe Paterno. story. ably one of the proudest moments I had You know, among Joe Paterno’s ac- I think of a guy from my hometown, was to stand on the House floor when— colades in 46 years as head coach were Mike Guman. Many of my colleagues I believe it was when he surpassed Wal- two national championships, seven from Alabama will remember Mike ter Camp’s winning record of 309 vic- undefeated seasons, 23 finishes in the Guman for the famous goal-line stand, tories, I think it was, about 10 years Top 10 rankings, and three Big Ten Penn State-Alabama Sugar Bowl, 1979. ago. And John Peterson, the Congress- Conference championships since join- I wish the end result had been dif- man from Pennsylvania who rep- ing the conference in 1993. Joe Paterno ferent. But nevertheless, Mike Guman resented that part of the country at had 24 bowl wins and 37 bowl game ap- was a running back. I had so many that time—G.T.’s predecessor—we had pearances, both of which are the most kind, wonderful things to say about a Special Order on the floor. John of any coach in history. him. And his son, too, Andy Guman, Peterson started first, and then the In his many decades as a coach at played at Penn State. That was the great coach Tom Osborne—which I Penn State, Paterno built a team dedi- kind of program that I think Joe want- don’t know if many people know, but cated to excellence on the field and off ed. It was very family-oriented. Tom Osborne served in Congress in the the field, as you heard many of my col- I also wanted to mention, too, that early 2000s. So Tom Osborne then got leagues refer to today. He saw football one of the eulogies about Joe that is up and spoke about Joe Paterno and as important, but he kept even football probably worth sharing—I believe it his respect for him. So then I got to in perspective. In his view, the players was given by his son Jay. He often follow Tom Osborne. I’m following a who have been most important to the talked about his sense of humor and legendary football coach talking about success of Penn State teams have just that of his wife. Joe and Sue were ut- a legendary football coach, which real- naturally kept their priorities terly devoted to each other, very inde- ly, even to this day, I’m getting

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So I think that’s cause it was really an exciting moment but from kids who couldn’t even play something they shouldn’t lose sight of. that I will always remember. after a couple of years because of in- I did read from a eulogy given at the But again, what Joe Paterno did, jury, but Joe Paterno stuck with them celebration of Joe’s life by one of his which stood him apart from many and encouraged them and instilled in children, and I submit it for the other coaches, was his dedication to them the performance of academics in RECORD. education and academic excellence. their life and making sure that they Again, I just want to conclude by Unlike many other schools with Divi- get that education. Because as we saying that Joe Vincent Paterno, a sion I programs, Paterno recruited know full well, when kids play Division great Pennsylvanian, a great Amer- players, speaking first about Penn I sports, whether it’s football, it’s bas- ican, a strong leader, a mentor to so State’s academic excellence. And dur- ketball, it’s baseball, they don’t al- many, a mentor even to many people ing that time in the early 2000s, when I ways—99 percent of them never make who never met him, but he had an im- served with Coach Tom Osborne, those it to the pro level. But they got an op- pact on their lives. So, Joe Paterno, were lean years for Penn State and for portunity to go to college. you did in fact make an impact. Joe Paterno. And when we would come And places like Penn State and other MOM AND DAD. I don’t know much about to town on a Monday or a Tuesday universities, when you have coaches Greek Mythology, so forgive me if I botch night for votes, Coach Osborne would like Joe Paterno and coaches who as- this reference. But in the past few months summon me over on the floor and talk pire to be like Joe Paterno, they instill I’ve been reminded of some kind of Greek myth. Apparently, we were once one body to me about what was going on in cen- in those kids that those 99 percent who with a male head and a female head and we tral Pennsylvania, how was the media can’t make it big in the pros, they still were all happy. Some angry god, as punish- treating Joe; and there was a real con- can get an education. They still can ment for some slight—sliced all of the happy cern that Coach Osborne had for Joe graduate from college and go out and two headed beings apart—forever dooming us Paterno and a real respect came get a good job and provide for their to run around the world looking for our through. families and become productive citi- other half. Anyone who knows my parents So after several of these meetings, I zens. Again, that’s something that Joe also knows that they were among the lucky finally asked Coach Osborne, I said, It’s Paterno always preached, to be produc- people who were able to find their other half: their soul mate, their best friend. obvious you have this great respect for tive, to be a good citizen, to give back We’ve stated over these past days just how Joe Paterno. Is that because you to your community. He lived that life, blessed and lucky my Dad was—and he knew thought he was a superior coach to and he will be sorely missed, not only it. One of the stories you won’t hear from a you? And he said, Oh, no, absolutely in Pennsylvania, but I believe through- former Letterman is the time that Coach not. I have a higher winning percent- out the college ranks and throughout Paterno became smitten with his girlfriend age than Paterno. But I do have a great the Nation. He’ll be one of those people and didn’t ask her out. No, sneaky Joe wait- respect for Joe because Joe could do you can look to and say: That’s the ed until Sue realized that this player was not for her and went in for the kill. After a something that nobody ever was able kind of coach I want to be. That’s the courtship that involved reading Albert to achieve; and that is, year in and kind of program that I want to build, Camus, walking on the beach, and pre- year out, Joe Paterno would graduate and those are the kind of kids that I tending that he had money, they married roughly 85 percent of his players, but want to turn into young, productive and soon started their family. always the highest graduation rate in citizens of the United States of Amer- Over the years when my Dad would talk Division I. And on top of that, he had ica. about retirement or getting older, he would quality football teams and he recruited So again, I’m pleased to be here with remind me, ‘‘You know, your mother is a quality players and he could compete my colleagues from Allentown and— young woman.’’ It almost became a joke. Whenever she was late coming back from a at a national level. So, he said, that’s Bellefonte? Close to Bellefonte. meeting or something, I’d say ‘‘Well you something none of us could do. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. know, your mother is a young woman.’’ He’d Then Coach Osborne went on to tell Howard. always chuckle. But he did worry about her me about how he would talk to Joe in Mr. SHUSTER. That’s even smaller. and always wanted to make sure that she the off-season and try to understand And I’m actually from Everett, CHAR- would be OK once he was gone. the programs and the discipline and LIE. Altoona is a big city to me. I don’t They were absolutely devoted to their fam- the things he did, because he wanted to even know my way around Altoona. ily: my Dad was comfortable letting my But again, thanks a lot for you guys Mother handle the more traditional roles of be able to get to that level with Joe. diaper changing, but he loved to bounce us And Coach Osborne told me that, I be- doing this. I appreciate it greatly. Mr. DENT. I have to apologize for around on his knee, try to teach us table lieve, the highest he ever got was a 79 manners, have discussion-filled family din- percent graduation rate. making that error. I knew you were ners, and take us for walks; walks that from Everett, not from Altoona. But 1210 would continue into our adulthood and b Blair County, the whole of Bedford, it’s would be one of his primary ways of sharing So that’s from one of the great all- a wonderful area. We love it. his wisdom and insights with us. I shared time coaches, the great respect he held I wanted to say one other thing my some of dose walks in late November and I for Joe Paterno. And again, it was not friend, Mr. SHUSTER, just reminded me am forever grateful for having that oppor- just about his football; it was about of: how Coach Paterno, Joe Paterno, tunity. recognized that most of his players Their relationship was unique in some what he was, about building young ways. Two fiercely independent and strong men, about instilling in them the need were not going to become pros, and he people, yet two people utterly devoted and to educate themselves and to be excel- celebrated the accomplishments of his dependent on each other. Best friends who lent when it came to their academic ef- players off the field. In fact, I remem- challenged each other to be better, who sup- forts. ber one fellow who went to school with ported each other yet reminded the other He often said you have to start with me, a guy named Stu McMunn, Stewart when they might be mistaken, who knew the idea that a kid has to be a student McMunn, I think he was captain of spe- each other so well that they knew what the first. Paterno said in a 1982 Gannett cial teams. They won the national title other was thinking before they even said it. the year after I graduated. He talked This was a relationship that started with re- News Service interview: We preach spect and friendship and remained strong there are three things in a student’s with pride about that young man. He’s with faith, love, and commitment to each life when it comes to Penn State: stud- not going to be a pro, but he’s all of other. They made each other better. ies, academics, and social life, and you this spirit, all this fight in him, he’s a Humor was a large part of my parents mar- must keep them in that order and you smart kid, and all that. And he became riage. My Mom and Dad speaking together can never back away from that. a dentist. He was very proud of the fact was always entertaining—my Mom would So again, Joe Paterno’s education- that was one of his players. That was jump in with a smart comment when he was first mindset paid off for those thou- kind of the way he was. He wanted to talking, and you’d get a glimpse of how the two of them interacted. Neither one of them sands of young men that came to Penn see his players succeed. He wasn’t so took themselves too seriously. One of my fa- State. I don’t know if you watched the concerned about the next 5 years after vorite lines they had was about how they ceremony, the dedication to his life graduation, but the next 15, you know, stayed married so long. They had a deal— and his funeral, but you saw that come 20, 30, 50 years, to see what they’re whoever leaves the marriage first had to

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Weaker marriages may have splin- And the first thing Chris did in coming ment, to pay for professors, to pay for aca- tered at the incredible amount of pain they to my office was to express his sorrow demic scholarships, to pay for new buildings endured. Yet theirs only grew stronger. for the loss of Coach Joe Paterno. and just in general for academic purposes. My Mom’s only concern these past few Paterno wrote that he had been And Joe and his wife Sue donated their own months was for my Dad, and my Dad’s was strongly influenced by this line from money, too, having given more than $5 mil- only for my Mom. just a week ago, I was St. Ignatius: ‘‘ ‘Always work as though lion to Penn State over the years. JoePa’s support of academics and the suc- talking to him and I didn’t want him to get everything depended on you. Yet al- discouraged. I said to him—Hey, you’ve got cess of his team combined to make Penn to keep fighting. For Mom. He barely had his ways pray knowing that everything de- State a desirable place for students—not just voice then but he nodded and whispered back pends on God.’ Over the years, that dy- athletes. Penn State’s enrollment has ex- ‘‘fight, for Mom.’’ And he was. And he did namite thought has exploded to some- ploded over the years to 85,000, including until the end when we assured him that we thing larger and larger in my life. It those at its satellite campuses. Some years, would take care of Mom. means to me now, Never be afraid to 70,000 or more high school seniors apply for Like my mother, we are all heartbroken at accept your own limitations or the lim- the 7,000 or so freshman-class openings at the days and years ahead when we continue itations of others. Accept that we’re all Penn State’s University Park campus. Penn State has become a strong academic our lives without being able to pop in on him pretty small potatoes. Yet always for a quick visit, ask him for advice about institution—not just a strong football pro- our children. Or, in my case just to see him know how great each of us can be.’’ gram—in large part because of Joe Paterno. and be reminded of what a great father I’ve So the winningest coach in college For example: had. We have faith in God and his plan for all football history was, I think, among Since 1966, when Paterno became head of us, and I can only be grateful that I was the most humble of men based on those coach, Penn State’s endowment has grown a witness to a beautiful marriage and that I remarks that he made. The enormous from practically nothing to $1.67 billion as of had the best father and role model I could positive impact that Joe Paterno has 2007. possibly ask for. I love you and will miss you made on thousands of players, hun- Paterno’s fund-raising efforts have re- Dad. And don’t worry—we will take care of sulted in about $2 billion for Penn State. dreds of thousands of students and mil- The University Park campus has nearly Mom. I do know that my mother is a young lions of fans and admirers across cen- woman. doubled in size since 1966. tral Pennsylvania and around the He probably was the most underpaid coach, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. world cannot be understated. He was a relatively speaking, in the history of big- Mr. Speaker, Joe Paterno claimed that man but his legend continues. For com- time college football, last fall making less the long run success of his teams was bining humility with a dedication to than all but one other coach in the Big Ten in the contributions his players made Conference. greatness, Joe Paterno stands as a He won the National Heritage Award of the to society after graduation. Joe model for all of us. With the passing of Paterno decided not to accept lucrative Anti-Defamation League for his role as hu- Joe Paterno, we’re all Penn State, and manitarian and philanthropist. NFL coaching offers because he loved we mourn his loss. Thank you, Joe Paterno was named Sportsman of the Year being an educator as a college coach. Paterno. by Sports illustrated. He also criticized NFL teams that took With that, I yield back the balance of He has produced 74 Academic All-Ameri- too much of his players’ time during my time. cans, and Penn State football consistently is their senior years. Paterno pushed the Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, as a Penn State a national leader in the percentage of its NCAA to adopt rules requiring higher players who graduate—and that includes graduate, I would like to add to this evening’s high graduation rates for minorities, too. levels of academic performance from special order on the career of Joe Paterno by college athletes, pushing higher stand- He measured the success of his teams not sharing a column by Bill Kline that ran in in wins and losses, but how those players ards for both high school and college newspapers across the country following later influenced society as teachers and sur- graduates. Paterno’s dedication to edu- Paterno’s death. geons and engineers and leaders. cation extended far beyond the players [From the Tribune, Jan. 23, 2012] And through it all, Penn State remained a he coached. force on the football field and was doing just PATERNO BUILT PENN STATE ON, OFF THE fine. In the early 1980s, he pushed Penn FIELD State leadership to expand fundraising Two of Paterno’s last three recruiting (By Bill Kline) from alumni in order to advance aca- classes were ranked in the top 11 nationally, Every great man has a flaw. according to the recruiting site scout.com. demic programs. Paterno and his wife Critics of Joe Paterno, who died Sunday at Since 2005 Penn State’s winning percentage donated several million dollars to Penn 85, will cite at least one flaw of the leg- under Paterno was better than his all-time State University, and he helped them endary Penn State football coach—what winning percentage. raise many millions more. they will call his poor moral judgment in the He captured two Big Ten titles since then Coach Paterno once said: When I’m Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal involving and was unbeaten in conference play and in gone, I hope they write that I made the Second Mile charity and Penn State. first place in the Big Ten’s Leaders Division Penn State a better place, not just that That assertion might be argued for dec- when he was ousted in November because of I was a good football coach. ades, as JoePa’s proponents will say that he the Sandusky scandal. did nothing wrong and did what he was sup- And Paterno, of course, set yet another Well, Coach, that is what they’re posed to do a decade ago when he received in- record last fall with his 409th career victory. writing today. formation about his former assistant coach But victories and championships—and He envisioned that increasing the re- Sandusky—Paterno told his superiors and flaws—should not be how we remember Joe sources available to the university asked them to look into it. Paterno. He would not want that. through fundraising would help its stu- But whatever side of the argument you Joe Paterno should be remembered as an dents attain academic excellence. And support, know this about Joseph Vincent educator who truly placed academics before the great things that Penn State has Paterno: No one did more for Penn State athletics. University and, in turn, its hundreds of thou- He should be remembered for building 18- attained over the years are in part a sands of students—not just for the athletes— year-old boys into men and productive mem- testament to his vision and his dedica- over the past six decades. And likely no one bers of society. tion to that cause. Often universities ever did more for Penn State in the 157-year And he should be remembered for building name athletic facilities after great history of the institution built on former a university that benefits all. coaches. Penn State named a new wing farmland in rural central Pennsylvania. Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, it is easy to of its library after Paterno. You see, rightly or wrongly, Penn State judge Joe Paterno’s career by the numbers. Paterno’s contributions extend be- had an image of an agricultural college when 409 career wins—a Division I coaching yond Penn State. He was heavily in- Paterno arrived on campus in 1950—and even to some degree when he became head coach record. volved, he and his wife, Sue, in the Spe- in 1966. 37 bowl game appearances, with 24 wins. cial Olympics, and was also a national Paterno not only raised the profile of the Five undefeated seasons. 62 years at one spokesperson for the Charcot-Marie- Penn State program, he raised the profile of university. 46 of them as the head football Tooth Association. the university itself. And it was not just coach.

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More than 350 of his b 1220 players signed NFL contracts. 79 first-team SLAUGHTER, is that we voted on a bill All-Americans. Mr. Speaker, I’m cochair of the Con- to stop trading on congressional But again, those numbers weren’t the most gressional Progressive Caucus. The knowledge, the STOCK Act. Today, we important things to Joe Paterno. Congressional Progressive Caucus is voted on a bill designed to stop Mem- Here’s what mattered to JoePa: that caucus that comes to Congress to bers of Congress from profiting on con- 47 Academic All-Americans; 37 of them band together to stand up for the fidential information they receive first-team. American Dream, the idea that all while doing their jobs. You would An 87 percent player graduation rate in Americans, no matter which color they think that this goes without saying. 2011—20 points higher than the national aver- may be, whether they are disabled or But, sadly, that is exactly what some age. not, whether they are straight or gay, politicians have been doing. We voted And, according to the New America Founda- or what their religion is, have a right on the STOCK Act today, the Stop tion, no achievement gap between its black to full participation and opportunity to Trading on Congressional Knowledge and white players. grab that American Dream as one of Act, and I was happy to support this Joe Paterno loved coaching at the college our core beliefs. The Progressive Cau- bill. level because he loved preparing young men cus believes in clean air and a clean en- Although my colleagues, LOUISE to succeed in life. He turned down several of- vironment, believes that all Ameri- SLAUGHTER and TIM WALZ, are pushing fers to coach in the NFL. He made far less cans, all people across the world have a a bill which I think was a better than other college football coaches. right to clean air, clean water, and version, we voted on the Senate version During the memorial service for JoePa, a food free of pesticides and toxins. today. But the price for getting that native son of my district, Jimmy Cefalo of The Progressive Caucus is the organi- bill in front of us, the price for fighting Pittston, captured the essence of his coach. zation that is four square for civil to get that bill in front of us was a Cefalo said, quote, ‘‘He took the sons of the rights for all people. We believe that carve-out for a special interest, and that is too bad. coal miners, and he took the sons of steel mill it’s a national disgrace that women are The bill came before us today, and I workers, and of farmers in rural Pennsylvania paid 80 cents for every dollar a man makes. We think it’s a national dis- voted for it. But the public should with the idea that we would come together know a few things about the legisla- and do it the right way. The Paterno way. grace to not be able to love whomever you love and want to be with. We think tion. Only after stripping out a provi- Those thousands, literally thousands, of sion to stop the so-called political in- young men taken from generally small com- it’s a national problem that people in our society, which was founded on the telligence would the majority even munities looking for direction at a very young consider voting to stop Members from age . . . this is Joe Paterno’s legacy.’’ End idea of religious tolerance, sometimes find themselves the target of religious making bets on confidential informa- quote. tion. We wonder why Congress has a 10 That sums it up perfectly. Without Joe hate in this area. And we are four square dedicated to percent approval rate. After months of Paterno, thousands of young men from the calls for action by House Democrats, smallest towns and townships of Pennsylvania the idea that peace should be the guid- ing principle of our Nation and that di- House Republicans have finally re- might not have received a quality college edu- lented; and the House took up the cation. plomacy and development are good things, and that war is almost always a STOCK Act today, clarifying that He saw all of these young men as his sons, Members of Congress and congressional bad thing. Although sometimes it’s and he wanted the best for each of them. staff, executive branch officials, and necessary, diplomacy is always better. Outside of college football, JoePa lived a life judicial officers are subject to the same We don’t send our people into harm’s as plain as Penn State’s uniforms. He lived in insider trading rules as everyone else. the same simple ranch house for 45 years. way. That’s who the Progressive Cau- Unfortunately, leadership in the ma- His home phone number could have been cus is. That is what we are about, and jority House caucus took transparency found in the White Pages. I’m going to offer time tonight, Mr. and accountability measures and re- For years, he drove a Ford Tempo. Speaker, for a progressive message. wrote them in secret in the dark of His trademark rolled-up pants were not a So let me begin with that progressive night. And the majority caucus, the fashion statement but a practicality: he rolled message. We are here to talk about the Republican caucus, weakened the bill, up the cuffs to save on dry cleaning bills. progressive message; and tonight, we’re dropping a provision that will require But when it came to the university he loved, going to address the issue of economic those who peddle political intelligence the university that educated his five children viability. Working American families for profit to register and report, and and thousands of his players, Joe Paterno are getting crushed, and our middle eliminating the anti-corrupting provi- was exceedingly generous. class is shrinking every day. But here sion added by the Senate and unani- Joe Paterno, his wife, Sue, and their five in Washington, our friends on the other mously approved by the House Judici- children announced a contribution of $3.5 mil- side of the aisle, the Republican cau- ary Committee in December. Regard- lion to the University in 1998, bringing cus, is in control of the House. And ing the political-intelligence provi- Paterno’s lifetime giving total to more than $4 while millions of people are facing fore- sions, Senator GRASSLEY, Republican million. closure and unemployment, sadly, we of Iowa, responded, It’s astonishing and Joe Paterno’s personal life was humble. His see Americans continuing to hurt, and extremely disappointing that the humanitarian life was remarkable. And his pro- their problems are not being addressed. House would fulfill Wall Street’s wish- fessional life was legendary. This week in Congress, if I could just es by killing this provision. f talk about what we did this week, the So Republican Senator GRASSLEY Republican majority did not bring up a even had to admonish the House to say, THE PROGRESSIVE MESSAGE single jobs bill. We didn’t talk about why would we weaken the bill, drop- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under jobs this week. Here we are at the close ping a provision that would require the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- of the week, and we’re not talking those who peddle political intelligence uary 5, 2011, the gentleman from Min- about jobs. They did not bring up a bill for money to register and report their nesota (Mr. ELLISON) is recognized for to keep Americans in their homes and activities? That’s too bad. If Congress 60 minutes as the designee of the mi- address foreclosure, nor did we talk delays action, the political-intelligence nority leader. about cleaning up our air and our industry will stay in the shadows—just Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, there are water, or building our economy or our the way Wall Street likes it. a lot of important issues facing the Nation’s crumbling infrastructure. No, It’s time to act on this legislation American people, none more important we weren’t doing that. We were doing and take a first step toward restoring

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