H4208 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 3, 2019 Mr. SPANO. Madam Speaker, I rise RECOGNIZING WE BUILD THE Centers for Disease Control to study today to recognize three schools that WALL the gun epidemic in our country so we recently finished excellent high school (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given can find a solution. But it is not just mass shootings that baseball seasons. permission to address the House for 1 we need to address. Over two-thirds of First, I want to congratulate Lake- minute and to revise and extend his re- all gun deaths in the United States are land Christian, who capped off a 24-win marks.) a result of suicides, and the number is season by winning the Florida Class 3A Mr. LAMALFA. Madam Speaker, I rising. Over 20 veterans a day are com- State championship on June 1. It was rise today to recognize the hard work mitting suicide. We must also study no small feat to knock off a three-time being done by a crowd-funded organiza- firearm suicide and how it relates to defending State champion, but under tion called We Build the Wall. mental health and how we can limit the leadership of Coach Blane Fox, Because Congress has failed to pass firearm access to those who are suf- they won 3 to 1. This was the first Polk legislation that will secure our border fering. County team to win a baseball State and fund the construction of physical We have a problem in our country, title in 24 years. barriers where they are needed, these and it is not just going to go away. Second, it should come as no surprise folks have taken the initiative. Now is the time for action. Too many to those who know Florida baseball We Build the Wall, led by Air Force lives are at stake. that it was two Hillsborough County combat veteran and triple amputee schools, Plant City and Strawberry Brian Kolfage, has raised over $23 mil- f Crest, that faced off in the Class 8A lion in private donations to help secure HONORING MAUD BORUP championship on May 30. the southern border and began con- (Mr. HAGEDORN asked and was Plant City, under the leadership of struction in New Mexico over the Me- Coach Michael Fryrear got off to a given permission to address the House morial Day weekend. for 1 minute and to revise and extend quick start and never looked back, Now, rumors were circulated about winning 3 to 1 over Coach Eric his remarks.) the group, but they are fulfilling their Mr. HAGEDORN. Madam Speaker, Beattie’s Strawberry Crest team and promise. After first being told their the best gummy bears I have ever tast- finishing the season with 30 wins. permits were in order, the mayor of ed are made by a company right in I congratulate Florida Class 3A State Sunland Park and his administration southern Minnesota. champions, Lakeland Christian; Class were flip-flopping, and their incom- Last week, I visited Le Center and 8A State champions, Plant City; and petence has threatened to put the toured Maud Borup, a 112-year-old Class 8A runner-up, Strawberry Crest. brakes on the whole project—but it wholesale confections company that Madam Speaker, all three teams only delayed it 36 hours. They now specializes in gourmet candy, baking should be proud of their accomplish- have been cleared to resume the con- kits, food gifts, and more. ments over this past season. struction. Maud Borup started as a woman- We know there is a crisis at the owned brick-and-mortar candy shop in f southern border. Madam Speaker, I St. Paul before women even had the thank Brian Kolfage and We Build the right to vote. Today it is a wholesale THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE Wall for their selfless commitment to company continuing to offer opportuni- ACTION our great country. ties for women. In fact, 96 percent of (Mr. LEVIN of California asked and It is too bad it has to come to this, the more than 100 employees are was given permission to address the but it is also inspiring, in a way, that women. House for 1 minute and to revise and citizens came forward to do the job of Maud Borup’s president, Christine extend his remarks.) the U.S. Government and secure our Lantinen, was recently named the 2019 Mr. LEVIN of California. Madam sovereign border themselves. Minnesota Small Business Person of Speaker, I rise today to recognize Gun This Congress should do better for the Year. Christine is an Army vet and Violence Awareness Month, which our border security and for our Amer- an entrepreneur who is making a dif- began mere days after another tragic ican citizens. ference in her community. We had the opportunity to discuss shooting in Virginia Beach and weeks f after the Chabad of Poway synagogue regulatory issues, healthcare reform, shooting just outside of my district in NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION trade, and how Federal policies are af- southern California. (Mr. CISNEROS asked and was given fecting small businesses in Minnesota. Madam Speaker, I thank Christine This is wrong. permission to address the House for 1 and everyone at Maud Borup for being After the Poway shooting, I called minute and to revise and extend his re- a valuable part of Minnesota. for concrete action to help end the marks.) scourge of senseless gun violence in our Mr. CISNEROS. Madam Speaker, this f country. I called on the Senate to pass past Wednesday, I met with a group of HONORING CHARLES NORMAN H.R. 8, which would put commonsense high school students from my district SHAY gun safety measures in place, requiring who started a local March for Our (Ms. PINGREE asked and was given a background check on every gun sale Lives chapter to talk about the gun permission to address the House for 1 or transfer. I also called on the Senate epidemic in our country. Then, 2 days minute and to revise and extend her re- to pass H.R. 1112 to close the Charles- later, we had another mass shooting in marks.) ton loophole, which currently allows Virginia Beach. Ms. PINGREE. Madam Speaker, this the sale of a firearm to proceed if a According to the Mass Shooting week we recognize the 75th anniversary background check is not completed Tracker website, there have been over of D-Day, and we recognize a Mainer within 3 business days. 181 mass shootings in the United States who helped to liberate France and then Months after the House passed those this year, with over 200 victims losing Europe from Nazi control in World War bipartisan bills, they continue to lan- their lives. II during the invasion of Normandy. guish in the Senate. I am proud that we finally passed Charles Norman Shay is a Penobscot The American people deserve better. commonsense gun legislation in this Tribal elder and a decorated veteran of The American people deserve a vote. House that expanded background both World War II and the Korean war. They deserve elected officials who checks, which is something over 90 per- He has received the Bronze Star, the aren’t afraid of the NRA. cent of the American people wanted, Silver Star, and the Legion of Honor, The American people deserve action. but we need to do more. making him the first Native American That is what Gun Violence Awareness The shooting in Virginia Beach used in Maine with that distinction. Month is about. We have an epidemic both a silencer and a high-capacity Charles Norman Shay was drafted at of gun violence that is unique to our magazine. We need legislation now to 19 and served as a medic in the 16th In- country, and we must finally do some- outlaw both of those items as well as fantry Regiment, First Infantry Divi- thing about it. automatic rifles. We need to allow the sion. When he landed at Omaha Beach

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Bomb Disposal Squad. tleman from Oklahoma? Mr. Shay makes a pilgrimage back to On the morning of June 6, Private There was no objection. Normandy every year to remember his Brodish landed on Omaha Beach and Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. fellow soldiers, and at 94 years old, Mr. got to work removing projectiles and Madam Speaker, the last 2 weeks have Shay is returning for the 75th anniver- rockets from the shoreline. He was been brutal for much of America. sary of D-Day. only 22-years-old when he died on the Storms, tornadoes, and floodwaters Mr. Shay is a hero to all Mainers, the beach as a German artillery projectile have attacked our homes and our peo- exploded over his position. Penobscot Nation, and all Americans. ple. Herbert Terner enlisted in the Army Our country is indebted to him. I spent last week across the First in 1942, and on D-Day, he parachuted District of Oklahoma, watching the f into Normandy with the 101st Airborne. waters rise and the homes and liveli- b 1945 As a radio specialist, he alerted troops of landing positions, and he con- hoods of my community be destroyed. A TRAITOR TO LIBERTY tinued to fight after D-Day in the Bat- It was heart-wrenching. tle of the Bulge, and, eventually, Every day, I saw more families forced (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given to evacuate, more homes take on permission to address the House for 1 helped to liberate prisoners from the concentration camps. water, more sinkholes open up, and minute.) roadways disappear under the flood. Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, what I had the great honor of meeting Herb, now 98 years old and a resident of This disaster has reached every corner defines a traitor to America’s liberty? of my district and has permanently af- The Justice Department defines a Montville, over Memorial Day week- end. fected countless families. traitor as a person, who owing alle- Tonight, I honor William, Herbert, For some, a lifetime of building a giance to the United States, adheres to and all the New Jersey residents who home was washed away in a matter of their enemies. put their lives on the line to defend de- days. There are priceless photos that President Trump’s 2016 campaign mocracy and free Europe from the will never be recovered, neighborhoods manager, Paul Manafort, fits that defi- grasp of the Nazis and totalitarianism. that will never be the same, families nition: a traitor. f who have lost everything. Manafort proudly sought out multi- We may have caught the attention of millions of dollars from the enemies of JOANNE REAGAN DANCE STUDIOS the Nation for a few days while torna- liberty to promote the pro-Russian (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given does tore up our country and storms anti-democratic ruler of Ukraine— permission to address the House for 1 battered our homes, but now the water President Viktor Yanukovych. minute and to revise and extend his re- subsides, and the cameras turn off, but Yanukovych took his direct orders marks.) the damage remains. Our communities from Russian dictator Vladimir Putin Mr. VAN DREW. Madam Speaker, Jo- will be forever changed. who personally directed Russia’s inter- anne Reagan of Joanne Reagan Dance In times of war, there is an enemy. ference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Studios in Cold Spring, New Jersey, There is a target for our retribution. election. celebrated her 50th year teaching dance When foreign armies attacked Pearl When Ukrainian people rose up to over the weekend. She started training Harbor, we had a swift response. There take back their nation, Yanukovych, at only 8 years of age. was somewhere to go, someone to fight. after killing his own countrymen, fled Joanne Reagan Dance Studios is When your people are attacked by back to his master in Russia to hide founded on belief in the philosophy and nature, when it is flood waters destroy- out, looting countless millions that he mission to build character, discipline, ing your home instead of armies, where stole from the Ukrainian people. and responsibility through the creative do you turn? The real question for America is how and performing arts. In times of disaster, it is easy to They aim to give students the ammu- could a U.S. citizen sell out liberty for shake your fist at God. It is natural to nition and the armor they need to pur- dirty money from such dictators for be angry and to turn that anger on the sue a professional career, if they desire whom liberty means nothing. only being you think you can blame. to do so, or in whatever endeavor they Mr. Manafort, Trump’s campaign Instead, what I have seen in my com- manager, is no stranger to criminal en- choose to pursue in their lives. Students are encouraged to aspire to- munity this week is faith, generosity, terprise. wards their own personal goals in a and the genuine love and care for our Just weeks ago, news broke out that manner which celebrates the individual fellow man. Manafort got millions upon millions of and promotes self-esteem, and it also It is these moments of devastation dollars, auctioning off high-level promotes a positive body image. when true character shines through. Trump administration positions to a I celebrate Joanne Reagan’s service This is when heroes are made. Chicago banker named Stephen Calk. to our community and commend her When everyone is running away from Madam Speaker, it is a fair question for passing on these invaluable life a problem or dangerous situation, who to ask: At what exact point in his sor- skills to southern New Jersey’s youth. runs toward it? did career did Manafort become a trai- Madam Speaker, we are really lucky Tonight, we are here to honor the tor to liberty? And, more importantly, to have her. selfless heroes of the storms, the men who else is riding his traitorous coat- f and women of our communities who tails? showed true leadership and courage HONORING THE SELFLESS HEROES f these last few weeks to keep our people OF THE OKLAHOMA STORMS safe and protect our families. HONORING WILLIAM BRODISH AND The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. I am proud of Oklahomans and how HERBERT TERNER ON THE 75TH HOULAHAN). Under the Speaker’s an- they came together. I am humbled to ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY nounced policy of January 3, 2019, the have personally heard their stories. (Ms. SHERRILL asked and was given gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. KEVIN Along with my colleagues, we will permission to address the House for 1 HERN) is recognized for 60 minutes as shine a light on the brave people whose minute and to revise and extend her re- the designee of the minority leader. sacrifices will forever have an impact marks.) GENERAL LEAVE on our districts. Ms. SHERRILL. Madam Speaker, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- this week, we will commemorate the Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous con- tleman from Ohio (Mr. LATTA).

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