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Vol. 152 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2006 No. 9 House of Representatives The House met at noon. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, OFFICE OF THE CLERK, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Washington, DC, January 16, 2006. Washington, DC, January 26, 2006. Coughlin, offered the following prayer: Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, Lord God, ever present, source of all Speaker, House of Representatives, Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, wisdom and self-giving love, the sacred Washington, DC. DC. scriptures reveal Your continued guid- Mr. SPEAKER: For the past thirteen years I DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- have had the great honor and privilege of mission granted in Clause 2(h) of rule II of ance in human affairs. We thank You serving the people of New Jersey as a Mem- the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- for the many blessings granted this Na- ber of the United States House of Represent- tives, the Clerk received the following mes- tion throughout its history. atives. sage from the Secretary of the Senate on Today, as a new page is turned, fill As Governor Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey January 26, 2006, at 10:15 am: the hearts of Your people with even has told me his intention to appoint me to That the Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 77. fulfill the remainder of his term in the Appointments: greater confidence and renewed faith in United States Senate upon his inauguration Board of Visitors of the United States Mili- Your promises to be near us and atten- as Governor, I submit my resignation as a tary Academy. tive to our needs. Member from the House of Representatives, Board of Visitors of the United States As work begins on this Second Ses- effective close of business on Monday, Janu- Naval Academy. sion of the 109th Congress, we seek ary 16, 2006. Board of Visitors of the United States Air Your mercy and rely on Your revela- I accept my new position with enthusiasm Force Academy. but also a sense of gratitude for the trust With best wishes, I am tion to guide and protect this legisla- and confidence the voters of the Thirteenth Sincerely, tive body. As this House of Representa- Congressional District have placed in me KAREN L. HAAS, tives and the United States Senate an- over the years. I have always tried to reflect Clerk of the House. ticipate a joint session and await the credit on the District, the great state of New f State of the Union message of Presi- Jersey, and this body. It has been a distinct dent George W. Bush, we pray to You pleasure to work and serve with many good COMMUNICATION FROM THE for his health, enlightenment, and friends and colleagues in the House of Rep- CLERK OF THE HOUSE well-being. Together with the Supreme resentatives. I look forward to continuing my service to The SPEAKER laid before the House Court, may all three branches of this the people of the State of New Jersey the following communication from the government be drawn into Your Spirit through my service as a Member of the Clerk of the House of Representatives: of wisdom and good judgment. With re- United States Senate. OFFICE OF THE CLERK, newed standards of ethics and a deeper Sincerely, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, commitment of accountability, may all ROBERT MENENDEZ, Washington, DC, January 27, 2006. who serve in public office be Your Member of Congress. Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, steady instrument in unifying, pro- Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, tecting, and guiding the American peo- f DC ple of this democracy to increasing vir- DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER mission granted in Clause 2(h) of rule II of tue, greater prosperity, and a witness the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- to goodness for the world. The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of tives, the Clerk received the following mes- Lord, bless America and its people rule XX, the Chair announces to the sage from the Secretary of the Senate on who place their trust in You, now and House that, in light of the resignation January 27, 2006, at 3:00 pm: forever. of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. That the Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 78. With best wishes, I am Amen. MENENDEZ), the whole number of the House is adjusted to 433. Sincerely, KAREN L. HAAS, f Clerk of the House. f f RESIGNATION FROM THE HOUSE COMMUNICATION FROM THE RECESS OF REPRESENTATIVES CLERK OF THE HOUSE The SPEAKER. Pursuant to clause The SPEAKER laid before the House The SPEAKER laid before the House 12(a) of rule I, the House stands in re- the following resignation from the the following communication from the cess until approximately 3:30 p.m. House of Representatives: Clerk of the House of Representatives: today.

b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A31JA7.000 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H4 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 31, 2006 Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 5 min- Larson (CT) Olver Shaw COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE utes p.m.), the House stood in recess Latham Ortiz Shays PRESIDENT LaTourette Osborne Sherman until approximately 3:30 p.m. Leach Otter Sherwood Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a Lee Owens Shimkus privileged resolution (H. Res. 649) pro- f Levin Oxley Shuster Lewis (CA) Pallone Simmons viding for a committee to notify the b 1530 Lewis (GA) Pascrell Simpson President of the assembly of the Con- Lewis (KY) Pastor Skelton gress, and ask for its immediate con- AFTER RECESS Lipinski Paul Smith (TX) sideration. The recess having expired, the House LoBiondo Pearce Snyder Lofgren, Zoe Pelosi Sodrel The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- was called to order at 3 o’clock and 30 Lowey Pence Solis lows: Lucas Peterson (MN) minutes p.m. Souder H. RES. 649 Lungren, Daniel Peterson (PA) Spratt f E. Petri Stearns Resolved, That a committee of two Mem- Mack Platts Stupak bers be appointed by the Speaker on the part CALL OF THE HOUSE Maloney Poe Sullivan of the House of Representatives to join with Marchant Pombo The SPEAKER. The Clerk will utilize Sweeney a committee on the part of the Senate to no- Markey Pomeroy Tancredo Marshall Porter tify the President of the United States that the electronic system to ascertain the Tanner Matheson Price (GA) a quorum of each House has assembled and presence of a quorum. Tauscher Matsui Price (NC) Congress is ready to receive any communica- Taylor (MS) Members will record their presence McCarthy Pryce (OH) tion that he may be pleased to make. Terry by electronic device. McCaul (TX) Putnam Thomas McCollum (MN) Radanovich The resolution was agreed to. The call was taken by electronic de- Thompson (CA) McCotter Rahall A motion to reconsider was laid on Thompson (MS) vice, and the following Members re- McCrery Ramstad Thornberry the table. sponded to their names: McDermott Regula Tiahrt McGovern Rehberg f [Roll No. 1] Tiberi McHenry Reichert APPOINTMENT AS MEMBERS OF Abercrombie Clay Goode McHugh Renzi Tierney Ackerman Cleaver Goodlatte McIntyre Reyes Towns COMMITTEE TO NOTIFY THE Aderholt Clyburn Gordon McKeon Reynolds Turner PRESIDENT, PURSUANT TO Akin Coble Granger McKinney Rogers (AL) Udall (CO) HOUSE RESOLUTION 649 Alexander Cole (OK) Graves McMorris Rogers (MI) Udall (NM) Allen Conaway Green (WI) McNulty Rohrabacher Upton The SPEAKER. Pursuant to House Andrews Cooper Green, Al Meek (FL) Ros-Lehtinen Van Hollen Resolution 649, the Chair appoints as Baca Costa Green, Gene Vela´ zquez Meeks (NY) Ross members of the committee on the part Bachus Costello Gutierrez Mica Rothman Visclosky Baird Cramer Gutknecht Michaud Roybal-Allard Walden (OR) of the House to join a committee on Baker Crenshaw Hall Millender- Royce Walsh the part of the Senate to notify the Baldwin Crowley Harman McDonald Ruppersberger Wamp President of the United States that a Barrett (SC) Cubin Harris Miller (FL) Ryan (OH) Wasserman Barrow Cuellar Hart Miller (MI) Ryan (WI) Schultz quorum of each House has been assem- Bartlett (MD) Cummings Hastert Miller (NC) Ryun (KS) Waters bled and that Congress is ready to re- Barton (TX) Davis (AL) Hastings (FL) Mollohan Sabo Watt ceive any communication that he may Bass Davis (CA) Hastings (WA) Waxman Moore (KS) Salazar be pleased to make: Bean Davis (IL) Hayes Moore (WI) Sa´ nchez, Linda Weiner Beauprez Davis (KY) Hayworth Moran (VA) T. Weldon (PA) The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Becerra Davis (TN) Hefley Murphy Sanchez, Loretta Weller BLUNT) and Berkley Davis, Jo Ann Hensarling Murtha Saxton Westmoreland The gentlewoman from California Berry Davis, Tom Herger Musgrave Schakowsky Wexler Biggert Deal (GA) Herseth Myrick Schiff Whitfield (Ms. PELOSI). Bilirakis DeFazio Higgins Nadler Schmidt Wicker f Bishop (GA) Delahunt Hinojosa Napolitano Schwartz (PA) Wilson (NM) Bishop (NY) DeLauro Hobson Neugebauer Schwarz (MI) Wilson (SC) NOTIFICATION TO THE SENATE Bishop (UT) Dent Hoekstra Ney Scott (GA) Wolf Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a Blackburn Diaz-Balart, M. Holden Norwood Scott (VA) Woolsey Blumenauer Dicks Holt Nunes Sensenbrenner Wu privileged resolution (H. Res. 650) to in- Blunt Dingell Honda Nussle Serrano Wynn form the Senate that a quorum of the Boehlert Doggett Hostettler Oberstar Sessions Young (AK) House has assembled, and ask for its Boehner Doolittle Hoyer Obey Shadegg Young (FL) Bonilla Doyle Hulshof immediate consideration. Bonner Drake Inglis (SC) b 1555 The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Bono Dreier Inslee lows: Boozman Duncan Israel The SPEAKER. On this rollcall, 389 Boren Ehlers Issa Members have recorded their presence H. RES. 650 Boswell Emanuel Jackson (IL) by electronic device, a quorum. Resolved, That the Clerk of the House in- Boucher Emerson Jackson-Lee form the Senate that a quorum of the House Boustany Engel (TX) Under the rule, further proceedings is present and that the House is ready to pro- Boyd English (PA) Jefferson under the call are dispensed with. Bradley (NH) Eshoo Jenkins ceed with business. f Brady (TX) Etheridge Jindal The resolution was agreed to. Brown (OH) Evans Johnson (CT) THE JOURNAL A motion to reconsider was laid on Brown (SC) Everett Johnson (IL) Brown, Corrine Farr Johnson, E. B. The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- the table. Brown-Waite, Fattah Jones (NC) ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- f Ginny Feeney Jones (OH) Burgess Ferguson Kanjorski ceedings and announces to the House DAILY HOUR OF MEETING Burton (IN) Filner Kaptur his approval thereof. Buyer Fitzpatrick (PA) Keller Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a Calvert Flake Kelly nal stands approved. privileged resolution (H. Res. 651) and Camp (MI) Foley Kennedy (MN) ask for its immediate consideration. Campbell (CA) Forbes Kennedy (RI) f Cannon Ford Kildee The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Cantor Fortenberry Kilpatrick (MI) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE lows: Capito Foxx Kind H. RES. 651 Capps Frank (MA) King (NY) The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman Capuano Franks (AZ) Kingston from Michigan (Mr. KILDEE) come for- Resolved, That unless otherwise ordered, Cardin Frelinghuysen Kirk ward and lead the House in the Pledge before Monday, May 15, 2006, the hour of Cardoza Gallegly Kline of Allegiance. daily meeting of the House shall be 2 p.m. on Carnahan Garrett (NJ) Knollenberg Mondays; noon on Tuesdays; and 10 a.m. on Carson Gerlach Kolbe Mr. KILDEE led the Pledge of Alle- all other days of the week; and from Monday, Carter Gibbons Kucinich giance as follows: May 15, 2006, for the remainder of the 109th Case Gilchrest Kuhl (NY) Castle Gillmor LaHood I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Congress, the hour of daily meeting of the Chabot Gingrey Langevin United States of America, and to the Repub- House shall be noon on Mondays, 10 a.m. on Chandler Gohmert Lantos lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; and 9 Chocola Gonzalez Larsen (WA) indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. a.m. on all other days of the week.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.004 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5 The resolution was agreed to. There was no objection. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to A motion to reconsider was laid on f the request of the gentleman from the table. Idaho? b 1600 f There was no objection. REPORT ON RESOLUTION RELAT- f JOINT SESSION OF THE CON- ING TO CONSIDERATION OF S. GRESS—STATE OF THE UNION 1932, DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT OF MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY MESSAGE 2005 OF MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a Mr. DREIER, from the Committee on The SPEAKER. In memoriam to the privileged Senate concurrent resolu- Rules, submitted a privileged report death this morning of Mrs. Coretta tion (S. Con. Res. 77) and ask for its (Rept. No. 109–366) on the resolution (H. Scott King, I ask all Members to stand immediate consideration. Res. 653) relating to consideration of and observe a moment of silence. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the Senate bill (S. 1932) to provide for f the Senate concurrent resolution. reconciliation pursuant to section HONORING THE LIFE AND ACCOM- The Clerk read the Senate concur- 202(a) of the concurrent resolution on PLISHMENTS OF MRS. CORETTA rent resolution, as follows: the budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. SCOTT KING Res. 95), which was referred to the S. CON. RES. 77 Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- House Calendar and ordered to be Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- er, I offer a resolution (H. Res. 655) printed. resentatives concurring), That the two Houses honoring the life and accomplishments of Congress assemble in the Hall of the f of Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her con- House of Representatives on Tuesday, Janu- ary 31, 2006, at 9 p.m., for purpose of receiv- REPORT ON RESOLUTION WAIVING tributions as a leader in the struggle ing such communication as the President of REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE 6(a) for civil rights, and expressing condo- the United States shall be pleased to make OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO lences to the King family on her pass- to them. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN ing, and ask unanimous consent for its The Senate concurrent resolution RESOLUTIONS immediate consideration in the House was concurred in. Mr. DREIER, from the Committee on pursuant to the following order: the A motion to reconsider was laid on Rules, submitted a privileged report resolution shall be considered as read; the table. (Rept. No. 109–367) on the resolution (H. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and f Res. 654) waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to the preamble to its adoption without MAKING IN ORDER MORNING HOUR consideration of certain resolutions re- intervening motion except 1 hour of de- DEBATE ported from the Committee on Rules, bate equally divided and controlled by Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask which was referred to the House Cal- the chairman and ranking minority unanimous consent that the order of endar and ordered to be printed. member of the Committee on the Judi- ciary; and notwithstanding the oper- the House of January 4, 2005, providing f for morning hour debate be extended ation of the previous question, the REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER for the remainder of the 109th Congress Chair may postpone further consider- AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 3855 except that the date of May 15, 2006, ation of the resolution to a time des- shall be used in lieu of May 16, 2005. Mrs. CUBIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask ignated by the Speaker. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to unanimous consent to have my name The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. the request of the gentleman from removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 3855. LAHOOD). Is there objection to the re- California? The SPEAKER. Is there objection to quest of the gentleman from Wis- There was no objection. the request of the gentlewoman from consin? Wyoming? There was no objection. f There was no objection. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. GRANTING MEMBERS OF THE f HOUSE PRIVILEGE TO EXTEND The text of the resolution is as fol- REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER REMARKS AND INCLUDE EXTRA- lows: AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 4354 NEOUS MATERIAL IN THE CON- H. RES. 655 GRESSIONAL RECORD FOR THE Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I Whereas Coretta Scott King was an inspi- SECOND SESSION OF THE 109TH ask unanimous consent to have my rational figure and a woman of great CONGRESS name removed as a cosponsor of H.R. strength, grace, and dignity who came to 4354. personify the ideals of the Civil Rights Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Movement, for which she and her husband unanimous consent that for the re- fought. the request of the gentlewoman from mainder of the 109th Congress, all Whereas Coretta Scott was born on April Florida? Members be permitted to extend their 27, 1927, to parents Obadiah and Bernice There was no objection. remarks and to include extraneous ma- Scott, was raised in rural Alabama, grad- terial within the permitted limit in f uated valedictorian from Lincoln High School, and received a B.A. from Antioch that section of the RECORD entitled REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER College in Yellow Springs, Ohio; ‘‘Extensions of Remarks.’’ AS COSPONSOR OF HOUSE RESO- Whereas Coretta Scott came of age in the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to LUTIONS 635, 636 AND 637 segregated South, took an active interest in the request of the gentleman from Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Mr. the emerging Civil Rights Movement as an California? Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to undergraduate, and joined the Antioch chap- There was no objection. ter of the NAACP, and the Race Relations have my name removed as a cosponsor and Civil Liberties Committees of Antioch f of House Resolutions 635, 636 and 637. College; The SPEAKER. Is there objection to DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR Whereas Coretta Scott won a scholarship the request of the gentlewoman from to study concert singing at Boston’s New WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON TO- California? England Conservatory of Music; MORROW There was no objection. Whereas while in Boston, Coretta Scott met Martin Luther King, Jr., who was a Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I ask f unanimous consent that the business graduate student studying for his doctorate in order under the Calendar Wednesday REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER at Boston University; AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 3855 Whereas after Coretta Scott and Martin rule be dispensed with tomorrow. Luther King, Jr. were married on June 18, The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Mr. OTTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- 1953, Mrs. Coretta Scott King completed her the request of the gentleman from imous consent to have my name re- degree in voice and violin at the New Eng- California? moved as a cosponsor of H.R. 3855. land Conservatory of Music, and the young

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.009 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H6 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 31, 2006 couple moved in September 1954 to Mont- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- This is an unusual phrase I am going gomery, Alabama, where Martin Luther er, I yield such time as he may con- to use today, but I wish to associate King, Jr. had accepted an appointment as sume to the gentleman from Illinois myself with the eloquent remarks of Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. (Mr. HASTERT), the distinguished Whereas their first child, Yolanda, was the Speaker of the House, Mr. born in 1955, just two weeks before the begin- Speaker of the House. HASTERT, in praise of the life and lead- ning of the Montgomery bus boycott, during Mr. HASTERT. Mr. Speaker, I was ership of Coretta Scott King. which the King house was bombed; truly saddened this morning when I Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise here Whereas the Kings had four children: Yo- learned of the death of Coretta Scott today to also join the Speaker in hon- landa Denise, Martin Luther, III, Dexter King. oring Coretta Scott King. She was not Scott, and Bernice Albertine; My experience with the Kings goes only the keeper of the flame; she was Whereas during Dr. King’s lifetime, Mrs. back to 1960 as a freshman student of one of our Nation’s greatest civil rights King served as an equal partner in the Civil North Central College, wide-eyed from leaders in her own right. For all of her Rights Movement, balancing the demands of the country, not really knowing all of raising their four children, serving as a pas- life, Coretta Scott King was her own tor’s wife, and speaking before church, civic, the new social issues that were before woman. She grew up in rural and seg- college, fraternal, and peace groups; us. But yet Dr. Martin Luther King regated Alabama in a hardworking and Whereas Mrs. King established and per- came to that little town, came to that ambitious Scott family. She followed formed in more than 30 successful ‘‘Freedom college accompanied by his wife. It her sister, who was the first African Concerts’’ that combined prose and poetry made a great impression on a college American ever to attend Antioch Col- narration with musical selections to increase freshman. lege in Ohio; and after, Coretta moved awareness and understanding of the Move- The word that comes to my mind as ment and the Southern Christian Leadership to Boston to pursue a music career. It I think about this great woman is was there that she met a young preach- Conference, of which Dr. King served as the ‘‘devotion″: devotion to her husband, first president; er through a friend. Whereas Mrs. King stood side-by-side with devotion to her family, and devotion to We all know who that young preach- her husband during many civil rights the cause of civil rights. Standing side er was to become, but what we do not marches and on other notable occasions, in- by side with her husband, Dr. Martin know is who he might have been with- cluding a 1957 trip to Ghana to mark that Luther King, she helped bring America out Coretta by his side. The wise man country’s independence, a 1959 trip to India to an understanding that ‘‘all men are to visit sites associated with Mahatma Gan- that he was, Martin Luther King was created equal.’’ not just looking for a wife, he said, but dhi, and a 1964 trip to Oslo, Norway, to ac- In my first year as Speaker, we had a for a partner; and he was taken with cept Dr. King’s Nobel Peace Prize; Congressional Gold Medal award cere- Whereas just four days after her husband’s her immediately. mony honoring the Little Rock Nine. assassination on April 4, 1968, Mrs. King led It took Coretta a little longer, 6 It took place just a few feet from here a march of 50,000 people through the streets months of deliberations before she ac- in the rotunda of this Capitol building. of Memphis, Tennessee, and later that year cepted his marriage proposal. To the Coretta Scott King was there. As I took his place in the Poor People’s March to shock of Dr. King’s father, but prob- Washington, D.C.; gazed across the room, I saw her stoic ably to no surprise of anyone who knew Whereas Mrs. King devoted her energy to and yet gentle presence. Stoic, yet her, she asked that the phrase ‘‘obey carrying on her husband’s legacy of non- gentle, qualities that reminded me also thy husband’’ section be removed from violence and his work to create an America of her husband and the struggles he and in which all people have equal rights; his wife had to overcome so that we as their marriage vows. Whereas Mrs. King dedicated herself to de- Of their work together, Dr. King a Nation could overcome our short- veloping and building the Atlanta-based would later say, ‘‘I wish I could say Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non- comings and our prejudices. Even after the hate-inspired death of that I led her down this path. But I violent Social Change as an enduring memo- must say, we went down this path torial to her husband’s life and their dream of her husband, she called for love and un- nonviolent social change and full civil rights derstanding and found meaning and gether because she is as actively infor all Americans and, as its founding Presi- purpose in the continuing of her hus- volved and concerned when we met as dent, Chair, and Chief Executive Officer, she band’s work. It is not surprising that she is now.’’ guided the creation and housing of the larg- she did so, because it was her work too. A year after they were married, Mar- est archive of documents from the Civil While I wish we had her with us for tin Luther King and Coretta Scott Rights Movement; more years to come, to teach and bear King had to decide where to move after Whereas Mrs. King was instrumental in witness to future generations, it is fit- Dr. King completed his studies in Bos- seeing her husband’s birthday honored as a ting that we honor her death on the ton, whether to stay in the North or Federal holiday, an occasion first marked in move back to the South. The year was 1986; 31st of January, the day before our Na- Whereas Mrs. King received honorary doc- tion begins its month-long celebration 1954 and the South was deeply divided torates from over 60 colleges and universities of the accomplishments of African by the issue of race. and authored three books; Americans. She now becomes a perma- The newlywed couple had both grown Whereas Mrs. King worked to advance the nent part of that history. up in the segregated South. They knew cause of justice and human rights around the A few hours ago, Senate Majority the racial injustice that permeated the world and spoke out on behalf of a number of Leader FRIST and I ordered the flags on South, the indignities of sitting in the important issues, including racial and eco- this Capitol building be lowered to half back of the bus and drinking from sep- nomic justice, women’s and children’s rights, staff. It is a small way in which we can arate water fountains. religious freedom, full employment, health Yet they chose to return to the heart care, and education; and say on behalf of a grateful Nation Whereas Mrs. Coretta Scott King was a thank you, Coretta Scott King, thank of what they wanted to change, and civil rights icon and one of the most influen- you for picking up the torch of civil they accepted the pastorate at Dexter tial African Americans in history, and her rights and taking it across the country Avenue Baptist Church in Mont- work brought us closer to achieving the ‘‘Be- and the world. We are a better Nation gomery, Alabama, going straight to loved Community’’: Now, therefore, be it because you and your husband passed the heart of what was wrong, with the Resolved, That the House of Representa- our way. May God welcome you home, aim to make it right. tives honors the life and accomplishments of In the years that followed, Coretta Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her contribu- and may he hold your family close in tions as a leader in the struggle for civil this time of sorrow. Scott King marched alongside her hus- rights, and expresses condolences to the King Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield band, Dr. Reverend Martin Luther family on her passing. such time as she may consume to the King, for that very cause. They The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a gentlewoman from California (Ms. marched together in Selma to demand previous order of the House, the gen- PELOSI), the minority leader of the voting rights for African Americans, tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. SENSEN- House. and aren’t we all proud to call Mr. BRENNER) and the gentleman from Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank John Lewis a colleague, who was also Michigan (Mr. CONYERS) each will con- the distinguished gentleman from on that march, that very historic trol 30 minutes. Michigan (Mr. CONYERS), and a civil march so long ago. Dr. and Mrs. King The Chair recognizes the gentleman rights leader in his own right, for marched together in Washington to de- from Wisconsin (Mr. SENSENBRENNER). yielding me this time. mand a Federal law to protect the civil

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A31JA7.009 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7 rights of all Americans, and they As the spouse and partner of the late She met Martin Luther King, Jr. marched together the night before Dr. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., while they were both studying in Bos- King was killed. They marched to- Mrs. Coretta Scott King gained rec- ton. She fell in love. They got married gether in Memphis for the sanitation ognition in her own right, remaining and they returned to the South, the workers facing entrenched discrimina- active in the civil rights movement capital of the old confederacy, the City tion. while devoting herself to her family. of Montgomery. In immediate days following the Her steadfast devotion to her hus- He became the pastor of a little old tragedy, Coretta Scott King kept band’s legacy after his assassination church, the Dexter Avenue Baptist marching, carrying the aspirations of helped bring his message of nonviolent Church in Montgomery. This little red the civil rights movement with her. change to millions of Americans. She brick church stood in the shadow of the She led the Poor People’s March to led the campaign to recognize her late Capitol building of the State of Ala- Washington. That was the first time I husband’s birthday as a national holi- bama. saw her while I watched that march day and to establish the Martin Luther Dr. King thought he would live the coming into Washington, and I have King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social life of a Baptist minister, and Coretta been a fan of hers ever since. She Change, the first institution estab- thought, well, she would be a preach- marched in South Africa standing lished in memory of an African Amer- er’s wife. But they decided to respond against apartheid. And for nearly 40 ican. This center also houses our coun- to the courage of Rosa Parks on De- years of her life that came after Dr. try’s largest archives of documents cember 1, 1955, when she refused to give King’s death, she marched for civil from the civil rights movement. up her seat on a city bus in Mont- rights everywhere and to root out in- Mrs. King’s commitment and devo- gomery. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., justice anywhere it existed. tion to equal justice should serve as a emerged as a leader in the modern day Because of her singularity of purpose reminder of the foundation and prin- civil rights movement and Coretta was and sheer tenacity, Coretta Scott King ciples upon which this country was by his side every step of the way. often triumphed. The Martin Luther founded and should inspire us all to I first met Mrs. King in 1957 when I King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social work to ensure that these guarantees was only 17. I was a student in Nash- Change and the Martin Luther King are recognized by all Americans. ville, Tennessee. She was traveling I encourage my colleagues to join me holiday both stand today as testament around America, especially in cities of in honoring Mrs. Coretta Scott King’s to her vision, her determination, her the South telling the story of the life, her accomplishments and her con- efforts, and indeed, her leadership. But Montgomery movement through song. tributions to our country by voting in her work is not yet completed. She was so beautiful, so inspiring, she favor of this resolution. On the day of her death and on the would sing a little, and she would talk eve of Black History Month, we must GENERAL LEAVE a little, and through her singing and Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- recommit to finishing her work. talks she inspired an entire generation. er, I ask unanimous consent that all It is with great sadness and respect At times when Dr. King could not be Members may have 5 legislative days that I extend deepest condolences to present or had another commitment, within which to revise and extend their Mrs. King’s four children, Yolanda, Coretta was there to speak, to sing, or remarks and include extraneous mate- Martin, Dexter, and Bernice; her fam- to encourage. She marched with us in rial on House Resolution 655 currently ily; and to the multitudes of her 1963 at the march on Washington. In under consideration. 1965 she marched with us from Selma friends and supporters throughout the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. world. I hope it is a comfort to them to Montgomery. LAHOOD). Is there objection to the re- She was not just a celebrity. She was that the entire Nation mourns their quest of the gentleman from Wis- loss and is praying for them at this sad a very, very warm person. She had the consin? ability, she had the capacity to forget time. There was no objection. about her own circumstances and get b 1615 Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- er, I reserve the balance of my time. involved in the circumstances of oth- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield ers. er, I yield myself such time as I may as much time as he may consume to For the past 20 years she has sent me consume. the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. a birthday card on every single birth- Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support LEWIS), a civil rights leader, one who day, or she might send me a book or of House Resolution 655, a resolution has been in the struggle since the be- note. I still have every single one of that honors the life and the accom- ginning. I remember him from 1963 and those cards and the books. I will cher- plishments of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, he had been in it long before. ish them always. her contributions as a leader in the Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, After the assassination of her hus- struggle for civil rights, and express I rise today with a heavy heart to band she did not hide in some dark cor- condolences to the King family on her honor the life and accomplishment of ner. She did not become bitter or hos- passing. Mrs. Coretta Scott King. The passing tile. A few days after the assassination Mrs. Coretta Scott King, wife of the of Coretta Scott King is a tragic loss she led more than 50,000 people through late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, for the movement of peace, justice and the streets of Memphis, and later she Jr. was one of our country’s most visi- equality around the world. She was a would travel with many of us through ble members of the civil rights move- leader in her own right. She was the the South, through the heart of the ment, carrying on her husband’s legacy glue that held the civil rights move- deep South, through the Black Belt of with courage, wisdom and dignity. Her ment together. Long before she mar- Alabama, through the Delta of Mis- life serves as an example of her devo- ried Dr. King, she was an activist for sissippi, through southwest Georgia, tion to making our country, and the peace and nonviolence. through North Carolina and South world, a better place. Mr. Speaker, it is very difficult for Carolina, urging people to register and Having experienced firsthand the me to speak about this beautiful, to vote. evils of segregation, Mrs. Coretta Scott charming, graceful and dignified She went all out to create a living King dedicated herself to helping all woman who became the personification memorial, a living monument to Dr. Americans realize racial equality and of the best that America had to offer. King called the Martin Luther King justice. She committed herself to her She grew up as I did in rural Ala- Center for Nonviolent Social Change. education, earning valedictorian hon- bama where segregation and racial dis- She lobbied the Congress. She orga- ors from Lincoln High School, earning crimination were real. She tasted the nized and mobilized the American peo- a Bachelor of Arts from Antioch Col- bitter fruits of racism, but she did not ple to make Dr. King’s birthday a na- lege, and earning a scholarship to the give up. She did not give in. She did tional holiday, and because of her ef- prestigious New England Conservatory not give out. She received a very good fort generations yet unborn will learn of Music located in Boston, Massachu- education at Antioch College and the of his message of peace, and they will setts, where she eventually met her New England Conservatory School of hear about his struggle for equal jus- husband. Music. tice in America.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.013 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H8 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 31, 2006 Mr. Speaker, Coretta Scott King their lives continue to impact millions says: ‘‘The Congressional Black Caucus must be looked upon as one of the more in the coming years, and that is released the following statement: ‘The founding mothers of the new America, why I am so proud to join the rest of us Congressional Black Caucus extends its for through her action, through her in supporting and urging passage of the sincere condolences to the family of deeds, she helped liberate us all. This King resolution. Coretta Scott King, the First Lady of Nation is a better place because she Mr. Speaker, I would now yield to the the Civil Rights Movement. Mrs. King, passed this way. gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. who became a symbol of strength and But Coretta Scott King, my friend, WATT), the distinguished chairman of resolve during the life of Dr. Martin my big sister, and sometimes she acted the Congressional Black Caucus. Luther King, after his death was an in- like she was my mother, must be Mr. WATT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in spiration to millions of people around looked upon not just as a citizen of support of the resolution honoring the the world who sought justice and America, but as a citizen of the world. life and memory of Mrs. Coretta Scott equality. She has remained the carrier This world is a better place because of King and would like to pull up some in- of the freedom flame for almost 38 Mrs. King. formation from the resolution itself years since Dr. King’s death.’’’ Mr. Speaker, she will be deeply that other people may not focus on be- And then the following paragraph is missed. I urge all of my colleagues to cause we are tempted sometime to what I want to focus on. It says: ‘‘ ‘Mrs. support this resolution. think of Mrs. King as simply the King’s death marks the end of an era, Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield spouse, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther but certainly not the end of the contin- myself as much time as I may con- King, and I think it would be a grave, ued struggle that she was such an inte- sume. grave mistake for people to do that. gral part of and that African Ameri- Today we mourn the loss of a dig- So I first point to the part of the res- cans face daily for equity and parity in nified and peaceful woman who showed olution that says, Whereas Mrs. King education, health care, and employ- us by example how to pursue change in received honorary doctorates from over ment security.’’’ the world, despite the costs of that 60 colleges and universities and au- I do not think we should lose sight of struggle. thored three books. That in and of that last part because the struggle goes My friends in the Congress, I have itself is something that, aside from her on and we would honor Coretta Scott known Coretta King since I went south commitment to the civil rights move- King’s memory by keeping that strug- during the civil rights movement as a ment and her companionship and part- gle alive until we reach full equality. lawyer. She was a vibrant, consistent, nership with Dr. Martin Luther King, As we approach the State of the Union totally dedicated partner with her hus- would in and of itself be deserving of address tonight, let us not miss the band. She helped him stay strong, espe- particular note. point that this lady fought and lived cially in the beginning when there were Second, I pull up the fact that, as has and died for the struggle for equality. so many threats and challenges to the been pointed out by my colleague, Rep- I thank the gentleman for yielding. revolutionary idea that we would start resentative JOHN LEWIS, Coretta Scott Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, it is my a civil rights movement in the South came of age in the segregated South privilege now to yield such time as he itself. Many people tried to dissuade and took an active interest in the may consume to the gentleman from Martin from that course. As a child of emerging civil rights movement. This Maryland (Mr. HOYER), the honorable the segregated South, she agreed that coming of age in the segregated South Democratic whip of the House, who I the movement should begin at the seat is something that I think we should happen to know worked with Rosa of Jim Crow. not allow to go unnoticed because ei- Parks. And I am delighted that he When faced with the loss of her hus- ther, in many ways like slavery or the came to several of her farewell memo- band, Coretta remained able to advance movement itself, either segregation or rial tributes and that he is with us on their vision of a free and equal Amer- slavery tramped down people or it the floor today for the resolution for ica. She continued her husband’s leg- made them stand up and raise their the late Coretta Scott King. acy by devoting her life to advancing shoulders and raise their sights. And Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank racial and economic justice and for the when you find somebody like a John my friend for yielding me the time. rights of women, children, the poor, Lewis and a Coretta Scott King who And I thank the chairman and the and the homeless. She also fought for fall into the latter category, it is im- ranking member for bringing this reso- employment, education and health care portant to take note of that fact. lution to the floor. opportunities for all. Most notably, So then I go to the first paragraph of I was honored to stand many a time this woman stood for equality and the resolution, and when I first read on the west wing of the Capitol of the peace, the very virtues to which her the resolution, I kind of pushed back United States as Mr. CONYERS led the husband had dedicated his life. from the first paragraph because it effort to ensure that America recog- It was with Coretta’s approval that 4 says Whereas Coretta Scott King was nized the extraordinary contributions days after Martin’s assassination on an inspirational figure and a woman of of one of America’s greatest sons, Mar- April 4, 1968, that I introduced a bill to great strength, grace and dignity, I tin Luther King, Jr., and that we set a name a holiday in his honor. Coretta think most of us focus primarily, if we day aside to recognize not only his con- was at the heart of this effort, as well knew Coretta Scott King, on the grace tributions but to recommit ourselves as were many others to continue the and dignity part of that, and had I kind to the objectives that he lived for and life and work of King. In 1969, I joined of an off the top of the head reaction died for. And I want to congratulate Coretta at the King Center in Atlanta would be I would put grace first and I Mr. CONYERS and thank him for the to kick off the campaign for a national would put dignity second and then I contributions that he has made to live holiday. She orchestrated a national would put the word ‘‘strength.’’ But out that commitment of Dr. King’s. grassroots movement that urged pas- when you note that she grew up in the Our Nation has lost a true hero. sage of this legislation and would come segregated South, it is really appro- Coretta Scott King was one of the most to Congress in 1979 and 1980 and 1981 priate the way this has been drafted to eloquent and determined civil rights and 1982 and 1983 to testify before the put the strength part of that three-part activists in our history, both as a part- Congress and urge support of the King prong equation first. ner to her husband, Dr. King, in the holiday. It was with her diligence and fight for equality and justice in the perseverance that that holiday bill was b 1630 United States and as a keeper of his passed in 1983 and first observed in 1986. I think it is something that says here legacy after his assassination in Mem- Today, upon the passing of Mrs. King, is a woman that is strong and willing phis on April 4. we will pledge to continue the King to fight and yet still has grace and dig- Mrs. King’s grace, of which Mr. WATT legacy as she has for the past 37 years. nity. spoke and of which the resolution As the life and work of the Kings Finally, Mr. Speaker, I would just speaks, was experienced by all who met touched millions during their lifetime like to read, on behalf of the members her. Her tenacity ensured that the civil in this country and around the world, of the Congressional Black Caucus, the rights movement that she helped to we here in Congress must ensure that press release and make a final point. It pioneer has continued to stay in the

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.015 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H9 forefront of America’s consciousness. sume to the gentleman from Con- try because of Coretta Scott King and She worked closely with JOHN CONYERS necticut (Mr. SHAYS). the other heroes that I love deeply. and many others in this body and Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, it is our around the world. gentleman for yielding to me. understanding that there will be con- A dedicated mother of four children, At a time like this, I tend to think of tinuation of the debate on this resolu- all of whom I have had the privilege of who are the people I respect the most tion tomorrow. knowing for some period of time, and who are the people that have had The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Coretta Scott King became a symbol of impact over the world and my country LAHOOD). The gentleman is correct. peace and human rights and justice and as I have grown up and become an Mr. CONYERS. Until then, Mr. equality not just here in the United adult. I think of someone like Winston Speaker, I would like to yield such States but around the world. After her Churchill. I think of someone like Mar- time as she may consume to the distin- husband’s death, she devoted her en- tin Luther King. I think of someone guished gentlewoman from California ergy to carrying on Dr. King’s legacy like Coretta Scott King. I think of (Ms. WATERS), a member of the Judici- of nonviolence and his work to create someone like Nelson Mandela. And I ary Committee and a civil rights leader an America in which all people were think about my colleague John Lewis. when she was in State government and judged not on the color of their skin These are my heroes. And it is inter- a civil rights leader today, to close on but on the content of their character. esting to me that most of them are our side. She inspired activists from South Af- men and women of color. Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I would rica to Latin America. And what is per- I think of, when I was first elected in like to thank JOHN CONYERS for orga- haps one of her greatest accomplish- 1987, whom did I want to meet? I want- nizing our ability to be on the floor ments, she worked with JOHN CONYERS ed to meet our President, Ronald today to remember the life and times and so many others to ensure that we Reagan; and I wanted to meet a man of Dr. Coretta Scott King. set aside a day to recognize the con- called John Lewis, who, when I was in Let me just say that Coretta Scott tributions, recognize the message, and college, led a civil rights movement King was a friend of mine. We have to recommit ourselves to living out the with Martin Luther King and crossed worked on so many projects together. promises that America made but which the Selma Bridge. There were only two We have been in countless meetings to- Dr. King so eloquently told America we people I wanted to meet: one was Ron- gether. And not only did I know her were not living out, that we had made ald Reagan and the other was John well; I held her in high esteem, the the promises but we were not keeping Lewis. greatest respect for a woman of dig- them, in that extraordinary speech in I think of Martin Luther King, Sr., nity, a woman who conducted herself August of 1963. whom some people refer to as Daddy in such a respectful fashion, a woman Each year this day serves as a re- King, who lost his younger son A.D., in who was well disciplined, and a woman minder to Americans that we must a drowning; and then he lost his older who suffered a lot. A woman who suf- keep working towards equality and jus- son, Martin Luther King, Jr., in an as- fered during the years that she was tice for all citizens. That is what sassination; and then he lost his wife in raising her small children, having to Coretta Scott King’s life was about. It a bombing in our country. This pre- literally put up with the threats and teaches younger Americans about the cious woman’s life was snuffed out. the intimidation. A woman who took harrowed journey the country has trav- And I think of Martin Luther King, Sr., care of the children, raised them in her eled to fulfill the promise of civil eulogizing his wife and saying, I have husband’s absence because Dr. Martin rights. lost two sons; I have lost my wife. And Luther King, Jr., was out fighting for In addition, she was the driving force then he looked out in the audience, and civil rights. He was out putting himself in the founding of the Martin Luther he said, in so many words, but I am a on the line so that this country could King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social grateful man because I have my daugh- be a better place for us all. So Coretta Change in Atlanta. Nonviolent social ter, Christine, and her family and I Scott King had to be mother and fa- change. Ghandi changed a nation; Mar- have Coretta and her family. And the ther, and she did a wonderful job of it. tin Luther King, Jr. changed the world. focus of his presentation was how She raised her children, and they are He and Nelson Mandela and others who grateful he was to have her. Well, he wonderful children. believed that by peaceful demonstra- had her; we all had Coretta Scott King. Yolanda King is a wonderful woman tion, by peaceful action, they could We all had her, and we have all been who lives in Los Angeles who is an ac- change the world and move mountains. blessed by her leadership. tress and who has devoted her time to In addition, Coretta was the driving Coretta Scott King was a hero of the putting on plays that will help further force in making sure that Martin Lu- civil rights movement as a partner to the cause of civil rights, equality, and ther King, Jr. Day was not a holiday, Martin Luther King, clearly; but in her justice. Martin Luther King III was an not a day off, but a day of focus, a day own right she played an absolutely in- elected official and headed SCLC, did a of commitment. strumental role in her husband’s work fine job of it; and I traveled to Georgia Coretta Scott King’s poise and deter- and carried on his legacy of fighting for to give him support at some of the mination are qualities that we would human rights and equality. Their leg- dark hours of the organization. And, of all appreciate, admire, and remember acy is one of lasting change, making course, there is Dexter, a fine young each time we met her and talked to for a Nation that is freer, more com- man who has a responsibility for mak- her. She carried on Dr. King’s legacy, passionate, and more accepting. And ing big decisions as it relates to the but she had a legacy, certainly, of her while I was not by their side, I got to King Center and all of the intellectual own: an extraordinarily accomplished see what they did in my lifetime. property that is associated with it. And musician; a wonderful and bright, in- I have had a number of opportunities even when it is very difficult, they are telligent woman; a leader of our coun- to meet her and be in her presence, in- going to get through whatever they try in her own right. cluding my trip in 2005 with John need to get through in order to make Today I want to join my colleagues, Lewis and others to Birmingham, sure that Dr. Martin Luther King is re- Mr. CONYERS and Mr. SENSENBRENNER Montgomery, and Selma, where I heard membered in the way that he should be and all of our colleagues, to express our her speak for the last time. She led by remembered. heartfelt sympathies to Mrs. King’s quiet example, and her personal children, Yolanda, Martin Luther III, strength was truly an inspiration. Yes, b 1645 Dexter, and Bernice, as well as all of she was a woman of extraordinary Then, of course, there is a young her family and friends. grace. She was dignified. But she had a daughter, Bernice, who decided that Today a Nation mourns the loss of a presence that said, I have experienced she wanted to walk in her father’s foot- great leader and recognizes her ex- so much in my life and I want a dif- steps as a minister. I have seen her on traordinary contributions to making ferent country. many occasions, not only at the White America a better place. And we are a different country. We House, but in churches all over Amer- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- are not where she may want us to be, ica, a young woman who is a fine min- er, I yield such time as he may con- but we are a different and better coun- ister and preacher and a teacher. So

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Mr. Speaker, I thank to say simply ‘‘thank you,’’ as she rose Martin Luther King Center just a few Chairman SENSENBRENNER for yielding to take the call, to carry forth the years ago when I was invited by the me time, and Congressman CONYERS for dream and the mantle. family to come and to remember Dr. never letting down on your struggle to I think there is something more that Martin Luther King at the King Day recognize the movers and shakers for we need to say thank you to Coretta events that are held in Atlanta, and I civil rights and always being on point Scott King for. As you know, and I see am very appreciative of that, because I in an expeditious way. one of the able Representatives, as I had an opportunity to spend some time I extend my condolences to the King heard John Lewis and my good friend with Coretta Scott King in a way that family. We have lost a national treas- Ms. MCKINNEY, who has the honor and I had not been able to do before. ure and a civil rights icon. privilege of representing the area, all I can recall that we ended up in a lit- Mrs. King was a loving partner and those of us who live outside that great tle diner, at Pascal’s, the favorite soul an inspiration to her husband, Dr. Mar- State of Georgia say that we honored food restaurant in Atlanta, where we tin Luther King, Jr., and her husband’s and admired what she did by holding had an opportunity to talk about a lot untimely death placed a tremendous together the legacy of Dr. King, the of things, and we revisited the time responsibility on her shoulders. She words of Dr. King, the papers of Dr. that Buthelezi came to Atlanta. I was not only excelled at raising her four King, minimally to many people, but so opposed to him coming, and Coretta children, but also worked tirelessly to now that we have lost both, what a tried to talk sense into me and said, preserve the vision of her late husband. richness that we will be able now to go ‘‘Well, we all support Nelson Mandela She carried on Martin Luther King’s to a place that was her expanded vi- and we all know that Buthelezi is a legacy with grace, love and a strong sion, and that of course was the vision person that was opposed to the work of sense of spirituality. to hold together this wonderful legacy, Mandela, but we must be bigger than Dr. King left a gift to the world in years, decades of history. We thank Buthelezi, we must be bigger than that, Coretta, who continued to travel you for that, Coretta. and we must understand that we must throughout the United States and We thank you also for rejecting try to use an opportunity to influence abroad to reinforce his vision of civil wealth and prestige, not being honored him.’’ and human rights, not only for all and worshipped, being put on a ped- Americans but indeed all citizens of estal, and for traveling around the She was that kind of person. She the world. She understood the demon- country, place after place after place, would think through very carefully her strative power of one of Martin’s most person after person, and being yourself response and her responses to informa- cherished phrases, ‘‘We shall over- and letting us touch you, letting us tion that was out about whatever work come.’’ feel that warmth, Dr. King’s spirit, she was doing, and she always re- Mrs. King was indeed an angel among your spirit, your relationship with a sponded in such a fashion that not only us. She enhanced the civil rights move- man and a cause, and beginning to un- caused people to respect her, but it also ment with her dignified and gracious derstand and know you for yourself showed the patience that she had, the presence. We are saddened by her pass- that you could have been and were the ability to take people with all their ing, but also rejoice in a life full of leader that you were and knowing that faults and still not be bitter. meaning and purpose. it was not just the fact that you were So the world is going to miss her. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Martin Luther King’s wife, but you JOHN CONYERS is absolutely correct; er, I yield 10 minutes to the gentleman were Coretta Scott King. she put her work into making sure that from Michigan (Mr. CONYERS) and ask We are reminded of the words when Martin Luther King memorials were unanimous consent that he be allowed you spoke about hatred, when you said organized and committees were orga- to yield portions of that time to whom- it is not the hated that feel the venom nized all over this country, all over ever he chooses. of hatred, but it is the hater. So we this world, and that they literally cele- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there take to heart your message. brated his birth and they carried out objection to the request of the gen- The moment I heard this, I had to his work, and they continue to do that, tleman from Wisconsin? stop, broken in tears and spirit. I just and it was because of her traveling There was no objection. wondered where would we go and what from city to city, from town to town, Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank would we be, because there were many from legislature to legislature, that the chairman. leaders, but you brought together a she has these Martin Luther King com- I am pleased to yield 31⁄3 minutes to spirit, a humble spirit. mittees all over the country. a member of the Committee on the Ju- So I simply wanted to rise today on So today we pay our respects, and we diciary from Houston, Texas (Ms. JACK- the floor to be able to say thank you to just say farewell to her. We will always SON-LEE). your family for sharing you, to thank remember her, and we will always Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. you for being the woman that you are, know that because of her, Martin Lu- Speaker, I thank the distinguished for you taking to heart a dream and ther King was able to do what he was ranking member of the Committee on saying to us it should never die. able to do; because of her, her children the Judiciary, I thank the leader of the I do say that today we had the mov- are doing what they are able to do; be- House, Leader PELOSI, and the Speaker ing forward of the Supreme Court. It cause of her, many of us are able to see of the House for giving us this oppor- gives us only a greater cause to fight things a little bit differently and honor tunity to take a moment in history to for justice. And I promise you, not on the work of Dr. Martin Luther King be able to simply say thank you; to be behalf of Sheila Jackson-Lee, but real- and support nonviolence. able to, for a moment, honor a woman ly on behalf of the constituents of the Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield who did not pause and mourn as they Eighteenth Congressional District, and 30 seconds to another Member person buried her husband in April of 1968, as I know also many colleagues in this to testify in terms of this House Reso- many of us would have thought. place, that we will link arms and that lution tonight, Congresswoman DIANE I start from that moment, because the dream will never die. Coretta Scott WATSON, a member of the Congres- many have already recounted what a King will be one of the icons of history sional delegation, but, more than that, beautiful person Coretta Scott King and that your spirit will live on, and she was a distinguished State senator was and for me continues to be. We al- that we in our own actions will walk from California and she was one of the ready know of her beautiful voice, of the walk and talk the talk and never few in this body who have been named the partnership, where she stood along- step away from a fight for equality and an ambassador. side of Martin Luther King, of the justice for all.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.019 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H11 To Coretta Scott King, we love you, Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I It is important that we understand that the and your spirit will be in us forever. would like to thank the gentleman dream of equality for all people was not just May God provide rest to your soul and from Michigan for yielding me time. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream but it may God bless your family. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebra- was a shared dream of both he and Coretta Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, tion of the life of Coretta Scott King. Scott King. It was through her vision as well I rise in support of H. Res. 655, honoring the This morning, I woke, like many of that today we are closer to that dream. life and accomplishments of Mrs. Coretta Scott you, to hear of the sad news of the As a tribute to this woman, I encourage ev- King and her contributions as a leader in the passing of Mrs. King. As I watched the eryone to help keep both Coretta and Dr. struggle for civil rights, and expressing condo- news and read the papers, I came King’s dream alive by working for peace and lences to the King family on her passing. across an article that said ‘‘Coretta justice for all people. With sadness, I recognize the passing last Scott King played a major backup role Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 night of Coretta Scott King, a courageous and in the civil rights movement until the minutes to the distinguished gentle- heroic individual who sacrificed her life so death of her husband, Martin Luther woman from the District of Columbia Americans might relish in the gift of equal jus- King.’’ The words ‘‘backup role’’ stood (Ms. NORTON), who has distinguished tice. Coretta Scott King and her late husband, out to me, because in my mind she al- herself in the field of law, in the execu- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were Americans of ways has been very much at the fore- tive branch of our government, and has monumental strength and stature through their front. For so long she was simply also appeared in the Supreme Court on lives. They will be remembered for their known as the widow of Dr. Martin Lu- a number of occasions on behalf of civil ceaseless efforts to advance race relations, ther King, but she was so much more. rights issues. civil rights, social justice and human rights. Oftentimes we hear of the many Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank Her immense contributions to our national great men who led the civil rights the gentleman for his kindness in community will never be forgotten. movement, but it was women who were yielding. My condolences first to Yo- Corretta Scott King once said, ‘‘Hate is too in the heart and soul of that move- landa and Martin the Third, and Dexter great a burden to bear. It injures the hater ment. and Bernice. I come to the floor to more than it injures the hated.’’ Whether seg- I am reminded that in the City of speak of Coretta Scott King, the regation, sexual orientation, the rights of the Cleveland there were several ministers woman, and of Coretta, my friend. poor or the rights of women, Mrs. King was a that were involved with Dr. King. One Mr. Speaker, I hope that we will re- consistently strong and resonant voice for of them, Dr. Hoover, another, Dr. Otis member Coretta as I am sure she want- those who were desperately in need of help. Moss, another minister, and one of the ed to be remembered, as a movement I have known Coretta Scott King over the daughters of those ministers, her name woman, fully engaged from the outset last several years, and she had a rare gift to is Carol Hoover, ultimately became the in the work of her husband, except it motivate others to carry on the legacy of head of the Chamber of Commerce in was their work. equality, the idea of freedom, and social jus- the City of Cleveland. King himself said, ‘‘I did not bring tice which was first accomplished by her hus- Coretta to this work, she was there.’’ band and partner, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. b 1700 These two people found each other, She will truly be an unspeakable loss. It is our And the reason I mention Carol Hoo- these southerners who went north for duty in her honor to never waver in the face ver is because Carol Hoover gave me education, precisely because, alone and of injustice and degradation. my only opportunity to sit in a living in the North with few blacks and As a member of the House Judiciary and room and have a long conversation whites who believed that they did, they Homeland Security Committees, my thoughts with Mrs. King. were fully at one with each other. can’t help but turn to today’s confirmation of And the thing that I remark about Coretta Scott King did not come to Justice Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. I that opportunity was she was very soft the movement by marriage. She once have had concerns about Justice Alito’s past spoken. She was so very, very regal in herself said she was married to the judicial record. I am still apprehensive, and I her style, and so very confident and movement as well as to Martin. She would like to take this opportunity to point out comfortable in helping me understand therefore is not like most widows of what I believe is a test of civil liberties pre- what my role was in public life. great men. Of course, she carried on his sented today. I will never forget that opportunity The tragic passing of Coretta Scott King, a legacy, but anyone who watched how that Carol Hoover gave me, and I will formidable human rights and civil liberties ac- ceaselessly and magnificently she never forget Mrs. Coretta Scott King. tivist, and the concurrent confirmation of Jus- worked for the essence of his legacy, tice Alito, may foreshadow difficult times If only we had a few more women like nonviolence and universal human ahead for American freedoms. Much of what Coretta Scott King who handled trag- rights, will of course understand that Coretta Scott King fought for is now threat- edy so very well, but stood up, contin- Coretta Scott King deserves to be re- ened by Justice Alito’s confirmation to the U.S. ued to raise a family, and helped us lift membered, in justice, for her own ex- Supreme Court. His dubious record on voter’s up her wonderful, wonderful husband. traordinary work. rights, discrimination issues, civil rights, civil As we celebrate the life of this great I cannot help but also remember liberties, reproductive freedom, the right to pri- woman let us continue to remember Coretta the friend, the friend who I vacy and environmental protections, among the work that she did. Let us encour- would lolly-gag on the phone and laugh others, fly in the face of the life and work of age our children to understand what and talk about any old thing, not about Coretta Scott King. The passing of Coretta she went through in order to be such a the movement, but any old thing, par- Scott King and the confirmation of Justice Alito great leader, and let us to continue to ticularly in the 1970s and 1980s at the should be a wake-up call to America. pray for all of her family. height of her movement work. The last Dr. and Mrs. King will forever hold an es- It is because of Coretta Scott King that the time we spoke, we sat underneath the teemed place in my heart and the hearts of all legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King lives on Lincoln Memorial in those rooms pre- Americans. As an African American woman, to this day. It was Coretta whose hard work paring to go up to unveil the marker and a Member of Congress, I shall endeavor and determination led to the founding of the where King gave his 1963 March on in my own way to continue their fight for Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Washington speech. May she be remem- equality and justice every day. Change and the establishment Martin Luther bered for herself and her great work. I rise in strong support of this proposed leg- King’s birthday as a national holiday. It is for Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I would islation, and urge my colleagues to follow suit. these reasons and so many others that we like to yield the balance of our time to Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am honor and celebrate this great woman and her the gentleman from Montgomery, Ala- pleased to yield 31⁄3 minutes to the gen- contributions to this country. bama (Mr. DAVIS) who in closing will tlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. JONES), an She was the pillar of her family. Supporting perhaps yield as much of his time as he attorney, a prosecutor, a member of her husband while raising four children during can to the gentlewoman from Georgia the Committee on the Judiciary and a what were tumultuous times in our nation’s (Ms. MCKINNEY) where Mrs. Coretta staunch advocate for civil rights. history. Those of us who are mothers know Scott King resided for so many years. (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was that raising a child, particularly black children Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- given permission to revise and extend then and even in today’s society is not an er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman her remarks.) easy task. She was truly phenomenal. from Alabama (Mr. DAVIS).

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.020 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H12 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 31, 2006 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. right. My colleague from the District Ms. MCKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield LAHOOD). The gentleman from Ala- was so right. This woman was not a to the gentlewoman from California bama is recognized for 31⁄2 minutes. backstage figure, she was a co-anchor (Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD). Mr. DAVIS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, and a co-pillar of this movement. Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD. Mr. I thank Mr. CONYERS for yielding to Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of Speaker, I would like to thank the me. Mr. CONYERS, you mentioned that I my time to the gentlewoman from chairman and the ranking member for was born in Montgomery. Coretta Georgia (Ms. MCKINNEY). this time that they have allotted to Scott King was born in Marion, which Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- recognize an American icon, a woman is in the heart of my Congressional er, I yield 5 minutes to the gentle- of great distinction, of grace, of cour- District. I am honored to stand here woman from Georgia. age, one whom I have known for a long today as the person who still rep- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- time because she was my soror, an resents some of her family in the State tlewoman from Georgia is recognized AKA. And we met many times to talk of Alabama. for 53⁄4 minutes. about issues of women, women’s suf- I only met her once as a younger (Ms. MCKINNEY asked and was given frage, we talked about sexual exploi- Member of this institution and as permission to revise and extend her re- tation of women around this world and someone who was not around to par- marks.) human indignities. ticipate in the glorious days of the Ms. MCKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, I As I heard about her passing I could movement. I only met her once, at a would like to extend my condolences to not help but to reflect on the many Congressional Black Caucus in 2002. Martin King, III, Yolanda, Dexter, and times that we have spent together and And I was a little bit in awe of her, Mr. Bernice King, and to the entire King on the courage that I drew from her CONYERS, because when you grow up in family. and the strength that I drew from her, the State of Alabama, Coretta Scott I was shocked and saddened this because this woman showed us so King is a heroine, and she has a very, morning when I heard the news as well. much, so much class, so much leader- very special place all over this country. I had the opportunity to speak this ship, and so much strength in moments There are two things I want to say year at the Martin Luther King cere- of tragedy. about her today. When she was born in monies held annually at Ebenezer And this is why I come together with Marion in 1929, she could not have con- Church. And for the first time in many, my friends from across the aisle, and ceived, her parents could not have con- many years, our queen mother, Ms. on both sides, to talk about the legacy ceived, and as she grew into young Coretta Scott King, was not there with of Mrs. Coretta Scott King, the aptly womanhood, she could not have con- us personally at the church, but she named first lady of the civil rights ceived that the person who represented was looking at the proceedings and the movement. She was the embodiment of her City of Marion would one day be an ceremony on television. a living soul who chose to help others African American. That would not One thing is fairly clear from the without regard for self. Coretta Scott have crossed her mind. proceedings of the House today, and King was her husband’s most ardent And when she formed her partnership that is that the King family is loved by supporter during his darkest days and with Martin Luther King, they had all this body, by these Members, by the his most shining triumphs. She spent the years after Dr. King’s kinds of dreams for this country. I American people, by the African Amer- tragic assassination as the beacon of wonder if they ever anticipated that ican community in particular, and the life toward equality and human rights they would accomplish the things that progressive community in general be- for women and for all Americans. they did, the holiday, the King Center, cause it was the King family and their Fighting alongside her husband, how- the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights sacrifices that moved our country forever, through the many blessed years ward. They moved America forward. Act. They were big dreamers, but I do of their marriage, Coretta Scott King And so, I am so proud to represent not know if they could even have seen faced hardships, derision and physical Stone Mountain, Georgia, that same those things. violence. So that is the first aspect of Coretta Stone Mountain, Georgia, that Dr. In 1956, Mrs. King was in her home Scott King that we are to acknowledge King spoke of in 1963, but today it is with her baby daughter when someone today, that she had an opportunity to represented by an African American attempted to end her life and her hus- see her South and her country trans- Congresswoman. It is represented by band’s life, who was on a crusade. They formed in ways that were inconceiv- me. threw a bomb into their home. The able, and she lived to see it. She lived This country can change. This coun- bomb did not injure her nor her child, to tell about it. She lived to appreciate try’s leaders can change. This country but she could have rightfully ended her it and to breathe it. can raise to its highest ideals if we involvement on that particular issue at The second point that I want to have the will to do so. And Dr. King that time. make is, every time I saw her on tele- and Mrs. King and the King family con- Thirteen years later her husband was vision as a young man, every time I tinue to shine the light on America brutally murdered in his quest for a so- saw her, I was always struck by the finding that will to do the best that it cial revolution. power of her quiet dignity, and I men- can do, to be the best that it can be. tion that, Mr. Speaker, because we live Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- b 1715 in an age where sometimes our side woman from the U.S. Virgin Islands Mrs. King stood strong only days thinks we have to outshout the other (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN). later and led thousands of people side, they think they have to outshout (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN asked and was marching in her husband’s honor. The our side. given permission to revise and extend world is a better place, Mr. Speaker, What this wonderful women appre- her remarks.) because she was a giant of a woman, a ciated is that there is a power and a Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I crusader for justice and a courageous force to quiet, persuasive argument. will be very brief. I associate myself woman in the face of enormous adver- And she kept updating the legacy. In with all of the accolades that have sity and tragedy. the 1980s it meant arguing against been given before. Coretta Scott King campaigned tire- apartheid, and then arguing against I rise, Mr. Speaker, to bring the con- lessly wherever she saw oppression or the ugly rise of southern conservatism. dolences of the people of the Virgin Is- injustice. She celebrated Dr. King’s It meant in the 1990s arguing for fair lands and the people of the Caribbean legacy and created one of her own. welfare policies. In the early 21st cen- to this beautiful woman, Coretta Scott Women’s rights groups, people who tury it meant arguing for more en- King, a woman of courage, a woman of fight against hunger, unemployment, lightened policy around the world. She strength, a woman of compassion, and disenfranchisement, and racism owe kept updating the legacy, and as she a woman of history. She worked side her a debt of gratitude. She embraced kept updating the legacy she freshened by side with her husband, the Reverend her husband’s method of peaceful re- it and she put her own touch on it. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and we are sistance and applied it in her crusade I conclude with just that observa- forever grateful for both of their sac- against the violence that corrupts our tion. My colleague from Ohio was so rifice and both of their service. Nation.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.025 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H13 Coretta Scott King was an activist, Social Change in Atlanta to serve as a living energies to alleviating the pain and suffering an icon, and a great wife and mother. memorial to the Rev. Dr. King’s legacy. Addi- of the disenfranchised at home and abroad. America was so influenced by her, Mr. tionally, she spoke out against the promotion She probably will be most remembered for her Speaker. She will continue to live in of violence by movie and television compa- successful campaign to establish a national our memory and in our spirit as we fur- nies. holiday to honor the life and works of her hus- ther her work of nonviolence. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I would like to ex- band. Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, today we mark press my heartfelt condolences to the King Mr. Speaker, throughout our history, great with sadness the passing of Coretta Scott family and call upon my colleagues to forever men and women have come and gone from King, a true patriot in the American Civil remember her legacy and message. these halls of Congress. However, their con- Rights Movement. But we also celebrate, to- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tributions to the American discourse did not gether, a life well-lived and remember with to join all Americans and others around the die with them because we as a body have fondness the accomplishments of a remark- world in mourning the death of Coretta Scott picked up where they left off, just as those able woman who, with the sound of a gunshot King, a woman who worked to create change who come after us will undoubtedly do. We all on April 4, 1968, moved swiftly and strongly so that all Americans would have the oppor- know that none of us are more important than from the role of supporting preacher’s wife to tunity to experience true freedom and justice. this institution and what it represents. Coretta torchbearer of her husband’s mission for Mrs. King walked alongside her husband the realized the same was true of her husband’s equality. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. until his un- dream. Though he was a great man, his Mrs. King herself once said, following her timely death. It was her courage and steadfast dream was greater than him. husband Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, resolve in the aftermath of this tragedy that led Had she allowed it to die with him, we all ‘‘Because his task was not finished, I felt that to the launching of the Martin Luther King, Jr. would have suffered a great disservice. I must rededicate myself to the completion of Center for Nonviolent Social Change and the Through her tireless work post-1968, she has his work.’’ And that she certainly did. designation of Martin Luther King Day as a ensured that our nation will never forget the Whether meeting with such pivotal figures in federal holiday. dream of Dr. King, and more importantly, that the civil rights movement as the Rev. Wyatt As we prepare to begin our observance of we will never stop working towards its fulfill- Tee Walker, her husband’s former chief of Black History Month tomorrow, it is important ment. staff, and Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, that we recommit ourselves to continuing the For her great service to America and her or marching with activists from across Amer- work that Dr. and Mrs. King began more than unyielding spirit, I ask that my colleagues join ica, Mrs. King made it clear from early on that 40 years ago. I extend my deepest sym- me in paying tribute to Mrs. Coretta Scott King the dream of Martin Luther King would live on, pathies to Mrs. King’s family. I hope that they and in bidding her a final farewell. Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to as would his legacy. can find solace in knowing that all Americans pay my respects to Coretta Scott King, a great She lobbied for over 10 years to have her are grieving the loss of this courageous woman who passed away yesterday. Mrs. husband’s legacy honored and President woman. King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Mar- Reagan finally granted her wish in 1983, when Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tin Luther King, Jr., worked alongside her hus- he signed the federal holiday into law. bid a last farewell to Mrs. Coretta Scott King, band in promoting the dream of equality for And determined to ensure Americans did a woman of great character and conviction all. Mrs. King continued the legacy of her hus- not forget her husband or his dream of a col- who worked tirelessly to make the dream of band after his death by remaining a vocal pro- orblind society, she created a memorial and a her husband a reality. ponent of civil rights and founding the Martin forum in the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Although we know her as the widow of Dr. Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. Martin Luther King Jr., that label is far too Change in Atlanta, Georgia. Mrs. King was the matriarch of a movement, small to encompass the life of this remarkable Unfortunately, our nation has become in- a dedicated and loving mother to a family in woman. Born April 27, 1927 in Marion, Ala- creasingly divided about how to promote free- the face of loss, and a model to us all. bama, to Bernice McMurry Scott and dom and equality, both here at home and I join my colleagues in support of a House Obeadiah Scott, Coretta was an accomplished abroad. We have again experienced an in- resolution honoring Mrs. King and her con- student, graduating at the top of her high creased number of hate crimes, more than tributions and expressing condolences to the school class while becoming an exceptional half of which targeted victims because of race. King family on her passing. musician. Although her parents worked hard to As the costs of fuel, health care, and college May we all honor her legacy by collectively ensure that she was protected from the hard- education rise, we have been told we should taking up the torch she carried so high for so ships of the segregated South, she was very cut important social programs. Such mis- long. aware of the fact that she and all blacks were guided priorities are falsely justified under the Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. it is with great deprived of many rights. In her 1969 autobiog- guise of fiscal responsibility, even though mil- sadness that I rise today to honor the life of raphy, ‘‘My Life With Martin Luther King Jr.’’ lionaires grow wealthier at the expense of the Coretta Scott King. Coretta stated: ‘‘From the first, I had been de- poor. Born April 27, 1927, in Marion, Alabama, termined to get ahead, not just for myself, but However, it is when we are most frustrated Mrs. King led a life of activism beside her hus- to do something for my people and for all peo- and disheartened by the world around us that band during the civil rights movement, and ple.’’ Little did she know that fate would have Dr. and Mrs. King’s message is most impor- carried on his work after he was killed in 1968. her help shape the mind of a world leader. tant. As we begin National Black History Coretta Scott King is a great American heroine She met a young King in Boston while he Month, we must remember the vital contribu- who possessed the determination to make the was a student at Boston University and she a tions that Dr. and Mrs. King made to the civil seemingly impossible, possible. Soon after her student at the New England Conservatory. rights movement and let them inspire us to husband’s death, she stated, ‘‘I’m more deter- After receiving her degree in voice and violin, continue our nation’s march toward equality. mined than ever that my husband’s dream will the young couple moved to Montgomery, Ala- We must remember their heroism, compassion become a reality.’’ bama. Fifteen months later on December 1, and a determination to make this country a Mrs. King came from humble beginnings; 1955, a woman by the name of Rosa Parks better place. We must harness their passion to her father ran a country store, and she worked refused to move to the back of a city bus . . . improve all aspects of our society, from edu- as a waitress to put herself through college. and the rest is history. cation to health care to the economy. Our job, Her strength and resolve guided her through Over the next 13 years she and her hus- not just today but every day, is to act in such many difficult times as a young widow left to band pushed our nation to tear down the walls a manner that moves our nation a little further raise four children on her own, but her deter- of oppression and to reach for its great poten- along that path to freedom. We do so with the mination propelled her to achievements of tial. By 1968 she had lived a life worth writing hope that we, our children, and our grand- great significance. For almost a decade, she about, but it was the woman she became after children may experience the America that Dr. pushed Congress for a national holiday in ob- the assassination of her husband in 1968 that and Mrs. King envisioned for all of us. servance of her late husband’s birthday. She will define her legacy. Mrs. King will be greatly missed and our was ultimately successful in 1983 when Con- Only months after his death, she created thoughts and prayers go out to her family, gress passed and the president signed legisla- the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non- friends and all those who mourn her loss. tion creating the holiday. The first national violent Social Change as a living memorial to Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today we cele- celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day her husband’s life and dream. Leading brate the life and mourn the passing of occurred in 1986. In 1969, she founded the marches, giving speeches and meeting with Coretta Scott King. Following the assassina- Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent various world leaders, Coretta devoted all her tion of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King in

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.027 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H14 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 31, 2006 1968, Coretta Scott King worked tirelessly to Spence National Defense Authorization nication from Derek Scott, Sales keep the ideology of equality for all people Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), Clerk, Office Supply Service, U.S. alive. A civil rights leader in her own right, she amended by division P of the Consoli- House of Representatives: created the King Center for Non-Violent Social dated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRA- Change in Atlanta, Georgia, in order to con- (22 U.S.C. 6901), and the order of the TIVE OFFICER, HOUSE OF REP- tinue her husband’s work. She fought with dig- House of December 18, 2005, the Chair RESENTATIVES, nity and a quiet strength to end hunger, unem- announces on January 25, 2006, the Washington, DC, January 23, 2006. ployment, voting rights violations and racism. Speaker appointed the following mem- Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, We must continue to follow in the footsteps of bers on the part of the House to the Speaker, House of Representatives, Coretta Scott King and work to achieve equal- Washington, DC. United States-China Economic and Se- DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to notify you ity though peaceful protests in order to im- curity Review Commission for terms to formally, pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules prove our country for future generations. expire December 31, 2007: of the House of Representatives, that I have Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Mr. Peter T.R. Brookes, Springfield, been served with a criminal subpoena, issued er, I reserve the balance of my time. Virginia by the Superior Court of the District of Co- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ms. Kerri Houston, Great Falls, Vir- lumbia, for testimony. LAHOOD). Pursuant to the order of the ginia After consultation with the Office of Gen- House of today, further proceedings on eral Counsel, I have determined that compli- the resolution will be postponed. f ance with the subpoena is consistent with f COMMUNICATION FROM THE HON- the precedents and privileges of the House. Sincerely, APPOINTMENT AS MEMBER TO SO- ORABLE BART STUPAK, MEMBER DEREK SCOTT, CIAL SECURITY ADVISORY OF CONGRESS Sales Clerk, Office Supply Service, BOARD The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- House of Representatives. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- fore the House the following commu- f ant to section 703 of the Social Secu- nication from the Honorable BART STU- rity Act (42 U.S.C. 903 note), the order PAK, Member of Congress: ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER of the House of December 18, 2005, and CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, PRO TEMPORE upon the recommendation of the mi- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, nority leader, the Chair announces the Washington, DC, January 10, 2006. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Speaker on January 18, 2006, appointed Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, Chair desires to make an announce- the following member on the part of Speaker, House of Representatives, ment. the House to the Social Security Advi- Washington, DC. After consultation among the Speak- DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to notify you sory Board for a term of 6 years: formally, pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules er, the majority and minority leaders, Mrs. Barbara Kennelly, Connecticut of the House of Representatives, that I have and with their consent and approval, f been served with a subpoena, issued by the the Chair announces that tonight when APPOINTMENT AS MEMBERS TO District Court for the District of Columbia, the two Houses meet in joint session to for documents. hear an address by the President of the BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF AMER- I will make the determinations required by ICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER United States, only the doors imme- Rule VIII. diately opposite the Speaker and those The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Sincerely, on his left and right will be open. ant to 20 U.S.C. 2103(b), and the order of BART STUPAK, Member of Congress. No one will be allowed on the floor of the House of December 18, 2005, the the House who does not have the privi- Chair announces the Speaker on Janu- f lege of the floor of the House. ary 23, 2006, made the following ap- Due to the large attendance that is pointments from private life to the COMMUNICATION FROM STAFF anticipated, the Chair feels that the Board of Trustees of the American MEMBER OF THE HONORABLE J. rule regarding the privilege of the floor Folklife Center in the Library of Con- DENNIS HASTERT, SPEAKER OF must be strictly adhered to. gress on the part of the House for a THE HOUSE Children of Members will not be per- term of 6 years: The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- mitted on the floor, and the coopera- Appointed Mr. Charlie Seeman, fore the House the following commu- tion of all Members is requested. Spring Creek, Nevada, and nication from Bonnie Walsh, Casework The practice of reserving seats prior Reappointed Ms. Kay Kaufman Director for the Honorable J. DENNIS to the joint session by placard will not Shelemay, Cambridge, Massachusetts HASTERT, Speaker of the House: f be allowed. Members may reserve their CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, seats by physical presence only fol- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, APPOINTMENT AS MEMBERS TO lowing the security sweep of the Cham- NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPOR- Washington, DC, January 18, 2006. Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, ber. TATION POLICY AND REVENUE Speaker, House of Representatives, STUDY COMMISSION Washington, DC. f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- DEAR MR. SPEAKER: This is to notify you ant to section 1909(b) of SAFETEA–LU formally, pursuant to Rule VIII of the Rules RECESS (P.L. 109–59), and the order of the House of the House of Representatives, that I have been served with a criminal subpoena, issued The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- of December 18, 2005, the Chair an- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair nounces on January 23, 2006, the Speak- by the Circuit Court for the 16th Judicial Circuit, DeKalb County, Illinois, for testi- declares the House in recess until ap- er appointed the following members on mony. proximately 8:40 p.m. for the purpose of the part of the House to the National After consultation with the Office of Gen- receiving in joint session the President Surface Transportation Policy and eral Counsel, I have determined that compli- of the United States. Revenue Study Commission: ance with the subpoena is consistent with Accordingly (at 5 o’clock and 22 min- Mr. Jack L. Schenendorf, Chevy the precedents and privileges of the House. utes p.m.), the House stood in recess Sincerely, Chase, Maryland until approximately 8:40 p.m. Mr. Matthew K. Rose, Westlake, BONNIE WALSH, Texas Casework Director for J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker. f f f APPOINTMENT AS MEMBERS TO b 2043 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECO- COMMUNICATION FROM THE OF- NOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW FICE OF THE CHIEF ADMINIS- AFTER RECESS COMMISSION TRATIVE OFFICER The recess having expired, the House The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- was called to order at 8 o’clock and 43 ant to section 1238(b)(3) of the Floyd D. fore the House the following commu- minutes p.m.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A31JA7.016 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H15 JOINT SESSION OF THE HOUSE The Chief Justice of the United economy, or shut ourselves off from AND SENATE HELD PURSUANT States and the Associate Justices of trade and opportunity. In a complex TO THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE the Supreme Court entered the Hall of and challenging time, the road of isola- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 77 TO the House of Representatives and took tionism and protectionism may seem HEAR AN ADDRESS BY THE the seats reserved for them in front of broad and inviting, yet it ends in dan- PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED the Speaker’s rostrum. ger and decline. The only way to pro- STATES The Deputy Sergeant at Arms an- tect our people, the only way to secure The Speaker of the House presided. nounced the Cabinet of the President of the peace, the only way to control our The Deputy Sergeant at Arms, Mrs. the United States. destiny is by our leadership, so the Kerri Hanley, announced the Vice The members of the Cabinet of the United States of America will continue President and Members of the U.S. President of the United States entered to lead. Senate, who entered the Hall of the the Hall of the House of Representa- Abroad, our Nation is committed to a House of Representatives, the Vice tives and took the seats reserved for historic, long-term goal. We seek the President taking the chair at the right them in front of the Speaker’s rostrum. end of tyranny in our world. Some dis- of the Speaker, and the Members of the At 9 o’clock and 7 minutes p.m., the miss that goal as misguided idealism. In reality, the future security of Amer- Senate the seats reserved for them. Sergeant at Arms, the Honorable Wil- The SPEAKER. The Chair appoints son Livingood, announced the Presi- ica depends on it. On September 11, as members of the committee on the dent of the United States. 2001, we found that problems origi- part of the House to escort the Presi- The President of the United States, nating in a failed and oppressive state dent of the United States into the escorted by the committee of Senators 7,000 miles away could bring murder Chamber: and Representatives, entered the Hall and destruction to our country. Dicta- The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. of the House of Representatives and torships shelter terrorists, feed resent- BLUNT); stood at the Clerk’s desk. ment and radicalism, and seek weapons The gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. (Applause, the Members rising.) of mass destruction. Democracies re- PRYCE); The SPEAKER. Members of Con- place resentment with hope, respect The gentleman from California (Mr. gress, I have the high privilege and the the rights of their citizens and their DREIER); distinct honor of presenting to you the neighbors, and join the fight against The gentlewoman from California President of the United States. terror. Every step toward freedom in (Ms. PELOSI); (Applause, the Members rising.) the world makes our country safer, and The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. f so we will act boldly in freedom’s HOYER); and cause. The gentleman from South Carolina THE STATE OF THE UNION AD- Far from being a hopeless dream, the DRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF (Mr. CLYBURN). advance of freedom is the great story The VICE PRESIDENT. The Presi- THE UNITED STATES of our time. In 1945, there were about dent of the Senate, at the direction of The PRESIDENT. Mr. Speaker, Vice two dozen lonely democracies in the that body, appoints the following Sen- President CHENEY, Members of Con- world. Today, there are 122. And we are ators as members of the committee on gress, members of the Supreme Court writing a new chapter in the story of the part of the Senate to escort the and Diplomatic Corps, distinguished self-government, with women lining up President of the United States into the guests and fellow citizens: to vote in Afghanistan, and millions of House Chamber: Today our Nation lost a beloved, Iraqis marking their liberty with pur- The Senator from Tennessee (Mr. graceful, courageous woman who called ple ink, and men and women from Leb- FRIST); America to its founding ideals and car- anon to Egypt debating the rights of The Senator from Kentucky (Mr. ried on a noble dream. Tonight we are individuals and the necessity of free- MCCONNELL); comforted by the hope of a glad re- dom. At the start of 2006, more than The Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. union with the husband who was taken half the people of our world live in SANTORUM); from her so long ago, and we are grate- democratic nations. And we do not for- The Senator from Texas (Mrs. ful for the good life of Coretta Scott get the other half, in places like Syria, HUTCHISON); King. Burma, Zimbabwe, North Korea, and The Senator from Arizona (Mr. KYL); Every time I am invited to this ros- Iran, because the demands of justice, The Senator from North Carolina trum, I am humbled by the privilege, and the peace of this world, require (Mrs. DOLE); and mindful of the history we have their freedom as well. The Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. seen together. We have gathered under No one can deny the success of free- SPECTER); this Capitol dome in moments of na- dom, but some men rage and fight The Senator from Nevada (Mr. REID); tional mourning and national achieve- against it. And one of the main sources The Senator from Illinois (Mr. DUR- ment. We have served America through of reaction and opposition is radical BIN); Islam, the perversion by a few of a The Senator from Michigan (Ms. one of the most consequential periods of our history, and it has been my noble faith into an ideology of terror STABENOW); The Senator from New York (Mr. honor to serve with you. and death. Terrorists like bin Laden are serious about mass murder, and all SCHUMER); In a system of two parties, two cham- The Senator from Illinois (Mr. bers, and two elected branches, there of us must take their declared inten- OBAMA); will always be differences and debate. tions seriously. They seek to impose a The Senator from Colorado (Mr. But even tough debates can be con- heartless system of totalitarian con- SALAZAR); and ducted in a civil tone, and our dif- trol throughout the Middle East and The Senator from New Jersey (Mr. ferences cannot be allowed to harden arm themselves with weapons of mass MENENDEZ). into anger. To confront the great murder. Their aim is to seize power in The Deputy Sergeant at Arms an- issues before us, we must act in a spirit Iraq and use it as a safe haven to nounced the Dean of the Diplomatic of good will and respect for one an- launch attacks against America and Corps, His Excellency Roble Olhaye, other, and I will do my part. Tonight the world. Lacking the military Ambassador from the Republic of the state of our Union is strong, and strength to challenge us directly, the Djibouti. together we will make it stronger. terrorists have chosen the weapon of The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps en- In this decisive year, you and I will fear. When they murder children at a tered the Hall of the House of Rep- make choices that determine both the school in Beslan, or blow up com- resentatives and took the seat reserved future and the character of our coun- muters in London, or behead a bound for him. try. We will choose to act confidently captive, the terrorists hope these hor- The Deputy Sergeant at Arms an- in pursuing the enemies of freedom, or rors will break our will, allowing the nounced the Chief Justice of the United retreat from our duties in the hope of violent to inherit the Earth. But they States and the Associate Justices of an easier life. We will choose to build have miscalculated: we love our free- the Supreme Court. our prosperity by leading the world dom, and we will fight to keep it.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.033 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H16 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 31, 2006 In a time of testing, we cannot find our military tactics and changed our The Palestinian people have voted in security by abandoning our commit- approach to reconstruction. Along the elections, and now the leaders of ments and retreating within our bor- way, we have benefited from respon- Hamas must recognize Israel, disarm, ders. If we were to leave these vicious sible criticism and counsel offered by reject terrorism, and work for lasting attackers alone, they would not leave Members of Congress of both parties. In peace. Saudi Arabia has taken the first us alone. They would simply move the the coming year, I will continue to steps of reform. Now it can offer its battlefield to our own shores. There is reach out and seek your good advice. people a better future by pressing for- no peace in retreat. And there is no Yet there is a difference between reward with those efforts. honor in retreat. By allowing radical sponsible criticism that aims for suc- Democracies in the Middle East will Islam to work its will, by leaving an cess and defeatism that refuses to ac- not look like our own, because they assaulted world to fend for itself, we knowledge anything but failure. Hind- will reflect the traditions of their own would signal to all that we no longer sight alone is not wisdom. And second- citizens. Yet liberty is the future of believe in our own ideals, or even in guessing is not a strategy. every nation in the Middle East, be- our own courage. But our enemies and With so much in the balance, those of cause liberty is the right and hope of our friends can be certain: the United us in public office have a duty to speak all humanity. States will not retreat from the world, with candor. A sudden withdrawal of The same is true of Iran, a nation and we will never surrender to evil. our forces from Iraq would abandon our now held hostage by a small clerical America rejects the false comfort of Iraqi allies to death and prison, put elite that is isolating and repressing its isolationism. We are the Nation that men like bin Laden and Zarqawi in people. The regime in that country saved liberty in Europe, and liberated charge of a strategic country, and show sponsors terrorists in the Palestinian death camps, and helped raise up de- that a pledge from America means lit- territories and in Lebanon, and that mocracies, and faced down an evil em- tle. Members of Congress: however we must come to an end. The Iranian gov- pire. Once again, we accept the call of feel about the decisions and debates of ernment is defying the world with its history to deliver the oppressed, and the past, our Nation has only one op- nuclear ambitions, and the nations of move this world toward peace. tion: we must keep our word, defeat the world must not permit the Iranian We remain on the offensive against our enemies, and stand behind the regime to gain nuclear weapons. Amer- terror networks. We have killed or cap- American military in its vital mission. ica will continue to rally the world to tured many of their leaders. And for Our men and women in uniform are confront these threats. And tonight, the others, their day will come. We re- making sacrifices and showing a sense let me speak directly to the citizens of main on the offensive in Afghanistan, of duty stronger than all fear. They Iran: America respects you, and we re- where a fine president and national as- know what it is like to fight house to spect your country. We respect your sembly are fighting terror while build- house in a maze of streets, to wear right to choose your own future and ing the institutions of a new democ- heavy gear in the desert heat, to see a win your own freedom. And our Nation racy. comrade killed by a roadside bomb. hopes one day to be the closest of And we are on the offensive in Iraq, And those who know the costs also friends with a free and democratic with a clear plan for victory. First, we know the stakes. Marine Staff Ser- Iran. are helping Iraqis build an inclusive geant Dan Clay was killed last month To overcome dangers in our world, government, so that old resentments fighting in Fallujah. He left behind a we must also take the offensive by en- will be eased and the insurgency will be letter to his family, but his words couraging economic progress, fighting marginalized. Second, we are con- could just as well be addressed to every disease, and spreading hope in hopeless tinuing reconstruction efforts and American. Here is what Dan wrote: ‘‘I lands. Isolationism would not only tie helping the Iraqi government to fight know what honor is. It has been an our hands in fighting enemies; it would corruption and build a modern econ- honor to protect and serve all of you. I keep us from helping our friends in des- omy, so all Iraqis can experience the faced death with the secure knowledge perate need. We show compassion benefits of freedom. Third, we are that you would not have to. Never fal- abroad because Americans believe in striking terrorist targets while we ter. Don’t hesitate to honor and sup- the God-given dignity and worth of a train Iraqi forces that are increasingly port those of us who have the honor of villager with HIV/AIDS, or an infant capable of defeating the enemy. Iraqis protecting that which is worth pro- with malaria, or a refugee fleeing geno- are showing their courage every day, tecting.’’ cide, or a young girl sold into slavery. and we are proud to be their allies in Staff Sergeant Dan Clay’s wife, Lisa, We also show compassion abroad be- the cause of freedom. and his mom and dad, Sara Jo and Bud, cause regions overwhelmed by poverty, Our work in Iraq is difficult because are with us this evening. Welcome. Our corruption, and despair are sources of our enemy is brutal. But that brutality Nation is grateful to the fallen, who terrorism, organized crime, human has not stopped the dramatic progress live in the memory of our country. We trafficking, and the drug trade. of a new democracy. In less than 3 are grateful to all who volunteer to In recent years, you and I have taken years, that nation has gone from dicta- wear our Nation’s uniform; and as we unprecedented action to fight AIDS torship, to liberation, to sovereignty, honor our brave troops, let us never and malaria, expand the education of to a constitution, to national elections. forget the sacrifices of America’s mili- girls, and reward developing nations At the same time, our coalition has tary families. that are moving forward with economic been relentless in shutting off terrorist Our offensive against terror involves and political reform. For people every- infiltration, clearing out insurgent more than military action. Ultimately, where, the United States is a partner strongholds, and turning over territory the only way to defeat the terrorists is for a better life. Shortchanging these to Iraqi security forces. I am confident to defeat their dark vision of hatred efforts would increase the suffering and in our plan for victory. I am confident and fear by offering the hopeful alter- chaos of our world, undercut our long- in the will of the Iraqi people. I am native of political freedom and peace- term security, and dull the conscience confident in the skill and spirit of our ful change. So the United States of of our country. I urge Members of Con- military. Fellow citizens, we are in this America supports democratic reform gress to serve the interests of America fight to win, and we are winning. across the broader Middle East. Elec- by showing the compassion of America. The road of victory is the road that tions are vital, but they are only the Our country must also remain on the will take our troops home. As we make beginning. Raising up a democracy re- offensive against terrorism here at progress on the ground, and Iraqi quires the rule of law, protection of mi- home. The enemy has not lost the de- forces increasingly take the lead, we norities, and strong, accountable insti- sire or capability to attack us. Fortu- should be able to further decrease our tutions that last longer than a single nately, this Nation has superb profes- troop levels; but those decisions will be vote. The great people of Egypt have sionals in law enforcement, intel- made by our military commanders, not voted in a multiparty presidential elec- ligence, the military, and homeland se- by politicians in Washington, D.C. tion, and now their government should curity. These men and women are dedi- Our coalition has learned from our open paths of peaceful opposition that cating their lives to protecting us all, experience in Iraq. We have adjusted will reduce the appeal of radicalism. and they deserve our support and our

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.035 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H17 thanks. They also deserve the same like China and India. This creates un- Medicaid alone will be almost 60 per- tools they already use to fight drug certainty, which makes it easier to cent of the entire Federal budget. And trafficking and organized crime, so I feed people’s fears. And so we are see- that will present future Congresses ask you to reauthorize the PATRIOT ing some old temptations return. Pro- with impossible choices, staggering tax Act. tectionists want to escape competition, increases, immense deficits, or deep It is said that prior to the attacks of pretending that we can keep our high cuts in every category of spending. September 11, our government failed to standard of living while walling off our Congress did not act last year on my connect the dots of the conspiracy. We economy. Others say that the govern- proposal to save Social Security; yet now know that two of the hijackers in ment needs to take a larger role in di- the rising cost of entitlements is a the United States placed telephone recting the economy, centralizing more problem that is not going away. And calls to al Qaeda operatives overseas. power in Washington and increasing with every year we fail to act, the situ- But we did not know about their plans taxes. We hear claims that immigrants ation gets worse. So tonight, I ask you until it was too late. So to prevent an- are somehow bad for the economy, even to join me in creating a commission to other attack, based on authority given though this economy could not func- examine the full impact of baby boom to me by the Constitution and by stat- tion without them. All these are forms retirements on Social Security, Medi- ute, I have authorized a terrorist sur- of economic retreat, and they lead in care, and Medicaid. This commission veillance program to aggressively pur- the same direction, toward a stagnant should include Members of Congress of sue the international communications and second-rate economy. both parties, and offer bipartisan solu- of suspected al Qaeda operatives and Tonight I will set out a better path, tions. We need to put aside partisan affiliates to and from America. Pre- an agenda for a Nation that competes politics, work together, and get this vious Presidents have used the same with confidence, an agenda that will problem solved. constitutional authority I have, and raise standards of living and generate Keeping America competitive re- Federal courts have approved the use new jobs. Americans should not fear quires us to open more markets for all of that authority. Appropriate Mem- our economic future, because we intend that Americans make and grow. One bers of Congress have been kept in- to shape it. out of every five factory jobs in Amer- formed. This terrorist surveillance pro- Keeping America competitive begins ica is related to global trade, and we gram has helped prevent terrorist at- with keeping our economy growing, want people everywhere to buy Amer- tacks. It remains essential to the secu- and our economy grows when Ameri- ican. With open markets and a level rity of America. If there are people in- cans have more of their own money to playing field, no one can outproduce or side our country who are talking with spend, save, and invest. In the last 5 outcompete the American worker. al Qaeda, we want to know about it, be- years, the tax relief you passed has left Keeping America competitive re- cause we will not sit back and wait to $880 billion in the hands of American quires an immigration system that up- be hit again. workers, investors, small businesses, holds our laws, reflects our values, and In all these areas, from the disrup- and families; and they have used it to serves the interests of our economy. tion of terror networks, to victory in help produce more than 4 years of unin- Our Nation needs orderly and secure Iraq, to the spread of freedom and hope terrupted economic growth. Yet the borders. To meet this goal, we must in troubled regions, we need the sup- tax relief is set to expire in the next have stronger immigration enforce- port of our friends and allies. To draw few years. If we do nothing, American ment and border protection. And we that support, we must always be clear families will face a massive tax in- must have a rational, humane guest in our principles and willing to act. crease they do not expect and will not worker program that rejects amnesty, The only alternative to American lead- welcome. allows temporary jobs for people who ership is a dramatically more dan- Because America needs more than a seek them legally, and reduces smug- gerous and anxious world. Yet we also temporary expansion, we need more gling and crime at the border. choose to lead because it is a privilege than temporary tax relief. I urge the Keeping America competitive re- to serve the values that gave us birth. Congress to act responsibly and make quires affordable health care. Our gov- American leaders, from Roosevelt to the tax cuts permanent. ernment has a responsibility to help Truman to Kennedy to Reagan, re- Keeping America competitive re- provide health care for the poor and jected isolation and retreat because quires us to be good stewards of tax the elderly, and we are meeting that they knew that America is always dollars. Every year of my Presidency, responsibility. For all Americans, we more secure when freedom is on the we have reduced the growth of non- must confront the rising cost of care, march. Our own generation is in a long security discretionary spending, and strengthen the doctor-patient relation- war against a determined enemy, a war last year you passed bills that cut this ship, and help people afford the insur- that will be fought by Presidents of spending. This year my budget will cut ance coverage they need. We will make both parties, who will need steady bi- it again and reduce or eliminate more wider use of electronic records and partisan support from the Congress. than 140 programs that are performing other health information technology to And tonight I ask for yours. Together, poorly or not fulfilling essential prior- help control costs and reduce dan- let us protect our country, support the ities. By passing these reforms, we will gerous medical errors. We will men and women who defend us, and save the American taxpayer another strengthen health savings accounts by lead this world toward freedom. $14 billion next year and stay on track making sure individuals and small Here at home, America also has a to cut the deficit in half by 2009. I am business employees can buy insurance great opportunity: we will build the pleased that Members of Congress are with the same advantages that people prosperity of our country by strength- working on earmark reform, because working for big businesses now get. We ening our economic leadership in the the Federal budget has too many spe- will do more to make this coverage world. cial interest projects. And we can tack- portable, so workers can switch jobs Our economy is healthy and vigorous le this problem together, if you pass without having to worry about losing and growing faster than other major the line-item veto. their health insurance. And because industrialized nations. In the last 21⁄2 We must also confront the larger lawsuits are driving many good doctors years, America has created 4.6 million challenge of mandatory spending, or out of practice, leaving women in near- new jobs, more than Japan and the Eu- entitlements. This year, the first of ly 1,500 American counties without a ropean Union combined. Even in the about 78 million baby boomers turn 60, single OB–GYN, I ask the Congress to face of higher energy prices and nat- including two of my dad’s favorite peo- pass medical liability reform this year. ural disasters, the American people ple, me and President Clinton. This Keeping America competitive re- have turned in an economic perform- milestone is more than a personal cri- quires affordable energy. Here we have ance that is the envy of the world. sis; it is a national challenge. The re- a serious problem: America is addicted The American economy is pre- tirement of the baby boom generation to oil, which is often imported from un- eminent, but we cannot afford to be will put unprecedented strains on the stable parts of the world. complacent. In a dynamic world econ- Federal Government. By 2030, spending The best way to break this addiction omy, we are seeing new competitors for Social Security, Medicare, and is through technology. Since 2001, we

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.036 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H18 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 31, 2006 have spent nearly $10 billion to develop bring 30,000 math and science profes- tion, the United States is grateful to cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable al- sionals to teach in classrooms; and give Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. ternative energy sources; and we are on early help to students who struggle A hopeful society has institutions of the threshold of incredible advances. with math, so they have a better science and medicine that do not cut So tonight, I announce the Advanced chance at good high-wage jobs. If we ethical corners and that recognize the Energy Initiative, a 22 percent increase ensure that America’s children succeed matchless value of every life. Tonight, in clean energy research at the Depart- in life, they will ensure that America I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit ment of Energy, to push for break- succeeds in the world. the most egregious abuses of medical throughs in two vital areas. To change Preparing our Nation to compete in research: human cloning in all its how we power our homes and offices, the world is a goal that all of us can forms, creating or implanting embryos we will invest more in zero-emission share. I urge you to support the Amer- for experiments, creating human-ani- coal-fired plants; revolutionary solar ican Competitiveness Initiative, and mal hybrids, and buying, selling or pat- and wind technologies; and clean, safe together we will show the world what enting human embryos. Human life is a nuclear energy. the American people can achieve. gift from our Creator, and that gift We must also change how we power America is a great force for freedom should never be discarded, devalued, or our automobiles. We will increase our and prosperity. Yet our greatness is put up for sale. research in better batteries for hybrid not measured in power or luxuries, but A hopeful society expects elected of- and electric cars and in pollution-free by who we are and how we treat one ficials to uphold the public trust. Hon- cars that run on hydrogen. We will also another. So we strive to be a compas- orable people in both parties are work- fund additional research in cutting- sionate, decent, hopeful society. ing on reforms to strengthen the eth- edge methods of producing ethanol, not In recent years, America has become ical standards of Washington, and I just from corn but from wood chips, a more hopeful Nation. Violent crime support your efforts. Each of us has stalks, or switch grass. Our goal is to rates have fallen to their lowest levels made a pledge to be worthy of public make this new kind of ethanol prac- since the 1970s. Welfare cases have responsibility, and that is a pledge we tical and competitive within 6 years. dropped by more than half over the must never forget, never dismiss, and Breakthroughs on this and other new past decade. Drug use among youth is never betray. technologies will help us reach another down 19 percent since 2001. There are As we renew the promise of our insti- great goal: to replace more than 75 per- fewer abortions in America than at any tutions, let us also show the character cent of our oil imports from the Middle point in the last three decades, and the of America in our compassion and care East by 2025. By applying the talent number of children born to teenage for one another. and technology of America, this coun- mothers has been falling for a dozen A hopeful society gives special atten- try can dramatically improve our envi- years in a row. tion to children who lack direction and ronment, move beyond a petroleum- These gains are evidence of a quiet love. Through the Helping America’s based economy, and make our depend- transformation, a revolution of con- Youth Initiative, we are encouraging ence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of science, in which a rising generation is caring adults to get involved in the life the past. finding that a life of personal responsi- of a child, and this good work is being And to keep America competitive, bility is a life of fulfillment. Govern- led by our First Lady, Laura Bush. one commitment is necessary above ment has played a role. Wise policies This year we will add resources to en- all: we must continue to lead the world such as welfare reform, drug education, courage young people to stay in school, in human talent and creativity. Our and support for abstinence and adop- so more of America’s youth can raise greatest advantage in the world has al- tion have made a difference in the their sights and achieve their dreams. ways been our educated, hardworking, character of our country. And everyone A hopeful society comes to the aid of ambitious people; and we are going to here tonight, Democrat and Repub- fellow citizens in times of suffering and keep that edge. Tonight I announce the lican, has a right to be proud of this emergency and stays at it until they American Competitiveness Initiative, record. are back on their feet. So far the Fed- to encourage innovation throughout Yet many Americans, especially par- eral Government has committed $85 our economy and to give our Nation’s ents, still have deep concerns about the billion to the people of the gulf coast children a firm grounding in math and direction of our culture and the health and New Orleans. We are removing de- science. of our most basic institutions. They bris, repairing highways, and building First: I propose to double the Federal are concerned about unethical conduct stronger levees. We are providing busi- commitment to the most critical basic by public officials, and discouraged by ness loans and housing assistance. Yet research programs in the physical activist courts that try to redefine as we meet these immediate needs, we sciences over the next 10 years. This marriage. And they worry about chil- must also address deeper challenges funding will support the work of Amer- dren in our society who need direction that existed before the storm arrived. ica’s most creative minds as they ex- and love, and about fellow citizens still In New Orleans and in other places, plore promising areas such as nano- displaced by natural disaster, and many of our fellow citizens have felt technology, supercomputing, and alter- about suffering caused by treatable dis- excluded from the promise of our coun- native energy sources. eases. try. The answer is not only temporary Second: I propose to make permanent As we look at these challenges, we relief, but schools that teach every the research and development tax cred- must never give in to the belief that child and job skills that bring upward it, to encourage bolder private-sector America is in decline or that our cul- mobility and more opportunities to investment in technology. With more ture is doomed to unravel. The Amer- own a home and start a business. As we research in both the public and private ican people know better than that. We recover from a disaster, let us also sectors, we will improve our quality of have proven the pessimists wrong be- work for the day when all Americans life and ensure that America will lead fore, and we will do it again. are protected by justice, equal in hope, the world in opportunity and innova- A hopeful society depends on courts and rich in opportunity. tion for decades to come. that deliver equal justice under the A hopeful society acts boldly to fight Third: We need to encourage children law. The Supreme Court now has two diseases like HIV/AIDS, which can be to take more math and science and superb new members on its bench, prevented and treated and defeated. make sure those courses are rigorous Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice More than a million Americans live enough to compete with other nations. Sam Alito. I thank the Senate for con- with HIV, and half of all AIDS cases We have made a good start in the early firming both of them. I will continue to occur among African Americans. I ask grades with the No Child Left Behind nominate men and women who under- Congress to reform and reauthorize the Act, which is raising standards and stand that judges must be servants of Ryan White Act and provide new fund- lifting test scores across our country. the law, and not legislate from the ing to States so we end the waiting Tonight, I propose to train 70,000 high bench. Today marks the official retire- lists for AIDS medicines in America. school teachers to lead advanced placement of a very special American. For We will also lead a nationwide effort, ment courses in math and science; 24 years of faithful service to our Na- working closely with African American

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.038 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H19 churches and faith-based groups, to de- May God bless America. LEAVE OF ABSENCE liver rapid HIV tests to millions, end [Applause, the Members rising.] By unanimous consent, leave of ab- the stigma of AIDS, and come closer to At 10 o’clock and 5 minutes p.m., the sence was granted to: the day when there are no new infec- President of the United States, accom- Mr. LYNCH (at the request of Ms. tions in America. panied by the committee of escort, re- PELOSI) for today before 5 p.m. on ac- Fellow citizens, we have been called tired from the Hall of the House of count of airline delays. to leadership in a period of con- Representatives. Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts (at the re- sequence. We have entered a great ide- The Deputy Sergeant at Arms es- quest of Ms. PELOSI) for today before 5 ological conflict we did nothing to in- corted the invited guests from the vite. We see great changes in science p.m. on account of airline delays. Chamber in the following order: Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California (at and commerce that will influence all The Members of the President’s Cabi- our lives. And sometimes it can seem the request of Mr. BLUNT) for today on net; Chief Justice of the United States account of illness. that history is turning in a wide arc, and the Associate Justices of the Su- toward an unknown shore. preme Court of the United States; Yet the destination of history is de- f The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. termined by human action, and every great movement of history comes to a f SENATE BILL REFERRED point of choosing. Lincoln could have A concurrent resolution of the Sen- accepted peace at the cost of disunity JOINT MEETING DISSOLVED ate of the following title was taken and continued slavery. Martin Luther The SPEAKER. The Chair declares from the Speaker’s table and, under King could have stopped at Bir- the joint meeting of the two Houses the rule, referred as follows: mingham or at Selma and achieved now dissolved. only half a victory over segregation. Accordingly, at 10 o’clock and 10 S. Con. Res. 78. Concurrent resolution con- demning the Government of Iran for vio- The United States could have accepted minutes p.m., the joint meeting of the the permanent division of Europe and lating its international nuclear nonprolifera- two Houses was dissolved. tion obligations and expressing support for been complicit in the oppression of The Members of the Senate retired to efforts to report Iran to the United Nations others. Today, having come far in our their Chamber. Security Council; to the Committee on own historical journey, we must de- International Relations. cide: Will we turn back, or finish well? f Before history is written down in f books, it is written in courage. Like MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT RE- Americans before us, we will show that FERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF courage, and we will finish well. We THE WHOLE HOUSE ON THE ADJOURNMENT will lead freedom’s advance. We will STATE OF THE UNION Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I compete and excel in the global econ- Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. omy. We will renew the defining moral move that the message of the President The motion was agreed to; accord- commitments of this land. And so we be referred to the Committee of the ingly (at 10 o’clock and 11 minutes move forward, optimistic about our Whole House on the State of the Union p.m.), the House adjourned until to- country, faithful to its cause, and con- and ordered printed. morrow, Wednesday, February 1, 2006, fident of the victories to come. The motion was agreed to. at 10 a.m. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT OF THE 109TH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION AND FOLLOWING PUB- LICATION OF THE FINAL EDITION OF THE CON- GRESSIONAL RECORD OF THE 109TH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION

BILLS APPROVED BY THE PRESI- of 1986 to extend by one year provisions re- Pennsylvania, and the development of an ex- DENT AFTER SINE DIE AD- quiring parity in the application of certain hibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary JOURNMENT limits to mental health benefits. of the birth of Benjamin Franklin. H.R. 4635. An act to reauthorize the Tem- S. 1238. An act to amend the Public Land The President, after sine die adjourn- porary Assistance for Needy Families block Corps Act of 1993 to provide for the conduct ment of the First Session, 109th Con- grant program through March 31, 2006, and of projects that protect forests, and for other gress, notified the Clerk of the House for other purposes. purposes. that on the following dates, he had ap- f S. 1281. An act to authorize the Programs proved and signed bills of the following SENATE BILLS APPROVED BY THE of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad- titles: PRESIDENT AFTER SINE DIE AD- ministration. December 30, 2005 JOURNMENT S. 1310. An act to authorize the Secretary H.R. 2863. An act making appropriations of the Interior to allow the Columbia Gas for the Department of Defense for the fiscal The President, after sine die adjourn- Transmission Corporation to increase the di- year ending September 30, 2006, and for other ment of the First Session, 109th Con- ameter of a natural gas pipeline located in purposes. gress, notified the Clerk of the House the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation H.R. 3010. An act making appropriations that on the following dates, he had ap- Area, to allow certain commercial vehicles for the Departments of Labor, Health and proved and signed bills of the Senate of to continue to use Route 209 within Delaware Human Services, and Education, and Related the following titles: Water Gap National Recreation Area, and to Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- extend the termination date of the National tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes. December 30, 2005: Park System Advisory Board to January 1, H.R. 4525. An act to temporarily extend the S. 205. An act to authorize the American 2007. programs under the Higher Education Act of Battle Monuments Commission to establish 1965, and for other purposes. in the State of Louisiana a memorial to S. 1481. An act to amend the Indian Land H.R. 4579. An act to amend title I of the honor the Buffalo Soldiers. Consolidation Act to provide for probate re- Employee Retirement Income Security Act S. 652. An act to provide financial assist- form. of 1974, title XXVII of the Public Health ance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin S. 1892. An act to amend Public Law 107–153 Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code Franklin National Memorial in Philadelphia, to modify a certain date.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K31JA7.039 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H20 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 31, 2006 S. 1988. An act to authorize the transfer of 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 5976. A letter from the Secretary, Federal items in the War Reserves Stockpile for Al- the Committee on Financial Services. Trade Commission, transmitting the Com- lies, Korea. 5964. A letter from the General Counsel, mission’s final rule — Notice Regarding S. 2167. An act to amend the USA PA- FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Charges for Certain Disclosures — received TRIOT Act to extend the sunset of certain transmitting the Department’s final rule — January 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. provisions of that Act and the lone wolf pro- Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial vision of the Intelligence Reform and Ter- — received January 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 Services. rorism Prevention Act of 2004 to July 1, 2006. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Fi- 5977. A letter from the Secretary, Securi- nancial Services. ties and Exchange Commission, transmitting f 5965. A letter from the General Counsel, the Commission’s final rule — Revisions to EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Accelerated Filer Definition and Accelerated transmitting the Department’s final rule — ETC. Deadlines for Filing Periodic Reports [Re- Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations lease Nos. 33-8644; 34-52989; File No. S7-08-05] Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive — received January 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 (RIN: 3235-AJ29) received December 27, 2005, communications were taken from the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Fi- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Speaker’s table and referred as follows: nancial Services. mittee on Financial Services. 5966. A letter from the General Counsel, 5978. A letter from the Assistant Deputy 5955. A letter from the Administrator, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Secretary for Innovation and Improvement, AMS, Department of Agriculture, transmit- transmitting the Department’s final rule — Department of Education, transmitting the ting the Department’s final rule — Revision Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations Department’s final rule — State Charter of Fees for the Fresh Fruit and Vegtables [Docket No. FEMA-D-7579] received January School Facilities Incentive Program — re- Terminal Market Inspection Services [Dock- 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to ceived January 4, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. et Number FV-04-310] (RIN: 0581-AC46) re- the Committee on Financial Services. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education ceived January 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5967. A letter from the General Counsel, and the Workforce. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, 5979. A letter from the Deputy Executive culture. transmitting the Department’s final rule — Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corpora- 5956. A letter from the Administrator, Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations tion, transmitting the Corporation’s final AMS, Department of Agriculture, transmit- [Docket No. FEMA-P-7646] received January rule — Benefits Payable in Terminated Sin- ting the Department’s final rule — Fresh 6, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to gle-Employer Plans; Allocation of Assets in Bartlett Pears Grown in Oregon and Wash- the Committee on Financial Services. Single-Employer Plans; Interest Assump- ington; Termination of Marketing Order No. 5968. A letter from the General Counsel, tions for Valuing and Paying Benefits — re- 931 [Docket No. FV05-931-1 FR] received Jan- FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, ceived December 27, 2005, pursuant to 5 uary 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); transmitting the Department’s final rule — U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Edu- to the Committee on Agriculture. Final Flood Elevation Determinations — re- cation and the Workforce. 5957. A letter from the Administrator, ceived January 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5980. A letter from the Secretary, Federal AMS, Department of Agriculture, transmit- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Trade Commission, transmitting the Com- ting the Department’s final rule — USDA Services. mission’s final rule — Rules and Regulations Farmers Market Operating Procedures 5969. A letter from the General Counsel, Under the Textile Fiber Products Identifica- [Docket No. TM-04-09] (RIN: 0581-AC39) re- FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, tion Act — received January 3, 2006, pursu- ceived January 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. transmitting the Department’s final rule — ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- Final Flood Elevation Determinations — re- on Energy and Commerce. culture. ceived January 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5981. A communication from the President 5958. A letter from the Administrator, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial of the United States, transmitting notifica- AMS, Department of Agriculture, transmit- Services. tion stating that the emergency declared ting the Department’s final rule — Dried 5970. A letter from the General Counsel, with respect to foreign terrorists who threat- Prunes Produced in California; Decreased As- FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, en to disrupt the Middle East peace process sessment Rate [Docket No. FV05-993-5 FIR] transmitting the Department’s final rule — is to continue in effect beyond January 23, Suspension of Community Eligibility [Dock- received January 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2006, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); (H. Doc. et No. FEMA-7895] received January 6, 2006, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- No. 109–84); to the Committee on Inter- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- culture. national Relations and ordered to be printed. mittee on Financial Services. 5982. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 5959. A letter from the Administrator, 5971. A letter from the General Counsel, FSIS, Department of Agriculture, transmit- for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) of the ting the Department’s final rule — Addition transmitting the Department’s final rule — of Chile to the List of Countries Eligible to Arms Export Control Act, certification re- List of Communities Eligible for the Sale of garding the proposed license for the export of Export Meat and Meat Products to the Flood Insurance [Docket No. FEMA-7782] re- defense articles and services to the Republic United States [Docket No. 02-019F] (RIN: ceived January 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. of Korea (Transmittal No. DDTC 043-05); to 0583-AD16) received January 6, 2006, pursuant 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial the Committee on International Relations. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Services. 5983. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Agriculture. 5972. A letter from the General Counsel, for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 5960. A letter from the Director, Regula- FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) of the tions Policy and Management Staff, Food transmitting the Department’s final rule — Arms Export Control Act, certification re- and Drug Administration, transmitting the Changes in Flood Elevation Determinations garding the proposed license for the export of Administration’s final rule — Biological [Docket No. FEMA-B-7455] received January defense articles and services to the Govern- Products; Bacterial Vaccines and Toxoids; 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to ment of the United Kingdom (Transmittal Implementation of Efficacy Review [Docket the Committee on Financial Services. No. DDTC 069-05); to the Committee on Inter- No. 1980N-0208] received January 6, 2006, pur- 5973. A letter from the General Counsel, national Relations. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, 5984. A letter from the Assistant Secretary mittee on Agriculture. transmitting the Department’s final rule — for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 5961. A communication from the President Suspension of Community Eligibility [Dock- transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) and of the United States, transmitting a request et No. FEMA-7899] received January 6, 2006, (d) of the Arms Export Control Act, certifi- for an emergency designation for FY 2006 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- cation of a proposed manufacturing license budget amendments for the Department of mittee on Financial Services. agreement for the manufacture of military Veterans Affairs; (H. Doc. No. 109–86); to the 5974. A letter from the General Counsel, equipment abroad and the export of defense Committee on Appropriations and ordered to FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, articles and services to the Government of be printed. transmitting the Department’s final rule — Japan (Transmittal No. DDTC 065-05); to the 5962. A letter from the Acting Director, Suspension of Community Eligibility [Dock- Committee on International Relations. DPAP, Department of Defense, transmitting et No. FEMA-7903] received January 4, 2006, 5985. A letter from the Assistant Secretary the Department’s final rule — Defense Fed- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, eral Acquisition Regulation Supplement; mittee on Financial Services. transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) and Contract Financing [DFARS Case 2003-D043] 5975. A letter from the Counsel for Legisla- (d) of the Arms Export Control Act, certifi- received January 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tion and Regulations, Department of Hous- cation of a proposed manufacturing license 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed ing and Urban Development, transmitting agreement for the manufacture of military Services. the Department’s final rule — Electronic equipment abroad and the export of defense 5963. A letter from the Assistant to the Submission of Applications for Grants and articles and services to the Government of Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Re- Other HUD Financial Assistance [Docket No. Japan (Transmittal No. DDTC 066-05); to the serve System, transmitting the Board’s final FR-4875-F-02] (RIN: 2501-AD02) received Janu- Committee on International Relations. rule — Home Mortgage Disclosure [Regula- ary 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 5986. A letter from the Assistant Secretary tion C; Docket No. R-1245] received January to the Committee on Financial Services. for Legislative Affairs, Department of State,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A31JA7.019 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H21 transmitting pursuant to section 36(d) of the National Security Council on the progress copy of D.C. ACT 16-228, ‘‘Highway Trust Arms Export Control Act, certification re- toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus Fund and District Department of Transpor- garding the proposed license for the manu- question covering the period June 1, 2005 tation Temporary Amendment Act of 2005,’’ facture of defense equipment from the Gov- through July 31, 2005 and August 1, 2005 pursuant to D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to ernment of the United Kingdom to the Gov- through September 30,2005; to the Committee the Committee on Government Reform. ernment of the Netherlands (Transmittal No. on International Relations. 6008. A letter from the Chairman, Council DDTC 068-05); to the Committee on Inter- 5996. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the District of Columbia, transmitting a national Relations. for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, copy of D.C. ACT 16-226, ‘‘Operation Endur- 5987. A letter from the Assistant Secretary transmitting pursuant to Section 620C(c) of ing Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Active Duty Pay Differential Extension transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) of the amended, and in accordance with section Temporary Amendment Act of 2005,’’ pursu- Arms Export Control Act, certification re- 1(a)(6) of Executive Order 13313, a report pre- ant to D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the garding the proposed license for the export of pared by the Department of State and the Committee on Government Reform. defense articles and services to the Govern- National Security Council on the progress 6009. A letter from the Chairman, Council ment of Japan (Transmittal No. DDTC 061- toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus of the District of Columbia, transmitting a 05); to the Committee on International Rela- question covering the period June 1, 2005 copy of D.C. ACT 16-224, ‘‘Estate and Inherit- tions. through July 31, 2005 and August 1, 2005 ance Tax Clarification Temporary Act of 5988. A letter from the Assistant Secretary through September 30, 2005; to the Com- 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. Code section 1– for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, mittee on International Relations. 233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) of the 5997. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Reform. Arms Export Control Act, certification re- for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 6010. A letter from the Chairman, Council garding the proposed license for the export of transmitting a copy of a determination pur- of the District of Columbia, transmitting a defense equipment and articles to the Gov- suant to Section 1306 of the National Defense copy of D.C. ACT 16-225, ‘‘Public Assistance ernment of Switzerland (Transmittal No. Authorization Act for FY 2003; to the Com- Confidentiality of Information Temporary DDTC 047-05); to the Committee on Inter- mittee on International Relations. Amendment Act of 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. national Relations. 5998. A letter from the Assistant Secretary Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the Committee on 5989. A letter from the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Government Reform. for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting a report pursuant to Paragraph 6011. A letter from the Chairman, Council transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) and (5)(D) of the Senate’s May 1997 resolution of of the District of Columbia, transmitting a (d) of the Arms Export Control Act, certifi- advice and consent to the ratification of the copy of D.C. ACT 16-222, ‘‘National Commu- cation of a proposed manufacturing license Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Trea- nity Reinvestment Coalition Real Property agreement for the export of defense articles ty Flank Document of May 31, 1996; to the Tax Exemption Act of 2005,’’ pursuant to and services to the Government of Japan Committee on International Relations. D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the Com- (Transmittal No. DDTC 060-05); to the Com- 5999. A letter from the Assistant Secretary mittee on Government Reform. mittee on International Relations. for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 6012. A letter from the Chairman, Council 5990. A letter from the Assistant Secretary transmitting the Department’s report on of the District of Columbia, transmitting a for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, CWC Compliance; to the Committee on copy of D.C. ACT 16-223, ‘‘Real Property Dis- transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) of the International Relations. position Economic Analysis Temporary Arms Export Control Act, certification re- 6000. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Amendment Act of 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. garding the proposed license for the export of ment of Commerce, transmitting the semi- Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the Committee on defense articles and services to the Govern- annual report on the activities of the Inspec- Government Reform. ment of Taiwan (Transmittal No. DDTC 067- tor General for the period March 31 through 6013. A letter from the Chairman, Council 05); to the Committee on International Rela- September 30, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. of the District of Columbia, transmitting a tions. (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to the Com- copy of D.C. ACT 16-219, ‘‘Water Pollution 5991. A letter from the Assistant Secretary mittee on Government Reform. Control Amendment Act of 2005,’’ pursuant for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, 6001. A letter from the Chairman, Council to D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the Com- transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) of the of the District of Columbia, transmitting a mittee on Government Reform. Arms Export Control Act, certification re- copy of D.C. ACT 16-248, ‘‘Vending Licensing 6014. A letter from the Chairman, Council garding the proposed license for the export of Moratorium Amendment Act of 2005,’’ pursu- of the District of Columbia, transmitting a defense articles and services to the Govern- ant to D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the copy of D.C. ACT 16-220, ‘‘Human Rights ment of the Netherlands (Transmittal No. Committee on Government Reform. Clarification Amendment Act of 2005,’’ pur- DDTC 063-05); to the Committee on Inter- 6002. A letter from the Chairman, Council suant to D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the national Relations. of the District of Columbia, transmitting a Committee on Government Reform. 5992. A letter from the Assistant Secretary copy of D.C. ACT 16-233, ‘‘District of Colum- 6015. A letter from the Chairman, Council for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, bia Health Professional Recruitment Pro- of the District of Columbia, transmitting a transmitting pursuant to Section 620C(c) of gram Act of 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. Code sec- copy of D.C. ACT 16-221, ‘‘Domestic Partner the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as tion 1–233(c)(1); to the Committee on Govern- Health Care Benefits Tax Exemption Act of amended, and in accordance with section ment Reform. 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. Code section 1– 1(a)(6) of Executive Order 13313, a report pre- 6003. A letter from the Chairman, Council 233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government pared by the Department of State and the of the District of Columbia, transmitting a Reform. National Security Council on the progress copy of D.C. ACT 16-232, ‘‘Dedication of Por- 6016. A letter from the Chairman, Council toward a negotiated solution of the Cyprus tions of the Alley System in Square 5252, of the District of Columbia, transmitting a questioncovering the period October 1, 2005 S.O. 03-1707, Act of 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. copy of D.C. ACT 16-215, ‘‘Full Service Gro- through November 30, 2005; to the Committee Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the Committee on cery Store Alcohol License Exception Act of on International Relations. Government Reform. 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. Code section 1– 5993. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 6004. A letter from the Chairman, Council 233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, of the District of Columbia, transmitting a Reform. transmitting a Memorandum of Justification copy of D.C. ACT 16-230, ‘‘Stevie Sellows In- 6017. A letter from the Chairman, Council for a drawdown to provide international dis- termediate Care Facility for the Mentally of the District of Columbia, transmitting a aster relief assistance to Pakistan, pursuant Retarded Quality Improvement Act of 2005,’’ copy of D.C. ACT 16-216, ‘‘Walt Whitman Des- to Sections 506 and 652 of the Foreign Assist- pursuant to D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to ignation Act of 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. Code ance Act of 1961, as amended; to the Com- the Committee on Government Reform. section 1–233(c)(1); to the Committee on Gov- mittee on International Relations. 6005. A letter from the Chairman, Council ernment Reform. 5994. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the District of Columbia, transmitting a 6018. A letter from the Chairman, Council for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, copy of D.C. ACT 16-231, ‘‘Grandparent Care- of the District of Columbia, transmitting a transmitting pursuant to section 3(d) of the givers Pilot Program Establishment Act of copy of D.C. ACT 16-217, ‘‘Producer Summary Arms Export Control Act, certification re- 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. Code section 1– Suspension Amendment Act of 2005,’’ pursu- garding the proposed transfer of major de- 233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government ant to D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the fense equipment from the Government of the Reform. Committee on Government Reform. Australia (Transmittal No. RSAT-04-05); to 6006. A letter from the Chairman, Council 6019. A letter from the Chairman, Council the Committee on International Relations. of the District of Columbia, transmitting a of the District of Columbia, transmitting a 5995. A letter from the Assistant Secretary copy of D.C. ACT 16-299, ‘‘Karyn Barquin copy of D.C. ACT 16-218, ‘‘Adams Morgan for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, Adult Protective Services Self-Neglect Ex- Business Improvement District Amendment transmitting pursuant to Section 620C(c) of pansion Amendment Act of 2005,’’ pursuant Act of 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. Code section 1– the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as to D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the Com- 233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government amended, and in accordance with section mittee on Government Reform. Reform. 1(a)(6) of Executive Order 13313, a report pre- 6007. A letter from the Chairman, Council 6020. A letter from the Chairman, Council pared by the Department of State and the of the District of Columbia, transmitting a of the District of Columbia, transmitting a

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L31JA7.000 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE H22 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 31, 2006 copy of D.C. ACT 16-214, ‘‘Old Morgan School 2005; to the Committee on Government Re- of Homeland Security, transmitting the De- Place Designation Act of 2005,’’ pursuant to form. partment’s final rule — Anchorage Regula- D.C. Code section 1–233(c)(1); to the Com- 6032. A letter from the Director, Office of tions; Mississippi River Below Baton Rouge, mittee on Government Reform. Personnel Management, transmitting in ac- LA, Including South and Southwest Passes 6021. A letter from the Chairman, Council cordance with Section 647(b) of Division F of [CGD08-05-016] (RIN: 1625-AA01) received De- of the District of Columbia, transmitting a the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY cember 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. copy of D.C. ACT 16-227, ‘‘Criminal Back- 2004, Pub. L. 108-199, and the Office of Man- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- ground Checks for the Protection of Children agement and Budget Memorandum 05-01, the tation and Infrastructure. Clarification Temporary Amendment Act of Office’s report on competitive sourcing ef- 6042. A letter from the Chief, Regulations 2005,’’ pursuant to D.C. Code section 1– forts for FY 2005; to the Committee on Gov- and Administrative Law, USCG, Department 233(c)(1); to the Committee on Government ernment Reform. of Homeland Security, transmitting the De- Reform. 6033. A letter from the Director, SHRP, Of- partment’s final rule — Security Zones; 6022. A letter from the Federal Co-Chair, fice of Personnel Management, transmitting Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai, HI [CGD14- Appalachian Regional Commission, trans- the Office’s final rule — General Schedule 04-116] (RIN: 1625-AA87) received December mitting the semiannual report on the activi- Locality Pay Areas (RIN: 3206-AK78) received 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to ties of the Office of Inspector General for the January 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. the Committee on Transportation and Infra- period April 1, 2005, through September 30, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Govern- structure. 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. ment Reform. 6043. A letter from the Attorney, USCG, Act) section 8G(h)(2); to the Committee on 6034. A letter from the Chief Administra- Department of Homeland Security, transmit- Government Reform. tive Officer, transmitting the quarterly re- ting the Department’s final rule — Marine 6023. A letter from the Chairman, Broad- port of receipts and expenditures of appro- Casualties and Investigations; Chemical casting Board of Governors, transmitting in priations and other funds for the period Oc- Testing Following Serious Marine Incidents accordance with the requirements of the Ac- tober 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 as [USCG-2001-8773] (RIN: 1625-AA27) (Formerly countability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Pub. compiled by the Chief Administrative Offi- RIN: 2115-AG07) received December 28, 2005, L. 107-289), the Board’s FY 2005 Performance cer, pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 104a Public Law 88– pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- and Accountability Report; to the Com- 454; (H. Doc. No. 109–83); to the Committee on mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- House Administration and ordered to be mittee on Government Reform. ture. 6024. A letter from the Chairman, Broad- printed. 6044. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, 6035. A letter from the Clerk, U.S. House of casting Board of Governors, transmitting the USCG, Department of Homeland Security, Representatives, transmitting list of reports semiannual report on the activities of the transmitting the Department’s final rule — pursuant to clause 2, Rule II of the Rules of Office of Inspector General for the period Reporting Marine Casualties [USCG-2000- the House of Representatives, pursuant to from April 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005, pur- 6927] (RIN: 1625-AA04) (Formerly RIN: 2115- Rule II, clause 2(b), of the Rules of the suant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. Act) sec- AD98) received December 28, 2005, pursuant House; (H. Doc. No. 109–81); to the Committee tion 5(b); to the Committee on Government to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on on House Administration and ordered to be Reform. Transportation and Infrastructure. 6025. A letter from the General Manager, printed. 6036. A letter from the Director, Office of 6045. A letter from the Chief, Regulations Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, and Administrative Law, USCG, Department transmitting in accordance with Section transmitting the Department’s final rule — of Homeland Security, transmitting the De- 647(b) of Title VI of the Consolidated Appro- West Virginia Regulatory Program [WV-108- partment’s final rule — Regulated Naviga- priations Act, FY 2004, Pub. L. 108-199, the FOR] received December 27, 2005, pursuant to tion Area; East Rockaway Inlet to Atlantic Board’s Report to Congress on FY 2005 Com- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Beach Bridge, Nassau County, Long Island, petitive Sourcing Efforts; to the Committee Resources. New York [CGD01-05-106] (RIN: 1625-AA11) re- on Government Reform. 6037. A letter from the Director, Office of ceived December 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 6026. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Sustainable Fisheries, National Oceanic and U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on ment of Energy, transmitting the Depart- Atmospheric Administration, transmitting Transportation and Infrastructure. ment’s Performance and Accountability Re- the Administration’s final rule — Atlantic 6046. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- port for FY 2005; to the Committee on Gov- Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin trator for Procurement, National Aero- ernment Reform. Tuna Fisheries [I.D. 121205F] received Janu- nautics and Space Administration, transmit- 6027. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- ary 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); ting the Administration’s final rule — NASA ment of Labor, transmitting in accordance to the Committee on Resources. Research Announcements — Small Business with Section 647(b) of Title VI of the Consoli- 6038. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Subcontracting Plans and Publication Ac- dated Appropriations Act, FY 2004, Pub. L. fice of Sustainable Fisheries, National Oce- knowledgements and Disclaimers (RIN: 2700- 108-199, the Department’s Report to Congress anic and Atmospheric Administration, trans- AD03) received January 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 on FY 2005 Competitive Sourcing Efforts; to mitting the Administration’s final rule — U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on the Committee on Government Reform. Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Science. 6028. A letter from the Inspector General, Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish 6047. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- Department of Labor, transmitting in ac- Fishery; Specifications and Management trator for Procurement, National Aero- cordance with Section 647(b) of Title VI of Measures; Inseason Adjustments [Docket No. nautics and Space Administration, transmit- the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY 040830250-5062-03; I.D. 112305B] received Janu- ting the Administration’s final rule — Prop- 2004, Pub. L. 108-199, the Department’s Re- ary 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); erty Administration and Reporting for Inter- port to Congress on FY 2005 Competitive to the Committee on Resources. agency Acquisitions (RIN: 2700-AD20) re- Sourcing Efforts; to the Committee on Gov- 6039. A letter from the Deputy Assistant ceived January 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ernment Reform. Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Science. 6029. A letter from the Chairman and Chief NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 6048. A letter from the National Adjutant, Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administra- Administration, transmitting the Adminis- Disabled American Veterans, transmitting tion, transmitting the semiannual report on tration’s final rule — Fisheries Off West 2005 National Convention Proceedings Of The the activities of the Office of Inspector Gen- Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Disabled American Veterans, pursuant to 36 eral for the period April 1, 2005 through Sep- Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Sea Tur- U.S.C. 90i and 44 U.S.C. 1332; (H. Doc. No. 109– tember 30, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. tle Mitigation Measures [Docket No. 77); to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Insp. Gen. Act) section 8G(h)(2); to the Com- 050801214-5283-02; I.D. 072105D] (RIN: 0648- and ordered to be printed. mittee on Government Reform. AQ91) received January 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 6049. A letter from the Office of Regulation 6030. A letter from the Acting Chief Finan- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Re- Policy and Management, Veterans Benefits cial Officer, Federal Trade Commission, sources. Administration, Department of Veterans’ Af- transmitting the Commission’s FY 2005 Per- 6040. A letter from the Deputy Assistant fairs, transmitting the Department’s final formance and Accountability Report, as Administrator for Regulatory Programs, rule — Use of Diagnostic Code Numbers; requiredby The Government Performance NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Schedule of Ratings-Neurological Conditions and Results Act of 1993 and The Account- Administration, transmitting the Adminis- and Convulsive Disorders (RIN: 2900-AM32) ability of Tax Dollars Act of FY 2002; to the tration’s final rule — Fisheries Off West received January 3, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Committee on Government Reform. Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pe- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Veterans’ 6031. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- lagic Fisheries; Additional Measures to Re- Affairs. trator, Office of Legislative Affairs, National duce the Incidental Catch of Seabirds in the 6050. A letter from the Director, Office of Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hawaii Pelagic Longline Fishery [Docket Personnel Management, transmitting the Of- transmitting in accordance with Section No. 050620162-5326-02; I.D. 061505D] (RIN: 0648- fice’s Fiscal Year 2004 annual report on Vet- 647(b) of Division F of the Consolidated Ap- AS30) received January 6, 2006, pursuant to 5 eran’s Employment in the Federal Govern- propriations Act, FY 2004, Pub. L. 108-199, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Re- ment, pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 4214(e)(1); to the and the Office of Management and Budget sources. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Memorandum 06-01, the Administration’s re- 6041. A letter from the Chief, Regulations 6051. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- port on competitive sourcing efforts for FY and Administrative Law, USCG, Department cations and Regulations Branch, Internal

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:15 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L31JA7.000 H31JAPT1 hmoore on PROD1PC68 with HMHOUSE January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H23 Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s Mr. PUTNAM: Committee on Rules. House provisions of such Act; to the Committee on final rule — Information Reporting and Resolution 653. Resolution relating to con- the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com- Other Guidelines Regarding Distributions sideration of the bill (S. 1932) to provide for mittee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), With Respect to Securities Issued by Foreign reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of for a period to be subsequently determined Corporations [Notice 2006-3] received Decem- the concurrent resolution on the budget for by the Speaker, in each case for consider- ber 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95) (Rept. 109– ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- to the Committee on Ways and Means. 366). Referred to the House Calendar. risdiction of the committee concerned. 6052. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- Mrs. CAPITO: Committee on Rules. House By Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. BROWN cations and Regulations Branch, Internal Resolution 654. Resolution waiving a require- of Ohio, Mr. BERRY, Mr. ROSS, Mr. Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s ment of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect MICHAUD, Mr. STRICKLAND, and Mr. final rule — Administrative, Procedural, and to consideration of certain resolutions re- WYNN): Miscellaneous (Rev. Proc. 2006-3) received ported from the Committee on Rules (Rept. H.R. 4660. A bill to provide for necessary December 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 109–367). Referred to the House Calendar. beneficiary protections in order to ensure ac- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Mr. POMBO: Committee on Resources. cess to coverage under the Medicare part D Means. H.R. 3897. A bill to authorize the Secretary of prescription drug program; to the Committee 6053. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- the Interior, acting through the Bureau of on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to cations and Regulations Branch, Internal Reclamation to enter into a cooperative the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe- Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s agreement with the Madera Irrigation Dis- riod to be subsequently determined by the final rule — Uniform Capitalization of Costs trict for purposes of supporting the Madera Speaker, in each case for consideration of Water Supply and Groundwater Enhance- (temporary), (Rev. Proc. 2006-11) received De- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- ment Project; with an amendment (Rept. cember 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tion of the committee concerned. 109–368). Referred to the Committee of the 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and By Mr. ANDREWS: Whole House on the State of the Union. H.R. 4661. A bill to prohibit the provision of Means. Mr. DREIER: Committee on Rules. House 6054. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- Federal funds to any entity for the construc- Resolution 648. Resolution to eliminate floor tion of a Federal facility unless the entity cations and Regulations Branch, Internal privileges and access to Member exercise fa- Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s has in effect a policy of conducting a crimi- cilities for registered lobbyists who are nal background check on an employee before final rule — Changes in Accounting Periods former Members or officers of the House allowing the employee to participate in the and in Methods of Accounting (Rev. Proc. (Rept. 109–369 Pt. 1). Referred to the House construction of a public elementary school 2006-12) received December 28, 2005, pursuant Calendar. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on or secondary school, and for other purposes; DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE Ways and Means. to the Committee on Transportation and In- 6055. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XII the frastructure, and in addition to the Com- cations and Regulations Branch, Internal Committee on House Administration mittee on Government Reform, for a period Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s discharged from further consideration to be subsequently determined by the Speak- final rule — Guidance Under Section 7874 for of H. Res. 648. er, in each case for consideration of such pro- Determining Ownership by Former Share- f visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the holders or Partners of Domestic Entities [TD committee concerned. 9238] (RIN: 1545-BE94) received December 28, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Under clause 2 of rule XII, public INSLEE, Mr. DICKS, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. Committee on Ways and Means. bills and resolutions were introduced WEINER, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. ROSS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 6056. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- and severally referred, as follows: cations and Regulations Branch, Internal REICHERT, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Ms. HAR- Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s By Mr. SCHIFF: RIS, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. final rule — Weighted Average Interest H.R. 4654. A bill to provide a national inno- GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. POMBO, Rates Update [Notice 2005-96] received De- vation initiative; referred to the Committee Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. KLINE, Ms. CARSON, cember 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. on Science, and in addition to the Commit- and Mr. DAVIS of Florida): 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and tees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and H.R. 4662. A bill to prohibit the obtaining Means. Means, Armed Services, the Judiciary, of customer information from telecommuni- 6057. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- Transportation and Infrastructure, and Fi- cations carriers by false pretenses, and the cations and Regulations Branch, Internal nancial Services, for a period to be subse- sale or disclosure of such records obtained by Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s quently determined by the Speaker, in each false pretenses; to the Committee on Energy final rule — Administrative, Procedural, and case for consideration of such provisions as and Commerce. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Miscellaneous (Rev. Proc. 2006-13) received By Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire: concerned. December 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. H.R. 4663. A bill to authorize the Secretary By Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and of Health and Human Services to reimburse himself, Ms. BORDALLO, and Mr. TAY- Means. States for expenditures associated with the 6058. A letter from the Acting Chief, Publi- LOR of Mississippi): implementation of the Medicare prescription H.R. 4655. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- cations and Regulations Branch, Internal drug benefit for dual eligible individuals; to tion Campaign Act of 1971 to require polit- Revenue Service, transmitting the Service’s the Committee on Energy and Commerce. ical committees which are associated but final rule — 2005 Cumulative List of Changes By Mr. CAPUANO: not affiliated with a Federal candidate or of- in Plan Qualification Requirements [Notice H.R. 4664. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- ficeholder to include in the statements of or- 2005-101] received December 28, 2005, pursuant tion Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce certain ganization and the reports such committees to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on contribution limits under such Act; to the file with the Federal Election Commission Ways and Means. Committee on House Administration. the identification of each candidate or office- 6059. A letter from the Regulations Officer, By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. holder with which the committee is associ- Social Security Administration, transmit- PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ated, and for other purposes; to the Com- ting the Administration’s final rule — Medi- STARK, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. GEORGE mittee on House Administration. care Part D Subsidies (RIN: 0960-AG03) re- MILLER of California, Ms. HOOLEY, By Mr. JINDAL: Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. NOR- ceived December 28, 2005, pursuant to 5 H.R. 4656. A bill to increase the borrowing TON, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to the Committees authority of the Federal Emergency Manage- on Energy and Commerce and Ways and ment Agency for carrying out the national ROSS, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Ms. MAT- Means. flood insurance program; to the Committee SUI, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. f on Financial Services. MCDERMOTT, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. HARMAN, By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself and Mr. Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Flor- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON ida, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. VAN CASE): PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 4657. A bill to amend title 18, United HOLLEN, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. MOORE of Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of States Code, to prevent the selling of tele- Wisconsin, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. HIG- GINS, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. BISHOP of committees were delivered to the Clerk phone customer proprietary network infor- New York, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. BALD- for printing and reference to the proper mation; to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota: WIN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. calendar, as follows: H.R. 4658. A bill to amend title 18, United LEE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia: Committee on States Code, to prohibit former Members of DOYLE, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. FARR, Mr. Government Reform. Bringing Communities Congress from engaging in certain lobbying MCGOVERN, Mr. ORTIZ, Ms. ZOE into the 21st Century: A Report on Improv- activities; to the Committee on the Judici- LOFGREN of California, Mr. KILDEE, ing the Community Development Block ary. Mr. WYNN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. KEN- Grant Program (Rept. 109–365). Referred to By Mr. SENSENBRENNER: NEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. the Committee of the Whole House on the H.R. 4659. A bill to amend the USA PA- FILNER, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. State of the Union. TRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. FORD, Mr.

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CUMMINGS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. HONDA, H.R. 4674. A bill to designate the facility of ficers, and employees of the House; to the Mr. BERRY, Mr. FRANK of Massachu- the United States Postal Service located at Committee on Rules. setts, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. 110 North Chestnut Street in Olathe, Kansas, By Mr. DREIER: PRICE of North Carolina): as the ‘‘Governor John Anderson, Jr. Post H. Res. 648. A resolution to eliminate floor H.R. 4665. A bill to amend title XIX of the Office Building‘‘; to the Committee on Gov- privileges and access to Member exercise fa- Social Security Act to provide for an offset ernment Reform. cilities for registered lobbyists who are from the Medicaid clawback for State emer- By Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Ms. former Members or officers of the House; to gency prescription drug expenditures for MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. JEFFER- the Committee on Rules, and in addition to Medicare dual-eligible individuals; to the SON, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. the Committee on House Administration, for Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in SANDERS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. HIG- a period to be subsequently determined by addition to the Committee on Ways and GINS, Mr. BOREN, Mr. HONDA, Mr. the Speaker, in each case for consideration Means, for a period to be subsequently deter- STARK, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. GRIJALVA, of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. tion of the committee concerned. sideration of such provisions as fall within JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. BERRY, By Mr. DREIER: H. Res. 649. A resolution providing for a the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Mr. LYNCH, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. CON- committee to notify the President of the as- By Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania YERS, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, sembly of the Congress; considered and (for himself, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. NADLER, Mr. COSTA, and Ms. agreed to. Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. LEE): By Mr. DREIER: PLATTS, and Ms. SCHWARTZ of Penn- H.R. 4675. A bill to amend title XIX of the H. Res. 650. A resolution to inform the Sen- sylvania): Social Security Act to provide for an offset ate that a quorum of the House has assem- H.R. 4666. A bill to amend the Help Amer- from the Medicaid clawback for State emer- bled; considered and agreed to. ica Vote Act of 2002 to extend until Novem- gency prescription drug expenditures for cov- By Mr. DREIER: ber 2006 the deadline by which States which ered part D drugs for Medicare beneficiaries; H. Res. 651. A resolution providing for the received payments under such Act for the re- to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, hour of meeting of the House; considered and placement of punch card or lever voting sys- and in addition to the Committee on Ways agreed to. tems must ensure that all such systems are and Means, for a period to be subsequently By Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia: replaced; to the Committee on House Admin- determined by the Speaker, in each case for H. Res. 652. A resolution expressing the istration. consideration of such provisions as fall with- sense of the House of Representatives that By Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsyl- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- there should be established a National In- vania: cerned. flammatory Skin Disease Awareness Month; H.R. 4667. A bill to provide greater trans- By Mr. PASCRELL: to the Committee on Government Reform. parency with respect to lobbying activities, H.R. 4676. A bill to direct the Secretary of By Ms. HERSETH (for herself and Mr. and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Interior to conduct a study to determine RAHALL): the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com- the feasibility and suitability of designating H. Res. 656. A resolution expressing the mittees on Standards of Official Conduct, the 9-11 Memorial in West Orange, New Jer- sense of the House that the Secretary of Rules, Resources, and Government Reform, sey, as unit of the National Park System, Health and Human Services, acting through for a period to be subsequently determined and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Director of Indian Health Service, should by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Resources. maintain the current operating hours of the ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- By Mr. ROGERS of Michigan (for him- Wagner Service Unit until the Secretary sub- risdiction of the committee concerned. self, Mr. EHLERS, and Mr. WOLF): mits to Congress a new report that accu- By Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself, Ms. H.R. 4677. A bill to impose a two year mor- rately describes the current conditions at BERKLEY, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. GARRETT atorium on the approval by the Secretary of the Wagner Service Unit; to the Committee of New Jersey, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. the Interior of new Tribal-State compacts on Resources, and in addition to the Com- BROWN of South Carolina, Mrs. for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regu- mittee on Energy and Commerce, for a pe- JOANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. SEN- latory Act; to the Committee on Resources. riod to be subsequently determined by the SENBRENNER, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. Speaker, in each case for consideration of HENSARLING, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michi- such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- ENGEL, Mr. OTTER, Mr. KLINE, and gan, and Mr. GUTIERREZ): tion of the committee concerned. Mr. JONES of North Carolina): H.R. 4678. A bill to prohibit fraudulent ac- By Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota (for H.R. 4668. A bill to limit assistance to the cess to telephone records; to the Committee himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. FOSSELLA, Palestinian Authority unless the President on Energy and Commerce. Mr. BAKER, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. certifies to Congress that the Palestinian By Mrs. SCHMIDT: FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, Mr. Authority is not controlled by a foreign ter- H.R. 4679. A bill to amend the Foreign FOLEY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. rorist organization, and for other purposes; Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. to the Committee on International Rela- to require the Attorney General to make CHABOT, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. RYAN of tions. available on the Internet website of the De- Ohio, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. MCCAUL of By Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey: partment of Justice all registration state- Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. HART, Mr. H.R. 4669. A bill to amend the Ethics in ments and other documents filed with the GILLMOR, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. Government Act of 1978 to require Members Attorney General under such Act; to the CASE, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. WILSON of and staff of the House of Representatives to Committee on the Judiciary. South Carolina, Mr. WEINER, Mr. verify their compliance with the gift rule; to By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. RA- HOLT, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CLEAV- the Committee on House Administration. HALL, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. BOEHNER, ER, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. By Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey: and Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali- MURPHY, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. WOLF, H.R. 4670. A bill to impose additional re- fornia): Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. strictions on lobbying activities; to the Com- H. Con. Res. 331. Concurrent resolution RAMSTAD, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. HAYWORTH, mittee on the Judiciary. honoring the sacrifice and courage of the 12 Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. KLINE, and Ms. By Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey: coal miners killed and the stamina and cour- ESHOO): H.R. 4671. A bill to amend the Lobbying age of the one who survived the mine dis- H. Res. 657. A resolution honoring the con- Disclosure Act of 1995 to require reporting of aster in Sago, West Virginia, and the sac- tributions of Catholic schools; to the Com- the congressional offices to which gifts are rifice and courage of the two coal miners mittee on Education and the Workforce. provided; to the Committee on the Judiciary. killed in the Aracoma Alma mine disaster, By Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of By Ms. GRANGER: and recognizing the rescue crews for their Texas (for herself and Mr. H.R. 4672. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- outstanding efforts in the aftermath of the BLUMENAUER): enue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the tragedies; to the Committee on Education H. Res. 658. A resolution supporting the purchase of idling reduction systems for die- and the Workforce. goals and ideals of World Water Day; to the sel-powered on-highway vehicles; to the By Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for Committee on International Relations. Committee on Ways and Means. himself, Mr. JINDAL, and Mr. FLAKE): By Mr. OBEY (for himself, Mr. FRANK By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. INS- H. Res. 646. A resolution denying the enti- of Massachusetts, Mr. PRICE of North LEE, and Ms. KAPTUR): tlement to the privilege of admission to the Carolina, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ABER- H.R. 4673. A bill to require that an increas- Hall of the House to any former Member of CROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BACA, ing percentage of new automobiles be dual the House who is a registered lobbyist; to the Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BAR- fueled automobiles, to revise the method for Committee on Rules. ROW, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. calculating corporate average fuel economy By Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for BERMAN, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of for such vehicles, and for other purposes; to himself and Mr. FLAKE): New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Res. 647. A resolution requiring the BOSWELL, Mr. BOREN, Mr. BOYD, Mr. By Mr. MOORE of Kansas (for himself, Clerk of the House of Representatives to post BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, and on the Internet for public review all travel Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CARDOZA, Ms. CAR- Mr. MORAN of Kansas): disclosure reports submitted by Members, of- SON, Mr. CASE, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr.

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CLEAVER, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. FORTUN˜ O, Ms. H.R. 952: Ms. MATSUI. Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. H.R. 986: Mr. PALLONE and Mr. WYNN. Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DAVIS of GINGREY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GUT- H.R. 994: Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. KNECHT, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. STRICKLAND, and Mr. KIND. DEGETTE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. HERGER, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of H.R. 998: Mr. FILNER, and Mr. REICHERT. DELAURO, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, California, Mr. MCKEON, Mrs. H.R. 1020: Mr. FILNER. Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. MUSGRAVE, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. H.R. 1059: Mr. SHERMAN and Mr. WU. EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. H.R. 1079: Mr. FORTENBERRY. FORD, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GUTIERREZ, PENCE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. SODREL, Mr. H.R. 1107: Mr. BOSWELL. Mr. GORDON, Mr. GENE GREEN of KING of Iowa, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WAMP, H.R. 1108: Mr. FORD and Mr. EMANUEL. Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WICKER, H.R. 1120: Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. ZOE Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. LOFGREN of California, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HERSETH, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HINCHEY, COLE of Oklahoma, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, BARRETT of South Carolina, and Mr. and Mr. SKELTON. Mr. HOYER, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON KLINE): H.R. 1124: Mr. SMITH of Washington and Mr. of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, H. Res. 662. A resolution amending the ROTHMAN. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Rules of the House of Representatives to re- H.R. 1131: Mrs. EMERSON and Mr. PEARCE. Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode quire that general appropriation bills con- H.R. 1143: Mr. BROWN of South Carolina and Island, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. tain a separate list of all earmarks in the ac- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. LANGEVIN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LARSEN companying report and the name of the H.R. 1144: Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. CUMMINGS, of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Con- sponsoring Member of each such earmark; to and Mr. FATTAH. necticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. the Committee on Rules. H.R. 1172: Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. By Mr. SNYDER: MILLENDER-MCDONALD, and Mr. WELDON of MARKEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. MATSUI, H. Res. 663. A resolution amending the Pennsylvania. Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Rules of the House of Representatives to pro- H.R. 1177: Mrs. EMERSON. H.R. 1188: Mrs. DAVIS of California. Minnesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. hibit former Members and former officers of H.R. 1217: Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MEE- the House who are registered lobbyists from H.R. 1227: Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. HAN, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MILLER of admission to the Hall of the House, and for H.R. 1255: Mr. ROSS. North Carolina, Mr. GEORGE MILLER other purposes; to the Committee on Rules, H.R. 1259: Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, of California, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDON- and in addition to the Committee on House Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. ALD, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Ms. Administration, for a period to be subse- HALL, Mr. LINDER, Mr. CASE, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN of quently determined by the Speaker, in each HOOLEY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. Virginia, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. case for consideration of such provisions as VISCLOSKY, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OLVER, fall within the jurisdiction of the committee MOORE of Kansas, Mr. FOLEY, Ms. PRYCE of Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. OWENS, Ms. PELOSI, concerned. Ohio, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. RAN- f Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. GIBBONS, GEL, Mr. REYES, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ROTH- Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SHAW, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. MAN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RYAN ADDITIONAL SPONSORS TURNER, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. BOREN, Mr. of Ohio, Mr. SALAZAR, Ms. LINDA T. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors WELLER, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. FRANKS of Ari- SA´ NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA were added to public bills and resolu- zona, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mrs. JOHNSON of Con- SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SANDERS, tions as follows: necticut, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. COSTELLO, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. PE- SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. [Omitted from the Record of January 3, 2006] TERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. DENT, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SKEL- H.R. 1372: Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. TON, Mr. SNYDER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. H.R. 1742: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. DOOLITTLE, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. PETERSON of SPRATT, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. STU- H.R. 3858: Mr. RANGEL. Minnesota, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOUCHER, PAK, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TAYLOR of [Submitted January 31, 2006] Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. OLVER, Mr. KIND, Mr. Mississippi, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. UDALL H.R. 25: Mr. BACHUS and Mr. SULLIVAN. HAYWORTH, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mex- H.R. 40: Mr. WYNN. GINGREY, Mr. KIRK, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, ico, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, H.R. 63: Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. KINGSTON. Ms. WATSON, Mr. WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, H.R. 65: Mr. FLAKE and Mr. RAMSTAD. H.R. 1290: Mr. KUCINICH and Mr. BAIRD. Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. WU): EEHAN. H. Res. 659. A resolution amending the H.R. 111: Mr. M H.R. 1393: Mr. KLINE. Rules of the House of Representatives to pro- H.R. 147: Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Ms. H.R. 1426: Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee. tect the integrity of the institution; to the MCKINNEY, and Mr. SHAYS. H.R. 1431: Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. Committee on Rules, and in addition to the H.R. 219: Ms. FOXX. GRIJALVA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. GEORGE Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, H.R. 503: Mr. WEXLER, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. MILLER of California, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of for a period to be subsequently determined LANTOS, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KILPATRICK of Florida, and Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Michigan, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. LINDA T. fornia. ´ ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- SANCHEZ of California, Mr. EMANUEL, and Mr. H.R. 1518: Mr. WELLER and Mr. HINOJOSA. risdiction of the committee concerned. RUPPERSBERGER. H.R. 1558: Mr. SHAYS and Mr. DOYLE. By Mr. OSBORNE (for himself, Ms. H.R. 550: Mr. FATTAH. H.R. 1594: Mr. MORAN of Kansas. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. HONDA, H.R. 552: Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania. H.R. 1619: Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs. H.R. 558: Mr. LIPINSKI. H.R. 1642: Mr. BASS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of TAUSCHER, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. WAX- H.R. 602: Mr. KELLER. California, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. LEWIS of Ken- MAN, Mr. KELLER, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. H.R. 699: Mr. MARKEY. tucky, Mr. KLINE, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. FORD, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. DAVIS of H.R. 735: Mr. STARK. CHABOT, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. ASTINGS Illinois, and Mrs. BIGGERT): H.R. 752: Mr. H of Florida, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. BRAD- H. Res. 660. A resolution supporting the DELAHUNT, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, LEY of New Hampshire, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. goals and ideals of National Mentoring Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. RYAN of Wisconsin, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Month; to the Committee on Education and LOWEY, Mrs. CAPPS, and Mr. DOGGETT. California, Ms. HART, Mr. WAMP, Mr. AKIN, the Workforce. H.R. 769: Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. HART, Mr. Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. PETRI, Mr. CHOCOLA, and By Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mrs. BRADY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. BECERRA. JONES of Ohio, Mr. FITZPATRICK of H.R. 772: Mr. BERMAN, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. H.R. 1657: Mr. WESTMORELAND. Pennsylvania, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MURPHY, and Mr. DOYLE. H.R. 1668: Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. GRIJALVA, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. MCCAR- H.R. 791: Mr. MEEHAN. H.R. 1671: Mr. BROWN of Ohio and Mr. THY, and Mrs. CHRISTENSEN): H.R. 858: Mr. STEARNS. BRADLEY of New Hampshire. H. Res. 661. A resolution encouraging H.R. 886: Ms. WATSON, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. H.R. 1689: Mr. NORWOOD. States to establish programs to award high WALSH, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. MORAN of Vir- H.R. 1696: Mr. TANNER. school diplomas to veterans who left high ginia, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. H.R. 1823: Mr. GRIJALVA. school before receiving diplomas in order to SMITH of Washington, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. H.R. 1861: Mr. SIMMONS and Ms. BALDWIN. serve in the Armed Forces during a time of GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. KIRK, and H.R. 2037: Mrs. JONES of Ohio. war; to the Committee on Education and the Mrs. BIGGERT. H.R. 2047: Mr. SHIMKUS and Mrs. CUBIN. Workforce. H.R. 910: Mr. FATTAH. H.R. 2052: Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. By Mr. PRICE of Georgia (for himself, H.R. 917: Mr. MICHAUD. H.R. 2088: Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. AKIN, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, H.R. 941: Mr. SIMMONS. H.R. 2233: Mr. BAIRD. Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. H.R. 944: Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. LARSEN of H.R. 2237: Mr. ANDREWS. CANTOR, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CHABOT, Washington, and Mr. CUMMINGS. H.R. 2238: Mr. CARDIN.

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H.R. 2328: Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. PLATTS, and H.R. 4211: Mr. BERMAN. H. Con. Res. 106: Mr. SPRATT. Mr. CONYERS. H.R. 4222: Mr. GORDON, Mr. UDALL of New H. Con. Res. 137: Ms. LEE and Mr. POMBO. H.R. 2378: Mr. EVANS. Mexico, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. H. Con. Res. 172: Mr. TIERNEY and Mr. H.R. 2390: Mr. ENGEL. H.R. 4223: Mr. OWENS and Mr. KILDEE. CUMMINGS. H.R. 2429: Mr. FATTAH and Mr. SMITH of H.R. 4232: Mr. CONYERS. H. Con. Res. 174: Mr. DOGGETT, Mrs. Washington. H.R. 4242: Mr. SAXTON, Mr. MCCOTTER, and TAUSCHER, Mr. STARK, and Mr. MURTHA. H.R. 2512: Mr. WOLF and Mr. BOUCHER. Mr. TANCREDO. H. Con. Res. 231: Mr. LARSEN of Washington H.R. 2558: Mr. WOLF. H.R. 4258: Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania. and Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire. H.R. 2567: Ms. BALDWIN. H.R. 4259: Ms. HARMAN. H. Con. Res. 278: Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. MCCOL- H.R. 2717: Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. H.R. 4264: Mr. ISRAEL. LUM of Minnesota, and Ms. HERSETH. BAKER, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. CASTLE, and Ms. H.R. 4272: Mr. WAXMAN. H. Con. Res. 316: Mrs. WILSON of New Mex- DEGETTE. H.R. 4282: Ms. MCKINNEY. ico. H.R. 2719: Mr. MEEHAN. H.R. 4291: Mr. BAIRD. H. Con. Res. 317: Mr. EVANS. H.R. 2799: Mr. CUELLAR. H.R. 4298: Mr. BARROW, Mr. GORDON, and H. Res. 81: Mr. CHABOT. H.R. 2828: Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota. H. Res. 85: Mr. BACA, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, SANDERS, and Ms. MATSUI. H.R. 4313: Mr. BACHUS. Ms. BORDALLO, and Mr. SESSIONS. H.R. 2872: Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SHAW, Mr. BOEH- H.R. 4315: Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. CASTLE, H. Res. 305: Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. PLATTS, LERT, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, and Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. REYES, and Mr. Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. Mr. BEAUPREZ. FILNER. BISHOP of New York, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. H.R. 4319: Mr. WYNN and Mr. MCDERMOTT. H. Res. 477: Mr. SMITH of Washington and BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. BARTLETT of KELTON OSS OTHMAN Maryland, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. H.R. 4332: Mr. S and Mr. R . Mr. R . FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Is- H.R. 4347: Mr. FATTAH, Mr. H. Res. 489: Mr. KUCINICH and Mr. UDALL of land, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. CUMMINGS. Colorado. Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. H.R. 4348: Mr. EVANS. H. Res. 507: Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina POMBO, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. STARK, H.R. 4351: Mr. CUMMINGS. and Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. WOLF, Mr. KIND, and Mr. VISCLOSKY. H.R. 4361: Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. HINOJOSA, H. Res. 526: Mr. BRADLEY of New Hamp- H.R. 2926: Mr. DENT. Mr. EMANUEL, and Mr. PALLONE. shire, Mr. MCCOTTER, and Mr. OLVER. H.R. 2961: Mr. MARSHALL. H.R. 4365: Mr. SALAZAR. H. Res. 552: Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin. H.R. 2963: Ms. DEGETTE and Mr. CUMMINGS. H.R. 4372: Mr. EVANS. H. Res. 555: Mr. ROTHMAN. H.R. 3049: Mr. KIRK. H.R. 4392: Mr. EVANS. H. Res. 556: Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. KING H.R. 3059: Mr. ROSS. H.R. 4395: Mr. OWENS, Mr. HINOJOSA, and of Iowa, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. H.R. 3080: Mr. POMBO. Ms. LEE. CARDOZA, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. H.R. 3142: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. H.R. 4405: Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. GORDON, Mr. OBER- H.R. 3151: Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island. BOEHLERT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. STAR, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, ORWOOD ILDEE UCINICH Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. H.R. 3173: Mr. FILNER. N , Mr. K , Mr. K , Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, and Mr. SANDERS. FORD, and Mr. INSLEE. H.R. 3196: Mr. MELANCON and Mr. HONDA. H.R. 4411: Mr. WICKER and Mr. MCCOTTER. H. Res. 573: Mr. GONZALEZ. H.R. 3255: Mr. KILDEE. H.R. 4427: Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. H. Res. 590: Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. H.R. 3272: Mr. HIGGINS. H.R. 4447: Mr. KUCINICH. FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 3334: Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of Cali- H.R. 4448: Mr. SERRANO, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. H. Res. 613: Mr. MCNULTY. fornia, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. ROTHMAN, and Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. FARR, and Mr. PAYNE. INSLEE. H. Res. 628: Mr. ANDREWS, Mrs. MALONEY, H.R. 4452: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali- H.R. 3352: Mr. UDALL of New Mexico. HAYWORTH, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-AL- fornia, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. H.R. 3404: Mrs. MCCARTHY. LARD, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, SERRANO, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. H.R. 3420: Mr. CASE and Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. ISRAEL, and Mr. FILNER. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. LANTOS, and Mr. MOL- H.R. 3476: Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. YOUNG of H.R. 4463: Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. LOHAN. Alaska, Mr. HALL, Mr. MEEHAN, and Ms. HAR- WAXMAN, and Mr. CUMMINGS. H. Res. 629: Mr. SCHWARZ of Michigan, Mr. RIS. H.R. 4479: Mr. RANGEL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, SIMMONS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. HINOJOSA, H.R. 3492: Mr. TIERNEY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, and Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. MEEKS Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. Mr. ACKERMAN. of New York, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, and Ms. KILPATRICK of Michi- H.R. 4491: Mrs. MCCARTHY and Mr. MELANCON, Mr. UPTON, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. PICK- gan. MCCOTTER. ERING, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. ROG- H.R. 3639: Mr. BARROW and Mr. BAIRD. H.R. 4493: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. ERS of Alabama, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. JINDAL, H.R. 3684: Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland and Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. DAVIS of H.R. 4520: Mr. WEXLER and Ms. Mr. CALVERT. ILSON SCHAKOWSKY. Kentucky, Mr. W of South Carolina, H.R. 3701: Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. JENKINS, H.R. 4535: Mr. WOLF, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr. Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. H.R. 3725: Mr. PAUL. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania. H.R. 3782: Mr. GILCHREST. HAYWORTH, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. H.R. 4542: Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. FORTUN˜ O, Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, H.R. 3858: Mr. FORTUN˜ O, Mr. SIMMONS, and MCCOTTER, Mr. GOODE, and Mr. SMITH of Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. BURTON of Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Washington. Indiana, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. ISSA, Mr. H.R. 3861: Mr. RUSH, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. H.R. 4546: Mr. BACHUS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. FOXX CHANDLER, Mr. REYES, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. SIMPSON, LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BACA, Mr. MORAN JINDAL, Mr. KLINE, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. WHITFIELD. of Kansas, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. of California, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. ROGERS of H. Res. 635: Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. ABER- MARSHALL, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. Michigan, Mr. SODREL, Mr. TANCREDO, and CROMBIE, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CLAY, Mr. NADLER, SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. MURPHY. Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. STARK, and Ms. H.R. 3883: Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. GALLEGLY, H.R. 4548: Mr. KELLER, Mr. ENGLISH of SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. INSLEE, Mr. GORDON, and Mr. PORTER. Pennsylvania, Mr. WELLER, Mr. LEWIS of H. Res. 636: Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CLAY, Mr. H.R. 3917: Mr. JEFFERSON and Mr. KILDEE. Kentucky, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. COBLE, Mr. MIL- NADLER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. STARK, and Ms. H.R. 3923: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. LER of Florida, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. SCHAKOWSKY. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. KLINE, Mr. OTTER, and H.R. 3924: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. H. Res. 637: Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. CLAY, Mr. Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. H.R. 3931: Mr. FATTAH and Mr. HASTINGS of NADLER, Mr. OWENS, Mr. STARK, and Ms. Florida. H.R. 4561: Mr. MARCHANT and Mr. HALL. SCHAKOWSKY. H.R. 3940: Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. H.R. 4575: Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. H. Res. 643: Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, H.R. 3954: Mr. ORTIZ. SMITH of Washington, Mr. STARK, Mr. FARR, and Mr. JONES of North Carolina. H.R. 4005: Mr. BACA and Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. BAIRD, Mr. SANDERS, and Mr. PRICE of H.R. 4576: Mr. HERGER and Mr. NORWOOD. H.R. 4015: Mr. CASE and Mr. ROGERS of Ala- North Carolina. bama. H.R. 4578: Mr. OBERSTAR and Mr. PETERSON f of Minnesota. H.R. 4030: Mr. NADLER and Mr. CONYERS. H.R. 4597: Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. H.R. 4036: Mr. OTTER. DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM MCGOVERN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. CALVERT, and H.R. 4042: Mr. ORTIZ. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Mr. UPTON. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 4049: Mrs. DAVIS of California. H.R. 4604: Mr. MEEKS of New York and Mr. H.R. 4089: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. MATHESON. were deleted from public bills and reso- H.R. 4158: Mr. PALLONE. H.R. 4612: Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. lutions as follows: H.R. 4179: Mr. UDALL of Colorado. H.R. 4619: Mr. MCCOTTER. H.R. 3855: Mrs. CUBIN and Mr. OTTER. H.R. 4183: Ms. HARMAN. H.R. 4649: Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. H.R. 4354: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. H.R. 4184: Ms. HARMAN. H. J. Res. 55: Mr. INSLEE. H. Res. 635: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. H.R. 4196: Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota. H. Con. Res. 99: Ms. CORRINE BROWN of H. Res. 636: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. H.R. 4197: Mr. ANDREWS and Mr. CARDIN. Florida, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. HALL, and Mr. FARR. H. Res. 637: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California.

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Vol. 152 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2006 No. 9 Senate The Senate met at 9:45 a.m. and was with us, Immanuel, our Saviour, who Following the confirmation vote, we called to order by the Honorable DAVID will never leave nor forsake us. will consider the nomination of Ben VITTER, a Senator from the State of Amen. Bernanke to be a member and the Louisiana. f Chairman of the Federal Reserve to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Today’s succeed Chairman Alan Greenspan. prayer will be offered by the former PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Under the time agreement, we will Senate Chaplain, Dr. Lloyd John The Honorable DAVID VITTER led the have 1 hour of debate under the control Ogilvie. Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: of Chairman SHELBY and the ranking I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the member, Senator SARBANES. No rollcall PRAYER United States of America, and to the Repub- vote is necessary on the Bernanke The guest Chaplain offered the fol- lic for which it stands, one Nation under nomination, and we will have a voice lowing prayer: God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for vote on the confirmation. Gracious God, You have chosen us to all. Finally, this evening the Senate will be present to Your presence in each f gather in the Senate Chamber at 8:30 moment of this day. Our souls snap to APPOINTMENT OF ACTING and proceed as a body to the House attention. We salute You as sovereign PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE Chamber at 8:35 to hear the President’s of our beloved Nation and personal annual State of the Union Address. Lord of our lives. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Members are asked to please plan their Lord, on behalf of the people of this clerk will please read a communication schedules accordingly for today’s Nation, I pray for the women and men to the Senate from the President pro events. of this Senate and all who serve with tempore (Mr. STEVENS). I yield the floor. them. Continue to put a bellows on the The legislative clerk read the fol- f red embers in the hearth of their lowing letter: RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY hearts. Set them aflame again with the U.S. SENATE, LEADER passion of patriotism. Rekindle in PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, DC, January 31, 2006. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- them a sense of their divine election by pore. The minority leader is recog- You. You have made work in govern- To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, nized. ment one of the highest callings. Our of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby f times demand greatness—the greatness appoint the Honorable DAVID VITTER, a Sen- ALLOCATION OF TIME of seeking Your best for our Nation, de- ator from the State of Louisiana, to perform pendence on Your supernatural guid- the duties of the Chair. Mr. REID. Mr. President, before the ance, and commitment to unity as TED STEVENS, majority leader leaves the floor, we Americans. President pro tempore. have an hour of time divided before the On this day of the State of the Union Mr. VITTER thereupon assumed the 11 o’clock vote. I know the short Address by our President, we ask for chair as Acting President pro tempore. amount of time we have is allocated to the very second. I am wondering if it Your special blessing on him. We renew f our loyalty to him as our President, would be appropriate to have a full our attentiveness to listen to him, and RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY hour prior to the vote. I guess my ques- our prayerful reflection on his vision LEADER tion is, How much time do you need on for the awesome issues before our Na- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- your side? tion and our terrorism-turbulent pore. The majority leader is recog- f world. As he stands before the joint nized. PATRIOT ACT REAUTHORIZATION session of Congress and our Nation, f Mr. REID. Mr. President, a small clear the prayer channels as we join SCHEDULE number of provisions of the USA PA- with Americans everywhere in prayer TRIOT Act are due to expire. Senate for Your guidance for him. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morn- Democrats stand ready to provide law Today, Lord, we praise You for the ing we will have the final closing re- enforcement with all necessary tools to courageous life of Coretta Scott King, marks with respect to the confirmation keep Americans safe from terrorism. so faithfully committed to the cause of of Judge Alito to be Associate Justice Democrats supported the original PA- human rights and equality. of the Supreme Court. The vote on the TRIOT Act that was passed in 2001. We And now, Spirit of the living God, confirmation is scheduled for 11 o’clock supported the reauthorization bill that fall afresh on the Senators as they seek this morning. I remind all of our col- passed the Senate unanimously this to work together with civility and mu- leagues to be seated at their desks in past summer. And we support reau- tual respect. You are Jehovah the Senate Chamber for this historic thorization of the PATRIOT Act now Shammah who promises to be present vote. with modest improvements.

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S334 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 A reauthorization bill should con- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, after tion authorized a strip-search of a 10- tinue to provide the Government with voting on war, a vote on a Supreme year-old girl not listed in the search the tools it needs to fight terrorism Court nominee is the most important warrant. We heard about a case in but must also include sufficient checks vote a U.S. Senator can cast. The selec- which Judge Alito was the only judge to protect against potential govern- tion of a Justice to the Supreme Court on his court to vote to dismiss the case mental abuse of these expansive pow- of the United States is one of those mo- of a mentally retarded man who was ers. There is widespread bipartisan sup- ments when 100 Senators speak for the the victim of a brutal sexual assault in port for a reauthorization bill that will rights, the hopes, and the dreams of 300 his workplace. He voted to dismiss this protect both national security and the million Americans. Soon this Senate man’s case because his lawyer wrote a rights of innocent Americans. will vote on a lifetime appointment to poor legal brief. I applaud Senators SUNUNU, CRAIG, the Supreme Court for Judge Samuel Judge Alito has consistently ruled MURKOWSKI, and HAGEL for their prin- Alito. Judge Alito is likely to receive against those whose lives have been cipled stand on this issue. I urge the more ‘‘no’’ votes than any confirmed touched by the crushing hand of fate. White House to work with these Sen- Supreme Court Justice in the history As an ambitious young lawyer seeking ators and with Senators LEAHY and of the United States, other than Clar- a job with the Reagan administration, SPECTER to craft a bill that all Sen- ence Thomas. Why? Judge Alito wrote flatly: ators can support. If a compromise can- Two reasons: The first is Sam Alito’s The Constitution does not protect a right not be reached before the end of this legal career which separates him from to an abortion. week, we are willing to enact another the legal mainstream in America. The As a judge, he voted to uphold a con- short-term extension of the current second is the judge whom Judge Alito troversial restriction on reproductive law. There has already been discussion would replace. This is no ordinary va- freedom, a position later rejected by of a 6-week extension of the act to give cancy. This is the Sandra Day O’Con- the Supreme Court and Justice O’Con- negotiators time to finalize a long- nor vacancy on the Supreme Court. In nor. term reauthorization bill. That ap- case after case during her career, San- When I asked Judge Alito at his hear- proach will be satisfactory to this side dra Day O’Connor has cast the fifth and ing, is Roe v. Wade settled law in of the aisle. We do not want the PA- decisive vote. Her votes helped pre- America, he did the Federalist Society TRIOT Act to expire. There is no rea- serve the constitutional rights that shuffle, dancing away from admitting son it should. many of us cherish: workers’ rights, what he really believes. In all his f disability rights, the right to privacy, words, never once would he say what RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME the separation of church and state, and John Roberts said, that Roe v. Wade is The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the principle that in a democracy no settled precedent. pore. Under the previous order, the man or woman is above the law. With Sam Alito’s nomination, when leadership time is reserved. As we prepare to vote for Justice it comes to privacy rights and personal O’Connor’s successor, I am reminded of freedom, a chill wind blows for Amer- f the words of Justice Harry Blackmun. ica. EXECUTIVE SESSION Like Justice O’Connor, Justice Black- In the area of Executive power, I fear mun was a lifelong Republican. He was that Judge Alito will do the most dam- chosen to write the majority opinion in age to our constitutional rights and NOMINATION OF SAMUEL A. Roe v. Wade. In his dissent in a 1989 civil liberties. His history tells us he ALITO, JR., TO BE AN ASSO- case that narrowed the protections of will be more likely to defer to the CIATE JUSTICE OF THE SU- Roe v. Wade, Justice Blackmun wrote: President’s power than to defend fun- PREME COURT OF THE UNITED For today, the women of this Nation still damental rights. Judge Alito is a dis- STATES retain the liberty to control their destinies. ciple of a controversial theory that The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- But the signs are evident and very ominous, gives Presidents extremely broad pow- pore. Under the previous order, the and a chill wind blows. ers. The so-called unitary executive Senate will proceed to executive ses- I may be wrong about Judge Alito. If theory has been cited by the adminis- sion and resume consideration of Cal- I am, no one will be more pleased. But tration in more than 100 bill signings. endar No. 490, which the clerk will re- I fear on this January morning in the What it basically says, according to port. Senate Chamber, a chill wind blows, a some of its proponents, is that a Presi- The legislative clerk read the nomi- chill wind which will snuff out the dent can ignore the laws he doesn’t nation of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of New dying light of Sandra Day O’Connor’s care to follow. I fear that Judge Alito Jersey, to be an Associate Justice of Supreme Court legacy. will be an easy ally for this President the Supreme Court of the United When you read his record as a Justice or any President who seizes more States. Department lawyer and a Federal power than the Constitution ever envi- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- judge, it seems unlikely that Justice sioned. pore. Under the previous order, the Alito will preserve Justice O’Connor’s Last Friday I was walking through time until 10:20 a.m. shall be equally respected record of measure and mod- O’Hare Airport. A woman in an airline divided. eration. In case after case during his 15 employee uniform came by and said The Senator from Illinois is recog- years on the bench, Judge Alito has hello as she passed. Then she came nized. consistently sided with powerful spe- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, will the back to me. cial interests, big business, and the She stopped me and she said: Sen- Chair clarify before the time begins heavy hand of government against the ator, isn’t this Alito thing really about how much time we have now to debate? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- individual. In many of these cases, holding a President back from doing pore. Right now the minority side has Judge Alito was the lone voice. More things he should not be allowed to do? 12 minutes, 30 seconds. than any of the 29 judges with whom he Isn’t this really about checks and bal- Mr. DURBIN. I thank the Chair. If he served, Sam Alito stood alone. Rarely ances? It was a wonderful moment, a will be kind enough to notify me when did he stand on the side of the poor, the moment when a person who is busy I have reached 6 minutes. powerless, and the dispossessed. with their life and family paused to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Over the past several weeks during think about the values that make pore. Certainly. our hearings, we looked closely at the America so unique. Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous con- decisions he rendered. We heard about There are some who will cheer the sent that Senator SCHUMER be recog- a case in which Sam Alito wrote a dis- elevation of Judge Alito to the Su- nized to follow me for the remaining sent denying a fair trial to an African- preme Court. period of time allotted to the Demo- American defendant who was forced to Yesterday, the New York Times ran a cratic side. stand trial for murder before an all- story with the headline, ‘‘In Alito, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- White jury. We heard about the case in G.O.P. Reaps Harvest Planted in ’82.’’ pore. Without objection, it is so or- which Judge Alito was the only judge The article lifted the veil behind the dered. on his court to rule that the Constitu- Alito nomination. It revealed that

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Tonight, when the President an- just what his colleagues on the Third Ms. Miers was not one of their chosen nounces, to applause, the fact of Judge Circuit accused him of attempting to few, so they hounded her until the Alito’s confirmation, what he should do. Who wants to believe that a single President withdrew her name from con- really hear, because of the partisan na- nominee, one so seemingly soft-spoken sideration. ture of his choice, is the sound of one and erudite, would, with the stroke of a But the far right is rejoicing with the hand clapping. While some may rejoice pen, take average Americans’ rights name of Sam Alito. For the vast major- at Judge Alito’s success, millions of away and not give them their day in ity of Americans, there is no rejoicing. Americans will come to know that the court? When we look to the Supreme Court as lasting legacy of this day will be ever People naturally don’t want to be- the last refuge for our rights and lib- more power for the President and less lieve the worst. Perhaps people think erties, Sam Alito is no cause for cele- autonomy for the individual. of Earl Warren and David Souter, who bration; he is a cause for great concern. While some may exalt at the packing defied their President and did not On this January morning, a chill of the Court with yet another reliable, stroke as hard a line as their bene- wind blows. extreme voice in the mold of Scalia factors might have hoped. But I say to Mr. President, I yield the floor. and Thomas, millions of Americans the American people, the days of War- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, how will be at risk of losing their day in ren and Souter are over. The days of much time remains before I begin? court when they suffer the yoke of dis- stealth nominees whose views may not The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- crimination. Some may celebrate the match the President are over. That is pore. There is 5 minutes 15 seconds re- elevation of a Judge Alito to the Su- clear when a small minority pushed the maining. preme Court, but millions of Ameri- President to withdraw Harriet Miers. Mr. SCHUMER. Would it be possible cans will suffer the consequences of a In the coming months and years, we to ask unanimous consent for an addi- jurisprudence that would strip Con- will be watching the Court. We will be tional 2 minutes? I also ask unanimous gress of the power to make their lives watching the votes. We will be watch- consent that an additional 2 minutes better in countless ways. ing our two newest Justices. And make be given to the other side. Why, then, with so many Americans no mistake, we will make sure the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- at risk, so many rights at jeopardy, American people understand the impli- pore. Is there an objection? will Judge Alito win confirmation? cation of these votes today. Elections Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I What does his confirmation mean for do have consequences. But votes such thought the leaders agreed not to ask the future of the Supreme Court? I as these also have consequences on fu- for additional time. Otherwise, I would have been thinking about this long and ture elections, and I believe that when not have an objection. I don’t know hard. It is an important question, and I the American people see the actual what Senators Reid and Frist said. don’t have an easy answer, but I be- Court decisions which are rendered by They have the time set for an 11 lieve several things are clear. the new Court, they will have a strong o’clock vote. So I am inclined to object For one thing, even though Judge and countervailing reaction. unless—— Alito has demonstrated a record of Again, I wish President Bush could The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- being well out of the mainstream on a tonight claim to lead a united country, pore. There is objection. The Senator host of issues, my friends from across but with this nominee and with this from Illinois is recognized. the aisle dutifully march in rigid lock- vote, sadly, he cannot. Mr. DURBIN. I renew the request. At step when the President nominates one I yield the remainder of my time to the risk of being smitten, I think we of their choosing but oppose those who the Senator from Alabama. can afford 4 more minutes on a Su- do not share their values and visions. Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I preme Court nominee. Republican Senators should be aghast thank the Senator. Mr. SESSIONS. I will not object. at Judge Alito’s endorsement of vast Indeed, it has been most distressing The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Executive power, and they should be to me to see this nominee, the epitome pore. Without objection, it is so or- alarmed at his rejection of a woman’s of a restrained, principled and highly dered. right to choose. respected judge, be portrayed as some The Senator from New York is recog- The hill will be steeper when a nomi- sort of extremist. It is beyond my com- nized. nee evades, as Judge Alito did, answer- prehension, frankly. Questions have Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, in a ing questions about his core judicial been raised about different cases. Alito few minutes, we will vote on the nomi- beliefs. All evidence points to the fact answered each and every one of those nation of Judge Samuel Alito to the that he will still hold his constitu- questions in front of the Judiciary Supreme Court. In a few hours, we will tional view that the right to choose is committee. Senator SCHUMER and I hear the President tell us about his not protected in the Constitution, that serve on the committee. He was asked view of the state of the Union. Without he will still believe the Federal Gov- about them repeatedly. He was asked doubt, Judge Alito today has the votes ernment doesn’t have the power to reg- 677 questions, and he answered a higher to win confirmation. Without doubt, ulate machine guns, and the evidence percentage of them than perhaps any the President tonight will boast of his supported the conclusion that he will judge in history—97.3 percent. A Clin- nominee’s victory in this vote. But I turn back the clock on civil rights. But ton appointee, Justice Ginsburg, for ex- must say that I wish the President he was clever enough not to say so di- ample, was only asked 384 questions, were in a position to do more than rectly. So that, too, has been a factor. and she only answered 80 percent of claim partisan victory tonight. The In the end, there is one more thing at them. Justice Breyer, another Clinton Union would be better and stronger and work here. The American people have appointee, was asked 355 questions, and more unified if we were confirming a grown accustomed to the umbrella of he answered 82 percent. different nominee—a nominee who protection they have under the Con- So Judge Alito was most forth- would have united us more than di- stitution. They are loathe to believe coming. He was asked more questions vided us. Had he chosen such a person, that those rights could, with one nomi- and grilled and grilled, and he an- the President could have taken the lec- nee, evaporate into thin air. Who can swered them with skill, fairness, and tern this evening and rightfully believe it? Who wants to believe it? reasonableness. He was unflappable in claimed the mantle of leadership in the Even though no nominee since Robert his testimony and so judicious in his United States of America. Instead, this Bork has such a clear record of being approach to every question. It was a is not a day of triumph for anybody ex- opposed to so many things the Amer- tour de force, a real model of how a cept the conservative minority who ican people hold dear, the public judge should perform. I could not be

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They I think there are three places where Har- words ‘‘In God We Trust’’ above the came back with a unanimous conclu- riet Miers yet hasn’t sort of met the burden door in this Chamber. We had a chap- sion that Judge Alito was entitled to of proof. The first is qualifications, the sec- lain open this Senate with prayer. Are the highest possible rating. The Amer- ond is independence, and the third, most im- we going to have the Supreme Court ican Bar Association, after a most in- portantly, we have to know her judicial phi- come in and strike those things down? tensive review, has given him the high- losophy. People are very confused about those est possible rating. Would they have So Senator SCHUMER, who is now ask- issues today. We have people who want done that if they thought he was an ex- ing that we have Harriet Miers, was to get rid of religion from the public tremist? Would they have done that if raising serious questions about her a square. They know they cannot achieve they thought some of these cases we few weeks ago. this by votes, so they want a judge to have heard about were wrongly decided She withdrew. She withdrew because do these things. They are not happy or extreme in any way? No, they would she was sitting at the right hand of the with the U.S. Constitution. They want not. So did his colleagues on the bench. President during so many of these mat- a judge to quote foreign law to reinter- One of the most extraordinary panels ters involving the war on terrorism. pret the words in our statutes and in of witnesses I have ever seen involved The other side had already made clear our Constitution. That is not what the judges who served with him on the they were going to demand her per- rule of law in America is about. Third Circuit, not a rightwing circuit. sonal conversations, her personal docu- We have had a lot of extreme cases The Third Circuit, if anything, is con- ments, her communications with the redefining the meaning of marriage. sidered a moderate to liberal circuit. It President, which are legal documents States have defined marriage since the is in the Northwest, and Philadelphia protected by client-attorney privilege. founding of the Republic. Now all of a is the seat of the Third Circuit. New She realized it was going to be a mat- sudden we have lifetime-appointed, Jersey is also in that circuit. Judge ter that would probably not be accept- unelected judges discussing, and some Alito served on that bench for 15 years. able to the Members of the Senate. It court finding, that the legislature’s People have suggested that somehow would be an uncomfortable process for definition of marriage—people who are he is a tool of President Bush. He had her, and she withdrew. responsible to the people, the legisla- a lifetime appointment on the Federal Mr. President, what is the remainder tive branch—is not correct. So the bench in the Third Circuit and has of the time on this side? judges are now going to reinterpret served for 15 years. He has not been a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- that definition and make it say what part of any of this terrorism stuff we pore. The Senator has 5 minutes re- they want it to say. They are going to have heard about or any of these rul- maining. take people’s private property, not for ings involving the Administration. He Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, the public use, as the Constitution says. hasn’t been a part of it at all. He comes case we have heard the most about is Now the court says we can take even to it with all his skills and intelligence Doe v. Groody. The allegation has been poor people’s homes so that someone as an honored graduate at Princeton made time and again that Judge Alito can build a private shopping center. and Yale, where he served on the Yale ordered the strip search of a 10-year-old That is not what the Constitution says. Law Review. He will bring his insight girl. I know of judges who thought it into these cases, which is exactly what I was a prosecutor for nearly 15 would be better policy if the Constitu- we want—an unbiased umpire to deal years. I read the case. I was at the Ju- tion said what they want it to, so they with the issues. diciary Committee and heard Alito tes- just made it say that. But that is not Mr. Stephen Tober and others ex- tify. I would like to share some a principled approach to the law; it is plained how one gets a unanimous ABA thoughts about that case. The reason I not the American approach to law. rating. The American Bar Association would like to talk about it is because I President Bush said we don’t need that panel repeatedly gave him high marks. would like for everyone who is hearing kind of judge. We want judges who are They said Judge Alito ‘‘has . . . estab- me talk to understand that this is a faithful and principled to the rule of lished a record of both proper judicial typical example of distortion and mis- law. They say Judge Alito is extreme. conduct and evenhanded application in representations of the actions of Judge That is not so. It is an incredibly false seeking to do what is fundamentally Alito. It is so wrong and so biased and charge. fair.’’ so unfair that it ought to embarrass What about the American Bar Asso- One of the three members of the ABA those who made the charges against ciation? Those of us on the Republican who testified was a civil rights attor- him. He clearly did the right thing, in side have been somewhat critical of ney, an African American who rep- my opinion and it has been misrepre- them over the years. The ABA is pretty resented the University of Michigan in sented. It is symbolic of what has been liberal in all of the resolutions it that famous affirmative action quota said about other cases that I don’t have passes. Sometimes it is very liberal. case. He said this about Alito. He said time to talk about at this late date. We felt that liberal persuasion infected that all the people they contacted con- In Doe v. Groody, police officers were their evaluation of judicial nominees. cluded that Judge Alito was held in investigating a drug-dealing group at a But they still evaluate nominees in a ‘‘incredibly high regard.’’ certain house. They went to the judge very careful way. The ABA witnesses said they were and presented an affidavit to search The American Bar Association re- unaware of anyone who has claimed that house and all persons on the prem- ported to our committee, after sur- that Alito intentionally did anything ises. They presented adequate probable veying 2,000 people, personally inter- wrong with regards to the Vanguard cause to believe that a drug-dealing op- viewing 300, having teams of scholars matter that has been raised repeatedly eration was going on in the house, and read all of the writings Judge Alito and I guess dropped now since we the judge agreed. ever wrote or participated in, and then haven’t heard that much about it. There was a form for a search war- they voted among themselves. They We now hear this interesting argu- rant and that said John Doe was to be talked to lawyers who litigated against ment that we needed Harriet Miers. searched. In this case, the judge di- Judge Alito when he was in practice They are now harkening back to Har- rectly incorporated an affidavit at- and judges who served with him and riet Miers nomination, claiming the tached to the warrant for purposes of litigants who appeared before him, peo- Republicans are at fault for her with- probable cause. The affidavit is where ple who have known him, judges who drawal. Not one Republican Senator I officers asserted probable cause to served with him, and 300 were inter- am aware of ever said Harriet Miers search all persons on the premises. viewed in depth. This committee of the should not be voted on or said they This was a magistrate in a State court

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Commander in Chief authority—a them to pull down their trousers and Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I yield to framework the Rehnquist Court em- lift up their shirts so that she could de- the distinguished Senator from Dela- braced as ‘‘analytically useful’’ in the tect whether there were any hidden ware. 1981 case of Dames & Moore v. Regan. drugs or weapons. They did not take off The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- First, is the instance in which ‘‘the their undergarments, nor was there pore. The Senator from Delaware. President acts pursuant to an express any intrusive touching. The female of- Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, I will vote or implied’’ authorization of Congress. ficer saw no drugs hidden on the moth- no on the nomination of Judge Alito to Second, ‘‘when the President acts in er or the girl, and that was the end of the Supreme Court for three reasons: absence of either a congressional grant that until sometime later when the po- first, his expansive view of Executive or denial of authority.’’ And third, lice officers were sued personally for power; second, his narrow view of the when the President takes ‘‘measures money damages. role of the Congress; and third, his incompatible with the expressed or im- When it came before Judge Alito, he grudging reading of antidiscrimination plied will of Congress.’’ concluded that the affidavit had been law reflecting a lack of understanding Judge Alito showed remarkably little made a part of the warrant that asked of congressional intent and the nature appreciation and understanding of this for the privilege of searching people on of discrimination in the 21st century. framework, at one point confusing the premises, which gave the police of- First, Judge Alito’s expansive view of prong two and prong three of Justice ficers at least a reasonable basis to be- Presidential power. Jackson’s framework. Judge Alito’s lieve they had the authority to do so. In November 2000, Judge Alito said record and his answers at the hearing They got a warrant. They asked for that ‘‘the unitary executive theory . . . raise great concern that both indi- this privilege. They thought, by at- best captures the meaning of the Con- vidual freedoms and the separation of taching the affidavit to the warrant stitution’s text and structure.’’ powers are in jeopardy. that they had the power to search ev- Justice Thomas in his Hamdi dissent In 1984, Judge Alito wrote that he did eryone on the premises. I don’t know lays out his views on the power of an not ‘‘question the authority that the what the right answer is legally, but I unchecked unitary executive to wage Attorney General should have absolute do agree with Judge Alito that the po- war and exercise foreign policy. immunity’’ in cases involving wiretaps. lice officer could reasonably have felt Although Judge Alito said his inter- This again signifies a willingness by that they were operating under the pretation of the unitary executive was Judge Alito to give the President and law, and should not be personally liable much narrower and that he couldn’t re- his officers dangerously expansive pow- for money damages to some dope deal- call Justice Thomas using that term, I ers. er. find Judge Alito’s explanation not at At his hearings, Judge Alito tried to American police officers need to pay all convincing. distance himself from his previous attention to this matter if this is what I understand the term ‘‘unitary exec- statement, claiming he was only doing my colleagues think is bad law. They utive’’ in the manner in which John the bidding of his clients. But at the get sued enough trying to do their Yoo—the administration’s legal archi- same time, he refused to definitively duty. tect—conceives of executive power. say that he did not personally believe One of the more fabulous panels we I asked Judge Alito whether he his previous assertion. ever had, I thought, were colleagues on agreed with Professor Yoo’s reasoning It is also useful to note that we are the bench who served with Judge Alito. that would allow the President under currently in midst of a potentially end- Judge Edward Becker has been on the his absolute power—even in the ab- less war. The war on terror is almost 5 bench for 25 years, the full time that sence of an emergency or imminent years old; and, unfortunately, shows no Judge Alito has been on that bench. threat—to invade another country, to signs of abating. Will these expansive One of the more respected appellate invade Iran tomorrow, no matter what Presidential powers become a perma- judges in America said these things Congress says. about Judge Alito. This is a man they nent fixture? What kind of powers do Judge Alito declined to answer this we want our President to have in deal- are accusing of being some radical, basic, fundamental question. some extremist. This is what Judge ing with a war that may go on for dec- Traditionally ‘‘conservative’’ Jus- ades? Should our courts have no role? Becker, who has been on the Federal tices, such as Robert Jackson, strongly bench for 25 years, said: Sam Alito ‘‘is In 1986, Alito drafted a proposal to believed in the wisdom of checks and make full use of presidential signing gentle, considerate, unfailingly polite, balances. decent, kind, patient, and generous. I statements in order to ‘‘increase the Judge Alito was asked repeatedly at power of the Executive to shape the have never once heard Sam raise his the hearing about Justice Jackson’s fa- voice, express anger or sarcasm or even law.’’ It was yet another way to in- mous concurring opinion in the 1952 crease the power of the executive at try to proselytise. He expresses his steel seizure case. During the Korean views in measured and tempered the expense of the other branches. War, President Truman attempted to Senator LEAHY asked Judge Alito at ways.’’ nationalize the steel mills in order to On integrity, Judge Becker says: the hearing, ‘‘wouldn’t it be constitu- avoid a labor work stoppage that would tional for the Congress to outlaw Judge Alito is the soul of honor. I have have had negative effects on the war ef- never seen a chink in the honor of his integ- Americans from using torture?’’ This is rity which I view as total. fort. A 6 to 3 Supreme Court ruled exactly what the Senate attempted to On intellect: against President Truman. do in voting overwhelmingly on a bi- He is brilliant, he is analytical and meticu- Justice Jackson put it this way partisan basis to support the so-called lous and careful in his comments and his about what was at stake: McCain anti-torture amendment. written word. [N]o doctrine that the Court could promul- But when this legislation was signed The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- gate would seem to me more sinister and into law by President Bush on Decem- pore. The Senator’s time has expired. alarming than that a President whose con- ber 30, 2005, he issued a ‘‘Presidential Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I conduct of foreign affairs is so largely uncon- signing statement’’ stating basically clude with these words: trolled, and often even is unknown, can vast- that no matter what me legislation ly enlarge his mastery over the internal af- says on its face, he could still order He is not doctrinaire, but rather open to fairs of the country by his own commitment differing views and will often change his of the Nation’s armed forces to some foreign torture in certain circumstances. Spe- mind in light of the views of a colleague. venture. . . . That military powers of the cifically, the statement read that the This is the man who has been nomi- Commander in Chief were not to supersede ‘‘executive branch shall construe this nated and who is entitled to confirma- representative government of internal af- [prohibition] in a manner consistent

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Does Judge Alito agree executive branch. . . .’’ for Legislative Affairs, John Bolton, with those on the intellectual right That is what is at stake with ‘‘Presi- Alito urged President Reagan to veto who are attempting to reverse a dential signing statements.’’ As my the ‘‘Truth in Mileage Act.’’ Alito healthy consensus going back to the colleague Senator LEAHY has pointed drafted these words for President days of the Great Depression that our out, President Bush has cited the uni- Reagan: government can act as a shield to pro- tary executive 103 times in these My Administration believes that the Con- tect Americans from the abuse of pow- ‘‘Presidential signing statements.’’ stitution intended to establish a limited erful interests? Judge Alito, at this hearing, re- Federal government, one that would not Michael Greve of the American En- sponded to Senator LEAHY’s question interfere with the vast array of activities terprise Institute puts it straight for- that have been in the states’ traditional con- about whether Congress could outlaw wardly: torture this way: cern. Over time, Congress has taken steps to eviscerate that constitutional scheme by I think what is really needed here is a fun- Well, Senator, I think the important legislating in numerous areas that should be damental intellectual assault on the entire points are that the President has to follow governed by State law. New Deal edifice. We want to withdraw judi- the Constitution and the laws. . . . But, as to Judge Alito continued his federalist cial support for the entire modern welfare specific issues that might come up, I really state. need to know the specifics. activism on the bench. As a judge, he What is at stake if this view gains as- To me this is a dangerous nonanswer has fully embraced—and even aggressively sought to broaden—the Supreme cendancy in our Supreme Court? and one that is entirely consistent If the Court is allowed to second- with President Bush’s use of a signing Court’s federalism opinions, most cen- trally in his sole dissenting opinion in guess congressional judgment, a broad statement to override Congress’s out- range of vital Federal legislation could lawing of torture. The implications are the Rybar case. In that case, Judge Alito called fed- potentially hang in the balance. very troubling. Can we protect the air we breathe? Judge Alito’s view of the Executive is eralism ‘‘vital’’ and said that ‘‘even Can we keep arsenic out of our drink- what worries me most. He referred to today, the normative case for fed- ing water? Can we keep tobacco compa- Justice Jackson in the Steel Seizure eralism remains strong.’’ The majority nies from targeting our kids? Can we case many times. But I want to read of his colleagues in that case sharply establish minimum national standards one, short quote by Justice Jackson. criticized Judge Alito’s opinion: Justice Jackson said in 1952: While the dissent writes in the name of to provide equal opportunity and With all its defects, delays and inconven- ‘constitutional federalism’ it recognizes that human dignity for society’s most vul- iences, men have discovered no technique for even Lopez abjures such a requirement . . . nerable members—our elderly, our dis- long preserving free government except that but overlooks that making such a demand of abled, women victimized by violence? the Executive be under the law, and that the Congress or the Executive runs counter to That is all at stake. law be made by parliamentary deliberations. the deference that the judiciary owes to its Listen to the debates going on behind Such limitations may be destined to pass two coordinate branches of government, a basic tenet of the constitutional separation these constitutional issues. It’s about away. But it is the duty of the Court to the devolution of government. It is about last, not first, to give them up. of powers. Nothing in Lopez requires either Congress or the Executive to play Show and stripping—as a matter of law—the I believe they’ll be destined to pass Tell with the Federal courts at the peril of right of the Federal Government to do away with this Justice. invalidation of a Congressional statute. much of anything other than provide To allow the President—whether this At his hearings, Judge Alito did the national defense. one or any future one—to be uncon- nothing to allay concerns that he Justice Thomas has voted to strike strained in his or her powers; to be able would continue to push this activist down over 65 percent of the Federal to pick and choose which laws he or federalism agenda if confirmed to the laws that have been challenged before she wants to follow, is unacceptable. Supreme Court. For example, he re- the Supreme Court. Justice Thomas The Supreme Court was intended by fused to recognize the well-settled na- wrote in one of his opinions recently, our Founders to serve as a bulwark ture of some of the Court’s bedrock ‘‘If anything, the wrong turn was the against executive overreaching. Any Commerce Clause precedents. And as a Court’s dramatic departure in the nominee to the Court who doesn’t Supreme Court Justice, he would no 1930s.’’ What most view as a ‘‘healthy agree is a nominee who should not be longer be bound to follow these prece- consensus,’’ Judge Thomas and others confirmed. Second, Judge Alito has a very nar- dents. call ‘‘a wrong turn.’’ When asked about these issues by row view of congressional power. What is at risk if this view of the Judge Alito will very likely join with Chairman SPECTER and others, Judge Constitution ever gained full ascend- the present members of the Court who Alito provided answers that reinforced ancy? The Clean Air Act, the Safe have struck down three dozen federal my view that he has a very low regard Drinking Water Act, the Clean Water laws in less than 20 years—laws which for Congress’s power to legislate. When Act, and the Endangered Species Act, said, for example, you can’t have guns Chairman SPECTER asked Judge Alito all rely on the Congress’s commerce within 1,000 feet of an elementary whether he would ‘‘overturn [] congres- clause power. school; laws requiring a 5-day back- sional acts because of [Congress’s] The intellectual right is also deter- ground check for a handgun purchase; method of reasoning,’’ Judge Alito mined to elevate private property at laws battling violence against women; gave the following answer: the expense of protecting our safety, laws requiring the clean-up of low level I think that Congress’s ability to reason is well-being, and communities. Under nuclear waste; laws designed to ensure fully equal to that of the judiciary. their reading of the appropriate lan- freedom of religion; laws saying states On its face, that may sound like a guage in the Constitution—the takings can’t steal somebody’s ideas and inven- good answer; but it’s not. Under the ra- clause of the fifth amendment—the tions. tional basis test—a cornerstone of con- only way to keep a chemical plant out This recent level of ‘‘conservative’’ stitutional law—the Supreme Court of your neighborhood would be to com- judicial activism is more than six has greatly deferred to Congress’s judg- pensate the chemical plant to not build times the rate over the history of our ment and reasoning ability. because you are taking their property. Republic. Over the first seven decades Under the rational basis test, the Su- Our bedrock civil rights laws are also of the Court’s existence, in comparison, preme Court has historically and right- based on post-1937 constitutional inter- only two federal laws were held uncon- fully deferred to Congress’s reasoning pretations. stitutional. as to why it did what it did—after all, There also could be no Federal min- On his 1985 job application, Judge this is the branch that can hold hear- imum wage and no maximum hour Alito wrote, ‘‘I believe very strongly in ings; the branch that can call wit- laws. We wouldn’t be having a debate . . . federalism’’—the principle that nesses; and the branch that can build a about increasing the minimum wage has been used by this activist court to record . . . all things the Court can’t because there wouldn’t be one. knock down Federal law after Federal do. Judge Alito’s answer seems to ques- The consequence of this judicial phi- law. tion this bedrock principle. losophy is to shift power to the already

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We even have judges Reagan Justice Department document tions; they are where a single indi- still serving in the lower courts ap- stated: vidual—even one who’s not wealthy or pointed by Presidents Kennedy and Ei- There are few factors that are more crit- well-connected—is on the same footing senhower. From the early 1800s, in fact, ical to determining the course of the nation as a powerful corporation. the average time federal judges spend and yet are more often overlooked than the I focused on discrimination cases to on the bench has increased from 15 values and philosophies of the men and try to find out how Judge Alito rea- women who populate the third co-equal years to 24 years. By that count, a Jus- branch of the government, the federal judici- soned. What I found troubled me, as did tice Alito may still be handing down ary. how he reasoned in other cases I asked decisions in the year 2030. Obviously, every judge could impact him about, including the Family and Judge Alito, like Justice Thomas be- the course of the Nation; but most im- Medical Leave Act case. fore him, has supported the theories of portant are the nine Justices on the Judge Alito told me that he ‘‘can’t strict construction and originalism. He United States Supreme Court. know everything about the real stated: And that is why Judge Alito was se- world.’’ So, in this case, he discounted I think we should look to the text of the lected to our highest Court, a con- any gender-related connection to the Constitution and we should look to the sequence of which will be to threaten sick leave provisions, despite the fact meaning that someone would have taken Congress’s power to protect the Amer- that one in four people taking sick from the text of the Constitution at the time of its adoption. ican people. leave under the Act were women with Third, Judge Alito lacks an under- difficult pregnancies, and one of the According to originalist logic, many standing as to how prejudice plays out reasons we wrote the law was because Supreme Court decisions that are fun- in the real world and has a very re- we know about the stereotyping of damental to the fabric of our country strictive view of the antidiscrimina- women. are simply wrong. Perhaps even more tion legislation Congress has passed. Now, I don’t think Judge Alito is a importantly, how would a Justice Alito Earlier this month, I was thinking bad guy, but it is clear he has a blind deal with the big issues of the future: about my vote as I was preparing to spot; a dangerous blind spot for mil- for instance, can microscopic tags be speak before a Martin Luther King, Jr., lions of Americans who still suffer implanted in a person’s body to track event. And I reread his letter from the from discrimination and stereotypes— his every movement? Can patents be Birmingham jail. however subtle or sophisticated. issued for the creation of human life? Everybody was telling him, ‘‘We won. To my colleagues who would say it is Can brain scans be used to determine Give it up. Give it up.’’ And here is inappropriate to look at the judicial whether a person is inclined toward what he wrote, laying out a standard philosophy or substantive rulings of criminal behavior? What about the by which to measure ourselves. our nominees to the Supreme Court, I questions we can’t even conceive of Dr. King wrote: would ask the following rhetorical from this vantage point? When you are harried by day and haunted question. Can you imagine on that hot, Twenty or 30 years into the future, by night by the fact you are Negro, living steamy Philadelphia summer in 1787, what would a Justice Alito be saying constantly at tiptoe stance, never quite with the Founders sitting on the sec- about important issues of the day? knowing what to expect next, and are ond floor so no one could hear what That is what makes today’s vote so plagued with inner fears and outer they were doing; can you imagine them momentous. resentments; when you [are] forever fighting a degenerating sense of ‘nobodiness,’ then saying, by the way, we are going to And when I look at all the evidence you will understand why we find it difficult have three coequal branches of govern- before us—Judge Alito’s writings, his to wait. ment. Two of them will be scrutinized statements, his judicial records, his We shouldn’t wait. We should own up by the American people, and the pre- opinions, and the little we learned to the fact that prejudice is still sumption will be that they are not en- about him in these hearings—I am around and has evolved. It’s not the titled to the office unless a majority of forced to conclude that he should not prejudice of the ’60s when they would the people conclude they should hold serve on the Supreme Court. That is say, ‘‘we don’t want any blacks here,’’ the office. But as for the third branch, why I am voting no. or more descriptive terms. all we want to know is are they honor- I yield the floor and thank my col- Now it’s more subtle. They say, able, decent, and straightforward? league. ‘‘we’re not sure you’d fit in.’’ New It is also useful to point out that it is Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise words, for old sins. right to subject nominees to the Su- today after a thorough examination of All public officials, including judges, preme Court to more exacting stand- the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito, must understand prejudice still lurks ards than nominees to the lower Jr., to the Supreme Court. After that in the shadows. Judge Alito’s record courts, for as the highest court in the thorough examination, I cannot sup- demonstrates that he does not look land, the Supreme Court dictates the port the nomination of Judge Alito to into the shadows. judicial precedents that all lower the Supreme Court. I fear that a Jus- There is no question Judge Alito has courts are bound to respect. tice Alito will narrow our rights, limit ruled a number of times for the little As a result, there are hundreds of our freedoms, and overturn decades of guy, women, and minorities, but it’s lower court nominees I would neither progress. To confirm Judge Alito to the mostly in cases where the outcome was have personally nominated nor would Supreme Court would be to gamble clear. When it was a close call, time have voted for confirmation to the Su- with our liberties, a bet I fear the Con- and again Judge Alito ended up almost preme Court, but whom I did support stitution—and the American people— inevitably on the other side, many for lower courts. would lose. times dissenting from every one of his But the Supreme Court is different. Generations of Americans have colleagues looking at the case. Because the Supreme Court is not looked to the Supreme Court as more Judge Alito disagreed with all 10 of bound by precedent in the way lower than a simple legal tribunal asked to his colleagues and would have over- courts are—a point Judge Alito agreed decide cases and controversies. Rather, turned the jury in Barbara Sheridan’s to at his hearing—the judicial philos- we expect the Supreme Court to guard case, stating that an employer ‘‘may ophy of Supreme Court nominees is not our liberties, protect our rights, and— not wish to disclose his real reasons’’ only fair game; it is crucial. This is the where appropriate—expand our free- for making personnel decisions. reason I have voted against a much doms. In another solo dissent, he would higher percentage of Supreme Court This process of bringing life to the have deferred to a corporation’s ‘‘sub- nominees than lower court nominees promises of the Constitution has never

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Every step toward the 1985 job application, he expressed a he had not thought about it as a judge goal of justice requires . . . the tireless legal view that there was no such right and did not have an opinion. exertions and passionate concern of and worked hard to craft a legal strat- In each of the six Supreme Court dedicated individuals.’’ Throughout egy that would chip away at—and ulti- nominations that I have voted on, I American history, those ‘‘dedicated in- mately—eliminate that right from the have used the same test of judicial ex- dividuals’’ have fought on many battle- Constitution. cellence. Justices Souter, Breyer, Gins- grounds—from the steps of the White When asked about this, Judge Alito burg, and Roberts passed that test. House and Congress, to the dangerous has said—in essence—that was then Judge Alito does not. back roads traveled by the Freedom and this is now. Yet even years after Judge Alito’s record as a profes- Riders. And somehow the fight always his work for the Reagan administra- sional—both as a Justice Department leads to the Supreme Court—it is there tion, his narrow views on privacy official and as a judge—reflects some- that these brave individuals have found echoed throughout his opinion in thing more than a neutral judicial phi- refuge and, through their victories, Planned Parenthood v. Casey. He would losophy. Instead, it suggests a judge changed America for the better. have placed more restrictions on a who has strong views on a variety of Many of these victories are now iden- woman’s freedom than other conserv- issues, and uses the law to impose tified with individuals through famil- ative judges—including the woman he those views. iar case names: Brown v. Board of Edu- seeks to replace on the Supreme Court. Judge Alito has the right to see, cation, Gideon v. Wainwright, Baker v. Even today, Judge Alito is unwilling read, and interpret the Constitution Carr and Miranda v. Arizona. Judge to declare that Roe v. Wade is ‘‘settled narrowly. And we have the obligation Alito has stated his allegiance to the law’’—a pronouncement that Chief Jus- to decide whether his views have a principles of these cases—and we are tice Roberts made with ease. Judge place on the Supreme Court. I have de- grateful for that. But we would expect Alito affirmed that one person/one- cided they do not, and so I will oppose any nominee to any court in this land vote, integrated schools, and some pri- Judge Alito’s nomination today. to agree that schools should not be seg- vacy rights were settled, but not a f regated and votes should count equal- woman’s right to choose. NOMINATION OF JUDGE SAMUEL ly. That is a starting point. But we In addition, Judge Alito’s decisions ALITO TO THE U.S. SUPREME must dig much deeper to discover call into question our right to be free COURT whether Judge Alito should serve as an of police intrusion and government Associate Justice on the Supreme power. For example, Judge Alito, in Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I rise Court of the United States. disagreement with his colleagues in the today in opposition to the confirma- We must ask ourselves: how will Reagan Justice Department, argued tion of Judge Samuel Alito as an Asso- Judge Alito view the next ‘‘dedicated that the police acted reasonably in ciate Justice of the United States. In individuals’’ who come before him shooting—and killing—a fleeing, un- the months since President George W. seeking justice? What of the next armed, teenage suspect. In many opin- Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito as Brown? The next Gideon? We do not ions as a judge, he deferred reflexively an Associate Justice on the U.S. Su- consider Judge Alito for a seat on the to the police in cases involving the in- preme Court, I have carefully consid- bench in 1954 or 1965 but, rather, in terpretation of search warrants—in- ered his record. I evaluated his long 2006, and possibly 2036. Given his nar- cluding one permitting the strip search history of government service and his row judicial philosophy—on display of a 10-year-old-girl. work on the U.S. Court of Appeals for throughout his legal career—Judge At a time in our history when the the Third Circuit, and I have closely Alito is unlikely to side with the next balance between our security and our followed his confirmation hearings. ‘‘dedicated individual.’’ civil liberties requires the active in- When I review all the evidence before This narrow judicial philosophy is volvement of the courts, Judge Alito’s me, I do not believe Judge Alito will be clear, for example, in his views on civil deference to Presidential power con- able to fairly apply the principles em- rights. In his now famous 1985 job ap- cerns us. He promoted the radical idea bodied in the U.S. Constitution. Our plication, he took issue with the War- of a ‘‘unitary executive’’—the concept Constitution sets forth important civil ren Court decisions that established that the President is greater than, not rights and privacy protections that are one-person/one-vote, Miranda rights, equal to, the other branches of Govern- fundamental to our way of life today. and protections for religious minori- ment. Judges are meant to protect us In recent years, these freedoms have ties. These statements leave the clear from unlawful surveillance and deten- been precariously protected by a deli- impression that his antagonism toward tion—not simply abide the President’s cate balance on the Supreme Court, these decisions—decisions that helped wishes. with Justice O’Connor frequently tip- religious and racial minorities receive Although it is the most important ping the scales in favor of the civil protection from majority abuses—mo- standard, judicial philosophy is not the rights and privacy protections that so tivated Judge Alito’s pursuit of the only measure of a nominee. We had many Americans depend upon. I am law. hoped that Judge Alito would have disheartened by the reality that so While Judge Alito claimed that he been able to satisfy the concerns we many of these freedoms will likely be was merely describing his opinions as a had with his record at his hearing. In- eroded when Judge Alito joins the young man, his judicial opinions sug- stead, he chose to avoid answering Court. gest a more well-formed philosophy of many of our questions. His inability or Judge Alito’s approach to the law is limited rights and restricted civil lib- unwillingness to answer those ques- not merely conservative, it is extreme. erties. tions in even the most general manner Judge Alito’s opinions in race and gen- He was in the extreme minority of did a disservice to the country and to der employment discrimination cases judges around the country when he his nomination. have crafted a restrictive interpreta- found that Congress has no ability to For example, when questioned on his tion of civil rights laws that would regulate machine guns. His efforts to support for Judge Bork—calling him make it much more difficult for women strike down portions of the Family and ‘‘one of the most outstanding nominees and minorities to prevail or even re- Medical Leave Act were rejected by of the century’’—Judge Alito answered ceive a jury trial. I am also troubled by then-Chief Justice Rehnquist. He that he was just supporting the admin- Judge Alito’s statement in his infa- raised the bar to unreachable heights istration’s nominee. mous 1985 job application that he was repeatedly in employment discrimina- When questioned about his member- ‘‘particularly proud’’ of his work in the tion cases, to the point where the ma- ship in the Concerned Alumni of Reagan administration, where he coun- jority of his court concluded that he Princeton, he said he could not remem- seled the administration to restrict af- was attempting to ‘‘eviscerate’’ the ber this group—despite citing it with firmative action and limit remedies for laws entirely. pride in a job application. racial discrimination.

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However, deed, I question whether he would show To be sure, there is nothing wrong Judge Alito supports the ‘‘unitary ex- due respect for the authority of Con- with an aggressive executive, espe- ecutive’’ theory, an expansive view of gress or apply a necessary check to the cially at times of great peril. An ag- Presidential powers that he and his reach of the executive. gressive executive, however, also re- colleagues set forth while working in Serving as that check has long been quires a strong and functional Con- the Office of Legal Counsel of the one of the Court’s most solemn obliga- gress, the responsive voice of the peo- Reagan Justice Department. Since tions. Today, that role is more impor- ple. I have questions, however, if Judge joining the Third Circuit, Judge Alito tant than ever. We have seen evidence Alito’s rulings will narrowly define the made it clear that he still holds the of a National Security Agency’s eaves- law and therefore threaten the author- premise of the ‘‘unitary executive’’ dropping program operating in ques- ity and ability of Congress to govern theory to be true, and this approach tion of a legal framework and without effectively and affirmatively. concerns me, especially in this polit- due oversight. We are seeing literally, Writing in Chittister v. Department ical climate. This approach also under- in wartime, a President reach without of Community & Economic Develop- mines Congress’s authority to protect probable cause or warrant at the ex- ment, Judge Alito wrote that parts of the public. Judge Alito has ruled that pense of individual rights and the most the Family and Medical Leave Act, Congress did not have the authority to basic protections of the Constitution. FMLA, which allow employees to leave pass the Family Medical Leave Act or Yet it is a question whether Judge when they or family members are seri- to enact a Federal ban on the posses- Alito would adequately control that ously ill, were not applicable against sion or transfer of machine guns. In reach. the States. When passing the legisla- both cases, the Supreme Court dis- Judge Alito has a record of concern tion Congress had identified the impor- when it comes to placing and consoli- agreed with Judge Alito’s conclusions tance of both men and women in caring dating the rights of the government and upheld these protections, dem- for young children and family members over the rights of the individual. Con- onstrating that Judge Alito’s opinions with serious health conditions. are not in the mainstream. sider, for example, how Judge Alito Congress also pointed to the burden I take my responsibility to provide would give virtually unfettered author- that family caretaking imposes on advice and consent seriously. I cannot ity to the police to trample on the women. But Judge Alito denied those support Judge Alito’s nomination. Un- clear privacy protections given to findings. He saw no ‘‘existence, much fortunately, Judge Alito is expected to every American as demonstrated in his less the prevalence, in public employ- be confirmed as Justice Sandra Day 2004 dissent in Doe v. Groody. In this ment of personal sick leave practices O’Connor’s replacement. This means he case he would have upheld the strip that amounted to intentional gender will be in the position to affect a num- search of a 10-year-old girl and her discrimination in violation of the ber of critical issues in the coming mother, despite the fact that they were Equal Protection Clause.’’ years. Important questions on privacy, not suspected of any crime nor named This view essentially deflated the environment, Presidential power, in any search warrant. Congress’s ability to defend civil and women’s reproductive rights will When asked at his hearing about this rights. He wrote: ‘‘Even if there were all come before the Court to be re- case, and his minority opinion, Judge relevant findings or evidence, the solved. With Judge Alito sitting on the Alito repeatedly sought to portray it FMLA provisions at issue here would Supreme Court, I am very concerned as ‘‘a rather technical issue,’’ a ques- not be congruent or proportional. Un- about the direction the Court will take tion of whether the police affidavit like the Equal Protection Clause, our great Nation. Although during his should be incorporated into the war- hearings Judge Alito promised that he rant itself, and suggested that the po- which the FMLA is said to enforce, the would not legislate from the bench, his lice were operating under time pres- FMLA does much more than require record indicates otherwise. For the sure. nondiscriminatory sick leave practices; sake of our country, I am hopeful that These claims are inconsistent with it creates a substantive entitlement to Judge Alito will take seriously his the facts, as made clear by Judge leave. This is ‘disproportionate to any commitments to uphold the principles Alito’s colleague, then-Judge Michael unconstitutional conduct that conceiv- of our Constitution. Chertoff, now Secretary of Homeland ably could be targeted by the Act.’’’ Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President I rise Security. According to Judge Chertoff, The Supreme Court later rejected to discuss the nomination of Judge the approach advocated by Alito in Alito’s position on the FMLA. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to the Supreme Groody ‘‘might indeed transform the Ultimately, the Commerce clause is Court to the United States. judicial officer into little more than about understanding Congress’s power After closely and carefully studying the cliche ‘rubber stamp.’’’ The Amer- to protect our families and its ability his record and recent testimony before ican people deserve a Supreme Court to respond to threats that immediately the Judiciary Committee, I have de- Justice who understands how impor- affect those families. In February, for cided to vote against Judge Alito’s con- tant privacy rights are to all Ameri- example, the Court is scheduled to hear firmation to the Supreme Court of cans, even the most vulnerable. They arguments on the scope of the com- United States. deserve more than just a rubber stamp. merce clause in two critical cases that Of course, it is vital that any lifetime History shows that our courts have could restrict the geographic jurisdic- appointee to the highest court in the often stood up to Presidential over- tion of the Clean Water Act to one per- Nation possess the breadth of experi- reaching during wartime: protecting cent of its current coverage. ence and character necessary to review the right of habeas corpus during the In my State, we know how fragile our the most significant, complex, and far- Civil War; forbidding the president precious natural resources can be. The reaching legal questions of our time. from authorizing domestic warrantless Pacific Northwest is blessed with in- But that is not enough. I see dis- wiretaps during the Cold War; and in credible beauty. But habitat loss and appointing and clear evidence in Judge the War on Terror by an 8-to-1 margin, other pressures threaten some of my Alito’s long record, rulings, and state- the Supreme Court held that the Presi- State’s most iconic species, salmon ments of dangerously skewing the bal- dent cannot indefinitely detain Amer- that spawn our great rivers and birds ance and relationship between our ican citizens without allowing them to that depend on old growth forests. branches of Government. I do not ex- challenge their detentions before a We also know that how we treat pect any nominee to the Supreme neutral decisionmaker, another power those resources and that wildlife Court to predict and promise with cer- this administration had claimed. speaks to our priorities as a people and tainty how he or she will rule in any Worse still, in areas where precedent a nation. How do we value our commu- and all future cases. is sparse or dated—such as the war on nities and ensure their safety? How do

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Wade ‘‘settled law’’ but Judge nominee to prejudge future cases, I do given to the President under article 2 Alito refused to make a similar state- expect all nominees to make their posi- are sufficient, even taking away con- ment. tions clear on protecting the most gressional authorization, the area The last point I would like to make basic rights of individuals and the fun- where the President is asserting a concerning constitutional law is on the damental structure and foundations of power to do something in the face of commerce clause. As you know the our democracy. In the end, I cannot be explicit congressional determination to Constitution creates a Government of sure that Judge Alito would do either. the contrary’’. limited power—Congress can only As I mentioned earlier, I believe that The only power in article 2 that enact legislation in areas that are spe- Judge Alito has a record of concern Judge Alito could be referring to would cifically set out under the Constitu- when it comes to placing and consoli- be: tion. Congress is expressly prohibited dating the rights of the government The President shall be Commander in Chief from enacting legislation in other over the rights of the individual, and of the Army and Navy of the United areas, leaving this authority to the he has not provided the answers to ade- States.... States per the tenth amendment: quately reassure the people of our Na- Judge Alito was also asked ‘‘. . . is it The powers not delegated to the United tion. I must conclude that he would possible under your construct that an States by the Constitution . . . are reserved neither show due respect for the au- inherent Constitutional power of the to the States respectively, or to the people. thority of Congress nor apply a nec- President could, under some analysis Every law enacted by Congress must essary check to the reach of the execu- or some case, override what people be- be based on one of the powers enumer- tive. With great respect for the institu- lieve to be a Constitutional criminal ated in the Constitution. The Framers tion, I cannot vote to confirm Judge statue?’’ Judge Alito responded that of the Constitution gave Congress Alito to the Supreme Court of the this was possible, noting a ‘‘possibility broad power to regulate immigration, United States. that that might be justified’’. national security and economic activ- Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, Presi- How far do we want Commander in ity between the states, and left most dent Bush has nominated Judge Sam- Chief stretched? As Justice O’Connor other power with the States. However, section VIII of article 1 uel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day wrote in a recent case, ‘‘a state of war states that ‘‘the Congress shall have O’Connor on the Supreme Court. Jus- is not a blank check for the President the power to regulate Commerce . . . tice O’Connor has had a remarkable ca- when it comes to the rights of the Na- among the several states’’. This is the reer of public service. Her strong and tion’s citizens’’. commerce clause and it is the most moderate voice on the Supreme Court On the issue of Roe v. Wade as with powerful provision in the Constitution will be missed. I was lucky to get to so- other issues, I am less interested in providing Congress the authority to cialize with her and her husband what Judge Alito wrote or said as a enact legislation in a host of areas—in- through mutual acquaintances and rec- lawyer for his client the Reagan Ad- cluding environmental protection. A ommend her book about growing up on ministration, than how he has ruled as key Supreme Court case regarding the a ranch in arid Arizona—The Lazy B. a judge and how he testified at his commerce clause was in 1942 when the She is an exceptional person. nomination hearing. As an appellate Supreme Court upheld legislation that As is the custom, Judge Alito sought court judge, Judge Alito was the lone allowed USDA to set quotas on local a meeting with any Senator so inter- dissenter on Planned Parenthood v. wheat growing. The Court noted that ested. For our meeting, I suggested the Casey, a court case reviewing the while crops regulated may never actu- Capitol steps and he agreed since it was Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act. ally enter into interstate commerce, a warm sunny day. I thought it was ap- The Supreme Court wrote on this such local activity, coupled with simi- propriate to be visually connected to landmark affirmation of Roe v. Wade: lar activity in other States as an ag- two of the three branches of govern- These matters, involving the most inti- gregate has a direct impact on inter- ment as we talked about constitutional mate and personal choices a person may state commerce. Since then using the issues. If confirmed, the decisions he make in a lifetime, choices central to per- ‘‘aggregate effects test’’ or ‘‘substan- will make on the Supreme Court will sonal dignity and autonomy, are central to the liberty protected by the Fourteenth tial effects test’’ Congress has passed affect the lives of Americans pro- Amendment. At the heart of liberty is the broad ranging environmental legisla- foundly. right to define one’s own concept of exist- tion such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Judge Alito has outstanding legal ence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the Water Act and the Endangered Species credentials and an inspiring life story. mystery of human life. Beliefs about these Act, all of which were signed into law However, I am greatly concerned about matters could not define the attributes of by Republican President Nixon. his philosophy on some important con- personhood were they formed under compul- sion of the state. While I agree there should be constitutional issues. In particular, I care- stitutional limits on legislative power, The five majority Justices, who fully examined his record on executive Judge Alito seems to have agreed with wrote that, were all Republican ap- power, women’s reproductive freedoms Justice Thomas who wrote: and the commerce clause of article 1, pointees: two Reagan appointees, one I believe we must further reconsider our section VIII of the Constitution. each of Bush ‘‘41’’, Ford and Nixon. substantial effects test with an eye toward On executive power, it is likely that An important standard of law is the constructing a stand that reflects the text cases dealing with the fourth amend- concept of stare decisis—it stands de- and history of the Commerce Clause. ment will be heard by the Supreme cided. At the hearing Chairman SPEC- Indeed in a dissent to a gun case Court. The fourth amendment reads: TER asked Judge Alito to discuss his heard before his court Judge Alito The right of the people to be secure in view of stare decisis. He responded: wrote: their persons, houses, papers, and effects, It’s not an inexorable command, but it is a In sum, we are left with no appreciable em- against unreasonable searches and seizures, general presumption that courts are going to pirical support for the proposition that the shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall follow prior precedents’’. In the Supreme purely intrastate possessions of machine issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Court dissent on Casey, the justices who ar- guns, by facilitating the commission of cer- Oath or affirmation, and particularly de- guably wanted to overturn Roe v. Wade tain crimes, has a substantial effect on inter- scribing the place to be searched, and the wrote ‘‘stare decisis is not . . . a universal state commerce, and without such support I persons or things to be seized. inexorable command. do not see how the statutory provision at To me this language is very clear Not only did Judge Alito rule in issue here can be sustained. that a warrant is required for a search. favor of the Pennsylvania Abortion What is noteworthy in this dissent is That premise is now being questioned Control Act as a lower court judge, he that Judge Alito was alone with all regarding warrantless wiretaps. used the same language as the high members of his appeals court ruling At the Judiciary Committee hear- court dissenters at his Supreme Court the other way. ings, Judge Alito was asked a question nomination hearing. Stare decisis is If ‘‘the aggregate or substantial ef- on executive powers and warrantless not an inexorable command. fects tests’’ are overruled as Justice

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Again, politics ture constitutional interpretations. We protection of wetlands, which are cur- prevailed. can give advice and consent to a Su- rently protected under the Clean Water Judge Alito’s nomination was the preme Court nomination without this Act. Environmentalists argue that President’s third choice for this seat information or these insights, as this these wetlands are critical to the and, in many ways, a gesture to the or- Senate is about to do. But without this health of our nation’s water supply and ganized interest groups of the Presi- information and these insights, we can- wildlife habitat. dent’s party who had derailed Ms. not give informed advice or informed Industry groups argue that the Army Miers’ nomination. Unfortunately, it consent. Corps of Engineers has no authority was a nomination of, by, and for poli- It was never intended that the Sen- under the Clean Water Act to regulate tics. ate be a rubberstamp, approving every- ‘‘isolated wetlands’’ that have no con- This highly charged political process one the President nominated simply nection with ‘‘navigable waters.’’ This spilled over into the confirmation because he sent them to us. The Fram- would be a major setback to the Clean hearings before the Judiciary Com- ers expected Senators to bring wisdom Water Act. mittee. To secure confirmation, Judge and understanding to the task, not to The critical issue is whether under Alito said as little as possible. The simply check off boxes on an applica- the commerce clause, Congress has the strategy was clear: hide, don’t explain tion form. authority to regulate non-navigable or embrace, your judicial philosophy. Judge Alito’s record gives me cause bodies of water within a single State. The Supreme Court nomination and for concern. And his testimony during Based on the writing of Judge Alito, he confirmation process has become a the confirmation hearings unfortu- would appear to side with the faction game of hide-the-ball. It is a process nately did very little to lessen that what would greatly limit the ability of that does not help to inform Senate de- concern. His opinions and dissents on Congress to protect such ‘‘intrastate’’ liberations, and it sadly leaves the the bench leave open very serious ques- issues. American people uninformed about tions as to how he views fundamental These constitutional issues, the who will be sitting on this highest of civil rights for all Americans and how scope of executive power, women’s re- American courts until it may be too he views protecting the individual productive freedoms and the commerce late. rights of average citizens, especially clause are likely to be heard by the Su- The chairman and ranking member when they are threatened by powerful preme Court in the coming months. I of the Judiciary Committee are not to forces, including the government itself. care deeply about these issues. blame for what has happened to the Judge Alito’s nonanswers to so many Believe me, having been an executive confirmation process. I also thank questions presented to him at the con- in government, I want to support Judge Alito for his willingness to ap- firmation hearing added to those trou- President Bush’s choice to the Su- pear before the committee for as long bling concerns. preme Court. The President did win the as he did. But the entire process is I have voted for conservative judges election. He has made his promises and clearly not what the Framers of our nominated by Republican Presidents I have made mine. Constitution intended. No one in Amer- many times. John Roberts was the I am a pro-choice, pro-environment, ica should be afraid to speak his or her most recent. But I must oppose this pro-Bill of Rights Republican and I will mind openly and honestly. The Amer- nomination. I want my vote against be voting against this nomination. ican people are poorly served by a proc- confirmation to send a signal to all Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, con- ess that places tactical politics above who care that the Supreme Court nom- firmation of a Supreme Court Justice guiding principle. ination process has become far too po- is one of the most important duties the If confirmed, Judge Alito will replace litical and far too removed from the Senate performs under the Constitu- one of the most important justices on original purposes set forth by the tion. We should consider the nomina- the Court today, Sandra Day O’Connor. Framers of the Constitution. tion of Judge Alito carefully and con- Justice O’Connor is a conservative, ap- It is time for all of us, Republicans duct our debate on this nominee with pointed by a conservative President. and Democrats of every possible philo- dignity and respect. Over time, she became a consensus sophical persuasion, to stand up The Supreme Court is the final arbi- builder on the Court who took great against a process that so poorly serves ter of whether the laws of our land con- pains to strike a careful balance in her the people of the States we represent in form to the Constitution. Once con- opinions, never forgetting that the this great body. firmed to the Court, Justices serve for Court’s decisions have real con- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- life, beholden only to the Constitution sequences for real people. She was pore. The Senator from Vermont is rec- and the rule of law. It is an awesome open-minded and independent. Her in- ognized. responsibility; and for such an impor- fluence on the Court was tremendous Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, on this tant event, we must have a confirma- and her reasoning always carried great rainy morning in our Nation’s Capital, tion process fitting of that responsi- weight. She did not prejudge cases and we just learned the sad news of the bility. Too often in recent years, we applied the law to the facts in a fair passing of Coretta Scott King. We are have not. manner. reminded again of the crucial role our Though the judicial branch of our Justice O’Connor, who was appointed courts played in making real the prom- government is supposed to be inde- by President Reagan, was a swing vote ises of our national charter, the Con- pendent of politics, the nomination and on a number of important decisions. stitution. It was the courts to whom confirmation process has become far Whether you or I agree with her indi- Dr. Martin Luther King spoke, and too political to the point that it no vidual opinions or not, I think she they responded. longer serves the Nation’s interests, re- acted responsibly: someone committed The Nation mourns the loss of an- gardless of partisan or philosophical to equal justice under the law, who ap- other civil rights leader and is re- differences. plied the law to the facts as presented minded again of the vital role our Judge Alito, whom I have met and to her and did not ‘‘overreach’’ from courts play as the place where ordinary found to be an honorable, intelligent the bench. She showed proper respect Americans can turn for justice when man, was placed in the unfortunate po- for the legislative branch and was care- justice is denied them. Coretta Scott sition of having been selected as a re- ful not to cater to Executive authority. King and her late husband, Dr. Martin sult of this process. As my colleagues While Samuel Alito has solid quali- Luther King, Jr., put their lives on the know, he was not the President’s first fications to become a Supreme Court line to bring those promises to untold choice to fill Justice Sandra Day Justice, it is our duty to look deeper. millions of Americans. Let us never

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I remind him of his Court, with nominees selected to en- raises: whether the Senate is going to biggest campaign promise to be a shrine Presidential claims of Govern- serve its constitutional role as a check uniter and not a divider. He could have ment power. The checks and balances on the President by preserving the Su- nominated so many people who would that should be provided by the courts, preme Court as a constitutional check have united this country, would have Congress, and the Constitution are too on the expansion of Presidential power. gotten 90 to 100 votes in the Senate. important to be sacrificed to a narrow, This nomination now before us is an Republicans and Democrats would have partisan agenda. A Democratic-con- unacceptable threat to the funda- felt united, and the country would have trolled Senate stood up to Democratic mental rights and liberties for all felt united. But instead of uniting the President Franklin Roosevelt when he Americans now and for generations to country through his third choice—and proposed a Court-packing scheme. The come. This President is in the midst of this was his third choice—to succeed Senate acted as the Senate should and a radical realignment of the powers of Justice O’Connor, the President has so rarely does today, to say ‘‘no’’ to a the Government and its intrusiveness chosen to reward a faction of his party President. I will not lend my support into the private lives of Americans. at the risk of dividing the country. to an effort by this President to under- I am concerned that if confirmed, Those so critical of his choice of Har- mine our constitutional checks and this nominee is going to further erode riet Miers were the very people who balances or to move the Supreme Court rushed to endorse the nomination of the checks and balances that have pro- radically to the right. tected our constitutional rights for Judge Alito. Unlike what has been said The Supreme Court belongs to all more than 200 years. This is a crucial on this floor, the criticism of his choice Americans, not just the person occu- nomination, one that can tip the bal- of Harriet Miers came from the Repub- pying the White House, not just to a ance of the Supreme Court radically lican Party. But instead of rewarding narrow faction of a political party. The away from constitutional checks and his most virulent supporters, the Presi- President continues to choose con- balances and from the protection of dent should have rewarded the Amer- frontation over consensus and to be a Americans’ fundamental rights. ican people for the unifying choice that divider rather than the uniter he prom- would have broad support. The vote that the Senate is about to ised Americans he would be. Rather Think how much better America take has real consequences, not just for than sending us a nominee for all could have done. America can do better the 100 of us in this body but for 295 Americans, the President chose a divi- million Americans. We stand in their if we have consultation—here we didn’t have it—to select one of the many con- sive nominee who raises grave concerns shoes. We stand in the shoes of genera- about whether he would be a check on tions to come. The vote will determine sensus conservative Republican candidates who could have overwhelm- Presidential power and whether he un- whether Samuel Alito, Jr., replaces derstands the role of the courts in pro- Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the ingly been approved by the Senate. Judge Alito was asked at the hearing tecting fundamental rights. Supreme Court of the United States. A The Supreme Court is the ultimate vote for this nomination is a vote how he got to this nomination. I think we understand the real answer to that check and balance in our system. Inde- against constitutional checks and bal- question. It has little to do with Judge pendence of the courts and its members ances. A vote for this nomination is a Alito’s family story and a great deal to is crucial to our democracy and way of vote against maintaining the funda- do with the pressures that forced the life. The Senate should never be al- mental rights and liberties of ordinary President to withdraw the nomination lowed to become a rubber stamp, and Americans. neither should the Supreme Court. Republican Senators have pretended of Harriet Miers and this President’s efforts to avoid any check on his ex- As the Senate prepares to vote on that judicial philosophy and personal this nomination, we should be mindful views do not matter because judges pansive claims of additional powers. This is a President who has been con- of Justice O’Connor’s critical role on simply apply the rule of law, as if it ducting secret and warrantless eaves- the Supreme Court. Her legacy is one were some mechanical calculation. dropping on Americans for more than 4 of fairness I want to see preserved. Jus- Personal views and judicial philosophy years. This President has made the tice O’Connor has been a guardian of often come into play on close and con- most expansive claims of powers since the protections of the Constitution troversial cases. We all know this to be America’s patriots fought the War for provides the American people. Of fun- true. Why else did Republican sup- Independence to rid themselves of the damental importance, she has come to porters force President Bush to with- overbearing power of King George III. provide balance and a check on Govern- draw his previous nominee for this va- He has done so to justify illegal spying ment intrusion into our personal pri- cancy, Harriet Miers, before she even on Americans without the essential vacy and freedoms. In the Hamdi deci- had a hearing? It mattered to them check of judicial oversight to justify sion she rejected the President’s claim when the nominee was Harriet Miers. actions that violate our values and he could indefinitely detain a U.S. cit- And it matters now. The only dif- laws against torture and protecting izen. She said not even the President is ference is that those who hounded Har- human rights, and in order to detain above the law. She upheld the funda- riet Miers to withdraw are confident U.S. citizens and others on his say-so— mental principle of judicial review. She that Judge Alito will pass their litmus just on his say-so—without any judi- wrote that even war ‘‘is not a blank tests. Harriet Miers failed their litmus cial review or due process. This is a check for the President when it comes tests because, despite all the backroom time in our history when the protec- to the rights of the Nation’s citizens.’’ whispers and public winks and nods, tions of Americans’ liberties are at The American people deserve a Su- her conservative opponents were not risk, as are the checks and balances preme Court Justice who inspires con- confident that she would rule the way that have served to constrain abuses of fidence that he or she will not be be- they wanted. Those from among the power for more than 200 years. holden to the President, but will be im- President’s supporters who castigated The President wanted a reliable Jus- mune to pressures from the Govern- Ms. Miers wanted certain results. The tice who would uphold his assertions of ment or from partisan interests. The President allowed his choice to be ve- power, his most extreme supporters stakes for the American people could toed by an extreme faction within his want someone who will revisit the con- not be higher. The appointment of the party, before hearings or a vote. As stitutional protection of privacy next Supreme Court Justice must be Chairman SPECTER has said, they ran rights, and his business supporters made in the people’s interest and in the her out of town on a rail. Like the wanted somebody favorable to powerful Nation’s interest, not partisan interest more than 60 moderate and qualified special interests. or the President’s interest. judicial nominees of President Clinton A Supreme Court nomination should It is as the elected representatives of on whom Republicans would neither not be conducted through a series of the American people, all the people,

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It guarantees their rights do by way of legislation, and its au- to precedent and his own personal from the heavy hand of Government in- thority and power is magnified because views would not dominate his thinking trusion and their individual liberties to so many of the decisions of the Court as he applied the law in a constitu- freedom of speech and religion, to are on a 5-to-4 count. When we have tional setting. equal treatment, to due process and to Justice O’Connor retiring as the swing He was also questioned at length privacy. I want all Americans to know vote on so many cases, there is an even about his work in the Solicitor Gen- that the Supreme Court will protect heavier air of responsibility as we eral’s Office on the Thornburgh case. their rights. I want a Supreme Court move through the confirmation process Too much is made of what an indi- that acts in its finest tradition as a of Judge Alito. vidual does in an advocacy capacity source of justice. The Supreme Court It is our responsibility to examine representing a client. But Judge Alito must be an institution where the Bill the nominee in terms of his qualifica- was questioned at great length about or Rights and human dignity are hon- tions. Those qualifications have been the philosophical underpinnings of a ored. established by virtue of his educational woman’s right to choose. He agreed This is Judge Alito’s single moment background and his professional back- with Justice Harlan’s dissent in Poe v. in his lifetime, the only moment in his ground. We have to make a determina- Ullman about the Constitution being a lifetime, of accountability before the tion of his temperament, and I believe living document. And he agreed with we saw poise and patience under a very prospect of a lifetime on our Nation’s Cardozo in Palko v. Connecticut, that difficult confirmation process. The highest Court. But it is also an ac- constitutional interpretation rep- confirmation process has evolved and, countability moment for each of the resents the values of an evolving soci- candidly, I think Judge Alito’s was a 100 Senators in the decision we reach ety. He went about as far as he could little tougher, a little more confron- go without making a commitment in on this crucial nomination because we tational than most. That is the right of have to speak for 295 million Ameri- advance. the Senators. But he certainly had When it came to the question of Ex- cans. ample poise and ample calm and dem- I urge all Senators to consult their ecutive power, here again he described onstrated steadfastness and tempera- the philosophical underpinnings of the consciences and their best judgment ment. before casting their votes on this criti- President’s authority and he agreed The tougher inquiry is when we bear with Justice O’Connor that a state of cally important nomination. But, in in and focus on what he is going to do good conscience, based on the record, I war does not give a President a blank if confirmed? What are his jurispru- check. He outlined the considerations cannot, I will not, vote for this nomi- dential approaches? I think we have going to Justice Jackson’s concurrence nation. come too much to the point in our con- Mr. President, what is the parliamen- in the steel seizure case, about how he firmation process of looking for defi- would face an issue on Executive tary situation? nite answers. Some have objected to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- power. the confirmation of nominees because The Congress of the United States pore. The Senator has 25 seconds re- there is no guarantee on how they will can do considerably more by way of maining. vote in certain cases. A nominee to the oversight on what the Executive does, Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, obviously Supreme Court is not supposed to give and we are going to have a hearing I am distressed for many reasons about guarantees. A nominee to the Supreme next Monday on the President’s power this nomination, not the least of which Court is supposed to respond as to fac- for surveillance. What is the Presi- is everything Judge Alito said indi- tors to be considered and give us an dent’s authority in the face of a stat- cated he would not be a check and bal- idea of his or her reasoning power. He ute, the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- ance. I so wish—and I have said this to or she is not supposed to give us guar- lance Act, which requires court ap- President Bush personally—I so wish antees on how they would rule. This proval for certain surveillance oper- he had been a uniter and not a divider. goes back to President Lincoln, who ations? What are the President’s arti- We could be here with a Senate unani- said we should loathe somebody who cle II powers as Commander in Chief? mously approving a nominee, instead told us in advance how he or she would There could be a great deal more activ- of this divisive battle. rule when nominated to the Supreme ism by the Congress. You don’t have to I yield the floor. Court of the United States. wait for these cases to come to the Su- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- There is a lot of anxiety about a preme Court of the United States. But pore. Under the previous order, the woman’s right to choose. I share that if, as, and when the question does arise, time from 10:34 until 10:44 shall be anxiety and I share that concern. We I think Judge Alito outlined the juris- under the control of the Senator from have seen in the history of the Court prudential considerations, and he is on Pennsylvania. He is now recognized. that early indications as to how an in- target. Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Chair. dividual may feel about a woman’s When it comes to congressional Mr. President, as the Senate moves right to choose will not necessarily be power, we could also do a lot more. The toward the vote on the nomination of the determinant as to how that nomi- Supreme Court has been insulting in Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to be Asso- nee will vote when the nominee is a its characterization of our reasoning ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, we Justice on the Supreme Court. We have power, striking down legislation to are mindful of the very heavy responsi- the operative case on a woman’s right protect women against violence, dis- bility under the Constitution which the to choose. It is Casey v. Planned Par- agreeing with our method of reasoning, Senate has for confirmation of a Su- enthood, decided in 1992. It retained the or striking down portions of the Ameri- preme Court Justice for a lifetime ap- woman’s right to choose but modified cans With Disabilities Act, as Justice pointment. There is no vote as impor- the rationale from Roe v. Wade in 1973. Scalia said, being a taskmaster. We are tant, except for a declaration of war or The opinion was written jointly by preparing legislation in the Judiciary the resolution authorizing the use of Justice O’Connor, Justice Anthony Committee to grant Congress standing force, which is the practical equivalent Kennedy, and Justice David Souter. to go to court to uphold the constitu- of a declaration of war. Prior to their becoming Supreme Court tionality of our statutes. In our society, the Supreme Court of Justices, all had expressed opposition Mr. President, how much time do I the United States is the final decision- to abortion rights, opposition to a have remaining? maker in, as the process has worked woman’s right to choose. But when The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The out, many cutting-edge questions that they came to the Court and they took Senator has 40 seconds. come before the Supreme Court. The a look at the precedents, when they Mr. SPECTER. When you take a look Supreme Court decides the issue of who took a look, as their joint opinion said, at the values of an individual, who shall live, who shall die—the decision on reliance, they sustained the prin- knows him better than the judges with which they had recently on the Oregon ciple of a woman’s right to choose. whom he worked?

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Judge Alito has a full breadth worthy of confirmation by this body. achieve a desirable result for the client in of experience in both criminal and civil I thank the Chair, and I yield the the particular case at hand, but a judge can’t cases as well as the trial and appeals floor. think that way. A judge can’t have any agen- phases of the judicial system. da. A judge can’t have any preferred outcome I believe Judge Alito’s record on the Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I rise in any particular case. And a judge certainly today to offer my support for Judge doesn’t have a client. The judge’s only obli- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Samuel Alito, Jr., for Associate Justice gation—and it’s a solemn obligation is to the District shows that he is a fair and im- to the U.S. Supreme Court. I am hon- rule of law, and what that means is that in partial jurist. During his tenure on ored to have the opportunity to again every single case, the judge has to do what that court, it has been clear that he participate in a nomination for the Su- the law requires. takes all legal theories and arguments preme Court. The casting of our votes His fellow colleagues on the U.S. into account when making decisions from our Senate desks, as set forth by Court of Appeals affirm his open- and issuing rulings. Judge Alito is well Senate tradition, is indicative of the mindedness, impartiality, and deci- respected by his colleagues and has meaningfulness and the importance of sions based on the facts and the law. even received their praise for the man- the confirmation vote for a judicial Notably, the American Bar Associa- ner and tone he takes in working nomination to the Supreme Court. As tion—long viewed as the gold standard through the facts to arrive at a deci- before, I am humbled and honored to among my colleagues on the other side sion. I do not recall anyone questioning represent my fellow Kansans in this of the aisle—reviewed Judge Alito’s ju- his ability to do the job and in fact, he manner. dicial background and gave him their received a unanimous ‘‘well-qualified’’ Over the course of the hearings, the highest rating of ‘‘Well Qualified.’’ rating from the American Bar Associa- Nation has had an opportunity to learn In a time of judicial encroachment in tion, its highest rating. more about Judge Alito’s character, which courts are increasingly imposing While many have criticized Judge professional experience, and approach their political will on the Nation, Alito’s supposed judicial philosophy, I to the law. It is clear that Judge Judge Alito’s judicial record dem- believe that his written decisions and Alito’s educational background is quite onstrates his efforts to stem that tide. statements as well as his appearance impressive. The son of public school In his testimony he refers to the role of before the Judiciary Committee con- teachers, Judge Alito grew up in a fam- the judiciary as very important, but firmed his ability to set personal views ily in which the importance of edu- limited by the authorities set forth in and ideology aside so as to not cloud cation and hard work were firmly root- the Constitution. The judicial branch’s his interpretation of the law. I com- ed. His father, who arrived in the responsibility lies in interpretation mend Judge Alito for his poise and United States as an infant, knew first- and application of the law and not en- composure throughout one of the most hand the struggles of growing up in acting policy judgements. In other arduous hearings in recent memory. poverty. His ability to pull himself up words, he is guided by the rule of law The time has come for Congress and by his bootstraps and emphasizing edu- set forth by the Constitution. Others the President to serve as a check on cation as the window to a better life describe Judge Alito’s judicial philos- the judicial activism that has become laid a firm foundation for his family. ophy as a philosophy of restraint and so prevalent in the judiciary today. It is no surprise that Judge Alito’s in accordance with the rule of law. I believe that we must have judges exceptional educational background Other witnesses from a broad range of that interpret the Constitution and the boasts of two formidable Ivy League ideologies who know Judge Alito con- law rather than manipulate it to meet universities—a notable accomplish- firm that he is measured and judicial their personal ideologies. Judge Alito ment resulting from hard work and a in his decisions. fits that mold. keen mind. However, during his testi- In closing, I would like to comment Mr. President, I am proud to support mony, his statements demonstrated on the increasing political nature in Judge Alito and look forward to him that he fully recognized what an oppor- which judicial nominees are subjected becoming the next Associate Justice on tunity it was to attend these renowned to during the nominations process. the United States Supreme Court. universities and took full advantage. During my remarks on the nomination The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under He said: of now Chief Justice John Roberts, I the previous order, the Democratic leader is recognized time until 10:54. It was a time of turmoil at colleges and highlighted the elevated level of par- universities. And I saw some very smart peo- tisanship in the Senate. This trend of Mr. REID. Mr. President, in his open- ple and very privileged people behaving irre- partisan bickering further threatens ing statement to the Judiciary Com- sponsibly. And I couldn’t help making a con- the comity and respect that has long mittee, Judge Samuel Alito asked, trast between some of the worst of what I been the standard for conducting Sen- ‘‘How in the world did I get here?’’ saw on the campus and the good sense and ate business. The tenor and manner of That rhetorical question raises a seri- the decency of the people back in my own questioning, or grilling as referred to ous concern about him, and it has community. in the news headlines, of Judge Alito shadowed his nomination from the very It is this type of commonsense that frays the spirit of our constitutional beginning. The fact is, Judge Alito be- resonates with my Kansas constitu- fabric under which we operate. I call on came President Bush’s candidate to re- ents. my colleagues to work together to place Justice Sandra Day O’Connor One only needs to look at Judge raise the level of discourse in these only after the radical rightwing Alito’s re´sume´ to see his extensive ex- hallowed Halls of Congress. torpedoed the nomination of White perience in both prosecuting and apply- Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I rise House counsel Harriet Miers and in- ing the law. His distinguished career today to support the nomination of sisted that someone with Sam Alito’s includes almost 15 years as a Federal Judge Samuel Alito to be an Associate ideology be put in her place. That is prosecutor within the Department of Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. how Judge Alito ‘‘got here.’’ Justice, 3 years as the U.S. Attorney Judge Alito’s education, legal train- I continue to believe that Harriet for New Jersey, and most recently, 15 ing, and judicial record have positioned Miers received a raw deal. She is an ac- years as a Federal judge on the U.S. him well to serve our Nation with complished lawyer, a trailblazer for Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. honor and dignity on the Supreme women, and a strong advocate of legal Judge Alito is well versed in the law. Court. A graduate of Princeton and services for the poor. Not only was she While some have alleged that his deci- Yale, Judge Alito has more than 30 denied the up-or-down vote that my sions are biased and that he is an ideo- years of legal experience. Over the Republican colleagues say every nomi- logue with a political agenda, his years, he has served as a judicial clerk, nee deserves, but she was never even

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Meanwhile, a ject of academic dispute. claimed but because they were insuffi- Congress controlled by the President’s These comments lead me to doubt ciently confident she would support party has stripped the courts of juris- that Judge Alito fully appreciates that their extreme agenda. Remember, ap- diction to hear habeas corpus cases the role of the courts is to protect con- proximately 40 percent of all people brought by Guantanamo detainees, stitutional rights and liberties in the who have ever served on the Supreme some of whom have absolutely nothing face of an overreaching majority. Court had no judicial experience. to do with terrorism. In the face of Second, I am concerned that Judge The rightwing distrust of Harriet such profound threats to the separa- Alito would limit the authority of Con- Miers and their immediate elation tion of powers in our Constitution, we gress to address environmental protec- when Judge Alito was named raised my need a Supreme Court comprised of tion and other national needs. I fear suspicions on the day that he was nom- independent and impartial judges will- that Alito would join Justices Scalia inated. Those suspicions were height- ing to stand up to imperial Presi- and Thomas in their activist campaign ened when Alito’s 1985 application for a dencies. to narrow congressional power under job in the Reagan administration came Rather than serving as a check on the Commerce Clause, a movement to light. In it, Alito stated, ‘‘I am and President Bush’s abuses of power, I that threatens important public health always have been a conservative.’’ He worry that Judge Alito will instead and welfare laws in the name of ‘‘fed- spoke proudly of his work on behalf of serve as a rubberstamp. Both on and off eralism.’’ the extreme agenda of the Reagan Jus- the bench, Alito’s writings and opin- Once again, the roots of Judge Alito’s tice Department, his disagreement ions show a record of extreme def- ideology can be found in his work dur- with landmark rulings of the Warren erence to Executive power, whether ex- ing the Reagan Administration. As Court in favor of equal rights, and his ercised by the President or by Federal Deputy Attorney General in 1986, Judge membership in rightwing organiza- and local law enforcement officials. Alito recommended that President tions. In effect, the 1985 document Even before he was a judge, Alito Reagan veto the Truth in Mileage Act, amounted to Judge Alito’s pledge of al- made a name for himself arguing for a law designed to prevent odometer legiance to conservative, radical Re- expansive Executive power. As a Jus- tampering, because ‘‘it violates the publican ideology. tice Department attorney, he wrote principles of federalism.’’ And again, Judge Alito seems to have I don’t propose the Alito nomination that the Attorney General should have carried his Reagan-era ideology with is on the basis of a 20-year-old job ap- absolute immunity from lawsuits aris- him when he joined the Third Circuit. plication. Instead, I view that docu- ing from illegal wiretaps. He also ar- In the Chittester case, for example, he ment as a roadmap to Judge Alito’s gued on the side of a Tennessee police held that Congress lacks authority to subsequent judicial opinions and officer who shot and killed an unarmed allow State employees to enforce as- speeches. 15-year-old boy not because the officer Judge Alito’s judicial opinions have pects of the Family and Medical Leave believed the boy was armed, but to pre- Act. His logic would cripple the ability been largely consistent with his ideo- vent escape from a petty crime. logical signals; that is, the signals he of Congress to help people with real Alito’s judicial rulings on executive problems, such as those who are dissent in the 1985 job application. One of power heighten my concerns in this abled. Again, government wins, you the most prominent and eminent legal area. In the recent decision of United lose. scholars in all of America, Professor States v. Lee, he found that an FBI un- There is every reason to fear that Cass Sunstein of the University of Chi- dercover probe that included audio and Judge Alito will work to continue the cago Law School, who generally sup- video surveillance of the defendant’s Court’s unwarranted restriction of ported the nomination of Chief Justice hotel suite without a warrant did not Congressional power in these areas. John Roberts, analyzed Alito’s opin- violate the Fourth Amendment. Third and finally, Judge Alito’s nom- ions and found ‘‘a remarkable pattern’’ The government wins, you lose. ination troubles me because in his 15 of ‘‘almost uniformly conservative’’ In an earlier case in which Judge years on the bench he has repeatedly dissents. Professor Sunstein concluded Alito voted to uphold the strip-search and consistently favored the power of that ‘‘the real question about Alito in- of a 10-year-old girl, then-Judge Mi- government and corporations over the volves the disturbingly close link be- chael Chertoff, now President Bush’s rights of individual American citizens. tween his political convictions and his Secretary of Homeland Security, criti- As many commentators have observed, legal conclusions.’’ cized Alito’s views as threatening to Judge Alito hardly ever sides with the My concern about Judge Alito falls ‘‘transform the judicial officer into lit- proverbial ‘‘little guy.’’ into three broad categories. First, I tle more than the cliche´ ‘rubber The government wins, you lose. fear he will not vindicate the role of stamp.’ ’’ A Knight-Ridder review of Alito’s 311 the judiciary as a check on executive Again, government wins, you lose. published opinions on the 3rd Circuit branch power. Second, he is a leader in Judge Alito’s unshakable deference Court of Appeals found that Judge the so-called federalism movement to police officers conducting intrusive Alito very rarely supports individual which would limit congressional power searches seems to extend to his view at rights claims. In a separate study, Pro- to pass environmental laws and remedy the power of the President to act uni- fessor Sunstein found that Judge Alito other national problems. Third, in dis- laterally when setting national poli- ruled against the individual in 84 per- putes between ordinary American citi- cies. cent of his dissent—84 percent of the zens and the powerful corporations and In a speech to the Federalist Society time. government, Judge Alito is often—and in November 2000, he professed his Again, government wins, you lose. too often—on the side of the powerful strong belief in the so-called ‘‘unitary In civil rights cases, Judge Alito has and against the interests of the indi- executive’’ theory of constitutional often voted to impose higher barriers vidual. law, a theory embraced by those who for people with claims of discrimina- First, I am disturbed by Judge advocate for expanding executive pow- tion. Alito’s overall bowing to Executive ers at the expense of the judicial and In Bray v. Marriott Hotels—a case pressure, bowing to Executive power. legislative branches of government. dealing with race discrimination—his At a time when President Bush as- Judge Alito’s disturbing views on the colleagues said Title VII of the Civil serted unprecedented authority over constitutional separation of powers is Rights Act ‘‘would be eviscerated’’ if the lives of American citizens and the also reflected in his refusal to condemn Alito’s approach were followed. Again, Republican-controlled Congress seems laws in which Congress strips courts of big business would win, and you would too willing to cede those powers to jurisdiction to hear certain disputes. lose. And in Nathanson v. Medical Col- him, I cannot support the nomination For example, Senator LEAHY asked the lege of Pennsylvania, he dissented in a

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S348 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 disability rights case where the major- much longer must Hispanics across Court of the United States? On this ity said: ‘‘few if any Rehabilitation Act America wait before they see someone question, the yeas and nays have been cases would survive’’ if Judge Alito’s on the nation’s highest court who ordered. Senators are requested to vote view were the law. shares their ethnic heritage and their from their seats. Again, big business and government shared experiences? The clerk will call the roll. wins, you lose. I have no doubt that Sam Alito is a The assistant legislative clerk called Perhaps the most important instance decent man. the roll. when the rights of an individual con- But a confirmation debate is not a The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The flict with the interests of the govern- popularity contest. The rights and lib- Chair admonishes all present that no ment are when the state seeks to carry erties of the American people are at reaction to a Senate vote is permitted out the death penalty. stake. This particular nomination under Senate rules. How anyone could come up with the raises profound questions about our The result was announced—yeas 58, conclusion of Judge Alito’s is really system of checks and balances. nays 42, as follows: hard to understand. We need to ask whether a Justice [Rollcall Vote No. 2 Ex.] Senators LEAHY and FEINGOLD asked Alito will serve as an effective check YEAS—58 Judge Alito whether it would be uncon- on a swaggering President and his Alexander DeWine McConnell stitutional to execute an ‘‘unquestion- reckless policies. Allard Dole Murkowski ably innocent man.’’ Allen Domenici Nelson (NE) At this critical moment in our Na- Bennett Ensign The obvious answer from anyone Roberts tion’s history, I cannot support the Bond Enzi Santorum would be quite clear. It would be plain- confirmation of this nominee to fill Brownback Frist Sessions ly unconstitutional. But Judge Alito this vacancy on the Supreme Court of Bunning Graham Shelby Burns Grassley Smith refused to say so. Instead, he spoke in the United States. Burr Gregg Snowe bland bureaucratic terms about the The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under Byrd Hagel Specter Chambliss Hatch need for the innocent person to file the the previous order, the majority leader Stevens proper petitions under proper Federal is recognized. Coburn Hutchison Cochran Inhofe Sununu rule. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, at the end Coleman Isakson Talent Remember, the question was, ‘‘Would of a debate in the Senate there is rare- Collins Johnson Thomas it be unconstitutional to execute an ly a question of whether everything Conrad Kyl Thune Cornyn Lott Vitter unquestionably innocent man?’’ Of has been said—only whether every Sen- Craig Lugar Voinovich course, it would. ator has said it. Crapo Martinez Warner That was a chilling moment. If the After 92 days since this nomination DeMint McCain Constitution means anything it means was announced, after 30 hours of Judi- NAYS—42 that the state cannot put to death an ciary Committee hearings, after Judge Akaka Feingold Menendez ‘‘unquestionably innocent’’ person. If Alito answered more than 650 ques- Baucus Feinstein Mikulski Judge Alito cannot say that without tions, and after 5 days of debate on the Bayh Harkin Murray equivocation, he is not the kind of Biden Inouye Nelson (FL) floor of the Senate, there is little left Bingaman Jeffords Obama judge I want on the Supreme Court of to be said. So I will be brief. Boxer Kennedy Pryor the United States. To President Bush I say thank you. Cantwell Kerry Reed These three broad concerns about To President Bush I say thank you for Carper Kohl Reid Chafee Landrieu Rockefeller Judge Alito’s record on the bench are nominating such an exceptionally Clinton Lautenberg Salazar all the more troubling in light of the qualified individual as Sam Alito to Dayton Leahy Sarbanes fact that Judge Alito has been nomi- serve on the Supreme Court. Dodd Levin Schumer nated to replace Justice Sandra Day To my Senate colleagues I say well Dorgan Lieberman Stabenow Durbin Lincoln Wyden O’Connor, a national icon who has been done to the supermajority of Senators a voice of moderation and reason on who joined yesterday to elevate prin- The nomination was confirmed. the Court for the last quarter of a cen- ciple above partisan politics and defeat The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The tury. an unjustified filibuster of this nomi- majority leader. Mr. FRIST. I move to reconsider the President Bush was not obligated to nation. vote. nominate a clone of Justice O’Connor. And to Judge Alito I say: You deserve Mr. MCCONNELL. I move to lay that But this President has no mandate to the seat on the Supreme Court. Today, motion on the table. move the Supreme Court and American you will become the 110th Justice to The motion to lay on the table was law in a radical rightward direction. serve on the Court throughout Amer- agreed to. That is precisely what replacing Jus- ica’s history. It is a seat that is re- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask tice O’Connor with Judge Alito will ac- served for a few but that impacts mil- unanimous consent that the President complish. lions. May the Constitution and rule of be immediately notified of the Senate’s That Judge Alito has been nominated law be the light that illuminates each action. to replace Justice O’Connor is relevant case that comes before you. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. With- in another sense. Justice O’Connor was So, momentarily, we will vote from out objection, it is so ordered. the first of only two women ever to sit our desks, a time-honored tradition f on the Supreme Court. It remains dis- that demonstrates, once again, how im- turbing to me that she would be re- portant and consequential every Mem- NOMINATIONS OF BEN S. placed by a man, leaving only one ber takes his duty under the Constitu- BERNANKE TO BE A MEMBER woman on the nine-member Court. tion to provide advise and consent on a AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Today, more than half of the nation’s Supreme Court nomination and to give OF GOVERNORS OF THE FED- law students are women. There are the nominee the fair up-or-down vote ERAL RESERVE SYSTEM countless qualified women on the he deserves. It is time to call the roll. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I now ask bench, in elective office, in law firms, There is only one thing left to say. I that the Senate proceed to the nomina- and serving as law school deans. I can’t ask for the yeas and nays on the nomi- tions of Ben Bernanke, as under the believe the President searched the nation of Samuel Alito to serve as As- previous order. country and was unable to find a quali- sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of For the information of colleagues, we fied female nominee. But maybe he was the United States. will begin debate on the Bernanke unable to find a qualified female nomi- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is nominations now and will conclude the nee who satisfied the radical far right there a sufficient second? remaining debate after the policy wing of the Republican Party. There is a sufficient second. lunches. Meanwhile, for the third time, this The question is, Will the Senate ad- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. I can- President has turned down the oppor- vise and consent to the nomination of not hear the leader. tunity to make history by nominating Samuel A. Alito Jr., of New Jersey, to Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I the first Hispanic to the Court. How be an Associate Justice of the Supreme suggest the absence of a quorum.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S349 The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The and adaptations and make certain the As he moves on to become the Fed- majority leader has the floor. U.S. payment system is effective, reli- eral Reserve Chairman, Dr. Bernanke Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I suggest able, and safe. will be completing his duties as Chair- the absence of a quorum. For nearly two decades, it has been man of the President’s Council of Eco- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The impossible to raise the topic of the nomic Advisers. During his service at clerk will call the roll. Federal Reserve without also men- the CEA, Dr. Bernanke provided the The legislative clerk proceeded to tioning Alan Greenspan, and I will do President and our Nation with sound call the roll. so briefly here today. Alan Greenspan economic advice on a variety of signifi- Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask has been the face and the voice of the cant policy issues. But before his serv- unanimous consent that the order for Federal Reserve for over 18 years. ice at the Council of Economic Advis- the quorum call be rescinded. Today he is chairing his last session of ers, Dr. Bernanke served with great The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. the Federal Open Market Committee. distinction as a member of the Board of BURR). Without objection, it is so or- Chairman Greenspan has made a big Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys- dered. impression on all of us—here in Con- tem from 2002 to 2005. This experience Under the previous order, the Senate gress, our Nation, and across the world. gives him an inside knowledge of the will proceed to consideration of Execu- During his tenure, the U.S. economy Federal Reserve and the financial mar- tive Calendar Nos. 440 and 441, which and our financial system have with- kets. the clerk will report. stood a number of significant shocks, Dr. Bernanke has earned the tremen- The legislative clerk read the nomi- including the stock market crash of dous respect and confidence of policy- nation of Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jer- 1987, the Asian debt crisis which af- makers in this country as well as sey, to be a member of the Board of fected capital globally, and, of course, around the world. He previously served Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys- the catastrophic effects of 9/11, which as chair of the economics department tem. hit the heart of the U.S. financial in- at Princeton University, and prior to The legislative clerk read the nomi- dustry and which affected all of us and that tenure he was an associate pro- nation of Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jer- our economy in many ways. fessor of economics at the Graduate sey, to be Chairman of the Board of Chairman Greenspan also oversaw School of Business at Stanford Univer- Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys- the longest economic expansion in sity. He also served as a visiting pro- tem. American history. Because of our eco- fessor of economics at New York Uni- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- nomic success, even in the face of great versity and at the Massachusetts Insti- ator from Alabama. challenges, some consider Chairman tute of Technology. He was the direc- Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I rise Greenspan to be the greatest central tor of the Monetary Economics Pro- this morning in support of the nomina- banker of all time. I commend Chair- gram of the National Bureau of Eco- tions of Benjamin S. Bernanke to be a man Greenspan for his exemplary serv- nomic Research. In 1975, he received his member and the Chairman of the Board ice and dedication to our country. B.A. in economics from Harvard Uni- of Governors of the Federal Reserve Now it is time for a transition at the versity, where he graduated with hon- System. Federal Reserve System. As I noted, ors. In 1979, he received his Ph.D. in ec- In November of 2005, I chaired our this will be the first time in nearly two onomics from MIT. Banking Committee hearing regarding decades that the Congress has had a It will be difficult to follow the long this nomination, and we heard from Dr. new nominee before us for consider- and successful tenure of Alan Green- Bernanke on a wide range of economic ation. Certainly stepping into Mr. span. Dr. Bernanke is an excellent issues. In reporting this nomination to Greenspan’s shoes will be a tremendous choice for the job. Few individuals the floor for consideration, I would re- challenge. have this mix of practical and aca- iterate that President Bush has made a While it may seem a daunting task to demic experience, especially his prior superb appointment in selecting Dr. follow as distinguished a chairman as experience at the Federal Reserve. The Ben Bernanke for this position. Alan Greenspan, we should be mindful Banking Committee reviewed this This nomination is of great impor- of two things. nomination thoroughly, and we believe tance to our Nation and our economy. First, in 1987, many observers won- Dr. Bernanke will serve this country As the central bank, the Federal Re- dered whether an economist named well at the helm of the Federal Re- serve has the responsibility for con- Alan Greenspan could successfully fol- serve. I urge my colleagues to support this ducting monetary policy to maintain low in the wake of the vaunted Paul nomination. maximum employment, stable prices, Volcker as Chairman of the Federal I yield the floor. and moderate long-term interest rates. Reserve. Each person who sits in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- As the U.S. continues to lead the world Chairman’s seat has the opportunity to ator from Colorado. economy, sound stewardship of the make that position his own and to be- Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I would Federal Reserve also affects the global come a leader in his own right. That is like to say a few words on behalf of Dr. marketplace. what has been done, in large part, due Bernanke. But before I do, I would like The Chairman of the Federal Reserve to the caliber of the men who Presi- to state for the record what a great would certainly have a big enough job dents of the United States have chosen pleasure it has been to work with Dr. to do if he were tasked only with serv- for the task. Greenspan. It was an honor to have had ing as head of the central bank of the Second, I would also note that many the opportunity to hear his testimony United States. But his job also entails individuals who hold diverse view- in committee and to work with him on the supervision and regulation of finan- points on other topics are in agreement public policy issues. I wish him well as cial institutions, including some of the that President Bush has selected the he moves on to other endeavors. The largest financial entities in the world. best possible candidate to serve as the country is forever grateful for his serv- The Federal Reserve must ensure the next Federal Reserve Chairman. In- ice as Chairman of the Federal Re- safety and soundness of these institu- deed, Dr. Ben Bernanke may well be serve. tions and monitor any potential for the finest monetary economist of his I had an opportunity to sit down and systemic risk. The American consumer generation. He has both a distinguished visit with Dr. Bernanke. I was im- also counts upon the Federal Reserve career in academia as well as in the pressed not only with him personally to foster the fair and efficient delivery policymaking arena. but also with the conversation we had of services to customers of financial in- The list of his experience and and his record. He is going to bring a stitutions. achievements is long. I do not have lot to the Fed. I join the chairman of The Federal Reserve also plays a enough time this morning to mention the Banking Committee in support of major role in operating the Nation’s all of them, but I want to mention Dr. Bernanke. payment system. Evolving technology some of his most important qualifica- Dr. Bernanke is known for his tough continues to change the way we pay for tions because his nomination requires stance on fighting inflation. Many ex- goods and services. The Federal Re- someone with the rare expertise that pect that Dr. Bernanke’s views on in- serve must oversee these innovations Dr. Bernanke has acquired. terest rates will be similar to Dr.

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He has had direct experience of eral Reserve, that is going to be a big the workings of our political system, economic policymaking at the Council part of his responsibilities. and a 4-year term to be the Chairman of Economic Advisers and he has a very He argued that the final say on debts of the Federal Reserve Board. distinguished academic and scholarly and deficits lies with the President and Before I address Dr. Bernanke, I wish background with a B.A. in economics the Congress. I couldn’t agree more to take a moment, as my colleagues from Harvard and a Ph.D. in economics that we need to do more to control def- have, to say a word about Chairman from MIT. He has been on the faculty icit spending and the debts we have ac- Alan Greenspan. Chairman Greenspan at MIT and at Stanford. Most recently, cumulated over the years. Dr. chairs the Federal Reserve Open Mar- of course, he was at Princeton, where Bernanke shared with me that his first ket Committee that is right now tak- he served as chair of the economics de- priority will be to maintain continuity ing place. Then he steps down. He has partment from 1996 to 2002, a depart- with the policies and strategies estab- served for over 18 years as Chairman of ment recognized as one of the very lished during the Greenspan years. the Federal Reserve, the second-long- best, if not the best, in the country. We have to recognize Dr. Bernanke est tenure in our history, exceeded He commands great respect from his for what he has already contributed. only by William McChesney Martin. peers in the profession and I think He is one of the world’s leading experts There have been occasions when I have great respect from all who have come on the subject of how central banks, differed with Chairman Greenspan on in contact with him. such as the Fed, should set interest some of his decisions, most notably the I do, though, want to take a moment rates and cause the money supply to green light he gave to large and exces- to speak a bit about the seriousness of expand or contract. The combination of sive tax cuts in 2001 which helped to the economic challenges we face and Dr. Bernanke’s academia, intellect, and precipitate us into a serious deficit sit- which Dr. Bernanke will face as he as- his work for and with the Fed will uation. But this ought not obscure the sumes this important responsibility. greatly facilitate his transition as the many accomplishments and successes We have seen the weakest recovery in new chairman of the Federal Reserve. during his long tenure. our labor market of any post reces- Wall Street and the investment world Others have referenced the stock sionary period since World War II— seemed to like the nomination of Dr. market crash which happened only a that is, in 60 years. While we have had Bernanke as the new Chairman of the few months after he took office; the some recent improvement, compared Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Indus- Asian Russian long-term capital man- with recoveries from previous reces- trial was up some 169.78 points. It was agement crisis, some 10 years later in sions, we have fallen well short. Fur- the biggest 1-day point percentage gain the late 1990s; and, of course, the 9/11 thermore, real wages have fallen over since last April. So the response from attacks in 2001. Throughout all of that, the past few years for middle class and Wall Street has been good. he brought a steadying presence to the working Americans. Dr. Bernanke spent 20 years at workings of the financial system and a Meanwhile, U.S. economic policy has Princeton as a professor of economics shrewd understanding of the situation been marked by a recklessness in its and public affairs. He also served as the and what needed to be done to address reliance on borrowing on the apparent chairman of Princeton University’s it. assumption that substantial borrowing economic department. Before being ap- I commend Chairman Greenspan for at home and abroad can go on and on pointed to the President’s Council of bringing greater transparency into the and will always remain a continuing Economic Advisors, he served as a Gov- workings of the Federal Reserve sys- option for us. The consequence of this ernor of the Federal Reserve. His cur- tem, something which Dr. Bernanke is that we are running dangerous current and past positions have groomed has indicated he intends to continue rent account deficits and substantial Dr. Bernanke and serve as an appren- and support, and Chairman Green- budget deficits in amounts that dwarf ticeship to succeed Chairman Green- span’s rejection of rigid policymaking, anything we have previously experi- span. rejecting the idea that there was a enced. Many observers think that these Dr. Bernanke was widely considered rigid formula or ideology by which you deficits—the fiscal deficit and the cur- one of the leading candidates to re- could establish a monetary policy. In rent account deficit threaten our econ- place Dr. Greenspan as Chairman of the particular, he was able to push the lim- omy and our ability to deal with the Federal Reserve. I was glad to see the its on lowering unemployment and pro- challenges of the future. President make his appointment, and I viding jobs while still being able to Mr. President, the most recent fig- urge my colleagues to join me in sup- control inflation. As a result we were ures indicate that economic growth has porting Dr. Bernanke as Chairman of able to get the unemployment rate slowed to almost a crawl over the past the Federal Reserve. down to levels that everyone pre- 3 months. It was just over 1 percent in I yield the floor. viously had argued would lead to a the last quarter of last year. That is The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- spurt of inflation. Chairman Greenspan the lowest rate of growth since 2002, ator from Maryland. thought that wouldn’t happen. It didn’t and but for the buildup of inventories Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, what happen. Now we have established dif- that took place in the fourth quarter, is the parliamentary situation? ferent benchmarks in terms of mone- economic activity fell by three-tenths The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tary policy. of 1 percent. So it was only the inven- ator from Maryland controls 30 min- Dr. Bernanke, whose nomination is tory accumulation that kept us from utes. The Senator from Alabama has 18 before us, is no stranger to the Senate. experiencing negative economic minutes 43 seconds remaining. This is the fourth time in 3 years that growth. Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I we have been called upon to consider Mr. Bernanke, along with his col- yield 2 minutes to the Senator from his nomination to a very significant leagues at the Fed and those on the Massachusetts who wishes to speak on position. In 2002, he was nominated to Open Market Committee, will face a different subject. serve as a member of the Federal Re- questions concerning the conduct of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- serve Board of Governors. He was re- monetary policy. Of course, monetary ator from Massachusetts is recognized. nominated to that position in the fol- policy doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It (The remarks of Mr. KENNEDY and lowing year. In 2005, he was nominated plays a significant role in determining Mr. SARBANES are printed in today’s to serve as Chairman of the President’s the shape and direction of the econ- RECORD under ‘‘Morning Business.’’) Council of Economic Advisers. Today, omy. Therefore, we need to consider it Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I join we have his nomination to serve as in the broader context. In fact, the my able colleague from Alabama in Chairman for a term of 4 years and as Federal Reserve Act clearly mandates supporting the nomination of Ben a Governor for a term of 14 years. two goals: maximum employment and

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In the area of consumer pro- The act says: matically over the past 3 months to a tection, the Fed has broad jurisdiction The Board of Governors of the Federal Re- growth rate of 1.1 percent, the slowest over a host of consumer laws—the serve system and the Federal Open Market growth level in the past 3 years and, Community Reinvestment Act, Truth Committee shall maintain long-run growth obviously, insufficient to meet our in Lending Act, Truth in Savings Act, of the monetary and credit aggregates com- needs. Moreover, as I noted, even that mensurate with the economy’s long-run po- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Elec- tential to increase production so as to pro- modest growth was based entirely on tronic Funds Transfer Act, the Equal mote effectively goals of maximum employ- inventory growth, which is a one-time Credit Opportunity Act, and the Home- ment, stable prices, and moderate long-term shot for the economy and not a sus- owners Equity Protection Act. These interest rates. tainable basis for growth. are major responsibilities of the Fed Accomplishing the Fed’s dual man- The current unemployment rate of over and above its monetary policy re- date is the most important responsi- about 5 percent obscures the fact that sponsibilities. bility of the Chairman of the Federal the job creation during the course of Finally, as I indicated, I intend to Reserve. The experience of the 1990s, this administration is the worst since vote for this nominee. I think this with unemployment down at 4 percent the Hoover administration. In other nominee is extremely well qualified. He and inflation below 3 percent, dem- words, every previous administration will assume the chairmanship at a time onstrated that these goals can be har- since that of Herbert Hoover has pro- when the economy faces problems that monized, unlike the assertion by some duced more jobs than this administra- have serious implications for our fu- that they are inherently in conflict. tion has produced. In fact, real wages ture economic health and the prospect Dr. Bernanke was pressed on this point are down for a great number of Ameri- of a rising standard of living for work- in his confirmation hearing because he cans, and it is little wonder that working Americans. In the current climate, has been a proponent of what is called ing Americans are concerned about our Nation will be well served by a pol- ‘‘inflation targeting,’’ which requires their economic future. icy of prudence and independent the Fed to set a specific numeric target Given these factors and the potential thought on the part of the Federal Re- for inflation, announce that target to problems with our record level of defi- serve. I am hopeful that Dr. Bernanke the markets and then manage the cits and debt at home and abroad, I will draw upon his distinguished work economy with the objective of reaching urge the Fed to consider taking a pause as an academic economist and his expe- that target. from what has been a steady upward rience as a policymaker at the highest I want to underscore the importance push in interest rates. We have had 13 level of the Federal Government to of the Fed honoring its statutory dual successive increases in interest rates. make a prudent and independent policy mandate and not replacing it with a Short-term rates have gone from 1 per- the hallmark of the Fed in coming policy of inflation targeting. We must cent to 4.25 percent. We had 1-percent years. be concerned that if a numerical figure growth in the economy last quarter. Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I rise Furthermore, let me note two or were to be set for inflation to the det- today to express my support for the three other serious issues. One is our riment of other considerations, em- nomination of Dr. Ben Bernanke to be current account deficit. Our inter- ployment foremost among them, pol- Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The national accounts are steeply imbal- icymaking would shift and so, too, Federal Reserve, or the Fed as it is anced. We expect the current account would the debate about the health and commonly known, was created by Con- deficit to approach $800 billion for 2005, strength of the economy. I fear that gress over 90 years ago to create a safe in excess of 6 percent of GDP. We are the focus of the debate would become and stable financial system for the borrowing from abroad over $2 billion not whether the Fed was successful in American people. The Chairman of the on a daily basis to finance this deficit, meeting the dual mandate, but rather Federal Reserve must be a person of the Fed’s one-sided success or failure in and there is a broad consensus among economic experts that current account sound and prudent judgment and reaching a numerical inflation goal. strong character. Throughout his aca- Chairman Greenspan himself has deficits of this magnitude are not sus- demic and professional career, Dr. made this point. Bloomberg News re- tainable. We will be obligated to pay Bernanke has exhibited all these traits cently reported: this debt out into the future, which and I laud President Bush for nomi- Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has rejected means it will come right out of the adopting a target, saying it would rob U.S. standard of living at home. Warren nating him to this important public po- policymakers of the flexibility they need to Buffet, talking about this situation, sition. For the past 18 years, Americans respond to developments in a rapidly chang- warned that we risk becoming what he ing economy. called a ‘‘sharecropper’s society.’’ have become accustomed to the sound I was, therefore, somewhat reassured Furthermore, as we continue to fall analysis and policy judgments of out- when at his confirmation hearing Dr. deeper into debt with the rest of the going Chairman Alan Greenspan. Dur- Bernanke told the Banking Committee world, we are experiencing growing im- ing this period, we as a nation have ex- that he ‘‘subscribes entirely to the balances here at home. Real wages for perienced several transformational Humphrey-Hawkins mandate,’’ which the majority of working Americans events. The stock market crashed in puts employment growth and output have declined, while the real incomes 1987, a mere 2 months into Chairman growth on a fully equal footing with in- of the wealthiest have increased astro- Greenspan’s tenure, and we have also flation in terms of the Federal Re- nomically. A recent Bloomberg News dealt with financial crises in Asia, serve’s objectives. Furthermore he story observed that U.S. wages are lag- Latin American, and even closer, Mex- went on to say, ‘‘I would not be inter- ging inflation and, even with unem- ico. The country has also suffered ested in pursuing that matter’’—refer- ployment near a 4-year low, workers major natural disasters and terrorist ring to inflation targeting—‘‘if I have little leverage to demand higher attacks on our homeland. Throughout thought it involved changing the man- pay. Other articles have reported the these occasions, Chairman Greenspan date of the Federal Reserve.’’ record bonuses that are now being guided our Nation’s financial markets Mr. President, I put this issue out given out on Wall Street. In fact, with astute analyses and sound policy here only as a matter to be focused on Chairman Greenspan in testimony be- decisions. As a result, our economy has as we move ahead into the future. Dr. fore the committee stated: endured a number of shocks and con- Bernanke indicated that it was not his I think the income distribution issue is tinues to remerge from each stronger intention to seek changes in the Fed- very critical because you can’t have a sig- than it was before. eral Reserve Act. I think that is a wise nificant inequality of income and expect to In his hearings before the Senate, Dr. and prudent course to follow. How have support for the type of institutions Bernanke displayed the candor and in- much time remains? which have made this country great. tellectual gravitas that has endeared

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S352 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 him to colleagues and policymakers Bernanke’s impeccable qualifications in 1997, Russia’s bond default and the throughout his long and distinguished and financial expertise make him an subsequent collapse of Long Term Cap- career. Dr. Bernanke was graduated excellent candidate to succeed Dr. ital Management in 1998, the collapse from Harvard College with a bachelor’s Greenspan. of the tech bubble in 2000, and the im- degree and he later went on to earn a Dr. Bernanke graduated from Har- plosion of Enron in 2001. doctorate from the Massachusetts In- vard University with the highest hon- In recent years, we have witnessed a stitute of Technology. Since then he ors and later received his Ph.D. in Eco- sharp rise in housing prices, along with has taught economics to students at nomics from the Massachusetts Insti- a concomitant chorus of financial ex- some of America’s most prestigious tute of Technology. Most recently he perts exhorting him to ‘‘do some- universities and has become a highly served as Chairman of the President’s thing.’’ Besides these various financial regarded scholar of banking and mone- Council of Economic Advisers, CEA, crises, the United States has also been tary policy. Dr. Bernanke has a history where he ‘‘provided the President with the victim of a massive terrorist at- of public service, having served on his obiective economic analysis and advice tack in 2001, which shut down financial local school board in Montgomery on the development and implementa- markets for over a week, and we were Township, NJ, the U.S. Census Advi- tion of a wide range of domestic and forced to intervene militarily in Ku- sory Board, and most recently the international economic policy issues.’’ wait, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to serving as Chairman of the Despite the staggering number of po- Our economy faces a number of chal- CEA, Dr. Bernanke served 4 years on tentially catastrophic events, the lenges in the near future. Some of the Board of Governors of the Federal United States has had only two short which include the pressures on the So- Reserve System. recessions in the past 20 years, a record cial Security system, rising health care Dr. Bernanke’s expertise is well re- that is to me simply amazing. Of costs, and stresses on the Federal budg- spected in the academic community. course, it would be wrong to give the et. Dr. Bernanke promises to bring a He was a professor of Economics at Federal Reserve and Alan Greenspan sound, fair, and nonpartisan economic Stanford University and later served as full credit for the prosperous condi- adviser to the President and Congress a professor of Economics and Public tions of the previous quarter century, on a number of macroeconomic mat- Affairs at Princeton University, where but it is impossible to conceive of us ters. I laud his desire to continue pur- he also served as Chairman of their Ec- achieving this level of prosperity with- suing policies aimed at maximum em- onomics department for 6 years. Dr. out a vigilant and responsible Federal ployment and control over inflation. Bernanke also served as the Director of Reserve. Dr. Bernanke’s qualifications for this the Monetary Economics Program of The main contribution of Chairman job are impeccable, and I ask my col- the National Bureau of Economics Re- Greenspan and the Federal Reserve in leagues to join me in supporting his search, as a member of the National the past 181⁄2 years has been the taming nomination to be the fourteenth Chair- Bureau of Economic Research’s Busi- of inflation. The effort to control this man of the Federal Reserve. ness Cycle Dating Committee, and he scourge began with Paul Volker, of Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I has also worked for two terms as a course, but the specter of inflation does rise today in support of the nomination member of New Jersey’s Montgomery not die easily. It took Alan Greenspan of a fellow Georgian, Dr. Ben Township Board of Education, and as another 10 or 15 years to finally rid the Bernanke, to serve as not only a mem- the Editor of the American Economic financial markets of the fear that as ber of the Board of Governors of the Review. the economy expands, so must the rate Federal Reserve System, but to suc- Dr. Bernanke is also one of the most of inflation. The evidence of high infla- ceed Dr. Alan Greenspan as the next cited authors in the financial commu- tion’s demise can be seen merely by Chairman of the Board. nity. He has also given several impor- looking at mortgage rates. The record Dr. Greenspan has served America tant lectures at the London School of low interest rates of the past few years well for more than 18 years. During his Economics on monetary theory and has allowed tens of thousands of fami- service as Chairman, he guided the U.S. monetary policy. Dr. Bernanke has lies in my home State of Utah to afford economy through a number of chal- also been the recipient of many pres- to buy their own home, something that lenging hurdles including the stock tigious fellowships and awards includ- was beyond the reach of many before. market crash of 1987, the financial cri- ing the renowned Guggenheim Fellow- Chairman Greenspan’s success in ses in Mexico and Asia, recessions in ship, the Sloan Fellowship and the taming inflation and creating a stable the United States and other spikes in Econometric Society Fellowship. economic climate has paved the way the economy from corporate scandals, I have no doubt that with such an im- for our next Fed Chairman, Ben terrorist attacks, and natural disas- pressive background, Dr. Bernanke will Bernanke, to explicitly state that low ters. Dr. Greenspan’s tenure also in- serve with impartiality and will con- inflation is his primary goal. Indeed, cludes the longest economic expansion tinue to guide our economy, as Dr. countries all over the world are fol- in U.S. history which lasted from 1991– Greenspan has done for the last 18 lowing our lead of having an inde- 2001. For these reasons, it is clear why years, down a stable and prosperous pendent central bank dedicated to a many refer to Chairman Greenspan as path. I urge my colleagues to join me stable price system, modeled after the one of the greatest central bankers of in support of this distinguished nomi- one in the United States. This is no all time. nee, and confirm Dr. Bernanke to the small credit to the ability of Mr. While his footsteps will be difficult Board of Governors, and as Chairman Greenspan and the capable economists to follow, I am fully confident that Dr. of the Board for the next 4 years. employed by the Federal Reserve. Bernanke will continue Chairman Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I would The pressure on the Chair of the Fed- Greenspan’s legacy by guiding our like to take this chance to say a few eral Reserve to ‘‘do something’’ in re- economy in the right direction, and words of thanks to Alan Greenspan for sponse to crises, both real or perceived, making the best decisions not only for his service to our Government and to can be great. It is to his credit that the American people, but for the role of wish him well as he leaves the Federal Chairman Greenspan has been able to the United States in the global mar- Reserve. Alan Greenspan has done a resist many of those calls and avoided ketplace. commendable job as Chair of the Fed, meddling in situations where the po- The Federal Reserve Board guides and we are, indeed, fortunate to have tential economic benefits from such ac- the Nation and its economy with a had him in that position for the past 18 tion were slight, but the potential safe, flexible, and stable monetary and and a half years. costs heavy. In central banking, inac- financial system. As the U.S economy The previous two decades have seen tion is most often the better part of continues to grow, so does the role of an amazingly large number of crises valor. the Federal Reserve Board in the glob- that have impacted financial markets. At this time, I would also like to ex- al marketplace. Therefore, the quali- The stock market crash of 1987, the press my enthusiastic support for the fications for the Chairman of the Fed- Savings and Loan collapse and subse- nomination of Ben Bernanke to be the eral Reserve System must be held to quent bailout in 1990, the Mexican bond next Chairman of the Federal Reserve’s the highest standard. I feel Dr. crisis of 1994, the Asian financial panic Board of Governors. Mr. Bernanke has

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The Sen- affects monetary policy because, as I one of the preeminent experts on the ator has 18 minutes 43 seconds remain- said, there are loopbacks. What hap- causes and consequences of the Great ing. The Senator from Maryland has 8 pens with the yen and the yuan and the Depression. minutes 5 seconds remaining. Euro affects the dollar in ways that did Before Dr. Bernanke came to Wash- Mr. SHELBY. Does the Senator wish not occur before when so little of our ington, he was a professor of economics to continue? economy was based on international at Princeton University, perhaps the Mr. SARBANES. I will yield half of trade. top school for economics in the world. the remaining time to Senator DORGAN He has to deal with another problem He also served as its department chair and the other half to Senator SCHUMER. in our society—the agglomeration of for a number of years. While living in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- wealth to the top. Our society cannot Princeton, he served on the local ator from New York is recognized for 4 continue with the top 10 percent that school board for a number of years, minutes 17 seconds. glomerates most of the wealth. I hope putting the lie to any notion that he Mr. SCHUMER. Thank you, Mr. he will speak out on issues beyond has ever been an ivory tower academic President. I rise in strong support of monetary policy because we don’t have unfamiliar with how the real world op- the nomination of Mr. Bernanke to be- any respected voices who do that with- erates. come Chairman of the Federal Reserve. out a partisan edge, other than the Benjamin Bernanke brings a gifted First, I would be remiss if I didn’t say Chairman of the Fed. intellect, a wide variety of relevant ex- a few words of congratulations to Alan I make one final point. Contrast the perience, and an understanding of the Greenspan, who has truly been a giant nomination of Dr. Bernanke and Judge importance of what the Federal Re- in the field. He will be missed. He hov- Alito. Dr. Bernanke is a moderate. serve does and the harm that it can ered over our economy similar to a car- There was consultation, and he is get- bring to an economy. I wholeheartedly ing guardian and has done an incred- ting every Democratic vote. Judge encourage my colleagues to join with ibly fine job. Every American of every Alito was a partisan nomination. There me in voting for his nomination. political stripe should be grateful that was no consultation. He is regarded by Mr. MENENDEZ. I rise in support of Alan Greenspan served so well and so many of us on key issues at the ex- the nomination of Ben Bernanke, of my long. I called him yesterday to wish treme, and we had a divided vote. I home State of New Jersey, to be the him well. He will do just fine. He is 79 hope and pray that in the future, the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve. and he is entitled to retire. I, for one, President will follow the nomination Once again, New Jersey is honored that with no aspersions on Mr. Bernanke, process more like he did with Dr. the President has nominated one of our wish he would have even stayed a little Bernanke, a unifying choice, rather own to serve our Nation in such a vital longer. than like Judge Alito, a partisan choice. position. I think Mr. Bernanke is extremely well qualified for the job for a number I yield the floor. Dr. Bernanke has a remarkable The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- of reasons. That is why I strongly sup- record of scholarship. He graduated ator from North Dakota is recognized. from Harvard with top honors and later port his nomination. He is erudite, he Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I will earned a doctorate in economics from is smart, and he is one of those rare be brief. I had thought I agreed to the the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- people who has made monetary policy unanimous consent request in ex- nology, MIT. Dr. Bernanke then en- his life’s work. Many of us would not change for 10 minutes to speak on this tered academia and has taught at some choose to do that, but he did and he has nomination, but if that time does not of the preeminent universities of our done it very well. exist, I will truncate my remarks. Nation, starting at Stanford before Second, Mr. Bernanke has assured us Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I will be continuing at MIT and New York Uni- that he will follow the policies of glad to yield to the Senator from North versity and eventually ending as the Chairman Greenspan. That bespeaks Dakota some of my time. Chairman of the Economics Depart- well of his wisdom because Chairman Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, in that ment at Princeton University. He has Greenspan did such a superb job man- case, let me compliment the chairman also served our Nation with distinction aging monetary policy. Anybody who and ranking member, which I would in his roles at both the Council of Eco- says that starts with a leg up. have done in any event. Let me spend nomic Advisers and the Federal Re- Third, he is not an ideologue. He is a more time complimenting them for serve. solid, thoughtful person. He does not their work. As the newest member of the Senate go to the extreme. He does not have a The Banking Committee is very im- Committee on Banking, Housing, and narrow theory that governs the way portant in the Senate. It takes a very Urban Affairs, I look forward to work- economic policy should be made. He as- serious view of these issues and I know ing with Dr. Bernanke in ensuring that sured us, despite some rumors to the did a very thorough job in the hearings inflation remains in check, that our contrary, for instance, that he would held late last year on this nomination Nation’s deficits are addressed and not follow a mechanistic, formulaic for Chairman of the Federal Reserve dealt with in a forthright manner, and monetary policy. That is very impor- Board. I thank the chairman for his that all Americans are able to success- tant because our economy is so com- courtesy, and I thank the chairman fully participate in our country’s econ- plicated and there are so many inter- and the ranking member for their omy. He has a reputation of basing his national considerations that you can- work, not just on this nomination but decisions on sound economics, rather not be mechanistic in this changing on so many important issues. than ideology and partisanship, and I new world, and he is not. I don’t come to the Chamber to op- expect this to continue in his new role He is also not an ideologue in terms pose Mr. Bernanke’s nomination. That as Chairman. of general economic policy. He is not is not my purpose. I wish him well. I Mr. President, I would be remiss if I one of these people who advocate tax want him to succeed. He is going to be did not also take this time to thank cuts above all, even if it plunges us confirmed almost unanimously today Alan Greenspan for his almost two dec- into greater deficits. He is a thought- by the Senate. ades of service and economic steward- ful, moderate man. He is the right Chairman Greenspan and I have had ship as the outgoing Chairman. choice for the job. very significant differences over a long I am quite pleased that the President Senator GRAHAM and I have been period of time. But I wish him well. I has nominated my fellow New very concerned about the balance of want to thank him for his service to Jerseyan, Dr. Bernanke, to be Chair- trade with China and them pegging our country, even if we have different man of the Federal Reserve and am their currency at a low rate. He showed views about monetary policy.

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We mining the amount of economic growth And yet the Federal Reserve Board has have someone else answering to the and opportunity that will exist in the a rainy-day fund, a surplus fund, which call of public service, in this case future, what kind of good jobs we will has grown now to $12.9 billion. someone well qualified. have, and how many. I believe the Fed and the Congress Mr. Bernanke has served at the Fed- Our fiscal policy, judged by anyone ought to take a hard look at that and eral Reserve Board dealing with mone- soberly looking at the facts, is seri- ask themselves, given the fact we are tary policy and at the White House ously off track. I don’t blame Mr. choking on debt these days, is there dealing with fiscal policy for President Bernanke for that, although he most any reason that the Federal Reserve Bush. The Senate will confirm him recently worked at the White House in should continue to have a surplus fund today, and he will go back to the Fed- the fiscal policy arena. It is not a ques- of $12.9 billion? The Fed wants a fund eral Reserve Board as Chairman. tion of blame, it is a proposition that apparently because it might lose What I wanted to say today is that all of us, Republicans and Democrats, money someday. The Fed makes we have the twin issues of fiscal policy liberals, conservatives, moderates, money. The Fed creates money. The and monetary policy, and there needs must finally come together to say this Fed does not need $12.9 billion in a sur- to be some responsibility to understand is unsustainable. plus account. how they work together to improve Our country is off track in fiscal pol- So as Mr. Bernanke receives his ap- this country’s future. I am very con- icy and trade policy. This debt will proval of the Senate today, my hope is cerned about this country’s economic have consequences. And in the con- he might, with Members of Congress, take a look at that issue. Senator REID future for reasons that Senator SAR- struct of monetary policy, it is criti- and I and others asked for a GAO re- BANES touched on a moment ago. I wish cally important that Mr. Bernanke un- port on that 10 years ago now—and the to describe it to my colleagues. derstand these messages and not do as Fed blithely ignores the consequences I think the Federal Reserve Board for has been done in most recent years and of any of that and does what it wants some long while—and, yes, it was under put up a big old green light and say to to do. In fact, at that point, the reserve Chairman Greenspan’s stewardship— friends in Congress: Oh, by the way, go or surplus rainy-day fund was $4.5 bil- has been providing green lights saying, ahead, it will all work out; be happy. lion. Not only did the criticism of that It is OK, go right ahead, to a series of Fine. That is exactly what has hap- fund not deter them, it has grown now fiscal policy moves which has put us pened in recent years, with a couple of to nearly triple that amount, in a deep in debt. It is not just in budget exceptions. rainy-day fund in a climate where it policy where we have these deep and The Federal Reserve Board is a never rains. I am sorry, but Mr. abiding long-term deficits and, there- strong central bank that is largely ac- Bernanke should take a good, hard fore, increases in the Federal debt. We countable to no one. I know, go back to look at that, and so should the Con- also have large trade deficits. In about the nineteen-teens when the Federal gress. a week and a half, we will have an an- Reserve Board was created, and it was Having said all that, pointing out es- nouncement about last year’s trade said on the floor of the Senate, we are pecially that we have very abiding and deficit. My expectation is it is going to not creating a central bank, we are not serious fiscal policy problems and be about $750 billion, the highest in his- creating a strong central bank, and we trade policy problems, my hope is that tory. That debt is devastating to this are not for certain creating a strong Mr. Bernanke, in seizing the reins of country. It is unsustainable. At the central bank accountable to no one, our monetary policy in this country as same time, in fiscal policy, the Federal but that’s exactly what happened. You Chairman of the Federal Reserve debt will increase in this fiscal year can make the case over a long period of Board, has a successful tenure. I wish somewhere around $650 billion. time that things have gone pretty well him well. I want him to do well. I want I wish to put up a chart that shows with monetary policy here, fiscal pol- our country to do well. I come to the what is happening. This is the wall of icy there. Chamber only to ask that all of us fi- debt in fiscal policy. You will see year My colleague from Maryland talks nally join together, including the after year after year, going from 2006 about economic stabilizers. You can Chairman of the Federal Reserve to 2011, up to $12 trillion in fiscal pol- talk about some successes. Our reces- Board, to see where we are and where icy debt. Extend this another 5 years, sions have been less deep in recent we must be if we want a strong Amer- and you get to $16 trillion. This is a re- years because of economic stabilizers ica in the future, one that grows and lentless wave of bad news in fiscal pol- and some thoughtful approaches to finds opportunities for our children and icy that we cannot continue. This is dealing with monetary policy and fis- grandchildren. just fiscal policy. The trade policy debt cal policy. But I believe it is very im- I again thank my two colleagues for looks even worse. Its growth is even portant for us to understand where we the time. I yield the floor. more dramatic. Of course, that relates are. If you don’t understand where you Mr. President, I suggest the absence to the issues of jobs. are at the moment, it is pretty hard to of a quorum. Last week, we heard Ford Motor say: figure out where you are going. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Oh, by the way, we are going to cut As we consider the nomination of one clerk will call the roll. 30,000 workers. Several months ago, it of the most important people in this The assistant legislative clerk pro- was General Motors saying: By the country with respect to economic pol- ceeded to call the roll. Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask way, we are going to cut 20,000 to 30,000 icy, a new Chairman of the Federal Re- unanimous consent the order for the workers. Four months before that, it serve Board, I call attention once again quorum call be rescinded. was General Motors calling in the to the fact that we have very serious, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without heads of the companies that provide abiding, long-term economic problems objection, it is so ordered. the General Motors’ parts, 300 people in which, unless resolved, will injure this Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I re- a room, and the person in charge of country’s long-term opportunity to reserve the remainder of my time at this parts for General Motors said this to main a world economic power. It is point. them: You need, when making parts for that serious. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- General Motors cars, to outsource One final point. There is a little fund ator from Alabama reserves the re- those jobs to China to get the costs down at the Federal Reserve Board to mainder of his time, 11 minutes 17 sec- down. which I also wish to call attention. I onds. Where is all this heading? Ford, Gen- assume Mr. Bernanke knows of it. It is The Senator from Georgia is recog- eral Motors, parts to China, $750 billion a fund in which $12.9 billion exists. It is nized. trade deficit in a year? It is headed in a fund at the Federal Reserve Board (The remarks of Mr. ISAKSON and Mr. the wrong direction, and we are today which is called a surplus account. The OBAMA are printed in today’s RECORD selecting one person who is going to be Federal Reserve Board, I remind every- under ‘‘Morning Business.’’)

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Will the Senator place me on his Banking Committee and in the Senate ever saw him challenge the Chairman. resolution? to be the Fed Governor in 2002. I sup- And as far as I can tell, they never had Mr. OBAMA. I am happy to. ported him to the Board of Governors a disagreement. f at the Fed because of a private meeting As important as it is for the FOMC we had. member to be independent, it is more RECESS Over the years I have had some great important the Chairman be inde- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under concern about the Federal Reserve and pendent. The Fed Chairman must not the previous order, the hour of 12:30 the way it operates. One of my biggest give in to outside pressures. Monetary p.m. having arrived, the Senate will concerns is that the Federal Open Mar- policy decisions must be made for the stand in recess until 2:15. ket Committee, the FOMC, suffers good of the country and not for polit- Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:26 p.m., from ‘‘group think.’’ It seems to me no ical considerations. When Dr. Bernanke recessed until 2:15 p.m., and reassem- one ever challenges the Fed Chairman. was a Fed Governor, I did not witness bled when called to order by the Pre- I rarely, if ever, witnessed or heard any him showing independence from the siding Officer (Mr. VOINOVICH). of the Fed Governors publicly chal- Chairman at all. During his tenure as a f lenging or disagreeing with Chairman Fed Governor, there were 23 votes Alan Greenspan. NOMINATIONS OF BEN S. taken by the FOMC committee. Not Chairman Greenspan has done an ad- BERNANKE TO BE A MEMBER once did Dr. Bernanke vote against mirable job during his tenure at the AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Chairman Greenspan. I don’t think Federal Reserve. He had a difficult OF GOVERNORS OF THE FED- that is independence; that is group task. Part of his job was to predict the ERAL RESERVE SYSTEM—Contin- think. He did not show independence as future. However, I believe Chairman ued a Fed Governor. How can we be sure he Greenspan has always erred on the side will be an independent person as Chair- Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I rise of raising interest rates. I am not alone man of the Fed? today to oppose the nomination of Dr. with this opinion. History has shown The pressures to go along for a quick Ben Bernanke to be Chairman of the he has made many mistakes in raising political fix will be even greater. Will Board of Governors of the Federal Re- rates for too long. My problem is when he stand up to the President? Will he serve. I am not one who relishes oppos- he did that, not one Governor raised stand up to the New York Times, the ing President Bush’s nominees or his their voice. Instead, they either bit Washington Post, the Wall Street Jour- policies. I have been supportive of an their tongue out of fear they would be nal? Will he stand up to the business overwhelming majority of them, but I viewed as not a team player or perhaps and economic pundits in the broadcast have opposed a nominee or two on a what might be worse is that they all media or anyone else when they call few occasions. This is one of those rare agreed with each other and simply re- for rate increases or decreases? I am occurrences. inforced bad ideas. not convinced he will. The past is pro- Dr. Bernanke has an impressive re- Diversity of thought and dissension logue. I hope I am wrong. sume and career. He received his bach- is, indeed, necessary within the Federal It is mainly for this reason that in elor of arts in economics in 1975 from Reserve. After all, the Chairman of the 2005 I opposed his confirmation as Harvard University. From there he Fed and its Board of Governors essen- Chairman of the President’s Council of headed off to Massachusetts Institute tially have the greatest power over Economic Advisers. I hope Ben of Technology where he received his shaping our economy. And the econ- Bernanke proves to be a fine Chairman Ph.D. in economics in 1979. He was as- omy affects every American. of the Federal Reserve. I hope he uses sistant professor of economics in the I understand the argument that to his vast knowledge of our economy to graduate School of Business at Stan- have an FOMC rife with dissension make correct monetary policy deci- ford University from 1979 to 1983 and might not be the best for the markets. sions. I hope he gains the trust of Wall then became associate professor of eco- I have heard the argument that it Street, much like the last two chair- nomics at Stanford’s graduate School would rattle the markets and send Wall men. of Business from 1983 to 1985. Street into a tizzy. Yes, overall, it is Dr. Bernanke has talked about bring- Ben Bernanke then popped over to important the FOMC speak with one ing more transparency to the Fed. I Princeton University. There he became voice. However, the pendulum can hope he does this. I hope he continues a professor of economics and public af- swing too far from dissent. My fear is to be plain spoken. fairs from 1985 to 1994. He stayed at that the FOMC under Chairman Green- One other reason I oppose Dr. Princeton and ultimately became chair span has arguably suffered from group Bernanke is because he says he will of its economic department until 2002. think and that the FOMC has uninten- continue the policies of Chairman He was then appointed to serve as a tionally become a rubberstamp for Greenspan. That does not sit well with member of the Board of Governors of Chairman Greenspan’s recommenda- me. I hope this is not completely true. the Federal Reserve System by Presi- tions. I hope Ben Bernanke refrains from dent Bush. We need an FOMC that is truly inde- talking about things outside the pur- Dr. Bernanke was then tapped as pendent. It must be independent from view of the Federal Reserve. One of my chairman of the President’s Council of the Congress and the executive branch. biggest problems with Chairman Economic Advisers and he has held We cannot have a Fed that is influ- Greenspan was that he talked about ev- that post since June of 2005. enced by the President. We certainly erything under the sun: tax policy, Of course, along with this academic know the Fed does not pay any atten- trade deficits, budgets, fiscal policy, and employment re´sume´, Dr. Bernanke tion to Congress. For the FOMC to the Nation’s oil patch. The Fed’s juris- has received many honors and fellow- function properly, its members must diction is narrowly scoped to monetary ships along the way. He has also pub- challenge the Chairman. No Chairman policy, but if you asked Chairman lished many articles on a wide variety should be able to dominate. There must Greenspan about monetary policy, he of economic issues, articles relating to be intellectual sparring so all members would talk about everything under the monetary policy, inflation targeting, are heard and the FOMC can come up Sun without ever answering your ques- microeconomics, central banking, and with the best decision for the country. tions. If you asked him something that many other issues relating to economic The Federal Open Market Committee had nothing to do with monetary pol- and monetary theories. needs independent voices. Dr. Bernanke icy, he was more than happy to give This all sounds very impressive, and promised me he would be an inde- you a clear and concise answer. Hope- it is. It is an economic elitist dream. pendent voice as a member of the fully, Dr. Bernanke will be a different

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S356 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 kind of chairman in that respect. Hope- Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask ‘‘bill’’—medical bills, gas bills, heating fully, he will talk only about monetary unanimous consent that the order for bills, mortgage bills, college bills, and policy and not interfere with tax and the quorum call be rescinded. especially tax bills. fiscal policy. Those matters should be The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without It is not hard to see why those are left to the legislative branch and other objection, it is so ordered. the issues. Middle-class folks in this areas of the executive branch. Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I yield country are not keeping up. Even their Also, Chairman Greenspan’s prob- back the remainder of my time. wages do not keep up with inflation. lems were not just the fact that he The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- And while they want a better life for talked outside the monetary policy ator yields back his time. their kids—the way their parents want- arena. Yes, Chairman Greenspan’s ten- Does the Senator from Kentucky ed for them—they stay up nights wor- ure held relatively low inflation with yield back his time? rying that they cannot make it hap- growing economic conditions. However, He does. pen. his record came about from the cre- The question is on Calendar No. 440. So today I want to spend a few mination of a fat market bubble that ulti- The question is, Will the Senate advise utes discussing just two issues: taxes mately popped. Then there was a hous- and consent to the nomination of Ben and health care. I believe in each of ing bubble. It led to an unbalanced eco- S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be a these two issues Congress could work nomic recovery fueled by cash raised member of the Board of Governors of on a bipartisan basis for genuine relief from soaring home prices. This re- the Federal Reserve System? for the middle class. We may not hear sulted in record household debt and The nomination was confirmed. about it tonight, but as middle-class negative consumer savings rates. Mr. SHELBY. I move to reconsider folks begin pulling together their 1099s, We also witnessed the endless bail- the vote. their W–2s, their schedule this and outs of Chairman Greenspan. There Mr. BUNNING. I move to lay that schedule that, and all of what they was the 1997 Fed bailout of the Asian motion on the table. have to do to comply with filling out crisis. There was the long-term capital The motion to lay on the table was their tax forms, I simply wanted to management bailout in 1998. We had a agreed to. come to the floor and say it does not financial crisis and the Fed got in- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The have to be this way. volved with Mexico and all this led to question is on Calendar No. 441. The I brought, today, just part of what constitutes the regulations and rules a huge trade and Federal budget defi- question is, Will the Senate advise and for complying with taxes in America. cits. This was all further affected by consent to the nomination of Ben S. One of the experts in the field told me record energy prices which raised the Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be Chair- there have been more than 14,000 cost of goods and services. man of the Board of Governors of the amendments to the Tax Code since the After almost 20 years, Chairman Federal Reserve System? last major overhaul in 1986. It comes to Greenspan is now acknowledging some The nomination was confirmed. almost three for every working day in of the bad consequences of his deci- Mr. SHELBY. I move to reconsider America. sions. He said inflation may be creep- the vote. This year, Americans are going to ing in. But Chairman Greenspan leaves Mr. BUNNING. I move to lay that spend $140 billion on tax compliance. knowing that his mess will fall to his motion on the table. Americans are going to spend more The motion to lay on the table was apprentice, Ben Bernanke. money complying with the tax rules Yes, Dr. Bernanke has an impressive agreed to. than the Federal government is spend- resume. But the question is whether he Mr. SHELBY. I suggest the absence ing on higher education in our country. knows what is waiting for him around of a quorum. I have come to the floor today be- each economic corner. It is indeed iron- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cause I want to make it clear I do not ic that Dr. Bernanke finds it necessary clerk will call the roll. think it has to be that way. I have de- to continue the Greenspan policies. I The assistant legislative clerk pro- veloped an alternative. My one-page hope this is not true. This would be dis- ceeded to call the roll. 1040 form is just 30 lines long. Take astrous. These policies have not been Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask your income from all sources, subtract the best for our economy. unanimous consent that the order for your deductions, take your credits, I hope Dr. Bernanke does not follow the quorum call be rescinded. send it off to the IRS, and you can even too closely in the footsteps of Chair- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. add a note: I’m done. Have a nice day. man Greenspan in his approaches. But COLEMAN). Without objection, it is so I filled this out myself, and that in regardless, he just might inherit a ordered. and of itself is a little bit of a revolu- mess from Chairman Greenspan. If so, I Under the previous order, the Presi- tion because it has been a long time hope he can clean it up. dent will be immediately notified of since a member of the Senate Finance I hope there is no damaging recession the Senate’s action. Committee or someone in the other or financial crisis looming. If so, I hope f body on the Ways and Means Com- Ben Bernanke does not live up to his LEGISLATIVE SESSION mittee could fill out their own tax nickname of ‘‘Helicopter Ben,’’ and form. throw the U.S. mint’s printing presses The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under What happens today? More than into overdrive. the previous order, the Senate will re- three million people, for example, have I have no personal qualms with Dr. turn to legislative session. to essentially fill out their taxes twice. Bernanke. We simply differ on opin- The Senator from Oregon. They have that alternative minimum ions. I do not relish opposing President Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask tax staring at them. Scores of families Bush’s nominees. But, regretfully, I unanimous consent to speak for up to are pulling together shoe boxes full of must oppose Dr. Ben Bernanke to be 30 minutes as in morning business. receipts, shouting across the living Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without room, ‘‘Honey, can you find that re- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- objection, it is so ordered. ceipt for the copier that we bought sent that I be recorded as being op- f months ago?’’ because part of it is for posed to Ben Bernanke’s nomination business and part of it was used for the TAXES AND HEALTH CARE upon its approval. family. I say it does not have to be this The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, while way. objection, it is so ordered. Senators talk about prebuttal and re- I have shown that you can have a Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I yield buttal speeches before the State of the one-page 1040 form. The President’s ad- the floor and suggest the absence of a Union speech, I hear middle-class folks visory committee report that came out quorum. saying ‘‘drop the buts and make our in the fall had a similar form—I do not The PRESIDING OFFICER. The lives easier.’’ I know because in Janu- happen to agree with all they did, but clerk will call the roll. ary, when I was home, I held 21 com- their one-page form isn’t that much The assistant legislative clerk pro- munity meetings. The big issues then longer than mine. For purposes of Gov- ceeded to call the roll. were those where the second word was ernment work, we could put the two of

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I wish we The Senator from Ohio has done an of great importance to our country. hadn’t gone back over the last 20 years awful lot of good work in terms of pay- But on top of simplifying the Tax since that historic legislation and as-you-go budgeting and taking on Code, there is more that has to be done added it all back, those more than health care costs and some of the sky- to help the middle class. I suspect we 14,000 provisions. But it happened. We rocketing cost of entitlements. My pro- are not going to hear about it tonight, all know it has a little bit to do with posal doesn’t pretend to deal with all of but Warren Buffett, the second the lobbyists, because the lobbyists all the red ink we see in the Federal budg- wealthiest man in America, pays a lot come and ask for this particular break et, but it does get real tax relief to lower tax rate than his receptionist. or another. I had one of our colleagues middle-class people and does it in a fis- That is because there is a double stand- say to me: Ron, I don’t agree with cally responsible way, with the Con- ard. every part of your proposal, but you gressional Research Service saying We hit people a lot harder when they are right, probably every 20 years you that it would pay down the Federal def- work for wages than when they make ought to automatically cleanse the Tax icit by $100 billion over the next few their money off investments. I am not Code. You automatically ought to give years. interested in soaking anybody. I be- it a bath. I will be back on the floor over the lieve in markets. I believe in creating So I come tonight to say I am inter- next few days and weeks trying to wealth. But something is out of whack ested in working on a bipartisan basis make the case for bipartisanship to when middle-class folks have to spend to do something about all this dead overhaul the tax system. I don’t think the time to figure out how to wade wood. I would rather preserve the trees it is possible to continue to add a piece through all of this and spend literally that go into all these volumes and sim- here and a piece there and make any much of the money they want to spend plify the life of middle-class folks. We sense out of all this. We will only be on their families on just filling out have our folks talking on cell phones adding more and more volumes. For ex- their taxes—it is not right to hammer all day and pagers and practically teth- ample, virtually every Senator I have people who work for a living. ered to the Internet. I know of young talked to wants to deal with the alter- Here is the way it works. If a cop people trying to get ahead. They work native minimum tax. We know there working outside the Capitol gets a lit- 12, 14 hours a day. They come home and are a lot of people being swept up in tle bit of a pay raise—maybe $500—that they are still checking their e-mail. Do the alternative minimum tax who cer- cop pays 25 percent of the pay raise to we want to put them through another tainly don’t consider themselves fat the Federal Government in income 30 hours of preparing their taxes? cats. They weren’t the kind of people taxes and pays Social Security payroll I filled out my one-page 1040 form. I anybody was talking about when the taxes on top of it. If, however, you already said the President’s Advisory AMT came into being. But we are get- make your money on investments—we Panel on tax reform had some good ting to the point now where it is al- want everybody to do well in that area ideas. We could come up with an alter- most impossible to put a patch on the also—you pay 15 percent of what you native. But we have to want to lead. AMT without having that change rip- make on your investments in income We have to want to lead as President ple all the way through the system. taxes and you do not pay any Social Reagan did, as Bill Bradley did. We What we ought to say, on a bipar- Security payroll taxes. have to say we want to do it on a bipartisan basis, is we can make the code There is a double standard. We dis- tisan basis. simpler, flatter, and fairer. I have de- criminate against people who work for I am hopeful that if we hear tonight scribed today how it can be made sim- a living. In Ohio, in Oregon, across the about business as usual on taxes, I can pler. I have a one-page 1040 form. The country, if you work hard, play by the join with colleagues on the other side President’s advisory commission has rules, and work for a wage, you get hit of the aisle. I have already talked to one that is a bit longer, but they are a lot harder than the people who make some on the Finance Committee where close enough for purposes of Govern- their money on investments. I am honored to serve. I have discussed ment work. I have three brackets in I have already said I am not inter- it both with Chairman GRASSLEY and my tax proposal: 15, 25, and 35. It is fine ested in soaking anybody. I happen to Senator BAUCUS, two who frankly are with me to adjust the numbers a little believe marginal rates are a big deal. role models for bipartisanship. bit, particularly the idea of going down And because I do, I have not raised the I came today to particularly talk a couple of points for each of the top rate in my proposal. I have three about how this could help middle-class brackets. The biggest challenge in tax brackets: 15, 25, and 35 percent. So folks. I am going to put in the RECORD terms of working out a bipartisan pro- it is progressive. I have said to col- examples of how various middle-class posal is on the issue of fairness, be- leagues on the other side of the aisle, people would be affected. I will ask cause that is obviously in the eye of folks in the administration, there is unanimous consent to print in the the beholder. What is fair to one person plenty of flexibility in my proposal. If RECORD some examples of how my pro- may not be fair to somebody else. we want to make it 13, 23 and 33, I am posal would help the middle class. I want to close on one point with re- up for that, too. We can do that in a bi- Under my proposal we will have a lot spect to taxes. Ronald Reagan signed a partisan way. of middle-class people, people making bill in 1986 that treated investment in- But tonight, I suspect, instead of $70, $80, $90,000 a year—there are a lot come the way wage income was treat- hearing that we ought to take on the of them in Ohio and Oregon—will get a ed. Ronald Reagan in 1986, working tax bureaucracy embodied in a few of significant amount of relief. Essen- with Bill Bradley, Dick Gephardt, a these volumes, in effect we are going to tially, all those families who make up host of Democrats, signed a bill that be told to re-up for business as usual. I to $150,000 a year, primarily on wage treated investment income as it treat- don’t think it has to be that way. I income, maybe a little bit of invested wage income. He did it because he refer colleagues to what happened in ment thrown in, they are going to get thought the overall set of tax brackets 1986, 20 years ago. Then we had a Re- real tax relief or they are going to stay made sense. I happen to think mine do publican President, revered by millions about the same. I want to see us do it as well. Colleagues may have other ap- of Americans, Ronald Reagan, who in a fiscally responsible way. I know proaches. What we know for a fact is worked with Democrats, Dan Rosten- this is of great concern to the Senator what was done in 1986 worked. The kowski, Bill Bradley, Dick Gephardt. from Ohio. The Congressional Research stock market was not hampered. For They found common ground in a pro- Service said that it is possible to get colleagues on the other side of the posal that has many of the same fea- the tax relief to millions of middle- aisle, a Republican got elected Presi- tures I bring to the Senate today. class people that is outlined in my leg- dent in 1988 so no Republican was hurt

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The admin- to what our citizens face now with end- this is a cause I am not giving up on. I istration of this program didn’t have to of-life choices. am going to push this at every possible roll out this way. It could have been The fourth step is an area the Chair opportunity. I am going to work with simpler and more understandable, if has a great interest in, and that is colleagues on the other side of the the choices that were made available health care technology. We know many aisle. We know that you can’t get any- to seniors had simply been structured communities have multiple tech- thing important done unless it is bipar- in a clearer, more understandable way. nologies, such as MRI machines. There tisan. I am going to do it because I There is a second thing that needs to are some very exciting and tremendous don’t think you can defend business as be done on health care. Senator SNOWE new products that are available. Many usual with this tax system. The sim- and I got 51 votes late last year for our communities have lots of these tech- legislation to lift the restriction on plification that I have come to argue nologies, and some have none at all. Medicare’s right to bargain to hold for makes sense. Frankly, that ought There is a maldistribution of health down the cost of prescription medicine. to be a no-brainer for everyone. We can care resources. So an area I have a The way Medicare is buying this medi- make the code flatter. great interest in is, making it possible cine defies anything that goes on in the Let’s role up our sleeves and try to in communities in Minnesota and Or- private sector. It is similar to some- come up with a system that is fairer egon for health care providers to share body going to Costco and buying toilet for everybody, the way it was done these technologies, perhaps even giving paper one roll at a time. Nobody would back in 1986. If we can get it done—and them a waiver of antitrust restrictions, shop the way Medicare is purchasing I have the good fortune of being able to so that rather than everybody having stay on the Senate Finance Com- these prescription drugs. By my count, Senator SNOWE and I to keep up with the Joneses and adding mittee, if the people of Oregon honor to health care expenses in an area that me with a chance to continue to serve now have 53 votes for our legislation to lift the restriction on Medicare bar- has fueled our costs, let’s figure out a there—this time I am going to fight gaining. I commend a number of col- way that will not freeze innovation. those lobbyists who will try to go back leagues who have been involved. On our Nobody wants to do that. and clutter it up. Frankly, that is what side of the aisle, Senators STABENOW The Senator from Minnesota has happened in 1986. Nobody really said and FEINSTEIN have done a lot of heavy been a leader in that field. We don’t ‘‘no’’ after that historic reform. want to freeze innovation, but we want How much time do I have remaining? lifting. Senator MCCAIN has been a wonderful supporter. We ought to pass to hold down costs and make sure there The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is is access. I think there are ways in 1 that legislation. We ought to make it 10 ⁄2 minutes. which we can create incentives to Mr. WYDEN. I want to conclude on possible for Medicare to bargain to share these exciting health care tech- another pocketbook issue for the mid- hold down the cost of medicine. I look nologies. I have suggested just one this dle class by talking about health care. forward to talking to our colleagues afternoon. That is a way to hold down I am a Senator who believes there further, including the distinguished health care costs. ought to be private choices in Amer- Senator in the chair. There are other steps that ought to ican health care. There are some who Mr. President, to recap, let’s clean up be taken to hold down the costs in think that all the health care ought to the Medicare prescription drug benefit. health care. I hope we will hear about be privatized, some who think that Let’s figure out how to get better and them tonight. One of the best is to Government ought to do everything. I more accurate information about doc- make more accurate information avail- am one who believes there is a role for tors and hospital costs and services able about how doctors and hospitals both the private sector and for Govern- out. Let’s expand hospice and compas- price their services. sionate end-of-life care. And let’s make ment in health care. It is possible to shop for just about Unfortunately, I voted for the Medi- sure there are incentives to better use anything in the United States, but you health care technology. care prescription drug program. As a cannot shop very much for health care. former director of the Oregon Gray Those are four practical steps which It makes no sense at all. Senator COR- Panthers, I still have the welts on my can hold down health care costs and NYN, the distinguished Senator from back to show for it. I never conceived improve health care services in our Texas, has a great interest in this country. that the administration of this pro- issue. Other colleagues do as well. But gram could be so bungled. We have bed- I close by way of saying that I came if we are serious about holding down to the Senate floor today because I had lam out there right now with seniors costs—I think the President will talk with advanced degrees trying to sort those 21 town meetings at home. I about cost containment tonight—let’s heard middle-class people talk about all this out. Again, it did not have to get better, more understandable, more be this way. If, for example, the admin- all the issues where the second word usable information about doctors and was ‘‘bill’’—medical bill, tax bill, mort- istration had at least standardized the hospitals out to the American people. gage bill, gas bill, home heating bill. policies a little bit so that people could That is step No. 2. They are concerned about economics compare the various prescription drug Step No. 3 involves end-of-life care— coverages available, we could have one of the most controversial issues in and their pocketbooks. We don’t need avoided this chaos. There is a model for American health care. As my col- all this dead wood in our tax system. this as well, a model used for the pri- leagues know, I was the one who We can come up with a 1-page alter- vate health insurance supplements blocked the original Schiavo legisla- native. I proposed one, as have others. that seniors bought to add to their tion from coming up on the floor. Let We can work in a bipartisan way to Medicare. me talk about something all of us can hold down health care costs. Before I came to Congress, I was di- agree on, and that is we ought to ex- Tonight, we may not hear about rector of the Gray Panthers. It was not pand hospice and comfort care to deal some of what I have discussed this uncommon for a senior to have 10, 15 with end-of-life services because this is afternoon, but I look forward to work- private health insurance policies. We something which will help us save ing with colleagues on both sides of the drained that swamp. Now seniors for money, will avoid some of the family aisle and with the Bush administration the most part have only one Medigap tragedies that result in these horrible, because on both the tax issue and the policy. It meets their needs. The insur- polarizing kinds of problems such as we health care issue, we can do better. ance industry has indicated it works saw in the tragic Schiavo case. Mr. President, I yield the floor. for them. We ought to be trying to There is no reason, given the fact The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- standardize or at least make more un- that a growing fraction of the health ator from New Jersey is recognized.

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The 4-year stint in Europe, where her hus- Sandra Day O’Connor has served this clerk will call the roll. band was posted, and 3 sons later, San- country for over five decades as an Ari- The legislative clerk proceeded to dra Day O’Connor became Arizona’s zona State Senator and majority lead- call the roll. Assistant Attorney General in 1965. er, State court judge, assistant State Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask She served 4 years before being ap- attorney general, and in the capacity unanimous consent that the order for pointed to fill an unexpired seat in the of which she will long be remembered, the quorum call be rescinded. Arizona State Senate. In the State sen- as an Associate Justice of the Supreme The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ate she proved herself an adept and Court of America. The ‘‘cowgirl from objection, it is so ordered. popular lawmaker. She rose to its high- Arizona’’ may never have dreamed of (The remarks of Mr. DURBIN are est office to become the first woman riding to the highest Court in the land printed in today’s RECORD under State majority leader ever in the his- but, boy oh boy, is America fortunate ‘‘Morning Business.’’) tory of the United States. that she did. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I yield In 1975, Sandra Day O’Connor was the floor and suggest the absence of a On behalf of my fellow Senators and elected judge of the Maricopa County the American people, I offer my deep- quorum. Superior Court, and 4 years later, in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The est gratitude to Justice O’Connor for 1979, was appointed to the Arizona clerk will call the roll. her service to this great Nation, and I Court of Appeals. There she served The legislative clerk proceeded to wish Mrs. O’Connor the best in all of until President Ronald Reagan ap- call the roll. her future endeavors. pointed her Associate Justice to the Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask Mr. President, I suggest the absence Supreme Court. unanimous consent the order for the of a quorum. Twenty-five years ago, on September quorum call be rescinded. 21, 1981, the Senate unanimously con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without clerk will call the roll. objection, it is so ordered. firmed her nomination. On that day, Sandra Day O’Connor again made his- The legislative clerk proceeded to f tory. She became the first female Jus- call the roll. THE RETIREMENT OF JUSTICE tice in the Court’s history. When asked Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR for her reaction to her nomination, unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today has Sandra Day O’Connor said: been an extraordinarily historic and I can only say I will approach [my work on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without eventful day, one in which we have the bench] with care and effort and do the objection, it is so ordered. best job I possibly can do. paid tribute to, and reflected upon, the (The remarks of Mr. FRIST are print- great deeds and towering leadership of So she has. Justice O’Connor has ed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Morning some of the most consequential indi- served with distinction and as an ex- Business.’’) viduals of the 20th century. It has also ample to all Americans that, through (The remarks of Mr. CHAMBLISS are been a fast-paced day of action, of persistence and hard work, the highest printed in today’s RECORD under looking to the future, guiding America peaks can be achieved. Despite her ‘‘Morning Business.’’) toward our most cherished goals and early professional obstacles, she never Mr. CHAMBLISS. I suggest the ab- most cherished ideals. surrendered her determination, her sence of a quorum. focus, nor did she surrender her South- One person we honor today, who has The PRESIDING OFFICER. The western roots. Fiercely proud of her helped lead that journey, is retiring clerk will call the roll. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day heritage, Justice O’Connor and her The legislative clerk proceeded to O’Connor. For over two decades, Jus- brother H. Alan Day authored a best call the roll. tice O’Connor has presided over some selling memoir entitled ‘‘Lazy B: Grow- of the most complex, difficult, and vex- ing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the Amer- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask ing debates of our times. ican Southwest.’’ Anyone who has en- unanimous consent that the order for Justice O’Connor, who turns 76 this tered the inner compounds of Justice the quorum call be rescinded. year, retires with a sterling reputation O’Connor’s Supreme Court office has The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without as a brilliant legal scholar, a fair and seen that sign that reads: ‘‘Cowgirl objection, it is so ordered. impartial jurist, and an individual of Parking Only: All Others will be impeccable personal integrity. Towed.’’ f Born in the humble town of El Paso, About 11 years ago, when Karen and I first came to Washington, DC, we TX, to Harry and Ada Mae, the young MORNING BUSINESS Sandra Day grew up on her family’s didn’t really know anybody here. We cattle ranch in southeastern Arizona. were a little bit lost, a physician and Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask It was not far and wasn’t long to Stan- his family moving to this city. We unanimous consent that there now be a ford University where she graduated early on met John and Justice O’Con- period for morning business, with Sen- magna cum laude with a bachelor’s de- nor. Since that time, we have had the ators permitted to speak for up to 10 gree in economics. She was accepted opportunity to be with them socially. minutes each. into the university’s prestigious school We respect their wonderful and loving The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of law and earned a coveted position on relationship, which has been always objection, it is so ordered. the law review’s board of editors. She and continues to be manifested in so completed law school in only 2 years many wonderful ways. They welcomed f and finished near the top of her class. our family to this Washington commu- Among her classmates was a young nity and expressed that welcome in RETIREMENT OF MR. JAMES M. man who would later sit beside her on warm and heartfelt ways, again and PHILPOTT the highest Court in the land: the late again. Chief Justice William Rehnquist. To echo the worlds of Ronald Reagan, Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I rise Despite her extraordinary creden- Sandra Day O’Connor is ‘‘truly a ‘per- to pay tribute to Mr. James M. tials, the private sector didn’t easily son for all seasons,’ possessing those Philpott, Assistant Deputy Chief of

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He f global economy, to right itself, sta- has served with Army organizations in bilize, and continue to grow. Hawaii, Okinawa, mainland Japan, TRIBUTE TO ALAN GREENSPAN One measure of the Chairman’s coun- Korea, and Fort Huachuca, AZ. Mr. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today sel has been his highly anticipated tes- Philpott also spent 2 years with the marks the end of one of the most out- timonies before the Committees of U.S. Department of Energy where he standing public service careers in this Congress. Those hearings have always directed the Comptroller’s independent country’s history. been sold out, headliner events. We financial management review and anal- Today, Dr. Alan Greenspan steps have always listened very closely. ysis function. down as Chairman of the Board of Gov- On a more personal level, it has been During his more than 30 years in- ernors of the Federal Reserve System. my distinct pleasure to have gotten to volved in Army resource management, These last 18 years many accolades know Alan Greenspan and discuss in- Mr. Philpott was a highly respected have been showered on Chairman formally with him the challenges that leader and expert on the Army budget Greenspan’s leadership in steering confront this country—in particular, and a wide range of related issues con- monetary policy—a period that in- our health care system and the increas- cerning the Asia-Pacific region. He cluded some very difficult waters. ing costs of health care, pensions and played a critical role in the formula- But I think the true strength of his public entitlements. tion, approval, and execution of U.S. leadership can be measured by the I will miss those discussions with Mr. Army Pacific budgets that produced a numbers. The Chairman, I understand, Greenspan. But I am confident that he much-needed strengthening of Amer- devours statistics in helping to make will continue to offer his wise counsel ica’s defense posture and enabled our sound decisions. And the measurable to those who request it. For he will al- military to fulfill its many demanding results have been impressive. ways remain, at heart, a public servant commitments within the Pacific area Since being appointed to the chair- seeking to better the lives of citizens of responsibility. manship—first by President Reagan in throughout this country and the world. Mr. Philpott developed and led a di- August 1987, and then, later, by Presi- A counselor to Presidents and Con- verse staff of analysts. Over the years, dents George Bush, Bill Clinton, and gresses, a thoughtful thinker, flexible he mentored and guided a generation of George W. Bush—U.S. economic growth and non doctrinaire, Chairman Green- Army budget and management ana- has averaged 3 percent per year. span possesses the rare ability to com- lysts. Mr. Philpott was the primary The annual rate of increase in con- municate complicated ideas clearly leader in tracking and resolving budget sumer prices has similarly averaged a and to make difficult decisions under and realignment matters involving low 3 percent annually. complex, dynamic and uncertain condi- U.S. Army Pacific. He meticulously If price stability is the key responsi- tions. For 18 years, he has done so con- tracked numerous and complex actions bility of our independent Federal Re- sistently. For 18 years, he has done so affecting the funding and manpower serve System, one can only conclude masterfully. available to the command. Mr. that Chairman Greenspan’s leadership Alan Greenspan leaves the Federal Philpott has been a loyal and trust- has been extraordinarily successful. stage a giant in his field. worthy adviser to nine commanding Meanwhile, the number of payroll And if my high praise suggests a dash generals of U.S. Army Pacific, span- jobs in America has grown from 102 of ‘‘irrational exuberance,’’ so be it. ning 19 years. His expertise of Pacific million when he took on the chairman- Chairman Greenspan is deserving of resource management matters is un- ship to nearly 135 million today. The our highest regard. paralleled. unemployment rate has averaged On the passing of John Maynard Mr. Philpott produced substantial slightly more than a low 51⁄2 percent. Keynes, the British economist Alfred top-quality analysis on complex eco- But Chairman Greenspan has been Marshall wrote that: ‘‘a great econo- nomic, fiscal, and budget topics for more than an outstanding captain of mist must possess a rare combination commanders of U.S. Pacific Command the economic seas. He has been a of gifts: mathematician, historian, and U.S. Army Pacific and other senior shrewd analyst and forecaster, shaping statesman, philosopher.’’ Alan Green- leaders. He also improved support for the economic future. span possesses each in large measure. these leaders by initiating important One key statistic that the Chairman Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your resource management reforms that brought to the public’s attention—and outstanding service to your country saved staff time and improved the qual- particularly to those of us involved in and to your fellow Americans. ity of decisionmaking data. the policy process—is the issue of pro- On behalf of the U.S. Senate, best For his extraordinary achievements, ductivity. wishes to you in all of your future en- Mr. Philpott received the Meritorious He was the first to recognize that the deavors. Service Award three times. He was rise of productivity allowed unemploy- f awarded the Nick Hoge Award for Pro- ment to fall lower than many econo- fessional Development, and Superior mists thought possible without stoking HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES Civilian Service Award and Com- the fires of inflation, therefore, allow- SPECIALIST PRINCE KOA TEEWIA mander’s Award two times. He earned ing the Federal Reserve to keep inter- Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I would the deep respect of leaders throughout est rates low. like to set aside a few moments today the U.S. Army Pacific, Department of Over his tenure, productivity growth to reflect on the life of SPC Prince Koa the Army, and with Congress’s defense averaged 2.2 percent per year, nearly Teewia. Prince epitomized the best of oversight committees. These leaders double the rate of growth in the seven- our country’s brave men and women benefited enormously from his excep- ties and eighties. who fought to free Iraq and to secure a tional knowledge and dedication. Mr. There were major challenges along new democracy in the Middle East. He Philpott’s service has substantially the way: exhibited unwavering courage, dutiful helped our Nation’s leaders make the Only 2 weeks after taking his posi- service to his adopted country, and wisest possible allocation of its defense tion at the Federal Reserve, the stock above all else, honor. In the way he resources in order to ensure America’s market dropped nearly 23 percent— lived his life—and how we remember future security. marking the worse 1-day decline in the him—Prince reminds each of us how Throughout his distinguished career, market’s history. good we can be. Mr. Philpott has had the resolute sup- There was an Asian and Russian fi- Born in Liberia in 1979, Prince was port of his wife Kathy and his three nancial crisis in 1998. separated from his mother when she

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After his father fled the attached report excludes these Military Quality of Life and Veterans Af- war-torn region in 1990, Prince stayed amounts. fairs Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law with an aunt and eventually found ref- The estimates show that current 109–114); uge in neighboring Sierra Leone. level spending is under the budget reso- Transportation, Treasury, Housing and One by one, his mother managed to lution by $14.015 billion in budget au- Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis- find ways for her eldest sons to join her thority and by $379 million in outlays trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies in the United States. Prince was fi- in 2006. Current level for revenues is Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– nally reunited with his parents when $17.286 billion above the budget resolu- 115); he moved to Durham, NC, in 1998 to tion in 2006. Valles Caldera Preservation Act of 2005 live with friends and relatives. Shortly Since my last report, dated Novem- (Public Law 109–132); Naval Vessels Transfer Act of 2005 (Public after his return, his parents moved to ber 18, 2005, the Congress has cleared Law 109–134); and the President has signed the fol- Delaware in the hopes of finding better An act to provide certain authorities to paying employment. Prince stayed be- lowing acts that changed budget au- the Department of State (Public Law 109– hind in North Carolina with the hopes thority, outlays, or revenues: Military 140); of furthering his education and to en- Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of roll in classes at North Carolina Cen- Appropriations Act, 2006, P.L. 109–114; 2005 (Public Law 109–144); tral University. Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Department of Defense, Emergency Sup- Prince Teewia had always wanted to Urban Development, the Judiciary, the plemental Appropriations to Address Hurri- join the military of his adopted home- District of Columbia, and Independent canes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic land and, in 2004, he signed up for the Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, P.L. Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–148); 101st Airborne Division, based out of 109–115; Valles Caldera Preservation Departments of Labor, Health and Human Act of 2005, P.L. 109–132; Naval Vessels Services, and Education, and Related Agen- Fort Campbell, KY. He had been de- cies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law ployed in Iraq for less than a month Transfer Act of 2005, P.L. 109–134; An 109–149); when he was killed on December 29, act to provide certain authorities to Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2005, by a roadside bomb that deto- the Department of State, P.L. 109–140; 2005 (Public Law 109–150); nated next to the humvee he was riding Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Employee Retirement Preservation Act in. Act of 2005, P.L. 109–144; Department of (Public Law 109–151); Specialist Teewia was granted full Defense, Emergency Supplemental Ap- TANF and Child Care Continuation Act of status as a U.S. citizen shortly after propriations to Address Hurricanes in 2005 (Public Law 109–161); his death. This distinction was be- the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic In- National Defense Authorization Act for stowed upon him because of his honor- fluenza Act, 2006, P.L. 109–148; Depart- 2006 (Public Law 109–163); and able service in the Armed Forces and ments of Labor, Health and Human United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agree- ment Implementation Act (Public Law 109– his willingness to pay the ultimate Services, and Education, and Related 169). Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, P.L. cost while performing his duty in Iraq. The effects of the actions listed above are Prince was laid to rest with full mili- 109–149; Second Higher Education Ex- detailed in the enclosed tables. tary honors in Delaware Veterans Me- tension Act of 2005, P.L. 109–150; Em- Sincerely, morial Cemetery in Bear, DE, on Janu- ployee Retirement Preservation Act, DONALD B. MARRON, ary 13, 2006. He is survived by his par- P.L. 109–151; TANF and Child Care Con- Acting Director. ents John and Rebecca, his maternal tinuation Act of 2005, P.L. 109–161; Na- Enclosure. grandparents, as well as eight brothers tional Defense Authorization Act for TABLE 1.—SENATE CURRENT-LEVEL REPORT FOR SPEND- and six sisters. 2006, P.L. 109–163; and, United States- Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Imple- ING AND REVENUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006, AS OF I rise today to commemorate Prince, JANUARY 25, 2006 to celebrate his life, and to offer his mentation Act, P.L. 109–169. (In billions of dollars) family our support and our deepest There being no objection, the mate- sympathy on their tragic loss. rial was ordered to be printed in the Current RECORD, as follows: Budget Current Level Over/ f Resolution 1 Level 2 Under (¥) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, Resolution BUDGET SCOREKEEPING REPORT U.S. CONGRESS, Washington, DC, January 26, 2006. On-budget Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I hereby Budget Authority ...... 2,094.4 2,080.4 ¥14.0 Hon. JUDD GREGG, Outlays ...... 2,099.0 2,098.6 ¥0.4 submit to the Senate the budget Chairman, Committee on the Budget, U.S. Sen- Revenues ...... 1,589.9 1,607.2 17.3 scorekeeping report prepared by the ate, Washington, DC. Off-budget Social Security Outlays 3 416.0 416.0 0 Congressional Budget Office under sec- DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The enclosed tables Social Security Reve- tion 308(b) and in aid of section 311 of show the effects of Congressional action on nues 4 ...... 604.8 604.8 * the 2006 budget and are current through Jan- the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, Source: Congressional Budget Office. as amended. This report meets the re- uary 25, 2006. This report is submitted under Note: * = Less than $50 million. section 308(b) and in aid of section 311 of the 1 H. Con. Res. 95. the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year quirements for Senate scorekeeping of 2006, assumed the enactment of emergency supplemental appropriations for Congressional Budget Act, as amended. fiscal year 2006, in the amount of $50 billion in budget authority and ap- section 5 of S. Con. Res. 32, the first The estimates of budget authority, out- proximately $62.4 billion in outlays, which would be exempt from the en- concurrent resolution on the budget for lays, and revenues are consistent with the forcement of the budget resolution. Since the current level totals exclude the emergency appropriations in Public Laws 109–13, 109–61, 109–62, 109–68, 1986. technical and economic assumptions for fis- 109–73, 109–77, 109–88, 109–106, 109–114, 109–135, and 109–148 (see This report shows the effects of con- cal year 2006 that underlie H. Con. Res. 95, footnote 1 on Table 2), the budget authority and outlay totals specified in the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for the budget resolution have also been reduced (by the amounts assumed for gressional action on the 2006 budget emergency supplemental appropriations) for purposes of comparison. through January 25, 2006. The esti- Fiscal Year 2006. Pursuant to section 402 of 2 Current level is the estimated effect on revenue and spending of all leg- that resolution, provisions designated as islation that the Congress has enacted or sent to the President for his ap- mates of budget authority, outlays, proval. In addition, full-year funding estimates under current law are in- emergency requirements are exempt from cluded for entitlement and mandatory programs requiring annual appropria- and revenues are consistent with the enforcement of the budget resolution. As a tions even if the appropriations have not been made. technical and economic assumptions of result, the enclosed current level report ex- 3 Excludes administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration, which are off-budget. the 2006 concurrent resolution on the cludes these amounts (see footnote 1 on 4 The Employee Retirement Preservation Act (Public Law 109–151) has a budget, H. Con. Res. 95. Pursuant to Table 2). loss of revenue of $1 million.

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Budget Authority Outlays Revenues

Enacted in Previous Sessions: Revenues ...... n.a. n.a. 1,607,650 Permanents and other spending legislation ...... 1,293,035 1,250,308 n.a. Appropriation legislation ...... 0 382,272 n.a. Offsetting receipts ...... ¥479,872 ¥479,872 n.a. Total, enacted in previous sessions: ...... 813,163 1,152,708 1,607,650 Enacted This Session: Authorizing Legislation: TANF Extension Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–19) 148 165 0 An act approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–39) ...... 0 0 ¥1 Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 109–53) ...... 27 27 ¥3 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–58) ...... 141 231 ¥588 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (P.L. 109–59) ...... 3,444 36 9 National Flood Insurance Program Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–65) ...... 2,000 2,000 0 Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief Act (P.L. 109–66) ...... 2 2 0 TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–68) ...... ¥4,965 105 0 Natural Disaster Student Aid Fairness Act (P.L. 109–86) ...... 36 18 0 Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–88) ...... 751 376 0 Medicare Cost Sharing and Welfare Extension Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–91) ...... 354 341 0 An act to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for two years (P.L. 109–100) ...... ¥1 ¥1 0 Valles Caldera Preservation Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–132) ...... 0 2 0 Naval Vessels Transfer Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–134) ...... ¥26 ¥26 0 An act to provide certain authorities to the Department of State (P.L. 109–140) ...... 1 1 0 Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–144) ...... 210 210 0 Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–150) ...... ¥50 ¥45 0 Employee Retirement Preservation Act (P.L. 109–151) ...... 0 0 ¥2 TANF and Child Care Continuation Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–161) ...... 73 81 0 National Defense Authorization Act for 2006 (P.L. 109–163) ...... ¥23 ¥24 0 United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 109–169) ...... 1 1 ¥20 Appropriation Acts: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (P.L. 109–13) ...... ¥39 ¥21 11 Interior Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–54) ...... 26,211 17,301 122 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–55) ...... 3,804 3.185 0 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–90) ...... 31,860 19,306 0 Agriculture Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–97) ...... 99,262 57,294 0 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–102) ...... 20,979 8,164 0 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–103) ...... 30,459 19,604 0 Science, State, Justice, Commerce Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–108) ...... 58,210 35,763 0 Military Quality of Life and VA Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–114) ...... 83,519 67,294 0 Transportation, Treasury and HUD Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–115) ...... 81,149 69,465 0 Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–148) ...... 393,349 273,692 0 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–149) ...... 505,060 370,483 0 Total, enacted this session: ...... 1,335,946 945,030 ¥472 Entitlements and mandatories: Difference between enacted levels and budget resolution estimates for appropriated entitlements and other mandatory programs ...... ¥68,740 ¥879 n.a. Total Current Level 1, 2 ...... 2,080,369 2,098,617 1,607,178 Total Budget Resolution ...... 2,144,384 2,161,420 1,589,892 Adjustment to budget resolution for emergency requirements 3 ...... ¥50,000 ¥62,424 n.a. Adjusted Budget Resolution ...... 2,094,384 2,098,996 n.a. Current Level Over Adjusted Budget Resolution ...... n.a. n.a 17,286 Current Level Under Adjusted Budget Resolution ...... 14,015 379 n.a. Source: Congressional Budget Office. Notes: n.a. = not applicable; P.L. = Public Law. 1 Pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, provisions designated as emergency requirements are exempt from enforcement of the budget resolution. As a result, the current level totals exclude the following amounts:

Budget Authority Outlays Revenues

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (P.L. 109–13) ...... 0 30,757 0 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (P.L. 109–61) ...... 0 7,750 0 Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From Hurricane Katrina, 2005 (P.L. 109–62) ...... 0 21,841 0 TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–68) ...... 200 245 0 Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–73) ...... 128 128 ¥3,191 Community Disaster Loan Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–88) ...... ¥751 0 0 National Flood Insurance Program Further Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–106) ...... 15,000 14,000 0 Military Quality of Life and VA Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–114) ...... 1,225 1,103 0 Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–135) ...... 27 27 ¥3,920 Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 (P.L. 109–148) ...... 59,152 36,572 0

Total, enacted emergency requirements ...... 74,981 112,423 ¥7,111 2 Excludes administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration, which are off-budget. 3 H. Con. Res. 95, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, assumed the enactment of emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2006, in the amount of $50,000 million in budget authority and $62,424 million in outlays, which would be exempt from the enforcement of the budget resolution. Since the current level totals exclude the emergency appropriations in P.L. 109–13, P.L. 109–61, P.L. 109–62, P.L. 109–68, P.L. 109–73, P.L. 109–77, P.L. 109–88, P.L. 109–106, P.L. 109–114, P.L. 109–135, and P.L. 109–148 (see footnote 1 above), the budget authority and outlay totals specified in the budget resolution have also been reduced (by the amounts assumed for emergency supplemental appropriations) for purposes of comparison.

IMPROVING THE PATRIOT ACT A majority of Senators—Republicans As soon as it became apparent that and Democrats, those who voted the conference report filed by the Re- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, those of against cloture on the conference republican leadership would be unaccept- us working constructively and in a bi- port that failed to pass the Senate and partisan way to extend the USA PA- able to the Senate, I joined on Thurs- TRIOT Act with improvements have those who voted for it urged the Repub- day, December 8, in urging a 3-month repeatedly offered to meet to work out lican leader to act on a short-term, 3- extension to work out a better bill. On the remaining differences. Sadly, the month extension before the end of the the first day the Senate was next in Senate leadership has not made the ef- last session. Instead, he chose to pro- session, Monday, December 12, Senator fort to work through the remaining ceed with a 6-month extension that Re- SUNUNU and I introduced such a bill, concerns or brought us together. publicans in the House found objection- S.2082. We sent out a ‘‘Dear Colleague’’ I have continued meeting and talking able. That led to the short extension letter to other Senators on December with interested Republican and Demo- that is about to expire this week. The 13 and that bipartisan bill was cospon- cratic Senators. Senate staff has fi- President had said that he would not sored by 46 other Senators. That bill nally gotten together this week in a bi- approve a short-term extension. House would have extended the PATRIOT Act partisan meeting. I urge the majority Republicans had said that they would until March 31, 2006, to allow us all to leader to bring together key interested not allow a short-term extension. But work out the remaining differences and Senators to work out a bipartisan com- just before Christmas they demanded promise that improves the failed con- and enacted a shorter extension than ference report. anyone else had proposed.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S363 improve this reauthorization legisla- should have the tools it needs to pro- Council should then speak with one tion in ways to better protect the tect the American people. Of course it voice to condemn Iran’s actions and rights of ordinary Americans. It pro- should. That is why I coauthored the send a clear signal that continued defi- posed a commonsense solution to allow PATRIOT Act 5 years ago, and that is ance of the international community us to take a few more weeks to get this why that Act passed with broad bipar- will not be tolerated. right for all Americans. tisan support. When I voted for the PA- It is essential that the Security Contrary to the false claims and mis- TRIOT Act, I did not think it was an Council approve specific actions to pre- representations by some, there was no ideal piece of legislation, and I knew vent the furthering of Iran’s nuclear effort on either side of the aisle to do that it would need careful oversight capabilities. The Security Council spe- away with the PATRIOT Act. That is and, in due course, reform. None of us cifically, and the international com- just not true. Along with others here in wants the PATRIOT Act to expire, and munity generally, must recognize the the Senate, I am seeking to mend and those who threatened to let it expire potentially devastating link between extend the PATRIOT Act, not to end it. rather than fix it play a dangerous the violent and defiant rhetoric of There is no reason why the American game. Iran’s president and his regime’s deter- people cannot have a PATRIOT Act This is about how to reconcile two mined effort to undermine approved that is both effective and that ade- shared and fundamental goals—ensur- and transparent methods of developing quately protects their rights and their ing the safety of the American people civilian nuclear technology for energy privacy. The only people who were and protecting their liberty by means use. threatening an expiration of the PA- of a system of checks and balances that Congress can also take steps to help TRIOT Act were the President and keeps the Government—their Govern- stop or slow Iran’s acquisition of nu- House Republicans. As I noted on De- ment—accountable. Those goals are clear and other WMD-related tech- cember 21, the administration and the not the goals of any particular party or nology, including adding teeth to ex- Republican congressional leadership ideology; they are shared American port control legislation such as the were the ones who were objecting to goals. How to balance security with Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act. extending the act and threatening to liberty and Government accountability The Iran Nonproliferation Enhance- have it expire. That was wrong. That was the most fundamental dilemma ment Act, S.1976, that Senator KYL and made no sense. They came to their with which the Framers of our Con- I introduced late last year would do senses in the days that followed. But stitution wrestled, and how to adjust just that. It would toughen the ISNA now, as we approach the expiration of that balance in the post-9/11 world is a by requiring rather than merely au- the current extension this Friday, the fundamental dilemma before this Con- thorizing sanctions on proliferators, Republican congressional leadership gress. extending sanctions to the parent com- has taken no further action and we Our Nation is a democracy, founded panies, and increasing the types of risk sections of the PATRIOT Act ex- on the principles of balanced govern- sanctions that apply to proliferators. piring, again. ment. We need to restore checks and By adopting this legislation, we would Republican and Democratic Senators balances in this country to protect us be sending a crystal clear message to joined together last month to say we all and all that we hold dear. Our Con- would-be proliferators: if you choose to can do better to protect Americans’ gress and our courts provide checks on assist Iran in developing nuclear or liberties while ensuring our national the abuse of executive authority and other WMD-related capabilities, you security is as strong as it can be. In the should protect our liberties. Congress are also choosing to forgo doing busi- days after 9/11 we acted as Americans, must write the law so it provides not ness with the United States. History teaches us that we cannot ig- not Democrats, not Republicans. The just a check on Presidential power but nore the stated intent of those who President’s political adviser Karl Rove also a clear role for the courts. All and the rest of those who are seeking seek to destroy nations. A nuclear- Americans need to take notice and armed Iran would pose a grave threat to make the PATRIOT Act a partisan need to demand that their liberties be to the region, to Israel, and to the en- political issue should instead join with maintained. We can do better and must tire international community. A con- our bipartisan coalition and work with do better for the American people. certed international effort is needed to us to provide a better balance to pro- f prevent Iran from procuring the tech- tect the rights of Americans. Every single Senator—Republican IRAN’S EFFORTS TO OBTAIN nology and materiel needed to develop and Democratic—voted last July to NUCLEAR WEAPONS a nuclear weapon. This effort must mend and extend the PATRIOT Act. Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, as a begin now, and it must be comprehensive. That bipartisan solution was cast aside known sponsor of international ter- by the Bush administration and Repub- rorism, and in light of the president of f lican congressional leaders when they Iran’s recent apocalyptic statements ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS hijacked the conference report, rewrote calling for the destruction of Israel, the bill in ways that fell short in pro- Iran must not be allowed to develop tecting basic civil liberties and then nuclear weapons. The international IN RECOGNITION OF DR. tried to ram it through Congress as an community must respond quickly and KATHERINE ESTERLY all-or-nothing proposition. I have decisively to Iran’s gross disregard of ∑ Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I rise joined with Senators of both parties in international treaties and obligations today to recognize the achievements of an effort to work to improve the bill. and to its concerted and malicious ef- Dr. Katherine Esterly. Kitty, as she is Some of us are working hard to protect forts to develop the capability to cre- known to her friends, has had an enor- the security and liberty of Americans. ate nuclear weapons. mous impact on the lives of countless What is wrong is for the White House The international community must people, many of whom were too young to manipulate this into a partisan fight take concerted and decisive action to to even realize that she was helping for its partisan political advantage. In- prevent Iran from furthering its nu- them. stead of playing partisan politics, the clear research and technology develop- Dr. Esterly has dedicated her life to Bush administration and Republican ment. In its forthcoming meeting on advancing the field of neonatology, congressional leadership should join in February 2, 2006, the International which is the field of pediatric medicine trying to improve the law. Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board that deals with the care of newborn in- This is a vital debate. The terrorist of Governors should heed the calls by fants. She has helped countless moth- threat to America’s security is very Russia, China, the European Union, ers-to-be and their young children by real, and it is vital that we be armed and the United States to reaffirm its helping bring healthier babies to term with the tools needed to protect Ameri- findings that Iran has blatantly vio- and assisting those newborns who need cans’ security. At the same time, how- lated its international obligations, rec- a little extra care after their delivery. ever, the threat to civil liberties is also ognize the grave nature of Iran’s recent This work transcends the concepts of very real in America today. The ques- actions, and refer Iran to the United reduced health care costs and de- tion is not whether the Government Nations Security Council. The Security creased infant mortality rates. It

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S364 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 means healthier babies and stronger next generation of caregivers. Her abil- Since 1995, UNI has awarded bacca- families and that is an accomplishment ity and willingness to share her knowl- laureate degrees to nearly 100 teachers worthy of our praise and admiration. edge has ensured that future genera- at the Carroll campus. It is very impor- Katherine Esterly grew up in Norris- tions will continue the work that Kitty tant to point out that nearly all of town, PA, knowing that she wanted to pioneered so many years ago. these individuals continue to live in work with children. After graduating In 1995, while serving as Governor of western Iowa, and are working for from Temple University’s medical Delaware, I appointed Dr. Esterly to school districts in the surrounding school in 1951, she moved to Delaware serve as the chair of Delaware’s area. to work towards that goal. Delaware Perinatal Board. In this capacity, she This program has been an enormous was truly blessed when she made this spearheads Delaware’s efforts to pro- success and I am very proud to have se- decision. mote the health and welfare of count- cured Federal funding from the U.S. Despite her diminutive size and warm less numbers of children. The First Department of Education to support personality, Dr. Esterly has always ap- State and her children are better off this innovative program. UNI is build- proached her efforts to care for Dela- because of her efforts. ing on this experience and will be ex- ware’s babies with a steel will and an Most recently, the Katherine L. panding the 2+2 model to other fields of unwillingness to accept ‘‘no’’ for an an- Esterly Nursing Education Scholarship study, including technology manage- swer. She demands high standards from fund was established for the College of ment, general business and crimi- her colleagues and has lived her life by Health Sciences at the University of nology. The University will also ex- this same commitment to excellence. Delaware. When asked if she would pand the partnership to include West- One of the hallmarks of her care is allow her name to be used to distin- ern Iowa Tech Community College in how she continually goes above and be- guish this scholarship, Dr. Esterly, in Sioux City, Northeast Iowa Commu- yond the traditional role of simply car- her customary selfless fashion, not nity College in Peosta and Calmar, ing for the newborn child. She uses a only agreed but also made a personal Eastern Iowa Community College in gentle hand and an open style of com- contribution to the very fund that now Davenport, and Iowa Western Commu- munication to develop a level of trust bears her name. Her generosity will nity College in Council Bluffs. with parents that greatly improves help ensure that her legacy of caring The success of this project is due to their hospital experience during such for Delaware’s youngest residents will the creative energy and hard work of difficult times. Whether it is a reas- be preserved and passed on to future many individuals from UNI, DMACC suring word or a simple explanation of generations of caregivers. and the community of Carroll includ- Kitty’s dedication and innovation in a complex procedure, Kitty is always ing: Dr. Constantine Curris, former the field of neonatology serves as an willing to do whatever it takes to as- President of UNI; Dr. Joe Borgen, example to us all. I rise today to honor sure parents that their newborn is re- former President of DMACC; Dr. Rob- her achievements and to thank her on ceiving the best possible care. ert Koob, President of UNI; Dr. Robert behalf of all Delawareans for her years Katherine Esterly became a prac- Denson, President of DMACC; Dr. Rich- of hard work, dedication, and constant ticing pediatrician in 1954 after com- ard Hawkes, Professor of Teaching at championing of Delaware’s youngest pleting her internship and residency at UNI; Dr. Roger Kueter, Director of residents.∑ the Delaware Hospital. Dr. Esterly Community College Projects at UNI; then served as an associate in pediat- f Dr. Jim Knott, Provost of the DMACC rics for the Children’s Bureau of Dela- RECOGNITION OF THE UNIVERSITY Carroll campus; Steve Schultz, coordi- ware from 1954 until 1968. During this OF NORTHERN IOWA nator of the 2+2 program for DMACC; time, Kitty worked tirelessly to help ∑ Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, on Art Neu, former mayor of Carroll and adoptive and foster children. In 1968, Wednesday, the American Association former Lieutenant Governor of the because of her outstanding record of of Colleges for Teacher Education will State of Iowa; and Jim Wilson, pub- leadership and her dedication to her present its Best Practice for Collabora- lisher of the Carroll Daily Times Her- profession, she was named director of tion with a Community College Award ald. this organization. to the University of Northern Iowa. I extend my congratulations to all of After the merger of community hos- This award recognizes outstanding col- them on this outstanding achieve- pitals in Wilmington in 1967, the Med- laboration between a university teach- ment.∑ ical Center of Delaware was formed and er education program and a community f a new department of pediatrics was college—in this case, Des Moines Area created. Unfortunately, there wasn’t a IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM R. Community College. This partnership ROBERTSON neonatologist on staff at this new in- is a wonderful example of two fine edu- ∑ stitution. Dr. Esterly took the initia- cational institutions working together Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am tive to get the necessary training so to meet the needs of schools in rural deeply saddened to inform you of the she could fill this void in the depart- Iowa, and I congratulate them for this passing of Bill Robertson, former sec- ment’s neonatal intensive care unit. accomplishment. retary treasurer for the Los Angeles She went on to become the director of Eleven years ago, UNI joined forces County Federation of Labor, AFL–CIO. the neonatology division in 1975. with the DMACC campus in Carroll to I would like to take a few moments to Throughout the 1980s, Dr. Esterly ex- develop a new approach to address the recognize Bill Robertson’s many impor- panded the division and added addi- unique needs of rural school districts. tant accomplishments and the tremen- tional full-time neonatologists to her The idea was simple—locate a teacher dous impact he made on the labor staff, resulting in a world-class prac- preparation program where you have movement. tice where even the sickest of newborns the need. Instead of training teachers Born in St. Paul, MN, Bill Robertson could be cared for. 160 miles away on its campus in Cedar was a man with humble beginnings. He Dr. Esterly also advanced the cause Falls, UNI established a joint program lost both his parents when he was a of nurses by working with colleagues with DMACC in the heart of rural west- child and lived in an orphanage for a and government officials to highlight ern Iowa. brief period. Growing up in difficult and promote the qualifications of pro- Rural communities face many unique circumstances in the middle of the fessional nurses. Her actions led to challenges, including the need to re- Great Depression shaped Bill’s social nurse practitioners being able to treat cruit highly qualified teachers. At the and personal beliefs. He intimately un- patients and write prescriptions, which same time, many rural residents have a derstood the struggle that working greatly reduces the workload of prac- need to upgrade their skills, but are men and women faced to achieve dig- ticing physicians and allows for greater unable to move to a larger community nity in the United States. responsibility on behalf of nurses. to attend college. The 2+2 program is a Bill led the Los Angeles County Fed- In addition, Katherine Esterly helped perfect solution. This homegrown ap- eration of Labor for nearly two dec- create a neonatal nurse practitioner proach allows individuals to obtain the ades. During his tenure, he fought for program for schools in Delaware and training they need to fill the jobs that the rights of working people with pas- New Jersey that continue to train the are literally in their own backyards. sion and great success. In 1975, Bill

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All of the faculty, He coordinated many successful labor the Pentagon Papers case, which was staff, and students at the Woodson Kin- rights victories and spent a great deal assigned to him just 2 years after his dergarten Center should be very proud of time building the labor movement confirmation as a Federal judge. The of their accomplishments. and fighting for fairness and equality. Pentagon Papers case involved mili- I congratulate Woodson Kindergarten In addition to his efforts to further the tary analyst Daniel Ellsberg and co-de- Center in Austin, MN, for winning the labor movement, Bill Robertson took fendant Anthony J. Russo, Jr. who Award for Excellence in Education and steps to assist the city of Los Angeles’ were indicted on 12 Federal counts, infor its exceptional contributions to homeless population. In the winter of cluding conspiracy, theft of Govern- education in Minnesota.∑ 1985, the city of Los Angeles had au- ment property, and espionage after an f thorized a temporary tent shelter to be unauthorized release of a secret study AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN erected for the city’s homeless popu- of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam EDUCATION lation. Bill Robertson found this solu- War. Judge Byrne dismissed the case in ∑ tion to be inadequate and successfully 1973 after ruling that it was the Gov- Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, I rise today to honor Dakota Meadows Mid- persuaded then Mayor Tom Bradley to ernment that was guilty of mis- dle School, in North Mankato, MN, authorize construction of a temporary conduct. which recently earned an Award for structure to house the 138-bed shelter. I invite all of my colleagues to join Excellence in Education for its excep- Bill Robertson rallied volunteer labor- me in recognizing and honoring Judge tional and innovative achievements in ers and secured union funds to buy the William Matthew Byrne, Jr., for his educating children. long and distinguished service to our construction materials. Dakota Meadows Middle School is Bill also played a major role in bring- country.∑ truly a model of educational success. ing prominence and recognition to the f One hundred of the school’s eighth- city of Los Angeles. In addition to as- AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN grade art students have created a glass sisting city officials with securing the EDUCATION mosaic, measuring 3 feet by 24 feet, for rights to host the 1984 Olympic Games, the school’s media center. The project Bill also played a pivotal role in estab- ∑ Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, I rise today to honor Woodson Kindergarten was financed by the Prairie Ecology lishing a home for a professional foot- Bus Center. The overall design, based ball team in Los Angeles. It was Center, in Austin, MN, which recently earned an Award for Excellence in Edu- on nature, correlates with the Dakota through his role as chief negotiator in Meadows Middle School Ecology cur- cation for its exceptional and innova- the $6.7-million deal in 1980 that riculum, and includes images of fish, tive achievements in educating chil- brought the Raiders football team from birds, and sky. I had the honor to be dren. Oakland to the Los Angeles Coliseum. present at the school for the official Bill Robertson considered this achieve- The Woodson Kindergarten Center, which is funded by Austin Public unveiling, and found it to be an awe in- ment as one of the proudest of his ca- spiring piece. Schools, is truly a model of edu- reer. The glass mosaic medium was chosen cational success. The district recog- I invite all of my colleagues to join to introduce the students to an ancient me and the many members of the labor nized the advantages of joining to- medium. The mosaic’s dimensions al- community in recognizing and hon- gether all of its kindergarteners in a lowed each student to make a unique oring Bill Robertson for his guidance single building. This made economic contribution toward an artistic work of and lifelong effort in fighting to im- sense and also improved the students’ lasting beauty. prove the lives of working people. He is experience, allowing all kindergarten Much of the credit for Dakota Mead- survived by his wife, Dresden Graham teachers and specialists to work to- ows Middle School’s success belongs to Robertson; his two sons, William and gether and to benefit from the exper- its principal, Shane Baier, and his dedi- Robert; three grandchildren; and four tise each person brought to the team. cated teachers. The school and its art- great-grandchildren.∑ Currently, 390 children attend Woodson ist in residence, Dr. Arnoldus Gruter, f Kindergarten Center, which provides made it possible for the students to special education services and English produce their own work of art, which is IN MEMORY OF JUDGE WILLIAM language learner services for children also their legacy to the school. The MATTHEW BYRNE, JR. of all ages. students and staff at Dakota Meadows ∑ Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am At Woodson Kindergarten, students Middle School understand that, in deeply saddened to inform you of the are grouped for reading and math based order to be successful, a school must go passing of Judge William Matthew on skill level. A student who has not beyond achieving academic success; it Byrne, Jr. I would like to take a few mastered all of the skills needed for must also provide a nurturing environ- moments to recognize Judge Byrne’s first grade attends 6 weeks of summer ment where students develop the many important accomplishments and school. Woodson emphasizes reading to knowledge, skills and attitudes for a the tremendous impact he made on the children in school and at home and also lifetime of success. All of the faculty, judicial system. focuses throughout the day on building staff, and students at Dakota Meadows William Byrne was born in East Los children’s social skills, including con- Middle School should be very proud of Angeles in 1930 and attended Loyola flict resolution. their accomplishments. High School and the University of Woodson Kindergarten Center better I congratulate Dakota Meadows Mid- Southern California. Before becoming a prepares students for first grade and dle School in North Mankato, MN, for Federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, he provides a stronger foundation for at- winning the Award for Excellence in served as a judge advocate from 1956 to risk children. Its full-day curriculum Education and for its exceptional con- 1958 in the U.S. Air Force. In 1967, he offers more time for hands-on distributions to education in Minnesota.∑ was appointed as U.S. attorney by covery, for experimenting and making f President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1970, mistakes, for reading the whole story, when President Richard Nixon created and for richer, more developmentally AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDU- the President’s Commission on Campus appropriate learning. CATION PRESENTED TO MAN- Unrest, he chose William Byrne as its Much of the credit for Woodson Kin- KATO WEST HIGH SCHOOL, executive director. dergarten Center’s success belongs to YOUTH SERVICE LEARNING Byrne became the youngest judge its principal, Jean McDermott, and her CLASS, MANKATO, MINNESOTA ever appointed to the Federal bench dedicated teachers. The staff at Wood- ∑ Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, today I when he was confirmed in 1971 at age son Kindergarten Center understand honor last fall’s Youth Service Learn- 40, and he served as the Central Dis- that, in order to be successful, a school ing class, at Mankato West High

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As part from the President of the United dom in the world makes our country of its fall curriculum, the class em- States, together with an accompanying safer, and so we will act boldly in free- braced Project Homecoming, a state- report; which was ordered to lie on the dom’s cause. wide effort to raise money to help pay table: Far from being a hopeless dream, the for the cost of bus transportation from advance of freedom is the great story Camp Shelby, MS, to Minnesota, for 400 To the Congress of the United States: of our time. In 1945, there were about Minnesota National Guard soldiers. Mr. Speaker, Vice President CHENEY, two dozen lonely democracies on The soldiers had been training at Camp Members of Congress, Members of the Earth. Today, there are 122. And we are Shelby for deployment to Iraq in early Supreme Court and diplomatic corps, writing a new chapter in the story of 2006. Although they were given 10 days distinguished guests, and fellow citi- self-government—with women lining leave for the holidays, no funding was zens: up to vote in Afghanistan . . . and mil- Today our Nation lost a beloved, available through the military or Na- lions of Iraqis marking their liberty graceful, courageous woman who called tional Guard to provide round-trip with purple ink . . . and men and America to its founding ideals and car- transportation to Minnesota and back. women from Lebanon to Egypt debat- The Youth Service Learning class, ried on a noble dream. Tonight we are ing the rights of individuals and the which focuses on volunteerism and the comforted by the hope of a glad re- necessity of freedom. At the start of functioning of nonprofits in the com- union with the husband who was taken 2006, more than half the people of our munity, gained some real life experi- from her so long ago, and we are grate- world live in democratic nations. And ence by helping Project Homecoming ful for the good life of Coretta Scott we do not forget the other half—in raise $75,000 in just under 4 weeks. The King. places like Syria, Burma, Zimbabwe, students learned how to establish a Each time I am invited to this ros- North Korea, and Iran—because the de- tax-exempt fundraising effort, engage trum, I am humbled by the privilege, mands of justice, and the peace of this the media in an event, and raise sig- and mindful of the history we have world, require their freedom as well. nificant money for a cause they consid- seen together. We have gathered under ered extremely important to their this Capitol dome in moments of na- No one can deny the success of free- communities. In less than 3 days, the tional mourning and national achieve- dom, but some men rage and fight students raised over $1,500 from their ment. We have served America through against it. And one of the main sources schoolmates, made telephone calls to one of the most consequential periods of reaction and opposition is radical potential donors, and asked their own of our history and it has been my honor Islam—the perversion by a few of a employers to help in the effort. With to serve with you. noble faith into an ideology of terror the students’ help, Project Home- In a system of two parties, two cham- and death. Terrorists like bin Laden coming reached its $75,000 goal. bers, and two elected branches, there are serious about mass murder—and all Much of the credit for the Youth will always be differences and debate. of us must take their declared inten- Service Learning class’s success be- But even tough debates can be con- tions seriously. They seek to impose a longs to Mr. Bruce Borchers, Mankato ducted in a civil tone, and our dif- heartless system of totalitarian con- West principal; Mr. Tim Walz, Youth ferences cannot be allowed to harden trol throughout the Middle East, and Service Learning teacher; and Mr. Pat into anger. To confront the great arm themselves with weapons of mass Griffiths, Project Homecoming coordi- issues before us, we must act in a spirit murder. Their aim is to seize power in nator. The students and staff who par- of goodwill and respect for one an- Iraq, and use it as a safe haven to ticipated in the class understand that other—and I will do my part. Tonight launch attacks against America and in order to be successful, a school must the state of our Union is strong—and the world. Lacking the military go beyond achieving academic success; together we will make it stronger. strength to challenge us directly, the it must also provide a nurturing envi- In this decisive year, you and I will terrorists have chosen the weapon of ronment where students develop the make choices that determine both the fear. When they murder children at a knowledge, skills, and attitudes for a future and the character of our coun- school in Beslan . . . or blow up com- lifetime of success. All of the faculty, try. We will choose to act confidently muters in London . . . or behead a staff, and students should be very in pursuing the enemies of freedom—or bound captive . . . the terrorists hope proud of their accomplishments. retreat from our duties in the hope of these horrors will break our will, al- I congratulate the Youth Service an easier life. We will choose to build lowing the violent to inherit the Earth. Learning class at Mankato West High our prosperity by leading the world But they have miscalculated: We love School in Mankato, MN, for winning economy—or shut ourselves off from our freedom, and we will fight to keep the Award for Excellence in Education trade and opportunity. In a complex it. and for its exceptional contributions to and challenging time, the road of isola- In a time of testing, we cannot find education in Minnesota.∑ tionism and protectionism may seem security by abandoning our commit- f broad and inviting—yet it ends in dan- ments and retreating within our bor- MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT ger and decline. The only way to pro- ders. If we were to leave these vicious Messages from the President of the tect our people . . . the only way to se- attackers alone, they would not leave United States were communicated to cure the peace . . . the only way to us alone. They would simply move the the Senate by Ms. Evans, one of his control our destiny is by our leader- battlefield to our own shores. There is secretaries. ship—so the United States of America no peace in retreat. And there is no will continue to lead. honor in retreat. By allowing radical f Abroad, our Nation is committed to Islam to work its will—by leaving an EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED an historic, long-term goal—we seek assaulted world to fend for itself—we As in executive session the Presiding the end of tyranny in our world. Some would signal to all that we no longer Officer laid before the Senate messages dismiss that goal as misguided ideal- believe in our own ideals, or even in from the President of the United ism. In reality, the future security of our own courage. But our enemies and States submitting sundry nominations America depends on it. On September our friends can be certain: The United which were referred to the appropriate 11, 2001, we found that problems origi- States will not retreat from the world, committees. nating in a failed and oppressive state and we will never surrender to evil. (The nominations received today are seven thousand miles away could bring America rejects the false comfort of printed at the end of the Senate pro- murder and destruction to our country. isolationism. We are the Nation that ceedings.) Dictatorships shelter terrorists, feed saved liberty in Europe, and liberated

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Amer- tured many of their leaders—and for hind the American military in its vital ica will continue to rally the world to the others, their day will come. mission. confront these threats. And tonight, We remain on the offensive in Af- Our men and women in uniform are let me speak directly to the citizens of ghanistan—where a fine president and making sacrifices—and showing a sense Iran: America respects you, and we re- national assembly are fighting terror of duty stronger than all fear. They spect your country. We respect your while building the institutions of a new know what it is like to fight house to right to choose your own future and democracy. house in a maze of streets . . . to wear win your own freedom. And our Nation And we are on the offensive in Iraq, heavy gear in the desert heat . . . to hopes one day to be the closest of with a clear plan for victory. First, we see a comrade killed by a roadside friends with a free and democratic are helping Iraqis build an inclusive bomb. And those who know the costs Iran. government, so that old resentments also know the stakes. Marine Staff Ser- To overcome dangers in our world, will be eased, and the insurgency geant Dan Clay was killed last month we must also take the offensive by en- marginalized. Second, we are con- fighting the enemy in Fallujah. He left couraging economic progress, fighting tinuing reconstruction efforts, and behind a letter to his family, but his disease, and spreading hope in hopeless helping the Iraqi government to fight words could just as well be addressed to lands. Isolationism would not only tie corruption and build a modern econ- every American. Here is what Dan our hands in fighting enemies, it would omy, so all Iraqis can experience the wrote: ‘‘I know what honor is. It has keep us from helping our friends in des- benefits of freedom. Third, we are been an honor to protect and serve all perate need. We show compassion striking terrorist targets while we of you. I faced death with the secure abroad because Americans believe in train Iraqi forces that are increasingly knowledge that you would not have to the God-given dignity and worth of a capable of defeating the enemy. Iraqis . . . Never falter! Don’t hesitate to villager with HIV/AIDS, or an infant are showing their courage every day, honor and support those of us who have with malaria, or a refugee fleeing geno- and we are proud to be their allies in the honor of protecting that which is cide, or a young girl sold into slavery. the cause of freedom. worth protecting.’’ We also show compassion abroad be- Our work in Iraq is difficult, because Staff Sergeant Dan Clay’s wife, Lisa, cause regions overwhelmed by poverty, our enemy is brutal. But that brutality and his mom and dad, Sara Jo and Bud, corruption, and despair are sources of has not stopped the dramatic progress are with us this evening. Our Nation is terrorism, organized crime, human of a new democracy. In less than 3 grateful to the fallen, who live in the trafficking, and the drug trade. years, that nation has gone from dicta- memory of our country. We are grate- In recent years, you and I have taken torship, to liberation, to sovereignty, ful to all who volunteer to wear our unprecedented action to fight AIDS to a constitution, to national elections. Nation’s uniform—and as we honor our and malaria, expand the education of At the same time, our coalition has brave troops, let us never forget the girls, and reward developing nations been relentless in shutting off terrorist sacrifices of America’s military fami- that are moving forward with economic infiltration, clearing out insurgent lies. and political reform. For people every- strongholds, and turning over territory Our offensive against terror involves where, the United States is a partner to Iraqi security forces. I am confident more than military action. Ultimately, for a better life. Short-changing these in our plan for victory . . . I am con- the only way to defeat the terrorists is efforts would increase the suffering and fident in the will of the Iraqi people to defeat their dark vision of hatred chaos of our world, undercut our long- . . . I am confident in the skill and and fear by offering the hopeful alter- term security, and dull the conscience spirit of our military. Fellow citizens, native of political freedom and peace- of our country. I urge Members of Con- we are in this fight to win, and we are ful change. So the United States of gress to serve the interests of America winning. America supports democratic reform by showing the compassion of America. The road of victory is the road that across the broader Middle East. Elec- Our country must also remain on the will take our troops home. As we make tions are vital—but they are only the offensive against terrorism here at progress on the ground, and Iraqi beginning. Raising up a democracy re- home. The enemy has not lost the de- forces increasingly take the lead, we quires the rule of law, protection of mi- sire or capability to attack us. Fortu- should be able to further decrease our norities, and strong, accountable insti- nately, this Nation has superb profes- troop levels—but those decisions will tutions that last longer than a single sionals in law enforcement, intel- be made by our military commanders, vote. The great people of Egypt have ligence, the military, and homeland se- not by politicians in Washington, DC. voted in a multi-party presidential curity. These men and women are dedi- Our coalition has learned from expe- election—and now their government cating their lives to protecting us all, rience in Iraq. We have adjusted our should open paths of peaceful opposi- and they deserve our support and our military tactics and changed our ap- tion that will reduce the appeal of radi- thanks. They also deserve the same proach to reconstruction. Along the calism. The Palestinian people have tools they already use to fight drug way, we have benefited from respon- voted in elections—now the leaders of trafficking and organized crime—so I sible criticism and counsel offered by Hamas must recognize Israel, disarm, ask you to reauthorize the Patriot Act. Members of Congress of both parties. In reject terrorism, and work for lasting It is said that prior to the attacks of the coming year, I will continue to peace. Saudi Arabia has taken the first September 11th, our Government failed reach out and seek your good advice. steps of reform—now it can offer its to connect the dots of the conspiracy. Yet there is a difference between re- people a better future by pressing for- We now know that two of the hijackers sponsible criticism that aims for suc- ward with those efforts. Democracies in the United States placed telephone cess, and defeatism that refuses to ac- in the Middle East will not look like calls to al-Qaida operatives overseas. knowledge anything but failure. Hind- our own, because they will reflect the But we did not know about their plans sight alone is not wisdom. And second- traditions of their own citizens. Yet until it was too late. So to prevent an- guessing is not a strategy. liberty is the future of every nation in other attack—based on authority given With so much in the balance, those of the Middle East, because liberty is the to me by the Constitution and by status in public office have a duty to speak right and hope of all humanity. ute—I have authorized a terrorist sur- with candor. A sudden withdrawal of The same is true of Iran, a nation veillance program to aggressively pur- our forces from Iraq would abandon our now held hostage by a small clerical sue the international communications Iraqi allies to death and prison . . . put elite that is isolating and repressing its of suspected al-Qaida operatives and af- men like bin Laden and Zarqawi in people. The regime in that country filiates to and from America. Previous

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S368 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 presidents have used the same con- with confidence—an agenda that will politics, work together, and get this stitutional authority I have—and Fed- raise standards of living and generate problem solved. eral courts have approved the use of new jobs. Americans should not fear Keeping America competitive re- that authority. Appropriate Members our economic future, because we intend quires us to open more markets for all of Congress have been kept informed. to shape it. that Americans make and grow. One This terrorist surveillance program has Keeping America competitive begins out of every five factory jobs in Amer- helped prevent terrorist attacks. It re- with keeping our economy growing. ica is related to global trade, and we mains essential to the security of And our economy grows when Ameri- want people everywhere to buy Amer- America. If there are people inside our cans have more of their own money to ican. With open markets and a level country who are talking with al-Qaida, spend, save, and invest. In the last 5 playing field, no one can out-produce we want to know about it—because we years, the tax relief you passed has left or out-compete the American worker. will not sit back and wait to be hit $880 billion in the hands of American Keeping America competitive re- again. workers, investors, small businesses, quires an immigration system that up- In all these areas—from the disrup- and families—and they have used it to holds our laws, reflects our values, and tion of terror networks, to victory in help produce more than 4 years of unin- serves the interests of our economy. Iraq, to the spread of freedom and hope terrupted economic growth. Yet the Our Nation needs orderly and secure in troubled regions—we need the sup- tax relief is set to expire in the next borders. To meet this goal, we must port of friends and allies. To draw that few years. If we do nothing, American have stronger immigration enforce- support, we must always be clear in families will face a massive tax in- ment and border protection. And we our principles and willing to act. The crease they do not expect and will not must have a rational, humane guest only alternative to American leader- welcome. worker program that rejects amnesty ship is a dramatically more dangerous Because America needs more than a . . . allows temporary jobs for people and anxious world. Yet we also choose temporary expansion, we need more who seek them legally . . . and reduces to lead because it is a privilege to serve than temporary tax relief. I urge the smuggling and crime at the border. the values that gave us birth. Amer- Congress to act responsibly, and make Keeping America competitive re- ican leaders—from Roosevelt to Tru- the tax cuts permanent. quires affordable health care. Our Gov- man to Kennedy to Reagan—rejected Keeping America competitive re- ernment has a responsibility to help isolation and retreat, because they quires us to be good stewards of tax provide health care for the poor and knew that America is always more se- dollars. Every year of my presidency, the elderly, and we are meeting that cure when freedom is on the march. we have reduced the growth of non-se- responsibility. For all Americans, we Our own generation is in a long war curity discretionary spending—and last must confront the rising cost of care against a determined enemy—a war year you passed bills that cut this . . . strengthen the doctor-patient rela- that will be fought by Presidents of spending. This year my budget will cut tionship . . . and help people afford the both parties, who will need steady bi- it again, and reduce or eliminate more insurance coverage they need. We will partisan support from the Congress. than 140 programs that are performing make wider use of electronic records And tonight I ask for yours. Together, poorly or not fulfilling essential prior- and other health information tech- let us protect our country, support the ities. By passing these reforms, we will nology to help control costs and reduce men and women who defend us, and save the American taxpayer another dangerous medical errors. We will lead this world toward freedom. $14 billion next year—and stay on strengthen Health Savings Accounts— Here at home, America also has a track to cut the deficit in half by 2009. great opportunity: We will build the by making sure individuals and small I am pleased that Members of Congress prosperity of our country by strength- business employees can buy insurance are working on earmark reform—be- ening our economic leadership in the with the same advantages that people world. cause the Federal budget has too many working for big businesses now get. We Our economy is healthy, and vig- special interest projects. And we can will do more to make this coverage orous, and growing faster than other tackle this problem together, if you portable, so workers can switch jobs major industrialized nations. In the pass the line-item veto. without having to worry about losing last two-and-a-half years, America has We must also confront the larger their health insurance. And because created 4.6 million new jobs—more challenge of mandatory spending, or lawsuits are driving many good doctors than Japan and the European Union entitlements. This year, the first of out of practice—leaving women in combined. Even in the face of higher about 78 million Baby Boomers turn 60, nearly 1,500 American counties without energy prices and natural disasters, the including two of my Dad’s favorite peo- a single OB–GYN—I ask the Congress American people have turned in an eco- ple—me, and President Bill Clinton. to pass medical liability reform this nomic performance that is the envy of This milestone is more than a personal year. the world. crisis—it is a national challenge. The Keeping America competitive re- The American economy is pre-emi- retirement of the Baby Boom genera- quires affordable energy. Here we have nent—but we cannot afford to be com- tion will put unprecedented strains on a serious problem: America is addicted placent. In a dynamic world economy, the Federal Government. By 2030, to oil, which is often imported from un- we are seeing new competitors like spending for Social Security, Medicare, stable parts of the world. China and India. This creates uncer- and Medicaid alone will be almost 60 The best way to break this addiction tainty, which makes it easier to feed percent of the entire Federal budget. is through technology. Since 2001, we people’s fears. And so we are seeing And that will present future Con- have spent nearly $10 billion to develop some old temptations return. Protec- gresses with impossible choices—stag- cleaner, cheaper, more reliable alter- tionists want to escape competition, gering tax increases, immense deficits, native energy sources—and we are on pretending that we can keep our high or deep cuts in every category of spend- the threshold of incredible advances. standard of living while walling off our ing. So tonight, I announce the Advanced economy. Others say that the Govern- Congress did not act last year on my Energy Initiative—a 22-percent in- ment needs to take a larger role in di- proposal to save Social Security, yet crease in clean-energy research at the recting the economy, centralizing more the rising cost of entitlements is a Department of Energy, to push for power in Washington and increasing problem that is not going away—and breakthroughs in two vital areas. To taxes. We hear claims that immigrants with every year we fail to act, the situ- change how we power our homes and are somehow bad for the economy— ation gets worse. So tonight, I ask you offices, we will invest more in zero- even though this economy could not to join me in creating a commission to emission coal-fired plants; revolu- function without them. All these are examine the full impact of Baby Boom tionary solar and wind technologies; forms of economic retreat, and they retirements on Social Security, Medi- and clean, safe nuclear energy. lead in the same direction—toward a care, and Medicaid. This commission We must also change how we power stagnant and second-rate economy. should include Members of Congress of our automobiles. We will increase our Tonight I will set out a better path— both parties, and offer bipartisan an- research in better batteries for hybrid an agenda for a Nation that competes swers. We need to put aside partisan and electric cars, and in pollution-free

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Breakthroughs on this and other new past decade. Drug use among youth is As we renew the promise of our insti- technologies will help us reach another down 19 percent since 2001. There are tutions, let us also show the character great goal: to replace more than 75 per- fewer abortions in America than at any of America in our compassion and care cent of our oil imports from the Middle point in the last three decades, and the for one another. East by 2025. By applying the talent number of children born to teenage A hopeful society gives special atten- and technology of America, this coun- mothers has been falling for a dozen tion to children who lack direction and try can dramatically improve our envi- years in a row. love. Through the Helping America’s ronment . . . move beyond a petroleum- These gains are evidence of a quiet Youth Initiative, we are encouraging based economy . . . and make our de- transformation—a revolution of con- caring adults to get involved in the life pendence on Middle Eastern oil a thing science, in which a rising generation is of a child—and this good work is led by of the past. finding that a life of personal responsi- our First Lady, Laura Bush. This year And to keep America competitive, bility is a life of fulfillment. Govern- we will add resources to encourage one commitment is necessary above ment has played a role. Wise policies young people to stay in school—so all: We must continue to lead the world such as welfare reform, drug education, more of America’s youth can raise in human talent and creativity. Our and support for abstinence and adop- their sights and achieve their dreams. greatest advantage in the world has al- tion have made a difference in the A hopeful society comes to the aid of ways been our educated, hard-working, character of our country. And everyone fellow citizens in times of suffering and ambitious people—and we are going to here tonight, Democrat and Repub- emergency—and stays at it until they keep that edge. Tonight I announce the lican, has a right to be proud of this are back on their feet. So far the Fed- American Competitiveness Initiative, record. eral Government has committed $85 to encourage innovation throughout Yet many Americans, especially par- billion to the people of the Gulf Coast our economy, and to give our Nation’s ents, still have deep concerns about the and New Orleans. We are removing de- children a firm grounding in math and direction of our culture, and the health bris, repairing highways, and building science. of our most basic institutions. They stronger levees. We are providing busi- First: I propose to double the Federal are concerned about unethical conduct ness loans and housing assistance. Yet commitment to the most critical basic by public officials, and discouraged by as we meet these immediate needs, we research programs in the physical activist courts that try to redefine must also address deeper challenges sciences over the next 10 years. This marriage. And they worry about chil- that existed before the storm arrived. funding will support the work of Amer- dren in our society who need direction In New Orleans and in other places, ica’s most creative minds as they ex- and love . . . and about fellow citizens many of our fellow citizens have felt plore promising areas such as nano- still displaced by natural disaster . . . excluded from the promise of our coun- technology, supercomputing, and alter- and about suffering caused by treatable try. The answer is not only temporary native energy sources. disease. relief, but schools that teach every Second: I propose to make permanent As we look at these challenges, we child . . . and job skills that bring up- the research and development tax cred- must never give in to the belief that ward mobility . . . and more opportuni- it, to encourage bolder private-sector America is in decline, or that our cul- ties to own a home and start a busi- investment in technology. With more ture is doomed to unravel. The Amer- ness. As we recover from a disaster, let research in both the public and private ican people know better than that. We us also work for the day when all sectors, we will improve our quality of have proven the pessimists wrong be- Americans are protected by justice, life—and ensure that America will lead fore—and we will do it again. equal in hope, and rich in opportunity. the world in opportunity and innova- A hopeful society depends on courts A hopeful society acts boldly to fight tion for decades to come. that deliver equal justice under law. diseases like HIV/AIDS, which can be Third: We need to encourage children The Supreme Court now has two superb prevented, and treated, and defeated. to take more math and science, and new members, Chief Justice John Rob- More than a million Americans live make sure those courses are rigorous erts and Justice Sam Alito. I thank the with HIV, and half of all AIDS cases enough to compete with other nations. Senate for confirming both of them. occur among African-Americans. I ask We have made a good start in the early And I will continue to nominate men Congress to reform and reauthorize the grades with the No Child Left Behind and women who understand that judges Ryan White Act . . . and provide new Act, which is raising standards and must be servants of the law, and not funding to States, so we end the wait- lifting test scores across our country. legislate from the bench. Today marks ing lists for AIDS medicine in America. Tonight I propose to train 70,000 high the official retirement of a very special We will also lead a nationwide effort, school teachers, to lead advanced- American. For 24 years of faithful serv- working closely with African-American placement courses in math and science ice to our Nation, the United States churches and faith-based groups, to de- . . . bring 30,000 math and science pro- honors Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. liver rapid HIV tests to millions, end fessionals to teach in classrooms . . . A hopeful society has institutions of the stigma of AIDS, and come closer to and give early help to students who science and medicine that do not cut the day when there are no new infec- struggle with math, so they have a bet- ethical corners, and that recognize the tions in America. ter chance at good, high-wage jobs. If matchless value of every life. Tonight I Fellow citizens, we have been called we ensure that America’s children suc- ask you to pass legislation to prohibit to leadership in a period of con- ceed in life, they will ensure that the most egregious abuses of medical sequence. We have entered a great ide- America succeeds in the world. research—human cloning in all its ological conflict we did nothing to in- Preparing our Nation to compete in forms . . . creating or implanting em- vite. We see great changes in science the world is a goal that all of us can bryos for experiments . . . creating and commerce that will influence all share. I urge you to support the Amer- human-animal hybrids . . . and buying, our lives. And sometimes it can seem ican Competitiveness Initiative . . . and selling, or patenting human embryos. that history is turning in a wide arc, together we will show the world what Human life is a gift from our Creator— toward an unknown shore. the American people can achieve. and that gift should never be discarded, Yet the destination of history is de- America is a great force for freedom devalued, or put up for sale. termined by human action, and every and prosperity. Yet our greatness is A hopeful society expects elected of- great movement of history comes to a not measured in power or luxuries, but ficials to uphold the public trust. Hon- point of choosing. Lincoln could have by who we are and how we treat one orable people in both parties are work- accepted peace at the cost of disunity

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Today, having come far in our Government of Romania’s ban on inter- S. 403 own historical journey, we must de- country adoptions and the welfare of or- At the request of Mr. ENSIGN, the cide: Will we turn back, or finish well? phaned or abandoned children in Romania; name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Before history is written down in ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of books, it is written in courage. Like By Mrs. MURRAY: S. Res. 360. A resolution designating the S. 403, a bill to amend title 18, United Americans before us, we will show that week of February 6 through February 10, States Code, to prohibit taking minors courage and we will finish well. We will 2006, as ‘‘National School Counseling Week’’; across State lines in circumvention of lead freedom’s advance. We will com- considered and agreed to. laws requiring the involvement of par- pete and excel in the global economy. By Mr. ALLEN (for himself and Mr. ents in abortion decisions. We will renew the defining moral com- STEVENS): S. 409 mitments of this land. And. so we move S. Res. 361. A resolution honoring profes- forward—optimistic about our country, sional surveyors and recognizing their con- At the request of Mr. COLEMAN, the faithful to its cause, and confident of tributions to society; considered and agreed name of the Senator from Washington to. (Ms. CANTWELL) was added as a cospon- victories to come. By Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. REID, Thank you, God bless you, and may sor of S. 409, a bill to establish a Fed- Mr. OBAMA, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. CHAM- eral Youth Development Council to im- God bless America. BLISS, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. GEORGE W. BUSH. ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ALLEN, prove the administration and coordina- THE WHITE HOUSE, January 31, 2006. Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BAYH, Mr. BENNETT, tion of Federal programs serving Mr. BIDEN, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOND, youth, and for other purposes. f Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. S. 1173 BUNNING, Mr. BURNS, Mr. BURR, Mr. At the request of Mr. DEMINT, the MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE BYRD, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CHAFEE, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. name of the Senator from Alabama At 5:15 p.m., a message from the COBURN, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. COLEMAN, (Mr. SESSIONS) was added as a cospon- House of Representatives, delivered by Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. COR- sor of S. 1173, a bill to amend the Na- Mr. Hays, one of its reading clerks, an- NYN, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DAY- tional Labor Relations Act to ensure nounced that the House has agreed to TON, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. the right of employees to a secret-bal- the following resolution: DODD, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. lot election conducted by the National DORGAN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. Labor Relations Board. H. Res. 650. A resolution informing the ENZI, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Senate that a quorum of the House is present Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. S. 2049 and that the House is ready to proceed with GREGG, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. At the request of Mr. DOMENICI, the business. HATCH, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, name of the Senator from Minnesota The message also announced that the Mr. INOUYE, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. JOHN- (Mr. COLEMAN) was added as a cospon- House has agreed to the following con- SON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. sor of S. 2049, a bill to improve the se- current resolution, without amend- KOHL, Mr. KYL, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. curity of the United States borders and ment: LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. for other purposes. S. Con. Res. 77: Concurrent resolution to LOTT, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. S. 2157 provide for a joint session of Congress to re- MCCAIN, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. MENEN- ceive a message from the President on the At the request of Mrs. BOXER, the DEZ, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. MURKOWSKI, name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. state of the Union. Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON of Florida, SNOWE) was added as a cosponsor of S. Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. PRYOR, f Mr. REED, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROCKE- 2157, a bill to amend title 10, United FELLER, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. SARBANES, States Code, to provide for the Purple INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. Heart to be awarded to prisoners of war JOINT RESOLUTIONS SHELBY, Mr. SMITH, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. who die in captivity under cir- SPECTER, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. STE- cumstances not otherwise establishing The following bills and joint resolu- VENS, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. TALENT, Mr. eligibility for the Purple Heart. tions were introduced, read the first THOMAS, Mr. THUNE, Mr. VITTER, Mr. S. 2178 and second times by unanimous con- VOINOVICH, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. sent, and referred as indicated: WYDEN): At the request of Mr. DEWINE, his By Mr. VITTER: S. Res. 362. A resolution honoring the life name was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 2227. A bill to amend the Harmonized of Coretta Scott King and expressing the 2178, a bill to make the stealing and Tariff Schedule of the United States to re- condolences of the Senate on her passing; selling of telephone records a criminal move the 100 percent tariff imposed on roast- considered and agreed to. offense. f ed chicory and other roasted coffee sub- S. 2179 stitutes; to the Committee on Finance. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. At the request of Mr. OBAMA, the PRYOR): S. 8 name of the Senator from Massachu- S. 2228. A bill to designate the facility of At the request of Mr. ENSIGN, the setts (Mr. KERRY) was added as a co- the United States Postal Service located at name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. sponsor of S. 2179, a bill to require 2404 Race Street, Jonesboro, Arkansas, as ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of openness in conference committee de- the ‘‘Hattie W. Caraway Post Office.’’; to the S. 8, a bill to amend title 18, United liberations and full disclosure of the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- States Code, to prohibit taking minors contents of conference reports and all ernmental Affairs. other legislation. By Mr. KENNEDY: across State lines in circumvention of S. 2229. A bill to provide quality, affordable laws requiring the involvement of par- S. 2197 health care for all Americans; to the Com- ents in abortion decisions. At the request of Mr. DOMENICI, the mittee on Finance. S. 58 name of the Senator from West Vir- By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. KEN- At the request of Mr. INOUYE, the ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) was added as NEDY): names of the Senator from South Da- a cosponsor of S. 2197, a bill to improve S. 2230. A bill to ensure that members of the Armed Forces have complete personal ar- kota (Mr. JOHNSON) and the Senator the global competitiveness of the mored protection necessary for their duties, from New Jersey (Mr. MENENDEZ) were United States in science and energy and for other purposes; to the Committee on added as cosponsors of S. 58, a bill to technology, to strengthen basic re- Armed Services. amend title 10, United States Code, to search programs at the Department of

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That’s equivalent to the dustry in the global marketplace. ergy, including at the National Labora- population of 24 States and the District There is no doubt that America has tories. of Columbia—combined. the finest health care professionals, the S. 2198 That’s 46 million Americans who best hospitals and the most creative At the request of Mr. DOMENICI, the wonder whether a cough or fever will medical researchers in the world. But name of the Senator from West Vir- turn into a serious illness that brings having the best components is no guar- ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) was added as financial ruin, and 46 million Ameri- antee of success for the health care a cosponsor of S. 2198, a bill to ensure cans who have to make the impossible system as a whole. the United States successfully com- choice between paying for a visit to the In the amount of money spent on petes in the 21st century global econ- doctor or paying the rent to keep a health care per person, America is first omy. roof over their heads. in the world by a large margin. By that S. 2199 Even these figures understate the standard, we spend 49 percent more At the request of Mr. DOMENICI, the problem. Over a two year period, 82 than the Swiss, 88 percent more than name of the Senator from West Vir- million Americans, one out of every the Germans, 150 percent more than ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) was added as three Americans under 65, will be unin- the British, and 160 more than the Jap- a cosponsor of S. 2199, a bill to amend sured for a period of at least two anese. Despite this enormons expendi- the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to months. ture, America’s health care system provide tax incentives to promote re- The burden of lack of health insur- fails all too often to deliver quality search and development, innovation, ance falls most heavily on minority health care. Among the world’s leading and continuing education. populations. Less than 13 percent of industrialized countries, the United States ranks only 22nd in average life S. 2201 white Americans are uninsured, but expectancy and 25th in infant mor- At the request of Mr. OBAMA, the over 20 percent of African Americans names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. lack health insurance. For Hispanic tality. The most significant difference be- AKAKA), the Senator from Washington Americans, the figure is even more ap- tween the American health care sys- (Ms. CANTWELL), the Senator from Mas- palling—over a third of Hispanic Amer- tem and those of our economic com- sachusetts (Mr. KENNEDY) and the Sen- icans lack coverage. petitors is that these other nations re- ator from North Dakota (Mr. DORGAN) Over 80 percent of the uninsured are members of working families. They gard health as a right, not a privilege. were added as cosponsors of S. 2201, a They make certain that their citizens bill to amend title 49, United States work 40 hours a week, fifty-two weeks a year—but all their hard work can’t have access to good health care. By es- Code, to modify the mediation and im- tablishing a national system of care, buy them the health insurance they plementation requirements of section they have been able to hold down costs need to protect themselves and their 40122 regarding changes in the Federal and keep quality high. Aviation Administration personnel families—because they can’t afford it In the United States, we have refused management system, and for other pur- and their employers don’t provide it. to commit to quality health care for In any given year, one third of the poses. all Americans. S. RES. 354 uninsured go without needed medical As a result, those who can afford the At the request of Ms. LANDRIEU, her care. Eight million uninsured Ameri- best care receive it, but millions of name was added as a cosponsor of S. cans fail to take the drugs their doc- other Americans are left by the way- Res. 354, a resolution honoring the val- tors prescribe—because they can’t af- side. uable contributions of Catholic schools ford to fill the prescription. 270,000 Because of our fractured system of in the United States. children suffering from asthma never care, America’s health care system is S. RES. 355 see a doctor. 27,000 uninsured women the most economically inefficient in At the request of Mr. NELSON of Ne- are diagnosed with breast cancer each the industrial world. The administra- braska, the names of the Senator from year. They are twice as likely as in- tive costs alone of our system are near- Vermont (Mr. LEAHY), the Senator sured women not to receive medical ly double those of Canada. Reducing from New York (Mr. SCHUMER) and the treatment until their cancer has our administrative costs to the low Senator from Florida (Mr. MARTINEZ) spread. As a result, they are 50 percent level of the Canadian system would were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 355, more likely to die of the disease. save about $250 billion every year. a resolution honoring the service of the The list of grim examples goes on and The difference between the way National Guard and requesting con- on. health care is financed in Canada and sultation by the Department of Defense Some argue that despite the lack of the U.S. saves the Canadian auto in- with Congress and the chief executive health care coverage, the uninsured get dustry $4.00 an hour in worker com- officers of the States prior to offering the care they need. But that’s a myth. pensation compared to the U.S. The proposals to change the National The facts prove otherwise. Canadian branches of the big three Guard force structure. Thirty five percent of the unin- automakers have released a joint letter sured—over 15 million Americans—skip with the Canadian Auto Workers Union f recommended treatment because of stating that the Canadian system is a STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED cost. Over a third of the uninsured need ‘‘strategic advantage for Canada’’ and BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS care but do not get it, and nearly half ‘‘has been an important ingredient’’ in By Mr. KENNEDY: postpone care because of its cost. Mil- the success of Canada’s ‘‘most impor- S. 2229. A bill to provide quality, af- lions of Americans are at risk of ignor- tant export industry.’’ fordable health care for all Americans; ing serious illnesses, because they Wise investments have helped con- to the Committee on Finance. can’t afford to see a doctor for a needed tain health care costs here at home Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, in this test. too. Since 1996, costs per patient in the century of the life sciences, medical Whether the disease is AIDS or men- Veterans medical system have actually miracles have the potential to improve tal illness or cancer or heart disease or decreased 7 percent, while private sec- the health and extend the lives of mil- diabetes, the uninsured are left out and tor costs per patient have increased by lions of Americans and millions more left behind. In hospital and out, young 62 percent. The VA system did not across the world. or old, black or white, they receive less achieve these savings by stinting on But for too many of our citizens, care, suffer more, and are 25 percent patient care or denying needed serv- quality affordable health care is a dis- more likely to die than those who are ices. The VA has been widely praised tant dream, and the promise of the cen- insured. for improving its quality of care tury of the life sciences rings hollow. But the large and growing number of through investments in information Forty-six million Americans have no the uninsured is only part of the health technology and a strong commitment health insurance. Under the current care crisis. Costs are rising out of con- to quality for all.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S372 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 As a result of America’s failure to stood idly by as this crisis has wors- right to choose any doctor and hospital focus on comprehensive care and cost ened would be untrue. To say they have they think is best—not the one an in- reduction, costs are soaring out of con- taken no action as 3,000 more Ameri- surance company thinks is best for trol. Health care premiums have gone cans have become uninsured during them. up over 70 percent in the last five every single day of the Bush Adminis- Today I am introducing legislation to years—over 5 times the overall rate of tration would be inaccurate. They have extend Medicare to all Americans, inflation in the economy. More and taken action—by making the health from birth to the end of life. Those who more small businesses can’t afford to care crisis worse. prefer private insurance can choose offer health care to their employees. Tomorrow, the House of Representa- any of the plans offered to members of Health care costs mean that working tives will vote on a budget bill that Congress and the President. I call this Americans who have health coverage will make the health care crisis worse approach Medicare for All, because it through their job are increasingly wor- for the 50 million Americans for whom will free all Americans from the fear of ried that their employer will eliminate Medicaid is literally the difference be- medical expenses and enable them to the coverage on which they rely. Those tween life or death. The Republican seek the best possible care when illness who obtain coverage on the individual bill makes them pay more and more for strikes. Nothing is more cynical than a market must often pay huge premiums the health care on which their lives de- Member of Congress who gives a speech and accept large gaps in their coverage pend. I urge the House to reject these denouncing health care for all, then if they have any history of illness, no distorted priorities. goes off to see his doctor for a visit matter how slight. Many cannot obtain Currently, communities across the paid for by the Federal Employees coverage at any price. nation are struggling to cope with the Health Benefit Plan. Even those who have health insur- disaster caused by the Republican To ease the transition, Medicare for ance have little security. Millions of Medicare drug ‘‘plan’’. Millions of sen- All will be phased in by age group, Americans have seen health care costs iors have faced a baffling array of starting with those 55–65 years old and eat away their savings and cut into choices, instead of the certainty of children up to the age of 20. their paychecks more and more every Medicare in getting the medications The plan contains a number of provi- year. they need. Millions of persons with dis- sions to reduce costs and improve qual- Since the year 2000, the average cost abilities, or those facing the challenge ity, including more effective use of of a family health insurance policy has of HIV/AIDS or living with mental ill- health information technology. It also increased by over $4,500, so that it now nesses have been denied the prescrip- puts new emphasis on preventive care, costs the average family nearly $11,000 tions they require, or have been told to because preventing illness before it oc- for a health care policy. Family earn- pay exorbitant fees by the insurance curs is always better and less expensive ings have not kept pace. According to companies that Republicans put in than treating patients after they be- the Kaiser Family Foundation, health charge of the drug benefit. Try telling come ill. insurance premiums climbed by 73 per- those who have been denied their medi- My proposal will be entirely vol- cent over the last five years—but earn- cines that they are in charge of their untary. Any American who wishes to ings increased only 15 percent. health care. stay in their current employer-spon- The costs keep climbing higher and Tonight, the President will try to sored plan can do so, and employers higher. Almost one in five working make the American people believe that can tailor their health plans to provide families have seen their premiums go the solution to rising health costs is to additional services to their employees up over 15 percent—and one in ten have shift more and more of those costs to that wrap around Medicare coverage. faced increases over 20 percent. patients, or to deny care to those in As we implement this reform, financ- These out-of-control costs are dev- need. That’s the wrong prescription for ing must be a shared responsibility. All astating for both individuals and busi- health care. will benefit, and all should contribute. nesses. Working families often face the The President’s proposal will let the Payroll taxes should be part of the fi- agonizing choice between paying for wealthiest Americans rack up billions nancing, but so should general reve- health insurance and paying rent or of dollars in tax giveaways, while shift- nues, to make the financing as progres- buying groceries. Or they compromise ing the costs of health care to working sive as possible. by buying a meager insurance policy families and those least able to pay. We can offset a large part of the ex- that provides little refuge when big Our people deserve true health care pense by a single giant step—bringing danger strikes. reform—not gimmicks and giveaways health care into the modem age of in- It’s no wonder that unpaid medical that worsen the crisis. They deserve a formation technology. By moving to bills cause nearly half the bankruptcies guarantee that when they get sick, electronic medical records for all in America. they’ll be able to obtain decent health Americans when they go to the hos- It’s no wonder that practically every care at a price they can afford. pital or their doctor, we can save hun- business leader in America cites rising Medicare has meant quality health dreds of billions of dollars a year in ad- health care costs as a top concern. care for millions of senior citizens for ministrative costs while improving the When General Motors has to spend forty years. The time has come to quality of care. Equally important, we more on health care than it does on make Medicare available to every should pay for health care based on steel, it’s time for a change. When ten American who wants to enroll in it. value and results, not just the number percent of the total cost of a ton of It’s the best way to bring the enormous of procedures performed or days in a steel manufactured in the United promise of this new century of the life hospital bed. States is consumed by retiree health sciences to every American. We all know that Medicare is one of benefits alone, it’s time for a change. America’s failure to guarantee the the most successful social programs When Starbucks spends more on health basic right to health care for all its ever enacted. It makes no sense to care than it does on coffee, it’s time for citizens was one of the great public pol- make it available only to senior citi- a change. icy failures of the 20th century, and we zens. I have no doubt that if we were In world markets, American busi- must not allow that failure to continue enacting Medicare today, we would not nesses have to compete with foreign in this new century. limit its benefits to seniors. The need firms whose health costs are heavily There is a better way. Our goal for good health coverage is as urgent subsidized by the government. Amer- should be an America where no citizen today for all Americans as it was for ican workers are the best in the world, of any age fears the cost of health care, senior citizens 40 years ago, when but we give other nations an unfair ad- and no employer stops creating jobs be- Medicare was first enacted. vantage, because we refuse to enact cause of the high cost of providing The battle to achieve Medicare for long overdue policies to reduce health health insurance. All will not be easy. Powerful interests costs and ease the heavy burden of We should build on the tried and true will strongly oppose it, because they health care for American employees. and trusted model of Medicare. Admin- profit immensely from the status quo. To say that this Administration and istrative costs are low, patient satis- But no battle worth fighting is easy— its Republican allies in Congress have faction is high, and patients have the and the struggle to fulfill the promise

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S373 of this century of the life sciences for Whereas unsubstantiated allegations have ruary 6 through February 10, 2006, as ‘‘Na- all our citizens is as worthy as any in been made about the fate of children adopted tional School Counseling Week’’; American history. from Romania and the qualifications and Whereas the Senate has recognized the im- I urge my colleagues to make good motives of those who adopt internationally; portance of school counseling through the Whereas in June 2001, the Romanian Adop- inclusion of elementary and secondary on the promise of America, and see tion Committee imposed a moratorium on school counseling programs in the reauthor- that all our citizens receive the quality intercountry adoption, but continued to ac- ization of the Elementary and Secondary health care that should be their birth- cept new intercountry adoption applications Education Act of 1965; right. I urge the Senate to support and allowed many such applications to be Whereas school counselors have long advo- Medicare for All. processed under an exception for extraor- cated that the education system of the dinary circumstances; United States must leave no child behind f Whereas on June 21, 2004, the Parliament and must provide opportunities for every SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS of Romania enacted Law 272/2004 on ‘‘the pro- student; tection and promotion of the rights of the Whereas personal and social growth results child’’, which creates new requirements for in increased academic achievement; SENATE RESOLUTION 359—CON- declaring a child legally available for adop- Whereas school counselors help develop CERNING THE GOVERNMENT OF tion; well-rounded students by guiding them ROMANIA’S BAN ON INTER- Whereas on June 21, 2004, the Parliament through their academic, personal, social, and COUNTRY ADOPTIONS AND THE of Romania enacted Law 273/2004 on adop- career development; tion, which prohibits intercountry adoption Whereas school counselors have been in- WELFARE OF ORPHANED OR except by a child’s biological grandparent or strumental in helping students, teachers, ABANDONED CHILDREN IN RO- grandparents; and parents deal with the trauma that was MANIA Whereas there is no European Union law or inflicted upon them by hurricanes Katrina, Ms. LANDRIEU submitted the fol- regulation restricting intercountry adop- Rita, and Wilma; lowing resolution; which was referred tions to biological grandparents or requiring Whereas students face myriad challenges that restrictive laws be passed as a pre- every day, including peer pressure, depres- to the Committee on Foreign Rela- requisite for accession to the European sion, and school violence; tions. Union; Whereas school counselors are usually the S. RES. 359 Whereas the number of Romanian children only professionals in a school building who Whereas following the execution of Roma- adopted domestically is far less than the are trained in both education and mental nian President Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, it number abandoned and has declined further health matters; was discovered that more than 100,000 under- since enactment of Law 272/2004 and 273/2004 Whereas the roles and responsibilities of fed, neglected children throughout Romania due to new, overly burdensome requirements school counselors are often misunderstood, were living in hundreds of squalid and inhu- for adoption; and the school counselor position is often mane institutions; Whereas prior to enactment of Law 273/ among the first to be eliminated in order to Whereas citizens of the United States re- 2004, 211 intercountry adoption cases were meet budgetary constraints; sponded to the dire situation of these chil- pending with the Government of Romania in Whereas the national average ratio of stu- dren with an outpouring of compassion and which children had been matched with adop- dents to school counselors of 478-to-1 is more assistance to improve conditions in those in- tive parents in the United States, and ap- than double the 250-to-1 ratio recommended stitutions and to provide for the needs of proximately 1,500 cases were pending in by the American School Counselor Associa- abandoned children in Romania; which children had been matched with pro- tion, the American Counseling Association, Whereas, between 1990 and 2004, citizens of spective parents in Western Europe; and the American Medical Association, the the United States adopted more than 8,200 Whereas the children of Romania, and all American Psychological Association, and Romanian children, with a similar response children, deserve to be raised in permanent other organizations; and from the citizens of Western Europe; families: Now, therefore, be it Whereas the celebration of National Whereas the United Nations Children’s Resolved, That the Senate— School Counseling Week would increase Fund (UNICEF) reported in March 2005 that (1) supports the desire of the Government awareness of the important and necessary more than 9,000 children a year are aban- of Romania to improve the standard of care role school counselors play in the lives of doned in Romania’s maternity wards or pedi- and well-being of children in Romania; students in the United States: atric hospitals and that child abandonment (2) urges the Government of Romania to Resolved, That the Senate— in Romania in ‘‘2003 and 2004 was no different complete the processing of the intercountry (1) designates the week of February 6 from that occurring 10, 20, or 30 years ago’’; adoption cases which were pending when through February 10, 2006, as ‘‘National Whereas there are approximately 37,000 or- Law 273/2004 was enacted; School Counseling Week’’; and phaned or abandoned children in Romania (3) urges the Government of Romania to (2) encourages the people of the United today living in state institutions, an addi- amend its child welfare and adoption laws to States to observe the week with appropriate tional 49,000 living in temporary arrange- decrease barriers to adoption, both domestic ceremonies and activities that promote ments, such as foster care, and an unknown and intercountry, including by allowing awareness of the role school counselors per- number of children living on the streets and intercountry adoption by persons other than form in the school and the community at in maternity and pediatric hospitals; biological grandparents; large in preparing students for fulfilling Whereas, on December 28, 1994, Romania (4) urges the Secretary of State and the lives as contributing members of society. Administrator of the United States Agency ratified the Hague Convention on Protection f of Children and Co-operation in Respect of for International Development to work col- Intercountry Adoption which recognizes that laboratively with the Government of Roma- SENATE RESOLUTION 361—HON- ‘‘intercountry adoption may offer the advan- nia to achieve these ends; and ORING PROFESSIONAL SUR- tage of a permanent family to a child for (5) requests that the European Union and its member states not impede the Govern- VEYORS AND RECOGNIZING whom a suitable family cannot be found in THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCI- his or her State of origin’’; ment of Romania’s efforts to place orphaned Whereas intercountry adoption offers the or abandoned children in permanent homes ETY hope of a permanent family for children who in a manner that is consistent with Roma- Mr. ALLEN (for himself and Mr. STE- nia’s obligations under the Hague Conven- are orphaned or abandoned by their biologi- VENS) submitted the following resolu- cal parents; tion on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. tion; which was considered and agreed Whereas UNICEF’s official position on to: intercountry adoption, in pertinent part, f states: ‘‘For children who cannot be raised S. RES. 361 by their own families, an appropriate alter- SENATE RESOLUTION 360—DESIG- Whereas there are over 45,000 professional native family environment should be sought NATING THE WEEK OF FEB- surveyors in the United States; in preference to institutional care, which RUARY 6 THROUGH FEBRUARY Whereas 2006 marks the 200th anniversary should be used only as a last resort and as a of the end of the Lewis and Clark landmark temporary measure. Inter-country adoption 10, 2006, AS ‘‘NATIONAL SCHOOL expedition through the upper reaches of the is one of a range of care options which may COUNSELING WEEK’’ Louisiana Territory and the American West; be open to children, and for individual chil- Mrs. MURRAY submitted the fol- Whereas this journey is one of the most dren who cannot be placed in a permanent lowing resolution; which was consid- important surveying expeditions in the his- family setting in their countries of origin, it ered and agreed to: tory of the United States because of the may indeed be the best solution. In each wealth of geographical and scientific infor- case, the best interests of the individual S. RES. 360 mation it provided about the new Nation; child must be the guiding principal in mak- Whereas the American School Counselor Whereas the nature of surveying has ing a decision regarding adoption.’’; Association has declared the week of Feb- changed dramatically since 1785, as it is no

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RES. 362 Whereas Coretta Scott King was a civil Whereas it was the work of the surveyor Whereas Coretta Scott King was an inspi- rights icon and one of the most influential that determined the boundaries of land, the rational figure and a woman of great African Americans in history: Now, there- greatest economic asset in the colonies that strength, grace, and dignity who came to fore, be it became the United States; personify the ideals for which her husband Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas Thomas Jefferson chaired a com- fought; (1) mourns the loss of Coretta Scott King; mittee in 1784 to devise a plan for disposing Whereas Coretta Scott was born and raised (2) admires her lifelong commitment to so- of lands west of the 13 original colonies; in rural Alabama, graduated as the valedic- cial justice and peace; Whereas Thomas Jefferson argued that torian from Lincoln High School, and re- (3) recognizes her role as a leading partici- surveying before sale was necessary to pre- ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree from Anti- pant in the American Civil Rights Movement vent overlapping claim and to simplify deeds och College in Yellow Springs, Ohio; and her support to democracy movements and registers; Whereas Coretta Scott fought to be al- world-wide; Whereas Thomas Jefferson reportedly lowed to teach in the local public schools in (4) expresses its sympathies to the family wrote a plan, which was debated in Congress Ohio but was denied because of her race; of Coretta Scott king and; and in modified form was adopted as the Whereas Coretta Scott studied music at (5) directs the Secretary of the Senate to Land Ordinance of May 20, 1785, establishing the New England Conservatory of Music in transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution the Public Land Survey System (‘‘PLSS’’), Boston and, while attending school in the to the family of Coretta Scott King. the rectangular system that continues today City, met a graduate student who was study- f in 30 midwestern and western states; and ing for his doctorate degree at Boston Uni- Whereas the establishment of the third versity; AUTHORITIES FOR COMMITTEES week of March as National Surveyors Week Whereas that graduate student, Martin Lu- TO MEET would be a fitting tribute to all surveyors: ther King, Jr., told her on their first date, Now, therefore, be it ‘‘The four things that I look for in a wife are COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND Resolved, That the Senate— character, personality, intelligence, and TRANSPORTATION (1) recommends the establishment of Na- beauty. And you have them all.’’; Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask tional Surveyors Week; Whereas Coretta Scott and Martin Luther unanimous consent that the Com- (2) calls on the people of the United States King, Jr. were married on June 18, 1953, and to observe National Surveyors Week each mittee on Commerce, Science, and moved to Montgomery, Alabama; Transportation be authorized to meet year with appropriate ceremonies and activi- Whereas Mrs. King gave birth to her first ties paying tribute to professional surveyors child, Yolanda, 2 weeks before the start of on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at 2:30 and their contribution to society; and the Montgomery bus boycott, and protected p.m., on video content. (3) invites the people of the United States her when opponents of the boycott bombed The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to look back at the historic contributions of the King household; objection, it is so ordered. surveying and look ahead to the new tech- Whereas Dr. and Mrs. King were to have 3 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS nologies which are constantly modernizing more children named Martin Luther, III, Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask this honored and learned profession. Dexter, and Bernice; unanimous consent that the Com- f Whereas during the lifetime of Dr. King, Mrs. King balanced the demands of raising mittee on Foreign Relations be author- SENATE RESOLUTION 362—HON- their 4 children, serving as the wife of a pas- ized to meet during the session of the ORING THE LIFE OF CORETTA tor, and speaking before church, civic, col- Senate on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at SCOTT KING AND EXPRESSING lege, fraternal, and peace groups; 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing on nomina- THE CONDOLENCES OF THE SEN- Whereas Mrs. King participated in more tions. ATE ON HER PASSING than 30 ‘‘Freedom Concerts’’, where she lec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tured, read poetry, and sang to raise aware- objection, it is so ordered. Mr. FRIST (for himself, Mr. REID, ness of and money for the civil rights move- Mr. OBAMA, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. CHAM- ment; COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, BLISS, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. Whereas Mrs. King stood by the side of her AND PENSIONS ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ALLEN, husband during many civil rights marches Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BAYH, Mr. BENNETT, and other notable occasions, including a 1957 unanimous consent that the Com- Mr. BIDEN, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOND, trip to Ghana to mark the independence of mittee on Health, Education, Labor, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. BUN- that country, a 1959 trip to India to visit and Pensions be authorized to hold a sites associated with Mahatma Gandhi, and a NING, Mr. BURNS, Mr. BURR, Mr. BYRD, hearing during the session of the Sen- 1964 trip to Oslo, Norway, to accept a Nobel Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARPER, Mr. Peace Prize awarded to Dr. King; ate on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at 2 CHAFEE, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. COBURN, Mr. Whereas just 4 days after the assassination p.m., in SD–106. COCHRAN, Mr. COLEMAN, Ms. COLLINS, of her husband in 1968, Mrs. King led a march The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. CONRAD, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAIG, of 50,000 people through the streets of Mem- objection, it is so ordered.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S375 COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND sons, 100 percent of the students under- inclusion of elementary and secondary GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS stood the requirements. As a result, 72 school counseling programs in the reauthor- Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I ask of the 257 students, about 28 percent, ization of the Elementary and Secondary unanimous consent that the Com- avoided retention that year. Education Act of 1965; mittee on Homeland Security and Gov- In a high school in Racine, WI, a Whereas school counselors have long advocated that the education system of the ernmental Affairs be authorized to math teacher realized that 100 of his United States must leave no child behind meet on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at students failed algebra in the first and must provide opportunities for every 10 a.m. for a hearing tit1ed, ‘‘Chal- quarter of the year. He asked a school student; lenges in a Catastrophe: Evacuating counselor for help. Together, they dis- Whereas personal and social growth results New Orleans in Advance of Hurricane covered some of the reasons why stu- in increased academic achievement; Katrina.’’ dents were failing. They initiated sev- Whereas school counselors help develop The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without eral programs, such as peer tutoring well-rounded students by guiding them objection, it is so ordered. and homework assistance. As a result, through their academic, personal, social, and 93 of the 100 students passed algebra by career development; f Whereas school counselors have been in- the end of the year and were able to strumental in helping students, teachers, NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING move on to the next level of math. WEEK and parents deal with the trauma that was A school district in Kentucky real- inflicted upon them by hurricanes Katrina, Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask ized that the retention rate among Rita, and Wilma; unanimous consent that the Senate ninth grade students was unacceptably Whereas students face myriad challenges proceed to the immediate consider- high. School counselors, teachers and every day, including peer pressure, depres- ation of S. Res. 360, submitted earlier administrators worked together to de- sion, and school violence; today. velop and implement strategies tar- Whereas school counselors are usually the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The geted at helping ninth graders move to only professionals in a school building who are trained in both education and mental clerk will report the resolution by tenth grade. As a result, retention health matters; title. rates improved in 16 of the 17 high Whereas the roles and responsibilities of The legislative clerk read as follows: schools in the county in just 1 year. school counselors are often misunderstood, A resolution (S. Res. 360) designating the One school saw the retention rate im- and the school counselor position is often week of February 6 through February 10, prove more than 25 percent. among the first to be eliminated in order to 2006, as ‘‘National School Counseling Week.’’ This resolution, though, is merely meet budgetary constraints; There being no objection, the Senate the beginning of what we need to be Whereas the national average ratio of stu- proceeded to consider the resolution. doing to support school counselors. We dents to school counselors of 478-to-1 is more need to reduce the ratio of students to than double the 250-to-1 ratio recommended Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, today by the American School Counselor Associa- I am pleased to submit this resolution counselors to, at the most, 250 to 1. We tion, the American Counseling Association, designating the week of February 2, need to help schools maintain their the American Medical Association, the 2006 as ‘‘National School Counseling funding so that school counselors are American Psychological Association, and Week,’’ on behalf of my colleagues, not cut from school budgets. And we other organizations; and Senator BIDEN, Senator DORGAN, Sen- need to support our school counselors Whereas the celebration of National ator JOHNSON, and Senator DODD. This so that they can continue to be inte- School Counseling Week would increase resolution honors and celebrates the gral in the fabric of our schools and awareness of the important and necessary help our students achieve success in role school counselors play in the lives of important work of school counselors, students in the United States: which the Senate has recognized since high school and beyond. Resolved, That the Senate— 1965 through the inclusion of school School counselors design and imple- (1) designates the week of February 6 counseling in the Elementary and Sec- ment comprehensive developmental through February 10, 2006, as ‘‘National ondary Education Act. school counseling programs that are School Counseling Week’’; and Across the country, there are ap- integral to the success of every stu- (2) encourages the people of the United proximately 95,000 school counselors, dent. They help students improve aca- States to observe the week with appropriate including 2,100 in Washington State. demic achievement, develop personally ceremonies and activities that promote awareness of the role school counselors per- School counselors are critical compo- and socially and prepare for successful careers that will enable them to be form in the school and the community at nents of a successful school and con- large in preparing students for fulfilling tribute significantly to the growth and contributing members of society. Na- lives as contributing members of society. tional School Counseling Week focuses success of students. In fact, school f counselors were instrumental in help- public attention on the unique con- ing students, teachers, and parents tribution of professional school coun- HONORING PROFESSIONAL deal with the trauma of terrorism on selors and highlights the tremendous SURVEYORS September 11, 2001, and its aftermath. impact that school counselors have in Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask However, despite their important serv- helping students achieve success in unanimous consent that the Senate ice, counselors are expected to serve, school and beyond. now proceed to the consideration of S. on average, 485 students each, and are Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask Res. 361, which was submitted earlier overwhelmed. The American School unanimous consent that the resolution today. Counseling Association, the American be agreed to, the preamble be agreed The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Medical Association, and the American to, the motions to reconsider be laid clerk will report the resolution by Psychological Association recommend upon the table, and that any state- title. the ratio of students to school coun- ments relating thereto be printed in The legislative clerk read as follows: selors be 250 students to 1 school coun- the RECORD, without intervening ac- A resolution (S. Res. 361) honoring profes- selor. tion or debate. sional surveyors and recognizing their con- I want to share just a few examples The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tributions to society. of how school counselors throughout objection, it is so ordered. There being no objection, the Senate The resolution (S. Res. 360) was America are helping students. proceeded to consider the resolution. In a middle school in southern Cali- agreed to. Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask The preamble was agreed to. fornia, school counselors realized that The resolution, with its preamble, unanimous consent that the resolution 257 students were in danger of not pass- reads as follows: be agreed to, the preamble be agreed ing on to the next grade. They discov- to, and the motion to reconsider be laid S. RES. 360 ered that only 15 percent of the stu- upon the table. dents understood the promotion and re- Whereas the American School Counselor The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Association has declared the week of Feb- tention requirements. The school coun- ruary 6 through February 10, 2006, as ‘‘Na- objection, it is so ordered. selors presented a series of individual tional School Counseling Week’’; The resolution (S. Res. 361) was and small-group lessons on promotion Whereas the Senate has recognized the im- agreed to. and retention criteria. After the les- portance of school counseling through the The preamble was agreed to.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S376 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 The resolution, with its preamble, HONORING THE LIFE OF CORETTA heroes in the struggle for civil rights, reads as follows: SCOTT KING Coretta Scott King. Together, Ameri- cans all mourn her passing. We offer S. RES. 361 Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate our deepest thanks for her dedication Whereas there are over 45,000 professional to keeping the dream of racial equality surveyors in the United States; now proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 362, which was submitted earlier and national harmony alive even after Whereas 2006 marks the 200th anniversary losing her husband, the Reverend Dr. of the end of the Lewis and Clark landmark today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Martin Luther King, Jr. I join all expedition through the upper reaches of the Americans in extending our thoughts Louisiana Territory and the American West; clerk will report the resolution by and prayers to her extended family. Whereas this journey is one of the most title. Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, today we important surveying expeditions in the his- The legislative clerk read as follows: mourn the passing of Coretta Scott tory of the United States because of the A resolution (S. Res. 362) honoring the life wealth of geographical and scientific infor- of Coretta Scott King and expressing the King. mation it provided about the new Nation; condolences of the Senate on her passing. When I think about Coretta Scott King, I think about a little girl who Whereas the nature of surveying has There being no objection, the Senate walked 5 miles to school on those rural changed dramatically since 1785, as it is no proceeded to consider the resolution. Alabama roads and felt the heat of rac- longer limited to the description and loca- Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I rise ism each day she passed the door of the tion of land boundaries; today to mark the passing of a great Whites-only school, so much closer to Whereas hydrographic surveys are impor- American. tant to the use of all our bodies of water; Coretta Scott King, a leader of the home. It didn’t matter, because she studied Whereas engineering surveys are utilized civil rights movement, died in her in the study and selection of engineering and succeeded and excelled beyond sleep yesterday evening. construction; most of her classmates, Black and In 15 years of marriage to Rev. Mar- Whereas geodetic surveys determine pre- White. She earned a college degree, and tin Luther King Jr. and nearly four cise global positioning for such activities as an acceptance to a prestigious grad- decades of tireless advocacy after his aircraft and missile navigation; uate school up North. Whereas cartographic surveys are used for assassination, Mrs. King proved herself One day she met a young preacher mapping and charting, as well as photo- a strong and tireless voice for the prin- from Atlanta, and she fell in love with grammetry, the science of using aerial pho- ciple of human equality. him. And he told her his dreams. And tographs for measurement and map produc- At her husband’s side through good she believed in them. And she decided tion; times and bad, she played a major role that she would help to make them Whereas many services are provided in speaking out against the injustice real—not just as a wife or as a friend, through the use of sophisticated equipment and evils of State-mandated discrimi- but as a partner in freedom’s cause. and techniques, such as satellite-borne re- nation and private bigotry. mote sensing devices and automated posi- Over the next years, Coretta Scott Her work with her husband played a King did that in so many ways we can’t tioning, measuring, recording, and plotting key role in the passage of our most equipment; even imagine. She raised a family, she vital civil rights laws: the 1964 Civil marched through the streets, she in- Whereas the role of the surveyor has been, Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights and remains, of vital importance in the de- spired through song, she led through Act. velopment of the United States; speech, and she even dodged countless Following her husband’s death, she Whereas since the colonial days of this Na- attempts on her family’s life. tion, surveyors have been leaders in the com- helped found the Martin Luther King And when one of those attempts fi- munity, Statesmen, influential citizens, and Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social nally took her love from this world, shapers of cultural standards; Change and led the successful cam- she made the selfless decision to carry Whereas former surveyors include George paign to establish her husband’s birth- on. With no time to even cry or mourn, Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abra- day as a national holiday. to wallow in anger or vengeance, ham Lincoln; As a Southerner who hails from a Coretta Scott King took to the streets Whereas it was the work of the surveyor state that once imposed the terrible just four days after Dr. King’s assas- that determined the boundaries of land, the evils of Jim Crow, I am deeply grateful sination and led 50,000 people through greatest economic asset in the colonies that for the work of the Civil Rights Move- the streets of Memphis in a march for became the United States; ment. the kind of justice for which her hus- Whereas Thomas Jefferson chaired a com- As majority leader of the Senate, I band had given his life. mittee in 1784 to devise a plan for disposing had the privilege and the pleasure of She spent the rest of her time on this of lands west of the 13 original colonies; being with Coretta Scott King on a earth marching for that same justice— Whereas Thomas Jefferson argued that number of occasions. As I was reflect- leading the King Center for Nonviolent surveying before sale was necessary to pre- ing back over the course of the day, the vent overlapping claim and to simplify deeds Social Change in Atlanta, and spread- and registers; one I remember most was now 2 or ing her family’s message of hope to Whereas Thomas Jefferson reportedly maybe 3 years ago when I joined her for every corner of this world. wrote a plan, which was debated in Congress a church service at Ebenezer Baptist I had the great honor of knowing and in modified form was adopted as the Church Heritage in Atlanta where the Mrs. King, and the occasion to visit Land Ordinance of May 20, 1785, establishing family has been historically attending with her in Atlanta last year. She was the Public Land Survey System (‘‘PLSS’’), services. an extraordinarily gracious woman. We the rectangular system that continues today Without the achievements of the sat and chatted in her living room. She in 30 midwestern and western states; and civil rights movement, Tennessee, and showed me an album of photographs of Whereas the establishment of the third indeed the entire American South, her, Dr. King and the children. Then week of March as National Surveyors Week would have remained mired in cultural she told me what her husband had said would be a fitting tribute to all surveyors: and political and economic patterns of to her once, at a time when she was Now, therefore, be it the distant past. It took leadership. It feeling burdened, understandably, by Resolved, That the Senate— took boldness. It took vision. all the stress and strain that had been (1) recommends the establishment of Na- As we move forward with our work placed on the family as a consequence tional Surveyors Week; today and in the whole of this Con- of his role in the civil rights move- (2) calls on the people of the United States gress, let us remember that heroic, ment. She said her husband advised: to observe National Surveyors Week each that bold, yet humble, work of Coretta year with appropriate ceremonies and activi- When you are willing to make sacrifices Scott King. Let us prove ourselves wor- ties paying tribute to professional surveyors for a great cause, you will never be alone. Because you will have divine companionship and their contribution to society; and thy of the legacy of the civil rights and the support of good people. (3) invites the people of the United States movement the King family have be- to look back at the historic contributions of queathed to our Nation. Coretta Scott King died in her sleep surveying and look ahead to the new tech- Mr. REID. Mr. President, we were all last night, but she certainly was not nologies which are constantly modernizing awakened this morning to the news of alone. She was joined by the compan- this honored and learned profession. the passing of one of our Nation’s true ionship and support of a loving family

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S377 and a grateful Nation—inspired by her While in Boston she met Martin Luther onstration in our Nation’s capital. In cause, dedicated to her work, and King, Jr. who was then studying for his 1988, she reconvened the Coalition of mournful of her passing. doctorate in systematic theology at Conscience for the 25th anniversary of My thoughts and condolences today Boston University. They were married the March on Washington. In prepara- are with her children. I ask that she on June 18, 1953, and in September 1954 tion for the Reagan-Gorbachev talks, and her husband now rest together in took up residence in Montgomery, AL, in 1988 she served as head of the U.S. eternal peace. with Coretta Scott King assuming the delegation of Women for a Meaningful Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I rise many functions of pastor’s wife at Dex- Summit in Athens, Greece; and in 1990, on behalf of myself, all Georgians, and ter Avenue Baptist Church. as the USSR was redefining itself, Mrs. I am sure all Americans, to express my During Dr. King’s career, Mrs. King King was coconvener of the Soviet- deepest sympathy and condolences to devoted most of her time to raising American Women’s Summit in Wash- the family of Coretta Scott King, the their four children. However, she bal- ington, DC. wife of Dr. Martin Luther King. We anced mothering and work, speaking Mrs. King received honorary doctor- learned this morning that she passed before church, civic, college, fraternal ates from over 60 colleges and univer- away yesterday at the age of 78. and peace groups. She conceived and sities; authored three books and a na- Coretta Scott King is known in history performed a series of favorably-re- tionally-syndicated column; and served for being the wife of Dr. Martin Luther viewed Freedom Concerts which com- on, and helped found, dozens of organi- King, but she was far more than that. bined prose and poetry narration with zations, including the Black Leader- As he wrote in his ‘‘Letter from the musical selections and functioned as ship Forum, the National Black Coali- Birmingham Jail’’ to the concerned fundraisers for the Southern Christian tion for Voter Participation, and the clergy of Birmingham about his jus- Leadership Conference, the direct ac- Black Leadership Roundtable. tification for coming to Birmingham tion organization of which Dr. King On a very personal note, I had the on behalf of the citizens who had been served as first president. pleasure of meeting Mrs. King on a discriminated against, Dr. King said: After Dr. King’s assassination in 1968, number of occasions, both within my great State of Georgia as well as out- I come because injustice anywhere is a Mrs. King devoted much of her energy threat to justice everywhere. and attention to developing programs side of our State. Most notably, I have been to a number of the Martin Luther As we all know from history, he took and building the Atlanta-based Martin King, Jr., Day celebrations at Ebenezer his mission wherever it took him to Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Baptist Church and was there last year, fight on behalf of justice for all Ameri- Social Change as a living memorial to which happened to be the last time cans. He was able to do that in large her husband’s life and dream. For 27 that Ms. King was there. She was un- measure with the support and the part- years, Mrs. King devoted her life to de- able to be there this year. nership of his great partner in life, veloping the King Center. As founding President, Chair, and Chief Executive She was a remarkable lady in that, in Coretta Scott King. I had the privilege, spite of her high profile relative to the Officer, she dedicated herself to pro- as a Georgian, of knowing her since my civil rights movement, as well as since viding local, national and international days in the legislature. I saw her as an Dr. King’s death, she remained a very programs that have trained tens of equal with Dr. King in the movement. humble, a very personable, a very con- thousands of people in Dr. King’s phi- I saw her as a loving mother in the genial lady who had a great sense of losophy and methods; she guided the raising of their four children. And I humor. Certainly during the time of creation and housing of the largest ar- have seen her, since the loss of Dr. the civil rights movement, this lady chives of documents from the civil King, as an untiring advocate on behalf was undoubtedly one of the most ad- rights movement; and, perhaps her of ensuring that the legacy of Dr. King mired women in the world because of greatest legacy after establishing the and his movement is perpetuated in what she saw her husband going American history. King Center itself, Mrs. King spear- through. A few months ago, the United States headed the massive educational and She was loyal and steadfast in the of America and this Senate honored lobbying campaign to establish Dr. support of her husband. She obviously the life of Rosa Parks as a significant King’s birthday as a national holiday. loved her husband. She loved her fam- leader, the matriarch of the civil rights In 1983, an act of Congress instituted ily until her death last night. Her leg- movement. There is no question today, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal acy will live on for generations, gen- as we pause in sympathy for the loss of Holiday Commission, which she chaired erations and generations to come. Dr. King’s wife, Coretta Scott King, for its duration. And in January 1986, Coretta Scott King worked tirelessly that she joins Rosa Parks as a great Mrs. King oversaw the first legal holi- to make a better world. History will woman in American history and as a day in honor of her husband—a holiday judge that she did. We mourn her pass- tireless advocate for equality for all which has come to be celebrated by ing. Americans. millions of people world-wide and, in Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, in 1968, I On behalf of my State, myself, and some form, in over 100 countries. was a law student at Georgetown Uni- all those who love peace and justice, I Coretta Scott King carried the mes- versity here in Washington, DC. It was express our sympathy on the loss of sage of nonviolence around the world. a tumultuous year, and I recall sitting Coretta Scott King. She led goodwill missions to many in the library working for my class as- Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I countries in Africa, Latin America, Eu- signments when a law professor walked rise today to remember an extraor- rope and Asia. She spoke at many of in and said: I would like all of you stu- dinary and courageous woman, Coretta history’s most massive peace and jus- dents who are second- and third-year Scott King. tice rallies. She was the first woman to law students to come outside. We Coretta Scott King was one of the deliver the class day address at Har- walked outside, and he said: We need to most influential women leaders in our vard, and the first woman to preach at ask for your help. The District of Co- world. She entered the public stage in a statutory service at St. Paul’s Cathe- lumbia is in an uproar. With the assas- 1955 as wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Lu- dral in London. sination of Dr. Martin Luther King, ther King, Jr. and as a leading partici- In 1974 Mrs. King formed a broad as- there are riots all over our Nation’s pant in the American civil rights sociation of over 100 religious, labor, Capital and many cities across the movement. business, civil and women’s rights or- country, and our legal system has bro- Born and raised in Marion, AL, ganizations dedicated to a national pol- ken down. They have arrested people Coretta Scott graduated valedictorian icy of full employment and equal eco- for a variety of charges and have filled from Lincoln High School. She re- nomic opportunity, as co-chair of the up the DC jails. They have no room for ceived a B.A. in music and education Full Employment Action Council. In them and no attorneys to represent from Antioch College in Yellow 1983, she brought together more than them. We would like to ask you as a Springs, OH, and then went on to study 800 human rights organizations to form law student to walk across the street concert singing at Boston’s New Eng- the Coalition of Conscience, sponsors of to the DC courts and provide some land Conservatory of Music, where she the 20th anniversary march on Wash- legal advice to the people who are earned a degree in voice and violin. ington, until then the largest dem- being arrested.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S378 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 I couldn’t believe that as a law stu- and a quiet authority that challenged she was a champion of decency and dent they would ask me to serve as a us to fulfill our American obligation to human rights and a more just and hu- lawyer, but it was an emergency situa- create a more perfect union by embrac- mane society in her own right, not tion. ing equal rights and genuine economic only as a partner of her husband. We As I went over there and saw the DC and social justice for all Americans, re- mourn her death and recognize the ex- courts in turmoil over the uproar and gardless of race, religion, gender, na- traordinary contributions she has the riots, if you will, in the streets of tional background, or sexual orienta- made to our Nation. the District of Columbia, I reflected on tion. Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, that terrible year and all that we had Coretta Scott King was the driving today, I rise to pay tribute to the life been through. Dr. Martin Luther King, force behind the establishment of the of a great American, Coretta Scott Robert Kennedy—it was a year no one Martin Luther King, Jr., national holi- King, who passed away last night at will ever forget. day, for which I was proud to vote, and the age of 78. I did my part and recall shortly of the construction of the King Center Mrs. King, Alabama born, was edu- afterwards watching as the television in Atlanta which I visited with Con- cated in Ohio and Boston. It was while was filled with the funeral of Dr. Mar- gressman John Lewis. Yet she re- attending the New England Conserv- tin Luther King. I can recall his casket minded us that the best way to honor atory of Music that she met a young being drawn by a team of mules to his her husband’s legacy was to devote our man from Atlanta, Martin Luther final resting place. I can recall his lives to his work. King, Jr. She knew from their first brave wife walking in the front of the It is perhaps no accident that as date that Martin Luther King, Jr., was line behind him. Coretta Scott King laid her head down brilliant and exceptional, a born lead- Many of us still recall when Jackie for the last time, it was the very day er. Kennedy faced that same awful burden that a decision was made to locate the When they were married at her home with the assassination of her husband, new Museum of African-American His- in Alabama in 1953, Reverend King’s fa- John Kennedy, the exceptional courage tory and Culture near the Lincoln Me- ther, who was a pastor, performed the she showed under what must have been morial where her husband delivered his ceremony. But at Coretta’s request, he the most stressful and terrible moment immortal ‘‘I Have a Dream’’ speech. It omitted the bride’s vow to obey her of her life. was a dream they shared and to which husband. That was pretty bold at that Coretta Scott King showed that same they both dedicated their lives. time. It was highly unusual, but it pro- courage that day, leading the followers Now Coretta Scott King and Martin vided a glimpse of the strength and of Dr. Martin Luther King to his final Luther King, Jr., rest together in eter- independence Coretta Scott King would resting place. She could have easily re- nal peace, and it is up to us to keep demonstrate throughout her life. tired from public life at that moment that dream alive. Coretta Scott King joined her hus- and become honored in her own right Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, band in the fight for equality and jus- for having given so much to this coun- Coretta Scott King was a driving force, tice. She believed that was our Na- try, but she did not. She decided to not just for the civil rights movement, tion’s promise to every citizen, but it carry on his legacy, and she led a pub- but for the great march toward had too long been denied to African lic life from that point forward in his progress. Americans. She was Dr. King’s con- memory. Martin Luther King and Coretta stant partner in the struggle for civil The strength we saw on the day of his Scott King awakened the conscience of rights. She marched alongside him and burial was the strength that continued a nation that began the journey toward used her talent as a singer to raise until her last moment of life a few equality, knocking down the walls of money for their cause while raising hours ago. We were all saddened this discrimination based on race, on reli- their children and keeping their family morning to wake up to the news of the gion, and on ethnicity. We have all together in the face of constant threats death of Coretta Scott King, a cham- benefited so much from their inspira- and a bombing by the Ku Klux Klan. pion of justice and human rights. We tion and their leadership. After Dr. King’s assassination 38 honor her memory and send our deep Coretta was not only a powerful and years ago, Coretta Scott King might condolences to her family. charismatic figure and leader for our have quietly slipped out of public life, A few days ago, Martin Luther King, time, but she was a mother who helped but she chose to continue his work. her son, spoke at Mayor Daley’s Martin her children grow up to be individuals She created the Martin Luther King, Luther King breakfast in Chicago, IL. with a sense of dignity, a sense of pride Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social He did an exceptional job. He spoke to in their heritage and a strong commit- Change in Atlanta in search of civil us about the challenges his mother ment to do something for someone else. rights and equality for everyone in faced even in her illness and told us I admire her for that as well, and my America. Coretta Scott King never lost about the continued commitment of thoughts and prayers are with her chil- faith in her husband’s dream of peace his family to civil rights. dren today. and mutual respect. I had the honor of Because of her deep humility, there The signs of bigotry and discrimina- being able to identify a courthouse in is a tendency to think of Coretta Scott tion are still evident today. They’re the city of Newark that was being built King as her husband’s supporter. In much more sophisticated and much as the Martin Luther King, Jr., Court- fact, as Dr. King himself made clear, more subtle than when Dr. King was house. I called Coretta Scott King to be she was his indispensable partner. Lis- facing the police dogs and the beatings certain that this was an acceptable ten to what Dr. King told an inter- that took place in Selma, Montgomery, item in the memory of Dr. Martin Lu- viewer in 1967. Speaking of Mrs. King, and in towns and cities across America. ther King. We were pleased to do it, he said: There’s no question that we’re a fairer and that courthouse stands today as a and a better nation because of Dr. I never will forget [that] the first discus- reminder to everybody who passes in sion we had when we met was the whole King, and I believe what Coretta Scott that area, everybody who lives in that question of racial injustice and economic in- King would want us to do is continue region, that Martin Luther King was justice and the question of peace. In her col- this march toward progress when it the great leader that he was, and his lege days, she had been actively engaged in comes to disability rights, women’s wife followed closely in his footsteps. movements dealing with these problems. rights, civil rights—and not retreat She never wavered from Dr. King’s And then he added: from it. commitment to achieve change I must admit, I wish I could say, to satisfy Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I through nonviolent means. my masculine ego, that I led her down this thank the able Senator from Massachu- Dr. King lived long enough to see the path; but I must say we went down together, setts. I was privileged to have worked passage of landmark legislation that because she was as actively involved and with Mrs. King on the Martin Luther removed legal barriers to equality. His concerned when we met as she is now. King, Jr. holiday bill for which she wife lived to see more African Ameri- For more than 50 years, Mrs. King pushed so hard and which eventually cans and Latino Americans elected as called America toward greater justice was passed by the Congress. I agree public officials and serving as Sec- and equality. She spoke with dignity with the Senator from Massachusetts, retary of State for the United States,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S379 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of the tion that has been made by African buing those words with action, life, military, and CEOs of companies such Americans in our society. That mu- leadership, and vision. Mrs. King has as American Express, Kmart, and seum will be just a few blocks from the left our Nation a vital legacy of her Time-Warner. Lincoln Memorial, where her husband own. Although some of the legal barriers delivered his famous ‘‘I have a dream’’ Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, today to equality have fallen, economic bar- speech during the 1964 march on Wash- I rise to pay tribute to a fallen pillar of riers remain. At the time of his assas- ington. It is an appropriate place—a the movement to extend civil and so- sination, Dr. King was beginning to place where President Abraham Lin- cial rights to millions of African Amer- focus on economic justice. Today, 38 coln is remembered for his fight icans: Coretta Scott King. years later, we still have not achieved against slavery and the abuse of the Mrs. King was loved and respected his dream of economic justice. That people who were kept in this condition. the world over as one of the pioneers of promise rings hollow today for millions For almost four decades, Coretta the civil rights movement of the 1950s of hard-working Americans. It rings Scott King has helped keep that dream and 1960s. She was the friend, partner hollow for the people who clean the alive. Now we must all do the same. and wife of the leader of the civil rights rooms in the big hotels but cannot af- Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- movement, the Reverend Dr. Martin ford a decent place to live. It rings hol- dent, I wish to share my thoughts on Luther King, Jr. low for garment workers, those who the passing of Coretta Scott King. I Born in Marion, AL, on April 27, 1927, work in the factories over sewing ma- once had the privilege of hosting Mrs. Coretta Scott graduated as valedic- chines and needles and the pressing King at my home. She was an extraor- torian of her high school class and at- machines, whose children wear hand- dinary woman who was deeply involved tended Antioch College in Yellow me-down clothes. They work making in a movement that led our nation Springs, OH. She received a B.A. in beautiful clothing, but they cannot af- closer to a more equal and just society. music and education and then studied ford to clothe their own children in Although Mrs. King is often referred concert singing at the New England many cases. And farm workers who to as the wife of the late Reverend Dr. Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. grow and harvest the crops, they often Martin Luther King, she was a civil As the young Martin Luther King, cannot afford healthy food for their rights activist in her own right. Fol- Jr., began his civil rights work in families. lowing Dr. King’s death in 1968, she de- Montgomery, AL, Mrs. King worked Last year, Hurricane Katrina re- voted her energies to the Martin Lu- closely with him, organizing marches vealed to the whole world the stark ther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent and sit-ins at segregated restaurants poverty that still afflicts our Nation. Social Change. Her leadership helped while at the same time raising their The greatest majority of the poor peo- spread Dr. King’s message of positive four children: Yolanda Denise, Martin ple we saw stranded in New Orleans social change through nonviolent Luther III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice were African Americans. In the past 5 means. She often said, ‘‘The center en- Albertine. years, the poverty level among African ables us to go out and struggle against During the height of the civil rights Americans has increased. More than the evils in our society.’’ movement, Mrs. King and her husband one-third of all Black children in this Mrs. King, like her husband, was a endured threats and attempts on their country live in poverty. That suggests uniter. She brought together diverse lives. In spite of the violence that sur- something in the long-term that is not groups for common causes. In 1974, rounded them and that would one day good for them, nor for country. Mrs. King formed the Full Employment take Dr. King’s life, they never aban- I had the privilege yesterday of going Action Council, consisting of civil doned a fundamental belief in non- to a school in Patterson, NJ, that I at- rights, religious, labor, and business violence. They were committed to tended many years ago. Patterson, NJ, groups promoting equal economic op- peace. is a minority city of African Americans portunity and full employment for all After her husband’s death, Mrs. King and new immigrants. I looked at the Americans. Nine years later, she helped took a more visible role in the move- faces of those children. We had a dem- form the Coalition of Conscience, con- ment. She worked to keep his ideology onstration by the band. My wife and I sisting of over 800 human rights of equality for all people at the fore- were there. In the faces of those kids groups, to commemorate the 20th anni- front of the Nation’s agenda. She you could see hope, and you could see versary of the March on Washington. pushed for more than a decade to have a desire to have a chance at life. It is Globally, she was a goodwill ambas- her husband’s birthday observed as a a terrible condition that prohibits, sador to countries around the world national holiday, then watched with many times, their opportunity to get and an adviser to world leaders such as pride in 1983 as President Reagan an education, to have the kind of nutri- Nelson Mandela. Later this year, Mrs. signed the bill into law. tion they need to grow healthy bodies King and her late husband were to re- King became a symbol, in her own and strong minds. The overall poverty ceive the Congressional Gold Medal for right, of her husband’s struggle for rate among African Americans is al- their contributions to the Nation. peace and brotherhood, presiding with most three times as high as non-His- Mrs. King has left us, but her legacy a quiet, steady, stoic presence over panic Whites. That is not economic jus- lives on as we remember and honor her seminars and conferences on global tice, Mr. President. historical impact. We should strive to issues. Throughout her years of serv- The great promise of America has al- follow in her footsteps. Today, my ice, however, she never lost sight of the ways been that if you work hard, you thoughts and prayer are with Mrs. King fact that her children were her greatest can build a better life for your family. and her family and friends. responsibility. Poverty is a national disgrace in this Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I Mrs. King was also a role model for wealthy country we inhabit. Dr. King was saddened today to learn of the many young women. She showed them and Coretta Scott King knew that. death of Coretta Scott King. Her work that their own voices had value and They believed America could do better. and life gave one man great strength that their thoughts and actions They loved this country for its promise and inspired a nation. In a lifetime, mattered. of liberty and justice for all, and in suffering and pain can envelop commu- Our loss of Mrs. King leaves a void holding us to that promise, they ap- nities and span generations; it can also that won’t soon be filled. We have lost pealed to the best nature of the Amer- touch us intimately and immediately. a great leader, a great role model, a ican spirit. When her husband was assassinated in great woman, and a great American, Mr. President, I find it fitting that April of 1968, Mrs. King suffered a but it is also important for us to re- on the very day Coretta Scott King world of loss in one moment. She per- member that her children have lost passed away, the Smithsonian Insti- severed with passion and devotion, their mother. May the Lord grant them tute announced its intention to build a honoring the movement her husband peace in this time of mourning. Our museum of Black history on the Na- made so strong. She taught the world thoughts and prayers go out to her tional Mall. That is where it belongs; it that carrying on a great legacy re- family and friends. belongs in the founding elements of our quires more than simply remembering Mr. President, today is a sad day for country, to demonstrate the contribu- the words of the dead, but requires im- the Nation. We have lost one of our

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S380 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 leading voices for equality and justice. of the Civil Rights Movement.’’ We are as her own individual. Throughout her In closing, I am sure that the entire sad to have lost both of them in so long life, Mrs. King served as an inspi- Senate will join with me in honoring short a time. But as we enter Black rational presence around the world for the life of Mrs. Coretta Scott King. History Month in February and then the values of equality and peace. Mr. KYL. Mr. President, today I rise Women’s History Month in March, the Coretta Scott was born April 27, 1927, to pay tribute to the life of Mrs. message and example of these Amer- the middle of three children born to Coretta Scott King. She was a steady ican heroines will be before us. They Obadiah and Bernice Scott. She grew force in the civil rights movement who demonstrate that ordinary people can up in the two-room house her father ably supported the work of her late achieve extraordinary things. Their built on land that had been owned by husband, the Reverend Dr. Martin Lu- selflessness will not be forgotten. the family for three generations. Her ther King Jr. Her legacy, like that of May Mrs. Coretta Scott King find the exposure to the injustices of segrega- Dr. King, is steeped in the American peace for which she and Martin strived tion were formed early on, as she principles we all hold dear: those of so hard to achieve. God speed... walked to her one-room school house equality and justice, patriotism, faith, Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I each day, watching buses full of white and family values. rise today to pay tribute to the first children kick up dust as they passed. As a young woman, Coretta Scott, a lady of the civil rights movement— During high school, Mrs. King ex- native of Marion, AL, experienced the Coretta Scott King. Mrs. King, the celled academically and demonstrated racism and prejudice that character- widow of the late Reverend Martin Lu- a great talent for music. She attended ized the South at that time. She had a ther King, Jr., dedicated her life to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, desire to exceed expectations in the sharing Dr. King’s quest for social jus- where 2 years earlier her older sister, most challenging of environments. tice and peace. Edythe, had become the first black to Coretta was valedictorian of Lincoln Although one cannot say enough enroll. At Antioch, she studied edu- High School in 1945 and pursued the se- about her lifelong commitment to the cation and music. rious study of music at Antioch College cause of racial and economic equality, In 1953, the young Coretta Scott was in Ohio, and then at the New England it is important to also note that preparing for a career in music at the Conservatory of Music. It was in Bos- Coretta Scott King was a visionary for New England Conservatory of Music in ton that Coretta first met the young women’s rights on her own merit. She Boston, when she met a young grad- Martin King, a divinity student earn- was the first woman to deliver the uate student in philosophy. A year ing his doctorate in theology. Class Day address at Harvard, and the later she and Dr. King, then a young Both of them knew the value of edu- first woman to preach at a statutory minister from a prominent Atlanta cation and study, but both were also service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Lon- family, were married. determined to serve others. Coretta don. And Mrs. King served as a liaison During Dr. King’s career, Mrs. King had been involved in the civil rights to international peace and justice orga- mostly shied away from the prominent movement before she met Dr. King; but nizations even before Dr. King took a spotlight of her husband, balancing when they joined forces as husband and public stand in 1967 against United motherhood and movement work. She wife in 1953, the movement was States intervention in the Vietnam devoted most of her time to raising strengthened. Each place they lived in war. their four children: Yolanda Denise, was roiled by the controversies of the As we mourn the passing of Coretta born in 1955, Martin Luther III, born in movement to end racial segregation. In Scott King, we are once again re- 1957, Dexter Scott, born in 1961, and every place, bigots threatened the King minded of her quiet and resolute com- Bernice Albertine, born in 1963. But she family’s safety. Amidst the violence, passion for others. As she once re- also gained recognition for the ‘‘Free- the arrests of peaceful protesters, the marked, and continued to demonstrate dom Concerts’’ she organized, where bombings, and assassination attempts throughout her long life, Dr. King’s she lectured, read poetry and sang to against her husband, Mrs. King re- dream was equally hers as well. ‘‘I raise awareness of and money for the mained a bedrock for her husband and didn’t learn my commitment from burgeoning civil rights movement. the protector of her children. Yolanda, Martin. We just converged at a certain Upon the tragic assassination of Rev. Martin III, Dexter, and Bernice found time.’’ Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, remarkable role models in both of their Together, their fearless commitment 1968, Mrs. King bravely took up the parents, but it was Mrs. King’s steady to the civil rights movement shaped mantle of the civil rights cause. Even hand that directed their upbringing. and inspired the revolutionary social before her husband was buried, she As the world took notice of Dr. changes in the United States over the marched at the head of the garbage King’s philosophy of nonviolent social last half-century. workers he had gone to Memphis to change, Mrs. King spread it effectively, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and champion. especially among women. She lent her Coretta Scott King were first vaulted Over the next few decades, Coretta time and talents to numerous edu- to the national stage during the Mont- Scott King gained nationwide interest cational causes and civil rights groups. gomery bus boycott. Led by Dr. King, and admiration for her efforts to estab- She exhibited poise, dignity, and grace the 1955 boycott lasted nearly 13 lish a national holiday in honor of her in everything she did. months and truly ignited the Nation’s husband. By an act of Congress, the Mrs. King’s commitment to civil civil rights movement. first national observance of the holiday rights did not diminish in 1968 when The boycott led to the Supreme took place in 1986. Dr. King’s birthday her husband’s life was ended by an as- Court questioning the legality of the is now marked by annual celebrations sassin’s bullet. She instead made a Jim Crow law that mandated the dis- in over 100 countries. commitment to the nonviolent crimination of African-Americans on During the 1970s, Mrs. King continued achievement of social justice as her the public bus system. And on Novem- to work on behalf of the cause of eco- life’s work. The Martin Luther King Jr. ber 13, 1956, in the landmark case nomic justice. In 1974 she formed the Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Browder v. Gayle, the Supreme Court Full Employment Action Council, a Atlanta, GA, stands today as a testa- banned segregation on buses. It was broad coalition of over 100 religious, ment to Dr. King’s work and to that of truly a remarkable victory for the labor, business, civil and women’s his wife, for it was she who made the cause of freedom and equality. rights organizations dedicated to a na- institution what it is. Mrs. King’s Throughout the turbulent decades of tional policy of full employment and strong will and courageous strength al- the 1950’s and 60’s, Dr. King’s vision equal economic opportunity. lowed her to stay the course and fur- helped the Nation form a new and bet- She also helped to found the Martin ther the movement. ter understanding of itself, one that Luther King Jr. Center for Non-Violent She was also a strong force behind celebrates its diverse nature and Social Change in Atlanta, dedicated the national holiday to commemorate strengthens its commitment to the both to scholarship and to activism. Dr. King’s life. principles of equality and justice. Over time, Mrs. King also developed Coretta Scott King and the late Rosa Yet one cannot simply overlook the her own causes and rhetoric, which Parks were often regarded as ‘‘Mothers passion and commitment of Mrs. King were consistent with the vision of her

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S381 husband. For example, when she stood Whereas Coretta Scott fought to be al- (4) expresses it sympathies to the family of in for her husband at the Poor People’s lowed to teach in the local public schools in Coretta Scott King and; Campaign at the Lincoln Memorial on Ohio but was denied because of her race; (5) directs the Secretary of the Senate to June 19, 1968, she spoke not just of his Whereas Coretta Scott studied music at transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution the New England Conservatory of Music in to the family of Coretta Scott King. vision for social justice, but also of Boston and, while attending school in the gender and racial equality. She called City, met a graduate student who was study- f upon American women ‘‘to unite and ing for his doctorate degree at Boston Uni- form a solid block of women power to versity; ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, fight the three great evils of racism, Whereas that graduate student, Martin Lu- FEBRUARY 1, 2006 ther King, Jr., told her on their first date, poverty and war.’’ Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask Mrs. King also dedicated herself to ‘‘The four things that I look for in a wife are character, personality, intelligence, and unanimous consent that when the Sen- the cause of peace, traveling through- beauty. And you have them all.’’; ate completes its business today, it re- out the world on goodwill missions to Whereas Coretta Scott and Martin Luther cess until 8:35 p.m. tonight, at which Africa, Latin America, Europe and King, Jr. were married on June 18, 1953, and time the Senate will proceed as a body Asia. In 1983, she marked the 20th anni- moved to Montgomery, Alabama; to the House of Representatives Cham- versary of the historic March on Wash- Whereas Mrs. King gave birth to her first ber for the President’s State of the ington by leading a gathering of more child, Yolanda, 2 weeks before the start of Union Address; provided that upon the than 800 human rights organizations, the Montgomery bus boycott, and protected her when opponents of the boycott bombed dissolution of the joint session, the the Coalition of Conscience, in the the King household; Senate adjourn until 9:15 a.m. on largest demonstration the Capital City Whereas Dr. and Mrs. King were to have 3 Wednesday, February 1. I further ask had seen up to that time. And in 1993, more children named Martin Luther, III, that following the prayer and pledge, Mrs. King was invited by President Dexter, and Bernice; the morning hour be deemed expired, Clinton to witness the historic hand- Whereas during the lifetime of Dr. King, the Journal of proceedings be approved shake between Prime Minister Yitzhak Mrs. King balanced the demands of raising to date, the time for the two leaders be their 4 children, serving as the wife of a pas- Rabin and Chairman Yassir Arafat at reserved, and the Senate then proceed the signing of the Middle East peace tor, and speaking before church, civic, college, fraternal, and peace groups; to the consideration of Calendar No. accords. Whereas Mrs. King participated in more 325, H.R. 4297, the tax reconciliation Mrs. King also envisioned plans for a than 30 ‘‘Freedom Concerts’’, where she lec- bill. I further ask consent that fol- memorial dedicated to her husband. tured, read poetry, and sang to raise aware- lowing the majority leader, there be a Recently, I cosponsored a bill that ap- ness of and money for the civil rights move- period of morning business for up to 60 proved funding for such a memorial. ment; minutes, with the first 30 minutes This memorial will be the first on the Whereas Mrs. King stood by the side of her under the control of the majority lead- National Mall in honor of a person of husband during many civil rights marches and other notable occasions, including a 1957 er or his designee and the final 30 min- color. It is my hope that this memorial utes under the Democratic leader or will continue to remind the Nation, trip to Ghana to mark the independence of that country, a 1959 trip to India to visit his designee, with that time counted and the world, of the powerful words of sites associated with Mahatma Gandhi, and a against the underlying statutory time hope Dr. King expressed here in Wash- 1964 trip to Oslo, Norway, to accept a Nobel limitation. ington, DC, more than 40 years ago. Peace Prize awarded to Dr. King; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Throughout her life, Mrs. King was Whereas just 4 days after the assassination objection, it is so ordered. seen as an inspirational figure around of her husband in 1968, Mrs. King led a march the world, someone who truly personi- of 50,000 people through the streets of Mem- f fied the ideals to which she and Dr. phis and, later that year, took his place in King pledged their lives. the Poor People’s March to Washington; PROGRAM But although our country has come a Whereas Mrs. King devoted her energy to carrying on the message of nonviolence and Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, we have long way since the days when our coun- the work of her husband to create a United had a very productive day with the try first met the legendary Coretta States in which all people have equal rights; Senate confirming the nominations of Scott King and Rev. Martin Luther Whereas Mrs. King dedicated herself to Samuel Alito as an Associate Justice King, Jr., we still have much to accom- raising funds and developing programs for of the Supreme Court and Ben plish. We must steadfastly protect the the Atlanta-based Martin Luther King, Jr. Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal advances already made in the fight for Center for Nonviolent Social Change, where Reserve. The Senate will recess until social equality, and also further those she served as founding President, Chair, and 8:35 tonight and, just after that, we will Chief Executive Officer; advances in the years ahead. proceed as a body to the House for a We owe the legacy of Coretta Scott Whereas Mrs. King was instrumental in seeing that the birthday of her husband was joint session of Congress to hear the King, and that of her remarkable hus- honored as a Federal holiday, an occasion President’s State of the Union Address. band, the late Martin Luther King, Jr., first marked in 1986; Tomorrow the Senate will begin con- no less. Whereas Mrs. King received honorary doc- sideration of the tax reconciliation Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask torates from over 60 colleges and univer- bill. We have already passed this bill unanimous consent that the resolution sities, and authored 3 books; once and had hoped that we could expe- be agreed to, the preamble be agreed Whereas Mrs. King received the congres- dite the process of sending the bill to to, and the motion to reconsider be laid sional gold medal for her invaluable contributions to the United States as a leader of conference and resolving our dif- upon the table. ferences with the House. Unfortu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the civil rights movement; Whereas Mrs. King traveled to every cor- nately, it appears that this will be a objection, it is so ordered. ner of the United States and the globe to somewhat lengthy process, and it will The resolution (S. Res. 362) was speak out on behalf of a number of impor- take several days and multiple votes. agreed to. tant issues, including racial and economic We will finish it this week. The preamble was agreed to. justice, the rights of women and children, re- The resolution, with its preamble, ligious freedom, full employment, health f reads as follows: care, and education; and S. RES. 362 Whereas Coretta Scott King was a civil RECESS rights icon and one of the most influential Whereas Coretta Scott King was an inspi- Mr. FRIST. If there is no further African Americans in history: Now, there- rational figure and a woman of great fore, be it business to come before the Senate, I strength, grace, and dignity who came to Resolved, That the Senate— ask unanimous consent that the Sen- personify the ideals for which her husband (1) mourns the loss of Coretta Scott King; ate stand in recess until 8:35 p.m. to- fought; (2) admire her lifelong commitment to so- night, under the previous order. Whereas Coretta Scott was born and raised cial justice and peace; in rural Alabama, graduated as the valedic- (3) recognizes her role as a leading partici- There being no objection, the Senate, torian from Lincoln High School, and re- pant in the American Civil Rights Movement at 4:14 p.m., recessed until 8:36 p.m. and ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree from Anti- and her support to democracy movements reassembled when called to order by och College in Yellow Springs, Ohio; world-wide; the Presiding Officer (Mr. THUNE).

VerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Feb 06, 2014 Jkt 081600 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\2006SENATE\S31JA6.REC S31JA6 mmaher on DSKCGSP4G1 with SOCIALSECURITY S382 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 31, 2006 JOINT SESSION OF THE TWO JACOB C. MARSHALL, JR., 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT VIRENDRA S. MEHTA, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF AIR HOUSES—ADDRESS BY THE BILLY R. MORGAN, 0000 FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED CATHERINE C. OHSIEK, 0000 DEAN E. ROBINSON, 0000 To be colonel STATES (H. DOC. NO. 109–80) EDMUND J. RUTHERFORD, 0000 MARK ROBERT ACKERMANN, 0000 JOSEF F. SCHMID III, 0000 CRAIG R. ALLISON, 0000 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ROSS A. SNOW, 0000 JON G. ANDRE, 0000 ate wlll proceed to the Hall of the JOHN G. SOTOS, 0000 PHIL L. AUSTIN, 0000 THOMAS L. WALKER, 0000 PAUL T. BABIN, JR., 0000 House of Representatives to hear the LARRY A. WOODS, 0000 ABEL BARRIENTES, 0000 address by the President of the United THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT SCOTT LEE BATTLES, 0000 States. TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR MARK M. BAUKNIGHT, 0000 FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: DAVID JOHN BEK, 0000 Thereupon, the Senate, preceded by PATRICIA S. BLASSIE, 0000 To be colonel DENIS O. BOUDREAUX, 0000 the Assistant Sergeant at Arms, Lynne RHONDA JEAN BRAUDIS, 0000 Halbrooks, the Secretary of the Sen- EVELYN L. BYARS, 0000 GEORGE F. BREWER II, 0000 JAMES W. CONLEY, 0000 MICHAEL J. BRILL, 0000 ate, Emily J. Reynolds, and the Vice MARY C. DELUCIA, 0000 NANCY JANE BROOKS, 0000 President of the United States, RICH- SUSAN E. DRAINE, 0000 RICHARD ANTHONY BRUNNER, 0000 PATRICK N. FRANCISCO, 0000 ERIC L. BUCHANAN, 0000 ARD B. CHENEY, proceeded to the Hall CHERYL A. HEYWARD, 0000 CHARLES F. CALAMONERI, 0000 of the House of Representatives to hear PAMELA C. MCBRIDE, 0000 PAUL WESLEY CARR, 0000 LEOLA MCNEILL, 0000 WINONA N. CASON, 0000 the address by the President of the MAUREEN F. MINTZLAFF, 0000 CLIVE SHUN HSIAO CHI, 0000 United States, George W. Bush. LISA A. NAFTZGERKANG, 0000 DAVID H. CLARK, 0000 KIM H. NEIMAN, 0000 STEVEN R. CLAYTON, 0000 (The address delivered by the Presi- BARBARA RUTH NITZ, 0000 LYNN ELIZABETH COEHOORN, 0000 dent of the United States to the joint MARCIA D. PARKER, 0000 MICHAEL J. COLE, 0000 DALENE D. PERDUE, 0000 KEVIN C. COLEMAN, 0000 session of the two Houses of Congress SUSAN EISEL SIDES, 0000 BETHANY J. COLOMBO, 0000 is printed in the proceedings of the DEBRA A. STEPHENS, 0000 RICHARD NICHOLAS CONFORTI, 0000 LOUIS J. SYTSMA, 0000 MICHAEL P. CONNER, 0000 House of Representatives in today’s KENNETH R. WHEELER, JR., 0000 LEON E. CONTRERAS, 0000 RECORD.) SHERALYN A. WRIGHT, 0000 TIMOTHY S. COSTA, 0000 STEPHEN J. COUBROUGH, 0000 f THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ROBERT AUSTIN CRAMER, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR RICKY L. CREWS, 0000 ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:15 A.M. FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DAVID F. CROWDEN, 0000 DAVID L. CULBERTSON, 0000 TOMORROW To be colonel LIDA DAIS DAHNKE, 0000 JENNIFER JOAN DALRYMPLE, 0000 RONALD A. ABBOTT, 0000 At the conclusion of the joint session GERALD J. DANKO, 0000 WOODY C. BAKER, 0000 JOSE H. DAVISON, 0000 of the two Houses, and in accordance SHARON RUSCH BANNISTER, 0000 CYNTHIA A. DECARLO, 0000 THOMAS S. BINGHAM, 0000 with the order previously entered, at DAVID M. DELGADO, 0000 CHRISTOPHER M. COLLIER, 0000 JAMES A. DENTON, 0000 10:10 p.m., the Senate adjourned until JULIE M. COLLINS, 0000 TIMOTHY D. DODGE, 0000 ROBERT I. DELO, 0000 Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at 9:15 KEVIN P. DOHERTY, 0000 PAUL D. DEVEAU, 0000 SCHERRY E. DOUGLAS, 0000 a.m. JON M. DOSSETT, 0000 TIMOTHY DUFFY, 0000 DREW W. FALLIS, 0000 ANNE L. DUNLAP, 0000 PAUL M. FORTUNATO, 0000 f ROBERT L. DUNN, 0000 JENNIFER A. HARTE, 0000 GREGORY A. ECKFELD, 0000 HARRY HOLIDAY, 0000 NOMINATIONS CHRISTOPHER L. EDDY, 0000 KELVIN K. KRAUSE, 0000 LYMAN L. EDWARDS, 0000 JOSEPH S. KROBOCK, 0000 Executive nominations received by RICHARD T. EGTVEDT, 0000 CHRISTOPHER S. LAURITZEN, 0000 DARREL L. EKSTROM, 0000 the Senate January 31, 2006: MICHAEL J. MAYERCHAK, 0000 JONATHAN M. ELLIS, 0000 KEVIN J. MURPHY, 0000 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT WILLIAM L. ERICKSON, 0000 JOSEPH E. NOVAK, 0000 JAMES A. ESCH, 0000 DAVID B. POWERS, 0000 EDWARD P. LAZEAR, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A MEMBER PATRICIA A. EVANS, 0000 MICHAEL D. SIGNORELLI, 0000 OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS, VICE BEN S. BRENT J. FALKENBERG, 0000 DAVID M. SMITH, 0000 BERNANKE. DAVID C. FEDORS, 0000 JEFFREY S. THOMPSON, 0000 GEORGE W. FENIMORE III, 0000 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY JOSE VILLALOBOS, 0000 BRUCE A. FERNALD, 0000 W. RALPH BASHAM, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE COMMIS- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ELLEN M. FIEBIG, 0000 SIONER OF CUSTOMS, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE- TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR MARK J. FREDERICKSON, 0000 CURITY, VICE ROBERT C. BONNER, RESIGNED. FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: JAMES D. FRISHKORN, 0000 ROGER M. GALLET, 0000 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR To be colonel EDWARD GARCIA, 0000 PAUL DECAMP, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR MELVIN J. GIDDINGS, JR., 0000 OF THE WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF DALE R. AGNER, 0000 KAREN D. GILES, 0000 LABOR, VICE TAMMY DEE MCCUTCHEN, RESIGNED. KATHLEEN M. ANKERS, 0000 JEAN L. GLINES, 0000 ELEANOR E. AVERY, 0000 JOHN GONZALES, 0000 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DAVID P. BLAKE, 0000 DAVID H. GOODHUE, 0000 DANIEL G. BURNETT, 0000 OZZIE H. GORBITZ, 0000 JEFFREY L. SEDGWICK, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE DI- MARK S. CAMPBELL, 0000 ROBIN F. GRANTHAM, 0000 RECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS, VICE CRAIG Y. CASTILLO, 0000 JOHN T. GUNNOE, 0000 LAWRENCE A. GREENFELD, RESIGNED. RICHARD D. CESPEDES, 0000 KURT A. HAMMER, 0000 IN THE AIR FORCE WILBERT E. CHARLES, 0000 CRAIG A. HARDIN, 0000 JAMES W. COCKERILL, 0000 LINDA L. HARLAN, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT JOHN J. DEGOES, 0000 HARRY E. HEFLIN, JR., 0000 IN THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR ROBERT J. DIGERONIMO, 0000 CHRISTINE M. HEIKKINEN, 0000 FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: WARREN C. DORLAC, 0000 EDWARD H. HENSON, 0000 MARY D. DVORAK, 0000 JAMES W. HERRON, 0000 To be colonel KATHLEEN B. ELMER, 0000 MARK P. HETTERLY, 0000 JULIE K. STANLEY, 0000 PAUL A. FRIEDRICHS, 0000 JOHN A. HICKOK, 0000 JAMES W. GASQUE, 0000 WALTER LEROY HOLMES, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT ROBERT T. GILSON, 0000 LLOYD W. HULSEY, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR MARC V. GOLDHAGEN, 0000 MICHAEL J. HUMPHREY, 0000 FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: TERRY L. HASKE, 0000 JANET M. HUMPHREYS, 0000 To be colonel STEPHEN W. HIGGINS, 0000 MICHAEL W. HUTTNER, 0000 HELEN M. HOOTSMANS, 0000 RICHARD T. HYLAND, 0000 JOHN JULIAN ALDRIDGE III, 0000 TIMOTHY A. HURSH, 0000 JON K. ILSENG, 0000 MARY J. BURNS, 0000 GARY L. HURWITZ, 0000 VIRGINIA M. JABOUR, 0000 TERRI L. CARVER, 0000 MARK A. KOENIGER, 0000 DENNIS J. JACOBS, 0000 AMY M. GRIESE, 0000 EDWARD R. KOST, 0000 LILLIAN A. JAMESONEAL, 0000 ODELL GROOMS, 0000 JOHN G. LEVASSEUR, 0000 WILLIAM D. JENNE, 0000 JAMES A. KING, JR., 0000 DAVID S. LOUDER, 0000 JEFFREY L. JOHNSON, 0000 JERRY M. LANG, 0000 KENNETH P. MCDONNELL, 0000 STEVEN D. JOHNSON, 0000 JANE S. LOVE, 0000 MICHAEL R. MURCHLAND, 0000 JAMES A. KELLEY, 0000 PAULA W. RISENHOOVER, 0000 SCOTT B. NORRIS, 0000 STUART C. KENNEY, 0000 SUSAN L. SIEGMUND, 0000 MICHAEL B. OSSWALD, 0000 TERRI A. R. KETT, 0000 CRAIG S. PACKARD, 0000 GERALD P. KIRCHNER, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT SUSAN M. PEREZDETAGLE, 0000 KEVIN D. KISER, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR GORDON C. PETERS, 0000 THOMAS E. KITTLER, 0000 FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: TIMOTHY D. ROBINETTE, 0000 STEVEN M. KLEINMAN, 0000 To be colonel MARTHA P. SCHATZ, 0000 TERRY A. LAWRENCE, 0000 GALE J. SKOUSEN, 0000 MARGARET Z. LAWSON, 0000 ISIDRO ACOSTA CARDENO, 0000 DAVID L. SMITH, 0000 PAMELA A. LEBLANC, 0000 GEORGE F. COHEN, 0000 ERIC B. STONE, 0000 STEWART M. LEBLANC, 0000 CHARLES R. ELLIS, 0000 GERALD V. WIEST, 0000 MICHAEL J. LICATA, 0000 FERNANDO FERNANDEZ, 0000 JOHN M. WIGHTMAN, 0000 DALE S. LINDER, 0000 ROBERT L. LANDGRAF, 0000 DAVID A. WILLIAMS, 0000 MICHAEL F. LOGRANDE, 0000

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CAROLYN A. LOHMAN, 0000 RICHARD J. ECKERT, JR., 0000 JAMES A. PHALEN, 0000 THOMAS E. LOHR, 0000 ROBIN E. FONTENOT, 0000 ALLAN S. PHILP, JR., 0000 JANE M. LOUMA, 0000 MARTIN F. GIACOBBI, 0000 KIMBERLY D. PIETSZAK, 0000 ROGELIO LOZANO, JR., 0000 MARTIN J. HAMILTON, 0000 LAURA L. PLACE, 0000 ROBERT LOUIS MACHO, 0000 TAMMY KNAPP HEISEY, 0000 PAUL W. PLOCEK, 0000 JAMES F. MACKEY, 0000 ANDRE A. HENRIQUES, 0000 RAY L. PLUMLEY, 0000 SCOTT A. MALCOLM, 0000 JOHN W. HULTQUIST, 0000 HARRIS R. PRAGER, 0000 THOMAS F. MANLEY III, 0000 PHILIP S. JUNGHANS, 0000 JOHN C. RABINE, 0000 STEVE L. MANN, 0000 DAVID B. KIESER, 0000 MICHAEL RAJNIK, 0000 PHILIP J. MANNING, 0000 JEFFRY J. LARSON, 0000 STEVEN E. RASMUSSEN, 0000 PAUL J. MARKLEY, 0000 LARRY K. LONG, 0000 CHARLES D. REILLY, 0000 CLAUDETTE S. MARTIN, 0000 DAVID L. MAPES, 0000 PETER L. REYNOLDS, 0000 ROBERT J. MARTIN, 0000 ANGELA M. MONTELLANO, 0000 KAREN C. RICHARDS, 0000 JEFFERY L. MATTOX, 0000 JOSEPH A. MUHLBAUER, 0000 MICHAEL F. RICHARDS, 0000 SHAUN T. MAYNARD, 0000 BASEEMAH S. NAJEEULLAH, 0000 SCOTT A. RIISE, 0000 CHRISTOPHER A. MAZUR, 0000 GRACE S. NIEVES, 0000 TERRI L. RIUTCEL, 0000 SEAN D. MCCLUNG, 0000 ALBERT L. OUELLETTE, 0000 JOSHUA S. ROTENBERG, 0000 GIORDANO B. MCMULLEN, 0000 RYLLIS A. ROUSSEAU, 0000 RICHARD M. RUBIN, 0000 KEVIN J. MCNEIGHT, 0000 RUBEN S. SAGUN, JR., 0000 STEPHANIE A. SCHAEFER, 0000 JOSEPH E. MCREYNOLDS, 0000 DANIEL A. SAVETT, 0000 LARRY R. SCHATZ, 0000 MARK A. MELCHER, 0000 ROBERT S. SHEPERD, 0000 DARLENE P. SCHULTZ, 0000 ROY ANTHONY MERRELL, 0000 TONI C. STRONG, 0000 GREGORY L. SCHUMACHER, 0000 ROBERT EARL MICHAEL, 0000 DAWN M. WAGNER, 0000 PARIMAL K. SHAH, 0000 SCOTT A. MLYNARCZYK, 0000 MARK A. WEISKIRCHER, 0000 JON R. SHERECK, 0000 CHARLES W. MOOD, 0000 KYLE S. WENDFELDT, 0000 PAUL A. SKLUZACEK, 0000 MICHAEL HOLLIS MORGAN, 0000 DANIEL T. SMITH, 0000 GUY H. MORLEY, JR., 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JOHN J. STEELE III, 0000 PAUL J. MUNYON, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR MICHAEL D. STEVENS, 0000 ELLIE F. NIX, JR., 0000 FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: PAMELA L. STRICKLAND, 0000 NOEL CHRISTINA NOLTA, 0000 To be lieutenant colonel RICHARD J. STRILKA, 0000 DAVID B. OBRIEN, 0000 ERIC A. SUESCUN, 0000 SHARON A. OLBETER, 0000 ERIC J. ASHMAN, 0000 LEIGH A. SWANSON, 0000 MICHELLE OSBORNE, 0000 BROADUS Z. ATKINS, 0000 SUSAN M. SWAYNE, 0000 STEVEN J. PANETTA, 0000 MATT A. BAPTISTA, 0000 ANTHONY A. TERRERI, 0000 MATTHEW A. PARKS, 0000 TODD M. BERTOCH, 0000 JOHN M. TOKISH, 0000 ARTHUR G. PETRUCCELLI, 0000 RICHARD E. BLAIR, 0000 GEOFFREY D. TOWERS, 0000 ROBERT N. POLUMBO, 0000 PAUL BOSTROM, 0000 BLAINE A. TUFT, 0000 RAYMOND DANIEL RABATIN, 0000 STEVEN P. BOWERS, JR., 0000 CHARLES A. TUJO, 0000 JOSEPH C. RALLO, 0000 ANDREW N. BOWSER, 0000 JANET L. VEESART, 0000 ALBERT M. REIF, 0000 SCOTT C. BRANDON, 0000 NINO A. VIDIC, 0000 DANA G. RICHARD, 0000 LAURA A. BRODHAG, 0000 BRIAN A. VROON, 0000 DAVID L. ROBIE, 0000 DAVID M. BUSH, 0000 JAMES M. WARD, 0000 MARY K. ROEHL, 0000 THATCHER R. CARDON, 0000 CHARLES N. WEBB, 0000 RALPH J. ROMINE, 0000 LI ING CHANG, 0000 KYLE J. WELD, 0000 STEVEN T. ROSE, 0000 YUN C. CHONG, 0000 GREGORY C. WIGGINS, 0000 GLENN D. ROSENBERGER, 0000 STEVEN L. CLARK, 0000 LINDY W. WINTER, 0000 ROBERT J. ROXBROUGH, 0000 CHRISTINE S. CLARKE, 0000 RANDY W. WOBSER, 0000 CLETUS G. RUDD, 0000 GEORGE A. CLARKE, 0000 MATTHEW P. WONNACOTT, 0000 SCOTT S. RUSSELL, 0000 DAVID S. COCKRUM, 0000 DAVID A. WOOD, 0000 PATRICK M. RYAN, 0000 JUNE M. COOK, 0000 MICHAEL J. WOOD, 0000 WALTER J. SAMS, 0000 MARK O. COVINGTON, 0000 SAMUEL K. WOOD, 0000 PAMELA S. SANDERS, 0000 DANA K. CRESSLER, 0000 JENNIFER A. WRIGHT, 0000 THOMAS R. SANDERS, JR., 0000 JIM D. CROWLEY, 0000 KENNETH C. Y. YU, 0000 JAMES PATRICK SCANLAN, 0000 GREGORY A. DEYE, 0000 AUGUST G. SCHALKHAM, 0000 JAMES P. DOLAN, 0000 IN THE ARMY JOSEPH P. SCHERRER, 0000 ERIC J. DUDENHOEFER, 0000 KARL A. SCHMITKONS, 0000 STEVEN J. DURNING, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF JAMES A. SCHNELL, 0000 DAVID V. EASTHAM, 0000 THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO GLENN R. SCHUMACHER, 0000 RAYMOND FANG, 0000 THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY RICHARD W. SCOBEE, 0000 SUSAN L. FARBER, 0000 UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: STAN A. SHELEY, 0000 MICHAEL A. FORGIONE, 0000 To be colonel JAMES C. SHORE, 0000 JEFFREY J. FREELAND, 0000 RONALD D. SIMS, 0000 CARL A. FREEMAN, 0000 LISA R. LEONARD, 0000 DANIEL R. SITTERLY, 0000 STEPHEN M. GALVIN, 0000 MICHAEL D. POWELL, 0000 CHRISTOPHER F. SKOMARS, 0000 FANG YUN GAN, 0000 BRET A. SLATER, 0000 JEFFRY JOHN SMITH, 0000 JUAN GARZA, 0000 WADE ROBERT SMITH, 0000 MICHAEL R. GAURON, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT WILLIAM J. SMITH, 0000 STEPHEN L. GEORGE, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY ROBIN G. SNEED, 0000 DOUGLAS J. GOTTSCHALK, 0000 DENTAL CORPS AND FOR REGULAR APPOINTMENT (IDEN- SHARON L. SOUNHEIN, 0000 BARRY J. GREER, 0000 TIFIED BY AN ASTERISK(*)) UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C. SEC- JON R. SPANGLER, 0000 RUTH P. GULLOTTA, 0000 TIONS 624, 531, AND 3064: MICHAEL L. SPEER, 0000 JOHN D. HALLGREN, 0000 To be colonel KELLEY J. SPELLMAN, 0000 SCOTT A. HARTWICH, 0000 RUSSELL L. STINE, 0000 FRANCIS T. HOLLAND, 0000 BRUCE B. BREHM, 0000 VICKI L. SULLIVAN, 0000 STEPHEN H. HOOPER, 0000 CLARK M. COMEAUX, 0000 ALLAN L. SWARTZMILLER, 0000 LIDIA S. ILCUS, 0000 STEVEN M. FLORENCE, 0000 DAVID C. TALLEY, 0000 ALAN J. IVERSON, 0000 GEORGE M. GIBSON, 0000 LISA K. TANK, 0000 MONICA L. JOHNSON, 0000 ROBERT L. HOLMES, 0000 DARRELL A. TAYLOR, 0000 VALERIE V. T. JOHNSON, 0000 JAMES R. HONEY, 0000 VINCENT J. TEUBER, 0000 WILLIAM T. JOHNSTON, 0000 NAOMI J. HOROWITZ, 0000 MICHAEL W. THORNAL, 0000 BENJAMIN C. KAM, JR., 0000 KAREN M. KEITH, 0000 DIANNE E. TIANO, 0000 JOHN CHOONGWHA KANG, 0000 DAVID J. KRYSZAK, 0000 SIMON TONG, 0000 PACHAVIT KASEMSAP, 0000 JONATHAN A. MAHAFFEY, 0000 JOHN E. TRNKA, JR., 0000 LEONID M. KATKOVSKY, 0000 ROBERT B. NEESE, 0000 JAMES E. TULLY, 0000 JAY D. KERECMAN, 0000 SANDFORD W. PRINCE, 0000 CHARLES P. UNTERREINER, 0000 MARK W. KOLASA, 0000 KENDALL L. RAY, 0000 KEVIN S. VAILLE, 0000 THOMAS E. KOLKEBECK, 0000 FRANCISCO RUIZ, 0000 KENT A. VALENTINE, 0000 JERRY D. LABSON, 0000 COLLEEN C. SHULL, 0000 STEVEN D. VAUTRAIN, 0000 JENNIFFER L. LAPOINTE, 0000 * ROBERT W. WINDOM, 0000 EDUARDO A. VILLAVICENCIO, 0000 ERNEST C. LEE, 0000 JANICE E. VINCENT, 0000 BRADLEY A. LLOYD, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT CYNTHIA L. VISEL, 0000 JAMES D. LOWE, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY WILLIAM B. WALDROP, JR., 0000 CHERYL L. LOWRY, 0000 MEDICAL CORPS AND FOR REGULAR APPOINTMENT TIMOTHY J. WARD, 0000 KAI WOOD MA, 0000 (IDENTIFIED BY AN ASTERISK(*)) UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C. JOHN R. WEIGAND, 0000 DANIEL M. MACALPINE, 0000 SECTIONS 624, 531, AND 3064: STEVEN V. WILKERSON, 0000 MICHAEL L. MARTIN, 0000 To be colonel HARRY H. WILKINS, 0000 TIMOTHY J. MAZZOLA, 0000 SCOTT A. WILSON, 0000 KURT D. MENTZER, 0000 BRUCE D. ADAMS, 0000 MARTIN S. WISEMAN, 0000 MICHAEL T. MEYER, 0000 DARRYL J. AINBINDER, 0000 KEVIN M. WOODS, 0000 GIOVANNI G. MILLARE, 0000 LARRY K. ANDREO, 0000 DARRELL G. YOUNG, 0000 PATRICK J. MILLER, 0000 VICTOR J. BERNET, 0000 SHEILA ZUEHLKE, 0000 JESSICA T. MITCHELL, 0000 RICHARD H. BIRDSONG, 0000 PATRICK B. MONAHAN, 0000 CRAIG R. BOTTONI, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT RICHARD L. MOONEY, 0000 JOHN C. BRADLEY, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR SUSAN O. MORAN, 0000 * GEORGE T. BRANDT, 0000 FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DARIN K. MORGAN, 0000 ALAN D. BRUNS, 0000 To be lieutenant colonel CHRISTOPHER C. MUENCHEN, 0000 DAVID A. CANCELADA, 0000 PAIGE L. NEIFERT, 0000 WILLIAM P. CORR III, 0000 JAVIER A. ABREU, 0000 ERIC W. NELSON, 0000 THOMAS G. CRABTREE, 0000 LLOYD H. ANSETH, 0000 NGHIA H. NGUYEN, 0000 KEVIN M. CREAMER, 0000 LENA M. ARVIDSON, 0000 TERRI J. NUTT, 0000 ROBERT C. DEAN, 0000 PHILIP R. BARONE, 0000 JOHN Y. OH, 0000 THOMAS M. DEBERARDINO, 0000 LARS O. BOUMA, 0000 MARK D. PACKER, 0000 ROBERT A. DELORENZO, 0000 ERIC L. CATHEY, 0000 MYUNG S. PARK, 0000 ANDREW S. EISEMAN, 0000 HAEOH CHOE, 0000 MICHAEL A. PECK, 0000 MARLEIGH E. ERICKSON, 0000 SARA A. DIXON, 0000 STEVEN J. PECKHAM, 0000 DAVID R. FINGER, 0000 MIROSLAWA R. DUDEK, 0000 DAWN E. PEREDO, 0000 MICHAEL J. FINGER, 0000

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DAVID T. FLOYD, 0000 DAVID M. JOHNSON, 0000 WILLIAM C. BENTLEY III, 0000 SUSAN D. FRACISCO, 0000 RAYMOND JOHNSON, 0000 PAUL F. BERTHOLF, 0000 THOMAS B. FRANCIS, 0000 RICHARD A. JOHNSON, JR., 0000 ANTHONY J. BIANCA, 0000 STEVEN P. FRIEDEL, 0000 DANIEL P. KENNEDY, 0000 BRENT W. BIEN, 0000 * ANDREW C. FRIEDMAN, 0000 MICHAEL K. KOZIK, 0000 STEFAN E. BIEN, 0000 VINCENT X. GRBACH, 0000 GRAYDON A. KRAPOHL, 0000 EDWARD W. BLIGH, 0000 STEPHEN E. GREEFKENS, 0000 KEVIN K. KUTINA, 0000 JOHN A. BOLT, 0000 * STEPHEN C. GROO, 0000 ROBERT J. LAIN, 0000 RICHARD L. BOMHOLD, JR., 0000 JOHN B. HALLIGAN, 0000 MARTIN E. LAPIERRE, JR., 0000 MICHAEL J. BORGSCHULTE, 0000 ELEANOR R. HASTINGS, 0000 MICHAEL A. LAWRENCE, 0000 JOSE L. BORJA, 0000 KEITH L. HIATT, 0000 THOMAS H. LEDBETTER, 0000 BRETT A. BOURNE, 0000 RICHARD B. HILBURN, 0000 IGNATIUS P. LIBERTO, 0000 THOMAS S. BOWERS, 0000 JAMES B. HILL, 0000 ANTHONY M. LOMBARDO, 0000 ANTHONY W. BOWN, 0000 CURTIS J. HUNTER, 0000 NATHAN S. LOWREY, 0000 ROBERT C. BOYLES, 0000 LONNIE L. IMLAY, 0000 THOMAS A. LYNN, 0000 JAMES D. BRACKEN, 0000 RICHARD B. JACKSON, 0000 ANDREW C. MACLACHLAN, 0000 FREDERICK W. BREMER, 0000 JEFFREY L. KINGSBURY, 0000 ROBERT C. MCARTHUR, 0000 THOMAS A. BRUNO, 0000 BEVERLY C. LAND, 0000 JOHN G. MCGONAGLE, 0000 GREGORY A. BRYANT, 0000 EMIL P. LESHO, 0000 BRIAN J. MCGOVERN, 0000 WILLIAM T. BUFKIN II, 0000 DAVID B. LONGENECKER, 0000 THOMAS C. MCKELVEY, 0000 BRIAN E. BUFTON, 0000 MARK A. LOVELL, 0000 ROBERT B. MCMONAGLE, 0000 WAYNE M. BUNKER, 0000 GLYNDA W. LUCAS, 0000 MARK A. MELIN, 0000 RAYMOND R. BURKEMPER, 0000 WILLIAM P. MAGDYCZ, JR., 0000 GREGG L. MOORE, 0000 DAVID W. BUSSEL, 0000 GREGORY A. MARINKOVICH, 0000 JEFFREY A. MOORE, 0000 MAX W. CAIN II, 0000 * JOHN MATLOCK, 0000 JOSEPH S. MOORE, 0000 PETER S. CALOGERO, 0000 ROBERT A. MAZUR, 0000 GLEN C. MORRIS, 0000 SCOTT E. CAMDEN, 0000 SCOTT D. MCLEAN, 0000 JOSEPH A. NEBEL, JR., 0000 STEVE L. CANTRELL, 0000 ANNA MILLER, 0000 WALTER E. OHNEMUS III, 0000 MARIO D. CARAZO, 0000 COLIN K. MILLER, 0000 PATRICK J. OROURKE, 0000 JOHN J. CARROLL, JR., 0000 MITCHELL E. CASSELL, 0000 JOSEPH P. MILLER, 0000 TIMOTHY J. OTT, 0000 MICHAEL N. CASTLE, 0000 ROBERT S. MILLER, 0000 KEITH W. PANKHURST, 0000 ALEXANDER A. CHATMAN, JR., 0000 LISA K. MOORES, 0000 MAURICE C. PERDOMO, 0000 KEVIN M. CHENAIL, 0000 PETER G. NAPOLITANO, 0000 JOSEPH F. PERITO, 0000 JEFFREY S. CHESTNEY, 0000 JOHN J. OBRIEN, 0000 JOHN M. PIOLI, 0000 DONALD C. CHIPMAN, 0000 KAREN S. PHELPS, 0000 STEPHEN C. PUCKETT, 0000 JOHN P. CHRISTOPHER, 0000 RONALD D. PRAUNER, 0000 PAUL L. PUGLIESE, 0000 ALTON L. COCHRAN, JR., 0000 BERTRAM C. PROVIDENCE, 0000 THOMAS M. QUOSS, 0000 DOUGLAS S. COCHRAN, 0000 ROBERT A. PUNTEL, 0000 WILLIAM J. RAPP, 0000 KEVIN P. COLLINS, 0000 NANCY R. RATHGEBER, 0000 MICHAEL A. RAVE, 0000 MATTHEW S. COOK, 0000 JOHN V. RESCHAR, JR., 0000 WILLIAM A. RICE, 0000 BENJAMIN W. COPELAND, 0000 JEFFREY A. RIEHL, 0000 GAYLORD S. ROSE, 0000 KIRK F. CORDOVA, 0000 CHRIS J. ROACH, 0000 STEPHEN M. SALERNO, 0000 MICHAEL S. COTTREAU, 0000 TOM M. RODGERS, 0000 KEITH L. SALZMAN, 0000 CHARLES B. COX, 0000 OTTO J. RUTT, 0000 JAMES R. SANTANGELO, 0000 WAYNE O. COX II, 0000 CHARLES B. SAGEBIEL, 0000 DANIEL A. SCHAFFER, 0000 SCOTT S. CREED, 0000 MICHAEL K. SAMMONS, 0000 JOHN P. SCHRIVER, 0000 DANIEL P. CREIGHTON, 0000 JOSEPH A. SHEEHAN, 0000 GREGORY J. SEMANCIK, 0000 CHARLES M. CROMWELL, 0000 MICHAEL R. SILVEN, 0000 CYNTHIA H. SHIELDS, 0000 VANCE L. CRYER, 0000 MARK A. SILVIA, 0000 JOHN J. SIMMER, 0000 MICHAEL J. CURTIN, 0000 DAVID M. SMITH, 0000 MARK H. SMITH, 0000 EVAN W. DAVIES, 0000 MARK A. SMITH, 0000 SCOTT A. STANEK, 0000 JOHN B. DAVIS, 0000 ROBERT S. STARBUCK, 0000 RONALD T. STEPHENS, 0000 THOMAS E. DAVIS, 0000 GREGORY D. STEVENS, 0000 MARK W. THOMPSON, 0000 MATTHEW A. DAY, 0000 GREGORY A. STUDDS, 0000 CAROLYN A. TIFFANY, 0000 KENNETH R. DEVERO II, 0000 PAUL J. SWEENEY, 0000 IAN S. WEDMORE, 0000 OSSEN J. DHAITI, 0000 JONATHAN M. TAYLOR, 0000 * GREGORY P. WELCH, 0000 PETER J. DILLON, 0000 MATTHEW C. TAYLOR, 0000 MALCOLM A. WHITAKER, 0000 CHRISTOPHER G. DIXON, 0000 DAVID M. THOMPSON, 0000 MORGAN P. WILLIAMSON, 0000 THOMAS P. DOLAN, 0000 GORDON L. TODD, JR., 0000 STEPHEN M. YOEST, 0000 RONALD A. DOMINGUE, JR., 0000 KEVIN M. TREPA, 0000 LISA L. ZACHER, 0000 DOUGLAS G. DOUDS, 0000 DEAN F. TRIEBEL, 0000 CHARLES DOWLING, 0000 IN THE MARINE CORPS KENT M. VARNEY, 0000 DANIEL H. DUBBS, 0000 BURKE W. WHITMAN, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JON D. DUKE, 0000 MINDY G. WILLIAMS, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- EVERETT W. DUNNICK, 0000 BRANDON W. WILSON, 0000 RINE CORPS RESERVE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION ROBERT H. DURYEA, 0000 12203: THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR MATTHEW D. DWYER, 0000 To be colonel APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE JOHN W. EVANS, JR., 0000 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., JOSEPH M. EVANS, JR., 0000 JOHN D. ADAMS, 0000 SECTION 624: ADRIENNE F. EVERTSON, 0000 PAUL AMATO, 0000 SHAWN S. FARRINGTON, 0000 JAMES E. BACCHUS, 0000 To be lieutenant colonel DANIEL E. FENNELL, 0000 PATRICE M. BAUMANN, 0000 SANFORD P. PIKE, 0000 MATTHEW P. FERGUSON, 0000 THOMAS J. BECKMAN, 0000 ROBERT S. FERGUSON, 0000 PHILIP A. BENNETT, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR TODD R. FINLEY, 0000 THOMAS E. BOWERS, 0000 APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE BRIAN G. FITZPATRICK, 0000 DAVID S. BUNN, 0000 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., MARK A. FLOURNOY, 0000 LINDERMAN L. BURKHART, 0000 SECTION 624: ROBERT B. FORD, 0000 CLYDE T. BURTON, 0000 TODD D. FORD, 0000 WILLIAM H. BUTLER, JR., 0000 To be lieutenant colonel DAVID C. FORREST, 0000 DANIEL A. CAJKA, 0000 PHILLIP R. WAHLE, 0000 JONATHAN D. FOSTER, 0000 JOHN M. CALDWELL, 0000 THOMAS E. FREDERICK, 0000 JOSEPH H. CALLAHAN, JR., 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICER FOR ROBERT C. FRIEDMAN, 0000 ELOY CAMPOS, 0000 APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RICHARD F. FUERST, 0000 KENT A. CARPENTER, 0000 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., CHRISTOPHER D. GIDEONS, 0000 LEONARD D. CHRISTIAN, 0000 SECTION 624: MICHAEL P. GILBERT, 0000 WILLIAM T. COLLINS, 0000 To be lieutenant colonel STEVEN R. GIRARD, 0000 DAVID J. CONAWAY, 0000 SEAN M. GODLEY, 0000 PATRICK P. CONNELLY, 0000 JAMES A. CROFFIE, 0000 THOMAS J. GORDON IV, 0000 HARRY G. CONSTANT, JR., 0000 GERALD C. GRAHAM, 0000 DAVID A. DAVENPORT, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT DONALD E. GRAY, JR., 0000 JAMES A. DAVIDSON, 0000 TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES MA- ROBERT M. GREEN, 0000 JAMES G. DONLAN, 0000 RINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: SCOTT M. GRIFFITH, 0000 MICHAEL J. DRAKE, 0000 To be lieutenant colonel MICHAEL R. GRISCHKOWSKY, 0000 TIMOTHY M. DUNN, 0000 JESSE L. GRUTER, 0000 DAVID B. DYSART, 0000 JAMES H. ADAMS III, 0000 CHRIS T. GUARNIERI, 0000 JONATHAN T. ELLIOTT, 0000 JOE H. ADKINS, JR., 0000 DAVID A. GUNDLACH, 0000 DAVID M. ELSE, 0000 DARRELL L. AKERS, 0000 SCOTT V. HALLSTROM, 0000 ERIC S. ERDMANN, 0000 JOHN L. ALBERS, 0000 RICHARD K. HALSTED, 0000 LAURA A. FALKENBACH, 0000 MICHAEL E. ALOISE, 0000 JEFFREY G. HANCOCK, 0000 HAROLD J. FLANAGAN, 0000 JAMES H. ANDERSON II, 0000 PATRICK M. HAYDEN, 0000 KARL F. FROST, 0000 MARCUS B. ANNIBALE, 0000 ANTHONY M. HENDERSON, 0000 GEOFFREY A. GALLO, 0000 MICHAEL P. ANTONIO, 0000 ELAINE M. HENSEN, 0000 JEFFERY A. GARDNER, 0000 TRAY J. ARDESE, 0000 JAMES R. HENSIEN, 0000 JOEL P. GARLAND, 0000 ERIC E. AUSTIN, 0000 WAYNE M. HERBERT, 0000 ORPHEUS L. GARRISON, JR., 0000 CHARLES R. BAGNATO, 0000 MATTHEW N. HESS, 0000 JOSEPH F. GATELY, 0000 JAMES M. BAKER, 0000 ROBERT W. HESSER, 0000 KIMBERLY J. HARDING, 0000 ANTHONY S. BARNES, 0000 ALEXANDER G. HETHERINGTON, 0000 JAMES R. HARPER III, 0000 BRAD S. BARTELT, 0000 JOHN D. HICKS, 0000 DANIEL C. HERBERT, 0000 GARY L. BASH, JR., 0000 ERIC W. HILDEBRANDT, 0000 PATRICK J. HERMESMANN, 0000 ERIC E. BATTLE, 0000 CURTIS L. HILL, 0000 MARK C. HICKMAN, 0000 RAYMOND E. BEAL II, 0000 THOMAS K. HOBBS, 0000 ROBERT W. HIGBEE, 0000 JASON A. BEAUDOIN, 0000 JEFFREY P. HOGAN, 0000 ROBERT L. HOSTETTER, 0000 DOUGLAS L. BELL, 0000 GEORGE N. HOUGH, 0000 JAMES C. HULL, 0000 GRADY A. BELYEU, JR., 0000 KELLY P. HOULGATE, 0000 BRADLEY S. JAMES, 0000 DARREL C. BENFIELD, 0000 KEVIN M. HUDSON, 0000 CARL J. JOHNSON, 0000 JEANNE A. BENFIELD, 0000 CHRISTOPHER W. HUGHES, 0000

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THEODORE J. HUNTINGHORSE, 0000 RICHARD T. OSTERMEYER, 0000 MATTHEW R. THOMAS, 0000 JAMES T. IULO, 0000 KURT S. OSUCH, 0000 STEPHEN S. TIELEMANS, 0000 MICHAEL S. JACKSON, 0000 RANDOLPH T. PAGE, 0000 MARK E. TINGLE, 0000 TODD M. JENKINS, 0000 BENJAMIN J. PALMER, 0000 JEFFREY S. TONTINI, 0000 MARK J. JOHNSON, 0000 MARK T. PALMER, 0000 STEPHEN P. TREICHEL, 0000 PAUL H. JOHNSON III, 0000 MATTHEW W. PARK, 0000 MICHELLE L. TRUSSO, 0000 MARION D. JONES, 0000 JOHN E. PASSANT IV, 0000 JEFFREY D. TUGGLE, 0000 PRESTON W. JONES, 0000 PHILIP M. PASTINO, 0000 LORETTA L. VANDENBERG, 0000 RICHARD E. JORDAN, 0000 DOUGLAS R. PATTERSON, 0000 DANNY J. VERDA, 0000 KENNETH R. KASSNER, 0000 JOHN M. PECK, 0000 JOHN E. VINCENT, 0000 DARRIN D. KAZLAUSKAS, 0000 MARK B. PENNINGTON, 0000 LEWIS D. VOGLER, JR., 0000 JAMES J. KELLEY III, 0000 FRITZ W. PFEIFFER, 0000 JOHN E. WALKER, JR., 0000 JAMES R. KENDALL, 0000 KRISTI E. PHELPS, 0000 MICHAEL A. WALL, 0000 BRIAN M. KENNEDY, 0000 WILLIAM N. PIGOTT, JR., 0000 TYE R. WALLACE, 0000 MICHAEL J. KENNEDY, 0000 CHRISTOPHER S. PINCKNEY, 0000 ALBERT C. WANG, 0000 PETERJOHN H. KERR, 0000 MICHAEL M. PITTS, 0000 GAINES L. WARD, 0000 TODD A. KERZIE, 0000 STEVEN A. PLATO, 0000 SCOTT C. WARD, 0000 BRIAN J. KING, 0000 JOHN C. POEHLER, 0000 HUGH R. WARE, 0000 GLENN M. KLASSA, 0000 THOMAS E. POST, 0000 JAMES S. WASHBURN, 0000 CHARLEY A. KNOWLES II, 0000 THOMAS M. PRATT, 0000 BENJAMIN T. WATSON, 0000 KURT A. KOCH, 0000 MARK C. PRICE, 0000 AARON S. WELLS, 0000 ROBERT W. LAATSCH, 0000 MORRIS W. PRIDDY, 0000 DIXON D. WELT, 0000 LAWRENCE M. LANDON, 0000 JOHN H. PYLANT, JR., 0000 STEVEN L. WHALEY, 0000 GERALD R. LAY, 0000 KEITH H. RAGSDELL, 0000 DANIEL F. WHITE II, 0000 PETER E. LAZARUS, 0000 JOHN A. RAHE, JR., 0000 RAYMOND M. WHITE III, 0000 EVAN G. LEBLANC, 0000 MINTER B. RALSTON IV, 0000 DWAYNE A. WHITESIDE, 0000 PETER N. LEE, 0000 WILLIAM A. RANDALL, 0000 ALAN F. WILLIAMS, 0000 JAMES C. LEWIS, 0000 STEPHEN E. REDIFER, 0000 CHRISTOPHER J. WILLIAMS, 0000 MICHAEL J. LINDEMANN, JR., 0000 MICHAEL S. REED, 0000 ERIC S. WISE, 0000 STUART R. LOCKHART, 0000 ANDREW M. REGAN, 0000 CHRISTOPHER P. WOODBURN, 0000 DANIEL E. LONGWELL, 0000 DESMOND A. REID, JR., 0000 CHRISTIAN F. WORTMAN, 0000 BRYAN F. LUCAS, 0000 THOMAS R. REILLY, 0000 JAMES B. WOULFE, 0000 BARTLETT D. LUDLOW, 0000 WILLIAM H. REINHART, 0000 BRIAN P. WRIGHT, 0000 VINCENT J. LUMALCURI, 0000 ROBERT A. RENARD, 0000 ROBERT C. WRIGHT, JR., 0000 DOUGLAS J. MACINTYRE, 0000 ROBERTO V. RICHARDS, 0000 MICHAEL P. WYLIE, 0000 MARK D. MACKEY, 0000 PAUL W. RICHARDSON, 0000 WILLIAM E. ZAMAGNI, JR., 0000 SEAN R. MADDEN, 0000 DONALD B. RICHWINE, JR., 0000 MICHAEL W. ZELIFF, 0000 GARY L. MADDUX, JR., 0000 ERIC L. RINE, 0000 SIDNEY G. ZELLER, 0000 ARTURO J. MADRIL, 0000 JEROME P. RIZZO, 0000 RICHARD D. ZYLA, 0000 CHRISTOPHER S. MANIS, 0000 DANIEL B. ROBINSON, 0000 JEFFREY L. MANNING, 0000 RICHARD J. ROCHELLE, 0000 THE FOLLOWING NAMED LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS FOR MICHAEL A. MANNING, 0000 RANDY W. ROSS, 0000 APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE ANTHONY M. MARRO, 0000 SHANE L. ROSSOW, 0000 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., DAMIEN M. MARSH, 0000 PETER S. RUBIN, 0000 SECTION 624: BRADFORD L. MARTIN, 0000 JOSEPH J. RUSSELL, 0000 RICARDO MARTINEZ, 0000 SEAN M. SALENE, 0000 To be major TROY C. MAYO, 0000 THOMAS J. SANZI, 0000 DAVID T. CLARK, 0000 SEAN M. MCBRIDE, 0000 ERIC W. SCHAEFER, 0000 CHRISTOPHER D. DIEDERICH, 0000 ROBERT E. MCCARTHY III, 0000 MARK R. SCHAEFER, 0000 FRANK A. FARROW, 0000 WILLIAM F. MCCOLLOUGH, 0000 HERBERT E. SCHWEITER, 0000 SCOTT A. JOHNSON, 0000 KATHERINE M. MCDONALD, 0000 THOMAS R. SEIFERT, 0000 TODD J. KROME, 0000 DANIEL P. MCGOVERN, 0000 JASPER W. SENTER III, 0000 NIEVES G. VILLASENOR, 0000 ROY MCGRIFF III, 0000 MILO L. SHANK, 0000 CHRISTOPHER T. MCKAY, 0000 ROBERTA L. SHEA, 0000 MATTHEW MCLAUGHLIN, 0000 BRETT T. SHERMAN, 0000 f CHARLES A. MCLEAN II, 0000 MICHAEL D. SHERMAN, 0000 WILLIAM D. MCSORLEY IV, 0000 JAMES E. SHORES, 0000 MELANIE A. MERCAN, 0000 CHARLES L. SIDES, 0000 CONFIRMATIONS GUILLERMO G. MEZAORTEGA, 0000 MATTHEW M. SIEBER, 0000 SCOTT G. MILES, 0000 JOSEPH D. SINICROPE, JR., 0000 Executive nominations confirmed by JOHN C. MOORE, 0000 THOMAS J. SISAK, 0000 the Senate: Tuesday, January 31, 2006: MICHAEL A. MOORE, 0000 ROBERT J. SMULLEN, 0000 KEVIN G. MOSS, 0000 MIKE D. SNYDER, 0000 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM SAMUEL P. MOWERY, 0000 MARK E. SOJOURNER, 0000 ANDREW J. MOYER, 0000 DANIEL U. SPANO, 0000 BEN S. BERNANKE, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE A MEMBER DOUGLAS J. MRAK, 0000 ROGER D. STANDFIELD, 0000 OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RE- JOSEPH W. MURPHY, 0000 PAUL A. STEELE, 0000 SERVE SYSTEM FOR A TERM OF FOURTEEN YEARS FROM CHRISTOPHER B. NASH, 0000 DAVID STOHS, 0000 FEBRUARY 1, 2006. DAVID NATHANSON, 0000 ARTHUR J. STOVALL II, 0000 BEN S. BERNANKE, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM J. NEMETH, 0000 MICHAEL D. STOVER, 0000 OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RE- CHRISTIAN L. NICEWARNER, 0000 CRAIG H. STREETER, 0000 SERVE SYSTEM FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS. SETH L. OCLOO, JR., 0000 DAVID A. SUGGS, 0000 THE ABOVE NOMINATIONS WERE APPROVED SUBJECT DAVID L. ODOM, 0000 DANIEL M. SULLIVAN, 0000 TO THE NOMINEES’ COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO RE- JACK E. O’DONNEL, JR., 0000 PAUL T. SULLIVAN, 0000 QUESTS TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY BEFORE ANY DULY DAVID S. OLIVER, 0000 JAMES E. SZEPESY, 0000 CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE. JOHN R. ONEAL, 0000 MICHAEL W. TAYLOR, 0000 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES TODD J. ONETO, 0000 ROBERT J. TERSELIC, 0000 MICHAEL H. OPPENHEIM, 0000 CHRISTOPHER C. THIBODEAUX, 0000 SAMUEL A. ALITO, JR., OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE AN AS- CARL L. OROS, 0000 ALAN D. THOBURN III, 0000 SOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE LUIS E. ORTIZ, 0000 DANIEL T. THOELE, 0000 UNITED STATES.

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TRIBUTE TO STATE SENATOR No news conferences with TV cameras RECOGNIZING THE OUTSTANDING NORMA ANDERSON trained on her face. No razzmatazz. EFFORTS OF DR. MARTIN LU- It was pure Norma, her ego in check. THER KING, JR. Many times over the years, she has been on HON. MARK UDALL the short lists to run for the U.S. Congress, OF COLORADO for governor or for other statewide offices. HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES She never caught the fever. OF MARYLAND IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, January 31, 2006 ‘‘At one time I was thinking about secretary of state. I sat down with Donetta Da- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I oc- vidson: We talked a little bit, and I just said, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise casionally use this forum to acknowledge the ‘You do it, Donetta.’ ’’ today to commemorate the life and the con- contributions my fellow Coloradans make on Being a state legislator was enough, she tributions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to behalf of Colorado and our country. Today, I said, ‘‘I never had any desire to do anything mark the 77th anniversary of his birth on Jan- rise to commend the service of just such a else.’’ uary 15, 1929. person, my former colleague, State Senator Not that it’s been all bill-signing galas and warm accolades. History is indeed made up of significant Norma Anderson. Anderson is known for her ability to irri- events which shape our future and out- Last month, Senator Anderson announced tate her fellow lawmakers, maybe especially standing leaders who influence our destiny. her retirement from the Colorado State Senate those in her own party. Martin Luther King, Jr. has had numerous his- after nearly 20 years of uninterrupted service In the 1990s, when Colorado Republicans toric moments in the struggle for civil rights as a legislator. Both Democrats and Repub- started leaning decidedly far to the right, that have been used to identify him—prime licans lauded her record, and I wanted to lend Anderson remained a moderate—and a some- mover of the Montgomery bus boycott, key- my name to her long list of unabashed admir- times exasperating one at that. note speaker at the March on Washington, ers. While we have served in different political In one memorable stand against the party juggernaut, she voted against a bill to out- youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate. parties and held separate offices in the public But in retrospect, Mr. Speaker the single arena, I have always admired Norma Ander- law same-sex marriage. In another, she opposed a bill to require students to say the events are less important than the fact that son’s direct and honest approach to public Pledge of Allegiance in schools. King, and his policy of nonviolent protest, was service. She is the kind of person who speaks She wasn’t being obstinate, she said, she the dominant force in the civil rights movement her mind, knows the rules, respects the needs just didn’t believe the government should be during its decade of greatest achievement, of her constituents and above all, she is the messing around in people’s personal lives or from 1957 to 1968. kind of leader who is not afraid to let the chips requiring people to repeat pledges. She’d Born on January 15, 1929, a son was born fall after making a decision. Norma has never done her homework, she said, and it didn’t to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King suffered fools and she is not one to be intimi- seem right. in an upstairs bedroom of 501 Auburn Ave- dated. In my brief service in the Colorado She accepts credit for marshaling support nue, in Atlanta, GA. The couple named their for dozens of bills over the years, for estab- General Assembly I came to deeply respect first son after Rev. King, but he was simply her judgment; I appreciated her way of dealing lishing the state departments of transportation and human services, and for breaking called ‘‘M.L.’’ by the family. with colleagues, and I still consider her a untold barriers that kept women out of legis- Mr. Speaker, during the next 12 years, this friend. lative leadership positions for decades. fine two story Victorian home is where M.L. A respected Denver Post columnist, Diane There are a few episodes she doesn’t recall would live with his parents, grandparents, sib- Carman, has called her ‘‘an old-fashioned Re- fondly, however, and one of them was the in- lings, aunts, uncles, and their boarders. It was publican with a sharp tongue, impeccable famous midnight gerrymander. in these surroundings of home, church and taste and a stubborn independent streak.’’ I Anderson played a crucial role in slam- neighborhood that M.L. experienced his child- don’t believe I can improve on this description ming through the Republican redistricting hood. Here, M.L. learned about family and of Norma except to add that she has always scheme in the last three days of the 2003 leg- Christian love, segregation in the days of ‘‘Jim struck me as a formidable and principled islative session, though she was clearly am- bivalent about it. Crow’’ laws, diligence and tolerance. woman, and her record of accomplishment Mr. Speaker, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was Sure, her expertise with Senate rules and and service to Colorado has few equals. circumventing them was critical to passage undoubtedly a vital figure of the modern era. [From the Denver Post, Jan. 4, 1906] of the last minute bills, and she presided His lectures and dialogues stirred the concern SENATOR WIELDED GRACE, INDEPENDENCE over most of the chaotic sessions. But she and sparked the conscience of a generation. (By Diane Carman) was not happy about it. The movements and marches he led brought She’s an old-fashioned Republican with a In the midst of the nasty political uproar, significant changes in the fabric of American sharp tongue, impeccable taste and a stub- she even declined to return a call from Bush life through his courage and selfless devotion. born independent streak. adviser Karl Rove, who was either the mas- His charismatic leadership inspired men and In a lot of ways, that explains it all. termind of the ham-handed strategy or sim- women, young and old, in this Nation and Norma Anderson retired Tuesday after 19 ply an interested observer, depending on around the world. whose spin you believe. years in the Colorado legislature, saying Dr. King’s concept of ‘‘somebodiness,’’ That may have been her proudest moment only, ‘‘It’s the right thing for me at this which symbolized the celebration of human time.’’ in the whole mess. ‘‘It was pretty common knowledge that I worth and the conquest of subjugation, gave She’s not sick, the vibrant 73-year-old said. African-Americans and all people hope and a She’s not angry or frustrated or bored. She’s had concerns,’’ Anderson told me back then, simply finished. ‘‘but I was elected to lead my caucus, and sense of dignity. The fact that a successor to her Senate that’s what I did.’’ The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday cele- seat will be appointed under a Republican Months later, when the state Supreme brates the life and legacy of a man who governor and will have the edge of incum- Court threw out the redistricting plan and brought hope and healing to America. We bency in the next election surely must have the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the commemorate as well the timeless values he crossed her mind, though, as well as the ines- Republicans’ appeal, she didn’t join the taught us through his example—the values of capable reality that with the Republicans in party bigs in fulminating about judicial courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, overreach and legislating from the bench. the minority again this session, she wouldn’t humility and service that so radiantly defined be wielding any gavels in the last months of She kept quiet. her term-limited legislative career. She respected the process. She believed in Dr. King’s character and empowered his lead- Still, she exited gracefully with a subtle the democratic system. And if some folks ership. On this holiday, we commemorate the nod to partisan interests, a private party for think that’s being stubbornly independent, universal, unconditional love, forgiveness and her supporters and a firm commitment to she’s OK with that. nonviolence that empowered his revolutionary personal priorities. In a lot of ways, that explains it all. spirit.

∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor.

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In October 1999, MSgt Rainone but who also lead a movement that achieved ida Legislature, Florida Department of Health, attended the Non-Commissioned Officer Acad- historic reforms to help make it a reality. Hillsborough County, the City of Tampa and emy and again graduated as a distinguished It is a day of interracial and intercultural co- The Prostate Net, have honored Bob for his graduate. TSgt was promoted to the rank of operation and sharing. No other day of the tireless efforts. On behalf of the Tampa Bay Master Sergeant in December 2002. year brings so many peoples from different community, I would like to thank Bob for his MSgt Rainone was reassigned to Vanden- cultural backgrounds together in such a vi- commitment to helping those struggling with berg AFB, California April 2003. She was as- brant spirit of brother and sisterhood. Whether cancer and thank the Department of Health signed to the 392nd Training Squadron as the you are African-American, Hispanic or Native and Human Services for recognizing Bob’s Superintendent, Space and Missile Operations American, whether you are Caucasian or work. Training Development responsible for man- Asian-American, you are part of the great f aging courses supporting the combat readi- dream Martin Luther King, Jr. had for America. ness of the nation’s Intercontinental Ballistic This is not just an African-American holiday; it HONORING MASTER SERGEANT Missile force. While at Vandenberg, MSgt is a peoples’ holiday. And it is the young peo- SUSAN M. RAINONE UPON HER Rainone completed the Senior Non-Commis- ple of all races and religions who hold the RETIREMENT sioned Officer Academy course by cor- keys to the fulfillment of his dream. respondence, earning the Academic Excel- Mr. Speaker, I challenge all Americans by HON. LOIS CAPPS lence Award by averaging 95% over five making your personal commitment to serve OF CALIFORNIA closed book exams. One year later, she was humanity with the vibrant spirit of uncondi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES moved to Detachment 1, 345th Training tional love that was his greatest strength, and Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Squadron, Naval Base Ventura County, where which empowered all of the great victories of she is the Chief, Education and Training Pro- his leadership. Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to grams and Course Manager for Vehicle and May we who follow Martin now pledge to pay tribute to MSgt Susan Rainone upon her Equipment courses. serve humanity, promote his teachings and retirement, and wish to thank her for her serv- I wish to commend and thank MSgt Rainone carry forward his legacy into the 21st century. ice to our country. Originally from Waukesha, for her leadership and dedication. She is truly We honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. be- Wisconsin, MSgt Susan M. Rainone enlisted a role model and deserves the many com- cause he showed us the way to mend those in the United States Air Force in January of mendations and awards that she has received. broken fences and to move on in building this 1986. After graduating from Basic Military I wish her a happy and relaxing retirement. Training at Lackland AFB, she was sent to land rather than destroying it. He led cam- f paign after campaign in the streets of America Chanute AFB, Illinois to attend the Airframe and on to the governor’s mansion—even to Repair Apprentice course. TRIBUTE TO MR. ROBERT the White House—in an effort to secure In June 1986, A1C Rainone was assigned ‘‘SONNY’’ SMITH change. to the 6515th Field Maintenance Squadron at Mr. Speaker, today African-Americans have Edwards AFB, California. During her assign- HON. MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE Federal legislation which provides access and ment at Edwards, she worked as an Airframe OF COLORADO legal protection in the areas of public accom- Repair Journeyman on a variety of airframes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from the small A–37 to a much larger KC–135. modations, housing, voting rights, schools, Tuesday, January 31, 2006 and transportation. Thank you Dr. King for In her second year in service, A1C Rainone being the drum major who was able and ready competed and was selected for Senior Airmen Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lead our Nation to greater heights through Below the Zone, which allowed her to sew on to honor Robert ‘‘Sonny’’ Smith who was re- love and peace. the Senior Airman stripe six months early. In cently inducted into the Babe Ruth Baseball late 1988, she was promoted to the rank of f Hall of Fame. Babe Ruth Baseball was started Buck Sergeant and within the following six as a ‘‘grass roots’’ movement in the small, TRIBUTE TO ROBERT J. SAMUELS months she was notified of her selection to rural communities of Colorado. The town of Staff Sergeant. In May, 1989 she completed Las Animas is no exception, and like most HON. JIM DAVIS the Training Systems Specialist course at towns, the Babe Ruth program has flourished OF FLORIDA Sheppard AFB, Texas and returned to Ed- because of the efforts and actions of volun- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wards AFB, to work in the Base Training office teers like Sonny who stepped up to the plate where she responsible for the training pro- to serve others. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 grams of the base. While at Edwards AFB, Sonny’s involvement with Babe Ruth began Mr. DAVIS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise in SSgt Rainone attended the Airman Leadership around 1982. He was the District 2 Commis- honor of Robert J. Samuels, this year’s recipi- School and upon graduation was selected as sioner for 10 years and then became the As- ent of the Minority Health Leadership Award a distinguished graduate, finishing in the top sistant State Commissioner for the 15 year-old from the U.S. Department of Health and 10% of her class. Babe Ruth program. He has held that position Human Services, Office of Public Health and After being stationed at Edwards AFB for al- from 1992 to the present time. Science, Office of Minority Health. most 9 years SSgt Rainone and was trans- Sonny has not just been active in Babe Following his own battle with cancer, Bob ferred to Osan Air Base in the Republic of Ruth in his community, but in other endeavors dedicated his life to helping others in the fight South Korea. While at Osan, SSgt Rainone as well. He was the Las Animas Ball Associa- against prostate cancer. He quickly become a served as the Unit Training Manager for the tion Vice President from 1978–1980. He passionate and dedicated advocate for men’s 51st Transportation Squadron. During her ten- served as a Las Animas City Councilman from health not only in Florida, but nationwide, and ure she nearly doubled the number of per- 1982–1986 and was the chairman for the his visionary leadership has produced signifi- sonnel enrolled in college courses. After her Parks and Swimming Pool committees. Sonny cant advances in beating back prostate can- tour in Korea, SSgt Rainone was assigned to was a member of the Las Animas School cer. Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona where she Board from 1996–2000. He has been a mem- Bob is the founding chairman of the Florida served as the Non-commissioned Officer in ber of the Bent County Recreation Committee Prostate Cancer Network (FPCN) and the Na- Charge of the Scheduling Element. Here she from 1978 to the present time. He served on tional Prostate Cancer Coalition, as well as an was responsible for scheduling and updating the St. Mary’s Catholic Church Council from advisor on a host of other national committees training for over 3,500 aircraft maintenance 1988–1992, and he has served as a football, and task forces that are working to promote personnel. baseball, softball, and basketball official from cancer research and treatment. In Congress In September 1998 SSgt Rainone was pro- 1978 to the present time. and the Florida Legislature Bob has been a moted to Technical Sergeant. She applied and One of Sonny’s most notable achievements strong voice for increased funds for cancer re- was selected for the position of Training Man- was his work on the Ad-Hoc Committee for search. He played a critical role in the pas- ager for the United States Air Force Air Dem- building the new baseball field in Las Animas sage of the Florida Prostate Cancer Aware- onstration Squadron, ‘‘Thunderbirds.’’ In April, from 1998–2004. This field has hosted many

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A31JA8.004 E31JAPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REMARKS January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E11 area tournaments, as well as the local Babe Ken served as an instructor and director of SGT Brian Brandenburg, SPC Joshua Ruth League games. Audubon’s Ecology Camp in the Rockies, edu- Buikema, SPC Jonathan Cuevas, SSG Thom- Where does this man get the energy to ac- cating teachers, instructors and citizens. He as Kopanda, SPC Paul Gordon, SSG Matthew complish these feats? I believe it comes from inspired hundreds of people each year to be- Hamater, PFC Michael Brunsman, and SPC a strong desire to see the young people in his come voices on behalf of conservation. Michael Coughlin. community and around the state have an op- Ken is also an accomplished writer with a Mr. Speaker, at this time I ask that you and portunity to participate and excel in the great keen sense for describing nature. He is the my other distinguished colleagues join me in game of baseball. co-editor with his wife, Pat Waak, of the book, honoring the members of the 376th Engineer Sonny has been a very valuable member of ‘‘Sharing the Earth: Cross Cultural Perspec- Battalion, the Men of Steel, for their dedication the Colorado Babe Ruth League, Inc. man- tives on Population, Wildlife and the Environ- and courage in support of Operation Enduring agement team. His good-natured attitude and ment.’’ He is also the author of ‘‘Population Freedom. They will forever remain heroes in ‘‘laid back’’ style have served him well when and Habit in the New Millennium.’’ the eyes of their families, their communities, handling issues that come up at the various Ken Strom is effectively working to fight the and their country. Let us welcome them home levels of tournament play. He has even good fight to protect and win important vic- and thank them for their commitment to pre- worked on Babe Ruth Tournaments for the tories for wilderness, wetlands and other crit- serve the ideals of freedom and democracy. Midwest Region. ical habitat areas. As Audubon honors Ken Because of Sonny’s love for kids and his Strom with its highest award, I believe it is fit- f commitment to the Babe Ruth program, he ting for my colleagues to join me in acknowl- has been welcomed into the Colorado Babe edging a lifetime of achievement in conserva- HONORING JAN BORMAN’S COM- Ruth Hall of Fame, and I am proud to rep- tion. MITMENT TO THE LABOR MOVE- resent such a fine individual in the U.S. Con- f MENT gress. I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Robert ‘‘Sonny’’ Smith for his out- TRIBUTE TO THE 376TH ENGINEER standing contributions to his community. BATTALION OF HAMMOND, INDI- HON. BRIAN HIGGINS f ANA OF NEW YORK CONGRATULATING KEN STROM, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY AUDUBON SOCIETY’S GOLDEN OF INDIANA Tuesday, January 31, 2006 EGRET AWARD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the exemplary service that Jan Borman HON. MARK UDALL Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with provided for the labor community of western OF COLORADO great pride and respect that I take this oppor- New York. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tunity to welcome home members of the 376th Jan began her career in the labor force in Engineer Battalion of Hammond, Indiana, and Tuesday, January 31, 2006 1966 as an operator at New York Telephone. to honor them for their patriotism, their dedica- Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise She was active as a job steward and then tion, and their willingness to defend their coun- today to acknowledge Ken Strom, who is this chief steward as a frame tech at the Hertel try. These brave soldiers, known as the Men recipient of the National Audubon Society’s Central office in Buffalo, NY. of Steel, recently returned to Northwest Indi- Golden Egret Award. In 1986 Jan was elected area vice president Ken is the Director of Conservation and ana after completing several missions in of the Communication Worker’s of America, Public Policy for Audubon Colorado, a grad- Mosul, Iraq in support of Operation Enduring CWA, Local 1122 where she represented New uate of Cornell University, and a Viet Nam vet- Freedom. The 376th honorably provided secu- York Telephone, Visiting Nursing Association eran. rity during the recent Iraqi elections, took part Ken started his Audubon experience at in reconstruction efforts within Iraqi cities, pro- and Jewish Family Services employees. Francis Beidler Forest in South Carolina. For vided humanitarian support to the people of As CWA area vice president, Jan extended 11 years Ken managed Audubon’s Rowe Iraq, and courageously disposed of improvised herself and her talents to several worthy com- Wildlife Sanctuary, a critical habitat for explosive devices. The members of the 376th munity organizations including: The United Whooping Cranes and Sandhill Cranes on the Engineer Battalion will be recognized at a Way, Citizens Action, AFL–CIO and the Mon- Platte River in Nebraska. Ken’s efforts pro- homecoming ball in their honor, which will take signor Healy Foundation. In 1994 Jan was tected hundreds of thousands of these birds place on January 21, 2006, at the Dynasty elected to the Board of Directors of the United so that they could use the same feeding Banquet Hall in Hammond, Indiana. Way and was also active on the boards of the grounds as their predecessors. The people of this entire nation, as well as Work Force Development Committee, and Ken coordinated a series of international the citizens of Iraq, can be proud of the sac- Independent Health of western New York. partnerships for over ten years in which he ad- rifice and courage of these fine individuals: Jan’s involvement in organized labor flour- vised scientists and policy-makers in a number CPT Sean Begley, PV2 Alexander Baker, SPC ished, and she served in several leadership of countries including Russia and Pakistan, Christopher Bennett, PV1 Adam Branson, capacities. In 2000, Jan was the first woman countries without a history of wildlife conserva- SPC David Croyle, PV1 Joseph Gibbs, SPC ever to be elected as executive vice president tion. These unique partnerships allowed Ken Jaime Hoch, SPC Muain Issa, SPC Tobey of CWA Local 1122. Jan demonstrated her to establish conservation strategies for water Johnson, SGT Nicholas Kowalczyk, SPC Ash- commitment to labor and earned the trust of resources and wetland habitats. Due to his ley Sharp, SPC Terry Specyal, SGT Jose her fellow members and in 2003 Jan Borman work with Mumtaz Malik in the Northwest Tovalin, SPC Aaron Vance, SPC Michael became the first woman President of CWA Frontier of Pakistan, two protected areas for Vician, SGT Travis Wheatley, SFC William Local 1122. Johnson, SPC Luke Abbott, SPC Daniel cranes today exist on branches of the Indus Most recently Jan was elected as recording Wiley, SPC Joseph Veyette, SPC Enrique River. In Russia, he was part of team with secretary for the Buffalo Council AFL–CIO Uribe, SSG Mark Tegtman, SPC William Serge Smirenski, George Archibald and CLC where she demonstrated her commitment Sideris, SPC Aaron Santonelli, SPC Carlos Noritaki Ishida that established the first private to the organized labor movement. park on the Indus River. Reyes, SPC Brian Panzik, SGT Donald Mull, In Colorado, Ken has helped to establish PFC William Mills, SPC Angel Lozano, SPC Jan will be remembered for her dedication and monitor 53 Important Bird Areas (IBA). Timothy Bishop, PFC Christopher Boger, SPC and pursuit of just labor causes. Her service Given the state of wetlands in Colorado, this Steven Bramer, PV2 David Kuzmar, SPC enriched the lives of so many men and accomplishment stands out. Ken also directed Jason Loebbaka, SPC Thomas Martinez, PFC women who live and work in the western New Audubon’s highly visible nationwide population Brandon McCormick, SGT David Moake, SSG York area. and habitat program that engaged hundreds of Stephen Otten, SGT Gershom Parr, SFC Mel- Mr. Speaker, I am proud to have worked leaders and 20,000 activists working on edu- vin Pennington, SPC Daniel Rubalcava, SPC with Jan Borman. She served CWA Local cation and public advocacy. A result of this Vincent Lenart, SPC Allen Hughes, SGT Rob- 1122 proudly and with strong conviction. I significant project, millions of Americans ert Jaso, SPC Matthew Gabrano, SGT Ryan would like to thank Jan for her service to our learned about the effects between human pop- Bood, SPC Jonathan Bright, SPC Corrie community and wish her well in all of her fu- ulation growth and the environment. Covelli, SPC Ryan Eder, SGT Michael Guz, ture endeavors.

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Chief Boland notably on the Board of Directors of the Chil- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was pleasantly surprised when he moved to dren’s Spine Foundation and the Corona Re- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Duncansville and began volunteering at the gional Medical Center Foundation, Governor’s Duncansville Fire Department. Mentoring Program, and is active with the Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join Mr. Speaker, Specialist McGonigle has dedi- American Cancer Society, YMCA, At Risk my colleagues to honor the dean of the cated much of his life to serving his country Children’s Angels, Boy Scouts, and ICUC House—a man who over the course of a half and his community, and the citizens of among others. century has changed the face of this institu- Duncansville and I would like to thank him for I want to express my appreciation for Ali’s tion. Over the course of 25 Congresses, serv- his courage and devotion. tireless efforts on behalf of our entire commu- ing under 10 Presidents, JOHN DINGELL has f nity and congratulate him on receiving this embodied the best of public service—of hon- award. oring those who elect us to office and fulfilling TRIBUTE TO ALI SAHABI f our obligations to people. His is an ideal each of us, in our own way, hopes to achieve in our HON. KEN CALVERT TRIBUTE TO DEPARTMENT OF EN- time as Members of this institution. OF CALIFORNIA ERGY EMPLOYEES FOR WORK IN Like his father before him, JOHN DINGELL CLEANING UP ROCKY FLATS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has made a mark on every Member with whom he has served. He is shrewd, he is Tuesday, January 31, 2006 HON. MARK UDALL tough, and he is as skilled as any public offi- Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF COLORADO cial I have ever known. Indeed, when I was recognize and honor Ali Sahabi for his dedica- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES elected to the Congress, one of my first orders tion and commitment to improving the commu- of business was to meet with JOHN DINGELL— nity of Corona, California. The Corona Cham- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 not to say anything, but to listen. And I will ber of Commerce honored Ali by presenting Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise never forget what he told me that day: ‘‘Assist him with its 2005 ‘‘Citizen of the Year’’ award today to acknowledge and praise the extraor- your colleagues when you can—but if they ask on January 14, 2006. dinary efforts of so many Department of En- for something you can’t deliver, just be honest Ali is currently the President of SE Corpora- ergy, DOE, employees in the successful and tell them. Always maintain credibility with tion, a privately held, California-based land cleanup and closure of the Rocky Flats Nu- your colleagues.’’ For 15 years, that advice planning, entitlement, and development firm. clear Weapons Facility in Colorado. has stayed with me, helping me serve my con- For nearly 18 years, Ali Sahabi has been an Last year, the DOE began the process of stituents and the American people more effec- active member of our community, devoting a certifying the completion of Kaiser-Hill Cor- tively. tremendous amount of time and effort to poration’s cleanup of the Rocky Flats facility. In whatever capacity he has served his causes greater than his own. This certification marks the end of an era in country—from his 4 years as a page in this in- After spending much of his youth in a mid- our Nation’s history. The story of Rocky Flats stitution as a boy, to his time in the Army dle class family in the country of Iran, Ali was includes two different chapters that describe when he rose to the ranks of second lieuten- sent to Michigan to live with an uncle and aunt human achievement and technological prow- ant to his half-century in Congress—JOHN DIN- at the age of thirteen. After graduating high ess—not only the buildup of our nuclear arse- GELL has served with dignity, with distinction school, Ali and his brother drove to California, nal during the tense days of the Cold War but and with historic consequences. where they lived in a small apartment with also the completion of a remarkably com- f their grandmother and another uncle. plicated environmental restoration program TRIBUTE TO SPECIALIST ERIC In California, the two brothers worked at a that is a model for the world. variety of odd jobs and Ali, always the entre- I believe that the men and women who MCGONIGLE preneur, began trying his hand at different worked to write both of these chapters in the kinds of small business opportunities including Rocky Flats story deserve our admiration and HON. BILL SHUSTER sales. He became a print broker and opened appreciation. All involved deserve recognition OF PENNSYLVANIA his own printing business in downtown Los as heroes of the Cold War era and also he- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Angeles. Ali finished his bachelor’s degree in roes in the new era of environmental protec- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 business management at Pepperdine Univer- tion. That includes Federal officials and em- Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sity, which he had been working on in the ployees of the Environmental Protection Agen- honor Specialist Eric McGonigle of the United evening, and sold the print shop. Later, Ali ob- cy, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety States Army. Specialist McGonigle was on ac- tained his Master of Real Estate Development Board and DOE, as well as officials and em- tive duty in Iraq for 3 years, serving in Kuwait, degree from the School of Urban Planning and ployees of Colorado’s Department of Health Camp Spearhead, and Operation Iraqi Free- Development at the University of Southern and Environmental Protection and the private- dom from April 2003 to April 2004. Not only California. sector employees of DOE’s contractors. has Specialist McGonigle served his country Throughout his career, Ali has undertaken a In December 2005, Kaiser-Hill rightly spon- abroad, he has protected his community serv- number of development projects across South- sored a community event that celebrated ing as a firefighter for the Duncansville Volun- ern California including industrial, multi-family these achievements. Invitations went to em- teer Fire Department for the past 5 years. residential and commercial retail projects. He ployees of DOE as well as others, but the While serving in Iraq, Specialist McGonigle has been instrumental in implementing innova- DOE Office of General Counsel insisted that worked as a truck driver and ran convoys for tive planning solutions and environmentally DOE employees be charged more than other the Army. He acknowledged the appreciation sensitive development plans for the Dos Federal employees to attend this celebration. of the people of Iraq for our continued help. Lagos mixed use development in southwest I objected to this decision because it did not McGonigle continues to serve our country as Riverside County, making it a true model for apply to high-ranking DOE officials who had a member of the Army Reserves in the E–4 sustainable development. speaking roles at the event, and struck me as 332nd Engineering Company of Kittanning, Ali is an active and leading proponent of an unduly restrictive interpretation of Federal PA. local and regional collaboration and the stew- ethical guidelines that sounded a sour note in Now back home in Duncansville, PA, Spe- ardship of natural resources, establishing and an otherwise happy occasion. I felt so strongly cialist McGonigle is dedicated to his family endowing the Blakeley Center for Suburban about it that I decided against attending the and his community. He has been a truck engi- Sustainable Development at UC Riverside. event as a message of solidarity with DOE neer for the Duncansville Fire Department for Through his vision and tireless efforts the employees. the past 2 years. His fellow firefighters regard Center has contributed to forming alliances In part to reinforce my admiration and re- him as a community-oriented man, helping the across jurisdictional lines bringing individuals, spect for the hard work of so many DOE em- people around him as much as possible. local governments and communities together ployees at Rocky Flats, and to ensure that this

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He became assistant Direc- employees who deserve our thanks and an family remembers him as a devoted soldier, tor of Development at Westmont College in acknowledgement of the service they gave in son, and brother with a flare for adventure and 1969, Director of Development at the Univer- turning Rocky Flats into a success story: loving to spend time riding his motorcycle and sity of California, Santa Barbara in 1972, and Jeff Allison, Charlie Anderson, Mariane An- cruising in his 2003 black Mustang Cobra. Director of Development at the Sansum Dia- derson, Tod Anderson, Robert Birk, Robert Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join with me betes Research Institute in 1974. Also in Bistline, Ron Bostic, Gerald Boyd, Ken today to honor SSG Keith A. Bennett for the 1974, Mr. Bason established Charitable Fund- Brakken, Lisa Bressler, Patti Bubar, Roger dedication he has shown to his family, his ing Services, Inc., a consulting firm special- Butler, George Cannode, Kathleen Carlson, friends, and the American people. izing in capital campaigns. In the middle of his William Casey, Norma Castaneda, Jack Craig, f consulting career, Mr. Bason joined UCSB as Hank Dalton, Charlie Dan, Gina Dan, Ann assistant Chancellor for University Relations TRIBUTE TO BERNARD B. ‘‘SKIP’’ Davis, Paul Detwiler, Glenn Doyle, Patrick from 1980 to 1985 and served as the Senior GARCIA Etchart, Jim Fiore, Cliff Franklin, Mark Frei, Vice President for Development and Marketing David Garman, Christine Gelles, Dave at the Planned Parenthood Federation of George, Fred Gerdeman, Mark Gilbertson, HON. JIM DAVIS America in New York City from 1993 to 1995. Paul Golan, Robert Goldsmith, Dave Grosek, OF FLORIDA Mr. Bason has conducted more than 130 Kent Grover, Tom Grumbley, James Hartman, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES capital campaigns, raising nearly $1 billion, an Art Haugh, Larry Helmerick, Dave Hicks, Rich- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 accomplishment he attributes to the volunteers ard Hopf, Rod Hoffman, Gary Huffman, Caro- Mr. DAVIS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise in with whom he worked. His clients have in- lyn Huntoon, Brent Johansen, Elizabeth Jor- honor of Bernard B. ‘‘Skip’’ Garcia, a legend in cluded universities, colleges, hospitals and dan, Jeremy Karpatkin, Keith Klein, Joe Tampa’s political circles, an asset to any medical research institutions, museums, zoos, Legare, Gary Lietz, Ellen Livingston, Frazer Tampa politician who ran for office and a sta- botanical gardens, churches, private schools Lockhart, Paul Longsworth, Tom Lukow, ple in the Tampa community. and countless social service agencies. High- Karen Lutz, Mary Lynch, Larry Maghrak, Bar- Skippy helped good people win elections lights of his consulting career include one of bara Male, Barbara Mazurowski, Matt McCor- the right way—by knocking on doors, talking the first national campaigns to end child abuse mick, Steve McCracken, Deanna McCranie, to friends and shaking hands. Skippy’s energy and a $50 million campaign for the first Africa Anna Martinez-Barnish, Greg Moore, Gary was boundless. He knew just about everyone food crisis. Morgan, John Mullarkey, Theresa Nash, Rob- in Tampa and they all knew how much he Bob has volunteered with numerous char- ert Nelson, Ricky Newton, Dennis Oba, Shirley cared for his community. So when Skippy ities in California and throughout the U.S. With Olinger, Mike Owen, Jim Owendoff, Jeff would call, people would listen. For someone a life-long passion for the work of Planned Parkin, Ray Plieness, Lloyd Piper, Jane Pow- who is trying to reach out to voters, that kind Parenthood, he is particularly proud of his ell, Barbara Powers-Hargreaves, Michael Har- of help was essential. years as a Planned Parenthood volunteer greaves, Richard B. Provencher, William When Skippy wasn’t helping win elections, where he conducted fundraising seminars and Prymak, Don Rack, John Rampe, William C. he was always at work for our community. He trainings for more than 100 Planned Parent- Rask, Brad Ring, Jessie Roberson, Mell Roy, served in the Merchant Marines during World hood affiliates across the country and his 15 Norm Sandlin, Dero Sargent, Rich War II and went on to work as a Hillsborough years as a board member for the local Schassburger, Roy Schepens, Lance Schlag, sheriff’s deputy and deputy state fire marshal. Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood Gene Schmitt, John Schneider, Gary Schuetz, Skippy supported the West Tampa Little Federation of America. Clay Sell, Beth Sellers, Warren Seyfert, Frank League, the Boys and Girls Clubs, St. Jo- I commend Mr. Bason’s gift of talent, pas- Sheppard, Mark Silverman, Dave Simonson, seph’s Catholic School and Church and the sion, and devotion to charitable organizations Steve Sohinki, Joe Springer, Jim Steward, Salesian Sisters, and he was an active Shrin- helping our most needy citizens. His work has John Stover, Scott Surovchak, Maryanne er, member of the Scottish Rite and a 32nd been instrumental in making dreams come Tinney, Ines Triay, Reginald Tyler, Phil degree Mason. true and miracles happen. I feel deeply hon- VanLoan, David Vaughn, Patty Wagner, Bruce Tampa won’t be the same without Skippy. ored to share this community with Bob Bason Wallin, Bob Warther, Kerry Watson, Mike On behalf of the entire Tampa community, I and I have seen first hand the difference his Weis, Ed Westbrook, Dotti Whitt, Elizabeth would like to extend my deepest sympathies work has made in the lives of so many. I wish Wilson and Lam Xuan. to his family. him much happiness and much deserved re- laxation in retirement. f f f TRIBUTE TO SSG KEITH A. HONORING BOB BASON UPON HIS BENNETT RETIREMENT HONORING MR. SCOTT DOYLE HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER HON. LOIS CAPPS HON. MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE OF MARYLAND OF CALIFORNIA OF COLORADO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today before you today to pay tribute to SSG Keith pay tribute to Bob Bason on the occasion of to honor an exceptional public servant, Mr. A. Bennett who faithfully served his country by his retirement after 35 years as fundraiser and Scott Doyle of Fort Collins, Colorado. fighting the war on terror. capital campaign consultant to charities and Throughout his tenure as Larimer County’s He joined the National Guard in February nonprofits throughout the United States. He is Clerk and Recorder, Mr. Doyle has distin- 1997. He was a loyal soldier determined to truly an asset to our local community and his guished himself as an innovator and a natural serve our great Nation. During his time with work has touched the hearts of people world- leader. the Guard, Sergeant Bennett traveled to Saudi wide. Mr. Doyle was recently named the 2005 Arabia. There, he was a military escort for less Mr. Bason has spent his life ministering to Public Official of the Year by the National As- than a year. those in need in a variety of ways. Born in sociation of County Recorders, Election Offi- Bennett, a member of the Second Brigade Wisconsin, Bob earned a bachelors and mas- cials, and Clerks. This award honors an indi- Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, was ters in Theology from Fuller Theological Semi- vidual who has made exceptional contributions killed by a suicide bomber. While standing nary in Pasadena and was ordained in the to both his profession and community. guard at a checkpoint which protects a facility Methodist Church. In 1967, Mr. Bason left the Two of Mr. Doyle’s initiatives as County where United States Marines train Iraqis to be active ministry to become executive director of Clerk and Recorder have received particular police officers, an insurgent detonated the ex- an organization working with the church in recognition. In an effort to provide Larimer plosives leading to Bennett’s death. South and East Africa. County residents more convenient access to Sergeant Bennett is survived by his father, In 1969, Bob, his wife Carol, and their two county services, Mr. Doyle created the Citizen Harry E. Bennett of Aberdeen, MD, his mother daughters moved to Santa Barbara—a move Information Center. The Citizen Information

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This concept has earned cacy, Tina was invited to be a member of the rewarded by the true service, uncompromising national recognition as a cost effective way of Denver Post’s Community Roundtable in 1995 dedication, and loyalty displayed by Mr. implementing the goals and requirements of to discuss international trade issues. She was Reyome. the Help America Vote Act. also appointed in 1992 to the Board of Edi- While James has dedicated a considerable During Mr. Doyle’s remarkable career, his torial Contributors for the Rocky Mountain amount of time and energy to his community, commitment to public service has been unmis- News to offer regular perspectives on environ- he has never limited the time he gives to his takable. While serving our country in the Navy, mental policy. most important interest: his family. James and Mr. Doyle worked on nuclear submarines and In January of 2000, Tina directed the South- his wife, Anna, have 3 children, 2 grand- for Naval Intelligence in Washington, DC. He ern Rockies Wolf Restoration Project, a coali- children, and 2 great-grandchildren. has also served as a Wyoming State Patrol of- tion of groups and individuals that played a Mr. Speaker, I respectfully ask that you and ficer, Public Information Officer for the Wyo- strong role in the Colorado Wolf Working my other distinguished colleagues join me in ming Air and Water Quality Division, and Haz- Group, which pushed the State to allow congratulating Mr. James Reyome for his out- ardous Waste Manager for the Larimer County wolves to roam freely throughout the State. standing devotion to Indiana’s First Congres- Department of Natural Resources. Her essay on wolves and camping with her sional District. His unselfish, lifelong dedication Mr. Speaker, I applaud Larimer County family appears in the recently published col- to those in need is worthy of the highest com- Clerk and Recorder Scott Doyle’s dedication lection Comeback Wolves. mendation, and I am proud to represent him in to his community and urge my colleagues to She highlights working with Sierra Club vol- Congress. unteers as one of the best memories of her join me in recognizing Mr. Doyle’s unrivaled f commitment to public service. job, as well as attending the signing of the f Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 in Colorado HONORING MARY UBER FOR HER by President Clinton. SUCCESSES TRIBUTE TO TINA ARAPKILES In addition to her work in the public arena, Tina has perhaps the more important distinction of successfully raising two children. For HON. BRIAN HIGGINS HON. MARK UDALL OF NEW YORK OF COLORADO anyone who knows Tina, it is clear that her passion for the natural world is directly related IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to her interest in humanity. She cares deeply Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 about Mother Earth, not because trees are Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise more important than people, but because peo- honor Mary Uber for her success in over- today to acknowledge a dear friend and a ple need trees and all the other wonders of coming disabilities to become a high quality good citizen, Ms. Tina Arapkiles. Tina recently the natural world in order to be fully human. worker. Please insert the following article from Although she is leaving a distinguished ca- ‘‘retired’’ from the Rocky Mountain Regional the Jamestown Post Journal of December 18, reer of service on behalf of the environment, office of Sierra Club to spend more time with 2005 into the RECORD. her family and other pursuits. I have known and will be missed at the Colorado State capitol and in the halls of Congress, I know she STATE AGENCY NAMES JAMESTOWN WOMAN Tina for many years and have the highest re- ‘‘OUTSTANDING PERFORMER’’ gard for her work on behalf of conservation will continue to be active in all the causes that she believes in, and I ask my colleagues to Mary Uber of Jamestown recently was hon- and the environment. ored by the state as an ‘‘Outstanding Per- Tina’s reputation for gentle, but persuasive, join me in wishing her the very best in her fu- former’’ for her success in overcoming dis- advocacy is well known in Colorado and I ture endeavors. abilities to become a high-quality worker. think it is fair to say that she has admirers f Ms. Uber was recognized by New York State Industries for the Disabled as part of from across the broad spectrum of public opin- TRIBUTE TO MR. JAMES REYOME ion, and not just from within the environmental its annual program to acknowledge excep- community. Certainly, her reputation with tional job performance and personal success members of the Colorado Congressional Dele- HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY by people with disabilities employed on NYSID contracts. She has a job through The gation (past and present) from both parties OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Resource Center’s Environmental Services has been above reproach. division, which employs people with disabil- Advocacy in the public arena is all too often Tuesday, January 31, 2006 ities in janitorial jobs throughout Chau- characterized by angry debate and an Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with tauqua and Cattaraugus counties. Some of unhealthy appetite for making villains out of great honor that I congratulate Mr. James its cleaning contracts come to The Resource those with whom one disagrees. This has Reyome on his retirement as Public Works Di- Center through NYSID. never been Tina’s way, and it is much to her rector for the Town of Griffith. James has Ms. Uber has overcome disabilities and a credit that she leaves her service at the Sierra history of short-term job experiences to be- spent over 40 years of his life dedicated to the come a successful member of the Environ- Club with a well-deserved reputation for interests of the residents of Griffith, Indiana. mental Services team. While lacking in self- thoughtfulness and respect for others. Her ex- His career in public service has allowed him assurance at first, Ms. Uber, who now is in ample of quiet, but determined and passionate the opportunity to touch the lives of numerous her fifth year as a custodian, proved that she advocacy, is one I greatly admire. people. had a desire to work and was willing to try For the last 20 years, she has been a con- James has accomplished many visionary any job assigned to her. She has grown tre- sistent advocate for protecting the West’s goals throughout his career. He started his ca- mendously in terms of personal maturity land, air, water, and wildlife. She began her reer with the Griffith Police Department in and her ability on the job. work on these matters with a lobbying trip to 1962, where he worked until 1983, spending Due to hard work and personal growth, Ms. Uber was promoted to the position of leader Washington to help pass the Superfund law in the last 7 years as Chief of Police. James also of a three-person crew that cleans the West- 1985. In 1989 and 1990, she worked with worked security at LTV Steel. He then became ern New York Developmental Disabilities Congress to revise the Clean Water Act and Lake County Police Chief under then Sheriff Services Office in Little Valley. As the lead Clean Air Act. She has worked to protect the Bob Stiglich. In 1997, he was named Town of member of the crew, she is responsible for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge since the in- Griffith Public Works Director, a position his seeing that all cleaning tasks are completed ception of the campaign and has been a father held for 20 years. However, shortly be- and supplies are on hand. She must also com- staunch supporter of Utah wilderness. fore assuming the position of Public Works Di- municate with the customer as well as her She also helped pass the California Desert rector, James had a major stroke, followed by supervisor, who says of Ms. Uber, ‘‘She takes charge, thinks on her feet and can lead oth- Protection Act and the Colorado Wilderness 2 milder strokes in 2002 and August 2005, ers.’’ Act of 1993. In fact, Tina, some say, single- which caused him to speed up his retirement With the Resource Center’s assistance, Ms. handedly gained protections for the Wheeler plans. Uber has obtained her driver’s license, so she Peak area. She also worked to designate James’s family and friends should be proud now can transport her crew members and Colorado’s first Wild and Scenic River—the of his efforts, as his leadership has served as cleaning supplies to Little Valley, and she

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The goal of this Republican majority from deputy commander for Test and Evaluation at Disability Employment Awareness Month. the beginning with pension reform these last the Naval Sea Systems Command and he re- Ms. Uber has overcome many odds to set few years has been the same—relieving com- tired on January 26, 2006. herself apart and achieve great things, that panies from their obligations to employees, For over two decades, Admiral Mathis is why, Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor her providing an out to the point where we would shaped the Navy’s strategic planning of sur- today. have no choice but to switch from a strong face ship combat systems, from electronic f pension system to one that leaves retirees in warfare and tactical data systems to advanced a much more tentative, less secure financial THE PENSION PROTECTION ACT OF radars and several generations of surface-to- state. And with Republicans in charge these 2005 air missiles. He is the rare combination of last 4 years, we have almost reached that leadership at sea, exceptional engineering and HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO point—but not quite yet. scientific accomplishments, and success as a But this is not the direction we want to take program executive and program manager. OF CONNECTICUT as a country. And so, I urge my colleagues to Serving tirelessly as a Navy and Joint leader, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES make a statement with this vote that says including as the Assistant Secretary of the Tuesday, January 31, 2006 companies do have obligations their workers— Navy, Chief Engineer, Admiral Mathis kept the that says reforming our pension system is spotlight on the RDT&E required to meet the Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, pension plans possible but only if we ask employees and are today underfunded in this country by $450 Department of Defense’s current and future employers alike to share in the benefits and needs. billion—up over 1,000 percent since 2000— the sacrifice. We can do better than this bill and the agency that insures these pension and I urge my colleagues to oppose it. In his many years as the leader of the Sur- plans, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corpora- face Navy’s acquisition professionals, as well f tion, is $23 billion in debt, facing billions more as the Navy’s senior expert in advanced and in possible claims from companies such as TRIBUTE TO CPT MICHAEL future weapons systems, Admiral Mathis in- Delta Airlines, Delphi, and Northwest Airlines. GONSMAN stilled pride in generations of naval officers Why? Well, my colleagues on the other side and civilian engineers. A strong proponent of of the aisle give the same excuse every time: HON. BILL SHUSTER technical proficiency in naval officers, he pro- September 11. We are at war. Times are moted the Navy’s advanced science and engi- OF PENNSYLVANIA tough. But during that same time, corporate neering degree programs for junior officers. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES profits have risen an astonishing 50 percent Admiral Mathis’s inspirational leadership and Tuesday, January 31, 2006 and CEO compensation has grown even fast- management of the 22,000 men and women er. Indeed, USA Today reports that 300 ex- Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to of the Naval Surface Warfare Systems Com- ecutives responsible for more than three-quar- honor CPT Michael Gonsman of the Pennsyl- mand during wartime has directly contributed ters of a trillion dollars in corporate losses vania Army National Guard. Captain Gonsman to the tremendous record of success in Oper- since 2000 were rewarded with salary, bo- of Altoona, PA, served in Beiji, Iraq for 11 ation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi nuses and stock options totaling a staggering months. In addition to serving our country on Freedom, including the fielding of thermobaric $12 billion—$8 million per year. the streets of Iraq, Captain Gonsman serves weapons and innovative Force Protection ad- Times are not so tough for them—and little his home community as a member of the vances developed in his warfare center lab- wonder. As a confidential letter sent to the Duncansville Volunteer Fire Department. oratories. He put the weapons and tools in the SEC shows, CEO compensation at many pub- Captain Gonsman has dedicated 19 years hands of the warfighters when they were licly traded companies bears no relation to to the fire department, serving as a truck fore- needed. Most recently, his talents and dedica- company performance. But as we all know, man and a line officer. His fellow firefighters tion to our warfighters were further put to use pensions do. were like family to him, and while it was dif- by our country as he served in the Joint Staff And when we talk about pensions and why ficult for him to leave them and his wife and as Deputy Director, J–8 for Force Protection. reform is so badly needed, we should remem- three children, he courageously moved for- Throughout his career, the Navy’s leader- ber who it is that depend on them most—we ward to serve his country. ship selected Admiral Mathis for a series of are talking about people who have worked all His fellow firefighters have said that he has key positions to mold the technical direction of their lives and are looking to enjoy their later always been dedicated to serving his country, the Navy’s Theatre Missile Defense program. years with some measure of financial security. and he has done just that. Captain Gonsman, His foresight, vision, and management deci- Most of the 34 million Americans who are cov- who served as company commander, bravely sions led to the development and continuing ered by a traditional pension that provides a led his soldiers to help the people of Iraq. He success of missile defense programs vital to guaranteed monthly benefit in retirement are loved serving, and felt that the local people our Nation’s defense. Key among his assign- not young adults starting out, with their whole appreciated their presence. ments was as the Director, Joint Theater Air careers in front of them—people who can Mr. Speaker, Captain Gonsman’s fire de- and Missile Defense Organization, where he change course at a moment’s notice. These partment chief regarded him as a person who was responsible to the Chairman and Sec- are very often seniors, people who have worked to better himself while helping others, retary of Defense for evaluating systems and raised families; again, people who have and was willing to do anything he can for peo- emerging technologies to determine the opti- worked their entire lives and paid not only ple in need. Through his service in Iraq and mum mix of surveillance, fire control systems, their taxes but their dues to society with the on the Duncansville Volunteer Fire Depart- and the associated battle management system expectation that what they have invested will ment, he has proven that he is still that way to counter aircraft, cruise missile and ballistic be returned to them. The least we can do as today. The citizens of Duncansville and I missile threats to our Nation. their elected representatives is tell them that would like to thank Captain Gonsman for his we will ensure that the Government does its service and dedication to his country and com- More than just a leader providing the tech- part to guarantee that their employers will munity. nical punch for the global war on terror, Admi- honor their end of this bargain. f ral Mathis has focused on maintaining our Na- That should be the bedrock principle on tion’s technological edge in future weapons which this legislation is predicated, but it is TRIBUTE TO RADM MICHAEL G. systems. He is the senior advocate and leader not. H.R. 2830 fails to protect older and MATHIS for the RDT&E in laser and directed energy longer-service workers that are involved in weapons, inspiring industry and government cash balance pension plan conversions. It HON. KEN CALVERT engineers to solve engineering challenges and does not prevent employers from giving the OF CALIFORNIA ensuring our next generation of warfighters same conflicted financial advice to their work- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has the weapons needed to win. He has ers that gave us Enron and WorldCom. And championed the need for battle force, joint, perhaps most disturbingly, it fails to stop com- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 and coalition interoperability and warfighting panies from dumping billions of dollars of un- Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to capabilities, serving as the Single Integrated funded pension obligations onto the PBGC by recognize and honor Rear Admiral Michael G. Air Picture System Engineer for

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As the Joint Staff lead for Interagency of Historic Georgetown Inc. (HGI) in 1970. The A few weeks before, he had been honored Homeland Air Security issues, Admiral Mathis next year, HGI bought the 1867 Hammil by three preservation groups with the Colo- most recently worked in close cooperation with House and converted it into a museum, which rado Historical Society’s Stephen H. Hart USNORTHCOM, NORAD, the Services, Fed- showcases how wealthy mine owners and oth- Award, Colorado Preservation Inc.’s Dana eral Aviation Administration, Department of ers lived in the harsh environment of the west Crawford Award for Excellence in Historic Homeland Security, and the Office of Home- at the turn of the century. From there, Ron Preservation, and the National Trust for His- and others went on to purchase and protect a toric Preservation’s President’s Award. land Security. During the emotional program at the Ox- On behalf of a grateful nation, I want to ex- number of historic structures throughout the ford Hotel, Crawford looked out at the crowd press my appreciation for his dedicated serv- town. and said, ‘‘I feel we all went to college to- ice and I wish him well in his retirement from In addition, Ron helped lead an effort to gether—at Ron Neely University.’’ the Navy. stop the building of a condominium complex The line brought laughter then; on Friday f on a mountain above the town. Following that it brought agreement. success in 1982, Ron and HGI helped to buy ‘‘He was one of the early preservation pio- TRIBUTE TO RON NEELY the land on which the development would neers in the state and set the standard for have occurred in order to keep it as open the rest of us to follow in how you do it, in HON. MARK UDALL space. Presently, HGI has secured 2,000 what grass-roots preservation is all about,’’ said Barbara Pahl, head of the Mountains/ OF COLORADO acres of open space on the mountainsides Plains Office of the National Trust for His- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES towering above the town. This will not only toric Preservation. ‘‘He was one of the best Tuesday, January 31, 2006 preserve the historic feel of the area, but it and one of our state’s treasures.’’ also will protect some of the old mining arti- Mr. Neely and Historic Georgetown worked Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise facts and workings on these open spaces. to preserve several buildings in that city and today to pay tribute to Mr. Ronald Neely. Ron In 1995, Ron worked with HGI to purchase were in discussions about buying and restor- passed away in January. He was a passionate an old filling station right of the interstate. His ing the town’s 1874 school building. and effective leader of historic preservation vision was to turn this into a Gateway Visitors His wife, Cynthia Neely, said Friday that effort will continue. When she told the and community betterment in Georgetown, Center to create an inviting first impression for Colorado, an historic mining town nestled in school’s owner of Mr. Neely’s death, ‘‘He visitors to Georgetown. Together with HGI and said, ‘This will be a different place without the Clear Creek Valley along Interstate 70 just the Colorado Department of Transportation, east of the Continental Divide. him.’ And he’s right. This will be a different Ron’s vision became a reality when this facility place without him.’’ Ron established a distinguished career in was opened in 2003. Now, the Center sees Passion and determination are words that Georgetown on a number of projects, and was 300,000 visitors annually. come up often in conversations about Mr. known throughout the state as a champion of I had the pleasure of knowing and working Neely. preserving local history. His accomplishments with Ron. He continued to work steadfastly on ‘‘The loss of Ron is a tremendous loss on so were recently acknowledged through his se- projects and efforts to preserve, protect and many levels,’’ said Mark Wolfe, director of lection as the recipient of three simultaneous the State Historical Fund. ‘‘He symbolized enhance the Georgetown community. The the determination preservation needs to be awards in Colorado: the Stephen H. Hart town will reap the benefits of his work for Award from the Colorado Historical Society, successful with sensitivity and generosity. I years to come. I also had the chance to thank think that is a unique combination. He sin- the Dana Crawford Award for Excellence from him personally at the ceremony early this year cerely cared, not just about preservation, Colorado Preservation, Inc., and the Presi- where he received the three awards. but the way it affected people.’’ dent’s Award from the National Trust for His- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Survivors include his mother, Fran Phipps, toric Preservation. No one has ever received in recognizing the life and achievement of Ron of Arvada; wife, Cynthia, of Georgetown; son, all three awards before, which underscores his Neely. His legacy will live on in Georgetown Ronald J. (Burr) Neely Jr., of Fairbanks, influence for enhancing community quality of and in others who work to preserve our past Alaska; sister, Cherie DeAngelis, of Arvada; stepson, Ted Wadsworth, of Boston; close life and historic appreciation, not only in and make our communities vibrant places to Georgetown, but throughout Colorado and the friend, Christine Bradley, of Georgetown; live, work, raise a family, and appreciate. I and several nieces and nephews. nation. have also included a story from the Rocky A tribute will be next week at the Hamill Much can be said of Ron and how he af- Mountain News regarding his death and life’s House in Georgetown, though the date has fected the lives of many people. Perhaps the work. not been set, said Dana K. Abrahamson, ex- best synopsis comes from The Denver Post [From Rocky Mountain News, Jan. 14, 2006] ecutive director of Historic Georgetown Inc. columnist Joanne Ditmer. In a column appear- NEELY HELPED CREATE HISTORIC f ing in The Denver Post in late November, she GEORGETOWN wrote: (By Mary Voelz Chandler) RECOGNITION OF MS. CHRISTINE Counting our Thanksgiving blessings usu- Ronald J. Neely’s passion for preservation TOLBERT’S EXTRAORDINARY ally is a litany of material things, as well as led to the founding of Historic Georgetown, WORK AS AN EDUCATOR family and friends who enrich our lives. But new life for numerous buildings and stature this year I’m giving thanks for the people as a wellspring of information for others who who have vision, commitment and practical battle to save historic sites. HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER know-how to make our communities the best Even a diagnosis in June of amyotrophic OF MARYLAND possible places to live. lateral sclerosis, the progressive neuro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A sterling example is Ron Neely of George- muscular disease also known as Lou Gehrig’s town, who for 35 years has had one goal: to disease, didn’t temper his love of talking Tuesday, January 31, 2006 keep that splendid old Victorian mining about preservation battles past or present— Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, it is town as a wonderful place to live and visit. or future. with great honor that I rise before you today He’s a historic preservationist, not just for But complications from the disease ended saving beautiful old buildings, but for pre- his life Friday morning at Lutheran Medical to recognize the efforts of a truly significant serving and nurturing the unique man-built Center. He died at age 66 of respiratory fail- person in the education field. Not only is it a qualities that make his town one of the most ure. privilege to represent her in the Second Con- attractive and healthy in the state. ‘‘Ron is the epitome of a leader who takes gressional District of Maryland, but also to call I can think of no other individual who has on a community with pride and passion and Ms. Christine Tolbert a friend. made such an impact on the looks and spirit takes it light-years ahead,’’ said Dana Ms. Tolbert breathed her passion for edu- of this historic community. He is a vision- Crawford, a preservationist and developer, as cating youth into the Hosanna School, known ary, hard-headed and practical, with finan- well as president of Urban Neighborhoods. cial savvy. All over Colorado, those with ‘‘He did so much for that community and for for being the first African-American school in similar interests see Georgetown as the ex- others.’’ Harford County. As years have past, the ample of how to get it right, despite some Mr. Neely moved out of Denver to work at school has been adopted by the National Reg- really tough battles along the way. Loveland Ski Area in the late 1960s, tired of istry of Historic Places, serving as a museum

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Here she is honor of Ralph C. Dell, a prominent, greatly able to share with students of all ages the Afri- respected attorney whose passing is a tre- RECOGNIZING JOHN TWEEDY OF can American history unique to Harford Coun- mendous loss to the Tampa Bay community. LANDLOCKED FILMS ty. Spectators are able to tour the one-room Raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, Ralph schoolhouse while learning what our fellow graduated from the University of Florida and HON. MARK UDALL Americans have overcome. earned his law degree at University of Florida OF COLORADO This generation’s students may be surprised Law School. Ralph settled down in Tampa and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that furthering her education seemed a mere soon cofounded his law practice, Allen Dell, Tuesday, January 31, 2006 fantasy. However, a friend, Mr. Stephen P. representing clients such as Tampa General Hospital and the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise Moore, Jr. showed her family it was not only today to congratulate Mr. John Tweedy on the a reality, but an undeniable opportunity. She Ralph gave all his work his very best, earning acclaim not only from his loyal clients, but success of his documentary film-making com- attended Maryland State Teachers’ College in also from his colleagues. In 1987, he was se- pany, Landlocked Films. His work is deserving Bowie, Maryland. Upon graduation, she began lected by the Hillsborough Bar Association to of recognition for its superb quality, emotional work in Harford County Public School where receive the prestigious Herbert Goldberg realism, and the depth and diversity of its sub- she taught every grade level in elementary Award. He also served as a member of the ject matter. John Tweedy’s Boulder-based school except kindergarten and third grade. board of governors of the Florida Bar and as independent documentary video company is Not feeling satisfied there, her thirst for knowl- a fellow in the American College of Trial Law- co-owned and run in collaboration with his edge continued. She went on to obtain a Mas- yers. wife, Ms. Beret Strong. ter’s degree from Loyola College in guidance But Ralph will also be remembered for his Tweedy’s films have won both national and and counseling. involvement in his community through a num- local awards and have been screened at film festivals both in the U.S. and abroad, as well Next, she served as a guidance counselor ber of local organizations. An active member as being broadcast on over 100 Public Broad- at Aberdeen High School where she devel- of the First Presbyterian Church of Tampa, casting System affiliates in the U.S. and Can- oped Harford School’s first Black Heritage Ralph served as an elder and clerk of session ada. Before moving to Boulder, Tweedy re- Club. She didn’t stop there; she also worked and he taught Sunday school for nearly 60 years. ceived his law degree from Stanford University with others to form Black Youth in Action. De- Law School and an M.A. in Sociology from spite the demands of her current job, Ms. Ralph’s tremendous integrity, vivacious spirit, his dedication to the legal profession and Brown University. In addition to practicing law Tolbert sought more for herself. Her quest for and making films, he has worked for the court reaching students still did not seem complete. the quality of his work will always be remembered. On behalf of the Tampa Bay commu- system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Back to school again, this time earning the re- nity, I extend my deepest sympathies to Mariana Islands on Saipan. His films are as quirements needed to qualify for an adminis- Ralph’s family. broad-ranging as his background and are in- tration position. She served as Supervisor of f spiring and evocative. Elementary and Secondary schools until she ‘‘Lieweila: A Micronesion Story,’’ is an apt retired from the Harford County Public School HONORING THE LIFE OF WARREN example of Tweedy’s ability to render a com- system. M. DORN OF MORRO BAY pelling history through his art. Using historical Retirement didn’t last long; she accepted a footage, old photographs, and the voice of a position as a Career Counselor at Open Doors HON. LOIS CAPPS Refalawasch narrator, Tweedy helps an indig- Career Center. Shortly thereafter, she spread OF CALIFORNIA enous people give their history and describe her branches into the college world as she IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their struggles with colonialism and mod- ernization, creating an educational and inspira- joined the Harford Community College team Tuesday, January 31, 2006 as an adjunct professor. tional film experience. Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to His films on the education of children in- Ms. Tolbert has dedicated her life to edu- ask my colleagues to join me in honoring War- clude ‘‘Song of Our Children,’’ ‘‘The Dance of cating the future leaders of our country. She ren M. Dorn, a longtime resident of Morro Bay, Conversation: Strategies for Encouraging Chil- has received awards from the Maryland Re- California in my District, who died on January dren’s Language Development,’’ and ‘‘Training tired Teachers’ Association, the National Re- 10, 2006. 3, from C to B: Age Transitions for Kids with tired Teachers’ Association, and she’s re- A graduate and recipient of the Lifetime Special Needs.’’ John actively participates in ceived an award for Excellence from Colin Achievement Award of University of California, local education, serving on the boards of So- Powell’s group America’s Promise. She’s also Santa Barbara, Warren served as Mayor of journer Charter School, Horizons Alternative received Harford County’s coveted historic Pasadena, on the Los Angeles Board of Su- School, and Kids Connections. preservation award for her book A Journey pervisor from 1956–72, and later, as Mayor of In another film, ‘‘Streams of Gold,’’ Tweedy Through Berkley Maryland which she co-au- Morro Bay. He chaired the Los Angeles Air makes himself a subject of his own thored with Constance Beims. She’s an in- Pollution Control District for eight years during filmmaking. Traveling to southern Ecuador, ductee of Harford County’s Educator’s Hall of his board tenure where he managed to have Tweedy uncovers a piece of his own history Fame, and she’s received recognition by Gov- a profound impact on more than 160 laws im- by documenting the story of an Andean gold ernor Hughes for the time she and her hus- proving our air quality. He also played key mining town in which his grandparents lived band spent as foster parents. roles in the creation of the Los Angeles Coun- and worked for nearly 30 years. The result is ty Music Center and in developing airports, a personal and informational film that has Mr. Speaker, as you can see from this in- museums, sports areas and medical centers. much to say about economics and the modern credible list of accomplishments Ms. Christine He was passionate about water conservation world. Tolbert is truly an asset to the educational and was instrumental in building the California Landlocked Films also produces videos field. Her heart has always been devoted to Aqueduct. Throughout his time in public life, profiling non-profit organizations, schools, and bettering our nation’s youth. She is an advo- Warren Dorn was known for bipartisan efforts companies in a way that projects more heart cate for kids of all ages. I have often heard with all that he undertook. than glitz. Each of the promotional videos is her say that if you guide children in the right This distinguished public servant also had designed and produced as a mini-documen- direction and educate them, they will be suc- another area of devotion: to his wife of 63 tary, allowing the viewer to experience the or- cessful. I ask that you join with me today to years, Phyllis, and to his three children and ganization from the inside out. Among recent applaud the tremendous work she has done their families. Warren and Phyllis co-founded promotional efforts are ‘‘Mothers Acting Up,’’ for this community. Morro Bay Beautiful in 1980, spending two showing this organization’s actions to redefine

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES With the passing of Coretta Scott King, our Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Tuesday, January 31, 2006 in expressing our gratitude to John Tweedy for country has lost a leader; a leader who dedi- making films that speak to our community so- cated her life to doing what was right and Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I am very cially, culturally, and artistically. We thank him what was just. In order to carry out her leg- pleased that prior to the end of the 1st Ses- for his film achievements and look forward to acy—and that of her husband, Dr. Martin Lu- sion of the 109th Congress, Subcommittee appreciating his films for many years to come. ther King Jr.—we must each individually dedi- Ranking Member EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, I wish him, his wife Beret, and his children, cate ourselves to the causes they so passion- Chairman DON YOUNG, Ranking Member JIM Paige and Marcus, good health and happiness ately believed in. OBERSTAR, and I introduced H.R. 4650, the in their future. Equality, justice, and opportunity drive the ‘‘National Levee Safety Program Act of 2005.’’ We have seen in the Gulf Region what can f human spirit forward, and by working on behalf of these principles, Coretta Scott King ad- happen when hurricane and flood protection CELEBRATING THE RAWLINGS MU- vanced the causes of mankind. My heart, infrastructure is inadequate or fails to perform. SEUM AND THE MAN WHOSE thoughts and prayers go out to her friends and The National Inventory of Dams shows that LEGACY MADE IT POSSIBLE family. Our nation will miss her greatly. 45 percent of all Federal dams are at least 50 As we reflect on Coretta Scott King’s leg- years old; and that 80 percent of them are at HON. MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE acy, we are reminded of the challenges that least 30 years old. We know less about the status and capabili- OF COLORADO democracy poses to us and the delicate na- ties of our levees. We do not know how many IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ture of liberty. Her life reminds us that we must continually fight to secure and protect levees there are in the United States, we do Tuesday, January 31, 2006 our freedoms. In her courage to act, her will- not know how old they are, and in many cases Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ingness to meet challenges, and her ability to we do not know who constructed them or who in recognition of the Rawlings Museum in Las achieve, she embodied all that is good and is responsible for their operation and mainte- Animas, Colorado, and to pay tribute to the true in the battle for liberty. nance. There has never been a national in- man whose legacy made this dream possible. After she married Dr. Martin Luther King, ventory of levees. The Pioneer Historical Museum, which cele- Jr., and as a young pastor he began his civil Over the decades, levees have been built brates the history of Bent County, will be rights work in Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. by different entities, at different times, and to housed in the newly restored 106-year-old King worked closely with him. She organized different standards. They have been linked to- Odello Lodge building. The project is being marches and sit-ins at segregated restaurants gether to provide a protective system for a spearheaded by the local Pioneer Historical while balancing an equally daunting task: rais- city, but with such a mixture of conditions, the Society and the Bent County Development ing their four children. She held the family to- true level of protection may be in doubt. Foundation, and is funded by a generous gift gether as it endured the tragic events sur- Every day the Nation’s engineers and sci- from Robert Hoag Rawlings, publisher of the rounding Dr. King. Even after her family home entists learn more about the reliability and limi- Pueblo Chieftain. The gift was given in honor was bombed in Montgomery, she per- tations of dams and levees. New techniques of Mr. Rawlings’ late father and civic leader, severed—at a time when most would have and materials are discovered in the labora- John W. Rawlings. given up. Those children, Yolanda Denise, tories. Without investments in infrastructure, Mr. John W. Rawlings served in the Army Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice Al- we cannot benefit from what we have learned. What is the condition of our hurricane and during World War I and was promoted to the bertine are as much a part of her legacy as flood protection infrastructure? What should it rank of Second Lieutenant shortly thereafter. her dynamic civil rights work. be? Do we need to make policy changes to be While in the service, he met Dorothy Hoag Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my other sure that we are making the best investments who he married in April 1920. After Mr. distinguished colleagues rise in honor of the of taxpayer dollars? Before we make a mas- Rawlings and his wife were discharged in legacy and life of Coretta Scott King. Her de- sive investment of taxpayer dollars, we need 1919, they took residence in Monte Vista, Col- termination and dedication has made our to do an inventory of levees across the United orado and had three children: John William world a better place to live, and I am proud to States. Jr., Robert Hoag, and Dorothy Louise. honor her legacy. That is why today we are introducing the In 1941, Mr. Rawlings became president of f ‘‘National Levee Safety Program Act’’, to get First National Bank in Las Animas and later HONORING TONI AND DAVID an inventory of levees in the United States became chairman of the board. He was active ‘‘GOOGIE’’ WILLIS and work with the States to encourage them in the community and sought to promote to develop their own levee safety programs. progress in southeastern Colorado. Mr. We have worked closely with members on Rawlings served as president of the Las HON. BRIAN HIGGINS OF NEW YORK both sides of the aisle and the various groups Animas Chamber of Commerce. Moreover, to advance the goal of improving the infra- Mr. Rawlings was an influential member of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, January 31, 2006 structure in the most cost effective manner. Agriculture Committee of the Colorado Bank- We have received favorable feedback from di- ers Association and served as the president of Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to verse parties. The National Levee Safety Pro- the local Lions Club. honor Toni and David ‘‘Googie’’ Willis of Dun- gram Act of 2005 embraces innovative solu- As the Rawlings Museum progresses and kirk, New York for their leadership in raising tions for these parties and I urge members to exhibits begin to open, I urge my colleagues funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. support this legislation. to join me in celebrating the life of Mr. John This amazing pair of dedicated people have f W. Rawlings and honoring his lifetime of con- been the organizers for the annual Muscular tributions to the Las Animas community. Dystrophy Association for many years. TRIBUTE TO IRVIN ‘‘MIKE’’ f Their countless hours of volunteer work FAULKNER should never go unnoticed. These unsung he- TRIBUTE TO CORETTA SCOTT roes give their all in the effort to raise funds KING HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH so that others may have a better life. OF CALIFORNIA Through the years Toni and Googie have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY helped raise $65,000 for the cause. Without Tuesday, January 31, 2006 OF INDIANA their devotion and passion this would never be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES possible. Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Toni and Googie have given their all for a honor Irvin ‘‘Mike’’ Faulkner posthumously for Tuesday, January 31, 2006 wonderful cause without stopping to think of his tremendous service to his country and Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with themselves, that is why, Mr. Speaker, I rise to community. Mr. Faulkner passed away on De- great sorrow that I rise to remember the late honor them today. cember 12, 2005, and is survived by his wife

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Growing up during the Great Depres- (then Republican) grew from 4 to its present ance during the Clara Barton Nursing Home sion, he faced many hardships, but with great size. disaster are just two of many acts that have determination and a strong work ethic he I’m told that the rapidly growing staff needed been singled out by the State of Michigan and strived to achieve a better life. someone to bring order to the chaos, and Viv- Genesee County. At the onset of World War II, Mike Faulkner ian—then a young staff assistant with a num- The Mundy Township community has answered his country’s call. Serving in the ber of years experience at the General Ac- changed since Chief Cupit first started working Third Army, Mike was involved in many major counting Office—fit the bill. as a fire fighter for the township in 1963. As battles throughout Europe. He stormed the Vivian’s job has not been easy. Her first as- he moved up through the ranks the community beach at Normandy, survived the Battle of the signment was on an extremely busy sub- grew and the nature of firefighting changed. Bulge and participated in the liberation of Da- committee. Vivian jumped right in and brought His work with the 800MHz Committee, the chau. It was at Dachau that Mike saw the cru- unprecedented discipline to the operation. Hazmat Committee, the Local Emergency elty of the Nazi regime. Mike later shared his Staff who worked with her assured me that Planning Committee, the Genesee County, story in a documentary on the concentration Vivian’s years on the Energy Subcommittee Michigan and International Fire Chiefs asso- camps to remind generations to come of some were some of its most productive—laying the ciations, reflect his strong commitment to serv- of our world’s darkest history. foundation of energy policy still adhered to ing the people of this community. As the direc- Upon returning home, he moved to Cali- today. Vivian excelled at her job and was tor of county fire department coordination he fornia where he attended Fresno College, quickly promoted. When the Full Committee’s exhibited the ability to work with a diverse known today as California State University— legislative clerk retired in the early 1980s, Viv- group of peers with competing priorities and Fresno. He obtained a degree in Biology and ian was the obvious choice for that position. often under stressful and life threatening cir- a teaching credential. In 1955, he became a She brought her enthusiasm for organiza- cumstances. teacher with the Madera Unified School Dis- tion, common sense to ask questions, and I ask the Congress to rise with me today trict. Many will remember Mr. Faulkner as their savvy communications ability to the position and congratulate Chief Richard Cupit on a favorite biology teacher at Thomas Jefferson and it has never been the same. long and illustrious career as a fire fighter and Middle School. Generations of members and staff assume a Fire Chief and extend our best wishes to In 1960, the science teacher married his be- that Committee events automatically run him as he enters a new phase of his life. loved Eleanor and together they raised 3 smoothly and flawlessly, but the fact is that f daughters, Glenda, Shirley and Joyce Ann as Vivian has been the force behind the Commit- well as 2 foster children, John and Carolyn tee’s administrative success. TRIBUTE TO FOUR WWII U.S. Sue Vogel. Even in the midst of her daily workload— ARMY CHAPLAINS One of the crowning achievements of Mr. endless archiving, copying and maintenance Faulkner’s career in education was as Prin- of Committee records—Vivian has always HON. SUE W. KELLY cipal at John Adams Elementary School in found time to take a personal interest in staff OF NEW YORK Madera, California. As Principal, he was members’ legislative issues and keep them in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES known as a strict taskmaster who was quick to formed of related topics moving forward out- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 punish you when you did wrong but equally side of the Science Committee’s jurisdiction. quick to recognize and reward a job well done. Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to She has a keen eye and depth of historical honor the heroism and courageous act of self- Retirement couldn’t keep Mike Faulkner out Committee knowledge that is unparalleled. of the classroom. He continued to lend his sacrifice of four U.S. Army Chaplains. On a Only one other Committee employee has chilly February day in 1943 during the perilous years of experience to troubled youth at the worked for the Republicans, then the Demo- Juvenile Hall and the Sugar Pine Continuation times of World War II, these four soldiers self- crats, then the Republicans once again. This lessly gave their life jackets to their fellow School. He served as a substitute teacher at is a testament to Vivian’s unparalleled profes- Madera High School and when he wasn’t sub- comrades as the USS Dorchester sunk to the sionalism and devotion to her job. depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The chaplains stitute teaching, he spent time baking, sharing Those who have worked alongside Vivian may have perished on that fateful day but their stories with friends, and caring for his beloved through the years say that to describe Vivian family. memory of sacrifice lives on forever. is to combine a high level of competence with The chaplains included: LT George L. Fox, Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Irvin ‘‘Mike’’ an unfailingly helpful, professional and friendly Faulkner posthumously for his tremendous LT Alexander D. Goode, LT Johnny P. Wash- manner. She has been a delight to work with, ington, and LT Clark V. Poling. The four hon- service to his country and community. I invite always dependable and conscientious in her my colleagues to join me in celebrating the life orable men represented differing religious work, while maintaining her serenity and good faiths ranging from Catholic to Jewish to of Irvin ‘‘Mike’’ Faulkner and to express the cheer under pressure. condolences of a grateful Nation to the Faulk- Protestant. Not only did each chaplain teach Vivian loves this institution. Her commitment of their respective religion, but with their hum- ner family. to her work is a testament to her genuine de- f ble act exercised their faiths inherent prin- sire to see members, Committees and staffs ciples of goodwill and charity toward others. TRIBUTE TO VIVIAN TESSIERI ON succeed for the constituents they serve. I would like to commend the American Le- THE OCCASION OF HER RETIRE- People like Vivian do not come along very gion Argonne Post No. 71 in Brewster, New MENT FROM THE U.S. HOUSE often and many times we don’t realize their York, who on Monday, February 6, 2006, will COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE true value until they have gone. Regrettably remember the four Army chaplains in cere- that time has come. Vivian, we wish you noth- mony. Honoring the requests of the Argonne HON. BART GORDON ing but success and happiness as you take Legion post I gratefully join them in remem- your immense talents to the private sector. OF TENNESSEE bering February 5th as Four Chaplain’s Sun- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f day. As a Nation, it’s imperative that we follow Tuesday, January 31, 2006 HONORING CHIEF RICHARD CUPIT the lead of the American Legion and join in honoring these four brave and courageous Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on soldiers. behalf of the Democratic Members and staff of HON. DALE E. KILDEE f the House Science Committee to recognize a OF MICHIGAN long-time member of the Committee staff— IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRIBUTE TO MR. WILLIAM LEPSCH Vivian Tessieri. Vivian will be leaving the Science Com- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 HON. THOMAS M. REYNOLDS mittee early next month after nearly 30 years Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF NEW YORK commend Chief Richard Cupit for 43 years of of devoted service. She is one of the longest IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES serving staff members in the history of the service to the Mundy Township Fire Depart- Committee and she will be greatly missed. ment and community. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Vivian was hired by the Committee on Over the past 43 years, Chief Cupit has Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Science in 1977, shortly after legislation saved lives, homes, and businesses. His ac- to honor Mr. William Lepsch on the occasion

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He has spent over 30 years to find ways in which she can enrich the com- diversity that makes America, and specifically as a member of the Attica Fire Department, munity as well as the lives of others. San Jose, California, a desirable place to live, serving as Chief, Rescue Squad Captain, I am also glad to have this opportunity to work and raise a family. EMT, and representing the department on var- extend my personal thanks and sincere appre- f ious county and regional boards. He has ciation to Tootsie for her many years of sup- TRIBUTE TO THE GARY served the residents of the Village of Attica as port and friendship. Tootsie is an extraordinary FRONTIERS SERVICE CLUB a Village Trustee for 10 years, most recently woman and I consider myself privileged to call as Deputy Mayor. Mr. Lepsch has also been her my friend. active in his parish church, serving as a parish For her countless hours of service, both pro- HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY OF INDIANA board member and parish school volunteer ac- fessionally and personally, to the Town of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES countant. Branford, I am proud to rise today to join her Colleagues, friends, and family alike hail Mr. husband, James; her four children, Kathleen, Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Lepsch as someone who has exemplified gen- Nancy, Thomas, and James; her eight grand- Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, as we cele- uine concern and dedication to his family and children, Jenna, Bridget, Kelly, Scott, Mikayla, brate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his neighbors and constituents. Patrick, Allison, and Kirsten; family, friends, and reflect on his life and work, we are re- It is with a great pride and gratitude that I colleagues, and community members in ex- minded of the challenges that democracy rise to thank and honor Mr. Lepsch for his tending my sincere congratulations to Geor- poses to us and the delicate nature of liberty. many years of commitment and loyalty to the gette ‘‘Tootsie’’ Laske as she celebrates her Dr. King’s life and, unfortunately, his untimely citizens of Attica and Wyoming County. retirement. Her generosity, compassion, and death remind us that we must continually fight f good heart have left an indelible mark on the to secure and protect our freedoms. Dr. King, Branford community and a legacy that will in- in his courage to act, his willingness to meet HONORING GEORGETTE ‘‘TOOTSIE’’ spire generations to come. My very best wish- challenges, and his ability to achieve, em- LASKE ON THE OCCASION OF es for many more years of health and happi- bodied all that is good and true in the battle HER RETIREMENT ness. for liberty. f The spirit of Dr. King lives on in the citizens HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO of communities throughout our Nation. It lives OF CONNECTICUT HONORING THE 25TH ANNIVER- on in the people whose actions reflect the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SARY OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES spirit of resolve and achievement that will help OF SAN JOSE’S REFUGEE RESET- move our country into the future. In particular, Tuesday, January 31, 2006 TLEMENT PROGRAMS several distinguished individuals from Indi- Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great ana’s First Congressional District will be rec- pleasure that I rise today to join the many HON. ZOE LOFGREN ognized during the 27th Annual Dr. Martin Lu- ther King, Jr. Breakfast on Monday, January family, friends, and community members who OF CALIFORNIA 16, 2006, at the Genesis Center in Gary, Indi- have gathered to pay tribute to an outstanding IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES member of the Branford community and a ana. The Gary Frontiers Service Club, found- dear friend of mine, Georgette ‘‘Tootsie’’ Tuesday, January 31, 2006 ed in 1952, sponsors this annual memorial Laske. After twenty-seven years of dedicated Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Mr. breakfast. service to the Town of Branford, Tootsie has Speaker, I rise to acknowledge and honor This year the Gary Frontiers Club will pay retired from municipal service. Though she will Catholic Charities of San Jose’s 25th anniver- tribute to five local individuals who, for dec- no longer be at Town Hall, I have no doubt sary of its refugee resettlement programs. ades, have unselfishly contributed to improv- that Tootsie will continue to be a fixture in the Less than 1 percent of the refugees in ing the human condition of others in the City Branford community. camps are accepted by Western countries for of Gary. Those individuals who will be recog- A life-long resident of Branford, Tootsie resettlement. Refugees who have already suf- nized as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Marchers graduated from Branford High School where fered unthinkable crimes and injustices are at this year’s breakfast include: Reverend Nor- man L. Hariston Sr., who is retired and a she was an active and skilled athlete. Playing often forced to wait in camps for as long as 10 member of St. John Baptist Church; Dr. Al- basketball, field hockey, volleyball, and gym- years before being interviewed for consider- fonso D. Holliday II, a semi-retired physician nastics, Tootsie was recognized in 1999 for ation. The very lucky few who are accepted who served Gary residents and is now a con- her accomplishments with induction into the for immigration to the United States often ar- sultant; Roosevelt Haywood Jr., activist and Branford Sports Hall of Fame. After high rive with little to no money, few, if any, family former Gary City Councilman; Willie school, Tootsie began working for Security In- and only the hope and dream of a better life. Kuykendall, a 1960’s voting activist; and surance Company and Nationwide Insurance. To ease this very difficult transition, Catholic Cherrie B. White, a retired activist, will receive However, in 1978, Tootsie was hired by then Charities meets these refugees at the airport the 2006 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Town Clerk Peter Abondi as Branford’s Assist- and begins the resettlement process imme- Major Award. ant Town Clerk—a position which she held diately. They and their team of committed vol- The late Mrs. Rosa Louise Parks will be- until her election as Town Clerk in 1992. In unteers provide financial support for housing, come the only person to receive a Dr. Martin her many years of service at Town Hall, Toot- food, clothing and other necessities, medical Luther King, Jr. Honorary Drum Major Award sie has made residents and non-residents care, case management and independent liv- for her single courageous act of dignified defi- alike feel welcome with her complimentary ing skills training such as budgeting skills, ance on December 1, 1955, which set in mo- Tootsie Roll candies. Her kind heart and spe- housing assistance and food preparation. tion the Modern Civil Rights Movement. cial way with people made her a popular fig- In their 25 years of dedication and hard Though very different in nature, the achieve- ure at Town Hall and there is no doubt that work, over 20,000 refugees have been as- ment of all these individuals reflect many of her presence will be missed. sisted in their quest to build a better life for the same attributes that Dr. King possessed Tootsie’s dedication to her community ex- themselves and their future generations. as well as the values he advocated. Like Dr. tended far beyond her work at Town Hall. Our Catholic Charities of San Jose provides these King, these individuals saw challenges and communities would not be the same without valuable services at no cost to the immigrant. rose to the occasion. Each one of the honored those individuals who so willingly volunteer This program is one of many that Catholic guests’ greatness has been found in their will- their time and energy on behalf of others. Charities provides in its overall vision of trans- ingness to serve with ‘‘a heart full of grace Throughout her lifetime, Tootsie has been this forming lives. This wonderful organization and a soul generated by love.’’ They set laud- kind of community member—always willing to strives to empower meaningful, quality living able goals, and they worked hard to achieve help in any way that she could. Whether it through economic, familial and emotional sta- them. was as a volunteer for the Special Olympics bility. Catholic Charities serves people of all Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my other World Games Connecticut in 1995, as a long- beliefs, cultures, ethnicities and ages and distinguished colleagues join me in com- time member of the Italian-American Women’s serves a diverse population from various eth- mending the Gary Frontiers Service Club:

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A31JA8.043 E31JAPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REMARKS January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E21 President Floyd Donaldson, Breakfast Chair- sion of their Valorous Unit Award presentation, uncultivable, is located in the center of the man Oliver Gilliam, Breakfast Co-Chairman to salute them on behalf of all Americans for present community, known as ‘‘La Cuarenta,’’ Clorius L. Lay, Master of Ceremonies Alfred their heroic service to our country and to free- or ‘‘The 40,’’ as some still call it today. Hammond, Melvin Ward, and all other mem- dom around the world. Guadalupe also became home to many His- bers of the service club for their initiative, de- f panic families over the years, and it has be- termination, and dedication to making North- come a stopping point for Mexican immigrant west Indiana a better place for all who live and HONORING ST. XAVIER UNIVER- workers. As the community has grown, it has work there. SITY ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY demonstrated its resilience in the face of dif- f ficult economic times, poverty, and racism. HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI Many young men of Mexican and Yaqui de- SALUTING THE TENNESSEE ARMY OF ILLINOIS scent answered the call for military service NATIONAL GUARD’S 168TH MILI- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and defended our country. Dozens of Guada- TARY POLICE BATTALION lupe veterans’ names are on the rolls of those Tuesday, January 31, 2006 who served, and many paid the ultimate sac- HON. JIM COOPER Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rifice. OF TENNESSEE honor as a community St. Xavier University In the early 1960s, Guadalupe Organization, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. St. Xa- Inc., was formed and it began to identify and vier is located in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood address the community’s needs. Many serv- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 neighborhood. ices taken for granted in other communities Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to When founded in 1846 by the Sisters of were not provided in Guadalupe and residents salute an outstanding group of men and Mercy, St. Xavier was a Catholic institution began to get organized. A new voting precinct women—the Tennessee Army National grounded in the tradition of the liberal arts. As in Guadalupe was formed, and U.S. Sen. Carl Guard’s 168th Military Police Battalion of Leb- one of 18 colleges and universities sponsored Hayden was instrumental in securing home anon, TN. On Sunday, February 5, the 168th by the Sisters of Mercy, St. Xavier has mail delivery for residents. As the Guadalupe will receive the Valorous Unit Award at a spe- evolved into an institution that seeks to pro- Organization advocated for community better- cial presentation at the Armory in Lebanon. vide its students with the meaning of scholar- ment and educated residents about civil The Valorous Unit Award is one of the Na- ship, the support of the community, and the awareness, many small victories were tion’s most prestigious military awards. It is spirit of moral and ethical sensibility. achieved for the community. The organization presented to units of the Armed Forces of the Although a Catholic university of approxi- prevented a freeway from being built through United States for extraordinary heroism in ac- mately 5,700 students, St. Xavier welcomes the center of Guadalupe, opened a dental clin- tion against an armed enemy of the United students of all faiths and religious back- ic with volunteer dentists, fought discrimination States while engaged in military operations in- grounds. Because of its rich traditions and against Guadalupe students, and most nota- volving conflict with an opposing force. To re- commitment to excellence St. Xavier has be- bly, led the charge for incorporation. ceive this award, a unit must have performed come one of Chicago’s premier collegiate in- Neighboring cities had mostly rebuffed Gua- with marked distinction under difficult and haz- stitutions for students studying nursing, busi- dalupe and its residents until property values ardous conditions in accomplishing its mission ness, as well as education. soared. To stop annexation attempts and pre- so as to set it apart from, and above, other It is my honor to recognize this school and serve their community’s rich culture, the Gua- units participating in the same conflict. Its its many achievements both academically and dalupe Organization began incorporation ef- equivalent in individual awards is the Silver athletically. In addition, I commend St. Xavier forts and the Citizens Committee to Incor- Star. University for fostering the intellectual and cul- porate Guadalupe was formed. It was led by I know all Tennesseans, and all Americans, tural growth of the administration, faculty and Mr. Andres ‘‘Andy’’ Jimenez, who served as join with me in thanking the 168th for their students who all play a vital role in the suc- president of the group. Election results of Feb. bravery, their commitment and their selfless cess of the university’s existence in today’s 4, 1975, which showed an 83 percent voter service while in Iraq. society. turnout, approved the plan of incorporation, The 168th received its award for perform- f and the Town of Guadalupe was born. ance of duties from May 20, 2003 through Since then, the Town of Guadalupe has January 31, 2004. While they performed many TRIBUTE TO THE TOWN OF GUA- been a leader in demonstrating concern for its duties, some of their key accomplishments DALUPE, ARIZONA ON THE 31ST residents and passing progressive policies. during their service were to establish law and ANNIVERSARY OF ITS INCORPO- The Town Council was the first in Arizona to order operations in all of east Baghdad, estab- RATION ban smoking in public places. It declared a lish Iraqi police stations, train Iraqi police offi- paid Cesar Chavez Holiday for Guadalupe cers and establish an Iraqi police academy. HON. ED PASTOR town employees. The town has also donated The battalion coordinated numerous offensive OF ARIZONA land for construction of educational and rec- operations and patrols within its area of oper- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reational entities. ations under very austere conditions. They Maricopa County Community Colleges also Tuesday, January 31, 2006 were responsible for confiscating numerous have established a branch of South Mountain weapons caches, counterfeit money, and am- Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you Community College in Guadalupe with its rent- munition. And they frequently provided escort today to pay tribute to the Town of Guadalupe, al fee subsidized for many years by the Gua- and security service to convoys in the region. Arizona, a community in my district which I dalupe Organization. Guadalupe had one col- During their service, the 168th Battalion and proudly represent, on the occasion of the 31st lege graduate in 1960 and one in 1967. Now its subordinate units receive numerous Bronze Anniversary of its incorporation. Named after graduates at all levels, from high school to Stars, Purple Hearts, and Army Commenda- the patron saint of Mexico, the Virgin of Gua- Ph.D., call Guadalupe their home. tion Medals for Valor. Their service was one dalupe, this culturally-rich community is home As you can see, Guadalupe is a community that required heroism and courage on a daily to about 5,500 residents. rich with the traditions of three cultures, deeply basis. Guadalupe was founded by Yaqui Indians devoted to the welfare of its residents, and the I am honored to serve as the Congressman around the turn of the century when they fled prosperity of its community. As the former di- for Lebanon and privileged to represent these their traditional homeland along the Yaqui rector of the Guadalupe Organization, I feel a men and women in Washington. We are all River in Sonora, Mexico to avoid persecution special bond to this community and take great blessed to live in the greatest country in the and enslavement by the Mexican government pride in its progress. This bond is felt by history of the world. And we are particularly under Porfirio Diaz. When the Yaqui people many, as children follow in their parents’ foot- blessed that men and women, like the mem- fled as refugees, many were able to find a steps, opting to make a home in Guadalupe bers of Tennessee’s 168th Military Police Bat- home in the Salt River Valley’s agricultural as they begin to make a life of their own. Iron- talion, willingly put their lives on the line every economy. One of the villages was in south ically, the current Mayor of Guadalupe is Ms. day so that we may continue to enjoy freedom Tempe, just north of the present Guadalupe Bernadette Jimenez, daughter of Andy Ji- here at home. site. A missionary Franciscan Friar, Lucius menez, who led the Citizens Committee to In- Words cannot adequately thank the mem- Zittier, petitioned President Woodrow Wilson corporate Guadalupe. bers of the 168th for their exceptional service. for 40 acres of land so the Yaqui could perma- In honor of the success of this community But I want to take this moment, and this occa- nently settle. The site, undesirable as and its residents, I ask my colleagues to

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She is retiring this year after a com- sands of individuals, from newborns to adult bined total of 37 years of service in Michigan students, to help them achieve success and HON. KAY GRANGER courts. improve the quality of their lives. BOCES co- OF TEXAS While presiding, Judge Gage has been hon- ordinated more than 86 programs and serv- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ored by many associations for her exemplary ices that helped students of diverse back- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 service. She is widely regarded as a very in- grounds and abilities discover their learning Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to fluential woman not only in the State of Michi- potential in an environment that benefited all draw attention to a disease affecting women gan but nationally as well. In March 2002 she students. More than 5,500 students from the throughout the United States. According to the was recognized by Corp! Magazine as one of 10 suburban school districts in eastern Mon- American Cancer Society, ovarian cancer ac- ‘‘Michigan’s 95 Most Powerful Women’’ and roe County attended BOCES programs. counts for 3 percent of all cancers among has been honored by the Women’s Bar Asso- BOCES also served school districts by helping women and over 22,220 new cases are ex- ciation in December, 2000 for her contribu- their students meet the State learning stand- pected to be diagnosed this year in the U.S. tions to the practice of law, improving the legal ards in specialized areas. Unfortunately, the death rate for this disease system, and her dedication to the community. BOCES programs and services provide val- has remained steady in the last 50 years. Additionally, she was given the Roberts P. uable hands-on learning opportunities for stu- I am a proud cosponsor of Johanna’s Law Hudson Award in October 1991, by the State dents that they might not experience other- which would create a national public education Bar of Michigan for Outstanding Contributions wise, opportunities such as career and tech- campaign to increase awareness of to the Bar. This is the highest honor bestowed nical training, workplace preparation and in- gynecologic cancers, including ovarian cancer. by the State Bar. ternships, as well as a network of services for The legislation will also provide grants to local Judge Gage is also credited with many transitioning to the workforce. and national organizations to increase such ‘‘firsts’’ throughout her judicial career. She was An organization such as Monroe BOCES awareness among women and health profes- the first female chairperson of the National will sustain itself and continue to coordinate in- sionals. Johanna’s Law is named after Jo- Conference of State Trial Judges in 1986 and novative educational enrichment programs, hanna Silver Gordon who died of ovarian can- holds the same distinction for the Michigan Ju- from the arts to technology, to help students cer in 2000. dicial Tenure Commission in 1991. She also reach beyond classroom walls. It is essential that ovarian cancer, like all chaired and helped to originate the State Bar It is my honor to recognize and congratulate gynecologic cancers, be detected in the ear- of Michigan Judicial Conference, holding the Monroe County BOCES on its continued suc- liest stages of the disease because it is more chair of that conference from its inception in cess and 50th anniversary. easily treatable at that time. Unfortunately, as 1982 through 1984. This conference was the f the cancer progresses, it becomes more dif- first organized body in which the circuit, probate, and district judicial associations meet on TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH MATTHEW ficult to treat and is generally fatal in later GONDOLA stages. Johanna’s Law would help women to a regular basis. Finally, she was the first re- recognize their symptoms and encourage reg- cipient of the Award of Judicial Excellence, ular check-ups, thereby preventing many of given by the National Conference of State HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. these cancers from becoming terminal. The Trial Judges and American Bar Association in OF NEW JERSEY best hope of survival is early detection. August of 1994. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I would like to highlight language in the Judge Hilda Gage has served Oakland Tuesday, January 31, 2006 FY2006 Labor, Health and Human Services, County and the State of Michigan with honor and pride for the duration of her career and I Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to and Education Appropriations bill, which ad- call your attention to the life and work of an dresses key goals of Johanna’s Law. Specifi- am honored to thank her for her commitment to justice and integrity. outstanding individual whom I feel fortunate to cally, this report language directs $100,000 for call my friend, Mr. Joseph Matthew Gondola. f a national education campaign concerning He was recognized on Sunday, January 15, gynecologic cancer, with an emphasis on early IN RECOGNITION OF THE 50TH AN- 2006, on the occasion of his retirement after detection. The Centers for Disease Control NIVERSARY OF THE BOARD OF 42 years of service to the United States Postal and Prevention, CDC, and the Secretary of COOPERATIVE EDUCATION SERV- Service, USPS. Health and Human Services’, HHS, Office of ICES, BOCES, MONROE COUNTY, Joseph Gondola is the youngest of seven Women’s Health will work together to coordi- NY children, having five sisters and one brother. nate these education and outreach efforts. Over the course of his childhood, he over- As a member of the Labor-HHS Sub- came frequent hospitalization, where he re- committee, I am proud of this important first HON. JAMES T. WALSH ceived treatments for medical ailments ranging step in helping to educate women and health OF NEW YORK from septic poisoning to the dreaded disease, care professionals about gynecologic cancer. I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES polio. Through it all, Joseph persevered and look forward to working with my colleagues to Tuesday, January 31, 2006 he did not allow his health problems to pre- continue our public education efforts and pass Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in vent him from accomplishing his goals. Johanna’s Law in the 109th Congress. recognition of the Board of Cooperative Edu- Joseph attended Central High School in f cational Services, BOCES’ 50th anniversary. Paterson, where he began his academic IN RECOGNITION OF JUDGE HILDA Enacted in 1948, New York State Legislature growth. This experience was translated effec- R. GAGE and the New York State Education Depart- tively to Montclair State College where he re- ment sought a way to offer districts an even ceived his bachelor of science and master of HON. JOE KNOLLENBERG stronger cooperative network. In 1955, school arts degrees, both cum laude. From that point, OF MICHIGAN board members from several eastside Monroe he continued his pursuit in higher learning at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES County school districts petitioned the State Seton Hall University. Education Department for a BOCES to serve At age 31, Joseph was appointed Clifton Tuesday, January 31, 2006 their area. On January 5, 1956, Monroe postmaster by Representative Charles Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I want to BOCES was established. Joelson, NJ-8th, making him the youngest recognize the extraordinary career and accom- Boards of Cooperative Educational Serv- postmaster for that size postal district. Over plishments of the Honorable Hilda R. Gage as ices, or BOCES, are public education collabo- the course of his term, he served the USPS she retires this year. I am honored to recog- rative that function as extensions of local as officer in charge in Jamestown, PA, and nize her service to Michigan and Oakland school districts. A BOCES helps school dis- Newark, NJ. He has hosted and chaired many County as Judge of the Michigan Court of Ap- tricts provide quality programs and services safety committee meetings in his Clifton office, peals and the Oakland County Circuit Court. that are more economical to offer coopera- and served on several review boards. He is

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Elmont Memorial’s the national president of NAPUS, a position GERTRUDE BAKER staff takes a coherent approach to both in- that he currently holds. He also serves as struction and the building of personal relation- president of the NAPUS Federal Credit Union. HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS ships among adults and students which has He has served, on numerous committees for OF NEW JERSEY led to high achievement. the American Cancer Society, Boy Scouts of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In addition to former Principal Harper, and Principal Capozzi, Elmont Memorial boasts America, and Saint Andrew the Apostle Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Church in Clifton, NJ. many other superb staff members including: Joseph’s tenure at both the USPS and Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Alicia Calabrese, English chairperson; Karen NAPUS is a testament of his character and a celebrate the 100th birthday of Florence Ger- Dunkley, social studies teacher; Russell remarkable story of one person’s belief in the trude Baker of Collingswood, New Jersey. A Marino, math teacher; Baytoram Ramharack, power of public service. It is only fitting that dedicated kindergarten teacher for 46 years, social studies chairperson; Wendy Tague, Joseph Matthew Gondola be honored for his Ms. Baker has served my community well English teacher; Chris Yee, art and technology commitment to improving the quality of life in throughout her lifetime. chairperson. Elmont also has a hardworking, Clifton, and on a national level through the During World War II, Ms. Baker organized driven and determined student body. Many postal service, in this, the permanent record of and served as Co-Chair of the Collingswood students are in the school building long after the greatest freely elected body on earth. Veterans’ Service Council. As Chair, she orga- classes end, as part of clubs, sports, or get- Joseph remains happily married to Dorothy, nized military wives in Collingswood and ting help from teachers. his wife of 46 years, with whom he has three helped to provide them with many beneficial Elmont Memorial’s success can be attrib- children, Mark, Kristen, and Jennifer, and eight programs. During that time, she began a life- uted to school system unity, a supportive adored grandchildren. long commitment to service through the Red school board and superintendent, teachers, Mr. Speaker, the job of a United States Cross. Ms. Baker served as a Red Cross Gray administrative staff and the students them- Congressman involves so much that is re- Lady and spent numerous hours at Fort Dix selves. Mr. Speaker, it is with pride and admi- warding, yet nothing compares to recognizing and Walson Army Hospital. Additionally, she ration I offer my congratulations to Elmont Me- the efforts of devoted public servants like Mr. was a Red Cross Canteen worker and over morial. Joseph Matthew Gondola. I ask that you join the years has chaired many successful Red f the city of Clifton, the employees of the USPS, Cross Blood Drives. These are just a few of TRIBUTE TO CORETTA SCOTT Mr. Gondola’s family and friends and me, in the many charitable works to which she has KING recognizing Joseph Matthew Gondola for his devoted her time and energy. years of outstanding service to the citizens of I stand here today to commend Ms. Baker, our great Nation. as so many other groups have before. She HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN OF MARYLAND f has educated our children, cared for our wounded, and been a shining example of civic IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING THE LEGACY OF responsibility and dedication. Happy Birthday, Tuesday, January 31, 2006 CORETTA SCOTT KING Ms. Baker, and thank you for your decades of Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, ‘‘Struggle is a generosity and service. never ending process. Freedom is never really HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK f won—you earn it and win it in every genera- OF FLORIDA ELMONT MEMORIAL JUNIOR-SEN- tion.’’—Coretta Scott King IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IOR HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVING Coretta Scott King not only spoke those Tuesday, January 31, 2006 THE DISPELLING THE MYTH words, she lived them. Today, America mourns her passing at age 78, and we cele- Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to AWARD brate her remarkable life. honor the passing of a tremendous voice in So many images of Mrs. King’s life are the struggle for equality, Coretta Scott King. HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY etched on the American canvas, and we recall Mrs. King was best known as the wife of Dr. OF NEW YORK them on this day. Martin Luther King, Jr., but she was a key ad- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Her exuberance as she marched alongside vocate for civil rights in her own right. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Dr. King, JOHN LEWIS, Ralph Abernathy, and Mrs. King was with Dr. King when he re- Andrew Young through the 1950’s and 1960’s ceived the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and Mrs. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I am proud South, blazing new paths of hope for the marched by his side in the Selma march. to announce that on November 3, 2005, disenfranchised. Following Dr. King’s assassination in 1968, Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School, Her joy as she called upon her New Eng- Mrs. King championed her husband’s work, which is in my district, was honored with the land Conservatory of Music training to orga- leading the effort to establish a national holi- Dispelling the Myth Award at the Education nize Freedom Concerts across the country day in her husband’s honor, and founding the Trust National Conference. raising money for the movement. Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Non-Violent Elmont Memorial is one of five schools rec- Her grace in the depths of sorrow as she Social Change in Atlanta, a center dedicated ognized for ‘‘dispelling the myth’’ that poor and comforted her four young children at Dr. to learning and activism. minority children cannot learn to high levels. King’s funeral in 1968. She worked to keep Dr. King’s dream alive At Elmont, 75 percent of the students are Afri- Her steadfast commitment to justice as she by keeping his ideology of equality and social can American, 12 percent Latino, and 24 per- opened the King Center for Nonviolent Social change at the top of our Nation’s agenda. She cent are low income. Most ninth-graders be- Change in Atlanta in 1969 and continued to became a symbol of her husband’s struggle come seniors and almost every senior grad- speak out against injustice everywhere. for peace and brotherhood, but developed a uates, with a majority going on to attend 4- And her beaming smile as she watched voice separate from that of her late husband. year colleges. In 2004, Elmont had the Na- President Reagan sign into law the 1983 bill She branched out from issues of race and tion’s highest number of African-American stu- establishing the third Monday in January as a was outspoken on a number of international dents who received college credit on the Ad- Federal holiday honoring her husband. human rights concerns. vanced Placement World History exam. What would have shattered many others in- Mrs. King continued her husband’s mission The success at Elmont Memorial is due in stead became a source of strength for Mrs. with a keen sense of devotion. She has kept no small part to its staff. Former principal, Al King. Throughout the nearly 4 decades that his work alive and evolved his mission of Harper, who is now the superintendent of the followed Dr. King’s assassination, this daugh- equality to confront new times and new chal- Elmont Union Free School District, has said ter of the segregated South continued to carry lenges. We must now work to renew our com- ‘‘Because a child is poor doesn’t mean he the mantle of nonviolent social change, ad- munity’s commitment to the ideals that Mr. can’t learn.’’ With the high standards set at dressing students and activists, writing books,

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Our thoughts and prayers are with Marty, tion, wireless communications, global posi- The Goldbergs’ benevolence also includes Dexter, Yolanda, and Bernice, who following in tioning systems and other applications. work with the Edmund Burke School, the the steps of their legendary parents, have Brush Engineered Materials of Cleveland Black Student Fund, the Washington AIDS dedicated their lives to achieving equality has provided 75 years of innovation in beryl- Partnership, a scholarship for the Frederick B. through peace. lium and non-beryllium materials that have Abramson Memorial Foundation, the National benefited our Nation in many fields. It has also f Kidney Foundation of the National Capital established a tradition of public service and Area, Arena Stage, and numerous other wor- CONGRATULATIONS TO BRUSH commitment to the community in which we thy causes and organizations. Notably, when ENGINEERED MATERIALS INC. can all take pride. I congratulate the people of the Centers for Disease Control, CDC, was Brush Engineered Materials for their many forced to cut its funding for important HIV pre- HON. STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES achievements and wish them continued suc- vention programs in the District, Diana cess. stepped in and made a sizeable financial gift OF OHIO f to make up for the shortfall. Diana Goldberg is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a shining model for the good that can be ac- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 TRIBUTE TO DIANA L. GOLDBERG complished through the power of giving and a passionate dedication to public service. Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the thousands of today to recognize the 75th anniversary of HON. STENY H. HOYER OF MARYLAND children that Diana has helped over the years Brush Engineered Materials Inc., a company as a member of the greater Washington com- that has been a pillar of the Cleveland busi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES munity, I would like to congratulate and thank ness community and which, I hope, will con- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Diana Goldberg for her leadership as the tinue to be an important part of our city and Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to Chairman of the Board of Children’s National our regional economy for years to come. The honor Diana Goldberg, one of my closest Medical Center and for all her projects. I look company’s predecessor was incorporated on friends. Diana is stepping down as Chairman forward to seeing what exciting new chal- January 9, 1931, to develop innovative appli- of the Board, a post that she has held since lenges Diana will undertake next. Undoubt- cations for beryllium. These applications play 2002, for the Children’s National Medical Cen- edly, she will continue to give back to the a significant role in many aspects of our lives, ter in Washington, DC, one of the finest pedi- community and help make Washington, DC a from early diagnosis and treatment of disease atric institutions in the Nation. better place for all its citizens. to critical areas of homeland security and na- The leadership, work and generosity of tional defense. Diana and her husband, Stephen, have helped f It is well known that for more than a hun- to make our Nation’s Capital a stronger, STATEMENT HONORING THE LIFE dred years the City of Cleveland has been a healthier community. Diana has been heavily AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF major center of this country’s industrial might, involved with Children’s Hospital for the past CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER CORETTA providing the essential goods and services 20 years. She has served on the Child Health SCOTT KING needed by fellow citizens throughout the Center Board, of which she was president United States and, indeed, by people through- from 1994 to 1996, and the boards of Chil- out the world. In addition to its economic con- dren’s Hospital Foundation, of which she was HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON tributions, Cleveland has been a world-class chairman from 1999 to 2001, Children’s Hos- OF TEXAS center of learning, of the arts and music, and pital, and, eventually, Children’s National Med- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of medical research and health care. It is a ical Center. However, her dedication to the Tuesday, January 31, 2006 city with a proud and productive tradition. health of children in the Washington Metropoli- In recent years, like many other cities in the tan region extends far beyond her leadership Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Midwest, Cleveland has been buffeted by a positions. Diana has taken a hands-on ap- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the national economic downturn, exacerbated by proach to volunteering and given countless life of an American icon, Mrs. Coretta Scott competition overseas. A number of our Cleve- hours of her time to ensuring that the patients King. After living a remarkably accomplished land companies have been forced to close receive the care that they need, while Diana life that spanned 78 years, Coretta Scott King down, others cut their payrolls, still others relo- herself has continued to be personally in- passed away on Monday, January 30, 2006. cated. volved with many of the organization’s oper- As the matriarch of the civil rights move- Brush Engineered Materials has never ations. ment, Coretta Scott King displayed dignity and wavered in its commitment to the City of Furthermore, Diana has truly been a philan- strength in time of great tragedy and injustice. Cleveland. Headquartered for all of its 75 thropic leader in Washington, DC, especially After Dr. King’s assassination, she continued years within the city, it provides quality em- for Children’s where Children’s School Serv- his legacy promoting racial and economic jus- ployment and payroll tax revenues, business ices, a child health data lab, and Jazzmatazz, tice for all Americans. Mrs. King was deter- opportunities for suppliers and vendors, prop- which is a major benefit to raise money for mined to make his dream a reality. As Ameri- erty taxes, and a measure of hope for its Children’s, are among the programs and fund- cans, and as human beings, we are blessed Collinwood-Nottingham neighborhood. raising events that she has generously sup- to have known her compassion and dedica- This Cleveland company played a major ported. However, Mr. Speaker, most laudatory tion. role in defending freedom and providing sup- are Diana’s efforts to set up health centers Coretta Scott King and I traveled to South port for our armed forces in World War II, in across the city. In 2001, Diana and Stephen Africa in 1994 for Nelson Mandela’s inaugura- lowering the Iron Curtain, in developing the donated an astounding $25 million to Chil- tion. I am proud to say that she was a friend Nation’s space program, in increasing the effi- dren’s National Medical Center for the Diana and confidant as well as one of my greatest ciency of oil exploration, improving the mile- L. and Stephen A. Goldberg Center for Com- mentors. I regard Mrs. King as one of the fin- age of our automobiles, saving lives through munity Pediatric Health. This significant gift al- est individuals I have known. I will continue to mammography X-ray and other medical imag- lows the Center to maintain community-based hold her spirit and strength close to my heart. ing equipment, and saving lives on the road health centers in Shaw, Adams Morgan, and It has been said that the ultimate measure through air bags and improved automotive Anacostia and three mobile vans. The Center of a person’s life is the extent to which they braking systems. It also provides essential provides immediate healthcare needs, with made the world a better place. Coretta Scott parts for the computers and cell phones that special attention given to primary care, HIV King’s work has forever shaped the way we keep us connected every day. and AIDS, asthma, sickle cell disease, child treat each other as human beings. Though her In today’s military, it helps save the lives of abuse, childhood injuries, lead poisoning, and passing marks the end of an era, it is up to our brave men and women in uniform in Iraq violence prevention. The Goldberg Center is all of us to continue the compassion that her and Afghanistan by providing infrared and op- also focused on the greater neighborhood by husband preached and she so graciously fol- tical sensors for radar and navigation systems sponsoring programs like the Adolescent Em- lowed.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A31JA8.056 E31JAPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REMARKS January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E25 IN RECOGNITION OF AMELIA In addition, this centennial also celebrates HONORING THE SERVICE OF K. EARHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the strong bond and friendship that the United LARRY STORRS ON HIS RETIRE- States and the Philippines have shared for MENT FROM CONGRESSIONAL HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK over 100 years. From the period of American RESEARCH SERVICE OF CALIFORNIA governance starting in 1898 and independ- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ence in 1946, the Philippines have proven to HON. JIM KOLBE Tuesday, January 31, 2006 be one of our most enduring and important al- OF ARIZONA lies. Today, that bond has been strengthened IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay through sustained immigration where the ex- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 tribute to Amelia Earhart Elementary School, change of ideas and cultural experiences has in Alameda, California, on being named a added to our diverse landscape. Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to 2005–2006 National Blue Ribbon School. I cannot stress enough the enormous con- take this opportunity to extend my appreciation Amelia Earhart Elementary School has been tributions of Filipino Americans, especially all to a dedicated public servant at the Congres- serving students in the Bay Farm Island com- those who have served with great distinction sional Research Service of the Library of Con- munity of Alameda, California, since 1979. in our Armed Services. That is why, as we cel- gress. Dr. K. Larry Storrs is retiring from CRS The mission of the school is to inspire aca- ebrate this centennial, it is so important to rec- after more than 30 years of service to Con- demic excellence, a passion for learning and ognize and honor the service of those Filipino gress and the Nation. This length of public respect for self and community. veterans who served honorably during World service is not only a credit to Dr. Storrs, but Amelia Earhart Elementary school was War II. The United States made a promise to also a demonstration of the dedication that he named a California Distinguished School in these veterans and I will continue to fight to and many others at the Congressional Re- 2004 by the California Department of Edu- fully restore their benefits that are 6 decades search Service bring to support our work in cation and a National ‘‘No Child Left Behind’’ overdue. Congress. Blue Ribbon School in 2005. Filipino Americans are the second most Hailing from the small farm town of Amer- The teachers, staff, administration, parents populous Asian American community in my ican Fork, Utah, Dr. Storrs first became inter- and community members work together to cre- district of San Francisco, and I am proud to ested in politics and public policy through his ate a culture at the school that promotes a dy- represent this vibrant and active community in participation in debate and student govern- namic school-wide vision of academic success 1 Congress. I look forward to commemorating ment in high school and college. For 2 ⁄2 for all students. the contributions of Filipino Americans and ad- years he was a missionary in Brazil, beginning Amelia Earhart teachers, staff and adminis- his life-long involvement with Latin America. trators collaborate to use student data to drive vancing the issues of the community throughout the upcoming centennial year. After returning from Brazil, he completed his informed decisions about instruction and pro- undergraduate studies at Brigham Young Uni- vide a quality educational setting where all f versity majoring in political science and won a children can learn and excel. fellowship funded by the National Defense Amelia Earhart Elementary School is a na- HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. Education Act to support his doctoral studies tional model of excellence and an outstanding ROBERT SANDERS in government and Latin American studies at example of the ideal that all students should Cornell University. Newly married, he returned have an equal educational opportunity in a HON. BART GORDON to Brazil in the mid-1960s to research his dis- supportive environment and that none should OF TENNESSEE sertation on Brazil’s foreign policy. Before join- be forgotten. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing the Library of Congress, Dr. Storrs taught I join in congratulating Amelia Earhart Ele- for 8 years at Vassar College and the George Tuesday, January 31, 2006 mentary School for its commitment to excel- Washington University, focusing on Latin lence, which has earned the school the well- Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to American politics and U.S.-Latin American re- deserved, nationally recognized, Blue Ribbon honor the life of Dr. Robert Sanders, a gen- lations. His love of teaching ensured that he School honor. erous man who dedicated his life to keeping would continue teaching part-time during his f our children safe. Dr. Sanders passed away public service career, including at George CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL earlier this month. Washington University, American University, OF SUSTAINED FILIPINO IMMI- Dr. Sanders wore many hats in my home- the Foreign Service Institute, and National De- GRATION TO THE UNITED town of Murfreesboro, where he resided. He fense University. He has continued to teach STATES was a husband, father, farmer and pediatri- me and many other Members of Congress cian. He served as Director of the Rutherford about Latin America. HON. NANCY PELOSI County Health Department from 1969 to 1991 Dr. Storrs began work with CRS in 1975 as and served as the county’s medical examiner analyst in Latin American affairs and was later OF CALIFORNIA from 1983 to 1999. promoted to specialist. During his career, he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As a pediatrician, Dr. Sanders cared for has written almost 400 memoranda and re- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 thousands of Murfreesboro’s children. As an ports for Members of Congress and congres- Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in advocate for child safety restraints in vehicles, sional committees, organized numerous semi- strong support of Con. Res. 218 and join my he saved the lives of countless more. Because nars, and provided thousands of briefings to colleagues and the Congressional Asian Pa- of Dr. Sanders’ tireless efforts, Tennessee be- congressional staff on Latin American policy cific American Caucus in recognizing the up- came the first State in the Nation to pass a issues. Until the late 1970s, Dr. Storrs worked coming centennial celebration of sustained Fil- law requiring children in vehicles to be re- primarily on issues in U.S. relations with Chile ipino immigration to the United States. For strained in safety seats. Every other State in and Panama. On Chile, he helped support the over a century now, Filipino Americans have the country eventually followed Tennessee’s hearings on the role of the Central Intelligence been a vibrant part of the American story, lead. Agency in foreign policy. He also provided ex- adding to our great diversity and contributing Even after the passage of that law in 1977, tensive support to the Senate during the Pan- to the success of our country. Dr. Sanders kept working to keep children ama Canal Treaties debate and to both Since the first small group of Filipino immi- safe while riding in vehicles. His efforts led to houses during consideration of the legislation grants arrived in 1906 to work in the sugar a state seat belt law and loaner programs to creating the Panama Canal Commission that plantations of Hawaii, Filipino Americans have help low-income families acquire child-restraint operated the Canal until the end of 1999. In been an important part of our country’s his- seats. the 1980s and 1990s, Dr. Storrs wrote exten- tory. Indeed, their story of struggle and suc- The Tennessee Medical Association, Ten- sively on several controversial issues related cess is the story of America, whether as mi- nessee Public Health Association and Ten- to Central America and the Caribbean: con- grant laborers working in the fields of Cali- nessee Pediatric Society all have honored Dr. gressional conditions on military aid to El Sal- fornia, or as soldiers fighting for freedom and Sanders for his great service. vador and Guatemala; congressional prohibi- democracy in every major conflict of the past Although Dr. Sander’s dedication to a noble tions on covert assistance to the contras in century. One hundred years later, the Filipino cause will benefit children for generations to Nicaragua; the recommendations of the bipar- American community is now over 2 million come, I know he will be deeply missed by his tisan Kissinger Commission on Central Amer- strong and the second largest Asian Pacific Is- family, his friends and countless Middle Ten- ica; and enactment of the Caribbean Basin Ini- lander American community in our country. nesseans like me. tiative.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A31JA8.060 E31JAPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REMARKS E26 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 31, 2006 Beginning in the early 1990s, Dr. Storrs’s Rollcall vote 670, on Agreeing to the Con- sador Dan Gillerman be included in the research focused more on Brazil and Mexico ference Report S. 1932—the Budget Rec- RECORD. within the context of U.S. initiatives to promote onciliation Act of 2006, I would have voted MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF free trade in Latin America. On Mexico, he aye. COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VIC- dealt with issues relating to congressional pas- Rollcall vote 671, on the Motion to Suspend TIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST BY SECRETARY- sage of the North American Free Trade the Rules and Agree—Expressing the sense GENERAL KOFI ANNAN Agreement in 1993, congressional concerns of Congress regarding the education cur- Today, for the first time, the United Na- with political stability and a guerrilla insur- riculum of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, I tions marks what will, from now on be an annual observance: the International Day of gency in 1994, and a large financial assist- would have voted aye. Commemoration in memory of the victims of ance package for Mexico in 1995. He also f the Holocaust. worked extensively on congressional initiatives There can be no reversing the unique trag- to strengthen regional and bilateral drug con- U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI edy of the Holocaust. It must be remem- trol programs with Mexico. For well over a ANNAN INAUGURATES INTER- bered, with shame and horror, for as long as NATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORA- human memory continues. decade Larry has provided extensive support Only by remembering can we pay fitting to the annual U.S.-Mexico Isnterparliamentary TION FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST tribute to the victims. Millions of innocent Group meetings, and he has accompanied the Jews and members of other minorities were U.S. delegation for the past 7 years. murdered in the most barbarous ways imag- Larry Storrs is a fine example of those many HON. TOM LANTOS inable. We must never forget those men, dedicated staff of the Congressional Research OF CALIFORNIA women and children, or their agony. Remembering is a necessary rebuke to Service who help inform Congress as it delib- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES erates important public policy issues. His gra- those who say the Holocaust never happened Tuesday, January 31, 2006 or has been exaggerated. Holocaust denial is cious demeanor and considerable expertise on Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the work of bigots. We must reject their Latin America made him an invaluable asset false claims whenever, wherever and by to Congress for many years. On behalf of my call to my Colleagues’ attention to a very im- whomever they are made. colleagues, I extend our deep appreciation to portant event, the first annual International Remembering is also a safeguard for the Larry for his service, and wish him the very Day of Commemoration for the Victims of the future. The abyss reached in the Nazi death best in future endeavors. I doubt he will really Holocaust, which took place last Friday, Janu- camps started with hatred, prejudice and retire from teaching. Good teachers never do. ary 27, 2006, at the U.N. in New York. anti-Semitism. Recalling these origins can remind us to be ever on the lookout for There will always be someone lucky enough Mr. Speaker, under the leadership of my two good friends, Secretary General Kofi warning signs. to learn from Dr. Storrs. We wish you the best, As the Holocaust recedes in time, and as Larry! Annan and General Assembly President Jan the number of survivors dwindles, it falls to Eliasson, the U.N. established this annual re- f us—the current generation—to carry the membrance, and in doing so, has taken a crit- torch of remembrance and uphold the cause PERSONAL EXPLANATION ical step to begin to undue a dark legacy of of human dignity. bias and hatred directed against Jews and the The United Nations was founded as a reac- Democratic State of Israel that has long tion to the horrors of the Second World War. HON. SUE WILKINS MYRICK Even so, the international community has OF NORTH CAROLINA plagued the U.N. The idea for an annual U.N. too often failed to stand up to mass atroc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Commemoration for the Victims of the Holo- ities. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 caust, which was instituted by Resolution 60/ In recent years we have taken important 7 on November 1, 2005, grew out of an event steps to improve on that record, such as es- Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, due to surgery, that took place one year ago in New York, an tablishing the International Criminal Court I was unable to participate in the following historic Special Session of the U.N. General and agreeing on the collective responsibility votes. If I had been present, I would have Assembly to mark the 60th Anniversary of the to protect. On this International Day of Commemora- voted as follows: Liberation of the Nazi Death Camps on Janu- December 17, 2005: tion, the theme of our observance is ‘‘re- ary 25, 2005. Last year’s U.N. Special Session Rollcall vote 663, on Agreeing to H. Res. membrance and beyond’’. In that spirit, let was convened with the support of the vast 623—Providing for consideration of motions to us pledge ourselves to even greater efforts to majority of U.N. member State’s at the urging suspend the rules, I would have voted aye. prevent genocide and crimes against human- Rollcall vote 664, on the Motion to Suspend of Secretary General Annan. ity. the Rules and Agree to the Senate Amend- The relevance of and the need for this Inter- national Day of Commemoration for the Vic- MESSAGE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ment to H.R. 2520—the Stem Cell Therapeutic NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, H.E. MR. JAN tims of the Holocaust could not be more clear. and Research Act, I would have voted aye. ELIASSON, ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTER- December 19, 2005: Mr. Speaker, in the months following the es- NATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEM- Rollcall vote 665, on Agreeing to the Con- tablishment of the International Day of Com- ORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST ference Report H.R. 1815—the National De- memoration for the Victims of the Holocaust Today we observe for the first time the fense Authorization Act of FY 2006, I would by Resolution 60/7, the current President of International Day of Commemoration in have voted aye. Iran, Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has publicly memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Rollcall vote 666, on Agreeing to H. Res. stated that he believes that Holocaust is a This event will take place every year on 27 639—Waiving points of order against the con- ‘‘myth’’ and that Israel ‘‘should be wiped off January. This follows the adoption without a vote of General Assembly resolution 60/7 on ference report on H.R. 2863, FY 2006 Depart- the map.’’ Mr. Speaker, I draw my colleagues atten- ‘‘Holocaust remembrance’’, on 1 November, ment of Defense Appropriations, I would have 2005. voted aye. tions to the courageous remarks U.N. Sec- This year’s commemoration is of special Rollcall vote 667, on Motion to Suspend the retary General Kofi Annan delivered on the oc- significance. It takes place only one year Rules and Agree, as Amended to H. Con. casion of the International Day of Commemo- after the General Assembly’s Special Session Res. 284—Expressing the sense of Congress ration in Memory of the Victims of the Holo- on 24 January 2005, which marked the six- with respect to the 2005 presidential and par- caust last Friday, January 27th. The Secretary tieth anniversary of the liberation of the General stated, ‘‘Remembering is a necessary Nazi concentration camps. liamentary elections in Egypt, I would have The liberation of the Nazi death camps re- voted aye. rebuke to those who say the Holocaust never vealed to the world one of the most horren- Rollcall vote 668, on the Motion to Recom- happened or has been exaggerated. Holo- dous crimes against humanity. Auschwitz- mit with instructions H.R. 2863—Making ap- caust denial is the work of bigots. We must re- Birkenau, Dachau, Sobibor, and Treblinka propriations for the Department of Defense for ject their false claims whenever, wherever and are among the sites where the lives of mil- the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, by whomever they are made.’’ lions of people were extinguished on polit- and for other purposes, I would have voted Mr. Speaker, I ask that the entire text of the ical, religious or ethnic grounds. nay. Secretary General’s important address be Remembering this low point in human history is a solemn duty for all of us. We must Rollcall vote 669, on Agreeing to the Con- placed in the RECORD. I also ask that the en- continue to exorcise the evil of the past. In ference Report H.R. 2863—Making appropria- tire text of remarks delivered at that same resolution 60/7, the General Assembly un- tions for the Department of Defense for the fis- event by General Assembly President Jan equivocally ‘‘rejects any denial of the Holo- cal year ending September 30, 2006, and for Eliasson of Sweden and Israel’s Permanent caust as an historic event, either in full or in other purposes, I would have voted aye. Representative to the United Nation’s, Ambas- part.’’

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It is a tragedy that the international com- horrors will never be witnessed again—Never I extend my sincere congratulations to Ms. munity has not been able to stop new horrors Again! Christiane Buuck on receiving this award and in the years since the Holocaust. This makes Ladies and Gentlemen, as we gather here commend her dedication and desire to help it all the more important that we remember today, night is descending on Jerusalem, and her community and country. the lessons of the Holocaust. It must be a the Jewish Sabbath is enfolding Israel. So it f unifying cause around which we all can is from here, from this world stage, that I rally. say this Eve of Shabbat prayer: CONGRATULATING NATALIE On this International Day of Commemora- ‘‘May God Give His People Strength. May SOLFANELLI AS SHE IS HON- tion let us pay tribute to all the victims of God Bless His People With Peace.’’ ORED BY THE LACKAWANNA Shabbat Shalom. the Holocaust. Let us also honour the sur- RIVER CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION vivors. And in looking back at this sombre f page of history and other atrocities and crimes of genocide following it, let us join TRIBUTE TO CLYDE P. SELIG HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI forces and recommit ourselves to building OF PENNSYLVANIA mutual respect and dignity for all. Holocaust IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES remembrance will strengthen us in this re- HON. HENRY CUELLAR solve. OF TEXAS Tuesday, January 31, 2006 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN Tuesday, January 31, 2006 to ask you and my esteemed colleagues in the MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLO- CAUST, STATEMENT BY H.E. AMBASSADOR Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to House of Representatives to pay tribute to DAN GILLERMAN, PERMANENT REPRESENTA- honor Clyde P. Selig, president and CEO of Natalie Solfanelli, executive director of the TIVE Commercial Metals Steel Group, CMSG. Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority in I, Danny Gillerman, born in Israel to par- CMSG ships around 2.4 million tons of steel a Lackawanna County, PA. Mrs. Solfanelli has ents who fled the Nazis, but whose grand- year, employs over 6,700 people and grosses been honored by the Lackawanna River Cor- parents and family perished, stand before close to $1.3 billion a year in sales. ridor Association for her exceptional perform- you today, as an Israeli, a Jew, and a citizen Mr. Speaker, Clyde Selig attended Clarkson ance in creating partnerships to preserve and of the world—moved and filled with pride as College of Technology and graduated from the develop the Lackawanna Valley’s historic, cul- the world embarks on a journey beyond re- tural, natural and economic resources through membrance. University of Maryland. He also served in the I stand here as a representative of the Jew- U.S. Army in various command and staff posi- preservation, education and promotion of the ish State that arose out of the ashes of the tions in Europe. regional heritage. Holocaust. A Jewish State whose cabinet Mr. Selig has served in many capacities The Lackawanna River Corridor Association yesterday convened a Special Session at the with SMI-Texas including manager of mainte- is a nonprofit community organization created Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, nance and engineering, manager of in 1987 to promote the restoration and protec- Yad Vashem. A Jewish State that has be- steelmaking, works manager, vice president of tion of the Lackawanna River and its water- come, against all odds, a beacon of beauty, operations and general manager before be- shed resources. A major goal of the LRCA is excellence, creativity, and justice for the coming executive vice president of CMC Steel to foster the development of a 40-mile long whole world. network of parks and trails along the Lacka- And today, on this solemn occasion, I urge Group Mills. He was appointed President and you to imagine. Indeed many of you in this COO in February of 1997 and CEO in May of wanna River. hall don’t need to imagine because you were 2002. The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority there, but I urge the rest of the world to A strong believer in community support and and the Lackawanna River Corridor Associa- imagine—imagine the shattering of skulls, involvement, Mr. Selig was one of the found- tion have been collaborating to get the 40-mile the burning of flesh, the cries of anguish. ers of the Seguin Boys’ Club, and is a former trail and greenway system built. Known as the Look at one child, and multiply it by a mil- president of the Seguin Chamber of Com- Lackawanna River Heritage Trail, several sec- lion and a half. Look at one member of your merce. He also served as vice president of the tions were developed in the past few years. family and multiply him by six million. Other sections are in final engineering phases Imagine! City/County Hospital Board, including the Citi- But imagine too what a world this would zens Advisory Juvenile Board. Currently, he and will be under construction soon. be if they, and their children, were still with serves with the Rotarians. Mrs. Solfanelli’s leadership and vision have us. How much more beauty, more excellence, Mr. Speaker, the 28th district of Texas is contributed to making the Lackawanna River more art and culture, more cures and inno- proud to have such an outstanding civic leader Heritage Trail project a strategic link in the vations there would be. Imagine. Imagine living in San Antonio. work of the authority and its partners to pro- how much better the world would be. f mote the economic and environmental revital- So today, as we look to the past, embrace ization of communities along the river. the present, and look to the future, we must CONGRATULATING MS. After being named LHVA executive director, all pray. We must remember, salute, sound CHRISTIANE E. BUUCK an alarm, and vow. We remember the sac- Mrs. Solfanelli began to enhance the scope of rifice of the victims, we salute the courage of the Downtown Riverfront Trail Project and po- the survivors, many of them in this hall, HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS sition the trail as an economic development whose numbers dwindle as the Holocaust OF TEXAS generator. She is leading a riverfront partner- turns from being memory to becoming his- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ship effort to look ahead at the next steps that tory. And we sound an alarm, a call to arms, will enable private developers and local public and a wake up call to the world. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 agencies to further develop the riverfront area A world in which a Member State of this Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to as a complement to the revitalization of down- organization calls for wiping Israel off the face of the map. A world in which an extreme congratulate Ms. Christiane E. Buuck of Bed- town Scranton. and evil regime denies the Holocaust while ford, TX, for receiving the prestigious Fulbright Mrs. Solfanelli has an impressive back- preparing the next one. award to study abroad in France during the ground in financial services, having served A world that stood still 65 years ago and 2005–2006 academic year. Ms. Buuck was with Alpha Benefits Group, Consulting Group, has since witnessed Cambodia and Rwanda. honored with this award for her studies in cre- Inc. and Omni Health Plan. She is an NASD A world that must act today to atone for ative writing at the University of Arizona. licensed registered representative with yesterday and preserve our tomorrow. The Fulbright program is sponsored by the MidSouth Capital, Inc. and has been president On this day, I want to also express to you Department of State Bureau of Educational of Harbor Group, Inc., an insurance and in- in this hall and around the world, my deep regret. I deeply, very deeply regret, and I be- and Cultural Affairs. The program was estab- vestment planning firm since 1989. Mrs. lieve the rest of the world should too, that lished in 1946 with the purpose of building Solfanelli is also a certified life underwriter and the State of Israel did not exist in 1938 or mutual understanding between the people of a long term care professional. 1943. Because if it did, this horrible event the United States and the rest of the world by Mrs. Solfanelli serves on the board of would never have happened. allowing recipients to study, lecture or conduct Scranton Tomorrow, the Jewish Federation of

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He was well known as the au- couple has three adult children. the staff of U.S. District Court Judge Walter thor of ‘‘Building Construction for the Fire On a personal note, let me express my ap- Huxman for two years, John Anderson won Service,’’ and for his lectures and videotapes. preciation to Natalie for welcoming me into the election as Johnson County Attorney in 1947, The first edition of his ‘‘Building Construction Greater Scranton community. Her boundless where he served for six years. He was a for the Fire Service’’ was an instant success in energy and enthusiasm are infectious; every- member of the Kansas State Senate from 1971. Since then, it has sold more than one who deals with Natalie is inspired to work 1953–1956, and was appointed Kansas Attor- 130,000 copies in three editions, the most re- even harder to make Lackawanna County a ney General, serving from 1956–1961. Elected cent of which was published in 1992. Des- better place to live. Governor of Kansas in 1960 and 1962, he de- ignated by Fire Chief as one of the 20 people Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- feated incumbent Governor George Docking, who most influenced the fire service in the lating Natalie Solfanelli on the occasion of this served as Governor during Kansas’ centennial 20th century, Frank Brannigan was truly one honor. Mrs. Solfanelli epitomizes the finest celebration, and appointed James B. Pearson of the giants of the fire service. level of selfless community service and the to the United States Senate upon the death of Frank Brannigan was not a fire chief or an quality of life in the greater Scranton area is Senator Andrew Schoeppel. engineer, but he became one of the most im- better because of her efforts. John Anderson’s tenure as Kansas Gov- portant influences in the fire service in the last f ernor was marked by numerous achieve- quarter of the 20th century. I am proud to say ments, including: I knew Frank Brannigan. TRIBUTE TO CENTENARIAN DORA Revision of the state’s pardon and parole Mr. Speaker, the Fire Service has lost an KAUFFMAN OF HERNANDO COUN- systems; TY, FLORIDA exceptional leader and guardian of firefighters Creation of a combined state medical and everywhere. I wish Frank Brannigan’s wife psychiatric hospital; Maurine and family my heartfelt condolences HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE Restructuring of the state’s public school and may they find comfort in knowing that the OF FLORIDA system into unified districts; many people he impacted deeply value his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Increasing of the state’s per-pupil expendi- dedication and generosity and the example of ture allowance; Tuesday, January 31, 2006 his life and work. Frank Brannigan exemplified Addition of the University of Wichita to the the spirit of service that has made this country Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. state board of regents system; great. As long as firefighters fight fires, the fire Speaker, I rise today to honor Dora Kauffman Sanctioning of fair employment practices service will be the beneficiary of Frank’s writ- of Hernando County, Florida. Dora has done standards; ing, scholarship, zeal and life-saving message. something that all of us strives for, but that Approval of an advanced public employee very few of us will ever accomplish, celebrate retirement system; f her 100th birthday. Advancements in highway construction; Born January 19, 1906 in New York, DORA Expansion of vocational-technical schools; TRIBUTE TO MARIA DE LOS says that some of her fondest memories of Authorization of a state library consultant; ANGELES OBREGON her childhood were times spent playing Improvements in the public welfare system; games. She remembers seeing a dog for the and HON. HENRY CUELLAR first time as one of the happiest events in her Reorganization of state agencies, commis- life. She says she loved playing with the dog sions and boards. OF TEXAS everyday. Mr. Speaker, this legislation honoring an im- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Dora married and was blessed with two chil- portant Kansas leader is long overdue, and I Tuesday, January 31, 2006 dren, four grandchildren and several great know that my delegation colleagues look for- grandchildren. She says she is happy with her ward with me to its speedy enactment. Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to life and would not change a thing if she had celebrate the 100th birthday of Maria de los f ˜ her life to live over. Angeles Obregon Pena who was born on the Today, Dora gets the most pleasure from IN MEMORY OF FRANCIS L. 23rd of December, 1905, in San Luis Potosi, visiting with her resident friends and sitting BRANNIGAN, FIRE SERVICE CON- Mexico. down to a good hot meal. The one thing she STRUCTION EDUCATOR WITH A Maria de los Angeles Obregon Penã moved likes most about Hernando County is the peo- LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE AS to Laredo, TX in 1910 with her two brothers ple, in addition to the good weather. Her favor- A GROUNDBREAKING LEADER IN and widowed mother. Her father, Gumaro ite flower is the rose and her favorite color is PROVIDING FOR FIREFIGHTER Obregon, was the youngest brother of Presi- blue. Her advice to the young people is to, SAFETY dent Alvaro Obregon and was assassinated ‘‘work hard and be good and kind to people.’’ for political reasons. While in Laredo, Maria Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me in hon- HON. CURT WELDON has memories of sitting on the rooftops in La- redo and listening to gun fire just across the oring Dora Kauffman for reaching her 100th OF PENNSYLVANIA border in Nuevo Laredo during the 1910 Rev- birthday. I hope we all have the good fortune IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to live as long as she has. olution. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 f Maria attended public school until the eighth Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, grade when she was forced to leave to help INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION I rise today with great sadness and tremen- the family make enough money to sustain DESIGNATING THE GOVERNOR dous gratitude to honor the life of Francis L. itself. Later, on July 10th, 1933, she married JOHN ANDERSON, JR. POST OF- Brannigan, who over the years has helped Ramiro Santos Penã in Laredo. Together, they FICE BUILDING firefighters be more astute to the importance had three children, Pauline P. Baclesse of of knowing building construction to promote Mexico, MO, Ramiro A. Penã of Holland, TX, HON. DENNIS MOORE firefighter safety. As a groundbreaking leader and Carlos D. Penã of Clear Lake, TX. OF KANSAS in providing for firefighter safety, Frank was Maria and Ramiro were both active mem- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES one of the first to realize that the biggest bers of the Primera Iglesia Bautista where threat to firefighters were the buildings they their children were baptized. Maria credits her Tuesday, January 31, 2006 were working in. Throughout his career, Frank outlook on life and her faith in God for her lon- Mr. MOORE of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, joined provided constant focus on the issues associ- gevity. Laredo is proud to have Maria as a cit- today by my Kansas colleagues Todd Tiahrt, ated with building construction and the fire en- izen, and is pleased to celebrate her 100th Jim Ryun and Jerry Moran, I am introducing vironment. The safety of firefighters was al- birthday. legislation that would designate the United ways the focus of his message and as a re- Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the chance to States post office located at 110 North Chest- sult, generations of firefighters will be safer honor a fine citizen of Texas.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to to pay tribute to Max Falkenstien, the ‘‘Voice congratulate Dr. Timothy Lynn Jackson of Scranton Tomorrow including City Pride and First Night Scranton. of the Kansas Jayhawks’’, who will be retiring Highland Village, TX, for receiving the pres- at the conclusion of the 2005—2006 men’s tigious Fulbright award to teach abroad in Mr. Cosgrove resides in Scranton with his basketball season at the University of Kansas. South Korea during the 2005–2006 academic wife, the former Eileen Egan Cosgrove and The conclusion of the current season will year. Dr. Jackson was honored with this their three daughters. mark Max Falkenstien’s 60th season of broad- award for his talents in the field of music at On a personal note, I wanted to mention casting Kansas University sporting events. At the University of North Texas. age 81, he has been inducted into the The Fulbright program is sponsored by the how much I enjoy working with John and look forward to continuing to work with him on his Naisimith Basketball Hall of Fame, the College Department of State Bureau of Educational Football Hall of Fame, the Kansas Sports Hall and Cultural Affairs. The program was estab- expanded portfolio serving heritage areas around the country. John is yet another exam- of Fame, and the KU Athletic Hall of Fame. lished in 1946 with the purpose of building He was the first inductee of the Lawrence ple of a talented Northeastern Pennsylvanian mutual understanding between the people of High School Hall of Honor. Additionally, he who is now sharing his skills to serve the en- the United States and the rest of the world by has been awarded an honorary ‘‘K’’ by the tire Nation. allowing recipients to study, lecture or conduct Kansas Lettermen’s Club. The Sporting News research in an international exchange pro- Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- in 2001 named Falkenstien ‘‘the best college gram. lating John Cosgrove on the occasion of this radio personality in the country’’ and ESPN’s Timothy was selected on the basis of his honor. Mr. Cosgrove’s leadership, dedication Dick Vitale included KU’s Bob Davis and professional achievement, as well as dem- and commitment has enhanced the quality of Falkenstien in his ‘‘Sweet 16’’ of the best an- onstrated leadership potential in his field. life in the Greater Scranton region and all its nouncer teams in the United States. I extend my sincere congratulations to Dr. citizens are better because of it. A true legend, Max Falkenstien has been Timothy Lynn Jackson on receiving this award synonymous with KU athletics for 6 decades. and praise his dedication and desire to help f As KU basketball coach Bill Self recently said his community and country. in the Lawrence Journal-World, ‘‘Max has per- f TRIBUTE TO CENTENARIAN ANNA formed at the highest level over an extended CONGRATULATING JOHN COS- PORIZO OF HERNANDO COUNTY, period of time like very few in his profession.’’ GROVE AS HE IS HONORED BY FLORIDA Falkenstien broadcast his first basketball THE LACKAWANNA RIVER COR- game—an NCAA tournament game in Kansas RIDOR ASSOCIATION City between KU and Oklahoma A&M—on HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE March 18, 1946. His next broadcast was KU versus TCU in football on September 21, HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI OF FLORIDA OF PENNSYLVANIA 1946. He was play-by-play voice of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jayhawks for 39 years and then switched to a commentator’s role in September 1984 when Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Bob Davis assumed play-by-play duties. Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Falkenstien provided play-by-play for the Big to ask you and my esteemed colleagues in the Speaker, I rise today to honor Anna Porizo of Eight Conference basketball game of the week House of Representatives to pay tribute to Hernando County, Florida. Anna has done between 1968 and 1971, and for more than 3 John Cosgrove, former executive director of something that all of us strives for, but that decades hosted football and basketball coach- the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority in es’ TV programs, including those for Don very few of us will ever accomplish, celebrate Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Cos- Fambrough, Pepper Rogers, Mike Gottfried, her 100th birthday. grove has been honored by the Lackawanna Ted Owens, Larry Brown and Roy Williams. River Corridor Association for his leadership in Born September 20, 1905 in Jersey City, Mr. Speaker, I include with this statement a creating partnerships to preserve and develop New Jersey, Anna attended school through recent article from the Lawrence Journal- the Lackawanna Valley’s historic, cultural, nat- the 10th grade and then went to work at the World summarizing Max Falkenstien’s out- ural and economic resources through preser- Box Company. She has fond memories of standing career and I join with all KU fans in vation, education and promotion of the re- cooking with her mother during her childhood wishing him well in his long overdue, richly de- gional heritage. years. served retirement as ‘‘Voice of the Kansas The Lackawanna River Corridor Association Anna married John Porizo and was blessed Jayhawks.’’ is a non-profit community organization created f in 1987 to promote the restoration and protec- with a child, a grandchild and 2 great grand- tion of the Lackawanna River and its water- children. The happiest moment in her life was HONORING JOSEPH J. MANERCHIA shed resources. A major goal of the LRCA is the birth of her daughter. Anna says that the UPON HIS RETIREMENT AS to foster the development of a 40 mile long proudest and most meaningful moments in her CHIEF OF THE MARCUS HOOK network of parks and trails along the Lacka- life were watching her daughter and grandson FIRE DEPARTMENT wanna River. grow up. The Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority Anna moved to Hernando County with her HON. CURT WELDON and the Lackawanna River Corridor Associa- daughter and says the weather is what she OF PENNSYLVANIA tion have been collaborating to get the 40 mile likes most about the county. Today, she gets IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES trail and greenway system built. Known as the the most pleasure from relaxing and enjoying Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Lackawanna River Heritage Trail, several sec- a bowl of cold ice cream. Her favorite flower tions were developed in the past few years. is the rose and her favorite color is pink. Her Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to pay trib- Other sections are in final engineering phases advice for the young people is to, ‘‘spend ute to Chief Joseph J. Manerchia upon his re- and will be under construction soon. more time with family and do more family Begun under Mr. Cosgrove’s tenure, the tirement as Fire Chief of the Marcus Hook Fire things.’’ Lackawanna River Heritage Trail project is a Department after more than 30 years of distin- strategic link in the work of the authority and Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me in hon- guished and dedicated service to the Depart- its partners to promote the economic and envi- oring Anna Porizo for reaching her 100th birth- ment. ronmental revitalization of communities along day. I Hope we all have the good fortune to Joseph J. Manerchia joined the Marcus the river. live as long as she has. Hook Fire Company No. 1 at the age of 15 in

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A31JA8.077 E31JAPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REMARKS E30 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 31, 2006 1975. In the years that followed, he held every strengthen fire service for many years to friends. I hope the dedication and success of administrative and Fire Line office within the come. this man may serve as inspiration to all who company. In 1995, he became company chief f seek their dreams to serve their communities and is credited with initiating many positive and fellow man. TRIBUTE TO ROY STURGES changes in the operation of the company, es- f pecially in areas of firefighter/fire officer training, firefighter safety, development of fire offi- HON. HENRY CUELLAR CONGRATULATING PITTSTON MAYOR MICHAEL LOMBARDO ON cer qualifications and training programs for ap- OF TEXAS THE OCCASION OF HIS TESTI- paratus drivers. He also wrote the first Stand- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ard Operating Guideline Manual adopted by MONIAL DINNER AND ROAST Tuesday, January 31, 2006 the fire company and developed a ‘‘Fire De- partment/Police Department Interface Pro- Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI gram’’ to promote better cooperation between honor Roy Alonzo Sturges, a deputy in La OF PENNSYLVANIA the two agencies. Chief Manerchia led his Salle County which is in the 28th district of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Texas, who served bravely in Southern Texas company to 4 consecutive Pennsylvania State Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Championships as the ‘‘Best Appearing as a Chief Jailor Marching Unit’’ in the Pennsylvania State Fire- Mr. Speaker, La Salle County commis- Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today men’s Convention Parade. sioners voted unanimously in November to to ask you and my esteemed colleagues in the In 1999, Joe rose to the rank of Borough support the naming of the county detention House of Representatives to pay tribute to Mi- Fire Chief, a position he would hold through center in Cotulla, Texas, the Roy Alonzo chael Lombardo, mayor of the city of Pittston, 2005 which made him the longest serving Bor- Sturges Law Enforcement Center, for his ef- in Luzerne County, PA, and senior vice presi- ough Fire Chief in the history of the depart- forts to foil an attempted escape by a prisoner. dent and chief operating officer of the Greater ment. At that time, the Marcus Hook Fire De- On April 27, 1973, Mr. Sturges thwarted the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Indus- partment was comprised of the Marcus Hook attempt by a county prisoner but was injured try as he is honored by his friends and col- Fire Company No. 1 and the Viscose Fire in the process. Records indicate that Mr. leagues at a testimonial dinner. Company No. 2. As Borough Fire Chief he Sturges was struck by the inmate with a Mayor Lombardo is widely respected for provided the leadership that would eventually wooden board, but the jailor was still able to epitomizing what an elected official should be: consolidate the two local fire companies into get a door locked to stop the escape. After Mr. committed, decisive, dedicated, and visionary. one organization. In the year 2000, he was in- Sturges and his wife, who came to his aid Under Mayor Lombardo’s leadership, the strumental in developing a plan that led to the after hearing the scuffle, secured the jail, they city of Pittston has been improved in many replacement of the fire department’s aging drove to the local sheriff’s office. On the way, ways to enhance the quality of life for its resi- aerial ladder truck with a new 75 Foot Quint. he reportedly suffered a fatal heart attack. dents and visitors alike. Again under his chairmanship, the State spot- Roy Alonzo Sturges was memorialized in As a senior member of the management light was cast on Marcus Hook as the Fire De- Texas in 1994 as a fallen law enforcement of- team at the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of partment hosted the Pennsylvania State Fire- ficer. La Salle County is honored to have had Business and Industry, Mayor Lombardo has men’s Convention in September 2003, a first such an outstanding gentleman serve the peo- been able to apply the skills learned as a for the fire department and the borough. ple of the 28th district. mayor of a single city in ways that touch the The Chief has attended local, State and na- Mr. Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute to lives of citizens from many towns in a positive tionally accredited fire, hazardous materials Roy Alonzo Sturges. manner. and command training classes. He is the grad- f Mayor Lombardo is a former educator in the uate of several National Fire Academy on Pittston Area School District. In that capacity campus programs as well as programs at the IN MEMORY OF LEO C. STUVER he encouraged many young men and women University of Texas A&M and the University of to aspire to great things and to always search Nevada at Reno. Joe holds Pro-Board Certifi- HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS for ways to contribute to the greater commu- cation as a Fire Instructor and as an Industrial OF TEXAS nity. Firefighter and is a Pennsylvania certified IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mayor Lombardo has been actively involved in the community for many years. He is a Emergency Medical Technician and Vehicle Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Rescue Technician. He is a member of the board member at the Northeast Regional Can- International Association of Fire Chiefs, Inter- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cer Institute, the Greater Pittston Chamber of national Association of Fire Service Instructors give tribute to Mr. Leo C. Stuver from the 26th Commerce, the Greater Pittston YMCA and at and is on the board of directors of the local Congressional District of Texas, for his lifelong College Misericordia’s Insalaco Center. He is chapter of the American Red Cross. contributions to his community and to his fel- a member of the Council of Delegates at the Currently Chief Manerchia is working on a low citizens. NEPA Alliance, the Pennsylvania League of degree in Emergency Management and ac- Born in Maricopa County, Arizona on July 8, Cities Policy Council, the Knights of Columbus creditation as a ‘‘Chief Fire Officer Designate’’ 1917, Mr. Stuver attended Mexia High School and the Wyoming Valley Watershed Coalition through the International Association of Fire and later spent 2 years at Westminster Col- Steering Committee for the Riverfest Project. Chiefs. He continues to lecture locally and re- lege in Tehuacana and later attended Sam He is co-chairperson of the American Can- gionally on fire company consolidations and Houston State University on a football scholar- cer Society Relay for Life in the Pittston area chairs a committee charged with consolidating ship where he received his bachelor’s and and the Pittston Tomato Festival. He is also three fire companies in two municipalities. Joe master’s degrees. vice president of the Pittston City Festival As- is still active with the Marcus Hook Fire De- Mr. Stuver started his 41-year career in edu- sociation. partment and is a member of the Emergency cation in the Dodge School District serving as Mayor Lombardo has received awards for Management Committee of the Borough of superintendent. He served several school dis- his community service from the Pennsylvania Marcus Hook. tricts as a principal, and was a superintendent Library Association and the Greater Wilkes- On January 21, 2006, Chief Joseph M. and Teague and Hillsboro school districts be- Barre Chamber of Commerce Community Manerchia was recognized for his 7 years as fore settling down in the Lewisville Inde- Partnership. He was named Greater Pittston Borough Fire Chief as well as his 30 years of pendent School District, LISD, in July 1969. Person of the Year in 2000. service to the community and the Fire Depart- Mr. Stuver was a critical aide in the expan- On a personal note, I would like to say that ment at a banquet held in his honor hosted by sion of the LISD. Not only did he serve his I have greatly enjoyed the opportunity to work the Marcus Hook Fire Department and the community through basic administrative duties, with Mike over the years. Whenever I helped Borough of Marcus Hook. During his 30 years but he also predicted the needs of the district him obtain Federal money for the city of of service, he certainly has earned this rec- and was proactive in finding solutions to Pittston, I knew that it would be spent wisely ognition, and I call upon all of my colleagues issues facing the school district. His leadership and for the long-term benefit of the people of to join me in applauding his leadership in both is admired, and the local auditorium was Pittston. I look forward to continuing to work his Department and community. While his named in his honor as a small token of appre- with him as he serves in his new capacity. service will not soon be forgotten and his ciation compared to his contributions. Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- boots will not soon be filled, the high stand- It was my honor to know Mr. Leo Stuver. I lating Mayor Michael Lombardo for setting a ards he has set for his department will extend my sympathies to his family and fine example for others to emulate.

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GINNY BROWN-WAITE international institution created under NAFTA Mr. Benyo was educated at St. Gabriel’s El- OF FLORIDA and headquartered in San Antonio, works to fi- ementary and High School in the city of Hazle- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nance and develop needed environmental in- ton, Pennsylvania and at St. Bernard’s College Tuesday, January 31, 2006 frastructure projects in the border region such in Cullman, Alabama, where he earned a as water and wastewater treatment plants. Bachelor of Arts degree in education and Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Under the leadership of Mr. Rodriquez, the English. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the life North American Development Bank has seen He is a veteran of the United States Air and sacrifice of Army SGT Dennis J. Flanagan dramatic growth in its portfolio, and in its abil- Force, having served during the Vietnam War of Inverness, Florida. Sergeant Flanagan was ity to help communities in the U.S.-Mexico at DaNang Air Base in the field of combat killed by terrorist insurgents while on patrol in border region improve their quality of life. support. Hawijah, Iraq. In times when children and fam- Since Mr. Rodriguez took the reigns in During his years of service as an elected of- ilies need role models to look up to and emu- 2000, the NADBank has increased the diver- ficial in Hazle Township, Mr. Benyo held fast late, Sergeant Flanagan was a true American sity of its programs in order to reach more to a campaign promise to avoid raising prop- hero. A 2001 graduate of Lecanto High School, communities, not only financing water and erty taxes. He was successful in accom- Sergeant Flanagan was an active member of wastewater projects, but also developing plishing numerous construction projects, in- the Junior ROTC, achieving the rank of First projects in other environmental areas such as cluding Humboldt Fire Station No. 2, Commu- Lieutenant his junior year. Within a week fol- water conservation. nity Park Soccer Fields, Babe Ruth Field, lowing the terrorist attacks of September 11, Mr. Rodriguez has been instrumental in fa- North Park Road and the Municipal Office 2001, Sergeant Flanagan enlisted in the U.S. cilitating a higher level of coordination be- Complex and Commons Building. Army. Serving with the 101st Airborne Divi- tween the U.S. and Mexico on environmental An environmental activist, Mr. Benyo also sion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade issues of mutual concern. He is a true friend served on the Council of Governments. Combat Team, Sergeant Flanagan was part of to the United States and a true advocate of Well known for his compassion and respon- the air assault infantry that invaded Iraq in the U.S.-Mexico border region. siveness to his constituents, he was a driving 2003. Mr. Speaker, San Antonio is proud to have force in securing a resolution to water prob- Following his first tour of duty, Sergeant dedicated service from Raul Rodriguez. lems in the Beaver Brook area of the town- Flanagan re-enlisted this past September for a f ship. second tour in Iraq. He was killed January He was also instrumental in bringing about 20th, along with three other U.S. soldiers CONGRATULATING DR. ERIKA the connector road between Route 93 and when an improvised explosive device blew up MARTINA NELSON Route 309 in the area of 28th Street in the his Humvee. Only the driver of the Humvee township. survived the blast. HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS Mr. Benyo never failed to make himself Sergeant Flanagan was a soldier who firmly OF TEXAS available, especially during winter months, believed in the mission in Iraq and in advanc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and, in particular, during the severe winter ing the cause of freedom. As a young boy, storms of 1993, 1996 and the ice storm of Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Sergeant Flanagan knew that he wanted to be 2005. a soldier in the U.S. Armed Forces. A soldier Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. Benyo enjoys spending time with his who felt we must defend America and fight for congratulate Dr. Erika M. Nelson of Provi- wife, Judy, and their children, Karin and Sgt. freedom, Sergeant Flanagan received glowing dence Village, Texas for receiving the pres- Andrew J. Benyo 3d, who is serving with the recommendations from his superior officers tigious Fulbright award to study abroad in Aus- U. S. Army Rangers, and his wife, Christine. and fellow soldiers. One of the principle rea- tria during the 2005–2006 academic year. Dr. He also intends to make time for salmon and sons that he re-enlisted was to act as a men- Nelson was honored with this award for her deep sea fishing and his other hobbies that in- tor to the newly enlisted soldiers and to help talents in teaching Language and Literature at clude boating, woodworking and cooking. train the Iraqi army recruits. the University of North Texas. Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- Speaking of his future as a soldier and a The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the lating Mr. Benyo for 18 years of devoted serv- patriot, Sergeant Flanagan once wrote a poem Department of State Bureau of Educational ice and commitment to his community. that included the words, ‘‘And now, my son, I and Cultural Affairs. The program was estab- Because of individuals like Mr. Benyo, the pray to thee. Never ever forget me; that I died lished in 1946 with the purpose of building quality of life in communities like West Hazle- a soldier’s death, to keep you free with my last mutual understanding between the people of ton is enhanced. And, for that, we can all be breath.’’ The speaker then passes a torch and the United States and the rest of the world by grateful. says, ‘‘Keep it high for liberty.’’ These pro- allowing recipients to study, lecture or conduct f phetic words show that Sergeant Flanagan research in an international exchange pro- knew the risks associated with serving as a gram. TRIBUTE TO EDWARD ‘‘TONY’’ soldier and that he was willing to accept that Erika was selected on the basis of profes- LYONS OF CITRUS COUNTY, FL risk fighting for America and for liberty and sional and academic achievement, as well as freedom. demonstrated leadership potential in her field. HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE Mr. Speaker, as a mother and a grand- I extend my sincere congratulations to Dr. OF FLORIDA mother, I know the pain that comes when a Erika Martina Nelson on receiving this award IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES child leaves home for the first time. What Ser- and commend her dedication and desire to Tuesday, January 31, 2006 geant Flanagan’s family must cope with today, help her school, community and country. however, is the knowledge that their child will f Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. not return home. I can offer this pledge, how- Speaker, I rise today to recognize Edward ever; that this Congress will never forget the CONGRATULATING ANDREW J. ‘‘Tony’’ Lyons of Citrus County, Florida. Tony sacrifice Sergeant Flanagan made serving his BENYO JR. UPON HIS RETIRE- was recently named the 2005 Florida Army country. MENT AS SUPERVISOR IN HAZLE National Guard Soldier of the Year. f TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA Born in Nicaragua, Tony moved to Floral TRIBUTE TO RAUL RODRIGUEZ City, Florida at the age of two. He currently HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI lives with his aunt, who is also his adopted OF PENNSYLVANIA mother, serves in the Florida Army National HON. HENRY CUELLAR Guard and works construction in Citrus Hills to OF TEXAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES help support his family. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, January 31, 2006 As an outstanding student athlete at Citrus Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today High School, Tony led the cross country team, Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to to ask you and my esteemed colleagues in the finishing sixth at the state meet and earning honor the achievements of Raul Rodriguez House of Representatives to pay tribute to An- multiple awards for his athletic prowess.

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The partisan 1998 impeachment was based the Soldier of the Year award by finishing first IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES among the Army Guard soldiers who com- on personal misbehavior by the President and Tuesday, January 31, 2006 pleted a rigorous testing regimen conducted at was, in my judgment, a misuse of the im- Camp Blanding in North Florida. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to peachment provisions in the Constitution. Use congratulate Mr. Eric R. Jones of Denton, of impeachment for any reason that does not Mr. Speaker, Tony’s recognition shows that Texas for receiving the prestigious Fulbright meet the standard set in the Constitution must hard work and dedication in pursuit of a goal award to study abroad in Bolivia during the be avoided by the Congress. can indeed bring success. I congratulate him 2005–2006 academic year. Mr. Jones was Serious questions have been raised about on being named the 2005 Florida Army Na- honored with this award for his studies in President Bush’s actions in approving tional Guard Soldier of the Year, and wish him Ethnomusicology at the University of North warrantless wiretaps by the NSA, as well as good luck in the upcoming first Army Southern Texas. questions about both the Vice President’s and Region National Guard Soldier of the Year The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the the President’s information that was provided competition. Department of State Bureau of Educational to the Congress as the basis for the decision and Cultural Affairs. The program was estab- to initiate war in Iraq. These important ques- f lished in 1946 with the purpose of building tions need to be answered, and Congress mutual understanding between the people of should then consider the answers in a careful, TRIBUTE TO TUX AND BOOTS the United States and the rest of the world by deliberate and thoughtful manner. It is impor- BALL allowing recipients to study, lecture or conduct tant that this process be done in a dis- research in an international exchange pro- passionate way that avoids partisanship. This gram. thorough analysis should, in my judgment, be HON. HENRY CUELLAR Eric was selected on the basis of academic undertaken before anything such as these resolutions are considered. OF TEXAS achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in his field. f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. TRIBUTE TO FALLBROOK PEOPLE Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Eric Jones on receiving this award and com- TO PEOPLE SERVICES mend his dedication and desire to help his Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to school, community and country. HON. DARRELL E. ISSA honor the sesquicentennial of Atascosa Coun- f OF CALIFORNIA ty, which is a county in the 28th district of ON REMOVAL OF NAME AS CO- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Texas and was founded in 1856. This year SPONSOR OF HOUSE RESOLU- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 marks the 150th anniversary of Atascosa’s be- TIONS 635, 636, AND 637 ginnings and we will kick off a year long cele- Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor bration at the annual Tux and Boots Ball on Fallbrook People to People Services on the Saturday, January 28th in Pleasanton, TX. HON. ZOE LOFGREN occasion of 24 years of outstanding services OF CALIFORNIA to the North County San Diego community. Mr. Speaker, Atascosa County is south of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES On January 29, 2006, Fallbrook People to San Antonio on the Rio Grande Plain region of People Services celebrated 24 years of pro- south central Texas. The first census taken in Tuesday, January 31, 2006 viding nonprofit, volunteer run, free employ- Atascosa County was in 1860 and counted Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Mr. ment and counseling resources to under 1,578 people. Today, Atascosa County’s pop- Speaker, during the December recess I was served members of North San Diego County. ulation is at more than 43,000 residents. surprised to read in a newspaper article that I The volunteers have served the community by The earliest schools in Atascosa County was listed as a cosponsor of House Resolu- matching citizens with needs with individuals were organized around the time of the Civil tions 635, 636 and 637 since I had not co- whom can assist. As a result, over 11,300 War. By 1914, there were thirty-seven schools sponsored any of these measures. I discov- jobs have been identified and filled. in the county. By the 1940s the school districts ered that due to administrative errors, my Mr. Speaker, with the dedication of had begun to consolidate. The total number of name was mistakenly added to these bills by Fallbrook People to People Service volunteers, many elderly or incapacitated clients are persons over the age of twenty-five who had the Judiciary Committee staff. I never was a able to find affordable home health care, completed four years of high school rose from cosponsor of any of them but the only way to housekeeping, and home maintenance assist- 1,300 in 1950 to 2,083 in 1960. In addition, correct the committee’s error under the rules ance that they would otherwise be unable to the number of residents with some college of the House is to ask unanimous consent to locate. Many local businesses also take ad- rose from 395 in 1950 to 473 in 1960. By the have my name removed as a cosponsor even though I never asked to be added to these vantage of this resource to staff sales, service, year 2000, when the census counted 38,628 office and maintenance positions. Young people living in Atascosa County, over 65 per- pieces of legislation. I could not correct these errors until the House reconvened, which is mothers, first time workers, and middle-aged cent of residents age twenty-five and older women are given assistance to support their had four years of high school. Agriculture, why I am taking this action today. I have been involved in two impeachment families and find meaningful employment in government services, and some light manufac- proceedings against American Presidents. The order to become self-sufficient citizens. turing are key elements of the area’s econ- first was in 1974, during the impeachment in- On the occasion of Fallbrook People to Peo- omy. The largest communities in the County quiry related to President Nixon when I served ple Service’s 24th anniversary, I would like to are Jourdanton, the county seat, and on the staff of a member of the House Judici- personally recognize the work of those who Pleasanton the county’s largest town. Other ary Committee, Congressman Don Edwards. have served as volunteers, staff and board communities include Poteet, Lytle, Charlotte, The second was in 1998, as a Member of the members of this exceptional, nonprofit organi- Christine, Leming, McCoy, and Peggy. Some Judiciary Committee during the impeachment zation. of the County’s wonderful attractions include of President Clinton. f the Poteet Strawberry Festival, the Jourdanton Impeachment of a President is provided for TRIBUTE TO CHRIS JONES Days Celebration, and the Cowboy Home- in the Constitution only in cases of bribery, coming and Rodeo in Pleasanton. As we look treason or ‘‘high crimes and misdemeanors.’’ back on the last 150 years with pride, we also The latter phrase had a very specific meaning HON. HENRY CUELLAR OF TEXAS look forward to a promising future for to the drafters of our Constitution and was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Atascosa. meant to include misbehavior by a President Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Atascosa that threatened the very nature of our govern- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 County on their 150th anniversary and all of ment. President Nixon resigned before the Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to their accomplishments. Congress could vote on his impeachment, but honor the accomplishment of Chris Jones, a

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A31JA8.090 E31JAPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REMARKS January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E33 Texas State University senior who was re- Bob’s story is the story of the American spir- earned his Eagle award. He is responsible for cently sworn in as the newest member of the it. A spirit and life defined by a will to succeed starting the fIrst Cub Scout den in Denton and San Marcos, Texas City Council. and a desire to give back. It is also a life of continued to support the Boy Scouts of Amer- Mr. Speaker, Chris Jones is the first student service and generosity, of drive and achieve- ica throughout his lifetime. to be elected to the San Marcos City Council ment. Bob’s persistence, patriotism, and devo- His formal education began at North Texas in 33 years. He won the election because of tion to business and community should serve State Teachers College where he earned a his values, determination and hard work. as an example for us all. Bachelor of Science in 1935. Later, Dr. Saun- Chris Jones was raised in the small West I am honored to be a part of the induction ders attended Baylor University College of Texas town of Seminole between Lubbock of this great man into the Colorado Business Dentistry and went on to receive his Doctor of and Midland. He is a graduate of Seminole Hall of Fame. Dental Surgery degree from the University of High School and has completed under- f Michigan College of Dentistry in 1938. graduate studies in Public Administration at After graduation, Dr. Charles Saunders re- Texas State University. CELEBRATING THE LUNAR NEW turned to Denton and established his dental Councilman Jones ran his campaign on the YEAR practice alongside his father. Later, he volun- idea of a better future for San Marcos, one teered and entered the Army Air Force Dental that includes bringing jobs into the city. His HON. HILDA L. SOLIS Corps where he served his country while sta- service to his community is extensive consid- OF CALIFORNIA tioned in England during World War II with the ering his age. He served as Student Body IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 39200 Bomber Group. He returned and mar- Vice President at Texas State and currently ried Ms. Mabel Pearson, and they celebrated Tuesday, January 31, 2006 serves on the Chancellor’s Advisory Board. He their 60th Anniversary in early 2005. is an ambassador to the President of the Uni- Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I join the Dr. Saunders returned to his dental practice versity from the Student Foundation. He also Chinese community in ushering in the Lunar in Denton and then specialized in the practice served as President of Black Student Alliance New Year and celebrating the Year of the of periodontics until his retirement in 1986. and currently chairs the Student Chapter of Dog. A lifetime member of the Denton Kiwanis the Texas State Alumni Association. On top of Since the earliest days of this country, peo- Club, Dr. Saunders served on the board of di- all of this, he has interned for Texas Lt. Gov- ple from all cultures have journeyed to our Na- rectors as well as on the board of directors for ernor Bill Ratliff and State Representative Pat- tion seeking the promise of freedom, oppor- the Children’s Clinic Trust. He received the rick Rose. These achievements represent only tunity, and the American dream. As an integral Hixon Award from Kiwanis International for his a portion of his service, contributions that part of our society, Chinese Americans are outstanding service to the club. Additionally, earned him an honor by the Dunbar Heritage leaders in public service, government, science, he was extremely involved in the First Pres- Association in 2004 for his service to the com- law, education, athletics, and the arts. As busi- byterian Church of Denton. Over his lifetime munity. ness entrepreneurs, Chinese Americans are membership, he served as a deacon and an Mr. Speaker, Chris Jones is a valuable helping to strengthen our economy and our elder. He was also a cofounder, board mem- asset to San Marcos and I am proud to have communities through their hard work and inge- ber and vice president of the Clear Creek Wa- him in the 28th district of Texas. nuity. As patriots, Chinese Americans continue tershed Authority in Denton County. Dr. Saun- f to risk their lives defending liberty. ders also served in leadership positions for the I am pleased to help celebrate the Year of Flow Memorial Hospital for 10 years. TRIBUTE TO ROBERT RAWLINGS the Dog and commend those organizing Dr. Saunders was a wonderful contributor to events in its honor. These events promote many local activities. His leadership and sup- HON. JOHN T. SALAZAR greater understanding of the Chinese culture port created many opportunities for the mem- OF COLORADO and society and honor not only the historical bers of his community. Today, I would like to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES contributions of Chinese traditions, but also recognize and celebrate the life of Dr. Charles encourage greater awareness of the modern Tuesday, January 31, 2006 H. Saunders. He was intelligent, giving and a contributions of Chinese Americans. true American. Charles leaves behind his love- Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to As a member of the Congressional Asian ly wife, Mrs. Mabel Pearson Saunders; his two recognize Robert Rawlings on his induction Pacific Islander American Caucus, I am proud children Charles P. Saunders and Gail P. into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame. to pay tribute to the 120,000 individuals of Saunders; three grandchildren, Rachel Pryor, Bob Rawlings was born in Pueblo in 1924 Asian descent I represent in California’s 32nd Kierstin Rusk and Nicholas Burgess; eight and bravely defended his country during the Congressional District. Residents of greatgrandchildren; and two nieces, Carolyn Second World War, serving in the U.S. Navy Rosemead, Monterey Park, Covina, West Co- Thayer and Lois Hudman. from 1942 to 1946. With a degree from Colo- vina, and other cities throughout my district f rado College, Bob then began a career as a know first hand the economic and cultural con- reporter for the Pueblo Chieftain in 1947. His tributions of the Asian and Pacific Islander INTRODUCTION OF THE FUEL SE- enthusiasm and passion for journalism pro- communities. CURITY AND CONSUMER CHOICE pelled him to the position of Editor and then to Gung Hay Fat Choy. Xin Nien Kuai Le. ACT President of Star-Journal Publishing Corpora- f tion in 1984. HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY IN MEMORY OF DR. CHARLES His achievements in the field of Journalism OF MASSACHUSETTS HANSON SAUNDERS prompted the University of Colorado to induct IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bob as a ‘‘Living Legend’’ in 1997. The Colo- rado Press Association named him ‘‘Colorado HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Newspaper Person of the Year’’ in 1989 and OF TEXAS Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, we have an op- the Pueblo Chamber of Commerce gave him IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES portunity to change fundamentally the relation- the title of ‘‘Outstanding Citizen of the Year’’ in ship of the United States to energy in a way 1993. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 that helps the consumer, reduces pollution, re- While Bob is today being honored as a re- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to duces greenhouse gases, and reduces the markable businessman, his name is equally remember Dr. Charles Hanson Saunders, a need to use military force to protect oil fields synonymous with service. Always devoted to wonderful man and a friend to the community in countries thousands of miles from our his hometown of Pueblo, over the years he of Denton, Texas. Dr. Saunders passed away shores. Nearly 70 percent of all the oil we use has contributed generously of himself to the peacefully on Monday, December 26th, 2005 is consumed by the transportation sector, so Colorado State University at Pueblo, and was at his home at the age of 90. we must look for alternatives to imported oil honored in 2004 as ‘‘Volunteer of the Year’’ by Dr. Saunders was born on March 17, 1915 for fueling our cars and trucks. Today, ad- the Council for the Advancement and Support to Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Frances Saun- vances in the production of ethanol—the refin- of Education. ders. Born and raised in Denton, he spent his ing of starch, sugar and cellulose into auto Even with all of this public activity, Bob is life serving our country and committing his life fuel—have reached the point where we have still a family man first and foremost. He and to continuing education and working vigor- an opportunity to make a huge difference in his wife Sandy have 4 children and 5 grand- ously. He became involved in the Boy Scouts opening up the market for alternatives to gas- children. of America at an early age and eventually oline. Now is the time to be bold.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A31JA8.095 E31JAPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REMARKS E34 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 31, 2006 The powerful promise of ethanol to dramati- will ensure that as we move forward as a Na- IN RECOGNITION OF MR. CHARLES cally reduce foreign oil imports has just been tion towards using these new fuels, we do not S. WARREN ON THE OCCASION demonstrated by Brazil. As a result of its eth- inadvertently move backwards in overall fuel OF HIS RETIREMENT AS CHAIR- anol production and technological develop- economy standards for our Nation’s fleet of MAN OF MANHATTAN COMMU- ment, Brazil has cut its dependence on foreign cars, trucks and SUVs. NITY BOARD 8 oil from about 80 percent in the 1970’s to Mandating that U.S. cars be capable of run- nearly zero today—despite being the 10th ning on ethanol will spur the development of HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY largest energy consumer in the world. Ethanol these new cellulosic ethanols and improve OF NEW YORK now accounts for 20 percent of Brazil’s trans- technology for producing ethanol from corn. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES portation fuel—we should be able to do that We are a technological giant and we must de- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 here. velop fuels for the future for our transportation The ethanol that the U.S. currently pro- Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to ac- sector if we ever want to replace our depend- knowledge the achievements of Mr. Charles S. duces—3.4 billion gallons in 2004, or the ence on oil, reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent of 250,000 barrels of oil a day—is Warren on the occasion of his retirement as and provide relief to American consumers chairman of New York, City’s Community made from corn. Producing ethanol from corn from high gas and energy prices. has been tremendously successful in the Mid- Board 8. A tireless and dedicated community west and now we must look to replicate that activist and civic volunteer, Charles Warren is f success all across the country, even in places a consummate New Yorker who has distinguished himself throughout a remarkable ca- where corn doesn’t grow. There is great po- TRIBUTE TO CLEAN OCEAN tential in ethanol refined from sources of cel- reer in the public and private sectors. ACTION A highly regarded attorney in private prac- lulose, which are abundant and widely avail- tice, Charles S. Warren has also distinguished able in every corner of America. Experts tell himself through his public and community us that biomass as diverse as switchgrass, HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. service. After earning a bachelor of arts de- sawgrass, tree bark, or wastes such as saw- OF NEW JERSEY gree from the University of Florida, an L.L.B. dust, paper pulp or sugar cane waste could from Columbia University Law School, and an now be turned into ethanol. Cellulosic ethanol IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES advanced L.L.M. degree from the New York holds incredible potential—by many estimates, Tuesday, January 31, 2006 University School of Law, Mr. Warren the ability to replace 1–2 million barrels of oil launched a remarkable career in public serv- a day or nearly the amount of oil that we con- Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ice. He became the chief legislative assistant sume from the Middle East. recognize the work of the volunteers for Clean to the senior United States Senator from New But cellulosic ethanol can be derived not Ocean Action, an organization that has made York, the late Jacob K. Javits, serving as the just from new crops grown in the farm belt, but tremendous efforts to clean up the Jersey top advisor to that eminent statesman. In this also the waste streams of every city and vil- Shore over the past 22 years. capacity, Charles Warren was the principal lage in urban and suburban America. Right Clean Ocean Action, COA, was established drafter of the 1973 War Powers Resolution now this surplus cellulose is being trucked to and developed extensive expertise on issues a landfill at great cost. But this so-called in 1984 by individuals with a deep-rooted concern for the environment and a strong desire ranging from housing and urban development ‘‘waste stream’’ is actually the potential back- to environmental protection and conservation. bone of an alternative auto fuel. Turning cel- to help clean up our oceans and beaches. Today we can say with certainty that the wa- Because of Mr. Warren’s outstanding rep- lulosic waste into ethanol would also have the utation, President Jimmy Carter reached virtue of helping to relieve the immense pres- ters of the New York/New Jersey Bight have benefited greatly from the efforts of COA, its across party lines to tap him to serve as direc- sure in urban areas on landfills while also pro- tor of the Office of Legislation of the United ducing a protein rich animal food. volunteers, and the many citizens who have participated in COA activities. States Environmental Protection Agency. He We need to make ethanol a national pro- was subsequently promoted to the position of gram here as Brazil has done. Right now eth- In the late 1980s, medical waste and other EPA administrator for Region II with jurisdic- anol is a boutique fuel for the Midwest that is trash washing up on the Jersey Shore closed tion over New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, not widely used in the urban areas or our our beaches for an entire summer. Off our and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As Region II ad- coasts because the costs of transporting it coast, eight separate ocean dumpsites col- ministrator, Charles S. Warren supervised im- there make it uneconomic. We need to give lected all kinds of foul waste. COA and its vol- plementation and enforcement of critical envi- every region of our country an ability to unteers helped lead the charge, in conjunction ronmental laws and oversaw the awarding of produce and use ethanol. We need to give with Federal and State efforts, to keep trash grants and contracts valued at more than every sector of industry a stake in developing off our beaches and close the dumpsites, and $500 million for various environmental protec- ethanol from the byproducts produced at we can see the results every day. tion and related programs to states, commu- plants in urban areas. More than 30,000 Clean Ocean Action vol- nities, and other recipients. Right now, there are nearly five million vehi- unteers gather for biannual beach cleanups Mr. Warren then went on to distinguish him- cles already on the road in the U.S. that are that have removed millions of pieces of trash self in the not-for-profit and private sectors. He capable of running on E85, a fuel mix that is and debris that typically wash up on our served as the senior vice president for the 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. shores. COA compiles statistics on the trash Public Broadcasting Service’s flagship public Recently, automakers such as Ford and GM collected during their sweeps, providing a very television station, WNET/Channel 13. He went have announced plans to ramp up production valuable tool to determine the leading source on to be named a partner at the Manhattan of flexfuel vehicles, planning to produce a of debris pollution on our beaches and in our law firm of Berle, Kass & Case. Since 1994, combined 650,000 such vehicles in 2006. coastal waters. he has been a Partner at the highly regarded Making vehicles that are capable of running firm of Bryan Cave LLP, where he currently Having spent much of my career in elected on 85 percent ethanol is also not significantly serves as the deputy director of the Environ- office working on policies to protect our more expensive than making cars that run on mental Client Group. Mr. Warren’s practice in- oceans and our coastline, I am keenly aware gas only. Right now, vehicles that have flex- cludes regulatory, administrative, environ- of the contributions that this organization have fuel models retail for the same prices as their mental review, permitting, and enforcement made to the Jersey Shore. The efforts of gas-only counterparts. matters, and his clients have included banks, groups like the COA, and their unpaid volun- Today, I am introducing the ‘‘Fuel Security railroads, industrial and commercial corpora- teers often pass with little notice, but we all and Consumer Choice Act’’—legislation man- tions and local and regional authorities. dating that within 10 years all cars, trucks and benefit from their work and we should support It is for his volunteer service as a member SUV’s sold in the United States be flex-fuel their efforts. and chairman of Community Board 8 for which vehicles, capable of running on gasoline, eth- Mr. Speaker, Clean Ocean Action is holding Mr. Warren is being honored by his fellow anol or a combination of both. This legislation a brunch to thank its volunteers for their hard Board members and community residents on would also gradually phase out the so-called work. I urge my colleagues to join me in also the evening of January 30, 2006. Community ‘‘dual fuels loophole’’ over a 4 year period— thanking these volunteers as well as the hard- Board 8, which encompasses Manhattan’s expiring roughly around the year 2010, when working staff that has done so much to clean Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island, serves the credit is currently set to expire under the up the Jersey Shore and protect the New as the representative town meeting of the his- Energy Bill passed last year. This phase out York/New Jersey Bight. toric and nationally prominent neighborhoods

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President Bush outlined a a dedicated and energetic representative for ship with policy makers at the Federal, State new plan to spend $7.1 billion to stockpile his fellow citizens. His leadership abilities were and local level, and they have worked tire- medications like Tamiflu and Relenza to recognized when he was elected chairman of lessly to ensure that area businesses grow combat an outbreak. The country expects to Manhattan’s Community Board 8 in January of and succeed. have four million doses on hand by Jan. 1, 2003. He has just concluded 3 years as chair- Mr. Speaker, in closing, we call upon our but the World Health Organization rec- man. Community Board 8 residents are fortu- colleagues to join us in congratulating the ommends stockpiling doses for at least 25% of the population—73 million Americans. nate that Charles S. Warren will continue to Prince William County Regional Chamber of Whatever our country’s plans, problems serve their interests as a member of Commu- Commerce on 50 years of success and wish- abound. Roche has made it clear that it is al- nity Board, where he currently serves as the ing the Chamber success in the years to ready back-ordered more than a year on co-chairman of its Transportation Committee. come. Tamiflu, and researchers are concerned that Throughout a career of professional and vol- f there won’t be enough antiviral medicine untary activity, Charles S. Warren has fought available to blunt the global onslaught of a for and secured immeasurable improvements ARTICLE ON FOOD SAFETY possible pandemic. A pandemic triggered by to the quality of life of his fellow New York a mutated H5N1 virus, moreover, may not be County residents. HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN affected by antiviral drugs or any of the vac- Mr. Speaker, in recognition of his tremen- cines currently in development. Bush belat- OF MARYLAND edly supported efforts to develop cell-based dous contributions to civic and public life, I re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vaccines that can be produced much faster quest that my colleagues join me in paying than today’s vaccines, but discoveries don’t tribute to Mr. Charles S. Warren, a great New Tuesday, January 31, 2006 come on timetables. Yorker and a great American. Charles War- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I would like The BioShield Act of 2004 was passed to ad- ren’s dedication to public and community to call your attention to the following article on dress just the kind of threat we face with avian flu. It sets out to accomplish three serves as an inspiration to us all. food safety, which I submit for the RECORD, goals: speed the Food and Drug Administra- f written by my constituent, Richard Gilmore. tion’s approval of drugs and vaccines to RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVER- Mr. Gilmore is the President and CEO of the counter a bioterror attack; create incentives SARY OF THE PRINCE WILLIAM GIC Group. Mr. Gilmore’s article addresses for companies to develop new products REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COM- the issue of food safety. While I may not through government-guaranteed purchases of pharmaceuticals and biologics; and secure MERCE agree with all of Mr. Gilmore’s proposals, I recommend this article to every citizen inter- long-term stockpiles of such products in case ested in the integrity of the food supply chain of an outbreak. Despite the fanfare of the HON. TOM DAVIS and the safety of the food we consume every program, progress has been slow, primarily because of underfunding and uncertainties OF VIRGINIA day. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES regarding liability insurance and intellec- [From Barron’s Online, Nov. 7, 2005] tual property protection. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 GET READY FOR HEALTH WARS When it comes to our defense system Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I (By Rick Gilmore) against bioterrorism, the whole nation is rise today along with Representative FRANK still held hostage. Each leg of the stool—pre- It’s not easy to fight a war when the weap- paredness, surveillance and protection—is WOLF and Representative JO ANN DAVIS of ons could be candy bars or milk, and if the wobbly at the moment. Virginia to recognize the achievements and battlegrounds are in Halloween candy bas- We’re planning for an attack within our contributions of the Prince William Regional kets or dairy farms. And if we ever do master borders and have placed minimal attention Chamber of Commerce as they plan to com- these theaters of warfare, we’ll have to pre- on what occurs outside them, despite the memorate their 50th anniversary. pare for other modes of transmission for internationalization of our food system. The Prince William Regional Chamber’s pathogens, such as fruit and vegetable juices, Food ingredients are imported from around mission is to sustain the strong business cli- canned foods, pastas and other grain-based the world and exported to consumers and mate and high quality of life that has made foods, chicken and fish. corporate affiliates worldwide. Kansas and As bad as the chances of a pandemic dis- Prince William one of the best places to live the Punjab are part of the same food chain. ease may be, the possibilities for a deliberate Staple food items now travel a minimum in the Nation. It is an organization comprised attack on our food chain are endless. And of 1,400 miles from farm to table. And yet, we of more than 1,000 businesses and commu- worse: They are likely because the weapons have a system in place under the FDA and nity groups that work together to strengthen are immediately accessible, require minimal the U.S. Department of Agriculture that fo- the community and promote the region’s busi- training, are cheap to produce and offer high cuses on U.S. registrations, port notifica- ness development. kill ratios of innocent citizenry. tions and reporting for American-based food Prince William’s business community has Even before 9/11, our government had been companies. Although we seek information on grown and diversified tremendously over the thinking about these ugly scenarios. Mul- foreign food companies selling and distrib- Chamber’s 50 years of existence. In order to tiple scientific studies model and quantify uting to U.S. companies, the data do not go the human impact of the deliberate release effectively represent the range of member in- back to the point of origin. Even here at of a toxin at a dairy farm or a pathogen in home we exclude farms, including aqua- dustries, the chamber is comprised of various a major city. A theoretical study on milk culture, from any reporting requirements, business councils to ensure all industry per- said a terrorist needs to add only 10 grams of though on-farm crops are the most likely spectives are represented as policies and pro- botulism toxin to a truck-full of milk to get targets to serve as carriers for the best- grams are developed and implemented. 400,000 casualties. An aerosol-generated at- known pathogens—stem rust for cereals, The Regional Chamber is integral to pro- tack of anthrax sprayed with the prevailing Southern corn-leaf blight, rice blast, potato moting businesses’ profitability and effective- wind could affect as much as 35% of the near- blight and citrus canker. The European ness, but also serves as an important re- by population within three days, with a case Union takes a more thorough approach to fatality rate as high as 70%. source for startup and existing businesses. traceability, including every link in the food Governments and the private sector most chain from farm to table. They provide valuable information for area certainly are attempting to build their own By adhering to a territorial defense strat- businesses and hold informative seminars on territorial defenses, sometimes more effec- egy, we are leaving ourselves and our trading everything from developing successful busi- tively than in others. The Australian method partners vulnerable when it comes to ex- ness plans to creating effective marketing of dealing with candy bars allegedly con- ports. Right now, a contaminated food item strategies. In addition, the Chamber is active taminated with a pesticide was to recall all from the U.S. could be exported to another in enhancing the community’s quality of life by the affected Mars and Snickers bars, crush country without our knowledge and without providing scholarships for area high school them, and dispose of them with a deep bur- warning to the foreign buyer. European ex- ial. The U.K. government detected a carcino- students, promoting the efforts of area not-for- port certification is compulsory unless spe- genic food coloring in a Worcestershire sauce cifically exempted by the importing country. profit organizations and community help orga- ingredient, and it notified consumers and Another vulnerability: The pathogen itself. nizations, and each year honoring area re- withdrew the product from the shelves. Un- Studying likely pathogens that might be gional public safety professionals who have fortunately, it did not promptly notify other used in an attack is somewhat like finding a preformed beyond the call of duty. states in the European Union, violating Eu- needle in a haystack. USDA is now funding

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In the mid-1990s, Mr. Ashley gained the original virus strain. land in the new state of Uttaranchal Pradesh responsibility over national security matters in We have learned the hard way that one ter- have had their farms taken away and they the San Diego division of the FBI, and was rorist cell can inflict more human and eco- have been expelled. Sikhs are not permitted to then appointed Associate Special Agent in nomic damage than we can protect at a buy property in Rajasthan or in Himachal Charge of the San Francisco Division. In Feb- given time. Congress and the Bush adminis- Pradesh. Yet anyone can buy land in Punjab, ruary 1999, Grant Ashley moved to Las tration are addressing the issue, but haven’t the predominantly Sikh state. Vegas, Nevada, to serve as designated Spe- created a safer food environment. The sys- As you know, Mr. Speaker, over 250,000 tem in place is a labyrinth of bureaucratic cial Agent in Charge. Three years later he was Sikhs have been murdered in India. In addi- appointed Assistant Director of the Criminal In- federal regulations that reflect yesterday’s tion, over 300,000 Christians in Nagaland, assumptions, not future possibilities. Fed- vestigative Division. eral funding for state activities has fallen more than 90,000 Muslims in Kashmir, tens of In 2004, FBI Director Robert Mueller ap- short of their target, and state enforcement thousands of Muslims and Christians else- pointed Grant Ashley to serve as Executive capabilities are not uniformly satisfactory. where in the country, and tens of thousands of Assistant Director for Law Enforcement Serv- For industry, duplication of regulatory-agen- Assamese, Bodos, Dalit ‘‘untouchables,’’ ices, where he had oversight over the FBI’s cy requirements is costly and confounding, Manipuris, Tamils, and other minorities have broad efforts to support State and local law particularly for small and medium-size com- been killed. Recently, the Bodos have threat- enforcement. When Director Mueller appointed panies. Despite two years’ worth of warnings ened to end their truce with the Indian govern- of an avian-flu pandemic, drug companies Mr. Ashley he said, ‘‘Support for our partners ment. in law enforcement is a priority for the FBI and still lack liability protection to launch and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a is absolutely vital to our success in fighting distribute new vaccines. good first step by apologizing for the Delhi Closing the loopholes is not a matter of terrorism and crime. Grant’s background and massacre of Sikhs in November 1984, but he fine tuning because the holes are too wide to experience as an investigator and manager has made no move to compensate the fami- close. At home, we need to look to new make him ideally suited to oversee these ef- lies of the victims nor to apologize for any of genomic research that will determine how to forts. He will bring to bear the same drive and develop crops that are resistant to a full the Indian government’s other atrocities and innovation that he brought to criminal inves- range of pathogens. Internationally, there is compensate those victims. an urgent need for greater coordination of Over 52,000 Sikhs are being held as polit- tigations to our efforts to improve the FBI’s law research and information. No system can be ical prisoners, along with tens of thousands of enforcement services.’’ And indeed he did. Mr. Ashley served admi- failsafe when it comes to bioterrorism, but other minorities. The first step India must take we can reshape the one we have today to be rably as he worked to coordinate the efforts of is to release all political prisoners. And it must more effective. the FBI, such as the laboratory division, forty- adopt stricter anti-corruption laws to ensure seven legal attache´ offices, the Investigative f that corruption will be held to a minimum and Technologies Division, and the Criminal Jus- NEW REPORT SHOWS INDIA when it does occur, it will be punished. As Dr. tice Information Services Division, with the ENGULFED BY CORRUPTION Rahi reminds us, the impunity of corrupt offi- dedicated efforts of our State and local law cials and the impunity of the officials who enforcement. He understood the challenges commit these atrocities go hand in hand. Until HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS facing our Nation’s law enforcement officials, basic human rights, including the right to buy OF NEW YORK especially now in the 21st century as we fight property, live free of the threat of violence, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES terrorism at home and abroad. His dedication and be safe from government corruption, are to improving law enforcement coordination Tuesday, January 31, 2006 allowed to be enjoyed by all Indians, we must across-the-board will continue to serve as a cut off our aid and trade. And we must put Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in- model for our Nation. Congress on record in support of a free and form my colleagues about a new report written I am pleased to have had the opportunity to fair plebiscite on the subject of independence by Indian writer M.S. Rahi, PhD, entitled ‘‘Cor- work with Grant Ashley and to have had the in Punjab, Khalistan, in Nagaland, in Kashmir ruption and Its Effect on Social Life.’’ As you great honor to call him, friend. Today, I also (as promised to the United Nations in 1948), know, we have recently been having some call him a patriot. As he retires from close to and wherever people are seeking their free- problems with corruption here in Washington three decades of service with the FBI, I would dom. The essence of democracy is the right to as well, so the paper particularly caught my like to thank Grant Ashley for his outstanding self-determination and the people of these eye at this time. service to law enforcement and to his Nation. troubled regions will only escape the corrup- In it, Dr. Rahi exposes the massive corrup- Grant Ashley’s commitment and dedication to tion and brutality when they are allowed to live tion that has engulfed Indian government at all fighting crime and law enforcement has made in freedom. levels. Lately it has even begun to run through our country safer, and for that we should all the judiciary, which had been the single semi- f thank him and congratulate him on an excep- autonomous branch of government there and RECOGNIZING GRANT D. ASHLEY tional career with the FBI. the single one that had shown even minimal f concern for human rights. This is tragic for the people of India, as Dr. Rahi shows. He notes HON. JIM GIBBONS TRIBUTE TO THE CORNER HEALTH that India has been plagued with one corrup- OF NEVADA CARE CENTER ON ITS 25TH ANNI- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion scandal after another, highlighting the VERSARY Mundra, Bofors, Security Scam, Kargil Coffin Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Scam, Tehelka, and Recruitment Scam scan- Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, today, I would HON. JOHN D. DINGELL dals by name. He notes that many of the law- like to recognize the efforts of one outstanding OF MICHIGAN yers practicing in Indian courts are the family law enforcement official who dedicated much IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES members of the judges before whom they are of his life to fighting crime. After serving al- practicing. He notes how Indian politics have most three decades in law enforcement, Grant Tuesday, January 31, 2006 been rigged to ensure dynastic succession, as D. Ashley will retire from the FBI today, Janu- Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the sons and daughters of Members of Par- ary 31, 2006. Grant Ashley began his service honor The Corner Health Center on its 25th liament and of the Legislative Assemblies suc- with the FBI in 1976 in his hometown of Los anniversary. Located in Ypsilanti, MI, The Cor- ceed them. Angeles, California. After being appointed as a ner Health Center offers medical care, health He does not discuss one of the major Indian Special Agent and following a period of train- education, as well as support services for low corruption scandals of recent times, the selling ing at Quantico, Virginia, Mr. Ashley inves- income youth between the ages of 12 to 21. of government jobs in Punjab by the Badal tigated White Collar and Violent Crimes in the This vital assistance provides the necessary government (labeled ‘‘fee for service’’), nor Los Angeles Division and served on the Los support to help these young people make does he discuss the massive human-rights Angeles Division SWAT team. healthy choices now and in the future. violations in India, except to make the very Grant Ashley would later serve as a super- As Michigan’s first teen health center, The good and valid point that this kind of endemic visor of Drug Investigation in the Criminal In- Corner Health Center educates at-risk teens

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Corner Health Center serve our communities Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today honor James D. Scanlon for a distinguished in invaluable ways. They provide key services to honor Clair Orr, a fellow Coloradan who has professional career that has spanned more supporting both the health of individuals as served with distinction on the State Board of well as the health of their communities in than 39 years. As Jim prepares for his retire- Education. Since 1994, Clair has endeavored which they live. I am proud to have The Cor- ment as president of BAE Systems Platform to provide students around the state with ner Health Center in Michigan’s 15th Congres- Solutions, I would like to recognize and thank greater opportunity in life by obtaining high sional District and I would like to congratulate him for his tremendous leadership of one of quality educations in our state’s public The Center on its 25th anniversary. our region’s biggest and most stable employ- schools. On this eight-member Board, Clair ers, as well as his leadership in the Greater served as its Chairman and represented the f Binghamton business community. 35,000-square-mile Fourth Congressional Dis- After serving in the U.S. Army as a nuclear trict. IN RECOGNITION OF THE RETIRE- Over the course of his tenure, Clair was in- MENT OF BOSTON POLICE DE- weapons officer, Jim began his career in the private sector with General Electric’s Engi- strumental in advancing initiatives because of PARTMENT DETECTIVE JOHN F. his heart for service, dedication to helping stu- neering Career Development Program, devel- GILLESPIE dents, and his ability to make tough stands for oping design and management systems for policies he knew would make a real dif- military aircraft. In 1992, he was named Gen- ference. HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH eral Manager of GE’s Control Systems busi- It has been said that Clair measures his OF MASSACHUSETTS ness, retaining that position when the busi- success by upholding the Colorado Revised ness was acquired by Martin Marietta and Statutes, the U.S. Constitution, and the legal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES then merged with Lockheed. In 1995, as presi- authority given to the Board. For these rea- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 dent of Lockheed Martin Control Systems, Jim sons, it is no wonder that Mr. Orr received the led the acquisition of GE Aircraft Engines’ en- Distinguished Service Award by the National Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to gine control manufacturing operation. When Association of States Board Educators honor the dedication of Detective John F. Gil- Lockheed Martin Control Systems was com- (NASBE) after being nominated by his col- lespie of the Boston Police Department. Upon bined with BAE Systems in 2000, Jim was leagues in his second term. his recent retirement, I wish to praise John for named president of BAE Systems Controls. Shortly after beginning his service on the his thirty-five years of devoted service to the During the course of his career, he has over- Board, Clair Orr successfully challenged Colo- city of Boston. seen the development and production of mis- rado Governor Roy Romer, standing up to his John joined the Boston Police Department sion-critical control systems used on all U.S. proposed constitutional amendment to change on October 7, 1970 and was first assigned to military aircraft and most of the global military the Colorado Children’s Trust Fund Board. District Two in Roxbury. After more than two aircraft, as well as every regional and large Later, in 2000, he was appointed to this Trust years of exemplary service, he was assigned commercial aircraft worldwide. by Governor Bill Owens. Because of his leadership on the Board, to the Tactical Patrol Force (TPF), which pa- In addition to his broad engineering and trolled the various neighborhoods of Boston. however, Governor Romer appointed Clair to management experience, Jim has been an in- the Principle and Administrators Standards John’s next assignment was to District Elev- valuable resource for our community, ensuring Board as well as the Colorado Achievement en in Dorchester, where he received several that BAE Systems and the previous owners of Task Force. letters of commendation during his tenure. the Johnson City, New York, plant were in- In the wake of the devastating Columbine One in particular was awarded to John for his volved and committed partners in the redevel- shooting that shook our nation, Clair Orr orga- courageous apprehension of a man wielding a opment of the Greater Binghamton region’s nized an emergency Board meeting and led shotgun. economy. He has matched his professional the bipartisan group to take unanimous action. In 1985, he moved to the position of Infor- commitment to our communities with a per- Among his other notable contributions over mation Officer, which worked directly with the sonal one, serving on the directorial boards of his 11 year term were the design and imple- Boston Police Commissioners Office. After several local organizations, including the mentation of the Colorado Student Assess- three years of service John was promoted to United Way and the SUNY Binghamton ment Program, which is now the longest- Detective and assigned to the Intelligence School of Management. He has justly received standing standards-based assessment in the country. While serving on the Board, Clair Unit, which is designated to dignitary protec- the many honors bestowed upon him by com- oversaw the creation of an accreditation sys- tion. In this position he coordinated with Fed- munity organizations. eral and State agencies in order to protect tem where the state accredits local school dis- various heads of state as well as United In addition to these numerous professional tricts using an 11 point system, which in-turn States presidents. credentials, it must be noted that I, like so accredit local schools. many others in Broome County, regard Jim as Clair Orr helped implement the School Ac- John Gillespie is a remarkable gentleman a friend. He inspires great loyalty in his em- countability Reports program, which was con- with a long and illustrious career with the Bos- ployees and affection from the countless oth- sidered the largest administrative task under- ton Police Department. John’s personal integ- taken by the Colorado Department of Edu- rity, hard work and determination illustrate the ers with who he has worked over the years, in the defense industry, in the government, and cation. Additionally, he played a critical role in best characteristics of those who work to pro- reviewing Colorado’s plan to implement Presi- tect and serve us all. in his home community of Vestal. He will be sorely missed by those of us who have had dent Bush’s No Child Left Behind. Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor to join the pleasure of working with him. In addition, Clair served on the Colorado with John’s family, friends, and fellow officers Civics Task and helped secure a multi-million on the Boston Police Department to thank him Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to congratulate dollar grant for its projects. He was also se- for his service. Additionally, I think we all Jim Scanlon and his family on his retirement. lected by other Board members to serve for would like to congratulate him on his much de- I offer my very best wishes to him and his wife four years on the Nominations Committee for served retirement. I urge my colleagues to join Dolores as they begin this new chapter in their the NASBE. me in celebrating John Gillespie’s distin- lives, along with my deep appreciation for his Throughout Colorado, Clair Orr is revered guished career and thank him for a job well innovation, dedication and hard work for the by the education community and he has re- done. past 39 years. ceived high remarks from those who he has

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Without his f On behalf of my constituents, I thank him sense of history and where we had come, we would have—and now will—lacked a critical for his efforts to better the education of SAGO, ALMA NO. 1 MINE every child. On behalf of myself and my fam- viewpoint in our deliberations. Clair Orr will ily, I thank him for being a stellar example be sorely missed and I wish him all the best TRAGEDIES of a true public servant.’’—Rico Munn, 1st in his next endeavors.’’—Karen Middleton, Congressional District, Colorado State Board State Board of Education, 7th Congressional of Education. District. HON. NICK J. RAHALL II ‘‘Clair Orr is a kind and gentle man, one of ‘‘Clair Orr has volunteered for the state of OF WEST VIRGINIA great integrity and conviction. I will remem- Colorado and its schoolchildren for eleven IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ber him most for these things: his insistence years on the State Board of Education. He on abiding by the words of the Constitution, has served as Chairman, and was also re- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 his deep-felt admiration for the soldiers who cently acknowledged by the National Asso- Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, 2006 has not gave their lives for our country, his joy in ciation of State Boards of Education for his reciting the Gettysburg Address, his stories many years of distinguished service. The ex- been kind to West Virginia’s coal mining com- about raising his three daughters, and his ample that Mr. Orr has set raises the bar for munities. First, we lost 12 miners in Sago. wonderful sense of humor. What I appre- all of us and serves to encourage others to Then, just 17 days later, a fire broke out at the ciated most about working with him was give back to this great Democratic Republic. Alma No. 1 mine in Melville, trapping two men, that even when he had a strong opinion When I was first elected to the board, Mr. untraceable beneath the Earth’s surface. I was about something, he was willing to listen to Orr helped get me caught up on the many with the families of Ellery ‘‘Elvis’’ Hatfield and others’ points of view, give them serious con- issues we faced and always had time to help sideration, and compromise.’’—Evie Hudak, Don Bragg while we waited for news of the me out with questions. The state of Colorado two men. We clung tightly to the hope that 2nd Congressional District, Colorado State owes Mr. Orr a debt of gratitude for his time Board of Education. and efforts.’’—Jared Polis, Member-At- those men, dust-covered and weary, would ‘‘During Clair’s tenure on the Colorado Large, Colorado State Board of Education. emerge from the Alma mine to the hugs of State Board of Education he never wavered For Clair, though, it is not about appoint- grateful families. In the end, our worst fears in his oath of office to uphold the Constitu- were realized, and West Virginia lost two more tion of the United States, he also referred to ments, awards or public recognition, it was the Constitution quite frequently, keeping about keeping students front and center. For brave souls. us on track. Always the Gentleman, he dem- this reason, he often traveled the hundreds of These tragic events must be investigated by onstrated quality leadership with strong miles needed in order to speak at town hall the appropriate officials. Meanwhile, with the convictions. His devotion and dedication to meetings, meet with parents, hear from school Governor advancing new laws at the State the academic achievement for all of Colo- level, I and the entire West Virginia Congres- rado’s Children was without a doubt exem- boards, and visit with educators around North- sional delegation led by Senator BYRD, have plary. The Citizens of Colorado are truly in- ern and Southeastern Colorado. Mr. Orr uti- debted to Clair for his service on our Colo- lized the media to get his message out. He already begun to respond by crafting legisla- rado State Board of Education. I personally had regularly scheduled radio appearances tive proposals at the federal level to make our want to thank Clair for his mentorship, lead- and frequently wrote editorials for the many mines safer places to work. The nation owes ership and most of all friendship!’’—Pamela small town papers throughout the district. it to our coal miners to advance and enforce Jo Suckla, Chairman 3rd Congressional Dis- Clair Orr is also a dedicated family man and new and improved safety measures, and I am trict Colorado State Board of Education. wholly dedicated to that endeavor. ‘‘Clair Orr is a unique education leader. His a successful business man. He has been mar- special attention to rural schools has opened ried over 30 years to his wife Deb and has I and the rest of the West Virginia Delega- doors of academic opportunity for hundreds three grown daughters. Clair is a native Colo- tion, recently met with White House and other of thousands of Colorado youngsters. Clair’s rado resident and a fourth generation farmer. federal officials regarding our concern for mine commonsense approach to pressing issues Mr. Orr is founder and is Chief Executive Offi- safety laws and future improvements. I have and sweeping changes in public education cer of Agtown Technologies, which specializes also called on Congress to convene hearings has made him a true statesman among edu- on the Sago and Melville mine tragedies. cation leaders. Clair’s example of hard work, in water accounting programs and web devel- boundless dedication and compassion will opment for agro-businesses. One of his top Too often in recent years, miners have ex- long be the template for how the State Board clients is the renowned Western Stock Show. pressed fears that the agency’s safety mission of Education operates in the future.’’—Bob He also is a real estate broker who specializes has been diluted by concerns about costs and Schaffer, State Board of Education and in water rights sales as well as farms and that the agency is, in fact, rolling back safety Former U.S. Congressman, 4th Congressional ranches. and health gains made since its creation. District. In 2004, Clair was nominated by the North- West Virginia miners toil every day to keep ‘‘CLAIR stands for: Concern for all chil- our Nation strong and so we are compelled to dren, not just a few; Leadership by moving ern Colorado Business Report as an Emerging boldly forward; A passion for service in his Entrepreneur. In 2003, he was named Busi- do all that we can to ensure their safety and unwavering commitment to make Colorado nessman of the Year by the National Repub- well-being. No stone should be left unturned in schools move towards excellence; Integrity lican Committee. In 2002, he was appointed to the efforts to learn the causes of these trage- drove every decision he made during his the Presidential Business Commission. dies. The Sago and Melville communities— eleven years on the board; Righteousness ex- As a former member of the Board of Edu- and miners across the nation—deserve a full, udes from his very presence. There was never cation in Morgan County, Colorado, I have fair and expeditious look into these critically any question of Clair’s motives.’’—Peg important issues. Littleton, State Board of Education, 5th seen Clair Orr work firsthand, and I have wit- Congressional District nessed his drive to improve the quality of God bless the families who lost their loved ‘‘I am honored to have served my first year teaching in Colorado’s classrooms. Mr. Speak- ones in these tragedies, and God bless all on the Colorado State Board of Education er, I ask that this legislative body recognize who toil in our mines every day.

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HIGHLIGHTS Senate confirmed the nominations of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., to be an Asso- ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Ben S. Bernanke, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Senate and House of Representatives met in Joint Session to receive the President’s State of the Union Message. Senate 31, 2006; which was ordered to lie on the table. Chamber Action (PM–35) Pages S366–79 Routine Proceedings, pages S333–S385 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- Measures Introduced: Four bills and four resolu- lowing nominations: tions were introduced, as follows: S. 2227–2230, and By 58 yeas 42 nays (Vote No. EX. 2), Samuel A. S. Res. 359–362. Page S370 Alito, Jr., of New Jersey, to be an Associate Justice Measures Passed: of the Supreme Court of the United States. National School Counseling Week: Senate agreed Pages S334–48, S385 to S. Res. 360, designating the Week of February 6 Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be a Member though February 10, 2006, as ‘‘National School of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, Counseling Week’’. Page S375 2006. Honoring Professional Surveyors: Senate agreed Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be Chairman to S. Res. 361, honoring professional surveyors and of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve recognizing their contributions to society. System for a term of four years. Pages S348–56, S385 Pages S375–76 Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- Honoring Coretta Scott King: Senate agreed to S. lowing nominations: Res. 362, honoring the life of Coretta Scott King Edward P. Lazear, of California, to be a Member and expressing the condolences of the Senate on her of the Council of Economic Advisers. passing. Pages S376–81 W. Ralph Basham, of Virginia, to be Commis- Tax Reconciliation—Agreement: A unanimous- sioner of Customs, Department of Homeland Secu- consent agreement was reached providing that at rity. 9:15 a.m., Senate begin consideration of H.R. 4297, Paul DeCamp, of Virginia, to be Administrator of to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor. 201(b) of the concurrent resolution on the budget Jeffrey L. Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, to be Direc- for fiscal year 2006; and that the 60 minutes of tor of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. morning business, following the remarks of the Ma- Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine jority Leader, be counted against the underlying stat- Corps. Pages S382–85 utory time limitation. Page S381 Messages From the House: Page S370 Messages From the President: Senate received the Additional Cosponsors: Pages S370–71 following message from the President of the United States: Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Transmitting the report on the State of the Union Pages S371–74 delivered to a Joint Session of Congress on January Additional Statements: Pages S363–66 D33

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Authorities for Committees to Meet: Pennsylvania; Robert G. Lee, WDBJ Television, Pages S374–75 Inc., Roanoke, Virginia; Joseph W. Waz, Jr., Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. Comcast Corporation, Washington, D.C.; Daniel M. (Total—2) Page S348 Fawcett, DIRECTV, Inc., El Segundo, California; and Doron Gorshein, The America Channel, Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and Heathrow, Florida. adjourned at 10:10 p.m., until 9:15 a.m., on Wednesday, February 1, 2006. (For Senate’s pro- NOMINATIONS gram, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in to- Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded day’s Record on page S382.) a hearing to examine the nominations of Kristie A. Kenney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Re- Committee Meetings public of the Philippines, and Michael W. Michalak, of Michigan, for the rank of Ambassador during his (Committees not listed did not meet) tenure of service as United States Senior Official to PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, after Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, the nominees testified and answered questions in Health and Human Services, Education, and Related their own behalf. Agencies concluded a hearing to examine pandemic HURRICANE KATRINA influenza preparedness at Federal, State and local levels, after receiving testimony from John Agwunobi, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Assistant Secretary for Health, and Julie L. fairs: Committee continued hearings to examine Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control Hurricane Katrina response issues, focusing on the and Prevention, both of the Department of Health challenges during a catastrophe, including the evacu- and Human Services; Mary Mincer Hansen, Iowa ation of New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Department of Public Health, Des Moines; Calvin B. Katrina, receiving testimony from Johnny B. Johnson, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Har- Bradberry, Louisiana Department of Transportation risburg; Bruce W. Dixon, Allegheny County Depart- and Development, Joseph A. Donchess, Louisiana ment of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Jo- Nursing Home Association, and Jimmy Guidry, anne Godley, Philadelphia Department of Social Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, all of Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Richard Baton Rouge; Terry J. Ebbert, City of New Orleans Webby, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety, and Memphis, Tennessee; George B. Abercrombie, Hoff- Kevin U. Stephens, City of New Orleans Health De- mann-La Roche, Inc., Branchburg, New Jersey; Dan- partment, both of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Wal- iel Soland, Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, Cali- ter S. Maestri, Jefferson Parish Department of Emer- fornia; Christopher Viehbacher, GlaxoSmithKline, gency Management, Louisiana. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and John Committee will meet again on Wednesday, Feb- M. Barry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, ruary 1. New Orleans, Louisiana. NOMINATIONS VIDEO CONTENT Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Committee concluded a hearing to examine video nominations of Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., of South Caro- content, focusing on video competition, program ac- lina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, and Rich- cess, and local sports programming, after receiving ard Stickler, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Sec- testimony from Ben Pyne, Disney and ESPN Net- retary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, after the works Affiliate Sales, New York, New York; Matt nominees testified and answered questions in their Polka, American Cable Association, Pittsburgh, own behalf.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:06 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D31JA6.REC D31JAPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with DIGEST January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D35 House of Representatives on the part of the Senate to notify the President that Chamber Action a quorum of each House has assembled, and Con- Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 26 pub- gress is ready to receive any communication that he lic bills, H.R. 4654–4679; and 17 resolutions, H. may be pleased to make. Subsequently, the Speaker Con. Res. 331; and H. Res. 646–652, 665–663 were appointed acting Majority Leader Blunt and Minor- introduced. Pages H23–25 ity Leader Pelosi to the Committee. Page H4 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H25–26 Notifying the Senate That a Quorum of the Reports Filed: Reports were filed as follows today: House Is Present: The House agreed to H. Res. Bringing Communities into the 21st Century: A 650, to authorize the Clerk of the House to inform Report on Improving the Community Development the Senate that a quorum of the House is present Block Grant Program (H. Rept. 109–365); and that the House is ready to proceed with busi- H. Res. 653, relating to consideration of the bill ness. Page H4 (S. 1932) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to Meeting Hour: The House agreed to H. Res. 651, section 202(a) of the concurrent resolution on the establishing the hour of daily meeting of the House. budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95) (H. Pages H4–5 Rept. 109–366); H. Res. 654, to waive a requirement of clause 6(a) State of the Union Message: The House agreed to of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain S. Con. Res. 77, providing for a joint session of Con- resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules gress to receive a message from the President on the (H. Rept. 109–367); state of the Union on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at H.R. 3897, authorizing the Secretary of the Inte- 9 p.m. Page H5 rior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation to Morning Hour Debate: During the second session enter into a cooperative agreement with the Madera of the 109th Congress, agreed that on the legislative Irrigation District for purposes of supporting the days of Monday and Tuesday before May 15, 2006, Madera Water Supply and Groundwater Enhance- the House shall convene 90 minutes earlier than oth- ment Project, with an amendment (H. Rept. erwise established for the purpose of morning-hour 109–368); and debate. Agreed that on the legislative day of Tuesday H. Res. 648, eliminating floor privileges and ac- after May 15, 2006, the House shall convene for cess to Member exercise facilities for registered lob- morning-hour debate one hour earlier than the time byists who are former Members or officers of the otherwise established. Page H5 House (H. Rept. 109–369, Pt. 1). Page H23 Extension of Remarks: Agreed by unanimous con- Resignation From Congress: Read a letter from sent to authority for Members to extend their re- Representative Robert Menendez wherein he notified marks and include extraneous material in the Con- the Speaker of his resignation as Congressman for gressional Record. Page H5 the 13th Congressional District of the State of New Jersey, effective close of business on Monday, January Calendar Wednesday: Agreed by unanimous con- 16, 2006. Page H3 sent to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, February 1, 2006. Page H5 Whole Number of the House: The Chair announces to the House that, in light of the resigna- Moment of Silence: The Chair led the House in a tion of the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Menen- moment of silence to respect the memory of Coretta dez, the whole number of the House is adjusted to Scott King. Page H5 433. Page H3 Honoring the life and accomplishments of Mrs. Recess: The House recessed at 12:05 p.m. and re- Coretta Scott King and her contributions as a convened at 3:30 p.m. Pages H3–4 leader in the struggle for civil rights, and expressing condolences to the King family on her Call of the House: The Speaker called the House to passing—Order of Business: The House agreed order and ascertained the presence of a quorum (389 that it should be in order to immediately consider present, Roll No. 1). Page H4 H. Res. 655, honoring the life and accomplishments Committee to Notify the President That a of Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her contributions as Quorum of Each House Has Assembled: The a leader in the struggle for civil rights, and express- House agreed to H. Res. 649, authorizing the Speak- ing condolences to the King family on her passing; er to appoint a committee to join with a committee that the resolution be considered as read; that the

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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ‘‘Dewey F. Bartlett Post to continue hearings to examine Hurricane Katrina re- Office’’; H.R. 4346, To designate the facility of the sponse issues, focusing on managing the crisis and evacu- United States Postal Service located at 122 South Bill ating New Orleans, 10 a.m., SD–342. Street in Francesville, Indiana, as the ‘‘Malcolm Melville Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings ‘Mac’ Lawrence Post Office’’; H.R. 4456, To designate to examine off-reservation gaming issues, focusing on the the facility of the United States Postal Service located at process for considering gaming applications, 9:30 a.m., 2404 Race Street in Jonesboro, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Hattie SD–106. Caraway Station’’; H.R. 4509, To designate the facility of Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the United States Postal Service located at 1271 North consolidation in the energy industry, 9:30 a.m., SD–226. King Street in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, as the ‘‘Hiram Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Prop- L. Fong Post Office Building’’; H. Res. 629, Supporting erty Rights, to hold hearings to examine the death pen- the goals and ideals of a day of Hearts, Congenital Heart alty in the United States, 2 p.m., SD–226. Defect Day in order to increase awareness about congenital heart defects; and S. 1989, To designate the facil- House ity of the United States Postal Service located at 57 Rolfe Committee on Armed Services, hearing on countering a nu- Square in Cranston, Rhode Island, as the ‘‘Holly A. clear Iran, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. Charette Post Office’’; followed by a hearing entitled Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces and the ‘‘Restoring the Public Trust: ‘A Review of the ’Federal Subcommittee on Readiness, joint hearing on Operation Pension Forfeiture Act,’’’ 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom Ground Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Tax, Fi- Forces Vehicle and Personnel Protection and Rotary nance and Exports and the Subcommittee on Rural Enter- Wing Safety of Flight Update, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn. prises, Agriculture, and Technology, joint hearing enti- Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled tled ‘‘Transforming the Tax Code: An Examination of the ‘‘Phone Records For Sale: Why Aren’t Phone Records Safe President’s Tax Reform Panel Recommendations,’’ 3 From Pretexting?’’ 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn. p.m., 2360 Rayburn. Committee on Government Reform, to consider the fol- Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 1631, lowing measures: H.R. 4054, To designate the facility of Rail Infrastructure Development and Expansion Act for the United States Postal Service located at 6110 East 51st the 21st Century, 2:45 p.m., 1100 Longworth.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:15 a.m., Wednesday, February 1 10 a.m., Wednesday, February 1

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Wednesday: Senate will begin consider- Program for Wednesday: Consideration of H. Res. ation of H.R. 4297, Tax Reconciliation, with a period of 648—to eliminate floor privileges and access to Member morning business not to extend beyond 60 minutes, exercise facilities for registered lobbyists who are former which will be counted against the statutory time limita- Members or officers of the House; and (2) H. Res. 653— tion. agreeing to the Senate Amendment for S. 1932—Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Hoyer, Steny H., Md., E24 Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E34 Issa, Darrell E., Calif., E32 Pascrell, Bill, Jr., N.J., E22 Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E23 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E24 Pastor, Ed, Ariz., E21 Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E28, E29, E31, E31 Jones, Stephanie Tubbs, Ohio, E24 Pelosi, Nancy, Calif., E25 Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E27, E29, E30, E31, E32, E33 Kanjorski, Paul E., Pa., E27, E29, E30, E31 Radanovich, George, Calif., E18 Calvert, Ken, Calif., E12, E15 Kelly, Sue W., N.Y., E19 Capps, Lois, Calif., E10, E13, E17 Kildee, Dale E., Mich., E19 Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E38 Cardin, Benjamin L., Md., E23 Knollenberg, Joe, Mich., E22 Reynolds, Thomas M., N.Y., E19 Cooper, Jim, Tenn., E21 Kolbe, Jim, Ariz., E25 Ruppersberger, C.A. Dutch, Md., E9, E13, E16 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E27, E28, E30, E31, E32, E32 Lantos, Tom, Calif., E26 Salazar, John T., Colo., E33 Davis, Jim, Fla., E10, E13, E17 Lipinski, Daniel, Ill., E21 Shuster, Bill, Pa., E12, E15 Davis, Tom, Va., E35 Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E20, E32 Solis, Hilda L., Calif., E33 DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E12, E15, E20 Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E37 Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E25 Dingell, John D., Mich., E36 McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E23 Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E36 Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E18 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E34 Udall, Mark, Colo., E9, E11, E12, E14, E16, E17 Gibbons, Jim, Nev., E36 Markey, Edward J., Mass., E33 Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E19, E25 Meek, Kendrick B., Fla., E23 Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E35 Granger, Kay, Tex., E22 Moore, Dennis, Kans., E28, E29 Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E11, E14, E18, E20 Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E11, E14, E18 Musgrave, Marilyn N., Colo., E10, E13, E18, E37 Walsh, James T., N.Y., E22 Hinchey, Maurice D., N.Y., E37 Myrick, Sue Wilkins, N.C., E26 Weldon, Curt, Pa., E28, E29

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