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IN HONOR OF ST. JOHN WEST been awarded the Milwaukee Ethnic Council’s INTRODUCTION OF THE ENTER- SHORE HOSPITAL Vision for Milwaukee Award. Each year, this PRISE INTEGRATION ACT OF 2000 award is presented to an individual or organi- HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH zation for outstanding service to the commu- HON. JAMES A. BARCIA OF OHIO nity, and this year’s recipient is certainly de- OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES serving of this prestigious honor. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Archbishop began his Religious Life as Thursday, July 20, 2000 Thursday, July 20, 2000 a Benedictine monk at Solesmes Abbey in Mr. BARCIA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in- Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to France, and was ordained to the Priesthood in troduce the Enterprise Integration Act of 2000, honor the opening of the new Cardiac & Crit- 1951 at Subiaco, Italy. His lifelong love of a bill that is designed to help U.S. small man- ical Care Pavilion and the Rainbow RapidCare music led him to pursue musical studies in Eu- ufacturers in nine key industries stay competi- Program at St. John West Shore Hospital in rope, as well as at the prestigious Julliard Westlake, Ohio. tive in the electronic enterprise age. The legis- School of Music in New York, and Columbia lation instructs the Director of National Institute The Cardiac & Critical Care Pavilion is a $9 University, where he just recently received a million, two-story addition to the hospital’s of Standards and Technology (NIST), through Ph.D. ‘‘with distinction’’ in Musicology from Co- various NIST labs, the Malcolm Baldrige Qual- south side that will house all of the hospital’s lumbia University. cardiac and critical care services. The Pavilion ity Program, and the Manufacturing Extension First a music teacher at St. Vincent College, Program, to work with the auto, aerospace, comprises not only 40,000 square feet of new he went on to become Chancellor and Chair- furniture, ship-building, textile, apparel, elec- space, but also 15,000 square feet of ren- man of the Board of Directors. In 1967, he tronics, home building and major construction ovated existing space and 37 new beds. Pro- was elected Abbot Primate of the International industries on the establishment of an industry- viding a facility that will enhance convenience Benedictine Confederation, and was appointed led effort at enterprise integration. If an indus- and accessibility for both patients and family Chancellor of the International Benedictine try has not begun an effort, NIST would be members, the cardiac services will continue to College of Sant’Anselmo, Rome, Italy. On asked to help convene companies and trade meet the growing needs of Western Cuyahoga September 20th, 1977, Rembert Weakland associations in the industry to develop a strat- and Eastern Lorain Counties’ residents. Under was appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee by egy for developing and implementing a unified the medical direction of Drs. Dale Levy, MD; Pope Paul VI, and is the spiritual leader of vision for supply chain integration. If efforts Muhammed Zarha, MD; Naim Farhat, MD and nearly 700,000 Catholics in 10 Wisconsin are already underway, NIST is to support the Timothy Taylor, DO, the Cardiac & Critical counties. ongoing efforts, helping in the development of Care Pavilion will offer high quality service to Although ‘‘Strengthening bridges to har- the expertise necessary for the enterprise inte- patients in need of care. mony, respect and understanding’’ is actually gration to take place. NIST is asked to look at The Rainbow RapidCare Program is also a the Milwaukee Ethnic Council’s mission state- the suite of standards now in place and to facility that is growing to meet the needs of ment, it also very aptly describes Archbishop help fill the holes in areas such as compat- local families, and is committed to providing Weakland’s life’s work. For nearly 23 years, ibility of older standards with emerging Internet the best care possible for children and par- the Archbishop has served the people of this standards. The bill authorizes appropriations ents. Rainbow RapidCare is an urgent care area with great integrity and humanity. He is of $10 million for FY 2001 and $15 million for center for children and adolescents with minor one of our community’s most respected lead- FY 2002, and such sums as are necessary in injuries and ailments, staffed by a team of ers, by Catholics and non-Catholics alike. subsequent years. physicians and nurses trained in Pediatrics Archbishop Weakland has worked hard to As impressive as the growth of Internet and Emergency Medicine. Combining the re- strengthen dialogue between area Catholics companies has been, its impact pales in sig- sources of St. John West Shore Hospital and nificance to the impact that the Internet is hav- and members of other denominations. He has Rainbow Babies’ and Children’s Hospital, the ing on how businesses work together. A key fostered an atmosphere of understanding and program has been organized under the med- example is use of the Internet for enterprise cooperation amongst the faith community in ical direction of Drs. John Bennet, MD and integration in the manufacturing sector that our area. Emory Patrick, MD and under the nursing permits a manufacturer and its suppliers to Always a strong advocate for social justice, leadership of Katie Dixon, RN. function as one virtual company. Companies I commend all those involved in the estab- the Archbishop has expanded the will be able to exchange information of all lishment of these valuable medical facilities, archdiocese’s involvement in anti-poverty types with their suppliers at the speed of light. and wish them every success for the future. issues, providing assistance to inner city fami- Design cycle times and inter-company costs of Fellow Congressmen, please join with me in lies in our area. One of his remaining goals in manufacturing complex products will shrink. honoring the opening of these new and wel- his final years before retirement is to get the Information on design flaws will be instantly come additions to the St. John West Shore Roman Catholic Church more involved in solv- transmitted from repair shops to manufactur- Hospital. ing social problems in the central city. At a re- ers and their supply chains. cent Jubilee-year gathering, Archbishop f Enterprise integration is occurring now be- Weakland joined with other area Christian cause of today’s computers and communica- CONGRATULATIONS TO ARCH- leaders in support of improved international tions capabilities and because the Internet BISHOP REMBERT WEAKLAND ON debt relief for poor nations and increased as- provides a practical medium for exchanging RECEIVING THE VISION FOR MIL- sistance to the poor and disenfranchised in large amounts of manufacturing information in WAUKEE AWARD our own community. real-time. These technological advances coin- It is, therefore, quite fitting that the Mil- cided with the establishment in 1994 of an HON. GERALD D. KLECZKA waukee Ethnic Council bestow the Vision for international data exchange standard that be- OF WISCONSIN Milwaukee Award upon Archbishop Weakland, gins the process of permitting companies to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for he serves his Lord, his Church, and the share designs and engineering and manufac- people of Milwaukee with great vision and turing data even if they are written in different Thursday, July 20, 2000 heart. Please join me in congratulating him on computer languages. However, this will be Mr. KLECZKA. Mr. Speaker, today I honor receiving this award, so richly deserved. May possible in individual industries only after the the Reverend Rembert Weakland, Archbishop God’s blessings continue to enrich his life and development of thousands of pages of instruc- of Milwaukee’s Catholic Archdiocese, who has his ministry. tions on how to translate every nuance of

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