February 1, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S265 S. 2060. A bill to provide for the pay- Whereas his father, Joseph C. White, a leg- (A) recognizes that Kevin White forever en- ment of a benefit to members eligible islator of the Commonwealth of Massachu- riched the political landscape and for participation in the Post-Deploy- setts; his maternal grandfather, Henry E. forged a new path for the City of Boston; ment/Mobilization Respite Absence Hagan; and his father-in-law, William (B) pays tribute to the work by Kevin White to improve the lives of the residents of program for days of nonparticipation Galvin; each served as presidents of the Bos- ton City Council; the City of Boston; and due to Government error; to the Com- Whereas Kevin White earned a bachelor’s (C) requests the Secretary of the Senate to mittee on Armed Services. degree from in 1952, a law prepare an official copy of this resolution for Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise degree from Boston College in 1955, and also presentation to the family of Kevin White; today to introduce the Fair Military studied at the Harvard Graduate School of and Leave Act. This legislation fixes a Public Administration, now the John F. Ken- (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it problem that is preventing some of our nedy School of Government; stand adjourned as a mark of respect to the brave servicemembers from using bene- Whereas in 1956, Kevin White married memory of former Boston Mayor Kevin fits that they earned after serving mul- Kathryn Galvin; Hagan White. tiple or extended deployments over- Whereas in 1960, at the age of 31, Kevin f seas. White was elected Secretary of the Common- wealth of and was reelected 3 SENATE RESOLUTION 366—HON- In 2007, the military established the ORING THE LIFE OF DISSIDENT Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite times, serving until 1967; Whereas in January 1968, Kevin White be- AND DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST Absence Program, or PDMRA, to assist came the 51st Mayor of the City of Boston, WILMAN VILLAR MENDOZA AND men and women who are ordered to de- Massachusetts; CONDEMNING THE CASTRO RE- ploy beyond the established standards Whereas within months after taking office GIME FOR THE DEATH OF for troop rotation by providing extra as , Kevin White was instru- WILMAN VILLAR MENDOZA paid leave when they return home. Un- mental in helping guide the City of Boston fortunately, a mistake during demobi- after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. lization prevented some soldiers from King, Jr.; RUBIO, Mr. NELSON of Florida, and Mr. receiving the paid leave they earned. Whereas on April 5, 1968, Mayor White CASEY) submitted the following resolu- The Army’s records indicate that this asked that the concert at the tion; which was considered and agreed problem affects 577 soldiers across the be televised rather than be to: cancelled, as many suggested; country, including 80 in Wisconsin. Whereas during the concert, Mayor White S. RES. 366 These soldiers have since gotten addressed the citizens to plead for calm and Whereas, on Thursday, January 19, 2012, 31- their military records corrected to re- said, ‘‘Twenty four hours ago Dr. King died year-old Cuban dissident Wilman Villar Men- flect the days of PDMRA leave they for all of us, black and white, that we may doza died, following a 56-day hunger strike to were supposed to receive. However, the live together in harmony without violence, highlight his arbitrary arrest and the repres- only way for these soldiers to use this and in peace. I’m here to ask for your help sion of basic human and civil rights in Cuba benefit is to take extra paid leave on a and to ask you to stay with me as your by the Castro regime; future deployment. For those soldiers mayor, and to make Dr. King’s dream a re- Whereas, on November 2, 2011, Wilman ality in Boston. No matter what any other Villar Mendoza was detained by security who will not deploy again or who have forces of the Government of Cuba for partici- left the military entirely, this remedy community might do, we in Boston will honor Dr. King in peace.’’; pating in a peaceful demonstration in Cuba does not work. calling for greater political freedom and re- Mistakes happen, but they need to be Whereas during his time as Mayor of Bos- ton, Kevin White undertook a program of spect for human rights; fixed. The Fair Military Leave Act urban revitalization of the downtown areas Whereas Wilman Villar Mendoza was sen- gives troops the option of cashing out of Boston that forever transformed Faneuil tenced to 4 years in prison after a hearing the leave they were incorrectly denied Hall and Quincy Market; that lasted less than 1 hour and during which when they came home. This solution is Whereas during his time as Mayor, Kevin Wilman Villar Mendoza was neither rep- modeled after legislation Congress White brought the residents of each neigh- resented by counsel nor given the oppor- borhood of Boston, from Mattapan to tunity to speak in his defense; passed in the National Defense Author- Whereas, on November 25, 2011, Wilman ization Act for fiscal year 2010. As with Charlestown, from South Boston to Brigh- ton, from East Boston to , to- Villar Mendoza was placed in solitary con- that bill, the Fair Military Leave Act finement after initiating a hunger strike to reimburses soldiers at a rate of $200 per gether through programs like Summerthing, Little City Halls, and jobs for at-risk youth; protest his unjust trial and imprisonment; day of PDMRA that they were incor- Whereas in 1974, Judge W. Arthur Garrity Whereas Wilman Villar Mendoza was a ´ ´ rectly denied. Jr. of the District Court for member of the Union Patriotica de Cuba, a I am pleased to have the senior Sen- the District of Massachusetts ordered Boston dissident group the Cuban regime considers illegitimate because members express views ator from Oregon join me as an origi- to begin busing children to integrate its critical of the regime; nal cosponsor of this legislation. My schools; Whereas security forces of the Government Whereas during a difficult period of racial friend from Oregon led the effort to fix of Cuba have harassed Maritza Pelegrino tension for the City of Boston, Mayor White the earlier problem with PDMRA bene- Cabrales, the wife of Villar Mendoza and a urged the people of Boston to remember fits in the 2010 defense authorization. member of the Ladies in White (Damas de their common identity; The men and women of our Armed Blanco), and have threatened to take away Whereas from 1984 to 2002, Kevin White was Forces have done so much for our coun- her children if she continues to work with the director of the Institute for Political the Ladies in White; try, and we should not drag our feet in Communication at Boston University; Whereas Human Rights Watch, which doc- making this right. These troops earned Whereas Mayor White valiantly fought umented the case of Wilman Villar Mendoza, their PDMRA benefit, and they should against Alzheimer’s disease after his diag- be allowed to use it. stated, ‘‘Arbitrary arrests, sham trials, inhu- nosis in 2003 and despite this debilitating mane imprisonment, and harassment of dis- f challenge, he never stopped being an exam- sidents’ families—these are the tactics used ple of strength for the City of Boston and his SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS to silence critics.’’; family; Whereas Amnesty International stated, Whereas Kevin White is survived by his ‘‘The responsibility for Wilman Villar wife, Kathryn; a brother, Terrence, who Mendoza’s death in custody lies squarely SENATE RESOLUTION 365—HON- managed his early campaigns; his sons, Mark ORING THE LIFE OF KEVIN with the Cuban authorities, who summarily and Chris; his daughters, Caitlin, Beth, and judged and jailed him for exercising his right HAGAN WHITE, THE MAYOR OF Patricia; his 7 grandchildren; and his sister, to freedom of expression.’’; BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS FROM Maureen Mercier; Whereas Orlando Zapata Tamayo, another 1968 TO 1984 Whereas the most famous campaign slogan prisoner of conscience jailed after the coined Kevin White, ‘‘A loner in love with Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. ‘‘Black Spring’’ crackdown on opposition the city’’; and groups in March 2003, died in prison on Feb- BROWN of Massachusetts) submitted Whereas the irony of the slogan is that the following resolution; which was ruary 23, 2010, after a 90-day hunger strike; Kevin White was never lonely and that the Whereas, according to the Cuban Commis- considered and agreed to: people of Boston who he loved so much, loved sion on Human Rights, the unrelenting tyr- S. RES. 365 him back: Now, therefore, be it anny of the Castro regime has led to more Whereas Kevin White was born in Boston Resolved, That— than 4,000 political detentions and arrests in on September 25, 1929; (1) the Senate— 2011; and

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Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. term is defined or modified pursuant to the rights every year in Cuba: Now, therefore, be COCHRAN) submitted an amendment intended second sentence of section 2A of the Federal it to be proposed to amendment SA 1470 pro- Reserve Act (as added by this section); Resolved, That the Senate— posed by Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. BROWN of (2) a description of the intermediate vari- (1) condemns the Cuban regime for the Massachusetts, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Ms. COLLINS, ables used by the Board to gauge the pros- death of Wilman Villar Mendoza on January Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. LEVIN, and Mr. pects for achieving the objective of long- 19, 2011, following a hunger strike to protest FRANKEN) to the bill S. 2038, supra. term price stability; and his incarceration for participating in a SA 1504. Mr. COONS submitted an amend- (3) the definition, or any modifications peaceful protest and to highlight the plight ment intended to be proposed by him to the thereto, of the term long-term price sta- of the Cuban people; bill S. 2038, supra; which was ordered to lie bility, as such term is defined or modified (2) condemns the repression of basic human on the table. pursuant to the second sentence of section and civil rights by the Castro regime in Cuba SA 1505. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an 2A of the Federal Reserve Act (as added by that resulted in more than 4,000 detentions amendment intended to be proposed by him this section). and arrests of activists in 2011; to the bill S. 2038, supra; which was ordered (3) honors the life of Wilman Villar Men- to lie on the table. SA 1497. Mr. CORKER submitted an doza and his sacrifice on behalf of the cause SA 1506. Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by of freedom in Cuba; amendment intended to be proposed by her him to the bill S. 2038, to prohibit (4) extends condolences to Maritza to the bill S. 2038, supra; which was ordered Pelegrino Cabrales, the wife of Wilman to lie on the table. Members of Congress and employees of Villar Mendoza, and their children; SA 1507. Mr. REED submitted an amend- Congress from using nonpublic infor- (5) urges the United Nations Human Rights ment intended to be proposed by him to the mation derived from their official posi- Council to suspend Cuba from its position on bill S. 2038, supra; which was ordered to lie tions for personal benefit, and for other the Council; on the table. purposes; which was ordered to lie on (6) urges the General Assembly of the SA 1508. Mr. REED submitted an amend- the table; as follows: ment intended to be proposed by him to the United Nations to vote to suspend the rights At the end, add the following: of membership of Cuba to the Human Rights bill S. 2038, supra; which was ordered to lie Council; on the table. TITLE II—RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE MAR- (7) urges the international community to SA 1509. Mr. VITTER submitted an amend- KET PRIVATIZATION AND STANDARD- condemn the harassment and repression of ment intended to be proposed by him to the IZATION peaceful activists by the Cuban regime; and bill S. 2038, supra; which was ordered to lie SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. (8) calls on the governments of all demo- on the table. This title may be cited as the ‘‘Residential cratic countries to insist on the release of all SA 1510. Mr. ENZI submitted an amend- Mortgage Market Privatization and Stand- political prisoners and the cessation of vio- ment intended to be proposed by him to the ardization Act of 2012’’. bill S. 2038, supra; which was ordered to lie lence, arbitrary arrests, and threats against SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. on the table. peaceful demonstrators in Cuba, including For purposes of this title, the following threats against Maritza Pelegrino Cabrales f definitions shall apply: and members of the Ladies in White (Damas TEXT OF AMENDMENTS (1) COVERED MORTGAGE LOAN.— de Blanco). (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered mort- f SA 1496. Mr. CORKER submitted an gage loan’’ means any residential mortgage amendment intended to be proposed by AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND loan, including any single-family and multi- him to the bill S. 2038, to prohibit family loan, that is originated, serviced, or PROPOSED Members of Congress and employees of subserviced, in whole or in part, owned di- SA 1496. Mr. CORKER submitted an amend- Congress from using nonpublic infor- rectly or indirectly, including through any ment intended to be proposed by him to the mation derived from their official posi- interest in a security that is backed in whole bill S. 2038, to prohibit Members of Congress tions for personal benefit, and for other or in part by a mortgage loan, or securitized and employees of Congress from using non- or resecuritized, by an entity or affiliate or public information derived from their offi- purposes; which was ordered to lie on subsidiary thereof that is regulated by any cial positions for personal benefit, and for the table; as follows: of the agencies listed in subparagraph (B). other purposes; which was ordered to lie on At the appropriate place, insert the fol- (B) AGENCIES.—The agencies listed in this the table. lowing: subparagraph are— SA 1497. Mr. CORKER submitted an amend- SEC. ll. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL RE- (i) the Board of Governors of the Federal ment intended to be proposed by him to the SERVE ACT. Reserve System; bill S. 2038, supra; which was ordered to lie (a) MAINTENANCE OF LONG RUN GROWTH; (ii) the Department of Agriculture; on the table. PRICE STABILITY AND LOW INFLATION.—Sec- (iii) the Department of Housing and Urban SA 1498. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself tion 2A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. Development; and Mr. KIRK) submitted an amendment in- 225a) is amended— (iv) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpora- tended to be proposed to amendment SA 1470 (1) by striking ‘‘maximum employment, tion; proposed by Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. stable prices,’’ and inserting ‘‘long-term (v) the Federal Housing Finance Agency; BROWN of Massachusetts, Mr. LIEBERMAN, price stability, a low rate of inflation,’’; and (vi) the Farm Credit Administration; Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. LEVIN, (2) by at the end the following: ‘‘The Board (vii) the Federal Trade Commission; and Mr. FRANKEN) to the bill S. 2038, supra. shall establish an explicit numerical defini- (viii) the Office of the Comptroller of the SA 1499. Mr. CORKER submitted an amend- tion of the term ‘long-term price stability’ Currency; ment intended to be proposed by him to the and shall maintain monetary policy that ef- (ix) the National Credit Union Administra- bill S. 2038, supra; which was ordered to lie tion; and on the table. fectively promotes such long-term price sta- SA 1500. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mrs. bility.’’. (x) the Securities and Exchange Commis- sion. HUTCHISON) submitted an amendment in- (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amend- tended to be proposed to amendment SA 1470 ments made by subsection (a) shall not be (2) ENTERPRISES.—The term ‘‘enterprises’’ proposed by Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. construed as a limitation on the authority or means, individually and collectively, the BROWN of Massachusetts, Mr. LIEBERMAN, responsibility of the Board of Governors of Federal National Mortgage Association and Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. LEVIN, the Federal Reserve System— the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corpora- and Mr. FRANKEN) to the bill S. 2038, supra. (1) to provide liquidity to markets in the tion. SA 1501. Mr. MCCAIN (for himself and Mr. event of a disruption that threatens the (3) FHFA; DIRECTOR.—The terms ‘‘FHFA’’ COBURN) submitted an amendment intended smooth functioning and stability of the fi- and ‘‘Director’’ mean the Federal Housing to be proposed to amendment SA 1472 pro- nancial sector; or Finance Agency and the Director thereof, re- posed by Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mrs. (2) to serve as a lender of last resort under spectively. MCCASKILL, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. UDALL of Colo- the Federal Reserve Act when the Board de- (4) MORTGAGE DATA.— rado, Mr. RUBIO, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. PORTMAN, termines such action is necessary. (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall define Mr. THUNE, and Mr. JOHANNS) to the amend- (c) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—The Board mortgage data, by regulation, consistent ment SA 1470 proposed by Mr. REID (for him- of Governors of the Federal Reserve System with this paragraph. self, Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts, Mr. LIE- shall, concurrent with each semiannual hear- (B) SINGLE-FAMILY LOANS.—For single-fam- BERMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. ing to Congress, submit a written report to ily covered mortgage loans, the term ‘‘mort- LEVIN, and Mr. FRANKEN) to the bill S. 2038, the Congress containing— gage data’’ means, as of the date of origina- supra; which was ordered to lie on the table. (1) numerical measures to help Congress tion— SA 1502. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. assess the extent to which the Board and the (i) the loan origination date and the loan TESTER) submitted an amendment intended Federal Open Market Committee are achiev- maturity date;

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