October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1487 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

RECOGNIZING THE 170TH ANNIVER- valuable service to the Mashpee Fire Depart- need is truly extraordinary, and the nation as SARY OF B’NAI B’RITH INTER- ment, filling the role of Fire Chief for the past a whole has greatly benefitted from their dedi- NATIONAL two decades. His many friends and colleagues cated efforts. At this time, I ask all Members describe him as a man truly dedicated to his to join me in congratulating the United States HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN service, always putting his fellow firemen and Veterans Initiative upon its 20th anniversary. OF CALIFORNIA the Mashpee community first. Even on his last f day at the Department, Chief Baker chose to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECOGNIZING THE 50TH ANNIVER- Friday, October 11, 2013 wear a blue firefighter’s uniform instead of his usual white chief’s uniform to remember his SARY OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to earlier years of service, and he spent the day STATE COLLEGE recognize the 170th Anniversary of B’nai B’rith responding to emergency calls throughout the International. I am proud to acknowledge the community. His dedication to helping others HON. JEFF MILLER accomplishments of the oldest existing Jewish sets an example for us all to follow, and I OF FLORIDA service agency and celebrate their achieve- know I speak for many when I say that his ac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments. complishments have been invaluable to the Friday, October 11, 2013 On October 13, 1843, twelve German Jew- town of Mashpee. ish immigrants convened to address the chal- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize today to recognize the 50th anniversary of lenges of their growing community. Imme- Chief George Baker upon his retirement from diately, they established a financial support Northwest Florida State College located in the Mashpee Fire Department. I ask that my Niceville, Florida. Throughout the past 50 system for families of the deceased, open a colleagues join me in thanking Chief Baker for Jewish public library, and assisted flood vic- years, its faculty and students have exhibited his many years of service. an assiduous dedication to excellence that has tims in Baltimore. They also began to speak f out against anti-Semitism. These early prior- led to the college’s growth from its beginnings ities of advocacy, education, and community TRIBUTE TO UNITED STATES as a junior college with a makeshift campus to support can still be seen in B’nai B’rith’s work VETERANS INITIATIVE now a state college with seven campuses and around the world today. centers and six bachelor’s degree programs. I B’nai B’rith is one of Israel’s strongest advo- HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF am proud to congratulate them on this great achievement. cates in the United States and Europe. Work- OF CALIFORNIA Access to education is one of the most vital ing with policymakers in the United States, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES components for a successful society, and in European Union, and the United Nations, Friday, October 11, 2013 the spring of 1963, the Florida Legislature, B’nai B’rith has championed Israel’s right to recognizing the opportunity to better serve the defend itself, advanced the rights of Jewish Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to educational needs of the citizens in Northwest refugees in the Middle East, and ensured that honor the United States Veterans Initiative Florida, authorized the establishment of a jun- life insurance companies cannot refuse cov- upon its 20th anniversary. U.S. Vets is the nation’s largest nonprofit ior college to be located in Okaloosa County. erage due to travelling to Israel. B’nai B’rith has also sustained the health provider of comprehensive services such as Originally named the Okaloosa-Walton Junior and well-being of the aged through advocating housing, counseling, and career development College, its doors opened for the first time to for senior services, tirelessly working for af- to homeless and at-risk veterans. Since its 767 students in a temporary location in the fordable access to medical care, and providing founding, U.S. Vets has established 11 facili- City of Valparaiso, Florida on August 24, housing for seniors. In partnership with the ties across the nation dedicated to providing 1964. In honor of the heroism of the Doolittle Department of Housing and Urban Develop- vital services to over 20,000 veterans and Raiders, the students chose ‘‘Raiders’’ as their ment, B’nai B’rith is the largest Jewish spon- their families. college’s official mascot. In 1992, the West Los Angeles Veteran Af- Just a few years and an Act of Congress sor of subsidized housing in the United States. fairs Medical Center discovered that 25% of its later, the permanent home for the college in Residents are accepted regardless of religion, veterans were being discharged into home- Niceville was established. In 2004, the college race, or handicap. name was officially changed to Okaloosa-Wal- Following the Jewish tradition that every life lessness. As a result, ‘‘The Genesis Com- ton College in reflection of the new accredita- is sacred, B’nai B’rith assists victims of natural mittee’’ was formed under the guidance of tion to award bachelor’s degrees, and in 2008, disasters around the world. From the Great Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Harry it was changed to Northwest Florida State Col- Chicago Fire of 1871 to the 2010 earthquake Pregerson, a Marine veteran of World War II, lege, upon the creation of the Florida College in Haiti, B’nai B’rith is on the front lines help- to address the dire need for veteran housing. System. ing those who need it most. ‘‘The Genesis Committee’’ later became the While its name and structure has evolved This esteemed organization is a beacon to first U.S. Vets Board of Directors. throughout its 50-year history, students have all who strive for a safer, healthier, more toler- U.S. Vets opened its inaugural site, the never stopped pouring through its doors. Stu- ant world. I welcome the opportunity to stand Westside Residence Hall in Inglewood, Cali- dents of all ages made the college their alma- with B’nai B’rith International on the 170th an- fornia, in 1993 with five veterans. Since then, mater, whether high school students taking niversary of its establishment. U.S. Vets has risen to national prominence with locations in Houston, Texas; Las Vegas, dual enrollment courses or adults simply inter- f Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; Honolulu, Hawaii; ested in expanding their knowledge in a vari- IN RECOGNITION OF CHIEF and Washington, D.C. In 2000, U.S. Vets ety of areas. Fifty years; seven locations; nu- GEORGE BAKER opened the largest transitional housing facility merous state, regional, and national athletic ti- for homeless veterans in the nation, Villages tles; and more than 350,000 students later, HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING at Cabrillo, a 26-acre project in Long Beach, Northwest Florida State College is recognized OF MASSACHUSETTS California that houses over 550 veterans. for its cultural enrichment and stellar edu- To address the continually evolving needs IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cational opportunities provided to the North- of veterans, U.S. Vets has expanded their ef- west Florida community. Friday, October 11, 2013 forts into specialized programming to provide Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the United States Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to services to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, Congress, it is an honor for me to rise today recognize Chief George Baker upon his retire- female veterans, and the chronically mentally to recognize the 50th anniversary of Northwest ment from the Mashpee Fire Department. ill. Florida State College. My wife Vicki and I join Chief Baker has spent the past thirty years The time, energy and care the United States the citizens of Northwest Florida in congratu- serving the town of Mashpee through his in- Veterans Initiative has given to our veterans in lating the faculty, students, and alumni of the

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Thousands of place-bound stu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEECH OF dents who otherwise would have been unable Thursday, October 10, 2013 to obtain a university education have earned HON. LYNN A. WESTMORELAND Ms. CLARKE. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply degrees on FAU’s Broward campuses, and OF GEORGIA concerned that Republican-Majority has have gone on to pursue successful careers in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES brought a bill (H.J. Res 79) to the floor that fields that include architecture, public adminis- Wednesday, October 9, 2013 would provide funds solely for specific offices tration, business, communication, engineering, Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, I rise within the Department of Homeland Security. computer science, criminology and criminal today to support H.J. Res. 91. DHS deemed 86 percent of its employees es- justice, social work, urban and regional plan- This past Sunday four of our brave soldiers sential during this forced Republican govern- ning, education, nursing, the arts and were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside ment shutdown; however, this bill only pro- sciences, and many more. bomb. Those four included an Army nurse vides funds for: Immigration and Customs En- FAU boasts the most diverse student body from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, an Army forcement, National Protection and Programs in all of Florida’s public universities. With near- criminal investigator from the 5th Military Po- Directorate’s office of Biometric Identity Man- ly half of the population representing minority lice Battalion in Vicenza, Italy, and two Army agement, Coast Guard, Customs and Border groups or foreign nations, their 30,000 mem- Rangers from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Protection, and Citizenship and Immigration ber student body was recently ranked the 27th Ranger Regiment, at Fort Benning, Georgia, Services. most diverse university in America by the U.S. which borders my Congressional District, and The bill does not provide critical funding for News & World Report. Students from Broward which I feel a deep commitment to. many of the other offices within the DHS that make up almost 40 percent of this body, main- And earlier this week I was shocked and an- play a vital role in protecting our country. As taining the county’s historic status as the gered to learn that the Secretary of Defense the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on home of the greatest number of FAU students and the President were withholding the Death Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and and alumni. Gratuity for the families of these fallen heroes. Security Technologies, I advocate for funding Furthermore, it is focused on preserving and For those of you who do not know what that of the offices and programs that protect our protecting the future of South Florida and is, the Death Gratuity is a benefit payable to nation from cyber attacks and monitor our crit- helping cities all over the world face the chal- a designated beneficiary, in a lump sum of ical infrastructure. lenges of the 21st century. On the Davie cam- $100,000, for a death on active duty or inac- The consequences of accepting this piece- pus, FAU researchers are engaged in a criti- tive duty training, and Burial Benefits which meal bill are very severe, a very risky impedi- cally important initiative to understand and provide up to $10,500 to survivors to cover ex- ment to the daily duties and services that DHS mitigate the major human-caused stressors penses related to the burial of the service provides for our country’s protection. Providing that have created grave damage to the Ever- member. funds for the DHS, as a whole, is vital to our glades. In the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of In order to prevent these kinds of delays in homeland security. Republicans continue to Broward County, FAU engineers affiliated with benefits, on September 29th, with my full sup- use this piecemeal approach; showing a reck- the Southeast National Marine Renewable En- port, the House passed H.R. 3210, the Pay less disdain for the Federal government and ergy Center are working to establish the Our Military Act. On September 30th the bill her dedicated employees, which fails to grasp world’s first offshore turbine test site, with the was passed by the Senate and signed into law the bigger picture, and have failed to bring an goal of advancing the effort to generate en- by President Obama. end to this government shutdown. We must, ergy from ocean currents. Among other things, that bill was to ensure and cannot accept these extortion tactics. In Dania Beach, residents are being served that during the shut down there would be I urge my colleagues to reject this bill and by a new nano-filtration facility that has vastly funds available to provide pay and allowances vote for a clean CR, and to raise the debt limit improved the quality of the water they receive to members of the Armed Forces, including re- now. in their homes. Designed with input from FAU serve components, who are performing active f engineering faculty members and students, service. this is the first water treatment plant in the The Congressional intent of the legislation HONORING THE FLORIDA ATLAN- world to receive Gold Leadership in Energy was clear: to give the Department of Defense TIC UNIVERSITY FOR OVER 40 and Environmental Design certification from the authority to pay these very types benefits YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN OF- the U.S. Green Building Council. to the men and women of this great Nation FERING VALUABLE HIGHER EDU- Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct pleasure to who have sacrificed to preserve our freedoms. CATION recognize Florida Atlantic University for the It is a shame that the President and Secretary tremendous work that the institution has done of Defense are playing politics and not hon- HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS in South Florida for over 40 years. I want to oring the Congressional intent of the bill al- OF FLORIDA express my sincerest gratitude for their leader- ready signed into law. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ship in both providing opportunities for higher What is even more shameful is that as the Friday, October 11, 2013 education and addressing many environmental Commander in Chief, President Obama is not issues in the community. I wish the University honoring that role. As the head of our Nation’s Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I all my best and many more years of continued military, I find it incomprehensible that he has rise today to honor Florida Atlantic University success. not ordered these benefits to be paid out no (FAU) for their excellence in offering valuable f matter what. Congress has already approved educational opportunities to the residents of these funds, but the buck stops with the Presi- South Florida for more than 40 years. COMMENDING NORTHEASTERN dent, literally. How can the leader of our mili- FAU first began operating in my district in UNIVERSITY FOR ITS SECOND tary turn his back on those he swore to lead? 1971 with the opening of the Commercial Bou- ANNUAL HIGHER EDUCATION IN- It is for that reason I speak in support of levard campus in Fort Lauderdale. This cam- NOVATION PUBLIC SURVEY H.J. Res. 91. This bill will ensure death gratu- pus saw high enrollment and immediate suc- ities and related survivor benefits will be paid cess, and in 1987—just eleven years later— HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN out to those families who have given the ulti- FAU began construction of the Reubin O’D. OF MASSACHUSETTS mate sacrifice for our nation. Askew Tower in downtown Fort Lauderdale. In IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hope both sides of the aisle show the 1989, the Florida Legislature designated FAU president today that he cannot play politics at as the lead state university serving Broward Friday, October 11, 2013 the expense of our fallen service men and County. Shortly thereafter, another large cam- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, with jobs women, and their families, and give these pus was established in Davie. The latest addi- and the economic recovery continuing to be a brave soldiers the respect they deserve. tion to these FAU campuses is a state-of-the- top concern of many of my constituents, I rise

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Amer- There’s a great deal of public concern about dents for the workforce; ican youth can take action now working to en- whether colleges and universities are pre- A majority of Americans (64 percent) believe sure that women’s rights and girls’ rights are paring students for employment—as well as the federal government should grant visas to a priority in our foreign policy and by advo- how best to prepare them. To ensure hard international students who graduate college in cating for educational opportunities for girls at data is part of this discussion, Mr. Speaker, the U.S. so they can remain in the country home and around the world. Annie Gersh from Northeastern University has released a new, and work, while only 41 percent of hiring deci- Marlborough High School in Los Angeles is timely national public opinion poll about the fu- sion-makers agree; and doing that now. She is on my Youth Advisory ture of higher education. Although only a small percentage of Ameri- Board and was a teen advisor for Girl Up, a Last year, Northeastern released a poll fo- cans surveyed have studied or worked abroad project of the UN Foundation. I am proud that cused on innovation in higher education, in- in college, the majority of them (66 percent) Annie is a constituent, and I hope that she cluding public attitudes about the online revo- believe that global experience was valuable and other young people like her will continue lution that is currently underway. This year, for their personal and professional develop- their fight for girls’ rights in America and Northeastern has taken it one step further by ment. While most Americans (58 percent) be- around the globe. not only asking the public for its views, but lieve that students with global experience are f also asking hiring decision makers at a cross- generally more successful employees, only 39 section of employers nationwide what they ex- percent of hiring decision-makers agree. IN RECOGNITION OF CHIEF GLENN pect from our higher education system. These important results were released on OLSON The results, which challenge the conven- September 17, 2013 at The National Press tional wisdom, provide an important window Club here in Washington, DC, where North- HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING into how well our colleges and universities are eastern hosted its second annual summit on OF MASSACHUSETTS doing in preparing graduates to be competitive issues facing higher education. The summit, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the 21st century global workforce. In par- entitled Innovation Imperative: Enhancing Friday, October 11, 2013 ticular, the poll finds that—nearly two-thirds of Higher Education Outcomes, featured a high- Americans (65 percent) and almost three- profile panel of experts and a keynote address Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to quarters of hiring decision makers (73 percent) by Northeastern President Joseph Aoun. Mod- recognize the distinguished career of Fire believe that having employees who are well- erated by Catherine Rampell of The New York Chief Glenn Olson upon the occasion of his rounded with a range of knowledge is more Times, the panel included Mitchell E. Daniels, retirement from the Eastham Fire Department. important than possessing industry-specific president of Purdue University; James Kvaal, Chief Olson has given over 3 decades of in- skills. deputy director of the White House Domestic valuable service to his community. I know I While almost two-thirds (62 percent) of Policy Council; Jeff Wilcox, corporate vice speak for many when I say that his out- those surveyed say that the higher education president for engineering at Lockheed Martin standing achievements are evident in his dis- system is doing a ‘‘fair’’ or ‘‘poor’’ job of pre- Corporation; and Deborah L. Wince-Smith, tinguished career as a Firefighter and Para- paring recent college graduates for the work- president and CEO of the Council on Competi- medic in both the Hyannis and Eastham Fire force, Americans continue to believe higher tiveness. Departments. The Eastham department recog- education is critical to achieving career suc- Mr. Speaker, I commend Northeastern Uni- nized his skill and value when they appointed cess. A large majority (70 percent) say that a versity, under the strong leadership of Presi- him to Shift Lieutenant in 1987. Chief Olson person’s level of education is the most impor- dent Aoun, for undertaking this important continued to honorably protect the people of tant factor in a job candidate’s success in the work. As discussions get underway in the both Hyannis and Eastham for 13 years until employment market. Nearly three in four House about renewing the Higher Education he was chosen as Fire Chief of the Eastham Americans (74 percent) believe that a college Act, it’s important that we focus on ap- Department. On November 1st of this year, degree is more important today than it was for proaches that generate value and produce ex- Chief Olson will retire having spent thirteen their parents’ generation, by far exceeding cellent outcomes for students. As policy- years as Fire Chief. other factors such as current economic condi- makers, understanding what the American Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Fire Chief tions, socioeconomic status, nationality, and people, education consumers, and employers Glenn Olson upon his retirement from race. want and need from our higher education insti- Eastham Fire Department after thirty-three Mr. Speaker, Northeastern’s poll results tutions is vital. Northeastern’s work in this area years and eleven months of invaluable serv- show that Americans also see a shared re- is a great contribution to the public dialogue. ice. I ask that my colleagues join me in con- sponsibility when it comes to preparing recent I urge all of my colleagues to take the time to gratulating him on this important occasion and graduates for success. They believe the num- review Northeastern’s important effort. in thanking him for all that he has done for his ber one reason for employers struggling to f community. find qualified job candidates is that companies f do not invest enough in training new hires. HONORING INTERNATIONAL DAY However, hiring decision-makers say that col- OF THE GIRL CHILD IN RECOGNITION OF LOU CIAMPI, leges and universities are not in tune with in- SR. FOR BEING THE 2013 ITALIAN dustry needs and not preparing graduates ac- HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LUZERNE COUNTY’S ‘‘PERSON OF cordingly. In fact, 55 percent of business lead- OF CALIFORNIA THE YEAR’’ ers surveyed say their firms have trained re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cent college graduates on skills they should have learned at an academic institution. Friday, October 11, 2013 HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT Consistent with the findings of last year’s Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF PENNSYLVANIA Northeastern survey, Americans strongly sup- honor the second International Day of the Girl IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES port experiential learning in which a student’s Child, which takes place on October 11. This classroom education is integrated with profes- day was designated by the United Nations Friday, October 11, 2013 sional work experience. Nearly nine in 10 General Assembly to promote girls’ rights and Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise Americans (89 percent) believe that students shine light upon the discrimination and in- today in honor of Lou Ciampi, Sr., who was with work experience related to their field of equalities that girls suffer to this day. selected ‘‘Person of the Year’’ by the Italian study are more successful employees—and In December 2011, the UN General Assem- American Association of Luzerne County. Lou nearly three in four hiring decision-makers (74 bly adopted a resolution to declare October 11 started his printing career over fifty years ago percent) agree. Among those that gained work as the International Day of the Girl Child to as a teenage apprentice in Pagnotti Coal’s in- experience during college, a large majority (82 ‘‘recognize girls’ rights and the unique chal- house print shop. After serving in the military percent) says it was valuable for their personal lenges girls face around the world.’’ and working in several shops in both Luzerne and professional development. The theme this year is ‘‘Innovating for Girls’ and Lackawanna counties, Lou joined the PA Mr. Speaker, other important findings from Education’’ because education is the key to Hutchinson company in Scranton as a folder Northeastern’s survey include: ensuring women’s social and economic em- operator in the late 1960s. He quickly rose

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His post-graduation sal- Heoffner founded Independent Graphics, Inc. stitutes or alternative treatments exist save ary of zero would in turn count against At first, Lou did everything for Independent and improve lives of individuals throughout the Princeton’s ledger when it comes to rating Graphics—he printed flyers, forms, stationery, world; universities by the now-fashionable measure and policies for Mr. Heoffner’s American Inde- Whereas, plasma protein therapies are used of the average salaries of their alumni short- pendent Insurance Company. In 1984, Lou to treat bleeding disorders, primary immune ly after graduation. purchased the company from Mr. Heoffner. deficiency diseases, alpha-1 antitrypsin defi- The current rage for reductionist metrics Lou quickly made an impact on the Wilkes- ciency and certain rare, neurological disorders; depends in turn upon a purely instrumen- talist view of the purpose of higher edu- Barre community by founding the Craftsman’s Whereas, these therapies are also used in cation. Society wants universities to be in- Club. The club included printing owners and emergency and surgical medicine to save and struments of its short-term will, and to laborers, and provided a place where vendors improve lives; abandon or at least to curtail their tradi- could share cutting edge ideas to improve the Whereas, plasma protein therapies have tional role of giving students a broad and industry. Business blossomed and the com- significantly improved the quality of life, mark- deep education that will last a lifetime. pany moved to a new facility in Port Blan- edly improved patient outcomes, and extended This preoccupation with utilitarianism is a chard, PA. By the turn of the millennium, Inde- life expectancy for individuals with rare, chron- product of our success: America’s research pendent Graphics, Inc. offered everything from ic diseases and conditions; universities are so strong now, and so domi- Whereas healthy committed donors provide nant globally, that governments, corpora- black ink on post cards to full color digital tions and families are demanding many printing and wide format. plasma essential to manufacture these life- quick fixes from them: fast and cheap de- In 2002, Independent Graphics was named saving therapies; grees and certificates, patents and jobs and the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce’s Whereas, there are over 400 plasma collec- economic development, mass education small business of the year. When the New tion centers in the U.S. that have dem- through online lectures, mass entertainment York Yankees moved their Triple A franchise onstrated their commitment to plasma donor through intercollegiate sporting events, not to Scranton, Independent Graphics became and patient safety and quality by earning Inter- to mention the current Beltway preoccupa- their ‘‘play ball’’ printer, producing program national Quality Plasma Program (IQPP) cer- tion, a fix for cyber security, and, that pe- tification; now, therefore, be it rennial Congressional fantasy, a biomedical books on third shift for the next day’s game. cure for death. Resolved by the 113th Congress that Octo- Independent Graphics also sponsors the To accede wholeheartedly to all these de- Scranton Chamber of Commerce’s Momentum ber 13–20, 2013 is recognized as ‘‘Inter- mands is to convert our universities fully Magazine. ‘‘Our Impression Will Sharpen Your national Plasma Awareness Week’’ in the into that most American of objects, a com- Image’’ is the company’s motto, and Lou’s United States of America. modity. Many states are already proceeding company has improved the Scranton-Wilkes- f in this direction by tying funding for their Barre community’s image for three decades. public universities to the average salaries of INAUGURATION OF CHRIS The company Lou built from the ground up alumni 18 months after graduation, and our EISGRUBER AS PRESIDENT OF President has recently made such metrics a now employs 27 people full time, working PRINCETON UNIVERSITY feature of his new plan for evaluating univer- round the clock providing imaging services. In sities. May 2013, Lou was inducted into the Junior Accountability rules the day, but as Stan- Achievement Business Hall of Fame. HON. RUSH HOLT ley Fish reminds us (the New York Times Over the last four decades, Lou has gener- OF NEW JERSEY last month), metrics measure only what can ously supported many local charities. He has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES be quantitatively valued and push every- donated services to numerous local little Friday, October 11, 2013 thing else aside as irrelevant. ‘‘Everything leagues, youth football teams, high school else’’ comprises intellectual stimulation, Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to teams, cheerleading squads, and many oth- moral and ethical insight, critical acumen, bring to the attention of the House the wise re- deep thinking about complex problems, ers. In the 1970s, Lou was the president of marks of Dr. Hunter Rawlings, President of the sharpened intuition, immersion in human the West Pittston Rams and the general man- Association of American Universities, delivered cultures, the urge to challenge received opin- ager of Greater Pittston Legion baseball. The at the ceremony installing Dr. Christopher ion, and similar intangible, ineffable, un- American Heart Association and Garden Vil- countable qualities. In other words, the Eisgruber as President of Princeton University, lage Youth racing have also benefited from his qualities you need to be an educated person September 22, 2013. generosity. and an informed citizen capable and desirous Lou is a graduate of West Pittston High REMARKS OF DR. HUNTER RAWLINGS, PRESI- of contributing to a democracy, the qualities DENT, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN UNIVER- School. He and his wife Marianne have been you gain and hone at a great university. SITIES, FOR THE INAUGURATION OF CHRIS I want to add one more item to the list of married for 51 years. They have four children: EISGRUBER AS PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON UNI- qualities engendered by great universities Louis, Jr., Michelle Reilly, Joseph and Jimmy. VERSITY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013. pursuing their fundamental mission: pleas- They are also blessed with six grandchildren. It is a great pleasure and privilege to be ure. We are so busy being utilitarians today I convey my congratulations to Lou for being here for Chris’s inauguration. that we derogate pleasure as an end in itself. honored by his community. As a graduate alumnus, and longtime col- And yet intellectual and aesthetic pleasure f league of Bob Goheen, Bill Bowen, Harold is an essential goal of higher education, one Shapiro and Shirley Tilghman, and now we omit at great cost and peril. Let me give RESOLUTION TO COMMEMORATE Chris, I feel closely connected to this univer- two examples of what I mean. In 1870 Henry INTERNATIONAL PLASMA sity, which has a unique place in higher edu- Cabot Lodge took a course at Harvard from AWARENESS WEEK cation globally. Henry Adams. Here is what Lodge has to say Let me begin my brief remarks with my fa- about the difference that course made in his vorite Princetonian, James Madison. When life: HON. LYNN JENKINS Madison finished his degree here in 1771, like In all my four years, I never really studied OF KANSAS many humanities majors today he did not anything, never had my mind roused to any IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES know what to do with himself, so he asked exertion or to anything resembling active President Witherspoon if he could spend an thought until in my senior year I stumbled Friday, October 11, 2013 additional year studying Hebrew and the- into the course in medieval history given by Ms. JENKINS. Mr. Speaker: ology with the president. Witherspoon said Henry Adams, who had then just come to Whereas October 13–20, 2013 marks Inter- yes (Chris, I hope you will be open to such Harvard. . . . [Adams] had the power not national Plasma Awareness Week with ob- invitations from Princeton seniors), and only of exciting interest, but he awakened Madison devoted a postgraduate year to pur- opposition to his own views, and this is one servances throughout the United States and suing more of the ‘‘useless knowledge’’ he great secret of success in teaching . . . I Europe designed to raise global awareness of had acquired previously. When that year was worked hard in that course because it gave the need for plasma to create lifesaving thera- over, still at a loss for something to pursue, me pleasure. I took the highest marks, for pies, recognize the value that plasma donors Madison committed what Americans today which I cared, as I found, singularly little, contribute in saving and improving lives, and consider the ultimate sin: he went home to because marks were not my object, and for

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Mr. Speaker, I which made Mr. Adams’s course in the his- ing community. ask that you and my other distinguished col- tory of the Middle Ages so memorable to me. Mr. Speaker, for 100 years the Greater Car- leagues join me in congratulating Rev. Aker To teach students that it is a pleasure to lisle Area Chamber of Commerce has been a on his 10th pastoral anniversary. For his com- use one’s mind is our single most important catalyst for economic growth in Carlisle, PA. mitment to the people of Brooklyn, he is wor- task at universities, I think, and it seems in- Therefore, I commend all those who have thy of the highest praise. escapable that we cannot measure how well served to improve their community as part of f we perform it. Instead of talking metrics, this important organization. let’s listen to another source of wisdom on f IN RECOGNITION OF THE 80TH AN- intellectual pleasure, namely, Lionel Trill- NIVERSARY OF ALLEN CHAPEL ing. THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL . . . if we abandon the idea of literature as REVEREND LAWRENCE E. AKER III an independent, contemplative experience, CHURCH as a pleasure, . . . if we continue to make it conform to philosophies of immediate ends, HON. HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. . . . and do not keep clear its own particular OF NEW YORK OF NEW JERSEY nature, we shall be contributing to the loss IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of two things of the greatest social value. Of Friday, October 11, 2013 these one is the possibility which art offers Friday, October 11, 2013 of an experience that is justified in itself, of Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to nearly unconditioned living. Upon such expe- recognition of the achievements of Reverend recognize the 80th anniversary of Allen Chap- rience, or even the close approach to it, we Lawrence E. Aker III. During his years of serv- el African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church have learned to turn hostile faces: that is ice, Rev. Aker has ministered to thousands one of the strategic errors of our culture, for of Asbury Park, New Jersey. Since its found- and worked tirelessly to improve the lives of ing, Allen Chapel AME Church has provided in the long run the possibility of such experi- all those he encountered. In honor of his tenth ence is a social necessity. The second thing outstanding spiritual guidance and outreach to we shall lose is the awareness—it is ulti- anniversary as pastor of Cornerstone Baptist the community. mately practical—which comes only from Church, Rev. Aker was honored at a Allen Chapel AME Church has grown struc- the single-minded contemplation of works celebratory banquet on April 27, 2013 at turally and in membership since its founding that arise from the artist’s own contempla- Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, New York. as a mission in 1933. First worshipping at a tion of events and objects; this is an aware- In 1917, Cornerstone Baptist Church was local Presbyterian Church temporarily, the ness of the qualities of things. In the realm founded in Brooklyn, NY by a small group of founding committee acquired property and of art we call these qualities style, in the forward minded individuals. Today, it is a thriv- moved the mission to its permanent and cur- realm of morals we call them character, in ing church of over 1,500 members with active rent location in 1934. The congregation as- the realm of politics we have no name for boards, clubs, Sunday school programs, and them but they are finally important. To sisted in renovating and rebuilding the site to choirs. In the last decade, Cornerstone Baptist these qualities, especially in times of crisis, a house of worship, a study room, choir room, Church has continued to thrive under the out- society seems to be stolidly indifferent; ac- lecture room, kitchen and a large yard for out- standing leadership of Rev. Aker. In order to tually they are, after survival, the great so- door events. Twenty-two years later, the meet the needs of his ever-growing parish- cial concern. church purchased another adjacent building to We are in the age of big data, account- ioners, an additional Sunday service was use as a parsonage. In 1960, design and con- ability, and hurry-up offenses. But long-term added. By embracing technology, Rev. Aker struction began to replace the original church quality, not instant quantification, should has made his church more accessible to all building with a new, modern church on the be our concern in universities: helping our who are called to worship. During his tenure, students gain ‘‘an awareness of the qualities same site. Church leaders, congregants and the church underwent extensive renovation to of things’’ for a lifetime of personal pleasure friends volunteered to help with the demolition the exterior of the edifice. This beautification and democratic contributions. and rebuilding and the new church was com- of the church was greatly celebrated by the Intellectual contemplation and pleasure pleted in 1964. Less than 10 years later, the are, to put it mildly, not much in vogue community, lifting not just the congregation but mortgage burning was celebrated. these days, but they are clearly what Prince- all those in its vicinity. As a visionary, Rev. Allen Chapel AME Church is dedicated to ton gave to James Madison almost 250 years Aker plans to continue the church’s enhance- expanding its ministry, social action and com- ago. Knowing Chris Eisgruber and his pas- ment through the renovation of the church’s munity outreach. In 2012, it began a prayer sion for intellectual engagement as the true gym and community center. measure of higher education, I have no doubt line during the Lenten season that was even- His strong commitment to nurturing the next that Princeton will remain faithful to this tually extended to a weekly occurrence. Allen generation led to the creation of ‘‘Friday Nite central principle. And I wish him and all of Chapel AME Church also facilitated bringing Fire,’’ a weekly bible study for youth and you a lot of pleasure in its pursuit! Covenant House to Asbury Park, providing a young adults. He also created the Women of f haven to the homeless youth throughout the the World (WOW) ministry, which offers spir- community. GREATER CARLISLE AREA CHAM- itual guidance to women. Rev. Aker’s reach Mr. Speaker, once again, please join me in BER OF COMMERCE 100TH ANNI- extends outside the parish: I experienced this congratulating Allen Chapel AME Church on VERSARY first hand as a member of the Assembly when its 80th anniversary. Its dedicated service to we worked together to organize a community its congregants and the greater Asbury Park HON. LOU BARLETTA career fair at Cornerstone Baptist Church. This past winter, I was privileged to accept community is truly deserving of this body’s OF PENNSYLVANIA recognition. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award with the Reverend, given to us from the State of Israel f Friday, October 11, 2013 and presented by Ambassador Ido Aharoni, PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Consul General of Israel in New York, for the Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Com- ‘‘spreading compassion and uniting commu- HON. LYNN A. WESTMORELAND merce in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which cele- nities of all backgrounds.’’ As a life-long pa- OF GEORGIA brated its 100th anniversary on October 10, rishioner of Cornerstone, I could think of no IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2013. higher honor than to be counted among his Founded in 1751, the borough of Carlisle is company. Friday, October 11, 2013 a historic community in south-central Pennsyl- Rev. Aker holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, on vania. The Greater Carlisle Area Chamber of Communications from Howard University, a rollcall No. 532, I was unable to cast my vote Commerce was founded in 1913 and serves Master in Theology from Dallas Theological due to conflict which did not allow me to return to encourage economic growth and stability Seminary, a Master of Sacred Theology from to the floor in time to make the vote. throughout the area. The Chamber takes on Yale University, and is currently a Doctor of Had I been present, I would have voted many roles vital to the prosperity of the bor- Philosophy candidate at Drew University. ‘‘yea.’’

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I submit this death . . . IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES poem penned by Albert Caswell in honor of As upon him he could so feel but that hand Friday, October 11, 2013 his valor and courage and his family’s. of death! As it was in that moment Corey, Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN THE BATTLE when to yourself you so made a pledge! (by Albert Carey Caswell) honor the people of Farmington, Maine, who To win this new battle that which to you continue to aid and assist the residents of In . . . this war had left! their ‘‘sister city,’’ the town of Lac-Me´gantic, a In The Battle! With your two strong legs now gone, small town located near the Canadian border. All In The Fight! your most courageous heart would crest! Early on the morning of July 6, 2013, a train There are but all of those who but bring As somehow it so helped you to move on their light! only with what you had so left! derailment and horrendous explosion dev- Men of honor! astated the center of this scenic lake-side As it was Life or it was Death, And Men of might! as you got up and out of the bed to our town of 6,000 residents. 40 buildings were de- Who so march off to war with hearts and hearts catch! stroyed, 47 people lost their lives, 2,000 resi- souls of steel so very bright! All at speed, dents were displaced and countless lives were To leave behind all that they so love and as this Bama would not so rest, would not so forever changed. The heroism of the local fire adore! heed! department aided by fire crews from the As where they go, For you had mountains to so climb! Angels so fear to tread so for sure! And people to so inspire all in your time! Franklin County towns of Chesterville, Eustis, For no day is so promised all in war! Farmington, New Vineyard, Phillips, Rangeley And a great wife named Megan, All in this darkest of dread all the more . . . so divine! and Strong helped to avert an even greater As all around them the red blood flows and And with the help of your fine wife, tragedy. pours! as she so stood by her man, so by your side! In rural Maine, people know what it means Where it’s, one for all . . . , and all for one! As together you’ve so passed one of the to be a good neighbor, and I am heartened by A place to where fine hearts of Strength In greatest tests of time! the outpouring of support that has come from Honor so run! In our times, and in our lives . . . the local communities. Four days after the For these are America’s greatest of all There are Battles that we must fight! Daughters and Sons! Will we so find the strength and the courage, tragedy, local business leaders and municipali- The Men and Women of Bronco Company, ties joined together to launch the Lac- to somehow deep down inside all of our who for all of us so do what must so be done! hearts to so nourish! Me´gantic Relief Fund, a fundraising campaign For they so live by a code! The strength to so find! to assist the town to recover from this dis- As they so lock and load! Or in a town called pity will we now so re- aster. At last report, over $32,000 has been A Code of Honor! side, raised, and I know that this generosity will A Code of Faith! and feel so sorry for our selves and begin to help the town through this difficult time. While, all around them such darkness waves! cry? On Saturday, October 12, 2013, a benefit As they so bravely stare death right in the Or will we like Corey, face! concert will be held in the University of Maine get up and so begin our climb? As upon each new morn as they awake, All with hearts of courage full, at Farmington’s South Dining Hall, and the not knowing if this is to be their last and to once again to do Battle one more time! community will host Lac-Me´gantie’s mayor, final day! For moments, police chief and head of the Chamber of Com- While, thousands of miles away . . . are all that we all so have! merce. I want to thank Farmington Selectman their families now so cry and pray! To change the world! Ryan Morgan, the Wilton Selectmen, and As they so ask our Lord, To so make the good from out of the bad! Maine State Senator Tom Saviello for their to so let their loved ones live just one more To make a difference with it all! hard work in organizing what will be a wonder- day! To so teach us! As somehow out into that darkness they To so beseech us! ful evening of entertainment, fellowship and make their ways! To against all odds in the end still so stand- solidarity. To a way of honor! ing tall! Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring all To a way of faith! But your not perfect Corey, of the first-responder heroes who responded To a way of courage, because you’re one of the biggest Florida to the Lac-Me´gantic tragedy and those fellow that so makes the Angels pray! Gator fans of all! Mainers who continue to support this commu- As they do battle upon each new day! I wonder if that sticks in coach nity as it rebuilds and recovers. As their families, SABANNNNN’S crawl? the tears in eyes they make! Why you won’t roll with The Tide at all? f And for all of those who upon battlefields of I’m sorry Lou, IN THE BATTLE IN HONOR OF A honor who’ve died! but out to this hero The Gator calls! REAL AMERICAN HERO SPC It’s for all of you and your families we now And when you get back to Bama, so cry there’s work to be done! COREY GARMON BRONCO TROOP Because all in that Battle, We’ve got to get you to roll with The Tide, PLATOON THE UNITED STATES all of your promises you did so keep! or as a War Eagle fly high my son! ARMY As you so pledged your fine lives away, Corey my son, to all of your Brothers In Arms all in this you are just a young man! HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT bond which binds you so very deep! But already, For in The Battle, look at what all in your short life what you OF ALABAMA there is something so magnificent of so to have done! IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES speak! More than most anyone! Friday, October 11, 2013 That Keeps Them Strong, And up ahead, Them So Keeps! there’s so much more for you my son! Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today That So Helps Them To So Fight On an On! Better to live life like a hero, in honor of one America’s and one of Ala- That which will not allow their most coura- all in your most heroic sun! bama’s most heroic sons, and his family. SPC geous hearts, Than to die in the darkness of a life, Corey Garmon of Boaz and The United States to so retreat! of which nothing you have done! Army. On July 11, 2012 while out on patrol in All In This Battle, Because, we will all die some day . . . Kandahar Corey was almost killed in an IED This Battle Oh So Very Deep! but only heroes up in Heaven will so run! And one such Southern Son, For life is but a Battle, blast. Losing both his legs and sustaining nu- who to sweet home Alabama his fine heart so that only with but hearts of courage full can merous other life threatening injuries he has speaks! so be won! battled back. Just recently he celebrated his Specialist Garmon, And Corey, you are one of America’s and alive date, marking the one year anniversary whose heart so shines like the mid day sun! Alabama’s . . . of brush with death. His lovely wife Megan has This BO from BOAZ, Most Heroic of all Sons

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Lamos for his service to Florida’s Ninth Con- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Specialist Gorman, gressional District. panic Heritage Month to recognize Palmira you are a real American Hero so for sure! Mr. Lamos is a tireless and devoted public Ubinas. Mrs. Ubinas has made invaluable con- For only The Few, servant who has continuously given back to tributions to the arts and Puerto Rican culture. will In The Battle so march off to war to so his community. One of Central Florida’s great Mrs. Ubinas has mastered many art forms answer that call! music educators, Leo serves a crucial role in and uses them to represent her heritage and And the last time I saw Specialist Gorman, the south Orlando community as the Director traditions as a Puerto Rican American. She he was walking tall! of Bands at Cypress Creek High School. As a currently serves as the President and Founder f former student at Cypress Creek High School of the Hispanic Arts and Culture International HONORING JOSEPH ACABA FOR and later a student at the University of Central Association (ALPEH), as well as the Co-Chair HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HIS- Florida, Leo has brought his talents and lead- for the 500th Florida Discovery Council Round PANIC COMMUNITY ership to a community with which he is very Table. familiar. Under his direction, Cypress Creek’s A native of Puerto Rico, Mrs. Ubinas re- HON. ALAN GRAYSON band program has continued to uphold its tra- ceived a Bachelor’s Degree from the Univer- dition of excellence by bringing national atten- sity of Puerto Rico in Psychology and Political OF FLORIDA tion to its burgeoning group of music students. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Science. Later, she completed her post-grad- In order for public school bands to travel, uate studies in Communications, Public Rela- Friday, October 11, 2013 perform and compete on a national level, in- tions, and Hispanic Literature. Mrs. Ubinas Mr. GRAYSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in volvement and sponsorship from the commu- has showcased the talents she obtained honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, to recog- nity is crucial. Encouraging partnerships and through her childhood in Puerto Rico and her nize Joseph Acaba’s inspiring career as an sponsorships from locally owned businesses, university education in her various profes- astronaut, hydrogeologist, serviceman, and an Mr. Lamos has been tireless in his efforts to sional positions. As a journalist, event coordi- educator. create an unparalleled musical experience for nator, editor, TV and radio host, Mrs. Ubinas Mr. Acaba received his Bachelor’s degree in his over 100 students. Mr. Lamos’s efforts in has been able to represent her culture and Geology from the University of California, mentoring and educating his students have heritage proudly. She has earned several Santa Barbara and his Master’s degree in Ge- produced promising young musicians that awards and recognitions and served as the ology from the University of Arizona. Mr. have gone on to study at the prestigious Man- Educational Specialist and Commerce Devel- hattan School of Music and several other uni- Acaba was a Sergeant in the United States opment Officer for the Puerto Rico Federal Af- versities. Marine Corps Reserves where he served for fairs Administration. I am happy to honor Leo Lamos, during His- six years. He also worked as a hydrogeologist I am happy to honor Palrnira Ubinas, during panic Heritage Month, for his dedication and in Los Angeles, California. Hispanic Heritage Month, for her continuous Mr. Acaba spent two years in the United service to the students of Florida’s Ninth Con- service to the arts and commitment to the His- States Peace Corps and trained over 300 gressional District. panic community. teachers in the Dominican Republic in modern RECOGNIZING THE SERVICE OF ELIAS ‘‘RICO’’ PICCARD teaching methodologies. He then served as Is- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MARYTZA SANZ land Manager of the Caribbean Marine Re- panic Heritage Month, to recognize Elias Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- search at Lee Stocking Island in The Exumas, ‘‘Rico’’ Piccard for his service to our country panic Heritage Month, to recognize the ac- Bahamas. Upon his return to the United and to my district. complishments of one of Orlando’s true lead- States, Mr. Acaba moved to Florida where he Rico Piccard, born Elias Piccard, was born ers, Marytza Sanz. became the Shoreline Revegetation Coordi- in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico in 1946. In 1966, As founding President and CEO of Latino nator for Vero Beach. He also taught science he left the island and relocated to New York Leadership, Inc., Marytza Sanz has worked and math at Melbourne High School and City. A year later was drafted by the U.S. tirelessly to improve the quality of life of fami- taught for four years at Dunnellon Middle Army to serve during the Vietnam War. After lies in Central Florida. Through Latino Leader- School. his honorable discharge, Piccard attended the On May 6, 2004, Joseph Acaba became the Hostos Community College in the Bronx, NY, ship, Mrs. Sanz has implemented social en- first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be se- where he graduated with an Associates of Arts richment programs that incorporate leadership lected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. degree and completed his Bachelor’s Degree development and empowerment, education After completing training, Mr. Acaba was se- in Liberal Arts. He later went on to attend Co- advancement, and economic community de- lected as an Educator Mission Specialist and lumbia University, where he completed a Mas- velopment. Her contribution to our community assigned to the crew of space shuttle Discov- ter’s Degree in Social Work. has helped pave the way for young Hispanics ery’s mission which launched on March 15, Piccard’s career is characterized by his self- to succeed and become leaders in their own 2009. Mr. Acaba, carried a Puerto Rican flag less dedication to help others. During his ca- right. Mrs. Sanz truly understands the need to with him and requested that the crew be reer he worked as a Social Worker for Volun- invest in future generations. awakened on March 19 to the Puerto Rico teers of America and spent ten years working Mrs. Sanz lends her expertise to the Univer- folklore song ‘‘Que Bonita Bandera.’’ During at the Montifiore Hospital in New York City’s sity of Central Florida President’s Minority Ad- his mission, Mr. Acaba performed a spacewalk Rikers Island assisting inmates with mental visory Board, the Homeless Coalition Board of that successfully unfurled the final ‘‘wings’’ of health issues. Directors, and Florida Devereux Board of Di- the solar array that will augment power to the In 1994, Piccard left his position at rectors. Her work in voter engagement and International Space Station. Montifiore Hospital and moved to Orlando, FL. health education has received national and Mr. Acaba was also a crewmember aboard In Orlando, he became a community leader statewide coverage from media outlets such the Soyuz spacecraft which launched from and helped organize multiple rallies and as CNN, Univision, Telemundo, the St. Peters- Kazakhstan and docked with the International marches in the Hispanic community. In 2000, burg Times, NPR News and the San Juan Space station in May of 2012. He and the he started a new tourist transportation com- Star. Mrs. Sanz can be heard on her radio crew spent 30 days at the International Space pany called Rico Transportation. program, Al Oido de la Comunidad. Station before returning to Earth on Sep- Piccard began writing a column called ‘‘Rico Mrs. Sanz is a leader and staunch supporter tember 17, 2012. Informa,’’ Rico Informs, for Puerto Rico’s El of minority representation. Her work to ensure Mr. Acaba has received numerous awards Nuevo Dia newspaper to describe issues af- fairly drawn electoral districts in Orange Coun- recognizing his accomplishments including the fecting Puerto Ricans living in Central Florida. ty has been celebrated in the Hispanic com- Ana G. Mendez University System Presidential In 2009, Piccard helped create United Front munity. Ms. Sanz’s work against voter sup- Medal, an honorary Doctorate from the Poly- 436, Frente Unido 436, a community organiza- pression has helped protect the integrity of the technic University of Puerto Rico, and recogni- tion formed by a group of neighbors con- democratic process in Central Florida and em- tion from the Senate of Puerto Rico. cerned with the physical deterioration and lack power our citizens and families. I am happy to honor Joseph Acaba, during of security in the east side of Orange County Before founding Latino Leadership, Mrs. Hispanic Heritage Month, for his contributions and Orlando. Sanz worked for the Census Bureau and

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She was a mentor and tutor at compounds. on Florida’s 2010 Statewide Complete Count Snively Elementary School and an active Dean Diaz teaches in the areas of torts, en- Committee to ensure a comprehensive count member of her church, Our Lady of Guada- vironmental law, toxic torts, and product liabil- of Florida’s population during the 2010 Cen- lupe Catholic Mission, where she was a mem- ity. She is faculty advisor to the Hispanic As- sus. ber of the Youth Choir and Youth Group. sociation of Law Students as well as the St. I am happy to honor Marytza Sanz, during Although she was a U.S. Citizen by birth, Thomas More Society. Her publications range Hispanic Heritage Month, for her accomplish- Maria sympathized with the struggles of un- from analysis of the FDA’s role in consumer ments and service to the Central Florida His- documented immigrants and dedicated her life protection to environmental law and consumer panic Community. to improving the lives of others. Until her un- health. RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF timely death in June of 2012, this outstanding Dean Diaz invites leaders from around the MARISSA SALA young woman helped countless others through country to the Central Florida area to discuss Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- community service and activism. the important issues of the day. She also con- panic Heritage Month, to recognize Marissa I am happy to honor Maria Isabel Barajas- venes meetings and events that bring together Salas for her dedicated civic engagement. Martinez, during Hispanic Heritage Month, for varying perspectives on issues that affect the Marissa is a leader in Central Florida who be- her selfless dedication to her community and Central Florida community. Central Florida is a lieves in equality and advocating for the rights her many accomplishments. better place for the leadership that Dean Diaz of the LGBT community. She currently serves RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF has provided. as the GLBT Statewide Caucus Campaign Di- MARIA PADILLA I am happy to honor Leticia Diaz, during rector and President of the Rainbow Demo- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- Hispanic Heritage Month, for her service and crats of Orange County, Florida. panic Heritage Month, to recognize Maria her work to educate, train, and inspire the Marissa graduated with her Bachelor’s De- Padilla, a champion of diversity within the leaders of tomorrow. gree in Social Science and her Master’s De- Central Florida community Maria is a well-re- f gree in Urban Planning from Florida State Uni- spected journalist and currently serves as the versity. During her career, she has served as editor of Orlando’s oldest Spanish-language IN RECOGNITION OF SAM a GIS Test Manager and Analyst for weekly newspaper, La Prensa. FALCONE, SR. FOR RECEIVING Geonetics, Inc. in Boston, MA, and as a Sen- Maria graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree THE 2013 ‘‘LIFETIME ACHIEVE- ior Project Director for Lopez and Cheung, Inc. in English from Rutgers University. She also MENT’’ AWARD FROM THE in Tampa, FL. has a certificate in Hispanic Marketing Com- ITALIAN AMERICAN ASSOCIA- Marissa has participated in several cam- munications from Florida State University and TION OF LUZERNE COUNTY paigns including as the Campaign and Political graduated from the Leadership Orlando class Director for John Alvarez in the 2012 Florida in Fall of 2013. Maria broke new ground as a HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT House of Representatives race in Brevard senior reporter covering diversity in Central OF PENNSYLVANIA County. She is also the principle and owner of Florida for the Orlando Sentinel in 1997. She IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES her own consulting firm, Marissa Salas Con- later launched and headed El Sentinel, a new Friday, October 11, 2013 sulting. Her public policy research has been Spanish-language weekly newspaper and published by the New York Times, and used website. Maria also created Viviendo, a bilin- Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise as reference material by the UCLA School of gual quarterly magazine. Her blog, Orlando today in honor of Sam Falcone, Sr., who re- Law. Marissa has also received many awards, Latino, was nominated best Latino blog in ceived the 2013 Italian American Association including the 2007 Civic Award from the Mu- Central Florida by LATISM (Latinos in Social of Luzerne County ‘‘Lifetime Achievement’’ nicipal League of King County. Media). Award. Sam has dedicated nearly 60 years to I am happy to honor Marissa Sala, during Maria has received numerous awards and his family’s local business, Falcone Beverage Hispanic Heritage Month, for being a cham- acknowledgements for her contributions as a Co., which his father started along with Sam pion of equality and an inspiration to the Cen- successful journalist. She received the Na- and his brothers, Raymond, Charles, Carmen, tral Florida community. tional Association of Hispanic Publications Leonard and Angelo. RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MARIA ISABEL award for a Multiple Series Article, was recog- Throughout his life Sam has been an out- BARAJAS-MARTINEZ nized multiple times for her work with the Or- standing American and active citizen in his Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of His- lando Sentinel, and was a finalist in the community. He was one of the original found- panic Heritage Month, to recognize an amaz- Knight-Wallace journalism awards. Maria is ers of the Luzerne County Sports Hall of ing young woman named Maria Isabel also a founding member of the National Asso- Fame and its first president. He has been in- Barajas-Martinez. ciation of Hispanic Journalists and was elected volved with an array of charities including the Maria was an active leader in the immigra- twice to their national Board of Directors. American Cancer Society, the American Heart tion reform movement since she was in high I am happy to honor Maria Padilla, during Association, YMCA, the American Red Cross, school. She graduated from Lake Region High Hispanic Heritage Month, for her contributions and he served on the board of the American School with high honors in 2009, where she to journalism and dedication to informing the Lung Association. He worked with many pro- was also the president of the National Spanish Hispanic community on issues impacting their fessional organizations such as the Better Honor Society. She went on to pursue her daily lives. Business Bureau, the Chambers of Commerce education at Polk State College and aspired to RECOGNIZING THE CAREER AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton and the Greater become a pediatrician. While attending Polk LETICIA DIAZ Pittston Area, and he served as the vice-presi- State College, Maria joined the local chapter Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a dent of the Malt Beverage Distributing Asso- of Students Working for Equal Rights. In May great leader in the Central Florida community. ciation. Sam also actively worked to preserve 2010 she founded a youth organization dedi- A native of New Jersey, Leticia Diaz is one the resources within his community by taking cated to community service called the Young of the founding faculty at Barry University’s part in the Susquehanna River Watch and the American Dreamers. Andreas School of Law and currently serves Rails-to-Trails Riverfront Revitalization Com- With the help of her organization, Maria fo- as Dean there. Before joining the full-time fac- mittee. cused on raising funds to provide scholarships ulty, Dean Diaz pursued a full-time law prac- Sam has lived in the city of Pittston his for high school students seeking a higher edu- tice while teaching part-time at the school. whole life and has devoted himself to the wel- cation. Maria and the Young American Dream- She practiced in the areas of personal injury, fare of his hometown. A practicing Catholic, ers committed themselves to helping their toxic torts, and workplace chemical exposure. Sam attends St. Joseph Marello Parish and is community. The Young American Dreamers Dean Diaz attended law school at Rutgers a Fourth Degree Member of the Knights of adopted Lake Blue Park where they planted University where she received the Merck Pat- Columbus Council 372, Pittston. He also flowers and trees during its construction and ent Scholarship and was recognized for aca- served on the Pittston Child Development participated in the yearly Martin Luther King demic achievement by the Association of Latin Center’s Advisory Council. Recently, Sam had Jr. parade in Winter Haven. American Law Students. Before entering law the honor of being the Grand Marshal of the Maria was also a volunteer at Angels Care school, she received her Ph.D. in organic Pittston’s annual Tomato Festival Parade. and at the Lakeland Regional Medical Center. chemistry from Rutgers University. She also Today, I am proud to recognize Sam Falcone,

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Hawkins graduated from Carlisle High her life-long gender awareness as a female.’’ RECOGNIZING PLEASANTON CITY School in 2007 and went on to spend three With the pain of shrapnel, broken bones, COUNCIL MEMBER ABRAHAM years studying culinary arts part-time at Har- and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as SAENZ, JR. risburg Area Community College before enlist- reminders of a life of extraordinary military ing in 2010. He is survived by his wife service, Kristin agreed to participate in a study HON. HENRY CUELLAR Brittanie, of Lansing, Kansas, and his parents, of ‘‘resilience’’ by Dr. Anne Speckhard, a OF TEXAS Roy and Sheila Hawkins, of Carlisle. Washington-area psychologist and adjunct IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, Sgt. Hawkins was clearly fol- professor at Georgetown University Medical lowing part of the Army Ranger creed which Center. An expert in the psychology of ter- Friday, October 11, 2013 says ‘‘I will never leave a fallen comrade’’ rorism, Dr. Speckhard wanted to study how Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to when he gave his life for our country. There- service members draw upon coping mecha- recognize Pleasanton City Council Member fore, for his dedicated service and sacrifice to nisms to integrate the stresses and exhilara- Abraham Saenz, Jr. for his 30 years of service protect our great Nation, I commend Army tions of combat with their workday lives back to the city of Pleasanton and to the state of Ranger Sergeant Patrick C. Hawkins. home. What she found was the disjointed Texas. f story of a woman coming into her own fol- Councilman Saenz, a Pleasanton native, is lowing a lifetime of military service and soci- a remarkable and highly respected member of RECOGNIZING MS. KRISTIN BECK etal pressures. After more than 100 hours of the community who has dedicated his career FOR HER COURAGE AND SERV- interviews that often resembled psycho- to promoting the quality of life for all residents ICE TO THE NATION therapy, Kristin and Dr. Speckhard co-au- of Pleasanton. First elected in 1983, Mr. thored the book Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy Saenz has served the community as a Mem- HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS SEAL’s Journey to Coming Out Transgender. ber, and now Senior Member, of the Council OF FLORIDA Kristin has embarked upon perhaps the of Pleasanton. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES greatest mission of her life: self-actualization. During his tenure Mr. Saenz has been in- Friday, October 11, 2013 Since her return to civilian life, she has strumental in implementing many city projects. worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the Some of the most important include: paving Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I issues affecting both the transgender commu- roads throughout his district and other areas rise today in honor of Ms. Kristin Beck, a nity and veterans. Kristin works closely with of the city, preparing the city to have an ample decorated U.S. Navy SEAL who not only Healing Grounds, the non-profit organization water supply for the next 50 years, improving spent 20 years fighting for her country in uni- she founded to support returning Iraq and Af- infrastructure in the areas of drainage and form, but is now leading the charge for equal ghanistan veterans. Healing Grounds lends wastewater collection, facilitated the construc- rights for transgender Americans. During the therapeutic help to them by providing special- tion of a sports complex for youth, and the course of her distinguished military career, ized training in landscaping and gardening to construction of a new City Hall, Police Head- Kristin was known as Chris Beck, and served build a place of tranquility in their own back- quarters, Public Works Facility, Library, and through 13 deployments in Bosnia, Iraq, and yards. In addition, she has two teenage boys Civic Center. More recently Mr. Saenz rep- Afghanistan, including seven combat deploy- from a previous marriage, and works as a resented Pleasanton in Economic Issues with ments, before retiring and coming out as the Pentagon consultant. Atascosa County and has been at the fore- first openly transgender Navy SEAL. From Mr. Speaker, I commend Kristin Beck for front of planning initiatives to accommodate fighting terrorists overseas to knocking down her outstanding bravery and service to our na- the exponential growth of the city due to Eagle gender barriers at home, she is a true patriot tion. All her life, she has selflessly put duty Shale Oil and Gas Play. and source of inspiration. and country ahead of her own needs. Kristin’s Not only has Mr. Saenz held an esteemed At the age of five, the young Chris Beck story reminds us of the many daily struggles and honorable career in the Council, he has knew that he was different, being drawn to his faced by transgender Americans and veterans devoted his life to his family, community, and sisters’ feminine clothes and toys. The son of alike, including the continued discrimination country. After attending Pleasanton High socially conservative, dogmatically religious faced by transgender service members who School, Mr. Saenz joined the United States Air farmers, however, he was sent to a Christian must hide their identities in order to serve in Force in 1952. While in the Air Force, Mr. school operated by televangelist Jerry Falwell the military. As she continues working to ad- Saenz fought in the Korean War and was hon- and pushed into traditional masculine roles, vance lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender orably discharged in 1956. Upon his return to such as playing football and riding motor- (LGBT) equality and address the needs of vet- Pleasanton Mr. Saenz began working as a cycles. Fifteen years later, Chris found his erans, I remain an ally in Congress and wish barber, becoming the sole proprietor of the calling with the SEALs, the Navy’s elite special her the very best in her new life’s mission. operations force. He proved himself to be a City Barber Shop in 1971. In 1961 he married f Ermelinda Gomez Saenz with whom he now courageous and much respected hero, while has 5 children, 6 grandchildren, and 4 great- developing the deep bonds of brotherhood IN RECOGNITION OF THE 90TH grandchildren. with his fellow SEALs. In between missions, BIRTHDAY OF OSCAR JACKSON Mr. Speaker, I am honored and pleased to though, when Chris had a little time to himself, MOONEY, JR. have had this time to recognize Councilman he could not help but dress in women’s Abraham Saenz Jr. on his career and commu- clothes. Over the next two decades, he went HON. MIKE ROGERS nity involvement. He has contributed his time, on to serve on a tour with the counter-ter- OF ALABAMA knowledge, and efforts to his community. rorism unit known as SEAL Team Six, famous IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f for its harrowing missions and rescues, and earned the Bronze Star with ‘‘V,’’ the Purple Friday, October 11, 2013 SERGEANT PATRICK C. HAWKINS Heart, and other numerous honors. Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I In 2011, Chris retired from the military and ask for the House’s attention today to honor HON. LOU BARLETTA embraced his true feminine identity as Kristin Oscar Mooney, Jr., a distinguished Alabama OF PENNSYLVANIA Beck. She started undergoing hormone ther- veteran, on his 90th birthday. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES apy and physically transforming herself into a Mr. Mooney was born on December 2, 1923 woman. With this metamorphosis came the at home in Weogufka, Alabama. In 1943, Mr. Friday, October 11, 2013 decision to officially come out to the world. It Mooney enlisted in the U.S. Army and served Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor began with replacing her LinkedIn profile pic- as a sergeant in the 16th Armored Division. Army Ranger Sergeant Patrick C. Hawkins ture with one of her dressed as a woman, and The 16th Armored Division was instrumental in from Carlisle, Pennsylvania who was killed in changing her name from ‘‘Chris Beck’’ to the liberation of Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. Mr. action on October 6, 2013 in Afghanistan. ‘‘Kristin Beck.’’ On February 9, 2013, Kristin Mooney has received the WWII Victory Medal, Sgt. Hawkins was on his fourth tour in Af- officially came out to the military in a press re- the American Service Medal, the European-Af- ghanistan and serving as a rifleman, gun team lease, in which she stated that she ‘‘respect- rican-Middle Eastern Service Medal with one leader and Ranger team leader when he was fully remained silent regarding her gender bronze star and the Good Conduct Service

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They also have 4 ana, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky. In 2011 Usher Board. The Rev. E.W. Lumpkin noticed grandchildren and one great-grandchild. alone, Honda spent $16 billion with suppliers, her and called her in to tell her, ‘‘You have After 18 years of working full-time for the supporting good jobs throughout the region. something to do. The Lord is trying to speak Kimberly Clark Corporation, Mr. Mooney re- To-date more than 650,000 vehicles have to you.’’ This was a pivotal moment in Evan- tired to work full-time on their farm, the Moon- rolled off the Greensburg facility production gelist Griffey’s life. ey Home Place. line. These include the Civic Sedan, Civic Nat- Encouraged by her pastor to accept a call to Mr. Speaker, please join me and Mr. ural Gas, and the Acura ILX. minister for God, Evangelist Griffey moved to Mooney’s family in celebrating 90 years of Mr. I ask the entire Sixth Congressional District Jacksonville, Florida, where she scrubbed Mooney’s life, and please join me in thanking to join me in congratulating Honda Manufac- floors while attending the Duval School of him for his outstanding service to our nation. turing of Indiana on this milestone. Their lead- Nursing to earn her license as an LPN. She f ership and economic impact on our state has matriculated in the Zeta Van Gibson School of been invaluable. On a personal note, I am Theological Studies to better understand how RECOGNIZING TULLYTOWN BOR- very appreciative of the impact Honda has had she could fulfill the calling that God placed in OUGH POLICE CHIEF PATRICK on my hometown of Greensburg and the De- her life. In 1967, she graduated with her Li- PRIORE catur County community at large. Honda Man- cense in Religious Bible Doctrine, Pages in ufacturing of Indiana is a great community Healing and Spiritual Advising and Teaching HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK partner, and I look forward to celebrating and simultaneously, the Spirit of God laid OF PENNSYLVANIA many more milestones in the future. upon her heart the need to start The St. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Katherine’s Prayer Band at her home in Jack- sonville, Florida. Then in 1969, while in con- Friday, October 11, 2013 IN HONOR OF MISSIONARY KATH- stant prayer, Missionary Griffey made the de- Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ERINE CASH GRIFFEY’S 80TH cision to move back to Atlanta and continue in recognition of a career of service to the BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION her ministry with the Prayer Band. community of Tullytown Borough by Police In April 1982, Missionary Griffey purchased Chief Patrick Priore. HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. her current home and welcomed the Lord and Chief Priore retired from the force at the end OF GEORGIA the Prayer Band inside. The Prayer Band’s of August after serving more than 15 years as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES services were held every second Sunday and chief and nearly 24 years with the department every Thursday Night in the ‘‘Prayer Room’’ of Friday, October 11, 2013 overall. the house. A debt-free Missionary Griffey was The Chief’s commitment to the people of Mr. BISHOP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to then led by God to mortgage her home and Lower Bucks County was well known and pay a special tribute to an outstanding evan- add the money to the funds that had already widely respected. His dedication to protecting gelist, life coach, minister, nurse, missionary been raised to purchase a church building. Fi- the people of his region continued even after and all-around phenomenal woman, Evan- nally, on August 9, 1989, the church’s first he was seriously injured in the line of duty in gelist Katherine Cash Griffey, who will be cele- home at 1153 Ormewood Avenue was pur- May of 2009—an injury that forced him into an brating her 80th birthday on Saturday, October chased with cash and officially named and early retirement. 12, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perim- registered as The St. Katherine’s C.O.G.I.C., Mr. Speaker, I have known Chief Priore for eter at Ravinia in Atlanta, Georgia. Inc. Through divine intervention and a devel- many years. A law enforcement professional Missionary Katherine Cash Griffey was born oper as a benefactor, the church was able to of the highest integrity, Pat has been a good on October 18, 1933, in Atlanta, Georgia to relocate to a larger facility on Covington High- friend and confidant to me and an abiding in- the late Mr. Robert Cash, Sr., and the late way, where it continues to flourish to this day. fluence on his officers and community. Most of Mrs. Mary Jane Moss. The first of five chil- Missionary Griffey has achieved much in her all, he is a great father and husband. These dren, she lived with her parents in the home life, but none of this would have been possible traits are being passed through Pat’s family of her grandparents, Rev. Lewis Woods and without the love and support of her husband, and in to the community that has been privi- Missionary Irene Woods, who had founded Joseph, two sons, Joel and Jonathan, and her leged to have been blessed with his leader- Rome Church of God in Christ. Surrounded by beautiful granddaughter, Brittani. Missionary ship, courage and faithful commitment to serv- religion, she was raised in the Christian Pente- Griffey has reared her family on the faith and ice. costal Faith. Missionary Woods anointed her belief that ‘‘Keeping God first will allow you to While Chief Priore may no longer be the at birth, baptized her in the church at one year get far in life; Prayer without ceasing.’’ head of the Tullytown Borough Police Depart- old and instilled in her a mindset of ‘‘Holiness In her eighty years, Missionary Katherine ment, we still recognize and honor his service is Right.’’ Missionary Woods also showed by Griffey has endured many tests and trials, but and sacrifice today and wish him the best dur- example that a pure, righteous, and true walk she has survived them all and has come out ing his retirement. in life is the one taken on God’s Path. stronger for it. She has survived sickness, I thank you; the people of Tullytown thank Mother Woods passed away when Evan- heartbreak, ridicule, and scorn. She has been you. gelist Griffey was nine, but not before leaving shot and her office was fire bombed. She has f her with these final words that she carries with overcome colorectal cancer, heart valve re- her to this day, ‘‘You are to do great things for placement surgery, and 10 hospitalizations CONGRATULATING HONDA the Lord, and to be about His mission in your since 2006. Although the load may seem MANUFACTURING OF INDIANA life.’’ After Evangelist Griffey’s grandmother heavy, she knows that the Lord would never passed, her mother suffered a nervous break- give us more than we could bear. Through it HON. LUKE MESSER down, her father joined the Army and the chil- all, her sturdy faith in the Lord was never OF INDIANA dren were separated, each going to live with shaken and her mission to win souls for Christ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other family. never ceased. She has come a long way from Evangelist Griffey went to live with her aunt, the malnourished child with severe asthma to Friday, October 11, 2013 who had fifteen children, nine of whom lived in a strong pillar firmly grounded in the Lord. Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the home, so she never had her own bed in Always pressing towards the mark for the congratulate Honda Manufacturing of Indiana which to sleep. Her world torn apart, Evan- prize of the high calling of God in Christ on celebrating their fifth anniversary of mass gelist Griffey became very ill and depressed, Jesus, to better improve the craft of Christian production. Honda’s Indiana facility is located leading her to become inactive in the church. ministry and discipleship, Missionary Griffey in Greensburg, in my congressional district. Missionary Griffey attended Wesley Avenue has helped to shape the lives of many, includ- On October 9, 2008, Honda opened their Elementary School-Atlanta Public School Sys- ing Members of Congress, Governors, May- seventh North American auto assembly plant tem until her father took her and her brother ors, state politicians, foreign leaders, min- in my hometown of Greensburg, Indiana. The to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she at- isters, and lawyers, among others, by means

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She is truly a nurturer Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my other beaches of Saipan with a goal of gaining a at heart and she loves everyone purely and distinguished colleagues join me in congratu- crucial air base from which they could launch genuinely with both her soul and with the love lating Reverend Norman on his 60th pastoral B–29 bombers. The Battle of Saipan was of Jesus. anniversary. For his commitment to the people fierce and bloody; the enemy put up barbed Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join of Brooklyn and to his service of those less wire along beaches and dug trenches to trap me, my wife Vivian, and well wishers all fortunate, he is worthy of the highest praise. and ambush the marines. across the world in paying tribute to Mis- f Our boys laid claim to the beachheads inch sionary Katherine Cash Griffey. Ephesians by bloody inch. Nearly 30,000 Japanese sol- 4:11–12 says, ‘‘So Christ himself gave the TEXAS’ OLDEST ACTIVE LAW- diers died trying to defend the island and apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the MAN—LOCAL LEGEND LIEUTEN- 3,426 Americans were killed with 13,000 pastors and teachers, to equip his people for ANT TOM MORGAN wounded. On July 8, 1944, the United States works of service, so that the body of Christ flag was raised in victory over Saipan, and may be built up.’’ Evangelist Griffey embodies HON. TED POE Tom survived his second major battle. every one of these roles and we are so OF TEXAS Less than a year later, Tom was sent to blessed that she was put here on this Earth to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fight in the Battle of Okinawa, referred to as Operation Iceberg. This battle was the first do so much for so many for so long. Friday, October 11, 2013 f time that U.S. troops fought on Japanese soil Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, no one and it would be the bloodiest. Tom and the THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF REV- brings meaning to the phrase ‘‘Don’t mess Marines were on board a transport ship Easter EREND DR. CLARENCE NORMAN, with Texas’’ more than our lawmen. Every Sunday morning, 1945, eating breakfast in the SR. once in awhile, when I have the chance to es- mess hall when an enemy plane hit the ship. cape from the Devil City, I get together with Water began filling up the mess hall and Tom HON. HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES what I call the ‘‘Poe-leece’’. The Poe-leece are thought he was going to meet his maker. OF NEW YORK a group of my friends in the Texas law en- However, the man above had different plans IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES forcement community. I have been friends with for Tom. The hatch flew open and he was most of them since my days on the bench. able to escape. The marines went on to land Friday, October 11, 2013 When we all get together we like to exchange in Okinawa. The battle lasted 82 days and Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in ‘‘war stories’’. The most seasoned veteran of was referred to as ‘‘typhoon of steel’’. Amer- recognition of the achievements of Reverend them all is a man named Tom Morgan. ican casualties were the highest experienced Dr. Clarence Norman, Sr. During his 60 years Tom Morgan is the oldest active lawman in in any campaign against the Japanese. Battle of service, Rev. Norman has ministered to Texas. This year Tom turned 93 years young. casualties for the Japanese were 49,151, of tens of thousands and worked tirelessly to im- I first met Tom 25 years ago at the North Har- which 12,520 were killed or missing and prove the lives of all those he encountered. In ris County Criminal Justice Association break- 36,631 wounded. Marine losses, including honor of his six decades of service to our fast meeting in Humble. This sprightly veteran those of the Tactical Air Force, were 2,938 community, Rev. Norman was honored at a still has the same passion for our country and killed and missing and 13,708 wounded. On celebratory banquet on Saturday, April 6, 2013 our military that he did the day he enlisted. June 22, 1945, the United States flag was at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach, New Tom served three tours of duty, but that is not raised in victory over Okinawa and Tom sur- York. the only remarkable part of his career. vived his third battle. In 1953, he helped found the First Baptist Tom was born on September 20, 1920, in Not many Americans fought in all three bat- Church of Williamsburg located in Brooklyn, Bossier City, Louisiana, about twenty miles tles of Guadalcanal, Saipan and Okinawa. New York, which later relocated to the Crown from the Texas border. He was a child of the Tom remained in the Marines until 1946 and Heights neighborhood. Shortly after the Great Depression and grew up very poor. His continued his service in the Reserves; he church’s founding, he was ordained as pastor. town was very patriotic, especially since it was even served three months in the Korean War. Today, the First Baptist Church of Crown home to Barksdale Air Force Base. After the war, Tom enrolled at the University Heights has a congregation of over 2,000 peo- When World War II began, Tom was just 21 of Louisiana to pursue his degree in mechan- ple. years old. He answered his country’s call of ical engineering. During that same year, he In addition to his ministry at the First Baptist duty to serve and joined the U.S. Marines. decided to pay a visit to an old friend in Hous- Church of Crown Heights, Rev. Norman has During this time, the United States’ first major ton, Texas. It was there he met a Texas beau- been dedicated to improving housing and edu- offensive was launched against Japan in the ty; her friends called her Pat. Tom told me he cation in the community. Guadalcanal. Japan was trying to solidify its fell in love with Pat at first sight. He imme- Rev. Norman’s commitment to education is stronghold on the Island of Guadalcanal, be- diately decided to move to Texas, transferred evidenced by his own academic achieve- cause of its closeness to Australia. The Japa- to the University of Houston, and married Pat ments: he received a Bachelor of Arts from nese had built an airfield and had about 8,500 the following year. He finished college, be- Bloomfield College, and a Master of Divinity men on the island. Tom’s first tour was in came a pipeline engineer and designer and and Doctorate in Religion from Howard Uni- Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, in Au- began a family. He and his wife, Pat, raised versity. The importance of education was im- gust 1942. Sergeant Tom Morgan and the Ma- three children in their home in Pasadena, parted to the youth he mentored and taught. rine Corps—members of the Greatest Genera- Texas. He retired from Gulf Interstate Engi- He served as the Director of the John Edward tion—secured the airfield and killed half the neering in 1982, at the age of 62. Bruce Day Care Center and Dean and Assist- Japanese force. But the fierce fighting took Now this is where I would normally say. ant Principal of the Whitelaw Reid Junior High three months. Conditions were harsh for our ‘‘And that’s just the way it is.’’ But, Tom’s story School. Additionally, he taught social studies warriors—thick jungle, heavy rainfall, swamps, is not over. Ten years after retirement, Tom at the Nathaniel Macon Junior High School. mud, mountainous terrain and a determined decided to join the Harris County Sheriff’s Of- In 1987, Rev. Norman founded the Local enemy. The Japanese sent in reinforcements fice Reserve Command. At first, Pat was not Development Corporation of Crown Heights, during the ‘‘Tokyo Express’’; 4,000 of the too happy. He told Pat he was tired of fol- which has developed over 800 housing units enemy reached land. However, by February lowing her around the grocery store and that for senior citizens and low-income families. 1943, the U.S. marines took control of the is- he needed to be busy. So at the age of 72, He has received numerous honors and land. Tom’s unit played a pivotal part in the he graduated from the Harris County Sheriff awards including the 1969–1970 Parish Min- Battle of Guadalcanal. Over 1,500 American Office Academy and became the oldest rook- istry Fellowship by the Fund for Theological warriors were killed in action and 4,000 in- ie. Education and the First Annual Ecumenical jured; thousands contracted malaria—including Today, Lieutenant Tom Morgan is assigned Award from the National Conference of Chris- Sergeant Tom Morgan. Tom later recalled that to the HCSO Marine Division where he patrols tians and Jews. In 2002, he was honored by malaria had put him near death. the waters of Lake Houston, San Jacinto River Ebony Magazine as a ‘‘great black father.’’ He rested as much as he could and took and the Ship Channel. Once a Marine, always Rev. Norman is an inspirational leader whose the little yellow pill, Atabrine, which doctors a Marine. As a reserve deputy he works at work would not have been possible without prescribed. In the summer of 1944, Tom was least 500 hours a year. He conducts boat

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:57 Nov 15, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\OCT2013\E11OC3.REC E11OC3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1498 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 11, 2013 safety inspections and boat stops to enforce CELEBRATING THE GROUND- of the UNICO Hazleton, Pennsylvania Chap- all aspects of boating law. BREAKING OF THE GATEHOUSE ter. For 21 years, he has put on the badge and A lifelong resident of the area, Mr. Tranguch a gun to protect and serve the people of Har- HON. KENNY MARCHANT served as the president of the UNICO Hazle- ton Chapter from 2002–2005. UNICO is the ris County that he loves. He patrols the Ship OF TEXAS Channel, where he works closely with Home- largest Italian American organization in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES land Security at the Port of Houston. United States. Members seek to improve their Retire? Not Tom. Again, let me remind you. Friday, October 11, 2013 communities by providing assistance to area Tom is 93 years old. Tom is the oldest law- Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I am de- and national charities through fundraisers and man in Texas. lighted to announce and celebrate the ceremo- donations. Additionally, they strive to honor In 2008, Tom’s Texas beauty, Pat, passed nial groundbreaking for The Gatehouse, a truly and educate others about their Italian culture away. Tom and Pat were married for 61 years. transformative community for women in dif- and ethnic heritage. It’s been five years since her passing; Tom ficult situations, which will occur soon on Octo- Mr. Tranguch’s commitment to the commu- told me not a day goes by that he doesn’t ber 16, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. nity does not end with his service to UNICO. miss his Pat. He says it’s good for him to stay The Gatehouse will be a unique community He is an active member of the Men of Mal- busy: working, volunteering at his church, of transitional housing for women (and their vern, the Hazleton Quarterback Club, Hazleton spending time with his three children who all children) coming out of abusive, impoverished, Community Concerts, Hazleton Gourmet, and live in the Houston area and enjoying his or other challenging situations. Gatehouse will the Queen of Heaven Church, where he grandchildren and great grandchildren. be an entire suburban neighborhood complete serves on the Financial Committee and as an Ronald Reagan best summed it up when he with new houses of various sizes, a commu- usher. He supports the Muscular Dystrophy said, ‘‘Some people spend an entire lifetime nity center for counseling and events, a gen- Association (MDA), the Committee to Help wondering if they made a difference. The Ma- eral store, a clothing boutique, and plenty of Handicapped Infants and Parents Succeed rines don’t have that problem.’’ And Tom defi- beautiful open green space. In addition to the (CHHIPS) and the United Rehabilitation Serv- nitely does not have that problem. physical amenities, Gatehouse is extraordinary ices (URS). Mr. Tranguch was also awarded Soon, Sheriff Adrian Garcia of Harris Coun- because of its Independent Life Program—a V.I.P. of the year from the Helping Hands So- ty, Texas, will recognize Lieutenant Tom Mor- two and one-half year program of practical ciety. gan with the Lifetime Achievement Award. A and emotional assistance to ensure that Mr. Speaker, for his dedicated service to fitting honor for a remarkable man. Semper Fi! women and families at Gatehouse are not just both his Italian heritage and our community, I Oooh Rah! Marine and Texas Lawman—Tom shuttled through life but make a positive long- commend Benito A. Tranguch, an outstanding Morgan. term life transformation. The Independent Life member of the UNICO Hazleton, Pennsylvania And that’s just the way it is. Program at Gatehouse is also faith-based, Chapter. f though it does not affiliate with any particular f HONORING CC YIN OF SOLANO church or take government funding, and is ENDING THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA purely funded by generous private donors. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Gatehouse was founded by Lisa Rose and HON. MIKE THOMPSON grew out of projectHandUp. In 2008, HON. ANNA G. ESHOO projectHandUp began as a group providing OF CALIFORNIA OF CALIFORNIA wisdom, hope, and practical resources to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES abused women at monthly ‘‘First Friday’’ meet- Friday, October 11, 2013 ings. Their first meeting drew 169, and they Friday, October 11, 2013 Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, now are attended by 350 to 1,000 people. Fi- Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, today is the 11th I rise today to Senor Mr. CC Yin, who is being nancial assistance was also made available in day of the government shutdown, with honored by the Asian American Bar Associa- some cases to those in need. Over a period 800,000 government employees still out of tion of Solano County for his countless con- from 2011 to 2012, a group of women from work, including 1,400 of my constituents, due tributions to his community. the project worked with the Grapevine City to this reckless, irresponsible and high-risk Mr. Yin’s life exemplifies the ‘‘American Council to develop the idea for Gatehouse, venture of House Republicans. $12.5 million is Dream’’ that many immigrants have when they and approval was granted on August 21, being lost every hour in work and services the come to America. Mr. Yin arrived in America 2012. government is unable to perform. Thousands 48 years ago with no English language skills In June of this year, work began on the of small businesses and startups—the back- and very little money in his pocket. He worked roads and infrastructure for The Gatehouse. bone of America’s economy—are without his way through college to earn a degree in The groundbreaking ceremony will occur on SBA’s guaranteed loans and regulatory ap- Engineering. After a successful career as a October 16. The community is expected to proval. And the latest estimate from the Treas- civil engineer, his entrepreneurial spirit drove open in the Fall of 2014 with the first neigh- ury is that if Congress doesn’t vote to raise him to seek an opportunity to own a McDon- borhood, Phase I, providing 24 units. At Gate- the debt ceiling by October 17th there is a vir- ald’s franchise. Along with his wife and two house, great importance will be placed on tual guarantee that our economy and the glob- daughters, Mr. Yin owns one of the largest healthy and compassionate relationships with- al economy could implode. McDonald’s franchises in the country, with 28 in the community in order to foster a sense of Let’s recall how we arrived here as we franchises in 11 cities. They have received na- dignity and lasting improvement in women’s reach the end of the second week of this gov- tional and international accolades for their suc- lives. I commend the good work done by ernment shutdown. It all began when House cesses. those who are laboring to make The Gate- Republicans insisted that the Affordable Care CC Yin and his family have embraced the house a reality and look forward to seeing the Act be repealed in order to win their votes to McDonald’s motto of giving back and investing success of their mission to provide women keep the government functioning. in the community. The Yin’s are active in nu- with a ‘‘hand up.’’ This non-starter demand has now bled into merous civic organizations and give gener- Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the 24th District of the debt ceiling debate and mutated into a lit- ously to many charitable causes throughout Texas, I ask all my distinguished colleagues to any of others: offshore oil drilling permits; end- their community. join me in celebrating the groundbreaking of ing ‘‘net neutrality’’ policies; approving the Above all, Mr. Yin has invested his personal The Gatehouse in Grapevine, Texas. Keystone XL pipeline; defunding the 2010 energy and resources to build the non-profit f Wall Street reform law; and piecemeal funding organization, Asian Pacific Islander Public Af- of popular government programs. If I were to fairs Association (APAPA). The goals of the BENITO A. TRANGUCH try to explain this to small children, I’d say it’s organization are to promote the importance of as if Harry Potter overdosed on polyjuice po- political awareness and civic engagement for HON. LOU BARLETTA tion. Asian Americans and new Asian immigrants. OF PENNSYLVANIA What I can only expect next from House Mr. Speaker, CC Yin has dedicated his life IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Republicans is something we’d find in a chil- and resources to the betterment of all peoples dren’s fantasy book, which is meaningless in in Solano County. It is therefore appropriate Friday, October 11, 2013 the real world. It’s meaningless for the millions that we honor Mr. Yin today and wish him well Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor of Americans the government shutdown af- in his future endeavors. Benito A. Tranguch, an outstanding member fects, and the low-income mothers and their

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:57 Nov 15, 2014 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD13\RECFILES\OCT2013\E11OC3.REC E11OC3 bjneal on DSK2TWX8P1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE October 11, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1499 infants without nutrition benefits. It’s meaning- the presence here on stage of three great people are not angels, so they need constitu- less for pre-school children left without a Head presidents of this University, Bill Bowen, tions that create institutions, define proc- Harold Shapiro and Shirley Tilghman. esses and separate powers. Start program, and the hundreds of people in- In the past weeks, people have occasionally We might equally well add that if people fected with salmonella because the FDA asked me whether I could have imagined, in were angels, they would have no need for couldn’t do its job. the days when I was a student here, that I teachers. Students would need no one to in- Mr. Speaker, the House Republicans need might someday be the university president. I spire their studies or correct their errors. If to drop the fantasies and bring a bill to the reply very honestly that it never crossed my students were angels, they would need, at floor to reopen the government with no strings mind, not when I was a student and not, for most, a few syllabi, a library, some labora- attached. Let’s raise the debt ceiling like we’ve that matter, when I returned to join the fac- tories, a computer and perhaps a few Massive always done to pay America’s bills. Let’s end ulty in 2001. My dream job, both as student Open Online Courses. They might then all be and a faculty member, was to be a Princeton this manufactured crisis so we can negotiate a more or less self-taught, as were Benjamin professor teaching about the Constitution. Franklin and Abraham Lincoln, those al- long-term, fiscally responsible path forward for And, when my dream came true, when I most superhuman, if not quite angelic, he- our country. Let’s do the job the American came back to Princeton as a member of the roes of the American constitutional tradi- people sent us here to do. faculty, I reckoned that I had been very clev- tion. f er. I thought that by becoming a law pro- But people are not angels, and very, very fessor at a university without a law school, few students are like Franklin and Lincoln. RECOGNIZING MRS. CARMEN I had reduced if not eliminated any chance The generations of students who have come GARCIA BARRIOS that large administrative assignments might to Nassau Hall, including the great James ever distract me from the teaching and re- Madison, have wanted teachers to fire their search that I loved. imaginations, dispel their misconceptions, HON. HENRY CUELLAR Of course, by returning to Princeton, I had explode their prejudices, stir their spirits OF TEXAS also come home to a university that I loved and guide their passions. And students have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more than any other, and where the respon- found mentors here, not just in professors sibilities of administration would be more Friday, October 11, 2013 and preceptors, but also in chaplains and meaningful to me than anywhere else. coaches, counselors and graduate students, Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Princeton’s wonderful 19th president, Shirley conductors and directors, deans and adminis- recognize the celebration of Mrs. Carmen Gar- Tilghman, realized that before I did, an she trators. cia Barrios de Garza’s 100th birthday. With a changed my life by offering me the oppor- I expect that all of you in the audience century passing, Mrs. Garza has dedicated tunity to become her provost. today can look back upon your lives and I suppose that all of us, as we move identify teachers whose support and guid- her life to her family, loved ones, and giving through this complicated world, require ance were valuable beyond measure and back to the community. some time to realize what matters most in without whom you could not have achieved Mrs. Garza was born October 6, 1913. our lives. The path to and through adulthood the successes that matter most to you. I am Throughout her lifetime Mrs. Garza and her takes unexpected turns. Childhood heroes especially pleased that in attendance today family have lived in Jim Hogg County and show hidden flaws; youthful causes lose their are two teachers whose mentorship has guid- Webb County, Laredo, Texas. luster. If we are lucky, though, we find cer- ed me throughout my career: Mr. Pat Canan, Since her marriage to Benito Garza Herrera, tain ideals from which we can draw enduring who taught me physics at Corvallis High inspiration and to which we can commit our Mrs. Garza has been devoted and dedicated School; and Professor Jeffrey Tulis, who life’s energies. In my life, there have been taught me about the Constitution and polit- to her husband and her family. In the midst of two: constitutional democracy, as mani- ical theory when I was an undergraduate at World War II Mr. Garza bravely left to serve in fested personally for me in the American this University. the Philippines with the U.S. Army 5th Air constitutional tradition, and liberal arts I have kept in touch with both of these Force. In her husband’s absence, Mrs. Garza education, as exemplified especially by the teachers for more than 30 years now. Thirty stayed in Texas caring for their children and blend of research and teaching at this great years is a long time. As I have already said, keeping busy with her hobbies of sewing, University. education, like constitutionalism, is a long- cooking and gardening. The iconic building behind me combines term enterprise. Great teachers, and great these traditions. Nassau Hall was once all of Upon his return from war, Benito Garza universities, make extraordinary invest- Princeton University, and this University’s ments in students and research in anticipa- served as Deputy Sheriff of Jim Hogg County. alumni still regard it as the symbolic heart tion of future benefits that are usually un- It was here that Mr. and Mrs. Garza raised of their alma mater—even if it has now be- knowable and occasionally implausible. Per- their 6 children—Oscar, Anita, Lidia, Hilda, Be- come an administrative office building into haps the seeds you plant in the mind of 19- nito, and Ciria. Since then Mrs. Garza has which few students ever venture. Nassau year-old students today will guide careers been blessed with 19 grandchildren, 32 great- Hall was also briefly, in 1783, the home of the that blossom and mature many decades grandchildren, and 14 great-great-grand- Continental Congress, and so the seat of this hence. Or, to take an example from our De- children. nation’s government. And Nassau Hall was, partment of Chemistry, perhaps your curi- as Hunter Rawlings has so movingly de- Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have had the osity-driven research into the pigmentation scribed, the site where James Madison (un- of butterfly wings will, 50 years later, time to recognize and celebrate the tremen- dergraduate Class of 1771, graduate Class of produce a drug that improves the lives of dous life of Mrs. Carmen Garcia Barrios de 1772) acquired the learning that eventually cancer patients. Garza and her 100th birthday celebration. made him the father of America’s Constitu- If human beings were angels, we would f tion. cheerfully focus on long-term goods. We Constitutionalism and liberal arts edu- would invest enthusiastically in schools and PRESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION: cation also have deeper connections, ones colleges for our own children and for every- THE IDEAL OF A LIBERAL ARTS that depend not on the contingencies of his- body else’s children, so that they could be- UNIVERSITY tory and geography but on their relationship come productive, engaged citizens in the fu- to human nature. Both of them are long- ture. We would happily support speculative term institutions that recognize simulta- research projects so that we could reap the HON. RUSH HOLT neously humanity’s virtues and its imperfec- benefits of discovery and innovation. We OF NEW JERSEY tions, and that aim to cultivate our talents, would gladly nurture humanistic inquiry be- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES orient us toward the common good, and cause it provides an essential foundation for make us the best that we can be. understanding what makes life meaningful Friday, October 11, 2013 In one of the most famous passages from and sustains the wellsprings of civil society. Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to his extraordinary arguments on behalf of Indeed, we need not be angels to do these bring to the attention of the House the elo- constitutional ratification, Madison wrote, things. We would do them if we were per- in Federalist 51, ‘‘What is government . . . quent remarks of Dr. Christopher Eisgruber at fectly rational investors, because economists but the greatest of all reflections on human like Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz have his installation as President of Princeton Uni- nature? If men were angels, no government shown convincingly that education and re- versity, September 22, 2013. would be necessary.’’ [Madison, Fed. 51; search are powerful drivers of economic pros- Friends, colleagues, students, teachers, Rossiter ed. 322] Madison used gendered lan- perity. Princetonians: guage, but I have no doubt that in this re- But we are not perfectly rational any more I am honored to be standing here this spect at least James Madison was a feminist: than we are angels. We live embodied in the afternoon and I am very touched, indeed a He meant his skepticism to apply equally to present, sensitive to short-term pleasures tad bit overwhelmed by the generosity of the both sexes. If people were angels, they would and pains. Notions of the common good and remarks delivered by the speakers who have cooperate, look out for one another, and gen- promises about future returns feel abstract preceded at this podium. I am grateful for erally do good deeds. They would need no and feeble by comparison to the intensity of their gracious words. I am also honored by laws, no courts and no constitutions. But immediate experience.

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Already Friday, October 11, 2013 joyous return. We even have cannons— it has done significant harm. Our nation has though our most famous one is buried deep Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today reduced its support for public colleges and in the ground behind Nassau Hall and none in recognition of a career of service to the universities, and it has squeezed the funding of them thunder anymore. But joyous return: community of Tullytown Borough by Police needed for research, innovation and scholar- We do that very well. ‘‘Going back to Nassau Chief Patrick Priore. ship. In so doing, we risk squandering a national Hall’’ is woven into the music and the soul of Chief Priore retired from the force at the end treasure. America’s colleges and universities this place. We go back to Nassau Hall for Re- of August after serving more than 15 years as are a beacon to the world. Parents around unions, for Commencement and Bacca- chief and nearly 24 years with the department the globe dream of sending their children laureate, for Alumni Day and the Service of overall. Remembrance, and occasionally for special here, scholars dream of landing a place here, The Chief’s commitment to the people of and nations dream of creating universities ceremonies like this one. In so doing, we renew the camaraderie that enlivens our Lower Bucks County was well known and like America’s. Yet, here at home, we see a widely respected. His dedication to protecting parade of reporters, politicians and pundits commitment to this University, and we re- asking whether a college education is worth dedicate ourselves to the principles for the people of his region continued even after it—even though the economic evidence for which Princeton stands and upon which it he was seriously injured in the line of duty in the value of a college education is utterly depends. May of 2009—an injury that forced him into an overwhelming. I would not presume to enumerate all of early retirement. People discount this evidence because they those principles, but prominent among them Mr. Speaker, I have known Chief Priore for worry, quite understandably, about the cost are these basic convictions: many years. A law enforcement professional of college. They say that higher education That liberal arts education is a vital foun- of the highest integrity, Pat has been a good should be more efficient so that it can be dation for both individual flourishing and friend and confidant to me and an abiding in- cheaper in the short term and equally valu- the well-being of our society; able in the long term. fluence on his officers and community. Most of Make no mistake about it: Those of us who That residential and extracurricular expe- all, he is a great father and husband. These lead universities must make our institutions rience both supplement and reinforce the les- traits are being passed through Pat’s family as efficient as possible. We must also ensure, sons of the classroom, building character and and in to the community that has been privi- through financial aid and other programs, skills that last a lifetime; leged to have been blessed with his leader- that our colleges are accessible and afford- That rigorous research and scholarship are ship, courage and faithful commitment to serv- able to students from every sector of our so- indispensable for understanding the human ice. ciety. But there is a difference between ex- condition and improving the world; pense and inefficiency. Expensive invest- While Chief Priore may no longer be the ments can be both efficient and valuable if That learning, discovery and under- head of the Tullytown Borough Police Depart- their returns are sufficiently high. standing are valuable not only instrumen- ment, we still recognize and honor his service When professors provide individualized at- tally but also for their own sake, as sources and sacrifice today and wish him the best dur- tention to students, their time is expensive of the joy and fulfillment that make a ing his retirement. and valuable. When scholars strive day and human life worth living; Chief: I salute you. I thank you. And the night to enhance our understanding of the That scholarship and teaching are mutu- people of Tullytown thank you. world, their activity is expensive and valu- ally reinforcing activities—that scholars f able. Great colleges and universities are not learn from their students’ questions, and cheap. They require big investments, and that students learn best when they are ex- THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE they are also among the very best invest- posed to, and can participate in, research FOUNDING OF FULL GOSPEL AS- ments that this nation, or any nation, can that extends the frontiers of knowledge; make. And, as I have said in the past, great SEMBLY CHURCH universities are also places where the human That we must cultivate new generations of spirit soars. They are special communities talent enthusiastically and unselfishly; HON. HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES where students, teachers and researchers That all social and economic groups should OF NEW YORK strive to transcend their limitations and, on have access to the educational resources of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES occasion, to expand the boundaries of human this great University and to higher edu- achievement. cation more generally; Friday, October 11, 2013 I am grateful to be joined on this stage by Princeton alumni, and by former Princeton That we as a University, and we as alumni, Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in faculty members and administrators, who must constantly rededicate ourselves to the recognition of the 35th anniversary of the now serve as presidents of an extraordinary nation’s service and to the service of all na- founding of Full Gospel Assembly Church in range of colleges and universities from tions; and last, but most certainly not least, Brooklyn, NY. Pastor Michael Bacchus and throughout the world. Their presence here That a great university can and should be members of the congregation commemorated today symbolizes our need to work together the heart of an alumni community that not this milestone at a banquet on October 4, on behalf of higher education. It also re- only engages in a lifetime of learning, lead- 2013 at the Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn, minds us of Princeton’s obligation and op- ership and service, but that continues to do NY. portunity to play a leadership role in public all it can to sustain, strengthen and nourish discussions about the value of research and this University—ensuring that it can live up Full Gospel Assembly was founded on Oc- collegiate education today. Those debates to these principles and achieve its highest tober 1, 1978 by Pastor Michael Bacchus, As- are urgently important to the nation, to the aspirations through all the generations yet sistant Pastor Jesse Persuad and Brother world, and to this University’s mission, and to come. Colin Wronge. The people of New York are Princeton University must be boldly active I am honored to accept the presidency of grateful for the exemplary service and leader- within them. this, our beloved University, and I will work ship of Pastor Bacchus, whose vision led the Long-term institutions, be they edu- with you enthusiastically to sustain the ex- church from meeting in a classroom at Long cational or political, can flourish only if cellence of what we are doing now, to realize they inspire energetic commitment in the Island University to building its own sanctuary more perfectly the ideals to which we are short term. Madison knew this. Even ‘‘the on Sullivan Place in the Crown Heights neigh- committed, and to demonstrate by argument most rational government,’’ he said, must borhood of Brooklyn. Under the direction of and deed the extraordinary value of Prince- have the ‘‘prejudices of the community on Pastor Bacchus, the Queens Campus of Full ton University, and of all the colleges and its side.’’ (Fed. 49, Rossiter 315). Gospel Assembly opened in 2011. The Full In his famous debates with Stephen Doug- universities that help to bring out the best in the people of this country and this world. Gospel Christian Academy, which was found- las, Abraham Lincoln called attention to ed in 1985, continues to offer pre-K and kin- this country’s annual celebrations on the Thank you for welcoming me so warmly Fourth of July. He insisted that the ‘‘cannon this afternoon, thank you for coming back dergarten classes. which thunders [the] annual joyous return’’ once more to Nassau Hall, and thank you, The leaders and parishioners of Full Gospel of our independence serves to remind us of most of all, for your sincere commitment to Assembly have touched the lives of countless the basic principles upon which this country this place and this community that matter individuals through their compassionate serv- is founded and which unite us as a people. [P. so deeply to all of us. Thank you! ice. In 1986, the church sponsored its first

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The players and coaches of both Friday, October 11, 2013 youth, and families. teams train and work tirelessly to ensure a Mr COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January 20, Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my other memorable classic. Each Classic features a 2009, the day President Obama took office, distinguished colleagues join me in congratu- spectacular show put on by the marching the national debt was lating Full Gospel Assembly on its 35th anni- bands, the Piperettes, Mahogany in Motion, $10,626,877,048,913.08. versary. The church leaders and parishioners cheerleaders, flag teams and other auxiliary Today, it is $16,747,421,858,503.24. We’ve have dedicated themselves to serving the peo- units. It always generates enthusiastic re- added $6,120,544,809,590.16 to our debt in 4 ple of New York, and for that they are worthy sponses from proud fans cheering loudly for years. This is $6.1 trillion in debt our nation, of the highest praise. their teams. our economy, and our children could have f Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join avoided with a balanced budget amendment. IN RECOGNITION OF THE me in saluting the Maroon Tigers of More- f TUSKEGEE-MOREHOUSE FOOT- house College and the Golden Tigers of TAIWAN NATIONAL DAY BALL CLASSIC Tuskegee University as they compete in this classic gridiron rivalry. Naturally, I will be cheering for my beloved Alma Mater, More- HON. JAMES P. MORAN HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. house College. Despite the outcome, however, OF VIRGINIA OF GEORGIA the 78th Annual Tuskegee-Morehouse Foot- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ball Classic is sure to be a memorable affair IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, October 11, 2013 overflowing with spirit, pride, and tradition on Friday, October 11, 2013 Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise behalf of the students, alumni, administrations, Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, on October 10th today to salute a classic gridiron rivalry, the families, and supporters. Taiwan celebrates the 102nd anniversary of 78th Annual Tuskegee-Morehouse Football the establishment of the Republic of China. I Classic, which is known as the ‘‘Matchless f would like to take this opportunity to congratu- Classic of All Historically Black College Foot- RECOGNIZING DAVE EDWARDS’ late Taiwan on its impressive economic ball Classics.’’ This year, the Maroon Tigers of COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY progress and strong record of democratic Morehouse College will meet face-to-face with achievement. the Golden Tigers of Tuskegee University at On this important anniversary the U.S. Con- A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium in Columbus, HON. TOM REED gress should commit itself to strengthening our Georgia on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at OF NEW YORK relationship by singing a bilateral investment 2:00 p.m. agreement (BIA). IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Tuskegee-Morehouse Football Classic, Greater economic cooperation between Tai- one of the longest running NCAA Division II Friday, October 11, 2013 wan and the United States will benefit both classics in the nation, marks a rivalry that our peoples, and support the economic inte- Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cele- began in 1902 and has been played seventy- gration and material well-being of the entire brate Dave Edwards’ retirement from public of- seven times in over a century. It first began as Pacific region. fice following more than four decades of serv- an entertainment event for the African-Amer- Such an agreement would provide protec- ice. Mr. Edwards, formerly the Department of ican civilian community and African-American tion for investors of the two countries and ex- Public Works Superintendent of the Town of U.S. Army soldiers in Columbus and Fort pand market opportunities for investors all Caneadea, officially retired at the end of Sep- Benning, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama. over the world. tember. Today, it helps raise funds to provide young I applaud the efforts of the Taipei Economic men and women with scholarships to help Mr. Edwards’ impact on my district is truly and Cultural Representative Office in Wash- them attend college. difficult to quantify as he has influenced count- ington to maintain the strong ties that exist be- In 1955, the Classic Committee was formed less aspects of the community. Dave Edwards tween the people of Taiwan and the US Con- by the late Mr. Gordon H. Kitchen, Mr. A.J. has served on the Allegany County Fire Serv- gress. McClung, and Mr. Carl Haygood. The Com- ice Advisory Board for five years and is cur- I look forward to ever greater cooperation mittee continues to organize the Classic and rently a member of the Allegany County Vol- between our two nations. unteer Fireman’s Association where he is has preserved the vision and mission of its f legendary founders and past leadership. This Chairman of the Memorial Committee. He has year, the Committee will welcome Dr. John also played a pivotal role in the transformation REFORMS ADD INTEGRITY TO Silvanus Wilson, Jr., the Eleventh President of of the Houghton Volunteer Ambulance Serv- SNAP FOOD STAMP PROGRAM Morehouse College; Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon, the ice, Inc. into the thriving corporation that it is Sixth President of Tuskegee University; and today. This passion for service drives him to HON. VIRGINIA FOXX be a strong advocate for the maintenance and Dr. Beverly Tatum, the Ninth President of OF NORTH CAROLINA preservation of his community’s fire fighting Spelman College. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This is the ninth year the Tuskegee-More- history. house Football Classic will be played in the Mr. Edwards’ impact on the district has also Friday, October 11, 2013 A.J. McClung Memorial Stadium, which was been felt by the Caneadea Boosters Organiza- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, Americans are a named for the late Honorable A.J. McClung, a tion. He assisted with raising funds to repair good and generous people and don’t be- 1933 graduate of Tuskegee University, Chair- the old steel-framed bridge within the town grudge helping needy families, and especially man Emeritus of the Tuskegee-Morehouse and has been a proud supporter of the Alle- children, when times are tough. Sometimes Football Classic and 29-year member of the gany County Republican Women’s Club’s 50/ our friends, neighbors, and their kids need a Columbus Council who served as Mayor of 50 raffle for many years. little help to get by after a layoff or personal Columbus in 1973. Perhaps most importantly, Dave Edwards is hardship. But we do demand that our tax dol- The weeks leading up to this longstanding a devoted husband and father. He and his lars be spent honestly and in direct support of tradition are filled with excitement and antici- wife Linda have been married for thirty-four those who need the aid. Today, that’s not al- pation. The Tuskegee-Morehouse Classic Pa- years and have one daughter, Stacey. It has ways the case. rade is widely attended and filled with fanfare. been an honor and a privilege to work with The United States Department of Agriculture The weeklong schedule of events also in- Dave Edwards while serving the constituents is spending tax dollars to advertise the Sup- cludes church services, recruitment activities, of the Southern Tier and I wish him all the plemental Nutrition Assistance Program a media press conference, a golf tournament, best in his well-deserved retirement. (SNAP) on TV, radio, billboards, and through

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I echo those concerns, and agree Friday, October 11, 2013 adults, too, are receiving food stamp assist- that even $40 billion in SNAP savings seems ance at record levels. a small sum compared to Washington’s vast Mr. RICHMOND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today In a down economy, heightened demand mandatory overspending machine. to recognize Mr. Myke Reid for his distin- makes sense, but with the President’s 2009 guished service and commemorate his retire- waiver of work requirements for SNAP recipi- Do we need to find more savings? Abso- lutely. But the Nutrition Reform & Work Oppor- ment from the American Postal Workers Union ents, the percentage of able-bodied Americans (APWU). From the beginning of his postal ca- receiving aid has increased 163%. By com- tunity Act improves the existing SNAP system and gives our country a unique chance to re- reer as a clerk in 1976, through serving as the parison, total participants in the SNAP pro- Legislative Director of the APWO since 2004, gram, including the able-bodied population, in- form a mandatory spending program and rid it of inexcusable waste, fraud, and abuse. Mr. Reid has tirelessly fought for and proudly creased 70.3%. represented our Nation’s postal workers. This week in the House of Representatives, The Nutrition Reform & Work Opportunity Since arriving in Washington, DC in 1984, we voted to make America’s food stamp pro- Act is a step in the right direction toward en- Mr. Reid played a major role in shaping impor- gram stronger and more accountable to the suring the integrity of the SNAP program and tant legislation and worked tirelessly as a American people. that benefits are reserved for those who qual- strong and effective advocate for postal work- The Nutrition Reform & Work Opportunity ify and for those working to get back on their ers across the country. As first the Assistant Act is designed to preserve the integrity of the feet. Supporting this legislation is the respon- Legislative Director of the APWU, then the SNAP program for families, and especially sible and conservative choice. Legislative Director, he played a key role in children, who rely on food stamps. Reforms in the development and passage of many bills this legislation put stronger protections in f that made life better for people everywhere. place to ensure that SNAP money is reserved IN SUPPORT OF FISHING GUIDES His accomplishments can be seen in the bills only for those who qualify for food stamps and he fought for, including the Family and Med- isn’t wasted on government public relations IN THE EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK ical Leave Act, reform of the Hatch Act, and campaigns, medical marijuana purchases, or the Postal Employees Safety Enhancement lottery winners. Questionable loopholes and Act. His career was dedicated to serving our recruitment activities which extend assistance HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS nation’s postal workers and strengthening our to those who make too much money are also nation’s postal system. ended. OF FLORIDA Mr. Reid’s accomplishments and dedication Further, consistent with the bipartisan belief IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to serving others extended far beyond the that the solution to poverty is found through halls of Congress and the legislative arena. work, not just aid, the Nutrition Reform & Work Friday, October 11, 2013 While working, he remained very involved and Opportunity Act reinstates Clinton-era SNAP active in his community. His energy and en- work requirements. These rules stipulate that Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, as thusiasm also carried into his love of golf and able-bodied adults, with no dependents, must a result of the government shutdown, middle photography. He also was a great fan of jazz be looking for work, developing job skills, vol- class and working poor Americans all across music and the great New Orleans Jazz and unteering for community service, or obtain em- this country are suffering, including fishing Heritage Festival. ployment to draw food stamp benefits. Not guides whose livelihood depends on tourism in Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the only will this provision ensure that the truly Florida’s Everglades National Park. House to join me in congratulating Myke Reid needy continue to receive aid, it will help On October 9, 2013, nine days into the gov- on his retirement and commending him for his beneficiaries compete and prepare for jobs. ernment shutdown, more than 100 boats gath- An unchecked SNAP program that wastes ered outside the shuttered Everglades Na- years of service to our nation’s postal workers. its limited resources on publicity campaigns or tional Park to rally support for re-opening park f subsidizing those who do not qualify is unable waters. I wholeheartedly support the efforts of PERSONAL EXPLANATION to provide the best service to the people it is these hardworking fishing guides. designed to help. It is the job of this Congress One guide stated that he has lost $10,000 ´ to ensure the program is held accountable as in revenue since the waters were closed. HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ a steward of taxpayer dollars and as a safety There are around 350 such licensed guides in OF ILLINOIS net of last resort for the needy. the area alone, not to mention the hundreds of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nothing in this legislation adds to SNAP’s employees who work in and around the park. Friday, October 11, 2013 eligibility requirements, so not one law-abiding It is time that Speaker BOEHNER and his Re- Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was un- beneficiary who today meets SNAP’s income publican colleagues stop this charade, end the avoidably absent in the House Chamber for and asset tests, and who is willing to comply government shutdown, and let people get the following votes on October 8, 2013. Had I with applicable, bi-partisan work requirements, back to work. will lose their benefits. been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on Yet this legislation has its critics on the right This shutdown exemplifies government at its H.J. Res 84, rollcall vote 530; ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall and on the left. worst. American families should not fall victim vote 531, and ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall vote 532. Many on the left are crying foul because en- to Washington’s dysfunction. Wrong-headed While I am a strong supporter of the Head forcing eligibility rules, requiring work or job cynical politics is interrupting the life, liberty Start program, I oppose the Republican piece- search from the able-bodied and eliminating and pursuit of happiness of American workers meal bills to fund the government. Vulnerable loopholes will lead to some current SNAP who have done nothing wrong. Government is children and their families need and deserve beneficiaries being dropped. Although that is supposed to help its citizens, not make it hard- critical government services that this legisla- true, it is because there are people today er for them to put food on the table. tion does not fund. I continue to stand ready drawing benefits who should not be. Mr. Speaker, the bottom line is that Con- to vote for a clean continuing resolution to end One of America’s greatest strengths is that gress must re-open the government. South the Republican Shutdown and fund the entire we are a nation of laws. Regardless of the ex- Florida’s fishing guides are ready to work. It is Federal Government, including Head Start, the ample set by this White House, the govern- absolutely outrageous that politics is standing Community Services Block Grants, Child Care ment cannot operate outside of the law. We in their way. aid, and nutrition programs.

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