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December 22, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2249 sorry that I will not be here to lend my sup- HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE Win’s leadership and determination, changed port, but as a parting gesture, I urge the OF PFC JAYSINE P.S. PETREE the face of Medtronic. Today it is the world’s House to go for it. largest medical device company. I will remember with pride my 28 years in HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO Although Win brought great success to the the House of Representatives and our positive OF GUAM companies he led, his life cannot simply be measured in their bottom lines, but rather in accomplishments over that time. I am told that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES only 500 members have served in the House the countless lives he touched through his for as long as 28 years. I thank my constitu- Wednesday, December 22, 2010 philanthropic endeavors. ents for that opportunity, and hope that history Ms. BORDALLO. Madam Speaker, I rise Win was a true believer in empowerment will show that I used it to make this a better today to honor the service and sacrifice of through higher education. Since 1986, Win country in ways that stood the test of time. United States Army Private First Class Jaysine and his wife Maxine have helped over 3,000 P.S. Petree. PFC Petree was assigned to the high school students make the dream of a col- f 109th Transportation Company, 17th Combat lege education a reality through their Wallin Sustainment Battalion, 3rd Maneuver En- Scholarship. FDA FOOD SAFETY hancement Brigade at Fort Richardson, Alas- While Minnesota will never be able to re- MODERNIZATION ACT ka. On September 24, 2010, PFC Petree place Win, his legacy lives on through the lives he has touched and the state he has SPEECH OF passed away in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. She was 19 years made better through his presence. HON. DANNY K. DAVIS old. f OF ILLINOIS Known by her friends as ‘‘Jen’’, PFC Petree CONGRATULATING THE FERGUSON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was born in the Philippines and moved to FAMILY Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Guam in 2002. PFC Petree attended Simon Sanchez High School in Yigo, Guam, where Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise she excelled in both academics and inter- HON. JOE WILSON today in support of H.R. 2751, the FDA Food scholastic sports. Shortly after her graduation OF SOUTH CAROLINA Safety Modernization Act of 2010, a bill that in 2009, PFC Petree enlisted in the U.S. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would overhaul our Nation’s food safety sys- Army, and on September 24, 2010, she made Wednesday, December 22, 2010 tem by fundamentally changing the way we the ultimate sacrifice while defending our Na- Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam protect the safety of our food supply. The tion’s freedom in support of combat operations Speaker, congratulations to our former Col- focus of this legislative measure is to prevent in Afghanistan. I join our community in mourn- league from New Jersey, Mike Ferguson, and contamination of food before it occurs, which ing the loss of PFC Petree and I offer my his wife Maureen Ferguson on the birth of is a departure from the current system today most sincere condolences to her parents, Her- their new daughter Lucy Therese Ferguson. that responds after a food-borne illness out- bert and Jayne Sucgang Petree, and to her Lucy was born on Wednesday, December 15, break. Specifically, it requires food producers many family and friends. We are eternally 2010, at Sibley Hospital in Washington, DC. to come up with strategies to prevent contami- grateful for her service and will never forget Lucy Therese Ferguson is eight pounds and nation and then continually test to make sure the sacrifices of PFC Petree. two ounces of pride and joy to her loving these strategies are working. In addition, H.R. May God bless the family and friends of grandparents, Patrick and Esther Malloy of 2751 would allow the FDA to increase the PFC Jaysine P.S. Petree, God bless Guam, West Swanzey, New Hampshire, and Tom number of inspections to conduct, and re- and God bless the United States of America. Ferguson of Wellington, Florida. I am so ex- quires foreign importers to ensure their food f cited for this new blessing to the Ferguson products meet U.S. safety standards. family and wish them all the best. Mr. Speaker, I applaud the leadership of the PERSONAL EXPLANATION House and the Senate for this bipartisan legis- f lation to provide a framework for developing HON. DEAN HELLER POSTHUMOUS TRIBUTE TO preventive control standards from farm to table OF NEVADA SERGEANT WILLIE JAMES QUINCE to protect the public from food contamination. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, December 22, 2010 HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. f OF NEW JERSEY Mr. HELLER. Madam Speaker, on rollcall HONORING JOHN SHADEGG IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES No. 664 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted Wednesday, December 22, 2010 HON. JEFF FLAKE ‘‘no.’’ Mr. PASCRELL. Madam Speaker, I would OF ARIZONA f like to call your attention to the life and work IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of an outstanding individual, the late Sergeant A ONE-OF-A-KIND-MINNESOTAN: Willie James Quince of Paterson, New Jersey, Wednesday, December 22, 2010 WIN WALLIN whose life was celebrated during a memorial Mr. FLAKE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to service on Monday, November 29, 2010, at honor a valued member of the Arizona delega- HON. ERIK PAULSEN the First A.M.E. Zion Church. tion, JOHN SHADEGG. OF MINNESOTA It is only fitting that he be honored in this, JOHN SHADEGG is ending his service to this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the permanent record of the greatest democ- institution after 16 years. He came here in racy ever known, for he served countless oth- Wednesday, December 22, 2010 1994 and has served the State of Arizona ex- ers throughout his lifetime. tremely well during that time. During his time Mr. PAULSEN. Madam Speaker, today I Sergeant Willie James Quince was born in here, JOHN promoted the principles of limited rise to honor the life of Winston ‘‘Win’’ Wallin: Valdosta, Georgia in 1921 to Mr. Remer government, economic freedom, and individual businessman, philanthropist, pioneer and one- Quince and Helen Braswell. His family moved responsibility, and has stayed true to his of-a-kind Minnesotan. to West Palm Beach, Florida, where he fin- ideals while proudly serving the people of Ari- Born in Minneapolis in 1926, Win, like so ished elementary school and graduated from zona’s Third District. many in his generation, served in the military Industrial High School. He went on to courses Arizona has a habit of producing great legis- during World War II. After two years as a at Purple Kerpels School of Mechanical Den- lators, including Barry Goldwater, Mo Udall, Navy pilot, he earned a bachelor’s degree in tistry in New York City, NY. He then studied Carl Hayden, and others; JOHN SHADEGG’s business administration from the University of 4 years at the Jones Barber School in Atlantic name will certainly be added to that illustrious Minnesota. City, NJ, and the Interracial Barber College in list. Following graduation, Win began a long and Atlantic City, NJ, graduating in 3 years. After I want to pay tribute to JOHN today and tell industrious career with Pillsbury, rising through graduation, he moved to Paterson, N.J. in him how much the Arizona delegation, and all the ranks to Chief Operations Officer. January 1958 and opened Quince’s Barber of us will miss his steady, constant, principled In the mid-80’s, Win left Pillsbury to head a Shop. leadership here in the House of Representa- little-known, struggling medical device com- He was married to Mary M. Quince for 61 tives. Well done, JOHN SHADEGG. pany based in Minnesota, named Medtronic. years, and together they raised five children, VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:37 Dec 23, 2010 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A22DE8.044 E22DEPT1 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with REMARKS.