December 10, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 155, Pt. 23 31311 the subject of a senior presidential ap- There are plenty of knowledgeable, honor- Andrew Breitbart’s Biggovernment.com pointee to the Department of Edu- able, respected and forceful advocates of provides tapes of some of the sessions. De- cation is astonishing. Kevin Jennings your policies who could ably fill this job. scribing the subject matter as smut would be needs to be replaced. He needs to be re- Kevin Jennings is not that person, has never putting it lightly. The conference discus- been that person and must not stay that per- sions were very graphic and cannot be re- placed today. The so-called Safe son. layed in full detail in a family newspaper. A Schools czar appointed by the Obama I respectfully request you remove him few examples are sufficient to describe the administration to the Department of today and then submit an appropriate nomi- depravity of the subject matter. During one Education is dangerous for our school nation to the U.S. Senate for his replace- session about oral sex, a presenter asked the children. ment. 14-year-old students: ‘‘Spit or swallow? Is it An editorial in yesterday’s Wash- With kinds regards, rude?’’ In another session, the 14-year-olds ington Times titled ‘‘Obama’s risky-sex MICHAEL C. BURGESS. are taught about a gross practice called czar’’—now, I don’t know that I’ve ever [From the Washington Times, Dec. 9, 2009] ‘‘fisting,’’ in which ‘‘the man leading the dis- seen an editorial in a major newspaper OBAMA’S RISKY-SEX CZAR cussion position[ed] his hand and show[ed] that came with a bolded warning, just Warning: This editorial includes discussion 14-year-olds how to insert their entire hand into the rectum of their sex partner.’’ like a new FDA drug: This editorial in- of topics that are sexually graphic. Under usual circumstances, we would never enter- Teaching children sexual techniques is cludes discussion of topics that are sex- simply not appropriate. Unfortunately, it is ually graphic. Under usual cir- tain these subjects or the rancid language in- volved. In this case, however, a very unusual part of a consistent pattern by some homo- cumstances, we would never entertain exception must be made because the issues sexual activists to promote underage homo- these subjects or the language in- are central to the background of a senior sexuality while pretending that their mis- volved. In this case, however, a very presidential appointee at the U.S. Depart- sion is simply to promote tolerance for so- unusual exception must be made be- ment of Education who is in a position to in- called alternative lifestyles. It is outrageous cause the issues are central to the fluence how and what our children are that someone involved in this scandal is background of a senior presidential ap- taught in our nation’s schools. Thus far, out being paid by the taxpayers to serve in a of fear or squeamishness, there has been pub- high-powered position at the Education De- pointee in the United States Depart- partment, of all places. At some point, Mr. ment of Education who is in a position lic hesitance to examine closely the beliefs of this individual because many are afraid Duncan, Mr. Jennings, Obama administra- to influence how and what our children even to touch the risky content. Our scru- tion spokesmen and the president himself are taught in our Nation’s schools. ples cannot be used against us when tradi- are going to have to start answering ques- Please do not read any further if you tional moral precepts need to be defended. tions about all this. Refusing to do so won’t will be offended by the sexually graph- Simply, the deep level of depravity involved make the issue go away. ic language. in this subject cannot be portrayed without f CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, providing a couple of examples to illustrate HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, the inappropriate content. Please do not SPECIAL ORDERS Washington, DC, December 9, 2009. read any further if you will be offended by The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Re Kevin Jennings. sexually graphic language. The Obama administration is stonewalling the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- President BARACK OBAMA, serious inquiries about sexual filth propa- uary 6, 2009, and under a previous order The White House, of the House, the following Members Washington, DC. gated by a senior presidential appointee who is responsible for promoting and imple- will be recognized for 5 minutes each. Secretary ARNE DUNCAN, Department of Education, menting federal education policy. Democrats f Washington, DC. clearly are terrified of ruffling the feathers DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SECRETARY of their activist homosexual supporters, who THE WAR POWERS ACT DUNCAN: Enclosed for your reference is an are an influential part of the Democratic party’s base. This scandal, however, is not The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a editorial written in today’s The Washington previous order of the House, the gen- Times. The individual who is the subject of merely about homosexual behavior; it is tleman from Ohio (Mr. KUCINICH) is rec- this article is someone with whom you are about promoting sex between children and familiar, as he is a presidential appointee to adults—and it’s time for President Obama to ognized for 5 minutes. the U.S. Department of Education. make clear that abetting such illegal perver- Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, yes- On at least one prior occasion, my fellow sion has no place in his administration. terday I began circulating to Members Members and I have written to you regarding It is curious why White House officials and of Congress a letter that would enable the type of behavior that Mr. Jennings has Education Secretary Arne Duncan believe Members to be able to sign on to legis- been promoting to our school-age children; it’s worth it politically to continue taking arrows for defending Kevin Jennings, who is lation that will be introduced when we however, the premise of the enclosed The return in January that would be aimed Washington Times editorial heightens the Mr. Obama’s controversial ‘‘safe schools complete lack of regard this Administration czar.’’ The evidence suggesting he is unfit to at creating a vote in this House on has followed regarding sexual relationships serve as a senior presidential appointee is whether or not we keep our troops in between adults and children. startling and plentiful. It was revealed this Afghanistan and continue operations in Must I remind you that such behavior is week that Mr. Jennings was involved in pro- Pakistan. This action is being done never ‘‘okay’’—and is illegal. moting a reading list for children 13 years pursuant to the War Powers Act. The fact that this Administration stands old or older that made the most explicit sex The War Powers Act was passed in by quietly while Mr. Jennings goes out into between children and adults seem normal the public, under the cloak of protection of a and acceptable. This brought up anew Mr. 1973, and the intention of it was to presidential appointment, and informs our Jennings’ past controversies, such as his claim Congress’s constitutional au- schoolchildren on behavior which is not only seeming encouragement of sex between one thority under article I, section 8 to be unspeakable, it is criminal. of his high school students and a much older able to take this Nation into war, com- This letter is about a grown man. Kevin man as well as his praise for Harry Hay, a mit our troops to war, or to continue Jennings, teaching school children as young notorious supporter of the North American to stay at war. as 14 years-of-age, that it is okay for them to Man Boy Love Association. Congress cannot remain on the side- But there is more. There are shocking new have sex with grown adults. Mr. President, lines in this matter. We have the lives this is never okay. The callousness of this revelations this week of tape recordings from type of instruction is further evidenced by a youth conference involving 14-year-old stu- of our troops at stake. We have tril- his relationship, and subsequent endorse- dents. The conference, billed as a forum to lions of dollars at stake. Congress must ment, of an individual who has an organiza- encourage tolerance of homosexuality, was engage in this debate over whether or tion whose sole purpose is to advocate sexual sponsored by Mr. Jennings’ organization and not to stay at war in Afghanistan and relationships between grown men and adoles- was held at Tufts University in March 2000. to continue operations in Pakistan. cents. This activity is not one, and can never Mr. Jennings was executive director of the It’s comforting to let the President be one, in which the U.S. Department of Edu- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Net- do everything, but we can’t do that, be- work (GLSEN) from its founding in 1995 until cation promotes either by omission, through cause whether we agree with the Presi- action or commission through silence. August 2008. The conference sessions appear The silence of this Administration with re- to have had less to do with promoting toler- dent or not, we have a responsibility, a gards to Kevin Jennings cannot stand. He ance and more to do with teaching children constitutional responsibility, to make must be fired and must be fired today. how to engage in sex. a decision on these wars.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:28 Oct 03, 2012 Jkt 079102 PO 00000 Frm 00305 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR09\H10DE9.012 H10DE9 erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD 31312 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 155, Pt. 23 December 10, 2009 b 2220 AMERICA NEEDS REAL BANKING The big 5 are just eating us up and Now, some will say the authorization REFORM taking bigger bonuses too. It is esti- for use of military force dispensed with The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a mated they will reward themselves that. Oh, no, it didn’t. A reading of previous order of the House, the gentle- with that $145 billion in bonuses this that authorization makes it very clear woman from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR) is rec- year. Credit remains frozen across our that it does not supersede the War ognized for 5 minutes. country until today, seizing up eco- Powers Act. Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, nomic recovery, and this bill calls And so when I put this resolution to maybe someday real banking reform itself the ‘‘Wall Street Reform Bill.’’ the Congress in January, it will be an will be considered by this Congress. This bill, like those before it, will not automatic mandatory referral to the Real reform means breaking up the big meet the serious challenges crippling International Relations Committee. banks. Real reform means empowering our financial system and it surely will They will have 15 days to report it community banks and local capital ac- not give a good signal to the future. back to the House, where we can expect cumulation. Real reform means sepa- Congress said the TARP bailout would a debate. When the bill is introduced, it rating speculation and investment. save us from depression, but TARP will be introduced with broad bipar- Real reform means restoring prudent passed, and the American people went tisan support because this is not a lending. Real reform means restruc- into depression. Only the big banks Democrat or Republican issue. turing troubled housing mortgages. were saved. We have learned recently that U.S. Real reform means rewarding institu- The bills passed by Congress today contractors are paying the Taliban to tions that play by the rules and don’t protect Wall Street and their share- ensure safe shipment of U.S. goods to over-leverage. Real reform means pros- holders. Main Street pays the price. Is U.S. soldiers, who then use those sup- ecuting financial white-collar crimi- this bill a reform bill? No. It will not plies to strengthen their war with the nals and keeping them out of finance break up the big banks. It will not cre- Taliban. We have learned that permanently. ate a strong, independent financial in- Blackwater is involved in ‘‘black ops’’ Real reform means directly con- stitution regulatory agency. It will not in Pakistan working as independent necting executive pay and bonuses to separate speculation from investment contractors for the purposes of assas- the performance of the company and activity. It will not require loan work- recouping the $145 billion in unwar- sination. We cannot let these things outs to stem rising foreclosures. It will ranted bonuses for the American tax- happen without Congress being directly not recoup undeserved Wall Street bo- payer. Real reform means regulating involved and taking direct responsi- nuses to help pay for this economic all derivatives openly and clearly. Real bility. mess and put America back to work. In reform means limiting interconnected- All across this country people are fact, the bill merely asks for non- ness between large financial institu- worried about their jobs, their homes, binding votes of shareholders. tions. Real reform means independent their health care, their investments, It will not rein in nonbanking firms, supervisory and regulatory agencies their retirement security. Why is it but instead provide them with a golden that do their job—independent super- that war becomes the centerpiece of sandbox. It will not rein in the power visory and regulatory agencies. our national experience? Some can say, The bill that will be considered to- of the Federal Reserve. It will not reg- well, it makes us safer. Oh, has it? Did morrow, as it was today, merely bunts ulate all over-the-counter derivatives. the invasion of Iraq make us safer? at wrestling casino capitalism to the It will not provide the requisite num- Over 1 million innocent people perished ground. This bill, like so many before ber of FBI agents and prosecutors to in a war based on a lie; let us never for- it, will simply lead to more abuse, put behind bars the financial world’s get that. more risky behavior, and more reward white-collar criminals whose fraudu- The policies of unilateralism pre- for the most hazardous and imprudent lent behavior caused this mess. It will empted at first strike were a dead-end. characters. not bring to justice the wrongdoers at And for those who say war is inevi- Wall Street needs our help in res- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. There table, I say you’re dead wrong. Peace is cuing them from their own bad behav- are bills in this House to do that; inevitable if you tell the truth. Peace ior, not because Wall Street deserves it they’re not included in this bill. is inevitable if you’re ready to confront or is worthy; they need to be dis- And it places the Treasury Depart- the difficulties of diplomacy. ciplined because our natural interest is ment, a politically appointed super- We have a right to defend ourselves, more important than Wall Street. structure, so much a part of the prob- and I stand upon that right. I voted for Let’s dissect America’s economic lem, in charge of the Finance Services this country to defend itself in those predicament and what Congress has Oversight Council. Importantly, it fails days in September of 2001. But we can passed to fix it. In the fall of 2008, Con- to institute and strengthen inde- never mistake defense for offense. We gress passed the ‘‘Wall Street bailout.’’ pendent financial regulatory and super- can never claim the right to aggress It told America that the TARP would visory agencies. The political ap- against another nation in the name of work to steady the housing market. It pointees on this oversight council are trying to make us safer because all we not only didn’t steady the housing surely clapping in the wings. This bill do is create more enemies. Occupations market, but its purpose was totally gives more power to the opaque Fed- fuel insurgencies. If you want peace, changed by Secretary of Treasury eral Reserve. you work for peace. If you want war, Paulson, who gave the money to the You know, you would think that you create war, but we can never claim biggest banks in our country whose after all the damage that has been done that war is peace. It’s not. It often is a risky behavior caused the meltdown. in the Republic, this Congress would path to more war. And Congress, it just looked the other have the guts for real reform. This bill The Constitution, when it was writ- way. isn’t it, and I urge my colleagues to ten, our Founders were very clear they Now the housing foreclosure crisis vote ‘‘no’’ on final passage. didn’t want an imperial government, has worsened coast to coast; 2 million f they wanted to make sure the dog of Americans have lost their homes, and war was chained. And the way to do it, another 6 to 12 million are projected to LEAVE OF ABSENCE they put that decision in the hands of lose their homes. Meanwhile, the big- By unanimous consent, leave of ab- the Congress. This is about our Con- gest perpetrators of this disaster—the sence was granted to: stitution, our Constitution, which I al- Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Ms. BALDWIN (at the request of Mr. ways carry a copy of. This Constitution Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Goldman HOYER) for today on account of illness. requires us to take a stand and to have Sachs—have gone from controlling 30 Ms. SLAUGHTER (at the request of Mr. a vote. And in January, we will have a percent of all deposits in this country HOYER) for today after 7 p.m. and the vote whether to remain in Afghanistan when this mess began to 40 percent balance of the week on account of offi- and continue operations in Pakistan. now. cial business.

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