February 12, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E251 July, 41 African American men were deter- Raymond Purnell But, more to the point, Mr. Speaker, this is mined to be eligible to be employed by the fire Hilton Roberts the bicentennial of Miami University. Two-hun- department. These men were appointed in William L. Spicer dred years of proud history. Founded in 1809, three classes: 10 were appointed on October Charles R. Thomas it is a school with such a rich history and 15, 1953; 10 were appointed December 20, Eugene P. Watson proud tradition of top academic and athletic 1953, and 21 were appointed February 8, Herman Williams Jr. achievement. It is known as the ‘‘Cradle of 1954. Just a few days ago, we commemo- Littleton B. Wyatt Coaches’’ due to the high caliber of coaches rated the 55th anniversary of the completed f it has produced, which includes such notables integration. as Ara Parseghian, Paul Brown, and Woody These brave men faced very difficult times. KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER Hayes. They overcame insurmountable challenges Miami has also gained national recognition and obstacles in order to become great assets HON. BOB FILNER as one of the best Universities in the country. to the Baltimore City Fire Department. All of OF CALIFORNIA Referred to as one of the ‘‘Public Ivies,’’ due these men have made exceptional contribu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to its outstanding academic reputation, Miami tions; I will take a moment to highlight a few Thursday, February 12, 2009 ranks as a top school for all academic pro- accomplishments. From the 1954 Class, grams, including its business program, its arts James Crockett re-wrote the department rules Mr. FILNER. Madam Speaker, I rise today and sciences programs and its architecture and regulations for the Fire Board, served as to speak about a very important bill that I just program. Importantly, in a time of increasing President of the Board of Fire Commissioners, re-introduced, the Keeping Families Together globalization, it consistently ranks as one of and now serves as Commissioner of the Balti- Act of 2009 (H.R. 938). This bill would rein- the top schools for study abroad programs, in- more City Fire Department; Charles R. Thom- state judicial review to the immigration proc- cluding the outstanding Transatlantic Seminar as Sr. helped to start the first Baltimore City ess, end the practice of automatically detain- program. Fire Department, was active in starting the ing productive members of our society for One of the great things about Miami is its community outreach programs and led the minor crimes they committed years ago and beauty, its aesthetics. It’s one of the most charge to integrating the local labor union; and for which they have already served with their beautiful campuses in America. The poet Rob- Herman Williams, Jr. became the first African sentence, and allow immigrants previously de- ert Frost called Miami ‘‘the prettiest campus American to be promoted to pump operator ported to appeal that decision. that ever was.’’ (driver), and is the first and only African Amer- This law has allowed stable, long-term fami- Miami University has such a rich tradition. It ican to become Chief of the Baltimore City lies headed by legal immigrants to be torn has produced so many great, faithful servants Fire Department. apart because of minor crimes committed here in the Capitol, in public, in private institu- Madam Speaker, as we champion the presi- years ago—crimes for which the offender has tions. It’s a real honor and privilege for me to dency of Barack Obama, we must also re- already served their sentence! be able to be here to be a part of this resolu- member the trailblazers who opened the door You may recall that a basic legislative at- tion, to be a cosponsor of it, and to honor this of opportunity to many in significant ways. It is tempt to fix this law was passed by the House tradition, I know that Miami’s best days are yet with great admiration that these men who of Representatives in the 106th Congress, but ahead. have paved the way for diversity within the it was never taken up by the Senate. The time f Baltimore City Fire Department are recog- has come to reverse the unfair so-called ‘‘im- WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND nized. migration reforms’’ instituted by the Illegal Im- migration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility CONSERVATION RESEARCH ACT Class Appointed October 15, 1953 Act of 1996. SPEECH OF Lee D. Babb Please join me in supporting this critical leg- Cicero Baldwin islation to restore justice to our immigration HON. PHIL GINGREY Ernest H. Barnes process, by co-sponsoring the Keeping Fami- OF GEORGIA Louis Harden lies Together Act of 2009. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Earl C. Jones f Wednesday, February 11, 2009 George C.W. McKnight HONORING MIAMI UNIVERSITY Charles T. Miller Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I FOR ITS 200 YEARS OF COMMIT- Roy Parker rise in strong support of H.R. 631—the Water MENT TO EXTRAORDINARY Charles L. Scott Use Efficiency and Conservation Research HIGHER EDUCATION Lindsay Washington, Jr. Act. I commend my colleague—Mr. MATHESON of Utah—for crafting this thoughtful legislation SPEECH OF Class Appointed December 20, 1953 that was reported to the House on a broad bi- Harvey Brown HON. PAUL RYAN partisan basis. John Butler OF WISCONSIN Over the past couple of years, my home Thomas Chambers IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Georgia—and specifically my dis- John Davis trict—has experienced significant and historic Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Randolph Handy drought conditions that have brought to the John Johnson Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, as a forefront what the future may hold for our local William Nesbit native of Wisconsin, it may be strange that I water supply. David Pipken am here to honor Miami University. However, In addition to the drought conditions in my Edgar Waddell this proud Wisconsinite is also a proud grad- district, a number of other states are facing Ben Wood uate of Miami University. I graduated from similar challenges. Over the next five years, Miami University in 1992. more than half of the states in our country an- Class Appointed February 8, 1954 One of the reasons why I am here, standing ticipate some sort of water shortage that will Theodore Baker and talking in the well of the House of Rep- wreak havoc on our environment, as well as Albert L. Biggers resentatives, is because of the lessons that I our economy. In these currently tumultuous Harold Borrows learned at Miami University. I studied both ec- economic times, we need to take every step Alfred Boyd onomics and political science at Miami, and possible to efficiently use our water supply to William Brown the excellent professors I had there—including assist our struggling economy. Edward R. Bunch Jr Dr. Richard Hart—created an environment Mr. Speaker, H.R. 631 promotes the adop- Alfred Clinkscales where intellectual curiosity was rewarded. It tion of emerging technologies to help us make James Crockett also was where I first became involved with better use of one of our most precious re- Alfred Daniels politics. In fact, one of my early involvements sources—water. This legislation addresses James Edwards in politics was working as a college Repub- ways in which the Environmental Protection Celester A. Hall lican, working door-to-door for a new person Agency can use its Office of Research and Wade Morgan El running for Congress by the name of JOHN Development to promote technologies that in- John T. Murray BOEHNER, our now esteemed minority leader, crease water efficiency and conservation via Yeubeart L. Poe for whom I knocked on doors in Trenton, Ohio. collection, treatment, and reuse of rainwater

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