May 5, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E751 ON THE INTRODUCTION OF THE beg to see their abducted children and have bring enhanced security and law enforcement RESOLUTION CALLING ON THE no legal recourse if the taking parent denies experience that will better ensure that pro- GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN TO IM- them access. spective foreign students are not security MEDIATELY ADDRESS THE Consequently, American parents are calling risks. GROWING PROBLEM OF ABDUC- on the U.S. Government to urgently intervene This bill also will require that foreign stu- TION TO AND RETENTION OF and quickly find a diplomatic solution. dents are active participants in the programs UNITED STATES CITIZEN MINOR I ask for my colleague’s support on a bipar- in which they are enrolled and are observed at CHILDREN IN JAPAN, TO WORK tisan resolution supported by Rep. CHRIS- least once every 30 days during an academic CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERN- TOPHER SMITH, Rep. MAURICE HINCHEY, Rep. term or every 60 days outside an academic MENT OF THE UNITED STATES GARY MILLER, and Rep. MARSHA BLACKBURN, term. In addition, the bill requires that changes TO RETURN THESE CHILDREN TO calling on the Japanese government to ad- impacting a student’s nonimmigrant status, THEIR CUSTODIAL PARENT OR dress the growing problem of abduction and such as switching to a more sensitive aca- TO THE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION retention of American children in Japan. The demic major or transferring to another institu- FOR A CUSTODY DETERMINA- resolution calls for Japanese officials to work tion, will be reported to the Department of TION IN THE UNITED STATES, closely with the United States to return these Homeland Security in a more timely manner. TO PROVIDE LEFT-BEHIND PAR- children to their custodial parent or to the These improvements will reduce the oppor- ENTS IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO original jurisdiction for a custody determination tunity for potential terrorists to use student THEIR CHILDREN, AND TO in the United States, and to provide left-behind visas as a back door into the country for the ADOPT WITHOUT DELAY THE 1980 parents immediate access to their children. Fi- purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks, as HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE nally, the resolution calls for Japan to adopt happened on 9/11. CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTER- without delay the 1980 Hague Convention on Madam Speaker, I greatly value the con- NATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduc- tributions that foreign students and exchange tion. The well-being of these children should visitors make to our nation and its cultural di- HON. JAMES P. MORAN be an issue where agreement can be reached versity. I believe that these bright young peo- OF VIRGINIA and distraught parents are reunited with their ple are critically-important public diplomacy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES children. I call on the Government of Japan to tools for our country. But we must ensure they are coming here for the right reasons. The Wednesday, May 5, 2010 work closely with the U.S. Government to re- solve current cases and establish an efficient Student Visa Security Improvement Act will Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Madam Speaker, mechanism to resolve future potential cases of enhance homeland security and ensure the in- the United States and Japan have a strong abduction. tegrity of the Student and Exchange Visitor and critical alliance that is vitally important to Cosponsors of this legislation introduced by Program. I urge our colleagues to support it. both of our countries, to the Asia-Pacific re- the Rep. JAMES P. MORAN: f gion, and to the world. It is based on shared The Honorable CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH. RECOGNIZING MOUNT CARMEL interests and values and our common support The Honorable MAURICE D. HINCHEY. for political and economic freedoms, human The Honorable GARY G. MILLER. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS rights, and international law. Japan now par- The Honorable MARSHA BLACKBURN. ticipates in our Pacific Partnership Initiative f HON. GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO bringing humanitarian civic assistance to coun- SABLAN tries in Southeast Asia. Japan is second to INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDENT OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS none in supporting President Barack Obama’s VISA SECURITY IMPROVEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vision of a ‘‘world without nuclear weapons’’ ACT and advocating for nuclear disarmament and Wednesday, May 5, 2010 non-proliferation. Japan also supports our mis- HON. GUS M. BILIRAKIS Mr. SABLAN. Madam Speaker, the National sion in Afghanistan and has recently doubled OF High School Mock Trial Competition is the pre- its civilian aid to the country providing much IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mier national law related academic tournament needed funds for job training, agriculture sup- for high school students. Mock trial programs Wednesday, May 5, 2010 port, infrastructure and security training. are designed to give students an inside per- But as a friend of Japan and the Japanese Mr. BILIRAKIS. Madam Speaker, I rise spective on the legal system, providing them people, I am compelled to bring to their atten- today to introduce the Student Visa Security with an understanding of the mechanism tion by resolution a concern involving 269 Improvement Act, legislation that will strength- through which society chooses to resolve American children who have been abducted to en the screening of those seeking student many of its disputes. and/or wrongfully retained in Japan since visas and enhance the monitoring of foreign Participation in a performance-based, 1994. These American children are in Japan students in the United States. hands-on program of this nature provides stu- as a result of kidnapping by a parent with Jap- I fully support allowing foreign students and dents with a practical knowledge about how anese citizenship following the dissolution of exchange visitors to enter our country for le- our legal system operates and who the major their relationship to the American citizen par- gitimate academic and cultural purposes. players are in that system. Mock trial pro- ent. Research shows that abducted children However, recent media reports have disclosed grams help develop young citizens who can are at risk of serious emotional and psycho- schools that have helped individuals fraudu- sustain and build our nation by making a rea- logical problems and have been found to ex- lently obtain student visas or failed to report soned and informed commitment to democ- perience anxiety, eating problems, nightmares, students that did not attend class. Several 9/ racy. mood swings, sleep disturbances, aggressive 11 terrorists overstayed their student visas Students of Mount Carmel High School behavior, resentment, guilt and fearfulness, and details are emerging that the suspected have earned the right to represent the North- and as adults may struggle with identity Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, first ern Mariana Islands in this year’s national issues, their own personal relationships and entered the United States on a student visa. competition in Philadelphia. They will compete parenting. I am concerned that there are insufficient with teams from around the country. Despite a shared concern within the inter- controls to ensure that those receiving student Mount Carmel students have a tradition of national community, the Japanese government and exchange visas are properly vetted before excellence in oratory. The school represented has yet to accede to the 1980 Hague Conven- being granted admission to the United States. the Northern Mariana Islands in the National tion on the Civil Aspects of International Child Once they are here, we must ensure they are We the People program two years in a row. Abduction or create any other mechanism to appropriately monitored. That is why I have in- Mr. Ryan Ortizo, one of the members of this resolve international child abductions. Japan’s troduced the Student Visa Security Improve- year’s competition in Philadelphia just won first existing family law system neither recognizes ment Act. place in the CNMI Attorney General’s Cup joint custody nor actively enforces parental ac- This bill will require Immigration and Cus- competition. cess agreements for either its own citizens or toms Enforcement (ICE) personnel stationed One has to admire and be proud of the foreigners. Most troubling, the existing legal at high-risk visa issuing posts overseas to re- dedication of the students and the commit- system relies exclusively on the voluntary co- view student and exchange visa applications ment of the teaching staff at Mount Carmel operation of the parent or guardian who has and conduct interviews with applicants before School for instilling the passion for debate and abducted the child. American parents must they are granted a visa. These ICE agents public speaking year after year.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 06:43 May 06, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A05MY8.010 E05MYPT1 pwalker on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with REMARKS E752 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 5, 2010 Proudly representing the Northern Mariana of Colombia for their tremendous dedication to 16 years, and a true American maverick who Islands in this year’s National Mock Trial Com- fighting the drug cartels and working with the has been guided by a shining moral compass petitions, are: Geza Baka III, Maria Balajadia, people of the United States. After observing throughout his life. Former Congressman Kevin Bautista, Hazel Doctor, Ryan Ortizo, the distinguished leadership of Gen. Patin˜o McCloskey pursues the truth no matter where Keno San Pablo, Janela Revilla, Anastasia and his officers, I am more confident than ever it leads him. Schweiger, and the team’s advisor Lourdes T. that this is a war we can win together. In his over eight decades, Pete has accom- Mendiola, their attorney coaches Edward f plished more than will fit on this page. In one Buckingham and Joseph Taijeron, and their of his most recent endeavors, he ran against teacher coaches, Galvin S. Deleon Guerrero ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY a fellow Republican, , in the and Rosiky F. Camacho. SCHOOL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS primary election—at age 78. While most mem- OF SERVING CHILDREN IN SEMI- f bers of his age group are retired, McCloskey NOLE, FLORIDA continues to practice as a trial lawyer, works BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCISCO on his farm raising citrus and olive trees and ˜ PATINO FONSECA HON. C.W. BILL YOUNG creates mischief with his group, ‘‘Revolt of the OF FLORIDA Elders.’’ He was a war hero in and re- HON. TED POE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ceived a Navy Cross, a and two OF TEXAS for his service to this country. Wednesday, May 5, 2010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In Congress he served the people of the Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Peninsula and Silicon Valley Orange Grove Elementary School, in Semi- from 1967–1983. He was vehemently opposed Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, before nole, Florida, which I have the privilege to rep- to the and ran for President I was elected to the U.S. Congress, I served resent, tomorrow will celebrate 50 years of against in 1972. The following as a criminal court judge for over two decades serving Pinellas County students. year, he was the first member of Congress to in Houston, Texas. I’ve seen up close and The school opened in 1960 in nearby Ma- ask for President Nixon’s impeachment. Mr. personally how drugs destroy lives, drive up deira Beach where classes were held until the McCloskey is a principal at Cotchett, Pitre and crime rates and tear families apart. So when school building was erected at its present site McCarthy and has an extensive civil rights and I heard about the good progress in the fight in 1961. That six-room school house ex- environmental record. He received his B.A. against drugs in Colombia, I decided to come panded to 12 rooms 10 years later and be- from and his J. D. from down and see it for myself. came one of Pinellas County’s first air condi- . When I hiked in the jungles and flew over tioned schools. Pete’s environmental activism was ignited the coca fields about a month ago, I was ac- The school was named Orange Grove be- when Cuyahoga River in caught fire companied by Brigadier General Francisco cause at the time, Seminole was surrounded twice in 1969. Together with Gaylord Nelson, Patin˜o Fonseca. I discovered one of the main by orange groves. Although the groves are he co-chaired the first in 1970. reasons for Colombia’s recent success battling gone now, the staff motto remains, ‘‘Orange Three years later he coauthored the Endan- the scourge of drugs is his strong, relentless Grove Elementary—Where We Have the Pick gered Species Act. zeal to capture the bad guys. of the Crop!’’ Madam Speaker, Pete McCloskey fights for A native of Bogota and a 1981 police school From the school’s first principal, Margaret justice with the same passion today as he did graduate, Gen. Patin˜o has dedicated his life to Abbott, to its current principal, Nanette forty years ago. He is a personal hero of mine law enforcement. He has done everything Grasso, Orange Grove has remained a stu- and an icon to all of us who thirst for coura- from working for the Tisquesusa Police De- dent-focused school whose mission statement geous leaders in our country. It is fitting that partment to serving as the Police Attache´ at is ‘‘to establish a safe learning environment the Peninsula Coalition is presenting him with the Embassy of Colombia in Spain. which supports a love of learning, respect, re- its Lifetime Achievement award on May 6 in Gen. Patin˜o has been decorated some 58 sponsibility, honesty and motivation in our stu- Burlingame. times in his extensive service. With that kind dents, so that we can reach their personal and f of dedication and experience, he serves the academic potential.’’ Colombian people well in his role as the Direc- In this day and age when the focus of a SUPPORTING THE IDEALS OF tor of Counternarcotics for the Colombian Na- school goes well beyond academics, Orange NATIONAL LAB DAY tional Police (DIRAN). Grove Elementary also stands as a model for SPEECH OF And as Director, Gen. Patin˜o has placed a encouraging students to develop early habits new focus on human intelligence—bringing in for a healthy lifestyle. HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY more intelligence officers and tripling the intel- Madam Speaker, in recognition of this mile- OF ILLINOIS ligence budget. He is also committed to mak- stone 50th anniversary celebration, I took the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing sure his courageous team of officers have liberty of having a flag flown over the Capitol Tuesday, May 4, 2010 the best training in the world. The DIRAN today for presentation to Ms. Grasso, the stu- training regimen is so well-respected around dents, the teachers and the staff at Orange Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise the world that in recent years over 80 students Grove Elementary in honor of the school’s en- today in support of H. Res. 1213, which recog- from twelve countries have attended its Inter- during commitment to providing the best pos- nizes the need to improve the performance of national Jungla course. The DIRAN mobile sible education for its students and the most American students in the science, technology, training teams have responded to training re- nurturing environment for learning. engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. quests from Afghanistan, Mexico, and Ecua- For half a century, Orange Grove has In 2006, 4.5 percent of students in the dor. turned out generation after generation of our United States graduated from college with a Their training is paying off. Working hand in community’s, our state’s, and our Nation’s STEM-related diploma. By comparison, 33 hand with American support, the Colombian leaders and I know that its proud and rich tra- percent of students in China graduated in the Public Forces seized more cocaine, heroin, dition will continue to turn out our Nation’s fu- STEM field. The United States has been a and chemicals used to make cocaine in 2009 ture leaders for generations to come. global leader in technology and innovation for than ever before. DIRAN accounts for less f decades—but we will quickly fall behind un- than five percent of the Colombian National less our country encourages more young peo- Police force but has been responsible for the IN RECOGNITION OF PETE ple to pursue STEM careers. seizures of 66 percent of the cocaine, 90 per- MCCLOSKEY We must take an all hands on deck ap- cent of the heroin, 86 percent of the cocaine proach to improve our national STEM outlook. precursor chemicals and 63 percent of the HON. JACKIE SPEIER National Lab Day helps drive young students’ drug labs by the entire police force. OF curiosity for science and technology by en- The war on drugs in the United States is in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES couraging hands-on projects in the classroom extricably linked to the war on drugs in Colom- that prove the sciences are fun. We must work bia. It is no secret that it is mostly American Wednesday, May 5, 2010 to ensure that high schoolers, particularly dollars that buy Colombian-grown drugs. As a Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I rise to young women and at-risk students, take col- Member of the U.S. Congress, I want to thank honor Pete McCloskey, a distinguished and lege prep courses in science and math that Gen. Patin˜o, his officers and the good people charismatic former member of this house for prepare them for future careers as scientists.

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