September 20, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6163 Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, this gations and protects the 3,400 Iranian to pursue a career in science. His as- week, The Washington Post reported dissidents living in Camp Ashraf and sailant was a 16-year-old boy who shot that unless America doubles its spend- Camp Liberty. him six times with a .38 caliber hand- ing on port infrastructure, we are on Residents of Camp Liberty are mem- gun and then robbed him. track for export losses of $270 billion by bers of the MEK. Suzanne’s family has been wrenched 2020 because our ports do not have suf- In recent days, another 680 Ashraf with grief over the sudden end of this ficient capacity. That translates into a residents have been relocated to Camp young man’s life. While no vigil or me- $697 billion drop in the American econ- Liberty under a resettlement plan morial could ever begin to take away omy and a loss of 738,000 jobs. backed by the United States. It is im- the pain of this loss, Suzanne has found But ports are not the only area where portant that we support these residents a way to channel her grief and focus our anemic infrastructure investment as they seek to liquidate tens of mil- her energy. She has become an advo- has become a drag on the American lions of dollars of their assets left be- cate for gun control. economy. We will lose hundreds of bil- hind at Camp Ashraf. When roughly 100,000 Americans are lions of dollars of growth over the next A major problem of the relocation killed or wounded each year, reason- 5 years because of our inability to plan is that as long as the MEK re- able people can agree that we can move goods and people efficiently. mains on the U.S. list of foreign ter- achieve evenhanded policies that pro- Congress just passed a bill to spend rorist organizations, its members at tect Americans from senseless gun vio- $52 billion on roads and bridges in this Liberty will not be able to find coun- lence that do not infringe on any country, all we can afford according to tries which accept them. American’s right to possess a firearm. some Members of Congress. But some- The Department of State is currently Mr. Speaker, I applaud Suzanne’s ef- how we found money to spend $150 bil- under court order to make its decision forts to reach out and bring awareness lion rebuilding the roads and bridges of on the MEK case by October 1, 2012. It to the problem of gun safety. We must Iraq and Afghanistan. is my hope that the Department of not let her nephew become just another I have introduced a bill, a 5-year, $1.2 State removes the MEK from the for- chilling statistic in the battle to make trillion investment in roads and eign terrorist organization list imme- our community safer, leaving another bridges, ports, and transit airports be- diately, as it is the legal, moral, and family struggling to get past the pain cause it’s time to do nation-building humane thing to do. and the loss. right here at home. f f f SWIPE FEES DO-NOTHING HOUSE REPUBLICANS NEW MEXICO (Mr. WELCH asked and was given (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was (Mr. PEARCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 given permission to address the House permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- for 1 minute.) minute.) marks.) Mr. CARNAHAN. Mr. Speaker, Presi- Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Speaker, New Mex- Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago, dent Harry Truman of Missouri fa- ico is celebrating its centennial this Congress took action finally to reform mously labeled the Republican Con- year, 100 years as a State. It’s not one out-of-control debit card swipe fees gress of 1948 the ‘‘Do-Nothing Con- of the oldest States, but it’s one of the charged to our small businesses and gress.’’ But to call this Congress the richest in diversity, history, and co- customers every time they swipe a do-nothing Congress would be an insult operation, home to 19 individual pueb- debit card. For years, the card compa- to the 1948 Congress that was 10 times los, two Apache Indian tribes, numer- nies and big banks have essentially more productive than this Congress. ous Navajo chapters. been ripping folks off, overcharging With the House recessing on the 21st, The Spanish came north out of Mex- them on swipe fees. With no one watch- this is the earliest Congress has left to ico in the 16th century looking for the ing just because they could, they were campaign in an election year in 52 seven cities of gold. We’re still looking charging the highest fees in the world, years. The GOP-led 112th Congress has for those today. We did find black gold running up billions of dollars in profits achieved the lowest approval rating under the east side of the State and in but all at the expense of small busi- ever—nearly 9 out of 10 Americans say the northwest corner. nesses and consumers. That’s just too they disapprove of this Congress. New Mexico is home to an agri- much. There is no justification for this. Maybe we should feel lucky that Con- culture industry that is second to A year ago, Congress finally took ac- gress hasn’t been here, because when none. It shows the earliest existence of tion on the debit cards. That’s good for they have been here, they voted to end humans there. Clovis Man is named for our economy and fair to our small mer- Medicare as we know it and give tax a town in the east side of New Mexico chants. But we need to do more. breaks to millionaires over the middle where they were discovered. Abuses continue in credit card swipe class. They have left town without Santa Fe is the oldest capital in fees. The credit card companies and the passing middle class tax cuts, the farm America, formed in 1610. big banks should step back and have a bill, the Violence Against Women Act, But that’s not where the richness of business model where they charge a and responsible debt reduction. And New Mexico is. It is in our traditions, fair price for an important service but they have voted for corporations that traditions of hard work, traditions of not rip off their customers. ship jobs overseas instead of passing faith, family, freedom, and service to the American Jobs Act. others. Those are the values I learned f Let’s stop calling this the do-nothing when my parents came to New Mexico. b 1220 Congress. This is worse than the ‘‘Do- They went broke in Texas, came to Nothing Congress.’’ GUN CONTROL New Mexico, and built a family there. f That’s the richness of New Mexico. (Mr. BISHOP of New York asked and DYSFUNCTIONAL HOUSE OF Mr. Speaker, I commend New Mexico was given permission to address the REPRESENTATIVES on its 100 years. House for 1 minute.) f Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speak- (Mr. MORAN asked and was given er, I rise to commemorate the tragic permission to address the House for 1 CAMP ASHRAF AND CAMP passing of Neil Godleski, nephew of my minute.) LIBERTY friend and constituent, Suzanne Mur- Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I want to (Mr. SIRES asked and was given per- phy of Southampton, New York. talk about the number 47, not as in the mission to address the House for 1 Neil was a rising senior at Catholic percentage of Americans, the soldiers minute.) University. He was fatally shot on Au- and students and elderly and working Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, last month gust 22, 2010, while riding his bicycle poor, many of whom are paying more I joined 78 bipartisan Members of Con- home from a restaurant where he in total taxes than Mr. Romney is pay- gress in asking Secretary of State Clin- worked as a waiter. He was 31 years old ing on his tens of millions of dollars in ton to ensure that Iraq meets its obli- and had returned to college with plans annual income but who, nevertheless,

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The ploy local workers if we can all get on lican leadership has decided that we most basic and fundamental respon- the same page. should go home without doing any of it sibilities our constituents sent us to What grand request did they have for and taking with us one of the worst re- Washington to address are being left this Congress to help make progress port cards in American history. totally unresolved. Never have I seen a happen? Well, just that we do our job: For more than a year now, Repub- House of Representatives so unproduc- that we roll up our sleeves, work to- licans have ignored a plan to create 2.6 tive and so dysfunctional, and I served gether across party lines, and find a million new jobs and protect another during the so-called ‘‘Gingrich Revolu- sensible, not an arbitrary, balance of 1.6 million existing jobs. They won’t tion.’’ cuts and spending. even bring it to the floor for a vote. The fact is that today the House Re- Yes, Mr. Speaker, this country is fac- Right now we could bring to the floor publican leadership and too many of its ing some hard choices, and, yes, there and send to the President’s desk a bill rank-and-file Members seem to think is division in this Chamber, but we do that would protect tax cuts for 98 per- that economic stimulus, which is vi- not need to add to the serious chal- cent of the American people and 97 per- tally needed in this economy, is a dirty lenges facing American businesses and cent of small businesses, but instead word, and that the Federal Govern- families by sitting on the sidelines we’re going home. ment is some kind of alien enterprise. watching a completely manmade dis- Republicans seem content to take Their approach is to do nothing, and aster explode upon our economy. our country off the fiscal cliff, which Let’s work together to come to deci- that’s what we’ve done for the last 2 will hobble our economy, raise taxes on sions now. The American economy years—nothing. millions of working families, and once should not be facing a fiscal cliff; it again shift the responsibility of our f should be receiving a fiscal roadmap. deficit to those who can least afford it. RECOGNIZING LYNNE YOSHIKO By actually doing our jobs, we can Mr. Speaker, Republicans can’t NAKASONE make the jobs of our hardworking con- preach personal responsibility if (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was stituents a little easier. Our job is not done, Mr. Speaker. they’re not willing to accept it them- given permission to address the House Cancel the congressional recess. selves. for 1 minute.) Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise f f today to recognize Lynne Yoshiko CELEBRATING NEW MEXICO’S b 1230 Nakasone of Honolulu, Hawaii. CENTENNIAL The National Endowment for the (Mr. HEINRICH asked and was given HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Arts has named Sensei Nakasone a 2012 permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. COSTA asked and was given per- National Heritage Fellow for her con- minute.) mission to address the House for 1 tributions to the folk and traditional Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise minute and to revise and extend his re- arts. This prestigious lifetime achieve- today to join my colleagues in cele- marks.) ment award honors Sensei Nakasone’s brating New Mexico’s centennial. We Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, from Sep- lifetime commitment to Okinawan are proud to introduce a resolution tember 15 to October 15, we honor the classical dance—which is also referred honoring the 100 years since New Mex- heritage and many contributions of the to as Ryukyu dance—and embodies her ico became a State on January 6, 1912. Latino community nationwide. accomplishments by identifying her as Home to some of the earliest human The story of Hispanic Americans is one of our country’s living treasures. settlements in North America, New truly an American story. In America, if It was at the young age of 6 that Mexicans have spent this year cele- you work hard, play by the rules and Sensei Nakasone began to master this brating our State’s remarkable his- dream big, there is no limit to what technique of dance. Sensei Nakasone is tory, our tremendous cultural diver- you can achieve. From the hard work originally from Naha, Okinawa, but sity, and our meaningful contributions of immigrants and their children, to has resided in Hawaii since her mar- to the Nation and the world. From the the arts and education, to nearly 1 mil- riage to her loving husband, Clarence, fertile Rio Grande Valley, to the vast lion Latino veterans who have proudly in 1955. In 1956, Sensei Nakasone found- Chihuahuan Desert, to the peaks of the served in uniform, Hispanics have ed the Hoge Ryu Hana Nizi no Kai Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexi- played a vital role in shaping our Na- Nakasone Dance Academy in Honolulu, co’s natural beauty is unsurpassed. tion. and for over five decades has been From Pope to Geronimo, from Conrad While we have made great contribu- teaching, performing, and Hilton to Jeff Bezos, from Nancy Lopez tions, there is still more work to be choreographing creative dances. Her to Brian Urlacher, from Georgia done to address issues that affect the performing skills are legendary, but it O’Keefe to Rudolfo Anaya, from Dennis communities, such as health care dis- is her aloha spirit that endures the test Chavez to Dolores Huerta, and from parities and improving high school of time and her passion, knowledge, countless other New Mexicans, our im- graduation rates. and kindness that have touched count- pact on America’s past, present, and We all do not share the same roots, less individuals over the years. future cannot be overstated. but we all share the same goals, in giv- There is no doubt in my mind that As we continue to celebrate our cen- ing the next generation of Americans Sensei Nakasone is deserving of this tennial year, I join with all New Mexi- the opportunities to achieve the Amer- award, for she has dedicated her life to- cans in honoring our unique heritage ican Dream. That American Dream is wards preserving the Okinawan culture and our bright future. part and parcel of what we celebrate while positively impacting others and f and honor during the Hispanic Heritage contributing to the diversity and Month. uniqueness of our culture in the United PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY States of America. (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given f f permission to address the House for 1 minute.) REMOVAL OF REPRESENTATIVE FISCAL CLIFF Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, my col- MCNERNEY AS COSPONSOR OF (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and leagues from across the aisle like to H.R. 5864 was given permission to address the talk a lot about personal responsi- Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask House for 1 minute.) bility, but their decision to adjourn unanimous consent to remove Rep- Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speak- Congress for nearly 2 months shows resentative MCNERNEY of California as er, last week the San Diego Chamber of how little they actually understand the a cosponsor of H.R. 5864, the Invasive Commerce sent its largest ever delega- concept. Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act.

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