E1370 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 27, 2016 needed processing gain derives from the Our precious granddaughter entered the On Taiwan’s National Day, we reaffirm the proximity of the LEOs. Indeed, the altitude world eight weeks early, but we know she is strength of the U.S.-Taiwan relationship and of the LEOs is approximately twenty times a fighter. While her first breath on this Earth the United States commitment to the Taiwan less than the GNSS altitude. Thus LEOs have small earth footprints and cannot pro- came much quicker than planned, she is doing Relations Act. It is an honor and privilege to vide the navigation performance associated very well. support our friend and partner Taiwan and with GNSS. However, the signal received Hampton was born at University Hospital, highlight the bonds that connect us. from this nearby source is approximately 400 where she was cared for in the neonatal inten- f times greater than the power received from sive care unit for three weeks. She has just GNSS. Thus, LEOs could provide the robust been transferred to the Medical College of THANKING JACKSON MAYOR time transfer capability needed to support Georgia Hospital where she is recovering and RICHARD LONG FOR HIS SERVICE APNT, because time transfer only requires gaining strength. one satellite to be in the common view of the Little Miss Hampton weighed in at four ground stations to be synchronized. HON. BRADLEY BYRNE We encourage the FAA to continue efforts pounds nine ounces. Just shy of five pounds, OF ALABAMA and to provide an APNT that is a robust this beautiful little girl was welcomed with love IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES into a family of four. She looks so much like backup to GPS and deterrent to malicious Tuesday, September 27, 2016 interference. her two older sisters, Riley Kate and Ellis. Summary and Conclusions: Baby Hampton is the perfect addition to our Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize The interference threats to GPS are very family. She brings the grand total of grand- Mayor Richard Long of Jackson, Alabama. real and promise to get worse. These threats children to 12, an even dozen for Robin and Since 2000, Mayor Long has led the City of potentially imperil much of the US. infra- me. Jackson. Under his leadership, the city has structure. It will take some time to field a Hampton is a blessing from above, and we seen the quality of life increase, as well as full set of countermeasures and systems. thank the Lord for watching over her and her economic growth. Failure to act will be a serious abdication of mother in the coming months as they continue Mayor Long’s service to his country and our national responsibility. to heal and grow. Our family is so grateful for community started early in his life. A graduate f the many wonderful medical personnel in Au- of the University of Southern Mississippi, he served in the United States Navy Reserves for DANGEROUS SYNTHETIC DRUG gusta who cared for Hampton and her mother. nine years, including two years of active duty. CONTROL ACT OF 2016 God bless this child, Robin ‘‘Hampton’’ Wills. In 1962, he was awarded the Cuban Blockade Medal for his contribution to the Cuban Naval SPEECH OF f Blockade. He has also been a lifelong mem- HON. EARL L. ‘‘BUDDY’’ CARTER COMMEMORATING THE 105TH ANNI- ber of VFW Post 5335. OF GEORGIA VERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF His service to Jackson started as early as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHINA (TAIWAN) 1979, when he joined the Jackson Volunteer Fire Department. He would go on to serve on Monday, September 26, 2016 HON. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY the Jackson City Council representing District Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise OF NEW YORK 2 (1984 to 1988) and District 3 (1992 to 2000). today in support of H.R. 3537, the Dangerous IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES After being elected mayor in 2000, Mayor Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016. Long went to work to improve the quality of Tuesday, September 27, 2016 This bill would amend the Controlled Sub- life for Jackson’s residents. During his tenure, stances Act to account for the rise and spread Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New the city has made major investments and im- of synthetic drugs in America. Requirements York. Mr. Speaker, on October 10, the people provements to city infrastructure. Notable and restrictions for schedule 1 controlled sub- of Taiwan celebrate the 105th anniversary of projects include the Jackson Police Complex, stances would also have to be applied to the the founding of the Republic of China (Tai- Municipal Court Building, public library expan- manufacturers and sales points for those sub- wan). As we approach this important day, we sion, senior citizens complex, water treatment stances. should take the time to commemorate Taiwan, plant, softball stadium, tennis complex, and Using workaround and loopholes in existing an important economic partner and vital ally in high school athletic complex. legislation, these manufacturers, and those Asia. Mayor Long has been an especially strong who distribute and sell those substances, have This past year, the world witnessed Tai- advocate for education in his community. As been able to continue their business by stay- wan’s third peaceful transition to power as the Mayor, he oversaw construction of the new ing one step ahead of the law. For too long, first woman was elected in Taiwan. The 23 Joe M. Gillmore Elementary School, as well as we have seen overdoses and other medical million people on the island represent the only updates and improvements to other programs. issues arise as a result of the use of these un- democracy in the Chinese speaking world. The schools in Jackson are recognized as regulated substances. Taiwan has been a reliable partner in East some of the best in the region, and Mayor Under Congressman DENT’s leadership, we Asia. According to the U.S. Dept. of Com- Long has a lot to do with that. can make real progress in closing those loop- merce, U.S. trade in goods with Taiwan In 2008, Mayor Long was named ‘‘Mayor of holes and ensuring that Americans will no reached US$ 66 billion last year. For a popu- the Year’’ by the Alabama Communities of Ex- longer be subjected to the deceptive adver- lation of only 23 million, Taiwan became the cellence Programs. This is just one of many tising or allure of these toxic and dangerous United States’ 9th largest trading partner in honors and recognitions he has received synthetic drugs. 2015. Also, Taiwan is the state of New York’s throughout his career. As a lifelong pharmacist, I have fought the 6th largest export market in Asia. Mr. Speaker, Mayor Richard Long will be re- tide of drug abuse and this legislation is truly It happens that the 39th Triennial Assembly tiring from public service in November. I know a win for everyone. I want to thank Congress- of the International Civil Aviation Organization his leadership and dedicated service will be man DENT and the Energy and Commerce (ICAO) will also be taking place in Montreal, missed, but his contributions to the City of Committee for their hard work and for bringing Canada, beginning on September 27, 2016. Jackson will live on for decades to come. On this to the floor for a vote. I urge my col- The U.S. Congress passed a bill in 2013, behalf of Alabama’s First Congressional Dis- leagues to support this bill. which was later signed into law, for supporting trict, I want to thank Mayor Long for his serv- f Taiwan’s participation in the triennial assembly ice and wish him all the best in the future. of the International Civil Aviation Organization f ROBIN HAMPTON WILLS (ICAO) in the capacity of an observer. Taipei Flight Information Region (FIR), administered HONORING DICK GODDARD HON. RICK W. ALLEN by Taiwan government, provided over 1.53 OF GEORGIA million instances of air traffic control services HON. JAMES B. RENACCI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and handled 58 million incoming and outgoing OF OHIO passengers in 2015, serving as an indispen- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Tuesday, September 27, 2016 sable part of the global air transport network. Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- Taiwan sent a delegation to the ICAO assem- Tuesday, September 27, 2016 ognize the birth of Robin ‘‘Hampton’’ Wills, bly in 2013. We will be happy to see that Tai- Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to born Monday, September 5th, 2016. wan to be invited again this September. offer my congratulations to Dick Goddard on a

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The City has shown great lead- Northeast Ohio with his passionate involve- success in serving the community. ership through collaborative efforts such as: ment as a meteorologist, animal activist, and f Big Brothers and Big Sisters; recreation and sports enthusiast. education outreach programs; and a strong Dick’s weather career started early during PERSONAL EXPLANATION City, Police Department, and School District his service with the U.S. Air Force during the partnership. This year, to ensure no child goes Korean conflict. Initially assigned to the Se- HON. SUZANNE BONAMICI hungry in the summer months, Columbia vere Storm Forecast Center at Tinker Air OF OREGON Heights entered into a partnership with Loaves Force Base in Oklahoma, his military career IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Fishes to serve a healthy, complete lunch soon brought him to the Pacific Islands to an Tuesday, September 27, 2016 free of charge to local children five days a assignment with the Atomic Energy Commis- week. sion for the first full-yield hydrogen bomb test. Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I was unable In 2008 under the leadership of Police Chief After his discharge from the military, Dick to be in Washington, D.C. on September 20, Scott Nadeau, the Columbia Heights Police began working for the National Weather Serv- 2016 because I was attending a memorial Department implemented a policing philosophy ice, while simultaneously attending Kent State service and I missed votes in the House. If I focused on community partnership. Through University and later graduating with a bach- had been present, I would have voted in favor work with the Columbia Heights school district, elor’s of fine arts. of H.R. 670, the Special Needs Trust Fairness the police force drastically reduced criminal Dick’s news career began in 1961 working and Medicaid Improvement Act, H.R. 5785, a activity over a seven-year period and has as an on-air meteorologist at Cleveland’s bill to amendment title 5, United States Code, taken youth arrests from 230 per year to 90 KYW–TV. While at KYW, Dick made meteoro- to provide for an annuity supplement for cer- per year. This work earned the city the Inter- logical history when flying with the United tain air traffic controllers, and H.R. 5690, the national Association of Chiefs of Police Award States Navy Hurricane Hunter on the first low- GAO Access and Oversight Act. for Community Policing in 2012, and the L. level, nighttime penetration of a hurricane. In H.R. 670 makes an important update to Anthony Sutlin Civic Imagination Award in 1966, Dick became chief meteorologist at Medicaid to allow individuals with disabilities to 2015 from the Department of Justice for col- WJW–TV, Fox 8 Cleveland, where he spent set up their own special-needs trusts that are laboration between law enforcement and com- the remainder of his career. During his tenure not counted as part of their assets when de- munity members. at Fox 8, Dick captivated his viewership, being termining Medicaid eligibility. This will allow in- The City of Columbia Heights also recently named ‘‘Ohio’s Best Meteorologist’’ and being dividuals to access Medicaid services without completed construction on a beautiful 22,000 voted as ‘‘Best Weatherperso’’. having to go through a lengthy process and square foot library. In 2014, city residents Directly aligned with his career was his pas- get a court order to set up a special-needs passed a referendum to raise funds to build a sion for animals, which would be clearly high- trust. I support this update to make it easier library the city could call its own. Now, Colum- lighted during his segments on air. Dem- for individuals to access critical medical serv- bia Heights has a tremendous community onstrating his compassion for animals even for ices. asset and gathering place that it can be proud the smallest of creatures, Dick is well known H.R. 5785 makes it easier for retired federal of for years to come. for his annual ‘‘Woollybear Festival’’; drawing air traffic controllers to train the next genera- Columbia Heights has actively engaged its more than 100,000 people each year, it is tion of this important workforce. Under current new immigrant communities, from working to Ohio’s largest single day festival. Among the law, retired air traffic controllers cannot earn build a community park in the Circle Terrace years of animal advocacy, Dick persistently more than $15,720 annually as instructors and neighborhood, to hosting Iftar dinners in the promoted programs for dog & cat care and still receive their Federal Employees’ Retire- police building to bring the community to- adoption. As a huge milestone for animal ment System retirement benefits. This bill gether. rights and as a culmination of his tireless waives the salary cap for former air traffic con- Columbia Heights stands as a Minnesotan work, in June of 2016, House Bill 60 of the trollers so they can be instructors without com- beacon of inclusion and progress. I wish the Ohio Assembly was passed. Otherwise known promising their retirement benefits. I am city of Columbia Heights all the best in its fu- as ‘‘Goddard’s Law’’, House Bill 60 sets to pleased that the House passed this important ture endeavors of successful community en- protect animal abuse in increasing the severity update so that the next generation of control- gagement, and congratulate the city on this of penalties as a 5th degree felony. lers can be trained by qualified and experi- well-deserved honor. I ask my colleagues in the House to join enced instructors. f me, along with the thousands in Northeast H.R. 5690 makes it easier for the Govern- Ohio in paying homage to the man more com- ment Accountability Office to access certain CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL DAY monly known as the weather man whose pas- federal records regarding individuals’ employ- OF TAIWAN sion for meteorology could be paralleled only ment status for the purposes of determining to his love for animals. eligibility for assistance programs such as the HON. RON KIND f National Directory of New Hires, Supplemental OF WISCONSIN Nutrition Assistance Program, and the Earned IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING THE HAVERFORD Income Tax Credit. This bill clarifies current Tuesday, September 27, 2016 TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT law so that GAO can access this information from Health and Human Services, which over- Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cele- HON. PATRICK MEEHAN sees the database. If I had been present, I brate the National Day of Taiwan, which will OF PENNSYLVANIA would have supported the bill. take place on October 10, 2016. I extend my IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f warmest congratulations to the people of Tai- wan on this special occasion. Tuesday, September 27, 2016 HONORING COLUMBIA HEIGHTS’ Taiwan has transformed into a beacon of Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ALL-AMERICA CITY DESIGNATION democracy and economic opportunity in East congratulate the Haverford Township Police Asia. In January of this year, the country elect- Department on its 100th anniversary of serv- HON. KEITH ELLISON ed its first female president, Tsai Ing-wen, in ing and protecting families in Delaware Coun- OF MINNESOTA a landmark election. This important moment ty. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES reflects the incredible progress Taiwan has Since 1916, the Haverford Township Police made to become a free and open democracy. Department has provided critical protection for Tuesday, September 27, 2016 In addition to Taiwan’s democratic progress, the residents it serves. The force has grown Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the country has grown into a major economic from a chief and nine officers to the now sixty- commend the City of Columbia Heights for its power. They are one of the United States’ nine officers and eighty civilian personnel designation as a 2016 All-America City by the largest trading partners and a major export Chief John Francis Viola leads today. National Civic League. Since its incorporation market for Wisconsin products. Many Amer- While the force has grown immensely in the in 1921, Columbia Heights has demonstrated ican companies have benefitted from close last hundred years, its commitment to public sincere dedication to creating a safe, livable, economic cooperation with their Taiwanese safety has remained constant. and inclusive community. counterparts.

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