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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 157 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011 No. 149 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the And that’s just the way it is. United States of America, and to the Repub- called to order by the Speaker. f lic for which it stands, one nation under God, f indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER PRAYER f AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 2920 The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I ask J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: unanimous consent to remove my Eternal God, we give You thanks for The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- name as a cosponsor of H.R. 2920. giving us another day. tain up to 5 1-minute requests on each The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Once again, we come to You to ask side. DENHAM). Is there objection to the re- wisdom, patience, peace, and under- f quest of the gentleman from Rhode Is- standing for the Members of this peo- land? DOMESTIC MINOR TRAFFICKING ple’s House. The words and sentiments There was no objection. that have been spoken and heard in (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was f these recent days were born of prin- given permission to address the House ciple, conviction, and commitment. for 1 minute.) DR. DONNA OTTAVIANO, SUPER- We ask discernment for the Members Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, INTENDENT OF NORTH PROVI- that they might judge anew their ad- walking home from school, a girl of 12 DENCE, RHODE ISLAND herence to principle, conviction, and is approached by a man who promises (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given commitment, lest they slide unchari- to give her everything. In her short permission to address the House for 1 tably toward an inability to listen to life, she has already suffered abuse and minute.) one another, and work cooperatively to neglect from her father and her foster Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise solve the important issues of our day. parents. She thinks the promise of food today to recognize the superintendent Give them the generosity of heart and shelter and love is something she of the North Providence, Rhode Island and the courage of true leadership to cannot pass up. But the man takes the School Department, Donna Ottaviano, work toward a common solution with girl to a hotel room where he beats her, who was honored as the Rhode Island sacrifice on both sides. We pray that forces her to do drugs and rapes her. Superintendent of the Year by the their work results, not in a Nation Then she is sold on the Internet, is Rhode Island School Superintendents’ comprised of winners and losers, but taken from hotel to hotel around the Association. where our citizens know in their hearts country, and is regularly raped by mul- Dr. Ottaviano, who also attended that we Americans are all winners. tiple men and treated as a piece of North Providence public schools as a May all that is done this day be for property. student, has led the North Providence Your greater honor and glory. She becomes a sex slave. public schools with distinction since Amen. This is the plight of an actual domes- 2004. f tic minor sex trafficking victim in the Dr. Ottaviano has spent nearly 30 THE JOURNAL United States. years in the educational field as a The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- We cannot continue to be blissfully teacher, principal, assistant super- ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- ignorant of this crime against these intendent, and public health educator ceedings and announces to the House victims. As cochair of the Victims’ in my home State of Rhode Island. In his approval thereof. Rights Caucus, along with JIM COSTA addition to the tremendous contribu- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- (CA), I commend the work of CAROLYN tions she has made to Rhode Island’s nal stands approved. MALONEY (NY) and CHRIS SMITH (NJ) education system, she has also devoted for their legislation to help stop this her time to breast cancer awareness as f scourge of child sex trafficking. well as lending her support to the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE These children need to be rescued and Rhode Island Special Olympics. The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman treated as victims, not criminals. The Dr. Ottaviano will be recognized na- from Rhode Island (Mr. CICILLINE) customers and the traffickers need to tionally at the annual American Asso- come forward and lead the House in the be arrested, tried before a jury of 12, ciation of School Administrators’ Na- Pledge of Allegiance. and need to get their just rewards for tional Conference on Education. In ad- Mr. CICILLINE led the Pledge of Al- having been involved in sex slave traf- dition, a $1,000 scholarship in Dr. legiance as follows: ficking. Ottaviano’s name will be awarded to a b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H6629 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:09 Oct 07, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A06OC7.000 H06OCPT1 PWALKER on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6630 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 6, 2011 senior from North Providence High THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER influencing this Congress. These bills School. (Mr. FORBES asked and was given include restoring Glass-Steagall to sep- I congratulate and commend Dr. permission to address the House for 1 arate prudent banking from specula- Ottaviano for her dedication and com- minute.) tion, helping those facing foreclosure, mitment to educating the future of Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise and adding 1,000 FBI agents to do real Rhode Island. today on behalf of the Congressional investigation and prosecution, along f Prayer Caucus to note the importance with forensic accounting, to bring of prayer in the founding of our coun- those who have done wrong to this Re- THE OBAMA JOBS PLAN try. public to justice. It’s long overdue for (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked This week in 1791, John Hancock, a Congress to do its job. and was given permission to address signer of the Declaration of Independ- f the House for 1 minute and to revise ence and the Governor of Massachu- b 0910 and extend his remarks.) setts, issued a proclamation declaring Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. The a day of public Thanksgiving. BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT President wants Congress to pass his John Hancock said in part, ‘‘I have (Mr. PENCE asked and was given per- $447 billion jobs plan. It really ought to thought fit to appoint a day of public mission to address the House for 1 be called Son of Stimulus, yet more Thanksgiving and praise to Almighty minute and to revise and extend his re- spending and higher taxes, as the God for all his goodness towards us, marks.) President’s jobs plan proposes, won’t above all, not only to continue to us Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, you know, get our economy moving in the right the enjoyment of our civil rights and in the midst of these rancorous and di- direction. It’s just the same act, dif- liberties, but the great and most im- vided days in our Nation’s Capital, ferent day. portant blessing, the gospel of Jesus there is a growing consensus across It is time for our tax-and-spender-in- Christ. I do earnestly recommend that this country that Washington, D.C., chief to stop pushing these failed poli- we may join the penitent confession of isn’t just broke, it’s broken. cies and to start listening to the Amer- our sins and implore the further con- With a $14 trillion national debt, the ican people. With unemployment above tinuance of the Divine Protection and American people want solutions, not 9 percent, we need to get Americans blessings of Heaven upon this people, fights. They want reforms that will back to work by stopping out-of-con- especially that He would be graciously transcend political parties and the his- trol spending, by reforming our Tax pleased to direct and prosper the ad- toric divides that have made this city Code, and by putting an end to the ministration of the Federal Govern- seem, for most Americans, to appear to senseless job-killing regulations of this ment and the other States in the be a House divided. administration. Union, to bless the allies of the United Well, thanks to tough negotiations Jobs are there. One example: Let’s States, and to afford His almighty aid this summer, the American people de- just drill for oil and gas. We simply to all people, who are virtuously strug- serve to know that Congress has a his- cannot tax, spend, and borrow our way gling for the rights of men, so that uni- toric opportunity to vote on just such to prosperity. versal happiness may be established in a bipartisan solution. It’s a balanced f the world, that all may bow to the budget amendment to the Constitution scepter of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the United States. THE AMERICAN CAN-DO SPIRIT IN the whole Earth be filled with His For the first time in 15 years, the SOUTHERN MINNESOTA glory.’’ House and the Senate will have an up- (Mr.