July 7, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1653 EARMARK DECLARATION Address of Requesting Entity: 214 surrounding states. Approximately, $438,882 Middlebush Hall, Columbia, Missouri 65211 [or 66%] is for salary and fringe to support HON. JO ANN EMERSON Description of Request: Provide $835,000 professional track faculty, research associates, OF MISSOURI for the Rural Policies Institute to provide unbi- field research specialists, graduate and under- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ased analysis and information on the chal- graduate students; $201,982 [or 31%] for ma- lenges, needs, and opportunities facing rural terials and supplies in support of laboratory Tuesday, July 7, 2009 people and places; and to spur public dialogue and field-based research on campus and at Mrs. EMERSON. Madam Speaker, pursuant and help policymakers understand the impacts five MU farms and centers; $19,137 [or 3%] to the House Republican standards on ear- of public policies and programs on rural peo- for travel. marks, I am submitting the following informa- ple and places. Of the $835,000, $600,000 is Requesting Member: JO ANN EMERSON tion in regards to H.R. 2997, the Fiscal Year for salaries and benefits, and the remaining Bill Number: H.R. 2997 2010 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food $135,000 is for center investments, con- Account: National Institute of Food and Agri- and Drug Administration, and Related Agen- ferences and events, consultants, office ex- culture—Research and Education Activities cies Appropriations Act, 2010 penses and travel. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Center for Requesting Member: JO ANN EMERSON Requesting Member: JO ANN EMERSON Grapevine Biotechnology at Missouri State Bill Number: H.R. 2997 Bill Number: H.R. 2997 University Account: National Institute of Food and Agri- Account: National Institute of Food and Agri- Address of Requesting Entity: 9740 Red culture—SRG culture—SRG Spring Road, Mountain Grove, Missouri 65711 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University Description of Request: Provide $422,000 to of Missouri-Columbia of Missouri-Columbia Delta Research Center research the ability of wild grapevines to de- Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Park Address of Requesting Entity: Highway 61, fend themselves against pathogens, and their DeVille Drive, Suite E, Columbia, MO Portageville, MO 63873 capacity to synthesize health-promoting prop- Description of Request: Provide $1,139,000 Description of Request: Provide $556,000 erties. Of the funds available 46% for salary for the Food and Agriculture Policy Research for continued soybean cyst nematode re- and benefits, 21% for other direct costs includ- Institute to provide objective, quantitative eco- search at the University of Missouri—Delta ing materials and supplies, and 25% for F&A. nomic analysis of agricultural policy alter- Research Center. Of the $556,000, 85% is for f natives. Approximately $188,000 or 17% is to salaries and benefits, the remaining 15% is for continue a cooperative agreement with the travel, supplies, and costs for a winter seed EARMARK DECLARATION University of Wisconsin relating to dairy policy; nursery. $140,000 or 12% is to conduct analysis of Requesting Member: JO ANN EMERSON HON. JOHN SHIMKUS rangeland, cattle and hay with the University Bill Number: H.R. 2997 OF ILLINOIS of Nevada—Reno; $811,000 or 71% is to be Account: Animal and Plant Health Inspection IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES divided between the University of Missouri and Service—Salaries and Expenses Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Iowa State University to provide a ten-year Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Bootheel baseline and policy analysis for US and world Resource Conservation and Development, Inc. Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to agriculture. Address of Requesting Entity: 18450 the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Requesting Member: JO ANN EMERSON Ridgeview Lane, Dexter, MO 63841 marks, I am submitting the following informa- Bill Number: H.R. 2997 Description of Request: Provide $207,000 to tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Account: National Institute of Food and Agri- the USDA–APHIS–Wildlife Services in South- HR 2997. culture—SRG east Missouri. Of the $207,000, 80% would be Requesting Member: JOHN M. SHIMKUS Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University utilized for salaries and benefits, 17% for Bill number: HR 2997 of Missouri-Columbia APHIS–Wildlife Services program support and The Account: Agriculture Salaries and Ex- Address of Requesting Entity: 101 Park 3% for vehicle maintenance and fuel. A por- penses DeVille Drive, Suite E, Columbia, MO tion of the operating budget will also be pro- Requesting Entity: National Corn-to-Ethanol Description of Request: Provide $595,000 vided by local municipalities, commodity orga- Research Center (NCERC) at 400 University for the Food and Agriculture Policy Research nizations and university support. Park Dr in Edwardsville, IL. Institute (FAPRI) and the Agricultural and Requesting Member: JO ANN EMERSON NCERC is the only pilot plant facility in the Food Policy Center (AFPC) to provide Con- Bill Number: H.R. 2997 world that has the flexibility to process any gress with information regarding farm financial Account: General Provision grain based feedstock to fuel ethanol and as- risk and farm structure and the impacts of al- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Congres- sociated products. Funding will go toward the ternative agricultural policies on these factors. sional Hunger Center research at NRERC which is needed to re- Approximately $244,000 or 41% is for FAPRI Address of Requesting Entity: Hall of States duce our reliance on foreign sources of en- at the University of Missouri to provide Building, 400 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite ergy. stochastic and deterministic baseline and pol- G100, Washington, DC 20001 f icy scenarios and $351,000 or 59% is for Description of Request: Provide $2,500,000 AFPC at Texas A&M University to provide rep- for the Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow- THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF MR. resentative farm analysis. ship Program and the Mickey Leland Inter- JESUS GONZALEZ VILLAGOMEZ Requesting Member: JO ANN EMERSON national Hunger Fellowship Program. Of the Bill Number: H.R. 2997 $2,500,000 in funding 54% would be for sala- HON. SOLOMAN P. ORTIZ Account: National Institute of Food and Agri- ries, benefits, healthcare and other costs as- OF TEXAS culture—SRG sociated with the Emerson National Hunger IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University Fellowship Program and 46% for similar costs Tuesday, July 7, 2009 of Missouri-Columbia Delta Research Center associated with the Mickey Leland Inter- Address of Requesting Entity: Highway 61, national Hunger Fellowship Program. Mr. ORTIZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today to Portageville, MO 63873 Requesting Member: JO ANN EMERSON recognize Mr. Jesus Gonzalez Villagomez, Description of Request: Provide $174,000 Bill Number: H.R. 2997 who celebrated his 100th birthday on May 5, for the University of Missouri—Delta Research Account: Agriculture Research Service— 2009, surrounded by family, friends and loved Center to continue research on rice production Salaries and Expenses ones. in the mid-South. Approximately $140,610 will Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University Mr. Villagomez was born on May 5, 1909, in be for multiple personnel costs, $29,000 for of Missouri Center for Agroforestry Villa Morelos, Michoaca´n, Mexico, to a ranch- materials and supplies, and $5,000 for other Address of Requesting Entity: 203 An- ing and farming family—Telesforo and Antonia costs. heuser-Busch Natural Resources Building, Co- Gonzalez Villagomez. Requesting Member: JO ANN EMERSON lumbia, Missouri 65211 When he turned 18, he migrated to the Bill Number: H.R. 2997 Description of Request: Provide $660,000 to United States entering at the Port of Browns- Account: National Institute of Food and Agri- support research on viable alternative produc- ville in Brownsville, Texas, and a few years culture—SRG tion and protection options to help revitalize later returned to Mexico where he met and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University the economic and environmental health of married his life-long companion, Mariana of Missouri-Columbia rural farms and communities in Missouri and Aguillon Villagomez. Mr. Villagomez and his

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The Mr. Villagomez would go on to make a name generations to follow. mobile firing range is a self contained range for himself holding position with the Union Pa- The work of Mr. Kernan is inspiring, and I that allows for the firing of pistol and rifle sys- cific Railroad and the Armour Meat Packing am grateful to him for all that he has accom- tems for the Texas National Guard. Currently Company in Fargo, North Dakota, where he plished. It is the through the efforts of individ- there is no opportunity to fire weapons for retired from. uals such as James Kernan that our nation re- training or qualification without traveling to a He is fluent in English and Spanish and has mains strong and prosperous. I ask my col- certified range on a military installation. The a true love and passion for education. He has leagues to join me in expressing the gratitude Texas Army National Guard currently does not a son, Jesse Villagomes, Jr., of Ft. Worth, of the U.S. Congress for his contributions to have access to any indoor ranges that can be Texas, and a daughter, Maria Antonieta society. used to fire the M16/M4 which is the current Villagomez, of Corpus Christi, Texas, as well f armament for 90% of the soldiers within the as four grandchildren and three great Texas Army National Guard. The Mobile Firing grandsons. TRIBUTE TO DAVID MUHLENDORF Range will allow soldiers to train with their as- Mr. Villagomez’s hobbies include: gar- signed weapons at home station. This system dening, cooking, reading, dancing and trav- HON. PARKER GRIFFITH is a training and force multiplier due to the ne- eling. OF ALABAMA gation of travel and lodging, and staging need- Today, I ask that my colleagues join me in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ed when conducting this training on a military celebrating the 100th birthday of Mr. Jesus facility. The entity to receive funding for this Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Gonzalez Villagomez who has lived a happy project is the Texas National Guard, 2200 life and surrounded by family, friends and Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, I rise today West 35th Street, Austin, TX 78763. loved ones. to congratulate Mr. David Muhlendorf, Presi- A request for the Visual Door Gunner Train- f dent and CEO of Paper and Chemical Supply, er (VDGT). The funding would be used for on his recent appointment to the U.S. Cham- procuring a VDGT device that provides door HONORING JAMES C. KERNAN, JR. ber Board of Directors. gunnery and crew coordination training for Throughout the years, David’s dedication UH–60 Blackhawk crewmembers. The VDGT HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY and commitment to the success of north Ala- also incorporates precision gunnery training to OF NEW YORK bama have directly contributed to my district’s improve target engagement skills. This system IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES economic success. Small business has always is mobile and can be moved between Texas served to be the backbone of our nation, and Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Army National Guard aviation facilities that Mr. Muhlendorf’s presence on the national have UH–60s. The system enables crews to Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Madam economic stage will prove to be a great ben- train without leaving home station or flying ad- Speaker, I rise to honor James C. Kernan Jr. efit to our country. ditional hours. The entity to receive funding for for his contribution to both our government Earlier this year, David was named the this project is the Texas National Guard, 2200 and local community. Through his commitment 2008–2009 Shoals Citizen of the Year for his West 35th Street, Austin, TX 78763. to serving others, Mr. Kerman has affected the development work with the Chamber of Com- A request for the Field Deployable lives of many, both nationally and locally. For merce of Northwest Alabama. He has also Hologram Production System. The funding these reasons and many others, I believe he worked tirelessly for the area’s education sys- would be used for completing development of is worthy of recognition. tem with the Northwest Shoals Community a compact production unit that produces 3D As a dedicated member of United States College Board of Directors, for our local char- holographic imagery for mission planning and Army, James received numerous accolades ities with the Shoals United Way, and for my intelligence purposes for U.S. forces in Iraq commemorating his outstanding bravery. State’s economic development with the Busi- and Afghanistan. The U.S. Army requests a Among his many distinctions, James was ness Council of Alabama. self-contained, field-deployable EHI production awarded the Kuwait Liberation Medal, the Madam Speaker, I wish to congratulate Mr. system to accelerate imagery delivery to com- Southwest Asia Service Medal with two David Muhlendorf for his new appointment and bat forces. The goal is a more efficient, cost bronze stars, the Humanitarian Service Medal, thank him for his diligent and determined work effective production system that provides the and the National Defense Service Medal with for the Tennessee Valley, the State of Ala- deployed war fighter needed planning and in- a bronze star. After leaving the Army, Mr. bama and our country. telligence capabilities on a much faster basis. Kernan continued to serve his country by en- f The entity to receive funding for this project is listing in the Army Reserves. For years, Zebra Imaging, Inc, 9801 Metric Blvd, Austin, James would travel from his home on Long Is- EARMARK DECLARATION TX 78758. land to Utica, NY to train at the Elihu Root A request for the Compact Pulsed Power Army Reserve Center. Once again, James ex- HON. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY Initiative. The funding would be used for the celled, earning five separate Army Reserve OF TEXAS development of explosive- or battery-operated, Component Achievement Medals. I am proud IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES compact, high-power radiation sources and to honor James for his 26 years of service in associated antenna systems capable of de- Tuesday, July 7, 2009 our Armed Forces. stroying electronics used for radars, commu- Mr. Kernan’s exemplary dedication does not Mr. CONAWAY. Madam Speaker, pursuant nications, computer, or remote detonation de- end with his military record. Prior to his retire- to the House Republican standards on ear- vices, and others that can disable car engines. ment in January, James spent thirty-five years marks, I am submitting the following informa- The information gained from this research will as an employee of the Internal Revenue Serv- tion regarding authorizations I requested and be significant in furthering our nation’s defense ice. Throughout his tenure, he was promoted were included as part of H.R. 2647, National capabilities especially in the area of disabling through the organization, and received thirteen Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010. and destroying IEDs. The research for this distinct awards for his accomplishments. A request for the Marksmanship Skills Train- project will be conducted by Texas Tech Uni- Apart from his lifetime of public service, Mr. er. The funding would be used for procuring a versity, 2500 Broadway (mail stop 3121), TX Kernan is an invaluable asset to his commu- portable self contained system that allows for 79409. nity. While raising his two sons on Long Is- multiple scenarios from training to combat A request for the Modular Shoot House. The land, James, and his wife Ruth, organized skills. This is a multiple user system allowing funding would be used for procuring a self countless fundraisers and community events. for high output during times of training con- contained combat scenario system for team They dedicated themselves to parent associa- straints. The trainers will be stationed at the training in a safe 360 degree ballistic, combat tions, the Our Lady of Victory Elementary various Texas Army National Guard facilities simulated environment. The Modular Shoot School, and the Notre Dame Convent, and ac- allowing for maximum use for the soldiers. House (MSH) will be placed on Texas Army cepted the presidency of the Trinity Parents’ The system allows for ongoing marksmanship National Guard training facilities as determined Club at Holy Trinity Diocesan High School. Mr. training in a simulated environment without the by training needs of the geographic regions in Kernan’s life’s work is a testament to his com- expenditure of ammunition or need to travel to the state. New combat training tasks will be

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