November 13, 2012 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 158, Pt. 11 15155 someone for whom I have the highest respect, Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me lands. She believed that by making these civic and I know my colleagues join my wife, Jan- in celebrating the many achievements of Chris improvements, we could help pay tribute to ice, and me in congratulating Toy for this great Trepal as she makes the transition from her our great country. One of Mrs. Johnson’s honor. successful career as co-director of the Earth greatest rehabilitation efforts took place right f Day Coalition to the next phases of her life in here in Washington, DC, where she oversaw retirement and wishing her much success in the planting of thousands of flowers through- IN HONOR OF CHRIS TREPAL her next endeavors. out our Nation’s capital. f Driving from her home in Texas to Wash- HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH ington, DC, Mrs. Johnson expressed concern OF OHIO IN RECOGNITION OF THE RETIRE- with the uninviting appearance of our Nation’s IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MENT OF CARROLL L. ‘‘LEW’’ Interstate highways. Ultimately, President Tuesday, November 13, 2012 WATSON Johnson signed the ‘‘Highway Beautification Act’’ into law in 1965, enhancing the scenic Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor HON. MIKE ROGERS views of our highways and byways. In 1999, Chris Trepal, who is retiring from the Earth when Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt OF ALABAMA Day Coalition, one of the major forces in presented Mrs. Johnson with the Native Plant IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Northeast Ohio to promote environmental edu- Conservation Initiative Lifetime Achievement cation, protection, and advocacy. Tuesday, November 13, 2012 Award, he noted that the First Lady had been In the late 1980s, as the nation coalesced a shadow Secretary of the Interior for much of around how to best acknowledge the 20th an- Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I her life. Today, we continue to enjoy the bene- niversary of the first Earth Day of 1970, Chris ask for the House’s attention today to recog- nize Lew Watson who is retiring as Mayor of fits of the First Lady’s efforts to beautify our was a parent, educator, and volunteer for the roads and highways. Sierra Club. Called by Governor Richard Ce- the City of Lincoln, Alabama, on the 40th anni- versary of the day he first took the oath of of- Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate the centennial leste, Chris attended an organizing meeting at of Mrs. Johnson’s birth, we hold in great re- fice. Cleveland State University and was moved to gard the value of these national improvements Carroll L. ‘‘Lew’’ Watson was born in Nor- action to fight for the environment. Along with by preserving the beauty of our lands— folk, Virginia, to Carroll and Ruth Watson on Scott Sanders, Chris co-founded the Earth through constant revitalization and conserva- May 9, 1943. He graduated from Lincoln High Day Coalition in 1990 and until her retirement tion. We have Mrs. Johnson’s unifying grace was co-director with Sanders. School in 1961 and graduated from the Uni- to thank for her contributions to the American In the last 23 years, Chris has been a vi- versity of Alabama with a Bachelor’s of Art de- landscape, and I am pleased to recognize sionary who organized the ‘‘Annual EarthFest’’ gree in 1965. these lasting contributions by the former First and ‘‘Walk or Bike for the Earth.’’ Every spring After graduation from college, he joined the Lady from Texas. United States Army where he served until at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the f EarthFest has been the largest and longest- September of 1969 when he retired at the running environmental education event in the rank of Captain. He later attended Birmingham HONORING MR. CABLE TELEVISION State of Ohio. It is widely attended and is the School of Law and received his Juris Doctor IN NORTH CAROLINA—JACK W. place-to-be for non-profits and leaders who degree on May 23, 1982. STANLEY want to promote their causes. Watson was first elected mayor in 1972 at For more than 10 years, Chris worked with the age of 29 when Lincoln’s population was HON. HOWARD COBLE the region’s best environmental education ex- a little over 1,100. Over the years, Lew was OF NORTH CAROLINA perts, naturalists, and interpreters to establish able to help build local infrastructure and help IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, for- recruit industries like Honda Manufacturing of Tuesday, November 13, 2012 merly Dike 14. Officially opened in February Alabama, LLC which helped the city grow and 2012, the Preserve is 88 acres of wild lands prosper to what it is today. During his time in Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the citizens of the Sixth District of North Carolina, along Lake Erie in the heart of Cleveland with office the city’s population grew by over 450 I take this occasion to honor Jack W. Stan- almost 300 species of birds who live and mi- percent. ley—a great personal friend for many years— grate on the site along with butterflies and Watson’s children include Carroll Lewis as he retires from 45 years of service in the mammals such as the red fox, mink, coyote, Watson and his wife Alyson, Samantha Bluhm cable television industry. Jack has been a true and her husband Patrick, David G. Watson deer and others. Chris led the Earth Day Coa- pioneer in the industry, helping to lead its and his wife Azumi, and Jessica Laffosse and lition’s efforts to convene and be the fiscal growth from a service designed merely to ex- agent for the collaborative effort to establish her husband Michael. tend over-the-air broadcast signals into hard to the Preserve. Mr. Speaker, we join his friends and family reach areas to what it is today—an industry Chris is a founding member of the City of in this surprise celebration in his honor. We that makes available to homes across the na- Cleveland’s Air Pollution Advisory Committee, will miss Lew’s leadership in Lincoln, and wish tion hundreds of linear video channels, on-de- created by city ordinance. She has worked on him the very best. mand programming, high-speed broadband clean air issues such as Diesel Hot Spots, idle f services, digital telephone services, home net- reduction, and reining in mercury emissions HONORING FORMER FIRST LADY working and home security services. It is an from coal-fired power plants and the proposed industry that is driven by innovation and pri- City of Cleveland waste incinerator (which was MRS. CLAUDIA ALTA ‘‘LADY BIRD’’ JOHNSON vate investment. And Jack has seen it all and stopped, based in part on the Earth Day Coali- helped make it happen. tion’s advocacy). In any conversation with Jack, it doesn’t Chris Trepal is the recipient of numerous HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON take long to find out about his roots—rural awards for the work she has done over the OF TEXAS Georgia. He is proud to be a country boy. His years, including: Conservationist of the Year IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES professional life to this day remains grounded by the Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation Tuesday, November 13, 2012 in the clay of Dodge County, Georgia, where District; Outstanding Conservationist Award by he grew up in modest circumstances on his the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo; Award for Out- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. family’s farm and learned the lessons of hard standing Service by the Lee-Seville-Miles Citi- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of work and respect for others that he has car- zens; Greater Cleveland Woman of Achieve- former First Lady, Mrs. Claudia Alta ‘‘Lady ried with him throughout his carrier. Jack grad- ment Award from the YWCA of Cleveland; Bird’’ Johnson. Mrs. Johnson, wife of Presi- uated from South Georgia Technical College Certificate of Environmental Achievement from dent Lyndon Baines Johnson, was known for where he studied Electronics Technology and the National Awards Council for Environmental her prominent role in public service, and for completed an Executive Management Devel- Sustainability; Golden Spruce Award from the her lifelong efforts to beautify public places opment Program at Denver University. Cuyahoga County Planning Commission; and across the country. Most recently, Jack has served as the Re- the Excellence in Education Award from the As First Lady, Mrs. Johnson promoted the gional Vice President for Government Rela- Better Business Bureau. conservation and beautification of our public tions for Time Warner Cable with responsibility

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Jack I join with all of the residents of the Sixth much-needed attention to psychiatric abuses enjoyed many successes in this challenging District of North Carolina in honoring Jack for early in his career but went too far by insist- role, including developing positive relation- his fine career and to wish him all the best as ing on a fundamental distinction between ac- ships with federal, state and local govern- he enters, what I am sure will be, a very ac- tual, biological diseases and metaphorical mental leaders and helping to ensure con- tive and productive retirement. diseases of the mind. In fact, however, Szasz’s radicalism, which sistent and fair regulatory treatment for cable f operators. he combined with a sharp wit, a keen eye for For the bulk of his working career, Jack TRIBUTE TO THOMAS SZASZ obfuscating rhetoric, and an uncompro- mising dedication to individual freedom and served in a variety of operational roles in the responsibility, was one of his greatest cable television industry, including successfully HON. RON PAUL strengths. Beginning with The Myth of Men- leading cable systems in Georgia, Texas and OF TEXAS tal Illness in 1961 and continuing through 35 North Carolina. He served as Division Presi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES more books and hundreds of articles, the dent of Time Warner Cable’s Greensboro Divi- maverick psychiatrist, driven by a ‘‘passion Tuesday, November 13, 2012 sion, where he managed a staff of some 700 against coercion,’’ zeroed in on the employees. Under his leadership the Division Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous foundational fallacies underlying all manner of medicalized tyranny. was top-ranked in customer satisfaction and consent to insert into the CONGRESSIONAL The idea that psychiatry became scientif- consistently exceeded the established busi- RECORD ‘‘The Man versus the Therapeutic ically rigorous soon after Szasz first likened ness metrics. State,’’ by Jacob Sullivan of Reason maga- it to alchemy and astrology is hard to take He is known among his peers as an innova- zine. This piece pays tribute to Dr. Thomas seriously. After all, it was not until 1973 that tive leader who is committed to exceptional Szasz, who passed away on September 8th of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) customer service and who has the ability to this year. stopped calling homosexuality a mental dis- forge positive relationships with consumers, Dr. Szasz, a trained psychiatrist, was the order. employees and public officials. In 1988, Jack More often, psychiatry has expanded its leading opponent of what he labeled the domain. Today it encompasses myriad sins developed the first set of service standards for ‘‘therapeutic state.’’ For over fifty years, in 35 and foibles, including smoking, overeating, Time Warner Cable, which quickly became the books, and hundreds of articles, Dr. Szasz de- gambling, shoplifting, sexual promiscuity, basis for national industry standards and are fended human liberty and dignity against mod- pederasty, rambunctiousness, inattentive- still in use today. This commitment to cus- ern psychiatry. Modern psychiatry, of course, ness, social awkwardness, anxiety, sadness, tomer service was recognized with a Chair- insists that behaviors which deviate from some and political extremism. If it can be de- man’s Award and the National Public Affairs arbitrary norm serve as signs or symptoms of scribed, it can be diagnosed, but only if the Award of the Maryland and Delaware Cable organic ‘‘mental illnesses’’ (although the phys- APA says so. Asperger’s, for instance, will cease to exist when the fifth edition of the Association. As anyone who has worked with iological mechanisms never seem to be clearly him will tell you, Jack always has the cus- APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of identified, much less explained). Since ‘‘sick Mental Disorders (DSM) comes out next tomers’ interests foremost in his mind in any people’’ are incapable of controlling them- year. decision impacting the business. selves, it is the responsibility of government to As Marcia Angell, former editor of The Jack carried this customer commitment over protect them by constraining their ability to New England Journal of Medicine, observed to his service to the industry. He served four make harmful choices. last year in The New York Review of Books, separate terms as President of the North This is the mentality that Dr. Szasz fought ‘‘there are no objective signs or tests for Carolina Cable Telecommunications Associa- against so valiantly. By applying the philos- mental illness—no lab data or MRI find- tion where, in addition to being a terrific leader ings—and the boundaries between normal ophy of liberty to psychiatry, Dr. Szasz under- and abnormal are often unclear. That makes and gracious colleague, he was instrumental mined the ‘‘individual as helpless victim’’ men- in establishing a college scholarship program it possible to expand diagnostic boundaries tality that helps justify restrictors on personal or even create new diagnoses in ways that to help provide higher education opportunities liberty when it comes to drugs, fatty foods, would be impossible, say, in a field like car- for children of members of the cable industry. sodas, pornography, gambling, etc. Dr. Szasz diology.’’ In other words, mental illnesses Providing opportunities for others has always clearly understood, and predicated, the rise of are whatever psychiatrists say they are. been a driving focus of Jack’s career. the therapeutic nanny state. How ‘‘scientific’’ is that? Not very. In a Jack has also been an active leader in the 2010 Wired interview, Allen Frances, lead edi- No doubt Dr. Szasz could have enjoyed a tor of the current DSM, despaired that defin- community. He was appointed by former Gov- successful career had he moderated his views ernor Jim Hunt to represent the cable industry ing mental disorders is ‘‘bullshit.’’ In an on- or kept quiet instead of presenting a principled on a task force where he was instrumental in line debate last month, he declared that challenge to the psychiatric-government com- ‘‘mental disorders most certainly are not establishing a partnership between the Asso- plex. But Dr. Szasz was one of those rare in- diseases.’’ ciation of Public Telecommunications and the dividuals who could not be silent when liberty Then what exactly are they? For more cable industry in OPEN/Net, a virtual ‘‘town was threatened. For his courage in speaking than half a century, Szasz stubbornly high- hall’’ that provided citizens direct access to lighted the hazards of joining such a fuzzy, truth to power, Dr. Szasz was rewarded with state and local leaders via cable technology. subjective concept with the force of law ridicule and scorn from the gatekeepers of ‘‘re- He eventually served on the APT Board for through involuntary treatment, the insanity spectable’’ opinion. However, Dr. Szasz did two terms. He also served on numerous other defense, and other psychiatrically informed find a receptive audience among the ranks of boards, including the North Carolina Chamber policies. Consider ‘‘sexually violent predators,’’ who of Commerce, the North Carolina Center for the liberty movement, where he quickly earned a place as one of the movement’s most distin- are convicted and imprisoned based on the Public Policy Research, and the Greensboro premise that they could have restrained Partnership. guished thinkers. With the recent growth of the liberty movement, I would not be surprised if themselves but failed to do so, then com- Jack enjoys golf—and he’s really good at it. mitted to mental hospitals after completing You want to be on Jack’s team in business Dr. Szasz’s influence becomes greater in the their sentences based on the premise that and golf—especially golf! He has a passion for next several years. Certainly, all of us who they suffer from irresistible urges and there- history, and realizes his most important ac- work for individual liberty should be grateful for fore pose an intolerable threat to public safe- complishment is his family, which includes Dr. Thomas Szasz’s contributions to the cause ty. From a Szaszian perspective, this inco- twelve grandchildren. of freedom. herent theory is a cover for what is really The depth of his experience and knowledge [From Reason.com, Sept. 19, 2012] going on: the retroactive enhancement of duly imposed sentences by politicians who THE MAN VERSUS THE THERAPEUTIC STATE about the cable industry is matched by the decided certain criminals were getting off depth of his character and judgment. When (By Jacob Sullum) too lightly—a policy so plainly contrary to you shake hands in an agreement with Jack The New York Times obituary for Thomas due process and the rule of law that it had to Stanley, you do not have to wonder whether Szasz, who died this month at the age of 92, be dressed up in quasi-medical, pseudo- you have a deal. says his critique of psychiatry ‘‘had some scientific justifications.

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