S6340 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 31, 2019 which Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was residing, tims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 (3) recommends that health care providers ultimately leading to his demise; U.S.C. 20144) and the creation of the United deliver health services in a clear and com- Whereas Secretary of Defense Mark Esper States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism prehensive manner; and said of the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Fund; and (4) encourages all interested parties to pro- ‘‘This is a devastating blow. This is not just Whereas, 40 years after its founding, the Is- mote the importance of health literacy. their leader, it’s their founder. He was an in- lamic Republic of Iran continues to promul- spirational leader in many ways. He formed gate a culture of fear, oppression, and vio- f ISIS in 2014, he led to establishing the phys- lence as one of the leading state sponsors of SENATE RESOLUTION 397—CELE- ical caliphate throughout the region, so this terrorism: Now, therefore, be it BRATING THE 25TH ANNIVER- is a major blow to them.’’; and Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas, although all members of the raid (1) recognizes the 40th anniversary of the SARY OF THE PASSAGE OF THE force were able to return to a safe location Iran Hostage Crisis; MIKE MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIP following the operation, two service mem- (2) honors the suffering of the Iran Hos- ACT CREATING THE MIKE MANS- bers suffered minor injuries and one military tages and their families during the Iran Hos- FIELD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM tage Crisis, as well as the sacrifices made by working dog was also injured: Now, there- Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. fore, be it those who attempted to rescue the hostages; Resolved, That the Senate— and DAINES) submitted the following reso- (1) declares that the death of Abu Bakr al- (3) supports the designation of a national lution; which was referred to the Com- Baghdadi represents a measure of justice and day of remembrance on November 4, 2019, for mittee on Foreign Relations. relief for the innumerable victims of ISIS; the Iran Hostage Crisis. S. RES. 397 (2) commends the men and women and f Whereas the distinguished tenure of Mike military working dogs of the United States SENATE RESOLUTION 396—DESIG- Mansfield as Majority Leader of the Senate Armed Forces and the United States intel- spanned 16 years, making him the longest ligence community for their flawless plan NATING OCTOBER 2019 AS ‘‘NA- serving Majority Leader in the history of the and execution to capture or kill the ISIS TIONAL HEALTH LITERACY Senate; leader; MONTH’’ Whereas Mike Mansfield served as the (3) commends the President for ordering United States Ambassador to Japan from the successful operation to locate and elimi- Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. 1977 to 1988, the longest tenure of any United nate Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; States ambassador anywhere in the world; (4) recognizes the support from our allies SCOTT of South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was re- Whereas, while serving as Ambassador, and partners, including the Syrian Kurds, for Mike Mansfield was fond of reminding the assisting with executing this daring raid; ferred to the Committee on the Judici- people of the United States and Japan that and ary. the ‘‘U.S.-Japan relationship is the most im- (5) reaffirms its commitment to disrupting, S. RES. 396 portant bilateral relationship in the world, dismantling, and defeating ISIS and affili- Whereas health literacy is the degree to bar none’’; ated radical Islamic terrorist organizations which individuals can obtain and understand Whereas, in 1994, through the Mike Mans- around the world that threaten United basic health information in order to make field Fellowship Act (Public Law 103–236; 108 States national security, eliminating safe informed health decisions; Stat. 428), Congress authorized the Mike havens for terrorists, and bringing terrorists Whereas, according to the latest national Mansfield Fellowship Program to build a to justice. assessment of health literacy, a majority of corps of Federal Government employees (in f adults have intermediate health literacy, this preamble referred to as ‘‘Mansfield Fel- SENATE RESOLUTION 395—RECOG- while more than 75,000,000 adults have basic lows’’) knowledgeable about the language, culture, economy, and politics of Japan, so NIZING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY or below basic health literacy; Whereas language and cultural differences as to enhance mutual cooperation and under- OF THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, can affect health literacy and thereby lower standing between the United States and AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES effective health communication between pro- Japan; Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. viders and patients; Whereas the Bureau of Educational and BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. LEAHY) sub- Whereas, according to the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Department of State mitted the following resolution; which Healthcare Research and Quality, low health provides financial support to make possible was referred to the Committee on For- literacy is associated with higher rates of the deployment of Mansfield Fellows and their families to Japan, and the Government eign Relations. emergency care use, increased hospitaliza- tions, and, among seniors, higher mortality; of Japan provides generous in-kind support, S. RES. 395 Whereas the Agency for Healthcare Re- including a 2-month home-stay and language Whereas, on November 4, 1979, 66 United search and Quality also found that low training; States diplomats, military personnel, and ci- health literacy can be associated with a lack Whereas the first cohort of Mansfield Fel- vilians were taken hostage from the United of medication adherence; lows, recruited from across the Federal Gov- States Embassy in Tehran by the Govern- Whereas experts estimate that the annual ernment, began their service in Japan on ment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in what cost of low health literacy to the United September 1, 1996; became known as the Iran Hostage Crisis; States economy is between $106,000,000,000 Whereas the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Whereas 13 of the 66 American hostages and $238,000,000,000; Program has created a robust network of of- were released by November 20, 1979; Whereas mental health literacy may lead ficials from the Governments of the United Whereas 8 members of the United States to better outcomes for individuals with men- States and Japan with deep understanding of Armed Forces died in an attempt to rescue tal disorders, particularly individuals with the economic, political, and strategic dimen- the hostages on April 25, 1980; suicidal ideation, either by facilitating early sions of the United States-Japan relation- Whereas another American hostage was re- help-seeking by those individuals or helping ship who work together to advance the mu- leased on July 11, 1980, after 250 days in cap- others identify early signs of mental dis- tual interests of the United States and tivity; orders and seek help on behalf of those indi- Japan; Whereas, after 444 days in captivity, the re- viduals; Whereas Mansfield Fellows have served in maining 52 hostages were released on Janu- Whereas health literacy can assist in pre- 52 ministries and agencies of the Govern- ary 20, 1981, with the signing of the Algiers venting disease and illness, increasing life ment of Japan, dozens of Diet offices, and Accords; expectancy, improving patient care and out- more than a dozen private sector companies Whereas the Iran Hostages were subjected comes, and reducing health care costs; and nongovernmental organizations in to mock executions and other forms of phys- Whereas, in 2010, the Department of Health Japan; ical and emotional torture at the hands of and Human Services issued a National Ac- Whereas alumni of the Mike Mansfield Fel- the Government of the Islamic Republic of tion Plan to Improve Health Literacy that lowship Program are currently employed Iran; establishes 7 goals; and throughout the Federal Government, includ- Whereas the Iran Hostages and their fami- Whereas advocacy organizations have rec- ing the House of Representatives and the lies still suffer from the events of the Iran ognized the month of October as ‘‘National Senate, the Departments of State, Com- Hostage Crisis; Health Literacy Month’’ to increase aware- merce, Defense, Energy, Transportation, and Whereas the Algiers Accords prevented the ness about the importance of making health the Treasury, the Office of the United States Iran Hostages from taking legal action to information easy to understand: Now, there- Trade Representative, the Federal Aviation pursue compensation from the Islamic Re- fore, be it Administration, and the Federal Bureau of public of Iran for their time in captivity; Resolved, That the Senate— Investigation, as well as serving in the Whereas many of the Iran Hostages and (1) designates October 2019 as ‘‘National Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps; their families finally became eligible to re- Health Literacy Month’’; Whereas, every day, Mansfield Fellows are ceive compensation through the enactment (2) encourages individuals to assess and im- drawing on their experience to enhance in 2015 of the Justice for United States Vic- prove their health knowledge and literacy; United States-Japan bilateral relations and

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RES. 399 foundation of shared democratic values and weevil; Whereas on May 9, 2016, the North Amer- common interests; and Whereas, in 1938, the first National Peanut ican bison was adopted as the national mam- Whereas the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Festival was held in Dothan, Alabama; mal of the United States; Program has been a cornerstone of United Whereas, as a result of his instrumental Whereas bison are considered a historical States-Japan cooperation and has made im- work in promoting the peanut in the symbol of the United States; portant contributions to strengthening secu- Wiregrass area of the State of Alabama, Dr. Whereas bison were integrally linked with rity, economic, and cultural ties between the Carver was invited to serve as the first guest the economic and spiritual lives of many In- 2 allies: Now, therefore, be it speaker at the National Peanut Festival; dian Tribes through trade and sacred cere- Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas 2 awards were established at the monies; (1) celebrates the 25th anniversary of the first National Peanut Festival— Whereas there are more than 60 Indian passage of the Mike Mansfield Fellowship (1) the Miss Peanut Award, first won by Act (Public Law 103–236; 108 Stat. 428) cre- Tribes participating in the InterTribal Buf- Elizabeth Johnson from Headland, Alabama; falo Council, which is a Tribal organization ating the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Pro- and gram; incorporated pursuant to section 17 of the (2) the Volunteer of the Year Award, Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the (2) remembers the contributions of Senator named in honor of the first president of the Mike Mansfield and his wife Maureen to the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’) (25 U.S.C. National Peanut Festival, Harry P. Hall, and 5124); United States Senate and to the United awarded annually since its establishment; States-Japan alliance; Whereas numerous members of Indian (3) thanks more than 150 alumni of the Whereas the National Peanut Festival has Tribes are involved in bison restoration on Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program for become an established event over the past 81 Tribal land; bringing the expertise garnered during their years and became a nonprofit organization in Whereas members of Indian Tribes have a time in Japan back to the United States 1952 through a resolution passed by the local combined herd of bison on more than Government to advance the interests of the chamber of commerce; 1,000,000 acres of Tribal land; United States; Whereas, in 1996, the statue of Dr. Carver Whereas bison can play an important role (4) conveys its appreciation to the people in Dothan, Alabama, was dedicated to honor in improving the types of grasses found in of Japan for the warm welcome they have the famed peanut pioneer and first guest landscapes to the benefit of grasslands; given to each class of Mansfield Fellows; speaker at the National Peanut Festival; Whereas bison hold significant economic (5) commends the Government of Japan for Whereas, in 2010, the National Peanut Fes- value for private producers and rural com- opening its doors to Mansfield Fellows and tival moved to its current location at the munities; for providing steadfast and generous support fairgrounds on US Highway 231 South in Whereas, as of 2017, the Department of Ag- to the Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program; Dothan, Alabama; riculture estimates that 182,780 head of bison and Whereas peanuts remain a significant cash were under the stewardship of private pro- (6) encourages the Bureau of Educational crop grown in the United States that is val- ducers, creating jobs and contributing to the and Cultural Affairs of the Department of ued at more than $1,000,000,000 per year; food security of the United States by pro- State and the Government of Japan to sus- Whereas children and adults in the United viding a sustainable and healthy meat tain their support for the Mike Mansfield States consume an average of 6 pounds of source; Fellowship Program, which in turn strength- peanut products, including snack nuts and Whereas a bison has been depicted on the ens the ‘‘alliance of hope’’ and the important candy, per person each year; official seal of the Department of the Inte- work of the program to further peace, sta- Whereas, each year, individuals in the rior since 1912; bility, and prosperity in the world. United States consume approximately Whereas a bison is portrayed on 2 State 133,000,000 metric tons of peanut oil, a high- flags; f quality cooking oil; Whereas the bison has been adopted by 3 SENATE RESOLUTION 398—RECOG- Whereas approximately half of all peanuts States as the official mammal or animal of NIZING THE NATIONAL PEANUT grown in the United States originate within those States; FESTIVAL HELD ANNUALLY IN a 100-mile radius of Dothan, Alabama; and Whereas the buffalo nickel played an im- Whereas, in 2018, peanut farmers in Ala- portant role in modernizing the currency of DOTHAN, ALABAMA, AND THE bama, of which there are close to 900— the United States; IMPORTANCE OF THE PEANUT (1) produced runner peanuts, the variety of Whereas several sports teams have the INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF peanut that makes up 80 percent of all pea- bison as a mascot, which highlights the ALABAMA AND THE UNITED nut production in the United States; iconic significance of bison in the United STATES (2) harvested 189,000 acres of peanuts; and States; (3) produced 400,000,000 pounds of peanuts Mr. JONES submitted the following Whereas a small group of ranchers helped valued at approximately $118,000,000: Now, save bison from extinction in the late 1800s resolution; which was referred to the therefore, be it by gathering the remaining bison of the di- Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate minished herds; and Forestry: that the National Peanut Festival held in Whereas on December 8, 1905, William S. RES. 398 Dothan, Alabama, is of remarkable impor- Hornaday, Theodore Roosevelt, and others Whereas Dr. George Washington Carver, an tance to the State of Alabama, the United formed the American Bison Society in re- African-American scientist, inventor, educa- States, and the peanut industry due to— sponse to the near extinction of bison in the tor, and former slave— (1) the attendance of approximately 200,000 United States; (1) proposed the planting of peanuts and fairgoers over the course of a 10-day event; Whereas on October 11, 1907, the American soybeans to restore nitrogen to soil left bar- (2) the economic impact of the National Bison Society sent 15 captive-bred bison ren from cotton production; Peanut Festival to the town of Dothan, Ala- from the New York Zoological Park, now (2) invented more than 300 products made bama; and known as the ‘‘Bronx Zoo’’, to the first big from peanuts; and (3) the celebration in the National Peanut game refuge in the United States, now (3) became the first guest speaker in the Festival of one of the most important, use- known as the ‘‘Wichita Mountains Wildlife history of the National Peanut Festival; ful, and well-loved cash crops in the United Refuge’’; Whereas the Incas of Peru began culti- States. Whereas, in 2005, the American Bison Soci- vating peanuts as early as 1500 B.C., and pea- f ety was reestablished, bringing together nuts were spread from South America to bison ranchers, managers from Indian Spain, Asia, and Africa; SENATE RESOLUTION 399—DESIG- Tribes, Federal and State agencies, con- Whereas, in the 1700s, Africans were the NATING NOVEMBER 2, 2019, AS servation organizations, and natural and so- first to introduce peanuts to North Ameri- ‘‘NATIONAL BISON DAY’’ cial scientists from the United States, Can- cans; Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Mr. HEIN- ada, and Mexico to create a vision for the Whereas, beginning in the early 1800s, the North American bison in the 21st century; RICH, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. steady growth of peanut production allowed Whereas there are bison herds in national peanuts to transition from being a food pri- CORNYN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. ROBERTS, wildlife refuges, national parks, and national marily for livestock and the poor to a high- Mr. MARKEY, Mr. ENZI, Mr. UDALL, Mr. forests, and on other Federal land; protein and well-liked source of food for sol- CRAMER, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MORAN, Mr. Whereas there are bison in State-managed diers during the Civil War; SCHUMER, Mr. ROUNDS, Ms. BALDWIN, herds across 11 States;

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