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Vol. 158 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 2012 No. 84 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was 2014, then any continuation of those milk for children in the morning at called to order by the Speaker pro tem- troops would have to be voted on by school. We vote to cut programs for pore (Mr. MCCLINTOCK). the Congress. senior citizens to get a sandwich at the f I’m always very disappointed that senior center, and yet we continue to the Congress does not meet its con- fund a war that history has shown we DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO stitutional responsibility when it will never win. TEMPORE comes to war. Mr. Speaker, because of I have a poster of a photograph that The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- my disappointment and my continued was in the Greensboro paper that has fore the House the following commu- support of bring our troops home, I will Dover Air Force Base as they are nication from the Speaker: read the names of nine servicepeople bringing home the flag-covered trans- WASHINGTON, DC, given by the Department of Defense fer case. The nine names that I just June 6, 2012. who were reported in the Raleigh, read, they took their final trip in the I hereby appoint the Honorable TOM North Carolina, paper, The News & Ob- back of a plane and they lay dead in a MCCLINTOCK to act as Speaker pro tempore server: transfer case with a flag over their bod- on this day. Hospitalman Eric D. Warren ies. JOHN A. BOEHNER, Private First Class Cale C. Miller Our Congress needs to wake up, Mr. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Corporal Keaton G. Coffey Speaker. It makes no sense that we f Petty Officer First Class Ryan J. Wil- will stay there to 2014 or 2015. I have with me a book that if I could MORNING-HOUR DEBATE son Second Lieutenant Travis A. pay for every Member of Congress to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Morgado have this book, and they would guar- ant to the order of the House of Janu- Specialist Arronn D. Fields antee me that they would read this ary 17, 2012, the Chair will now recog- Sergeant Michael J. Knapp book, then I would buy it for them. Mr. nize Members from lists submitted by Sergeant Jabraun S. Knox Speaker, the title of this book is the majority and minority leaders for Specialist Samuel T. Watts. ‘‘Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Tax- morning-hour debate. Mr. Speaker, we are continuing to payers Bankroll the Taliban.’’ The Chair will alternate recognition spend money that we do not have. The Taliban, the Taliban, that’s our between the parties, with each party Every day our debt goes up. Every day enemy. Yet American dollars are going limited to 1 hour and each Member we borrow money from foreign govern- over, and many of those dollars end up other than the majority and minority ments, and yet we will not bring our in our enemy’s hands to buy weapons leaders and the minority whip limited troops home from Afghanistan. and bullets to kill young Americans. I to 5 minutes each, but in no event shall It’s kind of ironic that the adminis- have read only 100 pages. I hope to fin- debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. tration has signed a security agree- ish this book next week when we are f ment that will continue a financial re- home; but I think if any taxpayer in lationship with Afghanistan after our this country would read this book, they AFGHANISTAN troops come home in 2014. That rela- would be up here protesting Wash- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tionship is for 12 years, has been pro- ington sending money to Afghanistan. Chair recognizes the gentleman from jected that we will spend approxi- What is ironic, Mr. Speaker, is that the North Carolina (Mr. JONES) for 5 min- mately $4 billion a month for those 12 Taliban will eventually take over Af- utes. years to pay for a corrupt leader and a ghanistan, no matter what we do. Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I am still corrupt government that will not sur- I hope that my friends on both sides very disappointed that during the de- vive. of the aisle will support us from time bate of the National Defense Author- It does not matter how much money to time as we have amendments to cre- ization Act that Mr. MCGOVERN and I we spend. Afghanistan’s history is that ate a parameter for bringing our troops myself had an amendment, known as no nation has ever gone into Afghani- out because, quite frankly, I think we the McGovern-Jones amendment, and stan and changed one thing. I do not will be there probably until 2015 or all it did, Mr. Speaker, was set the pa- understand why we in the House con- 2016. rameters and the benchmark for bring- tinue to find the money—of course it’s Mr. Speaker, in closing, I ask God to ing our troops home after 2014. The borrowed money, by the way, probably please bless our men and women in uni- amendment basically said that if from the Chinese—to send to Afghani- form. I ask God to please bless the fam- you’re not bringing the troops out by stan. Yet we vote on programs to cut ilies of our men and women in uniform.

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Teddy, Jr., fought in as MODERNIZING THE HISTORIC As I mentioned at the beginning, His- well with his brothers. His brother PRESERVATION TAX CREDIT toric Tax assistance has been in the Quentin, a fighter pilot, was killed in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Tax Code since 1976. That’s why it’s im- action. General Roosevelt was crippled Chair recognizes the gentleman from portant with all the justifiable pres- from the wounds of World War I and Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) for 5 min- sure and concern to reform and sim- had a heart condition, but he was not utes. plify the Tax Code that we must retain finished fighting. At the age of 56, Gen- Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, tools for historic preservation. Indeed, eral Roosevelt was the highest ranking sometimes simple concepts are the I think it’s time to modernize the his- officer that landed on the shores of most powerful. toric property tax credit to reflect the Normandy. He was determined to lead Since the beginning of my career, I many changes since 1976. Some of the this new generation of warriors—who have seen the power of historic preser- most profound adjustments were made became the Greatest Generation—as vation as a key component to a during the administration of Ronald they took on the Nazis. liveable community that is rich and Reagan, but it’s been over 25 years His son Quentin Roosevelt II, named varied, not just merely the historic since the provisions were addressed after Teddy Jr.’s late brother, the character, but the mixed uses, archi- comprehensively. fighter pilot, was also on the beaches of tectural diversity, human scale and We need to recognize the difficulty Normandy that day. They were the function, economic development, jobs, with the current investment climate only father and son duo known to fight and the creation of value. that makes it more difficult for people on D-day. Roosevelt and his boys were Today, the National Trust for His- to take advantage of the tax credit as part of Operation Overlord. The great- toric Preservation will be announcing well as opportunities going forward to est invasion in history was expected to with their president, Stephanie Meeks, maximize the capacity for this impor- come at a high cost. And, it did. Amer- some of the most endangered places tant program. That’s why I have intro- ican youth gave their lives that day for that we might lose, serving as a call to duced, with my Republican partner, the future of others. action. Our heritage matters. Congressman AARON SCHOCK, H.R. 2479. Armed only with a walking stick and That’s why for over 35 years Federal It would provide more benefit to small- a pistol and under constant enemy fire, Tax Code has granted special recogni- er-scale, Main Street rehabilitation. Roosevelt led several groups of 20- tion to help with the cost of rehabili- There will be a 10 percent bonus for sig- something Americans up tating historic properties, and for good nificantly enhancing energy conserva- and inland. General Omar Bradley de- reason. Over 37,000 historic properties tion and special incentives that can be scribed Roosevelt’s actions as the ‘‘sin- have been rehabilitated, have leveraged used in tandem with the 33 historic tax gle greatest act of courage’’ he wit- $90 billion in investment, and created 2 credit programs in individual States nessed in the entire war. million jobs. across America. On D-day, thousands of American Historic preservation is good for the It’s hard to think of a better value boys charged out of the sea onto soul. People love the enhancement of for strategic investment in commu- French soil, beginning the liberation of historic properties, neighborhoods, and nities that provide a sense of place in Western Europe. Our boys laid claim to districts. It directly links people to history with the creation of jobs and the beachheads inch by bloody inch. who they are, helping us understand wealth. A modernized historic preser- The remarkable Army Rangers climbed and appreciate our roots. It is very im- vation tax credit will be a key ingre- the cliffs at Pointe due Hoc under portant that most people also appre- dient for years to come—a building heavy, brutal German fire. They had ciate historic preservation. That’s why block for a livable community where to. it serves as a magnet for tourists and families are safe, healthy, and eco- Americans did not go to Normandy other investors so that surrounding nomically secure. I urge my colleagues to conquer. They went and they sac- properties and neighborhoods can be to join me in supporting this important rificed to ensure that Hitler would no strengthened. modernization of the historic preserva- longer be a threat. Hitler had little re- It also strengthens the economy. The tion tax credit. gard for American GIs. He was certain investment and its ripple effects create f that the ‘‘soft’’ sons of America would more tax revenue and avoid the cost of never become soldiers. He thought the THE TALLEST WARRIOR ON THE rundown property and blight. As a Nazi youth would be able to outfight LONGEST DAY local official, for years I learned first- the Boy Scouts. He was wrong. The Boy hand that it is hard and expensive to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Scouts took them on D-day. The sand deal with deterioration of the building Chair recognizes the gentleman from was stained red with the blood of stock in the neighborhoods in which Texas (Mr. POE) for 5 minutes. American warriors and that of our al- they are located. Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, lies. Historic preservation is the best op- growing up, I knew that my dad, when Mr. Speaker, to my left is a photo- tion for the environment. Recycling a he was a teenager, fought in the ‘‘Great graph of the Cliffs of Normandy, where building usually has more net environ- World War II.’’ Because my father Americans are buried. In all, 9,387 mental benefit than a LEED-certified never spoke much about it until re- Americans are buried at the top of the new building. cently, I was curious about what hap- beach at Normandy. Buried on the pened. My fascination with World War cliffs, their white crosses and Stars of b 1010 II began when I saw the movie ‘‘The David shine and glisten in the morning Historic preservation strengthens the Longest Day’’ as a kid. Young Ameri- sunshine over now peaceful Omaha and community. A varied streetscape with cans—mainly boys, really—who had Utah Beaches. One of the ones buried a mix of uses makes that community never been far from home were sent to there is the tallest warrior on the long- safer and more resilient the same way a faraway land to free a people they est day, Brigadier General Theodore that a forest that is composed of a va- had never met. They charged onto a Roosevelt, Jr. This is his grave. It is at riety of different tree species is more beach through a hail of gunfire in order the front of Normandy. Fittingly, he is resistant to fire and disease than a to stop the spreading threat of evil in buried next to his brother Quentin. monoculture of a single species. His- Europe. Quentin was the only person from toric preservation avoids that This action-packed movie depicts the World War I to be buried at Normandy. monoculture of the built environment graphic details of the longest day on General Roosevelt, who died of a heart

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