May 9, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3875 We heard a lot today in the Oversight Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- There is something about having a and Government Reform Committee woman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE), little seniority in this House. I can re- hearing that was referenced earlier, ba- my distinguished colleague. member that of all the bills in this Na- sically about lazy people sitting Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I tion that came out of this House and around. I tried to alter the image a lit- am delighted, if I might say, to be with Senate—and I might say, joyfully, be- tle bit. I said: You can have lazy people Professor Raskin today, and I would cause I have been supported by the who get a paycheck in public housing like to use that terminology, or Con- Farm Bureau. I come from a State of and they spend all day watching TV, gressman RASKIN, but it means that he ranchers and farmers. We used to take tweeting, and filing for bankruptcy. gets into both the theory, the practice, pride in having that nexus between You have lazy people in the middle and the passion of an idea. That is farmers and the SNAP program and the class. You have rich lazy people and what teachers do. They try to instruct continuity of such. you have poor lazy people. their students to look at the holistic So here we are. We have breached it. Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, there are concept of a theory. We have blown it up for no reason probably some lazy folks in here, too. Mr. Speaker, the loss of food stamps other than to pocket the money for the Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, we are is not a theory, but it has passion in tax cut. not going to be able to eliminate lazi- the loss of such. It has a broad land- Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman ness, but maybe we can take care of scape of impact. It certainly has a the- for bringing us together. I ask my col- hunger in America so that kids don’t ory of which I don’t adhere to, and that leagues to vote against the farm bill, go to sleep without food. is that Americans who have asked for a because that would be standing up for Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Ms. hand up are the ones deserving of the maybe a better pathway of that bipar- ADAMS for her leadership and her brunt of an enormous tax cut that has tisan farm bill that we have had over strong voice on these issues. It is very created an enormous deficit that was the decades to make a difference in the impressive to see how hard she has not asked for by the top 1 percent, who lives of all Americans. been fighting. are getting the major aspect, or major Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, I thank benefit, of this tax cut. Ms. JACKSON LEE for her really pro- As a member of the Budget Com- found and important remarks tonight. Mr. RASKIN for those comments. Mr. Speaker, I would close out our One of the reasons that I wanted to mittee, we took pains, the Democrats, session here by just making an obser- serve on the Agriculture Committee to parse through the ultimate negative impact of the $1.4 trillion-plus tax cut. vation about the importance of this was because of the issues that are im- During the Obama administration, SNAP question. pacted not only in my district but we discussed a corporate rate reduc- It is important legislatively because throughout this Nation. Having so tion. Many of us would have considered our friends across the aisle have bro- many people who are food insecure that on the idea of job creation, com- ken from a bipartisan tradition going gave us an opportunity, I think, to do ing from the early thirties, if you will, back a very long time now in the pas- good in this farm bill. It is my under- down to about the mid-twenties. We sage of the farm bill just to make it a standing that we have never had a bill did more than—when I say ‘‘we,’’ this partisan power grab and a push over that was not bipartisan, and I think we bill did 21, unasked for by any cor- everybody else in the body, but it also need to think about that. The citizens porate entity, which added, again, in- goes to the question: What kind of gov- of this country are looking to us to do sult to injury as it relates to those ernment are we going to have? Will what is right because it is the right families, disabled, and seniors, children this be government for the few or will thing to do. who are dependent upon these pro- it be a government for everyone? Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, in my dis- grams. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance trict, I have urban, suburban, and We have many Americans who are de- of my time. rural. I have urban places like Rock- pendent upon means-tested programs, f ville, Maryland; I have suburban places 70 percent. The supplemental nutrition like Bethesda and Silver Spring; I have program, unlike the 21 percent cor- HONORING THE LIFE OF THE rural places in Frederick County like porate rate reduction for taxes, is $1.40 HONORABLE ZELL MILLER Middletown and Carroll County. I have per person. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. sort of the full gamut of America in my One of our colleagues in the other CURTIS). Under the Speaker’s an- district, and there is poverty in all of body, Senator BOOKER, as we all know nounced policy of January 3, 2017, the them. There are people struggling in who are familiar with him, and I think gentleman from Georgia (Mr. CARTER) all of them, just like there are people maybe we should join in that effort, is recognized for 60 minutes as the des- who have become very prosperous in all spend that much per meal, all of the ignee of the majority leader. of them. Members of the House of Representa- GENERAL LEAVE But our job, I think, as Representa- tives, because what we are dealing with Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- tives in Congress, is to keep the coun- today is the farm bill. er, I ask unanimous consent that all try unified and see what that beautiful, The farm bill takes to shutting down Members may have 5 legislative days magical phrase in the beginning of the the SNAP program and to cutting it within which to revise and extend their Constitution ‘‘We the people’’ means. drastically, and to ignore and remarks and include extraneous mate- For us to stand together in all of our underfund important programs because rial on the topic of this Special Order. magnificent diversity of ways of life we find ourselves in a predicament of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there and different kinds of communities the deficit, the tax cut, and what objection to the request of the gen- that we have across the country, what choices do we make. tleman from Georgia? is it that binds us together? The decision to limit SNAP is not There was no objection. I think the goodness of the American limited to red States or blue States. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- people is that we are invested in the Eighty-five of the top 100 counties of er, I rise today to remember the life of success of everybody, not just this or individuals receiving SNAP benefits a former mayor, of a former Georgia that group, not just our business bud- are rural communities, and many of State senator, of a former Governor of dies, not just our partners, not just them are, in fact, Republican rep- Georgia, and of a former United States people in our political party, but we resented. Senator representing the State of are invested in the success of everyone, The disastrous changes to SNAP Georgia, Mr. Zell Miller. and that is our job. would jeopardize the food security of 42 Zell Miller passed away on March 23 Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, Mr. million people, including 30 million at the age of 86. He was born on Feb- RASKIN is exactly right. Hunger is not children, 4.8 million low-income sen- ruary 24, 1932, in Young Harris, Geor- a partisan issue. iors, and 1.5 million low-income mili- gia, in Towns County. He was born to tary veterans. Birdie Bryan and Stephen Grady Mil- b 1745 So in conclusion, I came to the floor ler. Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank today to ask the question: Why in the When Zell was 17 days old, his father Ms. ADAMS for participating. farm bill? died. His widowed mother raised her

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This list included a called for a fastball, and sure enough, rocks she had hauled from a nearby number of important lessons that he the batter hit it right up the middle, stream. wanted to pass along to his family and two runs scored, and they got behind Mr. Speaker, I had the honor and to others, and it included such things by one run. privilege of attending Young Harris as reminding folks not to smoke, that He said he went back to the bench College, and I am very familiar with it killed his friends way too early. It after that inning. He said they were be- this area and I was blessed to hear reminded people to be polite, to be on hind by one run, and he went back to about these stories. time. the bench, and he said Zell Miller was I have always heard about the story One of the lessons that struck me in coaching and he was sitting on the of how Ms. Miller hauled these rocks particular and I think really describes bench. He said he motioned to him. He up from the stream to build her home. how Zell Miller sought to live his life said: Come over here. It was that experience, that house, that reads this: He said he came over there and he sat became symbolic of Zell Miller’s rug- Search for your niche. It may take years, beside him, and he said Coach Miller ged independence. although often it occurs early in life. There looked at him and he said: If you ever After he graduated from Young Har- is something out there that you can do bet- make another call like that, you will ris College, Zell Miller continued his ter and easier than everybody else. You will be sitting here by me the rest of this education at Emory University in At- have a knack or talent for it. Find it. It is game. lanta; but shortly after he arrived there. And when you do, others will beat a He said he understood right then ex- there, he found that he wasn’t really path to your door to get you to do it for them. actly what he was to do. focusing on his studies. In fact, in one I also remember talking to one of my of the many books that he wrote, Governor Miller certainly found his colleagues that I served with in the ‘‘Corps Values,’’ he writes about wak- niche in his lifetime, and that niche Georgia State Legislature in the Geor- ing up in jail in Young Harris drunk as was serving his fellow Georgians. Using gia House, Mickey Channell, who a skunk. He tells that story in that his talents, he created a program that played baseball for Zell at Young Har- book. I have read the book, and I re- helped thousands of students achieve ris College. Mickey was from Greens- member that story. their dream of a college education, a boro, Georgia. Well, shortly after that experience, legacy that will live on through each Mickey told me: I didn’t get to play he enlisted in the United States Marine successive class of HOPE scholarships. very much, but I remember this one Corps, in 1953. Later, he attributed We are eternally grateful for his serv- time that my dad traveled up to see me much of his success to both the dis- ice and his commitment to our great and traveled up to see me play, and cipline he learned as a marine and the State and to ensuring that future gen- Zell knew he had come. independence that he learned from his erations will have greater opportuni- He said: Zell let me start that game mother. ties. because he knew my dad was there. He married Shirley Carver in 1954, Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- I could tell how much that meant to and the couple had two sons. er, I thank the gentleman for his com- Mickey, and he had always remem- In 1956, he enrolled at the University ments. bered that. of Georgia, where he earned a bach- Mr. Speaker, the gentleman men- That is just a glimpse of what we are elor’s and a master’s degree in history. tioned something about the HOPE talking about when we are talking In 1959, he took a teaching position Scholarship. Zell Miller was known as about this great man, this great Geor- at Young Harris College and returned Georgia’s education Governor. He was gian, this great American. to his hometown as a professor of his- the founder of the HOPE Scholarship, In his early political career, as I tory and political science. and as the gentleman noted, it resulted mentioned, he was a mayor. He was Mr. Speaker, members of the Georgia in a number of students who have been mayor of Young Harris. He held that delegation are here tonight, and I am able to complete their college degrees position for 2 years, and then he was going to yield to them. I am going to and their college careers as a result of elected as a State senator. He rep- pause. I am going to continue on and the Zell Miller Scholarship and the resented the areas up in north Geor- tell you about the rest of this out- HOPE Scholarship. gia—Towns County, Union County, standing gentleman’s life, but at this Before I recognize the next speaker, I Rabun County—as a State senator. point I am going to pause and I am want to continue on what I was sharing A few years after that, he took a going to yield to the gentleman from with you about Zell’s early life and the leave from his teaching responsibilities Georgia (Mr. FERGUSON), one of my fel- fact that, after he got out of the Ma- at Young Harris College, and he actu- low delegation members from Georgia. rine Corps, he went to Young Harris ally went and was executive secretary Mr. FERGUSON. Mr. Speaker, I College and he was a professor of his- for then-Governor Lester Maddox dur- thank my colleague, Representative tory and political science. But he was ing the time that Lester Maddox was CARTER from Georgia’s First District, something else. He was also a baseball Governor from 1968 to 1971. for organizing this hour to honor one of coach. He coached baseball at Young Georgia’s great leaders, former United Harris College. b 1800 States Senator and Georgia Governor I had the privilege of talking to some During the 1970s, Zell Miller was Zell Miller. of his former players. In fact, we just twice named as a delegate to the Governor Miller’s leadership in our had homecoming up at Young Harris a Democratic National Convention, once State led to the creation of something few weeks ago, and I had the oppor- in 1972, and again in 1976. that we hold near and dear to our tunity to talk to Don Harp, a retired In 1971, he was appointed as Execu- hearts, and that is the HOPE Scholar- Methodist minister who has served for tive Director of the Democratic Party ship. This scholarship program has many years on the board of trustees at in Georgia, and he served in that ca- helped generations of young Georgians Young Harris College. He was one of pacity until 1973, when he became a build a bright future for themselves, the best baseball players to ever come member of the State Board of Pardons and that, in turn, has led to a stronger through Young Harris. and Paroles. He served on that board State for our people. He was telling me a story about how until 1975. In addition to the HOPE Scholarship he was a catcher on the baseball team. Then in 1975, Zell Miller became and many other policy accomplish- They had a lead in the game, and he Lieutenant Governor of the State of ments, Governor Miller truly embodied was calling the signals. They were Georgia, and he actually held that post the term ‘‘public servant.’’ He devoted ahead by one run, with two outs, in the longer than anyone has ever held that his life to serving our fellow Georgians top of the ninth inning. They were post. He held it for 16 years. and sought to leave our State better about to wrap it up. He said he called In 1980, he ran for statewide office. than he found it. for two sinkers in a row. Sure enough, He ran for the United States Senate,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:37 May 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09MY7.083 H09MYPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE May 9, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3877 but he lost in the primary to then the ate. My two Senate officemates, one ris College; Charlie Blackmon, playing incumbent, Senator Herman Talmadge. was Paul Coverdell, the other Julian for the Colorado Rockies; just a few of Over the next 10 years, as Lieutenant Bond. And with us three, Zell Miller the many players that went to Young Governor, he really worked on his lead- called us three his three horsemen. Harris who are playing in the major ership skills. As Lieutenant Governor, It was then that he was laying the leagues right now. he was the Presiding Officer in the foundation for that vision, for the I also want to share with you very State Senate. HOPE Scholarship. Zell Miller ap- quickly his love of baseball because, As I mentioned earlier, I had the pointed me to be chairman of the Sen- again, when he was Governor, Phil honor and privilege of serving in the ate Higher Education Committee; first Niekro, the great knuckleball pitcher Georgia State Legislature for 10 years; African American at that position. of the Atlanta Braves, was inducted and the stories that we heard, as Mem- But more than that, he appointed me into baseball’s Hall of Fame. Zell actu- bers, about Zell Miller as the Lieuten- at that position at a time when he was ally hosted a trip to the Hall of Fame ant Governor, and the famous Tom giving birth to one of the greatest pub- in Cooperstown during the time that he Murphy, who served for so many years lic affairs programs in Georgia history, was being inducted, and my wife and I as Speaker of the House of the State of the HOPE Scholarship. And for me to and my two oldest sons were honored Georgia, and the battles that those two be there as the chairman of the Senate and able to go on that trip. would have, Zell as the leader of the Higher Education Committee, in that I can remember being at the Hall of Senate and Tom Murphy as the leader pivotal position, and then to be able to Fame with Zell Miller, and I can re- of the House. The stories are still told go across Georgia in churches and member the emotions, and how proud in the Georgia State Legislature and schools and help sell the HOPE Schol- he was of a Georgian, of Phil Niekro, of the Georgia State Capital about the arship and what it meant, and then an Atlanta Brave being inducted into battles between these two giants of that paved the way for me to later be- the Baseball Hall of Fame. Just an- Georgia politics. come Rules Chairman with Zell’s en- other one of the great memories that I In 1990, Zell ran for Governor of the dorsement. have of Zell Miller. State of Georgia. He was in a tough So there I was, as Rules Chairman; as Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman you know, Buddy, nothing gets on that race in the Democratic primary. He from Georgia (Mr. ALLEN), another faced Andrew Young. He won that pri- calendar if it don’t get through the member of our delegation, to share mary, and then he was elected. He was Rules Committee. And I was there to with us his remarks. make sure none of those bills—because elected as Governor of the State of Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank Georgia; actually defeated JOHNNY you know it was tough. They had other Congressman CARTER for putting to- bills coming to try to remove the ISAKSON, who now serves as our Sen- gether this Special Order to honor HOPE Scholarship. ator here, our senior Senator in the someone who probably everybody in So let me just conclude by sharing United States Senate. Georgia has been touched by in some with you what his life meant to me Mr. Speaker, before I go on and tell way or another. you about his Governorship, I will and, I think, to the Nation and the Of course, I rise today to honor the pause again and yield to another one of world is best captured in God’s first life and legacy of what we all consider my colleagues from Georgia, Rep- psalm. a true legend in the State of Georgia, resentative DAVID SCOTT, and I will Blessed is the man that walketh not in the former Governor Zell Miller. He was have a story to share about his broth- counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the known for his quick wit, and he had a er-in-law in just a minute and Zell Mil- way of sinners, or sitteth in the seat of the deep love for the State of Georgia and, ler. I look forward to hearing about scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in the law of the Lord he does of course, obviously from the mountain him because I know he has got some meditate day and night. And he shall be like area in north Georgia. He was always great stories about ‘‘Give ’em hell a tree planted by the rivers of waters, bring- willing to do what was right for our Zell.’’ ing forth his fruit in his due season. And I yield to the gentleman from Geor- State, the State that we all love to call none of his leaves will ever wither, and ev- home. gia (Mr. DAVID SCOTT). erything, everything, whatsoever he does, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. shall prosper. Zell Miller’s service to our country Speaker, I say to the gentleman, well, Such a man was Zell Miller. God began at a young age and, as was men- my friend, you got that right. bless you, Zell Miller, and I thank God tioned, he served in the United States Zell Miller was my friend, my part- for sending Zell Miller our way. Marine Corps, where he later attained ner, and my mentor. I got into politics Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- the rank of Sergeant. quite a little bit early, just as I grad- er, I thank the gentleman for sharing Upon returning home from his mili- uated from the Wharton School of Fi- that. And I want to share one other tary service, Zell received degrees, as nance, University of Pennsylvania, and thing before I call on the next speaker. has been said, in history from the Uni- landed in Atlanta. Two years later, I mentioned that Zell Miller was the versity of Georgia, and would eventu- getting down there—you mentioned baseball coach at Young Harris College ally use that education to teach college Andy, getting in his campaign. And when he was a professor up there and at his hometown in Young Harris, then 2 years later, there I am winding on the faculty there. Well, they discon- Georgia. I did not know that he was the up in the Georgia House of Representa- tinued the baseball program for a long baseball coach, but I was glad to learn tives. time. And then, when Zell was Gov- that. So my story intersects on so many ernor, they actually restarted the base- After only a few years of teaching, different angles and ways with that of ball program, and Zell had a big role in Zell was called to run for public office, Zell Miller, and I can truly stand here that. In fact, he—two stories I want to as was said, as Mayor, State Senator, and tell each of you that I truly loved tell you real quickly. Lieutenant Governor, and later Gov- this man, and I still do; and I would not He invited us all to the Governor’s ernor, then U.S. Senator. It is hard to be standing here as a Member of Con- mansion, those of us who were sup- imagine who has had a greater impact gress if it weren’t for that friendship, porting the baseball program and try- on the lives of Georgians. that partnership, and that mentorship ing to get it started up. And to kick it Zell was one of those true conserv- with Zell Miller. off, he had none other than Hank atives. As Governor, Zell Miller will be Let me, perhaps, I think, as I tell you Aaron and Mickey Mantle at the Gov- remembered for his great accomplish- about this, I am thinking of a scripture ernor’s mansion as a benefit to getting ments, as we mentioned, of the HOPE that best sets the story for this great the Young Harris College baseball pro- Scholarship program, and funding it man; that evolves everything, the his- gram started again. with the Georgia Lottery, which has tory and the steps, the many positions, Not only has that program started surpassed $10 billion in total financial all that he had done. again, but it has been very, very suc- aid assistance to Georgia students. Let Before I get to that scripture, Zell cessful, producing players such as Nick me repeat that: $10 billion in total fi- Miller helped me. I mean, I got there as Markakis, who plays for the Atlanta nancial aid assistance to Georgia stu- a young person. I got over in the Sen- Braves now, who played at Young Har- dents.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:37 May 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09MY7.085 H09MYPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H3878 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 9, 2018 Because of the HOPE Scholarship, Zell was famous for, and that was that United States Marine, then as mayor of Georgia higher education is now a na- he wrote a number of books. He was an Young Harris, later serving as a State tional leader in entry requirements and author. senator, thereafter as Lieutenant Gov- graduation rates. In fact, the first book he ever wrote ernor, and then as Governor, and fi- A quick story about the University of in 1976 chronicled, really, him growing nally as United States Senator. Georgia. On visiting that campus, we up in the mountains. The name of the Zell Miller dedicated his life to pub- learned—and this was when we were book was ‘‘The Mountains Within Me.’’ lic service. He was a man physically doing our higher education bill, and we That book had a very special mean- compact and a bit short, but he walked were told that graduation rates were 55 ing to me, personally. You see, he tall and he walked strong, and he left a to 60 percent across the country. Well, talked about Young Harris College, and towering legacy. in visiting the University of Georgia he equated Young Harris College to A small town mountain boy from the now, that has been under the HOPE being like a shoe factory because little town of Young Harris, Zell Miller Scholarship since Governor Miller things are coming out of there in pairs. made a big impact on the affairs of served his term, we learned that the That meant a lot to me, because that is Georgia and, indeed, the affairs of the entry requirement, Buddy, was 1,300 on where I met my wife. She was my Nation. the SAT, and you had to be at the top chemistry lab partner. We came out as Zell Miller left a huge impact on of your class to get into the University a pair and we have been a pair, and in Georgia’s judicial system. He literally of Georgia. And the student body is 80 September it will be 40 years. changed the face of the State bench. percent of Georgians. They only accept He also wrote a number of other I include in the RECORD an article I 20 percent from out of State, so you books. I mentioned earlier that he found of particular interest from the can imagine how much more difficult wrote the book about his experience in Fulton County Daily Report, dated it is to get into the University of Geor- the Marine Corps, ‘‘Corps Values: Ev- March 23, 2018, by managing editor gia out of State. erything You Need to Know I Learned Jonathan Ringel. The article is enti- But the amazing statistic is that the in the Marines.’’ He wrote that in 1996. tled, ‘‘The Late Zell Miller Diversified graduation rate is 95 percent; and those There are 12 chapters in that book, and the Bench.’’ students either get a job upon gradua- each chapter is devoted to a particular THE LATE ZELL MILLER DIVERSIFIED THE tion, or go on to higher education; an trait that he developed during his BENCH amazing accomplishment for the Uni- years in the Marine Corps, for instance, (By Jonathan Ringel, March 23, 2018) versity of Georgia, and largely because courage, neatness, discipline, and The news today that former Georgia gov- of the opportunities presented to Geor- pride. ernor and U.S. senator Zell Miller has died at gians through the HOPE Scholarship. He also wrote another book, ‘‘Great age 86 prompts us to look back on the mark Because of the HOPE Scholarship, Georgians,’’ that was published in 1983. he left on Georgia’s legal system—that of like I said, Georgia is now a national Another one that he wrote was ‘‘They being the first governor to appoint a large leader in education. Zell Miller will al- Heard Georgia Singing,’’ about all the number of minorities and women to judge- ways be known as the ‘‘Education Gov- famous singers who came from the ships. State of Georgia—a great book. By the As a staff reporter here, I wrote the fol- ernor,’’ and he helped build a founda- lowing article, which was published Dec. 28, tion that, of course, our State enjoys way, in that book he chronicles two 1998, a few days before the end of his eight- today. musicians who came from Young Har- year tenure as governor. During his tenure, he also played a ris College, Ronnie Milsap and Trisha The Zell Miller Legacy: Diversity on the pivotal role in bringing the Children’s Yearwood, both Young Harris College Bench Medical Center to the Medical College alums. When he leaves office next month, Gov. of Georgia at Augusta University. We As you can tell, I am very proud of Zell Miller will have appointed 37 percent of have a special attachment, our family Young Harris College. It is my alma Georgia’s 287 trial and appellate court does, as many families across the State mater. It changed my life. Zell Miller judges. Those numbers include four of the 10 of Georgia do, to the Medical College of changed my life. judges now on the state Court of Appeals and Georgia. I will go on later, but before I do, I five of the seven state Supreme Court jus- Our 12th grandchild was born 8 weeks want to take this time to yield to an- tices. other Georgian who is here with us to Moreover, Miller changed the face of the premature. Her first year of life she state’s bench, carrying out his pledge to con- spent in that Medical Center, off and pay his respects, Representative Hank centrate on diversity. on, to deal with being born premature. Johnson. Twenty-five of Miller’s appointments have Our family, among many families in Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman been black. Forty-two have been women. the State of Georgia, thank Zell Miller from Georgia (Mr. JOHNSON). Eleven have been both, meaning he has for his foresight in bringing the Chil- Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speak- added 56 black and female judges to the dren’s Medical Center of Georgia to the er, I thank my friend BUDDY CARTER bench in eight years. 12th District. It means so much to the for yielding to me. According to Miller’s office, Gov. Joe Frank Harris made 76 judicial appointments health and welfare of families in that For the record, I want it to be known that it was he who called me yesterday in his eight years before Miller. They in- area. cluded 10 black and 11 women, totaling 18 to find out what color suit and tie I b 1815 black and female judges. was going to wear. Even before hearing those numbers, attor- Zell Miller established Georgia as a Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay trib- neys and court watchers say diversifying the State to watch, and his hard work paid ute to a great Georgian and a great bench will be Miller’s legacy to the law of off. Georgia has been named, for 5 American, former Georgia Governor Georgia. years running, as the number one State and U.S. Senator Zell Miller, who died ‘‘That’s a major impact,’’ says former At- to do business. You don’t attain that at the age of 86 in March. torney General Michael J. Bowers of the ju- rating unless you have one of the top He was a north Georgia mountain dicial statistics. education systems in the country. Criminal-defense lawyer John R. Martin, a boy of humble beginnings, who was harsh critic of Miller when it comes to man- Zell Miller was the Governor who raised by a single parent after his datory minimum sentencing laws, calls Mil- gave Georgia hope. He will be dearly daddy died when he was just 2 weeks ler’s diversifying the bench ‘‘remarkable.‘‘ missed, and his legacy will live on for- old. He was raised in a house that his ‘‘That is amazing,’’ says Paula J. Fred- ever. I am one person that is glad that momma built with her own hands. erick, immediate past president of the Geor- I knew him, and I thank him for what Former Presidents, Governors, and gia Association of Black Women Attorneys. he has done for my family and for fel- dignitaries from all over the country Miller looks at his role in diversifying the low Georgians. and the world have honored Mr. Miller, bench as ironic. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- who launched the State’s HOPE Schol- Appointing judges, he says, was ‘‘the one aspect of being governor I had never thought er, I thank the gentleman for his kind arship and led Georgia into the 21st about’’ throughout 16 years of being lieuten- words. century. ant governor. Before I yield to our next speaker, I He was a true statesman, who served He says he had lots of plans on taking of- want to mention one of the things that Georgia and his country as, first, a fice—such as starting the lottery-funded

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:37 May 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09MY7.086 H09MYPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE May 9, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3879 HOPE scholarship, but being a nonlawyer, ‘‘I Frederick, a deputy counsel to the state Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Zell Miller had not thought about the judiciary.’’ bar who made a shortlist for a state court was the first Governor to appoint a sig- That changed when he took office in 1991, position, notes that women and minorities nificant number of minorities and because, along with the keys to the Gov- have graduated from law school in much women to the Georgia bench. Zell Mil- ernor’s Mansion, Miller inherited a tricky greater numbers over the years, adding to ler should be remembered for actually piece of litigation. the available pool for Miller. In 1988, state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, D-At- In addition, the Brooks case loomed over desegregating Georgia’s courts. As the lanta, the American Civil Liberties Union Miller’s picks throughout most of his admin- Daily Report article outlines, by the and other plaintiffs had filed a voting rights istration. time Zell Miller left the Governorship suit against the state. They attacked the In June 1992, after six weeks of negotia- in December of 1998, he had appointed picking of judges in circuitwide at-large tions prompted by U.S. District Court Judge 37 percent of Georgia’s 287 trial and ap- elections, claiming the system was discrimi- Anthony A. Alaimo, Miller and Brooks ham- pellate court judges. Those numbers in- natory because blacks typically were out- mered out a historic settlement. (Daily Re- clude 4 of the 10 judges on the State voted by the white majority and that most port, June 19, 1992) court of appeals, and 5 of the 7 State judges were therefore white. Brooks v. State To end the case, Miller agreed to appoint Board of Elections, No. CV288–146 (S.D. Ga., 30 black judges and adopt the so-called ‘‘Mis- supreme court justices. filed July 13, 1988). souri plan of judicial selection, in which Zell Miller appointed an African They also alleged that, since 1964, the state judges are appointed and then undergo peri- American female as the first African should have been submitting laws creating odic retention elections. American to ever serve on the Georgia new judgeships for review by the U.S. Justice But in March 1994, U.S. District Court Supreme Court. Twenty-five of Gov- Department, under the federal Voting Rights Judge B. Avant Edenfield of Savannah re- ernor Miller’s appointments were Afri- Act. fused to approve the settlement, ruling that can Americans; 42 of his judicial ap- On the review issue, a special three-judge Attorney General Mike Bowers lacked the pointments were women; 11 were Afri- panel of the U.S. District Court in Savannah authority to make such sweeping changes to can American women, meaning he agreed with the Brooks plaintiffs. So when the state’s judicial election system and that added 56 Black and female judges to Miller took office, the Justice Department the requirement to appoint black judges was holding in limbo 48 established judge- would violate the equal protection clause of the bench in his 8 years. It is a fact ships and other judgeships created since the the U.S. Constitution. (Daily Report, March that Zell Miller appointed more Afri- litigation began. 9, 1994) can Americans to judgeships in Georgia ‘‘There was a cloud hanging over the judi- Brooks appealed unsuccessfully for three than all previous Georgia Governors ciary,’’ recalls Troutman Sanders partner years, finally dismissing the case last year. combined. Norman L. Underwood, a former Court of Ap- (Daily Report, June 23, 1997) In addition, Governor Zell Miller ap- peals judge. Robert J. Proctor, who has brought numer- pointed an African American to serve Miller asked Underwood to head the Judi- ous legal challenges to affirmative action as Georgia’s Attorney General, making cial Nominating Commission, which since policies around the state and opposed the that African American the first Afri- the days of Gov. Jimmy Carter had screened Brooks settlement, says, ‘‘I think Gov. Mil- judicial applicants and recommended ler implemented the settlement anyway.’’ can American State attorney general shortlists to the governor. Miller came close, appointing 25 black in the Nation. It is a remarkable record Miller reconstituted the commission, say- judges. While about 28 percent of Georgia is for any Governor, let alone one from ing he wanted to open up the process for mi- black, 20 percent of Miller’s appointees were the Deep South. norities and women. He eliminated four of black and 33 percent of his appointees have One of the first counties where he the five guaranteed slots for representatives been female. began to diversify the bench is my of the bar, leaving only the one for the cur- Brooks says, ‘‘I think there’s greater trust home circuit, the Stone Mountain Ju- rent bar president as an ex-officio member. in the judicial system now.’’ dicial Circuit. As Governor, Zell Miller Miller allowed the speaker of the House Clayton County District Attorney Robert and the lieutenant governor to pick one non- E. Keller says, ‘‘The bench must represent a appointed as State labor commissioner lawyer each for the commission, and he cross-section of society,’’ and credits Miller the first African American to ever hold added the attorney general. for his appointments. a nonjudicial constitutional office in The rest of the picks—three lawyers and But Proctor, a past chairman of the con- Georgia, and Zell Miller appointed two nonlawyers—remained Miller’s. servative Southeastern Legal Foundation, more African Americans to more State According to Miller’s 1991 executive order, says judges should not be picked on the basis boards than any other Georgia Gov- the commission must always include one of race or gender. ernor. woman and one member who is Black, His- ‘‘That whole concept is just abhorrent to As executive secretary for Governor panic, Asian-Pacific American, Native Amer- me,’’ Proctor says. Lester Maddox from 1968 to 1971, Zell ican or Asian-Indian American (Daily Re- He adds that Miller’s picks do not rep- port, Feb 13, 1991). resent the proportions of the number of Miller was credited with exerting a ‘‘The loss of the bar seats was a bit of a black or female lawyers in the state. moderating influence on Governor disappointment,’’ says Albany litigator Wil- The state bar keeps records only on gen- Maddox, a segregationist, and spurring liam E. Cannon Jr., the current bar presi- der, says spokeswoman Jennifer Davis. She him to appoint Blacks to his adminis- dent, who disagrees with Brooks’ argument says 28 percent of the 29,523 members of the tration, which he did. at the time that the bar’s majority control Georgia bar are women. As Governor, Zell Miller led an un- of the commission perpetuated a ‘‘good of Miller responds, ‘‘I don’t think I’ve done successful effort back in 1993 to remove boy network.‘‘ anything in my eight years as governor that the Confederate battle emblem from Underwood says there might have been a pleased Bob Proctor.’’ (Not true, says Proc- the State flag, and he pushed legisla- perception the prior commissions were not tor, who calls Miller’s second term ‘‘tax- focused on diversity. payer-friendly.’’) tion providing more money for public That said, the first commission, including Miller adds, ‘‘You don’t choose anybody be- schools and scholarships for high three black members and one woman, went cause they’re a female or a minority,’’ not- school students. In fact, Governor Mil- about its work. ing that there were many times lawyers who ler raised teacher pay in Georgia by 6 Later that year, two seats opened up on were considered front-runners for posts be- percent for 4 successive years—4 suc- DeKalb Superior Court, which had no black cause they were women or minorities did not cessive years, 6 percent each year. By members. get the job. the time he stepped down after his sec- Faced with mixed race and gender Besides, he adds, ‘‘I only got very qualified ond term of Governor, Zell Miller was shortlists sent by the commission, Miller individuals on the shortlists.’’ chose Michael E. Hancock, then chief Judge Underwood recalls an opening in a circuit one of the most popular politicians in in DeKalb Recorder’s Court, and DeKalb that stretched 90 miles from one end to the Georgia’s history, leaving office with State Court Judge Linda Warren Hunter, other. Miller picked a lawyer who lived in an astounding 85 percent approval rat- who were both African-American. the part of the circuit where there wasn’t a ing. Considering that more than 40 percent of judge, and Underwood speculates, ‘‘In that Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman DeKalb County is black but the Superior case, the factor on the governor’s mind was from Georgia’s First Congressional Dis- Court had no black judges, Underwood says, geography.’’ trict, my friend, BUDDY CARTER, for in- ‘‘I think the governor just sensed that’s un- Fulton Superior Court Judge Cynthia D. viting me here this evening to provide acceptable.’’ Wright was Miller’s executive counsel for his a few remarks about the passing of this Miller won’t discuss any specific decisions. first term. But he says his first appointments of minori- She says, ‘‘When you appoint a judge, you Georgia lion, Zell Miller, who did a lot ties and women encouraged more of each have to factor in a whole lot of subjective of good for our State and for our peo- group to apply. qualities.’’ ple, and I truly appreciate him for Other factors were at work, as well. ‘‘It is not an objective process.’’ that.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:37 May 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09MY7.028 H09MYPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H3880 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 9, 2018 Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- District of Georgia for yielding to me students. These investments in edu- er, I thank the gentleman from Georgia and for hosting this Special Order to cation are continuing to pay dividends for sharing his thoughts. honor my friend and mentor, Zell Mil- for the State of Georgia. Before I yield to our next speaker, I ler. Zell Miller was a true servant, and he want to speak just for a second on a Mr. Speaker, Zell Miller was a titan was an advocate for Georgia. He was an couple of things about the time that in Georgia, the man that I was hum- advocate for humankind. Zell spent as Governor of the State of bled and honored to call a friend and a My wife, Vivian, and I offer his wife, Georgia. mentor. He was an extraordinary Shirley, and their family, friends, and As you just heard Representative statesman, a true public servant. loved ones our most sincere condo- JOHNSON mention, and I think it is im- He served as a sergeant in the Ma- lences for their loss, but we are all so portant to understand, when he left of- rines, the mayor of Young Harris, a grateful that he touched our lives. fice, he had an 85 percent approval rat- Georgia State senator, Lieutenant In closing, I just want to quote the ing. Who in the world gets an 85 per- Governor, Governor, and U.S. Senator words of a poem that I think is so fit- cent approval rating? He was the most for the State of Georgia. ting as we remember the life of Zell popular Governor in the Nation when Now, as a newly elected State rep- Miller: he left office. resentative of the 94th district of Geor- The tree that never had to fight But I do want to share with you that gia in 1977, I had very little to do at the For Sun and sky and air and light, But stood out in the open plain that was not always the case. It was State capitol after the session ended tough because, after all, we are talking And always got its share of rain, and my committee meetings were over. Never became a forest king about ‘‘Give ‘Em Hell Zell.’’ Somehow, I found myself hanging out You have heard many of the speakers But lived and died a scrubby thing. in the office of the Lieutenant Gov- The man who never had to toil mention the HOPE Scholarship. And, ernor, where his press secretary was To gain and farm his patch of soil, again, we are talking about Georgia’s from my hometown of Columbus, who Who never had to win his share education Governor here, the father of was on loan from the Columbus Ledger- Of Sun and sky and light and air, the HOPE Scholarship. But remember, Enquirer to serve Lieutenant Gov- Never became a manly man the HOPE Scholarship came about as a But lived and died as he began. ernor. result of the Georgia State Lottery, Good timber does not grow with ease: I got to know Zell. I got to learn which there were a lot of people who The stronger wind, the stronger trees; from his example. And from him, I even were opposed to that. The further sky, the greater length; Remember I told you about being at developed an appreciation for country The more the storm, the more the strength. Young Harris College? Young Harris music. I witnessed in Zell Miller a pub- By Sun and cold, by rain and snow, In trees and men good timbers grow. College is a Methodist school. There lic servant with extraordinary integ- were a lot of people who supported Zell rity, courage, and character. Zell Miller was good timber. He left his mark on Young Harris; he left his who were opposed to what some consid- b 1830 ered to be gambling. Zell pressed on. mark on Georgia; he left his mark on Fourteen years later, he became Gov- our Nation; and he left his mark on the He knew how important it was. That ernor, and I became a member of the world. was his tenacity. That was his rugged- Georgia State Senate. In that term as Lives of great men all remind us: ness. He didn’t let that get in the way, a State senator, I was appointed to be ‘‘We can make our life sublime, and, and thank goodness he didn’t. the chairman of the Senate Appropria- departing, leave behind us footprints In 1992, he was very important to Bill tions Committee, Subcommittee on on the sands of time.’’ Zell Miller has Clinton’s campaign to secure the Education, K–12 Subcommittee, and I left some big footprints, and we and Democratic U.S. Presidential nomina- got to work very closely with Zell Mil- the world are better because he passed tion. He played an important role in ler because, after all, he was the edu- this way. that. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- In fact, he also spoke at the Demo- cation Governor. er, I thank the gentleman for sharing cratic National Convention. That is That year, Georgia was the bene- ficiary of a windfall as a result of a with us his experiences and how special where they had the posters all through- they were. out the convention that said, ‘‘Give lawsuit with some utilities, and there were several million dollars that were Before I yield to our final speaker, I ‘Em Hell Zell.’’ They were distributed want to go over very quickly about the among the delegates, as Miller gave a unexpectedly put into the State cof- fers. Zell Miller had to make a deter- last part of the 46 years of political speech that was critical of U.S. Presi- service that Zell Miller had that he dent George H.W. Bush’s administra- mination of how the State would spend that money. And being the farsighted served. tion. Later that year, he also actively In 1999, after he finished his last year visionary that he was, he decided that campaigned for Clinton, and Clinton as Governor, his second term—and he we needed to bring our State into the carried the State of Georgia. was term limited—he went back to computer age, and so he used it to cre- Representative JOHNSON also men- Young Harris College, the University of tioned something that is very impor- ate a computer network, statewide, to Georgia, and Emory University as a tant to remember as well. Zell was not enhance the educational opportunities teacher. The following year, then-Gov- easily elected to his second term. That for our colleges and universities and ernor Roy Barnes appointed Zell to the is because he took it upon himself to our State’s public libraries. United States Senate after Senator do the right thing and to try, although He established the Galileo computer Paul Coverdell died. Four months it was unsuccessful at that time, to network, which provided the ground- later, he ran for that remaining 4 years change the State flag of Georgia and to work for distance learning and for tele- on that 6-year term, and he was elected take the Confederate emblem off of medicine. I was very proud as the chair a Senator from the State of Georgia, that State flag. Later it was done, of the Education Subcommittee of the and he served in that role. many years later, and I can remember Georgia State Senate to work with him He pledged at that time to carry on Zell saying: Well, we might not get it in making that happen. Not only that, the conservative tradition of the late passed. It might not be attributed to but we worked to establish pilot pro- Senator Coverdell, who was a Repub- me, but maybe I will get an asterisk. grams that year for teaching foreign lican, of course, and he did that. He co- Well, I don’t know if he ever got an languages in elementary schools. sponsored then-U.S. President George asterisk, but I am going to give him an Zell Miller will perhaps be best re- W. Bush’s 2001 tax cuts and was ada- asterisk tonight. He deserves an aster- membered for the HOPE Scholarship, mantly in support of President Bush on isk for that effort. as you have heard, which helped to es- the issues of homeland security and the Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield to tablish scholarship money and to di- deployment of troops to Iraq at the another great Georgian, another mem- rect money raised from the State lot- start of the Iraqi war. ber of our delegation, Representative tery to the college tuition for Georgia You will remember, also, that he SANFORD BISHOP. students. To date, the program has pro- wrote another book, ‘‘A National Party Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, vided over $10 billion in scholarship No More: The Conscience of a Conserv- I thank the gentleman from the First funds to 1.8 million eligible Georgia ative Democrat.’’ It became a national

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He spoke as a keynote speaker at that really matters. they packed their car for a family get- the 2004 Republican National Conven- I think it is important that we ask away in the mountains of north Geor- tion. ourselves: What are we going to do gia. It was the Friday before Father’s In January of 2005, he retired from with that dash? Because we have all Day when Billy and Kathy Inman, the the United States Senate and he re- been given a dash. Zell Miller used that parents of their son, Dustin, and their turned to Georgia. He resumed his dash for the good and the rights of peo- family dog set off to go on a fishing teaching career and continued to write. ple. You see, his dash continues today trip for the weekend. As they headed In fact, in 2005, he wrote, ‘‘A Deficit of as, literally, thousands of Georgians north, making their way along the Decency.’’ were able to complete or actually re- wooded, hilly highways that make up In 2008, Zell B. Miller Learning Cen- ceive a college education because of his that part of my home State, they ter was established at the University of vision for the HOPE Scholarship, which stopped at a traffic light in the little Georgia and dedicated in his honor. In is still alive and well today. That dash town of Ellijay, Georgia. 2017, Miller’s family announced that he is part of their lives and their future b 1845 suffered from Parkinson’s disease and and their children’s lives. he was retiring from public life. Another part of that dash in Zell Mil- As they waited for the light to turn Mr. Speaker, I am going to pause now ler’s life was the titles that he ob- green, the Inman family’s lives were and yield to another member of the tained. I believe titles say a lot about suddenly and tragically changed. Trav- Georgia delegation, one of my good us and say a lot about what we do. His eling well over the speed limit at 62 friends. He and I served together for 10 titles included mayor, because he was miles an hour, a car driven by Gonzalo years in the Georgia General Assembly. mayor of the town of Young Harris. He Harrell-Gonzalez slammed in the rear He is truly one of my best friends here was Lieutenant Governor. He was Gov- of the Inmans’ vehicle. The tremendous in Washington, and I value our friend- ernor. impact knocked Billy and Kathy un- ship. I know that he has got a lot of ex- Another title that he proudly used, conscious. perience with and a lot of stories about as my good colleague BUDDY CARTER Kathy, Dustin’s mom, remained in a Zell Miller as well. uses, he was a Georgia Bulldog. And for comma for 5 weeks. When she finally I yield to my friend, Representative those of you who aren’t from Georgia, regained consciousness, she learned BARRY LOUDERMILK. it is not d-o-g. It is d-a-w-g, dawg. that the injuries she sustained in that Mr. LOUDERMILK. Mr. Speaker, But also, from knowing of this in- wreck were so severe she would be first let me thank my good friend Rep- credible gentleman, there is another wheelchair-bound for the rest of her resentative CARTER from the great city title that I believe if we were to talk to life. But more tragically, she was told of Savannah and the great State of him today, it wasn’t mayor, Lieuten- the heartbreaking news that her son, Georgia for his vision to have this time ant Governor, Governor, or even U.S. Dustin, was killed by that tremendous to honor a true statesman, a legend in Senator that he would be most proud of impact. Within seconds, their lives the State of Georgia, Zell Miller. of his accomplishments. It would be were forever changed by the driver who It is sad that we wait until someone that of a United States Marine. slammed into the rear of their car. has left this life to sing their praises You see, his dash is a dash that is liv- And while Kathy would not recover and to recognize the tremendous im- ing on because of the lives that it af- from her injuries nor would they ever pact that they have had not only on fected for so many people. And while so see the smiling face of their dear son our lives, but our children and their fu- much has been said about Zell Miller, again, they could at least ensure jus- ture lives. That really defines Zell Mil- let me close my remarks by saying tice was served. But soon they would ler. this: There are very few people today learn that even that would slip through I never had the opportunity to work who, across our globe or even across their hands. directly with Zell Miller or even serve our country, can be categorized as a The car that killed their son, Dustin, with Zell Miller, although I served with true statesman. One of those is Paul and permanently disabled his mother other Governors, but I knew of Zell Coverdell. When Paul Coverdell died in was driven by Gonzalo Harrell-Gon- Miller. I think that says a lot about office, the Governor of the State of zalez, a man who had illegally entered someone that, even though you don’t Georgia at that time looked for an- this country. Although illegally in this personally know them but you know of other statesman to fulfill that seat country, Gonzalez was able to obtain a them, signifies the impact that they that was vacated by Paul Coverdell’s valid North Carolina driver’s license, are having on lives. death, and that statesman was Zell using his Mexican birth certificate and Zell Miller’s death was a tremendous Miller. a Mexican Matricula Consular ID card. blow for a lot of people in our State. I If there is one thing that we can When local law enforcement went to knew of him from my involvement in gather from all of these tremendous the hospital to take Mr. Gonzalez into politics, and I knew as Representative stories that we heard about Zell Miller custody, they found that he had es- CARTER said, that he was one of the today, it is that he loved his country. caped the hospital. As a fugitive from few, if not only, to be a keynote speak- He loved his State. He loved the people justice, he continued to evade U.S. and er at both the Democrat and Repub- of this country. He loved his God, and local law enforcement and soon lican National Conventions. That he fought for those principles and ideas emerged back in the streets in Mexico. means he was truly bipartisan. that he believed in. Even though he Even though the location of Mr. Gon- What does that mean? Well, it may have disagreed with others on cer- zalez is now known by U.S. and Mexi- doesn’t seem to mean a lot today, but tain policy issues, Zell Miller was a can law enforcement, the family has what it meant back then was: I care statesman who believed in liberty. He not been able to get justice for his more about the people of the State. I believed in freedom for all, and his life crime. Under our treaty with Mexico, care more about the people of this Na- is a legacy. Mexico does not recognize vehicular tion and defending the rights and lib- Mr. Speaker, I hope that one day homicide as an extraditable offense. erties and those things from which I when I am laid to rest that that dash The Justice Department has in- believe in than I do a single party. between my birth and my death will formed the Inman family that there is That was Zell Miller. just have a portion of the meaning of nothing else they can do—nothing. If you were to go to the place where that of Zell Miller. After 18 years of grieving the loss of Zell was laid to rest, you would see a HONORING THE INMAN FAMILY their son and adjusting to a life of per- headstone. As you see on most Mr. LOUDERMILK. Mr. Speaker, I manent disability for Mrs. Inman, Mr. headstones, you will find the date of also want to thank, again, my dear col- Gonzalez is still evading justice and his birth, February 24, 1923. There will league and friend from Savannah, has yet to pay for his crime.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:37 May 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09MY7.089 H09MYPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H3882 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 9, 2018 The tragedy can have easily been THE PLIGHT OF THE ROHINGYA Various rationales have been sug- avoided if Congress had taken the bor- MUSLIMS gested for the failures of the Burmese der threat and security seriously years The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Government to acknowledge and act ago. This car wreck would have never the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- upon atrocities against Rohingya Mus- happened, and Dustin would likely still uary 3, 2017, the Chair recognizes the lims. It is said that Aung San Suu Kyi be with us today. Because of the sever- gentleman from Michigan (Mr. LEVIN) does not control the military and there ity of their injuries, Billy and Kathy for 30 minutes. is a danger that the military would use were not even able to attend their own GENERAL LEAVE the present crisis as a way to dis- son’s funeral. Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- mantle the civilian government. It is Billy will tell you that, yes, he imous consent that all Members have 5 said that the civilian government is blames the driver of the car for the legislative days to revise and extend working within a deep traditional bias death of his son—his hunting buddy— their remarks and include extraneous against the Rohingyas, and some see but he also blames the government for material on the subject of my Special them as illegal immigrants from Ban- ignoring our open and porous borders Order. gladesh. and for allowing someone who was here The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Others have suggested that pressure illegally to obtain a driver’s license. objection to the request of the gen- on the civilian government could lead While there have been many speeches tleman from Michigan? to Burma moving closer to the Chinese. given in this Chamber on immigration, There was no objection. Still others point out that talks about we have yet to be able to have a vote Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the Rohingyas returning to Burma or even have a debate on what the ma- to speak about the unspeakable suf- must be afforded time to work out, and jority of Americans are demanding, fering of the Rohingya people. We must the process has only begun. what the President has committed to, do all we can to shine a spotlight on None of this—none of this—can un- and what we as a legislative body their plight. Last night, the PBS dermine for a moment the realities of should do, and that is to secure our NewsHour presented an hour-long doc- the persecution of the Rohingyas. The borders. umentary about the brutal campaign PBS documentary ‘‘Myanmar’s Killing How many more innocent victims against the Rohingyas led by the Bur- Fields’’ left no doubt about the extent such as Dustin Inman, Kate Steinle, mese military. At times it became in- and nature of the atrocities per- and Sarah Root—and the list goes on tolerable to continue watching footage petrated against the Rohingyas. As a and on—must die before we start tak- of young men being beaten, listening to U.N. official has stated, it is ‘‘a text- ing the safety and security of Amer- the accounts of young girls and women book example of ethnic cleansing.’’ ican citizens seriously and prioritize being raped and killed, and seeing Until the Burmese civilian government securing our borders? human remains shoved into mass and military openly acknowledge their Not only are our borders a thorough- graves. role in these atrocities, protection and The facts are well known. Since Au- fare for human trafficking, they are justice for the Rohingya Muslims will gust last year, nearly 700,000 Rohingya also a distribution channel for cartels remain out of reach. Muslims have fled the violence in that smuggle contraband, dangerous There is an overriding need for the Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh, drugs, and weapons that make their Burmese Government and the world to where they are being housed in deplor- way into our communities. They are a step up to the plight of the Rohingyas. able conditions and face an uncertain portal for dangerous gangs such as MS– Senator JOHN MCCAIN and Senator DICK future. Some of the conversation lately 13 that bring terror, drugs, and murder DURBIN introduced, on September 7, has focused on returning the Rohingya to our streets. 2017, a resolution clearly addressing Muslims to Burma, resettling them to the plight of the Rohingyas. I intro- For too long, we have chosen par- a remote island or some third country. duced the same resolution 7 days later. tisan politics over doing what is rea- However, I believe the most pressing Subsequent events have darkened sonable and right, and we put our fami- conversation today must be for the still further the plight of the lies’ livelihoods at tremendous risk. It Burmese military and civilian govern- Rohingyas since then. While the basic is beyond time to take action. It is ment led by Aung San Suu Kyi to con- message in the resolutions remains the time for Congress to act. It is time for front the issue head-on. same, it would be wise to update them us to enforce our laws, and it is time to The Burmese leadership must ac- and then that this entire issue be fully secure our borders, not for our own po- knowledge ethnic cleansing and acts of and directly addressed by the Congress. litical victories, but for families such genocide that have been inflicted on Bishop Desmond Tutu once said: ‘‘If as Billy and Kathy Inman. the Rohingya people. As recently as you are neutral in situations of injus- Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- March, a senior Burmese official re- tice, you have chosen the side of the er, I thank the gentleman for that, and portedly made a series of comments de- oppressor.’’ I am thankful that the Georgia delega- signed to deny or downplay any vio- The documentary on ‘‘Frontline’’ tion was able to pay our respects to a lence and atrocities against the last night made it painfully clear that great Georgian, to a great American, Rohingya Muslims, saying the vast ma- this Congress must not accept neu- Zell B. Miller. jority remain in Burma, and ‘‘if it was trality or any shade of it. We must Mr. Miller’s knowledge and his broad genocide, they would all be driven stand tall on the side of justice. experience in Georgia enabled him to out.’’ Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance be one of the most popular and success- He went on to declare that the Bur- of my time. ful leaders ever for this State. With the mese Government ‘‘would like to have f passing of Zell Miller, Georgia has clear evidence’’ of ethnic cleansing and truly lost one of its most important genocide. That clear evidence already SENATE BILL REFERRED servants. exists. Even as Burma has denied inter- A Bill of the Senate of the following Zell Miller was a personal mentor to national investigators the ability to title was taken from the Speaker’s me. Young Harris College changed my enter the country to gather evidence of table and, under the rule, referred as life, as I mentioned earlier. Zell Miller such crimes, the United Nations’ fact- follows: changed my life, as he changed the finding mission found ‘‘concrete and S. 1732. An act to amend title XI of the So- lives of so many Georgians, of so many overwhelming’’ evidence of ‘‘human cial Security Act to promote testing of in- Americans. I am so grateful for the rights violations of the most serious centive payments for behavioral health pro- wisdom that he shared with all of us. kind, in all likelihood amounting to viders for adoption and use of certified elec- His family remains in my thoughts and crimes under international law.’’ tronic health record technology; to the Com- prayers, but his policies, his ideals, and The investigative team found wide- mittee on Energy and Commerce; in addi- tion, to the Committee on Ways and Means his legacy will live on in the State of spread and systematic ‘‘State-led vio- for a period to be subsequently determined Georgia for years to come. lence’’ and had ‘‘numerous accounts of by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance children and babies who were killed, ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- of my time. boys arrested, and girls raped.’’ risdiction of the committee concerned.

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