H7114 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 26, 2011 Buchanan Gibbs Mack Ruppersberger Simpson Van Hollen sands of foster care adoptions. Too Bucshon Gibson Maloney Rush Sires Vela´ zquez many foster children across the Na- Buerkle Gingrey (GA) Manzullo Ryan (OH) Slaughter Visclosky Burgess Gohmert Marchant Ryan (WI) Smith (NE) Walden tion, including almost 10,000 children Burton (IN) Gonzalez Marino Sa´ nchez, Linda Smith (NJ) Walsh (IL) in Pennsylvania, are waiting to be Butterfield Goodlatte Markey T. Smith (TX) Walz (MN) adopted. Calvert Gosar Matheson Sanchez, Loretta Smith (WA) Wasserman For this reason, I’ve joined numerous Camp Gowdy Matsui Sarbanes Southerland Schultz Scalise Speier fellow House colleagues in sponsoring Campbell Granger McCarthy (CA) Waters Schakowsky Stark Canseco Graves (GA) McCarthy (NY) Watt H. Res. 433, a bipartisan resolution sup- Cantor Graves (MO) McCaul Schiff Stearns Waxman porting the goals and ideals of National Capito Green, Al McClintock Schilling Stivers Webster Adoption Month and National Adop- Capps Green, Gene McCollum Schmidt Stutzman Welch Capuano Griffin (AR) McCotter Schock Sullivan tion Day in November. This resolution West Cardoza Griffith (VA) McDermott Schrader Sutton will bring needed awareness to adop- Carnahan Guinta McGovern Schwartz Terry Westmoreland tion and encourage our fellow Ameri- Schweikert Thompson (CA) Whitfield Carney Guthrie McHenry cans to ensure every child has a perma- Carson (IN) Gutierrez McIntyre Scott (SC) Thompson (MS) Wilson (SC) Carter Hahn McKeon Scott (VA) Thompson (PA) Wittman nent home with a loving family. Cassidy Hall McKinley Scott, Austin Thornberry Wolf f Castor (FL) Hanabusa McMorris Scott, David Tiberi Womack Chabot Hanna Rodgers Sensenbrenner Tierney Woodall INFRASTRUCTURE Serrano Tipton Chaffetz Harper McNerney Woolsey (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given Chandler Harris Meehan Sessions Tonko Yarmuth Chu Hastings (FL) Meeks Sewell Towns Yoder permission to address the House for 1 Cicilline Hayworth Mica Sherman Tsongas Young (AK) minute.) Shimkus Clarke (MI) Heck Michaud Turner (NY) Young (FL) Shuler Turner (OH) Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I call on Clarke (NY) Heinrich Miller (FL) Young (IN) my colleagues and call their attention Clay Hensarling Miller (MI) Shuster Upton to a report issued last week by Trans- Cleaver Herger Miller (NC) NAYS—3 Clyburn Herrera Beutler Miller, George portation for America. The report iden- Coble Higgins Moore Amash Broun (GA) Paul tified 99 bridges in western New York, Coffman (CO) Himes Moran NOT VOTING—14 2,000 bridges in New York State and Cohen Hinchey Mulvaney Cole Hinojosa Murphy (CT) Ackerman Grijalva Miller, Gary 63,000 bridges nationwide as struc- Conaway Hirono Murphy (PA) Alexander Grimm Polis turally deficient. Connolly (VA) Hochul Myrick Bachmann Hartzler Walberg This should not surprise us. The Conyers Holden Nadler Becerra Hastings (WA) Wilson (FL) American Society of Civil Engineers Cooper Holt Napolitano Giffords King (NY) Costa Honda Neal gives our infrastructure a D grade and Costello Hoyer Neugebauer b 1720 the World Economic Forum ranks the Courtney Huelskamp Noem So (two-thirds being in the affirma- 23rd in infrastructure Cravaack Huizenga (MI) Nugent quality. Our infrastructure is suffering Crawford Hultgren Nunes tive) the rules were suspended and the Crenshaw Hunter Nunnelee bill, as amended, was passed. from a crippling lack of investment Critz Hurt Olson The result of the vote was announced and our country is falling behind be- Crowley Inslee Olver as above recorded. cause of it. Cuellar Israel Owens Mr. Speaker, the United States has Culberson Issa Palazzo A motion to reconsider was laid on Cummings Jackson (IL) Pallone the table. spent over $62 billion nation-building Davis (CA) Jackson Lee Pascrell in Iraq. It is time to do some nation- f Davis (IL) (TX) Pastor (AZ) building right here at home. There is Davis (KY) Jenkins Paulsen HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW work that needs to be done, and a lot of DeFazio Johnson (GA) Payne DeGette Johnson (IL) Pearce Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask Americans need the work. DeLauro Johnson (OH) Pelosi unanimous consent that when the So I implore this House, pass a jobs Denham Johnson, E. B. Pence House adjourns today, it adjourn to bill that includes $60 billion for infra- Dent Johnson, Sam Perlmutter structure, pass a 6-year transportation DesJarlais Jones Peters meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. bill, use innovative ideas like the infra- Deutch Jordan Peterson The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. GIB- Diaz-Balart Kaptur Petri structure bank to create public-private Dicks Keating Pingree (ME) SON). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Virginia? partnerships and do it now. Given the Dingell Kelly Pitts state of our infrastructure and our Doggett Kildee Platts There was no objection. Dold Kind Poe (TX) economy, we can’t afford to wait. f Donnelly (IN) King (IA) Pompeo f Doyle Kingston Posey Dreier Kinzinger (IL) Price (GA) NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH AND BORDER PATROL AGENT Duffy Kissell Price (NC) NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY SENTENCED TO PRISON Duncan (SC) Kline Quayle Duncan (TN) Kucinich Quigley (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and Edwards Labrador Rahall asked and was given permission to ad- was given permission to address the Ellison Lamborn Rangel dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Ellmers Lance Reed House for 1 minute and to revise and Emerson Landry Rehberg vise and extend his remarks.) extend his remarks.) Engel Langevin Reichert Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- Eshoo Lankford Renacci Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of er, some of the most important people Farenthold Larsen (WA) Reyes the goals and the ideals of National Farr Larson (CT) Ribble in America are the people that protect Fattah Latham Richardson Adoption Month and National Adop- our southern border between the Filner LaTourette Richmond tion Day, both of which will be held United States and . They lay Fincher Latta Rigell next month in November 2011. their lives on the line to stop drug Fitzpatrick Lee (CA) Rivera Flake Levin Roby National Adoption Month, which was pushers and potential terrorists. They Fleischmann Lewis (CA) Roe (TN) first designated in 1995, promotes na- do this on a daily basis. Fleming Lewis (GA) Rogers (AL) tional awareness of adoption, encour- Well, one of those agents, Jesus Diaz, Flores Lipinski Rogers (KY) ages the well-being of every child, and Forbes LoBiondo Rogers (MI) Jr., in November of 2009, stopped a fel- Fortenberry Loebsack Rohrabacher recognizes the thoughtful efforts of in- low coming across the border with 150 Foxx Lofgren, Zoe Rokita dividuals and organizations working pounds of marijuana in his backpack. Frank (MA) Long Rooney with orphans and foster children. He arrested him. He put handcuffs on Franks (AZ) Lowey Ros-Lehtinen Frelinghuysen Lucas Roskam In November 2000, National Adoption him, and he supposedly lifted his arms Fudge Luetkemeyer Ross (AR) Day was launched through the Na- a little too high, and he did not sub- Gallegly Luja´ n Ross (FL) tional Adoption Day Coalition. Na- scribe to taking care of this man’s con- Garamendi Lummis Rothman (NJ) tional Adoption Day marks the day Gardner Lungren, Daniel Roybal-Allard stitutional rights. Garrett E. Royce that agencies, organizations and fami- As a result, Agent Jesus Diaz, Jr., Gerlach Lynch Runyan lies come together to complete thou- who has been cleared—he’s been

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He ‘Whataburger’ restaurant, got their stories straight and reported it hours later to an off- was cleared by both of those of any duty supervisor at his home,’’ the council SMALL BUSINESS CERTAINTY wrongdoing; yet he got a 2-year jail said. ‘‘Then the ‘witnesses’ went back to the (Mr. OLSON asked and was given per- sentence just in the last couple of days station and reported their allegations.’’ mission to address the House for 1 because he supposedly mistreated a The council also noted that the teenager minute and to revise and extend his re- drug dealer coming across the border claimed no injuries in court other than sore marks.) carrying 150 pounds of drugs. shoulders, which the council attributed to ‘‘the weight of the drug load, approximately Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to This is just not right. This is just tell the story of an American small wrong. 75 pounds, he carried across the border.’’ The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western business owner, Joe Schneider, strug- [From the Washington Times, Oct. 25, 2011] District of , which brought the charges, gling to keep his head above water. A (By Jerry Seper) is the same office that in February 2006— few weeks ago, I had lunch with Joe at A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sen- under U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton—pros- the Barbed Rose Steakhouse, which he tenced to two years in prison for improperly ecuted Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos owns in Alvin, Texas. lifting the arms of a 15-year-old drug smug- and after they shot a drug- When we finished our lunch, Joe took smuggling suspect, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, gling suspect while handcuffed—in what the me on a walking tour to show me his Justice Department called a deprivation of in the buttocks as he tried to flee back into Mexico after abandoning a van filled with 800 plans to open five more restaurants in the teenager’s constitutional right to be free the area. He wants to revitalize his from the use of unreasonable force. pounds of marijuana. Aldrete-Davila also Agent Jesus E. Diaz Jr. was named in a No- was given immunity in the case and testified hometown by bringing commerce, jobs vember 2009 federal grand jury indictment against the agents. and good food to historic downtown with deprivation of rights under color of law Agents Ramos and Compean were con- Alvin. But the likelihood of a large tax during an October 2008 arrest near the Rio victed and sentenced to 11 and 12 years in increase, whether it be from tax cuts Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, in response to prison, respectively. President George W. expiring or the White House’s proposed Bush commuted the sentences in 2009 after a report that illegal immigrants had crossed tax hikes, has put his expansion plans the river with bundles of drugs. they had served two years. The same prosecutors also charged on indefinite hold. In a prosecution sought by the Mexican Small businesses deserve certainty government and obtained after the suspected Edwards County Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Her- smuggler was given immunity to testify nandez in 2005 with violating the civil rights from Washington and a tax policy that against the agent, Diaz was sentenced last of a Mexican criminal alien after he shot out allows them to keep more of their week by U.S. District Judge Alia Moses the tires of a van filled with illegals as it money to expand, to reinvest in their Ludlum in . The Mexican con- tried to run him over. One of the illegal im- communities, and to grow jobs. sulate in Eagle Pass had filed a formal writ- migrants in the van was hit with bullet frag- Mr. Speaker, people like Joe Schnei- ments. ten complaint just hours after the arrest, al- der need commonsense tax reform that leging that the teenager had been beaten. f will encourage American job creation, Defense attorneys argued that there were PROMOTING WOMEN not hinder it. no injuries or bruises on the suspected smug- ENTREPRENEURS gler’s lower arms where the handcuffs had f been placed nor any bruising resulting from (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given an alleged knee on his back. Photos showed permission to address the House for 1 AMERICAN JOBS the only marks on his body came from the minute and to revise and extend his re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under straps of the pack he carried containing the marks.) the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- suspected drugs, they said. Border Patrol agents found more than 150 pounds of mari- Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, last uary 5, 2011, the gentleman from Cali- juana at the arrest site. week I spent a day traveling my dis- fornia (Mr. GARAMENDI) is recognized The defense claimed that the smuggling trict and meeting with half a dozen for 60 minutes as the designee of the suspect was handcuffed because he was unco- women entrepreneurs. minority leader. operative and resisted arrest, and that the I started the morning spending time Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, agent had lifted his arms to force him to the with children in Maple Grove, Min- thank you for the opportunity to ground—a near-universal police technique— nesota, at the LilyPad Daycare that is present here on the floor the solution while the other agents looked for the drugs. owned by a dynamic mom and daughter to the question that was just raised by The allegations against Diaz, 31, a seven- year veteran of the Border Patrol, initially team. my colleague from the Republican side were investigated by Homeland Security’s Next I went to Plymouth, and I vis- of the aisle. Office of Inspector General and Immigration ited and toured the medical manufac- A month ago, the President laid out and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Profes- turer ATEK Medical, which is owned a plan that would create millions of sional Responsibility, which cleared the by Christy Bieber Orris and Kay Phil- jobs here in the United States. It was agent of any wrongdoing. lips. Now, they’ve got challenges on the American Jobs Act. We are going But the Internal Affairs Division at U.S. the horizon with the FDA and a new to talk about this tonight. Before I get Customs and Border Protection ruled dif- medical device tax, but they are deter- into the details of it, last week, in fact ferently nearly a year later and, ultimately, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western mined to move forward. 1 week ago, I held a town hall meeting District of Texas brought charges. I also visited a public relations firm in Fairfield, California. The Law Enforcement Officers Advocates that was started from scratch by Cindy At that town hall meeting the ques- Council said the government’s case was Leines in her basement 23 years ago. tion of jobs was on everybody’s mind. ‘‘based on false testimony that is contra- Then I connected with Makya, who is What are you doing about jobs? What is dicted by the facts.’’ living the dream of owning and oper- Congress doing about jobs? It just In a statement, the council said that be- ating her own educational toy store. seems as though nothing is happening, cause the arrest took place at about 2 a.m., And finally I sat down with Peg at and all we’re seeing from Congress is darkness would have made it impossible for the government’s witnesses to have seen Peg’s Countryside Cafe. talk of the deficit and cuts. whether any mistreatment took place. It Mr. Speaker, Minnesota is a great Every time there’s a cut, we have an- said Marcos Ramos, the Border Patrol agent State teeming with endless possibili- other job loss here in our area. Maybe who stood next to Diaz, testified that he did ties because of women like these who it’s a school teacher that’s laid off or not see any mistreatment of the smuggling are entrepreneurs taking risks, and we some highway project that’s not going suspect. need to do more to encourage women forward. So what’s happening with the The council said other witnesses made con- to take the leap into entrepreneurship. jobs? tradictory claims and some later admitted to My hope is that last week’s tour will And I then began to explain the having perjured themselves. Such admis- sions, the council said, were ignored by the help inspire more women to realize American Jobs Act, and we’re going to court and the government. It also said that their dream of running their own busi- spend some time this evening talking probationary agents who claimed to have ness. After all, it’s small businesses just about that issue, the American witnessed the assault raised no objections that will lead our way out of this tough Jobs Act.

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