23438 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS October 20, 2005 leadership, the Bank of Guam became the first ON THE RETIREMENT OF MRS. TRIBUTE TO THE 75 YEARS OF local company to go public when its stock was CHRISTINE KENNEDY SERVICE THE DEPARTMENT OF offered for trading on the Pacific Exchange in VETERANS AFFAIRS HAS PRO- August of 2000. VIDED Mr. Leon Guerrero’s public service includes HON. DON YOUNG tenures as chairman of the Guam Economic HON. JIM GIBBONS Development Authority and the Guam Council OF ALASKA OF NEVADA on the Humanities. He served on various gov- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ernment boards and commissions including IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the University of Guam Board of Regents, the Thursday, October 20, 2005 Thursday, October 20, 2005 Guam Political Status Commission, the Guam Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor Waterworks Authority, the Hagatna Restora- to commemorate the 75 years of service the tion and Redevelopment Authority, the Pacific today to honor Christine Kennedy, the Admin- istrator and Chief Clerk of the House of Rep- Department of Veterans Affairs has provided Islands Development Bank Board of Gov- to the servicemen and women of this great ernors and the Micronesian Regional Tourism resentatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Mrs. Kennedy has served the Nation. Council. He served on civic boards and orga- May we never forget, and continue to honor, nizations including the Guam Chamber of House of Representatives with distinction since 1972. Unfortunately, Mrs. Kennedy will those who made a commitment to protecting Commerce, the Guam Bankers’ Association, the security of our Nation by joining the Armed the Catholic Education Council Board of Trust- be retiring at the end of this year and will be Forces. We owe our veterans a tremendous ees, the American Cancer Society, Goodwill starting a new and I am sure equally reward- debt of gratitude for this commitment, and Industries, the Agana Restoration and Rede- ing private life. I know that she is looking for- commend the VA for their pledge to ensure velopment Corporation, the Congressional His- ward to spending more time with her daughter, that they continue to receive support and as- panic Caucus Institute, Pacific Islanders in Lauren. sistance. Communication, the Young Presidents’ Orga- I have known Chris since I came to Con- nization and the Financial Services and Infor- The men and women of the VA are dedi- gress. Chris started her career with the Fed- cated each and every day to meeting the mation Technology Committee, Saipan. eral Government in 1972 as a clerk at NASA. Tony Leon Guerrero was truly a leader in needs of the millions of veterans who have She joined the staff of the Committee on Inte- defended our Nation’s freedom. the business community. Although he was an rior and Insular Affairs in 1974 becoming the innovator and consummate entrepreneur, the Nearly a quarter of a million veterans reside Administrator and Chief Clerk in 1995 of the in our great State; a number that continues to island spirit in him never changed. Despite his Committee on Resources which was the suc- many accomplishments, he was still just grow. The VA ensures that these men and cessor Committee to the Committee on Inte- women, who were dedicated to defending our ‘‘Tony’’ to those who knew him best. The re- rior and Insular Affairs. spect that people felt for him in his profes- Nation, receive the services they rightly de- sional life was equaled only by the love they When I moved from the Chairmanship of the serve. As a nation, we owe these great Ameri- felt for him in his personal life. He was dedi- Committee on Resources to the Chairmanship cans a debt of gratitude for their sacrifice for cated to the island in which he lived and of the Committee on Transportation and Infra- our Nation’s freedom and security. worked. The Bank of Guam is often referred to structure, I asked Chris to take the position of With an ever growing population of vet- as ‘‘The People’s Bank,’’ and Tony was a Administrator and Chief Clerk of the Com- erans, may we always be reminded of Abra- leader in the business community and a con- mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. ham Lincoln’s philosophy and principles that science for social activism. He understood that Thank goodness, she agreed to do so. guide the Department of Veterans Affairs: ‘‘To with great talent comes great expectations, Chris is one of those people who often is care for him shall have borne the battle and and he exceeded the expectations of his fa- unheralded and unseen but who is essential to for his widow and his orphan.’’ ther and his business associates as the Bank the workings of this institution. She is one of I join in thanking the Department of Vet- of Guam grew and prospered under his watch. the most organized and efficient people I erans Affairs for their continued work and Tony was an advocate in the community for know. You know that if Chris is on the job, the service for 75 years to our Nation’s heroes. the revival of pride in the Chamorro culture job will get done and will be done well. She is May God bless Nevada, America, and our and the cultures of the indigenous peoples thorough and has a detailed knowledge of the veterans. throughout Micronesia. His bank invested in procedures and processes that keep the Com- f indigenous arts and crafts and the bank’s mittee operating. RECOGNIZING THREE FALLEN branches are themselves centers for the dis- SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ play of Pacific cultures. As chairman of the In addition, she is loyal and generous to her board and CEO, Tony ensured that the Bank colleagues, her friends, and to myself and my of Guam lived up to its commitment to our is- wife, Lu. We have relied on her in so many HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS land’s development and steered the bank ways over the years to insure that our work OF MARYLAND through the difficult years of an economic re- with Committee, including the many codels IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and field hearings conducted by the Com- cession. The bank’s solid performance and Thursday, October 20, 2005 success is a testament to his business acu- mittee have been done in full accordance with men and his vision. The sense of loss in our the Rules. Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today island and throughout our Pacific region is a I want to express to her my deep apprecia- to pay tribute to three fallen American soldiers testament to a great humanitarian and com- tion for her hard work and for her support of who sacrificed their lives while serving our munity leader. my efforts as Chairman of two Committees. country. I am deeply saddened by this loss and Without her efforts, our Committees would not On October 14, 2005, while conducting con- know that the many people on Guam and have a record of accomplishment that is un- voy operations in the Al Taji area in Iraq, three throughout the Pacific are mourning as well. matched by any Committee. Maryland Army National Guardsmen, 20-year- My thoughts and prayers are with his mother old Specialist Samuel M. Boswell, 23-year-old I know that I speak for my wife, Lu and for Eugenia A. Leon Guerrero, his wife Mari Flor Specialist Bernard L. Ceo, and 36-year-old Herrero, and his three children, Maria Euge- the Members and Staff of the Committee and Sergeant Brian R. Connor, were tragically nia, Alexandra and Jesus. My condolences for the many friends that she has made as a killed when their Humvee was accidentally hit also go to his brother Jesse A. Leon Guerrero member of this Congressional family in wish- and caught fire. and his wife Deirdre, his sister Senator Lou ing her all the best and many years of happi- Assigned to the 243rd Engineer Company Leon Guerrero and her husband Jeff Cook, ness in her new life. based in my district of West Baltimore, these their families, and the entire Leon Guerrero She will be missed in so many ways, but we remarkable young men had only been sta- extended family. Although he will be missed expect that she will continue to be a member tioned in Iraq since mid-August. They were the by his family, friends and business associates of our Congressional family in the years to first Maryland National Guardsman to be killed throughout the Pacific, his legacy of service come. Best wishes to a good friend and an while serving their country overseas since will live on in our community. outstanding staff member. World War II.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:38 Mar 01, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00184 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\FDSYS\2005BOUNDRECORD\BOOK17\NO-SSN\BR20OC05.DAT BR20OC05 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE October 20, 2005 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 23439 Words cannot express the sense of loss felt We must find a way to bring our troops Information Agency, he was in recent years by the Maryland community when not one, but home on a timetable that is consistent with our senior scholar at Freedom House, a non- three of our own is taken from us in an in- nation’s commitments to the Iraqi people. partisan, pro-democracy think tank. stant. I offer my deepest condolences to the Mr. Kemble believed in a robust inter- By the end of this year, the Iraqis should nationalism in the tradition of former sen- Boswell, Ceo, and Connor families during their have their constitution and government in op- ator Henry M. ‘‘Scoop’’ Jackson (D–Wash.). difficult time. eration. He also had an affinity for organized labor, Although each of these brave soldiers took That is not the reason that we went to which was, in his words, ‘‘the balance wheel different paths to arrive in the Army, they all war—but, nevertheless, it would give some of democracy.’’ shared great intellect, vigor, and a true com- meaning to our soldiers’ sacrifice. During his career, he helped found or lead mitment to serve their country. These at- Equally important, the deaths that we mourn a number of advocacy groups, including the tributes coupled with their youth makes it even this week remind us that it is time for a clear Coalition for a Democratic Majority. A friend and former colleague, Joshua more difficult to accept each soldier’s fate. We and reasoned strategy to begin bringing our all must now face the burden of uncertainty— Muravchik, resident scholar at the American brave young people home. Enterprise Institute, noted that Mr. never knowing what the future would have Then, perhaps, all of the families who have Kemble’s political and intellectual journey held for them. sacrificed so much because of the war in Iraq traversed a path from democratic socialist Specialist Samuel Boswell of Elkridge, grad- can begin to heal the wounds that they have to social democrat. It was a journey similar uated from the technology magnet program at been forced to endure. in its rightward arc to that of many promi- River Hill High School in Clarksville, Md. in nent neoconservatives. Although he occa- f 2003. He was a computer whiz with aspira- sionally took such positions, Mr. Kemble tions of receiving his college degree. However, HONORING THE LIFE OF PENN stopped short of leaving the Democratic as the violence in Iraq escalated, Spc. Boswell KEMBLE Party and never considered himself a was compelled to volunteer his service and neoconservative. join the Army shortly after his high school He believed, for example, in building a HON. TOM LANTOS democratic Iraq but sharply criticized the graduation. On the day of his death, Spc. Bos- OF CALIFORNIA Bush administration’s approach on the coun- well was on his way to meet his brother Mi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES try. ‘‘The distinction between liberation and chael, who was a civilian contract worker democratization, which requires a strategy based in Baghdad. That reunion never took Thursday, October 20, 2005 and instruments, was an idea never under- place. Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, friends of free- stood by the administration,’’ he told the Specialist Bernard Ceo of Baltimore was New Republic last year. dom today are mourning the death of Penn Richard Penn Kemble was born in Worces- raised in a military family. His ambition was to Kemble, who was one of its most ardent, elo- become a teacher. In fact, before joining the ter, Mass., and grew up in Lancaster, Pa., quent, and effective defenders. Although he Army, he worked one-on-one with special where he was a small but feisty football died at the relatively young age of 64, after a needs students at the Kennedy Krieger High player in high school. His political activism year-long struggle with brain cancer, Penn began at the University of Colorado, where School Career and Technology Center in Balti- was an activist on behalf of social causes for he helped establish the Colorado chapter of more. One of his colleagues at the school said more than 40 years. Whether arguing on be- the Young People’s Socialist League. that Spc. Ceo was a thoughtful, introspective half of civil rights, supporting organized labor, After receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1962, young man who was an excellent employee, he moved to New York and took a job as a which he considered the ‘‘balance wheel of and would have made an outstanding teacher. copy boy at the New York Times. His jour- democracy,’’ or advocating on behalf of demo- Spc. Ceo joined the Army to help pay for col- nalism career ended shortly afterward, when cratic movements around the world, Penn lege and alleviate financial strain on his family. the typesetters went out on strike and he re- Along with his professional goals, Spc. Ceo brought an unparalleled passion combined fused to cross the picket line. was also making plans to marry his longtime with a hardheaded realism to every cause he He stayed in New York and immersed him- adopted. self in socialist politics, seeking to resurrect girlfriend, Dajae Overton. The two had been the youth section of the Socialist Party, fa- together for years, and Spc. Ceo even took on Penn through his close affiliation with Sen- ators Henry Jackson and Daniel Patrick Moy- mously led earlier in the century by Eugene the responsibility of caring for her two children V. Debs and Norman Thomas. as if they were his own. This selfless act dem- nihan, worked to move the Democratic Party Muravchik, who also was part of the move- onstrated that Spc. Ceo was a man of integrity in the direction of strong and ‘‘muscular’’ inter- ment, recalled that Mr. Kemble stood out as and honor. nationalism in its foreign policy. As Deputy Di- a ‘‘good-looking, neatly dressed WASP’’ in Sergeant Brian Conner of Gwynn Oak was rector—and later Acting Director—of the what was otherwise ‘‘a scruffy-looking a single father of three daughters. Before join- United States Information Agency under Presi- crowd’’ made up primarily of young Jewish ing the Army, he worked as a fireman for the dent Clinton, he played a strong role in the intellectuals. He was one of the few whites among the Baltimore City Fire Department for 12 years. creation of an international network on civic education and in the establishment of the leadership of the East River chapter of the His sense of humor and clever banter were Congress of Racial Equality, once staging a admired by all who knew him. His older broth- Community of Democracies. Even as the end sit-in that blocked the eastbound lanes of er, Paul said he was good at everything he did of his life drew near, he was busy working to the Triborough Bridge during rush hour. The and that joining the Army was Sergeant develop a transatlantic democracy network, aim was to force commuters to ponder the Conner’s mission. collaborating with colleagues at the National plight of Harlem residents before arriving These tragic deaths and these mourning Endowment for Democracy and Freedom back at their comfortable homes in the sub- families are a personal reality that we, as a House, where he served as a senior scholar urbs. people, must have the humanity to confront. after leaving government service. In 1967, he founded Negotiation Now!, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to which demanded an end to the bombing of These deaths remind us that sacrifice is never North Vietnam and a negotiated end to the truly ‘‘shared.’’ place in the RECORD a Washington Post obit- war. There is nothing that any of us can say that uary that chronicles the life of this remarkable In the early 1970s, Mr. Kemble moved to will return these brave young men to their American. Let me take this opportunity to ex- the District and plunged into Democratic families. press my condolences to Penn’s wife Mal and Party politics. After the party’s 1972 presi- We can only reach out to them—and to all the other members of his family. dential debacle, he helped found the Coali- who have lost loved ones in Iraq. [From the Washington Post, Oct. 19, 2005] tion for a Democratic Majority. Associated primarily with Sens. Jackson and Hubert H. We can only stand with these neighbors in POLITICAL ACTIVIST PENN KEMBLE DIES AT 64 their darkest hours—and offer whatever com- Humphrey (D–Minn.), the group sought to (By Joe Holley) fort and support that we can. move the party back toward the center and As the families and loved ones of Samuel Penn Kemble, 64, a political activist who refocus its reliance on a traditional blue-col- considered himself a ‘‘muscular Democrat’’ lar base. Boswell, Bernard Ceo and Brian Conner at- and who kept himself in intellectual fighting Mr. Kemble served as executive director of tempt to endure losses and suffering that no trim by engaging in policy tilts with adver- the group from 1972 to 1976, when he joined family should have to confront, we must all re- saries on both the left and the right, died the New York senatorial campaign of Daniel commit ourselves to finding a way out of this Oct. 16 of brain cancer at his home in Wash- Patrick Moynihan. He was Moynihan’s spe- conflict in Iraq. ington. A former acting director of the U.S. cial assistant and speechwriter until 1979.

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