Extensions of Remarks E2179 EXTENSIONS of REMARKS

October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2179 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

IN HONOR AND IN MEMORY OF Mr. Speaker, it is only right for us to pause with him. You watched him waddle in a sand SPECIALIST PAUL J. BUECHE OF and give thanks to God that there are still box, not thinking that one day his life could DAPHNE, AL young men like Paul Joseph Bueche. On his end in the sands of an Iraqi village so small handsome, young face, the world can see the that it would be difficult to spot on a map. HON. JO BONNER very best America has to offer. It’s too soon for a 19-year-old to die. OF ALABAMA I urge my colleagues to take a moment and We humans comprehend this, lacking the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pay tribute to Specialist Paul Bueche and his understanding of why someone so young selfless devotion to not only our country and Thursday, October 30, 2003 should leave this Earth now. It’s even more the freedom we enjoy, but to a people who heartbreaking for parents to have a son die Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, this past Mon- are but now in the infant stages of a new before them. day the First Congressional District of Ala- life—a new freedom—in their own land. It’s not supposed to be this way. bama and indeed, our entire State and Nation, We should also remember his parents, A time to weep and a time to laugh. said goodbye to another casualty of the war in Emory Paul and Maria Bueche, his sisters The order of life has turned upside down for Iraq. Jessica and Melissa, and his grandparents, Emory and Maria Bueche. They have already Army Specialist Paul Joseph Bueche, a na- Sydney and Doris Bueche and Jose and Ilena told stories—terrific stories—about their son, tive of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and longtime Alonso. Our prayer is that God will give them Paul. They have shared them with family, resident of Daphne, Alabama, joined the Army all the strength and courage that only He can friends and the media. It’s a normal thera- National Guard in 2001 and was assigned to provide to sustain them during the difficult peutic exercise to keep their minds clear while Company E of the 131st Aviation Regiment days ahead. preparing for funeral services. based in Birmingham. It was Joseph Campbell who said, ‘‘A hero Earlier this year, Paul’s unit was activated is someone who has given his or her life to Others will share their stories, bringing more and deployed to the Kingdom of Kuwait during something bigger than oneself.’’ Make no mis- laughter and tears. They’ll be proud of the Operation Iraqi Freedom. In August of this take, young Paul Bueche was not only a dedi- people Paul touched in his short life. They’ll year, his unit was transferred to its new duty cated soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice be proud he died serving his country. The station in Balad, Iraq. It was in Balad that, on serving in the uniform of his country, but he Bueches won’t be able to feel it, yet all the October 21, 2003, a tire he was changing on was also a true American hero. parents of our American babies will share in an Army MH–60 Blackhawk helicopter ex- In addition to my statement, I ask that an their pain. ploded, killing Paul and seriously wounding accompanying article from the October 25th Meanwhile, three more American soldiers one of his fellow soldiers. Mobile Register, written by Robert Buchanan, die in Iraq. Three more sets of parents are ex- During his 2-year career in the National be included in this tribute to Paul. May he rest periencing the trauma of children passing too Guard, Paul set a standard of excellence and in peace. soon. All of us will be suffering along with displayed the qualities of discipline, devotion A TIME TOO SOON TO COMPREHEND them. and dedication to country that are the hall- There is a time for everything, There is a time for everything. marks of men and women throughout the long And a season for every activity under heav- Paul was a member of the 2002 graduating and distinguished history of the American mili- en: class of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School. tary. As a result of his hard work in the Middle A time to be born and a time to die, Local television stations grabbed yearbooks Eastern Theater, Paul was recently advanced A time to plant and a time to uproot, from his days at McGill, showing Paul’s smil- A time to kill and a time to heal, to the rank of Specialist, and he was post- ing portrait in a row of students’ photos. A time to tear down and a time to build, A telephone call went to the cherubic look- humously awarded the Bronze Star medal and A time to weep and a time to laugh, accompanying citation. A time to mourn and a time to dance, ing youngster in the picture to the left of Paul. Mr. Speaker, as you can imagine, south A time to scatter stones and a time to gath- He’s now a young college man, sans the Alabama is truly mourning the loss of this fine er them, rounded face. young man. In conversations with his friends A time to embrace and a time to refrain, ‘‘Paul Bueche died in Iraq,’’ he’s told. and family, the one characteristic that was A time to search and a time to give up, ‘‘What?’’ he answers. ‘‘I didn’t know he was mentioned time and again when describing A time to keep and a time to throw away, over there. Oh, my God. What happened?’’ Paul was his love for life. As the Rev. Timothy A time to tear and a time to mend, He is told about the unfortunate cir- A time to be silent and a time to speak, cumstances, but the explanation falls flat. A Deasy noted during Paul’s funeral mass, ‘‘he A time to love and a time to hate, lived more in 19 years than many of us live in A time for war and a time for peace. classmate had died; the first member of the a lifetime. Paul gave his life for all of us.’’ —Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 2002 class was gone. It’s too incredible for the student to absorb. A devoted brother, son, and grandson, Paul When you cradle your infant in your arms, ‘‘Man, he was cool. We were in the Model Bueche never waned in his appreciation for rocking back and forth while reading to his U.N. together. I mean . . . I can’t believe it. the many wonderful gifts of love and friendship young ears, more than likely it will be from a that came his way during his brief 19 years. book of fairy tales with glorious, happy What happened? To a person, his fellow students and teachers endings. Surely, though, it’s not the time to tell ‘‘Of all the people over there, that accident, from McGill-Toolen High School, his minister him that the 16 lines from Ecclesiastes sum it happened to one of us.’’ and fellow parishioners at Christ the King up the life that he will face. Of course, he The McGill-Toolen senior class of 2002 was Catholic Church, and his many other family couldn’t comprehend it, nor would you want close, unusually close. The Bueches recalled and friends spoke affectionately of Paul’s him to; life as a baby has its own time for how their house was always full of kids, that boundless energy and enthusiasm and the being, for growing and for learning. it wasn’t unusual to wake up and find Paul’s genuinely warm feelings he displayed for his A time to be born and a time to die. friends asleep on the den floor. fellow man. It’s left to the parents to do the worrying, That was the class of 2002. A telling story of his generosity came just often quietly, without evidence that there is From house to house, class members found days before he died. Recently, Paul had won harm in that infant’s way. As he grows to be parents with open doors. Now these same a lottery held within his unit in Iraq which a toddler, it’s the parents who fret about the parents are sharing the Bueches’ ache, along would have allowed him a 2-week furlough stumbling boy crashing into furniture, hitting with their young-adult children who are experi- back in the United States in December. How- walls, slapping the sofa. The rite of passage encing a type of grief they were not prepared ever, Paul chose to give that pass to a fellow into official boyhood comes with its share of to handle. It’s just too soon. guardsman from the unit, feeling it was more nicks and scratches. But a boy he is, and a Eventually, though, they will realize that important that he—a husband and father—be boy he will be. Paul’s death was not in vain, for there are few at home with a wife and children who needed The years evaporate, and your baby boy is earthly callings higher than sacrificing for him more during the holidays. a man. Your concerns, however, have grown one’s country, for one’s friends back home.

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VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.014 E31PT1 E2180 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 In the meantime, they can pray and take In addition, the Coalition recently joined forces fessionals, who combat breast cancer each solace that there will be a time for peace. with the Tobacco Control Coalition to increase day. 1 f opportunities for promoting awareness. The facts are grim, every 2 ⁄2 minutes Mr. Speaker, it is with great admiration and someone is diagnosed with breast cancer. An OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BREAST pride that I honor this wonderful organization estimated 211,300 women and 1,300 men, in CANCER AWARENESS MONTH as well as these incredible women and their the United States will be diagnosed this year strides to beat this disease. This disease is with breast cancer. An estimated 40,200 HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO the leading cancer sited in women, yet with deaths are anticipated this year from breast OF WEST VIRGINIA proper awareness and prevention, this disease cancer. In my home state of Louisiana, 3,800 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES does not have to be the leading cause of can- new female breast cancer cases will be diag- nosed this year, and 700 hundred women will Thursday, October 30, 2003 cer deaths among women between the ages of forty and fifty-nine years of age. With orga- lose their battle against the disease. Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to nizations like the Hampshire County Cancer Breast Cancer Awareness Month provides a recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Coalition, and amazing women survivors, special opportunity to recognize these valiant behalf of the Hampshire County Cancer Coali- there are rays of hope for people diagnosed fighters and to educate the public about the tion. October is Breast Cancer Awareness with breast cancer. importance of monthly breast self-examina- tions and annual mammograms. Early detec- Month, a disease that will kill an estimated f thirty-nine thousand, eight hundred women tion greatly increases victims’ chances of sur- along with four hundred men in the year 2003 OCTOBER AS NATIONAL BREAST vival. alone. It is through the extensive work of med- CANCER AWARENESS MONTH There is hope. When breast cancer is found ical experts, as well as awareness groups like early, the five-year survival rate is 96 percent. the Hampshire County Cancer Coalition, that HON. TODD TIAHRT Monthly breast self-examinations and mammo- there is hope to extinguish this horrible dis- OF KANSAS grams are the key components of early detec- ease. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion. I join my House colleagues in saluting the I am proud to recognize two Hampshire Thursday, October 30, 2003 breast cancer survivors alive today in the County residents, Clara Belle Lee and Nellie United States. Lew, who are the two oldest living breast can- Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in I salute the volunteers across the country, cer survivors in our state of West Virginia. Ms. support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I including the Louisiana Breast Cancer Task Lee has been a survivor for fifty-two years, am proud that October can be dedicated to Force, for their work to help educate people and Ms. Lew has been a survivor for fifty- raising awareness of the need for regular about the important life-saving measures of seven years. I was honored to have met these mammograms and doctor’s visits. A member early detection. Thank you for taking time women, along with the rest of the Coalition, at of my staff has come face to face with this dis- today to honor all the victims, survivors, volun- the fourth Annual Breast Cancer Survivors ease, and I am proud to share her story. Han- teers, and professionals, who combat breast Luncheon and wreath hanging ceremony. nah’s mother was diagnosed with breast can- cancer each day. Their passion and their enthusiasm for life are cer in 1990 at the age of 38. Hannah was only f characteristics of these two incredible women, 11 years old, with one older brother and two younger sisters, but she remembers being REGARDING BREAST CANCER who have beaten the odds of this fatal dis- AWARENESS MONTH ease. frightened when her parents told her about her I would like to take some time to recognize mother’s cancer. The doctor had found the the Hampshire County Cancer Coalition and lump, which was too small for her to feel. If HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN their work. This organization has been instru- she had not gone to the doctor, it would have OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mental in the state of West Virginia with edu- spread fast and deadly. cating the general public about cancer, as well Fortunately, because of awareness, Han- Thursday, October 30, 2003 nah’s mother’s cancer was found early, sur- as striving to initiate the early detection of can- Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, every 12 gery was performed, and she has done great cers among women. minutes a woman in America dies of breast ever since. Fortunately, because of aware- The Hampshire County Cancer Coalition cancer. October is Breast Cancer Awareness ness, Hannah only remembers being fright- was formed in 1993 under the direction of the Month, but I am not sure that awareness is ened, but she doesn’t have to remember los- Appalachia Leadership Initiative on Cancer, a the right word. Unfortunately, many of us are ing her mother to breast cancer because that cooperative agreement between the National painfully aware. Many, if not all of us have did not happen. This story is only one of many Cancer Institute and Mary Babb Randolph known someone who has fought against this which emphasize the need for breast cancer Cancer Center, to address cancer control devastating disease. I would like to express awareness. We all need to insist that our issues in our county. The Coalition has sought my deep appreciation to the many soldiers in mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, wives, to increase public awareness and promote the battle against breast cancer. There are too and daughters need to get regular mammo- early detection of breast, cervical, and many to name right now, but their dedication grams and talk to their doctors about this dis- colorectal cancer throughout Hampshire Coun- and tireless efforts are critical and so deeply ease. It is absolutely essential that the infor- ty. appreciated by us all. The Coalition has collaborated with various mation gets out to these women, and that the A recent study found that the presence of community entities in its cancer awareness ef- cancer is caught early. Hannah is grateful that mutated BRCAÐ1 or BRCAÐ2 genes made forts. Shortly after its formation, the Coalition her mother paid attention and has since fos- cancer risk soar. This information proves that sponsored two ‘‘Friend to Friend Summits,’’ tered this awareness in Hannah and her two passage of legislation such as the Genetic with one held in Romney and one in Capon sisters. Non-Discrimination in Health Insurance and I support reauthorization for the National Bridge. These summits brought together com- Employment Act is imperative. Mr. Speaker, I Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection munity members, cancer survivors, doctors am a cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation, Program. Breast cancer remains the second and nurses for a sharing of the latest informa- which has 230 cosponsors. By not acting on highest cause of death for women today. This tion regarding breast cancer awareness, pre- this legislation, we are placing women’s health is a reality that can stop only through aware- vention and treatment. in jeopardy on a daily basis. Women are not ness. The Coalition has sponsored the Tower of being tested because they fear they will be Hope, which is a photo display of county f discriminated against by their insurer should breast cancer survivors dedicated to a charter BREAST CANCER AWARENESS they test positive. This is unconscionable. member of the Coalition who is now de- MONTH This body has begun the job of funding the ceased. The Tower is displayed in churches, National Institutes of Health and cancer re- libraries and the courthouse as a testimony to HON. DAVID VITTER search over the past five years. However, our a courageous fight against a powerful disease. work is not done. It is imperative that we are OF LOUISIANA Another focus area has been community able to fund new research and continue exist- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES education. Placemats with the warning signs ing research. In order to ensure that progress of cancer were used in about twenty res- Thursday, October 30, 2003 is not lost and valuable information left uncov- taurants around the county. Business owners Mr. VITTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ered, we must continue to increase funding for as well as patrons reported positive feedback. honor victims, survivors, volunteers, and pro- the National Institutes of Health.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.017 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2181 One of the things I am most proud to have The Arecibo Observatory has its origins as where she has served as its only director for motivated and enacted was the establishment an idea of Professor William E. Gordon, then ten years. I am pleased that her efforts and of the Long Island Breast Cancer Study, a of Cornell University, who was interested in giving spirit have earned her multiple honors, comprehensive effort to investigate whether the study of the Ionosphere. Gordon’s re- including the Pope John XXIII Award from environmental factors are responsible for search during the 1950’s led him to the idea Viterbo College, the YWCA Tribute to Out- breast cancer. The historic investigation began of radar back-scatter studies of the standing Women in the Medical Field, and the in 1993, and was coordinated by the National ionosphere. Professor Gordon’s persistence 2002 La Crosse Tribune Person of the Year. Cancer Institute and the National Institute of culminated in the construction of the Arecibo Aside from her amazing gifts in working with Environmental Health Sciences. When the Observatory, which began in the summer of persons who are poor and sick, Sister Leclare study was released late last year, I was dis- 1960 and three years later the Arecibo Iono- has impressive organizational talents. She appointed to find the study could not identify spheric Observatory (AID) was in operation would regularly coordinate the 200 plus med- specific environmental factors from among the under the direction of Gordon. The formal ical professionals and community volunteers three compounds studied as a cause for opening ceremony took place on November 1, who came each Tuesday and Thursday breast cancer. Many of the other compounds 1963. evening to serve at the St. Clare Health Mis- remain to be ruled out; more funding and re- On October 1, 1969 the National Science sion. In this feat, Sister Leclare was able to search are necessary. However, the lessons Foundation assumed ownership of the facility bring together a community to address the learned proved very important. Many of the re- from the Department of Defense and the Ob- needs of its neighbors and sought a solution sults provided clues for future research. We servatory was made a national research cen- to the limited access to healthcare that many must build on this information, we must try ter. On September 1971 the AIO became the Americans face. until we succeed because the alternative is National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center much more costly. (NAIC). Mr. Speaker and my fellow Members of We need to work together to turn ‘‘A- The Arecibo Observatory employs about Congress, I ask that you join me in honoring wareness’’ into ‘‘A-cure.’’ 140 persons in support of the operation. A sci- the dedication and service of Sister Leclare Beres as she retires. She is a role model of f entific staff of about 16 divides their time be- tween scientific research and assistance to service, compassion, and generosity, and we THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE visiting scientists. Engineers, computer ex- could all learn from her dedication. ARECIBO OBSERVATORY perts, and technicians design and build new Thus, I would like to leave you with the instrumentation and keep it in operation. words of Sister Leclare’s successor, Sister HON. ANI´BAL ACEVEDO-VILA´ The Arecibo Observatory is a Puerto Rican Dawn Kutt. ‘‘Sister Leclare’s compassion for OF PUERTO RICO landmark. Hundreds of tourists visit it every the poor and underserved dwells deep within IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES year and it has been a desired site for recent her heart’s desire. Her service to the poor is Thursday, October 30, 2003 filming of many movies as well. As this nota- undertaken with joy and tender love as her ble landmark appears frequently in films and « gentle presence reflects God’s love for each of Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA. Mr. Speaker, this TV, it is a source of pride for all Puerto them. She certainly brings the richness out of week Puerto Rico is celebrating the 40th Anni- Ricans, both as the home of the Arecibo Ob- the poorest of God’s poor.’’ versary of the Arecibo Observatory, home of servatory and as an emblem of the contribu- the largest and most sensitive radio telescope tions to science from Puerto Rico in general. f in the world. For this occasion, more than 100 Mr. Speaker, today I want to congratulate scientists from around the world will gather the people of Puerto Rico, the Arecibo Ob- WORLD POPULATION AWARENESS November 1 through the 4th for a series of servatory and its scientists on its 40-year anni- WEEK workshops, including one on the most recent versary. Also, congratulations to Director Sixto astronomical advances of the giant telescope. Gonzalez for his great job and recent ascen- For Puerto Rico, there is another reason to sion to the leadership of the Arecibo Observ- HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD celebrate: for the first time since the creation atory. of the observatory in 1963, a Puerto Rican is OF MAINE f at its helm. Sixto Gonzalez, who has served IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES as assistant director of special and atmos- HONORING THE WORK OF SISTER pheric sciences of the observatory since 2001, LECLARE BERES Thursday, October 30, 2003 was named Director of the observatory Octo- Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, the week of ber 1. HON. RON KIND October 20Ð25 has been designated as World The Arecibo Observatory is part of the Na- OF WISCONSIN Population Awareness Week with the theme of tional Astronomy and Ionosphere Center IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘‘Water: Our Most Precious Natural Resource.’’ (NAIC), a national research center operated Thursday, October 30, 2003 Over the next 20 years the world’s population by Cornell University under a cooperative of 6.3 billion is projected to increase to nearly agreement with the National Science Founda- Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 9 billion before leveling off. tion (NSF). The NSF is an independent federal the work of Sister Leclare Beres from La agency whose aim is to promote scientific and Crosse, Wisconsin, in recognition of her retire- As currently, these 6.3 billion people are de- engineering progress in the United States. ment. Sister Leclare has worked tirelessly for pendent on 1 percent of all the water on earth. NAIC also provides additional support for the many years as a nurse and a nun, aiming to A recent study revealed that 58 areas of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra- provide all people with access to healthcare. United States—from Florida and Georgia to tion (NASA) Sister Leclare grew up in Elroy, Wisconsin. western Texas to northern California and As the site of the world’s largest single-dish Living on a farm, surrounded by her large fam- southern Oregon, as well as most of heartland radio telescope, the Observatory is recognized ily, she learned early the importance of hard U.S.A.—are water stressed. Acting on the as one of the most important national centers work and compassion to others. In the early global consensus that water scarcity must be for research in radio astronomy, planetary 90s, Sister Leclare saw the medical needs of a top development priority, the Population In- radar and terrestrial aeronomy. Use of the refugee immigrants and called upon the four stitute has decided to dedicate the 19th World Arecibo Observatory is available on an equal, area hospitals to sponsor a free clinic. The Population Awareness Week to the issue of competitive basis to all scientists from Indochinese Screening Clinic later became the water and I applaud their efforts. throughout the world. Observing time is grant- St. Clare Health Mission. As the director of the More than 80 nations, 165 organizations, ed on the basis of the most promising re- St. Clare Health Mission, Sister Leclare has 127 mayors, and 22 governors, including Gov- search as ascertained by a panel of inde- been a leader in providing health services to ernor John Baldacci of Maine, have pro- pendent referees who review the proposals the poor in the La Crosse, Wisconsin area. In claimed the week of October 20Ð25 as World sent to the Observatory by interested sci- addition, she has worked in Guam and Ja- Population Awareness Week with the theme entists. Every year about 200 scientists visit maica as well as with organizations such as ‘‘Water: Our Most Precious Natural Resource.’’ the Observatory facilities to pursue their re- Place of Grace and the Salvation Army. I call that proclamation to my colleagues’ at- search project, and numerous students per- Moreover, after she retires this fall, her dedi- tention in hopes of promoting the importance form observations that lead to their master cation to the poor will live on as she plans to of an adequate and safe water supply for fu- and doctoral dissertations. volunteer at the St. Clare Health Mission ture generations.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.021 E31PT1 E2182 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS NA- superior officers, instructors, and fellow cadets MARTIN LUTHER KING, JUNIOR, TIONAL BREAST CANCER at the Academy. He graduated 5th in his class NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE LAND AWARENESS MONTH at West Point, and was one of the brightest EXCHANGE ACT stars among an incredible constellation of tal- HON. JUDY BIGGERT ent that graduated from the Academy in 2001. SPEECH OF OF ILLINOIS Soon after graduation from West Point, HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES David volunteered for Army Ranger School. OF MARYLAND IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, October 30, 2003 He excelled there, acquiring additional skills and advanced training, and became Ranger Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to qualified. Having a pick of assignments based recognize October as National Breast Cancer Mr. CUMMINGS. Madam Speaker, I rise to on his standing at West Point, David chose Month. Today, 3 million American women are thank my colleagues for their support of the duty close to the hot spots in the world, and living with the disease—2 million who have ‘‘Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic joined the Army’s 173rd Airborne Infantry Bri- been diagnosed and 1 million who do not yet Site Land Exchange Act,’’ H.R. 1616 and the gade, the storied ‘‘911 squad’’ of Europe, know they have it. These women are our sis- bill to extend the authority for the construction headquartered at Camp Ederle in Italy. ters, daughters, coworkers, neighbors, and of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., S. friends. As a member of the 1st of the 508th Regi- 470. These bills extend the authority for and But there is good news. Due in large part to ment of the 173rd, Lieutenant Bernstein, make possible the construction of a national federally funded research, we know more than parachuted into Northern Iraq in the early memorial commemorating the achievements of ever about what causes breast cancer and morning darkness on March 27 of this year, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his how to more effectively treat the disease. In one of only approximately 1,000 soldiers from commitment to the struggle of civil rights for all fact, since 1990, we have increased Federal the 173rd sent to secure the Bashur airfield in Americans. Dr. King dedicated his life to the realization funding for breast cancer research by nearly the north of Iraq. As those who followed the of full equal and civil rights for all Americans 600 percent. We also have made tremendous war well know, this small band of soldiers per- irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, and progress in increased access to mammog- formed magnificently and heroically behind sexual orientation. He stood on the front lines raphy, which is the most effective way to diag- enemy lines to establish the important ‘‘sec- in the struggle against social injustice, dis- nose breast cancer early. If detected and ond front’’ in the struggle to liberate Iraq and crimination, and inequality, often at great risk treated early, breast cancer has one of the the world from the grip of Saddam Hussein. to himself. Despite numerous death threats, highest survival rates. This brave and gifted officer shouldered the I also want to pay tribute to the many won- Dr. King never wavered in that commitment. burdens of command with uncommon ability, Madam Speaker, the Lewis and Sarbanes derful organizations that provide support to intelligence and grace. He was a natural lead- bills are a win-win situation for all parties in- breast cancer patients and their families, like er who inspired those in his command, always volved. The National Park Service currently YÐMe in my home State of Illinois. These or- leading by example and with an unwavering owns a vacant lot that does not have any sig- ganizations offer invaluable services to the commitment and dedication to his men and to nificant historic value. The city of Atlanta millions touched by this disease and have the service of his country. would like to acquire this land for the sole pur- been crucial in bringing this issue to the fore- pose of encouraging commercial development front of the healthcare debate. He last spoke with his parents, Richard and within its city limits. In addition, the land on October may be National Breast Cancer Gail Bernstein, only a week before his death. which the National Historic Site Visitor Center Awareness Month, but every day of the year The call was brief, lasting less than 10 min- and Museum currently sits is land-locked and this issue deserves our attention. I thank my utes, because of the long line of soldiers wait- lacks adequate emergency access. Exchang- colleagues for their support, and encourage ing their own turn. In that short call David told ing this land within the Martin Luther King, them to continue to work for the millions his parents of the pride he felt for his men and Junior, National Historic Site for property in touched by this disease. their mission. He also conveyed his own sense of pride in being able to answer the call which the National Park Service could estab- f of duty by serving as an Army officer. As his lish easy access to the Visitor Center and Mu- IN MEMORY OF 1LT DAVID R. father has said, David was ‘‘a soldier who ap- seum would be mutually beneficial to both par- BERNSTEIN OF THE U.S. ARMY preciated serving his country.’’ ties. This would simultaneously resolve the In his final moments, even though mortally National Park Service’s access issue and give HON. CURT WELDON wounded and under continuous enemy fire, the city of Atlanta much needed commercial space. OF PENNSYLVANIA Lieutenant Bernstein maneuvered his way to Madam Speaker, once again I am proud to the driver’s seat of his Humvee and moved IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES support both bills—the Martin Luther King, Jr., the vehicle off of a soldier in his command Thursday, October 30, 2003 National Historic Site Land Exchange Act and who was trapped under its wheels and badly the bill to extend the authority for construction Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, wounded. His unselfish act of bravery likely of the MLK Memorial. I would like to give a I rise today with great sadness and tremen- saved the life of his comrade. dous gratitude to honor the life of a brave special thanks to my colleagues Mr. LEWIS young man, First Lieutenant David R. Bern- All of Pennsylvania mourns the loss of this and Senator SARBANES for their leadership in stein, who made the ultimate sacrifice for our brave and good young man who will be laid to sponsoring these important pieces of legisla- country. He died on Saturday, October 18, rest this Friday, October 31, 2003 at West tion and in helping to keep the dream alive. 2003, when his patrol was ambushed in Taza, Point. Our hearts go out to his parents, Rich- f ard and Gail, to his sister Michelle, to his Iraq. First Lieutenant Bernstein was just 24 TRIBUTE TO THE GREATER years old. brother Doug, and to all of his friends and loved ones. WILKES-BARRE CHAMBER OF For me, the news of David’s death was par- COMMERCE ON CELEBRATING 50 ticularly shocking and hard to bear. I had the Mr. Speaker, First Lieutenant David R. YEARS OF PROGRESS honor and privilege to nominate this fine Bernstein, exemplified the spirit of service that young man to the United States Military Acad- has made this nation great. It is proper to re- HON. PAUL E KANJORSKI emy at West Point, a nomination that he ac- member and honor a man of such worth and OF PENNSYLVANIA cepted and fulfilled with exceptional honor, character with great respect for what he stood IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ability and accomplishment. for. Our pride in David shall live on—his life, First in his class at Phoenixville High his courage, his sacrifice and strength of char- Thursday, October 30, 2003 School, where he excelled in swimming as acter. The example of his citizenship and dedi- Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today well as academics, David was the Valedic- cation to duty will be his enduring legacy. Mr. to call the attention of the House of Rep- torian of his High School Class of 1997. Upon Speaker, at this time I ask you and my other resentatives to the Greater Wilkes-Barre entering West Point, he continued on his path distinguished colleagues to join me in hon- Chamber of Commerce as they celebrate the of personal excellence by maintaining an ardu- oring the memory, life and service of First region’s progress over the past 50 years at ous schedule of academics, training and Lieutenant David R. Bernstein, and in sending their annual dinner Thursday, October 30 at sports, activities that distinguished him, and our heartfelt condolences to his family, his the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl- earned him the respect and admiration of his friends, and community. vania.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.026 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2183 Mr. Speaker, as I have said many times be- voted ‘‘nay’’ on rolecall vote 570. Further, I leveling off. Since the entire population de- fore, progress doesn’t just happen by acci- would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall votes 571, pends on 1 percent of the earth’s water, many dent. From the beginning of the creation of the 572, and 573. fear a future where water scarcity will under- Industrial Fund 50 years ago, it has taken f mine health and security and lead to political hard work, vision, dedication, and leadership and social unrest. Acting on the global con- by those who have transformed the area’s HONORING JOSEPH CARL sensus that water scarcity must be a top de- economy from an aging coal mining town to a NORQUIST velopment priority, the Population Institute has diversified economy with a bright future. decided to dedicate the nineteenth World Pop- These leaders, whose accomplishments will HON. BARBARA LEE ulation Awareness Week to the issue of water. be recognized at the dinner celebration, set OF CALIFORNIA More than 80 nations, 165 organizations, the goals of elevating the economy by encour- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 127 mayors, and 22 governors have pro- aging and supporting business growth, in- claimed World Population Awareness Week. Thursday, October 30, 2003 creasing capital investment in the region, and Governor Michael Easley of North Carolina is enhancing the area’s quality of life by serving Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor among those doing so, and I am pleased to as a catalyst for key community projects. My the memory of a fallen soldier and American call that proclamation to my colleagues’ atten- colleagues, while we need to continue to strive patriot, 26-year-old Army Specialist Joseph tion. toward these ambitious goals, I would like to Carl Norquist, for his unstinting service to the f community and devotion to the country. On pay tribute to the business leaders who make BREAST CANCER AWARENESS October 9, 2003, Spc. Norquist, a 26Ðyear-old up this Chamber and this community for their MONTH success in moving us closer to these goals Oakland man, was in a convoy in Baqubah, over the past 50 years. Iraq when he was killed in a barrage of gre- Mr. Speaker, this organization has a proud nades and bullets. HON. LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER OF NEW YORK and storied history highlighted by individuals Norquist was serving with the 588th Engi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES who rose to the occasion and helped trans- neering Battalion, based in Fort Hood, Texas. form this region. Charles Weissman, William In Iraq, the battalion is assigned to the 4th In- Thursday, October 30, 2003 O. Sword, Frank Burnside, Herbert Morris, Ed- fantry Division, also of Fort Hood. The 588th Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, Breast ward Schechter, and many more leaders is conducting two separate missions in Cancer Awareness Month is an opportunity to helped build our economy on a proud tradition Baqubah; they are searching for weapons and celebrate the great strides breast cancer edu- of doing what it takes to make northeastern rebuilding schools. cation, treatment, and survival that American Pennsylvania the best it can be by working in ‘‘Joe believed in the job he was doing in women enjoy today. It must also serve as a partnership with elected officials and volun- Iraq,’’ his parents said in a statement. ‘‘He reminder not to take our health for granted— teers from the business community. thought it was worth it for the children, who to schedule a mammogram, perform a breast The Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber is re- would have better opportunities for a better self-exam, and call a friend to urge her to do lentlessly working in partnership with local, life. We deeply mourn the loss of our son.’’ the same. State and Federal officials to rebuild our re- Norquist, a native of Martinez, attended high In the United States, every 21⁄2 minutes an- gion’s economic base from the ground up. school in Benicia, where he played on the other woman is diagnosed with breast cancer Whether it is working to reclaim mine-scarred football team. He received an associate de- and every 13 minutes another woman dies land, building and managing five business gree from Diablo Valley College in Pleasant from this dreadful disease. Almost one-third of parks in the region like the new Innovation Hill and joined the Army in 2001. He served these deaths could have been prevented if the Center, promoting key community projects like for a year in Korea before being assigned to disease had been discovered in the early the Arena, the levee raising and riverfront re- his unit in Texas, where he was trained in stages. The lives lost are those of wives, development projects, or working on the evaluating obstacles and operating conditions mothers, daughters, and friends. Downtown revitalization efforts, The Chamber for tank maneuvers. Thankfully, a breast cancer diagnosis is no serves as a vocal leader on issues and initia- Joseph was a big, broad-shouldered man longer a sure death sentence. When discov- tives—from transportation to education, and who liked to watch wrestling on TV. According ered and treated in the early stages, the five- from diversity to the knowledge economy— to his friends, Joseph liked to spend his spare year survival rate is 97 percent. Today, there that help to advance the Greater Wilkes-Barre time in the base gym, working out with are more than two million breast cancer sur- community. weights. In the evenings, he would try out vivors in the United States. These women live Most recently, the Chamber deserves com- wrestling moves on his Army buddies. He was to celebrate birthdays, holidays, every day mendations for reaching out to neighboring or- contemplating enrolling in a pro wrestling with their families and friends. ganizations to improve on efforts to bring a school in Austin once his Army days were Early detection opens the door to beating more regional approach to economic develop- done. He was recognized for his attention to breast cancer, and mammograms are the key ment, which I strongly support. detail and thoroughness, and will post- to that door. Mammograms can find 40 per- It has been a pleasure to work with Cham- humously receive the Bronze Star and Purple cent of cancers not detectable during a breast ber leaders on many of these important Heart medals. self-exam or a doctor’s exam. It is the most ef- projects during my tenure in office, and I look Finally, as we remember Spc. Norquist fective method of early detection, yet only 63 forward to many more years of productive today, I take great pride in joining Joseph’s percent of American women between the ages partnership for the benefit of northeastern parents, Carl and Sue, his friends and fellow of 40 and 64 had a mammogram in the past Pennsylvania. soldiers to recognize and salute the accom- year. Furthermore, we must search diligently Mr. Speaker, it is my sincere honor to rec- plishments and contributions of Joseph Carl for more effective detection technology to im- ognize the business and community leaders of Norquist. prove upon the mammogram. the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Com- f Sadly, many women cannot pay for essen- merce as they celebrate 50 years of progress tial screenings. I was proud to be an original RECOGNIZING WORLD POPULATION on Thursday evening. cosponsor of the National Breast and Cervical AWARENESS WEEK f Cancer Early Detection program. Due to this program and other initiatives, a lack of insur- PERSONAL EXPLANATION HON. DAVID E. PRICE ance is no longer a barrier to breast cancer OF NORTH CAROLINA survival. HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Let’s make the most of October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month; let’s seize this op- OF ILLINOIS Thursday, October 30, 2003 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES portunity to take control of our health and our Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, lives. Every one of us is at risk for breast can- Thursday, October 30, 2003 the week of October 20Ð25th has been des- cer, regardless of age, health, or family his- Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was un- ignated as World Population Awareness Week tory, simply by being women. Let’s say good- avoidably absent from this Chamber on Octo- with the theme of ‘‘Water: Our Most Precious bye to needless cancer deaths and hello to ber 28, 2003. I would like the RECORD to show Natural Resource.’’ Over the next 20 years, breast self-exams, clinical breast exams, and that had I been present, I would have voted the world’s population of 6.3 billion is pro- mammograms. Let’s say hello to the thou- ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall vote 569. I also would have jected to increase to nearly 9 billion before sands of women who are here today and will

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.030 E31PT1 E2184 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 be here tomorrow thanks to early breast can- hope that our two nations will continue to During this 3-day conference, more than cer detection and treatment. deepen various aspects of our relationship. 100 high school students and their families f As we host President Chen, I urge my col- from throughout California will discuss a vari- leagues to support this important resolution, ety of health issues of particular concern to FALLEN PATRIOTS TAX RELIEF and urge Congress and the Administration to the API community. These issues include ACT support Taiwan’s efforts to secure meaningful youth identity, teen smoking and cultural com- participation in international organizations and petency in medicine. A major issue to be ad- SPEECH OF forums. dressed is the high vulnerability that Asian and HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF f Pacific Islanders have to hepatitis B and its re- OF CALIFORNIA lated effect of liver cancer. IN HONOR OF THE 50TH ANNIVER- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Asian and Pacific Islanders community SARY OF PEARL BUCK CENTER, comprise over 11% of my home state of Cali- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 EUGENE, OREGON fornia. Unfortunately, many Americans of Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Asian and Pacific Island background have no call attention to a bill scheduled to be heard HON. PETER A. DeFAZIO awareness of their heightened risk of acquiring today regarding the military death benefit paid OF OREGON hepatitis B. While the rate of hepatitis B infec- to survivors of military personnel killed in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion for all Americans is less than .5%, for API line of duty. Under current law, the military Americans the rate is 7%—14 times higher. death benefit provides a surviving spouse Thursday, October 30, 2003 The symptoms of this illness are often not $6,000, of which $3,000 is subject to federal Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct apparent to the individual until the irreversible tax. privilege and honor to congratulate the Pearl effects of liver cancer become evident. This si- At the tragic time of a death of a service Buck Center in Eugene, Oregon on 50 years lent killer is often spread from unsuspecting member, it is an unimaginable loss to the fam- of supporting families with special needs in mothers to newborn infants at childbirth. It is ily and represents the greatest sacrifice to our Lane County. also spread through child-to-child infection as nation. To avoid adding insult to injury, we When the Pearl Buck Center opened in result of contact with skins sores, small breaks must make the Military Death Benefit fully tax- 1953, it was one of the only educational pro- in the skin or such activities as sharing a exempt. Families of our patriots should not be grams in Oregon providing educational serv- toothbrush. Luckily, the spread of this awful penalized on a benefit meant to express the ices to children with mental retardation and disease can be prevented through a simple nation’s gratitude. The death benefit has his- other developmental disabilities. The Pearl series of vaccinations. But, people need to be torically been exempt from this taxation, yet an Buck Center has continued this tradition of educated about the need for such vaccina- oversight in the tax code—after the benefit leadership in the community, the state, and tions. was raised to $6,000 in 1991—left half of the the nation, providing vocational training, em- A major goal of the Youth Conference is to payment subject to taxation. ployment, education, and case management create a cadre of emissaries to go out into the The death benefit was designed to assist services to people with developmental disabil- API community to increase awareness of this surviving family with financial needs following ities. vulnerability to hepatitis B and liver cancer and the death of the service member. Unfortu- Annually, the Pearl Buck Center provides to educate the populace on means of preven- nately, the current benefit is not sufficient. We services to over 400 individuals with develop- tion and treatment. Many in the API commu- should increase this benefit to $12,000 to mental disabilities and their children. Since it nity are not aware that there is a vaccine that cover additional expenses. This bill would was founded, the Pearl Buck Center has offers full protection from hepatitis B. Many make this benefit retroactive for military per- helped thousands of adults and children meet are not vaccinated because they simply are sonnel who have died in battle since Sep- the challenges of their disabilities and find op- not aware of the problem. The unnecessary tember 11, 2001. portunities to succeed in school and on the deaths from this disease must be stopped As of this morning, 232 American service- job; to succeed as parents and as self-suffi- now. The Asian Liver Center has it right—in- men and women have died in battle in Iraq cient individuals; and to contribute to the com- creased knowledge is the key to prevention. I after the end to major combat operations in munity and society. Iraq was announced. This represents 232 I would like to acknowledge the vision and commend the students and their families for cases where a grieving family has had to sus- dedication that characterizes this organization. taking time out of their busy lives to become tain itself financially with limited funds while I hope that all Americans will reflect on the more knowledgeable about these important suffering the loss of a loved one who will not commitment of the staff and volunteers of the health issues and to help spread their knowl- return home. Let us not let partisan politics get Pearl Buck Center and on the struggles and edge throughout their communities. I also in the way of doing what is right for our fallen successes of the individuals they serve. commend the staff of the Asian Liver Center soldiers. October 2003 has been designated as Na- at Stanford University for organizing this con- ference and for their mission of addressing the f tional Disability Employment Awareness Month. In this special month, I extend my high incidence of hepatitis B in the API popu- WELCOMING PRESIDENT CHEN deepest appreciation and thanks to the Pearl lation through outreach, education and re- SHUI-BIAN OF TAIWAN TO Buck Center for their efforts, past and present, search. This program is clearly one that UNITED STATES to help individuals with disabilities more fully should be emulated by many other organiza- realize their abilities, potential, and independ- tions around the country. SPEECH OF ence. We are all richer for your half-century of f HON. DAVID WU service. REGARDING INDIAN RIVER OF OREGON f COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECOGNIZING THE 2D ANNUAL Wednesday, October 29, 2003 YOUTH CONFERENCE OF THE HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS OF FLORIDA Mr. WU. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong sup- ASIAN LIVER CENTER AT STAN- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES port of H. Con. Res. 302, and urge my col- FORD UNIVERSITY leagues to support this important resolution. Thursday, October 30, 2003 For the past half-century, Taiwan and its HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I people have been one of the United States’ OF CALIFORNIA rise to pay commendation to Indian River most reliable friends and allies in Asia, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Community College, which serves the east around the world. Our two nations have cul- coast of Central Florida and many of my con- tivated many mutual interests, including trade, Thursday, October 30, 2003 stituents. The school has developed an inno- cultural, security in the Western Pacific Ocean, Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recogni- vative program to combat a local, state and and democratic development. tion of the 2d annual Youth Conference on national problem—the critical teacher short- On October 31st, President Chen Shui-bian Asian and Pacific Islanders’ Health being or- age. Indian River Community College pio- will be visiting the United States. On behalf of ganized by the Asian Liver Center at Stanford neered the ‘‘Bridge to Teaching’’ program to the American people, I would like to extend University on November 7 through November recruit and train college graduates to embark my warmest welcome to the President, and 9, 2003. on careers in teaching.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.034 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2185 In addition to the praise of local school offi- EULOGY FOR CORINNE MICHEL journey—his beloved wife, Corinne, whose cials benefiting from the recent graduates, the loss we mourn today. accelerated teacher certification program has HON. STENY H. HOYER I also want to express my condolences to been selected as a national model of ‘‘best OF MARYLAND the Michels’ sons, Scott, Bruce and Robin; daughter, Laurie; and three grandsons. Our practices’’ for colleges throughout the country IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by the National Council for Continuing Edu- thoughts and prayers are with them. Thursday, October 30, 2003 cation and Training. f For their commitment to quality programs Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, it’s with great re- VETERANS HEALTH CARE FACILI- and responsiveness to the needs of the com- gret that I come to the floor today to note the TIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT munity, Indian River Community College and untimely passing on October 22 of Corinne ACT its President, Ed Massey, deserve the con- Michel, a friend of so many of us privileged to gratulations of Congress. serve in this House, and the wife of former SPEECH OF f House Minority Leader Bob Michel of Illinois. As Mike Johnson, a former Chief of Staff for HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ TRIBUTE TO THE 150TH ANNIVER- Bob Michel, told Copley News Service: OF TEXAS SARY OF BAUSCH AND LOMB ‘‘[Corinne] was never affected by all the lime- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES light. Bob used to say people in politics have Wednesday, October 29, 2003 HON. LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER their feet planted in midair. Hers were always Mr. RODRIGUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise in OF NEW YORK planted firmly on the ground.’’ strong support of H.R. 1720, the Veterans IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES And as Millie Arends, the city treasurer in Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Thursday, October 30, 2003 the Michel’s home city of Peoria, Illinois, Act. I would like to recognize the very nec- noted: ‘‘She was well-read on everything. Her essary and hard work of my colleagues on the Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today husband said she was one his best assets.’’ House Veterans Affairs Committee, from both to pay tribute to the 150th anniversary of Corinne Michel was born in Onida, South sides of the aisle, and our Chairman Con- Bausch & Lomb—a community institution, an Dakota, and was raised in St. Paul, Min- gressman ROB SIMMONS of Connecticut, on outstanding corporation, and a global inno- nesota, Pittsburgh and Peoria, Illinois, where this critical issue. vator. her father managed the Livestock Market H.R. 1720, as amended, authorizes a new In 1853, a German immigrant named John News. In 1943, she graduated from Peoria approach to funding VA construction after the Jacob Bausch started a modest business sell- High School, and then met Bob when the two Department addresses a number of compel- ing optical goods. He got off to an uneven sang in the a cappella choir at Bradley Univer- ling needs identified throughout the system. start, and borrowed $60 in capital from a close sity. Through this measure we have outlined Con- friend, Henry Lomb. Bausch promised to make Corinne was an accomplished classical pi- gressional priorities for the types of projects Lomb a full partner if the business prospered. anist who graduated with two music degrees VA should fund, but would allow VA to identify Indeed, the business grew beyond its found- and then taught music in the Peoria public the locations where there is the most need. ers’ wildest dreams. Today, Bausch & Lomb is schools. In 1948, the Michels were married I am particularly interested in VA’s plan to the premiere name, recognized around the and eight years later Bob was elected to the address the needs of veterans in far south world, for excellence in eye health products. House, where he served with distinction for 38 Texas. Parts of my district have the worst ac- Headquartered in my district of Rochester, years—including 14 as the Republican lead- cess to hospital care in the country. I am es- New York, Bausch & Lomb employs over er—before retiring in 1995. pecially pleased that the amended version of 11,000 people and generates annual revenues While Bob served his constituents and na- H.R. 1720 contains a section that authorizes of almost $2 billion. B&L, as it is affectionately tion in Washington, Corinne raised the cou- the development of a strategy by the Sec- known, is also deeply committed to our com- ple’s four children back in Peoria. She was ac- retary of Veterans Affairs to address the great munity and its future. More than 5,000 schools tive in Peoria Players and Central Illinois need for hospital care for veterans who reside nationwide participate in the Bausch & Lomb Youth Symphony and helped bring opera and in far south Texas. Under H.R. 1720, the Sec- Science Award, which is bestowed on se- ballet to Peoria. She also represented Bob at retary of Veterans Affairs would be required to lected high school sophomores for excellence events in his home District. submit findings to the Senate and House of in science. Along with a medal, winners are el- In Washington, she was active in Congres- Representatives no later than January 31, igible for a Bausch & Lomb scholarship for sional spouse organizations and chaired the 2004. study at the University of Rochester, and as- Republican Women’s Federal Forum. Mr. Speaker, it is shameful that veterans in sociated paid summer internships in B&L labs. The Michels’ son Scott told the Chicago McAllen, Texas, just east of my district, must The B&L science awards and scholarships Tribune: ‘‘Music played a huge role in her [his travel up to 6 hours one-way to reach the San promote science scholarship and foster the mother’s] life and she passed it on [to her chil- Antonio VA Medical Center. Data collected for next generation of scientists and researchers. dren]. I would come home from school and VA’s Capital Assets Realignment for En- At its facilities in Rochester, B&L has cre- there would be classical music on the stereo hanced Services (CARES) process showed ated some of the most innovative optical and she would be playing the piano.’’ that veterans in one of the area’s markets— equipment and goods in the world. During And said our colleague RAY LAHOOD, a the Valley Coastal Bend—have the worst ac- World War I, B&L produced the special sun- former Chief of Staff for Leader Michel and the cess to acute inpatient hospital care of vet- glasses for military men. B&L researchers in- successor in his seat, said: ‘‘She was one of erans in any other VA market in the United vented the first optical-quality glass. And in the loveliest persons I have ever met.’’ A sen- States. 1971, Bausch & Lomb introduced the first soft timent that all who knew her shared. The time has passed for us to address this contact lenses, a product that has improved He continued: ‘‘She never sought the lime- crisis in access. This bill will put VA on a sure the quality of life for millions of people around light . . . but her husband sought her advice path for doing that, and I will eagerly await the the globe. Today, tens of millions depend and she gave it to him in her own quiet way.’’ opportunity to respond to VA’s recommenda- upon high quality B&L products to improve Mr. Speaker, I want to extend my sincerest tions for increasing access for South Texas and maintain one of their most precious as- condolences to my friend, the former Repub- veterans. This bill is an important step to en- sets: their vision. lican Leader, who not only is a great credit to sure that VA keeps its promise to veterans. Mr. Speaker, I am deeply proud of the fine this institution but also an American of un- f work done by my constituents at Bausch & questioned patriotism and courage. 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE Lomb every day. One’s sight is a precious Bob Michel, who was wounded as an infan- TURKISH REPUBLIC thing, and it speaks volumes that more people tryman in World War II and received two entrust their vision to Bausch & Lomb than to Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart and four battle HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH any other company in the world. I salute stars, laid his life on the line so that suc- OF NEW JERSEY Bausch & Lomb—company CEO Ronald ceeding generations could experience the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Zarrella, his leadership team, and every one of freedoms that we enjoy—and too often take his outstanding employees—on their 150th an- for granted—today. Thursday, October 30, 2003 niversary. We all look forward with great an- Let’s recognize today that while Bob Michel Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, this ticipation to seeing what the coming years soared to great heights throughout his career, week the Turkish Republic, an original partici- bring to and from Bausch & Lomb. he always had a steady, able partner on that pating State of the Organization for Security

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.039 E31PT1 E2186 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 and Cooperation in Europe, will mark its 80th pression and are contrary to Turkey’s OSCE PAYING TRIBUTE TO JOE SKUFCA anniversary. The Turkish Government, led by commitments. ù Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is At a fundamental level, the inability of reli- HON. SCOTT McINNIS working hard toward membership in the Euro- gious groups to maintain property holdings is OF COLORADO pean Union. The accession of Turkey to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Union would recognize the important reforms problematic, as the Office of Foundations has that have already been adopted and accel- closed and seized properties of non-Muslim Thursday, October 30, 2003 erate the reform process. religious groups for contrived and spurious Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to The various constitutional reform packages reasons. Groups most affected by this policy take this opportunity to recognize the contribu- in recent years have addressed, or begun to are the Syrian Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic tions of a fine citizen from my district, Joe address, many longstanding human rights and Greek Orthodox churches, which have Skufca of Pueblo, Colorado. Joe is a man who concerns. As Chairman of the Helsinki Com- also experienced problems when seeking to has dedicated his life to the betterment of his mission I am pleased to note that much need- repair and maintain existing buildings or pur- country and community. As a decorated war ed change is beginning to take place. For ex- chase new ones. I hope the application of the veteran, and the devoted owner of what has ample, the crucial issue of torture is finally re- aforementioned reforms will rectify this prob- been called ‘‘Pueblo’s friendliest grocery ceiving the attention necessary to prevent lem. store,’’ Joe is certainly a shining example for such abuse and address the legacy of this en- The most notable property issue concerns all of us. demic scourge. Perpetrators of torture are fac- the continued closure of the Orthodox Theo- Upon graduating from high school, Joe an- ing punishment by a new generation of state logical School of Halki on the island of Heybeli swered his country’s call to duty and entered prosecutors. For the first time, police who in the Sea of Marmara. Considering the re- the United States Army during World War II. have committed acts of torture are being portedly promising conversations between the The day before Joe was to take part in the in- brought to justice. However the ongoing use of vasion of Ie Shima, he was injured aboard his church and government, I urge Turkey to re- torture in southeast Turkey in the guise of ship by a Japanese missile attack. Despite turn full control to the Ecumenical Patriarchate anti-terrorism is an outrage that Turkey must being injured, Joe bravely took part in the in- bring to a halt. It is not enough to pass these and allow religious training to resume, in keep- vasion the next day. This was not Joe’s only reforms or to hold a few show trials. No, all ing with relevant OSCE commitments. act of personal sacrifice during the war. After transgressors must be arrested and tried. Furthermore, religious groups not envi- the fall of Okinawa, Joe contracted malaria. There must be a zero tolerance policy in place sioned by the Lausanne Treaty have no legal After three months in the hospital, the Army on torture. route for purchasing property and building fa- told Joe it was time for him to go home, but Other issues of concern have also benefited cilities, since the new legal provisions affect he refused and stayed with his company for from the reform package process. For exam- only communities with the official status of a the invasion of Japan. This extraordinary brav- ple, religious communities with ‘‘foundation’’ ‘‘foundation.’’ As no process exists for these ery and dedication to his country did not go status may now acquire real property, as well other groups to obtain foundation status, they unnoticed, and Joe was awarded two bronze as construct new churches and mosques and stars for his service. are forced to meet in private apartments. This other structures for religious use. However, Upon his honorable discharge, Joe returned there is a considerable gap between the law lack of official status has real consequences, to his home in Pueblo to begin a new life. He and its application. since provincial governorships and the Ministry went to work at the Star Grocery Mart and Also, while the problem of allowing the re- of Interior have initiated efforts to close these began a career which has served him well for turn of internally displaced persons who fled meeting places, leaving the smaller Protestant many years. Fifty-six years ago, Joe became the internal conflict with the PKK terrorist orga- groups and Jehovah’s Witnesses without any the owner of Star Mart, which he still owns to nization remains. Renewed efforts to address options. Churches and their leaders in this day. Joe is widely known as Pueblo’s this problem are promising, such as inviting Diyarbakir, Mersin, Iskenderun and other ‘‘friendliest grocer.’’ the UN Rapporteur on IDPs to visit and the towns all face troubling government prosecu- Mr. Speaker, it is my great honor to pay trib- possibility that Turkey may host an inter- tions and threats of closure. I urge Turkey to ute to Joe Skufca before this body of Con- national conference on internally displaced create a transparent and straightforward proc- gress and this great nation. After bravely fight- persons. While Turkey still has a long way to ess to grant religious groups so desiring offi- ing and sacrificing for his country, Joe re- go to successfully eradicate human trafficking cial recognition, so that they too can enjoy the turned to my district where he has maintained in its borders, the government has taken some right to establish and freely maintain acces- a successful business, spreading joy to his positive steps. While I am pleased Turkey has customers, family, and friends. It is with great sible places of worship of assembly. expanded its cooperation with source coun- pride that I echo the praises Joe has received tries to improve its victim protection efforts, I The continued incarceration of four Kurdish from his country and the Pueblo community. want to encourage continued improvement to former parliamentarians: Leyla Zana, Hatip Thanks, Joe, for your service. wipe out this modern day slavery. Dicle, Orhan Dogan and Selim Sadak is par- f Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, other serious ticularly disturbing. Convicted in 1994, they THE ‘‘DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRE- concerns remain. have won their appeal to the European Court VENTION, EDUCATION AND While Turkey works to bring its laws and of Human Rights and were granted a retrial regulations into conformity with the Copen- AWARNESS ACT’’ under recent Government of Turkey legal re- hagen criteria for EU accession and works to- forms. The retrial began March 28, and at ward fulfilling human rights commitments as HON. HILDA L. SOLIS an OSCE participating State, actions taken by each of the eight sessions, most recently Oc- tober 17, the court has refused to release the OF CALIFORNIA police and other government authorities raise IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES doubts as to the sincerity of these reforms. defendants. Their continued imprisonment is The imprisonment this month of Nurcihan an outrage. Thursday, October 30, 2003 and Nurulhak Saatcioglu for attending dem- Mr. Speaker, on the 80th anniversary of the Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in- onstrations four years ago protesting the pro- Turkish Republic, the initial legal reforms put troduce a piece of legislation I believe will help hibition against head scarves in public institu- in place by the government display Turkey’s— empower women who are victims of domestic tions, is deeply troubling. The fact that the or at least the legislators in Ankara’s—appar- violence to seek help in ending and recovering government denies women who choose this from its effects. ent willingness to address much needed re- religious expression the ability to attend state- With the United States becoming increas- run universities and work in public buildings, forms in human rights practices. But actions ingly multicultural, we need to ensure all including schools and hospitals, is counter- speak louder than words. We need to see im- women, regardless of language, culture or in- productive and an encroachment of their right plementation of these reforms seriously car- come are aware and are able to access the to freedom of expression. Similarly, authorities ried out before we can rest assured that Tur- services they are entitled to. In order to carry severely curb the public sharing of religious key has met minimal OSCE human rights this out, it is imperative we are culturally sen- belief by either Muslims or Christians with the commitments. As Turkey strives to enter the sitive, attentive and pro-active to effectively intent to persuade the listener to another point European Union, I applaud the efforts that reach out to all communities. There have been of view. These limitations on religious clothing have been made to date and urge Ankara to major gains by advocates, researchers and and speech stifle freedom of religion and ex- intensify the reform process. practitioners to end domestic violence, but

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.043 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2187 there continues to be a lack of focus on a cul- Saavedra, and a granddaughter, Sage Eliza- PAYING TRIBUTE TO SUSY turally specific domestic violence outlook. beth Dunlap. ELLISON Studies have found that minority and immi- Mr. Saavedra will retire on November 25, grant communities face additional barriers to 2003, after more than 30 years with the Cor- HON. SCOTT McINNIS seek help, such as cultural beliefs and lack of pus Christi Independent School District. I ask OF COLORADO resources in agencies like translators and bi- my colleagues to join me in commending him IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lingual materials. for his life’s work. Thursday, October 30, 2003 The ‘‘Domestic Violence Prevention, Edu- cation and Awareness Act’’ would amend the f Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you today to pay tribute to the adventurous spirit of Violence Against Women Act to provide grants EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO MEM- and develop informational public media cam- a citizen from my district. Susy Ellison of BERS OF THE U.S. ARMED Carbondale, Colorado has begun her journey paigns specifically targeting racial and ethnic FORCES DEPLOYED IN OPER- minority and immigrant communities. This will to Antarctica with a group of teachers and re- ATION RESTORE HOPE IN SOMA- search scientists, charged with studying a bring much needed attention to racial and eth- LIA IN 1993 nic minority and immigrant communities, com- unique seal population found exclusively in that region. As Susy braves the extreme cli- munities that are often overlooked and under- SPEECH OF served. mate of Antarctica, I would like to recognize While there are services out there designed HON. RON PAUL her courage and commitment to science and to help women combat domestic violence, how OF TEXAS education before this body of Congress today. do these services help those women who are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Susy is a high school teacher at Yampah Mountain High School in Glenwood Springs, not able to communicate with the counselors Tuesday, October 28, 2003 at these services, are afraid of being discrimi- Colorado and has experience working with the nated against for accessing these services, or Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I voted in favor of Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Manage- who don’t know what services are available to this legislation because I do believe it is im- ment and the National Park Service. The pro- them? portant to express our gratitude to our armed gram with which she will travel to Antarctica is It is so important in this fight against domes- forces, and particularly to remember those called Teachers Experiencing Antarctica and tic violence to offer these women all the sup- who lost their lives in Somalia in Operation the Arctic, or TEA. TEA allows teachers an port we possibly can. We need to create the Restore Hope. Indeed, members of our armed opportunity to gain experience and knowledge avenues necessary to increase the number of forces have been asked to make extraordinary that can be applied in the classroom when survivors of domestic violence and make sure sacrifices in this post Cold War era, as US they return. Susy will be in the field in Antarc- they are able to move on and rebuild their military presence across the globe has, de- tica for approximately eight weeks, braving the lives. spite what many of us hoped, increased sig- elements in the name of science. nificantly and military deployments into hostile When Susy returns to the classroom, I am f situations have also increased. certain her students will be filled with wonder ARNOLD SAAVEDRA Mr. Speaker, while I do want to join those and excitement as she recounts her experi- praising members of our armed forces, I must ences from the far off land of Antarctica. I HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ point out that legislation like H. Con. Res. 291 commend Susy on her adventurous spirit and wish her the best for a safe and successful OF TEXAS is dishonest and actually disrespectful to our military. It is obvious that praising the soldiers journey. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES is only one small part of this legislation. Under f Thursday, October 30, 2003 cover of this praise is an attempt to re-write THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURTS history and to praise a foreign policy that Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay ASSISTANCE ACT tribute to an extraordinary educator and pa- sends our military into useless and meaning- triot, Arnold Saavedra. The product of a strong less battle zones, like Somalia, where they are family, he was raised with his three siblings to asked to fight and die for a cause completely HON. HILDA L. SOLIS OF CALIFORNIA understand the importance of education. unrelated to the US national interest. It is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES His parents taught their children that teach- shameful for legislators to wrap themselves in ers have a mighty impact on the lives of the the sacrifice of our troops in praise of a policy Thursday, October 30, 2003 students they teach. His father taught in a that does not serve the United States and Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in an one-room schoolhouse in Duval County. The ends up getting these same troops killed and effort to help end the cycle of violence against lessons of his family were not lost on any of maimed. women. the children; each one became a teacher, on The legislation states, falsely, that our failed I have introduced the ‘‘Domestic Violence a mission to make the lives of children better Somali nation-building fiasco was somehow Courts Assistance Act’’ because it is important through education. related to the war against terrorism. This at- to recognize the prevalence of domestic vio- One day when he was in the 7th grade, Mr. tempt at revisionist history is more than dis- lence in our community and take the nec- Saavedra glanced out the classroom window honest: it is likely interventions like these actu- essary steps to eradicate this problem. A and saw the football coach out in the field with ally increased resentment of the US and may study released earlier this year estimated that the players. At that moment, he knew he have even led to more recruits to terrorist or- nearly half of the adult population in my home wanted to be a coach and teacher. ganizations. state of California reported knowing a victim of He taught and coached at a number of Cor- This legislation expresses gratitude for our domestic violence. In the United States, nearly pus Christi Independent School District troops’ ‘‘provid[ing] humanitarian assistance to 2 million women are victims of domestic vio- schools from 1973 through this year. In July the people of Somalia in 1993.’’ I see nowhere lence. While there have been great strides to 2003, he moved to the Adult Learning Center in our Constitution a provision that allows the build upon and improve domestic violence leg- as the Lead Administrator to apply lessons in United States armed forces to be used for the islation, the high rate of domestic violence vic- learning to adults. purpose of ‘‘provid[ing] humanitarian assist- tims is evidence for the continuing need for at- In those years when he taught classes and ance’’ to any foreign country or people. Our tention to this problem. coached young athletes on fields of play, he armed forces are to be used in defense of our This bill will help provide grant money from taught the same lesson he’d learned in his homeland. Period. So I am deeply disturbed the Violence Against Women Act to be used parents’ home . . . the key to success in life by legislation such as this. Yes, we must to establish domestic violence courts. Because begins with an education. For 30 years he has honor troops, but we cannot honor a foreign many local court systems are overwhelmed shared those lessons with the young people of policy that sends them into harm’s way for with the number of cases that come before Corpus Christi. His legacy is in the success of ‘‘nation-building’’ or ‘‘humanitarian assistance’’ them everyday, many domestic violence cases his students. or any other reason not directly related to the are not given the attention and time sensitivity While at Texas A&I College, Mr. Saavedra defense of the United States. I hope the next that is crucial in raising the conviction rate of met and married his college sweetheart, Ida time we see legislation congratulating the offenders. The bill also makes clear that funds Ortega Saavedra, and she has been his most brave service of our armed forces it is more can be used for translation and interpretation constant source of support. They have two honest. Our servicemembers deserve at least services, which is critical for domestic violence children, Tricia Dunlap and Arnold Andrew this, do they not? victims who are limited English proficient.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.046 E31PT1 E2188 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 We all need to contribute in this effort to China, in fact, has done very well with a especially in places like Massachusetts and end violence against women. Violence against fixed measurement of value. China’s economic California.’’ This answer should send a clear women has far ranging affects. It affects the growth rate is high; China is also exporting message to every lawmaker in America: the victim herself, the batterer, the children who many products into our market while our do- taxes and regulations imposed on American are witness to the battering, and friends and mestic producers are suffering. Therefore, businesses are damaging economic growth family of the victim. China makes a good scapegoat for our eco- and killing jobs. If we were serious about cre- It is our responsibility to give a voice to nomic problems. Demanding that the Chinese ating jobs, we would be working on an aggres- those who cannot speak out for themselves government adjust its currency is a convenient sive agenda of cutting taxes and repealing and provide strength and support to those who distraction from addressing the real economic needless regulations. need it. I urge my colleagues to help make a problems facing our country. Congress can also improve America’s com- difference in the struggle to combat domestic Instead of having fluctuating currency ex- petitive position by ending the practice of forc- violence by supporting the ‘‘Domestic Violence change rates and the inevitable instability that ing American workers to subsidize their for- Courts Assistance Act’’. accompanies them, we should be working to eign competitors through organizations such f establish a gold-backed currency whose value as the Export-Import Bank and the Inter- is determined by the market. This would pro- national Monetary Fund. I have introduced the PERSONAL EXPLANATION vide an objective measurement of the value of Steel Financing Fairness Act (H.R. 3072) to economic goods and services and thus accomplish this goal. H.R. 3072 prevents tax- HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ strengthen the economy by freeing it from the payer funds from being sent to countries, such OF TEXAS negative effects of our unstable monetary pol- as China, that subsidize their steel industries. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES icy. Of course, our ultimate goal should be to end I would also urge my colleagues to consider Thursday, October 30, 2003 all taxpayer subsidies of foreign corporations the benefits we receive from our relationship and governments. Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, due to official busi- with China. Of course, consumers benefit from In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, I remind my col- ness, I was unable to vote during the following lower-priced goods. Adopting the policy urged leagues that stability in currencies is some- rollcall votes. Had I been present, I would by supporters of this bill would cause con- thing we should seek, not something we have voted as indicated below: sumer prices to increase, thus reducing con- should condemn Instead of urging China to Rollcall No. 576, ‘‘yes;’’ rollcall No. 577, sumers wealth. Other producers would suffer adopt a floating rate, Congress should be ‘‘yes;’’ rollcall No. 578, ‘‘yes;’’ and rollcall No. as a result of the consumers decreased pur- working to adopt a stable, commodity-backed 579, ‘‘yes.’’ chasing power.—While there is not an orga- currency whose value is determined by the f nized lobby arguing against the-policy rec- market and encourage other countries to also ommendations of H. Res. 414, I doubt many ENCOURAGING PEOPLE’S REPUB- adopt a market-based currency. This will ben- of our constituents want us to increase the LIC OF CHINA TO FULFILL COM- efit American workers, entrepreneurs, and prices they pay for goods and services. MITMENTS UNDER INTER- consumers. Congress should also strengthen Congress should also consider how the Chi- America’s economy by reducing taxes and re- NATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS, nese benefit the United States Government by SUPPORT UNITED STATES MAN- pealing unnecessary and unconstitutional reg- holding our debt. The dollars the Chinese ac- ulations and stop forcing American taxpayers UFACTURING SECTOR, AND ES- quire by selling us goods and services must TABLISH MONETARY AND FINAN- to subsidize their foreign competitors. be returned to the United States. Since the f CIAL MARKET REFORMS Chinese are not buying an equivalent amount of American goods and services, they are PAYING TRIBUTE TO BILL SPEECH OF using the dollars to finance our extravagant BULLOCK HON. RON PAUL spending. OF TEXAS In fact, Mr. Speaker, our ability to continue HON. SCOTT McINNIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to fund the welfare-warfare state without de- OF COLORADO stroying the American economy depends on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES foreigners buying our debt. Perhaps we should Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, like all Americans, think twice before we start bullying and brow- Thursday, October 30, 2003 I am concerned about the loss of jobs in beating our foreign creditors to change their Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is with pro- America’s manufacturing sector and the role economic or other polices to our liking. found sadness that I rise today to recognize currency manipulation plays in that loss. For H. Res. 414’s underlying premise is that the life and contributions of my friend Bill Bul- many years, I have warned my colleagues that sovereign countries have a duty to fashion lock, who recently passed away after a long America’s monetary policy is endangering economic policies that benefit the United and courageous fight with cancer. Bill, who America’s economy. The economic difficulties States and it is a proper concern of Congress lived in Glenwood Springs, will long be re- currently facing this country are a classic ex- if these countries fail to do so. H. Res. 414 at- membered for his service to our country, his ample of the harm resulting from a boom-and- tempts to justify Congressional interference in contributions to his community and his bust cycle caused by an inflationary monetary the internal economic affairs of China by unyielding love for his family. policy. An open debate on monetary issues is claiming that China is not living up to its obli- Bill was born and raised in the neighboring therefore long overdue. gations as a member of the World Trade Or- state of Wyoming. It was there, while attend- However, instead of debating America’s ganization (WTO). I would remind my col- ing the University of Wyoming, that he met monetary policy, we are debating China’s leagues that the WTO has oftentimes ruled and married his wife Doris in 1942. Following monetary policy. Specifically, the goal of this against the United States and Congress is his marriage, Bill answered his country’s call resolution is to pressure China to change the right now changing United States tax laws to to duty and joined the Army to fight in World valuation of its currency. Whatever short-term please the WTO. Ceding control over United War II, serving honorably as a gunner on a BÐ benefit our manufacturers may gain from this States tax and trade policy to this international 24 bomber. action, the policies urged today are not in the organization violates the United States Con- Following the war, Bill moved to Glenwood long-term interest of the American people. stitution and is contrary to the interests of Springs, where he entered the retail business In arguing for fluctuating rates, the backers American citizens. Therefore, it is not wise to with his father and established himself as a of H. Res. 414 are demanding that the Chi- endorse the WTO process by encouraging leader in the Colorado business community. nese Government adopt an irrational policy. A other countries to submit to WTO control. Under Bill’s guidance, ‘‘Bill Bullock’s’’ apparel sound economy requires a sound and depend- Instead of promoting global economic gov- stores spread throughout Western Colorado. able unit of economic measurement. Yet, by ernment, the United States Congress should Because of his dedication to his business, and definition, under fluctuating rates the currency, reform those policies that reduce our manufac- commitment to excellence, Bill was named which serves as the basic unit of economic turers’ competitiveness. Recently, a financial Colorado’s ‘‘Apparel Retailer of the Year’’ in measurement, will not be sound and depend- journalist visited with businessmen who are 1974. able. Instead, that value will change depend- launching new enterprises in China. When he Despite his business success, Bill never lost ing on the whims of politicians and the per- asked them why they chose to invest in China, sight of the importance of the people who ceived economic needs of politically powerful they answered: ‘‘It is so much easier to start shopped in his stores. Bill’s love for people special interests. a business in China than in the United States, was clearly illustrated by his eagerness to get

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.049 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2189 to work each day, looking forward to friendly on October 31, 2003. President Chen’s visit I ask the entire House to join me in thanking conversations with his friends, neighbors and will serve to broaden and deepen the strong and congratulating DOE and their partners for customers. alliance between the United States and Tai- their innovation and this outstanding achieve- Mr. Speaker, the dedication and selfless- wan. Also, his visit is of tremendous impor- ment. ness demonstrated throughout Bill’s life cer- tance to all Americans who join me in recog- f tainly deserves the recognition of this body of nizing the value of a longstanding friendship Congress and this nation. There is no ques- between the U.S. and Taiwan. INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION tion that Bill will be remembered as a great Once again, Mr. Speaker, I ask that my col- CALLING FOR THE FEDERAL businessman. However, he will best be re- leagues join me in support of this resolution, GOVERNMENT TO BUY REC- membered as a selfless person, a great friend and I offer a hearty welcome to President REATIONAL LAND FROM THE and dedicated family man. It is my privilege to Chen and wish him great success upon his CITY OF CRAIG, ALASKA pay tribute to a man who dedicated his life to visit to the U.S. his country, family and community. Bill’s life f HON. DON YOUNG was the embodiment of all that makes this SALUTING JESSIE ROBERSON OF ALASKA country great and I consider it an honor to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have been Bill’s friend. HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. Thursday, October 30, 2003 f OF TENNESSEE Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, the WELCOMING PRESIDENT CHEN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES legislation I am introducing today calls for the SHUI-BIAN OF TAIWAN TO Thursday, October 30, 2003 federal government to buy 349 acres of rec- UNITED STATES Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reational land from the City of Craig, Alaska. The land includes a trail leading to Mount SPEECH OF salute and congratulate Jessie Roberson, De- partment of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Sec- Sunnahae, its trailhead, a parking area, and HON. DAN BURTON retary for Environmental Management, and mountaintop property. The legislation requires an appraisal before purchase. The bill also al- OF INDIANA Gerald Boyd, DOE’s Oak Ridge Operations lows for a $250,000 appropriation to the U.S. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Manager, his team and their many partners, Forest Service for trail maintenance and prop- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 for recently winning the prestigious Phoenix Award from the Environmental Protection erty rehabilitation. Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise Agency—for their outstanding local reindus- I am introducing the bill at the request of today in strong support of H. Con. Res. 302. trialization program and for excellence in Prince of Wales Island residents. The City of I also want to urge my colleagues to join me brownfield redevelopment. Craig is the economic center of Prince of in supporting this resolution that expresses the This Phoenix Award, which is comparable to Wales Island—which is the third largest island sense of Congress welcoming President Chen winning a Hollywood Oscar in the brownfield in the country. The town contains the major Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United States on development world, was recently presented at retail shopping and service outlets on the is- October 31, 2003. the International Brownfields 2003 Conference land. Craig also has the most active and larg- Taiwan is a beacon of liberty and democ- in Portland, Oregon. est commercial fishing harbor and fleet on the racy in a region of the world where human The Department of Energy’s office in Oak island. But the local economy, like many other rights and personal freedoms are routinely de- Ridge, along with the Community Reuse Orga- parts of South East Alaska, has suffered from nied, and I believe that this Chamber should nization of East Tennessee and the Bechtel a downturn in the timber industry. In the early recognize Taiwan’s achievements and con- Jacobs reindustrialization team, has worked 1980’s, the city and Prince of Wales Island gratulate President Chen on his outstanding on remediating and redeveloping the former were the center of a solid timber economy that leadership. KÐ25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Oak Ridge, provided thousands of direct and indirect jobs I ask my colleagues to consider the fol- now called the East Tennessee Technology to the Island. Much of that is now gone as a lowing facts: Taiwan has become one of the Park, into a thriving new economic develop- result of terrible Federal forest management world’s freest nations, and is now one of the ment model celebrated by brownfield redevel- policies. According to the Alaska Department most successful models of rapid reform in the opers around the world. of Labor, unemployment rates in Craig regu- region. Fifty years ago, Taiwan was a closed Sixty years ago, the KÐ25 facility was con- larly exceed 20 percent. This is more than authoritarian society with no freedom of structed to help America win a war. From twice the national average. This bill will help speech, no freedom of assembly, and no right 1943 through most of the Cold War, this facil- community expansion and development as to vote. Today, Taiwan is a full-fledged de- ity served as an example to the world of our well as facilitate Forest Service land manage- mocracy. It has robust political parties, and vir- Nation’s technological capabilities. This tech- ment. tually every office in Taiwan is contested nology played an essential role in our Nation’s One of the Forest Service’s main adminis- through free and fair elections. security. I believe it is a great testament to the trative facilities, the Craig Ranger District Sta- Taiwan supports the same democratic, eco- men and women who made this work possible tion, is located in Craig. The Craig Ranger has nomic and security values, which we as a Na- that today, the East Tennessee Technology management authority over approximately one tion cherish. Taiwan shares our belief in free- Park is once again an example of American million acres on Prince of Wales Island. Right market economics, which has resulted in Tai- ingenuity. From preserving our Nation’s free- now, there is not any Forest Service land near wan providing its people with one of the high- doms to helping restore our Nation’s environ- the Ranger Station. In an unusual situation for est standards of living in Asia. Furthermore, ment, those working at the East Tennessee Alaska, the Ranger Station is an in-holding U.S. strategic interests in the region are close- Technology Park are recognized as leaders. among private, state, and City owned land. So ly intertwined with Taiwan’s security in the re- They have taken dirty, abandoned govern- when visitors come to the Craig Ranger Sta- gion. In addition, Taiwan and the U.S. share ment facilities and cleaned them up and tion to orient themselves to the Forest, there the same respect for human rights. In fact, I turned them into available commercial prop- is no onsite recreation. However, the city of would like to take this opportunity to congratu- erties to help create new jobs in our region. Craig owns almost 350 acres of prime rec- late President Chen Shui-bian for receiving the To date, more than 1,200 jobs have been cre- reational land including a dedicated trail in the Human Rights Award from the International ated, with over $40 million in new annual pay- immediate vicinity from the Ranger Station. League for Human Rights. roll. The Forest Service should own this land so H. Con. Res. 302 provides us with a golden As chairman of the Water Resources and that it can integrate the parcel into its land opportunity to affirm our friendship and sup- Environment Subcommittee of the House management plans. port for the free people of Taiwan. Because Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I The property to be acquired by the city of Taiwan is such a steadfast ally of the U.S., I am proud that EPA’s region 4 office has rec- Craig is a cannery site dating from the early am a proud cosponsor of H. Con. Res. 302. ognized this outstanding example right in the 1900’s which has not been used since the I also wish to thank my colleague from Florida, heart of the Tennessee Valley Science and early 1980’s. It is prime land for the city to re- Mr. WEXLER, for introducing this resolution and Technology Corridor of how we can work to develop in order to provide economic stimulus the House Leadership for scheduling a vote transform abandoned industrial properties into in Craig. The parcel could be used by Craig to on it. I believe that Congress should extend a productive new economic development develop a good port and harbor and to provide warm and public welcome to President Chen projects that help create new jobs and new first class land for retail merchants and other of Taiwan upon his arrival in the United States opportunities for more Americans. community services.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K30OC8.003 E31PT1 E2190 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 The Federal Government will receive equal to express my gratitude to those who work to If the patient is on Medicare or private insur- value in land from the city. The passage of raise awareness and who encourage self-test- ance, the IMD can be paid for the services this Act is good for the public and for the resi- ing and early screening. I also commend rendered. But if the patient is on Medicaid and dents of Craig. those involved in research, those who fight to happens to be between the ages of 21 and f fund that research, and the survivors of breast 65, the psychiatric hospital generally has to cancer and their families for the strength and render care for which they will not be reim- PAYING TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR support they provide to other victims. Without bursed. MOSS your efforts, Donna, Catherine, and many Consider the unfairness. Washington has other breast cancer victims would not be here passed a law requiring a hospital to provide today. medical care for an entire class of patients HON. SCOTT McINNIS To my colleagues in Congress, I urge you to and simultaneously refused to make Medicaid OF COLORADO do your part in the fight against breast cancer: matching payments for those services. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES let us ensure that when the reauthorization of Required to take these patients, IMDs are placed under tremendous financial pressure. Thursday, October 30, 2003 the Mammography Quality Standards Act and the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Those with a particularly high number of these Mr. MCINNIS. Mr. Speaker, it is with a Detection Program comes before us, we pro- EMTALA Medicaid cases may find their only heavy heart that I rise before this body of vide the necessary funding so that one day option is to close their doors, creating a real Congress and this nation today to pay tribute there will be no need for Breast Cancer access problem in local communities. In Shreveport, Louisiana, for example, there to the life and memory of an outstanding cit- Awareness Month. izen and community leader. Arthur Moss of is one non-governmental IMD whose contin- Grand Junction, Colorado recently passed f ued financial viability is tenuous. Over the past away at the age of eighty-four. Art was very MEDICAID PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL year, this facility has taken emergency trans- active in his community and leaves a legacy in FAIRNESS ACT OF 2003 fers from over 70 hospitals throughout the Grand Junction worthy of praise. As his family state and from as far away as 300 miles. If and friends mourn his loss, I am honored to this psychiatric hospital closes its doors as a HON. JIM McCRERY result of their unreimbursed Medicaid costs, pay tribute to his life and accomplishments OF LOUISIANA here today. these mentally ill patients will lose their only IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Born in Canada and raised in Michigan, Art access to care in North Louisiana. moved to Grand Junction in 1955. He was a Thursday, October 30, 2003 In order to address this unfair conflict in two federal laws—the IMD exclusion and community leader from the beginning, serving Mr. MCCRERY. Mr. Speaker, last week, I in- EMTALA—I introduced H.R. 3363, the Med- as the first Director of Club 20, an organiza- troduced H.R. 3633 a bill of great importance. icaid Psychiatric Hospital Fairness Act of tion dedicated to representing the concerns Federal law generally allows states to use 2003. This measure would allow states to use and interests of the communities of Western matching federal Medicaid funds to pay for in- federal matching funds to pay for the care of Colorado. Art helped bring Grand Valley Day- patient psychiatric care. There is, however, a Medicaid recipients between the ages of 21 break, an adult daycare program, to Grand key exception that poses risks both to patients and 65 in IMDs if the patient was admitted Junction. In addition, he served as President in need of services and the facilities that serve pursuant to EMTALA or as a result of a trans- of the Western Colorado American Boy Scouts them. Specifically, federal law does not permit fer from another hospital and required imme- and Chairman of Mesa County Republicans. the use of federal matching funds to provide diate, in-patient hospitalization. An endless list of organizations have benefited acute inpatient psychiatric services at free- The measure is supported by the National from Art’s influence, from the Masonic Lodge standing non-governmental psychiatric hos- Alliance for the Mentally Ill—the country’s larg- to the United Fund. No matter what the cause, pitals, the so-called Institutions for Mental Dis- est advocacy organization for the mentally ill, Art always helped get the job done. eases (IMDs). The exclusion applies only to the National Association of Psychiatric Health Mr. Speaker, Arthur Moss was a true com- patients between the ages of 21 and 65 who Systems, the American Hospital Association, munity leader. Unconcerned with seeking are on Medicaid. the American Psychiatric Association, and the credit for his work, Art worked tirelessly to im- That is not to say the federal government is National Association of County Behavioral prove his community. He was a dedicated and not willing to pay for this population’s acute in- Healthcare Directors. driven man who wanted the best for his patient psychiatric care. To the contrary, Med- Mr. Speaker, I urge swift action on this leg- friends and neighbors. While Art has passed icaid funds can be used to pay for the care of islation that will help ensure nongovernmental on, his legacy is sure to live for many years these patients in general hospitals that provide psychiatric hospitals remain open to serve one to come. I am honored to join with my col- psychiatric services. The difference has noth- of our most vulnerable populations, individuals leagues in remembering the life and accom- ing to do with the patient or the care. It has with serious and persistent mental illness. plishments of Arthur Moss here today, and my everything to do with the type of facility. f thoughts are with his family during this difficult States are free to spend their own money PAYING TRIBUTE TO BERNICE time. on these patients when services are delivered TOONEN COOPER f in an IMD. They have been reluctant to do so, however, because there is no federal match SUPPORT OF NATIONAL BREAST and, perhaps more importantly, the patients HON. SCOTT McINNIS CANCER AWARENESS MONTH are already getting the care without the state OF COLORADO having to spend a dime. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO How is that possible? Thursday, October 30, 2003 OF GUAM Simple. Under the Emergency Medical Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise before this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Treatment and Labor Act, better known as body of Congress and this nation today to pay EMTALA, patients presenting themselves to a Thursday, October 30, 2003 tribute to the life and memory of an out- hospital which provides emergency services standing woman from my state. Bernice ‘‘Ber- Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, today I join must be assessed and stabilized before they nie’’ Toonen Cooper of Durango, Colorado my colleagues in support of the fight against can be discharged. passed away recently at the age of 90. As her breast cancer. I am told that this year 211,300 With many hospitals emergency rooms full family and friends mourn their loss, I would new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed. to capacity and with a shrinking number of like to tell my colleagues about this remark- A few years ago, two of those cases were my acute psychiatric beds in the U.S., patients able woman here today. nieces, Donna and Catherine. with psychiatric problems and their families ei- Born in 1913 in Wisconsin and raised in I will never forget their experiences in fight- ther seek emergency services in a non-gov- California, Bernie moved to Colorado in 1940. ing the disease, the pain and side affects of ernmental psychiatric hospital or are trans- Trained as a nurse, she devoted 40 years to treatment. I will never forget the feelings of ferred from a general hospital to an IMD. her profession, and many Durango residents fear and helplessness that their parents and Once the patient comes into the IMD’s emer- chose to receive care in the hospital where the rest of our family felt because we could gency room, the hospital is legally obligated she worked simply to have Bernie be their not take away their suffering. under EMTALA to provide treatment to sta- nurse. Several physicians with whom she reg- So today as we celebrate the progress bilize the patient, which can take several days ularly worked regarded her as the best nurse made in the fight against breast cancer, I want or more. in town.

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Known for her bright, loving eyes and ness Club, and the Luzerne Foundation. f scintillating smile, even people Bernie had met They have two daughters, Jill Fortinsky CONGRATULATING THE NATIVITY decades before in the hospital would stop to Schwartz and Judith Null, who are lifelong PARISH OF SCRANTON, PENN- greet her on the street. members of Temple Israel. Shirley and Bob’s Mr. Speaker, although Bernice Toonen Coo- seven grandchildren attended Temple Israel SYLVANIA ON ITS 100TH ANNI- per is no longer with us, her charitable, loving Religious School and celebrated their respec- VERSARY spirit left an indelible mark on countless resi- tive Bar and Bat Mitzvahs at the Temple. dents in Durango. Bernie was a true credit to Mr. Speaker, it is an honor and privilege to HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI her profession and her community, and I am represent these community leaders and to rec- OF PENNSYLVANIA honored to tell her story here today. My ognize their commitment to the community. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES thoughts and prayers are with her family and f Thursday, October 30, 2003 friends during this difficult time. TRIBUTE TO DR. PAUL R. JONES Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today f to recognize the Nativity Parish in Scranton, TRIBUTE TO ROBERT AND SHIR- HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS Pennsylvania as it celebrates its 100th Anni- versary on November 1st. I ask that my col- LEY FORTINSKY FOR BEING OF TEXAS HONORED AS ‘‘AMUDEI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leagues pay tribute to this Parish that has TZIBOR’’—‘‘PILLARS OF THE been an integral part of the Scranton commu- Thursday, October 30, 2003 nity over the last century. COMMUNITY’’ BY TEMPLE Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today The story of the Nativity Parish begins on ISRAEL during National Chemistry Week to recognize February 2, 1902 when Reverend Michael J. Dr. Paul R. Jones from the University of North Hoban, Bishop of Scranton, announced that a HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI Texas, which is located in my district, for his new parish would be built on the corner of OF PENNSYLVANIA outstanding career as an educator and re- Hemlock Street and South Webster Avenue. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES searcher in the field of Organic Chemistry. The Parish, built on the same property where Thursday, October 30, 2003 On Tuesday, Congress voted to pass H. the first Catholic Church in Scranton stood, Res. 395 that recognized the importance of would be called Nativity of Our Lord. Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today national contributions made by those involved Led by Father James A. O’Reilly, the Nativ- to call the attention of the House of Rep- with the field of chemistry. I am proud to rec- ity Parish celebrated its first mass on Novem- resentatives to Robert and Shirley Fortinsky ognize the work of Dr. Paul R. Jones. ber 1, 1903 at St. John’s T.A.B. hall. It is this as they are honored as ‘‘Amudei Tzibor’’ or As a student at The University of North date that marks the official beginning of the ‘‘Pillars of the Community’’ at the 81st Annual Texas, I had the opportunity to take one of Dr. Nativity Parish. Dinner Meeting of Temple Israel on Sunday, Jones Chemistry courses which helped inspire On May 23, 1904, new ground was broken November 2nd at the Woodlands Inn and Re- me to pursue a career in medicine. Dr. Jones for the present Nativity Church. A few months sort in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. received his PhD from Purdue University in later, on July 31st, Bishop Hoban laid the first Mr. Speaker, Bob and Shirley Fortinsky 1966 and has taught at The University of cornerstone. On July 16, 1905, the lower have built successful businesses and have North Texas for the last thirty-five years. While Church was officially dedicated. continued what is a family tradition of hard educating eager students, Dr. Jones served as After Father O’Reilly’s passing in the spring work and success, commitment to their com- an officer in the American Chemistry Society of 1907, Reverend John J. Loughran was ap- munity, and a focus on the value of education. and the Alpha Chi Sigma Professional Chem- pointed Pastor of the Nativity. He would re- They both have been long involved in Temple istry Fraternity. main with the Church until his own passing in Israel and are noted for their philanthropy and Dr. Jones once said that the greatest fulfill- the spring of 1940. During his long and distin- community activism. ment he gets out of life is seeing his students guished tenure with the Parish, Dr. Loughran Robert is a Past President and Chairman of succeed; and I am here to say that his work oversaw the expansion of the Nativity Parish, the Board of Trustees of Temple Israel. He as an educator truly did inspire me, and I’m including the additions of the Rectory in 1909, was the Chairman of the 1972 United Jewish sure countless other students. Dr. Paul R. upper Church in 1911, and the school and Appeal campaign, the 1985 Israel Bond cam- Jones should serve as motivation for other convent in 1933. paign, and the 1989 Pennsylvania drive for the educators. Mr. Speaker, because of the leadership dis- Chair of Jewish Studies at Penn State Univer- Once again, I’d like to express my gratitude played by Bishop Hoban, Reverend O’Reilly, sity. Bob is a past recipient of the B’nai B’rith to Dr. Paul R. Jones for his dedication to the and Reverend Loughran, the Nativity Parish Lodge Community Service Award and the field of Chemistry, and for the knowledge he became an exemplary institution in the city of Anti-Defamation League Distinguished Com- provided to me and thousands of other stu- Scranton. The dedication of these men to both munity Service Award. dents over his long, successful career at The their religion and their community resulted in a Shirley is affiliated with organizations focus- University of North Texas. beautiful Church being built to serve the resi- dents of Scranton. ing on community service, health and the arts. f She serves on the Boards of Directors of the Today, under the stewardship of Reverend Association for the Blind, Family Service Asso- A PROCLAMATION HONORING Joseph R. Kelly this congregation remains a ciation, the F. M. Kirby Center for the Per- CLINTON BEAMON JONES IV vital organization for the city of Scranton and forming Arts, and the Domestic Violence Serv- her people. As the new Congressman rep- ice Center. The Wilkes-Barre Jewish Federa- HON. ROBERT W. NEY resenting the City of Scranton, it is a privilege tion presented Shirley with a Distinguished OF OHIO to recognize the 100th anniversary of the Na- Service Award in 1993. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tivity Parish. Bob and Shirley, with their deep respect for Thursday, October 30, 2003 f education, have donated Fortinsky Hall to Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker: MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES Wilkes University, helped to create the Center Whereas, Clinton Beamon Jones III is cele- ON H.R. 6, ENERGY POLICY ACT for Technology, and provided the Fortinsky brating the arrival of his son, Clinton Beamon OF 2003 Auditorium to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Jones IV; and campus. Whereas, Clinton Beamon was born on the SPEECH OF A graduate of Penn State following service sixteenth Day of August, 2003, and weighed in the United States Army, Bob presently HON. JOHNNY ISAKSON five pounds and ten ounces; and OF GEORGIA serves as a member of the Board of Trustees Whereas, Mr. Jones is proud to welcome IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of Penn State University and is a past Chair- his new son into his home; and man of the Board of the Penn State Wilkes- Whereas, Clinton Beamon will be a blessed Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Barre campus. He is a member of the King’s addition to his family, bringing love, joy and Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to College Century Club, Wilkes University’s happiness for many years to come; oppose a motion offered by Representative

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EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON to instruct the House COMMITTED TO PROGRESS IN In the last couple of years, Congress has conferees on H.R. 6, The Energy Policy Act of FIGHTING BREAST CANCER begun to pay more attention to dietary supple- 2003. This motion would strike language in the ment safety. Senator DURBIN held hearings on energy conference draft that would prevent HON. RUBE´N HINOJOSA ephedra and has introduced comprehensive areas of the country from having to bear the OF TEXAS legislation to ensure that supplements are safe. The House Commerce Committee has economic burden of transported air emissions IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES also held hearings, and today we are intro- from other areas. Thursday, October 30, 2003 ducing legislation that would enhance FDA’s In 1998 the Environmental Protection Agen- Mr. HINOJOSA. Mr. Speaker I rise today to authority to protect consumers from unsafe cy (EPA) developed a policy that allowed the acknowledge the importance of breast cancer products. This is a common sense bill that EPA to extend the attainment date for mod- awareness. This year in the U.S. alone, more contains many of the same elements as the erate or serious ozone non-attainment areas than 200,000 women and men will be diag- Durbin bill and responds to concerns raised by that were affected by transported pollution. nosed with breast cancer, and over 40,000 will consumers, medical groups, parents, and pro- That policy was successfully challenged in die from this devastating disease. Every 3 fessional and collegiate athletic leagues. They minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast court in several regions of the country, where have said it is time to mend the Dietary Sup- cancer, and every 13 minutes a women dies plement Health and Education Act in order to courts ruled that the EPA did not have the au- from this disease. protect consumers from the few dietary sup- thority to extend the ozone attainment dates We know that early detection of breast can- plements—like ephedra—that could pose a for those areas. The proposal in the energy cer saves lives. Mammography screening re- real risk to health and safety. bill is a good proposal that would simply codify mains the best tool available to detect breast The bill accomplishes this goal in four steps. a 5-year old policy designed to prevent an un- cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages. First, the bill assures that the Food and just result. I think we can all agree that down- The death rate from breast cancer among Drug Administration has basic information wind areas not attaining ozone standards women in the U.S. has been decreasing by about who makes dietary supplements. If a should not be penalized for pollution they do about 2 percent annually during the past dec- problem surfaces with a particular product, not generate. An area that is ‘‘bumped up’’ to ade, suggesting that public awareness, early FDA will know who makes the product and a higher non-attainment classification auto- detection, and improved therapies are having can quickly inspect the plant or take other ap- an impact on the disease. In the past 20 propriate action. matically forces a region into a more stringent years, the percentage of women in the U.S. Second, the bill assures that FDA receives and expensive regulatory regimen through no receiving mammograms has grown from 13 information about adverse effects associated fault of their own. percent to 60 percent—a significant difference. with supplements. This information will allow The codification of the 1998 policy allows But we still have a long way to go. Mortality the agency to spot signs of danger. The agen- the EPA flexibility in remedying this situation rates in some minority populations have not cy can then investigate further. This provision but does not let downwind areas off the hook declined at the same rate as it has in other would prevent a repeat of the ephedra dis- for attainment of the ozone standards. In order populations, and we must ensure that all aster, where one manufacturer denied the ex- istence of thousands of adverse event reports to qualify, an area must be a victim of pollu- Americans, regardless of race or ethnicity, have access to quality breast health and for years. tion transported from another area that signifi- breast cancer care. Third, the bill allows FDA to prohibit the sale cantly contributes to non-attainment in the We must continue to fund the programs that to minors of supplement products that may downwind area. The EPA must approve a plan enable progress in winning the war on breast cause significant harm. This is a very impor- that complies with all requirements of the cancer, prioritize increased NIH funding, move tant power that FDA does not currently have. Clean Air Act (CAA) that are currently applica- the reauthorization of the Mammography Qual- There are products being targeted to kids for ble to the areas, as well as includes any addi- ity Standards Act through conference intact, which there is little or no evidence of safety tional measures needed to reach attainment and take action on the 10+ pieces of legisla- but there is real evidence of risk. Many of by the date for the upwind area. Finally, the tion that have been introduced during the these products are sold as performance extension of any date must provide for attain- 108th Congress to better the lives of breast enhancers and contain ephedra or steroid-like ment of CAA standards ‘‘as expeditiously as cancer victims and survivors, fund research substances. practicable’’ but in no case later than the time and promote awareness. The 72 people that Fourth, the bill gives FDA the tools to under- in which upwind controls are in place. will be diagnosed with breast cancer today are stand whether a potentially risky dietary sup- plement is dangerous or safe. Imagine a die- In my State of Georgia and, more specifi- counting on us. f tary supplement that is linked by physicians to cally, the metro Atlanta area, we have been serious illnesses and deaths. Under current working hard to improve our air quality and I THE DIETARY SUPPLEMENT law, this product is essentially assumed safe am pleased to report that based upon the last ACCESS AND AWARENESS ACT until demonstrated by FDA to be unsafe. This 3 years of air quality data, we are almost in at- is a burden of proof that literally requires that tainment for the 1-hour ozone standard. In HON. HENRY A. WAXMAN more and more consumers be seriously in- fact, one bad air day, at one monitoring station OF CALIFORNIA jured or killed before the agency can take ac- has kept Atlanta from attaining the one-hour IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion. Under our bill, FDA can require that a manufacturer of a product provide evidence of standard. As you know to be in compliance, Thursday, October 30, 2003 each monitor must not have more than 3 safety if FDA has evidence that the product Mr. WAXMAN. Mr. Speaker, today, Rep- ‘‘exceedances’’ over a 3-year period. The may pose serious risks to consumers. Most resentative SUSAN DAVIS, Representative DIN- manufacturers say they already have substan- Conyers station reported 4 ‘‘exceedances’’ be- GELL, and I are introducing the Dietary Supple- tiation of safety in their files. If this is true, this tween 2001 and 2002. ment Access and Awareness Act. requirement should not pose an undue burden Striking the language in H.R. 6 will roll back Since the passage of the Dietary Supple- on manufacturers. years of progress that we have made in the ment Health and Education Act ten years ago, Let me make one comment about what this Atlanta region, while at the same time forcing it has become clear that the dietary supple- bill does not do. This legislation will not in any us to adopt a regimen that will only serve to ment market includes not just vitamins, min- way affect the regulation of vitamins and min- erals, and nutrients that can safely promote hurt business, commerce, and government erals. Vitamins and minerals are expressly ex- health. The market also includes products that empted from this legislation. through more regulation. The Senate and can cause harm. Ephedra, for example, is If passed, this legislation will address many House energy conferees are working hard to linked to a number of serious adverse events, of the concerns of medical groups, athletic or- achieve a balanced, long-term energy bill that including heart attack, stroke, and death. ganizations and leagues, and parents while provides adequate energy supplies at afford- Aristolochic acid, which is in some traditional preserving access to low-risk dietary supple- able prices. I urge my colleagues to vote Chinese medicines, can cause kidney failure. ments. It is a common sense approach that is against the Eddie Bernice Johnson motion to Usnic acid, an ingredient in some weight loss urgently needed. instruct and to give the EPA the flexibility it supplements, may cause liver toxicity. These Although this bill does not specifically ad- needs in implementing its ozone policy. safety concerns are serious, and they deserve dress stimulants, like ephedra, in dietary sup- a serious response. plements, I am very concerned about the risks

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I have written to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES support for National Breast Cancer Awareness FDA Commissioner McClellan asking him if Thursday, October 30, 2003 Month. ‘‘Making Strides Against Breast Can- there is any evidence that proves that these cer,’’ is a true pink slogan of this year’s Amer- stimulant ingredients that are being marketed Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise ican Cancer Society campaign to educate in ‘‘ephedra-free’’ products are any safer than today in support of National Breast Cancer women and girls about breast cancer. In 2000, ephedra, and asking him if FDA shares the Awareness Month. In October 2003, the Na- the ACS fought to make the Breast and Cer- concern of many experts who believe that tional Breast Cancer Awareness Month cam- vical Cancer Treatment Act federal law, ear- stimulants pose particular health risks. paign celebrates 18 years of educating women marking $1,000,000,000 to treat medically un- about breast cancer, especially the importance derserved women. The reality is that breast f of detecting the disease in its earliest stages cancer spells death for approximately 40,000 through screening mammography, clinical women in the U.S. a year. There is an ur- TRIBUTE TO JON J. FEY breast examination, and for women 20 years gency to educate and support early detection, of age and older, breast self-examination. which is critical to prevent this ugly mass. The third Friday in October each year is Na- The cost of breast cancer on women’s lives HON. WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI tional Mammography Day, first proclaimed by cannot be overstated. As Cleveland ‘‘Plain President Clinton in 1993. On this day, or OF ILLINOIS Dealer’’ columnist Regina Brett stated in 2000: throughout the month, radiologists provide dis- ‘‘The approximate cost for surgery for breast IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES counted or free screening mammograms. cancer is $6,000. Four cycles of chemo- In 2002, more than 680 American College of Thursday, October 30, 2003 therapy is approximately $5,000. Six weeks of Radiology (ACR) accredited facilities took part. radiation is $16,000. Living to see your chil- Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to In 2003, National Mammography Day was dren grow up: PRICELESS.’’ Day after day, honor Jon Fey for his 27 years of dedication celebrated on October 17. when dollars are not provided for research Ohio ranks as the 6th highest percentage of to the community of Berwyn, Illinois, located in and or treatment, more women struggle and new cases of breast cancer in the nation. Ohio my District on the southwest side of Chicago. don’t receive the medical assistance that is ties with Illinois for the 6th highest percentage Mr. Fey will be presented with the Berwyn De- needed. If you don’t have insurance or enough of deaths due to breast cancer in the nation. velopment Corporation’s 2003 ‘‘Charles E. revenue Liz Schulte, president of Northern All women are at risk for developing breast Piper Award’’ at a distinguished ceremony on Ohio Breast Cancer Coalition states, ‘‘you quit cancer. The older a woman is, the greater her November 8, 2003. your job, sell your car, give up your home and chances of developing breast cancer. Approxi- go on disability.’’ I am honored to pay tribute to Jon for his mately 77% of breast cancer cases occur in dedication and years of service to building a women over 50 years of age. better Berwyn. He is the founder and owner of According to the Surveillance, Epidemiology, f SWF Products, a national promotional prod- and End Results (SEER) Program of the Na- FILIPINO WORLD WAR II ucts business on Ogden Avenue in Berwyn. tional Cancer Institute: VETERANS Jon graduated from Miami University, Ohio, White, Hawaiian, and African-American earning a degree in Business Administration, women have the highest incidence of invasive and since has joined his family in generations breast cancer in the United States (approxi- HON. BOB FILNER of successful entrepreneurs. mately four times higher than the lowest OF CALIFORNIA Jon Fey is the current president of the Ber- group); IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES wyn Development Corporation, a charitable Korean, American Indian, and Vietnamese and educational nonprofit organization that women have the lowest incidence of invasive Thursday, October 30, 2003 has enhanced the community for twenty years. breast cancer in the United States. Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, I I salute him for his active involvement in the African-Americans have the highest death rise today to report on the progress we are community and commend the BDC as it cele- rate from breast cancer and are more likely to making towards the passage of benefits for brates its 20th Anniversary this year. Jon Fey be diagnosed with a later stage of breast can- Filipino World War II veterans. cer than White women; and the BDC are dedicated to improving the My colleagues know of the extreme sac- In the age groups, 30Ð54 and 55Ð69 years, overall business climate in the City of Berwyn. rifices made by Filipino soldiers during World African-American women have the highest Presently, Jon is responsible for the creation War II in the battles of Bataan and Corrigidor. death rate from breast cancer, followed by Ha- of the New Business Taskforce within the They know that Filipino soldiers were instru- waiian women, and white non-Hispanic BDC, generating business contacts and inter- mental in the successful outcome of this war women. However, in the 70 year old age est in local opportunities. Past accomplish- in the Pacific. And they know, too well, that group, the death rate from breast cancer for ments also include sitting on the board for two many of these soldiers were denied their ben- white women is higher than for African-Amer- terms, participating over the years as Treas- efits by a law passed by the 1946 Congress. urer, serving as a member and chairman of ican. The key to surviving breast cancer is early Today, I am happy to report that the House the organization’s Ogden Avenue/South Ber- of Representatives and the Senate Veterans’ wyn Depot District TIF Advisory Commission, detection and treatment. According to the American Cancer Society, when breast cancer Affairs Committee have passed legislation to and as a member of the Commercial Load restore health care services, improved dis- Committee. is confined to the breast, the five-year survival rate is close to 100%. The early detection of ability compensation, and burial benefits to The commitment and energy given by Jon breast cancer helps reduce the need for thera- many Filipino World War II veterans living in Fey to his community have been an inspiration peutic treatment and minimizes pain and suf- the United States. We are working to get this to many individuals. Since 1990, he has con- fering, allowing women to continue leading legislation passed by the Senate and for- tributed valuable time and effort as president happy, productive lives. warded to the President to sign into law. of the Berwyn Preservation of Historic Route Beginning at the age of 20, every woman In addition, the President announced during 66. Jon continues his involvement and support should practice monthly breast self-exams and his recent visit to the Philippines that we will of the annual Berwyn Historic Route 66 Car begin a routine program of breast health, in- be doubling, from $500,000 to $1 million in Show Committee, which promotes the Ogden cluding scheduling physician performed clinical FY2004, the amount of medical supplies and Avenue business district in Berwyn and draws breast exams at least every three years. As a equipment that the United States is sending to thousands of vintage car enthusiasts to the woman ages, her risk of breast cancer also in- the veterans’ hospital in Manila. area. creases. About 77% of women with breast These are important steps in restoring bene- Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join cancer are over age 50 at the time of diag- fits to the brave Filipino World War II soldiers me in honoring Jon Fey on his achievements nosis. Women between the ages of 20 and 29 who have been waiting for sixty years for eq- and wish Jon many years of future success. account for only 0.3% of breast cancer cases. uity.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.068 E31PT1 E2194 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 INTRODUCTION OF THE SECURITY To address the inadequacy of our current clined an appointment to the City’s top post at AND FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT laws, I have introduced the Security and Fi- that time. ACT (SAFE) nancial Empowerment Act (SAFE Act). This Under his leadership, the City of Berkeley bill ensures that victims of domestic violence has taken numerous initiatives to address HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD are allowed 30 days of unpaid leave from chronic issues within the City and to firmly es- OF CALIFORNIA work to make necessary court appearances, tablish an open, accessible, and efficient City IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES contact law enforcement officials or make al- government. Mr. Rucker is directly responsible for estab- Thursday, October 30, 2003 ternative housing arrangements, without the fear of being fired or demoted. Further, to lishing the Office of Neighborhood Services, a Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, as we make sure victims retain financial independ- direct link between City staff and the public near the end of Domestic Violence Awareness ence, the SAFE Act would require all States to that works to ensure fast and effective re- Month, I rise today to announce the re-intro- provide unemployment benefits to women who sponses to local concerns. Under Neighbor- duction of legislation I authored to truly recog- are forced to leave work (whether they quit or hood Services, Weldon set four full-time code nize and help the estimated two million are fired) because of domestic violence. To enforcement officers to maintain close tabs on problem properties, graffiti, and illegal dump- women in this country who are victims of do- date, I’m proud to say that more than 30 mestic violence. ing among many other issues. States have already enacted similar provi- Victims of domestic violence suffer on many In an effort to improve access to city gov- sions, including my home State of California, fronts. In addition to the physical and emo- ernment, he also established the City Center, tional battery, women who are abused also but a uniform national policy is needed. The a one-stop information center for residents to struggle to maintain employment and, as a re- SAFE Act would also provide employers with help them navigate City bureaucracies and to sult, experience tremendous financial hard- a workplace safety program tax credit as an provide answers to frequently asked questions ships. According to a 1998 report of the U.S. incentive to provide employees with domestic and common requests. City Center provides General Accounting Office, between one-quar- violence safety and education programs. information to thousands of residents and has ter and one-half of domestic violence victims After all, employers also pay a high price in proved to be an invaluable community re- surveyed in three studies reported losing a job decreased productivity, employee absenteeism source. due, wholly or in part, to domestic violence. and staff turnover because of domestic vio- Finally, as we honor Mr. Rucker today, I For victims of sexual assault, the numbers are lence. In fact, it is estimated that domestic vio- want to thank him for being an exemplary role even more alarming. Nearly 50 percent of sur- lence costs U.S. employers between $3 billion model, administrator, and leader. I take great vivors say they were forced to leave their jobs and $13 billion annually. pride in joining the residents of Berkeley, Mr. because of the crime. Stalking victims also re- Mr. Speaker, I would urge all of my col- Rucker’s family, friends and colleagues to rec- port losing significant time at work. leagues to support the SAFE Act and, in doing ognize and salute the accomplishments and There are many reasons for this volatile em- so, help victims of domestic violence and busi- contributions of Weldon Rucker. ployment picture. Abusers often track down nesses deal more effectively with this serious f problem. Let’s pass this needed legislation and harass their victims at work and may even MINISERIES ON THE REAGANS follow them home. By creating disturbances and help millions of victims of domestic vio- on the job and making threats, the perpetrator lence to obtain the employment and financial may force the victim to quit or place her at risk stability they need to do what Nancy is HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK of being fired. doing—repair their lives and build a safe fu- OF CALIFORNIA I was told recently of a woman named ture for themselves and their families. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nancy who is a victim of domestic violence in f Thursday, October 30, 2003 my Los Angeles district. She, like so many HONORING WELDON RUCKER Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I don’t know how other women, was forced to quit her job at a many people have seen that CBS will soon air fast food restaurant after her husband showed a miniseries on the Reagans. I must admit up there, pounded on the door, scratched her HON. BARBARA LEE that the only reason I’m aware of it is because car with his keys and repeatedly threatened OF CALIFORNIA our esteemed colleague, JOHN D. DINGELL, her. Nancy, whose name has been changed, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was good enough to share the letter below sought help at a local domestic violence shel- Thursday, October 30, 2003 with us. ter where she received the support she need- He’s got it right. If CBS is going to com- ed for herself and her two-year-old child. Now, Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor memorate the Reagan years, they should do she is taking a non-violent parenting class and a great man and public servant, Mr. Weldon it accurately. I recommend the letter below as undergoing counseling. She also receives sup- Rucker, for his 31 years of service to the com- an effective tool for remembering the host of port in court proceedings to get a restraining munity. Today, Mr. Rucker retires as City egregious events that occurred during the order enforced, divorce her husband, and set- Manager of the City of Berkeley in California. Reagan Administration. Weldon Rucker is a 42-year resident of tle a child custody dispute. OCTOBER 29, 2003. For Nancy, quitting her job and seeking help Berkeley and proud husband of Jeanie Mr. LESLIE MOONVES, at the shelter gave her the support and the Rucker, a former member of the Berkeley Uni- President and CEO, time she needed to get her life back in order. fied School District Board of Education. They CBS Television, New York, NY. But many victims—especially depending upon have two adult daughters and two grand- DEAR MR. MOONVES: I write to you with re- the State in which they live—do not feel they daughters. He is a graduate of Saint Mary’s gard to your upcoming mini-series ‘‘The Rea- have the same choices as Nancy and, as a College and holds a bachelor’s degree in busi- gans.’’ I share the concerns expressed by oth- ness management. On the national stage, Mr. ers that it may not present an accurate de- result, may not be as willing to seek help, piction of the Reagan administration and placing themselves and their families in great- Rucker serves as Vice President of the Na- America during the 1980s. I trust that CBS er danger. tional Forurn of Black Public Administrators. will not be a party to a distorted presen- That’s because Federal law does not spe- Mr. Rucker leaves behind a legacy of out- tation of American history, and that the cifically allow women who leave work as a re- standing public service and leadership. He mini-series will present a fair and balanced sult of domestic violence to collect unemploy- began his career with the City of Berkeley in portrayal of the Reagans, the 1980s and their ment compensation. Nor does Federal law the early 1970s as the City’s Director of the legacy. As someone who served with President allow victims of domestic violence to take Young Adult Project and then as Youth Em- Reagan, and in the interest of historical ac- leave from work to deal with abuse-related pri- ployment Director. Rucker moved through the curacy, please allow me to share with you orities, such as getting appropriate medical ranks of the City’s administration, occupying some of my recollections of the Reagan years care, victim services or legal assistance. With- the positions of Director of Human Resources that I hope will make it into the final cut of out these important added protections, victims and in the late 1980s and early 1990s as Di- the miniseries: $640 Pentagon toilet seats; of abuse who live in certain States deal with rector of the Health and Human Services De- ketchup as a vegetable; union busting; firing the fear that if they take time off, they risk partment. striking air traffic controllers; IranContra; being fired and left with no way to support He was appointed to the position of City selling arms to terrorist nations; trading arms for hostages; retreating from terrorists themselves or their children. Given this alter- Manager in February 2001 after having served in Beirut; lying to Congress; financing an il- native, some women may choose not to seek as acting City Manager following the departure legal war in Nicaragua; visiting Bitburg cem- the help they need—or, even worse, remain in of his predecessor. Rucker previously served etery; a cozy relationship with Saddam Hus- an abusive relationship. as an Interim City Manager in 1995 but de- sein; shredding documents; Ed Meese; Fawn

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.073 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2195 Hall; Oliver North; James Watt; apartheid and communities with the tools and resources The Miller/Woolsey proposal will expand the apologia; the savings and loan scandal; voo- they need to promote a healthy and nutritious number of states and schools participating in doo economics; record budget deficits; double environment for children in need. this successful program, targeting schools in digit unemployment; farm bankruptcies; SCHOOL-BASED INITIATIVES high poverty areas. trade deficits; astrologers in the White Nutrition Education provides students with House; Star Wars; and influence peddling. Federal school nutrition programs serve I hope you find these facts useful in accu- about 28 million children daily through school meaningful information on the importance of rately depicting President Reagan’s time in breakfast, school lunch and after-school snack good dietary habits as well as professional de- office. programs. It is not unusual for a child to re- velopment for nutritional professionals and With every good wish, ceive two-thirds of her daily diet while at teachers. The lack of guaranteed funding for Sincerely yours, school. nutrition education has limited states in their JOHN D. DINGELL, Meals served under these federal school ability to provide assistance to LEAs. Member of Congress. nutrition programs must meet American Die- The Miller/Woolsey proposal will authorize f tary Guidelines, and we congratulate the mandatory funding for a nutrition education school food service program that continues to program that will fund a Team Nutrition Net- THE HEALTHY CHILDREN make real progress toward meeting these work State Coordinator in each state and pro- THROUGH BETTER NUTRITION goals. However, the school cafeteria also mote a coordinated approach for nutrition edu- ACT OF 2003 plays host to foods that lack any significant cation. nutritional value. These foods, sold side by The Healthy Children through Better Nutri- HON. GEORGE MILLER side with the national school meals menu, are tion Act of 2003 also: Streamlines eligibility re- OF CALIFORNIA not subject to any dietary guidelines and can quirements for school meals for children who IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have a negative impact on healthy eating and are currently eligible for Food Stamps, TANF and Medicaid; makes homeless children auto- Thursday, October 30, 2003 student participation in the school meals pro- gram. matically eligible for school nutrition programs; Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California. Mr. The Miller/Woolsey proposal will direct the provides startup and expansion grants for Speaker, I am pleased to be able to introduce Institutes of Medicine to recommend nutritional school breakfast; provides schools with com- along with 20 of my Democratic colleagues on standards for foods sold side-by-side with modities for the school breakfast program; es- the Education and the Workforce Committee, foods that are offered as part of the federal tablishes a demonstration project to evaluate the Healthy Children Through Better Nutrition school meals in the cafeteria. These standards the impact of universal breakfast in high Act of 2003. would take into consideration the different die- schools; and provides grants to schools for im- Since coming to Congress in 1975, I have tary requirements of students in elementary, proving the use of technology in the school been a steadfast advocate of child nutrition middle and high schools. meals program. programs and the significant role they play in These recommendations would be sub- COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES meeting the health and educational needs of mitted to the Secretary of Agriculture for im- The community outside of the schoolhouse our nation’s children. In my first year in Con- plementation. is playing an enhanced role in meeting the nu- gress, along with Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, I School food directors are in the best posi- tritional needs of children. The Healthy Chil- authored the Women, Infants and Children tion and are most qualified to make decisions dren Through Better Nutrition Act of 2003 in- supplemental nutrition program, and the role about the nutritional quality of foods made troduces a new program to eliminate paper- of this program, and other nutrition programs, available to students. Unfortunately, in many work and streamline participation requirements in improving the health, safe development, schools, school food directors have little au- for community-based providers of nutrition pro- and school performance of our nation’s chil- thority to implement policies that encourage a grams. dren remains as strong as at that time. healthy school nutrition environment. The The Year Round Community Child Nutrition I have seen first hand—at school cafeterias, school food director often faces competing in- program fills a gap in current nutrition services summer programs and WIC clinics—children terests from school administrators to increase for children in before and after care programs, who receive their only meals through our fed- revenues through the sale of foods outside of homeless shelters, and after-school programs. eral nutrition programs. Today, the challenge the federal school meals program, such as Currently community-based programs, such as to increase access to these programs for low- soda, high fat and high sodium snacks. These after school programs and homeless shelters, income children remains, and the programs ‘‘competitive foods’’ do not meet the nutritional serve up to 2 meals and a snack to the chil- must meet new demands. standards we want for our children. The grow- dren participating in their programs. Some of Mr. Speaker, our children face a health ing revenue constraints faced by many school these programs run only during the summer, threat that requires our immediate attention districts have increased the proportion of other programs run full year but must submit and response. We know that over the past unhealthy competitive foods in the cafeteria paperwork for two separate programs in order thirty years, the childhood obesity rate has tri- and has negatively impacted the school nutri- to serve children year round. Under this legis- pled. Among teenagers, childhood obesity in- tion environment. lation, the Year Round Community Child Nutri- The Miller/Woolsey proposal will require creased from 5 percent in 1970 to 14 percent tion program will: schools to establish a nutrition policy and give in 1999. This crisis spans age, race and gen- Allow community-based non-profit organiza- operation authority to the school food direc- der groups and is leading to significant in- tions to serve healthy and nutritious meals to tors. This approach coordinated with new creases in the early onset of traditionally adult children year round. standards for ‘‘competitive foods’’ will strength- diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and Offer up to three meals and two snacks to en and protect the integrity and nutritional heart disease in young children. Leading med- children who participate. quality of the school meals program. Make 21st Century Community Learning ical researchers believe that—in conjunction While school food service authorities have with expanded exercise and nutritional edu- Centers automatically eligible to participate. made progress improving the quality of school Give program providers greater flexibility in cation—improving the quality of foods served meals, consumer confidence remains low. in schools can have a significantly beneficial when and where meals are served. Currently menus are reviewed for nutritional The Healthy Children Through Better Nutri- effect on reducing childhood obesity and its quality once every five years, and few schools tion Act of 2003 also: related health effects. publish the nutrient quality of their menus. Allows more states to serve an additional The Healthy Children Through Better Nutri- The Miller/Woolsey proposal will increase meal to children in full day childcare programs. tion Act of 2003 offers a multifaceted school- the number of nutritional reviews of school Allows homeless children up to 18 years of and community-based approach to responding menus and require that this information be dis- age to receive meals Through the Child and to this dangerous trend in childhood obesity. closed to the public. Technical assistance will Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) program. School- and community-based nutrition pro- be offered to schools that need additional as- Provides startup and expansion grants for grams have been serving the nutritional needs sistance in improving the quality of meals. the summer food program. of American children for over 50 years. Today, The Farm Bill established a limited pilot in 4 Streamlines paperwork for summer food it is well recognized that schools and commu- states to provide for the introduction of more providers. nities have an even greater task in responding fresh fruits and vegetables into the school Eliminates unnecessary paperwork for to the needs of children and families who face meals program. The increased availability of CACFP providers. daily challenges in securing a healthy and nu- fresh fruits and vegetables produced a dra- Establishes a demonstration project for tritious meal. The Healthy Children Through matic difference in the dietary intake of stu- streamlining the monitoring of CACFP pro- Better Nutrition Act of 2003 provides schools dents in those schools. viders.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.076 E31PT1 E2196 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 WIC both Cal Jr. and his brother Bill exhibited er. Freedom and democracy for an entire city The WIC program continues to be success- throughout their professional careers can be is a lot to have on one man’s shoulders, but ful in improving the nutritional status of over 7 attributed to this Ripken philosophy of hard Walter Washington carried the burden easily. million low-income women, infants, and chil- work, dedication, sincerity of effort, and com- His gifts were spectacularly broad—deep in- dren. The Healthy Children Through Better mitment. tegrity and ability that won him enormous pro- Nutrition Act of 2003 enables WIC to be more Even more, the Ripken Way embodies the fessional respect as well as personal and po- flexible in meeting the needs of women and memory of Cal Ripken, Sr. and his pure belief litical skills that evoked affection from the peo- children at risk, while promoting a highly nutri- in the joy and craft of baseball. For 37 years, ple. That combination amounts to the sum tious food package. Cal Ripken, Sr. played, coached and managed total of what it takes to lead. Few leaders This legislation: Emphasizes greater con- in the Baltimore Orioles organization. He was have it all. Walter Washington did. sumption of fruits and vegetables in the WIC responsible for developing a method of teach- Mr. Speaker, I ask that in addition to my program; Allows infants and children to be cer- ing that shaped the Orioles’ minor league sys- own statement at the time of Mayor Washing- tified for the WIC program for up to 1 year and tem and became known as ‘‘The Ripken ton’s death, I be allowed to place in the allows offices to waive the ‘‘physical pres- Way.’’ That way has become the centerpiece RECORD a Washington Post editorial and a ence’’ requirement for infants and children of the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and its state- personal tribute from Post editorial writer, under specific circumstances; and requires a of-the-art baseball academy. Colbert King, who was a close friend of Walter decennial review of the WIC food package. This is a family with a history of giving back Washington and who served on the Senate Mr. Speaker, as the Committee moves for- to the community—both the communities of staff when Mr. Washington was mayor. ward with the reauthorization of child and Baltimore and Aberdeen. Through the Balti- I ask the entire House to join me in paying school nutrition programs, I encourage my col- more Reads/Ripken Learning Center to the tribute to a man of historic stature in the Dis- leagues to review the set of proposals in the creation of the Cal Ripken Baseball and the trict of Columbia and in offering the profound Healthy Children Through Better Nutrition Act Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, the Ripkens con- respect and condolences of the House of Rep- of 2003. This legislation which has been en- tinue to give of themselves in very tangible resentatives to Mayor Washington’s wife Mary dorsed by the American School Food Service ways. The Aberdeen Complex has brought and his family. Association, the Food Research Action Cen- minor league baseball, jobs and prestige to NORTON SAYS PASSING OF WALTER ter, America’s 2nd Harvest and California the Aberdeen community. Both Cal and Bill WASHINGTON MARKS END OF HOME RULE ERA Food Policy Advocates, offers a comprehen- Ripken are actively involved in youth camps, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton sive means for improving access to child nutri- coaches clinics, tournaments and, of course, (D–DC) today released the following state- tion programs and addressing the troubling The Cal Ripken World Series. ment on the passing of Mayor Walter E. Washington. rise in childhood obesity rates. The Healthy In a world when sport and commercialism is ‘‘The era of home rule ended today with Children Through Better Nutrition Act of 2003 so often intertwined, the Ripken family—the in- the passing of Walter Washington. Mayor reflects a commitment to the future by invest- dividuals and the family as a whole—serve as Washington simultaneously shaped the office ing in our children’s nutrition and overall incredible role models for what baseball of mayor and the practice of home rule gov- health. They deserve no less. means to this nation and what it was meant to ernance for a city that had lived without de- f be. These are real sports heroes and truly ad- mocracy for a hundred years. The District mirable people. Mr. Speaker I am honored to has a strong mayor form of government in RIPKEN POST OFFICE BUILDING introduce this legislation on behalf of this in- no small part because his service as ap- pointed mayor demonstrated that a mayor credible family from my home state and I urge could lead this city as mayors of other big HON. C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER my colleagues to vote for this bill. cities did. His service is significant for far OF MARYLAND f more than the office he held, however; Presi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dent Lyndon Johnson appointed Walter COMMEMORATION FOR WALTER Thursday, October 30, 2003 Washington our first mayor because he EDWARD WASHINGTON wanted a man of great character and ability Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Mr. Speaker, today to pave the way for an elected mayor. The I am introducing legislation to designate the HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON people of the District returned the com- pliment by electing Walter Washington our postal facility in Aberdeen, Maryland as the OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA first elected mayor. Residents realized he Ripken Post Office Building in honor of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ripken family and their contributions to this had the ‘‘right stuff’ to be mayor—not only Thursday, October 30, 2003 outstanding ability and integrity but also great city in the Maryland 2nd Congressional the indispensable political skills and com- District. Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I arise today to mon touch that make people want to follow It is difficult to think of baseball and not inform the House of the passing of the first the lead of an elected official. That combina- think of the Ripken name. The accomplish- Mayor of the District of Columbia in the 20th tion of gifts proved mighty useful during the ments of Cal Ripken, Jr. are literally the stuff century. Some members will remember Walter 1968 riots. The mayor was legendary for his legends are made of. He appears throughout Washington’s service or will know him by rep- way with the President and the Congress, the record books after 21 seasons with the utation because no mayor here or, I dare say, but Walter Washington was appreciated in Baltimore Orioles—as one of only seven play- elsewhere has enjoyed more respect from this this town not only because he could talk to power but because he talked equally well to ers in baseball history to have 400 home runs body. Mayor Washington enjoyed the same bi- the powerless. and 3,000 hits. Of course, few in my home partisan admiration from the two presidents ‘‘People who missed his years as mayor state of Maryland or this nation will ever forget during his tenure, Lyndon Johnson, who ap- often got some sense of his political gifts on his Iron Man record or the number 2131—sig- pointed Mr. Washington the District’s first the public occasions when his extraordinary nifying when Cal Ripken, Jr. broke Lou mayor in 1968 and Richard Nixon who signed wit was in full form as it remained through- Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played. the Home Rule Act in 1973 giving the District out Walter’s life. Cal ended his own streak in 1998 after playing its current home rule status, complete with an ‘‘With the passing of Mayor Washington, the home rule era he shaped also passes. Per- 2,632 games consecutively. elected mayor and city council. haps, almost 30 years after Walter Wash- Bill Ripken had a 12 year major league The conventional wisdom is that home rule ington was first elected, Congress will now baseball career as a second baseman with in- for the District depended upon Mayor Wash- understand that a new era of full democracy, credible successes including a .9927 fielding ington’s performance as appointed mayor. independence and voting rights is overdue. percentage in 1992—the best of any major Few would disagree. If home rule was past ‘‘Mrs. Mary Cornelia Washington, Walter’s league second baseman that season. In the due then, more than 150 years after the city’s daughter, Bennetta Jules-Rosette and his spring of 2002, Bill Ripken was honored for founding, surely full self-government, democ- family have my condolences and the sym- his career accomplishments with an induction racy and congressional voting representation pathy of the city who loved him.’’ into the Maryland Sports Hall of Fame. are shamefully tardy in coming to the city’s ap- [From the Washington Post, Oct. 28, 2003] Those achievements alone are certainly de- proximately 600,000 residents today. Mayor WALTER E. WASHINGTON serving of admiration and acclamation, but Washington, who did more than any person to ‘‘What I would like to be remembered for is there is so much more to the Ripken family bring self-government to the District, deserved that Walter Washington changed the spirit philosophy and that is why this designation is to see its full realization before his death. of the people of this city, that he came in as for the Ripken family as a whole. Starting with Home rule happened because people made it mayor when there was hate and greed and Cal Ripken, Sr. and his wife Vi, the work ethic happen, with Walter Washington as the lead- misunderstanding among our people and the

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.079 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2197 races were polarized. And in the span of just the pleasant but insistent voice of reason on It’s fair to say that without Walter Wash- a little over a decade, he brought people to- behalf of the city, able to draw on an un- ington, there would not have been home rule, gether through love and compassion, he matched network of sources—from the at least not in the year when it was helped bring about home rule . . . and helped streets to the businesses, embassies and focal achieved. The road from appointed to elected people have more meaningful, satisfying and points of federal power. government had plenty of pitfalls, both on enjoyable lives.’’ To a person, Walter Washington’s succes- the Hill and in the city, but Washington This noble self-remembrance of Walter Ed- sors sought his counsel. His politics of inclu- deftly steered around them. He cajoled when ward Washington, who died yesterday at the sion, his honesty and civility, and his necessary, pleaded when required and age of 88, is—like so much that he accom- strengthening of the local fabric were in- schmoozed unceasingly. He stopped at noth- plished for the city he deeply loved—just valuable. He was, in every sense, the city fa- ing to get for District residents what they right. More than anyone in this century, he ther—whose family across the wards will re- wanted most of all, an end to what Wash- was the heart, soul, spirit and creator of the member him fondly. ington called an ‘‘anachronism of capital city as it is enjoyed today. Were it votelessness in our capital city.’’ As he told not for his perfect presence at a critical [From the Washington Post, Oct. 28, 2003] the Senate District committee when he was point in the city’s history, the people of THE END OF AN ERA making his pitch to pass the bill in 1973: Washington would not be enjoying even the (By Colbert I. King) ‘‘Whatever you call it, home rule, local suf- limited self-government they now have. Tom Eagleton, Missouri Democrat and frage, self-determination or self-govern- To appreciate fully the importance of this chairman of the Senate’s District of Colum- ment—I am for it.’’ most likable and shrewd negotiator-leader, bia Committee, was chain-smoking and as Much is made of the home rule movement we need only recall a 70–percent-black city keyed up as I had ever seen him. The sub- and the people taking to the street to bring in strict colonial bondage, barred from act- committee’s majority staff director, Robert about self-government. Much of what you ing on any significant local policy matter Harris, on the other hand, was his usual stoic hear about that period is pure, unadulterated without the assent of an indisputably hostile self. I was seated in the customary position myth. It was the work of Walter Washington, and domineering U.S. House committee of of the committee’s minority staff director, moving and shaking behind the scenes on mostly Southern segregationists. For many off to the side. We were in Eagleton’s Senate Capitol Hill, that kept alive the drive for years before President Johnson pressured office, and the purpose of the gathering home rule. I know. I was there. The thought Congress to accord home rule to the District wasn’t social. of an elected District of Columbia govern- of Columbia—only to suffer an embarrassing Sitting on the sofa directly in front of ment being in Walter Washington’s hands defeat—Walter Washington had been among Eagleton was Walter Washington, the presi- probably won as many votes in the Senate the tireless workers on behalf of dentially appointed mayor of the District. and House as any single effort by one indi- enfranchising the citizens of the capital. Mr. Next to him sat Julian Dugas, the mayor’s vidual on the Hill or in the city. Johnson, determined to strike back at Con- longtime friend and director of licenses and Washington’s victory in 1974 as the city’s gress, used his executive powers to reorga- inspections. Walter Washington was the first elected mayor was the first step in nize the District government from an arm of most relaxed person in the room. transforming this once overwhelmingly Afri- the federal government headed by three ap- It was 1973. Congress had just passed the can American city from one dominated by pointed commissioners to a new system with home rule bill and Walter Washington ‘‘was southerners and a predominantly white city a single appointed commissioner and a coun- positioning himself to run for mayor in the government leadership and police depart- cil. For commissioner—a position whose city’s first municipal election in 70 years. ment to the multiracial and multicultural holder the president unofficially but force- Eagleton had asked the mayor to come to city we are today. And Mayor Washington fully dubbed ‘‘mayor’’—the president chose Capitol Hill because he was going to break pulled it off without polarizing and balkan- Mr. Washington, the first African American some bad news and wanted to do it face to izing the city. named to lead a U.S. city. face. Although I saw a great deal of Walter Thanks to Mr. Washington’s keen sense of The committee had asked the General Ac- Washington when he was both an appointed the politically possible, the knowledge of the counting Office to take a look at the city’s and elected mayor, I saw even more of him in bureaucratic ropes that he gained as a fed- books. The GAO’s preliminary view was that the past several years, as we shared member- eral official and his exquisite abilities to put the books weren’t auditable. Eagleton was ship in the same close-knit social club, the the most wary people at ease, the city began going to call for a reorganization of the DePriest Fifteen. The name’s no mistake. to enjoy new status on its road to limited city’s finances by a public accounting firm, About 15 of us, all associated with the city in home rule. He transformed the face of the and he expected the timing would be embar- one form or another, would gather on a Sat- District government, placing blacks in key rassing to Washington. urday night once a month without our positions that were long the exclusive pre- ‘‘Walter, I don’t want to hurt you politi- spouses for an evening of eating and drinking serve of whites. Until his arrival, the Dis- cally but I won’t be able to live with myself whatever we wanted without the presence of trict Building had been a tomb, barely vis- if we turn over the D.C. government to the overseers and tattletales. We would share ited by residents. Powerful local business in- city with the books in a mess,’’ I recall a complete and unabridged war stories, the terests dealt directly with Congress, as did heavily perspiring Eagleton as saying. ‘‘Now kind we are likely to take to our graves. the 80-percent-white police force and other you can go out of here and publicly attack Walter Washington had a storehouse of the organized employee groups. As Mr. Wash- me if you want, and I will understand,’’ he best, which he shared with great relish. I ington involved more citizens in government said. ‘‘But I’ve got to do this.’’ can’t imagine how we’ll do it without him. activities, the top floor of the building came Washington merely smiled and, calling With his death, we are witnessing not only into its own as a local government center. Eagleton by his first name, said he recog- the passing of a local icon but also the pass- Congress approved a limited home rule bill nized the problem. The books were a long- ing of an era. His was a time when leaders in 1973; the next year, Mr. Washington was standing mess and had been an albatross understood the meaning of the words civility elected mayor. around the city’s neck since the time when and comity. Walter Washington will be re- Though Mayor Washington was best known it was governed by three presidentially ap- membered as a uniter, not a divider, as a for his easygoing, humor-laced manner, he pointed commissioners and tightly con- healer, not a destroyer. was bold and tough when it mattered. In trolled by congressional committees, said And he did it all with a style and a light 1966, when President Johnson first talked to Washington. And after a few pleasantries, touch—and out of love for this city and the him about a commissioner job with the un- Washington, accompanied by Dugas, shook people in it—that we shall never see the derstanding that another, white, commis- hands all around and left. It was as if the likes of again. sioner would supervise the police depart- mayor had given the senator special dis- f ment, Mr. Washington said no. When he was pensation to do his job. And Eagleton seemed tapped the next year as lone commissioner, appreciative. TRIBUTE TO MARDY MURIE his stance prevailed. It paid off in later I tell the story because it provides a years, when Mayor Washington’s public safe- glimpse of the Walter Washington I knew be- HON. MARK UDALL ty commissioner, Patrick V. Murphy, and hind the scenes. Unlike the current mayor, OF COLORADO Police Chief Jerry V. Wilson recruited and Anthony Williams, and the two city chief ex- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES promoted African Americans and trained a ecutives—Marion Barry and Sharon Pratt— once insensitive force to deal with the pro- who followed Washington in office, Walter Thursday, October 30, 2003 tests and riots that came to Washington. Washington operated on Capitol Hill like an Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. Washington’s ability to gain the con- impresario, winning small victories here and today to pay tribute to Margaret ‘‘Mardy’’ fidence of federal leaders extended to Presi- there for the city in ways that escaped the Murie, one of America’s true heroines. dent Nixon, who on his first full day in office attention of the average citizen. He managed Born in Seattle, Washington in 1902 and toured the riot-torn areas of downtown, ex- to get hostile Southern barons to open fed- pressed confidence in the mayor and pledged eral purse strings for city projects long ne- reared in Fairbanks, Alaska when it was truly new federal support for his rebuilding pro- glected by the three commissioners. And he the western frontier, Mardy and her husband, grams. Mr. Washington, as usual, had done diplomatically staved off rapacious members Olaus, were instrumental in the development his homework and labored behind the scenes of Congress who thought the city was theirs of the American conservation and land protec- to set the stage. He was always the healer, for the taking. tion movement. Her passing on October 19 at

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.083 E31PT1 E2198 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 102 years old marks the departure of one of mane Letters from her alma mater, the Univer- nile Violent Gun Crime Reporting Act this country’s most impassioned conservation sity of Alaska. As she neared her 100th birth- (JVGCRA) would close this loophole once and leaders. day in 2002, Mardy was honored with the J.N. for all. From her early upbringing in Alaska, Mardy Ding Darling Conservationist of the Year Under current law, nearly all juvenile gained a deep respect and love of the region’s Award, the National Wildlife Federation’s high- records are expunged once an individual vast rugged terrain—its unspoiled lands and est tribute. reaches the age of 18. Because the expunged its remarkable wildlife. In 1998, President Clinton awarded Mardy records are not included in the NICS back- As the first woman graduate of the Univer- the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our coun- ground check, someone who committed a vio- sity of Alaska in Fairbanks, she became a tire- try’s highest civilian award. At the event pre- lent crime before the age of 18 can legally less advocate for the protection of Alaska as senting her this distinction, President Clinton purchase a weapon on his or her 18th birth- a national treasure. She once said, ‘‘When I said ‘‘For Mardy Murie, wilderness is personal. day. In response to this glaring loophole, my was a child, Alaska seemed too vast and wild She and her husband, Olaus, spent their hon- legislation amends federal law and requires ever to be changed, but now we are coming eymoon on a 550-mile dogsled expedition states to report violent juvenile crime so that to realize how vulnerable this land is. I hope through the Brooks Mountain Range of Alas- it may be utilized by NICS. Further, the bill we have the sensitivity to protect Alaska’s wil- ka. Fitting for a couple whose love for each makes it illegal for anyone to transfer a weap- derness . . .’’ other was matched only by their love of na- on to someone who has a history of violent ju- Upon graduation in 1924, Mardy married ture.’’ venile crime. naturalist Olaus Murie and together they Margaret Mardy Murie was a national treas- Mr. Speaker, the Juvenile Violent Gun formed a partnership to not only protect this ure. As a pioneer of the American conserva- Crime Reporting Act is a simple and straight- spectacular land, but other parts of the re- tion movement, she was and will continue to forward bill and could go a long way toward maining American wilderness. be an inspiration to us all. Her commitment to making our streets, schools, and cities much As an author and a lifelong activist, she in- this country’s wilderness sites will be a lasting safer for our children and our families. It is a spired her husband, her family and her fellow legacy to the beauty of this nation and the im- good bill and we hope that my colleagues will citizens to build an entire conservation move- portance and value of preserving our wild join us. ment. For decades, the Murie family traveled landscapes. May her spirit and inspiration live f the Alaskan wilderness, and once established on in all of us for decades to come. RECOGNIZING MR. JOSEPH in Wyoming, where Olaus served with the U.S. f Fish and Wildlife Service, they studied the bi- DISHANNI ology of both regions—its mossy tundra, its INTRODUCING THE JUVENILE VIO- streams, grassy sloughs, its elk, coyote and LENT GUN CRIME REPORTING HON. HILDA L. SOLIS ACT moose, and its wilderness. OF CALIFORNIA While her children were growing up, Mardy IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES became an active community member, serving HON. RAHM EMANUEL Thursday, October 30, 2003 on the school board, campaigning for edu- OF ILLINOIS cation and the local library and promoting ac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tivities for local youth. In World War II, she tribute to Mr. Joseph DiShanni, Founder, Ex- Thursday, October 30, 2003 grew a victory garden and managed a dude ecutive Director and Director Emeritus of the ranch. Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Irwindale Chamber of Commerce, who passed In 1944, the Muries moved to Moose, Wyo- introduce with Congressman CHRISTOPHER away on October 21, 2003. ming, where their home would become a cen- SHAYS and 27 cosponsors the Juvenile Violent Mr. DiShanni received many awards, accla- ter of the wilderness movement. Following Gun Crime Reporting Act. This bipartisan bill mations, and special recognitions throughout Olaus’ retirement from federal service, he ac- would close a loophole in current law and help his career in acknowledgement of his tireless cepted the directorship of the Wilderness Soci- keep guns out of the hands of individuals with commitment to his community. He is most re- ety, later to serve as its president. a history of violent crime. vered for his accomplishments in industrial Through her wilderness experiences with Every year more than 10,000 people are and business development for the City of Olaus, Mardy became a fierce advocate for murdered with guns in the United States. In Irwindale and the San Gabriel Valley. He was the protection of the Brooks Range in Alaska. 2001, guns were involved in one third of all affectionately known as ‘‘Mr. Irwindale,’’ In ad- She authored a book, Two in the Far North, violent crimes. Firearms have a particularly dition to his service to the Irwindale Chamber which chronicled their summer-long adventure damaging effect on America’s youth. Of the of Commerce, he served on the Los Angeles to this Alaskan region and inspired countless 1,400 juveniles murdered in 2001, 44 percent County Insurance Commission and as a Traf- others to visit the Arctic area and fight for its were killed with a firearm. During the 1999Ð fic Safety Commissioner for Los Angeles protection. 2000 school years, 2,837 students were County. Their dedication and effort paid off in 1960, caught bringing a gun to school. In my home Born in Wallkill, New York, in 1909, Mr. when the Arctic National Wildlife Range—later state of Illinois, 164 students were expelled for DiShanni immigrated with his mother and two renamed a National Wildlife Refuge—was cre- bringing a gun to school between 1999 and older sisters to Italy after the death of his fa- ated. 2001. A regrettable but plain fact is that mi- ther. At the age of 18, he returned to the In 1964, the Muries and many other con- nors are not only the victims of gun crime but United States in search of the American servationists won another major victory when the perpetrators as well. According to the Bu- Dream. His hard work and dedication to his President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilder- reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Ex- community made him an inspiration to all who ness Act into law. Working for the National plosives, 93,000 gun crimes or 9 percent of knew him. Park Service, the Sierra Club, the Wilderness the total gun crimes were committed by indi- The Irwindale community, his family and his Society and the Izaac Walton League at var- viduals under the age of 18 between 2000 and beloved wife Margaret will miss him dearly. I ious times in her historic career, Mardy ex- 2002. am pleased and honored to pay tribute to him plored additional areas in Alaska and other In an effort to combat America’s high rate of today. parts of the country to determine their suit- gun violence, Congress enacted the Brady Bill f ability for wilderness designation. in 1994. I was proud to work on passing this These continuing efforts helped achieve en- landmark bill when I served in the White THE ARTICLE ‘‘THE ‘BUT’ actment of the Alaska National Interest Lands House. A portion of the Brady law requires ECONOMY’’ Conservation Act in 1980, when President any individual wishing to purchase a firearm to Jimmy Carter signed into law the bill that my undergo a background search. This system, HON. MICHAEL G. OXLEY father had sponsored in the House of Rep- known as the National Instant Criminal Back- OF OHIO resentatives. ground Check System (NICS), prohibits any IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mardy Murie was the recipient of numerous individual with a violent criminal history from prestigious awards honoring her outstanding purchasing a weapon. Through 2001, 38 mil- Thursday, October 30, 2003 environmental work. She was awarded the Au- lion background checks were conducted and Mr. OXLEY. Mr. Speaker, I commend to the dubon Medal in 1980, the John Muir Award in 840,000 purchases were denied. However, a attention of my colleagues the following article 1983, the Robert Marshall Conservation loophole in the Brady Bill allows violent juve- by former General Electric Chairman and CEO Award in 1986, and an honorary Doctor of Hu- nile criminals to purchase firearms. The Juve- Jack Welch.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.086 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2199 Jack Welch provides an important lesson in The good news out of other sectors got 291, expressing gratitude to the members of corporate management to those who don’t un- much the same treatment. Time Warner, the United States Armed Forces who dem- derstand what makes an economy grow. which has angered its shareholders for a cou- onstrated valor and dedication to the cause of ple of years now, reported increased revenues Growth comes from businesses that are con- and operating income in the third quarter. freedom and humanitarian relief during Oper- stantly striving to make themselves more com- That news was pretty much lost in com- ation Restore Hope. petitive in a global marketplace. mentaries about the continuing saga of the This year marks the tenth anniversary of the As the article points out, many in the media company’s Internet activities. Meanwhile, battle of Mogadishu, and I am very pleased to believe a story isn’t complete unless there is Citicorp and a slew of other banking indus- join with my colleagues in recognizing the cou- some bad news. Sometimes I think if the mod- try giants were showing sensational results. rageous actions of the Army’s Special Forces, ern media had existed in biblical times, it What did you hear? Reserve provisions for the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division, and would have written, ‘‘Moses laid down the Ten bad loans were down. This ‘‘but’’ could have members of the Armed Forces who were de- actually been cast as ‘‘because.’’ For in- Commandments today, Five of which were im- ployed to capture the terrorist warlord Moham- stance, ‘‘Earnings were sensational because, med Farah Aidid. Today we remember and mediately denounced by civil rights and envi- among other factors, reserve provisions are ronmental activists.’’ down as a result of improved risk manage- honor the sixteen special operations personnel Jack Welch’s article makes for instructive ment and a stronger economy.’’ assigned to Task Force Ranger who were reading about why our economy just posted Of course, you have to wonder—why all the killed, and the sacrifices of another eighty- one of its strongest performances in recent grumpiness? Why has every cloud got a three troops who were wounded during one of memory. dingy gray lining? There are probably many the most intense firefighters in modern history. reasons but two come right to my mind. THE ‘BUT’ ECONOMY We cannot forget the sacrifices of these sol- Go back to 1999, the last year that positive diers, sailors, airmen and Marines. Their serv- (By Jack Welch) results were routinely reported. There was Guess what? There is an economic recovery no ‘‘but’’ economy grousing then. And that’s ice should be recognized as a significant con- under way, but you never would have known exactly the problem. The media (and pretty tribution to the war against terrorism and op- it last week when earnings reports came out. much everyone else) believed that trees did pression. This resolution is important not only Even though many companies from battered indeed grow to the sky. Very few asked, because it commemorates their enduring con- sectors—including some companies left for ‘‘How solid are these results? How long can tributions on behalf of the people of Somalia, dead just two or three years ago—recorded they last? Will these markets grow forever?’’ but also because of its symbolism that con- positive results, their successes were almost When the bubble burst, a lot of people got tinues today in the fight against oppression universally reported with the word ‘‘BUT’’ burned—and not just shareholders. Many and terror on the streets of Baghdad, Kabul people in the media had hyped companies prominently featured. The stories in the pa- and other hostile areas where we try to make pers and on TV went something like this: that flamed out because they were based on Sales were up—but analysts warned that unrealistic business models or turned out to people’s lives better. cost cutting explained most of the gains. be rotten to the core. They felt burned too. Madam Speaker, my thoughts and prayers Earnings were up—but the mood of opti- Today, when the media reports good news, it go out to the families and friends of those who mism was tempered by concerns about global feels safer to stick ‘‘but’’ in every sentence. lost a loved one or were wounded in the battle competitiveness. The other reason is political. Back in the of Mogadishu. I urge my colleagues to join me Cash flow was up—but the company still days of Clinton-bashing, the ideological di- in expressing our appreciation to all those who faces harsh tests in coming months. vide in the country seemed like it couldn’t volunteer to defend our Nation’s freedom and Now, I am not claiming that the economy get wider. Well, it has. Bush-hating has is fixed. It’s not. And there are, obviously, pushed it to new levels. Never before have to remember the sacrifices of all those who challenges ahead if a full recovery is going Democrats and Republicans been more vitri- served. to occur. It’s undeniable, however, that most olic in their disdain for each other; it feels f companies are posting significantly im- like war. And frankly, what would be worse proved results. Not only can millions of for the Democrats right now than an eco- RECOGNIZING THE HOLY CROSS hard-working people celebrate—they should. nomic recovery? That’s an awful big battle ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CATHE- They’ve earned the right. That’s why we to lose as the election approaches. DRAL can’t rain all over the their efforts—their Now, I’m not suggesting ‘‘irrational exu- motivation and innovative spirit and can-do berance’’ again. First of all, it’s not war- HON. HILDA L. SOLIS attitudes. Those good feelings, as any econo- ranted (yet) and giddiness about the econ- OF CALIFORNIA mist will tell you, are key drivers of com- omy didn’t really help last time. And I’m pany productivity and consumer confidence. also not asking that people forget what hap- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The fact is a recovery will be a lot harder if pened during the boom. Some companies and Thursday, October 30, 2003 we keep saying ‘‘but’’ about damn good executives absolutely earned the right to get Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, I stand before you news. nothing but disrespect and doubt. Two particularly glaring ‘‘but’’ stories If we are ever to get competitive again, today to recognize one of the most historically from last week come to mind—Xerox and though, we can’t indiscriminately put a neg- rich institutions in the United States. On No- Lucent. ative spin on what is legitimately good news. vember 1, 2003, the Holy Cross Armenian Ap- Xerox has been through the ringer. It’s had We live in a global economy; India and China ostolic Cathedral of Montebello, California will accounting difficulties. It’s paid millions of get stronger and better every single day. To be celebrating its eighty years of service to the dollars in fines. It has experienced market- have a fighting chance, companies need to Los Angeles Armenian American community share erosion from product misses and non- get every employee, with every idea in their under the auspices of their Prelate, His Emi- competitive costs, and its employees and heads and every morsel of energy in their shareholders have suffered. Two grueling bodies, into the game. nence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian. years later, however, Anne Mulcahy and her The facts are, companies are not bricks This historic occasion for the Holy Cross team appear to be turning the ship around. and mortar, but people, with blood and sweat Cathedral is a culmination of leadership, dedi- The company reported that its earnings grew and tears. People are the reason for the re- cation, commitment, and community work. 18% in the third quarter. From the reporting cent recovery, and people are the reason it Since its erection in 1922, Holy Cross is the on it, though, you would have thought the will continue—if it does. That’s why we need second oldest Armenian Cathedral in the state company was still taking on water. The good to tell the people who have earned it not of California and the oldest in Los Angeles results, it was reported, mainly came from ‘‘but,’’ but ‘‘Bravo.’’ County. For eighty years, Holy Cross has cost cutting. Of course they did! While inno- f touched the lives of millions of churchgoers vation is the lifeblood of business, cost com- petitiveness is a given if you want to win in EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO MEM- and other religious individuals looking for spir- the global economy. BERS OF U.S. ARMED FORCES itual fulfillment. In addition, it has given posi- Lucent is an even more dramatic case. For DEPLOYED IN OPERATION RE- tive direction to Armenian children and adoles- the first time since March 2000—that’s 10 STORE HOPE IN SOMALIA IN 1993 cents through their exceptional Mesrobian quarters—the company actually posted a school system. profit, thanks to the persistence and cre- SPEECH OF Additionally, Holy Cross’s leadership has ativity of Pat Russo, her top team, and tens paved the way for other Armenian Apostolic of thousands of employees. It was time for a HON. RAHM EMANUEL churches throughout Southern California. In- party. But Lucent’s turnaround was spray- OF ILLINOIS spired by Holy Cross, over seven churches painted with ‘‘but’’ this and ‘‘but’’ that. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and congregations have been established. I company’s good results were subjected to the Tuesday, October 28, 2003 usual harangue about telecom industry am happy to note that all of them serve their spending and attributed mainly to cost-cut- Mr. EMANUEL. Madam Speaker, I am congregations, youth, community, and country ting. Oh no—not that again. proud to rise in strong support of H. Con. Res. with all their love and energy.

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.090 E31PT1 E2200 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 I am proud to say that the Holy Cross Arme- number of services from child care to com- A funeral Mass will be said Monday at 10 nian Apostolic Cathedral exemplifies the great- puter training. a.m. in St. Elizabeth’s Church in Milton. ness in our nation’s religious and community ‘‘He wanted us to become a vital institu- Burial will be in Milton Cemetery. tion in Dorchester,’’ said Beckler. ‘‘He had a f institutions. commitment and a vision, and really be- f lieved that folks could make a difference in BREAST CANCER AWARENESS other people’s lives.’’ MONTH LET’S NOT BREAK OLD PROMISES As a member of the center’s board of trust- TO OUR VETERANS ees, Mr. Corcoran was always willing to ask the hard questions. ‘‘He once told me, ‘I HON. DENISE L. MAJETTE HON. CHET EDWARDS learned long ago not to practice trustee eti- OF GEORGIA quette,’’’ said Beckler. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXAS One of eight children of an Irish-immigrant IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES factory worker, Mr. Corcoran sometimes Thursday, October 30, 2003 Thursday, October 30, 2003 hawked newspapers as a young man to help Ms. MAJETTE. Mr. Speaker, every three his family make ends meet. He shoveled coal minutes a woman in America is diagnosed Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, there’s some- at St. Margaret’s. And he spent a childhood with breast cancer. One in eight women will thing wrong when the administration says we summer with relatives in Ireland. develop breast cancer in her lifetime. can afford to build new hospitals in Iraq, but He attended Boston English High School. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death we cannot afford to keep open six veterans’ When the United States entered World War II, he answered the call and became a para- for women between the ages of 40 and 55. hospitals here in America. In my state of Georgia, this year an esti- It would be shameful, during a time of war, trooper. In the months before the D-Day invasion of mated 5,400 women will be diagnosed with to be cutting medical services for American France, his family lost contact with him for breast cancer, and 1,000 women will die from veterans, even as we are improving health three months. Every night, the sound of ro- the disease. care for Iraqi citizens. As we make new prom- sary beads rattled through the two-bedroom In the two counties I represent, 86 people a ises to Iraqis, let’s not break old promises to apartment in Dorchester as his siblings year die from breast cancer in DeKalb County our veterans. prayed for his safe return. Finally his mother received a letter. and in Gwinnett County, 38 people a year die Vote ‘‘yes’’ on the motion to recommit to in- from breast cancer. creasing VA health care by $1.3 billion. Our ‘‘Mom, I smelled something today that I haven’t smelled since I was 7,’’ he wrote, The breast cancer death rate is even higher vets deserve no less. ‘‘the sweet smell of turf burning on a fire.’’ among African American women—with an es- f To his family’s relief, Mr. Corcoran was timated 20,000 expected new cases in 2003. alive and well and training in Ireland. TRIBUTE TO JOHN M. CORCORAN Early detection is the key. Mammography Mr. Corcoran parachuted into France in screening can detect the disease before any the early hours of the D-Day invasion. symptoms occur. HON. MARTIN T. MEEHAN ‘‘I once asked him what D-Day was like,’’ his brother Joe of Milton said yesterday. ‘‘He Women must have guaranteed access to OF MASSACHUSETTS said: ‘It was the most exhilarating and most mammograms and preventive care, including IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES exciting time of my life; unfortunately, some regular checkups. Thursday, October 30, 2003 people got killed, and others got hurt.’’’ We also need to prevent insurers and em- Mr. Corcoran was among the injured. He ployers from discriminating against women be- Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, Oc- was awarded a Bronze Star as well as a Pur- cause they are more likely to get diseases like tober 27, 2003 I attended a Mass of Christian ple Heart. breast cancer. We must pass the Genetic In- Burial for John M. Corcoran of Massachusetts. After the war, Mr. Corcoran attended Bos- formation Nondiscrimination in Health Insur- The Mass, held at St. Elizabeth’s Church in ton College. He completed his bachelor’s de- ance and Employment Act. Milton, Massachusetts celebrated the life of a gree in three years, even though he was working 40 hours a week shoveling coal at But our top priority must be finding a cure. very special person. I offer my condolences to Too many of our sisters, mothers, daughters John’s two sons, John and Thomas; his sis- St. Margaret’s. He then began John M. Corcoran & Co., a and friends die from this disease. Funding ters, Mary, Theresa, Claire, Bernadette and real estate development firm, which he oper- early prevention and finding a cure should be Frances, and his two brothers, Joe and Leo. ated with his brothers Leo and Joe, who national priorities. I would also ask unanimous consent to enter later left to start his own firm, Corcoran f into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the Boston Jennison Companies. Globes’s obituary, that was so eloquently writ- ‘‘We were a lot more confident than our IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL ten by Tom Long. parents were,’’ Mr. Corcoran told The World DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARE- of Hibernia magazine. ‘‘We knew we were at JOHN CORCORAN, DEVELOPER OF REAL ESTATE, least as smart as anyone else—if not smart- NESS MONTH GOOD WILL; AT 80 er. And you also knew you were an Amer- John M. Corcoran grew up in a triple-deck- ican, and you had that right.’’ HON. DANNY K. DAVIS er at the end of the driveway to St. John M. Corcoran & Co. has built or man- OF ILLINOIS Margaret’s Hospital in Dorchester, and he aged more than 15,000 apartment units and a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES never forgot where he came from. After earn- million square feet of suburban properties ing millions as a real estate developer, he including Quincy Commons and Weymouth Thursday, October 30, 2003 contributed time and money in the creation Commons apartment complexes. Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise of St. Mary’s Women and Infant Center, a Mr. Corcoran contributed to many char- multiservice agency for Dorchester residents ities, among them the Christian Jewish Cen- today in honor of October being the month to that was born in 1993 after St. Margaret’s ter at Boston College, where he was a trust- increase awareness of domestic violence, and closed. ee. educate individuals about the services avail- ‘‘He knew what it was like to live in pov- He had 50 nieces and nephews, and he loved able to assist victims. Therefore, it is signifi- erty, and knew what a difference it could to ski. Every year, he brought his extended cant that we recognize October as the Na- make when you had support around you,’’ family on a ski trip to New Hampshire. For tional Awareness Month for Domestic Vio- Judy Beckler, president of the Women and many years, he rented the entire Bartlett lence. Infant Center, said yesterday, of Mr. Cor- Hotel for his family, and children would be According to the United States Department coran, 80, who died Wednesday at Massachu- running through its hallways for a week. setts General Hospital. Each year, Mr. Corcoran took a trip to the of Justice, domestic violence can be defined Beckler said she couldn’t give a figure for Alta Ski Area in Utah. ‘‘He was looking for- as, a pattern of coercive behavior designed to how much money Mr. Corcoran donated to ward to going this year,’’ said Joe. ‘‘When exert power and control over a person in an the center. ‘‘It’s not something he would ap- you reach 80 years old, you get to ski for intimate relationship through the use of intimi- prove of,’’ she said. ‘‘He hoped, in time, peo- free. It wasn’t the money, but it was a status dating, threatening, harmful, or harassing be- ple would understand that his time and com- thing with him.’’ havior. Partners may be married or not mar- mitment were more important than any In addition to his brothers, both of whom ried, heterosexual, gay, lesbian, living to- money he donated.’’ are Milton residents, he leaves two sons, But the total was at least $500,000, accord- John and Thomas, also of Milton; five sis- gether, separated or dating. ing to a story published in the Globe in 1995. ters, Mary of Dorchester, Theresa of Quincy, Over the last thirty years, there has been a The center now includes a homeless shel- and Claire Carten, Bernadette Richards, and radical change in not only the understanding ter, has 20 beds for pregnant teenagers and is Frances Richer, all of Milton; and five grand- of domestic violence, but also the acknowl- home to nine nonprofit groups that offer a children. edgement of responses from individuals and

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.093 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2201 society. According to the most recent report FALLEN SOLDIERS SGT LUNG DANNY K—CO A, 1–293D INF; from the’ Department of Justice, there were al- SFC BOLING CRAIG A—CO C, 1–293D INF, SPC MANTELL ANTHONY W—CO A, 1–293D most 700,000 incidents of domestic violence in DECEASED: 8–JUL–03, LOCATION OF INF; MSG MARTINEZ ANDRES E—CO A, 1– DEATH: CAMP WOLF, KUWAIT, INCIDENT 293D INF; SSG MCDONALD CHRIS- 2001. Approximately one-third of women who TOPHER—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC MEDLOCK are murdered each year are killed by their cur- REGARDING DEATH: SEIZURE, HOME- TOWN: ELKHART, IN. CHARLES K—CO A, 1–293D INF; SSG METZ rent or former husband or partner. Children SPC CLEMENS BRIAN M—CO C, 1–293D LEE D—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC MIDDLETON who are subjected to domestic violence too INF, DECEASED: 6–FEB–03, LOCATION OF WILLIAM V—CO A, 1–293D INF; SSG MIL- often grow up to inflict violence on others, cre- DEATH: ARIFJAN, KUWAIT, INCIDENT LER JEFFREY A—CO A, 1–293D INF. ating a cycle of violence that must be stopped. REGARDING DEATH: HUMMVE ROLL- SPC MILLER KEITH A—CO A, 1–293D INF; Nearly one in every three adult women ex- OVER, MULTIPLE TRAUMA INJURIES, SPC MILLER TIMOTHY A—CO A, 1–293D HOMETOWN: KOKOMO, IN. INF; SGT MILLER WILLIAM J—CO A, 1– periences at least one physical assault by a 293D INF; SGT MOONEY MICHAEL T—CO A, partner during adulthood. Approximately four PFC WAGNER ANTHONY R—CO B, 1–293D INF., DECEASED: 21–NOV–02, LOCATION OF 1–293D INF; PV2 MOORE DONALD D—CO A, million American women experience a serious DEATH: INDIANAPOLIS (I–70), INCIDENT 1–293D INF; PFC NAFTZGER JACOB R—CO assault by an intimate partner each year. Six REGARDING DEATH: POV ACCIDENT, A, 1–293D INF; PVT NICODEMUS MICHAEL times as many women who experience vio- HOMETOWN: SOUTH WHITELY, IN. J—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC NOBLE ROSS H— CO A, 1–293D INF; SSG ORICK CHARLES K— lence by an intimate partner, 18 perecent, as RANK, NAME, UNIT CO A, 1–293D INF; SGT OUSLEY KEITH L— by a stranger, 3 percent, do not report the SPC ANDERSON JUSTIN J—CO A, 1–293D crime. Several types of violence and abuse CO A, 1–293D INF; SGT PETTIT ROBBIN M— INF; SPC ANDREWS DONALD L—CO A, 1– CO A, 1–293D INF; SSG PILIPIAK TRACY usually occur within the family; men who bat- 293D INF; SPC BAKER CORY L—CO A, 1– A—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC RAKOCZY JERE- ter their intimate partners are more likely to 293D INF; SPC BAKER STEVEN S—CO A, 1– MIAH L—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC RAYMER abuse their children too. Unfortunately, every 293D INF; SPC BALL PHILLIP L—CO A, 1– JUSTIN M—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC fifteen seconds in the United States, a woman 293D INF; SGT BARTELL MARK D—CO A, 1– REUTEBUCH RYAN R—CO A, 1–293D INF; is brutally battered by her partner. As you hear 293D INF; SSG BAUMGARTNER JEFFERY PV2 RIDER TRAVIS L—CO A, 1–293D INF; A—CO A, 1–293D INF; PV2 BONNELL BRAN- SPC RILEY ANDREW S—CO A, 1–293D INF; these words, a woman is being beaten. DON J—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC Despite the increase reports of domestic vi- SSG RITTER KIRK C—CO A, 1–293D INF; BONTRAGER JUSTIN K—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC ROBERTS WILLIAM D—CO A, 1–293D olence in Chicago, the police and other related SPC BROWN ADAM D—CO A, 1–293D INF; INF; SPC ROMERO BENJAMIN—CO A, 1– agencies receive an average of 560 domestic SSG BUSSARD GREGORY A—CO A, 1–293D 293D INF; PFC SEROVY JOSEPH L—CO A, violence calls each day. About half the mur- INF; SPC BYRD JOSEPH N—CO A, 1–293D 1–293D INF; PVT SHATTO NATHAN E—CO ders involved domestic disputes and approxi- INF;PV2 CANTU ADRIAN JR—CO A, 1–293D A, 1–293D INF; SPC SIMCOX STEPHEN W— mately fifty percent of homicides are attributed INF; PFC CANTU JOSHUA—CO A, 1–293D CO A, 1–293D INF; SGT SPENCER MAT- to a domestic situation. INF; SPC CARLSON HARVEY A—CO A, 1– THEW S—CO A, 1–293D INF; SGT SPITLER To bring attention to this horrendous issue, 293D INF; SPC CHURCH DERRICK E—CO A, MICHAEL C—CO A, 1–293D INF; SGT October has been designated as the National 1–293D INF; MAJ COOMLER JEFFREY S— SPRATT BRADLEY W—CO A, 1–293D INF; CO A, 1–293D INF; SGT CROY KENNETH R— Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Mr. SSG STAHL JON D—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC DEETZ LAWRENCE STAMPER RAYMOND T—CO A, 1–293D INF; Speaker, let all of us renew our Nation’s com- R—CO A, 1–293D INF; SGT DEMOREST SGT STAYNER JOHN C—CO A, 1–293D INF; mitment to prevent and punish the perpetra- DREW A—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC DIETSCH SPC STINFER CARLOS—CO A, 1–293D INF. tors of this despicable crime and bring hope MATHEW R—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC DRAKE PVT SUTERA MICHAEL R—CO A, 1–293D and healing to those affected by it. SCOTT R—CO A, 1–293D INF; SFC INF; SPC SUTTON DONALD L—CO A 1–293D f ELLERMAN LAWRENCE E—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC TODD DAVID W—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC ERWIN CRAIG D—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC TROLINGER JAMES A—CO A, 1– INDIANA 293RD GUARD SERVED INF; SPC ESPINOZA ALBERTO—CO A, 1– 293D INF; 1LT TROYER AARON W—CO A, 1– NATION WELL 293D INF; SPC EVERSON JOSEPH P—CO A, 293D INF; SPC TRUELOVE BARRY W—CO 1–293D INF; SFC FACE JEFFERY A—CO A, A, 1–293D INF; SPC TURNER LONNIE D—CO 1–293D INF; SGT FARRINGTON DARRELL A, 1–293D INF; SSG VANCE PATRICK J—CO HON. MARK E. SOUDER L—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC FATHAUER A, 1–293D INF; SPC VANWAGNER MAT- OF INDIANA DALE A—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC FELKER THEW D—CO A, 1–293D INF; 2LT WEAVER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MICHAEL L—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC FITTS ANDREW M—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC WEEKS Thursday, October 30, 2003 WILLIAM E—CO A, 1–293D INF. CHARLES B—CO A, 1–293D INF; SGT WIL- SPC FOLDS MILTON W—CO A, 1–293D LIS JACK R—CO A, 1–293D INF; PV2 WIRT Mr. SOUDER. Mr. Speaker, after 10 months INF; PV2 FULK TRENT A—CO A, 1–293D JEFFERY M—CO A, 1–293D INF; PV2 of serving our Nation in Iraq, the heroic sol- INF; SGT GARCIA ARTURO—CO A, 1–293D WITHAM CRAIG E—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC diers of the 293rd National Guard Division of INF; SPC GILLEY BENJAMIN J—CO A, 1– WOLF KENNETH W—CO A, 1–293D INF; SFC Indiana have returned home. 293D INF; SPC GIPSON CHARLES D—CO A, WOOD GENE E—CO A, 1–293D INF; SGT These brave soldiers left three of their col- 1–293D INF; SPC GOHEEN ADAM L—CO A, ZICKEFOOSE KEVIN L—CO A, 1–293D INF; leagues behind: SFC Craig A. Bolling, SPC 1–293D INF; SPC GOSS MATTHEW A—CO A, SGT ZUELSDORFF MICHAEL D—CO A, 1– Brian M. Clemens, and PFC Anthony R. Wag- 1–293D INF; SPC GREENAMYER LEE E—CO 293D INF. ner. They gave the ultimate sacrifice so the A, 1–293D INF; SPC GREENTREE JUSTIN K– PFC AKER JOSHUA K—CO B, 1–293D INF; CO A, 1–293D INF; 1LT GUY ROBERT D—CO PFC AMBURGEY JOHN P—CO B, 1–293D rest of us may be free. A, 1–293D INF; SPC HACKWORTH CLIFTON INF; SSG ARNOLD MARK E—CO B, 1–293D The soldiers of the 293rd are not full-time A—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC HARRINGTON INF; PFC BABCOCK SHAWN L—CO B, 1– soldiers. They have other jobs. Their families, BRIAN K—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC HARRIS 293D INF; SPC BAKER CLINTON P—CO B, 1– and their employers, did not expect them to be LAWRENCE S—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC 293D INF; SPC BALLEW ROBERT N—CO B, gone so long. They too have made sacrifices HARTER JOSEPH O—CO A, 1–293D INF; PFC 1–293D INF; SSG BECKER DANIEL F—CO B, in the war on terrorism. HARTZELL JOSHUA R—CO A, 1–293D INF; 1–293D INF; SPC BENTLEY STEVEN D—CO Because of their efforts, we are fighting in PFC HASWELL ROBERT L—CO A, 1–293D B, 1–293D INF; SPC BOLLHOEFER DEREK the streets of Baghdad—not in the streets of INF; SGT HAVILAND WILLIAM F—CO A, 1– R—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC BOND JASON E— Indiana and the United States. Because of 293D INF; SGT HAWKINS GLENNIS R—CO CO B, 1–293D INF; SFC BRASS JOHN J—CO their efforts we have at least temporarily dis- A, 1–293D INF; PFC HOCHSTETLER DAVID B, 1–293D INF; SGT BRICKER JEREMY J— L—CO A, 1–293D INF; SSG HOLCOMB TRAV- CO B, 1–293D INF; SSG BRIDGEWATER rupted the worldwide terrorist networks. Be- IS R—CO A, 1–293D INF; SSG HYGEMA RYAN S—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC BROOKS cause of their efforts the people of Iraq at MARCUS A—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC ROBERT E—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC BUCK least have a chance to exercise freedom and JEWELL WILLIAM D—CO A, 1–293D INF; MICHAEL S—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC a life free from terror. PFC JOHNSON RAYMOND B—CO A, 1–293D BUESCHING JOSHUA P—CO B, 1–293D INF; We know not what the future holds. But we INF; PFC KING PHILLIP A—CO A, 1–293D PV2 BURGESS WARREN JR—CO B, 1–293D do know that because of the soldiers in the INF; SGT KING ROGER D—CO A, 1–293D INF; SPC CAMPBELL COREY R—CO B, 1– 293rd Indiana Guard, as well as all the other INF; PFC LANDIS KURT V—CO A, 1–293D 293D INF; PFC CASTRO JONATHAN A—CO brave men and women serving in the Iraq INF; SSG LAWRENCE JEFFERY L—CO A, B, 1–293D INF; PFC CHILDS MATTHEW R— 1–293D INF. arena, we at least have done what we can in CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC CLOTHIER MAT- PFC LEWIS JONAS W—CO A, 1–293D INF; THEW S—CO B, 1–293D INF; SGT COX the battle for freedom and against terrorism. PFC LEWIS MICHAEL T—CO A, 1–293D INF; QUINN A—CO B 1–293D INF. We honor them for their sacrifices for us. SPC LEWIS STEPHEN B—CO A, 1–293D INF; SSG CREE JAMES F—CO B, 1–293D INF; The following is a list of all those who PVT LLOYD EPHRAIM W—CO A, 1–293D SSG DEMOREST DERRICK T—CO B, 1–293D served in the 293rd. INF; SPC LONG JOHN—CO A, 1–293D INF; INF; PFC EDWARDS EVAN L—CO B, 1–293D

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W—CO B, 1–293D INF; PV2 GONZALES SPC STANLEY JAMES M—CO B, 1– 2LT LIPSCOMB JASON S—CO C, 1–293D DEREK L—CO B, 1–293D INF; SGT GOOLEY 293DINF1. INF; SPC LUDLOW GREGORY P—CO C, 1– TIMOTHY D—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC SGT TAYLOR TIMOTHY G—CO B, 1–293D 293D INF; SPC LUKE JAMES M—CO C, 1– GRABLE EDWARD J—CO B, 1–293D INF; INF; SPC THOMPSON JOHN T—CO B, 1–293D 293D INF; PFC MAHARA RUDOLPH A—CO SPC GUTHIER PHILLIP P—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC TURNER LARRY L—CO B, 1–293D C, 1–293D INF; SGT MALOTT RODNEY L— INF; PFC HALTON SULLIVAN L—CO B, 1– INF; SPC TURNEREGGESON JUSTIN—CO CO C, 1–293D INF; SGT MAY ANDREW J—CO 293D INF; SFC HAMPTON DAVID M—CO B, B, 1–293D INF; SPC VANMETER DALE T— C, 1–293D INF; SPC MCDONALD TRAVIS D— 1–293D INF; PFC HARRIS JEREMY E—CO B, CO B, 1–293D INF; SGT WALKER RODNEY CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC MCLEAN JEFFERY 1–293D INF; SPC HEATH DERRICK L—CO B, S—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC WALLACE TODD J—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC MILLER JESSE 1–293D INF; SPC HEFNER JASON A—CO B, A—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC WEBER RICKY L—CO C, 1–293D INF; PVT MINER DONO- 1–293D INF; PFC HERRON KYLE W—CO B, J—CO B, 1–293D INF; PFC WEINREICH VAN D—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC MOONEY 1–293D INF; SSG HEUER BRIAN T—CO B, 1– SKIPPER J—CO B, 1–293D INF; PFC PHILLIP L—CO C, 1–293D INF; PV2 MUSSER 293D INF; SGT HIGGINS JEREMY M—CO B, WINGER JOSHUA M—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC CHRISTOPHER M—CO C, 1–293D INF; SSG 1–293D INF; SPC HILEMAN JASON L—CO B, WOLFORD—CORY D—CO B, 1–293D INF; NELSON MICHAEL J—CO C, 1–293D INF; 1–293D INF; SPC HILL MATTHEW V—CO B, SPC WYMER AARON B—CO B, 1–293DINF1. SPC NORWALT ERIC A—CO C, 1–293D INF; 1–293D INF; SPC HILTON CHARLES A—CO SPC ABSTON DONALD E—CO C, 1–293D SSG PEPPER SCOTT A—CO C, 1–293D INF; B, 1–293D INF. INF; SPC AKERS JOSHUA L—CO C, 1–293D SPC PETERS WADE A—CO C, 1–293D INF; PVT HOFFMAN JESSE D—CO B, 1–293D INF; SGT ALEXANDER CHAD L—CO C, 1– SPC PHAM DUY T—CO C, 1–293D INF; SGT INF; SSG HOLMHANSEN SHAWN J—CO B, 293D INF; SPC ALLCOCK ANDREAS L—CO PIMENTEL EDGAR—CO C, 1–293D INF; 1LT 1–293D INF; SPC HTOO HTAW P—CO B, 1– C, 1–293D INF; PFC ANDERSON DYLAN T— PLASTER ROGER D—CO C, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC HUFF LEON D—CO B, 1–293D CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC ANDREWS MELVIN SGT PLUMMER RYAN M—CO C, 1–293D INF; INF; PFC HUSTON ROBERT A—CO B, 1– L—CO C, 1–293D INF; PVT BAIRD CHARLES SGT POTTS BRIAN C—CO C, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; 1SG IRELAND MARK W—CO B, 1– F—CO C, 1–293D INF; SGT BALTES CARL PFC RAUCH ROBERT M—CO C, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; PFC KING NATHAN D—CO B, 1– J—CO C, 1–293D INF; 2LT BALTIS BRUCE SPC RO YUN Y—CO C, 1–293D INF; PFC 293D INF; SPC KINNER SHANE A—CO B, 1– D—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC BEERS DAVID ROBERTS PATRICK T—CO C, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC KLAEHN JOSEPH R—CO B, W—CO C, 1–293D INF; SSG BENNETT JEF- SPC ROCKSTROH JEREMY P—CO C, 1–293D 1–293D INF; SGT KRINER ROGER D—CO B, FREY A—CO C, 1–293D INF; PFC INF. 1–293D INF; SPC LANTZ WESLEY P—CO B, BERGAMINO STEPHEN E—CO C, 1–293D SPC RODRIGUEZ RICHARD P—CO C, 1– 1–293D INF; PFC LEON TRAVIS L—CO B, 1– INF; PV2 BERNING MATTHEW J—CO C, 1– 293D INF; SGT RONCO GARY S—CO C, 1– 293D INF; SGT LESTER RICHARD K—CO B, 293D INF; SGT BESECKER RICKEY L—CO 293D INF; SGT ROPP BRIAN P—CO C, 1–293D 1–293D INF; PFC LITTLE JOSHUA L—CO B, C, 1–293D INF; SGT BILLINGS ROBERT S— INF; PRC SHECKLER CHRISTOPHER—CO 1–293D INF; SPC LOZA MANUEL—CO B, 1– CO C, 1–293D INF; SGT BOBAY NATHAN J— C, 1–293D INF; SPC SHULTZ JERRY T—CO 293D INF; SGT LUCAS TERRY L—CO B, 1– CO C, 1–293D INF; SGT BRACHT BRENT A— C, 1–293D INF; SPC SIMMS TONY A—CO C, 293D INF; SGT LUDY KYLE K—CO B, 1–293D CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC BRADTMUELLER 1–293D INF; SGT SMITH BRIAN K—CO C, 1– INF; SSG MAIER MARK M—CO B, 1–293D RODNEY D—CO C, 1–293D INF; SGT BROAD 293D INF; SFC SMOLAR ROBERT B—CO C, INF; CPT MARCUSON GREGORY—CO B, 1– CHAD J—CO C, 1–293D INF; PFC 1–293D INF; SSG SPARKS LARRY L—CO C, 293D INF; SGT MARTIN JAMES W—CO B, 1– BROWNLEE DAMEION A—CO C, 1– 1–293D INF; SPC STANSBURY TRAVIS A— 293D INF; SPC MCANINCH KENNETH K—CO 293DINF1. CO C, 1–293D INF; PFC STARKEY PATRICK B, 1–293D INF; SPC MCCORD JERRY J—CO 2LT BURKETT JAMES J—CO C, 1–293D H—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC STEPHENS B, 1–293D INF; SPC MCKINNEY INF; SPC BURNETT JEREMY A—CO C, 1– AARON B—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC CHRISOPHER—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC 293D INF; SPC BUTLER JOSHUA L—CO C, STIEBELING ADAM T—CO C, 1–293D INF; MEACHAM ERIC C—CO B, 1–293D INF. 1–293D INF; SGT—COIL ALEC P—CO C, 1– SGT STOLTE ALVA L—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC MILLER ADAM S—CO B, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC—COMBS TOBY S—CO C, 1– SGT STRIGGLE TRAVIS E—CO C, 1–293D SPC MONTGOMERY JAMES C—CO B, 1– 293D INF; CPT—COPELAND CHARLES L— INF; SPC STULLER BILLY J—CO C, 1–293D 293D INF; SPC MOREY JOHNNY E—CO B, 1– CO C, 1–293D INF; SGT—COPP MARK A—CO INF; SGT SUMMERS JOHNNY D—CO C, 1– 293D INF; SGT MYERS JEFFREY A—CO B, C, 1–293D INF; SPC—COX BRANDT A—CO C, 293D INF; 1–293D INF; SPC NEHER KEITH A—CO B, 1– 1–293D INF; 1SG—COX CHARLES H—CO C, SPC TARIN JOSEPH A—CO C, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC NIERMAN JASON L—CO B, 1–293D INF; PFC DAHLMAN DEREK A—CO SPC TOWNES STEVEN O—CO C, INF; PFC 1–293D INF; SPC ORTIZ JEFFREY J—CO B, C, 1–293D INF; SGT DAVIDSON JAMES S— TRAN THUC T—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC 1–293D INF; SPC PALMER JONATHAN A— CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC DAVIS JOSHUA D— TUMBLESON DAVID F—CO C, 1–293D INF; CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC PAYNE JAMES A— CO C, 1–293D INF; PV2 DEAN JEREMY H— PFC UMHOLTZ JEREMIAH J—CO C, 1–293D CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC PECK TERRY L—CO CO C, 1–293D INF; PVT DOUGLAS BRACKEN INF; SPC VAUGHN KENDALL P—CO C, 1– B, 1–293D INF; SPC PETZOLD PHILLIP R— C—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC DUNHAM KEVIN 293D INF; PV2 VEIL MATTHEW C—CO C, 1– CO B, 1–293D INF; PV2 PLATTER STEPHEN W—CO C, 1–293D INF; SGT DURBIN LONNIE 293D INF; SGT WADE CHRISTOPHER M— P—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC PRICE JONA- G—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC EXNER THOMAS CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC WARNER MATTHEW THAN D—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC RAGER E—CO C, 1–293D INF. D—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC WEIDLER CHRIS- CLINT L—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC RAMER SPC FARRELL MARK A—CO C, 1–293D TOPHER F—CO C, 1–293D INF; SGT WELLS JASON M—CO B, 1–293D INF; SGT RAY- INF; PV2 FIDLER AARON C—CO C, 1–293D DAVID K—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC WHITE BURN GLENN D—CO B, 1–293D INF; PFC INF; SPC FIELDS TRACY S—CO C, 1–293D ERIC D—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC WILEY JUS- REAMES BRADLEY D—CO B, 1–293D INF; INF; PFC FISHER SHAWN M—CO C, 1–293D TIN M—CO C, 1–293D INF; SPC WOODS MI- SPC REECE JOSHUA A—CO B, 1–293D INF; INF; SGT FULLER BRANDT E—CO C, 1– CHAEL R—CO C, 1–293D INF; PFC WRIGHT SGT RICHARD MARK—CO B, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC GEELS ISSAC W—CO C, 1– GEORGE D—CO C, 1–293D INF; SSG WRIGHT SPC RICHARDS MALCOLM W—CO B, 1–293D 293D INF; SPC GOLDER JUSTIN N—CO C, 1– TRENT O—CO C, 1–293D INF; 2LT ZARTMAN INF; SGT RINKER TIMOTHY N—CO B, 1– 293D INF; SGT GROSE LYLE A—CO C, 1– LARRY A—CO C, 1–293D INF;. 293D INF; SPC RITCHEY JAMES R—CO B, 1– 293D INF; SSG GUSTIN NEAL V—CO C, 1– SPC ANDERSON MATTHEW J—CO D, 1– 293D INF. 293D INF; SPC HACKETT ZACHERY K—CO 293D INF; SPC ARNOLD PATRICK S—CO D, SPC RITCHIE BRANDEN D—CO B, 1–293D C, 1–293D INF; PFC HACKWORTH ERIC M— 1–293D INF; SGT BAHRKE DANIEL E—CO D, INF; SPC RITCHIE DAVID E—CO B, 1–293D CO C, 1–293D INF; PFC HARDWAY DONALD 1–293D INF; SPC BAUMIS DENNIS J—CO D, INF; SPC RIVERA SHAHUAN Z—CO B, 1– S—CO C, 1–293D INF; PFC HARMEYER 1–293D INF; PFC BEEKS NATHAN A—CO D, 293D INF; SPC ROARK REX—CO B, 1–293D JOSHUA A—CO C, 1–293D INF; PFC HODALJ 1–293D INF; SGT BLACKBURN ANDREW K— INF; SPC ROBERTS JOHNNY C—CO B, 1– MICHAEL S—CO C, 1–293D INF; SSG CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC BOZE LARRY E—CO 293D INF; SPC ROBINSON KENNEDY L—CO HOLTZMAN CAMERON M—CO C, 1–293D D, 1–293D INF; SSG BRATCH ROBERT J—CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC ROGERS SCOTT K—CO INF; SSG HUGHES WILLIS F—CO C, 1–293D D, 1–293D INF; SPC BUDD TRACY A—CO D, B, 1–293D INF; SPC ROTH STACEY S—CO B, INF; SPC JENKINS COREY D—CO C, 1–293D 1–293D INF; PV2 CALHOUN SHAWN T—CO 1–293D INF; SSG RUMBAOA ARCENIO JR— INF; PFC JONAK KRISTOPHER M—CO C, 1– D, 1–293D INF; PFC CICATKO MATTHEW CO B, 1–293D INF; SFC SCHOTT VICTOR D— 293D INF; SPC KASTEN TIMOTHY A—CO C, D—CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC CLOUSER BRIAN CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC SCOTT JEFFERY L— 1–293D INF; SPC KEENAN JOHN C—CO C, 1– P—CO D, 1–293D INF; SFC CRAIG GEORGE CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC SEARCH JOHN P— 293D INF; SGT KEISTER EDWARD C—CO C, J—CO D, 1–293D INF; SGT CRIPE QUENTIN CO B, 1–293D INF; SPC SEITZ ANDREW J— 1–293D INF; PFC KELLER JAMES L—CO C, A—CO D, 1–293D INF; 1LT CURTIS MAU- CO B, 1–293D INF; 2LT SELKING DOUGLAS 1–293D INF; PV2 KELLEY SHEA J—CO C, 1– RICE—CO D, 1–293D INF; SFC CUTSHALL

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.103 E31PT1 October 31, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2203 CHRISTOPHER—CO D, 1–293D INF; SFC SPC CLINE JOHNATHON J—HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT MARSHALL JAMES B—HHC, 1– DIEMER JEFFREY J—CO D, 1–293D INF; INF; SSG CLOUSE MICHAEL P—HHC, 1– 293D INF; SPC MARTIN ROCKY E—HHC, 1– SPC DIMOND JEFFREY W—CO D, 1–293D 293D INF; SPC COFFING WALTER E—HHC, 2930 INF; SPC MCCLELLAN DAVID A—HHC, INF; SPC EVERMAN RICHARD N—CO D, 1– 1–293D INF; SGT COLLINS JEFFREY A— 1–293D INF; SPC MCCLELLAND MATTHEW 293D INF; PV2 FAUST JOSHUA M—CO D, 1– HHC, 1–293D INF; PFC COREY ROBERT D— J—HHC, 1–293D INF; PVT MELVIN LEE R— 293D INF; SPC FIGUEROA ROBERTO JR— HHC, 1–293D INF; SFC COUCH RANDY L— HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC MEYER STEVEN E— CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC FRANKLIN ERIC C— HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC CRAWFORD MAT- HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC MIDDAUGH SEAN CO D, 1–293D INF. THEW L—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC CREEK A—HHC 1–293D INF; SFC MITCHELL JON SGT GORREL TODD N—CO D, 1–293D INF; GREGORY E—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC DAVIS E—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC MORGAN SPC GRAY KARL C—CO D, 1–293D INF; SGT CHARLES R—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC DAVIS DEWAYNE L—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC MUR- GRIFFEY CHARLES T—CO D, 1–293D INF; KEVIN D—HHC, 1–293D INF; CPT DENBY PHY BRIAN L—HHC, 1–293D INF; CPT SPC GUNSOLUS ADRIAN E—CO D, 1–293D TIMOTHY W—HHC, 1–293D INF; LTC DEN- NEDZA DONALD E—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC INF; SSG HARLAN DENNY J—CO D, 1–293D TON IVAN E—HHC, 1–293D INF; CPT DERUE NICCUM MITCHELL A—HHC, 1–293D INF; INF; SPC HATTON MICHAEL R—CO D, 1– ERIC A—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC DONAHUE SPC NUCKOLS LARRY M—HHC, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SGT HAWKINS BILLY E—CO D, 1– MICHAEL P—HHC, 1–293D INF; SFC DUN- SPC OLIVER WADE E—HHC, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC HEFFELFINGER ROGER R— CAN JEFFREY W—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC SGT ORTIZ FLORENCE R—HHC, 1–293D CO D, 1–293D INF; 2LT HITE GARY L—CO D, DUNKERLEY RICK A—HHC, 1–293D INF; INF; SGT OSBORNE DAVID R—HHC, 1–293D 1–293D INF; SPC HOFFMAN JOHN W—CO D, SPC DUNN JOSEPH M—HHC, 1–293D INF; INF; SPC PAPPE CLIFFORD R—HHC, 1– 1–293D INF; PV2 HYDEN JEROD W—CO D, 1– SGT ELKINS WILLIAM R—HHC, 1–293D INF; 293D INF. 293D INF; SPC JACQUAY TIMOTHY A—CO SFC ELLENBERGER SCOTT B—HHC, 1–293D SGT PASKINS HAROLD D—HHC, 1–293D D, 1–293D INF; SPC JIMENEZ BRYAN K—CO INF; SPC ENLOW DANIEL E—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC PASKO JASON P—HHC, 1–293D D, 1–293D INF; SSG JIMENEZ DAVID L—CO INF; SPC EREXSON ERIC L—HHC, 1–293D INF; SSG PESENECKER THOMAS J—HHC, D, 1–293D INF; SPC JONES SHANE D—CO D, INF; CPT FANTOZZI RICHARD K—HHC, 1– 1–293D INF; SPC PETERSON RANDAL E— 1–293D INF; SGT KNAUFF BRIAN K—CO D, 293D INF; SGT FOSTER MATTHEW C—HHC, HHC, 1–293D INF; SSG PIEPENBRINK JO- 1–293D INF; PFC KOCHENSPARGER JASON 1–293D INF; SPC FRAUHIGER BRIAN F— SEPH C—HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT PLANK M—CO D, 1–293D INF; PFC LACAYO HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT GAWLIK HENRY C— JEFFREY P—HHC, 1–293D INF; SSG PLAT- HORACIO A—CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC HHC, 1–293D INF; PV2 GEISLEMAN TERRY TER MICHAEL J—HHC, 1–293D INF; PV2 LANDERS BRIAN D—CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC A—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC GIBSON GEOF- PORTER VINCENT A—HHC, 1–293D INF; LUCAS ROBERT M—CO D, 1–293D INF; 1SG FREY V—HHC, 1–293D INF. SPC POWELL RICHARD W—HHC, 1–293D MCNANY JAMES W—CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC SPC GIBSON RICKY A—HHC, 1–293D INF; INF; 2LT RAPP DOUGLAS C—HHC, 1–293D MORROW WILLIAM E—CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC GILLESPIE LORNE K—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC RASOR BRIAN A—HHC, 1–293D SPC NELSON CHAD W—CO D, 1–293D INF; INF; MSG GISEL TOMMY L HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC RICKETTS JEMATEUS J—HHC, 1– SSG NELSON JAMES A—CO D, 1–293D INF; INF; SPC GONZALEZ ROBERTO J—HHC, 1– 293D INF; SPC ROBINSON TIM D—HHC, 1– SPC NELSON RICKEY J—CO D, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC GOSNELL DALE E—HHC, 1– 293D INF; PFC ROLLINS JESSE H—HHC, 1– SPC OHARA DUSTIN L—CO D, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC GRAHAM DAVID K—HHC, 1– 293D INF; SGT ROSS JOHN A—HHC, 1–293D PFC PATTON JEREMY D—CO D, 1–293D 293D INF; SGT GRESHAM JAMES P—HHC, INF; CSM RUNGE JOHN M—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC PAYNE JEREMY L—CO D, 1–293D 1–293D INF; SPC GRISWOLD WILLIAM L— INF; CPT RUSSELL WESLEY A—HHC, 1– INF; 2LT PITTMAN CHAD A—CO D, 1–293D HHC, 1–293D INF; SFC GUSTAFSON CHRIS- 293D INF; SGT SALEMINK CHRISTOPHER— INF; SGT POE SCOTT A—CO D, 1–293D INF; TOPHER—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC SHEARER JEREMY SPC PRUITT STEVEN E—CO D, 1–293D INF; HABEGGER DENNIS M—HHC, 1–293D INF; B—HHC, 1–293D INF; SSG SHERMAN MAT- SSG PUTT ELLIOTT R—CO D, 1–293D INF. SGT HAGER BRIAN D—HHC, 1–293D INF; THEW H—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC SHODA PV2 ROBINSON RYAN L—CO D, 1–293D SPC HALL MATTHEW J—HHC, 1–2930 INF; MATHEW A—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC SIMP- INF; SPC SHARP DARRELL J—CO D, 1–2930 SGT HAVILAND THOMAS D—HHC, 1–293D SON PETER J—HHC, 1–293D INF; PFC SISK INF; SGT SHENEFIELD HEATH R—CO D, 1– INF; SSG HELBLIG WILLIAM E—HHC, 1– SHAWN A—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC SLAGLE 293D INF; PFC SHOEMAKER ROBERT W— 293D INF; 2LT HENSEL JAMES D—HHC, 1– CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC SHULTZ JAMES D— RYAN G—HHC, 1–293D INF. 293D INF; SPC HENTZELL BRIAN E—HHC, SGT SMITHLEY KENNETH R—HHC, 1– CO D, 1–293D INF; SPFC SMITH GARY L— 1–293D INF; SPC HERSHBERGER JERRY 293D INF; 1LT SNYDER BRADLEY J—HHC, CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC SMITH LESTER E— A—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC HESS BRANDON 1–293D INF; SPC SPURGEON DANNY J— CO D, 1–293D INF; SGT SMITH SHAD L—CO M—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC HESS CHRIS- HHC, 1–293D INF; SGM STAFFORD MI- D, 1–293D INF; SGT STELL RICK T—CO D, TOPHER A—HHC, 1–2930 INF; SPC HILGER CHAEL W—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC STE- 1–293D INF; SSG STEPHAN ERNEST H—CO PAUL H—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC HINEN PHENSON ADAM K—HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT D, 1–293D INF; SPC STOFFEL JEREMIAH SHAWN W—HHC, 1–293D INF; PFC HOAG STONER JASON R—HHC, 1–293D INF; PFC L—CO D, 1–293D INF; PV2 THOMPSON RICHARD C—HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT STOPPENHAGEN JOSHUA W—HHC, 1–293D JAMES E—CO D, 1–293D INF; SSG TIMMS HOEPPNER KEVIN D—HHC, 1–293D INF; INF; PV2 SUMMERS MARCUS—HHC, 1–293D JAMES A—CO D, 1–293D INF; SGT SPC HOFFMAN MICHAEL D—HHC, 1–2930 INF; SPC SWIHART TIMOTHY A—HHC, 1– TRIBBETT KEVIN J—CO D, 1–293D INF; SPC INF; PFC HOLCOMB NICHOLAS R—HHC, 1– 293D INF; PVT TACKER PAUL J—HHC, 1– TURNER JOSHUA L—CO D, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC HOOVER SCOT A—HHC, 1– 293D INF; SPC THOMAS CHRISTOPHER D— PVT TURNER ROBERT B—CO D, 1–293D 293D INF; SGT HYNDMAN GREG E—HHC, 1– HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC THOMAS GRANT H— INF; PV2 UNDERWOOD DAVID R—CO D, 1– 293D INF; SGT JEFFREY JOSHUA R—HHC, 293D INF; SPC VINEYARD MICHAEL S—CO 1–293D INF; SPC JENNINGS KEVIN L—HHC, HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT THOMAS KEVIN J— D, 1–293D INF; SGT WEILAND GARY H—CO 1–293D INF; SPC JOHNSON COREY D—HHC, HHC, 1–293D INF; 1LT THOMPSON LYNN J— D, 1–293D INF; SPC WILSON CHAD M—CO D, 1–2930 INF; SPC JORDAN STEVEN H—HHC, HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC THOMPSON MAT- 1–293D INF; SPC WINTRODE JOSEPH T—CO 1–293D INF. THEW J—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC TODD D, 1–293D INF; CPT WOODSMALL MARK 1LT KAUTSKY RONALD S—HHC, 1–293D CHRISTOPHER M—HHC, 1–293D INF; PFC A—CO D, 1–293D INF; SFC ZAHM PHILIP S— INF; SPC KELLER BENJAMIN L—HHC, 1– TOLLE BRYAN N—HHC, 1–293D INF; MSG CO D, 1–293D INF. 293D INF; SPC KELLER ISAAC D—HHC, 1– URIDGE LAURENCE T—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC AMOS TODD M—HHC, 1–293D INF; 293D INF; SPC KENNEDY JOSHUA J—HHC, LTC VILLARRUEL LUIS L—HHC, 1–293D SFC APPLEGATE CHARLES T—HHC, 1– 1–293D INF; SPC KINSEY MATTHEW L— INF; SGT VOLLEN DREW A—HHC, 1–293D 293D INF; SSG ATWATER SCOTT D—HHC, HHC, 1–2930 INF; SPC KLOSOWSKI STAN- INF; SPC WADE GLENN P—HHC, 1–293D 1–293D INF; SGT BATES BRIAN M—HHC, 1– LEY—HHC, 1–293D INF; SSG KOBELJA INF; SPC WALTERS BUTCH L—HHC, 1–293D 293D INF; SPC BATTEN ELISHA L—HHC, 1– NICHOLAS C—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC INF. 293D INF; SPC BAUGH ANTHONY J—HHC, KREIDER ALROY E—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC SGT WEBER MICHAEL L—HHC, 1–293D 1–293D INF; SPC BECKNER DEREK S—HHC, LANGIN JOHN P—HHC, 1–293D INF; PFC INF; SPC WEBSTER JOHN W—HHC, 1–293D 1–293D INF; SPC BEELER ANTHONY R— LATTA JOHN J—HHC, 1–293D INF; SSG INF; SGT WEINLEY ROBERT E—HHC, 1– HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC BERTHOLF CHRIS- LEHMAN CRAIG L—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC 293D INF; PFC WELCH CHRISTOPHER R— TOPHER—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC BOBISH LEMMON JEFFREY A—HHC, 1–293D INF; HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT WELLS MICHAEL PAUL D—HHC, 1–293D INF; PFC BOLINGER SPC LEWIS ANTHONY E—HHC, 1–293D INF; E—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC WELTY JUSTIN— BRYAN D—HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT PV2 LEWIS NEIL C—HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT HHC, 1–293D INF; PFC WENTLAND KYLE BORNKAMP CHRISTOPHER—HHC, 1–293D LIGHT GREG A—HHC, 1–293D INF; CPT LI- K—HHC, 1–293D INF; MAJ WESTFALL RON- INF; SGT BOWMAN JAMES W—HHC, 1–293D PINSKI RONALD A—HHC, 1–2930 INF; SFC ALD A—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC WHANNEL INF; SPC BRACHT MICHAEL P—HHC, 1– LITCHFIELD DAVID A—HHC, 1–293D INF; RUSSELL S—HHC, 1–293D INF; SGT WHITE 293D INF; MAJ BRAY ERIC G—HHC, 1–293D SPC LITTRELL PAUL A—HHC, 1–293D INF; ARDONUS L—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC WHITE INF; SPC BREWER LAVAR J—HHC, 1–293D SPC LUNG SCOTTIE W—HHC, 1–293D INF; SHAUN P—HHC, 1–293D INF; 1SG INF; SGT BRIGGS EDWARD R—HHC, 1–293D SPC LYNCH BRUCE D—HHC, 1–293D INF; WILCOXEN LELAND G—HHC, 1–293D INF; INF; SGT BROCK ROY W—HHC, 1–293D INF; SFC MACGREGOR SCOTT D—HHC, 1–293D SPC WILDER ALEXANDER M—HHC, 1–293D SPC BROOKS GARY P—HHC, 1–293D INF; INF; SPC MACK JUSTIN T—HHC, 1–2930 INF; SPC WILSON NATHAN S—HHC, 1–293D SPC CATO CHRISTOPHER L—HHC, 1–293D INF. INF; PV2 WOLFE JACOB D—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC CHAPMAN ANTHONY—HHC, 1– SGT MADDOX DAVID L—HHC, 1–293D INF; PFC WOOD CLINTON J—HHC, 1–293D 293D INF. INF; 1LT MALONE BRUCE W—HHC, 1–293D INF; SPC WOOD PATRICK S—HHC, 1–293D

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:57 Nov 01, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.106 E31PT1 E2204 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 31, 2003 INF; SPC YODER GREGORY J—HHC, 1–293D BREAST CANCER AWARENESS However, we still have a long way to go. INF; SPC YOUNG JAMES M—HHC, 1–293D MONTH This year nearly 40,000 women will die of INF; SPC YOUNG MICHAEL D—HHC, 1–293D breast cancer, and over 211,000 new cases INF; SGT ZELL BENJAMIN L—HHC, 1–293D INF. will be diagnosed. HON. MIKE ROSS Unfortunately, many of these cases will be OF ARKANSAS diagnosed, and deaths will occur, in commu- f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nities where access to advanced medicine is PERSONAL EXPLANATION Thursday, October 30, 2003 limited. Congress’s commitment to increasing the Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, October is National funding for cancer prevention and early detec- HON. CHARLES A. GONZALEZ Breast Cancer Awareness month, and as this tion is helping us battle this disease. Today OF TEXAS month comes to an end, it is important for us we can be proud of the advancements we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to reflect upon the progress we have made to- have made. But we must continue our commit- ward defeating this illness. ment to defeating breast cancer by raising the Thursday, October 30, 2003 An increased awareness of the steps nec- public’s awareness, expanding health care Mr. GONZALEZ. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall essary to defeat breast cancer, including screenings to include all women, and con- Nos. 576, 577, 578, and 579, had I been mammography screenings, has led to early tinuing to fund the research necessary to fight present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on all four. detection and higher survival rates. this disease.

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