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REMEMBERING ROBERT SIMS own home, grabbed a fire extinguisher, asked lic law that made the breast cancer fundraising his mother to call 911, and ran into his neigh- stamp official. HON. JOHN S. TANNER bor’s home to help put out the blaze. Mr. Speaker, as Members of Congress, let’s do our part to protect our constituents, pro- OF TENNESSEE The fire, which started in the home’s kitch- en, would have almost certainly quickly spread mote breast cancer research and education, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES throughout the entire structure had it not been and reauthorize the Breast Cancer Stamp pro- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 for Austin’s swift intervention. Austin was able gram. Mr. TANNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in to help contain the fire to the kitchen saving f the home from burning entirely. The owner, honor of an American veteran, a tireless public HONORING FRANK BIERWILER OF Janeen Hall, has called Austin a hero and servant, an outstanding citizen and a dear SPRING HILL, FL friend, Mr. Robert Bell Sims. Bob will be laid credits him with saving her home. to rest next month at Arlington National Ceme- According to friends and family, Austin has tery. remained very humble about his bravery. HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE During Bob’s long and distinguished career Though many have marveled at the fact that OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the United States Navy, he served as a he had the composure to act so heroically, he communications officer under two Secretaries says he just did the right thing. Wednesday, October 29, 2003 of the Navy, then as the Deputy Chief of Infor- We all know that Austin’s actions truly are Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. mation for the Department of the Navy. He worthy of praise and so Mr. Speaker I ask you Speaker, I rise today to honor a great public also served on the National Security Council and my colleagues to join with me in honoring servant, a charitable giver, and a selfless hero and the National Defense University. Austin Toxen today. He truly is a brave young in my Fifth Congressional District, Mr. Frank Bob retired from the Navy in 1984 at the man and a fine example of courage and self- Bierwiler. rank of Captain but did not end his service to lessness. Frank Bierwiler first served his community in our nation’s defense. He served in the White f New York for many years as a State Police House as Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Officer. Then, after a multiple sclerosis diag- Affairs and was later nominated and confirmed OCTOBER AS NATIONAL BREAST nosis in 1974 forced him to retire from the to the post of Assistant Secretary of Defense CANCER AWARENESS MONTH force, Frank Bierwiler pledged to do something for Public Affairs. good with his life. In 1987, Bob turned to his background in HON. DOUG OSE It was a few years later, Mr. Speaker, that magazine and newspaper publishing, when he OF CALIFORNIA he moved to Florida and started Daystar Hope began fourteen years of service at the Na- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Center, an organization giving food, clothing, tional Geographic Society. For thirty years, he and assistance with bills to central Floridians Wednesday, October 29, 2003 was the owner and publisher of The Crockett in need. Times. The work of his family and staff at the Mr. OSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor For nearly 20 years, the center has served newspaper has long been important to Bob’s October as National Breast Cancer Awareness as an example of the power and impact of be- hometown of Alamo, Tennessee, and indeed Month. Cancer is a growing and tragic epi- nevolence and kindness. Its doors have wel- to all of us in Crockett County. demic that has undoubtedly touched loved comed thousands of Floridians in need and Bob is survived by his wife, Patricia, four ones, affecting mothers, sisters, daughters, as Mr. Bierwiler’s perseverance and generosity children and seven grandchildren. My wife, well as friends. The campaign emphasizes the have for so long ensured that those doors stay Betty Ann, and I have long cherished our importance of early detection of the disease open. friendship with Bob and Pat Sims and are through mammograms, clinical breast exam- Unfortunately, after 20 years of helping so greatly saddened by Bob’s passing. He will be ination, as well as breast self-examination. many, the Daystar Hope Center is closing. missed. We know, however, that the legacy he During 2003, over 211,000 new cases of While it is unfortunate that the center is leaves behind will never be forgotten. breast cancer are expected to occur among ceasing operations, many other charitable or- Mr. Speaker, please join with me in hon- women in the United States and breast cancer ganizations, came into existence because of oring the long service, dedication and friend- remains as the leading cause of cancer death the success of the Daystar Hope Center. ship of Bob Sims. in women in the United States. Alarmingly, Frank’s leadership fostered these other organi- zations and he always worked well with them. f every 2 hours, on average, a California woman dies of breast cancer. I want to take this opportunity today to first HONORING AUSTIN TOXEN I am honored to promote breast cancer commend Frank Bierwiler for his work in my awareness and research by urging my col- district and to, second, draw attention to the HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE leagues to reauthorize the Breast Cancer Re- extraordinary things that can happen when one determined, individual pledges himself to OF FLORIDA search program for 2 more years. Millions of greatness. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES people have purchased the Breast Cancer Re- search stamp, a program that was first intro- Mr. Speaker, I ask you and all of my col- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 duced in July 1998, generating over $34.5 mil- leagues in this body to join me in honoring Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. lion for research and development. Frank Bierwiler and offering our sincere admi- Speaker, I rise today to honor a young hero in The Breast Cancer Research stamp is es- ration for his work, life, and accomplishments. my Fifth Congressional District of Florida. pecially important to me because my con- f Throughout our current situation in Iraq and stituent, Dr. Ernie Bodai of Carmichael, CA, HONORING THE BRAVE FIRE- our continued War on Terror we have had oc- was the leading force behind the program. FIGHTERS OF CALIFORNIA AND casion to honor many heroes. Today I want to After 14 visits to Washington within 2 years, THE 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DIS- take the time to honor a very special young as well as spending $100,000 of his personal TRICT man who, just like our troops overseas, acted savings, he succeeded, creating a leading for bravely and selflessly to protect the safety of Breast Cancer fundraising. Dr. Bodai is the HON. DOUG OSE another person. pioneer of the Breast Cancer stamp, Chief of OF CALIFORNIA This summer while playing outside with General Surgery for Kaiser Permanente, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES friends, Austin Toxen, a fifth-grader at Forest CEO of CureBreastCancer, Inc. Ridge Elementary School in Citrus County, no- Driving through Sacramento, he can be eas- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 ticed smoke coming from his neighbor’s home. ily detected by his car, which is adorned by its Mr. OSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ex- Acting quickly and keenly, Austin ran into his license plate—PL 105–41—the title of the pub- press my deep sympathy to the victims of the

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VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K29OC8.001 E30PT1 E2158 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 30, 2003 fires that have been plaguing southern Cali- RECOGNIZING THE 20TH ANNIVER- about the environment and the value of trees fornia this past week and even now continue SARY OF PHELPS HOSPICE for many years. to rage. I would also like to recognize the At a ceremony in city hall this week as part emergency assistance that has been mobi- HON. NITA M. LOWEY of Brooksville’s Founders’ Week Celebration, lized to help the counties of Ventura, Los An- OF NEW YORK Mrs. Ghiotto was honored with a plaque, re- ception, and many kind words. This weekend geles, San Diego, and San Bernardino. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES scope of the devastation this disaster has de- she will be the Grand Marshal of the livered is vast. It has viciously taken at least Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Brooksville Founder’s Day Parade. 14 lives, destroyed over 1,500 homes, and Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to While this most recent honor is certainly a burned over 500,000 acres of land. In addi- recognize the achievements of Phelps Hos- laudable one, it is not the first such accolade tion, over 50,000 people have been evacuated pice and to congratulate it on its 20th anniver- Mrs. Ghiotto has received. Over the years, from their homes. sary. Since 1983, Phelps Hospice has pro- she has been named the Hernando County Chamber of Commerce’s ‘‘Citizen of the I would like to take this opportunity to recog- vided end of life care and comfort throughout Year,’’ AWBA’s ‘‘Business Associate of the nize and thank the men and women from my Westchester County, NY, helping to relieve Year,’’ and the Lions Club’s ‘‘Outstanding Cit- district who, where capable, have dedicated the physical, emotional, and spiritual pain of izen.’’ She even has awards named after their time to helping combat the fires in south- more than 2,000 patients and their loved ones. her—the University of Florida Lambda Chi ern California. Calaveras County has donated An essential element of this care is the per- Alpha chapter gives an annual leadership 5 fire engines along with 15 fire fighters. sonalized service that Phelps Hospice pro- award to a distinguished member, called ‘‘The Amador County has donated an entire team vides to meet the unique needs of each pa- Margaret Rogers Ghiotto Award’’ and the city consisting of 2 engines and nine people, in- tient and his or her loved ones. Working with of Brooksville honors businesses and individ- cluding one fire chief. In addition, Solano and the patient’s primary care physician, Phelps uals with the ‘‘Margaret Rogers Ghiotto Beau- Sacramento Counties have each dedicated Hospice develops a plan of care that matches the family’s needs with the abilities of its med- tification Award.’’ significant resources to assist in the firefighting Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my col- effort, including over three fire strike teams ical director, nurses, social workers, home health aids, spiritual counselors, psychologists, leagues in this body join me in honoring this and two trucks. These mobilizations are fight- great woman and great citizen. We should all ing to alleviate the impact of this disaster even nutritionists, volunteers, therapists, and be- reavement counselors. be so lucky as to have a Margaret Rogers as I speak. It is my sincere hope that these Ghiotto in each of our districts. brave men and women will be able to safely Through support groups and memorial serv- and swiftly contain these fires. My thoughts ices, Phelps Hospice has offered bereavement f and prayers are with them. counseling for the families of hospice patients, HONORING THE SERVICE AND as well as for members of the community. SACRIFICE OF HANK MASON In addition, since 2002, Phelps Hospice has f provided complementary care consisting of HON. STEVAN PEARCE TAIWAN NATIONAL DAY massage, music, pet and art therapy, making it one of the first hospices in Westchester OF NEW MEXICO County to incorporate complementary care IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. HILDA L. SOLIS into its list of services. Wednesday, October 29, 2003 To aid in the care of patients, Phelps Hos- Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF CALIFORNIA pice has trained hundreds of selfless volun- recognize Mr. Hank Mason of Los Lunas, New IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES teers in the past 20 years. Mexico for his distinguished service to our And, of course, the numerous services of- country during the Vietnam War. Mr. Mason is Wednesday, October 29, 2003 fered by Phelps Hospice are provided to all a great American, and recognition for his serv- patients regardless of race, religion, color, na- Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you ice to our country is long overdue. I thank him tional origin, sex, disability, age, sexual pref- for his commitment to freedom and the sac- today to honor and congratulate the people of erence, or ability to pay. the Taiwan on their Double Ten: National Day. rifices he endured while serving in Vietnam. I am honored to have this opportunity to Mason earned, but never received, several Earlier this month, on October 10, 2003, Tai- congratulate Phelps Hospice on its 20th anni- wan celebrated its National Day. This special war and service medals from the United versary. Westchester County is undoubtedly a States Army for his 3 years of service, includ- day for Taiwan is celebrated to commemorate better place thanks to the tireless work of its the 1911 Wuch’ang uprising, which marked ing a tour in Vietnam. Mason says he has staff and volunteers. I wish them the best of made many attempts for more than 3 decades the beginning of a struggle towards political luck in the next 20 years—and more—of serv- democracy. to receive the medals that were due to him, ice to our community. with no avail. On Saturday, October 25, 2003, On October 10, fireworks lighted the skies f I was proud to present Mr. Mason with the of Taiwan, and the streets were filled with military service medals he has been waiting large parades. This celebration is much like HONORING MARGARET ‘‘WEENIE’’ ROGERS GHIOTTO, BROOKS- for more than 34 years. our 4th of July celebrations. Taiwan is a shin- We must always recognize the men and ing example of economic success and democ- VILLE, FLORIDA’S ‘‘GREAT BROOKSVILLIAN’’ women of our Armed Forces who have val- ratization. Taiwan’s accomplishments are nu- iantly defended our American values through- merous, and its success is attributed to its out our Nation’s history. These remarkable in- people. HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE dividuals have helped to make America secure In August of this year I had the pleasure of OF FLORIDA and have advanced the cause of freedom meeting Taiwan’s Vice President, Madame IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES worldwide. By answering the call of duty, our Annette Lu in Los Angeles. Vice President Lu Wednesday, October 29, 2003 veterans have risked their lives to protect their fellow countrymen. Individuals like Hank is the first female vice president to serve Tai- Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Mason have inspired our Nation with their wan. She has devoted her time and efforts to Speaker, I rise today to honor a woman who courage, patriotism and dedication. promoting human rights, democracy, and tech- has for many years been an outstanding busi- nology. She has made countless contributions nesswoman and citizen in my hometown of f to the advancement of women in Taiwan. With Brooksville, Florida. Margaret Rogers Ghiotto, INTRODUCTION OF H.R. 3387 her efforts and many other women like her, known as ‘‘Weenie’’ to her close friends and the women of Taiwan have progressed in edu- family, was recently honored as a ‘‘Great HON. LANE EVANS cation, business, politics, and society in gen- Brooksvillian’’ for her work on behalf of the eral. Vice President Lu is a true dynamic OF ILLINOIS community. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES democratic leader. She represents her people Aside from owning and managing Rogers’ and her country well. Christmas House Village and the Jennings Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Once again, my best wishes and congratu- House, which is on the National Register of Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in- lations to the people of Taiwan on their Dou- Historic Places, Mrs. Ghiotto has a back- troduce H.R. 3387, the Veterans Health Pro- ble Ten National Day. ground in education, having taught children grams Improvement Act of 2003. Mr. Speaker,

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.004 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2159 many of the provisions in the bill I am intro- ing in the cost-sharing from veterans or their 2004. Surveys from a few years ago continued ducing with my colleague, the ranking member spouses without paying toward their VA treat- to demonstrate that women in the Armed of the Health Subcommittee of the Committee ment. Veterans should be willing to share this Services are at a high risk for sexual harass- on Veterans’ Affairs, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, are sup- information if they are receiving care at VA fa- ment and, even sexual assault. Sadly, it is ap- ported by the administration and have been cilities and their health plans should be willing parent that sexual trauma will continue occur- offered to us previously in its request for draft to reimburse VA as the veterans’ provider-of- ring in military service and elsewhere. VA has legislation. Specifically, sections 2 through 6 of choice. It is only fair to ask veterans to offer served as a valuable outlet to women who this bill are found in the draft bill, Omnibus this information as VA continues to mull tough have believed the military and the government Veterans Health Care and Benefits Act of choices of limiting services and those it will had otherwise abandoned them. We must en- 2003 requested by Secretary Principi on Au- serve. sure that VA’s programs continue to exist to gust 15, 2003. Finally, VA also requested permission to ex- serve for the indefinite future. Other provisions of this bill extend authori- tend its authority to provide acquired prop- Mr. Speaker, this bill supports proven pro- ties or reports which already exist in law, but erties to homeless service providers. These grams that are already offering invaluable as- which are expiring. I believe it is critical that partners can purchase VA-acquired properties sistance to the veterans that are able to avail some of these activities continue to be man- at discounts ranging from 20 to 50 percent. themselves of them. I want veterans to con- dated and carefully overseen by Congress. Through fiscal year 2002, 188 properties have tinue to be able to rely upon them. VA has asked for the authority to provide up been sold to homeless providers under the f to 14 days of care to the newborn infants of program, including two that were sold to a VA women veterans. This allows VA to provide a medical center for the compensated work ther- REPUDIATING ANTI-SEMITIC SEN- more complete spectrum of care to women— apy program. The shelters established in TIMENTS EXPRESSED BY DR. particularly the younger women who are now these properties have provided approximately MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, OUTGOING serving in the military in record numbers. VA 372,000 nights of shelter to homeless vet- PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA may, under current law, offer all maternity erans. The VA has also entered into 52 leases care, including labor, delivery and recovery, with homeless providers. Most of these were SPEECH OF but once the infant is born, VA is forced to find subsequently converted into sales to homeless HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. other payers—often Medicaid if the mother providers. I hope that we can support VA’s ef- OF NEW JERSEY has no other health care benefits—to finance forts to continue to offer these properties to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the care of the child. The cost of providing this homeless providers. benefit to the newborn infants of women vet- In addition to the VA-requested provisions, I Tuesday, October 28, 2003 erans is negligible. am proposing several extensions of reports Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I rise today VA has also asked for authority to provide and additional authorities that I strongly be- in support of H. Res. 409 that condemns re- certain rehabilitative services under its medical lieve we must continue. Congress created two cent anti-Semitic remarks by the Prime Min- care authority. A vital part of therapy for many advisory committees—one that advises the ister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia. of VA’s homeless, psychiatric, and substance Under Secretary on Health exclusively about Unfortunately, rather than openly condemn use disorder recovery programs is the voca- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and one that the Prime Minister for his remarks, many in tional activity. Successfully engaging in pro- makes recommendations for a variety of pro- the global community have remained largely ductive activity is viewed as a critical part of grams serving Severely Mentally Ill veterans. silent on this issue. By not taking a stand therapy and integral to complete rehabilitation. We have relied on the reports of these Com- against hateful speech, the international com- Although VA does offer a range of training mittees to ensure Congress that these mental munity is showing that it is okay for world programs, often VA must shuttle veterans be- health programs are receiving adequate atten- leaders to promote bigotry and violence. By tween programs to meet all the veterans’ tion as VA continues to reform its health care not taking a stand, members of the European needs. This makes case management difficult. delivery. It has become clear that since 1996, Union and other world leaders are showing Instead of allowing one person to work and likely before, VA has continued to pare that other acts of hate speech will be allowed through job training, placement and support, back the resources it commits to its mental to continue without consequence. veterans could be forced to work through sev- health programs. Congress is still awaiting the That is why it is critical that Congress takes eral agencies and multiple points-of-contact report due last Spring that demonstrates VA’s a stand and denounces these remarks and I adding complexity and confusion when vet- maintenance of these programs’ capacity in urge my colleagues to support this resolution. erans are already at a vulnerable turning point fiscal year 2002. These Committees serve as It is important that we go on record to show in their rehabilitation. This provision allows VA much needed internal spokespeople and ad- that this type of hatred and bigotry is unac- medical personnel to provide continuous care vocates for their programs and are particularly ceptable—especially by world leaders who are throughout vocational training. vital in more fiscally constrained times. I am expected to set an example for their people. Last year the clock ran out on special health hopeful that my colleagues will agree that we By allowing these hateful remarks to go care eligibility for herbicide-exposed veterans continue to require the oversight of these in- unacknowledged, that makes it that much of the Vietnam-era and also for our Persian ternal watchdogs. more difficult to bring opposing sides together Gulf veterans. I spent much of my early tenure In addition to extending these reporting re- in the Middle East and puts us that much fur- here fighting for compensation for veterans quirements, I would like to see Congress com- ther from an eventual peace agreement. who believed their illnesses were associated mitted to allowing Vietnam-era veterans to Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to with exposure to Agent Orange and other her- continue to seek readjustment counseling at support H. Res. 409. bicides. Learning from that experience, Con- Vet Centers. As a Vietnam-era veteran myself, f gress gave veterans who served in the first I have seen too many of my peers have sig- Gulf war more of the benefit of the doubt by nificantly delayed reactions to the traumatic HONORING DR. JOHN ATANASOFF allowing them to be compensated for vaguely events of long ago. Many World War II vet- ON THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNI- defined conditions and illnesses that are not erans continue to struggle with the past we VERSARY OF HIS BIRTH generally related to military service, but for might have suspected they left long ago—look which they seem to be at high risk. There at how many veterans from that war had HON. TOM LATHAM seems to be a pretty serious schism between strong emotional reactions to Saving Private OF IOWA what we are doing to compensate veterans Ryan. As we all recall, there were unique chal- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and the provision of care for conditions which lenges to returning home from service during Wednesday, October 29, 2003 they believe may be associated to their serv- the Vietnam War—a war that did not enjoy ice. Without this special priority, some vet- public support. While we’ve learned from this Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, on October 30, erans who have not previously sought VA experience to ‘‘love the warrior, if not the war’’ 31 and November 1, 2003, Iowa State Univer- health care, may never be able to receive it. I would like to ensure that Vet Centers remain sity in Ames, Iowa, will hold a landmark event VA wants to continue to offer priority special- accessible to Vietnam-era veterans who had that will be the Nation’s tribute to the late John ized treatment to veterans in these special pri- unique adjustment challenges upon their re- Vincent Atanasoff’s 100th birthday (October 4, orities, and I fully support them in this effort. turn to service. 2003). Dr. Atanasoff, along with electrical en- VA would also like to require veterans to Finally, my bill would eliminate the sunset of gineering graduate student, Clifford Berry, de- provide information from their health insurers. authority for VA’s sexual trauma counseling veloped the world’s first electronic digital com- Too often these private-sector payers are rak- program currently set to expire December 31, puter from 1939 to 1942 while serving as a

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.009 E30PT1 E2160 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 30, 2003 physics and mathematics professor at Iowa Rodrõ«guez searched for ways to make his and A. G. Spanos Ventures. He also owns the State University. Known as the Atanasoff- group more effective, he approached the Spanos Jet Center and the National Football Berry Computer, the invention was Atanasoff’s Cuban Commission for Human Rights and Na- League’s San Diego Chargers. solution to finding a better, more efficient way tional Reconciliation for guidance. After learn- Mr. Speaker, not only is Alex Spanos a suc- for his students to learn. It was the principles ing of the Commission’s professed goal of cessful businessman, but he is also a suc- of his invention that changed the face of tech- basic human rights, he became an important cessful human being. His family has always nology forever. member of that group. taken center stage in his life. He and Faye The university is organizing the International Unfortunately for Dr. Cano Rodrõ«guez, his enjoy the time they share with their four chil- Symposium on Modern Computing, October being associated with two groups who profess dren and 15 grandchildren. It is telling that his 30–November 1 in celebration of his life’s ac- to work to provide the Cuban people with their companies continue to be family owned and complishments. Leaders in the computing basic rights and their basic medicine proved to operated, as he has shared management re- field, internationally renowned academic re- be too much for Castro and his machinery of sponsibilities with his sons, Dean and Michael. searchers, and college and university students repression. On March 25, 2003, Dr. Cano A noted philanthropist, he has reached out from across the Nation will come together to Rodrõ«guez was arrested in Las Tunas. The ‘‘il- to those in need and given of his resources to discuss the newest technologies and research legal’’ activities cited by Castro’s puppet pros- help whenever and wherever he could. Over that have the potential to change the world as ecutor in the sham trial were that he visited the years, he has contributed to his own com- dramatically as did the principles that Dr. prisoners as part of his work with the Cuban munity and to causes around the world by do- Atanasoff’s invention established. Dr. Commission for Human Rights and National nating millions of dollars to charities, churches, Atanasoff is a recipient of the Nation’s highest Reconciliation and that he maintained ties to hospitals, educational institutions, and civic award for innovation, the National Medal of Doctors Without Borders. Dr. Cano Rodrõ«guez and athletic organizations. Technology, which was presented to him by was sentenced to 18 years in Castro’s dun- It is fair to say that Alex G. Spanos’ outlook President George Bush in 1990. Dr. Atanasoff geons. on life is best reflected in the title of his new died in 1995. Mr. Speaker, I want to repeat that, Dr. Cano book, Sharing the Wealth. The communities f Rodrõ«guez was sentenced to 18 years in Cas- and individuals he has touched throughout his tro’s gulag for visiting prisoners and maintain- life would attest to that. PERSONAL EXPLANATION ing ties to Doctors Without Borders. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to My colleagues, every one of us should be commend this distinguished citizen for his HON. MAX BURNS totally appalled that a physician who attempts countless acts of service to his community, OF GEORGIA to aid the oppressed and heal the sick is lan- California, and the country. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES guishing in a dungeon for his merciful actions. f My colleagues, we must demand immediate Wednesday, October 29, 2003 freedom for Dr. Marcelo Cano Rodrõ«guez. EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO MEM- BERS OF U.S. ARMED FORCES Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f provide an explanation for my absence during DEPLOYED IN OPERATION RE- votes yesterday evening. HONORING ALEX SPANOS STORE HOPE IN SOMALIA IN 1993 During yesterday’s votes, I was traveling SPEECH OF back to Washington from a Congressional Del- HON. JOHN T. DOOLITTLE egation trip to Iraq. I appreciate the oppor- OF CALIFORNIA HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE tunity to visit our troops serving overseas and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXAS to witness firsthand the situation in Iraq. Our Wednesday, October 29, 2003 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES delegation arrived into the Washington area Tuesday, October 28, 2003 after votes had concluded. Mr. DOOLITTLE. Mr. Speaker, today I wish f to congratulate my friend, Alex Spanos, as he Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, will soon receive the STARBRIGHT Founda- I rise in support of H. Con. Res. 291 to offer FREEDOM FOR DR. MARCELO tion’s Heart of Gold Award for his selfless ef- my gratitude, for myself and on behalf of the ´ CANO RODRIGUEZ forts on behalf of children with serious ill- constituents of the 18th Congressional District, nesses and their families, and for his exten- to the soldiers who fell and who served our HON. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART sive contributions to all children and youth. country in ‘‘Operation Restore Hope.’’ OF FLORIDA Alexander Gus Spanos was born to loving ‘‘Operation Restore Hope’’ was a 1993 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES parents in 1923 in Stockton, California. In United Nations peacekeeping venture to re- 1942, he rendered service to his country by store order in the East African country of So- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 joining the Air Army. Six years later, he wed malia, characterized by its nomadic society. Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. his life-long sweetheart, Faye Papfaklis. The Operation was launched with guarded op- Speaker, I rise to speak about Dr. Marcelo In 1951, Alex quit his job at the family bak- timism but went tragically awry on Oct. 3, Cano Rodrõ«guez, a prisoner of conscience in ery, secured an $800 loan and bought a panel 1993 when 18 U.S. soldiers were killed in a totalitarian Cuba. truck to start his own company, the A.G. firefight with Somali gunmen. A decade later, Dr. Cano Rodriguez is a Medical Doctor. As Spanos Agricultural Catering. Soon, this new the Bush Administration now contemplates a physician, he has chosen to devote his life venture became the largest catering business taking military action against alleged terrorist and his abilities to healing the sick, mending of farm laborers in the United States. Alex groups in Somalia who might have been re- the lame, and easing the suffering of his pa- began investing in real estate and, by 1956, sponsible for the tragedy. tients. However, as Dr. Cano Rodrõ«guez quick- he had become a millionaire. This allowed him Man-made famine prompted the massive ly learned, easing the suffering of the Cuban to semi-retire and take on golf, in which he be- foreign intervention in Somalia. This famine people is not a goal of Castro’s dictatorship. came a pro amateur within six years. was caused by a drought made murderous by The longer Dr. Cano Rodrõ«guez worked When changing farm labor regulations sig- a civil war that sent gunmen across the coun- within the totalitarian healthcare system, the naled the end of his catering business, Alex try’s most fertile agricultural areas. At the fam- more he noticed medical resources being launched A.G. Spanos Construction. After ine’s peak, more than 300 people starved to taken from the Cuban people and redirected building his first apartment complex in Stock- death each day in hard-hit towns like Baidoa towards tourists who could pay with hard for- ton, California, in 1960, Alex expanded the and Baardheere because militia fighters first eign currency. Dr. Cano Rodrõ«guez, no longer company into neighboring states and across disrupted the lives of herdsmen and farmers, able to work within a system that abandons the southwestern and southern states. By then stole the food aid sent to relieve their suf- citizens in favor of tourists, became the Na- 1977, his firm was the number one builder of fering. Throughout the worst of the crisis, gun- tional Coordinator for the Cuban Independent apartments in the nation. toting young militiamen looted most of the re- Medical Association. His family of businesses now includes: A.G: lief food as spoils of war or blocked its entry The Cuban Independent Medical Associa- Spanos Construction, A.G. Spanos Develop- into the country through port cities by demand- tion is comprised of physicians who joined ment, Inc., A.G. Spanos Management, Inc., ing extortionate amounts from aid ships wait- forces to set up independent clinics where A.G. Spanos Enterprises, Inc., The Spanos ing to dock. In order to break the famine in equipment and drugs prescribed by doctors Corporation, AGS Financial Corporation, A.G. Somalia, we had to break the stranglehold of are distributed without charge. As Dr. Cano Spanos Realty, Inc., A.G. Spanos Securities, the gunmen and allow aid to flow unimpeded.

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.013 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2161 The 100 elite U.S. infantrymen, who tried to REPUDIATING ANTI-SEMITIC SEN- CA. Brother Benno died in 1992 after dedi- capture and defeat a Somali warlord in his TIMENTS EXPRESSED BY DR. cating his life to feeding the poor and home- home, suffered 70 percent casualties—a figure MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, OUTGOING less. sadly compared to a 1965 massacre in Viet- PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA The foundation began with a small soup nam’s la Drang Valley. So badly pinned down kitchen at 307 Minnesota Street in Oceanside. SPEECH OF were the Americans in Mogadishu that they It has since grown into a ministry addressing could not evacuate their wounded, including HON. RAHM EMANUEL many types of social problems in San Diego County including hunger, homelessness, and Ranger commander Lt. Col. Danny McKnight, OF ILLINOIS alcohol and drug addiction. for nine hours. The biggest problem in that sit- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Anyone needing help can come to Brother uation was the thousands of young men float- Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Bennos and register for services provided by ing around the country laying in wait for our Mr. EMANUEL. Madam Speaker, I rise as a the foundation. In their 20 years of service the American troops. cosponsor and in strong support of H. Res. foundation has provided 132,000 nights of Since then President George Bush ordered 409, a resolution to repudiate the Malaysian lodging, more than 434,000 articles of cloth- more than 25,000 U.S. troops to intervene in Prime Minister for racist comments harmful not ing, 18,900 blankets and medical and dental Somalia in December 1992 to help stop only to the global Jewish community but to the care. deaths from starvation, exacerbated by clan advancement of peace in the Middle East and On behalf of all the people whose lives have warfare, 30 Americans died in combat and global tolerance of racial and ethnic diversity. been touched by the Brother Benno Founda- 175 were wounded. There also were six non- The speech by Prime Minister Mahathir tion I want to recognize the volunteers and combat deaths, and seven soldiers were killed Mohamad to a gathering of Muslim leaders support staff at the Brother Benno Foundation. and one missing off the Kenyan coast in a earlier this month has been described by other Thank you for 20 years of service. crash this month of an ACÐ130 Specter world leaders of democratic and free nations— f including President Bush during his recent trip gunship. In addition, about 68 U.N. soldiers to Asia—as offensive and anti-Semitic. Rhet- CONGRATULATING THE NEW were killed and 262 wounded, according to oric of this nature, which embodies age-old CHAPTER OF THE COLLEGE RE- U.N. figures, making this the bloodiest peace- stereotypes, can be neither excused nor PUBLICANS AT SOUTHERN UNI- keeping operation since the Congo crisis three rationalized. It only serves to incite further sec- VERSITY decades ago. tarian violence and should be condemned uni- This situation is similar to that experienced versally. HON. DAVID VITTER by our troops today in Iraq. I visited the As- Even more disturbing is that none of 57 na- OF LOUISIANA Sayliyah Central Command Base in Doha, tional representatives attending the Organiza- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Qatar on October 13, 2003 and heard the con- tion of the Islamic Conference, including some Wednesday, October 29, 2003 cerns of the troops from their own mouths. U.S. allies, have raised their voices in protest. Leaders of the units keep a warm smile and In fact, many demonstrated complicity in Mr. VITTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a new organization on the Southern upbeat attitude to keep their troops feeling spreading this message of hate and incitement University campus. A new chapter of the Col- positive despite the compound feeling of against Jews by applauding the Prime Min- ister’s remarks. The standing ovation he re- lege Republicans has been created at this homesickness due to the failure of our govern- Historically Black University in Baton Rouge, ment to timely relieve them and the feeling of ceived and the subsequent defense of his re- marks by almost all the participants at this Louisiana. This is a welcome event for all Lou- vulnerability due to the lack of a sufficient meeting of Muslim leaders reminds us that isiana Republicans. number of trained MP’s. I heard testimony anti-Semitic beliefs remain prevalent through- My heartfelt congratulations are extended to about how a ground soldier watched his part- out the world, even in moderate states like all of the members of the Southern University ner and the operator of a military vehicle get Malaysia. College Republicans, and especially club tossed out as the vehicle was thrown airborne I was proud to be one of 80 Members of the president Gene Tinner, for their hard work in by a land mine. ‘‘Why did you hit this mine,’’ House who signed a letter to the Prime Min- founding this new organization. I am confident I asked. ‘‘It was just one of those mines that ister of Malaysia condemning his remarks and that this chapter will earn respect on the was missed in the sweep . . .,’’ said the sol- calling upon him to clarify or retract his state- Southern Campus and throughout Louisiana, dier. Because there isn’t enough personnel or ments. I also commend the Senate for passing and become a valuable addition to the state specialists to assign to technical tasks, un- a resolution condemning the statement and re- Republican Party. I am honored to share this skilled or untrained technicians frequently get questing that President Bush condemn the re- affiliation with such a bright group of young asked to do jobs that they have not mastered marks during his meeting with the Malaysian Louisianians from one of our great educational enough to guarantee the lives of those who Prime Minister in Bangkok during Asia-Pacific institutions. must traverse the sands of Baghdad. He Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. My best wishes go forth to this new group for their vision and leadership, and to the misses his wife and newborn baby dearly. Be- Mr. Speaker, we must always take a stand Southern University campus for their support. cause there hasn’t been a change in the per- against hatred and bigotry by world leaders sonnel on the front lines in several months, whose rhetoric threatens to make peace in the f Middle East and around the world more elu- many reservists and active duty servicemen 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF sive. I am pleased to be a cosponsor of this and women have spent a longer time in Iraq TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY important resolution and urge my colleagues than was promised by the Administration. May to support it today. 1, 2003 was supposed to have been a day of f HON. MELISSA A. HART hope and homecoming; instead, it was a OF PENNSYLVANIA sham. Some of these troops feel like ‘‘sitting 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ducks’’ out in the foreign terrain. They don’t BROTHER BENNO FOUNDATION Wednesday, October 29, 2003 speak Arabic. They don’t know Tikrit like they know their hometowns. When I asked them if HON. DARRELL E. ISSA Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to they have seen any troops of other coalition OF CALIFORNIA have the opportunity to pay tribute to a leading nations, they responded, ‘‘what coalition IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Insurance Provider that serves Western Penn- sylvania. October 24, 2003 marks the 100th troops?’’ They need support and they need Wednesday, October 29, 2003 continuous relief. anniversary of Travelers Property Casualty, a Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, Oc- leading provider of a broad range of insurance Many of the vulnerabilities that led to the tober 29, the Oceanside community will cele- products. death of the 18 soldiers in ‘‘Operation Restore brate the 20th anniversary of the Brother Travelers Property Casualty, located in Hope’’ affect our troops in ‘‘Operation Iraqi Benno foundation. Pittsburgh since 1903, currently employs more Freedom.’’ I value the service that our troops The foundation was established by Harold than 225 individuals. Travelers provides a of ‘‘Operation Restore Hope’’ provided, and I and Kay Kutler in 1983 based on the work of wide range of insurance products including am honored to support this important legisla- a Benedictine monk, Brother Benno Garrity, workers compensation, integrated disability, tion to commemorate them. from the Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside, property, liability specialty lines and broiler and

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.017 E30PT1 E2162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 30, 2003 machinery. The company is the third largest 1996. Despite the fact that Congress specifi- pects of the student loan program, including commercial lines insurer and has been rated cally removed language concerning ‘‘customer consolidation loans. the second largest writer of homeowners and services fees’’ in its amendment in 1996, the In order to instill such competition, we will auto insurance through independent agents. Department added the language back into the need to make sure that during the reauthoriza- I applaud Travelers Property Casualty for proposed regulation specifying that such fees tion of the Higher Education Act, which is cur- their long-standing dedication to serving the are not CIAC. They then defined the term very rently moving through the Education and the people of Western Pennsylvania and all of broadly to include service laterals, which tradi- Workforce Committee, we repeal the single their insurance needs. tionally and under the most common state law holder rule. I want to thank Chairman I ask all of my colleagues in the House of treatment would be considered CIAC. BOEHNER and Congressman MCKEON, for their Representatives to join me in honoring this Because state regulators require all of the efforts to keep college costs under control dur- successful business for their 100 years of costs of new connections to be paid up front, ing consideration of this important legislation. service. these regulations will force water and sewer- It will be part of my commitment to them as f age utilities to collect the federal tax from well as Federal agencies, students and fami- homeowners, builders, and small municipali- lies everywhere that they can have the benefit TRIBUTE TO THE FRED C. ties. Because they collect it up front, the utility of competition from the more than one thou- FISCHER LIBRARY is forced to ‘‘gross up’’ the tax by collecting a sand qualified lenders in the program when tax on the tax on the tax, resulting in an over they consolidate their loans and, thus, allow HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER 55 percent effective tax rate. them to take advantage of historically low OF MICHIGAN This bill will clarify prospectively that water fixed interest rates. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and sewerage service laterals are included in f the definition of contributions in aid of con- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 struction (CIAC). It clarifies current law by spe- A TRIBUTE TO REV. ROBERT M. Mr. MCCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today cifically stating that ‘‘customer service fees’’ WATERMAN to pay tribute to the Fred C. Fischer Library of are CIAC, but maintains current treatment of Belleville, Michigan, as it celebrates its 50th service charges for stopping and starting serv- HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS anniversary this year. ice (not CIAC). OF NEW YORK Serving the residents of Belleville, Sumpter Mr. MATSUI and Mrs. JOHNSON along with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Township, and Van Buren Township, the many of our colleagues here in the chamber, Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Fischer Library was built in 1953, when the worked hard over the course of a number of public library outgrew its space at the J.C. years to restore the pre-1986 Act tax treat- Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of Pullen Furniture store, and 3 other locations. ment for water and sewage CIAC. In 1996, we Rev. Robert M. Waterman for his devout com- From 1953 until 1992 the Fred C. Fischer succeeded in passing legislation. It was iden- mitment to his congregation and dedication to Library remained the quaint and homey 3,500 tical to pre-1986 law with three exceptions. his community. square foot library it was built to be. Mean- Two of the changes were made in response to Rev. Robert M. Waterman, the son of a while, the population of the area grew from a Treasury Department request. The third re- Pentecostal preacher, was born in Brooklyn, 12,400 to over 35,000. The library became in- moved the language dealing with ‘‘service New York. As a young man, he was reared in creasingly crowded and more bookshelves connection fees’’ primarily because of potential Hemingway, South Carolina, and steeped in were needed to accommodate the growing confusion resulting from the ambiguity of the both the Pentecostal and Baptist traditions. collection. term. The sponsors of the legislation were In 1985, he was licensed to preach by Thanks to contributions from the Belleville concerned that the IRS would use this ambi- Abundant Life Tabernacle. Rev. Waterman Rotary Club’s Charles B. Cozadd Foundation, guity to exclude a portion of what the state also served as the Associate Pastor and the Simester estate, many smaller individual regulators consider CIAC. Youth Pastor at Union Baptist Church in White contributions, federal grants, and the commit- As part of our efforts, we developed a rev- Plains, New York under the pastoral guidance ment of the City of Belleville, Sumpter and enue raiser in cooperation with the industry to of Reverends Robert L. Mason and Verlin D. Van Buren Townships, the Fischer Library was make up any revenue loss due to our legisla- Williams. He began his work at Antioch on No- able to triple the size of the library, expand its tion, including the three changes. This rev- vember 4, 2001, and was officially installed as catalog to include just about everything from enue raiser extended the life, and changed the the church’s reverend in May of 2003. During books to DVDs, as well as offer public internet method, for depreciating water utility property this time, Reverend Waterman graduated from access, and events for patrons of all ages. from 20-year accelerated to 25-year straight- the New York Theological Seminary with a The Fred C. Fischer Library continues to line depreciation. As a consequence of this Master of Divinity. live up to its mandate of ‘‘making the library sacrifice by the industry, our CIAC change Rev. Waterman has brought many talents to an attractive place for all users, young people made a net $274 million contribution toward Antioch including a youthful exuberance, a particularly.’’ deficit reduction. commitment to getting the job done, and a Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join What is most important to keep in mind is quiet yet ebullient spirituality. With his leader- me in thanking the Fred C. Fischer Library for that this unnecessary tax of over 55 percent is ship, new seats and carpet have been in- its outstanding service to the people of Michi- passed directly on to homeowners and local stalled in the balcony, an after school home- gan, and wish them well in the next 50 years. governments. I urge my colleagues to join with work program was created, the Wednesday f us in sponsoring this important legislation in night bible study was revived, and a large in- order to ensure that American homeowners do flux of new worshippers have come to the A BILL TO CLARIFY THE TAX not face further burdens. church. Since his installation, Reverend Wa- TREATMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS f terman has worked closely with the youth min- IN AID OF CONSTRUCTION istry, forming Teens United for Fellowship FEDERAL EMPLOYEE STUDENT (TUFF). He has also established leadership HON. WALLY HERGER LOAN ASSISTANCE ACT classes and retreats, reinstituted the Christian OF CALIFORNIA education department, spearheaded the pur- SPEECH OF IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES chase of a state-of-the-art sound system in the sanctuary, and revived the Antioch Community Wednesday, October 29, 2003 HON. FRED UPTON OF MICHIGAN Service program for youth and seniors. He Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, I am introducing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has also been instrumental in the building fund legislation today to ensure that burdensome for the elevator project. regulation does not add unnecessarily to the Tuesday, October 28, 2003 Spiritually, Reverend Waterman is known as cost of housing. Mr. UPTON. Mr. Speaker, I commend my ‘‘The Preacher of Thunder’’ as he encourages The need for this legislation is brought colleagues for this needed legislation, which his congregation to know God so that hearts, about because the Department of Treasury ensures the federal government’s deep com- and thereby lives, can be changed. His com- has issued regulations to provide guidance on mitment to a highly trained, diverse workforce. mitment to Antioch is demonstrated by his re- the definition of contributions in aid of con- But we should go even further. In order to location to the Bedford-Stuyvesant community. struction, so called CIAC, as enacted under best maximize federal government resources, As Antioch Baptist Church celebrates its the Small Business Job Protection Act of we should encourage competition in all as- 85th anniversary, the church is stronger than

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.022 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2163 ever with the guidance and leadership of Rev- Public education is the cornerstone of the Founded in 1971, St. Barnabas is also ac- erend Waterman. American dream, leveling the playing field and credited by the Florida Council of Independent Mr. Speaker, in a short time, Rev. Robert M. providing every child with the opportunity to Schools. The school has an enrollment of 344 Waterman has already made a positive dif- make the most of his or her talents. It is tal- students ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to 8th ference in the lives of the Antioch Baptist ented professionals like Tom who truly shape Grade. What makes St. Barnabas excellent is Church congregation and the Bedford- the leaders of tomorrow. He is dedicated to the school’s drive for excellence both in and Stuyvesant community. As such, he is more the positive development of not only our chil- out of the classroom by stressing the growth than worthy of receiving our recognition. I dren’s intellect, but their character develop- of the student’s character as well as intellect. hope that all of my colleagues will join me in ment as well. In speaking to Tom, his remark- The school focuses on academic excellence, honoring this truly remarkable individual. able commitment and dedication to his stu- as well as sound moral values and high self f dents and Vinal is undeniable and I am sure esteem. As an Episcopal School, St. Barnabas his presence will be missed. also stresses a strong relationship with God RECOGNIZING MATTHEW FISH FOR As a lifelong resident of Middletown, Tom is and the community in order to build well- ACHIEVING THE AWARD OF deeply involved in the life of his community. In rounded students and citizens. GOLD MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT serving one term as Mayor, actively partici- On a more personal note, my grandmother, pating on the Democratic Town Committee, Nora Walker, was a principal, so education HON. SAM GRAVES the City Council, the Police Commission, as runs in my family. I understand the difficulties OF MISSOURI well as a myriad of other municipal commit- of teaching and raising young children, espe- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tees and local service organizations, he has cially in today’s society. That is why I firmly Wednesday, October 29, 2003 become one of Middletown’s most respected believe in the President’s ‘‘No Child Left Be- Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause and highly-regarded leaders. I am confident hind’’ plan for education and believe it is the to recognize Matthew Fish, a very special that even in his retirement he will remain a best course of action for our nation’s schools. young man who has exemplified the finest strong and vocal advocate for Middletown and I am very pleased to see St. Barnabas Epis- qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- its residents. copal School following the President’s plan in ing an active part in the Royal Rangers of Today, as Tom celebrates his retirement, I becoming a ‘‘No Child Left Behind Blue Rib- Northern Missouri and in earning the most would like to express my deepest thanks and bon School of Excellence.’’ prestigious award, the Gold Medal of Achieve- appreciation for his tireless efforts on behalf of Mr. Speaker, St. Barnabas should be an in- ment. the City of Middletown. He is a leader who is spiration to us all and I am honored to recog- Matthew has been very active with his second to none, and his talent and commit- nize them today in front of the entire Congress troop, participating in many scout activities. ment have enriched our lives. It is with great as pillars of the community as well as leaders Over the 10 years Matthew has been involved pleasure that I join his wife, Maryann; his chil- in the field of education. with the Rangers, he has held numerous lead- dren, Jason and Christopher; as well as the f many family, friends, and community members ership positions, serving as Patrol Guide and PERSONAL EXPLANATION Senior Patrol Guide. He also was involved in who have gathered this evening to wish Tom Frontiersmen Camping Fellowship, Fine Arts many more years of health and happiness. Youth Department, and elected as National f HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY OF ILLINOIS Scout. HONORING ST. BARNABUS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in EPISCOPAL SCHOOL commending Matthew Fish for his accomplish- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 ments with the Royal Rangers and for his ef- forts put forth in achieving the highest distinc- HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, on roll- tion of Gold Medal of Achievement. OF FLORIDA call no. 570, Basic Pilot Extension Act of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2003, had I been present, I would have voted f ‘‘nay.’’ Wednesday, October 29, 2003 HONORING THOMAS J. SERRA ON f THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIRE- Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in rec- MENT ognition of St. Barnabas Episcopal School in A TRIBUTE TO DR WALDABA H. Deland, Florida for the accomplishment of STEWART, JR., PH.D HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO being chosen as a ‘‘National No Child Left Be- hind Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.’’ St. OF CONNECTICUT HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS Barnabas has been an exceptional example of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW YORK how the ‘‘No Child Left Behind’’ program en- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, October 29, 2003 sures that every child learns, and that no child Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great will ever be forgotten. pleasure that I rise today to join in paying trib- Since its conception in 1982, by the United Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of ute to one of Connecticut’s finest school ad- States Secretary of Education under President Dr. Waldaba H. Stewart, Jr. for his commit- ministrators and community activists. People Reagan, the Blue Ribbon School of Excel- ment to public service and active involvement like Thomas Serra are what make our commu- lence has identified public and private schools in New York’s civic affairs for more than 40 nities strong. From his important work edu- throughout the country that exhibit extraor- years. cating the young people of Middletown for the dinary teaching and learning techniques. The While Dr. Waldaba H. Stewart, Jr. is a na- past 30 years to his involvement in many Blue Ribbon award is given to a school in rec- tive of Panama, he has been a vital asset to other settings, he has dedicated his life to ognition of exemplary performance in the the Brooklyn community for more than four public service. fields of both education and community serv- decades. Starting with the Unity Democratic I often speak of our Nation’s need for tal- ice. This year, the United States Department Club in 1960, he worked as an Election Dis- ented, creative, enthusiastic teachers who are of Education recognized 176 public and 47 pri- trict Captain and Campaign Manager for the ready to help our children learn and grow. vate schools as Blue Ribbon Schools. St. Bar- late Thomas R. Fortune, Executive Member. Tom Serra is just that kind of educator. nabas was the only Episcopal School to be Dr. Stewart was a diligent member of the Throughout his career, he has touched the recognized for this award this year. In order to Unity Democratic Club advising and sup- lives of thousands of children—ensuring that be recognized as a National Blue Ribbon porting in all political elections. they had the skills and tools necessary to be School, an intense, research-based list of cri- In 1968, he began his own political career successful in their adult lives. Tom began as teria must be met. A Blue Ribbon School must as a successful candidate for State Senate, an English instructor at Vinal Technical High excel in all areas of academic leadership, where he served for four years. From 1968Ð School where he would later take on the role teaching, faculty and parent involvement, stu- 1969, he served as Statewide Chairman of the of athletic coordinator. Fourteen years ago, dent achievement levels, as well as safety and NAACP Political Action and Voter Registration Tom moved into administration becoming the discipline levels. With standardized test scores Committee. He was also one of the founding school’s assistant director and for the last six constantly in the top 10 percent of the nation, members of the Board of Directors of the years, he has been leading Vinal as the Direc- St. Barnabas qualified by submitting their ap- Commerce, Labor, and County of Kings Cor- tor. plication for the National Blue Ribbon. poration that converted the Brooklyn Navy

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- ognize Leslie and Rita Gorenflo, my 2002 An- person of the Community Advisory Board of Wednesday, October 29, 2003 gels in Adoption. Kings County Hospital and a member of the Every year the Congressional Coalition on Medical Board. In 1984, he began a campaign Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, It is with great Adoption asks Members of Congress for an for the rebuilding and modernization of Kings pride that I rise today to join the Columbian honoree(s) from their congressional district County Hospital, resulting in the current re- Lawyers Association in paying tribute to one of that has made a remarkable difference in the building program of more than $100 million, the New Haven community’s most outstanding area of adoption. Last year the Children’s which was completed in 2002. In the commu- citizens, and my dear friend, the Honorable Home Society of Florida informed me of a nity, Dr. Stewart has also served as the Chair- Guido Calabresi. In recognition of his contribu- very special family in Palm Beach County, the person of the Program Development Com- Gorenflos. tions, Judge Calabresi will be honored with the Mr. Speaker, Leslie and Rita Gorenflo have mittee of the Community Advisory Board from thirty-eighth annual Charles A. Rapallo Award. blessed the lives of six children who they have 1980Ð1984, and 1991Ð1998. The first Italian-American appointed to the adopted. All of the children in their home have Currently, Dr. Stewart is the director of the New York State Court of Appeals, Charles A. special needs, most of them medical. Rita is Southern Diaspora Research and Develop- Rapallo has served as an example to many a registered nurse, but no longer works out- ment Center (SDRDC), which is a non-govern- young law professionals. Each year, the Co- side the home because she practices her nursing skills with her children. Along with giv- mental organization. The executive members, lumbian Lawyers Association, a professional officers and all of the members of Unity ing out medication, administering tube organization of Italian-American attorneys, feedings and breathing treatments, Rita hands Democratic Club salute Dr. Waldaba Stewart honors an individual who has demonstrated a out much love and encouragement. Les works for his enduring and strong support. unique commitment to the field of law. Though long and hard so that Rita can stay at home Mr. Speaker, in a short time, Dr. Waldaba he has been recognized with a myriad of hon- to care for the children and be their advocate. H. Stewart, Jr. has been a dedicated public orary degrees, awards, and commendations— Not only is Rita a wonderful advocate for servant for more than 40 years, demonstrating both in the United States and abroad—the her children, she is always the first to volun- a real commitment to the community. As such, Charles A. Rapallo Award is a true reflection teer to speak publicly to share her story and he is more than worthy of receiving our rec- of the many invaluable contributions Guido encourage others to adopt. It is not unusual to see this family’s picture in the newspaper, or ognition. I hope that all of my colleagues will has made to the judiciary and the bench. on television, telling the world what an honor join me in honoring this truly remarkable indi- Born in Milan, Italy, Judge Calabresi has be- and privilege it is to be an adoptive parent. vidual. come one of New Haven’s most respected The smiles on the faces of the children tell scholars in the field of Law. Graduating from how blessed they are to be members of this f Yale University, Oxford University, and Yale loving family. Law School, where he was first in his class, Mr. Speaker, November is National Adop- RECOGNIZING ANDREW STAFFORD tion Month, and as our nation honors both FOR ACHIEVING THE AWARD OF his impressive career has spanned nearly half a century. From clerking for United States Su- adoptive parents and children, we salute those GOLD MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT who have made a loving family environment preme Court Justice Hugo Black, to serving as for so many children. I am honored to have Dean and Sterling Professor at Yale Law this wonderful family as constituents in my HON. SAM GRAVES School, to his judicial appointment to the congressional district and I am proud to recog- United States Court of Appeals—his has been OF MISSOURI nize them as Angels in Adoption. a career that will leave a legacy which is sure f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to inspire generations to come. He has lived PERSONAL EXPLANATION Wednesday, October 29, 2003 the American Dream. Throughout his life, Judge Calabresi has Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY also demonstrated a unique commitment to OF ILLINOIS to recognize Andrew Stafford, a very special his community. As a professor, he continues IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES young man who has exemplified the finest to touch the lives of hundreds. Though ap- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- pointed to the United States Appeals Court ing an active part in the Royal Rangers of Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, on roll- nearly a decade ago, Judge Calabresi con- call No. 569, rule to recommit the Conference Northern Missouri and in earning the most tinues to serve as a member of the faculty of prestigious award, the Gold Medal of Achieve- Report on H.R. 2215, rollcall No. 571, Markey Yale Law School as Sterling Professor Emer- motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 6, rollcall ment. itus and Professional Lecturer. Those he has No. 572, Woolsey Motion to Instruct Con- Andrew has been very active with his troop, trained will go on to teach others, for his is not ferees on H.R. 1308, rollcall No. 5731, Brown participating in many scout activities. Over the just a legacy of books and articles but of ideas (OH) Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 1, 11 years Andrew has been involved with the and inspiration. had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Rangers, he has held numerous leadership I have known Judge Calabresi for many f positions, serving as Patrol Guide and Senior years and consider myself fortunate to call him A TRIBUTE TO RAUL KING Patrol Guide. He also was involved in Fron- my friend. It is with great pleasure that I stand tiersmen Camping Fellowship and Fine Arts today to join his wife, Anne, family, friends, HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS Youth Department. and colleagues in extending my congratula- OF NEW YORK Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in tions to Judge Guido Calabresi on this very IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES commending Andrew Stafford for his accom- special occasion. Friend, teacher, public serv- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 plishments with the Royal Rangers and for his ant—he has left an indelible mark on this com- Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor efforts put forth in achieving the highest dis- munity and we have been fortunate to benefit Raul King for his success in the realty busi- tinction of Gold Medal of Achievement. from his brilliance and unparalleled generosity. ness, which has earned him the Thomas R. Fortune Business Award.

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.031 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2165 Raul King was born on March 17, 1946 in ents, and the Greater New Haven community Place of Hope, located in Palm Beach Gar- the Dominican Republic. The son of Rosa and in celebrating the 90th Anniversary of the dens, Florida, made me aware of a very spe- Pedro King, and the second of five children, Clifford W. Beers Guidance Clinic of New cial family in Palm Beach County, the Raul came from modest and humble begin- Haven, Connecticut. This is a milestone for a Mannings. nings. At an early age, Raul learned the value special organization. Bill and Tricia Manning have been members of hard work. ‘‘A pen rather than a lance has been my of Place of Hope for many years. Place of He worked as a boiler mechanic on a loco- weapon of offense and defense; for with its Hope is a family-style community that fosters motive train that would cross the town of point I have felt sure that I should one day children in group homes. The Mannings Sanchez where he lived. In the summer of prick the civic conscience into a compas- caught the vision and began helping even 1963, at the age of 17, Raul enlisted into the sionate activity, and thus bring into a ne- prior to the arrival of foster children into Place navy, earning the rank of Officer Petty Class. glected field earnest men and women who of Hope’s unique campus and family cottages. In 1970, Raul made his first trip to the should act as champions for those afflicted Tricia is employed at Place of Hope as a United States, where he arrived in New York. thousands least able to fight for themselves.’’ Relief Cottage Parent, providing consistent Once in New York he worked as a mechanic This passage, taken from Clifford W. Beers’ A weekly relief care at the Brett Harris Weinstein and obtained his G.E.D. at Bushwick High Mind That Found Itself, has and continues to Family Cottage for six foster girls. She also School. be the guiding principle of the clinic and its owns her own business, and is a certified In 1981, Raul got involved in real estate in- staff. Since its inception in 1913, the clinic has MAPP trainer for foster and adoptive families. vestments and through perseverance and trial strived to address the critical needs of the Although her husband Bill works full-time, he and error, he became a promising real estate mentally ill and has expanded its mission to also recently completed a Masters Degree and salesperson. By 1990, Raul obtained his li- assist children and families who face such cri- volunteers countless hours, along with their cense in real estate and became a licensed ses as violence, teenage suicide, drug use, two children, at Place of Hope supporting Realty Broker. homelessness, physical and sexual abuse, Tricia and the efforts of Place of Hope. For the past decade, Raul has shown a and the impact of AIDS on children. When the Mannings started working with passion for the realty business and he has no Clifford Whittingham Beers, one of the first Place of Hope, they had already adopted a plans to retire. mental health advocates in America, founded boy from Romania. In addition, the Mannings Raul and his wife Beebis King have been the clinic as a compassionate alternative to were foster/adoptive parents in the state of married for 23 years. They now have four chil- early psychiatric institutions where the men- Florida. They later adopted another boy dren and five grandchildren tally ill were treated. His own battle with men- through the public child welfare system. Mr. Speaker, from humble beginnings, Raul tal illness inspired Beers to the belief that Bill and Tricia are always there for children King has come to this country and has be- those suffering from ‘‘diseases of the mind’’ in need. They continue to provide foster care, come a successful realtor through hard work would have the best chance to become currently for two more beautiful children in and dedication. As such, he is more than wor- healthy and productive if they received treat- need. They have hearts for children and it thy of receiving our recognition. I hope that all ment and understanding in their own commu- shows through their dedication and commit- of my colleagues will join me in honoring this nities. His work and unparalleled advocacy ment to them. Bill and Tricia make a great truly remarkable individual. changed the face of American psychiatry. team and provide a wonderful balance for f Today, the clinic, working with local agen- each other. Bill and Tricia Manning are very RECOGNIZING JASON BREWER FOR cies and organizations, is able to provide a appreciated for all that they do each day for ACHIEVING THE AWARD OF multitude of programs to those most in need. hurting children within our South Florida com- GOLD MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT The partnerships they have established allow munity. them to provide comprehensive services to Mr. Speaker, as we recognize the month of their clients—making a real difference in the November as National Adoption Month, I am HON. SAM GRAVES lives of thousands of children and families. honored to have this wonderful family as con- OF MISSOURI Just recently, I had the opportunity to visit the stituents in my congressional district. It gives IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Clifford Beers Clinic and was touched by the me great privilege to nominate them as Angels Wednesday, October 29, 2003 story of a man whose children received care of Adoption. Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause at the clinic. The pure gratitude that this man f to recognize Jason Brewer, a very special expressed to the clinic and its staff for being there for him and his family is indescribable. In A TRIBUTE TO HARRY T. young man who has exemplified the finest PINCHBACK qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- building upon the vision of Clifford Beers, the ing an active part in the Royal Rangers of clinic has been able to provide one of life’s Northern Missouri and in earning the most most precious gifts—hope. HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS prestigious award, the Gold Medal of Achieve- Through its gift of hope, the Clifford Beers OF NEW YORK ment. Clinic has left an indelible mark on our com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jason has been very active with his troop, munity and the thousands of lives they have Wednesday, October 29, 2003 participating in many scout activities. Over the touched. For its many invaluable contributions Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of eleven years Jason has been involved with to our community and for all of their work on Harry T. Pinchback for his long-time public the Rangers, he has held numerous leader- behalf of our children and families, I am proud service and commitment to the Brooklyn com- ship positions, serving as Patrol Guide and to stand today and extend my sincere con- munity. Senior Patrol Guide. He also was involved in gratulations to the Clifford W. Beers Guidance A descendant of P.B.S. Pinchback, the first Frontiersmen Camping Fellowship. Clinic on their 90th Anniversary. African American to become a state governor, Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in f Harry T. Pinchback was born and raised in the commending Jason Brewer for his accomplish- IN HONOR OF BILL AND TRICIA Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. ments with the Royal Rangers and for his ef- MANNING—THE 2003 ANGELS OF In his late teens, he moved to the Brownsville forts put forth in achieving the highest distinc- ADOPTION section of Brooklyn. He and his wife Peggy tion of Gold Medal of Achievement. have been married for 45 years, and they f HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR. have a daughter Angela and a grandson HONORING THE CLIFFORD W. OF FLORIDA named Paris. BEERS GUIDANCE CLINIC ON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘‘Pinch,’’ as he is universally known through- THEIR 90TH ANNIVERSARY out Brooklyn, graduated from Alexander Ham- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 ilton High School in Brooklyn and would later HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice for OF CONNECTICUT ognize Bill and Tricia Manning, my 2003 An- two years. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gels of Adoption. Before entering public service, Pinch first Every year the Congressional Coalition on pursued a career as a professional singer and Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Adoption asks Members of Congress for an then as a professional baseball player, where Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great honoree(s) from their district who has made a he played left field for the St. Louis Cardinal pleasure that I rise today to join with staff, cli- remarkable difference in adoption. This year, minor league organization.

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.036 E30PT1 E2166 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 30, 2003 Back in Brooklyn, Pinch joined the New Rev. Hatcher was born in Slab Fork, West the Rangers, he has held numerous leader- York City Police Department (NYPD) in 1967. Virginia to the late Letcher and Eva Hatcher. ship positions, serving as Patrol Guide and He was the first supervisor of the summer In 1959, he moved to New York City where he Senior Patrol Guide. He also was involved in youth program for the 75th Precinct in Brook- met Susie Clarke, who after an extensive Frontiersmen Camping Fellowship. lyn, which took children on recreational and courtship would later become his wife. Their Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in educational field trips. He was also the first union resulted in three children, Kecia, Nicole commending Michael Kinchelo for his accom- supervisor of the cadet program for the 75th and Richard Hatcher, Jr. plishments with the Royal Rangers and for his Precinct, which was a training program for While devoutly serving in Christian fellow- efforts put forth in achieving the highest dis- those who wanted to enter the police force. ship at the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, tinction of Gold Medal of Achievement. Pinch was also the first coordinator of the Rev. Hatcher received the calling to God’s school crossing guard program for the 75th ministry. After intensive studies at the Manhat- f Precinct. tan Bible Institute, he became a licensed min- Additionally, he risked his life on the force in ister. Shortly thereafter, Rev. Hatcher was or- A TRIBUTE TO LENA several dangerous situations, working on the dained. He furthered his education, earning a SCARBOROUGH-GATES narcotics unit in Brooklyn and on undercover Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of assignments throughout New York City. New Rochelle. HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS Pinch was also the first African-American Rev. Hatcher pastored at Bethenia Baptist selected to the NYPD softball team and one of Church for 15 years. Through his leadership OF NEW YORK the first African-Americans selected to the and with God’s blessings, the church was able IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NYPD football team. to acquire adjoining property which led to the Wednesday, October 29, 2003 After retiring from the NYPD in 1988, he re- expansion and renovation of the church, in- turned to public service, working as a Special cluding the installation of new pews, pur- Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of Assistant for Congressman Ed Towns, where chasing a new piano, construction of new of- Lena Scarborough-Gates for her commitment he still continues to serve. fice space, and creating a learning room for to the education of our children. Mr. Speaker, Harry T. Pinchback has had a the youth and a room solely designed for Lena Scarborough-Gates was born in long and distinguished career serving the peo- prayer. The renovation also included a com- Brooklyn, New York. She attended Brooklyn ple of Brooklyn, first as a police officer and plete face-lift of the main sanctuary. Weekly College where she received her Bachelor’s of then in the Office of Congressman Ed Towns. bible study and the ‘‘Hour of Power’’ prayer Arts Degree and Master’s of Arts Degree, both As such, he is more than worthy of receiving service were instituted to further serve as a in Early Childhood Education. She was ac- our recognition. I hope that all of my col- spiritual base for Bethenia’s members. cepted into the Assistant Principal’s Internship leagues will join me in honoring this truly re- Although the loss of his beloved wife, Susie, program, sponsored by the Department of markable individual. was devastating, it did not weaken his faith or Education where she was awarded four super- f commitment to his calling. On July 9, 2000, visory licenses, Principal, Assistant Principal, Rev. Hatcher preached his initial sermon as Education Administrator and Early Childhood RECOGNIZING KARL CULLEN FOR Pastor-Elect of Bethesda Memorial Baptist Supervisor. She began work on her doctorate ACHIEVING THE AWARD OF Church. Although it has been only three years, degree at New York University. GOLD MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT Rev. Hatcher has proved to be a spiritual Lena started her teaching career at the leader, teacher and motivator. His accomplish- Emanuel Day Care Kindergarten at Emanuel HON. SAM GRAVES ments are already numerous. They include Baptist Church. She then moved on to be- OF MISSOURI getting the day care functioning again, install- come Group Teacher at the Faith Hope and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing a bathroom in the daycare, enlarging the Charity #1. After a few years at Faith Hope pastor’s office, opening a trustee room, and Wednesday, October 29, 2003 and Charity #1, she began her career at the establishing a music room. Marble floors have New York City Department of Education, Com- Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause been installed in the lobby and several of the munity School 21 as a kindergarten teacher. to recognize Karl Cullen, a very special young church’s windows have been replaced and up- At Community School 21, she also served as man who has exemplified the finest qualities graded. The Rev. Hatcher also started a Food a first grade teacher, Community School Coor- of citizenship and leadership by taking an ac- for Survival and Food Bank Program as well dinator and staff developer. tive part in the Royal Rangers of Northern as a soup kitchen, which feeds up to 150 peo- She furthered her professional career by Missouri and in earning the most prestigious ple. moving to Public School 5 as an Assistant award, the Gold Medal of Achievement. Mr. Speaker, Rev. Richard A. Hatcher has Principal. Later, she would become Principal Karl has been very active with his troop, been an exemplary pastor to his congregation, of Public School 5. participating in many scout activities. Over the serving as a spiritual leader and teacher for Lena is a member of the Antioch Baptist 10 years Karl has been involved with the the community. As such, he is more than wor- Church where she serves as the chairperson Rangers, he has held numerous leadership thy of receiving our recognition. I hope that all of the Board of Trustees and as a member of positions, serving as Patrol Guide and Senior of my colleagues will join me in honoring this the Antioch Music Ministry. She is a member Patrol Guide. He also was involved in Fron- truly remarkable individual. of the Antioch Community Service Corporation tiersmen Camping Fellowship and Fine Arts f and founder of Caring Educators in Action. Department Youth at the National Level. She is also a member of the Stuy Park Lion’s Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in RECOGNIZING MICHAEL KINCHELO Club International. commending Karl Cullen for his accomplish- FOR ACHIEVING THE AWARD OF ments with the Royal Rangers and for his ef- GOLD MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT Lena is a member of the Ebony Ecumenical forts put forth in achieving the highest distinc- Ensemble, which has afforded her to travel tion of Gold Medal of Achievement. HON. SAM GRAVES throughout the country. The Ebony Ecumeni- cal sings as one of its featured songs, a song OF MISSOURI f written by Dr. James A. Forbes, senior min- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A TRIBUTE TO REV. RICHARD A. ister of the Riverside Church called ‘‘Love My HATCHER Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Children.’’ Lena, who has a passion for chil- Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause dren, says that this song is a tribute to chil- HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS to recognize Michael Kinchelo, a very special dren everywhere. OF NEW YORK young man who has exemplified the finest Lena is married to James Gates and that union has been blessed with twin sons, Jaime IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- ing an active part in the Royal Rangers of Derrell and Jarrarie Darryl. Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Northern Missouri and in earning the most Mr. Speaker, Lena Scarborough-Gates has Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of prestigious award, the Gold Medal of Achieve- dedicated her professional career to educating Rev. Richard A. Hatcher for his exemplary and ment. our children. As such, she is more than worthy distinguished service to his congregation, Michael has been very active with his troop, of receiving our recognition. I hope that all of which has earned him the Thomas R. Fortune participating in many scout activities. Over the my colleagues will join me in honoring this Pastor of the Year Award. eleven years Michael has been involved with truly remarkable individual.

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:25 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.040 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2167 REPUDIATING ANTI-SEMITIC SEN- time we have worked together on many American aid to help fight Islamic radicals TIMENTS EXPRESSED BY DR. projects for the benefit of our community. is often offset by bribes soldiers take from MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, OUTGOING The Alaimos work in tandem with Memorial terrorists to let them get away. Operatives Hospital of Burlington County’s Foundation, affiliated with Al Qaeda have escaped from PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA maximum-security military prisons, once the Burlington County Chapter of the Boy using a helicopter. SPEECH OF Scouts of America and the Rancocas Valley If Washington and Manila are serious HON. ERIC CANTOR Education Foundation. They also serve on the about eliminating Abu Sayyaf, the United committee for Mount Holly Pro Day, an event States Special Forces should be given the as- OF VIRGINIA which brings illustrious sports figures such as signment. The terrorist group consists of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mount Holly native Franco Harris into the lime- about 100 poorly trained amateurs. They Tuesday, October 28, 2003 would be no match for American soldiers al- light in effort to raise funds for local children ready in the Philippines, but they are still Mr. CANTOR. Madam Speaker, today I rise in need, a cornerstone of much of their work eluding Filipino troops. in support of H. Res. 409—Repudiating the re- through the years. The Philippine Constitution does not allow cent anti-Semitic sentiments expressed by Dr. Successful in careers, business, and in life, foreign troops to wage combat missions on Mahathir Mohamad, the outgoing prime min- Dick and Doris Alaimo have generously Filipino soil. It does, however, allow the ister of Malaysia, which makes peace in the shared their success, time, money, energy United States to come to the defense of the and most importantly, care and concern with Philippines if the islands are attacked. Such Middle East and around the world more elu- an action can be justified in the present case sive, sponsored by my good friend Represent- the community, always striving to make our because the terrorist groups get foreign ative Roy Blunt. hometown a better place to live and work. money. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has re- It is for these reasons they have been se- The mission could win support on Capitol peatedly crossed the line voicing offensive and lected to receive this prestigious award, and Hill because the situation in the Philippines inappropriate criticism of Jews. Instead of for these reasons I pay tribute to them today. is precisely what the one in Iraq is not: there speaking about fighting terrorism or furthering May their legacy of volunteerism continue is a known enemy of limited ability and through their children, grandchildren, and the numbers on a few small, isolated islands peaceful cooperation, he chooses to preach with scant local support. There is minimal hate. Mahathir’s verbal attacks on Jews lent community they so love. risk of escalation because the country is credence and legitimacy to the hateful mes- f only about 5 percent Muslim. Perhaps more sage of terrorists. A FAIR FIGHT IN THE important, fellow Filipino Muslims do not support Abu Sayyaf. Separatist Moros view Today the Congress will do the right thing PHILIPPINES by condemning Mahathir’s remarks and by them as a for-profit gang of thugs rather making military aid to Malaysia conditional on than a religious movement to defend Islam. religious freedom, including greater tolerance HON. TOM FEENEY The provincial governor of the Autonomous OF FLORIDA Region of Muslim Mindanao ordered his se- of Jews. curity force to cooperate in the hunt for Abu IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Sayyaf. Albar this afternoon complained that the reli- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 Unless the integrity of arms transfers to gious freedom vote was an example of the Mr. FEENEY. Mr. Speaker, this Member the Philippine military can be guaranteed, United States trying to ‘‘discipline the world in which is not likely, the United States should commends to his colleagues the October 18, consider cutting off military aid to the Phil- their own mold.’’ 2003, New York Times op-ed by Brett Decker To the Malaysian Foreign Minister, I re- ippines and replacing it with economic sup- titled ‘‘A Fair Fight in the Philippines.’’ I par- port to help develop the poor Muslim islands spond, you are absolutely correct. In America ticularly note that American aid to the Phil- in the south. a person is not judged because of who they ippine military has wound up on the black There has been some success in winning worship and they are not persecuted by the market or in the hands of Islamic radicals. local ‘‘hearts and minds’’ already. After building a few roads, bridges, sewers government for believing in the wrong God. America can’t pursue its War on Terrorism by For over 200 years America has been a bea- and wells last year, American soldiers were practicing the old ways of doing business. cheered by appreciative Muslims as the con of hope and freedom for the rest of the [From the New York Times, Oct. 18, 2003] world. We have stood the test of time; defend- troops pulled out of Mindanao. More aid for A FAIR FIGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES infrastructure could go a long way to sooth- ing the rights of the individual to pursue happi- (By Brett M. Decker) ing centuries of resentment derived from ness as they choose. America has an obliga- President Bush is in Manila today to visit being shut out of the national economy. tion to aid nations that further peace through A reorientation of American aid would his ally in the war against terror, President have the added benefit of helping bolster tolerance and freedom, Malaysia needs to un- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines. Philippine democracy. The military has in- derstand that. Mr. Bush has already announced some $340 stigated coups in every administration ex- Europe and The Organization of the Islamic million in aid to the Philippines this year, cept one since 1965. Withholding support Conference needs to issue a strong and real and President Arroyo has said she plans to from the Philippine brass sends the message request additional military assistance to renunciation of Prime Minister Mahathir’s re- that Washington—the nation’s most impor- fight terrorism. There’s only one problem marks. The renunciation of these hateful com- tant ally—expects the military to keep its with this alliance: ments would do more to create a safe and se- hands off the civilian institutions of govern- cure world than all the hate-filled rhetoric ever American aid hasn’t improved the Phil- ippine military so far, and in many ways it ment. The White House should carefully assess will. has benefited the Islamic militants it seeks what course will best help stabilize one of its f to combat. most reliable allies in Asia. Despite the inev- In August, Gen. Narciso Abaya, chief of the itable complications, the Philippines is wor- TRIBUTE TO DICK AND DORIS Philippine armed forces, made an alarming thy of American assistance. ALAIMO statement about the condition of his mili- tary: ‘‘I admit there is graft and corruption f HON. JIM SAXTON at all levels.’’ A significant share of the mili- IN HONOR OF THE SILICON VAL- tary budget is lost to graft. Selling military OF NEW JERSEY hardware on the black market is another LEY MANUFACTURING GROUP’S IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES common practice. Recent raids of bases of 25TH ANNIVERSARY Wednesday, October 29, 2003 the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front have turned up caches of arms with HON. ZOE LOFGREN Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Philippine military markings. OF CALIFORNIA pay tribute to Dick and Doris Alaimo, who Even American assistance is siphoned IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have been chosen as this year’s recipients of away. Testimony before the Philippine Con- the Lloyd Ritter Community Service Award gress in the past several months revealed Wednesday, October 29, 2003 given by the Volunteer Center of Burlington that American M–16’s provided to the Phil- Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, my col- ippine armed forces have been recovered in County, NJ. leagues, Representative ESHOO and Rep- camps belonging to Abu Sayyaf, a band of Dick and Doris are well-known throughout guerrillas and kidnappers. Assault rifles, gre- resentative HONDA and I rise to honor the Sil- southern New Jersey for their outstanding his- nade launchers and other American arms icon Valley Manufacturing Group on its 25th tory of community service and involvement in have been used by Muslim radicals against anniversary, an organization that has effec- local organizations, and have been personal Philippine troops—the very troops United tively advocated on behalf of the residents and friends for many, many years, during which States funds are supposed to assist. businesses of California’s Silicon Valley.

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.045 E30PT1 E2168 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 30, 2003 The Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group was 25th anniversary and the great achievements since leaving my office he has been a Senior founded by David Packard, who during the they have brought about, making Silicon Val- Vice President at the Wildlife Conservation summer of 1977, asked a number of his fellow ley known and admired around the world and Society also known as the Bronx Zoo. To this Silicon Valley CEOs to join him in building an a source of pride to our entire nation. day in Washington I get many people asking organization that would create a proactive f me, how is John doing? voice for Silicon Valley businesses. The for- It is a pleasure to honor John as he turns mation in 1978 of the Manufacturing Group HONORING JOHN CALVELLI 40, and whether his future lies in politics or was the result of those discussions. The 33 elsewhere I am sure that the phrase ‘‘you ain’t charter members believed that business HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL seen nothing yet’’ applies to my ‘‘kid brother’’ should work with the community and govern- OF NEW YORK John Calvelli. ment to find innovative solutions to the chal- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f lenges that faced their employees, including Wednesday, October 29, 2003 energy, transportation, education, and hous- FULL FUNDING URGED FOR HELP ing. Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure for AMERICA VOTE ACT Today, the Manufacturing Group represents me to announce that my former Administrative a variety of Silicon Valley businesses from Assistant, John Calvelli, is turning 40. It is HON. JOHN B. LARSON software and manufacturing companies, to hard to believe that the lanky kid I met when OF CONNECTICUT health care and education organizations. The 19 is now older than Jack Benny always IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 190 member-companies of the Manufacturing claimed to be. I guess it makes me realize Group represent over 200,000 employees in that I am that much older too, although I con- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 the Silicon Valley. stantly remind John that he has more grey Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, During the quarter century since it was first hair than me. today I rise to recognize a tremendous turning founded, the Manufacturing Group has had a I won my first primary election for Congress point in our country’s voting rights history. One tremendous impact on the quality of life in Sil- on September 15, 1988, the day John turned year ago today, the Help America Vote Act icon Valley. They’ve brought leaders together 25. I told him that evening ‘‘John, we’re going (HAVA), which was overwhelmingly passed to discuss the critical issues of our time and to Washington together’’ and indeed we did. with bi-partisan support, became a federal law. create solutions to these challenges. They’ve During those first months in Washington, we The 2000 elections proved to be frustrating been at the forefront of the creation of afford- would sometimes walk outside, gaze at the for both candidates and voters alike. Sadly, it able housing, improving and increasing trans- Capitol dome and say to each other, ‘‘Do you highlighted issues in our voting system that portation options, and being key players in ad- believe we’re really here?’’ I think that at 25, needed improvement. Thanks to the leader- dressing California’s energy concerns. Today, John was the youngest AA on the hill, but he ship of the bill’s sponsor, my House Adminis- member-companies do their part by con- rapidly turned into one of the most effective tration colleague, Chairman BOB NEY, and the serving through increased efficiency, and and well-liked staffers in Washington. Every- support of former Ranking Member STENY working with regulators and energy companies body got to know John. Even as a young per- HOYER, we now have the foundation for a to find solutions to the State’s energy prob- son, he had what we in New York call the best much more efficient voting system. lems. ‘‘gift of gab’’ I ever heard. He always had that During the past year, this foundation has in- The Manufacturing Group was a key force little extra something. He served as my AA for deed started to take shape. As a result of in the creation of the Housing Trust of Santa more than 11 years, and our working relation- HAVA, a program has been established to pay Clara County and played a major role in the ship and friendship during that time could not states to replace their punch card and lever Trust being able to raise over $20 million in its have been better. In fact, I often refer to John voting machines. Last month, my home state first 2 years. This funding, raised during a time as the kid brother I never had. of Connecticut unveiled a pilot project with when corporate donations began to wane, is During the course of my Congressional four different types of electronic voting ma- an extraordinary achievement, producing terms, John and I would often develop strat- chines that will be used in eight towns next housing for first-time home buyers and stands egy for legislation, committee assignments, week on Election Day. This is a remarkable as a model in our country. With the Manufac- and many other things essential to a success- advancement for Connecticut voters, who turing Group’s leadership, the Housing Trust ful congressional career. We traveled cross have been using lever voting machines almost will return the investment ten-fold and assist country and overseas many times. Our first exclusively for over 50 years. families to realize their dream of homeowner- trip was probably one of the most memorable. What makes HAVA so notable is that it is ship. It came that first summer in 1989, when I vis- not solely about financial support. It takes into The Manufacturing Group’s track record on ited the three ‘‘I’s’’ of New York City politics, account the entire voting experience before, public transportation projects in the Valley has Israel, Italy and Ireland, as well as Egypt. We during, and after citizens enter polling places. been extraordinary. Their first major initiative came back from that trip with a picture of the HAVA educates voters on voting procedures was in 1984 when they launched the effort to Pope, stories about Egyptian fruit, grape as well as on their rights; makes polling places win the approval of improvements of Highways leaves and the ‘‘Kinjedom’’ down in Luxor. more accessible to people with disabilities; 85, 237 and 101. The project funded by the John’s complete fluency in Italian made him a creates statewide voter registration databases Measure A half-cent sales tax proposal was that can be more effectively managed and up- completed ahead of schedule and under budg- great person to travel with. In fact, whenever dated; improves ballot review procedures, al- et, and most importantly it was accountable to we met Italian-speaking tour groups, in the the people who passed it. The Manufacturing many different countries we visited, nobody lowing voters to ensure that the ballots they Group went on to spearhead other critical would believe that John was from New York cast are accurate; and creates provisional bal- transportation measures in 1992, 1996, 2000 and not from Italy. loting systems to guarantee that no eligible and 2002, all of which were successful, even I want to tell John that now that he is 40, voter is ever turned away at the polls. after the law required a two-thirds voter ap- one of the age categories in my newsletter On Monday, the Senate Rules Committee proval. this year will read, age 40 to 56, and in honor held a hearing to confirm the four Election As- With the outstanding leadership of Carl of his birthday we will talk about ‘‘Quattro sistance Commissioners nominated by Presi- Guardino, the Manufacturing Group’s Presi- formaggi’’ in Italian, ‘‘Political Party’’ in dent Bush, who are responsible for imple- dent and CEO, annual forums are held to pre- English, and the 40-hour work week being menting HAVA. One of the four nominees, dict economic and infrastructure trends and sacrosanct. I know that John’s family is as Garcia Hillman was recommended by Demo- the examination of what inhibits producing and proud of him as I am. His wife Maria and son cratic Leader NANCY PELOSI, and I whole- keeping jobs in Silicon Valley. John Domenico, as well as his parents Rose heartedly support the Leader’s selection. Gar- Mr. Speaker, we are exceedingly proud of and John, and brother and sister-in-law Louis cia Hillman, has effectively handled both do- the work and the achievements of the Silicon and Angela all share in his happiness on this mestic and international issues. Her areas of Valley Manufacturing Group. The organization special day. expertise include nonprofit management, pub- has been a catalyst for important change and John continues to remain active with many lic policy and program development, political because of its leadership, the quality of life Italian American organizations, including NIAF services, the interests and rights of women and the vitality of businesses have been en- and FIERI, a group in which he was one of and minorities; citizen participation in the de- hanced. the founders. John and Maria were married velopment of public policy and community af- We ask our colleagues to join us in saluting ten years ago at Fordham University, John’s fairs; and elections related issues, including the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group on its alma mater. John is an attorney by trade but voting rights.

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.049 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2169 I believe we would be hard-pressed to find On rollcall vote 573, the Brown motion to in- immigration law services, and recreational ac- someone more dedicated than Ms. Hillman to struct conferees on H.R. 1, the Medicare Pre- tivities for disadvantaged youth and many strengthening the voices of all citizens, includ- scription Drug bill, I would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ more services too numerous to name. ing those who are disabled. I hope that Ms. On rollcall vote 570, H.R. 2359—the Basic The Nations Association has touched the Hillman and the rest of the nominees are con- Pilot Extension Act of 2003, I would have lives of over 11 thousand individuals with only firmed by the full Senate before they adjourn voted ‘‘no.’’ a small paid staff and 144 volunteers who pro- for the year. The Basic Pilot Program currently enables vide over 7000 hours of service annually to I urge full funding of the Help American participating employers in various industries to the community. In 1990 the Association was Vote Act to ensure that the 2004 elections do verify if employees are legally authorized to deservedly named the 276th Point of Light by not repeat the trouble-plagued elections of work in the United States. H.R. 2359 goes President George H. W. Bush. 2000. The act of voting for our government much further than a simple extension of the After 25 years, the Nations Association is representatives is a sacred right of all Ameri- program. going strong—its energies dedicated to mak- cans. It is our duty, through HAVA, to inspire In fact, this bill would enable states and ing a real difference in the lives of hundreds them to use that right. President Lyndon John- local governments to use the databases to ob- of families and individuals everyday. I pay trib- son most succinctly stated this duty as he tain citizenship and immigration status infor- ute today to the tremendous work of Israel spoke to Congress on March 15, 1965, to im- mation on anyone—citizen or immigrant—for and Ruth Suarez and the staff and volunteers plore them to pass the Voting Rights Act of any purpose within their purview. This would of the Nations Association. Theirs is a shining 1965: ‘‘There is no duty which weighs more expand the pilot program far beyond the con- example of the true American spirit of helping heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure text of employment and close to a national ID others. that right (to vote).’’ program with no privacy protections or safe- f f guards against abuse by individuals within state and local governments. TRIBUTE TO THE LATE CAPTAIN PERSONAL EXPLANATION This bill would also expand the availability of RICHARD C. YEEND, JR. the program from just 6 states to all 50, with- HON. MARK GREEN out first addressing the many privacy and in- HON. JO BONNER OF WISCONSIN accuracy concerns in the current program. For OF ALABAMA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES example, the immigration databases used to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, October 29, 2003 verify work authorization are inaccurate and Wednesday, October 29, 2003 outdated. In some cases, workers with author- Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I ization have been fired because of incorrect Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to was absent from Washington on Tuesday, Oc- data in the system. Moreover, some employ- pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of Cap- tober 28, 2003, for official business. As a re- ers have inappropriately used the database to tain Richard C. Yeend, Jr. Capt. Yeend was sult, I was not recorded for rollcall votes No. pre-screen employees, without providing an serving as the co-pilot of an HHÐ3E, ‘‘Jolly 569, No. 570, No. 571, No. 572 and No. 573. opportunity for the prospective employee to Green Giant’’ helicopter sent to rescue a Ma- Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ challenge the accuracy of the data. rine pilot when the helicopter was shot down on rollcall No. 569, ‘‘aye’’ on No. 570 and no Additionally, the House Judiciary Committee over Laos on June 9, 1968. Captain Yeend on rollcalls No. 571, No. 572 and No. 573. did not hold any hearings or mark-ups on the was listed as killed in action/body not recov- f changes contained in H.R. 2359 despite the ered until his remains, along with the rest of the crew, were identified and returned home in PERSONAL EXPLANATION fact that this bill makes significant changes to existing law. For these reasons, I would have September. He was buried September 28, voted ‘‘no’’ on H.R. 2359, the Basic Pilot Ex- 2003, thirty-five years after his helicopter was HON. JOHNNY ISAKSON tension Act of 2003. shot down. OF GEORGIA I ask for unanimous consent that this be in- Captain Yeend was raised in Mobile, Ala- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES serted into the RECORD. bama, as the second of five children. He was a member of the Air Force ROTC at Auburn Wednesday, October 29, 2003 f University and went on to flight school. After Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. Speaker, due to an ill- 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONS flying BÐ52s for several years, he volunteered ness yesterday I was unable to vote for the ASSOCIATION CHARITIES OF for helicopter flight school as the Vietnam con- following rollcall votes and I have listed how I FORT MEYERS, FLORIDA flict escalated. Captain Yeend was deployed would have voted on them if I had been to Vietnam in February of 1968. His service to present. Rollcall 569: ‘‘Yes;’’ rollcall 570: ‘‘yes;’’ roll- HON. PORTER J. GOSS our country is evidenced by the awards he call 571: ‘‘no;’’ rollcall 572: ‘‘no;’’ and rollcall OF FLORIDA was awarded posthumously, including the Sil- 573: ‘‘no.’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with four f Wednesday, October 29, 2003 oak leaf clusters, and the Purple Heart. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- On October 11, 2003, on what would have ognize the 25th Anniversary of the Nations As- been his 65th birthday, hundreds gathered at HON. BETTY McCOLLUM sociation Charities of Fort Myers, Florida. This the Lower Alabama Vietnam Veterans Memo- grass roots organization has been successfully rial at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile to OF MINNESOTA meeting the needs of the poor and destitute in pay tribute to Captain Yeend, a man whose IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Southwest Florida, and for that we are grate- heroic efforts have not been forgotten. Retired Wednesday, October 29, 2003 ful. Navy Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, who Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, due to my I have personally supported and followed was a prisoner of war for over seven years participation in an International Relations the development of the Nations Association during Vietnam, was the featured speaker. Ad- Committee delegation to Iraq, I was unable to since its founding in 1978 by the Reverend miral Denton praised Captain Yeend for his vote on rollcall 569 to 573. Had I been Doctor Israel Suarez, his wife Ruth, and a service and the Yeend family for its continued present, I would have voted the following: small group of dedicated citizens. Israel and devotion to their country throughout their years On rollcall vote 569, the rule to recommit Ruth have unselfishly committed their lives to of hardship, waiting while their loved one’s re- the Conference Report on H.R. 2115—the this labor of love, reaching out to the less for- mains were unaccounted for. He praised Cap- FAA Reauthorization Act, I would have voted tunate in our area. They have touched hun- tain Yeend along with all the Vietnam veterans ‘‘yes.’’ dreds of people with their kindness and caring, in the audience for their service and assured On rollcall vote 571, the Marked motion to and they have inspired countless others to be- everyone that their efforts were appreciated by instruct conferees on H.R. 6—the Energy con- come involved in ministering to the poor. all. ference report, I would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ The Nations Association provides emer- Captain Richard Yeend was a man whose On rollcall vote 572, the Woolsey motion to gency food, hundreds of hot holiday meals at honor and devotion to his family and his coun- instruct conferees on H.R. 1308—the Tax Re- Thanksgiving and Christmas for the homeless, try were seen in his daily acts of courage and lief, Simplification and Equity Act, I would have free furniture for families in crisis, job place- his willingness to take on heroic acts. A man voted ‘‘yes.’’ ment services, Survival English classes, free of great character and respect, Captain Yeend

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.052 E30PT1 E2170 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 30, 2003 was a leader in all aspects of his life. His sib- tion, and a Development Council Member for resents the abundance of natural resources lings looked to him for guidance and support. Tyler Junior College Foundation. that our state encompasses. Elements of the With his remains now returned home and at Additionally, Mr. Hartley gives his time as Quarter, including a mallard duck soaring rest, may they have some peace and closure Director of the East Texas Medical Center Re- above the water with trees in the background, and know that he will be honored for his he- gional Health Facilities and the East Texas symbolizes Arkansas’s reputation as one of roic actions. His sacrifice is a tribute to every- Medical Center Regional Healthcare System, the most popular states in the country for one that fought and those who continue to Director and Past President of the Texas Rose hunting and fishing, and as a state with a fight for the betterment of others and for the Festival in Tyler, Texas, an Advisory Council high-abundance of forest land. The rice on the spirit of freedom which so many people Member for the Patent Service Center, Inc., left side of the Quarter signifies the important throughout the world still yearn for. Director of the Smith County Industrial Devel- role rice and other agricultural crops play in I urge my colleagues to join me in paying opment Corporation, and as Director for the Arkansas’s economy, as agriculture has his- tribute to Captain Yeend and in offering our Tyler-Smith County Library Foundation, Inc. torically been a way of life for so many work- condolences to his family for their loss and Mr. Hartley is involved with numerous phil- ing families. Arkansas leads the country in rice their struggle through the years as they await- anthropic deeds, but among these, his exem- production. ed his final trip home. plary service as a trustee and member of the The centerpiece of the Quarter is a dia- f executive committee of the Texas College mond, representing the Crater of Diamonds Board of Trustees is being recognized today. State Park near Murfreesboro. The Crater of RECOGNIZING MR. BILL G. He has been instrumental in bringing major Diamonds State Park is not only home to the HARTLEY gifts to the College during a very critical fund- largest diamond ever to be unearthed in the raising period, and in 1996 alone, Mr. Hartley United States, but is also the eighth largest di- HON. RALPH M. HALL secured more than $600,000 for Texas Col- amond deposit in the world, and the only dia- OF TEXAS lege’s retirement debt. It is generous efforts mond mine in the world where the public can IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES like these that warranted his receipt of the search for diamonds. The Crater of Diamonds State Park is a leading source for Arkansas Wednesday, October 29, 2003 T.B. Butler Award—Tyler’s Most Outstanding Citizen award in 1992. pride and tourism. Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize Sometimes when an individual is so noted, I am honored that the Arkansas Quarter is a truly great American, influential leader and has such a high community, state, and na- one that truly showcases the state and all it dear friend—Mr. Bill Hartley, Chairman of the tional profile, is sought out for support from has to offer. I hope that everyone will take Board and President and CEO of Southside everyone who makes a precinct race—on up time to reflect upon Arkansas’s treasures and Bank. On October 23, 2003, Texas College, in to our own fine President George W. Bush— history, and join us in celebrating our new Tyler, Texas, honored Mr. Hartley for his dedi- their human traits are lost in the hustle and state coin. I am so pleased to have the oppor- cated service as a member of their Board of bustle of guiding a huge and successful finan- tunity to properly recognize Ms. Dortha Scott Trustees, and as his friend and fellow member cial empire, serving on Boards and Commit- before the United States Congress for her of the Board, I honor him with this tribute tees, traversing our nation for speeches, meet- beautiful artwork that truly depicts our great today. ings, and organizations—sometimes we miss state, which will be viewed by millions of Americans as they earn and spend the Arkan- Bill G. Hartley was born in Mount Pleasant, out on the human aspect of a great one sas Quarter. Texas and attended Mount Pleasant High among us. Bill Hartley has always taken the School. He entered the Texas National Guard time, and still takes the time, to put family first. f in 1948 and concluded his service in 1956 He is a kind and loving Father to Jane, her HONORING ELECTRIC BOAT’S with the rank of Master Sergeant. husband Michael, and his grandson Hartley. DISTINGUISHED SHIPBUILDERS Mr. Hartley has enjoyed a long and distin- He spent unending days and hours with Pat- guished career in the banking industry, work- rick during his lifetime—giving of himself, with HON. ROB SIMMONS ing first at the Guaranty Bond State Bank in Billie—and remembers Patrick’s lifetime by or- Mount Pleasant, then at the Texas Banking OF CONNECTICUT ganizing and supporting a trust fund in Pat- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Department in Austin, Texas. He presently rick’s memory. You will never say ‘‘Bill Hartley Wednesday, October 29, 2003 serves as Chairman of the Board and CEO of did so and so’’—you always say ‘‘Bill and Billie the company he founded in 1960—Southside did so and so.’’ Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Bancshares, Inc., Southside Bank in Tyler, As we near the end of this Congressional recognize 67 men and women who work at Texas. As Southside’s, CEO—Bill expressed year—let us adjourn in honor of and in appre- Electric Boat, in Groton, Connecticut. These his support of education—and those who ciation of one who fits the overused term— individuals have worked at Electric Boat for 40 sought knowledge—by approving and making he’s a ‘‘giver’’ and not a ‘‘taker.’’ God Bless or more years and due to their length of serv- student loans in huge numbers—while other Bill Hartley and those he holds dear. ice have earned the title: Distinguished Ship- institutions were reluctant to do so. f builder. Mr. Hartley is married to Billie Boyd, for- Kenneth Guarneri, William Ferguson, Rich- merly of Chandler, Texas, and they were HONORING DORTA SCOTT FOR HER ard Morgan, Thomas Nunes, John Prokop, Al- blessed with two children, Jane Hartley Coker CONTRIBUTION TO THE ARKAN- exander Fraser, Reed Davignon, Robert and Patrick Hartley. Their hearts were broken SAS STATE COIN Rosso, Mary Sousa, Pauline Passarello, Patri- when Patrick died. He will always be loved cia Rossi, Walter Greenhalgh, Ernest Currier, and remembered. Bill is affiliated with Marvin HON. MIKE ROSS Paul Losacano, Fred Vocatura, Richard United Methodist Church and is an active par- OF ARKANSAS Sobanski, Robert Ness, Ernest Messier, Jef- ticipant on the Church’s Administrative Com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES frey Pritchard, Jackson Morgan, John Burbine, mittee. Denzel Andrews, Stanley Menitz, Robert Col- Among his many professional and civic re- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 lins, Carl Kvist, Ronald Drounin, William sponsibilities and memberships are his posi- Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con- Vaiciulis, Vincent Nadolny, Paul Terry, Larry tions as State Membership Chairman for the gratulate an exceptional artist from Arkansas’s Yering, Stephen Wells, Keith Bradshaw, John American Bankers Association, Chairman of Fourth Congressional District, Ms. Dortha Haberek, Ralph Lodyko, Ronald Leuchner, the Texas Bankers Insurance Services Com- Scott of Mount Ida. Out of more than 9,300 Gerald Gent, Brent Weimer, Ronald pany in Austin, Texas, and Claims and Under- entries, Ms. Scott’s outstanding sketch has DeCarolis, Arnold Kortick, James Welch, Rich- writing Committee Member for Banclnsure in been selected to be used by the U.S. Mint for ard Sears, Anthony Falcone, Norman Laroche, Oklahoma City. At the local level, he serves the Arkansas Quarter. The U.S. Mint will Robert Boyle, Donald Noel, Edward Goode, as Director and Past President of the Tyler, produce the Quarter for 10 weeks, and be- William Bak, Joseph Woycik, Richard Texas Chamber of Commerce, a Trustee for tween 650Ð750 million quarters will be put into Supernant, Janis Pike, Brian Lumnah, Alfred the R.W Fair Foundation, Director and Execu- circulation across the United States. Malchiodi, Ronald Meadows, Edward Haik, tive Committee Member for the University of Our Quarter incorporates several elements Manuel Arruda, Donald Bartlett, John Bashaw, Texas at Tyler, Development and Council that truly reflect Arkansas. This is a coin that James Brown Jr., Everett Church, Dominic Member at the University of Texas Health helps everyone in our nation understand why Cirioni Jr., James Cunningham, Hedrick Center at Tyler, Trustee and Executive Com- Arkansas is so proudly called ‘‘The Natural Facas, Richard- Lambert, Robert Mayor, David mittee Member for the Texas Chest Founda- State.’’ The background of the Quarter rep- Matthews, Robert Panciera, and Roy Rock.

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.057 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2171 When we think in terms of national defense General Monroe has also helped the Guard This story was told so well last year in an these are not names that spring immediately reconnect with the communities in California. article in the Honolulu Weekly by Honolulu to mind. But the work they have done and the During his tenure, the Guard has partnered journalist Bev Keever entitled ‘‘Fallout: things they have accomplished over the past with numerous agencies and organizations to Enewetak Atoll, 50 Years Ago This Week.’’ four decades were essential to the United provide successful anti-drug programs and Subsequently recognized by the Society of States winning the Cold War. youth education initiatives. The General truly Professional Journalists (Hawaii Chapter) for These are the men and women who helped understands the need to give back to the com- this work, Ms. Keever reminds us about the design and construct the submarines that kept munity, and he, along with the extraordinary human impact of ‘‘Mike,’’ as the device was our Nation safe and free. Today they are de- men and women who serve under him, have known, and counsels us to remember this leg- signing and constructing a new generation of made invaluable contributions to cities and acy as we address crucial foreign policy chal- submarines that will help America win the war towns throughout California. lenges today and the future. on terrorism. Recognizing the hard work and dedication The text of Ms. Keever’s article follows: These individuals have truly earned the title of his soldiers and airmen, General Monroe FALLOUT: ENEWETAK ATOLL, 50 YEARS AGO Distinguished Shipbuilder. Over the decades, had made ‘‘member care’’ a top priority, work- THIS WEEK Electric Boat has rightly won a reputation for ing tirelessly to provide high quality services (By Bev Keever) constructing the best submarines in the world. for his troops. He has also established the [From the Honolulu Weekly, Oct. 30, 2002] For the men and women who design and build California National Guard as an exemplary National and media anniversaries of signal these incredibly complex ships, unsolvable model for diversity and equal opportunity for events like Sept. 11 help to form the collec- problems have proven to be nothing more guard members. tive memory that, over time and across gen- than tremendous opportunities to use their General Monroe began his military career erations, shapes what a society remembers— knowledge and skill. as an enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army in 1957 or what it forgets. Today Electric Boat continues to provide the and joined the California Army National Guard An anniversary that serves as a news peg United States Navy with the best ships ever to for journalists re-ignites powerful emotional in 1961. He has served in Infantry, Signal, and connections for those who lived through the go to sea. They are an integral part of Amer- Military Police Commands, and every level of event, communication scholar Jill Edy ica’s national security strategy. As the crews command from platoon through brigade. He writes, and may be even more influential for of our submarines protect America’s freedom has been honored with over one dozen those who did not live through the event be- and security around the globe the men and awards for his service with our Armed Forces. cause it ‘‘creates a world they never experi- women of Electric Boat can take great satis- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me enced.’’ Even more important, Edy notes, an- faction in knowing that they are essential in honoring a true American hero, Major Gen- niversary journalism ‘‘impacts whether we members of our national security team. eral Paul D. Monroe, Jr. I extend my best remember our past at all.’’ Those who expect to enjoy the blessings of An un-remembered part of the U.S. past wishes to the General, his wife Laura, their occurred 50 years ago on Enewetak atoll in freedom must engage in the hard work of de- two children and their three grandchildren. the Marshall Islands, some 3,000 miles west fending it. In synchronization with the men and f of Honolulu. On Nov. 1, 1952, at 7:15 a.m., the women in the Navy, the men and women at U.S. government detonated the world’s first Electric Boat engage in that demanding PERSONAL EXPLANATION thermonuclear device, code-named ‘‘Mike,’’ work—and we in this chamber and everyone the most powerful man-made explosion in all across America benefit from their labor. HON. HAROLD E. FORD, JR. history up to that time. In layperson’s terms, it was the prototype for the ‘‘hydro- When it comes to Electric Boat and the busi- OF TENNESSEE ness of designing and constructing sub- gen bomb.’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mike unleashed a yield of 10.4 megatons, marines, price is what you pay; value is what Wednesday, October 29, 2003 an explosive force 693 times more powerful you get. than the atomic bomb that had annihilated I am proud that Electric Boat is in my dis- Mr. FORD. Mr. Speaker, regrettably, I was Hiroshima in 1945 and the fourth most pow- trict—the Second District of Connecticut—and not present for rollcall vote Nos. 569Ð573 be- erful ‘‘shot’’ of the 1,054 acknowledged nu- I am proud to share the names of these tire- cause of a previously scheduled commitment clear tests in U.S. history. Ushering in the less and dedicated workers with you. They to serve as co-chair and co-host of the Na- thermonuclear era, the Mike shot raised to a have provided the United States Navy with the tional Civil Rights Museum’s annual Freedom new level the capacity for mass destruction most advanced, the most stealthy, the safest Awards Banquet in my district in Memphis. that had been inaugurated by humans with The Freedom Awards Banquet was specifi- atomic weapons only seven years earlier. Be- and the most lethal vessels ever to go to sea. cause of this new dimension in the power of I ask you to join me in recognizing their con- cally scheduled to occur weeks after the target nuclear weapons, President Eisenhower ob- tributions to America. adjournment date. served in 1956, ‘‘Humanity has now achieved, f Had I been present, I would have voted for the first time in its history, the power to ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall vote Nos. 569, 571, 572, 573 end its history.’’ HONORING MAJOR GENERAL PAUL and ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall vote 570. The Mike shot was controversial. Debate D. MONROE, JR. f raged within the scientific community over detonating the so-called super bomb. One HON. GRACE F. NAPOLITANO FIFTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF camp warned that the atmospheric chain-re- DETONATION OF THE WORLD’S action from the thermonuclear explosion OF CALIFORNIA FIRST THERMONUCLEAR DEVICE would immolate the entire planet, Univer- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AT ENEWETAK ATOLL IN THE sity of Hawai‘i’s environmental coordinator Wednesday, October 29, 2003 John Harrison reports. Calling such fears MARSHALL ISLANDS farfetched, those in the second camp, led by Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with influential physicist Edward Teller, pre- tremendous pride that I rise today to honor HON. ED CASE vailed. The public was not told in advance Major General Paul D. Monroe, Jr., the Adju- OF HAWAII about the shot for fear that it would influ- ence the presidential election held just three tant General of the California National Guard IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for his 46 years of military service. He is a days before. Sixteen days after the Mike Wednesday, October 29, 2003 shot, U.S. officials announced a thermo- credit to his country and the National Guard. nuclear experiment, but provided no details. General Monroe’s leadership and vision have Mr. CASE. Mr. Speaker, this week we rec- Mike was a proto-bomb; in fact, it was brought the Guard into the 21st century and ognize the 51st anniversary of the detonation more like a building, Harrison explains as he made the 22,000 soldiers and airmen under by our country of the world’s first thermo- studies a sepia-toned photograph of the cy- his command better prepared than ever be- nuclear device at Enewetak Atoll in today’s lindrical Mike device, about 20 feet in height fore. Republic of the Marshall Islands. And as we and 8 to 10 feet in diameter. Weighing 82 tons Since September 11, General Monroe has pause to remember that event, it is also an and standing vertically like the shiny in- mobilized nearly 10,000 soldiers and airmen to opportune time for us to recall both the con- nards of a giant thermos bottle, the cylinder dwarfs a scrawny, shirtless man sitting in a fight in the war on terrorism, both at home and tributions of the people of Enewetak and other chair, elbows cocked on his knees and star- abroad. He has deployed soldiers and airmen atolls of the Marshalls to the security of our ing at the ground on Elugelab island, to serve in Operation Enduring Freedom as country and world, and the difficult legacy Enewetak atoll. The cylinder is attached to well as in missions to secure our borders, which that and subsequent tests have left to large tubes to keep its contents of hydrogen bridges and airports. their residents and so many others. fuel, liquid deuteride, refrigerated below its

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.061 E30PT1 E2172 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 30, 2003 boiling point of minus 417.37 degrees Fahr- the ridge of the roof of the mouth. The sci- the atomic bomb as the atomic bomb had enheit. entists described these ridges as exem- over the conventional weapons of World War More than 11,000 civilians and servicemen plifying ‘‘expressions of genes affecting de- II.’’ worked on or near Enewetak to prepare for velopment.’’ Since 1978, Jackson told Hono- NUCLEAR VICTIMIZATION OF ‘‘OUR OWN PEOPLE’’ the blast. They left Enewetak by ship before lulu Weekly, follow-up studies have sup- Bravo also introduced the word fallout to the Mike device was remotely detonated ported the notion of possible radiation-in- everyday language worldwide when snow- from 30 miles away. The energy from the duced genetic effects. like radioactive particles dusted 236 resi- splitting of atoms with heavy nuclei like HIDING 8,580 HIROSHIMA-SIZE BOMBINGS IN 16 dents of nearby Rongelap island, 28 U.S. plutonium produced temperatures on the YEARS servicemen and 23 crewmen on a Japanese order of those at the core of the sun that Most of the atmospheric testing on the fishing trawler. In fact, the thermonuclear were necessary to kick-start the fusion of U.S. side was conducted in the Pacific, but era produced radioactive components and the liquid deuteride with other lightweight the full extent of these tests has become fallout that encircled the globe, settling si- hydrogen nuclei. This fusion produced even clear only in the past decade with the lifting lently from the heavens. Beginning particu- greater energy, so much that, as physicist of official secrecy. Only in December 1993 did larly with the Mike shot, ‘‘the chemical sig- Kosta Tsipis writes, ‘‘An exploding nuclear the U.S. release information about the yield nature of our bones changed,’’ Harrison told weapon is a miniature, instantaneous sun.’’ of 44 of the 66 U.S. nuclear weapons tests in Honolulu Weekly. The atmospheric weapons The Mike test vaporized the island of the Marshall Islands. tests that proliferated in scale with the Mike Elugelab. Researcher Leona Marshall Libby In 1994, the most recent and comprehensive shot dispersed radioactive forms of iodine, wrote at the time that Mike’s detonation list of all 1,054 U.S. nuclear weapons tests cesium, strontium and other elements. As a created a fireball that swooshed outward and worldwide was made public, allowing schol- result, Harrison notes, all organisms, includ- upward for three miles in diameter and ars to calculate for the first time the full ex- ing humans, carry the watermark of the nu- turned millions of gallons of lagoon water to tent of the entire U.S. nuclear testing pro- clear era woven into their tissues. steam. It left behind a 1.2-mile-wide crater gram that ceased in 1992. These documents The Mike shot marked an acceleration of and a deeply fractured reef platform. Har- show that nearly three-quarters of the yield the man-made proliferation and escalation of rison notes that in the aftermath of a subse- of all 1,054 U.S. nuclear tests worldwide oc- weapons of mass destruction. The ensuing quent, adjacent thermonuclear test—the Koa curred during only 82 tests conducted in the nuclear age transformed the planet and its shot in 1958—the weakened seaward wall of U.S.-administered Pacific Islands or over Pa- inhabitants. As award-winning journalist Ei- the reef next to the Mike crater cleaved cific waters during the 16 years of the U.S. leen Welsome writes in her book, The Pluto- away and plummeted into the ocean depths. Pacific nuclear testing between 1946 to 1962. nium Files: America’s Secret Medical Ex- EPIPHANY OF A ‘‘NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST’’ This prolonged secrecy, even beyond the col- periments in the Cold War (Dial Press; 1999): Harrison, who lived at Enewetak for five lapse of the Soviet Union, hid for decades the ‘‘The radioactive debris found its way into years beginning in 1978 while serving as a UH yield of Pacific tests, which amounted to at starfish, shellfish and seaweed. It covered al- administrator and senior research scientist least 128,704 kilotons—a destructive force falfa fields in upstate New York, wheat fields there, says the destructiveness of the Mike equal to detonations of 8,580 Hiroshima-size in North Dakota, corn in Iowa. It seeped into shot defies human comprehension. He recalls bombs. the bodies of honeybees and birds, human the scores of times he guided his outboard The atolls of Bikini, Enewetak and John- fetuses and growing children. The atom had motorboat across segments of the choppy ston, plus Pacific waters, served as sites for split the world into ‘preatomic’ and aquamarine waters of Enewetak’s 388–acre nuclear weapons experiments far too power- ‘postatomic’ species.’’ Moreover, the ‘‘postatomic’’ species must lagoon encircled by the 42 coral islands so ful and unpredictable to be conducted on the live with the effects of the nuclear age for pristine and lovely ‘‘they are God’s gift to U.S. Mainland. The yield of what The New generations and centuries to come. Environ- the entire world.’’ His boat would slice into York Times described as the mightiest nu- mental radioactivity derived from some nu- clear explosion within the continental the shallower turquoise waters that overlay clear weapons components like plutonium United States, which was the explosion of the close-in reefs and ‘‘then all of a sudden will persist for up to 500,000 years and may be into the deeper, more cloudy waters that de- the first hydrogen device in Nevada in 1962, hazardous to humans for at least half that lineated or that filled this enormous, enor- was less than 1 percent of the magnitude of time. mous round circle that was the Mike cra- the most powerful Pacific test, later dis- Fallout and other residual radioactivity ter.’’ closed as the 15-megaton Bravo shot of 1954. from atmospheric nuclear testing conducted Each time Harrison made that journey, he In serving as sites for such immense infer- by all nations have caused or will cause says, ‘‘it changed my life.’’ He would strug- nos, these Pacific atolls and their people sac- through infinity an estimated 3 million can- gle to understand the cataclysm of that in- rificed enormously for U.S. superpower sta- cer fatalities, researchers Arjun Makhijani stant that had transformed an island into a tus. And, they contributed to the global re- and Stephen I. Schwartz wrote in the monu- massive hole in the reef. ‘‘Then and now and straint—and the retreat from overt nuclear mental study, Atomic Audit (Brookings In- to the day I die,’’ he says, ‘‘I could not, I can- hostilities during decades of the most dan- stitution; 1998). That number of casualties is not and I will never wrap my mind around gerous political confrontation in history, the nearly five times the 617,389 U.S. servicemen the significance of that. Cold War. Recent revelations regarding the killed in World War I and II, the Korean War, ‘‘There is no way that the mind can grasp Cuban missile crisis are chillingly reflective the Vietnam War and the Gulf War com- that amount of force,’’ he elaborates. ‘‘We of that nuclear brink. bined. have nothing to compare it with.’’ Even so, Ten months after the Mike detonation, in In 1980, a congressional oversight com- once in the middle of the Mike crater, he August 1953, U.S. officials detected the first mittee report titled ‘‘The Forgotten Guinea sensed that he had experienced ‘‘the ulti- Soviet hydrogen explosion and announced Pigs’’ concluded, ‘‘The greatest irony of our mate epiphany of what a nuclear holocaust the event to the world. The Eisenhower ad- atmospheric nuclear testing program is that is all about.’’ ministration then set up a deliberate policy the only victims of U.S. nuclear arms since A rare snapshot of the havoc caused by the to confuse the public about the escalating World War II have been our own people.’’ The Mike shot is provided by a survey made of order of magnitude between atomic and ther- House report included in its conclusion—but Enewetak by a scientific research team from monuclear weapons, Jonathan Weisgall only in an obscure footnote—mention of Pa- the University of Washington and written up writes in his pathbreaking book, Operation cific Islanders, whose ancestral homelands in a report archived by Harrison. The great- Crossroads: The Atomic Tests at Bikini Atoll had sustained the most U.S. nuclear fire- est radioactivity in fish was found to be con- (U.S. Naval Institute; 1994). ‘‘Keep them con- power. centrated in the digestive tract, followed by fused,’’ Eisenhower told the Atomic Energy A33-YEAR EXILE the liver and muscle; in rats and some birds Commission. ‘‘Leave ‘thermonuclear’ out of U.S. Pacific nuclear testing that began in radioactivity was concentrated in bones. press releases and speeches. Also ‘fusion’ and July 1946 required U.S. officials to evacuate Even algae that had been scrubbed with a ‘hydrogen.’’’ The agency complied. Only dec- 170 Bikinians and 142 Enewetakese, thus brush and detergent retained ‘‘specks’’ of ades later, in 1979, did the public learn of this transforming them into so-called ‘‘nuclear fallout, the report says, indicating most of obfuscation. nomads,’’ which the Bikinians remain today. the ‘‘radioactivity is actually present within Six months after the Soviet H-bomb, on The Enewetakese, when evacuated from the alga.’’ Lastly, spotlighting the signifi- March 1, 1954, U.S. bomb-makers caught up their homeland in December 1947, were told cance of color in absorbing the heat of the by unleashing from Bikini atoll the coun- by a senior official, Capt. John P.W. Vest, fireball, the team notes, ‘‘Birds with dark- try’s first deliverable hydrogen weapon, that they would be able to return to their colored feathers were burned more severely code-named Bravo. Its 15 megatonnage made atoll within three to five years. Instead, for than were the white fairy terns.’’ it nearly one-and-a-half times the yield of the next 33 years they were exiled on the A 1978 study of 476 Enewetak rats by envi- the Mike shot. Bravo was the most powerful smaller, desolate Ujelang atoll, 150 miles to ronmental scientists from Bowling Green U.S. bomb ever detonated, equivalent to 1,000 the southwest. State University, M. Temme and W. B. Jack- Hiroshima-sized bombs, according to U.S. Other official U.S. commitments made son, noted possible genetic effects caused by government documents released in 1994. then are contained in documents once classi- radiation. They hypothesized that radiation Weisgall observes, ‘‘Hiroshima paled in com- fied as top secret that Honolulu attorney effects may have caused deformations in an parison to Bravo, which represented as revo- Davor Pevec now uses in representing the is- important inherited marker of some rats— lutionary an advance in explosive power over landers. The Enewetakese ‘‘will be accorded

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.066 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2173 all rights which are the normal constitu- cleanup and resettlement costs continue to INTRODUCTION OF NEW PARTNER- tional rights of the citizens under the Con- mount, and Marshallese want more U.S. SHIP FOR HAITI ACT OF 2003 stitution, but will be dealt with as wards of funding. the United States for whom this country has special responsibilities,’’ according to a The Marshallese prospects for immediate HON. BARBARA LEE memorandum from the Atomic Energy Com- help from U.S. officials in Washington seem OF CALIFORNIA mission attached to President Truman’s Di- dim, congressional sources in Washington, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rective of Nov. 25, 1947, to the Secretary of D.C., told the Weekly. Enewetak’s $386 mil- Defense. lion in land claims is not included in the Wednesday, October 29, 2003 The 142 Enewetakese (and their descend- budget Congress is considering for the fiscal Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro- ants) on Ujelang suffered greatly because of year that began this Oct. 1. Nor are funds for ducing H.R. 3386, The New Partnership for logistical problems, inclement weather, bu- a medical program that in 2001 ceased to ad- Haiti Act of 2003, which will help Haitians reaucratic negligence and the island’s deso- dress Marshallese health needs that have overcome the many social, economic, and lation. Even the Department of Interior, in a been urgent enough to warrant sending a six- letter dated Jan. 13, 1978, acknowledged that physical challenges currently facing the coun- during their 33-year exile on Ujelang the person delegation to Washington last month try. Enewetakese ‘‘have suffered grave depriva- to plead with congressional leaders and staff. Today in Haiti only 45% of Haitians have tions, including periods of near starvation.’’ Provisions of the Compact of Free Associa- access to safe water and 28% have access to An anthropologist who lived among them tion set to expire next year are being nego- sanitation. Seventy-six percent of Haiti’s chil- on Ujelang and spoke Marshallese, Laurence tiated with the Bush administration, but any dren under the age of five are underweight, or M. Carucci, wrote that the stories of this pe- agreement must then be acted on by Con- suffer from stunted growth and 63% of Hai- riod told to him over and over by elders fo- tians are undernourished. Eighty percent of cused on famine and hunger, near starvation gress, which is soon to adjourn. Arguing that and death from illness, poor fishing condi- U.S. assistance provided in past agreements the population lives in abject poverty and the tions, epidemics of polio and measles and rat is ‘‘manifestly inadequate,’’ Marshallese offi- unemployment rate is estimated to be around infestation. cials in September 2000 petitioned Congress 60%. One Enewetak woman in her 40s told for increased U.S. medical and other assist- My longstanding interest in ending the AIDS Carucci in 1978 about these difficult days. ance to meet the mounting costs of damages pandemic has brought focus on Haiti, with She described the stomachs of children as to persons and property presumed to be 90% of all HIV/AIDS cases in the Caribbean. being ‘‘stuck out like they were bloated and caused by U.S. nuclear testing. That petition As we combat global HIV/AIDS, malaria and you would never think they were hungry,’’ is still being studied by the Bush administra- tuberculosis, maternal and child mortality, and but in fact they were. Then, she continued: tion, and no congressional measure on it is ‘‘They would get hot fevers, then cold chills; many other life threatening diseases, we must hot fevers, then cold and sweaty. And then, pending. address the long-term effect of dilapidated physical and health infrastructure and abject in just a moment, they would be gone. Dead, FROM CRATER TO CRYPT they would never move again. Their life was poverty throughout the world, including in gone. And, in those days, the wailing across Much of the plutonium-contaminated soil Haiti. the village was constant.’’ removed in the operation to clean up My bill, the New Partnership for Haiti Act of Their hardship was so severe that in 1969 Enewetak was dumped into one of the atoll’s 2003 offers a comprehensive plan for future they commandeered a supply ship and de- smaller craters on Runit island. This crater engagement between the U.S. and Haitian manded they be returned home. Their ances- was created May 5, 1958, during the 18-kil- tral atoll was too contaminated with radio- Government. This legislation partners Haitians oton test shot code-named Cactus. The cra- activity for their return, but the U.S. gov- and Americans together to execute an envi- ter, 30 feet deep and 350 feet wide, was filled ernment did begin an extensive cleanup and ronmentally sound approach to rebuilding rehabilitation so that on Oct. 1, 1980, some with about 111,000 cubic yards of radioactive Haiti. Its major provisions are aimed at devel- islanders returned home. soil and other materials and then entombed oping basic sanitation, water, and other health Upon their return, they found a far dif- beneath a dome of 358 concrete panels, each infrastructures in Haiti. ferent atoll, a far different Enewetak. The 18 inches thick. Researchers in ‘‘Atomic The New Partnership for Haiti Act would Mike shot and 42 other detonations had dev- Audit’’ report that the unprecedented job, bring the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to train astated Enewetak so severely that more completed in 1980, took three years and and educate Haitians on how to rebuild, pave, than half of the land and pockets of the la- about $239 million. goon today remain contaminated by radi- and maintain roads to provide access to rural ation. The islanders who do reside there can- Soon afterward, a delegation from the Na- and urban areas and to health clinics. It will not live off of much of their land and must tional Academy of Sciences inspected the commission environmental impact studies for rely on imported food. dome and, John Harrison recalls, issued a re- these projects, focusing on long term, environ- MOONSCAPING ENEWETAK port noting the inadequacies of the dome, mentally sound solutions—not short term rem- The Mike shot was the eighth of 43 nuclear specifically that the predicted longevity of edies. weapons tests at Enewetak that transformed the containment structure was at best 300 Haiti needs assistance in addressing its a placid atoll into a moonscape. The years. Yet, the plutonium-laced debris en- long-term health infrastructure development. Enewetak people, now numbering 1,500, are cased in the dome will remain radioactive The most basic of these needed development still pleading with the U.S. government for for 500,000 years and hazardous to humans for challenges is water. How can Haiti begin to $386 million in land and hardship damages at least half that time. combat its enormous health problems without and other compensation awarded to them by The Runit island entombment is of special basic clean and safe water? an official tribunal established by the U.S. and Marshallese governments. This panel interest because a nuclear-waste crypt is Haiti’s water quality is life-threatening. In a ruled in April 2000 that after serving as now being finished 800 miles from Honolulu study released in May of 2003, Haiti ranked Ground Zero for 43 weapons tests and receiv- to bury plutonium-laced materials under a last in the world for water quality. The New ing fallout from other shots, the Enewetak cap of coral soil at Johnston Island, where Partnership for Haiti Act will provide funds and atoll: Was uninhabitable on 49 percent of its four failed nuclear-tipped missile shots in expertise through USAID to partner with Haiti original land mass, or 949.8 acres of 1,919.49 1962 showered the atoll and waters with ra- on rebuilding of sanitation, water purification acres; was habitable on only 43 percent of its dioactive debris. projects, and education for Haitians on how to land area, or 815.33 acres; was vaporized by 8 From test site to dump site, the Runit is- maintain these systems themselves in the fu- percent, or 154.36 acres. The lingering effects of U.S. Pacific nu- land crypt eerily symbolizes the legacy of ture. This bill will help Haitians build and main- clear tests are visible today in the numerous the thermonuclear age that has caused the tain safer, quality sewage systems and safe kinds of cancers and other diseases and the Marshallese to suffer disproportionately in water delivery for both urban and rural com- degraded homelands that are determined by adverse health, environmental and cultural munities. an official panel established by the U.S. and conditions. The New Partnership for Haiti Act will start Marshallese governments to result from the The 50th anniversary of the Mike shot and a pilot program for American Health Profes- U.S. experiments of decades ago. Compensa- its aftermath begs for reflection from a na- sionals and also Engineers who are interested tion for these damages is paid for from a $150 tion so riveted on a purported nuclear threat in going to Haiti and helping with the develop- million trust fund that is now too depleted to pay fully current personal and property in the Middle East and North Korea that it ment process. claims. Since 1946, researchers write in ignores the era of mass destruction intro- It is my hope that a transfer of knowledge Atomic Audit, the U.S. government has paid duced by the United States on Enewetak from U.S. professionals in the fields of health at least $759 million in nuclear-related com- with the world’s first thermonuclear explo- and engineering to Haitians will ensure long pensation to the Marshallese. But medical, sion. term development and guarantee the success

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.069 E30PT1 E2174 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 30, 2003 of the programs similar to the success of the PERSONAL EXPLANATION which the National Park Service could estab- Global Fund and other international initiatives. lish easy access to the Visitor Center and Mu- By widening the knowledge base of non-gov- HON. GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR. seum would be mutually beneficial to both par- ernmental organizations and professionals in OF WASHINGTON ties. This would simultaneously resolve the Haiti, the U.S. will take advantage of a unique IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES National Park Service’s access issue and give the City of Atlanta much needed commercial opportunity and obligation towards Haiti’s fu- Wednesday, October 29, 2003 space. ture. Mr. NETHERCUTT. Mr. Speaker, on Octo- Madam Speaker, once again I am proud to We worked together to get the humanitarian ber 28, 2003, I was unavoidably detained for support both bills the Martin Luther King, Jr., loans, which had been held up by the Inter- rollcall vote nos. 569Ð573. National Historic Site Land Exchange Act and American Development Bank officially re- Had I been present I would have voted as the bill to extend the authority for construction leased on May 9, 2003. It is my hope that we follows: On rollcall 569, ‘‘yea;’’ on rollcall 570,’’ of the MLK Memorial. I would like to give a can continue to push for the full release of yea;’’ on rollcall 571, ‘‘yea;’’ on rollcall 572, special thanks to my colleagues Mr. LEWIS these loans and the potential for future hu- ‘‘nay;’’ and on rollcall 573, ‘‘nay.’’ and Senator SARBANES for their leadership in sponsoring these important pieces of legisla- manitarian grants through the IDB. I also be- f tion and in helping to keep the dream alive. lieve we must move forward on establishing a PERSONAL EXPLANATION f health infrastructure for efficient delivery of these health and social sector funds. HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ HONORING BILL AND SUE GROSS Today I submit this legislation, and thank all OF CALIFORNIA of my original cosponsors: Reps. DONNA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. CHRISTOPHER COX OF CALIFORNIA CHRISTENSEN, ELIJAH CUMMINGS, BENNIE Wednesday, October 29, 2003 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THOMPSON, AL WYNN, DONALD PAYNE, SHEILA Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Thursday, October 30, 2003 JACKSON-LEE, JUANITA MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Speaker, on Tuesday, October 21, 2003, I ROBERT WEXLER, JOHN CONYERS, CORRINE was unavoidably detained due to a prior obli- Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on be- BROWN, and MAJOR OWENS. gation. half of the Orange County Department of Edu- cation to thank two outstanding individuals, Bill I look forward to the support of my col- I request that the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD and Sue Gross, whose unparalleled commit- leagues and the Administration. reflect that had I been present and voting, I would have voted as follows: rollcall no. 566: ment to teachers in California is an inspiration in. the field of education. f ‘‘no’’ (on H. Res. 407); rollcall no. 567: ‘‘yes’’ (on the Obey motion to instruct conferees); Each year more than fifty public, private, and rollcall no. 568: ‘‘yes’’ (on H.J. Res. 73). and community college teachers from Orange PRESCRIPTION DRUGS County, California, are recognized for their f outstanding contributions and dedicated efforts EXTENDING AUTHORITY FOR CON- in the field of education. The Orange County HON. BERNARD SANDERS STRUCTION OF MEMORIAL TO Department of Education, led by Super- OF VERMONT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. intendent William M. Habermehl, coordinates the annual selection and recognition of these IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPEECH OF teachers. Wednesday, October 29, 2003 During the last dozen years, the Teachers HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS of the Year program has had the additional Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, I want to take OF MARYLAND support and generosity of two local residents, this opportunity to share with you the attached IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bill and Sue Gross. In 1991, the Grosses es- letter, which I recently received from the Tuesday, October 28, 2003 tablished the Dr. James Hines Foundation in Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Mr. CUMMINGS. Madam Speaker, I rise to memory of a teacher who had positively influ- Systems in support of my and my colleagues’ thank my colleagues for their support of the enced Sue Gross’ life. In the ensuing 12 legislative efforts to enable Americans to ac- ‘‘Martin Luther King, Junior, National Historic years, through the Foundation, the Grosses cess prescription drugs from Canada. I would Site Land Exchange Act,’’ H.R. 1616 and the have given over $1 million in cash awards to these exemplary teachers. This year, as an like this letter included in the CONGRESSIONAL bill to extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr., S. added surprise, Bill and Sue Gross invited all RECORD. one hundred 2003 and 2004 Teachers of the VERMONT ASSOCIATION OF 470. These bills extend the authority for and Year nominees to be their guests on a 10-day HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS, make possible the construction of a national Montpelier, VT, September 29, 2003 memorial commemorating the achievements of cruise to Alaska. The Honorable BERNARD SANDERS, the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his Orange County residents Bill and Sue Gross House of Representatives, commitment to the struggle of civil rights for all are champions of teaching excellence, deserv- Rayburn Building, Washington, DC. Americans. ing of special commendation and recognition DEAR CONGRESSMAN SANDERS: On behalf of Dr. King dedicated his life to the realization by the Congress of the United States of Amer- the hospitals in Vermont, I am writing to ex- of full equal and civil rights for all Americans ica. Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in tend our support for your efforts to allow for irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, and honoring Bill and Sue Gross for their years of the re-importation of prescription drugs sexual orientation. He stood on the front lines commitment to California’s educators. from Canada. As you well know, access to in the struggle against social injustice, dis- f safe, affordable medication is an issue for crimination, and inequality, often at great risk many Americans. In our rural state, patients 92ND NATIONAL DAY to himself. Despite numerous death threats, CELEBRATION OF TAIWAN of all ages travel to Canada to purchase Dr. King never wavered in that commitment. FDA-approved, less expensive medications. Madam Speaker, the Lewis and Sarbanes That option should be available to all pa- HON. SHELLEY BERKLEY bills are a win-win situation for all parties in- tients seeking more affordable prescription OF NEVADA volved. The National Park Service currently drug coverage. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES owns a vacant lot that does not have any sig- Our hospitals are committed to ensuring nificant historic value. The City of Atlanta Thursday, October 30, 2003 that our patients have access to affordable, would like to acquire this land for the sole pur- Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to quality healthcare. We applaud your efforts pose of encouraging commercial development celebrate the 92nd National Day celebration of and the efforts of your colleagues on this within its city limits. In addition, the land on Taiwan. The Republic of China on Taiwan is very important issue. Sincerely, which the National Historic Site Visitor Center a flourishing democracy of 23 million citizens THOMAS HUEBNER, and Museum currently sits is land-locked and who, like us, cherish their constitutional guar- Board Chair. lacks adequate emergency access. Exchang- antees of freedom and human rights. M. BETRICE GRAUSE, ing this land within the Martin Luther King, Over the years, Taiwan has transformed President & CEO. Junior, National Historic Site for property in itself from a one-party dictatorship to a vibrant

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29OC8.073 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2175 multiparty democracy. Free and fair elections Wellstone was not ashamed of voting his con- driving, as well as promoting charitable efforts are held at all levels of government—elections science, even if this meant that he would often such as helping underprivileged children at in which nearly 70 percent of Taiwan’s citizens stand alone. For this, Senator Wellstone won Christmas. Before it had a name, Chief Miali participate. The Taiwanese enjoy many free- the accolades of his colleagues on both sides introduced the Community-Oriented Policing doms including the right of assembly, expres- of the aisle. philosophy. sion and association, freedom of religion and Mr. Speaker, as the son of immigrant Rus- A most distinguished police officer with an freedom of the press. Human rights are well- sian Jews, Paul Wellstone believed in the undergraduate degree in Police Science, a established and protected. Taiwan is com- promise of America. Prior to his entry into the master’s degree in Public Administration, and mitted to upholding the Universal Declaration United States Senate, this plain-spoken man a graduate of the POST Command College of Human Rights, the International Covenant was a devoted and beloved associate pro- and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive De- of Civil and Political Rights, and the Declara- fessor of political science at Carleton College velopment Program, Chief Miali is known tion and Action Program of the 1993 Vienna in Northfield, Minnesota, where he taught for throughout Fountain Valley and Orange Coun- Conference on Human Rights. 21 years. And although diagnosed with a mild ty as one of the city’s principal ambassadors. Taiwan has the world’s 12th largest econ- case of multiple sclerosis, Paul did not let it in- Chief Miali, together with his wife Charli and omy and is the United States 8th largest trad- capacitate him. He continued to fight for those their two children, Elvin and Carla, are proud ing partner. Its GDP of $386 billion is the 23rd issues dear to his heart: affordable universal citizens of Fountain Valley, a city which can largest in the world. However, perhaps more health care, mental health parity, family leave, rightfully look to Chief Miali for making its impressive is the fact that only 1 percent of its veterans affairs, and environmental protection. motto ‘‘A Nice Place to Live’’ happen every population live below the poverty line. Its thriv- Mr. Speaker, I am truly blessed to have day. ing, market-based economy has enabled it to known Paul Wellstone. On that fateful day 1 Mr. Speaker, as Chief Miali completes his contribute generously to international aid ef- year ago on October 25, 2002, I lost a be- 36 years of devoted public service in law en- forts. In the first half of 2001, Taiwan provided loved friend and colleague and the world lost forcement, and sets his course for new and nearly $700,000 through its International Co- a fearless and selfless public servant and tire- ever challenging community involvement, I am operation and Development Program. The Re- less advocate for justice. He has left a deep sure my colleagues will join me in saluting him public of China-Central American Economic void in this institution and is truly missed. He and thanking him for the exemplary job ‘‘well Development Fund has also enabled it to so- is often remembered for a particular saying— done’’—for Fountain Valley, for California, and lidify cooperative relationships with Central that ‘‘people yearn for a ‘politics of the center’, for America. American nations and reflects Taiwan’s grow- not ‘the center’ so widely discussed by politi- f ing interest in that area. cians and pundits in Washington, but, rather, Last year, Secretary of State Colin Powell a politics that speaks to the center of people’s SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT praised Taiwan, stating that it has become ‘‘a lives.’’ On this 1-year anniversary of the death resilient economy, a vibrant democracy and a of this courageous and principled man I urge HON. SHELLEY BERKLEY generous contributor to the international com- my colleagues to commit themselves to his OF NEVADA munity.’’ He called it a ‘‘success story’’ for legacy and fight for the things to which Paul IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Asia and the world—words with which I heart- Wellstone dedicated his life. I know I will. Thursday, October 30, 2003 ily agree. f It is particularly important at this time to rec- Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in ognize and to thank nations that have been A TRIBUTE TO CHIEF OF POLICE strong support of the Syria Accountability and our unswerving friends for many years. We ELVIN G. MIALI ON THE OCCA- Lebanese Sovereignty Act. This important leg- must also acknowledge those democracies SION OF HIS RETIREMENT islation takes a strong and decisive stand that have stood as our allies. I take great against international terrorism. It also dem- pleasure in congratulating Taiwan on its Na- HON. CHRISTOPHER COX onstrates the firm resolve of the United States tional Day celebration and look forward to a OF CALIFORNIA in opposing those who support terrorism or continuation of our mutually beneficial relation- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES provide funding and safe harbor for its per- ship. petrators. Thursday, October 30, 2003 Syria continues to be a major sponsor of f Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay international terrorist groups, and has been HONORING THE LIFE AND TIMES tribute to an outstanding official of the city of listed by the State Department as a sponsor of OF SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE Fountain Valley, California. Chief of Police terrorism since the inception of the terrorist list Elvin G. Miali has devoted almost four dec- in 1979. Numerous terrorist groups, including HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS ades of his life in service to his community Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular OF MARYLAND and to his country. Chief Miali has excelled in Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his many law enforcement assignments over least seven more, have headquarters in Da- the years beginning in the city of San Gabriel mascus. In addition to offices, these groups Thursday, October 30, 2003 and culminating in the city of Fountain Valley. maintain training camps and other facilities on Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to The experience, commitment and profes- Syrian territory. Hizballah, referred to referred speak about a great man, a man who died be- sionalism which Chief Miali brings to the lead- to as the ‘‘A-team of terrorism’’ by Deputy fore his time, the late Senator Paul Wellstone. ership of a major law enforcement organiza- Secretary of State Richard Armitage, operates On October 25, 2002, the people of Min- tion is highly respected and commended by in areas of Lebanon occupied by Syria and re- nesota, the Senate and our nation lost a be- his peers throughout Orange County and the ceives supplies from Iran through Syria. In loved colleague and humanitarian. Paul State of California. Setting high standards for doing so, Syria is in clear violation of UN Se- Wellstone was a man of deep convictions who himself and all his department personnel and curity Council Resolution 1373 which directs cared deeply for those around him. A cham- staff, he is known for achieving exceptional re- all states to ‘‘refrain from providing any form of pion of working families, the poor, the sults under the most demanding of situations. support’’ for terrorism. Furthermore, their at- disenfranchised, the forgotten, the voiceless, The trademark of his leadership is ‘‘first class, tacks on Israel, launched with the acquies- and the disabled, Paul Wellstone was a liberal the first time, every time.’’ cence of the Syrian government, harm inno- Democrat in the truest sense of the term dur- Chief Miali began his law enforcement ca- cent civilians and risk leading to a wider re- ing a time when liberalism was not politically reer on February 27, 1967, with the city of gional war. fashionable. San Gabriel, California, where he rose through In addition to its harboring of international Mr. Speaker, Senator Wellstone took stands the ranks and achieved the position of Cap- terrorism, Syria’s 20,000 strong occupation on issues of principle. He voted against the tain. During this time his assignments included force has continued to occupy Lebanese terri- Resolution authorizing the use of military force the Detective Bureau for 12 years, six of tory, denying Lebanon its independence and in Iraq and the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. He which dealt with robbery and homicide. In Au- political sovereignty. This occupation has also was the only Democrat to vote against the gust 1986, he was selected Chief of Police for prevented Lebanon from fulfilling its obligation Democratic version of the estate tax repeal; the Fountain Valley Police Department. His under UN Security Council Resolutions 425 opposed the Administration’s national missile community contributions during 17 years as and 520 to deploy its troops to southern Leb- defense program and was against permanent Chief of Police include active efforts to combat anon. As a result, southern Lebanon is under normal trade relations with China. Paul drug abuse, child abuse, and drinking and the control of the terrorist group Hizballah,

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.003 E30PT1 E2176 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 30, 2003 which has positioned thousands of katyusha South Carolina State’s Reserve Officer Train- American people as Ambassador to the Fed- rockets opposite Israel’s northern border. ing Corps. He now has aspirations to attend erated States of Micronesia. I have a deep re- During our recently concluded campaign in the Army War College next year. spect for the Island nations, and I am pleased Iraq, Syria aided the regime of Saddam Hus- Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues that we have passed the new compact legisla- sein, allowing arms and military equipment to to join me in commending Lt. Col. Stephen tion out of the House. be transported across the border into Iraq. Twitty for his extraordinary dedication and his Although most of the contentious issues in When Baghdad fell, a number of high-ranking exemplary military service. He is an inspiration the compact have been addressed, the fund- Iraqi officials from the defeated regime were to the soldiers he commands and the next ing allocated for education concerns me. The sighted transiting through Syria and it is con- generation of soldiers to follow. RMI and FSM children have only just begun to tinuing to permit ‘‘volunteers’’ and others to f benefit from the establishment of an integrated enter Iraq for the purpose of attacking and kill- education system. I am very pleased to know ing Americans. NATIONAL BREAST CANCER that authorization for educational programs is These actions are not those of an ally nor AWARENESS MONTH included in the bill. are they the work of a nation friendly to the In my former profession of teaching I have United States. As we work toward a more sta- HON. NITA M. LOWEY witnessed the impact of early structured edu- ble and peaceful Middle East, we must be OF NEW YORK cation. Young students are much better clear that nations that support terrorism will be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES equipped to enter the educational system when they are exposed to education at an held accountable. This legislation is clear in its Thursday, October 30, 2003 intent and accomplishes just that. early age. The educational appropriations that I urge its full support and its immediate pas- Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, this year an es- Chairman REGULA has offered to support is sage. timated 40,000 mothers, sisters, daughters, critical to keep effective programs in place. f friends and loved ones will die of breast can- I also strongly support those provisions in cer, and more than 210,000 new cases will be this compact that provide for continued Pell TRIBUTE TO LT. COL. STEPHEN diagnosed. Throughout the month we have re- grant eligibility for the FAS. It will bolster the TWITTY membered those that have fallen victim to this ability of the FAS to cultivate education. The disease, celebrated those who have survived elimination of Pell grant assistance would HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN it, raised awareness about the progress we’ve have decimated the college system in the FAS OF SOUTH CAROLINA made, and called on scientists to aggressively altogether. A large portion of the operating IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES continue the search for a cure. funds for the College of Micronesia are ob- Today, Democrats and Republicans, men tained through Pell grants. Thursday, October 30, 2003 and women alike are on the House floor to One other important area that I would like to Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to say—while we have made progress, further point out is the reinstatement of FEMA assist- honor Lt. Col. Stephen Twitty, who led the gains require a sustained commitment to ex- ance. It has been placed back into the Com- only infantry battalion—1,000 soldiers strong— panding the national investment in cancer re- pact for infrastructure purposes and major ca- in the initial attack on Baghdad, Iraq, this past search, prevention, treatment, and outreach tastrophes. USAID is not equipped to deal April. His 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd programs. with all of the problems that arise on small is- Battalion was fearless in the face of the heavi- It is hard to believe, but when I was first ap- lands nor do they have the ready response to est fighting of the campaign and successfully pointed to the Appropriations Committee in help in a timely fashion. As we move forward completed their mission. 1991, the Federal government was spending with our unique relationship with the FAS I Lt. Col. Twitty witnessed casualties among just $133 million on breast cancer each year. hope the U.S. Congress will be supportive and his troops, and continued to lead his soldiers That investment has increased dramatically— receptive to the needs of our friends. through the perils of suicide bombers, snipers, to more than $1.3 billion—between spending In conclusion, I urge my colleagues to un- rocket-propelled grenades and a variety of at the National Institutes of Health and Depart- derstand the importance of the FAS. I support other dangerous assaults. Later he had to ment of Defense. this bill and look to endorse the final product keep his troops focused on their mission after This is remarkable, but all of the research in as the other body considers the Compact. the death of NBC reporter David Bloom, who the world won’t make a difference unless it is f was embedded with his regiment. He faced put into practice. That is why we must con- HONORING GEORGE S. POFOK many potentially fatal situations by being on tinue to invest in the Centers for Disease Con- the frontline of American servicemen. As a re- trol’s Breast and Cervical Cancer screening sult of his gallantry, he received the U.S. program and better mammogram training and HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH Army’s third highest medal, the Silver Star, oversight to improve radiologists’ ability to in- OF OHIO and is most likely on his way to becoming a terpret mammograms. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES colonel. We must also ramp-up efforts to find new Thursday, October 30, 2003 Lt. Col. Twitty is a native of Chesnee, SC, and superior ways to detect breast cancer and Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in study the relationship between breast cancer honor and recognition of George S. Pofok, criminal justice from South Carolina State Uni- and the environment. upon the occasion of his retirement from versity in Orangeburg, my alma mater, where Mr. Speaker, I believe, while the govern- Cleveland Public Power (CPP). he will serve as a grand marshal of this year’s ment cannot cure cancer, it can put the re- George Pofok has spent the last 30 years in Homecoming Parade. He is in good company sources in the hands of scientists who will. To- service to the city of Cleveland. Mr. Pofok among the military ranks of SCSU graduates. gether—along with advocates, survivors, sci- started his career as an electrical engineer, The University currently has four alumni who entists, and doctors—we can go the distance and rose to become company’s commissioner. are generals on active duty, one of whom was and stop this disease. During Mr. Pofok’s tenure as the commis- just named Commanding Officer of Fort Jack- f sioner, from 1985Ð1995, he was able to ini- son. tiate one of the most productive periods of Lt. Col. Twitty later received a master’s in TITLE II—COMPACTS OF FREE AS- growth for Cleveland’s power. He helped build public administration from Central Michigan SOCIATION WITH THE FED- the customer base from 50,000 to 80,000, as University. He has been stationed in both Bel- ERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA well as increasing the company’s revenue to gium and Germany but now resides in Fort AND THE REPUBLIC OF THE $130 million per year. These strategies have Stewart, GA. MARSHALL ISLANDS left a legacy of high growth for the company, This tour of duty isn’t Lt. Col. Twitty’s first and low costs to customers. Since 1985, cus- SPEECH OF time in combat. He is a veteran of Operation tomers of Cleveland Public Power have saved Desert Storm, in which he was a member of HON. DIANE E. WATSON more than $320 million. the first infantry division to cross the Kuwait- OF CALIFORNIA Mr. Pofok leaves a great legacy, none more Iraq border into enemy territory. He has also IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES important than the continuation of the tradition received decorations like the Legion of Merit and strengthening the exercise of public power Tuesday, October 28, 2003 and Bronze Star for his service to his nation in the city of Cleveland. in the most trying of situations. His interests in Ms. WATSON. Madam Speaker, President Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me the military date back to his experiences in Clinton gave me the privilege to represent the in honor and recognition of George S. Pofok

VerDate jul 14 2003 04:12 Oct 31, 2003 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A30OC8.007 E30PT1 October 30, 2003 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2177 for his dedication to Cleveland Public Power, sity, Sacramento, a Master of Science from Mr. Speaker, the city of Stockton has been and the welfare of the city of Cleveland. California State Polytechnic University, Po- greatly strengthened by the effort and dedi- f mona, and graduated from the prestigious cated service of Chief Chavez. I ask my col- Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy. leagues to help honor Chief Edward J. Chavez HONORING CHIEF EDWARD J. today for his service to this great Nation. It is CHAVEZ In 1973, Chief Chavez became a police offi- cer and his prestigious career began. As a a privilege to represent him, and to call him leader in the Department, Edward Chavez my friend. HON. DENNIS A. CARDOZA rose through the ranks to become a Captain f OF CALIFORNIA and Deputy Chief of Police in 1990, and finally IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to become the Stockton Police Department’s PERSONAL EXPLANATION Thursday, October 30, 2003 Chief of Police in 1993. As a role model to law Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to enforcement officials, Chief Chavez has HON. LOIS CAPPS served the city of Stockton with the utmost re- honor Mr. Edward J. Chavez who is retiring as OF CALIFORNIA spect and honor for residents and coworkers the Chief of Police for the city of Stockton, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES California. It is truly an honor to recognize all alike. Thursday, October 30, 2003 of his achievements as a dedicated law en- Not only has Chief Chavez been a leader to forcement officer in our community. He has the Stockton Police Department, but has Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, on October 17, served the people of my district with integrity served his community by being a member of 2003, I submitted a personal explanation for and he will truly be missed. over twenty civic and professional organiza- rollcall votes No. 553ÐNo. 561. In that per- Chief Chavez has shown his dedication to tions. He has been affiliated with the Board of sonal explanation, I inadvertently listed incor- serving our community and our country in Trustees for Humphreys College School of rectly how I would have voted on rollcall No. countless ways. As a member of the U.S. Air Law, Stockton Rotary, Hispanics for Political 558, rollcall No. 560 and rollcall No. 561. I re- Force from 1962Ð1970, Mr. Chavez dem- Action, Greater Stockton Chamber of Com- spectfully request that the RECORD now reflect onstrated this very commitment. merce, International Association of Chiefs of how I would have voted on the following roll- Through hard work and a commitment to Police, California Peace Officers Association, call votes: furthering his education, Mr. Chavez earned a and on the selection committee for the Rollcall No. 558—‘‘yes’’; rollcall No. 560— Bachelor of Arts from California State Univer- Stocktonian of the Year. ‘‘no’’; and rollcall No. 561—‘‘yes.’’

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