January 31, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E25 IN RECOGNITION OF AMELIA In addition, this centennial also celebrates HONORING THE SERVICE OF K. EARHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the strong bond and friendship that the United LARRY STORRS ON HIS RETIRE- States and the Philippines have shared for MENT FROM CONGRESSIONAL HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK over 100 years. From the period of American RESEARCH SERVICE OF CALIFORNIA governance starting in 1898 and independ- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ence in 1946, the Philippines have proven to HON. JIM KOLBE Tuesday, January 31, 2006 be one of our most enduring and important al- OF ARIZONA lies. Today, that bond has been strengthened IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. STARK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay through sustained immigration where the ex- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 tribute to Amelia Earhart Elementary School, change of ideas and cultural experiences has in Alameda, California, on being named a added to our diverse landscape. Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to 2005–2006 National Blue Ribbon School. I cannot stress enough the enormous con- take this opportunity to extend my appreciation Amelia Earhart Elementary School has been tributions of Filipino Americans, especially all to a dedicated public servant at the Congres- serving students in the Bay Farm Island com- those who have served with great distinction sional Research Service of the Library of Con- munity of Alameda, California, since 1979. in our Armed Services. That is why, as we cel- gress. Dr. K. Larry Storrs is retiring from CRS The mission of the school is to inspire aca- ebrate this centennial, it is so important to rec- after more than 30 years of service to Con- demic excellence, a passion for learning and ognize and honor the service of those Filipino gress and the Nation. This length of public respect for self and community. veterans who served honorably during World service is not only a credit to Dr. Storrs, but Amelia Earhart Elementary school was War II. The United States made a promise to also a demonstration of the dedication that he named a California Distinguished School in these veterans and I will continue to fight to and many others at the Congressional Re- 2004 by the California Department of Edu- fully restore their benefits that are 6 decades search Service bring to support our work in cation and a National ‘‘No Child Left Behind’’ overdue. Congress. Blue Ribbon School in 2005. Filipino Americans are the second most Hailing from the small farm town of Amer- The teachers, staff, administration, parents populous Asian American community in my ican Fork, Utah, Dr. Storrs first became inter- and community members work together to cre- district of San Francisco, and I am proud to ested in politics and public policy through his ate a culture at the school that promotes a dy- represent this vibrant and active community in participation in debate and student govern- namic school-wide vision of academic success 1 Congress. I look forward to commemorating ment in high school and college. For 2 ⁄2 for all students. the contributions of Filipino Americans and ad- years he was a missionary in Brazil, beginning Amelia Earhart teachers, staff and adminis- his life-long involvement with Latin America. trators collaborate to use student data to drive vancing the issues of the community through- out the upcoming centennial year. After returning from Brazil, he completed his informed decisions about instruction and pro- undergraduate studies at Brigham Young Uni- vide a quality educational setting where all f versity majoring in political science and won a children can learn and excel. fellowship funded by the National Defense Amelia Earhart Elementary School is a na- HONORING THE LIFE OF DR. Education Act to support his doctoral studies tional model of excellence and an outstanding ROBERT SANDERS in government and Latin American studies at example of the ideal that all students should Cornell University. Newly married, he returned have an equal educational opportunity in a HON. BART GORDON to Brazil in the mid-1960s to research his dis- supportive environment and that none should OF TENNESSEE sertation on Brazil’s foreign policy. Before join- be forgotten. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing the Library of Congress, Dr. Storrs taught I join in congratulating Amelia Earhart Ele- for 8 years at Vassar College and the George Tuesday, January 31, 2006 mentary School for its commitment to excel- Washington University, focusing on Latin lence, which has earned the school the well- Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to American politics and U.S.-Latin American re- deserved, nationally recognized, Blue Ribbon honor the life of Dr. Robert Sanders, a gen- lations. His love of teaching ensured that he School honor. erous man who dedicated his life to keeping would continue teaching part-time during his f our children safe. Dr. Sanders passed away public service career, including at George CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL earlier this month. Washington University, American University, OF SUSTAINED FILIPINO IMMI- Dr. Sanders wore many hats in my home- the Foreign Service Institute, and National De- GRATION TO THE UNITED town of Murfreesboro, where he resided. He fense University. He has continued to teach STATES was a husband, father, farmer and pediatri- me and many other Members of Congress cian. He served as Director of the Rutherford about Latin America. HON. NANCY PELOSI County Health Department from 1969 to 1991 Dr. Storrs began work with CRS in 1975 as and served as the county’s medical examiner analyst in Latin American affairs and was later OF CALIFORNIA from 1983 to 1999. promoted to specialist. During his career, he IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As a pediatrician, Dr. Sanders cared for has written almost 400 memoranda and re- Tuesday, January 31, 2006 thousands of Murfreesboro’s children. As an ports for Members of Congress and congres- Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in advocate for child safety restraints in vehicles, sional committees, organized numerous semi- strong support of Con. Res. 218 and join my he saved the lives of countless more. Because nars, and provided thousands of briefings to colleagues and the Congressional Asian Pa- of Dr. Sanders’ tireless efforts, Tennessee be- congressional staff on Latin American policy cific American Caucus in recognizing the up- came the first State in the Nation to pass a issues. Until the late 1970s, Dr. Storrs worked coming centennial celebration of sustained Fil- law requiring children in vehicles to be re- primarily on issues in U.S. relations with Chile ipino immigration to the United States. For strained in safety seats. Every other State in and Panama. On Chile, he helped support the over a century now, Filipino Americans have the country eventually followed Tennessee’s hearings on the role of the Central Intelligence been a vibrant part of the American story, lead. Agency in foreign policy. He also provided ex- adding to our great diversity and contributing Even after the passage of that law in 1977, tensive support to the Senate during the Pan- to the success of our country. Dr. Sanders kept working to keep children ama Canal Treaties debate and to both Since the first small group of Filipino immi- safe while riding in vehicles. His efforts led to houses during consideration of the legislation grants arrived in 1906 to work in the sugar a state seat belt law and loaner programs to creating the Panama Canal Commission that plantations of Hawaii, Filipino Americans have help low-income families acquire child-restraint operated the Canal until the end of 1999. In been an important part of our country’s his- seats. the 1980s and 1990s, Dr. Storrs wrote exten- tory. Indeed, their story of struggle and suc- The Tennessee Medical Association, Ten- sively on several controversial issues related cess is the story of America, whether as mi- nessee Public Health Association and Ten- to Central America and the Caribbean: con- grant laborers working in the fields of Cali- nessee Pediatric Society all have honored Dr. gressional conditions on military aid to El Sal- fornia, or as soldiers fighting for freedom and Sanders for his great service. vador and Guatemala; congressional prohibi- democracy in every major conflict of the past Although Dr. Sander’s dedication to a noble tions on covert assistance to the contras in century. One hundred years later, the Filipino cause will benefit children for generations to Nicaragua; the recommendations of the bipar- American community is now over 2 million come, I know he will be deeply missed by his tisan Kissinger Commission on Central Amer- strong and the second largest Asian Pacific Is- family, his friends and countless Middle Ten- ica; and enactment of the Caribbean Basin Ini- lander American community in our country. nesseans like me. tiative.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 Feb 01, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A31JA8.060 E31JAPT1 jcorcoran on PROD1PC62 with REMARKS E26 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 31, 2006 Beginning in the early 1990s, Dr. Storrs’s Rollcall vote 670, on Agreeing to the Con- sador Dan Gillerman be included in the research focused more on Brazil and Mexico ference Report S. 1932—the Budget Rec- RECORD. within the context of U.S. initiatives to promote onciliation Act of 2006, I would have voted MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF free trade in Latin America. On Mexico, he aye. COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VIC- dealt with issues relating to congressional pas- Rollcall vote 671, on the Motion to Suspend TIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST BY SECRETARY- sage of the North American Free Trade the Rules and Agree—Expressing the sense GENERAL KOFI ANNAN Agreement in 1993, congressional concerns of Congress regarding the education cur- Today, for the first time, the United Na- with political stability and a guerrilla insur- riculum of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, I tions marks what will, from now on be an an- nual observance: the International Day of gency in 1994, and a large financial assist- would have voted aye. Commemoration in memory of the victims of ance package for Mexico in 1995. He also f the Holocaust. worked extensively on congressional initiatives There can be no reversing the unique trag- to strengthen regional and bilateral drug con- U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI edy of the Holocaust. It must be remem- trol programs with Mexico. For well over a ANNAN INAUGURATES INTER- bered, with shame and horror, for as long as NATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORA- human memory continues. decade Larry has provided extensive support Only by remembering can we pay fitting to the annual U.S.-Mexico Isnterparliamentary TION FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST tribute to the victims. Millions of innocent Group meetings, and he has accompanied the Jews and members of other minorities were U.S. delegation for the past 7 years. murdered in the most barbarous ways imag- Larry Storrs is a fine example of those many HON. TOM LANTOS inable. We must never forget those men, dedicated staff of the Congressional Research OF CALIFORNIA women and children, or their agony. Remembering is a necessary rebuke to Service who help inform Congress as it delib- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES erates important public policy issues. His gra- those who say the Holocaust never happened Tuesday, January 31, 2006 or has been exaggerated. Holocaust denial is cious demeanor and considerable expertise on Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the work of bigots. We must reject their Latin America made him an invaluable asset false claims whenever, wherever and by to Congress for many years. On behalf of my call to my Colleagues’ attention to a very im- whomever they are made. colleagues, I extend our deep appreciation to portant event, the first annual International Remembering is also a safeguard for the Larry for his service, and wish him the very Day of Commemoration for the Victims of the future. The abyss reached in the Nazi death best in future endeavors. I doubt he will really Holocaust, which took place last Friday, Janu- camps started with hatred, prejudice and retire from teaching. Good teachers never do. ary 27, 2006, at the U.N. in New York. anti-Semitism. Recalling these origins can remind us to be ever on the lookout for There will always be someone lucky enough Mr. Speaker, under the leadership of my two good friends, Secretary General Kofi warning signs. to learn from Dr. Storrs. We wish you the best, As the Holocaust recedes in time, and as Larry! Annan and General Assembly President Jan the number of survivors dwindles, it falls to Eliasson, the U.N. established this annual re- f us—the current generation—to carry the membrance, and in doing so, has taken a crit- torch of remembrance and uphold the cause PERSONAL EXPLANATION ical step to begin to undue a dark legacy of of human dignity. bias and hatred directed against Jews and the The United Nations was founded as a reac- Democratic State of Israel that has long tion to the horrors of the Second World War. HON. SUE WILKINS MYRICK Even so, the international community has OF NORTH CAROLINA plagued the U.N. The idea for an annual U.N. too often failed to stand up to mass atroc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Commemoration for the Victims of the Holo- ities. Tuesday, January 31, 2006 caust, which was instituted by Resolution 60/ In recent years we have taken important 7 on November 1, 2005, grew out of an event steps to improve on that record, such as es- Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, due to surgery, that took place one year ago in New York, an tablishing the International Criminal Court I was unable to participate in the following historic Special Session of the U.N. General and agreeing on the collective responsibility votes. If I had been present, I would have Assembly to mark the 60th Anniversary of the to protect. On this International Day of Commemora- voted as follows: Liberation of the Nazi Death Camps on Janu- December 17, 2005: tion, the theme of our observance is ‘‘re- ary 25, 2005. Last year’s U.N. Special Session Rollcall vote 663, on Agreeing to H. Res. membrance and beyond’’. In that spirit, let was convened with the support of the vast 623—Providing for consideration of motions to us pledge ourselves to even greater efforts to majority of U.N. member State’s at the urging suspend the rules, I would have voted aye. prevent genocide and crimes against human- Rollcall vote 664, on the Motion to Suspend of Secretary General Annan. ity. the Rules and Agree to the Senate Amend- The relevance of and the need for this Inter- national Day of Commemoration for the Vic- MESSAGE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ment to H.R. 2520—the Stem Cell Therapeutic NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, H.E. MR. JAN tims of the Holocaust could not be more clear. and Research Act, I would have voted aye. ELIASSON, ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTER- December 19, 2005: Mr. Speaker, in the months following the es- NATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEM- Rollcall vote 665, on Agreeing to the Con- tablishment of the International Day of Com- ORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST ference Report H.R. 1815—the National De- memoration for the Victims of the Holocaust Today we observe for the first time the fense Authorization Act of FY 2006, I would by Resolution 60/7, the current President of International Day of Commemoration in have voted aye. Iran, Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has publicly memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Rollcall vote 666, on Agreeing to H. Res. stated that he believes that Holocaust is a This event will take place every year on 27 639—Waiving points of order against the con- ‘‘myth’’ and that Israel ‘‘should be wiped off January. This follows the adoption without a vote of General Assembly resolution 60/7 on ference report on H.R. 2863, FY 2006 Depart- the map.’’ Mr. Speaker, I draw my colleagues atten- ‘‘Holocaust remembrance’’, on 1 November, ment of Defense Appropriations, I would have 2005. voted aye. tions to the courageous remarks U.N. Sec- This year’s commemoration is of special Rollcall vote 667, on Motion to Suspend the retary General Kofi Annan delivered on the oc- significance. It takes place only one year Rules and Agree, as Amended to H. Con. casion of the International Day of Commemo- after the General Assembly’s Special Session Res. 284—Expressing the sense of Congress ration in Memory of the Victims of the Holo- on 24 January 2005, which marked the six- with respect to the 2005 presidential and par- caust last Friday, January 27th. The Secretary tieth anniversary of the liberation of the General stated, ‘‘Remembering is a necessary Nazi concentration camps. liamentary elections in Egypt, I would have The liberation of the Nazi death camps re- voted aye. rebuke to those who say the Holocaust never vealed to the world one of the most horren- Rollcall vote 668, on the Motion to Recom- happened or has been exaggerated. Holo- dous crimes against humanity. Auschwitz- mit with instructions H.R. 2863—Making ap- caust denial is the work of bigots. We must re- Birkenau, Dachau, Sobibor, and Treblinka propriations for the Department of Defense for ject their false claims whenever, wherever and are among the sites where the lives of mil- the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, by whomever they are made.’’ lions of people were extinguished on polit- and for other purposes, I would have voted Mr. Speaker, I ask that the entire text of the ical, religious or ethnic grounds. nay. Secretary General’s important address be Remembering this low point in human his- tory is a solemn duty for all of us. We must Rollcall vote 669, on Agreeing to the Con- placed in the RECORD. I also ask that the en- continue to exorcise the evil of the past. In ference Report H.R. 2863—Making appropria- tire text of remarks delivered at that same resolution 60/7, the General Assembly un- tions for the Department of Defense for the fis- event by General Assembly President Jan equivocally ‘‘rejects any denial of the Holo- cal year ending September 30, 2006, and for Eliasson of Sweden and Israel’s Permanent caust as an historic event, either in full or in other purposes, I would have voted aye. Representative to the United Nation’s, Ambas- part.’’

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