E684 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 27, 2020 Committee and once again demonstrated his tects the interests of our nation with important HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF courage by becoming one of the 13 original investments in people, equipment and infra- TERRY SLOAN Freedom Riders, allowing himself to be beaten structure. and jailed in pursuit of justice while remaining In addition to paying our troops, getting HON. EMANUEL CLEAVER true to nonviolence. He was one of the ‘Big them the gear they need, and ‘‘providing for OF MISSOURI Six’ who helped organize the March on Wash- the common defense,’’ this year’s NDAA goes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963 and above and beyond. It makes sure that we are Monday, July 27, 2020 pushed the Kennedy Administration to take up preparing for future pandemics, it creates a Mr. CLEAVER. Madam Speaker, I rise the cause of civil rights. more inclusive military by establishing a new John Lewis revered the sanctity of the right today to commemorate Terry Sloan for thirty- Chief Diversity Officer, and it takes on climate two years of federal service, including five to vote and he was willing to die for it. He was change. at the vanguard of the struggle for equal vot- years as the National Records Center Director ing rights and made history during the Selma Two other important areas of investment are within the Department of Homeland Security’s to Montgomery marches when he led activists supporting veterans transitioning to civilian life United States Citizenship and Immigration across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and was and fighting domestic terror. Services (USCIS). Prior to joining USCIS in savagely beaten during ‘Bloody Sunday.’ Eight Importantly, I want to highlight two provi- 2008, Ms. Sloan held various legal and leader- days later, President Lyndon Johnson ad- sions that I appreciate are included in this bill. ship positions within the Department of De- fense and the Department of Commerce. Rec- dressed a Joint Session of Congress to call The first is formally codifying the proven ognized as an outstanding public servant for the passage of the Voting Rights Act which Boots to Business training program. Now more throughout her illustrious career, Ms. Sloan’s would be signed into law within five months. than ever, Boots to Business is invaluable for long list of accomplishments have been cele- John Lewis continued his fight for justice servicemembers transitioning into civilian life brated with several prestigious awards, includ- during his entire service of over 30 years in and a struggling economy. It’s already trained ing the Department of the Army Civilian Serv- the House of Representatives where he cham- more than 100,000 servicemembers on the ice Achievement Medal. Once named the pioned equal education, affordable health essentials of entrepreneurship and business USCIS Manager of the Year, Ms. Sloan was care, gun control, economic opportunity and management. This Obama-era program would appointed to the Senior Executive Service in equal rights, I’m enormously proud and deeply be codified into law through this amendment. grateful to have served with him and I will al- 2015, making her a civil-service equivalent to ways treasure our time together as col- Now turning to my second amendment. For a general officer within the United States mili- leagues. some time now, I have been working to en- tary. Having served the US, federal govern- As a Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus hance the federal government’s efforts to com- ment for over three decades, including a half- on the Deadliest Cancers, I will offer an bat domestic terrorism, specifically through my decade at the helm of the USCIS National amendment next week to increase funding for bill, the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of Records Center, Ms. Sloan’s example of lead- Pancreatic Cancer research, the disease that 2020. ership and public service is well-worth reflect- claimed John, in loving memory of him. John Domestic terrorism, and in particular far- ing upon. Lewis was the living embodiment of courage right extremism, is a growing threat to our na- Lee’s Summit, Missouri became home to and conviction, and a hero to tens of millions tion. Concerningly, and our military is not ex- the USCIS National Records Center in 1999, of Americans. He was a humble and kind man empt from this problem. when the country’s most extensive collection of immigrant records was moved to a lime- who served the public with honesty and integ- The military has grappled with extremists, stone cave sixty feet below ground. Currently rity. He was a holy man who worked every including White supremacist and neo-Nazi, in- holding nearly sixty-million immigrant files, an- day to perfect our union and now he is per- filtration of their ranks for some time. fecting heaven where he was welcomed by other one-and-a-half million records are added We saw both active duty and former service Dr. King. Future generations will be inspired each year to the countless shelves within this members playing a prominent role in the dis- by his faith, his courage, and his vision of four-hundred-and-fifty-thousand square foot re- turbing violence at the White Supremacist equality for all God’s children which has pository. Among these, the National Records Charlottesville rally. strengthened and bettered the nation he so Center houses the immigration files belonging loved. And despite statements from military leaders to highly acclaimed cultural icons who immi- grated to the United States, including John f at the time condemning these actions, recent events highlight the need to address this issue Lennon, Salvador Dali, and Elizabeth Taylor. PERSONAL EXPLANATION urgently. Receiving over six hundred FOIA requests Recent arrests of individuals with ties to the each day, the USCIS National Records Center HON. BOB GIBBS Boogaloo Movement—an extremist organiza- documents contain our country’s immigration history through the eyes of individual immi- OF OHIO tion seeking a second Civil War—include Staff grants who journeyed across the globe before IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sergeant Steven Carrillo. stepping foot on American shores, As new Monday, July 27, 2020 Private First Class Shandon Simpson par- files arrive at the National Records Center by Mr. GIBBS. Madam Speaker, due to a med- ticipated in neo-Nazi forums. the truckload, the eight hundred employees ical appointment, I was unable to vote on July And Private Ethan Melzer is charged with and contractors employed within the vast facil- 24, 2020. Had I been present, I would have sharing classified information to a neo-Nazi ity work around the clock to retrieve docu- voted NAY on Roll Call No. 162; NAY on Roll group in order to plan an attack on his own ments needed to determine immigrant status Call No. 163; YEA on Roll Call No. 164; YEA unit. for granting government benefits. on Roll Call No. 165; and NAY on Roll Call We cannot let this insidious contamination As the Director of the USCIS National No. 166. continue. This year’s NDAA will include my Records Center, Ms. Sloan had the profound f amendment to strengthen reporting on extrem- responsibility of managing this immense, ever- ist activity in the military. We need to fully un- growing repository to ensure that the history of FY 2021 NATIONAL DEFENSE derstand the problem to effectively combat it immigration to the United States is properly AUTHORIZATION ACT and root out extremism in the military. archived, made accessible to the public, and preserved for future generations. In 2016, HON. BRADLEY SCOTT SCHNEIDER While I will continue to seek passage of my while serving as the National Records Cen- Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2020, I OF ILLINOIS ter’s Director, Ms. Sloan oversaw efforts to lo- am pleased we are taking steps forward with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cate photographs of five immigrants who lost this NDAA with respect to combating extre- their lives in the terrorist attacks on the World Monday, July 27, 2020 mism in the military and ensuring the safety of Trade Center. For fifteen years, it had proved Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, today I all Americans. impossible to find images of these five individ- rise in support of the Fiscal Year 2021 Na- I have been working hard on these priorities uals. However, when Ms. Sloan and the team tional Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). to take care of our service members returning she oversaw was put to the task, portraits of This year’s NDAA provides our nation’s home and to root out extremism and hate. So all five victims were quickly discovered and service members with the resources they need I’m pleased that these initiatives have been in- then shipped to the National September 11 to succeed and upholds the values and pro- cluded in this essential piece of legislation. 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