May 19, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4115 required to work in impoverished and under- African-Americans accounted for 55 percent dent, designer of the Great Society, served inner-city and urban communities. I be- of deaths due to HIV in 2002 and their survival politician, educator, and civil rights lieve that this is important because Americans time after an AIDS diagnosis is lower on aver- enforcer. who need access to medical care, the poor age than it is for other racial/ethnic groups. The Clerk read the title of the con- and needy, will benefit. This would be a tre- HIV was the third leading cause of death for current resolution. mendous improvement in the U.S. medical African-Americans, ages 25–34, in 2002 com- The text of the concurrent resolution system and would move us closer to garnering pared to the sixth leading cause of death for is as follows: access to healthcare for all. Whites and Latinos in this age group. H. CON. RES. 354 Specifically, I worked to include the fol- African-American women account for the Whereas August 27, 2008, marks the 100th lowing language in the bill: majority of new AIDS cases among women, birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson; It is the sense of Congress that Federal 67 percent in 2004; while White women ac- Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was born in programs waiving the J–1 home residency re- count for 17 percent and Latinos 15 percent. Stonewall, Texas, to Samuel Ealy Johnson, quirement for physicians are generally de- Jr., a Texas representative, and Rebekah signed to promote the delivery of critically Among African-Americans, African-American women represent more than a third, 36 per- Baines, on August 27, 1908; needed medical services to Americans lack- Whereas upon graduation, Lyndon B. John- ing adequate access to physician care and cent, of AIDS cases diagnosed in 2004. son enrolled in Southwest Texas State that when determining the qualification of a Although African-American teens, ages 13– Teachers’ College, where he vigorously par- location for a waiver petition, the Depart- 19, represent only 15 percent of U.S. teen- ticipated in debate, campus politics, and ment of Health and Human Services should agers, they accounted for 66 percent of new edited the school newspaper; always consider the needs of vulnerable pop- AIDS cases reported among teens in 2003. Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson had several ulations in low-income and impoverished It is my hope that the language that I teaching positions throughout Texas, includ- communities, communities with high infant ing at the Welhausen School in La Salle mortality rates, rural areas, and commu- worked to get included in the bill will promote County, at Pearsall High School, and as a nities exhibiting other signs of a lack of nec- the delivery of critically needed medical serv- public speaking teacher at Sam Houston essary physician services. ices to Americans in low-income and impover- High School in Houston; Across this great Nation the health dispari- ished communities, rural areas, and commu- Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson went to work ties between minority and majority populations nities that are in desperate need of physician as a congressional assistant at the age of 23; are staggering. Most major diseases—diabe- services. Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson served the tes, heart disease, prostate cancer, HIV/AIDS, I urge my colleagues to support this bill. 10th Congressional District in the Texas low-birth-weight babies—all hit the minority Mr. KING of Iowa. I have no further House of Representatives from April 10, 1937, communities harder. Minorities consistently speakers, and I will yield myself such to January 3, 1949; have decreased access to care, and receive time as I may consume. Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson became a Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this commissioned officer in the Navy Reserves lower quality care, when they do have access. in December 1941; As the economy continues to falter and as the bill. I think reauthorizing the J visas Whereas during World War II, Lyndon B. unemployment rate spikes, millions of Ameri- for access to health care across this Johnson was recommended by Undersecre- cans are losing their health insurance. That Nation, allowing people practicing tary of the Navy James Forrestal to Presi- state of affairs will only make the health dis- medicine to come in at the rate of 30 dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, who assigned parities worse. Consider these statistics: per State, and look around to see Johnson to a three-man survey team in the African-American women are nearly three which States utilize that and which southwest Pacific; times as likely to die from pregnancy com- ones don’t, it is easy for us to see those Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was conferred plications and childbirth as White women. States that need that access to health the Silver Star, which is the military’s third Native American, African-American and His- highest medal, by General Douglas Mac- care. This will help. It will help in a lot Arthur; panic women are most likely to receive inad- of the States. In fact, it will help in all Whereas in 1948, Lyndon B. Johnson was equate prenatal care. the States, if they use it. elected to the Senate at the age of 41; Compared with White women, African Amer- I urge its adoption. Whereas in 1951, Lyndon B. Johnson was ican women are twice as likely and Hispanic I yield back the balance of my time. elected Senate minority leader at the age of women are nearly three times as likely to be Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, 44 and elected Senate majority leader at the uninsured. Furthermore, African Americans I yield back the balance of my time. age of 46, the youngest in our history; and Hispanics are much more likely than The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Whites to lack a usual source of care and to question is on the motion offered by Vice President at the age of 52, becoming encounter other difficulties in obtaining needed president of the Senate; the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson’s congres- care. SCOTT) that the House suspend the Certain minorities also have much higher sional career and his leadership spanned the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5571, as stock market crash, the Great Depression, rates of diabetes-related complications and amended. World War II, the nuclear age, the Cold War, death, in some instances by as much as 50 The question was taken. the space age, and the civil rights move- percent more than the total population. It is The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the ment, some of the most turbulent years in truly an epidemic. opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being American history; Nearly 31 percent of African American girls in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Whereas Vice President Lyndon B. John- son was appointed as head of the President’s in the 4th grade were overweight in 2001. Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I ob- Thirteen percent of Houston high school stu- Committee on Equal Employment Opportu- ject to the vote on the ground that a dents are overweight and 17 percent are at nities, through which he worked with Afri- quorum is not present and make the risk. can Americans and other minorities; Thirty-four percent of African American point of order that a quorum is not Whereas an hour and 38 minutes after the women are obese, compared to 19 percent of present. assassination of President Kennedy, Lyndon The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- B. Johnson was sworn in as President aboard White women. Air Force One; Forty-four percent of African American ant to clause 8 of rule XX and the Chair’s prior announcement, further Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was a bold women are projected to be obese by 2020, leader; and 47 percent by 2040. proceedings on this motion will be Whereas as President, Lyndon B. Johnson As of February 2006, African-Americans postponed. believed that government could guarantee represented only 13 percent of the U.S. popu- The point of no quorum is considered human rights, could lift people out of pov- lation, but accounted for 40 percent of the withdrawn. erty, and provide access to quality education 944,306 AIDS cases diagnosed since the start f and health care throughout the Nation; Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was an ideal- of the epidemic and approximately half, 49 RECOGNIZING THE 100TH BIRTH- percent, of the 42,514 cases diagnosed in ist, a force of nature, and had the energy and DAY OF LYNDON BAINES JOHN- determination and leadership to turn those 2004 alone. SON dreams into reality; African-Americans also account for half of Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was a ‘‘can- new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the 35 States/ do’’ President because no matter how dif- areas with confidential name-based reporting. I move to suspend the rules and agree ficult and daunting the task at hand, he The AIDS case rate per 100,000 population to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. never rested until it was completed; among African-American adults/adolescents Res. 354) recognizing the 100th birthday Whereas in 1964, the Johnson Administra- was nearly 10.2 times that of Whites in 2004. of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th Presi- tion passed the landmark Civil Rights Act of

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He told the Whereas in January of 1965, the Johnson Great Depression, to the New Deal, to Nation then that, ‘‘What happens in Administration introduced the Great Soci- World War II, to the Civil Rights Era, Selma is part of a far larger movement ety, which included provisions for aid to edu- President Lyndon Johnson shaped the which reaches into every section and cation, Medicare, urban renewal, beautifi- events and left this Nation more pros- State of America. It is the effort of cation, conservation, the development of de- perous, more just, and more free. American Negroes to secure for them- pressed regions, a wide-scale fight against Joining the House in 1937, his life em- selves the full blessings of American poverty, and the removal of obstacles to the bodied the values of the New Deal, pro- life. Their cause must be our cause, right to vote; Whereas in 1967, President Johnson nomi- gressive values that sought to secure too. Because it’s not just Negroes, but nated Thurgood Marshall as the first Afri- for all Americans President Franklin really it’s all of us, who must overcome can-American to serve on the Supreme Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms: Freedom the crippling legacy of bigotry and in- Court; of speech and expression, freedom of justice.’’ He closed with the rallying Whereas during Johnson’s presidency, the worship, freedom of want, and freedom refrain of the civil rights movement by National Aeronautics and Space Administra- from fear. In his own Presidency, the saying, ‘‘And we shall overcome.’’ tion made spectacular steps forward in space programs of the Great Society were the Among his historic accomplishments exploration when 3 astronauts successfully most ambitious of any administration were the Civil Rights Act of 1957, orbited the moon in December 1968; before or since the New Deal. where, as leader of the Senate, he ush- Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson died at 4:33 ered through the first civil rights bill p.m. on January 22, 1973, at his ranch in In his 1964 State of the Union Ad- Johnson City, Texas, at the age of 64; dress, President Johnson launched an since Reconstruction; the Civil Rights Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was post- unconditional war on poverty. As a Act of 1964; the Voting Rights Act of humously awarded the Presidential Medal of former teacher, he understood the cen- 1965, which this Congress recently ex- Freedom in 1980; tral importance of education. And so tended for another 25 years; and the Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson is honored, he said, ‘‘It is our primary weapon in Civil Rights Act of 1968. These land- venerated, and revered for his drive to estab- the war on poverty, and the principal mark measures guaranteed the right to lish equality for all Americans, illustrated in vote for millions of Americans who had the momentous legislation passed during his tool for building a Great Society.’’ Among his key accomplishments in been disenfranchised for generations, Administration; and outlawed discrimination in public Whereas Congress recognizes the 100th the field of education were Project birthday of Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th Head Start, still one of the most suc- accommodations and in housing, and president; cessful education programs; the Ele- outlawed discrimination in employ- Whereas Congress extols the contributions mentary and Secondary Education Act ment. of Lyndon B. Johnson to the United States of 1965; and the Higher Education Act President Johnson also made history and his commitment to the War on Poverty of 1965. As a son of Texas’ Hill Country, when, in 1967, he appointed his Solic- through the Economic Opportunity Act; he also understood the importance of itor General, Thurgood Marshall, who, Whereas Congress commends Lyndon B. as the NAACP legal director from 1939 Johnson for establishing the Medicare Act of economic security. He told the Nation, ‘‘The second prong on the attack on to 1961 had already argued many cases 1965 that has helped millions of Americans; before the Supreme Court, including and poverty is to protect individuals and Whereas Congress requests that the Presi- their families from poverty when their Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, dent issue a proclamation calling upon the own earnings are insufficient because to be the first African American Su- American people to observe the Centennial of age, disability, unemployment, or preme Court Justice. Mr. Speaker, the life and accomplish- Celebration of Lyndon B. Johnson and his other family circumstances.’’ ‘‘can-do spirit’’ with appropriate ceremonies, The programs he launched included ments of President Johnson should in- programs, and activities: Now, therefore, be the Social Security Amendments of spire all of us to rededicate ourselves it to the mission to which he devoted so 1965 and 1967; the Revenue Act of 1964, Resolved by the House of Representatives (the much of his energies, to free all Ameri- which lowered the withholding tax on Senate concurring), That the Congress— cans from want, from fear, and from (1) reaffirms its support for the Civil middle-income workers from 18 percent discrimination. This resolution is a fit- Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act to 14 percent; the Minimum Wage Bill ting recognition of his accomplish- of 1965; of 1966, which broadened the Federal (2) recognizes the significance of the Vot- ments and his lasting inspiration. minimum wage and overtime pay pro- I want to thank the gentlelady from ing Rights Act of 1965; and tection and lifted the minimum wage (3) honors Lyndon B. Johnson for his work Texas (Ms. JACKSON-LEE) for bringing as a civil rights enforcer. from $1.25 to $1.60 per hour; the School this to the floor today, and I urge my The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Breakfast Program; the Special Milk colleagues to support it. ant to the rule, the gentleman from Program; and the Food Stamp Program I reserve the balance of my time. of 1964, which this House recently Virginia (Mr. SCOTT) and the gen- Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I voted to expand by a bipartisan veto- tleman from Iowa (Mr. KING) will each yield myself such time as I may con- control 20 minutes. proof margin. sume. The Chair recognizes the gentleman The third weapon in the War on Pov- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of from Virginia. erty was job creation. President John- House Concurrent Resolution 354, hon- son once said, ‘‘Our American answer GENERAL LEAVE oring the birth of former President Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, to poverty is not to make the poor Lyndon B. Johnson. This resolution ac- I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- more secure in their poverty but to companies the LBJ Foundation’s up- bers have 5 legislative days to revise reach down and to help them lift them- coming centennial celebration. and extend their remarks and include selves out of the ruts of poverty and Lyndon Johnson was born on August extraneous material on the bill under move with the large majority along the 27, 1908, in central Texas, not far from consideration. high road of hope and prosperity.’’ The Johnson City, which his family helped The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there programs included the Job Corps; the settle. He endured rural poverty in his objection to the request of the gen- College Work Study Program; the younger years, working his way tleman from Virginia? Neighborhood Youth Corps; the Work through Southwest Texas State Teach- There was no objection. Experience Program; and the Man- ers College, now known as Texas State Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, power Act. University, San Marcos. I yield myself such time as I may con- Some of the greatest accomplish- President Johnson’s well-known com- sume. ments were, of course, the Civil Rights mitment to civil rights began early in Mr. Speaker, August 27 will mark the Era. More than any other President, he his political career. When he was elect- 100th anniversary of the birthday of was a guiding force behind the enact- ed to Congress, Johnson worked to get

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He Johnson, and we acknowledged her son was elected to the Senate in 1948. managed to craft a legislative agenda passing sadly this year, and, of course, In 1953, he became the youngest minor- as a President that was remarkable, I a father to his two beloved children, ity leader in Senate history. The fol- would say unbelievable, and he did it Luci Baines Johnson and Lynda John- lowing year, he became the majority by reaching across the aisle. son Robb. History shows us that beside leader. So I rise today in support of H. Con. this giant of an a man, this historic During his 24 years in Congress, Res. 354, commemorating President legend, there were three great women. Johnson garnered unprecedented expe- Lyndon Baines Johnson on the occa- President Johnson never forgot his rience in the passage of legislation, ex- sion of his centennial birthday celebra- beginnings in Texas. My predecessor in perience that materialized into the tion. I am proud to offer this legisla- Congress, the incomparable Honorable many civil rights laws he signed as tion and to note that the President’s Barbara Jordan of the 18th Congres- President. When Lyndon Johnson took official birth date is August 27, 1908. sional District in Texas, developed a office following the tragic assassina- This will give us the opportunity to good working relationship with Presi- tion of President John F. Kennedy, he commemorate his legacy from this dent Johnson, and he appointed her to spearheaded passage of the 1965 Higher time until the month of August. The serve on the Commission on Income Education Act, which quadrupled the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation is Maintenance in 1968. number of African American college celebrating, however, the remarkable In addition, after the 1965 Voting students within a decade. He did the life and Presidency of this great man Rights Act was created, she along with same with Medicare and Medicaid leg- beginning today and the celebration many African Americans ascended to islation, and within another decade, will culminate with his family mem- the United States Congress, for the African American infant mortality was bers and fellow former cabinet mem- Honorable Barbara Jordan had run be- reduced by half. bers and staff and supporters and Mem- fore and had lost. With the Voting Johnson also played a crucial role in bers of Congress, House and Senate, on Rights Act of 1965 and the redistricting ending the de jure segregation in this Wednesday, when the Senate will that came about, she was able to be America by signing the landmark 1964 pass this concurrent resolution hon- elected to the United States Congress, Civil Rights Act into law, which oring President Johnson. along with Andy Young, and the rest is banned discrimination in employment. It is an honor to recognize President history, as we have seen the numbers As a proud Republican, I stand here, Lyndon Baines Johnson, not simply be- of African Americans and Hispanics Mr. Speaker, I remind you and this cause he was President, but because he come to the United States Congress, body that that was with a majority of represented an era, because he con- creating a more equal balance because Republican votes in the House and in vened a time in America that was trou- of this legislation. Senate that passed the Civil Rights Act bled. But he was a true champion of Of course, Barbara Jordan in 1968 in 1964, and President Johnson truly civil rights for all Americans and he amended the Voting Rights Act of 1965 worked in a bipartisan fashion across led the Nation during very turbulent by adding Spanish language. Later Bar- the aisle and could not have passed political times, from the Civil Rights bara Jordan would serve as a professor that without bipartisan support and a movement, the deaths of President at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School majority of Republicans in the House John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and of Public Affairs at the University of and Senate. Dr. Martin Luther King, and the Viet- Texas and she would accept an appoint- After Martin Luther King, Jr.’s voter nam War. ment to the Lyndon Baines Johnson registration campaign in Selma, Ala- But he was a teacher by profession in Centennial Chair in National Policy at bama, President Johnson said that Texas. He proudly served the 10th Con- the university. even one American’s disenfranchise- gressional District in the United States As a teacher, Johnson believed seg- ment, ‘‘undermines the freedom of House of Representatives. He was a regation condemned the South to edu- every citizen.’’ In that spirit, he signed commissioned officer in the Navy and cational and economic backwardness. I the 1965 Voting Rights Act. His efforts valiantly served in World War II. He think it is important to note, as I said allowed more African Americans to was a renaissance man, he was a whole earlier, he was a son of the south. This vote, and to run for office. man, he was an American person, an was a very difficult stance to take. He As a result of President Lyndon B. American man, if you will. During took it out of his heart. He did not Johnson’s historic efforts in the fight World War II he was conferred the Sil- agree with segregation, and coming to to end racial segregation, we now live ver Star, the military’s third highest the United States Congress and Senate, in a more representative America. I medal, by General Douglas MacArthur. it freed him to do what was right. urge my colleagues to join me in sup- In 1937, Johnson was elected to the b 1645 porting this resolution. U.S. House of Representatives as a lib- I reserve the balance of my time. He was a United States Senator and eral New Dealer allied with Democratic Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, served as both minority and majority President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I yield such time as she may consume leader. He holds the current distinction Johnson commemorated his legislative to the gentlelady from Texas (Ms. of being the youngest Senate majority life in tribute to Franklin Delano Roo- SHEILA JACKSON-LEE), the author of the leader at the age of 46. He was also sevelt, I truly believe, because he led resolution. Vice President, head of the Committee on the War on Poverty. (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked on Equal Employment Opportunities, Johnson successfully championed and was given permission to revise and and President of the United States. civil rights when he successfully ran extend her remarks.) As President, as was noted, he nomi- for the U.S. Senate in 1948. Even then, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I thank nated historically the first African as I said, as a son of the south, he was the distinguished gentleman from Vir- American, the first minority to be unashamed of his belief against seg- ginia and I thank him for his words of nominated to the Supreme Court, regation. In 1957, when a civil rights tribute, as I thank the distinguished Thurgood Marshall, who, of course, we bill came before Congress, Johnson fa- gentleman from Iowa for his words of all know argued that premier and vored the bill and worked hard behind tribute, two distinguished gentlemen, prominent case civil rights legacy, the scenes to win its passage. He moved and of course the chairman and rank- Brown v. Board of Education, to the from one side to the other, persuading ing member of the full committee, Mr. United States Supreme Court. All the southern Democrats and northern lib- CONYERS and Mr. SMITH. world took note that this southern erals to compromise. The Civil Rights I rise today with great enthusiasm to President from Texas could nominate Act of 1957, the first civil rights legisla- be able to commemorate this year, the an African American to the Supreme tion to pass since reconstruction, was

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It islation mentioned earlier: Some would say there could not be two shows the passion that he had, that he LANDMARK LAWS OF THE LYNDON B. JOHNSON more different individuals. But what a was a-hands-on President. ADMINISTRATION match, what a wonderful match. And As he met with Dr. Martin Luther 1963 they went on to victory. As they went King, this picture shows him giving the College Facilities, Clean Air, Vocational on to victory, they showed the world pen which he signed the 1964–1965 bill, Education, Indian Vocational Training, and that different viewpoints can be united. and as well the signing ceremonies that Manpower Training. When Johnson met Dr. Martin Lu- took place during that time. This, of 1964 ther King a few days after Kennedy’s course, shows Barbara Jordan and Inter-American Development Bank, Ken- assassination, Dr. King told Johnson Vernon Jordan who stood with the nedy Cultural Center, Tax Reduction, Presi- that racial tensions could no longer be President on many, many issues. dential Transition, Federal Airport Aid, tempered by compromise. Johnson ap- Let me close by simply acknowl- Farm Program, Chamizal Convention, Pes- preciated King’s powers of persuasion edging one of the greatest moments I ticide Controls, International Development think this Congress had a chance to Association, and Civil Rights Act of 1964. and decided to utilize his experience to Campobello International Park, Urban pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Dr. King witness, and that was the President’s Mass Transit, Water Resources Research, and President Johnson continued to speech to Congress as he dealt with Federal Highway, Civil Service Pay Raise, work closely to pass the Voting Rights this question of the Civil Rights Act War on Poverty, Criminal Justice, Truth-in- Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act. and the Voting Rights Act. As he spoke Securities, Medicine Bow National Forest, It was difficult times. There were to the Speaker and to the Members of and Ozark Scenic Riverway. agreements and disagreements. But, lo Congress, he said, ‘‘I speak tonight for Administrative Conference, Fort Bowie and behold, the great and wonderful the dignity of man and the destiny of Historic Site, Food Stamp, Housing Act, In- terest Equalization, Wilderness Areas, Nurse hopeful dream of Dr. Martin Luther democracy. I urge every member of Training, Revenues for Recreation, Fire Is- King did his work and asked that both parties, Americans of all religions land National Seashore, Library Services, President Johnson do his work, and to- and of all colors from every section of and Federal Employee Health Benefits. gether they did their work for Amer- this country to join me in that cause. 1965 ica. At times history and fate meet at a Medicare, Aid to Education, Higher Edu- Reminiscing on the trials and tri- single time in a single place to shape a cation, Four Year Farm Program, Depart- umphs on her young years in the White turning point in man’s unending search ment of Housing and Urban Development, House, his daughter Luci Baines John- for freedom. So it was at Lexington Housing Act, Social Security Increase, Deaf- son stated that her legacy from the and Concord. So it was a century ago Blind Center, College Work Study, and Rail White House days were ‘‘a thousand at Appomattox. So it was last week in Strike Settlement. friendships, a deep and abiding love of Selma, Alabama.’’ Voting Rights, Fair Immigration Law, Older Americans, Heart, Cancer, Stroke Pro- country and public service, a passion The President opened up his words by gram, Law Enforcement Assistance, Na- for learning, and the recognition that suggesting that we could do this to- tional Crime Commission, Drug Controls, getting in life is truly to be found in gether. These are his final words. Mental Health Facilities, Health Profes- the giving and the belief that I should ‘‘So I ask you to join me in working sions, and Medical Libraries. try to live each day as if it is my last.’’ long hours, nights and weekends, if Vocational Rehabilitation, Anti-Poverty President Johnson signed these bills necessary, to pass this bill. And I don’t Program, Arts and Humanities Foundation, into law, as I indicated: the Civil make that request lightly. For from Aid to Appalachia, Highway Beauty, Clean Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and the window where I sit, with the prob- Air, Water Pollution Control, High Speed the Open Housing Act. President John- lems of our country, I recognize that Transit, Manpower Training, and Presi- dential Disability. son started Head Start, Job Corps and outside this Chamber is the outraged Child Health, Regional Development, Aid Medicare, among many others. And if conscience of a nation, the grave con- to Small Businesses, Weather-Predicting you look at his time in Congress and cern of many nations, and the harsh Services, Military Pay Increase, GI Life In- his time as President, you will find not judgment of history on our acts.’’ And, surance, Community Health Services, Water just a Presidency, but you will find an of course, he said ‘‘We shall overcome.’’ Resources Council, Water Desalting, and era. Mr. Speaker, I would say to you that Assateague National Seashore. It is amazing the bills that President President Lyndon Baines Johnson was Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area, Juve- Johnson passed. I simply want to take the President of the United States, but nile Delinquency Control, Arms Control, note of them and will place into the he represents the compilation of all the Strengthening U.N. Charter, International RECORD two pages of legislation under dreams and aspirations of many who Coffee Agreement, and Retirement for Public the auspices and the administration of could not speak for themselves. He em- Servants. Lyndon Baines Johnson that included braced the civil rights leaders. He un- 1966 so many bills, the Kennedy Cultural derstood as a son of the South that he Food for India, Child Nutrition, Depart- Center, the Urban Mass Transit, Food could make a difference. He reached ment of Transportation, Truth in Packaging, Stamps, housing acts, Head Start and across the aisle and counted every Model Cities, Rent Supplements, Teachers others. vote. He knew how tough it was going Corps, Asian Development Bank, Clean Riv- We understand we are going into a to be to pass the Civil Rights Act of ers, Aid-to-Handicapped Children, Redwoods hot summer, a summer where youth 1964, and then ultimately after the vio- Park, and Flaming Gorge Recreation Area. are looking for jobs. President Johnson Food for Freedom, Child Safety, Narcotics lence of Selma, the 1965 Voting Rights Rehabilitation, Traffic Safety, Highway offered Job Corps, Youth Jobs, Medi- Act. Safety, Mine Safety, International Edu- care for those who are up in years, and, He opened the doors to many of us. I cation, Bail Reform, Tire Safety, New GI of course, he declared the War on Pov- stand here as a true testimony to all Bill, and Minimum Wage Increase. erty, the first President to do so. He that he has done. All of us who have Urban Mass Transit, Civil Procedure Re- developed 40 programs to eliminate had the doors of education opened, the form, Federal Highway Aid, Military Medi- poverty, and his programs were in- doors of political process opened, the care, Public Health Reorganization, Cape tended to improve the living conditions doors of poverty removed, opened and Lookout Seashore, Water Research, Guada- of all Americans. then shut, owe that to President Lyn- lupe National Park, Revolutionary War Bi- centennial, and Fish-Wildlife Preservation. Of course, he was a great educator. don Baines Johnson. Water for Peace, Anti-Inflation Program, His daughter Lynda Robb once stated, I started by saying that he is not just Scientific Knowledge Exchange, Cultural ‘‘But daddy wasn’t as interested in the a President, but it is an era which we Materials Exchange, Foreign Investors Tax, numbers of laws he helped enact as he should remember. Joseph Califano said Parcel Post Reform, Civil Service Pay Raise,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 May 20, 2008 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K19MY7.096 H19MYPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC60 with HOUSE May 19, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4119 Stockpile Sales, Participation Certificates, and served as both Minority and Majority lead- Throughout his life and administration, Protection for Savings, Flexible Interest er. He holds the current distinction of being President Johnson sought justice for all Ameri- Rates, and Freedom of Information. the youngest Senate majority leader at the cans. His administration produced the greatest 1967 age of 46. He was also Vice President, head outpouring of legislation in America’s history. Education Professions, Education Act, Air of the Committee on Equal Employment Op- Laws were enacted to end discrimination and Pollution Control, Partnership for Health, portunities, and President of the United States. to fight poverty, to provide medical care to the Social Security Increases, Age Discrimina- As President, he nominated Thurgood Mar- old and to extend educational opportunities to tion, Wholesome Meat, Flammable Fabrics, shall as the first African-American to serve on the young. In addition, acts were passed to Urban Research, and Public Broadcasting. clean the air and water and reverse the pollu- Outer Space Treaty, Modern D.C. Govern- the United States Supreme Court. ment, Vietnam Veterans Benefits, Federal He was truly a great Texan. He was a de- tion of decades, to preserve precious land for Judicial Center, Civilian-Postal Workers voted husband to Lady Bird Johnson and a fa- public recreation and to protect the natural Pay, Summer Youth Programs, Food ther to his two beloved children: Luci Baines beauty of the continent. Legislation protected Stamps, Selective Service, Urban Fellow- Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb. These the consumer in the marketplace and enabled ships, and Consular Treaty. women give new meaning to the old adage, art, music and theater to be brought to all Safety At Sea Treaty, Narcotics Treaty, behind every great man is a great woman. parts of America. Anti-Racketeering, Product Safety Commis- History shows us that beside this giant, this President Johnson signed into law the Civil sion, Small Business Aid, and Inter-Amer- Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of ican Bank. historic legend, there were three great women. President Johnson never forgot his begin- 1965, and the Open Housing Act of 1968. 1968 nings in Texas. My predecessor in Congress, These Acts removed the barriers that re- Fair Housing, Indian Bill of Rights, Safe the incomparable Honorable Barbara Jordan stricted African Americans from using res- Streets, Wholesome Poultry, Food for Peace, of the 18th Congressional District in Texas, taurants, restrooms, theaters, and other public Commodity Exchange Rules, U.S. Grain developed a good working relationship with accommodations; assured all citizens their Standards, School Breakfasts, Bank Protec- constitutional right to vote; and provided Afri- tion, and Defense Production. President Johnson and he appointed her to Corporate Takeovers, Export Program, serve on the Commission on Income Mainte- can Americans and other minorities with the Gold Cover Removal, Truth-in-Lending, Air- nance in 1968. Later, she would serve as pro- freedom to decide where they would live. craft Noise Abatement, Auto Insurance fessor at the Lyndon Baines Johnson School President Johnson started Head Start, Job Study, New Narcotics Bureau, Gas Pipeline of Public Affairs at the University of Texas and Corps, and Medicare, among many other land- Safety, Fire Safety, and Sea Grant Colleges. she would accept an appointment to the Lyn- mark pieces of legislation and programs. With D.C. School Board, Tax Surcharge, Better don Baines Johnson Centennial Chair in Na- his Head Start initiative, 4 and 5-year old chil- Housing, International Monetary Reform, tional Policy at the University. dren from disadvantaged families attended International Grains Treaty, Oil Revenues classes and were provided with nourishing for Recreation, Virgin Islands Elections, San As a teacher, Johnson believed segregation condemned the South to educational and eco- meals and medical attention, and a chance to Rafael Wilderness, San Gabriel Wilderness, learn in schools. and Fair Federal Juries. nomic backwardness. In 1937, Johnson was Job Corps taught young men and women Candidate Protection, Juvenile Delin- elected to the U.S. House of Representatives trades and vocational skills that would enable quency Prevention, Guaranteed Student as a liberal New Dealer allied with Democratic them to lead productive lives. Loans, D.C. Visitors Center, FHA–VA Inter- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Johnson His Medicare initiative provided health care est Rate Program, Health Manpower, Eisen- successfully championed civil rights when he hower College, Gun Controls, Biscayne Park, to all Americans over 65. With the passage of successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1948. and Heart, Cancer, and Stroke Programs. the Medicare Act, the threat of financial doom In 1957, when a civil rights bill came before Hazardous Radiation Protection, Colorado was lifted from senior citizens, and also from Congress, Johnson favored the bill and River Reclamation, Scenic Rivers, Scenic the sons and daughters who might also other- Trails, National Water Commission, Federal worked hard behind the scenes to win its pas- wise have been burdened with the responsi- Magistrates, Vocational Education, Veterans sage. He moved from one side to the other, bility for their parent’s care. Pension Increases, North Cascades Park, persuading southern Democrats and northern His undertaking on the War on Poverty was International Coffee Agreement, Intergov- liberals to compromise. The Civil Rights Act of expansive. He developed 40 programs to ernmental Manpower, Dangerous Drugs Con- 1957, the first civil rights legislation to pass trol, and Military Justice Code. eliminate poverty, and his programs were in- since Reconstruction, was signed by President tended not just to improve living conditions but Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Eisenhower in September 1957. to enable people trapped in the perpetual Con. Res. 354, commemorating President In 1960, John F. Kennedy invited Johnson cycle of poverty the opportunity to lift them- Lyndon Baines Johnson on the occasion of his to join the Democratic presidential ticket as his selves up out of poverty and improve their centennial birthday celebration. I am pleased running mate. Johnson pushed the more lib- own conditions. to have the opportunity of being the original eral Kennedy to go further and faster on civil President Johnson also added a prodigious author of this resolution along with 59 House rights. number of laws that extended education to sponsors. When Johnson met with Dr. Martin Luther young people. ‘‘More than 60 education laws I note that the President’s official birthdate is King a few days after Kennedy’s assassina- were part of the vast number of legislative August 27, 1908. However, the Lyndon Baines tion, Dr. King told Johnson that racial tensions measures that made up the Great Society,’’ Johnson Foundation is celebrating the remark- could no longer be tempered by compromise. his daughter, Lynda Robb once stated. ‘‘But able life and presidency of this great man be- Johnson, who appreciated King’s powers of Daddy wasn’t as interested in the number of ginning today, and the celebration will cul- persuasion, decided to utilize his experience laws he helped enact as he was in the num- minate on this Wednesday when the Senate to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Dr. King and ber of lives those laws help enrich.’’ Luci will pass its resolution honoring President President Johnson continued to work closely Baines Johnson stated, ‘‘Nothing meant more Johnson. I would like to thank my staff for the to pass the Voting Rights of 1965 and the Fair to my father than education.’’ hard work on this resolution. Housing Act. Today we celebrate the life of President It is an honor to recognize President Lyndon Reminiscing on the trials and triumphs on Lyndon Baines Johnson. He has given Amer- Baines Johnson. He was a true champion of her young years in the White House, his ica many legislative victories. Importantly, his civil rights for all Americans, and he led the daughter Luci Baines Johnson stated that her legislation had important elements of self-help Nation during very turbulent political times legacy from the White House days were ‘‘a that provided the people it was intended to from the Civil Rights Movement, the deaths of thousand friendships, a deep and abiding love serve with the opportunity to work to improve President John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, of country and public service, a passion for their own condition. Indeed, President John- and Dr. Martin Luther King, and the Vietnam learning, the recognition that the getting in life son ensured that all Americans would be as- war. is truly to be found in the giving and the belief sured their constitutional freedoms and that all He was a teacher by profession in Texas. that I should try to live each day as if it is my Americans would enjoy the triumph against He proudly served the 10th Congressional last.’’ oppression and injustice. As President John- District in the United States House of Rep- Over a quarter century ago, while delivering son rightly said, quoting Winston Churchill on resentatives. He was a commissioned officer the commencement address at Howard Uni- another triumph for freedom, ‘‘it is not the end. in the Navy and valiantly served in World War versity on June 4, 1965, President Johnson It is not even the beginning of the end. But it II, and was conferred the Silver Star, the mili- posed this question: ‘‘. . . what is justice?’’ is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. That be- tary’s third highest medal, by General Douglas His response was ‘‘It is to fulfill the fair expec- ginning is freedom and the barriers to that MacArthur. He was a United States Senator tations of man.’’ freedom are tumbling down.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:09 May 20, 2008 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A19MY7.065 H19MYPT1 wwoods2 on PRODPC60 with HOUSE H4120 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 19, 2008 President Johnson’s administration made lution (H. Res. 1106) expressing support people with autism can be, and are, produc- tremendous strides in the garnering of civil for designation of April 2008 as ‘‘Na- tive members of the workforce if they are rights of all Americans. Let us be reminded tional Autism Awareness Month’’ and given appropriate support, training, and that the barriers to freedom are still tumbling. supporting efforts to devote new re- early intervention services. Indeed, it is not yet the beginning of the end. sources to research into the causes and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- But it is the end of the beginning. The nation treatment of autism and to improve ant to the rule, the gentleman from owes the end of the beginning to the leader- training and support for individuals Maryland (Mr. WYNN) and the gen- ship, foresight, and effectiveness of President with autism and those who care for in- tleman from New Jersey (Mr. SMITH) Lyndon Baines Johnson. President Johnson dividuals with autism. each will control 20 minutes. and his administration have started the Nation The Clerk read the title of the resolu- The Chair recognizes the gentleman on its trek to assure civil rights and freedoms tion. from Maryland. to all, but the battle is not yet won, and we The text of the resolution is as fol- GENERAL LEAVE must continue to march on, in the courageous lows: Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- spirit of President Johnson, until victory is H. RES. 1106 mous consent that all Members may won, and all people are free. Whereas autism is a developmental dis- have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- In his very eloquent speech to the full Con- order that is typically diagnosed during the tend their remarks and include extra- gress, President Johnson echoed Dr. Martin first 3 years of life, robbing individuals of neous material on the resolution under Luther King, Jr.’s famous words, ‘‘We Shall their ability to communicate and interact consideration. with others; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Overcome.’’ President Johnson’s delivered his Whereas autism affects an estimated 1 in speech on March 15, 1965, a week after objection to the request of the gen- every 150 children in the United States; tleman from Maryland? deadly racial violence erupted in Selma, Ala- Whereas autism is four times more likely bama, as African Americans were attacked by to occur in boys than in girls; There was no objection. Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- police while preparing to march to Mont- Whereas autism can affect anyone, regard- self such time as I may consume. gomery to protest voting rights discrimination. less of race, ethnicity, or other factors; Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. In his speech, President Johnson chal- Whereas it costs approximately $80,000 per Res. 1106, which designates April 2008 lenged the members of Congress, by stating ‘‘I year to treat an individual with autism in a medical center specializing in developmental as National Autism Awareness Month want this to be the Congress—Republicans disabilities; and supports efforts to devote new re- and Democrats alike—which did all these Whereas the cost of special education pro- sources to research into the causes and things for all these people. Beyond this great grams for school-age children with autism is treatment of autism spectrum disorder. chamber—out yonder—in fifty states are the often more than $30,000 per individual per Autism is a developmental spectrum people that we serve. Who can tell what deep year; disorder which inhibits an individual’s and unspoken hopes are in their hearts tonight Whereas the cost nationally of caring for ability to communicate and interact as they sit there and listen? We all can guess, persons affected by autism is estimated at with others. For parents eager to com- from our own lives, how difficult they often find upwards of $90,000,000,000 per year; Whereas despite the fact that autism is one municate with their child, there is their own pursuit of happiness, how many of the most common developmental dis- nothing more painful than watching problems each little family has. They look orders, many professionals in the medical their child fail to provide either a most of all to themselves for their future, but and educational fields are still unaware of verbal or non-verbal cue of responsive- I think that they also look to each of us.’’ the best methods to diagnose and treat the ness. Affecting an estimated 1 in every This speech was historic not only in what it disorder; and 150 children and costing an estimated asked of Congress, but also, what it asked of Whereas April 2008 would be an appropriate $90 billion to care for those with this the American people. I encourage everyone to month to designate as ‘‘National Autism disorder, the toll of autism spectrum read the text of this historic address in its en- Awareness Month’’ to increase public aware- disorder on our country is significant. tirety. ness of the need to support individuals with autism and the family members and medical The resolution before us supports the I will close with the words that President professionals who care for individuals with goals of devoting new resources to re- Johnson delivered in his historic commence- autism: Now, therefore, be it searching the root causes of autism, ment speech on June 4, 1965 before Howard Resolved, That the United States House of expanding programs for individuals University: Representatives— ‘‘The Scripture promises: ‘I shall light a can- (1) expresses support for designation of a with autism spectrum disorder across dle of understanding in thine heart, which shall ‘‘National Autism Awareness Month’’; their life span and promoting under- not be put out.’ Together, and with millions (2) recognizes and commends the parents standing of the special needs of people more, we can light that candle of under- and relatives of children with autism for with autism spectrum disorder. This standing in the heart of all America. And, once their sacrifice and dedication in providing resolution also emphasizes the need for for the special needs of children with autism lit, it will never again go out.’’ early intervention services, starting as and for absorbing significant financial costs soon as the child has been diagnosed President Johnson has lit the candle, let us for specialized education and support serv- today continue to carry it and make sure that with autism. ices; While there is currently no available it will never go out. (3) supports the goal of devoting new re- Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I sources to researching the root causes of au- cure for autism spectrum disorder, would yield back the balance of my tism, identifying the best methods of early early behavioral intervention strate- time and urge adoption. intervention and treatment, expanding pro- gies significantly improve the outcome Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, grams for individuals with autism across for those suffering from autism. These I yield back the balance of my time. their lifespans, and promoting understanding strategies can also reduce the level of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The of the special needs of people with autism; funding and services necessary to treat question is on the motion offered by (4) stresses the need to begin early inter- people later in life. vention services soon after a child has been I would like to note for the record, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. diagnosed with autism, noting that early SCOTT) that the House suspend the intervention strategies are the primary Mr. Speaker, Ms. Daisy Maggette, my rules and agree to the concurrent reso- therapeutic options for young people with constituent from the Fourth District of lution, H. Con. Res. 354. autism, and that early intervention signifi- Maryland, who has been a tireless ad- The question was taken; and (two- cantly improves the outcome for people with vocate and activist in the fight against thirds being in the affirmative) the autism and can reduce the level of funding autism in our community. rules were suspended and the concur- and services needed to treat people with au- I would also like to thank my col- rent resolution was agreed to. tism later in life; league, Congressman DAVID REICHERT, A motion to reconsider was laid on (5) recognizes the shortage of appropriately for his work in bringing this resolution the table. trained teachers who have the skills and sup- to the floor today. I would also like to port necessary to teach, assist, and respond f to special needs students, including those thank Congressman MIKE DOYLE for his with autism, in our school systems; and leadership on this issue. NATIONAL AUTISM AWARENESS I urge my colleagues to join me in MONTH (6) recognizes the importance of worker training programs that are tailored to the support of H. Res. 1106. Mr. WYNN. Mr. Speaker, I move to needs of developmentally disabled persons, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of suspend the rules and agree to the reso- including those with autism, and notes that my time.

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