December 20, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1697 which produced a variety of high quality ko- for accusers that is currently required, man- three kids, Pamela Spear, Jennifer Leake, and sher wines that to bring together friends, lead- dates publicly reporting awards and settle- Dallas A. Walker, III. ers and colleagues from all walks of life. ments and covers unpaid staff as well. This is Widely known as a ‘‘Preacher’s Preacher’’, Isaac is happily married to Hilda, his wife of a step in the right direction beginning here in he is an international evangelist, that has trav- 31 years, and together they have three chil- the Congress. However, nothing equivalent eled firsthand to numerous biblical sites, dren. He has dedicated himself to teaching the has been done for sexual harassment that af- among them the Mountain at Nebo, Beth- world about the beauty of Israel and its cul- fects the American people. We have largely lehem, the Sea of Galilee, Jericho, and the ture. To that end, he has spent much of his neglected our own constituents, despite the in- Garden of Gethsemane. time working tirelessly to build flourishing Jew- creasing number of troubling reports in the Pastor Walker is a stalwart spiritual com- ish communities in Israel and the United news of sexual harassment claims. pass in the city of Detroit. He can be seen all States. A national commission would assure the over the district sharing the scripture and Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring and American people that Congress takes sexual hosting revivals. His dedication to the commu- commending Isaac Applbaum for his out- harassment affecting them—the typical work- nity was honored with secondary street nam- standing devotion, contributions and dedica- er—seriously, beyond the high-profile exam- ing of Wyoming and Chippewa Avenues. He tion to his community. We wish him continued ples, such as allegations against Harvey also sits on the board of the Board of Direc- success in his future endeavors. Weinstein and the Congress itself, that have tors of the National Association of Celebrated f garnered the headlines. Most importantly, the Seniors. commission would hear from a cross section Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues REP. JOHN CULBERSON FAREWELL of the public—from office and factory workers to join me in applauding Pastor Dallas A. to retail and food service employees—whose Walker, Jr. for his 45 years of service in min- HON. LAMAR SMITH experiences with sexual harassment have re- istry at the Wyoming Avenue Church of Christ. OF TEXAS ceived almost no attention. The commission f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES could travel or invite witnesses to Washington from throughout the country to recommend TRIBUTE TO MRS. LUZ GONZALEZ Wednesday, December 19, 2018 changes in laws or regulations and best prac- TORRES—EIGHTY-THREE (83) Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today I’d tices for preventing, training, investigating, re- YEARS OLD AND STILL WORKING like to recognize Congressman JOHN CULBER- sponding to and penalizing sexual harassment AS A LETTER CARRIER SON. For almost two decades he has been an in the private and public sectors. advocate for the Texans of the seventh dis- Our constituents expect Congress, which HON. DANNY K. DAVIS trict. represents every sector, to take on the na- OF ILLINOIS Chairing the House Commerce, Justice, tional problem of sexual harassment, which IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations we now know has infected every major sector Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Subcommittee, JOHN has maintained or in- of the economy, including private and public Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speak- creased the budget for funding NASA. When (federal, state and local) workplaces. A na- er, age is relative, and many people look at it it comes to space issues, his interest, knowl- tional commission could help reach and re- in very different ways. Many people look for- edge, and enthusiasm is unmatched. duce sexual harassment, a form of gender dis- ward to being old enough to work, and of A lawyer by trade, JOHN has always fought crimination, where the average woman and course, many of us look at it in terms of op- for NASA to ensure America remains the man works. portunity to retire. Work is indeed a virtue and world-leader in space exploration. His exper- I strongly urge my colleagues to support this it is indeed a dignified way of contributing to tise and good counsel will continue to be bill. the well-being of society. needed even after his time in Congress comes f Today we highlight and honor Mrs. Torres to an end. HONORING THE 45TH PASTORAL for her longevity, her dedication to service and I thank JOHN for his public service. It has ANNIVERSARY OF DALLAS A. her inspiration to human kind. Mrs. Luz Gon- been a pleasure working on space issues with WALKER, JR. zalez Torres was born in Trujillo, Peru on Jan- him in Congress. uary 2, 1935, which marked her almost 84 f HON. BRENDA JONES years old. She came to the U.S. in 1963 and INTRODUCTION OF THE NATIONAL OF MICHIGAN married Victor Torres in 1966. She and her COMMISSION TO COMBAT SEX- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES husband have six (6) children, three (3) boys UAL HARASSMENT ACT Wednesday, December 19, 2018 and three (3) girls and five (5) grandchildren. She widowed in 2007. Prior to becoming a let- Ms. JONES of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I rise ter carrier, Mrs. Torres worked for Walgreens, HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON today to honor the 45th Pastoral Anniversary Illinois Bell, Western Electric and a travel OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA of Dallas A. Walker, Jr., Minister of Detroit’s agency. In 1985, Mrs. Torres was hired by the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wyoming Avenue Church of Christ. postal service and worked until 1989. She Born in Vernon, Alabama, Pastor Walker Wednesday, December 19, 2018 took a break and came back in 1992 as a comes from a strong lineage of faith leaders. PTS. Luz became a regular in 1994, and has Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, today, I intro- His grandfather was a pioneer minister in had her current route since 2010. She had two duce the National Commission to Combat Northwest Alabama and his father served as a knee surgeries and a broken left hand, yet she Sexual Harassment Act to establish a national church elder at the Mayfield Church of Christ is still an active carrier. commission to examine and combat sexual in Fayette, Alabama. His mother was a devout harassment in the workplace. What a woman. What mail carriers do for all Christian that lived to see her two youngest of us. I have modeled this bill on legislation Con- sons fulfill a family legacy proclaiming the gress has passed to address other national Gospel of Christ. f problems considered to be serious, such as Pastor Walker graduated from Lamar Coun- HONORING STANISLAUS COUNTY gambling. The almost daily exposure of allega- ty Training School, and went on to attend SHERIFF ADAM CHRISTIANSON tions of sexual harassment, many not denied, Southwestern Christian College. He later more than qualifies sexual harassment for na- earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology HON. JEFF DENHAM tional attention and priority. This bill would cre- from the University of Detroit Mercy and a OF ate a national commission to focus on sexual Master’ s Degree in Professional Counseling IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES harassment in major industries and work- from Wayne State University in Detroit. Pastor places throughout the United States. Walker began his formal ministry at the Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Congress recently adopted a bill that ad- Church of Christ in Athens, Alabama. He has Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to dresses harassment in the congressional also served two other Alabama congregations, honor Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam workplace. It requires Members of the House the Woodland Park Church of Christ in Bir- Christianson, who is retiring after nearly three and Senate to be personally liable for settle- mingham, Alabama and the Farris Drive decades of public service, including 12 years ments and awards resulting from harassment Church of Christ in Huntsville, Alabama. serving as Stanislaus County Sheriff. and retaliation claims, removes the mandatory Pastor Walker and his wife of 54 years, In 1988, Sheriff Christianson began his sto- counseling, mediation and ‘‘cooling off’ periods Beverly MacDonald Walker (deceased), have ried law enforcement career by joining the

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Bill’s parents were Mission District Irish. High Tech Crimes Unit. As Lieutenant he Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I include the fol- His father, William A. Newsom, Jr., (b. 1902) worked in Homeland Security, Internal Affairs, lowing obituary from the San Francisco Chron- was a developer and civic leader who sur- and was the Northwest Area Commander. vived the 1906 earthquake and was closely as- icle honoring Bill Newsom: sociated with the late Gov. Edmund G. Sheriff Christianson has been a mainstay of Justice William A. (‘‘Bill’’) Newsom, pater- (‘‘Pat’’) Brown. Bill’s paternal grandfather, the community throughout his time in office. familias of a pioneering San Francisco fam- also William A. Newsom, born in San Fran- Public Safety facilities have been expanded ily and a revered figure to his children, cisco in 1865, was a contractor and early city grandchildren and expansive clan, ardent de- with more jail beds, a medical and mental father who later became an associate of A.P. fender of the environment, longtime San Giannini and opened the first branch office health care unit, and a day reporting center, Francisco civic leader and retired Justice of of the Bank of America at 29th and Mission while the significant Public Safety Restoration the California Court of Appeal, died on De- Streets in San Francisco. His maternal Plan was completed with the support and cember 12 from complications of old age. grandfather (b. 1872) was a longshoreman on funding of the Board of Supervisors. Sheriff Bill was a brilliant man of letters and lin- the San Francisco waterfront who had made Christianson capped off his tenure in office guistic genius who could bend the English his way from Ireland to San Francisco in the language to his will like few others. Avun- 1880s. with the completion of the Coroner’s Facility cular and sweet-natured, possessed of a wry Bill was privileged to have a superb edu- and the Re-Entry and Enhanced Alternatives and irreverent wit, fluent in French and cation, first under the tutelage of the good to Custody Training (REACT) Center. Italian, a master of allusion and superb with Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange and the impressions and accents, he was unexcelled French Marists (most of sturdy Breton Sheriff Christianson began a stellar aca- as a raconteur and bard. He was devoted to stock) at Ecole Notre Dame des Victoires, demic career by earning a Bachelor’s degree an astounding variety of literary and intel- then under the Jesuits at St. Ignatius High in Criminal Justice Management. He later lectual pursuits, peripatetic in his extensive School, from which he was graduated in 1951. graduated from the FBI Law Enforcement Ex- travels, and indefatigable in his commit- It was at SI that Bill first encountered many ecutive Development Course, the POST Exec- ments to civic and charitable endeavors, par- of his boon companions, including Lloyd ticularly to conservation and environmental Fabbri, Lou Felder, Gordon Getty, Paul utive Development Course and West Point causes. A noted bibliophile and oenophile, he Getty, Jim Halligan, Chris Malarkey, John Leadership in Police Organizations. He also frequently combined those loves with a Mallen and many more. Bill received his un- received an Executive Certificate from the third, his great love of music, particularly dergraduate degree in French Literature Commission on Peace Officer Standards and opera. Bill liked his poets Irish, but his food from the University of San Francisco in 1955; Training. Italian. He possessed an encyclopedic knowl- a Masters in English Literature from Stan- edge of natural history and natural science ford in 1961; and his law degree from Stan- Sheriff Christianson is married to the love of and loved adventuring in the out of doors ford in 1960. his life, Yvonne. Together they have two chil- with family and friends locally in California, Bill married the former Tessa Menzies in dren, Nicole and Kyle. He is looking forward to on the Colorado River through he Grand 1966. They were blessed with the birth of a son, Gavin, in 1967 and a daughter, Hilary, in spending more time with his family after retire- Canyon, in Alaska, Africa and beyond. He was an irrepressible patron of lost causes 1968. While Bill and Tessa were divorced in ment. who almost invariably took up on behalf of 1973, they maintained a close, familial rela- Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring and the underdog and the ‘‘little guy.’’ His empa- tionship for the rest of their lives. In his professional life, Bill was a Commis- commending the outstanding contributions thy and compassion were perpetually on dis- play; it would be foolhardy to try to cata- sioner of the San Francisco Superior Court made to public safety and Stanislaus County following law school before entering private logue his countless initiatives on behalf of practice as an attorney, first with the by Sheriff Adam Christianson and hereby wish the unfortunate, the downtrodden and the Lillick firm in San Francisco (1963–1965), him continued success in his future endeav- wronged, much less his constant individual then as an associate of the celebrated San acts of kindness. It is perhaps best simply to ors. Francisco trial attorney, James Martin observe that never did someone come to him Macinnis (1965–1966), and finally opening his for help and leave without it. f own private law practice in Tahoe City, CA A wonderful father to his own children and (1967–1975). He also served as an attorney for ‘‘Papapapap’’ to his six grandchildren, Bill REP. TED POE FAREWELL Getty Oil Italiana (based in Rome) in the was also a superb builder and cultivator of late 1960s. Bill was appointed by Gov. Jerry family. Be it in Squaw Valley (a central Brown first to the Placer County Superior gathering-place for the extended Newsom Court in 1975, and subsequently to the Cali- clan since the 1960 Winter Olympics), at the HON. LAMAR SMITH fornia Court of Appeals (First Appellate Dis- Monte Vista Inn or his treasured mountain OF TEXAS trict) in March 1978. He retired from the retreat in Dutch Flat, or on any of innumer- Court of Appeal in 1995. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES able family trips, he was never happier than Throughout his adult life, Bill served as a when surrounded by family in conviviality, legal and business advisor to his great child- Wednesday, December 19, 2018 holding court with a fire roaring, recounting hood friends, Gordon P. Getty and J. Paul adventures and tales, offering unforgettable (‘‘Paul’’) Getty, Jr., and later to many other Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today I’d impersonations, describing the San Fran- members of the Getty family. Among other like to recognize the first Republican to rep- cisco of his (and his father’s) youth, quoting formal roles, he served as Trustee of the resent the second district of Texas, TED POE. Chesterton and Belloc, Yeats and Heaney. Ronald Family Getty Trust from 1988 to 2011; Bill adored children and they in turn were as Trust Administrator for the Gordon Getty Before coming to Washington, TED was a drawn to him as to the Pied Piper. He re- Family Trust from 1994 to 2009; and as a Di- felony court judge in Harris County where he lated to them in the most authentic and en- rector and President of the Ann and Gordon was one of the youngest judges in the state. dearing way, not speaking at them but with Getty Foundation from 2011 until his pass- Known for his practical sentencing, his reputa- them, neither at his level nor theirs, but in ing. However, his most valuable service was some kind of magical blarney in between tion for telling it like it is accompanied him to in his informal capacity as a trusted con- that riveted them, made them laugh, and yet fidant and, first and foremost, a friend. Bill Congress. taught them something at every turn. They played an important role in the negotiations TED has always put his country first. From left his company—usually holding an armful for the release of Paul Getty’s son, J. Paul of books, and some money—knowing he was his time as a prosecutor to a Congressman Getty III, following his kidnapping in 1973. their ally, including especially in whatever At one time he considered a career in poli- protecting our borders and combating human mischief they might be planning with his tics, but Bill lost his first race for the State trafficking, he has always prioritized Ameri- consent, or perhaps even his connivance. Senate in 1968. (When asked why he lost, his can’s safety. (Bill loved to tweak the establishment, even answer was usually: ‘‘Because I ran against if that meant the parents of his co-conspira- the unbeatable Milton Marks.’’) Despite a I thank TED for his 14 years of public serv- tors!). later movement to draft him as a mayoral ice. His patriotism will be missed and as he A fourth-generation San Franciscan, Bill candidate in the early 1980s, Bill had come to often says, ‘‘that’s just the way it is.’’ was born into a large Irish Catholic brood in see himself in roles outside politics.

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