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ONE NATION UNDER GOD lawyer. He was denied. He demanded to tions direct the Secretary of State, the Sec- speak to a judge. He was denied. He asked retary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland HON. TED POE the American officials not to send him to Syria, Security, and the Attorney General to provide OF TEXAS as he knew he would be tortured there. Of Congress with all documents and records in course, the Americans did not need to be told their possession relating to Maher Arar. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that Syria routinely tortures its prisoners, as same request is made of the President, in Wednesday, September 20, 2006 the U.S. State Department lists Syria in its an- order to ensure that any documents in the Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, big changes can nual Human Rights report as a country that possession of the White House or the Intel- come from small places. For President Eisen- practices torture. Yet Maher Arar was sent to ligence Community are also provided forth- hower and every American born since his Syria for interrogation, where he was brutally with. time, big change came from a dusty old tortured, just as the American officials involved The Congress, and the American people, church pew. in his rendition must have known he likely must learn the truth of what was done to One early Sunday morning, Eisenhower would be. Maher Arar. I urge my colleagues to support ceremoniously went to Abraham Lincoln’s Maher Arar was the victim of the Bush ad- these Resolutions of Inquiry. former church, where a new preacher, an im- ministration’s program of ‘‘extraordinary ren- f migrant, would re-shape Ike’s ideology. dition,’’ whereby prisoners in American cus- That preacher described, in his Scottish ac- tody are sent abroad for interrogation in other RECOGNIZING JASON ANDREW cent, how he had no answer for his children countries, sometimes to places such as Syria HEJL FOR ACHIEVING THE RANK when asked why God wasn’t in the Pledge of and Uzbekistan that are known to routinely OF EAGLE SCOUT Allegiance. practice torture. This is a disgusting practice He eloquently assured his children God was that brings dishonor to the United States of HON. SAM GRAVES what made America better than any other America, and ultimately endangers our troops OF MISSOURI country. So eloquently that Ike would see the in the field by validating the use of torture all IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pledge changed in a matter of months. over the world. Extraordinary rendition is noth- Wednesday, September 20, 2006 While activist judges and militant atheists ing more than the outsourcing of torture, and want you to believe that taking God out of this program must come to an immediate halt. Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause school and government is the right thing to do, The Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act, to recognize Jason Andrew Hejl, a very spe- 91 percent of Americans disagree. They still which I introduced in this House over a year cial young man who has exemplified the finest believe ‘‘in one nation, under God, indivisible, and a half ago, would end the practice of ex- qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- with liberty and justice for all.’’ traordinary rendition. But the Republican lead- ing an active part in the Boy Scouts of Amer- We have proved that we will not bow to ter- ership has refused to bring the Torture ica, Troop 633, and in earning the most pres- rorists. But 91 percent of Americans also vow Outsourcing Prevention Act to the floor for a tigious award of Eagle Scout. not to bow to extremist judges and a tiny athe- vote. Jason has been very active with his troop, ist minority. Mr. Speaker, we don’t have many details on participating in many scout activities. Over the Americans overwhelmingly support ‘‘One the case of Maher Arar, because the Bush ad- many years Jason has been involved with Nation Under God’’ so much that they are giv- ministration has refused to divulge any infor- scouting, he has not only earned numerous ing their children’s lives to save it. mation on its program of extraordinary ren- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- That’s just the way it is. dition and the rubber-stamp Republican Con- ily, peers, and community. Jason held the f gress have refused to conduct any meaningful principal leadership position of Venturing Crew oversight over this program. Now that the President and has actively supported VFW RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY ON President has admitted that the CIA operated Post 7356 in Parkville, Missouri. MAHER ARAR secret prisons all over the world, the Congress Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in must step up to the plate and conduct true commending Jason Andrew Hejl for his ac- HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY oversight on the President’s program of ex- complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- OF MASSACHUSETTS traordinary rendition. ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This week, the official Canadian inquiry into highest distinction of Eagle Scout. the case of Maher Arar, which focused on the f Wednesday, September 20, 2006 role that Canadian officials played in his ren- Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to dition, released its report. The Arar Commis- HONORING BALDWIN SCHOOL speak about Maher Arar, whose treatment at sion report clears Maher Arar of any wrong- DISTRICT the hands of American officials is a stain upon doing, and concludes that he was indeed our national conscience. transferred to Syria by the United States, HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY During a layover in New York’s JFK airport where he was tortured. American authorities OF NEW YORK in September 2002, Mr. Arar, who was born in were invited to testify before the Arar Commis- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Syria but who now holds Canadian citizenship, sion, but refused. was seized by American officials. He was held Canada has now completed its investigation Wednesday, September 20, 2006 without access to a lawyer for two weeks in into the injustice done to Mr. Arar by Canadian Mrs. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the United States, then transferred briefly to officials, who without any evidence of wrong- to recognize the exceptional individuals at Jordan, and finally to Syria. Mr. Arar was im- doing told the U.S. he had connections with Baldwin School District, an institution which prisoned in Syria for 10 months, most of the terrorist organizations. Mr. Speaker, now this renders significant contributions to the edu- time in a dark underground dungeon the size Congress must initiate our own investigation cational development and social enrichment of of a closet. He was tortured both physically into the role that U.S. officials played in this youth. and psychologically, and forced to make false affair. We must know the truth of what hap- The future of this country depends on the confessions, including that he had attended an pened to Maher Arar, why it happened, upon hopes and dreams of its children, our commu- al-Qaeda terrorist training camp in Afghani- whose orders, and upon what justification. nity, and our Nation, and is enhanced by the stan. Maher Arar was finally released a year That is why I have today introduced five contributions of those who serve as mentors after he was seized in New York, never having separate Resolutions of Inquiry requesting and those who make mentoring programs safe been charged with any crime. copies of all documents in the possession of and strong. When he was in American custody in New the United States Government that may relate, The Baldwin School District and its leader- York, Maher Arar demanded to speak to a in any way, to Maher Arar. These five Resolu- ship have promoted and supported mentoring

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Baldwin’s programs have been merous reorganization efforts, the efforts of spond, pledging 900 additional troops to that a bridge of understanding which have high- the American Nautical Alliance, Inc., and the country. lighted the talents and determination of its Maritime Brigade came full circle with the Today, along with the Caucus on Central young people and the devotion of the teach- eventual merger of the two to form the Amer- and Eastern Europe, I had the honor of ers, businesspeople, and community volun- ican Cadet Alliance, Inc. hosting the chief of general staff of Polish teers who give their time and commitment to The American Cadet Alliance is led by a Armed Forces, General Gagor. General Gagor mentoring. team of professional officers who currently is a distinguished soldier and a proven leader. The mentoring process brings benefits to serve on a voluntary basis. The American I have no doubt that under General Gagor’s youth, the caring adults who guide them, and Cadet Alliance is a career-exploration pro- watch the Polish military will continue to make by extension to the community, the business gram, providing young men and women with valuable contributions to peace around the world, and the region, and Baldwin’s innova- realistic view of military life, allowing them to world. tive mentoring program is outstanding. make informed decisions regarding future I ask my colleagues to join me today in hon- Mr. Speaker, it is with pride and admiration service in the Armed Forces. Through a multi- oring Poland’s contributions in Afghanistan I offer my thanks and recognition to the Bald- faceted cadet program, the importance of na- and Iraq and to recognize Poland as one of win School District. tional pride, service to others, and maintaining our Nation’s most important allies. f a drug-free and gang-free lifestyle serve as f hallmarks of the American Cadet Alliance IN HONOR OF HOSPICE OF THE message. NATIONAL ADDICTION RECOVERY WESTERN RESERVE Under the leadership and sponsorship pro- MONTH vided by the Central California Chapter of the HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH Association of the United States Army, and HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN OF OHIO with assistance from the Fresno Recruiting OF MARYLAND IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Company of the United States Army Recruit- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing Command, and guidance from local, State, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Wednesday, September 20, 2006 national Military leaders, current and prospec- Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tive participants will prove to benefit from the Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today tribute and recognition of Hospice of the West- character building skills evident throughout the to call our attention to National Addiction Re- ern Reserve as it celebrates the opening of its cadet program. covery Month this September, and I encour- Lakewood office. The new office will enable Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my support of age all my colleagues to join me in recog- the Hospice to provide more quality care to the American Cadet Alliance unit in Fresno, nizing and commending those who commit the people of Lakewood. CA, and to extend my sincere appreciation to their time and effort to addiction recovery. Hospice of the Western Reserve is a com- all of the local efforts to ensure this program’s In 2005, an estimated 19 million Americans munity-based agency that provides comfort success. I urge my colleagues to join me in used illicit drugs. The impact of this pandemic and care as well as emotional support to its wishing the American Cadet Alliance many is felt not only by individuals and their families, patients and their families. Regardless of age, years of continued success. but by society as well. Addiction costs our so- ciety and economy billions of dollars each disease, or ability to pay, all are welcomed to f the Hospice. Serving more than 1,000 patients year, in health care costs, property damage, daily, The Hospice of the Western Reserve is HONORING THE CONTRIBUTIONS and lost productivity. It also costs lives, and the largest program of its kind in Ohio and the OF POLAND IN AFGHANISTAN causes immense amounts of grief and pain. fourth largest in the country. AND IRAQ Addiction is a disease, and it must be attacked In addition to pain alleviation, the Hospice as such. No one is immune from addiction, as also offers social, psychosocial and spiritual HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI it afflicts people of all ages, all races, all class- support for both patients and family members. OF ILLINOIS es, and all professions. The Hospice is ever increasing its ability to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As with any serious disease, the treatment provide quality care and support and enhanc- for addiction relies on great amounts of re- Wednesday, September 20, 2006 ing quality of life. search and advances in health sciences. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in There have been tremendous strides in the in honor and recognition of the Hospice of the recognition of the contributions Poland has fight against addiction. Congress allocates bil- Western Reserve and the opening of its Lake- made in the ongoing operations in Afghanistan lions of dollars each year on addiction re- wood office. Providing quality assistance to and Iraq. Poland has been a steadfast ally of search at the National Institutes of Health. The those who need it most, the Hospice stands the United States, and I thank the Polish peo- NIH is a leader in this regard, and it has com- as a monument to palliative care and end-of- ple and government for their friendship. mitted funds to research on addiction, includ- life service. America has enjoyed strong ties with Poland ing research on how addiction takes over the f since our Nation’s founding. During the Amer- brain, the body, and the central nervous sys- ican Revolution, Polish patriots such as tem. We must continue to fund NIH at the RECOGNIZING AMERICAN CADET Casimir Pulaski and Tadeusz Kosciuszko level it deserves so scientists can unlock the ALLIANCE made valuable contributions in securing our mysteries of addiction and its impact on indi- Nation’s independence. Today, over 30 per- viduals and society. HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH cent of my district and 9 million Americans Today, September 20, 2006, is National Ad- OF CALIFORNIA across our country can claim Polish ancestry. diction Professionals Day, and I applaud the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Polish and American Governments hard work and dedication of addiction coun- have enjoyed close, bilateral relations since selors who must encounter daily the difficult Wednesday, September 20, 2006 1989, when Poland became a free, demo- task of prevention, intervention, and treatment. Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to cratic, and independent nation. Since that The research on addiction that NIH conducts express my support and appreciation for the time, Poland has made dramatic strides in se- can only support and complement the addic- American Cadet Alliance and its recent estab- curing its democracy, improving its economy, tion counselors’ efforts in helping many Ameri- lishment of a cadet unit located at the Ham- and developing strong relationships with its cans afflicted with addiction. We need to give mer Field Army National Guard Armory in neighbors in Europe and abroad. This is evi- them all of the support we can. Fresno, CA. Tracing its heritage to 1909, the dent in Poland’s joining of NATO in 1999 and Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my colleagues to American Cadet Alliance is America’s oldest the European Union in 2004. join me in recognizing the valuable contribu- nationwide Cadet Corps. In addition to its membership in NATO, Po- tions of all those who devote their time and The American Cadet Alliance was founded land’s military has been very active in United energy to addiction recovery. We should honor as the Colonel Cody’s Boy Scouts by Captain Nations’ peacekeeping forces and has played and appreciate their hard work. Congress has James H.C. Smyth in 1909. Shortly thereafter, a vital role in the operations in Iraq and Af- shown strong support for this issue. However, the Colonel Cody’s Boy Scouts was reorga- ghanistan. Poland currently has 1,000 troops we are far from victory, and we must continue

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20SE8.029 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1779 our steadfast fight against drug and alcohol Her accomplishments were honored in 1999 the bill accurately reflects today’s constitu- addiction. I look forward to the day when ad- nationally when President Clinton named her a tional standards, Court decisions are often diction to drugs and alcohol are eradicated, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Free- modified by subsequent decisions. School offi- and these wonderful professionals can take dom. Upon meeting Evy Dubrow, President cials may therefore find themselves in the fu- their final bow. Clinton said that she was a tiny woman, larger ture caught between complying with an obso- f than life. The President went on to note her lete statute or obeying the modified Court de- candor, strength, and dedication to being the cision and risking the loss of funding under RECOGNIZING JESSE CASH FOR champion of the impoverished. this bill. ACHIEVING THE RANK OF EAGLE Indefatigable until the end, Evy lived until School districts have a long history of abid- SCOUT age 95 and never lost her passion for human ing by search and seizure policies that are rights and the spirit of each individual person. consistent with court rulings. This legislative HON. SAM GRAVES Mr. Speaker and Colleagues, please join me directive is unnecessary and will only serve to OF MISSOURI in honoring the memory and recognizing the further complicate the lives of students and great accomplishments of Evy Dubrow in the teachers. This is the reason why the American IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES field of labor organizing. For over 50 years, Federation of Teachers, National School Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Evy Dubrow stood for the strength, resolve, Board Association, the Council of the Great Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause and gritty integrity of millions of working class City Schools, the National PTA, the American to recognize Jesse Cash, a very special young Americans. Association of School Administrators and the man who has exemplified the finest qualities f ACLU all oppose the bill. I urge my colleagues of citizenship and leadership by taking an ac- to vote no. STUDENT AND TEACHER SAFETY tive part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop f 633, and in earning the most prestigious ACT OF 2006 award of Eagle Scout. PENIEL RESIDENTIAL DRUG AND SPEECH OF Jesse has been very active with his troop, ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVER- participating in many scout activities. Over the HON. ROBERT C. SCOTT SARY many years Jesse has been involved with OF VIRGINIA scouting, he has not only earned numerous IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- HON. JOHN P. MURTHA ily, peers, and community. Jesse held the prin- Tuesday, September 19, 2006 OF PENNSYLVANIA cipal leadership position of Venturing Crew Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, Main- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES President and has actively supported the min- taining school safety is an important objective Wednesday, September 20, 2006 istry of Heartland Presbyterian Center. of school administrators and communities Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in around the country, but this bill will only serve Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commending Jesse Cash for his accomplish- to complicate the lives of school officials and recognize the 25th anniversary of a commu- ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for probably violate students’ Constitutional rights nity service organization in my congressional his efforts put forth in achieving the highest in the process. district. Housed in Tanneryville, a suburban distinction of Eagle Scout. In 1969, the Supreme Court stated in Tinker area near the city of Johnstown, PA, Peniel f v. Des Moines 393 U.S. 503 (1969) that stu- Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment Cen- dents do not ‘‘shed their constitutional rights ter is a successful comprehensive treatment IN REMEMBRANCE OF EVY when they enter the schoolhouse door.’’ While program that offers help to both men and DUBROW Tinker was a free speech case, the principle women 18 years of age and older who are applies here as well. The vague legislative suffering from the effects of substance abuse. HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH language of H.R. 5295 would lead school offi- Through the use of an individualized treat- OF OHIO cials to believe that they have the authority to ment plan, each client has his or her needs addressed on a personal level for the length of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES conduct searches that could be at odds with the standards set out by the Supreme Court in the treatment period, which is between 12 and Wednesday, September 20, 2006 the 1985 decision of New Jersey v. TLO, 469 18 months. Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in U.S. 325 (1985), the 1 guiding case on this The aim and driving force behind the Peniel memory and recognition of Evelyn Kahan issue, in which the Court attempted to strike a program is to help people overcome their ad- Dubrow who passed away on June 20, 2006. balance between student privacy and school dictions and learn how to live effective and Known to her friends and colleagues as ‘‘Evy’’, discipline and safety. productive lives as contributing members of she dedicated her life to the public service of While this bill correctly requires that school their communities. worker’s rights in the United States for over 5 officials have ‘‘reasonable suspicion’’ before Treating roughly 45 patients at a time on a decades. Known on Capitol Hill as the lobbyist conducting a search of a student, it describes revolving basis, Peniel has helped hundreds of everyone loves, Evy had the ability to be a too broadly the purpose and the scope of the people break the chains of drug and alcohol uniter and inexorable activist for the power of search that school administrators can conduct. addiction through a religious, community-cen- the people. As a union activist and general ad- The bill incorrectly suggests that school offi- tered program. vocate for working families from across the cials can conduct random, wide scale One of the best and most gratifying by-prod- country, Evy’s accomplishments ranged from searches of students without having any indi- ucts of the program is the considerable num- being named one of Washington Magazine’s vidualized suspicion that a particular student ber of graduates who now call the Johnstown Top 100 Women to winning the Presidential to be searched is participating in criminal ac- area their home, having successfully inte- Medal of Freedom. tivity or breaking the school rules. grated back into society as business owners From a humble upbringing as the daughter When schools officials do not focus student and community leaders leading a healthy life. of immigrant Belorussian factory workers, Evy searches on individuals who are suspected of In addition to equipping each resident with rose to become one of America’s most notable violating the law or school rules, the results of the ability to maintain his or her sobriety, Pe- labor organizers. Her ability to not stray from the searches are often fruitless. School admin- niel empowers clients to manage their imme- her roots while still embracing a wide variety istrators will do more to improve children’s diate environment and to have a positive influ- of viewpoints led to her success as a civil safety by concentrating on suspicious behavior ence in their homes, churches and commu- rights activist and a champion of the average and credible information from teachers and nities following completion of the program. American. students that school rules or criminal laws are Again, I offer my congratulations to Peniel Her distinguished career in labor organizing being broken, than by conducting widespread for reaching the milestone of its 25th anniver- eventually led her to Washington, DC, where unsubstantiated searches. sary. I am confident that, with such excellent she became a pillar of the movement as an While this legislation is well intentioned, it programs, the organization will continue to be unflinching and vigilant lobbyist for the Inter- nonetheless constitutes bad policy and is con- a vital asset to the region for another 25 years national Ladies Garment Workers Union. stitutionally unsound. Even if the language in and beyond.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20SE8.033 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 IN HONOR OF MABEL BURCH lins who passed away on September 8, 2006. Ithaca community and beyond. I am very NORWOOD’S 100TH BIRTHDAY A beloved mother, grandmother, and local proud of my constituents who have produced democratic organizer, Flossie embodied the this esteemed radio show that has become so HON. MICHAEL T. McCAUL true spirit of the Democratic Party both pub- widely enjoyed. OF TEXAS licly and in her daily life. From its creation in 1967, ‘‘Bound for Glory’’ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Born in Newville, Alabama, Flossie moved has been committed to producing outstanding to Cleveland, Ohio after high school where folk music and showcasing a broad range of Wednesday, September 20, 2006 she married Frederick Douglas Collins and musicians. ‘‘Bound for Glory’’, with its founder Mr. MCCAUL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise began a career as a nurse. Upon her retire- and long-time host Phil Shapiro, has produced today to honor the 100 birthday of Mabel ment, Flossie dedicated herself to her commu- over 1,200 live folk concerts and is North Burch Norwood. Mabel was born on Sep- nity by becoming an active volunteer for orga- America’s longest running radio show that still tember 20, 1906 in Del Valle, Texas to John nizations including the Cub Scouts, Girl features live concerts. In this era where spon- Clarence Burch and Ida Mae Jones. Scouts, War 19 Democratic Club, the Parent taneity is the exception rather than the norm On February 8, 1924 Mabel married James Teacher Association, and the Gunning Recre- on commercial radio, Bound for Glory provides Edward Norwood. Together they had 6 daugh- ation Center. Her service to her community a welcome reprieve. Today, the show is also ters, Marie Roberts, Betty Ball, Harriet Hum- stands as a beacon of the American Spirit of broadcast online through the Internet and is phrey, Dorothy Burchard, Earline Hocker and dedication to civic improvement and rich cul- accessible far beyond WVBR’s FM listeners. Barbara Parr. She has 14 grandchildren, 15 tural development. American folk music is in its renaissance great grandchildren, 11 great, great grand- Her steadfast loyalty to volunteering for due in no small part to programs like ‘‘Bound children, 3 great, great, great grandchildren charitable and meaningful causes locally for Glory’’. Society and culture have changed and 47 living descendants. What an accom- earned Flossie lifetime friendships and the re- greatly since 1967, but ‘‘Bound for Glory’’ has plishment. spect of many that knew her. The programs remained a consistent and enduring treasure. In the earlier years of her life, Mabel en- she spearheaded, including after school activi- Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to joyed staying home raising her family. She ties for at-risk youth and an effort to improve recognize ‘‘Bound for Glory’’ as it enters its also enjoyed teaching Sunday school at undeveloped neighborhoods through commu- 40th year on the air. I believe that the passion Haynie Chapel United Methodist Church nity interaction, became staples to the cultural of its listeners, programmers, and guest artists where she taught for 41 years. development of the Cleveland area. will ensure that this program continues to On this, her 100th birthday, I know I speak Flossie’s unwavering courage and commit- thrive. for her family, friends, my constituents and the ment to core values such as honesty, integrity, f Members of the House of Representatives in grace, and love were strengthened and rein- wishing her a very happy birthday. forced by a deep faith in God and a sturdy PERSONAL EXPLANATION f foundation in the true principles of Christianity. For over 60 years, Flossie embodied these HON. FRANK R. WOLF RECOGNIZING JOHN WILLIAM principles through being an active member OF VIRGINIA PERKOWSKI FOR ACHIEVING THE and leader in the Gethsemane Baptist Church. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT Though she held many titles and performed Wednesday, September 20, 2006 many duties for the church, her passion was HON. SAM GRAVES in singing. To her, the choir brought together Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, earlier today I was OF MISSOURI the voices of many people and bound them to- at Arlington National Cemetery attending the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gether in unity and community—just as she funeral with full military honors for LCDR did in her life. James Edwin Plowman, a missing-in-action Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Mr. Speaker and Colleagues, please join me Navy pilot shot down in 1967 in Vietnam, Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause in honoring the memory and recognizing the whose remains were positively identified after to recognize John ‘‘Will’’ Perkowski, a very accomplishments of Flossie Collins as a military investigators found his crash site sev- special young man who has exemplified the woman who stood for true American values. eral years ago. He was the father of James finest qualities of citizenship and leadership by f Plowman, Jr., Commonwealth’s attorney for taking an active part in the Boy Scouts of Loudoun County in my congressional district. America, Troop 633, and in earning the most PERSONAL EXPLANATION Had I been present and voting, I would have prestigious award of Eagle Scout. voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall 454, the motion to con- ‘‘Will’’ has been very active with his troop, HON. MARK R. KENNEDY sider H. Res. 1015, the rule for H.R. 4844, participating in many scout activities. Over the OF MINNESOTA Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006. many years Will has been involved with scout- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f ing, he has not only earned numerous merit badges, but also the respect of his family, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 RECOGNIZING THOMAS LAWRENCE peers, and community. Will held the principal Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I WILLIAMS FOR ACHIEVING THE leadership position of Venturing Crew Sec- was unavoidably detained yesterday, Sep- RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT retary and has actively supported recreational tember 15, 2006, however, my vote on the fol- therapy programs within regional hospitals. lowing rollcalls would have been as follows: HON. SAM GRAVES Will has donated over 100 man-hours of con- roll No. 451, H. Con. Res. 210—‘‘yea,’’ roll No. OF MISSOURI cert time through his chorus and barbershop 452, H. Res. 622—‘‘yea,’’ roll No. 453, H. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quartet performances. Con. Res. 415—‘‘yea.’’ Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in f commending John Perkowski for his accom- Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause plishments with the Boy Scouts of America PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE 40TH to recognize Thomas Williams, a very special and for his efforts put forth in achieving the SEASON OF ‘‘BOUND FOR GLORY’’ young man who has exemplified the finest highest distinction of Eagle Scout. qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- f HON. MAURICE D. HINCHEY ing an active part in the Boy Scouts of Amer- OF NEW YORK ica, Troop 633, and in earning the most pres- IN REMEMBRANCE OF FLOSSIE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tigious award of Eagle Scout. COLLINS Thomas has been very active with his troop, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 participating in many scout activities. Over the HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH Mr. HINCHEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to many years Thomas has been involved with OF OHIO honor the beginning of the 40th season of scouting, he has not only earned numerous IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘‘Bound for Glory.’’ This radio show is a week- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- ly live broadcast from Cornell University in ily, peers, and community. Thomas held the Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Ithaca, New York. Over the years this nation- principal leadership position of Venturing Crew Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in ally acclaimed program has become a distin- Treasurer and has actively supported VFW memory and recognition of Flossie Perry Col- guished and beloved musical institution in the Post 7356 in Parkville, Missouri.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A20SE8.038 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1781 Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in five years. They are the proud parents of two young man who has exemplified the finest commending Thomas Williams for his accom- lovely and adoring daughters, Heather and qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- plishments with the Boy Scouts of America Cindy. ing an active part in the Boy Scouts of Amer- and for his efforts put forth in achieving the Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor to take ica, Troop 633, and in earning the most pres- highest distinction of Eagle Scout. the floor of the House today to join with tigious award of Eagle Scout. f Tommy Harrington’s family, friends and broth- Byron has been very active with his troop, ers and sisters of labor to thank him for forty participating in many scout activities. Over the IN RECOGNITION OF THOMAS J. years of remarkable service to the American many years Byron has been involved with HARRINGTON FOR OVER FORTY Labor Movement. I hope my colleagues will scouting, he has not only earned numerous YEARS OF SERVICE TO LOCAL 33 join me in celebrating Tommy’s distinguished merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- OF THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD career and wishing him good health and God’s ily, peers, and community. Byron held the prin- OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS blessing in all his future endeavors. cipal leadership position of Senior Patrol Lead- OF AMERICA f er and has actively supported the ministry of Heartland Presbyterian Center. HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH RECOGNIZING THE 80TH ANNIVER- Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in OF MASSACHUSETTS SARY OF THE DADE CITY WOM- commending Byron Devlin for his accomplish- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EN’S CLUB BUILDING ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for Wednesday, September 20, 2006 his efforts put forth in achieving the highest HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE distinction of Eagle Scout. Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in OF FLORIDA f honor of a man whose professional life has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES been dedicated to improving the lives of work- CONDEMNING THE REPRESSION OF ing men and women in Massachusetts and Wednesday, September 20, 2006 THE IRANIAN BAHA’I COMMU- across our nation. Tommy Harrington is a re- Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. NITY AND CALLING FOR THE markable labor leader with a long and illus- Speaker, unfortunately, I am unable to be with EMANCIPATION OF IRANIAN BA- trious career in the United Brotherhood of Car- you for the 80th anniversary celebration of the HA’IS penters and Joiners of America, Massachu- Historic Dade City Women’s Club Building. I setts. know that you have worked long and hard to SPEECH OF Tommy joined the Carpenters Apprentice- make this a successful event, and today’s HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH ship Program in 1966 after graduating from ceremony is clear proof that your efforts were OF OHIO Boston Trade High School. During his tenure, successful. Unfortunately, I am unable to at- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he held several prestigious positions in Car- tend the celebration because I have to vote in penters Local 33, the Massachusetts State Congress in Washington, DC. Tuesday, September 19, 2006 Council of Carpenters and the New England For nearly 100 years, the Women’s Club Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I submit the Regional Council of Carpenters. In 1989, after has played a leading role in the Dade City following for the RECORD. twenty-three years in the field as a carpenter community. From city beautification efforts, to [From Time Magazine, Sept. 17, 2006] and Union Steward, he became a Business educational seminars, to helping meet the WHAT WOULD WAR LOOK LIKE? Agent for Local 33. In 1990, he was elected needs of area residents during times of war, (By Michael Duffy) President of the Massachusetts State Council the Women’s Club has many achievements of of Carpenters, an office which he held until which to be proud. The first message was routine enough: a 1993. Following this esteemed position, he be- ‘‘Prepare to Deploy’’ order sent through This year marks the 80th anniversary of the naval communications channels to a sub- came the Business Manager of Local 33 and construction of the current Women’s Club his- marine, an Aegis-class cruiser, two mine- was elevated to the position of Financial Sec- toric building. Since 1926, the clubhouse has sweepers and two mine hunters. The orders retary. been a meeting place for thousands of Pasco didn’t actually command the ships out of In September of 2001, Tommy reached the County women. Today, the site is used as a port; they just said to be ready to move by pinnacle of his career when he achieved the community center for area residents, in addi- Oct. 1. But inside the Navy those messages position of Executive Financial Secretary- tion to being the home of the Dade City Wom- generated more buzz than usual last week Treasurer of the New England Regional Coun- en’s Club. when a second request, from the Chief of cil of Carpenters. Tommy’s personal integrity, Naval Operations (CNO), asked for fresh eyes A building with so much history within its on long-standing U.S. plans to blockade two hard work and determination illustrate the best walls, in 1985 the clubhouse was designated Iranian oil ports on the Persian Gulf. The qualities of those who serve the working men as an historical site by the Pasco Historical CNO had asked for a rundown on how a and women of this country. Society. In 2003 was added to the prestigious blockade of those strategic targets might Although he has held many of the most offi- National Register of Historic Places. Genera- work. When he didn’t like the analysis he re- cial positions in Local 33, Tommy is best tions of Pasco County women have called this ceived, he ordered his troops to work the known for the personal relationships he cul- building home, and today’s anniversary cele- lash up once again. tivated with the men and women he worked bration is a fitting testament to its beauty, lon- What’s going on? The two orders offered with on a daily basis. Anyone who has had the tantalizing dues. There are only a few places gevity and historic value to the entire Dade in the world where minesweepers top the list privilege to call Tommy a colleague or friend City Community. of U.S. naval requirements. And every sailor, knows that he is one of the most thoughtful, Although I was unable to attend the 80th petroleum engineer and hedge-fund manager caring and compassionate individuals, always anniversary celebration, I appreciate the Wom- knows the name of the most important: the putting the safety and welfare of his union car- en’s Club’s continued support and commit- Strait of Hormuz, the 20-mile-wide bottle- penters and their families first. ment to the residents of Dade City. Keep up neck in the Persian Gulf through which Tommy has also set an example as a model the good work and know that you have my roughly 40% of the world’s oil needs to pass citizen. His civic involvement can be seen in thanks for improving the lives and economy of each day. Coupled with the CNO’s request for the numerous causes he has actively sup- a blockade review, a deployment of mine- Pasco County residents. sweepers to the west coast of Iran would ported. Tommy has worked tirelessly on behalf f seem to suggest that a much discussed—but of the pine Street Inn and Rosie’s Place volun- until now largely theoretical—prospect has teering his time and energy. He has partici- RECOGNIZING BYRON DEVLIN FOR become real: that the U.S. may be preparing pated in charity events for organizations like ACHIEVING THE RANK OF EAGLE for war with Iran. the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston and the SCOUT No one knows whether—let alone when—a South Boston Health Center. military confrontation with Tehran will Despite his various accomplishments, as his HON. SAM GRAVES come to pass. The fact that admirals are re- friend I can honestly say that the title that viewing plans for blockades is hardly proof of OF MISSOURI their intentions. The U.S. military routinely Tommy has always been most proud of and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES makes plans for scores of scenarios, the vast which he cherishes most, is the title of hus- Wednesday, September 20, 2006 majority of which will never be put into band and father. Tommy has had the enor- practice. ‘‘Planners always plan,’’ says a mous pleasure and tremendous good fortune Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause Pentagon official. Asked about the orders, a to be married to his wife Ginny for over thirty- to recognize Byron Devlin, a very special second official said only that the Navy is

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20SE8.044 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1782 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 stepping up its ‘‘listening and learning’’ in sense of past glory, this belief that Iran GPS-guided munitions and laser-targeted the Persian Gulf but nothing more—a pru- should play a lofty role in the world,’’ says bombs—sighted by satellite, spotter aircraft dent step, he added, after Iran tested surface- Nasser Hadian, professor of political science and unmanned vehicles—would do most of to-ship missiles there in August during a at Tehran University. the bunker busting. But because many of the two-week military exercise. And yet from But the nuclear program isn’t Washing- targets are hardened under several feet of re- the State Department to the White House to ton’s only worry about Iran. While stoking inforced concrete, most would have to be hit the highest reaches of the military com- nationalism at home, Tehran has dramati- over and over to ensure that they were de- mand, there is a growing sense that a show- cally consolidated its reach in the region. stroyed or sufficiently damaged. The U.S. down with Iran—over its suspected quest for Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran has would have to mount the usual aerial ballet, nuclear weapons, its threats against Israel sponsored terrorist groups in a handful of refueling tankers as well as search-and-res- and its bid for dominance of the world’s rich- countries, but its backing of Hizballah, the cue helicopters in case pilots were shot down est oil region—may be impossible to avoid. militant group that took Lebanon to war by Iran’s aging but possibly still effective air The chief of the U.S. Central Command with Israel this summer, seems to be chang- defenses. U.S. submarines and ships could (Centcom), General John Abizaid, has called ing the Middle East balance of power. There launch cruise missiles as well, but their war- a commanders conference for later this is circumstantial evidence that Iran ordered heads are generally too small to do much month in the Persian Gulf—sessions he holds Hizballah to provoke this summer’s war, in damage to reinforced concrete—and might be at least quarterly—and Iran is on the agen- part to demonstrate that Tehran can stir up used for secondary targets. An operation of da. big trouble if pushed to the brink. The pre- that size would hardly be surgical. Many On its face, of course, the notion of a war cise extent of coordination between sites are in highly populated areas, so civil- with Iran seems absurd. By any rational Hizballah and Tehran is unknown. But no ian casualties would be a certainty. measure, the last thing the U.S. can afford is longer in dispute after the standoff in July is Whatever the order of battle, a U.S. strike another war. Two unfinished wars—one on Iran’s ability to project power right up to would have a lasting impression on Iran’s Iran’s eastern border, the other on its west- the borders of Israel. It is no coincidence rulers. U.S. officials believe that a campaign ern flank—are daily depleting America’s that the talk in Washington about what to of several days, involving hundreds or even treasury and overworked armed forces. Most do with Iran became more focused after thousands of sorties, could set back Iran’s of Washington’s allies in those adventures Hizballah fought the Israeli army to a vir- nuclear program by 2 to 3 years. Hit hard have made it clear they will not join another tual standstill this summer. enough, some believe, Iranians might de- gamble overseas. What’s more, the Bush And yet the West has been unable to com- velop second thoughts about their govern- team, led by Secretary of State Condoleezza pel Iran to comply with its demands. Despite ment’s designs as a regional nuclear power. all the work Rice has put into her coalition, Rice, has done more diplomatic spadework Some U.S. foes of Iran’s regime believe that diplomatic efforts are moving too slowly, the crisis of legitimacy that the ruling cler- on Iran than on any other project in its 51⁄2 some believe, to stop the Iranians before years in office. For more than 18 months, ics would face in the wake of a U.S. attack they acquire the makings of a nuclear de- Rice has kept the Administration’s hard-line could trigger their downfall, although others vice. And Iran has played its hand shrewdly are convinced it would unite the population faction at bay while leading a coalition that so far. Tehran took weeks to reply to a for- with the government in anti-American rage. includes four other members of the U.N. Se- mal proposal from the U.N. Security Council But it is also likely that the U.S. could curity Council and is trying to force Tehran calling on a halt to uranium enrichment. carry out a massive attack and still leave to halt its suspicious nuclear ambitions. When it did, its official response was a mo- Iran with some part of its nuclear program Even Iran’s former President, Mohammed saic of half-steps, conditions and boilerplate intact. It’s possible that U.S. warplanes Khatami, was in Washington this month that suggested Tehran has little intention of could destroy every known nuclear site— calling for a ‘‘dialogue’’ between the two na- backing down. ‘‘The Iranians,’’ says a West- while Tehran’s nuclear wizards, operating at tions. ern diplomat in Washington, ‘‘are very able other, undiscovered sites even deeper under- But superpowers don’t always get to negotiators. ‘‘ ground, continued their work. ‘‘We don’t choose their enemies or the timing of their That doesn’t make war inevitable. But at know where it all is,’’ said a White House of- confrontations. The fact that all sides would some point the U.S. and its allies may have ficial, ‘‘so we can’t get it al1.’’ risk losing so much in armed conflict doesn’t to confront the ultimate choice. The Bush WHAT WOULD COME NEXT? mean they won’t stumble into one anyway. Administration has said it won’t tolerate And for all the good arguments against any No one who has spent any time thinking Iran having a nuclear weapon. Once it does, about an attack on Iran doubts that a U.S. war now, much less this one, there are just the regime will have the capacity to carry as many indications that a genuine, eyeball- operation would reap a whirlwind. The only out Ahmadinejad’s threats to eliminate mystery is what kind. ‘‘It’s not a question of to-eyeball crisis between the U.S. and Iran Israel. And in practical terms, the U.S. may be looming, and sooner than many real- whether we can do a strike or not and wheth- would have to consider military action long er the strike could be effective,’’ says retired ize. ‘‘At the moment,’’ says Ali Ansari, a top before Iran had an actual bomb. In military Iran authority at London’s Chatham House, Marine General Anthony Zinni. ‘‘It certainly circles, there is a debate about where—and would be, to some degree. But are you pre- a foreign-policy think tank, ‘‘we are headed when—to draw that line. U.S. intelligence for conflict.’’ pared for all that follows?’’ chief John Negroponte told TIME in April Retired Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner, So what would it look like? Interviews that Iran is 5 years away from having a nu- who taught strategy at the National War with dozens of experts and government offi- clear weapon. But some nonproliferation ex- College, has been conducting a mock U.S.- cials in Washington, Tehran and elsewhere in perts worry about a different moment: when Iran war game for American policymakers the Middle East paint a sobering picture: Iran is able to enrich enough uranium to fuel for the past 5 years. Virtually every time he military action against Iran’s nuclear facili- a bomb—a point that comes well before engi- runs the game, Gardiner says, a similar ties would have a decent chance of suc- neers actually assemble a nuc1ear device. nightmare scenario unfolds: the U.S. attack, ceeding, but at a staggering cost. And there- Many believe that is when a country be- no matter how successful, spawns a variety in lies the excruciating calculus facing the comes a nuclear power. That red line, ex- of asymmetrical retaliations by Tehran. U.S. and its allies: Is the cost of confronting perts say, could be just a year away. First comes terrorism: Iran’s initial reaction Iran greater than the dangers of living with WOULD AN ATTACK WORK? to air strikes might be to authorize a a nuclear Iran? And can anything short of Hizballah attack on Israel, in order to draw war persuade Tehran’s fundamentalist re- The answer is yes and no. No one is talking about a ground invasion Israel into the war and rally public support gime to give up its dangerous game? of Iran. Too many U.S. troops are tied down at home. ROAD TO WAR elsewhere to make it possible, and besides, it Next, Iran might try to foment as much The crisis with Iran has been years in the isn’t necessary. If the U.S. goal is simply to mayhem as possible inside the two nations making. Over the past decade, Iran has ac- stunt Iran’s nuclear program, it can be done on its flanks, Afghanistan and Iraq, where quired many of the pieces, parts and plants better and more safely by air. An attack lim- more than 160,000 U.S. troops hold a tenuous needed to make a nuclear device. Although ited to Iran’s nuclear facilities would none- grip on local populations. Iran has already Iranian officials insist that Iran’s ambitions theless require a massive campaign. Experts dabbled in partnership with warlords in are limited to nuclear energy, the regime has say that Iran has between 18 and 30 nuclear- western Afghanistan, where U.S. military asserted its right to develop nuclear power related facilities. The sites are dispersed authority has never been strong; it would be and enrich uranium that could be used in around the country—some in the open, some a small step to lend aid to Taliban forces bombs as an end in itself—a symbol of sov- cloaked in the guise of conventional fac- gaining strength in the south. Meanwhile, ereign pride, not to mention a useful prop for tories, some buried deep underground. Tehran has links to the main factions in politicking. Iran’s President Mahmoud A Pentagon official says that among the Iraq, which would welcome a boost in money Ahmadinejad has crisscrossed the country in known sites there are 1,500 different ‘‘aim and weapons, if just to strengthen their hand recent months making Iran’s right to a nu- points,’’ which means the campaign could against rivals. Analysts generally believe clear program a national cause and trying to well require the involvement of almost every that Iran could in a short time orchestrate a solidify his base of hard-line support in the type of aircraft in the U.S. arsenal: Stealth dramatic increase in the number and sever- Revolutionary Guards. The nuclear program bombers and fighters, B–ls and B–2s, as well ity of attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq. As Syed is popular with average Iranians and the as F–15s and F–16s operating from land and Ayad, a secular Shi’ite cleric and Iraqi Mem- e´lites as well. ‘‘Iranian leaders have this F–18s from aircraft carriers. ber of Parliament says, ‘‘America owns the

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Iran could plant mines and launch technologies, like parts for its centrifuge The latest such urging was released here dozens of armed boats into the bottleneck, cascades for uranium enrichment, and bar Thursday by the Iran Policy Committee choking off the shipping lanes in the Strait travel overseas by certain government offi- (IPC), a group headed by a former National of Hormuz and causing a massive disruption cials. The next step would be restrictions on Security Council staffer Ray Tanter, several of oil-tanker traffic. A low-key Iranian min- government purchases of computer software retired senior military officers, and a former ing operation in 1987 forced the U.S. to reflag and hardware, office supplies, tires and auto ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Kuwaiti oil tankers and escort them, in parts—steps Russia and China have signaled The 30-page document, ‘‘U.S. Policy Op- slow-moving files of one and two, up and some reluctance to endorse. But even Rice’s tions for Iran’’ by former Central Intel- down the Persian Gulf. A more intense oper- advisers don’t believe that Iran can be per- ligence Agency (CIA) officer Clare Lopez, ap- ation would probably send oil prices soaring suaded to completely abandon its ambitions. pears to reflect the views of the administra- above $100 per bbl.—which may explain why Instead, they hope to tie Iran up in a series tion’s most radical hawks among the Penta- the Navy wants to be sure its small fleet of of suspensions, delays and negotiations until gon’s civilian leadership and in the office of minesweepers is ready to go into action at a a more pragmatic faction of leadership in Vice President Dick Cheney. moment’s notice. It is unlikely that Iran Tehran gains the upper hand. It was Cheney who launched the latest would turn off its own oil spigot or halt its At the moment, that sounds as much like bout of saber-rattling when he told a radio exports through pipelines overland, but it a prayer as a strategy. A former CIA direc- interviewer last month that Tehran was could direct its proxies in Iraq and Saudi tor, asked not long ago whether a moderate ‘‘right at the top of the list’’ of the world’s Arabia to attack pipelines, wells and ship- faction will ever emerge in Tehran, quipped, trouble spots and that Israel may strike at ment points inside those countries, further ‘‘I don’t think I’ve ever met an Iranian mod- suspected Iranian nuclear sites even before choking supply and driving up prices. erate—not at the top of the government, the U.S. That kind of retaliation could quickly anyway.’’ But if sanctions don’t work, what The study echoes many of the same transform a relatively limited U.S. mission might? Outside the Administration, a grow- themes—mainly support for the Iranian ex- in Iran into a much more complicated one ing group of foreign policy hands from both iled and internal opposition against the gov- involving regime change. An Iran deter- parties have called on the U.S. to bring ernment—as another policy paper released mined to use all its available weapons to Tehran into direct negotiations in the hope by the mainly neoconservative Committee counterattack the U.S. and its allies would of striking a grand bargain. Under that for- on the Present Danger (CPD) in December, present a challenge to American prestige mula, the U.S. might offer Iran some secu- but it is also much harsher. that no Commander in Chief would be likely rity guarantees—such as forswearing efforts Both papers favored military strikes to tolerate for long. Zinni, for one, believes to topple Iran’s theocratic regime—in ex- against suspected nuclear and other weapons an attack on Iran could eventually lead to change for Iran’s agreeing to open its facili- facilities if that was the only way to prevent U.S. troops on the ground. ‘‘You’ve got to be ties to international inspectors and abandon Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and careful with your assumptions,’’ he says. ‘‘In weapons-related projects. It would be painful endorsed ‘‘regime change’’ as U.S. policy. Iraq, the assumption was that it would be a for any U.S. Administration to recognize the But the CPD paper, which had the influen- liberation, not an occupation. You’ve got to legitimacy of a regime that sponsors ter- tial backing of former Secretary of State be prepared for the worst case, and the worst rorism and calls for Israel’s destruction—but George Shultz, called for a ‘‘peaceful’’ strat- case involving Iran takes you down to boots the time may come when that’s the only bar- egy that involved elements of both engage- on the ground.’’ All that, he says, makes an gaining chip short of war the U.S. has left. ment and nonviolent subversion similar to attack on Iran a ‘‘dumb idea.’’ Abizaid, the And still that may not be enough. ‘‘[The Ira- that pursued by Washington in Poland and current Centcom boss, chose his words care- nians] would give up nuclear power if they elsewhere in Central Europe, particularly fully last May. ‘‘Look, any war with a coun- truly believed the U.S. would accept Iran as during the 1980s. try that is as big as Iran, that has a terrorist it is,’’ says a university professor in Tehran The latest report does grant a role for capability along its borders, that has a mis- who asked not to be identified. ‘‘But the mis- ‘‘carrots’’ in achieving a delay in Iran’s nu- sile capability that is external to its own trust runs too deep for them to believe that clear ambitions and even in regime change, borders and that has the ability to affect the is possible.’’ although the IPC’s members expressed great- world’s oil markets is something that every- Such distrust runs both ways and is get- er skepticism that the EU–3 talks will be ef- one needs to contemplate with a great degree ting deeper. Unless the U.S., its allies and fective or even desirable. of clarity.’’ Iran can find a way to make diplomacy ‘‘Negotiations will not work,’’ said Maj. Gen. (ret.) Paul Vallely, chairman of the CAN IT BE STOPPED? work, the whispers of blockades and mine- sweepers in the Persian Gulf may soon be military committee of the neoconservative Given the chaos that a war might unleash, Center for Security Policy, who described what options does the world have to avoid it? drowned out by the cries of war. And if the U.S. has learned anything over the past 5 the Iranian regime as a ‘‘house of cards.’’ One approach would be for the U.S. to accept Instead, the IPC’s main emphasis is on Iran as a nuclear power and learn to live years, it’s that war in the Middle East rarely goes according to plan. more aggressive actions to bring about the with an Iranian bomb, focusing its efforts on desired goals, including military strikes and deterrence rather than pre-emption. The risk [From antiwar.com, Feb. 11, 2005] active efforts to destabilize the government, is that a nuclear-armed Iran would use its in major part through the support and de- IRAN WAR DRUMS BEAT HARDER regional primacy to become the dominant ployment of what it calls ‘‘indisputably the foreign power in Iraq, threaten Israel and (By Jim Lobe) largest and most organized Iranian opposi- make it harder for Washington to exert its Despite the Bush administration’s insist- tion group,’’ the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)— will in the region. And it could provoke ence that, at least for now, it remains com- an idea that many Iran specialists here be- Sunni countries in the region, like Saudi mitted to using diplomatic means to halt lieve is likely to prove exceptionally coun- Arabia and Egypt, to start nuclear programs Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program, war terproductive. of their own to contain rising Shi’ite power. drums against the Islamic Republic appear ‘‘[A]s an additional step [in a strategy of Those equally unappetizing prospects—war to be beating more loudly here. destabilization],’’ the paper states, ‘‘the or a new arms race in the Middle East—ex- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as- United States might encourage the new Iraqi plain why the White House is kicking up its sured Europeans on her trip this past week government to extend formal recognition to efforts to resolve the Iran problem before it that Washington does indeed support the ef- the MEK, based in Ashraf [Iraq], as a legiti- gets that far. Washington is doing every- forts of France, Britain, and Germany (EU–3) mate political organization. Such a recogni- thing it can to make Iran think twice about to reach a diplomatic settlement on the tion would send yet another signal from its ongoing game of stonewall. It is a meas- issue. However, she also made it clear that neighboring Iraq that the noose is tightening ure of the Administration’s unity on Iran Washington has no interest in joining them around Iran’s unelected rulers.’’ that confrontationalists like Vice President at the negotiating table or extending much The MEK fought on Iraq’s side during the Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald in the way of carrots. Iran-Iraq war and has been listed as a ‘‘ter- Rumsfeld have lately not wandered off the And her consistent refusal to reiterate rorist group’’ by the State Department since rhetorical reservation. Everyone has been former Deputy Secretary of State Richard 1997 as a result of its assassination of U.S. of- careful—for now—to stick to Rice’s diplo- Armitage’s flat assertion in December that ficials during the Shah’s reign and of Iranian matic emphasis. ‘‘Nobody is considering a Washington does not seek ‘‘regime change’’ officials after the Revolution. military option at this point,’’ says an Ad- in Tehran has added to the impression that However, it has long been supported by the ministration official. ‘‘We’re trying to pre- the administration is set firmly on a path to- Pentagon civilians and Cheney’s office, and vent a situation in which the President finds ward confrontation. their backers in Congress and the press as a himself having to decide between a nuclear- Whether the administration is pursuing a possible asset against Iran despite its official armed Iran or going to war. The best hope of ‘‘good cop/bad cop’’ strategy—in which Wash- ‘‘terrorist’’ status. avoiding that dilemma is hard-nosed diplo- ington’s role is to brandish the sticks and Indeed, there have been persistent reports, macy, one that has serious consequences.’’ the EU–3 the carrots—remains unclear, but most recently from a former CIA officer,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20SE8.053 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 Philip Giraldi, in the current edition of the Iranian regime the opportunity to begin a White House said that it would not comment American Conservative magazine, that U.S. pilot program, planned for this spring, to en- on military planning but added, ‘‘As the Special Forces have been directing members rich uranium. President has indicated, we are pursuing a of the group in carrying out reconnaissance American and European intelligence agen- diplomatic solution’’; the Defense Depart- and intelligence collection in Iran from cies, and the International Atomic Energy ment also said that Iran was being dealt bases in Afghanistan and Balochistan, Paki- Agency (I.A.E.A.), agree that Iran is intent with through ‘‘diplomatic channels’’ but stan, since last summer as part of an effort on developing the capability to produce nu- wouldn’t elaborate on that; the C.I.A. said to identify possible targets for military clear weapons. But there are widely differing that there were ‘‘inaccuracies’’ in this ac- strikes. estimates of how long that will take, and count but would not specify them.) After bombing MEK bases in the opening whether diplomacy, sanctions, or military ‘‘This is much more than a nuclear issue,’’ days of the Iraq invasion in March 2003, the action is the best way to prevent it. Iran in- one high-ranking diplomat told me in Vi- U.S. military worked out a cease-fire agree- sists that its research is for peaceful use enna. ‘‘That’s just a rallying point, and there ment that resulted in the group’s surrender only, in keeping with the Nuclear Non-Pro- is still time to fix it. But the Administration of its heavy weapons and the concentration liferation Treaty, and that it will not be de- believes it cannot be fixed unless they con- of about 4,000 of their members, some of layed or deterred. trol the hearts and minds of Iran. The real whom have since repatriated voluntarily to There is a growing conviction among mem- issue is who is going to control the Middle Iran, at their base at Ashraf. bers of the United States military, and in East and its oil in the next ten years.’’ The State Department, which was then en- the international community, that President A senior Pentagon adviser on the war on gaged in quiet talks with Iran about dis- Bush’s ultimate goal in the nuclear con- terror expressed a similar view. ‘‘This White persing the group in exchange for Tehran’s frontation with Iran is regime change. Iran’s House believes that the only way to solve handing over prominent al-Qaeda members President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has chal- the problem is to change the power structure in its custody, clashed repeatedly with the lenged the reality of the Holocaust and said in Iran, and that means war,’’ he said. The Pentagon over the MEK’s treatment. that Israel must be ‘‘wiped off the map.’’ danger, he said, was that ‘‘it also reinforces After State was forced by the White House Bush and others in the White House view the belief inside Iran that the only way to to break off its dialogue with Tehran fol- him as a potential Adolf Hitler, a former sen- defend the country is to have a nuclear capa- lowing al Qaeda attacks in Saudi Arabia, al- ior intelligence official said. ‘‘That’s the bility.’’ A military conflict that destabilized legedly ordered from somewhere on Iranian name they’re using. They say, ‘Will Iran get the region could also increase the risk of ter- territory, the administration determined a strategic weapon and threaten another ror: ‘‘Hezbollah comes into play,’’ the ad- that MEK members in Iraq should be given world war?’’’ viser said, referring to the terror group that Geneva Convention protections. A government consultant with close ties to is considered one of the world’s most suc- The IPC now wants the State Department the civilian leadership in the Pentagon said cessful, and which is now a Lebanese polit- to take the MEK off the terrorist list, a posi- that Bush was ‘‘absolutely convinced that ical party with strong ties to Iran. ‘‘And here tion backed by several dozen members of Iran is going to get the bomb’’ if it is not comes Al Qaeda.’’ Congress who have been actively courted by stopped. He said that the President believes In recent weeks, the President has quietly the group and believe that a confrontation that he must do ‘‘what no Democrat or Re- initiated a series of talks on plans for Iran with Iran is inevitable. publican, if elected in the future, would have with a few key senators and members of Con- ‘‘Removing the terrorist designation from the courage to do,’’ and ‘‘that saving Iran is gress, including at least one Democrat. A the MEK could serve as the most tangible going to be his legacy.’’ senior member of the House Appropriations signal to the Iranian regime, as well as to One former defense official, who still deals Committee, who did not take part in the the Iranian people, that a new option is now with sensitive issues for the Bush Adminis- meetings but has discussed their content on the table,’’ according to the report. tration, told me that the military planning with his colleagues, told me that there had ‘‘Removal might also have the effect of was premised on a belief that ‘‘a sustained been ‘‘no formal briefings,’’ because ‘‘they’re supporting President Bush’s assertion [in his bombing campaign in Iran will humiliate the reluctant to brief the minority. They’re State of the Union address] that America religious leadership and lead the public to doing the Senate, somewhat selectively.’’ stands with the people of Iran in their strug- rise up and overthrow the government.’’ He The House member said that no one in the gle to liberate themselves.’’ added, ‘‘I was shocked when I heard it, and meetings ‘‘is really objecting’’ to the talk of But most Iran specialists, both inside and asked myself, ’What are they smoking?’ ‘‘ war. ‘‘The people they’re briefing are the outside the government, who agree that the The rationale for regime change was ar- same ones who led the charge on Iraq. At regime is deeply unpopular, also insist that ticulated in early March by Patrick Clawson, most, questions are raised: How are you Washington’s endorsement of the MEK will an Iran expert who is the deputy director for going to hit all the sites at once? How are actually bolster the regime in Tehran. research at the Washington Institute for you going to get deep enough?’’ (Iran is ‘‘Everybody I’ve ever talked to in Iran or Near East Policy and who has been a sup- building facilities underground.) ‘‘There’s no who have gone to Iran tell me without excep- porter of President Bush. ‘‘So long as Iran pressure from Congress’’ not to take mili- tion that these people are despised,’’ said has an Islamic republic, it will have a nu- tary action, the House member added. ‘‘The Gary Sick. who handled Iranian policy for clear-weapons program, at least clandes- only political pressure is from the guys who the National Security Council under former tinely,’’ Clawson told the Senate Foreign Re- want to do it.’’ Speaking of President Bush, President Jimmy Carter. lations Committee on March 2nd. ‘‘The key the House member said, ‘‘The most worri- When they invaded Iran from Iraq in the issue, therefore, is: How long will the present some thing is that this guy has a messianic last year of the Iran-Iraq war, according to Iranian regime last?’’ vision.’’ Sick, who teaches at Columbia University, When I spoke to Clawson, he emphasized Some operations, apparently aimed in part they had expected to march straight to that ‘‘this Administration is putting a lot of at intimidating Iran, are already under way. Tehran gathering support all along the way. effort into diplomacy.’’ However, he added, American Naval tactical aircraft, operating ‘‘But they never got beyond a little border Iran had no choice other than to accede to from carriers in the Arabian Sea, have been town before running into stiff resistance. It America’s demands or face a military at- flying simulated nuclear-weapons delivery was a very ugly incident. They had a chance tack. Clawson said that he fears that missions—rapid ascending maneuvers known to show what they can do, and the bottom Ahmadinejad ‘‘sees the West as wimps and as ‘‘over the shoulder’’ bombing—since last line was nothing very much. I’ve seen noth- thinks we will eventually cave in. We have summer, the former official said, within ing since then to change my estimate,’’ he to be ready to deal with Iran if the crisis es- range of Iranian coastal radars. said. calates:’’ Clawson said that he would prefer Last month, in a paper given at a con- to rely on sabotage and other clandestine ac- ference on Middle East security in Berlin, [From the New Yorker, Apr. 17, 2006] tivities, such as ‘‘industrial accidents.’’ But, Colonel Sam Gardiner, a military analyst he said, it would be prudent to prepare for a who taught at the National War College be- THE IRAN PLANS wider war, ‘‘given the way the Iranians are fore retiring from the Air Force, in 1987, pro- (By Seymour M. Hersh) acting. This is not like planning to invade vided an estimate of what would be needed to The Bush Administration, while publicly Quebec.’’ destroy Iran’s nuclear program. Working advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran One military planner told me that White from satellite photographs of the known fa- from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has in- House criticisms of Iran and the high tempo cilities, Gardiner estimated that at least creased clandestine activities inside Iran and of planning and clandestine activities four hundred targets would have to be hit. intensified planning for a possible major air amount to a campaign of ‘‘coercion’’ aimed He added: attack. Current and former American mili- at Iran. ‘‘You have to be ready to go, and I don’t think a U.S. military planner would tary and intelligence officials said that Air we’ll see how they respond,’’ the officer said. want to stop there. Iran probably has two Force planning groups are drawing up lists of ‘‘You have to really show a threat in order to chemical-production plants. We would hit targets, and teams of American combat get Ahmadinejad to back down.’’ He added, those. We would want to hit the medium- troops have been ordered into Iran, under ‘‘People think Bush has been focused on Sad- range ballistic missiles that have just re- cover, to collect targeting data and to estab- dam Hussein since 9/11,’’ but, ‘‘in my view, if cently been moved closer to Iraq. There are lish contact with anti-government ethnic- you had to name one nation that was his fourteen airfields with sheltered aircraft. minority groups. The officials say that focus all the way along, it was Iran.’’ (In re- ... We’d want to get rid of that threat. We President Bush is determined to deny the sponse to detailed requests for comment, the would want to hit the assets that could be

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But, he added, ‘‘If you’re going to One of the military’s initial option plans, ualties, and contamination over years. This do any bombing to stop the nukes, you might as presented to the White House by the Pen- is not an underground nuclear test, where all as well improve your lie across the board. tagon this winter, calls for the use of a bunk- you see is the earth raised a little bit. These Maybe hit some training camps, and clear up er-buster tactical nuclear weapon, such as politicians don’t have a clue, and whenever a lot of other problems.’’ the B61–11, against underground nuclear anybody tries to get it out’’—remove the nu- The Pentagon adviser said that, in the sites. One target is Iran’s main centrifuge clear option—‘‘they’re shouted down.’’ event of an attack, the Air Force intended to plant, at Natanz, nearly two hundred miles The attention given to the nuclear option strike many hundreds of targets in Iran but south of Tehran. Natanz, which is no longer has created serious misgivings inside the of- that ‘‘ninety-nine percent of them have under I.A.E.A. safeguards, reportedly has un- fices of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he added, nothing to do with proliferation. There are derground floor space to hold fifty thousand and some officers have talked about resign- people who believe it’s the way to operate’’— centrifuges, and laboratories and workspaces ing. Late this winter, the Joint Chiefs of that the Administration can achieve its pol- buried approximately seventy-five feet be- Staff sought to remove the nuclear option icy goals in Iran with a bombing campaign, neath the surface. That number of cen- from the evolving war plans for Iran—with- an idea that has been supported by trifuges could provide enough enriched ura- out success, the former intelligence official neoconservatives. nium for about twenty nuclear warheads a said. ‘‘The White House said, ‘Why are you If the order were to be given for an attack, year. (Iran has acknowledged that it ini- challenging this? The option came from the American combat troops now operating tially kept the existence of its enrichment you.’’’ in Iran would be in position to mark the crit- program hidden from I.A.E.A. inspectors, but The Pentagon adviser on the war on terror ical targets with laser beams, to insure claims that none of its current activity is confirmed that some in the Administration bombing accuracy and to minimize civilian barred by the Non-Proliferation Treaty.) The were looking seriously at this option, which casualties. As of early winter, I was told by elimination of Natanz would be a major set- he linked to a resurgence of interest in tac- the government consultant with close ties to back for Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but the tical nuclear weapons among Pentagon civil- civilians in the Pentagon, the units were conventional weapons in the American arse- ians and in policy circles. He called it ‘‘a jug- also working with minority groups in Iran, nal could not insure the destruction of facili- gernaut that has to be stopped.’’ He also con- including the Azeris, in the north, the ties under seventy-five feet of earth and firmed that some senior officers and officials Baluchis, in the southeast, and the Kurds, in rock, especially if they are reinforced with were considering resigning over the issue. the northeast. The troops ‘‘are studying the concrete. ‘‘There are very strong sentiments within terrain, and giving away walking-around There is a Cold War precedent for targeting the military against brandishing nuclear money to ethnic tribes, and recruiting scouts deep underground bunkers with nuclear weapons against other countries,’’ the ad- from local tribes and shepherds,’’ the con- weapons. In the early nineteen-eighties, the viser told me. ‘‘This goes to high levels.’’ sultant said. One goal is to get ‘‘eyes on the American intelligence community watched The matter may soon reach a decisive point, ground’’—quoting a line from ‘‘Othello,’’ he as the Soviet government began digging a he said, because the Joint Chiefs had agreed said, ‘‘Give me the ocular proof.’’ The broad- huge underground complex outside Moscow. to give President Bush a formal rec- er aim, the consultant said, is to ‘‘encourage Analysts concluded that the underground fa- ommendation stating that they are strongly ethnic tensions’’ and undermine the regime. cility was designed for ‘‘continuity of gov- opposed to considering the nuclear option for The new mission for the combat troops is ernment’’—for the political and military Iran. ‘‘The internal debate on this has hard- a product of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld’s leadership to survive a nuclear war. (There ened in recent weeks,’’ the adviser said. long-standing interest in expanding the role are similar facilities, in Virginia and Penn- ‘‘And, if senior Pentagon officers express of the military in covert operations, which sylvania, for the American leadership.) The their opposition to the use of offensive nu- was made official policy in the Pentagon’s Soviet facility still exists, and much of what clear weapons, then it will never happen.’’ Quadrennial Defense Review, published in the U.S. knows about it remains classified. The adviser added, however, that the idea February. Such activities, if conducted by ‘‘The ‘tell’—‘the giveaway’—was the venti- of using tactical nuclear weapons in such sit- C.I.A. operatives, would need a Presidential lator shafts, some of which were disguised,’’ uations has gained support from the Defense Finding and would have to be reported to the former senior intelligence official told Science Board, an advisory panel whose key members of Congress. me. At the time, he said, it was determined members are selected by Secretary of De- ‘‘ ‘Force protection’ is the new buzzword,’’ that ‘‘only nukes’’ could destroy the bunker. fense Donald Rumsfeld. ‘‘They’re telling the the former senior intelligence official told He added that some American intelligence Pentagon that we can build the B6l with me. He was referring to the Pentagon’s posi- analysts believe that the Russians helped the more blast and less radiation,’’ he said. tion that clandestine activities that can be Iranians design their underground facility. The chairman of the Defense Science Board broadly classified as preparing the battle- ‘‘We see a similarity of design,’’ specifically is William Schneider, Jr., an Under-Sec- field or protecting troops are military, not in the ventilator shafts, he said. retary of State in the Reagan Administra- intelligence, operations, and are therefore A former high-level Defense Department tion. In January, 2001, as President Bush pre- not subject to congressional oversight. ‘‘The official told me that, in his view, even lim- pared to take office, Schneider served on an guys in the Joint Chiefs of Staff say there ited bombing would allow the U.S. to ‘‘go in ad-hoc panel on nuclear forces sponsored by are a lot of uncertainties in Iran,’’ he said. there and do enough damage to slow down the National Institute for Public Policy, a ‘‘We need to have more than what we had in the nuclear infrastructure—it’s feasible.’’ conservative think tank. The panel’s report Iraq. Now we have the green light to do ev- The former defense official said, ‘‘The Ira- recommended treating tactical nuclear erything we want.’’ nians don’t have friends, and we can tell weapons as an essential part of the U.S. arse- The President’s deep distrust of them that, if necessary, we’ll keep knocking nal and noted their suitability ‘‘for those oc- Ahmadinejad has strengthened his deter- back their infrastructure. The United States casions when the certain and prompt de- mination to confront Iran. This view has should act like we’re ready to go.’’ He added, struction of high priority targets is essential been reinforced by allegations that ‘‘We don’t have to knock down all of their and beyond the promise of conventional Ahmadinejad, who joined a special-forces air defenses. Our stealth bombers and stand- weapons.’’ Several signers of the report are brigade of the Revolutionary Guards in 1986, off missiles really work, and we can blow now prominent members of the Bush Admin- may have been involved in terrorist activi- fixed things up. We can do things on the istration, including Stephen Hadley, the na- ties in the late eighties. (There are gaps in ground, too, but it’s difficult and very dan- tional-security adviser; Stephen Cambone, Ahmadinejad’s official biography in this pe- gerous—put bad stuff in ventilator shafts the Under-Secretary of Defense for Intel- riod.) Ahmadinejad has reportedly been con- and put them to sleep.’’ ligence; and Robert Joseph, the Under-Sec- nected to Imad Mughniyeh, a terrorist who But those who are familiar with the Soviet retary of State for Arms Control and Inter- has been implicated in the deadly bombings bunker, according to the former senior intel- national Security. of the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Marine bar- ligence official, ‘‘say ‘No way.’’’ The Pentagon adviser questioned the value racks in Beirut, in 1983. Mughniyeh was then You’ve got to know what’s underneath—to of air strikes. ‘‘The Iranians have distributed the security chief of Hezbollah; he remains know which ventilator feeds people, or diesel their nuclear activity very well, and we have on the F.B.I.’s list of most-wanted terrorists. generators, or which are false. And there’s a no clue where some of the key stuff is. It Robert Baer, who was a C.I.A. officer in the lot that we don’t know.’’ The lack of reliable could even be out of the country,’’ he said. Middle East and elsewhere for two decades, intelligence leaves military planners, given He warned, as did many others, that bomb- told me that Ahmadinejad and his Revolu- the goal of totally destroying the sites, little ing Iran could provoke ‘‘a chain reaction’’ of tionary Guard colleagues in the Iranian gov- choice but to consider the use of tactical nu- attacks on American facilities and citizens ernment ‘‘are capable of making a bomb, clear weapons. ‘‘Every other option, in the throughout the world: ‘‘What will 1.2 billion hiding it, and launching it at Israel. They’re view of the nuclear weaponeers, would leave Muslims think the day we attack Iran?’’ apocalyptic Shiites. If you’re sitting in Tel a gap,’’ the former senior intelligence offi- With or without the nuclear option, the Aviv and you believe they’ve got nukes and cial said. ‘‘ ‘Decisive’ is the key word of the list of targets may inevitably expand. One missiles—you’ve got to take them out. These

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It was a clas- throughout the Iranian bureaucracy; by the vided information on Iran’s weapons design sic ‘‘walk-in.’’ end of January, they had replaced thousands and its time line for building a bomb. ‘‘The A European intelligence official said, of civil servants with their own members. picture is of ‘unquestionable danger,’’’ the ‘‘There was some hesitation on our side’’ One former senior United Nations official, former senior intelligence official said. (The about what the materials really proved, ‘‘and who has extensive experience with Iran, de- Pentagon adviser also confirmed that Khan we are still not convinced.’’ The drawings picted the turnover as ‘‘a white coup,’’ with has been ‘‘singing like a canary.’’) The con- were not meticulous, as newspaper accounts ominous implications for the West. ‘‘Profes- cern, the former senior official said, is that suggested, ‘‘but had the character of sionals in the Foreign Ministry are out; oth- ‘‘Khan has credibility problems. He is sug- sketches,’’ the European official said. ‘‘It ers are waiting to be kicked out,’’ he said. gestible, and he’s telling the neoconserva- was not a slam-dunk smoking gun.’’ ‘‘We may be too late. These guys now believe tives what they want to hear’’—or what The threat of American military action that they are stronger than ever since the might be useful to Pakistan’s President, has created dismay at the headquarters of revolution.’’ He said that, particularly in Pervez Musharraf, who is under pressure to the I.A.E.A., in Vienna. The agency’s offi- consideration of China’s emergence as a su- assist Washington in the war on terror. cials believe that Iran wants to be able to perpower, Iran’s attitude was ‘‘To hell with ‘‘I think Khan’s leading us on,’’ the former make a nuclear weapon, but ‘‘nobody has the West. You can do as much as you like.’’ intelligence official said. ‘‘I don’t know any- presented an inch of evidence of a parallel Iran’s supreme religious leader, Ayatollah body who says, ‘Here’s the smoking gun.’ But nuclear-weapons program in Iran,’’ the high- Khamenei, is considered by many experts to lights are beginning to blink. He’s feeding us ranking diplomat told me. The I.A.E.A.’s be in a stronger position than Ahmadinejad. information on the time line, and targeting best estimate is that the Iranians are five ‘‘Ahmadinejad is not in control,’’ one Euro- information is coming in from our own years away from building a nuclear bomb. pean diplomat told me. ‘‘Power is diffuse in sources—sensors and the covert teams. The ‘‘But, if the United States does anything Iran. The Revolutionary Guards are among C.I.A., which was so burned by Iraqi W.M.D., militarily, they will make the development the key backers of the nuclear program, but, is going to the Pentagon and the Vice-Presi- of a bomb a matter of Iranian national ultimately, I don’t think they are in charge dent’s office saying, ‘It’s all new stuff.’ Peo- pride,’’ the diplomat said. ‘‘The whole issue of it. The Supreme Leader has the casting ple in the Administration are saying, ‘We’ve is America’s risk assessment of Iran’s future vote on the nuclear program, and the Guards got enough.’’’ intentions, and they don’t trust the regime. will not take action without his approval.’’ The Administration’s case against Iran is Iran is a menace to American policy.’’ The Pentagon adviser on the war on terror compromised by its history of promoting In Vienna, I was told of an exceedingly said that ‘‘allowing Iran to have the bomb is false intelligence on Iraq’s weapons of mass testy meeting earlier this year between not on the table. We cannot have nukes destruction. In a recent essay on the Foreign Mohamed ElBaradei, the I.A.E.A.’s director- being sent downstream to a terror network. Policy Web site, entitled ‘‘Fool Me Twice,’’ general, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last It’s just too dangerous.’’ He added, ‘‘The Joseph Cirincione, the director for non- year, and Robert Joseph, the Under-Sec- whole internal debate is on which way to proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for retary of State for Arms Control. Joseph’s go’’—in terms of stopping the Iranian pro- International Peace, wrote, ‘‘The unfolding message was blunt, one diplomat recalled: gram. It is possible, the adviser said, that administration strategy appears to be an ef- ‘‘We cannot have a single centrifuge spinning Iran will unilaterally renounce its nuclear fort to repeat its successful campaign for the in Iran. Iran is a direct threat to the na- plans—and forestall the American action. Iraq war.’’ He noted several parallels: tional security of the United States and our ‘‘God may smile on us, but I don’t think so. The vice president of the United States allies, and we will not tolerate it. We want The bottom line is that Iran cannot become gives a major speech focused on the threat you to give us an understanding that you a nuclear-weapons state. The problem is that from an oil-rich nation in the Middle East. will not say anything publicly that will un- the Iranians realize that only by becoming a The U.S. Secretary of State tells Congress dermine us.’’ nuclear state can they defend themselves that the same nation is our most serious Joseph’s heavy-handedness was unneces- against the U.S. Something bad is going to global challenge. The Secretary of Defense sary, the diplomat said, since the I.A.E.A. al- happen.’’ calls that nation the leading supporter of ready had been inclined to take a hard stand While almost no one disputes Iran’s nu- global terrorism. against Iran. ‘‘All of the inspectors are angry clear ambitions, there is intense debate over Cirincione called some of the Administra- at being misled by the Iranians, and some how soon it could get the bomb, and what to tion’s claims about Iran ‘‘questionable’’ or think the Iranian leadership are nutcases— do about that. Robert Gallucci, a former gov- lacking in evidence. When I spoke to him, he one hundred percent totally certified nuts,’’ ernment expert on nonproliferation who is asked, ‘‘What do we know? What is the the diplomat said. He added that El now the dean of the School of Foreign Serv- threat? The question is: How urgent is all Baradei’s overriding concern is that the Ira- ice at Georgetown, told me, ‘‘Based on what this?’’ The answer, he said, ‘‘is in the intel- nian leaders ‘‘want confrontation, just like I know, Iran could be eight to ten years ligence community and the I.A.E.A.’’ (In Au- the neocons on the other side’’—in Wash- away’’ from developing a deliverable nuclear gust, the Washington Post reported that the ington. ‘‘At the end of the day, it will work weapon. Gallucci added, ‘‘If they had a cov- most recent comprehensive National Intel- only if the United States agrees to talk to ert nuclear program and we could prove it, ligence Estimate predicted that Iran was a the Iranians.’’ and we could not stop it by negotiation, di- decade away from being a nuclear power.) The central question—whether Iran will be plomacy, or the threat of sanctions, I’d be in Last year, the Bush Administration briefed able to proceed with its plans to enrich ura- favor of taking it out. But if you do it’’— I.A.E.A. officials on what it said was new and nium—is now before the United Nations, bomb Iran—’’without being able to show alarming information about Iran’s weapons with the Russians and the Chinese reluctant there’s a secret program, you’re in trouble.’’ program which had been retrieved from an to impose sanctions on Tehran. A discour- Meir Dagan, the head of Mossad, Israel’s Iranian’s laptop. The new data included more aged former I.A.E.A. official told me in late intelligence agency, told the Knesset last than a thousand pages of technical drawings March that, at this point, ‘‘there’s nothing December that ‘‘Iran is one to two years of weapons systems. The Washington Post the Iranians could do that would result in a away, at the latest, from having enriched reported that there were also designs for a positive outcome. American diplomacy does uranium. From that point, the completion of small facility that could be used in the ura- not allow for it. Even if they announce a their nuclear weapon is simply a technical nium-enrichment process. Leaks about the stoppage of enrichment, nobody will believe matter.’’ In a conversation with me, a senior laptop became the focal point of stories in them. It’s a dead end.’’ Israeli intelligence official talked about the Times and elsewhere. The stories were Another diplomat in Vienna asked me, what he said was Iran’s duplicity: ‘‘There are generally careful to note that the materials ‘‘Why would the West take the risk of going two parallel nuclear programs’’ inside Iran— could have been fabricated, but also quoted to war against that kind of target without the program declared to the I.A.E.A. and a senior American officials as saying that they giving it to the I.A.E.A. to verify? We’re low- separate operation, run by the military and appeared to be legitimate. The headline in cost, and we can create a program that will the Revolutionary Guards. Israeli officials the Times’ account read, ‘‘Relying on Com- force Iran to put its cards on the table.’’ A have repeatedly made this argument, but puter, U.S. Seeks to Prove Iran’s Nuclear Western Ambassador in Vienna expressed Israel has not produced public evidence to Aims’’. similar distress at the White House’s dis- support it. Richard Armitage, the Deputy I was told in interviews with American and missal of the I.A.E.A. He said, ‘‘If you don’t Secretary of State in Bush’s first term, told European intelligence officials, however, believe that the I.A.E.A. can establish an in- me, ‘‘I think Iran has a secret nuclear-weap- that the laptop was more suspect and less re- spection system—if you don’t trust them— ons program—I believe it, but I don’t know velatory than it had been depicted. The Ira- you can only bomb.’’ it.’’ nian who owned the laptop had initially been There is little sympathy for the I.A.E.A. in In recent months, the Pakistani govern- recruited by German and American intel- the Bush Administration or among its Euro- ment has given the U.S. new access to A.Q. ligence operatives, working together. The pean allies. ‘‘We’re quite frustrated with the Khan, the so-called father of the Pakistani Americans eventually lost interest in him. director-general,’’ the European diplomat atomic bomb. Khan, who is now living under The Germans kept on, but the Iranian was told me. ‘‘His basic approach has been to de- house arrest in Islamabad, is accused of set- seized by the Iranian counter-intelligence scribe this as a dispute between two sides

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20SE8.061 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1787 with equal weight. It’s not. We’re the good the Stone Age, and the young people there possibility, he said that, if Hezbollah fired guys! ElBaradei has been pushing the idea of have access to U.S. movies and books, and rockets into northern Israel, ‘‘Israel and the letting Iran have a small nuclear-enrichment they love it,’’ he said. ‘‘If there was a charm new Lebanese government will finish them program, which is ludicrous. It’s not his job offensive with Iran, the mullahs would be in off.’’) to push ideas that pose a serious prolifera- trouble in the long run.’’ The adviser went on, ‘‘If we go, the south- Another European official told me that he tion risk.’’ ern half of Iraq will light up like a candle.’’ The Europeans are rattled, however, by was aware that many in Washington wanted The American, British, and other coalition their growing perception that President action. ‘‘It’s always the same guys,’’ he said, forces in Iraq would be at greater risk of at- Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney be- with a resigned shrug. ‘‘There is a belief that tack from Iranian troops or from Shiite mili- lieve a bombing campaign will be needed, diplomacy is doomed to fail. The timetable tias operating on instructions from Iran. and that their real goal is regime change. is short.’’ (Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, has ‘‘Everyone is on the same page about the Ira- A key ally with an important voice in the nian bomb, but the United States wants re- debate is Israel, whose leadership has warned close ties to the leading Shiite parties in gime change,’’ a European diplomatic ad- for years that it viewed any attempt by Iran Iraq.) A retired four-star general told me viser told me. He added, ‘‘The Europeans to begin enriching uranium as a point of no that, despite the eight thousand British have a role to play as long as they don’t have return. I was told by several officials that troops in the region, ‘‘the Iranians could to choose between going along with the Rus- the White House’s interest in preventing an take Basra with ten mullahs and one sound sians and the Chinese or going along with Israeli attack on a Muslim country, which truck.’’ Washington on something they don’t want. would provoke a backlash across the region, ‘‘If you attack,’’ the high-ranking dip- Their policy is to keep the Americans en- was a factor in its decision to begin the cur- lomat told me in Vienna, ‘‘Ahmadinejad will gaged in something the Europeans can live rent operational planning. In a speech in be the new Saddam Hussein of the Arab with. It may be untenable.’’ Cleveland on March 20th, President Bush de- world, but with more credibility and more ‘‘The Brits think this is a very bad idea,’’ picted Ahmadinejad’s hostility toward Israel power. You must bite the bullet and sit down Flynt Leverett, a former National Security as a ‘‘serious threat. It’s a threat to world with the Iranians.’’ Council staff member who is now a senior peace.’’ He added, ‘‘I made it clear, I’ll make The diplomat went on, ‘‘There are people fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Saban it clear again, that we will use military in Washington who would be unhappy if we Center, told me, ‘‘but they’re really worried might to protect our ally Israel.’’ found a solution. They are still banking on we’re going to do it.’’ The European diplo- Any American bombing attack, Richard isolation and regime change. This is wishful matic adviser acknowledged that the British Armitage told me, would have to consider thinking.’’ He added, ‘‘The window of oppor- Foreign Office was aware of war planning in the following questions: ‘‘What will happen tunity is now.’’ Washington but that, ‘‘short of a smoking in the other Islamic countries? What ability gun, it’s going to be very difficult to line up does Iran have to reach us and touch us glob- the Europeans on Iran.’’ He said that the ally—that is, terrorism? Will Syria and Leb- INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC British ‘‘are jumpy about the Americans anon up the pressure on Israel? What does ENERGY AGENCY, going full bore on the Iranians, with no com- the attack do to our already diminished September 12, 2006. promise.’’ international standing? And what does this Hon. PETER HOEKSTRA, The European diplomat said that he was mean for Russia, China, and the U.N. Secu- Chairman, House of Representatives, Permanent skeptical that Iran, given its record, had ad- rity Council?’’ Select Committee on Intelligence, Wash- mitted to everything it was doing, but ‘‘to Iran, which now produces nearly four mil- ington, DC. the best of our knowledge the Iranian capa- lion barrels of oil a day, would not have to SIR: I would like to draw your attention to bility is not at the point where they could cut off production to disrupt the world’s oil the fact that the Staff Report of the House successfully run centrifuges’’ to enrich ura- markets. It could blockade or mine the Permanent Select Committee on Intel- nium in quantity. One reason for pursuing Strait of Hormuz, the 34-mile-wide passage ligence, Subcommittee on Intelligence Pol- diplomacy was, he said, Iran’s essential prag- through which Middle Eastern oil reaches icy, dated 23 August 2006, entitled ‘‘Recog- matism. ‘‘The regime acts in its best inter- the Indian Ocean. Nonetheless, the recently nizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intel- ests,’’ he said. Iran’s leaders ‘‘take a hard- retired defense official dismissed the stra- ligence Challenge for the United States’’, line approach on the nuclear issue and they tegic consequences of such actions. He told contains some erroneous, misleading and un- want to call the American bluff,’’ believing me that the U.S. Navy could keep shipping substantiated information. open by conducting salvage missions and that ‘‘the tougher they are the more likely The caption under the photograph of the putting minesweepers to work. ‘‘It’s impos- the West will fold.’’ But, he said, ‘‘From Natanz site on page 9 of the report states sible to block passage,’’ he said. The govern- what we’ve seen with Iran, they will appear that ‘‘Iran is currently enriching uranium to ment consultant with ties to the Pentagon superconfident until the moment they back weapons grade using a 164-machine cen- also said he believed that the oil problem off.’’ trifuge cascade’’. In this regard, please be in- The diplomat went on, ‘‘You never reward could be managed, pointing out that the U.S. formed that information about the uranium bad behavior, and this is not the time to has enough in its strategic reserves to keep enrichment work being carried out at the offer concessions. We need to find ways to America running for sixty days. However, Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) at impose sufficient costs to bring the regime those in the oil business I spoke to were less Natanz, including the 3.6% enrichment level to its senses. It’s going to be a close call, but optimistic; one industry expert estimated that had been achieved by Iran, was provided I think if there is unity in opposition and the that the price per barrel would immediately to the IAEA Board of Governors by the Di- price imposed’’—in sanctions—’’is sufficient, spike, to anywhere from ninety to a hundred rector General in April 2006 (see GOV/2006/27, they may back down. It’s too early to give dollars per barrel, and could go higher, de- paragraph 31). The description of this enrich- up on the U.N. route.’’ He added, ‘‘If the dip- pending on the duration and scope of the ment level as ‘‘weapons grade’’ is incorrect, lomatic process doesn’t work, there is no conflict. since the term ‘‘weapon-grade’’ is commonly military ‘solution.’ There may be a military Michel Samaha, a veteran Lebanese Chris- used to refer to uranium enriched to the option, but the impact could be cata- tian politician and former cabinet minister order of 90% or more in the isotope of strophic.’’ in Beirut, told me that the Iranian retalia- Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, tion might be focused on exposed oil and gas uranimum–235. The Director General’s April was George Bush’s most dependable ally in fields in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and 2006 report, as well as all of his other reports the year leading up to the 2003 invasion of the United Arab Emirates. ‘‘They would be on the implementation of the safeguards in Iraq. But he and his party have been racked at risk,’’ he said, ‘‘and this could begin the Iran, are posted on the IAEA’s website at by a series of financial scandals, and his pop- real jihad of Iran versus the West. You will http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/ ularity is at a low point. Jack Straw, the have a messy world.’’ IaeaIran. Foreign Secretary, said last year that mili- Iran could also initiate a wave of terror at- The first bullet on page 10 states that tary action against Iran was ‘‘inconceiv- tacks in Iraq and elsewhere, with the help of ‘‘Iran had covertly produced the short-lived able.’’ Blair has been more circumspect, say- Hezbollah. On April 2nd, the Washington radioactive element polonium–210 (Po–210), a ing publicly that one should never take op- Post reported that the planning to counter substance with two known uses; a neutron tions off the table. such attacks ‘‘is consuming a lot of time’’ at source for a nuclear weapon and satellite Other European officials expressed similar U.S. intelligence agencies. ‘‘The best terror batteries’’. The use of the phrase ‘‘covertly skepticism about the value of an American network in the world has remained neutral produced’’ is misleading becasue the produc- bombing campaign. ‘‘The Iranian economy is in the terror war for the past several years,’’ tion of Po–210 is not required to be reported in bad shape, and Ahmadinejad is in bad the Pentagon adviser on the war on terror by Iran to the IAEA under the NPT safe- shape politically,’’ the European intelligence said of Hezbollah. ‘‘This will mobilize them guards agreement concluded between Iran official told me. ‘‘He will benefit politically and put us up against the group that drove and the IAEA (published in IAEA document from American bombing. You can do it, but Israel out of southern Lebanon. If we move INFCIRC/214). (Regarding the production of the results will be worse.’’ An American at- against Iran, Hezbollah will not sit on the Po–210, please refer to the report provided to tack, he said, would alienate ordinary Ira- sidelines. Unless the Israelis take them out, the Board of Governors by the Director Gen- nians, including those who might be sympa- they will mobilize against us.’’ (When I eral in November 2004 (GOV/2004/83, para- thetic to the U.S. ‘‘Iran is no longer living in asked the government consultant about that graph 80)).

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20SE8.063 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1788 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 Furthermore, the IAEA Secretariat takes The IAEA openly clashed with the Bush John R. Bolton, the administration’s former strong exception to the incorrect and mis- administration on pre-war assessments of point man on Iran at the State Department. leading assertion in the Staff Report’s sec- weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Rela- Bolton, who is now ambassador to the United ond full paragraph of page 13 that the Direc- tions all but collapsed when the agency re- Nations, had been highly influential during tor of the IAEA decided to ‘‘remove’’ Mr. vealed that the White House had based some President Bush’s first term in drawing up a Charlier, a senior safeguards inspector of the allegations about an Iraqi nuclear program tough policy that rejected-talks with IAEA, ‘‘for allegedly raising concerns about on forged documents. Tehran. Iranian deception regarding its nuclear pro- After no such weapons were found in Iraq, Among the allegations in Fleitz’s Iran re- gram and concluding that the purpose of the IAEA came under additional criticism port is that ElBaradei removed a senior in- Iran’s nuclear programme is to construct for taking a cautious approach on Iran, spector from the Iran investigation because weapons’’. In addition, the report contains which the White House says is trying to he raised ‘‘concerns about Iranian deception an outrageous and dishonest suggestion that building nuclear weapons in secret. At one regarding its nuclear program.’’ The agency such removal might have been for ‘‘not hav- point, the administration orchestrated a said the inspector has not been removed. ing adhered to an unstated IAEA policy bar- campaign to remove the IAEA’s director gen- A suggestion that ElBaradei had an ring IAEA officials from telling the whole eral, Mohamed El Baradei. It failed, and he ‘‘unstated’’ policy that prevented inspectors truth about the Iranian nuclear program’’. won the Nobel Peace Prize last year. from telling the truth about Iran’s program In this regard, please be advised that all Yesterday’s letter, a copy of which was was particularly ‘‘outrageous and dis- safeguards agreements concluded between a provided to The Washington Post, was the honest,’’ according to the IAEA letter, which State and the IAEA in connection with the first time the IAEA has publicly disputed was signed by Vilmos Cserveny, the IAEA’s Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear U.S. allegations about its Iran investigation. director for external affairs and a former Weapons require the IAEA to secure accept- The agency noted five major errors in the Hungarian ambassador. Hoekstra’s committee is working on a sep- ance by the State of the designation of IAEA committee’s 29-page report, which said Iran’s arate report about North Korea that is also safeguards inspectors, before such inspectors nuclear capabilities are more advanced than being written principally by Fleitz. A draft may be sent to the State on inspection (INF– either the IAEA or U.S. intelligence has of the report, provided to The Post, includes CIRC/153 (Corr.), paragraphs 9 and 85). Under shown. Among the committee’s assertions is that several assertions about North Korea’s weap- such agreements, each State has the right to Iran is producing weapons-grade uranium at ons program that the intelligence officials object to the designation of any safeguards its facility in the town of Natanz. The IAEA said they cannot substantiate, including one inspector, and to request the withdrawal of called that ‘‘incorrect,’’ noting that weap- that Pyongyang is already enriching ura- the designation of an inspector, at any time, ons-grade uranium is enriched to a level of 90 nium. for that State (http://www.iaea.org/Publica- percent or more. Iran has enriched uranium The intelligence community believes tions/Docments/Infeircs). Accordingly, Iran’s to 3.5 percent under IAEA monitoring. North Korea is trying to acquire an enrich- request to the Director General to withdraw When the congressional report was re- ment capability but has no proof that an en- the designation of Mr. Charlier authorizing leased last month, Hoekstra said his intent richment facility has been built, the officials him to carry out safeguards inspections in was ‘‘to help increase the American public’s said. Iran, was based on paragraph (a)(i) of Article understanding of Iran as a threat.’’ Spokes- 9 and paragraph (d) of Article 85 of Iran’s man Jamal Ware said yesterday that Hoek- CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Safeguards Agreement. I should also like to stra will respond to the IAEA letter. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, note here that Iran has accepted the designa- Rep. Rush D. Holt (D–N.J.), a committee Washington, DC, September 15, 2006. tion of more than 200 Agency safeguards in- member, said the report was ‘‘clearly not Hon. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, spectors, which number is similar to that ac- prepared in a manner that we can rely on.’’ Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security, cepted by the majority of non-nuclear weap- He agreed to send it to the full committee Emerging Threats and International Rela- on States that have concluded safeguards for review, but the Republicans decided to tions, Washington, DC. agreements pursuant to the NPT. make it public before then, he said in an DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: According to the Finally, it is also regrettable that the interview. Washington Post (‘‘U.N. Inspectors Dispute Staff Report did not take into account the The report was never voted on or discussed Iran Report by House Panel,’’ September 14, views of the United Nations Security Coun- by the full committee. Rep. Jane Harman 2006), the Director of National Intelligence cil, as expressed in resolution 1696 (2006), (Calif.), the vice chairman, told Democratic (DNI) conducted a prepublication review of a which inter alia, ‘‘commends and encourages colleagues in a private e-mail that the report House Intelligence Committee staff report the Director General of the IAEA and its sec- ‘‘took a number of analytical shortcuts that on Iran which has come under scrutiny for retariat for their ongoing professional and present the Iran threat as more dire—and the making false, misleading and unsubstan- impartial efforts to resolve all remaining Intelligence Community’s assessments as tiated assertions about Iran’s nuclear pro- outstanding issues in Iran within the frame- more certain—than they are.’’ gram. work of the Agency.’’ Privately, several intelligence officials In the article, a spokesperson for the DNI While it is unfortunate that the authors of said the committee report included at least a confirmed that the agency did review the re- the Staff Report did not concult with the dozen claims that were either demonstrably port prior to its publication. Yet, the final IAEA Secretariat stands ready to assist your wrong or impossible to substantiate. committee staff report ‘‘included at least a Committee in correcting the erroneous and Hoekstra’s office said the report was re- dozen claims that were either demonstrably misleading information contained in the re- viewed by the office of John D. Negroponte, wrong or impossible to substantiate,’’ in- port. the director of national intelligence. cluding the gross exaggeration that the level Yours sincerely, Negroponte’s spokesman, John Callahan, of uranium enrichment by Iranian nuclear VILMOS CSERVENY, said in a statement that his office ‘‘reviewed plants has now reached ‘‘weapons-grade’’ lev- Director, Office of External Relations the report and provided its response to the els of 90 percent when in reality the correct and Policy Coordination. committee on July 24, ’06.’’ He did not say enrichment level found by the International whether it had approved or challenged any of Atomic Energy Agency was 3.6 percent. (Let- [From washingtonpost.com, Sept. 14, 2006] the claims about Iran’s capabilities. ter from IAEA Director of External Rela- ‘‘This is like prewar Iraq all over again,’’ U.N. INSPECTORS DISPUTE IRAN REPORT BY tions and Policy Coordination Vilmos said David Albright, a former nuclear inspec- HOUSE PANEL Cserveny to Chairman Peter Hoekstra, Sep- tor who is president of the Washington-based (By Dafna Linzer) tember 12, 2006.) Institute for Science and International Secu- The publication of false, misleading and U.N. inspectors investigating Iran’s nu- rity. ‘‘You have an Iranian nuclear threat unsubstantiated statements by a House Com- clear program angrily complained to the that is spun up, using bad information that’s mittee is regrettable, but the role of the DNI Bush administration and to a Republican cherry-picked and a report that trashes the raises important questions: congressman yesterday about a recent House inspectors.’’ (1) Was the text of the report given to DNI committee report on Iran’s capabilities, call- The committee report, written by a single for review identical to the text later released ing parts of the document ‘‘outrageous and Republican staffer with a hard-line position to the public by the Committee? dishonest’’ and offering evidence to refute its on Iran, chastised the CIA and other agen- (2) Did the DNI recognize those claims central claims. cies for not providing evidence to back asser- made in the report that were wrong or im- Officials of the United Nations’ Inter- tions that Iran is building nuclear weapons. possible to substantiate at the time DNI con- national Atomic Energy Agency said in a It concluded that the lack of intelligence ducted its prepublication review? letter that the report contained some ‘‘erro- made it impossible to support talks with (3) During its review, did DNI also note the neous, misleading and unsubstantiated state- Tehran. Democrats on the committee saw it same false, misleading and unsubstantiated ments.’’ The letter, signed by a senior direc- as an attempt from within conservative Re- statements as those deemed by the IAEA in tor at the agency, was addressed to Rep. publican circles to undermine Secretary of its letter to the Committee to be wrong or Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.), chairman of the State Condoleezza Rice, who has agreed to impossible to substantiate? House intelligence committee, which issued talk with the Iranians under certain condi- (4) In its response to the Committee, did the report. A copy was hand-delivered to tions. DNI state the inaccuracies it found, and seek Gregory L. Schulte, the U.S. ambassador to The report’s author, Fredrick Fleitz, is a correction or clarification of those parts of the IAEA in Vienna. onetime CIA officer and special assistant to the prepublication report?

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 vestigate independent reports published in Spelman’s steadfast commitment to pre- Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with the New Yorker magazine and the Guardian paring black women for service and leadership my colleague BRAD SHERMAN (CA–27) to pay that U.S. military personnel have been or tribute to Spectrolab, a subsidiary of the Boe- are already deployed inside and around Iran, is clearly evident in the more than six genera- gathering intelligence and targeting infor- tions of Spelman women who have reached ing Company, on its 50th anniversary and to mation, and reports published in Newsweek, the highest levels of academic, community, celebrate the delivery of its two millionth solar ABC News and GQ magazine, that the U.S. and professional achievement. cell. We are honored to represent many of has been planning and is now recruiting Spelman’s most notable alumnae include Spectrolab’s employees and are proud of their members of MEK to conduct lethal oper- Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president great accomplishments. ations and destabilizing operations inside of the Children’s Defense Fund; Ruth A. Spectrolab is the world’s leading manufac- Iran. Davis, director general of the U.S. Foreign turer of space solar cells and solar panels. Unfortunately, neither the Department of Throughout the years, Spectrolab solar cells State nor the Department of Defense chose Service; Aurelia Brazeal, U.S. ambassador to to appear for the classified briefing. Nearly Ethiopia; and Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize win- and solar panels have powered more than 500 three months later, the Subcommittee has ning novelist. satellites and interplanetary missions, includ- been unable to question State or DOD di- Spelman can well be proud of its achieve- ing the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, which rectly on those reports. However, this Sub- ments and exemplary service not only to its are still exploring the surface of Mars. Also, all committee was briefed by the Office of the students, but to the City of Atlanta. May this of the solar panels on spacecraft on Mars are Director of National Intelligence, and I be- outstanding college enjoy many more years of manufactured by Spectrolab. lieve that the Subcommittee should use its continued success. In 1956, Spectrolab was founded by a group oversight authority to compare the state- of engineers who began providing high-quality ments and information provided to Members about Iran’s nuclear program at the briefing, f optical filters and mirrors for government sys- with information provided to the House In- tems. In 1958, Pioneer 1 carried the com- telligence Committee for their report. TRIBUTE TO SISTER KATHRYN pany’s first body-mounted solar panels into These are precisely the sort of questions SCHLUETER space. Shortly thereafter, Explorer 6 was the this Subcommittee is designed to pursue. first satellite to use Spectrolab’ s solar arrays, The latest report implicating DNI passivity HON. TIMOTHY H. BISHOP and Spectrolab’s first solar cell panel was or complicity in embellishing the danger of placed on the moon by Apollo’s mission in OF NEW YORK the Iranian nuclear program should be ag- 1969. Galaxy 111C, the world’s highest capac- gressively investigated by our Subcommittee IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES immediately. We cannot and must not per- ity satellite, launched on June 15, 2002 car- mit this Administration to build a case for Wednesday, September 20, 2006 rying the latest solar cell technology devel- war against Iran on falsehoods and pretext. Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speaker, I oped and manufactured at Spectrolab. Its con- We have seen similar patterns with the rise to recognize an exceptional constituent tributions to the space industry cannot be twisting of intelligence to create a war and community leader, Sister Kathryn overstated. against Iraq and we must not let this happen Spectrolab is well respected in its industry Schlueter, CSJ, of Southampton, New York, again. I ask that the Subcommittee invite and has received a myriad of well deserved who has dedicated herself to Catholic edu- the DNI to appear immediately before the accolades. NASA’s George M. Low Award for Committee. It is imperative that our ques- cation on Long Island for nearly 40 years. Supplier Quality and Excellence was given to tions be answered in an expeditious manner. Sister Kathy, as she is affectionately known, Spectrolab in 2004. Also, Spectrolab’s multi- Sincerely, joined the Sisters of Saint Joseph in 1963. junction cells were inducted into the Space DENNIS J. KUCINICH, After graduation from Brentwood College with Ranking Minority Member. Technology Hall of Fame by the United States a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1967, Space Foundation that same year. f she began her teaching career at the Saint Currently, Spectrolab scientists are working Patrick School located in Smithtown, Long Is- CONGRATULATING SPELMAN COL- to build and test solar cells for concentrator land. Sister Kathy subsequently received her LEGE ON THE OCCASION OF ITS systems that may one day generate inexpen- Masters in Educational Administration from 125TH ANNIVERSARY sive and renewable electricity for America’s Hofstra University in 1977 while continuing her cities and towns. Their expertise in space pho- teaching career at the Sacred Heart Academy HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL tovoltaic products earned Boeing the contract in Hempstead, Long Island. OF NEW YORK to build solar concentrator cells for a leading In 1987, Sister Kathy arrived on the east IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES renewable energy company. end of Long Island as Principal of Our Lady of Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Spectrolab’s product portfolio includes ter- the Hamptons Regional Catholic School in restrial concentrator solar cells and panels, Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise before you Southampton where she has worked faithfully searchlight systems, solar simulators and today to join with my colleagues in congratu- to improve the quality of that institution for the photodetector products. More than 90 percent lating Spelman College on the occasion of its past 20 years. of all law enforcement aircraft and helicopters 125th anniversary. Under Sister Kathy’s diligent stewardship, worldwide use Spectrolab’s Nightsun search- One of our country’s most distinguished col- Our Lady of the Hamptons Regional Catholic lights. leges, this historically Black college for women School has been designated as a Blue Ribbon It is with pleasure and gratitude that we sa- founded in 1881 by Harriet E. Giles and So- School of Excellence by the U.S. Department lute Spectrolab for its extraordinary accom- phia B. Packard in Atlanta, Georgia, was of Education and has received further accredi- plishments over the past fifty years. tation by the Middle States Association of Col- ranked this year by U.S. News & World Report f as being among the top 75 Best Liberal Arts leges and Schools. As Our Lady of the Hamp- Colleges. tons prepares to celebrate its twenty-fifth anni- TERRORIST ATTACKS ON 9/11 Since its inception, Spelman College has versary as a Regional Catholic School, Sister provided women with access to education Kathy should be recognized as the driving HON. CLIFF STEARNS since the post-Civil War era, promoting aca- force behind its success. OF FLORIDA demic excellence in the liberal arts and devel- Mr. Speaker, on behalf of New York’s First IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES oping the intellectual, ethical, and leadership Congressional District, I express our sincere potential of its students. As a member of the appreciation to Sister Kathy for her extraor- Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Atlanta University Center (AUC) consortium, dinary commitment to excellence in education. Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, it has been Spelman students enjoy the benefits of a We wish her continued success and happi- more than five years since the terrorist attacks small college while having access to the fac- ness in the years to come. of September 11. In looking back, we have

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made great progress uprooting the terrorists ENGEL’s office; Christopher Hartfield, a grad- achievement. I commend you on attaining from their havens and liberating millions of uate of Stanford University, who will attend such a high honor and your superior contribu- people. We also have provided our law en- Tuft’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy tions to your community. Showing particular forcement and intelligence agencies with new in the Fall, serving in Rep. ADAM B. SCHIFF’s dedication to the children at Children’s Mercy tools to combat these threats. office; Teresa Williamson a graduate of Dillard Hospital, Christopher developed an activity for Yet, there is so much more to do. We are University who will attend Yale University in the patients. Being recognized for your re- at war against terror and we must protect our the Fall, serving in Rep. DONALD M. PAYNE’s markable achievement reflects both your hard borders. If we cannot control our borders, how office; Sara Marti a graduate of the University work and dedication. I am sure you will con- can we prevent those who would murder us of Central Florida who will attend the Univer- tinue to hold such high standards in the future. from entering our nation? sity of Denver’s School of International Stud- Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in Millions attempt to enter our nation illegally ies, serving in Rep. JOSE E. SERRANO’s office; commending Christopher Ray Dean for his ac- every year, and many are apprehended. I Chansonett Hall, a graduate of Penn State complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- commend our border patrol for their fine work University, who will attend the University of ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the under difficult conditions. However, millions Pittsburgh’s School of Public and International highest distinction of Eagle Scout. I am hon- have crossed the border successfully in the Affairs serving in Rep. GREGORY W. MEEKS’ ored to represent Christopher in the United past five years, and we do not know how office; Yehia Hanan, a graduate of Howard States House of Representatives. many are terrorists. University, who will attend Georgetown Univer- f Our borders are another battlefront in the sity’s School of Public Policy, serving in Sen. RECOGNIZING AND HONORING FIL- War on Terror. JOSEPH R. BIDEN’s office; Marcus Jackson, a IPINO WORLD WAR II VETERANS f graduate of Florida A&M University who is serving in Rep. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA’s of- SPEECH OF THE CHARLES B. RANGEL INTER- fice; Paloma Gonzalez, a graduate of Lewis NATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA and Clark College, who will attend George- OF CALIFORNIA town University’s School of Foreign Service, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL serving in Rep. BARBARA LEE’s office; and Tuesday, September 19, 2006 OF NEW YORK Brandon Jackson, a graduate of Cornell Uni- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES versity, who will also attend Georgetown Uni- Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, yesterday this Wednesday, September 20, 2006 versity’s School of Foreign Service, serving in House voted and unanimously passed H. Res. my office. 622, to recognize and honor the Filipino World Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to share I have been eagerly awaiting your arrival. I War II veterans for their defense of democratic with my colleagues the presence in the House have read each and every single one of your ideals and their important contribution to the of the participants in an important and exciting bios and I am extremely impressed with all of outcome of World War II. While I applaud the program today, The Charles B. Rangel Inter- your diverse areas of study and accomplish- House’s long due recognition to the bravery national Affairs Program, and to welcome ments. I know your experience on the Hill will and commitment of these Filipino veterans in these extraordinary young people to their pe- be an invaluable help to you in the Foreign the service of the United States military, I riod of service in the Congress. The Charles Service. must stress that our responsibility in Congress B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Pro- I also want to take this opportunity to thank is still not complete. A great injustice was per- gram was initiated from my desire that the my colleagues and friends for the invaluable petrated on the Filipino veterans, and Con- State Department’s Diplomatic Corps abroad experiences that they are providing and for gress must correct it. would reflect the rich diversity represented by personally hosting a Rangel Fellow in their of- On July 26, 1941, President Roosevelt or- dered the Commonwealth Army of the Phil- the American people at home. The program fices. The experiences to be obtained during ippines to serve under the United States mili- presents young adults from diverse back- their time in the House of Representatives will tary command. Thousands of Filipino soldiers grounds the opportunity to learn, participate, provide insight that is a special and unique gave their lives in the battles of Bataan and and become a part of the United States’ diplo- part of this program. This Capitol Hill exposure Corregidor, and more than 120,000 Filipinos matic corps. and experience will be particularly useful as This program is a successful collaboration fought under the command of General Doug- they enter the State Department as junior For- las MacArthur during World War II. These sol- between the Congress, the State department, eign Service Officers. Thank you for the won- and Howard University, which administers the diers won for the United States the precious derful opportunities that you are providing this time needed to disrupt the enemy’s plan for program with a cross-section of colleges and summer. universities across the country. Former Sec- conquest of the Pacific. At the time of recruit- I am extremely proud of this program and its ment, the United States government promised retary of State Colin L. Powell introduced the contribution to the country. I believe that in program on May 17, 2002 at a State Depart- that all members of the armed forces who America, diversity is our strength. With our fought for our Nation would be treated as U.S. ment ceremony and Secretary of State Nation’s growing international involvement, Condoleezza Rice has expressed her pro- veterans for the purposes of their benefits. there could be no better time than now to at- Congress unfortunately withdrew this prom- found support for continuing and expanding tract the very best, the brightest, and the most ise through the Rescission Act of 1946, which this initiative. diverse talent available to represent the Amer- stated that the service of these Filipino sol- In the last 2 years, the components of the ican people and champion our interests in diers ‘‘shall not be deemed to be or have been Rangel Program were reviewed and evaluated every comer of the globe. service in the military or naval forces of the by the State Department and were found to f United States’’. While some Filipino veterans satisfy the stringent requirement for inclusion now receive full veterans’ benefits, many oth- in the Department’s prestigious Diplomacy Fel- RECOGNIZING CHRISTOPHER RAY ers are still waiting for the Congress to do the lows Program. This milestone achievement DEAN FOR ACHIEVING THE RANK right thing, and restore the benefits that were has included the program in the distinguished OF EAGLE SCOUT promised to them nearly six decades ago. ranks of such programs as the Presidential Although H. Res. 622 recognizes the brave Management Interns, the American Associa- HON. SAM GRAVES men and women who sacrificed to keep our tion for the Advancement of Science, and the OF MISSOURI country safe, the resolution does not fully re- Boren, Fascell, and Pickering Fellows Pro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES store justice to these brave patriots. H.R. grams. As a result, fellows who successfully 4574, the Filipino Veterans Equity Act, would Wednesday, September 20, 2006 complete the Rangel Program and the State amend the Rescission Act of 1946, restoring Department requirements will automatically re- Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause their honor and their veteran status as was ceive employment offers and appointments to to recognize Christopher Dean, a very special promised. the Foreign Service. young man who has exemplified the finest Mr. Speaker, these WWII heroes are in the In addition, I would like to personally wel- qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- twilight of their lives, and time is running out come the 2006 Charles B. Rangel Fellows to ing an active part in the Boy Scouts of Amer- for Congress to fully recognize their service. Capitol Hill. We currently have Jacob Choi, a ica, Troop 376, and in earning the most pres- Do not let H. Res. 622 be a simple substitute graduate of Brigham Young University, who tigious award of Eagle Scout. for the also bipartisan H.R. 4574 that will re- will attend Harvard’s Kennedy School of Gov- I join with your family and friends in ex- store the honor and dignity these Filipino vet- ernment in the Fall, serving Rep. ELIOT pressing best wishes on your significant erans rightfully deserve.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A20SE8.074 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1791 IN HONOR OF FRANK H. BASS On behalf of a grateful nation, I extend my us.’’ Garvey wanted every Black throughout deep appreciation to Phillip Paul White for his the Diaspora to commit to self-awareness, HON. KEVIN BRADY service to Florida and our country. My best confidence, conviction and actio. Only then OF TEXAS wishes on a happy retirement, and continued would Africa become free and the bonds of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES success, Chief. condemnation fall and shatter. Wednesday, September 20, 2006 f Marcus Garvey was a scholar, a leader and a statesman who gave his life to mother Africa Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise CELEBRATING THE RIGHT EXCEL- and Black people. History records that Garvey today in honor of a dear friend, Frank H. Bass LENT DR. MARCUS MOSIAH GAR- attracted an unprecedented fallowing, enjoyed from The Woodlands, TX who passed away VEY by no previous Negro leader. Garvey sought after suffering a stroke on September 15, to eradicate the evils that plagued Black exist- 2006. Mr. Bass was a true servant to society HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL ence. He believed that ‘‘Chance has never yet and left a lasting impression on all he encoun- OF NEW YORK satisfied the hope of a suffering people,’’ but tered. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES it will take measurable deliberate action to- Frank was proud to call The Woodlands his Wednesday, September 20, 2006 ward the destiny that God has prepared. home since 1985 where he served in numer- In the 1920’s, Marcus Garvey built the larg- ous positions throughout public, private, and Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor est Black-led mass movement this country has corporate sectors. Before this he graduated and privilege to stand on the floor of the ever seen. There was never a leader like him, from Mercer University where he received his United States House of Representatives to before or since. In nearly all matters relating to undergraduate and Doctorate degrees and pay tribute to Jamaica’s favorite son and na- the resurgence of African people, in this coun- served valiantly in the United States Navy. tional hero, The Right Excellent Dr. Marcus try and abroad, there is recognition of this After a lengthy career with Florida Power Mosiah Garvey. Dr. Marcus Mosiah Garvey man and his movement that seemed impos- Corporation in St. Petersburg Florida, he came had ‘‘One God, One Aim, One Destiny’’ for his sible in his lifetime. His prophesy has been ful- to Texas to serve as the Director of Legal life. That venerable aim was the ‘‘Redemption filled in the independence explosion that Services for the Texas Municipal Power Agen- of Africa.’’ He was born in St. Ann’s Bay, Saint brought more than 30 African nations into cy. Following this, he served Montgomery Ann, Jamaica on August 17, 1887. Marcus being. The concept of Black Power that he ad- County first as an Assistant County Attorney Garvey was a publisher, journalist, entre- vanced, using other terms, is now a reality in and then as the elected County Attorney for preneur, crusader for Black Nationalism, and large areas of the world now governed by two 4-year terms. founder of the Universal Negro Improvement people of African origin. From the year of his In 2001, Mr. Bass was appointed Associate Association and African Communities League. arrival in the United States, in 1916, until his Judge to hear cases relative to Children’s Pro- Garvey advanced proposals that were de- deportation in 1927, the community of Harlem, tective Services in several Texas counties. signed to promote social, political and eco- my home, was his window on the world. I am Judge Bass was truly a natural on the bench nomic freedom for Blacks, including launching so proud that, from the work in my community and was renowned for his kindness, fairness, the Black Star Line Corporation and its suc- he launched a great movement and became compassion, even handedness, and his intol- cessor company, the Black Cross Navigation one of the most significant leaders of the 20th erance for those who mistreated children. and Trading Company. He was at the forefront century. Continuing in his serving nature, Judge of developing Liberia based upon the belief Mr. Speaker, Jamaica’s first national hero, Bass also served on the boards of The Wood- that Blacks should have a permanent home- the Right Excellent Marcus Garvy is honored lands Community Association and the Mont- land in Africa. Marcus Garvey asserted, ‘‘Our in many ways throughout the world. If you visit gomery County Women’s Center. Notably, he success educationally, industrially and politi- New York City’s Harlem neighborhood, you was also a founding member of the Town cally is based upon the protection of a nation will find a park named after his Excellency. If Center Improvement District. founded by ourselves. And the nation can be you travel across the shores and visit Nairobi, Judge Bass was an active leader in many nowhere else but in Africa.’’ Garvey was a areas of the community and his leadership, Kenya, you can walk down a major street deep believer in race improvement through named after Marcus Garvey. If you should visit service, and the example he set will be self-empowerment which undercut the ‘‘Doc- missed by all. He is survived by his wife of 29 Lenton, Nottingham, you can drop in to the trine of Inferiority’’ that plagued the minds of Marcus Garvey Centre. In Kingston the build- years Diane, and their four grown children Blacks throughout the Diaspora. The Garvey Mark, Jeff, Marcia, and Michele. ing housing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Movement was an emerging force that spoke bears his name, and in St. Ann there is a sec- Mr. Speaker, Frank was a rare individual to the pride of being Black and the richness of whom I will miss greatly. Thank you for help- ondary school named after him. Marcus Gar- Black ancestry. Garvey sought respect for Afri- vey is celebrated and memorialized all across ing me honor Judge Bass, one of the most ca and dignity for those dispersed from its’ kind-hearted individuals I know. the world and now it is my pleasure to honor shores. him now in the ‘‘People’s House.’’ f Garvey furthered the paradigm of redemp- Mr. Speaker, on August 17th, people from IN RECOGNITION OF THE RETIRE- tion and uplift of his race by establishing the all over the world will celebrate Marcus Gar- MENT OF CHIEF PETTY OFFICER Universal Negro Improvement Association and vey’s birthday. We will celebrate him as a PHILLIP P. WHITE, UNITED African Communities League in 1914 in Ja- leader, a friend of Africa and a lover of Black STATES NAVY maica. Through the UNIA–ACL Garvey cham- people throughout the world. Even now, I can pioned the cause of Africa and proclaimed that hear the reverberation of his words, ‘‘Up you HON. JEFF MILLER until Africa is free and redeemed, not only in mighty race, accomplish what you will.’’ name but dignity, no one would be free, Black OF FLORIDA f or White. Garvey was a firm believer in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘‘Brotherhood of Man’’, that is to say, all of our CONGRATULATING AUDREY RUST Wednesday, September 20, 2006 destinies are inextricably linked together by FOR HER WORK AT THE PENIN- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it is my the ‘‘Parenthood of God.’’ Moreover, the Cre- SULA OPEN SPACE TRUST great honor to recognize Chief Petty Officer ator has a purpose for everyone that he has Phillip P. White’s retirement on September 1, created and that purpose does not include HON. TOM LANTOS 2006, from the U.S. Navy. Chief White proudly slavery or subjugation for any circumstances. OF CALIFORNIA held the line among the brave sailors of the Garvey held that dignity and self-esteem IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. Navy for more than two decades. were the most powerful and only weapons On a daily basis he diligently worked for the against racism and white supremacy. Garvey Wednesday, September 20, 2006 betterment of the Florida Gulf Coast region. stated, ‘‘the man or woman who has no con- Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to While an active duty sailor he participated in fidence in self is an unfortunate being, and is honor Ms. Audrey Rust for her tireless efforts naval operations that assisted in locating and really a misfit in creation. God Almighty cre- to preserve the natural beauty of the San identifying numerous historic shipwrecks in the ated earth and every one of us for a place in Francisco Peninsula. For nearly twenty years, Pensacola Bay area. In the wake of the tragic the world, and for the least of us to think that Audrey Rust has been the CEO of the Penin- hurricanes of last year, Chief White valiantly we were created only to be what we are and sula Open Space Trust, an organization that returned to active duty status to lend his not what we can make ourselves is to ipute an has been highly effective in protecting well brawn to the recovery effort. improper motive to the Creator for creating over 55,000 acres of land in San Mateo and

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Eschenbach serve at MD Anderson Cancer The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) House Resolution 994 is an effort to honor Center, one of the top cancer centers in the owes much of its great success to Ms. Rust’s those thousands of innocent people who lost country in terms of both research and patient ability to create partnerships between public their lives that day as well as remember the care. With all of his experience as a leader in agencies and private landowners to bring sig- bravery and sacrifice of the fire fighters, law the field of cancer research, if Dr. von nificant tracts of land under permanent protec- enforcement officers and rescue personnel Eschenbach thinks we can achieve this goal, tion. Highlights of POST’s work include secur- who worked feverishly to save them. I am confident that our hope for a cure is with- ing the preservation of the 7,357-acre This resolution also recognizes the brave in reach. Cloverdale Coastal Ranches, the 3,681-acre men and women of our armed services who I thank my colleague, Mr. SHAW, for intro- Driscol Ranch, the 1,623-acre Bair Island in responded with authority, precision and when ducing this important resolution and encour- Redwood City, and the 2,438-acre Rancho needed, force, to root out the cowardly per- age my colleagues to join me in support of it. Can˜ada del Oro in San Jose. Also, POST petrators and protect Americans and our inter- f played a significant role in the creation of ests both here and abroad. Cowell Ranch State Beach. When it opened in Although we pause on September 11th to RECOGNIZING DANIEL CUMMINGS 1995, it was the first state beach created in reflect and say thanks, on this day we must FOR ACHIEVING THE RANK OF California since the early 1980s. also renew our commitment to securing the EAGLE SCOUT Mr. Speaker, one of the most impressive homeland and protecting our values every preservation efforts by Ms. Rust and POST day. HON. SAM GRAVES was saving the Rancho Corral de Tierra from It is our responsibility to remove bureau- OF MISSOURI planned development. The 4,262-acre region cratic roadblocks and provide our Nation’s first IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES contains awe-inspiring views, rich farmlands, responders with the interoperable communica- Thursday, September 21, 2006 important watersheds, miles of public trails, tions equipment they so sorely need. and diverse wildlife. Under Ms. Rust’s leader- We must seek the correct balance between Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause ship, POST was able to secure millions from securing our Nation and protecting the civil to recognize Daniel Cummings a very special private donors to purchase this beautiful land. rights that serve as the basis of our enduring young man who has exemplified the finest Senator FEINSTEIN and I were inspired by the democracy. qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- pristine grandeur of Rancho Corral de Tierra And we must honor our commitment with ing an active part in the Boy Scouts of Amer- and introduced to include the ranch within the continued support of our troops overseas. ica, Troop 312, and in earning the most pres- boundaries of Golden Gate National Recre- It seems like only yesterday when this Na- tigious award of Eagle Scout. ation Area. We were successful in that effort tion joined together in recognition that the Daniel has been very active with his troop, with the passage of Public Law 109–131 in forces that divide us from one another can participating in many Scout activities. Over the this Congress. never overcome the transcendent unity we many years Daniel has been involved with Prior to her years of leadership at POST, have as Americans. scouting, he has not only earned numerous Ms. Rust worked with the Sierra Club, and Five years ago Members of Congress stood merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- Yale and Stanford Universities. She has shoulder to shoulder on the step of this Cap- ily, peers, and community. served on the boards of numerous local, state itol and pledged to work together to remember Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in and national organizations, primarily in the this day and honor the sacrifice of the fallen. commending Daniel Cummings for his accom- This is a pledge we should remember every fields of conservation and housing. Over the plishments with the Boy Scouts of America day and not just once a year. years, Ms. Rust has received several major and for his efforts put forth in achieving the awards, including the Times Mirror-Chevron f highest distinction of Eagle Scout. National Conservationist of the Year Award, SUPPORTING THE GOAL OF ELIMI- f the League of California Voters Environmental NATING SUFFERING AND DEATH HONORING THE 15TH ANNIVER- Leadership Award, the Cynthia Pratt Laughlin DUE TO CANCER BY THE YEAR SARY OF ARMENIA’S INDEPEND- Medal, the Garden Club of America’s top envi- 2015 ENCE ronmental honor, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Award from JFK University for her achieve- SPEECH OF ments in land conservation. HON. GENE GREEN HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join OF MICHIGAN OF TEXAS me in congratulating Audrey Rust for her inte- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gral role in preserving the natural landscape of Thursday, September 21, 2006 one of our nation’s most beautiful regions. I Tuesday, September 19, 2006 am inspired by Ms. Rust’s dedication to main- Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to taining the pristine beauty of the San Fran- Speaker, I rise in support of H. Con. Res. 210, honor and recognize the 15th anniversary of cisco Peninsula. to support the goal of eliminating suffering and Armenia’s independence. Armenia’s independ- ence was first recognized on September 21, f death due to cancer by 2015. Cancer is one of the most dreaded diag- 1991, marking it as one of the first nations to EXPRESSING SENSE OF THE noses a person can get. Every one of us has declare its independence from the former So- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES been affected by cancer, whether personally viet Union. Building upon the foundations of ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF or through the experience of a family member the first Armenian Republic of 1918, today’s TERRORIST ATTACKS LAUNCHED or loved one. Armenian Government has, in the years since AGAINST THE UNITED STATES In fact, cancer affects one out of every two independence, strengthened democracy and ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 men and one out of every three women in this the rule of law, promoted free-market reforms, country. According to the American Cancer and sought a just and lasting peace in the re- SPEECH OF Society, 1.3 million new cancer cases will be gion. HON. BOB ETHERIDGE diagnosed this year, with 1,500 Americans Since declaring independence from the OF NORTH CAROLINA dying from cancer every single day. former Soviet Union, Armenia emerged from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES While the statistics are still staggering, the its Soviet-styled centrally planned economy, promise of a cure is closer than we had ever based on industry and highly dependent on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 imagined. Thanks to the commitment of the outside resources, to an economy developing Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, today the Federal Government and our research institu- and relying on new sectors, such as precious House considered House Resolution 994, to tions, cancer rates declined by nearly 10 per- stone processing and jewelry making, informa- commemorate the fifth anniversary of the trag- cent in the 1990s, and new treatments are tion and communication technology, and even ic events of September 11, 2001. Most of us being developed every day. tourism. were here in Washington on that fateful day, Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the former Di- With its steady economic progress, Armenia and after the attacks we knew our lives had rector of the National Cancer Institute, set a has rightfully earned increasing support from

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K20SE8.001 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1793 international institutions. As the 2005 Trans- evolved over the years to become a center for CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE parency International Corruption Perception thousands of people to get away to a quiet MELANCON WELCOMES TO THE Index chart, where Armenia ranked 88th out of place for meetings, seminars, workshops, and UNITED STATES PRESIDENT 158th, shows, Armenia has earned this sup- worship. NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV OF port. Furthermore, according to the 2005 U.N. In its beginnings, the Manresa Jesuit Re- THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN Human Development Report, Armenia has a treat House struggled to secure the funds to Human Development Index of 83 out of 177, fully provide food service and other amenities HON. CHARLIE MELANCON and ranks the highest among the to its guests, However, through perseverance OF LOUISIANA Transcaucasian republics. Finally, in recog- and strong leadership, Manresa has become a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nizing the country’s continuing efforts to move fixture in the community, providing thousands Thursday, September 21, 2006 away from its Soviet past, it cannot be over- of people with a place to worship, reflect, looked that in this year’s Index of Economic learn, and work in a nurturing atmosphere. Its Mr. MELANCON. Mr. Speaker, Today I wel- Freedom, Armenia ranked 27th best, tied with board of directors has guided the Manresa come President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Japan and ahead of countries like Norway, Jesuit Retreat House’s ministry to the commu- Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States. When the Soviet Union collapsed, there was Spain, Portugal and Italy. The rank puts Arme- nity, including the establishment of the Intern- great concern about the political and economic nia in the category of ‘‘Mostly Free’’ countries, ship in Ignatian Spirituality which trains both future of the former Soviet republics. The making it the most economically free state in laymen and ordained people of many denomi- world wondered whether these nations would the Commonwealth of Independent States. nations for ministry in their communities. No recognition of Armenia would be com- join democratically developed nations, and September 23, 2006 will mark the eightieth plete without acknowledging the fantastic con- whether they would be able to overcome the anniversary of the first retreat ever held at the tributions of the Armenian diaspora living here communist ideology that had been imposed on Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, located on the in America. It is estimated that the Armenian them for so long. Furthermore, as a result of thirty-nine acre ‘‘Deepdale Estate’’ on the cor- community in the United States numbers in the disintegration of the Soviet Empire, nu- ner of Woodward and Quarton Road in Bloom- the hundreds of thousands and represents the clear weapons were scattered, uncontrolled field Hills. At the time of its establishment as largest Armenian community in the world out- and therefore even more dangerous. The co- the Manresa Jesuit Retreat House, this area side Armenia. In Michigan, my hometown of lossal number of nuclear weapons was a real was part of the expanding metro Detroit area. Detroit was itself one of the great historical threat to peace and the possibility loomed of As the area grew, so did Manresa with a se- centers where Armenians set down roots after bloody territorial and international conflict. ries of additions and renovations that have en- they came to our great Nation. Armenian- Unfortunately, in some cases our concerns larged the original capacity of retreat guests Americans have also made contributions to were valid. For many of these emerging from 23 to its current capacity of 78. every aspect of American life. Among the states, the burden of building a stable, flour- most notable have been William Saroyan, The Manresa Jesuit Retreat House has pro- ishing and democratic society appeared to be Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winning vided a foundation upon which thousands of a difficult task. Not everyone could handle this author; Howard Kazanjian, producer of Star metro Detroiters have grown, both personally historic mission. The world witnessed several Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark; Raffi, chil- and spiritually. I am proud to recognize its im- conflicts, sometimes bloody, in the former So- dren’s singer and songwriter; System of a portance in forging the character of the com- viet bloc, which not only destabilized the re- Down, multi-platinum alternative/metal group; munity as we celebrate the eightieth anniver- gion, but also caused economic stagnation. Steve Zallian, Academy Award winning sary of Manresa’s inaugural retreat. All indicators showed that Kazakhstan, with screenwriter of Schindler’s List; Ray its enormous territory, vast natural resources Damadian, inventor of Magnetic Resonance f and multinational and multiethnic population, Imaging (MRI), and, of course, Andre Agassi, should have been the epicenter of instability. TRIBUTE TO AUSTIN MALCOLM professional tennis player. But instead, Kazkahstan was one of only a ‘‘MIKE’’ ALLEN However, our relationship with Armenia has few former Soviet states that avoided blood- certainly been by no means a one-way street. shed. Kazakhstan withstood the pressure of Our Nation’s Armenian diaspora has provided HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER reform and today has made staggering eco- the greatest number of high ranking officials in nomic and political progress, largely due to the new republic: the young Minister of For- OF MICHIGAN President Nazarbayev’s vision and leadership. eign Affairs, Raffi Hovannisian, a lawyer and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES President Nazarbayev’s stewardship of Kazakhstan’s vast natural and strategic re- political scientist, whose father, Richard, pro- Thursday, September 21, 2006 fessor of Armenian history at UCLA, is the sources has given the world confidence in his foremost authority on the first republic; the Mr. MCCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise government. His commitment to harmonize minister of energy, Sebuh Tashjian, also from to honor the extraordinary life of Austin Mal- Kazakhstan’s political and business climate Los Angeles; Jirair Libaridian, historian and colm ‘‘Mike’’ Allen, former Mayor of Northville, with Western standards has allowed former director of the Zoryan Institute, who is Michigan, and mourn his passing at the age of Kazakhstan to assume a leadership role a personal advisor to President Levon Ter 91. among the former Soviet states of Central Asia. And Kazakhstan has risen up as a Petrosian; and Mathew Der Manuelian, a Bos- For more than nine decades, Mike served model in disarmament and nonproliferation ton lawyer with a high post in the Ministry of the people of the City of Northville, where we and should be applauded by all nations of the Foreign Affairs. served as its Mayor from 1958–1978. Born on world. I’ll conclude my statement by wishing Arme- October 3, 1914, he left his world on Sep- In November of last year I visited nia and Armenian-Americans a happy inde- tember 9, 2006. In his magnificent life, Mike Kazakhstan. The warm and hospitable Kazakh pendence day. embodied the virtues of honesty and duty— people reminded me of the people from my f and good old fashioned common sense—for own home state of Louisiana. During that trip, which he was widely admired and never IN RECOGNITION OF THE I was proud to be one of the first leaders to equaled. (Though, admittedly, few tried to MANRESA JESUIT RETREAT congratulate President Nazarbayev on his re- emulate his love of suspenders!) HOUSE election. I also met with the elected leaders of Mike is survived by his wife, Betty; his chil- the legislative and executive branches of gov- HON. JOE KNOLLENBERG dren, Jim, Sharon, and Patricia; and his sib- ernment and of several opposition parties. I lings, Doris, Naomi, Jerome, Flora, and Hoy. OF MICHIGAN am glad to report that democracy in He will be remembered for his witty sense of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Kazakhstan is growing. humor, unfaltering dependability, and endear- If you have never seen Kazakhstan’s capitol Thursday, September 21, 2006 ing concern for others. Mike touched everyone city, Astana, you must. The brand new city Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I want to he met; and, by his absence, we are all dimin- rises up out of the Steppes, with cranes and recognize the Manresa Jesuit Retreat House ished. skyscrapers studding the horizon. Astana is a as it celebrates its eightieth year of service to Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me truly awesome testament to the will of the Oakland County. in honoring Austin Malcolm ‘‘Mike’’ Allen for Kazakh people to move into the future. It is a Founded by a group of laymen in 1926, the his lifetime of dedication and service to his fel- symbol of the progress Kazakhstan has made Manresa Jesuit Retreat House has grown and low human beings. from Soviet dominance to independence.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:06 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.003 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1794 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 I would also like to commend President Additionally, Students Taking Action Now: tional, regional and local governments in- Bush’s Administration for seeing what I have Darfur (STAND) has launched successful stu- volved in genocide; or business activities with seen for some time. Kazakhstan wants to be dent campaigns across the country, driving any warring parties perpetrating genocide; or a partner with the United States. They are an their respective colleges and universities to di- related to debt-obligations issued by the gov- ally in the Global War on Terror and Kazakh vest from companies doing business with ernment of Sudan; troops have shed their blood alongside Ameri- Sudan. (5) The following reports not later than 60 cans in Iraq. As we work to secure our nation Amherst, Boston University, Brandeis, days after enactment: from terrorism, we should thank the Kazakhs Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, (a) The Chairman of the Securities and Ex- for their sacrifice. Kazakhstan’s military and Middlebury, Oberlin, Princeton, the Re- change Commission shall report to Congress economic security is linked to America’s. I constructionist Rabbinical College, Samford, the names of the business enterprises and the hope to see our nations walk together down a Simmons, Smith, Stanford, Trinity, the Univer- details of their business operations in Sudan; path of prosperity and stability. sity of California, the University of Maryland, (b) And biannually thereafter, the Office of It is with great enthusiasm that I look for- the University of Pennsylvania, the University Global Security Risk shall report to Congress ward to Kazakhstan’s continued success in of Southern California, the University of the names of the business enterprises and the the years ahead and wholeheartedly support Vermont, the University of Washington, Wil- details of their operations in Sudan; the future strengthening of the U.S- liams, and Yale have all divested their funds (6) The Chairman of the Securities and Ex- Kazakhstan strategic partnership. I am con- from, or placed restrictions on investment of change Commission (SEC) to maintain and fident that with President Nazarbayev’s leader- their funds in, certain companies that conduct publish a list of the names of the business en- ship we will bring our two nations closer to- business in Sudan. terprises identified by the Securities and Ex- gether. The Darfur Accountability and Divestment change Commission as having ties with per- Welcome to the United States, Mr. Presi- Act aplauds the divestment efforts of the state petrators of genocide. dent. and local government, colleges, and univer- Please join me in sending a message to the f sities. international community and out national pen- Mr. Speaker, my bill would also require the sion funds that we do not want blood on our DARFUR ACCOUNTABILITY AND hands. DIVESTMENT ACT OF 2006 Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporate Finance and the U.S. Mr. Speaker, I encourage you to lend your Treasury to require all companies listing secu- support to the Darfur Accountability and Di- HON. BARBARA LEE rities on United States capital markets, either vestment (DADA) Act of 2006. OF CALIFORNIA directly or through a parent or subsidiary com- f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pany, including partly-owned subsidiaries, TRIBUTE TO MATTHEW KENNEDY Thursday, September 21, 2006 have business operations in a country with a Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce genocide declared by the Department of State HON. JIM COOPER or Congress, to disclose the nature of their the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act OF TENNESSEE business operations. of 2006. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As a Member of Congress who traveled to The Darfur Accountability and Divestment Darfur and visited the refugees in camps Act of 2006 would require: Thursday, September 21, 2006 along the Chadian border, I am confident that (1) The Securities and Exchange Commis- Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to now is the time for a two-pronged approach of sion’s (SEC) Division of Corporate Finance salute a man who has touched the lives of so diplomacy and divestment to end the genocide and the U.S. Treasury to require all compa- many in my community of Nashville, as well in Darfur. nies listing securities on United States capital as around the world, through his music and As many of you know, divestment was a markets, either directly or through a parent or his commitment to sharing his talent with oth- successful tool in ending the apartheid in subsidiary company, including partly-owned ers. South Africa. Similarly, we must make sure subsidiaries, have business operations in a Matthew Kennedy was born in the seg- that the federal government prohibits contracts country with a genocide declared by the De- regated South in 1921, the son of a strict, to multinational businesses enterprises if they partment of State or Congress, to disclose the school teacher mother and postal worker fa- maintain business relationships and invest- nature of their business operations. ther. Only months after his birth, his father ments with Sudan and other national, regional, (2) The United States Government (federal) dies of a heart attack leaving his mother on and local governments involved in genocide or to prohibit contracts with multinational busi- her own to care for the family. Despite the participating in business activities with any ness enterprises if: challenges, Matthew’s mother is determined warring parties or rebel groups perpetrating (a) They maintain business relationships that her young son and will be able to take genocide. and investments with national, regional and ‘‘serious’’ piano lessons with the town’s white Today, state legislatures, colleges, and uni- local governments involved in genocide; and music teacher. The teacher agrees to lessons versities are leading divestment campaigns to (b) They participate in business activities and in exchange Matthew and his cousin pressure the Khartoum regime and show the with the government or government entities. agree to clean her studio. international community that to achieve an end (c) Exemptions for businesses who are Even at this very young age, Matthew’s tal- to the fighting, peace, truth, and reconciliation working in areas of Sudan that have been ne- ent is evident. The famous Russian pianist are needed immediately in Darfur. glected by the Khartoum regime (Darfur, Sergei Rachmaninoff comes to his hometown The hard earned money of American citi- Southern Sudan, Kordofan/Nuba Mountain of Macon, Georgia and Matthew and his moth- zens should not be used to support a pariah State, Blue Nile State or Abyei) or who are er somehow get tickets to hear the master government that is killing its own people and providing immediate humanitarian assistance from the segregated balcony. Matthew says supporting terrorists. (delivery of food aid, road construction, basic his life was changed by that experience for- State legislatures in Illinois, New Jersey, Or- sanitation, education, etc.). ever. Soon, Matthew is heading to New York, egon, and Maine have passed legislation man- (3) Recognition and support of: having won a scholarship to continue his dating divestment of State funds from compa- (a) States and Cities that have divested or music studies at the Julliard School. nies that conduct business in Sudan. Cali- are in the process of divesting State and City While in New York he performs at Carnegie fornia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, North funds from companies that conduct business Hall and the Apollo Theatre. But before long Carolina, Kansas, Wisconsin, Indiana, Geor- in Sudan; and he is on his way to Nashville. His Julliard gia, Maryland, New York, Iowa, and Texas (b) United States colleges and universities teacher encourages him to return to the South have considered or are considering legislation that have divested their funds from, or placed to use his talents to help his people. Matthew to divest State funds from companies that con- restrictions on investments of their funds in, arrives at Fisk University where he is wel- duct business in Sudan. Connecticut, Ohio, companies that conduct business in Sudan. comed by the director of the world-famous and Vermont have passed nonbinding divest- (c) Provides preemption protection for states Fisk Jubilee Singers. He agrees to take on the ment legislation with respect to Sudan; and and universities who have sponsored their role of piano accompanist for the Jubilee Sing- Arizona, Louisiana, Missouri, and Pennsyl- own divestment campaigns. ers and begins what will be a lifelong commit- vania have adopted screening processes for (4) Within 180 days, the Government Ac- ment to the school, the Jubilee Singers and investments in companies that conduct busi- countability Office (GAO) to investigate the ex- his belief in the power of music. ness in countries that are sponsors of ter- istence and extent of all Federal Retirement Matthew Kennedy served as the director of rorism, including Sudan. Thrift Investment Board investments with na- the Fisk Jubilee Singers from 1957 to 1985.

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During her tenure as prime minister, nessed his performances and his musical di- left behind and all Americans. America had no better ally. rection. f Margaret Thatcher was the first female head On this coming Monday evening, September of state of a Western nation, and the longest 25, Matthew Kennedy will be honored at a INTRODUCTION OF THE SONS AND serving British prime minister in the 20th cen- special event at the Tennessee Performing DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA ACT tury. Soviet leaders called her the ‘‘Iron Lady.’’ Arts Center. That evening Nashville will salute And so she was in the West’s final chapter Dr. Kennedy at the premiere of a new docu- HON. TODD TIAHRT against the Soviet empire. The end of the cold mentary film that is a tribute and testimony to OF KANSAS war was due in no small part to her close part- his accomplishments and talent. The film is di- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nership with the United States with the shared rected by his daughter Nina, also a recognized Thursday, September 21, 2006 goal of defeating Eastern European com- pianist and filmmaker. It will be a special night munism. for Dr. Kennedy and his family. But it will also Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to Margaret Thatcher was a woman of prin- be a special night for all Nashvillians and speak about an important piece of legislation ciple and a strong leader. She resurrected a music lovers everywhere as we pause to cele- I am introducing, the Sons and Daughters of stagnant British political landscape and forever brate the life of a truly gifted and generous art- America Act. strengthened the Anglo-American relationship. ist and community leader. Families who have suffered the loss of a For her unwavering friendship to the United f loved one are not able to grieve in peace with States, I can think of no greater honor than dignity and respect because of people who bestowing on her the prestigious Congres- EXPRESSING SENSE OF THE want more than freedom of speech. They want sional Gold Medal. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES taxpayers’ compensation for their legal fees I want to thank my good friend Congress- ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF when they challenge local, State and Federal man JIM MATHESON for being the lead cospon- TERRORIST ATTACKS LAUNCHED laws. ‘‘We’re going to get rich off the stuff sor of this legislation. I look forward to working AGAINST THE UNITED STATES they’re doing. This is finger-lickin’ good,’’ one with him and my other colleagues on this im- SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 protestor said. portant initiative. It is appalling that people would profit at the SPEECH OF cost of the honorable men and women who f have served our country with courage and HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND valor. We should all be offended by their ac- OF CALIFORNIA IDEALS OF NATIONAL PERIPH- tions and take away any opportunity for finan- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE cial compensation. Families should be allowed AWARENESS WEEK Wednesay, September 13, 2006 to grieve in peace. Ms. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Many States have been forced to pass leg- SPEECH OF Speaker, I rise today to remember the men, islation to ban the picketing and protesting of women, and children who lost their lives in the funerals, including military funerals, because HON. GENE GREEN September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on Amer- of protestors who refuse families the right to OF TEXAS ica and to honor the heroic efforts of our first mourn in peace. A protestor from my home IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES responders on that fateful day. State of Kansas sued city and state officials Tuesday, September 19, 2006 It is more than fitting that the resolution be- and was awarded a total of $217,000 in attor- fore us today remember the innocent victims ney’s fees. Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam of September 11 and pay tribute to the count- That is why I am introducing the Sons and Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 982 less first responders who at their own peril re- Daughters of America Act, which will provide which offers this Chamber’s support for Na- sponded to the horror of that day. legal protection against frivolous lawsuits di- tional Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness It is unfortunate then that the Republican rected at statutes prohibiting picketing at mili- week. leadership has chosen this solemn time to tary and other funerals. We already have Son This year, National Peripheral Arterial Dis- play politics and divide this House by inserting of Sam laws to ensure that murderers cannot ease Awareness Week occurs September 18 into this legislation references to several con- profit off of their crimes. Unfortunately, it’s through September 22 and gives us a time to troversial and partisan pieces of legislation. come to the point where we need to ensure reflect on the need for the increased education It is true that Democrats and Republican that those who violate the sanctity of mourning and awareness needed to promote early de- disagree over the policies of the administration cannot profit from their callousness. tection and the proper treatment of this dis- and the Republican leadership. These policy I am proud to introduce today the Sons and ease. differences include the Republican budget cuts Daughters of America Act and ask my col- Peripheral arterial disease, which is a nar- in time of war, the failure to ensure the safety leagues to support this bill. rowing of the arteries that results in reduced of our seaports, the failure to fully inspect f blood flow to the limbs, affects between 8 mil- aviation cargo against terrorist attacks, and lion and 12 million Americans. Americans suf- the failure to provide our first responders with INTRODUCTION OF MARGARET fering from peripheral arterial disease find critical resources and equipment to adequately THATCHER CONGRESSIONAL themselves at increased risk for heart attack, respond to a disaster. GOLD MEDAL ACT stroke and lower limb amputation. Unfortu- It is also true that Democrats have a new di- nately, most cases of peripheral arterial dis- rection to address these and other security HON. MARK STEVEN KIRK ease are asymptomatic, causing too many concerns and the failures of this administration OF ILLINOIS Americans not to know that they have the con- to adequately prepare our country for another IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dition. large scale disaster. But the Republican lead- That is why this resolution and this Cham- ership dishonors the spirit of this solemn anni- Thursday, September 21, 2006 ber’s support for National Peripheral Arterial versary by including divisive language in this Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, today I am intro- Disease Awareness Week are so important. If resolution. ducing a bill with Congressman JIM MATHESON we can shed light on this devastating disease, Controversial issues, such as certain provi- awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to more Americans will become educated about sions of the PATRIOT Act and the Border Pro- Margaret Thatcher. their risk factors and get the early detection tection Act, have no place in a resolution that The Congressional Gold Medal is the Na- and treatment to avoid the painful heart at- commemorates the events of September 11, tion’s highest and most distinguished civilian tacks, strokes and amputations that too often 2001. And I deeply regret that my Republican award. First presented to General George befall our loved ones. colleagues have unnecessarily cast a shadow Washington in 1776, the Congressional Gold I encourage my colleagues to join me in on this solemn anniversary. Medal is awarded to individuals who perform supporting this important resolution.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.009 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1796 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 RECOGNIZING CHARLES M. WIN- their commitment to law and order. The U.S. gional leader in political and economic reform, FREY FOR ACHIEVING THE RANK Marshals provided security to 18 airports in and a nation committed to the principles of de- OF EAGLE SCOUT the hours and days following the attacks on 9/ mocracy and the rule of law. 11, played an instrumental role in the ‘‘D.C. Mr. Speaker, today, on the 15th anniversary HON. SAM GRAVES sniper’’ investigation, were deployed to the of Armenia’s independence, I rise to celebrate OF MISSOURI gulf coast after Hurricane Katrina, and pro- the determination of a people who refused to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vided security for the trials of Oklahoma relent in their quest for freedom. Thursday, September 21, 2006 bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh and AI- f Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Speaker, I proudly pause Over the past 217 years, the Marshals Serv- HONORING LYLE VAN HOUTEN to recognize Charles M. Winfrey a very special ice has grown and evolved into a modern law young man who has exemplified the finest enforcement agency, still charged with pro- HON. THADDEUS G. McCOTTER qualities of citizenship and leadership by tak- tecting the Federal judiciary, but also appre- OF MICHIGAN ing an active part in the Boy Scouts of Amer- hending dangerous fugitives, conducting pro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ica, Troop 82, and in earning the most pres- tective operations, ensuring the security of wit- Thursday, September 21, 2006 tigious award of Eagle Scout. nesses and their dependents, providing for the Charles has been very active with his troop, custody and transportation of Federal pris- Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise participating in many scout activities. Over the oners, managing the Federal Government’s to honor Lyle Van Houten, former mayor of many years Charles has been involved with seized asset program, and conducting special Dearborn Heights, MI, and to mourn him upon scouting, he has not only earned numerous operations as required by the Attorney Gen- his passing at age 77. merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- eral. No other law enforcement agency has as For over seven decades, Lyle dedicated his ily, peers, and community. many diverse missions as the U.S. Marshals life to public service and bettering the lives of Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in Service. Among their most innovative efforts is others. As an integral member of the commu- commending Charles M. Winfrey for his ac- their newly created Fugitive Safe Surrender nity, Lyle was first elected to the Dearborn complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- Initiative, a unique fugitive apprehension pro- Heights City Council in 1967, where he served ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the gram that has already netted the peaceful sur- until he was elected Mayor in 1986. Upon highest distinction of Eagle Scout. render of hundreds of fugitives across this completion of his mayorship in 1993, he con- f country in a community coordinated and faith- tinued to strengthen the Michigan Republican CELEBRATING THE 217TH ANNI- based environment. Party, serving as Republican Committee chair- VERSARY OF THE UNITED Every day, deputy U.S. marshals carry out man of the 16th and 15th congressional dis- STATES MARSHALS SERVICE complex and life-threatening missions with in- tricts. tegrity, skill, and valor. I commend Director Moreover, during his distinguished career, John Clark and the 5,000 men and women of he was appointed to the Michigan Judges Re- HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. tirement Board of Directors by past Governor OF MICHIGAN the Marshals Service, who are justifiably proud John Engler, and also served as a member of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of their agency and their history. I am proud of them as well, and appreciate their contribu- the Dearborn Heights Kiwanis Club and the Thursday, September 21, 2006 tion to this Nation as they celebrate their Divine Child Men’s Club, among other commu- Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 217th anniversary. nity organizations. Throughout his years, Lyle honor the 217th anniversary of the United f established a legacy of benevolence, compas- States Marshals Service, our Nation’s oldest sion, and unwavering commitment to the com- Federal law enforcement agency. The men IN RECOGNITION OF THE 15TH AN- munity. and women who proudly wear ‘‘America’s NIVERSARY OF THE INDEPEND- On September 7, 2006, after a 4-year battle Star’’ have been involved in some of the most ENCE OF ARMENIA with cancer, Lyle passed away. He will be re- historic events in our Nation’s history, and I membered as a confident and patriotic Amer- am proud to commend them on this significant HON. JOE KNOLLENBERG ican, who served his country with honor and occasion. OF MICHIGAN dedication. To his wife, Mary; his children Julie The first 13 United States Marshals were IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Panetta and her husband Mark, L. Carter, Jr. appointed by President George Washington in and his wife Pamela, John, and Margaret; his Thursday, September 21, 2006 1789 with their primary mission being to sup- grandchildren Ellen, Susan, and Nicolas; his port the Federal courts. As times changed, so Mr. KNOLLENBERG. Mr. Speaker, I rise sister Jean Linderman; and to everyone who did the mission of the U.S. Marshals Service. today to commemorate the 15th anniversary of knew and loved him, he was a noble states- However, they have answered the call to duty the Republic of Armenia’s declaration of inde- man who will be sorely missed. without exception. pendence from the Soviet Union. Mr. Speaker, during his lifetime, Lyle Van In the early years, U.S. marshals and dep- On September 21, 1991, one of the world’s Houten enriched the lives of everyone around uty U.S. marshals executed warrants, distrib- oldest and most historically significant civiliza- him. As we bid farewell to this extraordinary uted presidential proclamations, protected the tions was able to re-establish their place individual, I ask my colleagues to join me in president, registered enemy aliens in times of among the autonomous nations of the world mourning his passing and honoring his leg- war, pursued counterfeiters, and helped con- by declaring its independence following the endary service to our community and country. duct the national census. The Marshals Serv- collapse of the Soviet Union. The founding of f ice maintained law and order in the ‘‘Wild the Republic of Armenia was an historic event West,’’ kept the trains rolling during the Pull- that exemplifies the strength and persever- TRIBUTE TO COMMODORE JOHN man strike, and enforced the 18th amendment ance of a people in pursuit of freedom and BARRY during Prohibition. self-determination through democracy. On November 14, 1960, four deputy U.S. Armenia’s road to independence was not HON. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS marshals accompanied 6-year old Ruby easy. Enduring centuries of foreign domina- OF CONNECTICUT Bridges to elementary school after a Federal tion, the genocide against its people in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES judge ordered the desegregation of the New early 20th century, and suffering through Thursday, September 21, 2006 Orleans public school system. In 1962, when seven decades of totalitarian dictatorship did James Meredith sought to legally become the not discourage the Armenian people. In the Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, on September 16, first black person to attend the University of face of oppression, the Armenian people the Fairfield County Ancient Order of Hiber- Mississippi, the duty of upholding the Federal never wavered in their pursuit to secure free- nians celebrated the official recognition of law allowing him to do so fell upon the shoul- dom and a democratic nation of their own. Commodore John Barry as the First Flag Offi- ders of 127 deputy marshals from all over the Since its independence, Armenia has cer of the United States Navy. In 2005, the country. They acted with the highest degree of emerged as a viable, vibrant society and has House passed, and the President signed into professionalism and honor during this turbu- played an important role in stabilizing the law, H.J. Res. 38, which made this recognition lent season in civil rights history. South Caucasus region. Armenia continues to official, and I was proud to support this legisla- Their accomplishments in recent decades be a trusted partner of the United States in a tion. I am happy to submit the text of Master are too numerous to cite, but extraordinary in strategically important area of the world, a re- Chief Richard Iannucci’s informative address

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Barry conducted a relentless This flag, more properly this ‘‘jack,’’ was the 18th Century. He had to learn all this, defense from the quarterdeck until a projec- flown by Commodore John Barry and at the control and lead dozens of men at a time, tile of langridge (broken nails and metal bow of ships of the Continental Navy. fight the elements, and turn a profit. He was fragments) or canister (small spherical pro- This same jack was ordered flown on the jectiles) struck him in the left shoulder. He jackstaff of every US Navy warship on 9/12/ an established ship’s captain by the age of 30, plying the trade route between Philadelphia remained on deck bleeding from many 2001. This jack had not be flown by an Amer- wounds until losing consciousness. He was ican warship at war in over two hundred and the West Indies. What was the most complex convergence of carried below to the cockpit for medical care years. technology of the 18th Century? A naval war- by the ship’s surgeon. At sea a flag or jack always signifies some- As the battle increased in intensity, Alli- ship was the first most complex convergence thing. This jack, the jack of Commodore ance’s colors were shot away. Barry’s second of technology, because it carried the added Barry and the Continental Navy, signifies in command, appeared before him as his that the US Navy is today functioning at its element of naval guns and other weaponry. wounds were being dressed. grimmest, most deadly earnest level of na- BARRY: THE THIRD CRUCIBLE I asked you to bear with me. 18th Century tional survival. In 1775, John Barry was dropped into his dialogue sound wooden and strangely formal Barry and the men who fought alongside last and third crucible, when he offered his to the 21st Century. him, were heroes in the traditional sense of services to the Continental Congress. His Barry’s second in command stated, ‘‘I have the word. They were not victims as the word ship Black Prince was purchased by the Con- to report the ship in frightful condition, Sir. ‘‘hero’’ seems to be evolving today, but men tinental Congress and renamed Alfred. His The rigging is much cut, damage everywhere of courage who voluntarily thrust them- lieutenant was a fiery Scotsman, named great, many men killed and wounded, and we selves ‘‘in harm’s way’’ to use a phrase made Jones, John Paul Jones. labor under great disadvantage for want of famous by another Continental Navy cap- John Barry was then given command of wind. Have I permission to strike our col- tain, John Paul Jones. Lexington, 14 guns, in December of 1775. Lex- ors?’’ Barry replied angrily. This flag symbolizes John Barry and the ington sailed in March of 1776. That April, off ‘‘No Sir, the thunder! If this ship cannot be Continental Navy’s proud and courageous the Capes of Virginia, John Barry engaged fought without me, I will be brought on legacy. Edward, tender to the British man-of-war deck; to your duty, Sir.’’ A new flag was BARRY: THE FIRST CRUCIBLE Liverpool. After a heated battle he captured raised using the mizzenbrail for a halyard, John Barry, the father of the United States Edward, the first American naval prize of the and the fight continued. Just as they Navy, was fired in three crucibles. His legacy war and brought her into Philadelphia. He reached the deck, a gust of wind filled Alli- is a function of those three crucibles and the captured several private armed British ships ance’s sails. Replying to her helm, the bat- trials they represented. not long after. tered Alliance swung about and the officers The first crucible was the unsettled nature His next command was Effingham, which and crew pressed their new advantage to vic- of the country of his origin, Ireland. John was only partially completed and used her to tory. Barry was born in 1745, in a cottage in Coun- patrol the Delaware Bay and Capes. A Brit- He continued in command of Alliance, tak- ty Wexford, Ireland, the southeasternmost ish agent offered Barry 20,000 pounds sterling ing numerous prizes in 1782. In 1783, John Barry fought the last Conti- part of Ireland. Wexford had a strong mari- to change sides and bring Effingham with nental Navy engagement of the Revolu- time tradition, but Barry’s father was a poor him. In the 18th Century, 20,000 pounds was a tionary War against the British man-of-war tenant farmer who was eventually evicted fortune. Barry would not turn his coat. In October of 1776. the Continental Con- Sybylle, 28 guns. Though the ship surrendered from his farm by his British landlord. The gress assigned the rankings of officers of the to him he was obliged to abandon it to es- family was forced to relocate to the village Continental Navy, ranking John Barry No. 7 cape from the rest of the squadron of which of Rosslare. It would have been at an early among Continental Navy captains. Sybylle was a part. At the time, Barry was age that Barry learned of the bloody fall of Barry was a thorough warrior. Barry’s con- convoying Duc de Lauzane, carrying money Wexford to an invading British force led by tribution to the war was not limited to sea and supplies from the West Indies to the Oliver Cromwell in 1649. duty. He could have stuck with Effingham Colonies. His defense enabled Duc de Lauzane Barry had to be aware of his countrymen’s and his naval specialization, but in Decem- to escape and reach the Colonies. general fear of British oppression and gov- ber of 1776. Barry recruited a company of vol- After the close of Revolutionary War, Cap- ernmental administration. Today there are unteers for landing party duty. He and his tain Barry returned to the merchant marine. people who parrot that thought that ‘‘there Upon reorganization of the Navy, in June company took part in the Trenton campaign. is nothing worse than war.’’ John Barry of 1794, Captain Barry was appointed No. 1 on He organized the boatmen and assisted knew there was at least one thing worse than the list of Captains and his commission was George Washington in his famous crossing of war . . . losing a war and he only needed to signed by George Washington. As senior cap- the Delaware. Barry subsequently assisted in look around himself in Ireland to draw that tain, this status entitled him to the posi- the defense of Philadelphia and operations in conclusion. Today you hear the cant, ‘‘War tional title of ‘‘commodore’’ in any group of the upper Delaware. never accomplishes anything.’’ John Barry US Navy ships. The US Navy would have no When the British took possession of Phila- would have known that to be a wrongheaded admirals until the Civil War. The title ‘‘ad- delphia in September 1777, Captain Barry conclusion. miral’’ was thought to be to aristocratic and was ordered to take his uncompleted frigate Personally, as a descendant of highlanders undemocratic. The army could have gen- Effingham up the Delaware River to a place and seafarers forced to leave the Isle of erals, but the navy would have only com- of safety. In October, the ship was ordered Raasey of the Inner Hebrides, on the western modores. sunk or burned. Barry scuttled her in No- coast of Scotland, during the Highland Clear- Barry was ordered to superintend the vember, near Bordentown, New Jersey, to ances, I am aware of the strong formative in- building of the frigate United States, 44 guns, deny her use to the British. fluence of having to leave your home under and to command her when finished. He In March of 1778, Captain Barry captured the cloud of a sense of injustice. fought in the Quasi-War with France, 1798– the British schooner Alert of 20 guns, and two The plight of his native land had to have 1801, capturing a number of French vessels in ships loaded with supplies for the British left its mark on John Barry. the West Indies. By the direction of the Navy Army using a fleet of small boats. Department he brought United States to BARRY: THE SECOND CRUCIBLE Taking command of Raleigh, 32 guns, he Washington, where she was laid up. This The second crucible was the demanding, sailed from Boston in September 1778, and ended Barry’s active service. unforgiving nature of the sea. John Barry’s two days later was chased and attacked by He was employed in testing cannon for the uncle was the captain of a fishing skiff, and three of Royal Navy vessels. After a nine Government 1801–1802, and was selected to at an early age he chose to follow his uncle hour running battle, he ran Raleigh ashore on command the Mediterranean Squadron, but as a seafarer. The sea meant freedom and an island near the mouth of Penobscot Bay was too ill to take the duty. He died at his independence. It was easier to jump ship, if in what is now known as Maine, but was country residence near Philadelphia. life became unfair or oppressive, than move foiled by a turncoat crewman and unable to Commodore Barry was indeed the Father from one farming tenancy to another. Barry completely destroy Raleigh. He escaped to of the United States Navy, he was there at started as a cabin boy, and worked his way the mainland with most of his crew. He then the beginning and he stayed the course up. Going to sea was no easy career choice, assumed command of the privateer Delaware, through two wars. He set the example and but it gave a young man independence, and 10 guns. what an example it was. He was courageous, opportunities tied to merit, for the sea holds In November of 1780, Barry was ordered to tenacious, and versatile. little regard for nationality or economic sta- command Alliance, 32 guns, and took John FULL CIRCLE tus. Only performance counts. A sea captain Laurens, Special Commissioner, to France. Let’s take one last look at this First Navy sailed one of the technological marvels of Alliance would be his most famous command. Jack. We have come full circle.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.018 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1798 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 On July 7, 1779, as you left Southport Har- acter. His compassion and integrity are only Accountability and Divestment Act, DADA, of bor and looked over your port beam (or matched by his keen mind and superior knowl- 2006. Divestment worked to end Apartheid larboard beam as Commodore Barry would edge of the law. I am proud to call Joel a and it can work in this instance. have known it), you would seen the smoke We can make a difference. We can save from the British punitive raid on Fairfield. friend. On September 11, 2001, as you left Southport f lives. We can stop the genocide. f Harbor and looked over your starboard GENOCIDE IN DARFUR, SUDAN beam, you would see the smoke from the FREEDOM FOR OSCAR ELIAS burning towers of the World Trade Center. SPEECH OF Here we are in the Southport section of Fair- BISCET field, a crossroads of history and yet even HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK here in Fairfield we failed to give due def- OF FLORIDA HON. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART erence to history. The Fairfield School sys- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FLORIDA tem willfully fails to observe Veterans Day, for example, as a holiday. Wednesday, September 20, 2006 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We are at war, but have we learned from Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Thursday, September 21, 2006 history? It is all to easy to put the present say, that as world leaders meet in New York Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Mr. war aside and go about our business. Let this week to determine next steps on the someone else address the problem. Perhaps Speaker, I rise today to remind my colleagues another John Barry will turn up, or perhaps Darfur crisis, we here in the U.S. Congress about Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, a Cuban hero it doesn’t matter. must commit to finding ways to break the cur- who is a political prisoner in totalitarian Cuba. We need more John Barrys, men of bravery rent deadlock and lead new international ac- Dr. Biscet is a leading pro-democracy activ- and determination, we can never have tion to stop the ongoing genocide. ist in totalitarian Cuba and one of the leaders enough. We need to begin an all-out diplomatic of- of the democratic Cuba of tomorrow. Dr. Barry knew there were things worse than fensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way Biscet is a medical doctor and the founder of war and his life was determined by that for a peacekeeping force that can ensure pro- the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights. He knowledge. He knew there were things far tection for the people of Darfur. worse than war. Do we? He acknowledged has dedicated his life to freedom and democ- The Coalition for International Justice esti- racy and is a follower of Mahatma Ghandi and that there were objectives that war could ac- mated that 450,000 people in Darfur have died complish, do we? Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Biscet is a man since the deadly genocide began some three f who has constantly opposed the tyranny in years ago. Cuba, and who has paid a tremendous price International attention to the Darfur conflict HONORING JOEL B. ROSEN for his belief in freedom. largely began with reports by the advocacy or- In 1998, he was sentenced to 3 years in the ganizations, Amnesty International, in July gulag because he flew the Cuban flag upside HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS 2003, and the International Crisis Group in down to protest the subhuman treatment of OF NEW JERSEY December 2003. the Cuban people at the hands of the Castro IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Since then, countless organizations have tyranny. When he was ‘‘released’’ in October put in untold hours trying to stop the carnage Thursday, September 21, 2006 of 2002, he was out of prison only a few and human suffering. Groups like: Inter- Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to weeks when he was rounded up again and national Committee of the Red Cross, Doctors commend the Honorable Joel B. Rosen, sentenced this time for ‘‘association with en- without Borders, World Vision, SAVE United States Magistrate Judge of the New emies of the State,’’ and he was sentenced, DARFUR—an alliance of more than 100 faith- Jersey District, for his exceptional service to along with over 75 other peaceful pro-democ- based, humanitarian, and human rights organi- his community. I consider Joel a close friend, racy leaders and independent journalists, to zations, including: Amnesty International USA, and commend him for his continuing commit- 25 years in the Cuban gulag. International Crisis Group, American Jewish ment to the practice of law. For the vast majority of the last 8 years, Dr. World Service, NAACP, American Society for After graduating from Rutgers School of Biscet has lived in a gulag that can only be Muslim Advancement, United States Con- Law at Camden, with honors, Judge Rosen described as a living hell. Dr. Biscet has been ference of Catholic Bishops, United States served as an Assistant United States Attorney. placed in what is called ‘‘the tomb.’’ He is un- Holocaust Memorial Museum, Church World For a time, he was the attorney-in-charge of derground in solitary confinement, in a punish- Service. the United States Attorney’s Office in Camden In all, dozens upon dozens of groups and ment cell. And so that he fully understood the where he received several commendations organizations have prioritized stopping the kill- dimension of his punishment, a serial killer from the Department of Justice for prosecuting ing in Darfur before there is no one left to be was placed along with him in ‘‘the tomb.’’ organized crime and political corruption. He killed. It is high time that we, the U.S. Con- Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet recently spoke by also served as the Chief of the Special Pros- gress, join our name to that list. telephone with Mr. Amado Gil, a journalist in ecutions Section as a Deputy Attorney Gen- We’ve done it before. Miami, FL. The Coalition of Cuban-American eral in the New Jersey Division of Criminal When the U.S. Congress decided in 1986 Women transcribed, edited and translated this Justice. In 1987, Judge Rosen was sworn in that South Africa’s ways of Apartheid could no interview from Spanish to English. as a United States Magistrate Judge for the longer be ignored, the 99th Congress jumped PRISON CONDITIONS District of New Jersey. in and passed of the Comprehensive Anti- The government of Cuba has tortured me Judge Rosen was awarded the Rutgers Apartheid Act was won over a presidential during eight years; they have done so trying School of Law Honorable Joseph M. Nardi Jr. veto. The bill imposed sweeping economic to drive me insane, though, thank God, I Distinguished Service award in 2004. In 1999, sanctions against South Africa, divesting cap- have been able to preserve my sanity . . . in reality, they continue torturing me because he received the Reverend Martin Luther King ital from the government, and authorized sev- Jr. ‘‘Champions for Social Justice and Equality I live in a box with no windows or natural eral measures to assist the victims of apart- light, no water . . . with a mattress that Award’’ from the Black Law Students Associa- heid. feels as if one were sleeping on a plank, a tion at Rutgers School of Law. He was the re- Virtually every member of Congress felt stone . . . unfit for a human being . . . sur- cipient of the Special Achievement Award from pressure from their home districts to do some- rounded by criminals and under the threat, the Department of Justice in 1976 and re- thing about apartheid and cities and colleges as it has happened on previous occasions, of ceived Special Commendation of Outstanding in their districts were divesting, and the bi-par- being attacked by the government who insti- Service in the District of New Jersey, Depart- tisan vote led the way ending an oppressive gates these dangerous prisoners . . . I believe that what the government is ment of Justice in 1975. Judge Rosen is a regime. Former Member of the Judicial Conference doing is torturing me to humiliate me so We are at the point with Darfur. that I abandon the struggle on behalf of the Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction and I continue to hope and pray that the Bush freedom of my country but, thank God, I the Federal Judicial Center, Magistrate Judge Administration makes this a top priority in New have been able to keep up my stance and will Education Committee. He was also the York this week, and to pressure Sudan and its continue doing so with God’s help . . . Former President of the Federal Magistrate allies, particularly Russia and China, to accept SYMBOLIC FAST AS OF JULY 13, 2006 Judges Association. the will of the international community for an I began this fast (in prison) because I be- I have known Joel both personally and pro- international force to protect civilians in Darfur. lieve we should pray to God and demand our fessionally for over a decade and have found In the meantime, I hope that we all gather rights before the government, the right to be him to be a man of outstanding moral char- in support of Congresswoman LEE’s Darfur free which belongs to every person just for

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.019 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1799 being a citizen. Our country has lived so long pation and the genocide committed against ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF without any rights, under a dictatorship . . . the Armenian people, the unique Armenian THE FOUNDING OF WISE COUN- I believe that we must demand rights that culture, heritage and values have flourished. TY, TEXAS belong to us and, in everyone’s interest, these liberties must be observed . . . In order However, Armenia still faces significant ob- to live a full life, it is essential to live in stacles. It is surrounded by hostile neighbors HON. KAY GRANGER freedom and the Cuban people are denied who have erected blockades to prevent the OF TEXAS these rights . . . that is why I’m initiating a flow of key resources into Armenia, hindering IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fast along with other brothers (in prison) to its ability to develop economically. Despite Thursday, September 21, 2006 demand that the government sign the inter- these difficulties, Armenia’s economy has con- national covenants of civil, political, eco- tinued to grow at an impressive pace. The Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to nomic, cultural and social rights—the Cuban recognize the 150th anniversary of the estab- regime must sign them and abide by them so United States must continue to provide eco- nomic and military assistance and do every- lishment of Wise County, a Texas county that that the Cuban people may live in freedom at is part of the 12th Congressional District which last. . . . thing in its power to end these blockades so I have the honor to represent in Congress. MESSAGE TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE that Armenia’s economy can continue to grow and its young democracy can thrive. The area that today is known as Wise The Cuban people must do their utmost in County, located northwest of the Fort Worth/ I join my colleagues in the House of Rep- their struggle to win their freedom and suc- Dallas area, initially was home to Native ceed in obtaining the international support resentatives today in commemorating Arme- American Indians. The Coronado Expeditions of all free and democratic countries. I trust nia’s independence. I look forward to the in 1540 found the Wichita Indians roaming the that the Cuban people will prove their dig- bonds of friendship between the United States region. By the mid-1800s, Texas was being nity as they have done so on other occasions, and Armenia becoming even stronger in the so that we may enjoy FREEDOM. . . . settled to the north and west of the Gulf coming years and I wish all Armenian people Coast. The first settlers, lead by Sam Woody My colleagues, despite the hell that has well on this day. been described, Dr. Biscet is unrelenting in his and his family, came to the Wise County re- gion in 1854 attracted by an abundance of resolve for freedom for the people of Cuba. f Dr. Biscet is a great patriot, a man of peace, land, game and other natural resources. The and an apostle of freedom for Cuba. Dr. 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARS Woody family and other pioneers who came Biscet is a hero in the tradition of the great fig- INCORPORATED PLANT IN WACO, from other southern states found their new ures of Cuba’s long struggle for liberty. Quintin TEXAS home ideal for farming and ranching. Banderas, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, On January 23, 1856, the Texas Legislature Ignacio Agramonte, Antonio Maceo, and thou- officially created a new county from the larger sands of other Cuban heroes established a HON. CHET EDWARDS Cook County and named it for Henry A. Wise, tradition of heroism that today is being contin- OF TEXAS a U.S. Senator from Virginia who had sup- ued by countless men and women who have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ported the annexation of Texas into the United given their best years and often their lives for States a decade earlier. By a popular vote, the Thursday, September 21, 2006 the freedom of Cuba. Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet is community of Taylorville, named for President a hero in that same admirable tradition. Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to com- Taylor, was selected to the county seat where Mr. Speaker, it is completely unacceptable memorate the 30th anniversary of the Mars In- the first of four county courthouses was con- that, while the world stands by in silence and corporated manufacturing facility in Waco, structed. Later, the town’s name was changed acquiescence, Dr. Biscet languishes in the Texas—an important institution in our commu- to Decatur in honor of U.S. Naval hero Ste- gulag because of his belief in freedom, de- nity since its opening on September 23, 1976. phen Decatur at the urging of Col. Absolam mocracy, human rights and the rule of law. For decades, this facility has produced the Bishop, recognized as the founder of Decatur. We cannot permit the brutal treatment by a Snickers Bar and other Snickers varieties The present courthouse on the Decatur town demented and murderous tyrant of a man of for American consumers, and it is now the square is the fourth, a majestic pink granite peace like Dr. Biscet for simply supporting only facility in the country that produces structure constructed in 1895 and remodeled freedom for his people. My colleagues, we Skittles Bite Size Candy and Starburst Fruit several times since. By 1860, Wise County had more than 3,000 must demand the immediate and unconditional Chews. Roughly 700 people are employed at residents. Although Wise County was one of release of Oscar Elias Biscet and every polit- the Waco facility, many of whom have worked the Texas counties that voted against seces- ical prisoner in totalitarian Cuba. at this facility their entire careers. The loyalty sion from the United States, it did recruit five f of its associates is a testament to Mars’ com- Confederate military companies from among mitment to providing associates with an envi- COMMEMORATING THE 15TH ANNI- its male residents who fought in the Civil War. ronment in which it is a pleasure to work. VERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF Following the Civil War, agriculture continued ARMENIA’S INDEPENDENCE I have been proud to have a Mars facility in to be the prime focus of the Wise County my district all these years. Approximately $30 economy. Over time, dairy farming, brick and HON. EDWARD J. MARKEY million worth of Texas-grown peanuts are limestone production and oil and gas produc- used in the Waco facility to produce Mars’ tion became important segments of the coun- OF MASSACHUSETTS popular snackfood products. In addition to the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ty’s economic base. At the turn of the century, hundreds of jobs that this facility brings to our 99 percent of Wise County’s 27,116 residents Thursday, September 21, 2006 economy, Mars has also embraced its role in still lived in unincorporated areas. Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to our community through numerous charitable Wise County has the distinction of being the recognize and celebrate the 15th anniversary contributions and community sponsorships. birthplace of the first established junior college of the independence of the Republic of Arme- Mars has also been a pioneer in its industry when Decatur Baptist Junior College was cre- nia. Today, we congratulate and pay tribute to for the installation of water-saving treatment ated in 1892 to serve as a ‘‘feeder school’’ to the citizens of Armenia, as well as people of facilities at some of its plants, and it has incor- Baylor University in Waco. In 1965, the junior Armenian descent in the United States and porated a Wetlands Wastewater Treatment college took a step forward by moving to Dal- around the globe on this important anniversary Facility in its Waco facility which saves 3 to 5 las and becoming Dallas Baptist University. of their independence from the former Soviet million gallons of water each year. In Texas, Throughout its history, the many men and Union. where we’ve experienced severe drought in women of Wise County have served proudly in Since its independence in 1991, the Repub- recent years, water conservation is increas- the U.S. military with distinction and honor. In lic of Armenia has been a trusted and valuable ingly important. I commend Mars for being a recognition of some of its sons and daughters friend of the United States in the strategically leader on this and other sustainability issues, who fought during World War II and who were important South Caucuses region. During that and I encourage similar facilities in Texas to members of the famed ‘‘Lost Battalion,’’ Allied time, the United States and Armenia have de- use the Mars model as an example of environ- soldiers who became Japan prisoners of war, veloped a strong relationship based on shared mentally conscious production. the Wise County Heritage Museum has dedi- democratic values. Again, I congratulate Mars for reaching this cated a room to members of the Lost Bat- Throughout their history, the Armenian peo- 30-year milestone and hope that this facility talion. ple have persevered over unspeakable trag- will continue to be a member of our commu- Since World War II, Wise County has con- edy and hardship. Despite oppression, occu- nity for many more decades to come. tinued to flourish. Today, the county has a

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.023 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1800 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 population of 60,400. While agribusinesses nity will gather to honor and celebrate all of Just as we honor our soldiers in Iraq by pro- continues to be an important part of its econ- Senator Roberts’ achievements. I rise today, viding them with the most sophisticated de- omy, a growing number of residents are em- to join in their celebration and to thank Sen- fense technology on the market, we must ployed in a wide array of industries spread ator Roberts for his many years of dedicated honor our domestic warriors by providing law across the North Texas landscape. Wise service. enforcement officials with the best tools avail- County has developed a reputation as having f able to protect them. a small town lifestyle with urban amenities HONORING THE BRAVE WARRIORS That is why I introduced the ‘‘Dawson Fam- nearby. Seventeen incorporated towns and cit- ily Community Protection Act’’ (H.R. 812) and ies are part of Wise County. They include: WHO HAVE ENLISTED IN THE FIGHT AGAINST NARCO-TER- the ‘‘Witness Security and Protection Act’’ Alvord, Aurora, Boyd, Bridgeport, Briar, Chico, (H.R. 908). Decatur, Greenwood, Lake Bridgeport, New- RORISM ark, New Fairview, Paradise, Pecan Acres, The ‘‘Dawson Family Community Protection Rhome, Runaway Bay and Slidell. HON. ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS Act,’’ which would provide protections to To celebrate its heritage, Wise County com- OF MARYLAND neighborhood activists, passed the House in memorates its founding from September 30 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March as part of the ‘‘Office of National Drug through October 7, 2006, with the Wise Coun- Thursday, September 21, 2006 Control Policy Reauthorization Act’’ (H.R. 2829). ty Sesquicentennial celebration. The Wise Mr. CUMMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today County Sesquicentennial celebration honors to honor the brave warriors who have enlisted I want to thank my colleagues in the House the past and recognizes the future with events in the fight against narco-terrorism. Some, like for their support of this vital initiative and I in every corner of the county. Edna McAbier of Baltimore, have narrowly es- urge our colleagues in the Senate to follow Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to recognize caped death. Others, like Carnell and Angela suit by passing the ONDCP reauthorization. Wise County on the 150th anniversary of its Dawson and their five beautiful children, were The ‘‘Witness Security and Protection Act’’ establishment and to offer sincere appreciation not so lucky. would provide much-needed federal funds to for the many contributions Wise County and The front page of the Tuesday, September state-run witness protection programs. its great citizens have made to Texas and the 19, 2006 edition of the Baltimore Sun tells the United States over the last 150 years. I implore my colleagues, in honor of Ms. story of Ms. McAbier, a tireless community ac- McAbier, the Dawson family, and the count- f tivist who made it her personal mission to fight less others who have suffered and continue to TRIBUTE TO STATE SENATOR back drug trafficking in her neighborhood of suffer from the violent fallout of the drug trade TOMMY ED ROBERTS Harwood. and the ravages of drug abuse, to support the For her efforts, her car was keyed, her tires ‘‘Witness Security and Protection Act,’’ H.R. were slashed, bricks were thrown through her 908. HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR. windows, and finally—18 months ago—her OF ALABAMA house was firebombed. f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. McAbier survived the attack, but only to Thursday, September 21, 2006 be exiled from the neighborhood she loved CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AT L.D. enough to try to save. Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to BELL HIGH SCHOOL Sadly, stories like hers are not unprece- pay tribute to Alabama State Senator Tommy dented in Baltimore. This October marks the Ed Roberts. Senator Roberts has represented 4-year anniversary of one of the most terrible Limestone, Madison, and Morgan Counties in HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS tragedies I have witnessed in my lifetime. the Alabama State Senate since 1994 and Mrs. Dawson, like Ms. McAbier, was a war- OF TEXAS served in the Alabama House of Representa- rior for her community. She fought to get drug IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tives from 1974 through 1982. Senator Rob- dealers off her street, and away from her five erts recently announced his retirement from young children. She paid for her efforts with Thursday, September 21, 2006 public service and in April concluded his final her life. legislative session. Drug dealers one night filled the Dawson Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to I consider it a privilege to have worked with family home with gasoline, and set it up in honor Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent Senator Roberts on a wide variety of issues flames. All five children and their mother died School District’s L.D. Bell High School as it facing Morgan County. He has done a great in the attack. Mr. Dawson, who sustained celebrates its 50th anniversary of providing deal to help further the quality of life for all in- burns over 85 percent of his body, died a quality education for its students. L.D. Bell has dividuals in our community. week later. been a fixture in the H-E-B community since During his many years of service in the When I sat at the Dawson family funeral 4 1957. Lawrence Dale Bell High School was State Legislature, Senator Roberts’ peers years ago, looking at those five small caskets opened on a site donated to the school district elected him to numerous legislative leadership and one big casket, I thought to myself: How by the late Larry Bell, Founder and President positions. He served as the Chairman of the did we get here? of Bell Helicopter Textron in Hurst. Senate Business and Labor Committee and I have lived my whole life in inner city Balti- Rapid student growth and academic excel- the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. more. I have seen the innocent little girls who lence have been the cornerstone of Bell High Senator Roberts’ well known legislative ac- used to play hopscotch on my block grow up School. During its 50-year history, L.D Bell complishments include his work to create Ala- to sell their bodies for drugs. I have seen bril- has earned state and national recognition in bama’s identity theft protection laws and his liant little boys with endless potential head off academics, athletics, fine arts, leadership bill to allow Morgan County to give a portion to jail instead of college. training and service disciplines. These numer- of its sales tax to help fund volunteer fire de- The disease of drugs plagues every facet of ous honors resulted in the recognition of L.D. partments. our community, robbing children of their child- Bell as a National Blue Ribbon School during In addition to serving Morgan County as a hood, and denying decent people the oppor- the 1994–1996 school terms. State Legislator, Senator Roberts was a tunity to thrive. L.D. Bell’s high school motto affirms that champion of economic development and ex- It is a pervasive disease that reaches far they ‘‘Do not imitate but are a role model for pansion. He served as Executive Director of beyond our inner cities, tormenting the lives of others.’’ The accomplishments that L.D. Bell the Morgan County Industrial Development people in communities across our Nation. Association and the Decatur-Morgan County Mr. Speaker, I am as committed to the glob- High School has achieved in its first 50 years Port Authority for many years and is credited al war on terrorism as any member of this certainly exemplify this. With half a century of with helping to create over 14,000 jobs. He body, and I commend our brave warriors who success behind them, I am confident that L.D. played a large role in successfully recruiting risk their lives every day so that we might be Bell will continue to educate and inspire the the Boeing Delta IV Rocket Plant and Nucor safer. young adults that walk its halls today. Steel plants to Decatur, Alabama. But don’t be fooled: Terrorism lives here at Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I Mr. Speaker, Senator Roberts is well re- home as well. stand here today and honor the 50th anniver- spected throughout our local community and Warriors like Mrs. Dawson and Ms. McAbier sary of L.D. Bell High School for their dedica- the entire State of Alabama. On Saturday, have fought for our freedom with their liveli- tion and continuing commitment to education September 23rd, the North Alabama commu- hoods and their lives. in my congressional district.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.026 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1801 TRIBUTE TO MR. EDUARDO grees in education, administration, super- dren, whom he loved dearly. With his first ANDRES LUCIO, SR. vision, business, engineering, classical music, wife, Eunice Williams, they raised a son, Mi- law, medicine, theater arts, school counseling, chael, and a daughter, Aleta. Later in life, he married Louise Simon, and raised a second HON. HENRY CUELLAR chemistry, biology, pharmaceutical sciences, son, Jason. OF TEXAS and technology. He truly led by example and With Frank’s passing goes a library of sto- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES inspired his children to be the best they could ries and experiences. He grew up during the be in achieving their dreams and goals. Great Depression. He attended the very first Thursday, September 21, 2006 Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have had this World’s Fair, seeing a microwave decades be- Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to time to recognize Mr. Eduardo Lucio, Sr. fore they would ever come to use in an American household. He traveled throughout honor Mr. Eduardo Andres Lucio, Sr., the fa- f ther of the Texas State Senator Eddie Lucio, the Bronx, Harlem, and Jamaica, Queens during his youth in a Ford Model T, which he Jr., who recently passed away on September WORDS OF CONDOLENCE CON- CERNING A DEDICATED EDUCA- said had terrible brakes. He served in the 4, 2006 at 89 years of age. Navy during World War II, and then went on Eduardo Andres Lucio, Sr., was born on No- TOR to serve with the Merchant Marines as a ci- vember 10, 1916, in the City of Brownsville in vilian worker, and in the Coast Guard during the State of Texas to his parents, Teodoro HON. RUSH D. HOLT the 1950s. He was a hard worker. Frank worked as a Lucio and Maria Antonia Lopez Lucio. He then OF NEW JERSEY was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church cook at several of the large hotels and res- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES taurants in Manhattan before going to work at the historic Immaculate Conception Cathe- Thursday, September 21, 2006 at the New York City Board of Education, dral in Brownsville on June 11, 1916. He was where he worked 30 years, retiring as a Sen- one of 11 children: eight brothers and three Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, it is with much sad- ior IBM TAB Operator. He had been one of sisters. ness that I rise to recognize a teacher and the few Black or Latino workers to be Mr. Lucio also has a long familial lineage friend, Sona Polakowski. She succumbed to trained to work on the then-massive IBM that stretches all the way back to King Ferdi- cancer on September 15. I join ber husband computers, which took up whole floors to do nand the Catholic of Spain, and several of his Bob, her daughter Jen, her son Mark, her fam- what we do today with a laptop. While at the ancestors were conquistadores who fought Board of Education, he was an active union- ily, friends and admirers in mourning her loss ist, serving in several union leadership posi- with Hernan Cortez in the early 1500s in Mex- and in celebrating her life. tions. He was an active participant in the ico. Some of the descendants of his ancestors Born in Jersey City, NJ, Sona resided in fight for dignity and fair wages for working include the founders of Matamoros, Monterrey, Lawrenceville, NJ for the past 35 years. A people. Mier, Saltillo, and Camargo, Mexico. graduate of Seton Hall University, she was Francis dreamed of bigger and better In 1937, during the Great Depression, he project director for math and science at the things for his family and worked to provide worked at the Chapman Ranch in Kingsville, Lawrence Township Board of Education. Sona opportunities for his children. He worked to exhaustion to make sure his family had what Texas, and joined the Civilian Conservation was a member of the New Jersey Education they needed. Later, as a haustion real estate Corps in Bonita Canyon in the small town of Association, National Science Teachers Asso- investor, he amassed properties across New Douglas in Arizona. He later met and fell in ciation and Congregation Brothers of Israel. York City and elsewhere. Frank worked so love with his wife, Josefa Liendo, who would For the past 15 years, it has been my privi- much that his family often joked that he become his future wife of 65 years and mother lege to work with Sona to improve children’s worked eight days per week. In addition to to his 10 children. He then joined the United education. Her cheerful determination was her his full-time job, he maintained a number of States Army Air Corps on December 30, 1941, most apparent characteristic. She gave hun- supplemental jobs, including working as a in San Antonio, Texas, to fight on behalf of the cook at Brooklyn’s famous Junior’s Res- dreds of teachers the confidence and knowl- taurant, working weekends for the Free Sons United States of America in World War II. He edge to teach science; and, most of all, she of Israel, and as a security guard for the was a part of the 46th Service Squadron shared her determination. Her effect on others ILGWU (International Ladies Garment which served in North Africa and in Italy. will remain with thousands of students for gen- Workers Union). Mr. Lucio was honorably discharged from erations to come. She will be missed by me, After his retirement at age 65, he pur- the Army of the United States on July 3, 1945, my staff, and the many teachers and others chased a small newsstand in Manhattan’s for a near-fatal injury which he had suffered in with whom she worked. Wall Street district ‘‘just to keep himself battle. He has various decorations and cita- busy.’’ Frank’s personality and laughter lit f up rooms. He had a gleam in his eye, and tions which include the EAME Ribbon, Good hardly held his tongue. He was an excellent Conduct Medal, four Bronze Service Stars, IN HONOR OF FRANCIS ANTHONY dancer. Throughout his life, he was an avid and four Overseas Bars. In 1996, during a DAVILA-LAWRENCE reader, taking his glasses off and squinting ceremony held in the City of McAllen in the one eye to get a clear look at the words on State of Texas, other World War II medals and HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL the pages of the New York Post or the Am- sterdam News. He thoroughly enjoyed the ribbons were given to him by Vice President OF NEW YORK fantastic stories of the National Enquirer. Al Gore. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES He had a gentle place in his heart that was He worked hard for his family by achieving Thursday, September 21, 2006 untouched by life’s hardships. He loved dogs his goals of a higher education, first with the and cats. He also loved children, putting a diploma from Brownsville High School on May Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ship’s silver dollar for luck into many ba- 30, 1949, and then an Associate in Business inform my colleagues of the passing of Mr. bies’ hands. He was an optimist about his Degree from Texas Southmost College in Francis Anthony Davila-Lawrence, a loving fa- health, the future, and his ability to do Brownsville, Texas, on May 29, 1950. He then ther, veteran, public servant, union leader and things at any point in his life. As a youth, he adventured widely, seeing worked at the Cameron County Courthouse in community activist who passed away in Brook- many parts of the world. When asked about the Sheriff’s Office for almost 30 years, and in lyn, New York, on August 5, 2006. I would like his life’s long list of adventures, he said that his last 3 years, he served as Head Office to enter into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD his more than anything he accomplished during Deputy Sheriff with great pride. Mr. Lucio re- obituary which captures his many contributions this lifetime, he found joy in seeing his chil- tired from his civil service in 1979, and en- and achievements to the great State of New dren brought into the world. He instilled a joyed his retirement as a member of the Vet- York. We will never forget him. Thank you. sense of family, honor, and justice in his children, maintaining these things mattered erans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, FRANCIS ANTHONY DAVILA-LAWRENCE, most in life. and the Disabled American Veterans of Amer- JANUARY 9, 1921–AUGUST 5, 2006 He loved his children passionately. Family ica. He also took great strength from his faith Francis Anthony Davila-Lawrence, known was the most important thing in his life and as a Roman Catholic parishioner of St. Mary’s by some friends as Frank and by other he was more than anything else, a proud fa- Catholic Church. friends as Francisco, left this life on August ther of three wonderful children whose suc- Mr. Lucio is survived by his 19 grand- 5, 2006 at 85 years of age. Francis was born in cesses filled him with pride throughout his children, four step-grandchildren, six great- Harlem Hospital on January 9, 1921 to a Pan- life. amanian-Caribbean mother and a Cuban fa- Frank leaves to mourn his loss wife Lou- grandchildren, and four step-great-grand- ther. ise, ex-wife Eunice, children Michael, Aleta children. His eldest son, Texas State Senator Francis was a New Yorker. He spent the and Jason, daughter-in-law Norma, sisters Eddie Lucio, Jr., has served as a public official majority of his life working and building Gloria, Angela, and Marie, and a host of for over 33 years. He has left behind a re- businesses in and about New York City. nieces, nephews, extended family and markable legacy in his children, who have de- Francis married twice, raising three chil- friends.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.030 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1802 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 MARK BRICKMAN—A MAN IN THE a neighbor introduced him to court report- TRIBUTE TO GOVERNMENT AND KNOW ing. PEOPLE OF ARMENIA ON THE ‘‘It was right up my alley. I was always 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR into words and I love politics and being so- INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SO- HON. TOM LANTOS cial,’’ he said. OF CALIFORNIA VIET UNION Once he found the right career the motiva- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion just hit Brickman. Since private school Thursday, September 21, 2006 allowed him to focus on the court reporting HON. HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ McKEON rather than general education, Brickman OF CALIFORNIA Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, the transparency was able to finish in two years—graduating IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that makes our legal system the best in the in 1978. While in school Brickman worked as Thursday, September 21, 2006 world requires that the public have access to a typist for a court reporting firm. It took its proceedings, and a chance to view the him two tries to pass the court reporting Mr. MCKEON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to record. Although often overlooked, the court exam, but once he did his hard work paid off recognize the Republic of Armenia on the oc- reporter is an integral component of this sys- as he was offered a job. casion of the 15th anniversary of their inde- tem as he or she sits quietly in the courtroom There are two types of court reporters—ac- pendence from the Soviet Union. diligently producing a transcript of the trial. In tual court reporters and freelance reporters. Since September 21, 1991, Armenia has addition to their work in the courtroom, free- Court reporters sit in the courtroom tran- faced the daunting challenge of building a scribing what is being said. Freelance report- lance court reporters are hired to work at ers complete depositions, transcribe con- modem free market economy on the crumbling depositions and to transcribe conversations versations and complete any paperwork out- foundations of Communism. In spite of the sit- between parties. I recently read about the ex- side of the courtroom. Brickman is primarily uation as they inherited it, Armenia’s story has traordinary work of one court reporter named a freelance reporter but he dabbles in court- been one of increasing success against long Mark Brickman, a constituent of mine from rooms from time to time—only for topics odds. As a member of the World Trade Orga- San Mateo, CA, and wanted to share his story that interest him. nization, and a country committed to with my colleagues. He produces hundreds of pages in a day, privatizing their economy, Armenia has seen Mark was born in San Francisco, but moved and it’s not because of his typing skills. positive economic growth rates since 1995. to Millbrae, CA as a teenager. A talented mu- Brickman can type over 100 words per While there remains much work to be done, I sician, he graduated from Mills High School minute but court reporters use a different am confident that the people of Armenia, with method of typing. The language is a special and went on to San Francisco State University kind of shorthand, which sometimes consists their long history of triumph over adversity, will intent on pursuing his interest in music. At his of typing two letters simultaneously. To succeed again in making their country a bea- parent’s request he agreed to consider a more type the, for example, Brickman just presses con of hope in its troubled part of the world. ‘‘typical’’ career and like many college stu- ‘‘t,’’ and the word if is the letters t and p Throughout their history, the Armenian peo- dents he explored multiple options before find- pressed at the same time. It’s a difficult lan- ple have proven both their desire and deter- ing his calling as a court reporter. guage to master, said Brickman, but the mination to be free. I am proud to join my col- Mr. Speaker, after passing the California work is worthwhile. leagues in acknowledging the anniversary of State Court Reporters exam, Mark worked for Brickman worked for a couple of firms be- independence for the free government of the a couple of different firms before his entrepre- fore opening Brickman Deposition Reporting Armenian people who have been ruled by the neurial spirit lead him to start his own firm in 1986, the firm is currently in San Fran- Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, Ottoman cisco but started in his bedroom in Foster Brickman Deposition Reporting in 1986. Like City. It’s the kind of job, which can be as empires as well as the Soviet Union. so many successful enterprises this company consuming or low maintenance as a worker On this important occasion, I extend my was started out of his house, before growing could want. Reporters are paid between $4 to congratulations to the people and government and now operating out of San Francisco. $10 per page. Brickman’s work has taken him of Armenia. Mark’s success has taken him across the to multiple states and as far as Tokyo. He’s f country and around the globe. However, even listened in on the personal information of more impressive is the fact that Mark is still Debbi Fields, the woman behind Mrs. Fields, ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY able to make sure he is always around for his and self-help guru Deepak Chopra. REMARKS wife Cynthia, herself a court reporter, and their Brickman loves being in the know of per- children. Although able to type over 100 words sonal and political situations going on HON. SCOTT GARRETT around the nation. The career, he said, is OF NEW JERSEY a minute, Mark is taking the time to write a great for anyone needing flexibility in a book with advice for step-fathers. work schedule. It’s also something that re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I urge all of my colleagues to join me in quires lots of work, accuracy and studying to Thursday, September 21, 2006 paying tribute to Mark Brickman, a profes- get right. Brickman had one professor who sional court reporter and a terrific guy and to would read names and numbers out of the Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, read more about him in the following article phone book for hours as they transcribed it— today marks the 15th anniversary of the inde- from the San Mateo Daily Journal. a task he hated at the time. pendence of Armenia. On this day in 1991, Ar- menia was finally given the opportunity for A MAN IN THE KNOW ‘‘I could kiss his forehead. Twenty-six years later and I still use those skills,’’ he self-rule for the first time in centuries. After (By Heather Murtagh) said. suffering under harsh rule of the Turks, who Mark Brickman isn’t an ordinary reporter, Despite his busy schedule, Brickman still attempted to slaughter them, and then the So- but the man is in the know. makes time to have a life. He lives in San He can type fast. He knows a lot about viets, who imprisoned them and persecuted Mateo with his wife of four years, Cynthia, many topics and he can keep a secret. them for their Christian beliefs, Armenia is and her 18-year-old daughter Erika. Cynthia Brickman, 49, is one of thousands of court now heading for a bright future filled with lib- has four children, two girls and two boys. reporters paving their own way tailoring a Brickman adopted Beverlee, the older daugh- erty and economic growth. job that fits their lifestyle. It wasn’t the ter, just a few months before he married After decades of stagnation under the failed path Brickman believed he would end up Cynthia. communist economic system, Armenia now on—music was his passion. ranks as the 27th most economically free na- Brickman moved from San Francisco with Brickman met Beverlee at a convention for his family to Millbrae when he was 13. He court reporters, which they both are, when tion in the world. A member of the World graduated from Mills High School in the Brickman first started dating his wife. He in- Trade Organization, Armenia is working early 1970s. Before leaving the school, stantly felt protective of her. When the idea through the World Bank and International Brickman made his mark in the music de- to adopt her was brought up, Brickman Monetary Fund to grow its economy. I have partment. By playing the clarinet and saxo- never looked back. strong faith that Armenia will continue to grow phone, Brickman was able to partake in all Even with success in business Brickman despite the harsh embargoes of its neighbors things music around the campus. The musi- said it’s important to have a balance with in Georgia and Turkey. cal love even brought him over to Europe for family and an outside life. He spends much Armenia is justifiably proud of its deep cul- a class trip. time with his wife and children. He’d love to He began San Francisco State University help with a national election one day. When tural roots that go back to the dawn of re- wholeheartedly committed to studying he has the chance he loves to write. In fact, corded civilization. Ninety-nine percent of Ar- music. At his parent’s request he looked into he’s currently working on a book detailing menians are literate and they have preserved studying a more lucrative area—like busi- his experiences with mixing families and tips both a distinct language and alphabet. Lo- ness. It was the first of many changes before for stepfathers. cated in the shadow of the famed Mt. Ararat,

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.033 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1803 Armenia’s growing tourist industry prides itself Jett, Mission Specialist Joe Tanner, Mission CONGRATULATING SILVER on the nation’s fascinating history. Specialist Steve MacLean, Pilot Chris Fer- STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Armenian-Americans are contributing to the guson, Mission Specialist Dan Burbank, and ON CELEBRATING 90TH ANNIVER- development of their homeland by investing Mission Specialist Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper, SARY OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA and promoting the nation on the international and the ground team that worked with the stage. Today is a great day for them and their shuttle crew to make this mission a success. HON. MICHAEL E. SODREL homeland. I congratulate Armenia on 15 years OF INDIANA of freedom and progress and trust that our na- f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tions will grow even closer in the future as we Thursday, September 21, 2006 seek to promote liberty around the world. RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENT Mr. SODREL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to f OF BETTY BUCK take a minute to recognize an elementary ANOTHER NASA SUCCESS school in my district for a truly signficant occa- sion. Silver Street Elementary School in New HON. RON PAUL HON. STENY H. HOYER Albany, IN will celebrate its 90th Anniversary OF TEXAS OF MARYLAND on September 11, 2006, and will welcome an- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES other class this year to continue its history of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES educating the youth of New Albany. Thursday, September 21, 2006 Thursday, September 21, 2006 Silver Street Elementary first opened its Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, the National Aero- doors in 1916. Since then, many generations nautics and Space Administration (NASA) suc- Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I want to offer my have passed through its halls. The long history cessfully completed another space shuttle mis- congratulations today to my good friend and of Silver Street allows grandparents to watch sion with this morning’s landing of the Space Fifth District constituent, Betty Buck of Upper their grandkids walk the same halls they once Shuttle Atlantis and the completion of the Marlboro, Maryland, who was recently elected did years before. Silver Street has continued to be an excel- STS–115 mission. Launched on September 9, as the Chairman of the National Beer Whole- STS–115 is the 116th space shuttle mission, lent education institution. Last month, the salers Association. Betty is well known for her and the first since 2002 to include work on as- school received the first Exemplary Award sembling and expanding the International leadership in the State of Maryland, and this from the State for improving each year in the Space Station. The successful completion of week she made history by being elected the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational the STS–115 mission puts the space station first woman to lead this important national Progress test scores. back on the road to completion. business trade association. The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau once wrote, ‘‘We are born weak, we need The major accomplishments of the STS–115 Betty is the President of Buck Distributing, a mission include the delivery and installation of strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we beer wholesaler in my District, where she need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that the massive P3/P4 truss—an integral part of oversees a business with annual sales of the space station’s backbone—and two sets of we need when we come to man’s estate, is more than $40 million and employs more than solar arrays that will eventually provide one the gift of education.’’ Silver Street Elementary quarter of the space station’s power. The 100 workers. This is not the first time that Bet- has provided this gift for 90 years and the crew’s other accomplishments include pre- ty’s professional vision and competence have teachers, administrators and parents involved paring an important radiator for later activa- elevated her to a leadership position. She has who provided this valuable service to the New tion, installing a signal processor and trans- been recognized for her business acumen by Albany community should be commended. ponder that transmit voice and data to the serving on the Committee of America’s Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to recognize this ground, and performing other tasks to upgrade Women Business Leaders and as a past Di- fine elementary school that has educated many Hoosiers from Southern Indiana. It is an and protect the space station’s systems. rector of the Greater Washington Board of honor to have a historic building still being uti- The STS–115 mission is the first time a pro- Trade. In addition, she was named one of the cedure called ‘‘camp out’’ was implemented. A lized for educational purposes in the district I Most Powerful Women in Washington in 1997, represent. Congratulations to Silver Street Ele- ‘‘camp out’’ is where astronauts sleep in the and was selected to be a member of the Top Quest airlock prior to their space walks. The mentary for 90 years of success. 500 Women Owned Business Group and the process shortens the ‘‘prebreathe’’ time during f which nitrogen is purged from the astronauts’ Top 25 Women Who Mean Business by the Washington Business Journal. MILITARY PERSONNEL FINANCIAL systems and air pressure is lowered so the SERVICES PROTECTION ACT space walkers avoid the condition known as Betty is also a dedicated public servant who the bends. The ‘‘camp out’’ procedure enabled is deeply concerned about our community. SPEECH OF the astronauts to perform more than the num- She has served on numerous boards and ber of scheduled activities on each of the mis- HON. RON PAUL foundations in the greater Washington, D.C., OF TEXAS sion’s three space walks. area, including the Prince George’s Hospital IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Atlantis’s crew preformed unprece- Foundation, the University of Maryland’s Foun- dented robotics work on this mission. The Wednesday, September 20, 2006 dation Board of Directors, and United Cerebral crew used the shuttle’s arm in a delicate ma- Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, as a supporter of neuver to hand off the school bus-sized truss Palsy. ensuring our service personnel have access to to the space station’s arm, and also moved In addition to her charity work, Betty has a wide range of financial products I am con- the space station’s robotic arm to a position also given her time and expertise to her com- cerned with the provision of the Military Per- where it will assist in the next phase of station munity by serving as a member of the Mary- sonnel Financial Services Protection Act, S. construction. Perhaps most significantly, the land Judicial Compensation Committee, the 418, enacting a complete prohibition on so- Atlantis crew preformed the first full fly around Anne Arundel Planning Advisory Board, and called contractual or periodic payment mutual of the space station since before the Space the University of Maryland Commission for funds, which, according to testimony received Shuttle Columbia accident. Thanks to the fly by the House Committee on Financial Serv- School Cooperation. around, ground crews now have a better per- ices, are sold voluntarily with full disclosure to spective on the space station’s environment It is a testament to Betty’s talents that she officers at individual meetings held off base. and overall exterior health. has accomplished so much in the professional This is the first time in recent memory that Coming less than 2 months after the suc- world while also raising a wonderful family, in- this committee has ever proposed banning a cessful mission of the Space Shuttle Dis- cluding her children Kelly, Erin, Tim and Dan. product that is fully permissible under current covery, the Atlantis mission is another dem- law and that—again according to testimony re- Mr. Speaker, Betty Buck is an inspiration to onstration of the skills and dedication of all ceived by the committee—is used by thou- NASA personal. I therefore urge all my col- all those who desire a career in business and sands of senior military officials to facilitate leagues join me in extending congratulations who also want to raise a family and be en- their financial security. Specifically, we were to NASA for the successful completion of the gaged in their community. I salute her efforts, told that the clients of First Command Finan- Atlantis mission. And extend a special thank as she rises to the position of Chairman of the cial Planning, the Texas-based company prin- you to Atlantis’s crew of Commander Brent National Beer Wholesalers Association. cipally involved in this market, has invested

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Do we really believe that individuals sponsibilities as an elected official very seri- OF COLORADO charged with the deployment of billions of dol- ously. Prince William’s financial resources IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lars of military equipment, are not sophisti- were well managed and Mr. Connaughton Wednesday, September 20, 2006 cated enough to make their own financial deci- made significant improvements in terms of sions? education, economic development, public Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I can- When the Congress last looked at this prod- safety, and transportation. On behalf of Vir- not support this bill in its present form. uct in 1970, we recognized periodic payment ginia’s 10th and 11th districts we want to Having taken an oath to uphold the Con- mutual funds are a valuable means to help en- thank Chairman Connaughton on his exem- stitution, I have a solemn responsibility to vote courage savings by people who do not have plary service. against even the most politically popular pro- large amounts of discretionary income. I have posals when there are serious doubts about seen no evidence in the record indicating that Mr. Connaughton is a U.S. Naval War Col- the constitutionality of the legislation. And this the judgment then was incorrect. In fact, testi- lege graduate and alumni of the Merchant Ma- bill, transparently brought forward to help the mony received by the Financial Services Com- rine Academy. While serving as Prince William Republican majority whip up public emotions mittee indicates that these periodic payment chairman he also worked as an attorney deal- on the eve of a tough election, poses serious mutual funds are working for those military ing with maritime laws and is a part of the constitutional problems—in short, I think it vio- members choosing to utilize them. Maritime Law Association. A U.S. Naval Re- lates the 24th Amendment. Before voting on S. 418, Congress should serve commander and former active-duty That amendment, added to the Constitution consider whether it is in the best interests of member of the U.S. Coast Guard, his accom- in 1964, says that the rights of Americans to our armed services to substitute our judgment plishments speak for themselves. We have vote in federal elections ‘‘shall not be denied for theirs by banning a financial product that every reason to believe that Mr. Connaughton or abridged by the United States or any State the armed services deem well-suited for their will be an asset to the Department of Trans- by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or financial security. portation and want to congratulate him upon other tax’’ and that Congress ‘‘shall have the Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce the his confirmation. power to enforce’’ that part of the Constitution. Enhanced Options for Rural Health Care Act. But instead of enforcing that constitutional This legislation allows critical access hospitals f bar on making voting a taxable event, this bill to use beds designated for critical access use, would require states to choose between mak- but currently not being used for that purpose, IN RECOGNITION OF ing some people pay to vote and paying to for assisted living services financed by private JAMES BARR III provide them with the identification that the bill payments. says will be required if they want to exercise This bill will help improve the financial status that right. of small rural hospitals and extend the health HON. MARK GREEN The bill’s supporters say the bill is constitu- care options available to people living in rural OF WISCONSIN tional because it says that states cannot make areas without increasing federal expenditures. everyone pay for identification—they have to Currently, fear that rural hospitals will lose crit- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES provide it free to people who cannot afford the ical access status if beds designated for crit- Thursday, September 21, 2006 ‘‘reasonable cost’’ of providing it. ical access are used for another purpose is But the 24th Amendment is not ambiguous causing rural hospitals to allow beds not need- Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, it is on whether it is permissible to make some ed for a critical access purpose to remain un- my honor and pleasure to recognize before people pay to vote, so long as they can afford used. This deprives rural hospitals of a much- this House TDS Telecommunication Corpora- it. Instead, it makes clear that no Americans— needed revenue stream and deprives resi- tion’s President and Chief Executive Officer regardless of their income—can be forced to dents of rural areas of access to needed (CEO) James Barr III. pay ‘‘any . . . tax’’ in order to vote. health care services. And while some may argue that paying for My colleagues may be interested to know For seventeen years, James Barr has been a government-issued ID is not a tax, but just that the idea for this bill comes from Marcella an exemplary leader of a growing Wisconsin some kind of ‘‘user fee,’’ I am not per- Henke, an administrator of Jackson County business and has served the telecommuni- suaded—and I would remind them of the Hospital, a critical access hospital in my con- cations industry with both integrity and distinc- words of Richard Darman, OMB Director gressional district. Ms. Henke conceived of tion. He has played an integral role in the de- under President Reagan, who said that ‘‘if it this idea as a way to meet the increasing de- velopment of TDS Telecom, quintupling an- looks like a duck and walks like a duck and mand for assisted living services in rural areas nual revenue to more than $900 million and quacks like duck, it is a duck, [and] euphe- and provide hospitals with a profitable way to successfully elevating the company to the misms like user fees will not fool the public.’’ use beds not being used for critical access sixth largest independent telephone company That’s one of the reasons the National As- purposes. I urge my colleagues to embrace in the country. sociation of Counties (NACO) opposes the this practical way of strengthening rural health Not only did Barr build a customer-focused bill—because, as they say in their letter to the care without increasing federal expenditures organization that has won many awards for Speaker and Minority Leader, ‘‘we fear that by cosponsoring the Enhanced Options for customer care, he touched the lives of numer- any fee imposed on other voters [besides Rural Health Care Act. ous employees which helped him create a vi- those claiming to be too poor to afford an ID] f brant organization with 3200 employees serv- could be characterized as a poll tax and be HONORING SEAN T. CONNAUGHTON ing 1.2 million customers in 29 states. subject to challenge in court.’’ Further, aside from the constitutional ques- But beyond his hard work and dedication on tions, both NACO and the National Con- HON. FRANK R. WOLF the job Barr is above all else an upstanding ference of State Legislatures oppose the bill OF VIRGINIA person. Barr has been an excellent leader of because it would impose a burdensome un- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES several telecommunications boards and serv- funded mandate on every state and every Thursday, September 21, 2006 ice organizations including the United Way of local government. And, as the Conference Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor for Dane County as well as a caring and sup- points out, the bill ‘‘is duplicative’’ and ‘‘adds Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia and myself to recog- portive husband, father and grandfather. bureaucratic burdens that are completely un- nize The Honorable Sean T. Connaughton, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Barr should be com- necessary. The REAL ID Act, flawed though it former Prince William Board of County Super- mended for his outstanding contributions to is, already requires a new state identification visors chairman. Sean was recently confirmed the telecommunications industry as well as the system based on legal presence . . . This as Maritime Administrator in the Department of great state of Wisconsin. I congratulate him on second identification system would be used Transportation and his education and experi- his years of service and exemplary citizenship only for voting [but the Help America Vote Act] ence will serve him well at the federal level. and wish him the best in his retirement. . . . and state and local election procedures

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.040 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1805 already address identification needs [while] ity, but he has various other leadership posi- the Commander and International Space Sta- . . . This legislation contains only a vague tions throughout the city. He currently serves tion Science Officer. During his devoted serv- promise to reimburse states for the cost of as a member of the vestry at St. Paul’s Epis- ice, Colonel McArthur has logged 224 days, providing voter ID’s to indigent individuals. copal Church, the Cruise Ship Task Force, the 22 hours, 28 minutes and 10 seconds in There is no specific appropriation for this . . . Chamber of Commerce Legislative Affairs space, including 24 hours and 21 minutes of and little likelihood for one.’’ Task Force, the Mobile Area Education Foun- EVA time in space walks, and he has com- If the Republican leadership had been will- dation, and as chairman of the Salvation Army pleted 556 orbits of the Earth. ing to allow the House to consider amend- Advisory Board, among many others. Mr. Speaker, in 1962 President John F. ments, changes could have been made to re- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join Kennedy said, ‘‘We set sail on this new sea move any doubts about its constitutionality with me in commending Bay Haas for his tire- because there is new knowledge to be gained, and to avoid burdening the state and local less service to Mobile. I know Bay’s col- and new rights to be won, and they must be governments with unnecessary burdens. How- leagues, his family, and his many friends join won and used for the progress of all people.’’ ever, instead the leadership insisted on bring- with me in praising his significant accomplish- Colonel Bill McArthur reminds us that there is ing the bill to the floor under a procedure that ments and extending thanks for all his efforts still much to be gained—for the benefit of all prevented that—one of the reasons that many over the years on behalf of the citizens of the mankind—as we continue to explore space. have questioned whether the real purpose of First Congressional District and the state of On behalf of all the citizens of southeastern the bill is less to respond to potential election Alabama. North Carolina and the United States, we fraud and more to make it harder for some f thank him for all he has done to make this a citizens to vote. better place. May God bless him and his fam- I am not opposed to a carefully constructed A TRIBUTE TO COLONEL WILLIAM ily. and constitutional bill that would enhance S. ‘‘BILL’’ MCARTHUR f workplace identity, which is why I support H.R. 98. Nor am I opposed to legislating in order to HON. MIKE McINTYRE TRIBUTE TO DR. BILLY TAYLOR ensure that non-citizens and others ineligible OF NORTH CAROLINA to vote are prevented from voting fraudulently. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON And I am hopeful that once the heat of this Thursday, September 21, 2006 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA election season passes, the House will return IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to a more deliberative and bipartisan way of Mr. MCINTYRE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to doing business on this issue and others. pay tribute to Colonel William S. ‘‘Bill’’ Thursday, September 21, 2006 But, in the meantime, I think this bill does McArthur for his valiant service as an Astro- Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, as an original not merit enactment as it stands because its naut with the National Aeronautics and Space Co-Chair of the Honorary Congressional Host defects outweigh whatever value it may have Administration (NASA). Colonel McArthur’s Committee for the Duke Ellington Jazz Fes- as a supplement to the existing state and fed- dedication, determination and devotion are an tival, with Representative JOHN CONYERS, I eral laws against election fraud. inspiration to America and particularly to the rise today to recognize one of America’s great f citizens of his home county of Robeson and jazz musicians and celebrated music all of southeastern North Carolina. innovators, Dr. Billy Taylor. As we look for- CONGRATULATIONS TO BAY HAAS A native of the community of Wakulla, and ward to and celebrate the second annual ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RE- a graduate of nearby Red Springs High Duke Ellington Jazz Festival in the District of TIREMENT FROM THE MOBILE School, Colonel McArthur has heroically Columbia, we recognize the talented individ- AIRPORT AUTHORITY AFTER 24 served his country for 33 years. After grad- uals who contributed to the unique sounds YEARS OF SERVICE uating from West Point in 1973, Colonel that form modern jazz. As a world-renowned McArthur was commissioned as a Second jazz artist who uses his talent not only to en- HON. JO BONNER Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was assigned tertain, but also to educate and inspire, Dr. OF ALABAMA a tour with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Billy Taylor will be honored this year with the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bragg. Following his tour, he entered the U.S. Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He Thursday, September 21, 2006 Army Aviation School from which he grad- joins last year’s inaugural honoree, David Mr. BONNER. Mr. Speaker, it is with great uated at the top of his flight class and was Brubeck, as a recipient of this award. pride and pleasure that I rise today to recog- designated an Army aviator. He then served I am proud that Dr. Taylor grew up in the nize the outstanding service and leadership of as an aeroscout team leader and brigade District of Columbia in a family that valued ar- Bay Haas upon the recent announcement of aviation section leader with the 2nd Infantry tistic expression through music. His talent was his plans to retire. For the past 33 years, Mr. Division in Korea and later as a company undeniable. Dr. Taylor experimented with the Haas has served the Mobile community in a commander, platoon leader, and operations sounds of the saxophone, drums, guitar and distinguished manner. officer with the 24th Combat Aviation Bat- piano, receiving lessons from Henry Grant, Following 9 years at IBM, Mr. Haas began talion. After receiving a Master of Science de- who taught classical piano to the legendary his career in public service in 1972 when he gree in aerospace engineering from the Geor- Duke Ellington 20 years earlier. By the age of was elected to serve on the Mobile County gia Institute of Technology in 1983, he was 13, Dr. Taylor had made his first professional Commission, one of the youngest men at the assigned to the Department of Mechanics at appearance at the Republic Gardens on U time to serve in such an important post. He West Point as an assistant professor. Four Street. has since devoted his life to the well-being years later, Colonel McArthur graduated from After graduating with a Bachelor of Science and development of south Alabama. In addi- the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and was des- in music from Virginia State University, Dr. tion to his two terms on the Mobile County ignated an experimental test pilot. As a dedi- Taylor took time off to continue to study, prac- Commission, Bay Haas has served as execu- cated Master Army Aviator, he completed over tice and perfect his musical skills. In 1944, he tive director of the Mobile Airport Authority 4,500 flight hours in 39 different air and set out for New York City and became in- since 1983. spacecraft. stantly emerged in the music scene. Soon Following 24 years at the Mobile Airport Au- In 1987, McArthur began his career with after his arrival, Dr. Taylor was invited to play thority, Mr. Haas announced his plans to retire NASA as a Space Shuttle vehicle integration piano in saxophonist Ben Webster’s quartet. in June of next year. For nearly a quarter of test engineer at the Johnson Space Center. He also performed on 52nd Street with the a century at the Mobile Airport Authority, Bay Determined to be an astronaut, Colonel legendary Dizzy Gillespie. In 1946, Dr. Taylor has been committed to aiding Mobile’s indus- McArthur applied 7 times before he was se- embarked on an 8-month tour of Europe with trial growth. His efforts have been critical in re- lected by NASA in January 1990 and was offi- Don Redman’s Orchestra, the first American cruiting what is now ST Mobile Aerospace En- cially designated an astronaut in July 1991. band to visit the continent after World War II. gineering for Brookley, Mobile’s largest indus- Since then, McArthur has worked in various Upon his return, Billy Taylor became the trial employer, and more recently, EADS North positions within the Astronaut Office and has house pianist at Birdland, the historic jazz America. Bay’s distinguished work has helped served as the Chief of the Astronaut Office venue where he was surrounded by pio- gain Mobile greater recognition in the inter- Flight Support Branch. He has flown on four neering jazz musicians and played with greats national aerospace field. space flights including the Columbia in 1993; such as Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis. Not only has Bay served the Mobile commu- the Atlantis in 1995; the Discovery in 2000; As an eminent jazz musician, Billy Taylor nity with his role at the Mobile Airport Author- and Expedition 12 in 2006 of which he was began to educate the public on the world of

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MAXINE WATERS ment already pales in comparison to other nat- ural resource programs, and now, we are project, which he co-founded with Daphne OF CALIFORNIA about to authorize only the atmospheric com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Arnstein, a fellow member of the Harlem Cul- ponent of NOAA. This is just another example tural Council. The Jazzmobile began with a Wednesday, September 20, 2006 of the failure of this Congress to make the float borrowed from the Budweiser Beer Com- Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong management of our oceans a priority. This pany that was converted into a bandstand-on- support of the Military Personnel Financial amazes me, considering the size and eco- wheels. The organization produced summer Services Protection Act, S. 418, as passed by nomic value of our oceans. outdoor concerts, lectures and special pro- the Senate. The bill amends the Investment We have been called to make our oceans a grams for disadvantaged inner-city youth. Re- Company Act of 1940 to make it unlawful for greater priority for more than 6 years now. nowned artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Duke any registered investment company to issue or When are we going to act? After our fish Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, and sell any periodic payment plan certificate. In stocks are fully depleted? After global warming Milt Jackson all contributed to the Jazzmobile short, the bill will protect the members of our have caused rising sea levels to erode our by performing free outdoor concerts for the Armed Forces from unscrupulous practices re- beaches and the oceans to become so acidic that coral reefs have wasted away? In 2000, public. In particular, Dr. Taylor recalled the ex- garding the sale of insurance as well as other with the passage of the Oceans Act, Congress citement of the audience when Duke Ellington financial and investment products. called for a National Commission on Ocean performed, saying, ‘‘I don’t know who was Many of us have known for some time that Policy to conduct a nationwide fact-finding more excited, the audience, or Duke. He loved members of our Armed Services have been mission on the state of our oceans. The goal preyed upon by unscrupulous individuals in playing for the people of Harlem, and they was to develop policy recommendations that the financial services arena. Members of the loved him, madly.’’ The program continues would lead to a coordinated and comprehen- Armed Services are often the victims of ag- today throughout the United States. sive national ocean policy. The independent gressive and misleading sales practices and Pew Oceans Commission underwent a similar Billy Taylor’s recording career is nothing schemes that result in exorbitant commissions process to identify the root problems threat- short of extraordinary. With more than two and fees for insurance products, etc. Some ening our nations’ oceans. The products of dozen albums recorded over a span of six sales commissions are in excess of 50 per- decades, Dr. Taylor is renowned within the re- these two commissions are nothing short of cent on the first year of contributions to the in- remarkable. Both commissions independently cording community through such compositions surance product. In addition, certain life insur- came to the same clear message: our oceans as, ‘‘I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be ance products are being marketed as invest- are in peril. Free’’ and ‘‘Peaceful Warrior,’’ a work inspired ment products, providing minimal death bene- It is NOAA that must tackle these chal- by and dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin fits in exchange for excessive up-front pre- lenges. As the lead agency on ocean manage- Luther King Jr. In 1990, Dr. Taylor was award- miums. ment, both commissions acknowledged the ed the National Medal of Arts by President I believe that this bill takes a major step to size of the task that NOAA faces. Americans close the existing loophole in the law allowing George H.W. Bush and also has received two are facing declining fish stocks, beach clo- for the proliferation in the sale of these prod- Peabody Awards, an Emmy, and a Grammy. sures due to poor water quality, and laws that ucts. Mr. Speaker, it would be disgraceful if, are inadequate to protect America’s oceans. Dr. Taylor continues to be the country’s after the sacrifices made by the men and Both commissions have called on Congress spokesman for jazz. From 1977 until 1982, Dr. women in our armed services, this body al- repeatedly to provide NOAA with an organic Taylor hosted ‘‘Jazz Alive,’’ National Public lowed these practices to continue. Today we act. In fact, both have listed an organic act as Radio’s most listened-to jazz program of its should send a strong message to the people one of the highest priorities in taking steps to- time. in the industry who would put profit above the wards better management of our oceans. well-being of our troops by passing S. 418. NOAA already administers the core pro- In March 1993, he was appointed Jazz Ad- The sooner we can pass this legislation and grams that manage our ocean resources, and viser to the Kennedy Center, where he was other measures to protect our service men again, does so under an ever tightening budg- responsible for dramatically expanding and en- and women from these predators the better off et. For example, National Marine Fisheries hancing its jazz program—and although he we will be. I urge my colleagues to support Service manages all Federal fisheries under has officially retired, Dr. Taylor is busier than this bill. the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The Office of ever, continuing to provide his expertise to the f Ocean and Coastal Resource Management administers the Coastal Zone Management institution. As with Jazzmobile, Billy Taylor NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOS- Act that protects our coasts from pollution and continues to create outreach activities and PHERIC ADMINISTRATION ACT public performances to expose people of all erosion. Congress sure likes to give NOAA a lot to do, but nothing to do it with. ages to the genre of Jazz at the Kennedy SPEECH OF Furthermore, NOAA also administers a Center. At the University of Massachusetts, HON. THOMAS H. ALLEN number of completely unauthorized programs where he is the Wilmer D. Barrett Professor of OF MAINE that Americans depend on. The Ocean and Music, Dr. Taylor leads the annual Jazz in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Atmospheric Research office played a lead July program. Wednesday, September 20, 2006 role in helping institute an integrated ocean As we prepare for the 2nd Annual Duke observation system based on what we already Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of Ellington Festival to be held in October, it is have in the Gulf of Maine. Analogous to the H.R. 5450 and applaud Representative routine monitoring of weather and climate, my pleasure to recognize Dr. Billy Taylor for EHLERS, Chairman BOEHLERT and the mem- ocean observation collects a myriad of tem- his lifetime achievements and contributions to bers of the House Science committee for their perature and current data that enhances the the genre of jazz and to the world at large. He work on this bill. However, I am also deeply prediction of hurricanes and storms, the im- is not only an extraordinary artist, but also a concerned with H.R. 5450. My concern, how- pacts of global warming, and is used by renowned and celebrated professional who ever, is not what is actually in this bill, but search and rescue teams and shipping fleets has dedicated his life to bringing music to the what is missing. Because the House Re- for navigation. Despite the multiple uses of masses. Dr. Billy Taylor inspires the next gen- sources Committee refused to consider this ocean observation, the regional associations eration of musicians to continue in his foot- important legislation, we are now debating a are now at risk of shutting down because as steps and not only excel in their musical per- bill that does not include authorization for the an unauthorized program, they are unable to oceanic component of NOAA. formances, but also to motivate and educate. find a sustainable funding path. It is ridiculous. This greatly disappoints me. As a co-chair In essence, this innovative program may have of the bipartisan House Oceans Caucus, I to shut down for being too ahead of its time. have worked closely with the line offices of The challenges NOAA faces are only going NOAA that handle ocean stewardship, and I to increase over the next century. More than

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con- the 91,898 active and retired members of the prioritize and justify itself during appropria- gratulate Plantronics of Santa Cruz, California UAW from Western and Central New York, tions, perhaps heading off the crippling cuts on being recognized as one of the ‘‘Top 25 New Jersey, and most of Pennsylvania. She that are leveled against it each year. Guidance medium companies places to work for in was re-elected to her post in 2002. from Congress would also help NOAA reorga- America’’ by the Society for Human Resource A recent article printed in Western New nize and enhance inter-office and inter-agency Management (SHRM). This honor is bestowed York’s Business Newspaper, Business First, communication, thus making NOAA operations only upon the most deserving companies in pointed out that Geri Ochocinska has risen more efficient and streamlined. the country who meet high standards of em- higher than any woman in the history of orga- While I support H.R. 5450 for taking us to- ployment. nized labor in Western New York. Geri re- ward the goal of authorizing NOAA, we must Plantronics is a hardware company from ceives recognition as a great negotiator. She remember it only takes us halfway. By author- Santa Cruz that specializes in lightweight is a woman who takes firm stands in negotia- izing only the atmospheric and educational headsets and is the market leader worldwide. tions. She also is known for her compassion components of NOAA, we fail half of this vital The company was founded in 1961, and was and for the nurturing ways she cared for and agency, and I urge Congress to make a full the first to introduce the lightweight commu- fought for UAW workers. organic act for NOAA a priority. nication headset in 1962, and in 1969 a Ms. Ochocinska’s retirement is a loss to the Plantronics headset carried Neil Armstrong’s Labor Community of Western New York, Mr. f first words from the moon. Plantronics have Speaker, and I’d like to take this opportunity to remained on the cutting edge of headset tech- thank her and congratulate her for a lifetime of INTERNATIONAL DISASTER RISK nology ever since it’s founding and continue to service to the working men and women of REDUCTION ACT raise the bar in the field. Western New York. Each of the companies recognized by HON. EARL BLUMENAUER SHRM is dedicated to communicating clearly f with their employees and encouraging their HONORING THE HONORABLE OF OREGON workers to voice their opinions. In addition, MARY DENNY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES these companies provide generous salaries and benefit packages. In return, their employ- Thursday, September 21, 2006 ees are motivated and invested in the organi- HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, from hur- zation, making these companies some of the OF TEXAS ricanes and floods in Latin America to earth- most successful medium-sized businesses in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quakes in Asia, natural disasters are increas- their industries. Thursday, September 21, 2006 ingly becoming a regular feature of life for Plantronics is known to have flexible hours Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to large numbers of people around the globe. By for its employees, allowing them to take time recognize Representative Mary Denny for her 2050, two billion people are expected to be to participate in exciting activities that Santa service in the Texas House of Representa- especially vulnerable to floods due to growing Cruz has to offer such as surfing, cycling, and tives. populations, indiscriminate logging on hillsides, hiking. They have a subsidized on-site cafe- Representative Denny has played an intri- rapid urbanization, and increasing develop- teria which serves locally grown, organic fruits cate part in the development of the Repub- ment along coasts and in other hazardous re- and vegetables. Importantly, Plantronics is ac- lican Party in Denton and the North Texas re- gions. tive in the community, and contributes to local service organizations. gion over the past 20 years. She has helped Thankfully, as I have seen on trips to dis- in over 300 State, Local and National elections aster-affected area, the devastating impacts of Mr. Speaker, it is my honor to acknowledge Plantronics for their recognition as one of the in her career and has represented Denton natural disasters can be mitigated by building County in both State and National Republican in safer locations, constructing sturdier dwell- best places to work in the country and I wish them continued success. conventions. ings, enforcing sound building practices, and As a local businesswoman and former f protecting natural ecosystems. For example, teacher, she graduated from the University of communities in Indonesia that had intact man- CELEBRATING THE CAREER OF North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in Edu- grove stands along their coastlines were pro- UNION REPRESENTATIVE GERI cation. She is presently serving her 6th term tected from the full force of the December OCHOCINSKA as State Representative for the 63rd district in 2004 tsunami and faced less damage and Texas. Currently Mrs. Denny is assigned to fewer lives lost. In many Indonesian towns, HON. BRIAN HIGGINS several House Committees including; Chair- the only buildings left standing were the man of Elections, House Criminal Jurispru- mosques, having been built to a higher stand- OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dence, House Administration committee, and ard. the Select Committee on Ethics. In 2004, the United States spent $529 mil- Thursday, September 21, 2006 Throughout her amazing career Mrs. Denny lion responding to disasters in foreign coun- Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct has received several awards recognizing her tries, making us the largest donor for disaster honor to recognize the career of Union Orga- achievements as both a businesswoman and relief, recovery, and rehabilitation. However, nizer and Negotiator Geri Ochocinska, who is a legislator. She has been recognized for the according to a study by the WorId Bank and retiring after a distinguished career as Director past four consecutive terms as a Leader of the United States Geological Survey, during of UAW Region 9. Excellence by the Free Enterprise Committee, the 1990s, $40 billion invested globally in pre- Ms. Ochocinska has been a leader of Buf- a special honor given to the top ten percent of ventive measures could have saved $280 bil- falo’s Labor movement since 1965 when she conservative legislators. She has also been lion in disaster relief funds and saved count- helped organize Rich Ice Cream Co. Following recognized as a Friend to the Taxpayer and less lives. this success, she joined UAW Local 55 as a honored as an Outstanding Legislator by the To address these issues, Mr. BURTON and I Technical, Office and Professional unit Chair. American Family Association of Texas. are introducing the International Disaster Risk She was then promoted up the ranks of Local Mr. Speaker, it has been my distinguished Reduction Act. This bill promotes the use of 55, serving at various times as Office Man- honor to work alongside Mrs. Mary Denny for disaster mitigation efforts in foreign countries, ager, Administrative Assistant to retirement the improvement and development of Denton, authorizes assistance to help in those efforts, and welfare funds, Business Representative, Texas. Her leadership and commitment to the and requires that U.S. disaster relief efforts Vice President and Financial Secretary. citizens of Denton County is remarkable and it help make communities less vulnerable to fu- In 1976, Ms. Ochocinska was appointed has been a privilege to know such a dedicated ture disasters. International Representative, servicing 60 individual.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.050 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1808 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 IN TRIBUTE TO LEONARD SYKES church’s mission to faithfully participate in the ment. Not only does the Erikson Institute pro- ministries of the church through their prayers, vide a superior education, they also conduct HON. GWEN MOORE presence, gifts and service. important research on the needs of young chil- OF WISCONSIN This mission began in the late 1870s when dren. Professors and researchers at Erikson IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘‘The People called Methodist’’ began their wit- are committed to sharing their knowledge with ness in Plainville. A tent was used as their both the academic community and the general Thursday, September 21, 2006 place of worship while the church was con- public. The Erikson Institute is dedicated to Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I structed. On December 26, 1881, the corner- outcomes—understanding what works and rise to pay tribute to the life and work of Mr. stone was laid for the old building on Canal how—as well as the repetition of successful Leonard Sykes, Jr., a highly respected, deeply and Broad Streets, and the edifice was made models. The Erikson Institute’s formula for principled and thoroughly knowledgeable Mil- ready for occupancy on November 15 of the success has greatly benefited numerous pro- waukee journalist. Mr. Sykes died September following year. grams in the Chicago area, including: Early 17, after suffering a stroke earlier this sum- For many families and communities, the be- Head Start; Chicago Public Schools; Illinois mer. liefs held and shared in places of worship play Department of Children and Family Services Mr. Sykes dedicated his professional life to an important role in their daily lives. The con- Early Childhood Unit; and Children’s Place ensuring that the practice of journalism in Mil- gregation of the United Methodist Church has Project to name a few. Their impact is felt na- waukee and across the country should grow to proven through the years that its faith is as tionwide with over 2,500 graduates a year reflect the full range of life in communities of firm and unshakeable as the foundation of the working in various regions of the country. color. He came to Milwaukee in 1986, having building in which it worships today. I hope that Mr. Speaker, as W.E.B. DuBois once said, already established a strong journalism career the 125th anniversary celebration represents ‘‘We must insist upon this, to give our children with stints at Jet Magazine and the Wau- the beginning of many more years of worship the fairness of a start which will equip them kegan, IL, News-Sun. During his tenure at the and community for the Plainville United Meth- with such an array of facts and such an atti- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he covered odist Church and the many individuals and tude toward truth that they can have a real issues that were at the heart of the urban, Af- families who comprise its congregation. chance to judge what the world and what its greater minds have thought it might be.’’ It is rican American experience, including civil f rights, poverty, job training, and anti-violence my great honor to commend the Erikson Insti- efforts. He was dedicated to highlighting com- HONORING ERIKSON INSTITUTE’S tute on four decades of excellence in training munity efforts that helped hold families and 40TH ANNIVERSARY those who educate our youngest children. neighborhoods together. A one-time city editor f at the Journal Sentinel, he was working as HON. DANNY K. DAVIS NATIONAL PSORIASIS urban affairs reporter at the time of his death. OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION An award-winning journalist and consum- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mate professional, Mr. Sykes was known Thursday, September 21, 2006 HON. JIM GERLACH throughout the Milwaukee area for bringing OF PENNSYLVANIA dignity and passion to his work. His writing Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES never failed to highlight a keen understanding today to congratulate the Erikson Institute of of the issues. His unique insights derived from Chicago on its 40th anniversary. The Erikson Thursday, September 21, 2006 skillful research and encyclopedic knowledge Institute is an innovative institution dedicated Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in of Milwaukee and its people. His no-nonsense to cultivating superior early childhood edu- recognition of the National Psoriasis Founda- approach to the issues sometimes touched a cators of minority and low-income children. tion and of August as Psoriasis Awareness nerve with policymakers, power brokers, and The Erikson Institute was founded as a re- Month to bring much-needed attention to an the community at large. Perhaps because of sponse to increased government programs for often overlooked and serious disease that af- his commitment to seeking truth and airing out early childhood education. With the inception fects constituents in each of our districts. Ac- the assumptions that underlay conventional of the Head Start program in 1965, three es- cording to the National Institutes of Health, wisdom, his work was well respected among teemed child advocates—Maria Peirs, Lorraine NIH, as many as 7.5 million Americans are af- the powerful and disenfranchised alike. Wallach, and Barbara Taylor Bowman—recog- fected by psoriasis—a chronic, inflammatory, As chair of the Journal Sentinel’s Minority nized the need for quality early child edu- painful, disfiguring and disabling disease for Caucus, and through his work with the Wis- cators, especially those trained to teach minor- which there are limited treatments and no consin Association of Black Journalists, Mr. ity and low-income children. Erikson Institute, cure. Ten to thirty percent of people with pso- Sykes endeavored to expand coverage of with financial help from Irving B. Harris, riasis also develop psoriatic arthritis, which communities of color across the state and opened its doors in 1966 and has upheld its causes pain, stiffness and swelling in and throughout the country. Notwithstanding this commitment to excellence throughout the past around the joints. Psoriasis is widely mis- effort—and the glimpse it afforded into the Af- four decades. understood, minimized and undertreated. In rican American community—his reach, focus Erikson’s mission of ensuring that every addition to the pain, itching and bleeding and scope transcended race. I will miss his adult who works with young children is knowl- caused by psoriasis, many affected individuals powerful intellect and his commitment to using edgeable, aware, and skilled is more important also experience social discrimination and stig- his position to speak truth to power. His death now than ever. Early childhood education is ma. Many people also mistakenly believe pso- leaves a void not only in the Milwaukee Jour- especially important to low-income children. riasis to be contagious. Psoriasis typically first nal Sentinel newsroom, but in the Milwaukee Therefore we know that prekindergarten pro- strikes between the ages of 15 and 25 and community as a whole. grams have a positive impact on the cognitive lasts a lifetime. As such, psoriasis and psori- performance of children living in poverty. A f atic arthritis impose significant burden on indi- critical component in the process of educating viduals and society; together they cost the Na- HONORING THE PLAINVILLE young children is having well-trained teachers. tion 56 million hours of lost work and between UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ON In 2001, 72 percent of all urban public school $2 billion and $3 billion in treatments each ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARY elementary students in prekindergarten pro- year. grams came from families classified as low-in- Despite the serious adverse effects that HON. NANCY L. JOHNSON come by the Early Childhood Longitudinal psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis have on indi- OF CONNECTICUT Study. This study also found that roughly half, viduals, families and society, psoriasis and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 51 percent, were minority students. In Chicago psoriatic arthritis are underrecognized and un- there are 19,053 pre-school students, 2,659 of derfunded by our Nation’s research institu- Thursday, September 21, 2006 which are special needs children. The 7th Dis- tions. The NIH has spent less than $1 per per- Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speak- trict of Illinois, my congressional district, is son with psoriasis on average each of the last er, today I rise to honor the leadership and home to 11,966 pre-school students. Clearly, 10 years. At the historical and current rate of congregates of the Plainville United Methodist there is a need for quality early childhood edu- psoriasis funding, NIH funding is not keeping Church on the occasion of its 125th anniver- cators. The Erikson Institute fulfills an impor- pace with research needs. The scientific advi- sary. tant role in training these instructors. sors of the National Psoriasis Foundation be- Every day, the members of the Plainville Graduates of the Erikson Institute have lieve that between 5 and 10 additional psori- United Methodist Church give testament to the learned every aspect of childhood develop- asis-specific investigator-initiated research

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.055 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1809 grants are needed each year to begin to make landmarks inspired the Troy campus, including spend the next year developing a rational pro- real progress toward improved treatments and, Henry VIII’s Great Hall at Hampton Court Pal- gram for meeting our goal as it relates to eventually, a cure. ace and the College Tower of Magdalen Col- these borders. As for the southern border, the There are an average of 17,000 people liv- lege, Oxford. bill simply requires that 700 miles of fencing ing with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in But the school’s gothic architecture is not its be built at locations fixed by the bill by May every congressional district—estimate based only notable feature. Topeka High also has a 2008. on 2000 Census Data/Census apportionment unique relationship with the Navy’s oldest war- The bill set the amount of fencing for the population with the average size of a congres- ship, the U.S.S. Constitution, ‘‘Old Ironsides.’’ southern border at 700 miles without properly sional district of 646,952 and prevalence rate Its cross jack spar is the school’s main flag- consulting the Border Patrol, who knows best of 2.6 percent. Approximately 320,000 people pole on THS Constitution Plaza. In June 2005, where a fence is needed. A proper analysis of are affected by psoriasis in Pennsylvania. the building was placed on the National Reg- the problem may show that we actually need Fortunately, we have two support groups in ister of Historic Places. 1,000 miles or it may show us that only 500 Pennsylvania affiliated with the National Psori- More important than the physical structure miles is needed to secure the border. In addi- asis Foundation. I am pleased that my con- though, are the men and women who have tion to knowing how much fencing is needed stituents have a welcome and knowledgeable taught and studied at Topeka High School and where the fencing will be most effective, support group to help them know they need since its doors opened in 1871. Over 40,000 we should know how much the fencing is not face their disease without help. Support students have proudly worn the colors of black going to cost. At the time of the vote, the Con- group interaction and discussion provides indi- and gold since then. Its alumni include a Vice gressional Budget Office had not determined viduals affected by this debilitating disease President of the United States, a U.S. Sen- how much the fencing and the other mandates with much-needed comfort, assistance and re- ator, a university president, a Fortune 500 in the bill are going to cost. While cost is not sources. The work of the support groups in CEO, a World War II fighter pilot, and four necessarily determinative of whether we Pennsylvania is invaluable, and I commend Rhodes Scholars among many other distin- should proceed, nevertheless it is an important the efforts of those involved. guished alumni. consideration that should have been known I thank the National Psoriasis Foundation for Like any venerable institution, Topeka High before we voted on the bill. all of its efforts and leadership over the last 38 School’s faculty and student body has earned The bill designates specifically where the years and am grateful to the foundation and numerous awards. Topeka High has boasted fencing is to be built in Texas. The commu- its members for their ongoing commitment to numerous State and National champions in nities where the fence is mandated to be con- improving the quality of life of people who debate, forensics, Junior ROTC drill, music, structed should have some input into this bill have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. More- foreign language, math, and athletic competi- before the law was passed. Also, most of the over, I thank the constituents, Kathleen tions. As an institution, THS has previously border between Texas and Mexico is private Brickley, Carl and Sandy Christofano, Eileen been recognized with the Bellamy Flag Award property. We should have known what impact Gallant and Lara Wine Lee, who visited my as best school in the State, and the U.S. De- that will have on the cost of constructing the Washington, DC, office earlier this year to partment of Education recognized Topeka fence as well as how much of the property educate me and my staff about the challenges High in 1989 as a School of Excellence. might have to be taken via eminent domain associated with psoriasis and psoriatic arthri- So on the occasion of this 75th Anniversary, proceedings. tis. This year, the National Psoriasis Founda- it is with great respect and admiration that I One final note Mr. Speaker, I believe it is tion had nearly 100 participants join in its Cap- recognize the students, teachers, and adminis- important to try, although we are rarely suc- itol Hill Day to elevate awareness and under- trators of Topeka High School. The school cessful, to work with members of the other standing of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and continues to be a cornerstone of the Topeka party when we are developing public policy. have policymakers take action to address ac- community. It is my hope that we can honor Congressman SILVESTRE REYES, a former Bor- cess to care and boost the Nation’s research the legacy of those who have created this der Patrol sector chief from El Paso, voted efforts. great school by committing to the education of against the bill, as did Congressmen HENRY Too many people suffer needlessly from the next generation of leaders for Topeka, CUELLAR, RUBE´N HINOJOSA, and SOLOMON psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis due to incorrect Kansas, and the Nation. ORTIZ, all of whom represent parts of the bor- or delayed diagnosis, inadequate treatment f der. options, and/or insufficient access to care. I Mr. Speaker, I remain fully committed to se- stand ready to work with my constituents and PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION curing the border. I am also committed to the National Psoriasis Foundation to help ele- OF H.R. 6061, SECURE FENCE ACT achieving that goal in the best and most cost vate the importance of expanding psoriasis OF 2006 effective manner possible. I will continue to and psoriatic arthritis research and ensuring work with my colleagues on securing our bor- SPEECH OF access to care and treatment for this disease. ders in the weeks ahead. It is important that I urge my colleagues to learn more about pso- HON. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY we get it done as quickly as possible, but sim- riasis and psoriatic arthritis, to take action to OF TEXAS ply throwing up a costly fence without the support their affected constituents and to sup- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES proper planning is not the answer. port the National Psoriasis Foundation in its Thursday, September 14, 2006 f important endeavors. IN HONOR OF MS. LISA f Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, I am com- mitted to using my best informed judgment in BLUNT-BRADLEY 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE deciding how I vote on each bill that comes TOPEKA HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING before the House of Representatives. HON. MICHAEL N. CASTLE My goal for securing the borders is to pro- OF DELAWARE HON. JIM RYUN vide the U.S. Border Patrol with the right tools, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES assets, including fences and vehicle barriers, OF KANSAS Thursday, September 21, 2006 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES equipment, and number of agents to interdict every person trying to illegally cross into our Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Speaker, it is with great Thursday, September 21, 2006 country. We should approach meeting this pleasure that I rise today to pay tribute to Ms. Mr. RYUN of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I rise goal in a systematic and thoughtful process. In Lisa Blunt-Bradley in recognition of her service today to honor the 75th Anniversary of the To- my judgment, The Secure Fence Act does not as president and CEO of the Metropolitan Wil- peka High School building. Topeka High is the do this. mington Urban League. largest high school in the Kansas capital, with The first step is to thoroughly analyze what The Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, more than 2,000 students in the student body. is needed along all of our borders to meet our MWUL, actively works to assist the dispropor- It is also a focal point of pride for the entire goal. At a minimum, the Border Patrol should tionate number of African-American, Latino, community. be asked to provide us with what they think in and other ethnic populations who remain sus- Most recognized by its 165-foot bell tower, their professional judgment is needed to do ceptible to wide-ranging disparities in income the school owes its gothic architecture to their job. The Secure Fence Act starts this and educational attainment for themselves and Chester Woodward, a local financier and bibli- type of analysis as it relates to the northern their children. Under Lisa’s leadership, the ophile, who led the Board of Education during and maritime borders with the requirement MWUL has built opportunities for people of the school’s construction. At least three British that the Department of Homeland Security color by setting the tone of the public policy

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.058 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1810 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 discourse, engaging in principled advocacy, My district in California is home to thou- through, and with most of the men in their and creating strong community partnerships. sands of Armenians who I am grateful to have mid to late forties, the idea of starting at In 2004, Ms. Blunt-Bradley became Presi- worked with and become friends with during the bottom of a ladder in a new trade is more dent of the MWUL and under her leadership my time in Congress. They, and all Armenian than depressing. They are used to the unique the organization successfully implemented the lifestyle of commercial fishing with its sense people, deserve our most heartfelt congratula- of independence, competitiveness and chance Achievement Matters Education Program. The tions on this momentous anniversary. to work close to nature. Achievement Matters Campaign is an aca- f demic achievement initiative that will provide In 2005, Professor Georgianna and I pub- FISHING RULES TAKE THEIR TOLL lished a study called ‘‘Employment, Income community and school-based interventions for and Working Conditions in New Bedford’s children in Wilmington from grade 6 through to HON. BARNEY FRANK Offshore Fisheries.’’ As part of this study, we graduation. The program is designed to pro- visited and spoke with the captains and OF MASSACHUSETTS vide underprivileged children with the skills crews from more than half of the offshore IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES they will need to be competitive in the job scallop and groundfish boats that call New market of tomorrow. Thursday, September 21, 2006 Bedford home port, and are 50 feet or longer. Ms. Blunt-Bradley’s successful career did Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, In this study, working with fishermen and not begin at the MWUL; she has a long legacy in my representation of the City of New Bed- settlement houses, we put a human perspec- of successful advocacy work. The American ford, I have of course spent a significant tive on the industry. After meeting with Council of Young Political Leaders honored amount of time on matters affecting the fishing crew from more than 200 boats, we found Ms. Blunt-Bradley with the Gary L. McPherson industry that is so vitally important to that com- that the workers in the industry are rapidly aging. The average age of a scalloper is 40 Distinguished Alumni Award in 2003. Addition- munity, economically, culturally, and in every ally, prior to working at the MWUL, Ms. Blunt- with 19 years at sea; the average age of a other relevant way. In doing so, I have bene- groundfisherman is 46 with an average of 26 Bradley served as Secretary of Labor and fited from the wisdom and experience of a years at sea. These fishermen are profes- Deputy Secretary of Health and Social Serv- number of people involved in the fishing indus- sionals with many years of experience, in ices for the State of Delaware. In those roles try, one of whom is Deb Shrader, the execu- some cases more than half their lives. Dur- she oversaw the day-to-day management of tive director of an excellent organization called ing our entire process, we spoke with only the largest agency in the State of Delaware Shore Support Inc. four groundfishermen who were 25 years old with approximately 4,500 employees. Her su- As part of a very useful series that the New or younger. We attribute this to the fact pervisory responsibilities included providing Bedford Standard Times is carrying on the that fishing is so very dangerous, that con- services to individuals with disabilities, and fishing industry, Deb Shrader published an ar- sidering the difficulties and insecurities cre- providing emergency shelter for the homeless. ated by a regulatory system, young men are ticle in the Standard Times for September 20, not choosing to fill their father’s boots, a In addition, as the State agency’s liaison to which gives an excellent summary of the dif- practice in previous generations that has the Delaware General Assembly, she worked ficult economic position in which current fish- kept our port so strong. In fact, many fisher- on issues such as child support enforcement ing policy puts so many hardworking people men discourage their children from joining legislation and regulation of managed and their families. I hope my colleagues will them on the boats. Instead, they discourage healthcare. read this because they will understand why I their sons from being involved in an industry Mr. Speaker, in closing, I would like to once am working as hard as I am for amendments that has become too complicated and laden again commend Ms. Blunt-Bradley on her suc- to the Magnuson Act, which will thoroughly with bureaucracy. cess while at the helm of the Metropolitan Wil- recognize the legitimate economic interests of It has been predicted that the Port of New mington Urban League. Lisa’s constant profes- people in the fishing industry and will do so in Bedford will lose approximately $15 million sionalism, tireless leadership, and appetite for ways that do not jeopardize any valid environ- due to the changes presented in the most re- cent Framework 42 (a framework is a process hard work have improved the lives of count- mental concerns. less children and adults in Wilmington and for amending a fisheries plan) of the ground- Mr. Speaker, no one should be voting on fish regulatory system. Please keep in mind throughout the State of Delaware. fishing issues without having a full under- that because we have an offshore fleet, our f standing of the matters that Deb Shrader dis- boats are larger and carry more men than IN HONOR OF 15TH ANNIVERSARY cusses so well, and for that reason I ask that some of the coastal fisheries in other areas. OF ARMENIA’S INDEPENDENCE her article from the Wednesday, September Each groundfishing boat carries three to five 20, Standard Times be printed here. men. At the end of each fishing trip, the boat [From the Standard Times, Sept. 20, 2006] owner and crew split the proceeds. The boat HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH owner usually gets 50 percent of the value of FISHING RULES TAKE THEIR TOLL OF CALIFORNIA the fish caught, while the crew splits the re- (By Deb Shrader) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES maining 50 percent (after expenses like fuel, Thursday, September 21, 2006 How fishing regulations affect the people food, and ice are deducted). Each in a fishing community is nearly a taboo Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise groundfishing boat represents four to six subject. Though the Magnuson Act of 1976 re- families’ incomes. If this community loses today to commemorate and honor the nation quires that the social and economic impact $15 million in commerce from these regu- of Armenia and all people of Armenian de- of fishing regulations be studied, in fact the latory changes, $7.5 million will be removed scent. Today marks the 15th anniversary of impacts are rarely measured, the informa- from fishermen and their families, which has Armenia’s independence, and is a proud day tion that is gathered is considered anecdotal a wider spread effect than a corporate loss. or it’s ignored. Measuring the cumulative ef- This would mean $7.5 million less to pay for the people of a country that has struggled fects of these omissions is impossible, much mortgages and auto loans held by local for so long and succeeded so greatly. like retracing the steps of a dinosaur after banks, less to buy groceries in local markets The mass killing of 1.5 million Armenians by their extinction. the Ottoman Empire was the first genocide of Presently, Shore Support, Inc. is working and home goods at the local mall. If you the 20th century. I am proud that the United with UMass Dartmouth and its School for think this crisis will not affect you because States stood by as an ally to Armenia at that Marine Science and Technology, and eco- you are not involved in this noble industry, nomics Professor Dan Georgianna, to study you are wrong. These types of losses in a time and has continued to do so throughout community with rampant unemployment the last century. During the cold war, the the most recent effects of regulations on groundfishermen. We have been meeting will be devastating to all. United States championed the rights of the Ar- with fishermen, aboard their boats, to talk New Bedford is also one of the last great menian people to be independent, and was with them. I recently spoke with members of ports as far as what is available for shoreside one of the first countries to recognize that a crew who, after spending 10 days at sea, support industries. The failing of the indus- independence in 1991. working two nine-hour shifts with three try in Gloucester, and other smaller ports, As one of the first countries in post Soviet hours rest in between, came home to a pay- has already caused a collapse of the net mak- Union Europe to embrace the ideals of free- check of $750. If you work out the 18 hour ers, dredge builders, welders, ice makers, dom and democracy, Armenia has taken great day, multiply by 10, and then divide the $750 chandlers, and other support industries in strides down the path of democratic change by the 180 hours worked, these fishermen those ports. New Bedford has become one of and development. All of this has been done in worked for well below minimum wage at the last remaining sources for supplies and about $4 an hour. The high cost of fuel, cou- labor on which all the boats depend. The big the shadow of the great adversity that these pled with the low prices for fish make me question is whether these crucial support in- proud people have endured. Over the last fif- wonder why they still ‘‘go down to the sea in dustries will survive this regulatory process. teen years the Armenians have proven their ships,’’ and I’m not afraid to ask that ques- Many of these are small businesses and are commitment to democratic values and a se- tion of groundfishermen. The answer is usu- presently carrying a great deal of debt owed cure and stable Caspian region. ally that they are fishermen through and by the boat owners who have a difficult time

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lized the people, invariably, are Jewish organi- While we all know that money does not zations.’’ bring happiness, not being able to support Thursday, September 21, 2006 This statement is unconscionable and de- your family will take the joy out of life. Re- Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in mands a vigorous response. Such Anti-Semitic cently implemented regulations and those proud recognition of The Chicago Academy for remarks have no place in our world, let alone proposed in Framework 42 have added a new degree of insecurity to an already difficult the Arts, recently awarded this year’s Creative at the U.N. General Assembly. industry. Fishing has always been physically Ticket National Schools of Distinction Award Furthermore, the mass killings, rapes and demanding and dangerous work. from the Kennedy Center’s Alliance for the displacement of innocent civilians in Darfur are Fishermen’s wives have always worried Arts Education Network. tragically well documented. The United States about whether their husbands would return The Chicago Academy for the Arts High Holocaust Museum has issued a Genocide safely to port. But today, because of these School has served the students and families Emergency for Darfur. regulations, with each trip, groundfishermen of the city of Chicago as well as students from Today I signed a letter with several other wonder whether they will be able to provide Indiana and Wisconsin since 1981. The stu- Members of Congress demanding that Presi- for their families. dents at The Chicago Academy for the Arts dent Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan retract f have established an impressive record of aca- his baseless remarks. The letter calls on the Sudanese government to abide by the Darfur HONORING THE UNITED NATIONS demic achievement as well as artistic talent Peace Agreement and the will of the U.N. Se- INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE ranging from fine arts to acting to costume and set design. Ninety-seven percent of the curity Council. Academy’s graduates go on to top colleges A copy of this letter is reprinted below for HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA and conservatories. your information. OF CALIFORNIA Since 1981, The Chicago Academy for the In addition, I am an original co-sponsor of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Arts has served as one of five private, inde- the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act Thursday, September 21, 2006 pendent, college-preparatory arts high schools of 2006. in the United States. In addition to a traditional This legislation will ban federal contracts Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to high school curriculum, students are given in- going to corporations doing business in Sudan recognize the United Nations International Day tensive training in the fields of: Music, Visual that directly or indirectly support the genocide. of Peace. In 2002, the United Nations General Art, Dance, Theater, Musical Theater, and Countless organizations have dedicated un- Assembly declared September 21 as the per- Media Arts. Each day, students spend 5 hours told hours to stopping the carnage and human manent date for International Peace. Its pur- in academics and 3 hours in their chosen art suffering in Darfur. pose is to encourage the manifestation of the major, all of which include classes in theory, These organizations include the American vital Spirit that unifies us amid our diverse history, and technique. Jewish World Service, Amnesty International, ways. In a time where we are witness to mass The Chicago Academy for the Arts is de- International Committee of the Red Cross and violence, acts of genocide, and war, the signed to maximize each student’s potential to the NAACP. United Nations International Day of Peace communicate through the arts. The Arts Acad- The U.S. Congress must enact the Darfur draws attention to the need to implement strat- emy strives to prepare students to think criti- Accountability and Divestment Act of 2006 and egies linking development, security, human cally and independently in order to prepare join this list of international groups working to rights and peace into a cohesive framework. them to succeed in both higher education and end the genocide in Darfur. It also presents an opportunity for citizens of their chosen field in the arts. Sundown on Friday night marks the start of our country to honor the Decade for a Culture Alumni from The Chicago Academy for the the Rosh Hashanah holiday, the Jewish New of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of Arts have gone on to attend schools such as Year 5767, thus beginning a 10-day period of the World, which emphasizes the need for the the University of Chicago, Northwestern Uni- personal reflection and contemplation for Jews international community to recognize and im- versity, The Julliard School, Brandeis Univer- around the world. plement strategies to focus on and ensure as- sity, and New York University and include This is a moment in human history when the sistance for children exposed to harmful and such notables as actors John Cusack and poignant expression ‘‘Never Again’’ must be violent situations. Lara Flynn Boyle; screenwriter and director repeated over again, coupled with real action On this day when we focus on the goal of Adam Rifkin; and composer Alex Wurman as to end this tragic period of human suffering. individual and collective progress toward build- well as members of the Joffrey Ballet, New President OMAR HASSAN AL-BASHIR, ing cultures of peace, we must pause to re- York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance President of Sudan, member the tragic loss of 2,683 fallen Amer- Theater and the Radio City Music Hall Washington, DC. DEAR PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR: We were ican heroes and the estimated 48,000 civilians Rockettes. in Iraq who have lost their lives due to war shocked to hear your comments on Tuesday, Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Congres- September 20th, at the U.N. General Assem- and violence. sional Arts Caucus, I believe that it is impor- bly where you stated that reports of deaths As the lone remaining superpower, America tant to support and recognize quality edu- and refugees in Darfur are ‘‘fictions,’’ and serves as a model for other nations, and it is cation in the arts. The Chicago Academy for that those ‘‘who made the publicity, who our duty to lead other nations to peace. On the Arts is a shining example of art in edu- mobilized the people, invariably, are Jewish this International Day of Peace, we must re- cation at its best. I am proud of the students, organizations.’’ flect actions our nation can take to alleviate faculty and families of the school and I wish Many of us have traveled to Darfur and seen the death, destruction, and misery of tensions and causes of conflict, such as bring- them continued success in the coming years. ing our troops home safely using an exit strat- the innocent civilians in Darfur with our f own eyes. The last 3 years of violence in egy that is executed with accountability and di- Darfur have resulted in the death of an esti- plomacy and which helps achieve harmony GENOCIDE IN DARFUR, SUDAN mated 200,000 people and millions have been among other nations. forced from their homes. This atrocity has As a proud representative of California’s SPEECH OF been encouraged and facilitated by your gov- 15th Congressional District, I am committed to HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK ernment. We are grateful that the American Jewish devoting myself and my district to building Cul- OF FLORIDA tures of Peace for the children of the world community as well as other faith commu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nities have made a priority of raising the and for future generations. My constituents Wednesday, September 20, 2006 issue of genocide in Darfur. Instead of using and I hope that the acts of peace we perform the ancient technique of making the Jewish on this day serve to strengthen the ongoing Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I recently community the scapegoat for your failures, legacy of democracy, liberty and equality with- took two actions regarding the genocide in we hope that you will take a close look at in our country. Darfur that I wanted to bring to your attention. your own actions. In direct violation of the

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.065 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS E1812 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 21, 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement and the will of the tous occasion. Over the last 15 years, the Ar- ter. The appointment of a high level official U.N. Security Council, your government has menian people have made tremendous with the ear of President Bush will ensure that recently deployed approximately 26,000 progress toward a modern, open and free de- our government is focused on doing every- troops and attack helicopters to the Darfur thing in its power to bring a lasting peace to region. Your actions have directly resulted mocracy that should serve as an inspiration to in an increase of attacks on civilians and hu- other nations. the people of Sri Lanka. Further, naming a manitarian aid workers. Following the collapse of the U.S.S.R., Ar- special envoy will ensure that there is a U.S. Mr. President, we call on you to apologize menia was among the first of the former So- government official solely dedicated to fos- for and retract your dangerous and fictitious viet republics to embrace the path of demo- tering cooperation between the two parties accusations directed towards the Jewish cratic change in pursuit of freedom and self- and working to establish a mutually agreed community. We also demand that you work determination. However, the road to independ- peace. This envoy also must have a clear to uphold the Darfur Peace Agreement, and ence was not easy. Centuries of foreign domi- mandate to monitor human rights violations on actively and immediately strive to end the nation, genocide against its people in the early the ground and ensure that international hu- genocide within your borders. Finally, we en- manitarian laws are observed by all parties. courage you to work closely with Special 20th century and seven decades of totalitarian Presidential Envoy Andrew Natsios who is dictatorship did not discourage the Armenian It is my hope and prayer that the violence ready to aid your nation to achieve a final people. will end and that the parties in Sri Lanka will peace. Rather than fanning the flames of Since its independence, Armenia has return to the peace negotiations. America conflict, we hope you will act to save lives. emerged as a viable, vibrant society playing must remain committed to fostering peace in f an important role in stabilizing the South Sri Lanka and working with the international Caucasus region. Armenia continues to be a community to bring an end to the current con- TREASURY DEPARTMENT trusted partner of the United States in a strate- flict. The people have endured civil war for too REPORTS MILESTONE gically important area of the world, a regional long. Our Nation must do everything it can to leader in political and economic reform, and a foster a lasting peace in Sri Lanka. HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK nation committed to the principles of democ- CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, OF PENNSYLVANIA racy and the rule of law. Washington, DC, September 21, 2006. Hon. CONDOLEEZZA RICE, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Armenia has joined the global war on terror Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, Thursday, September 21, 2006 by engaging in a strategic relationship with the Washington, DC. United States and other coalition members. DEAR SECRETARY RICE: I am writing to Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania. Mr. Armenia’s armed forces also participated in urge you to appoint a special envoy for Sri Speaker in an amazing demonstration of the NATO’s stabilization force in Kosovo, in addi- Lanka because I am deeply troubled by the strength of the American economy, the Treas- tion to maintaining and developing a robust situation on the ground there. This summer ury Department reported the largest single program of individual partnership with the brought an end to the negotiated permanent gross receipt of quarterly corporate taxes in North Atlantic Alliance through its Euro-Atlantic ceasefire, which had been generally observed since 2002. The renewed violence and rising our Nation’s history last Friday. Without ques- Partnership framework. tion, this milestone demonstrates the effective- death toll in Sri Lanka are a grave risk to Armenia also has made tremendous the fragile peace process and threaten a re- ness of the pro-growth tax and fiscal policies progress in building up a free-market econ- turn to open civil war. advanced by this Congress. This news also omy. It is one of only a handful of countries to News reports indicate that recent heavy proves that despite our obligations to protect have qualified for the Millennium Challenge fighting has resulted in hundreds of deaths our national security, fight the War on Terror Account, is a member of the World Trade Or- and the displacement of more than 200,000 abroad and cover the increasing costs of enti- ganization and has been granted Permanent people in Sri Lanka. Parties to the conflict tlement programs at home, the American are not the only ones suffering. As you know, Normal Trade Relations status by the United The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) economy will continue to grow and benefit the States. recently investigated the murder of 17 aid American people. Mr. Speaker, Armenia has overcame a bru- workers, and the United Nations High Com- These historic tax receipts are not an iso- tal legacy of Ottoman persecution, Soviet op- missioner for Human Rights made clear just lated event. Last Friday’s announcement is the pression, Azerbaijani aggression against this week that ‘‘there is an urgent need for result of back-to-back quarters of economic Nagorno Karabagh, and the ongoing dual the international community to monitor the growth throughout America. According to the blockades by Turkey and its allies in Baku in unfolding human rights situation.’’ Treasury Department, last year’s tax receipts Naming a special envoy for Sri Lanka its path to independence. I urge my col- would further emphasize our government’s were also a record high, having grown $275 leagues to join me in expressing congratula- commitment to creating a lasting peace. It billion, or 14.6 percent, from the previous year. tions to Armenia as well as extend my sincere is essential that the U.S. envoy be a high- Let’s not forget about jobs. Increased cor- support and encouragement to flourish as a level official with the ear of President Bush porate tax receipts are the result of greater strong democracy for years to come. and you. The envoy’s mandate should be clear and must include efforts to increase corporate activity, which leads to job creation. f Our economy has now added jobs for 36 monitoring of human rights violations. straight months. The policies this Congress DEDICATED TO PEACE IN SRI The citizens of Sri Lanka have endured LANKA civil war for too long. We must do every- has set in motion have created the framework thing we can to foster a lasting peace for the for an economy that has created more than country. Again, I request that you appoint a 1.7 million jobs over the past 12 months and HON. RUSH D. HOLT special envoy for Sri Lanka to help bring more than 5.7 million jobs since August 2003. OF NEW JERSEY peace to the country. I and my colleagues are dedicated to con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sincerely, tinuing this trend by promoting legislation to RUSH HOLT, Thursday, September 21, 2006 roll back red tape, lower taxes on America’s Member of Congress. families and set the stage for a brighter future Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ex- f for all Americans. press my growing concern about the situation IN HONOR OF SGT. GERMAINE f in Sri Lanka. I have followed the state of af- DEBRO fairs in Sri Lanka for a long time, and it is 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIA’S clear to me that the current level of violence INDEPENDENCE threatens to return the country to open civil HON. JEFF FORTENBERRY OF NEBRASKA war. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. The renewed violence and rising death toll Thursday, September 21, 2006 OF NEW JERSEY in Sri Lanka is troubling to me and many resi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dents of my congressional district. They Mr. FORTENBERRY. Mr. Speaker, ‘‘It’s shared with me their apprehension about the hard to be sad when I’m so proud. You are Thursday, September 21, 2006 growing levels of violence and I share their my hero.’’ These were the words Alvin Debro, Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, today marks commitment to establishing a lasting peace in Jr., used to bid his brother, Sgt. Germaine the 15th anniversary of Armenia’s independ- Sri Lanka. Debro, a final goodbye. ence. I would like to congratulate the Arme- That is why today I wrote to Secretary of Sgt. Debro was killed near Balad, Iraq, on nian Government, its people and the entire ex- State Condoleezza Rice asking her to appoint September 4 when his Humvee hit a roadside tended Armenian community on this momen- a special envoy for Sri Lanka. I attach that let- bomb.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 05:58 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A21SE8.069 E21SEPT1 CColeman on PROD1PC71 with REMARKS September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1813 A member of the Nebraska National Guard, also of countless lives touched and enriched mural for the entrance. The firm also has as- he had served in both Bosnia and Kuwait. Be- by his witness and his ministry. I join a grate- sisted the ‘‘Help Philadelphia’’ women’s shelter cause of these recent deployments, he was ful community in wishing him health, happi- with a number of events over the years. Last not required to go to Iraq. But as a single man ness, and many rewarding years to come. year, KPMG helped welcome refugees from with no children, he volunteered so other sol- Bishop Michael Burbidge comes to Raleigh Hurricane Katrina, assisting in their relocation. diers would not have to leave their families. from Philadelphia, PA with a rich history in the This year, a group of KPMG professionals At the funeral service at Morning Star Bap- church despite his relative youth. He studied traveled to the Gulf region to help rebuild tist Church in North Omaha, Pastor Leroy for the priesthood at the Saint Charles homes with Habitat for Humanity. Adams said to us ‘‘I look across this sanctuary Borromeo Seminary and subsequently served Mr. Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute to and see America . . . One Nation, under God, as parish priest, school chaplain, seminary KPMG and its people for 100 years of service in a Church, and Germaine brought us to- dean, and administrative secretary to the to Philadelphia, for its contributions to the gether. . . . It’s not how long you live—it’s Archbishop of Philadelphia. More recently growth and health of the city’s commerce, and how well you live. Bishop Burbidge has led in the formation of fu- for its many efforts benefiting our community’s His friends recalled Germaine’s love for life, ture priests as Rector of St. Charles Borromeo quality of life. selflessness, and compassion for others. Seminary and has served as an auxiliary f Germaine’s mother, Priscilla, said her son bishop of Philadelphia with oversight duties ‘‘died a proud soldier.’’ Our Nation will be for- ranging from the Secretariat for Clergy to the HONORING THE FILIPINO ever grateful to Sgt. Germaine Debro. Office for Communications. VETERANS f Bishop Burbidge thus brings a wealth of ex- SPEECH OF IN HONOR OF BISHOP F. JOSEPH perience to the Diocese of Raleigh, where he GOSSMAN’S RETIREMENT AND has invited the faithful ‘‘to join him in his pray- HON. RAHM EMANUEL WELCOMING BISHOP MICHAEL F. er for grace always to ‘walk humbly with God,’ OF ILLINOIS BURBIDGE TO THE RALEIGH DIO- in loyalty and fidelity, trusting the past to His IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mercy, the present to His love, and the future CESE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC Tuesday, September 19, 2006 CHURCH to His providence.’’ He has made an auspi- cious beginning, and the citizens of North Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in HON. DAVID E. PRICE Carolina welcome him warmly and wish for strong support of H. Res. 622, recognizing him grace and strength in the work he has un- and honoring the Filipino veterans who fought OF NORTH CAROLINA dertaken. during World War II. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f Filipino soldiers fought and died alongside Thursday, September 21, 2006 American troops at some of the war’s most Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, CELEBRATING KPMG LLP’S 100TH horrific battles like Bataan and Corregidor. I rise today to offer thanks for the life and ANNIVERSARY IN PHILADELPHIA During the infamous Bataan Death March, work of Bishop F. Joseph Gossman in the Ra- over six thousand Filipino soldiers lost their leigh Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church HON. CHAKA FATTAH lives. and to welcome his successor, Bishop Michael OF PENNSYLVANIA The courage of these soldiers proved crucial F. Burbidge, whose installation I attended at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to turning the tide of the pacific war against the Japanese forces occupying the Phil- Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh last month. Thursday, September 21, 2006 It was a grand event, dedicated to the glory of ippines, and in ultimately securing victory for God. The community is indebted to Father Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the United States and the newly independent Gerald Lewis, General Chair of the Planning recognize the contributions made by KPMG, nation of the Philippines. Committee, and others who so carefully and LLP to Philadelphia, our people, our busi- In appreciation of the courage and sacrifice lovingly prepared this service. nesses, and the health of American capital of the Filipino veterans, President Harry S. Bishop Gossman led the Roman Catholic di- markets, and do so on the occasion of the Truman stated: ‘‘They fought with gallantry ocese for 31 years in Raleigh, becoming the firm’s 100th anniversary in our city. and courage under most difficult conditions. I longest-serving diocesan bishop in the United In 1906, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. opened its consider it a moral obligation of the United States. The diocese grew from about 38,000 doors on Chestnut Street. Marwick, Mitchell & States to look after the welfare of the Phil- members in 1975 to 200,000 in 2005, with 62 Co. was then a small accounting firm with less ippine Army veterans.’’ new churches dedicated during that time. than a handful of partners. In the last 100 Yet for all their sacrifices, Congress in 1946 Priests who worked with Bishop Gossman de- years, Philadelphia has added greatly to its divested Filipino soldiers of their military bene- scribe him as collaborative and collegial, ge- history as the birthplace of the American re- fits while soldiers of other allied countries re- nial and gentle. But he was a warrior on public to its renown as one of the nation’s tained their status and privileges as American issues to which his faith spoke. He supported leading ports, centers of commerce, and home veterans. In 2003, Congress finally acted to the right of factory and farm workers to orga- to many Fortune 500 companies. Marwick, give Veterans Health benefits to the surviving nize, spoke out against the death penalty, and Mitchell & Co. grew with Philadelphia and is Filipino veterans, and I am proud to have sup- stood up for civil rights and social justice. In known today as KPMG. ported that effort, as well as current legislation recent years, he addressed the divisive issue Throughout its history, KPMG has been an to grant full veteran status to Filipino veterans. of immigration, advocating for laws that re- outstanding citizen of Philadelphia. Today, Mr. Speaker, young Filipino men responded spect the human rights of immigrants and pre- KPMG is one of the oldest and largest profes- to the call of duty over sixty years ago and serve the unity of their families, and paid spe- sional services firms in the city, employing fought valiantly under the American flag. I am cial attention to the spiritual needs of North more than 850 professionals headquartered, proud today to support H. Res. 622 and to ex- Carolina’s growing Latino population. on Market Street and providing a variety of tend my gratitude towards these veterans for Bishop Gossman broke new ground in pro- audit, tax, and advisory services to the public their dedicated service and sacrifice. moting and participating in ecumenical and and private sectors. f interfaith dialogue. He moved women into KPMG’s partners and employees serve as more and more responsible leadership posi- officers, directors and volunteers for many of CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. FRED tions; eight of the parishes in the diocese are Philadelphia’s philanthropic and charitable or- KOTLER now headed by women. Noting that his leader- ganizations. Earlier this year, KPMG spon- ship drew on expectations flowing from the sored the ‘‘City Hall in Bloom’’ spring planting. HON. BART STUPAK Vatican Council of the 1960s, William Powell, As part of the event, more than 200 KPMG OF MICHIGAN historian of North Carolina Catholics, recently volunteers joined students from the Bach-Mar- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recalled what Bishop Gossman said when tin Elementary School in clearing, cleaning Thursday, September 21, 2006 asked how he would like to be remembered: and preparing beds for more that 8,500 flow- As someone who loved people and . . . who ers plants and trees in the largest volunteer Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to let people breathe, not just the air of the clean-up ever mounted at City Hall. There are pay tribute to a man who exhibited leadership Church but the air of life. many other examples of KPMG’s vol- and dedication in serving the working men and Joseph Gossman leaves a rich legacy, not unteerism. Employees helped paint the interior women of the Upper Peninsula and our Na- only of burgeoning parishes and schools, but of Bach-Martin school and created a new tion. On September 23, 2006, Mr. Fred Kotler

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The U.S. initiative be- present day, working men and women across into the Upper Peninsula Labor Hall of Fame. ginning in 2001 made rather incredible the Upper Peninsula have exhibited a heritage The Hall of Fame is housed in the Superior progress in ending hostilities between the of proud trade unionism. Mr. Kotler exemplifies Dome on the campus of Northern Michigan SPLM and the NIF government and opening that rich tradition by having served as an edu- University in Marquette. Mr. Kotler is a deserv- up humanitarian access to war-affected peo- cator, a labor organizer and as a business ple, raising the hopes and expectations of a ing addition to this august group. I wish him all better life for almost all Sudanese. That the agent. the best and ask that the U.S. House of Rep- Mr. Kotler served as Director of the Labor peace process took four years is not sur- resentatives join me in saluting Fred Kotler for prising, given the egregious history to be Education Program at Northern Michigan Uni- his contributions to the Upper Peninsula Labor overcome and the quality of the final text. versity from 1986 to 1994. During his tenure movement and his ongoing dedication to all The CPA was signed in January 2005. In April there, he coordinated and worked closely with working men and women in our nation. an SPLM delegation went to Khartoum to the Labor Advisory Planning Committee. He is begin implementation arrangements. On credited with building the university’s Labor f landing at Khartoum’s airport they were en- gulfed by joyous throngs of Sudanese of all Education Program. STATEMENT OF ROGER P. WINTER At Northern Michigan University, Mr. Kotler backgrounds—Muslims, Christians, Africans, was responsible for developing and directing Arabs and others—hoisting the delegation HON. FRANK R. WOLF onto their shoulders and dancing in the conferences, seminars and workshops that streets. They understood the implications of OF VIRGINIA helped to educate the staff, officers, stewards the CPA to be for all Sudanese. On July 8 and rank-and-file members of public and pri- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES when Dr. John de Mabior, chairman of the vate sector local unions as well as the Michi- Thursday, September 21, 2006 SPLM and Commander-in-Chief of the SPLA gan AFL–CIO and the Michigan Building and arrived in Khartoum to sign the Interim Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I would like to sub- Construction Trades Council. Much of Mr. Constitution that was to implement the mit for the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a state- CPA, huge crowds of Northerners and South- Kotler’s expertise focused on what he refers to ment by former special representative on erners estimated by some at 6–8 million as ‘‘training the trainer,’’ in other words edu- came out to meet him. His popularity was cating key union leaders and personnel to Sudan, Roger P. Winter. This statement was delivered at a hearing on the current situation such that, in a free election, it is likely that build stronger, more effective unions. This he could be elected President of Sudan by all technique focuses on empowering unions to in Sudan—the House International Relations the people. A New Sudan was being born. grow their own membership and more effec- Committee Subcommittee on Africa. But Darfur was in flames. Roger’s testimony is compelling and I en- In February 2003, perhaps seeing the tively bargain on behalf of their members. progress of CPA negotiations and concerned Mr. Kotler’s participation and leadership in courage all members to read it. The warning signs are written on the wall; if the inter- about being left out of the benefits of the the labor movement predates his work in the CPA, ‘‘rebels’’ from Darfur’s marginalized Upper Peninsula. In 1977, Mr. Kotler worked national community fails to act, the genocide populations who were considered ‘‘African’’ with the Service Employees International in Darfur can and will get worse. as distinct from ‘‘Arab’’ initiated hostilities Union on a citywide ballot initiative in San The statement of Roger P. Winter, October against the NIF government, The NIF re- Francisco. In the early 1980s, Mr. Kotler 20, 2006, follows: sponded precisely as it had in the war helped to organize hospital workers in STATEMENT OF ROGER P. WINTER, FORMER against the SPLA. This involved destruction Sonoma, California. In 1983, he returned to SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON SUDAN OF THE of civilian populations, denial of humani- San Francisco to serve as the Business Rep- DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE tarian assistance to war-affected civilians, Sudan’s National Congress Party is con- utilization of surrogate Arab militias in co- resentative and Organizer for the local Service ordination with formal government military Employees Union there. trolled by an intellectually-capable, radi- cally-committed, conspiratorial and forces and pretence of themselves being the This extensive work in the field of labor or- aggrieved party, being the ‘‘sovereign’’ gov- ganizing made him uniquely qualified to de- compassionless nucleus of individuals, long referred to as the National Islamic Front ernment. The violence exhibited a character velop and implement the curriculum of North- (NIF). In the seventeen years since they far beyond that which could fairly be de- ern Michigan University’s Labor Education came to power by coup to abort an incipient scribed as ‘‘military’’. Ethnic cleansing was Program. Many of my constituents benefited peace process, they have consistently defied clear. Genocide was its truer name. The CPA includes a provision that the from his tutelage as well as from his work on the international community and won. As South and potentially Abyei can legally se- individuals, the NIF has never paid a price the Marquette County Central Labor Council cede from the Sudan state if a referendum in for their crimes. Almost all of them are still where he served as a delegate. those areas, scheduled for 2011, so decides. in important positions. As one might expect, since leaving Northern (The people of Southern Blue Nile and the The NIF core is a competent cadre of men Michigan University in 1994, Mr. Kotler has Nuba Mountains, to their great dismay, have continued his commitment to organized labor who have an agenda, the pursuit of which has no similar option and fear being over- killed millions of Sudanese and uprooted and whelmed by Khartoum eventually). The NIF as a scholar and an organizer. Today he destroyed the lives of millions more. While serves as the Director of the Cornell/New York committed itself to make unity attractive their agenda is radically ideological, it is but the war in Darfur has demonstrated to State AFL–CIO Union Leadership Institute and equally about personal power and enrich- as Associate Director of the Construction In- the SPLM that unity in a state dominated ment. They are not at all suicidal, but they by the NIF would be anything but attractive. dustry Program. Since joining the faculty of respond only to credible threats against Many core NIF adherents were appalled by Cornell, he has developed a number of inno- their power and prosperity. The inter- this provision, not just at the potential dis- vative programs that have been used to national community with its limitless pos- memberment of the Sudanese state but also strengthen unions not only in New York, but turing and (too often) empty words has, to because a large percentage of Sudan’s known nationwide. He designed and developed pro- date, never constituted a credible threat. oil reserves, now increasingly coming on During its seventeen-year reign, the NIF en- grams such as the Construction Organizing line, are located in the South. If the South gaged seriously with critics only once, that legally seceded, that oil would then belong Membership Education Training (COMET) and being when confronted by a strong Sudanese the Multi-Trade Organizing Volunteer Edu- to it as a new separate country. Those NIF Peoples Liberation Movement and Army personnel also saw other CPA interim provi- cation (MOVE) curriculums that streamlined la- (SPLM/A) and an energetic international co- sions as contemptible: that Dr. Garang bor’s organizing techniques in the construction alition led by the United States. The result would become Sudan’s First Vice President, industry. was the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that the South would have its own govern- While not a native of Michigan’s Upper Pe- (CPA), an incredible, detailed document that ment, that the SPLA would continue to exist ninsula, Mr. Kotler’s contributions to the area ended a twenty-two year war between the as a component of ‘‘the national army’’, but have endeared him to many of my constitu- NIF government and the people of southern separate from the Government’s army, and ents who came to view him as one of our Sudan, the Nuba Mountains, Southern Blue that national elections would be held. Nile and Abyei. Despite Khartoum’s delib- So, why did the NIF government sign the own. The feeling appears to be mutual. As he erately slow and selective implementation, CPA? With its very limited allegiance from described his Upper Peninsula neighbors, in my view, the CPA is now at very serious the Sudanese public and increasing military ‘‘The folks up there welcomed me with open risk of survival. threats from Sudan’s other disaffected arms. They taught me so much about the Power and wealth in Sudan have histori- marginalized populations, with the inter- labor movement in the Upper Peninsula.’’ cally been concentrated in ‘‘the center’’, in national war on terror potentially having

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This with an incredible additional number of Su- two year war, been able to defeat the SPLA. rebel army, with very limited resources, danese lives. And if that happened, it would It was in their interests, at least ‘‘for now’’, could not be defeated by the Sudan army. blot out one of the finest U.S. initiatives of to sign. At least signing guaranteed it six But that was then; this in now. The balance the last decade. and one-half years of protected existence. may be changing. The riches of Khartoum Who could know what opportunities for a are being used to modernize and equip the course-correction might materialize within Sudan Army. The SPLA is largely as it was f that timespan? several years ago, perhaps even less so. In HONORING THE KANSAS CITY HIS- On July 30, 2005 Dr. John de Mabior, the significant part, this is due to us. Endless de- embodiment of the possibility of a united bating regarding what the U.S. is authorized PANIC NEWS ON THEIR TENTH New Sudan, was killed in a helicopter crash. to do to the help in the transformation of ANNIVERSARY The opportunity had arrived. That very day, the SPLA into a modern military force is I believe, the NIF recalculated its future very dangerous. It could cost South Sudan course of action. and potentially all of Sudan tragically in the HON. EMANUEL CLEAVER To seize the opportunity, the NIF needed future. Transformation of the SPLA is the OF MISSOURI to eliminate the Darfur opposition (civilian surest guarantee that the CPA will survive. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and military), destabilize the SPLM, corrupt It is my view the war in Darfur and the or abort any potential for a viable ref- survival of the CPA are inextricably en- Thursday, September 21, 2006 erendum. maintain possession of the oil twined, and the NIF sees it. If, through weak Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, during this His- fields of Abyei, and ensure the degradation of international responses to genocide, the NIF the SPLA. The NIF has seen progress on all succeeds in eliminating its Darfur opposi- panic Heritage Month, I proudly rise today to of these in the last fourteen months. tion, and that reality is combined with the pay tribute to Americans of Hispanic descent We are currently witnessing the NIF’s at- reality of the loss of Dr. Garang, the only in my District. Joe and Ramona Arce, owners tempt to achieve the elimination of its southern leader who had the stature to com- of Arce Communications, Inc., which publishes Darfur opposition. Khartoum is attempting pete successfully with Khartoum, the stage the Kansas City Hispanic News, are cele- to change the realities on the ground in is set for the NIF to entirely undermine the brating the Tenth Anniversary of the start of Darfur before the international community CPA. The SPLM can again compete, and its gets serious, if that is possible. They believe their local Hispanic publication. On September current leadership is trying to so position it, 16, 1996, the Arce family: Joe, Ramona, their they have ‘‘read’’ us, the international com- but its recovery from the loss of Dr. Garang munity, all accurately, the U.S. included. and from the destabilization efforts of the daughters, Lisa and Rachel, along with the as- They believe there will be a continued slow NIF will take time. And the clock is ticking. sistance of family friends, Jesus Ortiz and response on our part to Darfur’s genocide Based on this analysis, I encourage the fol- Kathleen Cruden, set out on their journey of and acceptable limits to whatever actions lowing urgent steps: providing informative local news on topics of are ultimately taken. After all, that’s been 1. Deploy non-consentually the now-sty- pretty much the case throughout their ten- interest for the growing Latino community in mied UN protection force. In fact, some of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area with their ure. Thus, the liquidation of the Darfur op- the UN force already in the South, in such position is now in motion. places as Wau virtually next door to Darfur, first ten page bilingual newsprint. The NIF has successfully marginalized the could be moved there quickly. In the mean- Mr. Joe Arce—a product of Kansas City, SPLM within the ‘‘Government of National time, declare and enforce a no-fly zone for Missouri’s Westside neighborhood, a proud Unity’’ created by the CPA. The SPLM is Sudan military aircraft throughout Darfur. long-standing Mexican-American neighbor- largely powerless to affect significant na- U.S. resources exist in Djibouti that could be hood—has a long history of civic involvement tional policy. The NIF has ‘‘bought’’ several used for enforcement purposes. and long been known as an advocate of the SPLM officials and also inserted into the 2. Provide substantial assistance to the SPLM apparatus other key individuals SPLM to empower its participation in gov- Latino community, having served on the whose loyalty is to Khartoum. Several vet- ernance at all levels. to be seriously com- Boards of many local non-profit organizations, eran SPLM leaders, brilliant, capable men petitive as a national political party and to such as the Guadalupe Centers, the Hispanic who were critical in achieving the CPA, have effectively govern the South. The Govern- Media Association, and the Center for Man- now left the country in despair. ment of South Sudan also needs assistance agement Assistance. He has also served on The process for undermining the ref- in anticorruption efforts. such as setting up Advisory Boards, including with the Cabot erendum is now underway. The first elec- an office of Inspector General of Govern- tions, preliminary to any referendum, are Westside Clinic and Heart of America United ment. Some of these issues were discussed by Way. With over 25 years of news experience, scheduled for 2008. To prepare for them, basic Salva Kiir, President of South Sudan, when elements, laws and structures must be put in he met with President Bush in July. both as a cameraman and reporter at WDAF– place, especially in a context where there is 3. Focus now urgently on the upcoming in- TV Channel 4, Joe and his family envisioned no history of elections. For example, there terim elections and ultimately the ref- the formation of a new vehicle by which they has been no proper census in Sudan since erendum. Time is flying by, given what needs could ‘‘transmit’’ the stories of local people as 1983. Thus, the architecture for elections is to be accomplished. Monitor preparations in opposed to those carried in the mainstream being put in place in a context largely con- detail and equip the SPLM to be able to fully metropolitan papers. I am proud of the Arce trolled by Khartoum loyalists. And, too, the participate in preparations. family’s accomplishment, by reaching their international community is being of only 4. Take Abyei seriously. If war breaks out limited assistance to the SPLM in its con- again between the NIF and the SPLM, it will goal of providing in-depth stories to the read- version from a rebel movement into a na- in my estimation likely begin in Abyei. Ex- ership of the Greater Kansas City Area. The tionally competitive political party, a seri- pose President Beshir’s perfidy in delaying. Kansas City Hispanic News has emerged as ous shortcoming. Raise the issue at the UN Security Council an important link between the local Latino The future of Abyei, a place little under- and other appropriate forums. community and the general public. Joe and stood by outsiders, is a critical issue as it is 5. Seriously assist the SPLA in its conver- Ramona Arce have demonstrated how a pas- the repository of a significant amount of Su- sion from a rebel force to a modern military, sion to obtain newsworthy information and a dan’s oil; most of Abyei is an oil field. Cur- The delays already caused by U.S. persistent rently that oil is being extracted under Gov- bureaucratics have the potential for actually motivation to distribute valuable information ernment contracts with oil companies from encouraging war and the ultimate loss of life can improve a community. China, with its UN Security Council veto and of the CPA. Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and our col- power, Malaysia, India and Sudan itself. Its 6. Finally, given the ‘‘no negative con- leagues in the 109th Congress please join me products are fueling the NIF’s war in Darfur. sequences’’ pattern experienced by the NIF in saluting the Arce Family and the Kansas The CPA provided for an Abyei Boundaries for crimes committed, accountability for City Hispanic News for their years of dedi- Commission (ABC) to determine Abyei’s ac- past, current and future crimes is a critical tual borders, so that oil revenues can be issue. Unfortunately for Sudanese, the Inter- cated service to the Greater Kansas City Met- properly allocated. The ABC determined the national Criminal Court seems to have dis- ropolitan Area. Joe and Ramona, thank you boundaries but President Beshir has rejected appeared. An internationally agreed-on sys- for all your hard work in providing a quality it and also the appointment of an interim tem of accountability is desperately needed newspaper for our community and congratula- local government as provided in the CPA. To for Sudan’s atrocities. The U.S. should ac- tions on your 10th Anniversary.

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