July 26, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E815 relationship between Azerbaijan and the the precious right to vote by passing H.R. 4, This Supreme Court majority has simply never . I commend Ambassador the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement understood, or refuses to accept, the funda- Suleymanov’s significant contribution to our Act, H.R. 1, the For The People Act. I will con- mental importance of the right to vote, free of legislative branch, working closely with Mem- tinue the dialogue at a future time, when I dis- discriminatory hurdles and obstacles. bers of Congress to expand the Congressional cuss the importance of passing H.R. 40, legis- Madam Speaker, were it not for the 24th Azerbaijan Caucus and deepen the friendship lation which I introduced that establishes a Amendment, I venture to say that this con- between our nations. commission to study and develop reparation servative majority on the Court would subject f proposals for African Americans. poll taxes and literacy tests to the review Madam Speaker, the serious damage to the standard enunciated in Brnovich v. DNC. Their CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF TIM P. precious right to vote occasioned by the right- predecessors on the Court understood this, KEGEL wing, conservative majority on the Supreme going back at least as far as 1938, when the Court demands that Congress exercise its Supreme Court held in Chief Justice Hughes’ HON. GUY RESCHENTHALER powers under Section 5 of the 15th Amend- famous Footnote 4 in United States v. Caroletie Products, 304 U.S. 144 (1938), that OF ment to restore the extraordinary reach and government action alleged to discriminate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES effectiveness of Section 2 and Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. As an aside, Madam against ‘‘discrete and insular minorities’’ would Monday, July 26, 2021 Speaker, on the objection of VRA opponents be subject to ‘‘strict scrutiny’’ by reviewing Mr. RESCHENTHALER. Madam Speaker, I to states subject preclearance having the bur- courts. Madam Speaker, you might be asking who rise to celebrate the life of Tim P. Kegel who den to bail themselves out, I have long said are these ‘discrete and insular minorities’ passed away on May 22, 2021, at the age of that the states that were subject to about whom the Court was referring? The an- 63. preclearance under the Voting Rights Act swer is they were and are persons ‘‘excluded Tim became a licensed funeral director in earned their way in, so it only fitting that they 1990, working with his predecessor for 10 from ‘‘those political processes ordinarily to be earn their way out. relied upon to protect’’ them, racial and lan- years before taking over the business. He es- Madam Speaker, June 25, 2021, marked guage minorities, and aliens, all of whom were tablished Kegel Funeral Home Inc. in 1999 the 8th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s in- denied the single most important tool for pro- and ran it for over 20 years, helping the famous decision in Shelby County v. Holder, tecting and advancing one’s interests in a de- Finleyville community and the surrounding re- 570 U.S. 529 (2013), which immobilized the mocracy: the right to vote. It is useful, Madam gion bury loved ones with dignity. He will al- Department of Justice from subjecting dis- Speaker, to recount how we arrived at this ways be remembered for the kindness he criminatory voting and election law changes to day. Madam Speaker, fifty-six years ago, in showed grieving families throughout the burial prior review and approval, or ‘‘preclearance.’’ Selma, Alabama, hundreds of heroic souls process. It was predicted at the time by me and other risked their lives for freedom and to secure the Tim was a lifelong member of the Finleyville defenders of the precious right to vote that the right to vote for all Americans by their partici- Volunteer Fire Department. During his 45 Court’s misguided and naive decision would pation in marches for voting rights on ‘‘Bloody years with them, he served as president and usher in a wave of state and local initiatives Sunday,’’ ‘‘Turnaround Tuesday,’’ or the final, fire chief. Tim could often be found behind the intended to suppress and nullify the rights of completed march from Selma to Montgomery. wheel of his pride and joy, the department’s black Americans, persons of color, young Those ‘‘foot soldiers’’ of Selma, brave and vintage fire engine. He was instrumental in adults, and marginalized communities to exer- determined men and women, boys and girls, sourcing this engine and brought it to cise the most basic act in the political process: persons of all races and creeds, loved their Finleyville in 2000. voting. As we have seen in recent months, country so much that they were willing to risk His work as a public servant did not stop this prediction has tragically come to pass. their lives to make it better, to bring it even there. Tim served as deputy coroner in Wash- Not to be content with the monument to dis- closer to its founding ideals. The foot soldiers ington County, which required him to be on grace that is the Shelby decision, the activist marched because they believed that all per- call 365 days a year. Oftentimes he would right-wing conservative majority on the Rob- sons have dignity and the right to equal treat- have to respond to disturbing scenes in the erts Court, on July 1, 2021, issued its evil ment under the law, and in the making of the dead of night or fight through inclement weath- twin, the decision in Brnovich v. DNC, 594 laws, which is the fundamental essence of the er. Despite missing holidays and losing out on U.S. ll, No. 19–1257 and 19–1258 (July 1, right to vote. On that day, Sunday, March 7, weekends, Tim continued in this position for 2021), which engrafts on Section 2 of the Vot- 1965, more than 600 civil rights demonstra- nearly 30 years. ing Rights onerous burdens that Congress tors, including our beloved former colleague, Within his community, he held the position never intended and explicitly legislated against the late Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, of president for the Finleyville Borough Coun- to ensure that: ‘‘No voting qualification or pre- were brutally attacked by state and local po- cil. Tim served as treasurer for both the Sons requisite to voting or standard, practice, or lice at the Edmund Pettus Bridge as they of American Legion Post 613 and the procedure shall be imposed or applied by any marched from Selma to Montgomery in sup- Finleyville Cemetery Company. He was a de- State or political subdivision in a manner port of the right to vote. voted member of the First Presbyterian which results in a denial or abridgement of the ‘‘Bloody Sunday’’ was a defining moment in Church of Finleyville. Tim’s neighbors will al- right of any citizen of the United States to vote American history because it crystallized for the ways remember his incredible warmth and im- on account of’ race or color, or language mi- nation the necessity of enacting a strong and passioned storytelling. nority status.’’ effective federal law to protect the right to vote Madam Speaker, Tim P. Kegel led a life of Among these burdens, couched as ‘‘guide- of every American. No one who witnessed the service lo his community. From his 45-year posts,’’ or ‘‘suggestions’’ are that when review- violence and brutally suffered by the foot sol- career as a volunteer firefighter to his incred- ing claims that a facially neutral election law, diers for justice who gathered at the Edmund ibly important work identifying and burying the policy, practice, or voting rule has a discrimi- Pettus Bridge will ever forget it; the images deceased, his dedication to his neighbors was nator, and therefore unlawful, effect on minor- are deeply seared in the American memory clear. I have no doubt Tim’s legacy will live on ity citizens, courts are to consider the following and experience. On August 6, 1965, in the in Finleyville and across southwestern Penn- matters: Rotunda of the Capitol and in the presence of sylvania. 1. An ‘‘ordinary burdens’’ or ‘‘mere incon- such luminaries as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther f venience’’ exception; 2. Size of disparities in King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy of the burdens imposed by the challenged rule; 3. Southern Christian Leadership Conference; URGENT NEED TO PASS LEGISLA- Other opportunities to vote provided by a Roy Wilkins of the NAACP; Whitney Young of TION TO PROTECT AND PRE- state’s election system; 4. Legitimate state in- the National Urban League; James Foreman SERVE VOTING RIGHTS terests justifying the challenged voting rule; of the Congress of Racial Equality; A. Philip and 5. The degree to which a voting rule de- Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car HON. parts from what was standard practice when 2 Porters; John Lewis of the Student Non-Vio- OF TEXAS was amended in 1982. lent Coordinating Committee; Senators Robert IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Taken together, this Supreme Court cabal is Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, and Everett Dirk- saying to racial, ethnic, and language minori- sen; President Johnson addressed the nation Monday, July 26, 2021 ties: ‘‘What’s the big deal, it’s only voting. Just before signing the Voting Rights Act: ‘‘The Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise like with bad weather, sometimes you just vote is the most powerful instrument ever de- to speak on the fierce urgency of preserving have grin and bear a little inconvenience.’’ vised by man for breaking down injustice and

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Americans disenfranchised. In 1940, for exam- needed: ‘‘There are Mexican-American people Madam Speaker, I am grateful that at the ple, there were less than 30,000 African Amer- in the State of Texas who have been denied time when it was needed most, the Repub- icans registered to vote in Texas and only the right to vote; who have been impeded in lican Party was born and committed to the ex- about 3 percent of African Americans living in their efforts to register and vote; who have not tinction of slavery. It was the pro-freedom, pro- the South were registered to vote. Poll taxes, had encouragement from those election offi- civil rights party. The Democratic Party in literacy tests, and threats of violence were the cials because they are brown people. ‘‘So, the those nightmarish days was centered in the major causes of these racially discriminatory state of Texas, if we approve this measure, ‘‘Solid South,’’ and proudly wore the label of results. After passage of the Voting Rights Act would be brought within the coverage of this the pro-slavery, white supremacy party. This in 1965, which prohibited these discriminatory Act for the first time.’’ When it comes to ex- was not lost on the American people, and for practices, registration and electoral participa- tending and protecting the precious right vote, a century Black Americans overwhelmingly tion steadily increased to the point that by the Lone Star State—the home state of Lyn- self-identified with the pro-civil rights, anti- 2012, more than 1.2 million African Americans don Johnson and Barbara Jordan—could be white supremacy Republican Party. Even after living in Texas were registered to vote. the leading state in the Union, one that sets the national Democratic Party renounced de In 1964, the year before the Voting Rights the example for the nation. But to realize that jure racism and ‘states rights’ at the 1948 Act became law, there were approximately future, Texas must turn from and not return to DNC in Philadelphia, resulting in Strom Thur- 300 African-Americans in public office, includ- the dark days of the past. mond leading his fellow Dixiecrats out of the ing just three in Congress. Few, if any, African By embracing the discriminatory Texas SB7 convention and his running failed bid for the Americans held elective office anywhere in the and the ‘Big Lie’ that the 2020 election, by all presidency, Black Americans remained a core South. Because of the Voting Rights Act, in accounts adjudged the most secure and inclu- constituency of the Republican Party, while 2007 there were more than 9,100 black elect- sive in American history, was riven by voter nearly all whites in the southern states were ed officials, including 46 members of Con- fraud, Texas Republicans are making the Democrats, distinguishing themselves from gress, the largest number ever. Madam wrong choice to their eternal shame. Texans northern liberals by calling themselves ‘South- Speaker, the Voting Rights Act opened the po- must remain ever vigilant and oppose all ern Democrats’ or ‘constitutional Democrats’. litical process for many of the approximately schemes that will abridge or dilute the pre- All of this changed in 1964. That was the year the Republican Party 6,000 Hispanic public officials that have been cious right to vote, like the odious Texas SB7 nominated Sen. Barry Goldwater for President, elected and appointed nationwide, including recently passed by the Texas State Senate an active and die-hard opponent of the Civil more than 275 at the state or federal level, 32 but killed, but not yet permanently, by the Rights Act of 1964. Southern Democrats saw of whom serve in Congress. Native Ameri- unity and courage of Democrats in the Texas in Goldwater’s support for ‘states rights’ a kin- cans, Asians and others who have historically State House of Representatives. Madam dred spirit and vehicle to halt the federal gov- encountered harsh barriers to full political par- Speaker, I applaud the House Democrats of ernment’s commitment to extend the writ and ticipation also have benefited greatly. the Texas General Assembly for being on the guarantees of the Constitution to all persons in As I indicated, the crown jewel of the Voting front lines, fighting in opposition to Texas SB7 all regions of the country. Madam Speaker, Rights Act of 1965 is Section 5, which re- on the House floor and I join with them in call- the result of that realigning election remains quires that states and localities with a chronic ing upon the U.S. Senate to eliminate the fili- with us to this day. Before the Great Depres- record of discrimination in voting practices se- buster and to bring to the floor for debate and sion and the election of Franklin Roosevelt, cure federal approval before making any vote—so Congress can pass—H.R. 1 and the overwhelming majority of votes cast by changes to voting processes. Section 5 has H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Ad- Black Americans were for Republican can- protected minority voting rights where voter vancement Act. didates. discrimination has historically been the worst. We must all do our part to preserve this Even in the election of 1960, the parties Between 1982 and 2006, Section 5 stopped most important heritage because it was closely competed for the votes of Black Ameri- more than 1,000 discriminatory voting changes earned with the sacrifices and the lives of our cans, with Republican Richard Nixon winning in their tracks, including 107 discriminatory ancestors. The right to vote is a ‘‘powerful in- more than 35 percent. Fast forward to 1964. changes right here in Texas. Passed in 1965 strument that can break down the walls of in- Republican Barry Goldwater was routed 486– with the extraordinary leadership of President justice’’ and must be protected against attack 52 in an electoral college landslide and lost 43 Lyndon Johnson, the greatest legislative ge- from all enemies, foreign and domestic, using states; Lyndon Johnson won the popular vote nius of our lifetime, the Voting Rights Act of all the legal tools at our disposal. Madam by 16 million votes (61–38 percent). Goldwater 1965 was bringing dramatic change in many Speaker, the right to vote and to participate won only his native state of Arizona and five states across the South. But in 1972, change meaningfully in civic and political affairs has Deep South states—Louisiana, Mississippi, was not coming fast enough or in many places done more to advance the cause of freedom, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina. It is in- in Texas. In fact, Texas, which had never justice, and equality than the Second Amend- teresting to note that the five Southern states elected a woman to Congress or an African ment has ever done, if it has done anything at that voted for Goldwater swung over dramati- American to the Texas State Senate, was not all. It is time the Congress act to protect and cally to support him; for example, in Mis- covered by Section 5 of the 1965 Voting expand the right to vote, the only right that is sissippi, where Democrat Franklin D. Roo- Rights Act and the language minorities living preservative of every other right. sevelt had won 97 percent of the popular vote in South Texas were not protected at all. Madam Speaker, how often have we heard in 1936, Goldwater won 87 percent of the But thanks to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 our friends across the aisle claim that bur- vote. Lyndon Johnson would say the Civil and the tireless voter registration work per- dening the right to vote with new restrictions Rights Act of 1964 would cost Democrats the formed in 1972 by Hillary Clinton in Texas, and limitations are racially neutral and that South for 50 years but it was worth it. along with hundreds of others, including her their intentions must be adjudged pure be- What accounted for this change in voting al- future husband Bill, Barbara Jordan was elect- cause ‘after all, they’re the party of Lincoln’? legiance, which persists to this day? The an- ed to Congress, giving meaning to the prom- This is a short horse soon curried. The Re- swer is simple and obvious, beginning in 1964 ise of the Voting Rights Act that all citizens publican Party was founded in the 1850s be- the Democratic Party became, and was per- would at long last have the right to cast a vote cause of its opposition to slavery that South- ceived by Americans, as the party of civil for person of their community, from their com- ern Democrats like future Vice-President of rights; the Republican Party not so much. The munity, for their community. Madam Speaker, the Confederate States of America Alexander difference now is that white supremacists have it is a source of eternal pride to all of us in Stephens boasted was the ‘‘cornerstone of not been welcome or embraced by the na- Houston that in pursuit of extending the full America.’’ In 1861, after the election of Abra- tional Democratic Party since 1948 and have measure of citizenship to all Americans, in ham Lincoln as President, the eleven slave- been pariahs since 1964. But they are wel- 1975 Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, who holding states succeeded from the Union, not come in today’s Republican Party; in fact, one also represented this historic 18th Congres- to preserve their heritage, but to keep their was even nominated and renominated as its sional District of Texas, introduced, and the slaves. That led to the Civil War, in which standard-bearer in 2016 and 2020. We Demo- Congress adopted, what are now Sections more than 600,000 persons on both sides crats are not reluctant to remove and banish

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She liked design maga- ror, injustice, violence, and racism represented wood YMCA in implementing a shower pro- zines, good books, cute dogs, babies, mas- by the persons whose statues are being re- gram for unhoused individuals. sages, making lists on index cards, and sim- moved and anyone who proudly waves a Con- IN addition to her extraordinary work in the ple pleasures like sitting by the fire, in the federate flag, like the one that disgraced the non-profit arena, Alycia advocates for women- yard, or on the beach. As everyone who has Capitol when it was paraded by domestic ter- owned businesses. She owns Hollywood ever set foot in her home (or the home of rorists during the January 6 insurrection and Handy Construction, Inc., which is a certified someone she helped) knows, she made every- attack on American democracy. Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE). Alycia thing beautiful. True to form, she spent her final months helping all of us to be ready for f is married to her supportive husband, Jason, this morning. and together they have four children. HONORING ALYCIA BELLE AS A Perhaps most importantly, over all the Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join years and through all of life’s ups and downs, 28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT me in honoring this exceptional, well-re- she joked and laughed, early often and eas- WOMAN OF THE YEAR spected woman of California’s 28th Congres- ily. sional District, Alycia Belle. REMARKS BY MAURA LONG SHEEHAN HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF f When I think of my mom, I see her smiling OF CALIFORNIA face with that twinkle in her eye and it IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EULOGIES FROM THE FUNERAL makes me smile too. She was warm and lov- MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL ing, often laughing, and had a no-nonsense Monday, July 26, 2021 FOR ANN O’CONNELL LONG way of making things happen. Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today When I think back to my childhood, I re- in honor of Women’s History Month. Each member Mom singing along to John Denver HON. JOHN B. LARSON when she was cleaning the house, baking year, we pay special tribute to the contribu- OF CONNECTICUT chocolate chip cookies for our Cape Cod va- tions and sacrifices made by our nation’s IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cations, and highlighting textbooks while women. It is an honor to pay homage to out- studying in bed at night. It wasn’t until I women who are making a difference Monday, July 26, 2021 was much older that I realized how impres- in my Congressional District. I would like to Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Madam sive it was that she earned her bachelor’s de- recognize a remarkable woman, Alycia Belle Speaker, on Saturday July 17, 2021, I had the gree while raising three young children and earned her master’s degree while working of Hollywood, California. honor of attending the funeral service for a A compassionate leader, Alycia has self- and raising three teenagers. dear friend and remarkable woman, Ann As a child, I had no idea who I was dealing lessly devoted her time to organizations and O’Connell Long. Below are the eulogies made with. As an adult, I realize how special she programs that benefit the Hollywood commu- by her three loving children Deirdre, Maura, was. When I think about Mom’s life and ac- nity. She served as the Director of Develop- and Michael, as well as her great friend complishments, it amazes me that she did it ment for Blessed Sacrament School, a Catho- Suzanna Nolan. I was touched by these re- all with such generosity, gratitude, and lic School within the Jesuit tradition, which marks and wish to include them in the grace. I know many of you here felt her gen- closed its doors in 2021 after being in oper- RECORD for her beloved husband Michael ation for over a century. Prior to the school’s erosity first-hand, whether it was kind words Long and their family. at just the right time, a homemade loaf of closure, Ms. Belle raised $941,000 for campus REMARKS BY DEIRDRE LONG ABSOLONNE Irish bread, or a helping hand with your improvements and more than $3.5 million for When I think of our mom, I think of faith, home improvements. At some point a few Jesuit Education that provided scholarships to family, work, quiet strength, beauty, and years ago I realized that whenever Mom families in Hollywood. She cofounded and im- good humor. Mom’s faith was strong, but showed up for a visit, after she breezed in plemented a program called Jesuit Alumni quiet. She didn’t talk about it a lot—she with a smile, always bearing gifts of some Mass, or JAM, to engage alumni from every simply lived it. sort, she would look me in the eye and ask Jesuit Institution and give them the opportunity She grew up in Parkville with two pairs of ‘‘what can I do to help you?’’ Having a moth- to connect while encouraging them to become shoes, and the support of a community that er like that was a true gift. populated the rest of her life. She had happy As for gratitude, Mom found the beauty in involved with their Jesuit community in Holly- everything around her and she knew how to wood. Alycia also positively impacted the lives memories of her childhood, including vaca- tions at Indian Neck, during which, ever the have fun. She was full of joy and always of children from the Alexandria House, which planner, she would lay out her bathing suit seemed to have time to relax and make new offers safe housing for women and children and towel before going to bed each night. friends. She made everyone feel special and who are in the process of moving to perma- When the other children would ask what she she made it look easy. Sometimes when I nent housing. The organization holds a special was doing, she would explain that she was would call her and ask what she was doing, place in Alycia’s heart, since she was raised getting things ready for the morning. she would laugh, tell me she had her feet by a single mother. Under Alycia’s guidance, She chose to stay close to her mom and at- curled up on the sheepskin and that she was tend Saint Francis School of Nursing, one busy, ‘‘cultivating gratitude’’. She laughed, the Blessed Sacrament community welcomed but it worked. several children from the Alexandria House. step in her lifelong relationship with Saint Francis. While there, she met our dad, who Mom’s grace, and her genuine kindness, Passionate about helping people and im- became her best friend and partner of 52 were evident her entire life. She was a gra- proving lives, Ms. Belle co-founded The Urban years. She loved to joke that he married her cious hostess, and she truly enjoyed enter- Sanctuary, which offers a safe environment for her money and she claimed at least some taining small groups of friends for lunch or within the sacred space of the Blessed Sac- credit for making Mike Long a Democrat. dinner, having all her children and grand- rament Church’s nave, where individuals ex- She stayed home with us when we were ba- children under one roof every summer on periencing homelessness may seek guidance bies and, on my fifth day of first grade, she Martha’s Vineyard, and hosting extended resumed work full time. Nursing was her vo- family for tenderloin dinner (with those in- and rest. Alycia is also exploring sharing this credible mushrooms) each Christmas season. model with churches that have underused cation. Off she went at 7 am each day to help her family and the sick. She came home Her grace, dignity, and strength were on space and homeless visitors. every night and put a balanced dinner on the full display this past year as she continued Ms. Belle supports the Hollywood Police Ac- table (a feat that now, as a working mom, I to warmly welcome friends and family for tivities League (PAL) and is grateful for their see as nothing short of miraculous). Every laughter-filled visits while quietly, through inspiring team-building programs and their week for all those years, with the help of her example, preparing all of us for what was dedication to youth. In addition to taking part only her family, she cleaned our home top to to come. in their events and encouraging families to bottom (usually while singing). She earned REMARKS BY MICHAEL B. LONG participate in PAL’s programs, she has hosted degrees and promotions along the way, while When I think of Mom the first thing that their meetings at Blessed Sacrament Church. always making her family feel that she had comes to mind is laughter and the second is plenty of time for us. the things she taught me. I recall in par- Alycia also enjoys volunteering for Project I am so fortunate that my relationship ticular a couple of sayings she would use and Angel Food. with Mom was uncomplicated. It was com- tell me that Grammy O had taught her. One When the coronavirus pandemic hit, Alycia fortable, joyful, and good. She was steadfast, is, ‘‘A place for everything and everything in had the whole Parish Community online with understanding, occasionally mischievous, its place,’’ the other, ‘‘If ye can’t say any- live streaming masses within a matter of days. and always just plain fun to be with. She thing nice don’t say anything at all.’’

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