E394 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks March 17, 2004 The Council of Khalistan recently put out an ment in Punjab’s history. His government glot empire thrown together under one roof open letter to the Sikhs in Punjab, Khalistan. was so corrupt, they even came up with a for the administrative convenience of the They called for Sikhs to use these elections to new term for bribery: ‘‘fee for service.’’ If British colonialists. It has 18 official lan- you didn’t pay the fee, you didn’t get the elect officeholders who are committed to free- guages. History shows that such countries service. The Badal family was so adept at re- are doomed to fall apart. India will collapse ing the Sikh homeland, Khalistan. ceiving bribes that Mrs. Badal could tell how just like the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Mr. Speaker, this is the only way to end the much money was in a bag just by picking it Soviet Union, and other multinational states repression that has killed over 250,000 Sikhs up! We are pleased that Chief Minister such as Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. since 1984, with more than 52,000 being held Amarinder Singh is prosecuting the Badal The Indian government has murdered over as political prisoners. Some of the prisoners family for its corruption. Clearly, the Akalis 250,000 Sikhs since 1984, according to figures are army officers who refused to participate in do not merit the Sikh Nation’s support. compiled by the Punjab State Magistracy the brutal military attack on the seat of the Badal also broke his campaign promises of and human rights groups and published in 1997. He promised to release all the political Inderjit Singh Jaijee’s excellent book, The Sikh religion, the Golden Temple, in 1984. prisoners. Yet according to the Movement Others are simply those who participated Politics of Genocide. India has killed over Against State Repression (MASR), the In- 300,000 Christians in Nagaland since 1947 and peacefully in the movement to liberate dian regime admitted to holding 52,268 Sikhs murdered priests, raped nuns, burned church- Khalistan. as political prisoners. They are being held es, and destroyed Christian schools and pray- India claims to be a democratic country. It without charge or trial, some of them since er halls. They expelled missionary Joseph also claims that there is no support for 1984! How can a democratic state hold polit- Cooper from the country after militant Khalistan. Why not simply hold a vote on the ical prisoners? He promised to punish police Hindu nationalists beat him up so badly that issue, the democratic way? Instead, this coun- officials who have committed atrocities he had to be in the hospital for a week. Mis- try that loudly proclaims that it is secular and against Sikhs since 1984. No such action was sionary Graham Staines and his two young democratic imposes the most brutal repression ever taken. Where is the punishment of sons were burned to death while sleeping in Swaran Singh Ghotna, who murdered their jeep by a mob of militant Hindus on the Sikhs and other minorities such as Jathedar Gurdev Singh Kaunke? Where is Christians in Nagaland and elsewhere, Mus- chanting ‘‘Victory to Hannuman,’’ a Hindu the punishment of the police officers who god. Since they were allied with the pro-Fas- lims in Kas-hmir and throughout the country, kidnapped and murdered Sardar Jaswant cist RSS, the parent organization of the rul- Tamils, Dalit ‘‘Untouchables,’’ Bodos, Assam- Singh Khalra? He promised to appoint a ing BJP, they were able to commit this ese, Manipuris, and others. commission to study the human-rights viola- atrocity with impunity. Muslims were mas- I join with the Council of Khalistan in urging tions against the Sikhs. Yet when such a sacred in Gujarat while the police were the Sikhs and all the minorities suffering under commission was formed by concerned Sikhs, under orders to stand aside and let the mas- Indian oppression to vote for honest can- he used the power of government to shut it sacre occur, a frightening parallel to the 1984 down and deny it a meeting place. Delhi massacres of Sikhs. A policeman told didates committed to freedom for their people. The Congress Party is no better. It is the This is the best thing that they can do to free an Indian newspaper that the Gujarat mas- party that invaded and desecrated the Gold- sacre was planned in advance by the govern- themselves from this brutal tyranny. en Temple and 125 other Sikh Gurdwaras We can help by stopping American aid to ment. throughout Punjab in June 1984 to murder India is a fundamentalist Hindu theocracy, India until all people’s basic human rights are Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and 20,000 not secular or democratic at all. Remember respected and by declaring our support for a other Sikhs, including General Shabeg what Narinder Singh, a spokesman for the free and fair plebiscite on the question of inde- Singh, Bhai Amrik Singh, and over 100 Sikh Golden Temple, told America’s National pendence. These measures will press India to religious students ages 8–13 who were taken Public Radio in 1997: ‘‘The Indian govern- begin living up to the democratic values that out into the courtyard and shot. If Sikhs will ment, they are always boasting that they are not even protect the sanctity of the Golden they so loudly proclaim. democratic, that they are secular. They have Temple, how can the Sikh Nation survive as nothing to do with a secularism, nothing to I would like to place the Council of a nation? No conscientious Sikh can support Khalistan’s message to the Sikh Nation re- do with a democracy. They just kill Sikhs the Congress Party. It is the enemy of the just to please the majority.’’ On December 5, ECORD garding the elections into the R at this Sikh Nation. President Bush told me ‘‘I am aware of the time. Sikhs must speak for, work for, and vote Sikh and Kashmiri problem.’’ COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN, for candidates committed to freeing our Soon Kashmir will be free from Indian oc- Washington, DC, March 2, 2004. homeland, Punjab, Khalistan, from Indian cupation. Now America is involved in it. As occupation. Let us take this opportunity to Open Letter to the Sikh Nation L.K. Advani predicted, ‘‘When Kashmir goes, put people in office who will work for Sikh India goes.’’ We agree with him and we urge PUNJAB ELECTIONS SET FOR MAY 10 OPPOR- freedom and will work to give the Sikh Na- TUNITY FOR SIKH NATION TO CLAIM FREEDOM the Indian government to hold a free and fair tion a free and fair plebiscite on freedom for plebiscite on the question of independence CHOOSE HONEST LEADERSHIP COMMITTED TO Khalistan. and to sit down with representatives of the SIKH FREEDOM—DON’T MISS THIS PEACEFUL, Sarbjit Singh, the son of Sikh martyr Sikh Nation to negotiate the boundaries of a DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITY TO LIBERATE Beant Singh, has been given a ticket in a re- sovereign, independent Khalistan. Sikhs KHALISTAN served constituency in Bhatinda by the must use the upcoming elections to elect Akali Dal (Amritsar.) He deserves the sup- DEAR KHALSA JI: WAHEGURU JI KA representatives who will make certain that port of Sikh voters, but Sikhs should not KHALSA, WAHEGURU JI KI FATEH! India does that. Sikhs must claim their Elections in Punjab have been set for May support Simranjit Singh Mann, who changes birthright by liberating Khalistan. Only by 10. This is an opportunity for Sikhs to install his colors on Khalistan almost daily. Mann freeing Khalistan will we put an end to this honest, dedicated leadership. Choose only is under the control of the Indian govern- corruption and restore control of Punjab and leaders who are committed to Khalsa Raj. ment, as shown by his letter to the Chief its assets to the people, to whom it right- Only when Khalistan is free can Sikhs live in Justice of India, which is reprinted in the fully belongs. A sovereign, independent prosperity, security, and dignity. Only when book Chakravyuh: Web of Indian Secularism, Khalistan is a must for the survival of the Khalistan is free of Indian occupation can by Professor Gurtej Singh. Mann has been in Sikh Nation and will provide an optimal en- Punjab’s farmers get a fair price for their Parliament for the past few years. What has vironment for the Sikh Nation to progress to crops. Only when Khalistan is free will our he done to advance the cause of Sikh free- its optimum potential politically, reli- water stop being diverted to nonriparian dom? Has he even made a single speech on giously, and economically. Let us take this states. We must do everything that we can to behalf of freeing our homeland? opportunity to free Khalistan. free our homeland, Punjab, Khalistan, from We call on distinguished Sikh leaders such Panth Da Sewadar, Indian occupation. These elections provide as Justice Ajit Singh Bains, General DR. GURMIT SINGH AULAKH, an opportunity to reclaim our freedom demo- Narinder Singh, Professor Gurdarshan Singh President, Council of Khalistan. cratically and peacefully. Dhillon, Professor Gurtej Singh, former MP The Guru granted sovereignty to the Sikh Atinder Pal Singh, and others to run them- f Nation, saying ‘‘In Grieb Silkhin Ko Deon selves or find candidates who reflect their Patshahi.’’ The Sikh Nation must achieve its views. And we call on them to give a ticket DISTURBING STATEMENTS OUT OF independence to fulfill the mandate of the to deserving, educated political prisoners. EL SALVADOR Guru. We always remember it by reciting This will help to get the political prisoners every morning and evening, ‘‘Raj Kare Ga freed and will help to put people in Par- HON. DAN BURTON Khalsa.’’ Now is the time to act on it. Do we liament who are committed to Sikh freedom OF INDIANA mean what we say every morning and and sovereignty. evening? I urge Sikhs to unite and take ac- Remember the words of Professor Darshan IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion to liberate our homeland, Punjab, Singh, former Jathedar of the Akal Takht: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 Khalistan. ‘‘If a Sikh is not a Khalistani, he is not a Parkash Singh Badal disgraced the Sikh Sikh.’’ The time to achieve our independence Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, the Nation by running the most corrupt govern- is now. India is not one country. It is a poly- United States grants Temporary Protective

VerDate jul 14 2003 03:24 Mar 18, 2004 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A17MR8.015 E17PT1 March 17, 2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E395 Status (TPS) to about 400,000 citizens of El munist leaders. The FMLN is also known to a true pioneer in the field of public works and Salvador annually, and helps facilitate their organize in the United States among the Sal- flood control. Mr. Miller is retiring as Director sending about $2 billion home to their families vadoran immigrant community. of the San Bernardino County Department of each year. We do this, in part, because the EXCELLENT CURRENT RELATIONS BETWEEN U.S.- EL SALVADOR Public Works after 33 years of outstanding United States enjoys a positive working rela- It must be emphasized that the United service to the citizens of San Bernardino tionship with the democratic government there. States has superb relations with the current County, California, the last 16 as director of Unfortunately, the communist candidate for government of El Salvador, led by the party the department. the Presidency, and his political party, the ARENA. This friendship is based on con- The crowning achievement of Mr. Miller’s FMLN, has explicitly stated their support for fidence, shared values, mutually beneficial the communist narco-guerrilas who have been international policies and strong personal re- distinguished career is the Santa Ana River attacking the democratic government of Co- lationships. Excellent bi-lateral relations Mainstem Project, a $1 billion project that has lombia since 1962. They have also said that permit a high-level of cooperation on impor- also been one of my top priorities for nearly tant national security matters. El Salvador upon their election to office they will imme- two decades. Completion of the Seven Oaks provides military and intelligence coopera- Dam, the Prado Dam and Reservoir, the Mill diately open full diplomatic relations with com- tion and is part of the coalition that has sent munist Cuba, a country recognized by the armed forces to post-war Iraq. The Salva- Creek Levee and San Timoteo Creek flood United States as a state sponsor of terrorism. doran government is also an active promoter control projects will protect millions of lives Based upon these disturbing statements, of the free trade agreement with the United and billions of dollars worth of property in should the communist/FMLN candidate as- States. Southern California. Mr. Miller was the key sume the Presidency of El Salvador, it may TPS BASED ON EXCELLENT STRATEGIC driver for this project in San Bernardino Coun- well be necessary for the United States to re- RELATIONSHIP ty during most of his 33 years of public serv- consider our relationship with El Salvador, the In the context of excellent relations and ice. continuation of TPS for Salvadoran citizens, close cooperation, the U.S. government was able to grant and extend TPS for the benefit Mr. Miller lent his skills and talent to a part- and our current support for their sending re- of nearly 300,000 Salvadorans now living and nership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- mittances back home. working in the United States. For similar neers on a range of flood control projects that Mr. Speaker, I would like to have the fol- reasons, the U.S. government has not had have made San Bernardino County a much lowing statement, which I believe provides a special concerns about the source and use of safer place, even as the county grew from a concise overview of this matter placed into the the $2 billion per year in remittances sent by quiet suburb to an urban area of nearly 2 mil- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD following my state- Salvadorans in the United States to their ment. I strongly urge my colleagues to read it home country, allowing the free movement lion residents. and keep it firmly in mind as we await the re- of that large sum. The government of El Sal- While protecting San Bernardino County vador has shown itself to be a reliable and sults of the March 21st elections in El Sal- trustworthy counterpart regarding U.S. na- and other Southern California communities vador. tional security. from the danger of severe flooding, Mr. Miller STATEMENT ON U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY FMLN IN GOVERNMENT RADICALLY CHANGES THE was a leading force behind the modernization POLICY REGARDING THE FMLN EQUATION and safety advancements of transportation TPS AND NATIONAL SECURITY If the FMLN enters the government of El routes, from remote desert highways to busy In making immigration decisions, such as Salvador following the presidential elections urban Interstates. the granting or extension of Temporary Pro- scheduled for March 2004, it will mean a rad- tective Status (TPS) or the conversion of ical termination of the conditions that per- Ken Miller has been a Registered Civil Engi- TPS to Permanent Resident Status or other mitted the granting of TPS in the first place. neer in the State of California since 1973. He considerations that enable foreign nationals The U.S. government would have no reliable joined the San Bernardino County Flood Con- to remain in the United States, the U.S. gov- counterpart to satisfy legitimate national trol District in 1971, following his graduation ernment must put first the national security security concerns, especially those regarding with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil En- of the United States. the threat posed by pro-terrorist groups and gineering from Cal Poly Pomona. TPS AND THE PRO-TERRORIST REGIMES the providing of funding for those groups. For that reason, the granting of TPS to na- FMLN IN GOVERNMENT WOULD REQUIRE Ken A. Miller has served as President of the tionals of a country should be immediately TERMINATION OF TPS County’s Management Forum and as presi- reviewed and, in most cases, terminated, if a Therefore, if the FMLN enters the govern- dent of the City and County Engineers Asso- pro-terrorist party wins power or enters the ment in El Salvador it will be necessary for ciation at the county and state level. In one of government of that country. the U.S. authorities to consider all available his final assignments for the County of San THE FMLN AS A PRO-TERRORIST PARTY information regarding the ties of the FMLN to violent anti-U.S. groups and designated Bernardino, Mr. Miller served as Acting County The FMLN, a political party in El Sal- Administrative Officer, overseeing the county’s vador, can be considered a pro-terrorist terrorist groups and, on that basis, proceed party because of its support for designated toward the immediate termination of TPS workforce of more than 16,000. terrorist organizations, such as the FARC, for El Salvador. Mr. Miller is a native Californian, born in and for the public participation by some of FMLN IN GOVERNMENT WOULD REQUIRE REVIEW Sanger and a resident of the San Bernardino OF REMITTANCES its leaders in a pro-Al Qaeda rally where the area since 1951. Mr. Miller and his wife Sandy U.S. flag was burned, this taking place im- In many instances, pro-terrorist groups mediately after September 11, 2001. The U.S. conduct fundraising in the United States, reside in Yucaipa, California. They have two Embassy in El Salvador was forced to con- and special controls and restrictions on the daughters, Dana and Jennifer, who are cur- demn the written public statements related flow of funds have been applied where nec- rently attending college. to the September 11th attacks that were essary. Given the pro-terrorist nature of the FMLN and its ties to designated terrorist Under Mr. Miller’s leadership, the Flood issued by the FMLN and hostile toward the Control District was awarded the 1999–2000 U.S. groups, if the FMLN enters the government The FMLN was created as an armed sub- in El Salvador, it will be urgent to apply spe- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) versive communist organization that sought cial controls to the flow of remittances from ‘‘Outstanding Government Civil Engineering the violent overthrow of the Government of the United States to El Salvador, a sum that Project’’ for the Seven Oaks Dam Project and El Salvador in order to replace it with a pro- is currently $2 billion per year. also was awarded the American Public Works Castro Marxist-Leninist regime. After years f Association (APWA) ‘‘2000 Project of the Year of armed aggression and terrorism, the Award.’’ FMLN signed a peace agreement in 1992 that A TRIBUTE TO KEN MILLER, SAN brought the violence to an end and led to the BERNARDINO COUNTY DIRECTOR Mr. Speaker, Ken A. Miller leaves an im- participation of the FMLN in the political OF PUBLIC WORKS pressive legacy of public service and accom- process. The leader of the FMLN has reiter- plishment. The transportation and flood control ated recently his commitment to com- HON. JERRY LEWIS projects he made possible will stand for gen- munism. The FMLN continues to participate OF CALIFORNIA erations as monuments to a career dedicated actively in international gatherings with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES violent and radical anti-U.S. groups and ter- to the safety and advancement of Southern rorist organizations. Recent purges in the Wednesday, March 17, 2004 California. Please join me in thanking him for FMLN have left the party under the com- Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I his public service, and wishing him well in his plete control of its most hard-line com- would like today to pay tribute to Ken A. Miller, retirement.

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