E894 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 29, 2020 H.R. 4447 also includes the Climate Smart Ms. Dobbins remained in Inkster, raising her what Ben Taub Hospital is known for today, Ports Act, which will help us address health daughter, Kimberly and working at a local gro- including being one of only two elite Level I disparities and other issues in communities cery store. She was well known for her beau- Trauma Centers serving the adult population near ports, which have often suffered from tiful smile and kind heart. Please join me in of Harris County, with an emphasis on serving generations of environmental injustice. The honoring the memory of Ms. Georgia Dobbins its most vulnerable residents. legislation includes a $1 billion per year zero Davis. As a faculty instructor, he was crucial in emissions ports infrastructure program to as- f training both the present and future genera- sist ports and port users with replacing cargo tions of surgeons serving southeast Texas and handling equipment, port harbor craft, drayage PERSONAL EXPLANATION beyond, especially surgeons from the military trucks, and other equipment with zero emis- branch who trained through the Joint Trauma sions equipment and technology. In West HON. MARKWAYNE MULLIN Training Center established and operated at Oakland, the neighborhood bordering the Port OF OKLAHOMA Ben Taub Hospital by the U.S. Department of of Oakland, the asthma hospitalization rate for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Defense from 1998 to 2000. Madam Speaker, children under the age of 5 is almost twice the it is a pleasure to recognize the culmination of Tuesday, September 29, 2020 rate for Alameda County as a whole. We must a stellar career. I ask all of my distinguished take action to reduce the massive amounts of Mr. MULLIN. Madam Speaker, I was not colleagues to join me in recognizing his serv- fossil fuels burned by ports—both to address present the week of September 21–25, 2020 ice to the community and people of Houston the climate crisis and to help our kids breathe. on account of supporting my son’s continuing and Harris County, Texas. I have heard the concerns expressed about recovery. f some key provisions of this bill, and those Had I been present, I would have voted concerns are valid. I do not support funding YEA on Roll Call No. 196; YEA on Roll Call HONORING THE LIFE OF BOBBY for projects that could result in further use of No. 197; NAY on Roll Call No. 198; NAY on LEE VERDUGO dirty or dangerous energy sources. I hope that Roll Call No. 199; NAY on Roll Call No. 200; we can work to improve this bill as it moves YEA on Roll Call No. 201; NAY on Roll Call HON. JIMMY GOMEZ through the legislative process. No. 202; NAY on Roll Call No. 203; YEA on OF CALIFORNIA Nonetheless, much of the content of this bill Roll Call No. 204; YEA on Roll Call No. 205; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES would make necessary steps toward the clean and NAY on Roll Call No. 206. Tuesday, September 29, 2020 energy revolution that we are all working for. f It encourages the innovation that we need to Mr. GOMEZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today address the fossil fuel-driven climate emer- HONORING THE LIFE OF MADYSON to honor the life and legacy of Bobby Lee gency while investing in renewable energy re- ANN LATRICE CARTER Verdugo, a Chicano activist from East Los An- sources, electrification of transportation, reduc- geles, most known as the leader of the 1968 tion of carbon pollution from industrial and HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON East Los Angeles high school walkouts. other sources, modernization of the grid and OF MISSISSIPPI Growing up in the Lincoln Heights neighbor- much more. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES hood of Los Angeles, Bobby lived the all- For these reasons, I support H.R. 4447 as American life—he was a popular football play- a significant step away from fossil fuels and Tuesday, September 29, 2020 er, his father coached a youth baseball team, towards innovation and cleaner energy. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam and his mother was part of the Parent Teach- f Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of er Association and volunteered for Bobby’s HONORING THE MEMORY OF Madyson Ann Latrice Carter. Born on this day, Boy Scouts troop. Despite the active role Bob- GEORGIA DOBBINS DAVIS September 29, 2004, Madyson would have by’s family played in the community, he and been sixteen years old. his Latino classmates would get singled out She was a resident of Clinton, Mississippi for speaking Spanish in school and were sub- HON. RASHIDA TLAIB who adored her family and friends. She was jected to paddlings by their white teachers as OF MICHIGAN kind, intelligent, and possessed a smile that punishment. The Latino students at the school IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES could brighten any room. were also being tracked into vocational class- Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Regrettably, on June 18, 2018, Madyson es. They were not afforded college pre- Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today in departed from this world leaving behind a paratory courses or resources, and made to tribute to Georgia Dobbins Davis, a long-time community of family and friends that continue feel as if their futures were all but bright. resident of the 13th Congressional District’s to cherish her memories. Her courageous spir- Eastside schools were notoriously rundown Inkster, Michigan and Former Motown artist, it and profound empathy for others will never and overcrowded and had some of the worst who passed away on September 18, 2020. be forgotten. dropout rates in the country. Encouraged by Born in Arkansas, Ms. Dobbins moved to On behalf of the Second Congressional Dis- his social science teacher, Sal Castro, Bobby Michigan at a young age. She spent her teen- trict of Mississippi, I send my continued and other students across the Eastside of Los age years in Inkster, singing and performing thoughts and prayers to the Carter family. Angeles organized a walkout to protest the with several local musical groups, including Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join discrimination, abuse, and mistreatment. Soon the Marvels, the group with which Georgia me in honoring the life of Madyson Ann thousands of Latino students across the coun- Dobbins made her mark on Motown. The Mar- Latrice Carter. try followed suit, bringing the attention of the vels nearly missed the chance to audition for f entire nation to their cause. Motown when they came in fourth place of Bobby eventually enrolled at UCLA but left their high school talent show. In the end, they RECOGNIZING DR. KENNETH L. after two years to work as a bus dispatcher ended up tagging along with the winning MATTOX and a labor organizer. He married Yolando group. Motown executives were so impressed Rios, his high school sweetheart and fellow by the group’s performance, they asked the HON. DAN CRENSHAW walkouts organizer, and they had two kids. young women to come up with an original OF TEXAS After noticing the lack of resources for at- song. Ms. Dobbins worked with a friend who IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES risk young men, particularly Latino youth, wrote the melody for the song ‘‘Please Mr. Bobby decided to enroll at California State Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Postman’’ while she wrote the lyrics in only University of Los Angeles at the age of 40 to three days’ time. ‘‘Please Mr. Postman’’ was Mr. CRENSHAW. Madam Speaker, I rise become a social worker. In 1995, he co-found- the hit song that launched a career for the today to recognize Dr. Kenneth L. Mattox ed Con Los Padres, a counseling program Marvels, now known as the Marvelettes. upon his retirement from public service at Har- modeled after the Mesoamerican talking cir- While Ms. Dobbins ultimately did not pursue ris Health System’s Ben Taub Hospital after cles (cı´rculos), giving teenage fathers the a musical career, her song was a significant 31 years as its Chief of Staff, having proudly space to discuss their feelings, connect to contribution to music and Detroit’s culture and served the sick and injured people of Harris their heritage, and receive the support they sound. It reached number one on the charts County, Texas for nearly 60 years, as a med- needed to navigate fatherhood. after only fourteen weeks and has been cov- ical student, resident, surgeon and faculty His advocacy work led him to speaking invi- ered by artists such as the Carpenters who member of Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. tations across the country and Bobby quickly had their own hit with it, and the Beatles. Kenneth L. Mattox is responsible for much of became a frequent figure at Latino high school VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:42 Sep 30, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A29SE8.025 E29SEPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with REMARKS September 29, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E895 youth and academic conferences. Bobby’s in- Madam Speaker, I ask that you join me to placed in more than a dozen homes in her fectious personality and humor drew thou- advance this bipartisan effort and make PCOS teens and dropped out of high school. sands of students to him and to them, he be- a public health priority. Through the help of a local non-profit, she was came a father-figure and mentor. f given hope and a future. She is a recent grad- Bobby was a trailblazing force that paved uate of Metropolitan State University and now the way for the young Latino activists of today PERSONAL EXPLANATION works to pay it forward.