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RECOGNIZING DAN CHRISTIE, them to do all the good things they do for oth­ The Teacher of the Year program is the old­ CHRISTIE CONSTRUCTION, CHAR­ ers in need in our communities and around est and most prestigious recognition program LOTTE, MI the world. in Minnesota which honors excellence in edu­ Habitat is founded on the conviction that cation. The Minnesota Teacher of the Year HON. NICK SMITH every man, woman and child should have a represents the profession as an advocate for OF MICHIGAN simple, decent, affordable place to live, grow education and spokesperson for teachers. The IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and raise their families. Because of Dan recipient makes numerous public appear­ Christie, the Julie Hartig family now has such ances, meets policy makers, attends meetings Friday, December 18, 1998 a place to call home. and gives presentations. Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, My wife Bonnie and I would like to offer Dan Ms. Delaney has taught both middle and wanted to take a moment today to recognize our most sincere thanks for his dedicated vol­ high school math, algebra and calculus in her Mr. Dan Christie, owner of Christie Construc­ unteerism and assistance in helping build the 20-year career. She places great importance tion, for his work on the "House That Con­ Eaton Area Habitat for Humanity's the "House not only on quality curriculum and lesson gress Built" project in Charlotte, Michigan. That Congress Built," at 521 Monroe, Char­ plans, but on recognizing the individuality of Dan has enthusiastically served as volun­ lotte. her students. "You may think that mathe­ teer construction manager and building con­ matics teachers are absent minded, far-sight­ sultant for several weeks at the construction ed and require a front pocket for all their site and future home located at 521 Monroe. TRIBUTE TO STUDENTS OF CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY equipment," she says, but adds, "I'm fortunate I am proud to say we will dedicate the home that the students recognize the difference be­ SCHOOL this Sunday, December 20, 1998, at 3 p.m. tween what I teach and who I really am. In the Mr. Christie generously volunteered his con­ same way, it's important for me to recognize struction expertise to patiently and expertly HON. ILEANA ROS.LEHTINEN the difference between how well they do in my guide volunteers with varying degrees of expe­ OF FLORIDA class and who they really are." rience to construct the home. Not only did Dan IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES As a former educator, I appreciate the donate his vast knowledge, but his time and Friday, December 18, 1998 amount of time, dedication and enthusiasm tools too. that it takes to be successful in the classroom. Families selected to receive a Habitat for Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to honor my prede­ Ms. Delaney serves as an inspirational exam­ Humanity home are required to contribute ple of how much can be accomplished when many hours of their "sweat equity" to the con­ cessor, Congressman Claude Pepper, who faithfully and honestly served this House for we make an investment in our youth. It is with struction of their future home. Mr. Christie's thanks and gratitude that I extend my con­ sweat equity, his dedication, hard work and 27 years. A school in my district bears his name which celebrates his memory of unself­ gratulations to Ms. Delaney for being honored long hours, many times getting to the site after with this prestigious award. working for his own company all day, is what ish service and sacrifice. During a recent visit I recognize and honor today. His investment in to this school, I enjoyed the lyrics of Claude Pepper Elementary's school song written by this home, neighborhood, Charlotte commu­ TRIBUTE TO INTER-MILAN nity, Eaton Area Habitat for Humanity, and Jerry Little which is here reprinted: perhaps most importantly, the lives of the new Claude Pepper Elementary, the best school of this century. Look at our great family, HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN homeowners, Julie, Hailey and Skyler Hartig, I'm as happy as can be. Claude Pepper Ele­ OF CALIFORNIA is to be commended. mentary, I am an honoree. School now is fun Many of my colleagues have been involved for me, it's a wonderful place to be. Our fam­ HON. JUUAN C. DIXON in the construction of a Habitat for Humanity ily includes parents, teachers, and me. There OF CALIFORNIA home. This year, I was privileged enough to is a dream we will work as a team, we'll IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lend my support to three houses in my district. share what we think, give a smile and a I could not have attempted to help build these wink, believe in ourselves as we grow. The Friday, December 18, 1998 homes without the drive, support and assist­ future's locked in a chest and we hold the Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, ance of good people like Mr. Dan Christie. key, I know we'll all do our best. In our fam- Mr. DIXON, and I rise today to congratulate the 111es, the future's locked in a chest and we The Honorable Speaker of the House, NEWT hold the key. The world is waiting for me. AYSO, Culver City, Region 19, Boys U12 Divi­ GINGRICH, perhaps summed it up best when sion team, INTER-MILAN. Headed by the su­ we kicked off the "House that Congress Built" Claude Pepper Elementary is great! Claude perb leadership of coach, Ernesto Martin and project last year, "When you help a family Pepper Elementary, the best school of this assistant coach, Chris Labra, INTER-MILAN century. School now is fun for me, it's a won­ grow, as well as build a house . . . when you finished a proud second in entire Boys, Re­ derful place to be. Look and you will see we watch the sense of ownership . . . you under­ gion 19, U12 Division. Coach Martin and As­ stand why this is a great program." are family. sistant Coach Labra knew how to get things The Theology of the Hammer, a guiding done. Their utter commitment, boundless en­ principle of Habitat, is an appropriate way to TRIBUTE TO ELLEN DELANEY ergy, no nonsense coaching and clear sense describe Dan's efforts. This theology empha­ of direction are responsible in a large measure sizes partnerships, bringing people together HON. BRUCE F. VENTO for Inter-Milan's success. from all different social, racial, religious, polit­ Team members Charles Hicks, Persy Trejo, OF MINNESOTA ical and education backgrounds, to work to­ Michael Case, Cristian Dascalu, Gustavo IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gether for a common goal. This was never Sanchez, Steven Bressler, Kenny Perez, Dan­ more apparent than working at the Charlotte Friday, December 18, 1998 iel Willis, Dorian Bey, Ernesto Martin Jr., home site. People were brought together in Mr. VENTO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Christopher Labra, Jerry Lara, and Henry the spirit of friendship and teamwork, and per­ recognize an extraordinary person, Ms. Ellen Bergmans played hard, tough, competitive sonal differences didn't matter. Mr. Christie Delaney. Ms. Delaney, a math teacher at soccer. They gave their best efforts at every embodies the spirit of volunteerism and caring North Senior High School in the district I rep­ practice. Each player displayed a passion to and Christian values that drive so many orga­ resent, has been named the Minnesota improving their individual skills equal only to nizations like Habitat for Humanity and allows Teacher of the Year. their determination to improve as a team.

e '!:his "bullet" symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. 28120 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 19, 1998 Every game played exceeded the skill of the his retirement from public service will give him Rivers program in their region. Citizens game before. Inter-Milan always demonstrated more time to pursue these loves and spend should also be warned that the "community" good sportsmanship. more time with his family. meetings may be led by professional The enthusiasm and zest for soccer ex­ Public service has its challenges and it facilitators and conducted by consensus. This means that skills to manipulate meet­ pressed by the team was matched by the sometimes requires sacrifice. In all that he has ing outcomes may dominate and that, in­ commitment and support of the parents. The accomplished throughout his distinguished ca­ stead of taking votes, a feeling of agreement parents in Inter-Milan dedicated time and en­ reer of public service, Tim Walberg handled or acceptance, supposedly by all present, will ergy and kept the team spirit high. his public duties with honor, generosity, and be the basis for official leadership pro­ We ask our colleagues to join us today in integrity. As a former state legislator myself, I nouncements and decisions. Minutes may saluting Inter-Milan, for their outstanding know that Tim's contributions will be sorely not be taken. Citizens should make an effort achievement in the 1998, AYSO Region 19, missed in Lansing. I am confident, however, to enable a broad range of the public, re­ Boys U12 Division, Culver City. that Tim will continue to use his many talents source users, and other business people from the region who are concerned about the to enrich our state and its people. economy, home rule, and private property On behalf of the people of Michigan, I am TIMOTHY L. WALBERG, STATE rights to be consistently present in adequate honored to recognize and thank Tim Walberg numbers. Citizens are forewarned to be ready REPRESENTATIVE, MICHIGAN, for his outstanding contributions to public serv­ to issue formal minority reports to the press, 57TH DISTRICT ice and the state of Michigan. the public and their elected representatives about the issues and programs under consid­ HON. NICK SMITH eration. They should plan to lead the con­ sensus and committee structure and assign­ OF MICHIGAN AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVERS INITIATIVE ments in directions beneficial to the local IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES economy and respectful of private property Friday, December 18, 1998 rights and home rule. HON. HELEN CHENOWETH The full identities and contact information Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, OF IDAHO for each member of the thirteen-agency wanted to take a moment today to recognize· IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES American Heritage Rivers Interagency Com­ a retiring political leader from my district. Mr. mittee created by President Clinton are in­ Timothy "Tim" L. Walberg, State Representa­ Friday, December 18, 1998 cluded to enable citizens to contact these in­ tive, because of Michigan's term limits law, will Mrs. CHENOWETH. Mr. Speaker, during dividuals as well. As soon as they are avail­ retire at the end of this year after 16 years of the 105th Congress I have fought the Amer­ able, we intend to add to the directory the service to the people of Michigan. Representa­ Navigators for each individual river and the ican Heritage Rivers Initiative (AHRI) with leg­ five-person, full-time national Task Force tive Walberg represented the 57th District, islation to abolish it, oversight hearings to ex­ which, it is said, will soon be selected to ad­ which included nearly all of Lenawee County, pose its flaws and a federal lawsuit chal­ minister the American Heritage Rivers Ini­ Michigan. lenging its illegal establishment. tiative. Tim most recently served on the Advanced Repeatedly the Clinton-GORE Administration PART 1. THE FOURTEEN AMERICAN HERITAGE Technology and Computer Development Com­ stated AHRI was not a new federal program RIVERS mittee, the Colleges and Universities Com­ and would not result in a new federal bureauc­ Blackstone and Woonasquatucket (RII mittee, the Commerce Committee, and the racy and new federal employees. Moreover, it MA)-The nomination was made by the Conservation, Environment, and Recreation would only be a new approach to help com­ Providence Plan. Committee. munities gain access to existing federal pro­ Community Contact: Michael Creasey Mr. Walberg has not always been an elect­ grams. Blackstone River Valley National Heritage ed public official. Tim was the Pastor of Union Coordinator, One Depot Square, Woonsocket, The Property Rights Foundation of America, RI 02895, 401-762-0250. Gospel Church in Tipton for almost 5 years. Inc., located in Stony Creek, New York, has Jane Sherman, The Providence Plan, 56 Previously, he was Co-Pastor of Grace Fel­ recently compiled the partial listing of federal Pine Street, Suite 3B, Providence, RI 02903, lowship Church in New Haven, Indiana for bureaucrats that will be administering AHRI. It 401-455--8880. about 4 years. He received his training at the is based on information supplied by the Coun­ Co-Facilitator: Doug Thompson, U.S. EPA, Moody Bible Institute and Taylor University in cil on Environmental Quality which has always Water Quality UnitJOffice of Ecosystem Pro­ Fort Wayne, Indiana. He also received a Mas­ been the lead agency for this new program. tection, JFK Federal Building, Boston, MA ter of Arts degree, with honors, from Wheaton 02203, 617-565-3480. This is only a partial listing and does not in­ Elissa Tonkin, U.S. EPA, JFK Federal College Graduate School in Communications. clude the names of "River Navigators" for Building, Boston, MA 02203, 617-565-1154; 617- He was elected to the Michigan State each designated river and the five person Na­ 565-1141. House of Representatives in the 1982 elec­ tional Task Force which will consist of federal Interagency Contact: Jerry Wylie, U.S. tion. employees working full time. These names will Forest Service, 14th & Independence, SW., Representative Walberg has been involved be available at a later date. Washington, DC 20250, 202-205-1129 or Jerry in a number of civic groups including the Te­ I encourage my colleagues to read this re­ Wylie, Federal Building, 324 25th Street, cumseh Kiwanis Club, the Lenawee County vealing information which illustrates more bro­ Ogden, UT 84401, 801-625-5172. Chamber of Commerce, the Christian Family Connecticut (CT/MA/NHJVT)-The Con­ ken promises from the Clinton-GORE Adminis­ necticut River Watershed Council submitted Foundation Board of Directors, the Lenawee tration regarding the American Heritage Rivers the nomination. County Riding for the Handicapped Com­ Initiative. Community Contact: Whitty Sanford, Con­ mittee, Trenton Hills United Brethren Church, AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVERS OFFICIAL necticut River Weatershed Council, One Lenawee Habitat for Humanity, District Com­ FEDERAL AND LOCAL CONTACTS REVEALED Ferry Street, Easthampton, MA 01027, 413- mittee Member and Chaplain-Boy Scouts of 529-9500. INTRODUCTION America, the National Rifle Association, and Facilitator: Eric Scherer, Natural Re­ The purpose of this directory is to over­ Pheasants Forever. sources Conservation Service, 3 Sunrise Ter­ come the impediments to citizen participa­ race, East Granby, CT 06026, 860-653-4149. His political and legislative memberships tion which have characterized the American Interagency Contact: Roger Stephenson, have included the American Legislative Ex­ Heritage Rivers Initiative. With the knowl­ U.S. Department · of the Interior, 1849 C change Council (ALEC) National Task Force edge of the identities, agencies, locations Street, NW, (MIB 31230), Washington, DC on Education, the Michigan and Lenawee and telephone numbers of both the federal 20240, 202-208-3855. County Republican Parties, and the National contact and the federal facilitator, as well as Cuyahoga (OH)-The Cuyahoga was nomi­ Republican Legislators Association. the "community" contact, for each of the nated by the Cuyahoga River Remedial Ac­ Representative Walberg and his wife, fourteen American Heritage Rivers des­ tion Plan (RAP). Susan, live in Tipton, Michigan. They have ignated by the President, citizens should Community Contact: Kay Carlson, Pro­ now be able to become informed of the here­ gram Manager, Cuyahoga River Community three children, Matthew, Heidi, and Caleb. tofore secret "community" meetings before Planning, Organization/Cuyahoga River Their family dog, Sadie, is a special member they are held, and also bring influence to­ RAP, 668 Euclid Avenue, 4th Floor Atrium, of their family as well. Tim loves fly fishing, ward holding properly notice public hearings Cleveland, OH 44114-3000, 216-241-2414, ext. hunting, and riding his motorcycles. I am sure about all facets of the American Heritage 253. December 19, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28121 Fac111tator: Lucy Loghead, Community Mississippi, Upper (MOIIL/IAIWIIMN)­ Boulevard, Suite 400M, Wilkes-Barre, PA Builder, U.S. Department of Housing and Fifty-eight mayors along the Upper Mis­ 18702-5283, 717-825-2200. Urban Development, Renaissance on Play­ sissippi submitted the application. Facilitator: Glenn Hanson, Special Assist­ house Square, 1350 Euclid Avenue, Suite 500, Community Contact: The Honorable Rob­ ant, Office of the Director, Air Protection Cleveland, OH 44115-1815, 216-522-4058, ext. ert Moloney, Mayor, City of Hannibal, 320 Division, U.S. EPA, Region III, 1650 Arch 7214. Broadway, Hannibal, MO 63401, 573-221-{)111. Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, 215-81~2053. Interagency Contact: Loretta Neumann, Co-Facilitators: Matthew Didier, U.S. Interagency Contact: Karen Hobbs, U.S. U.S. Department of Transportation, Amer­ EPA, 77 West Jackson, Chicago, IL 60604, 312- Department of Agriculture, American Herit­ ican Heritage Rivers, 722 Jackson Place, 886-6711. age Rivers, 722 Jackson Place, N.W., Wash­ N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, 202-395-7416. Janet Pfundheller, U.S. EPA, 77 West ington, D.C. 20503, 202-395-7417. Detroit (MI)-The City of Detroit, Wayne Jackson, SMR-7J, Chicago, IL 60604, 312-353- Willamette (OR)-Governor John County, Downriver Community Conference Kitzhaber submitted the nomination. 5821. Community Contact: Louise Solliday, Of­ and Peter Stroh, representing the business Interagency Contact: Chuck Moeslein, U.S. community, nominated the Detroit River. fice of Governor John Kitzhaber, Oregon Army Corps of Engineers, 20 Massachusetts State Capitol, Salem, OR 97310, 503-378-3589. Community Contact: Mark Breederland, Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20314- 1000, 202- Facilitator: Tim Mealy, The Meridian Michigan State University Extension, Michi­ 761-8534. Group, P.O. Box 4005, 05 Village Place, Dil­ gan Sea Grant Extension, MSUE-Macomb New (NCIV A/WV)-The nomination was lon, CO 80453, 970--513-8340. County, 21885 Dunham Road, Suite 12, Clin­ submitted by The Conservation Fund. Interagency Contact: Karen Hobbs, U.S. ton Township, MI 48036, 810-469-7176. Community Contact: Mikki Sager, The Department of Agriculture, American Herit­ Fac111tator: Rick Wears, Community Conservation Fund, P.O. Box 271 , Chapel age Rivers, 722 Jackson Place, N.W., Wash­ Builder, U.S. Department of Housing and Hill, NC 27514, 919-967- 2223. ington, D.C. 20503, 202-395-7417. Urban Development, McNamara Federal Co-Facilitators: Craig White, The Con­ Building, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI PART 2. THE AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVERS servation Fund, P.O. Box 271, Chapel Hill, NC INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE 48266, 313-226-7900. 27514, 919-967-2223. Interagency Contact: Karen Hobbs, U.S. Council on Environmental Quality, George Melanie Young, Allegheny County Cham­ Frampton, Jr., Acting Chairman, Council on Department of Agriculture, American Herit­ ber of Commerce, P.O. Box 1237, Sparta, NC age Rivers, 722 Jackson Place, N.W., Wash­ Environmental Quality, Executive Office of 28675, 336-372-5473. the President, OEOB Room 360, NW, Wash­ ington, D.C. 20503, 202-395-7417. Interagency Contact: Chuck Moeslein, U.S. Hanalei (HI)-The University of Hawaii ington, DC 20503, 202-456-5147 and Loretta Army Corps of Engineers, 20 Massachusetts Neumann, Executive Director, AHRI, (CEQ nominated the Hanalei. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20314-1000, 202- Community Contact: Michael Kido, Uni­ address above), 202-395-5750. 761-8534. U.S. Department of Defense, Sherri W. versity of Hawaii, 7370 A Kuamoo Road, Potomac (V A/WV/D.C./MD/P A)-The Mt. Kapaa, HI 96746, 808-822-4984. Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary of De­ Vernon Ladies Association submitted the fense, Environmental Security, U.S. Depart­ Facilitator: Dr. James Kent, 970--927-4424. nomination. Interagency Contact: Jerry Wylie, U.S. ment of Defense, 3400 Defense Pentagon, Community Contact: Karen Zachary, Nom­ Room 3E792, Washington, DC 20301-3400, 703- Forest Service, 14th & Independence, S.W., ination Coordinator, 1411 North Lincoln Washington, D.C. 20250, 202-205-1129 or Jerry 695-6639. Street, Alexandria, VA 22201, 703-522-8783. Ms. Sandy Apgar, Assistant Secretary of Wylie, Federal Building, 324 25th Street, Facilitator: Mike Haske, Bureau of Land Ogden, UT 84401, 801-625-5172. the Army, Installations, Logistics, and Envi­ Management, U.S. Department of the Inte­ ronment, U.S. Department of Defense, 110 Hudson (NY)-The nomination was sub­ rior, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. mitted by Governor Pataki. Army Pentagon, Room 2E614, Washington, Community Contact: John Spenser, New 20240, 202-452-5034. DC 20310-{)110, 703-695-6527. York State Department of Environmental Interagency Contacts: Roger Stephenson, Joe Westphal, Assistant Secretary of the Army, for Civil Works, U.S. Department of Conservation, 21 South Putt Corners Road, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Defense, 108 Army Pentagon, Room 2E570, New Paltz, NY 12561-1696, 914--332-1835, ext. Street, N.W. (MIB 31230), Washington, D.C. 20240, 202-208-3855. Washington, DC 20310-{)108, 703-697-8986. 369. U.S. Department of Justice, Lois Schiffer, Fac111tator: E. K. James, Bureau of Land Jack Frost, U.S. Department of Agri­ culture, Natural Resources and Conservation Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Depart­ Management, U.S. Department of the Inte­ ment of Justice, Environment and Natural rior, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Service, Watersheds and Wetlands Division, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, D.C. 20013, 202- Resources Division, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., 20240, 202-452-5157. NW, Room 2718, Washington, DC 20530, 202- Interagency Contact: Jack Frost, U.S. De­ 720--9483. Rio Grande (TX)-The nomination was sub­ 514-2701. partment of Agriculture, Natural Resources U.S. Department of Interior, Ann Shields, and Conservation Service, Watersheds and mitted by CoRio, an organization formed by jurisdiction along the Rio Grande for the ex­ Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Interior, Wetlands Division, P.O. Box 96090, Wash­ 1849 C St., 6th Floor, NW, Washington, DC ington, D.C. 20013, 202-720--9483. press purpose of seeking American Heritage Rivers designation. 20240, 202-208-7351. Mississippi, Lower (TN/LA)-This designa­ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jim tion encompassed two nominations, one from Community Contact: Tyrus G. Fain, Gen­ eral Secretary, CoRio, UTEP/CERM, Burges Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Re­ the City of Memphis, Tennessee, which cov­ sources and Environment, U.S. Department ers the immediately adjacent area plus two Hall, 500 West University Boulevard, El Paso, TX 79968-{)645, 915-747-5328. of Agriculture, 14th and Independence Ave., small river tributaries, and the City of New SW, Room 217 East Administration Building, Facilitator: None identified. Orleans, which includes that portion up to Washington, DC 20250, 202-720--7173. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Interagency Contact: Ray Clark, Associate U.S. Department of Commerce, Phil Community Contact: Director, President's Council on Environ­ Singerman, Assistant Secretary for Eco­ Memphis: The Honorable Willie Herenton, mental Quality, 722 Jackson Place, N.W., nomic Development, U.S. Department of Mayor, City of Memphis, 125 North Main Washington, D.C. 20503, 202-395-7419. Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave., NW, Street, Room 200, Memphis, TN 38103, 901- St. Johns (FL)-Jacksonville Mayor John Room 7800 Washington, DC 20230, 202-482- 576-6011. Delaney submitted the nomination. 5081. New Orleans: Jerald White, Office of Mayor Community Contact: Isabel Peace, Office Department of Housing & Urban Develop­ Marc Mortal, City of New Orleans, 1300 of Mayor John Delaney, 117 West Duval ment, Saul Ramirez, Deputy Secretary, De­ Berdido Street, Suite 8E06, New Orleans, LA Street, Suite 400, Jacksonville, FL 32202, 904- partment of Housing & Urban Development, 70112, 504-565-8115. 630--1786. 451 7th Street, SW, Room 10100, Washington, Fac111 ta tor: Facilitator: Jim Walker, U.S. Department DC 20410, 202-708-{)123. Memphis: Lt. Troy Taylor, U.S. Coast of Housing and Urban Development, 301 West U.S. Department of Transportation, John Guard Reserve, c/o Commanding Officer, Bay Street, Suite 2200, Jacksonville, FL Horsley, Associate Deputy Secretary, Office Coast Guard Lower Mississippi River, 2 Auc­ 32202, 904-232-1777. of Intermodalism, U.S. Department of Trans­ tion Avenue, Memphis, TN 38105, 901-544--3912, Interagency Contact: Chris Lewicki, U.S. portation, 400 7th Street, SW, Room 10126, ext. 121. EPA, 401 M Street, S.W. (mail code: 450if), Washington, DC 20590, 202-366-5781. New Orleans: Jim Murphy, U.S. Depart­ Washington, D.C. 20003, 202-260--2757. U.S. Department of Energy, Gary Falles, ment of Transportation, Maritime Adminis­ Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna Water­ Chief of Staff, Office of Secretary, U.S. De­ tration, 501 Magazine Street, Room 1223, New shed (PA)-Congressman Paul Kanjorski sub­ partment of Energy, Room 7A257, 1000 Inde­ Orleans, LA 70130--3394, 504-589-2000, ext. 229. mitted the nomination, which covers 12 pendence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585, Interagency Contact: Loretta Neumann, counties in northeastern Pennsylvania. 202- 586-6210. U.S. Department of Transportation, Amer­ Community Contact: Tom Williams, Office U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ican Heritage Rivers, 722 Jackson Place, of Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski, The Reid Wilson, Chief of Staff, Office of the Ad­ N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, 202-395-7416. Stegmaier Building, 7 North Wilkes-Barre ministrator, U.S. Environmental Protection 28122 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 19, 1998 Agen cy, 401 M St., SW, Room 1200, West Individual Assignment Part (lAS). This month also has been a member of the Department of Tower, Washington, DC 20460, 202-260-4700. Judge Gonzalez was appointed Administrative Education's Michigan School Finance Com­ Advisory Council on Historical Preserva­ Judge of Bronx Supreme Court. mission, the House of Representative's Ad tion, John Fowler, Executive Director, Advi­ Being the first Latino Administrative Judge sory Council on Histor ical P reservation, 1100 Hoc Special Committee on Property Tax and P ennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 809, Wash­ in New York State history, Judge Gonzalez is School Finance, and the House Republican ington, DC 2004, 202-60&-8503. well known and highly respected by his peers Task Force on Property Tax and School Fi­ Nat ional Endowmen t for th e Arts, William and the different communities for this sensi­ nance Reform. In April of 1993, Representa­ Ivey, Chairman, National Endowment for the tivity, professionalism, integrity and sound tive Gilmer was appointed to the Midwestern Arts, 1100 P ennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 520, judgement. On the other hand, his toughness, Higher Education Commission. Washington, DC 20506, 202-{)82-5414. stubbornness when he feels that the law is Representative Gilmer is a member of National Endowment for the Humanities, being broken is also well known. "An iron Bill Ferr is, Chair man, Na tional Endowment countless community groups, and is especially for the Humanities, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave., hand in a velvet glove" as some would say. active with the Michigan Farm Bureau, the NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC 20506, 202--606- His confirmation brings to the Court an out­ Michigan Association for Retarded Citizens, 8310. standing judge at the same time that it ex­ and Planned Parenthood. He was a Guber­ pands its ethnic composition. natorial appointee to the Michigan Agricultural This is the kind of issue that should be dis­ Labor Commission. A TRIBUTE TO NICHOLAS cussed in the classrooms. He is a role model Don has an outstanding reputation as a COLGLAZIER for all Hispanics. Judge Gonzalez has set an model legislator who has common sense solu­ example of how success is available for all of tions to complex problems. HON. BOB SCHAFFER those who persevere to achieve their goals. Mr. Gilmer was born in Battle Creek, Michi­ He is an inspiration for many Puerto Ricans OF COLORADO gan on November 29, 1945. Don married Lynn and for the people in the Bronx who are trying IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Weimeister November 19, 1988. Don is the fa­ to break the cycle of poverty. ther of three children and lives in Augusta. Friday, December 18, 1998 Mr. Speaker, in my 25 years of public serv­ Michigan on his family's apple orchid, Hillcrest, Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. ice, 16 in the New York State Assembly and which he formerly co-owned and operated. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Nicholas 9 in the U.S. House of Representatives, this The work of public service has many re­ Colglazier who was recently selected an FFA occasion is one of my proudest moments. I wards. But it also requires many sacrifices. Star by 1-8~0LLECT . Nicholas will attend am very proud of Judge Gonzalez' accom­ Throughout his tenure as representative. Don either the International Future Farmers of plishment. Gilmer never lost his warmth, generosity, and America, or FFA, Washington Leadership Judge Gonzalez is the proud father of two good humor. He is the very model of the type Conference, or Leaders Shape next summer. daughters, Aida and Nydia. of legislator we should have in our state cap­ His fine leadership abilities through the Hol­ Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me itals. yoke FFA propelled him to these exceptional in commending Judge Luis Gonzalez for his On behalf of the people of Michigan, it is my honors. Mr. Speaker, I am proud of Nicholas outstanding achievements and in wishing him privilege to honor and recognize Don Gilmer Colglazier for his hard work, dedication and continued success as Administrative Judge of for his distinguished contributions to Michigan accomplishments. Through good efforts such Bronx Supreme Court. and its people. as his, the youth of today will become the leadership of tomorrow. DONALD H. GILMER, STATE REP­ IN RECOGNITION OF MARY RESENTATIVE, MICHIGAN, 63D CLAUDE GAY TRIBUTE TO JUDGE LUIS DISTRICT GONZALEZ HON. NICK SMITH HON. RALPH M. HALL OF TEXAS HON. JOSE E. SERRANO OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW YORK Friday , D ecember 18, 1998 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday , December 18, 1998 Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise Fr iday, D ecember 18, 1998 Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to take a moment today to recognize today to pay my respects and honor a dedi­ Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the long and distinguished career of State cated civic leader and fine American-Mrs. congratulate and to pay tribute to Judge Luis Representative Donald "Don" H. Gilmer. Rep­ Mary Claude Gay of Flower Mound, Texas, Gonzalez, an outstanding individual who has resentative Gilmer, serving his 11th term , rep­ who died August 5, 1998, at the age of 81. dedicated his life to public service. He was ap­ resents a large portion of Calhoun County, Mrs. Gay was a prominent local business pointed this month Administrative Judge of Michigan, in my district. Term limits require and civic leader who received many honors Bronx Supreme Court and tomorrow, Satur­ Representative Gilmer to end his remarkable and recognition for her service and dedication day, December 19, he will be celebrating his contributions to Michigan public policy as a to both her profession and community. She appointment in the company of his family and member of the State House. served on numerous committees and as an of­ friends. Don graduated from Kellogg High School in ficer of the local, state and national associa­ Judge Gonzalez was born in Manati, Puerto Hickory Corners, Michigan. He attended Michi­ tions of Realtors. She received many real es­ Rico in 1945. His parents migrated to New gan State University and Western Michigan tate awards including: 1983 Denton Women's York City in the 1950's. After graduating from University. He was a Kellogg Fellow at Michi­ Council of Realtors "Woman of the Year," Eastern Mennonite College in History and So­ gan State from 1968 to 1971 . 1976 Texas Chapter of the Women's Council cial Sciences, he earned his Juris Doctor from Representative Gilmer was a member of the of Realtors "Woman of the Year," 1975 "Peo­ Columbia University School of Law in 1975. I Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners ples Choice" Award from the people of Denton have known him personally for more than 25 from 1973 to 1974, and served as Vice Chair­ and 1969 Realtor of the Year from the Denton years, and I am very familiar with his back­ man in 1974. He was elected to the Michigan Board of Realtors. She was well known as an ground, experience, character, and person­ Legislature in the 1974 election. expert on the Professional Standards of real ality. He is a person of the highest personal He most recently served as Minority Vice estate and was a certified instructor for grad­ and professional integrity. Chairman of the Michigan House of Rep­ uates of the Realtors Institute and "Train-the­ Mr. Speaker, in 1985, Judge Gonzalez was resentative's Appropriations Committee. On Trainer''. appointed Housing Court Judge in New York the Appropriations Committee he also served As a civic leader she served as the district City Civil Court. Two years later, he was elect­ as Vice Chairman of the Higher Education and clerk of Denton County from 1953 to 1959 and ed Judge of the Civil Court in Bronx County the Consumer and Industry Services Sub­ on the Denton City Council in 1977. She where he served with distinction until 1992 committees. served as Mayor-Pro-Tem in 1978. She was a when he was elected Justice of the Supreme Don has been a member of the Interstate founding member of the Denton Benefit Court in Bronx County. He presided over an Migrant Education Council since 1985. He League and served in various capacities with December 19, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28123 many charitable organizations. She received tress, Carta Pinza. To my dear friend Carla, I · Frank is a graduate of Grand Ledge, Michi­ the Otis Fowler Award for being an out­ know how difficult it can be when we no gan Public Schools, the College of William standing citizen by the Denton Chamber of longer have with us the people we love the and Mary, and the Thomas M. Cooley Law Commerce and served United Way for many most. Your mother may not be with you phys­ School in Lansing, Michigan. years. Ever dedicated to her community, Mrs. ically, but she remains with you through the He and wife, Ruth, and their two children, Gay remained active in the Real Estate Com­ love she shared with you throughout the Ellen and John, reside in Grand Ledge. The munity until her death. She is survived by her years. Fitzgerald family is active in Grand Ledge's four sons. Hernandez Collazo was the widow of First Congregational United Church of Christ, Mr. Speaker, as we adjourn today, let us do Ramon Rodriguez of Manati, Puerto Rico. She the Girl Scouts, and youth athletic and music so in honor of and respect for this great Amer­ will be laid to rest in Saint Raymond's Ceme­ activities. ican-the late Mary Claude Gay. tery, besides her husband's rest. Prior to his election, he practiced law and Mr. Speaker, as we all know, the American served as an Assistant Prosecuting attorney in experience is an intermingling of people from Eaton County, Michigan for three years. A TRIBUTE TO POUDRE FIRE different lands, with differing languages and For now, this is the end of a long tradition AUTHORITY customs. American society has been called "a of Fitzgeralds serving the citizens of Michigan gorgeous mosaic." Isabel Hernandez Collazo's as elected representatives. For over 100 HON. BOB SCHAFFER great contribution was to help polish the ma­ years, a Fitzgerald has served in Michigan OF COLORADO jestic Puerto Rican tile of that mosaic. And for government. It started with State Representa­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that, we all should remember and thank her. tive, John Fitzgerald in the 1890's. His son, Frank D. Fitzgerald, served as Michigan's Friday, December 18, 1998 Secretary of State and went on to be elected Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. FRANK M. FITZGERALD, STATE Governor of Michigan twice. His son, John W. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the good REPRESENTATIVE, MICIDGAN, Fitzgerald, served in the State Senate, on the men and women of the Poudre Fire Authority 71ST DISTRICT Court of Appeals, and then as Chief Justice of in Colorado. A competitive team of their top the Michigan Supreme Court. Representative firefighters placed third in the world at the HON. NICK SMITH Frank M. Fitzgerald, whom I am honoring Firefighter Combat Challenge, a grueling test OF MICHIGAN today, is the fourth generation of Fitzgerald's of physical strength, stamina, aptitude and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in public service. teamwork. Dave Minchow, Tom Champlin, I supported Frank Fitzgerald as a candidate Chad Myers, Jim Pietrangelo, and Ross Re­ Friday, December 18, 1998 for Attorney General of Michigan. I still believe inking earned the best time of any team in the Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I that he might someday make a wonderful At­ United States in their astounding third place wanted to take a moment today to recognize torney General for our state and I know he will finish. Mark Hettinger, Brandon Garcia, and Frank M. Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald faces term continue to serve the people in any way he Ryan Thomas of the Poudre Fire Authority limits and is retiring at the end of this year as can. also placed in the top 11 teams for the relay State Representative in Michigan's 71 st Dis­ On behalf of the citizens of Michigan, it is competition. Coined the toughest two minutes trict. Frank served the good people of Eaton my privilege to honor and recognize Frank in the world of sports, these competitions County with distinction for 6 terms. Fitzgerald, an outstanding American who brought out the best in these men, dem­ Representative Fitzgerald was first elected served his state with great distinction. onstrating their commitment, dedication and to the Michigan House of Representatives in hard work. Mr. Speaker, I commend the 1986. From 1992 to 1996 he was the Speaker IN RECOGNITION OF JAMES Poudre Fire Authority for their award, and pro tern of the State House, the second rank­ ROBERT MONTGOMERY most importantly for their service and devotion ing House officer. to protecting the community. We can look for­ Frank chaired task forces on drunk driving, ward to watching their competition on ESPN at illegal drugs, accountability in government, HON. RALPH M. HAlL 8:00 Eastern time on January 2. campaign finance, traffic safety, and the Re­ OF TEXAS publican Alliance for Safe Neighborhoods to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fight crime and make our homes and neigh­ Friday, December 18, 1998 ON THE DEATH OF ISABEL borhoods safer. Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise HERNANDEZ COLLAZO He was the sponsor of Michigan's first anti­ today to pay tribute to a dedicated civic serv­ organized crime law and a measure granting ant and fine American-J.R. Montgomery of HON. JOSE SERRANO prosecuting attorneys the right to appeal judi­ Tyler, Texas. OF NEW YORK cial decisions. Mr. Montgomery was born September 8, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES One of Representative Fitzgerald's notable 1912, in Waco, to the late Mr. and Mrs. James accomplishments was his sponsorship of the Robert Montgomery. He graduated from Texas Friday, December 18, 1998 zero alcohol tolerance law for drivers under A&M University in 1933 with a degree in civil Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great the legal drinking age. Recently he had a bill engineering and worked for Houston Lighting sorrow that I rise to commemorate Isabel included in legislation to crack down on repeat · and Power Co. from 1933-1940. He then Hernandez Callazo, a legendary Puerto Rican drunk drivers. He also was a leader to limit served in the Army during WWII as com­ designer and manager in the garment industry youth access to tobacco products. mander of the 269th Field Artillery. After the who died at Lincoln Hospital in the South He worked diligently to protect children from war, he worked for Humble Oil & Refining Co. Bronx, New York on Wednesday, December abuse by creating three degrees of "child mis­ (now Exxon USA), from 1946-1974, in various 16. treatment." Frank also voted repeatedly to cut engineering capacities in the Gulf Coast area, As most members of this body know, I am taxes and ease homeowners' property tax bur­ Refugio, Houston and Tyler. a native of Puerto Rico who is extremely dens with the passage of Proposal A. Fitz­ Mr. Montgomery retired in 1975 from Exxon proud of his origins. Puerto Rico's history and gerald helped revise Michigan's Single Busi­ as a senior supervising engineer. He served its dynamic, multifaceted cultures are a gen­ ness Tax to help businesses save millions of on the Tyler City Council for seven years and uine source of joy to all of her daughters and dollars and create more jobs. He supported as mayor from 1987 to 1991. He was a mem­ sons. welfare reforms to encourage personal re­ ber of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Con­ Isabel Hernandez Callazo was born in sponsibility, not dependency on the state. He ception and served on the board of East Coamo, Puerto Rico and migrated to New also supported legislation giving school boards Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, United Fund, York in 1927. She was a hardworking woman and parents more control over the curriculum YMCA membership drives, Boy Scouts of and we are all proud of contribution to our so­ of their local schools. Representative Fitz­ America, Tyler Sister Cities, Friends of the ciety and community. gerald worked to establish a legislative ethics Arts and Tyler Civic Theater. He was also a Mr. Speaker, Isabel Hernandez Collazo is commission and a code of conduct for legisla­ member of the National Society of Profes­ the mother of film/television producer and ac- tors. sional Engineers, a former vice-president of 28124 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 19, 1998 the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, but to respond to Saddam Hussein's repeated IN RECOGNITION OF RUSSELL Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME and violations of negotiated agreements by launch­ EUBANK American Society of Civil Engineers. ing the strike. Mr. J.R. Montgomery passed away on Au­ The United Nations Special Commission on HON. RALPH M. HALL gust 30, 1998. He is survived by his wife, Iraq (UNSCOM) is responsible for monitoring OF TEXAS Rosalis, two sons and one grandson. Mr. Iraqi weapons programs and dismantling IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Speaker, as we adjourn today, let us do so in weapons of mass destruction. The United Na­ Friday, December 18, 1998 honor of and respect for this great American­ tions and the United States have repeatedly the late J.R. Montgomery. demanded that Iraq cooperate with UNSCOM Mr. HALL of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise and fully comply with all applicable UN Secu­ today to pay my respects to and honor a man rity Council resolutions. Yet, Saddam Hussein dedicated to his community, his family and his CONGRATULATIONS TO THE has repeatedly defied the United Nations and church-Mr. Russell Eubank of Canton, COLORADO BOYS RANCH refused to keep his promises. He has at­ Texas. tempted to restrict UNSCOM's activities and Mr. Eubank was born June 8, 1918, in Ham­ HON. BOB SCHAFFER interfere with the efforts of UN weapons in­ ilton County to the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Eubank. He grew up in Wills Point, Texas, OF COLORADO spectors. and was salutatorian of the 1936 graduating IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This conflict is not with the Iraqi people. It is with Saddam Hussein-a dictator who has class at Wills Point High School. Mr. Eubank Friday, December 18, 1998 repeatedly threatened his neighbors, defied received a B.A. degree from North Texas Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. world public opinion, oppressed his own peo­ State College. He then finished mortuary Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Colo­ ple, violated their basic human rights and used school in Dallas before entering the U.S. Navy rado Boys Ranch which has been designated weapons of mass destruction against innocent in 1942. In 1946, at the end of the war, Mr. the winner of the Samaritan Institute Award for civilians. I sympathize with the suffering of the Eubank returned to Canton to operate the demonstrating "the importance of ethical val­ Iraqi people and I am hopeful that this military Eubank brothers' businesses. Active in several ues through its work." The Boys Ranch, a res­ action will be completed with minimal loss of organizations, in 1968-69 he served as presi­ idential treatment and education center for life. dent of both the Texas Cemetery Association troubled youth near La Junta, Colorado, has No matter what difference we may have do­ and the Texas Association of Life Insurance helped boys for the last 40 years. Operated on mestically regarding the President, this is Officials. He also served on the local school a 40-acre site, the Boys Ranch provides edu­ clearly not a time for partisan politics and divi­ board, city council and did other civic work as cation, skills, and counseling. Its innovative sive language. We must stand united behind well. Honored for his commitment to the commu­ programs and individual attention have con­ our troops and assure them that the American nity Mr. Eubank received the Man of the Year tributed to the Ranch's exceptional success people are with them in this tragic time of cri­ Award of Van Zandt County in 1990 and the rate. One study indicated 21 months following sis. I am hopeful that this mission may be Canton Chamber of Commerce Outstanding discharge, 80 percent of graduates were living completed quickly and without the loss of Citizen Award in 1979. A member of the Ma­ successfully with their families or on their own. American lives and that our fighting men and sonic Lodge No. 141, AF&AM, Mr Eubank Mr. Speaker, the Colorado Boys Ranch de­ women may be able to return home to their also received the Golden Trowel Award. serves Congress' recognition for helping kids families in time for the holidays. gain the education, skills, and perspective Mr. Eubank was also a 50-year member of needed to succeed. A new outlook on life, em­ the Lions Club, a Mason and a Long time bedded in ethics and morals, is essential to member of the First Methodist Church of Can­ gaining a good and fruitful life. Skills and edu­ TRIBUTE TO RAFAEL ALBERTO ton. cation, while important, will not help a troubled WAGNER After a long illness, Mr. Eubank passed child make a break with the past, unless they away at his Canton residence on June 20, are matched with a sense of right and wrong, HON. JOSE E. SERRANO 1998. He is survived by his wife, three sons a regard for others, self-respect, and a willing­ and ten grandchildren. Mr. Speaker, as we ad­ OF NEW YORK journ today, let us do so in honor of and re­ ness to work hard. Private and public entities IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES which seek to help high-risk youth, should spect for this outstanding East Texan-the emulate the Boys Ranch. We are proud of this Friday, December 18, 1998 late Russell Eubank. Colorado organization which has touched the Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lives of our children and communities. pay tribute to Mr. Rafael Alberto Wagner, an A TRIBUTE TO JUSTIN MERTENS outstanding individual who has devoted his life to his family and to serving the community. HON. BOB SCHAFFER EXPRESSING UNEQUIVOCAL SUP­ Mr. Wagner will be celebrating his retirement OF COLORADO PORT FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF from Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in IN THE. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OUR ARMED FORCES CUR­ the company of his family and friends today, RENTLY CARRYING OUT MIS­ Friday, December 18, 1998. He worked for Friday, December 18, 1998 SIONS IN AND AROUND PERSIAN Columbia University for 29 years. Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. GULF REGION Mr. Wagner was born in the Dominican Re­ Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a fine public on June 27, 1935. He came to the young man in my district. Mr. Justin Mertens, SPEECH OF United States in 1964 and became a U.S. cit­ of New Raymer, Colorado, won the national HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD izen in 1985. Future Farmers of America, or FFA, award for OF CALIFORNIA He worked as a shoemaker until 1969 when Diversified Crop Production. Growing up on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES he joined the Facility Services Department at his family's dry land farm, Justin learned the Columbia University. importance of agriculture at an early age. He Thursday, December 17, 1998 Mr. Wagner is married to Carmen Maria started by learning to drive a tractor. Soon, he Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I am Wagner and they have three children, Clara, hopes to earn a degree in diesel mechanics, deeply saddened by the events of this week, Wagner-Anderson, David Wagner and Cindy buy more land and join his family enterprise. and my heart goes out to the men and women Altagracia Wagner. They have four grand­ Hopefully, he will pass along his skills to future in uniform and their families who are involved children, Jazmin Janay Wagner, David Wag­ generations of farmers. Mr. Speaker, agri­ in Operation Desert Fox. We want them to ner, Jr., Derek Wagner and Abdiel Rolando culture remains the backbone of American so­ know that America is firmly behind them as Anderson II, and look forward to greeting a ciety. In Colorado, agricultural exports con­ they face their most difficult challenges. fifth in March. tribute greatly to the economy, feed our fami­ To bomb another country is no an easy de­ Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me lies and provide open space and wildlife habi­ cision for a president. However, I am con­ in wishing a happy retirement to Mr. Rafael tat. I commend Justin for his fine work, and vinced that President Clinton had no choice Alberto Wagner. hope that many will follow his example. December 19~ 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28125 WYCKOFF HEIGHTS MEDICAL CEN­ HONORING JUDITH VIERA OF Last Tuesday, as Members of Congress TER RECEIVES ACCREDITATION WYND COMMUNICATIONS were returning to Washington for the impeach­ WITH COMMENDATION FROM ment vote, the Rocky Mountain Family Council JOINT COMMISSION ON THE AC­ HON. LOIS CAPPS was unveiling the "Marriage Matters: 1998 CREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE OF CALIFORNIA Colorado Marriage Health Index." The results clearly contradict the values demonstrated by ORGANIZATIONS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the recent affairs of our President and Gov­ HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS Friday, December 18, 1998 ernor. President Clinton's exploitation of a clever OF NEW YORK Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to slogan proved decisive in ushering him into of­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES congratulate Judith Viera of my district on the Central Coast of California for the recent com­ fice, "It's the economy stupid!" Coloradans, Friday, December 18, 1998 mendation she has received from T ele­ being common sense, caring people, recog­ Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to communications for the Deaf, Inc. Ms. Viera is nize marriage and family last forever. Eco­ honor the notable achievements of Wyckoff appropriately being honored for a lifetime com­ nomic prosperity, however, is often only as se­ Heights Medical Center (WHMC} in Brooklyn, mitment to expanding access to telecommuni­ cure as the next paycheck. Sure, some may New York. As a 1998 recipient of an Accredi­ cation services for the deaf and hard of hear­ find solace in this period of relative economic tation with Commendation from the Joint Com­ ing community. prosperity. Fatter wallets tend to squelch the mission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Or­ Deaf herself, Judith Viera has been dedi­ alarm of cultural decay to a certain degree. ganizations, the Nation's oldest and largest cated to the deaf and hard of hearing individ­ But even the highest heights of consumer accrediting body, WHMC has been recognized uals for more than thirty years. In 1965, Ms. confidence cannot achieve the kind of moral as a superior health care provider. Viera graduated from Gallaudet University and indifference upon which political left-wingers This Accreditation with Commendation is a immediately began her life of public service are banking in the face of executive scandal significant achievement that recognizes and bettering the life of others. and infidelity. On the contrary, Coloradans WHMC's exemplary performance for providing Among her many contributions is her work bristle when politicians betray their marriage quality care in the borough of Brooklyn. with Governors Brown and Deukmajian to es­ vows for extramarital affairs, even when Formed in 1951, the Joint Commission evalu­ tablish California's policy on telecommuni­ downplayed as "affectionate" or "hugging" re­ cations access for the deaf and hard of hear­ lationships. ated and accredits almost 11 ,000 hospitals According to the Family Council, when ing in California, which subsequently lead to and home care agencies, and over 7,000 asked if they could wave a magic wand and other health care organizations. many other states adopting the same policy. guarantee certain life goals for themselves, Also, Ms. Viera founded the NorCal Center on As the Representative of the 1Oth Congres­ Coloradans overwhelmingly chose a lifelong, sional District of Brooklyn, I am extremely Deafness which is committed to assisting peo­ satisfying marriage and happy children over proud of these dedicated men and women. ple who are deaf or hard of hearing with com­ the material goods like fancy homes, com­ Under the vigorous leadership of Dominick J. munications services, independent living skills, fortable retirements, and fulfilling careers. Fur­ Gio, President and CEO, WHMC is poised to and social services. ther underscoring this result is the fact that lead the nation into the new millennium. Judith Viera served as program manager at Coloradans were far more willing to give up WHMC employees at both the main campus the California Department of Rehabilitation houses, retirements and careers if that would and ambulatory sites go the extra mile on a where she successfully advocated legislation ensure a satisfying, lifelong marriage and daily basis in order to provide the best pos­ which contributed to providing telecommuni­ happy kids. sible health care to its patients. This award cations equipment and services to the deaf The question for political leaders becomes highlights the fact that WHMC is a shining star and hard of hearing community. She was also one of how government can best help the av­ in the world of healthcare. appointed as the first and only deaf member erage citizen achieve these goals. Govern­ Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I ask to the National Exchange Carriers Association ment should take a page from the Hippocratic my colleagues to join me in saluting Wyckoff Interstate Telecommunications Relay Services Oath: "First, do no harm." Heights Medical Center for its tremendous Advisory Board which assists telecommuni­ Many well-intentioned government programs achievement. cations providers in receiving compensation designed to strengthen families achieve just for the cost of interstate relay services. the opposite, by subsidizing parents spending Ms. Viera's most recent service has been as time away from their spouses and children. A TRIBUTE TO CINDY ERKER vice president of business development for Government policies which support marriage Wynd Communications in San Luis Obispo, and family, like doing away with the marriage HON. BOB SCHAFFER CA. Wynd Communications, which was found­ tax penalty in the tax code, can go a long way OF COLORADO ed in 1994, is a pioneer in providing wireless toward ensuring Coloradans realize their fam­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES telecommunications services to the deaf and ily goals and dreams. hard of hearing through out the nation. Friday, December 18, 1998 Working families struggling under a heavy I am truly honored to have Ms. Judith Viera tax burden may be so crushed by the weight Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. as one of my constituents. She is an example of supporting lofty government programs they Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Morgan of selfless commitment and altruistic dedica­ can't spend the time with their spouses and County Commissioner Cindy Erker for her fine tion to a very meaningful cause, opening the children they'd like. Economic prosperity, achievements and hard work on behalf of the bounties of our country to all of its citizens. lower taxes, and freedom can support and people of Morgan County, Colorado. Ms. Erker strengthen families and marriages if they en­ was named the 1998 County Commissioner of able spouses and parents to devote more at­ the Year by Colorado Counties, Inc. This pres­ WHAT MATTERS TO COLORADANS tention to what really matters. tigious award belongs to Ms. Erker due to her Fancy house? Fat retirement accounts? exceptional ability to serve, even in times of HON. BOB SCHAFFER Cushy jobs? These pale in comparison to adversity. Her peers selected Cindy for the OF COLORADO heartfelt desires for happy marriages and chil­ award at the Colorado Counties winter con­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dren. As we enter the twenty-first century, ference. This is the second time she has been elected officials would do well to respond to recognized for her dedication and hard work. Friday, December 18, 1998 what Coloradans say is really important · to Responsible for pulling the community to­ Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. them. Failure to do so will only perpetuate the gether to adopt an important drainage plan to Speaker, for two years, Coloradans have been myth that strong marriage and families are just avoid disastrous flooding in Ft. Morgan, Cindy bombarded with opinions suggesting it's not by-products of a strong economy. was named the Freshman County Commis­ about fidelity, commitment, or personal behav­ No one ever went to his or her grave saying sioner of the Year in 1991 by Colorado Coun­ ior. But now a new survey from the Rocky "I wish I had worked longer hours." Govern­ ties, Inc. Mr. Speaker, I commend Cindy Erker Mountain Family Council shows that what ment can, and should, do all in its power to for her perseverance, .determination and lead­ Coloradans really care about are lifelong, sat­ allow families and marriages to grow strong ership. isfying marriages and happy children. without interference. 28126 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 19, 1998 VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE'S TRIB­ the highest office in the land. Here's what he rival made a deep and lifelong impression on UTE TO HIS FATHER, SENATOR said about that idea: "The lure of the presi­ my father. It was one of the reasons why he ALBERT GORE, SR., OF TEN­ dency never really overwhelmed me, though, never said a harsh word about any of his op­ NESSEE there were times when the vice presidency ponents for the rest of his career. seemed extremely attractive." (Laughter.) He soon began YMCA night law school, Now, that's humility. (Laughter.) And he did even as he continued as Superintendent of HON. TOM LANTOS love mercy and do justly. The last advice he Schools, and awoke well before dawn to also OF CALIFORNIA gave me, two weeks ago, when he was almost tend his crops. I don't think I ever saw him IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES too weak to speak, was this: Always do right. tired, but he must have been sleepy after He was born in an isolated, poor dirt farm such long days and nights, facing an hour's Friday, December 18, 1998 on the banks of the Roaring River in Jack­ drive yet to return from Nashville to Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, on December 5, son County, Tennessee. His father was a Carthage on old Highway 70. So he went Albert Gore, Sr.-who served 14 years as a friend of Cordell Hull who, of course, later looking for coffee. made all the families in this part of the And he found it at the old Andrew Jackson member of this House and another 18 years country proud by becoming a congressman Coffee Shop, which stood not 100 yards from as a member of the United States Senate­ and a senator, and then Secretary of State. here. He loved to tell the story of how the died at his home in Carthage, Tennessee. I My grandfather and Cordell Hull floated coffee didn't taste good unless it was poured knew Senator Gore, Mr. Speaker, and I have logs down the Cumberland River to the point by a beautiful young waitress named Pauline great respect for this outstanding gentleman where it meets the Caney Fork at Carthage. LaFon. She was going to law school by day and distinguished public servant. My father's boyhood dreams were taken by and working nights. They say opposites at­ During his 32 years of service in the Con­ the currents of both men's lives. He was al­ tract. (Laughter.) They didn't marry right gress, Senator Gore established a legacy that ways a farmer, and he became a statesman. away; she left for Texarkana, put up her Soon after he was born, his whole family shingle, and practiced oil and gas law. But all of us can envy. He was the principal Sen­ moved to Smith County, to a place just west his coffee turned bitter, and eventually he ate author of the legislation that created the of Carthage called Possum Hollow. He grew persuaded her to come back as his wife. Interstate Highway System which was adopted up in what he described as a self-giving, self­ Of all the lessons he taught me as a father, by the Congress in 1956. He was a voice of respecting household. and he said that, al­ perhaps the most powerful was the way he reason and honor in supporting civil rights at though the chores were heavy and the dis­ loved my mother. He respected her as an a time when few southern political leaders cipline absolute, there was love in our family equal, if not more. He was proud of her. But would dare to take such a principal stand. He and reverence for each other. it went way beyond that. When I was grow­ expressed his opposition to the war in Viet He went to work as a teacher, in a one­ ing up, it never once occurred to me that the room schoolhouse in a mountain community foundation upon which my security depended Nam, and that courageous position ultimately in Overton County named Booze (phonetic). would ever shake. As I grew older, I learned cost him his seat in the Senate. (Laughter.) He was 18 years old and had from them the value of a true, loving part­ Mr. Speaker, I had the honor of attending three months of college. His students called nership that lasts for life. the Memorial Service for Senator Albert Gore, him Professor Gore. (Laughter.) He read vo­ After managing the successful campaign of Sr., in Nashville on December 8. On that oc­ raciously and taught himself to use language Governor Gordon Browning, he became Ten­ casion, our Vice President AL GORE delivered with precision. "The Leatherstocking Tales" nessee's first Commissioner of Labor, and a moving eulogy to his father. No finer tribute were his favorites. started unemployment compensation in the could be paid to any father than the honor I always marveled at his vocabulary and, face of powerful opposition. He enforced as I grew older, at his unusual pronunciation which Vice President GORE paid to his father mine inspection laws for the first time in our of certain words. For example, instead of history. He administered our first minimum last week. Mr. Speaker, I ask that the Vice "woond" he always said " wownd." I used to wage law; it was 25 cents an hour. He. d.e­ President's remarks be placed in the RECORD, challenge him on the words I was certain fended the right to organize. He was always, and I urge my colleagues to read them and he'd mispronounced. But invariably the dic­ always for working men and women. . join me in celebrating the life and legacy of tionary also contained his preferred version, He loved practical jokes. His humor often Senator Gore. with the italic note: " archaic." (Laughter.) had an edge. One Saturday night in the early As many have said since his passing, he was 1930s, at a party he organized in a barn by REMARKS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT AT THE FU­ an original. the Cumberland River for a group of friends NERAL OF HIS FATHER, FORMER SENATOR As he continued his education at in Carthage, he planted the suggestion that ALBERT GORE, SR. Murfreesboro State Teachers College, and quite a few rattlesnakes had been seen in the WAR MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, NASHVILLE, continued working in all his free hours, he area the preceding day. Then, surrep­ TENNESSEE, DECEMBER 8, 1998 learned the lessons of hard times, trucking titiously, in the shadows thrown by the fire, The Vice President: President and Mrs. livestock to market only to find that they he attached a fishhook to the pant-leg of his Clinton; so many honored guests from our had sold for less than the hauling fee. The friend, Walter Merriman. At the other end of nation and our state. The Lord gave and the Great Depression awakened his political con­ the hook was tied a large black snake he had Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name science. He often told me of the deep emo­ killed in the barn before the party guests ar­ of the Lord. tions he felt watching grown men with wives rived. My father was the greatest man I ever and children they could neither feed nor Rejoining the circle, he bided his time for knew in my life. Most of you know him for clothe, on farms they could no longer pay a moment, and then suddenly pointed to­ his public service and it could be said of him, for. Grown men who were so desperate that wards Merriman's leg and shouted, "Spake!" in the words of Paul, that this man walked tears streamed down their cheeks when they The more Merriman jumped and ran, ·the worthy of the vocation wherewith he was received their meager checks for a whole more determined the pursuing snake ap­ called. season's work on their crops. peared. (Laughter.) The prank worked a lit­ There were those many, many who loved The kindling for his political philosophy tle too well when the fishhook dug into him-and there were a few who hated him. piled up on Sunday afternoons among the Merriman's calf. (Laughter.) Certain that it Hated him for the right reasons. It's better whittlers, with whom he sat under the shade was a rattlesnake's fang, he collapsed ·in to be hated for what you are than to be loved trees of the Carthage Square, and listened as fear. (Laughter.) for what you are not. Congressman Hull talked of important busi­ It took several months for the friendship My father believed, in the words of the ness in the Nation's Capital. When my father to be repaired-(laughter)-but the sto.r:y be.­ Scripture, "Woe unto you when all men shall first heard Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the came such a local legend that someone told speak well of you. " (Laughter.) He made de­ radio, the kindling caught fire. me about it again last night at the wake. cisions in politics that were such that he He became the youth chairman in Ten­ It's difficult to follow the rhythm of his could come home and explain to his children nessee for FDR in 1932. The following year, life without hearing the music that held him what he had decided and why. He went into he became a candidate himself, for the first in its sway ever since the spring day a fiddler the world with peace; he held fast to that time, for Smith County's Superintendent of named Uncle Barry Agee played at the clos­ which was good. He rendered to no one evil Schools. He lost the election, and then his ing ceremonies of Miss Mary Litchburg's for evil. He was of good courage. He teaching job-(laughter)-but he gained re­ first-grade class. It was a magical experience strengthened the fainthearted. He supported spect from those who heard him. Indeed, that ignited a passion for playing the fiddle, the weak. He helped the afflicted. He loved when the man who won the race unexpect­ so powerful that, later in his life, he some­ and served all people who came his way. edly turned gravely ill soon after the elec­ times worried that, if he gave into it, it None of this was a secret to the world. As tion, he surprised the County Court by rec­ would somehow carry him away from the po­ most of you know, there was a time when ommending my father as his replacement be­ litical purposes to which he was also power­ some people thought my father should seek fore he died. This gift from his dying former fully drawn. December 19, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28127 Before long, by the grace of his mother and baby daughter, my sister Nancy, not one he first took to Nashville 75 years ago. It's a with the help of his brother, he marshaled year old, and he was invited to play his fid­ long way. He's taking his last trip home on the impressive sum of $5 to buy his own fid­ dle in Constitution Hall with Eleanor Roo­ I-40, a part of the 44,000 miles of interstate dle, and soon thereafter his classmates nick­ sevelt in the audience. that he created. named him Music Gore. Fourteen years later, when I was four, he He wrote and passed the first Medicare pro­ He always told lots of stories, but without moved to the Senate. The incumbent he de­ posal ever to pass on the Senate floor, in a doubt the one he told most often was about feated, Senator Kenneth D. McKellar was a 1964. One year later, after the Democratic a Possum Hollow hoedown held at his house, powerful chairman of the Appropriations landslide, Medicare became law. For more to which several musicians were invited, in­ Committee, and sought to remind the voters than a decade he controlled all tax policy on cluding a traveling mandolin player with one of his power to bring money to the state with the Senate floor, because the majority of his leg named, Old Peg, who spent the night in his omnipresent slogan, " A thinking feller colleagues had absolute trust in his con­ their home. votes McKellar." science, his commitment to fairness, and his My father had just finished the eighth In keeping with my father's campaign phi­ keen understanding of the law. 'grade and his devotion to music had become, losophy had a negative word about his oppo­ He was the best speaker I ever heard. When in his words, all-absorbing. The next morn­ nent and always admonished his supporters he spoke on the Senate floor the cloakrooms ing he helped his father hitch up the harness never to remove a McKellar sign. Instead, emptied, the galleries began to fill, the pages for Old Peg's horse and buggy. Each time he acting on my mother's advice, we put up new sat in rapt attention. He had a clarity and told this story, the buggy grew more dilapi­ sign directly underneath McKellar's- every force that was quite remarkable. People dated. Before long, it had no top; the harness time we found a sign that said, "The think­ wanted to hear him speak and they wanted was mostly baling wire and binding twine. ing feller votes McKellar," we put our new to know what he said, because they knew He counted that scrawny horse's ribs a thou­ sign directly underneath it proclaiming, that whatever he said he believed with his sand times for me and my sister, and then " Think some more and vote for Gore." heart. counted them many times again for his (Laughter.) Time and again, with the crispness of his grandchildren. By defeating McKellar, and more broadly, logic and the power of his oratory, he moved As Old Peg left the sturdy Gore household, the Crump machine, he helped to establish his listeners to adopt his opinions and cheer. the buggy was practically falling apart. As the terms of a new politics for Tennessee and Indeed, in his very first speech on the floor the impoverished picker wobbled precar­ the entire South-a progressive politics that of the House of Representatives in 1939, the iously down his less-traveled road, my grand- rejected race baiting and connected our re­ next day The New York Times reported that . father waited until he was just out of hear­ gion to the rest of America. And he carried his remarks-and I quote-"stopped the ing range, then put his hand on my father's those values on to the national stage. show, and received an ovation of proportions shoulder and launched a sentence that made In 1956, my father hoped to be Adlai such as are usually reserved for elder states­ all the difference: "There goes your future, Stevenson's running mate. So did Estes men." His speech changed enough votes to Albert." (Laughter.) My grandfather's humor Kefauver, who felt he had earned it. And so defeat the bill he opposed. That's what hap­ had an edge to it, too. (Laughter.) did my father's friend and Senate classmate, pens when you bring the house down. Don't ever doubt the impact that fathers John F . Kennedy. It was quite a convention. Keeping alive the tradition of Hull, he have on their children. Children with strong I'm particularly proud that my father was fought tirelessly for reciprocal free trade­ fathers learn trust early on, that their needs way ahead of his time in fighting for civil and he always emphasized that word "recip­ will be met; that they're wanted; that they rights. Discrimination against blacks deeply rocal." But he often quoted Hull, his mentor, have value. They can afford to be secure and offended his sense of justice. He talked about as saying, " When goods do not cross borders confident. They will get the encouragement it to Nancy and me often. armies do. " they need to keep on going through any When I was eight years old, we lived in a He was an early supporter of Israel. As rough spots they encounter in life. I learned little house in Carthage on Fisher Avenue, chairman of the Foreign Assistance Appro­ all those things from my father. He made all halfway up a hill. At the top of the hill was priations Subcommittee, in 1948, he authored the difference. a big, old mansion. One day as the property and passed the first American aid to the new Boys also learn from their fathers how to was changing hands, the neighbors were in­ Jewish state. He was the nation's leading ex­ be fathers. I know I did. When my father vited to an open house. My father said, pert on outer space law and authored the first ran for Congress, as the age of 29, he " Come, son, I want to show you something." treaty banning weapons from space. He led worried that people would think he was too So we walked up the hill and through the the fight to negotiate and ratify the Anti­ young, so he vowed to always wear his coat front door. But instead of stopping in the Ballistic Missile Treaty, an agreement which and he affected a formal demeanor. With Old parlor or the ornate dining room or the many believe was a turning point in the nu­ clear arms race. Peg still wobbling through his unknown fu­ grand staircase with all the guests, my fa­ And of course, he was an early, eloquent, ture, candidate Gore vowed also to never ther took me down to the basement, and and forceful opponent of the Vietnam War­ play the fiddle-in public. point to the dark, dank, stone walls and the and it cost him his seat in the Senate. Which brings me to what was, by our offi­ cold mettle rings lined up in a row- slave My father was brave. I mean really brave. cial family count, my father's second-most rings. He opposed the poll tax in the '40s, and sup­ frequently told story. It's Saturday night in Long after he left the classroom, my father ported civil rights in the '50s. By the time he Fentris County, July 1938. The crowd had was a teach. And I thank God that he taught was in his final Senate term, I was old gathered in the hot, crowded courtroom for me to love justice. enough to understand clearly the implica­ my father's speech on reciprocal free trade. Not everyone was eager to learn. One tions of the choices he made when he repeat­ (Laughter.) There's a bustle through the unreconstructed constituent once said, in edly rejected the advice of many fearful po­ door at the rear of the crowd. Three of my reference to African Americans, though that litical allies who had urged him to trim his father's musician friends are working their was not the term he used, "I don't want to sails. He was proud to support the Voting way through the crowd toward the podium, eat with them, I don't want to live with Rights Act of 1965. He was damned if he was and one of them holds a fiddle over his head. them, I don't want my kids to go to school going to support Hainesworth or Carswell, He, my father, speaks louder and more rap­ with them." To which my father replied Nixon's suspect nominees for the Supreme idly about the evils of tariffs, b.oping, he gently, " Do you want to go to heaven with Court. And I was so proud of that courage. claims, that the fiddle will go away. them?" After a pause came the flustered re­ And even then, he almost defied the odds By now, though, his alter ego is standing sponse, " No, I want to go to hell with you and won. But a new ill wind was blowing directly in front of him, holding the fiddle in and Estes Kefauver." (Laughter.) across the land. And in many ways he was outstretched arms and demanding loudiy, All that driving between Carthage and unprepared for the meaner politics that " Play us a tune, Albert?" Trapped by this Nashville, and between Carthage and Wash­ started in 1970. For example, he never, ever powerful drama, he seizes the fiddle and ington, made him impatient for better roads. had a press secretary on his payroll, for 32 unleashes his music. And then the crowd During World War II, he had been the first years. He was offended by the very thought goes wild. My father always chuckled when congressman to decline a commission as an of using taxpayers' money to pay the salary he delivered his favorite punchline, " They officer and joined the Army as a private. of someone whose principal job was to pub­ brought the house down." (Laughter.) FDR called all the congressmen back from licly flatter him. (Laughter.) Once he was reconciled to who he really service. He later went back in, and during He preferred to speak plainly for himself. was, there was no turning back, and the his service in Germany, he was impressed by Indeed, many older Tennesseans will tell you crowds did love it. He brought the house the autobahn. In 1956, he personally authored that what they remember most about my fa­ down wherever he went. and passed into law the Interstate Highway ther was his Sunday radio broadcast on In August, he was elected in the Demo­ Bill, the largest public works endeavor in the WSM, where he presented the news from cratic primary. That was it, because back history of humankind. Washington " as I see it." then no Republicans ever ran. In September We traveled down bere this morning from The night he lost in 1970, he made me he · went to Washington with his wife and Carthage on old Highway 70, the same road prouder still. He said, defeat may serve as 28128 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 19, 1998 well as victory to shake the soul and let the In 1992, when then Governor Clinton asked I'll miss your humor, the sound of your glory out. And then he turned the old south­ me to join his ticket, my father became an laughter, your wonderful stories and your ern segregationist slogan on its head and de­ active campaigner once again. At the age of sound advice, and all those times you were clared, "The truth shall rise again." 84, he and my mother took their own bus trip so happy that you brought the house down. I heard that. The next day was the first that year, and what a crew was on that bus­ Dad, your whole life has been an inspira­ time I ever remember our roles being re­ Albert and Pauline Gore, Tony Randall, tion. I'd take the 91 years-your life brought versed, the first time I gave back to him Mitch Miller, and Dr. Ruth. (Laughter.) the house down. what he taught me. We were in a canoe on He convinced one young man from our the Caney Fork, just the two of us. Near to campaign to come back to the farm with despair, he asked, "What would you do if you him. But the fellow soon left, and asked me, how do you tell a man who is working beside had 32 years of service to the people given to ELBERT COUNTY RESOLUTION 98- the highest of your ability, always doing you and is 84 years old that you are quitting what you thought was right, and had then because it's too hot and the work is too 112 been unceremoniously turned out of office? hard? (Laughter.) I could have told him I What would you do?" I responded, "I'd take learned the answer to that one when I was HON. BOB SCHAFFER still young-you don't. (Laughter.) the 32 years, Dad." OF COLORADO It's not correct to say that he went back to At 85, he embarked on a major new his farm; throughout his entire career in project--the antique mall and car museum in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES public service he never left his farm. He south Carthage. Two years ago, when he was Friday, December 18, 1998 loved to raise Angus cattle. In the audience 89, he was still driving his car. I had great today are quite a few Angus breeders from difficulty persuading him to stop. When I Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. around the country who were amo~g his asked my friends and neighbors in Carthage Speaker, over the course of the past few closest friends. It was his recreation. He al­ to help, one of them said, "Oh, don't worry, weeks, I have received numerous contacts ways said, "I'd rather find a new black calf Al, we know his car-we just get off the road from constituents regarding the matter of to­ in the weeds than a golf ball in the grass." when we see him coming." Once, though, he didn't know his own car. day's impeachment question. (Laughter.) On Wednesday, the Board of County Com­ Our farm was also an important school He left the store, got in somebody else's car where he taught me every day. He must have and drove home. (Laughter.) Carthage is the missioners for Elbert County, Colorado adopt­ told me a hundred times the importance of kind of place where people often leave the ed and forwarded to me, a Resolution calling learning how to work. He taught me how to keys in the ignition. Luckily, the store upon the House to decide in favor of impeach­ plow a steep hillside with a team of mules. owner drove my father's car up to his farm, ment of President William Jefferson "Clinton. He taught me how to clear three acres of left it in the driveway and then drove the Mr. Speaker, as Colorado's Fourth· Congres­ heavily wooded forest with a double-bladed other fellow's care back to the store before sional District Representative, and on behalf of axe. He taught me how to take up hay all he knew it was missing. (Laughter.) There are so many people in Carthage who the people of Elbert County, Colorado I hereby day in the sun and then take up the neigh­ submit. for the RECORD a full and complete bor's hay after dinner by moonlight before have bent over backwards to help my par­ the rain came. ents, especially over the last few years. My copy of the Resolution adopted by Chairman He taught me how to deliver a newborn family is so grateful for the quality of kind­ John Dunn; Vice Chairman Ralph Johnson; calf when its mother was having trouble. He ness in Smith County, and we thank you. and Commissioner Daniel A. McAndrew." taught me how to stop gullies before they And during the months and weeks before my I further call upon my colleagues to carefully got started. He taught me how to drive, how father's death, we've been blessed with the consider the thoughtful commentary, · opinion, to shoot a rifle, how to fish, how to swim. We devotion of a wonderful collection of around­ the-clock caregivers and doctors and nurses. and findings of the Elbert County Commis­ loved to swim together in the Caney Fork Reverend Billy Graham wrote recently, sioners. Finally Mr. Speaker, I extend my most River, off a big flat rock on the backside of "We may not always be aware of the pres­ sincere thanks to the Elbert County ·,Commis­ his farm. ence of angles. We cannot always predict Once my father was giving a magazine re­ sioners for assisting the Congress· 'rn '·resolving how they will appear. But angels have been this great question facing our beloved-nation. porter from New York City a short tour of said to be our neighbors." All I know is that the farm when he came across a cow stuck in my family is mighty grateful to the people STATE OF COLORADO, COUNTY OF E~~~ii'.r . the river mud. The reporter had no idea what who have shown so much love to my father. At a regular meeting of the Board,. of,·Qoun­ to make of it when he stripped naked and And we found out that a lot of our neighbors ty Commissioners for Elbert County, State waded into the mud, emerging a half hour in Smith County and the surrounding coun­ of Colorado, held at the Courthouse in Kiowa later with his cow. (Laughter.) ties really are angels. A lot of them are here on Wednesday, the 16th day o~ .D!:i¢¢mber After he left the Senate he went into busi­ today, and on behalf of my family I want to A.D. 1998, there were present: John 'Dunn, ness. For ten years he ran the second largest say thank you. Commissioner Chairman; Ralph -- J"ohnson, coal company in America, driving back and He died bravely and well. As it was written Commissioner Vice Chair; · riailiel A. forth on the interestate connecting Ten­ of the patriarch, Abraham, "he breathed his McAndrew, Commissioner; and Geri Scheidt, nessee with Lexington, Kentucky. At the last and died at a good old age, an old man Deputy, Clerk to the Board. · J , time of his death he was still serving as the and full of years, and he was gathered to his When the following proceedings; among senior director on the board of Occidental people. And we know that those who walk others were had and done, to wit: Petroleum. uprightly enter into peace, they find rest as RESOLUTION 98- 112-GONSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT. But just as with farming, he had always they lie in death." been in business. He owned a feed mill, a As many here know, it's hard to watch the RESOLUTION ·.· h hardware store, and sporting goods store, a sharpness of a parent's face, hard to watch, Whereas, elected official are sworn to up­ towing and auto repair shop. He sold boats in the words of the poet, "how body from hold the Constitution; and and motors. He had a gasoline station. He spirit does slowly unwind until we are pure Whereas, the President is the highest leased the space for three restaurants, a bar­ spirit at the end." elected official in the land; and ber shop, a beauty shop, a natural gas dis­ We're a close family. But the time we had Whereas, all House and Senators are sworn tributor, a veterinarian's office, and a union together over the last few weeks to say good­ to uphold the Constitution; and hall. He ran a commercial egg production bye truly brought us closer still. We're Whereas, the Board of County Commis­ house with 10,000 chickens. He build and op­ grateful to all those who have reached out to sioners, as elected officials, are duly sworn erated the first so-called pig parlors in this us, many of whom understand the need be­ to uphold the Constitution. Be it therefore part of the country. He developed real estate cause they, themselves, have suffered loss. Resolved, the Board of Elbert County Com­ and built houses and apartments for rent. He As is our custom here, neighbors brought missioners do hereby request that the Colo­ was always busy. food and we tried to concentrate on making rado Delegation for the House, vote to im­ When I eventually left journalism and en­ ready for today. peach President Clinton, and be it further tered politics, he was also a source of invalu­ So here's what I decided I would like to say Resolved, the Board of Elbert County Com­ able advice in my races for the House and today-to that young boy with the fiddle in missioners do hereby request that the Senate Senate, and later when I ran for President he Possum Hollow, contemplating his future: consider the evidence presented by the House personally campaigned in every single coun­ I'm proud of the choices you made. I'm proud and vote as the Constitution demands. ty in both Iowa and New Hampshire. I con­ of the road you traveled. I'm proud of your Upon a motion duly made and second~~. stantly run into people in both states who courage, your righteousness, and your truth. the foregoing resolution was adopted by 'the know him well, not from his days in the Sen­ I feel, in the words of the poet, because my following vote: John Dunn, Chairman, Aye'; ate, but from his days as a tireless octoge­ father "lived his soul, love is the whole and Ralph Johnson, Vice Chairman, Aye; and narian campaigner. more than all.'' Daniel R. McAndrew, Commissioner, Aye .. ,~.; December 19, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28129 EXPRESSING UNEQUIVOCAL SUP­ convention this last November. He has worked nings as a simple gas station, Stub's has PORT FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF closely with his family on their farm, raising grown to a multiple service station that in­ OUR ARMED FORCES CUR­ and breeding good market beef, always striv­ cludes several gas and diesel pumps, a con­ RENTLY CARRYING OUT MIS­ ing to improve production. The son of Kim and venience store, and even a deli. With loyal SIONS IN AND AROUND PERSIAN Lila Kessinger, Kory Kessinger is attending customers going back for decades, Stub's has . GULF REGION Colorado State University and studying animal been, and will continue to be, an institution in science. Mr. Speaker I commend Kory for his eastern Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I commend SPEECH OF hard work and dedication. We have much to Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, and all those who have HON. CHRISTOPHER JOHN look forward to from this fine young man. contributed to this fine entrepreneurial busi­ OF LOUISIANA Through good efforts such as his, the youth of ness. They are true representatives of the today are the promise of tomorrow. spirit, hard work and dedication that built IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES America as we know it. Thursday! December 17, 1998 Mr. JOHN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ex­ REMARKS OF THE HONORABLE press my support for the American men and MARION BERRY DECEMBER 18, JUDGE A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM: women who are putting their lives on the line 1998 TRIBUTE TO MAURICE CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR DIES in the Persian Gulf to protect our nation and SMITH JR. WITH HIS BOOTS ON the world from the threat being posed by Sad­ dam Hussein's arsenal of terror. Sadly, Sad­ HON. MARION BERRY HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. dam has again called into question the com­ OF ARKANSAS OF MICHIGAN mitment of the United States and our allies to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass Friday, December 18, 1998 Friday, December 18, 1998 destruction in Iraq by blocking the United Na­ tions Special Commission (UNSCOM) from in­ Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I was greatly ,specting suspected sites and restricting its honor the memory of a good friend, Maurice saddened to hear of the loss of Judge Leon ability to review evidence. Smith, a prominent farmer and banker in Higginbotham this week. He was a great civil Nobody in this chamber wishes harm on the Birdeye, Arkansas, who passed from this rights champion who died with his boots on, people of Iraq, but the repeated refusal of world earlier this month Maurice was a great for just two weeks ago I had the honor of in­ Saddam to comply with the conditions of ·the man who lived in Arkansas and provided lead­ troducing him to the Judiciary Committee im­ 1991 cease-fire poses a clear and present ership for the generations. peachment hearings, where he protested the danger to the national security interests of our Maurice has had a long history in Arkansas current impeachment process in his last major nation. I stand by the decision of the President politics. He served as highway commissioner appearance. Judge Higginbotham's death on and his national security advisors to launch a and director of the state Highway and Trans­ December 14th was a loss not just for his wife military strike against Iraq and condemn Sad­ portation Department. He was also appointed Evelyn and his children, but for every Amer­ dam for forcing this upon his people. There to the University of Arkansas board of trustees ican. can be no doubt that decisive military action is and served as chief of staff to then-Governor Leon Higginbotham was in every way a justified and that Saddam bears full responsi­ Bill Clinton. But if it is one thing that Maurice giant. His contribution to the law as a peerless bility for these actions. Smith be remembered for, it is his leadership judge and superb educator was immense. His As the leader of the world community, the as the director of the state Highway Depart­ large personality and his passionate love of United States must remain vigilant in our ef­ ment. In 1991, under his direction, a S-cent-a­ justice made him a colossus of the civil rights forts to expose and destroy Iraq's chemical, gallon increase in the gas tax and a 2-cent-a­ movement. The attentive silence which biological and nuclear capabilities. The gallon increase in the diesel fuel tax pumped marked his impeccably coherent and flaw­ UNSCOM inspectors are a critical tool in ac­ an additional $48 million into the department's lessly logical testimony just 2 weeks ago to complishing this objective. With the UNSCOM construction budget each year. the Judiciary Committee reminded the nation's report issued only days ago and Islamic ob­ One of my favorite quotes is from former lawmakers, and the people, of the brilliance serv

28130 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 19, 1998 knowledge and love of the law to making a OF MICE AND BABBITT Threats to other species were overestimated person I am proud to say I knew. My sym­ by government biologists. Four species turned pathy and that of my family goes out to his HON. BOB SCHAFFER out to be imaginary-that is they were not family, whose loss we all share. OF COLORADO unique or separate species as once thought IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES by the agency. Five species, listed as "proof" the ESA works, have actually gone extinct! Friday, December 18, 1998 TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE OF Twenty-nine of my Congressional col­ IDALIA, COLORADO Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. leagues joined me in demanding a retraction Speaker, Nobel laureate John Steinbeck of this gross misjudgment. Jamie Rappaport HON. BOB SCHAFFER warned us about the best laid plans of mice Clark, the Director of the Fish and Wildlife and men. On Friday, December 4, Secretary Service, responded she was "personally em­ OF COLORADO of Interior Bruce Babbitt came to Colorado to barrassed by this unfortunate error'' and prom­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES unveil, with much hurrah, a special "4(d)" rule ised to recant the statements. Friday, December 18, 1998 under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) de­ There are over 1,138 species listed under Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. signed to protect the Preble's Meadow Jump­ the Endangered Species Act. None have con­ Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the good ing Mouse. clusively recovered due to it's passage. people of Idalia, Colorado. Their innovative Under the rule, ongoing agricultural and To reestablish the ESA as the vanguard fundraising through the nonprofit Idalia Foun­ landscaping activities can go forward, but cer­ against extinction, we must reform it by ensur­ dation earned the prestigious $25,000 Julie tain activities like maintaining irrigation ditches ing all decisions are based on sound science, and Spencer Penrose Award for Colorado's will need federal review. Special areas, and recovery efforts include land owners, state most outstanding nonprofit. Through this enti­ deemed Mouse Protection Areas (MPAs) and leaders and businesses. Absent these simple ty, the community of one hundred raised $1.2 Potential Mouse Protection Areas (PMPAs), precepts, even Secretary Babbitt's best laid million in private donations for a new commu­ will be determined and mapped like a federal plans for the Preble's mouse are certain to go nity center for recreation, health care, edu­ shadow over the state of Colorado. awry. cation and meetings. Mr. Speaker, I commend The special rule, in theory, would allow most the people of Idalia and the Idalia Foundation existing land use practices until more perma­ for all of their hard work, dedication and com­ nent measures, in the form of Habitat Con­ THE STARR TRAP mitment to overcoming obstacles. All of this servation Plans (HCPs), are worked out with Washington. Secretary Babbitt has touted had been accomplished without a town gov­ HON. PETER DEUTSCH I. HCPs as collaborative efforts toward recov­ ernment, and most importantly, without raising OF FLORIDA ering endangered species. Presumably, ranch­ any taxes? Members of Congress should take IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES heed by the fine examples set in our back­ ers may go on ranching, farmers may continue to feed us, and homeowners won't have to get Friday, December 18, 1998 yards. rid of their cats. Wonderful news for everyone! Mr. DEUTSCH. Mr. Speaker, as we con­ "Not so fast" say the litigious radical wing of sider the gravity of the constitutional matters the environmental movement. Their disdain for before the nation today, I commend my col­ EXPRESSING UNEQUIVOCAL SUP­ farmers, ranchers, cats and people will be­ PORT FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF league's attention to an important column by come the basis for suing whatever collabo­ Anthony Lewis which appeared· in the Wash­ OUR ARMED FORCES CUR­ rative plans are secured by stakeholders and RENTLY CARRYING OUT MIS­ ington Post on December 1, 1998. I insert the interested parties. A few recent legal exam­ full text of that column in the RECORf' ~ .~ - · · SIONS IN AND AROUND PERSIAN ples foretell of what we can anticipate in Colo­ 1 GULF REGION rado. THE STARR TRAP ' , ·•·· In Massachusetts, environmentalists sued (By Anthony Lewis) SPEECH OF the state for merely licensing fishermen who Boston-At 1 P.M. on FriaaY.; .'Jai:t. 16, HON. WILLIAM 0. UPINSKI used certain kinds of lobster traps because Monica Lewinsky arrived at the ·Ritz ¢1arlto~ the traps actually worked. In Florida, one rad­ Hotel in Pentagon City to meet Linda , ~ripp. OF ILLINOIS What happened then is well known':· B.\lt:.its ical environmental group sued in the name of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES slgnificance-i ts crucial significance-Is, il.6~ Loggerhead Turtles because they believed ag­ Thursday, December 17, 1998 generally understood. ' ~- "'.. ~- _- gressive local actions to curb beach-front light­ Ms. Lewinsky was confronted'· by_ :FJ3.t. Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in ing were not aggressive enough. It didn't mat­ agents and Kenneth Starr's assistant' 1pr.os­ strong support of this resolution. I fully support ter that the county did everything in its power ecutors. She immediately told .them,' as':· ~e the men and women of our Armed Forces who to protect sea turtles. Environmentalists sued, testified later, that "I wasn't.·. ~~.~fl.k~ng 'to proudly serve this Nation in the Persian Gulf. and won, but the turtles are no better off now them without my attorney." , . I am certain that our Nation stands behind than they were before. Her attorney was Francis D. ' Carter: When them one hundred fifty percent, and I salute she was subpoenaed by Paula' Jones'~ law­ Despite Babbitts' prose about species "wrig­ yers, she told him that she had n6t had'"sex­ them for their hard work, patriotism, and cour­ gling off the list", and a happy working part­ ual relations" with President Clinton; Mr. age. nership of ranchers, environmentalists and bu­ Carter prepared, and she signed,· a.n ' ~ffidavit Saddam Hussein has been tolerated for far reaucrats, the ESA will-as it has always to that effect. · .... _· too long. We have tried to talk to him, and we done-enrich lawyers rather then protect mice. Mr. Starr's agents did everythi.q.g they have tried to reason with him, but to no avail. How well the ESA has worked depends could, short of physical force, to keep Ms. He continues to break promises and threaten upon who you ask. On May 6, 1998 Secretary Lewinsky from calling Frank Carter. They the security of the civilized world. As that old Babbitt released a statement about several told her that he was a civil rather than a criminal lawyer "so he really couldn1t . help adage goes: "Talk softly and carry a big success stories under the Act. Boasting his in­ me." (That was a lie; Mr. Carter is a highly stick." It's time to stop talking. He has terror­ tention to delist or downlist some two dozen regarded criminal lawyer who for six years ized too many innocent people for far too long, species, he claimed the species had recov­ headed Washington's public defender · serv­ and he has thumbed his nose at the civilized ered thanks to this over-bearing federal law. ice.) They gave her the number of another world. He fancies himself a leader, but in re­ To convince us that the Act works, Babbitt lawyer and suggested she call him. ality, he is a ruffian and a thug who possesses said species would be "flying, splashing and They told her she had signed a false affi­ a dangerous arsenal of lethal weapons and leaping off the list." davit and could go to prison for 27 years. the will to use them for his own megalomaniac However, an independent review by the Na­ They offered to give her immunity if she would "cooperate" but said there would be purposes. This time, we should not be there to tional Wilderness Institute proved otherwise. no deal if Mr. Carter were called in. (A Fed­ teach a lesson. We should, once and for all, Data error, not recovery under the ESA, was eral regulation forbids immunity negotia­ remove Saddam Hussein from Power. responsible for the change in status of at least tions in the absence of a suspect's lawyer.) I support this resolution, and I urge my col­ eight of the species. The species' status never Why were Mr. Starr's deputies so anxi.OI-J.J3 leagues to do the same. actually improved. that Ms. Lewinsky not telephone Mr. Carter!? December 19, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28131 On that Friday afternoon Mr. Carter had a high price for candor" appeared in the De­ armored units with speed and daring, his phi­ not yet filed Ms. Lewinsky's affidavit. Until cember 10, 1998 Denver Post. Mr. Holsinger's losophy: "Catch the enemy by the nose and it was filed, it could be changed- without analysis of how public speaking, delivered then kick him in the pants." This philosophy legal consequences. Federal law makes it a through the media, affects public sentiment to­ carried the Third Army across more territory crime only to file a false affidavit in a civil and captured more prisoners than any other case. You can swear one, keep it, then wards government is particularly relevant as change it or tear it up without violating the we consider tomorrow whether to impeach the army in American history. _ law. President of the United States. I urge my col­ Patton, as battlefield commander, enjoyed Mr. Starr knew about the affidavit from leagues to keep the following in mind as we unparalleled success. Patton, as a public fig­ Linda Tripp's last taped conversation with deliver our messages to the country. ure, suffered greatly. Many times his brash, Ms. Lewinsky, and knew from Paula Jones's Public cynicism towards government may unapologetic statements, made off the record, lawyers -that it might not yet have been stem from the difficulty politicians and public ended up as newspaper headlines. His state­ filed. That is why his deputies worked so figures have giving forthright answers to dif­ ments about fighting the Russians to free hard to keep Ms. Lewinsky from calling ficult questions. Behind the cynicism is a com­ Eastern Europe and using ex-Nazi's during re­ Frank Carter. If he knew what was hap­ pening, they realized, he would not file it. plex, and dynamic saga of American politics construction were hotly criticized. Those con­ And they wanted a crime. They wanted per­ and culture. In the midst of this saga, the troversial, but matter-If-fact statements were jury to be ·committed: by Ms. Lewinsky so media serves as a conduit between public fig­ said quietly, or in private. But they eventually they would have leverage over her, and by ures and the public. As the nature of reporting cost one of our great generals his command the President when he was deposed in the has changed dramatically with the information of the Third Army. Jones case the next day. age, so too has the nature of public speaking. It is no wonder today's public figures some­ If Ms. Lewinsky had called that afternoon, History was made by public statements of times hesitate to speak their mind. Modern re­ Mr. Carter told me the affidavit "would not public figures. Before pollsters, media consult­ porting, often geared towards sensationalism, have been sent." But there was no call. At the end of the business day it was sent to the ants and ghost writers, great orators like Dan­ creates that need for evasiveness and spin in court in Little Rock by Federal Express. iel Webster, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun public speaking. This dichotomy fuels public Under the rules, that was a filing. mesmerized their audiences in the halls of cynicism and distrust. But sensationalism Mr. Carter had shown the affidavit to the Congress, thus securing their roles in the na­ sells. So long as it does, public figures will Jones lawyers and to Robert Bennett, Presi­ tion's history. People rushed to the Capitol, guard their words, and the public long for he­ dent Clinton's lawyer. If he had not filed it, filled the galleries and watched the great de­ roes, like Patton, whom are unafraid to speak he said, "I would have told them." So Mr. bates in person. Of those, Daniel Webster's their minds. Bennett would have known of Mr. Starr's in­ speech on the Senate floor for a united coun­ terest in Monica Lewinsky. The President's deposition on Saturday would have taken an­ try, one liberty and one people, is among the most famous in American history. Webster TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR SUSAN other course or been canceled. And the his­ PFUEHLER tory of the last 10 months would have been proclaimed that public speech, while it may be very different. manipulated or sculpted, "[It] must exist in the (Did·the President or Ms. Lewinsky in fact man, the subject, and in the occasion." HON. DAVID E. BONIOR commit perjury when they swore they had But are those principles of dialogue main­ OF MICHIGAN not had " sexual relations"? Perjury, a com­ tained in modern times? How public speech is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES plicated legal concept, requires among other delivered, and reported has changed dramati­ Friday, December 18, 1998 things proof of deliberate falsehood. In a con­ cally over time. Modern reporting is instanta­ versatio'n_with Linda Tripp unrelated to any neous and relentless. Papparazzi pursue ce­ Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to threat of prosecution, Ms. Lewinsky had said pay tribute and congratulate Susan Pfuehler emphatically that "having sex" meant "hav­ lebrities with cameras and microphones, while ing intercourse"-not oral sex.) news is beamed continuously to households on a distinguished career as a Theatre Pro­ The right to a lawyer is fundamental in around the world, around the clock. To cope fessor at Eastern Washington University in our constitutional system. A person accused with modern reporting, media advisors and Cheney, Washington. I have come to know 'of crime, the Supreme Court said in the press secretaries craft skillful, but evasive, re­ Susan as the mother of one of my staff mem­ Scott~boro Case in 1932, "requires the guid­ plies for their bosses. Throughout the Monica bers, and have had the privilege to learn and ing hand of counsel at every step." Without Lewinsky scandal, President Clinton has hear about her from her son. I know that he i't,' the innocent person may be overborne by emerged as a master of evasiveness and is very proud of her. what she does not understand. From Susan's days as a child, growing up Police officers occasionally break the media "spin" on the political battlefield. Why rul'es. It is another matter when prosecutors, don't public figures just speak their minds? on a small turkey farm in rural western Illinois, ·who are officers of the court, overbear a They may be taking their lessons from what she displayed a flair for the dramatic. Her young woman to keep her from calling her rash public statements have done to others reading about a "runty" pig earned her local lawyer. The Starr deputies who were there before them. accolades and launched her career in theatre. on Jan. 1&---Michael Emmick, Jackie Bennett On the real battlefield, General George S. Susan was one of those rare individuals who Jr. and Bruce Udolf-should surely face ques­ Patton, Jr. swept the Third Army through Eu­ knew her calling at a young age and pursued tions by the appropriate legal authorities on rope and helped secure an allied victory in it full tilt. Once she graduated from her local their fitness to practice law. And Mr. Starr college in Monmouth, Illinois, she headed condoned what they did. World War II. Characterized by his gruff per­ None of this excuses President Clinton's sonality and hard demeanor, Patton de­ across the Mississippi River to the University moral folly. But it makes powerfully clear manded strength and discipline from his men. of Iowa for her masters degree. Although she that Kenneth Starr is a far more serious Inwardly, he studied philosophy and wrote po­ was there a few years before me, we are menace to our constitutional order than Bill etry; but outwardly he was ruthless and offen­ proud to count her among our alumni. Clinton is. sive. He may have carried his troops more After a short teaching stint at the University than once by determination alone. Never of Arizona, Susan and her husband found afraid to speak his mind, Patton once was themselves in the small town of Cheney where PUBLIC FIGURES CAN PAY A HIGH asked by a preacher whether he ever man­ she made her career as a professor and PRICE FOR CANDOR aged to read from the Bible he kept on his raised her family. Some might say Susan was nightstand. "Every-damned day," Patton re­ among the original feminists-those strong HON. BOB SCHAFFER plied. and pioneering women who launched suc­ OF COLORADO At times hated and loved by his men, Patton cessful careers in the early 1950's. While Susan returned to the job a mere ten days IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES commanded loyal troops who performed the impossible during the war. His fierce deter­ after her son was born and her work often Friday, December 18, 1998 mination to pursue and conquer the enemy, kept her in the theatre into the wee hours, she Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. coupled with his unapologetic prose was at still possessed an amazing ability to find time Speaker, I rise today to introduce for the times glorious and disastrous. He was one of for her family and include them in the activities RECORD, an article published by Kent the greatest tactitions and generals the United at her workplace. As is, unfortunately, all too Holsinger of my staff. "Public Figures can pay States has ever seen. General Patton led his common today, it was not easy for women to 28132 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 19, 1998 succeed professionally. But Susan had deep with too strong a perception that our men and folks that I've been around over the last sev­ resolve and drew strength from her family to women of the military are being put in harm's eral years have suggested that the Americalil have an outstanding career. way for political reasons. I say this for several military typically places overwhelming force at From setting up the first ever costume pro­ reasons: the beginning of engagement to minimize the duction facility and academic program at, then, Red Flag #1-0n several occasions over risks of casualties to Americans. That is cer­ Eastern Washington State College, to creating the past few years, we have walked to the tainly not the case in this present conflict with a dynamic costume program at the Interlochen brink of further military engagement with Iraq. Iraq. In 1991, we had a full six carrier battle Center for the Arts, to being named among In every instance, we have walked away from group in the Persian Gulf. Today, we have just Who's Who in Entertainment for the past two that brink. Yet on the eve of a historic vote, one. Even on November 15, the date of our years, Susan has forged ahead heartfelt pas­ one that has not occurred for the last 130 last staredown with Saddam, we had 2 carrier sion and steadfast determination. years in the House, we choose to cross the battle groups in place in the Persian Gulf. I was once told that Susan's definition of line? For thirteen months, the President has Now, we are told by Secretary Cohen, another successful teaching was to draw that one watched and dithered, then, after 400 days of carrier battle group is on the way and will be quiet kid in the classroom out and inspire inaction, hours before the House vote, the there by the weekend and that more · aircraft them to do great things. I think it's safe to say President decides that this is the day to take are on the way. This raises another question: that Susan has been successful time and time America to war. The President declared Sad­ Is our new military strategy to amass a force again. Teaching is a noble profession. But dam Hussein a "clear and present danger". slowly after the initial moment.of engagement? perhaps it is those teachers who are indeed But, he has been a clear and present danger On this point, not only have we amassed humble in their contributions who are truly our for 400 days. Now all of a sudden, kowtowing our forces slowly, we have little · over 200 is out and the danger is present. national treasures. Susan certainly belongs in planes prepared for this engagem.ert :.j while Red Flag #2-There seems to be discrep­ 1 we had 2,700 aircraft in the Persian Gulf of that category. ancy in the messages that we get out of the Over nearly 50 years of service to the job White House. Rowan Scarborough's article in 1991. More significantly, we've es!?entially she loved-teaching our young people­ The Washington Times pointed out that the made no efforts to build support ,in ;the region Susan has inspired thousands of students in White House notified the Joint Chiefs of Staff for our undertaking. In the Persia!') : ~ulf War, thousands of ways. From the classroom po­ on Sunday that President Clinton would order we had 36 allies. In this eng~gement, only dium, Susan found a comfortable forum from air strikes this week. Now that's a full 48 hours Great Britain has joined us in risking military which both to teach and to learn. As she looks before he saw the United Nations report de­ personnel. · · · ~ ··· :, ;• forward to her next stage, I know that she will claring Iraq noncompliant. However, on Red Flag #5-This hasty engagement brbke dearly miss that platform from which to speak Wednesday night and in a number of press previous procedure used prior to the use of and to listen. briefings since then, Administration officials in­ force. I spoke with Porter Goss > he~d of Se­ Indeed the educational community has lost sist that Mr. Clinton made the decision to lect Intelligence Committee in th-e :u:s: House a great friend, but if I know Susan, she will be strike based on the U.N.'s finding of non­ of Representative, who learned of-this incident active in retirement and will, hopefully, have a compliance. My question is: which version is the same way I did-on CNN. This is highly little fun along the way. I wish all the best to it? Did they decide it on Sunday or did they unusual policy. Typically in a mHi'tary engage­ you, Susan, on your well-deserved retirement. decide on Tuesday? This, at minimum, under­ ment or a buildup to a military erlgagement, mines their argument that they learned about he would have been forwarded and briefed. ,r ,. · it Tuesday and had to act Wednesday. Ex­ Red Flag #6-We are not sure•)ef our strat­ EXPRESSING UNEQUIVOCAL SUP­ cluding the two interim reports and several in­ egy. Some have suggested that because of PORT FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF fringements they knew about it for weeks and the onset of Ramadan, a month-- of peace in OUR ·ARMED FORCES CUR­ days and chose to strike Wednesday. the Muslim world, we will be W(apping tUp_. our RENTLY CARRYING OUT MIS­ Red Flag #3-Though I agree with what the efforts in a matter of days. If. so, ..this ~ pin pric;k SIONS IN AND AROUND PERSIAN President said on Wednesday night, the prob­ effort is sure not to do any great damage to GULF REGION lem lies in the fact that it is old news. In some Saddam. Using 2,700 aircraft ir'l a 42 day en­ ways it's old news over the last year, and it gagement, he stayed in power : ~ Does he have SPEECH OF has certainly been reinforced several times to do little more than hide for a:few days if he HON. MARSHALL "MARK" SANFORD over the last several months. Scott Ritter, a knows an engagement is going_to be cc.u:iailed OF SOUTH CAROLINA former United States Marine Corps officer and by a religious holiday? ·.1• , ;t;: ,:• ··• • r.· :. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Gulf War veteran, resigned his post on the Red Flag #7-With air strikes .·limited t.e· ju~t U.N. Inspection Team in August. In September a few days, what is the outcome·. we hope .to Thursday, December 17, 1998 he testified before Congress on the reasoning get? We were told that we want to thwart his Mr. SANFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today behind that resignation. In both his testimony ability to produce weapons of mass .., destruc­ very reluctantly to voice opposition to H. Res. and his resignation, Mr. Ritter's reasoning and tion and yet the very nature ,cif 'biological or 612. If this resolution is truly about honoring facts were the same that the President sug­ chemical weapons makes them ·, yer.(9iffic~lt . to our servicemen and women, I would vote dif­ gested was new information on Wednesday. detect. If one was charged with~ hidirig gallon­ ferently. However, it is clear to me that voting In fact, since mid-November, the Iraqis have sized milk jugs across the state ,9t Texas, and for this resolution is tantamount to endorsing thrown a series of impediments in front of the then someone else 30 days later was charged the President's capriciously-timed, to use a U.N. inspection teams. As you might remem­ with bombing those gallon sized ''rft!lk jugs:·· my euphemism, invocation of the War Powers ber, the inspections team returned to Iraq on bet is that at the end of the month t~ere ' wo;uld Act. That is something my conscience cannot November 17th and within days their efforts be plenty of well-hidden milk jugs a.!)sq_Ju~~.'Y allow. were being thwarted on November 25th, No­ unharmed. Similarly, we can tear down ·buikf­ I have the most profound respect for our na­ vember 26th, November 29th, December 4th ings maybe 4, maybe 40, maybe 400, but if tion's military and it is for just this reason that and December 9th the Iraqis hampered our ef­ they are not buildings that weaken wh~t the I cannot support this resolution. I have come forts. The government of Iraq thwarted UN In­ military calls his center of gravity, his aceess to this floor on innumerable occasions to pro­ spection Teams in a number of different ef­ to strength, then it will do little to nol good. If vide for my unconditional support of those ini­ forts ranging from proposed schedule of work we're serious about this we ought to be aiming tiatives which prudently and honestly promote to inspections of a variety of different sites. for his Republican Gu;ird and other pieces of our armed forces. My support of H. Res. 322 The White House knew about each of these the formula that's keeping him in power. There in November of last year which urged military incidents and in fact, Richard Butler produced are no clear efforts to weaken these· compo­ action to assure full Iraqi compliance with U.N. two interim reports. Suddenly, this week, the nents of his power. Security Council resolutions, for example, de­ Administration has painted Saddam Hussein In summary, as you walk through these red lineates my record on the use of military force as a "clear and present danger'' when his ac­ flags, too many of them suggest that the tim­ in the Persian Gulf. tions are no different now than they were last ing of this engagement may have been politi­ It is the right thing to do at the wrong time. year or earlier this year. cally motivated. I think we should make -ever)' The timing of Wednesday's air strikes on Iraq Red Flag #4-1 am struck with the uncon­ effort to ensure that even the appearan~e · of raised too many red flags for me. I am left ventional use of force. Any of the Pentagon that politicization doesn't come back to rest.on December 19, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28133 the shoulders of American troops. We can do CUSTOMER SERVICE islation, and helps advise me on multitudes of better than that and the men and women of important issues. Should someone from Colo­ our armed services deserve it. HON. BOB SCHAFFER rado visit our nation's capital, we are always OF COLORADO eager to line up congressional tours of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Capitol, and even the White House. People within the district also express their opinions, TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN Saturday, December 19, 1998 seek help with problems involving a govern­ : I GLENN POSHARD Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. ment agency, or request information on legis­ Speaker, in these times of automated phone lation or proposed regulations from me or a responses, impersonal corporations, and indif­ member of my staff all the time. With an open HON. JERRY F. COSTELLO ferent employees, some see customer service door policy, my staff communicates frequently OF ILLINOIS as a deduction from the bottom line. However, and openly with me. I consider them, as I good customer service is more important now should my constituents, as an extension of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES than ever. In private industry, and in govern­ myself. With selfless dedication, and in the spirit of America's best business leaders, Saturday, December 19, 1998 ment, good service fosters trust and good feel­ ings between constituencies and those who America's best congressional staff works long r Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to serve them. In a competitive market, those hours and strives toward a philosophy of serv­ pay tribute to the public service of my very who perform above and beyond what people ice to the good people of Colorado's Fourth good friend, Congressman GLENN POSHARD. expect survive and prosper. Government lead­ Congressional District. GLENI\I and I were elected to Congress dur­ ers can always learn from good examples in ing the same year, 1988, and worked together American businesses. A TRIBUTE TO CONGRESSMAN as a team to represent the 22nd and 21st Dis­ Some of the nation's most successful busi­ GLENN POSHARD tricts of Illinois until those districts changed in ness leaders have built upon a philosophy of 1992. Since then, GLENN has represented the service to their respective constituencies. Herb HON. WilliAM 0. UPINSKI 19th District and I have represented the 12th Kelleher, CEO of Southwest Airlines, was never content to a rest while his employees OF ILLINOIS District, which covers a large amount of terri­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tory formerly in GLENN's old congressional toiled. He once helped flight attendants serve seat. ' drinks on a Southwest flight. On Thanksgiving Saturday, December 19, 1998 and Christmas, the busiest travel times, it was Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to I can tell ,you that there is no one in South­ rumored he worked in baggage service along­ pay tribute to my good friend, Congressman ern Illinois .who is held in higher esteem than side his employees. Imagine the inspiration, GLENN POSHARD. Congressman POSHARD has GLENN POSHARD. During his race for Governor working with their CEO, as they sacrificed time aptly served the Nineteenth Congressional in 1998, GLENN ran a race that made all of his with their families to ensure thousands of oth­ District of Illinois for ten years. During his ten­ colleagues .in the Illinois Delegation proud. ers could be together on those important holi­ ure in the House of Representatives, GLENN H!'wever, I can tell you that the constituents in days. Likewise, wayward travelers at some ho­ has stayed true to his strong morals and has my ., district who know and love GLENN tels are not directed, but accompanied by em­ done what was best for his constituents. POSHARD were also very proud of his congres­ ployees to the destination they seek within the With working-class roots of his own, Con­ sional service and his race for Governor. hotel. Such kind assistance is likely to lift the gressman POSHARD has been one of the most GLENN has always been a unique represent­ spirits of even the weariest of guests. ardent congressional supporters of working­ ative. He made the decision early in his con­ Sam Walton, founder of Wai-Mart, and re­ class men and women. From his position on gressional career to refuse money from polit­ cipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the House Committee on Small Business and ical action committees, a commitment he was legendary for his commitment to his em­ the Committee on Transportation and Infra­ made as well in his race for Governor. He im­ ployees and his customers. His philosophy of structure, POSHARD has also been a guardian posed on himself a term-limit of five terms in good service destined his enterprise to be­ of the economic interests of his district. For Congress, which he fulfills by leaving at the come the nation's largest retailer. Mr. Walton example, Congressman POSHARD opposed the end of this· session of Congress. He has car­ ran his stores like a coach preparing his team North American Free Trade Agreement, which ried himsel.f with a quiet dignity, working hard for the big game. He led by example, and in­ he knew would cost many American working .for the people of his district while promoting stilled in his staff the determination and moti­ men and women their jobs. However, when it these policies he thought best for the entire vation to serve and to succeed. Famous for became clear that this flawed trade agreement nation. his devotion to his employees, Walton, when­ would pass in the House of Representatives ever he saw a Wai-Mart Truck, was known to despite his opposition, Congressman POSHARD His sources of inspiration have been those sponsored an amendment to protect the do­ land his Cessna amidst the nearest cornfield, individuals who overcame difficult cir­ mestic broom industry. There are many broom flag down the driver, and ride with him to his cumstances' to excel in life, including his par­ factories in the Nineteenth Congressional Dis­ destined store. Such company spirit and pride ents, and notable public figures like Lech trict and they are still thriving today because of has fostered loyalty and trust among the pub­ Walesa and Nelson Mandala. GLENN was born Congressman POSHARD. poor in Southeastern Illinois and rose to lic. Congressman PoSHARD has a strong moral ,achieve a· PhD and go on to one of the high­ Sound principles of customers service center that has greatly influenced his congres­ 'est honors an individual can attain in the should be inherent in government as well as sional career. GLENN is opposed to abortion United States-to serve his fellow men and private industry. Intrinsic within a republican and has been one of the most impassioned womeri in the Congress. form of government is a commitment to the defenders of the unborn. A pro-life Democrat people one represents and to serving their like myself, Congressman POSHARD has GLENN POSHARD will leave this Congress needs in the best way possible. With that in with a distinguished record: fighting for a bal­ worked to protect the lives of the unborn and mind, I have focused on putting together has worked to make the Democratic Party anced federal budget; increasing the pay, America's best congressional staff. Employees. working conditions and health care for working more open and welcoming to pro-life mem­ in my office come from diverse backgrounds bers. As a former teacher, GLENN has also men and women; protecting the Constitution and have diverse talents: all have close ties to and improving the economy of rural America. worked to protect the needs of children. Colorado and the district. Each and every GLENN voted for welfare reform in 1996 but But he will also leave here with enormous af­ member of my staff considers it their personal only after satisfying himself that the needs of fection and gratitude of his colleagues, and responsibility to serve the public the best they children were addressed. · the thanks and devotion of his constituents, can. They genuinely believe in their work and Throughout his service in the House of Rep­ who may be seeing the end of his days in the in serving the people of the State of Colorado. resentatives, GLENN POSHARD has fashioned Congress but surely not the end of his public Our office responds to thousands of letters himself as a citizen legislator. Since his first service. and phone calls each month. My dedicated term in Congress, GLENN has shunned con­ I join my colleagues in saluting the honored staff handles scores of constituent requests, tributions from Political Action Committees. In­ service of my good friend, GLENN POSHARD. helps me prepare letters, draft and follow leg- stead, GLENN has relied on the support of his 28134 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS Dece.mber. . l9, 1998 constituents. As he promised when he was children, one that will last for generations to IN HONOR OF LEONARD SOMDAI!L elected in 1988, Congressman POSHARD is come. leaving after five terms so that "other folks God's blessing to the distinguished gen­ HON. ELTON GAWGLY . have their shot at solving the problems." tleman from Carterville and his loving wife Jo. OF CALIFORNIA ' ·' ' . ~· My colleagues in the House of Representa­ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATWES ·' tives and I will miss GLENN POSHARD. He is a Saturday, D ecerri8eF·19, 1998 . . gentleman, a statesman, and even a poet on occasion. Most of all, however, he is a good Mr. GALLEGL v. .'r.ir. sp~ake r·.~· ~ · ·rise h!i .pay HONORING THE PUBLIC SERVICE tribute to Leonard Somqahl,; a _.9,0.6~. friepd ,. anq friend. Thank you, Congressman POSHARD, for OF CONGRESSMAN GLENN all of your hard work and support throughout a man dedicated to the econOmic betterment PO SHARD of his community. . : .. · = "fY · ,. •• your ten years in Congress. Congratulations 1t~· ·~~.- on your numerous accomplishments which are On a day frauglit ~i. tti .sole,mn, we-ighty an ~ too numerous to list here. And, good luck with HON. RAY I.aHOOD sad decisions, it's important; to: recognize .' the all your future endeavors. Americans in whose, n.ames · we:. vote . tod~y, OF ILLINOIS Americans who raise their families-and work -to make America strong. \~ona ~d ·_: _son1da9)i ·is A TRIBUTE TO GLENN POSHARD IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES one such American. . . , •. - , . . · Leonard Somdahi . wa~ , ra'isecf'in Saturday, December 19, 1998 horn' and HON. JOHN SHIMKUS Minnesota. He .moved t'o the· San-Joaquin .Val­ Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ley in California in 1946; then: mlg.rated souj'h OF ILLINOIS to Ventura County. He worked, .for . tv1cMari'n IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recognize the positive contributions that my fellow Illinois colleague, GLENN POSHAAD, Fu~niture , then went in_to busin.ess for:. ~ il;il ~~l .f\ Saturday, December 19, 1998 made to the State of Illinois, Congress, and Th1rty-one years ago, he . started ..with F-irst Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I join my col­ the Nation. After 10 years of congressional ~me~ican Title Co. He retired ·_fr~n:i.. Fir'st Am _~)!. 1can m August, but hasn't stqpp,ed working .. leagues in honoring the distinguished gen­ service, GLENN POSHAAD is retiring. His prin­ I met Leonard during my ye~r:i~· in . the : real tleman from Carterville, Illinois, Congressman cipled and pragmatic presence will be missed, estate business. His dedic~~!on. tf For the people of southern Illinois, he has health care, deficit-cutting, and preserving the Santa Barbara Chapter 47. ;,:. .. ·; ,,\t: t· ··f , I· been a fighter and a tireless advocate. He has American coal-mining industry. During his Non-industry groups have -,. · ai~P:I t:t~qef!ted broken through the wall of regionalism that work on these issues and others, GLENN separated our State into Chicago versus the fro~ his generosity. Leonard Sp~da_~! ~ ~as PoSHARD always stood his ground and fought participated as an active board ,_,r~l~fl!bti f : and suburbs versus downstate versus the real for what he beljeved in, and for what was downstate of southern Illinois. GLENN PosHARD charter member of Network ' fq.r, _ ~ ~ousii)g ~t ~ good for his constituents and for the State of made people aware that southern Illinois ex­ nonprofit group to support affo~d~_ pl~, housing Illinois. isted by never wavering in his efforts and in Ventura County; is a past ~~rribe r, of the never shying away from the pride that those Throughout his congressional service, Y's men's club and a financial suppq~;t ... gre4p southern Illinois roots instilled in him years GLENN POSHARD was able to benefit .from , and for YMCA activities; and is a pastyoJu~tee~:~ tor ago. draw on, his background. As a holder of a the Oxnard Boys Club. He. .:. ha~ r· dQnat~d -- to As a Member of this body, he has distin­ doctorate in education from Southern Illinois such groups as Navajo schoQis in· Ar~ZOI'}~ i th~ Lions Club, Muscular Dystrop,hy;.the , Arru~r.iQ~A guished himself as one who keeps his word University and as a former teacher, GLENN Cancer Society, the Ventura ~CQUF).ty R~scu~ and stands on principle. As a member of our POSHARD brought a valuable perspective to Mission, and City Impact, a.n: prga~jz~~i e n, ~io society, he has distinguished himself as a Capitol Hill. This perspective was further en­ gentleman of the first order. help young people get off drugs and improve hanced by his experiences that he gained their self-esteem. There's never a moment when he's too while growing up in a small, rural town in Illi­ busy to say hello or share a kind word with a Leonard Somdhal is also c:P-dedk:ated family nois. He never forgot his roots, and they man. He and his wife. Ellen,' ·have··, a friend or foe. I am proud of all that he has ac­ r~ ~sed helped him maintain his down-to-earth style complished. daughter and three sons. The cpuple have five that was, in many ways, GLENN POSHARD's I am proud that he kept his word to serve grandchildren and three great~grahdchildren . Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues will join no longer than 10 years in this body and then best attribute. me in recognizing Leonard Somdahi Tfor; his returned to Illinois to run for Governor, as for As a member of the Transportation and In­ decades of service and wish . him , an~ · his fam­ GLENN POSHARD, public service never truly frastructure Committee, I had the occasion to ily Godspeed in his retirement. . . .: · .. ~ ... ends. work on a number of issues with my fellow • ;"1 1 • ~) I .: .. • :it. t While he wasn't elected as our next Gov­ committee member, GLENN POSHARD. He was ernor, I know that he gained the personal re­ always approachable and willing to work to­ MEMORIALIZING MRS?'- JUDJTHei\1 spect of the man who was elected and of all gether on issues that were of vital interest to BRAUN, A" H r''·; ~Hil• .. ;'hui ' those of us who watched him during his cam­ the State of Illinois. Whether it was aviation or 1o.·-•b ~~·)J:O) '' b ) paign. highways, GLENN POSHARD was always knowl­ HON. JERROLD NADLER' ,.~ E'a ·" During that effort, GLENN POSHARD spoke edgeable and ready to do what was best for OF NEW YORK ~ ~ ·?:. ,_; · 1-: -· forcefully and loudly about the needs of our Illinois. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRE SENTATIV E ~~~ -. State's children. Since that time he has pledged to continue to try and make a dif­ I am proud to have served in the House Saturday, D ecember 19, i998 ~-:··.:.,~' ference for our kids. with GLENN POSHARD. He leaves this House Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise ·todayJto As he leaves this body to move on to that with many friends and many good memories. honor the memory of a constituent who · vias effort, GLENN POSHARD should know that he I wish him all the best in whatever endeavor beloved in our community, Mrs. Alte ·Rivka has already made a difference for our State's he chooses to participate. Braun, a"h. · 'i\'•. December 19, 1998 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 28135 Mrs. Braun was the devoted wife of Rabbi years. Larry Ebsch, a former local newspaper Eaton, Tom Emmes, Bob Fifarek, Charles Shlomo Braun, and was the daughter of Rabbi editor and an inveterate sports fan, has cal­ Hanson, Mike Hubert, Isaac Johnson, Doug Moshe Yehudah Gross, famous shochet dur­ culated that the Menominee Maroons have Kamin, Mike Klitzke, Kris, Lavigne, Brandon ing the last 30 years at Empire Kosher Poul­ played 810 games, with a winning percentage Lemery, David Lescelius, Byron Lundquist, try.. She born in Czechoslovakia to parents of 61.6-but not one state championship. Aron Mars, Allan Mars, Mike Merrill, Jesse Mil­ who were Holocaust survivors. They fled Thousands of young men have taken the field ler, Shane Mundt, Nash Myers, Nick Nerat, Czechoslovakia and emigrated to America in wearing the maroon jersey, and those signs Dale Olsen, C. J. Paasch, Pat Palmquist, Na­ 1968. Even under Communist rule, Mrs. Braun on the edge of town don't give a glimpse of than Parrette, Nathan Patzke, Scott Polzin, exhibited strong inner faith and a personal those thousands of personal memories of Adam Racine, Scott Ries, Todd Roach, Randy generosity · of spirit, accepting everything more than 100 seasons of football. I'm sure Ruleau, Jeremy Sallgren, Mike Schultz, Rich cheerfully. These . attributes remained strong ever'f one of those former players had a lump Shatusky, Kevin Smith, Richie Smith, Josh 'and enduring throughout her life. in his throat and tears in his eyes thinking of Tarbox, Trevor Thomas, Nick Thompson, · Mrs. Braun was very active with Aleh, an or­ the joyous welcome given to the 1998 Maroon Erich Voigt, Tim Vojcihoski and Justin ganization which provides services to the de­ team after their 10-hour bus ride from the Wozniak. velopmentally disabled. I have visited their fa­ Silverdome in Pontiac back to Menominee. cilities 'in Israel and can attest to the out­ Another great story is that of the coach him­ standing work they do. In recognition of her self. Ken Hofer, by Larry Ebsch's reckoning, GLENN POSHARD: A GREAT dedication to the work of Aleh, Mrs. Braun has coached 277 of Menominee's 810 games CONGRESSMAN; A GREAT FRIEND was ·memorialized at the annual Aleh luncheon in a career going back to 1966. His own win­ held on May 1'7, .. 1998 (21 lyar). ning percentage is 68.2, and his teams, run­ HON. LANE EVANS Additionally, ' Mrs. Braun spend countless ning the 1930s-style offense known as the sin­ OF ILLINOIS hours each day helping patients in the emer­ gle wing, have averaged 17 points per game. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ge.ncy :room at Maimonides Medical Center. None of those statistics reveal the great She also found time to cook and bake for trou­ memories of great games that Ken Hofer and Saturday, December 19, 1998 bled families; personally delivering and serving his teams have given Menominee fans, par­ Mr. EVANS. Mr. Speaker, with the end of food that she prepared in her own home. ticularly memories ofthe rivalry between Coach each Congress, we lose not only members but - While Mrs. Braun's home was undergoing Ken and his son, Coach Chris Hofer of good friends. That is the case for me today as renovation, she requested that one room be Kingsford. The powerful Kingsford Fliwers GLENN POSHARD leaves the House but not set aside for hachnasas orchim use, providing served as an obstacle that the Maroons for without making his mark. a place t6 stay for a traveler who has no place years could never quite overcome. When GLENN is a member of my state delegation to ~tay, which is one of the highest mitzvot. Ken's team finally defeated Chris's team last and I know all members join me in congratu­ She found great ' strength in the knowledge year and Menominee advanced into the play­ lating -· him on his service. GLENN has also that h~r 1 house was always utilized by guests offs, it was evident that the Menominee team been my neighbor-his office is next to mine from aU over the world-from Israel, Denmark, had taken the measure of its most difficult ad­ and I enjoyed walking to a vote with him and Franco~ Mexico, Belgium, and other countries. versary and was well on its way to a cham­ discussing issues. More than that, he is a During the three years of her illness, Mrs. pionship year. That promise was fulfilled in good friend who I greatly respect and admire. Braun ·suffered untold pain. Rabbi Braun, her 1998. In many ways, GLENN's impact on this insti­ devo1ea · hUsband, arranged for the best doc­ Coach Hofer says the seeds for final victory tution has gone unnoticed. He worked to bring tors a.nd tried everything humanly possible to were planted early in the season, when the people together, to develop harmony and alleviat6: her' illness. Unfortunately, that was team pledged itself to reach the playoffs. It crate an environment that allowed us to rise not God's will, 1and Mrs. Braun passed away was a team supremely suited to become a above the partisanship. And that will have a on the 27th day of Tishrei, last year. She left championship team, Mr. Speaker, because it lasting impact on all of us. a family of six children, with four still at home. was built around a team ego, not individual GLENN's character and commitment are un­ The yo·ungast, Yaakov, is only five years old. egos. This collective ego made the 1998 Ma­ matched. As a Congressman, he has been a · Mr.' Speaker, I have had the privilege of roons a team of destiny. On the first play of model . of integrity and a man of incredible knowing ~ the Braun family for quite a few the first playoff game, Josh Tarbox returned depth and intelligence. He truly has put his years:;The 'exemplary lives of Rabbi and Mrs. the opening kickoff for a touchdown. Then the principles to work. He has always remem­ Braun are truly an inspiration to our neighbors Maroon team made a quick run of 27 points bered his roots and stood up for average citi­ for !heir dedication to their community and to in the first five minutes, signaling clearly this zens. That is why early on I backed his can­ thos<1 ' in need. Our community was enriched team was on its way to the state champion­ didacy for Governor. And it is why I have been by Mrs. Braun ~s life and mitzvot. I commend ship. proud to serve with him and why I know his her ·example to my colleagues. Many Menominee residents were on hand in constituents were proud to have him represent G.':i t I '.J, t' . Pontiac for the fulfillment of the championship him. dream. Along with the cheerleaders and 113 GLENN POSHARD is the genuine article: Vet­ ,·1 • TRIBUTE TO THE MIGHTY MENOMINEE MAROONS OF 1998 members of the marching band, a steady pro­ eran, Teacher, Parent, Democrat, and a Great cession of vehicles sporting "Go Maroons" fC.\_'81·, -- Friend and a Great Congressman. I hope the stickers made the drive across to the Mack­ end of this Congress will not mark the end of ·' I";' •"' HON. BART STIJPAK inac Bridge and the long haul down the full his public service. We need him working for .• :" I, OF MICHIGAN length of the state of Michigan to the city of people and the people of this country need IN·THE·HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Pontiac. Menominee's hallmark stong fan base him working for them. ' Saturday, December 19, 1998 was out to make an expression of confidence, Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, in the near fu­ love, joy, and not just a little pride in showing ture several signs will be erected along the that a team and a town from Michigan's Upper A TRIBUTE TO GLENN POSHARD main highways entering my home town of Me­ Peninsula were a match for any downstate op­ nominee Michigan. Those signs will advise ponent. HON. DANNY K. DAVIS travelers that they are entering the community Here, Mr. Speaker, is the full roster of the OF ILLINOIS whose high school has won the 1998 Class 1998 Michigan Class BB football champions, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BB state · football title. Those signs will be a the Menominee Maroons: Head Coach Ken lasting legacy of the Menominee High School Hofer, Assistant Coach "Satch" Englund, As­ Saturday, pecember 19, 1998 team's accomplishment, but they won't begin sistant Coach Dale Vanduinen, Assistant Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, There is to reveal to the passing motorist the wonder­ Coach Joe Noha, Manager Bob Anderson, no greater experience than to serve with the ful, personal stories bound with the season­ and players Jim Anderla, Adam Bebo, Jordan honorable men and women in pursuit of equal­ long march to the championship. Beck, Andrew Bray, Nick Brukardt, Drew ity, justice and the making of a better world. • •Menominee is a football town, Mr. Speaker, Buyarski, Bromley Carlson, Adam Clark, Scott Such has been my experience with the Honor­ with a gridiron tradition reaching back 105 Demille, Nick Dessart, Matt Dionne, David able Glenn POSHARD who is leaving this body 28136 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS December 19, 1998 to return to the land of Lincoln where he will constituent of Colorado's Fourth Congres­ While these accomplishments would not be welcomed with open arms. sional District, Dr. Keith Olson, on his retire­ have been possible without Dr. Olson, he is Congressman POSHARD has been an exem­ ment from the Larimer County Mental Health the first to say they could not have happened plary Member of this body for the past 10 Center {LCMHC). I am p.rivileged to know and without the interest, enthusiasm and care of years and such has championed the causes of have worked with such a talented public serv­ his colleagues at the Center and throughout the poor, veterans, senior citizens, those living ant, dedicated professional, and father. in rural America, those in need of good the community. Moreover, the greatest reward schools, human services, good roads and the After 24 years of service in Larimer County, for the LCMHC, for the community and for Dr. opportunities to pursue a good life. Dr. Olson's legacy is one of leadership, com­ Olson, was making a substantial difference in GLENN POSHARD has represented the best passion, and professionalism. He began his the lives and families of men and women suf­ of what it means to be an elected official, tenure with the LCMHC in 1974 as a mental fering from mental illness. fierce loyalty to his constituents, acute under­ health clinician. Exhibiting the talent and hard standing of the political process, a willingness work characteristic of his entire career, Dr. What makes Dr. Olson truly remarkable is to stand on principle for that which he believes Olson soon moved into roles of greater re­ his commitment to the mental health profes­ in and to continue standing even if it puts him sponsibility, beginning with the coordination of sion above and beyond the call of duty, and at a political disadvantage. he Intensive Management Team, and culmi­ his devotion to the community and his family. Not only are the people of the 19th District nating with the top post at LCMHC: Executive He has created and developed a large number of Illinois going to miss having Representative Director. Under his eight-year guidance, the of agreements, partnerships, programs and POSHARD to represent them, all of America is Center attained widely recognized excellence. non-profit organizations. Through these part­ going to miss a true public servant. Therefore, The many accolades include: 1998 Agency of nerships, Larimer County reaches out to pro­ I and the people of the seventh District of Illi­ the Year {Columbine Chapter of the National vide access to essential mental health serv­ nois extends best wishes to Representative Association for the Dually Diagnosed); the ices for the Medicaid population in northern POSHARD and his family as they move to new Joel Webber Award for Excellence in Health Colorado, give the developmentally disabled vistas, new challenges, and new opportunities. Care {EI Pomar Foundation Awards for Excel­ population much-needed mental health and lence for Colorado non-profit organizations); psychiatric services, treat children and youth TRIBUTE TO DR. KEITH F. OLSON national recognition from the Federal Emer­ gency Management Agency for the center's in schools, provide on-site service to needy Project Rebound, a program assisting the vic­ families. Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to note, HON. BOB SCHAFFER tims of the disastrous 1997 Ft. Collins flood; Dr. Olson accomplished all of these things OF COLORADO and the National Association of Counties with just 50 percent of his hearing. Dr. Olson's IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESJ?NTATIVES named the Center's volunteer program one of contribution to the mental health profession, to Saturday, December 19, 1998 the top ten in the nation. Clearly, Dr. Olson in­ the people of Larimer County, and to the State Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado. Mr. spired the LCMHC to achieve outstanding of Colorado will be missed. Speaker, I rise today to honor an extraordinary service to the Ft. Collins area.