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E480 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 14, 2015 friend of many years, William A. Nack. He was certain that the love and care that they have the 9/11 attacks by ABC news, announced born in St. Louis, Missouri, raised in San Fran- for one another will continue to grow and flour- that 47 percent of Americans appreciated the cisco and has been a resident of San Mateo ish in years to come. lives of Muslim Americans. On the most re- As we celebrate the matrimony of the Dows, cent anniversary of the disaster, the poll was County, California for more than half a cen- recalculated and the response was a dev- tury. For the past 16 years he has been the we also honor their large family which cur- astating 27 percent. able and highly regarded Business Manager rently includes five sons and twelve grand- Due to the terrorists claiming to be devout and Executive Officer of the Building and Con- children. I salute the Dows on their wedding Islamists and Al Qaeda participants, a nega- struction Trades Council of San Mateo Coun- anniversary, and I know that their love will tive stigmatism has spread rampantly ty, AFL–CIO, and retired on March 1, 2015. continue to be an inspiration to us all. throughout the United States in the reflec- tion of the Islamic community. Hopefully Bill Nack demonstrated his leadership quali- f through education and understanding, Amer- ties at a young age when he attained the rank TAYLOR NGUYEN’S ESSAY icans can welcome our Islamic community of Eagle Scout in 1962. He earned an Asso- with open arms. ciate Degree in Aeronautics, served in the September 11th was a great loss for the U.S. Naval Reserves, and served as a Jour- HON. PETE OLSON victims’ families, whose lives were forever neyman Mechanic with United Airlines where OF TEXAS broken, and a travesty for all of America. In he began his close association with the union IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the years following the attacks, America has Tuesday, April 14, 2015 taken a no tolerance stance against ter- movement. He served as a union shop stew- rorism within our country and all over the ard for 15 years, challenging management and Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to world. With pride and justice, the lives lost championing workers. He served on union interact with some of the brightest students in will not have been taken in vain. They have boards and committees and was a founding the 22nd Congressional District who serve on paved a road of stronger security, and saved member of a coalition between the unions of my Congressional Youth Advisory Council. I lives in the process. Although we have a long machinists, pilots and flight attendants. Bill have gained much by listening to the high road ahead, we will remember, and we will Nack was also a delegate to the San Mateo school students who are the future of this build from the rubble a stronger, more val- orous United States of America. County Central Labor Council and chaired its great nation. They provide important insight Legislative Committee. into the concerns of our younger constituents f From 1987 to 1989, Bill Nack was the As- and hopefully get a better sense of the impor- PAYING TRIBUTE TO ISMAIL sistant Business Manager for the Central tance of being an active participant in the po- KADARE, ALBANIAN POLITICAL Labor Council of Santa Clara and San Benito litical process. Many of the students have writ- EXILE FROM FRANCE AND WIN- Counties, and from 1989 to 1999 served as ten short essays on a variety of topics and I NER OF THE JERUSALEM PRIZE the Deputy Executive Officer of the Santa am pleased to share them with my House col- FOR 2015 Clara and San Benito Building and Trades leagues. Council. In 1999, Bill became the Business Taylor Nguyen attends Pearland High HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL Manager and Executive Officer of the San School in Pearland, Texas. The essay topic is: OF NEW YORK Mateo Building and Trades Council, leading select an important event that has occurred in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 14,000 union construction crafts men and the past 15 years and explain how that event women. During his time as Executive Officer has changed our country. Tuesday, April 14, 2015 he negotiated 45 Project Labor Agreements During the past 15 years, America has ex- Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay and Letters of Commitment, representing more perienced dramatic occurrences such as Hur- tribute to Ismail Kadare, the Albanian political than $16 billion in projects that employed ricane Katrina and the Columbia Space exile from France, distinguished Albanian au- union members. He ensured that all of the Shuttle disaster. Technology such as the thor and winner of the Jerusalem Prize for iPhone, has immensely improved our means projects were environmentally responsible and 2015. Kadare is a novelist and poet who has of communication. However, the greatest written about Albanian history people and respectful of union members, their wages and impact on the United States was the ter- working conditions. Bill has served with great rorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. On while delving deeply into the universal themes distinction on many state and local boards and this day the deaths of over 3,400 people, in- of freedom and human rights. He is one of Al- commissions, and is the devoted husband of cluding police officers and firefighters, bania’s most highly-regarded authors, having Rayna Lehman and the proud father of their transformed the United States forever. Since written about its previous totalitarian regime twin sons, Patrick and Benjamin. 9/11, airports have been reconstructed to op- and Albanian culture and society. According to Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House to join erate with thorough security measures, the panel that selected him as the Jerusalem me in honoring the extraordinary work of Bill amidst the oversight of the government in- Prize winner, Mr. Kadare ‘‘is a teller of fas- stituted Department of Homeland Security. Nack, a great and good man, and a person of cinating stories who uses implied, indirect writ- Advanced searches on people and luggage ing. He writes about collective guilt, and espe- enormous integrity, and wish him every bless- have successfully prevented another hijack- ing in the years to come. He has strengthened ing on American soil. Unfortunately, the ter- cially about the truth’s failure to penetrate. He and bettered our community and our country rorists claimed devotion to Islam have ram seeks to expose, while hiding his tracks in lay- with the work of his life and I will always be shackled some American’s views of the Mus- ers of myth and metaphor, questions for which grateful to have worked with him and to call lim community. there are no answers and crimes for which him my friend. This tragic affair became a catalyst for there is no atonement. Even though his sub- protection from future catastrophes. On No- f ject matter and his protagonists are generally vember 25th, 2002, Homeland security was es- local, their significance and importance are be- IN HONOR OF THE 57TH WEDDING tablished. Not only do they inhibit terrorist strikes, but they also monitor cyberspace yond doubt universal.’’ ANNIVERSARY OF MR. MELVIN and oversee our borders. The department’s Mr. Kadare’s literary career is marked by AND MRS. FRIEDA DOW border security techniques have been scruti- several laudable achievements, such as the nized. Yet terrorists have been detained, and Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of HON. AL GREEN eradicated (i.e. Osama Bin Laden) as a result France lifetime membership, Prix mondial Cino of the department’s hard work and commit- OF TEXAS Del Duca award in 1992, the United King- ment to the American people. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dom’s Man Booker International award in The sector of Homeland Security that 2005, and both the Prince Asturias Award for Tuesday, April 14, 2015 Americans encounter most often in the Transportation Security Administration, or Literature and the Honorary Degree of Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I TSA. This department was designed to take Science in Social and Institutional Commu- would like to congratulate Mr. Melvin and Mrs. further precautionary measures prior to nication by the University of Palermo in Sicily Frieda Dow on their 57th Wedding Anniver- boarding an aircraft. The American people in 2009. As a testament to the universal ac- sary, which occurred on March 23, 2015. have complained that TSA is time con- ceptance of his literature, Mr. Kadare’s novels Marriage is one of the most sacred and inti- suming, and violates an individual’s civil lib- have also been translated into many different mate covenants that two people may enter erties. There have even been claims of racial languages which now reach broad audiences into, and the Dows’ attainment of 57 years of profiling. TSA has received negative com- across the globe. Such accolades and rec- mentary; however the overall actions are matrimony is worthy of commendation. May necessary for the safety of the American peo- ognition only scratch the surface of Mr. their union continue to be richly blessed as ple. Kadare’s admirable commitment to exercising they work collectively to nurture each other, The Muslim Community has been dramati- the sacred values of democracy regardless of their lovely family, and their community. I am cally affected. A poll taken one month after the circumstances he faces. VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:55 Apr 15, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K14AP8.007 E14APPT1 SSpencer on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS April 14, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E481 Throughout his literary novels, Mr.

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