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Vol. 155 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009 No. 113 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was last day’s proceedings and announces WE NEED TO BREAK THE HOLD IN- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- to the House his approval thereof. TEREST GROUPS HAVE ON OUR pore (Mr. BLUMENAUER). Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- NATION f nal stands approved. (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER permission to address the House for 1 f PRO TEMPORE minute.) Mr. KUCINICH. The health care de- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE fore the House the following commu- bate ends up being a debate about the nication from the Speaker: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the legitimacy of our political system. If gentlewoman from California (Mrs. this is truly a government of the peo- WASHINGTON, D.C., July 24, 2009. CAPPS) come forward and lead the ple, by the people and for the people, I hereby appoint the Honorable EARL House in the Pledge of Allegiance. then why do we not already have a BLUMENAUER to act as Speaker pro tempore Mrs. CAPPS led the Pledge of Alle- health care system which meets the on this day. giance as follows: needs of all the people? Is it because we NANCY PELOSI, I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the have a market-based, for-profit health Speaker of the House of Representatives. United States of America, and to the Repub- care system? Why do we have 50 mil- f lic for which it stands, one nation under God, lion Americans uninsured and another PRAYER indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 50 million Americans underinsured? Why are most bankruptcies connected The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. f Coughlin, offered the following prayer: to people being so heavily in debt for Lord God, Who rewards the just serv- hospital bills? MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE ice of Your people and never forgets America faces not only a health cri- those who offer the ultimate sacrifice A message from the Senate by Ms. sis but a spiritual crisis when health of their lives to protect others, we Curtis, one of its clerks, announced insurance and other interest groups praise You and we thank You for those that the Senate has agreed to without stand between the people and their who serve as Capitol Police here in the amendment a joint resolution of the government extracting the wealth of Nation’s Capital. House of the following title: our Nation and appropriating it to a As we honor the memory of Officer H.J. Res. 56. Joint resolution approving the few at the expense of the many and Jacob Chestnut and Detective John renewal of import restrictions contained in pressing upon the many the burden of Gibson later today with a moment of the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of illness and the brevity of life. silence, we now pray for all those who 2003, and for other purposes. It is time to break the hold these in- presently commit themselves to serve The message also announced that the terest groups have on our government. as a security force that shields govern- Senate, sitting as a court of impeach- When we do, our Nation will be more ment workers and the public from ment in the trial of Samuel B. Kent, healthy and more free. harm and danger. May their service former District Judge for the Southern f never be compromised or be taken for District of Texas, upon articles of im- granted by others. peachment exhibited against him and COMMONSENSE HEALTH CARE Lord, protect, guide and encourage upon the receipt and exhibit of House REFORM all those women and men who give of Resolution 661, has dismissed the arti- themselves for the good of others in (Mr. KIRK asked and was given per- cles of impeachment and has adjourned mission to address the House for 1 public service. Reward them and their sine die. families with peace and security in this minute and to revise and extend his re- marks.) life. Answer their prayers and all the f longings of their hearts for a better Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, the worst State for health insurance in the coun- world in the future. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Amen. try is New Jersey at $5,500 a patient. PRO TEMPORE The best is California at $2,500 each. f The SPEAKER pro tempore. The California has lawsuit reform to reduce THE JOURNAL Chair will entertain up to 5 requests the need for expensive defensive medi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The for 1-minute speeches on each side of cine and larger insurance pools to Chair has examined the Journal of the the aisle. lower average risk

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Instead, we will vote on a bill this supposed to help our current finan- Bigger government and limits on that is 1,000 pages long, at $1 billion a cial crisis? choice won’t restore confidence in our page, costing $1 trillion, raising taxes It appears as though, once again, this financial marketplace. Our system in the teeth of this recession to mar- administration plans to force Main needs a stronger, smarter, regulatory ginal rates higher than France. Street to pay for the mistakes made on approach which our Republican plan of- I urge Members to reject this bill and Wall Street as they continue to follow fers to empower consumers, protect put forward a commonsense set of re- their financial policy of ‘‘too big to against fraud, and preserve consumer forms that will lower health costs fail, too small to matter.’’ choice. without raising taxes. Reform is needed within our financial f f system, but that reform cannot sac- rifice the health of our small financial THE TIME IS NOW FOR HEALTH WE NEED TO PASS THE HEALTH institutions. INSURANCE REFORM REFORM BILL f (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 permission to address the House for 1 MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE minute.) minute and to revise and extend her re- (Mr. COHEN asked and was given per- Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, Presi- marks.) mission to address the House for 1 dent Obama in his speech to the Nation Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, recently a minute and to revise and extend his re- on Wednesday night really brought constituent called me distraught. She marks.) home the fact that we need to act on has health insurance, but that com- Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, today the health care reform immediately before pany is denying life-saving surgery for Federal minimum wage rises to $7.25 an this Congress adjourns for the August her daughter born with spina bifida. hour. This Congress is proud that the recess, and the reason is simple: costs Why? Because when this mother took a previous Congress passed the minimum continue to go up. new job recently, she got new health wage, and it went up in stair steps; and The cost of health insurance, infla- insurance, and this health insurance in these tough economic times, work- tion is way out of line by comparison company says they don’t have to pay ing people need help. They need help to any other developed country, and we for her daughter’s surgery because with all types of activities. still have about 40 million to 50 million spina bifida is a preexisting condition. This will put $1,100 in the pockets of Americans that have no health insur- Sadly, this is not an isolated story. working people. That means money for ance. So we need to do both. We need Every one of us here has constituents groceries, for rent, for school supplies, to cover everyone as best we can, and who are going through similar situa- moneys that will help with this eco- we need to bring down the costs of tions. These are the people I am fight- nomic recovery, $5.5 billion over the health insurance. ing for. next 12 months. The bottom line is that many of the Our health reform bill seeks to insure One of the first votes I took in this organizations who opposed health in- the nearly 50 million people who don’t Congress was to increase the minimum surance reform 15 years ago when I was have any health insurance, but just as wage that had been held stagnant for here under President Clinton now sup- important is fixing the currently bro- decades. This will help 40,000 people in port a plan that the insurance compa- ken health insurance for people who my district in Memphis and across the nies, the AMA, the doctors, PhRMA, have or think they have coverage. We country. the pharmaceutical industry, all these will force insurance companies to This Congress should be proud of its groups have come together with Presi- change these policies, and we will guar- support for working families, but sad dent Obama because they realize that antee that every American has access that it took so long to get this min- we can’t continue with the status quo. to a plan that will always be there for imum wage to where it is. We need to The time is now for health insurance them. This can be a private plan or the help the working people, and we need reform, and we need to get together as public plan, but there will always be an to make sure we make this country a both Democrats and Republicans to option better country with health insurance pass it. And that’s why we need to pass this for all. f health reform bill, and we need to do it f GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE now. CONSUMER PROTECTION TAKEOVER WILL KILL JOBS f REGULATION? (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina REFORM IN OUR FINANCIAL SYS- (Mrs. BIGGERT asked and was given asked and was given permission to ad- TEM CANNOT SACRIFICE THE permission to address the House for 1 dress the House for 1 minute and to re- HEALTH OF OUR SMALL FINAN- minute and to revise and extend her re- vise and extend his remarks.) CIAL INSTITUTIONS marks.) Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. (Mr. LUCAS asked and was given per- Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, Toni Speaker, the President says incorrectly mission to address the House for 1 Marie’s bakery in my hometown can that if you like your health care cov- minute and to revise and extend his re- fulfill your chocolate chip cookie erage you can keep it under his plan. marks.) cravings or make an elegant wedding This has been refuted by many sources, Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, an uneven cake for you, which they did for my including the White House, which has playing field already exists between kids. Imagine if D.C. bureaucrats from admitted that the President’s rhetoric large financial institutions and smaller a new Federal consumer cookie protec- should not be taken literally. Unfortu- community banks. Rather than work- tion agency require our bakery to use nately, with the mandates and new ing to close that gap, however, Presi- only a new Federal cookie recipe and taxes on small businesses included in dent Obama has decided to further our sell one kind of cookie, sugar free with the Democrat bill, the question should community bankers’ burdens with his no flavor, and only certain customers be: if you like your job, can you keep Consumer Financial Protection Agen- are deemed healthy enough to buy it so it? cy. they stop going. What happens? The With estimates ranging from 1.6 mil- Under this new agency, community bakery is out of business. lion to 4.7 million jobs lost under the banks that have continued to provide a As crazy as it sounds, it’s very simi- Democrat scheme, it is clear this plan reliable source of credit to their cus- lar to the Democrats’ solution to pro- will destroy jobs and weaken our econ- tomers will be saddled with additional tect us from our future financial dis- omy. You cannot make health care

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The American people need to stand for amendments to appropriations measures We have solutions that do not rely on up, Mr. Speaker, and say ‘‘no’’ to this and would have been in order under an open tax hikes, mandates, and Big Govern- and say ‘‘yes’’ to some of the alter- amendment process, but regrettably the ment bureaucrats which lead to wait- natives that Republicans are pre- House Democratic leadership has dramati- ing lists and rationing. senting. We have a plan, but it will not cally and historically reduced the oppor- In conclusion, God bless our troops, be heard unless the American people tunity for open debate on this Floor; and and we will never forget September the demand it. Whereas the Speaker, Mrs. Pelosi, the Democrat leadership, and the chairman of 11th in the global war on terrorism. f the Committee on Appropriations, Mr. Obey, f b 0915 prevented the House from voting on the DEMOCRATS ARE DOING amendment by excluding it from the list of ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER amendments made in order under the rule SOMETHING ABOUT HEALTH CARE PRO TEMPORE for the bill: Now, therefore, be it (Mr. HASTINGS of Florida asked and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Resolved, That H. Res. 673, the rule to ac- company H.R. 3293, be amended to allow the was given permission to address the Chair will remind the House that on House for 1 minute and to revise and gentleman from Iowa’s amendment be con- July 24, 1998, at 3:40 p.m., Officer Jacob sidered and voted on in the House. extend his remarks.) J. Chestnut and Detective John M. Gib- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. son of the United States Capitol Police rule IX, the resolution offered from the Speaker, my constituents have given were killed in the line of duty defend- floor by a Member other than the ma- me the honor and the privilege of serv- ing the Capitol against an intruder jority leader or the minority leader as ing here in the House of Representa- armed with a gun. a question of the privileges of the tives for 17 years now, and in all of At an appropriate point today, the House has immediate precedence only those 17 years coming from an area Chair will recognize the anniversary of at a time designated by the Chair with- where health care costs have continued this tragedy by observing a moment of in 2 legislative days after the resolu- to accelerate each year, in all those silence in their memory. years, I’ve come here along with col- tion is properly noticed. leagues on both sides of the aisle seek- f Pending that designation, the form of ing better opportunities for the sen- NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER the resolution noticed by the gen- iors, those who are disabled, those who RESOLUTION RAISING A QUES- tleman from Iowa will appear in the are without health care, and all we’ve TION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF RECORD at this point. done is talk. THE HOUSE The Chair will not at this point de- Well, now the Democrats have done Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, pur- termine whether the resolution con- something about that. We do have a suant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I stitutes a question of privilege. That plan that is before the American pub- hereby notify the House of my inten- determination will be made at the time lic. It allows for no more copays or tion to offer a resolution as a question designated for consideration of the res- deductibles for preventative care and of the privileges of the House. olution. an annual cap on out-of-pocket ex- The form of my resolution is as fol- f penses, keeping Americans from finan- lows: PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION cial ruin; an end to increases for pre- Whereas the gentleman from Iowa, Mr. existing conditions, gender, or occupa- King submitted an amendment to the Com- OF H.R. 3293, DEPARTMENTS OF tion; group rates of a national pool if mittee on Rules to H.R. 3293, the Depart- LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN you buy your own plan; guaranteed af- ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND fordable health care and vision care. and Education, and Related Agencies Appro- RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- If we keep the Republican’s plan in priations Act, 2010; TIONS ACT, 2010 mind, costs will go up. Whereas the said gentleman’s amendment would have required that none of the funds Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. f made available in this Act be made available Speaker, by direction of the Com- AMERICANS NEED TO SAY ‘‘YES’’ to ACORN or any of its 174 known affiliates; mittee on Rules, I call up House Reso- TO REPUBLICAN HEALTH CARE Whereas, since 1994, ACORN, the Associa- lution H. Res. 673 and ask for its imme- ALTERNATIVE tion of Community Organizations for Reform diate consideration. Now, and its affiliates have received The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- (Mr. BROUN of Georgia asked and $53,643,444.58 in taxpayer funding from the lows: was given permission to address the federal government; H. RES. 673 House for 1 minute and to revise and Whereas despite the trust placed in ACORN extend his remarks.) by taxpayers to act as a responsible steward Resolved, That at any time after the adop- tion of this resolution the Speaker may, pur- Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, of the funding provided to it, ACORN has proven itself to be an organization com- suant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the this morning on ‘‘Fox and Friends,’’ mitted to breaking our laws and under- House resolved into the Committee of the one of my favorite golfists, Phil mining our democratic political process; Whole House on the state of the Union for Mickelson, was there talking about his Whereas during the 2008 federal election consideration of the bill (H.R. 3293) making wife, Amy, and his mother, Mary, hav- cycle, ACORN mobilized its nationwide, appropriations for the Departments of Labor, ing breast cancer. He made an aston- grassroots organization in an effort to affect Health and Human Services, and Education, ishing statement. He said that the the outcomes of elections nationwide and related agencies for the fiscal year end- treatment of breast cancer today is through voter registration campaigns; and ing September 30, 2010, and for other pur- Whereas ACORN is now under investiga- poses. The first reading of the bill shall be better than it was 5 years ago, better tion in at least 14 states regarding allega- dispensed with. All points of order against than 10 years ago, and he’s absolutely tions of fraudulent activities that were un- consideration of the bill are waived except right. Mr. Mickelson’s hope in the cure dertaken by the organization as part of its those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. for his mother and his wife’s breast voter registration campaigns; General debate shall be confined to the bill cancer, this devastating illness, is very Whereas ACORN was charged with voter and shall not exceed one hour equally di- high. fraud in Nevada; vided and controlled by the chair and rank- But, Mr. Speaker, the American peo- Whereas ACORN has admitted to submit- ing minority member of the Committee on ple need to understand if we pass the ting over 400,000 fraudulent voter registra- Appropriations. After general debate the bill tions in the 2008 election cycle; shall be considered for amendment under the Democratic health care reform bill Whereas, because of its alleged fraudulent five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered that they are proposing, innovation in behavior during the 2008 election cycle, it is as read through page 134, line 12. Points of health care is going to quit or go down important that ACORN be prohibited from order against provisions in the bill for fail- and be very little. The quality of care receiving any additional taxpayer funding; ure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are

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And so some of us on this side about trying to block this bill without in the report, shall be considered as read, that had amendments that were ruled any opportunity for debate and with- shall be debatable for the time specified in in order asked unanimous consent to out any opportunity for an up-or-down the report equally divided and controlled by be able to substitute other Members’ vote on the legislation itself. the proponent and an opponent, and shall not amendments that had not been ruled in I think that’s wrong, and I hope my be subject to a demand for division of the order—amendments that were ger- colleagues will vote ‘‘yes’’ so we can question in the House or in the Committee of mane—that the majority party simply consider this important legislation on the Whole. All points of order against such saw unfit for this party to vote on and amendments are waived except those arising its merits and not stop it, as my friend under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the con- debate. would try to do, on a procedural mo- clusion of consideration of the bill for And 16 times that I have asked for tion. amendment the Committee shall rise and re- unanimous consent, that unanimous Those who oppose the bill can vote port the bill to the House with such amend- consent has been denied. So it’s not an against it on final passage. We must ments as may have been adopted. In the case issue of time at all. It’s not an issue of consider this rule, and we must pass of sundry amendments reported from the time. this legislation today. Committee, the question of their adoption As much as the majority party wants Now I have the right to close, but in shall be put to the House en gros and with- to stand up and say, We’ve got to get out division of the question. The previous the end I’m going to urge my col- these finished because we have a time leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ to consider the question shall be considered as ordered on limit—for one, it’s a pretty sorry ex- the bill and amendments thereto to final rule, and take one final moment to ask cuse. We do appropriations. That’s passage without intervening motion except my friend to consider what he does one motion to recommit with or without in- what the Congress does. And to say when he persists, as is his right as a structions. we’ve got to get these done in 1 day for Member of this body, in coming here the Defense bill next week, one day for SEC. 2. After disposition of the amend- repeatedly after every measure that he ments specified in the first section of this Labor-HHS today, but then we find out wishes to put forward. resolution, the chair and ranking minority that that’s a ruse in itself, because if What does he think he is doing to the member of the Committee on Appropriations we agree to stay within the time con- legislative council of this office? There or their designees each may offer one pro straints, then they still won’t allow us are 441 Members that ought to be able forma amendment to the bill for the purpose to substitute the amendments that we of debate, which shall be controlled by the to access that body, and many of us proponent. would like to offer. On this bill, because the majority find our legislation at the back of the SEC. 3. The Chair may entertain a motion track for the reason that we are com- that the Committee rise only if offered by party had seen fit to give me several amendments on bills to cut earmarks ing here with what amounts to nothing the chair of the Committee on Appropria- but process motions that everybody tions or his designee. The Chair may not en- that they knew would likely not pass tertain a motion to strike out the enacting because of the logrolling that takes ef- has heard. words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of fect here, I decided on this bill, al- We have an expression here—and rule XVIII). though there were plenty of targets, I children use it frequently—‘‘I got the SEC. 4. During consideration of H.R. 3293, believe there were over a thousand ear- memo.’’ Or, ‘‘I got it.’’ We hear him on the Chair may reduce to two minutes the marks in the bill, I decided not to offer this particular subject. He can vote on minimum time for electronic voting under one earmark amendment. So surely, it at any such time, but it is the Rules clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 of Committee that makes the determina- rule XX. surely the majority party would see fit to allow a few of my colleagues’ tion as to what rules are going to be on POINT OF ORDER the floor of the House of Representa- Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, I raise a amendments in order so they couldn’t say, Oh, we gave you 10 amendments. tives. point of order against consideration of I reserve the balance of my time. the rule because the resolution violates Of course, 8 of those were Flake ear- section 426(a) of the Congressional mark amendments. But we gave you 10. b 0930 So I didn’t submit any. Not one. Our Budget Act. Mr. FLAKE. I think the gentleman party submitted 12 amendments—12 The resolution carries a waiver of all doth protest a little too much. We are amendments—and we were given 4. points of order against consideration of here on the unfunded mandate thing Just four amendments. One was given the bill, which includes a waiver of sec- because it’s the only opportunity we’ve to I think the chairman of the Appro- tion 425 of the Congressional Budget got. We’ve been shut out of just about priations Committee and several, my Act which causes a violation of section everything else. We offered 12 amend- understanding, were rolled into the 426(a). ments to a bill that typically has doz- manager’s amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- I would love to hear—and I will re- ens and dozens and dozens and which tleman from Arizona makes a point of tain my time—but hear what the Rules typically we spend a couple of days on. order that the resolution violates sec- Committee is thinking here, or why We’re told, ‘‘We’ve got to get it done tion 426(a) of the Congressional Budget they see fit to deny the majority party today, and we’re only going to allow Act of 1974. the ability to offer amendments. four amendments from the other side, The gentleman has met the threshold I reserve the balance of my time. and they are the four that we pick.’’ I burden under the rule and the gen- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. mean, what has this legislative body tleman from Arizona and a Member op- Speaker, I yield myself such time as I come to? I suppose the gentleman was posed each will control 10 minutes of may consume. referring to the 540 amendments that I debate on the question of consider- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- have offered for the Defense bill. I have ation. After that debate, the Chair will tleman is recognized for 10 minutes. offered 540 because that represents the put the question of consideration. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. number of no-bid contracts that this The Chair recognizes the gentleman Speaker, my good friend for whom I body is authorizing for private compa- from Arizona. have great affection began his remarks nies in the Defense bill. That’s why Mr. FLAKE. Mr. Speaker, I come by saying he’s baffled. Well, I’m baffled there are investigations swirling here today completely baffled at this and befuddled by the many actions around this body. Yet we come to the point. We’ve had in this appropriations that my good friend from Arizona per- floor and authorize 540—not author- season what can best be described as sists in bringing to the floor of the ize—we appropriate money for 540 no- martial law, in legislative terms, House of Representatives. bid contracts. So I make no apology at where we’ve had appropriation bill Start with the fact—and the distin- all for offering 540 amendments. But I after appropriation bill come to the guished chair of the Appropriations knew that I didn’t want to tie the

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It came in in cided in the affirmative. night last night, making 30 copies of mini-bus form, and no amendments at The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- 540 amendments on our own—not tak- all were offered. That’s happened, to tleman from Florida is recognized for 1 ing any of Legislative Counsel’s time— some extent, over a couple of years. hour. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. just so we could do this body and this And what has happened during that Speaker, for the purpose of debate institution the favor of trying to actu- time? Earmarks have been awarded, only, I yield the customary 30 minutes ally vet some of the earmarks, no-bid no-bid contracts to private companies, to my friend, the gentleman from contracts for private companies, that that are now being investigated be- Texas (Mr. SESSIONS). All time yielded come through this body. And then we cause money went out; and individuals have already pled guilty to taking that during consideration of the rule is for get scolded for that; and to say, debate only. ‘‘You’re taking up too much time. earmarked money and spreading it GENERAL LEAVE We’ve given you four amendments on around to some companies that did no Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. I ask this bill and you should be happy with work, none. They’ve already pled unanimous consent that all Members it’’? These crumbs that fall from the guilty for it. Again, we’re bringing to have 5 legislative days within which to table, the Appropriations Committee the floor next week a Defense bill as if nothing’s wrong, nothing’s happening, revise and extend their remarks and in- and the Rules Committee, just be sert extraneous materials into the happy with it. Go on your merry way. no investigations are occurring. We’re still going to award no-bid contracts to RECORD. It just is baffling. I don’t know what The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there private companies. And yeah, we might else to say. I don’t know what else we objection to the request of the gen- hide some language or put some lan- can do on this side. But bad process al- tleman from Florida? ways begets bad policy, and it will guage in the bill that says, Well, these There was no objection. come back to bite at some point. I just things are really going to be bid out. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. wish the majority party would realize But the Defense Department, if you Speaker, I yield myself as much time that this martial law on appropriations ask them today, Do you bid these as I may consume. bills is not justified. You shouldn’t do things out? They say, Yes, we’re re- The resolution provides for consider- it just because you can. quired to. Except when we don’t, when ation of H.R. 3293, the Departments of I reserve the balance of my time. we issue what’s called a J&A, and we Labor, Health and Human Services, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. decide, Well, we’re really not going to and Education and Related Agencies Speaker, I stand duly chastised by my bid that one out because it was asked Appropriations Act of 2010 under a friend from Arizona. I am delighted for by Congress. structured rule. The Labor-HHS-Edu- that he took up his office’s time and That is just unbelievable to me that cation Appropriations bill provides not the Office of Legislative Counsel’s we are accused of being spurious when $160.7 billion for fiscal year 2010 and time in order to provide the amend- we attempt to bring earmark amend- continues this Congress’ commitment ments that I still consider to be spu- ments to the floor to vet in some way, to fiscal responsibility by coming in $52 rious. Perhaps it is that he would urge shallow though it may be on the floor million below the President’s request, not wasting his staff’s time then. But of the House, it’s all we’ve got because and cutting 46 individual programs to there have been other times, by virtue we only got a list of these earmarks ensure that taxpayer funds are used in of the repetition, that Legislative this week, we’re scolded and told that the most effective way. This bill also Counsel has been burdened, template or we’re spurious for asking for just a includes $1.1 billion for activities to re- not. There are other Members in this smidgeon of accountability here for the duce improper payments, abuse and body that exercise that abuse process, sponsor of the earmark to stand up and fraud in the Departments of Labor and including another one that I am watch- justify why he thinks or she thinks Health and Human Services and in the ing, and that is the use of privileged that she has the ability to award a no- Social Security Administration, which motions for purposes of legislating. As- bid contract to a private company could result in over $48 billion in tax- sume that every Member in this body whose executives may turn around and payer savings over the next 10 years. wanted to use that prerogative, then give big amounts of money to that During these difficult economic times, we would never be able to get our work Member. That’s being investigated in it is more important than ever that we done. Yes, it is the responsibility of the some cases by the Department of Jus- not only spend taxpayer funds pru- majority to see to it that the business tice. dently but that we make the necessary of the people of this country moves And we say, We should be able to do investments to move our economy for- along. it, and no Member should be able to ward. I, again, want to urge my colleagues question it, that we shouldn’t be able This bill provides $64.7 billion for the to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this motion to con- to raise it on the floor of the House. I Department of Education to prepare sider so we can debate and pass this just don’t get it. Every time I think I America’s youth for an increasingly important piece of legislation today. have seen it all, I haven’t. And today competitive global economy and to en- I yield back the balance of my time. to be scolded for bringing amendments sure that all Americans have access to Mr. FLAKE. May I inquire as to the to the floor, and then to have the ma- the education needed to succeed. Funds time remaining? jority party bring 12 and to be told that in this bill, combined with the funds in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- we should be happy because they have the Recovery Act, will provide States tleman from Arizona has 41⁄2 minutes. seen fit to choose four of those amend- with $4 billion in grants under the Mr. FLAKE. I thank the gentleman. ments, allow us to offer them, and we School Improvement Fund which will If I was looking to waste time and to should be somehow grateful and should target assistance to approximately delay, I would call a vote on this. That embrace this rule just blows me away. 13,000 low-performing schools. This bill would take this body an extra half- I don’t know what to say, Mr. Speak- also boosts Pell Grants which help ap- hour or so. I am not going to do so. I er. But I would urge this Congress not proximately 7.6 million low- and mid- know I’m going to lose this. But some- to move ahead with this bill in this dle-income students pay for college body at some point has to stand up and fashion. There is no requirement that each year. Further, it provides $653 say, We’re not potted plants over here. we have to do this today any more than million to Historically Black Colleges We’re in the minority, yes. But we do you have to do health care this week or and Universities, Hispanic-Serving In- have some rights, we think. The gen- next week. We’re a deliberative body, I stitutions and other developing institu- tleman said that these amendments hope; and we should deliberate just a tions and nearly triples new loan guar- that I’ll be offering to the Defense bill little bit more. antees for HBCUs.

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It also helps those who lost their at best. the other side of the aisle have forced jobs during the course of this recession These are the same people who claim Republicans to pursue, my colleagues by providing $1.4 billion for training to be deficit hawks, but quite frankly, and I offered 12 amendments to ensure and supportive services. Of these funds, the real truth is that Republicans in- that a thoughtful and constructive de- $50 million will be used to prepare stituted tax cuts for extremely wealthy bate could take place. We helped man- workers in green industries, not only people in this country and new spend- age ourselves before we came to the helping to provide Americans with de- ing programs that took our Nation Rules Committee. Yet what happened? cent, good-paying jobs but also helping from surplus to debt. And my col- Only four were made in order, while the American economy be more com- leagues on the other side of the aisle the Democrats had seven of their of- petitive. participated in decreasing taxes for fered amendments rolled right into the This bill, recognizing the incredible wealthy people at a time when we were manager’s amendment. burden that this economic crisis has at war. It was the only time in the his- This Democrat Congress, in unprece- placed on countless Americans, also tory of this country when we were at dented fashion, continues to reject and provides much-needed assistance to our war that we decreased taxes. And then silence the American public and to vulnerable populations. It will help when we did it, we did it for the best of muzzle Members on the floor of the families stay warm through the winter us in our society, as far as wealth is House of Representatives, not allowing by providing $5.1 billion for the low-in- concerned. The Republicans lecturing their voices to be heard on the people’s come energy assistance program. It us on fiscal responsibility is like Al floor. will boost nutrition, transportation Capone lecturing about crime on the Mr. Speaker, today we are discussing and other supportive services for sen- street. It doesn’t pass the laugh test. the Labor, Health and Human Services iors by providing $1.5 billion for senior With our economy in turmoil, Demo- and Education Appropriations bill for nutrition and other services; and it will crats are picking up the pieces of the fiscal year 2010. It is my intent to focus relieve some of the pressure placed on Bush administration and restoring this on this huge increase in spending over the Social Security Administration by Congress’ responsibilities to protect last year’s level and to discuss the ma- providing $11.4 billion to help the agen- our Nation’s health and social safety jority party’s destructive initiatives cy process the rising number of claims nets to ensure equal access to a quality that continue to kill jobs and lead to and reduce its current backlog. education and to develop a globally record deficits; that is, kill jobs and Finally, as we in Congress work to competitive workforce. record deficits under control of Speak- pass health care reform in the coming Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of er NANCY PELOSI, the Democrat-held weeks, this bill will help build the ca- my time. Senate, and President Barack Obama. pacity of our health care system and Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I also This is their policy that we are debat- provide funding for job training in the appreciate the gentleman from Florida ing on the floor today. health care sector, one of the strongest yielding me such time as I may con- This underlying legislation is a 7 per- and fastest-growing sectors in our sume. cent, or $10.6 billion, increase above the economy. My colleagues are well aware Mr. Speaker, let’s just go to the current year’s spending levels, and that a whole lot of people, well over 47 words that people have. Republicans that’s excluding the $126 billion in million people in our Nation, are unin- cut taxes and employed people, 5.3 mil- stimulus funding that these programs sured. In the district that I am privi- lion new jobs. The Democrats put their have already received. Since 2007, fund- leged to serve, 25 percent of my con- spending plan on the floor and said we ing for programs under Labor, Health stituents lack health care coverage. would have jobs and more jobs, and we and Human Services and Education This bill provides $2.2 billion for Com- don’t. So regardless of what the gen- have increased a whopping 93 percent. munity Health Centers, which provide tleman talks about with all these big This bill does not represent a commit- primary care to 17 million patients, 40 tax breaks, they worked. They em- ment, or any commitment, to fiscal percent of which are uninsured. While ployed people. People had jobs. And in sustainability. We simply cannot keep such centers provide a vital service, the scheme of things, Mr. Speaker, doing this. But, here we are again there are still far too many individuals that’s good for all of us. So I will stand today. It will cost us jobs. that go without any primary care at behind those tax cuts that employed Mr. Speaker, we will continue to ask, all, endangering their health and in- this country, as opposed to unemploy- where are the jobs? With this legisla- creasing the burden on taxpayers by ment, the highest unemployment in 26 tion, Congress only further slows down getting treatment when their illnesses years, by our friends, the Democrats. economic recovery and increases the fi- have become serious and their care sev- Mr. Speaker, today I stand about this nancial burden being placed on our eral times more costly. In my home structured rule, and I stand in opposi- children and grandchildren. Mr. Speak- State of Florida, over 971,000 women tion. My friends on the other side of er, where are the jobs? are in need of publicly supported fam- the aisle, for the first time in the his- The Obama administration promised ily planning services; yet only 35 per- tory of the Republic, have shut down Americans that unemployment would cent of them are currently being met the appropriations process by placing not go beyond 8 percent, that they through public funding providers. an extremely restrictive rule on every would create and save millions of jobs While my colleagues on the other single appropriations bill that has if Congress simply passed the stimulus. side of the aisle will throw—and have come to the floor this year. Here we are, months later, with a thrown—insulting accusations and de- Chairman DAVID OBEY of Wisconsin record 9.5 percent unemployment rate, ceitful claims, what we should be talk- has set an arbitrary timeline to finish the highest in 26 years, and 2 million ing about today is how to further sup- the fiscal year 2010 spending bills which Americans have lost their job since the port the essential community pro- has forced this Congress and the Demo- passage of this massive $1.2 trillion viders, such as Planned Parenthood, crat-run Rules Committee to limit stimulus plan. Mr. Speaker, where are during a provider shortage in this every Republican’s and Democrat’s the jobs? country rather than making it harder chance to offer an amendment on the Earlier this month, when discussing for women and families to access vital floor. Hundreds of amendments have the stimulus, Vice President BIDEN health care. been offered by all of my colleagues, said the Obama administration misread and they have been rejected in an un- how bad the economy was. The Obama b 0945 precedented fashion. I ask, once again, administration got it wrong when it For 8 years, the Republican adminis- Mr. Speaker, what is the majority came to $1.2 trillion of taxpayer spend- tration placed the needs of the wealthy afraid of? Why are we doing this for the ing by this Democrat Congress. The

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Rising unemployment and record objection that they’re raising to the visers had suggested could actually deficits cannot be remedied with mas- rule this morning with respect to cost up to $1.9 billion, raising prices on sive increases in government spending. amendments. energy, goods and services for every Mr. Speaker, where are the jobs? I want to walk you through, Mr. American, an increase for every Amer- Huge energy and health care bills Speaker, what the facts are on the ican back home, between $1,200 and will raise taxes and kill jobs. Mr. amendments that were offered to this $1,600 a year. Additionally, this legisla- Speaker, the American public under- bill. There were 35 amendments that tion would kill up to 2 million manu- stands this. They know that the Repub- were initially filed for the bill. On the facturing jobs. Mr. Speaker, we have to lican Party has better ideas, and that’s Democratic side there were 21. Seven of ask again, where are the jobs? Oh, we why we’re on the floor of the House of those amendments were not in order are beginning to find out that they are Representatives today. I encourage a because they violated the rules of the in Washington, D.C. ‘‘no’’ vote but will, once again, ask the House, so they were set aside. Mr. Speaker, next week, this Demo- question, where are the jobs? That left 14 left. Of the 14 that were crat-controlled Congress wants to pass I reserve the balance of my time. left, nine of them are now going to be sweeping health care reform that effec- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. wholly or partially incorporated into tively will kill employer-based insur- Speaker, I am challenged to answer my the manager’s amendment with the ance marketplaces and force 114 mil- good friend from Texas before I yield to agreement of the sponsors. That leaves lion Americans into a government-run the distinguished chairperson of the five left. Two of those amendments, in program, a program where government Appropriations Committee. the judgment of the Rules Committee, bureaucrats will be choosing what doc- The mantra that I just heard from were related to arguments that better tor-and-patient relationships will be my colleague asks a legitimate ques- belonged in the authorizing commit- and what procedures will be covered by tion, where are the jobs? I can’t attest tees. that doctor. to everyplace in the United States of Another was, and I’m sure the gen- This $1.2 trillion package raises taxes America, but I do know this about the tleman from Arizona will be shocked on individuals and small businesses area that I’m privileged to serve. by this, another would have added an that do not participate in the govern- Four months ago, 400 school teachers earmark which would not have been el- ment plan, and up to $818 billion will be received slips indicating that their jobs igible for funding under the program to the cost, which, according to a model were going to be lost. Since that time, which the earmark wanted to be at- developed by the President’s own eco- money provided from the stimulus tached, so the Rules Committee turned nomic adviser team, will result in 4.7 package has come into the system. that down. And then two of those million employees losing their job. Mr. When I was home this past weekend, I amendments, the remaining two, were Speaker, we ask, once again, where are was very pleased to read that 124 of dropped with the understanding that the jobs? those school teachers have been called we would try to strengthen funding for This is economic insanity. The Amer- back to work and that it is expected the programs involved when we move ican people know that you shouldn’t that the next tranche will allow for all to conference. So we’ve dealt with all spend what you don’t have. But that is of them to be called back to work. It’s of the amendments on the Democratic exactly what Ms. PELOSI and this Dem- a special concern to me, because one of side. ocrat majority is doing. Mr. Speaker, those persons was a young lady that On the Republican side there were 14 we ask, once again, where are the jobs? worked with me when she was in high amendments that were offered. Ini- According to the Congressional Budg- school. tially, nine of them were out of order. et Office, the Obama administration is So, some things are turning. Some They were worked with, and that re- on its way to doubling the national jobs are being created. But I would not duced the number to four amendments debt in 5 years. Mr. Speaker, we would have the American public believe that that were out of order under House ask, where are the jobs? the recession began when Barack rules and subject to point of order. Earlier this month, the Congres- Obama became President. The reces- That left 10 Republican amendments. sional Budget Office released a Month- sion began in December, and the job at- Three of those issues, again, in the ly Budget Review that states that the trition was taking place then. We are judgment of the Rules Committee, Federal budget deficit reached $1.1 tril- in a transformational posture in this were determined to be issues that more lion during the month of June. As of country of ours, and we are going to appropriately should be dealt with in June 30, the national debt stood at $11.5 see the kind of uptick in jobs at the the health care reform bill. Example: trillion. Mr. Speaker, we will ask time that the stimulus takes full im- one sought to prevent us from creating again, where are the jobs? pact. a public plan in the health insurance Especially at a time of deep eco- bill. I did not know that the Appropria- nomic recession, Congress should be b 1000 tions Committee was so talented that, promoting progrowth policies that re- I would like, at this time, to yield 5 in addition to handling the budget duce spending, increase job growth, and minutes to the distinguished gen- matters, it’s also supposed to interfere give Americans confidence. Mr. Speak- tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY), in judgments about health care reform. er, where are the jobs? who has worked actively to try to get Evidently, some people think they The deficit has increased $1.7 trillion, us in a position where we can answer should. I think the Rules Committee or 1,000 percent, since the Democrats that ‘‘where are the jobs.’’ And my was right. took control of this House of Rep- question is, Why did they lose so many Another amendment dealt with an resentatives 3 years ago. Mr. Speaker, before they started asking the ques- issue that had been disposed of in the where are the jobs? tion, Where are the jobs? authorizing committee, the Education It has gone from a $162 billion fiscal Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I don’t par- and Labor Committee, in the same deficit to a projected $2 trillion this ticularly care to get into a partisan week. And then there was one other year. Mr. Speaker, we ask, where are diatribe this morning. I recognize that amendment that simply rehashed an the jobs? the gentleman from Texas is the chair- old campaign argument, a matter In closing, Mr. Speaker, I would like man of the Republican House Congres- which relates to elections and more to continue to point out to our friends sional Campaign Committee, and I can properly belongs in either the Judici- on the other side of the aisle that we understand, in his position, why he ary Committee or the House Adminis- cannot tax, spend, and borrow our way would be willing to look anywhere he tration Committee, which oversees out of this country’s economic reces- can to try to find the slightest issue elections.

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That leaves five remaining Repub- have, and that the government and the THE FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM lican amendments. Four of them were taxpayers will be paying for that loan. (FFELP) WORKS made in order. Four of them were made It’s one more attempt for them to put The Federal Family Education Loan Pro- in order, four out of the five remaining everything that we do, day and night, gram—FFELP for short—was first established amendments. And there was only one under the control of the Federal Gov- as part of the Higher Education Act of 1965 that was not made in order, and that ernment. and has provided higher education funding for one was an amendment that simply Now, why in the world, when we have 53, tens of millions of Americans. sought to stuff an additional $1 billion a program that’s providing millions of Since its creation, FFELP has disbursed more than 194 million loans to college stu- into a program that had already been loans to college students, without tax- dents totaling nearly 695 billion. increased by $12 billion. payer dollars funding it, why would we So if someone wants to make a Fed- A key component of FFELP is that it utilizes want to change to a direct loan pro- private capital, not taxpayer dollars, to fund eral case out of the fact that one gram and have the taxpayers under- amendment was denied, be my guest. loans with the Federal Government providing write it, especially at a time when the guarantees against loss. I’ve seen worse offenses around here. economy is going down the tubes and With respect to the budget, I’m not Competition and choice in student loan de- we’re spending trillions of dollars on livery and support are hallmarks of the Federal going to get into a partisan debate. All many programs we don’t even need; the I want to say is this: both Presidents, Family Education Loan Program. automobile industry, the banking fi- EFFORTS TO DISMANTLE FFELP Bush and President Obama, were faced nancial industry, the health care in- with terrible problems when the econ- Right now there are efforts underway to dustry, energy, all of those things? weaken and dismantle the Federal Family omy collapsed late last year. We were And now they’re going after edu- losing 700,000 full-time jobs at a time Education Loan Program (FFELP). cation by trying to come up with a di- The President’s FY2010 budget plan con- when Mr. Obama was still waiting to rect loan program that the taxpayers tained a proposal that would effectively end take the oath to be sworn in, and so he will have to pay for, and the private FFLEP and force all student loans through the inherited a terrible problem. Both funding that’s now being used will not government’s Direct Lending. President Bush and President Obama be utilized. It will cost somewhere be- The President’s plan calls for all Federal wound up having to push a lot of tween 30,000 and 35,000 jobs across the student loans—beginning with the 2010–2011 money into the financial sector of the country. Now, they want us to have academic year—to be made under the Direct economy to solve our economic prob- more jobs. Here’s a chance to preserve Lending Program. Moving to 100 percent Di- lems. This bill takes care of the rest of 30,000 to 35,000 jobs by not having the rect Lending in 2010–2011 coincides with—the the economy, and I hope we get to it government step in and take over the expiration of the temporary loan purchase pro- and support it when it comes before the financing of college loans for students. grams that were authorized by Congress in re- House. sponse to the credit crunch that swept this Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I’m sad- And yet you want to have the govern- country last year. dened that the gentleman from Wis- ment take over, the Department of Education, take over the direct funding The Department of Education is currently consin believes that if I bring up a using appropriated dollars to implement the question about jobs, that that’s polit- program, take it away from the private sector and independent funding so we President’s proposal, which has been consid- ical. It shouldn’t be. It’s not on our ered by neither house of Congress, nor is au- side. It’s just a fact of the matter. We would have more government control and cost another 35,000 jobs we’re going thorized under current law. don’t know where the jobs are. We were They are writing letters to schools, enhanc- promised these jobs. to put into the unemployment lines. It makes no sense to me. ing systems, and otherwise using appropriated Secondly, it’s good for me to learn funds for a proposal not authorized by Con- My colleagues, I’m very disappointed that now I know who runs the Rules gress. you did not allow this under the rule. Committee, the chairman of the Appro- Evidence of this comes in the form of a July We should have fully debated this on priations Committee, because I 8, 2009, letter from the Chief Operating Officer the floor. I think you just didn’t want thought that the chairman of the Rules for Federal Student Aid at the Department of to debate it because you don’t want the Committee did, but I found out now it’s Education to college presidents detailing the American people to see, once again, run by the Appropriations chair. At steps the Department is taking to ensure a we’re putting everything under the least I know that answer today. smooth transition into the Direct Loan Pro- control of government, every aspect of Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 3 gram. minutes to the distinguished gen- their lives and now including edu- Quotes from the July 8th letter from the De- tleman from Indianapolis, Indiana, Mr. cation. partment of Education to college presidents: BURTON. I rise in strong opposition to this rule. Since the President’s announcement last Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- Congressman CARTER and I submitted an February, we have taken numerous steps to er, in 1965, this Congress passed the amendment to Rules Committee that was re- ensure a smooth process for the transition of Federal Family Education Loan Pro- jected. It was a legitimate and appropriate schools into the Direct Lending Program. We gram Act, and it was designed to pro- amendment for this bill. Unfortunately, under have expanded the capacity of the automated system that is used for the origination of Di- vide private funds for college students’ the House Leadership’s modus operandi of loans. And since 1965, this program has rect Loans. ‘‘it’s our way or the highway,’’ I shouldn’t be Of course, what is most important to you provided over 194 million loans to col- too surprised that it was not accepted. and your colleagues at other colleges and lege students, with private funds, and Here’s what the amendment would have universities is whether campuses will be they’ve delivered about $695 billion in done. The amendment stated that no funds ready to move to Direct Lending. To assist loans. you, we will establish the electronic ac- may be used to promulgate, amend, or repeal The problem that we have is unem- counts that will enable your institutions to any regulation pursuant to the Federal Family ployment right now. It’s 9.5 percent na- electronically send and receive Direct Loan Education Loan program. tionwide. And in Indiana, my State, records and reports. The establishment of it’s 10.7 percent. And we have 35,000 Although the Carter-Burton Amendment will these accounts does not obligate your insti- not be debated today, I wanted to make sure tution to move to the Direct Lending Pro- jobs nationwide that work for this edu- gram at this time; it simply takes care of cation program funded by private that my colleagues know what the damage may be. one of the first steps, so that when you are funds, and 2,400 people in Indiana. Now, ready you can select the Direct Loan proc- Mr. CARTER and I, Congressman First, I want to thank my colleague from essing and funding options that work best CARTER and I had an amendment that Texas, Representative JOHN CARTER, for work- for you. would guarantee the survivability of ing with me on this amendment. I very much However, to ensure a smooth transition, this program because it has helped so appreciate his efforts on the Appropriations please encourage your staff to learn more about the Direct Loan Program and the busi- many college students get loans. Committee to preserve the FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LENDING PROGRAM. ness processes that are used to deliver these And what the Democrats are trying important financial resources to students to do is they’re trying to have a direct The Rules Committee should have sup- and families. If they run into any problems loan program take the place of the pri- ported the Carter-Burton amendment, and I that have not been satisfactorily addressed vately funded program that we now will tell you why. by our staff please let me know immediately.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8719 The Rules Committee should have sup- that they need to thrive. On special credible. Secondly, we heard, ‘‘and let’s ported this amendment if they were serious needs education, the bill says to our take the bank profits out of the equa- about preserving American jobs. More than States, the Federal Government is tion.’’ Once again, the dialogue from 30,000 private sector jobs nationwide are di- going to begin to make good on its this floor is really to bankrupt this rectly connected to the Federal Family Edu- promise, not leave you with an un- country and to kill the free enterprise cation Loan Program. funded mandate to pick up the cost for system. I see it firsthand right here on In my home state of Indiana 2,356 people special needs kids, but we are going to the floor. are employed in the FFELP industry. In my make a contribution to that, and we do Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 3 district—the 5th Congressional District of Indi- so with a 25 percent Federal contribu- minutes to the gentleman, the ranking ana—there are more than 1,500 jobs. The Na- tion. member of Education, Labor and the tion’s unemployment rate is running around I’m personally grateful to the chair- Work Force, the distinguished gen- 9.5 percent. In Indiana, which has been hit ex- man for continuing the funding for the tleman from Minnesota (Mr. KLINE). tremely hard by the current economy, the un- Even Start Program. The bill makes Mr. KLINE of Minnesota. I thank the employment rate is 10.7 percent. real progress toward aiding college stu- gentleman for yielding. This amendment was a chance for this dents with a significant increase in the Mr. Speaker, I rise in very strong op- House to support thousands of hard-working Pell Grant, allowing us to raise the position of this rule. Yet again, this Americans who are employed in industries maximum Pell Grant award to $5,550. majority is stifling debate, and it is supporting the Federal Family Education Loan And with regard to my colleague’s limiting opportunities for Members on Program. comments on direct loans, yes, essen- both sides of the aisle to have a say in Without the Carter-Burton Amendment, we tially what we’re doing there is taking how we fund vital and some not so leave open the door to the very real possibility bank profit out of that equation and al- vital spending programs. Unfortu- that the existing FFELP infrastructure, which lowing for families to be able to get the nately, this time, it comes at the ex- supports over 35,000 jobs nationwide, could kinds of loans that they need for their pense of some of our Nation’s most vul- be dismantled. children without having to pay addi- nerable citizens. If you believe in a student loan industry that tional money to add to the coffers and Mr. Speaker, I am here because I had is driven by consumer choice, competition, the profits of banks. hoped to debate an amendment that continuous innovation, and dedicated cus- In the area of medical research, the would benefit every school in America tomer service then you should join me in op- bill provides continued investment and and would begin to fulfill a commit- posing this rule. lifesaving innovations at the National ment that has been slighted by Con- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. I would Institutes of Health, provides resources gress for far too long. This amendment, like, at this time, to ask of the Speak- to lead us into the future of a new offered by Mr. TIAHRT of Kansas and er how much time remains on each health care system. The bill insures myself, would have provided critical side, please. that 71⁄2 million low-income households support for the Individuals with Dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- continue to receive home energy assist- abilities Education Act, IDEA. tleman from Florida has 151⁄2 minutes, ance. It supports the Community Serv- This act was created in 1975 to help and the gentleman from Texas has 16 ice Block Grant. It allows States to ex- States provide a free, appropriate pub- minutes. pand critical services such as housing, lic education for children with disabil- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. home weatherization, parenting edu- ities. At that time, Congress told the Speaker, I am very pleased at this time cation, adult literacy classes and emer- States that Congress would provide 40 to yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gency food assistance. percent of the excess costs of educating gentlewoman from Connecticut, my Mr. Speaker, this bill not only re- these students. Now, almost 35 years good friend, a member of the Appro- flects a commitment to our long- later, that funding stands below 17 per- priations Committee, Ms. DELAURO. standing responsibilities, but this Con- cent, and even with the onetime spike Mr. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in gress’ continued commitment to fiscal of the stimulus bill, we fall far short of support of this rule, and I commend the responsibility. In addition to the in- the 40 percent. We are overdue in keep- chairman and the staff for an excellent vestments which are made, the pro- ing our promises here. We must fulfill bill which reflects our noblest prior- gram includes terminations, reductions this commitment. Our amendment ities as a Nation. It has been said that and other savings when compared to would have taken a small step toward a society should be judged by how it last year totaling $1.3 billion and $3.3 that goal by giving the IDEA an addi- treats it’s least fortunate members. billion when compared to what the tional $1 billion this year. Had it been And with this bill, I believe we do our budget request was about. ruled in order, this amendment would Nation proud. The goal of the bill has We will accomplish a lot of goodwill have increased funding for IDEA to 18.3 always been to make a strong invest- with this bill. I especially want to percent, and it would have put us on a ment in our future, to take seriously highlight and commend Chairman course toward meeting this obligation our responsibilities to the American OBEY for again including the Reducing for the long term. public on the issues that affect people the Need for Abortion Initiative, total This may be seen as a small step, but every single day, from our health, to investment of $7.8 billion for programs Mr. TIAHRT and I believe it is time to our children’s education, to scientific such as Title X and Healthy Start teen put first things first, and that means research that will unlock the cures of pregnancy prevention, adoption aware- living up to our funding commitments tomorrow, from protecting workers to ness, after school programs and child under IDEA before we create and ex- providing the training that they need care programs for new parents attend- pand unnecessary programs that are to succeed in today’s economy. ing college, just to name a few. contained in this bill. If we were to Our bill does not disappoint. And, Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be a fully fund IDEA, our local schools yes, to help States serve both the 14 member of this subcommittee. Its would have more of their own money to million unemployed Americans and the members and the work that we do use for their specific needs, whether many more millions of underemployed every year, we live up to our moral re- that is recruiting new teachers and the Americans, the bill provides resources sponsibility to promote the general best new technology, reducing class for training, for supportive services to welfare, care and comfort the afflicted. sizes, or encouraging community serv- workers affected by mass layoffs and It makes opportunity real for millions ice. plant closures. of Americans. Mr. Speaker, this is exactly the kind On worker protection, the bill pro- of amendment that should have been vides an increase to key health and b 1015 made in order. It is 100 percent ger- safety programs that protect the more Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, this mane. It addresses priorities within the than 140 million strong American floor is home to lots of people and to confines of the jurisdiction of this bill. workforce. On education, the bill re- lots of ideas, but once again, we see Should we spend more money on a stores critical funding to Title 1 so from a senior member of the Demo- new program or should we meet our that disadvantaged children can con- cratic Party the words ‘‘fiscal responsi- commitment? We, the Members of this tinue to gain the educational skills bility’’ attached to this Congress. In- body, all of us, ought to have the

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We What has happened is, perhaps the position to the rule, and I rise in sup- could talk about the role Planned Par- chairman, perhaps the Rules Com- port of the Pence amendment. enthood plays in the abortion trade in mittee chairman, perhaps leadership on I welcome the opportunity to debate this country. We could talk about the the other side has decided what those my distinguished colleague on the real scandal of the fact that 1 out of priorities ought to be, and the rest of topic on the floor, and will do so re- every 2 African American pregnancies us will have no say in making that de- spectfully in an effort to alleviate what ends in abortions. We could talk about termination. This body is supposed to he described as his confusion about the the allegations of fraud and investiga- have the opportunity to represent our bill. tion; but let me just say to my col- constituents, to represent our best A couple of basic facts: Planned Par- leagues: judgment and to give us a say in where enthood is the largest abortion pro- The time has come to deny all Fed- those priorities are, and this rule de- vider in America. According to their eral funding to Planned Parenthood. nies that. annual report, most recently, they We have the opportunity to do it Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. boasted of having performed more than today. I urge the adoption of the Pence Speaker, when I was a child, there was 300,000 abortions in this country. amendment. a radio program called ‘‘Let’s Pre- Another fact: Planned Parenthood is Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. tend.’’ It came on Saturdays. I really the largest recipient of Federal funding Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 1 enjoyed that program, and I’m begin- under Title X. According to that same minute to my good friend, the gen- ning to enjoy my colleagues who pre- annual report, Planned Parenthood re- tleman from California and a member tend as if other days didn’t exist. ceived approximately $350 million in of the subcommittee on Labor, Health, Twelve billion dollars was put in the government grants and contracts. Human Services, and Education (Mr. exact same program that the previous The Pence amendment before the HONDA). speaker spoke about just past. Not one Congress today simply states that none Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I am just a Member of the Republican Party voted of the funds made available under this little bit concerned about information for it. Come on, gang. Let’s stop play- act shall be available to Planned Par- that has been shared with the public ing ‘‘let’s pretend.’’ enthood for any purpose under Title X and through the media about the stu- Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to of the Public Health Services Act. The dent loans and about the criticism of yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from largest abortion provider in America the fact that banks and other financial Illinois (Mr. QUIGLEY). should not also be the largest recipient institutions were being eliminated Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in of Federal funding under Title X. As I from this ability to provide direct stu- support of the rule and in strong oppo- believe a majority of the American dent loans to our students and were sition to the Pence amendment. people would attest, the time has come charging them interest rates. At a time when we are consumed to deny all Federal funding to Planned As a teacher and as a person who with discussions of expanding health Parenthood of America. used to receive student loans, I think care to the uninsured and on improving Now the case for that: The Public that it’s really misleading the public our health care system, I find this Health Services Act was first enacted when we say that they’re being put out amendment confusing. The Pence in 1946 and in 1970. It included the cre- of business when, in fact, the Federal amendment would effectively cut off ation of Title X. Title X is the only Government subsidizes these banks and 1.7 million women from what, in many Federal grant program that provides these financial institutions to provide cases, serves as their primary care pro- Americans with comprehensive family the student loans, and then they add on vider, Planned Parenthood. planning and related preventative top of that the subsidy that they’re Aren’t we trying to expand coverage, health care services. going to charge interest to the stu- not limit it? As my colleague just said, let me dents so that these banks and financial Thirty-six percent of women receiv- echo: Title X does provide a broad institutions will be making money on ing family planning care through the range of important and quality services Federal dollars and on the backs of stu- Title X program do so through Planned to the underserved community in this dents. That is so wrong, and I think Parenthood. Let’s be clear: These serv- country. Over 4 million Americans are that that has to be clarified. ices do not include abortion. Title X served every year, 67 percent of whom So I just wanted to make that clari- dollars are prohibited from being spent are low-income. Approximately 600,000 fication, not only as a person who used on abortion. The services we are talk- abortions are prevented by Title X to receive student loans and who made ing about cutting include breast family planning funding, and it’s reas- it through school, but also as a teacher exams, the testing for cervical cancer, suring to many of us that abstinence who wants to make sure that our stu- the screenings for sexually transmitted education is required of many clinics. dents get a fair break and that the tax- diseases, HIV screening, and family First, the Pence amendment does not payers get a fair break. planning services. cut or reduce the budget for family Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, at this Planned Parenthood has worked for planning by one penny. Let me say time, I would like to yield 2 minutes to over 90 years to educate women about that again to my colleagues in the ma- the distinguished gentleman from pregnancy and to help prevent unin- jority, to whom I am grateful today to Tarkio, Missouri (Mr. GRAVES). tended pregnancies and, thus, the need have been extended the opportunity to Mr. GRAVES. I thank the gentleman. for abortion. For 1.7 million, the only bring this amendment. The Pence Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposi- medical care they will be able to re- amendment does not cut one penny tion to this proposed rule. I don’t know ceive this year is from a provider at from the budget of Title X. what it is about open debate and proc- Planned Parenthood. Why, when we are Also, let me make a very clear point. ess that some leaders in this House fear working so diligently to reform our I understand that current law and reg- so much. health care system, would we take ulation prevents Title X funds from Today, the House of Representatives away the only source of health care to going directly to fund abortions, as my is considering an appropriation bill so many women? colleague just said, but there is no under a closed rule. In fact, yesterday, Vote ‘‘no’’ on this destructive amend- question that the money that Planned we learned that the option of the ment. Vote ‘‘no’’ on the Pence amend- Parenthood receives for its operational health care legislation’s bypassing the ment. expenses from the Federal Government House Energy and Commerce Com- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, at this frees up resources that can be used to mittee isn’t off the table since neither time, I would like to yield 31⁄2 minutes provide and to promote abortions the Speaker nor the chairman have the

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But I’m wondering Today, my amendment that was of- a single rule of the House, but because why my unanimous consent request to fered would have cut off funding to the the Speaker doesn’t want Members to simply swap amendments that were criminal enterprise ACORN in light of protect small businesses from their on- germane, like, for example, on finan- this report that came out of the Gov- erous mandates and tax increases, the cial services, the amendment to pro- ernment Reform Committee that is message is loud and clear to me. The tect broadcaster freedom was not al- about 82 pages long and now lists 361 majority has no plans to protect small lowed. It came within the time con- entities that are affiliated with ACORN businesses in any health care plan that straints. It was germane. It was even and claims that there has been sys- comes to this floor. offered last year and passed by an over- temic fraud, that they have created a This is unacceptable, and the major- whelming margin. Why was unanimous paper wall, that they are a criminal ity leadership’s legislative game of consent not received to swap that? conspiracy, that they have laundered hide-and-seek can only last so long. I would ask either the gentleman Federal money, that they manipulated Sooner or later, when health care legis- from the Rules Committee or the gen- the elections and the electorate of the lation comes to the floor, Members of tleman from the Appropriations Com- United States of America, that they this body are going to have to make a mittee. have evaded taxes, that they have ob- decision. They’re either going to vote Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. If the gen- structed justice, that they have cov- to increase taxes and force everybody tleman will yield. ered up embezzlement of $948,607.50 em- into a government-run health care plan Mr. FLAKE. Yes, I will. or they’re going to have to vote it bezzled by the brother of the founder Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. I believe down. and covered it up for 8 years. Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge my col- you understand that it was not made in The gross abuse of tax laws that is leagues to join me in standing up for order under the rule, and toward that affiliated with that and other book- our Nation’s small businesses today by end, I think that’s your answer. keeping procedures, the documents voting against this rule. I appreciate One of the things I keep hearing— they have from insiders, the definitive the opportunity. Mr. FLAKE. I reclaim my time. evidence that is here, this amendment Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. There was another one. I asked unan- needs to be allowed, and this rule needs Speaker, I reserve the balance of my imous consent to swap one of my to be voted on. time. amendments for the D.C. voucher Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, Repub- Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I yield amendment in D.C. Again, it fell with- licans are on the floor today asking the 21⁄2 minutes to the distinguished gen- in the time constraints. question, where are the jobs and what tleman from Mesa, Arizona (Mr. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The about the process of the ability to FLAKE). time of the gentleman has expired. come and talk on this floor about Mr. FLAKE. I thank the gentleman Mr. SESSIONS. I think the gen- issues and ideas, ideas that these Mem- for yielding. tleman, Mr. FLAKE, makes a point that bers have. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to clarify it’s a shame that we have to come beg I was reminded again today in look- something that was said earlier. The the Rules Committee for what for 229 ing at Congress Daily dated Friday, gentleman from the Rules Committee years has been appropriate on the July 24, and while it was talking about mentioned or suggested that I had tied floor. health care, it’s really a philosophy, up the Leg Counsel office by offering Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield 2 and they’re quoting the House Rules 540 amendments for the no-bid contract minutes to the gentleman from Iowa, Committee Chairman LOUISE SLAUGH- in the defense bill for next week. the distinguished gentleman, Mr. KING. TER of New York. And I will quote In truth, we went to the Leg Counsel Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I what’s in here: We can do anything up office because we were concerned about thank the gentleman from Texas for there in the Rules Committee. We can that, and they worked with us so that his yielding and for his relentless work do anything. we could draft all of those amendments on the Rules Committee that has taken What that really means is they can and so that they didn’t have to do any on a responsibility that goes beyond do whatever they want to do. Evidently of it. We didn’t consume any of their what was anticipated by the Founding Speaker PELOSI really does run the time. Fathers or the tradition of this House. Rules Committee. We can do anything If the gentleman has other informa- Mr. Speaker, 229 years, and Members up there, even muzzle all of the Mem- tion, I would ask him, please, to say so, are reduced to sitting in tiny little bers of this floor. but I think to suggest that we’re doing chairs with their elbows tucked into Mr. Speaker, I will be asking for a that is, one, unfair to Leg Counsel. their waistline, not having room for ‘‘no’’ vote on the previous question so They work hard over there, and they do their own staff to come in the room, we can amend this horrible rule, the a great job. Secondly, it’s unfair to my sending e-mails out where the staff has muzzle rule, and allow for an open rule. staff, who has worked a long time, late congregated in order to get a piece of There is no question that the rule the into the night, to do that. paper handed in that you might need to majority brings forth today will only Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Will the beg the Rules Committee to allow for submit the dangerous precedent the gentleman yield? an open debate here on the floor of the majority set earlier this year. Every Mr. FLAKE. I will yield to the gen- House of Representatives. This is the single appropriations bill. It will only tleman. deconstruction of deliberative democ- damage bipartisanship and, really, the Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. When I racy. This usurps 229 years of tradition nature of this body. stood before, evidently, you were dis- in this House, and it muzzles Members I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on tracted, and didn’t hear me when I said of the United States Congress and dis- the previous question so we can allow I was duly chastened and appreciated enfranchises the people on this side of free and open debate on the appropria- the fact that you took that burden off the aisle especially that represent over tions bills and uphold the right of mil- of legislative counsel. I said, perhaps, 600,000 people. lions of Americans, or perhaps more you ought to consider taking that bur- I have offered, the number goes up- den off your staff as well. than that, just the Members of Con- Mr. FLAKE. I appreciate it. I have a wards of 40 amendments to the Rules gress who come here and do this work very hardworking staff. They deserve a Committee. Only two have been al- every day. lot of credit. lowed to come to the floor. Both of Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- them passed. In 2007, the last time we sent to insert the text of the amend- b 1030 had a legitimate open rules process ment and extraneous material imme- Also, since we have the chairman of under appropriations, I offered some- diately prior to the vote on the pre- the Appropriations Committee here thing like 12 amendments; nine of them vious question.

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I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on health care, all of these folks who say and graduate from college, this bill takes an- the previous question and a ‘‘no’’ vote we can’t do health care, I have been other bold step toward our shared goal of pro- on the rule. here 17 years and we haven’t done it. viding educational opportunity to each and Mr. Speaker, Members of Congress One thing I know for sure is, if we do every child. need to get this. Every single one of us nothing, health insurance rates will And as a longtime advocate of education re- can say ‘‘no’’ to the way this body is rise and the cost of health care will in- form and innovation, I am particularly pleased being run and just put us on a different crease. that this bill proposes more than quadrupling course, a course that we have had for Well, Mr. Speaker, now we are seeing funding for the Teacher Incentive Fund, which all these years. We recognize what open the repercussions of the philosophy of will help reward effective teaching outcomes in and honest and ethical government is. the past. Our economy is in grave dis- high-need schools, and a significant increase And today, we had Members of this tress. Everybody knows that. Millions of $40 million to support the start-up of addi- body come to the floor and talk about are out of work. My colleague asked, tional new public charter schools. Also, for the openness, about ethics with the gen- Where are the jobs? There is no one in first time, this legislation recognizes that the tleman, Mr. FLAKE, and about the abil- the House of Representatives that federal role in public charter schools needs to ity of this body to run as it has in its would not do anything and everything move beyond the start-up phase to scaling up entire history. that he or she could to ensure that successful innovation by allowing the Sec- We Republicans don’t understand every American is employed. Much of retary of Education to provide up to $30 mil- why this big change. We do understand what’s in these programs will help lion to organizations to replicate and expand why we are in a deep recession. We do many of those Americans. outstanding charter school models. The need to build on and scale up edu- understand President Obama has an Our Nation’s schools are falling fur- cational innovation that gets the job done is economic problem because he has ther behind than their overseas’ coun- greater than ever and this new flexibility is an helped create that, and we do under- terparts right in our face and have important step in the right direction. I would stand Obama economics are about de- been, and these are the people that said like to thank Chairman OBEY for incorporating stroying the free enterprise system of leave no children behind. They didn’t this recommendation in the Manager’s Amend- this country on behalf of government. only leave children behind, they lost ment. However, given the large number of ex- What we don’t get is why can’t Mem- them and couldn’t find them. ceptional models with a proven track record of bers of Congress openly debate this Now, while my Republican colleagues serving the needs of at-risk students and clos- issue. continue to play politics with this ing the achievement gap, this approach can- Vote for it and have openness and measure, I remind them that we are not meet our public charter school expansion ethics at the same time. Mr. Speaker, facing grave problems in this country. and replication needs. I’m going to vote ‘‘no.’’ We must put the empty, divisive rhet- That is why I will soon introduce the All Stu- I yield back the balance of my time. oric aside and pass the bill so that we dents Achieving through Reform (All-STAR) Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. can provide real relief for those strug- Act to create a new competitive grant program Speaker, I yield myself the balance of gling in this economy, shoring up our in the Department of Education to enable and my time. Nation’s health and social safety nets encourage excellent public charter schools to I will take just one moment to make by protecting our workforce and in- expand and replicate. This bill will allow more it very clear that there is nothing creasing access to the education and students in underperforming schools to access that’s being done by the President of training opportunities that are vital to educational opportunity and realize their full the United States or this Congress that our country’s long-term economic re- potential, while strengthening accountability is going to destroy the free enterprise covery and success. and transparency. system in the United States of Amer- And no, America, no free enterprise But in addition to education investments, ica. The free enterprise system cannot is going to be lost. And no, America, which will pave the road for our nation’s long- be destroyed by any of us. there is no reason to fear. The fear term future, this bill provides immediate relief The proposals that are being offered would come from the people that to the American people who are experiencing on a variety of measures, and particu- caused us to be in this position in the the longest and deepest economic downturn larly this one, increases opportunity first place. since the Great Depression and tackles the for the least of us and those in the mid- I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on the previous challenges facing hard-working families, local dle that have been hit the hardest by question and the rule. communities and states across the country. our colleagues on the other side. They Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in With vital services being cut back and elimi- can name it anything they want to. It strong support of this rule and the underlying nated, this bill protects the most vulnerable doesn’t have to be class warfare. People bill. among us, supports our health and social can come up here and talk all they I would like to thank Chairman OBEY for his safety net, and gives hope to all those strug- please. Middle class Americans have leadership in developing a bill that represents gling for economic survival. carried the weight of this country for a a major investment in our nation’s human cap- Few things can be more disruptive and de- substantial period of time. ital and strikes a responsible balance between stabilizing than a job loss. Uncertainty and Now we’re in two wars and we find funding critical priorities that will put the nation economic insecurity have a devastating effect ourselves in a position of having to try on a path toward growth and prosperity and on families and communities. This bill helps to right an economy that allows, making the necessary adjustments for control- unemployed and underemployed workers by among other things, that we had taken ling spending and promoting government effi- providing training and supportive services to a surplus and turned it into a deficit. ciency. I would like to thank his committee dislocated workers, veterans transitioning to That is irrefutable. staff for all of their hard work in achieving all the civilian workforce, and older workers. It of- President Obama has been in office 6 this within reasonable spending constraints. fers at-risk youth the opportunity to earn high months. Let’s give him a little bit As a strong proponent of adequate federal school credentials and construction skills train- more time. Let’s give this Democratic funding for education, I believe that this bill ing while building affordable housing for home- Congress the time, as we are under- builds upon the historic investments Congress less families, and prepares workers for ca- taking right now, to do something that made in the Recovery Act and provides un- reers in energy efficiency, renewable energy, hasn’t been done in quite a while, and precedented support to help close the health professions, and other high-demand that is to complete the appropriations achievement gap plaguing our schools. The and emerging industries. It also helps States process, which is our principle work inclusion of several key investments will help process unemployment insurance claims, here on behalf of the American people. America achieve educational excellence for all strengthens worker safety and health law en- Mr. Speaker, for years, Republicans children and retain its global competitiveness forcement, and ensures that approximately 7.5 thought that they could ignore our and leadership. million low-income households continue to re- children and ignore the poor, ignore From funding for schools serving low-in- ceive the home energy assistance they need the middle class, ignore the unem- come children, special education, adult edu- in a volatile energy market.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8723 As we move forward to enact meaningful purposes. The first reading of the bill shall the minority Floor Manager) who then man- health care reform, we must also continue to be dispensed with. All points of order against ages an hour of debate and may offer a ger- support the infrastructure that serves many of consideration of the bill are waived except mane amendment to the pending business.’’ those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House of the uninsured and most vulnerable popu- General debate shall be confined to the bill Representatives, the subchapter titled lations. This bill achieves this goal and lays and shall not exceed one hour equally di- ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal the groundwork for the comprehensive reform vided and controlled by the chairman and to order the previous question on such a rule we’re working so hard to pass. Community ranking minority member of the Committee [a special rule reported from the Committee health centers play an essential role in rural on Appropriations. After general debate the on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- and urban areas by addressing unmet primary bill shall be considered for amendment under ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- health care needs. Recognizing this, the fund- the five-minute rule. Points of order against tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: Upon rejec- ing in this bill will serve 17 million patients, of provisions in the bill for failure to comply tion of the motion for the previous question with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. During on a resolution reported from the Committee whom 40 percent are uninsured, in 7,500 consideration of the bill for amendment, the on Rules, control shifts to the Member lead- service delivery sites. Chairman of the Committee of the Whole ing the opposition to the previous question, My district is home to several such commu- may accord priority in recognition on the who may offer a proper amendment or mo- nity health centers, including Clinica Family basis of whether the Member offering an tion and who controls the time for debate Health Service. Clinica’s mission is to provide amendment has caused it to be printed in the thereon.’’ high-quality health care services to low-income portion of the Congressional Record des- Clearly, the vote on the previous question and other underserved people in South Boul- ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule on a rule does have substantive policy impli- der County, Broomfield County and West XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be con- cations. It is one of the only available tools Adams County. Last year, Clinica provided sidered as read. When the committee rises for those who oppose the Democratic major- and reports the bill hack to the House with ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- 160,190 medical, dental, behavioral health and a recommendation that the bill do pass, the native views the opportunity to offer an al- health education encounters to 34,257 Colo- previous question shall be considered as or- ternative plan. radans at its four clinics, which are located in dered on the bill and amendments thereto to Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. I yield Boulder, Lafayette, Thornton and unincor- final passage without intervening motion ex- back the balance of my time, and I porated Adams County. Half of its patients cept one motion to recommit with or with- out instructions. move the previous question on the res- had no health insurance. olution. I would like to thank Chairman OBEY for pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The viding Clinica with funds that will be used to (The information contained herein was provided by Democratic Minority on mul- question is on ordering the previous help cover the cost of technology upgrades tiple occasions throughout the 109th Con- question. and medical and dental equipment for a new gress.) The question was taken; and the clinic in Boulder and a dental clinic in West THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT Speaker pro tempore announced that Adams County. The new facilities will allow IT REALLY MEANS the ayes appeared to have it. Clinica to serve an additional 1,500 people This vote, the vote on whether to order the Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, on that with medical care and 3,500 people with den- previous question on a special rule, is not I demand the yeas and nays. tal care annually, while the information and merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- The yeas and nays were ordered. communications technology upgrades will sig- dering the previous question is a vote The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- nificantly improve clinical quality and effi- against the Democratic majority agenda and ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- ciency. a vote to allow the opposition, at least for ceedings on this question will be post- Finally, this bill also provides funding to the the moment, to offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about what the House should be de- poned. National Institutes of Health for biomedical re- bating. search to improve health and reduce health Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the f care expenditures that will help doctors move House of Representatives, (VI, 308–311) de- away from today’s costly and predominantly scribes the vote on the previous question on RAISING A QUESTION OF THE curative model to a presumptive model, allow- the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE ing intervention before disease occurs. Fur- consideration of the subject before the House ther, it increases funding for public health pro- being made by the Member in charge.’’ To Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I grams administered by the Centers for Dis- defeat the previous question is to give the rise to a question of the privileges of opposition a chance to decide the subject be- the House and offer the resolution pre- ease Control and Prevention and for mental fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s health services, and substance abuse and viously noticed. ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The treatment programs administered by the Sub- ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad- mand for the previous question passes the Clerk will report the resolution. ministration. control of the resolution to the opposition’’ The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Speaker, by helping people train for in order to offer an amendment. On March Whereas the gentleman from Georgia, Mr. jobs, protecting workers, meeting the needs of 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- Price, submitted an amendment to the Com- mittee on Rules to H.R. 3288, the Transpor- our nation’s most vulnerable populations, lay- fered a rule resolution. The House defeated the previous question and a member of the tation, Housing and Urban Development, and ing the groundwork for comprehensive reform opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010; of health insurance, and providing historic lev- asking who was entitled to recognition. Whereas the said gentleman’s amendment els of education funding, this bill represents a Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R-Illinois) said: would have required that none of the funds responsible, yet bold, step to a more pros- ‘‘The previous question having been refused, made available in this Act be used to estab- perous, healthier, and stronger America. the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- lish, issue, implement, administer, or en- I urge passage of this rule and the under- gerald, who had asked the gentleman to force any prohibition or restriction on the lying bill. yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to otherwise lawful possession or use of fire- The material previously referred to the first recognition.’’ arms in federally assisted housing; Because the vote today may look bad for Whereas the Second Amendment of the by Mr. SESSIONS is as follows: the Democratic majority they will say ‘‘the United States constitution guarantees that AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE vote on the previous question is simply a ‘‘the right of the people to keep and bear TO H. RES. 673 OFFERED BY MR. SESSIONS OF vote on whether to proceed to an immediate Arms, shall not be infringed’’; TEXAS vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] Whereas the Second Amendment applies Strike the resolved clause and all that fol- has no substantive legislative or policy im- equally to all Americans, regardless of who lows and insert the following: plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what owns or pays for their housing; Resolved, That immediately upon the adop- they have always said. Listen to the defini- Whereas the gentleman’s amendment com- tion of this resolution the Speaker shall, tion of the previous question used in the plied with all applicable Rules of the House pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare Floor Procedures Manual published by the for amendments to appropriations measures the House resolved into the Committee of Rules Committee in the 109th Congress, and would have been in order under an open the Whole House on the state of the Union (page 56). Here’s how the Rules Committee amendment process, but regrettably the for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3293) mak- described the rule using information form House Democratic leadership has dramati- ing appropriations for the Departments of Congressional Quarterly’s ‘‘American Con- cally and historically reduced the oppor- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- gressional Dictionary’’: ‘‘If the previous tunity for open debate on this Floor; and cation, and related agencies for the fiscal question is defeated, control of debate shifts Whereas the Speaker, Ms. Pelosi, the Dem- year ending September 30, 2010, and for other to the leading opposition member (usually ocrat leadership, and the chairman of the

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H8724 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 24, 2009 Committee on Appropriations, Mr. Obey, pre- So, Mr. Speaker, I would contend re- Boyd Hirono Perriello vented the House from voting on the amend- spectfully that the inability of Mem- Brady (PA) Hodes Peters Braley (IA) Holden Peterson ment by excluding it from the list of amend- bers to offer amendments is an indig- ments made in order under the rule for the Brown, Corrine Holt Pingree (ME) Butterfield Honda bill: Now, therefore, be it nity upon the House and makes it so Polis (CO) that Members are not able to exercise Capps Hoyer Pomeroy Resolved, That H. Res. 669, the rule to ac- Capuano Inslee their representative capacity. Price (NC) company H.R. 3288, be amended to allow the Cardoza Israel Quigley gentleman from Georgia’s amendment be And I appeal to the Chair to see the Carnahan Jackson (IL) Rahall considered and voted on in the House. light of day and allow this privileged Carney Jackson-Lee Rangel The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the Carson (IN) (TX) Reyes resolution to move forward. Castor (FL) Johnson, E. B. gentleman from Georgia wish to Richardson The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chandler Kagen Rodriguez present an argument on why the reso- Chair is prepared to rule. Chu Kanjorski Ross Clarke Kaptur lution qualifies as privileged? In evaluating the resolution offered Rothman (NJ) Clay Kennedy Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I do, Mr. Roybal-Allard by the gentleman from Georgia under Cleaver Kildee Ruppersberger Speaker. Clyburn Kilpatrick (MI) the standards of rule IX, the Chair Rush The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Cohen Kilroy must be mindful of a fundamental prin- Ryan (OH) tleman from Georgia may proceed. Connolly (VA) Kind ciple illuminated by annotations of Conyers Kirkpatrick (AZ) Salazar Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, ´ precedent in section 706 of the House Cooper Kissell Sanchez, Linda this House operates under rules, or it’s Rules and Manual, to wit: that a ques- Costa Klein (FL) T. supposed to operate under rules, rules Sanchez, Loretta tion of the privileges of the House may Costello Kucinich that have been longstanding in the Courtney Langevin Sarbanes not be invoked to prescribe a special Schakowsky House and that are incorporated in Crowley Larsen (WA) order of business for the House. Cuellar Larson (CT) Schauer written form. And rule IX of those Schiff The Chair finds that the resolution Cummings Lee (CA) rules of the House states specifically, Davis (AL) Levin Schrader offered by the gentleman from Georgia, Members may raise questions ‘‘affect- Davis (CA) Lewis (GA) Schwartz by proposing directly to amend House Davis (TN) Lipinski Scott (GA) ing the rights of the House collec- Resolution 669, prescribes a special DeFazio Loebsack Scott (VA) tively, its safety, dignity, and the in- order of business. Under a long and DeGette Lofgren, Zoe Serrano tegrity of its proceedings’’ and those Delahunt Lowey Sestak affecting the rights of Members indi- well-settled line of precedent presently DeLauro Luja´ n Shea-Porter Sherman vidually in their representative capac- culminating in several rulings during Dicks Lynch this first session of the 111th Congress, Dingell Maffei Simpson ity. Doggett Maloney Sires So the question is, Mr. Speaker, what such a resolution cannot qualify as a Donnelly (IN) Markey (CO) Skelton is more fundamental to the rights of question of the privileges of the House. Doyle Markey (MA) Slaughter the Members of this House than the The Chair, therefore, holds that the Driehaus Marshall Smith (WA) resolution is not privileged under rule Edwards (MD) Massa Snyder ability to represent their constituents Edwards (TX) Matheson Space and to affect the legislation that’s IX for consideration ahead of other Ellison Matsui Speier brought to the floor? business. Instead, the resolution may Ellsworth McCollum Spratt be submitted through the hopper in the Engel McDermott Stark The Democrat majority, under Eshoo McIntyre regular course. Stupak Speaker PELOSI, has unilaterally— Etheridge McMahon Tanner some would say brazenly, some would Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I Farr Meek (FL) Teague say repressively—ended a 220-year tra- appeal the ruling of the Chair. Fattah Meeks (NY) Thompson (CA) Filner Melancon Thompson (MS) dition of allowing any Member to allow The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Foster Michaud Tierney question is, Shall the decision of the Frank (MA) Miller (NC) a spending bill. Titus Fudge Miller, George Chair stand as the judgment of the Tonko b 1045 Giffords Mitchell House? Towns Gonzalez Mollohan The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Tsongas MOTION TO TABLE Gordon (TN) Moore (KS) Chair must remind the gentleman that Grayson Moore (WI) Van Hollen Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. ´ his remarks must be confined to the Green, Al Moran (VA) Velazquez Speaker, I move to table the appeal of Visclosky question of order, to wit: why the reso- Green, Gene Murphy (CT) the ruling of the Chair. Griffith Murphy, Patrick Walz lution has precedence over other ques- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Grijalva Murtha Wasserman tions under rule IX. Schultz question is on the motion to table. Gutierrez Nadler (NY) Mr. PRICE of Georgia. And that’s Hall (NY) Napolitano Waters The question was taken; and the Halvorson Neal (MA) Watson precisely what I’m attempting to do, Watt Mr. Speaker. Speaker pro tempore announced that Hare Oberstar the ayes appeared to have it. Harman Obey Waxman When my constituents sent me here Hastings (FL) Olver Weiner to Congress, they didn’t send me here Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Heinrich Ortiz Welch to just push buttons. What they sent on that I demand the yeas and nays. Herseth Sandlin Pallone Wexler The yeas and nays were ordered. Higgins Pascrell Wilson (OH) me here to do was to exercise every Himes Pastor (AZ) Woolsey single ability that a Member of the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Hinchey Payne Wu House is granted. And one of the abili- ant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, Hinojosa Perlmutter Yarmuth ties that the Member of the House is this 15-minute vote on the motion to NAYS—182 lay the appeal on the table will be fol- granted is the opportunity to affect Aderholt Brown-Waite, Davis (KY) legislation. lowed by 5-minute votes on: Akin Ginny Deal (GA) And under rule IX, which states, Mr. Ordering the previous question on Alexander Buchanan Dent Speaker, that the proceedings should House Resolution 673; adopting House Austria Burgess Diaz-Balart, L. Resolution 673, if ordered; suspending Bachmann Burton (IN) Diaz-Balart, M. not affect the rights of the Members in- Bachus Buyer Dreier dividually in their Representative ca- the rules on House Resolution 538, Bartlett Calvert Duncan pacity, so if being denied the ability to House Resolution 285, and House Reso- Barton (TX) Camp Ehlers lution 519, if ordered. Biggert Campbell Emerson offer an amendment doesn’t affect the Bilbray Cantor Fallin rights of this House, if it doesn’t affect The vote was taken by electronic de- Bilirakis Cao Flake the dignity and integrity of its pro- vice, and there were—yeas 238, nays Blackburn Capito Fleming ceedings, if it doesn’t affect my rights 182, not voting 13, as follows: Blunt Carter Forbes Boehner Cassidy Fortenberry as a Representative, then I don’t know [Roll No. 638] Bonner Castle Foxx what does, Mr. Speaker. YEAS—238 Bono Mack Chaffetz Franks (AZ) Boozman Childers Frelinghuysen I don’t know what does. If Members Abercrombie Baird Berry Boren Coble Gallegly are not allowed to offer amendments, Ackerman Baldwin Bishop (GA) Boustany Coffman (CO) Garrett (NJ) Adler (NJ) Barrow Bishop (NY) then the Member, him or herself, is un- Brady (TX) Cole Gerlach Altmire Bean Blumenauer able to represent their constituents Bright Conaway Gingrey (GA) Andrews Becerra Boccieri Broun (GA) Crenshaw Gohmert and consequently is disenfranchising Arcuri Berkley Boswell Brown (SC) Culberson Goodlatte every single American. Baca Berman Boucher

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8725 Graves Manzullo Rogers (MI) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Quigley Scott (GA) Tierney Guthrie Marchant Rohrabacher PRO TEMPORE Rahall Scott (VA) Titus Hall (TX) McCarthy (CA) Rooney Rangel Serrano Tonko Harper McCaul Ros-Lehtinen The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Reyes Sestak Towns Hastings (WA) McClintock Roskam objection, 5-minute voting will con- Richardson Shea-Porter Tsongas Heller McCotter Royce Rodriguez Sherman tinue. Van Hollen Hensarling McHenry Ryan (WI) Ross Sires Visclosky Herger McHugh Scalise There was no objection. Rothman (NJ) Skelton Walz Hill McKeon Roybal-Allard Slaughter Schmidt Wasserman Hoekstra McMorris Ruppersberger Smith (WA) Schock f Schultz Hunter Rodgers Rush Snyder Sensenbrenner Waters Inglis McNerney Ryan (OH) Space Sessions PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Watson Issa Mica Shadegg Salazar Speier Jenkins Miller (FL) OF H.R. 3293, DEPARTMENTS OF Sa´ nchez, Linda Spratt Watt Shimkus Waxman Johnson (IL) Miller (MI) Shuler LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN T. Stark Johnson, Sam Miller, Gary Weiner Shuster SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND Sanchez, Loretta Stupak Jones Minnick Sarbanes Sutton Welch Smith (NE) Jordan (OH) Moran (KS) RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- Schakowsky Tanner Wexler Smith (NJ) King (IA) Murphy, Tim TIONS ACT, 2010 Schauer Taylor Wilson (OH) Smith (TX) King (NY) Myrick Schiff Teague Woolsey Souder Kingston Neugebauer The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Schrader Thompson (CA) Wu Stearns Kirk Nunes finished business is the vote on order- Schwartz Thompson (MS) Yarmuth Sullivan Kline (MN) Nye ing the previous question on House Kosmas Olson Taylor NAYS—181 Kratovil Paulsen Terry Resolution 673, on which the yeas and Thompson (PA) nays were ordered. Aderholt Frelinghuysen Murphy, Tim Lamborn Pence Akin Gallegly Myrick Lance Petri Thornberry The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Tiahrt Alexander Garrett (NJ) Neugebauer Latham Pitts Austria Gerlach Tiberi tion. Nunes LaTourette Platts Bachmann Gingrey (GA) Turner The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Nye Latta Poe (TX) Bachus Gohmert Upton Olson Lee (NY) Posey question is on ordering the previous Bartlett Goodlatte Walden Paulsen Lewis (CA) Price (GA) question. Barton (TX) Graves Wamp Pence Linder Putnam Biggert Guthrie LoBiondo Radanovich Westmoreland This will be a 5-minute vote. Perriello The vote was taken by electronic de- Bilbray Hall (TX) Petri Lucas Rehberg Whitfield Bilirakis Harper Pitts Luetkemeyer Reichert Wilson (SC) vice, and there were—yeas 239, nays Bishop (NY) Hastings (WA) Platts Lungren, Daniel Roe (TN) Wittman Blackburn Heller 181, not voting 13, as follows: Poe (TX) E. Rogers (AL) Wolf Blunt Hensarling [Roll No. 639] Posey Mack Rogers (KY) Young (AK) Boehner Herger YEAS—239 Bonner Hill Price (GA) NOT VOTING—13 Putnam Abercrombie Dingell Kissell Bono Mack Hunter Barrett (SC) Johnson (GA) Paul Radanovich Ackerman Doggett Klein (FL) Boozman Inglis Bishop (UT) Lummis Rehberg Sutton Adler (NJ) Donnelly (IN) Kosmas Boustany Issa Dahlkemper McCarthy (NY) Reichert Young (FL) Altmire Doyle Kucinich Brady (TX) Jenkins Davis (IL) McGovern Roe (TN) Andrews Driehaus Langevin Broun (GA) Johnson (IL) Granger Murphy (NY) Rogers (AL) Arcuri Edwards (MD) Larsen (WA) Brown (SC) Johnson, Sam Rogers (KY) Baca Edwards (TX) Larson (CT) Brown-Waite, Jones ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Rogers (MI) Baird Ellison Lee (CA) Ginny Jordan (OH) The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Baldwin Engel Levin Buchanan King (IA) Rohrabacher Barrow Eshoo Lewis (GA) Burgess King (NY) Rooney the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Burton (IN) Kingston Ros-Lehtinen ing in this vote. Bean Etheridge Lipinski Becerra Farr Loebsack Buyer Kirk Roskam Berkley Fattah Lowey Calvert Kline (MN) Royce Camp Kratovil Ryan (WI) b 1113 Berman Filner Luja´ n Berry Foster Lynch Campbell Lamborn Scalise Messrs. POSEY, GUTHRIE, CARTER, Bishop (GA) Frank (MA) Maffei Cantor Lance Schmidt Cao Latham Schock HOEKSTRA, KRATOVIL, HILL and Blumenauer Fudge Maloney Boccieri Giffords Markey (CO) Capito LaTourette Sensenbrenner BOREN changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ Boren Gonzalez Markey (MA) Carter Latta Sessions to ‘‘nay.’’ Boswell Gordon (TN) Marshall Cassidy Lee (NY) Shadegg Castle Lewis (CA) Mrs. HALVORSON and Messrs. Boucher Grayson Massa Shimkus Boyd Green, Al Matheson Chaffetz Linder Shuler LARSON of Connecticut and FOSTER Brady (PA) Green, Gene Matsui Childers LoBiondo Shuster changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to Braley (IA) Griffith McCollum Coble Lucas Simpson Coffman (CO) Luetkemeyer Bright Grijalva McDermott Smith (NE) ‘‘yea.’’ Cole Lummis Brown, Corrine Gutierrez McGovern Smith (NJ) Conaway Lungren, Daniel So the motion to table was agreed to. Butterfield Hall (NY) McIntyre Smith (TX) Crenshaw E. The result of the vote was announced Capps Halvorson McMahon Souder Culberson Mack Capuano Hare McNerney Stearns as above recorded. Davis (KY) Manzullo Cardoza Harman Meek (FL) Sullivan A motion to reconsider was laid on Carnahan Hastings (FL) Meeks (NY) Deal (GA) Marchant Dent McCarthy (CA) Terry the table. Carney Heinrich Michaud Thompson (PA) Carson (IN) Herseth Sandlin Miller (NC) Diaz-Balart, L. McCaul Stated against: Diaz-Balart, M. McClintock Thornberry Castor (FL) Higgins Miller, George Tiahrt Ms. LUMMIS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Chandler Himes Mollohan Dreier McCotter Duncan McKeon Tiberi 638, I was in a House Budget Committee Chu Hinchey Moore (KS) Turner Clarke Hinojosa Moore (WI) Ehlers McMorris hearing questioning Interior Secretary Salazar. Ellsworth Rodgers Upton Clay Hirono Moran (VA) Walden Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ Cleaver Hodes Murphy (CT) Emerson Melancon Wamp Clyburn Hoekstra Murphy, Patrick Fallin Mica Westmoreland Cohen Holden Murtha Flake Miller (FL) f Whitfield Connolly (VA) Holt Nadler (NY) Fleming Miller (MI) Wilson (SC) Conyers Honda Napolitano Forbes Miller, Gary Wittman Cooper Hoyer Neal (MA) Fortenberry Minnick MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY Foxx Mitchell Wolf OF OFFICER JACOB B. CHESTNUT Costa Inslee Oberstar Costello Israel Obey Franks (AZ) Moran (KS) Young (AK) AND DETECTIVE JOHN M. GIB- Courtney Jackson (IL) Olver NOT VOTING—13 SON Crowley Jackson-Lee Ortiz Cuellar (TX) Pallone Barrett (SC) Lofgren, Zoe Paul The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. STU- Cummings Johnson, E. B. Pascrell Bishop (UT) McCarthy (NY) Vela´ zquez PAK). Pursuant to the Chair’s an- Davis (AL) Kagen Pastor (AZ) Dahlkemper McHenry Young (FL) nouncement of earlier today, the House Davis (CA) Kanjorski Payne Granger McHugh Davis (IL) Kaptur Perlmutter Johnson (GA) Murphy (NY) will now observe a moment of silence Davis (TN) Kennedy Peters in memory of Officer Jacob J. Chestnut DeFazio Kildee Peterson ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE and Detective John M. Gibson. DeGette Kilpatrick (MI) Pingree (ME) The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Delahunt Kilroy Polis (CO) Will all present please rise for a mo- DeLauro Kind Pomeroy the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- ment of silence. Dicks Kirkpatrick (AZ) Price (NC) ing in this vote.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H8726 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 24, 2009 b 1121 Wasserman Waxman Woolsey The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Schultz Weiner Wu tion. So the previous question was ordered. Waters Welch Yarmuth The result of the vote was announced Watson Wexler The SPEAKER pro tempore. The as above recorded. Watt Wilson (OH) question is on the motion offered by The SPEAKER pro tempore. The NAYS—187 the gentleman from Florida (Mr. KLEIN) that the House suspend the question is on the resolution. Aderholt Franks (AZ) Mitchell The question was taken; and the Akin Frelinghuysen Moran (KS) rules and agree to the resolution, H. Speaker pro tempore announced that Alexander Gallegly Murphy, Tim Res. 538, as amended. Austria Garrett (NJ) Myrick The question was taken; and (two- the ayes appeared to have it. Bachmann Gerlach Neugebauer thirds being in the affirmative) the Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, on that Bachus Gingrey (GA) Nunes I demand the yeas and nays. Bartlett Gohmert Nye rules were suspended and the resolu- Barton (TX) Goodlatte The yeas and nays were ordered. Olson tion, as amended, was agreed to. Biggert Graves Paulsen The title was amended so as to read: The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Bilbray Guthrie Pence Bilirakis Hall (TX) ‘‘Resolution supporting Olympic Day will be a 5-minute vote. Perriello Bishop (NY) Harper Petri and encouraging the International The vote was taken by electronic de- Blackburn Hastings (WA) Pitts Olympic Committee to select Chicago, vice, and there were—yeas 232, nays Blunt Heller Platts 187, not voting 14, as follows: Boccieri Hensarling Illinois, as the host city for the 2016 Boehner Herger Poe (TX) Olympic and Paralympic Games.’’. [Roll No. 640] Bonner Herseth Sandlin Posey A motion to reconsider was laid on YEAS—232 Bono Mack Hill Price (GA) Boozman Hoekstra Putnam the table. Abercrombie Gordon (TN) Moore (KS) Boustany Hunter Radanovich Ackerman Grayson f Moore (WI) Brady (TX) Inglis Rehberg Adler (NJ) Green, Al Moran (VA) Bright Issa Reichert Altmire Green, Gene CONGRATULATING LITHUANIA ON Murphy (CT) Broun (GA) Jenkins Roe (TN) Andrews Griffith 1,000TH ANNIVERSARY Murphy, Patrick Brown (SC) Johnson (IL) Rogers (AL) Arcuri Grijalva Murtha Brown-Waite, Johnson, Sam Rogers (KY) Baca Gutierrez The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Nadler (NY) Ginny Jones Rogers (MI) Baird Hall (NY) finished business is the question on Napolitano Buchanan Jordan (OH) Rohrabacher Baldwin Halvorson Neal (MA) Burgess King (IA) Rooney suspending the rules and agreeing to Barrow Hare Oberstar Burton (IN) King (NY) Ros-Lehtinen the resolution, H. Res. 285. Bean Harman Obey Buyer Kingston Roskam Becerra Hastings (FL) Olver The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Calvert Kirk Royce Berkley Heinrich Ortiz Camp Kline (MN) Ryan (WI) tion. Berman Higgins Pallone Campbell Kratovil The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Berry Himes Scalise Pascrell Cantor Lamborn Bishop (GA) Hinchey Schmidt question is on the motion offered by Pastor (AZ) Cao Lance Blumenauer Hinojosa Schock the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Payne Capito Latham Boren Hirono Sensenbrenner Perlmutter Carter LaTourette KLEIN) that the House suspend the Boswell Hodes Sessions Peters Cassidy Latta rules and agree to the resolution, H. Boucher Holden Shadegg Peterson Castle Lee (NY) Boyd Holt Shimkus Res. 285. Pingree (ME) Chaffetz Lewis (CA) Brady (PA) Honda Shuler Polis (CO) Childers Linder The question was taken; and (two- Braley (IA) Hoyer Shuster Pomeroy Coble LoBiondo thirds being in the affirmative) the Brown, Corrine Inslee Simpson Price (NC) Coffman (CO) Lucas Butterfield Israel Smith (NE) rules were suspended and the resolu- Quigley Cole Luetkemeyer Capps Jackson (IL) Smith (NJ) tion was agreed to. Rahall Conaway Lummis Capuano Jackson-Lee Smith (TX) Reyes Crenshaw Lungren, Daniel A motion to reconsider was laid on Cardoza (TX) Souder Richardson Culberson E. the table. Carnahan Johnson (GA) Stearns Rodriguez Davis (KY) Mack Carney Johnson, E. B. Ross Deal (GA) Manzullo Sullivan f Carson (IN) Kagen Rothman (NJ) Dent Marchant Terry Castor (FL) Kanjorski Roybal-Allard Diaz-Balart, L. McCarthy (CA) Thompson (PA) EXPRESSING APPRECIATION OF Chandler Kaptur Ruppersberger Diaz-Balart, M. McCaul Thornberry CANADIAN FRIENDSHIP AND CO- Chu Kennedy Rush Dreier McClintock Tiahrt Clarke Kildee OPERATION Ryan (OH) Driehaus McCotter Tiberi Clay Kilpatrick (MI) Salazar Duncan McHenry Turner The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Cleaver Kilroy ´ Sanchez, Linda Ehlers McKeon Upton Cohen Kind finished business is the question on T. Ellsworth McMorris Walden Connolly (VA) Kirkpatrick (AZ) Sanchez, Loretta Emerson Rodgers Wamp suspending the rules and agreeing to Conyers Kissell Sarbanes Fallin Melancon Westmoreland the resolution, H. Res. 519. Cooper Klein (FL) Schakowsky Flake Mica Whitfield Costa Kosmas The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Schauer Fleming Miller (FL) Wilson (SC) Costello Kucinich tion. Schiff Forbes Miller (MI) Wittman Courtney Langevin Schrader Fortenberry Miller, Gary Wolf The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Crowley Larsen (WA) Schwartz Foxx Minnick Young (AK) question is on the motion offered by Cuellar Larson (CT) Scott (GA) Cummings Lee (CA) Scott (VA) NOT VOTING—14 the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Davis (AL) Levin Serrano KLEIN) that the House suspend the Barrett (SC) McCarthy (NY) Rangel Davis (CA) Lewis (GA) Sestak Bishop (UT) McDermott rules and agree to the resolution, H. Davis (IL) Lipinski Shea-Porter Stark Clyburn McHugh Davis (TN) Loebsack Sherman Tsongas Res. 519. Dahlkemper Murphy (NY) DeFazio Lofgren, Zoe Sires Young (FL) The question was taken; and (two- Granger Paul DeGette Lowey Skelton thirds being in the affirmative) the Delahunt Luja´ n Slaughter rules were suspended and the resolu- DeLauro Lynch Smith (WA) b 1128 tion was agreed to. Dicks Maffei Snyder So the resolution was agreed to. Dingell Maloney Space A motion to reconsider was laid on Doggett Markey (CO) Speier The result of the vote was announced the table. Donnelly (IN) Markey (MA) Spratt as above recorded. Doyle Marshall Stupak A motion to reconsider was laid on f Edwards (MD) Massa Sutton Edwards (TX) Matheson Tanner the table. GENERAL LEAVE Ellison Matsui Taylor Engel McCollum Teague f Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- Eshoo McGovern Thompson (CA) mous consent that all Members may Etheridge McIntyre Thompson (MS) ENCOURAGING SELECTION OF CHI- have 5 legislative days within which to Farr McMahon Tierney CAGO AS THE 2016 OLYMPIC revise and extend their remarks and in- Fattah McNerney Titus HOST CITY Filner Meek (FL) Tonko clude tabular and extraneous material Foster Meeks (NY) Towns The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- on H.R. 3293. Frank (MA) Michaud Van Hollen finished business is the question on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Fudge Miller (NC) Vela´ zquez Giffords Miller, George Visclosky suspending the rules and agreeing to objection to the request of the gen- Gonzalez Mollohan Walz the resolution, H. Res. 538, as amended. tleman from Wisconsin?

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Instead of being able to perform time that those arguments were mere And what do we have to show for that my duties as a ranking member as I’ve fig leaves, and over the past few weeks, exercise? Unemployment has hit 9.5 done in the past, my role requires that the evidence has become crystal clear. percent nationwide and is expected to I protest the way debate is suppressed We were told that we had to finish rise above 10 percent. Some States are on this bill. It is necessary, but not our work quickly, so time agreements already well over 10 percent unemploy- something that I relish. were essential. Next, we were told that ment. If this is recovery, then it is a Usually the role of the ranking mem- we had done nothing to limit our ‘‘jobless recovery.’’ Well, who does that ber on the Appropriations Committee, amendments. Strangely, when we were help? as well as the authorizing committees, in the majority, we didn’t limit amend- We have massive amounts of money is to present the views of the minority ments to appropriations bills. Why? Be- spent on programs, many funded by the and to work with the majority in cause we believed then, as we do now, agencies in this bill that are maybe crafting a bill that combines the best that Members have not only the right, good in the long term but have abso- ideas of both sides of the aisle. We do but the constitutional responsibility, lutely nothing to do with bringing this this through the amendment process. to represent their constituents. country out of the economic crisis As the ranking member, I have not al- Even so, while we were stating our we’re facing today. What it did do is ways agreed with what my colleagues continued concern about the restric- create a mountain of spending that will on the other side of the aisle have pro- tive rules by which we have been forced hit next year and create the cliff effect. posed, but I always defended their right to abide for this bill, we reached out in At the time, the President and the to offer their amendments. good faith. Instead of offering upwards Democrats in the majority claimed Mr. Chairman, I do want to thank towards 50 amendments, House Repub- this was one-time spending that would Chairman OBEY for reaching out to me licans, in good faith, limited the drop off after 2011. I’d like to believe during the drafting of this bill. He is a amendments request. This year, there that’s true, because if it isn’t, this bill passionate advocate for many of the were fewer Republican amendments of- will cost about $220 billion, or $60 bil- programs funded in this bill, and he has fered on this very substantial bill than lion above where we are today, which is clearly put a great deal of thought into were offered under an open rule just a about a 40 percent increase. this bill before us. I also want to credit few years ago. I suppose that would be okay if we him for trying to put together a bill Republicans offered 12—only 12— had an extra $60 billion laying around that Members could support by includ- amendments. Did some of those amend- in the Treasury, although I’d prefer to ing many national priorities; yet, due ments pose potentially difficult votes give it back to those who worked so to the wholly unsustainable allocation for Democrats? I guess so. hard to earn it. But the fact is, we do on top of an already unsustainable al- We had an amendment by Mr. not have this money. It is borrowed. It location in the stimulus bill for these CARTER and Mr. BURTON, which would is borrowed from the American people. agencies, we could not agree on the have been in order under an open rule, It is borrowed from their future earn- final product. to prohibit the Democrats from killing I also want to thank the staff for ings, and it is borrowed from foreign the largest student loan program in op- their dedication to this important bill, governments like China. eration today. Is it permitted to be of- Next week we will consider the on the majority side, Cheryl Smith, health reform bill that looks like it’s Susan Quantius, Nicole Kunko, Ste- fered today? No. We had an amendment by Mr. LEWIS, phen Steigleder, Albert Lee, Mike going to cost well over $1 trillion, and the ranking Republican of the Appro- Gentilly, Amy Battaglia and Devon it is full of provisions that instruct the priations Committee, again in order Klein; on my side, Stephanie Myers, Congressional Budget Office to over- under the standing rules of the House if Steve Crane, of course AmyClaire look the spending. we were operating under the proce- We had a budget submitted to us by Brusch from my personal office staff. One of the most important duties of dures that allowed the American peo- the White House this year that, for the this House, as directed by article I, sec- ple full representation. The amend- first time, exceeded $3.5 billion in total tion 9 of the Constitution, is to deter- ment would have prohibited the Sec- spending. The White House is appar- mine the financial obligations of the retary of Health and Human Services ently so worried about letting the Federal Government, the power of the from starting a government-run health American people know how much of purse, as we say. This is, indeed, what insurance plan. The amendment was their money is being spent that they we are here to do today, with the ruled by the Parliamentarians to be have delayed the traditional midyear Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations permissible under the standing House budget review, which is expected to bill. Yet instead of being able to have a rules. Is Mr. LEWIS going to offer his show a historic deficit. It’s delayed healthy discussion, as the Founders in- amendment today? No. Why not? The until next month when Congress has tended with this representative body, Democrats don’t want to vote on so- left Washington and while many Amer- Members, both Republican and Demo- cialized medicine, probably because icans are on vacation—well, those that crat, I note, are shut out of the process their leadership and their constituents can afford it this year, anyway. and only permitted to speak for a short don’t agree how they should vote. I want to make clear to the Amer- time without the ability to offer alter- As ranking Republican on this sub- ican people what exactly we are voting natives. committee, I had an amendment that on here today. It’s $163 billion in dis- Several of my colleagues and I sub- would have done nothing other than cretionary allocation and an $11 billion mitted amendments to the Rules Com- codify the nonbinding language the increase from fiscal year 2009, but that mittee for consideration on the floor majority included in the so-called is about a 7 percent increase. But the today. I think they are substantive stimulus bill with respect to using true cost to the American taxpayer has amendments that deal with the public comparative effectiveness research as to include the $126 billion that was al- policy issues our constituents sent us an excuse to ration health care. Was I located for those agencies in the stim- here to debate. Even though they met permitted to offer it? No. ulus act. So, in reality, these agencies the requirements for consideration on As I travel through the State of Kan- have grown by $135.3 billion, or a 93 an appropriations act, the Democrat sas and talk to the people who sent me percent increase over 2 years, 93 per- leadership decided to report a gag rule here, it is clear that most Kansans, and cent. that severely limits our ability to offer I think most Americans, are wondering My colleagues and I were prepared, as them. if this Congress and this administra- is historically done in this body, to When we first started down this road tion understand the long-term rami- offer amendments to hold the spending to ruin with respect to the autocratic fications of the massive spending spree to levels we can afford, even move from

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First and foremost, though the jobs to enhance the growth in our econ- provide benefits to seriously ill individ- distinguished chairman has told us in omy that does not strangle the already uals, and that the EEOICPA Ombuds- committee that this bill has nothing to faltering economy. Most importantly, man’s Office continues to have the re- do with the health care reform bill the any health care plan should offer sources it needs to maintain its impor- Democrat majority is crafting, the Americans freedom through expanded tant oversight responsibilities over committee report for this bill that access and increased quality. this program. they are crafting includes language My colleagues and I tried to offer Mr. OBEY. I thank both gentlemen that tells a different story. amendments today that would have for your efforts on this issue. The com- It acknowledges that this bill is set- prevented the Department of Health mittee will work with the gentlemen, ting the foundation for the implemen- and Human Services from using our tax the Department of Labor, and OMB, to tation of health care reform, and it dollars to implement policies that ensure that this program continues to also acknowledges the stimulus does, would ration care, that would have pre- help deserving beneficiaries, and that as I argued then, ‘‘the committee con- vented a burden on small businesses the Ombudsman’s Office continues to tinues the investments begun in the and threaten jobs, that would have pre- have the resources it needs to properly Recovery Act to expand the capacity of vented an advisory board accountable fulfill its oversight duties. the health care system to handle the to no one that determines health care I reserve the balance of my time. increased demand that will come from payment policies, or that would have Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Chairman, I would health care reform.’’ prevented Americans from being forced like to yield 2 minutes to the gen- tleman from Michigan, a member of b 1145 into a public plan instead of their pri- vate insurance. the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. So, indeed, it is important for us to These are extremely important pro- CAMP. talk about health care reform pro- tections that HHS is already moving Mr. CAMP. Mr. Chairman, I intend to posals, how they will impact these towards doing, and more, with the vote against this bill, but I want to agencies and, more importantly, how stimulus funds as well as expected recognize and highlight one section, they will impact the American people. funds for next year. I assure the chair- and that is ensuring workers continue I do not think that there is a Member man and his leadership that our intent to get promised regular and extended of this body who denies the importance is not to be obstructionists, or to be unemployment benefits and States are of reforming our health care system. dilatory. However we believe it is im- able to keep paying those benefits. We have serious problems with regard portant to preserve the integrity of Let’s be clear why this provision is to cost and access and rationing, even this body and have a full and open dis- necessary. The Democrats’ economic to a point where choice and quality cussion on the funding levels in this policy has resulted in record job loss, will also be threatened. bill. record deficits and none of the job cre- My biggest concern with the Demo- Therefore, it was important for me to ation they promised. But American crat proposals as intended is the ra- take time to explain at length to the workers should not pay for the mis- tioning of health care. The Obama ad- American people why there is scant de- takes and failures of the Democrats’ ministration has begun to set the bate on this bill. We are not being si- so-called stimulus bill. framework for rationing health care lent. We’re simply being gagged. In Just yesterday we reached yet an- with comparative effectiveness re- closing, I believe there is a better way other record in the number of Amer- search. Who is going to be affected to provide services included in this bill. ican workers collecting unemployment most by this rationing and by using I believe there are commonsense ways checks instead of paychecks, and the comparative effectiveness to do so. Un- to provide health care to all Americans Nation’s unemployment rate is headed fortunately, it is those with the most without rationing and without the cost quickly to 10 percent and is already to lose. Though they deny this program of Americans losing their jobs. There’s above 15 percent in my home State of is intended to make coverage decisions a way that increases access and keeps Michigan. based on cost, the government already patients and doctors in control in Mr. Chairman, Americans can surely does in Medicare and Medicaid and in health care. And I believe there’s a way see the record unemployment, but they TRICARE. to rebuild our economy without bor- cannot see where the jobs are. The Forcing us into a public plan that ra- rowing money to do it. President and administration officials tions health care is not what the Amer- But today we won’t have access to recently suggested their stimulus plan ican people want. What they need and these solutions. That debate, those is working as intended and helping the want is medical decisions made by pa- votes were prevented by the majority. economy recover. Well, it’s not. The tients and their physicians, not Because of that, the American people bill before us proves that. As the chart unelected government bureaucrats. will suffer. next to me shows, since President Congressional Democrats are actively I reserve the balance of my time. Obama was sworn into office, the Na- campaigning for a nationalized health Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise to tion’s public debt and unemployment care proposal that includes more than enter into a colloquy with the gen- combined, the Obama Misery Index, $800 billion in new tax increases. It’s tleman from Colorado and yield to Mr. has risen by a shocking 40 percent, and estimated that this plan will result in POLIS. that’s before literally trillions of dol- 4.7 million workers losing their jobs as Mr. POLIS. I want to thank the lars in additional spending under the a result of tax hikes on business. chairman for his committee’s work on Democrats’ stimulus, energy and Under the President’s government- this bill and, in particular, his atten- health plans, and whatever higher un- run health care plan, businesses will tion to the Energy Employees Occupa- employment lies ahead. face further operating costs, jobs will tional Illness Compensation Program. The bill reflects the continued failure be cut and, worst of all, Americans will This bill provides the necessary re- of their economic policy to save or cre- be left with fewer choices and lower- sources to better serve seriously ill ate millions of jobs they promised quality health care. Having seen the former nuclear energy workers, and we would flow quickly from their stimulus failed results of the administration’s appreciate the committee’s work to bill. Mr. Chairman, Republicans offered so-called economic stimulus plan, the make that happen. We hope that this a plan that would have provided twice last thing Americans need is to have program will expand in the coming the jobs at half the cost. It was dis- Democrat leaders nationalizing our year and will serve more former nu- appointing when it was rejected earlier health care system. clear energy workers in the process. this year, and the bill before us, in

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And it took a total of 14 hours weary of the arm-twisting and of the allowed or not included, I can only over 2 days to complete our work. overly partisan instructions to oppose hope that this bill comes back from the Today, only five amendments have every Republican amendment offered Senate improved. Mr. Chairman, we been made in order, and we will con- in our full committee. I don’t know if or when our com- must help those who need help. But it veniently complete our work in time mittee will ever return to the old days, would be nice if the Congress would for a late lunch. but I do know that, when the history of provide them a job, not another unem- Until today, every single floor the fiscal year 2010 budget process is ployment check. amendment allowed by the majority on written, it will be noted with a Barry Mr. OBEY. I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the every spending bill considered thus far, Bonds asterisk that these spending distinguished gentlewoman from New they have been limited to 10 minutes of bills were completed under an entirely York (Mrs. LOWEY). debate time. That is until now. Mem- Mrs. LOWEY. I want to thank Chair- bers on both sides of the aisle may be illegitimate process. The lesson learned is this: To this man OBEY and Ranking Member Tiahrt interested to know that the Rules majority leadership, the end is more and their staffs for their hard work in Committee has generously allotted 20 important than the means, and sadly, crafting this bill. Overall, this is an ex- minutes for the consideration of it will take any shortcut necessary to cellent bill which includes increases for amendments today, an amendment to win. critical programs such as Pell Grants, be offered by Chairman OBEY himself. Mr. OBEY. I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the NIH, family planning services, GEAR- Sadly, as other Members are shut out gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. UP, TRIO and after-school programs, of the process time and time again, KENNEDY). just to name a few. Chairman OBEY is an exception to the Mr. KENNEDY. Chairman OBEY, I Despite the positive provisions before rule. want to commend you for the very us, I’m disappointed that the bill elimi- By this time next week the House hard work that you put into this bill, nates the Safe and Drug Free School will have passed each of its annual which shows a strong commitment to and Communities State Grants. The spending bills. Every Member of this America’s children, seniors, families, community-based coalitions in White body knows that the majority leader- and others most in need. In particular, Plains, Ossining, Larchmont, Port ship has only been able to achieve its I want to thank you for increasing Chester and Ardsley, to name a few, goal by pursuing a distorted road map, funding for the NIH, CDC and are working tirelessly to reduce drug stifling any and all meaningful debate SAMHSA. and alcohol use among young people. I throughout the process. To me, it’s a When it comes to medical research, hope I can work with the chairman to legislative sleight of hand that obliter- this bill moves our Nation forward. It restore funding for this program as the ates the rights of every American and provides $500 million over the Presi- bill moves through the process. undermines the very institution we all dent’s budget for the National Insti- Despite this concern, the bill takes love. tutes of Health so the NIH can move us big steps towards addressing some of A few years ago, a very talented closer to the cures that we all wait for. our Nation’s most pressing challenges. baseball player, Barry Bonds, took a When it comes to public and prevent- I am proud to support it, and I encour- shortcut to break the home run record. ative health, this bill moves our Nation age my colleagues to do the same. This was a ball player with tremendous forward. It provides increases to health Mr. TIAHRT. I yield as much time as natural talent and great skills that, on professionals and to nursing education he may consume to the gentleman its own, could have achieved greatness. and to the very serious public health from California, the ranking member But because he took the easy way out, and national security crises posed by of the Appropriations Committee, Mr. he undermined his own credibility as the H1A1, avian flu. This bill prepares LEWIS. well as the magnitude of that record- us for that uncommon threat. Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Chair- breaking performance. Barry Bonds When it comes to mental health and man, as we begin the 11th of 12 appro- felt then, as the majority leadership substance abuse services, this bill priations bills, let me congratulate seems to feel today, that the end jus- moves us forward. In particular, Mr. DAVID OBEY, as well as Mr. TIAHRT, for tify the means. In the mind’s eye of the Chairman, I want to thank you for their very fine work together. They’re public, Barry Bonds’ achievement was funding a new initiative regarding the agreeing to disagree on many of the illegitimate, and as an asterisk was effects of the economic downturn on key issues here but, nonetheless, work placed next to his performance in the mental health, called the Community very positively at the subcommittee history books and even on the record- Resilience initiative. Through this level. breaking home run ball. Barry Bonds funding, we are going to be able to de- Mr. Chairman, the Labor-HHS spend- never recovered and, I fear, neither will sign a health program that meets our ing bill we will consider today is an ap- this committee or this Congress. public’s mental health resilience needs propriations bill that involves a very As this majority leadership continues at a time of economic downturn and of significant level of funding. By now we to add to the mountain of debt on a very strong public stress. all know how important it is to Chair- daily basis, it’s important that we re- In my State of Rhode Island, with 12 man OBEY to complete each of the mind the American people that each of percent unemployment and in a state spending bills by the end of July. It’s the spending bills are being completed of budget crisis, my people and our almost a badge of courage for him to go this year in much the same manner as country’s needs are much greater be- into the August recess saying, ‘‘I did Barry Bonds setting the home run cause of this pressure, not only on our my job; the House Appropriations Com- record. The majority leadership is tak- economy but on the public at large in mittee has completed its work.’’ ing shortcuts to pass these bills, an their personal lives. To some extent, I know how he feels. achievement they apparently could not For that, I want to thank you, Mr. On June 30, 2005, Mr. OBEY and I cele- attain within the rules. As a result, the Chairman, for these increases in fund- brated the passage of all of the fiscal Rules Committee has become to Chair- ing. year 2006 spending bills with our bipar- man OBEY what steroids became to Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Chairman, might I tisan staff just across the hall from the Barry Bonds, not a ticket to the Hall of inquire of how much time is left? House Chamber. And for the record, Fame, but merely the means to an end. The CHAIR. The gentleman from each of those spending bills was consid- I do not hold all of my friends of the Kansas has 8 minutes remaining. The ered on this floor under an open rule majority party responsible, for many of gentleman from Wisconsin has 25 min- with unlimited opportunity for Mem- them feel as strongly as I do about an utes remaining.

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I respectfully ask in the NIH will strengthen public friends on the other side had control of Members to support the Pence amend- health and health research, which are the House, had control of the Senate, ment which will be offered later on. critical to keeping America healthy. had control of the White House, had Mr. Chairman, no child is safe in a Families in Minnesota and across the control of the Supreme Court, had a Planned Parenthood clinic. That goes United States need this bill. I strongly chance to implement their health care equally for the preborn child who is support this bill, and I urge my col- policy, their energy policy and their yearning to be born as well as for the leagues to support it as well. overall economic policy. That’s the 15-year-old pregnant girl being told she Again, I want to commend Chairman world that we’re living in right now. is entitled to a secret abortion, an OBEY and his staff for their extraor- They had control of everything, and abortion procured with neither her par- dinary commitment to giving all of we’re trying to fix it. ents’ knowledge or consent. America’s children and families the op- The $1,100 increase in gas prices per Each year, with poison pills or by portunity to be healthy, secure and family over the course of the last 10 dismemberment, Planned Parenthood successful. years and the increase in health care, aborts more than 305,000 unborn chil- Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Chairman, I would going up 120-some percent over the last dren. That’s a quarter of all abortions like to yield 2 minutes to the gen- decade for small businesses—that’s a performed in America—a staggering tleman from Florida (Mr. CRENSHAW), tax. We’re trying to fix it. If we do loss of children’s lives that, years to who is also a member of the Appropria- nothing, gas prices are going to con- date, now exceeds over 5 million dead tions Committee. tinue to go up; energy costs are going babies all by just one organization. Mr. CRENSHAW. I thank the gen- to continue to go up; health care costs Planned Parenthood aggressively lob- tleman for yielding. are going to continue to go up. We are bies and litigates against every modest Mr. Chairman, as a member of this trying to rein this in, and we are trying restriction that has been proven to sig- committee, I certainly want to com- to fix it. I think this bill does a lot of nificantly reduce abortions. Planned mend Chairman OBEY and Ranking what we need to do. Parenthood lobbies and litigates Member TIAHRT for bringing this bill to This eliminates 28 programs; it cuts against women’s right-to-know laws, the floor today. $1.3 billion out of the bill; it funds com- waiting periods and parental involve- Like a lot of legislation, there are munity health clinics so that 17 mil- ment statutes, even though the latter some good things in this bill, and there lion patients can have some access to has been shown to reduce abortions are some things that are not so good. health care; it increases the Pell among teenage girls by between 19 and One of the best things, I believe, is the Grants since Democrats have had an 31 percent. Planned Parenthood lobbies money that we are appropriating to the opportunity to move in; there is a and litigates against prohibitions of National Institutes of Health, some $31 $1,500 increase, a 37 percent increase, in taxpayer funding for abortions even billion, which is about a 3 percent in- charter schools. though Planned Parenthood’s own re- crease over last year. I think the re- The CHAIR. The time of the gen- search shows that funding bans reduce search that they do is efficient. It’s tleman has expired. abortion by between 20 and 35 percent. cost-effective. They find cures for dis- Mr. OBEY. I yield the gentleman an Millions of children live today because ease. They help prevent disease. I think additional 30 seconds. public funds weren’t available to effec- we’d all agree that the money we spend Mr. RYAN of Ohio. There is $256 mil- tuate their demise. Yet Planned Par- today can save us billions of dollars to- lion for helping start up 1,300 new char- enthood aggressively seeks to compel morrow. ter schools; there are investments into taxpayer funding for abortion. One of the areas to which this money the NIH for cancer research. It is time, Mr. Chairman, to take a is going is the area called ‘‘inflam- These are the investments that we second look at Planned Parenthood. It matory bowel disease.’’ You don’t hear need to make. This is the situation is time to understand the irreparable much about it. It’s a terrible disease. It we’ve been given, and these are the harm Planned Parenthood is doing to affects about 1.5 million people in cards we’ve been dealt. I think this bill the children of America, both born and America today. About 10 percent of goes a long way in trying to clean up unborn. them are young people. We don’t know this mess. It’s not going to happen Mr. OBEY. I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the what causes it, and we don’t know how overnight. It took 10 years of Repub- distinguished gentlewoman from Min- to cure it, but the money that is part lican leadership to get us in the worst nesota (Ms. MCCOLLUM). of this NIH today is going to really economic situation we’ve been in since Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Chairman, I make some major breakthroughs be- the Great Depression. It’s going to would like to start by commending cause so little is known. take a few years for us to get out. The Chairman OBEY for his leadership and It is one of the most exciting areas in current system cannot continue. This for his crafting of a fiscally responsible scientific research, so it’s my hope, as bill, the energy bill and the health care bill that meets the needs of America’s this money continues to go to this reform are all opportunities for us to children, families, seniors, and commu- area, that one day we will be able to change the direction in which we’re nities we live in for today and tomor- find a cure and will be able to beat this going. row. terrible disease. Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Chairman, appar- This bill marks a new era in which Mr. OBEY. I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the ently, the gentleman from Ohio has Congress and the White House are distinguished gentleman from Ohio overlooked the fact that every spend- working in partnership to invest in the (Mr. RYAN). ing bill that has made it to the Presi- health, education, workforce training, Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I thank the gen- dent’s desk since 2007 has been origi- and success of all of our country’s citi- tleman. nated by the Democrat-controlled zens. I would like to highlight some of Mr. Chairman, there have been a lot House. So I would like to correct that. the investments that are most impor- of people saying: Why are we rushing? May I inquire as to how much time tant to my constituents in Minnesota. Why aren’t there more amendments? remains in this debate? The $5.1 billion included in LIHEAP Why isn’t there more debate? The CHAIR. The gentleman from ensures that more than 7 million low- We have an obligation to the Amer- Kansas has 41⁄2 minutes remaining. The income households will have the money ican people to get these budgets done. gentleman from Wisconsin has 211⁄2 they need to keep warm this winter. The fiscal year starts at the end of Oc- minutes remaining. The education increases in Head Start, tober, and we need to get our job done. Mr. TIAHRT. I will yield myself such IDEA, TRIO, and Pell Grants will help I want to commend Chairman OBEY time as I might consume. give our children a quality education for making sure that we are going to Mr. Chairman, sometimes there is and opportunities to attend and suc- get all of these House bills done before convenient memory loss about what

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So, to think that the eco- made about the process by which this is considerable bashing—in addition to nomic woes of today were imposed bill has come to the floor. bashing of the majority party of the upon the Democratic-controlled House Much has been made of the fact that House, we’ve heard considerable bash- by Republicans is a stretch of even the this bill did not come to the floor ing of President Obama. In terms of the wildest imagination. To assume that under an open rule. There is nothing bashing of the majority, we were told a the Republicans in the House con- really new about that. On at least 25 bit earlier by one of the speakers over trolled the Supreme Court at any time occasions during the Republican con- there that we had been partisan in the in the history of this country is a trol of this House, appropriation bills full committee and had rejected every stretch of the imagination. came to the floor without being under Republican amendment. That’s non- The bill before us today, when added an open rule. But I want to specifically sense. We accepted 57 Republican with the stimulus bill, is a 93 percent address the so-called ‘‘outrage’’ that amendments on all of the appropria- increase in spending. It’s a tremendous has occurred by our supposedly deny- tion bills that went through the com- amount of money, and it’s money that ing Republican amendments the right mittee this year. I hardly think that is not designed to bring jobs back to to get a vote. that is being partisan. America but merely to continue exist- Here are the facts: Republican Mem- I would also point out that the bail- ing programs and even to create new bers of the House offered 14 amend- out, which has been so roundly de- programs that have not gone through ments. They filed 14 amendments with nounced by several speakers today, the hearing process, the process of de- the Rules Committee. Four of those that bailout was originally proposed veloping, of changing and of molding amendments were not in order under and asked for by President Bush. It was these programs, so that they are fully the rules. A point of order could have voted down the first time in this productive for the American people, been lodged against all of them, so House. It was voted up the second time whether it’s in health care or in edu- they were out. Three more were on sub- after credit markets further collapsed. cation or in labor. jects that belong in the health care de- And both Mr. Obama and Mr. MCCAIN, So I think that it’s important for us bate or the health care reform debate, in an act of patriotism, rose above to realize that this bill has a lot of which is now working its way through their partisan and electoral interests money which is money we don’t have, the Congress. and supported Bush on that issue even excessive money, and it should have I think what happened is that some though it was unpopular. had the opportunity, through the Members on the other side of the aisle Enough said on that score. amendment process, to be brought mistook me for HENRY WAXMAN and I would also say that for those who back to levels that we can afford, to thought we were in the Energy and are screaming about the President’s levels that would not have imposed an Commerce Committee. Now, I don’t economic recovery efforts, the Presi- excessive amount of borrowing for the think I look like him. I don’t think dent has been in office a very few short American people, because that bor- HENRY would want to look like me. But months. The Recovery Act passed less rowing leads to requirements for not somehow there is confusion. than 5 months ago. It is designed to be only ourselves but for future Ameri- So our Republican friends have a 30-month program to try to limit to cans, who work hard for their money, brought a number of amendments, some degree the job loss in this econ- to then pay money for programs that three of them, to this bill on subjects omy. We were losing 700,000 jobs a have already existed in the past. such as forbidding us from having a month in the last 3 months of the Bush So, Mr. Chairman, I would say that public option in the health care reform administration. We’ve now seen that this process has been, I think, re- bill. That’s not under the jurisdiction job loss decline to about 400,000 jobs a stricted in an unnecessary fashion, and of this committee. All that would do is month. That’s not good enough in any- because of that, there are many people add to the confusion. So those amend- body’s eyes, but it is a whole lot better who will not be able to support this ments were rejected by the Rules Com- than was happening last year. And it’s legislation. mittee. going to take, frankly, a long time to I want to, once again, acknowledge Then our Republican friends offered repair the damage done by 8 years of that the chairman of the Appropria- another amendment which dealt with previous government policy. tions Committee has spent a lot of the issue of indirect student loans, So I would prefer to set those issues time and a lot of effort, and has looked whether that program should expire or aside. I don’t think it’s particularly deeply into the details of this bill. I not. That is an issue which was decided productive to engage in partisan bash- think that this bill is an encompass- by the Education and Labor Committee ing. ment of his passion for serving, and he earlier this week. It is an authoriza- I should correct one statement that I has done a very good job on the details tion. It’s not an appropriation issue. So made. I said that we accepted 57 and on the work that he has put into it’s decided on that bill. amendments in committee. We accept- this bill. I want to acknowledge that So that takes us from the Repub- ed 57 amendments in committee and on publicly and thank him for that effort. licans’ 14 initial amendments down to the floor. Let me correct that state- I wish that the spending levels were five amendments. We made in order ment. less so that I could also join with him four of those five amendments. The one Having gotten rid of all of that un- in supporting this measure, but I will amendment that we did not make in derbrush, I would like to now turn to not be able to do so. order that was remaining was an what is in this bill and why I believe In the future, as we move forward, I amendment that would have added a the House ought to support it. hope that, next year, we bring the billion dollars to a program that we al- As I said earlier, this government, spending levels to an area that is ac- ready added $12 billion to earlier this both under President Bush and under ceptable and that continues these very year in the recovery package. We put President Obama, has pumped a lot of necessary programs, because much of $12 billion in increases into special edu- money into what I would call the elite this bill is work that needs to be done cation. In the 12 years that the Repub- sectors of the economy: the financial in America. I am looking forward to licans controlled this place, in total sectors of the economy, the banking working with the chairman on this bill they only added $8.5 billion to that pro- system, et cetera, and Wall Street. And next year to, hopefully, achieve those gram. So we poured money into that now this bill is the main appropriation levels. program. And given the competition on bill that deals with the economic prob- With that being said, I yield back the the part of all other programs for tax- lems and the health problems of every balance of my time. payers’ money, I think the Rules Com- other American, and I want to walk

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I am pleased that this bill in- stand this bill is fiscally responsible. try to get hospitals to bring under con- cludes $40 million in fiscal stabilization grants, The committee’s allocation cut a total trol their life-threatening hospital in- 100 percent of which will go directly to stations of $10 billion from the President’s dis- fection problem which is plaguing the in need, to shore up these local stations and cretionary spending request, and in entire country. local jobs. And I appreciate the continued ad- this bill, we have a $52 million reduc- With respect to senior nutrition and vance appropriations for the Corporation for tion from President Obama’s request. other services, we provided $1.5 billion. Public Broadcasting included as well, which We have eliminated or cut some 44 pro- We have rejected the administration’s helps ensure broadcasters can provide con- grams, saving $1.3 billion. efforts to cut $1.5 billion out of basic tinuity of service and plan budgets adequately. And I would point out that the larg- grants for Title 1. We’ve restored that Public broadcasting connects people with est single problematic increase in the funding. their local community, their nation, and their bill is a $993 million increase for the We have provided a large increase, world in a way that no other outlet can or Social Security Administration to dra- $446 million, for the administration’s does. Because American citizens have come matically cut back the backlog on dis- top priority, which is the Teacher In- to rely on these services and programs, I am ability claims facing that agency. And centive Fund, and $500 million for Pell pleased Congress is fulfilling its responsibility I think no one would argue those funds Grants. to support public broadcasting. are wasteful. The Department of Labor, more than In addition, on behalf of the thirty members After we account for that increase half of the increase in that department of Congress who requested funding for the for Social Security, that leaves us with is simply to help States to process un- University Sustainability Program, I would like a 1.7 percent increase for the rest of the employment compensation claims. We to thank the Labor, Health and Human Serv- bill. After you deduct for inflation, it also have a $271 million program in this ices, Education and Related Agencies Appro- means this bill, in real terms, is three- bill to strengthen our ability to help priation Committee for recognizing the impor- tenths of 1 percent above last year. veterans transition to civilian work- tant role that this program will play in helping That is hardly profligate. force employment. revitalize the American economy. I’m proud In addition, a priority for this bill is And I think, Mr. Chairman, that’s that the committee has recognized the need $1.1 billion which we include for activi- about all I want to say about the num- for credible, multi disciplinary, innovative edu- ties to reduce improper payments, bers in the bill. cation centers to help our universities prepare fraud, and abuse in the Department of I just want to add one thing. With re- students for the economy of tomorrow. Labor and Health and Human Services spect to the policy provisions in this There is a growing awareness that and in the Social Security Administra- bill, we have retained every single lim- transitioning to a green economy presents a tion. That is a 50 percent increase in itation that was contained in previous tremendous opportunity for those who em- enforcement money to go after fraud appropriation bills when our Repub- brace it—and a great risk for those who ignore and waste and abuse over the previous it. Making this transition promises to create a lican friends were in the majority. We year. It’s been estimated by the budget new engine to drive America’s economy, have retained every single restriction office that that action could result in achieve greater energy security, and reduce on abortion that was in bills when they over $48 billion in savings and in- impacts from global warming—and reduce controlled the House, and so I think we creased revenue for picking up legiti- chances of losing American jobs to other have leaned over backwards to try to mate revenues that would have other- countries which charge ahead and take the work with our friends in the minority. wise been lost. lead. This program will provide competitive And as I say, I appreciate the rela- With respect to the Department of grants for the development, implementation tionship that I have with the gen- Health and Human Services, this bill and evaluation of sustainability programs in tleman from Kansas. He’s a fine and increases that agency by about 3.3 per- American colleges and universities. It was cre- good man. We don’t agree on every- cent. Again, hardly a profligate in- ated in the Higher Education Opportunity Act thing, but as Will Rogers once said, crease. of 2008, based on legislation that I introduced when two people agree on everything, Now, we’re all talking about our de- in 2007, the Higher Education Sustainability one of them is unnecessary. sire to pass health care reform. We rec- Act. ognize in the committee that if we’re So we do the best we can to reconcile Industry leaders in energy management, going to do that, we have to increase our differences. We all have deeply held green building design and materials, waste the capacity in the health care system, beliefs, but I think this bill represents management, toxics management, and sus- and so we are appropriating nearly $3 the values of the country and, I hope, tainable transportation are hungry for a well- billion to do just that. We’re providing the values of this Congress. trained workforce trained in the latest tech- $2.2 billion for community health cen- I would urge support. nologies and approaches. A recent study of ters; $530 billion to expand training Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chair, I strongly Fortune 500 CEOs reported that, while 90 per- programs in the nursing field; $135 mil- support the Departments of Labor, Health and cent agreed that ‘‘sustainable development is lion for a career pathway innovation Human Services, and Education, and Related important to their company’s future,’’ only 30 fund to again train nurses, medical Agencies Appropriations Act. This bill strength- percent say they have the ‘‘skills, information, technicians, and others in the health ens our economy and our communities by im- and personnel to meet the challenge.’’ care industry; $75 million additional proving education, expanding job training, and It’s not surprising that company leaders feel funding for State health access grants strengthening our health and social services this way. The United States lags far behind to help States transition to a health safety nets. I appreciate strategic investments other countries when it comes to preparing our reform program; and $65 billion for made in Oregon and around the country to students to understand the environmental State high-risk insurance pools. We’ve make our communities more livable and our problems we face and come up with innova- also increased the National Institutes families safer, healthier, and more economi- tive technological and organizational ways to of Health funding by $500 million. cally secure. There are two important pieces attack them. According to the International Or- I’ve said many times on this House of this bill I’d like to highlight: funding for pub- ganization for Economic Co-operation and De- floor, when I go home, I’ve never had lic broadcasting and the University Sustain- velopment, the U.S. ranks 34th out of 57 de- anybody in my life come up to me and ability Program. veloped countries when it comes to students’ say, ‘‘Hey, Obey, why don’t you in Nationwide, the economic downturn has knowledge about the environment and envi- Washington get your act together and struck businesses and individuals hard. The ronment-related issues, behind Estonia, Cro- cut cancer research?’’ and yet that is free, noncommercial, cultural and educational atia and the Slovak and Czech Republics. Ac- what the previous President and the programming services provided by public cording to the National Renewable Energy previous Congress did. They eliminated broadcasting are now more valuable than Lab, the major barriers to a more rapid adop- over 900 medical research grants at the ever. Many communities rely on public broad- tion of renewable energy and energy efficiency National Institutes of Health. We don’t casting stations as a sole source of news and in America are insufficient skills and training. to that. We add a significant amount of information. States and local governments use The University Sustainability Program is money to try to beef up our medical re- the public broadcasting system for both day- supported by the Association for the Advance- search across the board. to-day and emergency communications. Sta- ment of Sustainability in Higher Education, the

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I regret that the full fund- of College and University Housing Officers we will soon be able to restore funding to this ing for disability access was not included in International, Mary Kay, Inc, Earth Day Net- program to its pre-2002 levels. the bill, and I look forward to working with my work, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, American Again, I want to thank the Chairman for in- colleagues to ensure that full funding for dis- Academy of Religion, and many more compa- cluding my amendment and I urge my col- ability access under the Help America Vote nies, organizations and leaders. leagues to support the amendment and the Act is appropriated in the next fiscal cycle. I strongly support this bill and hope that the underlying bill. Ms. WATERS. Mr. Chair, I rise to support Senate will also include this much needed Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chair, I rise today to express this bill, which provides funding for essential funding to support universities as they work to regret that full funding for disability access health and education services for the well- overcome some of the barriers to providing programs under the Help America Vote Act being of the American people. real, hands-on, environmental education to (HAVA) was not included in the Labor, Health I commend the Appropriations Committee prepare students for the changing economy. and Human Services, and Education and Re- for providing $263 million for Title VIII Nursing Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support lated Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Workforce Development programs, a $92 mil- of the Fiscal Year 2010 Labor-HHS-Education Year 2010, as the amendment I offered to the lion increase in funding for these nurse edu- Appropriations bill and my Amendment to in- bill would have done. Three years after its cation and training programs. Our nation is crease the Math and Science Partnership pro- final implementation deadline, the promise of facing a severe shortage of nurses, and this gram funding by $5 million. disability access under HAVA still has not shortage will only become more severe as we I want to thank Chairman OBEY for including been fulfilled and I believe we should make embark on health reform and provide more my amendment in the manager’s amendment that a priority before the next general election. Americans access to affordable healthcare. before us today. This program is the federal On June 10, 2009, the Government Ac- There are many young people in my district government’s only generally available math countability Office (GAO) issued a report indi- and throughout the country who would wel- and science teacher training program. By pro- cating that much work is yet to be done to en- come the opportunity to pursue a career in viding more resources to the Math and sure full access to the polls. It stated, in part, nursing. Enabling promising young people to Science Partnership program at the Depart- that ‘‘[w]hile the percent of polling places with receive a college education in nursing will re- ment of Education the program would be able multiple impediments decreased significantly duce unemployment rates in the short term to expand to additional schools across the from 2000, still a fair number—16 percent— and provide a long-term investment in our na- county, and countless students would benefit had four or more potential impediments in tion’s healthcare system. from improved instruction in these critical sub- 2008. Over 50 percent of polling places had Over the last four years, funding for the ject areas. If our economy is going to grow, if one or more potential impediments on the Nursing Workforce Development programs our productivity is going to grow, we must do path from the parking lot to the building en- has remained relatively flat. In fiscal year (FY) better in math and science education. trance, while 14 percent had potential impedi- 2006, these programs received just under Mr. Chair, this $5 million increase in funding ments from the building entrance to the voting $150 million and supported 91,189 nursing is long overdue, and yet still far short of what area.’’ According to the GAO, currently only 27 students. In the following year, these pro- is needed. We are not doing nearly enough in percent of polling places are fully accessible. grams received the same amount of funding this area, and everyone says so. Therefore, I believe it is time we distributed to but supported only 71,729 nursing students. In The Glenn Commission, on which I was the states the full amount originally authorized FY 2008, the programs received $156 million honored to serve said so, the National Acad- and contemplated by HAVA to ensure full ac- but still supported only 51,657 nursing stu- emies of Science have said so. And the re- cess to the polls, in time to achieve that goal dents. These recent trends demonstrate the cently released report by the Carnegie Cor- before the election in November 2010. rising costs of nurse education and training, poration of New York and the Institute for Ad- It has been argued that additional funding is which results in the participation of fewer nurs- vanced Study entitled ‘‘The Opportunity Equa- not needed in this bill because some funding ing students and, therefore, fewer new nurses. tion: Transforming Mathematics and Science previously appropriated has not been spent. In FY 2009, the programs received $171 mil- Education for Citizenship and the Global But when one understands why, it becomes lion and, while this was a slight increase, it Economy’’ called for increasing the ‘‘supply of clear that the remaining funds are still needed. was still far below our nation’s needs. A sig- well-prepared teachers of mathematics and HAVA originally anticipated that funding for nificant increase is necessary for these pro- science at all grad levels by improving teacher polling place accessibility and protection and grams to overcome rising tuition costs and preparation . . .’’ advocacy could go directly to local election of- allow more students to participate. That is why representative EHLERS and I led ficials, but subsequently the Department of The increase in this bill for nurse education a letter to the House Appropriations Com- Health and Human Services (HHS) deter- and training programs will improve our nation’s mittee to increase funding for the Math and mined that it would only take applications from health system and allow thousands of young Science Partnership program to $450 million state departments of elections. Funds there- people to pursue a promising career field and that was joined by 23 Members of Congress. fore had to pass through Congress, HHS, and serve their communities as nurses. In 2002, prior to the reauthorization of the state departments of elections before being I urge my colleagues to support this bill. Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the distributed to local officials, which has signifi- Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chair, I rise to support this Eisenhower program provided $485 million for cantly slowed down the process. Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill, and teacher professional development primarily in The Protection and Advocacy for Voting Ac- particularly to call attention to a program that science and math. Yet, today the Math and cess (PAVA) program has never been fully is close to my heart and vital for so many Science Partnership program is funded at less funded, and the National Disability Rights Net- communities: full-service community schools. than half that level at only $179 million. work (NDRN) advises me that this year, nearly Full-service community schools are public Earlier this year, Education Secretary Dun- ten months into the 2009 Fiscal Year, PAVA schools that do much more than educate: they can stated that ‘‘science education is central funding has still not been released to protec- coordinate a wide range of social service pro- to our broad effort to restore American leader- tion and advocacy organizations. This has grams for students and families, in partner- ship in Education worldwide’’ and yet the forced them to ration carryover funds to allow ships with community organizations and the budget proposal from the Department flat continuity of existing projects, giving the ap- private sector. They provide students, families, funded this essential training program again. pearance that they are sitting on money in the and neighborhoods a seamless web of aca- We need to change this cycle of recognizing bank when in fact they are simply trying to demic, health, and personal development problems, identifying solutions, and then failing keep their programs running on a shoestring services, all of which combine to expand op- to act. without interruption. ‘‘Those who question why portunity in the communities that need it most. My amendment was offered to increase PAVA funds still exist in accounts need to look Full-service community schools can offer ev- funding for the Math and Science Partnerships no further than the inconsistent funding and erything from health and dental care, to men- program, and I know all too well that the $5 distribution history of this program,’’ NDRN tal health counseling, to career advice, to lit- million included will not solve the problem. said. eracy programs, to adult classes, to nutrition I hope this serves as recognition that we That is why I offered an amendment to in- education. These schools quickly become the cannot be a global economic power unless we crease HAVA disability access funding by $20 center of their communities, staying open long

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Finally, the legis- achievement, attendance rates, student dis- funding. lation provides a $992 million increase for the cipline, parental involvement, and access to I am disappointed that the bill before us life saving research carried out by the NIH. preventive health services. That’s why they’re today provides level funding for the Math & This bill continues the commitment to recon- supported by so many education profes- Science Partnerships program. However, I am struct our public schools and address the sionals, including the National Education As- deeply grateful to Chairman OBEY for his will- health care crisis by building on the historic sociation, the American Federation of Teach- ingness to include $5 million in additional education and health investments made by the ers, the Coalition for Community Schools, and funding for the Math & Science Partnerships American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. I the National Association of State Boards of program in his manager’s amendment. I sin- urge all of my colleagues to support this legis- Education. cerely thank him for recognizing the need for lation. My late wife, Judy Hoyer, introduced me to increased funding for the Math and Science Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chair, I rise to sup- full-service community schools. She was an Partnerships program. I also thank Represent- port the FY10 Labor, Health and Human Serv- early childhood educator, and at the Early ative HOLT for his continued dedication to sup- ices, and Education Appropriations bill. Childhood and Family Learning Center in porting this program and for his work in secur- As we continue to debate sweeping health Adelphi, Maryland, she helped bring to life an ing this additional funding. care reform, today’s legislation makes invest- innovative vision for education and community Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Chair, I rise in support ments in our most urgent needs, including services, working together. Today, thousands of H.R. 3293, the Labor, Health and Human $2.2 billion for community health centers to of Maryland children benefit from the ‘‘Judy Services, and Education Appropriation bill for serve vulnerable populations, $530 million to Centers’’ that operate across the state. fiscal year 2010. In tough economic times, it is train new health professionals, and $204 mil- But full-service community schools can suc- this important spending measure that makes lion to continue an aggressive campaign to re- ceed in any state. That’s why I’m glad that this critical investments in job training, strengthens duce life-threatening infections that patients legislation provides $10 million to fund grants health and social safety nets, and provides the acquire while receiving treatment for medical that will help local education agencies work educational opportunities that are critical to the or surgical conditions. with community organizations and implement nation’s long-term prosperity. I want to thank I am pleased that the bill includes $31.3 bil- the community schools model. I believe that Chairman OBEY for his tireless work on this al- lion for the National Institutes of Health, al- the result will be healthier and more success- ways challenging legislation. though I am concerned that the funding in- ful students, more involved parents, and I also want to thank Chairman OBEY for in- creases will not keep up with escalating bio- stronger communities. cluding $70.7 million in the bill—the Presi- medical costs. As we consider the costs of our I urge my colleagues to support this appro- dent’s request—for the World Trade Center health care system, we must make the invest- priations bill. (WTC) Health programs, which provide med- ments necessary to find cures for chronic dis- Mr. EHLERS. I rise in support of funding for ical monitoring and treatment to WTC re- eases that require expensive long-term care. the U.S. Department of Education’s Math and sponders, community members, and others I also strongly support the $10 million in Science Partnerships program. The legislation who have become ill because of the aftermath funding included for the Caroline Pryce Walker we are considering today appropriates $179 of the attacks on September 11, 2001. While Conquer Childhood Cancer Act, legislation I million for Math and Science Partnerships— the New York Delegation works toward a long- co-authored with former Congresswoman equal to the current funding level. term legislative solution in passage of the Deborah Pryce. This will fund pediatric cancer The Math and Science Partnerships pro- James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensa- research activities to eradicate the number gram is an innovative, proven program de- tion Act (H.R. 847), this funding to continue one cause of death for our nation’s children. signed to improve teacher content knowledge the current WTC Health programs is abso- Today’s bill also makes vital investments in and teaching skills in math and science sub- lutely critical in ensuring that the heroes and education and workforce development. It in- jects. Through formula grants to every state, heroines of 9/11 receive the health care they cludes $17.5 billion for Title I grants to serve the program provides crucial teacher profes- need and deserve. 20 million disadvantaged children and $11.5 sional development and teacher in-service Again, I am pleased to support this bill and billion for the Individuals with Disabilities Act, training by linking school districts with univer- thank Chairman OBEY for his leadership. which, when combined with funding from the sity mathematics, science and engineering de- Mr. STARK. Mr. Chair, I rise today in sup- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will partments. As a result of the Math and port of the 2010 Labor, Health & Education support a 25 percent Federal contribution for Science Partnerships program, our students’ Appropriations (H.R. 3293). It will ease the re- special education. Additional new investments math and science skills are strengthened. cession by increasing job training, strength- are made in literacy and dropout prevention This week, we celebrated the 40th anniver- ening the social safety net, and investing in initiatives. sary of Apollo 11’s mission and astronauts families. I am particularly supportive of the In a time when students across the country Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the bill’s education and health care provisions. are struggling to pay for college, this bill con- Moon. This event, and the earlier launch of The bill makes critical investments toward tinues the new Congress’s commitment to af- Sputnik, sparked remarkable interest in the goal of providing every student with a fordable education by raising the maximum science education, and led to the creation of world-class education. Additional resources Pell grant award to $5,550. many valuable federal education programs will go to Title I schools serving low-income The bill also includes a $50 million invest- over the next several decades. One such pro- students, as well as programs under the Indi- ment in green job training, to prepare workers gram, the Eisenhower Professional Develop- viduals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), which for a new, 21st century economy. Additional ment Act, was originally enacted in 1985 to serve 6.7 million students with disabilities. The funding is included to train veterans provide funding for professional development bill also provides $545 million for assistance to transitioning to a civilian workforce and dis- opportunities for math and science educators. thousands of schools with chronically poor located workers who have lost their jobs dur- In fact, before the No Child Left Behind Act performance. When coupled with funding from ing the recession. (NCLB), Congress provided substantially more the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Mr. Chair, the FY10 Labor, Health and funding for math and science teacher profes- states will receive $4 billion to turn around Human Services, and Education Appropria- sional development through the Eisenhower these schools and create opportunities for chil- tions bill funds some of our nation’s most im- program. In short, in spite of our great national dren. portant domestic priorities. I urge my col- need for more well-trained scientists and engi- This legislation will also make college af- leagues to support these critical investments neers, we are providing less than half as fordable for many more students by continuing in our nation’s children, families, and workers. much funding for training science teachers as to increase the Pell Grant. Since Democrats Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chair, I we did before NCLB was passed into law. took charge of Congress in January 2007, the rise today in strong support of this appropria- Currently, many science teachers report little, maximum Pell Grant has increased 37 percent tions bill. In this time of economic uncertainty, if any, funds available for professional devel- from $4,050 to $5,550. the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations opment activities. The legislation also invests in our health Act funds some of the most important pro- Earlier this year, Representative HOLT and I care system to make our nation healthier and grams that provide a social safety net, as well led the charge to provide at least $450 million more productive. The bill will help Community as programs that will help us on the road to

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Investment in education and job responsibly in our democratic system by pro- Several data sources illustrate the success training is one of the best ways to help Amer- viding them with a thorough understanding of of TRIO by showing that students who partici- ica become stronger, and more productive and our constitutional democracy as expressed in pate in TRIO Student Support Services (SSS), competitive. such seminal documents as the Declaration of with Pell Grant funding, are almost 10% more H.R. 3293 makes critical investments to Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of likely to attain a bachelor’s degree than those train people for jobs, shore up health and so- Rights, and the Gettysburg Address. who solely received Pell Grants without SSS cial safety nets to provide relief for millions of The Reach Out and Read program pro- participation. hard-working Americans struggling to make motes literacy and language development in 51% percent of campuses that enroll over ends meet in the economic crisis, and provide infants and young children, targeting disadvan- 1,000 Pell recipients host SSS programs. Yet, the educational opportunity that is critical to taged children and families across our country. the average size of an SSS grant only allows the nation’s longer-term prosperity. Through fifteen years of peer-reviewed and a typical program to serve a portion (25.11%) One of these jobs training programs will published research, an extensive body of doc- of eligible students. Many others—students for take place in Texas’s 29th District at the Inter- umentation now clearly demonstrates the im- whom consistent supportive services could national Maritime and Energy Center of Hous- portance of promoting early language and lit- mean the difference between a college degree ton, which San Jacinto College will operate eracy skills so that children have the essential and dropping out—do not receive the support along with other regional and industry part- reading skills they need to begin school suc- they need. ners. Our district includes the Port of Houston, cessfully. I am proud that there are fifteen TRIO has not received a significant increase and this center will provide training for the Reach Out and Read locations in our district since FY 2006. According to the Pell Institute high demand jobs that exist right in our back- serving 9,161 children each year. for the Study of Opportunity in Education yard. With inland shipping docks protected Finally, I am a long time supporter of the 2009, current TRIO funding levels are only from open seas, by the 1980s more than half Reading is Fundamental Program in our coun- sufficient to serve 11% of the students who of the United States energy/petrochemical ca- try and am pleased that the Appropriations are eligible for help. pacity was built in the Houston port region. Committee continued their strong support for Students from the bottom income quartile Today, this global maritime and industrial com- this program as well. This important program ($38,660 or under per family) have a 25% plex is second in size only to Rotterdam in the also enhances child literacy by providing mil- chance at completing a college degree once entire world. lions of underserved children, including sev- they begin. In contrast, students from the top This funding will allow San Jacinto College eral in my district, with free books—thereby quartile ($105,800 or over per family) have a along with other regional and industry part- encouraging them to read and cultivate he 95% chance of completing a college degree. ners, to address the critical need for trained skills they need to be successful in school. As such, services offered by the TRIO pro- workers in both the maritime and energy in- Mr. Chair, this is a good bill that funds so grams become all the more critical to ensure dustries. Recognizing this critical need for many needs in our district and across the that such students have the opportunity to be- trained workers, and how a shortage of work- country. I strongly urge my colleagues to join come economically viable and independent ers would impact the Houston Port region, nu- me in supporting its passage. members of our post-industrial, global society. Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair, as merous public and private entities have The High School Graduation Initiative is an Congress continues to address proposals in- partnered with the intent to create the Inter- untested program that received $50 million tended to decrease the poverty gap and in- national Maritime and Energy Center of Hous- dollars in the Department of Education Appro- crease access to higher education for low-in- ton. This project will allow enhanced training priations Act of 2010. It aims for the same come and first generation college students, as programs that develop skilled workers in tech- goals as TRIO, yet it is unproven. My amend- well as at-risk youth, I strongly encourage a nical education and also a training and work- ment would have drawn $5 million from this significant funding boost for Federal TRIO pro- force pipeline in regional dual credit programs fund to put towards TRIO. It is not enough to grams. TRIO has offered effective supportive with the area high schools, and I thank the ensure that this effective program can reach services with proven results for hundreds of Committee for including this critical funding. all eligible students, but it is a start. thousands of students across the country. Also included in this bill is funding for the Mr. SPACE. Mr. Chair, I rise today in sup- However, these local programs work on a purchase of direct-capture digital imaging de- port of the FY 2010 Labor-HHS-Education Ap- shoestring budget that forces them to turn vices by the Harris County Hospital District propriations bill which contains $10 million for away thousands of eligible students every that will enhance clinical work flow and will the continuation of rural facilities technical as- year. allow imaging technologists to increase pro- I applaud the increase that TRIO received in sistance. Among the grantees for this program ductivity and increase access to care for clinic the FY 2010 House Labor-HHS-Education Ap- are the six Rural Community Assistance Part- beneficiaries which is the overall program propriations bill, but it is nowhere near enough nerships (RCAPs). The RCAPs have func- goal. Current radiology practices in the Com- to address the need. I offered an amendment tioned as a national network of regional orga- munity Health Centers are hampered by ana- to increase funding by an additional $5 million, nizations for over two decades. They utilize log imaging products that limit work flow effi- offset by a new and unproven grant program public and private funds to provide technical ciencies. Existing systems require the Radi- that aims to accomplish exactly the same assistance for a range of tasks: community- ology Technologist to capture radiographic im- goals that the proven TRIO program is already development, infrastructure expansion, pollu- ages on an imaging plate that is processed by working towards. I fully support innovation, but tion-prevention, environmental-compliance and a computed radiography device. The process not at the expense of meeting the needs of others. is time consuming and limits patient through- students now. Rural communities have billions of dollars of put by nearly one-third—cassette based image TRIO is a proven program currently serving need for new and improved water and waste management systems are very inefficient and nearly 850,000 at-risk students ranging from disposal facilities. Addressing this need is not resource-intensive. middle school to college students nearing just important for improving public health, but The Harris County Hospital District is the graduation. also for alleviating poverty. Lacking adequate public hospital system for Harris County, TRIO provides the academic and personal water or waste disposal facilities, small com- Texas. With an operating budget in excess of support that young, low-income, and at-risk munities cannot attract business, develop a $800 million, the district runs 3 hospitals, 11 students need to help take advantage of the housing subdivision or build a new school. I community health centers, a freestanding HIV opportunities afforded to them. am incredibly pleased that Chairman OBEY un- clinic, and several school-based and commu- TRIO students who have participated in pre- derstands the unique needs of rural commu- nity-based clinics. This equipment will allow college programs have a higher matriculation nities and worked to secure funding for the them to better serve the needs of our commu- rate than other low-income students. In 2005, RCAPs which are so important to my District. nity. 77.3% of all students who participated in Up- RCAP has helped communities in Ohio’s I am also pleased that this bill supports ward Bound programs immediately went to District 18 access over $8 million in 2009 three important education programs that are college the following fall and 86.5% of stu- alone, and is currently working with more than active throughout our district. Several of the dents who participated in Upward Bound-Math 13 projects to access available Recovery Act schools in our district participate in the Edu- Science went directly to college. Similarly, funding. In addition, RCAP has provided train- cation for Democracy Act program which is 73% of Talent Search participants enrolled in ing to over 280 local officials from 60 commu- one of the most cost effective education pro- college the fall following high school gradua- nities in the district on managerial and finan- grams supported by the federal government. tion. These figures stand in sharp contrast to cial issues to promote small system sustain- This important program promotes our stu- the immediate college enrollment rate of all ability. Again, I want to thank Chairman OBEY dents’ capacity to participate competently and low-income high school students—only 41%. for his hard work on this important bill that will

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All time for general de- WIA may be used for demonstration projects of section 171 of the WIA, which shall be bate has expired. that provide assistance to new entrants in available for the period July 1, 2010 through Pursuant to the rule, the bill is con- the workforce and incumbent workers; June 30, 2011, and which shall not be subject sidered read for amendment under the (B) $52,758,000 for Native American pro- to the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 5-minute rule and the bill shall be con- grams, which shall be available for the pe- 171(c)(4)(D); sidered read through page 134, line 12. riod July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; (E) $130,000,000 for the Career Pathways In- The text of that portion of the bill is (C) $84,620,000 for migrant and seasonal novation Fund, under the authority of sec- as follows: farmworker programs under section 167 of tion 171 of the WIA, which shall be available the WIA, including $78,610,000 for formula for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, H.R. 3293 grants (of which not less than 70 percent 2011, of which not less than $65,000,000 shall Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- shall be for employment and training serv- be dedicated to activities that prepare work- resentatives of the United States of America in ices), $5,500,000 for migrant and seasonal ers for careers in the health care sector, and Congress assembled, That the following sums housing (of which not less than 70 percent which shall not be subject to the require- are appropriated, out of any money in the shall be for permanent housing), and $510,000 ments of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D); Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the for other discretionary purposes, which shall and Departments of Labor, Health and Human be available for the period July 1, 2010 (F) $15,000,000 for the Workforce Data Qual- Services, and Education, and related agen- through June 30, 2011: Provided, That not- ity Initiative, under the authority of section cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, withstanding any other provision of law or 171(c)(2) of the WIA, which shall be available 2010, and for other purposes, namely: related regulation, the Department of Labor for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR shall take no action limiting the number or 2011, and which shall not be subject to the re- EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION proportion of eligible participants receiving quirements of section 171(c)(4)(D). TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES related assistance services or discouraging COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER grantees from providing such services; AMERICANS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) (D) $1,000,000 for carrying out the Women To carry out title V of the Older Ameri- For necessary expenses of the Workforce in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occu- cans Act of 1965, $615,425,000, which shall be Investment Act of 1998 (‘‘WIA’’), the Second pations Act, which shall be available for the available for the period July 1, 2010 through Chance Act of 2007, and the Women in Ap- period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; and June 30, 2011: Provided, That funds made prenticeship and Non-Traditional Occupa- (E) $100,000,000 for YouthBuild activities as available under this heading in this Act may, tions Act of 1992, including the purchase and described in section 173A of the WIA, which in accordance with section 517(c) of the Older hire of passenger motor vehicles, the con- shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 Americans Act of 1965, be recaptured and re- struction, alteration, and repair of buildings through June 30, 2011: Provided, That for pro- obligated. and other facilities, and the purchase of real gram year 2010 and each program year there- property for training centers as authorized FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND after, the YouthBuild program may serve an ALLOWANCES by the WIA; $3,802,961,000, plus reimburse- individual who has dropped out of high ments, shall be available. Of the amounts school and re-enrolled in an alternative For payments during fiscal year 2010 of provided: school, if that re-enrollment is part of a se- trade adjustment benefit payments and al- (1) for grants to States for adult employ- quential service strategy; lowances under part I of subchapter B of ment and training activities, youth activi- (3) for national activities, $380,083,000, as chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, ties, and dislocated worker employment and follows: and section 246 of that Act; and for training, training activities, $2,969,449,000 as follows: (A) $66,990,000 for Pilots, Demonstrations, employment and case management services, (A) $861,540,000 for adult employment and and Research, which shall be available for allowances for job search and relocation, and training activities, of which $149,540,000 shall the period April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, related State administrative expenses under be available for the period July 1, 2010, of which $35,000,000 shall be for Transitional part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title through June 30, 2011, and of which Jobs activities, and shall not be subject to II of the Trade Act of 1974, including benefit $712,000,000 shall be available for the period the requirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or payments, allowances, training, and related October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, and that a sufficient State administration provided pursuant to (B) $924,069,000 for youth activities, which portion of these funds shall be for an evalua- paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1891(b) of the shall be available for the period April 1, 2010 tion of the program; and of which $5,500,000 Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assist- through June 30, 2011; and shall be for competitive grants to address ance Act of 2009, $1,818,400,000, together with (C) $1,183,840,000 for dislocated worker em- the employment and training needs of young such amounts as may be necessary to be ployment and training activities, of which parents, and shall not be subject to the re- charged to the subsequent appropriation for $321,731,000 shall be available for the period quirements of section 171(b)(2)(B) or payments for any period subsequent to Sep- July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and of 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA; and of which tember 15, 2010. which $862,109,000 shall be available for the $24,490,000 shall be used for the projects, and STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011: in the amounts, specified under the heading EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS Provided, That notwithstanding the transfer ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’ in the For authorized administrative expenses, limitation under section 133(b)(4) of the WIA, report of the Committee on Appropriations $69,903,000, together with not to exceed up to 30 percent of such funds may be trans- of the House of Representatives to accom- $3,977,153,000 which may be expended from ferred by a local board if approved by the pany this Act: Provided, That funding pro- the Employment Security Administration Governor: Provided further, That a local vided to carry out such projects shall not be Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund board may award a contract to an institu- subject to the requirements of sections (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: tion of higher education or other eligible 171(b)(2)(B) and 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA, the (1) $3,195,645,000 from the Trust Fund is for training provider if the local board deter- joint funding requirements of sections grants to States for the administration of mines that it would facilitate the training of 171(b)(2)(A) and 171(c)(4)(A) of the WIA, or State unemployment insurance laws as au- multiple individuals in high-demand occupa- any time limit requirements of sections thorized under title III of the Social Security tions, if such contract does not limit cus- 171(b)(2)(C) and 171(c)(4)(B) of the WIA; Act (including $10,000,000 to conduct in-per- tomer choice; (B) $108,493,000 for ex-offender activities, son reemployment and eligibility assess- (2) for federally administered programs, under the authority of section 171 of the WIA ments and unemployment insurance im- $453,429,000 as follows: and section 212 of the Second Chance Act of proper payment reviews), the administration (A) $215,051,000 for the dislocated workers 2007, which shall be available for the period of unemployment insurance for Federal em- assistance national reserve, of which July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and which ployees and for ex-service members as au- $17,160,000 shall be available for the period shall not be subject to the requirements of thorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501-8523, and the ad- July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and of section 171(b)(2)(B) or 171(c)(4)(D) of the WIA: ministration of trade readjustment allow- which $197,891,000 shall be available for the Provided, That not less than $34,000,000 shall ances, reemployment trade adjustment as- period October 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011: be available for adult ex-offender activities, sistance, and alternative trade adjustment Provided, That funds provided to carry out of which $15,000,000 shall be for competitive assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIA may be used grants to provide Transitional Job activities under section 1891(b) of the Trade and to provide assistance to a State for State- for adult ex-offenders; Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of wide or local use in order to address cases (C) $9,600,000 for Evaluation, which shall be 2009, and shall be available for obligation by where there have been worker dislocations available for the period July 1, 2010 through the States through December 31, 2010, except across multiple sectors or across multiple June 30, 2011, and which may be transferred that funds used for automation acquisitions

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8763 shall be available for obligation by the quest of a State participating in a consor- on Appropriations of the House of Represent- States through September 30, 2012, and funds tium with other States, may reallot funds al- atives and the Senate. used for unemployment insurance workloads lotted to such State under title III of the So- EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION experienced by the States through Sep- cial Security Act to other States partici- SALARIES AND EXPENSES tember 30, 2010 shall be available for Federal pating in the consortium in order to carry (INCLUDING RESCISSION) obligation through December 31, 2010; out activities that benefit the administra- (2) $11,310,000 from the Trust Fund is for tion of the unemployment compensation law For necessary expenses for the Employ- ment Standards Administration, including national activities necessary to support the of the State making the request. reimbursement to State, Federal, and local administration of the Federal-State unem- In addition, $50,000,000 from the Employ- agencies and their employees for inspection ployment insurance system; ment Security Administration Account of services rendered, $484,632,000, together with (3) $680,893,000 from the Trust Fund, to- the Unemployment Trust Fund shall be $2,124,000 which may be expended from the gether with $22,683,000 from the General available to conduct in-person reemploy- Special Fund in accordance with sections Fund of the Treasury, is for grants to States ment and eligibility assessments and unem- 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner- ployment insurance improper payment re- Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: Pro- Peyser Act, and shall be available for Fed- views. vided, That the Secretary of Labor is author- eral obligation for the period July 1, 2010 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND ized to establish and, in accordance with 31 through June 30, 2011; AND OTHER FUNDS U.S.C. 3302, collect and deposit in the Treas- (4) $20,869,000 from the Trust Fund is for For repayable advances to the Unemploy- ury fees for processing applications and national activities of the Employment Serv- ment Trust Fund as authorized by sections issuing certificates under sections 11(d) and ice, including administration of the work op- 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 portunity tax credit under section 51 of the and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund and for processing applications and issuing Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the provi- as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In- registrations under title I of the Migrant and sion of technical assistance and staff train- ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for non- Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection ing under the Wagner-Peyser Act, including repayable advances to the Unemployment Act. not to exceed $1,228,000 that may be used for Trust Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, Of the unobligated funds collected pursu- amortization payments to States which had and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment Benefits ant to section 286(v) of the Immigration and independent retirement plans in their State and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may Nationality Act, $65,000,000 are rescinded as employment service agencies prior to 1980; be necessary. of September 30, 2010. (5) $68,436,000 from the Trust Fund is for SPECIAL BENEFITS the administration of foreign labor certifi- PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) cations and related activities under the Im- For expenses of administering employment migration and Nationality Act and related and training programs, $96,266,000, together For the payment of compensation, bene- laws, of which $53,307,000 shall be available with not to exceed $50,140,000, which may be fits, and expenses (except administrative ex- for the Federal administration of such ac- expended from the Employment Security Ad- penses) accruing during the current or any tivities, and $15,129,000 shall be available for ministration Account in the Unemployment prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; grants to States for the administration of Trust Fund. continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in such activities; and EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY the Federal Security Agency Appropriation (6) $47,220,000 from the General Fund is to ADMINISTRATION Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation provide workforce information, national SALARIES AND EXPENSES Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; sec- electronic tools, and one-stop system build- For necessary expenses for the Employee tions 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of ing under the Wagner-Peyser Act and section Benefits Security Administration, 1948; and 50 percent of the additional com- 171 (e)(2)(C) of the Workforce Investment Act $154,060,000. pensation and benefits required by section of 1998 and shall be available for Federal ob- 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ ligation for the period July 1, 2010 through PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION Compensation Act, $187,000,000, together with June 30, 2011: PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION such amounts as may be necessary to be FUND Provided, That to the extent that the Aver- charged to the subsequent year appropria- age Weekly Insured Unemployment The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation tion for the payment of compensation and (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2010 is projected by (‘‘Corporation’’) is authorized to make such other benefits for any period subsequent to the Department of Labor to exceed 5,059,000, expenditures, including financial assistance August 15 of the current year: Provided, That an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the amounts appropriated may be used under 5 shall be available for obligation for every Employee Retirement Income Security Act U.S.C. 8104, by the Secretary of Labor to re- 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing imburse an employer, who is not the em- a pro rata amount for any increment less authority available to the Corporation, and ployer at the time of injury, for portions of than 100,000) to carry out title III of the So- in accord with law, and to make such con- the salary of a reemployed, disabled bene- cial Security Act: Provided further, That tracts and commitments without regard to ficiary: Provided further, That balances of re- funds appropriated in this Act that are allot- fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 imbursements unobligated on September 30, ted to a State to carry out activities under U.S.C. 9104, as may be necessary in carrying 2009, shall remain available until expended title III of the Social Security Act may be out the program, including associated ad- for the payment of compensation, benefits, used by such State to assist other States in ministrative expenses, through September and expenses: Provided further, That in addi- carrying out activities under such title III if 30, 2010, for the Corporation: Provided, That tion there shall be transferred to this appro- the other States include areas that have suf- none of the funds available to the Corpora- priation from the Postal Service and from fered a major disaster declared by the Presi- tion for fiscal year 2010 shall be available for any other corporation or instrumentality re- dent under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster obligations for administrative expenses in quired under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an Relief and Emergency Act: Provided further, excess of $464,067,000: Provided further, That amount for its fair share of the cost of ad- That the Secretary of Labor may use funds to the extent that the number of new plan ministration, such sums as the Secretary de- appropriated for grants to States under title participants in plans terminated by the Cor- termines to be the cost of administration for III of the Social Security Act to make pay- poration exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2010, employees of such fair share entities through ments on behalf of States for the use of the an amount not to exceed an additional September 30, 2010: Provided further, That of National Directory of New Hires under sec- $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep- those funds transferred to this account from tion 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, tember 30, 2011 for obligation for administra- the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad- That funds appropriated in this Act which tive expenses for every 20,000 additional ter- ministration of the Federal Employees’ Com- are used to establish a national one-stop ca- minated participants: Provided further, That pensation Act, $58,120,000 shall be made reer center system, or which are used to sup- an additional $50,000 shall be made available available to the Secretary as follows: port the national activities of the Federal- through September 30, 2011 for obligation for (1) For enhancement and maintenance of State unemployment insurance or immigra- investment management fees for every automated data processing systems and tele- tion programs, may be obligated in con- $25,000,000 in assets received by the Corpora- communications systems, $19,968,000; tracts, grants, or agreements with non-State tion as a result of new plan terminations or (2) For automated workload processing op- entities: Provided further, That funds appro- asset growth, after approval by the Office of erations, including document imaging, cen- priated under this Act for activities author- Management and Budget and notification of tralized mail intake, and medical bill proc- ized under title III of the Social Security Act the Committees on Appropriations of the essing, $23,323,000; and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by House of Representatives and the Senate: (3) For periodic roll management and med- States to fund integrated Unemployment In- Provided further, That obligations in excess ical review, $14,829,000; and surance and Employment Service automa- of the amounts provided in this paragraph (4) The remaining funds shall be paid into tion efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation may be incurred for unforeseen and extraor- the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: principles prescribed under the Office of dinary pretermination expenses after ap- Provided further, That the Secretary may re- Management and Budget Circular A-87: Pro- proval by the Office of Management and quire that any person filing a notice of in- vided further, That the Secretary, at the re- Budget and notification of the Committees jury or a claim for benefits under 5 U.S.C. 81,

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H8764 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 24, 2009 or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com- of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and agencies, Federal, State, or private; the pensation Act, provide as part of such notice international laboratory recognition pro- Mine Safety and Health Administration is and claim, such identifying information (in- grams that ensure the safety of equipment authorized to promote health and safety edu- cluding Social Security account number) as and products used by workers in the work- cation and training in the mining commu- such regulations may prescribe. place: Provided further, That none of the nity through cooperative programs with SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS funds appropriated under this paragraph States, industry, and safety associations; the shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, Secretary is authorized, in fiscal year 2010 For carrying out title IV of the Federal issue, administer, or enforce any standard, and each fiscal year thereafter, to recognize Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as rule, regulation, or order under the Act the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as amended by Public Law 107-275, $169,180,000, which is applicable to any person who is en- a principal safety association and, notwith- to remain available until expended. gaged in a farming operation which does not For making after July 31 of the current fis- standing any other provision of law, may maintain a temporary labor camp and em- provide funds and, with or without reim- cal year, benefit payments to individuals ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred bursement, personnel, including service of That no funds appropriated under this para- Mine Safety and Health Administration offi- in the current fiscal year, such amounts as graph shall be obligated or expended to ad- may be necessary. cials as officers in local chapters or in the minister or enforce any standard, rule, regu- national organization; and any funds avail- For making benefit payments under title lation, or order under the Act with respect to IV for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, able to the Department of Labor may be any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is used, with the approval of the Secretary, to $45,000,000, to remain available until ex- included within a category having a Days pended. provide for the costs of mine rescue and sur- Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) oc- vival operations in the event of a major dis- ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOY- cupational injury and illness rate, at the aster. EES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION most precise industrial classification code BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS FUND for which such data are published, less than SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses to administer the the national average rate as such rates are Energy Employees Occupational Illness most recently published by the Secretary, For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Compensation Program Act, $51,197,000, to acting through the Bureau of Labor Statis- Labor Statistics, including advances or re- remain available until expended: Provided, tics, in accordance with section 24 of the imbursements to State, Federal, and local That the Secretary of Labor may require Act, except— agencies and their employees for services that any person filing a claim for benefits (1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, rendered, $533,359,000, together with not to under the Act provide as part of such claim, consultation, technical assistance, edu- exceed $78,264,000, which may be expended such identifying information (including So- cational and training services, and to con- from the Employment Security Administra- cial Security account number) as may be duct surveys and studies; tion Account in the Unemployment Trust prescribed. (2) to conduct an inspection or investiga- Fund, of which $1,500,000 may be used to fund tion in response to an employee complaint, the mass layoff statistics program under sec- BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND to issue a citation for violations found dur- tion 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act: Provided, (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) ing such inspection, and to assess a penalty That the Current Employment Survey shall In fiscal year 2010, such sums as may be for violations which are not corrected within maintain the content of the survey issued necessary from the Black Lung Disability a reasonable abatement period and for any prior to June 2005 with respect to the collec- Trust Fund (‘‘Fund’’), to remain available willful violations found; tion of data for the women worker series. until expended, for payment of all benefits (3) to take any action authorized by the OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (4), and Act with respect to imminent dangers; SALARIES AND EXPENSES (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and (4) to take any action authorized by the For necessary expenses for the Office of interest on advances, as authorized by sec- Act with respect to health hazards; Disability Employment Policy to provide tion 9501(c)(2) of that Act. In addition, the (5) to take any action authorized by the leadership, develop policy and initiatives, following amounts may be expended from Act with respect to a report of an employ- and award grants furthering the objective of the Fund for fiscal year 2010 for expenses of ment accident which is fatal to one or more eliminating barriers to the training and em- operation and administration of the Black employees or which results in hospitaliza- ployment of people with disabilities, Lung Benefits program, as authorized by sec- tion of two or more employees, and to take $37,031,000. tion 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $32,720,000 for any action pursuant to such investigation transfer to the Employment Standards Ad- authorized by the Act; and DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT ministration ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to (6) to take any action authorized by the SALARIES AND EXPENSES exceed $25,091,000 for transfer to Depart- Act with respect to complaints of discrimi- (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) mental Management, ‘‘Salaries and Ex- nation against employees for exercising For necessary expenses for Departmental penses’’; not to exceed $327,000 for transfer to rights under the Act: Management, including the hire of three se- Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In- Provided further, That the foregoing proviso dans, and including the management or oper- spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 shall not apply to any person who is engaged ation, through contracts, grants or other ar- for payments into miscellaneous receipts for in a farming operation which does not main- rangements of Departmental activities con- the expenses of the Department of the Treas- tain a temporary labor camp and employs 10 ducted by or through the Bureau of Inter- ury. or fewer employees: Provided further, That national Labor Affairs, including bilateral OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH $10,000,000 shall be available for Susan Har- and multilateral technical assistance and ADMINISTRATION wood training grants. other international labor activities, SALARIES AND EXPENSES MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION $350,827,000, of which $91,419,000 is for the Bu- For necessary expenses for the Occupa- SALARIES AND EXPENSES reau of International Labor Affairs (includ- tional Safety and Health Administration, For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety ing $6,500,000 to implement model programs $554,620,000, including not to exceed and Health Administration, $353,193,000, in- to address worker rights issues through tech- $103,393,000 which shall be the maximum cluding purchase and bestowal of certificates nical assistance in countries with which the amount available for grants to States under and trophies in connection with mine rescue United States has trade preference pro- section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger grams), and of which $19,892,000 is for the ac- Health Act (‘‘Act’’), which grants shall be no motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for quisition of Departmental information tech- less than 50 percent of the costs of State oc- mine rescue and recovery activities; in addi- nology, architecture, infrastructure, equip- cupational safety and health programs re- tion, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected ment, software and related needs, which will quired to be incurred under plans approved by the National Mine Health and Safety be allocated by the Department’s Chief Infor- by the Secretary of Labor under section 18 of Academy for room, board, tuition, and the mation Officer in accordance with the De- the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 sale of training materials, otherwise author- partment’s capital investment management U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and ized by law to be collected, to be available process to assure a sound investment strat- Health Administration may retain up to for mine safety and health education and egy, and of which $5,000,000 is for Program $200,000 per fiscal year of training institute training activities, notwithstanding 31 Evaluation, which may be transferred to any course tuition fees, otherwise authorized by U.S.C. 3302; and, in addition, the Mine Safety other appropriate account in the Department law to be collected, and may utilize such and Health Administration may retain up to for such purpose; together with not to exceed sums for occupational safety and health $1,000,000 from fees collected for the approval $327,000, which may be expended from the training and education: Provided, That, not- and certification of equipment, materials, Employment Security Administration Ac- withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is and explosives for use in mines, and may uti- count in the Unemployment Trust Fund. authorized, during the fiscal year ending lize such sums for such activities; the Sec- OFFICE OF JOB CORPS September 30, 2010, to collect and retain fees retary of Labor is authorized to accept lands, To carry out subtitle C of title I of the for services provided to Nationally Recog- buildings, equipment, and other contribu- Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including nized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize tions from public and private sources and to Federal administrative expenses, the pur- such sums, in accordance with the provisions prosecute projects in cooperation with other chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles,

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8765 the construction, alteration and repairs of services rendered, whole or in part, by forced and Research Act of 2005, $7,305,817,000, of buildings and other facilities, and the pur- or indentured child labor in industries and which $41,200,000 from general revenues, not- chase of real property for training centers as host countries already identified by the withstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Se- authorized by the Workforce Investment United States Department of Labor prior to curity Act, shall be available for carrying Act; $1,705,320,000, plus reimbursements, as enactment of this Act. out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility follows: SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in grants program under such section: Provided, (1) $1,576,130,000 for Job Corps Operations, this title for grants under section 171 of the That of the funds made available under this of which $985,130,000 shall be available for ob- Workforce Investment Act of 1998 may be ob- heading, $129,000 shall be available until ex- ligation for the period July 1, 2010 through ligated prior to the preparation and submis- pended for facilities renovations at the Gillis June 30, 2011 and of which $591,000,000 shall be sion of a report by the Secretary of Labor to W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center: Provided available for obligation for the period Octo- the Committees on Appropriations of the further, That $56,000,000 of the funding pro- ber 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011; House of Representatives and the Senate de- vided for community health centers shall be (2) $100,000,000 for construction, rehabilita- tailing the planned uses of such funds. for base grant adjustments for existing tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, SEC. 105. None of the funds made available health centers: Provided further, That in ad- which shall be available for the period Octo- to the Department of Labor for grants under dition to fees authorized by section 427(b) of ber 1, 2010 through June 30, 2013; and section 414(c) of the American Competitive- the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of (3) $29,190,000 for necessary expenses of the ness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 1986, fees shall be collected for the full dis- Office of Job Corps which shall be available may be used for any purpose other than closure of information under the Act suffi- for obligation for the period October 1, 2009 training in the occupations and industries cient to recover the full costs of operating through September 30, 2010: for which employers are using H-1B visas to the National Practitioner Data Bank, and shall remain available until expended to Provided, That the Office of Job Corps shall hire foreign workers, and the related activi- carry out that Act: Provided further, That have contracting authority: Provided further, ties necessary to support such training: Pro- fees collected for the full disclosure of infor- That no funds from any other appropriation vided, That the preceding limitation shall mation under the ‘‘Health Care Fraud and shall be used to provide meal services at or not apply to multi-year grants awarded prior Abuse Data Collection Program’’, authorized for Job Corps centers. to June 30, 2007. SEC. 106. None of the funds available in this by section 1128E(d)(2) of the Social Security VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING Act or available to the Secretary of Labor Act, shall be sufficient to recover the full Not to exceed $210,156,000 may be derived from other sources for Career Pathways In- costs of operating the program, and shall re- from the Employment Security Administra- novation Fund grants and grants authorized main available until expended to carry out tion Account in the Unemployment Trust under section 414(c) of the American Com- that Act: Provided further, That no more Fund to carry out the provisions of 38 U.S.C. petitiveness and Workforce Improvement than $40,000 shall be available until expended 4100-4113, 4211-4215, and 4321-4327, and Public Act of 1998 shall be obligated for a grant for carrying out the provisions of section Law 103-353, and which shall be available for awarded on a non-competitive basis. 224(o) of the PHS Act including associated obligation by the States through December SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated in administrative expenses and relevant evalua- 31, 2010, of which $2,449,000 is for the National this Act under the heading ‘‘Employment tions: Provided further, That no more than Veterans’ Employment and Training Serv- and Training Administration’’ shall be used $44,055,000 shall be available until expended ices Institute. by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds for carrying out the provisions of Public Law In addition, to carry out the Department to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi- 104–73 and for expenses incurred by the De- of Labor programs under section 5(a)(1) of vidual, either as direct costs or indirect partment of Health and Human Services the Homeless Veterans Comprehensive As- costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level (‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims sistance Act of 2001 and the Veterans Work- II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors made under such law: Provided further, That force Investment Programs under section 168 providing goods and services as defined in Of- of the funds made available under this head- of the Workforce Investment Act, $46,971,000, fice of Management and Budget Circular A- ing, $317,491,000 shall be for the program of which $9,641,000 shall be available for obli- 133. Where States are recipients of such under title X of the PHS Act to provide for gation for the period July 1, 2010 through funds, States may establish a lower limit for voluntary family planning projects: Provided June 30, 2011. salaries and bonuses of those receiving sala- further, That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be ex- OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL ries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors including pended for abortions, that all pregnancy For salaries and expenses of the Office of the relative cost-of-living in the State, the counseling shall be nondirective, and that Inspector General in carrying out the provi- compensation levels for comparable State or such amounts shall not be expended for any sions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, local government employees, and the size of activity (including the publication or dis- $78,093,000, together with not to exceed the organizations that administer Federal tribution of literature) that in any way $5,921,000, which may be expended from the programs involved including Employment tends to promote public support or opposi- Employment Security Administration Ac- and Training Administration programs. tion to any legislative proposal or candidate count in the Unemployment Trust Fund. SEC. 108. The Secretary of Labor shall sub- for public office: Provided further, That of the GENERAL PROVISIONS mit to the Committees on Appropriations of funds available under this heading, $1,932,865,000 shall remain available to the SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in the House of Representatives and the Senate Secretary of HHS through September 30, this Act for the Job Corps shall be used to a plan for the transfer of the administration 2012, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the pay the salary of an individual, either as di- of the Job Corps program authorized under PHS Act: Provided further, That within the rect costs or any proration as an indirect title I-C of the Workforce Investment Act of amounts provided for part A of title XXVI of cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I. 1998 from the Office of the Secretary to the Employment and Training Administration. the PHS Act, $6,021,000 shall be available to (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) As of the date that is 30 days after the date the Secretary through September 30, 2012, SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any dis- of submission of such plan, the Secretary and shall be available to qualifying jurisdic- cretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced may transfer the administration and appro- tions, within 30 days of enactment, for in- Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act priated funds of the program from the Office creasing supplemental grants for fiscal year of 1985) which are appropriated for the cur- of the Secretary and the provisions of sec- 2010 to metropolitan and transitional areas rent fiscal year for the Department of Labor tion 102 of Public Law 109-149 shall no longer that received grant funding in fiscal year in this Act may be transferred between a be applicable. 2009 under subparts I and II of part A of title program, project, or activity, but no such This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department XXVI of the PHS Act to ensure that an program, project, or activity shall be in- of Labor Appropriations Act, 2010’’. area’s total funding under subparts I and II creased by more than 3 percent by any such of part A for fiscal year 2009, together with TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND transfer: Provided, That the transfer author- the amount of this additional funding, is not HUMAN SERVICES ity granted by this section shall be available less than 92.4 percent of the amount of such only to meet emergency needs and shall not HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES area’s total funding under part A for fiscal be used to create any new program or to fund ADMINISTRATION year 2006: Provided further, That notwith- any project or activity for which no funds HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES standing section 2603(c)(1) of the PHS Act, are provided in this Act: Provided further, For carrying out titles II, III, IV, VII, VIII, the additional funding to areas under the im- That the Committees on Appropriations of X, XI, XII, XIX, and XXVI of the Public mediately preceding proviso, which may be the House of Representatives and the Senate Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), section used for costs incurred during fiscal year are notified at least 15 days in advance of 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and 2009, shall be available to the area for obliga- any transfer. Safety Act, title V and sections 711, 1128E, tion from the date of the award through the SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive and 1820 of the Social Security Act, the end of the grant year for the award: Provided Order No. 13126, none of the funds appro- Health Care Quality Improvement Act of further, That $835,000,000 shall be for State priated or otherwise made available pursu- 1986, the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized ant to this Act shall be obligated or ex- 1988, the Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2000, by section 2616 of the PHS Act: Provided fur- pended for the procurement of goods mined, section 712 of the American Jobs Creation ther, That in addition to amounts provided produced, manufactured, or harvested or Act of 2004, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic herein, $25,000,000 shall be available from

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H8766 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 24, 2009 amounts available under section 241 of the 1977, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and porting purposes only and shall not be in- PHS Act to carry out parts A, B, C, and D of New Emergency Response Act of 2006, sec- cluded within any personnel ceiling applica- title XXVI of the PHS Act to fund section tions 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe- ble to the Agency, Service, or the Depart- 2691 Special Projects of National Signifi- ty and Health Act of 1970, title IV of the Im- ment of Health and Human Services during cance: Provided further, That notwith- migration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the period of detail or assignment: Provided standing section 703 of Public Law 109-415, the Refugee Education Assistance Act of further, That none of the funds appropriated authority to carry out title XXVI of the PHS 1980, and for expenses necessary to support may be used to implement section 2625 of the Act shall continue in effect until October 1, activities related to countering potential bi- PHS Act. 2010, unless prior to that date, authorization ological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical In addition, for necessary expenses to ad- is enacted into law otherwise extending this threats to civilian populations; including minister the Energy Employees Occupa- authority: Provided further, That notwith- purchase and insurance of official motor ve- tional Illness Compensation Program Act, standing sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the hicles in foreign countries; and purchase, $55,358,000, to remain available until ex- Social Security Act, not to exceed $92,649,000 hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, pended: Provided, That this amount shall be shall be available for carrying out special $6,313,032,000, of which $30,000,000 shall re- available consistent with the provision re- projects of regional and national significance main available until expended for acquisi- garding administrative expenses in section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106– pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and tion of real property, equipment, construc- 554. $10,400,000 shall be available for projects de- tion and renovation of facilities; of which scribed in paragraphs (A) through (F) of sec- $595,749,000 shall remain available until ex- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH tion 501(a)(3) of such Act: Provided further, pended for the Strategic National Stockpile NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE That notwithstanding section 747(e)(2) of the under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act; of For carrying out section 301 and title IV of PHS Act, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for which $13,455,000 shall be used for the the Public Health Service Act with respect general dentistry programs, not less than projects, and in the amounts, specified under to cancer, $5,150,170,000, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for pediatric dentistry pro- the heading ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and $8,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs grams including faculty loan repayment, and Training’’ in the report of the Committee on and improvements at the National Cancer not less than $29,025,000 shall be for family Appropriations of the House of Representa- Institute-Frederick Federally Funded Re- medicine programs: Provided further, That tives to accompany this Act; of which search and Development Center in Fred- funds provided under section 846 and subpart $118,979,000 for international HIV/AIDS shall erick, Maryland. 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be remain available through September 30, 2011; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE and of which $70,723,000 shall be available used to make prior year adjustments to For carrying out section 301 and title IV of until expended to provide screening and awards made under these sections: Provided the Public Health Service Act with respect treatment for first response emergency serv- further, That of the amount appropriated in to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, ices personnel, residents, students, and oth- this paragraph, $179,330,000 shall be used for and blood and blood products, $3,123,403,000. ers related to the September 11, 2001 ter- the projects financing the construction and NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND renovation (including equipment) of health rorist attacks on the World Trade Center: Provided, That in addition, such sums as may CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH care and other facilities and for other For carrying out section 301 and title IV of health-related activities, and in the be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to this account: Provided the Public Health Service Act with respect amounts, specified under the heading further, That with respect to the previous to dental disease, $417,032,000. ‘‘Health Resources and Services’’ in the re- proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND port of the Committee on Appropriations of Sanitation Program shall be available DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES the House of Representatives to accompany through September 30, 2011: Provided further, this Act, and of which up to one percent of For carrying out section 301 and title IV of That in addition to amounts provided herein, the amount for each project may be used for the Public Health Service Act with respect the following amounts shall be available related agency administrative expenses: Pro- to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, from amounts available under section 241 of vided further, That notwithstanding section $1,824,251,000. the PHS Act: (1) $12,864,000 to carry out the 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $9,700,000 shall be NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL National Immunization Surveys; (2) DISORDERS AND STROKE available for State Offices of Rural Health: $138,683,000 to carry out the National Center For carrying out section 301 and title IV of Provided further, That of the funds provided, for Health Statistics surveys; (3) $47,386,000 the Public Health Service Act with respect $15,000,000 shall be available for the Small for Public Health Informatics; (4) $47,036,000 to neurological disorders and stroke, Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program for Health Marketing; (5) $31,170,000 to carry $1,650,253,000. for quality improvement and adoption of out Public Health Research; and (6) health information technology: Provided fur- $91,724,000 to carry out research activities NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ther, That $75,000,000 shall be available for within the National Occupational Research INFECTIOUS DISEASES State Health Access Grants to expand access Agenda: Provided further, That none of the (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) to affordable health care coverage for the un- funds made available for injury prevention For carrying out section 301 and title IV of insured populations in such States. and control at the Centers for Disease Con- the Public Health Service Act with respect HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS trol and Prevention may be used, in whole or to allergy and infectious diseases, PROGRAM ACCOUNT in part, to advocate or promote gun control: $4,859,502,000, of which $500,000,000 shall be de- Such sums as may be necessary to carry Provided further, That of the funds made rived by transfer from funds appropriated out the purpose of the program, as author- available under this heading, up to $1,000 per under the heading ‘‘Biodefense Counter- ized by title VII of the Public Health Service eligible employee of the Centers for Disease measures’’ in the Department of Homeland Act (‘‘PHS Act’’). For administrative ex- Control and Prevention shall be made avail- Security Appropriations Act, 2004: Provided, penses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro- able until expended for Individual Learning That $300,000,000 may be made available to gram, including section 709 of the PHS Act, Accounts: Provided further, That the Director International Assistance Programs ‘‘Global $2,847,000. may redirect the total amount made avail- Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tu- VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM able under authority of Public Law 101–502, berculosis’’, to remain available until ex- TRUST FUND section 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activi- pended. ties the Director may so designate: Provided For payments from the Vaccine Injury NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL further, That the Committees on Appropria- Compensation Program Trust Fund (‘‘Trust SCIENCES tions of the House of Representatives and Fund’’), such sums as may be necessary for For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Senate are to be notified promptly of any claims associated with vaccine-related in- the Public Health Service Act with respect such redirection: Provided further, That not jury or death with respect to vaccines ad- to general medical sciences, $2,069,156,000. to exceed $20,573,000 may be available for ministered after September 30, 1988, pursuant EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE making grants under section 1509 of the PHS to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Act to not less than 21 States, tribes, or trib- Service Act, to remain available until ex- For carrying out section 301 and title IV of al organizations: Provided further, That of pended: Provided, That for necessary admin- the Public Health Service Act with respect the funds appropriated, $10,000 shall be for of- istrative expenses, not to exceed $6,502,000 to child health and human development, ficial reception and representation expenses shall be available from the Trust Fund to the $1,341,120,000. when specifically approved by the Director Secretary of Health and Human Services. of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND vention: Provided further, That employees of For carrying out section 301 and title IV of PREVENTION the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- the Public Health Service Act with respect DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING tion or the Public Health Service, both civil- to eye diseases and visual disorders, To carry out titles II, III, VII, XI, XV, ian and Commissioned Officers, detailed to $713,072,000. XVII, XIX, XXI, and XXVI of the Public States, municipalities, or other organiza- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), sections tions under authority of section 214 of the HEALTH SCIENCES 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, 501, and 514 of PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of be treated as non-Federal employees for re- the Public Health Service Act with respect

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8767 to environmental health sciences, shall be available from amounts available of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section $695,497,000. under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING the purposes of the National Information data collection and evaluation activities, For carrying out section 301 and title IV of Center on Health Services Research and and further that the total available under the Public Health Service Act with respect Health Care Technology established under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall to aging, $1,119,404,000. section 478A of the PHS Act and related not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appro- health services. priated for subpart I of part B of title XIX; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR (3) $22,750,000 to carry out national surveys MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES For carrying out the responsibilities of the on drug abuse and mental health; and (4) For carrying out section 301 and title IV of Office of the Director, National Institutes of $8,596,000 to collect and analyze data and the Public Health Service Act with respect Health (‘‘NIH’’), $1,168,704,000, of which up to evaluate substance abuse treatment pro- to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out section grams: Provided further, That section diseases, $543,621,000. 214 of this Act: Provided, That funding shall 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER be available for the purchase of not to exceed funds appropriated under this Act for fiscal COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement year 2010. For carrying out section 301 and title IV of only: Provided further, That the NIH is au- AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND the Public Health Service Act with respect thorized to collect third party payments for QUALITY to deafness and other communication dis- the cost of clinical services that are incurred HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY orders, $422,308,000. in NIH research facilities and that such pay- For carrying out titles III and IX of the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH ments shall be credited to the NIH Manage- Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), part For carrying out section 301 and title IV of ment Fund (‘‘Fund’’): Provided further, That A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and the Public Health Service Act with respect all funds credited to the Fund shall remain section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription to nursing research, $146,945,000. available for one fiscal year after the fiscal Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act year in which they are deposited: Provided of 2003, amounts received from Freedom of NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND further, That up to $194,400,000 shall be avail- ALCOHOLISM Information Act fees, reimbursable and able for continuation of the National Chil- interagency agreements, and the sale of data For carrying out section 301 and title IV of dren’s Study: Provided further, That shall be credited to this appropriation and the Public Health Service Act with respect $534,066,000 shall be available for the Com- shall remain available until expended: Pro- to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $466,308,000. mon Fund established under section vided, That the amount made available pur- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act suant to section 937(c) of the PHS Act shall For carrying out section 301 and title IV of (‘‘PHS Act’’): Provided further, That of the not exceed $372,053,000. funds provided $10,000 shall be for official re- the Public Health Service Act with respect CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID ception and representation expenses when to drug abuse, $1,069,583,000. SERVICES specifically approved by the Director of the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH NIH: Provided further, That the Office of GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID For carrying out section 301 and title IV of AIDS Research within the Office of the Di- For carrying out, except as otherwise pro- the Public Health Service Act with respect rector of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 vided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Secu- to mental health, $1,502,266,000. to make grants for construction or renova- rity Act, $220,962,473,000, to remain available NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE tion of facilities as provided for in section until expended. For carrying out section 301 and title IV of 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act. For making, after May 31, 2010, payments the Public Health Service Act with respect BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES to States under title XIX of the Social Secu- to human genome research, $520,311,000. For the study of, construction of, renova- rity Act for the last quarter of fiscal year 2010 for unanticipated costs, incurred for the NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING tion of, and acquisition of equipment for, fa- current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec- AND BIOENGINEERING cilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health, including the acquisition of real essary. For carrying out section 301 and title IV of For making payments to States or in the the Public Health Service Act with respect property, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended. case of section 1928 on behalf of States under to biomedical imaging and bioengineering title XIX of the Social Security Act for the SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH research, $319,217,000. first quarter of fiscal year 2011, SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES $86,789,382,000, to remain available until ex- For carrying out section 301 and title IV of SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH pended. the Public Health Service Act with respect SERVICES Payment under title XIX may be made for to research resources and general research For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of any quarter with respect to a State plan or support grants, $1,280,031,000. the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) plan amendment in effect during such quar- with respect to substance abuse and mental NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter health services and the Protection and Advo- ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE and approved in that or any subsequent quar- cacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, ter. For carrying out section 301 and title IV of $3,419,438,000, of which $10,108,000 shall be PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS the Public Health Service Act with respect used for the projects, and in the amounts, For payment to the Federal Hospital In- to complementary and alternative medicine, specified under the heading ‘‘Substance surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple- $129,953,000. Abuse and Mental Health Services’’ in the mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND report of the Committee on Appropriations provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and HEALTH DISPARITIES of the House of Representatives to accom- 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections For carrying out section 301 and title IV of pany this Act: Provided, That notwith- 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security the Public Health Service Act with respect standing section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Public to minority health and health disparities re- no funds appropriated for carrying out sec- Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses search, $213,316,000. tion 520A are available for carrying out sec- incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the So- tion 1971 of the PHS Act: Provided further, JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER cial Security Act, $207,296,070,000. That $795,000 shall be available until ex- For carrying out the activities of the John In addition, for making matching pay- pended for reimbursing the General Services E. Fogarty International Center (described ments under section 1844, and benefit pay- Administration for environmental testing in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of the Pub- ments under section 1860D–16 of the Social and remediation on the federally owned fa- lic Health Service Act), $70,780,000. Security Act, not anticipated in budget esti- cilities at St. Elizabeths Hospital, including mates, such sums as may be necessary. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE but not limited to testing and remediation For carrying out section 301 and title IV of conducted prior to fiscal year 2010: Provided PROGRAM MANAGEMENT the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) further, That in addition to amounts pro- For carrying out, except as otherwise pro- with respect to health information commu- vided herein, the following amounts shall be vided, titles XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the nications, $342,585,000, of which $4,000,000 available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of shall be available until expended for im- (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), provement of information systems: Provided, B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement That in fiscal year 2010, the National Library 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, Amendments of 1988, not to exceed of Medicine may enter into personal services data collection and evaluation activities, $3,463,362,000, to be transferred from the Fed- contracts for the provision of services in fa- and further that the total available under eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the cilities owned, operated, or constructed this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance under the jurisdiction of the National Insti- not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appro- Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) tutes of Health: Provided further, That in ad- priated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; of the Social Security Act; together with all dition to amounts provided herein, $8,200,000 (2) $21,039,000 to carry out subpart I of part B funds collected in accordance with section

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For making grants to States pursuant to shall be for contract costs for the Healthcare For making, after May 31 of the current section 2002 of the Social Security Act, Integrated General Ledger Accounting Sys- fiscal year, payments to States or other non- $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding tem: Provided further, That $65,600,000, to re- Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, X, XI, subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such main available through September 30, 2011, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and Act, the applicable percent specified under shall be for the Centers for Medicare and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months such subparagraph for a State to carry out Medicaid Services (‘‘CMS’’) Medicare con- of the current fiscal year for unanticipated State programs pursuant to title XX of such tracting reform activities: Provided further, costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, Act shall be 10 percent. That the Secretary is directed to collect fees such sums as may be necessary. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS in fiscal year 2010 from Medicare Advantage LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) For making payments under subsections (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) of the Social Security Act and from eligible (b), (d), and (e) of section 2602 of the Low In- For carrying out, except as otherwise pro- organizations with risk-sharing contracts come Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, vided, the Runaway and Homeless Youth under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to $5,100,000,000, of which $4,509,672,000 shall be Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assist- section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided fur- for payments under subsections (b) and (d) of ance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start ther, That $1,600,000 shall be used for the such section; and of which $590,328,000 shall Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat- projects, and in the amounts, specified under be for payments under subsection (e) of such ment Act, sections 310 and 316 of the Family the heading ‘‘Program Management’’ in the section, to be made notwithstanding the des- Violence Prevention and Services Act, the report of the Committee on Appropriations ignation requirements of such subsection: Native American Programs Act of 1974, title of the House of Representatives to accom- Provided, That all but $839,792,000 of the II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat- pany this Act: Provided further, That amount provided in this Act for subsections ment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adop- $65,000,000 shall be available for the State (b) and (d) shall be allocated as though the tion opportunities), sections 330F and 330G of high risk health insurance pool program as total appropriation for such payments for the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), authorized by the State High Risk Pool fiscal year 2010 was less than $1,975,000,000: the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of Funding Extension Act of 2006. Provided further, That notwithstanding sec- 1988, sections 261 and 291 of the Help America HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL tion 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act, a State may Vote Act of 2002, part B–1 of title IV and sec- ACCOUNT use any amount of an allotment from prior tions 413, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security In addition to amounts otherwise available appropriations Acts that is available to that Act; for making payments under the Com- for program integrity and program manage- State for providing assistance in fiscal year munity Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG ment, $311,000,000, to remain available 2010, and any allotment from funds appro- Act’’), sections 439(i), 473B, and 477(i) of the through September 30, 2011, to be transferred priated in this Act or any other appropria- Social Security Act, and the Assets for Inde- from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust tions Act for fiscal year 2010, to provide as- pendence Act; and for necessary administra- Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med- sistance to households whose income does tive expenses to carry out such Acts and ti- ical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by not exceed 75 percent of the State median in- tles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, of come. Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, which $220,320,000 shall be for the Medicare REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, title IV of the Immigration and Integrity Program at the Centers for Medi- For necessary expenses for refugee and en- Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Ref- care and Medicaid Services, including admin- trant assistance activities authorized by sec- ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, istrative costs, to conduct oversight activi- tion 414 of the Immigration and Nationality $9,436,951,000, of which $39,500,000, to remain ties for Medicare Advantage and the Medi- Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education available through September 30, 2011, shall care Prescription Drug Program authorized Assistance Act of 1980, for carrying out sec- be for grants to States for adoption incentive in title XVIII of the Social Security Act and tion 462 of the Homeland Security Act of payments, as authorized by section 473A of for activities listed in section 1893 of such 2002, section 235 of the William Wilberforce the Social Security Act and may be made for Act; of which $29,790,000 shall be for the De- Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza- adoptions completed before September 30, partment of Health and Human Services Of- tion Act of 2008, and the Trafficking Victims 2010: Provided, That $7,234,783,000 shall be for fice of Inspector General to carry out fraud Protection Act of 2000, for costs associated making payments under the Head Start Act: and abuse activities authorized by section with the care and placement of unaccom- Provided further, That of the funds appro- 1817(k)(3) of such Act; of which $31,100,000 panied alien children, and for carrying out priated in the American Recovery and Rein- shall be for the Medicaid and Children’s the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, vestment Act of 2009 for Head Start and Health Insurance Program (‘‘CHIP’’) pro- $714,968,000, of which up to $9,814,000 shall be Early Head Start, only the amount provided gram integrity activities; and of which available to carry out the Trafficking Vic- to a Head Start grantee under section $29,790,000 shall be for the Department of tims Protection Act of 2000: , That Provided 640(a)(3)(A)(i)(I) of the Head Start Act as a Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activi- funds appropriated under this heading pursu- cost of living adjustment may be considered ties authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such ant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and to be part of the fiscal year 2009 base grant Act: Provided, That the report required by Nationality Act, section 462 of the Homeland for such grantee for purposes of section section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the Wil- 640(a)(2)(B)(i) through (v) of the Head Start for fiscal year 2010 shall include measures of liam Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Pro- Act: Provided further, That $746,000,000 shall the operational efficiency and impact on tection Reauthorization Act of 2008, and the be for making payments under the CSBG fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 Act: Provided further, That not less than Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds for fiscal year 2010 shall be available for the $10,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of provided by this appropriation. costs of assistance provided and other activi- the CSBG Act: Provided further, That in addi- ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ties to remain available through September tion to amounts provided herein, $5,762,000 30, 2012. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT shall be available from amounts available ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out For making payments to States or other DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT the provisions of section 1110 of the Social non-Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, X, For carrying out the Child Care and Devel- Security Act: Provided further, That to the XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act opment Block Grant Act of 1990, $2,127,081,000 extent Community Services Block Grant and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,571,509,000, to shall be used to supplement, not supplant funds are distributed as grant funds by a remain available until expended; and for State general revenue funds for child care as- State to an eligible entity as provided under such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal sistance for low-income families: Provided, the CSBG Act, and have not been expended year 2011, $1,100,000,000, to remain available That $18,960,000 shall be available for child by such entity, they shall remain with such until expended. care resource and referral and school-aged entity for carryover into the next fiscal year

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(and related provisions of title XI of such Act), $71,147,000, to be transferred in appro- States to promote access for voters with dis- OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY priate part from the Federal Hospital Insur- abilities, and of which $5,256,000 shall be for GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT payments to States for protection and advo- ance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple- (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) cacy systems for voters with disabilities: mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. Provided further, That $110,000,000 shall be for For necessary expenses, not otherwise pro- vided, for general departmental manage- OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR making competitive contracts and grants to HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY fund teenage pregnancy prevention programs ment, including hire of six sedans, and for and for the Federal costs of administering carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, and XXI of For expenses necessary for the Office of the and evaluating such contracts and grants, of the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’), National Coordinator for Health Information which not less than $75,000,000 shall be for the United States-Mexico Border Health Technology, including grants, contracts, and programs that replicate the elements of one Commission Act, and research studies under cooperative agreements for the development or more teenage pregnancy prevention pro- section 1110 of the Social Security Act, and advancement of interoperable health in- grams that have been proven effective $397,601,000, together with $5,851,000 to be formation technology, $61,342,000, which through rigorous evaluation to reduce teen- transferred and expended as authorized by shall be available from amounts available age pregnancy or reduce behavioral risk fac- section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act under section 241 of the Public Health Serv- tors underlying teenage pregnancy; of which from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust ice Act. not less than $25,000,000 shall be available for Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med- OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL research and demonstration grants to de- ical Insurance Trust Fund, and $69,756,000 from the amounts available under section 241 velop, replicate, refine, and test additional For expenses necessary for the Office of In- of the PHS Act to carry out national health models and innovative strategies for pre- spector General, including the hire of pas- or human services research and evaluation venting teenage pregnancy: Provided further, senger motor vehicles for investigations, in activities: Provided, That of this amount, that in addition to amounts provided herein carrying out the provisions of the Inspector $53,891,000 shall be for minority AIDS preven- for teenage pregnancy prevention, $4,455,000 General Act of 1978, $50,279,000: Provided, tion and treatment activities; $5,789,000 shall shall be available from amounts under sec- That of such amount, necessary sums shall be to assist Afghanistan in the development tion 241 of the PHS Act to carry out evalua- be available for providing protective services of maternal and child health clinics, con- tions (including longitudinal evaluations) of to the Secretary of Health and Human Serv- sistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the Af- teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: ices and investigating non-payment of child ghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002; and Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for a support cases for which non-payment is a $1,000,000 shall be transferred, not later than human services case management system for Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Provided 30 days after enactment of this Act, to the Federally-declared disasters, to include a further, That at least forty percent of the National Institute of Mental Health to ad- comprehensive national case management funds provided in this Act for the Office of minister the Interagency Autism Coordi- contract and Federal costs of administering Inspector General shall be used only for in- nating Committee: Provided further, That of the system: Provided further, That up to vestigations, audits, and evaluations per- the funds made available under this heading $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public taining to the discretionary programs funded for carrying out title XX of the PHS Act, Assistance Reporting Information System, in this Act. including grants to States to support data $13,120,000 shall be for activities specified collection for a study of the system’s effec- under section 2003(b)(2), of which $9,840,000 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS tiveness: Provided further, That of the funds shall be for programs that replicate the ele- ments of one or more teenage pregnancy pre- For expenses necessary for the Office for appropriated under this heading, $1,000,000 Civil Rights, $37,785,000, together with not to shall be transferred to the National Commis- vention programs that have been proven ef- fective through rigorous evaluation to re- exceed $3,314,000 to be transferred and ex- sion on Children and Disasters to carry out pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of title VI of division G of Public Law 110–161: duce teenage pregnancy or reduce behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, the Social Security Act from the Federal Provided further, That $14,819,000 shall be Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Fed- used for the projects, and in the amounts, and of which $3,280,000 shall be for research and demonstration grants to develop, rep- eral Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust specified under the heading ‘‘Children and Fund. Families Services Programs’’ in the report of licate, refine, and test additional models and innovative strategies for preventing teen the Committee on Appropriations of the RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR pregnancy, without application of the limi- House of Representatives to accompany this COMMISSIONED OFFICERS Act. tation of section 2010(c) of such title XX: Pro- vided further, That funds provided in this Act For retirement pay and medical benefits of PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES for embryo adoption activities may be used Public Health Service Commissioned Officers For carrying out section 436 of the Social to provide, to individuals adopting embryos, as authorized by law, for payments under the Security Act, $345,000,000 and section 437 of through grants and other mechanisms, med- Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection such Act, $63,311,000. ical and administrative services deemed nec- Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med- PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY essary for such adoptions: Provided further, ical care of dependents and retired personnel For making payments to States or other That such services shall be provided con- under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act, non-Federal entities under title IV–E of the sistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided fur- such amounts as may be required during the Social Security Act, $5,532,000,000. ther, That $700,000 shall be used for the current fiscal year.

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PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES ployees of the Public Health Service to assist tifies to the Secretary of Health and Human EMERGENCY FUND in child survival activities and to work in Services that it encourages family participa- (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) AIDS programs through and with funds pro- tion in the decision of minors to seek family For expenses necessary to support activi- vided by the Agency for International Devel- planning services and that it provides coun- ties related to countering potential biologi- opment, the United Nations International seling to minors on how to resist attempts to cal, nuclear, radiological, chemical, and cy- Children’s Emergency Fund or the World coerce minors into engaging in sexual activi- bersecurity threats to civilian populations, Health Organization. ties. and for other public health emergencies and SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provi- to pay the costs described in section 319F– this Act for the National Institutes of sion of law, no provider of services under 2(c)(7)(B) of the Public Health Service Act Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research title X of the Public Health Service Act shall (‘‘PHS Act’’), $607,482,000; of which $35,565,000 and Quality, and the Substance Abuse and be exempt from any State law requiring no- shall be to support preparedness and emer- Mental Health Services Administration shall tification or the reporting of child abuse, gency operations, of which $5,000,000 shall re- be used to pay the salary of an individual, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or in- main available through September 30, 2011; through a grant or other extramural mecha- cest. SEC. 211. None of the funds appropriated by and of which $10,000,000, to remain available nism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level this Act (including funds appropriated to any through September 30, 2011, shall be to sup- I. trust fund) may be used to carry out the port the delivery of medical counter- SEC. 204. None of the funds appropriated in Medicare Advantage program if the Sec- measures: Provided, That of the amount this Act may be expended pursuant to sec- retary of Health and Human Services denies made available herein for the delivery of tion 241 of the Public Health Service Act, ex- participation in such program to an other- medical countermeasures, up to $8,000,000 cept for funds specifically provided for in wise eligible entity (including a Provider may be transferred to the U.S. Postal Serv- this Act, or for other taps and assessments Sponsored Organization) because the entity ice to support delivery of medical counter- made by any office located in the Depart- informs the Secretary that it will not pro- measures. ment of Health and Human Services, prior to vide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide For expenses necessary to support ad- the preparation and submission of a report referrals for abortions: , That the vanced research and development pursuant by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv- Provided Secretary shall make appropriate prospec- to section 319L of the PHS Act, $305,000,000, ices to the Committees on Appropriations of tive adjustments to the capitation payment to be derived by transfer from funds appro- the House of Representatives and the Senate to such an entity (based on an actuarially priated under the heading ‘‘Biodefense Coun- detailing the planned uses of such funds. sound estimate of the expected costs of pro- termeasures’’ in the Department of Home- SEC. 205. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of viding the service to such entity’s enrollees): land Security Appropriations Act, 2004, to re- the Public Health Service Act, such portion , That nothing in this section main available through September 30, 2011. as the Secretary of Health and Human Serv- Provided further For expenses necessary to prepare for and ices shall determine, but not more than 2.4 shall be construed to change the Medicare respond to an influenza pandemic, percent, of any amounts appropriated for program’s coverage for such services and a $354,167,000, of which $276,000,000 shall be programs authorized under such Act shall be Medicare Advantage organization described available until expended, for activities in- made available for the evaluation (directly, in this section shall be responsible for in- cluding the development and purchase of or by grants or contracts) of the implemen- forming enrollees where to obtain informa- vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical sup- tation and effectiveness of such programs. tion about all Medicare covered services. SEC. 212. (a) Except as provided by sub- plies, diagnostics, and other surveillance (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) section (e) none of the funds appropriated for tools: Provided, That products purchased SEC. 206. Not to exceed 1 percent of any dis- fiscal year 2010 or any subsequent fiscal year with these funds may, at the discretion of cretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced by this or any subsequent appropriations Act the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act may be used to withhold substance abuse be deposited in the Strategic National of 1985) which are appropriated for the cur- funding from a State pursuant to section Stockpile under section 319F–2(a) of the PHS rent fiscal year for the Department of Health 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding and Human Services in this Act may be Act’’) if such State certifies to the Secretary section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be transferred between appropriations, but no of Health and Human Services by May 1 of used for the construction or renovation of such appropriation shall be increased by the fiscal year for which the funds are appro- privately owned facilities for the production more than 3 percent by any such transfer: priated that the State will commit addi- of pandemic influenza vaccines and other Provided, That the transfer authority grant- tional State funds, in accordance with sub- biologics, if the Secretary finds such con- ed by this section shall be available only to section (b), to ensure compliance with State struction or renovation necessary to secure meet emergency needs and shall not be used laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products sufficient supplies of such vaccines or bio- to create any new program or to fund any to individuals under 18 years of age. logics: Provided further, That funds appro- project or activity for which no funds are (b) The amount of funds to be committed priated herein may be transferred to other provided in this Act: Provided further, That by a State under subsection (a) shall be appropriation accounts of the Department of the Committees on Appropriations of the equal to 1 percent of such State’s substance Health and Human Services, as determined House of Representatives and the Senate are abuse block grant allocation for each per- by the Secretary to be appropriate, to be notified at least 15 days in advance of any centage point by which the State misses the used for the purposes specified in this para- transfer. retailer compliance rate goal established by graph. (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) the Secretary under section 1926 of such Act. All remaining balances from funds appro- (c) The State is to maintain State expendi- priated under the heading ‘‘Biodefense Coun- SEC. 207. The Director of the National In- tures in such fiscal year for tobacco preven- termeasures’’ in the Department of Home- stitutes of Health, jointly with the Director tion programs and for compliance activities land Security Appropriations Act, 2004, shall of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer at a level that is not less than the level of be transferred to this account, and shall re- up to 3 percent among institutes and centers such expenditures maintained by the State main available for obligation through Sep- from the total amounts identified by these for the preceding fiscal year, and adding to tember 30, 2013, for the procurement of med- two Directors as funding for research per- that level the additional funds for tobacco ical countermeasures pursuant to section taining to the human immunodeficiency compliance activities required under sub- 319F–2(c) of the PHS Act: Provided, That virus: Provided, That the Committees on Ap- section (a). The State is to submit a report products purchased with these funds shall be propriations of the House of Representatives to the Secretary on all State obligations of deposited in the Strategic National Stock- and the Senate are notified at least 15 days funds for such fiscal year and all State ex- pile under section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act. in advance of any transfer. penditures for the preceding fiscal year for For expenses necessary for fit-out and (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) tobacco prevention and compliance activi- other costs related to a competitive lease SEC. 208. Of the amounts made available in ties by program activity by July 31 of such procurement to renovate or replace the ex- this Act for the National Institutes of fiscal year. isting headquarters building for Public Health, the amount for research related to (d) The Secretary shall exercise discretion Health Service agencies and other compo- the human immunodeficiency virus, as joint- in enforcing the timing of the State obliga- nents of the Department of Health and ly determined by the Director of the Na- tion of the additional funds required by the Human Services, $70,000,000, to remain avail- tional Institutes of Health and the Director certification described in subsection (a) as able until expended. of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made late as July 31 of such fiscal year. GENERAL PROVISIONS available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ (e) None of the funds appropriated by this SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title account. The Director of the Office of AIDS or any subsequent appropriations Act may shall be available for not to exceed $50,000 for Research shall transfer from such account be used to withhold substance abuse funding official reception and representation ex- amounts necessary to carry out section pursuant to section 1926 of the PHS Act from penses when specifically approved by the 2353(d)(3) of the Public Health Service Act. a territory that receives less than $1,000,000. Secretary of Health and Human Services. SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated in SEC. 213. In order for the Department of SEC. 202. The Secretary of Health and this Act may be made available to any enti- Health and Human Services to carry out Human Services shall make available ty under title X of the Public Health Service international health activities, including through assignment not more than 60 em- Act unless the applicant for the award cer- HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease,

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The Secretary of or contracts under section 747 of the Public under section 8003(a) for school year 2009– Health and Human Services shall consult Health Service Act, and 1 percent of the 2010, children enrolled in a school of such with the Secretary of State and relevant amount made available for NRSA shall be agency that would otherwise be eligible for Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority made available to the Director of the Agency payment under section 8003(a)(1)(B) of such provided in this section is exercised in a for Healthcare Research and Quality to Act, but due to the deployment of both par- manner consistent with section 207 of the make NRSA awards for health service re- ents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli- search. guardian having sole custody of such chil- cable statutes administered by the Depart- This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department dren, or due to the death of a military parent ment of State. of Health and Human Services Appropria- or legal guardian while on active duty (so (2) The Secretary of Health and Human tions Act, 2010’’. long as such children reside on Federal prop- Services is authorized to provide such funds TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION erty as described in section 8003(a)(1)(B)), are by advance or reimbursement to the Sec- no longer eligible under such section, shall EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED retary of State as may be necessary to pay be considered as eligible students under such the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, For carrying out title I of the Elementary section, provided such students remain in av- renovation, and management of facilities and Secondary Education Act of 1965 erage daily attendance at a school in the outside of the United States for the use of (‘‘ESEA’’) and section 418A of the Higher same local educational agency they attended the Department of Health and Human Serv- Education Act of 1965, $15,938,215,000, of prior to their change in eligibility status. ices. The Department of State shall cooper- which $4,850,510,000 shall become available on SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS July 1, 2010, and shall remain available ate fully with the Secretary of Health and For carrying out school improvement ac- through September 30, 2011, and of which Human Services to ensure that the Depart- tivities authorized by parts A, B, and D of $10,841,176,000 shall become available on Oc- ment of Health and Human Services has se- title II, part B of title IV, subparts 6 and 9 of tober 1, 2010, and shall remain available cure, safe, functional facilities that comply part D of title V, parts A and B of title VI, through September 30, 2011, for academic with applicable regulation governing loca- and parts B and C of title VII of the Elemen- year 2010–2011: Provided, That $6,597,946,000 tion, setback, and other facilities require- tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 of ments and serve the purposes established by (‘‘ESEA’’); the McKinney-Vento Homeless the ESEA: Provided further, That up to this Act. The Secretary of Health and Assistance Act; section 203 of the Edu- $4,000,000 of these funds shall be available to Human Services is authorized, in consulta- cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Secretary of Education on October 1, tion with the Secretary of State, through the Compact of Free Association Amend- 2009, to obtain annually updated local edu- grant or cooperative agreement, to make ments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of cational-agency-level census poverty data available to public or nonprofit private insti- 1964, $5,239,644,000, of which $3,375,993,000 from the Bureau of the Census: Provided fur- tutions or agencies in participating foreign shall become available on July 1, 2010, and ther, That $1,365,031,000 shall be for con- countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or remain available through September 30, 2011, centration grants under section 1124A of the renovate facilities in those countries as nec- and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become ESEA: Provided further, That $3,264,712,000 essary to conduct programs of assistance for available on October 1, 2010, and shall remain shall be for targeted grants under section international health activities, including ac- available through September 30, 2011, for 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That tivities relating to HIV/AIDS and other in- academic year 2010–2011: Provided, That funds $3,264,712,000 shall be for education finance fectious diseases, chronic and environmental made available to carry out part B of title incentive grants under section 1125A of the diseases, and other health activities abroad. VII of the ESEA may be used for construc- ESEA: Provided further, That $9,167,000 shall SEC. 214. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding tion, renovation and modernization of public be to carry out sections 1501 and 1503 of the any other provision of law, the Director of elementary schools, public secondary ESEA: Provided further, That $545,633,000 the National Institutes of Health (‘‘Direc- schools, and structures related to public ele- shall be available for school improvement tor’’) may use funds available under section mentary schools and secondary schools, if grants under section 1003(g) of the ESEA 402(b)(7) or 402(b)(12) of the Public Health such construction, renovation, or moderniza- and, notwithstanding such section, each Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’) to enter into trans- tion would support achievement of the pur- State educational agency shall ensure that actions (other than contracts, cooperative poses of that part: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of its allocation of agreements, or grants) to carry out research funds made available to carry out part C of funds under this proviso is used for evidence- identified pursuant to such section 402(b)(7) title VII of the ESEA may be used for con- based reading instruction: Provided further, (pertaining to the Common Fund) or re- struction: Provided further, That the Sec- That State and local educational agencies search and activities described in such sec- retary shall implement part C of title VII of may use fiscal year 2009 appropriations, and tion 402(b)(12). the ESEA without regard to the require- funds appropriated in this Act, for school im- (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into trans- ments of section 7304(d)(2): Provided further, provement grants under section 1003(g) of the actions under subsection (a), the Director That up to 100 percent of the funds available ESEA for any school eligible to receive as- may utilize such peer review procedures (in- to a State educational agency under part D sistance under part A of title I that has not cluding consultation with appropriate sci- of title II of the ESEA may be used for sub- made adequate yearly progress for at least entific experts) as the Director determines grants described in section 2412(a)(2)(B) of two years or is in a State’s lowest quintile of to be appropriate to obtain assessments of such Act: Provided further, That $57,113,000 performance based on proficiency rates and, scientific and technical merit. Such proce- shall be available to carry out section 203 of in the case of secondary schools, priority dures shall apply to such transactions in lieu the Educational Technical Assistance Act of shall be given to those schools with gradua- of the peer review and advisory council re- 2002: Provided further, That $26,328,000 shall be tion rates below 60 percent: Provided further, view procedures that would otherwise be re- available to carry out part D of title V of the That the ESEA title I, part A funds awarded quired under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), ESEA: Provided further, That no funds appro- to local educational agencies under the 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS priated under this heading may be used to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of Act. carry out section 5494 under the ESEA: Pro- 2009 for fiscal year 2009 shall not be consid- SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provi- vided further, That $17,687,000 shall be avail- ered for the purpose of calculating hold- sions of law, funds made available under this able to carry out the Supplemental Edu- harmless amounts under subsections 1122(c) Act may be used to continue operating the cation Grants program for the Federated and 1125A(g)(3) in making allocations under Council on Graduate Medical Education es- States of Micronesia and the Republic of the title I, part A for fiscal year 2010 and suc- tablished by section 301 of Public Law 102- Marshall Islands: Provided further, That up to ceeding years. 408. 5 percent of these amounts may be reserved SEC. 216. Not to exceed $35,000,000 of funds IMPACT AID by the Federated States of Micronesia and appropriated by this Act to the institutes For carrying out programs of financial as- the Republic of the Marshall Islands to ad- and centers of the National Institutes of sistance to federally affected schools author- minister the Supplemental Education Grants Health may be used for alteration, repair, or ized by title VIII of the Elementary and Sec- programs and to obtain technical assistance, improvement of facilities, as necessary for ondary Education Act of 1965, $1,290,718,000, oversight and consultancy services in the ad- the proper and efficient conduct of the ac- of which $1,151,535,000 shall be for basic sup- ministration of these grants and to reim- tivities authorized herein, at not to exceed port payments under section 8003(b), burse the United States Departments of $2,500,000 per project. $48,602,000 shall be for payments for children Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) with disabilities under section 8003(d), cation for such services: Provided further, SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available $17,509,000 shall be for construction under That $9,360,000 of the funds available for the for the National Institutes of Health, 1 per- section 8007(a) and shall remain available Foreign Language Assistance Program shall

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conduct an- further, That from funds for subpart 4, part C port expenses associated with the Special nual, timely, and independent audits of the of title II of the ESEA, up to 3 percent shall Olympics National and World games. be available to the Secretary of Education school’s financial statements that are filed REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY for technical assistance and dissemination of with the school’s authorized public char- RESEARCH information: Provided further, That tering agency; and demonstrate improved $666,530,000 shall be available to carry out student academic achievement; and (2) au- For carrying out, to the extent not other- part D of title V of the ESEA: Provided fur- thorized public chartering agencies use in- wise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, ther, That $51,732,000 shall be used for the creases in student academic achievement for the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, and the projects, and in the amounts, specified under all groups of students described in section Helen Keller National Center Act, the heading ‘‘Innovation and Improvement’’ 1111(b)(2)(C)(v) of the ESEA as the most im- $3,504,305,000: Provided, That $2,570,000 shall in the report of the Committee on Appropria- portant factor when determining to renew or be used for the projects, and in the amounts, tions of the House of Representatives to ac- revoke a school’s charter. specified under the heading ‘‘Rehabilitation company this Act: Provided further, That STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND, Services and Disability Research’’ in the re- $445,864,000 of the funds for subpart 1 of part RECOVERY ACT port of the Committee on Appropriations of D of title V of the ESEA shall be for com- For an additional amount for the Innova- the House of Representatives to accompany petitive grants to local educational agencies, tion Fund established pursuant to section this Act. including charter schools that are local edu- 14007 of division A of the American Recovery SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH cational agencies, or States, or partnerships and Reinvestment Act of 2009, $3,000,000. DISABILITIES of: (1) a local educational agency, a State, or SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND both; and (2) at least one non-profit organi- For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, zation to develop and implement perform- For carrying out activities authorized by $22,599,000. ance-based compensation systems for teach- subpart 3 of part C of title II, part A of title ers, principals, and other personnel in high- IV, and subparts 2 and 10 of part D of title V NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF need schools: Provided further, That such per- of the Elementary and Secondary Education For the National Technical Institute for formance-based compensation systems must Act of 1965, $395,753,000: Provided, That the Deaf under titles I and II of the Edu- consider gains in student academic achieve- $195,041,000 shall be available for subpart 2 of cation of the Deaf Act of 1986, $68,437,000, of ment as well as classroom evaluations con- part A of title IV, of which $2,000,000, to re- which $5,400,000 shall be for construction and ducted multiple times during each school main available until expended, shall be for shall remain available until expended: Pro- year among other factors and provide edu- the Project School Emergency Response to vided, That from the total amount available, cators with incentives to take on additional Violence (‘‘Project SERV’’) program to pro- the Institute may at its discretion use funds responsibilities and leadership roles: Pro- vide education-related services to local edu- for the endowment program as authorized vided further, That up to 5 percent of such cational agencies and to institutions of high- under section 207 of such Act. er education in which the learning environ- funds for competitive grants shall be avail- GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY able for technical assistance, training, peer ment has been disrupted due to a violent or For the Kendall Demonstration Elemen- review of applications, program outreach and traumatic crisis: Provided further, That tary School, the Model Secondary School for evaluation activities: Provided further, That $133,000,000 shall be available to carry out the Deaf, and the partial support of Gal- from funds for subpart 1 of part D of title V part D of title V: Provided further, That of laudet University under titles I and II of the of the ESEA, up to $10,000,000 shall be avail- the funds available to carry out subpart 3 of Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, able to carry out activities authorized under part C of title II, up to $13,383,000 may be $120,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be for section 2151(a) of the ESEA: Provided further, used to carry out section 2345 and $2,957,000 construction and shall remain available That of the funds available for section shall be used by the Center for Civic Edu- until expended: Provided, That from the total 2151(b), $5,000,000 shall be available to con- cation to implement a comprehensive pro- amount available, the University may at its tinue a national school leadership partner- gram to improve public knowledge, under- discretion use funds for the endowment pro- ship initiative as described under this head- standing, and support of the Congress and gram as authorized under section 207 of such ing in the report of the Committee on Appro- the State legislatures. Act. priations of the House of Representatives to ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION accompany this Act: Provided further, That of For carrying out part A of title III of the CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION the funds available for part B of title V, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of For carrying out, to the extent not other- Secretary shall use up to $21,031,000 to carry 1965, $760,000,000, which shall become avail- wise provided, the Carl D. Perkins Career out activities under section 5205(b) and under able on July 1, 2010, and shall remain avail- and Technical Education Act of 2006, the subpart 2, and shall use not less than able through September 30, 2011, except that Adult Education and Family Literacy Act $195,000,000 to carry out other activities au- 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available (‘‘AEFLA’’), subpart 4 of part D of title V of thorized under subpart 1: Provided further, on October 1, 2009, and shall remain available the Elementary and Secondary Education That of the funds available for subpart 1 of through September 30, 2011, to carry out ac- Act of 1965 (‘‘ESEA’’) and title VIII–D of the part B of title V of the ESEA, and notwith- tivities under section 3111(c)(1)(C): Provided, Higher Education Amendments of 1998, standing section 5205(a), the Secretary may That the Secretary of Education shall use es- $2,016,447,000, of which $4,400,000 shall become reserve up to $20,000,000 to make multiple timates of the American Community Survey available on October 1, 2009, and remain awards to charter management organiza- child counts for the most recent 3-year pe- available through September 30, 2011, of

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which $1,221,047,000 shall become available on STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION supplant existing institutional aid: Provided July 1, 2010, and shall remain available For Federal administrative expenses to further, That the Secretary shall be author- through September 30, 2011, and of which carry out part D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, ized to accept contributions for such scholar- $791,000,000 shall become available on Octo- 4, and 9 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E ships from private sources: Provided further, ber 1, 2010, and shall remain available of title IV of the Higher Education Act of That these funds shall be used for scholar- through September 30, 2011: Provided, That in 1965, $870,402,000, which shall remain avail- ships for academic year 2010-2011 and may be allocating AEFLA State grants, the Sec- able until expended. available for scholarships in academic year retary of Education shall first distribute up HIGHER EDUCATION 2011-2012: Provided further, That $68,247,000 to $45,907,000 to those States that, due to ad- For carrying out, to the extent not other- shall be used for the projects, and in the ministrative error, were underpaid for fiscal wise provided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘High- years 2003 through 2008 in the amounts such of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’), er Education’’ in the report of the Com- States were underpaid: Provided further, That section 1543 of the Higher Education Amend- mittee on Appropriations of the House of the Secretary shall not reduce the alloca- ments of 1992, the Mutual Educational and Representatives to accompany this Act. tions for those years to the States that were Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, title VIII of HOWARD UNIVERSITY overpaid through such error, or take other the Higher Education Amendments of 1998, For partial support of Howard University, corrective action with respect to those over- and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career $234,977,000, of which not less than $3,600,000 payments: Provided further, That the addi- and Technical Education Act of 2006, shall be for a matching endowment grant tional funds provided to States to correct $2,293,882,000: Provided, That $9,687,000, to re- pursuant to the Howard University Endow- the administrative error shall not be consid- main available through September 30, 2011, ment Act and shall remain available until ered in determining the ‘‘hold harmless’’ shall be available to fund fellowships for aca- expended. amounts under section 211(f) of the AEFLA demic year 2011–2012 under subpart 1 of part COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES for fiscal year 2011 or subsequent fiscal A of title VII of the HEA, under the terms LOANS PROGRAM years: Provided further, That of the amount and conditions of such subpart 1: Provided provided for Adult Education State Grants, For Federal administrative expenses to further, That $609,000 shall be for data collec- carry out activities related to existing facil- $75,000,000 shall be made available for inte- tion and evaluation activities for programs grated English literacy and civics education ity loans pursuant to section 121 of the High- under the HEA, including such activities er Education Act of 1965, $461,000. services to immigrants and other limited needed to comply with the Government Per- HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVER- English proficient populations: Provided fur- formance and Results Act of 1993: Provided SITY CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT ther, That of the amount reserved for inte- further, That notwithstanding any other pro- grated English literacy and civics education, vision of law, funds made available in this For the cost of guaranteed loans, notwithstanding section 211 of the AEFLA, Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and sec- $20,228,000, as authorized pursuant to part D 65 percent shall be allocated to States based tion 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and of title III of the Higher Education Act of on a State’s absolute need as determined by Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used 1965 (‘‘HEA’’): Provided, That such costs, in- calculating each State’s share of a 10-year to support visits and study in foreign coun- cluding the cost of modifying such loans, average of the United States Citizenship and tries by individuals who are participating in shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con- Immigration Services data for immigrants advanced foreign language training and gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur- admitted for legal permanent residence for international studies in areas that are vital ther, That these funds are available to sub- the 10 most recent years, and 35 percent allo- to United States national security and who sidize total loan principal, any part of which cated to States that experienced growth as plan to apply their language skills and is to be guaranteed, not to exceed measured by the average of the 3 most recent knowledge of these countries in the fields of $178,221,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to years for which United States Citizenship government, the professions, or inter- carry out the Historically Black College and and Immigration Services data for immi- national development: Provided further, That University Capital Financing Program en- grants admitted for legal permanent resi- of the funds referred to in the preceding pro- tered into pursuant to part D of title III of dence are available, except that no State viso up to 1 percent may be used for program the HEA, $354,000. shall be allocated an amount less than evaluation, national outreach, and informa- $60,000: Provided further, That of the amounts tion dissemination activities: Provided fur- INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES made available for AEFLA, $11,346,000 shall ther, That notwithstanding any other provi- For carrying out activities authorized by be for national leadership activities under sion of law, a recipient of a multi-year award the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, section 243: Provided further, That $88,000,000 under section 316 of the HEA, as that section the National Assessment of Educational shall be available to support the activities was in effect prior to the date of enactment Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of authorized under subpart 4 of part D of title of the Higher Education Opportunity Act the Educational Technical Assistance Act of V of the ESEA, of which up to 5 percent shall (‘‘HEOA’’), that would have otherwise re- 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with become available on October 1, 2009, and ceived a continuation award for fiscal year Disabilities Education Act, $664,256,000, of shall remain available through September 2010 under that section, shall receive under which $593,606,000 shall be available through 30, 2011, for evaluation, technical assistance, section 316, as amended by the HEOA, not September 30, 2011: Provided, That funds school networks, peer review of applications, less than the amount that such recipient available to carry out section 208 of the Edu- and program outreach activities, and of would have received under such a continu- cational Technical Assistance Act may be which not less than 95 percent shall become ation award: Provided further, That the por- used for Statewide data systems that include available on July 1, 2010, and remain avail- tion of the funds received under section 316 postsecondary and workforce information able through September 30, 2011, for grants by a recipient described in the preceding pro- and information on children of all ages: Pro- to local educational agencies: Provided fur- viso that is equal to the amount of such con- vided further, That up to $10,000,000 of the ther, That funds made available to local edu- tinuation award shall be used in accordance funds available to carry out section 208 of cational agencies under this subpart shall be with the terms of such continuation award: the Educational Technical Assistance Act used only for activities related to estab- Provided further, That $1,000,000, to remain may be used for State data coordinators and lishing smaller learning communities within available until expended, shall be available for awards to public or private organizations large high schools or small high schools that to carry out a scholarship program for the or agencies to improve data coordination, provide alternatives for students enrolled in purpose of increasing the skilled workforce quality, and use. large high schools: Provided further, That the for industrial health and safety occupations, DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT Secretary of Education may use amounts including mine safety: Provided further, That PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION available under this heading for the nec- the Secretary of Education shall identify For carrying out, to the extent not other- essary costs of any closeout of the National these scholarships as ‘‘Erma Byrd Scholar- Institute for Literacy. wise provided, the Department of Education ships’’: Provided further, That such scholar- Organization Act, including rental of con- STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE ships shall be awarded without regard to an ference rooms in the District of Columbia applicant’s prior work experience, but the (INCLUDING DEFERRAL OF FUNDS) and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, Secretary shall, notwithstanding section 437 $452,200,000, of which $8,200,000, to remain For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part of the General Education Provisions Act and available until expended, shall be for reloca- A, part C and part E of title IV of the Higher 5 U.S.C. 553, by notice in the Federal Reg- tion of, and renovation of buildings occupied Education Act of 1965, $19,634,905,000, which ister, establish the eligibility requirements, by, Department staff. shall remain available through September service obligations, payback requirements, OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 30, 2011. and other program requirements similar to The maximum Pell Grant for which a stu- those specified in section 515 of the Federal For expenses necessary for the Office for dent shall be eligible during award year 2010– Mine Safety and Health Act as are necessary Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of 2011 shall be $4,860. to implement such a program: Provided fur- the Department of Education Organization Of the funds made available under section ther, That such scholarship funds may be Act, $103,024,000. 401A(e)(1)(D) of the Higher Education Act of used to replace a student’s expected family OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 1965, $511,000,000 shall not be available until contribution, but institutions accepting such For expenses necessary for the Office of the October 1, 2010. scholarship funds may not use these funds to Inspector General, as authorized by section

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No funds appropriated in this Act designated, to read as follows: erating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under may be used for the transportation of stu- ‘‘(B) have demonstrated success in signifi- subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the Na- dents or teachers (or for the purchase of cantly increasing student academic achieve- tional Service Trust upon determination equipment for such transportation) in order ment for all groups of students described in that such transfer is necessary to support to overcome racial imbalance in any school such section;’’; and the activities of national service partici- or school system, or for the transportation (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by pants and after notice is transmitted to the of students or teachers (or for the purchase striking ‘‘they have established partner- Committees on Appropriations of the House of equipment for such transportation) in ships’’ and inserting ‘‘it has established one of Representatives and the Senate: Provided order to carry out a plan of racial desegrega- or more partnerships’’; further, That amounts appropriated for or tion of any school or school system. (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘para- transferred to the National Service Trust SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in graphs’’ and all that follows through ‘‘such may be invested under section 145(b) of the this Act shall be used to require, directly or requirements’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 1990 Act without regard to the requirement indirectly, the transportation of any student (1)(A) or (1)(B) and (2) of subsection (b) if the to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). to a school other than the school which is nonprofit organization has a record of sig- SALARIES AND EXPENSES nearest the student’s home, except for a stu- nificantly improving student achievement, For necessary expenses of administration dent requiring special education, to the attainment, or retention and shall be consid- as provided under section 501(a)(5) of the Na- school offering such special education, in ered to have met the requirements of sub- tional and Community Service Act of 1990 order to comply with title VI of the Civil section (b)(3) if it demonstrates that it will and under section 504(a) of the Domestic Vol- Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this meet the requirement relating to private- unteer Service Act of 1973, including pay- section an indirect requirement of transpor- sector matching’’; and ment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of tation of students includes the transpor- (4) by adding at the end a new subsection passenger motor vehicles, the rental of con- tation of students to carry out a plan involv- (d) to read as follows: ference rooms in the District of Columbia, ing the reorganization of the grade structure ‘‘(d) SUBGRANTS.—In the case of an eligible the employment of experts and consultants of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clus- entity that is a partnership described in sub- authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to ex- tering of schools, or any combination of section (a)(1)(B), the partner serving as the ceed $2,500 for official reception and rep- grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. fiscal agent may make subgrants to one or resentation expenses, $80,923,000. more of the other entities in the partner- The prohibition described in this section OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL does not include the establishment of mag- ship.’’. For necessary expenses of the Office of In- net schools. This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department spector General in carrying out the Inspec- SEC. 303. No funds appropriated in this Act of Education Appropriations Act, 2010’’. tor General Act of 1978, $7,700,000. may be used to prevent the implementation TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS of programs of voluntary prayer and medita- COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO tion in the public schools. ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED SEC. 401. The Corporation for National and (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) SALARIES AND EXPENSES shall make any significant changes to pro- SEC. 304. Not to exceed 1 percent of any dis- For expenses necessary for the Committee gram requirements, service delivery or pol- cretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act icy only through public notice and comment Severely Disabled established by Public Law rulemaking. For fiscal year 2010, during any of 1985) which are appropriated for the De- 92–28, $5,396,000. partment of Education in this Act may be grant selection process, an officer or em- transferred between appropriations, but no CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ployee of the Corporation shall not know- such appropriation shall be increased by SERVICE ingly disclose any covered grant selection in- more than 3 percent by any such transfer: OPERATING EXPENSES formation regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an of- Provided, That the transfer authority grant- For necessary expenses for the Corporation ficer or employee of the Corporation that is ed by this section shall be available only to for National and Community Service (‘‘the authorized by the Corporation to receive meet emergency needs and shall not be used Corporation’’) to carry out the Domestic such information. to create any new program or to fund any Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving project or activity for which no funds are and the National and Community Service grants under the National Service Trust pro- provided in this Act: Provided further, That Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $792,179,000, of which gram shall meet an overall minimum share the Committees on Appropriations of the $318,832,000 shall be to carry out the 1973 Act requirement of 24 percent for the first three House of Representatives and the Senate are and $473,347,000 shall be to carry out the 1990 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, notified at least 15 days in advance of any Act and notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), and thereafter shall meet the overall min- transfer. 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the imum share requirement as provided in sec- SEC. 305. The Outlying Areas may consoli- 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts pro- tion 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regu- date funds received under this Act, pursuant vided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent to 48 U.S.C. 1469a, under part A of title V of lations, without regard to the operating of program grant funds may be used to de- costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the Elementary and Secondary Education fray the costs of conducting grant applica- Act. the member support Federal share limita- tion reviews, including the use of outside tions in section 140 of the National and Com- SEC. 306. None of the funds made available peer reviewers and electronic management of in the fifth proviso under the heading ‘‘Inno- munity Service Act of 1990, and subject to the grants cycle; (2) $35,000,000 shall be avail- partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 vation and Improvement’’ in this Act shall able for expenses authorized under section be made available for new awards under the of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 501(a)(4)(E) of the 1990 Act; (3) $7,500,000 shall SEC. 403. Donations made to the Corpora- Teacher Incentive Fund prior to the submis- be available for expenses to carry out sec- sion of an impact evaluation plan to the tion for National and Community Service tions 112(e), 179A, and 198O and subtitle J of under section 196 of the National and Com- Committees on Appropriations of the House title I of the 1990 Act, notwithstanding sec- of Representatives and the Senate. munity Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’) for tion 501(a)(6) of the 1990 Act; (4) $5,000,000 the purposes of financing programs and oper- SEC. 307. Section 14007 of division A of the shall be available for grants to public or pri- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of ations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or vate nonprofit institutions to increase the subtitles B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 2009 is amended— participation of individuals with disabilities (1) by amending subsection (a)(3) to read as Act shall be used to supplement and not sup- in national service and for demonstration ac- plant current programs and operations. follows: tivities in furtherance of this purpose, not- CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ‘‘(3) PURPOSE OF AWARDS.—The Secretary withstanding section 129(k)(1) of the 1990 shall make awards to eligible entities in Act; and (5) $17,000,000 shall be available to For payment to the Corporation for Public order to identify, document, and bring to provide assistance to State commissions on Broadcasting (‘‘Corporation’’), as authorized scale innovative best practices based on national and community service, under sec- by the Communications Act of 1934, an demonstrated success, to allow such eligible tion 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwith- amount which shall be available within limi- entities to— standing section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act. tations specified by that Act, for the fiscal ‘‘(A) expand their work and serve as mod- year 2012, $440,000,000: Provided, That none of NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST els for best practices; and the funds made available to the Corporation ‘‘(B) work in partnership with the private (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) by this Act shall be used to pay for recep- sector and the philanthropic community.’’; For necessary expenses for the National tions, parties, or similar forms of entertain- (2) in subsection (b)— Service Trust established under subtitle D of ment for Government officials or employees: (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) title I of the National and Community Serv- Provided further, That none of the funds made through (4) as paragraphs (1)(A), (1)(B), (2), ice Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), $178,214,000, to re- available to the Corporation by this Act and (3), respectively; main available until expended: Provided, shall be available or used to aid or support

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any program or activity from which any per- ture Act, $275,688,000, of which $10,132,000 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION son is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is shall be used for the projects, and in the For necessary expenses for the Railroad discriminated against, on the basis of race, amounts, specified under the heading ‘‘Office Retirement Board (‘‘Board’’) for administra- color, national origin, religion, or sex: Pro- of Museum and Library Services: Grants and tion of the Railroad Retirement Act and the vided further, That none of the funds made Administration’’ in the report of the Com- Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, available to the Corporation by this Act mittee on Appropriations of the House of $109,073,000, to be derived in such amounts as shall be used to apply any political test or Representatives accompanying this Act. determined by the Board from the railroad qualification in selecting, appointing, pro- MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION retirement accounts and from moneys cred- moting, or taking any other personnel action SALARIES AND EXPENSES ited to the railroad unemployment insurance with respect to officers, agents, and employ- For expenses necessary to carry out sec- administration fund. ees of the Corporation: Provided further, That tion 1805 of the Social Security Act, LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR none of the funds made available to the Cor- $11,800,000, to be transferred to this appro- GENERAL poration by this Act shall be used to support priation from the Federal Hospital Insurance For expenses necessary for the Office of In- the Television Future Fund or any similar Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary spector General (‘‘Office’’) for audit, inves- purpose. Medical Insurance Trust Fund. tigatory and review activities, as authorized In addition, for payment to the Corpora- NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not tion for fiscal year 2010, $76,000,000 as follows: more than $8,186,000, to be derived from the SALARIES AND EXPENSES (1) $40,000,000 shall be for fiscal stabiliza- railroad retirement accounts and railroad tion grants to public radio and television li- For expenses necessary for the National unemployment insurance account: Provided, censees, with no deduction for administra- Council on Disability as authorized by title That none of the funds made available in any tive or other costs of the Corporation, to IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, other paragraph of this Act may be trans- maintain local programming and services $3,271,000. ferred to the Office; used to carry out any and preserve jobs threatened by declines in NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD such transfer; used to provide any office non-Federal revenues due to the downturn in SALARIES AND EXPENSES space, equipment, office supplies, commu- the economy, to be awarded no later than 45 For expenses necessary for the National nications facilities or services, maintenance days after enactment of this Act; and Labor Relations Board to carry out the func- services, or administrative services for the (2) $36,000,000 shall be for costs related to tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Office; used to pay any salary, benefit, or digital program production, development, Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, award for any personnel of the Office; used to and distribution, associated with the transi- $283,400,000: Provided, That no part of this ap- pay any other operating expense of the Of- tion of public broadcasting to digital broad- propriation shall be available to organize or fice; or used to reimburse the Office for any casting, to be awarded as determined by the assist in organizing agricultural laborers or service provided, or expense incurred, by the Corporation in consultation with public used in connection with investigations, hear- Office, except as permitted pursuant to the radio and television licensees or permittees, ings, directives, or orders concerning bar- last proviso under this heading in division G or their designated representatives. gaining units composed of agricultural la- of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008. In addition, for fiscal year 2010, $25,000,000 borers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION is available pursuant to section 396(k)(10) of of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the Labor- the Communications Act of 1934 for replace- PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de- ment and upgrade of the public radio inter- For payment to the Federal Old-Age and fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, connection system. Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Fed- 1938, and including in said definition employ- eral Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as pro- FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION ees engaged in the maintenance and oper- vided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and SERVICE ation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and wa- 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, SALARIES AND EXPENSES terways when maintained or operated on a $20,404,000. mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 per- For expenses necessary for the Federal Me- SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM diation and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) cent of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the to carry out the functions vested in it by the Social Security Act, section 401 of Public NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, in- Law 92–603, section 212 of Public Law 93–66, cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles; for SALARIES AND EXPENSES as amended, and section 405 of Public Law expenses necessary for the Labor-Manage- For expenses necessary to carry out the 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu- ment Cooperation Act of 1978; and for ex- provisions of the Railway Labor Act, includ- rity trust funds for administrative expenses penses necessary for the Service to carry out ing emergency boards appointed by the incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the the functions vested in it by the Civil Serv- President, $12,992,000. Social Security Act, $34,742,000,000, to remain ice Reform Act, $47,000,000, including $650,000 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW available until expended: Provided, That any to remain available through September 30, COMMISSION portion of the funds provided to a State in 2011, for activities authorized by the Labor- SALARIES AND EXPENSES the current fiscal year and not obligated by Management Cooperation Act of 1978: Pro- For expenses necessary for the Occupa- the State during that year shall be returned vided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, to the Treasury. fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for tional Safety and Health Review Commis- sion, $11,712,000. For making, after June 15 of the current special training activities and other conflict fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD resolution services and technical assistance, under title XVI of the Social Security Act, including those provided to foreign govern- DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT for unanticipated costs incurred for the cur- ments and international organizations, and For payment to the Dual Benefits Pay- rent fiscal year, such sums as may be nec- for arbitration services shall be credited to ments Account, authorized under section essary. and merged with this account, and shall re- 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, For making benefit payments under title main available until expended: Provided fur- $64,000,000, which shall include amounts be- XVI of the Social Security Act for the first ther, That fees for arbitration services shall coming available in fiscal year 2010 pursuant quarter of fiscal year 2011, $16,000,000,000, to be available only for education, training, and to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; remain available until expended. professional development of the agency and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES workforce: Provided further, That the Direc- percent of the amount provided herein, shall For necessary expenses, including the hire tor of the Service is authorized to accept and be available proportional to the amount by of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to use on behalf of the United States gifts of which the product of recipients and the aver- exceed $40,000 for official reception and rep- services and real, personal, or other property age benefit received exceeds the amount resentation expenses, not more than in the aid of any projects or functions within available for payment of vested dual bene- $10,800,500,000 may be expended, as author- the Director’s jurisdiction. fits: Provided, That the total amount pro- ized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu- FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW vided herein shall be credited in 12 approxi- rity Act, from any one or all of the trust COMMISSION mately equal amounts on the first day of funds referred to therein: Provided, That not SALARIES AND EXPENSES each month in the fiscal year. less than $2,300,000 shall be for the Social Se- For expenses necessary for the Federal FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD curity Advisory Board: Provided further, That Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS unobligated balances of funds provided under $9,858,000. For payment to the accounts established this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2010 in the Treasury for the payment of benefits not needed for fiscal year 2010 shall remain INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES under the Railroad Retirement Act for inter- available until expended to invest in the So- OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: est earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, cial Security Administration information GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION to remain available through September 30, technology and telecommunications hard- For carrying out the Museum and Library 2011, which shall be the maximum amount ware and software infrastructure, including Services Act of 1996 and the National Mu- available for payment pursuant to section related equipment and non-payroll adminis- seum of African American History and Cul- 417 of Public Law 98–76. trative expenses associated solely with this

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information technology and telecommuni- SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation con- a State’s or locality’s contribution of Med- cations infrastructure: Provided further, That tained in this Act shall remain available for icaid matching funds). reimbursement to the trust funds under this obligation beyond the current fiscal year un- (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall heading for expenditures for official time for less expressly so provided herein. be construed as restricting the ability of any employees of the Social Security Adminis- SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation managed care provider from offering abor- tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for fa- contained in this Act shall be used, other tion coverage or the ability of a State or lo- cilities or support services for labor organi- than for normal and recognized executive- cality to contract separately with such a zations pursuant to policies, regulations, or legislative relationships, for publicity or provider for such coverage with State funds procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of propaganda purposes, for the preparation, (other than a State’s or locality’s contribu- such title shall be made by the Secretary of distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, tion of Medicaid matching funds). the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in booklet, publication, radio, television, or (d)(1) None of the funds made available in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, video presentation designed to support or de- this Act may be made available to a Federal as soon as possible after such expenditures feat legislation pending before the Congress agency or program, or to a State or local are made. or any State legislature, except in presen- government, if such agency, program, or gov- From funds provided under the first para- tation to the Congress or any State legisla- ernment subjects any institutional or indi- graph, not less than $273,000,000 shall be ture itself. vidual health care entity to discrimination available for the cost associated with con- (b) No part of any appropriation contained on the basis that the health care entity does ducting continuing disability reviews under in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act expenses of any grant or contract recipient, refer for abortions. and for the cost associated with conducting or agent acting for such recipient, related to (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health redeterminations of eligibility under title any activity designed to influence legisla- care entity’’ includes an individual physician XVI of the Social Security Act. tion or appropriations pending before the or other health care professional, a hospital, In addition to the amounts made available Congress or any State legislature. a provider-sponsored organization, a health above, and subject to the same terms and SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Edu- maintenance organization, a health insur- conditions, $485,000,000, for additional con- cation are authorized to make available not ance plan, or any other kind of health care tinuing disability reviews and redetermina- to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, facility, organization, or plan. tions of eligibility, of which, upon a deter- from funds available for salaries and ex- SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made avail- mination by the Office of the Chief Actuary penses under titles I and III, respectively, for able in this Act may be used for— that such initiative would be at least as cost official reception and representation ex- (1) the creation of a human embryo or em- effective as redeterminations of eligibility, penses; the Director of the Federal Medi- bryos for research purposes; or up to $34,000,000 shall be available for one or ation and Conciliation Service is authorized (2) research in which a human embryo or more initiatives to improve asset to make available for official reception and embryos are destroyed, discarded, or know- verification: Provided, That the Commis- representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 ingly subjected to risk of injury or death sioner shall provide to the Congress (at the from the funds available for ‘‘Federal Medi- greater than that allowed for research on conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the ation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and obligation and expenditure of these addi- Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National section 498(b) of the Public Health Service tional amounts, similar to the reports that Mediation Board is authorized to make Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). were required by section 103(d)(2) of Public available for official reception and represen- (b) For purposes of this section, the term Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002. tation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from ‘‘human embryo or embryos’’ includes any In addition, $160,000,000 to be derived from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation organism, not protected as a human subject administration fees in excess of $5.00 per sup- Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enact- plementary payment collected pursuant to SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press ment of this Act, that is derived by fertiliza- section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or releases, requests for proposals, bid solicita- tion, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which tions and other documents describing means from one or more human gametes or shall remain available until expended. To projects or programs funded in whole or in human diploid cells. the extent that the amounts collected pursu- part with Federal money, all grantees re- SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made avail- ant to such sections in fiscal year 2010 exceed ceiving Federal funds included in this Act, able in this Act may be used for any activity $160,000,000, the amounts shall be available in including but not limited to State and local that promotes the legalization of any drug or fiscal year 2011 only to the extent provided governments and recipients of Federal re- other substance included in schedule I of the in advance in appropriations Acts. search grants, shall clearly state— schedules of controlled substances estab- In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived (1) the percentage of the total costs of the lished under section 202 of the Controlled from fees collected pursuant to section 303(c) program or project which will be financed Substances Act except for normal and recog- of the Social Security Protection Act, which with Federal money; nized executive-congressional communica- shall remain available until expended. (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for tions. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL the project or program; and (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) (3) percentage and dollar amount of the not apply when there is significant medical For expenses necessary for the Office of In- total costs of the project or program that evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the spector General in carrying out the provi- will be financed by non-governmental use of such drug or other substance or that sions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, sources. federally sponsored clinical trials are being $29,000,000, together with not to exceed SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated conducted to determine therapeutic advan- $73,682,000, to be transferred and expended as in this Act, and none of the funds in any tage. SEC. 510. None of the funds made available authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social trust fund to which funds are appropriated in in this Act may be used to promulgate or Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. adopt any final standard under section Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Fed- (b) None of the funds appropriated in this 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing eral Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 per- to which funds are appropriated in this Act, for, or providing for the assignment of, a cent of the total provided in this appropria- shall be expended for health benefits cov- unique health identifier for an individual tion may be transferred from the ‘‘Limita- erage that includes coverage of abortion. (except in an individual’s capacity as an em- tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ ployer or a health care provider), until legis- Security Administration, to be merged with means the package of services covered by a lation is enacted specifically approving the this account, to be available for the time and managed care provider or organization pur- standard. SEC. 511. None of the funds made available purposes for which this account is available: suant to a contract or other arrangement. SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in in this Act may be obligated or expended to Provided, That notice of such transfers shall the preceding section shall not apply to an enter into or renew a contract with an entity be transmitted promptly to the Committees abortion— if— on Appropriations of the House of Represent- (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor atives and the Senate. of rape or incest; or with the United States and is subject to the TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS (2) in the case where a woman suffers from requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) a physical disorder, physical injury, or phys- submission of an annual report to the Sec- SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health ical illness, including a life-endangering retary of Labor concerning employment of and Human Services, and Education are au- physical condition caused by or arising from certain veterans; and thorized to transfer unexpended balances of the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified (2) such entity has not submitted a report prior appropriations to accounts cor- by a physician, place the woman in danger of as required by that section for the most re- responding to current appropriations pro- death unless an abortion is performed. cent year for which such requirement was vided in this Act. Such transferred balances (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall applicable to such entity. shall be used for the same purpose, and for be construed as prohibiting the expenditure SEC. 512. None of the funds made available the same periods of time, for which they by a State, locality, entity, or private person in this Act may be transferred to any depart- were originally appropriated. of State, local, or private funds (other than ment, agency, or instrumentality of the

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None of the funds made available (b) None of the funds made available in dle or syringe for the hypodermic injection by this Act to carry out the Library Services this Act may be used to disseminate sci- of any illegal drug in any location which is and Technology Act may be made available entific information that is deliberately false within 1,000 feet of a public or private day to any library covered by paragraph (1) of or misleading. care center, elementary school, vocational section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the SEC. 517. Within 45 days of enactment of school, secondary school, college, junior col- Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless this Act, each department and related agen- lege, or university, or any public swimming such library has made the certifications re- cy funded through this Act shall submit an pool, park, playground, video arcade, or quired by paragraph (4) of such section. operating plan that details at the program, youth center, or an event sponsored by any SEC. 514. None of the funds made available project, and activity level any funding allo- such entity. by this Act to carry out part D of title II of cations for fiscal year 2010 that are different The CHAIR. No amendment to the than those specified in this Act, the accom- the Elementary and Secondary Education bill shall be in order except those Act of 1965 may be made available to any ele- panying detailed table in the committee re- mentary or secondary school covered by port, or the fiscal year 2010 budget request. printed in House Report 111–222. Each paragraph (1) of section 2441(a) of such Act, SEC. 518. The Secretaries of Labor, Health amendment may be offered only in the as amended by the Children’s Internet Pro- and Human Services, and Education shall order printed in the report, may be of- tection Act and the No Child Left Behind each prepare and submit to the Committees fered only by a Member designated in Act, unless the local educational agency on Appropriations of the House of Represent- the report, shall be considered read, de- with responsibility for such covered school atives and the Senate a report on the num- batable for the time specified in the re- has made the certifications required by para- ber and amount of contracts, grants, and co- operative agreements exceeding $100,000 in port, equally divided and controlled by graph (2) of such section. the proponent and an opponent, shall SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds provided value and awarded by the Department on a under this Act, or provided under previous non-competitive basis during each quarter of not be not be subject to amendment, appropriations Acts to the agencies funded fiscal year 2010, but not to include grants and shall not be subject to a demand by this Act that remain available for obliga- awarded on a formula basis or directed by for division of the question. tion or expenditure in fiscal year 2010, or law. Such report shall include the name of After disposition of the amendments provided from any accounts in the Treasury the contractor or grantee, the amount of specified in the first section of House of the United States derived by the collec- funding, the governmental purpose, includ- Resolution 673, the Chair and ranking tion of fees available to the agencies funded ing a justification for issuing the award on a minority member of the Committee on non-competitive basis. Such report shall be by this Act, shall be available for obligation Appropriations or their designees each or expenditure through a reprogramming of transmitted to the Committees within 30 funds that— days after the end of the quarter for which may offer one pro forma amendment to (1) creates new programs; the report is submitted. the bill for the purpose of debate, (2) eliminates a program, project, or activ- SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated or which shall be controlled by the pro- ity; otherwise made available by this Act may be ponent. used to enter into a contract in an amount (3) increases funds or personnel by any AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. OBEY means for any project or activity for which greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- funds have been denied or restricted; sider amendment No. 1 printed in (4) relocates an office or employees; contractor or grantee certifies in writing to (5) reorganizes or renames offices; the agency awarding the contract or grant House Report 111–222. (6) reorganizes programs or activities; or that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I have a (7) contracts out or privatizes any func- the contractor or grantee has filed all Fed- manager’s amendment at the desk. tions or activities presently performed by eral tax returns required during the three The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate Federal employees; years preceding the certification, has not the amendment. been convicted of a criminal offense under unless the Committees on Appropriations of The text of the amendment is as fol- the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has the House of Representatives and the Senate lows: not, more than 90 days prior to certification, are notified 15 days in advance of such re- been notified of any unpaid Federal tax as- Amendment No. 1 offered by Mr. OBEY: programming or of an announcement of in- sessment for which the liability remains Page 8, line 3, insert ‘‘(reduced by tent relating to such reprogramming, which- unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the sub- $5,000,000)’’ after the dollar amount. ever occurs earlier. Page 8, line 12, insert ‘‘(increased by ject of an installment agreement or offer in (b) None of the funds provided under this $5,000,000)’’ after the dollar amount. compromise that has been approved by the Act, or provided under previous appropria- Page 26, line 24, insert ‘‘(reduced by Internal Revenue Service and is not in de- tions Acts to the agencies funded by this Act $1,000,000)’’ after the first dollar amount. fault, or the assessment is the subject of a that remain available for obligation or ex- Page 33, line 14, insert ‘‘(increased by non-frivolous administrative or judicial pro- penditure in fiscal year 2010, or provided $1,000,000)’’ after the first dollar amount. ceeding. from any accounts in the Treasury of the Page 39, line 10, insert ‘‘(increased by SEC. 520. None of the funds appropriated in United States derived by the collection of $1,000,000)’’ after the aggregate dollar this Act shall be expended or obligated by amount. fees available to the agencies funded by this the Commissioner of Social Security, for Act, shall be available for obligation or ex- Page 40, line 10, insert ‘‘(increased by purposes of administering Social Security $1,000,000)’’ after the dollar amount. penditure through a reprogramming of funds benefit payments under title II of the Social in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever Page 40, line 12, insert ‘‘(reduced by Security Act, to process any claim for credit $1,000,000)’’ after the dollar amount. is less, that— for a quarter of coverage based on work per- (1) augments existing programs, projects Page 65, line 13, after ‘‘III,’’ insert ‘‘IV,’’. formed under a social security account num- Page 65, line 17, insert ‘‘(reduced by (including construction projects), or activi- ber that is not the claimant’s number and $1,000,000)’’ after the aggregate dollar ties; the performance of such work under such amount. (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any number has formed the basis for a conviction Page 84, line 17, insert ‘‘(increased by existing program, project, or activity, or of the claimant of a violation of section $5,000,000)’’ after the aggregate amount. numbers of personnel by 10 percent as ap- 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. Page 84, line 18, insert ‘‘(increased by proved by Congress; or SEC. 521. None of the funds appropriated by $5,000,000)’’ after the dollar amount. (3) results from any general savings from a this Act may be used by the Commissioner of Page 86, line 25, insert ‘‘(reduced by reduction in personnel which would result in Social Security or the Social Security Ad- $6,000,000)’’ after the aggregate dollar a change in existing programs, activities, or ministration to pay the compensation of em- amount. projects as approved by Congress; ployees of the Social Security Administra- Page 87, line 9, insert ‘‘(reduced by unless the Committees on Appropriations of tion to administer Social Security benefit $9,000,000)’’ after the dollar amount. the House of Representatives and the Senate payments, under any agreement between the Page 88, line 24, insert ‘‘(increased by are notified 15 days in advance of such re- United States and Mexico establlishing to- $10,000,000)’’. programming or of an announcement of in- talization arrangements between the social Page 90, line 6, insert before the period at tent relating to such reprogramming, which- security system established by title II of the the end the following: ‘‘: Provided further, ever occurs earlier. Social Security Act and the social security That $6,965,000 of the funds available to carry SEC. 516. (a) None of the funds made avail- system of Mexico, which would not otherwise out subpart I of part D of title V of the ESEA able in this Act may be used to request that be payble but for such agreement. shall be used for the Reach Out and Read a candidate for appointment to a Federal sci- SEC. 522. None of the funds made available program’’. entific advisory committee disclose the po- in this Act may be used in contravention of Page 97, line 18, insert ‘‘(increased by litical affiliation or voting history of the title IV of the Personal Responsibility and $1,000,000)’’ after the first dollar amount.

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None of the funds made available a prohibition on the use of funds in the I want to help make New Mexico the in this Act may be used to purchase light bill for any first class travel in the all-energy capital of the world. We bulbs unless the light bulbs are ‘‘Energy agencies funded under this bill. want to double up on energy jobs, grow Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal Energy And the amendment also makes tech- the number of oil and gas jobs we have, Management Program’’ designation. nical correction. and add new energy jobs. But let me be SEC. ll. None of the funds made available I would be happy to yield briefly to in this Act may be used for first-class travel clear. In order to double up on energy by the employees of agencies funded by this Mr. COHEN. jobs, we must increase the oil and gas Act in contravention of sections 301-10.124 of Mr. COHEN. I rise to thank Chair- jobs we have, and we can’t do that if title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. man OBEY for his inclusion of $1 mil- job training programs ignore the needs The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- lion to be directed to the National Cen- of the oil and gas industry. lution 673, the gentleman from Wis- ter for Health Statistics. This was re- Mr. OBEY. I thank the gentleman. consin (Mr. OBEY) and a Member op- quested in the hopes that it would end I reserve the balance of my time. posed each will control 10 minutes. up with some funds being used to study Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Chairman, I rise to The Chair recognizes the gentleman enhanced birth certificates across the claim the time in opposition. from Wisconsin. Nation. The CHAIR. The gentleman from The National Center for Health Sta- Kansas is recognized for 10 minutes. b 1230 tistics faces a funding shortage, inhib- Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Chairman, I’m not Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, this iting their ability to study these vital opposed to the chairman’s amendment amendment, I believe, is not controver- records which is a roadblock to under- in substance, but I am opposed to the sial. It incorporates several amend- standing the high infant mortality rate amendment in process. ments requested by Members and that plagues our Nation, in particular The amendment incorporates nine makes technical corrections to the un- my city of Memphis. We have a rate separate stand-alone amendments of- derlying bill. These adjustments are that is the highest in the country and fered by Democrat Members of this fully offset and do not change the bot- rivals that of Third World nations. It’s body, thus ensuring that those Mem- tom-line funding for the bill. unacceptable in America. bers would not have to go to the Rules Briefly, the amendment provides an It’s these types of programs that will Committee and plead just to have a additional $5 million for the Career help move America forward. We must perfectly legitimate amendment pro- Pathways Innovation Fund within the work together to lower our Nation’s in- posed on the floor. Department of Labor requested by Mr. fant mortality rate. It starts with It incorporates no Republican amend- TEAGUE, offset by a reduction in the gaining a statistical knowledge of why ments. If I heard the chairman cor- green jobs fund these deaths occur. I wholeheartedly rectly this morning, there are 10 that It contains an additional million dol- support Chairman OBEY’s inclusion of could have been included, but were not. lars for the emergency medical services the funding for the National Center for Looking through the list of what’s in for children’s programs. As a result, Health Statistics, and I urge a ‘‘yes’’ the chairman’s amendment, there is the total of $21 million is included in vote on the bill. Career Pathways Innovation Fund for the bill to bring improved emergency Thank you for the time. $5 million with an offset. There’s a medical care to children due to Mr. Mr. OBEY. I would be happy to yield health resources and service adminis- MATHESON’s work on this issue to Mr. TEAGUE. tration with a $1 million offset. Going It contains an additional $1 million Mr. TEAGUE. I thank Chairman through the list, there’s really not for the National Center for Health Sta- OBEY. much that brings out any controversy. tistics within the Centers for Disease And, Mr. Chairman, I rise today in They could have stood alone. There Control, fully offset. As a result, the support of my energy jobs amendment perhaps is one that would not have bill includes $140 million for the collec- to the Labor-H Appropriations Act. been legitimate standing alone, which tion of critical health statistics. Mr. The amendment takes $5 million from would include a prohibition to pur- COHEN sponsored this important the green jobs fund and puts that chase light bulbs unless the light bulbs amendment. money into the Career Pathways Fund are Energy Star qualified or have a Mathematics and Science Partner- for the purpose of job training in all Federal energy management program ship program is increased by $5 million energy fields. designation. I think that one is prob- to $184 million to expand professional Now, let me be clear. I do not oppose ably protected under the rule. development for math and science green jobs and I don’t oppose green en- But let me tell you what was not in- teachers. Again, it is fully offset. It ergy. Quite the opposite. We need all cluded because these amendments were was urged by Mr. HOLT and Mr. EHLERS the jobs we can get, and we need all the not made in order. What was not in- and others. energy that we can produce. But as we cluded was a commonsense amendment The amendment provides nearly $7 work in Congress to make up for the to use technology to reduce unemploy- million for the Reach Out and Read inaction on energy issues of this dec- ment insurance, improper and fraudu- program within the fund for improve- ade, the inaction that led to a depend- lent payments. ment of education in the Department ence on foreign oil and high energy What was not included was an of Education. It will result in an addi- costs, we cannot pretend that green en- amendment to prohibit the Depart- tional $2 million for books to help chil- ergy will solve all of our problems. We ment of Education from shutting down dren learn to read due to the efforts of cannot pretend that the American the largest student loan program that Mr. MCGOVERN. economy does not depend on oil and exists today. The amendment increases the gas. We cannot forget that nuclear en- What was not in order was an amend- amount from $20 million to $30 million ergy is a safe, dependable and carbon- ment to prohibit the Secretary of within the charter schools program in neutral source of power. Health and Human Services from set- the Department of Education that may Mr. Chairman, I am an oilman, al- ting up any kind of rationed health be used for grants to charter manage- ways have been, always will be. When I care system. ment organizations. It replicates suc- arrived in Congress, the oil and gas in- What was not included was an cessful charter models at the request of dustry was in the trough. It still is. amendment to prevent the government Mr. POLIS. Around my hometown of Hobbs, if from nationalizing our health care sys- The amendment provides $1 million you’re not looking for a job yourself, tem. for university-based modeling and sim- you surely know a handful of folks who What was not included was an ulation programs newly authorized by are. Times are tough; work is scarce. amendment to prevent the government

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In fact, in New York City they saw a What was not included was an From expanding support for edu- reduction of 75 percent in AIDS infec- amendment to ensure that the only en- cation initiatives like early childhood tion since they were able to make tity setting up Medicare reimburse- education, to job training and employ- clean needles available. 61 percent of ment rates is the Center for Medicare ment services, to expanding access to women who have AIDS get it through and Medicaid Services, not any other health care and improving public injection of dirty needles. government agency or bureaucracy. health, this bill will provide a critical Now, of course, it’s women also who What is not included was a shift to range of services and support for our have babies, and what could be worse add $1 billion to special education for constituents, especially during these than a child born to a life of suffering, new, never-before-tried programs. very devastating times. deprivation and early death? But, in What was not included was an I want to thank the chairman for in- fact, largely as a result of what was the amendment before us that would have cluding a number of very important Tiahrt amendment imposed on D.C. for addressed other issues that are impor- priorities that many of my colleagues the last 6 years, there is now a rate of tant. requested, in particular, $653 million to children born with AIDS that is 54 But what is in the amendment that is strengthen Historical Black Colleges times the rest of the country children before us is systematically what’s and Universities, predominantly black of women with AIDS from with HIV in- wrong with the process, and it dis- institutions, Hispanic-serving institu- fection, is 54 times greater in D.C. enfranchises the American people. So, tions, and other developing institu- largely because of the Tiahrt amend- therefore, I would urge a ‘‘no’’ vote. tions. And this is a $110 million in- ment to prohibit clean needle avail- I yield back the balance of my time. crease over the President’s request for ability. Mr. OBEY. Could I ask how much HBCUs. Now, this is the result of the kind of time I have remaining. Also, for a $54 million increase for punitive legislation that the other side The CHAIR. The gentleman from HIV/AIDS funding through the Ryan would like to impose on the rest of the Wisconsin has 5 minutes remaining. White CARE Act and a $56 million in- country with this bill. Mr. OBEY. Let me consume 1 minute crease for the CDC’s HIV/AIDS bureau. Let’s keep this bill clean. It’s a good of that time myself. We also included $50 million for green bill. Mr. Chairman, all I would say is that jobs training programs, building on the Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I would I’ve had at least two Members of the $500 million we provided in the Recov- simply urge adoption of the manager’s Republican side of the aisle come up ery Act. And this is extremely impor- amendment, and I yield back the bal- and thank me for accepting various tant because there are those individ- ance of my time. amendments. So while they may not uals who need to be trained and need The CHAIR. The question is on the have been the lead sponsors on amend- the skills for this great trillion-dollar amendment offered by the gentleman ments, they were certainly involved on industry that is emerging in our coun- from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY). the Republican side of the aisle in sup- try. The question was taken; and the porting some of the amendments that And, also, I want to thank the chair- Chair announced that the ayes ap- we have accepted and incorporated. man for replacing the discredited and peared to have it. Secondly, I think the gentleman’s ineffective abstinence-only programs Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Chairman, I de- recitation of some of the amendments with the President’s evidence-based mand a recorded vote. that were not considered illustrates my Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of point earlier. The first amendment to fund proven approaches to reduce rule XVIII, further proceedings on the that he mentioned was an amendment unintended pregnancies and sexually amendment offered by the gentleman that was clearly not in order under the transmitted infections. This is a huge, from Wisconsin will be postponed. Budget Act. It would have put this en- huge step in the right direction to en- tire bill under a violation of the Budget sure the health of our young teenage b 1245 Act for being over our allowable fund- girls and boys. AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. SOUDER ing. I didn’t think good conservatives These critical investments will help The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- would want us to do that. put our Nation back on the right track, sider amendment No. 2 printed in Secondly, I would point out that the and I urge my colleagues to vote for House Report 111–222. second, third and fourth option he was the amendment and the bill. I thank Mr. SOUDER. I have an amendment talking about all speak to what kind of you, the chairman, for his leadership. at the desk. health care reform we should have, and Mr. OBEY. I yield 13⁄4 minutes to the The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate that is not the jurisdiction of this com- gentleman from Virginia (Mr. MORAN). the amendment. mittee. Those issues right now are Mr. MORAN of Virginia. I thank my The text of the amendment is as fol- being worked on in the Energy and chairman of the committee. lows: Commerce Committee; they’re being This is a good bill, but the other side Amendment No. 2 offered by Mr. SOUDER: worked on in the Education and Labor wants to change it by restricting ac- At the end of the bill (before the short Committee; they’re being worked on in cess to reproductive services, by lim- title), insert the following: the Ways and Means Committee. And iting research in AIDS, and particu- Sec.ll. None of the funds made available that’s where they should remain. larly—and this is the issue I want to by this Act may be used to provide individ- Having said that, I would now like to speak to right now—by preventing the uals with hypodermic needles or syringes yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman exchange of clean needles among drug under section 300ee–5 of title 42, United from California (Ms. LEE). addicts. States Code. Ms. LEE of California. Thank you Well, I think people need to know The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- very much, Mr. Chairman. that we have had experimentation with lution 673, the gentleman from Indiana Let me just say I rise in strong sup- this kind of punitive prohibitive action (Mr. SOUDER) and a Member opposed port of this amendment and this bill, because over the last several years the each will control 10 minutes. and I want to thank Chairman OBEY for same people as are pushing this amend- The Chair recognizes the gentleman yielding, and I want to thank the ment have been successful in imposing from Indiana. chairman and his staff and my staff of this restriction on the District of Co- Mr. SOUDER. I yield myself 2 min- the subcommittee and all of our staffs lumbia, and we know what the results utes. Contrary to what was just said on for producing this very excellent bill. are. the House floor, in fact, Dr. David Mur- Mr. Chair, our Nation is in the midst For the last 6 years, we have seen an ray has pointed out in research that of, as all know, the worst economic cri- increase in AIDS among female resi- it’s very mixed. In fact, in most cases,

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The District of grounds for concern. prominent one. Columbia had the strictest gun laws in There are reports of increased disease But the needle exchange program ad- the United States, yet led the country incidence, increased crime, and loss of vocated for and carried out by health in the murder rate. The rest of the drug deterrence in association with professionals is not one of those country can’t be blamed for whatever needle programs. enablers because, again, why? At the problems they may have that are be- I reserve the balance of my time. moment that an addicted person has to havioral related in the District of Co- Mr. OBEY. I yield 2 minutes to the have the drug, he or she is driven by lumbia. distinguished gentlewoman from Cali- this craving and the condition of the The fundamental question is why fornia (Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD). needle is not going to deter its use. Congress has repeatedly, over and over, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Chair- Now, while that may not be rational, banned needle exchange programs, man, I rise in strong opposition to this while people who are standing around when, given the opportunity, is: One, amendment. Prior to elected office, I thinking rationally, Gee, you wouldn’t they may undermine community drug- worked in alcohol and drug prevention use a bad needle. They are not acting prevention messages and programs. programs and saw firsthand the power in a rational way. And that’s the point. Two, providing needles acts as a way and the destructive nature of drug ad- The condition of the needle is not the for drug users to sustain and support diction. I saw it destroy the life of the deterrence and therefore withholding their intravenous drug use and does user, and I saw the agony it caused clean needles simply means that they not address the primary illness of the families. I would never support a meas- likely use and share dirty needles—and drug addiction itself. ure that encourages or contributes to this spreads disease. And, three, needle exchange pro- the use of illegal drugs. Mr. SOUDER. I yield 2 minutes to grams direct critical resources away Chairman OBEY’s leadership in elimi- the gentleman from Kansas. from treatment and intervention pro- nating the ban on Federal dollars for Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Chairman, the gen- grams which have not proven to sig- needle exchange programs is based on tleman from Virginia (Mr. MORAN) felt nificantly affect HIV infection rates sound scientific research that tells us it necessary to mention me as respon- and drug use. Arguably, there is some, these programs are a valuable HIV pre- sible for the increase in AIDS in the but it has not been substantial. vention tool that does not increase District of Columbia. This is a personal I reserve the balance of my time. drug use. attack. Rarely do we see such a per- Mr. OBEY. I claim time in opposi- Mr. SOUDER’s amendment reinstates sonal attack on the floor of the House. tion. this ill-advised ban and returns us to a He did it because he believes I’m re- The CHAIR. The gentleman from practice of allowing personal belief sponsible since I had the amendment Wisconsin is recognized for 10 minutes. rather than science to direct our Fed- that did restrict needles in the District Mr. OBEY. I would ask the gen- eral funding decisions. of Columbia. Apparently, he felt like I tleman if he can proceed with another The science is clear. When addicts was down there forcing people with speaker until my speaker gets here. have clean needles available, the inci- AIDS to have relations, forcing drug Mr. SOUDER. I yield myself 3 addi- dence of HIV infection declines among abusers to take drugs. I just think it’s tional minutes. I want to go through a users. very much a problem when we start number of statements regarding the Furthermore, needle exchange pro- being so personal in this attack. needle exchange programs. This is a se- grams provide a critical portal to He overlooks the fact that these peo- ries of questions with Dr. David Mur- treatment and are an important part of ple really need help overcoming the use ray, who was the ONDC policy analyst our efforts to reduce the HIV epidemic. of illegal drugs. That they’re dependent and expert in needle exchange, to re- I urge my colleagues to follow the on a lifestyle that only leads to de- solve some of these. science and to join me in voting ‘‘no’’ struction, and that I personally don’t In a nutshell, why doesn’t the Fed- on this amendment. want to be part of that destruction. eral Government fund needle exchange Mr. SOUDER. I continue to reserve Many people in America feel like it’s programs? The existing evidence can- the balance of my time. unnecessary. not support the claim that distribution Mr. OBEY. I yield 2 minutes to the He also overlooks the fact that many of needles to enable continued drug ad- distinguished gentleman from West people who have studied long term the diction behavior can meet these cri- Virginia (Mr. MOLLOHAN). effect of the needles program believe it teria. Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I doesn’t work. In Baltimore, where they Another question was: What is the rise in opposition to this amendment. followed the same drug abusers current state of research regarding For those of you of my colleagues who through the process, when they had ac- needle exchange programs? The most might support this amendment because cess to the needles program, 90 percent recent comprehensive analysis of the you believe that withholding clean nee- of the people had a bloodborne illness. evidence by the U.S. Institute of Medi- dles from addicted drug users is some- I would consider 90 percent negative cine is much retrenched from earlier how helping in the fight against illegal a failure. Now other people may think claims that there were these over- drug use, please allow me to suggest when 90 percent of the people attract a whelming results. that that is a mistaken view and that bloodborne illness like Hepatitis A or B For example, the report notes that you are really promoting the incidence or HIV positive or AIDS itself, that the evidence that needle exchanges re- of infection, of disease, and death that would be a success. But to me, duce HIV incidence is limited and in- among active addicts and those with personally it’s not. conclusive, that the evidence is even whom they socialize. Indeed, that’s the I regret that I was brought into this worse for Hepatitis C transmission, and point. Needle exchange is not about personally and that I was personally that their impact on high-risk behav- promoting drug use. It is in fact about attacked about this because I didn’t iors like sex-related risk is inconclu- preventing disease. force people to use illegal drugs, I sive. Now, to understand why this is true, didn’t force people to have relation- What’s the risk in States experi- you really must understand that at the ships with those who are positive in menting with implementing their own heart of addiction is craving. An ad- AIDS. needle exchange programs? Are there dict, a person who is addicted, they are I think it’s sad that when we person- potential unintended consequences? In- addicted because they crave. They have ally found needles on school property deed, the healer’s motto is: First do no to have the drug that artificially gives in the area where needles were distrib- harm. them that feeling of well-being, that uted before the restriction, that it’s

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If you fail in mittee has tried to allow areas of this three times—and I encourage people to your bank, we bail you out; if you fail country around schools, around places go to the Cop Squad site, policemen in your business and go bankrupt, we to be vacant of these systems. I think who have been dedicated to trying to bail you out. Now the question is, are there’s some good things in this bill counter what some of the government we going to eliminate moral hazard in about it, but I don’t think the overall has been spreading about the drug narcotics? At what point do we send a program has been successful. problem in Vancouver. message not just this year but 5 years Mr. OBEY. I yield 45 seconds to the Vancouver is a very interesting case from now and 10 years from now that gentlewoman from California (Ms. because they were first. They were the there’s no accountability for your be- LEE). first city in North America that in ef- havior, that everything is okay, we’re Ms. LEE of California. I rise in fect had a drug-free zone and dealt with just going to put you over the zone? strong opposition to this amendment. the needles question. And it has been One of the problems with these zones The simple fact of the matter is the debated. is they’re often where the homeless needle exchange programs do work. There are certain studies now that shelters are; they are often where the Since 1999, there have been at least 18 claim this is a brand new experiment. people that we have deinstitutionalized major reviews and assessments of nee- It’s been going on for at least 10 years. are. And they have seen a soaring of dle exchange programs under the Re- The first time I was there, they had a their addiction rates because we put publican and Democratic administra- needle exchange. They just had people these needles in places—although away tions, which concluded that needle ex- in the street, with a stand, trying to do from a school—they are just by the change programs help reduce the needles. poorest people. But the people who are spread of AIDS and other infectious By the next time I went up there, most vulnerable to seeing drug addic- diseases without encouraging or in- they had an injection site, and they tion for the first time, having free nee- creasing drug use. were out trying to reach and they had dles right there. And every society that Studies also show that needle ex- spread into the suburbs, because they has done this has also started to pro- change programs serve as an effective didn’t want people have to go just to vide the free heroin. They are even now entry for drug users to access the pub- downtown, they wanted it in the sub- into providing free cocaine and free lic health system and receive substance urbs. And most of the studies were only narcotics because they say, Well, the abuse treatment to help them over- studying the downtown area. people won’t go in. The lines are too come their addiction. And that is what The third time I was there, they’ve long. That’s the answer in Vancouver: it is about. got these guys out in the street ped- ‘‘The lines are too long, so we’re doing We all want to make sure that those dling, trying to keep the police away. it out on the street anyway.’’ As you who are using drugs overcome their ad- Now let me read from an article get more and more packed in in the dif- diction. This is a proven strategy. And about downtown Vancouver, where the ferent areas, you have to put in addi- so I ask for a ‘‘no’’ vote on this amend- Winter Olympics are going to be held, tional sites or, in fact, unless you pro- ment. We have to remember, funding where we have a zero standard of nar- vide the narcotics in the safe area and HIV/AIDS strategies involve preven- cotics on our athletes, yet they’re then the government—in fact, the tax- tion. This is a prevention measure. going to be going to a city where, ‘‘the payers—are funding a habit. Mr. SOUDER. How much time do I junkies come here almost around the We need to use this on drug treat- have remaining? clock, seven days a week. Some just ment. We don’t have enough dollars in The CHAIR. The gentleman from In- grab a fistful of clean syringes from drug treatment. We are, in fact, cut- diana has 5 minutes remaining. The one of the buckets by the door and ting back what prevention programs gentleman from Wisconsin has 51⁄4 min- head out again. But about 600 times a we do have. There is no longer a Safe utes remaining. day, others walk in with pocketfuls of and Drug-Free Schools Program. It is Mr. SOUDER. I have tracked this heroin, cocaine or speed that they’ve proposed to be zeroed out and changed issue for a long time. You can make al- scored out on the street; sign in; go to to Safe Schools. The drug czar has been legations of studies, but studies are in a clean, well-lit room lined with stain- taken down from a cabinet post to just fact very mixed on both sides, as I read less-steel booths; and, under the pro- another consultant. I don’t even know from the office of National Drug Con- tective watch of two nurses, shoot if he’s really a czar anymore. We’ve trol Policy person who studied all the their drugs into their veins.’’ been cutting drug funds in this Con- studies, worked with the people at gress. The question is, Is there going to b 1300 night in the studies and, quite frankly be a moral hazard in America? Or are and honestly, they’re mixed. Welcome to North America’s only of- we just going to create a bunch of peo- There’s a new recent study in Van- ficially sanctioned supervised injection ple who we just write off and don’t pay couver by somebody who advocated the site. The facility sits in the heart of attention? Walker Percy wrote a great program, who also advocates the legal- Vancouver, 10 blocks that compose one book called The Thanatos Syndrome ization of marijuana, and he concluded of the poorest neighborhoods in all of where he talks about a drug-addicted that the study, at least in the down- Canada. The area is home to an esti- society that no longer has free will. town area of Vancouver, showed some mated 4,700 intravenous drug users and Are we going to have accountability in progress on AIDS but no progress on thousands of crack addicts. For years America or not? And are we going to heroin. it’s been a world-class health disaster, fund this type of project? Now I mentioned Vancouver. Van- not to mention a public relations The CHAIR. The time of the gen- couver and Switzerland have been ad- nightmare for a town that is famous tleman has expired. dressing this question long before the for its beautiful mountains and beaches Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield my- United States got into this. When you and is gearing up to host the 2010 Win- self 3 minutes. go over to Switzerland and study their ter Olympics. Nearly a third of the Mr. Chairman, let me point out that program, they evolved first from a nee- downtown East Side inhabitants are es- the underlying language in this bill is, dle exchange to then having a place timated to be HIV-positive, according in fact, a compromise. It lifts the ban, where they could inject, separate, then to the U.N. Population Fund, a rate on but it does not permit Federal funds to to the government of Switzerland pro- par with Botswana. Twice that number be used for needle exchange programs viding the heroin and managing. have hepatitis C. Dozens die of drug that occur within 1,000 feet of a day To some degree, they have reduced overdoses every year. This has been a care center, school, college or univer- certain elements of problems. They did problem that has been building and sity, any public swimming pool, park,

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playground, video arcade, or youth cen- infected. Every 91⁄2 minutes, another person is My amendment does not reduce by ter or any events sponsored by any infected with HIV. Last fall, the Centers for one penny NIH funding at all. My such entity. Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) re- amendment simply prohibits what is There is overwhelming evidence that leased new estimates of HIV infection in the clearly becoming an endless stream of syringe exchange programs when im- United States, which indicate that the HIV/ repeating and repeating and repeating plemented as part of a comprehensive AIDS epidemic is even worse than was pre- and repeating studies of HIV at ever- prevention strategy are an effective viously thought. These new estimates indicate greater cost. It deals with the $325,000 public health intervention for reducing that approximately 56,300 new HIV infections to research Thai sex workers who also HIV/AIDS and hepatitis and do not pro- occurred in the United States in 2006. This fig- use drugs. What a surprise. We’ve al- mote drug use. ure is approximately 40 percent higher than ready gone into extensive legislation to Now let me be clear. I detest illegal CDC’s previous estimates of 40,000 new in- deal with that criminal activity on a drug use. I think it constitutes a na- fections per year. worldwide basis. It also deals with tional security threat. It ruins lives. It According to the CDC, 13 percent of new prostitutes in China and alcohol and causes crime. It gets us into wars HIV infections in the United States occur drug users in Russia. We’re simply against drugs in Colombia and Mexico; among intravenous drug users. Needle ex- looking at just $5 million over three and in fact, it gets us into another war change programs are an effective means of grants. in Afghanistan because of poppy pro- preventing HIV transmission among this popu- Mr. Chairman, I think when we look duction. So I hate illegal drugs. But lation. Needle exchange programs save lives, at this $5 million, we have to consider even more, I hate the spread of AIDS. reduce health care costs, and link intravenous this: A flight to Bangkok is $9,000. A There’s overwhelming evidence that we drug users with substance abuse treatment ride on BART across town is $3.10. On can help stop the spread of AIDS by al- programs that could end their addiction and the government rate for less than $200, lowing needle exchange programs. allow them to live healthy and productive lives. people who want to study the growth of They are endorsed by leading public The Souder amendment is opposed by HIV can come here to Washington, health organizations, such as the Insti- AIDS Action, the HIV Medicine Association, D.C., where we have a 25 percent rate. tute of Medicine, the World Health Or- The AIDS Institute, and several other organi- Mr. Chairman, we have studied this. As ganization, the American Academy of zations concerned about the spread of HIV/ a matter of fact, we have studied HIV Pediatrics, the American Medical Asso- AIDS in our communities. contraction from dangerous behavior, ciation, the American Nurses Associa- I urge my colleagues to oppose the Souder particularly drug and alcohol, over 200 tion, the American Public Health Asso- amendment. times. We’ve studied HIV at the Na- ciation. They are endorsed by people Mr. OBEY. I yield back the balance tional Institutes of Health over 1,400 such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Na- of my time. times. We’ve studied just about every- tion’s leading fighter against AIDS; The CHAIR. The question is on the thing one could imagine. But just so Thomas Frieden; former NIH Director amendment offered by the gentleman that we not miss one, how about HIV Harold Varmus; former Surgeons Gen- from Indiana (Mr. SOUDER). Prevention with Young Men Who Have eral C. Everett Koop and David The question was taken; and the Sex with Men: What Young Men Them- Satcher, who served under Republican Chair announced that the noes ap- selves Say is Needed? This was the and Democratic administrations. They peared to have it. Medical College of Wisconsin. We have are endorsed by people such as Captain Mr. SOUDER. Mr. Chairman, I de- studied it all. We have studied it for Andrew Smith from the Los Angeles mand a recorded vote. decades. This money needs to be spent Police Department; Atlantic City Dep- The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of on more than just study. It has to be uty Chief of Police Robert Schwartz; rule XVIII, further proceedings on the spent on prevention and cure. and San Francisco Chief of Police amendment offered by the gentleman I reserve the balance of my time. Frederick Lau. from Indiana will be postponed. Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I ask Let me make one other point. Every AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. ISSA unanimous consent to claim the time Member of Congress has access to de- The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- in opposition, though I am not opposed cent primary health care; but we are sider amendment No. 3 printed in to the amendment. going to put at risk a substantial num- House Report 111–222. The CHAIR. Without objection, the ber of people if we do not support this Mr. ISSA. I have an amendment at gentleman from Wisconsin is recog- underlying committee amendment. I the desk. nized for 5 minutes. want to say something personal. If we The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate There was no objection. Mr. OBEY. Let me simply say that lose this amendment, it is not going to the amendment. I’m perfectly happy to accept the be because a lot of people on this House The text of the amendment is as fol- amendment. floor really believe that this ban makes lows: sense. It will be because many Mem- I reserve the balance of my time, un- Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. ISSA: bers are concerned and fear a cheap- less the gentleman is prepared to close. At the end of the bill (before the short Mr. ISSA. I have just one speaker, shot political 30-second ad that distorts title), insert the following: their position, spreads half-truths and SEC. 524. (a) None of the funds provided in and then I am prepared to close— scares people. I understand that con- this Act under the heading ‘‘National Insti- quickly. cern. tutes of Health—National Institute on Drug The CHAIR. The gentleman from The CHAIR. The time of the gen- Abuse’’ shall be available for grant number California has the right to close. tleman has expired. 1R21DA026324-01A1 (Substance Use and HIV Mr. ISSA. Thank you. Mr. OBEY. I yield myself 1 additional Risk among Thai Women). I will yield 45 seconds to the gentle- minute. (b) None of the funds provided in this Act lady from Kansas (Ms. JENKINS). But for the good of the country, we under the heading ‘‘National Institutes of Ms. JENKINS. Mr. Chairman, I have Health—National Institute on Alcohol Abuse a provision in the Republican motion are being paid to ignore that kind of and Alcoholism’’ shall be available for grant pressure and simply do the right thing number 1R01AA018090-01 (Venue-based HIV to recommit that will be discussed for the country. I ask every Member of and alcohol use risk reduction among female later this afternoon that I would like the House to do the right thing because sex workers in China), or grant number to bring to the body’s attention. The if you do, it will save lives. I ask them 5R01AA016059-03 (Maximizing Opportunity— need to provide Americans more to vote ‘‘no’’ on the amendment. HIV Prevention in Hospitalized Russian choice, more affordability, and more Ms. WATERS. Mr. Chair, I rise to oppose Drinkers). access in health care is a belief we all the Souder amendment, which prohibits fund- The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- share. Two towns in my district Onaga ing needle exchange programs. Needle ex- lution 673, the gentleman from Cali- and Wamego, both small, rural commu- change programs are effective at preventing fornia (Mr. ISSA) and a Member opposed nities, are facing the very real possi- the spread of HIV/AIDS. each will control 5 minutes. bility of losing their hospital because There are over 1 million Americans living The Chair recognizes the gentleman growth in a town 45 miles away is jeop- with HIV/AIDS in the United States today, and from California. ardizing their critical access funding. over 20 percent of them do not know they are Mr. ISSA. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. At a time when rural communities are

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Wisconsin is recognized for 5 minutes. to give his son life, and through this Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chairman, never let it Mr. OBEY. I reserve the balance of life have instilled and inspired hope in be said that Republicans can’t take my time. the lives of others. The same profile in ‘‘yes’’ for an answer. I only wish that Mr. PENCE. With that, I would like courage is reflected in my mother who we had more amendments, allowing us to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady single-handedly raised eight children to further refine the bill. With that, I from Ohio (Mrs. SCHMIDT). in the midst of war and poverty. thank the gentleman for agreeing to Mrs. SCHMIDT. Mr. Chair, I rise The CHAIR. The time of the gen- the amendment. today in strong support of the Pence tleman has expired. I yield back the balance of my time. amendment. Recent polls indicate that Mr. CAO. With that, I urge my col- The CHAIR. The question is on the a majority of Americans are opposed to leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ on this amend- amendment offered by the gentleman paying for abortions through their tax ment. from California (Mr. ISSA). dollars. This amendment offered by Mr. The CHAIR. The gentleman from In- The amendment was agreed to. PENCE simply brings the Federal fam- diana has 2 minutes remaining. The AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. PENCE ily planning funds in line with the sen- gentleman from Wisconsin has 5 min- The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- timent of the majority of Americans. utes remaining and the right to close. sider amendment No. 4 printed in From 2007 to 2008, Planned Parenthood, Mr. PENCE. Mr. Chairman, it is my House Report 111–222. our Nation’s largest abortion provider, privilege to recognize for 1 minute the Mr. PENCE. Mr. Chairman, I have an received almost $350 million of our distinguished Republican whip, Mr. amendment at the desk. American taxpayer dollars. The fiction CANTOR, from Virginia. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate that we try to create when we say that Mr. CANTOR. I thank the gentleman the amendment. these funds are not directly going for from Indiana. The text of the amendment is as fol- abortion is disingenuous at best. Thomas Jefferson warned that, ‘‘To lows: I urge my colleagues to support the compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he Amendment No. 4 offered by Mr. PENCE: Pence amendment today and deny At the end of the bill (before the short Title X funds for Planned Parenthood. disbelieves and abhors is sinful and ty- rannical.’’ Mr. Chairman, I rise in sup- title), insert the following: b 1315 SEC. 5ll. None of the funds made avail- port of this amendment as the under- able under this Act shall be available to Mr. OBEY. I reserve the balance of lying legislation embodies the very ac- Planned Parenthood for any purpose under my time. tion Jefferson cautioned against. title X of the Public Health Services Act. Mr. PENCE. Mr. Chairman, could I About 7 out of 10 Americans oppose The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- inquire as to whether the distinguished public funding of abortion; yet this bill lution 673, the gentleman from Indiana chairman of the Appropriations Com- defies their moral concerns by funding (Mr. PENCE) and a Member opposed mittee has any speakers on this groups like Planned Parenthood, the each will control 5 minutes. amendment? single largest abortion provider in The Chair recognizes the gentleman Mr. OBEY. Just one; me. America. Planned Parenthood performs from Indiana. Mr. PENCE. With that, Mr. Chair- over 300,000 abortions per year while re- Mr. PENCE. Mr. Chair, I yield myself man, I would like to clarify with my ceiving $350 million in taxpayer dollars 1 minute. good friend from Wisconsin that the annually. I believe with all my heart that end- author of the amendment would like to The gentleman from Indiana’s ing an innocent human life is morally reserve the right to close? amendment does not reduce overall wrong; but I also believe it’s morally Mr. OBEY. No. I have the right to funds for family planning services. It wrong to use the taxpayer dollars of close. merely ensures that no taxpayer dol- millions of pro-life Americans to fund The CHAIR. The gentleman from lars are used to fund entities that con- abortion providers. The Pence amend- Wisconsin has the right to close. duct abortions. It is a reasonable ap- ment before the House today simply Mr. PENCE. Mr. Chairman, with proach, Mr. Chairman, and I urge my states that none of the funds made that, I would like to recognize the dis- colleagues to support this amendment. available under this act shall be avail- tinguished Member, Mr. CAO, for 1 Mr. PENCE. Mr. Chairman, I will able for Planned Parenthood for any minute. close, and I yield myself such time as I purpose under Title X. Title X is the (Mr. CAO asked and was given per- may consume. only Federal grant program that pro- mission to revise and extend his re- The Pence amendment simply states vides Americans with comprehensive marks.) that ‘‘none of the funds made available family planning and related preventive Mr. CAO. Mr. Chairman, I rise today under this act are available to Planned health services. It does important work in strong support of the Pence amend- Parenthood for any purpose under Title in communities around the country. ment because I am very concerned X.’’ That’s all it does. The Pence Now while I understand that current about the prospect of taxpayer dollars amendment does not cut one penny laws and regulations prevent Title X of hardworking families across this from Title X. It merely prohibits those funds from flowing directly to funding country going to fund an institution funds from flowing into the largest abortions, today the largest recipient like Planned Parenthood. We need to abortion provider in America. of Federal funding under Title X is look no further than to the comments The Pence amendment is endorsed by Planned Parenthood, and they’re well of Planned Parenthood founder Mar- National Right to Life Committee and able to use the resources they receive garet Sanger to see how controversial a score of other organizations rep- from taxpayers to offset the resources this organization is. She said, ‘‘We resenting traditional values. We cannot and free up resources to engage in the want fewer and better children, and we reduce the number of abortions in abortion trade, which they boast last cannot make the social life and the America while increasing Federal fund- year over 300,000 abortions performed. world peace we are determined to make ing to the Nation’s leading abortion Planned Parenthood, the largest abor- with the ill-bred, ill-trained swarms of provider. The largest abortion provider tion provider in America, should not be inferior citizens that you inflict on in America should not also be the larg- the largest recipient of Federal funding us.’’ est recipient of Federal funding under under Title X. I urge my colleagues in Yesterday, while we debated on this Title X. The time has come to deny all both parties to join me in supporting amendment in the Rules Committee, Federal funding to Planned Parent- the Pence amendment. The time has my friend and colleague PETE SESSIONS hood.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H8784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 24, 2009 I urge my colleagues in both parties I have long been a supporter of Planned This includes nearly 5,000 pap tests and to join us in supporting this sensible Parenthood and the services it offers to my breast exams. amendment. Let’s choose life. Let’s de- Central New Jersey constituents. Mr. PENCE’s They provide affordable contraception, STD fend the defenseless. Let us defend tax- purely political amendment would deny funds testing and treatment, anemia testing, choles- payers. I urge adoption of the Pence under Title X of the Public Health Services Act terol and thyroid screening. amendment. to Planned Parenthood health facilities With 47 million Americans uninsured, we I yield back the balance of my time. throughout the country. It would cut these need clinics like Planned Parenthood. Low-in- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in women off from their source of primary care. come women are currently four times more opposition to the amendment. At a time when more and more women and likely to face an unintended pregnancy. Mr. Chairman, Title X is America’s families are facing difficulties in accessing We should do everything we can to try to family planning program. It provides health care due to a provider shortage in this reduce the number of unintended pregnancies comprehensive family planning serv- county, Congress should be doing everything in America through common-sense measures. ices and a wide variety of other preven- we can to ensure that women have access to None of the funds in this bill can be used for tive care, including breast exams and a trusted health care provider. abortions, and clinics that receive them have instruction on breast self-examination, This should not be an anti-choice or pro- to show that federal funds are not used for the Pap tests, screening and appropriate choice debate about one of the many services procedure. treatment for sexually transmitted in- that Planned Parenthood provides. This In fact, 97 percent of the health care that fections, HIV screening, et cetera, et amendment would have no effect on abortion Planned Parenthood provides is primary and cetera, et cetera. services in our country. According to Federal preventive. This amendment gratuitously blocks statute, no money from Title X can be used for If this amendment were to pass, millions of Planned Parenthood clinics from re- abortion services. Title X makes grants to pub- women all across the country would have no- ceiving Title X funding. Those clinics lic and private nonprofit organizations to pro- where else to turn for quality, preventive provide important health care access vide family planning and basic reproductive health care. to low-income uninsured patients, 5 I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this amendment. health care information and services to low-in- Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Chair, I rise today in million women in 4,500 clinics nation- come women. The Pence amendment would wide. The breast cancer screenings and opposition to Mr. PENCE’s amendment. Pursu- deny essential family planning services to the ant to Federal Statute, no Title X funds can be the well-mother exams they receive 5 million Americans that Planned Parenthood spent on abortions. So the only conclusion to may be the only health care they get serves annually, including the 89,000 men and be drawn from the offering of this amendment all year. women in New Jersey. If Planned Parenthood clinics are This debate should be about prevention. It is that Mr. PENCE is attempting to use propa- forced to close, these women may have should be about continuing to provide women ganda based on hypocrisy to wage war on to forgo critical care because they will with the necessary tools for prevention, includ- family planning services. Mr. PENCE’s amend- lack a single provider providing Title X ing contraception and education. It should be ment would cut off 1.7 million women—more family planning funding, and this about protecting women’s health by providing than one in three women who receive Title X amendment would only make matters women with access to reproductive health services—from their trusted, family planning worse. care. We all should be able to agree that we provider. Multitudes of poor and low-income women Now, if this amendment is intended would like to see fewer abortions performed in to stop abortions, it has no impact this country, and comprehensive family plan- cannot afford to purchase contraceptive serv- whatsoever. Title X statutes forbid the ning services that Planned Parenthood pro- ices and supplies on their own. Half of all use of funding for abortions, and this vides are a proven means to accomplish that. women who are sexually active, but do not bill appropriates no funds whatsoever Title X has proven to be effective and pre- want to get pregnant, need publicly funded for abortions. Our bill includes the tra- vents 1 million unwanted pregnancies each services to help them access public health ditional Hyde language, prohibiting year. Planned Parenthood, as the Nation’s programs like Medicaid and Title X. Low-income women are currently four times funds in the act from being used to sup- oldest and largest family planning provider, is more likely to face an unintended pregnancy. port abortions. And it reads, in part: ‘‘ responsible for preventing 60 percent of un- Projects under such title shall not be wanted pregnancies, approximately 631,000 84 percent of Title X clients have incomes expended for abortions, all pregnancy unwanted pregnancies annually. below 150 percent of the federal poverty level, counseling shall be nondirective, and Planned Parenthood’s 841 affiliates make and 61 percent are uninsured. That is why for that such amounts shall not be ex- up 13 percent of all Title X providers and pro- most women, including women who want to pended for any activity, including pub- vide 1.7 million women with reproductive have children, contraception is not an option; lication or distribution of literature health care services under title X each year. it is a basic health care necessity. Each year, that in any way tends to promote pub- 63 percent of these patients receive reproduc- publicly funded family planning services help lic support or opposition to any legisla- tive health care services and 37 percent re- women to prevent an estimated one million tive proposal or candidates for public ceive family planning services. unplanned pregnancies and 630,000 abor- office’’. And I repeat again, no funds Cutting Title X funding to Planned Parent- tions. flow for abortions, none whatsoever. hood is nothing short of irresponsible. The low From a public health standpoint, Title X fam- Planned Parenthood plays a central income women who are served through Title X ily planning clinics are often the primary health role in expanding access to care under are four times more likely to face an unin- care provider for low income women. Title X. Planned Parenthood is the Na- tended pregnancy. As a safety net provider, The Title X program provides comprehen- tion’s leading reproductive health care Planned Parenthood plays a critical role in sive family planning services as well as a wide provider. For over 90 years, Planned serving these women. We should not act to range of other preventive health care services, Parenthood has provided low-income prevent women from getting the reproductive including breast exams and instruction on uninsured women with the vital repro- health care they need. I urge my colleagues breast self-examination, Pap tests for early de- ductive health care services they need. oppose the Pence amendment. tection of cervical cancer or precancerous I want to make one other point. Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Chair, I stand in opposi- conditions, testing for high blood pressure, Every Member of Congress has access tion to the Pence amendment, which would screening and appropriate treatment for sexu- to decent primary care. The Pence prevent thousands of low-income women from ally transmitted infections, HIV screening, amendment would cut millions of receiving critical women’s health services. counseling on adoption, foster care, and preg- American women off from their source At a time when Congress is trying make nancy termination and referrals to specialized of primary care. If Members want to do sure every American has access to affordable, health care. that, go ahead and vote that way. Not critical health care services, this amendment In these tough economic times it is hard to me. Not me and not any Member of the goes against our attempts to reform a broken understand why Mr. PENCE would want to yet House, I believe, who understands the health care system. again launch an assault on public health care true needs of American women. Planned Parenthood is one of the nation’s for low income women and families. I strongly Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to leading women’s health care providers. urge my colleagues to put public health ahead the Amendment offered by my colleague from In my home state of Massachusetts, of politics and vote ‘‘no’’ on Mr. PENCE’s harm- Indiana, Mr. PENCE, to the Fiscal Year 2010 Planned Parenthood serves more than 36,000 ful amendment. Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- patients, most of them in need of basic health Mr. NADLER of New York. Mr. Chair, I rise cation Appropriations Bill. care. today in opposition to the amendment offered

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by my colleague, Representative MIKE PENCE, I rise in opposition to the amendment of- Planned Parenthood provides options coun- which would prohibit Planned Parenthood from fered by Mr. PENCE. seling for patients facing unintended preg- receiving Title X family planning funds. This amendment is an attack not only on nancies, preventive services including birth For many women and men, the area Planned Parenthood but an attack on wom- control, screening for cervical and breast can- Planned Parenthood is their only source of en’s health. cer screenings, immunizations to prevent cer- health care. In my home state of New York, A grocery store clerk in my district recently vical cancer and sexually transmitted infection more than 30 percent of Title X providers are described her difficulties with her extremely testing and treatment, education and informa- Planned Parenthood health centers. Planned limited health insurance. It did not provide for tion. Parenthood is an essential community health preventative coverage. She had not received a If it were not for Planned Parenthood, thou- provider, acting as a source of primary care routine health screening in more than 18 years sands of women in my state would not get for thousands of women and men. In addition when her cancer was discovered. basic health care at all. That’s why I support to providing routine gynecological exams, cer- If services like those provided by Planned Planned Parenthood, and oppose the Pence vical cancer screenings and breast exams, Parenthood and other family planning health amendment. Planned Parenthood clinics also offer anemia centers had been available to this woman, her Mr. OBEY. I yield back the balance testing, cholesterol screening, diabetes cancer would have been caught earlier. She of my time. I urge opposition to the screening, employment and sports physicals, might have avoided the radical—and expen- amendment. high blood pressure screening, physical ex- sive—treatment that was the only option left to The CHAIR. The question is on the aminations, smoking cessation, thyroid screen- her by the time she made it to the doctor. amendment offered by the gentleman ing, adoptive services, prenatal services, and In New Hampshire, Planned Parenthood from Indiana (Mr. PENCE). childbirth classes. does more than any other organization to re- The question was taken; and the Despite the important role that Planned Par- duce the number of unintended pregnancies, Chair announced that the noes ap- enthood plays in the health care delivery sys- serving over 18,400 patients a year. peared to have it. tem in communities across the country, the In my home state, Planned Parenthood is a Mr. PENCE. Mr. Chairman, I demand Pence amendment would single out Planned trusted provider of high quality affordable a recorded vote. Parenthood and prohibit it from receiving Title health care. In fact, more than 90 percent of The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of X funding for one reason—because, in addi- services provided at Planned Parenthood are rule XVIII, further proceedings on the tion to the multitude of other health services for preventive and primary health care. amendment offered by the gentleman they offer for women and men, Planned Par- We should be doing more to strengthen the from Indiana will be postponed. enthood also offers abortion services—serv- Title X programs, and reduce the number of AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. WITTMAN ices that are lawful and constitutionally pro- unintended pregnancies in this country. The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- tected, and which are NOT paid for with a sin- Planned Parenthood is the biggest provider of sider amendment No. 5 printed in gle federal tax dollar. Title X services in New Hampshire, serving House Report 111–222. Mr. Chair, at its heart, the Pence amend- over 63 percent of the women who need these Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chairman, I have ment seeks to punish a single health care en- services. an amendment at the desk. tity for providing a lawful, constitutionally pro- The proposed amendment would severely The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate tected service. Put another way, the Pence reduce access to family planning services for the amendment. amendment hopes to force Planned Parent- more than 60 percent of women in New The text of the amendment is as fol- hood to abandon the exercise of a lawful act, Hampshire, and reduce access to primary lows: which is inextricably and critically tied to a health care for women across the country. Amendment No. 5 offered by Mr. WITTMAN: woman’s constitutional right to reproductive Planned Parenthood should be commended At the end of the bill, before the short services. This amendment—in addition to for the work they do every day, helping mil- title, insert the following: being misguided and mean-spirited—is sus- lions of women and their families get preven- SEC. 524. Appropriations made in this Act pect, at best, and is an unconstitutional condi- tive care they need. If it were not for Planned are hereby reduced in the amount of tion, at worst. Parenthood, thousands of women in my state $803,270,000. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ would not get the basic health care they need. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- on the Pence amendment. I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this amendment. lution 673, the gentleman from Virginia Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chair, I rise in Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Chair, I re- (Mr. WITTMAN) and a Member opposed strong opposition to this amendment. spectfully oppose the Pence amendment to each will control 5 minutes. Planned Parenthood provides critical health defund Planned Parenthood. The Chair recognizes the gentleman care services to women throughout this coun- Planned Parenthood plays a vital and impor- from Virginia. try, and in many places they are the only pro- tant role in my home state of Indiana. In Indi- Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield vider of family planning and reproductive ana, Planned Parenthood serves over 94,000 myself such time as I may consume. health services. patients a year. Of those, more than 25,000 Mr. Chairman, my amendment is An attack on Planned Parenthood is a direct women are served through Title X, that’s over simple. It would cut spending in the attack on the 1.7 million women in this country half of all the women served by the program bill across the board by one-half of 1 who receive family planning service through in our state. In my district, Planned Parent- percent. While this appropriations bill this trusted provider. hood is an integral part of the patchwork of funds critical national priorities such The simple fact is that the federal govern- safety net providers, which includes county as research at the National Institutes ment is specifically prohibited from providing health departments, free standing clinics, and of Health, pandemic flu preparedness, support for abortions in this country—although women’s health centers. and job training programs, the under- I believe we’ve got to get rid of this prohibition. The simple fact is that we are in the middle lying bill provides $730.5 billion, mak- Planned Parenthood has never violated the of a health care crisis and Planned Parent- ing it the largest of 12 appropriations restriction on federal funding, and has taken hood is part of the solution to this crisis. One bills. great pains to separate its funding streams— out of three women, 1.7 million, who receives The total is $59.4 billion, that is 9 however burdensome and unnecessary this Title X family planning health care does so at percent, more than the regular fiscal really is—to ensure that it complies with fed- a Planned Parenthood health center. Planned year 2009 appropriations, and $1.9 bil- eral law. Parenthood affiliates serve a diverse range of lion more than that requested by the Denying funding to Planned Parenthood will women and men throughout their lifetimes, President. It also includes $163.4 billion deny critical health services to millions of providing family planning and other reproduc- in discretionary spending, which is women around the country and drive up the tive health care. $11.15 billion, or 7 percent, over last rate of unintended pregnancies for those who Planned Parenthood health centers are year’s level. lose access to family planning programs. working daily to provide quality, preventive I do not question the value of many Let’s reject this ideologically driven amend- health services. Planned Parenthood runs of the programs funded by this bill. ment and support the rights of women to ac- over 880 non-profit health centers in commu- This bill funds programs that are crit- cess the health services they need. nities where there are limited affordable, qual- ical to my district, like Impact AID, Mr. HODES. Mr. Chair, I congratulate Chair- ity health care options. In fact seventy-five community health centers, the TRIO man OBEY and the Ranking Member on all of percent of Planned Parenthood’s patients live program, and nurse training and career their work on this important appropriations bill. under 150% of the federal poverty level. technical education, but I offer this

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For support for H.R. 3293 the Labor, Health and single source of discretionary funds for fiscal year 2009, we have a $2 trillion Human Services and Education Appropriation domestic Federal programs. It rep- deficit. Between fiscal year 2010 and Act of 2010. With an emphasis on job training, resents a 12.8 percent increase in spend- fiscal year 2019, the Congressional increased educational opportunities and the ing over the level we were operating Budget Office estimates cumulative implementation of health and social safety under in fiscal year 2008 less than 1 deficits could reach as high as $10 tril- nets, H.R. 3293 ensures that we will be able year ago. And while I travel around my lion. to effectively rise up out of the ashes of what district and talk to constituents, their A few other signs that we are in dan- has been categorized as the longest and greatest concern is spending. It’s hard gerous territory when it comes to the deepest economic downturn since the Great to explain to a family that has had to Nation’s economic security are this Depression. The national economic crisis has make tough choices about their own Congress raised the statutory debt begun to infiltrate every corner of this country, spending that Washington can’t make limit from $11.315 trillion to $12.04 tril- and my home State of Texas is no exception. the same tough choices. lion in the American Recovery and Re- In Texas, unemployment has climbed to a Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance investment Act earlier this year, and staggering 7.6 percent, and in my own district of my time. together China and Japan hold almost of Houston, unemployment has risen to an un- Mr. OBEY. I claim the time in oppo- 41 percent of our foreign-held debt, precedented 6.4 percent. In January 2009, it sition. which is 27.8 percent of the gross Fed- was documented that Texas experienced an The CHAIR. The gentleman from eral debt. extensive job loss of 75,800 nonagricultural Wisconsin is recognized for 5 minutes. The question then becomes, how and jobs. Accordingly, I am taking every possible Mr. OBEY. I reserve the balance of when do we slow the growth? When do measure to help the people of Houston, right my time. we make the tough decisions on spend- The CHAIR. The gentleman from down to hosting a comprehensive job fair for ing? This amendment is an opportunity Wisconsin is reserving his right to the people of my district this coming weekend. to show that this Congress wants to close. The gentleman from Virginia has While States across the country reduce vital make responsible decisions on spending services, including those services that provide 31⁄2 minutes remaining. Mr. WITTMAN. I yield 1 minute to and to achieve fiscal discipline. aid to the most vulnerable among us, we must Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. make every legislative effort to remedy the of my time. TIAHRT). negative and wide sweeping impact of this Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I reserve Mr. TIAHRT. I thank the gentleman most devastating recession. my time. from Virginia. To tackle unemployment, joblessness and Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chairman, I rec- Mr. Chairman, this is really a pretty disparity, we must address the roots of the ognize the gentleman from Georgia straightforward amendment, but I problem head-on. We need to invest our re- (Mr. BROUN want to put it in perspective. This bill ) for 1 minute. sources in the people of this country, and H.R. Mr. BROUN of Georgia. I thank the is a 7 percent increase over last year’s 3293 provides much needed assistance to do gentleman for yielding. funding. The gentleman from Virginia just that. The FY 2010 Labor, HHS, Education Mr. Chairman, I’m pleased to see Appropriations Bill is legislation that makes the is merely asking for a half of a percent that finally after 10 appropriations reduction in something that is already necessary investments in our Nation’s greatest bills under closed rules, the Demo- treasure, our future. increased by 7 percent. When you in- cratic majority has finally seen fit to INCREASING FUNDING FOR EDUCATION clude what was allocated in the stim- allow this sensible cost-reduction ulus bill for these very same agencies, Increasing educational opportunities for stu- amendment. The underlying bill in- dents of every level, from every socio-eco- it is a 93 percent increase. So when you creases the funding for the Depart- look at it in total, we are merely nomic background throughout our Nation will ments of Labor, Health and Human yield the greatest return on our investment. scratching the surface by having some Services and Education by 25 percent. common sense brought into the Providing access to educational opportunities amount of money being spent. b 1330 is critical to the Nation’s long term prosperity. Now, this doesn’t eliminate any pro- Mr. Chairman, isn’t a 241⁄2 percent in- H.R. 3293 will make the necessary invest- grams. This doesn’t put anybody in a crease over last year enough? Is the ments to provide children with a 21st century hardship. This simply says that rather Department of Labor really going to education, will provide the resources to mod- than having 93 percent in total in- feel the effects of this modest amend- ernize our schools and colleges, and will pro- crease for this funding, that we are ment? We’re only talking about reduc- vide funding to make college more affordable. going to reduce it by a total of $11.15 ing their increase for half a penny for Just as I supported past legislation like H.R. billion. Now, this is $11.15 billion that every dollar that the agency spends. 3081, the American Recovery and Reinvest- we will not have to borrow and that The American people are feeling the ment Act of 2009, which placed a premium on our children will not have to pay back. squeeze of this economy and, to date, providing funding for and lending institutional This is money that we will not be obli- Congress has done nothing to ease support to our Historical Black Colleges and gated to return to the people in China. their burdens or address their frustra- Universities, HBCUs, and Predominantly Black So this is a commonsense amend- tions. This modest reduction, Mr. Institutions, PBIs, H.R. 3293 also provides a ment. I urge its adoption. Chairman, however small, is an impor- comprehensive fiscal plan for 2010 to ensure Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chairman, I tant step. So I urge my colleagues to that adequate funding is allocated to our would like to thank the gentleman vote ‘‘yes’’ on this amendment. HBCUs and PBIs. from Kansas. Mr. Chairman, I yield Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chairman, this is HBCUs and PBIs as defined in the Higher myself the balance of the time. a good amendment, and it puts us back Education Act of 1965, as amended, HEA, as Mr. Chairman, for the past couple of on the path of fiscal discipline, and I the following: A historically Black college or months, we have been passing spending urge my colleagues to support it. university is an institution of higher education bills with double-digit increases year I yield back the balance of my time. established prior to 1964, whose principal mis- over year, and these are unacceptable Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield to sion was, and is, the education of Black Amer- increases in spending. Already, there the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. icans, and that is accredited by a nationally have been mentions of tax increases JACKSON-LEE) for a unanimous consent recognized accrediting agency or association that will be necessary to maintain this request. determined by the Secretary to be a reliable level of spending. Imagine that for a (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked authority as to the quality of training offered or moment, tax increases in the name of and was given permission to revise and is, according to such an agency or associa- fiscal responsibility. extend her remarks.) tion, making reasonable progress toward ac- The administration projects that the Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Because creditation. Historically Black colleges or uni- budget deficit will reach $1.8 trillion in this bill does have the right priorities versities also include any branch campus of a

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By providing the National Center for Education Statistics as aim to reward effective teaching through com- the necessary funding to implement green re- a Historically Black College or University. pensation systems that reward entire high- search programs and new green job opportu- Predominantly Black Institutions are defined need schools on the basis of increasing stu- nities, policy planners will be in a position to in HEA Section 318. These institutions meet dent achievement. better identify the highest-value energy effi- basic eligibility under Title III, Section 312(b) GREEN JOBS cient methods to decrease our dependency on and serve at least 40 percent Black American Finally, this bill provides the necessary fund- foreign fuel. students. Basic eligibility under Title III, Sec- ing for increased employment opportunities Along with rising gas prices, weak economic tion 312(b) of the HEA is met by institutions and job training. H.R. 3293 appropriates $50 growth, continued environmental warnings and that: have low educational and general ex- million, the same as the President’s request, scientific studies pointing to global warming, penditures, E&G, or seek a waiver by submit- to prepare workers for careers in energy effi- many Americans continue to worry about the ting evidence that is both persuasive and com- ciency and renewable energy. This new ad- state of energy security in the world. Adding pelling to have this requirement waived; have ministration initiative will support pre-appren- green space in urban areas, investing in alter- a requisite enrollment of needy students; are ticeship programs and new careers for more native energy, and ensuring our participation legally authorized within their respective State than 8,000 workers in emerging green indus- in the conservation of our planet’s resources to award bachelors degrees or are a commu- tries. In the tradition of our new administration, are just some ways that we can preserve our nity college; and are accredited by a nationally this Congress understands the energy con- wonderful planet, and plan for our future. We or State recognized accrediting agency. cerns of the American people and we continue now turn to our Federal Government to pro- An institution is considered to have met the to work to ensure this Nation moves in a new vide us with the resources to do so. I urge my enrollment of needy students criterion if (1) at direction to achieve energy independence and colleagues today to pass this critical piece of least 50 percent of its degree-seeking stu- energy security. legislation, as our Nation’s long-term pros- dents receive financial assistance under one I have long been a proponent of green edu- perity hangs in the balance. or more of the following programs: Federal cation. For example, during the 110th Con- Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in Pell Grant Program, Federal Supplemental gress, I successfully offered amendments to strong opposition to this amendment Educational Opportunity Grant Program, Fed- the Comprehensive Energy Independence bill which would cut $803 million out of im- eral Work-Study Program and/or the Federal that was introduced late last year and voted portant investments in this bill. Let Perkins Loan Program or (2) the percentage out of the House. me point out a few facts. First of all, as of its undergraduate degree-seeking students Specifically, I have offered past amend- I said earlier, the Appropriations Com- who were enrolled at least halftime and re- ments that would provide scholarships for mittee allocation has already cut a ceived a Federal Pell grant met or exceeded post-secondary study in ethanol, wind, solar total of $10 billion from the President’s the average for similar institutions. energy, and other green alternatives to petro- discretionary spending request, and We must invest in our Nation’s Historically leum. I have also offered an amendment to this bill cuts $52 million from that Black Colleges and Universities, HBCUs, and establish Energy Centers of Excellence, which same request. other Minority Serving Institutions. A digital would provide a consortium of Historically This bill, on a comparable basis, is 3.6 disparity between HBCU campuses and their Black Colleges and Universities, HBCUs, His- percent above the 2009 limit. That is counterparts currently exists. There is a signifi- panic serving institutions, tribal universities, hardly runaway spending. Further- cant need among HBCUs to update techno- and majority serving institutions to develop more, when you look at program lines, logical equipment and to develop advanced curriculum and programs in green energy. you will see that this bill makes hard and cutting edge educational and techno- Moreover, my amendments provided scholar- choices to terminate programs that are logical opportunities for students. In the face ships, and academic opportunities for minori- not working, with $1.3 billion in cuts to of the adversity that outdated technology ties to study green energy. Thus, I have long individual programs below the 2009 poses, HBCUs continue to generate thou- been a proponent of the type of education and level. The bill terminates or cuts 44 sands of African-American graduates who are job provisions that this bill requires. programs. The largest single program prepared to compete in and contribute to our Indeed, I count myself as one on the fore- increase is for the Social Security Ad- global economy. HBCUs represent 9 of the front of this cause. As a representative of the ministration, effectively one fourth of top 10 colleges that graduate the most Afri- 18th Congressional District of Texas, which in- the bill’s entire increase for 2009. can-Americans who go on to earn Ph.D.s. cludes the energy capital of the world, Hous- HBCUs and PBIs continue to provide oppor- ton, I am especially pleased to support this With dramatically rising retirement tunity and advancement to African-American bill. This bill fosters education and increased and disability claims facing the agen- students, and therefore are worthy of federal job opportunity in green energy, which in- cy, nobody would argue that those support. creasingly is becoming a viable alternative to funds are wasteful. After accounting Accordingly, this bill provides $653 million to petroleum. for the SSA increase, this bill is 1.7 strengthen the capacity of HBCUs and PBIs, Today, we as a global community must take percent above for the rest of the bill, Hispanic-serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges the time out to appreciate the natural re- meaning, in real dollar terms, after in- and Universities and Native American-serving sources our planet has provided. It is also a flation, it is an increase of .3 percent. Institutions, Asian Pacific Islander, and Native day where we must better examine energy al- That is hardly being spendthrift. American Institutions. This is $110 million over ternatives to carry forth the advancement of If this amendment is adopted, I the President’s request and $146 million over mankind and the preservation of the world at would point out two problems. First of 2009. Additionally, H.R. 3293 provides for large. I have long been a proponent of green all, it makes no real spending deci- $178 million new loan guarantees for HBCUs jobs, as evidenced in my support of H.R. 957, sions. It leaves all of that in the hands and University facilities, which is nearly triple the Green Energy Education Act of 2009, of the President of the United States. that of the 2009 level. As a Representative which provided an opportunity to learn about It allows the President to determine from the 18th Congressional District of Texas, the positive actions that we as a Nation can this funding level for every single ac- I know firsthand that this will enable HBCUs take to improve energy efficiency; to develop count in this bill. I don’t think this like Texas Southern University in my district safe, renewable energy sources; to design Congress should be a rubber stamp for and Prairie View A&M University just outside goods that are durable, reusable, and recycla- any President. of my district to thrive. ble; and to eliminate the production of harmful And, then, I think we ought to look H.R. 3293 also provides an investment of waste, while protecting our environment and at what the implications are for pro- $15.9 billion for Title I Education for the Dis- encouraging sustainable development through- grams in this bill. Applied to the Na- advantaged Children Account, which will pro- out the world. tional Institutes of Health, this cut vide much needed support to underprivileged H.R. 957 empowered leading authorities to would wipe out more than 900 new re- children in grades K through 12, and will give teach and conduct the necessary research on search grants and eliminate inflation hope to the low income families in my district energy consumption throughout our Nation. adjustments for 36,000 new and existing in Houston, that their children will receive The research and studies are highly detailed, research grants undermining efforts to quality education. This funding also places an and carefully constructed to be statistically treat cancer, Parkinson’s, diabetes and

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Applied to Pell Grants, 7.6 Woolsey The vote was taken by electronic de- Terry Walz million students could see their grants Wu vice, and there were—ayes 284, noes 137, Thompson (CA) Wasserman reduced and the maximum Pell award Yarmuth not voting 18, as follows: Thompson (MS) Schultz cut by approximately $135. Applied to LIHEAP, it would reduce [Roll No. 641] NOES—137 the number of households served by AYES—284 Aderholt Gallegly Myrick Akin Gingrey (GA) Neugebauer over 900,000. Applied to senior nutri- Abercrombie Fattah McDermott Alexander Gohmert Nunes Ackerman Filner McGovern tion, it would eliminate nearly 240 mil- Austria Goodlatte Olson Adler (NJ) Forbes McIntyre lion meals to 2.5 million vulnerable Bachmann Graves Pence Altmire Foster McMahon Bachus Guthrie Pitts Americans. Applied to Head Start, over Andrews Frank (MA) McNerney Bartlett Hall (TX) Poe (TX) 50,000 low-income children would be de- Arcuri Fudge Meek (FL) Barton (TX) Harper Baca Garrett (NJ) Meeks (NY) Posey nied comprehensive early childhood de- Bilbray Hastings (WA) Price (GA) Baird Gerlach Melancon Bilirakis Heller velopment services. Applied to the Baldwin Giffords Michaud Putnam Blackburn Hensarling Radanovich Child Care Block Grant, child care Barrow Gonzalez Miller (MI) Blunt Herger services for over 270,000 low-income Bean Gordon (TN) Miller (NC) Rehberg Bonner Hoekstra Roe (TN) families would be eliminated. And ap- Becerra Granger Minnick Bono Mack Hunter Berkley Grayson Mitchell Rogers (AL) plied to the Job Corps, it would deliver Boozman Issa Rogers (KY) Berman Green, Al Mollohan Boustany Johnson (IL) Rohrabacher a more than 50 percent cut to Job Berry Green, Gene Moore (KS) Brady (TX) Johnson, Sam Rooney Corps centers. Biggert Griffith Moore (WI) Broun (GA) Jones Ros-Lehtinen Bishop (GA) Grijalva Moran (VA) Brown (SC) Jordan (OH) With all due respect, I don’t think Roskam Bishop (NY) Gutierrez Murphy (CT) Brown-Waite, King (IA) anybody on this side of the aisle needs Scalise Blumenauer Hall (NY) Murphy (NY) Ginny King (NY) to hear a lecture about deficits. I have Boccieri Halvorson Murphy, Patrick Buchanan Kline (MN) Schmidt opposed the Bush policies, both eco- Bordallo Hare Murphy, Tim Burton (IN) Lamborn Sensenbrenner Boren Harman Murtha Sessions nomic and war policies, which led to Calvert LaTourette Boswell Hastings (FL) Nadler (NY) Campbell Latta Shadegg the unraveling of the budget, which led Boucher Heinrich Napolitano Cantor Lee (NY) Shimkus to a huge amount of debt and which led Boyd Herseth Sandlin Neal (MA) Carter Lewis (CA) Shuster to the collapse of the economy. I don’t Brady (PA) Higgins Nye Cassidy Linder Simpson Braley (IA) Hill Oberstar Smith (NE) think we need more of that kind of Chaffetz Lucas Bright Himes Obey Coble Luetkemeyer Smith (TX) medicine. Brown, Corrine Hinchey Olver Coffman (CO) Lummis Souder I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this amend- Burgess Hinojosa Ortiz Conaway Lungren, Daniel Stearns ment and yield back the balance of my Butterfield Hirono Pallone Crenshaw E. Sullivan Buyer Hodes Pascrell Culberson Mack Thompson (PA) time. Camp Holden Pastor (AZ) Davis (KY) Manzullo Thornberry The CHAIR. The question is on the Cao Holt Paulsen Deal (GA) Marchant Tiahrt amendment offered by the gentleman Capps Honda Payne Diaz-Balart, L. McCarthy (CA) Tiberi Capuano Hoyer Perlmutter from Virginia (Mr. WITTMAN). Diaz-Balart, M. McCaul Turner Cardoza Inglis Perriello Dreier McClintock Walden The question was taken; and the Carnahan Inslee Peters Duncan McHenry Wamp Chair announced that the noes ap- Carney Israel Peterson Fallin McKeon Westmoreland peared to have it. Carson (IN) Jackson (IL) Petri Flake McMorris Whitfield Castle Jackson-Lee Pingree (ME) Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Chairman, I de- Fleming Rodgers Wilson (SC) Castor (FL) (TX) Platts Fortenberry Mica Wittman mand a recorded vote. Chandler Jenkins Polis (CO) Foxx Miller (FL) Wolf The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of Childers Johnson (GA) Pomeroy Franks (AZ) Miller, Gary Young (AK) rule XVIII, further proceedings on the Christensen Johnson, E. B. Price (NC) Frelinghuysen Moran (KS) Young (FL) Chu Kagen Quigley amendment offered by the gentleman Clay Kanjorski Rahall NOT VOTING—18 Cleaver Kaptur Rangel from Virginia will be postponed. Barrett (SC) Dahlkemper Miller, George Clyburn Kennedy Reichert ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIR Bishop (UT) Emerson Norton Cohen Kildee Reyes Boehner Kingston Paul The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of Cole Kilpatrick (MI) Richardson Capito Latham Pierluisi Connolly (VA) Kilroy Rodriguez rule XVIII, proceedings will now re- Clarke McCarthy (NY) Sires Cooper Kind Rogers (MI) sume on those amendments printed in Conyers McHugh Tanner House Report 111–222 on which further Costa Kirk Ross Costello Kirkpatrick (AZ) Rothman (NJ) b 1400 proceedings were postponed, in the fol- Courtney Kissell Roybal-Allard lowing order: Crowley Klein (FL) Royce Messrs. HASTINGS of Florida, GAR- Amendment No. 1 by Mr. OBEY of Cuellar Kosmas Ruppersberger RETT of New Jersey, TIM MURPHY of Cummings Kratovil Rush Pennsylvania, RYAN of Wisconsin, Wisconsin; Davis (AL) Kucinich Ryan (OH) Amendment No. 2 by Mr. SOUDER of Davis (CA) Lance Ryan (WI) KIRK, PETRI, CAO, ISRAEL, INGLIS, Indiana; Davis (IL) Langevin Sablan ROYCE, KRATOVIL, and Mrs. MILLER Amendment No. 4 by Mr. PENCE of In- Davis (TN) Larsen (WA) Salazar of Michigan changed their vote from DeFazio Larson (CT) Sa´ nchez, Linda diana; DeGette Lee (CA) T. ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Amendment No. 5 by Mr. WITTMAN of Delahunt Levin Sanchez, Loretta So the amendment was agreed to. Virginia. DeLauro Lewis (GA) Sarbanes The result of the vote was announced The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes Dent Lipinski Schakowsky as above recorded. Dicks LoBiondo Schauer the time for any electronic vote after Dingell Loebsack Schiff AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. SOUDER the first vote in this series. Doggett Lofgren, Zoe Schock The CHAIR. The unfinished business Donnelly (IN) AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. OBEY Lowey Schrader is the demand for a recorded vote on Doyle Luja´ n Schwartz The CHAIR. The unfinished business Driehaus Lynch Scott (GA) the amendment offered by the gen- is the demand for a recorded vote on Edwards (MD) Maffei Scott (VA) tleman from Indiana (Mr. SOUDER) on the amendment offered by the gen- Edwards (TX) Maloney Serrano which further proceedings were post- Ehlers Markey (CO) Sestak tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. OBEY) on Ellison Markey (MA) Shea-Porter poned and on which the noes prevailed which further proceedings were post- Ellsworth Marshall Sherman by voice vote. poned and on which the ayes prevailed Engel Massa Shuler The Clerk will redesignate the by voice vote. Eshoo Matheson Skelton amendment. Etheridge Matsui Slaughter The Clerk will redesignate the Faleomavaega McCollum Smith (NJ) The Clerk redesignated the amend- amendment. Farr McCotter Smith (WA) ment.

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Cummings Kratovil Roybal-Allard not voting 10, as follows: Davis (CA) Kucinich Ruppersberger The vote was taken by electronic de- [Roll No. 642] Davis (IL) Langevin Rush vice, and there were—ayes 183, noes 247, DeFazio Larsen (WA) Ryan (OH) not voting 9, as follows: AYES—211 DeGette Larson (CT) Sablan Delahunt LaTourette [Roll No. 643] Aderholt Foster Murphy (NY) Salazar DeLauro Lee (CA) Akin Foxx Murphy, Tim Sa´ nchez, Linda AYES—183 Dicks Levin Alexander Franks (AZ) Myrick T. Dingell Lewis (GA) Aderholt Gallegly Murphy, Tim Austria Frelinghuysen Sanchez, Loretta Neugebauer Doggett Loebsack Akin Garrett (NJ) Myrick Bachmann Gallegly Sarbanes Nunes Doyle Lofgren, Zoe Alexander Gerlach Neugebauer Bachus Garrett (NJ) Schakowsky Nye Driehaus Lowey Austria Gingrey (GA) Nunes Barrow Gerlach Schauer Olson Edwards (MD) Luja´ n Bachmann Gohmert Olson Bartlett Gingrey (GA) Schiff Paulsen Ehlers Lynch Bachus Goodlatte Paulsen Barton (TX) Gohmert Schrader Pence Ellison Maffei Bartlett Granger Pence Berry Goodlatte Schwartz Peterson Emerson Maloney Barton (TX) Graves Peterson Biggert Granger Scott (VA) Petri Engel Markey (CO) Bilbray Griffith Petri Bilbray Graves Serrano Pitts Eshoo Markey (MA) Bilirakis Guthrie Pitts Bilirakis Grayson Sestak Platts Faleomavaega Massa Blackburn Hall (TX) Platts Blackburn Green, Gene Shea-Porter Poe (TX) Farr Matheson Blunt Harper Poe (TX) Blunt Griffith Sherman Pomeroy Fattah Matsui Bonner Hastings (WA) Posey Bonner Guthrie Sires Posey Filner McCollum Bono Mack Heller Price (GA) Bono Mack Hall (NY) Price (GA) Frank (MA) McDermott Slaughter Boozman Hensarling Putnam Boozman Hall (TX) Putnam Fudge McGovern Smith (WA) Bordallo Herger Radanovich Boren Harper Radanovich Giffords McNerney Snyder Boren Hoekstra Rahall Boswell Hastings (WA) Gonzalez Meek (FL) Space Boustany Hunter Rehberg Boucher Heller Rehberg Gordon (TN) Meeks (NY) Speier Brady (TX) Inglis Reichert Boustany Hensarling Reichert Green, Al Michaud Stark Bright Issa Roe (TN) Boyd Herger Rodriguez Grijalva Miller (NC) Stupak Broun (GA) Johnson (IL) Rogers (AL) Brady (TX) Herseth Sandlin Roe (TN) Gutierrez Miller, George Sutton Brown (SC) Johnson, Sam Rogers (KY) Bright Hill Rogers (AL) Halvorson Minnick Tanner Brown-Waite, Jones Rogers (MI) Broun (GA) Hoekstra Rogers (KY) Hare Mitchell Thompson (CA) Ginny Jordan (OH) Rohrabacher Brown (SC) Holden Rogers (MI) Harman Mollohan Thompson (MS) Buchanan King (IA) Rooney Brown-Waite, Hunter Rohrabacher Hastings (FL) Moore (KS) Tierney Burgess King (NY) Ros-Lehtinen Ginny Inglis Rooney Heinrich Moore (WI) Titus Burton (IN) Kingston Roskam Buchanan Jenkins Roskam Higgins Moran (VA) Tonko Buyer Kline (MN) Royce Burgess Johnson (IL) Ross Himes Murphy (CT) Towns Calvert Lamborn Ryan (WI) Burton (IN) Johnson, Sam Royce Hinchey Murphy, Patrick Tsongas Camp Latham Scalise Buyer Jones Ryan (WI) Hinojosa Murtha Van Hollen Campbell LaTourette Schmidt Calvert Jordan (OH) Scalise Hirono Nadler (NY) Vela´ zquez Cantor Latta Schock Camp King (IA) Schmidt Hodes Napolitano Visclosky Cao Lee (NY) Sensenbrenner Campbell King (NY) Schock Holt Neal (MA) Walz Carter Lewis (CA) Sessions Cantor Kingston Scott (GA) Honda Oberstar Wasserman Cassidy Linder Shadegg Cao Kirk Sensenbrenner Hoyer Obey Schultz Chaffetz Lipinski Shimkus Cardoza Kline (MN) Sessions Inslee Olver Waters Childers LoBiondo Shuler Carney Lamborn Shadegg Israel Ortiz Watson Coble Lucas Shuster Carter Lance Shimkus Issa Pallone Watt Coffman (CO) Luetkemeyer Simpson Cassidy Latham Shuler Jackson (IL) Pascrell Waxman Cole Lummis Skelton Chaffetz Latta Shuster Jackson-Lee Pastor (AZ) Weiner Conaway Lungren, Daniel Smith (NE) Chandler Lee (NY) Simpson (TX) Payne Welch Costello E. Smith (NJ) Childers Lewis (CA) Skelton Johnson (GA) Perlmutter Wexler Crenshaw Mack Smith (TX) Coble Linder Smith (NE) Johnson, E. B. Perriello Woolsey Culberson Manzullo Souder Coffman (CO) Lipinski Smith (NJ) Kagen Peters Wu Davis (KY) Marchant Stearns Cole LoBiondo Smith (TX) Kanjorski Pierluisi Yarmuth Davis (TN) Marshall Sullivan Conaway Lucas Souder Deal (GA) McCarthy (CA) Taylor Costa Luetkemeyer Spratt NOT VOTING—10 Diaz-Balart, L. McCaul Terry Costello Lummis Stearns Diaz-Balart, M. McClintock Thompson (PA) Crenshaw Lungren, Daniel Barrett (SC) Dahlkemper Norton Sullivan Donnelly (IN) McCotter Thornberry Cuellar E. Bishop (UT) Manzullo Paul Taylor Dreier McHenry Tiahrt Culberson Mack Boehner McCarthy (NY) Teague Duncan McIntyre Tiberi Davis (AL) Marchant Capito McHugh Terry Ehlers McKeon Turner Davis (KY) Marshall ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIR Ellsworth McMorris Wamp Davis (TN) McCarthy (CA) Thompson (PA) Thornberry The CHAIR (during the vote). Two Emerson Rodgers Westmoreland Deal (GA) McCaul Fallin Melancon Whitfield Dent McClintock Tiahrt minutes remaining in this vote. Tiberi Flake Mica Wilson (OH) Diaz-Balart, L. McCotter Fleming Miller (FL) Wilson (SC) Turner b 1407 Diaz-Balart, M. McHenry Forbes Miller (MI) Wittman Upton Donnelly (IN) McIntyre So the amendment was rejected. Fortenberry Miller, Gary Wolf Walden Dreier McKeon Foxx Mollohan Young (AK) Wamp The result of the vote was announced Duncan McMahon Franks (AZ) Moran (KS) Young (FL) Edwards (TX) McMorris Westmoreland as above recorded. Ellsworth Rodgers Whitfield PERSONAL EXPLANATION NOES—247 Wilson (OH) Etheridge Melancon Abercrombie Bishop (NY) Castor (FL) Wilson (SC) Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chair, I was unable to Fallin Mica Ackerman Blumenauer Chandler Wittman vote on rollcall Nos. 641 and 642. Had I been Flake Miller (FL) Adler (NJ) Boccieri Christensen Wolf Fleming Miller (MI) present, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall Altmire Boswell Chu Forbes Miller, Gary Young (AK) 641 and ‘‘no’’ on 642. Andrews Boucher Clarke Fortenberry Moran (KS) Young (FL) AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. PENCE Arcuri Boyd Clay NOES—218 Baca Brady (PA) Cleaver The CHAIR. The unfinished business Baird Braley (IA) Clyburn Abercrombie Becerra Brown, Corrine is the demand for a recorded vote on Baldwin Brown, Corrine Cohen Ackerman Berkley Butterfield the amendment offered by the gen- Barrow Butterfield Connolly (VA) Adler (NJ) Berman Capps Bean Capps Conyers tleman from Indiana (Mr. PENCE) on Altmire Bishop (GA) Capuano Becerra Capuano Cooper Andrews Bishop (NY) Carnahan which further proceedings were post- Berkley Cardoza Costa Arcuri Blumenauer Carson (IN) poned and on which the noes prevailed Berman Carnahan Courtney Baca Boccieri Castle by voice vote. Berry Carney Crowley Baird Bordallo Castor (FL) Biggert Carson (IN) Cuellar Baldwin Brady (PA) Christensen The Clerk will redesignate the Bishop (GA) Castle Cummings Bean Braley (IA) Chu amendment.

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Davis (AL) Kilroy Price (NC) RECORDED VOTE Courtney Kildee Reichert Davis (CA) Kind Quigley Crowley Kilpatrick (MI) Reyes Davis (IL) Kirk Reyes The CHAIR. A recorded vote has been Cuellar Kilroy Richardson DeFazio Kirkpatrick (AZ) Richardson demanded. Cummings Kind Rodriguez DeGette Kissell Rodriguez A recorded vote was ordered. Davis (AL) Kissell Ross Delahunt Klein (FL) Davis (CA) Klein (FL) Ross The CHAIR. This will be a 5-minute Rothman (NJ) DeLauro Kosmas Rothman (NJ) Davis (IL) Kucinich Roybal-Allard Dent Kratovil Roybal-Allard vote. Davis (TN) Langevin Ruppersberger Dicks Kucinich Ruppersberger The vote was taken by electronic de- DeFazio Larsen (WA) Rush Dingell Lance Rush DeGette Larson (CT) Ryan (OH) Doggett Langevin vice, and there were—ayes 199, noes 229, Delahunt Lee (CA) Ryan (OH) Sablan Doyle Larsen (WA) not voting 11, as follows: DeLauro Levin Sablan Salazar Driehaus Larson (CT) Dicks Lewis (GA) Salazar [Roll No. 644] Sa´ nchez, Linda Edwards (MD) Lee (CA) Dingell Lipinski Sa´ nchez, Linda T. Edwards (TX) Levin AYES—199 Doggett Loebsack T. Sanchez, Loretta Ellison Lewis (GA) Doyle Lofgren, Zoe Aderholt Gallegly Mitchell Engel Loebsack Sanchez, Loretta Edwards (MD) Lowey Sarbanes Adler (NJ) Garrett (NJ) Moran (KS) Eshoo Lofgren, Zoe Sarbanes Edwards (TX) Luja´ n Schakowsky Akin Gerlach Murphy (NY) Etheridge Lowey Schakowsky Ellison Lynch Schauer Alexander Giffords Faleomavaega Luja´ n Schauer Murphy, Patrick Emerson Maffei Schiff Altmire Gingrey (GA) Farr Lynch Schiff Myrick Engel Maloney Schrader Arcuri Gohmert Fattah Maffei Schrader Neugebauer Eshoo Markey (CO) Schwartz Austria Goodlatte Filner Maloney Schwartz Nunes Etheridge Markey (MA) Scott (GA) Bachmann Granger Foster Markey (CO) Scott (GA) Nye Faleomavaega Massa Scott (VA) Bachus Graves Frank (MA) Markey (MA) Scott (VA) Olson Farr Matsui Serrano Baird Griffith Frelinghuysen Massa Serrano Paulsen Fattah McCollum Sestak Bartlett Guthrie Fudge Matheson Sestak Payne Filner McDermott Shea-Porter Barton (TX) Hall (TX) Giffords Matsui Shea-Porter Perriello Foster McGovern Sherman Bean Harper Gonzalez McCollum Sherman Peters Frank (MA) McIntyre Biggert Hastings (WA) Shuler Gordon (TN) McDermott Sires Petri Fudge McMahon Bilbray Heinrich Sires Grayson McGovern Slaughter Pitts Gonzalez McNerney Bilirakis Heller Skelton Green, Al McMahon Gordon (TN) Meek (FL) Smith (WA) Blackburn Hensarling Platts Slaughter Green, Gene McNerney Grayson Meeks (NY) Snyder Blunt Herger Poe (TX) Snyder Grijalva Meek (FL) Green, Al Melancon Space Bonner Hill Posey Space Gutierrez Meeks (NY) Green, Gene Michaud Speier Bono Mack Hoekstra Price (GA) Speier Hall (NY) Michaud Grijalva Miller (NC) Spratt Boozman Hunter Putnam Spratt Halvorson Miller (NC) Gutierrez Miller, George Stark Boustany Inglis Radanovich Stark Hare Miller, George Hall (NY) Mollohan Stupak Brady (TX) Issa Rehberg Stupak Harman Minnick Halvorson Moore (KS) Sutton Bright Jenkins Roe (TN) Sutton Hastings (FL) Mitchell Hare Moore (WI) Tanner Broun (GA) Johnson (IL) Rogers (AL) Tanner Heinrich Moore (KS) Harman Moran (VA) Teague Brown (SC) Johnson, Sam Rogers (KY) Thompson (CA) Herseth Sandlin Moore (WI) Hastings (FL) Murphy (CT) Thompson (CA) Brown-Waite, Jones Rogers (MI) Thompson (MS) Higgins Moran (VA) Herseth Sandlin Murphy, Tim Thompson (MS) Ginny Jordan (OH) Rohrabacher Tierney Hill Murphy (CT) Higgins Murtha Tierney Buchanan King (IA) Rooney Tonko Himes Murphy (NY) Himes Nadler (NY) Titus Burgess King (NY) Ros-Lehtinen Towns Hinchey Murphy, Patrick Hinchey Napolitano Tonko Burton (IN) Kingston Roskam Tsongas Hinojosa Murtha Hinojosa Neal (MA) Towns Buyer Kirk Royce Hirono Nadler (NY) Hirono Norton Turner Tsongas Calvert Kirkpatrick (AZ) Ryan (WI) Hodes Napolitano Hodes Oberstar Van Hollen Upton Camp Kline (MN) Scalise ´ Holden Neal (MA) Holden Obey Velazquez Campbell Kosmas Schmidt Holt Norton Van Hollen Holt Olver Visclosky ´ Cantor Kratovil Honda Nye Velazquez Schock Honda Ortiz Walz Cao Lamborn Hoyer Oberstar Visclosky Sensenbrenner Hoyer Pallone Wasserman Carter Lance Inslee Obey Walden Sessions Inslee Pascrell Schultz Cassidy Latham Israel Olver Walz Shadegg Israel Pastor (AZ) Waters Castle LaTourette Jackson (IL) Ortiz Wasserman Shimkus Jackson (IL) Perlmutter Watson Chaffetz Latta Jackson-Lee Pallone Schultz Shuster Jackson-Lee Peterson Watt Childers Lee (NY) (TX) Pascrell Waters Simpson (TX) Pierluisi Waxman Coble Lewis (CA) Jenkins Pastor (AZ) Watson Smith (NE) Johnson (GA) Pingree (ME) Weiner Coffman (CO) Linder Johnson (GA) Payne Watt Smith (NJ) Johnson, E. B. Polis (CO) Welch Cole LoBiondo Johnson, E. B. Perlmutter Waxman Smith (TX) Kagen Pomeroy Wilson (OH) Conaway Lucas Kagen Perriello Weiner Smith (WA) Kanjorski Price (NC) Woolsey Cooper Luetkemeyer Kanjorski Peters Welch Souder Kaptur Quigley Wu Crenshaw Lummis Kaptur Pierluisi Wexler Stearns Kennedy Rahall Yarmuth Culberson Lungren, Daniel Kennedy Pingree (ME) Woolsey Sullivan Davis (KY) E. Kildee Polis (CO) Wu Taylor NOT VOTING—11 Deal (GA) Mack Kilpatrick (MI) Pomeroy Yarmuth Teague Dent Manzullo Barrett (SC) Dahlkemper Pence Terry Bishop (UT) McCarthy (NY) Rangel NOT VOTING—9 Diaz-Balart, L. Marchant Diaz-Balart, M. Marshall Thompson (PA) Boehner McHugh Wexler Barrett (SC) Capito McHugh Donnelly (IN) Matheson Thornberry Capito Paul Bishop (UT) Dahlkemper Paul Tiahrt Dreier McCarthy (CA) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIR Boehner McCarthy (NY) Rangel Driehaus McCaul Tiberi Duncan McClintock Titus The CHAIR (during the vote). There ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIR Ehlers McCotter Upton are 2 minutes remaining in this vote. The CHAIR (during the vote). Two Ellsworth McHenry Walden minutes remaining in this vote. Fallin McKeon Wamp b 1420 Flake McMorris Westmoreland So the amendment was rejected. Fleming Rodgers Whitfield b 1413 Forbes Mica Wilson (SC) The result of the vote was announced Fortenberry Miller (FL) Wittman as above recorded. So the amendment was rejected. Foxx Miller (MI) Wolf The CHAIR. The Clerk will read. The result of the vote was announced Franks (AZ) Miller, Gary Young (AK) The Clerk read as follows: as above recorded. Frelinghuysen Minnick Young (FL) This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Depart- AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. WITTMAN NOES—229 ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, The CHAIR. The unfinished business Abercrombie Bordallo Carson (IN) and Education, and Related Agencies Appro- is the demand for a recorded vote on Ackerman Boren Castor (FL) priations Act, 2010’’. Andrews Boswell Chandler the amendment offered by the gen- Baca Boucher Christensen The CHAIR. Under the rule, the com- tleman from Virginia (Mr. WITTMAN) Baldwin Boyd Chu mittee rises. on which further proceedings were Barrow Brady (PA) Clarke Accordingly, the Committee rose; Becerra Braley (IA) Clay postponed and on which the noes pre- Berkley Brown, Corrine Cleaver and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. SNY- vailed by voice vote. Berman Butterfield Clyburn DER) having assumed the chair, Mr. The Clerk will redesignate the Berry Capps Cohen HOLDEN, Chair of the Committee of the amendment. Bishop (GA) Capuano Connolly (VA) Whole House on the State of the Union, Bishop (NY) Cardoza Conyers The Clerk redesignated the amend- Blumenauer Carnahan Costa reported that that Committee, having ment. Boccieri Carney Costello had under consideration the bill (H.R.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8791 3293) making appropriations for the De- The Clerk read as follows: Almost 35 years ago when the Indi- partments of Labor, Health and Human Mr. Tiahrt moves to recommit the bill viduals with Disabilities and Education Services, and Education, and related H.R. 3293 to the Committee on Appropria- Act, or IDEA as we refer to it, when it agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- tions with instructions to report the same was enacted, the Federal Government tember 30, 2010, and for other purposes, back to the House forthwith with the fol- mandated that our schools educate all pursuant to House Resolution 673, he lowing amendment: children, even those with severe men- reported the bill back to the House Page 2, line 19, after the dollar amount, in- tal and physical disabilities. During sert ‘‘(reduced by $195,000,000)’’. with sundry amendments adopted by Page 6, line 7, after the dollar amount, in- the floor debate, it was clear the Fed- the Committee of the Whole. sert ‘‘(reduced by $195,000,000)’’. eral Government was committed to pay The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Page 7, line 21, insert ‘‘and’’ after the semi- 40 percent of the costs needed to edu- the rule, the previous question is or- colon. cate a special-needs child. Today, how- dered. Page 8, line 2, strike the semicolon and in- ever, we are falling short of that prom- Pursuant to House Resolution 673, sert a period. ise. Now, our good intentions have the question on adoption of the amend- Page 8, strike line 3 and all that follows turned into bad consequences. ments will be put en gros. through line 2 on page 9. The Federal Government’s mandate The question is on the amendments. Page 43, line 16, after the first dollar has undermined the public school sys- amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $300,000,000)’’. The amendments were agreed to. Page 43, line 19, strike the colon and all tem’s ability to adequately meet the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The that follows through ‘‘expended’’ on line 23. needs of the special children. This is question is on the engrossment and Page 84, line 17, after the dollar amount, not acceptable for either the children third reading of the bill. insert ‘‘(reduced by $100,000,000)’’. who need special education or those The bill was ordered to be engrossed Page 84, line 18, after the dollar amount, without disabilities who watch their and read a third time, and was read the insert ‘‘(reduced by $100,000,000)’’. education programs cut in order to third time. Page 86, line 25, after the dollar amount, fund IDEA. insert ‘‘(reduced by $148,000,000)’’. MOTION TO RECOMMIT Educating every child is the right Page 87, line 9, after the dollar amount, in- thing to do, and I am proud that we are Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I have a sert ‘‘(reduced by $38,000,000)’’. motion to recommit at the desk. Page 91, line 23, after the dollar amount, doing it today. Yet, IDEA has placed The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the insert ‘‘(increased by $1,000,150,000)’’. an extreme financial burden on our gentleman opposed to the bill? Page 91, line 24, after the dollar amount, public schools, forcing school districts Mr. TIAHRT. I am. insert ‘‘(increased by $1,000,150,000)’’. to rob Peter to pay Paul. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Page 94, line 8, after the dollar amount, in- But we can fix this problem, this Clerk will report the motion to recom- sert ‘‘(reduced by $88,000,000)’’. shortfall. By fully funding IDEA, we mit. Page 94, line 9 strike ‘‘$4,400,000’’ and all can put an end to this practice, helping The Clerk read as follows: that follows through ‘‘which’’ on line 11. all children reach their full potential. Page 94, line 11, after the dollar amount, I would now like to yield to the gen- Mr. Tiahrt moves to recommit the bill insert ‘‘(reduced by $83,600,000)’’. back to the Committee on Appropriations tleman from Minnesota (Mr. KLINE). Page 95, line 23, strike the colon and all Mr. KLINE of Minnesota. I thank the with instructions to report the same back to that follows through ‘‘schools’’ on line 13 on the House forthwith amended as follows: page 96. gentleman for yielding and for offering At the appropriate place in the bill, exe- Page 107, line 7, after the dollar amount, this motion to recommit. cute amendments numbered 1 through 22, insert ‘‘(reduced by $111,615,000)’’. Mr. Speaker, this is exactly the kind printed in the Congressional Record of July Page 107, line 8, after the dollar amount, of amendment which should have been 23, 2009. insert ‘‘(reduced by $8,997,000)’’. made in order during today’s debate. It POINT OF ORDER Page 107, line 9, after the dollar amount, is completely germane. It is all about Mr. OBEY. I make a point of order insert ‘‘(reduced by $102,618,000)’’. priorities in education funding. against the motion to recommit with Page 107, line 16, after the dollar amount, As Mr. TIAHRT said, this motion to instructions because it includes legis- insert ‘‘(reduced by $21,607,000)’’. recommit would increase funding for lation and is not in order under clause Page 107, line 18, strike ‘‘(3)’’ and all that IDEA by $1 billion. We have for over 35 2 of rule XXI, and I ask for a ruling follows through ‘‘(5)’’ on line 1 on page 108, and insert ‘‘and (3)’’. years fallen short of our commitment, from the Chair. Page 108, line 1, after the dollar amount, the government’s commitment, to fund The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does insert ‘‘(reduced by $5,210,000)’’. special education and provide relief to any other Member wish to be heard on Page 108, line 11, after the dollar amount, every school in America. This bill the point of order? insert ‘‘(reduced by $47,139,000)’’. would provide relief to every school in Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I would Page 109, line 11, after the dollar amount, your districts. Even with the one-time just like to say that this, Mr. Speaker, insert ‘‘(reduced by $9,208,000)’’. spike in IDEA funding provided by the takes the amendments that were not Page 109, line 15, after the dollar amount, stimulus bill, we fall short of reaching insert ‘‘(reduced by $1,188,000)’’. made in order by the rule en masse. It’s the 40 percent threshold that Mr. very similar to what the manager did Mr. TIAHRT (during the reading). TIAHRT discussed. by, in aggregate, considering amend- Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent What this motion to recommit would ments, and I would ask that the Chair to waive the reading of the motion to do would increase that percentage of allow this vote up or down on the recommit. funding from the 17 percent where it amendments that were not made in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there sits to 18.3 percent in the base. We need order by the rule. objection to the request of the gen- to get that base up and let our super- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tleman from Kansas? intendents, our principals, our teach- Chair is prepared to rule. There was no objection. ers, our parents, our families know As argued by the gentleman from The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- that that money is going to be there Wisconsin, the amendment proposed in tleman from Kansas is recognized for 5 for the long term. the motion to recommit violates clause minutes. We take money from some other pro- 2 of rule XXI in a number of respects. Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I offer grams, absolutely. I am arguing that The point of order is sustained. The this motion with the gentleman from those programs, some of them brand motion is not in order. Minnesota (Mr. KLINE). He’s the rank- new, some of them with hundreds of MOTION TO RECOMMIT ing Republican on the Education and millions of dollars, may be important, Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I have a Labor Committee. but not as important as this. This is motion to recommit at the desk. The motion is simple. It adds $1 bil- the debate that we should have had The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the lion for special education with offsets this morning. It’s the debate that we gentleman still opposed to the bill? from an equal amount on other agen- are having now. Mr. TIAHRT. I still am opposed to cies. Americans are compassionate peo- I am asking my colleagues to help us the bill. ple. We want every American to climb start to meet our obligation. Let’s help The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the ladder of success, even if we have our children with special needs. Clerk will report the motion to recom- to provide the less fortunate with an Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I would mit. escalator. just like to conclude by saying we only

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H8792 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 24, 2009 take money from new programs or we ‘‘fruit basket upset’’ just so that some- Barrow Harman Obey Bean Hastings (FL) Olver continue programs that exist at a body can get better on a rollcall. I Becerra Heinrich Ortiz lower level than we have today to re- would urge defeat of the amendment. Berkley Herseth Sandlin Pallone place it with a higher priority pro- I yield back the balance of my time. Berman Higgins Pascrell gram, IDEA, which meets the needs of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Berry Hill Pastor (AZ) Bishop (GA) Himes Payne our special-needs students, and also objection, the previous question is or- Bishop (NY) Hinchey Perlmutter this will help preserve the ability to dered on the motion to recommit. Blumenauer Hinojosa Perriello educate those who are not physically There was no objection. Boccieri Hirono Peters and mentally challenged in a better Boren Holden Peterson The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Boswell Holt Pingree (ME) fashion. So I would urge its adoption. question is on the motion to recommit. Boucher Honda Polis (CO) I yield back the balance of my time. The question was taken; and the Boyd Hoyer Pomeroy Brady (PA) Inslee Mr. OBEY. I rise in opposition to the Speaker pro tempore announced that Price (NC) motion. Braley (IA) Israel Quigley the noes appeared to have it. Bright Jackson (IL) Rahall The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Brown, Corrine Jackson-Lee RECORDED VOTE Rangel tleman from Wisconsin is recognized Butterfield (TX) Reyes for 5 minutes. Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, I demand Capps Johnson (GA) Richardson a recorded vote. Capuano Johnson, E. B. Rodriguez Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, this is what Cardoza Kagen A recorded vote was ordered. Ross I would call the original holy picture Carnahan Kanjorski Rothman (NJ) amendment. Sometimes we see legisla- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Carney Kaptur Roybal-Allard tors who think that the way to do busi- ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Carson (IN) Kennedy Ruppersberger Castor (FL) Kildee Rush ness is to cut everybody else’s prior- will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum Chandler Kilpatrick (MI) time for any electronic vote on the Ryan (OH) ities in order to fund theirs. That’s not Childers Kilroy Salazar the way 435 people can come to a con- question of passage. Chu Kind Sa´ nchez, Linda Clarke Kirkpatrick (AZ) structive conclusion. The fact is that The vote was taken by electronic de- T. Clay Kissell Sanchez, Loretta vice, and there were—ayes 171, noes 248, Cleaver Klein (FL) this is a recovery or trailer amendment Sarbanes Clyburn Kosmas left over from the stimulus bill of a few not voting 14, as follows: Schakowsky Cohen Kratovil Schauer months ago. [Roll No. 645] Connolly (VA) Kucinich Schiff Just a few months ago, we had a Conyers Langevin AYES—171 Schrader Cooper Larsen (WA) stimulus bill on the House floor which Aderholt Gerlach Murphy, Tim Schwartz Costa Larson (CT) increased special education by $12 bil- Akin Gingrey (GA) Myrick Scott (GA) Costello Lee (CA) Alexander Gohmert Neugebauer Scott (VA) lion. In the 12 years the Republicans Courtney Levin Austria Goodlatte Nunes Serrano were in control of this House, they in- Crowley Lewis (GA) Bachmann Granger Olson Sestak Cuellar Lipinski creased special education by a total of Bachus Graves Paulsen Cummings Loebsack Shea-Porter Bartlett Guthrie Petri $8.5 billion. We increased it by $12 bil- Davis (AL) Lofgren, Zoe Sherman Barton (TX) Hall (TX) Pitts lion in 1 year, and not a single Member Davis (CA) Lowey Shuler Biggert Harper Platts Davis (IL) Luja´ n Sires on that side of the aisle voted for it. Bilbray Hastings (WA) Poe (TX) Davis (TN) Lynch Skelton Bilirakis Heller Posey b 1430 DeFazio Maffei Slaughter Blackburn Hensarling Price (GA) DeGette Maloney Smith (WA) Blunt Herger Putnam And now, they’re belatedly trying to Delahunt Markey (CO) Snyder Bonner Hodes Radanovich recover politically by cutting a laun- DeLauro Markey (MA) Space Bono Mack Hoekstra Rehberg Dicks Massa Speier dry list of other programs in order to Boozman Hunter Reichert Dingell Matheson Spratt pretend that they found a responsible Boustany Inglis Roe (TN) Doggett Matsui Stark Brady (TX) Issa Rogers (AL) way to free up money to fund Special Donnelly (IN) McCollum Stupak Broun (GA) Jenkins Rogers (KY) Doyle McDermott Sutton Education. Brown (SC) Johnson (IL) Rogers (MI) Driehaus McGovern Tanner I want to point out that this amend- Brown-Waite, Johnson, Sam Rohrabacher Edwards (MD) McIntyre Teague Ginny Jones Rooney ment would cut $100 million from the Edwards (TX) McMahon Thompson (CA) Buchanan Jordan (OH) Ros-Lehtinen School Improvement account. That Ellsworth McNerney Thompson (MS) Burton (IN) King (IA) Roskam Engel Meek (FL) Tierney could endanger 100,000 kids who, right Buyer King (NY) Royce Eshoo Meeks (NY) Titus now, have after-school learning pro- Calvert Kingston Ryan (WI) Etheridge Melancon Tonko Camp Kirk Scalise grams. It cuts $148 million from the In- Farr Michaud Towns Campbell Kline (MN) Schmidt Fattah Miller (NC) Tsongas novation and Improvement account, Cantor Lamborn Schock Filner Miller, George Van Hollen Reach Out and Read, Teach for Amer- Cao Lance Sensenbrenner Foster Minnick Vela´ zquez Carter Latham Sessions ica, Full Service Community Schools, Frank (MA) Mitchell Visclosky Cassidy LaTourette Shadegg and Reading is Fundamental. Fudge Mollohan Walz Castle Latta Shimkus Giffords Moore (KS) Wasserman It eliminates $88 million in smaller Chaffetz Lee (NY) Shuster Gonzalez Moore (WI) Schultz learning communities. We’ve learned Coble Lewis (CA) Simpson Gordon (TN) Moran (VA) Waters Coffman (CO) Linder Smith (NE) from research that a lot of high schools Grayson Murphy (CT) Watson Cole LoBiondo Smith (NJ) need to be downsized. This cripples the Green, Al Murphy (NY) Watt Conaway Lucas Smith (TX) Green, Gene Murphy, Patrick Waxman program and would prevent 500,000 high Crenshaw Luetkemeyer Souder Griffith Murtha Weiner Culberson Lummis Stearns school students from benefiting from Grijalva Nadler (NY) Welch Deal (GA) Lungren, Daniel Sullivan that program. Gutierrez Napolitano Wilson (OH) Dent E. Taylor Hall (NY) Neal (MA) Woolsey It cuts almost $170 million from the Diaz-Balart, L. Mack Terry Halvorson Nye Wu Community Service and Volunteer Pro- Diaz-Balart, M. Manzullo Thompson (PA) Hare Oberstar Yarmuth gram, including AmeriCorps and Sum- Dreier Marshall Thornberry mers of Service—summer jobs. It would Duncan McCarthy (CA) Tiahrt NOT VOTING—14 Ehlers McCaul Tiberi also put at risk an effort to bolster the Emerson McClintock Turner Barrett (SC) Dahlkemper McHugh participation of disabled Americans in Fallin McCotter Upton Bishop (UT) Davis (KY) Paul Boehner Ellison community service. It would cut the Flake McHenry Walden Pence Fleming McKeon Wamp Burgess Marchant Wexler Foster Grandparents and Senior Com- Forbes McMorris Westmoreland Capito McCarthy (NY) panion program as well. Fortenberry Rodgers Whitfield ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Foxx Mica Wilson (SC) It would eliminate $300 million from The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuber- Franks (AZ) Miller (FL) Wittman Frelinghuysen Miller (MI) Wolf the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- culosis, and Malaria. If the H1N1 virus Gallegly Miller, Gary Young (AK) ing on the vote. has taught us anything, it’s that we Garrett (NJ) Moran (KS) Young (FL) have to attack these disease problems NOES—248 on a worldwide basis. b 1448 Abercrombie Altmire Baca I think the amendment speaks for Ackerman Andrews Baird So the motion to recommit was re- itself. I don’t think we want to play Adler (NJ) Arcuri Baldwin jected.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8793 The result of the vote was announced Smith (NJ) Tierney Watt REPORT ON H.R. 3326, DEPART- as above recorded. Smith (WA) Titus Waxman MENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIA- Snyder Tonko Weiner Stated against: Space Towns Welch TIONS ACT, 2010 Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Speier Tsongas Wilson (OH) Spratt Upton Mr. MURTHA, from the Committee 645, I was stuck in a meeting on health care Wolf on Appropriations, submitted a privi- Stark Van Hollen Woolsey and did not get back in time. Had I been ´ Stupak Velazquez Wu leged report (Rept. No. 111–230) on the Sutton Visclosky present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ Yarmuth bill (H.R. 3326) making appropriations Tanner Walz The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Young (AK) Teague Wasserman for the Department of Defense for the question is on the passage of the bill. Thompson (CA) Schultz fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas Thompson (MS) Waters and for other purposes, which was re- and nays are ordered. ferred to the Union Calendar and or- NAYS—153 This is a 5-minute vote. dered to be printed. The vote was taken by electronic de- Aderholt Goodlatte Moran (KS) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. vice, and there were—yeas 264, nays Akin Granger Myrick Austria Graves Neugebauer KISSELL). Pursuant to clause 1, rule 153, not voting 16, as follows: Bachmann Guthrie Nunes XXI, all points of order are reserved on [Roll No. 646] Bachus Hall (TX) Nye the bill. Bartlett Harper Olson YEAS—264 Barton (TX) Hastings (WA) Paulsen f Abercrombie Ellison McCollum Biggert Heller Petri Ackerman Ellsworth McDermott Bilirakis Hensarling Pitts PRIVILEGED REPORT ON RESOLU- Adler (NJ) Engel McGovern Blackburn Herger Poe (TX) TION OF INQUIRY TO THE PRESI- Alexander Eshoo McIntyre Blunt Hill Posey DENT Altmire Etheridge McMahon Bonner Hoekstra Price (GA) Andrews Farr McNerney Bono Mack Hunter Putnam Mr. WATT, from the Committee on Arcuri Fattah Meek (FL) Boozman Inglis Radanovich Financial Services, submitted a privi- Baca Filner Meeks (NY) Boustany Issa Rehberg Brady (TX) Jenkins leged report (Rept. No. 111–231) on the Baird Foster Melancon Roe (TN) Broun (GA) Johnson (IL) Baldwin Frank (MA) Michaud Rogers (KY) resolution (H. Res. 591) requesting that Brown (SC) Johnson, Sam Barrow Fudge Miller (NC) Rogers (MI) the President transmit to the House of Burgess Jordan (OH) Bean Gerlach Miller, George Rohrabacher Burton (IN) King (IA) Representatives all information in his Becerra Giffords Minnick Rooney Berkley Gonzalez Buyer Kingston possession relating to certain specific Mitchell Roskam Berman Gordon (TN) Mollohan Calvert Kirk Royce communications with and financial as- Berry Grayson Moore (KS) Camp Kline (MN) Ryan (WI) sistance provided to General Motors Bilbray Green, Al Moore (WI) Campbell Kratovil Scalise Bishop (GA) Green, Gene Moran (VA) Cantor Lamborn Corporation and Chrysler LLC, which Schmidt Bishop (NY) Griffith Murphy (CT) Carter Lance was referred to the House Calendar and Schock Blumenauer Grijalva Murphy (NY) Cassidy Latham Sensenbrenner ordered to be printed. Boccieri Gutierrez Murphy, Patrick Chaffetz LaTourette Sessions Boren Hall (NY) Murphy, Tim Coble Latta f Shadegg Boswell Halvorson Murtha Coffman (CO) Lee (NY) Shimkus Boucher Hare Nadler (NY) Cole Lewis (CA) REMOVAL OF NAMES OF MEM- Shuster Boyd Harman Napolitano Conaway Linder BERS AS COSPONSORS OF H.R. Simpson Brady (PA) Hastings (FL) Neal (MA) Crenshaw Lucas 2469 Braley (IA) Heinrich Oberstar Culberson Luetkemeyer Smith (NE) Bright Herseth Sandlin Obey Davis (KY) Lummis Smith (TX) Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask Souder Brown, Corrine Higgins Olver Deal (GA) Lungren, Daniel unanimous consent to remove as co- Brown-Waite, Himes Ortiz Diaz-Balart, L. E. Stearns Ginny Hinchey Pallone Diaz-Balart, M. Mack Sullivan sponsors from H.R. 2469 the following Buchanan Hinojosa Pascrell Dreier Manzullo Taylor Representatives: Butterfield Hirono Pastor (AZ) Duncan Matheson Terry Mr. LATTA of Ohio; Emerson McCarthy (CA) Thompson (PA) Cao Hodes Payne Mr. BROUN of Georgia; Capps Holden Perlmutter Fallin McCaul Thornberry Capuano Holt Perriello Flake McClintock Tiahrt Ms. FOXX of North Carolina; Cardoza Honda Peters Fleming McCotter Tiberi Dr. GINGREY of Georgia; Turner Carnahan Hoyer Peterson Forbes McHenry Mr. SHADEGG of Arizona; Carney Inslee Pingree (ME) Fortenberry McKeon Walden Carson (IN) Israel Platts Foxx McMorris Wamp Ms. FALLIN of Oklahoma; Castle Jackson (IL) Polis (CO) Franks (AZ) Rodgers Westmoreland Mr. KING of Iowa; Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Pomeroy Frelinghuysen Mica Whitfield Mrs. SCHMIDT of Ohio; Gallegly Miller (FL) Wilson (SC) Chandler Johnson, E. B. Price (NC) Mr. ISSA of California; Childers Kagen Quigley Garrett (NJ) Miller (MI) Wittman Chu Kanjorski Rahall Gohmert Miller, Gary Young (FL) Mr. PENCE of Indiana; Clarke Kaptur Rangel Mr. CONAWAY of Texas; Clay Kennedy Reichert NOT VOTING—16 Mr. KINGSTON of Georgia; Cleaver Kildee Reyes Barrett (SC) Jackson-Lee Paul Clyburn Kilpatrick (MI) Richardson Mr. FLEMING of Louisiana; Bishop (UT) (TX) Pence Cohen Kilroy Rodriguez Mr. PITTS of Pennsylvania. Boehner Jones Slaughter Connolly (VA) Kind Rogers (AL) Capito Marchant The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Conyers King (NY) Ros-Lehtinen Watson Dahlkemper McCarthy (NY) Wexler objection to the request of the gen- Cooper Kirkpatrick (AZ) Ross Gingrey (GA) McHugh Costa Kissell Rothman (NJ) tleman from Texas? Costello Klein (FL) Roybal-Allard There was no objection. Courtney Kosmas Ruppersberger ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE f Crowley Kucinich Rush The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Cuellar Langevin Ryan (OH) Cummings Larsen (WA) Salazar the vote). There is 1 minute remaining LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM Davis (AL) Larson (CT) Sa´ nchez, Linda in the vote. (Mr. CANTOR asked and was given Davis (CA) Lee (CA) T. Davis (IL) Levin Sanchez, Loretta permission to address the House for 1 Davis (TN) Lewis (GA) Sarbanes b 1454 minute.) DeFazio Lipinski Schakowsky Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I yield to DeGette LoBiondo Schauer So the bill was passed. the gentleman from Maryland, the ma- Delahunt Loebsack Schiff DeLauro Lofgren, Zoe Schrader The result of the vote was announced jority leader, for the purpose of an- Dent Lowey Schwartz as above recorded. nouncing next week’s schedule. Dicks Luja´ n Scott (GA) Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman Dingell Lynch Scott (VA) A motion to reconsider was laid on Doggett Maffei Serrano the table. from Virginia, the Republican whip, for Donnelly (IN) Maloney Sestak yielding. On Monday the House will Doyle Markey (CO) Shea-Porter Stated for: meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning-hour de- Driehaus Markey (MA) Sherman Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall bate and 2 p.m. for legislative business Edwards (MD) Marshall Shuler Edwards (TX) Massa Sires No. 646, had I been present, I would have with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. On Ehlers Matsui Skelton voted ‘‘yea.’’ Tuesday the House will meet at 10:30

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We have said all along, Mr. Mr. Speaker, the way that I believe suspension of the rules. A complete list Speaker, there is a reason that there’s we get it right is to tell the people of of suspension bills will be announced a bipartisan majority against the this country exactly what would be in by the close of business today. health care bill being proposed by the store for them by the insistence that In addition, we will consider the 2010 Speaker, and that is because people are there be a government plan involved in Department of Defense Appropriations unsure about the direction a govern- their health care. Act; also H.R. 3269, the Corporate and ment health care plan would take So I would tell the gentleman, we ob- Financial Institution Compensation them. viously stand ready to work with him Fairness Act of 2009; and H.R. 2749, the Mr. Speaker, the gentleman knows and the Speaker to perfect a plan that Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. we stand ready and willing to work to- could get much larger than just prob- Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I did not gether to try and effect reform for the ably the small majority that he’ll be hear the gentleman speak of the pros- American people. We on the Repub- able to produce, given the news reports pects of the House considering the lican side of the aisle do not accept the that we are hearing. health care bill. I would ask the gen- status quo. We want to see a health With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like tleman the status of that discussion care reform bill that works for the to ask the gentleman about his antici- and whether this House will be deliv- American people, maintains choice and pation of next week’s appropriations ering on the Speaker’s commitment quality, and reduces costs so more bill, the DOD bill. He and I, as the gen- that this House was going to vote on folks can have access to coverage, and tleman knows, have had a longstanding her health care bill. that is not the bill before us, at least discussion on the rules. We, on this I yield to the gentleman from Mary- that which is being reported. side of the aisle, have been extremely land. So I would ask the gentleman, if upset, as he knows, about the change in Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman there is a very little probability that precedent in this House that somehow for yielding. The status of the health this bill would come up prior to the it was okay for this Congress to leave bill, I think as the gentleman probably 31st, and given that he and I have had the precedent of open rule, to insist knows, is it’s still in the Energy and some discussion about the schedule, that we not be able to hold open discus- Commerce Committee. The Energy and how long will we be in session beyond sions on issues surrounding the con- Commerce Committee has not reported the 31st? stitutional obligation of this body to out that bill. I yield to the gentleman. spend taxpayer funds. I don’t know the Speaker’s commit- Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman So I would ask, even after the good ment, but certainly the Speaker and I for yielding. faith attempt that we have made to both had the hope that we would be We think the bill that is pending—we open up rules and have been rebuffed at able to pass the health care bill by the are not sure that your premise is cor- each turn, is it his hope, is it his inten- time we left here on the 31st of July. rect. As a matter of fact, we think your tion, that perhaps on the DOD bill, My view is at this point in time, that premise is probably not correct. We whether we could see that happen? And may not be possible. However, that think the majority of people on this I yield. does not mean necessarily that we floor want to vote for a health care re- Mr. HOYER. You’re certainly going won’t be here perhaps longer. I hope form bill. We think a majority of peo- to have good faith on our side, as that’s not the case; but if it proves to ple on this floor will vote for the bill you’ve had all along. On the Defense be necessary, we may be here a little that is currently pending as it becomes Appropriations bill, it is my under- longer, either on the Saturday or the more perfected. So I’m not sure that— standing there are well over 100 amend- 3rd or the 4th. I don’t want anybody to I’m not only not sure, I don’t accept ments that have been filed. Clearly, if be planning on that at this point in your premise that there aren’t a major- we did that under an open rule or al- time. But currently the status of the ity of votes for the bill that is being lowed all 100 amendments—which, by bill is it’s still in the Energy and Com- considered in this House. the way, are by one Member. There are merce Committee. Having said that, however, my point over 100 amendments by one Member— Mr. CANTOR. I thank the gentleman. was that we want to give appropriate we would never finish the bill if we Mr. Speaker, I would ask the gen- notice. If we can’t give appropriate no- stayed through August. tleman again for some clarification. tice by the 31st of July, it is possible, Having said that, I have talked to the Did I just hear the gentleman say that I’m not saying that we’re going to be chairwoman, and it’s my belief that we will not be considering the health doing this, but it is possible that we Mr. FLAKE, who has filed over 100 care bill this week? would move on to either Saturday, the amendments, will be given, certainly, Mr. HOYER. I didn’t say it in so 1st, or Monday and Tuesday the 3rd and ample opportunity to choose which many words. But I have indicated and 4th, if need be, if that was appropriate. amendments he wants to offer at the the Speaker has indicated that we’re It may or may not be. I don’t want to time that we consider the bill. I don’t going to do 48 hours’ notice, as re- say at this point in time, but I do want know the other amendments. Notice quired, or at least as we would hope to to give Members some notice that that has been filed. I don’t know the other do. This is a very important bill. It is is a possibility. amendments and don’t know what the a bill that is of great consequence to Mr. CANTOR. I thank the gentleman. Rules Committee is going to do. But I all Americans, and we are going to Obviously, if the process had worked will tell the gentleman, as I’m sure he meet those targets of notice. differently, I would suggest to the gen- knows, the bill will come under a rule. tleman that if we were allowed to try We believe that your side of the aisle b 1500 and put forward the kinds of proposals has had most of the amendments that So in that context, in light of the that we are attempting to do and there have been offered, clearly, and Mr. fact the bill is still in the committee, was a receptivity on your side to allow FLAKE and others, Mr. HENSARLING it may be impossible to meet that com- for some of the ‘‘free-market principles were given the opportunity to offer a mitment and get the bill on the floor and cost-control suggestions’’ that number of their amendments on ear- on the 31st. As a result, my view is the have been made, according to a Mem- marks, which I know are of great con- probability of doing that bill by the ber on your side, Mr. MINNICK, back a cern to both sides of the aisle. 31st is very small. few days ago, maybe we would be on a So I say to the gentleman, we do ex- Mr. CANTOR. I thank the gentleman. better course. pect to take the Defense bill up under So to reiterate, I will say that I In the same way, I think a colleague a rule similar to those under which we heard the gentleman say the prob- from the gentleman’s State, Mr. have operated, which have facilitated,

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I thank the gentleman. 27, 2009 after the F–22 vote earlier this week. If I think the gentleman, though, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. the Pentagon had been forthright with speaks to the point I’m trying to make. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the facts, there is a very strong chance We are trying to get things right here, when the House adjourns today, it ad- that the hearts and the minds of sev- and spending billions of dollars for journ to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday eral Senators might have been changed spending’s sake is not the goal here, next for morning-hour debate, and fur- and the funding for the additional F– and I know he agrees with me on that, ther, when the House adjourns on that 22s may not have been stripped. that we are trying to effect the most day, it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. on The news that the F–35 will again be prudent expenditure of taxpayer dol- Tuesday, July 28, 2009, for morning- delayed only further strengthens the lars in these very difficult economic hour debate. argument for continued production of times. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there the world’s only fifth-generation fight- As the gentleman knows, we voted on objection to the request of the gen- er in full-rate production, the F–22 a PAYGO bill this week, and frankly, tleman from Florida? Raptor. the spirit behind that PAYGO bill was There was no objection. I hope that as we move forward with to attempt to restrain the type of negotiations between the House and spending that we’ve seen this Congress f the Senate on the future of the F–22 conduct. In fact, this week, in one of INCREASE PRESSURE ON program, the Pentagon will make the reports, one of the authors of an HONDURAN COUP GOVERNMENT every effort possible to ensure that opinion column said, frankly, we are Congress is fully briefed on the facts (Mr. MCGOVERN asked and was spending—the spending PAYGO bill given permission to address the House and what they mean for the future of that was passed this week was full of for 1 minute and to revise and extend American air dominance. loopholes. f And again, we know that the PAYGO his remarks.) bill that was passed was that. It wasn’t Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the de JULY 24, 2009, THE FIFTIETH ANNI- a holistic PAYGO bill. It wasn’t some- facto government in Honduras and VERSARY OF THE KITCHEN DE- thing that, frankly, will do much to ad- President Zelaya should accept the San BATE dress the runaway spending. So we still Jose Accord proposed by Costa Rican (Mr. LANCE asked and was given per- sit here, Mr. Speaker, and want to have President Oscar Arias. The Arias pro- mission to address the House for 1 an open process so we can contribute to posal includes the return of President minute.) holding back the runaway spending in Zelaya, formation of a unity govern- Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, today, this town. ment, a general amnesty for political July 24, marks the 50th anniversary of So I would say to the gentleman, just crimes by all parties, and moves for- an important incident in the history of as he has said to me, we ought to be ward the date of the upcoming elec- the cold war, the famous Kitchen De- looking to try and open up this process tions. bate in Moscow between then Vice again. We were not allowed to do so in The U.S. should impose tough sanc- President Richard Nixon and Soviet the PAYGO debate and address the tions on the de facto government that Premier Nikita Khrushchev. number one concern of this govern- carried out the coup. The U.S. should At the informal debate in 1959, Mr. ment right now, which is the runaway suspend all MCC funds, cancel visas for Khruschchev predicted wrongly that spending. We have not been allowed to members of the de facto government the Soviet Union would overtake do so in any of the appropriations bills, and their families, and freeze all their America in economic prosperity. As and if we are going to be here through assets in the United States. President Time Magazine reported, Vice Presi- the weekend, as the gentleman may Zelaya must also accept the terms of dent Nixon managed in a unique way to suggest, why isn’t it we couldn’t take the Arias proposal in order to restore personify a national character proud of that time to debate the DOD bill in an democracy in Honduras and avoid peaceful accomplishment, such as its open and full, transparent manner? greater conflict and bloodshed. way of life, confident of its power I yield. Not a single, solitary government in under threat. Mr. HOYER. As I said, I think we’ll the world recognizes the coup govern- Today, I pay tribute to President have a rule similar to the ones that we ment. It’s time to end this stalemate Nixon for his diplomacy and his years have considered the previous 11 bills and move forward. The Arias proposal of service to the Nation, including at under. puts the Honduran people first, treats the Kitchen Debate 50 years ago today. all parties with respect, and offers a Mr. CANTOR. I didn’t hear the gen- f tleman, Mr. Speaker. peaceful resolution. It’s not too late for Mr. HOYER. I said, as I said, I believe President Zelaya and Roberto FOREIGN WORKERS AND U.S. we will be considering the defense bill Micheletti to accept it. AIRCRAFT under rules similar to those which have f (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was led to the passage of the other 11 bills. given permission to address the House I yield back. F–22 PRODUCTION for 1 minute.) Mr. CANTOR. I will say to the gen- (Mr. GINGREY of Georgia asked and Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, tleman, obviously, with much dis- was given permission to address the American taxpayers spend millions of appointment, and I think really re- House for 1 minute and to revise and dollars a year screening people who flecting the disappointment on the part extend his remarks.) board an airplane. We check IDs and of the American people, that we should Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speak- roll-on luggage. We check purses, pock- be having a much more robust debate er, 2 days after the Senate voted to ets and computers, and we take off our on these issues. Certainly, if we are strip funding for an additional seven F– shoes. We check everything that goes going to be addressing the issue of 22 Raptors from the 2010 National De- through the door. But the next attack health care, and the gentleman says fense Authorization Act, it seems that on our country is probably not going to that his side is insistent on rushing critical information may have been be because somebody is flying in an back to the floor, insisting on some po- withheld that could have influenced airplane. It will probably be because litical deadline, then I don’t under- the outcome of this vote; an internal somebody has access to our airports stand why it is we couldn’t have an Pentagon oversight board report has and our airplanes who shouldn’t.

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Under a These mechanics come from 45 coun- path towards government-encouraged previous order of the House, the gen- tries, including Vietnam, Ethiopia, euthanasia if enacted into law.’’ tleman from Indiana (Mr. BURTON) is Egypt, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, Well, Mr. Speaker, nothing could be recognized for 5 minutes. Jordan, China and Sudan. These people further from the truth. Had the minor- (Mr. BURTON of Indiana addressed work on American airplanes. ity leader, and his whip, and the con- the House. His remarks will appear The State Department says it does a ference Chair bothered to check how hereafter in the Extensions of Re- ‘‘criminal’’ background check, but re- that legislation came to be enacted marks.) ports indicate those checks are of poor into our health care legislation, they f quality and sometimes are left up to a would have found out that it was work third party. of a bipartisan group of Ways and THE BEST PRODUCT FOR AMERICA We are ignoring the obvious when it Means Committee members. There The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a comes to airline safety. Foreign work- were Republicans cosponsoring it along previous order of the House, the gen- ers with shady or unknown back- with Democrats. We had spirited dis- tleman from Georgia (Mr. KINGSTON) is grounds should not have access to cussion dealing with the fact that too recognized for 5 minutes. American aircraft. often senior citizens and their families Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, back in And that’s just the way it is. are not given the information they November, Hank Paulson, the Sec- retary of the Treasury, and President f need to be able to cope with the most serious situation any of us will ever Bush came to Congress in a rush that b 1515 face as we have a loved one move into the financial sky was going to fall out SPECIAL ORDERS the end of his or her life. if we did not pass the TARP bill, the fi- We discussed how Medicare would nancial bailout for Wall Street. Now, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under pay for tests to hook people up, to poke we were told that if we didn’t do it, the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- them, to run them through machines, that stock portfolios and savings of uary 6, 2009, and under a previous order to have them on ventilators, to do all Americans all over the country would of the House, the following Members sorts of things; but it will not pay a decrease, maybe as much as 30 or 40 will be recognized for 5 minutes each. health care professional to sit down percent. Well, in that spirit of panic f with that patient, with that family, that frequently happens in this town, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a and let them know what they expect, we did pass TARP. And what happened previous order of the House, the gentle- answer their questions, help them to your IRA back home? What hap- woman from California (Ms. WOOLSEY) know what their choices are. We had pened to your savings account? What is recognized for 5 minutes. examples of committee members talk happened to your stock portfolio? Un- (Ms. WOOLSEY addressed the House. about their loved ones, and I would less you’re extremely lucky and un- Her remarks will appear hereafter in say, Republican committee members usual, your assets dropped by 30 or 40 the Extensions of Remarks.) talk about how their loved ones didn’t percent. So much for the $700 billion f get that type of help at the end of life bailout. And then in January, President HEALTH CARE REFORM and actually were subjected to things that they thought were not in the best Obama, using the same panic tactic, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a interests of their loved one. If they had came to us and said, we have got to previous order of the House, the gen- a choice, they wouldn’t have done it pass a second stimulus program. Keep tleman from Oregon (Mr. BLUMENAUER) over again, and it didn’t prolong their in mind we had already passed one is recognized for 5 minutes. life, it actually made them less com- under President Bush in May of 2008. Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, fortable. But we had to pass, in a hurry, some- just a moment ago I heard the minor- We’re seeking to change that, to be thing big, something dramatic, $790 bil- ity whip profess interest in working able to adjust Medicare so that it lion for a stimulus program. Why? Be- with the Democrats to reform the speaks to the needs of American sen- cause the unemployment rate was 8 health care system. Yet, I’m sad to say iors and their families, that they’re percent. But this would give us imme- that the minority whip, the minority given the attention they need to pre- diate results, President Obama prom- leader have been part of an effort to pare for this difficult period of time. ised. And so that was passed by Con- deal with fear and misrepresentation, There’s nothing in this legislation that gress. attacking bipartisan legislation that would force people to have consulta- And yet, now, unemployment is ap- would have done precisely that, reform tions. There’s nothing that would force proaching 10 percent, and in States like the health care system. them to sign advance directives. It’s Michigan, as high as 15 percent; 21⁄2 Sadly, Mr. Speaker, there are some not going to choose a health care pro- million Americans have become unem- here who simply are not expressing the fessional by the government and force ployed since the passage of the stim- sense of urgency that most of us feel it on them. ulus program. And now we have the from the American people, a sense of It’s the type of sad, inflammatory same Washington-knows-best experts urgency about fixing a broken health rhetoric that suggests that people telling us that we have to pass major care system that costs too much, that aren’t serious about health care re- health care reform by next week, Au- produces wildly uneven results, and form, not serious about meeting the gust 1. leaves too many outside the system of needs of American families, but, rath- Now, I want you to think about this. coverage, and others, with health in- er, they’re playing political games. Mr. This is 17 percent of the economy, and surance, at risk. We cannot continue Speaker, I can’t tell you how dis- we would put it in the hands of the along this path. Americans are not get- appointed I was to see this type of re- Federal Government. It would set up a ting the help they need, even if they action to a carefully crafted piece of scheme where there would be a health have insurance coverage. I was, I must legislation that we’ve been working on care czar that would run and stipulate say, disappointed, to say the very for more than 6 months that is bipar- insurance policies all over the country; least, to see the attack on bipartisan tisan and that speaks to the needs of and in order to sell insurance in the legislation that we have worked on to American families. United States of America, you would help reform the health care system. The American public, especially our have to go through this bureaucracy In a statement from the minority senior citizens, deserve our best efforts and enter into an exchange. And there, leader, and with the whip, and Mr. to meet their needs, not treat them inside this closed circle defined by the MCCOTTER, there is an allegation that like political footballs. I hope the Re- Federal Government, you would com- somehow there is legislation in the publican leadership will reconsider, pete against a government option

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His remarks will appear hereafter in Well, maybe we’ll just give you a pain- Is that the best way to get things the Extensions of Remarks.) killer and let you die? done? A huge, $1.2 trillion expense on This is going to allow seniors to die top of the TARP bill, on top of the f who could have a much more ongoing, stimulus bill, on top of the war in Iraq, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a productive life. There is no reason to on top of all the other problems that previous order of the House, the gen- do this. we have, we’re now going to go out and tleman from Texas (Mr. POE) is recog- Now, when I and my staff looked at spend $1.2 trillion and tax virtually ev- nized for 5 minutes. this, the latest numbers we were able erybody in America to do it. We can (Mr. POE of Texas addressed the to get were from 2007 of, roughly, 112 also look at the Canadian or the Ger- House. His remarks will appear here- million households in America. If you man or the British system and see the after in the Extensions of Remarks.) divide that into the amount of money rationing that it leads to. And we f paid into Medicare and Medicaid, it’s know, if you live around a border State $9,200 per household for every house- near Canada, that when they need to SENIORS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE hold in America. see a doctor, they come to the United Well, once I saw that, I realized, boy, States of America. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a there is a way for the first time in 40- And we have also seen in States like previous order of the House, the gen- something years to give seniors control Massachusetts, where they have a gov- tleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) is over their own health care and over ernment option, that it takes twice as recognized for 5 minutes. their own lives. You give them $3,500 in long to see a doctor as it does in Los Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, this their own health savings accounts that Angeles. We also know that this plan body passed a cap-and-trade bill, and they control. You give them a debit will do away with Medicare Advantage. we had people coming down, friends card. They have exclusive control. No I don’t know if the AARP realized that across the other side of the aisle, say- insurance company can tell them what when they endorsed the bill, but this ing this isn’t going to cost jobs, that to do with it. Then you buy them pri- not only does away with Medicare Ad- it’s going to create jobs. Well, they vate insurance, and they won’t have to vantage, but it cuts Medicare itself. telegraphed, every time that was said, do like my mother-in-law did and buy And then, between you and the doctor that they’d not read the bill. They as- supplemental insurance on top of that. comes the bureaucrat, because you sured America that this was going to You buy them good insurance. They don’t get a second opinion under the create green jobs and that it wasn’t don’t need to do that. On top of that, government-run health care system. going to cost jobs. you save the country hundreds of bil- What the doctor tells you, that sticks. If they’d bothered to read the bill, lions of dollars a year. Now, that puts You can’t go to three or four doctors they would have seen that, before the control in seniors’ hands, and it saves because the bureaucrats in Washington 300 pages were added and, unaffected by who make the rules don’t allow it. the country money. the 300 pages, there was a fund created This isn’t about that. It is about con- These are things that concern me. to pay an allowance to people who’d They concern Democrats and Repub- trol. This health care bill is about con- lost their jobs because of the bill. It trol. It’s about taking charge of peo- licans alike, seniors and young people also created a fund that could help entering into the workforce. That’s ple’s lives. them with relocation after they lost why I think we should slow this system We had the EPA already say, since their jobs because of the bill. They just down. And when you hear somebody carbon dioxide is a pollutant, this body hadn’t read the bill, so they were able say this does not require a senior cit- has the right to control any entity that to come down and, with righteous in- izen to have a consultant with their puts out carbon dioxide. Well, maybe dignation, say it wasn’t going to cost doctor and the government bureaucrat there are people here in the majority jobs. I knew they were being honest. every 5 years, on their end-of-life plan, who can pick out individuals and say, They were just ignorant about what they’re wrong because that is in the You know what? I’m tired of them put- the bill said, but it will cost jobs, and bill. Every 5 years senior citizens are ting out carbon dioxide. It’s time for now we’re told that some of us don’t supposed to report to some bureaucrat them to stop. I mean that’s how ludi- and say, here’s my 5-year end-of-life care about seniors. crous it gets, except that, once you can plan, and as President Obama said him- Mr. Speaker, I’m here because I care control whether people put out carbon self, and we are going to strongly en- about seniors, and I know what that dioxide, you can control whether they courage hospice. health care bill is going to do to them. live or not. Once you can control their Well, you know, I’d rather have my It is going to put seniors on lists to get health care, you can have the right to mom make that decision as my dad, treatment. The lists will be for those say, You know what? I noticed on your who is now dead. I’d like to have her who are not considered too old to be credit card purchase you bought some make that decision just as he did, with put on lists. Twinkies last month, and therefore, his doctor, not bringing in a govern- If you’d followed the President’s own we’re not going to provide health care ment bureaucrat, and not having to presentation in that townhall, Ms. Pam unless you quit buying those. I mean have some sign-off by some govern- Stern pointed out her mother was near- this is going to get so intrusive. ment bureaucrat. That should scare ly 100, and she needed a pacemaker. The one thing that’s clear is that Or- anybody who’s parents are alive or any Her doctor said, because of the joy and well was 25 years early, because this is senior citizens. quality of her life, she should have one, going to be so Orwellian with Big Indeed, there are better ways to do but the arrhythmia specialist said, no, Brother looking into everyone’s lives this thing: association health plans not somebody her age until he met her. and having the right to do so once they that would allow small businesses to Then he said, Well, of course, she needs pay for your health care. This will band together and get the economies of to have one. So they did and she’s now allow seniors to die, waiting in line for scale that the big purchasers of insur- 105. lists. Do you think that’s over the top? ance can get; medical savings accounts, So Ms. Stern asked the President, Is I had a Canadian man tell me that just which would allow you to have there any consideration to be given for a few weeks ago. deductibles; many other options. We a certain spirit, joy of living, quality of His dad got put on a list for bypass can look at them. We need the time. life, or is it just a medical cutoff? surgery, and he had to wait 2 years. I Let’s make the time count. Let’s pull He went into a long explanation, and said, Why did it take so long? He said, Democrats and Republicans together ended by saying, You know what? We Well, the bureaucrats kept moving him for the best product for America. at least can let your mom know that, back.

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Under a colleagues of ours and Members of the the Constitution was, as I said, the ab- previous order of the House, the gentle- U.S. Capitol Police are going to be, for sence of a clear Bill of Rights. 1 minute, taking a moment of silence As I’ve said, Madison, himself, had woman from Ohio (Ms. KAPTUR) is rec- ognized for 5 minutes. to remember the lives of those heroes originally opposed the issue when he (Ms. KAPTUR addressed the House. who were here, defending the U.S. Cap- crafted and then, under the nom de Her remarks will appear hereafter in itol. Earlier today, here in the House plume Publius, joined Alexander Ham- the Extensions of Remarks.) Chamber, we all know that, in remem- ilton and John Jay and penned the bering that occurrence of 11 years ago, Federalist Papers with the goal of de- f we did have a moment of silence in re- fending the U.S. Constitution. But he The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a membrance of those great men. came to see the value not only in ex- previous order of the House, the gen- At this moment, since it is now 3:40, plicitly delineating the rights of the tleman from North Carolina (Mr. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask that citizens of the United States, but more JONES) is recognized for 5 minutes. we have 1 minute of silence to remem- importantly, he came to see the value (Mr. JONES addressed the House. His ber the lives of Officer Chestnut and in bringing unity to the Nation and in remarks will appear hereafter in the Detective Gibson. consolidating support for our Constitu- Extensions of Remarks.) Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I tion. f would like to continue the train of On June 8 of 1789, he introduced his The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a marking anniversaries. proposal in the House of Representa- previous order of the House, the gen- Today, I rise to mark the occasion of tives. Two hundred twenty years ago tleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO) is the 220th anniversary of the First Con- this very week, on July 21, 1789, the recognized for 5 minutes. gress and what is, perhaps, the most matter was referred to the Rules Com- (Mr. DEFAZIO addressed the House. important milestone that was achieved mittee on which Madison served. After His remarks will appear hereafter in in that first session of Congress, that reviewing the proposal, the committee the Extensions of Remarks.) being, of course, the passage of the Bill moved the amendment package to the of Rights. House floor on August 14, marking the f Two hundred twenty years ago, start of a very vigorous debate right in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a James Madison, a Congressman from the House of Representatives where we previous order of the House, the gen- Virginia and the Father of our Con- are privileged to serve, Mr. Speaker. tleman from Kansas (Mr. MORAN) is stitution, introduced a package of con- recognized for 5 minutes. stitutional amendments, sparking a b 1545 (Mr. MORAN of Kansas addressed the great, historic debate in the House of That debate carried on for 10 days, 10 House. His remarks will appear here- Representatives and in the Senate. days as Members passionately argued after in the Extensions of Remarks.) This came about despite the fact that for and against the individual amend- f Madison had opposed the inclusion of a ments, passing some, amending some, Bill of Rights when drafting the Con- and rejecting others. On August 24, the MARKING ANNIVERSARIES stitution. House took its final vote and passed 17 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under It came about because his constitu- amendments sending them over to the the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- ents demanded it. Lives, fortunes and other body, to the Senate, for consider- uary 6, 2009, the gentleman from Cali- sacred honor had been sacrificed in the ation. fornia (Mr. DREIER) is recognized for 60 war that followed the signing of our 220 years ago this summer, the Sen- minutes as the designee of the minor- Declaration of Independence, and many ate began its debate on August 25. The ity leader. believed fervently that it would all debate carried on throughout the Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, anniver- have been in vain were it not for put- month of September and additional saries, marking anniversaries, is a very ting in place a Bill of Rights. The changes were made. Ultimately, a con- important thing to do, and we do that States, Mr. Speaker, went on to ratify ference committee was convened and on a regular basis. 10 of the 12 amendments that Congress both the House and the Senate passed In fact, just this past week, a great passed, the very first 10 amendments to the final version on September 24 of deal of attention was focused on that our Constitution, which collectively 1789, having whittled the package down marvelous achievement when we saw are known around the world as the to 12 proposed constitutional amend- Neil Armstrong 40 years ago take that most enduring and comprehensive ments. As we all know, the States went first step on the Moon. We in just a few guarantor of rights in the modern on to ratify 10 of those, and Mr. Madi- months are going to be marking the world. son’s Bill of Rights was incorporated 20th anniversary of that amazing I believe there is great value in re- into our Constitution. achievement, which many of us membering our history as a nation and Now, throughout that summer and throughout our lifetimes thought as an institution, and in examining the early fall 220 years ago, many pas- would never happen, and that was the lessons that can be applied to our own sionate arguments were made for and crumbling of the Berlin Wall, and there era today. As we deal with the many against the proposed constitutional are countless other events that take challenges today—the worst recession amendments, but I believe, Mr. Speak- place that are regularly remembered. in recent memory, two ongoing wars er, that the most instructive debate The importance of remembering and a worldwide struggle that is going came on June 8 when Madison first in- events that have taken place, Mr. on against violent extremism—there is troduced his proposal in the House of Speaker, is that we want to do every- much to be gleaned from the great de- Representatives. He argued vigorously thing that we possibly can to learn bates of our past, and the more we for the need to pass a Bill of Rights, from those very tragic experiences and know about where we have been, the but he also presented a fair representa- also from the good experiences so that better we can understand where we are tion of the arguments against a Bill of we can ensure that the world is a bet- now and where we as a nation are head- Rights. He welcomed a fair, open, and ter place. ed. spirited debate, and he wanted it to Eleven years ago at this very mo- On May 4 of 1789, James Madison an- take place on the floor of the House of ment, there was a tragic occurrence nounced his intention to introduce a Representatives where it could be con- here in our Nation’s Capitol, and I re- series of amendments that would con- ducted in the light of day and within member it just as if it were yesterday. stitute the Bill of Rights that many plain view of the American people. It was when we saw a madman come opponents of the Constitution had Though Madison had previously op- into the Capitol, what is now referred sought. Though 11 of the 13 States had posed the idea, he became increasingly to as Memorial Door. At that door, he ratified the Constitution, there re- ambivalent, and then ultimately, as we

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It has been said opposed to it that they were as sin- rights to be as self-evident and funda- that in the Federal Government, they cerely devoted to liberty and a repub- mental as the rights of life, liberty, are unnecessary because the powers are lican government as those who charged and the pursuit of happiness that the enumerated, and it follows that all them with wishing the adoption of this Declaration of Independence claimed. that are not granted by the Constitu- Constitution in order to lay the foun- We can’t imagine our Constitution tion are retained by the people; that dation of an aristocracy or despotism. without the Bill of Rights. But what I the Constitution is a bill of powers, the It will be a desirable thing to extin- believe is most instructive for us today great residuum being the rights of the guish from the bosom of every member is not the contents of Madison’s Bill of people.’’ of the community any apprehensions Rights, but the manner in which he Madison, Mr. Speaker, understood, that there are those among his coun- proposed it. The intellectual rigor that the government does not grant trymen who wish to deprive him of the which led him to champion this cause the people their rights; rather, the peo- liberty for which they valiantly fought and with which he made his case to his ple grant their government certain and honorably bled.’’ colleagues and the American people powers. For this reason, he sought to Mr. Madison viewed the unity of the was very important. assuage these concerns by including in Nation on the issue of our Constitution That open, vigorous, comprehensive his proposal a provision clarifying as far more important than any res- debate that was held in the United that—and as I quote again from that ervation some may have had on the States House of Representatives and speech—‘‘The exceptions here or else- need for a Bill of Rights, and he cham- the tenure of that debate being, Mr. where in the Constitution made in pioned the need for a rigorous, very Speaker, as we’ve seen from the text of favor of particular rights, shall not be rigorous, debate on the issue. that June 8 speech, 1789, as was intro- so construed as to diminish the just Mr. Speaker, he also believed that de- duced by Mr. Madison, he had great re- importance of other rights retained by spite his earlier ambivalence, that the spect for the views of the Members the people; or as to enlarge the powers case for a Bill of Rights was ultimately with whom he disagreed. He argued delegated by the Constitution.’’ persuasive on the merits because of the with civility, comity, and respect. He Congressman Madison knew that this needs for checks and balances on the did not impugn his adversaries’ mo- was an important clarification to powers of the Federal Government. tives and, in fact, defended them. make, but ultimately he believed very Though he found persuasive the argu- He passionately sought consensus on deeply that despite the concerns, the ment that the government’s powers are the fundamental issues and placed it imperative for moving forward was far enumerated and therefore our liberties above his own ambivalence on lesser more compelling. need not be, he recognized that explic- concerns. He urged his colleagues to As I said at the outset, Mr. Madison itly enumerating the most important act based on ‘‘the principles of amity very passionately believed in bringing rights would help to place a check on and moderation,’’ to ‘‘proceed with unity to our Nation on the question of the governments power. caution,’’ but that ultimately they our Constitution. He saw this as the He noted, ‘‘It is true the powers of must act resolutely ‘‘to satisfy the most fundamental of issues, and he be- the general government are cir- public mind that their liberties will be lieved very deeply in continuing to cumscribed . . . but even if government perpetual.’’ work towards consensus despite the keeps within those limits, it has cer- He clearly did not believe that deci- fact that the necessary majority had tain discretionary powers with respect sive action and a full, open debate were ratified our Constitution already. to the means, which may admit of mutually exclusive. In fact, he saw In his speech on June 8, he expressed abuse to a certain extent.’’ them as being fully intertwined, that respect and understanding for those Mr. Speaker, ever mindful that gov- elevating the debate above reproach whose point of view on our system of ernment is made up of fallible men, would give this body the moral author- Federalism was different from his, and Madison believed wholeheartedly in ity to act decisively and appropriately he said the following: ‘‘Yet still there the need to hold the Federal Govern- as a truly representative body. is a great number of our constituents ment’s power in check. In his closing remarks that day, June who are dissatisfied with (our Constitu- He also understood that the issue of 8, 1789, Mr. Speaker, Congressman tion), among whom are many respect- basic rights could not be left merely to Madison said, ‘‘If we can make the Con- able for their talents, their patriotism, the whims of majority rule. In fact, he stitution better in the opinion of those and respectable for the jealousy they feared this even more than the poten- who are opposed to it, without weak- have for their liberty, which, though tial abuse of government, saying again ening its frame or abridging its useful- mistaken in its object, is laudable in in that June 8 speech, ‘‘I confess that I ness in the judgment of those who were its motive.’’ do not conceive that in a government attached to it, we act the part of wise Mr. Speaker, Congressman Madison modified like this of the United States, and liberal men to make such alter- widely understood that Congress’ capa- the great danger lies rather in the ations as shall produce that effect.’’ bility as a representative body depend- abuse of the community than in the Let me repeat that final phrase, Mr. ent upon the full support of those they legislative body. The prescriptions in Speaker, Mr. Madison said, ‘‘we act the represented, whatever disagreements favor of liberty, ought to be leveled part of wise and liberal men.’’ By that, on the various issues of the day there against that quarter where the great- one can only surmise that he meant may be that exist, Congress’ legit- est danger lies, namely, that which we’re not here to grandstand. We’re not imacy in working out these issues possesses the highest prerogative of here to demagogue or turn the impor- would be called into question as long as power. But this is not found in either tant issues of our day into political there remained a vocal minority who the executive or legislative depart- footballs. We’re not here to attack opposed the very existence of the Con- ments of government, but in the body those who hold different views or stifle stitution and our Federal Government. of the people, operating by the major- debate or prevent opposing views from He noted that ‘‘so far as to satisfy ity against the minority.’’ being heard. We’re not here to become the public that we do not disregard Mr. Speaker, had Madison not taken mired in petty arguments and partisan their wishes, it will have a salutary in- up the cause of the Bill of Rights, our politics. We are here, Mr. Speaker, as fluence on the public councils, and pre- Constitution may never have explicitly we all know, we are here—and James pare the way for a favorable reception enshrined our freedom of speech, free- Madison set the example of this—we of our future measures.’’ dom of press, of religion, of assembly, are here to deliberate. We are here to Mr. Speaker, he also saw the passage of our right to petition our govern- honestly and openly confront the dif- of a Bill of Rights as an opportunity to ment. It may have never expressly ficult challenges we face together as a

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So it’s with great dismay and been the exceptions to the rule. And swamped to handle every request. sadness, Mr. Speaker, that I have seen the rule has been an open, good-faith Likewise for the Government Printing the tenure of our debate deteriorate process in which any Member, Demo- Office. This is a self-compounding prob- and the legislative process grow ever crat or Republican, I underscore that lem, Madam Speaker, as Members sub- more closed in recent years. I believe, again, any Member, Democrat or Re- mit multiple versions of the same Mr. Speaker, that Republicans and publican, can offer any amendment amendment, just in case their offsets of Democrats alike have shared in the that conforms to the rules of the course are altered by another Member’s blame for this deterioration, but there House. I am proud to say that this is amendment. It compounds the prob- is no doubt whatsoever, no doubt, that certainly the spirit in which Repub- lem. that deterioration has accelerated dra- licans operated during the 12 years All of these problems inherent to the matically in the past few years. that we held the majority, and during preprinting requirement have the ef- We’ve seen the opportunities for open 8 of those I was privileged to serve as fect of limiting debate and the ability debate become rarer. What’s more, the chairman of the House Rules Com- of rank-and-file Members of both polit- level of debate and transparency al- mittee. ical parties, again, Democrats and Re- lowed has been inversely proportional But this year, we have seen a very publicans, from being able to fully par- to the significance of the legislation in troubling reversal of this practice. ticipate in the appropriations process; question. The more consequential, the Madam Speaker, from the very outset, and yet it was imposed at the very out- more complicated, the more controver- before a single vote was cast or a single set this year before we had begun con- sial a bill may be, the less opportunity word of debate was uttered, the appro- sideration of one appropriations bill. there is for the kind of intellectually priations process was restricted. Rath- Now, that was only the beginning. As rigorous debate that James Madison er than granting the traditional and we started the already restricted de- called for and exemplified. customary open rule to our appropria- bate on our very first appropriations One by one, Mr. Speaker, the tradi- tions bills, they imposed a preprinting bill, we got to exactly page 2, line 7 be- tions and precedents of this House have requirement. fore the chairman of the Appropria- been disregarded. Perhaps the most sig- Now, the preprinting requirement tions Committee had had enough. One nificant of these has been the abandon- means that rather than a free-flowing page, seven lines was apparently his ca- ment of openness in the appropriations and rigorous debate that has always pacity for even a partially, even process which, as is the tradition, we characterized our appropriations proc- though it was limited, a partially open are in the midst of consideration this ess, Members were required to submit debate. summer, and we have only one appro- their amendments in advance to be So he promptly shut down the entire priations bill left to be considered, the printed in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. process. We returned to the Rules Com- Department of Defense Appropriations And now this may seem like a rea- mittee late that night where the Demo- bill next week. sonable requirement at first glance, cratic majority imposed a structured and many on the other side of the aisle rule for the consideration of the bill. b 1600 argued that it was a very reasonable They decided that they alone would be Now, throughout our 220-year his- request. Why shouldn’t amendments be the arbiters on which issues could be tory, the House of Representatives has submitted in advance of debate? In debated, which amendments would see considered its annual appropriations practice, there are a number of ways the light of day. They were saying 220 bills with an open debate. In recent his- that unfortunately this stifles the years of history be damned. This closed tory, this open appropriations process Madisonian debate. process has been repeated for every sin- has been one of the very few opportuni- First of all, appropriations bills are gle appropriations bill that we have ties that Members of the House have to often debated over the course of a num- considered. get to freely offer amendments and ber of days. I mean, 10 days on the Bill And for those, Madam Speaker, who have a debate on the issues that matter of Rights. We have had 3, 4, 5 days on have followed the debate here, our col- most to them. appropriations bills for many, many leagues know that we have just com- Unlike the Senate, we have a Rules years. When a deadline is imposed prior pleted 11 of those 12 appropriations Committee on which Congressman to the start of debate, in effect this re- bills and have only one remaining next Madison sat in the House of Represent- quires amendments to be submitted 2, 3 week. I will make my commitment atives. The modern Rules Committee or even 4 days in advance of when de- that, as has been the case for every sin- sets the terms and conditions of debate bate on the relevant section of the bill gle one of them, we will try to make an on almost every major bill that comes is considered. open rule in order upstairs in the Rules to a vote. These terms and conditions Secondly, the Budget Act prevents Committee on this. have become increasingly more restric- Members from offering amendments As I say, with one remaining appro- tive, shutting out all amendments to that increase the overall cost of an ap- priations bill, we know that it will more legislation than ever before and propriations bill, and that’s a correct most likely be considered under a high- significantly limiting the number of thing. This means that if a Member ly restrictive rule that shuns the tradi- amendments on others. wants to increase funding for a par- tionally open debate with which we But, Madam Speaker, the open appro- ticular program, the amendment must have handled our constitutionally priations process has always been held also cut funding elsewhere by an equiv- mandated power of the purse. sacrosanct because we have no greater alent amount. I believe that it is no accident that constitutional duty in this body than But what happens if the offset con- the abandonment of open debate on our holding the power of the purse. tained in one amendment has already appropriations bills has coincided with We have the very serious responsi- been zeroed out by another? That Mem- the most profligate spending in our Na- bility of spending the taxpayers’ hard- ber would no longer be able to offer his tion’s history. It’s no coincidence that earned money, and this responsibility or her amendment, and the deadline our deficit has exceeded that $1 trillion deserves to be considered under a com- having come and gone before the start mark just halfway through the year at pletely open and transparent process. of debate, there would be no oppor- the same time that the Democratic There have been times in the past when tunity to redraft the amendment with majority has shut out meaningful de- some limits have been imposed. This a different offset. bate on their spending practices. has almost always been done by unani- What’s more, Madam Speaker, there As disastrous as the consequences of mous consent, both parties coming to- are many logistical issues beyond this reckless and unchecked spending

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As I take a of Rights 220 years ago this summer, summer with that rigorous, open de- look through my counties, I see unem- it’s so instructive because it illustrates bate, I believe we can begin to restore ployment rates of 10.9 percent, 13 per- just how far we have digressed from the our institution. We can once again en- cent, 12.5 percent, 19.1 percent. Rough- high-minded example that James Madi- gage in great debates, in a clash of ly one out of every five people are out son laid out for us. ideas, and do so with respect for our of work in at least two of my counties. The civility, the respect for opposing adversaries and a sincere desire to ulti- You have 16.8, 15.3, 16.7. Those are the views, the intellectually rigorous and mately reach consensus. counties that I represent. And, as a open debate, the deep belief in the im- This is the model, this is the model State, we have an unemployment rate portance of building consensus, all of that James Madison presented in one that is now 15.2 percent, which I expect these elements, Madam Speaker, all of of the most important debates in Con- will again be the highest unemploy- these elements that characterized the gress’ history. The great challenges we ment rate in the country. debate led by Congressman James face today are no less deserving of this But believing that Michigan’s stim- Madison 220 years ago have been gradu- kind of debate. ulus package and the way that we are ally hollowed out, leaving us with lit- If we are going to effectively and ap- going to rebuild the State of Michigan tle more than empty, partisan rhetoric. propriately deal with the economic, en- is by opening Gitmo North, I think is a Perhaps most troubling of all is how ergy, health care, environmental, na- terrible idea. I’m the ranking member quickly this has become, and it really tional security and other issues that of the Intelligence Committee. I’ve had saddens me to say this, the new nor- are before us, we must immediately re- the opportunity also to serve as the mal. More than a quarter of this entire verse the very dangerous course on chairman of that committee. And we body has served less than two terms. which we have embarked. get some special insights into who For over 25 percent of the House of Madam Speaker, I urge the Demo- these folks really are and what the im- Representatives, limited debate and cratic leadership to restore delibera- pact of having these people in your bills written in the dead of night ap- tion in this body. This body is known community may be. I have no doubt that we can move pear to be standard operating proce- as the greatest deliberative body these folks into a prison in Michigan. dure. A closed appropriations process is known to man; and, sadly, we are los- We can move them into a maximum se- just the normal way of doing business. ing that. I urge my colleagues on both curity perhaps anywhere around the Rancorous debate and demagoguery is sides of the aisle to once again engage country. There’s no doubt in my mind simply the way we operate now. in exchanges characterized by what If we do not urgently consider our that we could probably contain them Madison described as the ‘‘principles of and hold them and they wouldn’t es- history and our traditions as an insti- amity and moderation,’’ to once again cape. But there is a reason that they tution, if we do not make an effort to act the part, act the part as Madison are in Guantanamo. come together very soon and work to said on June 8, 1789, act the part of Guantanamo is a difficult place to restore civility and open debate, these wise and liberal men. get to. We have constructed a facility traditions will be lost forever. We must do this, Madam Speaker, if specifically to match the needs and the Of course there will always be signifi- we are going to successfully address challenges of the prisoners that are cant divergence of opinions. We were the great challenges of our day. held in Guantanamo. And those facili- meant to have a great clash of ideas f ties don’t exist in other parts of the here in the Congress. Our Founders country. very intentionally designed a system in ISSUES IMPORTANT TO AMERICANS The other reason that we have them which we would hold ourselves ac- there is we recognize that by the very countable by this very divergence. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. fact of putting them in the United Benjamin Franklin wrote very fa- KIRKPATRICK of Arizona). Under the States and putting them into a com- mously in 1789, ‘‘A plural legislature is Speaker’s announced policy of January munity, they present an increased as necessary to good government as a 6, 2009, the gentleman from Michigan threat to those communities, to the single executive. It is not enough that (Mr. HOEKSTRA) is recognized for 60 people that work in those facilities, your legislature should be numerous; it minutes. and to the region itself. should also be divided.’’ Franklin went Mr. HOEKSTRA. I thank the Speaker This is a really bad idea. To my col- on to say, ‘‘Numbers alone are not a for the opportunity to talk about leagues from the Michigan delegation, sufficient barrier against the impulses issues that I think are not only impor- let’s not do this. Let’s not promote of passion, the combination of interest, tant to my congressional district, are this. Let’s make sure that we keep the intrigues of faction, the haste of not only important to the State of Guantanamo open, and let’s make sure folly, or the spirit of encroachment. Michigan, but are also important to that we don’t move these people to One division should watch over and the people of the country. Michigan, and let’s make sure that we control the other, supply its wants, I was struck this morning when one don’t move them to other parts of the correct its blunders, and cross its de- of the first newspapers that I saw said: United States. Keep them in Gitmo and signs, should they be criminal or erro- ‘‘Democrats Out of Sync.’’ I didn’t read let’s make sure that we deal with this neous.’’ the article because what really caught threat in the most appropriate way. Madam Speaker, we certainly have my attention was the headline at the I also found it interesting that as we seen a great deal in recent weeks of the bottom that said: ‘‘Michigan Law- talk about economic development—you haste of folly and spirit of encroach- makers look to Gitmo for Stimulus.’’ know, we’ve got a model for economic ment that Franklin spoke of. development. We did it in the 1990s. We b 1615 When debate is stifled, these checks did it with a Republican Congress, and and balances that the Founders envis- Now this is a story that has been out we did it with a Democrat President. It aged are drastically diminished, and there now for a couple of months, but began in January of 1995. the result is both a poisonous atmos- it looks like my colleagues on the It was relatively straightforward. We phere and, sadly, reckless public pol- other side of the aisle again believe are going to cut taxes, we are going to icy. In fact, the latter inevitably fol- that the stimulus package for the reform government, and we are going lows the former. A bad process begets State of Michigan should be moving to freeze spending. bad legislation. And the respect, civil- the people from Guantanamo—the rad- The end result is that during the ity and comity that used to govern this ical jihadists, the individuals who are 1990s we saw unprecedented economic body are destroyed in the process. identified as being members of al growth, and we balanced the budget for Madam Speaker, my fear is that irre- Qaeda, some of whom have been identi- 4 years in a row. I wish that my col- versible damage has already been done. fied as members of al Qaeda—and say- leagues here from Michigan and my

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It appears that right now we tage and strengthen our economy and Because instead of cutting taxes, re- just can’t build them in the State of will benefit our kids and our grandkids, forming government, and freezing Michigan because we have put up too rather than spending it on projects spending, what we are doing in Michi- many barriers to job creation in the that don’t have much of a long-term gan today is we are increasing business State of Michigan. benefit. costs by piling on more mandates, and We’re also doing some of that same What are some of the things that there’s no plan to create jobs. thing here in Washington that some- we’re going to be building in Michigan They want to raise the minimum time in the future may force those with our stimulus dollars? $500,000 to wage to perhaps the highest minimum types of jobs offshore. renovate a facility which may house wage in the country. They want to put What kind of things am I talking yoga or children’s movement classes. more mandates on businesses in Michi- about? Well, if the model is to freeze $6.9 million to put in 29 intelligent gan. And we will end up with the most spending and to cut taxes, what are we transportation system signs in four mandates on our businesses for any one doing in Washington, D.C.? Well, we’re west Michigan counties. I’m assuming State save one, which is California. spending. We’re spending much more that these big electronic signs will be Right now, I don’t think Michigan than we have ever spent before. put up to warn the motorists about the really wants to go down the path of When President Clinton came into of- potholes that are ahead because we’re California. We’ve seen what California fice and we were in a recession, he pro- building signs instead of repairing the looks like. posed, I believe, an economic stimulus roads. If you want to take a look at the of around $25 billion to $40 billion, pri- We’re going to be spending $983,000 State of Michigan, this is my State. marily on infrastructure. When this dollars for streetscaping. We’re going The counties that are in pink have an President came into office, he too pro- to be spending $1.3 million for con- unemployment rate of between 10 and posed a stimulus package. $787 billion. struction of a wastewater treatment 15 percent. The darker purple, that is $787 billion, which is starting to slowly plant for which there may be no plan 15 to 20 percent. And we now have two work its way through the system but is and little community support. counties now where the unemployment having very, very little impact because Of course, every time, whether you’re rate is over 20 percent. More than one of the types of things that it is being in Michigan or in some other State out of every five workers. used for. It’s not being used signifi- around the country, you’re going to see And the response from the other side cantly for long-term infrastructure in- these wonderful signs that say: This of the aisle and from Democrats in the vestment. project was brought to you by the State of Michigan is to open Guanta- If you were looking at the State of stimulus package. namo North, put more mandates on Michigan, where could we be building These signs cost anywhere from $300 businesses, and provide no incentives or what could we be building, and what to $1,000 apiece. They don’t fill one pot- for economic growth in the State of could we be using those dollars for? For hole, they don’t pave 1 increment of Michigan. Michigan is a whole lot better than real stimulus, meaning we would be road. Yet, we’re spending on those to that. We could cut taxes, we could re- building infrastructure that our kids remind you that your money that came form government programs, and we would benefit from. to Washington, D.C.—actually, the We need a new train tunnel between could freeze spending, and we could be- money that Washington, D.C., is bor- come a model and an engine for eco- Windsor and Detroit. Sounds like a rowing for the stimulus package, you nomic growth. Michigan has tremen- good idea to build that tunnel with ought to thank us for borrowing this dous strengths that we could build off stimulus dollars. It is a long-term in- money, so we put up the sign to remind of. vestment. Right now, Detroit and you where it came from. Sure, there’s a lot of focus as to ex- Michigan, we are the main link be- But we don’t say: This road or this actly what’s happening with the auto- tween Ontario and the United States. project is brought to you by your kids mobile industry today, but think about That traffic comes through the State and your grandkids. We seem to think the people that have lost their jobs in of Michigan. Goes through that tunnel that it’s brought to you by your Con- the automotive industry—the skills, that we currently have. gress, and you should be thankful for the talents that they have that can be The problem is, if you take a look at the stuff that we’ve done. applied to other industries and other the trains coming through, the trains We’ve just approached and gone over opportunities. It’s happening each and coming through the tunnel, they’re a trillion dollars of deficit spending for every day. stacked too high with the containers. this fiscal year—and the fiscal year I have a situation in my congres- They get to the tunnel, they’ve got to doesn’t end until September 30. So sional district right now where the peo- take the top one off, set it aside, take we’ve still got July, August, and Sep- ple coming out of the automotive in- the train through, put the container on tember to go, and there are many that dustry have developed some very inno- another carrier, take it underneath the are saying the deficit for this fiscal vative products for alternative energy. river. When they get to the other side year will probably exceed $1.5 trillion. They have been ideated in Michigan— of the river, they put the container That is something that our kids will the ideas came out of Michigan. They back on. not be thankful for, and it’s something have been created, they have been engi- It’s not a very efficient way to move that they will carry long into their fu- neered, and developed in the State of goods from Canada into the United ture. Michigan. States. We need a new train tunnel. But in addition to that kind of spend- A relatively small number of jobs, Build a new train tunnel that will ac- ing—again, if the model is cut taxes, but as this particular product is now commodate a double-decker to make freeze spending, and reform govern- moving into production, which is where sure that Michigan and the Midwest ment, where are we headed today in the real jobs are and where Michigan stay competitive, because we have got Washington, D.C., in regards to cutting has a tremendous number of strengths an efficient transportation corridor. taxes? We are not going to cut taxes. in terms of manufacturing skills and We need a new bridge between De- We are actually going to increase taxes manufacturing facility, it appears that troit and Windsor. Build a new bridge. on the American people. those jobs will go to some other State. It will last a long time. We have a lot It is estimated by some accounts Not some other country. They’re not of minerals that we take out of the UP, that the cap-and-trade, the cap-and-tax going offshore. They will go to some that we take out of Minnesota, that go bill that we passed through this Cham- other State that has created a more in- through Lake Superior and go down to ber a few weeks ago is going to cost the viting environment for job creation the lower Great Lakes. We need a new average American family about $3,100 and business investment than the Soo Lock. per year. State of Michigan, even though we If we’re worried about stimulus, and Now you may not see this as a tax have got all of those manufacturing we’re going to have Federal stimulus bill that you will have to write a check skills and all of those talented manu- dollars being spent, let’s use it on to the Federal Government for, but facturing people. things that make a real difference and what you will see in it is increased cost

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I don’t model in place because rather than cut- b 1630 know if this chart is right, but we had ting taxes, we are going to be increas- It will also make it more difficult for some really bright people come to- ing taxes. Whether it’s in cap-and- American businesses to compete, to in- gether and read the thousand pages of trade, whether it’s in health care or vest and to grow our economy. Again, rules and regulations of the new health whether it is allowing many of the tax in Michigan we are a heavy manufac- care bill. As they read it, they tried to cuts that were implemented in the pre- turing State. What does cap-and-trade put an organizational structure to it to vious administration to expire, we are do to the State of Michigan? What does say, Here’s how it’s going to work. This going to grow taxes rather than re- it do to the Midwest? It hammers the is the process, and these are the dif- forming government. We are going to Midwest. We have a lot of coal-fired ferent kinds of organizations that are grow government. And rather than plants. They do have carbon emissions. going to be necessary or are identified freezing spending, we are going to in- They will be heavily taxed, heavily by name in the legislation. This is it. crease spending. We’re going in exactly regulated; and the cost of producing At least this is what they thought it the wrong direction for economic energy out of those plants will increase looked like, as they put the pieces to- growth. The model that you are seeing significantly. I’ve got a lot of foundries gether and how the different pieces of here in Washington—and I remember a in my district. What do foundries do? this related to each other. This is the couple of months after the election, They melt steel. They melt aluminum. organization that will stand between President-elect Obama was sitting at a They pour them in a mold. They wait my constituents and their doctors. conference in Chicago and had a lot of for them to cool. They take the mold This is the organization that will say, his economic advisers and a lot of his out, and you’ve got a piece of metal If you’re sick and you want to go to a future cabinet with him. They were that has been molded and shaped and doctor or you want to go to a hospital, talking about what to do with the then will be machined. It will become this is the organization that will decide economy. I saw that the governor of part of a car, or it will become part of whether that is permissible and then Michigan was sitting next to the Presi- another product. That consumes a tre- what the doctor may or may not be dent. I thought part of the reason for mendous amount of energy. What do able to do. At least this is our under- this would be for the President to learn we think will happen to that business standing. But the franking board, the from our governor about some of the if cap-and-trade becomes the law of the organization that determines whether things that we had tried in Michigan land and that business sees its energy we can make copies of this and send that clearly hadn’t worked. That in- costs go up by 50 to 70 percent? Re- this out to our constituents, has de- creasing taxes had not grown Michi- member, this is a large input cost to cided that this is inappropriate to send gan’s economy, that it had been detri- this business. It’s a cost of production. to our constituents because they say mental to our economy; that more reg- They will start looking for alter- it’s inaccurate. So now the Democrats ulations and more bureaucracy had natives. And where will those alter- here in the House are starting to con- been detrimental to our economy; that natives be? Will they be someplace else trol what Members of Congress can increasing the size and the scope of in the United States? Probably not be- send back to their constituents when Michigan’s government had been bad cause these facilities and the similar their constituents ask for information. for our economy and bad for job cre- facilities in the United States will all The interesting thing is, as we talk ation; that the President would be able be experiencing these kinds of cost in- about this, we may ask and say, Well, to understand that and say, Maybe we creases. Where will they begin looking? if this chart isn’t right, could you lay ought to take a different look at what They will begin looking in places like out for us the chart that is more accu- we’re going to be doing in Washington. China. They will begin looking in rate and the chart that you would use But he has followed the same formula places like India and Mexico, the coun- to explain to your constituents exactly of increasing taxes, forgetting to re- tries that do not have these types of how this process would work? We are form government and increasing spend- regulatory burdens placed on them. So still waiting for that chart. ing. In each of these cases, as we move again, it is an indirect tax on jobs and The other thing that we found out through that direction, as we move businesses; and the result will be that that was kind of interesting is that it down that path, when we grow taxes, more and more counties in my State appears that the Speaker’s Office has who gets more control of America’s fu- and more and more counties around determined that it is inappropriate to ture, and who loses freedom? When we the country will start changing these say ‘‘government-run health care.’’ So grow taxes, it means that America’s pink counties from being pink to being even though we’re putting an organiza- families, America’s individuals and purple, meaning that the unemploy- tion in place like this to manage the America’s businesses, they lose con- ment rate is going to continue to in- health care system in America, some- trol, and they lose freedom. When we crease. We see it both at the State thing that the Congressional Budget grow government, when we put this level and at the Federal level. Office says will add about $1 trillion to system between you and your doctor, The model that my counterparts on our debt over the next 10 years, even who gets control and who loses free- the other side are using to—in their be- though we’re creating all of these dif- dom? This system guarantees that con- lief—grow the economy is to increase ferent agencies, it is inappropriate to trol moves to the Federal Government. taxes, to grow spending and, really, to tell our constituents that this is gov- Who loses freedom? America’s families, reform nothing. I’ll give you one exam- ernment-run health care and that we America’s individuals, and America’s ple of where we’re not seeing a lot of cannot use those words to describe this businesses. effective reform. There’s a couple of system to our constituents. So rather So when we grow taxes, who loses things that you ought to know about than reforming government, what we freedom? The American people do. this chart. Number one, the Speaker of are doing is we are growing govern- When we grow government, who loses the House and counterparts on the ment. We are growing this bureaucracy freedom and who gains control? Amer- other side have said, This chart is un- in health care. We are also growing ica’s people lose freedom. The govern- approved for public use. Actually, it’s this bureaucracy in the energy area. So ment gains control. When we grow unapproved for us to send to our con- we are seeing a massive expansion of spending, who gets control? The Fed- stituents under the franking process. the role of government and an erosion eral Government. Who loses freedom? So if someone calls my office, and they of freedom for American citizens The American people. Which means say, Congressman HOEKSTRA, we’d like today. The model is, cut taxes, reform that a lot of this debate now in Wash- a better understanding of how this new government and freeze spending. ington, D.C., is about control and it is health care proposal is going to work Whether you are in the State of Michi- about freedom.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE H8804 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 24, 2009 Let me give you a couple of exam- Committee and had the opportunity to good school’’ or a ‘‘school in need of ples. This week the President an- have oversight over the Department of improvement.’’ What do they call it? nounced a new education program, $4 Education, I always had a great time. They call it a ‘‘failing school.’’ billion, one more education program. Me and a colleague, we would walk You have the Department of Edu- We counted all the education programs over to the Department of Education. cation telling you whether your school that were out there a few years ago, We would just walk in. We’d walk into is a good school or a failing school. and we came up with a number of 659 some offices, and people would look at They’ll tell you the same thing about different education programs, and now us and say, Who are you? And we would your teachers. We put in all kinds of we’ve got one more. In other parts of say, ‘‘Well, I am Congressman Hoek- mandates. And I spend a lot of time this education bill, I agree with the stra, and this is Congressman Schaffer, going through these schools and talk- themes and the objectives. It says, and we’re here to help.’’ To help, we’d ing to these different classrooms, and We’ve got to open up our education really like to understand what you do after we passed No Child Left Behind, I system to more K–12 systems and to and how you help my kids in my local started going back to some of the more charter schools. It’s kind of like, schools. So you kind of say, This is my schools that I had been at, and they’d Yes, I like charter schools. I think they congressional district. Here is bring in the kids and the government work. But then this is how the Federal Ludington, Michigan, and I am very teacher would come in. Government’s saying, If you want a concerned about what is happening And I said, Well, what happened to Mr. Smith? Well, Mr. Smith wasn’t a piece of the action, if you want some of with the schools in Detroit. There are highly qualified teacher. He didn’t this $4 billion, these are the things some rural school districts up here. meet the requirements that some bu- that you’re going to have to do to com- But this is my congressional district. pete for those $4 billion. Charter reaucrat in Washington said you need- Can you tell me if there’s anybody schools may be appropriate for Michi- ed to have to teach government under from Ludington, Michigan, that works gan; but they may not be appropriate No Child Left Behind, so he retired or here in the Department of Education for another State. So why’s the Federal he or she is not teaching government who might understand the needs of Government saying that with charter anymore. And I said, Wow, I didn’t Ludington, Michigan? What about schools, that is now the way it’s going know that they didn’t have necessarily to be nationally, and we’re going to Pentwater? What about Muskegon? all the class background. They’ve got a take your money to incent you to do What about Holland? What about Zee- teaching degree and all of those types things that the Federal Government land? What about Jenison? I couldn’t of things. wants to you do? Who loses control, find anybody from west Michigan at But these persons, really, when I had and who loses freedom? The Federal the Department of Education. Then been there before, they appeared to Government gets control, using your you’d say, Well, if we really don’t have have a genuine passion for the kids. money to bribe you to do things they anybody there from west Michigan—it They understood the subject matter. want you to do that may or may not be was even hard to find people from They must have found out about it appropriate for your State or your Michigan. As we went through, we some way, and they appeared to be community. Who loses control? Local would say, Do you guys know where doing a really good job with the kids schools, local families and the States. these towns are? Do you know the dif- when I was there. But now what you Of course the most massive expan- ferences in the needs of schools in find out is that because they didn’t sion and best example of this in edu- Ludington versus the kids and the check every box on a form that came cation is the passage of No Child Left challenges and the opportunities that out of Washington, D.C., they no longer Behind in 2001. The goal is a goal that we have in Baldwin or Cadillac or Spar- could teach the subject that they I think every American agrees with, no ta? Do you understand that? These are loved, and perhaps they had taught for child left behind. Every child is a just names to them. They’re just little 10 or 15 years. unique gift to us. It’s our responsi- pushpins on a map to these folks. They Control came to Washington, D.C., bility. As a parent, it’s my responsi- don’t know the differences and the and parents and local school boards bility to try to do everything that I unique characteristics of each of these lost the freedom to run their schools can to raise up that child and to make communities. Then you would ask the way that they felt was most appro- sure that that child is given the back- them and say, You know, all of my priate for their kids and would give ground, the values, and the education school districts in the State, they pre- them the best learning. And we now necessary that will enable them to pare a mountain of paperwork that have a school system that, across the have a fruitful and productive life. I they send to this place in Washington, United States, is getting to look a lot want that responsibility as a parent. I to the Department of Education. Can more bureaucratic rather than inno- want the freedom to raise my child. you tell me where this paperwork vating and being creative as we’re mov- What does No Child Left Behind do? No comes in and to what office it goes to? ing forward. Child Left Behind says, we’re going to I’ll give you another example as to b 1645 move responsibility for K–12 education. where States lose freedom. Think We’re not going to move it from a par- They said, Well, you know, not real- about it. Every time you go to your ent and a family to the local school ly. Who reads this stuff? And does any- local gas pump, a good portion, 10 to 15 board, to the State. It says, Man, we’re body ever read it and then send a letter percent of the price that you pay going to grab K–12 education, and we back to the kids at Muskegon or the comes to Washington, D.C. In the his- are going to move it not only from the superintendent at Muskegon Heights tory of the transportation bill, a State local community; but from there, we’re and say, We’ve read your material, like Michigan has gotten, historically going to move it all the way to the De- we’ve analyzed it, and here are some we have gotten 83 cents of the dollar partment of Education. Who gets con- ideas as to how you may improve your back. So for every dollar that we send trol? Who now has control of your local schools? to Washington, D.C., under the high- schools? We send to your local school But at the same time that these folks way trust fund, we have gotten 83 cents about 10 to 12, maybe 15 percent of the in Washington really don’t understand back. That’s not a very good return. It money that they spend every year. The the kids or the communities that they may be one of the reasons we don’t majority of that money is raised at the are managing, they have a tremendous have the greatest roads. State or the local level. But ask your amount of control over what goes on in There are other people around the teachers and ask your superintendents these schools. And how do you know? country who ought to be thanking as to who is controlling what is going Every year now, what does this De- Michigan because Michigan dollars are on in your local school. They’ll tell you partment of Education, in conjunction, paving their roads. But the interesting very clearly and very quickly. They’ll or mandated through the States do? thing is, when this money comes back, say, It’s that bureaucracy in Wash- Think about it. You have a Depart- when the money comes back to Michi- ington, D.C. It’s called the Department ment of Education here in Washington gan, it comes back with a lot of strings of Education. that is dictating the standards that and mandates attached to it saying, When I chaired the Oversight Com- identify whether your school is a good You are going to build these signs that mittee on the Education and Workforce school—and they don’t call it a ‘‘not so may be expensive.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8805 In the northern part of my district, a have the eighth worst road system individuals. That is how we will get few years ago they were going to build based on overall performance in the economic growth; not by raising taxes, a turtle fence along the expressway. It country. not by growing government, and not by goes through a wetlands area maybe a The $400,000 for the turtle fence and increasing spending. mile, mile and a half long, and we the $3.6 million for the rest area we The thing that I wanted to talk a lit- found out about it and said, We are not could have spent on other things and tle bit about is one other area of free- going to build a turtle fence. And so we invested that on the things that we dom. A year and a half ago, a friend of were effective in the delaying of that really need those transportation dol- mine came to me and said, Pete, we turtle fence for about a year. We came lars for, and that is to repair our roads, need to do a constitutional amend- back a year, a year and a half later and to build bypasses, and to build new on ment. I’m very cautious about amend- saw that there was construction going and off ramps so that we can facilitate ing the Constitution. I think that’s on along the road there. And we said, the movement of goods and services something we ought to take very, very Man, they are going to build this turtle throughout our State so that we would seriously. And he said, I’ve got an idea fence. enhance our ability to compete, not that we need to do a parental rights For those people who don’t know only in the United States but on a constitutional amendment. And I said, what a turtle fence is, you don’t need global basis to enhance our transpor- Parental rights? What are we doing to have much of an imagination. A tur- tation system. with parental rights? tle fence is a fence that you put along- Again, when we send that money to The parental rights constitutional side the highway to make sure that Washington, when we send that dollar amendment is very simple. It is less turtles don’t cross the road. And that’s to Washington, Washington gets con- than 50 words, and it basically says really good for the turtles, except when trol, and Washington uses its control that parents have the right to raise and you build the turtle fence and you by saying, Michigan, you’re sending a educate their kids or lead in the direc- build it along the river so a turtle can’t buck here, and we’re only going to send tion of raising and educating their sneak into the river, swim under the you, over the life of the program, we kids. The government has the responsi- bridge and then get into the median by have only sent you 83 cents back. bility to step in if there are cases of getting up on the bank there. They put We’ve got that improved now. I think abuse or neglect with the children, and the turtle fence there so all they can this year we’re going to get 93 cents the third part is that this constitu- do is get in the river, swim under both back. Still it’s not good enough. tional amendment takes precedence bridges and then get up on the other But Washington says, We’re going to over any treaty. side of the other fence. For the turtles exercise control by taking some of You ask, Well, why would we need to that are on the outside of the fence, your money and siphoning it off and do that? We understand that, and it is they are really thrilled about this giving it to other States, and then clear. That is an implied right in our fence because they can’t get hit by a when you get the money, we’re going Constitution, meaning, if you read the car again. But I have gotten a signifi- to force you to spend that money on Constitution, most people would say, cant number of complaints. The turtles things that you otherwise perhaps Yeah, we understand that to be true, inside of the fence are really unhappy would not have wanted to do. that parents have the right and the re- because the only place that they can And what does Washington, D.C., sponsibility to raise and educate their hang out is in the median or on the what does the Department of Transpor- kids. But what we have found so often roadway, and they can’t get back to tation know about whether we ought to in the last 40 to 50 years is that the the road. be building a turtle fence, a rest area, things we took for granted slowly erod- But the bottom line here is, I talked or investing it in basic infrastructure? ed and changed and got to a point with the Governor about this, and she Those are the decisions that should be where we didn’t expect that it would said, Pete, let’s not get into an argu- made and could be made at the State ever go. ment about the turtle fence. I’m just level. Again, Washington exercising its Fifty or 60 years ago, if people had telling you that the Federal Govern- control, the residents and the citizens said, We need an amendment to protect ment, that money came in a funnel. We of Michigan losing the freedom to set an unborn child, people would have had to use it for road beautification or their own destination and to set their said, People understand that that is a enhancement projects, meaning we had own priorities. life. Obviously, we found out that that to build things like turtle fences. The same thing happens with all is not true. We have moved to a dif- Well, for those of us that live in the kinds of other spending. It comes here ferent place. Twenty or 25 years ago, if State of Michigan, we have a lot of pot- to Washington, D.C., it goes back to someone would have said, we need to holes, and a turtle fence was not a pri- the States, but it comes back with all define ‘‘marriage’’ and put a definition ority for us. But it was $318,000 for the kinds of strings attached to it. of ‘‘marriage’’ into the law or into the turtle fence. Before that, we had spent Michigan’s budget is about a $44 bil- Constitution, people would have said, about $80,000 to $90,000, I believe, doing lion budget. I think it’s roughly two- everybody knows what that is. And we a study as to whether a turtle fence thirds, somewhere between two-thirds have now found out that no, we have was absolutely essential. and three-quarters of that budget broad disagreements as to exactly what In Florida, they have done us one comes back to the State with strings that is. better. They have not only built the attached to it by the Federal Govern- That’s why we are doing this paren- turtle fence, but they have also built ment, and ‘‘strings’’ means control by tal rights amendment, where we under- turtle tunnels. They now have tunnels the Federal Government and it means stand that it is an implied right, that under the roadway so that the turtles a loss of freedom for the people in the parents have the right to raise and edu- can go and get from one side of the State of Michigan. cate their kids. But what we are now road to the other side of the road, and There is one other area that is a seeing is that that right is starting to they go through tunnels. I’m not sure very, very different area. Let me just be eroded. It is being eroded by our whether they have built turtle tunnels change focus for a minute here. But be- courts. It is being eroded by what we as well as alligator tunnels, because fore I do that, let me just reinforce, are doing here in Congress and those they don’t want both of them in the what we are talking about here, if we types of things. So what we want to do same tunnel. That, again, is a bad want to get back to economic growth, is take this implied right and make it place for the turtles to be. what we need to do is we need to move an explicit right in the Constitution, In Michigan we have been forced to in a direction of cutting taxes, reform- just like the Bill of Rights, which guar- spend about $400,000 on a turtle fence. ing government, and freezing spending. anteed explicitly what the rights and We also have a rest area. It looked like We need to empower individuals. We privileges were, the right to free a perfectly good rest area to me, but need to empower families and busi- speech, the right to practice religion, we ended up tearing down the rest nesses, the job creators and the movers the right to bear arms and those types area, and we ended up building a new in our economy, and take control away of things. rest area for about $3.6 million. And re- from Washington, D.C. and devolve it The spirit of this amendment is to member that this is the State where we back to States, local governments and explicitly put into the Constitution the

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And that it takes precedence over any trea- veto threat on that bill because of the what we need to be doing is we need to ty? Well, under the U.S. Constitution, language that was in that bill. be looking forward. The threats to loosely interpreted by a marketing guy But the bottom line is that, as we’ve America are real. We need to be fo- and not an attorney, under the Con- gone through this process, and coming cused on containing and defeating the stitution, if the United States signs a out of this briefing where Director Pa- threats that we face as a country treaty, the treaty takes precedence netta had briefed us, some of my col- today, and we need a strong intel- over the Constitution unless it is ex- leagues on the committee have now ligence community and a strong mili- pressly stated in either the treaty or in said, well, we’re going to bring in the tary to make that happen, and we need the Constitution what takes prece- Vice President. We need to bring in to demonstrate to the men and women dence. And right now, moving through Vice President Cheney, and we have to of the intelligence community and in the U.N., and the President has said we investigate a program that was very the armed services that we stand be- ought to ratify this treaty; the Sec- clearly stated yesterday in USA Today. hind them. retary of State has said that it is a dis- They want to investigate a program And sure we recognize that they may grace that we have not yet signed this that they never told Congress about, make mistakes. They will recognize treaty or ratified this treaty. that never happened, meaning they that, and that when they do, they will planned it and they did some work on be held accountable. But when they do b 1700 it, but they never executed the pro- the job that we have asked them to do, And BARBARA BOXER, a colleague in gram. when they do the job that we have the Senate, has said that she is going And so, it’s kind of like, what’s going funded them to do, it is amazing to me to make it a priority of hers to move on here? The program, sure there was that many of the programs that are this through her committee and bring some planning done on it. There might now being criticized that have kept us to the Senate. And this is the treaty on have been some training dollars that safe are the same programs that many the U.N. Convention on the Rights of a were expended on it. Yeah, you’re of the Members of this House knew Child. And if this were ratified by the right; they didn’t brief Congress, but about, they supported them, they fund- United States Senate, it would totally they never did the program. And then ed them, and they asked the intel- USA Today said, you know, and guess change the relationship and set in ligence community to carry them for- what? This was in the immediate after- place a framework to alter the rela- ward and to do them. tionship between a parent and their math of 9/11, and it’s alleged that the They are now criticizing the intel- child, and put the government in a po- program and the deliberations within ligence community for—they are call- tentially critical role in directing the the CIA were about how to disrupt, ing them liars, and they’re saying, we upbringing of our kids. contain, and perhaps, kill the leader- may prosecute you. And the bottom Probably another bureaucracy just ship of al Qaeda. line, as it was pointed out in the USA And you kind of step back and think, like this bureaucracy that is going to Today editorial, is they are destroying you would think that our national se- potentially get between you and your the morale within the intelligence curity apparatus in the months after 9/ doctor, you could very easily envision community. These are people who risk 11, in the years after 9/11, that they this kind of bureaucracy getting be- their lives to keep America safe, and tween you and your children. And would have been considering different ways to contain, disrupt or to kill the they’re saying, this is the thanks that that’s why we’ve done that amend- leaders of al Qaeda. And, in reality, ac- we are getting from America’s elected ment. political leadership for the risks that And finally, let me bring up an issue cording to press reports, much of that has happened over the last 8 years, we have taken and for the results that that we’re working through right now guess what? In many of these cases, the we have gotten. It is just plain wrong in the Intelligence Committee. Earlier American people are very grateful that for us to be doing this to the men and this year, the Speaker of the House in- we’ve disrupted al Qaeda, that they’ve women of the intelligence community. dicated and made a statement along not been able to carry out another at- And, like the USA Today, I think the the lines of, I believe that, loosely stat- tack against the United States. message has to be very simply: Stop. ed, that the CIA lies. They lie all the And according to press reports, in the Stop. There’s not any evidence that time. More recently, the chairman of last few months, one of the top leaders you need to go down the path that the Intelligence Committee has made a of al Qaeda, one of Bin Laden’s sons you’re going down, and all you’re going similar statement, that the CIA lies may have been killed in an attack. But to do is hurt the community that has and lies consistently. Seven members he’s part of the leadership that still kept America safe. America has great of the Intelligence Committee have wants to attack U.S. troops in Afghani- strengths. We’ve got great people in written to the Director of the CIA ask- stan, to kill our troops in Afghanistan the State of Michigan. Yes, we are ing him to retract some statements and, if possible, to attack the United struggling, but Michigan is going to that he made back in May about the States again. come back because we’ve got great peo- CIA and the honorable men and women But it’s just amazing to me that you ple. We’ve got great resources. We have in the CIA and their service and their have the men and women of the CIA got the opportunity to rebuild the intent to always fully brief Congress who have been aggressively going after State, we’ve got the opportunity to re- and to be truthful in their testimony the threats and the enemies of the build this country, but the solutions to Congress. United States, and they’ve done it suc- for rebuilding America and rebuilding And these seven members said that cessfully for 8 years. We haven’t been Michigan are not going to come from he should retract that statement and, attacked again. And the thanks that Washington, D.C. basically, implied that they believe they get now from this administration They are not going to come from that he had now misled the Congress and the leadership of this Congress is Lansing. They are going to come from and the Intelligence Committee. And that they are called liars and they’re Washington, D.C. and Lansing giving remember, this is all Democrats, the called liars repeatedly, and they are up control and giving more freedom Speaker saying, the CIA, this CIA lies, now being threatened by the Attorney back to the people of America, to the now under the direction of Leon Pa- General that they are going to be in- people of Michigan, to let them get netta, a former Democrat Member of vestigated and they may be prosecuted. some of their sovereignty back, let this House. The seven Democratic That’s the wrong way to go. them get some of the freedom back and members of the Intelligence Com- These are all points that were raised to free them from some of the burden- mittee saying that Leon Panetta, a in the editorial yesterday in USA some mandates, rules and regulations.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 02:58 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\H24JY9.REC H24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H8807 We do that by cutting their taxes, by titles in which the concurrence of the House adjourned until Monday, July 27, reforming government, allowing for in- House is requested: 2009, at 12:30 p.m., for morning-hour de- novation and creativity at a grass- S. 151. An act to protect Indian arts and bate. roots level, at a local level and by crafts through the improvement of applica- f freezing spending here in Washington. ble criminal proceedings, and for other pur- I think, with the mad dash that we’ve poses. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, done here in Washington on spending, S. 1513. An act to provide for an additional ETC. we ought to be looking at cutting temporary extension of programs under the Under clause 2 of Rule XXIV, execu- spending here in Washington and Small Business Act and the Small Business tive communications were taken from Investment Act of 1958, and for other pur- the Speaker’s table and referred as fol- shrinking the size of this government poses. and unleashing the potential of Amer- lows: ica’s people and Michigan’s citizens to The message also announced that the 2805. A letter from the Director, Regu- rebuild our State and rebuild this Senate agreed to a concurrent resolu- latory Management Division, Environmental country. Give them the freedom, give tion of the following title: Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- them the freedom to grow their busi- S. Con. Res. 35. Concurrent resolution au- cy’s final rule — S-Abscisic Acid; Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tol- ness, to start a business, to hire a few thorizing printing of the pocket version of the United States Constitution. erance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0189; FRL-8427-3] more people, to try things, the freedom received July 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. to grow a business, the freedom to fail, f 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agri- and the freedom to be successful, the SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED culture. freedom to succeed in a dream that 2806. A letter from the Assistant to the they may have. By unanimous consent, permission to Board, Board of Governors of the Federal Re- Michigan was built on the creativity address the House, following the legis- serve System, transmitting the Board’s final and the innovation and the ingenuity lative program and any special orders rule — Truth in Lending [Regulation Z; heretofore entered, was granted to: Docket No.: R-1364] received July 22, 2009, of a whole range of people over genera- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- tions. Michigan’s future was never (The following Members (at the re- mittee on Financial Services. built or created by a government in quest of Mr. BLUMENAUER) to revise 2807. A letter from the Chief Counsel, De- Lansing or a government in Wash- and extend their remarks and include partment of Homeland Security, transmit- ington, D.C. We need to reform this extraneous material:) ting the Department’s final rule — Changes government here in Washington. We Ms. WOOLSEY, for 5 minutes, today. in Flood Elevation Determinations [Docket need to cut taxes. We need to reform Mr. SALAZAR, for 5 minutes, today. ID: FEMA-2008-0020] received July 16, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- government and we need to reduce Ms. KAPTUR, for 5 minutes, today. mittee on Financial Services. spending. Mr. DEFAZIO, for 5 minutes, today. 2808. A letter from the Chief Counsel, De- And when we start setting up the Mr. BLUMENAUER, for 5 minutes, partment of Homeland Security, transmit- tone here in Washington and start today. ting the Department’s final rule — Suspen- moving that money back, and just (The following Members (at the re- sion of Community Eligibility [Docket ID: think, if we could get 5 or 10 percent ef- quest of Mr. GOHMERT) to revise and ex- FEMA-2008-0020; Internal Agency Docket No. ficiency of the money that goes back to tend their remarks and include extra- FEMA-8079] received July 1, 2009, pursuant to the States, a lot of our States wouldn’t neous material:) 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Fi- be facing the financial challenges that nancial Services. Mr. POE of Texas, for 5 minutes, July 2809. A letter from the Chief Counsel, De- they face today. They’d have more 31. partment of Homeland Security, transmit- money coming in. And if they experi- Mr. JONES, for 5 minutes, July 31. ting the Department’s final rule — Final enced and implemented the same kinds Mr. BURTON of Indiana, for 5 minutes, Flood Elevation Determinations [Docket ID: of practices of cutting taxes, lowering July 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31. FEMA-2008-0020] received July, 1, 2009, pursu- spending and getting rid of burdensome Mr. GOHMERT, for 5 minutes, July 24, ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee government programs, we would see a 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31. on Financial Services. 2810. A letter from the Chief Counsel, De- real rebirth at the local level, at the (The following Member (at his re- individual level, and at the business partment of Homeland Security, transmit- quest) to revise and extend his remarks ting the Department’s final rule — Final level in this country. and include extraneous material:) Flood Elevation Determinations [Docket ID: We’ve done the model before. We Mr. KINGSTON, for 5 minutes, today. FEMA-2008-0020] received July 1, 2009, pursu- didn’t do enough of it in the 1990s. We ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee f need to do it again, and we need to do on Financial Services. more of it because only, you know, dur- SENATE BILL AND CONCURRENT 2811. A letter from the Regulatory Spe- ing the last 8 years and now going into RESOLUTION REFERRED cialist, LRAD, Department of Treasury, the last 9 years, what we’ve been doing transmitting the Department’s final rule — A bill and concurrent resolution of is we’ve been growing this beast in Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Capital Ade- the Senate of the following titles were quacy Guidelines; Capital Maintenance; Cap- Washington. We’ve been taking control ital-Residential Mortgage Loans Modified here in Washington and we’ve been taken from the Speaker’s table and, under the rule, referred as follows: Pursuant to the Making Home Affordable stripping freedom away from people at Program; Correcting Amendment [Docket the local level and moving the control, S. 151. An act to protect Indian arts and ID: OCC-2009-0007] (RIN: 1557-AD25) received moving the freedom that they had and crafts through the improvement of applica- July 20, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ble criminal proceedings, and for other pur- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial been moving the control to Wash- poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- ington, and that’s exactly the wrong Services. sources; in addition, to the Committee on 2812. A letter from the General Counsel, thing to do. the Judiciary for a period to be subsequently Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- National Credit Union Administration, De- determined by the Speaker, in each case for partment of Treasury, transmitting the De- ance of my time. consideration of such provisions as fall with- partment’s final rule — Procedures To En- f in the jurisdiction of the committee con- hance the Accuracy and Integrity of Infor- cerned. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE mation Furnished to Consumer Reporting S. Con. Res. 35. Concurrent resolution au- Agencies Under Section 312 of the Fair and A message from the Senate by Ms. thorizing printing of the pocket version of Accurate Credit Transaction Act (RIN: 3084- Curtis, one of its clerks, announced the United States Constitution; to the Com- AA94) received July 21, 2009, pursuant to 5 that the Senate has passed without mittee on House Administration. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Fi- amendment a bill of the House of the f nancial Services. following title: 2813. A letter from the Director, Regu- ADJOURNMENT latory Management Division, Environmental H.R. 2632. An act to amend title 4, United Mr. HOEKSTRA. Madam Speaker, I Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- States Code, to encourage the display of the cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation flag of the United States on National Korean move that the House do now adjourn. of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State War Veterans Armistice Day. The motion was agreed to; accord- of Hawaii; Update to Materials Incorporated The message also announced that the ingly (at 5 o’clock and 13 minutes by Reference [HI-126-NBK; FRL-8916-9] re- Senate has passed bills of the following p.m.), under its previous order, the ceived July 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.

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A letter from the Program Analyst, trust established for the sole benefit of a dis- latory Management Division, Environmental Department of Transportation, transmitting abled dependent child of a participant in the Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- the Department’s final rule — Standard In- Survivor Benefit Plan; to the Committee on cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation strument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Armed Services. of Implementation Plans; Ohio; Volatile Or- Minimums and Obstacle Departure Proce- By Mr. TANNER (for himself and Mr. ganic Compound Emission Control Measures dures; Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket MCDERMOTT): for Cleveland [EPA-R05-OAR-2008-0812, EPA- No.: 30674 Amdt. No 3328] received July 22, H.R. 3325. A bill to amend title XI of the RO5-OAR-2009-0292; FRL-8932-4] received July 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Social Security Act to reauthorize for 1 year 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Committee on Transportation and Infra- the Work Incentives Planning and Assist- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. structure. ance program and the Protection and Advo- 2815. A letter from the Director, Regu- 2824. A letter from the Program Analyst, cacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security pro- latory Management Division, Environmental Department of Transportation, transmitting gram; to the Committee on Ways and Means. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- the Department’s final rule — Amendment of By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Class E Airspace; Coleman, TX [Docket No.: and Mr. POE of Texas): of Implementation Plans; South Carolina; FAA-2008-1139; Airspace Docket No. 08-ASW- H.R. 3327. A bill to amend title 18, United Transportation Conformity Memorandum of 23] received July 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 States Code, to prevent unjust and irrational Agreement Update [EPA-R04-OAR-2009-0303 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on criminal punishments; to the Committee on a); FRL-8936-2] received July 22, 2009, pursu- Transportation and Infrastructure. the Judiciary. ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 2825. A letter from the Program Analyst, By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, on Energy and Commerce. Department of Transportation, transmitting Mr. STARK, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. JACK- 2816. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media the Department’s final rule — Establishment SON-LEE of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- of Class E Airspace; Kona, HI [Docket No.: HONDA, Mr. CROWLEY, and Mr. FIL- sion, transmitting the Commission’s final FAA-20029-0002; Airspace Docket No. 09-AWP- NER): rule — In the Matter of Amendment of Sec- 1] received July 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. H.R. 3328. A bill to authorize the Gandhi- tion 73.622(i), Final DTV Table of Allot- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing ments, Television Broadcast Stations (St. tation and Infrastructure. on peace and nonviolence in global conflict Paul, Minnesota) [MB Docket No.: 09-71 RM- f resolution, and for other purposes; to the 11533] received July 16, 2009, pursuant to 5 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Committee on Foreign Affairs. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- By Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (for himself, ergy and Commerce. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Mr. STARK, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. JACK- 2817. A letter from the Deputy General Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of SON-LEE of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Com- HONDA, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. FILNER, mission, transmitting the Commission’s committees were delivered to the Clerk and Ms. BERKLEY): final rule — Smart Grid Policy [Docket No.: for printing and reference to the proper H.R. 3329. A bill to eliminate the require- PL09-4-000] received July 20, 2009, pursuant to calendar, as follows: ment that, to be eligible for foster care 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Mr. RAHALL: Committee on Natural Re- maintenance payments, a child would have Energy and Commerce. sources. H.R. 1121. A bill to authorize a land been eligible for aid under the former pro- 2818. A letter from the Program Analyst, exchange to acquire lands for the Blue Ridge gram of Aid to Families with Dependent Department of Transportation, transmitting Parkway from the Town of Blowing Rock, Children at the time of removal from the the Department’s final rule — Drug and Al- North Carolina, and for other purposes; with home; to the Committee on Ways and Means. cohol Testing Program; Technical Amend- an amendment (Rept. 111–227). Referred to By Mr. DRIEHAUS (for himself, Mr. ment [Docket No.: FAA-2008-0937; Amend- the Committee of the Whole House on the MOORE of Kansas, Mrs. BIGGERT, and ment No. 91-308] (RIN: 2120-AJ37) received State of the Union. Mr. LEE of New York): July 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Mr. RAHALL: Committee on Natural Re- H.R. 3330. A bill to amend the Federal De- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- sources. H.R. 1080. A bill to strengthen en- posit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit tation and Infrastructure. forcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unre- Union Act to provide more effective reviews 2819. A letter from the Program Analyst, ported, and unregulated fishing, and for of losses in the Deposit Insurance Fund and Department of Transportation, transmitting other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. the Share Insurance Fund by the Inspectors the Department’s final rule — Revisions to 111–228). Referred to the Committee of the General of the several Federal banking agen- Digital Flight Data Recorder Regulations for Whole House on the State of the Union. Boeing 737 Airplanes and for All Part 125 Air- Mr. RAHALL: Committee on Natural Re- cies and the National Credit Union Adminis- planes [Docket No.: FAA-1999-6482; Amend- sources. H.R. 1376. A bill to authorize the tration Board, and for other purposes; to the ment No. 121-346] (RIN: 2120-AG87) received Secretary of the Interior to establish the Committee on Financial Services. July 22, 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Waco Mammoth National Monument in the By Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia (for 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- State of Texas; with an amendment (Rept. himself and Mr. GOODLATTE): tation and Infrastructure. 111–229). Referred to the Committee of the H.R. 3331. A bill to amend title 10, United 2820. A letter from the Program Analyst, Whole House on the State of the Union. States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Department of Transportation, transmitting Mr. MURTHA: Committee on Appropria- Defense to make grants to recognized science the Department’s final rule — Revisions to tions. H.R. 3326. A bill making appropria- and technology secondary schools to support Cockpit Voice Recorder and Digital Flight tions for the Department of Defense for the research and development projects at such Data Recorder Regulations [Docket No.: fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for schools in science, mathematics, engineer- FAA-2005-20245; Amendment No. 23-58, 25-124, other purposes (Rept. 111–230). Referred to ing, and technology to supplement the na- 27-43, 29-50, 91-300, 121-338, 125-54, 129-45, and the Committee of the Whole House on the tional security functions of the Department 135-113] (RIN: 2120-AH88) received July 22, State of the Union. of Defense; to the Committee on Armed 2009, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts: Committee Services. Committee on Transportation and Infra- on Financial Services. House Resolution 591. By Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia (for structure. Resolution requesting that the President himself and Mr. LANCE): 2821. A letter from the Program Analyst, transmit to the House of Representatives all H.R. 3332. A bill to establish the National Department of Transportation, transmitting information in his possession relating to cer- Commission on Intergovernmental Relations the Department’s final rule — tain specific communications with and fi- to facilitate the fullest cooperation and co- Anthropomorphic Test Devices; SID-IIs Side nancial assistance provided to General Mo- ordination between all levels of government; Impact Crash Test Dummy; 5th Percentile tors Corporation and Chrysler LLC; with an to the Committee on Oversight and Govern- Adult Female [Docket No.: NHTSA-2009-0002] amendment (Rept. 111–231). Referred to the ment Reform. (RIN: 2127-AK26) received July 22, 2009, pur- House Calendar. By Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself, Mr. FARR, Mr. PUTNAM, and Ms. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- f mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- BERKLEY): ture. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 3333. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- 2822. A letter from the Program Analyst, Under clause 2 of rule XII, public enue Code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in Department of Transportation, transmitting the deductible portion of expenses for busi- the Department’s final rule — Federal Motor bills and resolutions of the following ness meals and entertainment; to the Com- Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Final titles were introduced and severally re- mittee on Ways and Means. Listing of 2010 Light Duty Truck Lines Sub- ferred, as follows: By Mr. COHEN: ject to the Requirements of This Standard By Mr. CANTOR (for himself and Mr. H.R. 3334. A bill to amend the Public and Exempted Vehicle Lines for Model Year WITTMAN): Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of 2010 [Docket No.: NHTSA-2009-0061] (RIN: H.R. 3324. A bill to amend title 10, United Health and Human Services, acting through 2127-AK47) received July 22, 2009, pursuant to States Code, to provide for the payment of the Center for Health Statistics, to allocate

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such sums as may be necessary for the col- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- REICHERT, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GRAY- lection of statistics from enhanced birth cer- risdiction of the committee concerned. SON, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. tificates; to the Committee on Energy and By Mr. LATTA (for himself, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. BISHOP of New Commerce. BILBRAY, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. York, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. PERLMUTTER, and Mr. CAO): NADLER of New York, Mr. GRAYSON, BOOZMAN, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, H. Res. 679. A resolution supporting the Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. STARK, Ms. WA- Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. CAO, Mr. NUNES, goals and ideals of American Legion Day; to TERS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GINGREY of Geor- the Committee on Oversight and Govern- DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FRANK of Mas- gia, Mr. WOLF, Mr. BURTON of Indi- ment Reform. sachusetts, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. JACK- ana, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. f SON-LEE of Texas, Ms. KILPATRICK of ISSA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. Kentucky, Mr. MCCARTHY of Cali- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS RANGEL, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. fornia, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. FUDGE, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors COHEN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, CHAFFETZ, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. were added to public bills and resolu- Ms. CLARKE, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SCALISE, Mrs. tions as follows: SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, MYRICK, Mr. CONAWAY, and Mrs. H.R. 39: Mr. SESTAK, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. CON- Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. HASTINGS BLACKBURN): YERS, and Ms. MCCOLLUM. of Florida, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, H.R. 3341. A bill to require the Secretary of H.R. 42: Mr. PIERLUISI. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mr. the Treasury to mint coins in commemora- H.R. 175: Mr. WEXLER. HONDA): tion of Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th H.R. 211: Mr. BOYD and Mr. LEWIS of Geor- H.R. 3335. A bill to secure the Federal vot- President of the United States; to the Com- gia. ing rights of persons who have been released mittee on Financial Services. H.R. 235: Mr. GRIFFITH. from incarceration; to the Committee on the ´ By Mr. LUJAN: H.R. 433: Mr. MINNICK. Judiciary. H.R. 3342. A bill to authorize the Secretary H.R. 521: Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. By Mr. COURTNEY (for himself, Mr. of the Interior, acting through the Commis- H.R. 555: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. ROSS, Mr. HARE, Mr. YOUNG of Alas- sioner of Reclamation, to develop water in- H.R. 571: Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. ka, Mr. WALZ, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. frastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to H.R. 621: Ms. TSONGAS and Ms. WOOLSEY. COHEN, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, approve the settlement of the water rights H.R. 658: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, Texas and Mr. KUCINICH. gia, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. HIN- San Ildefonso, and Tesuque; to the Com- H.R. 690: Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. HELLER, and CHEY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. mittee on Natural Resources. Mrs. SCHMIDT. MASSA, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. GIFFORDS, By Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. KIL- H.R. 699: Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan. Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, and Mr. DEE, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia): H.R. 775: Mr. LYNCH, Mr. OLSON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey): H.R. 3343. A bill to amend title V of the El- CHAFFETZ, Mrs. HALVORSON, Mr. ANDREWS, H.R. 3336. A bill to amend title 10, United ementary and Secondary Education Act of Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. SIRES, Mr. States Code, to lift restrictions on the avail- 1965 to encourage and support parent, family, JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. POSEY, and Mr. ability of certain enlistment, reenlistment, and community involvement in schools, to YOUNG of Florida. and student loan benefits for military tech- provide needed integrated services and com- H.R. 836: Mr. CARNEY. nicians, when membership in a reserve com- prehensive supports to children, and to en- H.R. 913: Mr. WEXLER. ponent is a condition of the military techni- sure that schools are centers of commu- H.R. 916: Mr. KENNEDY and Ms. ROYBAL-AL- cian’s employment and to repeal the prohibi- nities, for the ultimate goal of assisting stu- LARD. tion in title 32, United States Code, against dents to stay in school, become successful H.R. 948: Mr. KIND. overtime pay for National Guard techni- learners, and improve academic achieve- H.R. 1103: Mr. ROSKAM. cians; to the Committee on Armed Services. ment; to the Committee on Education and H.R. 1176: Mr. AUSTRIA. By Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. Labor. H.R. 1177: Mr. KRATOVIL. SABLAN, Mr. KISSELL, Ms. By Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey: H.R. 1179: Mr. FORTENBERRY. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. H.R. 3344. A bill to provide for the reliqui- H.R. 1215: Mr. FATTAH, Mr. NADLER of New MASSA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. BLUMENAUER, dation of certain entries of chlorinated York, and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. isocyanurates; to the Committee on Ways H.R. 1245: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. MCGOVERN, Mr. FILNER, and Mr. and Means. H.R. 1269: Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. GRAYSON): By Mr. ALEXANDER: H.R. 3337. A bill to amend title 38, United H. Con. Res. 169. Concurrent resolution ex- H.R. 1300: Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. States Code, to provide for the use of entitle- pressing a sense of Congress that a govern- H.R. 1392: Mr. SCHIFF and Mr. LOBIONDO. ment under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational ment-defined or public option insurance plan H.R. 1425: Mr. BERMAN. Assistance Program for the pursuit of ap- should not be used to fund abortion and tax- H.R. 1441: Mr. LOBIONDO and Mr. PAULSEN. prenticeships and on-job training; to the payer-funds should not be used to provide H.R. 1454: Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. abortion under a benefit package within any H.R. 1458: Mr. MILLER of North Carolina By Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland (for health care reform package; to the Com- and Mr. TIERNEY. herself, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MORAN mittee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 1466: Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. of Virginia, Mr. CONNOLLY of Vir- By Mr. BURGESS: H.R. 1470: Mr. YOUNG of Florida. ginia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. WOLF, and H. Res. 676. A resolution congratulating H.R. 1499: Mr. KIND and Mr. HODES. Mr. HOYER): the American Motorcyclist Association on H.R. 1521: Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. FRELING- H.R. 3338. A bill to authorize the Secretary its 85th Anniversary; to the Committee on HUYSEN, and Mr. MINNICK. of Transportation to establish national safe- Oversight and Government Reform. H.R. 1523: Mr. CONYERS and Ms. RICHARD- ty standards for transit agencies operating By Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. SON. heavy rail on fixed guideway; to the Com- ROYCE, and Ms. JACKSON-LEE of H.R. 1570: Mr. YOUNG of Florida. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- Texas): H.R. 1608: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Ms. MOORE of ture. H. Res. 677. A resolution extending best Wisconsin, Ms. SLAUGHTER, MS. WATSON, Ms. By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and wishes to the people of India as they cele- LEE of California, and Mr. ELLISON. Mrs. LUMMIS): brate the 62nd anniversary of India’s inde- H.R. 1618: Mr. ELLSWORTH and Mr. PETERS. H.R. 3339. A bill to reauthorize the Federal pendence from the British Empire; to the H.R. 1646: Mr. MILLER of North Carolina. Land Transaction Facilitation Act, and for Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 1670: Mrs. DAHLKEMPER. other purposes; to the Committee on Natural By Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for H.R. 1686: Ms. MCCOLLUM. Resources. herself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and H.R. 1695: Mr. ADLER of New Jersey. By Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois (for him- Mr. MCDERMOTT): H.R. 1740: Mr. BAIRD and Mr. SCALISE. self, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. PATRICK J. H. Res. 678. A resolution extending best H.R. 1790: Mr. WEXLER. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. wishes to the people of the Islamic Republic H.R. 1802: Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. LATHAM): of Pakistan as they celebrate the 62nd anni- H.R. 1826: Mr. ORTIZ. H.R. 3340. A bill to establish a Medicare versary of Pakistan’s independence from the H.R. 1898: Mr. HOLT. Chronic Care Rapid Learning Network to de- British Empire; to the Committee on For- H.R. 1993: Mr. MCMAHON. velop and apply improved practices in care eign Affairs. H.R. 2016: Mr. WEXLER and Mr. COHEN. management for Medicare beneficiaries with By Mrs. HALVORSON (for herself, Mr. H.R. 2017: Mr. MINNICK and Ms. FALLIN. multiple chronic conditions; to the Com- RODRIGUEZ, Mr. LANCE, Mr. TEAGUE, H.R. 2030: Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, and mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. Ms. HIRONO. dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, ALEXANDER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, H.R. 2035: Mr. KISSELL. for a period to be subsequently determined Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, H.R. 2054: Mr. WELCH and Mr. GRAYSON. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. H.R. 2060: Mr. WEXLER.

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H.R. 2070: Mr. CARNEY. H.R. 3206: Mr. DEFAZIO. H. Res. 671: Mr. SCALISE, Mr. JONES, Mr. H.R. 2112: Mrs. CAPPS. H.R. 3212: Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. TIBERI, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. SOUDER. H.R. 2119: Mr. YOUNG of Florida. H.R. 3217: Mr. SOUDER. f H.R. 2139: Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. H.R. 3218: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska and Mr. TERRY, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. SOUDER. DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM SESTAK, Mr. HIMES, Mr. MILLER of North H.R. 3226: Mr. LUCAS and Mr. SAM JOHNSON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Carolina, and Mr. WALZ. of Texas. H.R. 2190: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. H.R. 3227: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina and Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 2194: Mr. YOUNG of Florida, Mr. Mr. WEXLER. were deleted from public bills and reso- WEINER, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, and Mrs. H.R. 3238: Mr. WEXLER. lutions as follows: BACHMANN. H.R. 3242: Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland and H.R. 2469: Mr. LATTA, Mr. BROUN of Geor- H.R. 2213: Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey. Ms. BORDALLO. gia, Ms. FOXX, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. H.R. 2214: Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. H.R. 3250: Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. MCHUGH and SHADEGG, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mrs. H.R. 2215: Mr. CAMP. Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. SCHMIDT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. PENCE, Mr. CONAWAY, H.R. 2231: Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. H.R. 3266: Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan and Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. FLEMING, and Mr. PITTS. H.R. 2287: Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mrs. Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. CAPITO, and Mr. MARSHALL. H.R. 3289: Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. TIAHRT, and f H.R. 2324: Mr. SHERMAN and Mr. HOLT. Mrs. MYRICK. H.R. 2329: Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. WATT, Mr. H.R. 3294: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN and Ms. DISCHARGE PETITIONS HOEKSTRA, and Mr. SIRES. BORDALLO. Under clause 2 of rule XV, the fol- H.R. 2339: Mr. HONDA. H.R. 3308: Mr. ALEXANDER and Mr. BROWN lowing discharge petition was filed: H.R. 2406: Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. of South Carolina. Petition 5. July 23, 2009, by Mrs. MARSHA H.R. 2408: Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. H.R. 3310: Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BLACKBURN on the bill (H.R. 391), was LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. HARE, SHIMKUS, and Mrs. MYRICK. signed by the following Members: Marsha Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. CAMP, and Mrs. H.R. 3313: Mr. STUPAK. Blackburn, Mike Pence, Wally Herger, Cyn- CAPITO. H.R. 3314: Mr. STUPAK. thia M. Lummis, Lynn A. Westmoreland, H.R. 2452: Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. H. J. Res. 42: Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. ROS- Steve Scalise, Donald A. Manzullo, Michael SHERMAN, and Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of LEHTINEN, and Mr. ADERHOLT. C. Burgess, Aaron Schock, Henry E. Brown, Pennsylvania. H. J. Res. 61: Mr. KUCINICH. Jr., John L. Mica, Adrian Smith, John H.R. 2456: Mr. CARNAHAN and Mr. WEXLER. H. Con. Res. 49: Mr. ROHRABACHER and Mrs. Shimkus, K. Michael Conaway, Doug H.R. 2478: Mr. FATTAH. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona. Lamborn, Scott Garrett, Roscoe G. Bartlett, H.R. 2492: Mr. ETHERIDGE. H. Con. Res. 74: Ms. HIRONO. Sue Wilkins Myrick, George Radanovich, H.R. 2499: Mr. CAMP. H. Con. Res. 87: Mr. CARSON of Indiana. and Lynn Jenkins. H.R. 2520: Mr. SOUDER. H. Con. Res. 95: Mr. MICHAUD. H.R. 2521: Mr. SCHIFF. H. Con. Res. 139: Mr. TIAHRT, Ms. LORETTA f H.R. 2529: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of SANCHEZ of California, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. Texas. MARCHANT, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. THORN- DISCHARGE PETITIONS— H.R. 2546: Mr. ROONEY. BERRY, and Mr. MARSHALL. ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS H.R. 2558: Mr. EHLERS. H. Con. Res. 163: Mr. NEAL of Massachu- The following Members added their H.R. 2563: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. setts, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BOREN, MACK, and Mr. MCCARTHY of California. Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. names to the following discharge peti- H.R. 2568: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. DELAURO, and Mr. CUMMINGS. tions: H.R. 2709: Mr. HOLT. H. Con. Res. 165: Mr. RANGEL, and Mr. Petition 2 by Mr. CARTER on the bill (H.R. H.R. 2724: Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. LYNCH. 735): Kenny Marchant and John L. Mica. H.R. 2740: Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California H. Res. 111: Ms. ESHOO. Petition 3 by Mr. LATOURETTE on H. Res. and Mr. WEXLER. H. Res. 221: Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. SHERMAN, 359: Jerry Lewis, Peter T. King, Doc H.R. 2746: Ms. NORTON, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. Mr. GRAYSON, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. Hastings, J. Gresham Barrett, Vern Bu- BERKLEY, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. MEEKS of New chanan, Mike Rogers (MI), Brett Guthrie, WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. BER- York, and Mr. COSTA. Jeff Fortenberry, John L. Mica, Jeff Flake, MAN, and Mr. WAXMAN. H. Res. 278: Mr. FILNER. and Walter B. Jones. H.R. 2754: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania and H. Res. 362: Mr. WEXLER. Petition 4 by Mr. BURTON on H. Res. 460: Mr. SARBANES. H. Res. 416: Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Adam H. Putnam, Louie Gohmert, Eric Can- H.R. 2882: Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- H. Res. 443: Mr. MASSA. tor, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Adrian Smith, fornia. H. Res. 459: Mr. ROE of Tennessee. John Kline, Paul C. Broun, F. James Sensen- H.R. 2935: Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. H. Res. 465: Mr. KLEIN of Florida. brenner, Jr., Blaine Luetkemeyer, Sue Wil- SCHIFF, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO. H. Res. 487: Mr. PETERS, and Ms. KIL- kins Myrick, Mike Pence, Lamar Smith, H.R. 2941: Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. YOUNG of PATRICK of Michigan. Thaddeus G. McCotter, Roy Blunt, Roscoe G. Florida, and Mr. PETERS. H. Res. 494: Mrs. BLACKBURN. Bartlett, Kay Granger, Ralph M. Hall, Steve H.R. 2992: Mr. ROONEY. H. Res. 508: Mr. HOEKSTRA. Austria, Pete Olson, J. Gresham Barrett, H.R. 3004: Mr. SIMPSON. H. Res. 575: Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, David G. Reichert, Anh H.R. 3006: Mr. WEXLER. H. Res. 577: Mr. WALDEN, Mr. ROGERS of ‘‘Joseph’’ Cao, Bill Posey, Todd Tiahrt, Den- H.R. 3011: Mr. SENSENBRENNER and Mr. Michigan, Mr. PITTS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. nis R. Rehberg, John Linder, Charles W. WILSON of South Carolina. UPTON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HALL of Texas, Boustany, Jr., Joseph R. Pitts, Rodney Alex- H.R. 3037: Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. GINGREY of ander, Mary Fallin, Jo Bonner, Michele Mr. GRAYSON. Georgia, and Mr. KING of Iowa. Bachmann, Todd Russell Platts, Mary Bono H.R. 3042: Mr. MCGOVERN. H. Res. 605: Mr. PETRI, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mack, Connie Mack, Jerry Moran, Joe Wil- H.R. 3059: Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. LATHAM. son, Marsha Blackburn, Jason Chaffetz, Rob- H.R. 3068: Mr. PIERLUISI. H. Res. 615: Mr. LATHAM. ert J. Wittman, Greg Walden, Phil Gingrey, H.R. 3076: Mr. FILNER. H. Res. 630: Ms. WOOLSEY and Mr. QUIGLEY. Doug Lamborn, Michael T. McCaul, Lee H.R. 3090: Ms. DELAURO. H. Res. 633: Ms. LEE of California. Terry, Brett Guthrie, Lynn A. Westmore- H.R. 3165: Mr. WEXLER. H. Res. 659: Ms. WATSON, Mrs. land, Tim Murphy, Jim Gerlach, Jean H.R. 3177: Mr. SIMPSON. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. PAYNE, and Ms. Schmidt, Daniel E. Lungren, Wally Herger, H.R. 3193: Mr. YOUNG of Florida. CASTOR of Florida. Mike Rogers (AL), Gus M. Bilirakis, John L. H.R. 3202: Mr. WEXLER. H. Res. 660: Mr. WATT. Mica, and Henry E. Brown, Jr.

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Vol. 155 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009 No. 113 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, I can clearly remember both these called to order by the Honorable MARK PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, brave men, both of whom were in their R. WARNER, a Senator from the Com- Washington, DC, July 24, 2009. 18th year of service as Capitol police- monwealth of Virginia. To the Senate: men when they were killed. Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, I can remember when my wife be- PRAYER of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable MARK R. WARNER, a came ill at a congressional retreat we The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- Senator from the Commonwealth of Vir- had in Virginia. It was Agent Gibson fered the following prayer: ginia, to perform the duties of the Chair. who ran to her side. I can remember Let us pray. ROBERT C. BYRD, how he was so focused and had run so Our Father in heaven, because of the President pro tempore. far from the Capitol Police head- abundance of Your mercies, we receive Mr. WARNER thereupon assumed the quarters to our room, he was sweating this gift of another day. We don’t pray chair as Acting President pro tempore. profusely, and how he treated her with for tomorrow and its needs, but we do f kindness and care. Agent Gibson, who intercede for this day which now was from Massachusetts, would, every bathes us in its returning light. Give MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR morning, race to the back of the sports wisdom and courage to our Senators, OFFICER CHESTNUT AND DETEC- section when baseball season was on to as You set Your seal upon their lips. TIVE GIBSON find the box score for his beloved Bos- Lord, restrain them from speaking The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ton Red Sox. He was a generous neigh- words that needlessly hurt or discour- pore. Under the previous order, the bor and loving father to his daughter age some pilgrim by their side. As Senate will observe a moment of si- and two sons. lovers and servants of this land of free- lence in honor of Officer Jacob J. Officer Chestnut, whom everyone dom, make them worthy of the past Chestnut and Detective John M. Gib- called J.J., was a father of five who and equal to the present. Mold them to son of the United States Capitol Police loved his job and loved his country. He Your purposes. Fashion them with who fell in the line of duty defending had served in the Air Force for 20 Your powerful hands. Shape them on this Capitol on this day in 1998. years. He fought in Vietnam. At the the anvil of these days of destiny into (Moment of silence.) time of the shooting, he was just weeks instruments fit for Your use. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- away from retiring. Lord, we also pause and pray for the pore. The majority leader. Gibson and Chestnut lay in honor in families of Capitol Police Officer Jacob Mr. REID. Mr. President, there are a the Capitol Rotunda, just steps from Joseph Chestnut and Detective John select few men and women who come to where they were murdered, a distinc- Michael Gibson, who bravely gave their work every day with one primary job: tion Congress has conferred upon only last full measure of devotion defending to protect those of us who are fortu- a handful of Americans, including the Capitol 11 years ago today. nate enough to call the U.S. Capitol Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, and We pray in Your great Name. Amen. Building our office and all who come our unknown soldiers. Jacob Chestnut f here from all corners of the country to was the first African American to ever PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE see for themselves the heart of our de- be so honored in the Capitol Rotunda. mocracy. On this solemn anniversary, we pause The Honorable MARK R. WARNER led Special Agent John Gibson and Offi- to appreciate not just the bravery of the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: cer Jacob Chestnut were two such men. two men who saved so many others but I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Every day for almost two decades they each and every Capitol police officer United States of America, and to the Repub- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, kept us safe. Eleven years ago today, who does his or her job so valiantly indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. as the Chaplain announced in his pray- every single day of the year. er, they gave their lives while pro- On behalf of the entire Senate, every- f tecting us. On this day in 1998, a mad- one who works and visits here, I extend APPOINTMENT OF ACTING man came through an entrance on the my appreciation. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE east side of the building in midafter- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The noon and shot Officer Chestnut at pore. The Republican leader is recog- clerk will please read a communication pointblank range. Officer Chestnut nized. to the Senate from the President pro died instantly. Agent Gibson con- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, tempore (Mr. BYRD). fronted the man, shooting him and when we stand in this Capitol dedi- The bill clerk read the following let- stopping him. Gibson was himself hit, cated to freedom, we must remember ter: and he died later that day. freedom’s costs. So I rise to speak

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Their names have minutes to reflect on this week’s devel- has said will generate real savings in been etched upon the National Law En- opments on the issue of health care re- the next few years is increasing indi- forcement Officers Memorial, which form. For me, the week began with an vidual choice, giving all Americans the stands 1 mile from here. And the head- inspiring essay by the man who has led opportunity, as we have in the Con- quarters of the U.S. Capitol Police the crusade for fixing American health gress, to choose from a variety of bears their names. care for more than 40 years, the man plans—big plans, where we spread cost Officer Chestnut, or J.J. to his who continues to lead this body in our and risk, where they can’t discrimi- friends, was a 20-year veteran of the efforts to fix health care. I am refer- nate. When an individual makes a wise Air Force, and had 18 years of service ring to the wonderful essay by Senator selection from one of those plans, the to the Capitol Police. John Gibson also KENNEDY. I encourage all Senators to individual puts that money in their had 18 years of Capitol Police service, read his article because, as usual, Sen- pocket. That is what the budget office and until that day had never had to ator KENNEDY lays out the challenge folks have said they will score as real draw his weapon. ahead. He says on the front page of the savings for the system, for people’s in- Both men left behind their wives, magazine, ‘‘We’re Almost There.’’ That dividual premiums in the next few children, beloved family members, and might be a little much for some folks, years. friends. Both men were part of an elite given the developments of the week, The challenge for our committees is team. Capitol Police officers, with but as usual, there is a lot of validity that in many respects, these bills don’t their unique mission, are charged with in what Senator KENNEDY has written give all Americans free choice. They protecting not only our lives but our in Newsweek magazine. don’t give all Americans the choice the very system of government. There is widespread agreement on Senator from Virginia has—I note the My friend, the majority leader, a some very significant areas of health presence of the distinguished leader former Capitol Police officer himself, care policy. For example, we have bi- from Kentucky—these bills don’t give knows both the honor and the danger partisan support in the Senate for fun- all Americans the kinds of choices we that comes with the job. And so as we damentally changing the inhumane have as Senators. Choice and the re- honor Officer Chestnut and Detective model of private health insurance. quirement that companies compete for Gibson today, we also honor every man Today, private health insurance is es- people’s business is what competition and woman of the Capitol Police who sentially about cherry-picking. It is is all about. It is what holding pre- have bravely volunteered for this haz- about going out and finding the miums down is all about. ardous but important duty. healthy people and sending the sick I have developed legislation called So today the Senate honors J.J. people over to government programs the free choice proposal. It protects the Chestnut and John Gibson. We are more fragile than they are. There is employer-based system on which we grateful for their heroic sacrifice, and widespread agreement that needs to be know well over 150 million Americans we remember their families, whom we changed. For example, 15 Senators are rely. It also gives us a chance to im- embrace as we would our own. on legislation that would make it ille- prove on it. It creates more options for Mr. President, I yield the floor. gal to discriminate against those with employers and for employees to hold preexisting illnesses. That is a funda- costs down. For employers, our free f mental change, a dramatic change in choice proposal gives them more lever- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME the way the insurance industry does age with their insurance company so business. Democrats, Republicans, both The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- they can tell their insurer: I have done major committees—the committee pore. Under the previous order, the business with you for a lot of years. Senator KENNEDY chairs, the com- leadership time is reserved. You better give me a better deal or I mittee led by my chairman, MAX BAU- will take my business somewhere else. f CUS—Democrats and Republicans sup- It also says to an employer—hypo- MORNING BUSINESS port fundamental changes in the way thetically, in Virginia, Oregon—if you private health insurance operates. If want to take all of your employees to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- someone had told me 3 years ago that what is called the insurance exchange, pore. Under the previous order, there there would be such strong bipartisan kind of a farmers market arrangement, will now be a period of morning busi- support for fundamentally altering the the employer would have the ability to ness, with Senators to speak therein model of how private health insurance take their workers to the exchange, for up to 10 minutes each. is sold in our country, I probably would and the employer could get a discount f have asked them what hallucinogenic for doing that against strengthening RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY substance they were smoking. But it is the employer’s role in the effort to LEADER an indication, as Senator KENNEDY hold down cost. writes in his article, that we have For the worker, what it means is, for The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- made a lot of progress. example, in Virginia or Oregon, if your pore. The majority leader is recog- Suffice to say, as Senator KENNEDY employer’s share of your health care nized. notes again, there is a lot of heavy lift- coverage is, say, $13,000 and you can f ing to do. In particular, if we go to the find a plan on the insurance exchange President’s Web site, the three areas he for $12,000, the $1,000 goes into your SCHEDULE is focused on are lowering costs, in- pocket. Again, you get a financial re- Mr. REID. Mr. President, we are now creasing choices, and maintaining ward for shopping. Members of Con- in a period of morning business, with quality. Those are the three areas the gress get to shop. I would like to see Senators allowed to speak for up to 10 President has focused on, very cor- everybody get to shop, everybody have minutes each. There will be no rollcall rectly. Those are the three areas on those individual choices. votes during today’s session. which our President has made clear he It is also good for the system because The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- is going to spend his political capital. right now, really since the 1940s, since pore. The Senator from Oregon. This is what he is going to use his the middle of the last century, the in- Mr. WYDEN. I ask unanimous con- bully pulpit for. This is what he is dividual has been disconnected from sent to speak in morning business for going to put in these killer hours for. the health care system. The individual up to 15 minutes. Having met with him recently, I can does not get many choices. Eighty-five

VerDate Nov 24 2008 01:30 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G24JY6.032 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8069 percent of the employers who offer hope colleagues, this weekend, will tures of it—great hospitals and medical health care coverage do not offer pick up a copy of Newsweek and read personnel and people we can be justifi- choice—not because they are evil. They the inspiring essay by Senator KEN- ably proud of and boast about—there would love to do it. They cannot afford NEDY, who has led our body for more are problems with our health care sys- it. The administrative costs are too than 40 years—led the country—on this tem. crushing. issue, and continues to lead us because Trisha Urban, when she sent this let- So, again, if we get employers and there is a lot for us to build on now to ter in February, was recounting what employees into these larger systems, finally end this injustice that we have had happened in her life just a few where they will have clout in the mar- not been able to fix our system so we weeks before. She talked about her ketplace, there will be the ability for hold costs down and all Americans get husband Andrew, who had to change everybody to choose, not just folks who good, quality, affordable coverage. We positions in life, change jobs because are unemployed or uninsured or small can do it. We can do it this year, on the he was completing an internship. She business, but give everybody, over the President’s timetable, by working to- said: next few years, the ability to have gether. Because of pre-existing conditions, neither these choices and be in a position to Mr. President, with that, I yield the my husband’s health issues nor my preg- help drive more competition and more floor. nancy— accountability and hold down their f She referred earlier to the fact she premiums in the private sector. was pregnant at the time of the let- We can do that on a bipartisan basis. RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY ter— We have 15 Senators of both political LEADER . . . neither my husband’s health issues nor parties on legislation that does it now. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- my pregnancy would be covered under pri- It could fit with the structure of sev- pore. The Republican leader is recog- vate insurance. eral of the bills that are being consid- nized. She said: ered. We can do this, as Senator KEN- f I worked 4 part-time jobs and was not eli- NEDY suggests in his wonderful essay, gible for any health benefits. on a bipartisan basis. Both Democrats CONGRATULATING SENATOR She says later in the letter that they and Republicans have a good point. WYDEN I believe my party is right on the lost their health insurance coverage, Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I issue that you cannot fix this system and they had close to $100,000 worth of wish to take a moment to congratulate unless you cover everybody. The reason medical bills. Then she says: the senior Senator from Oregon for his that is the case is, you cannot build a Concerned with the upcoming financial re- extraordinary contribution to this market unless you cover everybody. sponsibility of the birth of our daughter and most important topic. He has been the burden of current medical expenses, my Unless you cover everybody, there is open. He has been convinced of the husband missed his last doctor’s appoint- too much cost shifting. The people who need for bipartisanship and has been ment less than one month ago. are uninsured shift their bills to the in- entirely constructive throughout this And this is how the story ends for sured. this family. She talks about—just a But my colleagues on the other side process, and we look forward to con- few weeks before this letter—what hap- of the aisle—the distinguished leader tinuing our conversations in the weeks pened to her. She says: from Kentucky and I have had this and months to come. conversation on a number of occa- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- My water had broke the night before, we sions—they have valid points too. The pore. The Senator from Pennsylvania. were anxiously awaiting the birth of our first child. A half-hour later, 2 ambulances f Congress ought to be very careful were in my driveway. As the paramedics about freezing innovation, about re- HEALTH CARE REFORM were assessing the health of my baby and stricting private choice, about setting me, the paramedics from the other ambu- up price controls. Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I rise this lance told me that my husband could not be There is the sweet spot for a bipar- morning to speak on an issue that so revived. tisan bill: Democrats with good ideas, many of us, not only here in Wash- That is her story—a story of not hav- as Senator KENNEDY lays out in his ington in the Senate and in the Con- ing the kind of health care coverage wonderful essay, about expanding cov- gress, generally, but across the country that she and her husband and her new erage; Republicans bringing creative have been concerned about, talking baby should have—the story of her hus- ideas to the table about innovation and about, debating; and it is the issue, of band missing his last doctor’s appoint- choice. Both sides have some valid course, of health care. ment because of financial burdens and, points. That is what Senator KENNEDY We have a long way to go over the of course, the tragic part of that story, is saying in his wonderful essay. next couple weeks and months. I know which is the loss of her husband, the I see the leader on the floor. I hope there is a lot of coverage and debate same day her daughter was born. colleagues will go to our Web site. That about timing and what is going to hap- I do not think every story we have is where we lay out this free choice pen this week or next week or by the told about our constituents ends the proposal. I think it is consistent with August break. But I believe we are same way. But the blessing here of this the idea of not blowing up the em- going to get this done, and I think it is story, of this letter, is this: Trisha ployer-based system but not saying we important we have a good debate about Urban could have said: Do you know cannot improve on it. It gives new it. what? I have a terrible burden and I tools to both employers and employees I think too often in this debate we can’t handle this, and I am not going to hold down costs. It ensures that all have focused on conflict and con- to try to talk to anyone about it. I am Americans will have choices, not just troversy as opposed to looking at some going to carry this burden myself. And some. substantive parts of this legislation. I she could go off and not be heard from I submit to colleagues, if folks in Vir- start this morning, as I have so many again. ginia and Kentucky and Oregon come times when I have been discussing this But she took the time to write to me. away from this and say that only some issue over the last couple months, with This is how she ends the letter. She people got choices, that is not going to a constituent, one person, but I think a does not just tell her tragic story and go down very well. Let’s do what the person who speaks for many people just say: Can you help me? And: I am in President says on his Web site and give across Pennsylvania and across the trouble. She thinks beyond herself. She all Americans choices—choices such as country. Her name is Trisha Urban. thinks of an issue that is affecting so we have in Congress from these big in- She sent me a letter back in Feb- many Americans, and she says this: ruary that I have noted before. This surance pools, where you cannot dis- I am a working class American and do not criminate and you have some leverage letter, I think, tells us an awful lot have the money or the insight to legally in terms of holding costs down. about all we need to know about what fight the health insurance company. We had It has certainly been a tumultuous is wrong with our health care system no life insurance. I will probably lose my week on this health care issue. But I right now. Despite all the positive fea- home, my car and everything we worked so

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Any old health projecting over the next couple of I would note that in this Senate Cham- care, in my judgment, isn’t good years tens and tens and tens of thou- ber, you can go to every single desk— enough. sands of people losing their coverage. 100 Senators, including myself—every I believe the bill does all three By one estimate in this report, 178,000 single desk, and if you were to ask a things: stable costs, secure choices, and more people just in Pennsylvania—just Member of the Senate: Do you have quality of care. in Pennsylvania—losing their coverage. health care coverage? They would say: One of the threshold questions we I ask unanimous consent that this re- Of course. I am a Federal employee, have to answer in this debate is—be- port, ‘‘The Clock Is Ticking,’’ by Fami- and I get to choose a lot of options. cause it is going to be a choice. We are lies USA be printed in the RECORD. You could say the same of people who not going to have a choice between 10 There being no objection, the mate- work in the House and in the White options on health care in a general rial was ordered to be printed in the House and in executive branch agen- sense or 5 options; we are going to have RECORD, as follows: cies. So individual Senators are taken a basic, fundamental choice, as we do [From Families USA] care of pretty well. on a lot of issues. It is going to be one THE CLOCK IS TICKING So when Trisha Urban says to us in a or the other, A or B, or A versus B, MORE AMERICANS LOSING HEALTH COVERAGE letter: ‘‘I am willing to pay the price of maybe, and here is the choice. The first INTRODUCTION losing everything,’’ when she says that, question we have to answer is do we In this turbulent economy, Americans are I believe she is not just saying it to tell want to keep the status quo, do we not only losing their jobs and their homes us what is on her mind, what is in her want to keep perpetuating a system they are also losing their health coverage at heart in the aftermath of the tragedy, which has costs out of control for fami- an alarming rate. The latest data from the I believe that line and her letter and lies and for businesses, for government, Census Bureau indicate that some 45.7 mil- her whole story are emblematic of the which doesn’t offer the kind of quality lion Americans lacked health coverage in 2007, and economists believe that the situa- stories of Americans across the coun- care across the board—some get it, we try. I believe all those sentiments and tion has only worsened in the intervening know that, and it is good care—but is months as the economic downturn has taken all those details of her life present a there enough quality care across the its toll.1 challenge to us. board? I would argue there isn’t. Are Health reform is needed now more than I am willing to pay the price of losing we going to offer that and say it got ever. As health care costs rise, more and everything, she says to us. too tough and we weren’t willing to more families are priced out of health cov- erage. Increasing numbers of employers, es- The question is—or I should say one take some risks with an important bill, of the important questions is—over the pecially small businesses, are no longer able we decided to not do anything? That is to offer their employees affordable coverage, next couple of weeks and months, as we the status quo. That is what we have or in some cases, any coverage at all. If cur- debate this issue, what are we willing now. rent economic trends continue, more and to lose? What are individual Members The other choice is change and re- more Americans will lose the health cov- of the Senate willing to do and willing form. President Obama, fortunately, as erage they currently have. National experts to lose to get this done? I believe part a new President of the United States, have predicted that at least 6.9 million more of that is having a constructive and has chosen to be about the business of Americans will lose their health coverage by thorough and far-reaching debate the end of 2010.2 reform and change. He has said to us, In this report, Families USA provides the about not just the issues but what is in and I believe the American people have first ever state-by-state illustration of the the legislation. I will spend some time said to us: We cannot stay where we number of people who may lose health cov- on that this morning and I will for the are. We cannot allow a system to per- erage between the beginning of 2008 (the pe- next couple of weeks. petuate the problems we have right riod immediately after the last Census Bu- As a member of the Health, Edu- now. So that is the fundamental reau report on the number of uninsured) and cation, Labor and Pensions Committee, choice: the status quo, do nothing; or the end of 2010 (the close of the current 111th we have a bill. Sometimes the fact that change and reform, working with Congress). there is a bill and there is a lot of posi- President Obama and listening to the KEY FINDINGS tive features to it gets lost in Wash- voices of the American people, people With each passing week that meaningful health care reform is not enacted, more fam- ington. There is a lot of talk about such as Trisha Urban and so many oth- conflict between Democrats and Repub- ilies in every state are losing health cov- ers. erage (see table on page 2): licans; there is a lot of talk about con- So when we debate this—the status 44,230 more people are losing health cov- troversy or issues that are sometimes quo, stay where we are, versus change erage each week. easy to debate or cover, but what has and reform—we have to begin to exam- 191,670 more people are losing health cov- been lost in a lot of this debate over ine some of the questions the American erage each month. the last couple of weeks is what is in people are worried about. They are 2.3 million more people are losing health coverage each year. the bill. We are going to get to that. worried about costs. They are worried Families USA based its state numbers on We won’t get to all of it today, of about change and legislation not lead- national estimates published in the peer-re- course. ing to a control of costs, the kind of viewed policy journal Health Affairs in May I believe the bill does a couple of stability we want. 2009. These estimates project that 6.9 million things. First, it ensures that over time One of the questions we are not more Americans, primarily people in work- we are going to have stable costs. That spending much time in Washington de- ing families, will lose health coverage by the is one thing American families are bating is: What is the cost of doing end of 2010.3 The Health Affairs analysis, looking for, some kind of stability or nothing? What is the cost of doing which focused on the time period between 2008 and 2010, is based on a model that as- peace of mind with regard to costs and nothing? What is the cost of the status sumes that, during this time period, there with regard to other issues as well. So quo? Well, fortunately, some people will be no policy changes with respect to the stable costs. have begun to examine that. One of the health care system. It further assumes that I also believe this legislation and the examinations of that is a report by personal income growth and per capita bill we are going to send to President Families USA, and the report is enti- health spending among insured adults will Obama this fall will also have secure tled ‘‘The Clock Is Ticking.’’ It says: follow the latest projections from the Con- choices. If you like what you have, you ‘‘More Americans Losing Health Cov- gressional Budget Office and the Office of the like the plan you have, you can keep it. erage.’’ One of the points it has made— Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), respectively. It is not going to change. If you want and of course I won’t read the whole re- This time period is appropriate for Fami- to make a change, you are going to port—but one of the points it has made lies USA’s analysis because it captures po- have options. in the report is this: Here is what the tential losses of coverage between the most

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In order to generate state-level numbers, 2008, an estimated 86.7 million Americans 7 Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Re- Families USA calculated the share of unin- under the age of 65—one in three non-elderly search and Educational Trust, op. cit. sured, nonelderly individuals residing in 11 Americans—were uninsured. The majority 8 Ibid. each state using the most recent data re- of these individuals (79.2 percent) were from 9 Kim Bailey, Too Great a Burden: Ameri- ported in the Census Bureau’s Current Popu- working families where at least one family lation Survey for 2006–2007. We assumed that cans Face Rising Health Care Costs (Wash- member was employed full- or part-time. ington: Families USA, April 2009). state losses in health coverage would par- These individuals either work for an em- 10 Michelle M. Doty, Sara R. Collins, Sheila allel this distribution, and we apportioned ployer that does not offer health coverage, or Rustgi, and Jennifer L. Kriss, Seeing Red: the national estimate accordingly. The data they cannot afford the coverage that is of- The Growing Burden of Medical Debt Faced suggest that the health care crisis is con- fered. The data presented in this report show by U.S. Families (New York: The Common- tinuing to deepen across the nation, and that that the number of people who find them- wealth Fund, August 2008). the longer Americans are forced to wait for selves in this situation is growing in every health reform, the more people will lose cov- state (see table on page 2). 11 Kim Bailey, Americans at Risk: One in erage. Three Uninsured (Washington: Families GROWING UNEMPLOYMENT CONTRIBUTES TO USA, March 2009). DISCUSSION FURTHER COVERAGE LOSSES 12 John Holahan and A. Bowen Garrett, Ris- HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE RISING Since the data presented in this report are ing Unemployment, Medicaid, and the Unin- Over the last decade, health insurance pre- based primarily on working Americans, they sured (Washington: Kaiser Commission on miums have risen at rates that far outpace do not account directly for the effect that Medicaid and the Uninsured, January 2009). inflation. Between 1999 and 2008, the average growing unemployment is having on losses of 13 annual family premium more than doubled, health coverage. Nonetheless, with the econ- Unemployment data from the Depart- soaring from $5,791 to $12,680, an increase of omy in recession, rising unemployment is al- ment of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 119 percent.4 During the same time period, most certainly fueling additional increases available online at http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/ the Consumer Price Index, which measures in the number of people who are losing cov- servlet / SurveyOutput Servlet?dataltool = inflation, rose by only 29.2 percent.5 In the erage. The Urban Institute estimates that latestlnumbers&seriesid=LNS14000000, current economic downturn, working fami- every 1 percent increase in the unemploy- accessed on July 8, 2009. lies are already struggling to afford basic ne- ment rate leads to a 0.59 percent increase in 14 Memo from Jim Kessler and Anne Kim to cessities like groceries, car payments, gas, the number of adults under the age of 65 Interested Parties, Offering Stability to 6 and housing costs. Paying for skyrocketing without health coverage.12 Between January Harry and Louise—A Strategy to Get to Yes health care premiums is putting additional 2008 and June 2009, unemployment swelled by on Health Care Reform (Washington: Third strain on families that are already finan- 4.6 percent, so it is safe to assume that states Way, July 6, 2009), available online at http:// cially strapped. will experience even greater losses of cov- www.third way.org/data/product/file/224/Get- HIGHER PREMIUMS LEAD TO LESS HEALTH erage between 2008 and 2010 than can be cap- tingltolYeslwithlHarryland COVERAGE tured by our Key Findings.13 lLouise.pdf. These high and continually rising pre- CONCLUSION Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, the cost miums affect families as well as employers, With each passing week, more Americans of doing nothing also has been exam- and the combined result is that more and are losing their health coverage, and they more Americans are losing health coverage. ined, using those words, by the New will continue doing so if current economic Employers that do continue to offer health America Foundation. This particular patterns hold. Recent polling data show that coverage are being forced to pass on the ris- report is dated November 2008 and is Americans fear that instability in the avail- ing costs to their employees by imposing written by Sarah Axeen and Elizabeth ability and affordability of their health cov- higher premiums or copayments or by offer- erage will continue if health reform is not Carpenter. The name of this report is ing plans that cover fewer benefits. Other enacted.14 In order to stem the rising tide of exactly those words: ‘‘The Cost of employers are choosing not to offer coverage Doing Nothing.’’ The subtitle of the re- at all because it is simply too expensive. Be- uninsured in this country and to provide tween 2000 and 2008, the share of firms offer- American families with stable health cov- port is ‘‘Why the Cost of Failing to Fix ing health coverage declined by 6 percentage erage that they can depend on, Congress Our Health Care System is Greater points, with small businesses being the most should act expeditiously to pass health re- than the Cost of Reform.’’ The cost of likely to drop coverage.7 Among firms with form legislation. As this report suggests, the failing to fix is greater than any other fewer than 200 employees that do not offer longer Congress waits to enact meaningful cost. health reform, the more American families their employees health coverage, a total of Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- 70 percent cited high premiums as either the will lose coverage in each and every state. most important reason (48 percent) or the ENDNOTES sent to have this report printed in the second most important reason (22 percent) 1 Paul Fronstin, Sources of Health Insur- RECORD. that they do not offer coverage.8 ance and Characteristics of the Uninsured: There being no objection, the mate- Even if families are fortunate enough to Analysis of the March 2008 CPS Survey rial was ordered to be printed in the have access to health coverage, either (Washington: Employee Benefit Research In- RECORD, as follows: through job-based plans or through the indi- stitute, September 2008). vidual market, they are still at great finan- 2 Todd P. Gilmer and Richard G. Kronick, [From the New America Foundation, Nov. cial risk. In 2009, nearly one in four non-el- ‘‘Hard Times and Health Insurance: How 2008] derly Americans with insurance—53.2 million Many Americans Will Be Uninsured by 2010?’’ THE COST OF DOING NOTHING people—will spend more than 10 percent of Health Affairs Web Exclusive (May 28, 2009): their pre-tax income on health care.9 The w573–w577. WHY THE COST OF FAILING TO FIX OUR HEALTH problem is even worse for an estimated 14.3 3 Ibid. SYSTEM IS GREATER THAN THE COST OF REFORM million non-elderly Americans with insur- 4 Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Re- (By Sarah Axeen and Elizabeth Carpenter) ance who will spend more than a quarter of search and Educational Trust, Employer PENNSYLVANIA their pre-tax income on health care in 2009. Health Benefits: 2008 Annual Survey (Wash- This financial burden means that some ington: Kaiser Family Foundation, Sep- Pennsylvania’s economy lost as much as $5 Americans are literally becoming impover- tember 2008). billion because of the poor health and short- ished in order to pay for health care costs.10 5 Consumer Price Index data from the De- er lifespan of the uninsured in 2007. This When families are pushed to the brink by partment of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statis- equates to more than $4,200 per uninsured the current health care crisis, some must tics. Pennsylvania resident. TABLE 1.—ECONOMIC COST OF FAILURE, 2007 [Ranked by high bound and per uninsured]

Rank (High Per Unin- Rank (Per Low Bound High Bound Bound) sured Cost Uninsured)

$2.68 Billion ...... $4.96 Billion ...... 41 $4,219 24

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Percent 2008 2016 Rank (2016) Change Rank (%)

Full Cost of Family ESI ...... $13,906 ...... $26,879 46 93.3% 41 Full Cost of Family ESI as a Share of Median Household Income 28.1% ...... 51.7% 38 n/a n/a

People seeking family health insurance also experience the second greatest percent ployer will have to contribute almost $9,000 through their employer in Pennsylvania will change in their premium contributions na- to the cost of the premium. have to contribute more towards premiums tionwide. By 2016, people in Pennsylvania than residents of all but one state. They will seeking family coverage through their em- TABLE 3.—AFFORDABILITY OF PREMIUMS: EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS [Ranked by percent change]

Percent 2008 2016 Change Rank

Family ESI ...... $3,510 ...... $8,830 151.56% 50

The amount Pennsylvania residents will have to pay to see a doctor will grow to $29 by 2016. TABLE 4.—BENEFITS: COPAYMENTS AND DEDUCTIBLES [Ranked by level in 2016 and percent change]

Percent 2008 2016 Rank (2016) Change Rank (%)

Average Copayment ...... $19 ...... $29 17 53.6% 38 Average Deductible ...... $1,223 ...... $1,889 10 54.5% 21

Mr. CASEY. I will submit for the 83.4 percent increase. That is the status I don’t know too many families out RECORD only two pages of this; it is a quo. That is where we are headed. That there—maybe there are a few—but I long report. It includes the cover page is where we are going if we listen to don’t know too many families in Amer- and then a page on Pennsylvania which the voices in Washington that say it is ica and I don’t know any in Pennsyl- I will briefly refer to, and then I wish too tough to do this. People are not vania who have come up to me and to talk about how the report impli- ready for this yet. There are too many said, You know what. Don’t worry cates and examines the information on powerful special interests telling us about getting health care done because the chart I have on my left. not to do it. It might be insurance in- in 7 or 8 years I will be able to afford Here is what the report says on page terests, it might be business interests, 52 percent of my income to go to health 86 for Pennsylvania. It is true of a lot or it might be very partisan politicians care. I haven’t heard that from any- of States, but unfortunately for Penn- telling us we shouldn’t do this. That is body in my State. I doubt there is any- sylvania, it is a higher number. I am the cost of doing nothing. That is the body in America who will say, You quoting from part of page 86: status quo. know what. Let’s not do anything. By 2016—— I will go to the next chart which Let’s stay on the road we are on. I can Just 7 years away—— again is from this report, ‘‘The Cost of afford and my family can afford to pay Pennsylvania residents will have to spend Doing Nothing,’’ and this is a U.S. 45 percent of our income to health care nearly $27,000, or close to 52 percent of me- number as well: Share of household in- in a couple of years. Don’t worry about dian household income to buy health insur- come spent on premiums climbing. As I it. We are going to be fine. So that is ance for themselves and their families. This said, in Pennsylvania, where the share what the status quo is, and that is represents a 93 percent increase over 2008 lev- where we are headed. els and the sixth highest premium cost in of median household income would go the country. up to 52 percent, in those few short Finally, I would conclude with this. When we listen to the voices of the So in Pennsylvania, if we do nothing, years, 7 or 8 years—the U.S. number American people, people such as Trisha if we stay on that road to the status fortunately for the rest of the country Urban, as I mentioned before, who in quo, which I believe is the road to ruin is a little less, but it is still very high. her letter to me of February, right in when it comes to the budgets of our So if we do nothing, if we stay where the middle of the letter said this: She families and our businesses—if we stay we are and do the same old thing—run- talked about her husband having to on that road, for Pennsylvania, it away costs, lower quality, no preven- make a change, that he had to leave means that by 2016, the people of Penn- tion, all of the things we are not doing his job for 1 year to complete an in- sylvania will be paying 52 percent of now—we will go from a median family ternship requirement to complete his their median household income to buy income, them paying 26 percent of doctorate in psychology. So as he is health insurance for themselves and their income for health care, which is trying to advance his education, he their families. That is what it means. high in and of itself, to paying over 45 pays a health care price. That is an- That is what the status quo is. That is percent of their income for health care. other whole part of this story, before where we are headed if we say, Well, we Again, this chart depicts the status he died. She said the internship was couldn’t get the job done here in Wash- quo, the cost of doing nothing. unpaid and they could not afford ington. When we talk about costs here, we COBRA. The chart on my left is also a chart have to talk about the cost of doing that reflects the work of the New nothing. What people are paying now is Why should a change in someone’s America Foundation, ‘‘The Cost of in my judgment too high. We ought to life to improve their education to com- Doing Nothing.’’ These are U.S. num- try to bring that number down, but we plete a doctorate affect their health bers between 2008 and 2016. The cost of should certainly avoid at all costs that care? That is the system we have. That premiums now, as of 2008, is $13,244, number going up for the American peo- is the status quo. going up to $24,291; in just 8 years, an ple. But then she says:

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Because of preexisting conditions, neither that because they would rather debate Sotomayor’s nomination, including 21⁄2 my husband’s health issues nor my preg- no bill. They would rather debate, well, days of testimony from the judge her- nancy would be covered under private insur- we have a suspicion that it is going to self. ance. cost too much. But they don’t show I came away from these hearings Because of preexisting conditions. So any evidence, and they don’t have a deeply impressed with her intellect, because her husband had a heart prob- competing argument or a bill. This is thoughtfulness, demeanor, and integ- lem and because she was pregnant, that right in the bill—‘‘may not impose any rity. These characteristics, already works against them. That is the sys- preexisting condition.’’ plainly evident in her judicial record tem we have for too many families. That is a dramatic change in health and lifetime of accomplishment, shone So when people talk about: Oh, the care policy in America in 2009. It is not even more brightly in last week’s hear- HELP Committee passed a bill, the Af- part of the debate. For the next couple ing. fordable Health Choices Act, which I of weeks and months, what we are Her respect for the law, for prece- believe does stabilize costs and ensures going to do is tell people a lot about dent, and for the prerogatives of the quality and secures our choices, it is what we have been working on in Congress will help ensure that the Su- more than that, it is more than the Washington. Day by day, we will tell preme Court is a place where every headlines and the descriptions. We can them what is exactly in this bill, and party, whether powerful or powerless, go right to the bill language and show we will keep talking about it so more can get a fair hearing. how this legislation, in a very specific In short, the hearings confirmed that people understand it. way in a number of instances, responds Judge Sotomayor has all the essential Unfortunately, some would not un- to what Trisha Urban has told us in her qualities that will enable her to serve derstand it because the special inter- letter, what she has challenged us all Americans well, and the rule of law, ests in Washington would rather talk with. She didn’t write to me to say, on our Nation’s highest Court. Well, this preexisting thing is kind of a about the perceived controversy. Mr. President, my support for Judge nuisance. It was a bar, an impediment I suggest that people go to the Web Sotomayor is even stronger given our to her and her family getting health site for the committee that worked on current economic circumstances. One care, basic health care. Why should this bill. The HELP Committee Web might ask, what is the connection be- this even be something we have to leg- site is help.senate.gov. Go to that Web tween our national economy and the islate about? One would think that in site and review the language on pre- Supreme Court nomination? The an- America today, with all of the wealth existing conditions or anything else. I swer lies in the fact that today, while we have and all of the great power, we believe at the end of the day, it is we have a real need for significant fi- would have fixed this years ago, but we going to be very clear who stands for nancial regulatory reform, we also face have families who are not getting the status quo and doing the same a Supreme Court too prone to disregard health care because the insurance com- thing and no change versus what the congressional policy choices. pany says you have a preexisting con- President and a lot of us are trying to I raise the economic crisis, and the dition. Sorry, you have to wait; or do, which is change, reform, and give regulation that will be necessary to sorry, you get no treatment at all. people, such as Trisha Urban, some prevent the next crisis, because I am That is the status quo, and that is peace of mind, some stability to know concerned that the current Supreme one of the costs of doing nothing. How that she and her family—which is, now Court is overly protective of corporate do you calculate a preexisting condi- that her husband is gone, she and her interests at the expense of everyday tion being a bar to you getting cov- daughter would not have to worry Americans. erage? I don’t know. I know one thing: about this ever again. As I watch this Court, I am reminded Despite all the talk in Washington Isn’t that what we ought to be doing? of the recent observation by legal com- about what this might mean, who is ar- I think we can do that together and in mentator Jeffrey Toobin that the guing with whom, what the debate is a bipartisan way. I believe we have no record of the current Chief Justice ‘‘re- about between Democrats and Repub- choice but to turn away from the sta- flects a view that the court should al- licans, in this bill we answer Trisha tus quo and go down the path of change most always defer to the existing Urban’s question on preexisting condi- and reform. power relationships in society.’’ tions. Here it is. Mr. President, with that, I yield the As Toobin reports, in every major This is bill language not some talk- floor and suggest the absence of a case the Chief Justice sided with the ing point or some general description. quorum. corporate defendant over the indi- This is in the bill that sometimes peo- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- vidual plaintiff. In business cases be- ple in Washington don’t want to exam- pore. The clerk will call the roll. fore today’s Supreme Court, I am wor- ine because the language is reform. The The legislative clerk proceeded to ried that it is possible to predict the language is against the status quo. The call the roll. outcome simply by knowing the parties language on this provision, especially, Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I ask and the nature of the dispute. The facts is a dramatic change in policy—some- unanimous consent that the order for and the law sometimes seem sec- thing the insurance companies have the quorum call be rescinded. ondary. For example, in Leegin v. not wanted to do on their own. The The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- PSKS, the Court overturned 96 years of American people are finally saying, pore. Without objection, it is so or- precedent and effectively legalized through their elected representatives dered. agreements between manufacturers and this bill, that we are going to Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, what is and retailers to fix prices. In Exxon v. make sure preexisting conditions don’t the parliamentary situation? Baker, the Court sided with a company bar treatment, that preexisting condi- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- that recklessly destroyed the liveli- tions don’t prohibit Trisha Urban and pore. We are in morning business. hoods of tens of thousands of Alaskans, her family from getting the kind of Mr. MCCAIN. Is the Senator from dramatically reducing their punitive health care they deserve. Delaware waiting to speak? damages award that represented just a Here is what section 2705 says: Mr. KAUFMAN. Yes. small percentage of the company’s Prohibition of preexisting condition exclu- Mr. MCCAIN. I am glad to follow the earnings. In Gross v. FBL Financial sions or other discrimination based on Senator from Delaware. Services, the Court made it more dif- health status. f ficult to prove age discrimination. And in Ledbetter v. Goodyear, the Court The American people want to know SOTOMAYOR NOMINATION what is in the bill. made it impossible for many plaintiffs A group health plan and a health insurance Mr. KAUFMAN. Mr. President, I rise to recover for unequal pay based on in- issuer offering group or individual health in- today in support of the nomination of tentional sexual discrimination. So surance coverage may not impose any pre- Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the Asso- egregious was the Ledbetter decision existing condition exclusion with respect to ciate Justice of the U.S. Supreme that the Congress made sure legisla- such plan or coverage. Court. tion overturning it was the first bill to It is right in the bill. There are some Last week, the Judiciary Committee reach President Obama’s desk. And leg- people here who would not talk about held 4 days of hearings in Judge islation is pending that would overturn

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The last 2 years have given us voice to its deliberations in business resents ‘‘the highest one-day death toll the final grade on an economic theory cases. for Federal forces in the 3-year-old that is deeply suspicious of regulation As we undertake financial regulatory drug war.’’ The article provides the and trusts the markets to police them- reform and other fixes for our damaged deadly details of the violent attack, re- selves. The grade was an F. America economy, having judges who leave the porting: will no longer stand for a system that lawmaking to lawmakers is absolutely The attacks began at dawn on Saturday permits financial institutions to profit essential. Judge Sotomayor told me . . . shortly after the arrest of the right-hand from risky bets and then beg the tax- she understands that ‘‘policymaking is man of La Familia founder Nazario Moreno Gonzalez. After La Familia gunmen were re- payer for a bailout when those bets go up to the Congress’’ and that ‘‘judges can’t substitute their own judgment’’ pelled in their attempt to free (the leader), bad. Three decades of deregulation has they went on what police described as a gone too far. The ability of the greedy for that of the Congress, regardless of shooting rampage to ‘‘avenge’’ his capture. and the powerful to enrich themselves their view of the wisdom of a policy or The attacks, in which convoys of gunmen at the expense of the taxpayer must be regulation. mounted surprise assaults on government stopped. Throughout her career, she has taken positions in eight cities, went on for 10 hours Congress can and will enact a dra- each case that comes without predi- Saturday and continued sporadically Sun- matically improved regulatory system. lection, giving full consideration to the day. The President can and will make sure arguments of both sides before reach- The bodies of these brave law en- the relevant enforcement agencies are ing a decision. That is precisely the ap- forcement officers were accompanied populated with smart, motivated, and proach to judging we need on today’s by a note promising future violence effective agents. My concern is that a Supreme Court. from La Familia if the Federal Govern- Supreme Court resistant to Federal Mr. President, Judge Sotomayor has ment continues its law enforcement ef- Government involvement in and regu- a superior intellect, broad experience, forts. I remind my colleagues that this lation of markets could undermine superb judgment, and unquestioning is the same drug cartel that, according those efforts. I am not suggesting that integrity that would make her an out- to the Washington Post, ‘‘announced we face a return to the New Deal-era standing nominee at any time. But its presence 2 years ago by rolling five Court, a Court determined to strike given our current economic crisis and decapitated heads into a dance hall.’’ down regulatory reform as beyond the the likely role of the Court in review- Earlier this month, two American authority of Congress, but a Court pre- ing legislative responses to that crisis, citizens with dual citizenship were I submit she is the ideal nominee at disposed against government regula- dragged out of their homes and shot this time. Her extensive experience as tion might chip away at the edges of several times in the head in the Mexi- a commercial litigator, business law- reform, materially reducing its effec- can state of Chihuahua. The reason was yer and judge in business cases, and the tiveness. that the victims, according to the As- That is why my questioning of Judge passion for the law she has dem- sociated Press: Sotomayor focused on her experience onstrated throughout her career sug- helped lead the town’s approximately 2,000 with business and business cases. She gests she will be a leader on the Court inhabitants in protest against a May 2 kid- napping. The residents refused to pay the $1 worked as a commercial litigator and at a time when such leadership is es- sential. million ransom kidnappers requested and business lawyer for 8 years. For the I urge my colleagues to confirm demonstrated in the Chihuahua state capital past 17 years, she has served on the Judge Sonia Sotomayor. to demand justice. Even after (the kidnapped most active Federal courts for business The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- victim) was released unharmed a week later, the (town’s) people continued to lead disputes—6 years on the Southern Dis- pore. The Senator from Arizona. trict of New York and 11 on the Second marches demanding more law enforcement Circuit Court of Appeals. Based on that f in the rural, isolated corner of Chihuahua SOUTHERN BORDER VIOLENCE state. They also set up a committee to re- extensive record, and her answers to port any suspicious activities in town to po- questions last week, we now know not Mr. MCCAIN. Mr. President, I come lice, quickly becoming an example for other only that she possesses enormous ex- to the floor today to talk about the vi- Chihuahua communities. pertise in business litigation but also olence that continues to plague our Yesterday’s Washington Post front- that she calls these cases right down southern border region by Mexico’s page story about these events states: the middle, without any bias or agen- well-armed, well-financed, and very de- Chihuahua today is the emblem of a failed da. For Judge Sotomayor, the facts and termined drug cartels. state, run by incompetent authorities who the law, not the identity of the parties, Last weekend, I went to Yuma, AZ, have little ability to protect the citizens. drive the result. and met with Border Patrol and Cus- The violence that has terrorized When Justice Souter announced his toms and other law enforcement agents Mexican citizens continues to seep retirement in May, I suggested that who do such an outstanding job for our across the border, devastating families the Court would benefit from a much country. and crippling communities. In my broader range of experience among its By the way, the temperature was ap- hometown of Phoenix, there have been members. My concern at the time proximately 115 degrees, and our men over 700 reported kidnappings in the wasn’t the relative lack of women or and women, who are serving so well, past year. This has led to Phoenix racial or ethnic minorities on the were out there trying to secure our being declared the ‘‘kidnapping capital Court—though that deficit is glaring. I border and keep our country safe. of the United States,’’ second only to was pointing to the fact that most of Despite the increased efforts of Presi- Mexico City in the world. In many the current Justices, whether they dent Calderon to stamp out these cases, kidnap victims are intertwined were Black or White, women or men, bloodthirsty and vicious drug cartels, with criminal elements of society, in- share roughly the same life experi- violence has increased dramatically, volved with illegal cross-border smug- ences. claiming over 6,000 lives in Mexico last gling operations. Judge Sotomayor will bring a much year alone. The murderers carrying out The police chief of Phoenix testified needed breadth of experience to the these crimes are as violent and dan- in April before the Senate’s Homeland Court. Unlike the other Justices, who gerous as any in the world. Many have Security Committee that Phoenix is a lack extensive experience with private extensive military training and carry transshipment point for illegal drugs industry and any experience on the out their illegal activities with sophis- and smuggled humans, both coming to trial court, Judge Sotomayor under- ticated tactical weapons and no regard Phoenix before being shipped to other stands the motivation and needs of the for human life. points throughout the United States.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 01:30 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G24JY6.008 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8075 Immigrants illegally crossing the oped investigative strategies and tun- with countries, including the Iranian border with paid ‘‘coyotes’’ are treated nel detection equipment to locate and situation, but I hope we can focus a lot like expendable cargo to be bought, identify subterranean cross-border tun- of our attention on the problems that sold, traded, or stolen. In many cases, nels. are bred on our border by the drug car- the immigrants’ families are ransomed The latest, by the way, on the part of tels and the human smuggling and the for additional funds by bajadores, or the drug cartels, is the use of ultra- terrible mistreatment of people on takedown crews, to guarantee safe de- lights. Ultralights now are being flown both sides of the border as a result of livery of their loved ones. at extremely low altitude, loaded with that. As detailed in a Newsweek article drugs, across the Mexico-Arizona bor- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- from earlier this year: der and all across the border. sent the articles in the Washington Kidnap victims have been found bound and We must also increase personnel on Post and Newsweek be printed in the gagged, their fingers smashed and their fore- the border to put an end to illegal im- RECORD, and I yield the floor. heads spattered with blood from pistol migration and protect our citizens There being no objection, the mate- whippings. When the bajadores abduct illegal rial was ordered to be printed in the immigrants—hoping to extort more money from the drug cartel violence occurring from relatives—they will sometimes kill in Mexico. For this reason, I was dis- RECORD, as follows: someone off immediately to scare the others. appointed that the administration re- [From the Washington Post, July 23, 2009] There was a case last year where they duct- jected Arizona Governor Brewer’s re- AMBUSHED BY A DRUG WAR taped the mouth and nose of one individual quest—and the requests of the Gov- (By William Booth) and had the others watch while he asphyx- ernors of California, New Mexico, and COLONIA LEBARON, MEXICO—Mormon pio- iated and defecated on himself. Texas—who also requested National neer Alma Dayer LeBaron had a vision when These are not pleasant things. They Guard troops to bolster the Joint he moved his breakaway sect of polygamists are not pleasant things to describe. But Counter-Narcotics Terrorism Task to this valley 60 years ago: His many chil- they are going on right now as we Force. But, as we know, the coyotes dren would live in peace and prosperity speak. among the pretty pecan orchards they would are aggressive and creative despite our plant in the desert. Aside from the horrible toll these efforts to secure the border with more cartels extract from their victims and Prosperity has come, but the peace has personnel, more fencing, and more sur- been shattered. the victims’ families, they also se- veillance technology. In the past three months, American Mor- verely tax the resources of law enforce- The United States must keep its mon communities in Mexico have been ment agencies of border communities. focus on securing our southern border sucked into a dust devil of violence sweeping The police chief of Phoenix also testi- and doing all it can to assist President the borderlands. Their relative wealth has made them targets: Their telephones ring fied that the Phoenix police receive a Calderon in his efforts against these kidnapping report almost every night, with threats of extortion. Their children and violent drug cartels. The prosperity elders are taken by kidnappers. They have which can require the efforts of up to and success of Mexico is essential to 60 officers to find, rescue, and protect been drawn into the government’s war with the prosperity and success of our own the drug cartels. kidnap victims. country. We share a border, our econo- This month, a leader of their colony was Lest you believe these activities are mies are intertwined, and we are major abducted by heavily armed men dressed as limited to border communities, last trading partners with each other. The police, then beaten and shot dead 10 minutes year the bodies of five Mexican men from town. Benjamin LeBaron, 31, whom ev- United States must show its support were discovered bound, gagged, and eryone called Benji, had dared to denounce electrocuted in Birmingham, AL, in an for our neighbor to the south and sup- the criminals, while refusing to pay a $1 mil- apparent hit by a Mexican cartel. In re- port the Mexican people and the lion ransom demanded by kidnappers who cent years, arrests of Mexican cartel Calderon administration in this funda- had grabbed his teenage brother from a fam- mental struggle against lawlessness ily ranch in May. members have occurred across the Amid the blood and mesquite at the site of South, including Tennessee, North and corruption. We have a big problem. We have a big his last breath, Benjamin LeBaron’s killers Carolina, and Georgia. problem with these drug cartels. The posted a sign that read: ‘‘This is for the lead- There is no sign that the number of ers of LeBaron who didn’t believe and who these drug-related arrests will abate in Mexican Government now has a prob- still don’t believe.’’ the near future, which is why I support lem. They just lost an election because ‘‘We’re living in a war zone, but it’s a war efforts to complete the proposed 700 the people of Mexico, many of them, zone with little kids running all around in miles of double-layer fence. But, as we believe these drugs are just going the yard,’’ said Julian LeBaron, a brother of through Mexico, intended for the the slain leader. Like most members of the have seen, fencing alone fails to take Mormon enclave, he has dual Mexican-Amer- into account the realities of the south- United States of America. Violence is at an incredibly high ican citizenship and speaks Spanish and ern border and should not be treated as English fluently. a panacea. These criminal smuggling level not only on the border but These Mormons, some who swear and drink enterprises are very sophisticated and throughout the country of Mexico and, beer, are the latest collateral damage in the are not easily deterred, which is why tragically, corruption reaches to very Mexican government’s U.S.-backed war we must work to truly secure our bor- high levels in the government. We have against criminal organizations. der, not merely fence it. the Merida Initiative. We are working Here in Chihuahua, the border state south of Texas and New Mexico, conditions are rap- This past weekend, as I mentioned, I with the Mexican Government. But there is no time like the present, in my idly deteriorating. The violence has left visited the border in Yuma, AZ, and more than 1,000 dead in Ciudad Juarez this witnessed the extraordinary lengths view, because we need to not only en- year, even though the government has sent these cartels go to smuggle their goods force and increase our efforts on our 10,000 troops and police officers into the city. across the border. One cartel spent up- side of the border but also work as Increasingly the violence is moving from wards of $1 million using sophisticated closely as possible with the Mexican the big cities into the small, usually placid GPS-directed drilling equipment to de- Government and people. farm towns of the rugged desert mountains. velop their tunnel far below the surface It is horrific what is taking place: be- Criminal bands have ambushed the gov- ernor’s convoy along the highway, and they to move goods underneath fencing and headings of people, bodies hung from overpasses. These are amongst the have assassinated local police at stop lights out of sight of law enforcement agen- and political leaders at will. Gunmen exe- cies. most cruel and terrible people who in- cuted the mayor of Namiquipa last week. In Nogales, AZ, drug traffickers have habit this Earth. It is a lot about ‘‘The northeast of Chihuahua is now a zone used the city’s sewer system to channel drugs. It is a lot about a $16-billion-a- of devastation,’’ said Victor Quintana, a drugs across the border. Every other year business, of drugs coming into the state lawmaker, who reports an exodus of month tunnels are discovered under- United States of America. That is how business people fleeing kidnappers and farm- neath the border. Since 1990, 110 cross- they can afford to spend easily $1 mil- ers refusing to plant their crops because of extortion. border tunnels have been discovered. lion to build a tunnel underneath the The columnist Alberto Aziz Nassif wrote in Twenty-four tunnels were discovered in border between Yuma, AZ, and Mexico. El Universal newspaper, ‘‘Chihuahua today is 2008 alone. I know we have a lot of issues that the emblem of a failed state, run by incom- Not to be deterred, our outstanding are affecting the future of our country, petent authorities who have little ability to law enforcement officials have devel- including two wars, including relations protect the citizens.’’

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Eric LeBaron was freed eight days after his ‘‘All we want to do is live in peace. We abduction. His kidnappers simply told him to [From Newsweek, Mar. 14, 2009] want nothing to do with the drug cartels. go home. But soon after, another member of THE ENEMY WITHIN They can’t be stopped. What we want is just the community, Meredith Romney, a 72- (By Eve Conant and Arian Campo-Flores) to protect ourselves from being kidnapped year-old bishop related to former Republican As Manuel exited the Radio Shack in Phoe- and killed,’’ said Marco LeBaron, a college presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was nix with his family one afternoon last student who came home for the funeral of his taken captive. The state governor sent Co- month, a group of Hispanic men standing in brother, the slain anti-crime activist. Marco lombian security consultants to LeBaron. the parking lot watched him closely. ‘‘Do it LeBaron is one of 70 Mormons who have vol- The Mormons, led by an increasingly public now, do it now,’’ one said to another in Span- unteered to join a rural police force to pro- and outspoken Benjamin LeBaron, formed a ish, according to a witness. One of the men tect the town. The Mexican government has group called SOS Chihuahua to organize citi- approached Manuel, pointed a revolver at his given them permission to arm themselves. zens to defend themselves, report crimes and demand results from authorities. LeBaron head and tried to force him into a Ford Expe- DRAGGED INTO DRUG FIGHT was featured prominently in the local media. dition parked close by. ‘‘Please, I’ll get into For all the violence swirling around them, He gave a speech to a graduating class of po- the car, just don’t touch me,’’ Manuel plead- the Mormons have mostly stayed out of the lice cadets. He staged rallies. He got noticed. ed as he entered the vehicle, his wife told po- fight. Their ancestors first settled in Mexico ATTACK ON FAMILY HOME lice. Nearby, she said, another man in a in the 1880s, during the reign of dictator Chrysler sedan aimed a rifle or shotgun out Early on July 7, four trucks loaded with Porfirio Dı´az, who offered the religious out- the driver’s side window. At some point, men passed through a highway tollbooth, casts refuge from the harassment and pros- shots were fired, said witnesses, although ap- where they were recorded on videotape out- ecution they faced in the United States for parently no one was hit. Then the vehicles side Galeana, where Benjamin LeBaron lived their polygamist lifestyles. Some men in tore off with a screech of tires. in a sprawling, new stucco home with his Colonia LeBaron and surrounding towns con- Later that evening, the phone rang. When wife and five young children. Two trucks tinue to follow what early Mormon prophets Manuel’s wife picked up, a male voice said in stopped at the cemetery outside town and called ‘‘the Principle,’’ marrying multiple Spanish, ‘‘Don’t call the police,’’ and then waited. Two pickup trucks filled with 15 to wives and having dozens of children, though played a recording of Manuel saying, ‘‘Tell 20 heavily armed men, wearing helmets, bul- the custom here is fading. Polygamy was the kids I’m OK.’’ The man said he’d call letproof vests and blue uniforms, came for banned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- again, then hung up. Despite the warning, LeBaron. ter-Day Saints, the official Mormon Church, They smashed in his home’s windows and Manuel’s wife contacted the cops. In subse- in 1890. shouted for him to open the door, as his ter- quent calls, the kidnappers told her Manuel The Mormon community based in Colonia rified children cried inside, according to an owed money for drugs, and they demanded $1 LeBaron, numbering about 1,000, has one account given by his brothers. LeBaron’s million and his Cadillac Escalade as ransom. motel, two grocery stores and lots of schools. When two men later retrieved the Escalade brother-in-law Luis Widmar, 29, who lived There are no ATMs and no liquor sales. and drove off, the cops chased them and across the street, heard the commotion and Many Mormons are conspicuous not only for forced them off the road. Both men, illegal ran to his aid. Both men were beaten by the their straw-colored hair and pale skin, but immigrants from Mexico, said they’d been gunmen, who threatened to rape LeBaron’s also for their new pickup trucks, large sub- paid by a man (who authorities believe has wife in front of her children unless the men urban-style homes with green front lawns, high-level drug connections) to drive the ve- revealed where LeBaron kept his arsenal of and big tracts of land for their pecans and hicle to Tucson. So far, police say, Manuel weapons. cattle. They are wealthy, by the standards of ‘‘But he didn’t have any, because I promise hasn’t reappeared, and his family has been their poor Mexican neighbors. Most of the you, if he did, he would have used them to reluctant to cooperate further with law en- Mormon men make their money working protect his family,’’ Julian LeBaron said. forcement. ‘‘He’s a drug dealer, and he lost a construction jobs in the United States; a LeBaron and Widmar were shot in the head load,’’ says Lt. Lauri Burgett of the Phoenix young Mormon might work 10 years hanging outside town. A banner was hung beside their Police Department’s recently created kid- drywall in Las Vegas before he has enough bodies that blamed them for the arrest of 25 napping squad. ‘‘He was probably brought to money to buy a plot of land to start his own gunmen who were seized in June after terror- Mexico to answer for that.’’ pecan orchard here. izing the town of Nicolas Bravo, where they Surprising as it may seem, Phoenix has be- The Mormons were dragged into the drug burned down buildings and extorted from come America’s kidnapping capital. Last fight on May 2, when 16-year-old Eric business owners. According to Mexican law year 368 abductions were reported, compared LeBaron and a younger brother were hauling enforcement officials, the gunmen are mem- with 117 in 2000. Police say the real number a load of fence posts in their truck to their bers of the Sinaloa drug cartel, which is is likely much higher, since many go unre- father’s ranch in the Sierra Madre. Accord- fighting the Juarez cartel for billion-dollar ported. Though in the past most of the ing to the family’s account, five armed men cocaine-smuggling routes into El Paso. nabbings stemmed from domestic-violence seized Eric and told his brother to run home After the men killed LeBaron and Widmar, incidents, now the majority are linked to and tell his father to answer the telephone. a video camera captured their departure at drug-trafficking and human-smuggling oper- When the kidnappers called, they told Joel the highway tollbooth—the make, model and ations that pervade the Arizona corridor. It’s LeBaron that if he ever wanted to see Eric year of their vehicles and the license num- still unclear to what extent the snatchings again, he must pay them $1 million. bers, according to family members. There are being directly ordered by Mexican car- The next day, 150 men gathered at the have been no arrests. tels, but authorities say they’re undoubtedly church house in Colonia LeBaron to debate Who killed Benji LeBaron—and why? These a byproduct of the drug-fueled mayhem what to do. They had no confidence in the questions are difficult to answer in Mexico’s south of the border. ‘‘The tactics are moving local police. One of their members, Ariel drug war, and the unknowns fuel the fear of north,’’ says assistant police chief Andy An- Ray, the mayor of nearby Galeana, reminded those left in Colonia LeBaron. derson. ‘‘We don’t have the violence they them that someone had put an empty coffin The state attorney general, Patricia have in Mexico yet—the killing of police offi- in the bed of his pickup. Some men argued Gonza´ lez, blamed the group La Lı´nea, the cers and the beheadings—but in terms of that they should hire professional bounty Line, the armed enforcement wing of former kidnappings and home invasions, it has hunters from the United States to get Eric police officers and gunmen that works for come.’’ back. Others wanted to form a posse. the Juarez cartel. A few months ago, That raises an unnerving prospect: that ‘‘But we knew the last thing we could do Gonza´ lez said La Lı´nea was an exhausted the turmoil in Mexico—where drug violence was give them the money, or we would be in- remnant of dead-enders whose ranks had claimed more than 6,000 lives last year—is fi- vaded by this scum,’’ Julian LeBaron said. been decimated by infighting and arrests. nally seeping across the border. According to Another brother, Craig LeBaron, told the After Gonza´ lez said the Juarez cartel was a December report by the Justice Depart- Deseret News in Salt Lake City: ‘‘If you give responsible for the killings, banners ap- ment’s National Drug Intelligence Center, them a cookie, they’ll want a glass of milk. peared in Ciudad Juarez that read: ‘‘Mrs. Mexican drug-trafficking organizations have If we don’t make a stand here, it’s only a Prosecutor, avoid problems for yourself, and established a presence in 230 U.S. cities, in- matter of time before it’s my kid.’’ don’t blame La Lı´nea.’’ The message stated cluding such remote places as Anchorage, A caravan of hundreds of the LeBaron Mor- that the LeBaron killings were the work of Alaska, and Sheboygan, Wis. mons, along with Mennonites and others, the Sinaloa cartel. On Wednesday, another The issue is preoccupying American offi- went to the state capital to protest the banner was hung from an overpass, sug- cials. ‘‘This is getting the highest level of at- crime. This kind of public advocacy is al- gesting that Benji LeBaron was a thief: ‘‘Ask tention,’’ including the president’s, says most unheard of among the Mexican Mor- yourself where did all his properties come Homeland Security Secretary Janet mons, who keep to themselves. Led by Ben- from?’’ Napolitano. She tells NEWSWEEK that the

VerDate Nov 24 2008 01:30 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JY6.011 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8077 administration is dispatching additional nix’s criminal underworld. Among the groups ating.’’ She had already called some family Customs and Border Protection and Immi- that have stepped into the breach: roving members and asked them to draw money gration and Customs Enforcement personnel Mexican gangsters called bajadores, or from an equity line. But it wasn’t arriving to the border, and it’s reviewing requests ‘‘takedown’’ crews, who are responsible for quickly enough. ‘‘I don’t have it yet, baby,’’ from the governors of Arizona and Texas for many of the city’s kidnappings. Often oper- she told her boyfriend on a subsequent call, help from National Guard troops. Earlier ating in packs of five, they typically cross as he grew more distressed. ‘‘I’m doing ev- this month, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the border to commit crimes, then retreat erything I can.’’ the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Mexico to south, say police. Some work as enforcers for Unbeknownst to the woman, the kidnap- discuss assistance and to share potentially the cartels, collecting payment from dealers ping squad had received information on her relevant lessons that the United States has who have stiffed the capos or lost their boyfriend’s possible location. As cops ap- learned in Iraq and Afghanistan, says a sen- loads. Others function as freelancers, steal- proached the suspected house a little after ior Pentagon official familiar with details of ing shipments of drugs or illegal immigrants midnight, an SUV suddenly sped away. Po- the trip who wasn’t authorized to speak on from traffickers. ‘‘We’ve seen an uptick in lice pursued it and pulled it over. ‘‘Tell us the record. the bajadores since last summer,’’ says Al where he is!’’ a detective told the passengers. All the attention has stoked public debate Richard, a Phoenix police detective. ‘‘We are Just then, a Chevy Impala took off from the on a particularly fraught question—whether seeing a lot more professionals coming up house. Another chase ensued, and eventually Mexico is a failing state. A U.S. Joint Forces here now.’’ the driver was forced to stop. Inside were Command study released last November Bajadores are renowned for their ruthless- four passengers, with the middleman in the floated that scenario, grouping the country ness. Kidnap victims have been found bound rear, flanked by two men armed with weap- with Pakistan as a potential candidate for and gagged, their fingers smashed and their ons. Back at the station, detectives ques- ‘‘sudden and rapid collapse.’’ Such a com- foreheads spattered with blood from pistol- tioned the parties; as of late last week, parison is excessive, says Eric Olson of the whippings. When the crews abduct illegal im- charges were likely against four abductors, Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute in migrants—hoping to extort more money but not the victim, due to a lack of evidence Washington, D.C., though the Mexican gov- from relatives—’’they will sometimes kill in the suspected marijuana deal. But now ernment confronts ‘‘real problems of sov- someone off immediately to scare the oth- he’s on the cops’ radar, says Burgett. ‘‘We do ereignty in certain areas’’ of the country. ers,’’ says Richard. ‘‘There was a case last proactive follow-up on victims as well.’’ Administration officials are striving to tone year where they duct-taped the mouth and Though much of Phoenix’s kidnapping epi- down the rhetoric and focus on ways to help. nose of one individual and had the others demic stems from alleged drug deals gone Among the priorities, says Olson: to cut watch while he asphyxiated and defecated on awry, plenty are linked to the human-smug- American demand for drugs, to provide addi- himself.’’ Some bajadores have branched out gling trade. That work used to be dominated tional training and equipment to law-en- to home invasions. In one incident last June, by small ‘‘mom and pop’’ outfits, but in forcement and military personnel in Mexico, a gang broke into a home, outfitted in Phoe- time, the cartels have muscled in on it. Any and to clamp down on drug cash—an esti- nix police gear and Kevlar vests—a hallmark group that wants to use their trafficking mated $23 billion per year—and assault weap- of criminal enterprises across the border. routes has to pay up—about $2,000 per week ons flowing into the country from the United To combat the problem, police in Phoenix for Mexicans and $10,000 per week for States. created the kidnapping squad—known offi- ‘‘exotics,’’ like Chinese and Middle East- As the violence continues to spiral in Mex- cially as Home Invasion Kidnapping Enforce- erners, says Richard, the Phoenix detective. ico, reports of cartel-related activity are on ment—last September. Led by Lieutenant That added business cost has encouraged the rise in American cities far removed from Burgett, the team of 10 lead investigators some smugglers to try to extort more money the border. Last August the bodies of five has already busted 31 crime cells and made from their human loads—known as pollos, or Mexican men were discovered bound, gagged more than 220 arrests. But ‘‘it never stops,’’ ‘‘chickens’’—once they’ve crossed the border. and electrocuted in Birmingham, Ala., in she says. ‘‘It’s like a Texas ant hill.’’ One of More and more, pollos may change hands what was believed to be a hit ordered by the squad’s main objectives: to keep the ab- several times among duen˜ os, or ‘‘owners’’—a Mexican narcotraffickers. A few months ductions confined to the criminal world. new, more violent breed of smugglers. The later, 33 people with cartel ties were indicted ‘‘Most of the time, our victims are as bad as drop houses used to stash immigrants are in Greeneville, Tenn., for distributing 24,000 our suspects,’’ says Sgt. Phil Roberts. ‘‘We also becoming more barbaric. pounds of marijuana. In neighboring North give them five to 10 minutes to hug their One recent night, the Human Smuggling Carolina, ‘‘there are cartel cells . . . that are wife, and then they are off to jail them- Unit of the Maricopa County sheriffs office a direct extension from Mexico,’’ says John selves.’’ If average citizens begin to get en- received a tip on a drop house in a middle- Emerson, the Drug Enforcement Administra- snared, the result could be widespread panic. class neighborhood in Phoenix. Relatives of tion’s special agent in charge in the state. ‘‘We don’t want what happens in Mexico to an immigrant being held there had received Law enforcement in Atlanta, where a maze happen here, where they are kidnapping an extortion call demanding $3,500. Joined by of interstates provides distribution routes bank presidents,’’ he says. ‘‘We don’t want a SWAT team, the unit made its move, throughout the Southeast, has dubbed the the president of Wells Fargo to need a body- breaching windows and doors, which were city ‘‘the new Southwest border.’’ ‘‘All those guard.’’ boarded up (a typical precaution taken by trends are coming here,’’ says Fred Stephens Last Tuesday afternoon, the squad was smugglers). A half dozen men tried to escape of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. ‘‘We working a case involving a suspected mari- but were grabbed, says Lt. Joe Sousa, the are seeing alarming patterns, the same vio- juana middleman. As police later learned, a unit commander. Inside were several dozen lence.’’ He ticks off a spate of cartel-linked few days earlier, he’d allegedly brokered a illegal immigrants, all shoeless and fam- crimes in the state—assaults, abductions, deal between a group of sellers and two buy- ished. Authorities confiscated two pistols, a executions. Last May authorities in ers for 150 pounds of pot. But when the par- sawed-off shotgun and a Taser-like device— Gwinnett County found a kidnap victim, ties gathered at a suburban house, the two ’’used against people when they’re put on the along with 11 kilos of cocaine and $7.65 mil- buyers held up the others and made off with phone, begging their relatives for cash,’’ says lion in shrink-wrapped bundles, in a house $40,000 worth of dope and cash. The man tried Sousa. It was a good bust, he says, but rented by an alleged Gulf cartel cell leader. to escape, but a woman at the house pulled ‘‘within a week or two, that same organiza- A few months later, a suspected drug dealer a gun on him. ‘‘You’re not leaving,’’ she said, tion will be back up and running.’’ Sousa in Lawrenceville was abducted by six men, according to the middleman’s subsequent ac- moved to Phoenix because he thought it was dressed commando-style in black, and held count to police. ‘‘You set up this deal.’’ The a nice place to raise a family. But the vio- for a $2 million ransom (he escaped). stolen goods were now his debt. Eventually lence is out of control, he says. ‘‘Soon as I Nothing rivals the rash of kidnappings in released, he scrambled to cobble together retire, I’m out of here.’’ Phoenix, however. As border enforcement $40,000 worth of possessions—three vehicles, Many area residents who have had encoun- has tightened the screws on the California 10 pounds of pot, some cash—while a man ters with the smuggling world share the sen- and Texas crossings, Arizona has become a who called himself ‘‘Chuco’’ rang him every timent. At a takedown of a suspected drop prime gateway for illicit trafficking—in both hour. But it wasn’t enough. On Tuesday house a few days earlier in nearby Avondale, directions. ‘‘The drugs and people come morning, Chuco arrived at the man’s house. a neighbor became inconsolable describing north, the guns go south,’’ says Elizabeth ‘‘I’ve got to go,’’ the man told his girlfriend, the terror he experienced living next door to Kempshall, the DEA’s special agent in according to her statements to police. ‘‘If I what locals fear is a home to ruthless crimi- charge of the Phoenix division. Arizona is don’t pay, they’re going to hurt me.’’ His ab- nals. ‘‘It’s been hell,’’ said the man, who re- mostly dominated by the Sinaloa cartel, ductors, he said, worked for El Chapo (an fused to be named because he was scared. ‘‘I which authorities say is trying to assert unconfirmed allegation). have five kids. I’ve been sleeping with two greater control over the U.S. drug trade. Yet Later that day, the man’s girlfriend ar- machine guns under my bed for two years.’’ analysts believe the organization has frac- rived at the police station. Sleepless and He’s planning to foreclose on his property tured—most notably last summer, when the frantic, she fielded repeated calls from her and flee with his family as soon as possible. Beltran Leyva brothers reportedly split from boyfriend, who pleaded for her to raise addi- Despite the bust, the smugglers ‘‘will be leader Joaquı´n (El Chapo) Guzma´ n. tional cash. The cops urged her to remain back,’’ he said. ‘‘Right now, they are headed That internecine conflict, along with car- calm. ‘‘I know you are stressed, but you need to the border, they’ll chill out for a month, tel encroachment north of the border, has to keep talking,’’ said one of the detectives. and they’ll be back.’’ As overwrought as he created something of a free-for-all in Phoe- ‘‘You are the only one who can do the negoti- may have been, he was probably right.

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NUEVO CASAS GRANDES, MEXICO, JULY 14.— growing concern has arisen over judi- In the end, I was pleased that Judge Mexican authorities said Tuesday that a cial activism on the Court, which has Sotomayor said she could not have re- super-violent drug cartel called La Familia the necessary consequence of taking ceived a more fair hearing and more was responsible for torturing and killing 12 power away from the elected represent- fair treatment during the confirmation federal agents whose bodies were found atives, and thus the people themselves, process. dumped alongside a mountain road in the and conferring it to those with life ten- I believe a fair process and fair hear- western state of Michoacan late Monday. ure, unelected judges who have occa- ing means neither prejudging nor The agents, who included one woman, had sionally used this power conferred upon preconfirming a judicial nominee. Fair been investigating organized crime in Michoacan, where gunmen launched a series them in the Constitution to impose treatment means looking at the judge’s of highly coordinated commando attacks their own views and their own agenda record, including her public statements against police officers and soldiers over the on the American people and sub- about the role of a judge in our sepa- weekend. stituting that for the views of their rated powers of government. Fair The abduction, torture and execution of elected representatives. treatment means giving the judge, the such a large group of federal agents marks a We now see that five votes on the nominee, an opportunity to explain her steep escalation in President Felipe U.S. Supreme Court can invent new record and her comments, and to put ´ Calderon’s war with the drug cartels. Though rights that are not found in the Con- those in the appropriate context. drug mafias often clash with local police of- Going into the hearings, I found ficials they fail to intimidate or corrupt, a stitution or narrow the scope of rights direct counterattack against federal forces is that generations of Americans have much to admire about Judge almost unheard-of. The 12 agents represent come to view as fundamental. Each Sotomayor’s record. She is an experi- the highest one-day death toll for federal Justice serves for life, so every time a enced judge with an excellent academic forces in the three-year-old drug war. nominee comes before us I think it is background. She appears to be a tough Placed beside the corpses of the agents, entirely appropriate, indeed required, judge—which may be to her credit—and who were off-duty when they were abducted, that we exercise due care in exercising demands a lot of the lawyers who ap- was a sign threatening police, Monte this power of advice and consent. pear in oral argument before her court. Alejandro Rubido, a senior federal security Yes, Senators exercise the power, and For the most part, her decisions as a official, said at a news conference. Federal officials say they think the at- also the responsibility we have under district court judge and as a member of tacks by La Familia, a mini-cartel that an- the Constitution with great care and I the court of appeals were within the nounced its presence two years ago by roll- believe with great respect for every mainstream of American jurispru- ing five decapitated heads into a dance hall, nominee. Sadly, over recent years we dence. were carried out in retaliation for the cap- have seen judicial nominees treated Yet going into the hearings I also ture of one of the group’s leaders. with the opposite of respect and fair- had some very serious questions that I The attacks began at dawn Saturday in ness. Some nominations have become thought it was appropriate to ask her Michoacan’s capital, Morelia, shortly after quickly politicized, before the nomi- and that she needed to answer. While, the arrest of Arnold Rueda Medina, reported to be the right-hand man of La Familia nees have even had a chance to speak as I said, her judicial record is gen- founder Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, known as for themselves or to answer important erally in the mainstream, several of ‘‘El Mas Loco,’’ or the Craziest One. questions or, perhaps, to put their her discussions demonstrated cause for After La Familia gunmen were repelled in record in context. We have seen out- concern about the kind of liberal judi- their attempt to free Rueda, they went on rageous accusations used to score po- cial activism that has steered the what police described as a shooting rampage litical points and to damage a nominee courts in the wrong direction over the to ‘‘avenge’’ his capture. The attacks, in in the court of public opinion before past few years, and many of her public which convoys of gunmen mounted surprise they have had an opportunity to even statements reflected a surprisingly assaults on government positions in eight cities, went on for 10 hours Saturday and answer those concerns themselves. radical view of the law. continued sporadically Sunday. It is no secret that I remain deeply Some have said we just have to ig- Mexican law enforcement officials say La frustrated by the treatment of nomi- nore her public statements and speech- Familia is a different kind of cartel, com- nees such as Miguel Estrada, who was es and just focus on her decisions as a bining a code of extreme violence with a nominated by President George W. lower court judge. I disagree with that commitment to protect Michoacan residents Bush to the District of Columbia Court position. Judges on the lower courts; from outsiders—which would include federal of Appeals, sometimes acknowledged as that is, the district court and the court agents and army soldiers. the second highest court in the land. of appeals, have less room to maneuver Members of La Familia are recruited from Mr. Estrada was filibustered seven than a Supreme Court Justice who is rural militias and drug treatment centers. Federal authorities swept into city halls in times by the Democratic minority and not subject to any kind of appellate re- Michoacan and arrested 10 mayors in May on refused an up-or-down vote on the Sen- view. Supreme Court Justices can thus suspicion of colluding with the gang. ate floor—something that was literally more easily ignore precedents or reject La Familia is fighting for control of co- unheard of in previous times. Many them. caine-smuggling routes that lead from the Senators share my view that had he This is why Judge Sotomayor’s port of Lazaro Cardenas toward the United been confirmed to the District of Co- speeches and writings on judicial phi- States. The group also operates clandestine lumbia Court of Appeals, he could have losophy should matter, and they con- methamphetamine labs and marijuana farms been the first Hispanic nominated to cern me a great deal. These speeches in the mountains. the U.S. Supreme Court. Instead, that and writings contain very radical ideas The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- honor goes to the nominee we have be- on the role of a judge. In her speeches pore. The Senator from Texas is recog- fore us, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. she said things such as there is no ob- nized. From the beginning I was determined jectivity, no neutrality in the law, just f to make sure Judge Sotomayor’s nomi- a matter of perspective. She said nation process and hearing would be courts do, in fact, make policy and SOTOMAYOR NOMINATION different from that given to Miguel seemed to say that was an appropriate Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would Estrada and others. When I first met role for the courts of appeals. She even like to address the nomination of with her in June, I pledged to her that suggested that ethnicity and gender Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be an Asso- I would do everything in my power to can and should impact on a judge’s de- ciate Justice of the U.S. Supreme see that she was treated with fairness cisionmaking process. Court. and respect. When individuals, and For 13 years of my life I served as a The Constitution confers upon the some organizations, said or did things State court judge, a trial judge, and a Senate the power to provide advice and that cheapened the process, I said so. member of the Texas Supreme Court. I consent on judicial nominations as one When supporters and opponents of strongly disagree with the view of the of the most solemn responsibilities we Judge Sotomayor made accusations of law that says there is no impartiality, have. Supreme Court Justices have al- racism, I repudiated them because I be- no objectivity, no law, with a capital

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There is no impartial rule of ment right of Americans to keep and our dear friend and colleague Senator law. bear arms, and Judge Sotomayor’s de- TED KENNEDY, who is wrestling with I don’t know how one can reconcile cisions on that subject reflect, I be- his own health care crisis at this very her statement that there is no objec- lieve, a restrictive view that is incon- hour and so has been unable to be with tivity, no neutrality in the law, with sistent with an individual right to keep us these last several months as we have the motto inscribed above the U.S. Su- and bear arms for all Americans. begun the process of marking up, that preme Court building which says The Court could fail to protect the is, considering the legislation dealing ‘‘Equal Justice Under the Law.’’ If fifth amendment private property with health care. So as the person sit- there is no such thing as objectivity rights of our people from cities and ting next to him on that committee, I and neutrality, only a matter of per- States that want to condemn their pri- was asked to assume the responsibility spective, how in the world can we ever vate property for nonpublic uses. Judge of chairing the committee as we con- hope to obtain that ideal of equal jus- Sotomayor has rendered decisions on sidered the health care legislation. tice under the law? I just don’t know the Second Circuit Court of Appeals We have finished our work. We fin- how one can reconcile those. that tend to support the views that she ished it a week ago on Wednesday after Despite my concerns about some of has an opinion of the rights of the gov- numerous hours. I point this out to our Judge Sotomayor’s decisions, as well ernment to take private property for colleagues—I know many of them may as some of her statements about judg- private uses, not for public uses, and be aware of this already—we on the ing, I went into the hearing with an that concerns me a great deal. HELP Committee spent close to 60 open mind. I believed she deserved the The Court could, in fact, invent new hours in consideration of our bill. I am opportunity to explain how she ap- rights that appear nowhere in the Con- told it was the longest time that—at proached some of the most controver- stitution, as they have done in the least in memory of all here—the com- sial cases on which she has ruled and to past, based on foreign law, a subject mittee has spent on the consideration put her public statements in context. I that Judge Sotomayor has spoken and of any single bill. hoped she would use the hearings to written on, but she did not settle any We had some 23 sessions over 13 days. clear up the confusion many of us had, concerns many of us had about what There were around 800 amendments trying to reconcile the Judge role that would play in her decision- filed before our committee. We consid- Sotomayor who served for 17 years on making process when she is confirmed. ered just shy of 300 of them. Of that 300, I believe the stakes are simply too the bench with the Judge Sotomayor we accepted 161 amendments from our high for me to vote for a nominee who who made some of these statements Republican friends on the committee. and speeches. The hearings were an op- can address all of these issues from a Many of these amendments were portunity for Judge Sotomayor to liberal activist perspective. And so I technical amendments. But they were clear up these things and ultimately, say it is with regret and some sadness not all technical amendments. They in my view, resulted in a missed oppor- that I will vote against the confirma- were worthwhile and positive amend- tunity to do so. tion of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. I will ments, and there were a number of Regarding her public statements vote with a certain knowledge, how- very important amendments that were about judging, I was surprised to hear ever, that she will be confirmed despite offered by our Republican colleagues her say she meant exactly the opposite my vote. that I think strengthened and made of what she said; that she had been I wish her well. I congratulate her on the bill a better bill, substantially a bi- misunderstood every single time and her historic achievement. I know she partisan bill. that she doesn’t believe any of these will be an inspiration to many young At the end of the day, after all of radical statements after all and that people within the Hispanic community these hours and work, we did not have her views are aligned with those of and beyond. And I hope, I hope, she the votes of our Republican friends on Chief Justice John Roberts. proves me wrong in my doubts. the committee. But their contribution Regarding some of her most con- The Justice she is replacing, after to the product was significant. As I troversial decisions, she refused to ex- all, has proved to have a far different mentioned earlier, Senator GREGG and plain them on the merits. She did not impact than the President who nomi- a number of our Republican colleagues explain her legal reasoning or the con- nated that judge believed that judge on the committee were concerned stitutional arguments she found per- would have. So perhaps Judge Sonia about the long-term fiscal impact of suasive, instead choosing to explain Sotomayor will surprise all of us. those in terms of process and procedure I yield the floor. the new voluntary insurance program whenever she could. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- for long-term care. We agreed with She assured us her decisions would be pore. The Senator from Connecticut is that amendment. It was a tremendous guided by precedent, even when many recognized. help. of her colleagues, both on the court of Mr. DODD. Mr. President, what is the Senator ISAKSON of Georgia raised appeals and the majority of the Su- business before the Senate? the issue of end-of-life care, drawing on preme Court of the United States, dis- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- his own family experiences. We were agreed. At the end of the hearing, I pore. The Senate is in morning busi- able to accommodate his ideas in that found myself still wondering who is the ness. area. real Sonia Sotomayor and what kind of f Senators ENZI, GREGG, and ALEX- judge will she be when she is confirmed ANDER suggested that we increase em- HEALTH CARE to the Supreme Court. ployers’ flexibility to offer workplace Some have argued if I am uncertain, Mr. DODD. I thank the Presiding Of- wellness programs with incentives for or if another Senator is uncertain ficer. I am going to take a few minutes, employees. That was a very sound pro- about the answer to that question, that if I can, to talk about health care posal, one that has been recommended we should go ahead and vote to confirm again. I did on Wednesday evening, and to us by others. It was added to the Judge Sotomayor. I disagree with that. I intended to speak yesterday, but bill. Senator HARKIN did a very good Voting to confirm a judge, this judge, there was an objection raised to having job, along with others, in reaching that or any judge, despite doubts, would cer- any morning business yesterday while accommodation. tainly be a politically expedient thing we were considering the Defense au- Senator HATCH’s amendment was to do, but I do not believe it would be thorization bill. So as a result of that, dealing with follow-on biologics. The the right thing to do, nor do I believe I was unable to come to the floor and full Hatch proposal was adopted by the it would honor the duty we have under talk about the health care issues in our committee. the Constitution, providing our advice country and the pending legislation in Our friend TOM COBURN from Okla- and consent on a judicial nominee. this body and in the other body. homa proposed an amendment to em- We all know the future decisions of As some may know—I know my col- power individuals to make healthy de- the Supreme Court of the United leagues are aware of this—I have been cisions by having the CDC establish a

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That was accepted as single administration, has failed in ever has to worry about what most well. reaching the kind of consensus nec- Americans have to worry about, and We accepted Senator HATCH’s pro- essary to adopt national health care re- that is, God forbid, they end up with a posal to establish a coordinated envi- form measures. health care crisis and end up being de- ronmental health tracking network at We have been challenged by the stroyed economically or sitting with the Centers for Disease Control and American people now to try and defy the anger and frustration of knowing Prevention. those odds, to do what no other Con- that I cannot provide for my child, I Senator MURKOWSKI offered an gress and no other administration has cannot provide for my spouse, and they amendment which allows insurers to ever been able to achieve. I understand need the kind of medical care they de- rate based on tobacco use. Specifically, we are going at it a little too fast in serve. Senator MURKOWSKI’s amendment al- the minds of some, but for those out This is the United States of America. lows insurers to vary premiums from there beyond the halls of Congress, We rank 37th in the world in medical one to one and a half for the use of to- that issue of how fast we are going may outcomes, and we spend more money bacco. seem rather perplexing. than any other nation, way beyond, Several amendments were offered by I am stating the obvious here. I know way more than any other country in Senator BURR, and accepted by unani- my colleagues know this, and I pre- the world on health care. So we pay the mous consent, to ensure that the com- sume many of our fellow citizens do. most and we rank like a Third World munity health insurance option is op- Every single one of us who is serving in country when it comes to outcomes. I erated on a level playing field with all this Chamber, every single Congress- do not think most Americans like to of the other private insurers, and pro- man who serves down the hall, every think of our country as being incapable vided a clarification that Federal and single employee you see here, has very of taking care of our Nation in such a State laws relating to rating pre- good, comprehensive health insurance way. existing conditions, fraud and abuse, coverage. We are blessed, as a part of It has occurred to me that some peo- quality improvements, and many other the Federal employees benefit health ple in this town seem to think this provisions apply to the community package. We never have to worry, Lord process of health care is about them: health insurance option as well. forbid, something happens to one of us Did I get appropriately consulted? Did Senator HATCH and Senator COBURN tonight, or tomorrow, to our children, I get invited to enough meetings? Did I offered amendments that will now en- or our spouses. We are well covered get a headline? What do my consult- sure that independent insurance agents with insurance. And so taking a break ants think I should say about all of and brokers will be eligible to be navi- in August and sort of rolling along this? What are the right words to use gators in the gateway. poses no real threat to any of us or the here? Let’s hire people to tell us how to Federal employees who have this My point is that in addition to the describe all of this. technical amendments, there were sub- health care program. Well, let me ask all of my colleagues: But for millions of other Americans stantive amendments that were adopt- Is anybody here worried that they are who do not have the privilege of having ed as part of the committee effort. I in- going to lose their health care insur- the kind of coverage we do, this is an vite our colleagues’ attention. We have ance over the August break? Is any- unsettling time, a very unsettling offered to brief any single member or body here unable to afford the care time. In this country of ours, millions others who are interested. This bill has they think they may need for them- of our fellow citizens do not get to now been on the Web site for the public sleep with that same sense of security selves or their family? Has any Member to read there, to add comments and and assurance. If something happens to of this body or the other body been ideas, or to pose questions regarding their family, Lord forbid, they know staying up late at night recently with provisions of the bill. they are going to wake up with the in- a sick child for whom they cannot af- While we are waiting to see what the ability to either take care of the health ford to get treatment? outcome in the Finance Committee care problem or maybe at the same Has anyone I serve with here spent will be, the second half of the equation, time go through a financial crisis that the last 3 hours bouncing from it is worthwhile to note that in the destroys their economic future. voicemail to voicemail as you try to Senate, there are two committees with I have said this many times, and it is find out why the insurance company jurisdiction over health care. The worth repeating. Of all of the bank- you pay thousands of dollars to every HELP Committee has completed its ruptcies that occur in the United month suddenly refuses to pay for your committee work, and we invite our col- States, 62 percent of them occur be- spouse’s cancer treatments? leagues’ attention and ideas and cause of a health care crisis in that Is any Member of Congress, as they thoughts on how we might improve or family; 62 percent. Of the 62 percent go through the August break back in add to the provisions dealing with that go into bankruptcy because of a their States and districts or on vaca- quality and prevention, dealing with health care crisis, 75 percent of those tion someplace, stuck at a job that workforce issues, dealing with the people have a health insurance pro- pays too little because they have a pre- fraud and abuse issues that are criti- gram. They are not uninsured. These existing condition and will not be able cally important, as well as coverage are people with health insurance. to get coverage anywhere else they questions which are also essential. So if you are out there today and may get hired? Obviously I had hoped that we might saying: Well, I have got health insur- Has anybody here been driven into stay here in August to deal with this ance, I could not possibly end up in fi- bankruptcy or lost a home, as 10,000 issue or continue the process, but the nancial ruin, the fact is that the over- people will today? Their homes will get decision has been made to delay con- whelming majority of people who have a notice of foreclosure because of med- sideration of the health care issues gone into bankruptcy because of a ical bills their insurance company until the fall. I understood how this health care crisis have been covered would not cover. works, and things have not moved as with insurance. Has anyone in this Chamber or any- quickly as we all would have liked. Fifty percent of all foreclosures are one in the other Chamber, a small busi- Some say we need to slow down a lit- occurring as a result of a health care ness owner, had to choose between cut- tle bit, we are going too fast on this crisis in a family. Today, before the ting coverage or laying off your em- issue. I remind my colleagues that it sun sets in the United States of Amer- ployees whom you care about, who has been 70 years, 7 decades, with many ica, 14,000 of our fellow citizens will have been loyal to you and helped you administrations serving our country in lose their health care coverage. Four- build your products every day? Has that time, as well as many Congresses teen thousand people today and every anyone had to talk about laying them that have convened to grappled with single day in America, that many peo- off or not providing the health care this issue. ple will lose their health care coverage. coverage that you have? I suspect no. While we have dealt with various as- So while we sit here and say: Look, Then why are so many in Washington pects of health care, from children’s we are going too fast on this subject. acting as if this were about us, about

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Frank’s insurance com- of business that allows him to pick up are in danger of losing this once again, pany decided Frank should have known the insurance tab for all his employees, of failing, as has every other Congress his occasional headaches were a sign of Kevin stepped in to make a difference and every other administration for 70 multiple sclerosis, and they took away in that family. I know many do that. years, because we are forgetting that his coverage retroactively. Frank’s He is not alone in that regard. But it is this is about the people who sent us doctor wrote them a letter saying awfully difficult to make a business here, asking us to try and come up there was no way anyone could have work when you have to turn around with answers that would relieve them possibly suspected that an ordinary and pick up the wages for someone who of the fear and frustration that con- headache was related to multiple scle- is not there at work, not to mention fronts them every day and grows as a rosis. But the insurance company left the medical bills and expenses. result of our inability or unwillingness Frank out to dry. He was stuck with a Another one of Kevin’s employees re- to come up with national health care $30,000 medical bill he simply couldn’t cently left for a job with health insur- reform. afford. His condition got worse. He left ance, even though the new job gives We in this Chamber have good insur- his job and went on public assistance. him far fewer hours and pays one-third ance and we’re in no danger of losing This is Kevin Galvin. I have held a less than he got from Kevin. Another it. The same is not true for the Amer- series of townhall meetings in my employee has been with Kevin’s com- ican people. That is why it isn’t about State, four or five of them over the last pany for 24 years, relying on his wife’s us. It is about the 47 million people number of months, to invite people to job for their health insurance. She got who are uninsured, the 87 million who share their concerns and stories about laid off recently. They will be able to are underinsured, the 14,000 a day who health care. The first one I held, to get COBRA insurance for a short pe- lose their insurance, and the millions riod, but Kevin’s employee has a pre- who will lose it if we don’t act. It is give Members an idea, I held outside existing condition and his wife is a about the people who pay our salaries Hartford at 8:30 in the morning, on a breast cancer survivor. You tell me and our great health insurance as well, Friday morning. My first reaction to whether you think they will get health the people who sent us here to fight on my staff was: Why are we having a care coverage, under the present cir- their behalf. When we pretend this is townhall meeting at 8:30 in the morn- cumstances, with one of them having a about us, when we treat health care re- ing? No one could possibly be there. preexisting condition and the other form as if it is some kind of a game, a Mr. President, 750 people showed up at being a breast cancer survivor. You political contest—who is going to face that small community college on the their Waterloo, who is going to lose, banks of the Connecticut River in don’t need to be a Ph.D. in health care who can go in for the kill and defeat Hartford to be heard and to listen and issues to know what is going to happen. someone, put them into trouble, maybe talk about what was going on in their Under the present circumstances, if we they will lose an election over this—as lives. do nothing around here, that guy and it appears in the minds of some, then is Kevin has shown up at a lot of my his wife get nothing. They will be look- it any wonder why the American peo- townhall meetings to talk about this ing for any kind of help they can get. They, similar to millions of our fel- ple get so angry and frustrated when issue. I met him at a number of gath- low citizens, are looking to us, those of they watch us talk about ourselves, as erings we have held around the State if we were the only people on the face to listen to people’s concerns. us gathered here. I don’t know what of the planet? Kevin owns a small business, a main- Kevin’s politics are. I don’t know If any of us had to go through some tenance company. He employs seven whether he is a Democrat or a Repub- of the things I suspect every one of us people in that little firm—some older, lican, a liberal, conservative, mod- has heard from constituents—and there some younger—and can’t afford to in- erate, a Blue Dog. I don’t think he is nothing unique about what I am sure them. His younger employees use thinks that way. I think all he thinks about to say; you can go to almost any emergency rooms in their home com- about is trying to take care of his em- State at almost any hour and repeat munities as their regular doctor. If one ployees and his family. I don’t think some of the stories I will share this of them has a child with an ear infec- Maria’s family—Maria, with non-Hodg- morning, as I have heard in Con- tion, they will spend all day, as Kevin kin’s lymphoma—wondered what poli- necticut—there wouldn’t be anybody has told me, in the ER waiting for tics they were. I don’t think any Amer- calling for more delays if they listened them to get basic treatment, costing ican does. All they know is, once again, carefully. Sometimes we get involved the employee a day’s pay and Kevin a we are sitting around here deciding we in numbers, as we mention 14,000 and 87 day’s work from that employee. will drift off for a few more weeks or million and 47 million. It sort of glazes By the way, to remind people who months because we can’t seem to come over the eyes in a way. Is there any- say we can’t afford any additional together, or we are going to sit there body involved in these numbers? Are costs, think of this: If you have an in- and attack each other politically, as any stories involved? This legislation surance policy, on average, your family this problem grows by the hour. We would be done by now if we paid more is paying $1,100 a year on your insur- don’t have to worry about that. I say attention to some of these individual ance policy to cover people such as that respectfully, but nonetheless, it stories. Kevin’s employees, the uninsured. That does impact the decisionmaking proc- In 2005, a young woman in Con- is the average cost per family. That is ess. necticut named Maria was diagnosed a tax on every insurance policy to pick When you don’t have an ounce of con- with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. When up the cost of Kevin’s employee, the cern about your insurance and your she asked her insurance company to one who shows up in that emergency ability to take care of yourself and cover her treatments, the insurance room. You don’t get free medical care your family, you lose some of the moti- company found out Maria had once there. They are charging for it. How do vation, it seems to me, that we ought gone to a doctor for what she thought they charge? The premium costs go up to have, when it comes to addressing was a pinched nerve. Even though no for everyone else, on average, $1,100 per these issues. tests had been done for cancer, the in- family. I will be talking about this every day surance company decided the doctor Kevin has three employees in their we are in session and every day until visit meant Maria’s condition was a twenties and thirties who have never we get to the point of coming together preexisting condition and denied her had a physical, never had a dental and addressing this issue. It is what I claim. Maria died from that illness. cleaning by a hygienist. One of them, tried to do for nearly 60 hours, replac- A young man in Connecticut named age 28 with two children, was out of ing my dear friend, Senator KENNEDY, Frank disclosed on his insurance appli- work for 12 weeks and nearly died from on the committee. I thank my 22 other

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He has In contrast, the Republicans have haviors that would reduce cost and im- made a singular contribution to the chosen to simply protect the existing prove the quality of health; BARBARA progress of this debate on health care, health care system—the one that is de- MIKULSKI, who is going through her which he eloquently described as so nying care to millions of Americans, own medical issues, having broken her central to every family in this country. the one that cannot be sustained finan- ankle in four different places and un- I know he is performing these duties cially by families or by government. dergoing treatment, she did a magnifi- with the notion that the real champion They would rather talk about Waterloo cent job working on quality issues; of health care, Senator TED KENNEDY, and a host of other hobgoblins than do JEFF BINGAMAN from New Mexico, who is in the wings urging him on and help- the hard work of health reform that we did the work on coverage issues and ing him and guiding him. But Senator must do. We can succumb to fear or we the important issue of how we pay for KENNEDY’s presence was palpable. I can roll up our sleeves and pass health this to come up with ideas that will re- think our efforts today and in the days care reform. I believe that we cannot duce cost and make health coverage ahead will culminate, I hope, as does wait any longer. more affordable. Then, of course, there Senator DODD, in legislation that can In fact, that is what is ongoing at be signed by the President, with Sen- was PATTY MURRAY, who did a great this moment. Senator BAUCUS is reach- ator KENNEDY there and Senator DODD. job working on workforce issues. I see ing out, as Senator DODD reached out, I can’t think of two people who would JACK REED of Rhode Island, who is a to develop a plan that will not only deserve such a place of honor. pass this Congress but also benefit the member of our committee and did a We hear often from the opponents of American people in the long run. great job on a number of issues affect- health insurance reform that the vast There are many specific elements in ing the bill. On down the line: KAY majority of Americans have health in- the HELP Committee bill and the bill HAGAN; JEFF MERKLEY; SHELDON surance and are happy with it. That is WHITEHOUSE was tremendously helpful; true. But it is only one side of the coin. Chairman BAUCUS will bring from the BERNIE SANDERS did a great job; BOB Americans are glad they have insur- Finance Committee. But there are five CASEY; SHERROD BROWN of Ohio was ance, but they are worried they might key principles by which we are guided. terrific as well. lose it because the cost keeps going up. One, we will pay for the cost of re- I thank my Republican colleagues— All Americans worry when they see forming the health insurance system. even though they didn’t vote for the friends and family members who don’t Two, we will start controlling costs bill in the end, I have mentioned the have insurance or who lose their health today and in the future. ideas they brought to our bill that insurance. They worry when they are Three, we will preserve and expand made it a better bill: MIKE ENZI, JUDD faced with completing piles of paper- insurance choices for the American GREGG, LAMAR ALEXANDER, JOHN work having to do with their health in- people. MCCAIN, LISA MURKOWSKI, PAT ROB- surance policy. And they worry when Four, we will cover as many Ameri- ERTS, ORRIN HATCH, TOM COBURN, JOHN- they get the runaround from their in- cans as we can through commonsense NY ISAKSON, RICHARD BURR. The idea is, surance carriers about what is and is steps that increase health security and we came together and it worked. We not covered. They certainly are not stability for families. have a product now. We look forward particularly happy when they are ei- And, five, we will reward efficiency to working with the Finance Com- ther denied coverage or denied reim- and quality care. mittee. But we need to get on to the bursement of a claim because of a pre- Everything we do in health care re- business of getting this done. We can- existing condition. It is clear that we form should be guided by these prin- not sustain the present situation, and must improve health care for the Na- ciples because they are the right prin- the American people deserve a lot bet- tion. ciples and they are what the American ter. They need the same kind of secu- The opponents of health care reform people expect. rity we have provided for ourselves as are talking about a government take- Now, let me take a moment to talk Members of Congress. I don’t think the over and bureaucrats, but those are more about our health care system and American people are going to accept merely scare tactics. The reality today how we got here. At the turn of the the notion that they should have to is there are Americans who are unin- 20th century, significant technological live with the fear and frustration that sured, who show up in hospital emer- and medical advances yielded superior is associated with having the kind of gency rooms with out coverage that treatments, more effective training of health care system presently in our wind up in higher premiums for all of physicians, and higher quality care. Nation, knowing we can do better. us. There are Americans who are being More Americans demanded access to I thank my colleagues for the work denied insurance, even though they can these new and improved services. But we have done already and urge them, pay the premium, because of a pre- for many the cost was too expensive. over this break, if they are not here existing condition. All of that has to be The problem intensified during the working, to listen to their constitu- addressed. Great Depression and doctors, because ents, hear their voices, and then come Today we face a choice between a of the financial crisis, were ill-equipped back to this Chamber in early Sep- broken status quo or a better and less- and unprepared to help many who tember with a serious determination to expensive health care system; between needed help. We have made progress do what no other Congress and no other being denied health insurance or a since then. administration has been able to marketplace where competition and In the 1960s, this Congress—a prede- achieve in nearly a century: to come up choices are vibrant; between a health cessor Congress—adopted the Medicare with a health care plan for the Nation. insurance system that will double in Program and the Medicaid Program. I yield the floor. cost or one that will actually control We have also seen investments in the The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- costs; between a health care system construction of hospitals under Federal pore. The Senator from Rhode Island. that leads to thousands of families los- legislation. We have seen a system Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- ing their insurance every day or a sys- grow up somewhat unwittingly through imous consent to speak up to 30 min- tem that covers more of our relatives the tax system to subsidize employer- utes in morning business. and neighbors; between a health insur- based health care. All this has led to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ance system that will keep adding to the present situation. pore. Without objection, it is so or- the deficit or a system that helps re- But, even today, the parallels be- dered. duce government costs over the long tween our current health care system Mr. REED. Mr. President, let me run. and that of the system at the turn of begin by thanking and commending That is the choice facing the Senate the Century are frighteningly similar. Senator DODD, who was at the helm of and the American people. The stark re- The cost of care is still too expensive

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The President is right to insist we save the Nation at least $16 billion an- sible for all Americans and affordable keep moving as fast as we can until we nually within 5 years. Out of this $16 for the Nation as a whole. Harry Tru- reach the objective. billion in savings, it is estimated Medi- man, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton all The President said it very well care could save more than $5 billion, endeavored to change the health care Wednesday evening: Medicaid could save more than $1.9 bil- system. We are still at that great task, If somebody told you that there is a plan lion, and private insurance companies and this is a daunting task, but this out there that is guaranteed to double your could save more than $9 billion. time we must succeed. health-care costs over the next 10 years, Those savings are not factored into In the face of this task, some have that’s guaranteed to result in more Ameri- the CBO’s projections for several rea- cans losing their health care, and that is by sons: One, they are hard to predict, and said it is too hard, it cannot be done. far the biggest contributor to our federal def- Instead, incremental reform would bet- they do not want to take that risk; icit, I think most people would be opposed to but, second, they will only record sav- ter serve the country. In 2003, under that. That’s what we have right now. If we President Bush’s urging, the Medicare don’t change, we can’t expect a different re- ings that accrue directly back to the prescription drug benefit, Medicare sult. Federal Government. The millions that Part D was passed. That was done with- ‘‘If we don’t change, we can’t expect are being saved by private insurance out paying for it. It was done with def- a different result.’’ companies through prevention—that is icit spending. And it was done sup- So we must move forward with a savings they will enjoy, the country posedly with a $400 billion pricetag health care reform and we must do it will enjoy, the families will enjoy, but over 10 years that later turned into $1.2 deliberately and we must do it in a it will not be scored by CBO. We have also taken some significant trillion over 10 years. That was an ini- timely way. As one who sat on the steps to ensure that we crack down on tiative supported by President Bush HELP Committee under the leadership fraud and abuse in the public and the and the Republicans. of Chairman KENNEDY and Acting private insurance sectors. The National So we are in a situation now that is Chairman DODD, we took great effort Health Care Anti-Fraud Association es- different. We have presented a bill that to work through these issues. We spent timates that 3 percent of all health costs half as much, has gone down in hours and hours consulting with every spending each year—more than $70 bil- price, and that will be paid for. We are single stakeholder: patients, providers, lion—is lost to fraud perpetrated determined to pay for it. We are deter- doctors, nurses, hospitals, employers, against public and private health mined to make it contain costs over small business owners, large business plans. Federal antifraud efforts in the the long run because the current costs owners, Governors, economists, and Medicare Program have been dem- are skyrocketing out of control. our Republican colleagues. We had 13 onstrated to return $17 for every $1 in- We have also seen the need, because committee hearings. We had 14 bipar- vested in these activities, and we have of the current economic crisis, to ac- tisan roundtable discussions. And we expanded these activities in this legis- celerate our reform efforts. In my spent hours—20 hours—with our Repub- lation. State of Rhode Island, 12.4 percent of lican colleagues in an informal walk- We also expect cost savings through the population is unemployed. That is through of the bill, getting their im- the use of health information tech- adding to the rolls of those who are un- pressions and feedback. We entertained nology. In the American Recovery and insured. They are losing their coverage hundreds of amendments—160 amend- Reinvestment Act, we provided $19.2 if they are being dismissed from their ments to be exact. Major contributions billion to hospitals, doctors, and clinics work or their employer is scrapping were made, as Senator DODD indicated, for this purpose. According to the coverage just to save the company and by our Republican colleagues, along RAND Corporation, we could save up to keep some people employed. with my Democratic colleagues. Then $77 billion each year in medical costs We have seen the premiums for those the committee passed this legislation. through health information tech- who still have access to coverage in- This work must continue with that nology. Once again, this type of sav- crease dramatically. In Rhode Island, same intensity. I know Senator BAUCUS ings is not included in the CBO calcula- family premiums have increased 97 per- in the Finance Committee is doing tions. cent since 2000. Over 20 percent of mid- that. I hope we return in September But in addition to the savings we an- dle-income Rhode Island families spend fully engaged and ready to move on ticipate, we are still going to pay for more than 10 percent of their income this issue. the cost that the CBO has calculated. on health care. We know these numbers I wish to make a few points about the The Finance Committee is committed are going to get worse, not better, if we legislation that is emerging from both to do that. And it should be noted, sig- do nothing. They are going to get to the HELP Committee and I anticipate nificantly, that President Obama has the point where families cannot afford from the Finance Committee. First of already received commitments from it, where State governments cannot af- all, we have included in our bill items— health care industries to share in the ford it, where the Federal Government and the Finance Committee will do the cost of payment and contribute to this cannot afford it. We have to recognize same—that will ensure that this is plan. The American Hospital Associa- that, that sitting back, doing nothing, fully paid for, unlike the Medicare Part tion has pledged $155 billion in antici- proposing the old remedies will do D plan enacted by the Bush adminis- pated cost reductions. The drug compa- nothing for the American people. tration. nies have promised $80 billion. These My Republican colleagues believe CBO has informed us, in their hear- groups, along with insurance compa- that giving everyone a tax credit, ing before the Budget Committee, that nies and doctors, have also pledged to $5,000, will get everyone in America they are not convinced we are going to slow the rise in health care costs over covered. But that is less than the cost be able to dramatically reduce costs the next 10 years by 1.5 percent. This is of an insurance policy. Moreover, they going forward. Now, we are all bound much different than in 1993 and 1994. are not proposing to reform the insur- by them. This is the yardstick we use. These concessions will not cover the ance system. If we do not do this, we But I wish to make a point about the whole cost, but that is where the Fi- will continue down the path toward a CBO projections. By their rules, CBO nance Committee will augment with social and economic crisis. cannot consider some things that we their proposals. So we have acted. And we must con- feel will be instrumental in not only The President has engaged not only tinue to act. President Obama is deter- improving the health of Americans but the Congress but also the major stake- mined to make this effort succeed. I re- bringing down the costs. They cannot holders in the health care system. In- call the debate in 1993 and 1994 and we and will not predict the effect of a deed, one of the things I find remark- are much further ahead than we were healthier and livelier America. able is that some people are running

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Well, if and the effectiveness of health care. way, certainly recognized the need for that is the case, why is the private in- One simple approach is a checklist of reform, but he also stressed that re- surance industry not only cooperating safety measures in ICU that has been form from an economic standpoint has but pledging to participate in cost re- adopted in my State of Rhode Island. to have cost containment, cost con- ductions? They must feel their security Studies have found that the checklist trols, and I think this idea Senator and safety financially and economi- cuts infection rates 66 percent within 3 ROCKEFELLER has proposed is some- cally are not being jeopardized. months and within 18 months of imple- thing that has to be seriously looked So we are going to pay for this. We mentation saved about $75 million and at. are also going to expand coverage in a 1,500 lives. Those types of innovations, We have reached a point now that we way where not only you can get it, but those types of reforms are designed need reform. We can’t afford to wait. you can keep the coverage. The same now to be dispersed throughout the This is the second time in my rel- thing goes with respect to keeping system. atively brief career in the Congress your doctor. We also have to prevent readmission that we have faced the issue of na- One of the guiding principles the to hospitals, and we have adopted legis- tional health care reform. In 1993 and President announced initially was: If lation in the bill that will help do that 1994, we faltered. It has gotten worse you like your health care, you can by clearly planning for the discharge of since then, not better, and it will get a patient. We are building up the work- keep it. We have stayed true to that much worse if we don’t succeed this force which is necessary. We have em- principle in terms of the construct that time. phasized significantly the issue of has emerged from the HELP Com- So I would encourage all of my col- wellness and prevention. Our bill will mittee. leagues to work together. What I sense provide coverage for all recommended We have also tried to provide assist- is that Americans want, need, and de- preventive services, remove barriers to ance to those people who need health serve access to comprehensive, afford- access, such as copayment and insurance that is affordable. They will able, quality, efficient health care. deductibles for preventive services, and have the choice of a health plan that That is what my constituents are ask- encourage employers to offer wellness meets their needs and their budget. ing for. Again, many of the proposals my col- programs. As has been said before, we want to We have a plan for overall reform as leagues on the other side have made transform the system not only organi- well as to bring down spending. The throughout the years, including tax zationally and financially, but we want current path is unsustainable. Those credits are not sufficient to pay the to transform it from a system that who advocate a less costly, better premiums, and as such are ineffectual. treats sickness to one that promotes health insurance system have an obli- We are going to make sure you not wellness. This legislation will go a long gation to offer something more than a only have insurance but that you can way to do that. And in doing that, it tax credit proposal here or there or afford that insurance. will affect the cost for all of us. give all of the responsibility to the pri- So we have listened to a whole range I think we also have to recognize vate sector. We need a real plan. A plan of proposals. We have listened to those that everyone has to be a part of this that will give all Americans the secu- who are proponents of the single-payer effort. If we were to require insurers to rity and stability that they need in system. We have listened to those who take everyone but not require everyone their health insurance plan. We cannot stress a strong community option. I to purchase insurance, we would have afford another missed opportunity. I think we have clearly staked our re- the classic problem where the healthy urge all of my colleagues to come to- form on a more competitive market would not buy insurance, the sickest gether on this most vital of issues and that will have a public option to spur who need insurance would buy it, and pass health care reform this year. competition but will not in any way the system wouldn’t work. It would be I yield the floor. displace the primacy of private health too costly for those who need coverage The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. care insurance. and those who don’t have coverage KAUFMAN). The Senator from Missouri We are moving forward with this leg- would get sick, and drive the costs up is recognized. islation. We have created a system higher and higher. So our legislation Mr. BOND. I thank the Chair. where citizens can come and select the requires the responsibility of every (The remarks of Mr. BOND pertaining choice of private insurance or a com- American to participate. We will help to the submission of S. Res. 224 are lo- munity option, a publicly-organized op- those who are of modest income to cated in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- tion. We have also insisted upon insur- meet this obligation. mitted Resolutions.’’) ance reform so that preexisting condi- We also are still working through Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I suggest tions, limits on policy payments—all of many significant issues. I think the the absence of a quorum. those things would be a thing of the time we now have will be used wisely. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The past. There are many different aspects of clerk will call the roll. We believe this legislation will pro- this legislation that we recognize can The legislative clerk proceeded to vide greater stability for Americans, be improved, and we hope they will be call the roll. not only financially but for peace of by the Finance Committee delibera- Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask mind, the notion that when I go to the tions and by our floor deliberations. unanimous consent that the order for doctor, I won’t have to worry, will the My colleagues are proposing ideas. the quorum call be rescinded. insurance company accept this claim; For example, Senator ROCKEFELLER The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without when I go to the doctor and I make the has suggested that we use the proce- objection, it is so ordered. claim, will I then be told that what dure for the Medicare Payment Advi- f happened to me 20 years ago was a pre- sory Commission—these are experts on existing condition and my visit will health care—to provide not simply rec- CLIMATE CHANGE not be covered; the peace of mind that ommendations but binding policies Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I if I have employer-based health care subject to a vote by Congress on the come to speak today because I have and I lose it, then I will be able to ac- types of treatments that would be of- tremendous concerns about the poten- cess a plan for me and my family. I fered, the medical issues that have to tial effects of the Waxman-Markey cli- think these are important aspects of be addressed. I think this would give us mate change bill, concerns about the this legislation, as important as some an interesting way to deal with the destruction of jobs and concerns about of the financial aspects. issue of effectiveness of treatment as the cost to our economy. We also want to make sure we in- well as cost of treatment, and I think The Waxman-Markey bill may create crease the efficiency, the efficacy of this is something we must consider as some green jobs. If it does, great. We the health care system. We have adopt- we go forward, again, dealing with this need green jobs in my State. We need ed quality measures. We have learned issue of cost which is so central. green jobs all across the country. In

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The legislation will force them to clerk will call the roll. may get a green job in exchange some- pay more for everything that uses en- The legislative clerk proceeded to day down the line. Americans want all ergy. Those costs will put businesses in call the roll. the jobs. They want to keep the ones debt or even out of business. Jobs will Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask they have, and they want to create be lost and unemployment will con- unanimous consent the order for the more jobs, more opportunities. To me, tinue to climb. quorum call be rescinded. the Waxman-Markey bill fails to do The administration talks about cre- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that. ating green jobs. Well, we certainly objection, it is so ordered. The administration says that the want those jobs, but we also want the f Waxman-Markey bill will create mil- red-white-and-blue jobs that have pow- NATIONAL DEFENSE lions—millions—of new jobs. This ad- ered America for centuries. There was AUTHORIZATION ACT ministration also promised that after a Washington Post article on July 21 Congress passed the so-called ‘‘eco- entitled ‘‘U.S. Green Jobs Seen Taking Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I want nomic stimulus package’’ they would Years of Planning.’’ Let me emphasize to make a few comments on the De- 1 fense bill that passed late last night. create or save 3 ⁄2 million jobs. Since the word ‘‘years.’’ The article mentions the bill’s passage and being signed into upfront that: Senator LEVIN and Senator MCCAIN did a very fine job in working through all law, unemployment has reached 9.5 Alternative energy jobs can provide voca- percent in this Nation. Last month, al- tions across many sectors of the economy, the difficulties we faced and tried to most half a million people lost their but policy to spark them can take years to put together a bill that would support jobs. develop. our troops. Indeed, I was on a video The administration’s economic ex- Not now, not 6 months from now, not conference this at noon with a group of perts said that unemployment would a year from now, but years into the fu- Alabama National Guardsmen and not exceed 8 percent if the stimulus ture. Promises of immediate green jobs their families, an MP company from package passed. It passed, and was being created across the country be- Prattville, AL, that is undertaking its signed into law, but they were wrong. cause of this Waxman-Markey bill are third deployment. The company was And not just by a little. another misreading by this administra- last deployed to Guantanamo and now In an interview with George Stephan- tion. The economic stimulus package they will be going to Iraq. We owe a opoulos, Vice President BIDEN ac- was simply the first thing the Presi- great deal to these people who put knowledged that administration offi- dent misread. Those jobs never mate- their lives on the line for us. They cials were too optimistic when they rialized. The green jobs promised in leave their families and loved ones and predicted that unemployment rates Waxman-Markey may also take years go into harm’s way to execute the poli- would peak at 8 percent. The Vice to develop. However, the job losses that cies that we have set. As a result, we President said that ‘‘the administra- the bill creates will occur immediately. must never forget what we owe them. I tion and I misread the economy.’’ In an Investors Business Daily edi- hope we never do. Well, is it possible, then, that the ad- torial on July 17 entitled ‘‘Following I think the bill we passed has some ministration is misreading the eco- California Off a Green Cliff,’’ the editor good things in it. Some are troubling nomic predictions of millions of new states that: to me. I did not speak last night, in the jobs being created in this bill? The ad- late evening, about section 1031 of the America remains the richest country on ministration failed to make the grade Earth, but it might profit from adopting a National Defense Authorization Act on the $787 billion stimulus package, bit of the attitude displayed by much poorer entitled ‘‘Military Commissions and al- and I believe the administration is fail- but up-and-coming economic rivals such as Qaida.’’ It was an important little ing again by supporting this misguided China and India. Those nations don’t take amendment and I want to share a few climate change bill. prosperity for granted. That is why they thoughts about it. It is a fact that the climate change aren’t such good sports on global warming. What we discovered was in the De- legislation will cost jobs in the Amer- They prefer to get rich and then go green. fense authorization bill, al-Qaida was ican economy. That is why there is lan- The author goes on to say: removed from the unlawful enemy guage in the bill to retrain workers The U.S. isn’t so poor that it can’t afford combatant definition. My amendment who lose their jobs. Why will this legis- strong environmental policies. But it can’t put that back into the bill. If you are lation cost jobs? The Waxman-Markey afford to take its prosperity for granted ei- a member of al-Qaida, you have earned climate change bill is designed to make ther. the designation of an unlawful enemy fossil fuel more expensive. Advocates Let me repeat a couple of lines from combatant, or belligerent. We are now say we must make fossil fuel more ex- those quotes: First, that America re- using the words unlawful enemy bellig- pensive to change the behavior of busi- mains the richest country on Earth. erent. Those individuals are people who nesses and of consumers. That means And that last line: But it can’t afford— operate outside the rules of warfare. making everything that is powered by that is we, the United States—to take They do not wear uniforms. They delib- fossil fuel more expensive. Fossil fuel our prosperity for granted. We here in erately and systematically target powers your car, your home, your of- Congress—the Members of this Con- women and children and innocents. fice; it powers the airplanes we fly in, gress—cannot afford to take the pros- They do not comply with the rule of the trains we ride in, trucks; things perity of this Nation for granted. If we law, the Geneva Conventions, and they, that we use for our own transportation pass Waxman-Markey, or a bill similar therefore, are not given the normal and but also things where we ship goods to it, that prosperity will erode fur- full protections of the Geneva Conven- from farms and small businesses to the ther. We should create jobs, and we tions. marketplace all across this country should create more wealth in this A person who is at war with the and even abroad. country. We need to keep business United States, as al-Qaida has repeat- All these things will be made more costs low so businesses can expand and edly announced that it is, who does expensive because of the climate create wealth for our Nation. We can their military activities without com- change bill that passed the House. do that by making America’s energy as plying with the Geneva Conventions, When you increase the cost of bringing clean as we can, as fast as we can, deserves to be attacked. They deserve goods and services to the marketplace, without raising energy prices for the to be killed or captured by the U.S. especially in a recession, it becomes a businesses and the families of America. military. If captured, they deserve ei- recipe for economic disaster. It leads to Our end goal must be to do every- ther to be prosecuted or held until the lost jobs and lost economic opportuni- thing we can to keep the jobs we have hostilities are over. That is what the

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Doing so would com- Let’s be clear about what removing No. 4, meeting with bin Laden him- promise our ability to be effective and al-Qaida from the definition would self on numerous occasions. place at greater risk those individuals have meant in the legal proceedings re- No. 5, responding to Osama bin whom we send in harm’s way, such as lated to detainees. It will cloud them Laden’s call for all fighters to retreat the 217th Military Police troop from under uncertainty and ambiguity. and assemble at Tora Bora and, Prattville, AL, which is going to Iraq. Judges, whether military or civilian, No. 6, being in the cave with Osama We don’t need to be confused about will have to second guess whether al- bin Laden at Tora Bora. what this is. It is not a law enforce- Qaida members are truly eligible to be If Federal courts are going to second ment operation. held as enemy combatants. guess the military on cases like We also adopted an amendment last This is not an unjustified concern. Basardh under the current Military Commissions Act, Congress certainly night that prohibited the intelligence Let me tell you about one case where a should not weaken this act any more communities of the United States, our Federal judge questioned whether an and give them any more ability to un- agencies or our military, from giving al-Qaida member who fought in the jihad could still be held as an enemy dermine our efforts. Miranda warnings to people captured To the contrary, Congress should be on the battlefield. Giving Miranda combatant. On April 15 of this year, Judge Huvelle of the U.S. District crystal clear that membership in al- warnings to unlawful enemy combat- Qaida qualifies a detainee for ants is unthinkable. It is a confusing Court for the District of Columbia granted the habeas corpus petition of unprivileged enemy belligerent status. thing. What you are basically telling My amendment removed any doubt these people that we capture is: Don’t Yasin Muhammed Basardh, over the objections of the Obama administra- over the detention of anyone who is a talk, we will give you a lawyer. member of al-Qaida or served in its aid. In fact, some of the NGOs, were tell- tion. Habeas corpus petition is a right of a My amendment will make clear that ing Americans not to talk to them and person in the United States who is held cases like this should not happen ask for lawyers, because we were begin- by the Government to ask why they again. Simply put, if you are a member ning to give Miranda warnings. are being held. It is referred to in the of al-Qaida you are going to be de- The premise of this amendment is Constitution. Many of my colleagues tained and held until the war is over, not an overreach. It is consistent with have said you are denying these pris- in the same way Nazi army prisoners of our law. oners habeas corpus petitions—denying war treated during World War II. Make no mistake, al-Qaida has an- them, taking away something to which I urge my colleagues to think about nounced it is and continues to be at they are entitled. this, to make sure we are fully cog- war with the United States. We are at I would point out that is not correct. nizant of the dangers our country war with them. We cannot mince Nobody ever understood habeas corpus, faces, and retain this language that words. We cannot lead the world to be- as referred to at the founding of our was initially omitted, keeping al-Qaida lieve that we have softened our resolve Republic, as something applied to peo- by name as a group which we are at to defeat this enemy that threatens us. ple captured in war against the United war against. It is important that According to a CNN report from July States. That was never what it meant. doesn’t get removed by the conference 15, 2009, al Zawahiri, bin Laden’s dep- It is only a most recent incorrect defi- committee. I am going to be watching. uty, called on Muslims to join in a nition of habeas that applied it to peo- I think it is a big deal. jihad against the United States. I wish ple who are trying to kill Americans Oftentimes when the conference com- that were not so but that is what it is. and are at war against Americans. mittee meets, they make substantive Last week a terrorist group affiliated Some of the courts are confused on changes in the bill. Following con- with al-Qaida targeted two American- this, in my view. Congress has been a ference, it will come back to the floor, owned hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia. On bit confused about it also. and at that time we will be unable to July 21, just a few days ago, a Wall But Judge Huvelle, unwisely, I think, amend it. I am going to watch. I think Street Journal article pointed out last concluded that the United States could the American people need to know we week’s hotel bombings were not some no longer hold Mr. Basardh because he are not confused in our thinking. We isolated event: no longer posed a realistic risk of join- know against whom we are at war and In the 19 months leading up to the Jakarta ing the enemy—in his opinion. Judge we are committed to this effort and we attacks, Islamic terrorists have brought Huvelle is not involved in the war. He are supporting our fabulous men and their holy war to upscale properties in is sitting safe and comfortable here in women who place their lives at risk for Kabul, Afghanistan; Islamabad, Pakistan; the District of Columbia. The execu- us. We must not undermine their ef- Mumbai, India; and Peshawar, Pakistan. The tion of a war is placed in the hands of forts by creating circumstances in casualties thus far number 116 people killed which Federal judges can treat mili- and hundreds more injured. the men and women in the military to protect our country, whose lives are on tary captives as ordinary criminals I ask my colleagues, in the middle of the line. with all the rights pertaining thereto. the war against al-Qaida, is it wise to So this judge reached this conclusion I yield the floor. remove al-Qaida from the definition of because Basardh was cooperative while f unlawful enemy combatant, or even in custody at Guantanamo Bay. In her DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION the new form ‘‘unprivileged enemy bel- decision in 2009, Judge Huvelle failed to ligerent’’? That is the new word we are mention the many salient facts that Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I rise today using and perhaps it is all right. I don’t showed why the Obama administration to discuss an amendment I submitted know why we changed. But we have to and the Bush administration before it with 12 cosponsors that the Senate be careful the words we use. opposed this man’s release. According adopted yesterday by voice vote. My Can anyone imagine the Congress re- to unclassified Administrative Review amendment, No. 1760, as modified by a moving ‘‘Nazi’’ from the wartime defi- Board records, Basardh was closely as- second-degree amendment I offered, nitions in the middle of the Second sociated with al-Qaida, and directly No. 1807, sets some important bench- World War? What do we hope to linked to Osama bin Laden. He admit- marks for the President to meet as his achieve by taking al-Qaida’s name out? ted to: administration negotiates and prepares Fortunately, last night it was put No. 1, traveling from Yemen to Af- for Senate ratification of a follow-on to back in. But what would have been ghanistan to join the jihad, saying, the 1991 START agreement, which ex- achieved by removing their name from ‘‘Yes, I did go to Afghanistan for the pires this December 5. that list of organizations against which Jihad.’’ As my colleagues know, the Con- we are at war? No. 2, training at the al-Qaida-run al stitution entrusts the Senate with the The original Military Commissions Farouq camp near Kandahar in Afghan- responsibility of advice and consent on Act passed in 2006 made it clear that istan; treaties.

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I have said before, if the ad- hard the Russians huff and puff and My personal belief, consistent with ministration wants to have the Senate stomp their feet. the warnings of the Secretary of De- on board at the end of the treaty proc- And the Senate has now joined the fense, is that we should not ratify the ess—at ratification—it must listen to House of Representatives in unani- treaty until the long-term moderniza- Senators throughout that negotiation. mously backing my amendment and tion plan is submitted by the President That is why the National Security the similar House amendment offered and funded by the Congress. But that is Working Group which I co-chair with by Congressman TURNER so the Rus- not what this amendment would do. my friend Senator BYRD is so impor- sians and the Obama administration Additionally, it is clear from that tant. should have no question about what Joint Understanding that issues to- It is also why this amendment is so both Houses of the Congress expect tally unrelated to strategic arms re- important. The amendment is simple from this treaty process. ductions, like missile defense and con- and straightforward so that there I would like to say a few words about ventional modernization programs, are should not be any confusion about why I felt it was necessary to offer at risk of being sewn into the START what the Senate expects in this treaty these measures. agreement anyway. process. In recent months, it has become clear As Dr. Keith Payne, a member of the First, the amendment requires the that our nuclear deterrent is in need of Perry-Schlesinger Commission, re- President to submit a report on the serious attention. As high an authority cently noted in testimony before the plan to modernize the U.S. nuclear de- as Secretary of Defense Robert Gates House Foreign Affairs Committee: terrent, including the nuclear weapons warned: It would seem self-evidently a mistake to stockpile, the infrastructure and the At a certain point, it will become impos- include any limits on U.S. [Ballistic Missile delivery systems. This report must be sible to keep extending the life of our arse- Defense] BMD as a price to be paid for an put together in consultation with the nal, especially in light of our testing morato- agreement that requires nothing of the Rus- experts: the directors of the national rium. It also makes it harder to reduce exist- sians beyond discarding the aged systems weapons labs, the Administrator of ing stockpiles, because eventually we won’t they plan to eliminate in any event and will have as much confidence in the efficacy of NNSA, the Secretary of Defense and not touch the real problem of Russian tac- the weapons we do have. tical nuclear weapons. the Commander of the United States And: Strategic Command. And it must be ac- Yet, despite the logic of Dr. Payne’s companied by a plan to pay for the To be blunt, there is absolutely no way we statement, and disregarding the photo can maintain a credible deterrent and reduce ops and positive press statements, modernization of the deterrent over the number of weapons in our stockpile with- the next decade. President Medvedev made clear that out either resorting to testing our stockpile little had changed from the especially This report is due within 30 days of or pursuing a modernization program. enactment of S. 1390 or at the same pugnacious Russian statements before The Perry-Schlesinger Commission, the July summit when he said at the time the President sends the START which recently issued its final report, follow-on treaty to the Senate, which- G–8 summit just a few days later: ‘‘If also warned that: we don’t manage to agree on the issues, ever occurs earlier. For the indefinite future, the United And to make sure there is no confu- you know the consequences,’’ referring States must maintain a viable nuclear deter- to the deployment of Russian tactical sion about what the Senate expects, I rent. The other NPT-recognized nuclear- joined my colleagues Senators LEVIN, weapon states have put in place comprehen- missiles to Kaliningrad. MCCAIN, KERRY, LUGAR, and BYRD in sive programs to modernize their forces to And his Foreign Minister, Mr. sending a letter to the President to meet new international circumstances. Lavrov, further elaborated that if the make clear that this plan must be in Yet, it is clear that the steps nec- Third Site goes forward, ‘‘then that place, and funded in fiscal year 2011 and essary to do that are not being taken. will doubtless place a big question the outyears, at the same time the The administration’s fiscal year 2010 mark over the prospects for further re- START follow-on treaty is sent to the budget for the nuclear deterrent has ductions in strategic offensive weap- Senate. I will ask to have this letter been described by its own officials as ons.’’ printed in the RECORD at the conclu- ‘‘treading water’’ and a ‘‘placeholder.’’ Congress has a long history of mak- sion of my statement. The physics and chemistry that are ing its views known on arms control Let there be no mistake about what causing our nuclear weapons to dete- negotiations in this fashion, including we mean: if the administration does riorate will not wait for the next Nu- on the SALT-I negotiations in 1972 and not submit to Congress a plan for the clear Posture Review—NPR—though. the START II negotiations in 1996. modernization of the U.S. nuclear de- I make that point because I’m sure Given the issues at stake in the fol- terrent, with funding to implement there are those who will make the ar- low-on treaty, it is clear that this that plan, at the same time it submits gument that a comprehensive mod- amendment is necessary. a START follow on agreement, that ernization plan should wait for that Mr. President, I also ask unanimous treaty will not be ratified by the Sen- NPR. consent to have printed in the RECORD ate until it does. To that I have two points: one, mod- a Dear colleague letter I circulated to I know modernization is a dirty word ernization is interrelated with the size Senators concerning my amendment to some arms controllers who believe of our stockpile this is the point made No. 1760, in addition to the letter to that our nuclear weapons will simply by the Secretary of Defense. President Obama which I referred to go away if we neglect them enough. It And, apparently, decisions about the earlier. should now be clear that that plan of size of our stockpile—which is a signifi- There being no objection, the mate- nuclear disarmament through neglect cant element of the NPR Congress or- rial was ordered to be printed in the and atrophy is dead. dered—are being made right now; in RECORD, as follows: Second, the amendment addresses fact, it appears they were made in JULY 23, 2009. the Russian Federation’s demands that early July in Moscow. If the cart can President BARACK OBAMA, the U.S. place limitations upon its mis- be put before the horse, the Senate can The White House, sile defenses, space capabilities, or ad- and should require the horse be Washington, DC. vanced conventional modernization in brought along. DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA: We believe that I say again, my amendment doesn’t when the START treaty is submitted, you order to reach an agreement on the should also submit a plan, including a fund- treaty. Any such treaty would be dead say that the treaty or agreement can’t ing estimate for FY11 (and out years across on arrival in the Senate. be signed until there is a moderniza- the next decade), to enhance the safety, se- To strengthen the President’s posi- tion plan put forward. It merely says curity and reliability of the nuclear weapons tion with the Russian Federation on the DOD can’t implement the reduc- stockpile, to modernize the nuclear weapons

VerDate Nov 24 2008 01:30 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G24JY6.001 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE S8088 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 24, 2009 complex (i.e. improve the safety of facilities, able numerical advantage. As noted above, it Obama, who seeks to banish nuclear weap- modernize the infrastructure, maintain the stores thousands of these weapons in appar- ons entirely, has little use for such prosaic key capabilities and competencies of the nu- ent support of possible military operations contrivances. First, the Obama budget actu- clear weapons workforce—the designers and west of the Urals. The United States deploys ally cuts spending on missile defense, at a the technicians), and to maintain the deliv- a small fraction of that number in support of time when federal spending is a riot of ex- ery platforms. nuclear sharing agreements in NATO. Pre- travagance and trillion-dollar deficits. Then Sincerely, cise numbers for the U.S. deployments are comes the ‘‘pause’’ (as Russia’s president ap- JON KYL, classified but their total is only about five preciatively noted) in the planned establish- U.S. Senator. percent of the total at the height of the Cold ment of a missile shield in Eastern Europe. JOHN MCCAIN, War. Strict U.S.-Russian equivalence in And now the ‘‘Joint Understanding’’ com- U.S. Senator. NSNF numbers is unnecessary. But the cur- mits us to a new treaty that includes ‘‘a pro- RICHARD LUGAR, rent imbalance is stark and worrisome to vision on the interrelationship of strategic U.S. Senator. some U.S. allies in Central Europe. If and as offensive and strategic defensive arms.’’ CARL LEVIN, reductions continue in the number of oper- Obama further said that the East European U.S. Senator. ationally deployed strategic nuclear weap- missile shield ‘‘will be the subject of exten- JOHN KERRY, ons, this imbalance will become more appar- sive negotiations’’ between the United U.S. Senator. ent and allies less assured.’’ States and Russia. ROBERT C. BYRD, Congress has a long history of making its Obama doesn’t even seem to understand U.S. Senator. views known on arms control negotiations in the ramifications of this concession. Poland this fashion, including on the SALT-I nego- and the Czech Republic thought they were JULY 22, 2009. tiations in 1972 and the START II negotia- regaining their independence when they DEAR COLLEAGUE, I recommend the at- tions in 1996. joined NATO under the protection of the I urge you to support my amendments to tached op-ed, ‘‘Plumage—But at a Price’’ by United States. They now see that the shield the NDAA. It is imperative that we ensure Charles Krauthammer, from the July 9th negotiated with us and subsequently ratified the follow-on treaty is negotiated and imple- Washington Post. Mr. Krauthammer makes a by all of NATO is in limbo. Russia and Amer- mented in a manner most consistent with number of observations worth understanding ica will first have to ‘‘come to terms’’ on the the national security of the U.S. and repeating, including, ‘‘the very notion issue, explained President Dmitry Medvedev. Sincerely, that Kim Jong Il or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad This is precisely the kind of compromised JON KYL, will suddenly abjure nukes because of yet an- sovereignty that Russia wants to impose on United States Senator. other U.S.-Russian treaty is comical.’’ its ex-Soviet colonies—and that U.S. presi- The column also highlights another con- [From the Washington Post, July 9, 2009] dents of both parties for the past 20 years cern: the Russian insistence that we com- have resisted. PLUMAGE—BUT AT A PRICE promise our missile defense. As Mr. Resistance, however, is not part of Krauthammer writes, ‘‘since defensive weap- (By Charles Krauthammer) Obama’s repertoire. Hence his eagerness for onry will be the decisive strategic factor of The signing ceremony in Moscow was a arcane negotiations over MIRV’d missiles, the 21st century, Russia has striven mightily grand affair. For Barack Obama, foreign pol- the perfect distraction from the major issue for a quarter-century to halt its develop- icy neophyte and ‘‘reset’’ man, the arms re- between the two countries: Vladimir Putin’s ment.’’ The July 6th Joint Understanding duction agreement had a Kissingerian air. A unapologetic and relentless drive to restore signed by President Obama and President fine feather in his cap. And our president Moscow’s hegemony over the sovereign Medvedev raises concerns that the Adminis- likes his plumage. states that used to be Soviet satrapies. tration may be ceding key ground to the Unfortunately for the United States, the That—not nukes—is the chief cause of the Russians on several significant points, in- country Obama represents, the prospective friction between the United States and Rus- cluding missile defense. treaty is useless at best, detrimental at sia. You wouldn’t know it to hear Obama in Recently, the House unanimously adopted worst. Moscow pledging to halt the ‘‘drift’’ in U.S.- a provision as a part of its FY10 National De- Useless because the level of offensive nu- Russian relations. Drift? The decline in rela- fense Authorization Act that missile defense, clear weaponry, the subject of the U.S.-Rus- tions came from Putin’s desire to undo what space capabilities and advanced conventional sia ‘‘Joint Understanding,’’ is an irrelevance. he considers ‘‘the greatest geopolitical ca- modernization (e.g. prompt global strike) We could today terminate all such negotia- tastrophe’’ of the 20th century—the collapse should not be a part of the START follow-on, tions, invite the Russians to build as many of the Soviet empire. Hence his squeezing and our nuclear weapons MUST be modern- warheads as they want and profitably watch Ukraine’s energy supplies. His overt threats ized if further reductions are to be conducted them spend themselves into penury, as did against Poland and the Czech Republic for with minimal risk. The operative provisions their Soviet predecessors, stockpiling weap- daring to make sovereign agreements with of the amendment are tied to the implemen- ons that do nothing more than, as Churchill the United States. And finally, less than a tation of a follow-on treaty or agreement; put it, make the rubble bounce. year ago, his invading a small neighbor, de- they DO NOT prevent the Administration Obama says that his START will be a great taching and then effectively annexing two of from concluding a new treaty or agreement boon, setting an example to enable us to bet- Georgia’s provinces to Mother Russia. with the Russians. ter pressure North Korea and Iran to give up We should adopt the same amendment to their nuclear programs. That a man of That’s the cause of the collapse of our rela- strengthen the Administration’s hand with Obama’s intelligence can believe such non- tions. Not drift, but aggression. Or, as the the Russians by making clear that Congress sense is beyond comprehension. There is not reset master phrased it with such delicacy in simply WILL NOT provide the funding to im- a shred of evidence that cuts by the great his Kremlin news conference: ‘‘our disagree- plement a START follow-on that in any way powers—the INF treaty, START I, the Trea- ments on Georgia’s borders.’’ limits missile defense, space capabilities, or ty of Moscow (2002)—induced the curtailment (At the request of Mr. REID, the fol- conventional strike modernization, nor will of anyone’s programs. Moammar Gaddafi lowing statement was ordered to be it allow further strategic arms reductions if gave up his nukes the week we pulled Sad- printed in the RECORD.) the President does not provide a comprehen- dam Hussein out of his spider hole. No treaty ∑ Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I com- sive modernization program for the U.S. nu- involved. The very notion that Kim Jong Il mend the Senate for including the Mat- clear deterrent (including the weapons or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will suddenly ab- stockpile, the infrastructure that supports jure nukes because of yet another U.S.-Rus- thew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention it, and the weapons delivery systems). sian treaty is comical. Act as part of the National Defense Au- I will, therefore, be offering such an The pursuit of such an offensive weapons thorization Act, and I am optimistic amendment to S. 1390, the FY10 National De- treaty could nonetheless be detrimental to that at long last, our 12-year effort to fense Authorization Act. us. Why? Because Obama’s hunger for a dip- enact this legislation into law is fi- I will also offer an amendment that ex- lomatic success, such as it is, allowed the nally reaching fruition. presses the Sense of the Senate that the Russians to exact a price: linkage between Hate crimes are acts of domestic ter- asymmetrical advantage Russia has over offensive and defensive nuclear weapons. U.S. and allied forces due to its 10-to-1 edge This is important for Russia because of the rorism. Like all terrorist acts, hate in tactical nuclear weapons must be rec- huge American technological advantage in crimes are intended to strike fear into tified. As the bipartisan Perry-Schlesinger defensive weaponry. We can reliably shoot whole communities by crimes against a Commission stated in its Final Report: ‘‘The down an intercontinental ballistic missile. few. We have committed ourselves to United States should not cede to Russia a They cannot. And since defensive weaponry protecting our country from terrorists posture of superiority in the name of deem- will be the decisive strategic factor of the who strike from abroad, and now we phasizing nuclear weapons in U.S. military 21st century, Russia has striven mightily for have committed ourselves to pro- strategy. There seems no near-term prospect a quarter-century to halt its development. of such a result in the balance of operation- Gorbachev tried to swindle Reagan out of the tecting Americans from hate-moti- ally deployed strategic nuclear weapons. But Strategic Defense Initiative at Reykjavik in vated crimes in our own backyards. that balance does not exist in non-strategic 1986. Reagan refused. As did his successors— That is why 63 Senators from both nuclear forces, where Russia enjoys a size- Bush I, Clinton, Bush II. sides of the aisle voted to include the

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The work of so many in my own office, in- the Defense Department has delayed ef- Matthew Shepard Act strengthens the cluding Carey Parker, Christine Leon- forts to stand up these forces and un- ability of the Federal Government to ard, Ty Cobb, and Sara Kingsley—as derfunded similar capabilities. This investigate and prosecute hate crimes. well as Bethany Bassett, Jorie Feld- amendment will help ensure that these It removes excessive restrictions in man, Joe Barresi, Colin Taylor, and key civil support forces receive nec- current Federal law that prevent effec- Jamie Susskind, who helped us get essary funds. tive hate crimes prosecutions. And it through the final stretch. For over a Unfortunately, the Senate Armed offers Federal assistance to State and decade, we have been working to see Services Committee rejected my local authorities in preventing, inves- this measure become law, and we cer- amendment to ensure our troops are tigating, and prosecuting despicable tainly wouldn’t be where we are today not exposed to toxic fumes in Iraq and crimes. without the contributions of so many Afghanistan. This commonsense I am proud that President Obama is a dedicated and determined staffers amendment would have prohibited the strong supporter of this bipartisan leg- along the way. burning, in open pits, of waste that islation along with Attorney General Inclusion of the Matthew Shepard produces toxic fumes, including that Eric Holder. The Attorney General has Act as part of the National Defense Au- which produces known carcinogens. I been with us from the beginning of our thorization Act sends a strong signal have urged the chairman to accede to efforts to get this done, and it is sig- that just as our Nation is concerned the language in the House bill, which I nificant that swift enactment of this about terroristic acts abroad, it is also helped to draft, that would prohibit legislation would ensure that the meas- dedicated to eliminating homegrown this practice. ure is implemented under his impres- terrorism against our Nation’s own I continue to be concerned that for- sive guidance. communities. We will be a stronger and eign military assistance funds author- The Attorney General’s leadership at better nation in the years ahead, once ized by this bill are being awarded in the Justice Department is launching a our laws recognize that bias-motivated violation of the Foreign Assistance new era of civil rights enforcement. In violence has no place in the United Act. I will continue to work to ensure recent months, we have worked with States.∑ that the Pentagon complies with Fed- the Justice Department to improve the Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, while eral law in its administration of these Senate-approved hate crimes bill so there are a number of provisions in the programs. The Foreign Assistance Act that it addresses hate crimes in the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Au- ensures that our foreign military as- most effective and meaningful way, thorization Act that I support, I have sistance is administered in a manner and I appreciate the time and expertise some serious concerns about the bill that will promote legitimate govern- of so many at the Department on this that prevent me from supporting it. In ments and the rule of law. Failure to matter, especially Mark Kappelhoff, particular, this bill does not contain a comply with these statutory require- Ron Weich, and Judy Appelbaum. In binding deadline to end the war in Iraq. ments runs the risk of provoking insta- addition, I must thank the Justice De- While I am pleased that the President bility, militancy and anti-Ameri- partment for diligently working to pro- has committed to withdrawing our vide its recent views letter which con- canism in key regions throughout the troops by the end of 2011, this redeploy- cludes that the Matthew Shepard Act world. ment schedule is too long and therefore The bill contains a provision prohib- would be ‘‘wholly constitutional.’’ Passage of the amendment would not may undermine our ability to combat iting the outsourcing of interrogations have been possible without the skill al-Qaida and further strain our Armed ‘‘during or in the aftermath of hos- and dedication of many in the Senate. Forces unnecessarily. In addition, tilities.’’ I have previously cosponsored while the President clearly under- similar amendments covering the in- I commend Majority Leader REID for his leadership and commitment to see- stands that the greatest threat to our telligence community. ing that the amendment was passed be- Nation resides in Pakistan, I remain I am pleased that the legislation in- fore the August recess. In addition, I concerned that his strategy regarding cludes changes to the Military Com- commend Serena Hoy of the majority Afghanistan and Pakistan does not missions Act to improve the procedures leader’s staff for her constant atten- adequately address, and may even ex- that would be used in military commis- tion to the issue. acerbate, the problems we face in Paki- sion trials. The Military Commissions I also especially commend Senator stan. This bill authorizes funding that Act violated the basic principles and LEVIN for working so hard with me on is being used to increase our military values of our constitutional system of this measure for so many years, and presence in Afghanistan, without en- government, and any improvement to Rick Debobes and Kaye Meier of his suring that this strategy does not end it is welcome. However, I remain con- staff for their tireless work on the Sen- up pushing militants into neighboring cerned that the military commission ate floor. I am also very grateful for Pakistan and further destabilizing that process is so discredited that it may the support and leadership of Senator nuclear-armed nation. not be possible to fix it. And I have yet LEAHY and his excellent staff, includ- Among the provisions in the bill that to hear a convincing argument that ing Ed Pagano, Bruce Cohen, Kristine I strongly support are a pay raise for other options for bringing detainees to Lucius, Noah Bookbinder, and Roscoe those serving in uniform, a task force justice—the civilian Federal criminal Jones. to review care for wounded warriors, justice system and the military courts I appreciate as well the hard work of and $20 million in additional funding martial system—are insufficient or un- Senator DURBIN and his staffer Mike for the Cooperative Threat Reduction workable. Zubrensky, as well as Senator COLLINS Program. The bill requires a report on the De- and her staff, including Rob Epplin, In addition, my amendment to ensure partment’s efforts to reduce spending Amanda Wood, and Nikki McKinney. I that wounded members of the Reserve on unneeded spare parts. I have long also thank Judiciary Committee staff- component are not discharged until had concerns about wasteful spending ers Lara Flint and Danyelle Solomon, their disabilities have been evaluated on unnecessary spare parts. I was as well as Mike Jones on the Budget will help ensure a smooth transition pleased that early this year, at my urg- Committee, for their contributions as back into civilian life for these service ing, the Air Force committed to reduc- well. I also appreciate the expert and members. I am pleased that this ing its on order excess inventory by patient assistance of John Henderson amendment was accepted and thank half, thus saving American taxpayers and Bill Jensen in the Office of the Senator LEVIN and Senator MCCAIN for roughly $50 million. Legislative Counsel of the Senate. their cooperation. This bill largely supports the Presi- As is the case with many challenging I am also pleased that the Senate ac- dent’s efforts to restore fiscal responsi- issues before the Senate, passage of the cepted my amendment to require a re- bility to the defense budget. I was

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I am also imprisoned, assaulted, and intimidated I am pleased the Senate has adopted pleased that the President has reduced since the elections. And journalists a bipartisan bill that supports the Ira- spending on redundant and unproven have been instructed to file stories nian people as they seek unfettered ac- missile defense technologies. I am dis- solely from their offices, which has cess to news and other information. appointed, however, that this bill con- limited their ability to provide timely It is critical that we continue to sup- tains billions of dollars of earmarks and accurate news. port for free speech, free press, and free not requested by the Pentagon. This Regarding interference of inter- expression in Iran and in every country wasteful spending takes money away national broadcasting, shortwave and throughout the world. from our troops and endangers our na- medium wave transmissions of the f tional security. Farsi-language Radio Free Europe/ VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN Mr. KAUFMAN. Mr. President, Radio Liberty’s Radio Farda have been AFGHANISTAN today, I wish to speak on the Victims partially blocked. And satellite broad- Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I wish to of Iranian Censorship, or VOICE, Act casts, including those of the Voice of speak about women in Afghanistan. which passed last night as an amend- America’s Persian News Network and After months of collaborative discus- ment to the Defense authorization bill. the British Broadcasting Corporation, I was pleased to introduce this bill sions between women’s advocacy have been intermittently jammed. groups and the Government of Afghani- with Senators MCCAIN, LIEBERMAN, These are popular services in Iran, stan, the Elimination of Violence CASEY, and GRAHAM, and I thank the which serve as a vital source of news Against Women Act was just signed by cosponsors for their shared commit- and entertainment for the Iranian peo- Executive decree. I applaud the women ment to this issue. I also thank Chair- ple, especially for those seeking access man LEVIN and Ranking Member who pushed for this bill, and those in to credible information and news. the government who jointly prepared MCCAIN for helping to secure its pas- Since the election, efforts to suppress it. It represents transparency and col- sage. the free flow of information have not laboration between civil society and The VOICE Act supports freedom of focused on the media alone. Blogs and the press, freedom of speech, and free- the government, something we should social networking sites have been tar- all congratulate. The bill will head to dom of expression in Iran, and author- geted as well, including popular izes funding for the Broadcasting Board Parliament for final review when it re- websites such Facebook and Twitter. convenes next week. It is my strong of Governors to expand transmission Short message service in Iran has been capability and programming on Radio hope that Parliament review the law blocked—preventing text messaging and pass it without delay, ensuring all Farda and the Persian News Network. and jamming internet sites that utilize It supports the development of tech- protections remain intact. This bill such services—and cell phone service nology to counter ongoing Internet provides real criminal sanctions for vi- has been partially shut-down. These re- censorship, and promotes online U.S.- olence against women, and puts spe- strictions have prevented the free flow Iranian educational and cultural ex- cific responsibilities onto the shoulders of information, and precluded Iranian changes. of government ministries. When we Passage of the VOICE Act is espe- citizens from accessing unimpeded think of the abuse and repression exer- cially timely given the suppression of means of communication. cised against women during the free flowing information in and out of Iran did not develop this sophisti- Taliban regime, it is hard not to feel Iran since the June 12 presidential elec- cated Internet-censorship technology encouraged by the very existence of tion. on its own. In fact, reports indicate this act, let alone its prospect for en- While the people of Iran enthusiasti- that numerous companies including actment. cally participated in these elections, it some with U.S. subsidiaries—have pro- Many, quite plausibly, will say that is painfully clear that the long road to vided Iran with the software and tech- this law cannot be fully implemented democracy does not end there. A true nological expertise to block the Inter- anywhere in Afghanistan, as access to democracy values fundamental free- net, and monitor online use to gather justice for women in the courts and in doms, such as freedom of expression, information about individuals. traditional councils is all too often out which is protected under the Inter- Unfortunately, little is known about of reach, and because of the societal national Covenant on Civil and Polit- the specifics surrounding these sales, discrimination that women still suffer. ical Rights. which likely including ‘‘deep packet in- Justice must be accessible to women in In fact, in 1976, Iran was one of the spection’’ technology, which, among Afghanistan on an equal basis to men, first countries to ratify—and it is still other things, allows the government to or Afghanistan will never tap into the a party to—this U.N. treaty, which also read, block, and censor the Internet. In true, vast potential of the women of protects the right to hold opinions addition to giving it the capability to that country. This law is a giant step without interference, and affirms the spread disinformation by modifying, for the entire country in rejecting vio- right to receive and impart informa- tampering with, and diverting emails. lence against women, but now the Par- tion in writing, print, or through any This behavior is unconscionable, and liament must take the final step to other media. unfortunately not enough is known pass the law as it is, with all protec- Unfortunately, these international about the sale of Internet-restricting tions intact. obligations have not been upheld in technology to countries including, but I must also mention the controver- Iran, where the Internet and text-mes- not limited to, Iran. That is why the sial Shia Personal Status Law that was saging services are monitored and VOICE Act requires a report to Con- also signed by Executive decree. It was blocked, and U.S.-funded television and gress examining the sale of technology drafted without transparency, and radio broadcasting is increasingly that has furthered Iran’s ability to fil- aimed to codify degrading practices jammed. News reporting has been ter and monitor the Internet, as well as that exist in some households and com- censored, access for journalists has disrupt cell phone and Internet use. munities. Unlike the Elimination of been restricted, and specific media out- Our bill supports the Iranian people Violence Against Women Act, civil so- lets have been targeted and shutdown. as they take steps to peacefully express ciety was not included during the Foreign journalists have had their their opinions and aspirations, and drafting and debate of the law in Par- press credentials cancelled and equip- seek access to means of communica- liament. While women’s civil organiza- ment confiscated. tion and news. It expresses respect for tions were able to force some amend- They have been confined to their ho- the sovereignty, proud history, and ments to the bill just before the presi- tels and told their visas would not be rich culture of the Iranian people, and dent’s signature, they were not able to

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:01 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JY6.010 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8091 fully cleanse the bill of some harmful nations of his Washington career—as a lob- at home, and thought nothing of introducing provisions. Now that the bill has been byist with his brother Tony, as a staffer for them to exotic foods like frogs’ legs, sweet- signed, I call on the Government of Af- Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), as chief of staff in breads and squid. He and his wife seldom eat ghanistan to communicate widely and the Clinton White House, as co-chairman of out and entertain about once a week. the Obama transition team and as chief exec- It’s no different from his remarkable abil- openly about the final substance of the utive of the Center for American Progress, a ity to impose discipline on a bunch of unruly law. liberal think tank he helped found. When he Democrats—or the fractious factions of the The timing of this is vital. Afghani- relaxes, if that is a word that can be applied Clinton West Wing. stan is about to go to the polls for pres- to the tightly wound Podesta, it’s through For this informal Sunday dinner for six, idential and provincial elections, and two favorite pursuits: jogging and cooking. the 60-year-old Podesta was dressed in a polo all eyes will be watching how and to He also collects contemporary art, is a shirt, shorts, sports socks and sneakers. He UFO aficionado and loves nothing more than led his guests directly to the modest kitchen what extent women participate. Wom- in his Northwest D.C. home, where most sur- en’s access to the polls is imperative, to sit in the front car of a roller coaster with his wife, Mary, as they hurtle along, holding faces were covered with what was soon to be and the value of their vote must be hands above their heads. A feat, he notes dinner. There were tomato halves soon to be considered by the candidates. proudly, achieved with the purchase of sen- topped with pesto (the one recipe he had f ior citizen tickets. He runs marathons, com- made in advance); arborio rice simmering on pleting his latest in Rome in 4:06. In fact, he the stove, on its way to being risotto; a pan JOHN PODESTA’S CULINARY plans his menus while he runs. ‘‘I kept going of saute´ed leeks and radicchio to be added to SKILLS back and forth between pork and fish,’’ he the risotto; Brussels sprouts to be roasted with thyme; bok choy and a baking dish, Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, our said about dinner on a recent evening. ‘‘Cooking is what I do to relax,’’ he said. which would soon hold tilapia sprinkled with friend, Marion Burros, a superb writer olives and capers and cooked in parchment. on all matters culinary and otherwise, ‘‘It’s much easier to see the fruits of your labor. It’s fun.’’ Cocktails, or the kibitzing hour, took place has written a most entertaining profile Even better is cooking for crowds. ‘‘Cook- in the kitchen, where simple snacks to go of John Podesta for Politico. ing for 50 needs organization, preparation with the Jacob’s Creek sparkling wine in- John Podesta is a friend of decades and thought,’’ Podesta said. ‘‘One part is cre- cluded dried apricots stuffed with goat and someone Marcelle and I admire ative; one part you have to get your mind fo- cheese. Podesta likened dinner preparations to cused. That’s challenging.’’ greatly. It is not only his and his wife training for ‘‘Iron Chef,’’ though there was As a young boy, he was expected to finish Mary’s talent in everything from the no secret ingredient and his only competi- the dinners his mother, who worked at night, law to politics, but it is also the tion was with himself, to pull off the dinner left on the stove. Mary Podesta was Greek- Podestas a privileged few see when without a hitch. American, his father Italian-American, so he He has been, however, prevailed upon to they are preparing feasts in their Dis- learned to cook dishes from both cultures. ‘‘I trict of Columbia home. Watching participate in celebrity cook-offs that Rep. make a pretty mean moussaka, pastitsio, Rosa DeLauro (D–Conn.) holds to raise cam- them is like watching a symphony baklava and spanakopita,’’ he said, reeling paign cash. He had only this to say about the where the enjoyment continues off Greek dishes that are complicated, the results: ‘‘When the lobbyists judge, usually a throughout the evening. latter two made with the paper-thin phyllo member of Congress wins. When Nora I can think of a number of times we dough, requiring great manual dexterity. Pouillon (the chef and owner of Restaurant settled all the problems of the world ‘‘My mother had an intuitive sense of Nora) judged it, I won.’’ His winning dish was cooking and chemistry,’’ he said. ‘‘She was a grilled tuna in the style of vitello tonnato. through laughter, food, discussions of fixture in Washington. When my brother was our families, and on, in their kitchen. Running 30 miles a week explains, in part, hosting a fundraiser, she would cook and sit why he is reed-thin, despite his love of food. Anyone who doesn’t relish such a feast in the kitchen. She was very liberal and very But then, he has never liked breakfast and for weeks after has no sense of culinary opinionated, and this was the age of Repub- hardly ever goes out to business lunches, excellence—and I have never known lican control of Congress. considering them ‘‘an occupational hazard.’’ anyone to leave disappointed. ‘‘A reporter was talking to her, and she As Podesta talked, he went back and forth Mr. President, so others might enjoy was going off on Trent Lott, [Newt] Gingrich between the dishes, his timing impeccable. the Politico article, I ask unanimous and [Tom] DeLay. It was the most embar- He doesn’t rattle easily. rassing moment for us, but the reporter took consent that it be printed in the A few things were bought the day before, pity on her and didn’t write about it.’’ the rest that morning. His choice of grocery RECORD. As Podesta explains it, with a Greek moth- stores reflects his frugal nature as much as There being no objection, the mate- er and Italian father, speaking your mind his cooking skills. Before Balducci’s bit the rial was ordered to be printed in the was a core value of his childhood. ‘‘We were dust, he avoided it. ‘‘Too expensive,’’ he said. RECORD, as follows: a blue-collar Chicago family,’’ he said. ‘‘The While he goes to Magruder’s and Whole [From Politico, July 10, 2009] kitchen table was not a model of decorum. It Foods, he also goes to Costco and Rodman’s, was all right to yell.’’ JOHN PODESTA, A SEASONED HAND a drugstore better known for its discounted His heritage, he once told an interviewer, gourmet products than for filling prescrip- (By Marian Burros) also explains his hot temper and accounts for tions. John Podesta may be best known as one of the occasional appearance of Skippy, his sar- His stove also makes a statement about his Washington’s consummate inside players. castic and ill-humored alter ego. frugality. ‘‘I’m not into the whole Vulcan But he is also his family’s chief cook, gro- Flashing a touch of his well-known wit, he thing and all that,’’ he said. ‘‘I do very well cery shopper and, apparently, bottle wash- said it also explains ‘‘why I can’t understand with a Sears stove. I’m always bargain hunt- er—and can put on a five-course meal for six why Obama doesn’t hold grudges.’’ ing; I could totally live on Social Security.’’ in the space of three hours without assist- The meal began with the risotto, topped Not counting his fine wine collection or his ance, and with a bare minimum of advance with chopped fresh radicchio and basil and contemporary art, perhaps—though con- preparation. served with a 2004 Fonterutoli Chianti tinuing the frugal theme, he insists the art The adjectives used to describe Podesta’s Classico. Podesta put the tilapia on to cook is ‘‘mostly picked up at bargain-basement political skills—methodical and disciplined— while the guests finished the risotto. It was prices.’’ apply equally to his well-honed cooking served with all of the vegetable dishes and a The hunt for bargains is a testament to his techniques, learned from his mother long be- 2006 Kistler Carneros chardonnay. mother’s influence. ‘‘My parents were com- fore he became one of the capital’s most in- He wondered aloud if he should serve the pletely Depression people, but we always ate fluential Democratic power brokers. salad and then disappeared into the base- well, even during the war,’’ he said. ‘‘My No recipes, no timing notes. ‘‘I consult ment for the mandoline to slice the fennel mother scrounged around for bargains till cookbooks for ideas,’’ he said. ‘‘I don’t use and red peppers, which he dressed with olive the day she died.’’ recipes. I don’t tend to cook like a chemist.’’ oil and lemon juice. They even cooked their own wedding sup- What he does do is cook and talk at the His wife, Mary, arrived home from her per for 80—with the help of a few relatives. same time, a skill generally found only book club just in time for the dessert of ber- Talk of pig roasting and slaughter kept among professionals. And he talks the game ries in prosecco, which was served with popping up during dinner and was the last of a seasoned cook while he chops, using the Perrier Jouet rose´. She confirmed that he tale Podesta told before the guests left. To proper knife technique. Interspersed are did most of the cooking and the dishes. earn money while attending law school at funny, self-deprecating stories, including ‘‘Having a husband who does all the cook- Georgetown, he spent two years working at tales of his tour of duty as a guide wearing ing is pretty great,’’ said Mary Podesta, who Turkey Run Farm in McLean, now called the an 18th-century costume that involved is also a lawyer. Asked if she had a say in Claude Moore Colonial Farm, an 18th-cen- slaughtering and roasting pigs. what is served, there was a pause: ‘‘We nego- tury re-creation. But more on that later. tiate.’’ He dressed in britches, a blousy linen shirt, Hard-driving is the adjective often applied Podesta cooks dinner every night he is in floppy hat and homemade shoes and learned to Podesta’s style in all of the various incar- town, as he did when his three children lived how to butcher and roast a pig.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 01:30 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G24JY6.017 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE S8092 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 24, 2009 Standing in the kitchen and acting out his tion and early detection. Their motto, administered an annual budget of over role, Podesta explained: ‘‘It’s best to do the ‘‘helping you help yourself . . . be $175 million, managed a staff of over butchering at 4 a.m., ‘‘because pigs should be well’’ is a model our entire Nation 2,000 employees, and was a leader for slaughtered when it is cool, and it takes a would be wise to follow. approximately 2,500 students. long time to roast them. The pig is hauled on a front-end loader in order to split and gut Another important tradition in our Bob Steele is dedicated to the stu- it. It’s most important to slow the pig down lives also traces its roots back to Bob dents and the growth of the College of by shooting it between the eyes so you can Price. The Jerry Lewis Muscular Dys- Agricultural Sciences. During his ten- cut its throat. It makes the pig less ornery trophy Telethon is a Labor Day tradi- ure he oversaw the transformation and and a whole lot more cooperative than if you tion for families all across America. planned growth of the college. Dr. just stick a knife in its throat.’’ Bob knew that Wyoming families Steele has to his credit many accom- In homage to these skills, Podesta used to would want to help too. He started Wy- plishments as the college’s dean, in- have a picture of a pig on a spit as his screen oming’s MDA Telethon in 1977 and to cluding major new additions including saver, but his staffers made him get rid of it, because he said: ‘‘They couldn’t stand look- this day we all look forward to sharing the new Food Science and Forest Re- ing into the pig’s eyes during meetings.’’ our Labor Day weekend in support of sources buildings; implementation of The powerful John Podesta does not al- this worthwhile organization. new marketing and recruitment pro- ways get his way. Hardly a week goes by without Bob grams that have led to increased un- f doing something to help others. He has dergraduate enrollment, reversing a worked on behalf of the Youth Baseball trend of declining enrollments experi- COMMENDING ROBERT DALLAS League and Stage III Community The- enced by colleges of agriculture nation- PRICE ater productions. He has dedicated wide; steady growth in the research Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, an years of service on the boards of suc- funds for the college; addition of key American’s success can be measured in cessful organizations like the Wyoming new research initiatives in chemical large part on how he or she helps oth- Symphony Orchestra, Central Wyo- ecology, reproductive biology, and in- ers. This year, the Boys and Girls Clubs ming Counseling Center, and Natrona fectious disease and immunology, of Central Wyoming have selected as County United Way, just to name a which have resulted in the addition of their Man of the Year someone who has few. He launched the Beartrap Music internationally renowned scientists to made his life’s mission serving others. Festival on Casper Mountain 15 years the college and enhanced graduate edu- There is a very special person who has ago, and his behind-the-scenes work en- cation; a renewed focus on environ- given voice to so many important sures the event keeps growing. He has mental and energy issues, including causes in our State, and today I am lent his presence and voice to serve as the establishment of the Environment proud to note this recognition of one of emcee for countless special events like and Natural Resources Institute, the Wyoming’s great citizens—Bob Price. the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame In- Biomass Energy Center, and the Agri- The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central duction Ceremony and Make-a-Wish culture and Environmental Science Wyoming plays a vitally important campaigns. Policy Center; and significant progress role in our State. They serve all youth Bob’s willingness to reach out to so in the planning, development, and regardless of economic circumstances. many different groups is a constant re- fund-raising for The Arboretum at They continue to expand thanks to the minder of his personal dedication to Penn State. generous support of the Tate Founda- the value of community involvement. Dr. Steele has taken his academic ex- tion, the McMurry Foundation, and the Through his engagement, Bob Price pertise outside the campus of Penn city of Casper. Their inspiration and has driven our community toward suc- State serving on many committees work has spread to adjacent counties. cess and drawn our people together. His that moved agriculture forward on the What is exceptional about the Boys and is a voice that we from Wyoming know national level. His passionate interest Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming is their and trust, and he has a spirit of service in the success of Penn State and other dedicated and loyal volunteer base. that inspires. The people of Wyoming land grant universities is evident with Their Person of the Year, Robert Dal- today, as well as generations to come, his service on the Special Think Tank las Price, takes service to his commu- will feel the impact of his generous and Committee on the future of land grant nity to a new level. selfless contributions to his commu- colleges of agriculture partnership Bob Price grew up in Chicago and nity and our world. with the U.S. Department of Agri- graduated from the College of Great Mr. President, I am so proud to call culture. Dr. Steele was also instru- Falls, MT. He started his successful Bob Price my friend. My life has been mental in providing valuable ideas and business career in Casper, WY, climb- enriched because of our friendship. It is leadership for the 2008 farm bill ing through the ranks at KTWO Radio fitting and terrific that the Boys and through his service on various national and Television to become general man- Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming have committees, such as the National Asso- ager. He chose to forgo television in named him Man of the Year, and I ask ciation of State Universities and Land- favor of focusing on his radio ventures that my colleagues join me in sending Grant Colleges Agriculture Deans. and soon became vice president of our congratulations to Bob for this Although Dr. Steele’s dedication and GapWest Broadcasting—growing his well-deserved honor. talents will be missed in the adminis- family of radio stations to include six f tration of the College of Agricultural others. It is hard to imagine that any- Sciences at Penn State, the students one in Wyoming does not recognize the ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS enrolled in that program will benefit radio voice of Bob Price. from his return to the classroom. I am While Mr. PRICE has shown his excep- COMMENDING ROBERT D. STEELE certain that his expertise, knowledge, tional achievement as a businessman and experiences will serve them well. ∑ in the operation and management of Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, today I I congratulate Bob Steele on his out- radio stations across Wyoming, he has honor the service of Robert D. Steele, standing achievements as dean and his truly gained success through his hands- dean of the College of Agricultural distinguished service to Penn State on involvement with local civic groups Sciences at the Pennsylvania State and the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- that work to make a difference in our University. After 12 years of serving vania and his continued commitment great State. the students, the college and the uni- to Pennsylvania’s farm families. I also When Bob saw a community need, he versity, Dr. Steele is stepping down as personally thank him for his friendship worked to see that it was addressed. dean and rejoining the faculty in the and his invaluable advice to me and my From Bob’s vision over 25 years ago, Department of Food Science at Penn staff. I wish him all the best as he re- the Wyoming Health Fairs were cre- State. turns to the classroom.∑ ated. Now, the Health Fairs serve over As dean of the College of Agricul- f 51,000 people yearly in nearly every tural Sciences, Dr. Steele was respon- Wyoming community. By keeping costs sible for the day-to-day operation of a MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT low, the Health Fairs facilitate partici- college that is renowned for its top- A message from the President of the pants’ active involvement in preven- notch agricultural research. Dr. Steele United States was communicated to

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A communication from the Chair- President of the Senate on July 22, 2009; to Officer laid before the Senate a mes- man, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety the Committee on Environment and Public sage from the President of the United Board, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Works. States submitting a nomination which Board’s Quarterly Report to Congress on the EC–2428. A communication from the Direc- was referred to the Committee on Com- Status of Significant Unresolved Issues with tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, merce, Science, and Transportation. the Department of Energy’s Design and Con- struction Projects; to the Committee on Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- (The nomination received today is Armed Services. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- printed at the end of the Senate pro- EC–2419. A communication from the Sec- titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Air ceedings.) retary of the Army, transmitting, pursuant Quality Implementation Plans; State of Ha- f to law, a report relative to the Manned waii; Update to Materials Incorporated by Ground Vehicle Selected Acquisition Report; Reference’’ (FRL No. 8916-9) received in the MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE to the Committee on Armed Services. Office of the President of the Senate on July EC–2420. A communication from the Direc- At 11:45 a.m., a message from the 22, 2009; to the Committee on Environment tor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal De- and Public Works. House of Representatives, delivered by posit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, EC–2429. A communication from the Direc- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled tor of Human Resources, Office of Adminis- nounced that pursuant to section 5 of ‘‘Modification of Temporary Liquidity Guar- tration and Resources Management, Envi- the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery antee Program’’ (RIN3064-AD37) received in ronmental Protection Agency, transmitting, Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–21), and the the Office of the President of the Senate on pursuant to law, (5) reports relative to va- order of the House of January 6, 2009, July 22, 2009; to the Committee on Banking, cancy announcements and (4) reports rel- the Speaker and the Majority Leader of Housing, and Urban Affairs. ative to confirmations within the Office of EC–2421. A communication from the Direc- Management and Budget; to the Committee the Senate jointly appoint the fol- tor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal De- on Environment and Public Works. lowing individual to the Financial Cri- posit Insurance Corporation, transmitting, EC–2430. A communication from the Direc- sis Inquiry Commission: Mr. Phil pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Angelides of Sacramento, California, ‘‘Amendment of the Temporary Liquidity Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, Chairman. Additionally the Speaker Guarantee Program to Extend the Debt Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- appoints the following individuals on Guarantee Program and to Impose Sur- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- the part of the House of Representa- charges on Assessments for Certain Debt titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation of Imple- Issued on or After April 1, 2009’’ (RIN3064- mentation Plans; Ohio; Volatile Organic tives: Ms. Brooksley Born of Wash- AD37) received in the Office of the President Compound Emission Control Measures for ington, DC, and Mr. John W. Thompson of the Senate on July 22, 2009; to the Com- Cleveland’’ (FRL No. 8932-4) received in the of Woodside, California. mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- Office of the President of the Senate on July The message also announced that fairs. 22, 2009; to the Committee on Environment pursuant to section 5 of the Fraud En- EC–2422. A communication from the Acting and Public Works. forcement and Recovery Act of 2009 Assistant Secretary for Export Administra- EC–2431. A communication from the Direc- (Public Law 111–21), the Minority Lead- tion, Bureau of Industry and Security, De- tor of Congressional Affairs, Federal and State Materials and Environmental Manage- er appoints the following members on partment of Commerce, transmitting, pursu- ant to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Ad- ment, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the part of the House of Representa- dition of Certain Persons on the Entity List: transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of tives to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Addition of Persons Acting Contrary to the a rule entitled ‘‘Medical Use of Byproduct Commission: The Honorable William National Security or Foreign Policy Inter- Material—Authorized User Clarification’’ M. Thomas of Bakersfield, California, ests of the United States; Removal of Per- (RIN3150-AI59) received in the Office of the Vice Chairman, and Mr. Peter J. sons based on ERC Annual Review and Re- President of the Senate on July 20, 2009; to Wallison of Old Snowmass, Colorado. moval Requests; and Entry Modified for Pur- the Committee on Environment and Public poses of Clarification’’ (RIN0694-AE59) re- Works. f ceived in the Office of the President of the EC–2432. A communication from the Direc- EXECUTIVE AND OTHER Senate on July 21, 2009; to the Committee on tor of the Regulatory Management Division, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, COMMUNICATIONS EC–2423. A communication from the Assist- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- The following communications were ant to the Board, Board of Governors, Fed- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- laid before the Senate, together with eral Reserve System, transmitting, pursuant titled ‘‘Approval and Promulgation Imple- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Truth mentation Plans; South Carolina; Transpor- uments, and were referred as indicated: in Lending’’ (Regulation Z; Docket No. R- tation Conformity Memorandum of Agree- 1364) received in the Office of the President ment Update’’ (FRL No. 8936-2) received in EC–2415. A communication from the Con- of the Senate on July 22, 2009; to the Com- the Office of the President of the Senate on gressional Review Coordinator, Animal and mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- July 22, 2009; to the Committee on Environ- Plant Health Inspection Service, Department fairs. ment and Public Works. of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to EC–2424. A communication from the Chair- EC–2433. A communication from the Rail- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Standards man of the Board of Governors, Federal Re- road Retirement Board, transmitting, pursu- for Permanent, Privately Owned Horse Quar- serve System, transmitting, pursuant to law, ant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Draft Strategic antine Facilities’’ (Docket No. APHIS-2006- the Board’s semiannual Monetary Policy Re- Plan 2009 through 2014’’; to the Committee on 0013) received in the Office of the President port to the Congress; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. of the Senate on July 14, 2009; to the Com- Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. EC–2434. A communication from the Gen- mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- EC–2425. A communication from the Chair- eral Counsel, Office of Compliance, transmit- estry. man and President of the Export-Import ting, pursuant to law, a report entitled ‘‘Bi- EC–2416. A communication from the Con- Bank, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- ennial Report on Occupational Safety and gressional Review Coordinator, Animal and port relative to transactions involving U.S. Health Inspections’’; to the Committee on Plant Health Inspection Service, Department exports to the United Arab Emirates; to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban EC–2435. A communication from the Direc- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘User Fees; Affairs. tor, Strategic Human Resources Policy, Of- Export Certification for Plants and Plant EC–2426. A communication from the Dep- fice of Personnel Management, transmitting, Products’’ (Docket No. APHIS-2006-0137) re- uty General Counsel, Federal Energy Regu- pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled ceived in the Office of the President of the latory Commission, transmitting, pursuant ‘‘Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of Senate on July 14, 2009; to the Committee on to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Smart the New Haven-Hartford and New London, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Grid Policy’’ (RIN1902-AD82) received in the Connecticut, Appropriated Fund Federal EC–2417. A communication from the Direc- Office of the President of the Senate on July Wage System Wage Areas’’ (RIN3206-AL83) tor of Regulations and Policy Management 20, 2009; to the Committee on Energy and received in the Office of the President of the Staff, Food and Drug Administration, De- Natural Resources. Senate on July 22, 2009; to the Committee on partment of Health and Human Services, EC–2427. A communication from the Direc- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of tor of the Regulatory Management Division, fairs.

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A communication from the Direc- sil-based resources in the outer Continental ernors of the Federal Reserve System tor, Strategic Human Resources Policy, Of- Shelf in an economically and environ- is audited by the Comptroller General fice of Personnel Management, transmitting, mentally responsible manner; to the Com- of the United States and the manner in pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. which such audits are reported, and for ‘‘Recruitment and Selection through Com- f other purposes. petitive Examination’’ (RIN3206-AL13) re- ceived in the Office of the President of the SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND S. 624 Senate on July 22, 2009; to the Committee on SENATE RESOLUTIONS At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the Homeland Security and Governmental Af- name of the Senator from Missouri fairs. The following concurrent resolutions (Mr. BOND) was added as a cosponsor of EC–2437. A communication from the Gen- and Senate resolutions were read, and S. 624, a bill to provide 100,000,000 peo- eral Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor, Of- referred (or acted upon), as indicated: ple with first-time access to safe drink- fice of Management and Budget, Executive By Mr. BURR (for himself and Mrs. ing water and sanitation on a sustain- Office of the President, transmitting, pursu- FEINSTEIN): able basis by 2015 by improving the ca- ant to law, a report relative to action on a S. Res. 223. A resolution designating Sep- pacity of the United States Govern- nomination for the position of Deputy Direc- tember 2009 as ‘‘National Child Awareness tor for Management, received in the Office of ment to fully implement the Senator Month’’ to promote awareness of charities Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of the President of the Senate on July 17, 2009; benefitting children and youth-serving orga- to the Committee on Homeland Security and nizations throughout the United States and 2005. Governmental Affairs. recognizing efforts made by these charities S. 700 EC–2438. A communication from the In- and organizations on behalf of children and At the request of Mr. BINGAMAN, the spector General, Department of Commerce, youth as critical contributions to the future name of the Senator from Connecticut transmitting, pursuant to law, the Semi-An- of our Nation; considered and agreed to. (Mr. DODD) was added as a cosponsor of nual Report of the Inspector General for the By Mr. BOND (for himself and Mr. S. 700, a bill to amend title II of the So- period from October 1, 2008 through March INOUYE): 31, 2009; to the Committee on Homeland Se- cial Security Act to phase out the 24- S. Res. 224. A resolution recognizing the in- month waiting period for disabled indi- curity and Governmental Affairs. creasingly beneficial relationship between viduals to become eligible for Medicare f the United States and the Republic of Indo- nesia; to the Committee on Foreign Rela- benefits, to eliminate the waiting pe- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES tions. riod for individuals with life-threat- The following reports of committees By Mr. SCHUMER: ening conditions, and for other pur- were submitted: S. Con. Res. 35. A concurrent resolution au- poses. thorizing printing of the pocket version of By Mr. AKAKA, from the Committee on S. 801 the United States Constitution; considered At the request of Mr. AKAKA, the Veterans’ Affairs, with an amendment in the and agreed to . nature of a substitute: names of the Senator from Pennsyl- S. 252. A bill to amend title 38, United f vania (Mr. CASEY), the Senator from States Code, to enhance the capacity of the Colorado (Mr. BENNET), the Senator ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit from New Mexico (Mr. UDALL) and the and retain nurses and other critical health- S. 182 Senator from Illinois (Mr. DURBIN) care professionals, to improve the provision At the request of Mr. DODD, the name were added as cosponsors of S. 801, a of health care veterans, and for other pur- of the Senator from New Hampshire bill to amend title 38, United States poses (Rept. No . 111–60). (Mrs. SHAHEEN) was added as a cospon- Code, to waive charges for humani- f sor of S. 182, a bill to amend the Fair tarian care provided by the Depart- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide ment of Veterans Affairs to family JOINT RESOLUTIONS more effective remedies to victims of members accompanying veterans se- discrimination in the payment of verely injured after September 11, 2001, The following bills and joint resolu- wages on the basis of sex, and for other as they receive medical care from the tions were introduced, read the first purposes. Department and to provide assistance and second times by unanimous con- to family caregivers, and for other pur- sent, and referred as indicated: S. 211 At the request of Mr. PRYOR, his poses. By Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself and Ms. S. 950 SNOWE): name was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mrs. LINCOLN, the S. 1513. A bill to provide for an additional 211, a bill to facilitate nationwide temporary extension of programs under the availability of 2–1–1 telephone service name of the Senator from Rhode Island Small Business Act and the Small Business for information and referral on human (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a co- Investment Act of 1958, and for other pur- services and volunteer services, and for sponsor of S. 950, a bill to amend title poses; considered and passed. other purposes. XVIII of the Social Security Act to au- By Ms. MURKOWSKI: thorize physical therapists to evaluate S. 316 S. 1514. A bill to ensure safe, secure, and and treat Medicare beneficiaries with- At the request of Mrs. LINCOLN, the reliable marine shipping in the Arctic in- out a requirement for a physician re- name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. cluding the availability of aids to naviga- ferral, and for other purposes. tion, vessel escorts, spill response capability, HUTCHISON) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1005 and maritime search and rescue in the Arc- S. 316, a bill to amend the Internal At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the tic, and for other purposes; to the Committee Revenue Code of 1986 to make perma- name of the Senator from California on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. nent the reduction in the rate of tax on (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- By Ms. MURKOWSKI: qualified timber gain of corporations, S. 1515. A bill to amend the Hydrographic sponsor of S. 1005, a bill to amend the and for other purposes. Services Improvement Act of 1998 to author- Federal Water Pollution Control Act ize funds to acquire hydrographic data and S. 540 and the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide hydrographic services specific to the At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, improve water and wastewater infra- Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the her name was added as a cosponsor of structure in the United States. United States extended continental shelf, S. 540, a bill to amend the Federal S. 1023 and the monitoring and description of coast- Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with re- al changes; to the Committee on Commerce, At the request of Mr. SPECTER, his Science, and Transportation. spect to liability under State and local name was added as a cosponsor of S. By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. requirements respecting devices. 1023, a bill to establish a non-profit cor- WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. CARDIN): S. 604 poration to communicate United S. 1516. A bill to secure the Federal voting At the request of Mr. SANDERS, the States entry policies and otherwise rights of persons who have been released names of the Senator from Utah (Mr. promote leisure, business, and schol- from incarceration; to the Committee on the HATCH) and the Senator from South arly travel to the United States. Judiciary. By Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Carolina (Mr. GRAHAM) were added as S. 1065 Ms. LANDRIEU): cosponsors of S. 604, a bill to amend At the request of Mr. BROWNBACK, the S. 1517. A bill to enhance domestic energy title 31, United States Code, to reform names of the Senator from Massachu- security by increasing production from fos- the manner in which the Board of Gov- setts (Mr. KENNEDY) and the Senator

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:27 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JY6.025 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8095 from Washington (Ms. CANTWELL) were (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- today, we continue to disenfranchise added as cosponsors of S. 1065, a bill to sor of S. 1490, a bill to prevent and an estimated four million of our fellow authorize State and local governments mitigate identity theft, to ensure pri- citizens who were convicted of felonies to direct divestiture from, and prevent vacy, to provide notice of security but are no longer in prison. Two mil- investment in, companies with invest- breaches, and to enhance criminal pen- lion of these people have fully served ments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran’s alties, law enforcement assistance, and their sentences, and the other two mil- energy sector, and for other purposes. other protections against security lion are on probation, parole, or super- S. 1121 breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse vised release. These people are living At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the of personally identifiable information. and working in the community, paying name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. S. 1505 taxes, and contributing to society. But BEGICH) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. PRYOR, the they cannot vote. 1121, a bill to amend part D of title V name of the Senator from Alabama At this time, 10 States still strip of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- (Mr. SESSIONS) was added as a cospon- some people who have entirely com- cation Act of 1965 to provide grants for sor of S. 1505, a bill to provide immi- pleted their sentences—who have paid the repair, renovation, and construc- gration reform by securing America’s their debt to society—of their right to tion of elementary and secondary borders, clarifying and enforcing exist- vote. Some 35 States deny the vote to schools, including early learning facili- ing laws, and enabling a practical em- people on parole, and 30 of those states ties at the elementary schools. ployer verification program, and for also deny the vote to people on proba- S. 1215 other purposes. tion. I believe that the practice of stripping our fellow citizens of their At the request of Mr. CASEY, the AMENDMENT NO. 1701 voting rights is un-American. It weak- name of the Senator from Maryland At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, the ens our democracy. It is an anachro- (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. nism, one of the last vestiges of a me- of S. 1215, a bill to amend the Safe ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of dieval jurisprudence that declared con- Drinking Water Act to repeal a certain amendment No. 1701 intended to be pro- victed criminals to be outlaws, irrev- exemption for hydraulic fracturing, posed to S. 1390, an original bill to au- ocably expelled from society. This and for other purposes. thorize appropriations for fiscal year S. 1239 principle was called ‘‘civil death.’’ 2010 for military activities of the De- Back then, in the despotisms of me- At the request of Mr. BINGAMAN, the partment of Defense, for military con- name of the Senator from North Caro- dieval Europe, it was reserved for the struction, and for defense activities of worst crimes. Yet today, here, in the lina (Mrs. HAGAN) was added as a co- the Department of Energy, to prescribe sponsor of S. 1239, a bill to amend sec- greatest democracy in the world, we military personnel strengths for such continue to sentence 4 million people— tion 340B of the Public Health Service fiscal year, and for other purposes. Act to revise and expand the drug dis- people who have served their time, peo- count program under that section to f ple who are contributing members of improve the provision of discounts on STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED society—to civil death. One might ask how something as un- drug purchases for certain safety net BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS providers. democratic as civil death could have By Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, survived to the present day. Unfortu- S. 1265 Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. nately the practice of disenfranchising At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the CARDIN): people with felony convictions has an name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. S. 1516. A bill to secure the Federal explicitly racist history. Like the MARTINEZ) was added as a cosponsor of voting rights of persons who have been grandfather clause, the literacy test, S. 1265, a bill to amend the National released from incarceration; to the and the poll tax, civil death became a Voter Registration Act of 1993 to pro- Committee on the Judiciary. tool of Jim Crow. vide members of the Armed Forces and Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, in a Across the country, thirteen percent their family members equal access to democracy, no right is more important of African-American men are voter registration assistance, and for than the right to vote; in our democ- disenfranchised because of a felony other purposes. racy, no right has been so dearly won. conviction. In 14 States, civil death S. 1379 This country was founded on the idea provisions have stripped more than ten At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, that a just government derives its percent of the entire African-American the name of the Senator from Colorado power from the consent of the gov- voting-age population of the right to (Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor erned, a principle codified in the very vote. In 4 States, civil death provisions of S. 1379, a bill to encourage energy ef- first words of our Constitution: ‘‘We disenfranchise more than 20 percent of ficiency and conservation and develop- the People of the United States.’’ From eligible African-American voters. ment of renewable energy sources for the Civil War through the women’s suf- The architects of Jim Crow would be housing, commercial structures, and frage movement through the Voting proud of their handiwork, and how it other buildings, and to create sustain- Rights Act of 1965 through the 26th has lasted long after the rest of their able communities. Amendment, the continuing expansion evil system was dismantled. The rest of S. 1428 of the franchise, a broadening of who us should be ashamed, and yes, out- At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, ‘‘we the people’’ are, is one of our great raged. If we believe in redemption, we the name of the Senator from Rhode Is- American narratives. should be outraged. Because civil death land (Mr. REED) was added as a cospon- Today I introduce the Democracy has denied 4 million Americans a sor of S. 1428, a bill to amend the Toxic Restoration Act of 2009. This bill will chance at redemption. If we believe in Substances Control Act to phase out guarantee that citizens who are not in- progress, we should be outraged. Be- the use of mercury in the manufacture carcerated have the right to vote in cause civil death keeps this country of chlorine and caustic soda, and for Federal elections. I am proud that the chained to the worst moments of our other purposes. junior Senator from Rhode Island, Sen. past. If we believe in democracy, we S. 1439 WHITEHOUSE, and the junior Senator should be outraged. Because civil death At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the from Maryland, Sen. CARDIN, have strikes at the heart of our democracy. name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. agreed to cosponsor this legislation. There is a growing movement across RISCH) was added as a cosponsor of S. Once, only wealthy white men could the country to expand the franchise 1439, a bill to provide for duty-free vote. Once, African Americans, ethnic and restore voting rights to people treatment of certain recreational per- minorities, women, young people, the coming out of prison and reentering formance outerwear, and for other pur- poor, and the uneducated were all ex- the community. In the last decade, 16 poses. cluded. Today, we look back at those states have reformed their laws to ex- S. 1490 times and wonder how our country pand the franchise or ease voting At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the could have denied its citizens such a rights restoration procedures. This bill name of the Senator from New York fundamental right for so long. Yet continues that movement. It provides

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It gives the Attorney General lives; (a) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The Attorney of the U.S. the power to obtain declara- (B) laws governing the restoration of vot- General may, in a civil action, obtain such tory or injunctive relief to enforce that ing rights after a felony conviction vary declaratory or injunctive relief as is nec- right. It gives a person whose rights throughout the country and persons in some essary to remedy a violation of this Act. are being violated a right to go to States can easily regain their voting rights (b) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.— court to get relief. while in other States persons effectively lose (1) IN GENERAL.—A person who is aggrieved The bill also requires federal and their right to vote permanently; and by a violation of this Act may provide writ- (C) State disenfranchisement laws dis- ten notice of the violation to the chief elec- state officials to notify individuals of proportionately impact racial and ethnic mi- their right to vote once their sentences tion official of the State involved. norities. (2) RELIEF.—Except as provided in para- have been served. This is an important (5) Disenfranchisement results from vary- graph (3), if the violation is not corrected part of the bill, given the long history ing State laws that restrict voting while within 90 days after receipt of a notice under of these civil death provisions. Even under some form of criminal justice super- paragraph (1), or within 20 days after receipt after this bill passes, many ex-offend- vision or after the completion of a felony of the notice if the violation occurred within ers may not know their rights, and we sentence in some States. Two States do not 120 days before the date of an election for should take affirmative steps to make disenfranchise felons at all (Maine and Federal office, the aggrieved person may, in Vermont). Forty-eight States and the Dis- a civil action obtain declaratory or injunc- sure that they do. trict of Columbia have disenfranchisement Upon signing the Voting Rights Act tive relief with respect to the violation. laws that deprive convicted offenders of the (3) EXCEPTION.—If the violation occurred of 1965, President Johnson said: right to vote while they are in prison. In within 30 days before the date of an election The vote is the most powerful instrument thirty-five States, convicted offenders may for Federal office, the aggrieved person need ever devised by man for breaking down injus- not vote while they are on parole and thirty not provide notice to the chief election offi- tice and destroying the terrible walls which of these States disenfranchise felony proba- cial of the State under paragraph (1) before imprison men because they are different tioners as well. In ten States, a conviction bringing a civil action to obtain declaratory from other men. can result in lifetime disenfranchisement. or injunctive relief with respect to the viola- When prisoners return to their com- (6) An estimated 5,300,000 Americans, or tion. munities after serving their sentences, about one in forty-one adults, currently can- SEC. 5. NOTIFICATION OF RESTORATION OF VOT- we expect and hope that they will re- not vote as a result of a felony conviction. ING RIGHTS. Nearly 4,000,000 (74 percent) of the 5,300,000 (a) STATE NOTIFICATION.— integrate themselves into society as disqualified voters are not in prison, but are productive citizens. Yet, without the (1) NOTIFICATION.—On the date determined on probation or parole, or are ex-offenders. under paragraph (2), each State shall notify right to vote, rehabilitated felons are Approximately 2,000,000 of those individuals in writing any individual who has been con- already a step behind in regaining a are individuals who have completed their en- victed of a criminal offense under the law of sense of civic responsibility and com- tire sentence, including probation and pa- that State that such individual has the right mitment to their communities. If our role, yet remain disenfranchised. to vote in an election for Federal office pur- country wants ex-offenders to succeed (7) In those States that disenfranchise ex- suant to the Democracy Restoration Act and at becoming better citizens, who both offenders, the right to vote can be regained may register to vote in any such election. in theory, but in practice this possibility is (2) DATE OF NOTIFICATION.— abide by the law and act as responsible often granted in a nonuniform and poten- individuals, then we need to restore (A) FELONY CONVICTION.—In the case of tially discriminatory manner. Offenders such an individual who has been convicted of this most fundamental right. I urge my must either obtain a pardon or order from a felony, the notification required under colleagues to support this important the Governor or action by the parole or par- paragraph (1) shall be given on the date on legislation. don board, depending on the offense and which the individual— Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- State. Offenders convicted of a Federal of- (i) is sentenced to serve only a term of pro- sent that the text of the bill be in- fense often have additional barriers to re- bation; or cluded in the RECORD. gaining voting rights. (ii) is released from the custody of that There being no objection, the text of (8) State disenfranchisement laws dis- State (other than to the custody of another proportionately impact racial and ethnic mi- the bill was ordered to be printed in State or the Federal Government to serve a norities. Eight percent of the African Amer- term of imprisonment for a felony convic- the RECORD, as follows: ican population, or 2,000,000 African Ameri- tion). S. 1516 cans, are disenfranchised. Given current (B) MISDEMEANOR CONVICTION.—In the case Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- rates of incarceration, approximately one in of such an individual who has been convicted resentatives of the United States of America in three of the next generation of African of a misdemeanor, the notification required Congress assembled, American men will be disenfranchised at under paragraph (1) shall be given on the SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. some point during their lifetime. Hispanic date on which such individual is sentenced This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Democracy citizens are also disproportionately by a State court. Restoration Act of 2009’’. disenfranchised based upon their dispropor- (b) FEDERAL NOTIFICATION.— SEC. 2. FINDINGS. tionate representation in the criminal jus- (1) NOTIFICATION.—On the date determined The Congress makes the following findings: tice system. under paragraph (2), the Director of the Bu- (1) The right to vote is the most basic con- (9) Disenfranchising citizens who have been reau of Prisons shall notify in writing any stitutive act of citizenship. Regaining the convicted of a felony offense and who are liv- individual who has been convicted of a crimi- right to vote reintegrates offenders into free ing and working in the community serves no nal offense under Federal law that such indi- society, helping to enhance public safety. compelling State interest and hinders their vidual has the right to vote in an election for (2) Article I, section 4 of the Constitution rehabilitation and reintegration into soci- Federal office pursuant to the Democracy of the United States grants Congress ulti- ety. Restoration Act and may register to vote in mate supervisory power over Federal elec- (10) State disenfranchisement laws can any such election. tions, an authority which has repeatedly suppress electoral participation among eligi- (2) DATE OF NOTIFICATION.— been upheld by the Supreme Court. ble voters by discouraging voting among (A) FELONY CONVICTION.—In the case of (3) Basic constitutional principles of fair- family and community members of such an individual who has been convicted of ness and equal protection require an equal disenfranchised persons. Future electoral a felony, the notification required under opportunity for Americans to vote in Federal participation by the children of paragraph (1) shall be given on the date on elections. The right to vote may not be disenfranchised parents may be impacted as which the individual— abridged or denied by the United States or well. (i) is sentenced to serve only a term of pro- by any State on account of race, color, gen- (11) The United States is the only Western bation by a court established by an Act of der or previous condition of servitude. The democracy that permits the permanent de- Congress; or 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, and 26th Amendments nial of voting rights to individuals with fel- (ii) is released from the custody of the Bu- to the Constitution empower Congress to ony convictions. reau of Prisons (other than to the custody of enact measures to protect the right to vote SEC. 3. RIGHTS OF CITIZENS. a State to serve a term of imprisonment for in Federal elections. The right of an individual who is a citizen a felony conviction). (4) There are three areas where discrep- of the United States to vote in any election (B) MISDEMEANOR CONVICTION.—In the case ancies in State laws regarding felony convic- for Federal office shall not be denied or of such an individual who has been convicted

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NATING SEPTEMBER 2009 AS donesia to become independent and the early ‘‘NATIONAL CHILD AWARENESS years of independence beginning in 1945; For purposes of this Act: MONTH’’ TO PROMOTE AWARE- Whereas the constitutionally required (1) CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OR FACIL- NESS OF CHARITIES BENEFIT- ‘‘free and active’’ foreign policy of Indonesia ITY.—The term ‘‘correctional institution or TING CHILDREN AND YOUTH- resulted in a close relationship with the facility’’ means any prison, penitentiary, United States, and this relationship reflects jail, or other institution or facility for the SERVING ORGANIZATIONS growing connections between the developed confinement of individuals convicted of THROUGHOUT THE UNITED and the developing world; criminal offenses, whether publicly or pri- STATES AND RECOGNIZING EF- Whereas, following the 1998 financial crisis vately operated, except that such term does FORTS MADE BY THESE CHAR- of Asia, Indonesia instituted numerous not include any residential community ITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ON democratic reforms, including amending the treatment center (or similar public or pri- BEHALF OF CHILDREN AND constitution of Indonesia in order to become vate facility). YOUTH AS CRITICAL CONTRIBU- more democratic and transparent, holding (2) ELECTION.—The term ‘‘election’’ TIONS TO THE FUTURE OF OUR the first direct presidential election in 2004, means— and direct, nationwide local elections begin- (A) a general, special, primary, or runoff NATION ning in 2006, and giving the judicial branch election; Mr. BURR (for himself and Mrs. FEIN- independent administrative and financial re- (B) a convention or caucus of a political STEIN) submitted the following resolu- sponsibility for all courts in 2004; party held to nominate a candidate; tion; which was considered and agreed Whereas the administration of President (C) a primary election held for the selec- to: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the first Presi- tion of delegates to a national nominating dent of Indonesia elected directly by the peo- convention of a political party; or S. RES. 223 ple, is strongly committed to strengthening (D) a primary election held for the expres- Whereas millions of children and youth in democracy and remains focused on devel- sion of a preference for the nomination of the United States represent the hopes and oping good governance and promoting and persons for election to the office of Presi- future of the United States; protecting human rights, civil liberties, a dent. Whereas numerous individuals, charities free press, and a vibrant civil society; (3) FEDERAL OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Federal benefitting children, and youth-serving orga- Whereas the Government of Indonesia con- office’’ means the office of President or Vice nizations that work with children and youth tinues to reform the military in accordance President of the United States, or of Senator collaborate to provide invaluable services to with internationally accepted democratic or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident enrich and better the lives of children and principles; Commissioner to, the Congress of the United youth throughout the United States; Whereas Indonesia signed a peace agree- States. Whereas raising awareness of and increas- ment in August 2005 that ended the conflict (4) PROBATION.—The term ‘‘probation’’ ing support for organizations that provide in Aceh, met its obligations under the agree- means probation, imposed by a Federal, access to healthcare, social services, edu- ment, oversaw the return of normalcy to State, or local court, with or without a con- cation, the arts, sports, and other services Aceh, and held free, transparent, and peace- dition on the individual involved con- will result in the development of character ful elections for local government leaders in cerning— and the future success of the children and December 2006; (A) the individual’s freedom of movement; youth of our nation; Whereas the Government of Indonesia con- (B) the payment of damages by the indi- Whereas September, as the school year be- tinues to work to peacefully resolve other in- vidual; gins, is a time when parents, families, teach- ternal conflicts, including Papua, with con- (C) periodic reporting by the individual to ers, school administrators, and communities cern for the welfare and security of the en- an officer of the court; or increase their focus on children and youth tire population; (D) supervision of the individual by an offi- throughout the United States; Whereas, following the recovery of eco- cer of the court. Whereas September is a time for the people nomic and political stability in Indonesia of the United States to highlight and be after the 1998 Asian financial crisis, the SEC. 7. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS. mindful of the needs of children and youth; country regained a pivotal role in the Asso- (a) STATE LAWS RELATING TO VOTING Whereas private corporations and busi- ciation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) RIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act shall be con- nesses have joined with hundreds of national and continues to work toward a secure, strued to prohibit the States from enacting and local charitable organizations through- peaceful, and vibrant Southeast Asia, par- any State law which affords the right to vote out the United States in support of a month- ticularly by successfully proposing to estab- long focus on children and youth; and in any election for Federal office on terms lish the ASEAN Security Community, the Whereas designating September 2009 as less restrictive than those established by ASEAN Economic Community, and the ‘‘National Child Awareness Month’’ would ASEAN Socio-cultural Community; this Act. recognize that a long-term commitment to Whereas the Government and the people of (b) CERTAIN FEDERAL ACTS.—The rights children and youth is in the public interest, Indonesia endured several terrorist bomb- and remedies established by this Act are in and will encourage widespread support for ings, have shown resilience in the fight addition to all other rights and remedies pro- charities and organizations that seek to pro- against international terrorism by appre- vided by law, and neither rights and rem- vide a better future for the children and hending and bringing to justice numerous youth of the United States: Now, therefore, edies established by this Act shall supersede, perpetrators, and remain open to inter- be it restrict, or limit the application of the Vot- national cooperation in this area; Resolved, That the Senate designates Sep- Whereas the Government of Indonesia, to- ing Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.) tember 2009 as ‘‘National Child Awareness gether with the Governments of Malaysia or the National Voter Registration Act (42 Month’’— and Singapore as fellow littoral states and U.S.C. 1973–gg). (1) to promote awareness of charities bene- user-countries, maintains and is further fitting children and youth-serving organiza- SEC. 8. FEDERAL PRISON FUNDS. strengthening efforts to secure the impor- tions throughout the United States; and tant international shipping lane in the Ma- No State, unit of local government, or (2) to recognize efforts made by such char- lacca Strait; other person may receive or use, to con- ities and organizations on behalf of children Whereas, as shown in international fora, struct or otherwise improve a prison, jail, or and youth as critical contributions to the fu- the Government of Indonesia remains com- other place of incarceration, any Federal ture of the United States. mitted to addressing the problems related to grant amounts unless that person has in ef- f the control of the spread of weapons of mass destruction; fect a program under which each individual SENATE RESOLUTION 224—RECOG- incarcerated in that person’s jurisdiction Whereas the Government of Indonesia de- NIZING THE INCREASINGLY BEN- ployed a military battalion to support the who is a citizen of the United States is noti- EFICIAL RELATIONSHIP BE- peacekeeping operations of the United Na- fied, upon release from such incarceration, of TWEEN THE UNITED STATES tions Interim Force In Lebanon, and as the that individual’s rights under section 3. AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDO- largest Muslim democracy in the world, has SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. NESIA helped facilitate dialogue among many Is- lamic factions in the Middle East; and This Act shall apply to citizens of the Mr. BOND (for himself and Mr. Whereas, though the Government of Indo- United States voting in any election for Fed- INOUYE) submitted the following reso- nesia has shown significant progress in the eral office held after the date of the enact- lution; which was referred to the Com- areas of democracy, good governance, human ment of this Act. mittee on Foreign Relations: rights, and counterterrorism, there remains

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The twin suicide at- Government of Indonesia in promoting de- elsewhere. mocracy; tacks in Jakarta last Friday under- This was recognized by General (2) expresses ongoing support for further score the perils of our Nation con- Petraeus and by President Bush when democratic reform in Indonesia and the ef- tinuing to ignore this nation and this the President authorized him to insti- forts of the Government and the people of In- region. The dangers of continuing down tute the counterinsurgency strategy in donesia toward developing good governance; our current path are very real. By Iraq, which means not only do we go in (3) encourages the Government and the overlooking this region, Southeast and clear an area of al-Qaida, but we people of Indonesia to continue working to Asia could become a breeding ground of stay there to make sure al-Qaida promote and protect human rights, civil lib- terrorist activity for generations and doesn’t come back, and we then work erties, a free press, and a strong civil society in Indonesia; and for future Americans to deal with. If with those provinces, with those areas, (4) encourages the President, the Secretary left ignored, Southeast Asia and Indo- with the local governments and the of State, and other officials of the United nesia will be the next front in the war local leaders, to build the infrastruc- States Government to continue assisting the on terror. ture they need to help them get the Government of Indonesia in promoting de- It doesn’t have to be this way. It is health care to do things that are im- mocracy and ensuring the liberty and wel- critical that the United States act portant to build a strong community. fare of the people of Indonesia. now, before violent extremists gain In Al-Anbar, for example, a Sunni re- Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I come to traction in their quest to spread their gion that had been a major concern for the floor today to submit a resolution fundamentalist ideologies enforced by the United States, one of the first with Senator INOUYE recognizing one of violent terrorist acts across Indonesia things the Marines did in 2007 was re- the most important, but often over- and other countries in Southeast Asia. build the Sunnis’ Blue Mosque, one of looked, nations in the world: Indonesia. This effort requires first that the the most important mosques in the re- Just this past week, Secretary of United States do more than give lip- gion. State Clinton, our former colleague, service to Southeast Asian countries This is the kind of effort we need to journeyed to a meeting of the South- about our strong partnership. Yes, make in those areas where we are not east Asia nations in Thailand and counterterrorism cooperation is very actively fighting. We have the military pledged greater and increased Amer- important, but for many nations in might to support those countries in ican involvement in support of the re- Southeast Asia, they see this partner- their battle against terrorist activities gion. I applaud her. She is definitely on ship as, once again, the United States when they pick up, to fight against pi- the right track. only asking for self-serving help, com- racy that might occur off their shores. Many Americans are not aware of the ing when we see a danger to our coun- As vice chairman of the Senate Intel- fact, but Indonesia is the third largest try but not coming to find out what ligence Committee, a member of the democracy in the world after India and their needs and what their desires are. Defense and State Foreign Operations the United States. If we want nations in Southeast Asia to Committee, I am working with my col- Early this month, I came to the Sen- be strong partners in the war on terror, leagues to ensure that Congress pro- ate floor to recognize and celebrate yet we must also be willing to extend a vides the resources and policy initia- another democratic milestone in Indo- hand of friendship in other ways, assur- tives needed to expand the use of nesia: the reelection of President ing that they are strong, stable democ- Smart Power. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, known for racies with economic strength and For instance, we must increase the obvious reasons as SBY. His victory good jobs and progress for their people. number of Peace Corps volunteers and will quicken the pace of democratic re- The first thing we must do is in- Foreign Service officers. We must en- form that has been keeping Indonesia crease trade among our nations. South- courage more young Americans to vol- moving in the right direction. east Asia, including nations such as In- unteer to serve in that region, more SBY’s first tenure as President was a donesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malay- businesspeople to visit there and seek success. His choice to select Boediono sia, the Philippines, and many smaller opportunities where they can help as his running mate has raised expecta- countries, represents our fifth largest those countries and help us at the same tions of accelerated reform for a second trading partner. While this will help time. It sounds simple, but I believe by term in office. The duo has campaigned create economic opportunities in our putting more American sandals and on a ticket of clean governance and re- own Nation to export to them, it will sneakers on the ground, we can avoid forms to promote broad-based eco- also help many poverty-stricken people sending in American combat troops nomic growth. in Southeast Asia as we buy from later. In addition to the democratic poli- them, as we invest there, as we create I saw firsthand the payoff of Smart tics, Indonesia’s religious leanings also businesses that will generate small and Power when several Southeast Asian trend very positive. By and large, Indo- medium enterprises to fill the needs of nations—particularly Indonesia—were nesians reject violent brands of Islam. those businesses and create locally devastated by the tsunami in December The Nation was founded on the prin- owned and controlled entrepreneur- of 2004. The month after that disaster, ciples of what is known as Pancasilla, ships that can benefit their country in I traveled to Southeast Asia with rep- or respect for religious and cultural di- many ways. resentatives of the U.S. Government, versity and the desire to create a plu- People who are hungry, without a Deputy Secretary of Defense, our Am- ralistic society, and as a country with job, or maybe even a roof over their bassador. We visited the tsunami-rav- the largest Muslim population in the head, are particularly vulnerable to aged areas and met with representa- world, Indonesians are also proud to ideologies that promise a better way of tives from the relief organizations. We showcase that Islam and democracy life, whether or not those ideologies de- saw the tremendous benefits that the are compatible and can work together. liver. The United States must realize volunteer NGOs—nongovernment orga- But despite the moderate, peaceful- that before a person can choose his pol- nizations—and the American military loving population of Indonesia, groups itics, he has to have enough to eat and brought by bringing fresh water, bring- such as Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu a stable, secure community in which to ing medical supplies, bringing food to Sayyaf are still seeking to spread live. the region, and helping to clear areas. Islamist terror and their extremist That is the simple truth behind Our military and volunteers from our ideologies across Indonesia and South- Smart Power—a term I use to describe embassy and elsewhere in the region east Asia, often resulting in violence the combination of military might helped avert what I think would have and death. The world was shocked and where necessary with diplomatic ef- been tens of thousands more deaths. saddened over the most recent terrorist forts, educational exchanges, economic We met with the Indonesian Govern- violence just this past week. Early on development, and more personal inter- ment officials, and they were abso- the morning of July 17, suicide bomb- action. We need this in Southeast Asia. lutely deeply grateful for our help in ers attacked two hotels in Jakarta, In- I believe Smart Power is an effective providing clean drinking water and

VerDate Nov 24 2008 01:33 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JY6.035 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8099 food, emergency evacuations, medical stitution shall be printed as a Senate docu- olution be agreed to, the motion to re- help, and rebuilding. This kind of as- ment under the direction of the Joint Com- consider be laid on the table, and that sistance the United States provided in mittee on Printing. any statements relating thereto be (b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the that short time created an unmatched printed in the RECORD. usual number, there shall be printed the less- outpouring of goodwill for America and er of— The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without an appreciation from other countries (1) 551,000 copies of the document, of which objection, it is so ordered. who helped, such as Singapore and Aus- 441,000 copies shall be for the use of the The concurrent resolution (S. Con. tralia. House of Representatives, 100,000 copies shall Res. 35) was agreed to, as follows: Unfortunately, after the flood waters be for the use of the Senate, and 10,000 copies S. CON. RES. 35 receded, so, too, did America’s Smart shall be for the use of the Joint Committee Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- Power engagement in the region. The on Printing; or resentatives concurring), recent attacks of terrorist organiza- (2) such number of copies of the document SECTION 1. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED as does not exceed a total production and tions—probably Jemaah Islamiyah in STATES CONSTITUTION. printing cost of $218,379, with distribution to (a) IN GENERAL.—The 24th edition of the Jakarta—should be a wake-up call that be allocated in the same proportion as de- pocket version of the United States Con- it is past time to reinvest in the region scribed in paragraph (1), except that in no stitution shall be printed as a Senate docu- and quit ignoring the dangers of failing case shall the number of copies be less than ment under the direction of the Joint Com- to do so. 1 per Member of Congress. mittee on Printing. President Obama, in condemning the f (b) ADDITIONAL COPIES.—In addition to the usual number, there shall be printed the less- terrorists’ actions, highlighted this UNANIMOUS CONSENT danger when he said: er of— AGREEMENT—S. 1390 (1) 551,000 copies of the document, of which These attacks make it clear that extrem- 441,000 copies shall be for the use of the AMENDMENT NO. 1516, AS FURTHER MODIFIED ists remain committed to murdering inno- House of Representatives, 100,000 copies shall cent men, women and children of any faith Mr. REID. Mr. President, notwith- be for the use of the Senate, and 10,000 copies in all countries. standing passage of S. 1390, I ask unan- shall be for the use of the Joint Committee The President got it absolutely right. imous consent that amendment No. on Printing; or The war against terror is far from over, 1516 be further modified, with the (2) such number of copies of the document and the battles are not confined to the changes to the instruction line. as does not exceed a total production and Middle East. Freedom-loving nations The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without printing cost of $218,379, with distribution to must continue to fight terrorists not objection, it is so ordered. be allocated in the same proportion as de- The modification is as follows: scribed in paragraph (1), except that in no just in the border regions of Pakistan case shall the number of copies be less than and Afghanistan, but also in the jun- On page 71, after line 26, insert the fol- 1 per Member of Congress. lowing: gles and countless islands of Southeast f Asia. f More than just a call to arms, how- DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2009 AS UNANIMOUS CONSENT ‘‘NATIONAL CHILD AWARENESS ever, these attacks should serve as a AGREEMENT—S. 1390 deadly reminder that the war against MONTH’’ extremism and insurgency cannot be Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- won by military might alone. Many top that S. 1390, as passed by the Senate on imous consent that the Senate now military and intelligence leaders say July 23, be printed. proceed to the consideration of S. Res. military action is no more than 20 per- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 223, which was submitted earlier today. cent—or maybe even 10 percent—of the objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without effort we should expand to ensure sta- f objection, it is so ordered. bility in governments that are friendly. UNANIMOUS CONSENT The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: In order to be truly successful, the AGREEMENT—H.R. 3183 United States must focus the weight of A resolution (S. Res. 223) designating Sep- the effort on the ideological front, Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- tember 2009 as ‘‘National Child Awareness reaching would-be terrorists before imous consent that at 3 p.m. Monday, Month’’ to promote awareness of charities they turn violent. Today I have a reso- July 27, the Senate proceed to the con- benefitting children and youth-serving orga- sideration of calendar No. 116, H.R. nizations throughout the United States and lution that recognizes the importance recognizing efforts made by these charities of Indonesia, but it is just a small and 3183, Energy and Water Appropriations; that immediately after the bill is re- and organizations on behalf of children and symbolic step. We must do more. youth as critical contributions to the future I hope my colleagues will think ported, Senator DORGAN be recognized of our Nation. to offer a substitute amendment, the about this region and about the points There being no objection, the Senate text of which is S. 1436 as reported by I have made. America must wise up and proceeded to consider the resolution. make Smart Power initiatives a cor- the committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Mr. nerstone of our foreign policy and our The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without President, I ask unanimous consent efforts to combat terrorism, extre- objection, it is so ordered. that the resolution be agreed to, the mism, deadly murder, and attacks f preamble be agreed to, and the motion around the world, in our country, and AUTHORIZING PRINTING OF THE to reconsider be laid upon the table. elsewhere. The best place to start is in POCKET VERSION OF THE U.S. Without objection, it is so ordered. Southeast Asia. CONSTITUTION The resolution (S. Res. 223) was f agreed to. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- The preamble was agreed to. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- imous consent that the Senate proceed The resolution, with its preamble, TION 35—AUTHORIZING PRINTING to the immediate consideration of S. reads as follows: OF THE POCKET VERSION OF Con. Res. 35, submitted earlier today. S. RES. 223 THE UNITED STATES CONSTITU- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Whereas millions of children and youth in TION objection, it is so ordered. the United States represent the hopes and Mr. SCHUMER submitted the fol- The clerk will report. future of the United States; lowing concurrent resolution; which The legislative clerk read as follows: Whereas numerous individuals, charities was considered and agreed to: A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 35) benefitting children, and youth-serving orga- authorizing the printing of the pocket nizations that work with children and youth S. CON. RES. 35 version of the United States Constitution. collaborate to provide invaluable services to Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- There being no objection, the Senate enrich and better the lives of children and resentatives concurring), youth throughout the United States; proceeded to consider the concurrent SECTION 1. POCKET VERSION OF THE UNITED Whereas raising awareness of and increas- STATES CONSTITUTION. resolution. ing support for organizations that provide (a) IN GENERAL.—The 24th edition of the Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- access to healthcare, social services, edu- pocket version of the United States Con- imous consent that the concurrent res- cation, the arts, sports, and other services

VerDate Nov 24 2008 01:33 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JY6.036 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE S8100 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 24, 2009 will result in the development of character ‘Federal law enforcement officer’ includes a (5) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by and the future success of the children and Federal law enforcement officer (as defined paragraph (2))— youth of our nation; in section 115(c) of title 18, United States (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and insert- Whereas September, as the school year be- Code). ing ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and gins, is a time when parents, families, teach- ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT INVESTIGA- (B) by striking ‘‘suit’’ and inserting ‘‘the ers, school administrators, and communities TIONS.—Any Federal law enforcement officer civil action’’; increase their focus on children and youth shall have the authority to conduct an inves- (6) by striking subsection (d) (as redesig- throughout the United States; tigation relating to an alleged violation of nated by paragraph (2)) and inserting the fol- Whereas September is a time for the people this Act occurring within the jurisdiction of lowing: of the United States to highlight and be the United States. ‘‘(d) PERSONS THAT MAY INITIATE CIVIL AC- mindful of the needs of children and youth; ‘‘(c) CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.— TIONS.— Whereas private corporations and busi- ‘‘(1) INVESTIGATION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A civil action under sub- nesses have joined with hundreds of national ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board may refer an section (b) may be initiated by— alleged violation of section 1159 of title 18, and local charitable organizations through- ‘‘(A) the Attorney General, at the request United States Code, to any Federal law en- out the United States in support of a month- of the Secretary acting on behalf of— forcement officer for appropriate investiga- long focus on children and youth; and ‘‘(i) an Indian tribe; tion. Whereas designating September 2009 as ‘‘(ii) an Indian; or ‘‘(B) REFERRAL NOT REQUIRED.—A Federal ‘‘National Child Awareness Month’’ would ‘‘(iii) an Indian arts and crafts organiza- law enforcement officer may investigate an recognize that a long-term commitment to tion; alleged violation of section 1159 of that title children and youth is in the public interest, ‘‘(B) an Indian tribe, acting on behalf of— regardless of whether the Federal law en- and will encourage widespread support for ‘‘(i) the Indian tribe; forcement officer receives a referral under charities and organizations that seek to pro- ‘‘(ii) a member of that Indian tribe; or subparagraph (A). vide a better future for the children and ‘‘(iii) an Indian arts and crafts organiza- ‘‘(2) FINDINGS.—The findings of an inves- tion; youth of the United States: Now, therefore, tigation of an alleged violation of section be it ‘‘(C) an Indian; or 1159 of title 18, United States Code, by any ‘‘(D) an Indian arts and crafts organiza- Resolved, That the Senate designates Sep- Federal department or agency under para- tember 2009 as ‘‘National Child Awareness tion. graph (1)(A) shall be submitted, as appro- ‘‘(2) DISPOSITION OF AMOUNTS RECOVERED.— Month’’— priate, to— (1) to promote awareness of charities bene- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in ‘‘(A) a Federal or State prosecuting au- subparagraph (B), an amount recovered in a fitting children and youth-serving organiza- thority; or tions throughout the United States; and civil action under this section shall be paid ‘‘(B) the Board. to the Indian tribe, the Indian, or the Indian (2) to recognize efforts made by such char- ‘‘(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—On receiving the ities and organizations on behalf of children arts and crafts organization on the behalf of findings of an investigation under paragraph which the civil action was initiated. and youth as critical contributions to the fu- (2), the Board may— ture of the United States. ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.— ‘‘(A) recommend to the Attorney General ‘‘(i) ATTORNEY GENERAL.—In the case of a f that criminal proceedings be initiated under civil action initiated under paragraph (1)(A), section 1159 of title 18, United States Code; the Attorney General may deduct from the INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS and AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2009 amount— ‘‘(B) provide such support to the Attorney ‘‘(I) the amount of the cost of the civil ac- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- General relating to the criminal proceedings tion and reasonable attorney’s fees awarded imous consent that the Senate proceed as the Attorney General determines to be ap- under subsection (c), to be deposited in the to the immediate consideration of Cal- propriate. Treasury and credited to appropriations ‘‘(d) CIVIL ACTIONS.—In lieu of, or in addi- available to the Attorney General on the endar No. 124, S. 151. tion to, any criminal proceeding under sub- date on which the amount is recovered; and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The section (c), the Board may recommend that ‘‘(II) the amount of the costs of investiga- clerk will report the bill by title. the Attorney General initiate a civil action tion awarded under subsection (c), to reim- The legislative clerk read as follows: under section 6.’’. (b) CAUSE OF ACTION FOR MISREPRESENTA- burse the Board for the activities of the A bill (S. 151) to protect Indian arts and TION.—Section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act Board relating to the civil action. crafts through the improvement of applica- to promote the development of Indian arts ‘‘(ii) INDIAN TRIBE.—In the case of a civil ble criminal proceedings, and for other pur- and crafts and to create a board to assist action initiated under paragraph (1)(B), the poses. therein, and for other purposes’’ (25 U.S.C. Indian tribe may deduct from the amount— There being no objection, the Senate 305e) is amended— ‘‘(I) the amount of the cost of the civil ac- proceeded to consider the bill. (1) by striking subsection (d); tion; and Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent (2) by redesignating subsections (a) ‘‘(II) reasonable attorney’s fees.’’; and that the bill be read a third time and through (c) as subsections (b) through (d), re- (7) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(e) In the event that’’ and inserting the following: passed, the motion to reconsider be spectively; (3) by inserting before subsection (b) (as re- ‘‘(e) SAVINGS PROVISION.—If’’. laid upon the table, with no inter- designated by paragraph (2)) the following: SEC. 3. MISREPRESENTATION OF INDIAN PRO- vening action or debate, and any state- ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: DUCED GOODS AND PRODUCTS. ments relating to the bill be printed in ‘‘(1) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means an Section 1159 of title 18, United States Code, the RECORD. individual that— is amended— The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ‘‘(A) is a member of an Indian tribe; or (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting ‘‘(B) is certified as an Indian artisan by an the following: objection, it is so ordered. ‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person that knowingly The bill (S. 151) was ordered to be en- Indian tribe. ‘‘(2) INDIAN PRODUCT.—The term ‘Indian violates subsection (a) shall— grossed for a third reading, was read product’ has the meaning given the term in ‘‘(1) in the case of a first violation by that the third time, and passed, as follows: any regulation promulgated by the Sec- person— S. 151 retary. ‘‘(A) if the applicable goods are offered or displayed for sale at a total price of $1,000 or Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBE.— more, or if the applicable goods are sold for resentatives of the United States of America in ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ a total price of $1,000 or more— Congress assembled, has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu- ‘‘(i) in the case of an individual, be fined SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). not more than $250,000, imprisoned for not This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Indian Arts ‘‘(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ more than 5 years, or both; and and Crafts Amendments Act of 2009’’. includes, for purposes of this section only, an ‘‘(ii) in the case of a person other than an SEC. 2. INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS. Indian group that has been formally recog- individual, be fined not more than $1,000,000; (a) CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; CIVIL ACTIONS; nized as an Indian tribe by— and MISREPRESENTATIONS.—Section 5 of the Act ‘‘(i) a State legislature; ‘‘(B) if the applicable goods are offered or entitled ‘‘An Act to promote the develop- ‘‘(ii) a State commission; or displayed for sale at a total price of less than ment of Indian arts and crafts and to create ‘‘(iii) another similar organization vested $1,000, or if the applicable goods are sold for a board to assist therein, and for other pur- with State legislative tribal recognition au- a total price of less than $1,000— poses’’ (25 U.S.C. 305d) is amended to read as thority. ‘‘(i) in the case of an individual, be fined follows: ‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ not more than $25,000, imprisoned for not ‘‘SEC. 5. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS; CIVIL AC- means the Secretary of the Interior.’’; more than 1 year, or both; and TIONS. (4) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by ‘‘(ii) in the case of a person other than an ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE- paragraph (2)), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ individual, be fined not more than $100,000; MENT OFFICER.—In this section, the term and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and

VerDate Nov 24 2008 01:33 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JY6.020 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8101 ‘‘(2) in the case of a subsequent violation place where friends and families, united by a S. 1513 by that person, regardless of the amount for passion for the water, can come together for Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- which any good is offered or displayed for recreation, rest, relaxation, and stewardship resentatives of the United States of America in sale or sold— of the environment; and Congress assembled, ‘‘(A) in the case of an individual, be fined Whereas the Association of Marina Indus- SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY EXTEN- under this title, imprisoned for not more tries has designated August 8, 2009, as ‘‘Na- SION OF AUTHORIZATION OF PRO- than 15 years, or both; and tional Marina Day’’, to increase awareness GRAMS UNDER THE SMALL BUSI- ‘‘(B) in the case of a person other than an among citizens, policymakers, and elected NESS ACT AND THE SMALL BUSI- individual, be fined not more than officials about the many contributions that NESS INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958. $5,000,000.’’; and marinas make to their communities: Now, (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 of the Act enti- (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph therefore, be it tled ‘‘An Act to extend temporarily certain (3) and inserting the following: Resolved, That the Senate— authorities of the Small Business Adminis- ‘‘(3) the term ‘Indian tribe’— (1) designates August 8, 2009, as ‘‘National tration’’, approved October 10, 2006 (Public ‘‘(A) has the meaning given the term in Marina Day’’; Law 109–316; 120 Stat. 1742), as most recently section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination (2) supports the goals of ‘‘National Marina amended by section 1 of Public Law 111–10 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. Day’’; and (123 Stat. 990), is amended by striking ‘‘July 450b); and (3) urges that all marinas continue to pro- 31, 2009’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(B) includes, for purposes of this section vide environmentally friendly gateways to ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. only, an Indian group that has been formally boating for all the people of the United (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments recognized as an Indian tribe by— States. made by subsection (a) shall take effect on ‘‘(i) a State legislature; July 30, 2009. f ‘‘(ii) a State commission; or f ‘‘(iii) another similar organization vested NATIONAL KOREAN WAR with State legislative tribal recognition au- EXECUTIVE SESSION thority; and’’. VETERANS ARMISTICE DAY f Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- imous consent that the Senate proceed EXECUTIVE CALENDAR— DESIGNATING AUGUST 8, 2009, AS to the immediate consideration of H.R. NOMINATION DISCHARGED NATIONAL MARINA DAY 2632. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The imous consent the Senate proceed to imous consent that the Judiciary Com- clerk will report the bill by title. executive session to consider Calendars mittee be discharged from further con- The legislative clerk read as follows: numbered 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, sideration of S. Res. 215 and that we A bill (H.R. 2632) to amend title IV, United 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, now proceed to its immediate consider- States Code, to encourage the display of the 299, 300, 301, 305, 306, 307, 308, and all ation. flag of the United States on National Korean nominations on the Secretary’s desk in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without War Veterans Armistice Day. objection, it is so ordered. The clerk the Foreign Service; further, that the There being no objection, the Senate Agriculture Committee be discharged will report the resolution by title. proceeded to consider the bill. The legislative clerk read as follows: from Presidential Nomination 333, that Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent A resolution (S. Res. 215) designating Au- the Senate then proceed to its consid- gust 8, 2009, as ‘‘National Marina Day.’’ that the bill be read three times, eration, the nominations be confirmed passed, and the motion to reconsider be There being no objection, the Senate firmed en bloc, the motions to recon- laid upon the table; that there be no in- proceeded to consider the resolution. sider be laid on the table en bloc, no Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent tervening action or debate, and any further motions be in order, and any that the resolution be agreed to, the statements relating to the bill be statements relating to these matters preamble be agreed to, the motion to printed in the RECORD. be printed in the RECORD, and the reconsider be laid upon the table, with The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without President of the United States be im- no intervening action or debate, and objection, it is so ordered. mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- any statements pertaining to the reso- The bill (H.R. 2632) was ordered to a tion and the Senate then resume legis- lution be printed in the RECORD. third reading, was read the third time, lative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without and passed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. f objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 215) was The nominations considered and con- agreed to. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS UNDER firmed en bloc are as follows: The preamble was agreed to. THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE The resolution, with its preamble, THE SMALL BUSINESS INVEST- Anne Elizabeth Derse, of Maryland, a Ca- reads as follows: MENT ACT OF 1958 reer Member of the Senior Foreign Service, S. RES. 215 Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambas- Whereas the people of the United States imous consent the Senate now proceed sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of highly value their recreational time and to S. 1513. the United States of America to the Republic their ability to access the waterways of the of Lithuania. United States for enjoyment in and on one of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Kenneth H. Merten, of Virginia, a Career the Nation’s greatest natural resources; clerk will report. Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class Whereas in 1928, the National Association The legislative clerk read as follows: of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraor- of Engine and Boat Manufacturers first used A bill (S. 1513) to provide for additional dinary and Plenipotentiary of the United the word ‘‘marina’’ to describe a recreational temporary extension of programs under the States of America to the Republic of Haiti. boating facility; Small Business Act and the Small Business Donald Sternoff Beyer, Jr., of Virginia, to Whereas the United States is home to over Investment Act of 1958, and for other pur- be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- 12,000 marinas that contribute substantially poses. potentiary of the United States of America to their local communities by providing safe There being no objection, the Senate to Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and reliable gateways to boating; and without additional compensation as Am- Whereas the marinas of the United States proceeded to consider the bill. bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary serve as stewards of the environment and ac- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent of the United States of America to the Prin- tively seek to protect the waterways that the bill be read a third time and cipality of Liechtenstein. surround them for the enjoyment of this gen- passed, the motion to reconsider be John R. Nay, of Michigan, a Career Mem- eration and generations to come; laid on the table, and any statements ber of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Whereas the Association of Marina Indus- relating to this matter be printed in Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Ex- tries has joined with the National Youth Ma- the RECORD. traordinary and Plenipotentiary of the rine Alliance to offer youth service projects The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without United States of America to the Republic of for the Preserve America’s Waterways volun- Suriname. teer service initiative at marinas across the objection, it is so ordered. Vinai K. Thummalapally, of Colorado, to Nation; The bill (S. 1513) was ordered to be be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Whereas the marinas of the United States engrossed for a third reading, was read potentiary of the United States of America provide their communities and visitors a the third time, and passed, as follows: to Belize.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:42 Jul 25, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A24JY6.033 S24JYPT1 jbell on DSKDVH8Z91PROD with SENATE S8102 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE July 24, 2009 Nicole A. Avant, of California, to be Am- LEGISLATIVE SESSION MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA. of the United States of America to the Com- KENNETH H. MERTEN, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER MEM- monwealth of The Bahamas. ate will resume legislative session. BER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF COUN- Howard W. Gutman, of Maryland, to be SELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND f PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- TO THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI. potentiary of the United States of America PROGRAM DONALD STERNOFF BEYER, JR., OF VIRGINIA, TO BE to Belgium. AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY Mr. REID. Mr. President, on Monday OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO SWITZERLAND, Vilma S. Martinez, of California, to be Am- we are going to move to another appro- AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT ADDI- bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary TIONAL COMPENSATION AS AMBASSADOR EXTRAOR- priations bill. Senators DORGAN and of the United States of America to Argen- DINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES BENNETT will manage that. I think it OF AMERICA TO THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN. tina. JOHN R. NAY, OF MICHIGAN, A CAREER MEMBER OF David H. Thorne, of Massachusetts, to be would be wise at this time for me to THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER- Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- tell everyone that I think we will not COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND potentiary of the United States of America PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA have a vote Monday. There is a lot of TO THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME. to the Italian Republic, and to serve concur- work to do on that bill. We will have VINAI K. THUMMALAPALLY, OF COLORADO, TO BE AM- rently and without additional compensation some votes before noon on Tuesday, BASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF as Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BELIZE. but we will not have votes on Monday. NICOLE A. AVANT, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AMBAS- potentiary of the United States of America SADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF to the Republic of San Marino. f THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE COMMON- WEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ORDERS FOR MONDAY, JULY 27, HOWARD W. GUTMAN, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AMBAS- Polly Trottenberg, of Maryland, to be an 2009 SADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF Assistant Secretary of Transportation. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BELGIUM. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- VILMA S. MARTINEZ, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AMBAS- Deborah A. P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be SADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF Chairman of the National Transportation imous consent that when the Senate THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ARGENTINA. Safety Board for a term of two years. completes its business today, it ad- DAVID H. THORNE, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE AMBAS- Deborah A.P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be a SADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF journ until 2 p.m. on Monday, July 27; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE ITALIAN RE- Member of the National Transportation that following the prayer and pledge, PUBLIC, AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT Safety Board for a term expiring December the Journal of proceedings be approved ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS AMBASSADOR EX- 31, 2013. TRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED to date, the morning hour be deemed STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO. FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION expired, the time for the two leaders be DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr., of Maryland, to reserved for their use later in the day, be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the and there be a period of morning busi- POLLY TROTTENBERG, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AN AS- term expiring June 30, 2012. SISTANT SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION. ness until 3 p.m. with Senators per- DEBORAH A. P. HERSMAN, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE CHAIR- FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION mitted to speak for up to 10 minutes MAN OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY Meredith Attwell Baker, of Virginia, to be BOARD FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS. each; further, that following morning DEBORAH A. P. HERSMAN, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A MEM- a Member of the Federal Communications business, the Senate proceed to the BER OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY Commission for the remainder of the term BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 2013. expiring June 30, 2011. consideration of Calendar No. 116, H.R. Mignon L. Clyburn, of South Carolina, to 3183, the Energy and Water Appropria- FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION be a Member of the Federal Communications tions Act for Fiscal Year 2010. RICHARD A. LIDINSKY, JR., OF MARYLAND, TO BE A Commission for a term of five years from FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSIONER FOR THE TERM EX- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without PIRING JUNE 30, 2012. July 1, 2007. objection, it is so ordered. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION f Anthony W. Miller, of California, to be MEREDITH ATTWELL BAKER, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A Deputy Secretary of Education. ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY, MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMIS- JULY 27, 2009, AT 2 P.M. SION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM EXPIRING Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, of Cali- JUNE 30, 2011. fornia, to be Assistant Secretary for Elemen- Mr. REID. Mr. President, if there is MIGNON L. CLYBURN, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BE A tary and Secondary Education, Department MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMIS- of Education. no further business to come before the SION FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS FROM JULY 1, 2007. Senate, I ask unanimous consent that NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION it adjourn under the previous order. Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, to There being no objection, the Senate, ANTHONY W. MILLER, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE DEPUTY be a Member of the National Mediation SECRETARY OF EDUCATION. Board for a term expiring July 1, 2011. at 2:03 p.m., adjourned until Monday, THELMA MELENDEZ DE SANTA ANA, OF CALIFORNIA, July 27, 2009, at 2 p.m. TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ELEMENTARY AND [NEW REPORTS] SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY f NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD Kim N. Wallace, of Texas, to be a Deputy NOMINATIONS Under Secretary of the Treasury. HARRY R. HOGLANDER, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE A Executive nomination received by MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD FOR A DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TERM EXPIRING JULY 1, 2011. the Senate: William J. Wilkins, of the District of Co- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY lumbia, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Revenue Service and an Assistant General DENNIS F. HIGHTOWER, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- KIM N. WALLACE, OF TEXAS, TO BE A DEPUTY UNDER BIA, TO BE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, VICE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Counsel in the Department of the Treasury. JOHN J. SULLIVAN, RESIGNED. WILLIAM J. WILKINS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Rosa Gumataotao Rios, of California, to be TO BE CHIEF COUNSEL FOR THE INTERNAL REVENUE Treasurer of the United States. f SERVICE AND AN ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of DISCHARGED NOMINATION ROSA GUMATAOTAO RIOS, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary to TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES. the Treasury. The Senate Committee on Agri- DANIEL M. TANGHERLINI, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- BIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE TREAS- Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of culture, Nutrition, and Forestry was URY. Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, De- discharged from further consideration DANIEL M. TANGHERLINI, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- partment of the Treasury. of the following nomination by unani- BIA, TO BE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S mous consent and the nomination was THE ABOVE NOMINATIONS WERE APPROVED SUBJECT DESK confirmed: TO THE NOMINEES’ COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO RE- QUESTS TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY BEFORE ANY DULY FOREIGN SERVICE JONATHAN STEVEN ADELSTEIN, OF SOUTH DAKOTA, TO CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE. PN682 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations BE ADMINISTRATOR, RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DE- (149) beginning Christopher L. Andino, and PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ending Holly Hope Zardus, which nomina- f JONATHAN STEVEN ADELSTEIN, OF SOUTH DAKOTA, TO tions were received by the Senate and ap- BE ADMINISTRATOR, RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DE- CONFIRMATIONS PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. peared in the Congressional Record of June 25, 2009. Executive nominations confirmed by FOREIGN SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE the Senate, Friday, July 24, 2009: FOREIGN SERVICE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of South Da- DEPARTMENT OF STATE CHRISTOPHER L. ANDINO AND ENDING WITH HOLLY HOPE ZARDUS, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY kota, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities ANNE ELIZABETH DERSE, OF MARYLAND, A CAREER THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL Service, Department of Agriculture. MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF RECORD ON JUNE 25, 2009.

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EARMARK DECLARATION Authority’s Schuyler Hem Bridge Replacement Cucamonga, with its non-federal partners, is and SR–47 Expressway project. The Schuyler providing 70% of the total cost of the project HON. DANA ROHRABACHER Heim Bridge Replacement and SR–47 Ex- as a local match through the following funding OF CALIFORNIA pressway project is one of the leading regional sources: $9,800,000 from the City of Rancho IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES transportation projects affecting goods move- Cucamonga Development Impact Fees; Thursday, July 23, 2009 ment in Southern California. The project is a $6,200,000 from the Rancho Cucamonga Re- joint partnership between the Alameda Cor- development Agency; $9,800,000 from San Mr. ROHRABACHER. Madam Speaker, pur- ridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) and the Bernardino County Measure I Sales Tax, and suant to the requirements of the Republican California Department of Transportation $4,600,000 from the City of Fontana. Conference of the House, I am submitting the (Caltrans) to replace the State’s seismically Requesting Member: Congressman DAVID following information regarding earmarks I re- deficient Commodore Heim Bridge over DREIER ceived, which were included in the reported Cerritos Channel and add a four lane elevated version of H.R. 3288, the ‘‘Transportation, roadway to by-pass intersections and railroad Bill Number: H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related crossings. The project will replace one of the Housing and Urban Development Appropria- Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010.’’ seismically deficient bridges listed on the De- tions Bill for Fiscal Year 2010 Requesting Member: Congressman DANA partment of Transportation’s list of structurally Account: Buses and Bus Facilities ROHRABACHER (CA–46) deficient bridges. Bill Number: H.R. 3288 ACTA’s $2.4 billion Alameda Corridor was Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Name of Project: San Diego Freeway (Inter- designated as a Project of National Signifi- Monrovia, CA state 405) Improvements cance by Congress in 1995. The SR–47 Ex- Address of Requesting Entity: 415 S. Ivy Account: Federal Highway Administration, pressway is a project that will enhance the Al- Avenue, Monrovia, CA 91016 Interstate Maintenance Discretionary ameda Corridor by improving the efficient and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Orange Description of Request: Provide an earmark secure movement of international trade at the County Transit Authority (OCTA) of $750,000 for the acquisition, relocation, and Address of Requesting Entity: 550 South nation’s largest port complex. Over 40% of the development of properties within the Station Main Street, Orange, CA 92863 nation’s imports flow through these Ports gen- Square Transit Village bus layover and park Description of Request: I received $750,000 erating 3 million jobs nationally. and ride project area. 100% of the funds will for the Orange County Transit Authority’s f be used to acquire property for the bus lay- (OCTA) San Diego Freeway Improvements EARMARK DECLARATION over facility and prepare plans for its construc- project. OCTA has successfully completed a tion, including providing adequate pedestrian major investment study (MIS) and Project access to the site. This request is consistent Study Report for the Interstate 405 (I–405) HON. DAVID DREIER with the intended and authorized purpose of Freeway. Funding is requested to support ca- OF CALIFORNIA Buses and Bus Facilities funds. The City of pacity improvements in each direction of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Monrovia will provide the 20% local match for facility, adding up to two lanes from Euclid Thursday, July 23, 2009 this project. Street in Fountain Valley to Interstate 605 (I Requesting Member: Congressman DAVID 605) near the Orange County/Los Angeles Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to DREIER County border. Prior federal funding has fully the Republican Leadership standards on ear- supported the environmental phase of this marks, I am submitting the following informa- Bill Number: H.R. 3288, the Transportation, project, which is currently underway. This re- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Housing and Urban Development Appropria- quest is to secure a portion of the funding H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and tions Bill for Fiscal Year 2010 needed to complete the final design, which is Urban Development Appropriations Bill for Fis- cal Year 2010: Account: Federal lands, Public Lands High- the next phase of the project. This project is ways included in both the regional and federal Requesting Member: Congressman DAVID Transportation Improvement Program. DREIER Legal Name of Requesting Entity: San Commuters and goods movement carriers Bill Number: H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Bernardino Associated Governments, CA alike are currently experiencing severe peak Housing and Urban Development Appropria- Address of Requesting Entity: 1170 W. 3rd period delays on the San Diego Freeway (I tions Bill for Fiscal Year 2010 Street, 2nd Floor, San Bernardino, CA 92410– 405) corridor. Implementing these improve- Account: Interstate Maintenance 1715 ments to the I 405 will reduce travel delays, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Rancho Cucamonga, CA Description of Request: Provide an earmark increase employee productivity and facilitate of $1,500,000 for design and environmental the movement of goods while reducing emis- Address of Requesting Entity: 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 mitigation for the I–15/I–215 Devore Inter- sions to improve air quality. The project will change improvement project. 100% of the not only provide significant congestion relief Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $750,000 for the construction of the I–15/ funding will be used for project development through one of the major interstate highways and environmental mitigation of the inter- in Orange County, but also subsequent con- Base Line Road Interchange Improvements change which will eliminate truck weaving in gestion relief benefits to Los Angeles County Project. 100% of this funding will be used for the middle of a substantial grade, improving as well. construction of the interchange which includes operational efficiency, safety and enhancing Requesting Member: Congressman DANA two new bridge structures for the southbound regional connectivity for commuters and freight ROHRABACHER (CA–46) on/off ramps, a loop ramp for westbound Base Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Line Road to southbound I–15, and the wid- movement operators traveling between Los Name of Project: Schuyler Heim Bridge Re- ening of the on and off ramps on the east Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. The placement and SR–47 Expressway, CA side. The project also improves East Avenue project will add one lane in each direction and Account: Federal Highway Administration, to provide curb, gutter, and sidewalks, as well provide truck bypass lanes around interchange Surface Transportation Priorities as the widening of the Base Line Road to pro- merge zones, resulting in improved flow Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Alameda vide two left turn lanes for eastbound Base speeds through the Devore Interchange, re- Corridor Transportation Authority Line Road to the northbound I–15. This re- ducing delays in this heavily traveled freeway. Address of Requesting Entity: One Civic quest is consistent with the intended and au- This request is consistent with the intended Plaza, Suite 350, Carson, CA 90745 thorized purpose of the Federal Highway Ad- and authorized purpose of the Federal High- Description of Request: I received $500,000 ministration Interstate Maintenance Discre- way Administration Public Lands Program, for the Alameda Corridor Transportation tionary Program. The City of Rancho which does not require matching funds.

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EARMARK DECLARATION reer serving Northwest Florida and our coun- Requesting Member: ROB BISHOP try, and I am proud to honor his dedication Bill number: H.R. 3288 HON. DAVE CAMP and service. Account: Alternatives Analysis OF MICHIGAN After graduating from the University of Mis- Legal name and address of requesting enti- sissippi in 1969, Judge Roark joined the U.S. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ty: Salt Lake City, 451 South State Street, Salt Navy as an intelligence officer. He remained Lake City, UT 84111 Thursday, July 23, 2009 on active duty until 1973 and then went on to Description of project: $360,000 to fund an Mr. CAMP. Madam Speaker, pursuant to earn his law degree from the University of alternative analysis under USC 49 section the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Florida in 1976. Judge Roark returned to the 5339 on a corridor from SLC to Centerville. marks, I am submitting the following informa- Navy as a reservist in 1978 while maintaining Requesting Member: ROB BISHOP tion regarding earmarks I received as part of his full-time career as an attorney. In 1988, he Bill number: H.R. 3288 H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and was appointed County Judge for Escambia, Account: Buses and Bus Facilities Urban Development and Related Agencies where he has served since. As County Judge, Legal name and address of requesting enti- Appropriations Act, 2010. Details of these he has served as the Emergency Coordinating ty: Cache Valley Transit District, 754 West 600 projects are: Officer and Chair of the Court Emergency North, Logan, UT 84321 $496,000 for the Clare County Transit Cor- Management Group. He was also the Founder Description of project: $500,000 to expand poration, located at 4175 North Clare Avenue, and Chair of the Escambia County Court Se- the maintenance facility, storage areas, park- Harrison Michigan 48625, from the Federal curity Committee and served on the Escambia ing facility, administration building and transit Transit Administration’s Buses and Bus Facili- County Law Library Board. hub. ties account for the purpose of completing a In addition to his judicial duties, Judge f new multi-modal transportation facility to Roark continued his service in the U.S. Navy house administration, operations and mainte- Reserve. He has operated as a counter-intel- EARMARK DECLARATION nance. ligence officer across the world, traveling to $300,000 for the Roscommon County Panama, Italy, Bahrain, and Iceland in de- HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE Transportation Authority, located at 2665 fense of the U.S. From 1986 through 1995 he OF FLORIDA was a Naval Criminal Investigative Service South Townline Road, Prudenville, Michigan IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Agent. Judge Roark’s accomplishments as a 48651, from the Federal Transit Administra- Thursday, July 23, 2009 tion’s Buses and Bus Facilities account for the reserve officer led to his selection as Com- purpose of replacing up to fifteen replacement manding Officer of NCIS Unit 2182 in New Or- Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. buses. leans and NCIS Unit 2010 in Pensacola. He is Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican $250,000 for the Big Rapids Dial-A-Ride also the former Commanding Officer of the Leadership standards on earmarks, I am sub- Public Transportation, located at 226 North Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters mitting the following information regarding ear- Michigan Avenue, Big Rapids, Michigan Unit 1482 in New Orleans. In 1999, Judge marks I received as part of H.R. 3288, the 49307, from the Federal Transit Administra- Roark’s command was named Unit of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Develop- Year for Reserve Intelligence Area 3. tion’s Buses and Bus Facilities account for the ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Madam Speaker, on behalf of the United purpose of replacing up to seven medium duty Act, 2010. States Congress, I am privileged to recognize I received one project in H.R. 3288. buses. G.J. Roark for his lifetime of service to North- $203,000 for the County Connection of Mid- $750,000 for the Lake County Board of west Florida and to the United States. The Commissioners located at 315 West Main St., land located at, 883 East Isabella Road, Mid- Florida judicial system will miss this admirable land, Michigan 48640, from the Federal Tran- P.O. Box 7800, Tavares, FL 32778. This fund- and principled Northwest Florida leader. My ing is for the replacement of the Lakeshore sit Administration’s Buses and Bus Facilities wife Vicki and I wish all the best for him and account for the purpose of replacing up to Drive/Palatlakaha Bridge located over the his family they embark on this next journey in Palatlakaha River at Lake Minnehaha in Lake three gas cutaway buses with lifts and up to their lives. three diesel cutaway buses with lifts. County. It is a reinforced concrete structure, The Clare bus facility is a project that began f 185 feet long in five spans, and constructed in in 2005 and I helped to secure $560,000 for EARMARK DECLARATION 1962. The bridge is functionally obsolete with this facility. This funding for Clare is the final two 12 foot travel lanes and no walkways or piece in the long process of building their new HON. ROB BISHOP bicycle facilities. facility. OF UTAH The replacement of the Lakeshore Drive/ With regards to the bus funding, the State of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Palatlakaha Bridge will improve the safety of movement of goods. Additionally, it will en- Michigan has struggled to balance its budget Thursday, July 23, 2009 which has led to many cuts in transportation hance and create economic benefits in the and infrastructure funding. This, coupled with Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Madam Speaker, pur- terms of movement of goods and services on an aging bus fleet and high energy costs, suant to the Republican Leadership standards Lakeshore Drive by allowing improved access threatens to limit the mobility of seniors, the on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- to US 27, which is a Strategic Intermodal Sys- disabled, and students living in rural areas. formation regarding earmarks I received as tem. The project will also enhance the evacu- The bus funding in this bill will provide impor- part of H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing ation routes in and out of the Central Florida tant relief to various transit agencies so they and Urban Development and Related Agen- Region. may begin to replace their aging fleets and cies Appropriations Act, 2010. f Requesting Member: ROB BISHOP continue to serve rural America. For these Bill number: H.R. 3288 EARMARK DECLARATION reasons, this funding is a wise and respon- Account: Capitol Investment Grants sible expenditure of taxpayer dollars. Legal name and address of requesting enti- f ty: Utah Transit Authority, 3600 South 700 HON. JOHN M. McHUGH OF NEW YORK IN RECOGNITION OF THE HONOR- West, SLC, UT 84130 Description of project: $80,000,000 to build IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ABLE G.J. ROARK III UPON HIS a 44 mile long commuter rail line running from RETIREMENT Thursday, July 23, 2009 downtown SLC to Weber County via the cities of Woods Cross, Farmington, Layton, Mr. MCHUGH. Madam Speaker, pursuant to HON. JEFF MILLER Clearfield, Roy, Ogden, and Pleasant View. the House Republican standards on earmarks, OF FLORIDA Requesting Member: ROB BISHOP I am submitting the following information for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bill number: H.R. 3288 publication in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD re- Account: Airport Improvement Program garding earmarks I received as part of H.R. Thursday, July 23, 2009 Legal name and address of requesting enti- 3293—Departments of Labor, Health and Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, I ty: Ogden-Hinckley Airport, 2549 Washington Human Services, and Education, and Related rise today to recognize the Honorable G.J. Blvd., Ogden, UT 84401 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. Roark III, a community leader who is retiring Description of project: $500,000 will be used Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN after over twenty years as an Escambia Coun- for utilities infrastructure, construction of a MCHUGH ty, Florida judge. Judge Roark spent his ca- maintenance hangar, and runway repairs. Bill Number: H.R. 3293

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Description of Request: Provides $750,000 This festival lasts several weeks, culmi- Noble Hospital to construct a new interchange at I–295 and nating in one of the largest and most spectac- Address of Requesting Entity: 77 West Bar- Meadowville Road which will enhance eco- ular fireworks displays in North America. ney Street, Gouverneur, NY 13642 nomic development opportunities for the re- I want to wish our neighbors and friends in Description: The purpose of this earmark is gion and help relieve local roads of the addi- Canada a happy and prosperous Canada Day. to provide $350,000 for the upgrade and mod- tional traffic generated. I urge my colleagues to support this resolu- ernization of the medical and surgical facilities Requesting Member: Congressman J. tion. at E.J. Noble Hospital. These antiquated facili- RANDY FORBES f ties have not been upgraded since 1952. Bill Number: H.R. 3288 EARMARK DECLARATION Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN Account: Economic Development Initiatives MCHUGH Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Chesapeake, Virginia HON. ZACH WAMP Account: HRSA: Health Facilities and Serv- Address of Requesting Entity: 306 Cedar OF TENNESSEE ices Rd., Chesapeake, Virginia 23322 USA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: Provides $250,000 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Northern Thursday, July 23, 2009 Oswego County Health Services, Inc. to construct a museum/visitor center and his- Address of Requesting Entity: 61 Delano toric park to commemorate the Battle of Great Mr. WAMP. Madam Speaker, as a leader on Street, Pulaski, NY 13142 Bridge, the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal earmark reform, I am committed to protecting Description: The purpose of this earmark is and the Dismal Swamp Canal and the growth taxpayers’ money and providing greater trans- to provide $150,000 for the expansion of exist- of commerce in Hampton Roads. parency and a fully accountable process. H.R. ing primary dental care facilities at Northern Requesting Member: Congressman J. 3288, The Fiscal Year 2010 Transportation, Oswego County Health Services, Inc. RANDY FORBES Housing and Urban Development, and Related (NOCHSI) to expand service to its medically Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Agencies Appropriations Act contains the fol- underserved population. Account: Economic Development Initiatives lowing funding that I requested: Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Requesting Member: Representative ZACH MCHUGH Suffolk, Virginia WAMP Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Address of Requesting Entity: 524 N. Main Account: Surface Transportation Priorities Account: Department of Education: National St., Suffolk, Virginia 23434 USA Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Projects Description of Request: Provides $200,000 Chattanooga’s Enterprise Center Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Reach to design and construct the Dismal Swamp In- Address: 1250 Market Street, Suite 3020, Out and Read National Center terpretive Center within the new Suffolk Visitor Chattanooga, TN 37402 Address of Requesting Entity: 56 Roland Center. Description of Request: The City of Chat- Street, Boston, NY 02129 f tanooga’s Enterprise Center requested funding Description: The purpose of this earmark is to complete a feasibility study approved by EXPRESSING APPRECIATION OF to provide $4,965,000 for the Reach Out and Congress for a high speed maglev train be- CANADIAN FRIENDSHIP AND CO- Read (ROR) national program that promotes tween Atlanta, Chattanooga and Nashville. At- OPERATION literacy and language development in infants lanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is the na- tion’s busiest airport. A maglev train will re- and young children, targeting disadvantaged SPEECH OF and poor children and families. lieve tremendous congestion in the Atlanta Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN HON. CANDICE S. MILLER metro area and serve as part of a long need- MCHUGH OF MICHIGAN ed ‘‘intermodal mass transit system’’ for the Bill Number: H.R. 3293 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United States. Federal funding is needed for additional engineering work and development Account: Department of Education: National Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Projects of a detailed financial plan, to include the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Reading Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, I number of riders and expected profits. The is Fundamental rise today in strong support of H. Res. 519, corridor is recommended by the State of Geor- Address of Requesting Entity: 1825 Con- Expressing appreciation to the people and gia’s Joint Study Committee on Transportation necticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009 Government of Canada for their long history of Funding. The City of Chattanooga’s Enterprise Description: The purpose of this earmark is friendship and cooperation and congratulating Center received $750,000 to complete this to provide $24,803,000 to the Reading is Fun- Canada as it celebrates Canada Day. I’m study. damental program designed to enhance child proud to be an original cosponsor of this reso- Distribution of funding: Salaries, wages, literacy by providing millions of underserved lution, and I’d like to thank my good friend benefits and taxes, 23.85%; Professional Fee/ children with free books for personal owner- BART STUPAK for offering it. Contractors, 56%; Office Supplies and mainte- ship and reading encouragement from the On July 1st, 1867 with the enactment of the nance, 4.65%; Travel/Conferences and Meet- more than 18,000 locations. British North America Act, Canada was united ings, 9.07%; Indirect Costs, 6.43% f as a single country. Over the next 142 years, Requesting Member: Representative ZACH Canada has become one of our closest WAMP EARMARK DECLARATION friends, our largest trading partner and a Account: Interstate Maintenance Discre- steadfast ally. tionary HON. J. RANDY FORBES And in the wake of 9/11, Canada has been Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of OF VIRGINIA a stalwart partner, sending troops to Afghani- Cleveland IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stan as part of the NATO coalition. They have Address: 190 Church Street NE, Cleveland, stood shoulder to shoulder with us as we con- TN 37311 Thursday, July 23, 2009 duct our difficult mission to rid Afghanistan of Description of Request: The Cleveland Mr. FORBES. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Taliban and give the Afghanis hope for a Mayor and City Council requested funding to the Republican Leadership standards on ear- life free from tyranny and repression. redesign and construct Exit 20 on Interstate marks, I am submitting the following informa- Our Canadian friends have been vital as we 75 to eliminate a dangerous bottleneck of traf- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of work to secure the homeland on our shared fic and widen a narrow bridge. This exit is the H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and waterways and long land borders. Cooperation gateway to the Tri-State Exhibition Center, the Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2010. is the key to securing the homeland along the Ocoee Recreation Region and the Cherokee Requesting Member: Congressman J. Northern Border, and I’m pleased to say that National Forest, and is often excessively con- RANDY FORBES we have a great partner in Canada. gested and unsafe for vehicles. A new exit Bill Number: H.R. 3288 In southeast Michigan, cross-border commu- and widened bridge will improve safety for Account: Surface Transportation Priorities nities symbolize the relationship we share with travelers, truck drivers and community resi- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Chester- our Canadian neighbors. Detroit, Michigan and dents. The redesign will also facilitate new in- field County, Virginia Windsor, Ontario jointly celebrate Canada Day dustrial and commercial growth in the area.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1916 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 The Mayor and City of Cleveland received we introduce today is identical to legislation tients and students at public institutions; $1.05 million for this project. reported unanimously by the Committee on and on Medicare insurance cards. Distribution of funding: Right of way and util- Ways and Means in the 110th Congress. The Employing prisoners in jobs that provide them with access to SSNs. ities, 100% legislation benefits from a long history of bi- Requiring the transmission of SSNs over Requesting Member: Representative ZACH partisan support, and earlier versions also the Internet without encryption or other se- WAMP were sponsored in prior congresses by the curity measures. Account: Transportation Planning, Research Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Sub- The private sector would be prohibited and Development committee since the 106th Congress. from: Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oak The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) tells Selling or purchasing SSNs (limited excep- Ridge National Laboratory us that identity theft is the fastest growing type tions would be made for law enforcement (in- cluding child support enforcement); national Address: 2360 Cherahala Boulevard, Knox- of fraud in the United States with an estimated security; public health; health or safety ville, TN 37932 cost to consumers of about $50 billion annu- emergency situations; tax purposes; to en- Description of Request: The National Trans- ally. The FTC’s most recent survey on identity sure the accuracy of credit and insurance un- portation Research Center at Oak Ridge Na- theft found that 8.3 percent of the nation’s derwriting information and certain other tional Laboratory requested funding to exam- adult population have been victims of this Fair Credit Reporting Act purposes; if inci- ine how cutting edge technologies can be fraud. According to the private consulting firm dental to the sale, lease or merger of a busi- used to define real world driving conditions for Javelin Research and Strategy, nearly 10 mil- ness; to administer employee or government advanced power train systems research. lion Americans were victims of this fraud in benefits; for some research; or with the indi- Building on past investments by the Oak vidual’s affirmative, written consent). Fur- 2008, which is an increase of 22 percent over ther exceptions may be made for other pur- Ridge National Laboratory and the University the number of victims in 2007. poses by regulation. of Tennessee, this study will support existing Identity theft is facilitated by the easy avail- Displaying SSNs to the general public, in- research to increase automobile efficiency and ability of SSNs in many public and private sec- cluding on the Internet. safety and introduce new capabilities for ad- tor records. SSNs are valuable to criminals Displaying SSNs on checks. vanced transportation for universities, the gov- because they are relied upon by business to Requiring the transmission of SSNs over ernment and industry. Using these cutting the Internet without encryption or other se- authenticate identity. They are the skeleton curity measures. edge technologies to test various combina- key that unlocks many other sources of pri- Making unnecessary disclosures of another tions of engine components before building a vate, personal information. individual’s SSN to government agencies. prototype vehicle will save time and money in The legislation we introduce today would re- Displaying the SSN on cards or tags issued developing our nation’s next generation of strict the sale, purchase, and public display of to employees, their family members, or trucks, buses, military vehicles and passenger SSNs in the public and private sector, while other individuals. cars. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Na- providing for appropriate exceptions for certain Displaying the SSN on cards or tags issued to access goods, services, or benefits. tional Transportation Research Center re- legitimate business purposes, as well as for Public and private sectors would be re- ceived $250,000 for this research. law enforcement and statistical research. quired to safeguard SSNs they have in their Distribution of funding: Data Analysis, 50%; While there are many legitimate business and possession from unauthorized access by em- Model Development and Use, 40%; Program government uses for SSNs, the unrestricted ployees or others. Management & Reporting, 10% flow of private personal information that in- Sale, purchase, or display of SSNs in the Requesting Member: Representative ZACH cludes SSNs often makes it too easy for iden- public or private sector would be permitted WAMP tity thieves and other criminals to obtain SSNs by regulation in other circumstances, when Account: Economic Development Initiative appropriate. In making this determination, for their own purposes. The bill received regulators would consider whether the au- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Claiborne strong support from privacy and consumer thorization would serve a compelling public County Industrial Development Board groups, as well as from the AARP, when it interest and would consider the costs and Address: 1732 Main Street, Suite 1, Taze- was adopted by the Committee last Congress. burdens to the public, government, and busi- well, TN 37879 The bill strikes a balance between legitimate nesses. If sale, purchase, or display were to Description of Request: The Claiborne uses and the need for better protections for be authorized, the regulation would provide County Center for Higher Education provides privacy of the SSN, in order to fight the for restrictions to prevent identity theft, educational growth opportunities not available scourge of identity theft. We invite our col- fraud, deception, crime, and risk of bodily, in Claiborne, Hancock, Grainger, and Union emotional, or financial harm. leagues to examine and cosponsor the legisla- For a limited time, the public sector would counties. Rural counties need access to ad- tion and will also welcome your questions and be allowed to sell or display to the general vanced education. Career skills are necessary comments as the bill moves forward in the public, and the private sector would be al- for the jobs of the future. The Claiborne Coun- legislative process. lowed to sell, purchase or display to the gen- ty Industrial Development Board purchased an A brief summary of the legislation follows: eral public, the last four digits of SSNs. This unused facility to provide job training for resi- SUMMARY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER temporary exception to the bill’s general dents in this underserved area. The Claiborne PRIVACY AND IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION prohibition on such sale, purchase and public display would end two years after the effec- County Industrial Development Board received ACT OF 2009 tive date of the final regulations. $189,000 for renovations to the building. This legislation is identical to a bill re- A person would be prohibited from obtain- Distribution of funding: Fire Alarm, 30.2%; ported by unanimous vote of the Committee ing another person’s SSN to locate or iden- ADA Compliance, 31.8%; Window Replace- on Ways and Means in the 110th Congress tify the individual with the intent to harass, ment, 33.8%; Architectural Design, 4.2% (HR. 3046). harm, physically injure or use the individ- f PROVISIONS RELATED TO SOCIAL SECURITY NUM- ual’s identity for an illegal purpose. BERS (SSNS) IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEC- Wherever a truncated SSN is used, it must INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF TORS be limited to the last 4 digits of the number. THE ‘‘SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER Federal, State, and local governments (This truncation standard does not change PRIVACY AND IDENTITY THEFT would be prohibited from: the permissible uses of the SSN.) PREVENTION ACT OF 2009’’ Selling SSNs (limited exceptions would be State law governing use of SSNs would not allowed, such as to facilitate law enforce- be preempted where state law is stronger. ment and national security, to ensure the ac- The National Research Council would be HON. JOHN S. TANNER curacy of credit and insurance underwriting commissioned to conduct a study to evaluate OF TENNESSEE information and certain other Fair Credit the feasibility of banning the use of the SSN as an authenticator of identity. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Reporting Act purposes, for tax purposes, for research purposes, and to the extent author- ENFORCEMENT Thursday, July 23, 2009 ized by the Social Security Act). Further ex- New criminal penalties (up to 5 years im- Mr. TANNER. Madam Speaker, today I rise ceptions may be made for other purposes by prisonment and a fine up to $250,000) and along with my colleague, the Ranking Member regulation. civil penalties (up to $5,000 per incident) Displaying SSNs to the general public, in- of the Subcommittee on Social Security SAM would be created for violations of the law re- cluding on the Internet. lating to the display, sale, purchase, or mis- JOHNSON, to introduce the ‘‘Social Security Displaying SSNs on checks issued for pay- use of the SSN, offering to acquire an addi- Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention ment and accompanying documents. tional SSN for a fee, and for selling or trans- Act of 2009.’’ This legislation is intended to Displaying SSNs on identification cards ferring one’s own SSN. enhance the privacy of Social Security num- and tags issued to employees or their fami- Prison sentences would be enhanced for bers (SSNs) and combat identity theft. The bill lies, e.g., Defense Department IDs; to pa- SSN misuse associated with repeat offenders

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The operation of this Federally Quali- would be created for Social Security Admin- to join in the celebration. fied Health Clinic will continue to improve the istration employees who fraudulently sell or Madam Speaker, the Lakers have such a health of the medically underserved in south- transfer SSNs or Social Security cards. loyal following not only because they are west Missouri The bill permits enforcement by the Social champions on the court, but because they are Priority Name: Jordan Valley Community Security Administration (which would have champions in the community as well. The Health Center civil monetary penalty authority); the De- team’s outreach program, the LA Lakers Amount: $250,000 partment of Justice (which enforces criminal Youth Foundation, works with community Account: Health Resources and Services violations of federal law); and state attor- neys general (who would be granted civil en- groups to better the lives of children in our Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and forcement authority over private-sector community. The Foundation focuses on using Services users and state and local government). In ad- sports to promote education, teamwork and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Advo- dition, individual victims affected by viola- self-esteem among Los Angeles area youth by cates for a Healthy Community, Inc tions of this bill by federal agencies would be providing financial assistance to children and Address of Requesting Entity: 618 N. Ben- provided with limited legal recourse to stop local youth programs. ton Ave, Springfield, MO 65806 an agency’s violation and recover any actual As part of their foundation work, the Lakers Description of Request: Funds will be used damages they may have suffered. have created 12 Reading and Learning Cen- to complete the lower level of the current f ters at youth clubs throughout Los Angeles building project, located at 440 E. Tampa Street. The lower level will be renovated to in- EARMARK DECLARATION and Hawaii and they have sponsored several community basketball court renovations each crease access to healthcare. This will allow for season. The Lakers also participate in the significant expansion in children’s and wom- HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE Toyota Project Rebound, a season-long com- en’s health services, providing greater access OF FLORIDA munity outreach initiative established by the to the community to a medical home. The use IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NBA and Toyota. The program includes 15 of taxpayer funds is justified as the funding will Thursday, July 23, 2009 hands-on community service projects that are be used to provide health services to people hosted by NBA and WNBA teams. The who lack appropriate health care due, chiefly, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. projects include court refurbishments, the cre- to economic reasons. The operation of this Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican ation of Learn & Play Centers, and other Leg- Federally Qualified Health Clinic will continue Leadership standards on earmarks, I am sub- acy Projects providing youth safe places to to improve the health of the medically under- mitting the following information regarding ear- live, learn or play. served in southwest Missouri marks I received as part of H.R. 3293, the De- Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to Priority Name: Joplin School District: e- partments of Labor, Health and Human Serv- join me in congratulating each member of the MINTS ices, and Education, and Related Agencies 2009 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers for Amount: $100,000 Appropriations Act, 2010. their many victories on the court and in the Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- I received one project in H.R. 3293. community. They are champions to their cation $600,000 for the Enrichment Center located sports fans, to beneficiaries of their Founda- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Joplin R– at 11375 Cortez Boulevard, Brooksville, FL tion, and to the entire Los Angeles community. VIII School District 34613. This funding will go to build a Commu- We thank them for returning the NBA cham- Address of Requesting Entity: PO Box 128, nity Center/Special Needs Disaster Shelter in pionship trophy where it belongs—the Los An- Joplin, MO 64802 Hernando County. The Enrichment Center of- geles Staples Arena in my congressional dis- Description of Request: Funding would be fers a comprehensive program, which includes trict. used to provide elementary school students health education, recreation, and promotion of f the opportunity to be in either an eMINTS ongoing personal growth. The Center serves classroom or an eJOPLIN classroom. These as the focal point for health information and EARMARK DECLARATION classrooms will include one computer for community services in Hernando County. The every four students, an LCD projector, a cost of this project is being shared by the HON. ROY BLUNT laptop computer for the teacher, a Smart State of Florida, the Hernando Board of Coun- OF MISSOURI– Board, educational software and a networked ty Commissioners, and the City of Brooksville. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES printer. The use of taxpayer funds is justified f because funding will be used to transform Thursday, July 23, 2009 classrooms for all learners through high quality CONGRATULATING NBA CHAMPION Mr. BLUNT. Madam Speaker, pursuant to teaching powered by technology. LOS ANGELES LAKERS the House Republican standards on earmarks, Priority Name: Missouri State University In- I am submitting the following information re- novation Academy SPEECH OF garding earmarks I received as part of H.R. Amount: $150,000 HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD 3293, the Department of Labor, Health and Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- OF CALIFORNIA Human Services Appropriations Bill for Fiscal cation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Year 2010. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Missouri Bill Number: H.R. 3293 State University Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Requesting Member: Congressman ROY Address of Requesting Entity: 901 S. Na- Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam Speaker, I BLUNT tional, Springfield, MO 65804 rise today to recognize the Los Angeles Priority Name: Ozark Tri-County Healthcare Description of Request: This funding will be Lakers, on winning the 2009 National Basket- Consortium used for the Missouri Innovation Academy, an ball Association Championship. This is their Amount: $500,000 on-campus summer program for at-risk high 15th NBA World Championship title. Account: Health Resources and Services school sophomores and juniors from low-in- I congratulate team owner Dr. Jerry Buss, Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and come backgrounds. Coach Phil Jackson, his staff, and the entire Services The academy focuses on recruiting urban Laker organization for their accomplishment in Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ozark Tri- and rural students that have had limited expo- winning basketball’s coveted championship County Health Care Consortium sure to science and math. Particular attention trophy. I also congratulate the team’s captain, Address of Requesting Entity: 4301 is placed on recruiting students from lower in- Kobe Bryant, on being named the first recipi- Doniphan Drive, Neosho, MO 64850 come families. Students live on the Missouri ent of the newly-named Bill Russell NBA Description of Request: Funds will be used State University campus during the duration of Finals Most Valuable Player Award. to complete the construction and expansion of the Academy. The use of taxpayer funds is A few days after their championship victory, a new facility for a current Federally Qualified justified because innovation in math and the Lakers and 250,000 of their fans, cele- Health Center site located in Cassville, MO science will be the key to economic growth in brated with a victory parade through the and to add additional equipment to supple- the future. This program will enable students

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BILIRAKIS Transit Administration’s Buses and Bus Facili- AND FAMILIES DAY Bill number: H.R. 3293 ties account for the purpose of replacing up to Account: HRSA Facilities and Services three gas cutaway buses with lifts and up to SPEECH OF Name of requesting entity: All Children’s three diesel cutaway buses with lifts. HON. CANDICE S. MILLER Hospital The Clare bus facility is a project that began OF MICHIGAN Address of requesting entity: 801 6th Street in 2005 and I helped to secure $560,000 for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 this facility. This funding for Clare is the final Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Description: The $350,000 will be used to piece in the long process of building their new build a specialty care center to provide high- facility. Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, quality physician, diagnostic, clinical, and re- With regards to the bus funding, the State of I want to thank my colleague, Ms. EDWARDS, habilitative services to underserved popu- Michigan has struggled to balance its budget for offering this important resolution. lations, which will improve health care and which has led to many cuts in transportation This resolution designates the fourth day of lower costs. and infrastructure funding. This, coupled with June, 2009 as National Children and Families Member requesting: GUS M. BILIRAKIS an aging bus fleet and high energy costs, Day. Bill number: H.R. 3293 threatens to limit the mobility of seniors, the Our children are this nation’s most important Account: SAMHSA—Mental Health disabled, and students living in rural areas. resource, and this resolution highlights the in- Name of requesting entity: BayCare Health The bus funding in this bill will provide impor- valuable role families have in raising healthy, System tant relief to various transit agencies so they well-adjusted children. Families come in many Address of requesting entity: 16255 Bay may begin to replace their aging fleets and different shapes and sizes, but they all play a Vista Drive, Clearwater, Florida 33760 continue to serve rural America. For these critical role in the care and development of Description: The $200,000 will be used to reasons, this funding is a wise and respon- their children. provide services to those suffering from Post sible expenditure of taxpayer dollars. Research shows that spending time to- Traumatic Stress Disorder and their families, gether as a family is critical to raising strong f expanding access to needed care. and resilient kids. And studies have shown, CONGRATULATIONS LUCILLE Member requesting: GUS M. BILIRAKIS the more often children eat dinner with their GRIFFO Bill number: H.R. 3293 families, the less likely they are to smoke, Account: Centers for Disease Control and drink or use drugs, so we should be in the Prevention HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. business of supporting families. Name of requesting entity: Prevent Blind- OF TENNESSEE Early childhood experience lays the founda- ness Florida IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion for later development, and the first three Address of requesting entity: 1112 East Thursday, July 23, 2009 years of a child’s life are especially important. Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33602 Investing resources in children and families Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I have the Description: The $200,000 will be used to will pay large dividends for our society, not greatest respect and admiration for those in- provide vision screenings to at-risk children, only in increased productivity, but also for volved in the Girl Scouts of America, and I improving vision and lowering future health more opportunities for our children to realize have always attended as many Gold Award costs. their dreams. Gala ceremonies as I am able in my District. We must take it upon ourselves as a society f These programs prepare our girls for the to cultivate loving and supporting families EARMARK DECLARATION challenges of higher education, employment, whenever possible. National Children and and adulthood, and their experiences in the Families Day provides us an opportunity to Girl Scouting program open many doors for recognize our responsibility to foster family en- HON. DAVE CAMP them throughout their lives. vironments that nurture the next generation OF MICHIGAN In my hometown of Knoxville, TN, there is and to promote a positive environment for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES one name that is the gold standard for devo- families across America. Thursday, July 23, 2009 tion to the Girl Scouts: Lucille Griffo. Lee Iacocca said it best when he said, ‘‘The Lucille has devoted her career—and her Mr. CAMP. Madam Speaker, pursuant to life—to enrich the lives of girls in East Ten- only rock I know that stays steady, the only in- the Republican Leadership standards on ear- stitution I know that works is the family.’’ nessee, and they could not have had a better marks, I am submitting the following informa- mentor. With the Girl Scout Promise as her I urge my colleagues to support this resolu- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of tion. guide, Lucille has been an ambassador for the H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and values and leadership that Girl Scouting f Urban Development and Related Agencies teaches. EARMARK DECLARATION Appropriations Act, 2010. Details of these After graduating from Jacksonville University projects are: in 1969, Lucille set out to conquer the busi- (1) $496,000 for the Clare County Transit ness world, but time and again she was told HON. GUS M. BILIRAKIS Corporation, located at 4175 North Clare Ave- OF FLORIDA by companies that they did not hire women for nue, Harrison, Michigan 48625, from the Fed- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES management. When a recruiter sent her to a eral Transit Administration’s Buses and Bus job interview with the Girl Scouts, she thought Thursday, July 23, 2009 Facilities account for the purpose of com- her gender had type-cast her to a life of arts Mr. BILIRAKIS. Madam Speaker, pursuant pleting a new multi-modal transportation facil- and crafts. to the House Republican Leadership stand- ity to house administration, operations and For more than 40 years, she has steered ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- maintenance. countless young girls through a transformative lowing information regarding earmarks I re- (2) $300,000 for the Roscommon County time of increasing opportunity for women. As ceived as part of H.R. 3293, the Departments Transportation Authority, located at 2665 she told the Knoxville News Sentinel recently, of Labor, Health and Human Services, and South Townline Road, Prudenville, Michigan ‘‘Girls haven’t changed—just society around Education Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 48651, from the Federal Transit Administra- them.’’ 2010. tion’s Buses and Bus Facilities account for the Her job was much more than arts and Member requesting: GUS M. BILIRAKIS purpose of replacing up to fifteen replacement crafts. As CEO of the Tanasi Council, Lucille Bill number: H.R. 3293 buses. was responsible for a multi-million dollar budg- Account: HRSA Health Facilities and Serv- (3) $250,000 for the Big Rapids Dial-A-Ride et and 13,000 Girl Scouts and volunteers in 16 ices Public Transportation, located at 226 North East Tennessee counties. Name of requesting entity: University of Michigan Avenue, Big Rapids, Michigan Lucille began her career much before her South Florida 49307, from the Federal Transit Administra- role in Girl Scout management. At age 7, she

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Additionally, The Account: Surface Transportation Prior- through a ‘‘journey of self-confidence.’’ It seventy-seven churches have been turned into ities—Edwards County Bone Gap Road would be hard to count how many girls have mosques, twenty-eight churches are being Requesting Entity: Edwards County located benefitted from her leadership and example, used by the Turkish military as hospitals or at Edwards County Courthouse, Alboin IL but I can say that East Tennessee is a much camps, and thirteen churches have been 62806. better place because of Lucille Griffo’s devo- turned into barns. The historic St. Anastasia The funding will go towards the reconstruct tion to our youth. monastery is now a hotel with a swimming Bone Gap Rd in Edwards County. Madam Speaker, I would like to congratu- pool and casino; and the Byzantine-era mon- The Account: Transportation & Community late Lucille Griffo on her recent retirement as astery of Antiphonetes has had its icons and & System Preservation—Harrisburg Missouri CEO of the Tanasi Council Inc. in Knoxville, murals removed and sold to art dealers. The Street Hospital Access Project. Tennessee and bring her remarkable career to Helsinki Commission reported that, in contrast Requesting Entity: City of Harrisburg at 110 the attention of my Colleagues and other read- to those Turkish actions, the Republic of Cy- East Locust Harrisburg, IL 62946. ers of the RECORD. I encourage everyone to prus has spent about $600,000 since 2000 to The funding will go towards construction of get involved in Girl Scouting programs and renovate seventeen historic mosques in the a secondary access route to Harrisburg Med- help shape our next generation of youth. As southern portion of Cyprus. ical Center that was inaccessible during floods Lucille would say, ‘‘We need Girl Scouting I am cautiously encouraged by the efforts of of 2008. now more than ever.’’ President of Cyprus Dimitris Christofias and f f the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community in EARMARK DECLARATION the north, Mr. Mehmet Talat in their reunifica- AN ANNIVERSARY TO REMEMBER tion negotiations now being held under the AND MOURN, AND NEVER REPEAT auspices of the United Nations. They have HON. HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ McKEON now held more than thirty-five rounds of direct OF CALIFORNIA HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN talks since negotiations began on September IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FLORIDA 3, 2008, and they continue to meet on a reg- Thursday, July 23, 2009 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ular basis. It is clear that the reunification of Mr. MCKEON. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Thursday, July 23, 2009 Cyprus should be based on a bi-communal, the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Madam Speaker, thir- bi-zonal federal state with a single sov- marks, I am submitting the following informa- ty-five years ago, Turkey launched a massive ereignty, international personality and citizen- tion regarding Member priority requests I re- and illegal military invasion of its sovereign ship. ceived as part of H.R. 3293, the ‘‘Departments neighbor, Cyprus. Ultimately, any final solution to the division of Labor, Health and Human Services, and On July 20, 1974, the Turkish government of Cyprus must be developed by the Cypriot Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- sent troops to Cyprus, allegedly in response to people themselves. However, the Turkish gov- tions Act, 2010.’’ an effort to unify Cyprus with Greece, citing its ernment has yet to give the leader of the Turk- Requesting Member: Congressman HOW- interpretation of its rights as a ‘‘guarantor’’ na- ish Cypriot community the necessary freedom ARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON tion to cloak its military invasion under the to negotiate a solution, has not agreed to with- Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the ‘‘Departments guise of ‘‘restoring the constitutional order’’ of draw its troops, and has not publically an- of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Cyprus. nounced its support for the reunification ef- Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- As a result of this invasion, over five thou- forts. To the contrary, on July 20, 2009, the tions Act, 2010’’ sand Greek Cypriots were killed, over sixteen Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek Account: Department of Health and Human hundred Greek Cypriots were reported miss- announced that Turkey will never abandon its Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- ing, and two hundred thousand Greek Cypriots rights as a ‘‘guarantor’’ power on Cyprus, even ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and were forcibly displaced from their homes. if a peace deal is signed between Greek and Services Today, Cyprus remains a divided nation, and Turkish Cypriot leaders later this year. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Victor over forty-three thousand Turkish troops still il- This is precisely the false premise with Valley Community Hospital legally occupy almost half of the island. which Turkey justified its military invasion in Address of Requesting Entity: 15248 Elev- Since the 1974 invasion, the international 1974, and the echoes of this false justification enth Street, Victorville, CA 92395 community has repeatedly condemned the will reverberate in the hearts of the people of Description of Request: I requested and re- Turkish invasion, and has called for the reuni- Cyprus, who continue to live with the brutal ceived a Member priority request totaling fication of Cyprus and the final withdrawal of consequences of the 1974 incarnation of this $250,000 to assist the Victor Valley Commu- Turkish troops from the island. In fact, more argument. The international community re- nity Hospital with a modernization effort that than seventy-five resolutions have been adopt- jected this argument thirty-five years ago, and includes the purchase of MRI Equipment, CT ed by the United Nations (UN) Security Coun- it must today condemn such statements as scan equipment, and Integration and Imple- cil and more than thirteen by the UN General counterproductive to the reunification process. mentation, personnel, and training costs. Assembly, calling for the return of Greek Cyp- It is time that we commemorate the last an- Funding would also be used to provide ad- riot refugees to their homes and properties. niversary of the presence of Turkish troops on vanced services such as arthritis care, behav- Turkey has not heeded these calls. Cyprus. It is time the leaders of the Cypriot ioral health and counseling, community To the contrary, over one hundred and sixty communities have full freedom to negotiate wellness programs, poison control, and senior thousand settlers from Turkey now occupy the the reunification of their country, without pres- health services. homes or property of Greek Cypriots evicted sure and imposed conditions from other na- Requesting Member: Congressman HOW- from northern Cyprus. These illegal settlers tions. It is time for there to be a new genera- ARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON today outnumber the native Turkish Cypriots tion of Cypriots born into a unified homeland. Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the ‘‘Departments by almost two to one. f of Labor, Health and Human Services, and These thirty-five years of occupation in Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- northern Cyprus have also led to the tragic EARMARK DECLARATION tions Act, 2010’’ devastation of hundreds of religious and cul- Account: Department of Education, Higher tural sites. On July 21, 2009, the U.S. Com- HON. JOHN SHIMKUS Education mission on Security and Cooperation in Eu- OF ILLINOIS Legal Name of Requesting Entity: College of rope, also known as the Helsinki Commission, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Canyons issued a report entitled, ‘‘Destruction of Cul- Address of Requesting Entity: 26455 Rock- tural Property in the Northern Part of Cyprus Thursday, July 23, 2009 well Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355 and Violations of International Law,’’ stating Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Description of Request: I requested and re- that icons, manuscripts, frescoes and mosaics the Republican Leadership standards on ear- ceived a Member priority request totaling have been looted from Greek Orthodox, marks, I am submitting the following informa- $100,000 to assist the College with the con- Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Maronite and tion regarding earmarks I received as part of tinuation of its University Center Consortium, a Jewish religious sites in northern Cyprus. the 2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban program to provide increased access to higher The Helsinki Commission Report stated Development Appropriations Bill. education and advanced training. The Consor- that, in the occupied north, over five hundred Requesting Member: JOHN M. SHIMKUS tium would use this funding to increase the

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1920 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 number of advanced degree programs avail- Rollcall No. 608, on the Motion to Suspend would use this funding to relocate its facility to able to non-traditional students and help in- the Rules and Pass H.R. 2938, I would have a location that could house all 86 buses in its crease the number of students pursuing higher voted ‘‘yea.’’ fleet. The current location can only house 65 education. Funding would also go toward Rollcall No. 609, on the Motion to Suspend buses. Due to rapid growth over the past dec- books, planning, and evaluation. the Rules and Agree to H. Res. 69, I would ade, Rabbittransit has been providing increas- Requesting Member: Congressman HOW- have voted ‘‘yea.’’ ingly valuable service to the community. How- ARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON Rollcall No. 610, on Agreeing to the Ryan ever, because of the growth, Rabbittransit is Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the ‘‘Departments Amendment to H.R. 2920, I would have voted completely out of parking space and the bus of Labor, Health and Human Services, and ‘‘no.’’ facility has become over crowded. This is a Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- Rollcall No. 611, on the Motion to Recommit good use of taxpayer funds because the tions Act, 2010’’ with Instructions to H.R. 2920, I would voted project would provide Rabbittransit with the Account: Department of Health and Human ‘‘no.’’ ability to continue to meet the needs of the Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Rollcall No. 612, on Passage of H.R. 2920, community. ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ (3) West Manheim Township Park Facilities Services Rollcall No. 613, on the Motion to Suspend Improvements—$250,000 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Henry the Rules and Pass H.R. 3119, I would have Account: HUD, EDI Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital voted ‘‘yea.’’ Legal Name of Requesting Entity: West Address of Requesting Entity: 23845 Rollcall No. 614, on the Motion to Suspend Manheim Township Park and Recreation McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355 the Rules and Agree to H. Res. 534, I would Board Address of Requesting Entity: 15 Description of Request: I requested and re- have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Waterview Road, Hanover, PA 17331 ceived a Member priority request totaling Rollcall No. 615, on the Motion to Suspend Description of Request/Justification of Fund- $350,000 to assist Henry Mayo Hospital, the the Rules and Pass H.R. 2972, I would have ing: West Manheim Township Park and Recre- only hospital in the Santa Clarita area, with voted ‘‘yea.’’ ation Board is a non-profit organization dedi- completion of the design and construction of a f cated to the planning for and funding of a 113 helipad and flight safety equipment at the hos- acre recreation park in West Manheim Town- pital necessary to provide emergency care for EARMARK DECLARATION ship in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The Board over 680 square miles of the diverse geog- would use this funding to outfit two regulation- raphy of north Los Angeles County, which is sized baseball fields with backstops, bases, one of the fastest growing communities in the HON. TODD RUSSELL PLATTS OF PENNSYLVANIA scoreboards, specialized infield dirt, field nation. Funding is also critical to ensure that drainage systems, and fencing. The funding IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the hospital is able to maintain its relationship would also be used to purchase two sets of with L.A. County trauma system. Thursday, July 23, 2009 restroom facilities. This is a good use of tax- Requesting Member: Congressman HOW- Mr. PLATTS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to payer funds because the facilities in the park ARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON the Republican Leadership standards on ear- will provide a safe outlet for the activities of Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the ‘‘Departments marks, I am submitting the following informa- the local youth population. The West Manheim of Labor, Health and Human Services, and tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Recreation Park will be a premier destination Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- H.R. 3288, the Department of Transportation, for Southern Pennsylvania and Northern Mary- tions Act, 2010’’ Housing and Urban Development and Related land residents. Account: Department of Education, Elemen- Agencies Appropriations Act. tary and Secondary Education Requesting Member: Congressman TODD f Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Spring- RUSSELL PLATTS (PA–19) board for Improving Schools EARMARK DECLARATION Address of Requesting Entity: 181 Fremont Bill Number: H.R. 3288—the Department of Street, Second Floor, San Francisco, CA Transportation, Housing and Urban Develop- 94105 ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act HON. JEAN SCHMIDT Description of Request: I requested and re- (1) Craighead Bridge Replacement OF OHIO ceived a Member priority request totaling Project—$750,000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Account: FHA, Transportation and Commu- $150,000 for the Improving Student Achieve- Thursday, July 23, 2009 ment in Palmdale Elementary School District nity and System Preservation program that provides Palmdale Elementary Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Cum- Mrs. SCHMIDTT. Madam Speaker, pursuant School District education leaders—board berland County, Pennsylvania to the Republican Leadership standards on members, superintendents and district staff, Address of Requesting Entity: One Court- earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- principals, and teacher leaders—with re- house Square, Room 200, Carlisle, PA 17013 mation regarding an earmark I received as search-based training and coaching to help Description of Request/Justification of Fed- part of H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing build capacity within their schools and districts eral Funding: Cumberland County would use and Urban Development Appropriations, 2010: to raise student achievement and narrow the funding to engineer, design, and replace Requesting Member: Congresswoman JEAN achievement gap. Craighead Bridge. Craighead Bridge is a 110 SCHMIDT year-old steel thru truss bridge that carries Bill number: H.R. 3288 f nearly 2000 vehicles per day across the Yel- Account: Federal Highway Administration, PERSONAL EXPLANATION low Breeches Creek. This is a good use of Transportation & Community & System Pres- taxpayer funds because Craighead Bridge has ervation HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY been named one of the worst bridges in Penn- Requesting entity: Clermont County Trans- sylvania and is functionally obsolete, struc- OF NEW YORK portation Improvement District, 175 East Main turally deficient, and has an estimated remain- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Street, Batavia, Ohio, Suite 150, Batavia, Ohio ing life span of four years. 45103; and Thursday, July 23, 2009 (2) Rabbittransit Bus Facility—$250,000 Summary: $900,000 provided to continue Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Madam Account: FTA, Bus and Bus Facilities SAFETEA–LU High Priority Project (Ohio Speaker, yesterday, I missed 11 votes. I Legal Name of Requesting Entity: York #3234) and FY08 and FY09 appropriations to would have voted as follows: County Transportation Authority (d.b.a. improve IR275–SR32 Interchange in the Rollcall No. 605, on the Motion to Table H. Rabbittransit) Eastgate area. Improvements (Local Network Res. 667, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Address of Requesting Entity: 1230 Roo- Improvements-Segments IV and IVa) include Rollcall No. 606, on Agreeing to the Resolu- sevelt Avenue, York, PA 17404 Preliminary Engineering/Environmental Impact tion H. Res. 665, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Description of Request/Justification of Fed- Studies (PE/EIS) and related activities to de- Rollcall No. 607, on the Motion to Suspend eral Funding: The York County Transportation velop and construct projects consistent with the Rules and Pass H.R. 1675, I would have Authority (Rabbittransit) is the public transpor- appropriate federal project development and voted ‘‘yea.’’ tation provider for York County. Rabbittransit ODOT requirements.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1921 CALLING ON GOVERNMENT OF Address of Requesting Entity: 3901 East construction of I–69 and other High Priority VIETNAM TO SUPPORT CITIZEN 32nd Street, Joplin, MO 64804 Corridors. I certify that I do not have any fi- ACCESS TO INTERNET Description of Request: The use of taxpayer nancial interest in this project. funds is justified because this request would Requesting Member: Congressman RALPH HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ fund the redesign and reconstruction of the M. HALL and Congressman MIKE ROSS OF CALIFORNIA functionally obsolete and structurally deficient Bill Number: 3288—Transportation, Housing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cloverleaf interchange at Interstate 44 and and Urban Development Appropriations Act Range Line Road in Joplin. The project would 2010: Thursday, July 23, 2009 eliminate weaving movements traffic must now Account: Airport Improvement Program Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. perform, and it also would eliminate two struc- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Tex- Madam Speaker, I rise today to call attention turally deficient bridges. arkana Regional Airport to the number of bloggers and democracy ac- Priority Name: City of Springfield, MO— Address of Requesting Entity: 201 Airport tivists who have been imprisoned in Vietnam West Wye Rail Line Relocation Dr., Texarkana, AR 71854 for distributing their peaceful views over the Amount: $500,000 Description of Request: I have secured Internet. The Government of Vietnam con- Account: Rail Line Relocation and Improve- $750,000 for Texarkana Regional Airport Fire tinues to restrict websites and blogs that pro- ment Program Station Project with the Texarkana Regional mote democracy, human rights, and speak Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Airport. Funding for this project will be used to against the actions of the government. Springfield, Missouri construct an aircraft rescue fire station to save It has become evident over the past several Address of Requesting Entity: 840 Boonville lives in the event of an aircraft accident. This months that the human rights situation in Viet- Avenue, Springfield, MO 65802 project would complete an Aircraft Rescue and nam continues to deteriorate. Today, I will be Description of Request: The funding would Fire Fighting (ARFF) station that has been introducing a house resolution calling on the be used to fund the design and construction of constructed in four phases using incremental Government of Vietnam to not only release a new West Wye that will allow relocation and funding (continuing resolutions). Without the imprisoned bloggers but to also respect the reconfiguration of freight rail traffic. The use of remaining funds, the facility is not useable. people’s right to internet freedom. taxpayer funds is justified because completion Until recently, airport firefighters shared an off- This resolution urges the Vietnamese gov- of the project will have a large impact on airport station with city fire crews. Response ernment to support the right of citizens to ac- safety. times to the airfield from the city station did cess websites of their choosing, and to repeal f not meet FAA standards for a commercial statutes like Circular 07 and Article 88 which service airport. The ARFF crews have been restrict the internet in Vietnam. It is time for EARMARK DECLARATION temporarily relocated to a maintenance hangar the Government of Vietnam to become a re- to meet response timing, but the hangar does sponsible member of the international commu- HON. RALPH M. HALL not meet FAA standards for an ARFF station. nity and to respect an individual’s freedom of OF TEXAS The hangar is located in an area where taxiing speech, press and political association. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aircraft may delay ARFF response and aircraft f engine noise limits the firefighters’ training, Thursday, July 23, 2009 rest and ability to hear the crash phone. I cer- EARMARK DECLARATION Mr. HALL of Texas. Madam Speaker, pursu- tify that I do not have any financial interest in ant to the Republican Leadership standards this project. HON. ROY BLUNT on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- f OF MISSOURI– formation regarding earmarks I received as EARMARK DECLARATION– IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES part of H.R. 3288—Transportation, Housing Thursday, July 23, 2009 and Urban Development Appropriations Act 2010: HON. JACK KINGSTON Mr. BLUNT. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Requesting Member: Congressman RALPH OF GEORGIA the House Republican standards on earmarks, M. HALL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I am submitting the following information re- Bill Number: 3288—Transportation, Housing Thursday, July 23, 2009 garding earmarks I received as part of H.R. and Urban Development Appropriations Act Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, pursuant 3288, The Departments of Transportation– 2010 HUD Appropriations Bill for FY 2010. to the Republican Leadership standards on Account: Surface Transportation Priorities earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Federal Requesting Member: Congressman ROY mation regarding earmarks I received as part Highway Administration BLUNT of H.R. 3293, the Labor, Health & Human Address of Requesting Entity: 1200 New Priority Name: Springfield MO Transit Re- Services, Education & Other Related Agencies Jersey Ave., SE, Washington DC, 20590 lated Improvements for National Avenue, Mon- Appropriations Act, 2010: Description of Request: I have secured roe Street, Brick City, and John Q. Hammons Representative JACK KINGSTON $500,000 for I–69 with Federal Highway Ad- Parkway Request information: H.R. 3293, Department Amount: $500,000 ministration. For more than 15 years, the I–69 of Health & Human Services Health Re- Account: Buses & Bus Facilities Corridor has been under development and has sources and Services Administration Account Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Missouri been consistently recognized by Congress as Recipient information: $1 million, Southeast State University a national transportation priority. Funding for Georgia Health System, Carlton DeVooght, Address of Requesting Entity: 901 S. Na- this project in Texas will help expand inter- 2415 Parkwood Avenue, Brunswick, GA tional, Springfield, MO 65804 state highways 77, 281, and 59, to support 31522 Description of Request: Missouri State Uni- local, interregional and international traffic. It Description: This program will establish a versity, an authorized recipient of transit funds, will provide direct access to the Port of Hous- full spectrum of pediatric and adolescent care, will make needed transit related improvements ton and relieve congestion for the communities including preventative immunizations and well to make accessing transit safer and more con- all along the route, providing the most direct care for Medicaid and uninsured patients in venient in order to increase transit use and re- route from Mexico and Canada for major com- Glynn, Camden, Brantley, McIntosh and duce vehicle traffic in and around campus. mercial centers in the U.S., easing traffic on I– Wayne Counties. This pilot project will allow The use of taxpayer funds is justified as de- 35. Funds will also ensure FHWA and in turn the system to cut costs of the ER, keeping creasing vehicular traffic by increasing transit the resource agencies with responsibility for health care costs down across the system. usage will have a significant impact on safety environmental clearances—US Fish & Wildlife Representative JACK KINGSTON and the environment. and the Army Corps of Engineers—have addi- Request Information: H.R. 3293, Depart- Priority Name: MODOT Reconstruct I–44/ tional staff to expedite the environmental re- ment of Health & Human Services, Health Re- Range Line Road Interchange in Joplin, MO views of projects along congressionally des- sources and Services Administration Account Amount: $550,000 ignated High Priority Corridors, including I–69 Recipient Information: $100,000, Coastal Account: IM—Interstate Maintenance Dis- in Texas which is defined by statute as US 59, Medical Access project, Pat Kota, 2605 cretionary 77 and 281. Without such resources, the on- Parkwood Drive, Brunswick, GA 31520 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Missouri going delay of environmental clearances will Description: This program will expand clin- Department of Transportation continue to significantly increase the cost of ical care and add new services at CMAP’s

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Madam secondary Education Description of Request: This request of Speaker, unfortunately I missed some re- Recipient information: $457,000 Armstrong $195,220 is to enhance nursing education and corded votes on the House floor on Thursday, Atlantic State University Cyber Security Foun- practice and improve health care quality by July 16, 2009. dation, Randy Grubb, 11935 Abercorn Street, addressing technological competency in pre-li- Had I been present, I would have voted Savannah, GA 31419 censure nursing education. Three areas of ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #555 (On agreeing to the Description: The goal of the Cyber Security education are highlighted: faculty develop- Price of Georgia amendment to H.R. 3170), initiative is to provide subject matter expertise ment, curriculum integration and infrastructure ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #556 (On agreeing to the to students in cyber and homeland-security support. First, this project will strengthen fac- Emerson of Missouri amendment to H.R. 31 issues as they relate to academic curriculum, ulty preparation in using health information 70), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #557 (On agreeing training, and special research and develop- technology through an intense week of training to the Blackburn of Tennessee amendment to ment projects. immersion prior to each fall semester and reg- H.R. 3170, ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #558 (On Representative JACK KINGSTON ularly updated thereafter. Second, health infor- agreeing to the Broun of Georgia amendment Request information: H.R. 3293, Department mation technology theory and practice will be to H.R. 3170), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #559 (On of Health & Human Services, Health Re- integrated into multiple courses and all levels agreeing to the Flake of Arizona amendment sources and Services Administration of the nursing program and supported as a #7 to H.R. 3170), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #560 Recipient Information: $993,000, Bacon basic practice skill in the simulation lab under (On agreeing to the Flake of Arizona amend- County Hospital, Cindy Turner, 302 South the direct supervision of an instructor. Lastly, ment #8 to H.R. 3170), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote Wayne Street, Alma, GA 31510 the existing regional simulation laboratory will #561 (On agreeing to the Flake of Arizona Description: The equipment purchase will be augmented by twelve computerized hos- amendment #9 to H.R. 3170), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall help the hospital decide whether to retain the pital information systems work stations vote #562 (On agreeing to the Flake of Ari- patient in Bacon County or transfer to a trau- equipped with information systems used in zona amendment #10 to H.R. 3170), ‘‘aye’’ on ma care center quicker and more accurate. As local facilities. Health information technology rollcall vote #563 (On agreeing to the Flake of a result, healthcare dollars will be saved, pa- integration throughout the curriculum will en- Arizona amendment #11 to H.R. 3170), ‘‘aye’’ tient’s lives improved, and resources utilized able beginning students to tackle technology on rollcall vote #564 (On agreeing to the Flake more efficiently. in their introductory courses and labs and then of Arizona amendment #12 to H.R. 3170), Representative JACK KINGSTON increasingly use health information technology Request information: H.R. 3293, Department ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #565 (On agreeing to the throughout their nursing educational experi- of Health & Human Services Administration for Flake of Arizona amendment #13 to H.R. ence. By integrating health information tech- Children and Families 3170), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #566 (On agree- Recipient information: $300,000 The Marcus nology into the nursing program curriculum, ing to the Flake of Arizona amendment #14 to Autism Center Farah Chapes 1920 Briarcliff CSUCI is ensuring that future nurses will be H.R. 3170), ‘‘no’’ on rollcall vote #567 (On Road Atlanta, GA 30329 able to access and retrieve electronic data agreeing to the Flake of Arizona amendment Description: The Marcus Autism center will necessary for technological advances in pa- #15 to H.R. 3170), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #568 use the federal funding to develop a statewide tient care. The bill provides $195,000 in fund- (On agreeing to the Flake of Arizona amend- service delivery system supporting children ing for this project request. ment #16 to H.R. 3170), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote with Autism and related disorders. Funds will Requesting Member: Representative ELTON #569 (On agreeing to the Flake of Arizona link existing academic/research and clinical GALLEGLY amendment #17 to H.R. 3170), ‘‘no’’ on rollcall models together providing a cohesive con- Bill: H.R. 3293, the Department of Labor, vote #570 (On Motion to Table Appeal of the tinuum of care for the patient population. Health and Human Services, Education and Ruling of the Chair to H.R. 3170), ‘‘no’’ on roll- Representative JACK KINGSTON Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 call vote #571 (On passage to H.R. 3170), Request information: H.R. 3293, Department Account: Department of Health and Human ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #572 (On Motion to Sus- of Labor, Employment Training Administration Services, Administration on Aging pend the Rules and pass H. Res. 476). Recipient information: $350,000, Atlanta Madam Speaker, unfortunately I also Christian College, Dean Collins, 2605 Ben Hill Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of missed some recorded votes on the House Road, East Point, GA 30344 Ventura floor on Friday, July 17, 2009. Had I been Description: ACC will use these funds to Address of Requesting Entity: 800 So. Vic- present, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall help supplement the development of a satellite toria Avenue, Ventura, CA 93009 vote #573 (to Table Appeal of the Ruling of campus in Savannah to bring college to work- Description of Request: This request of the Chair), ‘‘no’’ on rollcall vote #574 (on or- ing adults. This satellite campus will help ACC $750,000 is for the formation by the County of dering the previous question to H. Res. 653), to equip working adults to obtain employment Ventura Human Services Agency of a multi- ‘‘no’’ on rollcall vote #575 (on agreeing to and/or advance to higher wage jobs. disciplinary ‘‘expert team’’ to comprehensively H.Res. 653), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #576 (on f address the diverse needs of victims of elder agreeing to the Hastings of Washington part B abuse. The team will be comprised of experts substitute amendment to H.R. 1018), ‘‘no’’ on EARMARK DECLARATION and would provide new perspectives in work- rollcall vote #577 (on passage to H.R. 1018), ing with the elderly and the training of social ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #578 (on agreeing to HON. ELTON GALLEGLY workers, mandated reporters, the medical Heinrich of New Mexico Part A Amendment OF CALIFORNIA community and all other types of organizations No. 9 amendment to H.R. 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on roll- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that interface with seniors and the aged com- call vote #579 (on agreeing to Cao of Lou- Thursday, July 23, 2009 munity. The unified expert team concept is a isiana Part A Amendment No. 10 to H.R. Mr. GALLEGLY. Madam Speaker, pursuant practical approach for the development of em- 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #580 (on agree- to the Republican Leadership standards on pirical data and outcomes regarding service ing to Blackburn of Tennessee Part A Amend- earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- strategies, intervention and assessment tools, ment No. 11 to H.R. 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall mation regarding earmarks I received as part training, and public awareness information. vote #581 (on agreeing to Campbell of Cali- of H.R. 3293, the Department of Labor, Health Existing systems that service the aged popu- fornia Part B Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 3183), and Human Services, Education and Related lation largely rely on intergovernmental part- ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #582 (on agreeing to Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010: nerships, service referral networks, and com- Flake of Arizona Part C Amendment No. 1 to Requesting Member: Representative ELTON munity organizations. However, this proposal H.R. 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #583 (on GALLEGLY brings diverse services together under a uni- agreeing to Flake of Arizona Part C Amend- Bill: H.R. 3293, the Department of Labor, fied mission to more fully realize the best ment No. 3 to H.R. 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall Health and Human Services, Education and practice models of expert teams. The bill pro- vote #584 (on agreeing to Flake of Arizona Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 vides $654,000 in funding for this project. Part C Amendment No. 4 to H.R. 3183), ‘‘aye’’

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on rollcall vote #585 (on agreeing to Flake of Address of Requesting Entity: 1141 N. Rob- Requesting Member: Rep. ADAM PUTNAM Arizona Part C Amendment No. 5 to H.R. inson, Suite 101B Oklahoma City, OK 74820 (FL–12) 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #586 (on agree- Description of Request: Provide an earmark Bill Number: H.R. 3288 ing to Flake of Arizona Part C Amendment No. of $1,400,000. 100% of funds allocated will be Account: Federal Highway Administration— 10 to H.R. 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #587 used to meet the vehicle needs for the two Transportation & Community & System Pres- (on agreeing to Flake of Arizona Part C section 5307 systems in Oklahoma: CART/ ervation Amendment No. 11 to H.R. 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on University of Oklahoma; and Lawton area Project Funding Amount: $500,000 rollcall vote #588 (on agreeing to Hensarling Transit System. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Polk of Texas Part D Amendment No. 1 to H.R. Requesting Member: Congressman TOM County, Florida 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote #589 (on agree- COLE Address of Requesting Entity: 300 West ing to Hensarling of Texas Part D Amendment Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Church Street, Bartow, FL 33831 No. 2 to H.R. 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall vote Provision: Title II Description of Request: Funding to be uti- #590 (on agreeing to Hensarling of Texas Part Account: Economic Development Initiatives lized for improvements to U.S. Highway 98 to D Amendment No. 4 to H.R. 3183), ‘‘no’’ on (EDI) reduce existing traffic congestion and improve rollcall vote #591 (on motion to recommit with Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ada Pub- mobility along the corridor, which links Bartow instructions to H.R. 3183), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall lic Works Authority to Lakeland, FL one of the largest metropoli- vote #592 (on passage to H.R. 3183). Address of Requesting Entity: 231 South tan areas in the region. Specifically, funding Madam Speaker, unfortunately I also Townsend Ada, OK 74820 would be used for right of way acquisition and missed recorded votes on the House floor on Description of Request: Provide an earmark construction of a continuous 6–lane corridor Monday, July 20, 2009. Had I been present, I of $400,000. 100% of funds allocated will be between SR 60 and SR 570 (Polk Parkway), would have voted ‘‘no’’ on rollcall vote #593 used to construct a 1 million gallon water stor- two intersecting Strategic Intermodal System (On approving the journal), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall age tower. (SIS) facilities. vote #594 (on motion to suspend the rules Requesting Member: Congressman TOM TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND URBAN DEVELOP- and agree to H. Res. 607), ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall COLE MENT—LAKELAND AREA MASS TRANSIT AUTHORITY vote #595 (on motion to suspend the rules Bill Number: H.R. 3288 BUS REPLACEMENT AND FACILITY MAINTENANCE, FL and agree to H.R. 2245). Provision: Title II Requesting Member; Rep. ADAM PUTNAM f Account: Economic Development Initiatives (FL–12) (EDI) Bill Number: H.R. 3288 EARMARK DECLARATION Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma Account: Federal Transit Administration— City Community College Buses & Bus Facilities HON. TOM COLE Address of Requesting Entity: 7777 South Project Funding Amount: $200,000 OF OKLAHOMA May Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73159 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Polk IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: Provide an earmark County, Florida of $200,000. 100% of funds allocated will be Address of Requesting Entity: 300 West Thursday, July 23, 2009 used to prepare the necessary asbestos Church Street, Bartow, FL 33831 Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the abatement and remodeling and retrofitting of Description of Request: To continue to pro- Republican Leadership standards on ear- the space. vide vital transportation bus service to several marks, I am submitting the following informa- f regional locations. For the replacement of tion regarding earmarks I received as part of aging buses and security technology up- H.R. 3288—Transportation, Housing and EARMARK DECLARATION grades. Urban Development, and Related Agencies TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND URBAN Appropriations Act of 2010 HON. ADAM H. PUTNAM DEVELOPMENT—WINTER HAVEN/POLK COUNTY BUSES, FL Requesting Member: Congressman TOM OF FLORIDA Requesting Member; Rep. ADAM PUTNAM COLE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (FL–12) Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Thursday, July 23, 2009 Provision: Title I Account: Federal Transit Administration— Account: Interstate Maintenance Discre- Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Buses & Bus Facilities tionary the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Project Funding Amount: $200,000 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma marks, I am submitting the following informa- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Polk Department of Transportation tion regarding earmarks I received as part of County, Florida Address of Requesting Entity: 200 N.E. 21st H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and Address of Requesting Entity: 300 West Street Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Urban Development Appropriations Act of Church Street, Bartow, FL 33831 Description of Request: Provide an earmark 2010: Description of Request: To continue to pro- of $750,000. 100% of funds allocated will be TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, AND URBAN DEVELOP- vide vital transportation bus service to several used by ODOT to widen 1–35 to six lanes MENT—POLK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL CENTER BUILD- regional locations. For the replacement of from the 1–35/SH–9 West Interchange to ING RENOVATION aging buses and security technology up- North of Main Street. Requesting Member: Rep. ADAM PUTNAM grades. Requesting Member: Congressman TOM (FL–12) f COLE Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Account: HUD—Economic Development Ini- EARMARK DECLARATION Provision: Title I tiative Account: Surface Transportation Priorities Project Funding Amount: $200,000 HON. BILL SHUSTER Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Polk OF PENNSYLVANIA Department of Transportation County, Florida IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Address of Requesting Entity: 200 N.E. 21st Address of Requesting Entity: 300 West Thursday, July 23, 2009 Street Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Church Street, Bartow, FL 33831 Description of Request: Provide an earmark Description of Request: Funding to be used Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, consistent of $500,000. 100% of funds allocated will be for renovation improvements to the Polk Coun- with the Republican Leadership’s policy on used by ODOT to reconstruct access for safe- ty Agricultural Center, which also serves as an earmarks, I submit the following. ty reasons from 1–44 and US–62 to Fort Sill Emergency Operation Center (EOC) for Polk Requesting Member: Congressman BILL Artillery Center. County. Originally constructed in 1948, the fa- SHUSTER (PA–9) Requesting Member: Congressman TOM cility plays a central role in the Polk County Bill Number: H.R. 3288—Transportation, COLE community, contributing to the region’s eco- Housing and Urban Development, and Related Bill Number: H.R. 3288 nomic strength and well-being. Renovations Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010 Provision: Title I are needed to meet fire and safety standards, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Account: Buses & Bus Facilities enabling its continued benefit to the area. AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS PROJECTS Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma Substantial contributions are being made by Project Name: Building acquisition, renova- Transit Association the state and local government. tion, and redevelopment of Lower Fairview

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Franklin I also originally requested $2 million in this View Boulevard, Altoona, PA 16602 County is one of the fastest growing counties Description of Request/Justification of Fed- along the eastern corridor. legislation for the Bradley Ave/State Route eral Funding: $100,000 for building acquisition, This project is a valuable use of taxpayer (SR)–67 Interchange project through the Fed- renovation, and redevelopment of Lower Fair- dollars because it will contribute to economic eral Highway Administration’s Transportation & view development while also improving safety and Community & System Preservation account. It It is my understanding that funding for this relieving congestion on the Interstate. is my understanding that $400,000 was ulti- project would be used for the acquisition, ren- Project Name: Flight 93 National Memorial, mately appropriated for this project by the ovation, and redevelopment of buildings in the Public Lands Transportation Needs, Somerset, Subcommittee and the entity to receive fund- Lower Fairview neighborhood in Altoona, PA ing for this project is the County of San Diego, Pennsylvania. Account: Federal Highway Administration, located at 5555 Overland Avenue, San Diego, This project is a valuable use of taxpayer Federal Lands (Public Lands Highways) California 92123. funds because it will focus on blight elimi- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: National The Bradley Ave/SR–67 Interchange experi- nation and reconstruction efforts to improve Park Service ences heavy congestion during the morning the quality of life for residents living in the Address of Requesting Entity: 109 West and afternoon commute and currently oper- Lower Fairview area and to spur economic de- Main Street, Suite 104, Somerset, PA 15501 velopment. Description of Request/Justification of Fed- ates at a failing level of service during peak Project Name: Coalport Borough eral Funding: $4,000,000 for Flight 93 National traffic hours. This project will provide conges- streetscape project Memorial, Public Lands Transportation Needs, tion relief for the residential neighborhoods Account: Housing and Urban Development Somerset, PA east of SR–67, the businesses west of SR–67 (HUD), Economic Development Initiatives In 2002, the Flight 93 National Memorial Act and regional commuters by widening 0.75 (EDI) established the creation of the Flight 93 Na- miles of Bradley Avenue from two lanes to Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Coalport tional Memorial to commemorate the pas- four, add lanes to the SR–67 on-ramps and Borough Council sengers and crew of Flight 93 who coura- off-ramps and replace the narrow existing 2- Address of Requesting Entity: 961 Forest geously gave their lives to protect their fellow lane Bradley Avenue bridge over SR–67 with Street, Coalport, PA 16627 citizens. Funding for this project would be a 6-lane bridge. New bike lanes and sidewalks Description of Request/Justification of Fed- used to pay for the federal share of the infra- will also be incorporated into this project on eral Funding: $150,000 for Coalport Borough structure needs to accomplish Phase IA and Bradley Avenue. streetscape project 1B of the project as described and approved Bradley Avenue is a key part of San Diego’s It is my understanding that funding for this in the park’s General Management Plan. This Regional Arterial System and is classified as a project would be used for streetscape im- project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds be- Major Road. Improvements to this interchange provements in Coalport Borough, Clearfield cause it is a national memorial for all citizens County, Pennsylvania. to memorialize and reflect on the tragic event will address local accessibility and regional This project is a valuable use of taxpayer of September 11th and to provide the heroes mobility, all joint goals of County of San funds because it will focus on downtown revi- of Flight 93 with a proper resting place. Diego, Caltrans, SANDAG, City of El Cajon talization efforts within the Borough’s historic f and City of Santee, substantially alleviating and central business districts to improve the congestion and improving traffic flow through quality of life for residents and spur economic EARMARK DECLARATION the area. This is particularly necessary during development. commuter hours, but essential during disasters Project Name: Bedford County business HON. DUNCAN HUNTER and evacuations which have occurred twice in park development OF CALIFORNIA the past five years. Account: Housing and Urban Development IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Finally, I requested, and the Subcommittee (HUD), Economic Development Initiatives Thursday, July 23, 2009 appropriated, $250,000 in this legislation for (EDI) Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Bedford Mr. HUNTER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the East County Boys & Girls Club Teen Cen- County Development Association the Republican Leadership standards on ear- ter project through the Housing and Urban De- Address of Requesting Entity: One Cor- marks, I am submitting the following informa- velopment’s Economic Development Initiatives porate Drive, Suite 101, Bedford, PA 15222 tion regarding earmarks I received as part of account. The entity to receive funding for this Description of Request/Justification of Fed- H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and project is the Boys & Girls Club of East Coun- eral Funding: $250,000 for Bedford County Urban Development, and Related Agencies ty Foundation, Inc., located at 8820 Tamberly business park development Appropriations Act for FY 2010: Way, Santee, California 92071. It is my understanding that funding for this I originally requested $2 million in this legis- The East County Boys & Girls Club Teen project would be used for the development of lation for the Improvements to State Route 52 Center project focuses on the rehabilitation of a business park in Bedford County, Pennsyl- East/West project through the Federal High- the 48-year-old Boys & Girls Club building and vania to facilitate regional economic growth way Administration’s Transportation & Com- conversion of the Wells Park Fieldhouse into munity & System Preservation account. It is and development. The project is expected to a facility that can service young adults. With my understanding that $400,000 was ulti- focus on the creation of high tech, light indus- the rehabilitation of both facilities, the number trial, office, and warehouse distribution. mately appropriated for this project by the of El Cajon youth that can be served will in- This project is a valuable use of taxpayer Subcommittee and the entity to receive fund- crease from 230 to 400 per day. The Boys & funds because it is estimated that completion ing for this project is the San Diego Associa- Girls Clubs of East County have provided a of this project would create approximately 500 tion of Governments (SANDAG), located at new jobs. 401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego, California number of recreational, cultural and leadership Project Name: Improvements to 1–81, 92101. programs that promote good behavior, active Franklin County, PA This project seeks to add Managed Lanes lifestyles and a positive alternative to the Account: Federal Highway Administration, and extends the freeway to greatly improve streets. By converting the existing Clubhouse Interstate Maintenance Discretionary traffic flow in East San Diego County on SR52 to a center for 6–10 year olds, and relocating Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Township from 1–15, east to SR67, including a freeway the 11–18 year old population to the new of Antrim exchange at SR52 and SR67, allowing for traf- Teen Center, the Boys & Girls Club will en- Address of Requesting Entity: 10655 Antrim fic flow to be reversed during peak periods. hance learning environments for both popu- Church Road, Greencastle, PA 17225 This project has been identified as ‘‘high-pri- lations resulting in improved academic Description of Request/Justification of Fed- ority’’ by local and state transportation agen- achievement, citizenship, decreasing police eral Funding: $750,000 for Improvements to cies as it will provide residents living in East contact and vastly improving health through 1–81, Franklin County, PA County better access to employment in the childhood obesity and athletic programs.

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The objective is to reduce the op- ordinate initial referrals for hospital outpatient IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES portunity for accidents in the corridor. testing, and conduct follow-up visits with pa- Thursday, July 23, 2009 Within my congressional district, there are tients and families to provide ongoing monitor of patient progress. Mr. GALLEGLY. Madam Speaker, pursuant fourteen highway-rail crossings needing fund- Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN to the Republican Leadership standards on ing along the Ventura County Line, with two projects currently underway. In 2005, CULBERSON earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 mation regarding earmarks I received as part Metrolink, in partnership with cities throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, developed Account: Department of Health and Human of H.R. 3288, the Department of Transpor- Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- tation, and Housing and Urban Development the Sealed Corridor program to improve safety at highway-rail grade crossings. The first in ministration account and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- 2010: the nation, the Sealed Corridor program takes a systematic approach and performs on-site tity: Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Requesting Member: Representative ELTON 6411 Fannin; Houston, TX 77030 GALLEGLY diagnostics to identify grade crossing en- hancements to reduce and eliminate accidents Description of Request: Provide an earmark Bill: H.R. 3288—the Department of Trans- of $1,000,000 to the Memorial Hermann portation, and Housing and Urban Develop- involving vehicles and pedestrians. Grade sep- aration costs range from $20 to $70 million Healthcare System for upgrades to the Critical ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Level 1 Trauma Care Center. The purpose of Act, 2010 and with 464 at-grade crossings on the Metrolink system, funding to grade separate this request is to purchase equipment at the Account: Department of Transportation, all crossings is unlikely. The Sealed Corridor Level 1 Trauma Center and expand existing Federal Highway Administration, Transpor- approach is a cost-effective alternative that will adult and pediatric trauma care facilities. This tation & Community & System Preservation improve rail safety through a comprehensive equipment is critical to the Center’s ability to Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of serve its patient volume, which is the highest strategy to enhance the safety of trains, pas- Thousand Oaks in the nation. sengers, motorists, and pedestrians in the Address of Requesting Entity: 2100 Thou- Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN areas serviced by Metrolink. The bill provides sand Oaks Boulevard, Thousand Oaks, CA CULBERSON $750,000 in funding for this project. 91362 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Description of Request: This request of f Account: Department of Health and Human $500,000 is for a project to widen the US–101 EARMARK DECLARATION Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- and SR–23 Interchange from the Los Angeles/ ministration account Ventura County line to Moorpark Road (US– Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- 101) and Hillcrest Drive (SR–23). The pro- HON. JOHN ABNEY CULBERSON tity: Rice University, 6100 Main Street, MS posed improvements include the extension of OF TEXAS 603; Houston, TX 77005 existing auxiliary lanes in both directions, con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $150,000 to the Rice University BioScience version of auxiliary lanes to mixed-flow lanes, Thursday, July 23, 2009 addition of a northbound lane, realignment and Research Collaborative. This request is to pur- widening of ramps at the interchange, and the Mr. CULBERSON. Madam Speaker, pursu- chase equipment for the BioScience Research construction of soundwalls and retaining walls. ant to the Republican Leadership standards Collaborative, dedicated to improving the diag- The improvements are necessary to relieve on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- nosis and treatment of human disease through congestion along the 101 and 23 Freeways in formation regarding earmarks I received as biomedicine and drug development. the City of Thousand Oaks. The California De- part of H.R. 3293, the FY2010 Departments of Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN partment of Transportation recently began the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- CULBERSON three-year project to widen the Route 23 Free- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill Number: H.R. 3293 way connecting to the 101/23 Interchange. Act: Account: Department of Health and Human Completion of the improvements is crucial to Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- achieve the congestion benefits of the project. CULBERSON ministration account The Ventura County Transportation Commis- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- sion considers both improvements as two inte- Account: Department of Health and Human tity: University of Texas Health Science Center gral parts of a single congestion relief project. Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- at Houston, 7000 Fannin, Suite 1550; Hous- Since the freeway widening is now underway, ministration account ton, TX 77030 Description of Request: Provide an earmark the interchange improvement needs to move Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- of $150,000 to the Center for Translational forward without delay. The bill provides tity: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; 1515 Neuroinformatics at the University of Texas $500,000 in funding for this project request. Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 169; Houston, TX Health Science Center. The Center conducts Requesting Member: Representative ELTON 77030 innovative research to prevent and treat devel- GALLEGLY Description of Request: Provide an earmark opmental and neurodegenerative diseases in- of $1,000,000 to the M.D. Anderson Cancer Bill: H.R. 3288—the Department of Trans- cluding autism, Alzheimer’s and brain injury. portation, and Housing and Urban Develop- Center for equipment, supplies, and produc- Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN ment and Related Agencies Appropriations tion at the Center for Cancer Immunology. CULBERSON This Center is utilizing innovations in Act, 2010 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 immunotherapies and vaccinations to cure Account: Department of Transportation, Account: Department of Health and Human Federal Railroad Administration, Grade Cross- cancer. Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- ings on Designated High Speed Rail Corridors Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN ministration account Legal Name of Requesting Entity: SCRRA– CULBERSON Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- Metrolink Bill Number: H.R. 3293 tity: Harris County Hospital District, 2525 Holly Address of Requesting Entity: 700 So. Flow- Account: Department of Health and Human Hall; Houston, TX 77054 er Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Description of Request: Provide an earmark Description of Request: This requests of ministration account of $300,000 to the Harris County Hospital Dis- $2,000,000 will be used for an important Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- trict for CHP Digital Radiology. The purpose of project that enhances safety at highway-rail tity: Memorial Hermann Foundation, 9401 this request is to purchase direct-capture dig- grade crossings through the construction of Southwest Freeway, Suite 1200; Houston, TX ital imaging devices. This equipment will en- grade crossing safety improvements, including 77074 hance clinical work flow, patient treatment and median barriers, four-quadrant gates at cross- Description of Request: Provide an earmark increase the productivity of imaging tech- ings, fencing at strategic points, traffic signal of $250,000 to the Memorial Hermann Chil- nologists.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES meet new New York State requirements to This important capital project will add the com- Thursday, July 23, 2009 enter the medical profession. munity investment at the Buffalo Niagara Med- ical Campus and help Cansius College, which Mr. LEE of New York. Madam Speaker, pur- Requesting Member: Congressman CHRIS- is recognized as one of the top universities for suant to the Republican Leadership standards TOPHER LEE (NY–26) its undergraduate science programs. on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Requesting Member: Congressman CHRIS- formation regarding earmarks I received as Account: Department of Health & Human TOPHER LEE (NY–26) part of the FY10 Labor, Health and Human Services—Health Resources and Services Ad- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Services, and Education Appropriations bill. ministration—Health Facilities and Services Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kaleida Account: Department of Education/National Requesting Member: Congressman CHRIS- Health Projects—Innovation and Improvement/Reach TOPHER LEE (NY–26) Out and Read authorized under the Elemen- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Address of Requesting Entity: 100 High Street, Buffalo, NY 14203 tary and Secondary Education Act Account: Department of Health & Human Description of Request: Provide an earmark Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Reach Services—Health Resources and Services Ad- of $300,000 to create a new academically-ori- Out and Read National Center ministration—Health Facilities and Services ented medical, the Global Vascular Institute, to Address of Requesting Entity: 56 Roland Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Unity integrate key programs and personnel of Buf- Street, Boston, MA 02129 Health System falo General Hospital and Millard Fillmore Description of Request: Provide an earmark Address of Requesting Entity: 89 Genesee Gates Circle Hospital pursuant to rec- of $4,965,000. Reach Out and Read is a na- Street, Rochester, NY 14611 ommendations of the Berger Commission. tional program that promotes literacy and lan- Description of Request: Provide an earmark Of the total amount, 100 percent is for guage development in infants and young chil- of $800,000 to develop a set of clinical appli- equipment. dren, targeting disadvantage and poor children cations to support the goal of enhancing both The project will relocate important clinical and families. Through fifteen years of peer-re- the quality and the delivery of care within services and programs from Millard Fillmore viewed and published research, an extensive Unity Health System. Will also expedite the Gates Circle Hospital to the Global Vascular body of documentation now clearly dem- implementation of a practice management and Institute (GVI) at the Buffalo Niagara Medical onstrates the importance of promoting early ambulatory electronic record system that en- Campus. This will greatly strengthen and im- language and literacy skills so that children ables connectivity between the Unity Medical prove the quality of health care services in have the essential reading skills to begin school successfully. Yet today, a large number Group physician offices. Western New York and provide an important of children do not receive the necessary sup- Of the total project amount, approximately center for medical research and education for port and assistance to develop these skills 100 percent is for implementation of informa- physicians. and begin kindergarten read to learn. tion technology. Requesting Member: Congressman CHRIS- To close this gap, the federal government Requesting Member: Congressman CHRIS- TOPHER LEE (NY–26) provides funding for a variety of literacy pro- TOPHER LEE (NY–26) Bill Number: H.R. 3293 grams and strategies that reach children and Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Account: Depart- Account: Department of Education—Higher parents, and the professionals who interact ment of Education—Higher Education Education Legal with them. ROR has proven to be among the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Niagara Name of Requesting Entity: State University most effective strategies to promote early lan- County Community College of New York at Geneseo guage and literacy development and school Address of Requesting Entity: 3111 Saun- Address of Requesting Entity: Erwin 218, readiness: pediatricians and other healthcare ders Settlement Road, Sanborn, NY 14132 SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454 Description of Request: Provide an earmark providers guide and encourage parents to Description of Request: Provide an earmark read aloud to their children from their earliest of $275,000 to provide additional and updated of $500,000 for the purchase of a Fourier technology for the Learning Commons project, years of their life, and send them home from Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance each doctor visit with books and a prescription including SMART classrooms and individual Spectrometer for SUNY Geneseo’s Integrated workstations. Of the total project amount, ap- to read together. Science Center. Currently, nearly 50,000 doctors and nurses proximately 100 percent is for equipment. By Of the total amount, 100 percent is for pur- have been trained in ROR’s proven strategies, establishing the Learning Commons, the chase and installation of equipment. and more than 3,500 clinics and hospitals na- project will improve student success and cre- This instrument will replace an aging spec- tionwide are implementing the program, reach- ate an educated workforce by improving ac- trometer at the College thus allowing Geneseo ing more than 25 percent of America’s at-risk- cess to technology, enhancing learning, and to continue attracting competitive research children. Funding provided by Congress providing a relevant education for graduating grants, training students in critical fields of through the U.S. Department of Education has students across all disciplines. NCCC has science and technology, and contribute to eco- been matched by tens of millions of dollars seen increased enrollment, a number of whom nomic development efforts in the region. from the private sector and state governments. are economically disadvantaged, who need Requesting Member: Congressman CHRIS- Requesting Member: Congressman CHRIS- this new technology for success in college. TOPHER LEE (NY–26) TOPHER LEE (NY–26) Requesting Member: Congressman CHRIS- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 TOPHER LEE (NY–26) Account: Department of Education—Higher Account: Department of Education/National Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Account: Depart- Education Legal Projects—Innovation and Improvement/Read- ment of Education—Higher Education Name of Requesting Entity: Canisius Col- ing is Fundamental authorized under the Ele- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Monroe lege mentary and Secondary Education Act Community College Address of Requesting Entity: 2001 Main Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Reading Address of Requesting Entity: 100 East Street, Buffalo, NY 14208 is Fundamental (RIF) Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14623 Description of Request: Provide an earmark Address of Requesting Entity: 1825 Con- Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $400,000 to help with equipment costs for necticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009 of $325,000 to establish a Medical Laboratory the new science center and office complex for Description of Request: Provide an earmark Technicians (MLTs) program at the community Canisius College. The new center will include of $24,803,000. RIF enhances child literacy by college. Will establish the curriculum, move it interdisciplinary research laboratories to en- providing millions of underserved children with through accreditation process, and recruit its able the college to develop new programs in free books for personal ownership and reading first students. bioinformatics, quantitative science, cellular encouragement from the more than 18,000 lo- Of the total amount, $272,025 (83.7 per- molecular biology, analytical chemistry and cations throughout all fifty states, Washington, cent) is for personnel; $4,550 (1.4 percent) is neurosciences. The project will partner with D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin for supplies; $28,600 (8.8 percent) is for the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Islands.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1927 EARMARK DECLARATION simulation opportunities for education and improvements. The forecasted population training. Funding is critical in the nationwide growth rate in Somerset County is 17 percent HON. CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS effort to address the nursing shortage. through 2010. Somerset County’s labor force OF WASHINGTON Requesting Member: Congresswoman is projected by the New Jersey Department of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MCMORRIS RODGERS Labor to be the fastest growing county in the Bill Number: H.R. 3293 central region through 2008. Therefore, alle- Thursday, July 23, 2009 Account: Centers for Disease Control and viating congestion on Route 22 is critical to Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS. Madam Prevention (CDC) maintaining economic viability and improving Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Inland quality of life for hundreds of thousands of standards on earmarks, I am submitting the Northwest Health Services local residents and workers. following information regarding earmarks I re- Address of Requesting Entity: 601 West Project: Downtown Streetscape and Pedes- ceived as part of H.R. 3293, FY2010 Labor, First Avenue; Spokane, WA; 99201 trian Improvements (Final Phase), Borough of Health and Human Services, Education and Description of Request: Provide $350,000 North Plainfield, NJ Related Agencies Appropriations Act for the Regional Disease Surveillance and Agency: Federal Highway Administration Requesting Member: Congresswoman Early Event Detection project. This project will Account: Surface Transportation Priorities MCMORRIS RODGERS utilize anonymous health data to capture all in- Amount: $300,000 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 patient and emergency room data, all labora- Recipient: Borough of North Plainfield, 263 Account: Health Resources and Services tory and imaging data, and a significant per- Somerset Street, North Plainfield, NJ 07060 Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and centage of ambulatory data for an entire re- The funding would be used to complete Services gion. Special pattern recognition software will streetscape and pedestrian improvements in Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Wash- be applied to the data allowing rapid detection the downtown business district of North Plain- ington State University of patterns that may indicate a need for public field which were first begun in 1998. The Address of Requesting Entity: French Ad- health and emergency response action. Be- project will consist of sidewalk, lighting, and ministration Building, Room 324; Pullman, WA; cause public health authorities are seeking landscape improvements consistent with the 98101 methods for detecting diseases as early as existing design for the remainder of Somerset Description of Request: Provide an addition possible, this project has the potential to trans- Street. Somerset Street is the main road in the of $150,000 to the WSU College of Nursing to form disease surveillance in this country. This business district, providing access to the Mu- fund distance learning technologies, simulation can be accomplished by analyzing data from nicipal Building/Emergency Services Complex, technology and novel e-network which will in- a wide variety of sources and enable the user a grade crossing of US Route 22, and to crease their capacity to educate and graduate to see patterns and relationships that other- schools and train station. nurses. In order to address the identified nurs- wise would be missed. Project: Affordable Housing Site Prepara- ing shortage and the need to help facilitate f tion, Township of Clinton, NJ workforce development, the funding will in- Agency: Housing and Urban Development crease the ability to utilize existing resources EARMARK DECLARATION Account: Economic Development Initiatives to attract high-quality faculty which will in turn Amount: $250,000 result in the production of more high-quality HON. LEONARD LANCE Recipient: Township of Clinton, 1225 Rt. 31, nurses. OF NEW JERSEY Lebanon, NJ 08833 Requesting Member: Congresswoman IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The funding would be used to prepare sites MCMORRIS RODGERS Thursday, July 23, 2009 for construction of affordable units in Clinton Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Township, NJ. Specifically, funds will be used Account: Health Resources and Services Mr. LANCE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to for demolition and installation of infrastructure Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and the Republican Leadership standards on ear- in preparation for the construction of 85 afford- Services marks, I am submitting the following informa- able housing units. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Provi- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Project: Irvington Branch of Lightning Brook dence St. Mary Medical Center H.R. 3288, the FY2010 Transportation, Hous- Retaining Wall Replacement, Union Township, Address of Requesting Entity: 401 West ing and Urban Development, and Related NJ Poplar Street; Walla Walla, WA; 99362 Agencies Appropriations Act: Agency: Housing and Urban Development Description of Request: Provide $100,000 Project: Route 22 Sustainable Corridor, Account: Economic Development Initiatives for new image-guided radiation therapy treat- Somerset County, NJ Amount: $250,000 ment systems that acquire 3D images of every Agency: Federal Highway Administration Recipient: Township of Union, 1976 Morris patient, every day, allowing the clinicians to Account: Surface Transportation Priorities Avenue, Union, NJ 07083 check a tumor’s size and shape and adjust the Amount: $1,250,000 The funding would be used for the costs re- treatment beam accordingly to provide more Recipient: Somerset County Business Part- lated to the design, permits, land acquisition, precise treatments. The project will bring sig- nership, 360 Grove Street, Bridgewater, NJ demolition, construction and contract adminis- nificant improvements to cancer treatment at 08807 tration, and inspection for 2,700 lineal feet of St. Mary’s and will have a positive impact on The Route 22 Sustainable Corridor Plan retaining wall replacement for stabilization and the area’s economic status by providing ongo- would redefine an 8-mile section of Route 22 rehabilitation of the eroding banks of the ing treatment for patients in their local environ- in Bridgewater Township and Somerville Bor- Irvington Branch of Lightning Brook. ment. Patients will have access to daily treat- ough, the main business districts of Somerset f ment close to their homes and work, allowing County, New Jersey from a high-speed arterial them to continue working throughout their radi- highway into a suburban boulevard design. EARMARK DECLARATION ation treatment series. The $96 million project would relieve current Requesting Member: Congresswoman and projected traffic congestion, improve ve- HON. JOHN FLEMING MCMORRIS RODGERS hicular and pedestrian safety, and integrate OF LOUISIANA Bill Number: H.R. 3293 access to mass transit in one of the fastest IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Account: Health Resources and Services growing regions of New Jersey. For this rea- Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and son, it is has been authorized through the Thursday, July 23, 2009 Services Transportation Equity Act, a Legacy for Users Mr. FLEMING. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Gonzaga (TEA-LU) and been appropriated funds the Republican Leadership standards on ear- University through past Transportation, Treasury, Hous- marks, I am submitting the following informa- Address of Requesting Entity: 502 East ing and Urban Affairs Appropriations bills. tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Boone Avenue; Spokane, WA; 99258 This project will provide benefit to the 7th H.R. 3288, the ‘‘Department of Transportation, Description of Request: Provide $250,000 District of NJ by improving safety on one of and Housing and Urban Development and Re- for expansion and upgrades of the Gonzaga the most dangerous corridors in New Jersey. lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.’’ I School of Nursing’s resource and simulation Additionally, this project is a key to relieve have requested funding for the following center. An upgrade and additional equipment congestion. There are several factors that also projects in Fiscal Year 2010: are needed to support university nursing stu- indicate that congestion along the corridor will I–49 North (I–220 in Shreveport to AR Line), dents and hospital staff nurses as they utilize worsen in the absence of significant regional Account: Federal Highway Administration/

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1928 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 Interstate Maintenance Discretionary, Recipi- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Anderson ing or revenues must not increase the deficit ent: Louisiana Department of Transportation County, SC (or reduce the surplus) over a six-year or elev- and Development. Address of Requesting Entity: 101 South en-year period. I strongly supported these ef- FY10 funds are for right-of-way, utilities, and Main Street, Anderson, SC 29622 forts. While a PAYGO rule is a good first step, construction for I–49 N, from I–220 in Shreve- Description of Request: The purpose of this H.R. 2920 goes further by applying automati- port to the Arkansas line. The I–49 North appropriation is to provide $400,000 for the cally to legislation and provides an automatic project forms the southern segment of Con- Parker Bowie Road Bridge in Anderson Coun- enforcement mechanism to ensure Congress gressionally designated High Priority Corridor I ty, SC. Built in 1962, the Parker Bowie Road follows fiscal discipline. running from Shreveport, LA to Kansas City, Bridge’s current sufficiency rating is only 28.9 Fiscal discipline served us well in the past. MO. As defined by ISTEA and TEA–21 ‘‘this out of a possible 100, and a recent SC DOT In the 1990’s with pay-as-you-go as the law, corridor is intended to complement the existing Inspection Report rated the bridge as basically we turned the massive deficits of the 1980’s Interstate system, integrate regions of the intolerable, requiring a high priority of replace- into a record surplus under President Clinton. country, improve safety and efficiency of travel ment. Requested funding would be used to re- When President Bush came into office in and commerce, and promote economic devel- place and widen the bridge to 34 feet curb-to- 2001, he inherited a projected ten-year, $5.6 opment.’’ I–49 North represents Louisiana’s curb allowing for two lanes with safety shoul- trillion budget surplus. Over the first six years part in completing this critical corridor con- ders. It would also raise the height of the of the Bush administration, however, the necting Canada and Mid-America to the deep bridge and its approaches in order to minimize President and Republican-controlled Congress water ports in New Orleans. current waterway obstructions from flooding. turned that surplus into a projected ten-year, I–69 (Texas state line to Arkansas via These changes would allow emergency serv- $2 trillion deficit and allowed the statutory Shreveport, LA), Account: Federal Highway ice vehicles and school bus traffic, which can- PAYGO requirement to lapse in 2002. This Administration/Interstate Maintenance Discre- not currently use the bridge, to access it. was followed by 6 years of unrestrained tionary, Recipient: Louisiana Department of Requesting Member: Congressman J. spending under President Bush and the fed- Transportation and Development. GRESHAM BARRETT eral debt held by the public doubled. FY10 funds are for design and environ- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 The most instructive gauge of the federal mental work for sections SIU14B, SIU15, and Provision: Federal Highway Administration, deficit is the federal debt as a percentage of SIU16A from the Arkansas state line to the Transportation & Community & System Pres- our total economy or Gross Domestic Product Texas state line via Shreveport, LA. The I-69 ervation Account (GDP). According to the Congressional Budget corridor accounts for over 63 percent of the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Green- Office (CBO), the budget surpluses and fiscal nation’s truck borne trade with Canada and wood County, SC discipline of the 1990’s reduced the debt from Mexico and has the nation’s busiest border Address of Requesting Entity: 600 Monu- 49.4 percent of GDP to 33 percent of GDP by crossings on both the Canadian and Mexican ment St., Laurens, SC 29646 2001. During President Bush’s two terms, that borders. Seventeen of the nation’s top 25 sea- Description of Request: The purpose of this figure rose back to 41 percent of GDP. ports, 13 inland waterway ports and 15 of the appropriation is to provide $400,000 for the PAYGO is only one tool, but it is a strong nation’s top 25 air cargo airports are directly Widening of SC Highway 225 in Greenwood, one to return our Nation back to fiscal stability. served by I–69. The corridor traverses over SC. At present, SC Highway 225 is a four-lane The PAYGO rule forces Congress to identify 150 counties and hundreds of municipalities, highway excect for a 4.36 mile stretch at the inefficient or ineffective programs whose fund- directly serving over 25 million people. Com- southern end. In this stretch, approximately ing can be cut to fund higher priorities, such pletion will increase transportation efficiency 1.4 miles from where the four lanes narrow to as health care, education, and clean energy. by reducing fuel consumption, travel time and two, SC Highway 225 intersects with Alex- This rule also sends a message to the Amer- costs, while facilitating trade, providing inter- ander Road. Due to the addition of a new de- ican people that the government is committed modal connectivity, relieving congestion and velopment, including a public school, to putting the country back on stable economic promoting economic development. healthcare entities, and industry, this intersec- footing. I urge my colleagues to support this Consistent with the Republican Leadership’s tion has become a major safety concern. Dur- legislation. policy on earmarks, I hereby certify that to the ing peak traffic times, SC Highway 225 and best of my knowledge, this request: (1) is not Alexander Road become very congested, and f directed to an entity or program that will be may be backed up for 1.5 miles. EARMARK DECLARATION named after a sitting Member of Congress, (2) f is not intended to be used by an entity to se- STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT cure funds for other entities unless the use of HON. C. W. BILL YOUNG OF 2009 funding is consistent with the specified pur- OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pose of the earmark, and (3) meets or ex- SPEECH OF ceeds all statutory requirements for matching Thursday, July 23, 2009 funds where applicable. I also hereby certify HON. RUSH D. HOLT Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Madam Speaker, OF NEW JERSEY that neither I nor my spouse has any financial pursuant to the House Republican Standards interest in this project. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on Congressional appropriations initiatives, I f Wednesday, July 22, 2009 am submitting the following information re- EARMARK DECLARATION Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in sup- garding projects that were included at my re- port of our Nation’s fiscal future and for the quest in H.R. 3293, the Fiscal Year 2010 passage of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act Labor, Health and Human Services and Edu- HON. J. GRESHAM BARRETT cation Appropriations Bill: OF SOUTH CAROLINA of 2009, H.R. 2920. BAYCARE HEALTH SYSTEM HARDENING OF FACILITIES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES During my time in Congress, I have always strived to be a good steward of taxpayer Account: Health Resources and Services Thursday, July 23, 2009 money. In fact during a previous session of Administration, Health Care-Related Facilities Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Congress, the Concord Coalition, a non- and Activities Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- partisan fiscal watchdog group, presented me Legal name and address of requesting enti- ship standards on earmarks, I am submitting with its Fiscal Responsibility Award for my ty: BayCare Health System, 16331 Bay Vista the following information regarding earmarks I votes to maintain fiscal discipline, reject irre- Drive, Clearwater, FL 33760 received as part of the House passed version sponsible tax cuts, and eliminate corporate Description of request: $1,000,000 is in- of H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and welfare. cluded in the bill for BayCare Health System Urban Development, and Related Agencies In 2007, I was pleased that the House of to harden the acute care/in-patient care facili- Appropriations Act, 2010. Representatives restored the ‘‘pay-as-you-go’’ ties by focusing on roofs, windows and e- Requesting Member: Congressman J. principle in the House rules when Democrats power generation for climate control. Such in- GRESHAM BARRETT regained control of the House in the 110th frastructure investments are critical in order to Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Congress. This simple rule ensures that every protect patients, staff and the hospital itself Provision: Federal Highway Administration, new dollar of spending is offset and will not during and immediately after hurricanes. No Transportation & Community & System Pres- worsen the deficit. The House’s pay-go rule previous federal funding was requested for ervation Account requires that legislation affecting direct spend- this project.

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The college will develop a new post- Drive, Tampa, FL 33612 FACILITY secondary health care informatics curriculum, Description of request: $700,000 is included Account: Health Resources and Services curricular units for secondary students, faculty in the bill for the Moffitt Cancer Center for its Administration, Health Care-Related Facilities development, and the marketing materials to Cancer LifeLink Program, which is an online and Activities recruit high school students and college stu- patient portal technology solution that will pro- Legal name and address of requesting enti- dents into health care informatics careers. The vide cancer patients with access to personal- ty: Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, 14041 new courses will be designed for on-line learn- ized information on the most appropriate med- Icot Boulevard, Clearwater, FL 33760 ing but they will also be able to be delivered ical care available for their specific needs and Description of request: $500,000 is included in a blended instructor-led format. Current circumstances, which will maximize clinical in the bill for Gulf Coast Jewish Family Serv- health care employees will be able to receive outcomes, empower individuals to take control ices to consolidate its operations into one fa- individualized or group instruction and with the of their care and enhance the health of the en- cility to increase the number of patients training will be able to move from entry-level tire community through continuous monitoring served, enhance patient privacy, provide a jobs to increasingly responsible positions. A and support of cancer survivors. The project more seamless system of care, and reduce web portal will also be developed to serve as involves a partnership with providers across overhead costs. Gulf Coast serves more than a source of information about health the State of Florida and regionally. No pre- 50,000 at-risk children, youth, adults, and el- informatics, the college’s certificate and de- vious federal funding has been provided for derly. $190,000 was included for this project in gree programs, and related career and training this project. FY 2009. opportunities. Youth will also learn about PINELLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH FLORIDA BLOOD SERVICES DISASTER PREPAREDNESS health care informatics through a structured Account: Health Resources and Services Account: Health and Human Services, Sub- high school outreach program and through in- Administration, Health Care-Related Facilities stance Abuse and Mental Health Administra- school job and career presentations by college and Activities tion faculty. In addition, an online competency- Legal name and address of requesting enti- Legal name and address of requesting enti- based Introduction to Health Care Informatics ty: Florida Blood Services, 10100 Dr. Martin ty: Pinellas County Board of County Commis- tutorial will also be available free of charge to Luther King Jr. Street North, St. Petersburg, sioners, 315 Court Street, Clearwater, FL anyone interested in learning about health 33756 FL 33716 care informatics. Finally, an annual Health Description of request: $300,000 is included Description of request: $200,000 is included Care Informatics Symposium will bring nation- in the bill for the Pinellas County Board of in the bill for Florida Blood Services to procure ally known subject matter experts to the region County Commissioners to support the expan- the required equipment to be able to maintain and provide a health care informatics forum sion of an integrated, coordinated mental its full compliment of blood collection and dis- for communication industry representatives, health and substance abuse treatment pro- tribution services during a natural disaster. secondary and postsecondary faculty, and stu- gram for chronic minor offenders. Working in This would allow for the real-time, uninter- dents. $95,000 was included for this project in partnership with local mental health and sub- rupted management of more than 800,000 do- FY 2009 stance abuse agencies, the Pinellas County nors and provide for the processing of blood Sheriff’s Office and other agency law enforce- STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW ELDER JUSTICE PROGRAM for patients at the Tampa Bay areas’s major ment officers, who have received specialized Account: Administration on Aging, Aging Category I Advanced Trauma Centers. No training to recognize and respond to situations previous federal funding has been provided for Services Programs involving an individual suffering from mental ill- Legal name and address of requesting enti- this project. ness or chronic substance abuse, direct these ty: Stetson University College of Law, 1401 FLORIDA CANCER CLINICAL TRIAL PATIENT/PHYSICIAN individuals into the Community Care Chronic 61st Street South, Gulfport, FL 33707 INFORMATION AND EDUCATION PROJECT Minor Offender Program as an alternative to Account: Health Resources and Services Description of request: $100,000 is included the County jail. The expansion of the program in the bill for the Stetson University College of Administration, Health Care-Related Facilities will further alleviate Pinellas County’s cost of and Activities Law to establish a pilot program to determine frequent detention of individuals for minor local the most effective way to educate seniors Legal name and address of requesting enti- offenses thus helping to close the revolving ty: University of South Florida, College of Edu- about mortgage fraud and other financial door. This program allows such offenders suf- scams. Through Stetson’s Elder Justice Re- cation, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL fering from mental illness or chronic substance source Center, this program will focus on 33620 abuse to be voluntarily taken to a detoxifica- ways to communicate with seniors about the Description of request: $500,000 is included tion or mental health service facility for a thor- inherent dangers from unsolicited offers for in the bill for the University of South Florida for ough assessment in lieu of the County jail. If home refinancing, reverse mortgages, con- its Florida Cancer Clinical Trial Patient/Physi- the individual is cognizant and willing to par- sumer goods, and financial opportunities. cian Information and Education Project. This ticipate in the program, he/she is referred/ Communications strategies will include a tele- program has developed continuing education transported for housing (family or transitional phone hotline, a web site, onsite visits to sen- and databases for the public on clinical trials housing) and for outpatient substance abuse ior centers, retirement homes, libraries, clubs, for cancer treatments focusing on the nature and/or mental health services. Participating and other places that seniors gather. $95,000 of clinical trials and how patients might benefit, agencies have unfunded forensic beds, 24/7 what trials are being conducted in Florida, the crisis care, medication and outpatient treat- was provided in FY 2009 for this project. criteria for participation, and contact informa- ment services needed to address the needs of Stetson will match the FY 2010 request with tion. It also has developed an interactive web these offenders and reduce the escalating jail $100,000. based program that lists all current cancer population. The program also supports the of- f clinical trials and allows patients to determine fenders in their ability to stay close to family EARMARK DECLARATION programs for which they might be eligible. Fur- and friends and other support networks. 300 ther, it allows patients to share this information individuals are anticipated to be served in FY HON. FRANK A. LoBIONDO with their physicians. Previous funding was 2010. The county will provide $383,648 toward provided for this project as follows: FY 2004— OF NEW JERSEY the cost of this project. These are the first fed- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $500,000, FY 2005—$500,000, FY 2008— eral funds requested. Thursday, July 23, 2009 $536,000, FY 2009—$190,000. ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM WORKFORCE TRAINING Mr. LOBIONDO. Madam Speaker, as per Account: Institute of Museum and Library Account: Department of Education, Fund for the requirements of the Republican Con- Services the Improvement of Postsecondary Education ference Rules on earmarks, I secured the fol- Legal name and address of requesting enti- Legal name and address of requesting enti- lowing earmarks in H.R. 3288 ty: Florida Holocaust Museum, 55 Fifth Street ty: St. Petersburg College, 6021 142nd Ave- Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 nue North, Clearwater, FL 33760 LOBIONDO (NJ–02)

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1930 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 Bill Number: H.R. 3288 the beginning of this Congress that acknowl- project is the City of Palatka, FL located at Account: FRA, Rail Line Relocation and Im- edges the significant contribution of coaches 201 N. 2nd Street, Palatka, FL 32177. provement Program across the country who volunteer their time Federal funding seeks to reinvigorate the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of and energy to promote sportsmanship, leader- economy and provide jobs in an area with Salem, NJ ship skills, and self confidence to our Nation’s more than an 11% unemployment rate. City Address of Requesting Entity: 94 Market St., youth. H. Res. 6 serves as a reminder of our officials are redeveloping the Palatka River- Salem, NJ 08079 commitment to the children of this Nation and front Park along the St. Johns River. The Description of Request: Received an ear- recognizes the need to encourage adult in- funds requested to develop this public space mark of $750,000 for the rehabilitation of volvement in youth sports programs across will be used for the master planning and de- county owned rail line depended upon by local the country. It also establishes that the week velopment to promote access, build new infra- industry. of September 13–19 serve as National Coach- structure facilities and clean up along the Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK es Appreciation Week. riverfront. LOBIONDO (NJ–02) The parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, f Bill Number: H.R. 3288 and friends that volunteer their time to coach Account: HUD, Economic Development Ini- a team are invaluable leaders in our commu- IN MEMORIAL OF C.P. THOMPSON, tiative nities. In honor of National Youth Sports JR. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: South Week, it is important that the U.S. Congress Jersey Economic Development District recognizes their contributions and provides HON. BOB ETHERIDGE Address of Requesting Entity: 226 North them with the resources they need to keep up OF NORTH CAROLINA High Street, Millville, NJ 08332 the critical work they so selflessly do. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: Received an ear- f Thursday, July 23, 2009 mark of $250,000 to assist in the construction of facilities at the Aviation Research and Tech- EARMARK DECLARATION Mr. ETHERIDGE. Madam Speaker, today I nology Park, an industrial park in Pomona, NJ rise to honor the life of C. P. Thompson, Jr., which will facilitate economic development and HON. JOHN L. MICA who passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2009. provide new jobs to the area. OF FLORIDA In his passing, North Carolina lost one of its Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES most outstanding citizens; a man who was in- LOBIONDO (NJ–02) strumental in his community, county, and Thursday, July 23, 2009 Bill Number: H.R. 3288 state. Account: HUD, Economic Development Ini- Mr. MICA. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the A native of Four Oaks, North Carolina and tiative Republican Leadership standards on ear- a life-time resident of Johnston County, Mr. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Town of marks, I am submitting the following informa- Thompson was born on August 24, 1941 to Hammonton tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Cooper Person and Ella Mae Lee Thompson. Address of Requesting Entity: 100 Central the FY2010 Transportation, Housing and Known for his passionate support of Johnston Avenue, Hammonton, NJ 08332 Urban Development Appropriations Act. County, he dedicated his life to public service Description of Request: Received an ear- Along with Representative BROWN, I have and his community. When he died, he was mark of $250,000 to assist in the acquisition received $250,000 in the Housing and Urban serving as Johnston County’s chief building in- and adaptation of blighted former industrial Development (HUD), Economic Development spector and the Johnston County Democratic sites for reuse as a location for new busi- Initiatives Account for the Spring Hill Boys and Party’s First Vice Chair. His civic involvement nesses looking to bring jobs to the area. Girls Community Center building construction. eventually led him to run for county commis- f The entity to receive funding for this project is sioner in 2006 and C. P. quickly made himself the City of DeLand, FL located at 120 South into one of the party’s most reliable and com- NATIONAL YOUTH SPORTS WEEK Florida Avenue, DeLand, FL 32720. mitted leaders. He was truly willing to go the 2009 Federal funding will allow the construction of extra mile, as evidenced by the fact that he a new facility to house the Spring Hill Boys continued his work even after being diagnosed HON. MIKE McINTYRE and Girls Club and Community Resource Cen- with lung cancer last summer. Fittingly, one of OF NORTH CAROLINA ter. This facility will house a variety of pro- the last tasks he accomplished was this year’s IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grams and services, providing opportunities for American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. His the safe, healthy and productive development Thursday, July 23, 2009 smile still continued to come easy in spite of of the Spring Hill youth. the disease that had attacked his body. It is Mr. MCINTYRE. Madam Speaker, I rise Madam Speaker, along with Representative safe to say it never touched his spirit. today in support of National Youth Sports BROWN, I have received $750,000 in the Fed- Madam Speaker, C. P. Thompson, Jr. had Week, which is held each year during the eral Highway Administration, Surface Trans- a commitment to excellence in everything he fourth week in July. As Co-Founder and Co- portation Priorities Account for the AutoTrain did. He was a father, grandfather and husband Chairman of the Congressional Caucus on Gateway Improvements, located at 300 N. who dedicated his life to public service. He Youth Sports, I was pleased to sponsor legis- Park Ave., Room 203, Sanford, FL 32771. was a great North Carolinian and it is fitting lation in the 110th Congress that established Federal funding will improve access to the that we honor him and his family today. this week in order to recognize the vast array Sanford AutoTrain Station. The Amtrak Auto f of benefits that youth athletic programs offer Train Station is designated as a Strategic our children—benefits that improve their gen- Intermodal System (SIS) as well as a SIS pas- EARMARK DECLARATION eral physical, emotional, and intellectual well- senger terminal and is linked by State Road being. 46 W to the Interstate, which is designated a HON. MIKE ROGERS In response to the first-ever Report Card on SIS corridor. This project is consistent with OF ALABAMA Youth Sports in 2006, I started the Congres- Florida Department Of Transportation’s focus IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sional Caucus on Youth Sports with the inten- on SIS facilities and initiatives related to im- tion to further develop our Nation’s youth proving multi-modal connectivity. Increased Thursday, July 23, 2009 sports programs, and support the thousands Auto Train ridership, lack of roadway Mr. Rogers of Alabama. Madam Speaker, of U.S.-based organizations that work with connectivity, insufficient access to and from pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- young athletes every day. The Congressional the station, an increased multi-modal presence ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- Caucus on Youth Sports specifically highlights and future improvement plans define the need lowing information regarding earmarks I re- programs that place character development at for these access improvements. This project is ceived as part of H.R. 3288—Transportation, the forefront of their missions by promoting the eligible under SAFETA–LU program authoriza- Housing and Urban Development, and Related values of sportsmanship, civility, respect, tion. Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. health, safety, fun, and fitness among players, Madam Speaker, I also received $250,000 Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE coaches, parents, and officials. in the in the Housing and Urban Development, ROGERS (AL) Also, I would like to encourage my col- Economic Development Initiatives Account for Bill Number: H.R. 3288 leagues in the U.S. House to join me in sup- the Palatka Riverfront Park Redevelopment Account: FHA, Federal land (Public Lands porting H. Res. 6, a resolution I introduced at project. The entity to receive funding for this Highways) account, $500,000

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I thank my esteemed col- Description of Request: ‘‘Cheaha State Park equal access to justice and provides grants for league, Congressman SHIMKUS, for introducing Talladega National Forest Tourism Access’’ high-quality civil legal assistance to low-in- this important legislation. Taxpayer justification—It is my understanding come Americans. The people who come to As co-chair of the House Baltic Caucus I that this funding will be used to connect Ala- LSC-funded programs for help are the most have worked to advance the strong ties that bama Highway 21 and County Road 482. This vulnerable among us: women seeking protec- exist between the United States and Lithuania. project is a wise use of taxpayer dollars be- tion from abuse, mothers trying to obtain child I look forward to strengthening diplomatic ties cause it is intended to create more access to support, families facing unlawful evictions or through the promotion of democratic values the National Park and a direct public benefit. foreclosures that could leave them homeless, that support both social and economic justice. Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE disaster victims trying to obtain federal emer- The Baltic people have a proud history that ROGERS (AL) Bill Number: H.R. 3288 gency assistance or insurance payments to re- shows their dedication to these values as well Account: HUD, EDI account, $250,000 build their lives. In fact, three out of four cli- as the values of liberty and democracy. I am Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of ents are women—many of whom are strug- proud that our two nations share such a Ashland, AL gling to keep their children safe and their fami- strong commitment to democracy and diplo- Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 849, lies together. macy. Ashland, Alabama 36251 LSC’s work is more important than ever be- Lithuania’s history is long and laudable. In Description of Request: ‘‘Ashland Industrial fore, partly because of the impact of the cur- recent years Lithuania has advanced its status Park infrastructure improvements’’ Taxpayer rent recession. Economic downturns affect the as an international citizen. Lithuania declared justification—It is my understanding that the poor disproportionately and add to the pres- independence from the former Soviet Union funding will get essential infrastructure to the sures on the nation’s public health and safety, on March 11, 1990. Along with the other Baltic Industrial Park including sewer, water and child welfare, housing and jobs programs. En- States, Latvia and Estonia, Lithuania became road improvements. This project is a wise use suring that the poor are adequately rep- a member of NATO in March of 2004. Just of taxpayer dollars because it will provide pri- resented in the civil judicial system greatly im- two months later in May 2004 Lithuania joined vate investment and job creation. proves their chances of keeping or securing the European Union with her Baltic counter- Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE basic necessities—the keys to stability and parts. ROGERS (AL) self-sufficiency. It also helps keep commu- On July 12, 2009, Lithuania made history Bill Number: H.R. 3288 nities healthy. For low-income individuals and once again by swearing in their first female Account: HUD, EDI account, $250,000 families, legal services often represent their president, Dalia Grybauskaite. President Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of only means of access to the justice system. Grybauskaite has reaffirmed Lithuania’s com- Tuskegee, AL Nearly 51 million people—including 17.6 mil- Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box mitment to our many shared values. Under her 830687, Tuskegee, Alabama 36083 lion children—are eligible for LSC-funded serv- leadership, Lithuania continues to show a Description of Request: ‘‘Tuskegee Indus- ices. LSC-funded programs close nearly one clear commitment to uphold equality, freedom trial Park development’’ Taxpayer justifica- million cases per year nationwide and provide of speech and human rights. tion—It is my understanding that the funding other assistance to more than five million peo- She has stated her intention to amend a will be used to complete phase one of the de- ple. The clients served are at or below 125 controversial censorship law scheduled to velopment of the Tuskegee Industrial Park. It percent of the federal poverty threshold, an in- enter force on March 1, 2010. The law has will encourage economic development in one come of about $27,000 a year for a family of been criticized by gay rights activists and oth- of the most economically depressed counties four. An overwhelming demand for civil legal ers for discriminating against homosexuals by in the state and in the black belt region. services exists. Based on a 2005 study, 50 prohibiting references to homosexuality in Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE percent of eligible potential clients requesting media available to children. ROGERS (AL) assistance from LSC-funded programs are I commend President Grybauskaite for her Bill Number: H.R. 3288 turned away for lack of adequate program re- commitment to uphold equality and human Account: HUD, EDI account, $250,000 sources. At a time when poor Americans are rights for all people. I congratulate Lithuania Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Randolph struggling to keep their jobs, homes, and basic on its one-thousandth anniversary and will County Industrial Development Council, AL necessities for their families, it is crucial for continue to celebrate Lithuania’s rich history. I Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 566, the federal government to continue to address strongly support this legislation and urge my Roanoke, Alabama 36274 the civil legal needs of these vulnerable peo- colleagues to do so as well. Description of Request: ‘‘Industrial Park ple as a national priority. Fortunately, LSC has f South infrastructure improvements’’ Taxpayer broad bipartisan support for a strong federal justification—It is my understanding that the role in access to equal justice efforts. EARMARK DECLARATION funding will be used to develop Industrial Park On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of South’s infrastructure. Economic development the Legal Services Corporation, I welcome my HON. JOE BARTON and job creation is becoming more and more fellow Members of Congress to join me in rec- OF TEXAS important to all taxpayers as the economic ognizing the critical role that the Legal Serv- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES condition in the country continues to deterio- ices Corporation plays in helping America live rate. Efforts such as this one being proposed Thursday, July 23, 2009 up to its commitment to ensure equal access by the Randolph County Industrial Develop- to justice for all. LSC and its grantees are to Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I ment Council are being initiated all over the be commended for the vital work they do rise today to submit documentation consistent country. The need for this park, so that Ran- every day on behalf of clients in desperate with the Republican Earmark Standards. dolph County can enter the search for indus- need of counsel. Requesting Member: Congressman JOE tries and jobs, particularly those associated f BARTON with suppliers to the new KIA plant, is ex- Bill Number: H.R. 3288—Transportation, tremely important. CONGRATULATING LITHUANIA ON Housing and Urban Development and Related f 1000TH ANNIVERSARY Agencies Appropriations Bill Account: Transportation, Community & Sys- COMMEMORATING THE 35TH ANNI- SPEECH OF VERSARY OF THE LEGAL SERV- tems Preservation or Surface Transportation ICES CORPORATION HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH Projects OF OHIO Legal Name of Receiving Entity: The City of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ennis HON. STEVE COHEN Address of Receiving Entity: P.O. Box 220, OF TENNESSEE Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Ennis, TX 75120 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong Description of Request: I have secured Thursday, July 23, 2009 support of H. Res. 285, congratulating the $500,000 in funding to be used for project de- Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, this year people of the Republic of Lithuania on the sign and construction of US HWY 287 from marks the 35th anniversary of the Legal Serv- one-thousandth anniversary of Lithuania and State HWY 34 to 1–45.

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Requesting Member: Congressman JOE Buzz Aldrin the first people to ever walk on devastation, and has made us a debtor na- BARTON the Moon. This accomplishment launched the tion; Whereas, history proves government spend- Bill Number: H.R. 3288—Transportation, United States to the top of the science and ing has never succeeded in curing an eco- Housing and Urban Development and Related space world. Armstrong and Aldrin rep- nomic downturn, but rather serves only to Agencies Appropriations Bill resented not only themselves, but the entire deepen and prolong it, snowballing debt for Account: Bus and Bus Facilities Nation, as the United States became the first future calamity; Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Fort Worth country to put men on the Moon. Whereas, government takeovers of banks Transportation Authority (The T) As we prepare for future space explorations, and financial institutions move America Address of Receiving Entity: 1600 Lancaster the Apollo spaceflight will continue to inspire ever further from the free-enterprise prin- ciples that have brought the nation pros- Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76102 us to push the limits of future missions, espe- perity for 233 years, and bring it closer to So- Description of Request: I have secured cially as we tackle some of our most pressing cialism; $750,000 in funding to be used to purchase problems, like climate change. This resolution Whereas, bailouts of private corporations 12 Compressed Natural Gas fueled coaches reminds us that we must once again reach for represent a counterproductive response to to replace the oldest vehicles in The T’s fleet. the stars. And, with the confirmation of Gen- what is, essentially, a government-induced crisis, and effectively make the President Requesting Member: Congressman JOE eral Charles Bolden, the first African American the CEO of private corporations; BARTON to head the agency, the United States is Whereas, the current level of irresponsible Bill Number: H.R. 3288—Transportation, poised to reaffirm its prominence by boldly government spending is bankrupting this Housing and Urban Development and Related pushing the boundaries of space, aeronautics country, burdening our children and great- Agencies Appropriations Bill and exploration in the 21st century. grandchildren with never-ending debt, and Account: FAA F&E Again, I would like to thank my good friend making the United States a servant to lend- Legal Name of Receiving Entity: The City of er nations such as Communist China; Congressman HALL for introducing this resolu- Whereas, redistribution of wealth by gov- Arlington tion and I encourage all my colleagues to join ernment for the purpose of achieving ‘‘social Address of Receiving Entity: 101 W. Abram, me in supporting it. justice’’ is immoral and a proven failure: P.O. 90231, MS 01–0310, Arlington, TX f We hereby demand an end to all further 76004–0231 ‘‘stimulus’’ spending, corporate bailouts, Description of Request: I have secured THE BURLESON DECLARATION ‘‘earmarks,’’ pork projects, welfare pro- $637,000 in funding to be used for construc- grams, higher tax rates and attempts to na- tion and installation of a MALSR (Medium Ap- tionalize industries. We reject socialism, no HON. CHET EDWARDS matter how it is packaged. And we pledge to proach Lighting System) at the Arlington Mu- OF TEXAS hold accountable any and all elected officials nicipal Airport to supplement and enhance the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES who continue to pursue this course that is existing Instrument Landing System (ILS) for Thursday, July 23, 2009 rapidly leading America to ruin. We remind Runway 34. the government that we are guaranteed a f Mr. EDWARDS of Texas. Madam Speaker, Republican form of Government in the con- to honor the request of a group of citizens stitution. (Article 4, Section 4) CELEBRATING THE 40TH ANNIVER- from Burleson, Texas in my district, I rise We hereby petition Congress to repeal the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of SARY OF APOLLO 11 MOON today to enter into the RECORD the following 2008 which unconstitutionally delegated to LANDING resolution: the Executive Branch the spending decision THE BURLESON DECLARATION of 700 Billion dollars. We call on the govern- SPEECH OF When, in the course of human events it be- ment to immediately divest itself of GM, HON. AL GREEN comes necessary for ‘‘we the people’’ of the AIG, and all private corporations, and to United States to remind our federal govern- provide an exact accounting of all TARP OF TEXAS ment of it’s constitutional limits, duty de- funds spent to date. We demand the repeal of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mands that we communicate our grievances H.R. 1106, which forces American families Monday, July 20, 2009 and petition for redress under the First pay the mortgage for those who received Amendment of the United States Constitu- loans they did not qualify for. Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am tion. We petition Congress to repeal the Omni- pleased to support H. Res. 607, a resolution We begin by reaffirming the core values on bus Appropriations Act of 2009 (H.R. 1105), that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the which our forefathers founded this Constitu- and that the budget bill under consideration Apollo 11 lunar landing. This resolution honors tional Republic. be killed which has a net tax hike of $1.35 We hold these truths to be self evident— trillion. Neil Armstrong, Edwin Eugene ‘‘Buzz’’ Aldrin, We petition Congress for passage of H.R. Michael Collins, and the countless number of that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain in- 450 the Enumerated Powers Act, to require individuals and organizations who helped the alienable rights, that among these are Life, Congress to specify the source of authority United States become the first Nation in the Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. under the United States Constitution for the world to set foot on the Moon. That to secure these rights our forefathers enactment of laws, and for other purposes. I want to thank Congressman RALPH HALL instituted a limited federal government We petition Congress for a final end to the for introducing this resolution, which cele- which derives its just powers from the con- death tax which effectively double taxes sent of the governed—but the history of our every citizen’s income and usurps our right brates the anniversary of one of our country’s to transfer wealth to our posterity. This Federal government is one of continual over- most important accomplishments. As a former abridges our constitutional right to be safe reaching beyond it’s constitutional mandate Member of the House Science and Tech- in our effects, papers and property. to secure domestic tranquility, provide for nology Committee, I am proud that this resolu- We reject the cap-and-trade energy tax, the common defense, promote the general which Candidate Obama admitted would tion recognizes the first human spaceflight welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to along with those organizations, such as the ‘‘cause electricity rates to skyrocket.’’ ourselves and our posterity. We reject the Food Safety Modernization National Aeronautics and Space Administra- We are therefore peaceably assembled here Act of 2009 which will force onerous certifi- tion’s (NASA) Mission Control Center, located in Burleson, Texas on this April 15th, 2009 to cation and inspection requirements on fam- in Houston, Texas, whose efforts played an in- demand that the Federal government imme- ily farms and could make private vegetable strumental role in extending our country’s diately cease it’s abridgement of the Peo- gardens unlawful and turn the farmers mar- reach to new frontiers. ple’s rights, and the state’s rights. ket into a black market. (H.R. 875) We call on our District 17 U.S. Representa- President John F. Kennedy set a goal to We reject the deceptively named Employee tive Chet Edwards to read this our petition Free Choice Act which takes from the Amer- reach the Moon by the end of the 1960s. He for redress on the House floor so that it may ican worker the right to privately ballot expressed admiration for this goal during a be entered into the official record of the whether to organize labor, or not, and makes speech he gave before a joint session of Con- House. We call on our U.S. Senators Kay Bai- them subject to union intimidation and bul- gress on May 25, 1961. During that speech, ley Hutchison and John Cornyn to enter our lying. (H.R. 800) President Kennedy said, ‘‘I believe that this petition into the Senate record. We call on We reject the so called ‘‘Ted Kennedy nation should commit itself to achieving the President Barak Hussein Obama to veto all Serve America Act’’ which forces our youth goal, before this decade is out, of landing a legislation and desist from Executive Orders into involuntary servitude and subjects them which contravene the will of the people here- to years of indoctrination. This is a violation man on the Moon and returning him safely to in expressed. of the 13th Amendment to our constitution the Earth.’’ Whereas, the encouragement of private and which abolished slavery and involuntary ser- Nearly 8 years later, on July 16, 1969, the public debt by the federal government has vitude except when duly convicted of a Eagle landed, making Neil Armstrong and brought America to the brink of financial crime. (H.R. 1388)

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We Wherley himself served courageously in both reject the reinstatement of the Failed 1994 Iraq and Afghanistan, but at home he spent the core missions of CMS, including improving Gun and Magazine ban. hours with me figuring out ways to get funds access to health care and access for low-in- As Ronald Wilson Reagan has said: ‘‘There not only for his soldiers, but also for programs come and uninsured individuals. The lack of are those in America today who have come for the District’s children. He was always suc- dental care among children is a national prob- to depend absolutely on government for their cessful because he would show up, not only lem and the Save a Smile Program is a new security. And when government fails they in my office, but wherever he was needed to innovative approach to remedy the situation seek to rectify that failure [by giving] gov- get funds or to do service. that may serve as a model for the rest of the ernment more power . . . at the expense of General Wherley was a full-service leader. country. The goal of the program is to maxi- the Constitution. . . . in their willingness to give up their arms in the name of safety, He not only commanded the D.C. National mize the dental provider delivery system with they are really giving up their protection Guard; he worked closely with me and with public sector intervention to establish a dental from what has always been the chief source city officials on programs for our city, its dis- home for children with Medicaid who reside in of despotism—government.’’ advantaged youth, and on keeping our Guard Fond du Lac County. The program removes We reject government run Health Care competitive as a premier force at home as the major barriers voiced by local dental pro- which would give bureaucrats the power to well as abroad. He became one of us when viders, which include burdensome and frus- ration health care. This leads to an Orwell- he and his wife, Anne, decided to purchase a trated Medicaid billing, increased patient no ian society where government ultimately de- co-op in Southeast, D.C., here on Capitol Hill. show rates and inadequate Medicaid reim- cides the time and circumstance of every bursement. Specifically the funds will be used citizen’s death. Anne, who sadly also was killed in the train Finally, we reject the current ‘Create a collision, was his high school sweetheart. At to cover additional eligible children, hire addi- Crisis’ method of controlling the people of their joint memorial service, I only half-jokingly tional staff, and produce educational materials. the United States. As Texas Congressman said that she did everything with him but run Requesting Member: The Honorable THOM- Ron Paul correctly stated, ‘‘Whenever some- the D.C. Guard. AS E. PETRI thing terrible happens, people reflexively de- As I highlighted when I originally introduced Bill Number: H.R. 3293 mand that government do something. This this bill earlier this session, the education in- Account: Fund for the Improvement of Post- impulse almost always leads to bad laws and centive in my bill serves not only to encourage secondary Education (FIPSE) Account the loss of liberty.’’ Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lake- high quality recruits, but has had the important We say that we do not trust in the Nanny- shore Technical College state, we choose instead to believe in the benefit of helping the D.C. National Guard to Address of Requesting Entity: 1290 North Constitution, in our fellow Americans, in the maintain the force necessary to protect the Avenue, Cleveland, Wisconsin 53015 free enterprise system, and in our God. federal presence because this funding helps Description of Request: The $250,000 ap- To these principles we pledge our lives, our equalize an important benefit compared with propriation will be used by Lakeshore Tech- fortunes, and our sacred honor, and witness what is offered by Guards in surrounding juris- nical College to support the development of our determination by our signature affixed dictions. below. We demand that our elected rep- new programs and certificates in sustainability, A strong D.C. National Guard able to attract renewable energy, energy management, solar resentatives make it their highest priority the best soldiers is especially important, given to address these grievances or face certain power and photovoltaic installation, compos- expulsion from office, and we strongly sug- the dual mission of the D.C. National Guard to ites, and other relevant disciplines. These pro- gest they add their signature to ours. protect hometown D.C. as well as the federal grams will be based on the needs of local in- Signed in Burleson, Texas, April 15th, 2009 presence. This unique responsibility distin- dustry as determined through program advi- by WE THE PEOPLE. guishes the D.C. National Guard from any sory committees, direct business requests, f other National Guard. and relevant projections. These programs will While the appropriators treat funding for the INTRODUCTION OF THE MAJOR expand on Lakeshore’s current initiatives to D.C. National Guard as a programmatic re- retrain American workers with the skills nec- GENERAL DAVID F. WHERLEY, quest, under past administrations the Office of JR. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NA- essary to succeed in the green workplace. Management and Budget has contended that The FIPSE account provides funds for projects TIONAL GUARD RETENTION AND these funds are earmarks, putting them in COLLEGE ACCESS ACT that focus on improving access to, or the qual- jeopardy of consistent funding. It therefore is ity of, postsecondary education. Specifically imperative that this important educational in- these funds will be used to hire additional fac- HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON centive be authorized to ensure its permanent ulty, curriculum and professional development OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA sustainability. and to develop and offer community education I urge my colleagues to support this bill. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sustainability workshops. Thursday, July 23, 2009 f Requesting Member: The Honorable THOM- EARMARK DECLARATION AS E. PETRI Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, today, I in- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 troduce, for myself and for Congressman JOSE´ Account: Fund for the Improvement of Post- SERRANO, the Major General David F. HON. THOMAS E. PETRI secondary Education (FIPSE) Account Wherley, Jr. District of Columbia National OF WISCONSIN Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Marian Guard Retention and College Access Act. I in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES University troduce this bill a month after the heart- Thursday, July 23, 2009 Address of Requesting Entity: 45 South Na- breaking collision of two Red Line Metro trains Mr. PETRI. Madam Speaker, pursuant to tional Avenue, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54935 here in the District of Columbia that took the the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Description of Request: The $200,000 ap- lives of nine area residents, seven from the marks, I am submitting the following informa- propriation will be used to establish a collabo- District, including a local hero, Major General tion regarding earmarks I received as part of rative abilities-based Master’s Program in David F. Wherley, Jr. I introduced the District H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and Nursing Education. The establishment of this of Columbia National Guard Retention and Human Services, and Education, and Related program is designed to address the shortage College Access Act in May of this year, but Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010: of nurse educators, thereby expanding oppor- after the Metro tragedy I said at the Wherleys’ Requesting Member: The Honorable THOM- tunities for students to get degrees in nursing. memorial service that I would rename this bill AS E. PETRI The FIPSE account provides funds for projects in honor of General Wherley, who not only Bill Number: H.R. 3293 that focus on improving access to, or the qual- fought for his country, but also never forgot Account: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ity of, postsecondary education. Through this the men and women who served under him at Services (CMS) Account program, Marian University proposes to create home or at war. Thereafter, Congressman Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fond du the relationships and infrastructure to support JOSE´ SERRANO, chair of the Appropriations Fi- Lac County collaborative agreements among a group of nancial Services subcommittee, was good Address of Requesting Entity: 160 S. Macy nursing programs at colleges, universities, and enough to offer this renaming in his appropria- Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 54935 technical colleges within Wisconsin. Although tions bill and to appropriate the funds without Description of Request: The $400,000 ap- the proposed program would have as its pri- authorization this year and in prior years. propriation will be used to expand Fond du mary focus nursing education, students would

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be able to obtain advanced clinical preparation Requesting Member: Congressman BRIAN Bill Number: 2010 Labor, Health and Edu- in specialty areas. This venture would be the BILBRAY cation Appropriations Bill first in Wisconsin to join private and public col- Bill Number: H.R. 3183, FY 2010 Energy Account: Department of Education Elemen- leges in order to create new models that wise- and Water Appropriations tary & Secondary Education (includes FIE) ly use the scarce faculty resources available. Account: EERE Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Indiana Specifically, the federal dollars will be used for Legal Name of Requesting Entity: UC San University—Purdue University Fort Wayne faculty, staff, equipment and travel. This will Diego Address of Requesting Entity: 169 Kettler address a national and state-wide need for Address of Requesting Entity: 9500 Gilman Hall, 2101 East Coliseum Boulevard, Fort nurses as identified by Wisconsin’s Depart- Drive, San Diego CA 92093. Wayne, Indiana 46805-1499 Description of Request: I received $750,000 ment of Workforce Development. Description of Request: The creation of a for the San Diego Center for Algae Bio- f Strategic Languages Institute would provide technology (SD–CAB). SD–CAB is a consor- basic through advanced training in Arabic, EARMARK DECLARATION tium of renowned research institutions—includ- Chinese and Japanese. IPFW runs a very ing UC San Diego, The Scripps Research In- successful dual-credit program for regional HON. BRIAN P. BILBRAY stitute, the Salk Institute, Scripps Institution of high school students through its Division of Oceanography, San Diego State University OF CALIFORNIA Continuing Studies (DCS). The strategic lan- and other regional entities—that are collabo- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES guages would be offered to high school juniors rating with industry partners in a broad-scale and seniors for dual high school-IPFW credit, Thursday, July 23, 2009 research effort to develop advanced transpor- as well as IPFW students on campus. The Mr. BILBRAY. Madam Speaker, I submit the tation fuels from algae. Scientists from these study of foreign languages has long been following information: institutions established SD–CAB in an effort to proven to be imperative for its educational, Requesting Member: Congressman BRIAN make sustainable algae-based fuel production cultural, economic and strategic benefits. BILBRAY and carbon dioxide abatement a reality within Studies have shown that by learning a new Bill Number: H.R. 3183, FY 2010 Energy the next 5 to 10 years. The primary goal of the language, students not only gain insight into and Water Appropriations center is to create a national facility capable of new horizons but also build a stronger identity. Account: Army Corps of Engineers, General developing and implementing innovative re- Additionally, learning a foreign language has Investigations search solutions for the commercialization of been shown to greatly benefit reading and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: The City fuel production from algae. Algae biofuels writing in one’s own language by contributing of Solana Beach have the potential to provide a secure and re- significantly to the development of individual Address of Requesting Entity: 635 South newable source of transportation fuel that is at intelligence. In a globalized world character- Highway 101, Solana Beach, CA, USA 92075 least carbon neutral, and does not compete ized by international links and intercultural I received $440,000 to complete the feasi- for land or fresh water resources required to connections, linguistic skills are crucial for em- bility study for the Solana Beach-Encinitas grow food supply crops. ployment and career. The knowledge of for- Shoreline Protection Project. The protective To further establish the SD–CAB as a na- eign languages increases job opportunities in beaches throughout the Solana Beach area tional research resource for the sustainable many careers and can raise the students glob- are severely eroded, leaving residences, por- development of algae-based biofuels, I made al competitive advantage significantly. tions of Highway 101, and public access a project request intended to help develop the Requesting Member: Congressman MARK points susceptible to dangerous wave attack facilities necessary to the production and cul- SOUDER and beachgoers subject to falling rocks as turing of a variety of algae strains. These fa- Bill Number: 2010 Labor, Health and Edu- bluffs are destabilized by erosion. This Shore cilities would be both on campus at UCSD and cation Appropriations Bill Protection Project will build up the protective at an off-site location where existing infrastruc- Account: Department of Education Higher beaches along the coast, preserving public ac- ture can be readily upgraded, refurbished and Education (includes FIPSE) cess, recreational areas, and as well as public leveraged for the SD–CAB research enter- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Grace infrastructure and private homes. prise. A congressionally directed appropriation College and Theological Seminary Requesting Member: Congressman BRIAN of $750,000 has been provided in the House Address of Requesting Entity: 200 Seminary BILBRAY FY 2010 Energy and Water Development ap- Drive, Winona Lake, IN 46590 Bill Number: H.R. 3183, FY 2010 Energy propriations bill to help meet these needs. Description of Request: It is a major aca- and Water Appropriations This advanced research project will provide demic goal for Grace College to advance the Account: Army Corps of Engineers, General an important training component for both stu- community’s standing as the center of medical Investigations, Miscellaneous dents and faculty, in this critical emerging field device research. Working with other compa- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Scripps of research. It will serve as a platform for con- nies and with the Lilly Foundation, Grace Col- Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego tinued collaboration with other universities and lege has helped make northern Indiana Address of Requesting Entity: 9500 Gilman key industry partners. It is also a logical con- ground zero for the medical device industry. Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 tinuation of the San Diego region’s leadership To maintain this standing, especially in light of I received $500,000 for the Coastal Data In- role at both the state and federal levels in de- Memphis, Tenn.’s full press to supplant this formation Program/Southern California Beach veloping and deploying viable alternative en- standing among orthopedic and medical de- Processes Study within the Army Corps of En- ergy and transportation fuel solutions. Further, vice companies, Grace College wants to con- gineers. Through this program, high-resolution the cutting edge R&D into alternative transpor- tinue to offer these companies a stable of wave data and forecasts are disseminated in tation fuels derived from algae enabled by this well-educated college graduates—ones who real time via the Internet to the National project will be reflective of current related pol- have received specialized training in the field Weather Service and to tens of thousands of icy goals and funding priorities of both the fed- as part of their college education, as well as diverse users each day. Sea state and surf eral government and the State of California. adult certificate graduates who can also con- warnings are issued based on this information f tribute to the industry. The orthopedic industry for the protection of life and property. In addi- EARMARK DECLARATION has grown more complex in recent years tion, beach elevations are monitored and ana- through the advancement of technology and lyzed, and this information is provided to market demands. In order for the industry to coastal communities online where local gov- HON. MARK E. SOUDER remain centrally located in north central Indi- OF INDIANA ernments and engineers use it for making ana, they must establish a workforce pipeline IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES educated policy decisions for protecting and that can continually advance their educational enhancing local beaches. This request is con- Thursday, July 23, 2009 background to accommodate emerging market sistent with the intended and authorized pur- Mr. SOUDER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to needs. Grace College seeks to expand the pose of the Army Corps of Engineers, which the House Republican standards on earmarks, adult and continuing education program to has the federal responsibility for shoreline pro- I am submitting the following information re- offer unique educational advancement oppor- tection and uses this data for coastal dredging garding earmarks I received as part of the tunities through curriculum development, tech- and construction projects. This program is crit- 2010 Labor, Health and Education Appropria- nology upgrades, and additional course offer- ical to marine safety and operations for the tions Bill. ings. Grace endeavors to provide more non- coastal United States and there are no com- Requesting Member: Congressman MARK traditional education opportunities for students petitive funding sources available. SOUDER such as evening and weekend classes and

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distance learning courses through technology Account: USACE, O&M Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. upgrades and additions. Finally, Grace Col- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Bill Number: H.R. 3288, Transportation, lege wishes to fully utilize the fiber rings of- Army Corps of Engineers—Charleston District Housing and Urban Development, and Related fered by the State which connect Indiana col- Address of Requesting Entity: 69A Hagood Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 leges and universities electronically. Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403 Account: FTA, Buses & Bus Facilities Requesting Member: Congressman MARK Description of Project: Maintenance dredg- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Charles- SOUDER ing and dredged disposal area maintenance ton Regional Transportation Authority Bill Number: 2010 Labor, Health and Edu- necessary for continued operation of the At- (CARTA) cation Appropriations Bill lantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), SC; the Address of Requesting Entity: 36 John Account: Department of Education Higher AIWW is a protected marine highway and its Street, Charleston, SC 29403 Education (includes FIPSE) maintenance ensures that smaller boats do Description of Project: Funding will be used Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Trine Uni- not have to risk going out on the ocean, and in support of CARTA’s on-going efforts to re- versity in the future a well-maintained waterway will place its current fleet of 36 35-foot commuter Address of Requesting Entity: One Univer- serve as a significant highway for energy effi- buses. The current buses are coming up on sity Avenue, Angola, IN, 46703 cient freight movement. the end of their useful life and support a sys- Description of Request: Trine University will Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. tem that serves 40,000 passengers per month. develop and deliver synchronous distance Bill Number: H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. education Master’s Degree programs in civil/ Development and Related Agencies Appro- Bill Number: H.R. 3288, Transportation, mechanical engineering utilizing emerging priations Act, 2010 Housing and Urban Development, and Related technology. Providing a model for institutions Account: USACE, O&M Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 wishing to empower graduate-level engineers Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Account: HUD, EDI who can think critically, solve problems. Stu- Army Corps of Engineers—Charleston District Legal Name of Requesting Entity: South dents will be served from throughout Indiana Address of Requesting Entity: 69A Hagood Carolina Maritime Foundation and our campuses are in Merrillville, Angola, Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403 Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box South Bend. Facility location is in Angola. Description of Project: Maintenance dredg- 22405, Charleston, SC 29413 Requesting Member: Congressman MARK ing of Charleston Harbor, SC necessary to Description of Project: Funds will assist the SOUDER support continued operation of the harbor, Maritime Foundation as it continues its effort Bill Number: 2010 Labor, Health and Edu- which is a critical commercial and military har- towards expanding the education and leader- cation Appropriations Bill bor; if dredging does not occur, shippers will ship development programs for troubled youth Account: Department of Labor Employment either light-load ships (which increases ship- and Training Administration (ETA)—Training & aboard the Spirit of South Carolina across the ping cost) or bypass Charleston for other, entire state. Employment Services (TES) deeper ports. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Easter Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of Seals Arc of NE Indiana Bill Number: H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Address of Requesting Entity: 4919 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Development and Related Agencies Appro- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Coldwater Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 priations Act, 2010 Description of Request: Easter Seals Arc of Act, 2010 Account: USACE, O&M Account: Department of Education—Na- Northeast Indiana, Inc. will expand ES Arc’s Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Production & Work Training Services (PWTS) tional Projects Innovation and Improvement Army Corps of Engineers—Charleston District Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Reading to: secure longer term contracts for Work Address of Requesting Entity: 69A Hagood Services to provide additional jobs for adults is Fundamental Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403 Address of Requesting Entity: 1825 Con- who have disabilities; provide customized Sup- Description of Project: Maintenance dredg- necticut Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20009 ported Employment services for people with ing of Georgetown Harbor, SC necessary to Description of Project: Funding will be used ASD; provide for needed facility, transportation support continued operation of the harbor; for purposes authorized in Section 5451 of the and equipment upgrades related to workforce Georgetown Harbor supports local businesses, Elementary and Secondary Education Act. development; and facilitate a full inclusion reduces shipping costs and congestion. Reading Is Fundamental enhances child lit- workforce to provide new jobs for adults who Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. are not disabled. Bill Number: H.R. 3183, Energy and Water eracy by providing millions of underserved children with free books for personal owner- f Development and Related Agencies Appro- priations Act, 2010 ship and reading encouragement from the EARMARK DECLARATION Account: USACE, Investigations more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, HON. HENRY E. BROWN, JR. Army Corps of Engineers—Charleston District and the U.S. Virgin Islands. OF SOUTH CAROLINA Address of Requesting Entity: 69A Hagood Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403 Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of Thursday, July 23, 2009 Description of Project: Charleston Harbor Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Mr. BROWN of South Carolina. Madam Post 45ft Deepening 905(b) Study to examine deepening the harbor beyond its current depth Act, 2010 Speaker, I submit the following: Account: Department of Education—Na- Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. to ensure the harbor can handle deeper ships. Bill Number: H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. tional Projects Innovation and Improvement Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Reach Development and Related Agencies Appro- Bill Number: H.R. 3170, Financial Services Out and Read National Center priations Act, 2010 and General Government Appropriations Act, Account: USACE, Construction 2010 Address of Requesting Entity: 56 Roland Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Account: SBA, Salaries & Expenses Street, Boston, MA 02129 Army Corps of Engineers—Charleston District Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Description of Project: Reach Out and Read Address of Requesting Entity: 69A Hagood Myrtle Beach is a national program that promotes literacy Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403 Address of Requesting Entity: P. O. Box and language development in infants and Description of Project: Dredged material dis- 2468, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 young children, targeting disadvantage and posal areas at Charleston Harbor, SC nec- Description of Project: This project will pro- poor children and families. ROR has proven to essary to support continued operation of the vide for the expansion of the Convention Cen- among the most effective strategies to pro- harbor, which is a critical commercial and mili- ter to meet the needs of the area. Tourism is mote early language and literacy development tary harbor; if dredging does not occur, ship- the number one industry in South Carolina and school readiness: pediatricians and other pers will either light-load ships (which in- and the Grand Strand represents the number healthcare providers guide and encourage creases shipping cost) or bypass Charleston one attraction in the State. An expanded Con- parents to read aloud to their children from for other, deeper ports. vention Center will increase the number of or- their earliest years of their life, and send them Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. ganizations that will consider this area for home from each doctor visit with books and a Bill Number: H.R. 3183, Energy and Water hosting a convention. Increased tourism will prescription to read together. Currently, nearly Development and Related Agencies Appro- directly result in an increase in jobs in the 50,000 doctors and nurses have been trained priations Act, 2010 Grand Strand. in ROR’s proven strategies, and more than

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Program has ben- Thursday, July 23, 2009 would have replaced PAYGO with discre- efited over 18,000 children in the First District. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam tionary spending limits and deficit targets. Tar- Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. Speaker, pursuant to the Republican stand- gets are not enough, and have failed us in the Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- past. We need statutory and automatic re- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- lowing information regarding earmarks I re- quirements to comply with PAYGO. The Re- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations ceived as a part of H.R. 3288, the Transpor- publican proposal also exempted tax cuts from Act, 2010 tation, Housing and Urban Development, and complying with PAYGO, which is part of how we ended up in the current economic crisis. Account: DOE, Higher Education Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. The entity to receive funding is the Centre More of the same will not solve our economic Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Trident problems. Technical College County Commissioners, 420 Homes Street, Willowbank Building, Bellefonte, PA 16823, in I cosponsored the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box the amount of $750,000. Funding will be used Act because it is a crucial step towards return- 118067, Charleston, SC 29423 for Safety Improvements along the US Route ing to fiscal discipline, just as I have worked Description of Project: Purchasing simula- 322 Corridor in Centre County. on the budget committee to pass responsible, tors and equipment for a nursing simulation disciplined spending plans. This commitment lab at Trident’s School of Nursing; equipment f goes back to my first term in Congress, when will allow integration of simulation into every STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT I crossed party lines to support the Balanced nursing program at the college; the nation and OF 2009 Budget Act of 1997. We need discipline now South Carolina is suffering from a nursing in order to make sure we can afford our most shortage, and Trident Tech has one of the SPEECH OF important priorities for future generations down most successful nursing schools in South the road. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues Carolina. HON. BOB ETHERIDGE on both sides of the aisle to commit to budget Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. OF NORTH CAROLINA discipline and vote in favor of H.R. 2920. Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Wednesday, July 22, 2009 f cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Mr. ETHERIDGE. Thank, you Mr. Speaker, EARMARK DECLARATION Act, 2010 and thank you, Chairman SPRATT, for intro- Account: Department of Health & Human ducing this critical bill. As a Member of the Services Health Resources and Services Ad- House Budget Committee, I rise in support of HON. ADAM H. PUTNAM ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and H.R. 2920, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act OF FLORIDA Services of 2009. This vote is one of the most impor- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Medical tant actions Congress can take towards ensur- Thursday, July 23, 2009 University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer ing fiscal discipline and restoring a balanced Center federal budget. Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Address of Requesting Entity: 86 Jonathan Our nation faces great challenges in our ef- the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Lucas Street, Charleston, SC 29425 forts to get our economy back on track. As we marks, I am submitting the following informa- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Description of Project: Funding will be used take steps in Congress to address short-term H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health to purchase medical and diagnostic equipment economic problems, we need to do so with an and Human Services, and Education, and Re- to support the research work at NCI-des- eye on the long-term impact of our decisions. lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010: ignated Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC. The As a former business owner, I know the im- Requesting Member: Congressman ADAM H. Center is focused on cancer molecular portance of keeping your books balanced and PUTNAM diagnostics as a path-way to create new can- your budget in order. You can’t run a success- cer screening tools, design of new treatments, ful business by spending more money than Bill Number: H.R. 3293 monitor treatment effectiveness and predict you have and running up huge deficits. Care- Account: Department of Health and Human patient response. Equipment will enhance the ful budgeting often means making tough Services—Health Resources and Services Ad- Center’s ability to partner with other oncology choices. But oftentimes the tough choices are ministration (HRSA) providers across the state to not only improve the necessary ones. I remember the 1990s, Project Funding Amount: $400,000 research but ensure that South Carolina pa- when we turned large deficits into budget sur- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Florida tients receive cutting-edge care. pluses through a disciplined commitment to Southern College Requesting Member: HENRY E. BROWN, Jr. balancing the budget. Address of Requesting Entity: 111 Lake Hol- lingsworth Drive, Lakeland, FL 33801 Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of H.R. 2920 requires Congress to pay for any Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- new policy that reduces revenues or expands Description of Request: It is my under- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations spending. Under this bill, if the net effect of all standing that the funding would be used for Act, 2010 new tax and entitlement legislation enacted construction costs and to purchase instruc- during a session of Congress resulted in an tional technology and equipment for the nurs- Account: Department of Health & Human increase to the deficit, there would have to be ing skills lab to allow Florida Southern College Services Health Resources and Services Ad- a corresponding cut in Federal spending. (FSC) to continue increasing student enroll- ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and However, this balanced proposal protects our ment in its nursing programs in an effort to ad- Services most vulnerable citizens by preventing cuts in dress the well-documented, critical shortage of Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Roper St. certain designated initiatives like Social Secu- nurses in the State of Florida and the nation. Francis Healthcare rity, Medicaid, and school nutrition funding. Specifically, accommodating rapidly growing Address of Requesting Entity: 316 Calhoun H.R. 2920 also represents a realistic approach enrollment in Florida FSC’s RN-to-BSN, BSN, Street, Charleston, SC 29401 that would make an exception for emergency and MSN programs and to prepare for further Description of Project: Purchase of equip- spending and several current policies including growth from their three-year cooperative BSN ment a new hospital operated by non-profit Medicare physician payments, the Alternative program with Polk State (Community) College, health care provider to serve rural areas that Minimum Tax, middle class tax cuts, and the FSC is constructing a 3,000-square-foot ex- currently lack health care services; by increas- current estate tax exemption. pansion of the Joe K. and Alberta Blanton ing access to health care, project will assist in While we have heard a lot of rhetoric from Nursing Building, which will house a class- reducing long-term health care costs. our colleagues on the other side of the aisle room and a high-tech nursing skills lab.

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Madam Speaker, pursuant to eran, mentor, ambassador for the African transit vehicles that serve 7 counties in rural the Republican Leadership standards on ear- American community, and grassroots activist. Pennsylvania. marks, I am submitting the following informa- On September 12, 2009, at the University of tion regarding an earmark I received as part of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Ballroom, Reu- f the Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel- ben K. Harpole, Jr. will celebrate his 75th opment Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year birthday being honored by grateful members EARMARK DECLARATION 2010, H.R. 3288. of the community for 50 years of service. My Congressional District received $1.25 Mr. Harpole was born in Milwaukee to par- million for the construction of a child and fam- ents Mardee Johnson Harpole and Mr. Reu- HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. ily services facility at Boys Town, Nebraska. ben K. Harpole, Sr. After graduating from OF TENNESSEE The entity to receive this funding is Boys North Division High School, he earned his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Town, located at 14100 Crawford St., Boys bachelor’s degree in elementary education Town, NE 68010. Thursday, July 23, 2009 from UWM. He and his wife Mildred are long This funding will help fund the construction time members of All Saints Catholic Church. Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, consistent of a new totally comprehensive child and fam- After his parents’ divorce, Mr. Harpole and his with House Republican Earmark Standards, I ily services facility with increased capacity to three siblings were raised by his single parent am submitting the following earmark disclo- serve more then double the population of chil- mom and his maternal grandparents. Mr. sure information for project requests that I dren and families currently served of approxi- Harpole was close to his Grandfather Johnson made and which were included within H.R. mately 1,000. Boys Town will be providing at who ran numerous family businesses, all while 3293, ‘‘Making appropriations for the Depart- least $7.25 million in matching funds towards working fulltime at a Milwaukee foundry. ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, the requested Federal share of $1.25 million. Mr. Harpole worked for 31 years at UWM. and Education, and related agencies for the This multi-dimensional service facility will in- When he retired in 1997 he was a Senior Out- fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and clude the broad range of medical and juvenile reach Specialist at UWM’s Center for Urban for other purposes.’’ justice delinquency services so that at-risk Community Development. Since 1998, he has girls and boys (and their families) can have all served as Special Advisor to the President of Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN DUNCAN child related disorders and care provided. the Helen Bader Foundation. Mr. Harpole cre- Some of the services included, but not limited Account: Department of Education—Higher ated and managed the Sankofa-Youth Devel- to, in this facility will include juvenile justice Education opment Program Area for 10 years, awarding evaluations, services to prevent delinquency more than $5.6 million in grant dollars to small Project Amount: $300,000 and school failure, and parenting skill building grassroots-oriented youth organizations in Mil- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Maryville services to help parents become more effec- waukee’s low-income neighborhoods. Mr. College, 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, tive at dealing with a variety of child disorders Harpole helped initiate Homework First, an Maryville, Tennessee 37804 and issues. It is expected that through these educational enrichment program serving low Description of Request: The funding will be services, youth recidivism of criminal behavior income students in more than 40 Milwaukee used to prepare increased numbers of tal- will be greatly reduced as will the need for fur- Public Schools. ther out-of home-placement, including that of a Mr. Harpole received numerous awards in- ented students for professional lives as re- search scientists and educators. correctional or prison facility. Youth will be cluding: an Honorary Doctorate of Humane prepared to be productive members of society. Letters in 2005 from UWM, as well as the St. Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church’s DUNCAN Nationally and locally, Boys Town’s con- 2006 Dr. Martin Luther King Award. He and Account: Health Resources and Services tinuum of programs now provide direct care to his wife of 50 years, Mildred were recipients of Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and more than 51,000 children and their families the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund’s Services and assists nearly 1.4 million children each year through its youth care and health care 2005 Community Service Award, the YMCA’s Project Amount: $350,000 programs. Boys Town operates programs in a 2004 Lincoln Gaines Award, and the 1993 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: UT Med- Vatican II Awards. Mr. Harpole helped found dozen states and the District of Columbia. ical Center, 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, These programs include: Treatment Family numerous organizations benefitting the greater Tennessee 37920 Milwaukee community. He continues to serve Programs (i.e. Family Home, Assessment and in a leadership role in various community Description of Request: The funding will be Short-Term Residential Services, Treatment groups including: the Community Brain- used for renovation and expansion of the Foster Family Services, Family Based Serv- storming Breakfast Forum, Metropolitan Mil- Family Medicine Building and Clinic at the UT ices, Common Sense Parenting and National waukee Association of Black School Edu- Medical Center. Hotline. Treatment modalities range from pre- cators, and the United Negro College Fund. Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN vention to aftercare and include in- and out-of- Madam Speaker, for these reasons, I am DUNCAN home programs. The Boys Town model, the honored to pay tribute to Reuben K. Harpole, Account: Health Resources and Services foundation for all Boys Town programs, has Jr. Mr. Harpole’s contributions have greatly Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and been recognized by the Office of Juvenile Jus- benefitted the citizens of the Fourth Congres- Services tice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) as a sional District. ‘‘Promising Model.’’ Boys Town’s leadership in Project Amount: $200,000 treatment and child care technology provide f Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Clinics of youth with a safe, caring, loving environment EARMARK DECLARATION Hope, USA, 1064 Hayslope Drive, Knoxville, where they gain confidence to get better and Tennessee 37919 learn skills to become productive citizens. With HON. GLENN THOMPSON Description of Request: The funding will be at least an 81% success rate, Boys Town OF PENNSYLVANIA used to develop three free medical clinics in alumni have gone on to become successful in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Knoxville, Tennessee. The clinics would serve all facets of life. This commitment to our na- those who are under two-times the federal tion’s youth placed Boys Town on the list of Thursday, July 23, 2009 poverty level. The requested funds will be the 100 Best Communities for Young People Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam used for initial start-up of the three clinics and as named by America’s Promise Alliance in Speaker, pursuant to the Republican stand- for the first year of operation. 2005, 2006, and 2007.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1938 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 EARMARK DECLARATION EARMARK DECLARATION sion with a dedication ceremony on August 27th at the site of the new facility. HON. ERIK PAULSEN HON. GREG WALDEN The process to name the school took nearly two months, and it was anything but simple OF MINNESOTA OF OREGON and easy considering there was an excep- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tional list of 19 possible candidates to pick Thursday, July 23, 2009 Thursday, July 23, 2009 from. Any one of these individuals would have Mr. PAULSEN. Madam Speaker, pursuant Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, consistent been an excellent choice to receive this honor. to the Republican standards on member re- with the House Republican Leadership’s policy But in the end, the members of the Lapeer quests, I am submitting the following informa- on earmarks, to the best of my knowledge the Community Schools, LCS, Board of Education tion regarding congressionally directed appro- requests I have detailed below are (1) not di- voted unanimously to name the facility the priations projects I sponsored as part of the rected to an entity or program that will be Rolland-Warner Middle School. Transportation, Housing and Urban Appropria- named after a sitting Member of Congress; Mrs. Doris Rolland truly is an extraordinary tions Bill, H.R. 3288. and (2) not intended to be used by an entity person, and I commend her for her dedication Name of Project: Trunk Highway 610 to secure funds for other entities unless the and tireless work to educate the youth of Amount: $400,000 use of funding is consistent with the specified Lapeer County. Mrs. Rolland still resides in Account: FHWA purpose of the earmark. As required by ear- beautiful Mayfield Township with her husband. Requesting entity: North Metro Crossing Co- mark standards adopted by the House Repub- Her resume speaks volumes about her com- alition lican Conference, I submit the following infor- mitment and devotion to help children succeed Address: PO Box 1180, 12800 Arbor Lakes mation on projects I requested and that were in academics and life, and especially those Pkwy, Maple Grove, MN 55311 included in the Transportation, Housing and with special needs. Mrs. Rolland was both a Description of Project Request: Extension, Urban Development, and Related Agencies teacher and principal at Woodside School at and completion, of TH 610 from County State Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 3288). Oakdale, which coincidentally is the site of the Aid Highway (CSAH) 81 to Interstate 94 in Account: Federal lands (Public Lands High- new facility. In addition, she supervised a staff Maple Grove, MN. ways) of 300 people who worked in the residential Name of Project: 169/1–494 Interchange Project Name: Highway 140, Lake County, unit, the research unit and the unit that Construction. OR housed students with emotional impairment. Amount: $400,000 Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- Mrs. Rolland also served for 10 years as di- Account: TCSP or Surface Transportation tity: Oregon Department of Transportation, 355 rector of special education that served 750 Priorities Capitol Street NE., Room 135 Salem, OR students and 200 staff. She demonstrated un- Requesting entity: Serge Phillips 97301 wavering passion for her work, and never Address: 395 John Ireland Blvd. Project Location: Lake County, Oregon questioned her mission. I thank her for her de- Description of Project Request: Reconstruc- Description of Project: H.R. 3288 appro- voted spirit and willingness to assist the future tion of the existing interchange including grad- priates $1,250,000 for the Highway 140 (Lake of Lapeer, and I also want to offer my sincere ing, surfacing, drainage, utilities, noise bar- County, OR) project. According to the request- congratulations on this very appropriate honor. riers, retaining walls, traffic management sys- ing entity, funding would be combined with Mr. Ronald Warner held many positions dur- tems, and bridges on TH 169 and I–494 in- other state and federal funds to complete a ing his 41 plus years career in the education cluding the TH 169/Valley View Road inter- project that will straighten an existing sharp field that concluded in 1984 when he retired change. and dangerous curve on Highway 140, Warner as the Assistant Superintendent for the Lapeer Name of Project: Interstate 94/Brockton Highway, in Lake County, Oregon. According Community Schools. However, Mr. Warner Lane Interchange. to the Oregon Department of Transportation, sadly passed away in June of 2008 at a tre- Amount: $700,000 this is a valuable use of taxpayer funds be- mendous loss to the community. My heartfelt Account: FHWA—Interstate Maintenance cause it will improve safety and eliminate ex- condolences go out to his family and friends. Requesting entity: Doug Anderson, Mayor, isting vehicle length restrictions on Highway And his family should rest assured that his City of Dayton 140. spirit and legacy continue to live on. Mr. War- Address: 11260 Diamond Lake Road, Day- Account: Surface Transportation Priorities ner began his career in Almont and held var- ton, MN 55327 Project Name: Bear Creek Greenway Cross- ious teaching and administrative positions Description of Project Request: Funding to ing at Barnett Road (Medford, OR) within the district. Mr. Rolland consistently move through all elements of the scoping Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- demonstrated to his students and colleagues study, preliminary design, environmental re- tity: City of Medford, 411 West 8th St. Modular an outstanding capacity for leadership and the view process, right-of-way acquisition and final Building, Medford, OR 97501 ability to make a positive difference. He design of an expanded I–94 corridor complete Project Location: Medford, Oregon helped countless young people learn and grow with a full interchange at Brockton Lane. Description of Project: H.R. 3288 appro- by challenging them to expand their minds. I certify that none of these projects has a di- priates $500,000 for the Bear Creek Green- His contributions are greatly appreciated, and rect and foreseeable effect on the pecuniary way Crossing at Barnett Road (Medford, OR) I could not think of a better way to show this interests of me or my spouse. project. According to the requestor, funds gratitude other than by placing his name on f would be used for a grade-separated crossing the new school. His family should be ex- of the Bear Creek Greenway Trail at Barnett tremely proud of this achievement, and I ap- EARMARK DECLARATION Road. According to the City of Medford, this is plaud Mr. Rolland posthumously on this won- a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it derful acknowledgement. HON. GLENN THOMPSON will improve safety at the Bear Creek Green- August 27th will be a great day for the OF PENNSYLVANIA way Crossing. Lapeer Community Schools District and for the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f City of Lapeer as they pay tribute to Mrs. Doris Rolland and Mr. Ronald Warner, and I Thursday, July 23, 2009 HONORING ROLAND-WARNER am pleased to have had the opportunity to do Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam MIDDLE SCHOOL the same. I want to thank all parties involved Speaker, pursuant to the Republican stand- for their hard work during the nomination proc- ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- HON. CANDICE S. MILLER ess. The community can stand proud of these lowing information regarding earmarks I re- OF MICHIGAN two individuals as they have their names re- ceived as a part of H.R. 3288, the Transpor- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES membered forever on the new facility. They tation, Housing and Urban Development, and are rightfully deserving of this prestigious dis- Thursday, July 23, 2009 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. tinction because they have laid a strong foun- The entity to receive funding is the Deane Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, dation on which to build and expand upon. Center for the Performing Arts, P.O. Box 102, I rise today to officially recognize the new Rol- In closing, I offer my encouragement and Wellsboro, PA 16901, in the amount of land-Warner Middle School in Lapeer, Michi- best wishes to all the teachers, students and $100,000. Funding will be used for construc- gan, which is named in honor of Doris F. Rol- parents who are a part of the Rolland-Warner tion and renovation of the Deane Center for land and the late Ronald C. Warner. The com- Middle School family. The future is bright and the Performing Arts. munity is preparing to mark this special occa- your potential is limitless. Go Wolves!

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1939 EARMARK DECLARATION acquisition of fiber optics cable; $20,000 prescriptions. EHR also helps hospitals man- (20%) for server equipment upgrades; $25,000 age beds and operating rooms more effec- HON. GLENN THOMPSON (25%) for computer hardware and peripheral tively. Transitions to EHR are a priority of the OF PENNSYLVANIA equipment; $10,000 (10%) for computer soft- Department of Health and Human Services and are a necessary component in controlling IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ware; $10,000 (10%) for instructional com- puter equipment; $3,500 (3.5%) for a com- health care costs while improving quality. Infir- Thursday, July 23, 2009 puter lab printing server; $3,000 (3%) for com- mary Health System has committed to match- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam puter lab furnishings; $3,200 (3.2%) for in- ing these funds fully. Speaker, pursuant to the Republican stand- structional computer materials; and $5,300 Requesting Member: Congressman JO ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- (5.3%) for other library books and materials. BONNER lowing information regarding earmarks I re- Daphne Library is a public library serving a Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Account: Health Resources and Services ceived as a part of H.R. 3288, the Transpor- rapidly growing city in one of the fastest grow- Administration—(HRSA) Health Facilities and tation, Housing and Urban Development, and ing counties in Alabama. Ensuring its citizens Services Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. have access to relevant and effective informa- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Provi- The entity to receive funding is the Centre tion and new technology is an important part dence Hospital Area Transportation Authority, 2081 West of sustaining the county’s growth and ensuring Address of Requesting Entity: 6801 Airport Whitehall Road, State College, PA 16801, in the success and stability of the community. Boulevard, Mobile, AL the amount of $300,000. Funding will be used Requesting Member: Congressman JO Description of Request: Provide $250,000 to for compressed natural gas powered articu- BONNER fund components for future installation of 2 lated transit buses. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 generators and a 3000 amp ATS including f Account: Museums and Libraries conduit to future generator location. Of the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Gulf funds requested, approximately, $22,579 (9%) EARMARK DECLARATION Coast Exploreum Science Center will be used for a generator to provide tem- Address of Requesting Entity: 65 Govern- porary power; $8,300 (3.3%) for engineering HON. JO BONNER ment St., Mobile, AL 36602 and permit; $6,000 (2.4%) for concrete pads OF ALABAMA Description of Request: Provide $100,000 to for equipment support; $120,000 (48%) for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fund equipment and programs to help teach- materials; and $93,121 (37.2%) for labor. This ers teach science and technology curriculum Thursday, July 23, 2009 installation will allow the hospital to use a tem- so area children may become more interested porary generator during major power outages Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, I submit the in science and its related industries. Approxi- at a much reduced cost of installation. The following: mately, $35,000 (35%) is to develop and Mobile area has been significantly impacted Requesting Member: Congressman JO produce teacher training modules and science by 14 hurricanes in the last 19 years, accom- BONNER and engineering learning kits that address panied by widespread power outages. During Bill Number: H.R. 3293 skills development used in the engineering de- these storms and others, Providence works Account: Elementary and Secondary Edu- sign process; $25,000 (25%) for the acquisi- with public health agencies to take on patients cation tion of computer technology to implement the from many other local and regional facilities. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Alabama project; $25,000 (25%) for the acquisition of Because hurricane season coincides with the School of Math and Science science and engineering learning kits; and hottest months of the year, reliable air condi- Address of Requesting Entity: 1255 Dauphin $15,000 (15%) to train teachers on the fun- tioning is necessary for infection prevention, St., Mobile, Alabama 36604 damentals of the engineering sciences. This disease control, and sufficient ventilation. Description of Request: Provide $100,000 request aligns with national, statewide and Requesting Member: Congressman JO for curriculum development and training for south Alabama priorities for workforce devel- BONNER teachers of Advanced Placement (AP) opment in support of new area industries. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 courses, along with upgrades to server and Congress and the administration have also Account: Administration for Children and computer networks for the Alabama School of committed to increasing student interest and Families (ACF)—Social Services Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University Math and Science (ASMS). Approximately, participation in science and technology edu- of Alabama $25,000 (25%) will be used for curriculum de- cation, a need the Exploreum directly address- velopment and an AP workshop for faculty; Address of Requesting Entity: 201 Rose Ad- es. ministration Building, Box 870117, Tuscaloosa, $35,000 (35%) will be used for computer lab Requesting Member: Congressman JO equipment; $34,000 (34%) will be used for AL 35487 BONNER Description of Request: Provide $355,000 to computer upgrades for faculty and staff; and Bill Number: H.R. 3293 expand the University of Alabama West Ala- $6,000 (6%) for server upgrades to accommo- Account: Health Resources and Services bama Autism Outreach Center to enhance date new technology. ASMS is Alabama’s Administration—(HRSA) Health Facilities and community services, physician outreach, and statewide public school for science, tech- Services education programs serving the needs of rural nology, engineering, and math, grades 10–12. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Infirmary and underserved west Alabama families, who ASMS’ AP program has been recognized for Health System, Inc. are among 30,000 people struggling with ASD being in the top ten schools in Alabama for AP Address of Requesting Entity: 5 Mobile Infir- in Alabama. Funds will be used to implement scores. A school with the mission of science mary Circle, Mobile, Alabama 36609 community education and outreach programs and technology education must have adequate Description of Request: Provide $250,000 to using personal and telemedicine visits. Ap- technological resources to carry out its pur- assist with the implementation of an Electronic proximately, $125,000 (35%) will be used for pose, and ASMS’ computer network is badly Health Record System through the purchase early recognition and screening training within outdated and in need of replacement. As of hardware and software, along with imple- community medical settings; $175,000 (50%) STEM education continues to be a national mentation and training as a part of phase two will be used for community-based intervention and regional priority, ASMS is working to edu- of Infirmary Health System’s adoption of an in- services in both early intervention and edu- cate Alabama’s future doctors, scientists, man- tegrated electronic health records system cation settings; $55,000 (15%) will be used to ufacturers and engineers. across four non-profit acute care hospitals and evaluate program effectiveness. This program Requesting Member: Congressman JO a network of other facilities. Approximately, is designed to address a public health crisis in BONNER $75,000 (30%) is for the purchase of computer Alabama where autism diagnoses are made Bill Number: H.R. 3293 equipment for use by clinicians in direct pa- one and a half years later than in other parts Account: Museums and Libraries tient care areas; $50,000 (20%) for education of the country and where children receive only Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of and training of physicians and other clinical 4% of nationally recommended early interven- Daphne, Alabama users; $75,000 (30%) for software and net- tion hours. Address of Requesting Entity: 1705 Main working costs associated with the EHR; and Requesting Member: Congressman JO St., Daphne, AL 36526 $50,000 (20%) for implementation assistance BONNER Description of Request: Provide $100,000 to from certified clinical or software specialists. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 fund improvements to library equipment at the Electronic Health Records (EHR) improve effi- Account: Health Resources and Services Daphne Public Library. Of the requested ciency and reduce costs by eliminating dupli- Administration—(HRSA) Health Facilities and funds, approximately $20,000 (20%) will go to cative, and potentially dangerous, tests and Services

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University EARMARK DECLARATION recruit and train six-to-eight teacher leaders of South Alabama from Midland Consolidated ISD at Mathworks Address of Requesting Entity: 1660 HON. ADRIAN SMITH training sites. Training includes observing a Springhill Avenue, Mobile Alabama 36604 OF NEBRASKA camp in the morning and then learning how to teach their own camp in the afternoon. Teach- Description of Request: Provide $2,500,000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for facilities and equipment. Of the requested ers will conduct their own Math Camp, as- Thursday, July 23, 2009 sisted and mentored by the master teachers. funds, approximately $1,250,000 (50%) will be Students will attend the junior summer math used by the Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI) to Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Madam Speaker, camps. During the academic year, the master purchase a triple photon linear accelerator, a pursuant to the House Republican standards teachers will pilot Part I of the curriculum, piece of advanced cancer treatment equip- on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- mentored and assisted by a full-time mathe- ment for the MCI, the only research state uni- formation regarding earmarks I received as matics Peer Coach. These teachers will be- versity-based cancer center along the upper part of the Departments of Labor, Health and come part of a professional Math Inquiry Gulf Coast, an area with cancer infection and Human Services, and Education Appropria- Group. The Peer Coach will work closely with fatality rates higher than the national average. tions Act for Fiscal Year 2010. the faculty mentor to observe all teachers in Approximately $892,300 (35.7%) will be used Requesting Member: Congressman ADRIAN their classrooms, give input and guidance and by the USA National Center for the Study of SMITH Bill Number: H.R. 3293 collect data required by the external evaluator. Medical Disaster Response for demolition and In the Department of Health and Human renovation of existing facilities; $89,230 (3.5%) Account: Education/FIE Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- for architectural and engineering fees; $18,470 of Nebraska Kearney ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and (.7%) for video projection equipment and as- Address of Requesting Entity: Office of Services account, an earmark for the Texas sociated furniture; and $250,000 (10%) to de- Sponsored Programs, University of Nebraska Tech University Health Sciences Center velop and/or purchase best of breed training at Kearney, Kearney, NE 68849 (TTUHSC), Lubbock, TX for facilities and simulators and training videos with the over- Description of Request: Provide an earmark equipment was included on my behalf. The arching goal of establishing a national library of $350,000 for the University of Nebraska— entity to receive funding for this project is the for use in training. The University of South Kearney’s On-line Bachelor’s Degree in Early TTUHSC, located at 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, Alabama, located in Mobile, Alabama, is a Childhood Education program. The on-line Texas. Funds would be used at the Laura W. public university based in the heart of hurri- program will enable in-service early childhood Bush Institute for Women’s Health—Odessa, cane country, with a wealth of knowledge and educators to retain their current jobs while TX Campus. experience in the field of disaster response. earning bachelor’s degrees to stay ahead of The mission of the Laura W. Bush Institute The center provides hospital and health per- evolving federal and state professional devel- for Women’s Health is to cultivate and ad- sonnel in Alabama and the gulf coast region opment standards. Under the No Child Left vance multi-disciplinary science in women’s with disaster management training. The center Behind Act, states are working to close the health and to promote the well-being of equips hospitals, first responders, and public achievement gap and ensure all students, in- women through research, education, and com- safety officials with the necessary information cluding those who are disadvantaged, achieve munity outreach. This initiative will provide re- and training to prepare for and manage pa- academic proficiency. Schools that do not sources for tissue banks at TTUHSC dedi- tients and communities’ critical health and make progress must provide supplemental cated to women’s health and research into safety needs in the event of a disaster. services, such as free tutoring or after-school gender differences in health. This project will assistance; take corrective actions; and, if still accomplish the following: (1) Create a wom- f not making adequate yearly progress after five en’s health tissue bank on the TTUHSC cam- EARMARK DECLARATION years, make dramatic changes to the way the puses in Amarillo, El Paso, and Odessa to re- school is operated. This project will enable ceive, store, and distribute a full range of bio- Nebraska to stay in compliance with No Child logical specimens, such as whole organs, tis- HON. PETE OLSON Left Behind, Good Start, Grow Smart, Head sues, cells, and DNA. (2) Develop protocol to OF TEXAS Start Regulations, and state Early Childhood establish an organized repository of character- Initiatives. ized tissues for collection and maintenance IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f useful for a wide range of women’s health re- Thursday, July 23, 2009 search studies. (3) Collaborate with the Re- EARMARK DECLARATION search Institutional Review Board to assist in Mr. OLSON. Madam Speaker, to provide the development of standards in methodology, open disclosure pursuant to Republican stand- HON. K. MICHAEL CONAWAY management, and education regarding tissue ards on congressionally-directed funding, I am OF TEXAS bank specimens. (4) Develop a priority hier- submitting the following information regarding IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES archy for tissue distribution to assist research- funding that I support included in H.R. 3293, ers in fulfilling the purpose of taking research Thursday, July 23, 2009 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human from the laboratory to the patient. (5) Create Services, and Education and Related Agen- Mr. CONAWAY. Madam Speaker, pursuant a reporting standard and method for research- cies Appropriations Act, 2010. to the House Republican standards on ear- ers describing the purpose, process, and eval- Requesting Member: Congressman PETE marks, I am submitting the following informa- uation of the tissues used in laboratory re- OLSON tion regarding earmarks I received as part of search. (6) Improve the knowledge and Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the Labor, Health H.R. 3293—Departments of Labor, Health and breadth of research in the field of women’s and Human Services, and Education and Re- Human Services, and Education, and Related health and gender differences in health. lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. In the Department of Health and Human In the Department of Education, Higher Account: Department of Labor, Employment Services, Centers for Disease Control and Education (includes FIPSE) account, an ear- and Training Administration (ETA)—Training Prevention (CDC) account, an earmark for mark for the Midland Independent School Dis- and Employment Services (TES) Texas Tech University Health Science Center trict, Midland, TX for teacher training was in- (TTUHSC), Lubbock, TX for the West Texas Name of Recipient: San Jacinto College cluded on my behalf. The entity to receive Center for Influenza Research, Education and Address of Recipient: 4624 Fairmont Park- funding for this project is the Midland Inde- Treatment was included on my behalf. The en- way, Pasadena, TX 77504 pendent School District (ISD), located at 615 tity to receive funding for this project is the Description of Request: $350,000 in funding W. Missouri Ave., Midland, TX 79701. TTUHSC, located at 3601 4th Street, Lubbock, would be used to purchase equipment to help Funding for this project will be used for Texas. Funds would be used at the Odessa, displaced workers in the Houston area obtain Texas Mathworks. Texas Mathworks is a cen- TX Campus. training to reenter the workforce in high-de- ter for mathematics education formed by The West Texas Center for Influenza Re- mand positions. The goal of this project would Texas State University System to develop search, Education and Treatment at the help train new workers and retrain or upskill model programs and self-sustaining learning TTUHSC would provide a model of care of the existing workers to become welders, pipefitters communities that engage Texas K–12 stu- influenza patient using a large network of pri- and nondestructive testing personnel for the dents in doing mathematics at a high level. mary care physicians from around West petrochemical industry. Funding in Fiscal Year 2010 will be used to Texas. It would also develop an infrastructure

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LATTA EARMARK DECLARATION the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Bill Number: H.R. 3228, the Transportation, marks, I am submitting the following informa- Housing and Urban Development, and Related HON. BOB INGLIS tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 OF SOUTH CAROLINA H.R. 3288—Transportation, Housing and Account: Housing and Urban Development IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Urban Development, and Related Agencies (HUD); Economic Development Initiatives Thursday, July 23, 2009 Appropriations Act, 2010. (EDI) I, Congresswoman MARY FALLIN, requested Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Board of Mr. INGLIS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to and received $1,000,000 for the Central Okla- Fulton County Commissioners the Republican leadership standards on ear- homa Transportation and Parking Authority lo- Address of Requesting Entity: 125 South marks, I am submitting the following informa- cated at 300 SW 7th Street Oklahoma City, Fulton Street, Suite 270, Wauseon, OH 43567 tion regarding an earmark I received as part of Oklahoma 73109. Description of Request: $250,000 for the H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and Urban This funding will be used to repair and re- Northeast Fulton County water system project. Development, and Related Agencies Appro- place a water cooling tower and correct drain- Northeast Fulton County is a portion of the priations Act, 2010. age problems at historic Union Station. It will County that consists of four Townships Requesting Member: Congressman BOB also be used to improve the lighting and ex- (Amboy, Fulton, Pike and Royalton), two Vil- INGLIS haust systems at the maintenance garage and lages (Metamora and Lyons) and the Ever- Bill Number: H.R. 3288, Transportation, upgrade the oil and lube room facilities. Housing and Urban Development, and Related green Local School District. This project, as f Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 proposed, consists of installing water mains Account: FAA—Airport Improvement Pro- EARMARK DECLARATION and facilities to provide for safe drinking water gram supply to these areas through a connection Legal Name of Requesting Entity: South HON. ROBERT E. LATTA into an existing regional water system. The Carolina Technology and Aviation Center route of this water supply system through the OF OHIO four Townships would provide drinking water (SC–TAC) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Address of Requesting Entity: 2 Exchange to 1100 people within both Villages and an es- Street, Greenville, SC 29605 Thursday, July 23, 2009 timated population of 1350 people outside Description of Request: SC–TAC is the larg- Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, pursuant to both Villages. The Evergreen Local Schools est general aviation airport in the state of the Republican Leadership standards on ear- District is one complex for 1400 high, middle South Carolina, serving the aviation industry marks, I am submitting the following informa- and elementary schools students. I certify that as a major aircraft maintenance and modifica- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of neither I nor my spouse has any financial in- tion base. This high priority, taxiway B (North) H.R. 3228, the Transportation, Housing and terest in this project. improvement project would greatly enhance Urban Development, and Related Agencies the operational capacity and safety param- Appropriations Act, 2010. f eters of the airfield, increasing access to cur- Requesting Member: Congressman ROBERT EARMARK DECLARATION rent and future airport infrastructure. SC– E. LATTA TAC’s 2600 acre aviation park is home to 80 Bill Number: H.R. 3228, the Transportation, high tech companies and organizations em- Housing and Urban Development, and Related HON. JUDY BIGGERT ploying over 3,000 local residents. This up- Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 OF ILLINOIS grade project would facilitate SC–TAC’s ability Account: Federal Agency Administration; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to attract additional aviation-related busi- Airport Improvement Program Thursday, July 23, 2009 nesses (jobs) to the complex, adding to the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Sandusky $222 Million economic impact of their oper- County Regional Airport Mrs. BIGGERT. Madam Speaker, pursuant ation. The amount is $750,000 and it would go Address of Requesting Entity: 101 South to the Republican Leadership standards on to SC–TAC. Front Street, Fremont, OH 43420 earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- Requesting Member: Congressman BOB Description of Request: $500,000 for the mation regarding earmarks I received as part INGLIS Sandusky County Regional Airport (S24) Ap- of H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Bill Number: H.R. 3288, Transportation, proach Lowering project. The first part of the Health and Human Services, and Education, Housing and Urban Development, and Related project is the 405 topographical survey that is and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 required before an GPS/LPV approach can be 2010. Account: FHWA—Transportation & Commu- approved. The second item that the Sandusky Requesting Member: U.S. Representative nity & System Preservation County Regional Airport Authority (SCRAA) is JUDY BIGGERT Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of proposing is to extend its parallel taxiway ap- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Spartanburg proximately 1,700 feet providing the Sandusky Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Address of Requesting Entity: 366 N. County Regional Airport (S24) a full length Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Saint Xa- Church St., Suite 700, Spartanburg, SC 29303 parallel taxiway. The existing 3,800 feet of vier University Description of Request: The Fairforest Rd. taxiway, currently named taxiway ‘‘b’’ and ‘‘c’’, Address of Requesting Entity: 18230 Orland at N. Blackstock Rd. intersection is directly ad- was constructed in two separate phases. The Parkway, Orland Park, IL 60467 jacent to a major Norfolk Southern rail line that preliminary purpose to complete the parallel Description of Remarks: Provide an earmark is also used by Amtrak for passenger service. taxiway is to increase the Airport’s level of of $500,000 for Saint Xavier University to de- Because of the present alignment of the rail operational safety. The completion of a full- velop a Science, Technology, Engineering, line and adjacent roadways, two signals con- length parallel taxiway at the Airport would and Mathematics (STEM) Education Center on trol traffic on either side of the at-grade rail eliminate the hazards of ‘‘back-taxiing’’ on the its Orland Park campus to better prepare edu- crossing, increasing the possibility of a vehicle runway. A full length parallel taxiway makes it cators and education students to teach STEM becoming trapped on the rail line between the possible for a landing aircraft to exit a runway disciplines to pre-school through college-age two signals. The present situation presents a more quickly, allowing other aircraft waiting to students. The STEM Education Center will severe safety hazard to normal vehicular traf- land to get on the ground sooner. A full par- feature a state-of-the-art methods lab that will fic and school buses which use the at-grade allel taxiway would enhance airfield safety and be used to provide exciting, hands-on science, crossing frequently during school hours. The reduce the risk of runway incursions. Addition- math, and technology programs designed to amount is $500,000 and it would go to the ally, the project will have an impact on the increase teachers’ knowledge and skills in City of Spartanburg. overall County’s (and surrounding counties’) these areas.

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Madam Speaker, consistent fuel prices and the demand for transit service Speaker, to provide open disclosure, I am with House Republican Earmark Standards, I is expected to continue to increase. submitting the following information regarding am submitting the following earmark disclo- f projects that I support for inclusion in H.R. sure and certification information for three 3183, the Energy and Water Appropriations project funding requests that I made and were EARMARK DECLARATION Act, 2010. included within the text of H.R. 3288—the FY Amount: $16,454,000 2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban De- HON. RON PAUL Account: Bureau of Reclamation’s Water velopment, and Related Agencies Appropria- OF TEXAS and Related Resources tions Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Entity receiving funds: Columbia Basin PROJECT 1 Thursday, July 23, 2009 Project, Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific North- Project: Tulsa International Airport, Memorial Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the west Region, located at 1150 North Curtis Drive and Waterline Project House Republican standards on earmarks, I Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706. Project Amount: $500,000 am submitting the following information re- Description: These funds will be used for Account: Federal Aviation Administration garding earmarks I obtained as part of HR ongoing operations of the Columbia Basin Airport Improvement Program 3183, the Education and Transportation bills Project. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Tulsa Air- 1) Requesting Member: Congressman RON Amount: $150,000 port and Improvement Trust/City of Tulsa PAUL Account: Bureau of Reclamation’s Water Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box Bill Number: H.R. 3288 and Related Resources 581838, Tulsa, OK 74103 Account: DOT, FHA Entity receiving funds: Washington Inves- Description of Request: Funding will up- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of tigations Program, Bureau of Reclamation, Pa- grade approximately 1,000 feet of 8″ waterline Baytown cific Northwest Region, located at 1150 North to 12″ and extend the line an additional 1,800 Address of Requesting Entity: 2401 Market Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706. feet. It will also reconstruct and re-align Me- Street, Baytown, Texas 77522 Description: These funds will be used to morial Drive south of Port Road, including re- Description of Request: An earmark of support ongoing engineering and planning pairs to about 1,000 feet of existing road and $400,000 to fund infrastructure improvements studies of Bureau of Reclamation projects in re-alignment of approximately 1,000 feet of at the Highway 146 and Spur 330 in Texas. Washington state. road. This work is needed to support re-devel- 2) Requesting Member: Congressman RON Amount: $8,512,000 opment of this area from its old, original resi- PAUL Account: Bureau of Reclamation’s Water dential use into an area being prepared for Bill Number: H.R. 3288 and Related Resources construction of large aircraft maintenance, re- Entity receiving funds: Yakima Project, Bu- Account: DOT, FTA pair and overhaul facilities planned for the reau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Re- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of North Development Area at Tulsa International gion, located at 1150 North Curtis Road, Suite Galveston Airport. 100, Boise, Idaho 83706. Address of Requesting Entity: PO Box 779, Description: These funds will be used for PROJECT 2 Galveston, Texas 77553 ongoing operations of the Yakima Basin Project: US 60, widen between Bartlesville Description of Request: An earmark of Project. and Pawhuska, Osage County, OK $500,000 to fund transit vehicle replacement Amount: $8,500,000 Project Amount: $400,000 in Galveston, Texas. Account: Bureau of Reclamation’s Water Account: Federal Highway Administration 3) Requesting Member: Congressman RON and Related Resources Transportation & Community & System Pres- PAUL Entity receiving funds: Yakima River Basin ervation Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Water Enhancement Project, Bureau of Rec- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma Account: DOT, FTA lamation, Pacific Northwest Region, located at Department of Transportation Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Gulf 1150 North Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, Address of Requesting Entity: 200 NE 21st Coast Center Idaho 83706. Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Address of Requesting Entity: 123 Rosen- Description: These funds will be used for Description of Request: Funding will be berg, Ste 6; Galveston, Texas 77515 ongoing programs of the Yakima River Basin used to provide needed transportation im- Description of Request: An earmark of Water Enhancement Project. provements to a heavily traveled narrow two $750,000 to fund a Park and Ride in League Amount: $3,000,000 lane highway containing both poor vertical and City, Texas. Account: Bureau of Reclamation’s Water horizontal curves resulting in a high rate of ac- 4) Requesting Member: Congressman RON and Related Resources cidents. This road is a key National Highway PAUL Entity receiving funds: Odessa Subarea System route in northeastern Oklahoma, more Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Special Study, Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific specifically connecting Bartlesville and Vinita. Account: DOE, FIPSE Northwest Region, located at 1150 North Cur- This critical project is important for widening Legal Name of Requesting Entity: tis Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706. US 60 from approximately 2 miles east of the Brazosport College Description: These funds will be used to US 60/US 75 interchange east approximately Address of Requesting Entity: 500 College continue efforts to identify solutions and alter- 5.5 miles. Drive, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566 natives for local irrigators dependent on de- PROJECT 3 Description of Request: An earmark of pleting Odessa wells. Project: Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority, $200,000 to fund equipment purchases at Amount: $1,500,000 bus purchase, Tulsa, OK Brazosport College in Texas. Account: Bureau of Reclamation’s Water Project Amount: $750,000 5) Requesting Member: Congressman RON and Related Resources Account: Federal Transit Administration PAUL Entity receiving funds: Yakima River Basin Buses & Bus Facilities Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Water Supply Study, Bureau of Reclamation, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Metropoli- Account: DOE, FIPSE Pacific Northwest Region, located at 1150 tan Tulsa Transit Authority Legal Name of Requesting Entity: North Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho Address of Requesting Entity: 510 S. Rock- Brazosport College 83706. ford, Tulsa, OK 74120 Address of Requesting Entity: 500 College Description: These funds will be used to Description of Request: Continued funding Drive, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566 support the development of a plan to meet the will be used to help Tulsa Transit’s aging Description of Request: An earmark of water storage and supply needs of the Yakima paratransit vehicle fleet—In the next three $380,000 to fund curriculum development at River Basin. years, 26 of Tulsa Transit’s full-sized transit Brazosport College in Texas.

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Madam Speaker, in accord- Copper Basin Turn-off (MP 17.250). Bainbridge Graduate Institute is quickly gar- ance with the policies and standards put forth I appreciate the opportunity to provide a list nering national recognition. In 2007, Business by the House Appropriations Committee and of congressionally-directed projects I re- Week named BGI as one of its top global de- the GOP Leadership, I would like to list the quested that have received funding in the sign schools, joining prestigious institutions congressionally-directed projects I requested FY2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban such as the Harvard Business School, Rhode in my home state of Idaho that are contained Development, and Related Agencies Appro- Island School of Design, and Massachusetts in the report of H.R. 3288, the FY2010 Trans- priations bill on behalf of Idaho and provide an Institute of Technology. Last fall, BGI named portation, Housing and Urban Development, explanation of my support for them. Jon Strauss, former president of Harvey Mudd and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. f College, as its new president. The Institute’s Project Name: City of Rocks Back Country EARMARK DECLARATION distinguished faculty includes graduates of Byway Relocation, ID Stanford Business School and Harvard Univer- Amount Received: $1,000,000 sity. Account: FHWA/Public Lands Highways HON. JUDY BIGGERT I am pleased that the Institute is also at- Recipient: Idaho Transportation Department OF ILLINOIS tracting support from the business world. Recipient’s Street Address: 3311 West State IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Some companies, including technology giant Street, Boise, ID 83707 Description: This 16.7 mile long project is lo- Thursday, July 23, 2009 Hewlett-Packard, indirectly support BGI by cated on the popular City of Rocks Back Mrs. BIGGERT. Madam Speaker, pursuant paying for their employees to attend its pro- Country Byway in Cassia County, Idaho, to the Republican Leadership standards on grams. Clearly, sustainable business practices which provides the only direct access to the earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- appeal to even the largest companies. I be- City of Rocks National Reserve. When fully mation regarding earmarks I received as part lieve that we can simultaneously grow our completed, the project will pave a 1.0 mile of H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, economy and improve the health of our envi- gravel segment, reconstruct 15.7 miles of defi- Health and Human Services, and Education, ronment. The Bainbridge Graduate Institute cient roadway, correct deteriorated road and and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, and programs like it give our economic lead- slope conditions, provide a wider road with 2010. ers the knowledge needed to achieve both shoulders and guardrail, and improve the Requesting Member: U.S. Representative goals, and I am honored to recognize the In- stitute’s achievements. road’s alignment by reducing the number and JUDY BIGGERT severity of sharp curves and steep grades. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 These improvements will increase safety for Account: Administration for Children and f the driving public and provide safer access for Families (ACF)—Social Services INTRODUCTION OF THE ‘‘INVES- bicycle and pedestrian traffic. These improve- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Little TOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT ments will also significantly reduce the amount Friends, Inc. OF 2009’’ of on-going maintenance required to keep the Address of Requesting Entity: 140 N. Wright route usable. St., Naperville, IL 60540 Project Name: Custer County Economic De- Description of Remarks: Provide an earmark HON. MARY JO KILROY of $200,000 for Little Friends, Inc. to offer velopment Initiative in Custer County, ID OF OHIO Amount Received: $500,000 evaluation and therapy services at an afford- Account: HUD/EDI able rate. This funding also will enable Little IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Recipient: Custer County, ID Friends, Inc., to meet the increasing demand Thursday, July 23, 2009 Recipient’s Street Address: 802 Main Street, for their services. These early diagnosis and Challis, ID 83226 therapy services have been proven to be the Ms. KILROY. Madam Speaker, today I intro- Description: At almost 5,000 square miles, most effective treatment in ameliorating the duce legislation, the ‘‘Investor Advisory Com- Custer County is larger than three states yet symptoms of children diagnosed with autism. mittee Act of 2009,’’ which would establish a has just over 4,000 people. Unfortunately, it is f permanent advisory committee within the Se- burdened with a high proportion of public curities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and lands with over 95% of the county’s 3.4 million RECOGNITION OF THE BAINBRIDGE give investors a greater voice in the Commis- acres administered by federal agencies. The GRADUATE INSTITUTE sion’s work. county’s tax base, or more specifically the lack One of the most significant contributors to thereof, is inadequate to support the services HON. JAY INSLEE our economic downturn was the unraveling of required for such an expansive county. This OF WASHINGTON major financial institutions and the lack of ade- grossly disproportionate public ownership IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quate regulatory structures to prevent abuse causes a severe strain on their resources. Thursday, July 23, 2009 and excess. Funding would be used to construct a commu- Financial innovators produced a huge vari- nity center which would serve a number of Mr. INSLEE. Madam Speaker, in the first ety of new and complex financial instruments, purposes for the county. years of the 20th century, Gifford Pinchot but, instead of reducing risk, the markets actu- Project Name: Trail Creek Highway/Forest fought to protect our nation’s forests and rivers ally magnified risks that were being taken by Highway 66 Reconstruction, Mackay, ID from unsustainable logging as the first Chief of ordinary families and large firms alike. Amount Received: $2,750,000 the U.S. Forest Service. Nearly a century Millions of Americans who worked hard and Account: FHWA/Public Lands Highways later, his grandson, Gifford Pinchot III, estab- behaved responsibly saw their savings eroded Recipient: Lost River Highway District lished the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, or Recipient’s Street Address: 213 South BGI. The Institute, situated on a sustainably- by the irresponsibility of others and by the fail- McCaleb, Mackay, ID 83251 designed 210 acre campus near Seattle, is ure of their government to provide adequate Description: Trail Creek Highway/Forest dedicated to educating the business leaders of oversight. Highway 66 runs through the Salmon-Challis the 21st century in sustainable management. I Reforms are needed to encourage sound National Forest from U.S. Highway 93 west to am honored to recognize the Bainbridge Grad- risk management, long-term growth and value Sun Valley, Idaho. The road is maintained en- uate Institute for helping to shape the sustain- creation—not only at individual firms, but for tirely by the Lost River Highway District and able leaders of tomorrow. our financial system and the economy as a includes 17 miles of unpaved road that is used As we face the new challenges of the 21st whole. extensively for commerce and recreational century, successful businesses will have to A permanent Investor Advisory Committee purposes by tourists and homeowners. The consider environmental and social sustain- will help advance these reforms by providing high traffic volume (500 cars per day and ex- ability. The Bainbridge Graduate Institute of- investors a greater voice within the SEC.

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EARMARK DECLARATION Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE Account: Employment & Training Adminis- ROGERS (MI) tration HON. JOHN BOOZMAN Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Closing OF ARKANSAS Account: Fund for the Improvement of Post the Digital Gap IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Secondary Education Address of Requesting Entity: 835 W. Gen- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Burcham esee, Lansing, MI 48915 Thursday, July 23, 2009 Hills Retirement Community Description of Request: Provide funding of Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam Speaker, pursuant Address of Requesting Entity: 2700 $250,000 to provide computer training to low- to the House Republican standards on ear- Burcham Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823 income Lansing residents. Approximately 600 marks, I am submitting the following informa- Description of Request: Provide funding of low-income, unemployed/underemployed resi- tion regarding earmarks I received as a part of $200,000 to establish a nurse training and cer- dents will be provided with computer based H.R. 2997, the Agriculture, Rural Develop- tification program in Alzheimer’s and Demen- job training, Internet access and computers ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Re- tia. This pilot program to help train nursing that will enhance their ability to obtain employ- lated Agencies Appropriations Act for FY students and those already working in the field ment as well as to compete in a technology- 2010. to better handle patients and family members based economy. 30% of the funds will be Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN going through this disease. Over 4 million peo- used for staff salaries, 40% for computer hard- BOOZMAN ple are afflicted with the disease in the U.S., ware, 20% for computer software and 10% for Bill Number: H.R. 3293 taking more than 100,000 lives annually. This other related training materials. Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) training program will ensure more health care Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE Legal Name of Requesting Entity: North Ar- professionals will have the resources to man- ROGERS (MI) kansas College age this deadly, growing disease. 50% of Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Address of Requesting Entity: North Arkan- these funds will be used for classroom facili- Account: Employment and Training Adminis- sas College, 1515 Pioneer Drive, Harrison, AR ties and 50% will be used for instructor sala- tration 72601 ries. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lansing Description of Request: It is my under- Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE Community College standing that the funding would be used to ROGERS (MI) Address of Requesting Entity: 8100A–Ad- purchase new technology and technology up- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 ministration, PO Box 40010, Lansing, MI grades for 4 computer laboratories, allied Account: Health Resources and Services 48901–7210 health classrooms and laboratories, profes- Administration Description of Request: Provide funding of sional development, and the student center. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ingham $420,000 to expand employment retraining in Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN Regional Medical Center the area of alternative automotive tech- BOOZMAN Address of Requesting Entity: 401 W. nologies. The related regional economic im- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Greenlawn, Lansing, MI 48910 pact of the project is projected to be $50 mil- Account: Health Resources and Services Description of Request: Provide funding of lion. The estimated numbers of jobs created Administration (HRSA)—Health and Facilities $100,000 to purchase and place into service a and/or workers retrained would be 2,000. 50% Services digital mammography machine. For women, of these funds will be used to purchase equip- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: North breast cancer is the most common non-skin ment, 25% for professional development, and West Arkansas Community College cancer and the second leading cause of can- 25% for curriculum development to administer Address of Requesting Entity: NorthWest cer-related death in the United States. Digital training. Arkansas Community College, One College mammography allows improvement in breast Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE Drive, Bentonville, AR 72712 cancer diagnosis. It also improves image stor- ROGERS (MI) Description of Request: It is my under- age and transmission because images can be Bill Number: H.R. 3293 standing that the funding would be used to stored and sent electronically. Radiologists Account: Employment and Training Adminis- support an expansion of the current nursing also can use software to help interpret digital tration program, including expanding program deliv- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lansing mammograms. 100% of these funds will be ery and curriculum, staff development, pur- Community College used to purchase a digital mammography ma- chase instructional supplies/equipment, and Address of Requesting Entity: 8100A–Ad- chine. provide for facility renovations. ministration, PO Box 40010, Lansing, MI Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN 48901–7210 ROGERS (MI) BOOZMAN Description of Request: Provide funding of Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 $420,000 to expand employment retraining in Account: Health Resources and Services Account: Health Resources and Services the area of alternative automotive tech- Administration Administration (HRSA)—Health and Facilities nologies. The related regional economic im- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Sparrow Services pact of the project is projected to be $50 mil- Health System Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. John’s lion. The estimated numbers of jobs created Address of Requesting Entity: 1215 East Hospital and/or workers retrained would be 2,000. 50% Michigan Avenue, P.O. Box 30480, Lansing, Address of Requesting Entity: St. John’s of these funds will be used to purchase equip- MI 48909–7980 Hospital, 214 Carter Street, Berryville, AR ment, 25% for professional development, and Description of Request: Provide funding of 72616 25% for curriculum development to administer $300,000 to support hardware and software Description of Request: It is my under- training. startup costs for a fully integrated Electronic standing that the funding would be used to f purchase a standby generator to provide addi- Medical Record at Sparrow Health System. tional emergency electric generating capacity. This project will ultimately benefit patients, EARMARK DECLARATION physicians and hospitals throughout the Lan- f sing region. This investment into the local HON. PETER T. KING economy would protect current employment EARMARK DECLARATION OF NEW YORK levels while creating more new, highly skilled IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IT jobs. In addition, this project would allow HON. MIKE ROGERS Thursday, July 23, 2009 OF MICHIGAN more than 850 physicians to deploy a fully in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tegrated EMR in their practices at a fraction of Mr. KING of New York. Madam Speaker, the cost that they would normally incur, cre- pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- Thursday, July 23, 2009 ating a truly interoperable health care knowl- ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. Madam Speaker, edge network. 100% of these funds would be lowing information regarding earmarks I re- pursuant to the House Republican standards used to purchase computer hardware and ceived as part of H.R. 3293—the Departments on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- software, as well as network electronics and of Labor, Health and Human Services, and formation regarding earmarks I received as cabling. Education, & Related Agencies Appropriations part of H.R. 3293, FY 2010 Labor, Health and Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE Act, 2010. Human Services, and Education Appropria- ROGERS (MI) Requesting Member: Congressman PETER tions Act. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 T. KING

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Turning and deceleration lanes, along service, Mr. Kempton announced that he will Children with the alignment of existing drives will en- be leaving as Director of the California Depart- Address of Requesting Entity: 390 sure proper traffic flow and safe passage for ment of Transportation at the end of July, Plandome Road, Suite 217, Manhasset, NY vehicle traffic. The landscaped median, cross 2009. He has honorably and effectively served 11030 walk, lighting and sidewalks will beautify the the State of California in various capacities Description of Request: $750,000 will be local area, as well as, allow for safe foot traffic throughout his career, including serving as the used to provide mental health counseling for in and out of the hospital campus area. Assistant Director of the California Department 9/11 first responders and other public safety Requesting Member: Congressman MARK of Transportation in charge of Legislative and workers involved in protecting our homeland SOUDER Congressional Affairs. Since joining Caltrans security. Bill Number: H.R. 3288 in 1973, Mr. Kempton has served in various Requesting Member: Congressman PETER Account: Housing and Urban Development management positions in the Department T. KING (HUD) Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) helping him to develop a broad understanding Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of of transportation programs and policies at all Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Nappanee, IN levels of government. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Address of Requesting Entity: 300 W. Lin- Mr. Kempton is a San Francisco native, and Francis College coln St., Nappanee, IN 46550–0029 received his bachelor’s degree from the Uni- Address of Requesting Entity: 180 Remsen Description of Request: The City of versity of San Francisco. Mr. Kempton trans- Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Nappanee will run new water and sewer serv- lated his knowledge of transportation pro- Description of Request: $650,000 will be ice to the new Industrial Park site to provide grams into the production arena when, as used to upgrade its science and information services for new factory building sites with a Chair of the Santa Clara County Traffic Au- technology facilities in support of the Project new elevated water storage tank. thority, I helped to hire him as the first Execu- Access higher education opportunity program. Requesting Member: Congressman MARK tive Director. During his assignment as Direc- Requesting Member: Congressman PETER SOUDER tor of the Santa Clara County effort, Mr. T. KING Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Kempton mobilized California’s sales tax pro- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Account: Housing and Urban Development grams into an effective coalition of ‘‘self help’’ Account: Health Resources and Services (HUD) Economic Development Initiatives (EDI) counties. The sales tax program he managed Administration—Health Facilities and Services Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Town of is widely viewed as one of the most success- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: National Syracuse ful ever undertaken in California, resulting in Kidney Registry Address of Requesting Entity: 310 N. Hun- the delivery of nearly $1 billion dollars in high- Address of Requesting Entity: 42 Fire Island tington, Syracuse, IN 46567 way improvements in less than 10 years. He Avenue, Babylon, NY 11702 Description of Request: The purpose of this brought in our Santa Clara County ‘‘Measure Description of Request: $177,000 will be project will be to attract industry and encour- A’’ program under budget and ahead of used to support an upgrade of the architecture age business expansion to diversify the local schedule. of the (kidney) matching system to enable economy and generate long-term jobs. This Mr. Kempton, who now lives with his wife more transplants to be facilitated. project will add new jobs and encourage ex- Beverly in Folsom, California, served on the f pansion. City of Folsom’s Parks and Recreation Com- f mission from 1995 until 2003. He also served EARMARK DECLARATION as the City of Folsom Assistant City Manager COMMENDING WILL KEMPTON FOR for Community Services beginning in January HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBU- HON. MARK E. SOUDER 2003, where he was responsible for over- TIONS TO THE STATE OF CALI- OF INDIANA seeing the operations of the City’s Community FORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Development, Neighborhood Services, Parks Thursday, July 23, 2009 and Recreation, Utilities, and Public Works de- HON. ZOE LOFGREN partments. Mr. SOUDER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to OF CALIFORNIA Will Kempton and I have worked in different the House Republican standards on earmarks, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES capacities on California Transportation I am submitting the following information re- Thursday, July 23, 2009 projects since 1985. I have met no abler a garding earmarks I received as part of H.R. public administrator in my career. He is, sim- 3288—FY 2010 Transportation, Housing and Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Madam ply, the best. Urban Development, and Related Agencies Speaker, as the Chair of the California Demo- On behalf of the California Democratic Con- Appropriations Act. cratic Congressional Delegation, I rise today to gressional Delegation, I would like to thank Requesting Member: Congressman MARK honor the extraordinary work of Will Kempton, Will Kempton for more than three decades of SOUDER the current Director of the California Depart- public service in the State of California. Bill Number: H.R. 3288 ment of Transportation. Mr. Kempton was ap- f Account: Federal Highway Administration pointed Director in November of 2004, and in Surface Transportation Priorities that capacity, he manages a $13.3 billion EARMARK DECLARATION Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of budget for the Department, oversees $10 bil- Columbia City lion for the improvement of California’s trans- HON. FRANK R. WOLF Address of Requesting Entity: 112 South portation network, and a staff of over 23,000 OF VIRGINIA Chauncey, Columbia City, IN 46725 employees, as well as manages the day to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: In 2011, Parkview day operations of over 50,000 miles of high- Community Hospital System will open a brand way in the State. Thursday, July 23, 2009 new, state of the art, hospital facility at the As Director, Mr. Kempton has provided Mr. WOLF. Madam Speaker, pursuant to corner of State Road 205 and US 30. In order leadership to the Department on a broad the Republican Leadership standards on ear- to accommodate increased traffic flow on range of issues that impact transportation in marks, I am submitting the following informa- State Road 205, around the hospital entrance, the State of California. Some of his many ac- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of and provide safe passage for entering and complishments over the years include: helping H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and exiting vehicles, widening the existing State California to rapidly obligate its share of funds Urban Development, and Related Agencies Road is necessary. The proposed project in- from the American Recovery and Reinvest- Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations Act. cludes improved drainage, align existing ment Act of 2009; overseeing the passage Requesting Member: The Hon. FRANK R. drives, relocate utilities, provide deceleration and implementation of Proposition 1B in 2006, WOLF and turning lanes, pedestrian cross walk, pe- which invested $19 billion into the State’s Provision: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project destrian sidewalks that will link to the existing aging infrastructure; and leading the Caltrans Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Metropoli- Blue River Trail at the Morsches Park en- campaign to deliver 1,088 transportation con- tan Washington Airports Authority

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Address of Requesting Entity: 1 Aviation 45 million annual visitors and will strategically Requesting Member: Congressman KEN Circle, MA–14, Washington, D.C., 20001 facilitate bus, rail and air travel. The ARTIC CALVERT Description of Request: Provide $85 million project has been federally authorized in two Bill Number: H.R. 3293 for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. A full previous transportation bills: 1991 ISTEA and Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- funding grant agreement (FFGA) was signed 1998 TEA–21. These authorizations illustrate cation (includes FIE) by the U.S. Department of Transportation and a federal commitment to the project. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Author- f ity, the project sponsor, for this project in Address of Requesting Entity: 4011 Four- March 2009. The FFGA commits federal fund- EARMARK DECLARATION teenth Street, Riverside, California 92501 Description of Request: I have secured ing from the New Starts account to the project, $325,000 to provide the time and resources which first received federal appropriations in HON. PETER T. KING for highly qualified mathematics and science FY 1999. This request reflects the amount OF NEW YORK teachers to construct discrete digital learning designated in the FFGA funding schedule for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES modules aligned to the California science and FY 2010. Metrorail service in the corridor will Thursday, July 23, 2009 mathematics standards, develop inquiry-based benefit all corridor users by: improving mobility activities, and design extended learning oppor- to serve population and employment growth Mr. KING of New York. Madam Speaker, tunities for distribution via the Internet. iSTEM: and increased travel demand; improving ac- pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- Virtual Learning in Science and Mathematics cess to major activity centers such as Tysons is a project of the RUSD Riverside Virtual Corner, Reston/Herndon, and Dulles Inter- lowing information regarding earmarks I re- ceived as part of H.R. 3288—the Transpor- School that supports the enhancement of national Airport; supporting air quality and en- learning in science and mathematics through ergy conservation goals, and preserving the tation, Housing and Urban Development, & Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. the construction of STEM (Science, Tech- area’s quality of life. nology, Engineering, and Math) related digital Requesting Member: Congressman PETER Requesting Member: The Hon. FRANK R. curriculum modules for use within traditional WOLF T. KING Bill Number: H.R. 3288 classrooms and online courses. Provision: Main Street and Maple Avenue Requesting Member: Congressman KEN Account: Ferry Boats & Terminal Facilities Intersection Improvements CALVERT Legal Name of Requesting Entity: The Town Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Bill Number: H.R. 3293 of Purcellville Glen Cove Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Address of Requesting Entity: 130 East Address of Requesting Entity: 9 Glen Street, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: California Main Street, Purcellville, VA, 20132 Glen Cove, NY 11542 Baptist University Description of Request: Provides $500,000 Description of Request: $1,000,000 will be Address of Requesting Entity: 8432 Mag- for needed updates to the intersection of Main used for the construction of a fast ferry boat nolia Ave., Riverside, California 92504 Street and Maple Avenue in Purcellville, Vir- terminal to connect commuters and tourists Description of Request: I have secured ginia. Located in Loudoun County, Purcellville from downtown Glen Cove to New York City, $300,000 to purchase specialized equipment has experienced an 88 percent rate of growth La Guardia Airport, and other key travel cor- for use in equipping engineering students and from 2000 to 2007. Increased population and ridors. employees of local industries with the skills traffic volume has rendered this intersection Requesting Member: Congressman PETER and techniques to become the next generation undersized for its current and projected use. T. KING of professionals to deploy new sustainable The project would add turn lanes to each leg Bill Number: H.R. 3288 technologies. In particular, the School of Engi- of the intersection, reduce conflict points, up- Account: Buses and Bus Facilities neering is developing an emphasis on utiliza- grade crosswalks, add pedestrian countdown Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of tion of engineering skills to engage local busi- signals, provide new ADA compliant side- Glen Cove ness and industry in sustainable design of walks, improve through lanes, upgrade traffic Address of Requesting Entity: 9 Glen Street, ‘‘green’’ facilities and infrastructure. signals, and add bicycle access and land- Glen Cove, NY 11542 Requesting Member: Congressman KEN scaping. This project is also part of the Vir- Description of Request: $500,000 will be CALVERT ginia Department of Transportation’s Six-Year used for improvements and repairs to two Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Improvement Program. downtown parking structures integral to multi- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Riverside f modal transit on the Long Island Rail Road, the regional bus system, pedestrian walkways, Community College District EARMARK DECLARATION and the planned fast ferry system. Address of Requesting Entity: 4800 Mag- nolia Ave., Riverside, California 92506 Requesting Member: Congressman PETER Description of Request: I have secured T. KING HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE $600,000 to expand the curriculum of River- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 OF CALIFORNIA side Community College District’s law enforce- Account: Capital Investment Grants IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment and fire academy programs to provide Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Metropoli- Thursday, July 23, 2009 additional Basic Peace Officer and Correc- tan Transportation Authority tional Deputy academies at the Ben Clark Mr. ROYCE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Address of Requesting Entity: 347 Madison Training Center. the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Requesting Member: Congressman KEN marks, I am submitting the following informa- Description of Request: $215,000,000 will CALVERT tion regarding earmarks I received as part of be used to continue the East Side Access Bill Number: H.R. 3293 H.R. 2847, the Energy and Water Appropria- project which will allow the Long Island Rail Account: Health Resources and Services tions Bill, 2010. Road to terminate at Grand Central Terminal. Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Requesting Member: Representative ED f Services ROYCE Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Riverside Bill Number: H.R. 3288 EARMARK DECLARATION Community College District Account: FTA—Buses and Bus Facilities Ac- Address of Requesting Entity: 4800 Mag- count HON. KEN CALVERT nolia Ave., Riverside, California 92506 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: The City OF CALIFORNIA Description of Request: I have secured of Anaheim IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES $150,000 to purchase equipment for RCCD’s Address of Requesting Entity: City of Ana- Allied Health Sciences Program. The Inland heim, 200 S. Anaheim Blvd., Ste. 733, Ana- Thursday, July 23, 2009 Empire has California’s lowest number of phy- heim, CA 92805. Mr. CALVERT. Madam Speaker, pursuant sicians per 100,000 residents, with a projected Description of Request: Provide $725,000 in to the Republican Leadership standards on shortfall of 1,140 physicians by 2015. This FY 2010 to be used for the Anaheim Regional earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- ratio also holds for allied health service profes- Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC). mation regarding an earmark I received as sionals, making the Inland Empire one of the ARTIC will be the premier regional, multimodal part of H.R. 3293 Labor, Health and Human most medically underserved areas in the na- transportation hub in Orange County. It is Services, Education, and Related Agencies tion. The new equipment would expand the Al- needed to accommodate the travel needs of Appropriations Act, 2010. lied Health Sciences Program, enabling RCCD

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The entire amount of project Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and school will help to address the severe physi- funding will be used for design, engineering Services cian shortage in Inland Southern California re- and construction of the project. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Riverside gion by training a diverse physician workforce Requesting Member: Congressman STEVEN County Regional Medical Center and by developing innovative research and C. LATOURETTE Address of Requesting Entity: 26520 Cactus health care delivery programs to improve the Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Avenue, Moreno Valley, California 92555 health of medically underserved populations. Account: Surface Transportation Priorities Description of Request: I have secured f Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Cleveland $400,000 to expand the emergency/trauma State University department to increase the number of major EARMARK DECLARATION Address of Requesting Entity: 2121 Euclid trauma treatment rooms, increase the size of Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 USA current trauma treatment room, increase the HON. STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE Description of Request: Provide an earmark number of non-trauma treatment rooms, in- OF OHIO of $500,000 to construct a new roadway (400 crease the number of urgent care treatment IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES feet long, 30 feet wide) that will run from Eu- stations, add a psychiatric emergency unit, clid Avenue to Prospect Avenue. The new Thursday, July 23, 2009 add a logical adjacency to the Center for road will be necessary for a new campus Abuse Services, and create a facility capable Mr. LATOURETTE. Madam Speaker, pursu- building including a 600-bed dorm, mixed use of handling mass casualties. Riverside County ant to the Republican Leadership standards residence and retail establishments. CSU ex- Regional Medical Center. on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- pects the new road and building to spur addi- RCRMC is the Emergency First Responder formation regarding earmarks I received as tional redevelopment of the E 24th Street ar- for the County of Riverside which has a popu- part of H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing tery. Approximately, $500,000 is for roadway lation of approximately 2 million people. and Urban Development, and Related Agen- construction. RCRMC is the major trauma center for the cies Appropriations Act, 2010: Requesting Member: Congressman STEVEN county, handling twice as many trauma cases Requesting Member: Congressman STEVEN C. LATOURETTE as any other hospital. RCRMC is also the only C. LATOURETTE Bill Number: H.R. 3288 trauma center in proximity to March Air Re- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Account: Surface Transportation Priorities serve Base which is a deployment base for Account: Surface Transportation Priorities Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Hiram armed forces. In addition, RCRMC is the only Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Village of College pediatric trauma center within the county; and Boston Heights Address of Requesting Entity: Hiram, Ohio the only hospital with a mass decontamination Address of Requesting Entity: 45 East Bos- 44234 USA unit for chemical, biological and nuclear inci- ton Mills Road, Hudson, Ohio 44264 USA Description of Request: Provide an earmark dents. Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $100,000 to study the feasibility of turning Requesting Member: Congressman KEN of $750,000 to replace a badly deteriorated 4- an abandoned rail line into a bike/hike path CALVERT lane bridge that spans the Summit County that will connect the campus with the college’s Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Metro Parks Bike and Hike Trail on Akron- James H. Barrow Field Station, a renowned, Account: Health Resources and Services Cleveland Road. The 90-year-old bridge was 400-acre biology and environmental studies Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and last renovated 35 years ago, and the Village lab. The path would be used by students and Services has had to reduce the load limit by 30 percent Legal Name of Requesting Entity: also be available to the public, and the college due to continued deterioration. ODOT bridge Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, San intends to work with the village, township and inspection reports identify the bridge, which Clemente, CA Portage County Parks Commission. Approxi- Address of Requesting Entity: 654 Camino has more than 10,000 vehicle crossings daily mately, $100,000 is for performing the study. de los Mares, San Clemente, California 92630 including school buses, as in need of repair. Requesting Member: Congressman STEVEN Description of Request: I have secured Summit Metro Parks has committed $50,000 C. LATOURETTE $150,000 to support the implementation of toward a preliminary engineering study, and Bill Number: H.R. 3288 electronic health record keeping (EHR) at ODOT has committed to fund the construction Account: Economic Development Initiatives Saddleback Memorial Hospital in San phase up to $2.5 million. Approximately, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Geauga Clemente, CA. With EHR, caregivers can $750,000 is for construction. Park District more easily read physician’s orders and pre- Requesting Member: Congressman STEVEN Address of Requesting Entity: 9160 Robin- scriptions because they are entered into a C. LATOURETTE son Road, Chardon, Ohio 44024 USA computer, rather than handwritten. This greatly Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Description of Request: Provide an earmark reduces the possibility of transcription errors Account: Ferry Boats and Terminal Facilities of $428,000 to assist the Geauga Park District or other mistakes. Saddleback’s EHR will in- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ashtabula in purchasing a 200-acre tract of land in Mun- clude security features that make patient infor- City Port Authority son Township which would connect two pre- mation more secure and private than paper Address of Requesting Entity: 4717 Main serves the park district already owns and com- charts. Avenue, Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 USA plete an 835-acre greenway corridor. Addition- Requesting Member: Congressman KEN Description of Request: Provide an earmark ally the preservation of the property would CALVERT of $500,000 for a ferry service from Ashtabula also protect water quality within Beaver Creek. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 to Canada. The funds will continue economic Land preservation and watershed protection Account: Health Resources and Services development in the Lake Erie region and facili- enhance local communities and improve the Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and tate travel, transport and recreation between quality of life for their residents. Approxi- Services the U.S. and Canada. Approximately, mately, $428,000 is to acquire fee title to the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University $100,000 is for planning and engineering and property. of California—Riverside $400,000 is for rehabilitation and construction. Requesting Member: Congressman STEVEN Address of Requesting Entity: 900 Univer- Requesting Member: Congressman STEVEN C. LATOURETTE sity Ave., Riverside, California 92521 C. LATOURETTE Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Description of Request: I have secured Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Account: Economic Development Initiatives $3,400,000 to renovate the anatomy lab and Account: Neighborhood Initiatives Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lake biomedical sciences facilities on UC Legal Name of Requesting Entity: The Metroparks Riverside’s (UCR) campus in preparation for Cleveland Institute of Art Address of Requesting Entity: 11211 Spear the forthcoming Medical School and to provide Address of Requesting Entity: 11141 East Road, Concord Township, Ohio 44077 USA current biomedical sciences students with Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 USA Description of Request: Provide an earmark state of the art science and medical equip- Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 to assist Lake County with the ment. of $500,000 to construct the Cleveland Insti- continuation of its Open Space Plan with the

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Approximately, $500,000 is would later return to his alma mater to teach ther Greg in my Washington, D.C. office on a for land acquisition. and serve as a faculty advisor for the student trip he made to lobby members of Congress Requesting Member: Congressman STEVEN service program called Christian Action Move- about the need to support federal efforts to C. LATOURETTE ment (CAM). He also worked with Christian help at-risk youth and former gang members Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Base Communities in Cochabamba, Bolivia, lead crime-free and productive lives. Account: Surface Transportation Priorities before becoming an ordained Jesuit priest in Madam Speaker, Pedro Arrupe, S.J., the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of 1984. late Father General of the Jesuits, stated that Chardon In 1986, his work in the Boyle Heights com- the paramount objective of Jesuit education Address of Requesting Entity: 111 Water munity that I am proud to represent began to was to create ‘‘men for others.’’ To all who Street, Chardon, Ohio 44024 USA unfold when Father Greg was appointed Pas- know him, Father Greg embodies this objec- Description of Request: Provide an earmark tor of Dolores Mission where he served for six tive as he truly has conducted his ministry and of $136,000 to widen and realign Park Avenue years. lived his life as a ‘‘man for others.’’ I am hon- at the busy intersection of Wilson Mills Road, Homeboy Industries traces its roots to ‘‘Jobs ored and blessed to be among the many in and also provide better sight lines for motor- For A Future’’ (JFF), a program created in our community who consider him a friend. ists so traffic can move more efficiently and 1988 by Father Greg at Dolores Mission par- As we celebrate Father Greg Boyle’s 25th safely. The project has been endorsed by the ish. Father Greg and the community devel- anniversary of ordination to the priesthood in City of Chardon through its 1990 Thoroughfare oped positive alternatives for gang-involved the Society of Jesus and his 21st Anniversary Plan and its 2008 Comprehensive Plan. Ap- youth, establishing an elementary school and of leading Homeboy Industries, I ask my col- proximately, $106,000 is for engineering and a day care program, while working to find le- leagues to join me in congratulating Father $30,000 is for surveying. gitimate employment for young people. JFF’s Greg—or G-Dog, as he is affectionately known Requesting Member: Congressman STEVEN success confirmed that given an opportunity, to his homeboys and homegirls—on these C. LATOURETTE many gang members are eager to leave the milestones. Above all, we thank him for con- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 dangerous and destructive life on the Account: Surface Transportation Priorities tinuing to call us all to—as he says—stand ‘‘streets.’’ Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Saga- with those whose dignity has been denied, to In 1992, Father Greg launched Homeboy’s embrace the poor and powerless and voice- more Hills Township first business enterprise called the Homeboy Address of Requesting Entity: 11551 Valley less, to stand with the demonized so that the Bakery. After 17 years, the bakery continues View Road, Sagamore Hills, Ohio 44067 USA demonizing will stop, and to create a commu- Description of Request: Provide an earmark to provide training, work experience, and nity of kinship. of $343,000 to make necessary grade and above all, the opportunity for rival gang mem- f bers to work side by side. The success of the drainage improvements along 4,300 feet of a EARMARK DECLARATION 12-foot-wide walking and biking loop trail with Homeboy Bakery created the groundwork for handicap access to all 50 acres of Sagamore additional businesses, thus prompting JFF to Hills Park, which links to Summit Metro Parks become an independent non-profit organiza- HON. GLENN THOMPSON Trail. Sagamore Hills Park is the only public tion, Homeboy Industries, in 2001. OF PENNSYLVANIA Today Homeboy Industries’ nonprofit eco- park within the township, and the loop trail in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nomic development enterprises include cludes fitness programming implemented Homeboy Bakery, Homeboy Silkscreen, Thursday, July 23, 2009 through local schools, business and the Homeboy Maintenance, Homeboy/Homegirl Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam YMCA. Approximately, $318,000 is for con- Merchandise, and HomegirlCafO. Homeboy Speaker, pursuant to the Republican stand- struction, paving and other affiliated costs; Industries, now located in Downtown Los An- ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- $25,000 is for design and engineering. geles in my district, serves thousands of lowing information regarding earmarks I re- f young people each year, and has become a ceived as a part of H.R. 3293, the Depart- HONORING FATHER GREGORY model for other organizations across the coun- ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, BOYLE, S.J. ON THE OCCASION try. and Education, and Related Agencies Appro- OF HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF It is currently enlarging its pilot Solar Panel priations Act, 2010. The entity to receive fund- HIS ORDINATION TO THE Installation Training Program, where young ing is the Warren County Planning Commis- PRIESTHOOD IN THE SOCIETY OF men and women are trained and certified in sion, Warren County Courthouse, 204 Fourth JESUS this rapidly growing field. Father Greg remains Avenue, Warren, PA 16365, in the amount of a visionary, tapping into the green jobs and $350,000. Funding will be used to assist the HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD green economy movement and proving once construction of a building to provide health again that we should invest in jobs, not jails. OF CALIFORNIA care services to residents in Warren County. As Executive Director of Homeboy Indus- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f tries, Father Greg has become a nationally Thursday, July 23, 2009 recognized expert on gangs and intervention IN RECOGNITION OF MR. DOMINIC Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam Speaker, I approaches. Father Greg and several ‘‘MICKEY’’ SGRO rise today to pay tribute to an inspiring spir- ‘‘homies’’ were featured speakers at the White itual and civic leader not only in the Boyle House Conference on Youth in 2005, and he HON. JOHN P. MURTHA Heights community in the heart of my con- was a member of the California delegation to OF PENNSYLVANIA gressional district, but in Los Angeles as a President Clinton’s 1998 Summit on Children IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES whole. in Philadelphia. Father Boyle is a member of This year, Father Gregory Boyle, S.J.—best the National Youth Gang Center Advisory Thursday, July 23, 2009 known as Father Greg by all who meet him— Board and was a member of the State Com- Mr. MURTHA. Madam Speaker, I rise today is celebrating his 25th anniversary of his ordi- mission on Juvenile Justice, Crime and Delin- to honor the accomplishments of Mr. Dominic nation to the priesthood in the Society of quency Prevention. Father Greg has received ‘‘Mickey’’ Sgro of Indiana, Pennsylvania. Mr. Jesus. He is also celebrating the beginning of the California Peace Prize, the Lifetime Sgro will be honored as the 2009 Labor Award his third decade leading Homeboy Industries, Achievement Award from MALDEF, the ‘‘Hu- recipient at the Blair/Bedford County Central the gang-intervention nonprofit organization manitarian of the Year’’ Award from Bon Labor Council’s 29th Annual Person of the that he founded to address the escalating AppOtit magazine, the Caring Institute’s Year Event. problems and unmet needs of gang-involved Award, the Civic Medal of Honor from the Los The spirit of labor runs deep for Mr. Sgro youth. It is my pleasure to share with you Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the and his family. He is a second generation some highlights from his ongoing work. James Irvine Leadership Award. The Los An- labor leader. His father was a former business Father Greg was born in Los Angeles, one geles Headquarters Association honored Fa- agent for the IUE. Over the course of his ca- of eight children. His father, a third-generation ther Greg this year as one of the city’s leading reer, Mr. Sgro has held a number of various

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In February of Description of Request: Provide an earmark subjected to this conflict. 2006, Mr. Sgro became the staff director of of $500,000 to expand the services of Kent Li- Three summers ago, we were all pleased to Council 83. brary into a modern Information Commons see the two sides reach a major breakthrough In addition to his service to AFSCME Coun- concept and to link the same technical and in the troubled history of this divided island. cil 83, Mr. Sgro also spent 20 years working support services that this renovation will pro- After years of conflict, both sides committed for PennDOT as an equipment operator. He vide to the students, faculty, and staff on the themselves to the re-unification of Cyprus also served the Local 2121 as its president main campus, to the students and faculty on based on a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation and is now a member of the Retired Public the River Campus, four regional campuses and political equality. By agreeing to these Employees of Pennsylvania (RPEP), Sub- and the community within the University’s principles, they recognized the status quo is chapter 8306. He also serves on the Board of service region. unacceptable and that continuing it only hurts the Pennsylvania Employee Benefit Trust Requesting Member: Congresswoman JO Turkish and Greek Cypriots. Fund (PEBTF) and the Executive Board of the ANN EMERSON It is my hope—and I believe my colleagues Central Pennsylvania Area Labor Federation, Bill: Fiscal Year 2010 Departments of Labor, share in my feeling—that the two sides will AFL–CIO (Central PA ALF). He is also an al- Health and Human Services, and Education soon be able to begin full-fledged negotiations, ternate vice president to the AFL–CIO. Appropriations Bill. leading to a final status agreement and the re- Over the years Mr. Sgro has been sup- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Three moval of all Turkish troops from the island. ported by his wife Jaime and his two daugh- Rivers Community College Last Congress, this House expressed its sup- ters Danielle and Michelle. Address of Requesting Entity: 2080 3 Rivers port for these efforts by unanimously passing Madam Speaker, I close my remarks by Boulevard, Popular Bluff, MO 63901 H. Res. 405, of which I was a proud cospon- congratulating Mr. Mickey Sgro for the 2009 Description of Request: Provide an earmark sor. Labor Award and for all of his accomplish- of $215,000 to upgrade the delivery and man- Madam Speaker, we urge the two parties to ments. agement of on-line learning system. This en- move forward in their discussions and, at the f hancement will make it possible to rapidly ex- same time, we urge the international commu- pand education/training programs, and the ini- EARMARK DECLARATION nity to step back and allow the Cypriots—and tiation of on-line degree programs. the Cypriots alone—to make the decisions af- Requesting Member: Congresswoman JO fecting their future. No one can force an HON. JO ANN EMERSON ANN EMERSON agreement on them. OF MISSOURI Bill: Fiscal Year 2010 Departments of Labor, f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Health and Human Services, and Education Thursday, July 23, 2009 Appropriations Bill. EARMARK DECLARATION Mrs. EMERSON. Madam Speaker, pursuant Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Susanna to the House Republican standards on ear- Wesley Family Learning Center, Inc. HON. GLENN THOMPSON marks, I am submitting the following informa- Address of Requesting Entity: 207 N. Wash- OF PENNSYLVANIA tion regarding earmarks I received as part of ington St, Box 249, East Prairie, MO 63845 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: Provide an earmark Departments of Labor, Health and Human Thursday, July 23, 2009 Services, and Education Appropriations Bill, of $250,000 for the Susanna Wesley Family Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam 2010. Learning Center’s Positive Alternative System Speaker, pursuant to the Republican stand- Requesting Member: Congresswoman JO Strategies to Work, or ‘‘Pass to Work,’’ pro- ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- ANN EMERSON gram will provide families with activities de- Bill: Fiscal Year 2010 Departments of Labor, signed to emphasize good academic and lowing information regarding earmarks I re- Health and Human Services, and Education healthy physical performance for at-risk chil- ceived as a part of H.R.3293, the Departments Appropriations Bill. dren. In addition, this program will offer em- of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ozarks ployment training, career counseling, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- Medical Center health behavior advice. tions Act, 2010. The entity to receive funding Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box Requesting Member: Congresswoman JO is the Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 1100, West Plains, MO 65775 ANN EMERSON East Park Avenue, State College, PA 16803, Description of Request: Provide an earmark Bill: Fiscal Year 2010 Departments of Labor, in the amount of $150,000. Funding will be of $500,000 for equipment in a new and ex- Health and Human Services, and Education used to support the expansion of its East panded Emergency Department. Appropriations Bill. Wing. Requesting Member: Congresswoman JO Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Missouri f ANN EMERSON State University Bill: Fiscal Year 2010 Departments of Labor, Address of Requesting Entity: 901 S. Na- COMMEMORATING THE 15TH ANNI- Health and Human Services, and Education tional, Springfield, MO 65897 VERSARY OF THE TRAGIC AT- Appropriations Bill. Description of Request: Provide an earmark TACK ON THE ARGENTINE JEW- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Southeast of $250,000 for nursing and allied technology ISH MUTUAL ASSOCIATION Missouri State University enhancements, specifically to create nursing Address of Requesting Entity: One Univer- clinical simulation laboratories at the West HON. ANTHONY D. WEINER sity Plaza, MS 1900: Cape Girardeau, MO Plains campus to support their nursing and al- OF NEW YORK 63701 lied health programs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: Provide an earmark f Thursday, July 23, 2009 of $205,000 for the Southeast Health on Wheels (SHOW) Mobile Program. The SHOW COMMEMORATING THE 35TH ANNI- Mr. WEINER. Madam Speaker, I rise to Mobile initiative is a health Literacy, health VERSARY OF THE TURKISH OC- commemorate the 15th anniversary of the promotional and disease prevention and pri- CUPATION OF CYPRUS tragic events that took place at the Argentine mary health and dental care program de- Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos signed to serve Southeast Missouri. The pro- HON. SHELLEY BERKLEY Aires. This tragic attack on a Jewish commu- gram is administered by the College of Health OF NEVADA nity center in Buenos Aires left 85 innocent and Human Services of Southeast Missouri IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES people dead and 300 wounded in what re- State University. mains the largest terrorist attack in Argentine Thursday, July 23, 2009 Requesting Member: Congresswoman JO history. ANN EMERSON Ms. BERKLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise to This bombing is a reminder of the very real Bill: Fiscal Year 2010 Departments of Labor, commemorate once again the anniversary of and dangerous threat of anti-Semitism in the Health and Human Services, and Education Turkey’s illegal invasion and occupation of Cy- world. In an ongoing investigation, the Argen- Appropriations Bill. prus, beginning in 1974, lasting up to the tinean courts formally charged officials in the

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1950 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 Iranian Government, including former Presi- school events at these locations. Selections 3293—Department of Labor, Health and dent Rafsanjani, as well as militants from their were determined by the Director of the Depart- Human Services, and Education, and Related proxy group Hezbollah for plotting and car- ment of Safe Schools whose department Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. rying out this attack. records and processes these incidents. Requesting Member: Congressman VERNON In 2006, Argentina issued arrest warrants Requesting Member: Congressman ADAM H. J. EHLERS for these individuals. The following year, PUTNAM Bill Number: H.R. 3293 INTERPOL issued arrest warrants, but 15 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Agency: Department of Health & Human years after the attack no arrests have been Account: Department of Education—Higher Services made. Iran and its neighbors continue to offer Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post- Account: Health Resources and Services a safe harbor to these terrorists. These war- secondary Education (FIPSE) Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and rants were ignored by the Kingdom of Saudi Project Funding Amount: $300,000 Services. Arabia, who did nothing to apprehend Ali Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Polk Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Grand Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohsen State College (The legal name of Polk Com- Rapids Public Schools Rezaei, two suspected terrorists who attended munity College changed to Polk State College Address of Requesting Entity: 1331 Franklin a conference last June hosted by the Saudi following the approval of their Board of Trust- Ave. SE., Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Government. According to a State Department ees in March 2009, to reflect the addition of Description of Request: The bill provides report, Hezbollah and Hamas sympathizers baccalaureate offerings at the college. The $500,000 for the Central Health Science Cam- continue to raise funds and support in the bor- change took effect on July 1, 2009, the begin- pus, a new education redevelopment model der region of Argentina as well. ning of the new fiscal year). that is being advanced by the Grand Rapids The people responsible for such a brutal at- Address of Requesting Entity: 999 Avenue Public Schools in partnership with several tack on a Jewish community center, as well as H, N.E., Winter Haven, FL 33881 local colleges, universities, health institutions, whatever government or organizations sup- Description of Request: It is my under- and community stakeholders. The purpose is ported them must be brought to justice. As we standing that funding would be used to ad- to create a mixed-use campus centered on the mark the 15th anniversary we must continue dress a skills gap currently hampering the abil- health science industry that connects K–12, to condemn these attacks, support its ongoing ity of hospitals and clinics in Polk County, higher education, and job providers all on one investigation, and urge the rest of the world to Florida to fill critical positions, expand, and site. The education redevelopment of the Cen- do so as well. adapt to meet the needs of an aging popu- tral campus is a valuable use of federal tax- f lation. Polk State College (PSC) seeks funding payer dollars as those funds will foster new, to enhance its Nursing, Cardiovascular Tech- innovative public-private partnerships and help EARMARK DECLARATION nology (CVT), Diagnostic Medical Sonography to leverage additional private and state re- (DMS), Radiography, and Emergency Medical sources and support for the betterment of stu- HON. ADAM H. PUTNAM Technology programs in order to address the dent achievement, workforce development, OF FLORIDA critical need for qualified Allied Health profes- economic development, and the entire neigh- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sionals in the region. Funding would be used borhood. Most importantly, the federal funds will benefit a population of students and a sur- Thursday, July 23, 2009 to develop an Echocardiography track in addi- tion to the Cardiovascular Technology Invasive rounding neighborhood that includes a high Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, pursuant to track Associate of Science (AS) degree pro- percentage of disadvantaged children. the Republican Leadership standards on ear- gram, hire additional faculty and staff, and pur- Requesting Member: Congressman VERNON marks, I am submitting the following informa- chase updated training technology. Funding is J. EHLERS tion regarding earmarks I received as part of also requested to equip two classrooms with Bill Number: H.R. 3293 H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health computer technology necessary for PSC’s Ed- Agency: Department of Health & Human and Human Services, and Education, and Re- ucator Preparation Institute’s (EPI) teacher- Services lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010: training courses in Technology. Account: Health Resources and Services Requesting Member: Congressman ADAM H. f Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and PUTNAM Services. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 EARMARK DECLARATION Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Spectrum Account: Department of Education—Ele- Health mentary & Secondary Education, Fund for the HON. GLENN THOMPSON Address of Requesting Entity: 100 Michigan Improvement of Education (FIE) OF PENNSYLVANIA Street NW., Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Project Funding Amount: $150,000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: The bill provides Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Polk $200,000 for Spectrum Health, a regional County Public Schools Thursday, July 23, 2009 leader in orthopedic care. Spectrum Health is Address of Requesting Entity: 1915 South Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam developing an Orthopedic Surgical Treatment Floral Avenue, Bartow, FL 33830 Speaker, pursuant to the Republican stand- Effectiveness Registry to track patient health Description of Request: It is my under- ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- outcomes; this will ultimately help improve the standing that the funding would be used to lowing information regarding earmarks I re- quality of care provided at Spectrum Health help fund the Polk County Safety Surveillance ceived as a part of H.R. 3293, the Depart- and elsewhere. The registry would contain System Pilot Project, specifically the purchase ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, long-term patient procedure and outcome data and installment of alarm systems and surveil- and Education, and Related Agencies Appro- and use evidence-based clinical standards set lance equipment at 27 campuses throughout priations Act, 2010. The entity to receive fund- by the orthopedics community to measure ef- the school district. Implementation of these se- ing is the DuBois Regional Medical Center, fectiveness of procedures. Ultimately, a reg- curity systems would enable school officials 100 Hospital Avenue, P.O. Box 447, DuBois, istry like this will enable Spectrum Health to and local law enforcement to monitor for and PA 15801, in the amount of $100,000. Fund- be at the forefront of research and help us en- assess invasive acts of violence, theft and ing will be used for the purchase of a Digital sure orthopedic patients—many of whom are vandalism, coordinate effective responses to C–Arm. elderly Medicare beneficiaries—receive the bring situations under control and protect ap- f most clinically appropriate and cost-effective proximately 20,000 students, teachers and treatments possible, a valuable use of tax- other staff on these campuses. Educators and EARMARK DECLARATION payer funds. school administrators alike know that students Requesting Member: Congressman VERNON who do not feel safe in school have difficulty HON. VERNON J. EHLERS J. EHLERS concentrating in class and retaining what is OF MICHIGAN Bill Number: H.R. 3293 taught and that positive student engagement IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Agency: Department of Health & Human in the classroom is a key factor in promoting Services student achievement. The participating pilot Thursday, July 23, 2009 Account: Health Resources and Services schools were selected based on the frequency Mr. EHLERS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and and volume of theft, vandalism and violent in- Republican Leadership standards, I am sub- Services. cidents and requests for additional security mitting the following information regarding Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Pine Rest guards to protect the people attending after- projects I received funding for as part of H.R. Christian Mental Health Services

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1951 Address of Requesting Entity: 300 68th reduce the possibility of runway incursions and EARMARK DECLARATION Street SE., PO Box 165, Grand Rapids, MI back taxiing on the primary runway. In addi- 49501 tion, a portion of the closed Runway 14/32 will Description of Request: The bill provides be converted to usable taxiway pavement, and HON. JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR. $200,000 to Pine Rest for an Electronic Med- grading work will also be performed in this OF TENNESSEE ical Record (EMR) system. This is a valuable midfield area to meet runway safety area IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES use of taxpayer funds since Pine Rest is well- standards. Thursday, July 23, 2009 positioned to be a national model for other be- Requesting Member: Congressman PHIL havioral health care systems. Pine Rest will GINGREY Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, consistent with House Republican Earmark Standards, I demonstrate improved quality of care at a Bill Number: H.R. 3288 lower cost through its continuum of care, in- am submitting the following earmark disclo- Account: Federal Highway Administration— sure information for project requests that I cluding hospital-based services, a large out- Interstate Maintenance Discretionary patient clinic network, addictions recovery made and which were included within H.R. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Georgia services and residential treatment settings. 3288, ‘‘Making appropriations for the Depart- Department of Transportation Pine Rest will have the ability to connect to ments of Transportation, and Housing and the Health Information Exchange, improving Address of Requesting Entity: #2 Capitol Urban Development, and related agencies for communication between providers. Square, Atlanta, GA the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, Requesting Member: Congressman VERNON Description of Request: The entire $750,000 and for other purposes.’’ J. EHLERS will be used for the preliminary engineering of Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN Bill Number: H.R. 3293 a fully directional interchange at Third Army DUNCAN Agency: Department of Labor Road and Interstate 75. This project is critical Account: Federal Highway Administration— Account: Employment and Training Adminis- to Bartow, Cobb, and Paulding Counties as Surface Transportation Priorities tration (ETA)—Training & Employment Serv- they work collaboratively to address the seri- Project Amount: $750,000 ices (TES) ous traffic problems in this part of the region. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Blount Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of This project will allow residents of three coun- County Highway Department, 441 N. Hall Grand Rapids ties access to the interstate without having to Road, Alcoa, Tennessee 37701 travel through Cobb County. At the present Address of Requesting Entity: 300 Monroe Description of Request: The funding will be time, drivers in this area must travel through Ave. NW., Suite 480, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 used to improve 2.23 miles of Morganton Cobb County, significantly increasing traffic Description of Request: The bill provides Road in Blount County, Tennessee. $350,000 for Our Community’s Children, a congestion on both main thoroughfares and Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN public/private partnership between the City, residential streets. This part of the region has DUNCAN the Grand Rapids Public Schools, and the accident and injury rates higher than the state community. Our Community’s Children will average in Georgia. In addition, commute time Account: Federal Transit Administration— work with the Grand Rapids Public Schools is increased and air quality is negatively af- Buses & Bus Facilities Youth Employment program to increase in- fected. The project falls within the boundaries Project Amount: $1,250,000 vestment in early workforce development. of the air quality non-attainment area of metro- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Knoxville Youth will be trained in 21st century work politan Atlanta. Area Transit, 1135 Magnolia Avenue, Knox- skills and be given literacy remediation to en- This project will run through Paulding, Cobb ville, Tennessee 37917 sure they are ready for the workforce, a valu- and Bartow Counties reconstructing Third Description of Request: The funding will be able use of taxpayer funds. Businesses in Army Road north of the existing roadway from used to replace an aging bus fleet and bus fa- emerging fields will be sought to provide long- the interchange to U.S. 41. The existing Third cilities. term job training and opportunities for youth. Army Road would remain to facilitate local ac- Requesting Member: Congressman JOHN Outcomes include increased employment cess to the residential properties in the area. DUNCAN competency of youth, increased graduation The interstate ramps would extend along I–75 Account: Federal Transit Administration— rates, improved math/reading scores, and for approximately 1,500 feet. Feasibility and Buses & Bus Facilities greater investment in the future of our children justification reports conducted have indicated Project Amount: $500,000 by the business community. that there would be significant improvements Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Knoxville- f in traffic safety, mobility, and congestion in the Knox County Community Action Committee, region if this interchange was constructed. EARMARK DECLARATION P.O. Box 51650, Knoxville, Tennessee 37950– Requesting Member: Congressman PHIL 1650 GINGREY Description of Request: The funding will be HON. PHIL GINGREY Bill Number: H.R. 3288 used to purchase vehicles in order to provide OF GEORGIA Account: Housing & Urban Development— reliable transportation to the residents of Knox IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Economic Development Initiative County. Thursday, July 23, 2009 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Paulding Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Madam Speaker, County Industrial Building Authority f pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- Address of Requesting Entity: 240 Constitu- EARMARK DECLARATION ards on earmarks as well as in accordance tion Boulevard, Dallas, GA with Clause 9 of rule XXI, I am submitting the Description of Request: The entire $250,000 following information regarding the earmarks I will be used to construct the Paulding County HON. GLENN THOMPSON received as part of H.R. 3288, the Transpor- Technology Model Building which is a key OF PENNSYLVANIA tation, Housing and Urban Development, and piece to the development of the Airport Indus- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal try and Technology Park, a component of the Thursday, July 23, 2009 Year 2010. Paulding Forest Initiative for which the County Requesting Member: Congressman PHIL received the Economic Development Adminis- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam GINGREY tration’s Award for Excellence in Economic Speaker, pursuant to the Republican stand- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Development in 2007. The Airport Industry ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- Account: Federal Aviation Administration— and Technology Park is in a key location for lowing information regarding earmarks I re- Airport Improvement Program aerospace and technology development as it ceived as a part of H.R.3293, the Departments Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Richard is surrounded by the major cities of Atlanta, of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Russell Regional Airport Birmingham, and Chattanooga and located ad- Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- Address of Requesting Entity: 304 Russell jacent to the first new general aviation airport tions Act, 2010. The entity to receive funding Field Road, Rome, GA 30165 designed to accommodate the Very Light Jet is the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Description of Request: This entire industry. This project is the result of a joint Science and Technology, 540 North Harrison $250,000 will be used to make the Taxiway C venture between the County, the Cities of Dal- Road, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823, in the amount configuration consistent with the approved Air- las and Hiram, and the Industrial Building Au- of $250,000. Funding will be used for energy port Layout Plan. The realigned Taxiway C will thority. related workforce training.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 EARMARK DECLARATION PERSONAL EXPLANATION lion in direct salary expenditures. The Sanc- tuary will have a $56 million impact from the HON. J. GRESHAM BARRETT construction funds and an annual $17 million HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH OF SOUTH CAROLINA from operations, for a total of $73 million for OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the first year. These funds will have a signifi- cant impact upon the local Northeast Florida IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, July 23, 2009 economy. Thursday, July 23, 2009 Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Madam Speaker, I also received $100,000 Speaker, Wednesday, July 22, 2009, I mistak- in the Department of Health and Human Serv- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, enly voted ‘‘no’’ on rollcall vote No. 605 (on ices, Health Resources and Services Adminis- I submit the following. motion to table the Flake of Arizona Resolu- tration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Services Requesting Member: Rep. CHRISTOPHER H. tion). As a member of the House Committee Account for the Florida Hospital Altamonte, SMITH on Standards on Official Conduct, I must re- Altamonte Springs, FL located at 601 East Bill Number: HR 3288 main consistent with the many other PMA-re- Altamonte Drive Altamonte Springs, FL 32701. lated resolutions offered by Rep. FLAKE in the With infant abductions a growing concern in Account: Economic Development Initiatives past. I intended to vote ‘‘present’’ and would hospitals (256 infant abductions in the US Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Trenton, request that the record reflect my vote on roll- since 1983), federal funding for the HUGS In- NJ– call vote No. 605 as such. fant Security Initiative would provide a defense Address of Requesting Entity: Trenton City f against this matter. Funding will be used to Hall, 319 E. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608 purchase and implement the HUGS Infant Se- EARMARK DECLARATION curity Electronic System for Florida Hospital Description of Request: The $200,000 in Altamonte OB and MIU departments in order funding would be used for capitalizing on the to prevent unauthorized transportation of in- economic potential generated by the new HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH– fants and abduction. Trenton Train Station. It would help with the OF NEW JERSEY– City of Trenton’s plans to enhance the area IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f around the station to promote private develop- Thursday, July 23, 2009 EARMARK DECLARATION ment. Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I submit the following. HON. HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ McKEON f Requesting Member: Rep. CHRISTOPHER H. OF CALIFORNIA CELEBRATING THE ACHIEVE- SMITH IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bill Number: H.R. 3288 MENTS OF OFFICER W. THOMAS Thursday, July 23, 2009 LEE Account: Economic Development Initiatives Legal Name of Requesting Entity: 180 Turn- Mr. MCKEON. Madam Speaker, pursuant to ing Lives Around Inc. the Republican Leadership standards on ear- HON. BOB ETHERIDGE Address of Requesting Entity: 180 Turning marks, I am submitting the following informa- Lives Around Inc., 1 Bethany Road Building 3, tion regarding Member priority requests I re- OF NORTH CAROLINA Suite 45, Hazlet, NJ 07730 ceived as part of H.R. 3288, the ‘‘Transpor- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: The $200,000 in tation, Housing and Urban Development, and funding would be used to initiate construction Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.’’ Thursday, July 23, 2009 of the 180 Safe House domestic violence shel- Requesting Member: Congressman HOW- Mr. ETHERIDGE. Madam Speaker, I rise ter. ARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON today to recognize a true hometown hero. On f Bill Number: H.R. 3288, ‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Tuesday, July 14, 2009, while on patrol, Offi- EARMARK DECLARATION cer W. Thomas Lee of the Smithfield Police Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010’’ Department in Smithfield, North Carolina, Account: Federal Highway Administration saved a couple and their three children from HON. JOHN L. MICA (FHWA) Transportation, Community, and Sys- an early morning house fire. OF FLORIDA tem Preservation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Legal Name of Requesting Entity: California Officer Lee was on patrol just after 2:00 Department of Transportation a.m. when he saw a car burning at 1411 W. Thursday, July 23, 2009 Address of Requesting Entity: 100 S. Main Market Street in Smithfield, where Javier Ra- Mr. MICA. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 mirez, Maria Mejia and their children, ages 12 Republican Leadership standards on ear- Description of Request: I requested and re- to 18, were sleeping. Lee banged loudly on marks, I am submitting the following informa- ceived a Member priority request totaling the front door and on several windows before tion regarding earmarks I received as part of $750,000 for the Santa Clarita-Los Angeles managing to wake the family. The family was the FY2010 Labor-Health and Human Serv- Gateway Improvement Project. This funding able to exit the structure through a bedroom ices, Education, and Related Agencies Act. would provide a portion of the $7.5 million window to avoid moving about the burning I have received $700,000 in the in the De- needed for construction level design drawings home. Fortunately, no one was injured. The partment of Health and Human Services, needed to extend the high occupancy vehicle fire had spread to the attic and roof of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HOV) lanes on the Interstate 5 (I–5) from the house by the time firefighters arrived just be- (HRSA)-Health Facilities and Services Account State Route 14 (SR14) Interchange to Parker fore 2:20 a.m., Smithfield Fire Marshal Paul for the Stewart-Marchman-Act Foundation, Inc. Road and to incorporate truck climbing lanes Whitehurst said. The blaze began when the Daytona Beach, FL located at 214 Loomis from the SR–14 Interchange to Pico Canyon engine of the family’s 2003 Ford Mustang Ave. Daytona Beach, FL 32114. Road/Lyons Avenue. The project would pro- caught fire. In a statement the family said, ‘‘if Federal funding will allow the construction of vide improved goods movement along this na- it hadn’t been for the police officer that saw the Vince Carter Sanctuary, a 100-bed sub- tionally strategic artery to Mexico and Canada [the fire], it would have been a very different stance abuse treatment, education, and re- from some of our nation’s largest ports. Addi- situation.’’ Madame Speaker, this is an under- search center to be located in Bunnell, Florida tionally, this project would improve air quality, statement. (Flagler County) on land donated for this pur- reduce congestion, and improve safety. It is first-class citizens like Officer Lee who pose by the Flagler County Commission. This Requesting Member: Congressman HOW- highlight the sense of community and duty request seeks to assist in the total financing of ARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON shared by all our first responders. These this $8 million project as 80% of the total Bill Number: H.R. 3288, ‘‘Transportation, emergency personnel work tirelessly on behalf funds have been generated from local philan- Housing and Urban Development, and Related of our communities and I would like to take thropic contributions. The Vince Carter Sanc- Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010’’ this time to recognize their achievements. Offi- tuary will impact the economy of the region Account: Federal Transit Administration cer Lee is truly a hometown hero and I ask my and create 75 new jobs to operate the facility. (FTA) Buses and Facilities colleagues to join in congratulating his bravery These new positions will have an average sal- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of and integrity. ary of $32,500, thus reflecting over $2.5 mil- Santa Clarita, CA

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1953 Address of Requesting Entity: 23920 Valen- EARMARK DECLARATION Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to main- cia Blvd., Suite 300, Santa Clarita, CA 91355 tain the population of our nation’s wild horses Description of Request: I requested and re- HON. JOHN SHIMKUS and burros have been ineffective, inhumane ceived a Member priority request totaling OF ILLINOIS and expensive. $300,000 for the McBean Regional Transit IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This bill will significantly curb the costly and inhumane practice of rounding up our nation’s Center’s (MRTC) park-and-ride facility project. Thursday, July 23, 2009 This effort is a vital expansion of an inter- wild horses and burros into crowded short- Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to modal, transportation hub that serves hun- and long-term holding pens. In their report, the Republican Leadership standards on ear- dreds of local bus riders, commuters, car- ‘‘Effective Long-Term Options Needed to Man- marks, I am submitting the following informa- pools, and vanpools every day. This funding age Unadoptable Wild Horses,’’ the Govern- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of would be used to help construct a permanent ment Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed the 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services park-and-ride lot (300 parking spaces), provide that the bulk of budget shortfalls faced by the Appropriations Bill. passenger loading areas, bus bays, and the Bureau of Land Management have resulted Requesting Member: JOHN M. SHIMKUS from current management methods that move infrastructure to service passengers using Bill: 2010 Labor, Health and Human Serv- multimodal travel. These upgrades are nec- wild horses and burros from Herd Manage- ices Appropriations Bill ment Areas (HMA) to long- and short-term essary to accommodate the additional demand The Account: Higher Education (including for transit service into the City of Los Angeles holding areas. The report affirms that BLM will FIPSE)—Lincoln Land CC face budget shortfalls if long-term corrections (a ridership that has increased 31% over the Requesting Entity: Lincoln Land Community last six years), increase safety and efficiency, to current management practices are not put College at 5250 Shepherd Rd. Springfield, IL in place. cut emissions, and provide economic develop- 62794. ment opportunities within the region. In the past, I have advocated for significant The funding will be for the LLCC HIRE Edu- changes to current herd management prac- Requesting Member: Congressman HOW- cation Program to allow for pre apprenticeship tices to ensure that long-term reduction of wild ARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON training in energy production fields and con- horse and burro populations on public lands is Bill Number: H.R. 3288, ‘‘Transportation, struction trades to meet regional demand. not achieved by slaughter. Such concerns The Account: Higher Education (including Housing and Urban Development, and Related were expressed by the public and Members of FIPSE)—Southern Illinois University Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010’’ Congress alike as recently as last summer. Edwardsville The slaughter of these animals is an unac- Account: Federal Transit Administration Requesting Entity: Southern Illinois Univer- ceptable solution that jeopardizes public trust (FTA) Buses and Facilities sity Edwardsville is located in Edwardsville, IL and undermines congressional intent. The Bu- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of 62026. reau of Land Management (BLM) has never Palmdale, CA The funding will be for a high tech simula- exercised its authority to slaughter wild horses tion laboratory for advance practice nursing Address of Requesting Entity: 38300 Sierra and burros. Financial shortfalls are not suffi- students to help address a nationwide nursing Highway, Palmdale, CA 93550 cient reason to end the BLM’s good record. As shortage. Description of Request: I requested and re- The Account: Administration for Children such, I strongly support the effective and hu- ceived a Member priority request totaling and Families (ACF)—Social Services—The mane actions this bill has taken to replace cur- $200,000 to assist the City of Palmdale’s ef- Hope Institute for Children and Families rent practices. forts to expand the Transportation Center’s Requesting Entity: The Hope Institute 15 E. Under this bill the Bureau of Land Manage- train platform to accommodate the additional Hazel Dell Lane Springfield, IL 62712 ment will identify appropriate public lands and Metrolink train cars. The project provides this The funding will be for equipment, for train- sanctuaries for our nation’s wild horses and extension to conform to current Metrolink ing and a conference center, and dental clinic burros. With passage of this bill, most of the standards, which were adopted after construc- at the Children’s Healthcare Partnership, Noll beautiful and treasured wild horses and burros tion of the center. This project is vital to ensur- Medical Pavilion. currently in holding pens will be released to ing continued public transit access into Los The Account: Innovation and Improve- roam on public lands. Additionally, the BLM’s Angeles from the Antelope Valley. ment—Reading is Fundamental adoption program for wild horses and burros Requesting Entity: The point of contact for will be strengthened to improve efforts to in- f Reading Is Fundamental is Stephen Leach crease adoption by qualified individuals. Fur- and the address is 1825 Connecticut Ave. NW thermore, the bill wisely includes a provision EARMARK DECLARATION Washington, DC 20009. that will help protect threatened and endan- The funding would be used for purposes au- gered species by requiring BLM to ensure a thorized in Section 5451 of the Elementary ‘‘thriving natural ecological balance’’ on public HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH– and Secondary Education Act. lands designated for wild horses and burros. OF NEW JERSEY– The Account: Health Resources and Serv- I strongly support this important bill and ices Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities urge my colleagues to vote in favor. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Services—Hamilton Memorial Hospital f Requesting Entity: Hamilton Memorial Hos- Thursday, July 23, 2009 EARMARK DECLARATION pital is located at 611 S. Marshall Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, McLeansboro, IL 62859. I submit the following. Hamilton Memorial serves a very poor, rural HON. HAROLD ROGERS Requesting Member: Rep. CHRISTOPHER H. area of Illinois and is in need of capital to con- OF KENTUCKY SMITH vert this EMR project to better serve their pa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tients. The funding will be to assist electronic Bill Number: HR 3288 Thursday, July 23, 2009 file management and forms, computerized Account: Economic Development Initiative physician order entry, and a new HIS server to Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: The support electronic file conversions. pursuant to the House Republican standards on congressionally-directed funding, I am sub- School for Children with Hidden Intelligence– f mitting the following information regarding Address of Requesting Entity: The School RESTORE OUR AMERICAN funding included in H.R. 3288, the Transpor- for Children with Hidden Intelligence, 812 E. MUSTANGS ACT tation, Housing and Urban Development Ap- County Line Road, Lakewood, NJ 08701 propriations Bill of 2010. Description of Request: The $250,000 in SPEECH OF Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD funding would be used to help in the construc- HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH ROGERS tion of a new 52,000 square foot facility to ac- OF OHIO Bill Number: H.R. 3288 commodate the increased need for special IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Account: Federal Aviation Administration— educational services. The facility, located on a Facilities & Equipment 13-acre wooded campus, will provide services Friday, July 17, 2009 Legal Name of Recipient: Hazard-Perry for New Jersey’s severely disabled and under- Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong County Airport Board—Wendell H. Ford Re- privileged children. support of H.R. 1018. Current practices by the gional Airport

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1954 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 Address of Recipient: P.O. Box 420, Haz- portation Delivery, provide funding of Bill Number: H.R. 3288 ard, KY 41701 $1,000,000 for Hazard-based LKLP Commu- Account: Surface Transportation Priorities Description of Request: Provides directed nity Action Council to construct a transit facility Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Hamilton funding of $500,000 for an Instrument Landing in West Liberty, Ky. A parking and transit Township System (ILS) at Wendell H. Ford Regional Air- structure would enhance the basic downtown Address of Requesting Entity: Hamilton port in Hazard, KY. for precision azimuth and infrastructure to support commuters and busi- Township, 2090 Greenwood Ave., PO Box elevation guidance signals to aircraft. For the nesses, and this new transit facility will serve 0150, Hamilton, NJ 08650 12-month period ending September 21, 2006, as an economic catalyst and hub for down- Description of Request: The $350,000 in the airport had 10,200 aircraft operations, an town revitalization in Morgan County, Ky. funding would be used to provide sidewalks average of 27 per day: 85% general aviation, LKLP operates a number of federal Public and bike paths to Hamilton Township schools, 14% air taxi and 2% military. This project will Transportation programs including Section allowing over 800 school age children with make a more secure environment for military 5311, Section 5310, Section 5316 and Section safe walking and biking paths to get to and from their schools. and civilian operations and provide safer land- 5317. ings at this regional airport. Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD f Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD ROGERS EARMARK DECLARATION ROGERS Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Account: Department of Transportation— Account: Department of Housing & Urban Federal Highway Administration—Surface HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN OF NEW JERSEY Development—Economic Development Initia- Transportation Priorities IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tives Legal Name of Recipient: Kentucky Trans- Legal Name of Recipient: Kentucky Commu- portation Cabinet Thursday, July 23, 2009 nities Economic Opportunity Council (Gray, Address of Recipient: 200 Mero Street, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Madam Speaker, KY.) Frankfort, KY 40622 pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- Address of Recipient: 5448 US 25 East, Description of Request: Provide directed ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- Gray, KY 40734 funding of $750,000 to expand US–25 to 4 lowing information regarding earmarks I re- Description of Request: Provides directed lanes near Corbin in Laurel County, Kentucky, ceived as part of the Departments of Labor, funding of $250,000 for the construction of a which will greatly decrease congestion and in- Health and Human Services, and Education, health and wellness facility in Barbourville, crease safety in the area. Highway spending and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, KY., an area with a long history of high unem- yields a 32% annual return on investments 2010. ployment and high poverty. No such facility measured over decades, which far exceeds Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, currently exists in the region, and this project most other public or private investments. This Health and Human Services, and Education, would help combat serious health issues faced important project is included in Kentucky’s and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, by residents as a result of the pervasive prob- 2008 Highway Plan, as approved by the 2009 2010 lems of obesity and diabetes—thereby greatly Kentucky General Assembly. Account: Health Resources and Services increasing the quality of life for local residents. Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and This facility is being constructed through a ROGERS Services partnership between the City of Barboursville, Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- KY., Union College and KCEOC Community Account: Department of Transportation— tity: The entity to receive funding for this Action Agency. Federal Highway Administration—Surface project is Atlantic Health System located at Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD Transportation Priorities 475 South Street, Morristown, New Jersey, ROGERS Legal Name of Recipient: Kentucky Trans- 07960. Bill Number: H.R. 3288 portation Cabinet Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes Account: Department of Housing & Urban Address of Recipient: 200 Mero Street, $750,000 in funding which will be used to ex- Development—Economic Development Initia- Frankfort, KY 40622 pand and upgrade Atlantic Health System’s tives Description of Request: Provide directed Emergency Department (ED) to ensure that Legal Name of Recipient: Kentucky Blood funding of $750,000 to for continued construc- the ED continues to provide the very best pos- Center tion of the Somerset Northern Bypass (I–66). sible emergency and trauma care while meet- Address of Recipient: 3121 Beaumont Cen- Upon its completion, I–66 will provide a vital ing an ever increasing influx of patients. tre Circle, Lexington, KY 40513 connection between Southern and Eastern Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Description of Request: Provides directed Kentucky and the nationwide road system. Health and Human Services, and Education, funding of $500,000 for the construction of This is crucial to providing Appalachian Ken- and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, new donor center along US–27 in Somerset, tucky residents with better access to health 2010 Ky., which would allow for storage of a large care, opening up communities to tourism, and Account: Health Resources and Services volume of blood components. The Kentucky supporting additional supply lines for new Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Blood Center (KBC) currently leases a smaller businesses. The highway will also improve Services space, which has proved insufficient to accom- safety for people traveling in and around the Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- modate the growth in blood donation and staff- area. Highway spending yields a 32% annual tity: The entity to receive funding for this ing in the area. According to the American As- return on investments measured over dec- project is Somerset Medical Center located at sociation of Blood Banks International Task ades, which far exceeds most other public or 110 Rehill Avenue, Somerville, NJ 08876. Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes Force on Domestic Disasters, the single great- private investments. $600,000 in funding which will be used to help est risk from a disaster is not a lack of blood— f but a disruption of the blood delivery system. improve patient safety through its information The new Somerset Center will allow KBC to EARMARK DECLARATION technology initiatives. Somerset Medical Cen- develop a regional approach in meeting blood ter is a pioneer among hospitals nationwide in donation needs, increasing preparedness for a HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH– the implementation of electronic medical disaster or blood emergency. The project has OF NEW JERSEY– records. Over the past seven years, the med- already undergone development and design, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ical center has spent more than $36 million to implement an electronic health record system and can be under construction within 90 days. Thursday, July 23, 2009 Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD in order to become more efficient, reduce the ROGERS Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, cost of patient care, enhance patient safety Bill Number: H.R. 3288 pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- and improve the overall health of the commu- Account: Department of Transportation— ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- nity it serves. Buses and Bus Facilities lowing information regarding earmarks I re- Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Legal Name of Recipient: LKLP Community ceived as part of H.R. 3288: Making Appro- Health and Human Services, and Education, Action Council—Hazard, Ky. priations for the Departments of Transpor- and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Address of Recipient: 398 Roy Campbell tation, and Housing and Urban Development, 2010 Drive, Hazard, KY 41701 and other Agencies for FY 2010. Account: Health Resources and Services Description of Request: Through the Ken- Requesting Member: Rep. CHRISTOPHER H. Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and tucky Transportation Cabinet’s Office of Trans- SMITH Services

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1955 Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- crease science learning access for persons EARMARK DECLARATION tity:—The entity to receive funding for this with disabilities. The educational resources project is St. Clare’s Health System located at that are created will eliminate barriers to learn- HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH 140 Diamond Spring Road, Denville, NJ ing, enabling thousands of students from OF NEW JERSEY 07834. northern and central New Jersey, including IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes those in underserved communities, to become Thursday, July 23, 2009 $600,000 in funding which will be used for fa- more engaged in science learning and more cility renovations and upgrades to the Emer- productive. This funding will establish a na- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, gency Department (ED) at the hospital. The tional model, demonstrating that science learn- I submit the following: renovations and upgrades will address patient ing for school-aged children who have disabil- Requesting Member: Rep. CHRISTOPHER H. access, way-finding, triage and processing, ities, be they mental or physical, can be im- SMITH bereavement accommodations, as well as proved in an informal learning center through Bill Number: H.R. 3288 modifications to public areas to support the ‘30 enhancements such as adaptive technology, Account: Economic Development Initiatives Minutes Door to Doc’ commitment. The end hands-on inter-actives and universal design Legal Name of Requesting Entity: result will enable emergency physicians and components. Bordentown Township– Address of Requesting Entity: Bordentown staff to better respond to the demands of the f ED for their patient community by reducing Township, One Municipal Drive, Bordentown, waiting times, improving overall efficiency, en- STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT NJ 08505 suring privacy and public safety, and helping OF 2009 Description of Request: The $250,071 in to reduce anxiety and stress for all patients funding would be used to help develop the SPEECH OF and families who seek their care. area around a proposed New Jersey Transit Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, HON. BETTY McCOLLUM Light Rail Line stop, opening up an area that would provide access to the Delaware River Health and Human Services, and Education, OF MINNESOTA front in Bordentown Township and serve as a and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gateway to the community off Route 130. 2010 Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) f Ms. MCCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, I rise Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- EARMARK DECLARATION tity: The entity to receive funding for this today in strong support of H.R. 2920, the Stat- project is Caldwell College located at 120 utory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009, which re- Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, NJ 07006. commits the Congress to the fiscal restraint HON. JEFF MILLER Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes and deficit reduction that produced budget sur- OF FLORIDA $550,000 in funding which will be used to de- pluses and shared prosperity during the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velop a curriculum and training programs for 1990s. Thursday, July 23, 2009 an on-campus Autism Clinic that will house a The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act, or Mr. MILLER of Florida. Madam Speaker, model demonstration classroom for teachers ‘‘PAYGO,’’ requires Congress to offset the pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- of children with autism, in accordance with costs of tax cuts or increases in entitlement ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- Caldwell College’s Ph.D. program in Applied spending with savings elsewhere in the budg- lowing information regarding earmarks I re- Behavior Analysis (ABA). Caldwell College is et. This proposal is enforceable and it is real- ceived as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Trans- in the final stages of planning and imple- istic because it allows Congress to maintain a portation, Housing and Urban Development, menting their Ph.D. program in ABA to train select number of policies without offsets such and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. as Medicare physician payments and the Al- professionals to work with children with au- Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF ternative Minimum Tax that Congress votes tism. In addition to providing training for Ph.D. MILLER students, the clinic will operate a range of overwhelmingly to extend every year. Project Name: Peter Prince Airport Runway education and outreach programs for parents H.R. 2920 is similar to the PAYGO law Hold Bays Construction and other caregivers of children with autism. Democrats enacted under President Clinton to Agency/Account: FAA—Airport Improvement Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, reverse the huge deficits created by the Program Health and Human Services, and Education, Reagan and George H.W. Bush Administra- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Santa and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, tions. Unfortunately, another President Bush Rosa County, FL 2010 and a Republican-controlled Congress allowed Address of Requesting Entity: 6495 Caroline Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) these rules to expire in 2002 with devastating Street, Milton, FL 32570 Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- results. Reckless tax cuts for the wealthy and Description of Request: $500,000—Peter tity: The entity to receive funding for this an Iraq war financed with deficit spending Prince Airport Runway Hold Bays Construc- project is Farleigh Dickenson University lo- transformed a projected budget surplus of tion. This project will provide construction of cated at 285 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ $5.6 trillion into a projected deficit of $4.5 tril- aircraft hold bays on runways 18 and 36 of the 07940. lion in only a few short years. The Bush Ad- Peter Prince Airport to allow incoming aircraft Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes ministration’s uncontrolled deficit spending and to safely pass outbound aircraft as they are $500,000 in funding which will be used to ex- total failure to regulate the financial sector pro- performing run-ups. Funding for this project pand access to the Latino Education Pipeline. duced an economic meltdown that pushed the would provide a critical safety measure at the Federal funding would be used to further build U.S. economy to the brink of collapse by early airport. I certify that neither I nor my spouse the curricula for Puerta al Futuro and the 2009. has any financial interest in this project. Latino Promise Program, train additional edu- Thankfully, responsibility is again in fashion Consistent with the Republican Leadership’s cators in order to offer the program to stu- in Washington. President Obama and the policy on earmarks, I hereby certify that this dents at more locations in New Jersey, and fa- Democratic Congress are focused on eco- request (1) is not directed to any entity or pro- cilitate the conversion of the curriculum to on- nomic recovery and modernization. Statutory gram named after a sitting Member of Con- line and distance education delivery. PAYGO is a crucial step to restore fiscal dis- gress; (2) is not intended for a ‘‘front’’ or ‘‘pass Bill: H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, cipline, force difficult choices on taxes and through’’ entity; and (3) meets or exceeds all Health and Human Services, and Education, spending, and begin reducing the deep deficits statutory requirements for matching funds and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, left by the previous Administration. As a mem- where applicable. 2010 ber of the House Budget and Appropriations Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF Account: Museums and Libraries Committees, I know that deficit reduction will MILLER Legal Name and Address of Requesting En- enable the Congress to make needed invest- Project Name: U.S. Highway 90 Capacity tity: The entity to receive funding for this ments in priorities such as health care, edu- Improvement project is the Morris Museum located at 6 Nor- cation, and clean energy in the coming years. Agency/Account: FHA—Surface Transpor- mandy Heights Road, Morristown, New Jersey I urge my colleagues to vote with me to tation Priorities 07960. pass the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Escambia Description of Request: H.R. 3293 includes make the Congress live with the same reality County, FL $300,000 in funding which will be used to up- every Minnesota family faces: you cannot Address of Requesting Entity: 221 Palafox grade its science education program to in- spend money you do not have. Place, Suite 420, Pensacola, FL 32502

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1956 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 Description of Request: $500,000—U.S. Description of Request: The requested EARMARK DECLARATION Highway 90 Capacity Improvement. This funds will be used to provide to the City of project will support improvement of capacity Sioux City to help it meet required funding ob- HON. PETER HOEKSTRA on Nine Mile Road (U.S. Highway 90) from ligations to the Iowa Department of Transpor- OF MICHIGAN Pine Forest Road to Highway 29 by construc- tation for the relocation of utilities that will be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion of a four lane highway from a two lane required for IDOT to complete the reconstruc- Thursday, July 23, 2009 highway. This project is a continuation of an tion of Interstate 29 through Sioux City. existing four lane U.S. highway system. This Mr. HOEKSTRA. Madam Speaker, pursuant project will improve not only capacity and level The Iowa DOT has included the much need- to the House Republican standards on ear- of service, but provide an alternative freight ed reconstruction of Interstate 29 through marks, I am submitting the following informa- corridor to the existing interstate system. I cer- Sioux City in the 2009–2012 State Transpor- tion regarding funding that will benefit the Sec- tify that neither I nor my spouse has any finan- tation Improvement Plan. The goal of the I-29 ond Congressional District of Michigan as part cial interest in this project. improvement project is to enhance the safety of H.R. 3288. ETE Consistent with the Republican Leadership’s and operation of Interstate 29 through Sioux Requesting Member: Congressman P HOEKSTRA policy on earmarks, I hereby certify that this City. A project of this magnitude has many Bill Number: H.R. 3288 request (1) is not directed to any entity or pro- challenges, including the need to relocate utili- Account: Bus and Bus Facility Program gram named after a sitting Member of Con- ties existing within the Interstate 29 right-of- (Section 5309) gress; (2) is not intended for a ‘‘front’’ or ‘‘pass way, a very confined area in which to work, as Requesting Entities and Addresses: Cad- through’’ entity; and (3) meets or exceeds all the bluffs border the east side and the river illac/Wexford Transit Authority, 1202 N. Mitch- statutory requirements for matching funds borders the west side, as well as the chal- ell St., Cadillac, Michigan 49601; Benzie where applicable. lenge of staging a interstate project of this Transportation Authority, 12762 Honor High- Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF size. This project has been a priority for the way, Honor, Michigan 49640 MILLER region for many years. A needs study was Description of Request: Provide $300,000 Project Name: PJ Adams Road Improve- for Cadillac/Wexford Transit Authority for the ment, FL jointly completed by the Iowa DOT, SIMPCO, and the City of Sioux City in 1997. The same purchase of replacement transit buses and im- Agency/Account: FHA—Transportation & proved transit facility and provide $200,000 for three entities as well as the City of South Community & System Preservation Benzie Transportation Authority for the pur- Sioux City, NDOR, Dakota Dunes, and the SD Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Okaloosa chase of replacement transit buses. This re- County, FL DOT have participated in the current planning quest is consistent with the authorized pur- Address of Requesting Entity: 1804 Lewis study started in September of 2004. The pose of the Bus and Bus Facility Program in Turner Blvd., Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547 project has been identified in Iowa in Motion, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Description of Request: $250,000—PJ Iowa’s 5-year program, Siouxland Interstate Transportation Equity Act. Adams Road Improvement, FL. This project Metropolitan Planning Council (SIMPCO) MPO Requesting Member: Congressman PETE will provide for the permitting, design, engi- TIP, Iowa STIP, SIMPCO ITS Architecture, HOEKSTRA neering and construction of Phase I of PJ and the past/present SIMPCO LRTPs. Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Adams Road in Crestview, Florida. PJ Adams Account: Community Development Fund/ The City of Sioux City will incur costs in re- Road serves as a bypass around the heavily Economic Development Initiative congested downtown area. Funding will pro- lation to the much needed reconstruction of Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Grand vide for drastically needed widening, resur- Interstate 29. These costs include utility relo- Valley State University facing and storm water improvements. I certify cation, relocation, connections to the local Address of Requesting Entity: 740 West that neither I nor my spouse has any financial street system, and aesthetic improvements. Shoreline Drive, Muskegon, Michigan 49441 interest in this project. The total estimated cost for the project is ap- Description of Request: Provide $500,000 in Consistent with the Republican Leadership’s proximately $250 million. Of this total amount, funding for the renovation of the field station to policy on earmarks, I hereby certify that this the City will likely be responsible for approxi- incorporate new lab and office space that will request (1) is not directed to any entity or pro- mately $30 million. position Annis Water Resource Institute to gram named after a sitting Member of Con- train future water resource scientists and iden- Requesting Member: Congressman STEVE gress; (2) is not intended for a ‘‘front’’ or ‘‘pass tify new solutions to critical problems facing KING through’’ entity; and (3) meets or exceeds all the Great Lakes. statutory requirements for matching funds Bill Number H.R. 3288, Transportation, Requesting Member: Congressman PETE where applicable. Housing and Urban Development, and Related HOEKSTRA Bill Number: H.R. 3288 f Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Account: Federal Highway Administration/ EARMARK DECLARATION Account: Federal Highway Administration, Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Priorities Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Michigan Amount: $750,000 Department of Transportation HON. STEVE KING Address of Requesting Entity: 425 West Ot- OF IOWA Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa De- tawa St., Lansing, Michigan 48909 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES partment of Transportation Description of Request: Provide $500,000 in Thursday, July 23, 2009 Address of Requesting Entity: 800 Lincoln funding as requested by the Michigan Depart- Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Speaker, pursu- Way, Ames, IA 50010– ment of Transportation for the design, right of way and construction for M–231. This is in- ant to the Republican Leadership standards Description of Request: The requested fund- cluded on Michigan Department of Transpor- on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- ing will be used to continue construction of tation’s highway plan and is consistent with formation regarding earmarks I received as four-lane US 20 in northwest Iowa. The Iowa part of H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing the authorized purpose of the Surface Trans- Department of Transportation continues to de- portation Program in the Safe, Accountable, and Urban Development, and Related Agen- vote significant funding toward completion of cies Appropriations Act, 2010. Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act. the final 90 miles of this expansion project. f Requesting Member: Congressman STEVE Activity ranging from grading to environmental KING study and design is taking place on each of EARMARK DECLARATION Bill Number H.R. 3288, Transportation, the 90 miles, with nearly half of those miles in Housing and Urban Development, and Related HON. BRETT GUTHRIE Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 the IDOT’s Five Year (Construction) Plan. The OF KENTUCKY Account: Federal Highway Administration, requested funds will assist in this critical IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Interstate Maintenance Discretionary project to increase traveler safety, economic Amount: $500,000 development and stem population loss in one Thursday, July 23, 2009 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa De- of the state’s most productive regions by pro- Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to partment of Transportation viding funding for the continued construction of the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Address of Requesting Entity: 800 Lincoln four-lane highway 20 west of highway 71 in marks, I am submitting the following informa- Way, Ames, IA 50010 western Iowa. tion regarding earmarks I received as part of

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The new runway, Bill Number H.R. 3288 B&B while providing utility for the existing users, will Account: Federal Highway Administration/ Recipient: University of Kentucky Center for offer growth and expansion for several compa- Interstate Maintenance Discretionary Applied Energy Research, 2450 Research nies that use aviation, all of which are hin- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas Park Drive, Lexington, KY 40511 dered by the poor runway conditions. I certify Department of Transportation Description of Request: Provide $1,000,000 that neither I nor my spouse has any financial Address of Requesting Entity: 700 SW Har- to the University of Kentucky to work directly interest in this project. rison, Topeka, KS 66603 with agricultural and energy producers across Requesting Member: Congressman JERRY Description of Request: Provide an earmark the commonwealth to improve the research MORAN of $1,000,000 to assist with the completion of and development of biofuels production. Bill Number: H.R. 3288 a planning report to address deficiencies, in- f Agency/Account: Federal Highway Adminis- crease safety standards along this stretch of tration, Surface Transportation Priorities I–70 Highway and determine the best and EARMARK DECLARATION Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of safest route through the heart of the City of Great Bend Topeka. To make this stretch of I–70 safer, HON. JERRY MORAN Address of Requesting Entity: 1209 Wil- the road needs to be widened and straight- OF KANSAS liams, Great Bend, KS 67530 ened out—without the sharp curve. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Project: I have secured Earmark: U.S. Highway 69 Corridor Study, $400,000 for the Broadway and Kansas Ave- Thursday, July 23, 2009 Bourbon and Crawford Counties, KS nue Repair Project in Great Bend, KS. The Requesting Member: Congresswoman LYNN Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Madam Speaker, Broadway/Kansas Avenue Repair and Reha- JENKINS pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- bilitation Project is designed to repair two Bill Number: H.R. 3288 ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- roadways of economic importance to the Account: Federal Highway Administration/ lowing information regarding earmarks I re- Great Bend Community. Both roadways serve Surface Transportation Priorities ceived as part of H.R. 3288, Transportation, as major traffic arterials for commercial and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kansas and Housing and Urban Development, and residential traffic alike. Because of the sheer Department of Transportation Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. amount and the kind of traffic both these Address of Requesting Entity: 700 SW Har- Requesting Member: Congressman JERRY routes receive, the condition of both roadways rison, Topeka, KS 66603 MORAN is in rapidly increasing disrepair. The high traf- Description of Request: Provide an earmark Bill Number: H.R. 3288 fic levels along with age of concrete sections of $500,000 to continue the work of planning, Agency/Account: Department of Transpor- on both routes have caused these sections of engineering, design and environmental studies tation, Office of the Secretary, Transportation roadway to deteriorate faster than the typical to widen U.S. Highway 69 to a 4–lane divided Planning, Research, and Development roadway. The nature of businesses located on highway linking the Kansas City area (John- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University both of these routes makes repair action in- son County) to Interstate 44 in Oklahoma. of Kansas creasingly important. Funding will be used to Highway 69 is a critical connecting link be- Address of Requesting Entity: 2385 Irving help repair these roads. I certify that neither I tween Kansas City and I–44. The Crawford Hill Rd., Lawrence, KS 66403 nor my spouse has any financial interest in County and Bourbon County section is one of Description of Project: I have secured this project. the busiest two-lane highways in the State of $350,000 for the University of Kansas Engine Requesting Member: Congressman JERRY Kansas and has a very high rate of accidents Test Cell Upgrade project. One of the edu- MORAN and fatalities. Widening of this highway is also cation components of the University is the Bill Number: H.R. 3288 essential to the continued economic vitality of School of Engineering. The School of Engi- Agency/Account: Federal Highway Adminis- Southeast Kansas. Funding is needed for neering promotes and teaches interdisciplinary tration, Surface Transportation Priorities completion of environmental assessments and research learning. Engineers and computer Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of other preliminary engineering work that must scientists from different disciplines work to- Junction City be completed prior to actual construction. gether to provide innovative solutions to chal- Address of Requesting Entity: 700 North f lenges around the world. Funding will be used Jefferson, P.O. Box 287, Junction City, KS to purchase equipment including an AC dyna- 66441 EARMARK DECLARATION mometer. I certify that neither I nor my spouse Description of Project: I have secured has any financial interest in this project. $500,000 for the Rucker Road at US–77 HON. BRETT GUTHRIE Requesting Member: Congressman JERRY Project in Junction City, Kansas. The develop- OF KENTUCKY MORAN ment of housing and business operations on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bill Number: H.R. 3288 the west side of Junction City has created a Thursday, July 23, 2009 Agency/Account: Federal Aviation Adminis- need for additional traffic signals at Rucker tration, Airport Improvement Program Road and US–77. Funding will be used for the Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oberlin addition of traffic signals and turn lanes on the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Municipal Airport US–77 and Rucker Road, which will ease the marks, I am submitting the following informa- Address of Requesting Entity: 1832 High- congestion and reduce the potential for acci- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of way 83, Oberlin, KS 66749 dents at this busy intersection. I certify that H.R. 3183, Energy and Water Development Description of Project: I have secured neither I nor my spouse has any financial in- and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of $500,000 for the Oberlin Municipal Airport terest in this project. 2010. Runway f Requesting Member: Congressman BRETT Realignment and Lengthening Project. Re- GUTHRIE cently the FAA has required a 500 foot dis- EARMARK DECLARATION Bill Number: H.R. 3183 placement on the south end of north/south Account: Department of Energy, EERE— runway 17–35 at the Oberlin Municipal Airport. HON. LYNN JENKINS B&B Shortening of the runway and lack of expan- OF KANSAS Recipient: Western Kentucky University Re- sion to the north further hinders usage of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES search Foundation, 1906 College Heights current alignment. Decatur County is currently Blvd., #11016, Bowling Green, KY 42101 not being served by air ambulance. Eagle Med Thursday, July 23, 2009 Description of Request: Provide $500,000 to sets runway requirements the pressure alti- Ms. JENKINS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the WKU Research Foundation to continue re- tude of 2705, Oberlin, Kansas on an 85 de- the Republican Leadership standards on ear- search on a one-step biodiesel production gree day with a 10 knot head wind of approxi- marks, I am submitting the following informa- technology that produces flexible, renewable,

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The road the truest sense, and for those who knew and OF FLORIDA will provide inter-regional connectivity to the worked beside her, she was described as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rapidly growing Brevard, Indian River, and nothing short of an extraordinary woman who Thursday, July 23, 2009 Osceola County area. This project is the top was devoted, charitable, kind and a tireless priority for the Brevard Metropolitan Planning advocate. Mr. POSEY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Organization and the City of Palm Bay. Beyond her talents in government, Ms. Boyd the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Consistent with Republican Leadership’s was a fixture in the Dallas community. She marks as well as in accordance with Clause 9 policy on earmarks, I hereby certify that to the was an active member in the Junior League of of Rule XXI, I am submitting the following in- best of my knowledge this request (1) is not Dallas, an organization of women committed formation regarding earmarks for my Congres- directed to any entity or program that will be to promoting volunteerism, developing the po- sional District as a part of H.R. 3288, Trans- named after a sitting Member of Congress; (2) tential of women and improving the community portation, Housing and Urban Development, is not intended to be used by an entity to se- through the effective action and leadership of and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, cure funds for entities unless the use of the trained volunteers. Ms. Boyd was also very in- 2010. funding is consistent with the specified pur- volved in one of the nation’s oldest and largest Requesting Member: Congressman BILL pose of the earmark; and (3) meets or ex- volunteer service organizations, The Links, In- POSEY ceeds all statutory requirements for matching corporated. As a member of the Dallas chap- Project Funding Amount: $600,000 funds where applicable. ter she was part of an extraordinary group of Bill Number: H.R. 3288, Transportation, f women committed to enriching, sustaining and Housing and Urban Development, and Related ensuring the culture and economic survival of EARMARK DECLARATION Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 African Americans and other persons of Afri- Account: Interstate Maintenance Discre- can ancestry. tionary HON. NATHAN DEAL Ms. Boyd’s legacy of service and giving is Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of OF GEORGIA an example for all those who wish to serve Melbourne, Florida. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES their communities. Although she has passed, Address of Requesting Entity: City of Mel- Thursday, July 23, 2009 her legacy of service and devotion to commu- bourne, Florida, 900 E. Strawbridge Avenue, Mr. DEAL of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I nity will continue to benefit the City of Dallas Melbourne, Florida 32901. for years to come. Description of Request: This funding will be submit the follow: Project Name: Downtown Development Au- used by the City of Melbourne, FL for con- f struction associated with the northern 1–95 thority Streetscape—Dahlonega, GA interchange at the Palm Bay Parkway in Mel- Requesting Member: Congressman NATHAN EARMARK DECLARATION bourne, FL. The parkway is a major new arte- DEAL rial roadway that will provide congestion relief Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Account: TCSP—Transportation & Commu- HON. BRETT GUTHRIE to other crowded federal, state, and local OF KENTUCKY roads, including 1–95. The northern section of nity & System Preservation Legal Name of Requesting Entity: The City IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Parkway will allow Melbourne International of Dahlonega, Georgia Airport (MIA) to connect directly with 1–95. Thursday, July 23, 2009– Address of Requesting Entity: City of Lack of direct access to 1–95 limits the use of Dahlonega, 465 Riley Road, Dahlonega, GA Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to MIA, a facility in which millions of federal dol- 30533 the Republican Leadership standards on ear- lars have been invested. The road will provide Description of Request: Pursuant to the Re- marks, I am submitting the following informa- interregional connectivity to the rapidly grow- publican Leadership standards on earmarks, I tion regarding earmarks I received as part of ing Brevard, Indian River, and Osceola County am submitting the following information for H.R. 3170, Financial Services and General areas. This project is the top priority for the publication in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD re- Government Appropriations Act of 2010. Brevard Metropolitan Planning Organization garding earmarks one of my municipalities re- Requesting Member: Congressman BRETT and the City of Melbourne. ceived as part of Bill 3288, the ‘‘Department of GUTHRIE Consistent with Republican Leadership’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Develop- Bill Number: H.R. 3170 policy on earmarks, I hereby certify that to the ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Account: Small Business Administration best of my knowledge this request (1) is not for 2010.’’ Any federal funding received would Recipient: City of Bardstown, 220 N. 5th directed to any entity or program that will be be used to design and implement a master Street, Bardstown, KY 40004 named after a sitting Member of Congress; (2) plan that will increase pedestrian safety and Description of Request: Provide $100,000 to is not intended to be used by an entity to se- improve access while preserving the historic replace a water line to further economic devel- cure funds for entities unless the use of the nature of the Downtown Development Author- opment. funding is consistent with the specified pur- ity District. Funding would appropriate side- pose of the earmark; and (3) meets or ex- walks, greenery, period lighting, and signage f ceeds all statutory requirements for matching will be utilized to enhance tourism and eco- EARMARK DECLARATION funds where applicable. nomic development. Requesting Member: Congressman BILL f POSEY HON. DONALD A. MANZULLO Project Funding Amount: $600,000 HONORING THE LIFE AND WORK OF ILLINOIS Bill Number: H.R. 3288, Transportation, OF CHERYL YVONNE WALLACE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Housing and Urban Development, and Related BOYD Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Thursday, July 23, 2009 Account: Interstate Maintenance Discre- HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON Mr. MANZULLO. Madam Speaker, pursuant tionary OF TEXAS to the Republican Leadership standards on Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- Palm Bay, Florida mation regarding the two earmarks I secured Address of Requesting Entity: City of Palm Thursday, July 23, 2009 as part of H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing Bay, Florida, 120 Malabar Rd., Palm Bay, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. and Urban Development, and Related Agen- Florida 32907. Madam Speaker, I rise today in remembrance cies Appropriations Act, 2010 Description of Request: This funding will be of Cheryl Yvonne Wallace Boyd whose pass- My first request, totaling $750,000, will used by the City of Palm Bay for construction ing on Monday, July 13, 2009 at the age of 53 come from the Transportation & Community & associated with the Southern 1–95 inter- is a loss for the community of Dallas, Texas. System Preservation account of the Federal

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Madam Speaker, pursuant to thereof. each direction and adequate turn lanes at the the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Had I been present, I would have voted intersections. Rakow Road is designated by marks, I am submitting the following informa- ‘‘present.’’ the Illinois Department of Transportation as a tion regarding earmarks I received as part of f Strategic Regional Arterial (SRA) and is also H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and EARMARK DECLARATION part of the National Highway System. Urban Development, and Related Agencies McHenry County is still one of the fastest Appropriations Act, 2010. growing counties in Illinois and continues to Requesting Member: Congressman FRED HON. VERN BUCHANAN OF FLORIDA experience severe traffic congestion. Federal UPTON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES funding is continued to be needed in order to 1. Allegan County Facility Improvement and help address the regional transportation con- Bus Replacement, MI Thursday, July 23, 2009 Department: Federal Transit Administration gestion in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Mr. BUCHANAN. Madam Speaker, pursuant Account: Buses & Bus Facilities The McHenry County government has also to the Republican Leadership standards on Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Allegan earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- passed a bond program that raises $50 million County Transportation to be dedicated to local road improvements mation regarding earmarks I received as part Address of Requesting Entity: 3255 122nd of H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and such as the Rakow Road widening project to Avenue, Suite 200, Allegan, Michigan 49010 Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2010. match state and federal investments. Pre- Description of Request: This request is for Requesting Member: Congressman VERN viously, this project received $570,000 in Fis- the replacement of eight eligible transit vehi- BUCHANAN cal Year 2009. The entity to receive funding cles. The requesting entity, Allegan County Bill Number: H.R. 3288 for the Rakow Road widening project is the Transportation, will be meeting the required Account: Transportation & Community & County of McHenry, Illinois located at 2200 level of matching funding. System Preservation Seminary Avenue in Woodstock, Illinois Amount: $383,000 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Manatee Financial Breakdown: Funding will be used 60098. County and Sarasota County to purchase eight public transit vehicles—six Address of Requesting Entity: 1112 Avenue My second request, totaling $500,000, will buses and two ADA vans. Allegan County will West, Bradenton (FL) 34205, 1660 Ringling come from the Economic Development Initia- provide their required 20% match. Blvd., Sarasota (FL) 34236. tive account at the Department of Housing and Justification for the use of taxpayer dollars: Description of Request: I secured $500,000 Urban Development Date (HUD) for the City of This funding is consistent with the mission of for the Intelligent Transportation (ITS), also Rockford, Illinois, for various public infrastruc- the Federal Transit Administration. known as Advanced Traffic Management Sys- ture improvements in the West Side neighbor- f tem, project in Manatee and Sarasota Coun- hood. Rockford, Illinois is experiencing one of ties. EARMARK DECLARATION The counties are upgrading their signal sys- the highest unemployment rates in the nation, tem in order to deploy a more advanced traffic which reached 14.5 percent in May. To ad- HON. BRETT GUTHRIE management system. This project also com- dress this problem, the local government of OF KENTUCKY plements a programmed State of Florida the City of Rockford plans to make improve- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES project to deploy ITS for the purpose of inci- ments to public infrastructure (roads, sewer, Thursday, July 23, 2009 dent management on 1–75. It is expected to storm-water, and water) to the west side of the reduce vehicular delay by 9.5 million hours per city to support improvements to an area des- Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to year and reduce fuel consumption by 3.8 mil- ignated for commercial development. There is the Republican Leadership standards on ear- lion gallons per year. a great need for federal funding assistance to marks, I am submitting the following informa- Pursuant to the Republican Leadership tion regarding earmarks I received as part of help develop the infrastructure in this area of standards on earmarks, I am submitting the H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and the city of Rockford in order to attract and following information regarding earmarks I re- Urban Development, and Related Agencies ceived as part of H.R. 3288, the Transpor- support new commercial and industrial em- Appropriations Act of 2010. tation, Housing and Urban Development Ap- ployers. The City is also committing funding to Requesting Member: Congressman BRETT propriations Act, 2010. this project as well as attracting significant pri- GUTHRIE Requesting Member: Congressman VERN vate investment. This project will not only ben- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 BUCHANAN efit the west side of the City of Rockford but Account: FTA/Bus and Bus Facilities Bill Number: H.R. 3288 the entire northern Illinois area by attracting Recipient: Western Kentucky University, Account: Economic Development Initiatives more employers to Rockford. The entity to re- 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of ceive funding for the Rockford West Side Eco- KY 42101 Sarasota Description of Request: Provide $250,000 Address of Requesting Entity: 1565 First nomic Development Initiative is the City of for the purchase of a new fuel-efficient, hybrid Street, Sarasota (FL) 34236. Rockford, Illinois, located at 425 East State bus to meet the campus’ transportation needs. Description of Request: I secured $150,000 Street in Rockford, Illinois 61104. f for the revitalization of the Robert L. Taylor Madam Speaker, I want to take this oppor- Community Center as part of the Newtown tunity to thank the Chairman of the House Ap- PERSONAL EXPLANATION FOR Redevelopment Comprehensive Plan. The ROLLCALL VOTE 621 propriations Committee, Representative DAVID Robert L. Taylor Community Center is the only OBEY, and the Ranking Minority Member, Rep- government sponsored/owned recreation cen- ter in Newtown and is the most heavily used resentative JERRY LEWIS, and the Chairman of HON. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON recreation center in the City. Its renovation will the Transportation & Housing and Urban De- OF ILLINOIS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES provide modern recreation facilities for the velopment Appropriations Subcommittee, Rep- youth of Newtown. resentative JOHN OLVER, and the Ranking Mi- Thursday, July 23, 2009 Pursuant to the Republican Leadership nority Member, Representative TOM LATHAM, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. Madam Speaker, standards on earmarks, I am submitting the for working with me in a bipartisan manner to on rollcall No. 621, I was present on the following information regarding earmarks I re- include these two critical requests in this House floor and voted immediately before and ceived as part of H.R. 3288, the Transpor- spending bill. immediately after this vote. I was in the cham- tation, Housing and Urban Development Ap- ber in front of the wall, sought recognition by propriations Act, 2010.

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Requesting Member: Congressman VERN ment arm of the City of Abilene, which is Bill Number: H.R. 3293 BUCHANAN building a Life Sciences Accelerator, a biotech Legal Name and address of entity receiving Bill Number: H.R. 3288 facility that will contain laboratories, research earmark: Anchorage Neighborhood Health Account: Economic Development Initiatives equipment, and office space to be ‘‘time Center, P.O. Box 201849, Anchorage, AK Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of shared’’ by biotech company tenants. This Ac- 99520 North Port celerator is part of a much larger biotech initia- Description of how the money will be spent Address of Requesting Entity: 4970 City Hall tive designed to diversify the regional econ- and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is Blvd., North Port (FL) 34286. omy by attracting high-paying jobs. The build- justified: Implementing digital radiography to Description of Request: I secured $100,000 ing is under construction with completion tar- better serve underserved patients. This is a for a new Family Services Center in the City geted by December 2009. The Accelerator federally qualified health center under section of North Port. needs the specialized equipment to make it a 330 of the Public Health Act. This facility will house the city’s Social Serv- world class facility and to bring additional jobs Appropriated Amount: $100,000 ices Division as well as 12 other community to the region. Detailed Finance Plan: Equipment $100,000 agencies. This Center will bring a variety of f Project Name: Chickaloon Native Village, health and human services to the citizens of Chickaloon, AK for facilities and equipment North Port. EARMARK DECLARATION Bill Number: H.R. 3293 f Legal Name and address of entity receiving HON. BRETT GUTHRIE earmark: Chickaloon Health Center, P.O. Box EARMARK DECLARATION OF KENTUCKY 1105, Chickaloon, AK 99674 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of how the money will be spent HON. RANDY NEUGEBAUER and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is Thursday, July 23, 2009 OF TEXAS justified: Improve the health status of medi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to cally underserved residents by establishing a the Republican Leadership standards on ear- community health center. This area has been Thursday, July 23, 2009 marks, I am submitting the following informa- declared underserved by HHS and there is a Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Madam Speaker, pur- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of demonstrated need for a community health suant to the Republican standards on member H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and center in this region. requests, I am submitting the following infor- Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriated Amount: $250,000 mation for publication in the CONGRESSIONAL Appropriations Act of 2010. Detailed Finance Plan: Personnel and RECORD regarding congressionally directed Requesting Member: Congressman BRETT equipment $250,000 appropriation projects I sponsored as part of GUTHRIE Project Name: Providence Health and Serv- H.R. 3288, FY 2010 Departments of Transpor- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 ices, Anchorage, AK for a physician recruit- tation, and Housing and Urban Development, Account: HUD/EDI ment and retention initiative and related agencies Appropriations Act. Recipient: Western Kentucky University, Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Agency/Account: Federal Transit Administra- 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, Legal Name and address of entity receiving tion/Buses and Bus Facilities KY 42101 earmark: Providence Hospital Residency Pro- Amount: $200,000 Description of Request: Provide $250,000 to gram, 3200 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK Requesting Entity: City of Abilene, P.O. Box assist the business accelerator in their mission 99508 60, Abilene, TX 79601 to help students, local entrepreneurs, and Description of how the money will be spent The City of Abilene operates a bus system emerging small businesses access technology and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is that provides the community with 12 fixed bus to begin their businesses. justified: The funding would be used to ad- routes, ADA paratransit service, and demand- f dress the critical physician recruitment and re- response evening service. The overall system tention problem in Alaska. The state is facing had 583,000 passengers in FY 2008. Given EARMARK DECLARATION a shortage of physicians who will accept Medi- the importance of the bus system to the com- care patients and this program is one of only munity, Abilene has developed a comprehen- HON. DON YOUNG a handful in the state that will see new Medi- sive plan to improve the facilities, including OF ALASKA care eligible patients. Transfer Facility Rehabilitation, Bus Stop Im- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Appropriated Amount: $350,000 provements, Maintenance Facility Improve- Detailed Finance Plan: Personnel and train- Thursday, July 23, 2009 ments, Bus Facility Security, and Bus Stop ing $350,000 Signage. Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Madam Speaker, Project Name: Strengthening Alaska Native Agency/Account: Federal Transit Administra- pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Pro- tion/Buses and Bus Facilities ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- grams for activities authorized under the High- Amount: $750,000 lowing information regarding earmarks I re- er Education Act Requesting Entity: City of Lubbock/Citibus, ceived as part of H.R. 3293, the Departments Bill Number: H.R. 3293 P.O. Box 2000, Lubbock, TX 79457 of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Legal Name and address of entity receiving Citibus currently has six low floor hybrid Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- earmark: U.S. Department of Education, AK electric buses on order and expects delivery of tions Act, 2010. Native and Native Hawaiian Institutions, 1990 the buses in November 2009. Citibus still has Project Name: Alaska Native Heritage Cen- K Street, NW., 6th Floor Washington, DC a need to replace thirty buses that are twelve ter, Anchorage, AK for educational program- 20806 years old and in need of replacement to better ming and outreach Description of how the money will be spent serve the Lubbock community. Citibus would Bill Number: H.R. 3293 and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is like to purchase eight buses per year until all Legal Name and address of entity receiving justified: The funding would be used to of the buses that have exceeded their useful earmark: Alaska Native Heritage Center, 8800 strengthen Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian life have been replaced. By purchasing hybrid Heritage Center Drive, Anchorage, AK 99504 Serving Institutions Programs for activities au- electric buses, Citibus will be more environ- Description of how the money will be spent thorized under the Higher Education Act. mentally friendly, and be less dependent on oil and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is Appropriated Amount: $12,158,000 products. The funding will be used for a Sec- justified: Educational programs to increase un- Detailed Finance Plan: Programming tion 5309 request to cover bus purchases that derstanding of cultural diversity and multicul- $12,158,000 would replace the existing bus fleet with hybrid tural communication. Their programs and mes- Project Name: Reading is Fundamental au- busses. sage affect individuals nationally and inter- thorized under the Elementary and Secondary Agency/Account: Housing and Urban Devel- nationally, reaching hundreds of thousands of Education Act opment/Economic Development Initiatives students and visitors each year. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Amount: $300,000 Appropriated Amount: $150,000 Legal Name and address of entity receiving Requesting Entity: City of Abilene, P.O. Box Detailed Finance Plan: Personnel $150,000 earmark: Reading Is Fundamental, 1825 Con- 60, Abilene, TX 79601 Project Name: Anchorage Neighborhood necticut Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20009 This funding will assist the Development Health Center, Anchorage, AK for facilities and Description of how the money will be spent Corporation of Abilene, the economic develop- equipment and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is

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The alternatives analysis study will de- viding millions of underserved children with Congress through the U.S. Department of termine the preferred mode (bus/rail), specific free books for personal ownership and reading Education has been matched by tens of mil- alignment, design and capital and operating encouragement from the more than 18,000 lo- lions of dollars from the private sector and costs. Once constructed, this project will cre- cations throughout all fifty states, Washington, state governments. ate a high-speed transit option for commuters D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Appropriated Amount: $4,965,000 between Schaumburg, O’Hare Airport, Islands. Detailed Finance Plan: Programming Oakbrook and Naperville. Bus Rapid Transit Appropriated Amount: $24,803,000 $4,965,000 (BRT), if selected as the preferred mode, is Detailed Finance Plan: Programming Project Name: Center for Civic Education for based on signal priority for buses at traffic sig- $24,803,000 two programs—We the People and Coopera- nals along arterial routes, roadway improve- Project Name: Alaska Native Educational tive Education Exchange—that are authorized ments like exclusive bus lanes and ‘‘queue Equity for activities authorized under the Ele- in the Elementary and Secondary Education jump’’ lanes, real-time travel information signs mentary and Secondary Education Act Act as part of the Civic Education program at significant stops along the route using the Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Intelligent Bus System already installed on all Legal Name and address of entity receiving Legal Name and address of entity receiving Pace buses, and dissemination of real-time earmark: U.S. Department of Education, AK earmark: The Center for Civic Education, 5145 travel information to passengers, dispatchers, Native Education Equity Act, 400 Maryland Douglas Fir Road, Calabasas, CA 91302 planners, and customer relations staff using a Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202 Description of how the money will be spent variety of electronic media. The project will Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is provide a much-needed new transit option for and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is justified: The Education for Democracy Act residents, commuters and workers in DuPage justified: The funding would be used to meet programs are among the most cost effective and northern Cook Counties. The service the unique education needs of AK Natives and programs supported by the federal govern- would allow faster, more reliable service on to support supplemental education programs ment. They effectively promote among stu- congested suburban streets. to benefit AK Natives. dents a profound understanding of and com- Appropriated Amount: $33,315,000 mitment to the fundamental values and prin- f Detailed Finance Plan: Programming ciples of American constitutional democracy $33,315,000 as expressed in such seminal documents as EARMARK DECLARATION Project Name: Close Up Fellowships Pro- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitu- gram for activities authorized under the Ele- tion and Bill of Rights, and the Gettysburg Ad- mentary and Secondary Education Act dress. They also promote students’ capacities HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN– Bill Number: H.R. 3293 to participate competently and responsibility in OF VIRGINIA Legal Name and address of entity receiving the political life of their communities and the earmark: Close Up Foundation, 44 Canal Cen- nation. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ter Plaza, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314 Appropriated Amount: $35,000,000 Thursday, July 23, 2009 Description of how the money will be spent Detailed Finance Plan: Programming and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is $35,000,000 Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, pursuant justified: Fellowships to economically dis- f to the Republican Leadership standards on advantaged students and their teachers to earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- participate in Close Up Washington civic edu- EARMARK DECLARATION mation regarding the earmark I received as cation programs as authorized under No Child part of H.R. 3288, the Departments of Trans- Left Behind Act. Program in Department of HON. PETER J. ROSKAM portation, Housing and Urban Development Education, Innovation and Improvement ac- OF ILLINOIS and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, count 36460. All grant dollars pay for tuition IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2010. for economically disadvantaged students and Thursday, July 23, 2009 Project Name/Amount: Hampton Roads their teachers to participate in Close Up Transit Bus Acquisition, $1,450,000 Washington civic education programs. Tuition Mr. ROSKAM. Madam Speaker, pursuant to is all inclusive including transportation, accom- Republican standards on disclosure for Mem- Intended Recipient of Funds: Transportation modations, food, instruction, administrative, ber project requests, I am submitting the fol- District Commission of Hampton Roads, 3400 etc. lowing information regarding projects I support Victoria Boulevard, Hampton, VA 23661 Appropriated Amount: $1,942,000 for inclusion in H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Project description and explanation of the Detailed Finance Plan: Programming Housing and Urban Development, and Related request: This funding would be used for the $1,942,000 Agencies Appropriations Act of 2010. purchase of four hybrid electric buses which Project Name: Reach Out and Read author- Congressman PETER J. ROSKAM: H.R. 3288, will reduce harmful emissions and increase ized under the Elementary and Secondary Department of Housing and Urban Develop- energy savings, while providing vital public Education Act ment, Economic Development Initiative ac- transportation for the Hampton Roads area. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 count for the Revitalization of the South Villa These buses are needed to replace vehicles Legal Name and address of entity receiving Corridor in Villa Park, Illinois. The entity to re- that have exceeded their useful lifespan as earmark: Reach Out and Read National Cen- ceive the $250,000 in funding for this project defined by the FTA. ter, 56 Roland Street, Boston, MA 02129 is the Village of Villa Park, 20 S. Ardmore Av- Project Name/Amount: Potomac and Rappa- Description of how the money will be spent enue, Villa Park, IL 60181. It is my under- hannock Transportation Commission Western and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is standing that the funding would be used to Maintenance Facility, $1,000,000 justified: Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a na- provide aesthetic enhancements and redevel- tional program that promotes literacy and lan- opment opportunities to promote and attract Intended Recipient of Funds: Prince William guage development in infants and young chil- increased economic development activity. This County, 1 County Complex, Prince William, dren, targeting disadvantaged and poor chil- funding will help the village move toward eco- VA 22192 dren and families. ROR has proven to among nomic growth and recovery even in this cli- Project description and explanation of the the most effective strategies to promote early mate, fulfilling a great need for the village and request: This funding would be used for a language and literacy development and school the region. PRTC Western Bus Maintenance and Storage readiness: pediatricians and other healthcare Congressman PETER J. ROSKAM: H.R. 3288, Facility on the western side of Prince William providers guide and encourage parents to Department of Transportation, Federal Transit County. Buses maintained and stored in this read aloud to their children from their earliest Administration, Alternatives Analysis Program facility will provide commuter bus service in years of their life, and send them home from account for the Pace J-Route Bus Rapid Tran- the I-66 corridor to the West Falls Church each doctor visit with books and a prescription sit Project. The entity to receive funding for Metro Station or Downtown DC and local to read together. Currently, nearly 50,000 doc- this project is Pace Suburban Bus, 550 W. neighborhood service in Western Prince Wil- tors and nurses have been trained in ROR’s Algonquin Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005. liam County.

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Madam quality of life for persons entering their final erations but that have all come to the end of Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- months. their useful lives. Such equipment is abso- ship standards on earmarks, I am submitting I certify that this project does not have a di- lutely essential to the hospital’s continued abil- the following information regarding earmarks I rect and foreseeable effect on the pecuniary ity to serve its community. This advanced dig- received as part of H.R. 3293—Departments interests of me or my spouse. ital diagnostic technology will allow health care of Labor, Health and Human Services, and I took extreme care to ensure that these providers to detect diseases earlier and to Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- projects are well vetted and strongly supported share those findings more quickly and across tions Act, 2010: within the community. The Center for Compas- greater distances, which is important in an REQUEST NUMBER 1 sionate Care Education Outreach appropria- area like the Monongahela Valley. Earlier de- tion is of particular interest to my district and Requesting Member: Congressman TIM tection of diseases improves the quality of life importance to my constituents. MURPHY for patients, even saving lives, and saves Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of REQUEST NUMBER 3 money because when diseases are discov- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Requesting Member: Congressman TIM ered in earlier stages, they are easier and less cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations MURPHY expensive to treat and are treated more suc- Act, 2010 Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of cessfully. Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- I certify that this project does not have a di- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Vin- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations rect and foreseeable effect on the pecuniary cent College Act, 2010 interests of me or my spouse. Address of Requesting Entity: 300 Fraser Account: Centers for Disease Control and I took extreme care to ensure that these Purchase Road, Latrobe, PA 15650 Prevention (CDC) projects are well vetted and strongly supported Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mario Amount: $150,000 within the community. The Diagnostic Lemieux Foundation Description of Request: Saint Vincent Col- Radiologic Equipment appropriation is of par- Address of Requesting Entity: 50 Abele lege is currently engaged in a capital project ticular interest to my district and importance to Road, Suite 100, Bridgeville, PA 15017 my constituents. to expand and renovate facilities for mathe- Amount: $100,000 matics and science education as part of a Description of Request: The Mario Lemieux REQUEST NUMBER 5 $42.5 million campaign to strengthen the Foundation, in conjunction with UPCI, recog- Requesting Member: Congressman TIM Boyer School. The expansion of academic nizes the need for additional community MURPHY programs, combined with an increasing stu- awareness and education. With increased Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of dent enrollment and active faculty and student funding for patient and community education, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- research agenda, have created a critical need outreach and awareness activities, MLF’s cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations for new science center facilities, particularly Hodgkin’s Disease Patient and Public Edu- Act, 2010 interdisciplinary research laboratories. Federal cation Outreach Initiative could do the fol- Account: Health Resources and Services grant funds, if awarded, would be applied to lowing: Create a Self-Teaching Continuing Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and these costs and may include, for example, Medical Education module, expand the ‘‘Rea- Services specialized instrumentation for a biochemistry son to Hope’’ lecture series to an additional Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Seton Hill laboratory, including the acquisition and instal- twenty sites, develop educational materials, University lation of a NMR and GC mass spectrometer, provide consumer education in local libraries, Address of Requesting Entity: 1 Seton Hill equipment for a materials science laboratory, community centers, hospitals, churches and Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601 and a planetarium projector. other venues, purchase new books on Hodg- Amount: $500,000 I certify that this project does not have a di- kin’s disease and related issues (fertility, age Description of Request: Orthodontics im- rect and foreseeable effect on the pecuniary appropriate information for patients’ children prove oral health, function, esthetics and most interests of me or my spouse. and teens, nutrition, coping and inspirational importantly quality of life. However, significant I took extreme care to ensure that these stories), develop educational community disparities exist regarding access to ortho- projects are well vetted and strongly supported events at UPMC Cancer Centers sites on var- dontic services for low-income families. Ortho- within the community. The state-of-the-art lab- ious aspects of Hodgkin’s disease including a dontists have particularly low participation oratory and teaching facilities for the Herbert speaker series to appeal to all age groups, rates in Medicaid programs. Reasons for this W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathe- genders and interests. include low fee reimbursement, negative per- matics, and Computing appropriation is of par- I certify that this project does not have a di- ceptions of Medicaid patients and high rates of ticular interest to my district and importance to rect and foreseeable effect on the pecuniary noncompliance. Access to orthodontics care my constituents. interests of me or my spouse. continues to worsen as the weak economy REQUEST NUMBER 2 I took extreme care to ensure that these has left many more families without health and Requesting Member: Congressman TIM projects are well vetted and strongly supported dental insurance. This problem has been ex- MURPHY within the community. The Hodgkin’s Disease acerbated in Southwestern Pennsylvania as Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of Patient and Public Education Outreach Initia- the only area orthodontics clinic (at Westmore- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- tive appropriation is of particular interest to my land Hospital) that treated the indigent popu- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations district and importance to my constituents. lation closed its doors two years ago. FY10 Act, 2010 REQUEST NUMBER 4 would be used to develop the Advanced Cer- Account: Centers for Disease Control and Requesting Member: Congressman TIM tificate in Orthodontics at Seton Hill University Prevention (CDC) MURPHY and Congressman JOHN MURTHA and help outfit the required clinic facilities, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Family Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of which will also serve indigent families’ clinical Hospice and Palliative Care Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- care. Address of Requesting Entity: 50 Moffett St., cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations I certify that this project does not have a di- Pittsburgh, PA 15243 Act, 2010 rect and foreseeable effect on the pecuniary Amount: $100,000 Account: Health Resources and Services interests of me or my spouse. Description of Request: Funds will be used Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and I took extreme care to ensure that these to staff and purchase materials for on-going Services projects are well vetted and strongly supported educational programs on end-of-life care for Legal Name of Requesting Entity: within the community. The Orthodontics Pro- patient families, general public, volunteers and Monongahela Valley Hospital gram at Seton Hill University appropriation is healthcare professionals within Family Hospice Address of Requesting Entity: 1163 Country of particular interest to my district and impor- and Palliative Care’s Center for Compas- Club Road; Monongahela, PA 15063 tance to my constituents.

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION of direct talks starting on September 3, 2008, Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF and continuing on a regular basis. These on- FORTENBERRY HON. BEN RAY LUJA´ N going reunification talks between the two Cyp- Bill Number: H.R. 3293, FY10 Labor/HHS/ OF NEW MEXICO riot leaders offer real opportunity to advance Education Appropriations Act Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES peace and work toward a just and lasting re- unification. If there is commitment to estab- Project Name: Sioux City College Center Thursday, July 23, 2009 lishing one prosperous Cyprus in which all Amount: $100,000 Mr. LUJA´ N. Madam Speaker, due to sched- people benefit from good relations with the Name and Address of Requesting Entity: uling conflicts, I was unable to be present for international community and membership in Wayne State College located at 1111 Main rollcall vote No. 607. Had I been present, I the EU, we must resolve to do everything we Street, Wayne, Nebraska would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ can to make this goal a reality. Description: To adequately address the f I am confident the Cypriots’ desire to reunify higher education and workforce development their country, to bring peace and prosperity needs of Dakota and Thurston Counties, Ne- EARMARK DECLARATION throughout the region, and ultimately to stand braska higher education institutions Wayne up for what they believe in, will prevail. I sin- State College and Northeast Community Col- HON. AARON SCHOCK cerely hope a solution to reuniting the island lege are collaborating with the city of South OF ILLINOIS of Cyprus will be reached under a government Sioux City to build and equip the South Sioux IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that safeguards basic human rights and de- City College Center to offer academic pro- mocracy and respects the fundamental free- grams specifically designed to meet the needs Thursday, July 23, 2009 doms of the people as a whole. of Nebraska and the tri-state region. The new Mr. SCHOCK. Madam Speaker, in accord- f College Center will serve the area by creating ance with the Republican adopted standards a ‘‘one-stop’’ consolidated service center offer- on earmarks, I submit the below detailed ex- EARMARK DECLARATION ing community and economic development re- planation of the Springfield Rail Relocation, IL sources in addition to providing educational Bill Number: H.R. 3288—Transportation, HON. KEVIN McCARTHY opportunity for area residents at an affordable Housing and Urban Development, and Related OF CALIFORNIA price. This funding would assist with the pur- Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES chase of distance learning equipment, nursing/ Provisions/Account: Federal Railroad Ad- health/science lab technology and equipment; ministration: Rail Line Relocation and Improve- Thursday, July 23, 2009 business and industry training technology ment Program Mr. MCCARTHY of California. Madam equipment; and general classroom equipment. Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF The entity to receive funding for this project is ship guidelines on earmarks, I am submitting FORTENBERRY the Illinois Department of Transportation, lo- the following information for publication in the Bill Number: H.R. 3293, FY10 Labor/HHS/ cated at 2300 S. Dirksen Pkwy, Springfield, IL CONGRESSIONAL RECORD regarding earmarks I Education Appropriations Act 62702. requested that were included as part of H.R. Account: Health Resources and Services Description of Request: The funding would 3288, the Departments of Transportation, Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and be used to design, engineer, and acquire land Housing and Urban Development, and Related Services for rail line relocation in Springfield, Illinois. Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. Project Name: University of Nebraska Med- f Requesting Member: Congressman KEVIN ical Center Rural Health Initiative MCCARTHY Amount: $150,000 COMMEMORATING THE TURKISH Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Name and Address of Requesting Entity: INVASION OF CYPRUS Account: Federal Highway Administration, University of Nebraska Medical Center located Surface Transportation Priorities at 986380 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, HON. NITA M. LOWEY Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kern Nebraska 68198 OF NEW YORK County Roads Department Description: The funding would be used by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Address of Requesting Entity: 2700 M the University of Nebraska Medical Center Street, Suite 400, Bakersfield, California (UNMC) to create a biomarkers database of Thursday, July 23, 2009 93301 rural diseases to assess environmental influ- Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, this week, Description of Request: $400,000 was in- ences on the development of diseases by col- we commemorate the 35th anniversary of the cluded for the Kern County Roads Department lecting health information from at least 50,000 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Over a third of a to help fund construction of a six-lane over- Midwesterners. Currently most information century ago, more than 200,000 Cypriots were pass along Seventh Standard Road at the about the relationship between disease and driven from their homes and forced to live Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad cross- the environment is generated by major data- under foreign occupation. We are at a critical ing. Seventh Standard Road is located in the bases located in large urban areas on the east juncture in the pursuit of peace and prosperity northern Bakersfield metropolitan area, and and west coasts which tend to be regionally for all Cypriots, and I urge all parties to move serves as a major goods carrier route and specific and generally not applicable to rural toward a peaceful resolution and reunification east/west corridor in the community. This areas. This database would be the first re- effort that will build a more united and pros- grade separation project will produce local search cohort in the Midwest to study the rela- perous Cyprus. jobs and reduce congestion and air pollution tionship between rural populations, the envi- There is a strong view that any solution to from idling vehicles as more than 50 high- ronment, and disease development. This the Cyprus problem must include a speed trains cross Seventh Standard Road at project could reveal environmental factors re- bicommunal, bi-zonal federal State of Cyprus. this railroad crossing daily. sponsible for birth defects or lymphoma, a The international community has stressed that f cancer with high incidence in Nebraska. The this should include a single sovereignty and a data will provide valuable information on the single citizenship, with its independence and EARMARK DECLARATION factors influencing development of deadly dis- territorial integrity safeguarded, and com- eases like cancer and position UNMC Eppley prising two politically equal communities as HON. JEFF FORTENBERRY Cancer Institute to be designated a National described by the relevant UN Security Council OF NEBRASKA Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Resolutions. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Center. This high distinction will allow for the I welcome the renewed interest in the efforts most advanced patient care and research to for a lasting solution. Under initiatives under- Thursday, July 23, 2009 be available in Nebraska. UNMC is the ideal taken by President Christofias since his elec- Mr. FORTENBERRY. Madam Speaker, pur- institution to spearhead this database with its tion in 2008, there is a movement which I suant to the Republican Leadership standards numerous resources, well-established state- hope will finally lead to a comprehensive solu- on member requests, I am submitting the fol- wide hospital network to collect data, a state- tion to the problems facing Cyprus. lowing information regarding the earmarks I of-the art cancer research team and facilities, The leaders of the Greek and Turkish-Cyp- received as part of H.R. 3293, the FY10 and comprehensive database capabilities to riot communities have demonstrated a strong Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- collect and assess acquired data from this commitment by holding more than 35 rounds cation Appropriations Act: project.

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Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF EARMARK DECLARATION serves children throughout the entire state. Im- FORTENBERRY proving the facility will help children make Bill Number: H.R. 3293, FY10 Labor/HHS/ HON. STEVE BUYER quicker recoveries and should decrease over- Education Appropriations Act OF INDIANA all health care costs. Account: Transportation, Community, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f System Preservation Thursday, July 23, 2009 Project Name: Madonna Rehabilitation Hos- Mr. BUYER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to EARMARK DECLARATION pital First Hope Initiative the House Republican standards on earmarks, Amount: $250,000 I am submitting the following information for HON. KEVIN McCARTHY Name and Address of Requesting Entity: ONGRESSIONAL ECORD publication in the C R re- OF CALIFORNIA Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital located at garding earmarks I received as part of H.R. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 5401 South Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68506 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health and Description: The First Hope Initiative is a Human Services, and Education, and Related Thursday, July 23, 2009 Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year technology and research initiative aimed at in- Mr. MCCARTHY of California. Madam creasing the functional independence, quality 2010. Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- of life, and outcomes of patients with severe Requesting Member: Congressman STEVE ship guidelines on earmarks, I am submitting disabilities arising from such conditions as BUYER (IN–04) the following information for publication in the Bill Number: H.R. 3293 stroke, brain injury and spinal cord injury. The Congressional Record regarding earmarks I Account: Health Resources and Services First Hope Initiative creates a model program requested that were included as part of H.R. Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and that can be implemented at other rehabilitation 3288, the Departments of Transportation, Services facilities around the country including VA and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Eliza- military hospitals to ensure improved out- Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. comes and independence for individuals re- beth Regional Health Requesting Member: Congressman KEVIN covering from catastrophic medical events. Address of Requesting Entity: 1501 Hartford Street, Lafayette, IN 47904 MCCARTHY Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF Bill Number: H.R. 3288 FORTENBERRY Description of Request: Provides $300,000 for St. Elizabeth Regional Health’s Adult In- Account: Federal Highway Administration, Bill Number: H.R. 3293, FY10 Labor/HHS/ Patient Psychiatric Unit which provides short Transportation & Community & System Pres- Education Appropriations Act term, intensive, and specialized care to pa- ervation Account: Elementary and Secondary Edu- tients who have an acute mental illness. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kern cation (Includes FIE) Project ensures community will continue to County Roads Department Project Name: Special Olympics 2010 USA have access to mental health services in an Address of Requesting Entity: 2700 M National Games, Lincoln, Nebraska appropriate setting. Funding ensures contin- Street, Suite 400, Bakersfield, California Amount: $350,000 ued improvement of mental health services in 93301 Name and Address of Requesting Entity: our nation. Description of Request: $400,000 was in- Special Olympics 2010 USA National Games, Requesting Member: Congressman STEVE cluded for the Kern County Roads Department 7600 North 70th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska BUYER (IN–04) fund completion of the environmental designs 68517 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 related to the widening of State Route 119 in Description: The 2010 USA National Games Account: Health Resources and Services Taft, California, between Cherry Avenue and for Special Olympics will be taking place July Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Tupman Road. These environmental designs 18–23, 2010, in Lincoln, Nebraska. This will Services are a requirement as part of the National Envi- be the largest sporting event, to date, in the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Hendricks ronmental Policy Act, and this funding will en- state of Nebraska and offers a great oppor- Regional Health able the Kern County Roads Department and tunity to make an economic, humanitarian, Address of Requesting Entity: 100 East Caltrans to complete these studies. State and educational impact upon Nebraskan com- Main Street, Danville, IN 46122 Route 119 is not only the primary commuter munities as well as on the national landscape. Description of Request: Provides $550,000 road between the Cities of Taft and Bakers- to address the health concerns of our nation Special Olympics offers year-round sports field, but is one of the major transportation by providing for comprehensive prevention corridors in the Central Valley that provides training and competition opportunities for both and wellness programs which seek to improve children and adults with an intellectual dis- access to Los Angeles, the coastal cities, and the overall health of the community and ulti- northern California. ability, giving them the opportunity to develop mately to decrease health costs. Hendricks physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experi- Regional Health will build central Indiana’s first f ence joy, and become integrated and valued fully integrated YMCA and hospital collabora- members of our society. There will be 3,000 tion. The hospital will provide physical and oc- EARMARK DECLARATION athletes, 1,000 coaches, 8,000 volunteers, and cupational therapies, cardiac rehabilitation, an estimated 15,000 family and friends in Lin- complete lab and x-ray services, new medical HON. BRETT GUTHRIE coln and Omaha during the week of the practices, sports medicine and other hospital OF KENTUCKY games. The games are projected to generate outreach services such as nutrition counseling $40 million in local economic impact and an and diabetes education. Additionally, the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES additional $5 million in tax revenue alone. project is projected to create 300 new jobs. Thursday, July 23, 2009 For six days there will be vigorous, Olympic- Requesting Member: Congressman STEVE Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to style sporting competitions for the athletes. In BUYER (IN–04) the Republican Leadership standards on ear- addition, there will be a number of non-sport- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 marks, I am submitting the following informa- ing events, including a leadership program Account: Health Resources and Services tion regarding earmarks I received as part of and free health screenings and services. Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and The estimated budget for these games is $9 Services million dollars with the expected revenue com- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Clarian Urban Development, and Related Agencies ing from several designated areas including Health and Riley Hospital For Children Appropriations Act of 2010. Federal and State appropriations, as well as Address of Requesting Entity: 702 Barnhill Requesting Member: Congressman BRETT local community support. From the time the Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202 GUTHRIE athletes arrive in Nebraska, the Games Orga- Description of Request: Provides $400,000 Bill Number: H.R. 3288 nizing Committee is responsible for all costs for project to renovate outdated burn unit in Account: HUD/EDI including the athletes and coaches’ accom- hospital. Once the project is complete, Riley Recipient: City of Bradfordsville modations, meals, transportation, and security. Hospital will be able to treat children with Description of Request: Provide $250,000 to In addition, funds will go to promoting the moderate and severe burns in a more efficient renovate a vacant school for the purposes of games, building out venues for competitions, and effective way. Riley Hospital houses and a storm shelter, senior center, and community renting venues, and for communication needs. runs the only pediatric burn unit in Indiana and center.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1965 HONORING THE EMPLOYEES OF partment of Nursing & Allied Health SLO & NC of ‘‘systemic risk’’ to our nation’s economy THE ANN ARBOR NEWS FOR to fund upgrades to nursing program training than the failure of any specific financial institu- THEIR 174 YEARS OF FINE JOUR- rooms and purchase new medical training tion. NALISM equipment to create modern hospital settings The guiding principle of H.R. 3310 can be for teaching students. Though hospital settings summed up in one sentence: no more bail- HON. JOHN D. DINGELL remain the best laboratory for student learn- outs. By putting an end to ad hoc, improvised and unprincipled bailouts designed to spare OF MICHIGAN ing, it is high-risk. This funding will provide big Wall Street firms and their creditors from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Cuesta College nursing students with state-of- the-art, hands-on learning in a low-risk envi- the consequences of their mistakes, our legis- Thursday, July 23, 2009 ronment, which helps ensure future nurses lation offers a clear alternative to the limitless Mr. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today from Cuesta College have the skills and train- and unconstrained ‘‘bailout authority’’ that to offer a tribute in honor of The Ann Arbor ing to save lives in hospitals and emergency Democrats want to confer upon those very News, which has shut its doors after 174 rooms in the region and beyond. regulators that failed to anticipate the current years of service. f crisis that almost wrecked our financial sys- Since 1835, the Ann Arbor News and its tem. The Democrats want to hide the con- employees served Washtenaw County cre- INTRODUCTION OF THE CONSUMER sequences of regulatory and private sector ating a forum for educated discussion, PROTECTION AND REGULATORY mistakes by giving regulators the authority to thoughtful articles, and current events. I want ENHANCEMENT ACT bail out large financial institutions, their credi- to thank the employees and journalists of The tors, and their counterparties, without any ac- Ann Arbor News for their fine work, and I wish HON. SPENCER BACHUS countability whatsoever. Even worse, the them the very best in their future endeavors. OF ALABAMA Democrats have not yet figured out who is The Ann Arbor News lived to see its town IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES going to pay for this limitless bailout authority, administered by bureaucrats for the benefit of of only 1,000 expand to a city of 110,000 and Thursday, July 23, 2009 has watched the University of Michigan be- a handful of large financial institutions. come one of the finest universities in the Mr. BACHUS. Madam Speaker, today the Our legislation also rejects the call for a world. It predates the Civil War and covered Republican leadership of the House and the government-run economy that depends upon that historic struggle during the 1860s. In the Financial Services Committee joined me in in- the omniscience and omnipotence of govern- 1950s it covered the announcement of the troducing H.R. 3310, the Consumer Protection ment regulators who have shown themselves groundbreaking polio vaccine in Ann Arbor. and Regulatory Enhancement Act, to com- unable to anticipate crises, let alone do any- The News also spread word of two landmark prehensively modernize and streamline the thing to prevent them. Republicans believe Presidential programs, Kennedy’s Peace regulatory structure of the financial services in- that the financial system works best when indi- Corps and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, dustry. vidual participants are free to keep the gains also unveiled in Ann Arbor. Later on, the The legislation will ensure that (1) the gov- yielded by their efforts, but are forced to bear News was recognized as one of the best small ernment stops rewarding failure and picking the costs of their failure. By adhering to the newspapers in the country out of a field of winners and losers; (2) taxpayers are never principle that no firm is ‘‘too big to fail,’’ Re- about 1,350 papers with daily circulations of again asked to pick up the tab for bad bets on publicans will ensure that responsibility for 50,000 or less (about 85 percent of all daily Wall Street while some creditors and counter- monitoring the stability of the financial system papers in America). parties of failed firms are made whole; and (3) is placed exactly where it needs to be: with I am pleased that some of the News’ fine market discipline is restored so that financial the individual market participants who have journalists will be joining a new venture, firms will no longer expect the government to the self-interest and the expertise to monitor AnnArbor.com, which will serve many similar rescue them from the consequences of impru- their exposure to the financial system, and functions as the News, and will guide the Ann dent business decisions. The Republican plan who are in the best position to take the nec- Arbor community into the age of digital web in- seeks to return our regulatory system to one essary action to protect themselves, their in- formation. I would like to offer my tribute to the in which government policies do not promote vestors, and their creditors from the risks that thousands of people who worked at The Ann moral hazard, and insolvent financial firms do are endemic to the financial system. Arbor News and established its fine journalistic not become wards of the state. Rather than asking government to spare tradition from 1835 until its close. The Obama administration and many Demo- participants from the consequences of their crats in Congress have insisted that the finan- mistakes by imposing those costs on others, f cial crisis was caused by a lack of regulation our legislation calls for the resolution of insol- EARMARK DECLARATION and a failed free market philosophy, requiring vent non-bank institutions—no matter how government intervention on the scale of the large or systemically important—through the HON. KEVIN McCARTHY New Deal to ‘‘re-regulate’’ finance. H.R. 3310 bankruptcy system. The key to making bankruptcy work as an OF CALIFORNIA is premised upon a belief that it was mis- guided government policies to allocate credit alternative is to make credible and clear the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and government intervention to prop up failed government’s commitment to restructuring, re- Thursday, July 23, 2009 financial institutions that helped precipitate, organizing, or liquidating troubled financial in- Mr. MCCARTHY of California. Madam and later exacerbate, the crisis, which sug- stitutions at the expense of their creditors and Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- gests that what is needed is smarter—not counterparties. This commitment requires a ship guidelines on earmarks, I am submitting more—regulation. The bill fundamentally re- firm rejection of the current status quo, in the following information for publication in the jects the command-and-control approach that which the decision whether to rescue a spe- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD regarding earmarks I has characterized the Obama administration’s cific firm and insulate its creditors and counter- requested that were included as part of H.R. and congressional Democrats’ stewardship of parties from losses is left to the discretion of 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health and the economy. regulators accountable to no one but them- Human Services, Education and Related The Administration’s regulatory reform pro- selves. This commitment also requires the re- Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. posals would empower the Federal Reserve jection of the possibility of any bailout, no mat- Requesting Member: Congressman KEVIN as a new ‘‘systemic risk super-regulator.’’ ter how that bailout is described. Without this MCCARTHY Rather than massively expanding the Federal firm commitment to ending bailouts, too-big-to- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Reserve’s mission and further enshrining a fail financial institutions and those who do Account: Department of Health and Human failed government policy of rescuing ‘‘too big business with them have every incentive to Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- to fail’’ institutions, H.R. 3310 scales back the pursue short term gains, knowing that the ministration—Health Facilities and Services Fed’s authorities so that it can focus on con- costs will ultimately be borne by others if Legal Name of Requesting Entity: San Luis ducting monetary policy and unwinding the tril- things go wrong. By making credible the gov- Obispo County Community College District lions of dollars in obligations it has amassed ernment’s policy that losses will be borne by Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box during the financial crisis. When combined those responsible, the government makes the 8106, San Luis Obispo, California 93403 with the administration’s reckless ‘‘borrow-and- financial system stronger by encouraging Description of Request: $100,000 was in- spend’’ fiscal policy, the vast expansion of the creditors to be more vigilant in assessing the cluded for the San Luis Obispo County Com- Fed’s balance sheet in recent months argu- creditworthiness and business practices of the munity College District’s (Cuesta College) De- ably represents a far more significant source parties to whom they are extending credit. And

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1966 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 by making clear that the government will not entities outside their purview. This panel would allocating these duties will eliminate the Fed’s step in to bail out a failing institution or its not have independent enforcement or super- current incentive to prop up the economy creditors, the government can remove the un- visory authority over individual firms, but would through an accommodative monetary policy to certainty and confusion that roiled the markets instead meet on at least a quarterly basis and prevent firms under its regulatory purview from last September when market participants periodically report its findings to Congress and failing. The legislation makes the Federal Re- could not anticipate the government’s actions. the relevant functional regulators (the cops on serve more transparent and accountable to The relatively smooth bankruptcies of Drexel the beat) so that policymakers and regulators taxpayers by enabling the Government Ac- Burnham Lambert, Enron, and WorldCom could act upon them to contain risks posed by countability Office to conduct more extensive demonstrate that the bankruptcy system is specific firms, industry practices, activities and audits of the central bank. In addition, to send more than capable of resolving and liquidating interactions of entities under different regu- clear signals to markets, the legislation re- large, complex institutions. The failure of Leh- latory regimes, or government policies. quires the Fed to have an explicit inflation tar- man Brothers last September is often cited by To modernize the financial regulatory struc- get, and would narrow the Fed’s authority proponents of a new systemic risk resolution ture, the legislation streamlines the current under section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve authority as an example of why bankruptcy framework of overlapping and redundant Fed- Act, which currently provides the Fed with ‘‘won’t work.’’ In truth, the shock to the mar- eral financial regulatory agencies by central- nearly unlimited powers during periods the kets from Lehman’s collapse was the result of izing supervision of deposit-taking entities in Board of Governors deems ‘‘unusual and exi- dashed expectations of market participants one agency while preserving charter choice gent,’’ as follows: (1) require the Secretary of that the government would ride to Lehman’s (e.g., credit unions and State charters) as well the Treasury to officially sign off on all actions rescue just as it had in the earlier Bear as the dual banking system (the regulator taken by the Federal Reserve pursuant to sec- Stearns and GSE episodes, not of any inad- would have two divisions—one would oversee tion 13(3); (2) allow Congress to block any equacies in the bankruptcy process. Neverthe- federally chartered banks and thrifts, and one Federal Reserve action undertaken pursuant less, Republicans believe that bankruptcy can would serve as the primary federal regulator of to its section 13(3) authority within 90 days of be made more efficient and better tailored to state-chartered, state-supervised banks). The such action by passing a congressional reso- resolving large non-bank financial institutions. legislation immediately combines the OCC and lution of disapproval, in which case the Fed The legislation, therefore, proposes a new OTS into one agency and shift the supervisory would have 90 additional days to unwind the chapter to the Bankruptcy Code to deal with functions of the Federal Reserve and FDIC to relevant facility; (3) place all expenditures to the unique characteristics of financial institu- that agency, including responsibility for over- date pursuant to section 13(3), and those tions that will make ‘‘orderly failure’’ a practical seeing bank and financial holding companies. taken in the future, on Treasury’s balance solution for resolving troubled firms. Among It establishes an Office of Consumer Protec- sheet; and (4) eliminate the Federal Reserve’s other things, this new chapter will provide for tion within the new agency to streamline in ability to use its 13(3) authority to intervene on better coordination between the regulators of one place responsibility for rule promulgating behalf of a specific institution, allowing the these institutions and the bankruptcy system, and enforcing the Federal consumer protection powers to only be used to create liquidity fa- so that regulators can provide technical assist- laws applicable to depository institutions, elimi- cilities that would be broadly available to a ance and specialized expertise about financial nating the confusion created by the existence market sector. institutions. In addition, this new chapter will of five different Federal regulatory agencies H.R. 3310 also brings needed reform to the give bankruptcy judges the power to stay which currently share consumer protection re- GSEs. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s govern- claims by creditors and counterparties to pre- sponsibilities. Consumer protection rules will ment-subsidized model has cost taxpayers vent runs on troubled institutions, thereby be reviewed and updated regularly with rule tens of billions of dollars. The legislation helping to alleviate the panic that could strike promulgation consisting of extensive consumer phases out taxpayer subsidies of Fannie Mae the financial system if a large institution finds testing. In addition, Republicans will provide and Freddie Mac over a number of years and itself facing difficulties. the Office of Consumer Protection with the au- ends the current model of privatized profits Rather than establishing the Federal Re- thority to redesign and improve consumer dis- and socialized losses. It sunsets the current serve as the ‘‘systemic risk regulator,’’ and closures so that they are transparent to all in- GSE conservatorship by a date certain, plac- identifying in advance those firms that are sys- terested parties and written in plain language ing Fannie and Freddie in receivership if they temically significant (i.e., ‘‘too big to fail’’), the to enhance understanding by all consumers are not financially viable at that time. If they legislation creates a Market Stability and Cap- and investors. are viable, once the housing market has sta- ital Adequacy Board, chaired by the Secretary The legislation simplifies and streamlines bilized, the plan would initiate the process of of the Treasury and comprised of outside ex- the complaint process for consumers and in- cutting their ties to the government by winding perts as well as representatives from the fi- vestors who believe they have been wronged down the federal subsidies granted through nancial regulatory agencies responsible for su- by abusive industry practices, by establishing their charters and transitioning Fannie and pervising large, complex firms. This panel a single, toll-free number and Web site—to be Freddie into non-government backed entities would be charged with monitoring the inter- administered by the Office of Consumer Pro- that compete on a level playing field with other actions of various sectors of the financial sys- tection—to field consumer inquiries and direct private firms. The legislation addresses the tem, and identifying risks that could endanger them to the appropriate regulatory or enforce- need to reduce Fannie and Freddie’s port- the stability and soundness of the system. The ment agency. folios, re-focus Fannie and Freddie on pro- panel’s mandate would include reviewing fi- The legislation ensures that institutions en- moting housing affordability, and require SEC nancial industry data collected from the appro- gaged in similar activities and serving similar registration and the payment of taxes. priate functional regulators; monitoring govern- functions will be regulated similarly, limiting To restore market discipline and promote ment policies and initiatives; reviewing risk the potential for competitive distortions and a greater investor due diligence, H.R. 3310 dis- management practices within financial regu- ‘‘race to the bottom’’ among firms seeking the courages blind reliance on ratings supplied by latory agencies; reviewing capital standards most lenient regulatory treatment. It promotes the major credit rating agencies that has had set by the appropriate functional regulators simplicity and consistent enforcement. It guar- such disastrous consequences for investors and making recommendations to ensure cap- antees accountability and transparency. And it and the economy as a whole. For too long, ital and leverage ratios match risks regulated enables the Federal Reserve and the FDIC to the government has adopted policies that be- entities are taking on; reviewing transparency concentrate on their most important respon- stowed a ‘‘Good Housekeeping’’ seal of ap- and regulatory understanding of risk expo- sibilities: formulating monetary policy and pro- proval on the rating agencies and their prod- sures in the over-the-counter derivatives mar- tecting the deposit insurance fund, respec- ucts, which perpetuated a rating agency duop- kets and making recommendations regarding tively. oly that contributed significantly to a mispricing the appropriate clearing of trades in those The extraordinary market interventions con- of risk and a subsequent collapse in market markets through central counterparties; and ducted by the Federal Reserve since the confidence. Designating certain agencies as making recommendations regarding any gov- onset of the financial crisis have added trillions Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Orga- ernment or industry policies and practices that of dollars to the government’s balance sheet nizations (NRSROs) and hard-wiring ref- are exacerbating systemic risk. In order to ad- and taken it far afield from its core mission of erences to their ratings into numerous Federal dress current regulatory gaps, each functional conducting the nation’s monetary policy. The statutes and regulations are the two most regulator would be required to assess the ef- Republican legislation re-focuses the Fed on egregious examples of this implied govern- fects of their regulated entities’ activities on its monetary policy mandate by relieving it of ment blessing. The legislation addresses macroeconomic stability and review how enti- current regulatory and supervisory responsibil- these market distortions by changing the ties under their regulatory purview interact with ities, reassigning them to other agencies. Re- NRSRO designation to ‘‘nationally registered

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To further mitigate over-reliance on as switches, and fiber optic uplinks, servers, third-party credit analysis, functional regulators Thursday, July 23, 2009 end-user computers, LCD projectors, and will be required to more thoroughly examine Mr. ADERHOLT. Madam Speaker, pursuant wireless interactive pads. governance, risk management and enterprise to the Republican Leadership standards on Requesting Member: ADERHOLT management policies and procedures. earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Account: Department of Education, Higher To restore investor and consumer con- mation regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 3293, the Labor, Health and Education Education (includes FIPSE) fidence and better protect financial markets, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Gadsden H.R. 3310 enhances the ability of the financial Appropriations Bill: Requesting Member: ADERHOLT State Community College, Gadsden, AL regulatory agencies to enforce Federal con- Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 227, sumer protection and securities laws. Regu- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Account: Department of Education, Elemen- Gadsden, AL 35902–0227 lators need more tools in their arsenal to pro- Description of Request: ‘‘For technology up- ceed administratively and judicially against al- tary & Secondary Education (includes FIE) Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Arab City grades’’, $100,000 leged violators. The legislation increases civil The funding would be used to provide and money penalties in government enforcement School District, Arab, AL Address of Requesting Entity: 750 Arabian enhance technology in the classroom and actions; maximizes restitution to victims of technology infrastructure between Cherokee, fraud; improves surveillance of bad actors who Drive, Arab, AL 35016 Description of Request: ‘‘For an education Etowah, Cleburne and Calhoun Counties. This exploit gaps in the current regulatory regime to funding will provide quality education across continue preying upon innocent consumers; technology initiative, including purchase of equipment’’, $150,000 rural areas of the state and for students to and reauthorizes the Financial Crimes En- have access to technology for workforce de- forcement Network (FinCEN), authorizing an The funding would be used to improve the quality of technology resources available to velopment purposes. The entire amount of the additional $15 million to combat financial funds would be used for the purchase and in- fraud. the students. This funding will help ensure that students are better prepared to compete in a stallation of equipment for technology en- Madam Speaker, H.R. 3310 will bring smart- 21st century global marketplace. These funds hancements and infrastructure. er, not more, regulation of our financial serv- would allow students in Arab to learn in a 21st Requesting Member: ADERHOLT Bill Number: H.R. 3293 ices industry, and I urge my colleagues to join century environment, thus preparing them for me as a cosponsor of this legislation. Account: Department of Health & Human future opportunities in the global marketplace. Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- The full amount of these funds will be spent f ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and on computers and related technical equip- Services ment. EARMARK DECLARATION Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Cullman Requesting Member: ADERHOLT Regional Medical Center, Cullman, AL Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Address of Requesting Entity: 1912 AL Hwy HON. KEVIN McCARTHY Account: Department of Education, Elemen- 157, P.O. Box 1108, Cullman, AL 35056 tary & Secondary Education (includes FIE) Description of Request: ‘‘For facilities and OF CALIFORNIA Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Cullman equipment’’, $1,000,000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES County Schools, Cullman, AL The funding would be used for construction, Address of Requesting Entity: 301 1st Thursday, July 23, 2009 renovation and equipment for Cullman Re- Street, NE Suite 100, Cullman, AL 35056 gional Medical Center’s (CRMC) emergency Mr. MCCARTHY of California. Madam Description of Request: ‘‘For a mobile lab- department. CRMC is the only trauma ER Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- oratory initiative, including purchase of equip- along 1–65 from Huntsville to Birmingham, a ship guidelines on earmarks, I am submitting ment’’, $150,000 vital regional corridor with a significant number the following information for publication in the The funding would be used for mobile com- of emergencies. Approximately $750,000 will CONGRESSIONAL RECORD regarding earmarks I puter labs which can be moved, serving more assist in modifying and expanding the facility’s requested that were included as part of H.R. students. This project will assist all students, infrastructure and $250,000 will help provide 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health and at-risk to gifted, by providing technology and additional staff necessary to manage the in- Human Services, Education and Related skills needed in 21st century workforce. Addi- crease in volume. Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. tionally it will assist with credit/grade recovery, Requesting Member: ADERHOLT and ACT prep. The full amount of this funding Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Requesting Member: Congressman KEVIN will be used to purchase equipment, including Account: Department of Health & Human MCCARTHY laptop carts, laptops and wireless access Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 points for schools in the county. ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Account: Department of Health and Human Requesting Member: ADERHOLT Services Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: DCH ministration—Health Facilities and Services Account: Department of Education, Elemen- Health System/Fayette Medical Center, Fay- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: California tary & Secondary Education (includes FIE) ette, AL Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Franklin State University, Bakersfield Address of Requesting Entity: 1653 Temple County Schools, Russellville, AL Avenue N., Fayette, Alabama 35555 Address of Requesting Entity: 29 Romberg Address of Requesting Entity: PO Box 610, Description of Request: ‘‘For facilities and Nursing Education Center, 9001 Stockdale Russellville, AL 35653 equipment’’, $200,000 Highway, Bakersfield, California 93311 Description of Request: ‘‘For an education The funding would be used to replace the Description of Request: $150,000 was in- technology initiative, including purchase of outdated MRI system, originally purchased in cluded for the California State University, Ba- equipment’’, $935,000 1997. As the sole community provider for kersfield (CSUB) to fund purchases of new The funding would be used to upgrade a emergency care in Fayette and Lamar, the classroom equipment, technical resources, network by providing secure and robust ac- 60,000 patients served annually (including a and medical equipment for CSUB’s nursing cess to educational resources both internally large number of elderly, uninsured, and under- program. This funding is to bring CSUB’s and externally via the Internet. Funds will be insured), will greatly benefit from this up- nursing program to a level of technological used to provide schools with modern switches, graded, more efficient MRI system. The pro- and environmental sophistication that is com- services, and equipment to replace the obso- jected breakdown for the project is as follows: parable to other nursing departments across lete. Project will enable FCS students to utilize Purchase of GE 1.5 Tesla MRI, California in order to meet the national and re- contemporary technology that will assist them $1,300,000.00; preparation for installation gional nursing shortage that is predicted to in- in not only achieving a high school degree, but $100,000.00; lease for mobile MRI to be used crease over the next decade, which would also aid them in preparing for specialized during de-installation of old MRI and installa- negatively affect patient care. workforce skills and postsecondary endeavors. tion of new MRI, $48,000.00.

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Requesting Member: ADERHOLT ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- ECU and its medical school. Congress recog- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 lowing information regarding earmarks I re- nized the importance of the 10th St. Con- Account: Department of Health & Human ceived as part of H.R. 3288, the Transpor- nector by authorizing it for $7.1 million in Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- tation, Housing and Urban Development Ap- SAFETEA–LU, P.L. 109–59. ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and propriations bill. f Services Project Name: Airport Apron Expansion, EARMARK DECLARATION Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Northwest Wasilla, AK Alabama Mental Health Center, Jasper, AL Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Address of Requesting Entity: 1100 7th Ave- Department of Transportation HON. KEVIN McCARTHY nue, Jasper, Alabama 35501 Legal name and address of entity receiving OF CALIFORNIA Description of Request: ‘‘For facilities and earmark: City of Wasilla, 290 E. Herning Ave, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES equipment’’, $200,000 The funding would be used to renovate Wasilla, AK 99654 Thursday, July 23, 2009 property to house a community-based mental Description of how the money will be spent Mr. MCCARTHY of California. Madame retardation Day Habilitation program, and ex- and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- pand to serve more individuals/families in a justified: ship guidelines on earmarks, I am submitting This project will add apron space for 20 air- multi- county region. The program prepares the following information for publication in the craft tie-down spaces and 2 lease lots for consumers for increased community participa- CONGRESSIONAL RECORD regarding earmarks I hangar space. This project has been designed tion. This will help provide considerable sav- requested that were included as part of H.R. and is ready to bid. This project follows a se- ings realized by providing adult day care men- 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health and ries of apron extensions over the last 4 years tal health services and programs as opposed Human Services, Education and Related to improve general aviation service to the to institutional care. Approximately $80,000 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. area, in accordance with the City’s Airport will be spent on labor costs and $120,000 will Requesting Member: Congressman KEVIN Master Plan that has been approved by the be spent on construction materials and spe- MCCARTHY FAA. cialty items for this mental health facility. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Appropriated Amount: $500,000 Account: Department of Education, Fund for f Detailed Finance Plan: Construction: the Improvement for Post Secondary Edu- EARMARK DECLARATION $500,000 cation Project Name: Anchorage People Mover Legal Name of Requesting Entity: San Luis HON. KEVIN McCARTHY Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Obispo County Community College District OF CALIFORNIA Department of Transportation Address of Requesting Entity. P.O. Box IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Legal name and address of entity receiving 8106, San Luis Obispo, California 93403 Thursday, July 23, 2009 earmark: Municipality of Anchorage 3650A E. Description of Request: $350,000 was in- Tudor Road Anchorage, AK 99507 cluded for the San Luis Obispo County Com- Mr. MCCARTHY of California. Madam Description of how the money will be spent munity College District (Cuesta College) to Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- and why the use of federal taxpayer funding is purchase equipment to train students in voca- ship guidelines on earmarks, I am submitting justified: tional technical education fields at the Trades/ the following information for publication in the This project will provide renovation, con- Technology Complex. This initiative focuses CONGRESSIONAL RECORD regarding earmarks I struction and improvement capital needed to on training students so they are prepared for requested that were included as part of H.R. improve reliability and efficiency of public tran- local and regional jobs in the fields of viticul- 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health and sit within the Municipality of Anchorage. Peo- ture, small engine mechanics, welding, engi- Human Services, Education and Related ple Mover provides more than 4,000,000 an- neering, construction technology, and solar Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. nual passenger trips, transporting people to and other alternative energy training. This pro- Requesting Member: Congressman KEVIN work, medical appts, school, and recreation. gram will help ensure San Luis Obispo County MCCARTHY Appropriated Amount: $750,000 has skilled workers to help meet local job de- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Detailed Finance Plan: Account: Department of Education—Na- mands. Capital Renovation, Construction and Im- f tional Projects, Safe Schools and Citizenship provements: $750,000 Education EARMARK DECLARATION Legal Name of Requesting Entity: The Cen- f ter for Civic Education EARMARK DECLARATION Address of Requesting Entity: 5145 Douglas HON. ANH ‘‘JOSEPH’’ CAO OF LOUISIANA Fir Road, Calabasas, California 91302 Description of Request: $35 million was in- HON. WALTER B. JONES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cluded for the Center for Civic Education to OF NORTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 23, 2009 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fund the Education for Democracy Act We the Mr. CAO. Madam Speaker, Pursuant to the People and Cooperative Education Exchanges Thursday, July 23, 2009 Republican Leadership standards on ear- programs. These national programs are de- Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, pursuant to marks, I am submitting the following informa- signed to increase local students’ under- the Republican Leadership standards on ear- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of standing and appreciation for the constitutional marks, I am submitting the following informa- H.R. 3293—the Labor, HHS, Education Appro- democracy system of government, and pro- tion regarding project funding I received as priations Act, 2010: vide them the knowledge base to be actively part of H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing As requested by me, Rep. ANH ‘‘JOSEPH’’ involved in local, state, and federal govern- and Urban Development, and Related Agen- CAO, H.R. 3293—the Labor, HHS, Education ment and public policymaking. In addition, this cies Appropriations Act, 2010: Appropriations Act, 2010 provides for Dillard funding, authorized more than 15 years ago, Rep. WALTER B. JONES University, in conjunction with Tulane Univer- would go to local schools to help students ob- Project: To extend 10th Street from Dickin- sity and EXCELth. This is in the Centers for tain a better understanding of America’s son Avenue to Stantonsburg Road in Green- Disease Control and Prevention account in the Founding Documents, ensure students can ef- ville, NC amount of $300,000. This funding will go to- fectively participate in state and local govern- Recipient: North Carolina Department of ward developing a new community health cen- ment, prevent school violence through positive Transportation ter to be located in the Student Union building engagement and group problem solving, and Account: Federal Highway Administration— on the Dillard University campus to enhance reinforce democratic values in new and Transportation & Community & System Pres- community wellness. emerging democracies around the world ervation As requested by me, Rep. ANH ‘‘JOSEPH’’ through exchange programs. Amount: $500,000 CAO, H.R. 3293—the Labor, HHS, Education f Explanation: The project will extend 10th Appropriations Act, 2010 provides for PACE Street from its current terminus at Dickinson Greater New Orleans. This is in the Centers EARMARK DECLARATION Avenue to Stantonsburg Road at Memorial for Medicare and Medicaid—Research and Drive. This will significantly reduce traffic con- Demonstration account in the amount of HON. DON YOUNG gestion in the downtown Greenville area. It will $500,000. This funding would help expand OF ALASKA also provide a major east-west thoroughfare to and develop additional PACE services on the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES meet the demands of cross-city traffic, as well Westbank of Jefferson Parish as well as Mon- Thursday, July 23, 2009 as a direct route from US–264 to downtown roe and Alexandria to make the non-profit Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Madam Speaker, Greenville and East Carolina University (ECU). more able to provide the elderly with an alter- pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- It will also provide a direct connection between native to institutionalized care.

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As requested by me, Rep. ANH ‘‘JOSEPH’’ Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of EARMARK DECLARATION CAO, H.R. 3293—the Labor, HHS, Education Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Appropriations Act, 2010 provides for City of cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations HON. WALTER B. JONES New Orleans for facilities and equipment asso- Act, 2010 OF NORTH CAROLINA ciated with the replacement of Methodist Hos- Project: Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pital. This is in the Health Resources and Program Services Administration (Health Facilities and Account: Department of Health and Human Thursday, July 23, 2009 Services) account in the amount of $450,000. Services, Centers for Disease Control and Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, pursuant to This funding would help the City of New Orle- Prevention the Republican Leadership standards on ear- ans and the Orleans Parish Hospital Service Requesting Entity: Pulmonary Hypertension marks, I am submitting the following informa- to re-establish acute care hospital services in Association tion regarding project funding I received as New Orleans East. Address of Requesting Entity: 801 Roeder part of H.R. 3183, the Energy and Water De- As requested by me, Rep. ANH ‘‘JOSEPH’’ Rd., Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910 velopment Appropriations Act, 2010: CAO, H.R. 3293—the Labor, HHS, Education I have supported strengthening Pulmonary Rep. WALTER B. JONES Appropriations Act, 2010 provides for the Mary Hypertension (PH) education for over ten Project: Beaufort Harbor, NC Queen of Vietnam Community Development years; and for this reason and for the third Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers— Corporation in New Orleans. This is in the year in a row, I have requested funding to Wilmington District Health Resources and Services Administration strengthen and continue a successful partner- Account: Operations and Maintenance (Health Facilities and Services) account in the ship between the non-profit Pulmonary Hyper- Amount: $250,000 amount of $400,000. This funding would help tension Association and the Centers for Dis- Explanation: The funding will allow for main- build a community owned health care center ease Control. PH is a serious and often fatal tenance dredging of Bulkhead Channel, which to serve the African-American, Latino, Viet- condition where the blood pressure in the is the main waterway entrance to the Town of namese and Non-hispanic White community. lungs rises to dangerously high levels. In PH Beaufort from the Morehead City Harbor Fed- As requested by me, Rep. ANH ‘‘JOSEPH’’ patients the walls of the arteries that take eral Navigation Project and the Atlantic CAO, H.R. 3293—the Labor, HHS, Education blood from the right side of the heart to the Ocean. The Harbor is used annually by thou- Appropriations Act, 2010 provides for the Xa- lungs thicken and constrict. As a result, the sands of commercial fishing vessels, sport vier University of New Orleans. This is in the right side of the heart has to pump harder to fishing vessels and recreational boaters, and Health Resources and Services Administration move blood into the lungs, causing it to en- its continued operation is critical to the re- (Health Facilities and Services) account in the large and ultimately fail. gional economy. amount of $350,000. This funding will go to- This request will allow the partners to con- Rep. WALTER B. JONES ward the Xavier University Pharmacy Renova- tinue to develop a pulmonary hypertension Project: Bogue Inlet, NC tion that will complement the College of Phar- awareness program to better educate the Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers— macy building expansion. With the addition medical community and the public about the Wilmington District and renovation, Xavier’s pharmacy facilities disease, and lead to earlier diagnosis and Account: Operations and Maintenance will include new state of the art teaching labs, longer life spans. Amount: $325,000 classrooms, lecture rooms, additional teaching The $250,000 included in this bill for this Explanation: The funding will allow for main- and research laboratories, a mock pharmacy project will be allocated to continue two com- tenance dredging of Bogue Inlet. The inlet is skills lab, a drug information center, and a ponents in the fight against pulmonary hyper- used by commercial and charter fishing ves- multi-purpose auditorium equipped with the tension: the PHA Online University, a cur- sels, recreational boaters and the U.S. Coast latest technological equipment. riculum-based website for medical profes- Guard. Without dredging, the inlet will shoal As requested by me, Rep. ANH ‘‘JOSEPH’’ sionals, and a significant expansion of up and become impassable, with dangerous CAO, H.R. 3293—the Labor, HHS, Education PHAware, a grassroots media campaign. consequences for the local economy and the Appropriations Act, 2010 provides for the I also appreciate the Committee’s support safety of watermen. Tulane University of New Orleans. This is in through report language encouraging further Rep. WALTER B. JONES the Employment and Training Administration collaboration and research efforts on pul- Project: Manteo (Shallowbag Bay), NC (Training & Employment Services) in the monary hypertension within government agen- Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers— amount of $250,000. This funding will go to- cies. The efforts of these organizations on Wilmington District ward the establishment of a Community issues including lung transplantation, the es- Account: Operations and Maintenance Health Worker Training Institute as a compo- tablishment of a PH Clinical Research Net- Amount: $3,945,000 nent of the Tulane/RAND Center for Health work and the increase in pulmonary hyper- Explanation: The funding will provide contin- and Society in Louisiana. The Institute will tension diagnoses related to the abuse of ued maintenance dredging of Oregon Inlet. serve as a regional resource for training with methamphetamine will further our under- Without dredging, the inlet channel would the mission to improve health and reduce dis- standing of this disease. quickly become impassable to many of the parities in communities through community f Coast Guard and commercial and recreational health worker education and cost-effective EARMARK DECLARATION fishing vessels that depend on it for access to programming and will train 100 CHWs annu- the Atlantic Ocean, and the local economy ally to engage in individual- and community- would be hurt severely. level health efforts including health outreach, HON. BRETT GUTHRIE Rep. WALTER B. JONES patient care management, and health advo- OF KENTUCKY Project: Morehead City Harbor, NC cacy. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers— f Thursday, July 23, 2009 Wilmington District EARMARK DECLARATION Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Account: Operations and Maintenance the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Amount: $9,500,000 HON. KEVIN BRADY marks, I am submitting the following informa- Explanation: The funding will be used to tion regarding earmarks I received as part of perform maintenance dredging to the minimum OF TEXAS width within the entrance channel, which is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies critical for maintaining safe navigation for the Thursday, July 23, 2009 Appropriations Act of 2010. commercial and recreational vessels that use Mr. BRADY of Texas. Madam Speaker, pur- Requesting Member: Congressman BRETT the channel to access Morehead City Port. suant to the Republican Leadership standards GUTHRIE Dredged material would be placed along the on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 adjacent shorelines of Ft. Macon St. Park and formation regarding earmarks I received as Account: FTA/Bus and Bus Facilities Atlantic Beach, which would protect commu- part of H.R. 3293—Departments of Labor, Recipient: Audubon Area Community Serv- nities from future storm events. The funds Health and Human Services, and Education, ices, 1800 W. Fourth Street, Owensboro, KY would also be used to continue the Dredged and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 42304 Material Management Plan, which is nec- 2010. Description of Request: Provide $1,350,000 essary in light of new information concerning Requesting Member: Congressman KEVIN for a facility to maintain the bus fleet in order the harbor maintenance project’s impacts to BRADY, Texas 8th Congressional District to ensure continued services to the region. adjacent coastal environments articulated in

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Madam Amount: $700,000 child and family services facility with increased Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- Explanation: The funding will be used to capacity to serve more than double the popu- ship guidelines on earmarks, I am submitting provide for continued maintenance dredging of lation of children and families currently served the following information regarding earmarks I New River Inlet, whish is the only waterway of approximately 1,000. Boys Town will be requested that were included as part of H.R. connecting New River to the Atlantic Ocean. providing at least $7.25 million in matching 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health and The inlet is in the heart of Camp Lejeune Ma- funds towards the requested federal share of Human Services, Education and Related rine Corps Base, and proper maintenance of the project. This multidimensional service facil- Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. the channel is essential to Marine Corps train- ity will include the broad range of medical and Requesting Member: Congressman KEVIN ing and operations. It is also important to MCCARTHY Eastern North Carolina’s commercial fisher- juvenile justice delinquency services so that at-risk girls and boys (and their families) can Bill Number: H.R. 3293 men and recreational boaters. Account: Department of Education, Fund for have all child related disorders and care pro- f the Improvement for Post Secondary Edu- vided. Some of the services included, but not EARMARK DECLARATION cation limited to, in this facility will include juvenile Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Kern justice evaluations, services to prevent delin- Community College District HON. JEFF FORTENBERRY quency and school failure, and parenting skill Address of Requesting Entity: 2100 Chester OF NEBRASKA building services to help parents become more Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93301 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES effective at dealing with a variety of child dis- Description of Request: $250,000 was in- Thursday, July 23, 2009 orders and issues. It is expected that through cluded for the Kern Community College Dis- Mr. FORTENBERRY. Madam Speaker, pur- these services, youth recidivism of criminal be- trict (KCCD) to purchase wind, solar, and suant to the Republican Leadership standards havior will be greatly reduced as will the need other renewable energy equipment for training renewable energy technicians and engineers, on member requests, I am submitting the fol- for further out-of home-placement, including and for institutionalization of curriculum for the lowing information regarding the earmarks I that of a correctional or prison facility. Youth received as part of H.R. 3288, the FY10 De- Renewable Energy Regional Workforce Train- will be prepared to be productive members of ing program at KCCD affiliated schools (Ba- partment of Transportation, and Housing and society. Urban Development and Related Agencies kersfield College, Cerro Coso College, and Appropriations Act: Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF Porterville College), as well as Taft College. Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF FORTENBERRY Kern County produces over 30% of wind-gen- erated electricity in California and 5% in the FORTENBERRY Bill Number: H.R. 3288, FY10 Department nation, as well as ranks 4th in California in po- Bill Number: H.R. 3228, FY10 Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban De- of Transportation, and Housing and Urban De- tential solar power generating capacity. As velopment and Related Agencies Appropria- velopment and Related Agencies Appropria- more emphasis is placed on renewable and tions Act tions Act clean energy, estimates indicate there will be Account: Surface Transportation Priorities Account: Economic Development Initiative a need to fill several thousand new jobs in the Project Name: Antelope Valley Project Project Name: CEDARS Children’s Crisis region over the next 5 years to meet industry need. This KCCD training program will help Transportation Improvements Center Building Construction Amount: $750,000 ensure the U.S. workforce has the skills to fill Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Amount: $200,000 today and tomorrow’s renewable energy jobs. City of Lincoln located at 555 S. 10th Street, Name and Address of Requesting Entity: f Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 CEDARS Youth Services, Inc., located at 620 EARMARK DECLARATION Description: The City of Lincoln is commit- North 48th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68504. ting significant resources for road and pedes- trian improvements associated with Antelope Description: The funding will be used for HON. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART Valley. Some of the important projects that re- construction of a new Children’s Crisis Center OF FLORIDA main in the $125 million transportation compo- for abused, homeless, and runaway youth in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nent of Antelope Valley Project include: con- Southeast Nebraska. CEDARS Youth Services Thursday, July 23, 2009 struction of 3.35 miles of roadway (including plans to build a children’s crisis center to pro- the Antelope Valley Parkway from Vine Street vide short-term emergency shelter, immediate Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican to Capitol Parkway) to improve traffic in the professional assessment of each child’s Leadership standards on earmarks, I am sub- City’s central core and Northeast Lincoln; re- needs, intense family-centered therapeutic mitting the following information regarding ear- ducing through traffic congestion on the Uni- services, and an environment that inspires a versity campus and on downtown streets; marks I received as part of the H.R. 3293, De- rapid return to stable and enduring family liv- eliminating two dangerous mainline at-grade partments of Labor, Health and Human Serv- rail crossings, and providing a new overpass ing. The 18,000 square foot facility will not ices, and Education, and Related Agencies (16th Street Overpass) to the State Fair Park, only provide immediate safety and protection Appropriations Act, FY2010. Devaney Sports Center, state military areas, for vulnerable children and youth across the Requesting Member: Congressman LINCOLN and surrounding neighborhoods. Midwest, but also a comfortable family-friendly DIAZ-BALART Requesting Member: Congressman JEFF setting for them to begin reunification or to Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of FORTENBERRY meet prospective foster parents in a safe, pro- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Bill Number: H.R. 3288, FY10 Department fessional supervised setting. While primarily cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations of Transportation, and Housing and Urban De- helping persons from the Midwest area, the Act, FY2010 velopment and Related Agencies Appropria- Center has recently served youth from the Account: Department of Education, Higher Education tions Act states of Tennessee, Georgia, California, Account: Economic Development Initiative Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Thom- Michigan, Texas and others. CEDARS is the Project Name: Boys Town Building Con- as University struction only emergency shelter provider for children Address of Requesting Entity: 16401 NW Amount: $1,250,000 and youth in Southeast Nebraska, and this 37th Avenue, Miami Gardens, FL 33054 Name and Address of Requesting Entity: children’s crisis center will expand the current Description of Request: I am proud to have Boys Town located at 14100 Crawford Street, service capacity by as many as 12 children secured $300,000 to offer a professional de- Boys Town, Nebraska 68010. each day. This is a 50% increase. velopment program to advance the teaching of

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The gram, STU proposes to evaluate existing in- These adjoining hybrid suites will feature: full funding will establish the Florida Center for structional technology in science and com- cardiac operating room capabilities including Excellence in Emerging Behavioral Health puter education and formulate a special and cardiopulmonary bypass, dedicated pediatric Strategies. systematic development for elementary teach- cardiac anesthesia, state of the art hybrid car- f ers, in conjunction with the Miami-Dade Coun- diac surgical/interventional table, low-dose dig- ty Public Schools. ital flat panel imaging technology and oper- PHYSICIAN-OWNED HOSPITALS Requesting Member: Congressman LINCOLN ating room ventilation and temperature control. AND OTHER JACKSON-LEE PRO- DIAZ-BALART The goal of CHI is to achieve 100% surviv- POSALS ON HEALTH CARE Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of ability for children with congenital heart dis- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- ease, and to improve their health status HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations throughout their lives. This mission is entirely OF TEXAS Act, FY2010 consistent with the goals of HRSA and HHS, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Account: Department of Health and Human and better medical interventions at the early Thursday, July 23, 2009 Services, Administration for Children and Fam- stages of the disease lead to better quality of ilies-Social Services life for patients, shorter hospital stays, and Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Barry Uni- fewer hospital admissions over the lifetime. Speaker, tonight, I come before you rep- versity Requesting Member: Congressman LINCOLN resenting Texas’ 18th Congressional District in Address of Requesting Entity: 11300 NE DIAZ-BALART Houston. As some of you know, my hometown 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 33161 Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of of Houston is the 4th largest in the country. Description of Request: I am proud to have Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Houston is home to some of the nation’s larg- secured $300,000 to support the Center for cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations est oil companies: Citgo North America, Con- Community Services Initiatives (CCSI) to en- Act, FY2010 oco Phillips-North America, El Paso Corp., hance opportunities for external individuals Account: Department of Health and Human Halliburton, Kinder Morgan Energy, Marathon and groups to participate in on-campus pro- Services, HRSA—Health Facilities and Serv- Oil Company, and Shell U.S. Oil Division. Yet grams. The Center will serve as an edu- ices as the economy has declined and the nation cational resource to community organizations, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Miami has begun to shift towards greener fuels, the including health providers. Barry service-learn- Jewish Home and Hospital petroleum business in my District and through- ing opportunities support local community clin- Address of Requesting Entity: 5200 NE 2nd out Texas has also seen a decline. ics, helping to improve the quality and acces- Avenue, Miami, FL 33138 Today, my state of Texas is facing an un- sibility of health care, including behavioral Description of Request: I am proud to have employment rate of around 7.5%, the highest health care. secured $500,000 to develop a PACE Center it has been since in the past 16 years. Addi- Requesting Member: Congressman LINCOLN in Hialeah, Florida. The Program of All-Inclu- tionally, Texas lost 40,600 jobs last month DIAZ-BALART sive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is an innova- alone. Thus, the six figure jobs common to Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of tive long-term care model that allows frail el- Houston that have attracted people to my Dis- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- ders to remain at home. The goal of PACE is trict from all over the country are being cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations to deliver high quality, cost-effective care while slashed. And as my constituents, many of Act, FY2010 managing participants’ complex medical, func- them well-to-do middle income and upper in- Account: Department of Health and Human tional, and social needs. PACE integrates fi- come Americans, have lost their jobs and their Services, HRSA—Health Facilities and Serv- nancing and delivery of acute and long-term businesses, they have also lost their health ices care services. PACE enables older individuals care. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Memorial who are eligible for nursing home care to con- Truly, Madam Speaker, this issue of health Healthcare System tinue living in the community with a full spec- care is not a poor people’s problem it is an Address of Requesting Entity: 1901 SW trum of medical, social and rehabilitative serv- American problem. And thus, I rise today with 172nd Avenue, Miramar, FL 33029 ices. The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the my fellow members of the Congressional Pro- Description of Request: I am proud to have Elderly (PACE) meets three important objec- gressive Caucus to urge all of my colleagues secured $250,000 to construct six additional tives in providing long-term care services: a) it to get behind this health care bill and pass it operating rooms for Memorial Hospital allows long term care in operate in a managed before we leave for the August recess next Miramar. Memorial Healthcare System (also care environment, b) it integrates Medicare week. Today, while I stand as a representative known as South Broward Hospital District) is a and Medicaid into a seamless and transparent of Houston, I believe I represent hard working public, not-for-profit organization, and serves funding source, and c) it allows nursing eligi- men and women, young and old who can’t as the largest provider of care in South ble older adults to remain at home. wait till after recess for health care. They risk Broward. Memorial Hospital Miramar is experi- Requesting Member: Congressman LINCOLN bankruptcy and even the poor house because encing double digit growth in admissions, out- DIAZ-BALART of the rising costs of health insurance. Some patient visits, emergency services, deliveries Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of of them have cancer, some of them have dia- and surgical procedures. Admissions have in- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- betes, and some of them have simple tooth creased 23% year-to-date. Annual surgical cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations decay that requires a root canal. However, cases continue to rapidly increase up from Act, FY2010 root canals are not covered by most basic 5200 cases last year, to a projected 5700 Account: Department of Health and Human health insurance plans. As such, some of cases or 9% increase this year. Surgical Services, SAMHSA—Mental Health them are now finding that their teeth have be- cases are expected to exceed 5,900 in the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Spectrum come infected and the infection has entered next five years. Programs, Inc. their blood stream and some of them now face Requesting Member: Congressman LINCOLN Address of Requesting Entity: 11031 NE 6th terminal illness—all because they lack the DIAZ-BALART Avenue, Miami, FL 33161 health care that many of us in this body take Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Departments of Description of Request: I am proud to have for granted. Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- secured $200,000 to demonstrate the effec- Madam Speaker, my colleagues on the Re- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations tuality of a mental health and substance abuse publicans side have partnered with some in- Act, FY2010 treatment continuum that integrates research, surance companies to misrepresent the facts Account: Department of Health and Human best practices and emergent treatment meth- about health care and are now using scare Services, HRSA—Health Facilities and Serv- odologies across the spectrum of mental tactics to prevent the health care bill from ices health, substance abuse, and co-occurring dis- being voted out of the Energy and Commerce Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Miami orders in a continuous improvement model, Committee. These forces have pressured con- Children’s Hospital making the processes and procedures of be- servatives in the Democratic ranks to stall the Address of Requesting Entity: 3100 SW havioral health treatment more effective, the process. The other side holds up the process 62nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33155 timelines to improved behavioral health short- of change while over 47 million Americans re- Description of Request: I am proud to have er, and the gains more sustainable, substan- main uninsured, while Americans with health secured $450,000 to construct two new hybrid tially reducing the catastrophic personal, fam- care pay as much as $207 billion excess in

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1972 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 health related taxes, and while hospitals and cian owned hospitals, including projects under hance athletic performance by abusing pre- clinics around the country continue to shutter development that qualify for the grandfather scription drugs. their doors. provision, to expand and respond to the ex- Madam Speaker, I believe that these are A brighter future is on the horizon with the panded needs of the communities they serve. good proposals and if adopted will improve the health care bill now stalled in committee. Cen- Finally, the current bill repeals the whole outstanding work done by our leaders. Fur- tral to this bill is its public insurance option, hospital exception in the Stark law, thus pro- thermore, while I seek changes in the health which as the President said, is designed to hibiting physicians from investing in new hos- reform bill, I’m not at all about to stand in the keep the large insurance companies honest. pitals that were not grandfathered. This provi- way of change, my goal is to inspire change. And as my friend Michael Moore documented sion aims to discourage entrepreneurship and Moreover, I’m not going to succumb to scare in his acclaimed film ‘‘Sicko’’ we cannot al- risk taking in health care. However, I believe tactics aimed to put politics over people, peo- ways trust our insurance companies. The Pub- that there are doctors who can do good and ple who deserve health reform now, not next lic Option, similar to Medicare, will provide a do well at the same time. As such, I urge the week, next month, or next year. publicly driven health care system, unique to leadership to amend the exception to allow f the U.S. and separate from what is in place in physicians to invest in acute general care hos- any other country. The program will ensure: pitals, hospitals that serve a significant popu- EARMARK DECLARATION (1) Early and periodic screening, diagnosis lation of the uninsured, or hospitals on the and treatment; (2) Case management for verge of bankruptcy where physicians are the HON. DEAN HELLER chronic diseases; (3) Dental and mental health only interested investors. OF NEVADA services; (4) and even language access serv- Such was the case for St. Josephs Medical IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ices. Center in my district. St. Joseph Medical Cen- Friday, July 24, 2009 Though this health care plan solves many of ter is the first and only hospital in Downtown our nation’s health care woes, there are still Houston—a metropolitan area that has grown Mr. HELLER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to more improvements that are needed. And I to over 4 million. In August 2006, over 80 the Republican Leadership standards on ear- believe that the Democratic leadership is open medical staff members out of the 500 on staff, marks, I am submitting the following informa- to good ideas to improve this legislation, im- elected to purchase a stake in the hospital to tion regarding earmarks I received as part of provements from the Progressive Caucus, keep it from closing. Because of this partner- H.R. 3288—Transportation, Housing and from the Blue Dogs, from the New Dems, and ship, St. Joseph Medical Center remains today Urban Development, and Related Agencies even from the Republicans. as a viable institution, caring for hundreds of Appropriations Act: One of the ideas that I hope to work with thousands of patients each year through the Requesting Member: Congressman DEAN Chairman RANGEL, Health Subcommittee various services of this general, acute care, HELLER Chair STARK, Chairman WAXMAN and our lead- inner-city hospital. Nearly 5,000 new Bill Number: HR 3288 ers to address are ways to allow for the Houstonians are born annually at this hos- Account: Federal Highway Administration— spread of good serving physician owned hos- pital—the first maternity hospital in Houston. Surface Transportation Priorities pitals, many of which are caring for those with St. Josephs remains the only hospital in Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Regional little to no insurance who would otherwise go Downtown Houston, and without it hundreds of Transportation Commission of Washoe Coun- underserved populations. And just what is a thousands of individuals each year would not ty, Nevada physician owned hospital . . . as its name im- have a convenient place to go for their inpa- Address of Requesting Entity: 2050 plies, it’s a hospital that has been started by, tient and outpatient care. With two medical Villanova Dr., Reno, NV 89520. purchased by, or in some cases invested in by towers adjacent to the campus, physicians’ of- Description of Request: $500,000. This physicians. While some fear that such hos- fices are close by, making this a one-stop funding will be used for the Meadowwood pitals will allow physicians to skim off high end shop for many who come downtown for their Interchange project that will mitigate severe treatment and ignore routine procedures, I be- healthcare. Bus lines, rail lines, and two major current and future traffic congestion occurring lieve these concerns focus on only the few freeways run right past the hospital, making it on I–580/US 395 and the adjacent surface ar- bad apples and not the lot of physicians who even more convenient for the populations that terials in the primary commercial retail district believe in their oath not to harm and to place surround it—many of whom have limited or no for the Reno/Sparks metropolitan area. people over profit. transportation options. Requesting Member: Congressman DEAN So where do we stand today with physician This model of physician partnership works HELLER owned hospitals. Under the current version of and in addition, adds 1,800 full time jobs to Bill Number: HR 3288 the health reform bill, 104 physician owned the Houston economy, pays millions in taxes Account: Federal Highway Administration— hospitals under development, 42 of which are and provides 40 million dollars of uncompen- Federal Lands (Public Lands Highways) scheduled to come on line by the end of 2010, sated care each year, and continues the tradi- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Nevada will have to shut down. These 104 hospitals at tions of the Sisters of Charity—to provide Department of Transportation risk represent more than 20,000 new jobs quality healthcare for all. This model saves Address of Requesting Entity: 1263 South which will be lost in 21 states, over 40 in my hospitals in underserved areas and is part of Stewart Street, Carson City, NV 89701 home state of Texas. At least $5 billion in cur- the solution to the health care system prob- Description of Request: $1,000,000. This rent investments will be lost. It will also affect lems, not the cause of them. Only to serve as funding will be used for the U.S. 50 State Re- hospitals that were built to serve working men ‘‘buyers of last resort’’ in communities that alignment project. This project involves the and women with little or no insurance. I and have a critical access problem and are other- Realignment of U.S. Highway 50 in the other Democrats and Republicans urge the wise providing good care to patients across Stateline, Nevada Corridor. The project will leadership to change the bill by eliminating the the country. Thus, I look forward to working look to provide operational improvement and retroactive date in the bill and ‘‘grandfather’’ all with the leadership to reward, not punish, such pedestrian and transit improvements in the the existing hospitals with physician owner- physician owned hospitals. heavily congested Stateline corridor ship, including the 104 hospitals under devel- Other good proposals that I’m recom- Requesting Member: Congressman DEAN opment. mending are: HELLER In addition to threatening physician owned Grants to high schools and middle schools Bill Number: HR 3288 hospitals under development, the current bill to increase health care professionals, particu- Account: Federal Aviation Administration— also limits growth of existing physician owned larly those in underserved communities; Facilities and Equipment hospitals. Of the 223 physician hospitals now Providing incentives for the development of Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Reno- in operation in 32 states, only three would Community Health Care Centers that are Tahoe Airport Authority qualify to apply to the Secretary of HHS for housed in healthy green buildings; Address of Requesting Entity: 2001 E. permission to expand. The remainder of the Tax credits for employers who not only offer Plumb Ln., Reno, NV 89502 hospitals would have future growth frozen and good health care benefits but encourage their Description of Request: $263,000. This would likely close because they could no employees to utilize these benefits; funding will be used for the acquisition and in- longer be responsive to the medical needs of A pilot program to study and demonstrate stallation of an Approach Surveillance Radar patients, the community and physicians. the benefits of proven alternative medical (ASR–11) at the Reno-Tahoe International Air- My solution is to eliminate the conditions for techniques and medicines; and port. The Reno-Tahoe International Airport growth in section 1156 and the HHS applica- A program to study this ongoing problem of and five other airports in the region are all tion process, and allow ‘‘grandfathered’’ physi- people who seek to address depression or en- served by an existing Approach Surveillance

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1973 Radar (ASR–8) that has been in place for 16 today connected in a variety of ways. The step earth. General Bolden served as pilot on years and is two generations old. The existing onto the surface of the moon left more than a STS–61C (Space Shuttle Columbia, January radar is located at the absolute lowest point of mere foot print in the moon sand, it created a 12–18, 1986) and STS–31 (Space Shuttle Dis- the valley which reduces its airspace coverage technological movement that has resulted in covery, April 24–29, 1990), and was the mis- for all six airports in the region. An FAA study many of the devices that define our life today. sion commander on STS–45 (Space Shuttle identified a site north and at a higher elevation This feat happened because of the com- Atlantis, March 24, 1992—April 2, 1992), and than the existing radar site which would allow bined determination and diligence of an entire STS–60 (Space Shuttle Discovery, February air traffic controllers to track aircraft move- country. From the inspiration of a young Presi- 3–11, 1994). During his first Discovery mis- ments longer and at lower altitudes than cur- dent who challenged us to set our sights on sion, General Bolden and his colleagues suc- rently possible the moon, scientists developed new materials, cessfully deployed the Hubble Space Tele- Requesting Member: Congressman Dean engineers manufactured innovative equipment, scope while orbiting the earth from a record Heller and factory workers assembled cutting edge setting altitude of 400 miles. The second Dis- Bill Number: HR 3288 transport crafts. Together, these Americans covery mission was the historic first joint U.S./ Account: Federal Transit Administration— proved that by working together, toward a Russian Space Shuttle mission with a Russian Buses & Bus Facilities common purpose, there is nothing beyond our Cosmonaut as a crew member. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Regional reach. It was true then, I have no doubt that General Bolden also held two administrative Transportation Commission of Washoe Coun- that fact will remain true today. posts at NASA during these years. Following ty, Nevada President Obama has convened a commis- the Challenger accident in 1986, he was Address of Requesting Entity: 2050 sion to chart our next steps into space. The named the chief of the safety division at the Villanova Dr., Reno, NV 89520 President is confronted with several choices. Johnson Space Center, overseeing safety ini- Description of Request: $250,000. This With soaring deficits facing our states and the tiatives in the return-to-flight effort. From April funding will be for the Washoe County bus looming costs of health care reform and en- 1992 to June 1993, General Bolden served as and bus facilities project which includes the re- ergy reform before the nation, some may Assistant Deputy Administrator for NASA. placement and expansion of the Regional argue that we cannot afford such a risk. In 1994, General Bolden returned to active Transportation Commission’s (RTC) transit Yet others realize the gains of that small duty in the U.S. Marine Corps as the Deputy fleet including standard coaches and para- step. Gains that created new innovations in Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval transit vehicles and the construction of addi- agriculture, architecture, and even health care. Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. In July 1997, tional park-and-ride facilities. New buses must The pacemaker is just one of the many life he was assigned as the Deputy Commanding be purchased to replace worn-out vehicles in saving technologies that has resulted from that General, I MEF, Marine Forces, Pacific. From the existing fleet, increase service on existing same small step. February to June 1998, he served as Com- routes and initiate new service. These replace- Mr. Speaker, I urge President Obama to fol- manding General, I MEF (FWD) in support of ment vehicles will help the RTC to increase low the lead of that young visionary President Operation Desert Thunder in Kuwait. In July schedule reliability, reduce the cost of vehicles that preceded him 40 years ago. I urge him 1998 he was promoted to his final rank of and increase transit ridership and fare box not to shy away from continuing the invest- Major General and assumed his duties as the revenue. ment made by the past generation of Ameri- Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces, Japan. f cans. I encourage the President to move General Bolden then served as the Com- ahead and continue the nation’s investment in manding General, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, CELEBRATING 40TH ANNIVERSARY space exploration. serving from August 9, 2000 until August OF APOLLO 11 MOON LANDING I am confident that the President will move 2002. He retired in August 2004. forward. He’s already shown his vision by re- SPEECH OF Following retirement, General Bolden be- cently appointing Marine Corps Major General came active in the corporate sector. Since HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE Charles F. Bolden, Jr. as NASA Administrator. 2004, he has been the owner and CEO of OF TEXAS General Bolden graduated from the U.S. Jack and Panther LLC, a privately-held military IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Naval Academy in 1968, nearly 20 years after and aerospace consulting firm in my district of the first Black to graduate from that institution, Monday, July 20, 2009 Houston, Texas. Having recently been con- Wesley Brown. firmed by the Senate and assumed his post, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, General Bolden is the first Astronaut to lead forty years ago today, millions of Americans General Bolden accepted a commission as a NASA. As an Astronaut, General Bolden un- and other people around the world, sat tuned Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. derstands NASA’s mission, its operations, and in to the most advanced media device of the General Bolden was in flight school, when its most valuable resource, its personnel. day, the television. Millions more, gathered former Navy aviator, Neil Armstrong, landed With a background of achieving in the face around radios. While still others simply raised on the moon. This feat kept General Bolden of obstacles, General Bolden is well positioned their heads and fixed their eyes to a common motivated and after two years of flight training, to help NASA define its role in the midst of our sight—the moon. Yet, on this day, 40 years he was designated a naval aviator in May nation’s fiscal crisis. Moreover, General Bold- ago, the moon was markedly different. For on 1970. He flew more than 100 sorties into en in his new role as NASA Administrator has that day, mankind, represented by a young North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cam- the potential of inspiring a new generation of 38-year-old American, Neil Armstrong, set foot bodia, in the A–6A Intruder between June young people, much like I and many others on the moon. 1972 and June 1973. Upon returning to the were inspired by Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong On this day, 40 years ago, the country and United States, General Bolden began a two- and Michael Collins forty years ago. I urge the world were divided along many fronts. This year tour as a Marine Corps selection officer support for this resolution. country was reeling following a spate of high and recruiting officer in Los Angeles, followed f profile assassinations that took the lives of by three years at the Marine Corps Air Station John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther El Toro, California. During his free time, Gen- EARMARK DECLARATION King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. The world was eral Bolden returned to school to earn a Mas- divided by ideology, separated into blocs of ters degree in Systems Management from the HON. GARY G. MILLER countries aligned with the Soviet Union and University of Southern California in 1977. OF CALIFORNIA those aligned with the west. Finally, this coun- In June 1979, he graduated from the U.S. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES try was in the midst of a bitter conflict in Viet- Naval Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, nam that robbed this country of the lives of Maryland, and subsequently served as an ord- Friday, July 24, 2009 thousands of young men and women. nance test pilot and flew numerous test Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Madam Yet, despite these divisions, the nation and projects in the A–6E, EA–6B, and A–7C/E air- Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- the world was united, united in the celebration planes. As a pilot, he has logged more than ship standards on earmarks, I am submitting of an achievement for mankind. And while the 6,000 hours flying time. the following information regarding earmarks I world had not yet seen the internet, the I- General Bolden was selected as an astro- received as part of the FY 2010 Energy and phone, or Twitter, we were all connected, con- naut candidate by NASA in 1980, and became Water Appropriations Bill. nected by a single feat. an astronaut in August 1981. A veteran of four Requesting Member: Congressman GARY Today, forty years later, while there are still space flights, he has logged more than 680 G. MILLER some sources of division, the world stands hours in space, including 444 orbits of the Bill Number: H.R. 3138

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1974 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Con- complete, the GWR System will be the largest Account: Department of Health & Human struction water recycling project of its kind in the world, Services—Health Resources and Services Ad- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of reusing 140,000 acre feet per year (AFY) of ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Orange advance treated wastewater (recycled water). Services Address of Requesting Entity: 10 Civic Cen- The GWR System will supplement existing Legal Name of Requesting Entity: St. Mary’s ter Plaza, Santa Ana, California 92701 water supplies by providing a new, reliable, Regional Medical Center Funding Secured: $52,193,000 high-quality source of water to recharge the Address of Requesting Entity: 235 West Description of Request: The Santa Ana Orange County Groundwater Basin and pro- Sixth Street, Reno, NV 89503 River Mainstream Project, including Prado tect the Basin from further degradation due to Description of Request: $700,000. This Dam, provide urban flood protection to the seawater intrusion. By treating excess storm funding will be used for the construction of a growing communities in Los Angeles, Orange, flows along the Santa Ana River, the GWR new Nephrology Center of Excellence. This and San Bernardino Counties, and has been System project also postpones the need for center will provide residents of Northern Ne- a high priority project for the Army Corps of OCSD to construct a new ocean outfall in vada and Northeastern California the option of Engineers since it was first authorized in 1986. Huntington Beach. accessing kidney transplants at St. Mary’s Re- The Santa Ana River has been recognized as f gional Medical Center. the worst flood threat west of the Mississippi Requesting Member: Congressman DEAN River. The Army Corps of Engineers estimates RECOGNIZING GENESIS AT THE HELLER if flood mitigation is not completed, a major CROSSROADS Bill Number: H.R. 3293 storm event could flood over 110,000 acres, Account: Department of Health & Human kill 3,000 people, and destroy up to $15 billion HON. MIKE QUIGLEY Services—Health Resources and Services Ad- worth of property in Orange, Riverside, and OF ILLINOIS ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and San Bernardino Counties. Floods from the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Services Santa Ana River would destroy interstate Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Renown Friday, July 24, 2009 transportation facilities, railroads and high- Health Systems ways, and have long-term effects on business Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today Address of Requesting Entity: 1000 Ryland, activities on a national level. The project, in recognition of Genesis at the Crossroads, a Suite 402, Reno, NV 89502. which extends some 75 miles along the Santa non-profit organization whose mission is to Description of Request: $800,000. Two- Ana River, will increase levels of flood protec- bridge cultures in conflict through the arts and thirds of all births in the Reno/Sparks area tion to more than 3.35 million people in the to create innovative arts-education programs occur at Renown Regional Medical Center. area. Federal assistance for the start of con- around the world. Renown Regional Medical Center is the only struction was approved in the Fiscal Year Founded in 1999 by Dr. Wendy Sternberg, Children’s Miracle Network hospital in the 1990 federal budget and has been included in Genesis at the Crossroads utilizes the arts as Northern Nevada Region. In order to serve the the federal budget every year since. a form of diplomacy, using expression to fos- Washoe County and Northern Nevada region, Requesting Member: Congressman GARY ter understanding. The organization brings to- Renown Health must expand and renovate its G. MILLER gether ethnic artists to share their talents and current facilities in the Women’s and Chil- Bill Number: H.R. 3138 unite their audiences in celebrations of diver- dren’s Center to meet these needs. This fund- Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water and sity. ing will be used to expand Renown’s current Related Resources Art is the adhesive that keeps world cultures room capacity and renovate existing rooms to Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Orange united. Artistic expression and appreciation provide an overall improvement in the delivery County Water District are fostered by Genesis at the Crossroads experience for the mother and her family. Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box through programs such as the HAMSA-Fest, f 8300, Fountain Valley, California 92728 which celebrates Middle Eastern and North Af- Funding Secured: $100,000 rican art, and Our World One Piece at a Time, EARMARK DECLARATION Description of Request: The Ground Water a peace quilt program that fosters philanthropy Replenishment (GWR) System Mid-Basin In- and understanding among youth. HON. MICHAEL N. CASTLE jection Pilot Facilities Project will determine Genesis at the Crossroads creates the OF DELAWARE the feasibility, and the benefits and costs of unique and rare opportunity to truly work in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES constructing a full-scale project that would in- unison with those of differing and often con- Friday, July 24, 2009 ject GWR System product water directly into flicting backgrounds. The success of the orga- the principal aquifer in an area of high volume nization, now in its tenth year, is a testament Mr. CASTLE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to groundwater pumping. The purpose of the to the power of the arts. the House Republican standards on earmarks, GWR System Mid-Basin Injection Pilot Facili- We congratulate Genesis at the Crossroads I am submitting the following information re- ties Project is to reduce reliance on imported on their ten-year anniversary and thank their garding funding for Delaware included as part water by expanding local water supplies. This artists, organizers, and audiences that have of the FY 2010 Departments of Labor, Health will be accomplished by increasing recharge of participated in their programs. Genesis at the and Human Services, and Education, and Re- the Orange County groundwater basin through Crossroads has proven understanding is pos- lated Agencies Appropriations Act: direct injection of purified, recycled water into sible regardless of conflict, when we combine Name of Project: Delaware Department of the groundwater basin. This project will install passion for the arts and compassion for oth- Education, Dover, DE for a school leadership one pilot test well and two monitoring wells, ers. initiative evaluating hydro-geologic data, and devel- f Requesting Member: MICHAEL N. CASTLE oping a preliminary plan for full-scale construc- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 tion. EARMARK DECLARATION Account: Department of Education Elemen- Requesting Member: Congressman GARY tary & Secondary Education G. MILLER HON. DEAN HELLER Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Delaware Bill Number: H.R. 3138 OF NEVADA Department of Education Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Address of Requesting Entity: 401 Federal Related Resources Street, Suite 2, Dover, DE 19901 Friday, July 24, 2009 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Orange Description of Request: $250,000 to train, County Water District Mr. HELLER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to mentor, and coach superintendents, principals, Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box the Republican Leadership standards on ear- and other leaders within the Vision 2015 Net- 8300, Fountain Valley, California 92728 marks, I am submitting the following informa- work to sharpen their focus on data and re- Funding Secured: $100,000 tion regarding earmarks I received as part of align their time and resources to maximize Description of Request: The Groundwater H.R. 3293—Departments of Labor, Health and student achievement. Replenishment System (GWR System) is a Human Services, and Education, and Related Name of Project: Rodel Foundation of Dela- jointly funded project of the Orange County Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010: ware, Wilmington, DE for the Delaware Parent Water District (OCWD) and the Orange Coun- Requesting Member: Congressman DEAN Leadership Institute ty Sanitation District (OCSD) with OCWD serv- HELLER Requesting Member: MICHAEL N. CASTLE ing as the lead or constructing agency. When Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Bill Number: H.R. 3293

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1975 Account: Department of Education Elemen- Description of Request: Provide $250,000 Emergency Department. NMC supports over tary & Secondary Education for funding that will be used to provide initial, 40,000 emergency visits each year, making it Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Rodel one-time seed funding to establish a basic lit- one of the busiest emergency departments in Foundation of Delaware eracy delivery system for West Alabama, in- the State of Alabama. DCH is working to ex- Address of Requesting Entity: 100 W. 10th cluding implementation of a research and best pand the hospital’s emergency department to Street, Suite 704, Wilmington, DE 19801 practices clearinghouse for literacy programs provide the highest standards of urgent care Description of Request: $150,000 to expand and services; training programs for literacy to Tuscaloosa residents. The project’s total leadership training for parents of Delaware trainers, tutors and other educational compo- budget is $4,648,500. Specifically within the public school students on how to advocate ef- nents; technical support services for existing budget, $70,000 will go toward renovation to fectively for their children’s education and part- literacy service providers that do not have the tie to existing building, $3,525,000 for new ner effectively with their children’s schools. ability or financial support to implement pro- construction, $500,000 for civil work, $409,500 Name of Project: Nanticoke Senior Center, grams on their own; marketing and commu- for contingencies, and $144,000 for fur- Seaford, DE for facilities and equipment nication initiatives to sustain a high level of nishings and telecommunications. This request Requesting Member: MICHAEL N. CASTLE awareness and information related to literacy; is consistent with the intended and authorized Bill Number: H.R. 3293 and management and administrative support purpose of the Department of Health & Human Account: Department of Health & Human for delivery of literacy programs and services Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Services, HRSA, Health Facilities and Serv- throughout the 8-county region. The project’s ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and ices total budget is $325,000. Specifically within Services account. The DCH Health System Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Nanticoke the budget, $20,000 is for program services will meet or exceed all statutory requirements Senior Center and events, $45,000 for research and plan- for match funding where applicable. Address of Requesting Entity: 301 N. Vir- ning, $30,000 for marketing and communica- Requesting Member: Congressman SPEN- ginia Avenue, Seaford, DE 19973 tions, $25,000 for training and development, CER BACHUS Description of Request: $100,000 for the $15,000 best practices and clearinghouse Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of construction of new, 11,053 square foot Senior services, $12,500 for printing and materials Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Services Center in the heart of Seaford, Dela- $7,500 for postage and mailing, $5,000 for lit- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations ware. The purpose of this project is to help eracy service providers council, and $165,000 Act, 2010 provide a new approach to serving older for salaries and administration. This request is Account: Department of Labor, Employment adults through the expansion of services. consistent with the intended and authorized and Training Administration (ETA)—Training & Name of Project: Nemours/Alfred I. duPont purpose of the Department of Education, Ele- Employment Services (TES) Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE for facili- mentary and Secondary Education account. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Alabama ties and equipment The Literacy Council of West Alabama will Institute for the Deaf and Blind Requesting Member: MICHAEL N. CASTLE Address of Requesting Entity: 205 E. South Bill Number: H.R. 3293 meet or exceed all statutory requirements for Street, P.O. Box 698, Talladega, AL 35161 Account: Department of Health & Human matching funds where applicable. Description of Request: Provide $200,000 to Services, HRSA, Health Facilities and Serv- Requesting Member: Congressman SPEN- develop a collaborative program with employ- ices CER BACHUS Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Nemours/ Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of ers incorporating assistive technology and tar- Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- geting deaf and blind individuals with develop- Address of Requesting Entity: 1600 Rock- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations mental disabilities for workforce placement. land Road, P.O. Box 269, Wilmington, DE Act, 2010 The funding would be used for employer train- 19899 Account: Department of Health & Human ing in disabilities and assistive technology for Description of Request: $350,000 for capital Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- the deaf and blind. The project’s total budget improvements by Nemours/Alfred I. duPont ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and is $680,000. Specifically within the budget, Hospital for Children. The purpose of this Services $200,000 for salaries, $250,000 for assistive project is to upgrade and expand the only chil- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of technology for the deaf and blind, $20,000 for dren’s hospital in Delaware, which also serves Springville travel, $30,000 for employer training in disabil- children from all over the U.S. and world who Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 919, ities, $30,000 matching administrative per- seek highly specialized services, in order to Springville, AL 35156 sonnel cost, and $150,000 for matching assist- Description of Request: Provide $250,000 in strengthen its ability to continue providing out- ive technology cost. This request is consistent funding for the renovation of an existing facility standing patient care. with the intended and authorized purpose of located at Big Springs Park into a Senior Citi- the Department of Labor, Employment and f zens’ Center. Springville is one of the fastest Training Administration (ETA)—Training & Em- EARMARK DECLARATION growing in the state. The project’s total budget ployment Services (TES) Account. The Ala- is $350,000. Specifically within the budget, bama Institute for the Deaf and Blind will meet HON. SPENCER BACHUS $30,000 for site preparation, $285,000 for con- or exceed all statutory requirements for match OF ALABAMA struction and $35,000 will go toward architec- funding where applicable. tural services. This request is consistent with IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f the intended and authorized purpose of the Friday, July 24, 2009 Department of Health & Human Services, EARMARK DECLARATION Mr. BACHUS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Health Resources and Services account. The the Republican Leadership standards on ear- city of Springfield will meet or exceed all statu- HON. JIM GERLACH marks, I am submitting the following informa- tory requirements for match funding where ap- OF PENNSYLVANIA tion regarding funding that I requested as part plicable. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Requesting Member: Congressman SPEN- of the H.R. 3293—Departments of Labor, Friday, July 24, 2009 Health and Human Services, and Education, CER BACHUS and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of Mr. GERLACH. Madam Speaker, pursuant 2010. Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- to the Republican Leadership standards on Requesting Member: Congressman SPEN- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- CER BACHUS Act, 2010 mation regarding earmarks I received as part Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of Account: Department of Health & Human of H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Health and Human Services, and Education, cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Act, 2010 Services 2010. Account: Department of Education, Elemen- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: DCH Devereux Center for Effective Schools, King tary and Secondary Education Health System of Prussia, PA—$100,000 for school-wide Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Literacy Address of Requesting Entity: 2700 Hospital positive behavior support for at-risk youth in Council of West Alabama Drive, Northport, AL 35476 Reading School District. Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box Description of Request: Provide $350,000 to Harcum College, Bryn Mawr, PA—$243,000 20410, Tuscaloosa, AL 35402 expand the Northport Medical Center (NMC) to provide mentoring and training to science

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1976 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 teachers, and expand the health sciences at ceive the $100,000 in funding for this project marks, I am submitting the following informa- Harcum. is the Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Neumann College, Aston, PA—$200,000 re- Drive, Elgin, IL 60123. It is my understanding the Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu- quested for Pharmacy Education for Work- that the funding would be used for curriculum cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations force Development in Aston and Phoenixville. research and development and the acquisition Act, H.R. 3293. Downingtown Library Company & of instructional equipment. Sixty percent of the Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK Downingtown Area Senior Center Building nation’s new registered nurses and the major- D. LUCAS Campaign, Downingtown, PA—$350,000 to re- ity of allied health professionals receive their Bill Number: H.R. 3293 develop an existing mill building on the former training through community colleges. ECC is Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- Sonoco Paper property. This forms an impor- graduating the future employees of hospitals, cation (includes FIE) tant civic hub for the community as well as the doctors’ offices, nursing homes, schools and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: South- proposed River Station redevelopment project. dentists’ all across the Chicago region. As we western Oklahoma State University Phoenixville Public Library, Phoenixville, debate health reform, we must also keep in Address of Requesting Entity: 100 Campus PA—$157,000 to update the library’s collec- mind that the nation faces a healthcare work- Drive, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096, USA tion. force shortage. The demand for healthcare job Description of Request: I received $350,000 f training is so high that ECC turns away more for Southwestern Oklahoma State College. applicants every semester than it is able to EARMARK DECLARATION The funding for this project will be used to pur- enroll. Hospitals and healthcare providers chase equipment for the Industrial and Engi- across the country have staffing shortages, neering Technology Department at South- HON. PETER J. ROSKAM and ECC can help. This much-needed funding western Oklahoma State College. This equip- OF ILLINOIS will help ECC meet the healthcare staffing ment will ensure that the program is techno- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES needs burdening our current system. logically current and maintains a high quality Congressman PETER J. ROSKAM: H.R. 3293, of education. In addition, it enables the pro- Friday, July 24, 2009 Health and Human Services, Health Re- gram to continue to strengthen Oklahoma’s in- Mr. ROSKAM. Madam Speaker, pursuant to sources and Services Administration account Republican standards on disclosure for Mem- for the DuPage County Start the Heart Pro- dustrial and engineering technology workforce. ber project requests, I am submitting the fol- gram. The entity to receive the $100,000 in Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK lowing information regarding projects I support funding for this project is the Elgin Community D. LUCAS for inclusion in H.R. 3293, the Departments of College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, IL 60123. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- The entity to receive the $150,000 in funding Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations for this project is the DuPage County Health cation (includes FIE) Act of 2010. Department, 111 N. County Farm Road, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Western Congressman PETER J. ROSKAM: H.R. 3293, Wheaton, IL 60187. It is my understanding Oklahoma State College Department of Labor, Employment and Train- that the funding would be used to educate the Address of Requesting Entity: 2801 N Main ing Administration, Training and Employment public on how to reduce fatality rates from St., Altus, Oklahoma 73521, USA Services account for the Access Community sudden cardiac arrest and expand access to Description of Request: I received $100,000 Health Center Career Laddering Program. The AEDs throughout area communities. The lead- for Western Oklahoma State College to up- entity to receive the $400,000 in funding for ing cause of death in DuPage County is Heart grade its campus security system. The funding this project is the Access Community Health Disease. While many of these deaths are at- for this project will be used for technology and Network, 1501 S. California Avenue, Chicago, tributed to chronic disease there is an oppor- equipment upgrades in order to implement a IL 60608. It is my understanding that the fund- tunity to reduce deaths related to sudden car- campus-wide emergency mass notification and ing would be used to create an innovative ca- diac arrest. Currently, one person dies every campus access plan. Improvments will include reer training and advancement framework for two minutes from sudden cardiac death, and campus security cameras, email and text-mes- healthcare employees. ACCESS employs the national survival rate is only 6% to 7%. saging emergency notification, campus-wide close to 450 entry level workers, the majority Some areas of the country have seen positive panic buttons, wall-mounted strobe lights for of whom have no college education and many trends increasing the survival rate, directly color-coded notification system, and smart- of whom are recruited because their ‘‘peer’’ linked to public health campaigns that focus card access to campus entrances. status is an asset in helping medically under- on increasing the numbers of individuals Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK served patients enter and navigate the health trained in CPR and creating greater access to D. LUCAS system. ACCESS is proposing an integrated Public Access Defibrillators (AEDs). Survival Bill Number: H.R. 3293 strategy for employee career advancement by rates double in locations with access to AEDs. Account: Health Resources and Services deploying two tandem strategies: developing The Start the Heart Campaign is a collabo- Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and career ladders with internal training programs; rative, community-based partnership with the Services and providing scholarships for employees that Midwest Heart Foundation (a group estab- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma show educational promise, combined with lished by area physicians), local governments, State University Center for Health Sciences mentoring to integrate educational attainment education, and healthcare leaders. The goals Address of Requesting Entity: 1111 West into career advancement at ACCESS. The are to increase the number of citizens who are 17th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74107, USA majority of these 450 workers are minorities, trained in CPR and to increase the public ac- Description of Request: I received $300,000 many with families, and some who are single cess to AEDs. The healthcare costs related to for Oklahoma State University Center for parents working two jobs to survive in the cur- survivors of delayed defibrillation are very high Health Sciences. The funding for this project rent economy. Most have not had the re- as these individuals require long rehabilitative will be used to expand and enhance the OSU sources to consider pursuing their education, therapy or long term skilled care. Costs re- Center for Health Science’s health information and for those who have had formal training lated to families that lose mothers or fathers technology system, including its telemedicine (such as medical assistants), pursuit of a four- prematurely can be recognized in many social and distance learning as well as electronic year degree has been beyond reach. This programs that support unplanned loss of in- medical records network. Additionally, it will funding will bring practical relief and assist- come. This much needed funding will bring bring diagnostic and medical services to geo- ance to those served by ACCESS by empow- enhanced safety and health security to the graphic regions in Oklahoma where even tele- ering the employees to grow to be even better people of DuPage County. medicine is not yet feasible or reasonably lo- health professionals. In the midst of the cur- f cated by use of a mobile clinic. The mobile rent challenges in our healthcare system, and EARMARK DECLARATION clinics will be available to provide medical the debate over reform, we can all agree that services in response to natural or manmade a more educated and advancing healthcare HON. FRANK D. LUCAS disasters. workforce will better serve Americans. Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK OF OKLAHOMA Congressman PETER J. ROSKAM: H.R. 3293, D. LUCAS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Department of Education, Fund for the Im- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 provement of Postsecondary Education ac- Friday, July 24, 2009 Account: Health Resources and Services count for the Elgin Community College Health Mr. LUCAS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Careers Center of Excellence. The entity to re- the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Services

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State University has formed a public-private Amount Provided: $165,000 Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- partnership for training, education and re- Account: Employment and Training Adminis- cation Appropriations Act, 2010 search in proton therapy for training, education tration—Training & Employment Services Project Name: Medical Equipment and research in proton therapy for the treat- Recipient: Iowa Valley Community College Amount Provided: $694,000 ment of cancer. ProCure is currently com- Recipient’s Street Address: 3702 South Account: Health Resources and Services pleting construction of a multi-million dollar Center Street, Marshalltown, IA 50158 Administration proton treatment facility in Oklahoma City, Description: This funding will purchase Recipient: Trinity Regional Medical Center dedicated to the treatment of cancer. The Health Occupation Training Simulators which Recipient’s Street Address: 802 Kenyon funding for this project will be used for equip- will be used during training activities for cur- Road, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 ment for the facility. This facility will allow ac- rent and future Registered Nurses (RN), Li- Description: The funding would be used to cess to world-leading technology for patients censed Practical Nurses (LPN), Certified Nurs- replace the nine-year old, outdated cardiac in the central region of the United States. ing Assistants (CNA), Emergency Medical catheterization lab equipment and provide the f Technicians (EMT), and other health care highest quality cardiac care to patients in a practitioners. nine-county primary service area. Northwest EARMARK DECLARATION Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- central Iowa needs a facility with a state-of- cation Appropriations Act, 2010 the-art catheterization lab. Patients should not HON. TOM LATHAM Project Name: Improving the Health Status have to (and in some cases, cannot) travel to OF IOWA of Rural Iowans through Prevention Des Moines, Mason City or Ames to have ac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Amount Provided: $200,000 cess to a new cath lab and the life saving Account: Centers for Disease Control and services offered by new equipment. Residents Friday, July 24, 2009 Prevention in Fort Dodge, and surrounding communities Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Recipient: Des Moines University such as Humboldt and Pocahontas, for exam- the new House Republican standards on ear- Recipient’s Street Address: 3200 Grand Av- ple, are in need of the services offered by marks, I am submitting the following informa- enue, Des Moines, IA 50312 state of the art cath lab equipment. The new tion. Description: This project would continue re- technology will allow integration to a new Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- search involving a preventative health program image acquisition/storage system and will help cation Appropriations Act, 2010 focused on individuals 55–64 with moderate to continue the commitment to provide a com- Project Name: Bio-Security Level 3 Lab high risk of chronic disease as determined by prehensive cardiac catheterization service to Amount Provided: $650,000 a Health Risk Assessment (HRA). The project patients in Northwest Central Iowa. Account: Health Resources and Services is tracking health status and health risk for se- f Administration lected rural residents over the course of three Recipient: Iowa State University years. Individuals identified by risk levels are EARMARK DECLARATION Recipient’s Street Address: 1750 participating in health risk prevention interven- Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011 tion programs. HON. DAVID DREIER Description: In order to contribute to the na- Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- OF CALIFORNIA tion’s pressing biosecurity needs, and to de- cation Appropriations Act, 2010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES velop strategies for safeguarding the nation’s Project Name: INet Electronic Medical Friday, July 24, 2009 animal agriculture and human populations Record System for Intensive Care Unit from such highly infectious agents as influ- Amount Provided: $350,000 Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to enza, Brucella, and West Nile virus, the fund- Account: Health Resources and Services the Republican Leadership standards on ear- ing will be used to help Iowa State University Administration marks, I am submitting the following informa- expand its high security, Bio-Security Level 3 Recipient: Mercy Medical Center—North tion regarding earmarks I received as part of facilities. Iowa State University’s College of Iowa H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, HHS, Veterinary Medicine long has been preeminent Recipient’s Street Address: 1000 4th Street Education Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year in the field of infectious disease research in SW, Mason City, IA 50401 2010: domestic animals. More recently, in response Description: This funding would provide soft- Requesting Member: Congressman DAVID to public health and national security concerns ware, equipment and personnel training to im- DREIER and in an effort to protect and secure the na- plement the first fully automated intensive care Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the Departments of tion’s animal agriculture industry, ISU has fo- unit in Iowa. The current system uses paper Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act for cused on research that addresses new and records, charts, etc. along with a basic EMR. Fiscal Year 2010 novel strategies to prevent and control foreign The new system would utilize an enhanced Account: Health Resources and Services animal and zoonotic diseases. Zoonotic dis- electronic medical record that would improve Administration—Health Facilities and Services eases are pathogens carried by animals that monitoring of critical care patients, allow re- Legal Name and Address of Entity Receiv- may be spread to humans, and many modern mote monitoring of patients in the Mercy ICU ing Earmark: Methodist Hospital of Southern diseases, including various epidemics, initially by their physicians in the surrounding commu- California, located at 300 W. Huntington Drive were spread this way. nities, and reduce long-term costs associated #207, Arcadia, CA 91007 Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- with duplicate tests and paper-based records. Description of Request: Provide an earmark cation Appropriations Act, 2010 Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- of $750,000 for the implementation of a Com- Project Name: Electronic Medical Record cation Appropriations Act, 2010 puterized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) sys- System Project Name: Institute for Novel Vaccine tem. CPOE systems provide for the electronic Amount Provided: $250,000 and Anti-Microbial Design (INOVA) entry and routing of medication, thereby re- Account: Health Resources and Services Amount Provided: $1,000,000 ducing the number of medication mistakes and Administration Account: Centers for Disease Control and increasing patient safety. Approximately Recipient: Madison County Health Care Prevention $56,000 will go towards user devices, includ- Center Recipient: Iowa State University ing Tablet PCS and mobile carts, $630,000 for Recipient’s Street Address: 300 W. Recipient’s Street Address: 1750 pharmacy hardware and software to assist Hutchings, Winterset, IA 50273 Beardshear Hall, Ames, IA 50011 with the Medical Order Entry of the project. Description: The funding will be used to in- Description: The Novel Vaccine and Anti-Mi- The final $64,000 will go towards a network stall and implement an electronic medical crobial Design (INOVA) will bring together a and wireless assessment to ensure that the record program which will improve the quality highly inter-disciplinary team of experienced response time of the software does not im- of health care provided to rural Iowans while scientific leaders from Iowa State University, pede the clinicians. This request is consistent reducing the potential for medical errors as the University of Iowa, and the National Ani- with the intended and authorized purpose of

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1978 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 the Health Resources and Services Adminis- interoperability in health care and developing Project at Harrison Memorial Hospital. Har- tration account. real world solutions for the local health care rison Memorial Hospital is a private, not-for- Requesting Member: Congressman DAVID industry. Federal funding will cover equipment, profit, rural hospital serving a region of five DREIER faculty development and start up operations. counties and approximately 45,000 residents, Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the Departments of Each lab will be comprised of physical space providing both inpatient and outpatient care. Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Act for incorporating duplicates of hospital and med- The project would implement a cardiac cath- Fiscal Year 2010 ical center hardware, software and systems. eterization program at HMH. All federal funds Account: Health Resources and Services This is a good use of taxpayer funds because received will go towards remodeling the exist- Administration—Health Facilities and Services it will train the health care workers of tomor- ing space in the hospital to provide the cath Legal Name and Address of Entity Receiv- row in the science of applying information suite and equipment. This project with make ing Earmark: San Antonio Community Hos- technology to health care to improve efficiency available cardiac cath for timely interventions pital, located at 999 San Bernardino Road, and outcomes. and diagnosis, a key component of cardiac Upland, CA 91786. Requesting Member: Congressman GEOFF care. This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds Description of Request: Provide an earmark DAVIS because it will improve public health service in of $750,000 to purchase cardiac monitoring Bill Number: H.R. 3293 rural Kentucky. equipment. San Antonio Community Hospital Account: DOL—Employment and Training f is expanding its services to meet a growing Administration—Training & Employment Serv- HONORING THE LIFE OF ELOISA population. Approximately $140,430 will go to- ices CORONADO. A LIFE OF 100 YEARS. wards an Intravascular Ultrasound, $72,900 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Innovative for an AutoTransfusion System, $51,670 for a Productivity, Inc. Cardiac Surgery BioConsole and $485,000 for Address of Requesting Entity: 401 Industry HON. HENRY CUELLAR a 16 slice CT Scanner. This request is con- Road, Suite 500, Louisville, KY 40208 OF TEXAS sistent with the intended and authorized pur- Description of Request: Appropriate IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pose of the Health Resources and Services $150,000 for the Career Training for Disabled Friday, July 24, 2009 Administration account. Veterans program. Career Training for Dis- abled Veterans is a program developed by In- Mr. CUELLAR. Madam Speaker, it is my f novative Productivity, Inc. (IPI). It is designed honor to share with you and celebrate the life of Eloisa Coronado from Zapata, Texas. EARMARK DECLARATION to assist and train disabled veterans, including ‘‘Wounded Warriors,’’ during and after treat- Eloisa will be turning 100 years old this 31st of July, making her the oldest registered voter ment to reenter the civilian workforce. The HON. GEOFF DAVIS in Zapata County. program enables veterans to obtain career di- OF KENTUCKY Born in 1909, she lived in a time when you rection quickly in order to make important life IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES still had to ride in a mule wagon to go into decisions. The program will work in conjunc- Friday, July 24, 2009 town for groceries. At age 9, her father died of tion with the Departments of Defense, Vet- Tetanus, leaving Eloisa to drop out of the third Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, erans Affairs, and Labor in providing industry grade to help her mother raise her 4 younger pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- driven packaged training to match positions sisters. ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- identified by employers. Surviving spouses of On January 1, 1926, she married Benito lowing information regarding earmarks I se- military war casualties and spouses of dis- Martinez and eventually had 9 children. They cured as part of H.R. 3293, the Departments abled veterans can also take advantage of this ran a farm together raising cattle, planting of Labor, Health and Human Services, and program. This is an important use of taxpayer corn and selling milk and eggs. Education, and Related Agencies Appropria- dollars because it will leverage a relatively Living to be 100 naturally comes with hard- tions Act, 2010. small contribution from the federal government ship. Mrs. Coronado has outlived 4 sons, her Requesting Member: Congressman GEOFF to develop a robust program for training and 4 sisters, a half brother, 1 grandson and 3 DAVIS placing our veterans in quality skilled jobs. daughters-in-law. As one can imagine, such Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Requesting Member: Congressman GEOFF pain has been difficult. But Eloisa’s faith as Account: Dept of Education—Higher Edu- DAVIS well as the joy of her family of 27 grand- cation Bill Number: H.R. 3293 children, 44 great-grandchildren and 43 great- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Northern Account: HHS—Health Resources and great-grandchildren has kept her spirits up. Kentucky University Foundation Services Administration As a devoted believer, Eloisa has taught her Address of Requesting Entity: Administrative Legal Name of Requesting Entity: New Hori- family to have a strong faith, to be honest and Center, 616 Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY zons Health Systems, Inc. to love one another. About her age and her Address of Requesting Entity: 330 Roland 41099 life, she tells family members, ‘‘These hands Avenue, Owenton, KY 40359 Description of Request: Appropriate will reach out for the Lord’s hands when He Description of Request: Appropriate $350,000 for the Northern Kentucky University calls me Home.’’ $250,000 for the Community Health Improve- Center for e-Health Innovation. Health Madam Speaker, it is my honor to publicly ment Initiative at New Horizons Health Sys- informatics—applying information technology celebrate the 100th birthday of Eloisa Coro- tems, Inc. New Horizons Health Systems, Inc. to health care—provides the foundation for de- nado of Zapata Texas. is a not-for-profit Critical Access Hospital that veloping significant improvements to our also serves as a rural health clinic for primary f health care system. It promotes increased pro- care. The funds will be used to purchase a EARMARK DECLARATION ductivity; pay for performance; cost trans- new MRI. Patients currently have to travel parency; quality and safety; outcome based over fifty miles to another health care facility practices; access to health care and personal HON. CHARLES W. DENT for MRI services or wait for a mobile MRI to health records; and technological scalability OF PENNSYLVANIA come through the area. These problems often and evolution. In these respects, it holds great IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES result in disruption of continuity of care for the promise for literally thousands of affected busi- Friday, July 24, 2009 patient and a delay in diagnosis. This is a val- nesses oriented to support health care, large uable use of taxpayer funds because it will im- Mr. DENT. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the and small, for profit and not-for-profit. The prove public health service in rural Kentucky. House Republican Leadership standards on U.S. Department of Labor projects the health Requesting Member: Congressman GEOFF earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- care industry to hold 12 of the 20 fastest DAVIS mation regarding projects that are listed in growing occupations; five of the remaining Bill Number: H.R. 3293 H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health eight are in the computer technology industry. Account: HHS—Health Resources and and Human Services, and Education, and Re- NKU seeks to prepare future employees for a Services Administration lated Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010: burgeoning industry that understands both Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Harrison Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the Department of computer technology and its applications to Memorial Hospital Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- improve patient care and reduce health care Address of Requesting Entity: 1210 KY cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations costs. NKU’s Center for e-Health Innovation Highway 36 E, Cynthiana, KY 41031 Act, FY 2010 will offer an applied, practical research envi- Description of Request: Appropriate Account: Department of Health & Human ronment (physical laboratories) for studying $100,000 for the Cardiac Catheterization Services, Administration on Aging,

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1979 Title: Dementia Leadership Initiative, receiving dental services in any given year for students and to serve as a demonstration Legal Name of Requesting Entity: West- have never seen a dentist. The immediate ur- program that can easily be replicated by other minster Village, gent need for medical, dental, and vision care institutions of higher education. A number of Address of Requesting Entity: 803 N. far exceeds currently available resources. This other colleges and universities around the Wahneta Street, Allentown, PA 18109, funding will be a major step toward meeting country have created college recovery com- Description of Request: Funding will be the most critical current and anticipated needs. munities based on curriculum developed by used to develop outreach initiatives to educate Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the Departments of CSAR. the public about maintaining brain health and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- f mitigating the impact of dementia, create a cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations EXPRESSING APPRECIATION OF public resource center, and provide staff train- Act, FY2010, CANADIAN FRIENDSHIP AND CO- ing in the most advanced methods of demen- Account: Department of Health & Human OPERATION tia care. Approximately 15 million Americans Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- will have Alzheimer’s by the middle of this ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and SPEECH OF century unless a cure or prevention is found. Services, This program will provide enhanced medical Title: Operating Room Equipment, HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE diagnosis, treatment and care for those with Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Sacred OF TEXAS Alzheimer’s; offer individuals and families vital Heart Hospital, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES information and support; and enable long-term Address of Requesting Entity: 421 Chew Wednesday, July 22, 2009 care facilities to provide for optimal outcomes Street, Allentown, PA 18102, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, for affected individuals. Description of Request: This project will I would like to begin by thanking Congress- Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the Departments of support the purchase of operating room equip- man BART STUPAK, for introducing this legisla- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- ment essential for treatment and service for tion. Every year on July 1st, I look forward to cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Hospital patients. Specifically, funding will be officially celebrating the establishment of Can- Act, FY2010, used to replace or upgrade essential equip- ada and all of its wonderful accomplishments. Account: Department of Health & Human ment in the operating suite to provide Sacred Canada has proven to be one of our nation’s Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Heart patients with the highest quality of care. most trusted allies and as a member of the ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and The existing equipment does not reflect the Homeland Security Committee, I personally Service, highest levels of technology currently available work closely with Canadian officials to ensure Title: Emergency Management Service Fa- to hospitals. Sacred Heart Hospital is a 226 the 5,500-mile border that we share remains cility Expansion and Renovation, bed, acute care teaching hospital in the City of secure. In this era of heightened security, the Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Allentown. United States and Canada have renewed co- Bethlehem, f operative efforts to safeguard the movement Address of Requesting Entity: 10 E. Church of people and goods, improve information- EARMARK DECLARATION Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018, sharing, and strengthen border infrastructure Description of Request: Funding will be and technology across the border. used by the City of Bethlehem to support the HON. RANDY NEUGEBAUER In a world in which too many nations still community’s increasing need for EMS services OF TEXAS choose conflict over cooperation, and erect by renovating a portion of a building owned by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES barriers instead of bridges, the U.S.-Canadian St. Luke’s Hospital. Specifically, the comple- Friday, July 24, 2009 partnership has been and must ever be a tion of this project will more than double the model for others, and the foundation on which current EMS facility. The new facility will pro- Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Madam Speaker, pur- to build a common future. Indeed, our relation- vide the ability to improve numerous aspects suant to the Republican standards on member ship is centered on a shared continent, shared of EMS—faster responses, centralization of lo- requests, I am submitting the following infor- values, shared aspirations, and real respect cation, maintaining centralization of EMS ad- mation regarding congressionally directed for our differences. ministration, future growth, safer access and projects in H.R. 3292, The Departments of Over the years, our nations have forged the egress. Labor, Health and Human Services, Education most comprehensive ties of any two nations Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the Departments of and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of on Earth. They bind not only our governments, Labor, Health and Human services, and Edu- Fiscal Year 2010. but also our economies, our cultures, and our cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Agency/Account: Health Resources and people. From NORAD to NAFTA, Canadians Act, FY2010, Services Administration (HRSA)—Health Fa- and Americans have seized opportunities to Account: Department of Health & Human cilities and Services provide for our common security and pros- Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Amount: $480,000 perity. We’ve tackled tough problems from ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Requesting Entity: Texas Tech University acid rain and water pollution to differences Services, Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th Street, Lub- over beer and grain in the spirit of friendship Title: Drive for Healthy Kids Program, bock, TX 79409 and in pragmatism. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lehigh The people of West Texas and the contig- Addressing the Canadian parliament 50 Valley Coalition for Kids, uous regions of Eastern New Mexico and years ago, President Truman declared that the Address of Requesting Entity: 5000 Oklahoma represent an underserved popu- success of the U.S.-Canadian relationship was Tilghman Street, #207, Allentown, PA 18104, lation in terms of local access to cancer thera- due to ‘‘one part proximity, and nine parts Description of Request: Funding will allow peutics. This funding would support the Can- goodwill and common sense.’’ Goodwill and the Lehigh Valley Coalition for Kids (LVCK) cer Center for the South Plains Region which common sense remain the foundation of our and St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network to seeks to reduce suffering from cancer in the friendship. improve a Lehigh Valley-wide collaborative ef- region through education, prevention, and In Texas, the territory of the Consulate Gen- fort to provide medical, dental, and vision care early access to state-of-the art cancer thera- eral in Dallas and the Canadian Consulate in to children and adolescents (under 19) lacking peutics. The Cancer Center will serve the re- Houston encompasses five states with over 36 basic health care due to low family income gion, state, and nation by decreasing the sub- million people. Bilateral trade with the region is and/or a broad range of socio-economic stantial costs associated with the morbidity over $30 billion each year; therefore I am very issues. Through this initiative, fully equipped and mortality from cancer. aware of how important a strong trade rela- and supplied health vans will bring regularly Agency/Account: Health Resources and tionship is for both countries. scheduled services to area schools and youth Services Administration (HRSA)—Health Fa- Specifically the cities of Alberta and Hous- agencies throughout much of Northampton cilities and Services ton share a number of distinguishing features and Lehigh Counties. In 2007, this program Amount: $250,000 which make them sister cities. Over the past provided 1,234 medical visits and 2,984 dental REQUESTING ENTITY: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, 2500 10 years Alberta has had the strongest econ- visits. About one-third of the children treated BROADWAY, LUBBOCK, TX 79409 omy in Canada, with an average rate of on the vans do not have health insurance. The The Center for the Study of Addiction and growth of 3.7 per cent per year, while Houston remaining two-thirds qualify for free or reduced Recovery (CSAR) is a federal and state sup- continues to thrive as the energy capital of the care but do not receive regular medical or ported program dedicated to expanding recov- United States. Canada is the U.S.’s most im- dental care. Over 50 percent of the children ery support and relapse prevention available portant trading partner, with over $570 billion

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1980 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 dollars in goods and services being traded be- bell County, Kentucky. The project is listed in available nationwide. The collaboration be- tween the two countries in 2006. Canada and Kentucky’s six year highway plan. This project tween CAM practitioners and clinicians can in- the U.S. enjoy an interdependent energy rela- is a good use of taxpayer funds because it will crease the respect between the two health tionship, trading oil, natural gas, coal, and improve safety, allow for continued economic care delivery systems; may also establish trust electricity. Canada has a reported 178.8 billion growth in Northern Kentucky, and employ by eliminating the competition usually occur- barrels of oil reserves as of 2006, second only workers to complete the project. Importantly, ring between the two fields. The holistic ap- to Saudi Arabia. Over 95% of these reserves I–471 will serve as an alternate route when proach of most CAM interventions and thera- are in oil sands deposits in Alberta. Moreover, work begins on repair or replacement of the pies can increase awareness of health and Canadian oil sands in Alberta have made Brent Spence Bridge on I–71/75. Rehabilita- wellness in children at an early age. With the Canada the largest exporter of oil to the U.S. tion of I–471 is critical to ensuring this redi- impact that lifestyle and behavior have on and has helped alleviate our dependence on rected traffic moves in a fast and efficient health, children can reap the benefits of this foreign sources of oil from parts of the world manner without jeopardizing the safety of trav- early awareness well into adulthood. Through which geopolitically face much more risk than elers. Finally, completing this maintenance will our Pediatric Integrative Medicine Model, the our neighbor to the North. Recent proposals prolong the life of the road, avoiding necessity University of Miami would be poised to revolu- by Canadian companies such as Enbridge and of more costly repairs. tionize pediatric care and advance the use of Altex to build oil pipelines from Alberta to Requesting Member: Congressman GEOFF CAM as part of standard care. Specific tar- Houston seem very promising, and I look for- DAVIS geted substudies may include: Water, one of ward to the progress they make. These 2,000- Bill Number: H.R. 3298 the most important elements in our bodies yet mile pipelines, which are targeted to be in Account: HUD—Economic Development Ini- one whose intake in children is universally lim- service by 2010, will send over 500,000 bar- tiative ited. Exploring increased hydration therapy in rels of oil per day. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of children would be an inexpensive home-based I would like to congratulate Canada on its Covington intervention for improving health. Enzyme De- many accomplishments over the years and re- Address of Requesting Entity: 2300 Madison ficiency, Implicated as a cause of illness and main appreciative to the people and Govern- Avenue, Covington, KY 41014 as an effecter of health, enzyme deficiencies ment of Canada for their long history of friend- Description of Request: Appropriate can be improved through supplementation with ship and cooperation with the people and $250,000 for the renovation of the old Stewart natural products such as wheatgrass, raw Government of the United States. Iron Works Building. The City of Covington is juices and living foods. Ambient Lighting and f working with three non-profit social service Light Therapy, extended hospitalizations re- agencies (Fairhaven Rescue Mission, Parish duce exposure to sunlight, potentially causing EARMARK DECLARATION Kitchen, and Welcome House of Northern Vitamin D deficiency. Would supplementation Kentucky) to create a multiagency one-stop for through Vitamin D-rich foods be effective in HON. GEOFF DAVIS serving the needs of homeless individuals and preventing this deficiency? Additionally, are OF KENTUCKY families in the Northern Kentucky community. there other adverse health effects of certain IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The project involves the rehabilitation of the lighting techniques (e.g. fluorescent or flos-flu- Stewart Iron Works Building, relocation of sev- Friday, July 24, 2009 orescent light)? Probiotics, could probiotics be eral existing social service agencies into a sin- useful in maintaining optimal colon health in Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, gle building. This will increase the ability to children? If so, are there dosage consider- pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- provide a full range of services, increase ca- ations to be explored based on the signifi- ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- pacity, and provide on-site transitional hous- cantly smaller size of the colon? Furthermore, lowing information regarding earmarks I se- ing. This project is a good use of taxpayer can the use of probiotics reduce recovery time cured as part of H.R. 3298, the Transpor- funds because it will improve the efficiency in hospitalized children? Massage Therapy, tation, Housing and Urban Development, and and quality of services for homeless individ- the negative impacts of stress are present Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. uals and families through an economy of throughout all age groups in the U.S., but the Requesting Member: Congressman GEOFF scale. Demand for these types of services will data exploring CAM methods for stress reduc- DAVIS only increase as the economy continues to tion in children is sparse. Recognizing the Bill Number: H.R. 3298 struggle. benefits of massage in adults and even in Account: FTA—Buses and Bus Facilities f neonates, could massage be beneficial to chil- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Transit dren with elevated stress levels (whether that EARMARK DECLARATION Authority of Northern Kentucky stress is psychological or biological such as Address of Requesting Entity: 3375 Madison that from chronic diseases)? Is massage a Pike, Fort Wright, KY 41017 HON. MARIO DIAZ-BALART significant effecter of biological markers of Description of Request: Appropriate OF FLORIDA stress (inflammation, cytokines, C-reactive $500,000 for the Bus Replacement Program at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES proteins etc.)? Others, exercise, polyunsat- the Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky Friday, July 24, 2009 urated fatty acids, specific vitamin and other (TANK). Funds will enable TANK to purchase nutritional therapies, pediatric health behav- new buses needed for safety and capacity Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida. ior—adherence to CAM therapies and issues. Newer buses will also help to achieve Madam Speaker, I submit the following. changes in mood outcome expectations—the better fuel economy and have cleaner emis- Requesting Member: Representative MARIO possibilities are extensive. sions than the buses currently in use and in DIAZ-BALART (FL–25) Requesting Member: Representative MARIO need of replacement. The current buses that Bill Number: H.R. 3293 DIAZ-BALART (FL–25) will be replaced have been in operation for Account: HRSA Bill Number: H.R. 3293 one to two years beyond their FTA-rec- Name of Requesting Entity: University of Account: HRSA ommended useful life (13 to 14 years of oper- Miami Name of Requesting Entity: Miami Chil- ation). This project is a good use of taxpayer Address of Requesting Entity: 1252 Memo- dren’s Hospital funds because it will improve safety, capacity rial Drive, Ashe Administration Building, Coral Address of Requesting Entity: 3100 S.W. and energy efficiency. Gables, FL 33146 62nd Ave., Miami, FL 33155 Requesting Member: Congressman GEOFF Description of Request: I have secured Description of Request: I have secured DAVIS $952,000 for the Pediatric Integrative Medi- $9,500,000 for the Miami Children’s Hospital Bill Number: H.R. 3298 cine. This funding will be used for the develop- Congenital Heart Institute (CHI): Hybrid Pedi- Account: FHWA—Interstate Maintenance ment of a pioneer center of excellence for a atric Cardiac Suites. This funding will be used Discretionary Pediatric Integrative Medicine Model, the fol- to improve the outcome for children with con- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Campbell lowing benefits will be realized: The University genital heart disease through the construction County Fiscal Court of Miami will become a resource for other in- of two new Hybrid Suites to maximize the po- Address of Requesting Entity: 24 West stitutions in the community as well as nation- tential of the tools and procedures that have Fourth St, Newport, KY 41071 ally who are interested in this model of care. been developed in Miami and elsewhere over Description of Request: Appropriate By becoming a center of excellence, our pa- the last 14 years. These adjoining hybrid $500,000 to rehabilitate the section of I–471 tient population would have the advantage of suites will feature: full cardiac operating room between I–275 and the Ohio River in Camp- receiving the most comprehensive care that is capabilities including cardiopulmonary bypass,

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Additional features will Address of Requesting Entity: 336 NW Fifth the King’s Daughters Facilities and Equipment, also include: the first pediatric robotic hybrid Street, Miami, FL 33128 $250,000 suite, dynamic CT imaging of cardiac and tho- Description of Request: I have secured Intended Recipient: Children’s Hospital of racic structures, real time 3-dimensional image $3,633,000 for the Construction of a New Be- the King’s Daughters, 601 Children’s Lane, reconstruction allowing for new and unprece- havioral Health Facility for the Homeless. This Norfolk, VA 23507 dented imaging of complex cardiac structures, funding will be used for the relocation and ex- Project Description: Funding will be used to state of the art networking and communication pansion to its main center for behavioral procure a mobile MRI unit to serve Oyster systems that facilitates real-time audio and health treatment and supportive services pro- Point and other satellite medical office build- visual communication of all images with col- grams to a new facility. Camillus will be able ings in the CHKD health system. This equip- leagues throughout the hospital and our sister to provide more health care and social serv- ment will help clear a backlog of critical MRI campus in Orlando, multiple in-room digital ices to the poor and homeless in Miami-Dade services, ensure that children receive the spe- cameras and microphones for satellite broad- County. Camillus is committed to ending cialized treatment needed in pediatric services cast transmissions, and a large viewing area chronic homelessness in Miami within the next and provide access to this diagnostic tool to and control rooms for visitors. The goal of CHI 10 years, and this new expanded facility will children in the Hampton Roads area, Virginia is to achieve 100 percent survivability for chil- help them reach that goal. In recognition of and North Carolina. dren with congenital heart disease, and to im- the value of the services Camillus provides to Project Name/Amount: Germanna Commu- prove their health status throughout their lives. the community, Miami-Dade County and the nity College Online LPN and Paramedic to RN This mission is entirely consistent with the City of Miami have each committed Program, $100,000 goals of HRSA and HHS, and better medical $10,000,000 to the project. Camillus House Intended Recipient: Germanna Community interventions at the early stages of the disease has provided humanitarian services to the College, 10000 Germanna Point Drive, Fred- lead to better quality of life for patients, shorter poor and homeless populations of Miami-Dade ericksburg, VA 22408 Project Description: Germanna Community hospital stays, and fewer hospital admissions County, Florida for more than 48 years. Last College plays a major role in overcoming the over the lifetime. $9.5 million is requested for year, Camillus House provided 360,000 free region’s nurse shortage, and it must ensure an equipment acquisition and facilities build out, meals, emergency housing to 2000 individ- adequate supply of qualified nurses. The need including: cardiopulmonary bypass equipment; uals, over 27,000 medical encounters as well for the Online LPN and Paramedic-to-RN pro- dedicated pediatric cardiac anesthesia equip- as substance abuse and work training pro- gram is evidenced by the absence of pro- ment; hybrid cardiac surgical/interventional grams. Services include basic emergency grams for working healthcare professionals to table; low dose digital flat panel imaging tech- services such as food and shelter, substance readily access associate degree nursing edu- nology; operating room ventilation and tem- abuse and mental health treatment, primary cation. The Online program will increase the perature control; pediatric robotic hybrid suite; health care, housing, and career development pool of qualified Registered Nurses for the dynamic CT imaging equipment; networking at 15 sites around Miami-Dade County. One of area workforce. The program will provide the and communication systems; multiple in-room Camillus’ most successful programs is its be- region with a total of over 400 Registered digital cameras and microphones; and large havioral health treatment program. Camillus Nurses over the next four years. In addition, viewing area and control rooms. operates one of the country’s most effective Requesting Member: Representative MARIO the program will allow LPNs and Paramedics residential behavioral health treatment pro- DIAZ-BALART (FL–25) to advance their careers while working and grams—with an outstanding success rate of Bill Number: H.R. 3293 contributing to the workforce. The Online pro- 89 percent. Account: HRSA gram will deliver the nursing curriculum. Only Name of Requesting Entity: Collier County, f the clinical instruction component requires the FL EARMARK DECLARATION physical presence of students. The program Address of Requesting Entity: 3301 E. will provide distance learning courses as well Tamiami Trail, Naples, FL 34112 as clinics on campuses and in hospitals. Fed- Description of Request: I have secured HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN eral funding would be used for full program $500,000 for the Interstate 75/Everglades OF VIRGINIA development, designated nursing faculty, and Blvd. Interchange. This funding will be used to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES accreditation. support and further develop a heath care ac- Friday, July 24, 2009 Project Name/Amount: Massey Cancer Cen- cess network for the under/uninsured in Collier ter, Virginia Commonwealth University, County. Collier County has identified more Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership standards on $600,000 than 35,000 residents who lack quality health Intended Recipient: Virginia Commonwealth care. Currently, the County is experiencing earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- mation regarding the earmark I received as University, 910 W. Franklin Street, Richmond, overuse of its emergency health facilities. The VA 23284 numbers of uninsured/underinsured will con- part of H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Project Description: These funds would be tinue to grow as job growth in the area has used to renovate a 7500 sq. ft research space been strongest among low-paying jobs, which Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. Project Name/Amount: An Achievable that will be improved to accommodate the cur- typically do not offer health insurance. This rent and planned pre-clinical and translational project seeks to expand, organize, and de- Dream, $300,000 Intended Recipient: An Achievable Dream, cancer research (the rapid advancement of velop a full access program with a full con- laboratory findings to clinical trials and patient tinuum of services for approximately 35,000 10858 Warwick Boulevard, Suite A, Newport News, VA 23601 care) activities in the Goodwin Research Lab- residents needing health care. The initial oratory at Virginia Commonwealth University. phase of this project has been the adoption of Project Description: The 1,250 students in a shared information database between the grades kindergarten through 12th benefit from f portals of entry for the poor into the system. An Achievable Dream’s support of social, aca- EARMARK DECLARATION Future phases of the project include marketing demic and moral curricula proven effective and full penetration of the pollution of the unin- over 16 years of operating the public/private HON. SAM GRAVES partnership with Newport News Public sured/underinsured individuals, and the hiring OF MISSOURI Schools. This multi-faceted approach has con- and training of community workers. The Physi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cian Led Access Network (PLAN) is an exam- tinued to provide the tools needed for under- Friday, July 24, 2009 ple of a successful program helping the unin- privileged youth to close the achievement gap sured through physicians volunteering their with their more affluent counterparts. It has Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, pursuant to time. The project will have a significant eco- been a major focus of the federal government the Republican Leadership standards on ear- nomic impact as lack of access to health care to provide support to public education to raise marks, I am submitting the following informa- leads to diminishing physical and economic standards and performance. This objective is tion regarding earmarks I received as part of distress on individuals and communities. embodied through major federal initiatives and H.R. 3293, the Department of Labor, Health Requesting Member: Representative MARIO legislation such as the No Child Left Behind and Human Services, and Education, and Re- DIAZ-BALART (FL–25) Act. Funds would be used for personnel ex- lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010:

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Congressman SAM GRAVES (MO–6) Account: Department of Education, HRSA cated next to the BARTA Park-N-Transit Facil- Department of Health and Human Services, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Vanguard ity. Health Resources and Services Administra- University Borough of Phoenixville, Phoenixville PA— tion—$500,000 for the Community Hospital Address of Requesting Entity: 55 Fair Drive, $250,000 for new sidewalks, lights, and pav- Association, Inc., in Fairfax, MO for facilities Costa Mesa, CA 92626 ers. The project is part of the Borough’s over- and equipment (405 E. Main, PO Box 107, Description of Request: Vanguard University all redevelopment plan. Fairfax, MO 64446) is developing an Academic Center for Riverplace Development Corporation, Read- Federal funds obtained will be used for up- Science, Nursing, and Technology which will ing PA—$250,000 for The Penn Corridor Re- grades to the facilities and equipment for help address the significant problems facing development Project to make the downtown Community Hospital in Fairfax, MO. The Com- California by training teachers in science and areas of Reading, West Reading and munity Hospital serves not only Fairfax, but a math, and by developing a Nursing School Wyomissing clean, safe, lively and attractive. region that encompasses parts of Atchison, with an accelerated RN to Bachelor of Science f Nodaway, and Holt counties. Currently, the in Nursing Degree Program to help address hospital operates out of a 60-year-old building the nursing crisis. The center will include the EARMARK DECLARATION and is one of the largest employers in Atch- development of smart classrooms, the nursing ison County with about 115 health care work- school, and research laboratories to train ex- HON. LEONARD LANCE ers and support personnel. The hospital is a isting teachers and nurses, and will deliver the OF NEW JERSEY designated critical access point for health study of science, math and technology that will IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES prepare students for teaching careers in care, whether it is 24-hour emergency serv- Friday, July 24, 2009 ices, diagnostic lab services or physical, occu- science and math. The nursing school will pational or speech therapies. Federal funds for partner with Hoag Hospital of Newport Beach Mr. LANCE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the new facility will focus on the key expan- in providing students and nursing rotations. the Republican Leadership standards on ear- sion of clinic space which will allow the hos- Requesting Member: Congressman DANA marks, I am submitting the following informa- pital to keep up with the increasing demand ROHRABACHER (CA–46) tion regarding earmarks I received as part of for outpatient services as well as operate a Bill Number: H.R. 3293 H.R. 3293, the FY2010 Labor, Health and more efficient and cost-effective hospital. Name of Project: Accelerated Baccalaureate Human Services, Education, and Related f of Science in Nursing at CSU, Long Beach Agencies Appropriations Act: Account: Department of Education, HRSA Project: Somerset Hills School District Cul- EARMARK DECLARATION Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Cal State tural Tolerance Education Initiative Long Beach, Department of Nursing Agency: Department of Education HON. DANA ROHRABACHER Address of Requesting Entity: 1250 Bell- Account: Elementary and Secondary Edu- OF CALIFORNIA flower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840 cation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: The Accelerated Amount: $312,000 Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing at Cali- Recipient: Somerset Hills School District, 25 Friday, July 24, 2009 fornia State University, Long Beach (ABSN– Olcott Avenue, Bernardsville, NJ 07924 Mr. ROHRABACHER. Madam Speaker, pur- CSULB) for which funding is being requested The funding would be used to implement a suant to the requirements of the Republican is for the programmatic expenses of the Bac- comprehensive Cultural Tolerance Education Conference of the House, I am submitting the calaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) por- Initiative to increase students’ understanding following information regarding earmarks I re- tion of the Accelerated BSN/ELM (Entry Level of various world societies and their traditions, ceived, which were included in the reported Masters) program for second degree students customs and way of life in an effort to broaden version of H.R. 3293, the ‘‘Department of with the goal of stabilizing the program for a their understanding of international politics and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- minimum of the next five years, preferably, the religion. cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations next 10 years. Project: Union County College Curriculum Act of 2010.’’ If funded, the project will entail the admis- Development Requesting Member: Congressman DANA sion of 48 BSN second degree students every Agency: Department of Education ROHRABACHER (CA–46) fall semester (once a year), and hire the nec- Account: Higher Education Amount: Bill Number: H.R. 3293 essary teaching faculty, an administrative as- $400,000 Name of Project: Vanguard University sistant who will serve as the admissions coor- Recipient: Union County College (UCC), Teacher and Nursing Program Expansion dinator and secretary, modest infrastructure 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, NJ 07106 Account: Department of Education, FIPSE support such as providing one computer and The funding would be used to (1) create a Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Vanguard a printer for 50 percent of the faculty (total of two-year ‘‘Green Workforce Service’’ for Union University 5 computers and printers), and an operating County which will support the creation of Address of Requesting Entity: 55 Fair Drive, budget for program activities. green jobs, and (2) develop a Green Tech- Costa Mesa, CA 92626 f nology option to the Engineering, Associate in Description of Request: Vanguard intends to Science degree program. use this funding for its program expansion and EARMARK DECLARATION Project: Jewish Family Service of Central improvement for Vanguard’s teacher training New Jersey, Community Innovations for in science/math and nursing education/training HON. JIM GERLACH Aging-in-Place with Hoag Hospital, and modernization of OF PENNSYLVANIA Agency: Department of Health and Human equipment and technology infrastructure. Pro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Services gram funding would help jumpstart Vanguard’s Account: Administration on Aging teacher and nursing training programs, which Friday, July 24, 2009 Amount: $300,000 are critically needed in California to prepare Mr. GERLACH. Madam Speaker, pursuant Recipient: Jewish Family Service of Central students for teaching careers in science and to the Republican Leadership standards on New Jersey, 655 Westfield Avenue, Elizabeth, math and for the increasingly sophisticated earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- NJ 07208 and technologically-based workplace. Van- mation regarding earmarks I received as part The funding would be used to support a guard has partnered with Hoag Hospital to of H.R. 3288, the Transportation, Housing and range of social, physical, spiritual, recreational, offer a quality Bachelor of Science Degree in Urban Development, and Related Agencies health, wellness and housing needs for older Nursing (BSN) to develop and launch an ac- Appropriations Act, 2010. adults in targeted communities by increasing celerated RN-to-BSN program and to develop Borough of Downingtown, Downingtown access to information, resources, supportive a BSN-to-MSN program within their School for PA—$500,000 to build Boot Road Bridge over services and civic engagement opportunities. Professional Studies. the Brandywine Creek, which will provide ac- Project: Jewish Family Service of Somerset, Requesting Member: Congressman DANA cess to Chester County’s lone Keystone Op- Hunterdon and Warren Counties, Aging-In- ROHRABACHER (CA–46) portunity Zone. Place Services Project Bill Number: H.R. 3293 BARTA, Reading PA—$250,000 for the de- Agency: Department of Health and Human Name of Project: Equipment Needs for the sign, engineering and construction required to Services New Vanguard University Academic Center for rehabilitate, restore and develop the historic Account: Administration on Aging Science, Nursing, and Technology Reading Railroad Franklin Street Station lo- Amount: $225,000

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Additional personnel to support this special population includes li- tively; increased service availability; coopera- Friday, July 24, 2009 tive health promotion, crises prevention, and censed professional counselor, career advi- community improvement; and the development Ms. FALLIN. Madam Speaker, pursuant to sors, clerical support, and tutoring services. of new human, financial, and neighborhood re- the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Expansion of services for service members sources for the benefit of the increasing num- marks, I am submitting the following informa- enrolled in classes at OCCC should be pro- ber of older adults who are aging-in-place. tion regarding earmarks I received as part of moted to these students by the Veterans Serv- H.R. 3293—Departments of Labor, Health and Project: Zufall Health Center’s Hunterdon ices Office functioning as a centralized source Human Services, and Education, and Related Family Dental Center of information and referral. Information, serv- Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. ices, and referral should include but is not lim- Agency: Department of Health and Human I requested and received on behalf of Okla- ited to: readjustment counseling; academic as- Services homa State University—Center for Health Sys- sessment and remediation (if needed); aca- Account: Health Resources and Services tems located at 1111 West 17th Street, Tulsa, demic advising and development of an individ- Administration—Facilities and Services OK 74107 the amount of $300,000. ualized education plan; review of veteran ben- Amount: $225,000 This project seeks to do two things: (1) ex- efits; career counseling; workshops; net- Recipient: Zufall Health Center, 17 South pand and enhance the OSU Center for Health working; and an opportunity to have the same Warren Street, Dover, NJ 07801 Science’s health information technology sys- level of camaraderie that is experienced in the The funding would be used for renovation tem, including its telemedicine and distance military. and equipment for a new dental center in learning as well as electronic medical records To succeed in college, it is critical that vet- Flemington, Hunterdon County, NJ. network, and (2) bring diagnostic and medical erans have a successful transition from the services to geographic regions in Oklahoma military into campus life. The aim of this pro- f where even telemedicine is not yet feasible or gram is to provide intensive transitional and reasonably located by use of a mobile clinic. support services for military veterans as many EARMARK DECLARATION The mobile clinics will be available to provide veterans have a difficult time readjusting to ci- medical services in response to natural or vilian life and translating their military service HON. GREGG HARPER manmade disasters. into applicable college and career goals. We I requested and received on behalf of Okla- would provide enhanced and specialized sup- OF MISSISSIPPI homa State University located at Oklahoma port services to military veteran students from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State University—Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 the time they commit to attending the OCCC the amount of $350,000. Friday, July 24, 2009 through the end of their education with us and Oklahoma State University and ProCure beyond. Treatment Centers Inc. have formed a public- Mr. HARPER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to f the Republican Leadership standards on ear- private partnership for training, education and marks, I am submitting the following informa- research in proton therapy for the treatment of EARMARK DECLARATION tion regarding earmarks I received as part cancer. In many situations cancer treatment H.R. 3293—Labor-HHS-Education Appropria- by means of precisely directed beams of ener- HON. STEVE KING tions Act, 2010: getic protons is the most effective therapeutic OF IOWA alternative to more traditional surgical and ra- Requesting Member: Congressman GREGG IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HARPER diation cancer treatment procedures. ProCure Friday, July 24, 2009 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 is currently completing construction of a multi- million dollar, proton treatment facility in Okla- Account: Elementary and Secondary Edu- Mr. KING of Iowa. Madam Speaker, pursu- homa City, dedicated to the treatment of can- cation ant to the Republican Leadership standards cer. It will allow access to world-leading tech- on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- Project Name: The Mississippi Early Child- nology for patients in the central region of the formation regarding earmarks I received as hood Bridges Project United States and is the first of several such part of H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Recipient and Address: Mississippi State centers planned by ProCure throughout the Health and Human Services, and Education, University, Early Childhood Institute, P.O. Box country in the coming years. We propose to and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 6013, Mississippi State, MS 39762 place Oklahoma at the forefront of proton can- 2010. Amount: $630,000 cer treatment by establishing a world-class, re- Requesting Member: Congressman STEVE Description: Funding would be used to cre- search and education center at OSU, in part- KING ate and pilot a new early childhood teacher nership with ProCure, in order to train accred- Bill Number H.R. 3293, Departments of delivery system to improve the quality of in- ited personnel in this next-generation cancer Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- struction and prevent attrition of teachers in treatment modality. Scientists at the world-re- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations early care and education centers. nowned Radiation Physics Laboratory at OSU Act, 2010. Requesting Member: Congressman GREGG have been conducting research in the charac- Account: Department of Education, Higher HARPER terization and monitoring of proton beams Education Bill Number: H.R. 3293 used in cancer therapy for over fifteen years. Amount: $100,000 Account: Museums and Libraries The OSU group has recently teamed with Pro- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Briar Cliff Cure to establish a research and training pro- University Project Name: Outreach Programs, Mis- gram at OSU. The requested federal funding Address of Requesting Entity: 3303 Re- sissippi Museum of Natural Science will build from the existing private funding to becca Street, Sioux City, IA 51104 Recipient and Address: Mississippi Museum establish a leading national center of excel- Description of Request: The requested of Natural Science Foundation, 2148 Riverside lence. Establishing a proton therapy center in funds will be used to help fund the Nursing Drive, Jackson, MS 39202 the middle of Oklahoma will be of tremendous and Health Education Improvement Project at Amount: $220,000 benefit to the citizens of this state and sur- Briar Cliff University. Since 1930, Briar Cliff Description: Funding would be used for the rounding states. There are estimated to be University has provided superior healthcare acquisition of education outreach vans and over 250,000 cancer patients nationwide, and education to students, which has positively af- equipment so the museum’s science literacy over 3,000 each year in a 250 mile radius of fected the quality of life for the citizens of the programs can reach approximately 120,000 Oklahoma City, many of whom can benefit Siouxland region. Many healthcare profes- students throughout the state; and for biologi- from proton radiation therapy. sionals in the region were educated at Briar cal database services to assist land managers I requested and received on behalf of Okla- Cliff University. In keeping with this legacy, and economic developers to improve their effi- homa City Community College located at 7777 Briar Cliff University is inaugurating a new ciency and effectiveness by providing tools to South May Ave., OKC, OK 73150 the amount center for gerontology during 2009. In support streamline planning and permitting processes. of $200,000. of this program and the nursing and

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1984 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 healthcare programs of the university, this Amount: $150,000 The new laboratories and equipment will project will provide state-of-the-art nursing Legal Name of Requesting Entity: strongly enhance substantial job creation with- simulation equipment, science laboratory Graceland University in Iowa, improve access to health care for equipment, and instructional technology (in- Address of Requesting Entity: 1 University Iowans and expand the creation of a scientif- cluding distance learning technology) to en- Place, Lamoni, IA 50140– ically qualified workforce in the medical and hance access and academic quality for stu- Description of Request: The requested health services arena. By greatly enhancing dents. Providing $200,075 to assist in this crit- funds will provide Graceland University with the teaching environment, as well as the phys- ical project will help ensure the quality of edu- the resources necessary to establish a nursing ical learning space and equipment, Iowa cation for the healthcare graduates of the uni- patient simulation lab to train 80-100 nursing Western Community College will alleviate the versity and prepare well-qualified professionals students every year. This lab will allow region’s nurse shortage and double the num- in fields that serve seniors. Graceland University to better prepare its 40 ber of nurses it trains annually by 2013. to 50 nursing graduates every year to enter Requesting Member: Congressman STEVE f KING the field and care for a diverse group of pa- Bill Number H.R. 3293, Departments of tients they may never have had the ability to EARMARK DECLARATION Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- care for without such technologies as simula- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations tion. This training will help to address the HON. DENNY REHBERG acute nursing shortage that the rural midwest Act, 2010. OF MONTANA is expected to experience in the coming years. Account: Department of Health and Human IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Services, Centers for Disease Control and Graceland also plans to make the lab acces- Friday, July 24, 2009 Prevention sible to other health care training programs in Amount: $350,000 the area, including a school of osteopathy, fire Mr. REHBERG. Madam Speaker, pursuant Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Visiting departments, hospitals, area vocational health to the Republican Leadership standards on Nurses Association programs. This will allow for an even greater earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- Address of Requesting Entity: 300 West leveraging of the federal funds invested in mation regarding earmarks I received as part Broadway, Council Bluffs, IA 51503– Graceland’s Nursing simulation lab. of H.R. 3293—Departments of Labor, Health Description of Request: The requested In addition, Graceland has requested fund- and Human Services, and Education, and Re- funds will be used to purchase home health ing to complement the new educational oppor- lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010: tunities offered through the creation of its monitors and to train nurses on best practices Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG protocols for the management of chronic ill- Nursing Simulation lab with the purchase of Bill Number: H.R. 3293 nesses in seniors in the Council Bluffs area two pieces of lab equipment that play a key Account: HRSA through the Visiting Nurses Association’s Tele- role in medical education and research: A Nu- Name and Address: Benefis Health System health Program. The program has national clear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (the of 1101 26th Street South, Great Falls, MT forerunner of the MRI) and a Gas Chro- and local significance. In Iowa, specifically the 59405 matograph / Mass Spectrometer. Council Bluffs area, many senior citizens suf- Description: $500,000 in funding will be Requesting Member: Congressman STEVE fer from heart failure, diabetes, and other seri- used to support a mobile mammography serv- KING ous chronic illnesses, contributing to millions Bill Number H.R. 3293, Departments of ice, which will purchase capital equipment: of Medicare/Medicaid expenditures for costly Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- digital mammography technology and the vehi- care. The VNA’s telehealth program dem- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations cle to transport the screening service through- onstrates the capacity to save the Medicare/ Act, 2010. out the region. Medicaid program significant money. VNA es- Account: Department of Health and Human Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG timates that the VNA telehealth program Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 saved Medicare and Medicaid $932,500 with ministration—Health Facilities and Services Account: HRSA prevented emergency care and hospitalization Amount: $250,000 Name and Address: Easter Seals—Goodwill costs since 2004. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa Northern Rocky Mountain of 4400 Central Av- 2004—Estimated savings $198,620 Western Community College enue, Great Falls, Montana 59405 2005—Estimated savings of $363,220 Address of Requesting Entity: 2700 College Description: Easter Seals provides mental 2006—Estimated savings of $370,660 Road, Council Bluffs, IA 51502– health services to those with disabilities as 2007—Estimated savings of $526,840 Description of Request: The requested well as helping persons with disabilities and Total cost savings for Medicare and Med- funds will be used to increase the number of their families realize greater independence, icaid are estimated to reach $1 million over highly skilled nurses in the state of Iowa dignity and self-sufficiency. $500,000 in fund- the next 7 years. through continued development of Iowa West- ing will be used to build a 40,000 square foot The intended benefits are significant: it will ern Community College’s Nursing Center of facility in Great Falls to house all of these save lives; improve the quality of life for chron- Excellence. Iowa Western Community Col- services.– ically ill seniors and their caregivers; reduce lege’s graduates have passed the state nurs- Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG hospitalizations; and save federal funding and ing certification test on the first attempt, which Bill Number: H.R. 3293 reduce nursing costs. is better than many of the states, as well as Account: HRSA The project will have direct economic and the region’s, four-year institutions. Because Name and Address: St. Vincent Healthcare safety benefits. VNA telehealth program is a Iowa Western Community College currently Foundation of 1106 N 30th Billings, MT 59101 viable solution to the four most pressing con- graduates many of the state’s top dental as- Description: $400,000 in funding will be cerns in healthcare delivery today including: sistants, dental hygienists, practical nurses, used to support mobile mammography serv- (1) Skyrocketing healthcare costs; (2) Chal- registered nurses, surgical technologists, med- ices that will improve the diagnosis of breast lenging chronic disease management; (3) The ical assistants and emergency medical techni- cancer, expand access to cutting edge mam- shortage of nurses; and; (4) Consumer & pa- cians, enrollment could be greatly increased to mography technology, expand access to dedi- tient demand for more control over health care meet demand if the college had the necessary cated radiology services for mammography, information and treatment. Research shows equipment and expanded faculties. Therefore, and save lives of women throughout the re- that the program save lives, improves the Iowa Western Community College proposes a gion quality of life for seniors and their families, and new Iowa Western Nursing Center of Excel- Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG it save millions of Medicare and Medicaid dol- lence, with multiple laboratories and high-tech Bill Number: H.R. 3293 lars. equipment on which to train thousands of fu- Account: HRSA Requesting Member: Congressman STEVE ture nurses within the next decade. The col- Name and Address: Community Medical KING lege, community and private donors have re- Center of 2827 Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, Bill Number H.R. 3293, Departments of cently committed at least $10,000,000 to the MT 59804 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Center’s construction. The college now Description: $500,000 in funding will be cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations reaches out to the Iowa congressional delega- used to provide critical service upgrades and Act, 2010. tion to respectfully request that the labora- replacement of an outdated Women and Infant Account: Department of Health and Human tories be equipped with the finest nurse train- Care Center. Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- ing technology available, which is expected to Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG ministration—Health Facilities and Services cost the college $1,560,901. Bill Number: H.R. 3293

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Madam Speaker, I rise tools and strategies needed to accelerate the all hospital information systems, clinics, and today to submit documentation consistent with quality, growth, and success rates of early physicians in the region. the Republican Earmark Standards. care and learning programs resulting in im- Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG Requesting Member: Congressman ANDER proved readiness outcomes for the children, Bill Number: H.R. 3293 CRENSHAW particularly for children living in low-income Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Labor, Health and neighborhoods. Account: ESE FIE Human Services, and Education and Related This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding Name and Address: Northern Rockies Edu- Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 because improving high-quality early care and cational Services (NRES) of 2120 Ernest Ave., Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- learning experiences has a high return on in- Missoula, MT 59801 cation (includes FIE) vestment and is the single best investment for Description: $300,000 in funding will be Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Best Bud- improving achievement, especially for children used to fund the modification and creation of dies Florida from low-income families. university curriculum to align to the Area of Address of Receiving Entity: 124–A East There are no matching funds required for Special Permission Competency for Tech- Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32801 this project. nology Integration. Description of Request: I have secured Requesting Member: Congressman ANDER Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG $250,000 in funding in H.R. 3293 in the Ele- CRENSHAW Bill Number: H.R. 3293 mentary & Secondary Education Account for Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Labor, Health and Account: HRSA Best Buddies, FL, Orlando, FL for mentoring Human Services, and Education and Related Name and Address: Billings Clinic of PO programs in the 4th Congressional District for Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Box 31031, Billings, MT 59107. elementary and secondary school students Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Description: $250,000 in funding will be with disabilities. Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Tallahas- used to support the Billings Clinic Diabetes The purpose of this funding is to enhance see Community College, Tallahassee, FL Center, which will provide physician assess- the lives of those with intellectual disabilities Address of Receiving Entity: 444 Appleyard ment plus ophthalmology, dietary consultation by facilitating interpersonal communication Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304 and classes, individual and family education through the pairing of those with and without Description of Request: I have secured and support services. intellectual disabilities into long-term one-on- $200,000 in funding in H.R. 3293 in the Higher Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG one mentoring friendships. Education Account for the purchase of equip- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding ment at Tallahassee Community College in Account: HRSA because it would organize and rigorously over- Tallahassee, FL. see volunteer-run Best Buddies chapters in The purpose of this funding is to support Name and Address: Youth Dynamics, Inc. of middle schools, high schools, and colleges STEM education by allowing the purchase of 2334 Lewis Ave., Billings, MT 59102 across Florida, including 24 in the 4th district. equipment for organic chemistry, the payment Description: $100,000 in funding will be There are no matching funds required for of salaries of science faculty members and in- used to support the overall behavioral this project. terns, and the purchase of supplies. healthcare of Montana’s children and youth in Requesting Member: Congressman ANDER This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding rural and frontier areas of the state. CRENSHAW because increasing the number of students Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Labor, Health and obtaining post secondary degrees in STEM Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Human Services, and Education and Related fields will provide a workforce that is prepared Account: HRSA Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 to ensure a healthy economy, respond to na- Name and Address: Montana Wyoming Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- tional security needs, and enhance quality of Tribal Leaders Council of 222 North 32nd St, cation (includes FIE) life through technological advancements. Suite 401, Billings, MT 59101 Legal Name of Receiving Entity: ChildHelp There are no matching funds required for Description: $100,000 in funding would be Address of Receiving Entity: 15757 N. 78th this project. used to advance the level of treatment pro- Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Requesting Member: Congressman ANDER vided by the central substance abuse treat- Description of Request: I have secured CRENSHAW ment center by offering treatment for mental $250,000 in funding in H.R. 3293 in the Ele- Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Labor, Health and health services and improve their ability to mentary & Secondary Education Account for Human Services, and Education and Related maintain electronic treatment records. Childhelp, Inc, Scottsdale, AZ to develop a Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG comprehensive update to the Good Touch Account: Health Resources and Services Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Bad Touch curriculum. Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Account: HRSA The purpose of this funding is to give the Services Name and Address: Daniels Memorial Hos- first comprehensive update of Good Touch Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Daniel Me- pital Association of 105 5th Avenue East, PO Bad Touch curriculum in over 20 years. morial, Inc Address of Receiving Entity: 4203 Box 400, Scobey, MT 59263 This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding because Childhelp, in collaboration with the Southpoint Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32216 Description: $400,000 in funding would be Monique Burr Foundation, is the only provider Description of Request: I have secured used to provide more complete, timely and of child abuse education in North Florida $500,000 in funding in H.R. 3293 in the Health cost effective medical services to the residents schools. Resources and Services Administration of Daniels County with the purchase and in- There are no matching funds required for (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Services Ac- stallment of a CT scanner. this project. count for facilities and equipment at Daniel Requesting Member: Rep. DENNY REHBERG Requesting Member: Congressman ANDER Memorial, Inc in Jacksonville, FL. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 CRENSHAW The purpose of this funding is to build the Account: HRSA Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Labor, Health and Mental Health Residential Treatment Center. Name and Address: Center for Asbestos Human Services, and Education and Related This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding Related Disease of 214 E. 3rd Street, Libby Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 because the Daniel Memorial is the oldest not- MT 59923. Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- for-profit child-serving agency in Florida, but Description: $350,000 in funding would be cation (includes FIE) has not had any major renovations at its used to manage the CARD database, which is Legal Name of Receiving Entity: University Belfort campus in 40 years. The 7,722 square- owned, housed and managed by CARD and of North Florida foot facility would serve as central facility for will be made available to researchers and re- Address of Receiving Entity: 1 UNF Drive, psychiatric and medical assessments; psy- search institutions. Jacksonville, FL 32224 chiatric and mental health counseling; group

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Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Labor, Health and clinical training to 130 nursing students. Requesting Member: Congressman TOM Human Services, and Education and Related This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding COLE Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 because despite rising unemployment, there Bill Number; H.R. 3293 Account: Health Resources and Services are numerous high wage nursing jobs in north Provision: Title II Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and central Florida that remain vacant due to insuf- Account: Health Resources and Services Services ficient training resources. Associate degree Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Florida jobs that start at more than $20/hour provide Services Community College at Jacksonville, FL one of the few reliable high wage occupations Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Norman Address of Receiving Entity: 501 W. State in the region. Jobs like these are critical to re- Regional Health System Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202 covery from the economic crisis for residents Address of Requesting Entity: 901 North Description of Request: I have secured of north central Florida. Porter St., Norman, OK 73071 $250,000 in funding in H.R. 3293 in the Health There are no matching funds required for Description of Request: Provide an earmark Resources and Services Administration this project. of $1,715,000. Of the funds allocated (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Services Ac- f $1,153,000.00 will be used for facilities; count for facilities and equipment at Florida $412,000.00 will be used for fixtures and Community College in Jacksonville, FL. EARMARK DECLARATION equipment, $150,000.00 will be used for com- The purpose of this funding is to purchase munications and information technology by a clinical simulation laboratory to train nurses. HON. BRETT GUTHRIE Norman Regional Health System (NRHS), a This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding OF KENTUCKY not-for-profit community health system in because while there is an 8% position va- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES south central Oklahoma, for the modernization cancy rate in nurses in the state of Florida, Friday, July 24, 2009 of the North Tower of the Porter Street Cam- 52% of qualified applicants were turned away pus in Norman, Oklahoma. Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to because nursing schools do not have the re- Requesting Member: Congressman TOM the Republican Leadership standards on ear- sources to train new nurses. COLE There are no matching funds required for marks, I am submitting the following informa- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 this project. tion regarding earmarks I received as part of Provision: Title II Requesting Member: Congressman ANDER H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health Account: Health Resources and Services CRENSHAW and Human Services, and Education, and Re- Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Labor, Health and lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Services Human Services, and Education and Related Requesting Member: Congressman BRETT Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 GUTHRIE City Community College Account: Health Resources and Services Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Address of Requesting Entity: 7777 South Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Account: DOE/FIPSE May Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73159 Recipient: Western Kentucky University, Services Description of Request: Provide an earmark 1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Jackson- of $250,000. 100% of funds allocated will be KY 42101 ville University used to purchase an additional Human Patient Description of Request: Provide $500,000 Address of Receiving Entity: 2800 University Simulator for the Division of Health Profes- for the purchase of classroom and laboratory Boulevard North, Jacksonville, FL 32211 sions at OCCC. equipment for the new satellite campus in Description of Request: I have secured Requesting Member: Congressman TOM Owensboro. The building is currently under $250,000 in funding in H.R. 3293 in the Health COLE construction and funds would provide com- Resources and Services Administration BM Number: H.R. 3293 puters and other equipment to ensure the (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Services Ac- Provision: Title II classrooms and laboratories are operational count for facilities and equipment at Jackson- Account: Health Resources and Services and able to serve students’ needs. ville University in Jacksonville, FL. Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and The purpose of this funding is to purchase f Services clinical simulators and software to train med- EARMARK DECLARATION Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma ical students and hospital staff how to use Medical Research Foundation electronic medical records. HON. TOM COLE Address of Requesting Entity: 825 N.E. 13th This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 OF OKLAHOMA because the widespread adoption of health in- Description of Request: Provide an earmark IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES formation technology has the potential to save of $300,000. 100% of funds allocated will be millions of dollars and improve the quality of Friday, July 24, 2009 used to purchase equipment for a new eight- health care, but nurses and other hospital staff Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the story, state-of-the-art, Leed Gold Certified still lack the training to become competent in Republican Leadership standards on ear- green research tower. health information technologies. marks, I am submitting the following informa- Requesting Member: Congressman TOM There are no matching funds required for tion regarding earmarks I received as part of COLE this project. H.R. 3293—Departments of Labor, Health and Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Requesting Member: Congressman ANDER Human Services, and Education, and Related Provision: Title III CRENSHAW Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Labor, Health and Requesting Member: Congressman TOM Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mid- Human Services, and Education and Related COLE America Christian University Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Address of Requesting Entity: 3500 W 119th Account: Health Resources and Services Provision: Title I Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73170 Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Account: Employment and Training Adminis- Description of Request: Provide an earmark Services tration (ETA)—Training & Employment Serv- of $485,000. Of the funds allocated approxi- Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Lake City ices (TES) mately: $28,954.50 will be used for program Community College Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma coordination; 130,707.50 will be used for Per- Address of Receiving Entity: 149 SE Col- City Community College sonal; $85,748.00 will be used for student lege Place, Lake City, FL 32025 Address of Requesting Entity: 7777 South support services; $67,706.00 will be used for Description of Request: I have secured May Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73159 technology upgrades and support; $94,769.00 $250,000 in funding in H.R. 3293 in the Health Description of Request: Provide an earmark will be used for community college expenses; Resources and Services Administration of $200,000. 100% of funds allocated will be $16,926.50 will be used for faculty recruitment;

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1987 $31,961.50 will be used for accelerated cur- didates for employment. Data provided by Re- derstand the importance of proper dental hy- riculum development; $28,297.00 will be used gion IV of the State of Idaho Economic Devel- giene at a very young age. Poor oral health for alternative certification development. opment Agency indicate that manufacturing can affect a child’s self-esteem, ability to eat, Requesting Member: Congressman TOM will be a leading employment area in the appearance and ability to communicate. COLE Magic Valley and the state of Idaho with over School attendance can also be negatively im- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 250 new jobs expected over the next two pacted. Over 35% of Idaho children lack den- Provision: Title IV years. Current trends in manufacturing devel- tal insurance, which serves as a major deter- Account: Museums & Libraries opment necessitate the need for in-depth rent in accessing and receiving needed dental Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Native training in the technological aspects of the de- care. According to Idaho Department of Health American Cultural Center and Museum sign, fabrication, and manufacturing phases of and Welfare 2005 Smile Survey, 27% of Idaho Address of Requesting Entity: 900 North production. CSI is participating in a joint edu- children in grades K–6 had untreated decay. Broadway Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73126 cational venture with Twin Falls High School Low-income, uninsured children suffer the Description of Request: Provide an earmark and local industry that creates a pre-engineer- greatest incidence of dental decay because of $750,000. 100% of funds allocated will be ing academy at the high school and a Com- their families lack the financial resources to re- used for institutional development and pro- puterized Numeric Controls (CNC)/Industrial ceive regular dental care. The Idaho Caring gram planning as well as the development of Networking Program at the college campus. Foundation will provide access to needed den- Tribal educational and cultural exhibits in the The Pro-Tech program volves students from tal services for 600 low-income, uninsured Museum. grade levels 10–14, and allows the students to Idaho children. These services will be pro- f move from high school into a two-year pro- vided by our network of 140 Idaho dentists gram at CSI or into an engineering program at from across the state. Eligible children will be EARMARK DECLARATION one of Idaho’s four-year institutions. At the identified by working in partnership with Idaho secondary school level, students learn the ba- schools, Head Start programs, and other chil- HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON sics of computer-assisted design, design phys- dren’s programs, such as the YMCA and the OF IDAHO ics, and fabrication, with each course offering Boys & Girls Clubs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aligned to the program at CSI through either Project Name: Idaho Early Literacy Project Friday, July 24, 2009 tech prep or dual credit affiliation. At the post- Amount Received: $350,000 secondary level students will receive industry- Account: Department of Education Elemen- Mr. SIMPSON. Madam Speaker, in accord- standard training in CNC, automated logic, tary and Secondary Education ance with the policies and standards put forth and industrial networking. This program will Recipient: Lee Pesky Learning Center by the House Appropriations Committee and train students to meet the educational require- Recipient’s Address: 3324 Elder Street, the GOP Leadership, I would like to place in ments needed to enable them to enter the Boise, ID 83705. the record a listing of the congressionally-di- high demand fields of the hi-tech manufac- Description: The aim of the Idaho Early Lit- rected projects I have requested in my home turing and engineering sectors. eracy Project is to ensure that all children in state of Idaho that are contained in the report Project Name: Custer County Purchase of Idaho are ready to read when they enter of HR 3293, the FY2010 Labor, Health and Medical Equipment school. Stage III includes utilization of the re- Human Services and Education and Related Amount Received: $400,000 search-based booklets, ‘‘Every Child Ready to Agencies Appropriations: Account: Health Resources and Services Read and Every Child Ready for Math’’, an in- Project Name: Bear Lake Memorial Hospital Administration Health Facilities and Services tegrated approach to reading and mathe- Addition and Remodel Recipient: Custer County matical literacy, the training of child care pro- Amount Received: $300,000 Recipient’s Address: 801 East Main Avenue, viders statewide, both live and on-line, and a Account: Health Resources and Services Challis, ID 83226 direct intervention with parents and children. Administration Health Facilities and Services Description: At almost 5,000 square miles, The training of child care providers includes a Recipient: Bear Lake Memorial Hospital Custer County is larger than three states yet face-to-face approach in larger population cen- Recipient’s Address: 164 South 5th Street, has just over 4,000 people. Unfortunately, it is ters and an on-line approach for remote rural Montpelier, Idaho 83254 burdened with a high proportion of public locations. Stage III builds on early literacy Description: The Bear Lake Memorial Hos- lands with over 95% of the county’s 3.4 million training models implemented in 2008–2010 by pital is a key service provider to all individuals acres administered by federal agencies. The unifying reading and mathematical literacy and and plays a vital role in the community, as county’s tax base, or more specifically the lack by strengthening the intervention with parents well as provides services to the popular Bear thereof, is inadequate to support the services and children. As such, the project assures that Lake recreation area. The current Emergency required for such an expansive county. This pre-school children will receive direct literacy Department lacks sufficient space for a waiting grossly disproportionate public ownership education from child care providers and in room for emergency room patrons. It also fails causes a severe strain on their resources, in- special workshops with their parents, creating to meet HIPPA compliance because of a lack cluding their ability to provide access to health the ‘‘language rich’’ upbringing necessary to of privacy for patients due to a high-use public services. The influx of tourism and visitors due succeed in school. hallway dissecting the two emergency room to the nearby US Forest Service, BLM, recre- Project Name: Idaho SySTEMic Solution locations. In addition, the current diagnostic ation and wilderness areas leads to an in- Amount Received: $400,000 imaging facilities are scattered throughout the creased rate of trauma and accidents, placing Account: Department of Education Elemen- hospital, which makes it more difficult to pro- a large burden on the county. The EMT serv- tary and Secondary Education vide timely and efficient care. By consolidating ices and health clinics in the county are in Recipient: Boise State University the services into one wing, the hospital will be need of renovation and modernization of Recipient’s Address: 1910 University Drive, able to provide improved patient care and in- equipment. This funding would be used to pur- Boise, ID 83725–1135 crease overall staff efficiency. Funding pro- chase the much needed equipment and tech- Description: Idaho SySTEMic Solution is a vided would be used for the design and con- nology for the clinics and EMT services in nationally relevant, hands-on, project-based struction of a new addition as well as a ren- Custer County. STEM learning system (science, technology, ovation of the existing facilities in the Emer- Project Name: Idaho Caring Foundation for engineering, & math) designed to spur gency Department and Diagnostic Imaging Children for dental services for low-income achievement and confidence among elemen- Department. children tary-age learners and their teachers. Proven Project Name: College of Southern Idaho’s Amount Received: $300,000 methods show that long-term student achieve- Pro-Tech Training Program Account: Health Resources and Services ment and interest in STEM can be dramati- Amount Received: $200,000 Administration Health Facilities and Services cally improved by introducing systemic, contig- Account: Department of Education Higher Recipient: Idaho Caring Foundation for Chil- uous, and engaging hands-on activities at an Education dren elementary level before children develop mis- Recipient: College of Southern Idaho Recipient’s Address: 1211 W. Myrtle, Suite conceptions, gender bias, math anxiety, or be- Recipient’s Address: 315 Falls Avenue, 110, Boise, ID 83702 come distracted by cultural influences preva- Twin Falls, ID 83303–1238 Description: According to the 2000 U.S. Sur- lent at puberty. In 2010 the project will extend Description: This program will enable the geon General’s report, ‘‘Oral Health in Amer- into middle school grades where the need for College to partner with other agencies to iden- ica’’, tooth decay is the single most common hands-on activities is even greater. Key tify training needs and to identify potential can- chronic childhood disease. As a dentist, I un- project components include a comprehensive,

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E1988 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 continuing teacher training model that includes Care, Neonatal Intensive Care, Pediatric On- Labor, Health and Human Services, Edu- a one-week summer institute and ongoing cology, and Pediatric Surgical Suites and sup- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations site-based follow-up training to boost the abil- port area, to meet the needs of the rapidly Projects ity and confidence of elementary and middle growing population in the hospital’s service Project Name: Pennsylvania State Univer- school teachers; implementation into demo- area. Prior to the beginning of this multi-year sity—Altoona, PA for facilities and equipment graphically diverse schools of curriculum- project, each area was frequently full, requir- Account: Department of Health and Human aligned learning lab systems that have been ing children to be placed in adult units or di- Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- shown to improve student scores in math, verted to other and often very distant hos- ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and science, and technology; and research and pitals. The federal funding provided for the ex- Services evaluation of results in accordance with Idaho pansion project has resulted in expanding all Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Pennsyl- and national assessment standards. units with state-of-the-art facilities and equip- vania State University—Altoona Project Name: Madison County Memorial ment. Funding received will assist with the Address of Requesting Entity: 3000 Ivyside Hospital Renovation purchase of equipment, including electronic Park, Altoona, PA 16601 Amount Received: $350,000 medical record hardware and software pro- Description of Request/Justification of Fed- Account: Health Resources and Services grams and patient monitor technology for pa- eral Funding: $320,000 for Pennsylvania State Administration Health Facilities and Services tient support and EMR connectivity to be used University—Altoona, PA for facilities and Recipient: Madison County Memorial Hos- in the Medical/Surgical Pediatrics, Pediatric equipment pital and Neonatal Intensive Care, Oncology, Sur- It is my understanding that funding for this Recipient’s Address: 450 East Main, gical Suites and support areas. The hospital is project would be used for the expansion and Rexburg, ID 83440 spending millions on the expansion and fed- renovations of the Pennsylvania State Univer- Description: Madison Memorial Hospital will eral funds will represent only a small portion of sity—Altoona nursing lab and to purchase initiate the implementation of the Electronic the project’s total costs. equipment to provide simulated clinical experi- Medical Record (EMR) System into Physician Project Name: Twin Falls Library Moderniza- ences. Clinics that feed into Madison Memorial Hos- tion Project This project is a valuable use of taxpayer Amount Received: $100,000 pital. Information from the EMR helps the clini- Account: Museums and Libraries in the In- dollars because simulation provides improved cian make informed decisions. As the patient stitute of Museums and Library Services training for nurses and the opportunity to ex- status is entered into this EMR, the informa- Recipient: City of Twin Falls pand training programs to meet the critical de- tion increases staff efficiencies through faster Recipient’s Address: 201 Fourth Avenue mand for clinically trained nurses in Blair transcription times, nursing notes, lab results, East, Twin Falls, ID 83301 County, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. radiology and other electronic sources. This Description: The Twin Falls Public Library Project Name: Indiana Regional Medical system will make it easier for physicians and seeks to obtain a fully searchable database for Center, Indiana, PA for an electronic medical clinicians to comply with all regulations by en- its local historical newspapers. The Library records initiative abling them to keep their records up to date. has on 709 reels of microfilm of local news- Account: Department of Health and Human Patient safety will be increased by developing papers from 1904 to the present. It is difficult Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- a paperless electronic medical record environ- to use the microfilm because of its deterio- ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and ment where clinical information can be readily rating physical condition and outdated format. Services shared via electronic transactions with all enti- There is no index; if an exact date is not Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Indiana ties within the Madison Memorial Hospital net- known, patrons must browse through the Regional Medical Center work. microfilm by hand, which is very inefficient. Address of Requesting Entity: 835 Hospital Project Name: Purchase of Biochemistry These funds will be used to digitize and index Road, Indiana, PA 15701 and Microbiology Laboratory Equipment 709 reels of microfilm of the local newspaper Description of Request/Justification of Fed- Amount Received: $400,000 dating from 1904 through 2008. The search- eral Funding: $350,000 for Indiana Regional Account: Health Resources and Services able database will replace the deteriorating Medical Center, Indiana, PA for an electronic Administration Health Facilities and Services microfilm with a searchable format allowing medical records initiative Recipient: Idaho State University patrons to search articles, pictures, and adver- It is my understanding that funding for this Recipient’s Address: 921 South 8th Avenue, tisements by keyword; view information in its project would be used by the Indiana Regional Stop 8007, Pocatello, ID 83209–8007 historical context; preserve the look and feel of Medical Center in Indiana County, Pennsyl- Description: Modern instrumentation is es- the original format; and print or email articles, vania to purchase equipment to increase pa- sential to improving both the Biochemistry and photos, or ads of interest. The reference staff tient safety, enhance efficiency, and reduce Microbiology programs at Idaho State Univer- will be able to serve the community more ef- operational costs. Specifically, funding is ex- sity (ISU). This request will enable the pur- fectively, both on-site and remotely, by pected to be used to implement an Electronic chase of the required instrumentation needed digitizing and indexing the microfilm. This Medical Records system. These technology for courses in biochemistry, chemistry labora- newspaper database will be an historical asset upgrades will greatly benefit residents of the tories, microbiology and biology. More than to library patrons and will provide an acces- Indiana County, Pennsylvania area. 400 students per year would gain access to sible and unique service to the community. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer state of the art instrumentation through this re- I appreciate the opportunity to provide a list funds because the use of Electronic Medical quest, improving both the quality of their edu- of Congressionally-directed projects in the re- Records is a national priority and is necessary cational experience and the quality of research port accompanying the FY2010 Labor, Health to improve service for patients. in these scientific fields that can be pursued. and Human Services and Education and Re- Project Name: J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Project Name: St. Luke’s Regional Medical lated Agencies Appropriations on behalf of Huntingdon, PA for facilities and equipment Center’s Children Health Services Expansion Idaho and provide an explanation of my sup- Account: Department of Health and Human Amount Received: $350,000 port for them. Services, Health Resources and Services Ad- Account: Health Resources and Services f ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Administration Health Facilities and Services Services EARMARK DECLARATION Recipient: St. Luke’s Regional Medical Cen- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: J.C. Blair ter Ltd Memorial Hospital Recipient’s Address: 190 E. Bannock Street, HON. BILL SHUSTER Address of Requesting Entity: 1225 Warm Boise, ID 83712 OF PENNSYLVANIA Springs Avenue, Huntingdon, PA 16652 Description: St. Luke’s Health System is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request/Justification of Fed- home to the only Children’s Hospital in Idaho, Friday, July 24, 2009 eral Funding: $180,000 for J.C. Blair Memorial providing unique full-service tertiary pediatric Mr. SHUSTER. Madam Speaker, consistent Hospital, Huntingdon, PA for facilities and services between Salt Lake City, Utah, and with the Republican Leadership’s policy on equipment Portland, Oregon, both more than 350 miles earmarks. I would like to submit the following: It is my understanding that funding for this from Boise, Idaho. St. Luke’s delivers over Requesting Member: Congressman BILL project would be used by J.C. Blair Memorial 25% of the babies born in the State. The Chil- SHUSTER (PA–9) Hospital in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania dren’s Health Services Expansion project pro- Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Labor, Health and to purchase equipment to increase patient vides an essential increase in capacity for Pe- Human Services, Education, and Related safety, enhance efficiency, and reduce oper- diatric Medical/Surgical, Pediatric Intensive Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2010 ational costs. Specifically, funding is expected

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1989 to be used to implement an Electronic Medical IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF Grouping resources through core facilities has Records system. These technology upgrades SERGEANT 1ST CLASS JASON J. the distinct advantage of using the economy of will greatly benefit residents of the Huntingdon FABRIZI scale by consolidating expensive equipment County, Pennsylvania area. and technologies, providing access to state-of- This project is a valuable use of taxpayer HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH the-art research tools and expanding the base funds because the use of Electronic Medical OF OHIO of sponsored program opportunities through Records is a national priority and is necessary IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES enhanced research infrastructure. Core facility to improve service for rural patients. resources are not duplicated and are made Friday, July 24, 2009 available to the entire university research com- f Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise munity. today in honor and remembrance of Sergeant Research grants, funded by the Health Fu- EARMARK DECLARATION 1st Class Jason J. Fabrizi who sacrificed his ture Foundation, the Nebraska Tobacco Set- life while serving his country. tlement Biomedical Research Development Sergeant Fabrizi was in born in Cleveland, Grant (LB692), and the National Science HON. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON Ohio to Mary Miller and Timothy Hess, both of Foundation’s (NSF) Experimental Program to OF ILLINOIS whom were United States Marines. Jason Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSC0R), IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES moved to Florida at the age of 10, and en- have supplied Creighton University with the re- listed in the U.S. Army in 1998 after grad- sources for the creation and expansion of Friday, July 24, 2009 uating high school. He served with the 3rd Core Facilities in confocal microscopy, flow Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. Madam Speaker, Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade cytometry, genomics, morphology, and pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- Combat Team on the 4th Infantry Division sta- proteomics. Further, Creighton is developing a ards on project funding, I am submitting the tioned at Fort Carson, Colorado for the past core facility for clinical genomics that will sup- following information regarding project funding 11 years. port a wide range of Creighton researchers. I requested as part of Fiscal Year 2010 Trans- Sergeant Fabrizi had completed three tours All Core Facilities are housed in the C.C. and portation, Housing, and Urban Development in Iraq before his deployment into Afghanistan. Mabel Criss Health Sciences Complex on the Appropriations bill—H.R. 3288: Jason was a highly decorated soldier; earning university’s main campus. a Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars, two Army My Congressional District also received $1 Requesting Member: TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON million for the purchase of equipment and con- Bill Number: H.R. 3288—Fiscal Year 2010 Commendation Medals, as well as several more honors throughout his service in the U.S. struction of facilities at Creighton University. Transportation, Housing, and Urban Develop- Creighton University is located at 2500 Cali- ment Appropriations bill Army. Sergeant Fabrizi lost his life on July 14th, 2009 when his convoy was attacked in fornia Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178. This funding Account: Federal Highway Administration— the Konar Province of Afghanistan. will support the three major health science Transportation, Community & System Preser- Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join programs housed in the dental sciences build- vation me in honor and remembrance of Sergeant ing, dentistry, occupational therapy and phys- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of 1st Class Jason J. Fabrizi, who will be remem- ical therapy. These programs provide edu- Urbana, Illinois bered as a dedicated father and national hero cational opportunities for Nebraskans and Address of Requesting Entity: 706 South by not only his family, but by the entire coun- manpower to meet the state’s needs in those Glover Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61802 try. I offer my deepest condolences to his disciplines. Each of the programs also pro- Description of Request: $750,000 for the mother, Mary Miller; father, Timothy Hess; vides Nebraskans with a vital link to health City of Urbana to construct pedestrian and bi- wife, Kristi Kool; three sons, Jason Allen, Tyler care. cycle related improvements along Goodwin Jacob and Layne Timothy; and daughter, Following an in-depth analysis, Creighton Avenue from Gregory Drive to Springfield Ave- Reagan, who is due in two months. University is undertaking a major capital cam- paign to provide the School of Dentistry with nue on the campus of the University of Illinois f at Urbana—Champaign. The entire $750,000 a new facility. The Dental Sciences Building will be spent on construction costs related to EARMARK DECLARATION will provide the School of Dentistry with a facil- the street improvements. ity that helps them increase their capacity to HON. LEE TERRY serve as a national resource in dental edu- cation and a Nebraska resource for dental f OF NEBRASKA care. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EARMARK DECLARATION The new facility will meet the needs of the Friday, July 24, 2009 student body, the needs of the Omaha com- Mr. TERRY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to munity as well as the surrounding rural com- HON. BRETT GUTHRIE the Republican Leadership standards on ear- munities and states that Creighton graduates OF KENTUCKY marks, I am submitting the following informa- serve. In fact, through contractual agreements IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tion regarding an earmark I received as part of Creighton University is THE state dental the Labor, Health and Human Services Appro- school for Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. This will Friday, July 24, 2009 priations Bill for Fiscal Year 2010, H.R. 3293. allow Creighton to remain competitive among Mr. GUTHRIE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to My Congressional District received peer institutions and recruit and retain the best the Republican Leadership standards on ear- $500,000 to purchase core research equip- students and faculty while providing services marks, I am submitting the following informa- ment at Creighton University. Creighton Uni- to under-served communities who rely on uni- tion regarding earmarks I received as part of versity is located at 2500 California Plaza, versity dental clinics for basic dental health H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health Omaha, NE 68178. This funding will support services. I am confident this funding serves an appro- and Human Services, and Education, and Re- several core research facilities for shared use priate federal purpose and works to better the lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 among research faculty, including basic sci- entists and clinical researchers. These facili- lives of the people of Nebraska and the na- Requesting Member: Congressman BRETT tion. GUTHRIE ties provide university biomedical researchers opportunities for inter-disciplinary collaboration f Bill Number: H.R. 3293 and interaction. The development of team re- EARMARK DECLARATION Account: DOL/ETA–TES search projects utilizing state-of-the-art tech- Recipient: Campbellsville-Taylor County In- nology and equipment offered in these core HON. LYNN JENKINS dustrial Development Authority, 107 W. Broad- facilities has enabled Creighton to continue to OF KANSAS way, Campbellsville, KY 42718 increase their NIH research funding despite IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: Provide $500,000 to the downturn in the NIH budget. assist the organization with its job training Creighton’s research community has de- Friday, July 24, 2009 goals. The funds will enable CTCIDA to work signed the facilities to allow the free flow of in- Ms. JENKINS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to with the local Technology Training Center at formation and collaborative work environ- the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Campbellsville University to provide technical ments, thus expanding the possibilities of re- marks, I am submitting the following informa- skill development to the workforce. search and wisely using limited resources. tion regarding earmarks I received as part of

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Madam Speaker, as a leader on Administration (FIRSA)—Health Facilities and of the Peoria Park District’s oldest neighbor- earmark reform, I am committed to protecting Services hood park sites. This project supports access taxpayers’ money and providing greater trans- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University to safe, interesting, and stimulating play equip- parency and a fully accountable process. H.R. of Kansas ment and recreational activities. Underserved 3293, The Fiscal Year 2010 Labor, Health and Address of Requesting Entity: 230 Strong residents will benefit from replacement of the Human Services, and Education Appropria- Hall, Lawrence, KS 66047 playground and enhancement of the basket- tions Act contains the following funding that I Description of Request: Provide an earmark ball courts and overall park appearance. requested: of $1,500,000 to fulfill the University’s mission f Requesting Member: Rep. ZACH WAMP of being a leader in healthcare and drug de- Account: Department of Education—Fund EARMARK DECLARATION velopment. The University of Kansas Cancer for the Improvement of Postsecondary Edu- Center is transforming cancer research and cation (FIPSE) care by linking our innovative approach to HON. ERIK PAULSEN Legal Name Requesting Entity: University of drug discovery, delivery and development to OF MINNESOTA Tennessee at Chattanooga their nationally-accredited patient care. To en- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Address: 615 McCallie Avenue, Chat- sure that their cancer advancements reach pa- Friday, July 24, 2009 tanooga, Tennessee, 37403 tients as close to home as possible, the Uni- Description of Request: The University of Mr. PAULSEN. Madam Speaker, pursuant versity of Kansas Cancer Center collaborates Tennessee at Chattanooga requested funding to the Republican standards on member re- with regional cancer research and care profes- to create a Center for Leadership in Science, quests, I am submitting the following informa- sionals through the Midwest Cancer Alliance. Technology, Engineering and Mathematics tion regarding congressionally directed appro- The University of Kansas Cancer Center plans (STEM) Education. Federal funding is needed priations projects I sponsored as part of the to attract 19 new basic, translational, and clin- to help establish the Center and assist in Labor, Health and Human Services and Edu- ical cancer researchers by 2011. These schol- teacher recruitment, training and support. As cation Appropriations bill, H.R. 3293. the competition for technical innovations in- ar recruits will only come to the University of Name of Project: Family Caregiver Access creases, improved education in these fields is Kansas Cancer Center if state-of-the-art re- Network Demonstration Project search facilities and equipment are available Amount: $250,000 critical to maintaining economic competitive- on the Medical Center campus in Kansas City Account: AOA ness in the region. The University of Ten- and the Drug Discovery campus in Lawrence. Requesting entity: Jewish Family and Chil- nessee at Chattanooga received $770,000 to Currently, the Cancer Center plans to ren- dren’s Services of Minneapolis establish its STEM Center. ovate 170,000 square feet and construct Address: 13100 Wayzata Blvd, Minnetonka, Distribution of funding: Center Implementa- 98,200 square feet of laboratory space for MN 55305 tion & Capacity Building—25%; Teacher Re- cancer researchers with funding provided by Description of Project Request: Funding will cruitment and Preparation—25%; Educator other sources. Funds appropriated by Con- support development of a family caregiver STEM Training & Support—25%; STEM Ca- gress will be used for anticipated equipment case management model, consisting of a bur- reer Training for Adult Learners—25%. costs. den assessment tool, supporting services, and f f a curriculum to train caregiver case managers –IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF PERSONAL EXPLANATION that can be replicated THE 70TH BIRTHDAY OF KARL E. Name of Project: Anoka-Ramsey County PEACE Biomedical Manufacturing Program HON. SUE WILKINS MYRICK Amount: $800,000 OF NORTH CAROLINA Account: Higher Education HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Requesting entity: Anoka Ramsey Commu- OF VIRGINIA Friday, July 24, 2009 nity College IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Address: 11200 Mississippi Blvd, Coon Rap- Friday, July 24, 2009 Mrs. MYRICK. Madam Speaker, I was un- ids, MN 55433 able to participate in the following vote. If I Description of Project Request: provide a Mr. WHITMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise had been present, I would have voted as fol- higher education option for traditional degree- today to honor and recognize Dr. Karl E. lows: seeking students looking to work in the indus- Peace on the occasion of his 70th birthday. July 23, 2009.—Rollcall vote No. 622, on try, degree holders with work experience in Dr. Peace is a distinguished scholar and agreeing to the Frelinghuysen of New Jersey software design, computer applications, engi- academic in the field of biostatistics and math- amendment—H.R. 3288, Making appropria- neering and health care as well as unem- ematics. Born in southwest Georgia, Dr. tions for the Departments of Transportation, ployed and dislocated workers. Peace attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute HUD, and related agencies for FY 2010—I Name of Project: Children’s Hospital Pedi- and State University and Virginia Common- would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ atric Cardiovascular Center wealth University, receiving his doctorate from f Amount: $450,000 Virginia Commonwealth University in 1976. Account: HRSA—Health Facilities and Serv- Dr. Peace has authored eight books, re- EARMARK DECLARATION ices ceived numerous awards and contributed to a Requesting entity: Children’s Hospitals and variety of publications and peer reviews in the HON. AARON SCHOCK Clinics of Minnesota field of biostatistics, mathematics and public OF ILLINOIS Address: 2525 Chicago Avenue South, Min- health policy. He has held professorships at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES neapolis, MN 55404 several colleges including Randolph-Macon Description of Project Request: for expan- College and Virginia Commonwealth Univer- Friday, July 24, 2009 sion of a pediatric cardiovascular center to sity. Dr. Peace is currently the Georgia Cancer Mr. SCHOCK. Madam Speaker, in accord- support pioneering research, conduct pediatric Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar, Direc- ance with the Republican adopted standards cardiac surgeries, and significantly improve tor of the Center for Biostatistics and professor on earmarks, I submit the below detailed ex- outcomes of pediatric cardiovascular care. It of biostatistics in the College of Health and planation of the Proctor Center Park Redevel- will also increase emergency capabilities and Human Sciences at Georgia Southern Univer- opment, Peoria, Illinois. continue research. sity. Bill Number: H.R. 3288, Transportation, I certify that none of these projects has a di- Dr. Peace has been a member of several Housing and Urban Development, and Related rect and foreseeable effect on the pecuniary professional and honorary societies including Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 interests of me or my spouse. the Committee on Applied and Theoretical

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This capacity con- regulators to share timely and pertinent infor- played a vital role in several Hungarian na- straint will loom larger as the number of pa- mation concerning the application of biostatis- tional and international organizations. For tients receiving care in the emergency depart- tics in the pharmaceutical field. Dr. Peace is nearly a decade Ambassador Somogyi was a ment is projected to increase sharply from the founding editor of the Journal of Bio- member of the Hungarian Olympic Committee. 15,000 at present to 20,000 by 2010. I certify pharmaceutical Statistics and reviewer and Between 1998 and 2003 the Ambassador that neither I nor my spouse has any financial editor of several additional journals including served as President of the Hungarian Atlantic interest in this project. the American Statistical Association, Commu- Council. He was also a member of the Board f nications in Statistics, the Journal of the Amer- of the American Chamber of Commerce in ENCOURAGING SELECTION OF CHI- ican Medical Association and the American Hungary from 1999 through 2001. Between CAGO AS THE 2016 OLYMPIC Journal of Gastroenterology. 2001 and 2003, Ambassador Somogyi served HOST CITY Dr. Peace has a dedicated record of philan- as Vice President of the Atlantic Treaty Asso- thropy to education. He has created twenty- ciations. Finally, the Ambassador continues to SPEECH OF one endowments at five institutions including be a member of the Board of Trustees for three at his alma mater, the Medical College McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE of Virginia and one at Randolph-Macon Col- and the International Advisory Board for the OF TEXAS lege. Dr. Peace has generously donated time Institute for the Study of Europe at Columbia IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and resources to organizations such as the University. Wednesday, July 22, 2009 American Cancer Society, the Georgia Cancer While serving as the Ambassador of Hun- Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Coalition and the Southeast Georgia Cancer gary, Ferenc Somogyi has focused on I would like to begin by thanking Congress- Alliance that are dedicated to cancer research, strengthening transatlantic relations between woman JANICE SCHAKOWSKY for introducing treatments and cures. Hungary and the United States. He also con- this legislation. It is with great pride that I en- Madam Speaker, I am honored today to rec- tinued to work with the Unites States on courage the International Olympic Committee ognize Dr. Peace in celebration of his 70th achieving stability in the Balkans as well as to select the fine city of Chicago, Illinois, as birthday. I hope the year to come will bring with the business community to explore new the host city for the 2016 Olympic and him health, happiness and special times with ways in economic and technological coopera- Paralympic Games. family and friends. tion. Since World War II, at least eighty-one ath- f Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join letes who were either born in Texas or lived me in recognizing Ambassador Ferenc in the state at the time of their competition, IN RECOGNITION OF AMBASSADOR Somogyi for his dedication to improving rela- have won Olympic gold medals. From Michael FERENC SOMOGYI tions between Hungary and the United States. Johnson to Tara Lipinski, from Nastia Liukin to Furthermore, I wish Ambassador Somogyi and Sheryl Swoopes, the list is filled with the HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH his family a joyous celebration before returning world’s best athletes. These great athletes OF OHIO to Hungary. represent eleven different sports, with track IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f and field, the premier Olympic sport, having Friday, July 24, 2009 the largest number. Therefore, I know the EARMARK DECLARATION value that the Olympic spirit can have on the Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, I rise citizens of a city and country, and I fully sup- today in Recognition of the Ambassador of HON. ROBERT E. LATTA port Chicago in their efforts to bring this world- Hungary, Ferenc Somogyi, and his family as OF OHIO wide event to their city. Chicago, Illinois, advo- they celebrate their departure from the United IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cates the ideals of the Olympic movement and States after nearly two years of exemplary governments from across the United States, Friday, July 24, 2009 service. including Houston, are joining together to Ambassador Somogyi was born on Sep- Mr. LATTA. Madam Speaker, pursuant to show their support for bringing the Olympic tember 1st, 1945 in Hartkirchen, Austria. In the Republican Leadership standards on ear- Games to Chicago, Illinois, in 2016. 1952 the Ambassador began his education in marks, I am submitting the following informa- The Olympic movement has built a more Budapest. He earned a University Degree in tion regarding earmarks I received as part of peaceful and better world by educating young 1968 from the University of Economics, Buda- H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health people through amateur athletics, by bringing pest in the field of International Relations and and Human Services, and Education and Re- together athletes from many countries in in 1977 was awarded a Doctoral Degree in lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. friendly competition, and by forging new rela- World Economics from the same institution. Requesting Member: Congressman ROBERT tionships bound by friendship, solidarity, and Moreover, Ambassador Somogyi gained an E. LATTA fair play. June 23rd, Olympic Day, is a unique, additional University Degree in the area of Bill Number: H.R. 3293, the Departments of global event held every year. National Olympic International Relations from the College for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Committees (NOCs) around the world share Political Science in Budapest. cation and Related Agencies Appropriations this universal festivity with their respective After obtaining his degree, Ambassador Act, 2010 communities, making it the most celebrated Somogyi began his career at the Ministry for Account: Department of Health & Human Olympic event after the Olympic Games. Foreign Affairs, Hungary. He worked his way Services; Health Resources and Services Ad- On June 23, 2009, Houston celebrated from a junior desk officer in 1968 to Profes- ministration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Olympic Day with a special event featuring sional State Secretary in 1990, during which Services former Olympian Leigh Barczewski at the NFL he served as the Chief Negotiator for talks on Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Van Wert Youth Education Town #2 at James Driver the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary. County Hospital Park Boys and Girls Club facility. Leigh pre- By 1996 Ambassador Somogyi became the Address of Requesting Entity: 1250 South sented on one of the 4 Olympic values, Re- State Secretary for Euro-Atlantic Integration. Washington Street, Van Wert, OH 45891 spect, as well as shared with the children his While State Secretary, Ambassador Somogyi Description of Request: $840,000 for the experience as an Olympic cyclist in the 1976 acted as the Chief Negotiator for the Hungary- Emergency Services Department Expansion games. Olympic Day has greatly impacted the Slovakia Framework Treaty, Hungary-Romania project. Funds would be used to expand the youth of the world and is teaching them impor- Framework Treaty, Hungary’s NATO acces- emergency services department, and con- tant lessons that they will use for a lifetime. sion talks and Hungary’s EU accession talks. struction of a second floor shell for additional In a world where many nations are still Ambassador Somogyi took positions as the capacity. This project would assist in local job choosing conflict over cooperation, Olympic Director for Euro-Atlantic Integration for creation during both the construction and post- Day is a venue through which countries all MATAV Hungarian Telecommunications and construction phases of the expansion. Van over the world are exhibiting the Olympic val- CEO of Stonebridge Communications AD be- Wert County Hospital provides essential med- ues and choosing friendship and respect over tween 1998 and 2006. Later in 2006, the Am- ical services to residents of Van Wert and sur- conflict and discord.

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MANZULLO save federal, state and local government tax Mr. BISHOP of New York. Madam Speaker, OF ILLINOIS dollars by enabling this population to live inde- it is with great appreciation for his service to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pendently and develop the work skills nec- the people of my congressional district that I bid farewell to Colonel Aniello L. Tortora, com- Friday, July 24, 2009 essary to support themselves. The entity to re- ceive funding is the Special Education District mander of the New York District of the U.S. Mr. MANZULLO. Madam Speaker, pursuant of McHenry County, located at 1200 Claussen Army Corps of Engineers. I have known Colo- to the Republican Leadership standards on Drive, Woodstock, Illinois 60098. nel Tortora since he assumed command of the earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- New York District in August, 2006, and have mation regarding the three earmarks I secured My final request, totaling $250,000, will been proud to work with him on Long Island as part of H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, come from the Construction and Moderniza- to improve navigation, protect our shores and Health and Human Services, and Education, tion of Health Facilities and Services account energize the local economy. and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, under the Health Resources and Services Ad- Covering not only Long Island, the New 2010. ministration (HRSA) at the Department of York District is responsible for the Corps’ My first request, totaling $250,000, will Health and Human Services (HHS) to help water resource development, navigation, and come from the Fund for the Improvement of complete building the National Center for regulatory activities in northeastern New Jer- Secondary Education (FIPSE) within the High- Rural Health Professions at the University of sey, eastern and south-central New York er Education account at the Department of Illinois, College of Medicine in Rockford, Illi- State, and parts of Vermont, Massachusetts, Education for Rockford College in Rockford, Il- and Connecticut. The District is also respon- nois. To achieve the goals of training more linois to modernize classrooms, library re- sible for design and construction at Army and physicians for rural service, a state-wide pro- sources, and science laboratories with tech- Air Force installations in New Jersey, New nology to significantly enhance student learn- gram was created in 1993 by the College of York, and overseas in Greenland. Colonel ing. The 2000 Census shows the Rockford Medicine in Rockford involving approximately Tortora also holds the title of Supervisor of area lagging significantly behind the rest of the 30 rural hospitals and communities. The Rural New York Harbor. State of Illinois in the numbers of residents Medical Education Program (RMED) has since Colonel Tortora, a native of southern Flor- with a four year higher education degree. The been nationally recognized as one of the most ida, was commissioned an engineer officer City of Rockford also has one of the highest innovative rural health medicine programs. from the United States Military Academy at unemployment rates in the nation, reaching The National Center for Rural Health Profes- West Point in 1985. He holds a Bachelor of 15.2 percent in June—a level not seen since sions at the University of Illinois, College of Science degree from the U.S. Military Acad- 1983. Rockford College is one of the oldest Medicine in Rockford, will build on this suc- emy, a Master of Science in Engineering from and most prestigious private liberal arts col- the University of Texas, and a Master of cess by serving as a national rural health edu- leges in the United States. The College is Science in National Security Strategy from the working to be more competitive in the market- cation resource for medical colleges and rural National Defense University. place by improving teaching and learning communities across the nation. The Center Throughout his career, Colonel Tortora has while also equipping students with the skills will conduct research, develop curricula, imple- served in a variety of operational, command needed for tomorrow’s workplace. Continued ment and evaluate rural medical and health and staff assignments in the United States federal funding is needed to prevent the loss care education models, provide consultation to and overseas. He has commanded at every of this treasure by helping to upgrade anti- other medical colleges, and study trends in level from platoon to battalion. His most recent quated classrooms and labs at Rockford Col- rural health related to health professional train- assignment was Senior Joint Engineer, De- lege and convert them to modern smart class- ing needs. Medical colleges throughout the fense Continuity and Crisis Management, As- rooms as part of their long-term modernization U.S. can use the research findings and cur- sistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland De- program. The College will continue to seek riculum models to implement training for rural fense) in Washington, DC. matches from other sources including state Colonel Tortora’s previous assignments in- health professionals to practice in medically and local governments as well as private do- clude: platoon leader and company executive nors. The funds would be used to add fiber in- under-served rural areas in their respective officer, 43rd Engineer Battalion (Combat) frastructure; modernize library resources with states. The College of Medicine has raised $4 (Heavy), Fort Benning, Georgia, and Hon- technology and collaborative teaching environ- million in private funds toward this $32 million duras; B Company commander, 16th Engineer ments; equip science laboratories and a com- expansion project. Another $14 million has Battalion (Combat), 1st Armored Division in puter classroom to significantly enhance stu- been committed by the University of Illinois, Nuremberg, Germany, and for Operations dent learning; and a classroom-use optimiza- and the university will also receive state fund- Desert Shield and Desert Storm; project engi- tion tool in the registrar’s office to automate ing to help complete the project. This project neer, Omaha District, U.S. Army Corps of En- the management of limited classroom re- has received federal funding in the past gineers; battalion S–3, 588th Engineer Bat- sources. Rockford College has received fund- ($238,000 in Fiscal Year ’09) because of the talion (Combat) and brigade S–3, Engineer ing in the past for similar initiatives ($195,000 potential national reach of this program. The Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, in Fiscal Year ’08 and $238,000 in Fiscal Year Texas; and staff officer, Futures Directorate, entity to receive funding is the University of Illi- ’09). The entity to receive funding for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, classroom, library, and laboratory upgrades is nois College of Medicine, Rockford Campus, Fort Monroe, Virginia. He also commanded Rockford College located at 5050 East State located at 1601 Parkview Avenue in Rockford, the 2nd Engineer Battalion (Combat), 2nd In- Street in Rockford, Illinois 61108. Illinois 61107. fantry Division, at Camp Castle, Korea. My second request, totaling $100,000, will Madam Speaker, I want to take this oppor- Colonel Tortora is a graduate of the Engi- come from the Higher Education account at tunity to thank the Chairman of the House Ap- neer Officer Basic and Advanced courses, the the Department of Education for the Special propriations Committee, Representative DAVID U.S. Army Command and General Staff Col- Education District of McHenry County, Illinois lege, and the National War College. He is a OBEY, and the Ranking Minority Member, Rep- to help fund the Pathways Program to meet member of the Association of the United resentative JERRY LEWIS, and the Ranking Mi- the needs of students with intellectual disabil- States Army, the Society of American Military ities. The Pathways Program in McHenry nority Member of the Departments of Labor, Engineers, the Army Engineer Association, County helps students with intellectual disabil- Health and Human Services, and Education and the National Engineering Honor Society, ities including individuals on the autism spec- Appropriations Subcommittee, Representative Tau Beta Pi. trum to achieve career and technical edu- TODD TIAHRT, for working with me in a bipar- His awards and decorations include the Le- cation training at McHenry County College. tisan manner to include these three critical re- gion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense This federal funding will assist all McHenry quests in this spending bill. Meritorious Service Medal, three awards of the

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Army Meritorious Service Medal, three awards Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. Geauga Medical Center is the only hospital in of the Army Commendation Medal, Army LATOURETTE the county and serves residents in four addi- Achievement Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal, Bill Number: H.R. 3293 tional counties, providing service to more than and Saudi Arabia Liberation Medal. Account: Education—Elementary and Sec- 100,000 patients per year. Its Heart and Vas- Madam Speaker, it is evident from his long ondary Education cular Institute provides critical in-patient and list of accomplishments and accolades that Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Auburn outpatient vascular services which will sub- Colonel Tortora’s has dedicated his life to Joint Vocational School District stantially improve the health outcomes of the service to his country. I am honored to have Address of Requesting Entity: 8140 Auburn patients it serves. This IT program will improve worked with him to improve and protect the Road, Concord Township, Ohio 44077 patient care and reduce medical errors lives of Long Island residents. I wish him the Description of Request: Provide an earmark through a federal initiative championed by the best of luck in his future endeavors and thank in the amount of $250,000 for curriculum de- Department of Health and Human Services. him again on behalf of the First Congressional velopment and technology for the Auburn Ca- Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. District of New York. reer Center for the creation of an alternative LATOURETTE f fuels education program. Auburn is a nation- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 ally recognized career and technical education Account: HHS—Health Resources and EARMARK DECLARATION facility that prepares students to effectively Services Administration transition into high-skill jobs. The job market Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lake HON. STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE for these jobs is competitive, and training will Hospital System Address of Requesting Entity: 10 East OF OHIO create an educated and sought after work- Washington Street, Painesville, Ohio 44077 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES force. The full amount of the funding would be Description of Request: Provide an earmark Friday, July 24, 2009 used to develop the curriculum for this new program including the purchase of materials in the amount of $500,000 for health informa- Mr. LATOURETTE. Madam Speaker, pursu- and equipment in order to teach the students tion technology (IT) equipment for the Lake ant to the Republican Leadership standards in a hands on environment. Hospital System, a private, not-for-profit hos- on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. pital system serving a four county region in formation regarding earmarks I received as LATOURETTE NE Ohio, including creation of an all digital part of H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Bill Number: H.R. 3293 hospital system. The hospital system boasts Health and Human Services, Education and Account: Substance Abuse and Mental two inpatient, acute care facilities, a same day Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010: Health Services Administration—Mental Health surgery campus, five urgent care facilities and Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Bellefaire construction is almost completed on a new, LATOURETTE JCB state-of-the-art hospital with total connectivity Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Address of Requesting Entity: 22001 Fair- in electronic records between the hospital and Account: HHS—Health Resources and mount Boulevard, Shaker Heights, Ohio 44118 its more than 200 physicians. This IT program Services Administration Description of Request: Provide an earmark will improve patient care and reduce medical Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Akron in the amount of $200,000 for the Social Ad- errors through a federal initiative championed Children’s Hospital vocates for Youth (SAY) program for preven- by the Department of Health and Human Serv- Address of Requesting Entity: 1 Perkins tion and early intervention services to high ices. Square, Akron, Ohio 44308 school students in eight school districts in Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. Description of Request: Provide an earmark northeast Ohio. The purpose of the program is LATOURETTE in the amount of $250,000 for the renovation to reduce risk factors and enhance protective Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Account: HHS—Health Resources and of the Akron Children’s Emergency Medical/ factors in the prevention of substance abuse Trauma Center. The Hospital serves a 25– Services Administration and violence and to promote healthy behav- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lakeland county region in NE Ohio and was one of the iors in youth. The full amount of the funding 10 busiest pediatric emergency departments in Community College will be used to carry out intervention, screen- Address of Requesting Entity: 7700 the country in 2008. The current Level II trau- ing, counseling and programming services. Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, Ohio 44094 ma center and emergency center are regularly Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. Description of Request: Provide an earmark overcrowded, and expansion would allow for LATOURETTE in the amount of $250,000 to develop the Col- more rapid diagnoses, treatment and release Bill Number: H.R. 3293 lege’s Regional Healthcare Workforce Devel- from the facility, thus reducing hospital costs. Account: HHS—Health Resources and opment Project with the purchase of lab equip- The hospital also serves a high number of un- Services Administration ment and technology for its Health Technology derserved or uninsured patients, and a more Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Bio- Building. The full amount of the funding will be efficient center would translate to lower health Innovation Institute used to purchase computer and laboratory care costs. The full amount of the funding Address of Requesting Entity: 453 South equipment. There is a demonstrated need for would be put toward the design and construc- High Street, Akron, OH 44311 health care training, and it is one of the few tion costs of the $18.5 million facility. Description of Request: Provide an earmark fields in northeast Ohio with continued growth Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. in the amount of $600,000 for equipment for and demand. LATOURETTE the newly established BioInnovation Institute Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 of Akron, an effort supported by multiple orga- LATOURETTE Account: HHS—Health Resources and nizations throughout NE Ohio to enhance re- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Services Administration search and treatment capabilities for patients Account: HHS—Health Resources and Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ashtabula struggling with orthopedic medical issues. One Services Administration Council on Aging, Inc. (a.k.a. Ashtabula Senior focus of the research will be more effective Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Visiting Center) and cost-effective procedures for joint replace- Nurse Association Healthcare Partners of Ohio Address of Requesting Entity: 4632 Main ment. Address of Requesting Entity: 2500 East Ave., Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. 22nd Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 Description of Request: Provide an earmark LATOURETTE Description of Request: Provide an earmark in the amount of $250,000 for construction of Bill Number: H.R. 3293 in the amount of $100,000 for a workforce a new facility to better accommodate and ad- Account: HHS—Health Resources and training program sponsored by the Visiting dress the needs of the county’s senior popu- Services Administration Nurse Association Healthcare Partners of Ohio lation. It is the only fulltime, stand-alone Sen- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University (VNAHPO) home health aides. In providing ior Center in the economically distressed Hospitals—Geauga Medical Center more than one-half million units of nursing, re- county, and supporting the construction of the Address of Requesting Entity: 13207 Ra- habilitation and supportive services to more facility would help to meet the national goal of venna Road, Chardon, Ohio 44024 than 12,000 Ohio families, the NVAHPO is providing support to our elderly population Description of Request: Provide an earmark one of the largest home and community through a host of programs the center offers. in the amount of $250,000 for health informa- healthcare organizations in Ohio. In carrying The full amount of the funding would be put tion technology equipment for the Geauga out its patient service mission, the NVAHPO toward the construction costs of the new facil- Medical Center’s cutting-edge Heart & Vas- struggles with shortage and retention chal- ity. cular Care Project. University Hospital’s lenges for home healthcare aides and seeks

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By supporting the develop- Education (FIPSE)—$175,000 H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and ment of a well-trained home healthcare aide The Stop Six Community Go Center pro- Human Services, and Education, and Related workforce, the organization anticipates pro- vides a safe environment in which students Agencies Appropriations Act. viding value to the taxpayer by reducing the can explore higher education and career op- Requesting Member: Congressman TODD rate of hospitalizations and directly reducing tions, financial aid resources, apply for schol- RUSSELL PLATTS (PA–19) costs to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. arships and receive counseling services to as- Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of The full amount of the funding will be used to sist in facilitating a seamless transition from Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- purchase equipment and develop the cur- high school to college. This funding will help cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations riculum for this training program. the Go Center hire another academic advisor Act Requesting Member: Mr. STEVEN C. and a security guard. (1) York College of Pennsylvania—Facilities LATOURETTE AB Christian Learning Center is located at and Equipment—$300,000 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 5009 Brentwood Stair Road #101, Fort Worth, Account: Higher Education, FIPSE Account: Education—Rehabilitation Services TX 76112. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: York Col- and Disability Research City of Fort Worth, Early Childhood Devel- lege of Pennsylvania Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Voca- opment Program—Department of Health & Address of Requesting Entity: 441 Country tional Guidance Services (VGS)—Painesville Human Services Administration for Children Club Road, York, PA 17403 Center and Families (ACF)—Social Services, Early Description of Request/Justification of Fed- Address of Requesting Entity: One Victoria Childhood Matters Initiative—$425,000 eral Funding: York College of Pennsylvania is Square, #135, Painesville, Ohio 44077 The city of Fort Worth, Texas seeks funds a private, four-year institution of higher edu- Description of Request: Provide an earmark to support key projects that will significantly cation serving over 5,600 students. This is a in the amount of $100,000 for the Training En- advance the Early Childhood Matters Initiative. good use of taxpayer funds because York Col- hancements Promoting Jobs for Ohioans with Early Childhood Matters, a community initia- lege would use this funding to expand their Disabilities project, which implements a train- tive led by the city that impacts the entire re- existing Nursing Department. Specifically, ing program to provide job skills to people with gion, will help coordinate resources and pro- funds would be used to refurbish laboratories disabilities and other barriers to the job mar- grams to benefit children up to 5 years of age. and purchase equipment related to the project. ket. With the nation’s unemployment rate ap- Training and materials from early childhood re- This is also a good use of taxpayer funds be- proaching 10 percent, there continues to be a source centers will be used by parents and cause York College operates one of the larg- need for training to meet the many challenges child care providers. The funds will be used to est bachelorette nursing programs in the re- to employers competing in the global econ- continue two existing early childhood resource gion. York College’s ability to continue pro- omy, and this project will provide significant centers and start up two new locations in fa- viding a pool of highly educated and trained value to the taxpayer and those seeking em- cilities in high need neighborhoods. Each nursing graduates helps fill the critical demand ployment who can become taxpayers. The neighborhood resource center provides train- for nurses, both locally and nationally. funding will be used to purchase computer ing, support, educational materials and leader- (2) Hanover Hospital—Electronic Medical equipment and technology, as well as other ship development for parents, children, and Records Initiative—$450,000 equipment to carry out the center’s curriculum. child care staff. Together, the 4 resource cen- Account: HRSA, Health Facilities and Serv- ters will reach 500 parents, 280 child care ices f Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Hanover staff, and 1,200 children under five years old. EARMARK DECLARATION Hospital Each $1 expended for early childhood training Address of Requesting Entity: 300 Highland HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS will result in savings of $7 per child due to Avenue, Hanover, PA 17331 children not being retained a year at school, Description of Request/Justification of Fed- OF TEXAS taking special education classes, or dropping IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eral Funding: Hanover Hospital would use this out of school. funding to convert all paper records at the Friday, July 24, 2009 City of Fort Worth is located at 1000 hospital to an electronic medical record sys- Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, pursuant Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas tem. This is a good use of taxpayer dollars be- to the U.S. House of Representatives Repub- 76102. cause the use of such records is proven to im- Parkland Health and Hospital System lican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am prove clinical outcomes and enables health (PHHS), Parkland Center for Clinical Innova- submitting the following information regarding systems to better define, measure, monitor, tion, Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas—De- four earmarks I received as part H.R. 3293— and reward quality care. Electronic medical partment of Health & Human Services Health Labor—HHS—Education Appropriations Act, records create efficiencies for patients, physi- Resources and Services Administration 2010: cians, and the hospital. Doctorate in Nurse Anesthesia Practice Ini- (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Services— (3) WellSpan Health of York, PA—Purchase tiative, Texas Wesleyan University, Fort $100,000 of Equipment—$100,000 Worth, Texas—Department of Health & PHHS proposes to use electronically de- Account: HRSA, Health Facilities and Serv- Human Services Health Resources and Serv- rived variables to create a model that meas- ices ices Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities ures clinical, social, and economic factors that Legal Name of Requesting Entity: WellSpan and Services—$650,000 predict patients at-risk for hospitalization, read- Health This project will support TWU’s new doc- mission or death in real-time, which would cre- Address of Requesting Entity: 912 South torate program of nurse anesthesia practice— ate ‘‘e-coordinated’’ clinical and care manage- George Street, York, PA 17403 the second doctoral program of its kind in the ment interventions for the highest risk patients Description of Request/Justification of Fund- United States, and the only program to be of- and serves lives while improving patient serv- ing: WellSpan Health would use this funding to fered 100 percent online—originating from the ices, increasing productivity, and reducing purchase a remote monitoring system for the main campus of Texas Wesleyan University. costs. PHHS request will cover the cost of one York Hospital Emergency Transitional Care The objective is to develop a distance learning Data Analyst, one Technical EPIC pro- Unit, allowing physicians to monitor patients in program that will provide extended education grammer, and server technology. a distant location without physically leaving the to full-time employed Certified Registered Parkland Hospital is located at 5201 Harry main Emergency Department. This is a good Nurse Anesthetists who are located in rural or Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235. use of taxpayer funds because the remote metropolitan areas of the United States. This f monitoring system would create remote ac- project provides education via new tech- EARMARK DECLARATION cess using video/audio conferencing tech- nologies, including distance learning meth- nology so that a physician could monitor mul- odologies, and addresses the Health People HON. TODD RUSSELL PLATTS tiple patients at one time. In addition, while caring for a patient in the main emergency de- 2010 goal set by HHS to eliminate health dis- OF PENNSYLVANIA partment, the physician could answer ques- parities. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Texas Wesleyan University is located at tions and communicate with patients and fami- 1201 Wesleyan Street, Fort Worth, TX 76105. Friday, July 24, 2009 lies who are waiting in the Emergency Transi- AB Christian Learning Center, Stop Six Mr. PLATTS. Madam Speaker, pursuant to tional Care Unit, eliminating the constant dis- Community Go Center, Fort Worth ISD and the Republican Leadership standards on ear- ruption of walking back and forth.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1995 2009 MISS TENNESSEE STEFANIE Description of Request: For the Gateway to Legal Name of Requesting Entity: WITTLER Education Scholarship program, including Childersburg Medical Clinic Board scholarships Taxpayer justification—It is my Address of Requesting Entity: 34011 Hwy HON. ZACH WAMP understanding that the funding would be used 280 East Childersburg, Alabama 35044 OF TENNESSEE for an ongoing education and workforce devel- Description of Request: ‘‘for facilities and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES opment initiative to provide free tuition to Rus- equipment at the Regional Diabetic Care and sell High School graduates to attend Central Advanced Wound Care Center’’ Taxpayer jus- Friday, July 24, 2009 Alabama Community College in Alexander tification—It is my understanding that the fund- Mr. WAMP. Madam Speaker, I rise today a City, Alabama. ing would be used for construction and equip- proud Tennessean with the distinct privilege of Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE ping the Regional Diabetic Care and Ad- honoring Third Congressional District resident ROGERS (AL) vanced Wound Care Center for Childersburg Stefanie Wittler who has been crowned Miss Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of Alabama and surrounding areas. Tennessee. This is a prestigious award that Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE requires great responsibility and Ms. Wittler is cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations ROGERS (AL) a young lady who is truly up to the task. Act, 2010 Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of Over the next year, this 22-year-old Soddy- Account: Department of Education, FIPSE— Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- Daisy, Tenn., resident will serve as an ambas- $100,000 cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations sador and public relations representative for Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Gadsden Act, 2010 the Miss America Organization. While main- State Community College, Gadsden, AL Account: Department of Labor, Employment taining the hectic schedule required to meet Address of Requesting Entity: 405 Korner and Training Administration (ETA)—Training & the responsibilities of the title she now holds, Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35903 Employment Services (TES)—$200,000 Stefanie will be preparing for the 2010 Miss Description of Request: ‘‘for technology up- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Alabama America Pageant to be held in January in Las grades’’ Taxpayer justification—It is my under- Institute for the Deaf and Blind Vegas. standing the funding would enhance tech- Address of Requesting Entity: 205 E. South Ms. Wittler is a very determined young lady nology in the classroom and technology infra- Street, P.O. Box 698, Talladega, AL 35161 who fought hard for this award in the face of structure between Cherokee, Etowah, Description of Request: Provide $200,000 to adversity and defeat. She participated in the Cleburne, and Calhoun Counties. develop a collaborative program with employ- Miss Tennessee pageant on two previous oc- Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE ers incorporating assistive technology and tar- casions but remained determined to reach her ROGERS (AL) geting deaf and blind individuals with develop- goal of being crowned Miss Tennessee. Hu- Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of mental disabilities for workforce placement. mility is too often mistaken for weakness. Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- The funding would be used for employer train- Stefanie is a perfect example that, in reality, cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations ing in disabilities and assistive technology for humility is one of the strongest character traits Act, 2010 the deaf and blind. The project’s total budget we can possess. For that reason, Madam Account: Department of Education, FIPSE— is $680,000. Specifically within the budget, Speaker, I stand here today to honor Ms. $250,000 $200,000 for salaries, $250,000 for assistive Stefanie Wittler, the 2009 Miss Tennessee. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Jackson- technology for the deaf and blind, $20,000 for ville State University travel, $30,000 for employer training in disabil- f Address of Requesting Entity: 700 Pelham ities, $30,000 matching administrative per- PERSONAL EXPLANATION Road North, Jacksonville, Alabama 36265 sonnel cost, and $150,000 for matching assist- Description of Request: ‘‘For purchase of ive technology cost. This request is consistent HON. CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY equipment’’ Taxpayer justification—It is my un- with the intended and authorized purpose of derstanding that the funding would be used to OF CONNECTICUT the Department of Labor, Employment and purchase a Nuclear Magnetic Resonate Spec- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Training Administration (ETA)—Training & Em- trum to provide hands-on student learning and ployment Services (TES) Account. The Ala- Friday, July 24, 2009 understanding of modern chemistry, instru- bama Institute for the Deaf and Blind will meet Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Madam mental methods, and the determination of mo- or exceed all statutory requirements for match Speaker, on July 23, 2009, I was not present lecular structures across the discipline and in funding where applicable. for rollcall vote No. 637. If I had been present physics and biology. This piece of equipment f I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ also fosters interdisciplinary research and col- f laborative work. IN HONOR OF CANADA Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE CELEBRATING ‘‘CANADA DAY’’ EARMARK DECLARATION ROGERS (AL) Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. HON. MIKE ROGERS Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- OF MICHIGAN OF ALABAMA cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Act, 2010 Friday, July 24, 2009 Account: Department of Education, FIPSE— Friday, July 24, 2009 $100,000 Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, today I Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Southern rise in honor of the people of Canada as they pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- Union Community College celebrate their ‘‘Canada Day.’’ The United ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box States and Canada share a unique history of lowing information regarding earmarks I re- 1000, Wadley, Alabama 36276 friendship and brotherhood that has intrinsi- ceived as part of H.R. 3293—Departments of Description of Request: ‘‘For purchase of cally tied our two people together. Celebration Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- equipment’’ Taxpayer justification—This fund- of the founding of Canada is joyous time to cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations ing would be used to purchase equipment for celebrate our very special friendship with our Act, 2010. the new Technology Center on the Opelika neighbors to the north. Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE Campus of Southern Union State Community Our two nations share a common cultural, ROGERS (AL) College so that the College may re-train and historical, and economic past and future. For Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of educate individuals for jobs in high-tech, high- centuries Michigan has been the focal point of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- pay careers required by industry moving into relations between our two nations. A mere cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations the College’s Service area. eight miles separate downtown Detroit and the Act, 2010 Requesting Member: Congressman MIKE great nation of Canada. Detroit and Canada Account: Department of Education, FIPSE— ROGERS (AL) share a unique story that was started by the $100,000 Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of French explorers as they mapped our shared Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Alexander Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- waterways and continues today. City Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Alex- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Canada and the United States share more ander City, AL Act, 2010 than a common border. As both our nations Address of Requesting Entity: 120 Account: Department of Health and Human have flourished we have developed strong cul- Tallapoosa Street, Alexander City, Alabama Services HRSA—$200,000 tural bonds that have greatly contributed to the

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This project focuses peoples together in a relationship unlike any But the entire 4th District benefits by these on enabling teachers and students to enhance other. services, as businesses have a more qualified their science, technology, education, engineer- Our two people also share fundamental pool of well-trained high school graduates as ing, and mathematics skills. The project in- ideals rooted in similar traditions and histories. potential employees and the quality of life im- cludes three summer camps known as the X- We look to each other to grow intellectually as proves for the general populace when young Teems Academy and the Infinity Institute. we face the complex issues of our day. Spe- people are educated. I certify that I do not Groups of students from rural districts who are cifically, we look to Canada as a nation that have any financial interest in this project. typically underrepresented in STEM fields are has provided a national health care system to Requesting Member: Congressman RALPH identified to participate in this project. Funds every Canadian citizen. As our country now M. HALL for this project will allow students and teachers addresses health care reform, we will do so Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- from the 4th District to participate in the edu- through a uniquely American solution. Though cation Appropriations Act FY2010 cation program designed to cultivate and/or our systems will be different at the end of the Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- develop affinity for math and science in rural day, it is my desire that every American has cation (includes FIE) middle and high school students and at the access to health care. Our two nations hold a Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Commu- same time, equip teachers throughout the deep-seated belief that health care ought not nity Health Services Agency state with broader math and science teaching to be object of profit, but a guaranteed right of Address of Requesting Entity: 4500 Wesley experiences in order to enhance their teaching all human beings. Street, Greenville, Texas 75401 in these critical areas. I certify that I do not In an era of heightened security and eco- Description of Request: I have secured have any financial interest in this project. nomic uncertainty the bond that ties the United $300,000 for the Greenville Community Health f States and Canada together has only grown Center Expansion with the Community Health stronger. For these reasons I am proud to Service Agency. Funds for this project will ex- EARMARK DECLARATION lend my voice to the chorus of American pand women’s health services, prenatal care, voices congratulating Canada on its celebra- deliveries, cancer screenings, women’s health HON. EDWARD R. ROYCE tion of Canada Day. exams, and offer gynecological to thousands OF CALIFORNIA f of women of the 4th District for the first time. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHSA operates a network of community Friday, July 24, 2009 EARMARK DECLARATION health centers in north central Texas with five (5) medical sites and one (1) dental site lo- Mr. ROYCE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to HON. RALPH M. HALL cated in the 4th District. CHSA serves more the Republican Leadership standards on ear- OF TEXAS than 16,000 residents of the 4th District each marks, I am submitting the following informa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES year. I certify that I do not have any financial tion regarding earmarks I received as part of interest in this project. the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Friday, July 24, 2009 Requesting Member: Congressman RALPH Services and Education, and Related Agen- Mr. HALL of Texas. Madam Speaker, pursu- M. HALL cies Appropriations Act, 2010. ant to the Republican Leadership standards Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- Requesting Member: Representative ED on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- cation Appropriations Act FY2010 ROYCE formation regarding earmarks I received as Account: Museums and Libraries Bill Number: H.R. 3293 part of H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Education Ap- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: The Uni- Account: Higher Education FIPSE propriations Act FY 2010: versity of Texas at Austin Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Cal State Requesting Member: Congressman RALPH Address of Requesting Entity: 1 University University, Fullerton M. HALL Station G2700, PO Box 7397, Austin TX Address of Requesting Entity: 800 North Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- 78713 State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834 cation Appropriations Act FY2010 Description of Request: I have secured Description of Request: Provide $350,000 in Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- $250,000 for the Sam Rayburn Library and FY 2010 to build upon existing intermediate cation (includes FIE) Museum with the Center for American History. level language courses to develop a full Bach- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Commu- The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum, lo- elor’s Degree program, a Minor, and an Inter- nities In Schools—Northeast Texas c/o North- cated in Bonham, Texas, is one of five divi- national Business Sequence in Vietnamese east Texas Community College sions of the University’s Center for American Language and Culture designed to prepare a Address of Requesting Entity: PO Box 1307, History. Funds for this project will expand edu- new generation of Vietnamese Americans and Mt. Pleasant, TX 75456–1307 cational and program services to more people, others to take advantage of the rapidly grow- Description of Request: I have secured area educational organizations and tradition- ing business and professional opportunities re- $200,000 for the Communities In School of ally underserved populations to meet the pub- sulting from trade between the United States Northeast Texas with the Communities In lic education mission of the University of and Vietnam. Funding would be used for fac- Schools—Northeast Texas c/o Northeast. Texas at Austin and the Center for American ulty program development; graduate assist- Communities In Schools of Northeast Texas History. The National Historic Landmark is the ants; salaries; materials, resources and lan- (CIS–NETX), is part of a national stay-in creation of the man who served as Speaker of guage lab/library; internships; and facilities school network. It delivers case management the United States House of Representatives and administration. and non-case management services to public longer than any other person: Sam Taliaferro Requesting Member: Representative ED school students at risk of dropping out of Rayburn (1882–1961). Known affectionately ROYCE school. CIS–NETX provides direct and indirect as ‘‘Mr. Sam’’ by his friends and colleagues, Bill Number: H.R. 3293 services to over 14,500 students and their Rayburn established the library and museum Account: Higher Education FIPSE families in over 33 elementary, middle and in 1957 as a tribute to the people of his district Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Cal State high school campuses in 11 school districts in and for future generations. I certify that I do University, Fullerton six northeast Texas counties. CIS–NETX pro- not have any financial interest in this project. Address of Requesting Entity: 800 North vides students and families with the following Requesting Member: Congressman RALPH State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834 six components: supportive guidance and M. HALL Description of Request: Provide $300,000 in counseling; health and human services coordi- Bill Number: H.R. 3293, Labor-HHS-Edu- FY 2010 to establish the Center for the Ad- nation, parent and family involvement; pre-em- cation Appropriations Act FY 2010 vancement of Teaching and Learning in Math- ployment/employment training and services, Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- ematics and Science (CATLMS). The pro- enrichment activities and experiences; and cation (includes FIE) posed center addresses a national problem. education enhancement. Funds for this project Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Texas One of the core drivers of innovation in the will be used to continue the recognized pre- A&M University—Commerce U.S. is its strength in STEM disciplines. Yet, in

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Right of way est growing corridors in the county. pursue external funding, and develop collabo- purchases were completed in April of 2009 the Spending Plan: The requesting entity plans rations with private sector parties, educational construction should begin in September 2009. to obligate the funds towards construction institutions, and governmental agencies. Fac- Requesting Member: MARY BONO MACK costs to continue to ongoing development of ulty would be released from their teaching du- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 the project. The total cost of the project is ex- ties to accomplish the objectives for which Account: Department of Transportation— pected to be $193,000,000 with small starts funding is being requested. Federal Highway Administration—Surface funding of $75,000,000. The remainder are ex- Requesting Member: Representative ED Transportation Priorities pected to be paid by FTA 5307 funds, CMAQ ROYCE Entity Requesting: Riverside County Trans- funding and at least $29,000,000 of Measure Bill Number: H.R. 3293 portation Commission (RCTC) 4080 Lemon A local funding approved by Riverside County Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- Street, 3rd Floor, Riverside, California 92502 voters and funding from the State Transpor- cation (includes FIE) Description of Earmark: $750,000 for the Al- tation Improvement Program (STIP). Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Orange ameda Corridor East Grade Separation in Riv- f County Department of Education erside County, California. The Alameda Cor- Address of Requesting Entity: 200 Kalmus ridor Grade separation is a high priority of the EARMARK DECLARATION Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Riverside County Transportation Commission, Description of Request: Provide $400,000 in and state. More than 68 million tons of freight HON. GARY G. MILLER FY 2010 to implement Internet safety pro- pass through Riverside County to the rest of OF CALIFORNIA grams for all Orange County. Federal law re- the country, but very little of this freight origi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES quires all schools receiving E-Rate funding to nates or ends in the County. Traffic and trains Friday, July 24, 2009 implement Internet safety programs, yet in- are halted at a number of crossings through- Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Madam cludes no funding to achieve this requirement. out the Coachella Valley. This grade separa- Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- State and local agencies place responsibility tion will allow the flow of traffic, reduce con- ship standards on earmarks, I am submitting for teaching youth Internet safety in the hands gestion and delays, cut down on the air pollu- the following information regarding earmarks I of educators who have not received adequate tion, and increase efficiency of freight trans- received as part of the FY 2010 Labor, Health professional development in this area. Inter- portation. and Human Services, and Education Appro- active teacher training will serve as an effec- Spending Plan: The requesting entity plans priations Bill. tive tool to educate children to safely, se- to obligate the funds towards construction Requesting Member: Congressman GARY curely, and ethically use the Internet and a va- costs. RCTC’s Grade Separation Funding G. MILLER riety of other technologies. Funding will be Strategy calls for a 55 percent federal share of used for programmatic expenses, including Bill Number: H.R. 3293 the entire program cost. Sources of the fund- Account: Elementary and Secondary Edu- software and training, substitute teachers, and ing include voter-approved Measure A, devel- cation meeting materials and expenses. oper fees, and city general funds. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of La f Requesting Member: MARY BONO MACK Habra EARMARK DECLARATION Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Address of Requesting Entity: 1101 W. Las Account: Department of Transportation— Lomas Dr., La Habra, California 90631 Federal Transit Administration—Buses & Bus Funding Secured: $148,000 HON. MARY BONO MACK Facilities Description of Request: The City of La OF CALIFORNIA Entity Requesting: SunLine Transit Agency, Habra’s ‘‘Young At Art’’ program addresses IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 32–505 Harry Oliver Trail, Thousand Palms, the need to provide arts education to under- Friday, July 24, 2009 CA 92276 privileged children in a community that cur- Mrs. BONO MACK. Madam Speaker, pursu- Description of Earmark: $750,000 to be rently receives no formal arts program for its ant to the Republican Leadership standards used for paratransit buses and commuter kindergarten through second grade (K–2) stu- on earmarks, I am submitting the following in- coaches to expand service in the Coachella dents. ‘‘Young At Art’’ provides direct services formation regarding earmarks I received as Valley to meet transportation and mobility to over 1,400 K–2 students and 50 teachers, part of H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing, needs of seniors and persons with disabilities. and will positively impact 2,500 parents and and Urban Development and Related Agen- As the regional transit provider in the 5,000 community members in La Habra, Cali- cies Appropriations Act: Coachella Valley, SunLine provides fixed route fornia. In 2001, The Children’s Museum imple- Requesting Member: MARY BONO MACK and paratransit services in an area of 1,120 mented ‘‘Young At Art’’ to preschool popu- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 square miles, with an annual ridership of 3.5 lations. After several years of success with Account: Department of Transportation— million. As traffic continues to increase, more this program and in response to increasing Federal Highway Administration—Interstate residents are interested in commuting rather community requests, The Children’s Museum Maintenance Discretionary than driving. To implement the commuter serv- at La Habra is now expanding ‘‘Young At Art’’ Entity Requesting: Agua Caliente Band of ice, SunLine will need to purchase coaches to to serve 100% of the Kindergarten, 1st, and Cahuilla Indians, 5401 Din ah Shore Drive, operate the commuter service to the Pass 2nd grade elementary students La Habra. Palm Springs, CA 92264 Area, as well as Riverside. ‘‘Young At Art’’ has two overall goals: to in- Description of Earmark: $500,000 to be Spending Plan: SunLine Transit anticipates crease teachers’ ability to lead K–2 elemen- used for improvements to the Interstate 10 purchasing the paratransit buses by December tary students in integrated arts and core cur- and Bob Hope Drive. This project is critical to 2009 and commuter coaches by December riculum learning experiences, and to use arts alleviating traffic congestion in the Cochella 2010. learning to increase the language arts skills, Valley and funding for the project was sought Requesting Member: MARY BONO MACK math readiness skills, and cognitive process in cooperation with the Cochella Valley Asso- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 capabilities of K–2 elementary students who ciation of Governments (CVAG). The existing Account: Department of Transportation— are now at-risk for academic failure. Federal road facility at this location was constructed Federal Transit Administration Capitol Im- funding would be used to expand the La approximately 47 years ago. This interchange provements Grants Habra Children’s Museum program ‘‘Young at provides primary cross freeway access be- Requesting: Riverside County Transpor- Art’’ to serve 100 percent of K–2 elementary tween the north and the south sides of the tation Commission (RCTC) 4080 Lemon school students in the City of La Habra. Valley as well as area connectivity with the Street, 3rd Floor, Riverside, California 92502 Requesting Member: Congressman GARY Interstate Highway System. In addition to re- Description of Earmark: $5,000,000 is pro- G. MILLER lieving traffic congestion on Ramon Road this vided for the Perris Valley Line to extend ex- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 project will also improve safety by replacing isting Metrolink service 22.7 miles further into Account: Elementary and Secondary Edu- the dated on- and off-ramps at Ramon Road Riverside County creating better access to cation with a new modern interchange design at Bob popular commuter rail transportation for resi- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Hope Hope Drive. dents. Most of the Perris Valley Line parallels Through Housing Foundation

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The program encourages local Description of Request: The Hope Through Thalman Branch Library, which is housed in resident and family participation in school life Housing Foundation’s Academic Tutoring and an inadequate 9,000 square foot building, is and maximizes the public’s investment in local Enrichment Program combines intensive age- the most utilized library within the County’s school facilities by making them available for appropriate academic tutoring with enrichment system. The facility is grossly inadequate for educational and recreational activities. activity for children in grades K–8. In addition, the City’s burgeoning population and is reach- Lake Hills Elementary School serves ap- a family literacy component and community ing the end of its useful life. The City has ac- proximately 500 students in preschool through building technical assistance program will quired 11.7 acres of land to construct a gov- fifth grade. It is an ethnically diverse school strengthen the support services available to ernment center that will include a City Hall, a with 59% of students speaking a first language children and youth. The program includes tu- Police and Sheriff Facility, the Fire District Ad- other than English and 60% of students par- toring where each day a student attends, they ministrative Headquarters, and the new James ticipate in the free or reduced price lunch pro- receive 60 minutes of small group academic S. Thalman Branch Library. The City is fund- gram. The Wrap-Around Services Program ad- tutoring in both math and English/language ing the $11 million cost of construction for the dresses health and wellness in areas including arts. Homework assistance to support the facility; however, federal assistance is needed academic growth, school engagement, adult small group tutoring sessions, trained staff for interior improvements to the library that will education, mental health counseling, medical provide a minimum of 45 minutes daily of as- serve the needs of all Chino Hills residents. and dental care, family support and commu- sistance. During this time, students have ac- f nity building. Services are provided through a cess to a fully furnished computer laboratory broad range of community partnerships with with high speed Internet access. Each learning EARMARK DECLARATION social service agencies, mental health pro- center is a literacy-rich environment stocked viders, non-profit community groups, faith- with age appropriate books, as well as cre- HON. DAVID G. REICHERT based organizations, local businesses and ative writing and reading materials. Students other partners. are encouraged to check out books, create OF WASHINGTON Wrap-Around Services began as a 3-year journals, and engage in any type of activity IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pilot project and transitioned into a program in that encourages them to read and write for Friday, July 24, 2009 the fall of 2008. In November of 2007, the pleasure. Students will work together on Mr. REICHERT. Madam Speaker, pursuant Wrap-Around Services Evaluation Report was projects that support in-school learning. Addi- to the Republican Leadership standards on completed by Business Government Commu- tionally, through both group activities and one earmarks, I am submitting the following infor- nity Connections, an independent evaluator. on one time spent with staff, attention is paid The Evaluation Report showed the project pro- toward helping students gain confidence in mation regarding earmarks I received as part duced student academic improvement, gains themselves and learn to communicate effec- of H.R. 3293, the Fiscal Year 2010 Labor, in school readiness for entering students and tively. These programs go above and beyond Health and Human Services, Education Appro- strengthening of parent and family involvement by being administered onsite at affordable priations Act. in the school and community. In particular, kin- housing communities to serve our nation’s (1) $375,000 for the City of Bellevue, WA dergarten students are coming to school better most at-risk youths. Federal funding would be Wrap-Around Services Program prepared since the Wrap-Around Project start- used for the After School and Beyond—Aca- Requesting Entity: City of Bellevue, P.O. ed. Family participation has risen, with 70– demic Tutoring and Enrichment Program to Box 90012, Bellevue, WA 98009 80% of families visiting the school more than serve at-risk youth and their families living in Agency: Department of Health and Human once during the school year. Non-profit organi- high-risk neighborhoods in San Bernardino Services zations, like Jubilee REACH Center, have pur- County, Orange County, Riverside County, Account: Administration for Children and chased and established a community center to San Diego County and Los Angeles County. Families (ACF)—Social Services Requesting Member: Congressman GARY Funding Requested by: Rep. DAVE be within walking distance of Lake Hills G. MILLER REICHERT School. Bill Number: H.R. 3293 The Wrap-Around Services Program is an Federal funding will augment partner fund- Account: Museums and Libraries innovative partnership between the City of ing and allow the expansion of the program to Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Bellevue, the Bellevue School District and three more schools (two elementary and one Chino Hills United Way of King County. Working collabo- middle) with similar diverse demographics to Address of Requesting Entity: 2001 Grand ratively, the program coordinates and provides Lake Hills Elementary. Avenue, Chino Hills, California 91709 services on-site at Lake Hills Elementary Finance Plan: SECTION A BUDGET SUMMARY—EXPANSION OF WRAP-AROUND SERVICES TO TWO SCHOOL SITES

Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3 Expansion program costs

Personnel ...... $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 Contractual—After School Programs ...... 50,000 50,000 50,000 Total Costs ...... 125,000 125,000 125,000 Proposed Federal Funding Contribution

SECTION A BUDGET SUMMARY—NON-FEDERAL FUNDS—EXPANSION OF WRAP-AROUND TO TWO SCHOOL SITES

Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 3

Personnel ...... $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 Staff ...... 70,000 70,000 70,000 Counselor Fam. Liaison ...... 34,848 34,848 34,848 BSD Staff ...... 87,126 87,126 87,126 Principal & Office Manager Pro. Services ...... 30,000 30,000 30,000 Evaluation Services Equipment ...... 5,800 5,800 5,800 Supplies ...... 11,000 11,000 11,000 Total Costs ...... 313,774 313,774 313,774 Non-Federal Funding

(2) $500,000 for LOOKBOTHWAYS, Skills Funding Requested by: Reps. DAVE The skills that students need to act safely for Life Online (K–12 Internet Safety Cur- REICHERT, DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ and appropriately online are largely lacking. riculum) In 2008, Congress enacted the Protecting To properly address the needs of students, Requesting Entity: LOOKBOTHWAYS, 280 Children in 21st Century Act, defining the na- LOOKBOTHWAYS is creating a curriculum Quincy Street, Suite A, Port Townsend, WA tion’s commitment to Internet safety and that educates and teaches actionable skills, 98368 strengthening education in schools. Enhanced while empowering and motivating children to- Agency: Department of Education use of technology in the classroom must in- ward safe and appropriate online interactions. Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- clude a safety element if we are to keep our Using Internet technologies for delivery, cation (includes FIE) children safe. LOOKBOTHWAYS will offer this curriculum to

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The economic impact of this funding is lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. the future of our country to take advantage of that these foster youth that might never Requesting Member: Congressman PHIL all the opportunities that technology offers achieve a post-secondary education and be GINGREY without fear. living at the poverty line would be entering the Bill Number: H.R. 3293 These funds, which will be used to complete Washington State workforce with a college de- Account: Department of Health and Human the development of grade 5 through 9 cur- gree and the skills needed to secure a high Services; Health Resources and Services Ad- ricula for Internet Safety, will benefit every cit- wage job contributing to the economy of the ministration izen in the State of Washington as well as state. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Cobb throughout the United States—every school Finance Plan: County (GA) Government Address of Requesting Entity: 100 Cherokee district, not-for-profit organization, parent, child Seattle Univer- St, Marietta, GA 30090 or senior citizen—by providing free online Federal Re- Category sity & Private Total Description of Request: The Cobb County skills for life in the 21st Century on the Inter- quest Foundations (GA) Government will assist in building a net. Student Scholarship 22,000 sq. ft multipurpose senior center with With initial private funding, Fund ...... $250,000 $785,000 $1,035,000 limited healthcare services. The center is ac- LOOKBOTHWAYS developed a full curriculum Post-Graduate Transi- tion to Independence cessible to both private and public transpor- outline for grades K–12, a prototype lesson Fund ...... 75,000 ...... 75,000 tation, will offer a variety of programs and and supporting materials, a program brochure Fostering Scholars Pro- gram Personnel...... 175,000 481,500 656,500 services, and will be the first multipurpose and fundraising collateral materials. Program Infrastructure and Development ...... 307,000 307,000 senior center within the city limits of Marietta. LOOKBOTHWAYS has also identified partners Total ...... 500,000 1,573,500 2,073,500 The Center will accommodate services, pro- for marketing the program to educators, and grams and activities for seniors and the issues developed a detailed business plan that out- Private donations make up $1,200,000 of that affect them. Health and wellness pro- lines their funding, marketing, development, the matching funding. Seattle University and grams including nutrition, fitness, lifestyle, and and distribution goals and strategies. With the private donation matching fund make up 76% diabetes care, education and issue-related next infusion of funding they are ready to of matching funds. seminars such as Medicare, identity theft, ramp up quickly to write the curriculum and This office conducted site visits to meet with fraud, grandparents raising grandchildren, and create the accompanying media and begin representatives from all three of the projects Alzheimer’s, volunteer opportunities, advo- teacher training and get it into schools within listed above. cacy, and socialization opportunities will be of- 6 months. f fered Finance Plan: As individuals experience longer life-expect- EARMARK DECLARATION ancy, health and wellness play an even bigger part in our lives. The proposed Multi-Purpose Lesson Content Development (36 les- sons) ...... $450,000 HON. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON Senior Health Center will offer limited health Video Production & Media (24 videos) .. 480,000 OF ILLINOIS services as well as opportunities for improved Web Site and Interactive Tools Devel- opment Costs ...... 180,000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES physical, mental, and social health. Fund Raising ...... 100,000 The $500,000 included in H.R. 3293 will be Marketing and Distribution ...... 365,000 Friday, July 24, 2009 Implementation ...... 140,000 used for renovation and development of an Administrative Costs and Staffing ...... 100,000 Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. Madam Speaker, existing building and for necessary equipment. Estimated Efforts for First Year Sup- pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- port ...... 185,000 Specifically, the Fiscal Year 2010 federal ards on project funding, I am submitting the funds will consist of the following budget Amount necessary for completion of following information regarding project funding K–12 Curriculum ...... 2,000,000 items: Construction—Architect Fees: Estimated cost of Spanish translation/ I requested as part of Fiscal Year 2010 Labor, $136,000; Facade, Parking, and Landscaping: accessibility ...... +500,000 HHS, and Education Appropriations bill—H.R. $212,500. Equipment—$151,500. Final total: ...... $2,500,000 3293: Requesting Member: Congressman PHIL Requesting Member: TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON GINGREY 3) $500,000 for Seattle University’s Fos- Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Fiscal Year 2010 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 tering Scholars Program Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill Account: Department of Health and Human Requesting Entity: Seattle University 901 Account: Department of Health and Human Services; Health Resources and Services Ad- 12th Ave., P.O. Box 222000, Seattle, WA Services—Health Resources and Services Ad- ministration 98122–1090 ministration—Health Facilities and Services Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Floyd Agency: Department of Education Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Illinois Medical Center Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE) State University Address of Requesting Entity: 304 Turner Funding Requested by: Reps DAVE Address of Requesting Entity: 310 Hovey McCall Boulevard, Rome, GA 30165 REICHERT, JIM MCDERMOTT Hall, Campus Box 4040, Normal, Illinois 61790 Description of Request: The counties in In Washington State, only 3 in 10 foster Description of Request: $500,000 for Illinois Northwest Georgia in Floyd Medical Center’s youth graduate from high school and only 25% State University for curriculum development service area (Floyd, Chattooga, and Polk) enroll in a post-secondary education program. for an interdisciplinary Ph.D program in neuro- have a high rate of breast cancer-related mor- The Fostering Scholars Program provides full- sciences to advance basic research and serve tality. While the State of Georgia is on par with tuition scholarships, year-round room and emerging health care needs in East Central Il- national averages—with roughly 20% of breast board, health insurance, personal support, a linois. Of this amount, $250,000 is for per- cancer cases being terminal—two of these program of cohort and leadership develop- sonnel, $200,000 will purchase equipment, counties have terminal breast cancer rates of ment, work-study jobs, and opportunity to and $50,000 is for supplies, commodities, and 26% in Polk County and 25% in Chattooga study abroad, access to tutoring, therapy and office communications. County. Unfortunately, there is currently not a counseling as needed, and the benefit of f single dedicated Breast MRI machine for the emergency funds to foster children who have hospital’s service area. aged out of the foster care system. EARMARK DECLARATION Floyd Medical Center will procure, operate, Education is key to economic independ- and maintain a state-of-the-art dedicated a ence. Seattle University is taking the initiative HON. PHIL GINGREY Breast MRI machine to provide 2,800 and devoting resources to help foster care OF GEORGIA screenings for patients who would otherwise alumni who more often live below the poverty IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have to travel two hours to the nearest facility line and lack a post-secondary education com- with a Breast MRI machine. This machine will pared to the national average. It is a benefit to Friday, July 24, 2009 be incorporated into Floyd Medical Center’s taxpayers to make a small investment in the Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Madam Speaker, new Breast Cancer Center, which serves as a education of foster children so they will no pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- single point-of-care by providing a full spec- longer be dependent as adults on government ards on earmarks as well as in accordance trum of cancer diagnosis, prevention, and funded social services. with Clause 9 of Rule XXI, I am submitting the treatment services.

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Account: Department of Health and Human and installation of the unit, and initial training Specifically, the Fiscal Year 2010 federal Services, HRSA for technicians and physicians. funds will consist of following budget items: Legal Name of Recipient: Morehead State Requesting Member: Congressman PHIL Construction costs for engineering data, sur- University GINGREY veys, and laboratory testing that will equal Address of Recipient: 150 University Boule- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 $100,000. vard, Morehead, KY 40351 Description of Request: Provide directed Account: Department of Health and Human f Services; Health Resources and Services Ad- funding of $250,000 to conduct a health out- ministration EARMARK DECLARATION reach demonstration program in eastern Ken- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Gordon tucky. The region has some of the highest Hospital HON. HAROLD ROGERS rates of diabetes, obesity, and heart disease Address of Requesting Entity: 1035 Red OF KENTUCKY in the country. This is a targeted and com- prehensive project to improve rural health and Bud Road, Calhoun, GA 30701 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Description of Request: Gordon Hospital in rural communities. The funds will be used for Friday, July 24, 2009 Calhoun, Georgia is committed to meeting the program development, supplies, health infor- needs of patients and increasing access to Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, mation resources, physician and professional medical records. It is the common goal of hos- pursuant to the House Republican standards support, and promotional/awareness efforts. pitals, healthcare industry, and the private and on congressionally-directed funding, I am sub- Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD public sector to increase the use of electronic mitting the following information regarding ROGERS medical records. In fact, health IT policy was funding included in H.R. 3293—Labor-HHS- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 passed as a part of the larger stimulus pack- Education Appropriations Act, 2010 Account: Department of Education, FIE Legal Name of Recipient: Eastern Kentucky age, earlier this year although the bulk of the Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD PRIDE funding was provided for incentives for those ROGERS Address of Recipient: 2292 South Highway who have already adopted, instead of funding Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Account: Health and Human Services, 27, Somerset, KY 42501 for implementation. Description of Request: Provide directed Connecting medical providers to provide a SAMHSA funding of $250,000 for environmental edu- more comprehensive medical history of a pa- Legal Name of Recipient: Operation UNITE cation and awareness to students through the tient not only lowers healthcare costs but also Address of Recipient: 2292 South Highway Eastern Kentucky PRIDE program. PRIDE is leads to quicker diagnosis and treatment of 27, Somerset, KY 42501 the first initiative specifically created to solve patients. Therefore, Gordon Hospital is seek- Description of Request: Provide directed severe environmental degradation problems in ing federal aid to purchase a Community Elec- funding of $1,000,000 for a substance abuse the region. PRIDE, a non-profit organization, tric Medical Record System. This system will treatment and voucher program through Oper- unites citizens with the resources of federal, allow for easier interface with doctors con- ation UNITE. Operation UNITE is a com- state and local governments in order to im- sulting patients in a variety of specialties and prehensive program to combat the scourge of prove water quality in the region, clean up ille- also allow easier access to medical records drug abuse in southern and eastern Kentucky gal trash dumps and other solid waste, and for our patients. by coordinating federal, state and local efforts promote environmental awareness and edu- The $150,000 included in H.R. 3293 will be in law enforcement, treatment and education. cation to break the cycle of pollution. This used in its entirety for the purchase of Com- Operation UNITE has arrested 3,028 drug funding supports initiatives in local elementary, munity EMR Software. dealers and removed over $8.64 million worth middle, and high schools to engage students Requesting Member: Congressman PHIL of drugs off the street, including 86,068 pre- in environmental stewardship. GINGREY scription pills, 450 pounds of marijuana, 11.7 Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD Bill Number: H.R. 3293 pounds of meth and 23 pounds of cocaine. ROGERS Over 2,050 nonviolent offenders have partici- Account: Department of Health and Human Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Services; Health Resources and Services Ad- pated in UNITE-funded drug courts, and more Account: Department of Education, FIE ministration than 1,430 individuals grappling with addiction Legal Name of Recipient: The Center for Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ken- have received vouchers for treatment. This Rural Development nesaw State University funding will be utilized to provide a one-time Address of Recipient: 2292 South Highway Address of Requesting Entity: 1000 payment for residential substance abuse treat- 27, Somerset, KY 42501 Chastain Road, MD 0101, Kennesaw, GA ment for eligible individuals who cannot afford Description of Request: Provide directed 30144–5591 treatment. funding of $500,000 for the continuation of Description of Request: Kennesaw State Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD Forward in the Fifth, a civic literacy program in University is preparing to begin construction of ROGERS southern and eastern Kentucky. Begun in a new Health Sciences Building. This facility Bill Number: H.R. 3293 1986, the organization serves 44 Appalachian will help expand the nursing program and will Account: Health and Human Services, counties by placing a high priority on literacy address the growing nursing shortage—locally SAMHSA education. In addition, Forward in the Fifth has and nationally. Legal Name of Recipient: Operation UNITE developed and implemented a variety of pro- The number of Registered Nurses in the Address of Recipient: 2292 South Highway grams to improve school attendance, enhance United States continues to remain below its 27, Somerset, KY 42501 science and math instruction, reduce dropout target and Georgia consistently ranks below Description of Request: Provide directed rates, train parents in computer-based edu- the national average. The Georgia Hospital funding of $1,000,000 for a multi-school sub- cation platforms, and increase the number of Association’s 2006, ‘‘Changing Demo- stance abuse counseling and curriculum de- residents attending college. The program graphics—Bridging Generations,’’ shows an velopment program through Operation UNITE. works with local schools, teachers, parents, RN vacancy rate in member hospitals of Operation UNITE is a comprehensive program and the community. 10.7% in 2006. There is 1 nurse for every 753 to combat the scourge of drug abuse in south- Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD Georgians, putting the state in the bottom ern and eastern Kentucky by coordinating fed- ROGERS fourth of the country, it says. eral, state and local efforts in law enforce- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 The nationwide shortage of nursing faculty ment, treatment and education. From the Account: Department of Education, FIE poses another threat to the future of 2004–2008 school years, 35 counselors Legal Name of Recipient: City of healthcare in America. Kennesaw State Uni- served 44 school districts in the region. In ad- Prestonsburg versity’s School of Nursing recently received dition, nearly 65,000 individual and group Address of Recipient: 200 North Lake Drive, Board of Regents approval to launch a Doc- counseling sessions were provided, and 3,949 Prestonsburg, KY 41653 torate of Nurse Science that will help create a referrals to treatment were made. This funding Description of Request: Provide directed stronger pipeline of nursing faculty to teach fu- will provide prevention, intervention, and treat- funding of $200,000 for arts education at the

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Mountain Arts Center, which is a non-profit Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK direct cost of personnel implementing the cultural arts complex based in Prestonsburg, LOBIONDO (NJ–02) Safety First program which includes the 24/7/ Kentucky. This funding will enable the com- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 365 toll-free hotline and SafeResponse initia- plex to expand its curriculum and learning op- Account: Health Resources and Services tive. portunities further in eastern Kentucky. It hosts Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and a wide variety of arts education classes for all Services f ages in music, art, and theater. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: HONORING THE CITIES OF Requesting Member: Congressman HAROLD AtlantiCare COLUMBUS AND NORFOLK ROGERS Address of Requesting Entity: 2500 English Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Creek Avenue, Building 500, Suite 501, Egg HON. ADRIAN SMITH Account: Department of Health and Human Harbor Township, NJ 08401 OF NEBRASKA Services, HRSA Description of Request: Provide an earmark Legal Name of Recipient: Union College of $200,000 to implement a geographic and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Address of Recipient: 310 College Street, program expansion of the AtlantiCare Special Friday, July 24, 2009 Barbourville, KY 40906 Care Center, a nationally recognized program Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Madam Speaker, I Description of Request: Provide directed to improve outcomes for the chronically ill. rise today to congratulate two cities in my dis- funding of $500,000 for renovations and re- f trict for being named to the list of 100 best construction on an existing building for a new small towns to live in in America by Money nursing and allied health program facility. RECOGNIZING SWEET MISS Magazine. Union College intends to renovate the former GIVING’S Columbus was recognized for its low jobless Knox County Hospital building into a center for rate with its industry and manufacturing infra- academic programs in nursing and science. HON. MIKE QUIGLEY structure providing employment for more than This new facility and programs will improve OF ILLINOIS 5,700. Columbus is home to major agricultural the educational opportunities available to stu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES equipment companies and the Nebraska Pub- dents in an underserved region. Friday, July 24, 2009 lic Power District. Glur’s Tavern, the oldest bar f west of the Missouri River reminds residents Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today of the days when Buffalo Bill Cody frequented EARMARK DECLARATION in recognition of Sweet Miss Giving’s. This the area. bakery with a social conscience has helped Money Magazine took note of Norfolk’s pub- HON. FRANK A. LoBIONDO the homeless and HIV-positive of Chicago by lic school system. The 13 schools in the K12 OF NEW JERSEY creating jobs, teaching skills, and giving back district are relatively diverse, teacher-student IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to the community. ratios are often under 1:20, and the ‘‘Chal- Friday, July 24, 2009 Sweet Miss Giving’s arose to give the homeless and disabled of Chicago an oppor- lenge’’ program offers differentiated instruction Mr. LOBIONDO. Madam Speaker, as per tunity to obtain practical skills through real for academically talented children. It was also the requirements of the Republican Con- world working experience. The bakery gives pointed out that Norfolk is a major retail trade ference Rules on earmarks, I secured the fol- participants a place to work after completing center for northeast Nebraska, and the manu- lowing earmarks in H.R. 3293 job training so they may gain the confidence facturing industry in the city employs more Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK and talent enabling them to find work in the fu- than 4,000 people. LOBIONDO (NJ–02) ture. Their decadent baked goods are cur- These designation weren’t accidents. Co- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 lumbus and Norfolk are strong communities of Account: Health Resources and Services rently being sold at dozens of local businesses and restaurants around Chicago and over fifty people who care for each other, who help out Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and during hard times, and who live up to the Services percent of proceeds are donated to Chicago House, the first provider of AIDS housing in benchmarks set by our forefathers. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Shore So, congratulations to Columbus and Nor- Memorial Hospital the Midwest. Sweet Miss Giving’s offers hope of achiev- folk for representing Nebraska and making us Address of Requesting Entity: 1 East New proud. York Avenue, Somers Point, NJ 08244 ing self-sufficiency for those who had pre- Description of Request: Provide an earmark viously considered themselves unemployable. f I am proud to recognize the hard work, inge- of $500,000 for construction of and equipment OLAJU ‘‘O.J.’’ GREEN for a new surgical pavilion. nuity, and charity of this bakery that improves Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK people’s lives and their prospects for the fu- LOBIONDO (NJ–02) ture. HON. STEVE AUSTRIA Bill Number: H.R. 3293 f OF OHIO Account: Health Resources and Services IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EARMARK DECLARATION Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Friday, July 24, 2009 Services Legal Name of Requesting Entity: HON. JOE BARTON Mr. AUSTRIA. Madam Speaker, I rise today Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation OF TEXAS on behalf of the constituents of Ohio’s 7th Address of Requesting Entity: 61 West IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Congressional District to express our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Olaju Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240 Friday, July 24, 2009 Description of Request: Provide an earmark ‘‘O.J.’’ Green and to recognize the numerous of $250,000 for relocation, expansion and up- Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I achievements of this outstanding young man. grade of Bacharach’s Sleep Disorder Center. rise today to submit documentation consistent O.J. was a not only an excellent student in Requesting Member: Congressman FRANK with the Republican Earmark Standards. the classroom, but was also a leader and LOBIONDO (NJ–02) Requesting Member: Congressman JOE standout athlete for Canal Winchester High Bill Number: H.R. 3293 BARTON School’s Football Team. He was both dedi- Account: Health Resources and Services Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of cated and hardworking, leading his football Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- team to qualify for the state playoffs. Services cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations In addition to his successes in the class- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Bill room and on the football field, he was also a Vineland, NJ Account: HRSA—Health Facilities and Serv- great artist. I met O.J. through his participation Address of Requesting Entity: 640 E. Wood ices in the 7th Congressional District Art Show. His Street, Vineland, NJ 08360 Legal Name of Receiving Entity: SafeHaven pencil drawing submitted for the art show was Description of Request: Provide an earmark of Tarrant County thought provoking and clearly showed his tal- of $300,000 for the development of a commu- Address of Receiving Entity: 815 Manhattan ent. It was an honor for me to meet this bright, nity health and wellness center on the campus Boulevard, Suite 105, Fort Worth, TX 76120 well-rounded and articulate young man. of what will become a regional health care and Description of Request: I have secured My thoughts and prayers are with the family health training facility. $200,000 in funding to be used to support the and friends during this time of terrible loss.

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Madam Speaker, I rise in OF CALIFORNIA Dick’s dedication to protecting water and to strong support of the Manager’s amendment IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and particularly the increase in funding for the serving Colorado started long before his in- CPSC. volvement with the Colorado Water Congress. Friday, July 24, 2009 He served three years as Executive Director In short, we cannot afford to cut corners Ms. WOOLSEY. Madam Speaker, on July to the Larimer-Weld Council of Governments when it comes to consumer product safety. 23, 2009, I was unavoidably detained and was and seven years as Executive Director of the The stakes are much too high. not able to record my vote for rollcall No. 625. Colorado Municipal League. While at Larimer- Had I been present I would have voted: In recent years, we have seen hundreds of Weld COG, Dick developed and guided the recalls affecting millions of toys—many of early stages of the Larimer-Weld ‘‘208’’ Water Rollcall No. 625—‘‘no’’—Neugebauer of which were for extremely dangerous lead-con- Quality Management Planning effort. In 1970, Texas Part A Amendment No. 11 tamination. Dick served as Chairman of the Colorado f Today, 86 percent of the toys Americans Good Government Committee for the pro- HONORING THE LIFE AND MEM- purchase are imported from China. Almost motion of the State Constitutional Amend- ORY OF GERALDINE MARTIN one-fifth of all consumer products for sale in ments One (Governor’s Cabinet), Two (State AND EXPRESSING SYMPATHY ON America today are Chinese-made. These Civil Service Reorganization) and Three (Local HER PASSING trends demand a real vigilance on our part. Government Modernization). All three amend- Parents cannot distinguish a dangerous toy ments were approved overwhelmingly by the coated with lead paint from one that is safe people of Colorado. In addition, Dick was in- HON. TOM COLE simply by looking at it. They must be able to volved in six other statewide initiative cam- OF OKLAHOMA count on the agencies charged with protecting paigns and was successful in all six cam- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES them. paigns. That is why we must fund the CSPC to its In 1988, Dick was appointed to COLORADO Friday, July 24, 2009 fullest extent. Just last July, we passed the VISION 2000 and, in 1989, he was appointed Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to Consumer Safety Improvement Act by a mar- to become part of the 16-member Legislative honor a woman that could teach us all a thing gin of 424 to 1. Now is not the time, less than Council Subcommittee on Long-Range Plan- or two about love and compassion. Geraldine a year after we finally began taking the Com- ning for the State Government. From 1969– Martin is currently looking down on us from mission’s responsibilities seriously, to start cut- 71, Dick served on the National League of Cit- Heaven where last month she was reunited ting the CSPC back down to the bone. The ies Board of Directors. He also served as a with the love of her life, Jesse, her husband of health and safety of our children, and of all member of the Boards for the Colorado Water 63 years. A mother of four, grandmother of American consumers, are far too important for PAC and the Colorado Water Education Foun- nine and great-grandmother of six, family was that. dation. Dick is a member of the American So- her first thought in the morning and last This is an important amendment that ciety of Association Executives, Colorado So- thought at night. strengthens this bill and I urge its adoption. ciety of Association Executives, American When complications from birth left her son f Water Works Association and International Cecil with special needs, she became a cru- City Management Association. Dick is one of HONORING MR. RICHARD D. sader for children with challenges. From Colorado’s great leaders. He has been in- coaching Special Olympics for two decades to ‘‘DICK’’ MACRAVEY volved in many aspects of Colorado life and establishing the Power Shop, helping children has worked tirelessly to protect our current meet and exceed their potential was a calling HON. JOHN T. SALAZAR and future generations. Geraldine gladly answered. A dedicated volun- OF COLORADO However, it is his tireless fight for water that teer at the Bethel Assembly of God and a pro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has been most inspiring to me. In 1999, Dick fessional banker for nearly four decades, she was named the nineteenth recipient of the retired as vice president of the First Bank and Friday, July 24, 2009 ‘‘Wayne N. Aspinall Water Leader of the Year Trust of Velma, Oklahoma in 2003 to enjoy Mr. SALAZAR. Madam Speaker, I rise today Award.’’ This is a prestigious award in Colo- her family, her volunteer work, sewing, gar- to honor my mentor and close friend, Mr. rado named after a former Congressman of dening and, of course, drinking coffee on her Richard D. ‘‘Dick’’ MacRavey. After twenty-six the District I currently represent. Mr. Aspinall back porch. years of service as the Secretary and Execu- was a water champion for Colorado and was Geraldine considered her legacy to be her tive Director of the Colorado Water Congress, instrumental in helping to ensure that Colo- family and today, on behalf of myself and the Dick is announcing his retirement. Throughout rado residents have access to a safe water gentleman from Texas, Mr. BRADY, we honor his tenure, Dick helped enact a multitude of supply. her and offer them our sincerest condolences. important legislation to protect water resources After I was elected to the U.S. House in She leaves behind two daughters, Sharon throughout Colorado. As Executive Director, 2004, Dick gave me a biography, entitled Frame and her husband Larry of Oklahoma Dick saw 350 of the 419 Colorado Water Con- ‘‘Wayne Aspinall: Mr. Chairman.’’ In the inside City, and Gail Clark and her husband Joe of gress supported bills enacted into law. In addi- cover, he wrote me an inspirational and en- Krum, Texas; two sons: Jesse Martin and his tion, only one of the 123 bills opposed by the couraging message. It read: wife, Vicki, of Edmond, Oklahoma, and Cecil Colorado Water Congress became law. This To: John Salazar, Ray Martin. She is also survived by three sis- impressive record demonstrates Dick’s effec- This book is about one of Colorado’s great ters: Betty Stanley and Margaret Tiemann, tive leadership and dedication to protecting members of Congress. You will some day also both of Goldthwaite, Texas, and Kay Nixon Colorado’s water. rank as one of the great members from Colo- and her husband, Bill, of Anaheim, California, During my time in the Colorado State Legis- rado. I have no doubts about your future and one brother, Jackie Sherrill and his wife, lature, Dick took me under his wing and taught achievement. Peggy, of Memphis, Tennessee. She will be me a great deal about water legislation. As a Your friend, Dick MacRavey. January 27, especially missed by her nine wonderful farmer and life-long resident of the San Luis 2005. grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and Valley, I understand the importance of water. This note touched my heart and I keep this her many friends and admirers. This precious resource is our lifeblood and es- book with me in my Congressional office. Madam Speaker, I want to thank Geraldine sential to maintaining our way of life. Dick un- While serving in Congress, I will continue to Martin for showing us all how to live a great derstood the needs of everyone. From farm- fight for Colorado’s water and I hope that my life and extend our greatest sympathy to her ers, like me, in rural Colorado, to those in efforts will make Dick MacRavey proud. family.

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Madam Speaker, pursu- to the U.S. House of Representatives Repub- ant to the Republican Leadership New York/New Jersey/ Philadelphia (NY/NJ/ lican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am standards on earmarks, I am submit- PHL) Airspace redesign project. submitting the following information regarding ting the following information regard- For the next seven years, the FAA con- four earmarks I received as part H.R. 3288, ing earmarks I received as part of H.R. ducted numerous public meetings and re- the Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel- 3228, the Transportation, Housing and ceived input from a variety of aviation industry opment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Urban Development, and Related Agen- and community interests, public agencies, and Act of FY 2010: cies Appropriations Act, 2010. political representatives. The FAA released a Project Name: Alliance Airport, Runway Ex- Project Name: Interstate 75/Collier Draft Environmental Impact Statement in 2005 tension Project—Federal Aviation Administra- Boulevard/SR 84 Interchange Improve- outlining the project’s environmental impacts. tion, Airport Improvement Program, Alliance ments Following a series of public meetings, many of Airport Runway Extension Program, TX— Requesting Member: Congressman which presented alternative plans, the FAA re- $750,000 CONNIE MACK leased its Final Environmental Impact State- The Runway Extension Project at Alliance Bill Number: H.R. 3228, the Transpor- ment in 2007. Airport in Denton County will lengthen the run- tation, Housing and Urban Develop- ways to 11,000 feet and will allow for greater This redesign plan should come as no sur- ment, and Related Agencies Appropria- utilization of the airfield and provide greater tions Act, 2010. prise to Congress. The FAA has hosted 14 capacity as a reliever for DFW International Account: Federal Highway Adminis- Congressional briefings since March 2003. Airport. It will also allow for the cargo carriers tration Clearly, the entire process has been con- to safely maximize their loads and not have to Legal Name of Requesting Entity: ducted in an open and transparent manner. compromise fuel, cargo or both. The increased Florida Department of Transportation The proposed airspace redesign will ad- growth of the airfield will provide many jobs Address of Requesting Entity: 605 Su- dress the most critical problem in today’s air and economic activity. The runway extension wannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida traffic control system—air traffic congestion. project has local, regional and national signifi- 32399 cance and impacts the infrastructure around Description of Request/Justification The redesign involves four of our nation’s the airport. In addition to the runway extension of Federal Funding: The current inter- most congested airports: Newark, LaGuardia, the project will open up the west side of the change serves the east Naples area, JFK, and Philadelphia. Even with the current airport for more airside development and im- Golden Gate City and Marco Island, downturn in air travel, these airports remain prove access to the Alliance Intermodal facil- and is the closest interchange from the the most delayed in the system. Almost 83% ity, which has already proven economic east to the City of Naples. The $800,000 of chronically delayed flights begin in New growth benefits to the entire North Texas area. in funding will be utilized for capacity York Air Traffic Control airspace. The system With the advantages of a longer runway at Al- improvements at the Interstate 75/Col- of air corridors around New York and Philadel- liance the nation benefits from this premier lier Boulevard/SR 84 Interchange and phia are currently congested and are due for intermodal industrial facility that can serve the will improve traffic flow in the region. even more traffic in the future. world. f Alliance Air Services is located at 2221 Alli- As seen repeatedly, severe weather adds to ance Boulevard, Suite 100, Fort Worth, TX TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND the problem of an already congested air traffic 761774300. URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE- system. The airspace redesign will improve Project Name: Grade Separated Railroad LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- operations in severe weather. Delay savings Crossing, Town of Northlake, TX—Federal TIONS ACT, 2010 could be as much as $1 million per day. Railroad Administration, Rail line Relocation A 1999 independent aviation study found and Improvement Program—$500,000 SPEECH OF that air traffic congestion nationwide could The Town of Northlake, TX is requesting cost $46 billion to the nation’s economy in these funds to provide grade separation for an HON. JOHN L. MICA east-west crossing of the BNSF railroad for 2010, resulting from a change in travel time of OF FLORIDA public safety, emergency response and re- 3 minutes per flight. This includes costs to air- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES gional mobility. Currently the only grade sepa- Thursday, July 23, 2009 lines, loss of service to people who wish to rated crossings are at SH 114 and US 380, a travel, and over 200,000 lost jobs in aviation distance of fifteen miles. The proposed cross- The House in Committee of the Whole and other industries. House on the State of the Union had under ing would be approximately halfway between consideration the bill (H.R. 3288) making ap- Despite the years of the hard work, the these crossings. The communities of Fort propriations for the Departments of Trans- open and transparent process, adherence to Worth, Justin, DISH and Northlake need an portation, and Housing and Urban Develop- safety, regulatory and environmental require- east-west thoroughfare that is not prone to ment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ments, and the tremendous benefits to the air- flood and not impeded by the steady flow of ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur- freight trains. Trains on this line can block at- poses: space system, the New York/New Jersey/ Philadelphia economies, and the Nation as a grade crossing for up to an hour; crucial min- Mr. MICA. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposi- whole, this amendment would throw it all utes when emergency services are needed. tion to this amendment. away. Town of Northlake, TX is located at 1301 FM The Frelinghuysen Amendment is yet an- 407 Northlake, TX 76247. other example of Congress wrongfully inter- The FAA must be able to redesign outdated Project Name: The Fort Worth Transpor- fering with vital aviation infrastructure projects. airspace configurations rendered inefficient tation Authority, Southwest-to-Northeast Rail It would bring to a screeching halt the years and obsolete by air traffic control moderniza- Corridor—Federal Transit Administration, Pro- of investment, in time, expertise, and money, tion, improvements in aircraft systems, and the gram, Capital Improvement Grants— which the FAA has contributed to this impor- growing demands of the aviation system. $4,000,000 tant airspace redesign project. It is imperative that these decisions be The Fort Worth Transportation Authority The last comprehensive change to the air- (The T) is seeking $4,000,000 in federal fund- made in a manner that is insulated from polit- space in the Northeast occurred in 1987 and ing to develop plans for a rail line in the ical influence. 1988—over twenty years ago. Southwest-to-Northeast Rail Corridor across Since that time, air traffic has grown signifi- This amendment severely undermines Tarrant County. Federal funding of this project cantly, new markets have developed at home FAA’s efforts to reform an inefficient and over- will continue the advancement of affordable and abroad, aircraft are significantly quieter, burdened key component to our national air- mobility for transit users while continuing to re- aircraft performance has improved, and re- space. I urge my colleagues to oppose it. duce traffic congestion and improve air quality.

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 Federal support is crucial to public transit and school. The Tulsa Public Schools Academic erans Association and advocates tirelessly for allows transit authorities across the nation to Center, an alternative education school for Korean War veterans at the State of Con- continue to provide quality public transpor- secondary students, serves students’ aca- necticut Department of Veterans Affairs, Vet- tation services to meet changing needs of demic needs in an environment stressing self erans’ Home in Rocky Hill, which houses transit passengers. discipline and respect. The Tulsa Learning some of the state’s neediest veterans. The Fort Worth Transportation Authority is Academy serves as a drop-out recovery pro- It is with great pride that I join my col- located at 1600 E. Lancaster Avenue, Fort gram for students who need a minimum num- leagues in the House of Representatives in Worth, TX 76102. ber of credits to obtain their diploma and who recognizing the courage and sacrifice of Ko- Project Name: Texas Wesleyan University, may need to work while they attend school. rean War veterans like Mr. Shelmerdine and Rosedale Avenue Redevelopment Initiative PROJECT 2 honoring them by designating July 27 as Na- Building Renovations—Department of Housing Project: University of Oklahoma—College of tional Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. I and Urban Development, Economic Develop- Medicine, Tulsa, OK, for Facilities and Equip- fully support H.R. 2632, The Korean War Vet- ment Initiatives—$250,000 ment erans Recognition Act; and, I commend Chair- The purpose of this initiative is to fully ren- Project Amount: $300,000 man RANGEL for his service, both in the Ko- ovate and revitalize a three-block area in an Account: Health Resources and Services rean War and in the House of Representa- extremely economically devastated area that Administration—Health Facilities and Services tives. surrounds Texas Wesleyan University. Texas Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University f Wesleyan University has developed a com- of Oklahoma College of Medicine prehensive revitalization plan that includes re- HONORING ISABEL P. RUIZ AND Address of Requesting Entity: 4502 E 41st HER LIFE OF SERVICE placing the current buildings on Rosedale Ave- Street, Tulsa, OK 74135 nue in Fort Worth with attractive commercial Description of Request: Funding this project buildings and open spaces that will enhance will help deliver healthcare services to a woe- HON. LOIS CAPPS OF CALIFORNIA the appearance and improve the safety of this fully underserved area. The lack of access to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES three-block and the Texas Wesleyan commu- healthcare has resulted in significantly higher nity. The City of Fort Worth has designated rates of chronic illness and disease and dras- Friday, July 24, 2009 this area of the city as a Neighborhood Em- tically lower life expectancy ranges. Investing Mrs. CAPPS. Madam Speaker, I rise today powerment Zone (NEZ) that signifies the city’s in this clinic will help improve the lives and to honor a true humanitarian. Isabel P. Ruiz desire to encourage rehabilitation and eco- livelihoods of the residents and in turn pro- passed away on July 2, 2009 after a life de- nomic growth. This request is the second mote a healthier workforce and economy in voted to her family and community. She will phase of the Rosedale Plan which calls for the region. be sorely missed by her husband Napoleon, renovation and reconstruction of the historic PROJECT 3 her two children David and Diana, and all who Dillow House, long a part of Texas Wesleyan Project: Oklahoma State University—Center knew her. life through its history as classrooms, housing, for Health Systems, Tulsa, OK, for purchase Isabel came to the United States from Peru, offices, and an alumni center. The University of equipment, including a mobile clinic where she was born and completed her resi- will use this facility as the permanent house Project Amount: $300,000 dency as an OB/GYN. In addition to her role for its Business Incubation Center sponsored Account: Health Resources and Services as a mother and wife, Isabel served as direc- and supported by its School of Business, and Administration—Health Facilities and Services tor of EOC Health Services, clinic manager of also as a meeting place for alumni and com- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma Community Health Centers, social worker for munity. Additional funding will be used for stu- State University Center for Health Sciences the San Luis Obispo County Health Depart- dent housing to be built along Rosedale, Address of Requesting Entity: 1111 West ment and board member of French Hospital which will provide much needed housing for 17th Street, Tulsa, OK 74107. Medical Center, the American Cancer Society, students and their families. Funding will also Description of Request: This project will the Latino Outreach Council and the Oceano be used to create green spaces that will pro- achieve two goals: (1) expand and enhance Community Center. vide parks for the community and the Univer- the OSU Center for Health Science’s health Throughout her exemplary career, she de- sity. veloped a local medical clinic, established sex Texas Wesleyan University (TWU) is lo- information technology system, including its telemedicine and distance learning as well as education and senior health screening pro- cated at 1201 Wesleyan Street, Fort Worth, grams, started free mammogram programs for TX 76105. electronic medical records network, and (2) bring diagnostic and medical services to geo- uninsured women and organized community f graphic regions in Oklahoma where even tele- health fairs in San Luis Obispo County. EARMARK DECLARATION medicine is not yet feasible or reasonably lo- Her name lives on in the Isabel P. Ruiz Hu- cated by use of a mobile clinic. The mobile manitarian Award, designed to recognize clinics will be available to provide medical ‘‘. . . demonstrated selfless desire to help oth- HON. JOHN SULLIVAN ers, community leadership in the county, OF OKLAHOMA services in response to natural or manmade disasters. steady ongoing advocacy to create change IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and an ability to influence others to create Friday, July 24, 2009 f change.’’ Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam Speaker, consistent KOREAN WAR VETERANS Serving tireless community advocates like with House Republican Earmark Standards, I RECOGNITION ACT Isabel in Congress is a great honor. My am submitting the following earmark disclo- thoughts and prayers go out to her family and sure and certification information for three SPEECH OF friends during this difficult time. project funding requests that I made and were HON. JOHN B. LARSON f included within the text of H.R. 3298—Depart- OF CONNECTICUT JULY 25, 1995 MASSACRE IN ZEPA, ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BOSNIA and Education, and Related Agencies Appro- priations Act, 2010. Monday, July 20, 2009 HON. ANDRE´ CARSON PROJECT 1 Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, OF INDIANA today, I am proud to recognize the past and Project: Tulsa Academic Center IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Project Amount: $350,000 present service of one of my constituents, Mr. Account: Elementary & Secondary Edu- James W. Shelmerdine, Jr., who served with Friday, July 24, 2009 cation great honor during the Korean War and con- Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Madam Speaker, Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Tulsa tinues to serve on behalf of Korean War vet- tomorrow, the international community will Public Schools erans in the State of Connecticut. remember a tragic day in the genocide Address of Requesting Entity: 3027 South Mr. Shelmerdine deserves our recognition that ravaged Bosnia and Herzegovina New Haven Ave., Tulsa, OK 74114. not only for his service to our country in between 1992 and 1995. For over three Description of Request: Tulsa Public Korea, but also for his leadership and vol- years, the town of Zepa, Bosnia re- Schools are twelfth in the nation in the highest unteerism after the war. Mr. Shelmerdine com- mained under siege by the Republika Srpska, percentage of students dropping out of high mands a local chapter of the Korean War Vet- despite being named a safe haven for

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE July 24, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2005 Bosnians by the United Nations Security aging infrastructure. Our transportation infra- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Council. structure provides the means to move goods Hopewell, Virginia Over this period, innocent Zepa residents and products; making it essential to the health Address of Requesting Entity: 300 N. Main lived under constant threat, both of the near of our larger economy as well as to the safety Street, Hopewell, Virginia 23860 USA constant artillery fire and from the rampant of every American traveler. H.R. 3288 pro- Description of Request: Provides $257,000 starvation and disease that arose from squalid vides $41.1 billion to improve and repair our to consolidate multiple city social services living conditions. Thousands lost their lives nation’s highways, increases funding for the agencies into one building to reduce costs. and countless others were injured during the next generation of high speed rail, and in- Requesting Member: Congressman J. three year siege until finally, on July 25, 1995, cludes $3.5 billion for airport modernization RANDY FORBES the town fell to paramilitary forces and the re- and safety grants and $2.9 billion to mod- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 maining residents were killed or forcefully ex- ernize the Federal Aviation Administration’s air Account: Substance Abuse and Mental pelled from their homes. traffic control system. Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)— On this heartbreaking anniversary, it is clear H.R. 3288 also provides critical funding in Substance Abuse Treatment that atrocities and genocide should never be the housing sector and invests in local com- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Chester- permitted to continue unfettered. In remem- munities, including those in rural America. field County, Virginia bering the innocent victims of Zepa, I believe Under this bill, there are more housing re- Address of Requesting Entity: 9901 Lori that the United States, together with the sources available for low income families, vet- Road, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832 USA United Nations and our allies around the erans, the elderly, and disabled individuals, in- Description of Request: Provides $143,000 world, must reaffirm its commitment to cease- cluding capital, operating funds, and coun- to support the Dual Treatment Track (DTT), lessly pursue the perpetrators of these terrible seling services. This bill also increases fund- which is a pretrial diversion program for non- war crimes. The international community must ing for Community Development Block Grants, violent defendants that suffer from both a come together to not only remember the inno- HOPE VI grants, and brownfields redevelop- mental illness and substance abuse addiction cent victims of this massacre, but to also re- ment. (federally defined as a vulnerable population). double its pursuit of lasting peace and security This appropriations bill fully funds our most The program uses ‘‘best practice’’ models to in some of the world’s most volatile regions. important transportation and housing priorities. divert individuals from the local jail who are of I support H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing f minimal threat to the community, yet in serious and Urban Development, and Related Agen- need of both substance abuse and mental PERSONAL EXPLANATION cies Appropriations Act, 2010 and I urge my health services. The DTT program provides colleagues to join me in voting for its passage. benefits for everyone involved in the criminal HON. DAVID G. REICHERT f justice and mental health systems. It reduces OF WASHINGTON EARMARK DECLARATION the burden of specialized care that the jail is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES forced to provide. It gives the court a new tool Friday, July 24, 2009 HON. J. RANDY FORBES in dealing with a population that is traditionally difficult to effectively sentence. Mr. REICHERT. On Thursday, July 23, OF VIRGINIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Requesting Member: Congressman J. 2009, I intended to vote ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall vote RANDY FORBES No. 616 to enable the resolution to be consid- Friday, July 24, 2009 Bill Number: H.R. 3293 ered on the House floor. Mr. FORBES. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Account: Employment and Training Adminis- f the Republican Leadership standards on ear- tration (ETA)—Training & Employment Serv- TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND marks, I am submitting the following informa- ices (TES) tion regarding earmarks I received as part of URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of H.R. 3293, the Labor, Health and Human LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA- Chesapeake, Virginia Services, Education and Related Agencies Ap- TIONS ACT, 2010 Address of Requesting Entity: 306 Cedar propriations Act, 2010. Road, Chesapeake, Virginia 23322 USA SPEECH OF Requesting Member: Congressman J. Description of Request: Provides $250,000 RANDY FORBES to create a community service model for in- HON. BOB ETHERIDGE Bill Number: H.R. 3293 creasing citizen accessibility to workforce Account: Health Resources and Services OF NORTH CAROLINA training and education resources. This initia- Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tive would form a partnership with Chesa- Services Thursday, July 23, 2009 Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Children’s peake Library, Economic Development, and The House in Committee of the Whole Hospital of The King’s Daughters Health Sys- Social Services, Tidewater Community Col- House on the State of the Union had under tem lege, Opportunity, Inc., and Chesapeake Adult consideration the bill (H.R. 3288) making ap- Address of Requesting Entity: 500 Dis- Continuing Education to provide training and propriations for the Departments of Trans- covery Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320 education resources to citizens in an effort to portation, and Housing and Urban Develop- USA help them secure employment. ment, and related agencies for the fiscal year Description of Request: Provides $200,000 f ending September 30, 2010, and for other pur- to assist in the building of a centralized multi- poses: PERSONAL EXPLANATION specialty children’s health center in the Nor- Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Chair, I rise in support folk, Virginia area. Children’s Hospital of The of H.R. 3288, Transportation, Housing and King’s Daughters Health System (CHKD) is HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY Urban Development, and Related Agencies the only freestanding children’s hospital in the OF NEW YORK Appropriations Act, 2010. Commonwealth and the region’s sole source IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This bill makes investments to improve of exclusively pediatric inpatient and outpatient Friday, July 24, 2009 transportation, housing, and critical national in- care. As such, it furthers HRSA’s mission of frastructure, and, at least as critically, it is a promoting access to vital health services. The Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York. Madam jobs bill. H.R. 3288 builds on the work of the current, scattered CHKD locations create ac- Speaker, yesterday, I missed 22 votes. Had I American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to cess concerns due to the fragmentation of the been present, I would have voted as follows. create jobs and bolster our flagging economy. services. CHKD will build a permanent home Rollcall No. 616, on the Motion to Table Ap- Unemployment rates across the country are in Chesapeake to house outpatient services, peal of the Ruling of the Chair, I would have reaching record highs, with my state of North and the center will serve the growing pediatric voted ‘‘yea.’’ Carolina at an average of 11.1 percent. New population and expansive geography that are Rollcall No. 617, on Agreeing to the Resolu- construction and renovation in transportation the hallmarks of the region. tion H. Res. 669, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ infrastructure and housing initiatives can pro- Requesting Member: Congressman J. Rollcall No. 618, on the Motion to Suspend vide thousands of desperately needed jobs. RANDY FORBES the Rules and Agree to H. Res. 566, I would Every $1 billion of federal investments in high- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 have voted ‘‘yea.’’ ways creates an estimated 34,800 jobs. Account: Health Resources and Services Rollcall No. 619, on the Motion to Suspend This bill provides a substantial increase in Administration (HRSA)—Health Facilities and the Rules and Agree to H. Res. 350, I would funding to repair and expand our Nation’s Services have voted ‘‘yea.’’

VerDate Nov 24 2008 03:02 Sep 28, 2009 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\RECORD09\RECFILES\E24JY9.REC E24JY9 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE E2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 24, 2009 Rollcall No. 620, on Agreeing to the and administered back blows which dislodged Requesting Entity: Newton Memorial Hos- Hensarling Amendment to H.R. 3288, I would the food that was preventing her classmate pital, 175 High Street, Newton, NJ 07860 have voted ‘‘No.’’ from breathing. The skills that Ms. Nies Description of the Project: Funds will be Rollcall No. 621, on Agreeing to the Latham learned from her American Red Cross Health used to construct a five-story Tower on the Amendment to H.R. 3288, I would have voted and Safety Services course helped to save Hospital’s main campus to enable the hospital ‘‘No.’’ her classmate’s life. to better accommodate the community, which Rollcall No. 622, on Agreeing to the Freling- For her efforts in saving another’s life, Ms. has grown beyond what the current hospital’s huysen Amendment to H.R. 3288, I would Nies has been awarded the highest award facilities can provide have voted ‘‘No.’’ given by the American Red Cross, the Certifi- Description of the Spending Plan: Rollcall No. 623, on Agreeing to the cate of Merit. ($300,000) $300,000 is for planning (environ- Blackburn Amendment to H.R. 3288, I would In addition to teaching Ms. Nies, the Amer- mental incl.) and design have voted ‘‘No.’’ ican Red Cross has taught countless numbers f Rollcall No. 624, on Agreeing to the Jordan of individuals valuable skills so that more lives EARMARK DECLARATION Amendment to H.R. 3288, I would have voted can be saved. Since 1911, the American Red ‘‘No.’’ Cross has presented the Certificate of Merit Rollcall No. 625, on Agreeing to the over 12,000 times, to those who have saved HON. JERRY MORAN Neugebauer Amendment to H.R. 3288, I or sustained a life. OF KANSAS would have voted ‘‘No.’’ Madam Speaker, I conclude my remarks by IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rollcall No. 626, on Agreeing to the Steams commending Ms. Lindsey Nies for her efforts Friday, July 24, 2009 in saving another’s life and the American Red Amendment to H.R. 3288, I would have voted Mr. MORAN of Kansas. Madam Speaker, Cross for teaching Ms. Nies, and many others, ‘‘No.’’ pursuant to the Republican Leadership stand- invaluable life-saving skills. Rollcall No. 627, on Agreeing to the Flake ards on earmarks, I am submitting the fol- f Amendment #1 to H.R. 3288, I would have lowing information for publication in the CON- voted ‘‘No.’’ EARMARK DECLARATION GRESSIONAL RECORD regarding earmarks I re- Rollcall No. 628, on Agreeing to the Flake ceived as part of H.R. 3293, Department of Amendment #4 to H.R. 3288, I would have HON. SCOTT GARRETT Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- voted ‘‘No.’’ cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Rollcall No. 629, on Agreeing to the Flake OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Act, 2010. Amendment #7 to H.R. 3288, I would have Requesting Member: Congressman JERRY Friday, July 24, 2009 voted ‘‘No.’’ MORAN Rollcall No. 630, on Agreeing to the Flake Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Madam Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Amendment #8 to H.R. 3288, I would have Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- Agency/Account: Department of Education, voted ‘‘No.’’ ship standards on earmarks, I am submitting Higher Education (FIPSE) Rollcall No. 631, on Agreeing to the Flake the following information regarding earmarks I Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Fort Hays Amendment #9 to H.R. 3288, I would have received as part of H.R. 3293, FY 2010 Labor- State University voted ‘‘No.’’ HHS Appropriations Act, 2010: Address of Requesting Entity: 600 Park Rollcall No. 632, on Agreeing to the Flake Project Name: Health Education and Profes- Street, Hays, KS 67601 Amendment #10 to H.R. 3288, I would have sional Development Center, NJ Description of Project: I have secured voted ‘‘No.’’ Requesting Member: SCOTT GARRETT $250,000 for Fort Hays State University Equip- Rollcall No. 633, on Agreeing to the Flake Bill Number: H.R. 3293, FY 2010 Labor- ment Project. The funding has four compo- Amendment #11 to H.R. 3288, I would have HHS Appropriations Act, 2010 nents. The first is for biotechnology equipment voted ‘‘No.’’ Account: Health Resources and Services that will significantly enhance the training of Rollcall No. 634, on Agreeing to the Administration, Health Care-Related Facilities undergraduate nursing students and other Hensarling Amendment #3 to H.R. 3288, I and Activities healthcare providers in rural Kansas. The sec- would have voted ‘‘No.’’ Requesting Entity: Warren County Commu- ond part is for computerized simulators which Rollcall No. 635, on Agreeing to the nity College Foundation, 475 Route 57 West, have become a significant learning tool in Hensarling Amendment #4 to H.R. 3288, I Washington, NJ 07882 nursing programs as they have expanded to would have voted ‘‘No.’’ Description of the Project: Funds will be meet the needs of the current shortage. Physi- Rollcall No. 636, on the Motion to Recommit used to provide jobs and classroom facilities ology equipment will be purchased to enhance with Instructions to H.R. 3288, I would have for associate degree programs in health the training in physiology and clinical voted ‘‘No.’’ sciences and to support nurse graduates cardiopulmonary evaluation. Finally, the last Description of the Spending Plan: Rollcall No. 637, on Passage of H.R. 3288, part of the request is for equipment to mount ($350,000) $350,000 is for the construction of I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ a special video classroom for long-distance a new Health Education Center and to expand f learning. I certify that neither I nor my spouse a parking lot to accommodate student parking has any financial interest in this project. IN RECOGNITION OF MS. LINDSEY Project Name: Aging-in-Place in Northern Requesting Member: Congressman JERRY NIES AND THE AMERICAN RED New Jersey MORAN CROSS Requesting Member: SCOTT GARRETT Bill Number: H.R. 3293, FY 2010 Labor- Bill Number: H.R. 3293 Agency/Account: Department of Education, HHS Appropriations Act, 2010 HON. JOHN P. MURTHA Account: Administration on Aging, Title IV Higher Education (FIPSE) OF PENNSYLVANIA Requesting Entity: UJA Federation of North- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Hutch- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ern New Jersey, 50 Eisenhower Drive, inson Community College Address of Requesting Entity: 1300 N. Plum Friday, July 24, 2009 Paramus, NJ 07652 Description of the Project: Funds will be St., Hutchinson, KS 67501 Mr. MURTHA. Madam Speaker, I rise today used to enable older adults to safely and se- Description of Project: I have secured in honor of Ms. Lindsey Nies of Leechburg, curely age in place and remain independent $250,000 for Hutchinson Community College Pennsylvania and of the American Red Cross Description of the Spending Plan: Equipment and Technology Project. In March for their work in teaching emergency pre- ($200,000) $200,000 is for Congregational of 2008 Hutchinson Community College broke paredness and life-saving skills. Nursing & Social Worker programs and In ground on an expansion and renovation of its On January 14, 2009, Ms. Nies helped save Home Services 40-year old science building into a Physical the life of her choking classmate. While eating Project Name: Newton Memorial Hospital and Biotechnology Science Center. Donations lunch in their school cafeteria, Ms. Nies no- Tower Planning and Design, NJ from private donors and state and local public ticed that her classmate began to cough and Requesting Member: SCOTT GARRETT sources will pay for the necessary remodeling could not breathe. When Ms. Nies asked if Bill Number: H.R. 3293, FY 2010 Labor- and facility expansion which is scheduled to she was okay, she could only respond by HHS Appropriations Act, 2010 be completed around March 2010. Funding grabbing at her throat while tears were Account: Health Resources and Services will be used to equip the building with required streaming down her face. While other students Administration (HRSA), Health Facilities Con- safety, communication, and technical equip- went to seek help, Ms. Nies remained calm struction and Equipment ment and furnishings appropriate to learning

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In 1997, Lauderdale was recognized by Agency/Account: Department of Health and Friday, July 24, 2009 Human Services, Administration on Aging WCCO as the most livable community in the Mr. ORTIZ. Madam Speaker, I rise today to state of Minnesota. Since its incorporation 60 (AOA) recognize the dedication of Hicks Elementary years ago, the City has grown from a tiny, in- Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mosaic- School named after Gloria Hicks, a longtime dustrial area to a lively suburban community Garden City community activist who is known to read to with strong neighborhoods, prosperous busi- Address of Requesting Entity: 2708 N. 11th children, collect clothing for students in need nesses and with the perks of small-town living St., Garden City, KS 67846 and raise money for educational-related pur- in a thriving metropolitan area. poses. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to submit Description of Project: I have secured Recently, the Corpus Christi Independent this statement for the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD $350,000 for the Legacy Senior Services Pro- School District named one of their newest ele- recognizing the 60th Anniversary of Lauder- gram. Mosaic’s ‘‘Legacy Senior Services’’ is a mentary schools after Ms. Hicks, who has dale, Minnesota in honor of the vibrant history, new model of service that will be provided in been a pillar in the field of education in and dynamic present and bright future of this city. Garden City, Kansas, which will support ap- around the Coastal Bend area for many years. I wish residents all the best during the events proximately 40 seniors per day (age 55+), five Ms. Hicks has raised more than $60,000 for celebrating this special occasion. days a week, who either have intellectual and the Corpus Christi Independent School Dis- f trict. These funds have gone for the purchase developmental disabilities (I/DD) or who have TRIBUTE TO EDDIE BALL Alzheimer’s disease. Seniors in these two of new computers, a golf cart, T-shirts, land- groups have similar needs and can greatly scaping work, and math software for student with disabilities at Miller High School—to HON. LYNN A. WESTMORELAND benefit from similar services. name a few of the many deeds she has ac- OF GEORGIA Funding for Mosaic’s ‘‘Legacy Senior Serv- complished. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ices’’ will be used to help staff and provide a Ms. Hicks was also a key person in volun- Friday, July 24, 2009 structured environment where seniors with I/ teering and organizing the $192 million No- DD and those with Alzheimer’s have opportu- vember school bond, which passed in great Mr. WESTMORELAND. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Eddie Ball, who re- nities to engage in socialization and other part due to her help. tired as the director of the Emergency Man- meaningful activities that are appropriate for Today, I ask that my colleagues join me in agement Agency of Coweta County, GA, in each person’s plan for support. These serv- commemorating the dedication of Hicks Ele- mentary School, which promises to teach gen- September 2008 after nearly 20 years of serv- ices will allow family members to receive res- erations of children the value of an education ice. pite from their day-to-day caregiving activities, through Ms. Hick’s vision, compassion and Mr. Ball shepherded the county’s emer- thus reducing the likelihood of ‘‘burnout’’ that dedication to learning. gency response agency through an important many caregivers experience while also de- f time of growth and progress. He oversaw im- creasing the need for more expensive nursing plementation of the county’s 911 operating home placement. I certify that neither I nor my THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE system, and he managed the day-to-day spouse has any financial interest in this CITY OF LAUDERDALE, MIN- emergency response network. During his ten- project. NESOTA ure, 911 calls in the county increased from less than 33,000 per year to more than Requesting Member: Congressman JERRY 100,000 per year. MORAN HON. BETTY McCOLLUM OF MINNESOTA As leader of the agency, Mr. Ball served on Bill Number: H.R. 3293 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the front lines of saving lives and treasure. His agency provided the most basic and most im- Agency/Account: Department of Health and Friday, July 24, 2009 Human Services, HRSA portant government service: keeping people Ms. MCCOLLUM. Madam Speaker, today I safe. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University rise to honor Lauderdale, Minnesota and its On occasion, the call to service would bor- of Kansas more than 2,300 residents on the occasion of der on the bizarre. According to a 2006 article Address of Requesting Entity: 2385 Irving the 60th anniversary of the city. Residents of in the Newnan Times-Herald, Mr. Ball some- Hill Rd., Lawrence, KS 66405 Lauderdale are proud to call Lauderdale times had to respond to Bigfoot sightings. He’s home, because of its livability and strong even credited with coining the name ‘‘Belt Description of Project: I have secured neighborhood connections. Road Booger’’ after residents deluged county $1,500,000 for the University of Kansas Can- The history of Lauderdale began when the officials with reports of a large, hairy, two- cer Research Facilities and Equipment. Fund- Walsh family first settled the area in 1855. legged critter roaming the Belt Road area on ing will be used for facilities and equipment Shortly after Minnesota became a state in the west side of Newnan. (Mr. Ball theorized needs for cancer research in Wahl/Hixon Re- 1858, the area now known as Lauderdale was the ‘‘Booger’’ was actually a local, eccentric, search Complex at the KU Medical Center. To included in the newly organized Rose Town- now-deceased man who roamed the road- achieve the goal of National Cancer Institute ship. This farmland became home to one of side.) designation, the University of Kansas Cancer the first businesses founded by Swedish immi- For his dedication to solving problems that Center must attract 19 new basic, grant Nels Olson, Rose Hill Nursery, which ranged from the normal to the paranormal, Mr. translational, and clinical cancer researchers grew to be one of the largest in the state. To- Ball was recognized this year by the Georgia by 2011. These scholar recruits will only come ward the end of the century, Lauderdale saw General Assembly, which noted his ‘‘signifi- to the University of Kansas Cancer Center if an increase of settlers, who were drawn to cant organizational and leadership talents, his state-of-the-art research facilities and equip- Lauderdale because it provided easy access remarkable patience and diplomacy, his keen to both downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis sense of vision, and his sensitivity to the ment are available on the Medical Center via the Como Interurban street car line. needs of the citizens.’’ campus in Kansas City and the Drug Dis- On January 21, 1949, with a population of I ask my colleagues in the House to join me covery campus in Lawrence. Currently, the approximately 1,500, area residents voted to in saluting Eddie Ball, the longest serving Cancer Center plans to renovate 170,000 incorporate 270 acres as the Village of Lau- Emergency Management Agency director in square feet and construct 98,200 square feet derdale, named after landowner William H. the history of Coweta County. On behalf of the of laboratory space for cancer researchers. I Lauderdale. Over the next decade, Lauderdale people of Georgia’s Third Congressional Dis- certify that neither I nor my spouse has any fi- continued to grow and develop. On February trict, I thank him for his service and I wish him nancial interest in this project. 15, 1954, Lauderdale annexed land between health and happiness in his retirement.

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EARMARK DECLARATION ship standards on earmarks, I am submitting Requesting Member: Congressman GARY the following information regarding earmarks I G. MILLER HON. JOE BARTON received as part of the FY 2010 Transpor- Bill Number: H.R. 3288 OF TEXAS tation and Housing and Urban Development Account: Economic Development Initiative IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Appropriations Bill. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: National Friday, July 24, 2009 Requesting Member: Congressman GARY G. MILLER Community Renaissance Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Address of Requesting Entity: 9065 Haven rise today to submit documentation consistent Account: FTA, Buses and Bus Facilities Avenue, Suite 100, Rancho Cucamonga, Cali- with the Republican Earmark Standards. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of fornia 91730 Requesting Member: Congressman JOE Anaheim Funding Secured: $1,000,000 BARTON Address of Requesting Entity: 200 South Bill Number: H.R. 3293—Departments of Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, California Description of Request: National Community Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu- 92805 Renaissance is one of the largest nonprofit af- cation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Funding Secured: $725,000 fordable housing development corporations in Bill Description of Request: The Anaheim Re- the United States. It manages the develop- Account: HRSA—Health Facilities and Serv- ment and preservation of high quality afford- ices gional Transportation Intermodal Center Legal Name of Receiving Entity: The Uni- (ARTIC) will be the premier regional able housing throughout the country, including versity of Texas at Arlington multimodal transportation hub in Orange development of new affordable housing, pres- Address of Receiving Entity: 701 South County, located on a 16-acre site in the City ervation of existing affordable housing at risk Nedderman Drive, 346 Davis Hall, Arlington, of Anaheim, strategically situated along the of going to market rate, and full service con- TX 76019 Los Angeles to San Diego (LOSSAN) rail line, struction management with expertise in multi- Description of Request: I have secured bounded by State Route 57, and in close family and mixed use development. This com- $650,000 in funding to be used for acquisition proximity to the Interstate 5 freeway. The munity opportunity program has been abso- of equipment to support new multidisciplinary ARTIC will establish both physical and func- lutely invaluable in helping to provide afford- collaborative research and development activi- tional linkage to provide seamless access be- able housing for more American families and ties in support of improving preventative in- tween all transit modes. The ARTIC is needed in promoting increased homeownership in the home healthcare for the aging (Smart Care). It to accommodate the travel needs of 45 million United States. For every dollar of public fund- would also be used for construction and the visitors and will strategically facilitate bus rapid ing, National Community Renaissance purchase of capital equipment for the biointer- transit service, proposed California High leverages nine dollars of private funds to sup- face engineering project. Speed Rail alignment, as well as the Anaheim port its goals of affordable housing. Over the f to Ontario International Airport segment of the past several years, Congress has continually California-Nevada Interstate super speed rail supported National Community Renaissance’s RECOGNIZING GWENN WALDMAN project. The project will also expand existing program of acquisition, rehabilitation, and transportation infrastructure for Amtrak inter- preservation of at-risk affordable housing by HON. MIKE QUIGLEY city rail, Metrolink commuter rail, fixed-route appropriating funds from the Self-Help and As- OF ILLINOIS and express bus services, taxi and Anaheim sisted Homeownership Opportunity Program IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Resort shuttles, as well as private transpor- account. Federal funding would be used for Friday, July 24, 2009 tation providers such as Greyhound. The City the acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation Mr. QUIGLEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today of Anaheim is completing this project in con- of at-risk affordable housing. in recognition of Art Therapy Connection, a junction with the Orange County Transpor- Requesting Member: Congressman GARY not-for-profit that has empowered hundreds of tation Authority and once complete, will act as G. MILLER an integral hub serving millions of travelers in struggling students in the Chicago public Bill Number: H.R. 3288 school system. and out of the Southern California region. Art Therapy Connection teaches students to Requesting Member: Congressman GARY Account: Economic Development Initiative deal with negative emotions and hardship G. MILLER Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Hillview through the use of creative outlets, which have Bill Number: H.R. 3288 Acres Children’s Home consistently rendered them better behaved, Account: FTA, Capital Investment Grants Address of Requesting Entity: 3683 Chino more focused and more successful in school. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Avenue, Chino, California 91710 Art therapy helps raise children’s self-esteem Omnitrans by encouraging self-expression and providing Address of Requesting Entity: 1700 West Funding Secured: $250,000 them the opportunity to work through their be- 5th Street, San Bernardino, California 92411 Description of Request: Established in 1929, havioral and social problems in a fun, moti- Funding Secured: $32,370,000 Hillview Acres Children’s Home cares for se- vating way. In addition, Art Therapy Connec- Description of Request: The introduction of verely abused and neglected children through- tion brings art to schools that have cut it from premium transit modes and services in the out the greater Los Angeles area. Using four the curriculum through the Visiting Artist Pro- San Bernardino Valley corridors in the future cottages that house no more than nine chil- gram that connects students to artists in the will allow Omnitrans to achieve better market dren each, Hillview provides 24-hour residen- community. penetration, while being able to positively influ- tial and mental health treatment services for Art Therapy Connection has grown each ence the livability of communities in its service abused boys and girls ages six through eight- year, reaching out weekly to over 150 stu- area. The faster, more direct transit service of een. The Home’s main activities include com- dents at five different grade schools and high Bus Rapid System (BRT) has proven bene- plete assessment services and psychiatric schools in the 2008–2009 school year and is ficial to many communities around the country. care, a state-certified nonpublic school, a still expanding. I would like to honor Art Ther- Therefore the study has selected the following Family Reunification Program, and a home for apy Connection for working tirelessly to make seven major transit corridors within the pregnant teens and teenage mothers. One of art therapy available to as many students as Omnitrans service area: (1) E Street; (1a) E the biggest challenges Hillview faces today, possible. The program has proven to be an in- Street Extension; (2) Foothill Boulevard East; however, is its aging physical plant. Built with valuable resource for children in the Chicago (3) Foothill Boulevard West; (4) Mountain/Eu- volunteer labor over forty years ago, the phys- public school system. clid Avenues; (5) San Bernardino Avenue; (6) ical appearance of the campus no longer mir- f Holt Avenue/4th Street; and (7) Grand/Edison rors the services provided. The renewal of the EARMARK DECLARATION Avenues. These seven corridors, two north/ campus is vital to showing the children they south and five east/west, cover much of the are worthy of a safe and caring home. Hillview developed land within the service area and Acres has benefited from congressional sup- HON. GARY G. MILLER form a grid which will allow direct transfers be- port in previous fiscal years and continued OF CALIFORNIA tween lines if an entire system of fast premium federal funding of this public-private partner- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES services is implemented by Omnitrans. ship is necessary, however, to allow Hillview Friday, July 24, 2009 Omnitrans is currently moving forward with the to uphold its mission in receiving, treating, and Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Madam E Street Corridor, and a plan is needed for the caring for thousands of severely abused and Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leader- remaining corridors. neglected children.

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Madam Speaker, I am of groups interested in voting and civil rights, Wednesday, July 22, 2009 pleased to introduce the Democracy Restora- including the NAACP, ACLU, the National Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, tion Act of 2009. This legislation will serve to Council of Churches (National and Wash- I would like to begin by thanking Congress- clarify and expand voting rights, as well as as- ington Office), the National Urban League, the man JOHN SHIMKUS, for introducing this legis- sist former felons with their reintegration into Human Rights Watch and the Lawyers Com- lation. I would like to congratulate the people our democracy. mittee for Civil Rights, among many others. of the Republic of Lithuania on the 1000th an- The Sentencing Project reports that, since niversary of Lithuania. Lithuania, a full and re- 1997, 19 states have amended felony dis- The practice of many states denying voting sponsible member of the United Nations, the enfranchisement policies in an effort to reduce rights to former felons represents a vestige Organization for Security and Cooperation in their restrictiveness and expand voter eligi- from a time when suffrage was denied to Europe, the European Union, and the North bility. These reforms have resulted in more whole classes of our population based on Atlantic Treaty Organization, has proved resil- than 760,00 citizens regaining their voting race, gender, religion, national origin, and ient in overcoming many obstacles and has rights. Yet, despite these reforms, an esti- property. Ex-felons who have been lawfully re- achieved many great accomplishments: Lith- mated 5 million people continue to be ineli- leased from prisons have paid their debts to uania founded Vilnius University in 1579; in gible to vote in Federal elections, including society. To continue denying them the ability 1990, the Republic of Lithuania was restored nearly 4 million who reside in the 35 states to reclaim rights as citizens resurrects historic and Lithuania became the first Soviet republic that still prohibit some combination of persons unenlightened practices of our society. Ulti- to declare independence; in 1918, Act of Inde- on probation, parole, and/or people who have mately, I believe that we fail not only ex-of- pendence of Lithuania led to the establishment completed their sentence from voting. fenders by denying them the right to vote, but of Lithuania as a sovereign and democratic I believe that there are three grave discrep- state; in 2007, the United States Government the rest of a society that has struggled ancies in State laws regarding felony convic- and the Government of Lithuania celebrated tions that lead to unfairness in Federal elec- throughout its history to be legitimate and in- 85 years of continuous diplomatic relations. tions. First, there is no uniform standard for clusive. Just like poll taxes and literacy tests, I commend Lithuania for successfully devel- voting in Federal elections, which leads to an it is long past time that these restrictions be oping into a free and democratic country, with egregious disparity and unequal participation relegated to unenlightened history. a free market economy and respect for and in Federal elections based solely on where a adherence to a rule of law. The U.S. wel- person lives. Second, laws governing the res- f comes and appreciates efforts by the Govern- toration of voting rights after a felony convic- ment of Lithuania to maintain international tion are unequal throughout the country and EARMARK DECLARATION peace and stability in Europe and around the persons in some States can easily regain their world by contributing to international civilian voting rights while in other States persons ef- and military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, fectively lose their right to vote permanently. HON. AARON SCHOCK Bosnia, Kosovo, and Georgia. Since 2005, Third, State disenfranchisement laws dis- OF ILLINOIS Lithuania has been leading a Provincial Re- proportionately impact ethnic minorities, thus construction Team (PRT) of Ghor Province in adversely infringing upon citizens of these IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Afghanistan. They have worked to help Af- communities constitutional right to vote. Friday, July 24, 2009 ghanistan become a secure, democratic and These concerns about ex-offender dis- self-sufficient state. Lithuania has been dedi- enfranchisement are not rhetorical. In the past Mr. SCHOCK. Madam Speaker, in accord- cated to the success of the UN-mandated two election cycles, flawed voter purges have ance with the Republican adopted standards ISAF operation and to working with the inter- deprived thousands of legitimate voters of on earmarks, I submit the below detailed ex- national community in Afghanistan motivates their rights. For example, an erroneous inter- planation of the Oak Ridge Cemetery Infra- our involvement. pretation of state law by the Ohio Secretary of structure Improvements, Springfield, Illinois. The vast Lithuanian community in the State deprived thousands of ex-felons in that United States has preserved its spiritual, cul- state of even the right to register. Only Fed- Bill Number: H.R. 3288, Transportation, tural and family ties with their historical moth- eral law can conclusively resolve the ambigu- Housing and Urban Development, and Related erland during the long years of living over- ities in this area plaguing our voting system. Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 seas, which translated into active cultural and Like the States, Congress has recognized Provisions/Account: Department of Housing business cooperation between Lithuania and the need to address the barriers to full citizen- and Urban Development, Economic Develop- the United States. The activities of Lithuanian ship faced by ex-offenders. Last Congress, ment Initiatives Americans have greatly contributed to the res- President Bush signed the Second Chance toration of Lithuania’s independence and to Act into law, signaling a greater awareness of Name and Address of Requesting Entity: the membership of Lithuania in NATO. Today the need to implement policies to aid the re- The entity to receive funding for this project is their active participation greatly adds to the integration of our ex-felon community. This the City of Springfield and Oak Ridge Ceme- promotion of Lithuania’s foreign policy goals voting legislation is the next step in restoring tery, located at 1440 Monument Avenue, and the strengthening of cooperation between the ex-felon community to full citizenship. De- Springfield, IL, 62702. Lithuania and the U.S. As a senior member of nying voting rights to ex-offenders robs them Description of Request: Oak Ridge Ceme- the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I recog- of the opportunity to fully participate and con- tery is the largest cemetery in Illinois, the rest- nize firsthand the importance of Lithuania’s tribute to their society. Disenfranchisement ing place of President Abraham Lincoln and is global foreign policy efforts, and they are to be laws isolate and alienate ex-offenders, and the nation’s second most visited cemetery with commended. have been shown to serve as one more obsta- The Lithuanian American Community, Inc., up to 40,000 visitors a day using private vehi- cle in their attempt to successfully reintegrate (LAC) is the network that keeps Lithuanians cles and mass transit buses. The roads used into society. Moreover, these obstacles ad- connected in the U.S. They have 60 chapters versely impact the voting participation of their were paved and guttered over 100 years ago in 27 states and the District of Columbia. The families, further undermining the effectiveness and now are in dire need of resurfacing. Oak Houston, Texas chapter is an active and vi- of our voting system. Ridge Cemetery is self supporting and typi- brant group, and they remain engaged in the This legislation is a narrowly crafted effort to cally requires no tax dollars from the federal, community and strive to educate their fellow expand voting rights for ex-felons, while pro- state, or local level. In a typical year, Oak Houstonians on the rich culture of Lithuania. tecting State prerogatives to generally estab- Ridge receives over 3 million visitors; how- Lithuanian American community maintains lish voting qualifications. This legislation would ever, with the Lincoln Bicentennial this year, regular contacts with the Lithuanian Embassy only apply to persons who have been released visitation is expected to have a large increase. and other Lithuanian Government institutions.

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HIGHLIGHTS The House passed H.R. 3293, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. Senate Korean War Veterans Recognition Act: Senate Chamber Action passed H.R. 2632, to amend title 4, United States Routine Proceedings, pages S8067–S8102 Code, to encourage the display of the flag of the Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolu- United States on National Korean War Veterans Ar- tions were introduced, as follows: S. 1513–1517, S. mistice Day, clearing the measure for the President. Res. 223–224, and S. Con. Res. 35. Page S8094 Page S8101 Measures Reported: Small Business Act and the Small Business In- S. 252, to amend title 38, United States Code, to vestment Act: Senate passed S. 1513, to provide for enhance the capacity of the Department of Veterans an additional temporary extension of programs under Affairs to recruit and retain nurses and other critical the Small Business Act and the Small Business In- health-care professionals, to improve the provision of vestment Act of 1958. Page S8101 health care veterans, with an amendment in the na- Energy and Water Development Appropriations ture of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 111–60) Act—Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement Page S8094 was reached providing that at approximately 3:00 Measures Passed: p.m., on Monday, July 27, 2009, Senate begin con- Authorizing Printing of the Pocket Version of sideration of H.R. 3183, making appropriations for the United States Constitution: Senate agreed to S. energy and water development and related agencies Con. Res. 35, authorizing printing of the pocket for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and version of the United States Constitution. Page S8099 that immediately after the bill is reported, Senator Dorgan be recognized to offer a substitute amend- National Child Awareness Month: Senate agreed ment, the text of which is S. 1436, as reported by to S. Res. 223, designating September 2009 as ‘‘Na- the Committee. Page S8099 tional Child Awareness Month’’ to promote aware- ness of charities benefitting children and youth-serv- Amendment Modification—Agreement: A unani- ing organizations throughout the United States and mous-consent agreement was reached providing that recognizing efforts made by these charities and orga- notwithstanding the passage of S. 1390, National nizations on behalf of children and youth as critical Defense Authorization Act, Casey Modified Amend- contributions to the future of our Nation. ment No. 1516, to provide certain requirements Pages S8099–S8100 with respect to public-private competitions, be fur- Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act: Senate ther modified with changes to the instruction line. passed S. 151, to protect Indian arts and crafts Page S8099 through the improvement of applicable criminal pro- Printing Authority—Agreement: A unanimous- ceedings. Pages S8100–01 consent agreement was reached providing that S. National Marina Day: Committee on the Judici- 1390, National Defense Authorization Act, as passed ary was discharged from further consideration of S. by the Senate on July 23, 2009, be printed. Res. 215, designating August 8, 2009, as ‘‘National Page S8099 Marina Day’’, and the resolution was then agreed to. Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- Page S8101 lowing nominations: D910

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Rept. a recorded vote of 211 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 111–222) that increases funding for the Careers 642); Pages H8779–82, H8788–89 Pathways Innovation Fund by $5 million, offset by Pence amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. a $5 million decrease to the funding for the Green 111–222) that sought to provide that none of the Jobs Fund, both within the Training and Employ- funds in the bill be available to Planned Parenthood ment Services account in the Department of Labor; for any purpose under title X of the Public Health (2) increases funding for the Health Resources and Services Act (Population Research and Voluntary Services Administration by $1 million for the Emer- Family Planning Programs) (by a recorded vote of gency Medical Services for Children program, offset 183 ayes to 247 noes, Roll No. 643); and by a $1 million decrease to the funding for Depart- Pages H8783–85, H8789–90 ment of Labor Departmental Management; (3) in- Wittman amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. creases funding for the Centers for Disease Control 111–222) that sought to reduce appropriations in and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics the bill by $803,270,000 (by a recorded vote of 199 by $1 million to support the collection of vital sta- ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 644). tistics data, offset by a $1 million decrease to the Pages H8785–88, H8790–91 funding for HHS General Departmental Manage- H. Res. 673, the rule providing for consideration ment; (4) makes a technical correction by inserting of the bill, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of the legal citation (title IV of the Public Health Serv- 232 yeas to 187 nays, Roll No. 640, after agreeing ice Act) within the HHS Office of the Secretary for to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Can- of 239 yeas to 181 nays, Roll No. 639. cer Act of 2008; (5) increases funding for Mathe- Pages H8713–23, H8725–26 matics and Science Partnership program in the A point of order was raised against the consider- School Improvement Programs account of the De- ation of H. Res. 673 and it was agreed to proceed partment of Education by $5 million, offset by a re- with consideration of the resolution by voice vote. duction to the Fund for the Improvement of Edu- Pages H8714–23 cation in the Innovation and Improvement account Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House ad- of the Department of Education; (6) provides $6.965 journs today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on million for the Reach Out and Read program within Monday, July 27th for morning hour debate, and the Fund for the Improvement of Education in the further, when the House adjourns on that day, it ad- Innovation and Improvement account of the Depart- journ to meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 28th ment of Education; (7) increases by $10 million the for morning hour debate. Page H8795 funding that may be used for grants to charter man- Senate Message: Message received from the Senate agement organizations to replicate successful charter today appears on page H8711, H8807. models within the Charter School program under the Innovation and Improvement Account in the Depart- Quorum Calls—Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and ment of Education; (8) provides $1 million for Mod- five recorded votes developed during the proceedings eling and Simulation programs authorized under sec- of today and appear on pages H8724–25, H8725, tion 891 of the Higher Education Act in the Higher H8726, H8788, H8789, H8789–90, H8790, Education account in the Department of Education, H8792 and H8793. There were no quorum calls. offset by a reduction to the Fund for the Improve- Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and ad- ment of Education in the Innovation and Improve- journed at 5:13 p.m. ment account of the Department of Education; (9) includes a prohibition on the use of funds in this Committee Meetings Act to purchase light bulbs unless the light bulbs are ‘‘Energy Star’’ qualified or have the ‘‘Federal En- MILITARY COMMISSIONS/DETAINEE ergy Management Program’’ designation; and (10) POLICY includes a prohibition on the use of funds in this Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on re- Act for first-class travel by the employees of agencies forming the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and funded by this Act in contravention of Federal travel detainee policy. Testimony was heard from Jeh

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Testimony year 2010 for Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel- was heard from Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transpor- opment, 2:30 p.m., SD–138. tation; Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior; and Committee on Armed Services: July 30, to hold hearings Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture. to examine the nominations of John M. McHugh, of New York, to be Secretary of the Army, Joseph W. Westphal, ADMINISTRATION’S FINANCIAL of New York, to be Under Secretary of the Army, and RECOVERY REFORM PROPOSALS Juan M. Garcia III, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing enti- the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD–106. tled ‘‘Regulatory Perspectives on the Obama Admin- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July istration’s Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals— 28, business meeting to consider the nomination of Part Two.’’ Testimony was heard from the following Deborah Matz, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Na- officials of the Department of the Treasury; Timothy tional Credit Union Administration Board; to be imme- F. Geithner, Secretary; John C. Dugan, Comptroller diately followed by a hearing to examine regulatory mod- of the Currency; and John E. Bowman, Acting Di- ernization, focusing on insurance, 9:30 a.m., SD–538. rector, Office of Thrift Supervision; Ben S. Bernanke, July 29, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and In- Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Sys- vestment, to hold hearings to examine protecting share- tem; and Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, FDIC. holders and enhancing public confidence by improving corporate governance, 2:30 p.m., SD–538. COMMISSION ON WARTIME RELOCATION July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine AND INTERNMENT OF LATIN AMERICANS minimizing potential threats from Iran, focusing on as- OF JAPANESE DESCENT ACT sessing economic sanctions and other United States policy Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immi- options, 10 a.m., SD–538. gration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July International Law approved for full Committee ac- 28, to hold hearings to examine national hurricane re- tion, as amended, H.R. 42, Commission on Wartime search, 10 a.m., SR–253. Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of July 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Christopher P. Bertram, of the Dis- Japanese Descent Act. trict of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, and Chief Financial Officer, Daniel R. El- Joint Meetings liott, III, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Surface Trans- portation Board, Susan L. Kurland, of Illinois, to be As- No joint committee meetings were held. sistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, and Christoper A. Hart, of Colorado, to be a Member of f the National Transportation Safety Board, all of the De- partment of Transportation, and Patricia D. Cahill, of CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD Missouri, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of Week of July 27 through August 1, 2009 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 2:30 p.m., SR–253. Senate Chamber July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine On Monday, at approximately 3 p.m., Senate will climate services, focusing on solutions from commerce to begin consideration of H.R. 3183, Energy and communities, 2:30 p.m., SR–253. Water Development Appropriations Act, and that Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 28, busi- ness meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be immediately after the bill is reported, Senator Dor- immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nomi- gan be recognized to offer a substitute amendment. nations of Anthony Marion Babauta, of Virginia, to be During the balance of the week, Senate may con- Assistant Secretary, and Jonathan B. Jarvis, of California, sider any cleared legislative and executive business. to be Director, National Park Service, both of the Depart- Senate Committees ment of the Interior, James J. Markowsky, of Massachu- setts, to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, and (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Warren F. Miller, Jr., of New Mexico, to be Assistant Committee on Appropriations: July 28, Subcommittee on Secretary for Nuclear Energy, and to be Director of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Re- Office of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, lated Agencies, business meeting to mark up proposed both of the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD–366.

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Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 29, to both of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, 3 p.m., hold hearings to examine the nomination of John R. SD–342. Fernandez, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of Com- Committee on Indian Affairs: July 30, to hold hearings merce for Economic Development, 10 a.m., SD–406. to examine the increase of gang activity in Indian coun- July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine try, 2:15 p.m., SD–628. climate change and national security, 10 a.m., SD–406. Committee on the Judiciary: July 28, business meeting to Committee on Foreign Relations: July 28, to hold hearings consider the nominations of Sonia Sotomayor, of New to examine the nominations of Michael H. Posner, of York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, the United States, A. Thomas McLellan, of Pennsylvania, Human Rights, and Labor, Mark Henry Gitenstein, of to be Deputy Director of National Drug Control Policy, the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Romania, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of California, to be Director of Ertharin Cousin, of Illinois, for the rank of Ambassador the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, during her tenure of service as a Representative to the Department of Homeland Security, and Christopher H. United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney David Killion, of the District of Columbia, for the rank General, and Cranston J. Mitchell, of Virginia, to be a of Ambassador during his tenure of service as the Perma- Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, nent Representative to the United Nations Educational, both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SH–216. Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Karen Kornbluh, of July 28, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland New York, to be Representative to the Organization for Security, to hold hearings to examine closing Guanta- Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank namo Bay, 2:30 p.m., SD–226. of Ambassador, and Glyn T. Davies, of the District of July 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Columbia, to be Representative to the International certain nominations, 10 a.m., SD–226. Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, all July 30, Subcommittee on the Constitution, business of the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD–419. meeting to consider S. J.Res. 7, proposing an amendment July 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine to the Constitution relative to the election of Senators, 2 the nomination of Philip D. Murphy, of New Jersey, to p.m., SD–226. be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, 10 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: July 29, to hold hearings a.m., SD–419. to examine veteran’s disability compensation, 9:30 a.m., July 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider SR–418. pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by Select Committee on Intelligence: July 28, to hold closed a hearing to examine the nominations of William Carlton hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 Eacho, III, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Repub- p.m., S–407, Capitol. lic of Austria, Matthew Winthrop Barzun, of Kentucky, Special Committee on Aging: July 29, to hold hearings to to be Ambassador to Sweden, Bruce J. Oreck, of Colo- examine medical research and education, 2 p.m., SD–562. rado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, James B. Foley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Repub- House Committees lic of Croatia, Philip D. Murphy, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Judith Committee on Agriculture, July 28, Subcommittee Live- Gail Garber, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Re- stock, Dairy and Poultry, to continue hearings to review public of Latvia, and Douglas W. Kmiec, of California, economic conditions facing the dairy industry, part three, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, all of the 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth. Department of State, in SD–419, 2:15 p.m., S–116, Cap- July 30, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, En- itol. ergy, and Research, hearing to review PL 83–566 water- July 29, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and shed proposals for the Dunloup Creek Watershed and the Central Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine Paki- Cape Cod Water Resources Restoration Project, 10 a.m., stan’s internally displaced persons (IDP) crisis, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth. SD–419. Committee on Appropriations July 28, Subcommittee on July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin- a comprehensive strategy for Sudan, 10 a.m., SD–419. istration, and Related Agencies, hearing on Protecting the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Public Health in a Global Economy Ensuring that Meat July 28, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of and Poultry Imports Meet U.S. Standards, 11 a.m., Alexander G. Garza, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary 2362–A Rayburn. for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Department Committee on Armed Services, July 28, Subcommittee on of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD–342. Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Investing in July 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider Our Military Leaders: The Role of Professional Military pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD–342. Education in Officer Development, 1 p.m., 2212 Ray- July 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine burn. the nominations of Rafael Borras, of Maryland, to be July 28, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, Threats and Capabilities, hearing on chemical, biological, Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, to be a Member, and radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives con- Julia Akins Clark, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, sequence management, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.

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July 29, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing July 28, Subcommittee on Commercial and Adminis- on Psychological Stress in the Military: What Steps are trative Law, hearing on Medical Debt: Is Our Healthcare Leaders Taking? 2 p.m., 210 HVC–210. System Bankrupting Americans? 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. July 30, full Committee, hearing on the U.S. security July 30, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil relationship with Russia and its impact on transatlantic Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing on Proposals for Re- security, 10 a.m., 210 HVC. form of the Military Commissions System, 1 p.m., 2141 July 30, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Rayburn. Forces, hearing on efforts to improve shipbuilding effec- Committee on Natural Resources, July 28, Subcommittee tiveness, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn. on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on H.R. Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 30, Sub- 3086, Global Wildlife Conservation, Coordination, and committee on Communications, Technology and the Enhancement Act of 2009, 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth. Internet, hearing entitled ‘‘Oversight of the National July 29, full Committee, to mark up the following Telecommunications and Information Administration,’’ bills: H.R. 1916, Migratory Bird Habitat Investment and 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Enhancement Act; H.R. 481, North Country National July 30, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investiga- Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act of 2009; H.R. 1641, tions, hearing entitled ‘‘Should Animal Disease Research Cascadia Marine Trail Study Act; H.R. 905, Thunder Bay Be Moved Off Plum Island?’’ 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn. National Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Committee on Financial Services, July 28, to mark up H.R. 3269, Corporate and Financial Institution Com- Modification Act; H.R. 1771, Chesapeake Bay Science pensation Fairness Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Ray- Education and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2009; and burn. H.R. 1053, Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery July 29, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth. Opportunity, hearing entitled ‘‘Academic Perspectives on July 30, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Re- the Future of Public Housing,’’ 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. sources, to continue hearings entitled ‘‘Unconventional Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 28, Subcommittee on Fuels, Part II: The Promise of Methane Hydrates,’’ 10 Europe, hearing on the Reset Button Has Been Pushed: a.m., 1334 Longworth. Kicking Off a New Era in U.S.-Russian Relations, 2 July 30, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and p.m., 2172 Rayburn. Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2802, July 29, full Committee, hearing on New Challenges To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of for International Peacekeeping Operations, 10 a.m., 2172 the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a com- Rayburn. memorative work in honor of former President John July 29, Subcommittee on Africa, and Global Health, Adams and his legacy; H.R. 2806, To authorize the Sec- hearing on Sudan: U.S. Policy and Implementation of the retary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Ste- Comprehensive Peace Agreement, 3:30 p.m., 2200 Ray- phen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades Na- burn. tional Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road out- July 29, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the side of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net Global Environment, hearing on Ushering in Change: A loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness; and H.R. New Era for U.S. Regional Policy in the Pacific, 2 p.m., 3113, Upper Elk River Wild and Scenic Study Act, 10 2172 Rayburn. a.m., 1324 Longworth. Committee on Homeland Security, July 29, hearing entitled Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 28, ‘‘Beyond Readiness: An Examination of the Current Sta- Subcommittee on National Security, and Foreign Affairs, tus and Future Outlook of the National Response to Pan- hearing entitled ‘‘From Hard Drives to Helicopters: demic Influenza,’’ 2 p.m., 311 Cannon. What’s the Plan for Withdrawal of U.S. Assets from July 30, Subcommittee on Emergency Communica- Iraq?’’ 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn. tions, Preparedness and Response, briefing on Hurricane July 29, full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Inadvertent Preparedness for the 2009 Hurricane Season, 2 p.m., 1539 Longworth. File Sharing Over Peer-to-Peer Networks: How it Endan- July 30, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information gers Citizens and Jeopardizes National Security,’’ 10 a.m., Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled 2154 Rayburn. ‘‘Beyond ISE Implementation: Exploring the Way For- July 29, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing ward for Information Sharing,’’ 10 a.m., 311 Cannon. entitled ‘‘Examining the Impact of Leafy Greens Mar- Committee on House Administration, July 29, hearing on keting Agreements,’’ 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn. Management of the Worklife Services Center at the Li- July 30, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal brary of Congress, 11 a.m., 1320 Longworth. Service and the District of Columbia, hearing entitled July 30, hearing on a look at H.R. 1826, Fair Elec- ‘‘Making Sense of It All: An Examination of USPS’s Sta- tions Now Act, and the Public Financing of Congres- tion and Branch Optimization Initiative and Delivery sional Campaigns, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth. Route Adjustments,’’ 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, July 27, Subcommittee on July 30, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing on and National Archives, hearing entitled ‘‘National Ar- H.R. 743, Executive Accountability Act of 2009, 3 p.m., chives and Records Administration Organizational 2141 Rayburn. Issues,’’ 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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Committee on Rules, July 28, to consider H.R. 3326, De- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, July 29, hearing on Meet- partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, 3 p.m., ing the Needs of Injured Veterans in the Military H–313 Capitol. Paralympic Program, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. Committee on Science and Technology, July 29, to mark up July 30, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, the following bills: H.R. 3246, Advanced Vehicle Tech- hearing on VRE Contracts for Veteran Counseling, 1:30 nology Act of 2009; H.R. 3165, Wind Energy Research p.m., 340 Cannon. and Development Act of 2009; H. R. 3029, To establish July 30, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investiga- a research, development, and technology demonstration tions, hearing on the Implications of VA’s Limited Scope program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in of Gulf War Illness Research, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon. combine cycle power generation systems; and H.R. 3247, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 28, execu- To establish a social and behavioral sciences research pro- tive, briefing on Department of Defense Quarterly Up- gram at the Department of Energy, and for other pur- date, 1 p.m., 304 HVC. poses, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. July 28, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community July 30, Subcommittee on Research and Science Edu- Management, executive, briefing on Information Sharing in the Intelligence Community, 2:30 p.m., 304 HVC. cation, hearing on A Systems Approach to Improving July 29, full Committee, executive, briefing on Peru K–12 STEM Education, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. Update, 12 p.m., 304 HVC. Committee on Small Business, July 29, hearing entitled July 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investiga- ‘‘Oversight of the Small Business Administration and its tions, executive, briefing on Peru Update, 10 a.m., 304 Programs,’’ 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn. HVC. July 30, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entre- July 29, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intel- preneurship and Trade, hearing entitled ‘‘The Future of ligence, Analysis and Counterterrorism, executive, brief- Specialty Crops for Small Family Farmers,’’ 10 a.m., 2360 ing on Iran Update, 4 p.m., 304 MVC. Rayburn. July 30, full Committee, executive, briefing on NSA Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 27, Surveillance Authority Compliance, 3 p.m., 304 HVC. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Build- July 30, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intel- ings and Emergency Management, hearing on Post- ligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, Katrina: What it Takes to Cut Bureaucracy and Assure briefing on Russia Collection Strategy, 12 p.m., 304 a More Rapid Response After a Catastrophic Disaster, 2 HVC. p.m., 2167 Rayburn. Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warm- July 28, Subcommittee on Water Resources, and Envi- ing, July 28, hearing entitled ‘‘New Energy Technologies: ronment, hearing on The Tennessee Valley Authority’s What’s Around the Corner?’’ 9:30 a.m., room to be an- Kingston Ash Slide: Evaluation of Potential Causes and nounced. Updates on Cleanup Efforts, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. July 29, hearing entitled ‘‘Climate for Innovation: July 29, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Technology and Intellectual Property in Global Climate NextGen: Area Navigation (RNAV)/Required Navigation Solutions,’’ 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon. Performance (RNP), 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Joint Meetings July 31, full Committee, hearing on Recovery Act: 160–Day Progress Report for Transportation and Infra- Joint Economic Committee: July 28, to hold hearings to structure Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. examine current trends in foreclosures and what can be done to prevent them, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon Building.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 p.m., Monday, July 27 12:30 p.m., Monday, July 27

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: After the transaction of any morning Program for Monday: To be announced. business (not to extend beyond 3 p.m.), Senate will begin con- sideration of H.R. 3138, Energy and Water Development Ap- propriations Act, and that immediately after the bill is re- ported, Senator Dorgan be recognized to offer a substitute amendment.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

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Randy, Va., E1915, E2005 McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E1920, E2005 Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E1918 Salazar, John T., Colo., E2002 Fortenberry, Jeff, Nebr., E1963, E1970 McCarthy, Kevin, Calif., E1963, E1964, Bishop, Rob, Utah, E1914 Frelinghuysen, Rodney P., N.J., E1954 E1965, E1967, E1968, E1968, E1970 Sanchez, Loretta, Calif., E1921 Bishop, Timothy H., N.Y., E1992 Gallegly, Elton, Calif., E1922, E1925 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E1955, E2007 Schmidt, Jean, Ohio, E1920 Blunt, Roy, Mo., E1917, E1921 Garrett, Scott, N.J., E2006 McHugh, John M., N.Y., E1914 Schock, Aaron, Ill., E1963, E1990, E2009 Bonner, Jo, Ala., E1939 Gerlach, Jim, Pa., E1975, E1982 McIntyre, Mike, N.C., E1930 Shimkus, John, Ill., E1919, E1953 Bono Mack, Mary, Calif., E1997 Gingrey, Phil, Ga., E1951, E1999 McKeon, Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’, Calif., Shuster, Bill, Pa., E1923, E1988 Boozman, John, Ark., E1944 Graves, Sam, Mo., E1981 E1919, E1952 Simpson, Michael K., Idaho, E1943, Brady, Kevin, Tex., E1969 Green, Al, Tex., E1932 McMorris Rodgers, Cathy, Wash., E1927 E1987 Brown, Henry E., Jr., S.C., E1935 Guthrie, Brett, Ky., E1956, E1957, E1958, Mack, Connie, Fla., E2003 Smith, Adrian, Nebr., E1940, E2001 Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E1914, E1917 E1959, E1960, E1964, E1969, E1986, E1989 Manzullo, Donald A., Ill., E1958, E1992 Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E1952, Buchanan, Vern, Fla., E1959 Hall, Ralph M., Tex., E1921, E1996 Mica, John L., Fla., E1930, E1952, E2003 E1952, E1953, E1954, E1955 Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E1994, E2003 Harper, Gregg, Miss., E1983 Miller, Candice S., Mich., E1915, E1918, Souder, Mark E., Ind., E1934, E1945 Buyer, Steve, Ind., E1964 Hastings, Doc, Wash., E1942 E1938 Sullivan, John, Okla., E1942, E2004 Calvert, Ken, Calif., E1946 Heller, Dean, Nev., E1972, E1974 Miller, Gary G., Calif., E1973, E1997, Tanner, John S., Tenn., E1916 Camp, Dave, Mich., E1914, E1918 Hoekstra, Peter, Mich., E1956 E2008 Terry, Lee, Nebr., E1937, E1989 Cao, Anh ‘‘Joseph’’, La., E1968 Holt, Rush D., N.J., E1928 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E1914, E1955 Thompson, Glenn, Pa., E1936, E1937, Capps, Lois, Calif., E2004 Hunter, Duncan, Calif., E1924 Moore, Gwen, Wisc., E1937 E1938, E1939, E1948, E1949, E1950, E1951 Carson, Andre´, Ind., E2004 Inglis, Bob, S.C., E1941 Moran, Jerry, Kans., E1957, E2006 Upton, Fred, Mich., E1959 Murphy, Christopher S., Conn., E1995 Castle, Michael N., Del., E1974 Inslee, Jay, Wash., E1943 Walden, Greg, Ore., E1938 Jackson-Lee, Sheila, Tex., E1971, E1973, Murphy, Tim, Pa., E1962 Cohen, Steve, Tenn., E1931 Wamp, Zach, Tenn., E1915, E1990, E1995 E1979, E1991, E2009 Murtha, John P., Pa., E1948, E2006 Cole, Tom, Okla., E1923, E1986, E2002 Weiner, Anthony D., N.Y., E1949 Jenkins, Lynn, Kans., E1957, E1989 Myrick, Sue Wilkins, N.C., E1990 Conaway, K. Michael, Tex., E1940 Westmoreland, Lynn A., Ga., E2007 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E1958 Neugebauer, Randy, Tex., E1960, E1979 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E1995, E2009 Johnson, Timothy V., Ill., E1959, E1989, Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E1933 Wittman, Robert J., Va., E1961, E1981, Crenshaw, Ander, Fla., E1985 E1999 Olson, Pete, Tex., E1940 E1990 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E1978 Jones, Walter B., N.C., E1968, E1969 Ortiz, Solomon P., Tex., E2007 Wolf, Frank R., Va., E1945 Culberson, John Abney, Tex., E1925 Kilroy, Mary Jo, Ohio, E1943 Paul, Ron, Tex., E1942 Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E2002 Davis, Geoff, Ky., E1978, E1980 King, Peter T., N.Y., E1944, E1946 Paulsen, Erik, Minn., E1938, E1990 Young, C.W. Bill, Fla., E1928 Deal, Nathan, Ga., E1958 King, Steve, Iowa, E1956, E1983 Petri, Thomas E., Wisc., E1933 Young, Don, Alaska, E1960, E1968 DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E2002 Kingston, Jack, Ga., E1921 Platts, Todd Russell, Pa., E1920, E1994 Dent, Charles W., Pa., E1978 Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E1931, E1953, Posey, Bill, Fla., E1958 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Fla., E1970 E1989, E1991 Putnam, Adam H., Fla., E1923, E1936, Diaz-Balart, Mario, Fla., E1980 Lance, Leonard, N.J., E1927, E1982 E1950

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