13510 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS June 21, 2005 And in Congress, we have ignored our fun- went to The Mountain State to personally de- The Kilby Awards Foundation, which com- damental constitutional responsibility to inves- liver the items. She also spent one week in memorates ‘‘the power of one individual to tigate. each of the past three summers remodeling make a significant impact on society.’’ In addi- When the Abu Ghraib photos surfaced, the and rebuilding homes in poor communities tion to the Nobel Prize, Kilby received numer- House held a mere five hours of public hear- closer to home. ous honors and awards for his contributions to ings. The Senate review was more extensive When not helping others, Maggie has de- science, technology and the electronics indus- but stopped far short of assessing individual voted time to improving her public speaking try. accountability up the chain of command. and musical abilities. In addition, she has un- It has been said that the ultimate measure Our troops deserve better. Our nation de- dertaken intense training in Tae Kwan Do, of a person’s life is the extent to which they serves better. swimming, and cross training. She undertook made the world a better place. If this is the Some of the allegations that have been re- a three year study of the German language measure of worth in life, Dr. Kilby’s family, col- played repeatedly around the world may not and culture, which included three weeks living leagues and friends can attest to the success be true. President Bush calls them ‘‘absurd.’’ abroad with a German family. She could have of the life he led. But we won’t know what’s true and what’s spent this time with friends or working in a Mr. Speaker, I ask all the Members of the not true unless we investigate. And when we local business. But instead, she sought to House to join me in paying tribute to the life refuse to conduct thorough, independent in- broaden her horizons while helping others. of Dr. Kilby. He touched our lives and our vestigations, the rest of the world thinks we Mr. Speaker, it is clear that Margaret Ellor is hearts, and he will be greatly missed. have something to hide. an exceptional young woman. Her warm heart f The independent commission established by and sharp mind have proven, at her young the bill we are introducing today would ad- age, to be of great value to her fellow citizens. CONGRATULATING MRS. DEBORAH dress this huge oversight gap. It would estab- Her good deeds in her home town are the BENJAMIN ON HER 50TH BIRTH- lish a 10-member bipartisan commission mod- sign of a good spirit and an even better soul. DAY eled on the successful 9–11 Commission. As the late tennis champion Arthur Ashe once The Commission would conduct a thorough said, ‘‘True heroism is remarkably sober, very HON. GARY L. ACKERMAN review of the extent of the abuses, what indi- undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all OF NEW YORK viduals are responsible for the abuses, and others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES what policies facilitated the abuses. The Com- others, at whatever cost.’’ I can think of no Tuesday, June 21, 2005 mission would also make recommendations on better example of that heroic ideal than Ms. legislative and executive actions necessary to Margaret Ellor of Aurora, Illinois. I congratulate Mr. ACKERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today prevent future abuses. her on receiving The Congressional Award to join the Benjamin family of Glen Head, New The bill already has 172 cosponsors, and it Gold Medal and I look forward to watching York in celebration of the 50th birthday of Mrs. has the support of key leaders in Congress where her career takes her in the months and Deborah Benjamin, which will be commemo- like NANCY PELOSI, the Minority Leader; STENY years to come. rated this Saturday, June 25th, 2005 at HOYER, the Minority Whip; IKE SKELTON, the f Gotham Hall in Manhattan. ranking Democrat on Armed Services; and Deborah Ann Coyle Benjamin was born on JANE HARMAN, the ranking Democrat on Intel- TRIBUTE TO RENOWNED June 28, 1955, in Peninsula Hospital in Rock- ligence. I commend these senior members for SCIENTIST JACK ST. CLAIR KILBY away Beach, New York. Deborah is the eldest their leadership. of Ken and Gladys Coyle’s three children. Her And I urge my other colleagues to join us in HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON sister, Denise DeVita, and brother, Ken Coyle, demonstrating that our system of checks and OF TEXAS Jr., both live on Long Island in New York. balances still works and that we are a nation IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Deborah spent her childhood and early committed to respect for human rights. adulthood in Rockville Centre, New York, Tuesday, June 21, 2005 f where she attended Hewitt Grammar School, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. and graduated from South Side High School. CONGRATULATING MARGARET Mr. Speaker, it is with great honor and pro- After high school she attended Elizabeth ELLOR ON RECEIVING THE CON- found sadness that I rise to pay tribute to the Seton College in Westchester, New York. GRESSIONAL AWARD GOLD life of Jack St. Clair Kilby of Dallas, Texas. In the years after college, Deborah worked MEDAL After living a remarkably accomplished life that for her father’s insurance company, the spanned 81 years, Dr. Kilby passed away on Wheatley Agency, for 20 years and retired in HON. JUDY BIGGERT June 20, 2005. 2000 as Vice President of Group Insurance OF ILLINOIS Nobel laureate Jack St. Clair Kilby who set Sales. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES off the high-tech revolution with his invention In 2000, Deborah married her long-time best of the semiconductor chip in 1958, graduated friend, Alvin Benjamin of Glen Head, New Tuesday, June 21, 2005 from University of Illinois at Urbana Cham- York. Alvin is the Owner/President of Ben- Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to paign in 1947 with a bachelor’s degree in jamin Development in Garden City, New York. honor Margaret Ellor, who has earned The Electrical Engineering. They currently reside in Glen Head, Manhat- Congressional Award Gold Medal. On June Kilby joined Texas Instruments in 1958. tan, and Highland Beach, Florida. 22, 2005, Ms. Ellor will receive the award, That summer, the idea for the integrated cir- Since her retirement, Mrs. Benjamin has de- which honors individuals who have completed cuit first came to him. Kilby and fellow TI offi- voted much of her time to charitable organiza- over 400 hours of community service in a two cials put the first circuit to the test on Sep- tions dedicated to improving the lives of chil- year span, 200 hours of both personal devel- tember 12, 1958, marking the invention that dren. She is most actively involved with the opment and physical fitness activities, and a transformed the industry. Fanconi Anemia Research Fund, which is four-night expedition or exploration. This Dr. Kilby held several engineering manage- dedicated to finding a cure for this rare, but award is bestowed upon only the most deserv- ment positions at TI between 1960 and 1968 serious blood disease. Additionally, Mrs. Ben- ing of America’s youth. Based on her record of when he was named assistant Vice President. jamin has lent her support to Palm Beach personal and community service, Ms. Ellor In 1970, he became Director of Engineering County-based Kids In New Directions, which certainly deserves this honor. and Technology for the components group, assists children in making positive life choices Eighteen-year-old Margaret began volun- before taking a leave of absence to become and developing leadership skills. Countless teering for the Girl Scouts in Naperville, Illinois an independent consultant. Kilby officially re- children in New York, Florida, and throughout when she was five years old. Motivated by a tired from TI in 1983, but continued to do con- our nation have benefited from Deborah Ben- desire to aid her fellow Americans living in sulting work with the company. jamin’s philanthropy and her generosity of time rural West Virginia, she led a thirty-person In addition to his TI career, Kilby held the and spirt. crew into her community to collect donations, rank of Distinguished Professor of Electrical Al and Deborah Benjamin enjoy spending clothing, books, sporting goods, and other Engineering at Texas A&M University from time with their families, friends, traveling, giv- items for West Virginians in need. She then 1978 to 1984. In 1990, he lent his name to ing to charities in the New York and Florida

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:18 Feb 03, 2017 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00217 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\FDSYS\2005BOUNDRECORD\BOOK10\NO_SSN\BR21JN05.DAT BR21JN05 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 21, 2005 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13511 area, and remain lovingly devoted to one an- dent committed us to doing in January. The and Operation Bluestar was a black chapter other after 5 years of marriage. time has come to stop all our aid and trade in the history of Independent India. The Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of Rep- with India, to end our burgeoning military co- Sikhs had laid down their lives under the resentatives to join me now in thanking Debo- aegis of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwalae operation, and to demand the peaceful resolu- to protect the sanctity of gurdhams. rah Benjamin for her selfless contributions to tion of the situation in South Asia through a Meanwhile Damdami Taksal presented society, in congratulating her on her 50th birth- free and fair plebiscite for all the national photographs of Jarnail Singh, Amrik Singh, day, and in extending our best wishes for her groups there. Shubeg Singh and Thara Singh to Jathedar future success and happiness as she marks Mr. Speaker, I would like to put the Times of Akal Takht Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti this important and joyous milestone. of India article about the demonstration into for displaying them in the gallery. Vedanti f the RECORD at this time. however asked them to contemplate over their request. Meanwhile chief spokesperson [From the Times of India, Jun. 6, 2005] DEMAND FOR FREEDOM ALIVE IN of Damdami Taksal. Bhai Mohkam Singh PUNJAB, KHALISTAN KHALISTAN DEMAND RAISED ON GENOCIDE DAY said that they also performed ardas at the (By Yudhvir Rana) gallery’s gate. He said panth would decide if HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS Amritsar.—The pent up secessionist emo- there was no desirable reply from Jathedar. tions of Sikh radicals whipped up on the On the other hand SAD(A) had demanded OF NEW YORK Genocide Day observed as Ardas Divas at to display the photograph of Jarnail Singh IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Akal Takht on Monday, as a large number of Bhinderanwalae at central Sikh Museum, Tuesday, June 21, 2005 Sikh youth including women brandishing handing over of personal belongings of Bhinderanwale by his family, Taksal and Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to naked swords raised slogans for Sikh’s inde- pendent state Khalistan while passing pejo- Army to panth without any conditions, nam- take note of the demonstrations in Punjab, rative remarks against SAD-Badal president ing the road between Sri Guru Arjun Dev Khalistan that surrounded the 21st anniversary Parkash Singh Badal and SGPC president Niwas to Sri Hargobind Niwas on Sant of the Indian government’s attack on the Gold- Bibi Jagir Kaur for not coming up to the as- Jarnail Singh Marg, setting up of a Sant en Temple. Groups such as Dal Khalsa and pirations of Sikhs and addressing their prob- Jarnail Singh Dharmik Vidya Kendar and others marched through the streets of Amrit- lems. beginning of Shaheed Bhai Amrik Singh sar, converging at the Golden Temple for a The ferocity of slogans multiplied after Award for those schools helping to check big rally, according to The Times of India. Sikh radical leader Simranjit Singh Mann, apostism among Sikhs and General Shubeg Sigh Award to promote traditional sports. They carried posters of Sant Jarnail Singh president of SAD (Amritsar) announced that Sikhs’s hurt feelings could only be assuaged f Bhindranwale, a Sikh freedom leader killed in when Sikhs independent state Khalistan the Golden Temple attacks, as well as posters comes into existence. He suggested that JUSTICE DELAYED, BUT JUSTICE of the demolished Golden Temple. Khalistan could be created on the buffer zone FINALLY SERVED As you know, the Indian government also between India and Pakistan. attacked 125 other Gurdwaras—Sikh places of Baba Harnam Singh, 15th chief of worship—at the same time. Over 20,000 Sikhs Damdami Taksal joined Simranjit Singh HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL were killed. The Sikh holy book, the Guru Mann with his arms wielding supporters and OF NEW YORK Granth Sahib, was shot full of bullet holes. announced to observe the martyrdom day of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Sant Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwalae at Sikh boys between the ages of 8 and 13 were Taksal’s headquarters at Gurdwara Tuesday, June 21, 2005 shot on the premises. Gurdarshan Parkash, Chowk Mehta on June Former Member of Parliament Simranjit Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 12. honor the memory of three heroic young men Singh Mann said that the only way to assuage The radical activists including from Dal the wounds of the attack is by freeing Khalsa, Dal Khalsa, SAD(A), Damdami James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mi- Khalistan, the Sikh homeland. Another speak- Taksal, Sikh Students Federation (Bittu), chael Schwerner, brutally killed in Mississippi er said that the movement to free Khalistan is Akal Federation jointly put up the board of exactly 41 years ago today and to welcome by peaceful means. Khalistan declared its Shaheedee Gallery at the gallery situated today’s verdict of the Mississippi jury that independence from India in 1997. That is now outside Akal Takht against the wishes of found Edgar Ray Killen guilty of three counts SGPC. A large number of Sikhs and con- of manslaughter in their deaths. I would have eight years ago. verged at Akal Takht on the 21st anniver- Police and intelligence operatives were sur- preferred the murder convictions sought by sary of Operation Bluestar. Neshoba County district Attorney Mark Dun- reptitiously watching this peaceful demonstra- Posters of demolished Akal Takht, Sikh tion. Apparently, 21 years after the Golden militant leaders and pamphlet on the life of can in the deaths of these three brave civil Temple attack, the Sikhs’ demand for freedom Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwalae were distrib- rights activists but I recognize the important still frightens them. uted among Sikh sangat. step Mississippi has taken in finally convicting India claims it is democratic, Mr. Speaker, A large number of policemen in plain Killen of the crimes he proudly and publicly yet it sends police to spy on a peaceful dem- clothes and sleuths of various intelligence took credit for after a jury was deadlocked in onstration. In January, 35 Sikhs were arrested agencies were hovering around the Akal his 1964 Federal Civil Rights trial. Takht and its surrounding. A police officer for raising the Sikh flag and making speeches. Killen was a recruiter and organizer for the of DSP rank remained present among Sikh Neshoba County Chapter of the Ku Klux Klan The Movement Against State Repression re- sangat sitting in front of Akal Takht during ports that over 52,000 Sikhs are political pris- the ceremony. during the ‘‘freedom summer’’ in 1964 when oners in ‘‘the world’s largest democracy.’’ Earlier Parkash Singh Badal and Bibi Goodman and Schwerner came from New More than a quarter of a million Sikhs have Jagir Kaur condemned congress government York to work with James Chaney and other been murdered, according to figures compiled for rubbing salt to the wounds of Sikhs. civil rights activists in Mississippi to register from the Punjab State Magistracy. About the postponement of foundation stone African-American voters. Schwerner had been Sikhs are only one of India’s targets. Other alying ceremony of Yadgara-e-Shaheedan, in Mississippi but returned with Goodman minorities such as Christians, Muslims, and Badal said the foundation stone would be when he heard of the burning of an African- laid once its design was approved. American Church and beatings of members of others have also been subjected to tyrannical Justifying the demand of Khalistan, Jagjit repression. More than 300,000 Christians Singh Chauhan, a Khalistan ideologue said the congregation. The night Chaney, Good- have been killed in Nagaland, and thousands that they would peruse their mission man and Schwerner died they had been jailed elsewhere in the country. Over 900,000 Kash- through peaceful democratic means. for speeding by Neshoba County Deputy mir Muslims, at least 2,000 to 5,000 Muslims Jathedar of Akal Tkaht, Giani Joginder Sheriff Cecil Price. By the time they were re- in Gujarat, and thousands of other Muslims, Singh Vedanti presented siropas’s to Ishar leased at 10 p.m., the plan formulated by have been victims of India’s tyranny. And tens Singh, Mata Pritam Kaur son and wife of Killen to kill them and bury their bodies in an of thousands of people in Assam, Bodoland, Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwalae and relatives earthen dam was in place. of other martyrs. Earlier addressing the Manipur, Tamil Nadu, and around the country, gathering he said it was unfortunate that The Klan had used fear, intimidation and as well as countless Dalit ‘‘Untouchables’’ even after 21 years of Operation Bluestar, the murder to brutally oppress over African-Ameri- have been killed as well. central government has not condemned the cans who sought justice and equality and it Mr. Speaker, this is unacceptable. We must incident nor those responsible for the 1984 sought to respond to the young workers of the take a stand for freedom for all, as the Presi- anti Sikh riots have been brought to books civil rights movement in Mississippi in the

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