3928 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 153, Pt. 3 February 13, 2007 Madam Speaker, February was chosen as after that of the United States. The Church es- work for the Department of Defense. Her son, National Marfan Awareness Month in part to tablished executive, legislative, and judicial David, works for the Department of the Treas- coincide with Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. branches of government at national, diocesan, ury, and her son Mark serves as a Rear Admi- President Lincoln is believed to have been af- and parish levels. The result is a democratic ral in the United States Navy. Helen is adored fected by Marfan syndrome based on the Catholicism that among other things provides by her seven grandchildren Alex, Hannah, An- many outward signs of the disorder he por- for ownership of parish property by the con- drew, Eric, Ellie, Ian, and Seth. trayed. Marfan syndrome patients are fre- gregation, a voice and a vote for every mem- Madam Speaker, I know my colleagues will quently taller than non-affected members of ber in most matters of the parish, and the join me in sending our very best to Helen Fer- their family and have disproportionately long election of parish delegates to meet with cler- guson on the occasion of her 75th birthday limbs, fingers and toes. In addition, they often gy at synods to elect bishops and determine and recognizing her as a role model for her have an indented or protruding chest-bone, church policy. strength, dignity, and support for her family. curved spine, high-arched palate, and loose Since its inception in 1907, St. Joseph’s has Coming from a family of immigrants myself, I joints. Other well known individuals who were been an integral part of our community and am particularly proud of her as a role model afflicted with the Marfan syndrome include has now grown to its current 300 parish mem- to all who come to this country from humble Jonathan Larson, the Tony Award winning bers from 20 different commu- beginnings, and contribute to the rich fabric of playwright of the Broadway musical Rent, Flo nities. Our churches play a vital role in our America. Hyman, captain of the U.S. Olympic volleyball communities—providing people with a place to f team that won a gold medal in 1984, Charles turn to for comfort when they are most in de Gaulle, the composer Sergei Vasilievich need. By strengthening our bonds of faith, St. HONORING MISS GREATER Rachmaninoff, and Mary, Queen of Scots. Joseph’s gives its members a place to find SPRINGFIELD, CARESSA CAMERON According to the Centers for Disease Con- their spiritual center and to solidify and sup- trol and Prevention, approximately 14,000 port their values. The members of the St. Jo- HON. TOM DAVIS people die each year of aortic aneurysms and seph’s have also given much to the City of OF dissections, 20 percent of which can be con- Bridgeport and the Town of Stratford. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tributed to genetic disorders such as Marfan Throughout the years, as their membership Tuesday, February 13, 2007 syndrome. Unfortunately, a lack of awareness grew so did their commitment to the enrich- about Marfan syndrome continues to result in ment of our community. Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Madam Speak- patients dying before being properly diag- For 100 years, the St. Joseph’s of Stratford er, I rise today to honor Caressa Cameron for nosed and treated. Madam Speaker, I encour- National Catholic Church has been a fixture in her year of service to the Orga- age my colleagues to join me and the National communities of Bridgeport and Stratford. nization and Greater Springfield area. Marfan Foundation in raising awareness of Through their ministry and outreach efforts, Ms. Cameron won the title of Miss Greater this life-threatening disorder so we can pre- they have left an indelible mark on our com- Springfield 2006 on February 12, 2006. She vent future unnecessary tragedies. munity and continue to enrich the lives of oth- has worked tirelessly with the Boys and Girls f ers. I am proud to stand today and extend my Club to promote her platform of AIDS aware- very best wishes to them as they mark this ness through behavior modification in the HONORING ST. JOSEPH’S OF milestone in their history. Happy 100th Anni- Northern Virginia area. STRATFORD NATIONAL CATHO- versary! During her reign, Ms. Cameron made nu- LIC CHURCH AS THEY CELE- f merous appearances around Springfield, in- BRATE THEIR 100TH ANNIVER- cluding a gala fundraiser at Greenspring Re- SARY CONGRATULATIONS HELEN GALE tirement Community. She also spoke to stu- FERGUSON ON HER 75TH BIRTH- dents at Erving Middle School about ‘‘Right HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO DAY Decisions, Right Now,’’ a pro- OF CONNECTICUT gram. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JOHN P. SARBANES Last June, Ms. Cameron competed in the Miss Virginia pageant in Roanoke, VA and Tuesday, February 13, 2007 OF MARYLAND IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES placed 2nd runner-up. She was then asked to Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, it is with represent Virginia at the National Miss Sweet- Tuesday, February 13, 2007 great pleasure that I rise today to join the Rev- heart Pageant in and placed 4th run- erend Anthony Kopka, members of the con- Mr. SARBANES. Madam Speaker, I rise ner-up to Miss National Sweetheart 2006. gregation, and the Stratford community in ex- today to celebrate the life of Helen Gale Fer- Madam Speaker, in closing, I would like to tending my sincere congratulations to St. Jo- guson and wish her well on the occasion of thank Ms. Cameron for representing the seph’s of Stratford National Catholic Church her 75th birthday. Helen was born in New- Greater Springfield area with great pride and as they celebrate its 100th Anniversary. This foundland, Canada in February 1932, where respect. I ask my colleagues to join me in con- is a remarkable milestone for this community she grew up with her siblings as the daughter gratulating her on this distinguished title and in treasure and I am proud to help them cele- of a fisherman and boat builder who sailed the wishing her the best of luck in all future en- brate this momentous occasion. waters of the northern Atlantic. deavors. St. Joseph’s was first organized in Bridge- Upon completion of high school, Helen f port, Connecticut by a group of Polish Catholic began working for the U.S. Air Force at Ernest immigrants in 1907 and later moved to Strat- Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville, New- TRIBUTE TO DR. MILTON GORDON ford, Connecticut after building a new church foundland. It was there that she met and mar- complex. St. Joseph’s was born out of the ried Mark E. Ferguson, Jr., during his active HON. LORETTA SANCHEZ congregation’s desire to exercise more control duty assignment at the base. Following his OF over their parish. It was important to the Polish honorable discharge from the Air Force, they IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES congregants that their church be led by a Pol- settled with their children in 1960 in Glen ish priest, services held in Polish—in all, it Burnie, Maryland. In 1966, Helen proudly be- Tuesday, February 13, 2007 was of the utmost importance to the came a U.S. citizen during a ceremony in An- Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. congregants that their ethnic traditions and napolis, Maryland. Helen and Mark were mar- Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor a man customs be preserved. In an effort to meet ried for 41 wonderful years until his passing in who has been dedicated to higher education these needs, the Church became a part of the 1997. and who is a model community servant to my Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC)—a Helen is the proud mother of four children. district, Dr. Milton Gordon. denomination which began in Scranton, Penn- Her personal life is one of grace, quiet As Chancellor of California State University, sylvania. strength, and love of family. Her values have Fullerton, Dr. Milton Gordon has been a vi- The PNCC blends traditional Apostolic and been passed down to her children, as each of sionary for the students and faculty as he Catholic teaching with American democracy them have chosen a life of service to our Na- works to promote higher education for women which is governed by a constitution patterned tion. Her daughters Pamela and Patricia both and minorities.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 08:39 Jun 09, 2017 Jkt 059102 PO 00000 Frm 00157 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\FDSYS\BOUNDRECORD\BOOK 3\LOC FILES\BR13FE07.DAT BR13FE07 ejoyner on DSK30MW082PROD with BOUND RECORD February 13, 2007 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 153, Pt. 3 3929 On February 27th, 2007, Dr. Gordon will be site and improved, accessible messages in tion along with my co-sponsor and esteemed honored by KinderCaminata, a non-profit com- Spanish to reach out to our Latino parents Ways and Means colleague, Congressman and potential students. munity organization in Orange County, Cali- WALLY HERGER, that will repeal a law that un- All of the programs and services enumer- fornia that sponsors educational outreach to ated above define what it means to be a stu- fairly burdens local governments with annual kindergarten-age children and their families, dent-focused institution and are integral to procurement spending over $100 million, focusing on promoting literacy, celebrating cul- making us a Hispanic Serving Institution in which includes Miami-Dade County. tural heritage, and career education. Dr. Gor- word and deed. The legislation would repeal Section 511 of don will be receiving the ‘‘Corazo´n’’ Award I personally look forward to our continued the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconcili- from KinderCaminata. The tribute is a much collaboration to make this a place where all ation Act of 2005 which was slipped into the deserved honor and should be celebrated by students can be successful and achieve their legislation without an up-or-down vote on the dreams regardless of race, gender or eth- everyone in Orange County, California. nicity. amendment. Below are remarks that illustrate Dr. Gor- I look forward to Dr. Gordon’s continued Section 511 requires local governments that don’s outstanding commitment to all the stu- work for Cal State Fullerton and spend over $100 million in procurements, pri- dents that Cal State Fullerton seeks to serve. KinderCaminata and it is my pleasure to marily located in large urban centers, to de- These remarks are taken from Dr. Gordon’s honor him today. duct a 3 percent withholding tax from pay- report to the University’s Latino Faculty and f ments made to their vendors for federal in- Staff in October 2006: come tax purposes. This legislation will be- COMMENDING THE UNIVERSITY We are here to strengthen our ties as a come effective in 2011. community that is working to make learn- OF -LINCOLN VOLLEY- We have the opportunity with this legislation ing truly accessible and preeminent to all BALL TEAM FOR WINNING NCAA to help repeal Section 511 which unfairly bur- students and especially to Latino Students. DIVISION I WOMEN’S VOLLEY- dens our cities and urban centers where many Cal State Fullerton feels that a large BALL CHAMPIONSHIP people living below the poverty line reside. If measure of our success is due to our campus outreach efforts and service to the commu- Section 511 is not repealed, the poor will be nity. While demographic growth has also HON. ADRIAN SMITH further squeezed as the cost of future in- contributed to the Latino increase, without OF NEBRASKA creased procurement contracts will be passed college readiness programs offered by CSUF, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on to the neediest people, while services and such as Gear Up and ENLACE, the edu- Tuesday, February 13, 2007 day-to-day operations may be jeopardized too. cational obstacles faced by large numbers of According to Miami-Dade County officials, Latino students would not have been over- Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in favor of House Resolution 99, con- the withholding tax will raise the cost of pur- come. chases by 3 percent or more and Miami-Dade But there is much more we need to do. We gratulating the University of Nebraska-Lincoln need to expand our efforts to work with par- Women’s Volleyball team on winning the 2006 County would have to absorb an annual in- ents and students in the middle and high NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Cham- crease in the cost of goods and services in schools of the county to increase the number pionship. December 16, 2006 marked the excess of $57 million, given the annual value of college ready Latino graduates. We con- of contracts for goods and services awarded tinue to work with colleagues from Ful- completion of a phenomenal year that resulted in a 33–1 record and the program’s third na- by Miami-Dade County will exceed $1.9 billion. lerton and Santa Ana Colleges to develop a Small businesses and companies pursuing tional title, not to mention the largest audience work plan to improve county-wide Latino government contracts, many of whom operate ever for a woman’s college volleyball game. college readiness programs modeled after the on tight margins or irregular cash flows, would Santa Ana Partnership and its ENLACE Pro- The hard work and determination of this gram. We are in the process of creating addi- team exudes the spirit of achievement that is also be adversely affected in this bid process, tional programs in the sciences in collabora- reflected within the people of the great State while large companies with established re- tion with Fullerton College to increase the of Nebraska. Junior Sarah Pavan has contin- serves could better absorb this withholding transfer of well prepared Latino Students ued a Husker tradition of achievement in ath- tax. into our Math-based programs in the letics and academics by being named the Devolution of taxation down from the federal sciences and engineering. We hope to expand government to state and local governments is such collaboration with transfer programs to ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American of the Year. This honor brings the university’s all- a problem that we must fix. This is but one Cal State Fullerton from all Orange County small, but very important step toward doing community college campuses with high time total of Academic All-Americans to 234 Latino enrollment. and 29 for the program. These totals lead the just that. We believe that our adhesion to the Cal nation in both categories. f State Fullerton mission to make this cam- Head coach John Cook, along with the en- INTRODUCTION OF THE WITH- pus a place where ‘‘learning is preeminent’’ tire coaching staff, should be commended for and our enforcement of rigorous academic HOLDING TAX RELIEF ACT OF standards have been keys to our success. By their training and dedication to a team that be- 2007 serving the learning needs of all students, we came only the third team in NCAA history to serve Latino students; by maintaining high be ranked number one in the American learning expectations, we serve Latino stu- Volleyball Coaches Association poll for an en- HON. WALLY HERGER dents; by caring for the well-being of our stu- tire season. Also to the credit of Coach Cook, OF CALIFORNIA dents, we serve Latino students. this is the second title that the team has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES An activist community orientation defines earned under his direction. Tuesday, February 13, 2007 the role the university will take in town Therefore, I ask my colleagues to consider grown partnerships. Such involvement better Mr. HERGER. Madam Speaker, I have long the great honor that the University of Ne- informs university personnel of the commu- championed tax relief for small businesses be- braska Volleyball team has brought to them- nity’s needs. These partnerships must engage cause I believe such firms are the life-blood of selves, their families, their university, and the students, faculty, staff, and campus adminis- our economy. As a small businessman myself, State of Nebraska and vote for House Resolu- tration in university-wide service commit- I know how small business owners struggle to ments. The university must be a good neigh- tion 99. remain profitable in a highly competitive and bor and a good partner. f In working in the Latino community, cam- extremely challenging environment. Yet they pus personnel must be culturally aware and INTRODUCTORY REMARKS FOR continue to be the drivers of much of our na- mindful of the central role family plays SECTION 511 REPEAL tion’s economic and new job growth. It is for within the culture. We must have a clear and this reason that I have strongly supported in- simple outreach message. In providing infor- HON. KENDRICK B. MEEK creases to the current section 179 small busi- mation on what students need to know to be ness expensing limits, an end to the onerous college ready, make sure you know your au- OF death tax, and the reduced double taxation of dience. Our information must be available in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES capital gains and dividends. I am concerned, straight-forward language that does not Tuesday, February 13, 2007 speak down to our audience and written in however, that a little known revenue raising language understood by parents. We will be Mr. MEEK of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise provision, passed as part of the tax reconcili- developing a Spanish-language campus web- today, pleased to introduce a piece of legisla- ation bill last May, will hamper small business

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