May 20, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E775 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

CONGRATULATING SHRI Modi assumes his mantle as India’s next Smith, Jr., as he celebrates ten years in pas- ON HIS Prime Minister, I have every confidence he will toral leadership at Greater Travelers Rest Mis- RECORD-BREAKING VICTORY AS cut across caste, creed and religion and bring sionary Baptist Church; now therefore, I, INDIA’S NEW PRIME MINISTER alive the dreams of over a billion Indians, and HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, Jr. do hereby pro- a world that needs his leadership. claim March 23, 2014 as Dr. E. Dewey Smith, HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA As he promised, ‘‘Good days are coming.’’ Jr. Day in the 4th Congressional District. OF AMERICAN SAMOA And so, they are. I have personally met with Proclaimed, this 23rd day of March, 2014. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Shri Modi as far back as 2010 and I know him f to be a sincere man who stands against cor- HONORING MS. MARY ANN TYLER Tuesday, May 20, 2014 ruption and for inclusive growth and develop- Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise ment. Shri Modi is a man of vision and he, to- today to congratulate India’s next Prime Min- gether with each and every citizen of India, HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON ister Narendra Modi on his resounding and will create something special—an India that OF GEORGIA historic victory. The ’s will assume its destined role. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (BJP) victory on May 16, 2014 is the first time Without a doubt, Prime Minister Modi will Tuesday, May 20, 2014 after Independence that a non-Congress party usher in India’s new era. He will make the Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- has got absolute majority on its own, and 21st century India’s century. This is his des- er, I rise today to honor an outstanding young Narendra Modi is the reason why. tiny. And so, once more, I congratulate Shri lady making a difference in her school and her His victory is India’s victory and, while his- Narendra Modi on his path-breaking cam- life. She is a student at West Tallahatchie tory will remember India’s 2014 elections as paign, and I praise BJP Party President High School in Tallahatchie County, MS, Ms. unprecedented, I will remember the 2014 elec- Rajnath Singh for working shoulder-to-shoul- Mary Ann Tyler. tions as a triumph. The people of India have der with Shri Modi to ensure that the spirit of Ninth grade is a time when most fourteen triumphed, and I join with them in this momen- democracy has triumphed. I also commend year olds are just entering their first year of tous celebration of new development for all. Mr. Sanjay Puri, Founder and President of high school and getting acclimated to it. Ms. As a token of friendship and in commemora- USINPAC, for championing the cause and Tyler’s life changed in the ninth grade. She tion of the fulfillment of his destiny to lift up the work of Shri Narendra Modi early on in the became a teenage mother. But she did not let masses, assure social justice, and bring new U.S. Congress when India’s next Prime Min- that change define her future. hope for any and all who, like him, step for- ister was Chief Minister of . Ms. Tyler said she started believing in her- ward and transform challenges into opportuni- Above all, I praise Prime Minister Modi’s self and taking steps to define and construct ties by sheer strength of character and cour- parents who gave rise to him, especially his her future. She started by attending class age, a flag was flown over the United States mother whose blessings he sought. From his more often, turning those absentees into pre- Capitol at my request in honor of him on April beginnings as a son of a tea seller to a land- sents; she began joining school organizations 7, 2014, to mark victory’s dawn. slide and ground-breaking victor, I wish Shri and clubs. Those among other changes have I pay tribute to Shri Modi for his clarion call Modi godspeed on his poetic journey forward been the turning point of life. for change, to save a nation from ruin. I ap- as India’s next Prime Minister. There is a saying that ‘‘attitude can help de- plaud his leadership and recognize his vic- f termine your altitude.’’ Well, Ms. Tyler has em- tory—the people’s victory—in the CONGRES- braced that philosophy which has yielded her SIONAL RECORD. A statement in the CONGRES- TRIBUTE TO DR. E. DEWEY SMITH, some positive returns. During her tenth grade SIONAL RECORD becomes part of U.S. history JR. year, she joined the Future Business Leaders and I firmly believe Shri Narendra Modi should of America (FBLA), and the Student Govern- be included not only in the annals of India’s HON. HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, JR. ment Association (SGA) where she did more history but U.S. history, too, because he was OF GEORGIA than just join, she was elected by her peers as elected with a resounding victory despite the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the secretary. Organization and reliability is a United States using every recourse it could to Tuesday, May 20, 2014 great attribute. disrupt his destiny. As a member of the Future Business Lead- The U.S.-India partnership should be, could Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ers of America she progressed to the state be, one of the most defining of the 21st cen- submit the following Proclamation. competition to represent her school and there tury. But, I am disappointed that the United Whereas, Dr. E. Dewey Smith, Jr., is cele- she placed third in the Community Service States failed to develop a strong friendship brating ten years (10) in pastoral leadership Project division of the FBLA competition. and comprehensive partnership with Shri this year and has provided stellar leadership The years just kept getting better and the Narendra Modi when it mattered most. U.S.- to his church on an international level; and growth and development in Ms. Tyler was India relations matter strategically, politically, Whereas, Dr. Smith, under the guidance of starting to take notice. She rejoined the FBLA and economically. And even if they didn’t mat- God has pioneered and sustained Greater and SGA school organizations in her junior ter, the United States should be a fair and Travelers Rest Missionary Baptist Church, as year of high school. This time she served as honest broker about human rights. Regret- an instrument in our community that uplifts the the Vice-President of both organizations, a po- tably, in the case of India, the United States spiritual, physical and mental welfare of our sition bestowed upon her through the voting missed the mark by responding one way to citizens; and process of peer election. She was also in- the , another way to the Whereas, this remarkable and tenacious ducted into the Beta Club and voted the ‘‘Most train burning which led up to the riots, man of God has given hope to the hopeless, Improved Student.’’ and still another way to the largest ethnic fed the hungry and is a beacon of light to By the time Ms. Tyler was a senior in high cleansing since the partition of India in which those in need; and school, leadership was natural and parenting between 300,000 to 500,000 Kashmiri Hindus Whereas, Dr. Smith is a spiritual warrior, a was a role that she did not take for granted. since 1990 have migrated due to persecution. man of compassion, a fearless leader and a She not only wanted to challenge herself to Nonetheless, despite the United States get- servant to all, but most of all a visionary who reach higher ground but, she also wanted to ting it wrong with India, Shri Narendra Modi is has shared not only with his Church, but with use her climb as an example for her child, looking ahead. He is dedicated. He is deter- our District and the world his passion to knowing that someday she would tell her story mined. He is dynamic. He is different. He is spread the gospel of Jesus Christ; and of being a teen mom but not letting that define the leader of the world’s largest democracy. Whereas, the U.S. Representative of the her future. During her senior year, Ms. Tyler And he is the key player for improved relations Fourth District of Georgia has set aside this became the president of SGA and the treas- between the U.S. and India. As Shri Narendra day to honor and recognize Dr. E. Dewey urer of the Beta Club.

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