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HONORING CAREER OF CHAPLAIN rorism Medal (Expeditionary); Global War on mental Protection Agency take bold actions to PAUL S. ANDERSON, USN CDR Terrorism Medal; Sea Service Ribbon and confront this growing threat. With our inter- Overseas Service Ribbon. national partners moving forward, multinational HON. CHAKA FATTAH Chaplain Anderson has earned four grad- and American businesses already accounting OF PENNSYLVANIA uate degrees; a Master of Divinity from An- for future prices on carbon, and former Repub- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES drews University, a Master of Education in lican officials acknowledging the urgency of Counseling and Personnel Services from the this growing threat, it is past time for Congres- Friday, February 13, 2015 University of Maryland and a Masters of Sa- sional Republicans to accept the science and Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cred Theology in Religion and Culture from work together with Democrats to combat cli- pay tribute to one of our nation’s gifted vet- Boston University. His Doctor of Ministry de- mate change. I urge my colleagues to support erans, Commander Paul S. Anderson, Chap- gree was conferred by Wesley Theological this legislation. lain in the United States Navy. Commander Seminary in Washington, D.C. He also holds Anderson has enjoyed a long and illustrious certifications in Suicide Awareness and Pre- f career as a Chaplain in the United States vention, Civil Mediation, Alternate Workplace Navy. For twenty-five years he served as pas- Dispute Resolution, Temperament Analysis, HONORING THE TUCSON PEACE tor, counselor and mentor to the thousands Marriage Enrichment, Workforce Diversity and CENTER’S 33RD ANNUAL PEACE men and women of the Navy and the Marine is a certified Life Coach. FAIR & MUSIC FESTIVAL Corps providing them with moral and spiritual Commander Anderson anchors his life with support. the following text: Psalms 37:4–5; Proverbs HON. RAU´ L M. GRIJALVA Commander Anderson personifies honor, 3:5–6; John 14:1–3; Romans 8:28; Galatians OF ARIZONA courage and commitment. He truly is a tal- 6:9; and 1 John 1:9. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ented and gifted chaplain who has enjoyed On behalf of a grateful nation we salute you Friday, February 13, 2015 amazing reach and impact to all who have Chaplain Anderson, and wish you fair winds benefitted from his ministry. and following seas as you enter retirement Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I wish to rec- On May 1, 2015 the Navy says farewell to and embrace a new chapter in your life. ognize the Tucson Peace Center’s Peace Fair one of its best and most dedicated chaplains f and Music Festival on its 33rd Anniversary as Commander Anderson will retire from ac- next Saturday, February 28, 2015. tive duty service. He leaves his watch with the INTRODUCING THE ‘‘MANAGED The Tucson Peace Center is an umbrella confident assurance that serving in one of the CARBON PRICE ACT OF 2015’’ organization for 150 of Tucson’s local peace, most distinctive ministries in the world was social justice, environmental, and labor God’s specific calling on his life. He has HON. JIM McDERMOTT groups. Regular Peace Fair participants in- served his country with honor and distinction OF WASHINGTON clude the Women’s International League of and today we honor him for his commitment IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Peace and Freedom (WILPF, celebrating their and service. 100th anniversary this year), Move to Amend, Chaplain Anderson concludes his Navy ca- Friday, February 13, 2015 Veterans for Peace, the American Civil Lib- reer path as the Deputy Chaplain for Joint Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today erties Union, AZ4NORML, Jobs With Justice, Forces Headquarters-National Capitol Region to re-introduce legislation to put a price on Nuclear Resister, Physicians for Social Re- at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. His port- harmful carbon emissions. sponsibility, and Watershed Management folio included Joint Plans and Operations for Tackling climate change is not merely a Group among many others. Newly formed or- Religious Support for ceremonies and cir- warm, fuzzy idea championed by tree ganizations like $15 Now, Arizonans for Gun cumstances that might overwhelm the capacity huggers. It is a growing crisis with global impli- Safety, Tucson United for Climate Action of civil authorities. Prior to that assignment, he cations that environmentalists, business lead- (TUCAN), and Friends of Rosa will also be on was the Chief of the Department of Pastoral ers, political leaders, and military strategists hand. Care and Clinical Ethicist at the Fort Belvoir alike cannot ignore. Earlier this year, the The Peace Fair and Music Festival is an op- Community Hospital in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. White House included climate change among portunity for residents to learn what is hap- Commander Anderson has served nobly at its ‘‘top strategic risks,’’ citing ‘‘increased nat- pening in their community while you catch up duty stations across the nation and around the ural disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts with old friends and make new ones. There world. They include: Naval Mobile Construc- over basic resources like food and water.’’ are free activities for the kids like a labyrinth, tion Battalion 133, Gulfport, MS ; USS MID- Even the Pentagon has been sounding the face-painting, and a whimsy parade. The Cul- WAY (CV–41), Yokosuka, Japan; Chief of alarm on climate change. ture of Peace Alliance will offer hands-on ac- Naval Personnel Command, Washington, In reintroducing this legislation, I call contin- tivities to entertain young fair-goers. D.C.; Marine Corps Base, Okinawa, Japan; ued attention to an issue of which I have long This year’s theme is challenging poverty. Naval District Washington, D.C.; USS MON- been a champion. I first introduced legislation Growing income inequality and stagnating TEREY (CG–61), Norfolk, VA; Boston Univer- to impose a carbon tax in 2009, recognizing working-class wages place many friends and sity, Boston, MA; Southwest Asia Region, the scientific consensus and anticipating the neighbors in precarious financial positions. As Manama, Bahrain; Maritime Helicopter Strike growing call to action precipitated by the in- a community, we seek answers to the struc- Wing, Mayport, FL; National Naval Military creasingly drastic weather events and their tural problems that exacerbate poverty. We Medical Center; Bethesda, MD; Walter Reed growing human, environmental and fiscal cost. also offer an opportunity to enrich our lives Army Medical Center; Washington, D.C.; Fort My legislation, the Managed Carbon Price through meaningful engagement and re-envi- Belvoir Community Hospital; Fort Belvoir, VA; Act of 2015, places a price on carbon emis- sioning what constitutes true wealth on a plan- Joint Forces Headquarters-National Capital sions that would increase over time. The pro- et undergoing massive ecological changes. Region and Naval Sea Systems Command, ceeds from this legislation go into a newly-cre- I want to acknowledge all of the dedicated Washington, D.C. ated Energy and Economic Security Trust workers from the 150 local peace, social jus- His decorations include Joint Meritorious Fund where 100 percent of the revenue goes tice, environmental and labor groups who vol- Service Medal, Navy/Marine Corps Com- back to the public to offset any price in- unteer their time to make the Peace Fair and mendation Medal (3); Navy/Marine Corps creases. This bill is good for the environment Music Festival happen every year. Achievement Medal; Meritorious Unit Com- and good for business. Congratulations and best wishes to the Tuc- mendation Award; Good Conduct Award; Hu- While Seattleites have long recognized the son Peace Center’s Peace Fair and Music manitarian Service Medal (2); National De- need to act on climate change, I am pleased Festival as we join to celebrate its 33rd year fense Service Medal (2); Global War on Ter- to see President Obama and the Environ- of expanding peace in the Tucson community.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Feb 14, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K13FE8.001 E13FEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E212 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks February 13, 2015 KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE PERSONAL EXPLANATION Baptist pastor Robert Seymour told the story APPROVAL ACT to Washington Post reporter John Feinstein, Coach Smith expressed some irritation: ‘‘I SPEECH OF HON. DAVID P. ROE OF TENNESSEE wish he hadn’t done that.’’ ‘‘Dean,’’ the re- HON. BETTY McCOLLUM IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES porter replied, ‘‘you should be proud of doing OF MINNESOTA something like that.’’ Dean Smith looked him Friday, February 13, 2015 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in the eye, ‘‘John, you should never be proud Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I was of doing the right thing. You should just do the unable to vote yesterday because of a serious right thing.’’ Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I rise once illness in my family. Had I been present, I This story captures the essence of what again in opposition to the Keystone XL Pipe- would have voted: Dean Smith was about. Mr. Speaker, I have line Approval Act (S. 1). Despite no evidence Roll Call #77—YEA. selected three complementary pieces to fill out suggesting that Congressional intervention is Roll Call #78—AYE. this exceptional story, and I ask that they be needed, this is the second time this Congress Roll Call #79—NAY. included in the record. that the Republicans are bringing forward a bill Roll Call #80—YEA. [From the Raleigh News and Observer, Feb. to sidestep federal requirements and approve f 9, 2015] TransCanada’s application for the Keystone DEAN SMITH LEAVES A LEGACY FAR BEYOND Pipeline. I oppose this legislation and support REMEMBERING DEAN SMITH SPORTS the ongoing federal review of the environ- (Editorial) mental, safety, and economic impacts of this HON. DAVID E. PRICE Jerry Stackhouse, the former basketball application to determine if this pipeline is truly OF NORTH CAROLINA All-America for the University of North in our national interest. Carolina at Chapel Hill, remembered his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Keystone XL pipeline would transmit oil former coach, Dean Smith, with a personal 1,700 miles from the tar sands of Alberta, Friday, February 13, 2015 anecdote that had little to do with coaching Canada across the U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, or a game. He recalled that years after he where it would be refined and exported to left Smith’s program, he would send his fi- I rise to pay tribute to Dean Smith, one of nancial records to Smith. global markets. According to federal law, the North Carolina’s most admired and accom- Dean Smith, who died Saturday night at State Department must complete an environ- plished citizens, who passed away on Feb- the age of 83 after several years of declining mental review of all cross-border projects of ruary 7, 2015. Dean Smith will long be re- health, did that for a lot of former players, this magnitude. The State Department re- membered for his successes as head coach of famous and, more often than not, not fa- quested comments on Keystone XL by Feb- the men’s basketball team at the University of mous. He found them jobs, called if a child ruary 2, 2015 from the Pentagon, the Environ- North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1961 until was sick, counseled them through personal crises. mental Protection Agency (EPA), and the De- his retirement in 1997. The statistics are daz- partments of Energy, Justice, Interior, Com- And he did more. Long before integration zling: two national championships, 11 Final was common in North Carolina, Smith and merce, Transportation, and Homeland Secu- Four appearances, 17 Atlantic Coast Con- his minister and a young African-American rity. The EPA released their public comments ference regular-season titles and 13 ACC tour- student walked into a Chapel Hill res- on this day stating that the recent trend of nament titles, 8-times ACC Coach of the Year, taurant, sat down and ate dinner. Chapel Hill global decline in oil prices should be factored and Head Coach of the gold-medal winning was thereafter integrated. He did, in effect, in on whether to approve Keystone XL pipe- USA Olympic Basketball team in 1976. He re- the same with the men’s basketball program, bringing in Charles Scott as the first black line. The State Department needs the time to tired with 879 victories, which was the NCAA thoroughly evaluate the EPA and other agen- player. Today, Scott remembers that Smith Division I men’s basketball record at that time. always called him ‘‘Charles,’’ because that cies’ comments. Behind these statistics is the coach of whom In Minnesota, this project has the potential was his name and his preference, in contrast his long-time rival Coach Mike Krzyzewski of to negatively impact our economy. The Key- to the more sports-friendly Charlie. Duke University said, ‘‘He was one of a kind stone XL pipeline would divert Canadian oil GENUINE AND GENEROUS . . . one of the greatest basketball minds and that now flows to refineries in Minnesota and He lectured governors on what he believed a magnificent teacher and tactician.’’ The trib- to be the heinous wrong of the death pen- the upper Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico. Di- utes that have come forth from his players uni- alty. He endorsed liberal politicians. He did verting oil away from Minnesota could result in formly praise his lifelong loyalty to them and not like criticism, but he did not fear it. job losses at our refineries. Respected oil his excellence as a mentor. ‘‘He was more He contributed to charities, believing in economist Philip Verleger wrote an op-ed pub- the dignity of others and the obligation to than a coach,’’ recalled Michael Jordan, ‘‘He lished in the Star Tribune in March 2011 stat- share. He was a sportsman, a thinker, a theo- ing that in his expert opinion the oil diversion was my mentor, my teacher, my second fa- logian. will diminish supply, resulting in an increase in ther. Coach Smith was always there for me And, yes, he was one of the greatest coach- the cost of oil and food for Minnesotans and whenever I needed him and I loved him for it. es in the history of sports, all sports. His records and his innovations (the four-corners the rest of the Midwest. In fact, he states the In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life.’’ offense, the huddle at the foul line before country as a whole would end up paying near- shots) will be exhaustively documented in ly $5 billion more for oil than we do today if Dean Smith was also a powerful force for good in the community, working actively and the next days, as the coach is widely the pipeline is built. Other economists have mourned. estimated that the pipeline will result in the courageously for civil rights and equal justice But so many who played for him, and so creation of only 50 permanent jobs nationally. throughout his life. I have known Dean since many who never played for him or even met President Obama has stated that he will my student days at UNC, when he was an as- him, will remember first his humanity and veto this legislation because S. 1 sidesteps sistant coach and an active member of Binkley his genuineness. For he was the most decent of men. It was the process for deciding whether a cross-bor- Baptist Church, a fledgling congregation fo- cused on social justice. His sister, Joan bred in him at birth, as his parents taught der pipeline serves the national interest of the him the value of all, and they lived those American people. I support the President’s de- Ewing, managed my district office for eight values themselves, pushing for integration of cision to veto S. 1. The precedent of forgoing years, and his daughter Kristen was on my the races in Kansas when that was not a our national due diligence in order to benefit of campaign staff. I was honored to join his fam- common much less a popular cause. Young a foreign company is irresponsible. The Amer- ily at the White House in 2013, when he was Dean Smith learned well, and he, too, lived ican people deserve an adequate review is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. those values all his life. conducted. Trading dubious economic benefits The intervening years mark an unparalleled If one talked to him about his upbringing, asked the question, ‘‘Coach, where did your for potentially disastrous environmental con- career, a life well-lived, and thousands of lives positively shaped and influenced. views on life and values come from?’’ he sequences and higher costs for Minnesota would go back to Kansas and his parents, families and small businesses is simply not a With Dean Smith it was not a matter of a both public school teachers. In 1934, his fa- trade I am willing to make. celebrity endorsing worthwhile causes; Dean ther coached the Emporia High school team Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join was there all along. Long before he was a na- to a state championship, with the first black me in opposing the Keystone XL Pipeline Ap- tional figure, in 1958, he accompanied an Afri- player ever in the Kansas state tournament. proval Act and instead bring a bill to the can-American friend to a restaurant in Chapel TIME FOR EVERYONE House floor that works to strengthen the mid- Hill, thereby breaking down the barrier of seg- Though Smith held strong opinions, he un- dle class. regation. Much later, when long-time Binkley derstood that those who didn’t agree but

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Feb 14, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A13FE8.001 E13FEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS February 13, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E213 were loyal fans and alums of the institution would have been for him to make a different very elaborate game of keep-away. His point he represented were due respect as well. It choice, to go along and get along. Smith guard, Phil Ford, happened to be a master of was the way he treated everyone, whether a would have been a great basketball coach if it. With Marquette on the verge of collapse, big booster of the university’s athletics pro- he’d gone along and gotten along. He might Smith went into the stall, and he did so with gram during a golf game or a kid on a play- have won 879 games eventually, after other star freshman forward Mike O’Koren on the ground. Everyone got time, and everyone got coaches had made the choices and changed bench. Astonished by Smith’s move, McGuire a smile. the world. But he would not have been the had his team lay back in a zone, which al- His way, and his skills, he shared gener- man he was, and that makes all the dif- lowed his players to catch their breath. Fi- ously. Said one high school coach, exiting a ference today. nally, with O’Koren at the scorer’s table hop- Smith-taught clinic for coaches: ‘‘What that Smith died on Saturday. He had been ill a ing desperately to get back in the game, a man knows . . .’’ long time with a form of dementia, and that North Carolina sub named Bruce Buckley Make no mistake. He was a ferocious com- is a fight in which I happen to have a par- took the ball to the basket. Bo Ellis slapped petitor, and he hated to lose. But he won ticularly nasty dog. I know from my own the shot away, and you could feel the mo- well. Oft-cited in his obituaries was his reac- family’s battles with this cruelest of all dis- mentum shift back again like the works of a tion to his team’s victory in the 1982 na- eases, a disease that disappears the indi- great iron clock. Marquette won. It was the tional championship against Georgetown. It vidual long before it kills the body, that the best sports night of my life, and I sent Smith was an emotional, hard-fought and close work of the kindest mercy is to become the a Christmas card every year after for the game. But when UNC won, Smith’s first memory that the person has lost. It is some- next five years. Really, I did. move was to hug John Thompson, the thing atavistic in us, almost visceral, that He was very much an eccentric in his own Georgetown coach. Class, all the commenta- awareness that the tribe needs to remem- way, and had his best days before the game tors said. ber—and that the collective memory is al- was so homogenized and commercialized Yes, but that was simply the man. When ways plural. We tell their stories, even to that the eccentricity was bled out of it. He coaches against whom Smith had competed them, even while they are still alive, because coached at the same time as Bob Knight at got into trouble or needed help in finding an- we are their surviving memory, because the Indiana, and Abe Lemons at Texas, and other position, he would make the calls him- person already is lost. McGuire at Marquette. It was a game for So that is the memory I have of Dean self to other schools, and his blessing was poets then, not for the slick salesmen of the Smith. That, one Easter morning, I saw him gold. A seeming multitude of his former modern era. Some of them were beat poets, in a sacred place and that the air in the players became coaches themselves. and some of them wrote epics. I always place was cool and solemn and as thick with But they also became teachers and doctors thought of Smith as one of those all-Amer- history as the morning sunbeams were thick and principals and successful people in work ican craftsmen-poets—Longfellow, maybe, or with dust. He was deep in the shadows, eyes and in life. Dean Smith took great pleasure Edgar Lee Masters. His lines were always closed, lost in his thoughts, listening to the in that, primarily in their happiness. Always perfectly metered. Lord, how his game al- powerful words of preachers long and sadly he would be ‘‘the coach.’’ Always he was first ways rhymed. dead. I left him alone there and walked back the man, and the friend. As I grow older, I grow impatient with the out into the sunlight. impermanence of memory, with history now Let’s talk about the coach for a moment, GRANTLAND: DEAN SMITH, 1931–2015 considered to be whatever came over your though, because that was the heart of his iPhone 15 minutes ago. It is inadequate to (By Charles P. Pierce, Feb. 9, 2015) story, the thing that enabled the world to what we are. It truncates the collective One year, when the Final Four was being hear the rest of it. There is the undoubted memory, and that is never a good thing. We held in Atlanta and it coincided, as it occa- excellence. There are the wins. And there is are each other’s stories, all of us. We keep sionally does, with Easter, my family and I the incredible array of talent that ran other stories alive so we can be assured that went to services at the Ebenezer Baptist through his North Carolina program. (In the ours will stay alive too. That is the most Church—the new one, across the street from World Tournament of Alumni, I’ll take a five devastating thing that happens with the dis- the imposing place in which both Reverend of James Worthy, Brad Daugherty, Vince ease that took Smith’s life. If we’re not very Martin Luther Kings once preached, and in Carter, Michael Jordan, and, what the hell, careful, and if we don’t make sure to keep which Alberta Williams King, the wife of George Karl and go play anyone, except the memories we have that are lost to the Martin Sr. and the mother of Martin Jr., was maybe John Wooden’s boys from UCLA.) But person with the disease, it breaks that cycle shot to death while playing the organ in 1974. one of the most remarkable things about it of collective memory and we are all less for The old church, still majestic, is now a Na- is that, except for two of the most monu- that. I learned that watching this disease in- tional Historic Site. After the services, we mental mistakes in the history of college vade my own family, and it is why I try so walked across the street and into the sanc- basketball, Smith might have had the very hard to remember my father’s voice, tuary. It was cool and dark. Very few people game’s most obviously unfinished career. He even though it’s mainly lost to me now. were there. won his first national title in 1982, when So remember Dean Smith however you As part of the experience of the site, re- Georgetown’s Fred Brown tossed the ball to wish—as a coach, as a teacher, as a reluctant cordings of sermons from both Reverend Worthy as the Hoyas were after the last celebrity, or as a friend. For me, I will re- Kings are played in the sanctuary. Looking shot. He won his next one in 1993, when member him in the cool shadows of the sanc- around, we saw a solitary figure sitting far Michigan’s Chris Webber had the mother of tuary on a bright Easter morning, listening in the back, his elbows on his knees and his all vapor locks in the same situation. What to the words of men long dead and gone. I re- hands folded. His eyes were closed. And he it would have been like to have Smith retire member him there now, for his sake and for was listening to the recordings with great in- without a national championship I have no my own. I remember him there in the small tensity. It was Dean Smith. I left him alone idea—especially not in the win-or-die way we piece of a very sacred place that his life had with his thoughts. He’d earned his private measure excellence these days—but it would earned. moments in this sacred space. have certainly been one of the greatest sta- Before discussing his career as one of the tistical anomalies of all time. f three greatest coaches in the history of col- In style, Smith was the bench jockey’s lege basketball, we must deal with one as- bench jockey. He rarely rose, but he chewed TRIBUTE TO DEAN SMITH pect of Smith’s life that trumps all the on officials with the best of them. (Wooden championships, all the wins, all the losses, was very much the same, according to a lot and all the great players who came his way. of people who played against his teams.) In HON. DAVID E. PRICE The fact is that, when this country was fi- fact, Smith remains only the second head OF NORTH CAROLINA nally forced through blood and witness to coach ever to be ejected from a Final Four IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES confront the great moral crisis that grew out game (Al McGuire was the first), when he Friday, February 13, 2015 of its original sin, Smith was a winter sol- was asked to absent himself from the Hoo- dier of the first rank. sier Dome late in a semifinal against Kansas Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, His father integrated a high school team in in 1991. He was the most famous sneak-smok- I would like to submit the following article in Kansas in the early 1930s. Smith himself er prior to the arrival on the national scene my remembrance of Dean Smith. walked into a Chapel Hill restaurant as part of Barack Obama. CAROLINA ATHLETICS: THE STORIES ARE TRUE of the first great wave of protests in the All of which brings me to another Dean 1950s. He tried to recruit Lou Hudson, and Smith story. On March 28, 1977, which actu- (By Adam Lucas, 2-8-15) then he did recruit Charlie Scott, blowing up ally was a rainy night in Georgia, his Tar I have been sitting here staring at this the color line in the Atlantic Coast Con- Heels were contending with McGuire’s last screen for 30 minutes. And what I have fi- ference forever. He brought Scott home to Marquette team for a national champion- nally decided I want you to know the most dinner, and he brought Scott to church, al- ship. The Warriors had led by 12 at halftime, about Dean Smith is this: it’s true. ways the most segregated place in America, but they had frittered away that lead and In the next few hours and days, as the trib- even, alas, today. North Carolina had caught them and tied the utes to the legendary man pour in, you are It’s hard today to imagine what profound game. These were the days before the shot going to hear all of the incredible stories moral choices these were when Smith made clock, children, and Smith had devised the again. Some you may hear for the first time. them. It’s hard today to imagine how easy it four corners offense, which was essentially a Some you may hear for the hundredth time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Feb 14, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A13FE8.003 E13FEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E214 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks February 13, 2015 These stories are true, and you should re- ‘‘I can’t put his impact on me into words,’’ Without Dean Smith and Carolina basket- member all of them, because now it’s our job Phil Ford said of Smith. ‘‘I don’t know where ball, I assume and hope we would have found to pass them down. Don’t embellish them. I’d be without him in my life. He’s been such something else to talk about and live to- They don’t need it. They are good enough an influence on me, and a friend and a broth- gether. But because of Dean Smith and Caro- with just the facts. er and a father figure . . . Before I chose lina basketball, I never have to know for You will hear basketball stories. You will North Carolina, I felt that Coach Smith sure if that’s true. The people we cheered hear former players talk about how Smith would be there for me my entire life. I was and laughed with on all those incredible days would tell them exactly what was going to right.’’ are the people we cry with—if we’re lucky— happen in a game. He would tell them what Imagine that. A 17-year-old boy felt Dean today. I told my father the news this morn- the opponent would do, how the Tar Heels Smith would be there for him for his entire ing. Later, he texted me this: would react, and how the opponent would life, and 40 years later, he still believes it. ‘‘I am very, very sorry. It is really very react to that reaction. Then it would happen, Wouldn’t you like to have one person say sad. He was a large part of our family for all of it, just as he described. that about you in your life? Dean Smith many, many years and many, many fun These stories are true. We know this be- has—this is not an exaggeration—hundreds. times. We had a lot of good times and he was cause we sat in Carmichael in 1974 when his ‘‘All of that is credited to him,’’ Michael always there. It doesn’t seem possible to me. team came back from eight points in 17 sec- Jordan once said of his career. ‘‘It never It seems like he and the good times ought to onds against Duke with no three-point line. would have happened without Coach Smith.’’ last forever.’’ And so that is why this news will be dev- I just told that story to my children on Sat- These quotes mean a lot to us because they astating to so many of us, because there are urday night when we drove home from the are from Phil Ford and Michael Jordan. But so many families who this morning will be airport after returning from the win at Bos- what Smith knew, and what he made every texting and thinking those exact same ton College. My nine-year-old son was talk- one of his players feel, is that the number of points they scored for him made absolutely words. We aren’t ready for it to end. ing about a crazy NBA comeback he’d read About a year ago, I was at the Smith Cen- no difference. My father and I had a joke in about. ter on a typical weekday afternoon. A cus- the mid–1990s. Carolina had a player named ‘‘Do you know,’’ I said, ‘‘that Carolina tomized van was parked in the first parking came back from eight points down in 17 sec- Pat Sullivan who was not at all flashy. At space outside the basketball office, and I onds with no three-point line?’’ various times, he played on teams with knew. As I walked into the basketball office, ‘‘Whoa,’’ said my daughter. ‘‘Is that true?’’ George Lynch and Eric Montross and Dean Smith came out, being pushed in a It is true. Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse, wheelchair, a Carolina hat on his head. Those of us of a different generation than much better-known players who were prone It was awful, and it makes my eyes moist- the Carmichael crowd were in the Smith to occasionally doing the spectacular. en even now to think about it. It was not at Center when Smith’s simple act of calling a It never, ever failed: Stackhouse could all the way I wanted to think about him. timeout so shook a top–20 opponent that have had the most ferocious dunk of the sea- And I would like to admit something to you they meekly crumbled. I will forever believe son and Wallace could have thrown down an now: from then on, when I saw that van, I that’s what happened when Smith took a absurd alley-oop and Montross could have would sometimes take a different path into timeout after Henrik Rodl made a three- had a double-double and Lynch could have the building, because I wanted my Dean pointer against Florida State with less than had the game-winning steal. Then, in the car Smith to be the one I remembered. I wanted ten minutes left on the clock in 1993. Rodl’s on the way home, we would turn on the Tar my Dean Smith to be the one who I men- three-pointer had cut the FSU lead to 17 Heel Sports Network to hear Smith’s tioned my daughter’s name to on exactly one points. 17 points! postgame comments and seemingly every occasion, and six months later when passing It didn’t matter. All that mattered was time, they would start with, ‘‘Well, Pat had me in the parking lot, he recalled it per- that the Florida State players and coaches a good game,’’ because he had set a screen to fectly and asked how she was doing. knew Smith thought a comeback was pos- free a teammate for an open shot that the That’s my Dean Smith and I wanted that sible, or else he wouldn’t burn one of his pre- teammate missed. to be everyone’s Dean Smith. I don’t want cious timeouts. And if Smith thought a That happened. Pat had good games. Dean today’s students to think of him as old or comeback was possible, then it was possible, Smith talked about it. At the time, we sick. Understand this: this man could do and he’s done this before, you know, and uh laughed, and yet 20 years later, we still re- anything. This man could coach and this oh, there went another turnover, and it’s member it. man could help integrate a town or a league getting kind of loud in here, and pretty soon This seems like the right time to point out and this man changed the lives of hundreds Carolina had an 82–77 win. that without ever really knowing he was of teenagers who played for him plus thou- That was true. That happened. Dean Smith doing it, Dean Smith gave all of us some of sands of the rest of us who lived vicariously called a timeout, and Florida State wilted. the best moments of our lives with the most through their exploits. And yet despite all those wins, we know important people in our lives. It doesn’t mat- It still boggles my mind that so many exactly how uncomfortable Smith was with ter whether you attended every game in the Carolina fans in 2015 don’t even remember celebrating any of them. I can report, with Smith era or whether you watched every the era when Smith was on the sideline. He’s authority, that with much cajoling from his game on television. Because of the way as much a name on a building as a coach to players, he once did the ‘‘raise the roof’’ ges- Smith did it, and for how long he did it, we current UNC students. It’s been hard enough ture after his Tar Heels won the 1997 ACC could relate through generations. living in a basketball world without Dean Tournament championship, and then again We cried in the living room (I did that, Smith in it. Now we have to consider living after earning a spot in the Final Four. It was after Louisville beat Carolina in 1986 in the in an overall world without Dean Smith in the mid–1990’s. Everyone made mistakes. NCAA Tournament) and we danced around it. I don’t want to be part of that world. And Otherwise, however, the man who never that same living room (my dad and I did luckily, I don’t have to. On Monday, I will looked flustered on the sideline looked com- that, after Rick Fox hit the shot against pack my son’s lunch, and I will write a Dean pletely awkward in victory. He would almost Oklahoma in 1990) and we high-fived in the Smith quote on the napkin. I don’t know yet apologetically shake the other coach’s hand. stands. which one it will be, but I know that when I If it happened to be an ACC or NCAA cham- That’s what we did in 1993 in the Louisiana see him on Monday afternoon, I will ask him pionship, he would try to disappear while the Superdome. My dad is an accountant and about it, and we will talk, and Dean Smith nets were being cut, so unwilling was he to therefore spends most of March and April at the office. But when Carolina made the Final will be the one who enabled that to happen. climb the ladder and be the focal point of the That’s true. That will happen. And it will Four, he would find a way to get to the fans and players. keep happening, and we are the ones who get game. In 1993, he waited until the Tar Heels Most of the time, those of us in the stands to do it. I guess that pretty soon I will feel would chant, ‘‘Dean! Dean! Dean!’’ when he defeated Kansas in the national semifinals. lucky for having these experiences and get- was finally persuaded to cut the final He stayed at work two more days, then ting the opportunity to cheer for him and snippet. It seems a little disrespectful now. caught a flight with two connections from learn from him and admire him. But it was the 1980s and 1990s. All of us made Raleigh to New Orleans. He slid into his seat But right now I really think I want to sit mistakes. minutes before the national championship down and have a good cry. It didn’t really matter, because he would game tipped off against Michigan, and so I act like he didn’t hear us. With scissors in can say that I watched Carolina win the na- f hand, before cutting the first strand, he tional title with my dad. RECOGNIZING MR. RAY would point to every manager, player and as- We went to Bourbon Street after the game, GREENBERG sistant coach he could find. because that’s what everyone told us you That was true. That happened after every were supposed to do, and so there we were— championship, and there were a lot of them. perhaps the two least Bourbon Street-ish HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK There are also those who will tell you people in all of New Orleans, including one OF PENNSYLVANIA those championships are completely insig- CPA with a pile of unfinished tax returns on IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nificant. Funny thing about the people who his desk back in Raleigh—high fiving the Tar Friday, February 13, 2015 most often say that: they are invariably the Heel players and taunting Dick Vitale (who ones who knew him best, the ones who most had picked Michigan to win the game), and Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, today I understood his true character. we did all of that because of Dean Smith. wish to extend my congratulations to Ray

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A certified financial boards such as the Committee on Divine Wor- to combat these injustices and worked over planner, Ray Greenberg is recognized as one ship and Chairman of the Ad hoc Sub-Com- the following decades to expand voter partici- who continues to work for the betterment of mittee for the Review of Scripture Trans- pation, legally challenge the segregated the association and its members within the lations. school system, and bring the equality of op- Feasterville Business Association he founded. Through the Department for Persons with portunity to Anne Arundel County. A busy schedule has not deterred him from Disabilities, Father Kevin and Bishop Serratelli When Hester V. King founded the Prince service to other local charitable and civic have greatly assisted adults with intellectual George’s County chapter of the NAACP in groups, such as the Southampton Free Li- and developmental disabilities by providing 1935, there were 60,000 people living in the brary, where, as a trustee, he has led fund- residential, vocational, spiritual, and social county, approximately 10 percent of whom raising efforts for the Library’s Access cam- services. Their involvement has empowered were African-American. But, as in many parts paign designed to help renovate the library persons with disabilities to become active, of Maryland, the population exploded in the and expand programming for adults and chil- contributing, and valued members of their decades after the Second World War. African- dren. A 32nd degree Mason and past presi- community, and have helped them to live life Americans made up a significant part of this dent of the Quaker Shriners Club, Ray Green- to the fullest with dignity and respect. population expansion, but found they contin- berg’s enthusiasm and spirit of volunteerism is The Department for Persons with Disabilities ued to encounter racial discrimination and widely recognized and I congratulate him on is an organization that is near and dear to my segregation. During this transitional period, the receipt of this honor, as well as his continued heart. I have attended the Annual Murray NAACP was involved in numerous civil rights commitment to the economic success of the House Dinner Dance, and have had the privi- issues in Prince George’s County, from the community and its residents. In so doing, Ray lege of watching their organization grow and legal challenges that led to the elimination of Greenberg inspires others to follow his lead. flourish throughout the years. Father Corcoran the dual school system to the creation of the f is an exceptional man and I commend him on Human Relations Commission just to name a his achievements. few. Prince George’s County is now the FATHER KEVIN CORCORAN The job of a United States Congressman in- wealthiest African American-majority County in volves much that is rewarding, yet nothing the United States. This success is thanks in HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR. compares to recognizing and commemorating no small part to the NAACP, which has always OF NEW JERSEY the achievements of individuals such as Fa- resolutely placed them in the vanguard of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ther Kevin Corcoran. struggle for equality. Friday, February 13, 2015 Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join our col- Yet despite all that has been accomplished leagues, Father Kevin Corcoran’s coworkers, over the years there is still much to be done. Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to family and friends, all those whose lives he Racial profiling is a pervasive policy in both recognize Father Kevin Corcoran who, after has touched, and me, in recognizing the work the workplace and in many police departments 16 years of support and service to the Depart- of Father Kevin Corcoran. all over the country, unequal law enforcement ment for Persons with Disabilities will be hon- f on young black men, and threats to voter ac- ored as Person of the Year on Sunday, Feb- cess shows that the work championed by the NAACP ON ITS 106TH ruary 22, 2015 at the 45th Annual Murray NAACP is as important today as it was 106 ANNIVERSARY House Dinner Dance in Paterson, NJ. years ago at its founding. So while it is right Father Kevin Corcoran is a native of Dover, that we look back and recognize all the New Jersey. In 1986, he graduated from Mor- HON. DONNA F. EDWARDS progress that has been made under their lead- ris Catholic High School in Denville, and upon OF MARYLAND ership, we also must look to the future to what graduation dedicated the next four years of his IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES remains to be accomplished under the contin- life to serving in the United States Air Force. ued leadership of the NAACP. He demonstrated remarkable courage and Friday, February 13, 2015 dedication to serving his country, and would Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f continue to exemplify core Air Force values: honor the National Association for the Ad- ‘‘Integrity first, service before self, and excel- vancement of Colored People, better known PERSONAL EXPLANATION lence in all we do’’. as the NAACP, which is celebrating its 106th During his time in the Air Force, Father Birthday this week. HON. ELIZABETH H. ESTY Kevin was stationed in Texas, Colorado, and Since its founding in 1909, the NAACP has OF CONNECTICUT Korea. While in Korea, he received a Black been at the forefront of the fight to protect the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Belt in Taekwondo from the University of civil rights of all Americans. The mission state- Friday, February 13, 2015 Seoul. ment of the NAACP is to ensure the political, In 1999, Father Kevin answered the call to educational, social, and economic equality of Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, I want to state that a vocation in priesthood, and enrolled in St. rights of all persons and to eliminate race- on Thursday, February 12, I unfortunately Mary’s seminary and University in Baltimore, based discrimination in the United States. It missed two roll call votes as I was attending Maryland. Specializing in theological studies, has done so by advocating and influencing the the bill signing ceremony at the White House he received both a B.A. and M.A. in theology. passage of landmark legislation ranging from for the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for Amer- His first assignment as a priest was at St. the Civil Rights Act to the Voting Rights Act, ican Veterans Act, of which I am a proud origi- Anthony Parish in Hawthorne, where he and monumental court decisions such as the nal cosponsor. This law will go a long way to served as a parochial vicar from 1999–2007. holdings in Brown v. the Board of Education increase access to mental health care and sui- As such, Father Kevin carried out the func- and Smith v. Allwright. cide prevention resources for military tions of teaching, sanctifying and leading the Maryland’s 4th Congressional District, made servicemembers and veterans Had I been people of St. Anthony’s parish. He and his col- up of portions of Anne Arundel and Prince present I would have voted: leagues worked tirelessly to guide and lead George’s Counties, is the only majority minor- 1. NO—Ordering the Previous Question on the community of St. Anthony’s through faith ity suburban district in the country. So I can H. Res. 101 and fellowship. speak from personal experience to the accom- I would have voted no in order to allow a For several months in 2010, while assisting plishments of the NAACP that have impacted vote on H.R. 861, a clean funding bill for the his mother who was ill, Father Kevin did my district and constituents. Department of Homeland Security through the priestly ministry at St. Mary’s Parish, in Golds- The NAACP has had a presence in Anne end of fiscal year 2015, which would prevent boro, North Carolina. Arundel County since 1944 and has done a partial government shutdown and provide From 2007–2012, as well as 2011 to the much to advance the cause of civil rights for certainty that DHS operations to protect Amer- present, Father Kevin has served as priest- its residents. Just as was the case in many icans will proceed without interruption. secretary to Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli of the other counties across the nation, Anne Arun- 2. NO—Approving H. Res. 101 Diocese of Paterson, in addition to being Vice del County operated under Jim Crow laws I would have voted no on H. Res. 101, Chancellor and Master of Ceremonies for until the latter half of the 20th century. Seg- which prevented the House from considering Episcopal Liturgical events. Father Kevin has regation was the law of the land and the any amendments to either H.R. 644 or H.R. had the privilege to work with Bishop County’s African-American residents experi- 636.

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Mr. Speaker, I was not present for and Border Protection agency. He has been a support them, for the work that they do to rev- roll call votes 71–76 due to a family emer- consistent advocate for innovation and effi- olutionize the world we live in. As the following gency. ciency, and since serving as assistant com- inventors are inducted, may it encourage fu- Had I been present, I would have voted no missioner in CBP’s Office of Field Operations ture innovators to strive to meet this high on #71, no on #72, no on #73, yes on #74, no in 2007, he has developed CBP into a world- honor and continue the spirit of innovation. on #75, and yes on #76. class law enforcement organization through a The 2014 NAI Fellows include: Ilhan A. Aksay, Princeton University; Nancy f stringent process of modernization and expan- sion of global operations. Mr. Winkowski also L. Allbritton, The University of North Carolina PERSONAL EXPLANATION served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Sec- at Chapel Hill; Jan P. Allebach, Purdue Uni- retary for U.S. Immigration and Customs En- versity; Daniel W. Armstrong, The University HON. JOHN R. CARTER forcement where he led 20,000 employees in of Texas at Arlington; Frances H. Arnold, Cali- more than 400 offices in the United States and fornia Institute of Technology; Kyriacos A. OF TEXAS Athanasiou, University of California, Davis; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 48 foreign countries. In recognition of his excellent and distin- Nadine N. Aubry, Northeastern University; Friday, February 13, 2015 guished service, Mr. Winkowski was awarded David Baltimore, California Institute of Tech- Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, due to the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award by nology; Amit Bandyopadhyay, Washington illness, I was unable to attend votes the week President Bush in 2004. In 2009, his service State University; Joseph J. Beaman, Jr., The of January 5, 2015. I would have supported was also recognized by President (Obama, University of Texas at Austin; James A. final passage of the following bills: who awarded him the Distinguished Executive Birchler, University of Missouri-Columbia; Don- Roll Call #7 (H.R. 22: Hire More Heroes Act Presidential Rank Award. ald R. Bobbitt, University of Arkansas; Jeffrey of 2015—On Motion to Suspend the Rules Mr. Speaker, I am honored to recognize T. Borenstein, The Charles Stark Draper Lab- and Pass) Thomas S. Winkowski, retiring acting commis- oratory; H. Kim Bottomly, Wellesley College; Roll Call #8 (H.R. 26: Terrorism Risk Insur- sioner of Customs and Border Protection. His Scott A. Brandt, University of California, Santa ance Program Reauthorization Act—On Mo- years of dedication and commitment to our Cruz; Steven P. Briggs, University of Cali- tion to Suspend the Rules and Pass) country have truly made this nation safer fornia, San Diego; Robert A. Brown, Boston Roll Call #9 (H.R. 37: Promoting Job Cre- today. Thank you for this time. University; Karen J.L. Burg, Kansas State Uni- versity; Robert H. Byrne, University of South ation and Reducing Small Business Burdens f Act—On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Florida; A. Robert Calderbank, Duke Univer- Pass) HONORING THE 2014 FELLOWS OF sity; Emily A. Carter, Princeton University; Roll Call #10 (H.R. 23: National Windstorm THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF IN- Alexander N. Cartwright, The State University Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization—On VENTORS (NAI) of New York; H. Jonathan Chao, New York Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass) University; Ching-Shih Chen, The Ohio State Roll Call #14 (H.R. 30: Save American HON. DENNIS A. ROSS University; Ashutosh Chilkoti, Duke University; Workers Act of 2015—On Passage) OF FLORIDA Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan; Roll Call #16 (H.R. 3: Keystone XL Pipeline IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Steven Chu, Stanford University; James J. Coleman, The University of Texas at Dallas; J. Act—On Passage) Friday, February 13, 2015 Due to illness, I was also unable to attend Edward Colgate, Northwestern University; votes the week of January 19, 2015. I would Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Barry S. Coller, The Rockefeller University; R. have supported final passage of the following honor the 170 inventors who will soon be rec- Graham Cooks, Purdue University; Rory A. bills: ognized at the California Institute of Tech- Cooper, University of Pittsburgh; Harold G. Roll Call #41 (H.R. 161: Natural Gas Pipe- nology and inducted as the 2014 Fellows of Craighead, Cornell University; Charles S. line Permitting Reform Act—On Passage) the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). In Craik, University of California, San Francisco; Roll Call #45 (H.R. 7: No Taxpayer Funding order to be named as a Fellow, these men Alfred J. Crosby, University of Massachusetts for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Dis- and women were nominated by their peers Amherst; Marcos Dantus, Michigan State Uni- closure Act of 2015—On Passage) and have undergone the scrutiny of the NAI versity; Huw M.L. Davies, Emory University; f Selection Committee, having had their innova- Mark R.D. Davies, University of Limerick; Mark tions deemed as making significant impact on E. Dean, The University of Tennessee, Knox- RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER OF quality of life, economic development, and ville; Richard D. DiMarchi, Indiana University; CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTEC- welfare of society. Collectively, among this Michael A. Dirr, The University of Georgia; TION, THOMAS S. WINKOWSKI elite group holds nearly 5,000 patents. Richard A. Dixon, University of North Texas; The individuals making up this year’s class John P. Donoghue, Brown University; Jona- HON. HENRY CUELLAR of Fellows include individuals from 114 re- than S. Dordich, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- OF TEXAS search universities and non-profit research in- tute; Jennifer A. Doudna, University of Cali- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES stitutes spanning not just the United States but fornia, Berkeley; Anatoly Dritschilo, George- also the world. The now 414 member group of town University; Robert V. Duncan, Texas Friday, February 13, 2015 Fellows is comprised of 61 presidents and Tech University; Russell D. Dupuis, Georgia Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to senior leadership of research universities and Institute of Technology; Victor J. Dzau, Duke recognize the retiring acting Commissioner of non-profit research institutes, 208 members of University; James H. Eberwine, University of Customs and Border Protection, Thomas S. the other National Academies, 21 inductees of Pennsylvania; Elazer R. Edelman, Massachu- Winkowski. He has served with distinction, the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 16 recipi- setts Institute of Technology; J. Gary Eden, and is now ending his tenure after a 39-year ents of the U.S. National Medal of Technology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; career with CBP and other border security and Innovation, 10 recipients of the U.S. Na- Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Johns Hopkins Univer- agencies. His tireless efforts have helped keep tional Medal of Science, 21 Nobel Laureates, sity; Sir Martin J. Evans, Cardiff University; our borders secure and improved the effi- 11 Lemelson-MIT prize recipients, 112 AAAS David A. Evans, Harvard University; Gregg B. ciency and effectiveness of our border oper- Fellows, among other awards and distinctions. Fields, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular ations. The National Academy of Inventors was Studies; Stephen R. Forrest, University of Thomas Winkowski joined the U.S. Customs founded in 2010 by Paul R. Sanberg at the Michigan; Michael W. Fountain, University of Service in 1975 as a cooperative education University of South Florida. Its mission is to South Florida; Ingrid Fritsch, University of Ar- student. Upon graduating from Boston’s North- recognize and encourage inventors with pat- kansas; Cynthia M. Furse, The University of eastern University in 1978, he was assigned ents issued from the U.S. Patent and Trade- Utah; Elsa M. Garmire, Dartmouth College; to Los Angeles where he became a Customs mark Office, enhance the visibility of academic Samuel H. Gellman, University

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Soliman, Texas Tech University; son to serve as Sheriff and, after taking the Herlihy, Brown University; John C. Herr, Uni- Bruce J. Tatarchuk, Auburn University; Gordon oath of office, Sheriff Anderson on February versity of Virginia; David R. Hillyard, The Uni- A. Thomas, New Jersey Institute of Tech- 14, 1815 opened the Court of Scott County. versity of Utah; Jeffrey A. Hubbell, The Univer- nology; Mark E. Thompson, University of William H. Carter was elected to serve as the sity of Chicago; Suzanne T. Ildstad, University Southern California; Thomas G. Thundat, Uni- first clerk of the court. The court appointed citi- of Louisville; M. Saif Islam, University of Cali- versity of Alberta; Richard B. Timmons, The zens to serve in county leadership positions, fornia, Davis; Robert D. Ivarie, The University University of Texas at Arlington; Mark L. and also arranged for the county’s first elec- of Georgia; Allan J. Jacobson, University of Tykocinski, Thomas Jefferson University; tion. Houston; Trevor O. Jones, Case Western Re- Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota; An- I am proud to honor the history of Scott serve University; Michael E. Jung, University thony J. Vizzini, Wichita State University; County and recognize all those who have of California, Los Angeles; Kattesh V. Katti, Horst Vogel, E´ cole Polytechnique Fe´de´rale de served and continue to serve this community University of Missouri-Columbia; Jay D. Lausanne; Nicholi Vorsa, Rutgers, The State since it was founded more than 200 years Keasling, University of California, Berkeley; University of New Jersey; Gordana Vunjak- ago. Behrokh Khoshnevis, University of Southern Novakovic, Columbia University; Kristiina f California; Marcia J. Kieliszewski, Ohio Univer- Vuori, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research In- sity; Michael N. Kozicki, Arizona State Univer- stitute; Kevin M. Walsh, University of Louis- OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL sity; Juan C. Lasheras, University of Cali- ville; Christine A. Wang, Massachusetts Insti- DEBT fornia, San Diego; Wen-Hwa Lee, China Med- tute of Technology; Shaomeng Wang, Univer- ical University; Chiang J. Li, Harvard Univer- sity of Michigan; Paul H. Weigel, The Univer- HON. MIKE COFFMAN sity; James Linder, University of Nebraska-Lin- sity of Oklahoma; Jonathan A. Wickert, Iowa OF COLORADO coln; Stuart M. Lindsay, Arizona State Univer- State University; Alan E. Willner, University of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sity; Robert J. Linhardt, Rensselaer Poly- Southern California; Richard C. Willson, III, Friday, February 13, 2015 technic Institute; Philip S. Low, Purdue Univer- University of Houston; Chi-Huey Wong, Aca- sity; Yuri M. Lvov, Louisiana Tech University; demia Sinica; John A. Woollam, University of Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January Asad M. Madni, University of California, Los Nebraska-Lincoln; Shelby D. Worley, Auburn 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- Angeles; Marc J. Madou, University of Cali- University; Chris Xu, Cornell University; Ping fice, the national debt was fornia, Irvine; Richard A. Mathies, University of Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Zhi Xu, $10,626,877,048,913.08. California, Berkeley; Richard D. McCullough, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Janet K. Today, it is $18,120,857,078,035.52. We’ve Harvard University; Carver A. Mead, California Yamamoto, University of Florida; Shu Yang, added $7,493,980,029,122.44 to our debt in 6 Institute of Technology; Wen Jin Meng, Lou- University of Pennsylvania; Michael J. years. This is over $7.4 trillion in debt our na- isiana State University; Xiang-Jin Meng, Vir- Yaszemski, Mayo Clinic; Phillip D. Zamore, tion, our economy, and our children could ginia Tech; Thomas O. Mensah, Florida State University of Massachusetts Medical School have avoided with a balanced budget amend- University; Antonios G. Mikos, Rice University; f ment. Richard K. Miller, Olin College of Engineering; f Duane D. Miller, The University of Tennessee 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE Health Science Center; Jan D. Miller, The Uni- FIRST COURT HELD IN SCOTT PERSONAL EXPLANATION versity of Utah; Sergey B. Mirov, The Univer- COUNTY, VIRGINIA sity of Alabama at Birmingham; Jeffrey R. HON. BARBARA LEE Morgan, Brown University; Brij M. Moudgil, HON. H. MORGAN GRIFFITH OF CALIFORNIA University of Florida; Jose´ M.F. Moura, Car- OF VIRGINIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES negie Mellon University; Shuji Nakamura, Uni- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, February 13, 2015 versity of California, Santa Barbara; Jagdish Friday, February 13, 2015 Narayan, North Carolina State University; Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I was not present for Mr. GRIFFITH. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleas- Shree K. Nayar, Columbia University; Douglas roll call votes 79–80 due to a family emer- ure to recognize the 200th anniversary of the F. Nixon, The George Washington University; gency. first court held in Scott County, Virginia. The Babatunde A. Ogunnaike, University of Dela- Had I been present, I would have voted yes community will celebrate this anniversary at ware; Iwao Ojima, Stony Brook University; on #79 and no on #80. the Scott County Courthouse on Sunday, Feb- Nicholas A. Peppas, The University of Texas f at Austin; Michael A. Peshkin, Northwestern ruary 15, 2015. As noted in press reports by Wayne University; Victor L. Poirier, University of RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL AS- McClelland, president of the Overmountain South Florida; Mark R. Prausnitz, Georgia In- SOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- Men Chapter Sons of the American Revolu- stitute of Technology; Darwin J. Prockop, MENT OF COLORED PEOPLE ON tion, ‘‘It’s important to understand this 200th THEIR 106TH ANNIVERSARY Texas A&M University; Alain T. Rappaport, In- anniversary commemorates the government stitute for Human and Machine Cognition; actually forming in Scott County.’’ Renee A. Reijo Pera, Montana State Univer- Governor Wilson C. Nicholas on January 4, HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON sity; Daniel E. Resasco, The University of 1815 signed a commission of the peace for OF TEXAS Oklahoma; Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum, Rice Scott County, which was formed from parts of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES University; Yasuko Rikihisa, The Ohio State Washington, Lee, and Russell Counties and Friday, February 13, 2015 University; Pradeep K. Rohatgi, University of named in honor of General Winfield Scott, the Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ba¨rbel M. Rohrer, Med- most important American military figure of the Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. ical University of South Carolina; Erkki War of 1812 (news of Colonel Jackson’s vic- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize one of Ruoslahti, Sanford-Burnham Medical Re- tory in the battles surrounding New Orleans the preeminent civil rights organizations in search Institute; B. Don Russell, Jr., Texas would not be known of for weeks after the America, the National Association for the Ad- A&M University; Ram Sasisekharan, Massa- signing of the commission of the peace). ‘‘Old vancement of Colored People, on their 106th chusetts Institute of Technology; W. Gregory Fuss and Feathers’’ served as Commanding anniversary. Widely recognized as the nation’s Sawyer, University of Florida; Axel Scherer, General of the United States Army for twenty oldest and largest civil rights group, this orga- California Institute of Technology; Joseph M. years, commanding forces in the Black Hawk nization has been essential in helping African Schimmels, Marquette University; C. Richard War, the Mexican-American War, and the Sec- Americans find and maintain their voice since Schlegel, Georgetown University; Saı¨d M. ond Seminole War. He was the leading mili- its founding in 1909. Sebti, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Insti- tary figure in the country up to the eve of the Founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells tute; George E. Seidel, Jr., Colorado State War Between the States. and a host of other progressive and forward University; Arup K. SenGupta, Lehigh Univer- The commission of the peace signed by thinking leaders, the NAACP has always been sity; Wan Y. Shih, Drexel University; Kevin M. Governor Nicholas authorized citizens to orga- on the front lines for Blacks in this country.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 Feb 14, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A13FE8.015 E13FEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with REMARKS E218 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks February 13, 2015 Established partly in response to the horrific PERSONAL EXPLANATION ship and service to the people of Mexico. Be- lynchings of the early 1900s, the group quickly fore beginning his career, Secretary Martinez expanded, focusing many of its early battles HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO y Martinez attended the Monterrey Institute of on the court system and legalized segregation. OF CONNECTICUT Technology, where he majored in economics. With the stated purpose of securing the rights IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES From 1976 to 1978, he served as State of Coahuila Treasury Undersecretary in charge guaranteed by the 13th, 14th and 15th Friday, February 13, 2015 Amendments for all Americans, the NAACP of revenues. He next served as Mayor of worked tirelessly to secure equal protection Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoid- Saltillo, Capital of the State of Coahuila from ably detained and so I missed the following under the law and the right to vote. 1979 to 1981. In 1981, he became Coahuila votes: State General Secretary, and served in this With the founding of the NAACP’s Legal De- Roll Call vote number 79 regarding the position until 1987. fense Fund in 1939, America saw the brilliant ‘‘Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. 644’’. Other leadership roles Secretary Martinez y litigation strategy of Charles Hamilton Houston Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘Yes’’. Martinez has held include Chairman of the and Thurgood Marshall as they advocated for Roll Call vote number 80 regarding the State Electoral Commission, State of Coahuila the famous Brown v. Board of Education deci- ‘‘Fighting Hunger Incentive Act of 2015’’. Had Municipal Development Director, Chairman of sion, which many credit with beginning the I been present, I would have voted ‘‘No’’. the National Conference of Governors modern Civil Rights Movement. On the Motion to Adjourn on February 12, (CONAGO), Chairman of the Border Gov- 2015. Had I been present, I would have voted ernors Conference, Chairman of the Public As the 20th century neared its close, and ‘‘No’’. Administration National Institute in the State of African Americans experienced the transition Coahuila, Federal Congressman in Mexico’s from the overt racism that plagues the Jim f 54th and 57th Congress, Chairman of the Re- Crow South to urban areas plagued by pov- THE ‘‘FORT PAYNE 7’’ REAL gional Development and Production Support erty and crime. Again, the NAACP adopted its WORLD DESIGN TEAM Committee, and Member of the Treasury and mantra to meet this challenge and remains a Public Credit Committee. From 1999 to 2005, relevant advocate improving the lives of HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT he served as Governor of the State of Blacks in America. OF ALABAMA Coahuila. He assumed the role Secretary of I rise to recognize and celebrate the 106 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Agriculture, Cattle Industry, Rural Develop- year history of the NAACP’s advocacy and. Friday, February 13, 2015 ment, Fishery and Food Ministry in 2012. Sec- retary Enrique Martinez y Martinez’s service From the early 20th century, fighting for Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I want to rec- Blacks to serve as officers in World War I, to exemplifies a shining example of humility and ognize and congratulate the success of the dedication. the present day efforts to address disparities Fort Payne High School Real World Design in economic access and the criminal justice Mr. Speaker, I am honored to have the op- Team, known as the ‘‘Fort Payne 7.’’ portunity to recognize Mexico’s Secretary of system, the NAACP continues to fulfill its mis- The ‘‘Fort Payne 7’’ team, with assistance Agriculture, Enrique Martinez y Martinez for sion of providing a voice to the voiceless and from sponsor Hannah Turner, competed in the his many accomplishments and great contribu- improving the quality of life for all Americans. Real World Design team state challenge in tions to our neighbor to the south. 2013 and the national challenge in 2014. f f The 2013 Real World Design Challenge was to design an unmanned aerial vehicle that de- RECOGNIZING TOLEDO MAYOR D. INTRODUCTION OF THE NORTHERN tects agricultural pests in a one-mile by one- MICHAEL COLLINS ROCKIES ECOSYSTEM PROTEC- mile cornfield in Fort Dodge, Iowa. After win- TION ACT ning the state challenge, the team utilized the HON. MARCY KAPTUR summer and fall months to complete the na- OF OHIO tional challenge. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY The national challenge was held in Wash- Friday, February 13, 2015 OF NEW YORK ington, D.C., on November 15, 2014. The na- tional challenge team was made up of mem- Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bers Hunter Vezertzis, Noah Wofford, Matthew recognize the noble life of Toledo Mayor D. Wilding, Joshua Johnston, Hunter Terry, and Michael Collins, a true American and public Friday, February 13, 2015 Regan Anderson with Hannah Turner as the servant whose life was tragically cut short. Mr. Collins was sworn into office one year ago as Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. team coach and sponsor. Since then, the team has expanded with the addition of the 62nd Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, and every Mr. Speaker, the destruction caused by nat- day he showed his dedication to the words ural disasters across the country affirms the Jayden Parris, Ansley Grider, Harley Tate, and Emma Simpson. ‘‘duty’’ and ‘‘honor.’’ An Irish-American from need to address climate change. Conservation the South End of Toledo, he was a son and efforts that protect wildlife ecosystems help to We are very proud of the ‘‘Fort Payne 7’’ and I want to congratulate them on their suc- a father of Toledo. The love that our commu- mitigate these climate concerns as well as nity felt for Mayor Collins was shown by the provide lands for all Americans to enjoy. cess, hard work and dedication. Competitions like these and the lessons learned will serve thousands who attended his wake and funeral Today, I am proud to introduce legislation these young people for many years to come. this week. that helps preserve the northern Rockies—one I look forward to forwarding the students and He served honorably with an honest soul of our country’s vital environmental regions. their continued success. that ferried our great city through a very dif- ficult year. Dedicated to the people of Toledo, The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection f Act will safeguard 23 million acres by estab- he spent his entire adult life and work serving lishing a system to connect biological corridors RECOGNIZING MEXICO’S SEC- our community and country. on public lands in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, RETARY OF AGRICULTURE, Following his high school graduation he en- Oregon, and Washington. It prioritizes the ENRIQUE MARTINEZ Y MAR- listed in the U.S. Marine Corps, attaining the health of whole ecosystems by designating all TINEZ rank of Corporal, and every day exemplified the motto of the Corps, Semper Fidelis, ‘‘Al- of the inventoried roadless areas as wilder- ways Faithful.’’ After returning home, his public ness, including wild and scenic rivers. This HON. HENRY CUELLAR service continued for nearly three decades designation helps ensure the preservation of OF TEXAS with the Toledo Police Department. He was native plants and animals. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES later elected President of the Toledo Police It’s our responsibility to preserve our coun- Friday, February 13, 2015 Patrolmen’s Association. In 2007, he ran for try’s natural treasures for our own and future Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to City Council and quickly earned a reputation generations. I thank my colleague Public recognize the accomplishments of Mexico’s as a problem solver with deep knowledge of Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member RAU´ L Secretary of Agriculture, Enrique Martinez y the City’s finances and budget. He ran for GRIJALVA for his longstanding support. I urge Martinez. Mayor in 2013 in a heavily contested race, others to join us in helping to protect these Secretary Martinez y Martinez’s career has won with broad public support and was sworn public lands. been characterized by extraordinary leader- into his first term.

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