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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 112 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 158 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012 No. 54 House of Representatives The House met at 2 p.m. and was THE JOURNAL I look forward to these joint collabo- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The rations with the Savannah River Na- pore (Mr. HARRIS). Chair has examined the Journal of the tional Laboratory, and I am confident their success will be of great benefit to f last day’s proceedings and announces to the House his approval thereof. South Carolina and our Nation. In conclusion, God bless our troops, DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- and we will never forget September the PRO TEMPORE nal stands approved. 11th in the global war on terrorism. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- f Rest in peace, Medal of Honor recipi- fore the House the following commu- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ent Army Master Sergeant John F. nication from the Speaker: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the Baker, Jr., of Columbia, South Caro- WASHINGTON, DC, gentleman from Illinois (Mr. lina, and Rock Island, Illinois, for his April 16, 2012. KINZINGER) come forward and lead the heroic service in Vietnam, who was I hereby appoint the Honorable ANDY HAR- House in the Pledge of Allegiance. buried at Arlington National Cemetery RIS to act as Speaker pro tempore on this Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois led the today. day. Pledge of Allegiance as follows: f JOHN A. BOEHNER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the URGING CONGRESSIONAL ACTION United States of America, and to the Repub- ON STUDENT LOANS f lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was PRAYER f given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick ENERGY PARTNERSHIPS IN SOUTH J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: his remarks.) CAROLINA Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, unless Dear Lord, we give You thanks for (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina this Congress acts, in 75 days, the in- giving us another day. asked and was given permission to ad- terest rate for the Stafford student At the beginning of a new workweek, dress the House for 1 minute and to re- loan program will explode for 8 million we use this moment to be reminded of vise and extend his remarks.) college students. Unless Congress acts, Your presence and to tap the resources Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. the rate will jump from 3.4 percent to needed by the Members of this people’s Speaker, as I traveled across the Sec- 6.8 percent. At a time when student House to do their work as well as it can ond Congressional District of South loan debt now exceeds credit card debt, be done. Carolina over the last constituent added interest costs for a student using We ask that You send Your Holy workweek, I became increasingly Stafford will increase between $5,000 Spirit upon them, giving them the gifts aware of a growing relationship be- and $10,000. of patience and diligence. With all the tween the Savannah River National It is unconscionable that the Repub- pressures for action that cry out each Laboratory and one of their regional lican leadership will not bring up H.R. day and with all the concern and worry research universities, the University of 3826, a bill I’ve introduced with 119 co- that accompanies any responsibility, South Carolina. sponsors to lock in the lower rate. In- we pray that they might know Your These two entities are working to- credibly, the chair of the Sub- peace, which surpasses all human un- gether to address key national energy committee on Higher Education spoke derstanding. needs in nuclear, hydrogen, fuel cells, last week in North Carolina and said: I May Your voice speak to them in the environmental science, advanced sen- have very little tolerance for people depths of their hearts, illuminating sors, modular nuclear reactors, and al- who tell me they graduate with $200,000 their minds and spirits, thus enabling ternative energy, in addition to other of debt or even $80,000 of debt. them to view the tasks of this day with areas of great national interest. The Really? It is a sad statement when confidence and hope. All this day and two institutions anticipate the future today’s Republican Party turns its through the week, may they do their formation of a joint technology com- back on a program that helps millions best to find solutions to the pressing mercialization initiative involving the of Americans fulfill their dreams and issues facing our Nation. Darla Moore School of Business at the that is named after Republican Senator May all that is done this day be for University of South Carolina to build Robert Stafford of Vermont. Your greater honor and glory. new technology-based businesses and Stop the rate hike. Bring up H.R. 3826 Amen. create jobs. for a vote, and keep the American b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H1813 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:18 Apr 17, 2012 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A16AP7.000 H16APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H1814 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 16, 2012 Dream alive for millions of college stu- Mexicans lives in homes with three Record votes on postponed questions dents. rooms or larger. will be taken after 6:30 p.m. today. f If you look at the other tremendous f indications, the fact that there is a NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR burgeoning middle class in Mexico is a RAOUL WALLENBERG CENTENNIAL AMBITIONS positive sign towards dealing with the CELEBRATION ACT (Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois asked challenges that we have. Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Speaker, I and was given permission to address Again, Mr. Speaker, I commend this move to suspend the rules and pass the the House for 1 minute.) document to my colleagues. bill (H.R. 3001) to award a Congres- Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. Mr. f sional Gold Medal to Raoul Speaker, last week, the North Korean Wallenberg, in recognition of his regime sent a clear message of defiance NATIONAL MEDIA IS NOT achievements and heroic actions dur- to the world community. Rather than MAINSTREAM ing the Holocaust. work toward a peaceful agreement, (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was The Clerk read the title of the bill. North Korea would prefer its people given permission to address the House The text of the bill is as follows: starve in order to pursue its nuclear for 1 minute and to revise and extend H.R. 3001 ambitions. The failure of the long- his remarks.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- range missile test undermines the Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, resentatives of the United States of America in credibility of the North’s new leader- today’s so-called ‘‘mainstream’’ media Congress assembled, ship and requires the United States to is not mainstream. The modern ency- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. stand firm in support of stronger pen- clopedia, Wikipedia, says, ‘‘The term This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Raoul alties. ‘mainstream’ media denotes those Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Act’’. North Korea has one ally in the re- media generally reflective of the pre- SEC. 2. FINDINGS. gion that has the power to force them vailing currents of thought, influence, The Congress finds as follows: (1) Raoul Wallenberg was born in Europe to negotiate in good faith. It’s time or activity.’’ But the opinions ex- on August 4, 1912, to Swedish Christian par- China stepped up and realized that its pressed by the media are neither wide- ents. economic success is dependent on peace spread nor accepted by the majority of (2) In 1935, he graduated from the Univer- in the region and around the world. Americans. sity of Michigan in Ann Arbor, completing a With China’s rise comes responsibility. For example, journalists and the pub- five-year program in three-and-a-half years. I encourage China to use this oppor- lic have very different views regarding (3) In a letter to his grandfather, tunity to force the North Korean re- illegal immigration. According to a Wallenberg wrote of his time in America: ‘‘I gime to abandon its nuclear missile Pew Research Center poll, less than feel so at home in my little Ann Arbor that one in five journalists said they I’m beginning to sink down roots here and program and support the welfare of its have a hard time imagining my leaving it. people; and I encourage the United thought ‘‘reducing illegal immigra- . Every now and then I feel strange when States to continue a strong posture, tion’’ was a ‘‘top priority.’’ Yet over I think about how tiny my own country is peace through strength, in the hopes half the American people rate illegal and how large and wonderful America is.’’. that someday strength makes war ob- immigration reduction as a ‘‘top pri- (4) Raoul returned to Sweden, where he solete. ority.’’ began a career as a businessman, and after- wards, a Swedish diplomat.
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