E504 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 19, 2013 The Texas Revolution proved the bonds of He was a committed activist in the truest Tammy Jin, Jonathon Kim, Abhinav Patil, Rob- freedom are stronger than ethnicity, as many sense of the word, tirelessly serving our ert Tannenbaum of Half Hollow Hills High Tejanos sacrificed their lives for Texas’ free- state party and always offering sage and fair School East; Deriam Chirinos, Menglu Dong, counsel on the rules and procedures needed dom at the battles of Gonzalez, Bexar, Goliad, to advance party business. For over 50 years Julia Zhuang of John L. Miller Great Neck the Alamo, and San Jacinto. The war was not he practiced trust and estate law for three North High School; Yonatan David of North between Anglos and Hispanics, it was a strug- law firms, most recently as Senior of Coun- Shore Hebrew Academy; David Kim, Cyrus gle between all Texans and the military dicta- sel to Morrison/Foerster LLP, since 1995. Zhou of William A. Shine Great Neck South torship in Mexico City. It was a privilege to know and work with High School; Jacob Gary Wax of Harborfields Texans and Tejanos knew then what we such a deeply principled, humble, accom- High School; Sonia Joshi, Samuel Lam, know now—freedom requires sacrifice. Texas plished, and exemplary human being. All of us Brendan Liu, Michael Shen, Raymond Wu of culture places high honors on heroes willing to will always remember his signature bow-tie, Jericho Senior High School; Wesley Cox, sacrifice their lives for a better life for their fel- his wonderful wit, his kind heart and unwaver- Kenan Mutlu of Kings Park High School; Nick low man, and Texans are known around the ing spirit. His life has been a gift to all who Fiacco of Manhasset High School; Meenakshi world as an honorable people who respond to knew him; his memory will be a blessing for all Krishna, Benjamin Isaac Pleat of Herricks the call of duty. who remember him. High School; Jongyoon Lee, Carolyn Yao of In that spirit, I want to highlight the work by I only hope it is a comfort to his wife Mar- Stuyvesant High School; James Shamul, the San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of jorie, his sons Jonathan, Daniel and Law- Sunny Zheng Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. the Texas Republic, who made the preserva- rence, his daughter Linn, his daughter-in-law Kennedy High School; Drew Feldman, Minah tion of the San Jacinto Battleground possible Tamara, and his grandchildren Jack and Kim of Paul D. Schreiber High School; Arshia by petitioning the Legislature to purchase the Taryn, that so many share in their grief at this Aalami, Arvind Kumar, Ethan Levine, Alian acreage and by donating their treasury to sad time. Emil Sherman of Roslyn High School; Michelle complete the sale in 1900. f Jiang Long, Jared Brandon Weiss of Syosset The San Jacinto Chapter of Daughters and High School, HONORING SEMIFINALISTS IN THE the Texans Veterans Association did extraor- In closing, I again want to applaud the fami- INTEL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH dinary work to ensure that the legacy lived on, lies, teachers and students that make all of and the importance of the park has only ex- these achievements possible. I commend you panded since then. HON. STEVE ISRAEL for all of your successes and I look forward to I am very proud to have formerly rep- OF NEW YORK hearing more from all of you in the future. You resented the site of the Battle of San Jacinto IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will keep Americans globally competitive and commemorated by the San Jacinto Monument. Friday, April 19, 2013 at the forefront of innovation. This park not only has the San Jacinto Monument to recognize the brave men that Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f honor a number of talented and dedicated defeated the military dictator General Santa PERSONAL EXPLANATION Anna, it also home to the Battleship Texas, high school students from my Congressional which is a symbol of sacrifices in World War District who were chosen to be Semifinalists in HON. GWEN MOORE I and World War II. the Intel Science Talent Search (STS) as well With the understanding of where they came as one who was named as a Finalist. These OF WISCONSIN from, Texans and Americans will continue to students are the future of our nation’s re- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES respond to calls of service, thereby continuing search and I am so proud to recognize them Friday, April 19, 2013 today. their legacy of respect and admiration through- Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I unexpectedly out the world. Mayuri Sridhar attends Kings Park High School in Kings Park, NY in my district and missed rollcall vote 110 on April 17, 2013. f Intel has recognized her as a finalist in this Had I been able to vote, I would have voted HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE year’s competition. Mayuri is being recognized in favor of rollcall vote 110. OF JOSEPH L. WYATT for her research project entitled ‘‘Computa- f tional Analysis of the DNA-Binding Mechanism ACKNOWLEDGING COACH BOB of the p53 Tumor Suppressor and its Inactiva- HON. NANCY PELOSI SHAFFER’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO tion through the R249S Mutation.’’ In March, OF CALIFORNIA THE TRUCKEE HIGH SCHOOL Mayuri traveled to Washington D.C. to partici- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOOTBALL PROGRAM pate in the final round of the competition and Friday, April 19, 2013 compete for the top award of $100,000. While Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to in the nation’s capital, she was one of only HON. TOM McCLINTOCK pay tribute to a great statesman, a great Dem- forty finalists to display her work to the public OF CALIFORNIA ocrat and a great American, Joseph L. Wyatt, as well as meet with notable American sci- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Jr. who passed away on April 15, 2013, in entists. This extraordinary honor reflects Friday, April 19, 2013 Pasadena, California. Mayuri’s commitment and dedication to her California Democratic Party Chairman John academic work and I know Mayuri will be suc- Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Burton put it best in describing Joe’s essence cessful in her future endeavors. to recognize High School Football Coach and and contribution, his commitment to our state Additionally, I want to recognize the Intel legend Bob Shaffer for his tremendous con- and his work as the California Democratic Semifinalists that I have the honor to rep- tributions to the community of Truckee, the Party Parliamentarian, our gratitude for his resent here in Congress. Long Island and Truckee Football Program and the many play- service and our fond memories of his extraor- Queens are fortunate to have so many top ers he has influenced over the years. dinary life, saying in a statement: notch schools with dedicated teachers guiding Since taking over the head coaching posi- California Democrats lost one of the clos- these talented young students to success. The tion in 1995, Coach Shaffer has had an overall est members of our Democratic family in Semifinalists were selected from among more record of 170 to 32, becoming the 3rd most California. Joe Wyatt, Jr. who served as our than 1,700 entrants to receive a $1,000 award winning football coach in the Nevada Inter- Party’s parliamentarian since 1970 passed at for their outstanding research. In addition, their scholastic Activities Association history. the age of eighty-nine. To know Joe was to know first and fore- schools receive $1,000 to support further ex- Throughout his eighteen year career, Shaffer most a kind and wonderful human being. He cellence in science and technology education. has led the Truckee High School Wolverines was also a committed husband, father, I am impressed not just by their scientific to win nine state titles, including back-to-back grandfather, and Democratic activist. knowledge but also by their profound commit- championships in the past four years. Joe was a founder of the California Demo- ment to the scientific process and making dis- Shaffer has set a standard for excellence on cratic Council (CDC), a federation of local coveries that will help our country. The fol- and off the field and has been a role model for volunteer Democratic clubs that helped rein- lowing names of the Intel Semifinalists rep- his players, teaching them that hard work and vigorate statewide Democratic politics in California and was instrumental in the elec- resent the young students with bright futures perseverance are part of being a champion. A tion of Pat Brown as California governor in ahead of them and the next generation of former player describes Shaffer’s ability ‘‘to the election of 1958. He was a delegate to the American innovation, science, and research: take many kids who didn’t think they had what Democratic National Convention on numer- Amanda Elyssa Ruiz of Bronx High School it takes to play football and make them believe ous occasions. of Science; Puja Bansal, Rohan Goyal, they were champions.’’

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