November 8, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2301 took an active and lead role in ensuring the Jesse Jackson, Sr. of the Rainbow/PUSH Co- cession, sedition, segregation and slavery safety of their fellow citizens on the day of the alition, rendered these words of comfort. It is and treason, could be there, why not have the guardian angel there to keep an eye on vote. For Iraqis, this was truly a national effort my privilege to enter them in the CONGRES- them, and to protect the true character of to determine the future of their nation. SIONAL RECORD as a living testimony to her life the American Dream. The increasingly Iraqi-dominated security and the world and nation she helped trans- Perhaps the extension of the voting rights operations are a huge boost in our efforts to form. with enforcement powers, 50 years later. defeat the terrorists. After a recent trip to Iraq, ROSA PARKS: WORDS OF COMFORT Perhaps a White House conference on civil rights. 50 years later—post Rosa Parks and Retired Army Major General Robert Scales We are here this morning for serious busi- hurricane Katrina, a White House conference commented: ‘‘[The Iraqi forces] are better able ness. On so many occasions, negros have on civil rights is needed. We must say to been intimidated and humiliated and op- to gather intelligence. They can spot insur- Mrs. Parks, your legacy is secure, your sac- pressed because of the sheer fact that they gents by their body language and by how they rifice is not in vain, but your work is unfin- were negros. Just the other day, just last act and the language they use.’’ ished and under attack. You lifted us up; we Thursday to be exact, one of the finest citi- The Iraqi security forces are gaining the will not let you down. zens in Montgomery—not one of the finest trust and respect of the Iraqi people. In fact, We often reference her qualifications for negro citizens, but one of the finest citizens this huge role in history—her vocation as a the number of tips to security forces rose from in Montgomery—was taken from a bus and 442 in February to over 3,000 in August. The seamstress, her civil rights membership, her carried to jail and arrested because she re- humility and temperament. But her biggest increasing capability of the Iraqi security fused to get up to give her seat to a white quality is she was available. forces is essential to our strategy for victory. person. One of the outstanding attributes of Mrs. Mr. Speaker, the trial of Saddam Hussein is When the history books are written in the Parks is that she was available. Her humil- yet another very positive development. This is future, somebody will have to say, ‘‘There ity, her steeled courage, her non-negotiable a trial by Iraqis, for Iraqis—and for justice long lived a race of people—, a black people, a dignity, speaks to us in the fullness of time, people who had the moral courage to stand denied to the victims who suffered under his after 336 years of struggle—from the hull of up for their rights!.’’—Dr. Martin Luther ships to the back of the bus—in the fullness murderous rule. The Iraqi Special Tribunal op- King Jr, Montgomery, Alabama, December erates under Iraqi law and shows the solid of time, she said, here am I, send me. I am 1955 available. foundation being built for law and order in ROSA PARKS: FREEDOM FIGHTER—LIBERATOR God uses the strength of the available. He Iraq. The Book of Esther. Chapter IV, Verses 12– is not bound by the credentialed and the un- There has also been significant progress re- 16: available. Each time I go back across the sulting from U.S. and Iraqi reconstruction ef- 12: And they told to Mordecai Esther’s bloodstained Edmund Pettus bridge in forts. Unfortunately, these signs that point to a words. Selma, Alabama—the battlefield of our mod- revived society, economy and culture have not 13: Then Mordecai commanded to answer ern day voting rights act—I recall the strug- received much attention. Consider this: Esther, Think not with thyself that thou gle led by Hosea Williams, a shot up war vet- eran, and Congressman John Lewis, a stu- There were no independent newspapers or shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews. dent, on that Sunday. There were no pastors magazines in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq—today 14: For if thou altogether holdest thy peace of major churches, no convention presidents, there are more than 100; before the war, there at this time, then shall their enlargement no bishops, no doctors or lawyers, no polit- were no cell phone subscribers—today there and deliverance arise to the Jews from an- ical party leaders, no scholars, no elected of- are over 3.5 million; over 3,400 schools have other place; but thou in thy father’s house ficials, judges or business leaders. Just ordi- been renovated; local governments are con- shall be destroyed: and who knoweth wheth- nary people. ducting town hall meetings; the Baghdad real er thou art come to the kingdom for such a Mrs. Boynton, Mrs. Foster, Sunshine, Les- time as this? ter Hankerson, Cottonreader from Mis- estate market is booming; and, the court sys- sissippi. Ordinary people, available to do tem is coming to life—Iraqi judges have con- 15: Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer. God’s will. Ordinary people. ducted 387 trials since 2003. 16: Go, gather together all the Jews that They upended the Congress, the White There remain terrorists committed to derail- are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, House, and the world. They captured the ing democracy in Iraq. But Iraqis have already and neither eat nor drink for three days, imagination of the world by absorbing the experienced the conditions that terrorists seek. night or day: I and also my maidens will fast blows and suffering us into a new day. Your They are conditions of hopelessness, violence, likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, success and reputation and status are not which is not according to the law: and if I bargaining chips with God. intolerance and repression. As we saw by the Calvary teaches, suffering breeds char- constitutional vote, nearly all Iraqis reject this perish, I perish. Isaiah, 40 chapter, 31st verse, ‘‘but they acter, character breeds faith, and in the end, dark existence. shall wait upon the Lord shall renew their faith will prevail. Mr. Speaker, we know that more tough days strength; they will mount up with wings like Who are the available? (a) It may be some teenage boy, a great un- lie ahead for the American military. Their mis- eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and derdog with a slingshot, taking on some sion is dangerous, but their cause is just. And they shall walk and not faint.’’ giant Goliath. He emerges the winner, an un- because of their courage and sacrifice, they The 2005 freedom bound train is full of gi- likely hero. He was available. are making significant progress toward sup- ants. John Johnson, Johnson Publishing, (b) It may be some rescued baby, Moses, porting a free and democratic Iraq. This is who illuminated our way. Vivian Malone avoiding a death warrant by the King, an great news for the people of Iraq—and great Jones who opened up closed doors at the Uni- edict of genocide, aided by some ingenuous versity of Alabama; C. Delores Tucker, first prayer warrior mother, who grew up in the news for our own national security. African American Secretary of State of f King’s household but comes unto his highest Pennsylvania, a pacesetter. Judge Constance self and says. ‘‘Let My People Go.’’ TRIBUTE TO ROSA PARKS Baker Motley along with justice Thurgood (c) It may be some Esther, some orphan, helped to brake backbone of legal segrega- after prodding by her uncle, moving beyond tion. And now Rosa Parks, our morning star, the political law and risking personal com- HON. MARCY KAPTUR the star that led us by night; when it’s real fort for the common good, who rises up real- OF OHIO dark, one light will challenge all of the dark- izing her people are in jeopardy, declaring if ness, and give us hope and direction. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I perish, let me perish. I am going to meet For such an awesome force in history, we the King. God uses the available. Tuesday, November 8, 2005 wrestle with the countless ways, ‘‘how do we (d) It may be some freedom fighting seam- Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, this past week, express ourselves, our thanks, her meaning, stress, unarmed without guns or bullets, but her impact. with a breastplate of righteousness in the America laid to rest Ms. Rosa Parks, pre- The question was once raised in Micah, eminent civil rights leader of the 20th century. heart of the confederacy which says ‘‘Like a how do you worship? Do you give the Lord Tree Planted by the Rivers of Water, I Will Ms. Parks embodied the clarion call of So- fatted calves and rams and rivers of oil? Not be Moved.’’ journer Truth to champion the rights of those Meaningless sacrifices. The answer was, ‘‘O I will defy the unjust state law that defies dispossessed and marginalized. Through her man, you know what is good; you know what federal law. You may fire me, you may jail acts of courage and inspiration, she, as matters. Do justice, and to love mercy, and me, and you may kill me. But like Esther, if woman, awakened the conscience of a nation to walk humbly with your God? I perish, let me perish. Enough is enough! Perhaps for Sister Parks, a statue in the and moved us to be better than we had been, If you need somebody, I am available. Here great Hall of Congress as projected in a legis- am I, send me. indeed to form a more perfect union. In her lative bill by Congressman Jackson, as a Rosa Parks: It is not her passing, but in memory, a homegoing memorial service was founding mother of the new America. Surely her living, the timeliness of her actions, that held in Detroit, Michigan, her adopted home- if Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, leaders bring us here today. It has captured the at- town, on Nov. 2, during which the Reverend of the Confederacy who led the drive for se- tention of the world.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:30 Nov 09, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08NO8.049 E08NOPT1 E2302 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 8, 2005 I was in South Africa meeting with Presi- Racial segregation remained in our She was following the moral law. She dent Mandela last week when the news schools, transportation, trains, public hous- chose Calvary over convenience. broke. He acknowledged her impact and ing, work place, voting. We lived without the The white rider, out of cultural expecta- sends his condolences. Apartheid ended in umbrella of protection of the law. tion and the law, had a right to ask her to 1954 in North America. And in South Africa Emmett Till was lynched, August 28, 1955, get up. The bus driver had a legal obligation in 1994. He understands the connections. (eight years to the day before the March on to demand that she move, or the bus would An NAACP freedom fighter, she offered her Washington, 1963). The lynch mob was not go no further. The police had a legal obliga- body as a living sacrifice. She embodied the prosecuted and the FBI did not investigate. tion to arrest her. hope, the longing and the anguish of three His mother brought his bloodied, Those men must now feel awful, and their centuries of prayers. Her light in darkness il- watermarked body back to Chicago. 100,000 children ashamed. History has condemned luminated the path of the majestic leader- people demonstrated passed his body . . . them. But their political leaders placed them ship of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Together afterwards they were never the same. there. they were part of a team. A season. That Jet and the Black Press told his story. If they had not done their jobs, they would changed the course of America and world There was an emotional uprising. have lost their jobs, and if she had gotten up, history for the better. Ms. Parks was in the I once asked Ms. Rosa Parks, why did she she would have lost her dignity. The legal changes of 64’ and 65’ allowed historical rocking chair between the legal not go to the back of the bus, given the both to have dignity and decency. triumphs of Thurgood Marshall and the pro- risks? She said I thought about Emmett Till and Now Alabama and Auburn can play black phetic utterance of Dr. King. and white together. We can choose uniform It is our burden to put her in context of I could not go back. She said, ‘‘My legs and color over skin color in that game, because our struggle. And not allow wolves in sheep’s feet were not tired, that is a stereotype, and I felt violated. I paid the same fare as others, the new law protects our shared dignity. clothing to mis-interpret her legacy, or our Unfortunately 50 years later many still are I was not going back.’’ She stood with Em- struggle. trapped in the system that chooses racial in- mett Till’s mother until the very end, re- So when children ask of us, who was Rosa security and cultural identity over their eco- Parks? We shall tell them how she helped get affirming that kindship. Her dominant feature was not that she was nomic interests and life options. us across the rough waters. If Rosa Parks were not successful, blacks a seamstress; she was not arrested for sew- Why was she arrested? Is it relevant today? would have remained at the back of the bus ing. She was a dignified, resisting freedom Or is this some sentimental journey that we and in a ditch. Southern whites would have fighter. An NAACP officer at a time when are on, with all of these services and celebra- remained in the ditch with us. No southerner the NAACP was banished from most parts of tions. could have gone to the White House from the the south. Most teachers could not join and She was arrested for defying State’s rights south, because of the stigma, just as no keep their jobs. laws—segregation—a hangover from the Con- white South African could leave South Afri- The states defied federal law, and she de- federacy. The South would not honor the ca without stigma. fied the state law. She took the test, paid dream of a more perfect union. And the red Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and the price and the law failed. She was ar- states still resist. Vice President Gore, President Bush, all owe rested for defiant behavior. She went The relevance of her living legacy is no their presidencies to a new freed South, not counter-culture. She resented the sign above sentimental journey. hampered by racial stigma. So today, as the courts are stacked with the drivers head that read, ‘‘colored seat Her act helped to free the whole south. States’ rights judges, and New Orleans’ peo- from the rear, whites from the front. Viola- Changing the laws and the culture did not ple float face down in the waters, and civil tors will be prosecuted.’’ take place automatically or inevitably. It rights are suspended, prevailing wages sus- She chose with resolve and courage to fear- took demonstrations, sacrifice and martyrs. pended, affirmative action suspended, envi- lessly face the option of being fired, jailed or But now with affirmative action and Pell ronmental laws suspended, veterans pref- killed to test the law, December 1, 1955. Grant and no more political mileage for gov- erences suspended . . . An immediate after effect was the emer- ernors blocking school doors, we can sit in As FEMA will not give the addresses of the gence of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A the front of buses, class rooms, live in a people exiled in 41 states. The addresses that one year boycott, his house bombed—they neighborhood of our choice. will allow the State Board of Elections to were threatened. She won the legal case Auburn could be number 1 last year. Ala- communicate with them so they might vote after 13 months. It took 10 years of testing to bama could be undefeated this year and not in February. New Orleans is being de-popu- get from the back of the bus to the right to face the predicament that Bear Bryant faced lated with its people stranded in exile. While vote. playing USC and Nebraska without the best Louisiana is being demographically re-con- Sitting down, we hear over and over again talent in the State, and being humiliated by figured. was a simple act by a dignified woman. The Sam Cunningham of USC and Johnny Rogers Is this struggle relevant today or is this act was simple, but the reaction was violent, of Nebraska. service a sentimental journey? relentless, led by the State. Arrests, loss of Oh what a morning Rosa Parks ushered in. For our sister beloved Rosa, we must jobs, death threats. Governors blocking There are those who will honor her during adore, admire and love her. But we must not school doors, state terror. And the resistance this season, but who will seek to reverse the romanticize her mission. Hers is an act of de- of her challenge for a more perfect union is course she took and not enforce the laws for fiance, challenging the prevailing right wing still under attack by the devotees of State’s which she was arrested and struggled. She is political, legal and religious order. She chal- rights, undermining a more perfect union for their trophy but she is our morning star. Our lenged state’s rights in the heart of the Con- all Americans. 1955 liberation Christmas present. Oh what a federacy. It was the first of many courageous tests: morning this noble woman has helped to Her mission was to even the playing field, 1957, Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine; usher in. to afford all Americans equal protection the sit-in’s of the 1960’s; the assassination of This is a time to mourn and celebrate, under the law, to gain and defend civil Medgar Evars and others; the killing of where we must watch as well as pray. For rights—she sought a more perfect union. Jimmie Lee Jackson that triggererd the those on the Rosa Parks, Medgar Evers, Many of her former adversaries have Selma March; the killings of Schwerner, Schwerner, Goodman Chaney, A. Phillip changed stripes or parties, but not their Goodman and Chaney; The Birmingham Randolph, Constance Baker Motley, Cesar anti-civil rights, anti-labor, anti-gender bombings; the march from Selma to Mont- Chavez, Martin Luther King side of history, equality, and anti-poor agenda. gomery to end the reign of legal state spon- we must be a ware of wolves in sheep’s cloth- To be on her freedom train requires the sored terror. ing who try unrelentingly to defeat her pur- courage and the vision to defy unjust law, There was a long bloody road ahead after pose. take the risk and live with the consequences. December 1, 1955. Of course, by extension While we have gone from the back of the After 58 years of legal racist segregationist today, abandoned cities, flourishing suburbs, bus in Montgomery, burnished in our mem- apartheid law, upon continuous charges by second class schools and first class jails. ory is the back of the rescue in New Orleans. the NAACP, led by Thurgood Marshall, Con- Three strikes and you’re out . . . even if you Like Esther, you counted the costs, took stance Baker Motley, Charles Hamilton don’t have a bat, rather than four balls and the risks and paid the price. But our God of- Houston, Dr. John Hope Franklin, Dr. Ken- you’re on, because we really intend to leave fered you a comfort level ultimately that de- neth Clark, the court reversed itself from the no child behind. fied your enemies and surpasses our under- 1896 apartheid decision which succeeded slav- We, with a narrow view, say Rosa Parks standing. ery. would not get up and let the white man have Sister Rosa, you are our eagle bird of hope, May 17, 1954 was the biggest legal victory her seat. It was not about ‘‘A’’ black woman, a gift sent from up above. Like the eagle—a we had known since the abolishment of slav- and ‘‘A’’ white man. It was a dilemma of all bird of strength. and power and resolve—you ery in 1865 and the broken promises of 1877 blacks and all whites. Victims of a system looked in the noon day sun and didn’t flinch. and the end of reconstruction. But it had no with all losers. You looked at the little ones whose wings immediate impact on the ground. States con- The white bus driver would not drive off, were less strong and not as long. You in- tinued to defy the law and vilify the court as the white police arrested her, but they were spired us out of our fears, and allowed a re- legislating and engineering change and of all victims of racist, state’s rights law as birth of hope. You stirred your nest, and not being ‘‘strict conservative construc- well. They were following the legal, polit- gave us comfort and protection. You showed tionists.’’ ical, religious edict of their day. us how to fly.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 06:30 Nov 09, 2005 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08NO8.054 E08NOPT1 November 8, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2303 Fly fearlessly, no matter the weather. HEARING: THE NATIONAL PAN- conventional flu. Imagine what would happen When we failed in our efforts, God allowed DEMIC INFLUENZA PREPARED- if we lost half of our Tamiflu supply in the mid- you to be close enough and live long enough NESS AND RESPONSE PLAN: IS dle of an avian flu outbreak. And yet, at the to pick us up again. THE U.S. READY FOR AVIAN cusp of a potentially far more devastating We know we fall down sometimes. We got FLU? avian flu epidemic, we are about to repeat our back up again. Again and again. Because you mistake. But there is a solution. Compulsory li- reminded us nothing is too hard for God. You HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH censing. showed us the power of right over might, the OF OHIO HHS has the authority to issue a compul- power of moral authority, the power strong- sory license to get rid of this dangerous short- er than guns and wealth, just by being avail- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES able to do God’s will. Tuesday, November 8, 2005 age by allowing other companies to make Tamiflu. Roche would get compensation. That You have been the wind beneath our wings. Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, is the U.S. authority exists specifically to prevent the most The Lord promised that they who wait upon ready for avian flu? I don’t think there is any predictable scenario—a pharmaceutical com- the Lord shall renew their strength; they question that answer is a clear ‘‘no.’’ The pany holding a drug hostage when it is need- shall mount up with wings like eagles, they question is, what are we doing about it? The ed to protect public health, in order to increase shall run and not be weary; they shall walk administration finally released its plan this profits. That is exactly what we’re seeing here. and not feint. week under tremendous public pressure. It got Roche revenues increased 17% last quarter. The writer promised this morning this underwhelming reviews from experts because great morning, one glad morning, we can fly it is deficient on several fronts that will be col- Tamiflu sales more than doubled to $215 mil- away. You are faithful over a few things. lectively necessary for us to fight this disease. lion in three months. They expect to make al- Now He has called you up higher. Keep look- It is especially weak on efforts to stockpile most $1 billion from Tamiflu sales this year. Of ing up to those stars, in their silver sockets anti-virals. course they would want to hang on to this mo- of glory, to that place in the sky. Our best anti-viral bet will be Roche’s nopoly. Their ultimate responsibility is to their Now, Mother Eagle, God today has called Tamiflu. It is well established that it will take shareholders, not to the public. you back to the big nest in the sky. This Roche years to produce enough to satisfy We have heard a lot of promises from morning, Sweet Angel, take your rest, take American stockpile needs. We have enough Roche that they are willing to negotiate with your rest. Take your heavenly flight. You for less than 1% of the U.S. population. We other companies to sublicense production, but made your reservations. You prepaid your need at least enough for 25% of the U.S. I have not heard anything about a firm agree- ticket. Now you can sit where you choose to Even after promised increases in production ment to do so. Roche can keep fees too high sit. You have a reserved seat at the welcome capacity, Roche’s supply is far less than our in order to make it unprofitable for an outside table. When you get tired of sitting, you can company to manufacture Tamiflu. They can just walk around heaven all day. stockpile needs. The same goes for countries around the world, including those where the stipulate, and have indicated their willingness By the way, stop by and give Dr. King our outbreak is likely to originate if the virus mu- to do so, that any Tamiflu made by a company highest regards. Tell Fannie Lou Hamer, other than Roche would not be available for howdy. Pluck those bullets out of Medgar tates to pass easily from human to human. And yet there are plenty of production facilities sale in the U.S. In other words, they can con- Evars’ back. Tell Emmett Till what he tinue to restrict world supply. meant to you. Sit down with Daisy Bates. to solve the problem. In fact, over 100 compa- nies have expressed interest in ‘‘helping And to top it off, the administration boasts Stop by and see Schwerner, Goodman and that it wants to throw a billion dollars into buy- Chaney. (Roche) meet production challenges,’’ accord- ing to one of Roche’s own advertisements. So ing anti-virals. But the drugs aren’t there. By the way, thank John Johnson for tell- what is the problem? There’s nothing to buy and, as it stands, there ing our story. Tell Mahalia. We are all mov- The problem is that Roche has a monopoly won’t be anything to buy in the near future. ing up a little higher. And don’t forget to on Tamiflu. We are very familiar with what We may not have that kind of time. But the tell Rev. C.L. Franklin thanks for teaching administration is still sitting on its hands while us how eagles stir their nests. happens when a company has a monopoly on a product the world needs. They control sup- Roche’s profits skyrocket and Tamiflu produc- Make room for us. It won’t be long now. We ply. And that is exactly what Roche is doing. tion does not. This is a clear choice of profits are too close to turn around now. We’ve wept But choking world supply is not the only over public health. bitter tears, but joy keeps coming. Sit where consequence of Roche’s monopoly. If we As you know, Secretary Leavitt, last month you want to now. There will be no arresting officers. No signs of disrespect. No more need a reminder about the perils of concen- nine of my colleagues and I sent you a letter handcuffs. We thank you for your hope. We trating production in the hands of a few, we requesting compulsory licensing. We have thank you for your healing. We thank you only need to look to last year. Chiron was given Roche plenty of time to act appropriately for being available. Good night, Sweet Angel. forced to scrap half of the U.S. flu vaccine and they have failed to do so. In order to pro- We will see you in the morning. You served supply when their manufacturing facility failed tect public health, we must issue a compulsory us well. You’ve done God’s will. to meet safety standards. That was for the license for Tamilfu immediately.

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