November 6, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2333 require Zach to travel more than 100,000 prohibit, property owners from modifying their tion of Bienville Square. Mr. Adams was a miles, visit approximately 40 states, and par- property to better prepare for wildfires. Our deacon and lifelong member of First Baptist ticipate in an international experience tour to misguided policies have placed special inter- Church of Mobile. In 1990, he was bestowed Japan. Zach will also be responsible for pro- ests above the all- important right and obliga- the honor of Mobilian of the Year. viding personal growth and leadership training tion of homeowners and property owners to There is no doubt—Mr. N. Q. Adams’ con- for students, setting policies that shape the fu- prepare themselves for natural disasters. We tributions to Mobile and the state of ture of the organization, and promoting agri- know intrusive and bloated government is al- will be long remembered. He loved life and cultural literacy. ways a problem, but in a fire emergency, it lived it to the fullest, and his passing marks a Currently, Zach attends school at the Uni- can be deadly and destructive. tremendous loss for all of south Alabama. He versity of in Columbia. There, he is My legislation, the Wildfire Prevention Act, will be deeply missed by many, most espe- involved in many student organizations includ- works by empowering citizens rather than bu- cially his wife of 54 years, Eran Jobe Adams; ing College of Agriculture Student Develop- reaucrats. The Wildfire Prevention Act makes his sister, Dora Lee Davidson; his son, Sam- ment board, MU Alumni Association Student it clear that no Federal law will prevent private uel Russell Adams; his daughter, Laura Aline Board, Agriculture Economics Club, Collegiate property owners, or local communities that Adams; his granddaughter; and his great- Farm Bureau, College of Agriculture Learning manage public land, from clearing brush or grandson; as well as countless friends he Improvement Committee, and the Missouri De- making other modifications to their property for leaves behind. partment of Education Preparatory Taskforce. the purpose of creating fire breaks in order to Our thoughts and prayers go with them all Zach has been very active as a member of protect their lives and their property. in this difficult time. FFA. Over the years, Zach has been involved Madam Speaker, this legislation is a step in he has participated in a Supervised Agricul- the right direction in providing property owners f tural Experience, which required producing with the resources they need to protect them- HONORING LARRY MCCARTHY and selling registered Angus seed stock bulls. selves. I am proud to introduce the Wildfire Zach was also selected as a state winner and Prevention Act and request my colleagues national semi-finalist in prepared speaking, give this important legislation their utmost con- HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH and was named State Star in Agricultural sideration. OF CALIFORNIA Placement. f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join Tuesday, November 6, 2007 me in commending Zach Kinne for his accom- HONORING THE MEMORY OF NON plishments with the Future Farmers of Amer- QUINCY ADAMS Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the today to honor a great Californian. Larry highest distinction of President for the 2007– HON. JO BONNER McCarthy has served as president of the Cali- 2008 calendar year. OF ALABAMA fornia Taxpayers’ Association since 1989, building the association into a powerful force f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for the taxpayers of the Golden State, and INTRODUCTION OF THE WILDFIRE Tuesday, November 6, 2007 conducting detailed policy research that has PREVENTION ACT Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, the city of helped shaped the laws of my great State. Mobile and indeed the entire state of Alabama Larry McCarthy has advocated on behalf of HON. DUNCAN HUNTER recently lost a dear friend. I rise today to taxpaying residents and entrepreneurs as OF CALIFORNIA honor him and pay tribute to memory of Mr. president of the California Tax Foundation and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Non Quincy Adams. as chairman of the National Taxpayers Con- A native and resident of Mobile, Mr. Adams ference, a nationwide organization of state Tuesday, November 6, 2007 graduated from Murphy High School and at- taxpayer associations. Larry also was the lead Mr. HUNTER. Madam Speaker, today I am tended Millsaps College in Jackson, Mis- advocate and strategist for two $300 million introducing legislation that will significantly en- sissippi. During World War II, he served in the unemployment insurance tax reductions in the hance the ability of the American people to U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater of operation early 1980s and a complete refinance of the protect their homes and property from dan- aboard the USS George Clymer and attained California unemployment insurance system in gerous wildfires. This crucial legislation will the rank of lieutenant junior grade. 1985. Larry also played a major role in augment our fire emergency preparedness by After the war, he received degrees in busi- strengthening the economy, helping busi- eliminating burdensome government rules and ness and law from the . nesses prosper and creating new employment regulations rather than creating new ones. Starting his career as a teenager with First opportunities for Californians. More and bigger government is not the solu- National Bank in 1940, he returned to Mobile As research director of Cal-Tax, he super- tion to the challenges we face and my legisla- after college to practice law. Over the years, vised extensive research projects on local tion gives the American people the opportunity he held positions in the trust and commercial government finance in California, winning a to take the initiative in protecting themselves areas. During the 1970s, Mr. Adams rose national award for research on the use of ben- and their property. through the ranks to become a member of the efit assessments in California after passage of We have all witnessed the destruction and board of directors. Later, he became president Proposition 13. Early in his career in California devastation wrought by the recent fires in and in just 4 years, chief executive in 1982. and in Washington State, Larry McCarthy au- southern California. According to the latest re- After the bank merged with AmSouth Bank, he thored publications called Citizens Guide to ports, 518,021 acres have burned and over was named chairman of AmSouth’s Southern Local Government Budgeting to help individ- 3,500 structures have been damaged or de- region. uals become involved in the complicated stroyed. Thousands of families are now left In 1974, he was elected to the board of di- budget processes of cities, counties and homeless and hundreds of thousands more rectors of Loyal American Life Insurance Co., school districts. were forced to evacuate their homes as the and he later became the chairman and chief Larry’s success as the leader of Cal-Tax is fires threatened. While our brave first respond- executive officer of the Modern Banking Asso- reflected by the dedication and devotion of his ers performed as outstandingly in this crisis as ciation of Alabama. In 1988, Mr. Adams ran staff, the majority of whom have served with we have come to expect, these events have for a seat on the Mobile County school board him for more than 20 years. He has also dis- made it increasingly clear that our government and served a term as the District 2 commis- tinguished himself as a strong family man, has not been providing citizens with the tools sioner. He also served as a director of both dedicated to his wife, Sandy, and their three necessary to protect themselves and has re- the Industrial Development Board of the city of children, Steven, Michelle and Christine. lied excessively on a large and unresponsive Mobile and the Business Council of Alabama. Madam Speaker, Larry McCarthy is fighting bureaucracy. Along with his business associations, Mr. valiantly against cancer, maintaining his sense I am sad to report that current laws and reg- Adams served as director of the Mobile Area of humor and drawing upon his strong faith in ulations make it difficult, if not altogether im- Council of Boy Scouts and was a trustee of God to battle the disease. The people of Cali- possible, for private property owners to clear the YMCA. He also served as the director of fornia have been blessed to have Larry brush and create fire breaks that might save the Exploreum and was chairman of the Keep McCarthy on their side; we salute him for his their homes in the event of a wildfire. Intrusive Mobile Beautiful Commission. During the dedication to improving California and our Na- federal regulations, such as the Endangered 1980s, he was significantly involved with the tion, and for his achievements on behalf of the Species Act, discourage, and in some cases tree preservation, beautification and revitaliza- hard-working taxpayers of California.

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SHEILA JACKSON-LEE on Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of Tuesday, November 6, 2007 OF TEXAS 2007 which I introduced earlier this year. H.R. Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, it is with 261 directs the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES great pride and pleasure that I rise today to a good time policy, to release a prisoner who honor Mrs. Carol Gordy as she completes a Monday, November 5, 2007 has served one half or more of his or her term highly successful term as the 2007 chairman Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, of imprisonment if that prisoner: (1) Has at- of the Business Council of Alabama (BCA). let me thank my dear friend, Mr. DANNY DAVIS tained age 45; (2) has never been convicted Carol has been a distinguished member of of Illinois, for organizing this special order on of a crime of violence; and (3) has not en- the Brewton, Alabama, business community the very important subject addressing the pris- gaged in any violation, involving violent con- for almost three decades. In 1990, she pur- on warehousing crisis in this country. H.R. duct, of institutional disciplinary regulations. chased Natural Decorations Inc., known as 1593, The Second Chance Act, a bill of which H.R. 261, would address the problem of NDI, from its original founders. Since that I am an original co-sponsor, addresses the warehousing in the Nation’s Federal correction time, Carol and her husband, Joe, have grown very serious concerns about the compromised facilities non-violent offenders over the age of the company from 10 to 100 employees and state of warehousing prisoners. 45 who have served more than half of their increased sales from less than $1 million to Earlier this year the Judiciary Subcommittee sentences and pose no future danger to soci- more than $16 million a year. NDI is located in a small town in Alabama; on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, ety. As I stated during the markup of H.R. nevertheless, it is a world-class leading manu- of which I am a member, held hearings to ad- 1593, the Second Chance Act of 2007, I facturer of high-end floral and botanical repro- dress the state of certain conditions within the strongly believe that in affording older offend- ductions. Counted among its customers are prison system. In one of those ers a second chance to turn around their lives hearings, my colleagues and I considered the Neiman-Marcus, Horchow, and interior design- and contribute to society, that ex-offenders not merits of The Second Chance Act, and my ers worldwide, with ads appearing regularly in be too old to take full advantage of a second amendment which I offered in the last Con- magazines such as Architectural Digest, Ve- chance to redeem themselves in the eyes of gress was included in the base bill this year. randa, and Traditional Home. NDI also has ex- their families, friends, and communities. I be- The Second Chance Act is designed to re- clusive licensing agreements with the Colonial lieve setting an eligibility age of 45 rather than duce recidivism, increase public safety, and Williamsburg Foundation and the Versailles 6o will better achieve the goal we all share. help state and local governments better ad- Foundation for Monet’s Giverney Gardens. dress the growing population of ex-offenders I am also concerned about the rehabilitation Under Carol Gordy’s leadership as both returning their communities. The bill focuses and treatment of juvenile offenders in my chairman and chief executive officer, NDI has on four areas: development and support of home state of Texas as it appears that the ad- been nominated for 10 ARTS Awards, the pre- programs that provide alternatives to incarcer- ministrators of TYC have neglected their du- mier awards program for the home decorative ation, expansion of the availability of sub- ties. The April 10, 2007 ‘‘Dallas Morning accessories industry, and received six. In stance abuse treatment, strengthening families News’’, reported that ‘‘two former Texas Youth 2001, NDI was inducted into the ARTS Hall of and the expansion of comprehensive re-entry Commission administrators were indicted on Fame. Additionally, NDI has been recognized services. The Subcommittee has held a series charges that they sexually abused teenage in- for outstanding achievements in workplace of hearings on issues relating to re-entry of mates at the state juvenile prison in Pyote’’. safety. prisoners and this legislation dating back to The same article also cited the 2005 investiga- It is this commitment to excellence in her the 108th Congress. Our most recent hearing, tive report by Texas Rangers’ Sgt. Burzynski own business that has made Carol such a val- on March 20, 2007, focused on re-entry best which found that the two indicted TYC admin- uable asset to BCA. In 2005, BCA leaders practices and the continuing need for Federal istrators, Brookins and Hernandez, had re- recognized her dedication to the association support of re-entry program development. peatedly molested inmates in the Pyote pris- and asked her to join other volunteer leaders Nearly two-thirds of released state prisoners on. The report is cited as saying that Mr. to serve as the group’s first vice-chairman, a are expected to be re-arrested for a felony or Brookins, who during some periods was the position that put Carol in line to be the first serious misdemeanor within 3 years of their top official, had shown sex toys and pornog- woman in BCA’s history to serve as chairman. release. Such high recidivism rates translate raphy in his office, while Mr. Hernandez mo- A native of Dublin, Texas, Carol was raised into thousands of new crimes each year and lested inmates in classrooms and closets. in New Mexico. She started her first of three retail flower shops in Albuquerque and was wasted taxpayer dollars, which can be averted I hope that all of my colleagues would join through improved prisoner reentry efforts. the first person from New Mexico ever to be me in supporting the Second Chance Act as inducted into the American Institute of Floral The ‘‘Second Chance Act of 2007’’ allocates well as my bill H.R. 261, the Federal Prison $36o million towards a variety of reentry pro- Design in Washington, DC in 1980. Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of Carol’s commitment to her community is grams. One of the main components of the bill 2007. It is time to make a change. is the funding of demonstration projects that second to none. She currently serves on the would provide ex-offenders with a coordinated boards of A+ Education Foundation, f continuum of housing, education, health, em- BankTrust, Alabama Technology Network, Ro- tary International, the Quality of Life Chair for ployment, and mentoring services. This broad PERSONAL EXPLANATION array of services would provide stability and Alabama Communities of Excellence, and the make the transition for ex-offenders easier, in Accessory Division of International Home Fur- turn reducing recidivism. HON. NITA M. LOWEY nishings Center, High Point, NC. Another reason why I strongly support this Carol is a member of the Governor’s Com- legislation is because it includes a provision OF NEW YORK mission on Quality Teaching and has served on the Governor’s Commission on Efficiency, contained in an amendment I offered during IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Judiciary Committee markup of this bill in Consolidation and Funding. She was a mem- the 109th Congress. That amendment, incor- Tuesday, November 6, 2007 ber of Leadership Alabama Class XXIII and porated in H.R. 1593 as Section 243 of the served as a judge for the Tournament of bill, requires that the: Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I regrettably Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. She is Attorney General shall collect data and de- missed rollcall votes Nos. 1034, 1035, and also a member of Voices for Alabama’s Chil- velop best practices of State corrections de- 1036 on November 5, 2007. Had I been dren. partments and child protection agencies re- present, I would have voted in the following Madam Speaker, there are few individuals lating to the communication and coordina- manner: rollcall No. 1034: ‘‘yes’’; rollcall No. more dedicated or more committed to helping tion between such State departments and 1035: ‘‘yes’’; rollcall No. 1036: ‘‘yes.’’ their communities than Carol Gordy, and I

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