E1780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks September 7, 2005 RECOGNITION OF PASTOR victims, nor did they act swiftly to ensure the is the only major American city below sea LEONARD P. BUELOW City’s public safety. As the richest nation in level, and the Federal Government was well the world and the world’s only superpower, we aware of the flooding threat to the city in the HON. MARK GREEN ought to be ashamed. With so many troops event of a hurricane. Just last July, the Fed- OF WISCONSIN abroad in Iraq attempting to secure a whole eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nation, it is inexcusable that we cannot secure conducted a five-day hurricane exercise simu- one city on our own shores. lating the effects that a powerful storm would Wednesday, September 7, 2005 That is why I am pleased that Congress have on New Orleans. During the apocalyptic Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, it is acted quickly today to pass legislation pro- simulation, 120 mile per hour wind gusts and my honor to recognize before this House Pas- viding $10.5 billion in emergency funds for the 20 inches of rain combined to top the levees, tor Leonard P. Buelow in observance of his relief and recovery from Hurricane Katrina. forcing the evacuation of more than one mil- 50th year in active ministry. Pastor Buelow’s The Supplemental Appropriations Act will de- lion residents. service and commitment to his congregations liver $10 billion in emergency aid for FEMA Yet despite the lessons learned from that over the last 50 years has been both admi- and $500 million for the Department of De- exercise the Bush administration stunningly rable and inspirational. He continues to serve fense. neglected to heed the threat. his parishioners with the same dedication and However, this is only a down payment. The President slashed funding for the enthusiasm as he did when he was first or- FEMA is currently spending $500 million a day Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control dained. and under this scenario, the $10 billion for Project (SELA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- Pastor Buelow began his career in the FEMA will provide only another 20 days as neers’ project to control flooding in the New Christian ministry by attending and graduating they continue to assess the needs of the dev- Orleans area, to $10.4 million, one-sixth of from Concordia Seminary in Springfield, IL, in astated communities. what local officials had said they needed. 1954. He was ordained on September 11, It could take months for families to find Funding for Army Corps projects have been 1955, and went on to serve the congregation homes and establish some sort of normalcy in cut across the board for the last few years by of St. James Lutheran Church of Shawano, their day-to-day life, and I call on the Presi- this administration and this Congress, whose WI, until 1965. Then, from 1965 to 1992, Pas- dent and the Federal Government to remain reckless tax-cutting, combined with funding tor Buelow led the congregation of the Re- committed to helping people rebuild their lives. cuts and National Guard deployments to Iraq, deemer Lutheran Church of Green Bay, WI. Each of us has in some way been person- have sharply increased vulnerability to natural Following his service at Redeemer Lutheran, ally touched by this horrific tragedy. For my disaster in this country. It is worth noting that he went on to found Christ the King Evan- wife Dianne and I, it was waiting for our more than 7,000 soldiers from the Louisiana gelical Lutheran Church in Green Bay, WI, youngest son, Evan, to make his way to our and Mississippi National Guard are stationed where he continues to serve as their full-time house after escaping the disaster of New Orle- in Iraq, including more than 3,000 from the minister. During his tenure with these con- ans. We were further touched as we learned 256th Brigade Combat Team based in New gregations, Pastor Buelow has earned the rep- that a family member of a parishioner at the Orleans. utation of being a true leader of the church Church I pastor, St. James United Methodist, Even as the hurricane was hitting land as a and a tireless servant of God. was given refuge by a kind elderly couple after Category 4 storm, the administration failed to Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to recognize being stranded in a home surrounded by mobilize help. Dr. Max Mayfield, Director of Pastor Leonard P. Buelow for his years of water. Fortunately, the Coast Guard rescued the National Hurricane Center, said that both dedicated service to the church and his con- them all on Sunday morning. All of us have a Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff gregation. His guidance and compassion will duty to reach out to those in greatest need. and FEMA Director Mike Brown were made continue to be cherished for many years to Americans will stand strong together to help aware of the storm’s potential in the days come. our brothers and sisters in their time of dire leading up to its landfall, yet it took until Fri- f need, and the Kansas City area is no excep- day, September 2nd, four days after the storm tion. Children’s Mercy Hospital has already hit, for any meaningful National Guard pres- EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL AP- opened their doors to twenty-four sick children ence to arrive to relieve the burden on local PROPRIATIONS ACT TO MEET IM- and their families flown in from New Orleans Guard units, bring about law and order, and MEDIATE NEEDS ARISING FROM by the Missouri Air National Guard, and the ease suffering. The first 72 hours after a dis- THE CONSEQUENCES OF HURRI- Red Cross has raised hundreds of thousands aster are the most important in terms of sav- CANE KATRINA, 2005 of dollars from Kansas Citians. The outpouring ing lives, and this administration completely of support from across the country has been failed in that regard. SPEECH OF phenomenal, and I am confident that our citi- Sadly, the 200,000 or so people who did not HON. EMANUEL CLEAVER zens will remain resolute until the job is done. evacuate the city in time were overwhelmingly OF MISSOURI f those who were too poor, old, or sick to leave. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is they who have suffered the most from the EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL AP- Friday, September 2, 2005 gross Federal Government incompetence be- PROPRIATIONS ACT TO MEET IM- fore, during, and after the storm. MEDIATE NEEDS ARISING FROM Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, my heart and f my prayers go out to all those caught in the THE CONSEQUENCES OF HURRI- path of Hurricane Katrina and the conditions CANE KATRINA, 2005 HONORING WILLIAM THOMAS they are suffering in its wake. Katrina was a ‘‘KETER’’ BETTS hurricane of biblical proportions that has left SPEECH OF thousands of people without food, clean water, HON. JIM McDERMOTT HON. BARBARA LEE shelter and medicine, particularly those people OF WASHINGTON OF CALIFORNIA stranded in New Orleans where conditions are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES absolutely unlivable and public safety is vir- tually nonexistent. They have waited for days Friday, September 2, 2005 Wednesday, September 7, 2005 hoping for at least some sort of information Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, last Mon- Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, Mr. CONYERS and I about when they might get to escape their rav- day, August 29th, Hurricane Katrina hit Lou- rise today to honor the extraordinary life and aged city and where they will go next. isiana and Mississippi as a Category 4 storm, achievements of one of the great artistic With the chaos and looting that has ensued with winds of over 140 miles per hour. We all voices of our time, William Thomas ‘‘Keter’’ in New Orleans, it is critical that our govern- know the aftermath of that terrible storm: thou- Betts of Silver Spring, Maryland. A legend in ment get in there and provide the necessary sands dead, more than a million refugees, bil- the world of jazz for over 50 years, Keter was relief—not tomorrow, not next week, but right lions of dollars in damage, and a major Amer- not only a bassist of incomparable talent, but now. People are dying on the streets; the ican city rendered uninhabitable. The greatest an original artist, devoted teacher, and won- President and the Federal Government cannot tragedy of all is that, for the most part, this derful friend. He passed away in Maryland on afford to waste another minute. could have been avoided. August 6, 2005 at the age of 77. It is inexcusable that the President and his The President told us that he didn’t ‘‘think Keter Betts was born in 1928 in Port Ches- administration did not act more swiftly to pro- anyone anticipated the breach of the levees,’’ ter, New York. He discovered music as a child vide the basic necessities of survival to the a misinformed statement at best. New Orleans when one day, while running an errand for his

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However, in army was attacking the city, and Lauro’s unit nothing more than a drafting error since the his late teens he tired of carrying his drum set was stuck in camp for three days before mak- historical construct and intent of the provisions up and down the stairs of his apartment build- ing its way out of Baghdad. in section 9014(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal ing, so in 1946 he switched to bass. During that summer of 2004, Lauro sur- Act are consistent with past versions address- When he was only 19, Keter landed his first prised his family with a return home as part of ing authorizations of appropriations under professional gig, playing for thirteen weeks in a two-week leave from the Army which he Subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. Washington, DC with saxophonist Carmen won in a lottery. Lauro, a good Christian man Should it be necessary, I intend to imme- Leggio. He toured the country from 1949 from a good Christian family, prayed that he diately pursue statutory changes necessary to through 1956, working with jazz singer Dinah would be granted the opportunity to go home ensure proper use of collected transportation Washington during the latter five years of the to his family, and his number was the last one fuel taxes in the LUST program under the tour. Keter than teamed up with Charlie Byrd called. Solid Waste Disposal Act. and Woody Herman to tour Europe and South Lauro then returned to Iraq to serve with the Second, Section 1530 on Title XV address- America, before joining Ella Fitzgerald for a 644th Transportation Company. On Sep- es additional methods to protect groundwater, short tour that was the beginning of the twen- tember 8, 2004, the truck Lauro was driving including state requirements on the use of ty-four-year working partnership the two would went over an explosive device, killing Lauro secondarily contained underground storage share. and putting the soldier with him in critical con- tank systems or conversely requiring states to Over the years Keter played with many dition. use installer and manufacturer requirements. If more jazz greats, such as Count Basie, Can- While in Iraq, both Lauro and his mother, a state chooses secondary containment, then nonball Adderly, Nat Adderly, Stan Getz, Grace Lopez, read a chapter a day from the any new installation of an underground stor- Kenny Burrell and Louis Bellson, playing Bible. She passed along a message that age tank that is within 1,000 feet of community venues all over the world. He was a member helped Lauro make it through the tough times: water system or potable water well must be of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Big ‘‘Fear is not of God; whenever you start feel- secondarily contained. In addition, any tank or Band and was inducted into the Washington ing fear, tell God to remove it.’’ It is this faith piping that is replaced on an underground Area Music Association Hall of Fame. And that carried Lauro through the war, and it is storage tank that is within 1,000 feet of a com- after playing on more than 100 recordings, this faith that continues to carry his family after munity water system or potable water well Keter finally released his first solo album, his passing. must be secondarily contained. Repairs to an Bass, Buddies & Blues in 1998, and soon fol- Along with all of our fallen servicemen and underground storage tank system, as defined lowed it up with Bass, Buddies, Blues Beauty women, Lauro DeLeon has honored our nation by the Environmental Protection Agency Too. by making the greatest sacrifice of all. It is the (EPA), do not trigger any secondary contain- In addition to performing, Keter was a long- least we can do to offer these words of re- ment requirements and gasoline dispensers time instructor of music at Howard University membrance today. As always, our prayers re- must also be addressed as part of the sec- in Washington, DC beginning in 1963. He also main with Lauro, his family, and all those rep- ondary containment strategy. If, however, a impacted his community as an educator resenting our country in our Armed Forces. state chooses installer and manufacturer cer- through his commitment to instructing young f tification, as well as financial responsibility re- people through various programs such as the quirements, this section requires tank install- CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6, Washington Performing Arts Society’s Con- ers and manufacturers to follow professional ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 certs in Schools and Prince George’s County’s guidelines for tank products or comply with one of the new statutory requirements that are Arts Alive. SPEECH OF Keter Betts is widely considered to be the similar to subsections (d) and (e) of 40 CFR most accomplished and highly respected HON. JOE BARTON 280.20. In addition, this section requires in- bassist in jazz history. Keter’s life and music OF TEXAS stallers and manufacturers to maintain evi- impacted countless members of younger gen- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dence of financial assurance to help pay cor- rective action costs that are directly relatable erations not only because of the excellence Thursday, July 28, 2005 and originality he brought to his art, but be- to a faulty tank part or installation. The lone cause of his incredible wisdom, his insight, Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, one of exception to the financial assurance require- and his firm belief that every artist must strive the features of H.R. 6 that will make a material ment is where a tank owner or operator, who to be unique and find his or her true voice. difference in the protection of groundwater are already maintains evidence of financial re- Today Keter’s family and friends will come the provisions making key reforms to the sponsibility under Section 9003 of the Solid together to celebrate his impact not only on Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Waste Disposal Act, is also the installer or the world of jazz, but on the innumerable lives program. The lack of serious attention to leak- manufacturer of the underground storage tank. he touched and artistic journeys he inspired. ing tanks has been one of the main causes of I want to make clear that with respect to the On behalf of the 9th Congressional District of groundwater and drinking water contamination financial responsibility option, the conference California and the 14th Congressional District by fuel and fuel additives. I applaud our Sub- report references the existing financial respon- of Michigan, we salute and thank Keter Betts committee Chairman, PAUL GILLMOR, who au- sibility authority contained in section 9003( d) for his invaluable contributions to jazz music, thored the LUST provisions in H.R. 6 and that of the Solid Waste Disposal Act that applies to our country and our world. I have enthusiastically included in this legisla- owners and operators, and as such, it is the tion. In addition, I agree with and support his f intent of this legislation that all of the authori- interpretation of these provisions, as outlined ties and flexibilities contained in 9003( d) U.S. ARMY SPC. LAURO DELEON in his Extension of Remarks that appeared in apply to underground storage tank installers the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD on July 28, 2005, and manufacturers in the same way that they HON. HENRY CUELLAR on pages H6964–H6966. There are two spe- currently apply to owners and operators of un- OF TEXAS cific provisions that deserve special mention. derground storage tanks. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES First, in order to avoid the creation of un- H.R. 6 also adds a new section 3022 to funded mandates, the reference to Section Title XXX of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Wednesday, September 7, 2005 9508(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code in The new section states: ‘‘It is the sense of Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to the newly created section 9014(2) of the Solid Congress that Federal agencies conducting honor U.S. Army Spc. Lauro DeLeon, who Waste Disposal Act should be considered to assessments of risks to human health and the died one year ago while serving as part of Op- mean Section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue environment from energy technology, produc- eration Iraqi Freedom. Code in order to reflect changes made to Title tion, transport, transmission, distribution, stor- Lauro joined the Army Reserves before XIII, Subtitle F, Section 1362. This Section of age, use, or conservation activities shall use graduating from Floresville (Texas) High H.R. 6 creates a new Section 6430 at the end sound and objective scientific practices in as- School in 2003, seeing the military as a way of Subchapter B of Chapter 65. It amends sessing such risks, shall consider the best of financing a college education. He then en- Section 9508(c) by striking the existing sub- available science (including peer reviewed rolled at Palo Alto College that fall to pursue section 9508(c)(2) and renumbering sub- studies), and shall include a description of the

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