E2126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks November 20, 2004 only a shadow of the spoken word. The writ- I have received many letters and phone Hackettstown Community Hospital plans a ten word can’t facilitate the same feeling as calls from my constituents letting me know new Low-Risk Cardiac Catheterization the spoken word can. To my first teacher I owe my beginning. about the difference that IDEA has made for (Angiography) Laboratory offering its patients My first teacher was my great grandmother their children. One constituent wrote to me extensive diagnostic, treatment and rehabilita- who was born in 1861 and began my instruc- about her son, who has a form of autism, and tion services for patients with cardiac distress tion in 1948. My most recent mentor is still how IDEA rights are helping him thrive for the to long-term cardiovascular and living and that is taqsH3blu (pron. tak say first time in his life. Two other constituents of cardiopulmonary illnesses. blue, Violet Hilbert) who I carry high in my mine shared a story with me regarding their I ask my colleagues in the House of Rep- heart. I know that the generations yet to 12-year-old granddaughter, Veronica, and how resentatives to join me in paying tribute to come will be able to hear the knowledge that Hackettstown Community Hospital for the ex- she has passed on to me. IDEA allowed her to receive the proper atten- We have a term in our language called tion she needed at an early stage in her cellent care it provides for the citizens of gW3dZadad (pron. ha ku sadad). To us it is a schooling. Veronica has improved greatly northwest New Jersey and for its continued form of wealth. It has nothing to do with since then and her needs are now met with success in its efforts to become a leading Re- monetary currency or material things. It’s minimal intervention. gional Hospital Center. the wealth of the knowledge of our culture. This agreement goes a long way towards f It’s something that cannot be bought. Some- ensuring that IDEA will continue to benefit chil- thing that many governments have tried to dren with disabilities. For example, unlike in IN MEMORY OF CORPORAL destroy within the various nations of the NICHOLAS DIERUF world. They burned libraries. Tortured and the House version of this bill, students will not killed artists. But still we survive and speak be moved indefinitely to ‘‘alternative place- for those original ancestors of our cultures. ments’’ for any violation of a school code of HON. BEN CHANDLER I want to thank the people who nominated conduct—even if a child’s disability is the OF KENTUCKY me for this award. I never expected any ac- cause of the specific behavior. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES knowledgment for what I do in life. I merely However, I would like to express my dis- Saturday, November 20, 2004 look upon the things that I do as a personal appointment that this agreement still does not responsibility to keep what I have alive for Mr. CHANDLER. Mr Speaker, I rise today to future generations. force us to live up to our funding promises for honor the life of Corporal Nicholas J. Dieruf. Thank You. IDEA. Ever since IDEA’s initial enactment in On April 8, 2004, Corporal Dieruf made the ul- At this time I would like a couple of my 1975, the law has included a commitment to timate sacrifice for his country while serving in singers to come up. We are going to sing a pay 40 percent of the average per student song from our people called P3t ti scHalal Iraq. The work of our young men and women cost for every special education student. The in the armed services is vital for the safety (pron. put tee sha lal) federal government currently pays for about Way La Hey La and security of our nation. The death of Cor- 19 percent of the cost of educating a child poral Dieruf is a true loss to the United States. Wo oh ho oh hey with disabilities and at the current rate of in- Way La Hey La I salute his dedication while serving in the 1st crease we will never reach that promised level Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, a Wo oh ho oh hey of funding. Way La Hey La unit in the 1st Marine Division. My thoughts The lack of funding for IDEA hurts students and prayers are with his wife, Emily Duncan Wo oh ho oh hey and it hurts schools. I urge my colleagues to Way La Hey La Dieruf, his parents, and all those who loved join with me in voting for this conference re- him. Wo oh ho oh hey port today, and then I urge them to join with P3t ti scHalal tulasab3d d3xW (pron. put tee me in fighting to make sure that we live up to f sha lal tu la saba du) (From the time of our funding promises. RECOGNIZING NATIONAL the first people down to this moment) f ADOPTION DAY P3t ti scHalal tulasab3d d3xW (pron. put tee sha lal tu la saba du) (From the time of TRIBUTE TO HACKETTSTOWN COM- the first people down to this moment) MUNITY HOSPITAL IN HON. JIM COOPER P3t ti scHalal tulasab3d d3xW (pron. put tee HACKETTSTOWN, NJ OF TENNESSEE sha lal tu la saba du) (From the time of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the first people down to this moment) Saturday, November 20, 2004 P3t ti scHalal tid shabu (pron. put tee sha lal HON. SCOTT GARRETT tich shabu) (From the time of our an- OF NEW JERSEY Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, on this Satur- cestors comes our story) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day, National Adoption Day, courts across the country will be finalizing the adoptions of ap- We all live our own story. We all come Saturday, November 20, 2004 from a different walk of life. But right here, proximately 3,000 former foster care children, tonight and right here in these next few days Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, including several dozen children in my home we will share the same story. For this mo- I am grateful for the opportunity to pay tribute state of Tennessee. I rise today in celebration ment in time we are brothers and sisters. to Hackettstown Community Hospital as a of National Adoption Day and in honor of Thank you. [Applause] model of an exceptional healthcare resource these newly-adopted children and their fami- f serving the rapidly growing, multigenerational lies. CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1350, population of Warren County and the city of This year marks the fifth National Adoption INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES Hackettstown, NJ for over 30 years. Day, which was founded in part by the Con- EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT Hackettstown Community Hospital is taking gressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. I am OF 2004 steps to make the transition into a Regional proud to be a member of the Congressional Hospital Center in response to evolving health Coalition on Adoption, and I have made it one SPEECH OF care needs of northwest New Jersey resi- of my priorities in Congress to ensure that all HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY dents. Investments have been made to pro- children in foster care are placed in loving, vide additional state-of-the-art technology and permanent homes. OF ILLINOIS services essential in diagnosing and treating Many children in foster care face long odds IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the two leading causes of death: cancer and for adoption. In 2001, only about 50,000 chil- Friday, November 19, 2004 heart disease. dren were adopted out of foster care, while as Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise Recent statistics show, the residents of many as 129,000 children were left waiting. today in support of the Conference Report on Warren and Sussex counties have a higher While the number of children being adopted H.R. 1350, the Improving Education Results cancer incidence rate than the rate for the en- out of foster care has been increasing, it is ob- for Children with Disabilities Act, IDEA, be- tire state of New Jersey. Hackettstown Com- vious that we have a long way to go. cause it continues to protect the right of stu- munity Hospital’s new Cancer Center will meet I believe that our churches and communities dents with disabilities to receive a free and ap- this critical demand for specialized cancer must come together with government to help propriate education. The very purpose of IDEA services, offering the area’s first radiation on- end this crisis, and that is why I’ve introduced is to protect the civil rights of disabled stu- cology program and a new chemotherapy/infu- H.R. 4431, the One Church, One Child Act of dents and I am pleased to see that my col- sion therapy center. 2004. leagues were able to remove the provisions in And with a substantial increase in the num- This bill is based on a highly successful the House bill that undermined that purpose. ber of patients seeking cardiac care, adoption ministry begun by a Catholic priest in November 20, 2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E2127

Chicago, Fr. George Clements, more than two , an illustrious former East mocracy and the rule of law, the protection of decades ago. The concept of One Church, judge, brought tremendous under- human rights and basic personal liberties, re- One Child is simple: it is a challenge to every standing and judgment to the debates in this spect for pluralism and diversity, and the free faith community and congregation to adopt or House that come from his front line experi- exchange of ideas. foster one child. If every church, synagogue ences with how the laws we make in Con- On the economic front, the Forum seeks to and mosque in America took up this chal- gress are practically applied beyond the belt- address the desperate problem of unemploy- lenge, the nation’s foster care problem would way. He knew intimately how what we did ment, as well as to expand the private sector be virtually erased overnight. My bill would here would affect people’s lives. within the Middle East and North Africa by provide grant funding for community and faith , a former state legislator and means of encouraging entrepreneurship, ex- based organizations to recruit and train new another much-needed moderate voice in Con- panded trade and investment, protection of foster and adoptive parents and to involve gress, understood how our work in Congress property rights, and the combating of corrup- faith communities in building better lives for affects states, state budgets and practical poli- tion. Finally, on social policy, the Forum has tar- abused and neglected children in need of lov- cies. JIM’s tenure as top Democrat on the ing homes. Homeland Security Committee leaves a big geted the problems of illiteracy and ignorance, On this National Adoption Day, I am proud hole in the influence of Texans in the sphere by focusing on means by which educational to honor the thousands of families across the of the defining interest of our time. standards can be raised and the accessibility to a good education can be broadened for nation who have opened their homes and their In ’s work on the Science men and women alike—that last point being hearts to a foster child. And I look forward to Committee, he was a valuable advocate of especially crucial, as there are so many unre- the day when every child in foster care can Texas interests in the space program, which is solved difficulties pertaining to the status of count on finding a loving and permanent the leading frontier of science for the nation women which the Forum also wants to ad- home. and a reliable source of jobs and industry in dress. f our state. His work in the House will be sorely Mr. Speaker, it is particularly appropriate missed by both the nation and the state. that Morocco should host this inaugural meet- COMMEMORATING THE CHRIS BELL’s experience as a city council- MAGNIFICENT SEVEN ing of the ‘‘Forum for the Future,’’ because man provided an excellent view of how our that country has been making great strides work in Congress affected local governments, SPEECH OF forward in all of these areas, and there is and his service on the Financial Services much that can be learned by studying the HON. SOLOMON P. ORTIZ Committee in the House was valuable to the process of reform that is taking place there. OF TEXAS nation and Texas. When the GÐ8 leaders launched the ‘‘Forum IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I ask our colleagues to join me for the Future’’ last June, their communiqu«e Friday, November 19, 2004 in offering our respect and our gratitude for spoke of a ‘‘partnership for progress and a the outstanding service to the nation by these common future’’ with the countries and peo- Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay 7 Members of Congress who left an indelible ples of North Africa and the broader Middle tribute to the distinguished Members of Con- mark on this nation, within this chamber and East. gress from Texas who will not be among our for the State of Texas. Every Member who shares that goal—who number in the 109th Congress . . . and to f believes that our own future and security as a thank these notable public servants for their nation may ultimately be dependent on the service to the nation, to the House of Rep- THE FIRST ‘‘FORUM FOR THE FU- achievement of freedom, stability, and pros- resentatives, and to the great State of Texas. TURE’’ WILL BE HELD IN MO- perity in a very troubled region—will want to In the next Congress we will be without the ROCCO thank Morocco for hosting this important inter- considerable talents of the following members: national event, the ‘‘Forum for the Future,’’ on MARTIN FROST from , CHARLIE STENHOLM HON. JOHN S. TANNER December 11, 2004. And we look forward to from Abilene, from San Anto- OF TENNESSEE a successful first step in what the GÐ8 leaders nio, MAX SANDLIN from Marshall, JIM TURNER IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES themselves have described as ‘‘a long-term ef- from Crockett, NICK LAMPSON from Beaumont, fort . . . a generational commitment.’’ Saturday, November 20, 2004 and CHRIS BELL from . f All together, when the House reconvenes in Mr. TANNER. Mr. Speaker, ministerial-level January, the State of Texas—and the House representatives from at least 30 countries, in- DONALD G. BROTZMAN POST of Representatives—will have lost 86 years of cluding the United States, will gather three OFFICE BUILDING experience and seniority in tending to the peo- weeks from now in Rabat, Morocco for the SPEECH OF ples’ business here in Congress. first-ever ‘‘Forum for the Future’’ international MARTY FROST has been the dean of the conference on reform and development in the HON. MARK UDALL Texas Delegation Democrats for a long time Middle East and North Africa. Parallel discus- OF COLORADO and is an extraordinary leader for us in Texas sions will also be held between representa- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and as Caucus Chairman for the Democratic tives of civil society and the business sectors Friday, November 19, 2004 Caucus. His work on the Rules Committee led from within these countries. Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise the House Democrats in fighting for the rights The ‘‘Forum for the Future’’ was established today in support of H.R. 5370 which will name of the minority party in the legislative process. by the GÐ8 summit meeting in Sea Island, the post office at 4985 Moorhead Ave in Boul- CHARLIE STENHOLM is the dean of the House Georgia this past June as a permanent mech- der, Colorado the Donald G. Brotzman Post conservatives, a leading moderate whose fis- anism whereby the GÐ8 countries will engage Office Building. cal discipline was stamped on budgets in dialogue on political, economic, and social Mr. Brotzman served in this body during the throughout the 1990s—the last time we ended reform with the countries of North Africa and Vietnam War and the Nixon era. Even though our spending seasons with a surplus. This the broader Middle East. our country was highly divided, he rose above House—which desperately needs moderate In the words of the communiqu«e issued by partisan politics and reached across the aisle voices now more than ever—will miss CHAR- the GÐ8 leaders on June 9, 2004, the ‘‘Forum to work in a bipartisan manner. In my opinion, LIE’s influence. His work for the rural commu- for the Future . . . will root our efforts in an he was the kind of public official we and future nities and farmers of the nation, from his seat open and enduring dialogue . . . the Forum Members of Congress can look to as an ex- as the top Democrat on the Agriculture Com- will serve as a vehicle for listening to the ample. mittee, will be sorely missed by all our rural needs of the region, and ensuring that the ef- Born in Sterling, Colorado, Mr. Brotzman states. forts we make collectively respond to those was an All Conference lineman at the Univer- CIRO RODRIGUEZ, the Chairman of the Con- concerns.’’ sity of Colorado in the 1930’s. While attending gressional Hispanic Caucus, has been a force- Indeed, Mr. Speaker, those ‘‘concerns’’ form CU-Boulder he joined the military and served ful champion of the rights of Americans of His- an enormous agenda for this initial meeting in as a first lieutenant with the 81st Infantry Divi- panic descent during his tenure in the House Morocco, as well as for all subsequent ses- sion in the South Pacific. of Representatives. He has represented the sions. When he returned to the United States he interests of border communities in Texas, and In the political sphere, the Forum aims to finished his degree in both business and law his home city of San Antonio, with excellence promote progress in the Middle East and and opened a law firm in Boulder, Colorado. and distinction. North Africa toward the establishment of de- Between 1945 and 1954 he served in both the