H524 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 3, 2010 b 1645 Congressman Kolbe did not work all, he was always there to give a hand So the amendment was agreed to. from a predetermined list of party posi- to friends and neighbors in need. The result of the vote was announced tions. He worked to unite his col- Antonia Manglona Borja, Mr. Speak- as above recorded. leagues in finding solutions to impor- er. He was a good man. He died too tant issues to Arizonans, from in- young. And we all will miss him. PERSONAL EXPLANATION creased economic opportunity through Mr. Speaker, They say only the good die Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Chairman, I was ab- trade to environmental conversation. young. I don’t know if only the good die sent from the House Chamber today, due to a Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to young. But I do know that Antonio Manglona family emergency. Had I been present, I would join with me in honoring this great fig- Borja from the island of Tinian in the Northern have voted ‘‘aye’’ on rollcall votes 29, 30, 31, ure, a man who served our community Mariana Islands was a very good man. And I 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38. in Arizona, who served our Nation, do know that Antonio Manglona Borja has Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Chairman, I Congressman Jim Kolbe, a true states- died much too young. move that the Committee do now rise. man and a beloved public figure. The motion was agreed to. So I rise today to honor him on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in the hope Accordingly, the Committee rose; f that knowing that Antonio was recognized in and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. COMMENDING PIUS BANNIS this way will give some comfort to his par- BRIGHT) having assumed the chair, Mr. ents—Elias Manibusan Borja and Rosa PIERLUISI, Acting Chair of the Com- (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was Manglona Borja, to his wife—Bernadine mittee of the Whole House on the State given permission to address the House Palacios Borja, to their children—Anthony of the Union, reported that that Com- for 1 minute and to revise and extend Silvestre, Kristine, and Dennis—and to all An- mittee, having had under consideration her remarks.) tonio’s many friends and family members who the bill (H.R. 4061) to advance cyberse- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I miss him. curity research, development, and rise today to applaud the outstanding technical standards, and for other pur- work and selfless commitment of Mr. Mr. Speaker, Tinian is a small island with a poses, had come to no resolution there- Pius Bannis. Mr. Bannis is the Field small number of families. Everyone knows ev- on. Office Director in Port-au-Prince for eryone. And no one who lives there can fail to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration touch the lives of others f Services. He has gone above and be- But, of course, some people have an impact REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- yond the call of duty in the weeks on the community that is outsize, that makes VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF since the horrific earthquake that dev- their presence—and their absence—of greater SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.J. astated Haiti on January 12. significance. RES. 45, INCREASING THE STAT- Working around the clock, Mr. Antonio Borja made his presence felt in so UTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC Bannis has helped to process hundreds many lives. As an officer of the Department of DEBT of adoption cases, helping to unite Public Safety, he helped to keep the peace on American families with their Haitian Tinian. He was there in moments of crisis and Mr. MCGOVERN, from the Com- trauma for his community. He helped others mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- children in the aftermath of this tragic and held them safe, when they were most in leged report (Rept. No. 111–411) on the disaster. Mr. Bannis is a hero. Because danger, most in need. resolution (H. Res. 1065) providing for of his tireless efforts and compassion, consideration of the Senate amend- many of the most vulnerable children Mr. Borja learned the job of Public Safety ment to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. in Haiti are able to look toward a much Officer from the ground up, beginning as re- 45) increasing the statutory limit on brighter future. cruit in 1985 and quickly moving up the ranks the public debt, which was referred to I am inspired by the selfless dedica- to Captain in just nine years time. And Mr. the House Calendar and ordered to be tion, and again thank Mr. Bannis, as Borja took what he learned as an officer and printed. well as all of the employees of the U.S. continued to contribute to the welfare of his Citizenship and Immigration Services, community after his retirement nine years ago. f for their extraordinary service in help- He was deeply involved with youth and JIM KOLBE POST OFFICE ing Haitian children. adult sports. He served on the board of public corporations. Most of all, he was always there (Ms. GIFFORDS asked and was given f to give a hand to friends and neighbors in permission to address the House for 1 HONORING ANTONIO MANGLONA need. minute.) BORJA Antonio Manglona Borja, Mr. Speaker. He Ms. GIFFORDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise was a good man. He died too young. And we today to commemorate the legacy of a (Mr. SABLAN asked and was given all will miss him. former Member of Congress, Congress- permission to address the House for 1 man Jim Kolbe. This body honors him minute and to revise and extend his re- f with the passage of H.R. 4495, legisla- marks.) JUVENILE DIABETES tion to rename his hometown post of- Mr. SABLAN. Mr. Speaker, they say fice at 100 North Taylor Lane in Pata- only the good die young. I don’t know (Mr. BOCCIERI asked and was given gonia, Arizona. if only the good die young, but I do permission to address the House for 1 Congressman Kolbe’s record of serv- know that Antonio Manglona Borja minute.) ice began as a page in this historic from the island of Tinian in the North- Mr. BOCCIERI. Mr. Speaker, I rise place of Congress for Senator Barry ern Mariana Islands was a very good today in recognition of the 3 million Goldwater. This experience would have man, and I do know that Antonia young Americans who courageously a lasting impact on his appreciation for Manglona Borja has died much too fight juvenile diabetes every day. Re- the virtue of public service, resulting young. cently, I had the privilege of meeting in a long and distinguished career dedi- Tinian is a small island with a small three brave children from my north- cated to cultivating a better Arizona, number of families. Everyone knows eastern Ohio district, Andrew Butter- and in fact, a better Nation. everyone. And no one who lives there worth, Meghan Jordan, and Gaetano He spent his life in service in the can fail to touch the lives of others. Cecchini, who suffer from juvenile dia- United States Navy, the Arizona State But some people have an impact on the betes, but take their condition with legislature, and in the United States community that is outsized, that great humility and strength. Congress for Arizona’s Fifth and makes their presence—and their ab- Each day 40 children are diagnosed Eighth Congressional Districts. As our sence—of greater significance. with diabetes in the United States. The hometown newspaper, the Arizona Antonia Borja made his presence felt price to maintain treatment can cost Daily Star, noted upon his retirement in so many ways: as an officer of the thousands of dollars per year. While in- in December of 2006, ‘‘He earned a rep- Department of Public Safety; as some- sulin is enough to keep that person utation as a moderate in a partisan one deeply involved with youth and alive, it doesn’t prevent the potential world, a voice working from the cen- adult sports; as a public representative side effects of kidney failure, blindness, ter.’’ on boards and commissions. Most of amputations, and heart attacks.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:30 May 18, 2010 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD10\RECFILES\H03FE0.REC H03FE0 mmaher on DSKD5P82C1PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE February 3, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H525 When Meghan came to my office, she he was 21. He got into the United were happy to see us ‘‘doughboys.’’ Every gave me a notebook with pictures and States Army and went over there with last one of us Yanks believed we’d wrap this descriptions of her enjoying her life to the doughboys to end the war to end all thing up in a month or two and head back her fullest, in spite of her condition. wars. He drove an ambulance and res- home before harvest. In other words, we were the typical, cocky Americans no one wants And she writes, ‘‘Having diabetes is cued other Americans who were fight- around, until they need help winning a war. physically and emotionally hard. I ing that great war. He said, We were But that’s what makes America special—as check my blood sugars at least five typical cocky Americans. No one want- much as we want to avoid war, we’re ready times a day and give myself 4 shots a ed us around until the French and the to sacrifice everything if that’s what it takes day. My grandpa really helped me with British needed some help winning that to make sure the bad guys don’t win. Amer- diabetes, but he passed away, and I war. And just 19 months after the first ica’s entry into the war was decisive. Just 19 miss him very much. Promise to re- Yanks arrived, the guns fell silent. months after the first Yanks arrived, the member me and the children who have Yes, that war ended on November 11, guns fell silent. juvenile diabetes and help us find a 1918. But that wasn’t all for Frank The Armistice commenced on the 11th cure.’’ Buckles. After he was discharged from hour of the 11th day of the llth month and We owe it to them to fight hard to the United States Army in 1918, he battered troops on both sides crawled out of make sure that juvenile diabetes and found himself in a place called Manila their trenches for the last time. When the ar- mistice came, I thought the Europeans other debilitating diseases that affect in the Philippines on December 8, 1941, would be dancing in the streets. After the our children are looked at, fought, and when the Japanese attacked—the day Armistice, I was assigned to deliver German make sure that we can end them in a after Pearl Harbor—and Frank Buckles POWs back to their homeland. Looking at timely fashion. was captured by the Japanese. For the their war-weary faces, I never dreamed that f next 39 months he was held as a pris- one day I’d find myself in the same posi- oner of war in a Japanese concentra- tion—but in much worse circumstances. SPECIAL ORDERS tion camp. He was finally freed on Feb- On December 7, 1941, the Japs bombed The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under ruary 23, 1945, the day the Japanese had Pearl Harbor. Even before Congress declared the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- ordered his execution. war on Japan, young American men were lin- Frank Buckles is the last surviving ing up to enlist. At the time, I was working uary 6, 2009, and under a previous order in the Manila office for a shipping firm of the House, the following Members doughboy from World War I. On Mon- called the White Star Line. day, he was 109 years old. He lives not will be recognized for 5 minutes each. White Star was the line that had owned the f far from here. Until he was 101, he Titanic. White Star also owned the Carpa- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a drove his tractor on his farm in West thian—the ship that had rescued the previous order of the House, the gentle- Virginia. At this time I would like to Titanic’s survivors . . . and the Carpathian insert into the RECORD a letter he was also the ship that had taken me to the woman from California (Ms. WOOLSEY) battlefields of France in 1917. You know, is recognized for 5 minutes. wrote to the American people on Me- morial Day of last year. looking back I think I should have seen all (Ms. WOOLSEY addressed the House. those White Star connections as an omen of LAST WORLD WAR I VET FRANK BUCKLES’ Her remarks will appear hereafter in things to come. But I didn’t. MEMORIAL DAY LETTER TO AMERICANS the Extensions of Remarks.) The Axis war in Europe and Asia had been (The following is a letter from Frank Buckles to going on for the last several years. But Gen- f the American Veterans Center and National eral MacArthur had assured us that Manila The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a Memorial Day Parade on Memorial Day, was the safest city in the Orient. MacArthur previous order of the House, the gen- 2009.) was a great general, but this time he guessed DEAR AMERICANS: Though I am unable to tleman from Georgia (Mr. DEAL) is rec- wrong. ognized for 5 minutes. be in our great nation’s capitol today to pay On December 8th, just one day after Pearl (Mr. DEAL of Georgia addressed the honor to the many men and women who have fought and died protecting our freedom, I Harbor, a Japanese invasion took control of House. His remarks will appear here- want you to know the depth of my gratitude Manila. The Japanese took thousands of us after in the Extensions of Remarks.) to our service members and the deep per- foreigners to Los Banos, a prison camp 40 f sonal significance Memorial Day has to me. miles southeast of Manila. Along with 2,000 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a In 1918, I was sure there would never be an- other foreign civilians, I was designated a prisoner of war. previous order of the House, the gen- other world war. But just 23 years later—the day after Pearl Harbor—I became one of 2,000 For the next 3 and a half years, my fellow tleman from Oregon (Mr. DEFAZIO) is civilians who would spend the next 3 and a POW’s and I had only two things on our recognized for 5 minutes. half years in a Japanese POW camp in the minds. We wondered when MacArthur was (Mr. DEFAZIO addressed the House. Philippines. going to return and how we were going to His remarks will appear hereafter in I was born in 1901 during the McKinley Ad- find something to fill our stomachs. The the Extensions of Remarks.) ministration in the heartland of America. I starvation at Los Banos was so bad, it is sur- was thirteen when World War I broke out in f prising that any of us survived. When The Europe. For me the decision to join the serv- 11th Airborne finally freed us on February b 1700 ice was an easy one. The hard part was find- 23, 1945, we all looked pretty much like skel- ing someone who’d let me join. etons with skin on. THE LAST DOUGHBOY AND THE I was just 16 and didn’t look a day older. I America goes to war to free, to liberate, to WAR TO END ALL WARS confess to you that I lied to more than one protect, and to bring justice to bear. I hope The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. recruiter. I gave them my solemn word that this Memorial Day, you take the time to I was 18, but I’d left my birth certificate thank the veterans you meet for their serv- BRIGHT). Under a previous order of the back home in the family Bible. They’d take House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. ice to this country—the sacrifices that they one look at me and laugh and tell me to have made to preserve your freedom. POE) is recognized for 5 minutes. home before my mother noticed I was gone. Mr. POE of Texas. They called it the Somehow I got the idea that telling an May God bless you and God bless America! ‘‘war to end all wars’’; 4.7 million even bigger whopper was the way to go. So I FRANK BUCKLES, told the next recruiter that I was 21 and Corporal, World War I, Americans went over there to Europe U.S. Army (Retired). in the great World War I, and 116,000 of darned if he didn’t sign me up on the spot! I them never came home. When they ar- enlisted in the Army on the 14th of August After World War I was over with, 1917. As a 16-year-old boy, you think you’re that generation went into the Roaring rived back in the United States in 1918, invincible and I wanted to go where the ac- thousands of them died from the flu tion was. Twenties, then the Great Depression, that they had contracted in France. One of the older sergeants told me the fast- and then they were the fathers of the They called them ‘‘doughboys’’ because est way to get to France was to go into the Greatest Generation that went off to of the look of their uniform. One such Ambulance Corps. So that’s what I did. the great World War II. person was an individual by the name There was never a shortage of blown-up bod- I mention Frank Buckles for several of Frank Buckles. ies that needed to be rushed to the nearest reasons. He’s the last surviving dough- medical care. The British and French troops Frank Buckles lied to get into the were in bad shape—even guys about my age boy. This is a picture of him that was United States Army. He was 16. And he looked old and tired. taken not too long ago in front of the went from recruiter to recruiter to re- After three years of living and dying inside D.C. World War Memorial that’s on the cruiter and finally convinced somebody a dirt trench, you know the Brits and French Mall. Now Frank Buckles is spending

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