July 25, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1233 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS COMMEMORATING THE 40TH ANNI- dom. In preparation for that military assign- pacity of 87 children, who are enjoying the VERSARY OF THE ROUND LAKE ment, LTC Seip left home for training at Fort process of learning and the After School Pro- AREA PARK DISTRICT Dix in New Jersey on Mother’s Day 2006. gram has 27 children. Upon the completion of her training, she re- Mrs. Bell, because of her hard and diligent HON. BRADLEY S. SCHNEIDER turned home for a brief period before leaving work at Heavenly Angels Daycare Center has received a trophy honoring her as Business- OF ILLINOIS for Iraq on Memorial Day 2006. Additionally, LTC Seip served as the mayor woman of the Year. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the Ocean Cliff section of Baghdad and had Mrs. Bell has been married for 25 years to Friday, July 25, 2014 an integral role in the preparation of the mass a husband that loves and supports her. They Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I am proud casualty plan for the Embassy. LTC Seip’s de- have 5 children: 4 boys and 1 daughter, Jan- to rise today to honor the Round Lake Area ployment ended on July 14, 2007 and, upon ice, who has worked with Heavenly Angels Park District, and to commemorate its 40th her return, she was greeted on the Pennsyl- Daycare Center since its opening and grad- Anniversary. For four decades, the Round vania House Floor along with her colleague uated from Jackson State University with a Lake Area Park District has been an integral Captain Cara Walters. Business Degree. part of the surrounding community, providing LTC Seip is the youngest of 5 children born Heavenly Angels Daycare Center’s slogan unique recreational and environmental oppor- to Frank and Patricia Dubbs. She is married to is: To look, listen and learn and every child tunities as well as important support programs Tim Seip and is mother to Elisa Seip. LTC succeeds. Mrs. Bell stated that ‘‘When they and services. Seip’s current assignment is to be the Deputy come through our doors, we make sure that In March 1974, members of the Round Commander for the 28th Division Medical De- they get the learning that they need. They all Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake tachment. are smart children.’’ Heights, Round Lake Park and Hainesville On behalf of all of the citizens of Pennsylva- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me communities banded together to create the nia’s 17th Congressional District, I offer my in recognizing the Heavenly Angels Daycare Round Lake Park District. In the forty years thanks for impressive and dedicated service in Center for caring and educating children. that followed, the Round Lake Park District the defense of our country, I congratulate f has expanded dramatically, increasingly as- Lieutenant Colonel Seip on her promotion, and 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE suming more land, constructing new facilities ask all my colleagues here in the House of LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION and providing a greater number of programs Representatives to join me in honoring our in- and recreational opportunities. valuable service members like Starr Seip. HON. NITA M. LOWEY Along with the public parks, golf courses f OF NEW YORK and green spaces, the Round Lake Area Park IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES District offers a tremendous amount of serv- PERSONAL EXPLANATION ices and opportunities that reflect the values of Friday, July 25, 2014 our communities. In the 1980s, the park dis- HON. TOM MARINO Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to trict expanded recreational services to individ- OF PENNSYLVANIA recognize the 40th anniversary of the Legal uals with disabilities. In the 1990s, it created IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Services Corporation (LSC). facilities to promote the importance of environ- LSC was established by Congress in 1974 Friday, July 25, 2014 mental sustainability. In the 2000s, it in- to provide civil legal aid to millions of Ameri- creased the resources and programs available Mr. MARINO. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. cans who would otherwise be unable to afford to local teens, and established the Huebner 406, I was unable to get back in time to vote it. Congress gave the Corporation the mission Fishery Management Foundation. because my daughter was very ill. Had I been of ensuring equal access to justice for all For forty years, the Round Lake Park Dis- present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Americans, and the Corporation has worked trict has been a tremendous source of pride f tirelessly to achieve that goal. With nearly 800 for the Round Lake area, fostering a profound offices serving every Congressional district sense of community, harmony and cultural un- HONORING HEAVENLY ANGELS and U.S. territory, LSC offers support to moth- derstanding. I am confident that it will continue DAYCARE CENTER ers trying to obtain child support, veterans to serve this vital purpose for decades to seeking the benefits they earned, and to many come. HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON other individuals facing an array of issues. f OF MISSISSIPPI It is noteworthy that three out of four legal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES aid clients are women, and domestic violence IN HONOR OF STARR SEIP’S PRO- is one of the top issues LSC clients face. Friday, July 25, 2014 MOTION TO COLONEL IN THE Without the efforts of legal counsel from LSC, UNITED STATES NATIONAL Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- victims across the country would have no way GUARD er, I rise today to honor the Heavenly Angels to seek legal recourse for domestic disputes, Daycare Center. enforcing child support payments, or maintain- HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT The Heavenly Angels Daycare Center ing custody of their children. OF PENNSYLVANIA opened on August 8, 2006 with Mrs. Emma In addition, during Superstorm Sandy, when IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bell as owner and director, in Port Gibson, thousands of Americans had their homes and Claiborne County, Mississippi on Church St. belongings damaged, LSC provided storm-re- Friday, July 25, 2014 Mrs. Bell loves children and started Heav- lated services to low-income victims to assist Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise enly Angels Daycare Center with 8 enrolled in filing claims with insurance companies and today to recognize Lieutenant Colonel Starr from 6 months to 3 years old. She also had help retrieve documents such as insurance Seip of Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, on her pro- an After School Program with 6 children up to and mortgage paperwork that had been lost or motion to Colonel in the U.S. National Guard, 12 years old. damaged in the storm. for which a ceremony will occur tomorrow, Through the years, the Heavenly Angels Mr. Speaker, every American, regardless of July 26. Daycare Center has grown and in 2008 a Pre- wealth, deserves quality representation before LTC Seip has served our country honorably, K Center was included to better equip children the courts. The work that LSC does to ensure having been assigned to the 28th Division who started in the center to be able to suc- that those most in need receive legal counsel Support Command (DISCOM) in the Inter- cessfully start 1st grade. and due process before the courts is invalu- national Zone of Baghdad at the Embassy of Heavenly Angels Daycare Center has been able. I am proud to recognize the Legal Serv- the United States during Operation Iraqi Free- progressing for 8 years with a current full ca- ices Corporation and LSC-funded attorneys for ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. VerDate Mar 15 2010 04:11 Jul 26, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K25JY8.001 E25JYPT1 jbell on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1234 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks July 25, 2014 the vital work they do every day on behalf of IACC would provide an alternative and effec- fice, the national debt was Americans who desperately need their coun- tive forum for the enforcement of the laws $10,626,877,048,913.08. sel. I urge my colleagues to join me in hon- criminalizing grand corruption that exist in Today, it is $17,599,231,161,990.50. We’ve virtually every country, while giving force added $6,972,354,113,077.42 to our debt in 5 oring their tremendous accomplishments. to the requirements of treaties such as the f U.N. Convention Against Corruption and the years. This is over $6.9 trillion in debt our na- tion, our economy, and our children could ENDING GLOBAL CORRUPTION obligations of organizations such as the World Trade Organization. Like the ICC, an have avoided with a balanced budget amend- IACC would operate on the principle of ment. HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN complementarity, meaning that only offi- f OF MASSACHUSETTS cials from those countries unable or unwill- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing to prosecute grand corruption properly PERSONAL EXPLANATION would be subject to prosecution. This would Friday, July 25, 2014 give many nations a significant incentive to HON. TOM MARINO Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to strengthen and demonstrate their capacity OF PENNSYLVANIA bring to the attention of my colleagues an arti- to combat grand corruption. cle by Judge Mark L. Wolf in the July 23rd An IACC would be comparable to the ap- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES proach that has served the United States Friday, July 25, 2014 Washington Post.