October 17, 2002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1877 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING Nursing, physical and occupational therapy talist tyranny, and a supporter of terrorism in JAMES MACDONALD and social work counseling were the first serv- Sindh and elsewhere, as well as internal ter- ices offered. In 1970, speech therapy was rorism. Accordingly, it should not be a country HON. ROBERT W. NEY added. In 1971, the Homemaking Home that receives U.S. aid, yet it is one of the larg- OF OHIO Health Aide program was added. The Hospice est recipients despite its anti-Americanism. program was developed in 1981 to care for We should stop our aid to India until it al- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the terminally ill and their families. lows basic human rights such as receiving Wednesday, October 16, 2002 During the 1980s, the agency established mail without content control and we should Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, Whereas, James health maintenance clinics in the housing support basic human rights like self-determina- MacDonald has served our community as a complexes for older persons in Berwick, tion. Self-determination is the very foundation police officer with the Coshocton County Sher- Bloomsburg, Danville, Millville and Catawissa. of democracy. We should put this Congress iff’s Office since 1995; and A comprehensive rehabilitation team was on record in support of self-determination for Whereas, Deputy James MacDonald has established to provide the most up-to-date the people of Khalistan, Kashmir, Nagalim, been awarded a 2002 Distinguished Valor therapy in the home. The staff is continually and the other states seeking their freedom. Award at Ohio’s Law-Enforcement Con- educated to care for patients’ problems involv- This is the way to real freedom, peace, sta- ference; and ing simple to complex needs. bility, and prosperity in South Asia. Whereas, James MacDonald is a hero who To meet the continued challenges of growth, Mr. Speaker, the Council of Khalistan has acted quickly and efficiently in July 2001, serv- the agency moved to new offices in issued an excellent press release on this ing our community in the face of grave danger Bloomsburg in December of 1996. It achieved issue, which I would like to place in the without hesitation or thought of himself; and accreditation from the Community Health Ac- RECORD at this time. Whereas, James MacDonald is an asset to creditation Program (CHAP) in 1993 and is li- MAIL CENSORSHIP IN ‘‘WORLD’S LARGEST the Coshocton community in his prepared- censed as a home health agency and as a DEMOCRACY’’ ness, devotion to duty, and willingness to hospice by the Commonwealth of Pennsyl- MAIL FROM COUNCIL OF KHALISTAN IS NOT serve; vania. The agency is led by Chief Executive BEING ALLOWED TO GET TO ADDRESSEES IN Therefore, I join with the residents of the en- Officer Jane Gittler, R.N., M.S.N. INDIA tire 18th Congressional District of Ohio in hon- Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to call to the at- WASHINGTON, D.C., October 8, 2002—Mail tention of the House of Representatives the censorship is again being practiced in India, oring and congratulating Deputy James Mac- which bills itself as ‘‘the world’s largest de- Donald for his selflessness and heroism. service to the community of Columbia Montour Home Health Services, and I wish its employ- mocracy.’’ Mail from the Council of f ees and patients all the best. Khalistan to addresses in India has not been received in India for the last two months. COLUMBIA MONTOUR HOME f The Council of Khalistan is the government HEALTH SERVICES CELE- MAIL CENSORSHIP IN INDIA pro tempore of Khalistan, the Sikh homeland BRATING 35TH ANNIVERSARY that declared its independence on October 7, BELIES ITS DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS 1987. It has worked for 15 years to liberate HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI Khalistan by peaceful, democratic, non- HON. DAN BURTON violent means and has specifically rejected OF PENNSYLVANIA OF INDIANA militancy. Dr. Gurmit Singh Aulakh, Presi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dent of the Council of Khalistan, has talked Wednesday, October 16, 2002 to many people in Punjab who have not re- Wednesday, October 16, 2002 ceived any mail from the Council of Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, today to call Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I was Khalistan during the last two months. The the attention of the House of Representatives disturbed to find out that mail sent by the Council has mailed two mailings to India in to the service to the community provided by Council of Khalistan has not been reaching that time. Columbia Montour Home Health Services, ‘‘This undemocratic action shows the true India for the past two months. The ‘‘world’s nature of India,’’ said Dr. Aulakh. ‘‘Although which is celebrating 35 years of serving resi- largest democracy’’ is once again violating it claims to be democratic, India has en- dents of Northeastern Pennsylvania. democratic principles by practicing mail cen- gaged in this kind of censorship before. It During the autumn and early winter of 1966, sorship. It is violating the fundamental freedom controls information and uses its control to groups of interested citizens in Danville and of the people within its borders by prohibiting whip up hatred and violence against Sikhs Bloomsburg, identified a need in the commu- them from receiving information relating to the and other minorities,’’ he said. ‘‘Is this what nity for requests which could be met through violations of the human rights of Sikhs and the a democracy does, or is it what a tyranny does?,’’ he said. ‘‘Why is a ‘democ- the services of a public health nurse. Some of peaceful, democratic, nonviolent effort to lib- the groups involved included the Danville racy’threatened by facts? Is this freedom of erate Khalistan from Indian control. speech? These mailings included statements Council of Churches, the Bloomsburg Busi- This is in clear contravention of democratic from the Congressional Record, press re- ness Professional Women’s Club and the Red principles, but that is not surprising from India. leases from the Council of Khalistan, and Cross. It has never been a democracy for the minori- clippings from U.S. and international news- In January 1967, representatives of Lu- ties within its borders, but only for the Brahmin papers,’’ he said. theran Social Services and the Pennsylvania fanatics. General Narinder Singh, a respected A few years ago, similar mail censorship Department of Health met with the local peo- Sikh leader in Punjab, has said that ‘‘Punjab was imposed on the late Sukhbir Singh Osan, ple and shortly thereafter a public meeting the journalist who founded the website Burn- is a police state.’’ ing Punjab, which reported on Indian govern- was held at the Court House in Danville to dis- A few years ago, the late journalist Sukhbir ment corruption, tyranny, and human-rights cuss a cooperative effort between Columbia Singh Osan was subjected to censorship of violations against the Sikh Nation. Osan, and Montour Counties for the development of his mail and harassment, including telephone who died of a heart attack early this year, a Visiting Nurses Association. calls from unidentified persons saying things also received a telephone call telling him The name chosen for the new organization like ‘‘It is dangerous to write against the gov- that ‘‘it is dangerous to write against the was Columbia Montour County Visiting Nurse ernment.’’ All this happened because Mr. government.’’ Association. By April 1967, a Board of Direc- Osan ran the outstanding news website Burn- The Indian government controls both major Indian news services, Press Trust of tors had been named and immediately began ing Punjab, which featured news about gov- India (PTI) and United News of India (UNI). raising funds. Funds were secured from the ernment corruption, until he died earlier this India has used its control of media to gen- local United Way Funds, the County Commis- year. erate violence against minorities. During the sioners, other agencies and private individ- These actions prove that India is not a de- 1984 Delhi massacres of Sikhs, Indian media uals. mocracy. It is a theocratic Hindu fundamen- called for the shedding of more Sikh blood. ∑ 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 0ct<09>2002 04:35 Oct 18, 2002 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17OC8.000 E17PT1 E1878 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 17, 2002 In February 42 Members of Congress wrote More women are beating cancer through address the cancer continuum: research, to President Bush to get 52,268 political pris- early detection and improved treatments. Ex- translation, access to care, quality of care, and oners released from Indian prisons. The In- perts also urge everyone to include regular cancer prevention. Additionally, I am a co- dian government has murdered over 250,000 Sikhs since 1984. Over 80,000 Kashmiri Mus- physical activity, maintain a healthy weight, sponsor of HR 1624, the Access to Cancer lims have been killed since 1988. More than and limit alcohol intake to reduce your risk of Therapies Act, and HR 1354, the Assure Ac- 200,000 Christians have been killed since 1947, cancer. cess to Mammography Act, which seeks to along with tens of thousands of Dalits, I would like to raise an issue that has been raise the Medicare payment rates for routine Tamils, Assamese, Bodos, Manipuris, and in the press many times this past year.