H7114 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE October 26, 2011 Buchanan Gibbs Mack Ruppersberger Simpson Van Hollen sands of foster care adoptions. Too Bucshon Gibson Maloney Rush Sires Vela´ zquez many foster children across the Na- Buerkle Gingrey (GA) Manzullo Ryan (OH) Slaughter Visclosky Burgess Gohmert Marchant Ryan (WI) Smith (NE) Walden tion, including almost 10,000 children Burton (IN) Gonzalez Marino Sa´ nchez, Linda Smith (NJ) Walsh (IL) in Pennsylvania, are waiting to be Butterfield Goodlatte Markey T. Smith (TX) Walz (MN) adopted. Calvert Gosar Matheson Sanchez, Loretta Smith (WA) Wasserman For this reason, I’ve joined numerous Camp Gowdy Matsui Sarbanes Southerland Schultz Scalise Speier fellow House colleagues in sponsoring Campbell Granger McCarthy (CA) Waters Schakowsky Stark Canseco Graves (GA) McCarthy (NY) Watt H. Res. 433, a bipartisan resolution sup- Cantor Graves (MO) McCaul Schiff Stearns Waxman porting the goals and ideals of National Capito Green, Al McClintock Schilling Stivers Webster Adoption Month and National Adop- Capps Green, Gene McCollum Schmidt Stutzman Welch Capuano Griffin (AR) McCotter Schock Sullivan tion Day in November. This resolution West Cardoza Griffith (VA) McDermott Schrader Sutton will bring needed awareness to adop- Carnahan Guinta McGovern Schwartz Terry Westmoreland tion and encourage our fellow Ameri- Schweikert Thompson (CA) Whitfield Carney Guthrie McHenry cans to ensure every child has a perma- Carson (IN) Gutierrez McIntyre Scott (SC) Thompson (MS) Wilson (SC) Carter Hahn McKeon Scott (VA) Thompson (PA) Wittman nent home with a loving family. Cassidy Hall McKinley Scott, Austin Thornberry Wolf f Castor (FL) Hanabusa McMorris Scott, David Tiberi Womack Chabot Hanna Rodgers Sensenbrenner Tierney Woodall INFRASTRUCTURE Serrano Tipton Chaffetz Harper McNerney Woolsey (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given Chandler Harris Meehan Sessions Tonko Yarmuth Chu Hastings (FL) Meeks Sewell Towns Yoder permission to address the House for 1 Cicilline Hayworth Mica Sherman Tsongas Young (AK) minute.) Shimkus Clarke (MI) Heck Michaud Turner (NY) Young (FL) Shuler Turner (OH) Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I call on Clarke (NY) Heinrich Miller (FL) Young (IN) my colleagues and call their attention Clay Hensarling Miller (MI) Shuster Upton to a report issued last week by Trans- Cleaver Herger Miller (NC) NAYS—3 Clyburn Herrera Beutler Miller, George portation for America. The report iden- Coble Higgins Moore Amash Broun (GA) Paul tified 99 bridges in western New York, Coffman (CO) Himes Moran NOT VOTING—14 2,000 bridges in New York State and Cohen Hinchey Mulvaney Cole Hinojosa Murphy (CT) Ackerman Grijalva Miller, Gary 63,000 bridges nationwide as struc- Conaway Hirono Murphy (PA) Alexander Grimm Polis turally deficient. Connolly (VA) Hochul Myrick Bachmann Hartzler Walberg This should not surprise us. The Conyers Holden Nadler Becerra Hastings (WA) Wilson (FL) American Society of Civil Engineers Cooper Holt Napolitano Giffords King (NY) Costa Honda Neal gives our infrastructure a D grade and Costello Hoyer Neugebauer b 1720 the World Economic Forum ranks the Courtney Huelskamp Noem So (two-thirds being in the affirma- United States 23rd in infrastructure Cravaack Huizenga (MI) Nugent quality. Our infrastructure is suffering Crawford Hultgren Nunes tive) the rules were suspended and the Crenshaw Hunter Nunnelee bill, as amended, was passed. from a crippling lack of investment Critz Hurt Olson The result of the vote was announced and our country is falling behind be- Crowley Inslee Olver as above recorded. cause of it. Cuellar Israel Owens Mr. Speaker, the United States has Culberson Issa Palazzo A motion to reconsider was laid on Cummings Jackson (IL) Pallone the table. spent over $62 billion nation-building Davis (CA) Jackson Lee Pascrell in Iraq. It is time to do some nation- f Davis (IL) (TX) Pastor (AZ) building right here at home. There is Davis (KY) Jenkins Paulsen HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW work that needs to be done, and a lot of DeFazio Johnson (GA) Payne DeGette Johnson (IL) Pearce Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask Americans need the work. DeLauro Johnson (OH) Pelosi unanimous consent that when the So I implore this House, pass a jobs Denham Johnson, E. B. Pence House adjourns today, it adjourn to bill that includes $60 billion for infra- Dent Johnson, Sam Perlmutter structure, pass a 6-year transportation DesJarlais Jones Peters meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. bill, use innovative ideas like the infra- Deutch Jordan Peterson The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. GIB- Diaz-Balart Kaptur Petri structure bank to create public-private Dicks Keating Pingree (ME) SON). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Virginia? partnerships and do it now. Given the Dingell Kelly Pitts state of our infrastructure and our Doggett Kildee Platts There was no objection. Dold Kind Poe (TX) economy, we can’t afford to wait. f Donnelly (IN) King (IA) Pompeo f Doyle Kingston Posey Dreier Kinzinger (IL) Price (GA) NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH AND BORDER PATROL AGENT Duffy Kissell Price (NC) NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY SENTENCED TO PRISON Duncan (SC) Kline Quayle Duncan (TN) Kucinich Quigley (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (Mr. BURTON of Indiana asked and Edwards Labrador Rahall asked and was given permission to ad- was given permission to address the Ellison Lamborn Rangel dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Ellmers Lance Reed House for 1 minute and to revise and Emerson Landry Rehberg vise and extend his remarks.) extend his remarks.) Engel Langevin Reichert Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Speak- Eshoo Lankford Renacci Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of er, some of the most important people Farenthold Larsen (WA) Reyes the goals and the ideals of National Farr Larson (CT) Ribble in America are the people that protect Fattah Latham Richardson Adoption Month and National Adop- our southern border between the Filner LaTourette Richmond tion Day, both of which will be held United States and Mexico. They lay Fincher Latta Rigell next month in November 2011. their lives on the line to stop drug Fitzpatrick Lee (CA) Rivera Flake Levin Roby National Adoption Month, which was pushers and potential terrorists. They Fleischmann Lewis (CA) Roe (TN) first designated in 1995, promotes na- do this on a daily basis. Fleming Lewis (GA) Rogers (AL) tional awareness of adoption, encour- Well, one of those agents, Jesus Diaz, Flores Lipinski Rogers (KY) ages the well-being of every child, and Forbes LoBiondo Rogers (MI) Jr., in November of 2009, stopped a fel- Fortenberry Loebsack Rohrabacher recognizes the thoughtful efforts of in- low coming across the border with 150 Foxx Lofgren, Zoe Rokita dividuals and organizations working pounds of marijuana in his backpack. Frank (MA) Long Rooney with orphans and foster children. He arrested him. He put handcuffs on Franks (AZ) Lowey Ros-Lehtinen Frelinghuysen Lucas Roskam In November 2000, National Adoption him, and he supposedly lifted his arms Fudge Luetkemeyer Ross (AR) Day was launched through the Na- a little too high, and he did not sub- Gallegly Luja´ n Ross (FL) tional Adoption Day Coalition. Na- scribe to taking care of this man’s con- Garamendi Lummis Rothman (NJ) tional Adoption Day marks the day Gardner Lungren, Daniel Roybal-Allard stitutional rights. Garrett E. Royce that agencies, organizations and fami- As a result, Agent Jesus Diaz, Jr., Gerlach Lynch Runyan lies come together to complete thou- who has been cleared—he’s been VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:31 Oct 27, 2011 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A26OC7.030 H26OCPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE October 26, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7115 cleared by Homeland Security’s Office during the incident and failed to notify an economic situation we’re in and drive of the Inspector General and the Immi- on-duty supervisor until hours later. ourselves to more economic growth. ‘‘Instead, they went off-duty to a local gration and Customs Enforcement’s Of- f fice of Professional Responsibility. He ‘Whataburger’ restaurant, got their stories straight and reported it hours later to an off- was cleared by both of those of any duty supervisor at his home,’’ the council SMALL BUSINESS CERTAINTY wrongdoing; yet he got a 2-year jail said. ‘‘Then the ‘witnesses’ went back to the (Mr. OLSON asked and was given per- sentence just in the last couple of days station and reported their allegations.’’ mission to address the House for 1 because he supposedly mistreated a The council also noted that the teenager minute and to revise and extend his re- drug dealer coming across the border claimed no injuries in court other than sore marks.) carrying 150 pounds of drugs. shoulders, which the council attributed to ‘‘the weight of the drug load, approximately Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise to This is just not right. This is just tell the story of an American small wrong. 75 pounds, he carried across the border.’’ The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western business owner, Joe Schneider, strug- [From the Washington Times, Oct. 25, 2011] District of Texas, which brought the charges, gling to keep his head above water. A (By Jerry Seper) is the same office that in February 2006— few weeks ago, I had lunch with Joe at A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sen- under U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton—pros- the Barbed Rose Steakhouse, which he tenced to two years in prison for improperly ecuted Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos owns in Alvin, Texas. lifting the arms of a 15-year-old drug smug- and Jose Compean after they shot a drug- When we finished our lunch, Joe took smuggling suspect, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, gling suspect while handcuffed—in what the me on a walking tour to show me his Justice Department called a deprivation of in the buttocks as he tried to flee back into Mexico after abandoning a van filled with 800 plans to open five more restaurants in the teenager’s constitutional right to be free the area.