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Coach Moore also oversaw the expansion of 

Bryant-Denny Stadium in 2006 and 2009, 

pushing the venue’s capacity to 101,821, 

which ranks fifth nationally. 

Mal Moore will be officially honored at the 

55th NNF awards dinner at Waldorf-Astoria in 

New York City on December 4, 2012. He was 

elected to the State of Alabama Sprots Hall of 

Fame in 2011. 

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the people of Alabama and the entire Alabama Congressional 

Delegation, I would like to commend Coach 

Mal Moore for his exemplary leadership and 

congratulate him for receiving the John L. 

Toner Award. I know Coach Moore’s daughter, 

Heather, his granddaughter, Anna Lee and 

grandson, Charles, as well as his many, many 

friends and associates around the country 

share in this proud and well-deserved honor. 

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HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND HOUSE VETERANS 

AFFAIRS COMMITTEE JOINT 

HEARING 

HON. RICK LARSEN OF WASHINGTON

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, July 26, 2012 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I 

submit the following. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and welcome to Secretary Panetta and 

Secretary Shinseki. 

More than 2 million American women and 

men are returning home from more than a 

decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Many are returning scarred, with lost limbs, 

brain injuries or mental illness. Too many are 

coming back to unemployment lines. And too 

many are struggling to keep their homes. 

To address these problems, Congress and 

the administration have worked together to 

support veterans’ needs through efforts like 

building more Department of Veterans Affairs 

community based outpatient clinics, like the 

one in Mount Vernon, Washington state. The 

VA, the Department of Defense, and National 

Institutes of Health are conducting state-ofthe-art brain research to understand and find 

better treatments for traumatic brain injury and 

post-traumatic stress disorder. And the VA 

and DoD are working together to provide more 

timely disability claims processing. 

The passage of the Vow To Hire Heroes Act 

and the 21st Century GI Bill were important 

steps to help veterans translate their skills to 

civilian jobs. These programs provide career 

advice for transitioning servicemembers 

through the Transition Assistance Program 

and help veterans go back to school. 

And we are supporting veterans housing 

through the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Veterans Affairs Supportive 

Housing Program (HUD-VASH) program, 

which provides affordable housing vouchers 

and social services like case management. 

100 homeless veterans in Skagit and Snohomish Counties have received HUD-VASH 

vouchers so far this year. Part of ending 

homelessness among veterans is prevention, 

and for that, VA and DOD recently began 

legal assistance programs to provide relief for 

veterans and servicemembers who were hurt 

by mortgage abuses and assist those seeking 

to refinance. 

Still, there is more that we have to do, and 

I encourage all of us in this room to think of 

what we can do to help these veterans. 

For example, in my district, we are reaching 

out to veterans, employers and educators to 

help veterans translate the skills they developed in the military to meet private sector 

needs, and help employers and educators understand the value of veterans’ military training. 

I look forward to hearing more about what 

the DoD and VA are doing to support veterans 

transitioning back to civilian life. With hard 

work and support from the government and 

local communities, these veterans coming 

home from Iraq and Afghanistan can have a 

smooth transition back to civilian life, and our 

older veterans can get the support they deserve. 

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IN CELEBRATION OF MRS. BUENA 

WOOTEN LONG’S 100TH BIRTHDAY 

HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR. OF GEORGIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, July 26, 2012 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise 

today to extend my sincerest congratulations 

and Happy Birthday wishes to Mrs. Buena 

Wooten Long, who will be celebrating her 

100th birthday on Wednesday, July 25, 2012. 

On this day, Mrs. Long will be honored with a 

birthday celebration and dinner at the James 

H. Gray Senior Citizen’s Center in Albany, 

Georgia. 

Born in Whigham, Georgia on July 25, 1912 

to Archie and Ada Wooten, Mrs. Long is the 

youngest of six children: Malachi, Charlie, 

Wadis, Leah, and Ruth. Although all her siblings preceded her in death, she is the second 

member of her family to become a centenarian; her paternal grandfather lived to be 

106 years old. 

Mrs. Long fondly remembers plowing a mule 

on the family farm as a child. As an adult, she 

worked as a seamstress in Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania and Detroit, Michigan. She is 

now an active participant at the Golden Retreat Senior Citizen’s Center. Although she enjoys all the activities at the Center, bingo is 

her favorite. 

Mrs. Long is the mother of Mrs. Helen Murphy-Prince; grandmother of Mr. Craig Wendell 

Prince; great-grandmother of Mr. Randall Murphy and Mr. Brian Murphy and greatgreatgrandmother of Miss London Taylor Murphy. 

Mrs. Long credits her longevity to her faith 

in God, a strong work ethic instilled in her by 

her parents and good genes. She is an active 

member of the Institutional First Baptist 

Church under the pastorate of Dr. Eugene G. 

Sherman. 

George Washington Carver once said, ‘‘How 

far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the 

aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong because someday 

in your life you will have been all of these.’’ 

Mrs. Long has advanced far in life because 

she never forgot these lessons and always 

kept God first. 

The race of life isn’t given to the swift or to 

the strong, but to those who endure until the 

end. Mrs. Long has run the race of life with 

grace and dignity and God has blessed her 

over her lifetime. 

Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me 

today in paying tribute to an outstanding citizen and woman of faith, Mrs. Buena Wooten 

Long, as she, her family, and the seniors and 

volunteers of the Golden Retreat at the James 

H. Gray Senior Citizen’s Center prepare to 

celebrate her 100th birthday. 

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION 

HON. JOHN GARAMENDI OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, July 26, 2012 

Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, I was called away from the 

votes here on the House Floor in order to address an important announcement regarding 

the Bay Delta Conservation Plan in California. 

The joint announcement from California Governor, Jerry Brown, and United States Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar, will have huge 

implications for my constituents and all Californians. Therefore, I felt it was absolutely necessary to address my concerns regarding the 

new plan. Nevertheless, I realize the importance of the votes I missed. Therefore, I would 

like to state for the record how I would have 

voted on the bills that were before the House 

of Representatives, yesterday. 

First, I would have supported H.R. 459, the 

Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012. I 

would have opposed H.R. 6082, the Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore 

Drilling Plan. Lastly, I would have supported 

H.R. 6168, President Obama’s Proposed 

2012–2017 Offshore Drilling Lease Sale Plan 

Act. 

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RED TAPE REDUCTION AND 

SMALL BUSINESS JOB CREATION 

ACT 

SPEECH OF

HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON OF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 

The House in Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union had under 

consideration the bill (H.R. 4078) to provide 

that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate 

is equal to or less than 6.0 percent: 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. 

Madam Chair, I rise in reluctant opposition to 

the amendment offered by the gentleman from 

Illinois, Mr. MANZULLO. I say reluctant, because although I am opposed to this particular 

amendment, I very much support the idea of 

ensuring that our agencies in the Federal government utilize the best available science 

when engaged in their activities. On its face, 

that would appear to be the subject of this 

amendment. However, the language in this 

amendment goes further than that, and its 

broad reach troubles me for several reasons. 

Under this amendment, all Federal agencies 

would have to adopt guidelines on scientific integrity and have those guidelines approved by 

the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, ‘‘OSTP’’. Agencies could not 

make policy decisions unless the OSTP Director has approved their guidelines. In addition, 

subsection (d) of the amendment states that 


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