July 26, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5469 

I am pleased that Jhpiego and groups 

like it from across the globe are coming together for this week’s AIDS 2012 

conference in Washington, DC. This 

conference is the largest gathering of 

professionals working in the field of 

HIV in the world and will bring together more than 20,000 people from 

more than 120 counties all working together to create a blueprint for combating HIV/AIDS. I can only imagine 

the exciting new synergies that will develop when so many innovative, committed individuals are in the same 

room. 

Among the presenters are luminaries 

from the public, private, and multilateral sectors such as President Bill Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary 

Rodham Clinton, and former U.S. First 

Lady Laura Bush, Her Highness MetteMarit, Crown Princess of Norway, 

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, 

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel 

Sidib, Sir Elton John, Whoopi Goldberg, and Bill Gates. 

This is the first time the United 

States has hosted the conference in 

two decades, and I believe it is the 

right moment for us to be showcasing 

our strong bipartisan effort to bring 

the AIDS epidemic to an end. 

The United States has long been a 

leader in the global fight against HIV/ 

AIDS. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development Assistance, I am 

proud to note that from 2004 to 2010 the 

United States spent more than $26 billion on bilateral funding to fight AIDS. 

From my experience leading this subcommittee, I know that dedicated government experts from an array of U.S. 

agencies are involved in the fight, as 

are thousands of nonprofits and community organizations. 

Yet despite the progress that the 

numbers and statistics tell us, the 

story on the ground is still heartbreaking, and now is not the time to 

rest on our laurels. International antiAIDS funding has not increased significantly since 2008. In places like the 

Congo, for example, doctors are only 

able to supply antiretroviral drugs to 

15 percent of the people who need them. 

Globally, just 8 million of the 15 million treatment-eligible patients in 

AIDS-ravaged poor regions of the world 

are getting antiretroviral drugs. 

We must do better. We must do better to improve the lives of people living 

with HIV/AIDS, and we must do better 

to save the lives of their loved ones. 

Some experts believe that ‘‘fatigue 

and forgetting’’ are two of the reasons 

we have not reached more people. 

Though we have been working on treating this disease for decades, we still 

have an overwhelming number of infections to treat. 

But the good news is that scientists 

now believe we have the tools to make 

serious progress in the fight against 

AIDS. Scientific advances over the last 

year have been remarkable, and we 

can’t afford to abandon the fight and to 

lose momentum now. 

In a recent Washington Post article, 

Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of 

UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations 

Program on HIV and AIDS, said, ‘‘The 

previous generation fought for treatment, our generation must fight for a 

cure.’’ 

I am proud that in just the last year, 

the National Institutes of Health has 

increased spending on cure-related research by $56 million. This is a step in 

the right direction, and I want to see 

us do more. I stand with the entire 

HIV/AIDS medical community in renewing the call to prevent, treat, and 

cure HIV/AIDS. Let’s use the opportunity of this historic gathering to 

renew our call to work on creating an 

AIDS-free generation. 

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2012 OLYMPICS GAMES 

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, tomorrow evening, hundreds of athletes from 

across the world will gather in London 

for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 

Summer Olympic games. 

Among those marching in the Parade 

of Nations will be 20 athletes from Illinois. 

Making his Olympic debut in the 100- 

meter butterfly is Tyler McGill, a native of Champaign. After turning in the 

second-fastest time in the world this 

year at the U.S. Olympic trials, Tyler 

will be swimming for a spot at the top 

of the podium in London. 

Lake Forest native and Northwestern 

Wildcat Matt Grevers is already an 

Olympic Gold-medalist as a member of 

the two winning relay teams in Beijing. This year, he’ll be swimming for 

individual Gold—and maybe a world 

record—in the 100-meter backstroke. 

As the son of an All-American, swimming is in Conor Dwyer’s blood. After 

achieving personal bests in every event 

in which he competed at the trials, the 

Winnetka native will compete in the 

400-meter freestyle as well as a relay at 

his first Olympic games. 

Star diver Christina Loukas was born 

in Riverwoods, where she began swimming and diving at an early age. Although she moved away from Illinois 

after high school, Christina remained a 

Cubs fan and returns to Chicago often. 

Chatham’s Kelci Bryant will join 

Christina on the women’s diving team 

as she competes in the 3-meter synchronized diving event. Already a twotime NCAA champion, this will also be 

Kelci’s second Olympics. 

Algonquin runner Evan Jager won 

four Illinois State titles in cross-country and track, but he will be competing 

in a relatively new sport for him—the 

steeplechase—at this year’s Olympics. 

He qualified for the team after just a 

few years training for the grueling 

event. 

Chicago’s track and field star Wallace Spearmon, Jr., will be looking for 

vindication this year in the men’s 200- 

meters—a high-pressured sprint that 

will include many of the fastest runners of all time. 

Dawn Harper, who hails from my own 

hometown of East St. Louis, will be defending her 2008 Olympic Gold Medal in 

the 100-meter hurdles in London. She 

won in Beijing in a thrilling upset and 

with a personal best time, making her 

the one to beat in this year’s games. 

Member of the Fighting Illini and 

All-American Gia Lewis-Smallwood 

made her first international team in 

2011 after competing in the discus for 11 

years. She remained in Champaign 

after graduating, where she not only 

trains but also volunteers at the nearby YWCA and with Parkland Community College. 

Competing in the men’s discus event 

will be Lance Brooks, a New Berlin 

high school graduate who attended Decatur’s Millikin University, where he 

played for the men’s basketball team. 

Growing up in Itasca, Sarah Zelenka 

tried swimming, soccer, volleyball, and 

basketball. But it wasn’t until she 

went to college that this naturally 

gifted athlete found her sport: rowing. 

She has since won gold at the Rowing 

World Cup and World Championships 

and will be looking to add an Olympic 

medal to that collection in London. 

Rowing twins Grant and Ross James 

have competed next to each other their 

entire lives and share their biggest 

fan—their mom. After Ross captured 

the final seat on the eight-man boat 

going to London, the twins learned 

that they had fulfilled their lifelong 

dream of competing next to each other 

at the Olympics. 

At 6 feet 9 inches, Sean Rooney is a 

natural for the sport of volleyball. He 

was named Illinois’ Player of the Year 

in 2001 when he led his high school 

team, Wheaton-Warrenville South, to 

an Illinois State championship. He 

competed in his first Olympics in Beijing, where he helped Team USA to a 

gold medal. He will help them defend 

that title this year. 

Bob Willis grew up in Chicago and 

learned to sail on beautiful Lake 

Michigan. After qualifying for the 

Olympic games, he returned briefly to 

Chicago before leaving for London, 

where ‘‘the first water [his] Olympic 

board touched was Lake Michigan 

water.’’ 

Greco-Roman wrestler Ellis Coleman 

grew up in Chicago’s Humboldt Park 

and joined the wrestling team as a way 

to stay out of trouble in a rough neighborhood. His signature move is an impressive leap called the Flying Squirrel, which he may employ as he wrestles to win Olympic Gold this year in 

London. 

Growing up in Naperville, Candace 

Parker was a devoted Chicago Bulls 

fan. So it wasn’t surprising when she 

began to play basketball herself, leading her high school team to multiple Illinois State championships and becoming the first female high school player 

to dunk a basketball in a sanctioned 

game. She has been a member of the 

USA Basketball Women’s National 

Team since 2009 and helped win Gold 

for the United States at the Beijing 

Olympics. 

Swin Cash will join her on the women’s basketball team. Swin was drafted 


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into the WNBA after leading her college team to an undefeated 39 to 0 season and her second national championship. She now plays for the Chicago 

Sky. 

Born and raised in Springfield, basketball swingman Andre Iguodala will 

represent the United States on the 2012 

Dream Team, or Dream Team Three. 

His jersey number is now retired at 

Lanphier High School, where he was 

both a star student and athlete. 

Star defender on the women’s soccer 

team, Amy LePeilbet grew up in Crystal Lake. Her high school coach at 

Prairie Ridge remembers her not only 

for her athleticism but for her work 

ethic and persistence. She will compete 

as a member of the U.S. women’s soccer team in London. 

Each of these athletes has arrived in 

London as a result of years of perseverance and hard work. They have woken 

up in the dark for early morning practices and endured aching muscles and 

sore limbs. They have arrived early and 

stayed late, spending hours at the gym, 

on the field, or in the pool training for 

this moment and their Olympic dream. 

I congratulate the athletes from Illinois and every athlete representing his 

or her country at these Olympic games. 

I look forward to watching them over 

the coming weeks as they compete for 

Olympic Gold. 

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2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I 

am honored on the opening day of the 

2012 London Olympics to congratulate 

our U.S. Olympic and Paralympic 

Teams. Proudly, 16 of our top Olympian athletes hail from Connecticut, 

including 6 women, who played for our 

legendary University of Connecticut 

women’s teams and will represent our 

State and Nation as members of the 

U.S. women’s basketball team. 

These athletes will make history on 

a global stage, representing the United 

States and sharing personal stories 

that fuel their drive to win. They have 

this momentous opportunity and responsibility because they have worked 

hard, demonstrated unremitting character and integrity, and believed in the 

power of athletic excellence to bring 

our nation and the world together. 

Six extraordinary UConn alumni will 

compete as members of the 2012 U.S. 

women’s basketball team: Sue Bird, 

Swin Cash, Tina Charles, Asjha Jones, 

Maya Moore, and Diana Taurasi. All 

six players brought UConn teams to 

national championships during their 

college careers. The head coach of the 

U.S. Olympic team, Geno Auriemma, 

has led the University of Connecticut 

teams through many exciting seasons 

while serving as a tremendous role 

model and mentor. Both Asjha Jones 

and Tina Charles currently live in 

Uncasville and play for the Connecticut Sun. Although the others may 

no longer list Connecticut as their formal residence, these players remain a 

part of our lives. 

Charlie Cole, Ken Jurkowski, Nick 

LaCava, Sara Hendershot, and Sarah 

Trowbridge will compete in London as 

members of our U.S. rowing team. Mr. 

Cole grew up in New Canaan, CT, and 

attended New Canaan High School and 

Yale University where he rowed for the 

heavyweight team. He has received 

many national and international titles, 

including most recently winning the 

pair at the 2012 National Selection Regatta number 1 and finishing fourth in 

the four at the 2011 World Rowing 

Championships. He has been named 

USRowing’s 2011 Athlete of the Year. 

Mr. Jurkowski was raised in New 

Fairfield and attended New Fairfield 

High School and Cornell University, 

where he walked onto the team his 

freshman year, competed all 4 years, 

and graduated with a degree in biological engineering. He has also served as a 

volunteer assistant coach for the University of Texas women’s rowing team. 

In London, he will compete in the single sculls event an event that he placed 

11th in during the 2008 Beijing games. 

Mr. LaCava is from Weston, CT, and 

attended Phillips Exeter Academy and 

Columbia University. Among other distinctions, he placed fifth in the lightweight eight at the 2011World Rowing 

Championships and placed first at the 

lightweight eight at the 2011 Head of 

the Charles Regatta. In London, he will 

compete in the men’s lightweight four. 

Ms. Hendershot grew up in West 

Simsbury Connecticut, only starting to 

row in 2003 as a high school freshman. 

Already by 2004 and again in 2005, she 

won the open eight at the USRowing 

National Championships. She rowed for 

Princeton University and graduated in 

2010. She will compete in the Women’s 

Pair in London with Sarah Zelenka of 

Illinois. 

Ms. Trowbridge was born in Washington, DC, and is a member of the Potomac Boat Club. She was raised in 

Guilford, CT, and attended Guilford 

High School. She rowed at University 

of Michigan on a scholarship. Most recently among her international and national results, she finished ninth in the 

double sculls at the 2011 World Rowing 

Championships and won the double 

sculls at the 2011 National Selection 

Regatta No. 2. She cites her parents, 

coaches, teammates, and Olympic hero, 

Nadia Comaneci, as inspirations. She 

will compete in the Women’s Double 

Sculls event. 

Craig Kinsley and Donn Cabral will 

represent the United States in track 

and field. Hailing from Fairfield, CT, 

Mr. Kinsley brings his experience at 

high jump and javelin at Fairfield Preparatory High School and Brown University to the international arena. He 

won the NCAA title in the javelin 

event in 2010 and in the same year was 

named Academic All-American and 

Northeast Region Field Athlete of the 

Year by the U.S. Track and Field and 

Cross Country Coaches Association. At 

Brown University, he studied geology 

and economics. 

Mr. Cabral was born and raised in 

Glastonbury, CT. He attended Princeton University, where he received AllAmerican titles in track and field and 

cross country, and in 2012 won the 

NCAA title and set the U.S. collegiate 

record in the steeplechase event. He 

will compete in the Men’s 3000M steeplechase this Olympic games. 

Rob Crane will hit the water in sailing. Born in Stamford and raised in 

Darien, he went on to attend the 

Holderness School and Hobart College. 

He continues a family legacy of sailing, 

joining the ranks of his mother and father, who won world and North American championships, respectively. In 

2011, he finished 14th in the International Sailing Association and 

Federal’s Sailing World Championships. This Olympics, he will participate in the men’s singlehanded laser 

dinghy sailing event. 

In addition to the successes of these 

10 accomplished and inspiring athletes, 

I wish to recognize all around the 

world poised to participate in the USA 

Paralympics. Guided by the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Paralympic Military, 

Veteran, and Community Program, 

State and local communities have developed important programs to enable 

individuals with physical or visual disabilities to participate and compete in 

sports. The growing prevalence of community level sports clubs, such as the 

paralympic sports clubs, offers disabled 

Americans the opportunity to come together as a community, share their 

love of sports, and rally around each 

other. 

Our American competitors are inspirational to athletes and nonathletes of 

all generations. Athletics and sportsmanship connect us, reaching the core 

of our humanity. They represent our 

hopes, dreams, and aspirations. They 

serve as national and international diplomats, working together as a team to 

best represent our country. Along with 

my Senate colleagues, I wish our athletes from Connecticut and around the 

Nation the best of luck and thank 

them for their incredible public service 

as leaders during these Olympic games. 

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EXTENSION OF THE FISA 

AMENDMENTS ACT 

Mr. LEAHY. Last week, the Judiciary Committee considered S.3276, a bill 

reauthorizing the surveillance provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 

2008, which is set to expire at the end of 

this year. The Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General 

have both stated that reauthorization 

of these important national security 

authorities is the ‘‘top legislative priority of the Intelligence Community.’’ 

After the Senate Select Committee 

on Intelligence reported its reauthorization bill, I asked for a sequential referral. Senator GRASSLEY joined me in 

that request. It was for a limited time 

and had we not completed our markup 

last Thursday, time might well have 

expired for this committee to act on it. 

I was surprised last week and since to 

be criticized for seeking to improve the 


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