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to the Capitol for a tour. Every time I’ve met 

Taylor, I’ve left inspired by his courage and 

dedication, and I know we all can learn something from his cheery demeanor in the face of 

such odds. 

Mr. Speaker, I’d also like to enter the full 

text of a poem by Albert Caswell that was written for Taylor, titled ‘‘Greater Than Gold’’ into 

the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Taylor is truly an 

American hero. 

GREATER THAN GOLD—IN HONOR OF AN AMERICAN HERO, E5 TAYLOR JOHN KRULL MORRIS, 

THE UNITED STATES NAVY

GREATER THAN GOLD

Greater! 

Greater than gold! 

All in our lives to be told! 

All in ones heart we can mold! 

All in our moments now so to behold! 

All in what we so hope to all know! 

All in ones life, 

that which forever so glows! 

Forever so glows! 

As is ‘‘MIGHTY MO!’’ 

Are such things to be found, 

as are all as so! 

That which are but far much more precious 

than gold! 

Precious than gold! 

To Have and To Hold . . . 

To Have and To Hold! 

As upon our world, 

as your gifts to us Taylor you now so bestow! 

So bestow! 

As have all of our American Heroes! 

Heroes! 

All in what our children must all now know! 

As is such so! 

As is such so! 

Something, that is far much more greater 

than gold! 

Something, that could so launch a thousand 

ships as is so! 

Something that so leads men into battle, 

yet not to know! 

While, living on the very edge of death . . . 

while there all so! 

As time and again, 

as Taylor you so chose to so stand! 

As something so very special, 

to have and to hold! 

To have and to hold! 

That which so brings such tears, 

to even the Angels eyes as is so! 

As is so! 

As from you Taylor, 

of what I now know! 

What is far greater than gold! 

As from that first moment on, 

when I so walked into your hospital room so! 

With that smile on your face! 

I knew in an instant, 

oh what a man of such splendor and grace! 

As stood before me so! 

So! 

As all in that moment, 

as I so looked into courage’s face! 

As all of those tears, 

I could not so hold, 

and would not so erase! 

Yea, Greater Than Gold! 

As it was all in that moment Taylor I want 

you to know, 

when you so taught me the true greatness of 

the human race so! 

And what is far much more Greater Than 

Gold! 

As I so looked so deep down into your very 

soul! 

As your fine heart so all out to me so glowed! 

So glowed! 

To have and to hold! 

To have and to hold! 

To carry with me now, 

as I grow old! 

As you so taught Taylor, 

so taught me there so! 

Like the corn fields of Iowa, 

your heart has so grown! 

All in what is far much more greater than 

gold! 

Greater Than Gold! 

And what we so hold in our hearts is but The 

Greatest of All of Those! 

As it was you Taylor who so chose to so live, 

and would not let go! Let go! 

And yet that even without legs, 

as still you stood so! 

And that even without arms, 

all of our hearts still you can hold! 

Still hold! 

Far greater than gold! 

Greater than Gold! 

As now Taylor, 

to me you have so showed! 

That The Greatest of All Things, 

is but what so lies in one’s soul! 

In one’s soul! 

So deep down inside of our hearts, 

all in what we so hold! 

As now, 

it’s all ahead full . . . The Navy’s Crown 

Jewel! 

As you so recover even in that hospital bed! 

For you have mountains to climb, 

all in your time! 

As you even make The Navy Seals, 

say ‘‘Taylor you are my hero!’’ 

And you’ve got places to go! 

And hearts to so heal, 

as they so watch you all so! 

And people to so inspire, 

for you will not ever so tire wherever you go! 

As you So Teach, 

and So Beseech Us . . . and all of those! 

All in that one fine thing that we all must 

now know! 

That what lies in one’s heart and one’s soul, 

is but Far Much More Greater Than Gold! 

Greater Than Gold! 

Yes arms and legs we all need, 

but we can get by! 

But, without a heart and a soul . . . 

we will so surely die! 

And in Heaven you need not arms nor legs! 

And Taylor, 

that’s where you are going one day! 

To look into our Lord’s eyes as so! 

Yes, Taylor . . . 

by God you were Taylor Made so! 

To have and to hold, 

to have and to hold! 

For you Taylor, 

and what’s in your heart is Far Much More 

Greater Than Gold! 

Yea, ‘‘Mighty Mo’’ what’s in your soul! 

Is Far Greater Than Gold! 

f 

Albert Carey Caswell, 2012 

IN RECOGNITION OF BRICE W. 

HARRIS 

HON. DORIS O. MATSUI OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, August 2, 2012 

Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

celebrate the service of Brice Harris, as he retires from his position as Chancellor of the Los 

Rios Community College District. Throughout 

his remarkable 16 years as chancellor, Mr. 

Harris has skillfully guided the district on a 

steady path leaving a lasting legacy across 

the Sacramento region. I ask all of my colleagues to join me in honoring this remarkable 

Sacramentan. 

Chancellor Harris joined the Los Rios Community College District in 1996. He had been 

serving as the President of Fresno City College and spent time in the leadership positions 

with community colleges in the Midwest. One 

of his many remarkable accomplishments as 

Chancellor was the oversight and accreditation 

of the district’s fourth college, Folsom Lake 

College, which is a wonderful addition to the 

Sacramento region serving more than 9,000 

students to date. Furthermore, his concern for 

students’ ability to access a quality education, 

led him to fight to keep fees low in a time of 

budget cuts, encouraged light rail and public 

transit access to the district’s colleges and led 

to efforts to pass local bond measures to expand Los Rios facilities. 

Under his leadership, the district began to 

create programs to meet both the needs of the 

local workforce and students transferring to 

the state’s four year college system. Understanding the need for more nurses and 

healthcare professionals, Chancellor Harris 

formed the HealthForce program, which has 

strengthened and expanded the Los Rios’ 

nursing programs. He then went on to create 

GreenForce, which encourages students to 

enter into, and train in, the growing clean technology fields. These initiatives exemplify 

Chancellor Harris’ forward thinking approach 

to education and his unwavering drive to help 

students succeed. 

Chancellor Harris has been an outstanding 

member of the Sacramento community. He 

was honored by the Sacramento Metropolitan 

Chamber of Commerce as ‘‘Sacramentan of 

the Year’’ and named ‘‘Humanitarian of the 

Year’’ by United Cerebral Palsy of Sacramento 

and Northern California. In addition, he has 

served as chair of the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization and of the 

Northern California World Trade Center. Chancellor Harris was also an active participant on 

the Crocker Art Museum Board of Directors. 

Mr. Speaker, as Chancellor Brice Harris prepares to retire I ask my colleagues to join me 

in wishing him continued good fortune in his 

future endeavors. Chancellor Harris has stood 

as an instrumental force behind the strengthening of Sacramento’s education system and 

workforce, and we all are thankful for his efforts. 

f 

THE FEDERAL RESERVE 

TRANSPARENCY ACT (H.R. 459) 

HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN OF MARYLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, August 2, 2012 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, the Federal 

Reserve is by charter and design an independent central bank. At the same time, because ours is a system of checks and balances, the Federal Reserve’s operations are 

governed by congressional mandate and subject to strict accountability and oversight. 

Specifically, the Federal Reserve has for 

many years been audited by the Government 

Accountability Office (GAO), as well as independent, third-party firms. Additionally, pursuant to the Humphrey-Hawkins Act, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve testifies before 

both chambers of Congress twice a year. Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s Open Market 

Committee are made public 6 weeks after its 

meetings occur, and the Fed publishes updated balance sheets on its website weekly. 


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Moreover, the recently enacted Dodd-Frank 

Wall Street Reform law further enhanced the 

Federal Reserve’s transparency by expanding 

the types of audits GAO must conduct and by 

mandating disclosure of transactions at the 

Federal Reserve’s discount window. 

In light of these facts, the issue in H.R. 459 

is not whether the Fed should be audited. It 

already is. Instead, what is at issue in this legislation is whether the Fed’s internal deliberations concerning the formation of monetary 

policy should be made public. This is the 

equivalent of asking whether Supreme Court 

justices’ pre-decisional debate should be 

made public—and it is a bad idea for the 

same reason. It would have a predictably 

counterproductive and chilling effect on that 

debate and ultimately undermine the Fed’s 

independence. Time and time again, history 

has shown that central banks whose decisionmaking falls under the influence of short-term 

political considerations quickly lose all credibility with the public and with the credit markets. This cannot be allowed to happen. 

It’s ironic that most, if not all, of the information proponents of this legislation cite to justify 

its enactment is in the public domain because 

of the transparency measures that are already 

in place. Indeed, many advocates of H.R. 459 

are avowedly less interested in striking the 

right balance between independence and accountability at the Federal Reserve than they 

are in abolishing the Federal Reserve altogether—or in ending the Federal Reserve’s 

dual mandate to achieve both stable prices 

and maximum employment. 

I am in neither camp. I support an independent Federal Reserve pursuing its congressionally directed dual mandate, subject to 

strict oversight and accountability—and that is 

why I oppose this bill. 

f 

HONORING HARRIET TRUDELL ON 

HER 80TH BIRTHDAY 

HON. SHELLEY BERKLEY OF NEVADA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, August 2, 2012 

Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, today I urge 

my colleagues to join me in recognizing the 

life and achievements of Harriet Trudell of Las 

Vegas, Nevada on the occasion of her 80th 

birthday. 

Harriet was born on August 22, 1932 in St. 

Petersburg, Florida, into a family passionate in 

their beliefs of the Democratic Party and its 

principles. 

In 1948, 16-year-old Harriet had a lifechanging experience when she accompanied 

her father to the Democratic National Convention where he was an alternate delegate. 

Hearing Hubert Humphrey’s civil rights speech 

during the convention had a great impact on 

Harriet’s life, and she returned home to Florida 

passionate for the cause of equality and 

began a lifelong quest for social change. 

Throughout every decade since, Harriet has 

been a force to contend with, fighting for fairness and equality for all. 

During the early 1950’s, Harriet organized 

unions for the state AFL–CIO in Florida. 

In 1962, Harriet moved to Las Vegas with 

her husband and two children where she continued her passion for equality. 

In 1965, Harriet marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights activists 

from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, raising 

the awareness of voting rights of AfricanAmericans. 

Coming full circle from her attendance at the 

1948 Democratic National Convention, Harriet 

served as the Southern Nevada Director of 

Hubert Humphrey’s 1968 presidential campaign. 

During the 1970’s, Harriet was active in the 

League of Women Voters, National Organization for Women (NOW), and the Clark County 

Women’s Democratic Club. She fought passionately against segregation in the Clark 

County School District, for welfare rights and 

for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. 

In March 1971, Harriet marched down the 

Las Vegas Strip in support of opportunity for 

the disenfranchised. 

Harriet served as Southern Nevada Aide for 

Governor Michael O’Callaghan from 1974 to 

1978 and as the Foreign Affairs Aide for Congressman Harry Reid in Washington, D.C. 

from 1983 to 1986. 

In addition, throughout her extraordinary career, Harriet has been an advocate for Operation Life, served on the board for NOW, and 

been a lobbyist for the Feminist Majority Foundation in Washington, D.C. 

Fifty years after Harriet’s initial foray into national and state politics, she was a driving 

force in NOW’s ‘‘Elect Women 2000.’’ While 

serving as Campaign Director in Louisiana, 

she traveled throughout the State, and was 

successful in tripling the number of women 

elected to the Louisiana State Legislature. 

Presently, this remarkable woman serves as 

the Political Director for the Nevada State 

Democratic Party. 

As the Representative for Nevada’s First 

Congressional District, it gives me immense 

pride to honor Harriet Trudell of Las Vegas, 

Nevada, and I urge my colleagues to join me 

in recognizing the accomplishments of this incredible woman on the occasion of her 80th 

birthday. 

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CURRENT SITUATION IN THE 

REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA 

HON. JIM McDERMOTT OF WASHINGTON

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, August 2, 2012 

Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, on March 

26, 2012, I introduced H.R. 4258, the Republic 

of Georgia Democracy Act of 2012. I introduced this bill in response to the growing acts 

of repression by the Government of Georgia 

against the Democratic opposition there in the 

run-up to the October 2012 parliamentary 

election. 

After reviewing reports from the region and 

meeting with members of the opposition, I became worried that the parliamentary election 

would be viewed as illegitimate if the situation 

did not change. 

I offered H.R. 4258, which threatened termination of the tens of millions of dollars the 

United States gives Georgia each year in assistance—including millions for democracy 

promotion—in the event of illegitimate elections, in an attempt to demonstrate to the ruling regime the cost of stealing the election. 

I regret to report that the situation is getting 

worse. 

The United Nations, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and 

the European Union have all raised concern. 

Even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has 

publically called for free, fair, and competitive 

elections, but the Georgian government does 

not seem to be listening. 

For more than two decades, successive administrations and my colleagues in Congress 

have worked hard to expand democracy in the 

post-Soviet world. We did so believing that the 

former Soviet states would be more stable and 

more economically prosperous if governments 

were more responsive to the will of the people. 

This is especially true in Georgia, where the 

United States has invested considerable financial resources and political capital in an attempt to create a model democracy in a complex region. 

These investments are now at risk. The 

Georgian government is succeeding in creating an atmosphere of intimidation and fear, 

handicapping the opposition’s ability to operate and access the media and voters, and taking steps to ensure victory before election day. 

The United States can ill afford to stand 

aside and watch democracy in Georgia unravel. 

If another round of illegitimate elections occurs, there will be more instability, including 

the possibility of peaceful protests and a violent government response, which has been 

the historic norm. 

This would threaten key American interests, 

including democracy promotion, energy security, stability in the Caucasus, relations with 

Russia, and operations in Afghanistan. 

I have included a recent article that highlights the Georgian government’s efforts to repress the democratic opposition. The article 

from the Economist notes that only 38% of 

Georgians think their country is a democracy 

and that this election could be on course to a 

political crisis. 

If things continue on their current track, 

there are few scenarios where this election will 

be seen as legitimate. 

The United States should take steps now to 

prevent a potential political crisis that would 

arise just before the U.S. presidential election. 

I would encourage the Obama Administration 

and my colleagues to communicate clearly to 

the Georgian government the importance of 

free, fair, and competitive elections and that 

Georgia’s relationship with the United States 

cannot survive a stolen election or subversion 

of democratic principles. 

Like a canary in the coal mine, I will do my 

best to continue to warn my colleagues of this 

looming disaster and provide regular updates. 

I hope the United States acts before it is too 

late. 

[From the Economist, Jul. 13, 2012] 

GEORGIAN POLITICS—BLOOD FEUD

(by G.E. Tbilisi) 

Georgian democracy in trouble? The government claims that the ‘‘Russian-influenced 

opposition’’ could subvert Georgia’s parliamentary elections in October this year. In 

contrast, Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of 

Georgian Dream, an opposition party, complains of systematic discrimination at the 

hands of an increasingly authoritarian regime. New polling results show that only 

38% of Georgians think that Georgia is now 

a democracy, compared with 49% in February. 


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