H6162 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 20, 2012 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN THIS 

CONGRESS 

(Mr. COURTNEY asked and was 

given permission to address the House 

for 1 minute.) 

Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, the 

great Hall of Fame Coach Vince 

Lombardi once said that ‘‘Winners 

never quit, and quitters never win.’’ 

I was reminded of that quote when 

the House Republican leadership announced last Friday that they are canceling all session days for the month of 

October, despite the fact that we have 

an unfinished farm bill, postal reform 

bill, Violence Against Women Act, the 

Cybersecurity Act, we have a fiscal 

cliff looming for middle class families 

on January 1, and a sequestration on 

January 2. 

It is true there are passionate differences between the two sides about 

how we resolve these problems, but you 

don’t resolve it by going home for 7 

weeks. As Coach Lombardi said: ‘‘Winners never quit, and quitters never 

win.’’ 

The American people deserve better 

than a 7-week recess with these challenges facing the American people. It’s 

time for this leadership of this House 

to cancel their order and get back to 

work and solve the problems of our Nation. 

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GOODLETTSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE 

BASEBALL TEAM 

(Mrs. BLACK asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) 

Mrs. BLACK. From a small town in 

middle Tennessee, 13 young men recently became the 2012 Little League 

World Series U.S. Champions. These 

All-Stars from Goodlettsville, Tennessee, played with sportsmanship and 

talent beyond their years. In the U.S. 

championship game, Goodlettsville 

racked up 21 runs to become the first 

Tennessee team in history to clinch a 

U.S. title. This achievement is a testimony to their dedication and perseverance—qualities that will serve them 

well throughout their life. 

They have made their hometown, 

their parents, their coaches, and their 

Congressman very proud. I am confident that this achievement is just the 

beginning of more great things to come 

from each of them. 

Congratulations, boys. 

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CONSTITUTION WEEK/VOTER 

SUPPRESSION 

(Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) 

Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I would 

like to say that my team came in second to Tennessee. Tennessee was the 

only team that beat them—but beat 

them twice. They did a stand-up job. 

So did our kids in Petaluma. 

Mr. Speaker, on Monday, I took part 

in a moving naturalization ceremony 

as 50 new people from 20 different countries took the oath that made them 

Americans—225 years to the day that 

the Founders signed the U.S. Constitution. 

Mr. Speaker, there’s no constitutional right more precious than the 

right of self-governance. These new 

Americans were excited for the very 

opportunity to vote in this upcoming 

election. That’s why we should do everything possible to ensure that every 

eligible American can do just that. Unfortunately, several States are throwing up barriers to voter participation, 

restricting ballot access to silence peoples’ voices. 

Mr. Speaker, guess who is disenfranchised by strict photo ID requirements 

and the like? It’s not Republicans. It’s 

communities of color and low-income 

families. 

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WSU SALUTES 

(Mr. BISHOP of Utah asked and was 

given permission to address the House 

for 1 minute.) 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, 

Weber State University is honoring 

people, and I wish to mention four individuals who are being honored by the 

university. 

State Representative Gage Froerer 

and State Senator Scott Jenkins will 

be receiving the Shurtliff Award for 

contributions to education. Both of 

them have done much for their particular communities, as well as Weber 

State and their outreach campus in 

Davis County. 

Receiving the prestigious President’s 

Award will be Nolan Karras, a cum 

laude graduate from Weber State who 

also served as speaker of the house in 

Utah and was instrumental in Weber 

State attaining the status of university level. 

In addition to that, he has benefited 

the community as well as the education system in Utah ever since by 

being on the board of regents in Utah. 

The second nominee will also be one 

who has been called one of the brightest minds in Utah politics, Spencer 

Stokes, a 1995 graduate from Weber 

State who has done much in his community as the commissioner as well as 

an advocate, and who’s also, I have to 

admit, gone over to the dark side and 

is a staffer for the Senate right now as 

the chief of staff for a Utah Senator, 

but we will forgive him for that. 

These four individuals have done 

much for the community, done much 

for their common county, Weber County, and the State of Utah, and are really deserving, very deserving of these 

honors they are being given by Weber 

State University today, and I wish to 

honor them as well. 

DO-NOTHING CONGRESS 

(Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 

minute.) 

Ms. CHU. Mr. Speaker, at the end of 

what Republicans consider to be a 

grueling work week consisting of 21⁄2

whole days, Republicans are heading 

home once again to take the next 2 

months off. 

The Republican-led ‘‘Do-Nothing 

Congress’’ was in session for a grand 

total of 8 days this month, and it took 

5 weeks off before that. 

During their time here in Washington, Republicans made sure to vote 

to end Medicare as we know it, increase costs for seniors, and give tax 

breaks to millionaires and companies 

that ship jobs overseas. 

But on addressing the ongoing jobs 

crisis in this country, they did nothing. 

On providing tax cuts for the middle 

class and small business, they did nothing. On working towards a bipartisan 

solution to the looming fiscal cliff, 

they left the American people hanging 

by continuing to do nothing. 

The hardworking men and women 

who call this country home deserve so 

much better. They certainly deserve 

better than nothing. 

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STEM JOBS ACT OF 2012 

(Mr. YODER asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) 

Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise 

today in support of H.R. 6429, the 

STEM Jobs Act of 2012. This progrowth, pro-jobs legislation will create 

a smarter and more focused immigration system for our country by 

prioritizing new immigrant visas for 

the best and brightest foreign students 

of American universities in the 

science, technology, engineering, and 

math fields. 

These fields are the fastest-growing 

segments of our economy, and retention of these highly skilled Americantrained innovators is critical to future 

economic growth in our country. 

Rather than giving the boot to students who are American-educated at 

our best universities, like the University of Kansas, in these advanced fields 

of study, we should work together to 

ensure these bright minds can stay 

here and continue helping to boost our 

goal of competitiveness rather than returning to their home nation to work 

against us. 

Mr. Speaker, by working together in 

bipartisan fashion to prioritize these 

students in our national immigration 

policy, we can boost job creation and 

improve our economy by allowing the 

U.S. to retain some of the best and 

brightest minds. 

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PORT INFRASTRUCTURE 

(Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute.) 


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