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Territory on October 5, 1787. Governor St. 

Clair was based in Losantiville, a town he renamed Cincinnati on January 4, 1790. 

The first delegate of the Northwest Territory 

to the U.S. House of Representatives was William Henry Harrison of Hamilton County, who 

served from March 4, 1799, to May 14, 1800. 

He successfully promoted the Harrison Land 

Act, which allowed people of modest means to 

buy land in the Northwest Territory directly 

from the federal government. This contributed 

to the rapid growth in Ohio’s population. 

The Northwest Ordinance established a 

process for new states to join the Union, and 

in 1803 Ohio became the first state formed out 

of the Northwest Territory. 

The Northwest Ordinance also established 

the township form of government, which continues to be favored by many local communities in Ohio. 

Mr. Speaker, Ohioans appreciate their 

state’s history and their heritage of equality 

under the law. 

Today, I want to recognize the 225th anniversary of the adoption of the Northwest Ordinance, which resulted in the great state of 

Ohio and ensured liberty for all its residents. 

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IN HONOR OF MR. GREGORY M. 

SADLEK 

HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH OF OHIO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in 

honor Mr. Gregory M. Sadlek who is being 

honored by the Polonia Foundation on October 7, 2012. 

Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, Gregory 

is a graduate of Padua Franciscan High 

School in Parma, Ohio. In 1968, following his 

high school graduation, he moved to Quincy, 

Illinois to attend Quincy University and later attended the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Gregory holds several degrees including 

a bachelor’s in philosophy and a master’s and 

doctorate in English. He has pursued a career 

in academia, teaching at the University of 

Nantes, Hamilton College, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University and the 

University of Nebraska at Omaha in the 

English Department. Gregory is married to 

Francoise Rolland; together they have two 

sons, Jonathan and Benjamin. 

In 2005, Gregory returned to his native 

Cleveland, Ohio and became the Dean of the 

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at 

Cleveland State University (CSU). At CSU, he 

has worked tirelessly to establish a Polish 

Studies program and a partnership with the 

University of Warsaw. 

Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me 

in honoring Mr. Gregory M. Sadlek and congratulating him as he is recognized by the 

Polonia Foundation. 

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RECOGNITION OF TAIWAN’S 

NATIONAL DAY 

HON. ALBIO SIRES OF NEW JERSEY

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, I would like to 

send my best wishes to President Ma Yingjeou and the people of the Republic of China 

(Taiwan) on their National Day this October 

10th. 

In the last four and a half years President 

Ma, along with other national leaders, has 

helped Taiwan’s economy thrive. President Ma 

took a number of helpful steps to take Taiwan 

out of an economic slump, including guaranteeing bank deposits, lowering interest rates, 

distributing shopping vouchers and investing in 

domestic infrastructure. As a result, Taiwan’s 

economy has been rapidly improving, alleviating the problems of unemployment and 

poverty. 

President Ma has also excelled on promoting foreign policy. Apart from the signing of 

the mutually beneficial Economic Cooperation 

Framework Agreement (ECFA) with mainland 

China in 2010, President Ma’s government is 

currently negotiating economic cooperation 

agreements with the governments of Singapore and New Zealand and paving the way for 

Taiwan to become a member of the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership. 

President Ma has also significantly reduced 

tensions in the Taiwan Strait by pursuing a 

policy of diplomatic truce with the mainland 

and has ended the dangerous cycle of diplomatic warfare between the two sides. 

Taiwan is currently enjoying a robust relationship with the United States. U.S.-Taiwan 

ties have been the most amicable in 30 years. 

Communication between our two countries is 

smooth and friendly. Much of this is due to the 

capable stewardship of Taiwan’s top diplomat 

in the United States: Representative Jason 

Yuan. Yuan is a seasoned diplomat and has 

been working very hard to promote an open 

discussion between Taiwan and Congress on 

Capitol Hill. 

Again, congratulations to the Republic of 

China on its National Day. 

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OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL 

DEBT 

HON. MIKE COFFMAN OF COLORADO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, 

on January 20, 2009, the day President 

Obama took office; the national debt was 

$10,626,877,048,913.08. 

Today, it is $16,012,971,761,294.54. We’ve 

added $5,386,094,712,381.46 to our debt in 

3.5 years. This is $5.4 trillion in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could 

have avoided with a balanced budget amendment. 

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ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 

THE ACHIEVABLE DREAM TENNIS BALL 

HON. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT OF VIRGINIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise 

today to congratulate An Achievable Dream 

and the Rotary Club of the Virginia Peninsula, 

a longtime sponsor of the event, on the occasion of the 20th Annual Achievable Dream 

Tennis Ball. An Achievable Dream, with the 

generous help of the Rotary Club of the Virginia Peninsula and other sponsors, offers an 

extraordinary education program in my home 

district which provides tremendous promise to 

young at-risk students. 

The motto of An Achievable Dream is 

‘‘Teaching Kids Winning Ways.’’ The Achievable Dream program is structured to give 

young people the skills needed to succeed in 

life. Those skills are taught at An Achievable 

Dream on the tennis court, in the classroom, 

on field trips, and in sharing experiences with 

successful and caring adults in the community. 

Often, young people don’t think too much 

about the future, and don’t realize that choices 

made today may limit those in the future. The 

staff, supporters and sponsors at An Achievable Dream have worked to ensure that their 

students have every opportunity to be successful in the future, setting and achieving a 

goal of graduating 100% of students on time 

in the past, and hope to send all graduating 

seniors off to college. 

As a public-private partnership with Newport 

News Public Schools, the City of Newport 

News, the Newport News Sheriff’s Department, the U.S. Army, the Rotary Club, Riverside Health System, and the College of William and Mary, An Achievable Dream has received national recognition as one of the most 

effective urban school programs in the country 

and has provided a model for integrating support from the business community to support 

quality educational opportunities for at-risk students. The Achievable Dream Tennis Ball 

seeks to highlight the community’s dedication 

to these students and to An Achievable 

Dream. 

I am pleased that I have been involved with 

An Achievable Dream as a supporter since its 

beginnings. As An Achievable Dream and our 

community gathers to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the An Achievable Dream Tennis 

Ball, the community can look forward to the 

continued success of An Achievable Dream 

and the programs that have been put in place 

at these schools. I would like to congratulate 

the staff, supporters and sponsors at An 

Achievable Dream on this monumental occasion, and hope to see continued success from 

An Achievable Dream in the future. 

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TRIBUTE TO SPECIALIST JOSHUA 

L. REED 

HON. JIM JORDAN OF OHIO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 

honor the life of Army Specialist Joshua L. 

Reed, who died at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on August 4. 

Josh was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 

1990 to Lloyd and Tonja Reed. A 2009 graduate of Benjamin Logan High School, Josh 

participated in football and wrestling and also 

enjoyed skateboarding, snowboarding, and 

quad racing. 

Enlisting in the Army in February 2010, Josh 

graduated from the Multiple Launch Rocket 

System Crewmember Advanced Individual 

Training Course at Fort Sill later that year. He 

was an ammunition specialist with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 14th Field Artillery, and was 


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