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those powers not outlined. It was built on a 

system of federalism, a system of separation 

of powers between the states and the federal 

union. 

The fact that 55 men showed up was something of a feat in and of itself. Seventy-four 

were appointed to attend, but 19 chose to skip 

the meeting. They were wise in their suspicions that the goal was to give the national 

government more power, but missed a tremendous opportunity to shape the nation that 

they all loved. 

Sixteen men refused to sign the Document. 

One of them was firebrand orator Patrick 

Henry (my favorite of all of the Founders). He 

refused to sign the Document because it contained no ‘‘Bill of Rights.’’ Another, George 

Mason, declared that he ‘‘would sooner chop 

off his right hand than put it to the Constitution 

as it now stands.’’ Yet, the Document was 

signed by 39 men, and they left Philadelphia 

with the challenge of convincing the states to 

ratify it. Largely thanks to the efforts of James 

Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, 

through the Federalist Papers, the required 

nine states had ratified and the Constitution 

took effect. 

Two years later, James Madison introduced 

the Bill of Rights in the U.S. House of Representatives, outlining specific rights that each 

American should be guaranteed and limiting 

what government could do to the people. 

Without the Bill of Rights, we would not be the 

America that we are today. It guarantees that 

we can live in a country where we can speak 

our opinions without fearing punishment; 

where you can practice the religion of your 

choice in peace; where you have the right to 

share your ideas or complaints with the government; where you have certain inalienable 

rights—the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit 

of happiness. 

On September 17, we celebrated Constitution Day, a national holiday that celebrates the 

one document that has made America what it 

is today: the land of the free and the home of 

the brave. In the 225 years since the signing 

of this great document, this nation has grown, 

adding territories and states, including Texas 

in 1845 (by 1 vote, I must say). What was in 

1787 a new nation trying to get on its feet and 

find its way, is today a robust beacon of freedom and democracy. May we never forget 

what this nation stands for. And that’s just the 

way it is. 

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CONGRATULATING THE BATON 

ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION 

HON. BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

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

congratulate the Baton Rouge Area Foundation on obtaining their National Standards for 

U.S. Community Foundations accreditation 

from the Community Foundations National 

Standards Board. 

Achieving confirmation and reconfirming 

compliance with Community Foundations National Standards Board is a rigorous process, 

guaranteeing that every community foundation 

that receives the designation has adhered to 

excellent philanthropic practice. This program 

requires community foundations to document 

their policies for governance, donor services, 

investments, grantmaking, community leadership, and administration. 

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation has obtained its National Standards accreditation by 

demonstrating a commitment to operational 

quality, integrity, accountability, and adherence 

to the highest standards for grantmaking. 

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation worked 

rigorously in the aftermath of Hurricane 

Katrina, and issued over $600,000 in emergency grants to aid organizations and shelters 

within 10 days of the storm. This is but one 

case of the exemplary work that the foundation achieves day in and day out. 

On behalf of the residents of Louisiana’s 

Sixth District, I congratulate the Baton Rouge 

Area Foundation on receiving its National 

Standards accreditation and commend the 

foundation’s dedicated service to Louisiana’s 

communities. 

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STOP THE WAR ON COAL ACT OF 

2012 

SPEECH OF

HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO OF WEST VIRGINIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

The House in Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union had under 

consideration the bill (H.R. 3409) to limit the 

authority of the Secretary of the Interior to 

issue regulations before December 31, 2013, 

under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: 

Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of H.R. 3409, the Stop the War on Coal 

Act of 2012. Across multiple federal government agencies, there is a regulatory assault 

underway against coal. The War on Coal has 

focused both on the production of coal and on 

the use of coal by electric utilities. The regulatory actions of the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and other federal government 

agencies are picking winners and losers in the 

energy industry by propping up companies like 

Solyndra while purposefully making it harder 

for coal producers to operate. 

The Stop the War on Coal Act returns climate policy to Congress, where it belongs in 

the hands of elected representatives who are 

subject to the will of the people. Americans 

want environmental policies that are fairly balanced against economic considerations such 

as the need for jobs and low cost electricity. 

These balancing decisions are best made in 

Congress. Federal agencies need to understand that the absence of a congressional authorization is not a green light for the agency 

to pursue whatever policy it wishes. 

I want to be clear that I support an all of the 

above energy policy. 

I believe that coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear, 

wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy 

sources all have a role to play in our national 

energy portfolio. There is no question, however, that electricity from coal and natural gas 

is cheaper and more abundant than electricity 

generated from renewable sources. A 2010 

Heritage Foundation study found that the average family of four would pay on average $189 

per month if it obtained 100 percent of its 

electricity from coal, but $504 per month if the 

same family purchased 100 percent of its 

electricity from solar power. 

That’s a difference of $315 per month. With 

47 million Americans on Food Stamps and everything from the price of gas to the price of 

milk increasing, Americans are looking to save 

money in every way possible. 

Coal fired electricity simply makes economic 

sense for families in my state and across the 

country. 

Additionally, while 42 percent of U.S. electricity was generated from coal last year, and 

25 percent came from natural gas—all renewable sources combined accounted for only 13 

percent of the electric supply. It will be many 

years before renewable fuels are ready to 

shoulder the burden of providing the energy 

on which American’s rely. 

There are three reasons why I stand on the 

floor this evening to discuss the importance of 

coal. First, I am here to stand up for the jobs 

of tens of thousands of West Virginians and 

hundreds of thousands of others across the 

country who are employed mining coal, transporting coal, generating electricity from coal or 

work in jobs that support the coal industry. 

Second, I am here to stand up for the families 

and businesses that will see increases in their 

electric bills as the administration imposes extreme regulations on both the production and 

utilization of coal. Finally, I am here to stand 

up for the reliability of our electric grid, which 

could be at risk over the long term if too much 

of our ability to generate electricity from coal 

is lost. 

My State and our neighbors in Appalachia 

have suffered significant job losses in the coal 

industry recently. Just yesterday, Alpha Natural Resources announced 1,200 layoffs companywide and hundreds of those job losses 

will occur in my state of West Virginia. Over 

300 miners at Consol Energy lost their jobs 

when the Fola Mine in Clay County, in my 

congressional district was idled earlier this 

summer. Arch Coal laid off 750 miners earlier 

this summer across West Virginia, Virginia, 

and Kentucky. Patriot Coal laid off 250 miners 

last week and the company filed for bankruptcy this summer. A local television station 

in my district tallied nearly 2,000 job losses in 

the mining industry in early August, and more 

layoffs have been announced since then. 

Besides layoffs by mining companies, job 

losses in related fields such as transportation 

usually accompany job losses in mines. 

There is more than one reason why job 

losses are occurring in the coal industry, and 

I understand that not all of the job losses that 

have occurred are attributable to over regulation. Natural gas prices are at historic lows 

and the price for metallurgical coal is softening. Nonetheless, the excessive regulatory 

burden placed on the coal industry is certainly 

part of the reason that jobs are being lost. 

I am pleased that the bill that the House will 

vote on this week includes the text of H.R. 

1872, the Employment Protection Act, which I 

introduced in order to require the EPA to consider the impact that any new regulation, guidance, policy statement or permitting decision 

would have on jobs and the economy. All of 

us want clean air and clean water, but I believe that environmental regulations should be 

balanced with the need to maintain jobs and 

employment opportunities for workers in the 

mining industry. 

Under the Employment Protection Act, EPA 

would be required to have a public hearing in 

any state where a decision it makes would 

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on jobs or economic activity. Therefore, before 

EPA can take any action that costs a state 

more than 100 jobs or costs more than $1 million in economic activity, it would be required 

to host a public hearing in the impacted state 

and engage in a conversation with local residents about the costs and benefits of their 

regulatory action. Too often federal agencies 

that are separated from local communities 

lose sight of the fact that their decisions have 

real impacts on workers and their families. I 

drafted the Employment Protection Act with 

the idea of empowering local residents with respect to decisions that impact them. Certainly 

if the benefits of a regulatory decision outweigh the negative economic consequences of 

the decision, then EPA should be able to articulate that fact to the impacted members of 

the local community. 

I am also proud of the other provisions that 

compromise H.R. 3409. 

The Clean Water Cooperative Federalism 

Act is critical legislation that will restore the 

balance between state and federal regulators 

when it comes to the issuance of permits 

under the Clean Water Act. It was clear when 

Congress enacted that Clean Water Act that 

states would have the ability to define water 

quality standards for pollutants, subject to approval from the EPA. 

Unfortunately, the federal regulators have 

attempted to supersede state regulators whenever possible. 

H.R. 3409 clarifies that EPA cannot issue a 

revised water quality standard that supersedes 

the approved state standard without the 

state’s consent. The legislation also prevents 

the EPA from revoking certification of a state’s 

Section 402 permitting program based on a 

disagreement with the state regarding a water 

quality standard that a state has adopted and 

EPA has approved, or the implementation of 

any federal guidance that directs a re-interpretation of the state’s approved water quality 

standards. 

Perhaps most importantly, this bill prohibits 

the EPA from vetoing a Section 404 permit 

issued by the Army Corps of Engineers unless 

the state concurs with the veto. 

This addresses the issue created by the 

EPA when it sought to veto a permit issued to 

the Spruce Mine in West Virginia. Despite the 

fact that EPA never stated that the holder of 

the permit violated any of the permit’s terms, 

the agency sought to take back a permit that 

had already been issued. This action came 

after a lengthy review process that led to the 

issuance of the permit. 

Operating a coal mine requires a significant 

capital investment—an investment that cannot 

be made if the Federal Government is able 

and willing to take back a permit that it has 

issued even when the perrnittee abides by the 

conditions of the permit and otherwise follows 

the law. A federal judge in Washington, DC 

has already held that EPA acted unlawfully in 

taking back the permit from the Spruce Mine, 

but that ruling is currently being appealed. 

The Stop the War on Coal Act makes it absolutely clear that no 404 permit issued by the 

Corps of Engineers could be vetoed without 

consent of the affected state government. 

Jobs are at risk in West Virginia and across 

Appalachia because of the slow progress in 

obtaining required permits under Sections 404 

and 402 of the Clean Water Act. Much of the 

permitting backlog is the result of Enhanced 

Coordination Procedures implemented by the 

EPA and the Corps of Engineers that gave 

EPA an increased role in the permitting 

progress. In two court decisions, Federal 

courts found that these Enhanced Coordination Procedures violated the Clean Water Act. 

Specifically, the Court found that the EPA 

‘‘has a very limited role in the issuance of 

CWA permits and has only the authority to develop the 404(b)(1) guidance with the Corps’’ 

while the Corps is responsible for determining 

compliance. 

I strongly agree with the Court’s interpretation of the existing provisions of the Clean 

Water Act. The Corps of Engineers is the permitting authority with respect to 404 permits. 

After a fair period for interagency comments, 

the Corps of Engineers should make a permitting decision—either denying the permit and 

allowing the entity seeking a permit to make 

modifications necessary to ensure proper environmental protection, or granting the permit 

and allowing mining to take place. 

Under the Enhanced Coordination Procedures, EPA assumed a role that goes far beyond what was contemplated in the Clean 

Water Act and led to many permits being 

placed in a holding pattern. Now that the District Court has ruled that the Enhanced Coordination Procedures are unlawful, it is my 

hope that the Corps of Engineers and state 

governments will be able to return to the traditional method of considering Clean Water Act 

permit applications without undue interference 

from the EPA. The legislation we are considering this week will go a long way in ensuring 

the fairness of the permitting process. 

STREAM BUFFER ZONE RULE

The current Stream Buffer Zone Rule was 

put into effect in 2008, after roughly five years 

of work. In 2009, however, OSM sought to vacate 2008 rule and asked a federal court to reinstate the 1980s regulation. The court denied 

this request, and OSM has worked to rewrite 

the 2008 rule which remains in place. Information provided by a contractor employed by 

OSM stated that 7,000 jobs would be lost in 

the mining industry if OSM’s preferred alternative regulation were put into effect. To date, 

OSM has not issued a new stream buffer rule. 

Unemployment has remained over 8 percent 

for 43 straight months and we cannot afford to 

lose thousands of coal jobs. 

I commend my colleague BILL JOHNSON

from Ohio for drafting this section of the bill. 

The legislation would prohibit the Department 

of the Interior from issuing or approving any 

rule under SMCRA that would adversely impact employment in coal mines, cause a reduction in coal revenues received from production on federal lands, reduce the amount of 

coal available for domestic consumption or export, designate any area as unsuitable for surface mining or expose the federal government 

to liability for a regulatory taking of privately 

owned coal before the end of 2013. 

There is no reason to rush into any modification of the Stream Buffer Rule at the expense of jobs in the coal industry. 

CAP AND TAX

The Stop the War on Coal Act also addresses the threat of EPA regulations on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from stationary sources. Congress has not enacted 

legislation that would create a cap and trade 

system, a cap and tax system, or that would 

otherwise expressly permit the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide from stationary sources. 

Like Clean Water Act permitting, EPA’s attempt to regulate carbon dioxide from stationary sources is another area where the 

agency has stepped beyond its boundaries 

and into the realm properly occupied by Congress. 

I support efforts to develop Carbon Capture 

and Storage technologies and believe that 

they will allow coal to be cleaner in the future. 

Any effort to require CCS technology for new 

plants or existing plants, however, should 

come only when that technology is feasible 

economically and technologically—and only 

when Congress expressly authorizes such 

regulations. The Stop the War on Coal Act will 

make sure that elected representatives, rather 

than unelected bureaucrats, are in control of 

our climate policy. 

EXPENSIVE REGULATIONS

The expense of EPA’s regulations is dramatic. National Economic Research Associates examined the impact of four anti-coal regulations imposed by the EPA: the Cross State 

Air Pollution Rule, Utility MACT, Cooling 

Tower regulations, and regulation of coal combustion residuals. The study found that compliance with these regulations would cost $127 

billion by 2020, cause 183,000 net job losses 

each year, and lead to a cumulative loss of 

$190 billion in our country’s gross domestic 

product. The NERA study found that the average American family would lose $270 per year 

in disposable income as a result of these four 

regulations. 

Our legislation addresses these expensive 

and burdensome regulations. The bill negates 

EPA’s efforts to regulate coal combustion residuals as either a solid waste or a hazardous 

waste. Instead, this bill would ensure that 

states have the primary responsibility for regulating coal combustion residuals and encourages recycling. The use of coal ash in concrete for example, makes the concrete stronger and requires less cement—thereby reducing the use of water and energy. 

Under this bill, the Utility MACT rule must 

be reissued by EPA with an increased compliance period provided to utilities. 

EPA has estimated that the cost of complying with the Utility MACT rule would exceed 

$10 billion annually in 2016—more than the 

cost of all other Clean Air Act regulations on 

power plants combined. These costs will 

cause power plants to close, workers to lose 

their jobs, and families to pay higher utility 

bills. 

The CSAPR rule, already found unlawful by 

a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 

DC Circuit, would be scrapped and replaced 

by the former Clean Air Interstate Rule, which 

better balanced environmental and economic 

considerations. 

The coal utility sector was well on its way to 

reducing emissions and investing in clean coal 

technologies without the administration’s costly 

regulations. Between 1970 and 2011, emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and 

particulate matter from coal fired power plants 

were reduced by almost 90 percent according 

to EPA and EIA figures, while the use of coal 

increased substantially over the same period. 

Over that same period, the industry invested 

nearly $100 billion in emission control technologies. 

Rather than continuing this progress, the 

EPA’s regulatory course has led numerous 

coal plants to close and will lead to still more 

coal plant retirements in years to come. 

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generation capacity between 2012 and 2016— 

approximately 8.5 percent of the total 2011 capacity. The 9 gigawatt retirement in 2012 will 

be the largest single year reduction in coal 

fired capacity in history—but EIA projects that 

figure will be exceeded by a 10 gigawatt retirement of coal capacity in 2015. EIA estimates that more than 55 coal generating units 

will be taken off line in 2012 alone. 

Losing coal generation capacity is bad for 

the future reliability of our electrical grid as 

well as for the cost of electricity in the long 

term. Natural gas prices are low today. In the 

event natural gas prices were to increase— 

something that certainly has happened before—a lack of coal generation capacity would 

cause utility rates to skyrocket. My state has 

an abundance of natural gas as well as coal, 

and I want to see both of these fuels succeed 

and maintain their roles as the two largest 

generators of electricity in our country. 

Regulating coal out of our nation’s energy 

portfolio is not a responsible long term course. 

It has been said that the United States is the 

Saudi Arabia of coal. Our country has 260 billion short tons of recoverable coal—enough to 

meet existing production levels for 222 years. 

Low cost energy aids in job growth not only 

in the energy sector, but in manufacturing, 

transportation, and across our economy. The 

best way to provide low cost energy for businesses and for individuals for years to come 

is to avoid over regulating any single energy 

source, and instead allow both coal and natural gas to be produced and utilized as the 

free market dictates. 

Our current regulatory environment chooses 

winners and losers in the energy markets— 

and there is no question that this administration has chosen coal to be the biggest loser. 

The Stop the War on Coal Act takes responsible steps that allow both for environmental protection and economic protection. I 

encourage my colleagues to support the legislation this week. 

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PAYING TRIBUTE TO LANCE 

CORPORAL CLARK CAVALIER 

HON. BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

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

honor one of Louisiana’s most heroic sons, 

Lance Corporal Clark Cavalier, 2nd Battalion 

8th Marines, from the city of Plaquimine in 

Louisiana’s Sixth Congressional District. 

While out on patrol in Afghanistan on April 

24, 2011, Lance Corporal Cavalier nearly died 

in an IED explosion. Almost mortally wounded, 

and losing both of his legs, he is now on the 

road to recovery. Clark is known as a grunt, 

the boots on the ground who take the fight to 

the enemy every day. In honor of his courage 

and his selfless sacrifice, I hereby submit that 

the text of the poem ‘‘The Couragejun Cajun!’’, 

penned by Albert Caswell, be placed in the 

RECORD. 

THE COURAGEJUN CAJUN! 

The Couragejun Cajun! 

What is courage all about? 

In times of war, 

there are but all those who our peace is so 

insure no doubt! 

Who so go where angels so fear to tread! 

Who cheat death and when almost mortally 

wounded, 

while living by a thread through the darkness of death come out! 

Teaching us all what courage is all about! 

Who Dat? 

Dat’s Lance Corporal Clark Cavalier! 

From Dat Bayou State, Dat’s an American 

Hero so very clear! 

From that great State of Louisiana, 

where men come from without fear! 

Dat’s, A United States Marine! 

One of the greatest things, 

Dat D’his country Dat ever seen! 

Dressed, 

all so heroically all in Dat D’hose Shades of 

Dat Green! 

Who upon a battlefield of honor, 

Dat Did so convene! 

For he’s a grunt, 

ever on the hunt for an enemy to confront! 

While, out on patrol he almost lost his life 

so! 

When, and IED took his two strong legs, 

and death but lie just moments away! 

But could not take his heart that day! 

As this young hero from the south, 

So rose up and so showed us what Dat courage is Dat courage is Dat all about! 

As this Couragejun Cajun’s courage would so 

Dat shout! 

And What Dat Honor and Duty, and Courage 

are all about! 

Dat’s Da Truth no Dat Doubt! 

And his New Orleans Saints 

well he just can’t live without! 

Yea, one day he wants to smoke a gar with 

Drew, 

and shoot the Breese and talk about! 

But, right now he got mountains to so climb 

no doubt! 

All out on that road to recovery! 

As Dat’s a place where we will discover we! 

What Dat Couragejun Cajun is all about you 

must believe! 

Because, not even a GATOR could slow this 

man down! 

And every day is Fat Tuesday in this man’s 

heart, SO HOW! 

BECAUSE THIS DADDY, DON’T CRAWL! 

And there’s nothing going to slow him down, 

not Dat ALL! 

As he so Dat Teaches, 

And so DAT Beseeches Us all in what’s his 

heart so sounds! 

Because, arms and legs we all need, 

But it’s Dat with his great heart Dat Clark 

gains Dat speed! 

and we can live without! 

but, without Dat Couragejun Heart, 

we will surely perish as no doubt! 

And Dat’d What Lance Corporal Cavalier is 

all about! 

And one day when Dat Da Saints Come 

Marching In, 

up in Heaven he will be up front with Dat all 

them no doubt! 

For Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, 

but it’s really what’s Dat Dere In Der Heart’s 

which so comprises! 

Who they are! 

As why down on the Bayou, 

why you as a hero Clark are so seen! 

And yes Clark, 

Marine, with your Couragejun Cajun heart 

you so shine like a star! 

For you have people to so touch, 

and so many hearts to so heal as such! 

All in what Dat your fine Couragejun Cajun 

heart, 

has to so Dat reveal! 

Oooh . . . Rah . . . Dat Jar Head! 

IN HONOR OF THE VILLAGE OF 

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 

HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH OF OHIO

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

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

honor of the Village of Brooklyn Heights, Ohio. 

Since 1903, the Village of Brooklyn Heights 

has been an exemplary community within 

Northeast Ohio. 

Originally a part of Brooklyn Township, 

which was established in 1818, Brooklyn 

Heights’ residents seceded from the township 

to form their own village. On February 28, 

1903, the Village of Brooklyn Heights was officially established. 

What was once an area of predominately 

farmland is now full of residential homes and 

interstate highways. Despite only comprising 

1.8 square miles of land, Brooklyn Heights is 

a desirable area for industry and for raising a 

family. 

Today, the Village of Brooklyn Heights is 

home to approximately 1,600 residents who 

are led by Mayor Michael Procuk. There are 

six members on the Village Council: John 

Black, Bruce Cichocki, Michael D’Amico, Leslie Foote, Tom Lahiff, Jennifer Presot and 

Henry Stankiewicz. 

Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me 

in honoring the Village of Brooklyn Heights 

and all of its residents. 

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RECOGNIZING THE GIRL SCOUTS 

COUNCIL OF TROPICAL FLORIDA 

HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 21, 2012 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, today I 

recognize the Girl Scouts Council of Tropical 

Florida, an organization dedicated to empowering girls so that they can become exemplary 

leaders of our community by building courage, 

confidence, and character. 

On August 1, 1963 the Girl Scout Council of 

Dade County merged with the Florida Keys 

Girl Scout Council to develop into the Girl 

Scout Council of Tropical Florida, now enriching the lives of more than 20,000 girls and 

3,600 adults from Miami-Dade and Monroe 

counties. 

Girl Scouts Council of Florida has prepared 

numerous activities throughout South Florida 

to commemorate the centennial anniversary of 

the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, a movement that started in Georgia with 

only 18 girls and that has grown to more than 

3.2 million members nationwide. 

Mr. Speaker, I thank the Board of Directors: 

Irela Bague, Wanda Hewitt, Lilian A. Walby, 

Alice N. Bravo, Georgia McLean, Nancy 

Pastroff, Maria D. Tejera, Lilly Monzon 

Aguirre, Carolann Baldyga, Guillermo ‘‘Bill’’ 

Cruz, Elvira Dopico, Melissa A. Dunn, Frank 

Fernandez, Lourdes Fernandez, Maria I. Gonzalez, Johnette Hardiman, Althea Harris, 

Jenny Arias May, Joyce Ann Hanks 

Moorehead, Grace O’Donnell, Jack Plunkett, 

Jr., Lisa D. Sparks, Margarita Villoch, Margarita Weidener, Peggy Wingard, and Mary 

Young; the Council Nominating Committee: 


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