E2232 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks October 3, 2008 

movie, ‘‘A Life Interrupted: The Debbie Smith 

Story.’’ 

Madam Speaker, I rise to request that my 

distinguished colleagues join me in recognizing Lifetime Television for its tireless efforts 

to educate and inform the American public 

about important issues confronting women in 

our society and to achieve equality and justice 

for women all over the world. 

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COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND 

PUBLIC SERVICE OF STAN 

MAYFIELD 

HON. ADAM H. PUTNAM OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, October 3, 2008 

Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today 

to honor the life and public service of Stan 

Mayfield—a native Floridian, civic leader, and 

defender of the taxpayer. Florida lost a dear 

friend on September 30, 2008, when Stan 

Mayfield’s hard fought battle with cancer came 

to an end. 

As a businessman, school board member, 

and a state legislator, Stan’s community leadership is a testament of his commitment to 

public service. However, his greatest role was 

that of husband and father. I extend my deepest and most heartfelt sympathies to his wife, 

Deborah, and their three sons—Evan, Samuel, 

and Coleman, at this difficult time. 

Stan’s community involvement was expansive, from his service on the Indian River 

County School Board to his tenure in the Florida State House of Representatives. Stan was 

known for his tenacity to hold government accountable for greater transparency, and his 

determination to cap spending and fight for 

lower taxes, but his passion for greater infrastructure, conservation, and Indian River 

County is what his friends and colleagues will 

remember. 

Most recently, Stan was preparing for a new 

chapter in his life after winning his primary 

election for Indian River County Tax Collector. 

A model of strong perseverance, Stan refused 

to allow his illness to deter him from public 

service and doing what he loved—serving 

people. It was this motivation and resolve that 

Stan put toward every challenge that truly exemplifies his character. 

My thoughts and prayers are with Stan’s 

loved ones, his friends, and his many colleagues who served with him throughout his 

many years in public service. 

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RECOGNIZING THE HONORABLE 

BUD CRAMER AND THE HONORABLE TERRY EVERETT ON 

THEIR RETIREMENT FROM CONGRESS 

SPEECH OF

HON. SPENCER BACHUS OF ALABAMA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 

Mr. BACHUS. Mr. Speaker, the people of 

Alabama will be losing two outstanding public 

servants at the end of this session with the retirements of Congressman BUD CRAMER and 

Congressman TERRY EVERETT. 

During the time that I have served in the 

House, I have been honored to call them both 

colleagues and friends. They have served the 

constituents in their own districts extraordinarily well, and have been a key part of securing the reputation of the Alabama delegation as a group that works together on a bipartisan basis for the good of our State. 

Congressman CRAMER has had a long and 

distinguished record of service. One great legacy is his stalwart support of our space and 

missile defense programs. Whenever questions on those programs came up in the 

House, we looked to BUD CRAMER for his 

knowledge and guidance. As a result of his efforts, facilities in the Fifth District like NASA’s 

Marshall Space Flight Center, the U.S. Army 

Aviation and Missile Command, and the Redstone Arsenal have become not just important 

employers in Alabama but true national assets. 

We admire and respect BUD CRAMER for another reason: his great compassion for children and deep concern about the tragedy of 

child abuse. Each year, the National Children’s Advocacy Center in Huntsville that he 

founded teaches thousands of people how to 

recognize and help at-risk children. 

For years, it has been my pleasure to work 

with Congressman TERRY EVERETT of the Second District. He has always been the type of 

representative who makes this House work. 

He holds firm to his principles, but works 

across the aisle to find solutions. 

With his duties on the Armed Services and 

Intelligence Committees, Congressman EVERETT developed a well-earned reputation for expertise in defense and intelligence issues. 

Whenever my staff or I had a question about 

these matters, our response was: ‘‘Ask TERRY

what he thinks.’’ His support of the excellent 

work being done at Fort Rucker and the Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base has benefited both 

the constituents in his district and the people 

of our country by strengthening the national 

defense. 

All of us in the Alabama delegation have 

been privileged to work with BUD CRAMER and 

TERRY EVERETT. While we’ll no longer be congressional colleagues, we will always remain 

friends. Both of these leaders, I know, will 

continue to have much to share with their 

communities and our State of Alabama in the 

years ahead. 

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PERSONAL EXPLANATION 

HON. KEVIN BRADY OF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, October 3, 2008 

Mr. BRADY of Texas. Madam Speaker, I 

rise today in order to state for the record an 

explanation of my absence and how I would 

have voted on several of the bills that were 

considered by the House of Representatives 

while I was in Texas helping the relief and recovery effort after Hurricane Ike damaged my 

district and communities so hard. 

As my colleagues and those in the gallery 

know, Hurricane Ike made landfall along the 

Upper Texas Coast early in the morning of 

Saturday, September 13. The effects of this 

storm stretched from Alabama to Texas, with 

the 11 counties that I represent landing right 

in the middle of the storm’s path. The resulting 

damage was widespread and in some cases 

very significant. Many of the people that I represent are still without power and for many, 

especially in Orange County, life will never be 

the same. Their homes were completely flooded and many will never be livable again. It is 

a testament to the hardworking and self-reliant 

people of southeast Texas that they are already picking up the pieces and helping themselves and others in the recovery. I want to 

thank those first responders, the local governments, the State of Texas, and selfless individuals that have helped during the evacuation 

and recovery process. 

We have worked tirelessly since Hurricane 

Rita to ensure that Texas’ first responders 

were better prepared for the next time a hurricane hit the Texas coast. I have spent my 

time since September 13, meeting with individual citizens, FEMA, officials from Texas and 

local communities, utility providers and others 

to identify shortcomings, offer help and support, and ensure the best level of service is 

provided now and the next time a hurricane 

strikes Texas or we are affected by some 

other emergency situation. 

While I was working in Texas after Ike made 

landfall, the House voted on several important 

pieces of legislation for which I would like to 

register my views. 

First, H.R. 6899, the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act; despite the bill’s name, H.R. 6899 

would actually harm our nation’s energy security, and accordingly, I would have voted 

against passage of the bill. 

This bill opens a sliver of our offshore resources to development, while permanently 

closing off the rest. In fact, the Department of 

Interior’s Mineral and Management Service 

calculated that this bill would ban most of our 

nation’s outer continental shelf oil and gas natural resources from development. This bill is 

the equivalent of cracking open the gate, bolting the front door shut and then throwing away 

the key. It is the wrong energy policy for our 

country. 

Moreover, in addition to this bait-and-switch 

approach to the offshore moratorium on energy exploration, the bill neglects to provide 

for revenue sharing among the states for offshore leasing. Without a revenue sharing incentive from the federal government, states 

are highly unlikely to allow the drilling that our 

country desperately needs. This is not the energy solution the American people want, and 

Congress should not replace the current temporary ban on offshore exploration with a permanent one. 

House Democrats also offered another gimmick on energy policy instead of providing real 

relief at the pump to my constituents recovering from Hurricane Ike and all Americans. 

H.R. 6604 was billed as a way to cut speculation in energy markets, while in reality it did 

nothing but paper over Democrat’s inaction on 

offering real solutions to America’s energy 

problems. I voted against largely the same bill 

this summer and would have done so here as 

well. This bill was nothing more than window 

dressing and a thinly veiled attempt to placate 

the American public. In reality, it does little 

more than insult the intelligence of the American public; but the American public won’t be 

fooled. 

But Democrats are starting to buckle to 

pressure from the American public. In the 

House-passed stop-gap funding bill, the 


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