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U.S.-Philippines Friendship Caucus, H. Res. 

1523. This resolution recognizes Filipino 

American Heritage Month and celebrating the 

heritage and culture of Filipino Americans and 

their immense contributions to our Nation. 

The Filipino American National Historical 

Society established Filipino American History 

Month in 1988 but I was surprised to learn 

that the House of Representatives has never 

recognized this month, which is long overdue! 

We are pleased to honor the Filipino American 

community and pay tribute to the extraordinary 

contributions that Filipinos make to this Nation. 

Filipino Americans have been part of the 

American experience, confronting many difficult challenges while being resolute and 

steadfast in their cultural heritage. 

We honor the Filipino Americans, from the 

farm workers to nurses and doctors and to the 

brave and courageous soldiers who fought 

shoulder to shoulder with American servicemen. This country is indebted to the Filipino 

veterans of World War II for their extraordinary 

sacrifices. We promise that we will not give 

up. Equity and recognition for World War II 

Veterans is a moral imperative! 

I invite my colleagues to join with me in 

honoring the history, culture, and contribution 

of Filipino Americans in the United States, by 

supporting this important resolution, H. Res. 

1523. 

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HONORING THE LIFE OF WILLIAM 

‘‘SON’’ EDWIN HUDSON, SR. 

HON. TRAVIS W. CHILDERS 

OF MISSISSIPPI

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday October 2, 2008 

Mr. CHILDERS. Madam Speaker, I rise 

today to honor the life of the late William 

‘‘Son’’ Edwin Hudson, Sr. who was tragically 

taken from us Friday, September 26, 2008. 

Mr. Hudson was a native Mississippian, and 

member of Sardis Lake Baptist Church. He 

was known in the community as a public servant, and served as the Panola County Emergency 911 Civil Defense Coordinator. 

Mr. Hudson lost his life in a tragic automobile accident, at the age of 65. He was very 

active in his community; he was a director of 

the Panola County Homeland Security, the 

Panola County E–911 Coordinator and Panola 

County Fire Coordinator. His life of service 

and friendship to the Panola County region will 

not be forgotten. 

William ‘‘Son’’ Edwin Hudson, Sr. is survived by his brother, James Rodney Hudson 

of Sardis, his two daughters, his two sons, 

and his seven grandchildren. The great State 

of Mississippi thanks him for his contributions. 

I ask my colleagues to join me today in remembering William ‘‘Son’’ Edwin Hudson, Sr. 

in their thoughts and prayers. 

UNITED STATES-INDIA NUCLEAR 

COOPERATION APPROVAL AND 

NONPROLIFERATION ENHANCEMENT ACT 

SPEECH OF

HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN OF MARYLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, September 26, 2008 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today 

to express my reluctant support for the United 

States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval 

and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act. 

I support this legislation because, on balance, I think it advances U.S. national security 

and other national interests. I do so reluctantly 

because of the risk that it weakens our efforts 

to prevent the proliferation of nuclear material 

and nuclear technology. 

I ultimately support this measure for three 

major reasons: 

First, this agreement will create more international supervision of India’s nuclear fuel 

cycle than there would be without it. India and 

the International Atomic Energy Agency have 

agreed to new safeguards for Indian civilian 

nuclear plants. In addition, over the last 30 

years India has voluntarily imposed safeguards on its nuclear program and has established an excellent record on non-proliferation. 

While India is not a party to the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty (NPT), it has maintained 

strict controls on its nuclear technology and 

has demonstrated that it is committed to being 

a responsible nuclear steward. That is one the 

reasons that the 45 nation Nuclear Suppliers 

Group granted India a waver to permit it to 

purchase fuel and technology. 

Second, India is a country with a large, wellestablished, multicultural and multireligious democracy. Building a strategic relationship with 

India will further our interests in the region and 

send a strong signal that responsible conduct 

is recognized. India’s conduct stands in stark 

contrast to that of North Korea, which is a signatory of the NPT but has violated its responsibilities under that agreement by building and 

testing nuclear weapons. 

Third, this bill is important for how it may impact India’s growing contribution to global 

warming. India’s economy is growing rapidly, 

swelling at more than 7 percent per year. That 

economic growth is fed by a voracious appetite for electricity. More than half of India’s new 

power supplies come from coal. Displacing 

coal use in India with nuclear power could prevent the release of millions of tons of carbon 

dioxide each year into the atmosphere. 

Last, in recent weeks, secret correspondence between the White House and Congress 

has further clarified the U.S. position on many 

important questions about this deal. Assistant 

Secretary Bergner wrote Representative TOM

LANTOS in January of this year and stated in 

no uncertain terms that the United States will 

not sell sensitive nuclear technologies to India 

and would immediately terminate the agreement if India conducted a nuclear test. 

For these reasons, I will support this agreement. But I support it with the caveat that, in 

the event that India tests a nuclear weapon, I 

will actively and strongly work to terminate the 

agreement. 

TRIBUTE TO MOUNT CALVARY 

BAPTIST CHURCH 

HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, it is my 

honor to rise today on behalf of Mount Calvary 

Baptist Church. This beacon of hope in Harlem has provided faith and fellowship for its 

congregation for 91 years. 

The rich history of this Harlem religious institution began 1917. At the time Black laborers were actively recruited to leave the South 

to work in New York’s factories. Mount Calvary Baptist Church, among other churches, 

served as a pillar of spiritual sustenance and 

support for this young Black community. 

Throughout Harlem’s tough times including 

devastating riots, poverty, crime, and unemployment, the church has continued its invaluable work, inspiring new generations of Harlemites to improve their communities and to 

develop their spiritual potential. 

Mount Calvary Baptist Church, in 1991, 

began a series of new community projects, 

starting with the Building Trade Training 

School Program and later the church’s participation in the ‘‘Angel Tree Prison Ministry’’ in 

1995. 

Mount Calvary Baptist Church has since 

built on its years of community work to found 

a highly successful men’s ministry, women’s 

ministry, and prison ministry, as well as sponsoring health workshops for men, a youth basketball team, and a Youth Ministry in 2001. 

Mount Calvary Baptist Church, under the 

adroit leadership of Reverend Dr. Adolph Roberts, Senior Pastor, can take pride in its many 

accomplishments in the community. Over the 

course of its 91-year history, the church has 

served as the spiritual home of thousands of 

men, women, boys, girls, and teenagers, inspiring them with a message of hope, deliverance, and prosperity. 

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THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ALABAMA CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY 

J.L. CHESTNUT 

HON. ARTUR DAVIS OF ALABAMA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. DAVIS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I 

rise to honor the legacy of an outstanding Alabamian who died this week, J.L. Chestnut. 

Thousands will gather next Wednesday in 

Selma to lay him to rest, and to recall the way 

his extraordinary life shaped my state. 

J.L. Chestnut was born in 1930 in Selma. 

The Depression-era South suffocated the aspirations of most young black men, but J.L. 

managed to escape, first to Dillard University, 

then to Howard Law School. It would have 

been understandable if he had joined the 

ranks of educated blacks who never returned 

to the South, shunning the region that lynched 

Emmett Till and that spawned the most virulent resistance to integration. J.L., however, 

was the kind of intrepid soul who sought out 

the South as the likeliest frontline in the fledging civil rights movement. 

When he came home, he started his life’s 

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heard older lawyers in Selma describe even 

the youthful J.L. Chestnut’s brilliance in the 

courtroom and the cool, relentless way he 

navigated through a segregated justice system 

in those early years. Not surprisingly, the organizers of the Selma marches in 1965 turned 

to him when they needed a legal strategy to 

spring demonstrators out of jail before they 

could be mauled or before they lost hope. It 

goes without saying that his visibility made 

him a marked man in a county where civil 

rights demonstrators occasionally wound up 

dead. 

When the drama of the voting rights campaign ended, Chestnut’s prestige as black Selma’s attorney of record continued to rise. 

Chestnut litigated dozens of cases in federal 

court that reminded Alabama and Dallas 

County that the Constitution applied there—his 

work integrated juries, and the administrative 

ranks of the school system, as well as every 

sector of the workplace. Over the last decades 

of his life, he was the principal voting rights litigator in Alabama. The lawyer who was renowned for keeping innocent young men out 

of jail emerged as the lawyer to call if some 

municipality or county was scheming to dilute 

the black voter share, or to put some new encumbrance on black voter registration. The 

testament to his craftsmanship: I heard a federal judge say once that he looked more skeptically at voting rights cases in Alabama that 

didn’t have Chestnut’s names on the pleadings. 

Chestnut, to my knowledge, never entertained the idea of running for office. He 

memorably told an audience once that you 

could lean on politicians more effectively if you 

weren’t one of them. Thankfully, he leaned on 

more than a few and helped prop up a good 

number of others. He helped found the Alabama New South Coalition to support progressive candidates. One of the last ones he 

backed was Barack Obama, and J.L. went to 

his grave heartened that this miracle might be 

coming true. 

Since I have entered office, I have seen 

Rosa Parks, Coretta King, John Hulett, 

Johnnie Carr, and now J.L. Chestnut called 

back home. Like them, Chestnut’s contribution 

was moral authority at a time when both were 

in short supply. Chestnut and his class of heroes reminded us that we have obligations to 

each other—white and black people owe each 

other civility; talented people owe their community the service of their abilities; a decent 

society owes legal protections to every citizen; 

a privileged people owe the marginal among 

us security against the worst economic 

storms. 

Finally, J.L. Chestnut reminded me that this 

new generation of leaders must challenge ourselves even more to forge lasting change—if 

J.L. could do it in a more hateful, more oppressive time, how dare we settle for a lesser 

standard of courage, and wit, and perseverance. 

Madam Speaker, may God bless the family 

of J.L. Chestnut. 

TRIBUTE TO LIEUTENANT JOE 

ROSS 

HON. JOHN P. SARBANES OF MARYLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. SARBANES. Madam Speaker, I rise 

today to acknowledge Lieutenant Joe Ross of 

the Howard County Department of Fire & Rescue Services, who has recently received two 

distinct honors. Lieutenant Ross has been 

named Howard County’s 2008 Employee of 

the Year as well as Career Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Provider of the Year by 

the American Legion—Department of Maryland. It is right to take time in the Congress to 

thank someone for a job well done. Today we 

pause to recognize a man who goes above 

and beyond the call of duty. 

Lieutenant Ross has worked as a medical 

professional with Howard County Fire and 

Rescue for almost 10 years. Before that time 

he worked for the Anne Arundel County Fire 

Department and served in the United States 

Navy. Ross currently serves as an instructor 

of advanced cardiac life support and pediatric 

advanced life support at the James N. Robey 

Public Safety Training Center, training not only 

his peers, but also nurses and doctors from 

area hospitals. His fellow citizens have recognized the value of his work to Howard County 

and the quality, skill and dedication that he 

brings to his work every day. Madam Speaker, 

Lieutenant Ross’s contributions to our community deserve our recognition and we in Maryland thank him for his service. 

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EMERGENCY ECONOMIC 

STABILIZATION ACT OF 2008 

HON. PATRICK J. MURPHY OF PENNSYLVANIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. 

Madam Speaker, I rise today to join thousands 

of families in my district who are struggling in 

this economy and frustrated at how this Congress is handling this rescue package. 

A few days ago I stood shoulder to shoulder 

with Democrats and Republicans in this chamber and the families and businesses in my 

community to try and prevent an economic 

disaster. 

While the bill we considered on Monday and 

the one we are voting on again is neither perfect nor popular, we have to do something on 

behalf of our Nation and its citizens. We have 

to fight for the families now at risk of losing 

their homes, the seniors who could lose their 

pensions and the students who are losing their 

shot at a college education. 

Madam Speaker, I hope that our chamber 

can change the Senate’s bill so that it does 

not include extraneous provisions that are unrelated to rescuing our economy. 

We worked through the weekend last week 

and I am willing to do it again. We have the 

opportunity to do this right. 

I believe this bill will ultimately protect middle class families, seniors on fixed incomes 

and students who want to go to college. I believe it also provides property tax relief, incentives for alternative energy and help for small 

businesses to create jobs. 

These are provisions that will help families 

back at home and put our economy back on 

track. 

On Monday we were derailed by too much 

bitter partisanship and the Senate’s decision 

to tack on tax cuts for things like wood arrows, 

rum and race tracks will only make it harder 

to achieve the unity we need to help this great 

country. 

I am for tax cuts—and have cosponsored 

more than two dozen in the last 22 months, 

but as I have said before, unrelated spending 

has no place in emergency legislation. 

Madam Speaker, I urge the leadership of 

this House to strip the unnecessary provisions, 

pass this bill and send it back to the Senate 

with a message: we cannot afford to wait to 

do what’s right. 

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HONORING THE SERVICE OF U.S. 

CONGRESSMAN DAVE WELDON, 

M.D. 

HON. JOHN L. MICA OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. MICA. Madam Speaker, I rise today to 

honor and pay tribute to U.S. Congressman 

DAVE WELDON, M.D. who I have had the privilege to serve with over the last 14 years in the 

House of Representatives. 

Congressman WELDON, Florida’s doctor, will 

be retiring at the end of the 110th Congress 

after being first elected to the House in 1994. 

He has been a great example of a citizen legislator—giving up successful professional careers in the U.S. Army and in medicine and in 

sacrificing time with family to serve our nation. 

Not only is Rep. WELDON a brilliant physician, but throughout his tenure in Congress, 

he has been a provider of leadership in representing Florida’s Space Coast. When DAVE

spoke on the floor, he spoke with knowledge, 

insight and understanding. Not only did he 

contribute to the legislative process, but he 

also improved the legislative product. 

I am pleased to have this opportunity to salute Rep. WELDON and his wife Nancy for their 

public service. Madam Speaker, I ask all 

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to join me in recognizing Congressman 

WELDON’s service to our nation through all aspects of his life. To DAVE and his family, we 

extend our sincere thanks and well wishes for 

the future. 

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A TRIBUTE TO ARCHBISHOP 

WILBERT S. MCKINLEY 

HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

Mr. TOWNS. Madam Speaker, I rise today 

to pay tribute and honor to the work and 

achievements of Archbishop Wilbert S. McKinley, founding patriarch of the Elim International 

Fellowship. 

Archbishop McKinley established Elim International Fellowship on July 26, 1964 at 9 

Chauncey Street in Brooklyn. He began with a 

bold new vision: to create a dynamic spiritual 

center in the heart of Brooklyn that generates 


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