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was a cop for the Bristol Police Department. He has served as secretary of the 

Bristol Boys and Girls Club and as 

treasurer of the Metro Chambers of 

Commerce organization, which is composed of the seven largest chambers in 

Connecticut. He was also chairman of 

the Chambers Benefit Leadership Council, which pools together businesses 

from Connecticut and western Massachusetts for the purpose of purchasing 

health benefits. 

Given the deep commitment John 

has shown for Bristol, it is no surprise 

that he intends to remain in the Mum 

City. I couldn’t be more thrilled that 

such a devoted civil leader will still be 

part of the community. I am sure he 

will find ways to remain involved. 

I extend to John Leone my sincerest 

thanks and heartfelt best wishes on a 

well deserved retirement. Connecticut 

is a better place because of him.

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TRIBUTE TO MATTHEW E. 

PARSONS 

∑ Ms. MIKULSKI. Madam President, 

today I pay tribute to Special Agent 

Matthew E. Parsons of the Naval 

Criminal Investigative Service, NCIS, 

who is retiring from employment with 

the Federal Government on December 

20, 2008. Special Agent Parsons is retiring after 36 years in law enforcement, 

with the last 27 years of Federal Government service with NCIS. Of special 

note and atypical of his peers, he volunteered and recently completed a high 

risk assignment as the Director of the 

Strategic Counterintelligence Directorate, Multi-National Force-Iraq, 

Baghdad, Iraq. 

During the course of Special Agent 

Parsons’ career in government service, 

he rose from a GS–7 to a GS–15 Special 

Agent. In his final position with NCIS, 

he was assigned as the Assistant Director for Financial Management & Planning at NCIS Headquarters, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. 

Special Agent Parsons, Federal law 

enforcement career began August 1981 

with the Naval Investigative Service— 

the precursor of today’s NCIS. His first 

assignment was to Norfolk, VA, at the 

time when the John Walker, Jr., spy 

ring was uncovered. During the early 

stages of the investigation, Special 

Agent Parsons was assigned as the NIS 

case agent. In August 1985, he transferred to overseas duty at Yokosuka, 

Japan, where he continued working in 

the foreign counterintelligence arena. 

In 1988, Special Agent Parsons was 

transferred to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD. While conducting an 

investigation into a sensitive breach of 

security, he developed the ground work 

for future NCIS computer investigations. Special Agent Parsons utilized 

innovative methods to hone his computer investigative skills which ultimately led to the development of agency capabilities to conduct investigations of hacking, intrusions, and sabotage of U.S. Government computer systems and networks. 

In December 1993, due to his outstanding efforts in computer crime investigations he was transferred to 

NCIS Headquarters to establish a computer crimes department for the agency. Special Agent Parsons and his 

team, reaching nearly 50 members, developed agency and Department of 

Navy strategies and capabilities which 

included immediate reporting requirements upon the slightest indication of 

a technological or information intrusion. In addition, he and his team 

worked closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 

and Armed Forces Center for Child 

Protection in the forefront of keeping 

our Nation’s future generation safe 

from exploitation through child pornography and online predators. 

In October 2000, Special Agent Parsons was promoted and transferred to 

Okinawa, Japan as the Resident Agentin-Charge. During his tenure in Okinawa he led an office primarily responsible to support U.S. Marine Corps 

forces and operations throughout the 

East Asia and Pacific region. He and 

his team developed a fly-away team 

concept capable of providing on demand support to operating U.S. Naval 

forces. This expeditionary team was 

tested in early October 2002 when a 

bomb exploded outside a popular restaurant in Zamboanga, Philippines, 

killing two U.S. military members and 

injuring 20 others. Within 14 hours of 

the event, the NCIS Okinawa fly-away 

team was at the scene providing invaluable criminal and forensic investigative support. 

In May 2003, Special Agent Parsons 

was promoted Special Agent-in-Charge 

of the NCIS Far East Field Office in 

Yokosuka, Japan. It was during this 

assignment that he developed a neighbor-to-neighbor program which forged 

a bond with the local Japanese community and served as an early warning 

and indicator of potential criminal or 

terrorist threats to U.S. military personnel living within the community. 

In January 2007, Special Agent Parsons was transferred to NCIS Headquarters where he became the assistant 

director for financial management and 

planning. Special Agent Parsons 

oversaw the agency’s strategic planning process, developed financial plans 

and budget initiatives, and conducted 

evaluations of office implementation 

plans and performances. 

Demonstrating the extent of his dedication to duty and exceptional character, Special Agent Parsons volunteered for a high risk assignment as 

the Director of the Multi-National 

Force-Iraq Strategic Counterintelligence Directorate, SCID, Baghdad, 

Iraq. Serving in Iraq from December 29, 

2007 until June 24, 2008, he led a 109- 

member joint-service team in a complete strategic refocus of the mission 

resulting in increased collaboration 

among assets, increased standardization in reporting, and ultimately better support to the war fighter. 

As a testament to his distinguished 

career, Special Agent Parsons received 

several awards including the Meritorious Civilian Services Award, the 

Department of Defense Global War on 

Terrorism Civilian Service Medal and 

the NCIS Expeditionary Medal. Special 

Agent Parsons also received numerous 

accolades from senior Navy leadership 

and published six articles regarding 

computer crime investigations in professional periodicals. 

The Navy, the State of Maryland, 

and the Nation are lucky to have had 

the service of such a great Special 

Agent. He will be sorely missed. I wish 

him and his family all the best as they 

embark on the next chapter of their 

lives. Fair winds and following seas!

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∑ 

CONGRATULATING WILLIAM YUAN 

∑ Mr. SMITH. Madam President, I rise 

today to congratulate a young man 

who has not only achieved beyond his 

years but has also advanced the state 

of the art of solar power technology. 

William Yuan of Beaverton, OR, is a 

seventh grader at Meadow Park Middle 

School whose achievements are both 

jaw-dropping and important. 

Recently, William earned a $25,000 

scholarship from the Davidson Institute and became a Davidson Fellow for 

his work in renewable energy research. 

William’s project, ‘‘A Highly-Efficient 

3–Dimensional Nanotube Solar Cell for 

Visible and UV Light,’’ featured a 

novel solar panel that enables light absorption from visible to ultraviolet 

light. The carbon nanotubes William 

designed can overcome the barriers of 

electron movement, doubling the lightelectricity conversion efficiency. His 

optimized design provides 500 times 

more light absorption than commercially available solar cells and nine 

times more than the cutting-edge, 

three-dimensional solar cell. 

Given the current energy crisis, everyone must pitch in to reduce our dependence on oil consumption. In Congress and in the private sector, we are 

working to facilitate advancements in 

renewable energies. However, we cannot be successful without brilliant 

minds like William’s. 

Winning the Davidson scholarship is 

far from William’s only achievement. 

This year alone, William won second 

place at the Northwest Science Expo, 

Best Engineering Project at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and second place at the Oregon 

Chess for Success State Tournament. 

The list goes on. Last year, William 

also received a junior black belt pum 

certification from the World 

Taekwondo Headquarters in Seoul, 

Korea. He has also received a number 

of awards from various Intel Oregon 

competitions and First Place in Oregon 

in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Talent Search in both 

quantitative and verbal sections. 

At 12 years old, William is only just 

getting started. He intends to continue 

his research in renewable energy and 

eventually select a major for his college study toward a Ph.D. degree. John 

F. Kennedy once said: 

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Our nation’s first great leaders were also 

our first great scholars. 

I look forward to watching William 

progress as a scholar and a leader.

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∑ 

TRIBUTE TO RANDY PAPE ́

∑ Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, one 

of the great privileges of public life is 

meeting people who make a difference 

through the sheer strength of their personalities and their enthusiasm for 

wanting to make the world a better 

place. One of those people was Randy 

Pape ́. I rise today to recognize what 

Randy meant to my State and to me 

personally. 

On Thursday, November 6, Randy 

died of a heart attack at the all-tooyoung age of 58. News accounts of his 

passing referred to Randy as a ‘‘Eugene 

businessman’’ who built his family’s 

small implement business into a regional giant employing 2,000 people in 

seven States. 

But Randy was much more that. He 

was vintage Oregonian—relentless, effective, and tenacious. To Randy, no 

project was too big, no public service 

too small. 

He was also my friend, and I will 

miss him every day. 

My most enduring image is of a smiling Randy reacting to some idea that 

would improve the lives of Oregonians—actually, of everybody—by 

pumping his arm and saying: ‘‘We’ve 

got to do it. We’ve got to do it.’’ The 

sound of his voice will always be with 

me, urging me on to embrace the 

things he believed in with the same enthusiasm. 

Randy lived in Eugene all his life, 

but gave himself to the entire State. 

Growing his grandfather’s business 

from a local equipment sales operation 

to a seven-State conglomerate was just 

a part of what he accomplished. During 

his life he helped raise nearly $600 million for buildings at his alma mater, 

the University of Oregon. His tenure on 

the Oregon Transportation Commission 

resulted in a $1.3 billion, 10-year program of bridge repair and replacement 

that remade Interstate 5, the heart of 

Oregon’s transportation system. As 

head of the United Way of Lane County’s fundraising campaign, he set a $1 

million goal that everyone thought was 

impossible and then achieved it. He 

served on the board of The Nature Conservancy of Oregon, the Oregon Trail 

Council of Boy Scouts of America, as 

well as other nonprofit organizations 

such as the Oregon Business Council 

Steering Committee. 

Randy had two other great passions 

that can never be overlooked. There 

was his love for Susie, his wife of 34 

years, and their three wonderful and 

successful sons, Ryan, Christian and 

Jordan. Then there was his unflagging 

devotion to the University of Oregon 

Ducks football team. In fact, Randy 

and Susie met at a U of O football 

game in 1971. 

This is only a partial list of what 

Randy helped achieve for my State, but 

it is a window into who Randy Pape ́

was and what he was capable of doing. 

His wife described him best: ‘‘He was 

the most positive person, the most upbeat. He was a joy to live with.’’ 

In 1997, Randy was diagnosed with a 

severe form of cancer and wasn’t expected to live that long. But in true 

Randy Pape ́ fashion, he fought on, 

never losing that trademark enthusiasm and determination. In the end, it 

was not the cancer that took him from 

us. It was something that, ironically, 

he had more of than anyone I have ever 

known his heart. 

I know that Randy would take great 

satisfaction in cheating the cancer 

that tried to kill him. As his oldest 

son, Ryan, said: ‘‘I know he’s looking 

down from heaven right now saying, 

Guys, I beat the cancer.’’’ 

I would say: ‘‘Randy, of course you 

did.’’ 

Randy Pape ́ was a great Oregonian 

who will always have a place in my 

heart and in the hearts of the thousands of people who knew him and were 

touched by his unselfishness and dedication to doing the right thing.∑ 

∑ Mr. SMITH. Madam President, the 

late Oregon Governor Tom McCall once 

said: 

Heroes are not giant statues framed 

against a red sky. They are individuals who 

say, ‘‘This is my community and it is my responsibility to make it better.’’ 

The community of Eugene and the 

entire State of Oregon lost a true hero 

2 weeks ago with the untimely passing 

of Randy Pape ́. I have had the privilege 

of dealing with countless community 

leaders during my 12 years in the U.S. 

Senate, but I can’t think of anyone 

who was more dedicated to making his 

community, State, and Nation better 

than was Randy. 

As the chief executive officer of The 

Pape Group, a 2,000-employee, sevenState conglomerate of industrial equipment, aviation and recycling businesses, Randy was one of Oregon’s most 

respected and admired corporate leaders. 

Guiding his business empire was 

more than a full-time job, yet Randy 

found time to give his talent and treasure to an endless variety of worthy 

causes. There was no bigger booster of 

his alma mater, the University of Oregon, than Randy. There was no better 

cheerleader and fundraiser for the 

United Way than Randy. As a member 

of the Oregon Transportation Commission, there was no better advocate for 

Oregon’s roads and highways than 

Randy. There was no more committed 

member of the Nature Conservancy of 

Oregon, and the Oregon Trail Council 

of Boy Scouts of America than Randy. 

I had no wiser counselor than Randy. 

And above all, there was no one who 

loved and cherished his family more 

than Randy. 

Randy’s wonderful wife, Susie, was at 

his side for 34 years. She knew him better than anyone else, and she captured 

him better than anyone else, when she 

said: 

He was the most positive person, the most 

upbeat. He was a joy to live with. 

Randy was justifiably very proud of 

his three sons, Ryan, Christian, and 

Jordan, all of whom chose to follow 

their dad into the family business, and 

all of whom inherited his values of honesty, decency, and a dedication to making their community better. 

The Greek poet Sophocles, once 

wrote: 

One must wait until the evening to see how 

splendid the day has been.’’ For his family, 

his friends, his community, his State, and 

our Nation, the evening of Randy’s life came 

much, much too soon. But let us take solace 

in the fact that in that evening, Randy Pape 

could look back at a life filled with the love 

of family; a life filled with accomplishment; 

a life filled with making a positive difference; a life filled with the heroism that 

came from making his community better, 

and say: The day has indeed been splendid. 

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∑ 

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE 

DURING RECESS 

Under authority of the order of the 

Senate of January 4, 2007, the Secretary of the Senate, on October 3, 2008, 

during the recess of the Senate, received a message from the House of 

Representatives announcing that the 

House has agreed to the following concurrent resolution, in which it requests 

the concurrence of the Senate: 

H. Con. Res. 442. Concurrent resolution directing the Secretary of the Senate to correct the enrollment of the bill S. 3001. 

The message also announced that the 

House has passed the following bill, 

without amendment: 

S. 3641. An act to authorize funding for the 

National Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for victims of crime under 

Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as 

a part of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984. 

The message further announced that 

the House has agreed to the following 

concurrent resolution, without amendment: 

S. Con. Res. 105. Concurrent resolution directing the Clerk of the House to Representatives to correct the enrollment of H.R. 6063. 

The message also announced that the 

House agrees to the amendment of the 

Senate to the bill (H.R. 5159) to establish the Office of the Capitol Visitor 

Center within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, headed by the Chief 

Executive Officer for Visitor Services, 

to provide for the effective management and administration of the Capitol 

Visitor Center, and for other purposes. 

The message further announced that 

the House agrees to the amendment of 

the Senate to the bill (H.R. 7222) to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, 

and for other purposes. 

The message also announced that the 

House agrees to the amendments of the 

Senate to the concurrent resolution (H. 

Con. Res. 440) providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of 

Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate. 

Under authority of the order of the 

Senate of January 4, 2007, the Secretary of the Senate, on October 3, 2008, 

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