E10 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 6, 2009 

H.R. 40 is no different than these other 

commission bills. H.R. 40 establishes a commission to examine the institution of slavery 

and its legacy, like racial disparities in education, housing, and healthcare. Following this 

examination, the commission would make recommend appropriate remedies to Congress, 

and as I have indicated before, remedies does 

not equate to monetary compensation. 

In the 110th Congress, I convened the first 

Congressional hearing on H.R. 40. With witnesses that included Professor Charles 

Ogletree, Episcopal Bishop M. Thomas Shaw, 

and Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson, we began a formal dialogue on the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade. This Congress, I look forward to continuing this conversation so that our Nation can better understand this part of our history. 

Attempts to eradicate today’s racial discrimination and disparities will be successful when 

we understand the past’s racial injustices and 

inequities. A commission can take us into this 

dark past and bring us into a brighter future. 

As in years past, I welcome open and constructive discourse on H.R. 40 and this commission in the 111th Congress. 

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HONORING STANBERRY HIGH 

SCHOOL OF STANBERRY, MISSOURI 

HON. SAM GRAVES OF MISSOURI

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 

Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, I proudly 

pause to recognize the outstanding achievements of the students, teachers, administrators, parents, and patrons of Stanberry High 

School and the Stanberry R–II School District. 

Stanberry High School was named a 2008 No 

Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School of the 

year. 

Madam Speaker, in order for Stanberry High 

School to receive such a prestigious national 

distinction, they were required to score in the 

top 10 percent on the State of Missouri’s assessment test. I would like to make a special 

note of Stanberry R–II School District Superintendent Dr. Bruce Johnson and Stanberry 

High School Principal Gregory Dias for their 

commitment and leadership to the students of 

Stanberry High School. 

Madam Speaker, I ask that you join me in 

applauding the outstanding achievements of 

Stanberry High School. It is an honor to have 

a high school like Stanberry in the Sixth Congressional District of Missouri that strives for 

educational excellence. We wish them many 

more years of success. 

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 

MEMORIAL BREAKFAST 

HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY OF INDIANA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 

Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, as we 

celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, 

Jr. and reflect on his life and work, we are reminded of the challenges that democracy 

poses to us and the delicate nature of liberty. 

Dr. King’s life, and, unfortunately, his untimely 

death, reminds us that we must continually 

work to secure and protect our freedoms. Dr. 

King, in his courage to act, his willingness to 

meet challenges, and his ability to achieve, 

embodied all that is good and true in the battle 

for liberty. 

The spirit of Dr. King lives on in the citizens 

of communities throughout our nation. It lives 

on in the people whose actions reflect the 

spirit of resolve and achievement that will help 

move our country into the future. In particular, 

several distinguished individuals from Indiana’s First Congressional District will be recognized during the 30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast on Saturday, 

January 17, 2009, at the Genesis Convention 

Center in Gary, Indiana. The Gary Frontiers 

Service Club, which was founded in 1952, 

sponsors this annual breakfast. 

This year, the Gary Frontiers Service Club 

will pay tribute to several local individuals who 

have for decades unselfishly contributed to improving the quality of life for the people of 

Gary. Those individuals who will be recognized as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Marchers 

at this year’s breakfast include: Pastor W.N. 

Reed, Roosevelt Allen, Jr., Otho Lyles II, 

Willie Horne, Era Cleveland Twyman, and 

George Burrell. Additionally, Reverend Pharis 

Evans and Mr. Cleo Wesson will be honored 

with the prestigious Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Drum Major Award, an award given out annually to outstanding individuals of the Gary 

community. This marks the first time two individuals have been honored with this distinguished award. 

After fifty-four years of service to the Gary 

community, the Gary Frontiers Service Club 

will proudly announce its first female members: Ferba Hines, Johnnie Rogers, and Gwen 

Johnson-Robinson. Yokefellow Sean Jones, a 

Gary Police Officer, was also named the 2008 

Yokefellow of the Year. 

Though very different in nature, the achievement of all these individuals reflect many of 

the same attributes that Dr. King possessed, 

as well as the values he advocated. Like Dr. 

King, these individuals saw challenges and 

faced them with unwavering strength and determination. Each one of the honored guests’ 

greatness has been found in their willingness 

to serve with ‘‘a heart full of grace and a soul 

generated by love.’’ They set goals and work 

selflessly to make them a reality. 

Madam Speaker, I urge you and my other 

distinguished colleagues to join me in commending the Gary Frontiers Service Club officers: President Oliver J. Gilliam, Vice President James Piggee, Secretary Melvin Ward, 

Financial Secretary Sam Frazier, and Treasurer/Seventh District Director Floyd Donaldson, as well as Breakfast Chairman Clorius L. 

Lay, Videographer Otho Lyles, Master of 

Ceremony Alfred Hammonds, the honorees, 

and all other members of the service club for 

their initiative, determination, and dedication to 

serving the people of Northwest Indiana. 

INTRODUCING THE SOCIAL SECURITY FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS 

ONLY ACT 

HON. RON PAUL 

OF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 

Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, today I introduce the Social Security for American Citizens 

Only Act. This act forbids the federal government from providing Social Security benefits to 

noncitizens. It also ends the practice of totalization. Totalization is where the Social Security Administration takes into account the number of years an individual worked abroad, and 

thus was not paying payroll taxes, in determining that individual’s eligibility for Social Security benefits! 

Hard as it may be to believe, the United 

States Government already provides Social 

Security benefits to citizens of 17 other countries. Under current law, citizens of those 

countries covered by these agreements may 

have an easier time getting Social Security 

benefits than public school teachers or policemen! 

Obviously, this program provides a threat to 

the already fragile Social Security system, and 

the threat is looming larger. The prior administration actually proposed a totalization agreement that would have allowed thousands of 

foreigners to qualify for U.S. Social Security 

benefits even thought they came to, and 

worked in, the United States illegally. Adding 

insult to injury, this proposal could have allowed the federal government to give Social 

Security benefits to non-citizens who worked 

here for as little as 18 months. Estimates of 

what this totalization proposal would cost top 

one billion dollars per year. 

Despite a major public outcry against extending Social Security benefits to those who 

entered this country illegally, a version of this 

proposal actually passed the other body in the 

109th Congress. That the executive branch 

would propose, and part of the legislative 

branch would endorse, using social security 

monies to reward to those who have willingly 

and knowingly violated our own immigration 

laws is an insult to the millions of Americans 

who pay their entire working lives into the system and now face the possibility that there 

may be nothing left when it is their turn to retire. 

While the new administration has yet to take 

a public position on totalization, and hopefully 

will be more reasonable on this issue than its 

predecessor, it is still imperative that Congress 

act. Even if the new administration repudiates 

all proposals to allow those who entered the 

county illegally to receive social security benefits, the only way to guarantee a future administration will not revive this scheme is for Congress to put an end to totalization once and 

for all. I therefore call upon my colleagues to 

stop the use of the Social Security Trust Fund 

as yet another vehicle for foreign aid by cosponsoring the Social Security for American 

Citizens Only Act. 


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