E2348 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 9, 2008 

part of my successful campaign for the California State Senate. 

Rick worked for me in many capacities 

throughout my tenure in the state Senate, including as my district director. When I was 

elected to U.S. Congress in 1990. Rick chose 

to remain active in California politics. He 

served as chief of staff to Assemblyman David 

Knowles and as a consultant for the Republican caucus in the assembly. 

While working in the California State Legislature, Rick remained active in volunteer organizations in California. He served as the statewide president of the California Republican 

Assembly, chairman of the Placer County Republican Party, credentials chairman for the 

California Republican Party, and in other important roles for groups that were advocating 

the conservative principles to which Rick has 

always been committed. 

In 2004, Rick left California to retire in 

Idaho. Though he is retired, Rick remains active in politics and in public service. He currently sits on the board of directors for the 

Cabinet Mountains Water District and is still 

an important figure in California politics. I am 

pleased to have known Rick for many years 

as a colleague, a member of my staff, and a 

friend. I would like to express my gratitude to 

him for his work over the years for me and for 

the many causes he has championed, and I 

wish him all the very best in the future. 

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‘‘KEVIN STOKESBURY—FRIEND OF 

THE FISHERMEN’’ 

HON. BARNEY FRANK OF MASSACHUSETTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Madam 

Speaker, on the last weekend of September of 

this year, I was supposed to be at the Fishermen’s Festival in New Bedford, an event I always enjoy and which I look forward to attending. Instead, as you know, I was here in 

Washington, D.C. as we were working to try 

and put the $700 billion credit system rescue 

plan into final form. 

Among the events I missed at that festival 

was the awarding of the 2008 Friend of the 

Fishermen Award to Kevin Stokesbury. Dr. 

Stokesbury chairs the Department of Fisheries 

Oceanography at SMAST—the extremely important and valuable part of the University of 

Massachusetts, Dartmouth, which studies the 

fishing industry. 

He received this award from the people in 

the fishing industry of New Bedford because 

of the high quality of the work he has done to 

provide the kind of first-rate scientific information that is so essential to the continued survival of the fishing industry. One of the great 

successes—probably the greatest success— 

we have seen in regulation of the fishing industry in New England is with the scallop fishery, and no one is more responsible for this 

success than Kevin Stokesbury. 

Madam Speaker, because Kevin 

Stokesbury’s work shows that it is possible to 

support a thriving fishery in an environmentally 

responsible way, it is particularly noteworthy 

that he received this award from the fishing industry of New Bedford—the most important 

fishing port in America. I ask that the explanation by the fishing industry of this award to 

Kevin Stokesbury be printed here. 

INTRODUCTION OF 2008’S ‘‘FRIEND OF THE

FISHERMEN’’ 

This year’s recipient of ‘‘The Friend of the 

Fishing Industry Award’’ needs no introduction to most of the NB fishing industry, particularly the scallop fishermen. It took him 

a while to find his way here to us as he seems 

to have taken a long way around, but he now 

lives in Westport with his wife Shawna, & 

four children; Kasey, Tyrez, Taysia, & Henry. 

Starting with his B.Sc. & M.Sc. both of 

which he earned at Arcadia University in 

Nova Scotia, he then received his PhD in Marine Ecology from Universite Laval, Quebec 

City, Quebec in 1994. 

He worked as a Research Assistant 1994– 

1996 at the Center for Marine Science Research at the U. of NC at Wilmington before 

moving to the U of Alaska Fairbanks, as a 

Research Assistant from September 1996– 

1998. 

Ten years ago in September 1998 he finally 

found his way here when he joined SMAST at 

U MASS, Darmouth as an Associate Fellow. 

In September 2000 he became an Associate 

Professor. In September 2005 he became the 

Chair of the Department of Fisheries Oceanography. Do you sense a trend here? 

In 1999 Kevin conceived a plan to videotape 

& map the seafloor; the resulting survey 

would actually count scallops with the intention of determining the size of the biomass. He got together with a few scallop vessel owners & others from the industry, & as 

they say, ‘‘the rest is history’’. 

Kevin & his associates from his lab at 

SMAST have probably logged more sea-time 

than a lot of fishermen over these past 9 or 

10 years. They have completed more than 100 

video cruises surveying Georges Bank & the 

Mid-Atlantic fishing grounds; this is more 

than 600 DAS. Their video library consisting 

of footage from more than 200,000 video samples has been used in every scallop fisheries 

management plan since 1999. 

Today this work has become much more 

detailed & expansive & it now must be acclaimed as some of the leading environmental work regarding sea floor habitat, & 

the marine benthic community. 

Not surprisingly, Kevin’s work has not received the same acclaim from many of his 

peers that it has from the fishing industry & 

his associates. This unique cooperative research that has existed between the fishing 

industry, Kevin & SMAST since its inception, has turned much of the ‘‘Old Science’’ 

on its ear, & some did not take kindly to 

that. Without this ‘New Science’’, it’s possible that we still would not be scalloping in 

the Closed Areas! 

As Chair of the Department of Fisheries & 

Oceanography, Kevin’s oversight now includes along with scallops; groundfish, lobster & marine environments. Perhaps even 

more importantly, he is now fostering a new 

generation of marine scientists & researchers who, if the fishing industry is lucky, will 

follow the path that Kevin has so brightly 

blazed! 

It gives me great pleasure to present ‘‘The 

Friend of the Fishermen’s Award’’ to someone I’m proud to call my friend; Dr. Kevin 

D.E. Stokesbury. 

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HONORING DRU RYAN JORDAN 

HON. SAM GRAVES OF MISSOURI

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 

Mr. GRAVES. Madam Speaker, I proudly 

pause to recognize Dru Ryan Jordan of Platte 

City, Missouri. Dru is a very special young 

man who has exemplified the finest qualities 

of citizenship and leadership by taking an active part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 

1351, and earning the most prestigious award 

of Eagle Scout. 

Dru has been very active with his troop, participating in many Scout activities. Over the 

many years Dru has been involved with Scouting, he has not only earned numerous merit 

badges, but also the respect of his family, 

peers, and community. 

Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join 

me in commending Dru Ryan Jordan for his 

accomplishments with the Boy Scouts of 

America and for his efforts put forth in achieving the highest distinction of Eagle Scout. 

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THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF 

HUMAN RIGHTS 

HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON OF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 

Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. 

Madam Speaker, I rise to commemorate the 

anniversary of the Universal Declaration of 

Human Rights. Sixty years since its inception, 

the Declaration of Human Rights continues to 

be a foundation for the protection of rights and 

a statement to the world that human rights 

abuse is an abomination of the human race. 

On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and 

proclaimed the Universal Declaration of 

Human Rights. The declaration was established from the horrific religious and racial bigotry of World War II. The declaration represented the first global expression of rights to 

which all human beings are inherently entitled. 

This declaration expresses to the world that 

human rights are not just a principle for the 

few, the wealthy, or for those who live in economically developed nations—human rights 

are universal and for all humankind. 

Today, we still live in a world where people 

murder their neighbors over religion, the color 

of their skin, and national ideologies. This is 

unacceptable. It is my hope that we as a world 

of nations can settle our differences through 

dialogue and treat our fellow man with dignity 

and respect. 

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HONORING BRIGADIER GENERAL 

DELILAH R. WORKS 

HON. MARSHA BLACKBURN OF TENNESSEE

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 

Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, I rise 

today on the occasion of her promotion to the 

rank of Brigadier General to honor and congratulate Delilah R. Works for her many years 

of dedicated service to the State of Tennessee, the Tennessee Air National Guard, 

and to our Nation. 

General Works earned her commission 

through Officer Training School at Lackland 

Air Force Base, Texas, in April 1980. In the 

years that followed, she distinguished herself 

in assignments in the Air Force and the Air 

National Guard that took her from Alaska to 


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