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Act. This bill will assist in our fight against terrorism around the globe. Currently, the terrorist rewards program run by the State Department assists in our hunt for terrorists by 

promising a cash reward or other type of reward for information leading to the arrest of 

some of the world’s most deadly terrorists. 

This program has been very successful in the 

past in apprehending key people including Mir 

Amal Kansi, a terrorist who had murdered two 

CIA employees and injured three others in a 

1993 shooting outside CIA headquarters in 

Virginia. 

Under current law, the U.S. may not pay a 

reward to an officer or employee of another 

government. I have traveled to Pakistan each 

of the last 4 years, where I met with a number 

of government officials. At the strong suggestion of Pakistan’s ISI and IB intelligence and 

police bureaus, I believe the President should 

be able to pay such a reward to anyone having information leading us to the greatest terrorists. If there is anyone, anywhere, even if 

they work for a Pakistani government agency, 

who has information about the whereabouts of 

Osama bin Laden, we should be doing all we 

can to elicit that information. 

With the increasing number of cross-border 

incursions into Afghanistan coming from the 

Waziristan region of Pakistan, it is more important than ever to develop a complete picture of where al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists 

are hiding. We need to provide our State Department and intelligence officials with all the 

possible tools to aid in the capture of the 

world’s number one terrorist. The Terrorist Rewards Enhancement Act will provide one more 

of these tools. 

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INTRODUCTION OF THE VETERANS 

HEALTH EQUITY ACT OF 2009 

HON. CAROL SHEA-PORTER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 

Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Madam Speaker, 

today, I introduced The Veterans Health Equity Act of 2009. This legislation requires the 

Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that 

every State has a full-service veterans hospital, or access to equivalent care in-state. I 

have been calling for the VA to provide fullservice medical care to New Hampshire’s veterans since October of 2007 and introduced 

identical legislation in the 110th Congress. 

New Hampshire has not had a full-service 

veterans hospital since 2001 and is the only 

State without a full-service VA hospital or 

comparable facility. While New Hampshire 

may be a small State, it has a veteran population over 130,000. 

Because we lack a veterans hospital, New 

Hampshire’s veterans are often forced to travel out-of-state for medical care. Veterans traveling from the most Northern parts of the State 

may have to travel three hours to Manchester 

and then may be forced to travel up to 2 hours 

to Boston, if they are referred there for their 

care. 

Unfortunately, this routinely happens—each 

year, hundreds of patients are referred to the 

Boston, MA or White River Junction, VT facilities. 

It is simply a matter of fairness that our veterans in New Hampshire be afforded the 

same services as veterans in every other 

State. Though New Hampshire may be a 

small State, even smaller States with fewer 

veterans have full-service care available. 

I am a realist, and a fiscal conservative. 

That is why my legislation does not require the 

VA to construct a full-service hospital in Manchester if it is not economically feasible. Instead, the Department could work with health 

care providers in the state to provide care 

through local hospitals. 

The Manchester VA facility has done a 

great job of reaching out to local partners and 

getting our vets access to as much local care 

as possible within their current restrictions. In 

fact, they have submitted a business plan that 

would allow them to contract with more local 

health care providers. I urge the Department 

to strongly consider this business plan. Its approval would make a big difference in the 

quality and accessibility of care for New 

Hampshire’s veterans. 

If the VA will not consider restoring Manchester to a full-service facility or ensuring that 

New Hampshire veterans have access to care 

in New Hampshire, Congress must do so. 

Our veterans, regardless of the services 

they need, deserve the same care their counterparts receive in every other State. It is unconscionable that we deny them this full-service care and instead offer them ad hoc services. 

I will continue to work with the Director of 

the New Hampshire VA and with the new 

Obama Administration to ensure that our veterans have care in New Hampshire. Last summer’s expansion of radiation services proves 

that the VA can work to ensure that local care 

is available. It is time for the VA to go further 

and for the government to live up to the promises we’ve made to those who have served so 

honorably. 

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HONORING FORMER U.S. REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES T. CANADY UPON HIS INVESTITURE AS 

A JUSTICE TO THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT 

HON. ADAM H. PUTNAM OF FLORIDA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 

Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today 

to pay tribute to a former member of this body, 

Representative Charles T. Canady on the occasion of his investiture as a Justice to the 

Supreme Court of the State of Florida. 

During his tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, Justice Canady served this nation and the people of the 12th Congressional 

District, which I now represent, with honor and 

distinction. His steadfast commitment toward 

upholding the laws and principles on which 

our nation was founded, will serve the people 

of the State of Florida well through his appointment as a Justice to the Florida Supreme 

Court. 

Born in Lakeland, Florida, Justice Canady 

earned his B.A. from Haverford College in 

1976 and Doctorate of Jurisprudence from 

Yale University in 1979. Thereafter, he practiced law in Lakeland at the firm of Holland 

and Knight and with the Lane, Trohn, Clarke, 

Bertrand and Williams law firm. In 1984, he 

was elected to the Florida House of Representatives where he served through 1990. 

In 1992, Justice Canady was elected to the 

103rd Congress and served four terms in the 

United States House of Representatives from 

January 1993 to January 2001. Throughout 

his tenure in Congress, Justice Canady was 

an active member of the House Judiciary 

Committee. For three terms from January 

1995 to January 2001, former Rep. Canady 

was the Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. In this capacity, 

his efforts toward protecting and defending the 

laws of our nation made a lasting mark not 

only on this body, but on the American people 

for whom we are called serve. 

While a member of the House of Representatives, Former Rep. Canady worked with 

steadfast dedication and fortitude on the 

issues found at the core of our country’s belief 

system. Among his contributions include passage into law of the Religious Liberty Protection Act, which protects all citizens’ right to exercise their religious freedoms. He also championed the Civil Rights Act of 1997, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, the Religious Land 

Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, the Private Property Rights Implementation Act, 

Equal Opportunity Act, as well as the Family 

Caregiver Enumeration Act. 

Appointed as a House Manager to conduct 

the presidential impeachment proceedings, he 

worked to uphold the laws of our nation 

through his unwavering commitment to the 

principles of the Constitution of the United 

States and the governing rules of our country. 

Justice Canady kept his term limits pledge, 

and did not seek reelection to a fifth term in 

2000. After leaving Congress, Justice Canady 

returned to the practice of law, serving as 

counsel to Governor Jeb Bush. In 2002, Governor Bush appointed him to Florida’s Second 

District Court of Appeal. On August 27, 2008, 

Governor Charlie Crist nominated Justice Canady to the Florida Supreme Court. His nomination was confirmed and Justice Canady took 

his seat as the 82nd Associate Justice to the 

Florida Supreme Court on September 8, 2008, 

and was sworn-in through a formal investiture 

on December 3, 2008. 

Former Congressman Charles T. Canady 

resided until his appointment to the Florida 

Supreme Court in Lakeland, Florida, and is 

married to wife Jennifer and has two daughters, Julia and Anna. Charles T. Canady is the 

son of Charles and Delores Canady. 

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INTRODUCTION OF THE 

AMERICARE HEALTH INSURANCE 

ACT OF 2009 

HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 

Mr. STARK. Madam Speaker, it gives me 

great pleasure to reintroduce the AmeriCare 

Health Care Act of 2009. I have often spoken 

before this body about the great need to reform our health care system. For too long, we 

have been plagued with an inadequate patchwork system that today leaves nearly 46 million Americans uninsured. We spend more per 

person than any other country in the world, yet 

our health outcomes lag well behind that of 

other industrialized nations. 

The failing economy is even more proof of 

our need to act now. Our broken health system is a tremendous financial burden on our 


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