January 15, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S597 

Committee on Employment of People 

Who Are Disabled and inducted into 

the National Hall of Fame for Persons 

with Disabilities, 1988. He has served on 

many national committees and boards 

whose emphasis is directed towards rehabilitation services. He and his wife, 

the former Michelle Craig, an instructor at the Helen Keller National Center 

and also deaf-blind, have appeared on 

nationally broadcast television and 

radio programs. 

Dr. Smithdas has lectured widely and 

fascinated countless audiences with the 

recounting of his own adjustment to 

deaf-blindness while working to improve opportunities for others to lead 

full and productive lives. On behalf of 

all New Yorkers, I feel privileged to 

have the opportunity to commend the 

outstanding achievements of Dr. 

Smithdas.∑ 

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 

A message from the President of the 

United States was communicated to 

the Senate by Mrs. Neiman, one of his 

secretaries. 

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EXECUTIVE MESSAGE REFERRED 

As in executive session the Presiding 

Officer laid before the Senate a message from the President of the United 

States submitting a treaty which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Relations. 

(The nomination received today is 

printed at the end of the Senate proceedings.) 

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REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION 

OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON JANUARY 23, 1995, 

WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN 

TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO 

DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST 

PEACE PROCESS—PM 3 

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 

from the President of the United 

States, together with an accompanying 

report which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs: 

To the Congress of the United States: 

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides 

for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the 

anniversary date of its declaration, the 

President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a 

notice stating that the emergency is to 

continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the emergency declared with respect to foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle 

East peace process is to continue in effect beyond January 23, 2009. 

The crisis with respect to the grave 

acts of violence committed by foreign 

terrorists who threaten to disrupt the 

Middle East peace process that led to 

the declaration of a national emergency on January 23, 1995, as expanded 

on August 20, 1998, has not been resolved. Terrorist groups continue to 

engage in activities that have the purpose or effect of threatening the Middle 

East peace process and that are hostile 

to United States interests in the region. Such actions constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 

national security, foreign policy, and 

economy of the United States. For 

these reasons, I have determined that 

it is necessary to continue the national 

emergency declared with respect to 

foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process and 

to maintain in force the economic 

sanctions against them to respond to 

this threat. 

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE

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HOUSE, January 15, 2009. 

2009 NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL 

STRATEGY—PM 4 

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 

from the President of the United 

States, together with an accompanying 

report; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: 

To The Congress of the United States: 

I am pleased to transmit the 2009 National Drug Control Strategy, consistent with the provisions of section 

201 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006. 

My Administration released its first 

National Drug Control Strategy in 2002 

with the commitment to turn the tide 

against a problem that truly threatens 

everything that is good about our 

country. As we prepare to pass this 

noble charge to a new team of leaders, 

we can look back with satisfaction on 

what we have achieved together as a 

Nation. From community coalitions to 

our international partnerships, we pursued a balanced strategy that emphasized stopping initiation, reducing drug 

abuse and addiction, and disrupting 

drug markets. 

The results of our efforts are clear. 

Together we have helped reduce teenage drug use by 25 percent since 2001. 

This means 900,000 fewer American 

teens are using drugs. The Access to 

Recovery program alone has extended 

treatment services to more than 260,000 

Americans. Through law enforcement 

cooperation and international partnerships, the United States has caused serious disruptions in the availability of 

drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine, reducing the threat such 

drugs pose to the American people, 

while also denying profits to drug traffickers and terrorists. 

Our work is by no means complete— 

we must build on these efforts both to 

further reduce drug use and to rise to 

new challenges. I thank the Congress 

for its support and ask that it continue 

to support this critical endeavor. 

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE

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HOUSE, January 15, 2009. 

REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION 

OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

RELATING TO CUBA AND OF THE 

EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF 

THE ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF VESSELS—PM 5 

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 

from the President of the United 

States, together with an accompanying 

report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs: 

To the Congress of the United States: 

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides 

for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the 

anniversary date of its declaration, the 

President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a 

notice stating that the emergency is to 

continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed notice 

to the Federal Register for publication, 

stating that the national emergency 

declared with respect to the Government of Cuba’s destruction of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft 

in international airspace north of Cuba 

on February 24, 1996, as amended and 

expanded on February 26, 2004, is to 

continue in effect beyond March 1, 2009. 

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE

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HOUSE, January 15, 2009. 

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED 

STATES OF AMERICA AND THE 

GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN 

FEDERATION ON MUTUAL FISHERIES RELATIONS—PM 6 

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 

from the President of the United 

States, together with an accompanying 

report; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: 

To the Congress of the United States: 

In accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et 

seq.), I transmit herewith an Agreement between the Government of the 

United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation Extending the Agreement Between the 

Government of the United States and 

the Government of the Russian Federation on Mutual Fisheries Relations of 

May 31, 1988, with annex, as extended 

(the ‘‘Mutual Fisheries Agreement’’). 

The present Agreement, which was effected by an exchange of notes in Moscow on March 28, 2008, and September 

19, 2008, extends the Mutual Fisheries 

Agreement until December 31, 2013. 


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