E94 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks January 15, 2009 

Off the field, Mr. Dungy has been a nationally recognized community activist. Because of 

his unwavering support of teen mentoring, 

prison ministry, and other faith based community outreach programs, President Bush appointed him to the President’s Council on 

Service and Civic Participation. 

I urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating Tony Dungy on an incredible career and 

thanking him for his dedication to the highest 

level of sport and community service. 

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IN MEMORY OF M. PAUL REDD 

HON. NITA M. LOWEY OF NEW YORK

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, January 15, 2009 

Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Speaker, I rise, with 

great admiration for a leader of unparalleled 

strength of conviction and with personal sadness at the loss of a good friend, to pay tribute to the life, achievements, and memory of 

M. Paul Redd. 

Paul Redd’s record of civic accomplishment 

is well-known: his tireless stewardship of the 

Westchester County Press, his founding of the 

Westchester Chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., his 

leadership of Westchester/Putnam Affirmative 

Action, his deep engagement in the work of 

government and the challenge of politics. 

These roles and duties have been rightly 

noted and extolled in the days since Paul’s 

passing, yet they alone do not capture the essence of the man. 

It was Paul Redd’s fearless character, a trait 

that infused and informed all of his deeds, that 

shines most brightly in memory. 

Paul Redd moved easily in the corridors of 

power and counted among his friends men 

and women of great influence, but Paul was 

never an insider, because he understood at 

every moment that he spoke for those on the 

outside—those who were denied opportunities 

to achieve their potential, exercise their rights, 

and enjoy the full fruits of a free and decent 

society. And if Paul’s voice was sometimes 

loud, it is because so often he gave voice to 

those without one of their own. 

Paul Redd was not interested in making 

anyone comfortable, nor in employing the 

empty pleasantries that too often conceal injustice. He understood that wrongs are best 

addressed directly and forcefully, in the full 

light of day. And he was willing to confront 

anyone, big or small, friend or foe, when the 

duties of conscience demanded it. 

It is no wonder, therefore, that his column 

‘‘M. Paul Tells All’’ was so unique in its incisive commentary and in the attention it commanded among public officials and citizens 

alike. It is no wonder that Paul Redd was at 

the forefront of protests and demonstrations to 

achieve equal opportunity in housing and employment. It is no wonder that Paul Redd left 

a lasting mark in law and administration, an 

edifice of public policy that will outlive us all. 

Paul Redd’s vocal public leadership was 

matched by a quiet, dutiful, and often thankless private acceptance of heavy responsibility. Nowhere is this more evident than in the 

survival and success of the Westchester 

County Press, sustained almost as an act of 

will by Paul Redd. He worked often late into 

the night and then on into the morning to ensure that it never missed an issue, enlisting 

friends and colleagues in his labors, and ensuring that the paper of record of Westchester’s African-American community would 

not be silenced. 

It goes without saying that Paul was utterly 

devoted to and fully supported by his loving 

family, beginning with his partner and dear 

wife of so many years, Orial Redd, and continuing with two children who are accomplished in and devoted to service, Paula Redd 

Zeman and M. Paul Redd, Jr. 

Paul Redd surely drew great satisfaction 

and hope from the progress he witnessed— 

and often led—over the span of decades. He 

was proud of the many African-Americans who 

achieved public office in our county, encouraged by the breaking of barriers that opened 

the doors of public and private sector leadership to all Americans, and elated by the election of our nation’s first African-American 

President. But Paul Redd never confused 

movement towards a goal with final attainment 

of a goal. His eyes were always forward, fixed 

on the unmet challenge and determined to 

meet it. Paul knew what our community and 

nation could and should be and, in life, was 

unwilling to rest so long as this vision remained distant. 

Like Dr. King, whom he revered, Paul Redd 

was destined to see the promised land, more 

clearly than most, but not to set foot within it. 

It must be the mission now of those who knew 

and loved him to finish the work for which 

Paul Redd gave every measure of his devotion. 

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CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE 

PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION 

ACT OF 2009 

SPEECH OF

HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 

Ms. WOOLSEY. Madam Speaker, I rise in 

strong support of H.R. 2, the Children’s Health 

Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 

2009. In 2007, more than 8 million children 

were uninsured, and with the growing recession, this number will only grow. Passing this 

bill will ensure that 4 million of those children 

will receive CHIP, bringing the total number of 

children covered by CHIP to 11 million. 

Expanding health care coverage for our 

most vulnerable populations, including legal 

immigrant children and some pregnant 

women, is an obligation we cannot afford to 

ignore. Nearly 400,000 legal immigrant children come from families with incomes below 

200 percent of the Federal poverty level and 

are ineligible for CHIP solely because they are 

recent immigrants. These families, uninsured 

and unable to purchase private health insurance on their own, are left to fend for themselves when they desperately need health 

care for their children. This is unacceptable, 

and with this legislation, we will reverse this 

shameful practice by providing States with the 

option of covering these deserving low-income 

families. 

The passage of this bill is a great start, but 

we must do better. While this bill extends coverage to an additional 4 million children, including legal immigrants, over 4 million children will still suffer without health care coverage. In addition, nearly 90 million people 

went without health coverage for all or part of 

2006 and 2007, most of them in working families. These numbers are disgraceful. This 

Congress, I look forward to working with my 

colleagues to ensure that our children and 

their families have access to high quality, affordable healthcare as a basic human right, 

not as a luxury. 

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CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE 

PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION 

ACT OF 2009 

SPEECH OF

HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Wednesday, January 14, 2009 

Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, today I rise 

in support of the Children’s Health Insurance 

Program Reauthorization Act. This is a landmark measure which will extend the lifechanging benefit of health insurance to an additional 4 million American children. That 

means millions of parents won’t have to bring 

their child to the emergency room because 

they’re running a fever and have nowhere else 

to go. Millions of parents who can take their 

child to a dentist if their teeth hurt. Millions of 

parents who can take care of their children in 

a way most families take for granted—that 

when they’re sick, they can go to the doctor. 

SCHIP has been an incredible success 

story, extending the benefits of health care to 

7 million children, and more than 750,000 in 

California alone. These are children whose 

families have incomes that are too high to 

qualify for Medicaid but who do not receive 

health insurance through their employment 

and can’t afford it on their own. SCHIP is 

based on a simple premise—that insuring kids’ 

health care is the right thing to do. It’s much 

cheaper to insure children, and this investment 

will yield healthier generations of adults, improved quality of life, and long-term health 

care savings. The experience of the 11 years 

since SCHIP was originally created proves the 

wisdom and prudence of providing care for 

prevention and wellness in our children. 

In addition to reauthorizing the program, this 

bill improves SCHIP by creating new incentives to seek out millions of children around 

the nation who are eligible but not enrolled. 

Two-thirds of uninsured children are currently 

eligible for coverage through SCHIP or Medicaid—this bill provides greater funding in 

grants for new outreach activities to States, 

local governments, schools, community-based 

organizations, and others. With this bill, more 

kids who are eligible will get enrolled and stay 

enrolled for a benefit that they are entitled. 

The legislation is fully paid for by an increase in the tax on cigarettes—a provision 

that I hope will also help discourage youth 

smoking. 

During these trying economic times, and 

with rising unemployment, the need for this 

SCHIP bill has become more critical now than 

ever before. This recession has forced more 

and more American parents to face difficult 

choices—finding affordable health insurance 

for their children shouldn’t be one of them. 

A vote for this bill is a vote for an America 

that takes care of its children. In the richest 

nation in the history of the world, it is simply 


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