January 9, 2009 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E59 

Of the some 8,000 former patients buried in 

Kalaupapa, only some 1,300 have marked 

graves. A memorial listing the names of those 

who were exiled to Kalaupapa and died there 

is a fitting tribute and is consistent with the primary purpose of the park, which is ‘‘to preserve and interpret the Kalaupapa settlement 

for the education and inspiration of present 

and future generations.’’ 

Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa, a non-profit organization consisting of patient residents at 

Kalaupapa National Historical Park and their 

family members and friends, was established 

in August 2003 to promote the value and dignity of the more than 8,000 persons—some 90 

percent of whom were native Hawaiian—who 

were forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa peninsula. A central goal of Ka ‘Ohana O 

Kalaupapa is to make certain that the lives of 

these individuals are honored and remembered through the establishment of a memorial 

or memorials within the boundaries of the park 

at Kalawao or Kalaupapa. 

Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa has made a commitment to raise the funds needed to design 

and build the memorial and will work with the 

National Park Service on design and location 

of the memorial. 

I have met with the elderly residents of 

Kalaupapa; many have expressed a strong 

desire to know that the memorial will be built 

before they die. I also read the heartfelt and 

compelling testimony submitted by current patients and family members of former patients 

who want to make sure not only that the story 

of Kalaupapa is told but that the patients are 

recognized as individuals by having the names 

of each of those exiled to Kalaupapa and buried there recorded for posterity. Families that 

have visited Kalaupapa and Kalawao searching in vain for the graves of their family members will find comfort in seeing those names 

recorded on a memorial. 

The National Park Service is supportive of 

this legislation. I am hopeful that the Senate 

will soon pass an omnibus bill including the 

text of this legislation and other public lands 

bills. 

I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this important legislation. 

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INTRODUCTION OF H.R. 374 

HON. JANE HARMAN OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, January 9, 2009 

Ms. HARMAN. Madam Speaker, today we 

are introducing legislation that will begin a 

long-needed course correction in U.S. interrogation policies. 

In the months and years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, I repeatedly urged 

the Bush administration to establish a legal 

framework that allowed the United States to 

identify, detain, and interrogate those who 

would harm us while protecting our fundamental values. Instead, the administration 

claimed for itself the right to ignore core provisions of U.S. law regarding the treatment of 

detainees. It brushed aside international 

agreements like the Geneva Convention, 

which have both protected our troops and set 

the bar for human rights. 

The result is that United States has paid a 

steep price in eroded moral authority. We’ve 

flouted the very legal protections that we’ve 

tried to export to the rest of the world. We’ve 

undermined the international human rights 

standards that we helped create. And we’ve 

provided a huge recruiting tool to al Qaeda. 

For many years, the sponsors of this legislation have fought to restore respect for the law 

and human rights to our detention and interrogation policies. 

Now, with the election of a new President, 

we believe that goal is within reach. This legislation is an essential first step. 

First, the bill requires the closure of the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay. The prison is 

so widely viewed as illegitimate, so plainly inconsistent with America’s proud legal traditions, that it has become a stinging symbol of 

our tarnished standing abroad. 

The Supreme Court has brought the curtain 

down on the legal fiction on which the prison 

was premised. It’s time for Congress to take 

the next step and close it permanently. 

Our bill would require the President to close 

the facility within 1 year of enactment and give 

him a range of choices for dealing with the detainees. These options include transfer to a 

detainee’s country of origin, so long as that 

country provides certain assurances regarding 

treatment of the detainee; transfer to a facility 

in the United States to be tried before military 

or civilian authorities, like the first 1993 World 

Trade Center bombers, who are currently 

being held in Supermax prisons in the United 

States; transfer to a qualified international tribunal; or, if appropriate, outright release. 

Second, the bill prohibits the interrogation of 

any individual held by a U.S. intelligence 

agency or its contractors using any technique 

or treatment not authorized by the United 

States Army Field Manual on Human Intelligence Collector Operations. Torture and abusive treatment is not only contrary to American 

values, the law, and international human rights 

agreements, there is no evidence that it yields 

reliable intelligence. This legislation will require 

that our intelligence agencies do not engage 

in such practices. 

Third, the bill forbids the Central Intelligence 

Agency from using a contractor or subcontractor to carry out an interrogation, ending a 

practice that has been fraught with abuse. 

Finally, the bill requires that the intelligence 

community provide the International Committee of the Red Cross with access to any individual in its custody, providing transparency 

and accountability that will restore the world’s 

confidence in our detention and interrogation 

practices. The notion that our country essentially ‘‘disappeared’’ some detainees is abhorrent—we are not the Soviet Gulag or the Chilean military. 

The portions of the legislation relating to the 

prison facility at Guantanamo Bay are identical 

to H.R. 2212, which I introduced in the 110th 

Congress, and the remaining provisions are 

identical to legislation introduced earlier this 

week by Senator DIANNE FEINSTEIN. 

We urge swift passage in both Chambers. 

HONORING THOMAS MAYFIELD 

HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH OF CALIFORNIA

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Friday, January 9, 2009 

Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise 

today to honor the life of Thomas Mayfield for 

his dedication to his family, business and community. Mr. Mayfield lost his fight against 

lymphoma on December 9, 2008; three days 

shy of his seventy-eighth birthday. 

Thomas Mayfield was born on December 

12, 1930 in Holtville, California and was raised 

in Imperial County, California. As an adolescent his family moved to Hughson, California 

where he attended and graduated from 

Hughson High School in 1948. As a young 

man, Mr. Mayfield worked in construction in 

Alaska for 1 year before joining the Air Force. 

He served in the Air Force from 1950 to 1951, 

and returned to work in Alaska until 1953. In 

1954 he married his wife, Anita, and moved 

back to Hughson. They began a small farm 

growing walnuts, almonds and grapes. The 

business eventually grew to include a hulling 

division. Up until a few months ago Mr. 

Mayfield was still working out in the fields on 

the family farm. 

Mr. Mayfield has a long history of involvement in the Hughson community. He was a 

member of the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau, the Hughson Chamber of Commerce 

and heavily involved with Saint Anthony’s 

Church. He also served 10 years on the 

Hughson Elementary School Board. In 1992, 

he decided to run for an open seat on the 

Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors District 2, he was elected and began his 16-year 

run on the Board in 1993. Supervisor Mayfield 

was a strong voice for agriculture on the board 

and a proponent of family issues. He served 

on numerous committees and commissions; 

including serving as Vice President in 1996 

and as the chairman of the board in 1997. He 

was the Board’s representative to the Commission on Aging, Fish and Wildlife Committee, General Plan Update Committee, Joint 

Powers Authority Committee and member of 

the LAFCO Commission. He served as an alternate to the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 

Pollution Control District Board of Directors, 

Safety Committee, Stanislaus Area Association of Governments Executive Committee and 

an alternate to the Emergency Medical Services Board of Directors and the StanislausCeres Redevelopment Committee. He was 

serving as chairman this year until he became 

too ill to attend meetings. Supervisor Mayfield 

was completing his fourth term on the board 

and did not run for re-election this year. He 

was an advocate, a dedicated public servant, 

a leader and a great friend to all that knew 

him. 

Supervisor Mayfield is survived by his wife 

of over 50 years, Anita; a daughter, Lisa 

Mayfield-Rigg; a son, Tom Mayfield; and three 

grandsons. He was preceded in death by a 

daughter, Laurie Woodward. 

Madam Speaker, I rise today to posthumously honor Supervisor Thomas Mayfield 

for his dedicated services to his family, his 

business and his community. I invite my colleagues to join me in honoring his life and 

wishing the best for his family. 


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