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for freedom and democracy for the Sikh people. It was the most recent of dozens of times

Mr. Mann has been arrested for peacefully expressing his political views. He was arrested

and held without trial for 5 years in 1984. He

was the target of an assassination attempt in

1993. He has been a victim of constant harassment by the Indian Government, and is

once again a political prisoner who has been

in detention in a windowless cell for the last 4

months.

Mr. Speaker, it is imperative that the Indian

Government release Mr. Mann immediately

and allow him to return to his family. The government has no right to put people in prison

because it doesn’t like their political views. I

am enclosing for the record a chronology of

the instances in which this distinguished man

has been imprisoned and harassed by the Indian Government. The government of India

must stop the harassment of people with

whom it disagrees. It must stop the lawless

activities of its security forces in Punjab and

Kashmir. The abuses that the Indian security

forces are committing will not snuff out the

movement for an independent Khalistan

among the Sikhs. They will only add fuel to

the fire. India must improve its human rights

record if it truly wants to be recognized as a

lawful and democratic nation.

ARREST RECORD OF SIMRANJIT SINGH MANN

Name: Simranjit Singh Mann.

Father’s Name: Sarda Joginder Singh

Mann.

Status: Former President of the Shiromani

Akali Dai (Sikh Political Party). Ex-Member

of Parliament. Present Member of Ad-hoc

Committee, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar).

1. Nov. 29, 1984, arrested at Jogbani (Bihar

State).

2. Dec. 4, 1984, sent to Bharatpur jail

(Rajasthan) under different charges.

3. Dec. 10, 1984, released and rearrested by

Maharasthra police.

4. Nov 24, 1989, arrested in Chandigarh.

5. Feb. 26, 1990, arrested in Bathinda, Punjab.

6. March 7, 1990, arrested in Nathu Ke Burj

(District Amritsar).

7. Mar. 11, 1990, detained in Amritsar.

8. Jan. 26, 1990, detained in Jammu and

Kashmir.

9. Mar. 6, 1991, detained in Usma village

(District Amritsar).

10. Mar. 7, 1991, detained in Amritsar.

11. Mar. 11, 1991, detained in Jalandhar.

12. Jun 2, 1991 detained at Taran Taran

(District Amritsar).

13. Jun 6, 1991, detained at Gurdwara Manji

Sahib (District Amritsar).

14. June 26, 1991, detained at Sanga Village

(District Amritsar).

15. Nov. 1991, arrested at Gaziabad, detained in Fatehgarh (Uttar Pradesh).

16. Jan. 28, 1992, detained near Moga (District Faridkot).

17. Jan. 30, 1992 detained at Rajpura (District Patiala).

18. Feb. 1992, arrested and kept in

Nidampur Sub jail (District Sangrur).

19. Apr. 22, 1992, arrested in New Delhi.

20. Jun 25, 1992, arrested in Behla (District

Amritsar).

21. Aug. 5, 1992, arrested in Tarn Taran

(District Amritsar).

22. Aug. 16, 1993, detained in Amloh (District Patiala).

23. Aug. 27, 1992, arrested in Ludhiana.

24. Sep. 11, 1992, arrested in Chhapar District Ludhiana

25. Oct. 18, 1992, detained in Amritsar.

26. Dec. 17, 1992, detained at Quilla S.

Harnam Singh (District Fatehgarh Sahib).

27. Jan. 6, 1993, arrested in Kaunke (District Ludhiana).

28. No. 1, 1993, arrested in Amritsar.

29. Dec. 15, 1993, arrested at Gurdwara

Pariwar Vichhora Sahib (District Ropar).

30. Jan. 5, 1995, arrested at village Bassi

Pathana (Dist. Fatehgarh Sahib).

TRIBUTE TO CAMARA KAMBON

fHON. KWEISI MFUME OF MARYLAND

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Thursday, May 18, 1995

Mr. MFUME. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to

honor an individual who has demonstrated talent and ambition at a very early age. His

name is Camara Yero Kambon, which means

‘‘teacher, warrior, of the people,’’ his creative

aptitude and musical gifts appear endless.

Camara has a wide variety of musical interest and ability. Whether he is mastering the

keyboard to produce an urban contemporary

sound or melodically soothing you with a classical or jazz rendition, Camara always plays

with poise and passion.

As a native of Baltimore, he began his musical career at the age of 3, when he learned to

play the piano under the instruction of Odell

Wilson of Delwar Studios. At 10, he was

awarded a scholarship to attend the Peabody

Preparatory of Music.

His early focus was exclusively on classical

and jazz piano but his instructors saw in him

an endless energy and inexhaustible talent.

Little did they know that he was also to become a perfectionist. Camara has explored

rhythm and blues, jazz, fusion, house music,

classical, and straight ahead jazz, but for the

past few years he has worked on developing

his own new and novel sound.

His abilities have also been acclaimed in the

numerous film scores he has helped produce,

including several PBS documentaries and

projects for Boston University, Cornell University, Blackside Film & Video, Inc., and most

recently the film scores for, ‘‘Malcolm X: Make

it Plain’’ and ‘‘Frederick Douglass: When the

Lion Wrote History.’’

His talents have earned him several scholarships over the years, including the Eubie

Blake Scholarship, the Hilton Head Jazz Society Scholarship, the Boston Jazz Society

Scholarship for Jazz Performance, the Berklee

College of Music Merit Scholarship, and the

Jesse Stone Scholarship.

In the process of perfecting his sound he

has compiled numerous awards for his hard

work. He won the Emmanuel Zembelli Award

for Classical Performance. He was a finalist in

the ASCAP Young Composers Competition

and the National Guild of Composers Competition. In 1991, he came in first place at the

NAACP Act-So National Competition for music

composition and won first place for contemporary music. He also won second place for

music composition at the 1990 competition.

In addition to the impressive array of

awards, scholarships, and competitions,

Camara has performed with some of music’s

most distinguished artists: Dizzy Gillespie,

Gary Bartz, Phil Wilson, Chuck Rainey, Dennis Chambers, and Giovanni Hidalgo to name

a few.

Outside of his music, Camara finds it absolutely essential to develop himself as a role

model for younger people. While others have

continued to praise him as a musical prodigy,

Camara hasn’t forgotten his commitment to

others.

Camara’s mother, Anana, has sacrificed

over the years in order to see both her children’s talents flourish. She has never failed to

encourage, support, and share in the growth

and development of her children. Camara

probably wouldn’t have had the same opportunity to develop his gifts if it were not for his

mother’s selflessness and dedication to him.

This is a young man to watch, Mr. Speaker.

I have no doubt that Camara’s greatest artistic

abilities have yet to be discovered. As he

graduates this month from the Berklee College

of Music in Boston I want to pay tribute to his

numerous achievements and thank him for

presenting his many talents with love and

dedication.

Our Nation and its people join the citizens of

Baltimore in congratulating Camara Kambon

and wishing him continued success.

REQUIRING MEDICARE TRUST

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SPEECH OF

HON. RONALD D. COLEMAN OF TEXAS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tuesday, May 16, 1995

Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong

opposition to H.R. 1590, a bill to require the

Trustees of the Medicare Trust Fund to report

recommendations on resolving projected financial imbalances in the Medicare Trust Fund. I

want to see the initiation of genuine efforts to

save the trust fund, and to overhaul our health

care system. This bill is merely a fig leaf for

the Republican budget plan of providing tax

cuts for the wealthy.

I think that the Republicans are entitled to

propose tax cuts. I think that they are entitled

to propose cuts in programs to pay for their

tax cuts. But I do not see any reason that they

should then be entitled to pass the buck when

it comes to actually achieving those cuts.

If they want to provide billions of dollars in

tax cuts for the wealthy, that is their prerogative. But they need to demonstrate the courage of their convictions. They need to illustrate

their proposed cuts in Medicare by telling

health care providers that their reimbursement

rates will fall. They need to be able to look the

elderly in the face and tell them that their outof-pocket costs are going to increase $1,060

by the year 2002.

Or they need to drop the idea of providing

a massive tax cut to the wealthy. If they are

willing to do this, I think we would all be willing

to search for ways to extend the longevity and

the viability of the Medicare trust fund.

H.R. 1590 was rushed through Committee

without hearings or public input. No effort was

made to garner bipartisan support, and I will

not support the bill now. I hope that the next

time my colleagues on the other side of the

aisle introduce the issue of reforming the Medicare Trust Fund, they do so with greater integrity of purpose. This bill should not be tied

to their tax package for the wealthy. The issue

is too important.