[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 160 (Thursday, November 6, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2264]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          IN HONOR OF CIVICALLY-CONSCIOUS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 6, 2003

  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration 
of Independence and a passionate believer in education as the 
cornerstone of democracy, once wrote, ``If a nation expects to be both 
ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was 
and never will be.'' James Madison, known as the ``father'' of the 
Constitution, wrote, ``A well-instructed people alone can be 
permanently a free people.''
  Conscientious Americans in our private sector, some of whom are in my 
congressional district, have heeded this message of Jefferson and 
Madison. They have joined the effort of the Committee for Citizen 
Awareness (CCA), a not-for-profit organization that provides free award 
winning civic videotapes to all our high schools, community colleges, 
community access cable television stations and to many libraries across 
the country. Over 30 million students and countless others have seen 
these civic videotapes.
  Some of our country's most notable citizens are participating in this 
effort. They include Secretary of State Colin Powell, Supreme Court 
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Constitutional author Caroline Kennedy, 
and CBS chief Washington correspondent and anchor of Face the Nation 
Bob Schieffer, to name a few.
  We are all indebted to the Americans in our private sector who are 
undertaking this important civic effort. I think the hundreds of my 
colleagues who have also personally participated in this civic activity 
would agree that our country's civic knowledge and, as a result, our 
freedom has been strengthened by the work of the CCA and the following 
contributing organizations:

       Tara Houser, Public Relations Manager of Boyd Collection, 
     Ltd.; Dr. Millicent M. Valek, President of Brazosport 
     College; Thomas Schmidt, President of Carl Sandburg College; 
     J. Anthony Rose, President and CEO of CATAWBA Valley Hospital 
     Medical Center; Dr. Mark John Tierno, President of Cazenovia 
     College; Dr. David H. Roe, President of Central College; Dr. 
     Larry Litecky, President of Century Community and Technical 
     College; Larry Damm, General Manager of Cessna Employees 
     Credit Union; Michael S. Boggs, CEO of Coliseum Health 
     System; Ulis Williams, President of Compton Community 
     College; Russ Owen, President--Global Infrastructure Services 
     of Computer Sciences Corporation; Michael G. Morris, 
     Chairman, President, and CEO of Connecticut Light & Power 
     Company; Gloria M. Harrison, President of Crafton Hills 
     College; Ricky D. Napper, President and CEO of Crittenden 
     Health Systems; Michael B. Kitchen, President and CEO of 
     CUNA Mutual Group; William D. Petasnick, President and CEO 
     of Froedtert and Community Health; Dana Tindall, Senior 
     Vice President, Legal, Regulatory and Government Affairs 
     of GCI Communications; Bob Richard, Lexan Operations 
     Manager of GE Plastics--Mount Vernon; Jeffrey L. 
     Bleustein, Chairman and CEO of Harley-Davidson, Inc.; 
     Scott Kaulukukui, Vice President of Marketing of HawaiiUSA 
     Federal Credit Union; Dr. Darnell Cole, President of 
     Milwaukee Area Technical College; Dr. Julio S. Leon, 
     President of Missouri Southern States College; Dr. Earl S. 
     Richardson, President of Morgan State University; Marvin 
     R. O'Quinn, Executive Vice President of the Western Region 
     of Morristown Memorial Hospital;
       Harold E. Anderson, President and CEO of Moses Taylor 
     Hospital; The Reverend Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney, Pastor 
     Emeritus and Louise J. McKinney of Mount Zion Baptist Church 
     of Seattle; Dr. Dennis Joslin, President, Nebraska Methodist 
     College of Nebraska Methodist Hospital; Dr. Rosalie M. 
     Mirenda, President of Neumann College; Fred W. Beaufait, 
     President of New York City College of Technology; Seymour 
     Sternberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of New York Life 
     Insurance; Mark C. Anderson, President of Niagara Area Credit 
     Union; Tom Rowland, Executive Vice President and General 
     Manager of North Central Telephone Coop; Kay Stewart, 
     President of North East Texas Credit Union; John A. Noer of 
     Northern States Power Co. Combustion and Hydorgeneration; Dan 
     DiMicco, President and CEO of Nucor Corporation; Daniel R. 
     Moss, President and CEO of Oakland Catholic Credit Union; 
     Marvin R. O'Quinn, Executive Vice President of the Western 
     Region of Overlook Hospital; Dr. Edward Tomezsko, Campus 
     Executive Officer of Penn State Delaware County;
       Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour, President of Pennsylvania College 
     of Technology; J. Steven Whisler, CEO of Phelps Dodge 
     Corporation; Dr. E. Grace Pilot, Co-Founder of Pilot 
     Catastrophe Services, Inc.; Robert ``Buzz'' W. Trafford, 
     Managing Partner of Porter Wright Morris & Arthur; William 
     Cavanaugh, President and CEO of Progress Energy; Robert F. 
     Bregler, Executive Vice President of Publix Employees Federal 
     Credit Union; Dr. Rodney D. Smith, President of Ramapo 
     College of New Jersey; Hal Chilton, CEO of Redding Medical 
     Center; Alan C. Henderson, President and CEO of Rehab Care 
     Group; Steven L. Henderson, CEO of Rice Medical Center; Jeff 
     H. Farver, President and CEO of San Antonio Federal Credit 
     Union; Steven Fellows, President of San Gabriel Valley 
     Medical Center; Richard Villareal, Financial Education 
     Representative of San Mateo Credit Union; Richard P. Meduski, 
     CEO of Savings Bank of Manchester; Dr. Rick Rogers, President 
     of Shelton State Community College;
       Deborah A. Trapani, President and CEO of Sierra Point 
     Credit Union; Jonathan J. Lerner, Esquire of Skadden, Arps, 
     Slate, Meagher & Flom; Ronald S. Owen, CEO of Southeast 
     Alabama Medical Center; Dr. Barbara J. Crittenden, President 
     of Southwestern Community College; Dr. Thomas E. Hines, 
     President of Spoon River College; Peter E. Capobianco, 
     President and CEO of St. Mary's Hospital at Amsterdam, NY; 
     John Maher, CEO of St. Vincent's; Fred J. Whyte, President 
     of Stihl Inc.; Richard N. Fine, M.D., Pediatrics Chairman 
     of Stony Brook University Hospital; Michael J. Kaczenski, 
     President/CEO of Sun East Federal Credit Union; Curt A. 
     Cecala, CEO of TCT Federal Credit Union;
       Mr. Robert Allen, President and CEO of Teachers Federal 
     Credit Union; Betty G. Hobbs, President and CEO of Tennessee 
     Teachers Credit Union; Dr. Priscilla D. Slade, President of 
     Texas Southern University; Charles V. Wait, Chairman, 
     President and CEO of The Adirondack Trust Company; Bill Yoh, 
     Regional President of The Day & Zimmermann Group, Inc.; 
     William S. Stavropoulos, Chairman of The Dow Chemical 
     Company; Jim Yates, Vice President and General Manager of The 
     Gas Company of Hawaii; Stephen S. Mills, President and CEO of 
     The New York Hospital Queens; Mike Pierce, CEO of TLC Federal 
     Credit Union; Robert P. Randall, President and CEO of TRACO; 
     Bill Leaver, President and CEO of Trinity Medical Center; 
     John Gisler, President and CEO of Twin City Co-ops Federal 
     Credit Union; C. Lance Terry, Senior Vice President of TXU 
     Electric and Gas; Susan V. Juris, Vice President of 
     University Hospitals Home Care Services, Inc.; Gwen Stafford, 
     Vice President of Corporate Services of University Medical 
     Center; Dr. M.R.C. Greenwood, Chancellor of University of 
     California--Santa Cruz; Dr. Nancy Cantor, Chancellor of 
     University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign; Ron Applbaum, 
     President of University of Southern Colorado;
       Loren W. Crabtree, Provost of University of Tennessee @ 
     Knoxville; William S. Stavropoulos, Chairman, President and 
     CEO of The Dow Chemical Company; Harry R. Jacobson, M.D., 
     Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs of Vanderbilt University 
     Medical Center; Hubert H. Hoosman, Jr., President and CEO of 
     Vantage Credit Union; Lee D. Meyer, President of Variform 
     Inc; Jane G. Watkins, President and CEO of Virginia Credit 
     Union, Inc.; Frank E. Berrish, President and CEO of Visions 
     Federal Credit Union; Sara Swee, Director of Corporate 
     Communications of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Timothy R. 
     Thyreen, President of Waynesburg College; Larry Weyers, 
     President and CEO of WPS Resource Corporation; Robert Essner, 
     President and CEO of Wyeth; Borgess Health Alliance, Inc.; 
     Community & Mission Hospitals of Huntington Park; Cornell 
     Companies, Inc.; Dana Corporation; East Jefferson General 
     Hospital; Fluor Corporation; Fort Bliss Federal Credit Union;
       Franklin Regional Medical Center; Goodrich Company; 
     Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center; Household International; 
     Jamestown College; Kishwaukee Community Hospital; Lower Bucks 
     Hospital; Memorial Hermann Healthcare System; Midway Hospital 
     Medical Center; Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Murray State 
     College; North Central Michigan College; Paradise Valley 
     Hospital/Vanguard Health Systems; Porter Adventist Hospital; 
     Ripon College; Rockwell Automation--Power Systems; Royal 
     Ordnance North America, Inc.; ServiceMaster; Sharp Memorial 
     Hospitals; South Texas Health System; Southern Regional 
     Health System; Southwest General Hospital; Spalding 
     University; St. Anthony Hospital; State University of New 
     York at Buffalo; Syngenta Crop Protection; The Ohio State 
     University--Lima; Tillamook People's Utility District; 
     University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of 
     Wisconsin--La Crosse; Western Michigan University; Whittier 
     Hospital Medical Center.




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