[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 139 (Wednesday, September 19, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1933-E1934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING WILLIAM MURDOCK AND ELBEN CHARITIES

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. HEATH SHULER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 19, 2007

  Mr. SHULER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the exceptional 
service of a most distinguished constituent, William Murdock. Mr. 
Murdock serves as Executive Director of the Eblen Charities and Eblen 
Center for Social Enterprise, an Asheville-based non-profit 
organization that assists low-income children, adults, and families 
battling illnesses and disabilities.
  Mr. Murdock is a graduate of Asheville Buncombe Technical Community 
College, Mars Hill College, Duke University, and the Harvard Business 
School. Along with his work at Eblen Charities, Mr. Murdock lectures at 
Duke University and has been named an outstanding scholar in social 
enterprise by the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, 
England.
  Growing up in Asheville, North Carolina, Mr. Murdock developed a 
passion for wrestling which he pursued as a student-athlete and then as 
a high school coach. He is widely regarded as one of wrestling's 
preeminent historians and was most recently honored as the first 
recipient of the Lou Thesz World Heavyweight Championship Award. The 
award recognizes an individual connected with wrestling who has ``taken 
the skills, courage and mental toughness that are the essentials of the 
sport and has applied those characteristics to the realm of public 
service.'' In nearly two decades of service at the Eblen Charities, Mr. 
Murdock has done that and more.
  Under his leadership, Eblen Charities has grown from a two-person 
partnership that assisted 300 families in 1991 to a world-class 
organization that served 65,000 in 2006. Mr. Murdock currently oversees 
roughly 60 programs designed to help families in western North Carolina 
secure health care coverage, low-cost prescription drugs, heating and 
cooling for their homes, and other life essentials. In so doing, Mr. 
Murdock delivers hope in trying times and the wherewithal to meet 
whatever challenges might lie ahead.
  His example serves to remind us that a single individual, armed with 
compassion, ingenuity, and resolve, can do extraordinary things. I am 
honored to represent Mr. Murdock in the United States Congress, and I 
ask my colleagues to join me in applauding his outstanding work.
    

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, September 20, 2007 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 24
     3 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine scientific 
           assessments of the impacts of global climate change on 
           wildfire activity in the United States.
                                                            SD-366

                              SEPTEMBER 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine two years after Hurricanes 
           Katrina and Rita, focusing on housing needs in the Gulf 
           Coast.
                                                            SD-538
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine streghtening the Foreign 
           Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
                                                            SD-226
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine Persian Gulf War 
           research.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1756, to provide 
           supplemental ex gratia compensation to the Republic of 
           the Marshall Islands for impacts of the nuclear testing 
           program of the United States.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine home and community based 
           care, focusing on expanding options for long-term care.
                                                            SD-G50
     2 p.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine green jobs created by global 
           warming initiatives.
                                                            SD-406
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the digital television 
           transition, focusing on government and industry 
           perspectives.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of David T. 
           Johnson, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 
           Affairs), P. Robert Fannin, of Arizona, to be 
           Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, and Paul E. 
           Simons, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Chile.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending judicial nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                              SEPTEMBER 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the role and impact of credit 
           ratings agencies on the subprime credit markets.
                                                            SD-538
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the impacts of global warming 
           on the Chesapeake Bay.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1543, to establish a 
           national geothermal initiative to encourage increased 
           production of energy from geothermal resources.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine offshore tax issues, focusing 
           on reinsurance and hedge funds.
                                                            SD-215
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Julie L. 
           Myers, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-342
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine improving internet access to 
           help small business compete in a global economy.
                                                           SR-428A
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael J. 
           Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be Director, Bureau of 
           Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
                                                            SD-226

                              SEPTEMBER 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine hard-rock mining on federal 
           lands.
                                                            SD-366
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Paul J. 
           Hutter, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department 
           of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine congestion and delays 
           impacting travelers, focusing on possible solutions.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Google-DoubleClick merger 
           and the online advertising industry, focusing on the 
           risks for competition and privacy.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the United Nations Convention 
           on the Law of the Sea (T.Doc.103-39).
                                                            SD-419
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 128, to amend the Cache La 
           Poudre River Corridor Act to designate a new management 
           entity, make certain technical and conforming 
           amendments, enhance private property protections, S. 
           148, to establish the Paterson Great Falls National 
           Park in the State of New Jersey, S. 189, to decrease 
           the matching funds requirements and authorize 
           additional appropriations for Keweenaw National 
           Historical Park in the State of Michigan, S. 697, to 
           establish the Steel Industry National Historic Site in 
           the State of Pennsylvania, S. 1341, to provide for the 
           exchange of certain Bureau of Land Management land in 
           Pima County, Arizona, S. 1476, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resources 
           study of the Tule Lake Segregation Center in Modoc 
           County, California, to determine suitability and 
           feasibility of establishing a unit of the National Park 
           System, S. 867, to adjust the boundary of Lowell 
           National Historical Park, S. 1709 and H.R. 1239, bills 
           to amend the National Underground Railroad Network to 
           Freedom Act of 1998 to provide additional staff and 
           oversight of funds to carry out the Act, S. 1808, to 
           authorize the exchange of certain land in Denali 
           National Park in the State of Alaska, and S. 1969, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
           special resource study to determine the suitability and 
           feasibility of designating Estate Grange and other 
           sites related to Alexander Hamilton's life on the 
           island of St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands 
           as a unit of the National Park System.
                                                            SD-366

                               OCTOBER 2
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine issues and challenges facing 
           current mine safety disasters.
                                                            SD-430