[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 191 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2574-E2575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION OF THE 1980 SUMMER OLYMPIC TEAM
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HON. TODD TIAHRT
of kansas
in the house of representatives
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Mr. TIAHRT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to give recognition to a
group of Americans who made a significant sacrifice for this country.
In 1979, as a result of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, President
Jimmy Carter boycotted the summer Olympic Games in Moscow. The American
led boycott was supported by Japan, West Germany, China and Canada.
As we all know, these games occur only once every 4 years. The
investment of time and effort required of an Olympic caliber athlete is
extraordinary. Because of this investment, many of these athletes
sacrificed a once in a lifetime dream of competing on this world stage.
To recognize their sacrifice, the 96th Congress awarded the Olympic
athletes the Congressional Gold Medal. Unfortunately, due to a clerical
interpretation, these Americans were not listed as recipients by the
Clerk's office. This year I was pleased to assist the U.S. Olympic
Committee in correcting this error. The 1980 Summer U.S. Olympic Team
is now officially recognized as a recipient of the Congressional Gold
Medal.
I pass along special thanks to Mr. Ron Neugent of Wichita, Kansas for
his dedicated efforts to ensure we properly honor these 1980 Summer
Olympians. As a proud member of the 1980 Olympic Swimming Team, Ron
identified this oversight and brought it to my attention. This group
has waited a long time for this recognition, and I believe that the
individual athletes that made up this team deserve to be recognized. To
honor their individual sacrifice, these outstanding Americans are
listed below so that Congress and the American people can give them the
thanks they deserve.
Ableman, Randolph Phillip Wm., Adams, Judi C., Aguirre,
Mark Anthony, Alexander, Gwen Cheeseman, Allen, Francis E.,
Allen, Lee, Allsopp, Christopher Reid, Altekruse, Charles,
Anders, Elizabeth R. (Beth), Anderson, Colin C., Anderson,
Jodi, Anderson, M. Lynne, Anderson, Ron, Anderson, Terence
M., Andrews, Ann Turbyne, Andrews, Mary Osborne.
French, Diane McCormick, Fuller, Mark Albert, Gable, Danny
Mack, Gaines IV, Ambrose Rowdy, Galimore, Ron, Gambril,
Donald Lee, Gansler, Robert, Gardner, Gwen, Gardner, Peter
Van Wyck, Gault, Willie, Gee, Darryl Lester, Geer, Charlotte
Mosher, Geer, Julia Hand, Gerard, Larry D., Gilder, Virginia
Anne, Giordano, Robert J.
Neel, Earnest W., Nehemiah, Renaldo, Neugent, Ronald
Kingsley, Newland, Robert Warren, Neyer, Megan, Nieman,
Robert Lee, Nitz, Leonard Harvey, Nitzkowski (Monty) Kenneth,
Nonna, John Michael, Norelius, Kristine Lee, Nyquist, Dwight
A., O'Brien, Mark Edwin, O'Brien, Ronald Shay, O'Connor,
Daniel Martin, O'Connor, Mary Irene, O'Leary, Elizabeth
Hills.
Angelakis, Jana Marie, Arnautoff, Peter, Arnold, Homer
Stuart, Atwood, Duncan Fuller M., Auriol, Yves Leon, Azevedo,
John, Bailey, Peggy Mccarthy, Banks, W. Augustus (Willie),
Barber, Valerie Ann, Barczewski, Leslie, Barnes, Hope,
Barnicoat, Stephen Douglas, Barrett, William Melvin, Baston,
Lynette Rae, Baughman, Richard Wayne, Baxter, Terri Lynn,
Beardsley, Craig Russell, Becker, Carolyn Marie, Beglin,
Elizabeth Anne (Beth), Belden, William Thomas, Bell, Richard,
Belle, Roberta J., Bellinger, Tony, Benjamin, Stephen
Delancey, Bennett, Robin Campbell, Bergen, Paul David,
Bertrand, John (Joseph), Bessette, Andrew, Bishop II,
Washington D., Blackman, Rolando, Blatnick, Jeffrey Carl,
Blazejowski, Carol, Bolden, Jeanette, Borchelt, E. Frederick,
Borchelt, Mark Raymond, Borysewicz, Edward, Bossett, Henry
Peter, Bottom, Michael Leo, Bower, Carol Ann, Bowie, Sam,
Brandel, Terry Ann Place, Brooks, Michael Anthony, Brown,
Carol Page, Brown, Debra Landreth, Brown, Doug Charles,
Brown, Julie Ann, Brown-Harris, Alice, Bruner, Michael Lee,
Buchan, William, Buck, Marrita N. Crockett.
Glance, Harvey Edward, Glass, Timothy Carrigan, Glenesk,
Dean William, Goldsby, Boyd D., Goldstein, Jesse H., Goodell,
Brian Stuart, Gorski, Mark, Grant, Jill Evans, Graves, Carrie
Brand, Gray, Landon Fentress, Green, Debbie B., Green,
William Earnest, Greene, Pamela D., Gregorek, John Stanley,
Gribble, Matthew O., Griffin, Lorna Joann, Gros, Vonnie,
Grylls, David Miles, Gust, Brian B., Haines Jr., Robert
Bentley, Haines, George F., Hamann, Stephen Walter, Hamilton,
Donald Leslie, Hannan, Jerry B., Hartung, James N., Harville,
Janet Christine, Hatton, Hollis S., Hauserman, Cindy Noble,
Hayes, John Patrick, Hazeltine, Thomas, Heffner, Kyle
Daniels, Heiring, James Anthony, Hellickson, Russell Owen,
Hencken, John Frederick, Hightower, Stephanie, Hill, Denean
E., Hingley, Susan Tuttle, Hintnaus, Tomas, Hogshead-Makar,
Nancy, Homfeld, Conrad E., Howard, James A., Howard, Sherri
Francis, Howard, Terry M., Howes, Janet Baier, Howes, Thomas
Andrew, Hull, Thomas W., Huntsman, Anita Miller, Huntsman,
Stanley Houser, Hyman, Flora Jean, Ibbetson, Bruce Bernard.
Orban, Alex, Pace, Darrell Owen, Page, Nathaniel, Paige,
Donald James, Palchikoff, Jan Louise, Palles, Lee Nicholas,
Paulus, William George, Pennington, Mary (Joan), Pesa, Njego,
Pesthy, Paul Karoly, Peterson, Ben L., Plant, Mary Meagher,
Plucknett, Ben (Walter), Plumb, John Michael, Potter, Cynthia
Ann, Powell, John Gates, Prioleau, Paul Edouard, Prudent,
Katherine Monahan, Puleo, Joseph Robert, Purdy, William
David, Parsley, Dennis C, Rademaker, Sperry Jones, Reese,
Randolph Howard, Reilly, Philip Vincent, Reiter, Steve Frank,
Rheingans, Brad Bert, Ripley, Dan, Ritter, Louise Dorothy,
Robertson, Kevin George, Robinson Jr, James, Rocca, Peter D.,
Rodda, David Lee, Roney, Brian Kelly, Rudd, Teresa Lee
(Terry), Salazar, Alberto Bauduy, Salvemini, Daniel Michael,
Sandoval, Anthony, Santa Maria, Mitch James, Santos, Jim,
Sayner, Daniel Kevin, Schake, Callen N., Schmidt, Kathryn
Joan, Schmitz, James William, Schnugg, Peter Hayden,
Schroeder, Terry Alan, Schubert, Mark Edward, Schueler, Carl
Francis, Schuler, Thomas Jay, Scott, Steven Michael, Scully
Jr., Clark Todd.
Buerkle, Richard Thomas, Buese, Elisabeth Anne (Lisa),
Bungum, Brian, Burgering, David Earl, Burley, Michael E.,
Butler, James, Cahoy, Philip Michael, Caldwell, Gregory
Donnell, Cameron, Mark, Campbell, Anthony E. (Tonie),
Campbell, Chris L., Cara, John P., Carey, Richard John
(Rick), Carlisle, Kimberly J., Carlton, Guy Albert, Carnes,
James Jerome, Case, Nathaniel Hathaway, Cashin Jr., Richard
Marshall, Cavanaugh, Chris, Centrowitz, Matthew, Chandler,
Dan C., Chatzky Jr., John, Cheeseborough, Chandra D., Cheris,
Elaine Gayle, Christensen, Steven Erik, Chyzowych, Walter S.,
Clark, Dean Owen, Clark, Timothy, Clarke, Kathy Johnson,
Coffee, Paul, Coffman, Robert Edward, Cohen, Michael M.,
Colgan, Sean Padraic, Collins, Steven Keith, Collins-Cumming,
Luci A., Conner, Bart, Cook, Robert, Cooper, Dedy, Corbelli,
Laurie Flachmeier, Cruz, Christina Ann, Curry Jr. James
(Butch), Curry, Denise Marie, Dabney, Sharon Ann, Darling,
Thomas Ward, Davis, Roderick Hopkins, De Frantz, Anita L., De
Nemethy, Bertalan, Dello Joio, Norman, Derwin, Brian P.,
Desautels, Denise.
Iversen, Laurel B., Jackson, Robert Scott, Jaugstetter,
Robert C., Jezek, Linda Louise, Johnson, Mark Anthony,
Johnson, Sheryl, Johnson, Stacey Rita, Johnson, Wayne,
Jordan, Paul, Karchut, Michael, Keeler, Kathryn Elliott,
Kehoe, David Michael, Kelly,
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Timothy James, Kemp Jr. Leroy Percy, (Lee), Kennedy, Bruce
Graham, Kent, Elizabeth Cryer, Kent, Jeff, Keough, William
Tyrone, Kertson, Scott Michael, Kiesling, Stephen Howard,
Kimball, Richard John, Kimes, David W., King, Paula Girven,
Kinkead, Elizabeth, Kirchner, Kris, Klaja, Luke David, Kline,
Beth, Koopman, Amy Richelle, Korzeniowski, Krzysztof (Kris),
Laberge, Karin Anne, Lacy, Steven M., Lane, Kim Thomas,
Larrieu Smith, Francie Ann, Larson, David Erwin, Larson-
Mason, Christine, Lattany, Melvin, Lawson, Adolphus (Doc), Le
Goff, Jack Louis, Le Mond, Greg, Lee, David Kenneth, Lekach,
Stanley V., Leusenkamp, Carl Adrian, Lewis, Bradley Alan,
Lewis, Carol L., Lewis, Frederick C., Lewis, Randall Scott,
Lindgren, Kenneth Edward, Lindroth, Eric Emil, Linehan,
Kimberly Ann, Lippe, Nancy White.
Seek, Steven E., Seidler, Maren Elizabeth, Selinger, Arie,
Setterberg, Kurt Nils, Shapiro, Douglas Craig, Shelton, Karen
C., Shmock, Peter Carlton, Sholtis, Christina Seufert, Siman,
John O'Connell, Simons Jr., John N., Sims, David Edward,
Slaney, Mary Decker, Smith III, Willie J., Smith, Karin
Kiefer, Smith, Mark Jeffrey, Sokolitz, Karen, Somerville,
Kurt, Stayer, Julia Ann, Stekl, Phil W., Sterkel, Jill Ann,
Stetina, Dale Emery, Stetina, Wayne Douglas, Stewart, Randy
W., Stives, Karen Elizabeth, Stock, Thomas David,
Stockebrand, Gwen Elaine, Stockwell, Tracy Anne, Storrs,
Nancy Hitchcock, Strong, Judith Ann, Svendsen, Jon Howard,
Swain, Michael Lee, Talavera, Tracee A., Taylor, Frederick
G., Taylor, Melanie Smith, Tellez, Tom, Temple, Edward S.,
Terwilliger, John Richard, Thayer, Susan Stuart, Thompson
Bruce Jerome, Thornton, Richard Walker, Tippett, Cathleen
Thaxton, Trevelyan, Edward Norman, Tudela, Miguel Angel,
Tully, Michael Scott, Van Beaumont, Will, Van Blom, Joan
Lind, Van Blom, John, Van Breggen, Melle Roelof Fra, Van Der
Beck, Perry J., Van Haute, Daniel Frank.
Di Bernardo, Angelo, Dicken, Amy McGrath, Dietz, James W.,
Dixon, Fred, Djerassi, Boris Dov, Donaghy, Bruce M., Donovan,
Anne Theresa, Dorst, Christopher Taylor, Dorst, Marybeth
Linzmeier, Doughty, Thomas Neil, Dowdell, Patricia T.,
Drewsen, Karla Hull, Dryke, Matthew Alexander, Duane III,
John Marshall, Durden, Benji Ray, Durkin, Michael Kevin,
Dziedzic, Stanley Joseph, Ebert, Donald, Edmondson, Martin
Dewayne, Elkins, Stephanie Wynn, Elthes, Csaba, Emery, Brent
Robert, Epke, Bruce Edward, Ernst, Robert Gardner II,
Espeseth Jr., Robert Douglas, Etem, Patricia Spratlen,
Everett, John G., Evoniuk, Marco Ray, Ewaliko, Rod J.,
Feuerbach, Allan Dean, Fields III, Benjamin F. (Benn),
Figueroa, Gary Lee, Fitzgerald, John David, Fitz-Randolph
Jr., Roderick M., Flanagan, Jeanne Ann, Float, Jeffrey James,
Floyd, Stanley, Foreman, Kenneth Everett, Forrester Jr.,
William Ronald, Fowler, Neal Lawrence, Franke, Nikki Valeria,
Frazier, Herman Ronald, Frederick, Marcia Jean, Fredericks,
Gregory Lynn.
Loeb, Michael Leshine, Losonczy, Thomas John, Louganis,
Gregory Efthimios, Lubsen, Jr., Walter Harry (Chip),
Lundquist, Stephen K., Machemer, Kevin Scott, Maclellan, Gay
K., Marcellus, Susan, Marden, Anne R., Marquez, Pamela
Spencer, Marsh, Henry D., Martin, Tommy Gerard, Maruyama,
Paul Kuniaki, Marx, Michael Anthony, Massialas, Gregory David
D., Matthews, John Kelly, McArdle, John E., McChesney,
William Edward, Mccoy, Walter Lee, McDonald, Andrew John
(Drew), McGrath, Barbara Weinstein, McKeon, William (Bill),
McKibbon, Thomas Douglas, McMillan, Kathy Laverne, McNamara,
Julianne Lyn, Meade, William Thurbon, Meislahn, Findley,
Mello, Daniel Alan, Mills, Gene, Mills, Glenn D., Milne,
Leslie W., Mims, Madeline Manning, Minkel, Thomas Austin,
Mitchell, Kelly Rickon, Moffet, John C., Morehead, Brenda
Louise, Morett, Charlene F., Morrone, Joseph (Joe), Moses,
Edwin Corley, Mosley, Benita Fitzgerald, Moyer, Diane M.,
Myricks, Larry Ellwyne, Nakasone, Keith, Nanchoff, Louis.
Vargas, Joseph Michael, Vassallo, Jesus D. (Jesse),
Ventura, Vincent James, Vespoli, Michael Louis, Vespoli,
Nancy Parssinen, Vidmar, Peter Glen, Villa, Greg, Virgin,
Craig Steven, Walker, James Andre, Walker, Larry A., Walsh,
Susan, Waltman, Linda C., Ward, Valerie McClain, Warner, Anne
Elizabeth, Watkins, Torrance, Weaver, Andrew Telsher, Weaver,
Ernestine Jean, Weaver, Robert Brooks, Wells, Christopher,
Westbrook, Peter Jonathan, Wigger Jr., Lones Wesley, Wilcox,
Marlene R., Wiley, Clifford A., Wilkins, Mac Maurice,
Williams, Barton, Williams, Diane, Williams, Randy Lavelle,
Williams, Willie, Wilson, Michael Gower, Wilson, Randy Byron,
Winnett Jr., John, Winfield, Wofford, James Cunningham,
Wojciechowski, Gregory Martin, Wood, Christopher R., Woodard,
Lynette, Woodhead, Cynthia Lee (Sippy), Woodman, Thomas H.,
Woodstra, Susan Jean, Yagla, Charles E., Yonezuka, Nicholas
K. (Nicky), Yoshida, Toshi, Young-Sanders, Candy, Zang, Linda
Louise, Ziert, Paul Frank.
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