[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 35 (Monday, March 3, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E284-E286]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING RICHARD TULISANO

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. JOE COURTNEY

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 3, 2008

  Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and celebrate 
the life and political legacy of former Connecticut State 
representative, Richard Tulisano. Richard passed away on Wednesday, 
February 20, 2008.
  Richard was a giant in Connecticut State politics for over three 
decades. His political career began in 1976 when he was elected to 
represent the 29th District in Connecticut's General Assembly. During 
his tenure, he served as the chairman for the judiciary committee from 
1979 to 1985 and 1987 to 1993 and the house majority whip until his 
retirement in 2001. Following retirement from the General Assembly, he 
served as chief of staff for House Speaker Moira Lyons, a position he 
would retain until his passing.
  I had the privilege to serve with Richard during my tenure in 
Connecticut's General Assembly and saw firsthand his fearless defense 
of individual rights, freedom of speech, and tenacious advocacy for 
``the little guy.'' He was known at times for a gruff exterior, but 
beneath it was a heart of pure gold. He taught me a lot about being a 
good legislator, but even more important about being a good person.
  The outpouring of people and accolades in the wake of his passing was 
a testament of how revered and admired he was. Also his wife Beverley 
was as much a part of his wonderful life story. Madam Speaker, I ask my 
colleagues to join with me and my constituents in celebrating Richard's 
life and offering condolences to his family.

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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 Tuesday, March 4, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009, for the Department of the 
           Air Force, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SH-216
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-124
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine strengthening national 
           security, focusing on smart power and military 
           perspective.
                                                            SD-419
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 579, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the 
           National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to 
           make grants for the development and operation of 
           research centers regarding environmental factors that 
           may be related to the etiology of breast cancer, S. 
           1810, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
           increase the provision of scientifically sound 
           information and support services to patients receiving 
           a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other 
           prenatal and postnatal diagnosed conditions, S. 999, to 
           amend the Public Health Service Act to improve stroke 
           prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation, 
           S. 1760, to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
           respect to the Healthy Start Initiative, H.R. 20, to 
           provide for research on, and services for individuals 
           with, postpartum depression and psychosis, and S. 1042, 
           to amend the Public Health Service Act to make the 
           provision of technical services for medical imaging 
           examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, 
           more accurate, and less costly, and any pending 
           nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine census in peril, focusing on 
           getting the 2010 decennial back on track.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To continue oversight hearings to examine the Federal 
           Bureau of Investigation.
                                                            SD-106
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of the Navy.
                                                            SD-192
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the rising cost of heating 
           homes, focusing on Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
           Program (LIHEAP).
                                                            SD-430
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine elderly hunger in America, 
           focusing on the steps needed to prevent this now and in 
           the future.
                                                            SD-562
     11:15 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of J. Gregory 
           Copeland, of Texas, to be General Counsel of the 
           Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Budget
         Business meeting to markup the concurrent resolution on 
           the budget for fiscal year 2009.
                                                            SD-608
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the United 
           States Postal Service one year after reform.
                                                            SD-342
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the findings and 
           recommendations of the Department of Defense Task Force 
           on Mental Health, the Army's Mental Health Advisory 
           Team reports, and Department of Defense and service-
           wide improvements in mental health resources, including 
           suicide prevention, for servicemembers and their 
           families.
                                                           SR-232A
     3 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the initial 
           amendment between the United States and the Russian 
           Federation on the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
           Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Treasury.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Southern and 
           Northern Command, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SH-216
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Veterans Affairs 
           Committee to examine a sundry of associations outlook 
           on veterans affairs issues.
                                                          345-CHOB
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings with the House Committee on Oversight 
           and Government Reform Subcommittee of Federal 
           Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia 
           to examine investing in the future of the federal 
           workforce, focusing on paid parental leave to improve 
           recruitment and retention.
                                                         2154-RHOB
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine reforming the regulation of 
           government sponsored enterprises.
                                                            SD-538
       Budget
         Business meeting to continue markup of the concurrent 
           resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009.
                                              Room to be announced
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Commerce.
                                                            SD-138
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the Administration's 2008 
           trade agenda.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine unemployment in the economy, 
           focusing on ways to secure families and build 
           opportunities.
                                                            SD-430
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the state of facilities in 
           Indian country jails, schools, and health facilities.
                                                            SD-628
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 2304, to amend title I of 
           the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
           to provide grants for the improved mental health 
           treatment and services provided to offenders with 
           mental illnesses, S. 2449, to amend chapter 111 of 
           title 28, United States Code, relating to protective 
           orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of discovery 
           information in civil actions, S. 352, to provide for 
           media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S. 2136, 
           to address the treatment of primary mortgages in 
           bankruptcy, S. 2133, to authorize bankruptcy courts to 
           take certain actions with respect to mortgage loans in 
           bankruptcy, S. 2041, to amend the False Claims Act, S. 
           2533, to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state 
           secrets privilege Act, and the nominations of Kevin J. 
           O'Connor, of Connecticut, to be Associate Attorney 
           General, and Gregory G. Katsas, of Massachusetts, to be 
           an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department 
           of Justice, Brian Stacy Miller, of to be United States 
           District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 
           James Randal Hall, to be United States District Judge 
           for the Southern District of Georgia, William Joseph 
           Hawe, to be United States Marshal for the Western 
           District of Washington, Stanley Thomas Anderson, to be 
           United

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           States District Judge for the Western District of 
           Tennessee, and John A. Mendez, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Eastern District of California.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192
     10:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Coast 
           Guard and conduct oversight.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                MARCH 7
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the current employment 
           situation of 2008.
                                                            SD-628

                                MARCH 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for U.S. Pacific Command 
           and U.S. Forces in Korea, and the future years defense 
           program.
                                                            SH-216
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Veterans Affairs 
           and the Department of Defense cooperation and 
           collaboration, focusing on caring for families of 
           wounded warriors.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Army 
           Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program, and the 
           implementation of the Water Resources Development Act 
           (WRDA) of 2007 (Public Law 110-114).
                                                            SD-406
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 to support U.S. 
           basic research.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of 
           Transportation's Cross-Truck pilot program.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Grace C. 
           Becker, of New York, to be Assistant Attorney General 
           for the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226

                                MARCH 12
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To receive a briefing on the current readiness of the 
           armed forces of the United States.
                                                            SH-219
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the Department 
           of Housing and Urban Development and conduct oversight.
                                                            SD-538
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine issues relative to in-person 
           voter fraud and voter disenfranchisement.
                                                            SR-301
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine strategic forces programs in 
           review of the defense authorization request for fiscal 
           year 2009 and the future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A
     1:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the gross domestic product as 
           a measurement of national strength.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009, for the strategic lift 
           programs, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SR-222
     2:15 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine hardrock mining, focusing on 
           issues relating to abandoned mine lands and uranium 
           mining.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine technologies to combat 
           weapons of mass destruction.
                                                            SD-106
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009, the future years defense 
           program, and military installation, environmental, and 
           base closure programs.
                                                           SR-232A

                                MARCH 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the United States 
           European Command and the United States Afican Command, 
           and the future years defense program.
                                                            SH-216
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the current readiness 
           of the armed forces, and the future years defense 
           program.
                                                           SR-232A
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the Cooperative Threat 
           Reduction Program and the Proliferation Security 
           Initiative at the Department of Defense, and nuclear 
           nonproliferation programs at the National Security 
           Administration, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SR-222
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the National Oceanic and 
           Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine old-growth forest science, 
           focusing on policy and management in the Pacific 
           Northwest region.
                                                            SD-366

                                APRIL 8
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Trade Commission 
           reauthorization.
                                                            SR-253