[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 126 (Monday, July 28, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1575-E1577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING THE MEMORY OF CHILD ADVOCATE MARGARET LOIS PRYOR QUEEN

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. HEATH SHULER

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 28, 2008

  Mr. SHULER. Madam Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart to honor 
the memory of Margaret Lois Pryor Queen. Born 86 years ago in Henderson 
County, North Carolina, Lois Queen was a tireless advocate throughout 
her life for children in western North Carolina.
  In 1942, Lois Queen graduated from Western Carolina Teachers College 
as the first female majoring in physical education. Throughout the 
1950's and 1960's, she worked as a schoolteacher and an elementary 
school principal in North Carolina and Fairfax County, Virginia. She 
earned a master's degree in education from American University in 1969, 
while serving as a school principal.
  In 1972, Queen was instrumental in the creation of the Southwestern 
Child Development Commission, a nonprofit agency designed to coordinate 
and generate community resources to support high quality child care 
services, including developmental day care, in the westernmost seven 
counties of North Carolina. Queen became the director of the 
Southwestern Child Development Commission in 1972. The organization now 
has a staff of over 300, and serves more than 2,000 children per month.
  In the 1980's, Lois Queen continued to advocate for children as the 
chair of the North Carolina Day Care Commission. Even during her 
retirement, she served on the boards of the Southwestern Child 
Development Commission and REACH of Haywood County.
  Lois Queen leaves behind 5 children and many grandchildren, nieces, 
nephews and friends. I offer my sincere condolences to them. They are 
in my thoughts and prayers. I would also like to offer my gratitude to 
those who follow the legacy of Lois Queen, and work with the 
Southwestern Child Development Commission to advocate each day on 
behalf of the children of western North Carolina.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in expressing remorse 
at to the passing of Lois Queen. Her life was an example of service and 
advocacy for all of us to follow.

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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, July 29, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 30
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine ways to improve consumer 
           protection in the prepaid calling card market.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine hiring at the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SD-226
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine S. 3212, to amend the Help 
           America Vote Act of 2002 to provide for auditable, 
           independent verification of ballots, to ensure the 
           security of voting systems.
                                                            SR-301
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to markup an original bill to 
           reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research 
           Program.
                                                           SR-428A
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine ways to solve the energy 
           crisis.
                                                            SD-106
     10:15 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 2583, to amend the 
           Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 
           3321 note) in order to prevent the loss of billions in 
           taxpayer dollars, S. 3176, to amend the Robert T. 
           Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
           to authorize the President to provide mental health and 
           substance abuse services, S. 3341, to reauthorize and 
           improve the Federal Financial Assistance Management 
           Improvement Act of 1999, H.R. 3068, to prohibit the 
           award of contracts to provide guard services under the 
           contract security guard program of the Federal 
           Protective Service to a business concern that is owned, 
           controlled, or operated by an individual who has been 
           convicted of a felony, H.R. 404, to require the 
           establishment of customer service standards for Federal 
           agencies, S. 3328, to amend the Homeland Security Act 
           of 2002 to provide for a one-year extension of other 
           transaction authority, S. 3241, to designate the 
           facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
           1717 Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the 
           ``CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building'', H.R. 6150, 
           to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 14500 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, 
           Ohio, as the ``John P. Gallagher Post Office 
           Building'', H.R. 6085, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 42222 Rancho 
           Las Palmas Drive in Rancho Mirage, California, as the 
           ``Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building'', H.R. 5477, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San 
           Gabriel, California, as the ``Chi Mui Post Office 
           Building'', H.R. 5631, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 1155 Seminole 
           Trail in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the ``Corporal 
           Bradley T. Arms Post Office Building'', H.R. 5483, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 10449 White Granite Drive in Oakton, 
           Virginia, as the ``Private First Class David H. 
           Sharrett II Post Office Building'', H.R. 6061, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 219 East Main Street in West 
           Frankfort, Illinois, as the ``Kenneth James Gray Post 
           Office Building'', H.R. 4210, to designate the facility 
           of the United States Postal Service located at 401 
           Washington Avenue in Weldon, North Carolina, as the 
           ``Dock M. Brown Post Office Building'', an original 
           bill entitled, ``Federal Financial Assistance 
           Management Improvement Act of 2008'', and the 
           nominations of Gus P. Coldebella, of Massachusetts, to 
           be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, 
           James A. Williams, of Virginia, to be Administrator of 
           General Services, Carol A. Dalton, Anthony C. Epstein, 
           and Heidi M. Pasichow, all to be an Associate Judge of 
           the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
                                                            SD-342
     12 noon
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine planning for post-catastrophe 
           housing needs, focusing on if the Federal Emergency 
           Management Agency (FEMA) has developed an effective 
           strategy for housing large numbers of citizens 
           displaced by a disaster.
                                                            SD-562
     1 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine S. J. Res. 45, expressing the 
           consent and approval of Congress to an inter-state 
           compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes--
           St. Lawrence River Basin.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1816, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative 
           trail in connection with the Women's Rights National 
           Historical Park to link properties that are 
           historically and thematically associated with the 
           struggle for women's suffrage, S. 2093, to amend the 
           Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of 
           the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the State of Vermont 
           for study for potential addition to the National Wild 
           and Scenic Rivers System, S. 2535, to revise the 
           boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic 
           Site, S. 2561, to require the Secretary of the Interior 
           to conduct a theme study to identify sites and 
           resources to commemorate and interpret the Cold War, S. 
           3011, to amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National 
           Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of 
           the historic site, S. 3113, to reinstate the Interim 
           Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use in 
           the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, 
           pending the issuance of a final rule for off-road 
           vehicle use by the National Park Service, S. 3148, to 
           modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National 
           Monument, S. 3158, to extend the authority for the Cape 
           Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, S. 3226, to 
           rename the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic 
           Site in the State of Kentucky as the ``Abraham Lincoln 
           Birthplace National Historical Park'', S. 3247, to 
           provide for the designation of the River Raisin 
           National Battlefield Park in the State of Michigan, and 
           H.R. 5137, to ensure that hunting remains a purpose of 
           the New River Gorge National River.
                                                            SD-366
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     3:15 p.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Thomas J. 
           Madison, of New York, to be Administrator of the 
           Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
           Transportation.
                                                            SD-406

                                JULY 31
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the North Korean Six-Party 
           Talks and implementation activities; to be immediately 
           followed by closed session to examine certain 
           intelligence matters in S. 407.
                                                            SR-325
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the nation's 
           transmission grid, focusing on the implementation of 
           the transmission provisions of the Energy Policy Act 
           (Public Law 109-58), including reliability, siting, and 
           infrastructure investment.
                                                            SD-366
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider S. 906, to prohibit the 
           sale, distribution, transfer, and export of elemental 
           mercury, S. 3109, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
           to direct the Administrator of the Environmental 
           Protection Agency to establish a hazardous waste 
           electronic manifest system, S. 24, to amend the Safe 
           Drinking Water Act to require a health advisory and 
           monitoring of drinking water for perchlorate, S. 150, 
           to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the 
           health of pregnant women, fetuses, infants, and 
           children by requiring a health advisory and drinking 
           water standard for perchlorate, S. 1911, to amend the 
           Safe Drinking Water Act to protect the health of 
           susceptible populations, including pregnant women, 
           infants, and children, by requiring a health advisory, 
           drinking water standard, and reference concentration 
           for trichloroethylene vapor intrusion, S. 1933, to 
           amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide grants to 
           small public drinking

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           water systems, S. 2549, to require the Administrator of 
           the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an 
           Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice to 
           provide guidance to Federal agencies on the development 
           of criteria for identifying disproportionately high and 
           adverse human health or environmental effects on 
           minority populations and low-income populations, S. 
           642, to codify Executive Order 12898, relating to 
           environmental justice, to require the Administrator of 
           the Environmental Protection Agency to fully implement 
           the recommendations of the Inspector General of the 
           Agency and the Comptroller General of the United 
           States, S. 199, to amend the Safe Drinking Water 
           Amendments of 1996 to modify the grant program to 
           improve sanitation in rural and Native villages in the 
           State of Alaska, S. 2994, to amend the Federal Water 
           Pollution Control Act to provide for the remediation of 
           sediment contamination in areas of concern; and certain 
           pending General Service Administration resolutions.
                                                            SD-406
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of information 
           technology planning in the federal government.
                                                            SD-342
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to 
           examine Indian health service management, focusing on 
           lost property, wasteful spending and document 
           fabrication.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 3198, to amend title 46, 
           United States Code, with respect to the navigation of 
           submersible or semi-submersible vessels without 
           nationality, S. 3274, to reauthorize the 21st Century 
           Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, H. Con. 
           Res. 375, to honor the goal of the International Year 
           of Astronomy, H. Con. Res. 305, recognizing the 
           importance of bicycling in transportation and 
           recreation, an original bill entitled, ``The Whaling 
           Amendments Act of 2008'', the nomination of John P. 
           Hewko, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Transportation, and a promotion list in the United 
           States Coast Guard.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine health benefits in the tax 
           code.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 3155, to reauthorize and 
           improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
           Act of 1974, S. 2746, to amend section 552(b)(3) of 
           title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as 
           the Freedom of Information Act) to provide that 
           statutory exemptions to the disclosure requirements of 
           that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of 
           that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an open 
           and deliberative process in Congress by providing for 
           related legislative proposals to explicitly state such 
           required citations, S. 3061, to authorize 
           appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for 
           the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to 
           enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, S. 
           2838, to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States 
           Code with respect to arbitration, S. 3136, to encourage 
           the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC database by 
           States and provide additional resources for 
           extradition, S. 1276, to establish a grant program to 
           facilitate the creation of methamphetamine precursor 
           electronic logbook systems, S. 3197, to amend title 11, 
           United States Code, to exempt for a limited period, 
           from the application of the means-test presumption of 
           abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve 
           components of the Armed Forces and members of the 
           National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are 
           called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense 
           activity for not less than 90 days, S. 3325, to enhance 
           remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, 
           S. 3296, to extend the authority of the United States 
           Supreme Court Police to protect court officials off the 
           Supreme Court Grounds and change the title of the 
           Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice, S. 2052, 
           to allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied 
           relief or review by the United States Court of Appeals 
           for the Armed Forces, H.R. 5235, to establish the 
           Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission, S. 3166, to amend 
           the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal 
           penalties on individuals who assist aliens who have 
           engaged in genocide, torture, or extrajudicial killings 
           to enter the United States, S. Res. 620, designating 
           the week of September 14-20, 2008, as National 
           Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week, to raise 
           public awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney 
           disease, and to foster understanding of the impact 
           polycystic kidney disease has on patients and future 
           generations of their families, S. Res. 622, designating 
           the week beginning September 7, 2008, as ``National 
           Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week'', 
           and S. Res. 624, designating August 2008 as ``National 
           Truancy Prevention Month''.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine aging in rural America, 
           focusing on preserving elderly citizens access to 
           health care.
                                                            SD-106
     1 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency 
           Communications, Preparedness to examine ways to ensure 
           the delivery of donated goods to survivors of 
           catastrophes.
                                              311, Cannon Building
     2 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine ways to define the military's 
           role towards foreign policy.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine reliance on smart power, 
           focusing on reforming the foreign assistance 
           bureaucracy.
                                                            SD-342
     2:15 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine consolidation in the 
           Pennsylvania health insurance industry.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                AUGUST 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment 
           situation for July 2008.
                                                            SD-562

                              SEPTEMBER 18
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, 
           Safety and Security Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine bus safety.
                                                            SR-253

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                JULY 30
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the White House and the 
           Environmental protection Agency (EPA), focusing on 
           impeding congressional oversight.
                                                            SD-226