[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 46 (Friday, April 1, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E609-E611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    IN SUPPORT OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

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                          HON. DORIS O. MATSUI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 1, 2011

  Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to submit a letter from a broad 
array of private sector organizations, in support of the Corporation 
for National and Community Service. The letter, which expresses 
opposition to efforts to reduce or eliminate federal funding for the 
Corporation, outlines the importance of federal funds, which drive 
private investment through matching programs.
  The Corporation for National and Community Service affects 
communities in all 50 states, and provides opportunities for Americans 
of all ages.
  Mr. Speaker, I submit the following letter, signed by 212 of 
America's foremost business leaders, on the importance of funding the 
Corporation for National and Community Service.

                        Save Service in America

       Dear Majority Leader Reid and Speaker Boehner: We are 
     writing to urge you to oppose any proposal that would 
     eliminate or reduce the fiscal year 2011 funding for the 
     Corporation for National and Community Service and the 
     programs it funds, including Foster Grandparents, Senior 
     Companions, RSVP, Learn and Serve America, VISTA, the 
     National Civilian Community Corps, the Volunteer Generation 
     Fund, the Social Innovation Fund and AmeriCorps.
       Local service programs create meaningful opportunities for 
     Americans hard-hit by the downturn, teaching marketable 
     skills and putting workers on a path to economic self-
     sufficiency. Elimination of these programs would result in 
     the loss of nearly 150,000 jobs and nearly 5 million 
     volunteer positions that provide critical services and 
     improve the lives of people in communities across America.
       Funding for the Corporation for National and Community 
     Service provides critically needed, and highly leveraged, 
     support for programs that are making a major difference in 
     communities across the country, including Big Brothers Big 
     Sisters, Citizen Schools, City Year, Habitat for Humanity, 
     Jumpstart, YouthBuild, and Teach for America, as well as 
     literally thousands of other local shelters, faith-based 
     organizations, senior homes and schools.
       These programs are a model of government investment at its 
     best--each program re-competes for funding annually, and only 
     the best are invested in. Local leaders choose which service 
     programs are needed in their community and secure matching 
     funds. This is not ``top down'' government, but bottom-up, 
     community leadership and investment. These programs are 
     getting results--they are managed like businesses, and are 
     held accountable to impact goals and results.
       As private sector leaders, our companies, and many of us as 
     private citizens, have been investing matching dollars into 
     these programs for nearly two decades--in fact this year 
     alone, the private sector will invest more than $800 million 
     in private matching funding in local, community based 
     programs supported by the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service. That figure represents nearly a one-to-one 
     match of every dollar the federal government invests. The 
     private sector also helps to power these community solutions 
     by providing these worthy programs with millions of volunteer 
     hours. National service is an extraordinary catalyst and 
     force-multiplier for community volunteering--one study has 
     shown that every AmeriCorps member helps to generate more 
     than 30 additional volunteers.
       The private sector, however, cannot do it alone. We require 
     the investment of the federal government, and we will 
     continue to do our part. Together, we are tackling the most 
     pressing problems of our society at the local level: helping 
     to close the education achievement gap, helping seniors 
     remain independent, promoting public health to control the 
     cost of healthcare, moving families out of substandard 
     housing and saving our precious environmental resources. 
     All of this is done, with citizens leading the way with a 
     ``can do'' American spirit that we are proud to support.
       The elimination or reduction in funding of the Corporation 
     for National and Community Service and its programs would put 
     this bi-partisan, public-private achievement in grave 
     jeopardy.
       We know that you are faced with difficult budget decisions, 
     but we encourage you to keep investing our taxpayer dollars 
     where the return is so high. We believe cost-effective, 
     efficient, citizen-centered initiatives will provide common 
     sense solutions to the challenges facing communities and 
     citizens across the country.
       We cannot turn our back on the enormous contributions and 
     long record of success of

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     the Corporation for National and Community Service and its 
     local programs. At a time when Americans face mounting 
     challenges, made even more difficult by the struggling 
     economy, it is vital that Congress stand firm in support of 
     the programs that bring citizens together and marshal their 
     ingenuity to address critical problems and create 
     opportunities for our nation.
       Thank you for your leadership and support.
           Sincerely,
       James Adler, Attorney, AdlerADR; Vijay Advani, Executive 
     Vice President, Franklin Templeton Investments; Darren 
     Aitken, Partner, Aitken*Aitken*Cohn; Wylie Aitken, Founding 
     Partner, Aitken*Aitken*Cohn; Michelle AliDinar, President/
     CEO, Educational Television Programs, LLC; Michael Alter, 
     President, The Alter Group; Anthony H. Anikeeff, Partner, 
     Williams Mullen PC; Barbara Arnwine, President and Executive 
     Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; 
     William S. Ayer, Chairman, President and CEO, Alaska 
     Airlines; Donald A. Baer, Worldwide Vice Chairman and Chief 
     Strategy Officer, Burson-Marsteller; Ryan K. Bailer, Owner, 
     Burson-Marsteller; Ryan K. Bailer, Owner, Ryan Bailer 
     Support, LLC; Stephen Baker, President, Baker Design Group, 
     Inc.; John M. Ballengee, President, United Way of Central 
     West Virginia.
       Joe Banner, President, Philadelphia Eagles; Tim Bannister, 
     President, Bannister and Co., Inc.; Bill Barke, CEO, 
     Pearson's Higher Ed Arts & Sciences; Edmund Bartlett, 
     Chairman (Retired), NRS-Express Payment Network; Josh 
     Bekenstein, Managing Director, Bain Capital, LLC; Karl I. 
     Bell, Senior Vice President, Invest Detroit; Joel Benoliel, 
     Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Costco; Tom 
     Bernstein, President, Chelsea Piers; Fred Blume, Chairman 
     Emeritus, BlankRomeLLP; William Bonk, CEO, Emerging 
     Strategies; Carmel Borders, President, Tapestry Foundation; 
     Berta Borgenicht Kerr, Trustee, The Borgenicht Foundation; 
     Katherine Bradley, President, CityBridge Foundation; Michael 
     Brennan, President/CEO, United Way of Southeastern Michigan.
       John Bridgeland, President and CEO, Civic Enterprises; 
     Michael Bronner, Founder, Upromise; Lois Buntz, CEO, United 
     Way of East Central Iowa; R. William Burgess, Jr., Managing 
     General Partner, ABS Ventures; Beverly Burns, Partner, 
     Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, PLC; Chet Burrell, 
     President and CEO, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Mark A. 
     Burzynski, Chief Financial Officer, Blue Cross and Blue 
     Shield of Montana; Tushara Canekeratne, CEO, Nadastra; David 
     Carmel, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Carmel Asset 
     Management; Jay Carney, President/COO, T. L. Wallace 
     Construction, Inc.; Gary Clare, Partner, Bain & Company, 
     Inc.; Wesley Clark, General (retired), US Army; Lee 
     Cockerell, Executive Vice President (retired), Walt Disney 
     World Resort; Rick Cohen, Chairman, President and CEO, 
     Buchalter Nemer; David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President, 
     Comcast; Charles H. Collins, Managing Director and Senior 
     Vice President, The Forestland Group LLC; Chip Conley, 
     Founder and Executive Chairman, Joie de Vivre Hospitality.
       Art Connelly, CEO, Laffey McHugh Foundation; John G. 
     Davies, President and CEO, Baton Rouge Area Foundation; 
     Cornell DeClouette, Principle, Decbritt Corporation; Richard 
     A. Derevan, Partner, Snell & Wilmer LLP; Charles Dickey III, 
     President, Wyco Inc.; David Dinour, President, Aviatrade; 
     Shachar Dinour, President, Triumph Property Group; Josh Dorf, 
     CEO, Stone-Buhr; Tom Dretler, President and CEO, Eduventures, 
     Inc.; Ed Drilling, President, AT&T Arkansas; David E. Dukes, 
     Managing Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP; 
     Dayton Duncan, Director and Producer, Florentine Films; Ed 
     Eger, GM, North America and Emerging Markets, Paypal; Steve 
     Ellis, World Wide Managing Director, Bain & Company, Inc.; 
     Lynn L. Elsenhans, Chairman and CEO, Sunoco, Inc.; Timothy 
     Ervolina, President, United Way Association of South 
     Carolina; Gregory Evans, CEO and President, Integer Law 
     Corporation.
       Charles Farmer Jr., President/CEO, CS Farmer Construction, 
     Inc.; Jon Fee, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP; Kate Fenneman, 
     Director, The Seinfeld Family Foundation; Jesse Fink, Co-
     Founder, Mission Point Capital Partners; Dean Fischer, CEO, 
     West Monroe Partners; Linda D. Forte, Senior Vice President 
     and Chief Diversity Officer, Comerica Bank; Jeff Galt, 
     President and COO, Magi Real Estate Services; Kenny Gamble, 
     Founder, Universal Companies; Eva Garza Dewaelshe, President 
     and CEO, SER Metro-Detroit and SERCO, Inc.; Katherine Gehl, 
     Chairman, Gehl Foods, Inc.; Pamela Gilbert, Partner, Cuneo 
     Gilbert & LaDuca LLP; Michael Gilligan, Co-Founder/General 
     Partner, Heritage Partners, Inc.; Ben Goldhirsh, Founder and 
     Owner, GOOD; Seth Goldman, President and TeaEO, Honest Tea; 
     Todd E. Gordinier, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP; John 
     Gordon, Vice President, Prudential Financial; Ted Granger, 
     President, United Way of Florida, Inc.
       Richard Green, Vice Chairman and CEO, Firstrust Bank; Carl 
     Guardino, President and CEO, Silicon Valley Leadership Group; 
     Bruce G. Hain, President, Insource Services, Inc.; Ted 
     Harbert, Chairman of NBC Broadcasting, NBC Universal; Andrew 
     Hauptman, Chairman, Andell Holdings, LLC; Jeremy Hitchcock, 
     CEO, Dyn Inc.; Jeff Hoffman, President, Jeff Hoffman & 
     Associates; Gordy Holleman, CEO, Overland Advisors LLC; 
     Robert D. Huth, President & CEO, David's Bridal; Brandy 
     Johnson, Director, Michigan College Access Network; David 
     Johnson, Founder, Act 4 Entertainment; Greg Johnson, 
     President and CEO, Franklin Resources, Inc.; Michael A. 
     Jones, President, Columbia Management; Deb Jones, President, 
     Jones Training Associates, LLC; Peter H. Jost, Attorney, 
     Dickstein Shapiro LLP; Andrew C. Kassner, Executive Partner, 
     Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Kenneth C. Keller, President, 
     Alberto Culver USA.
       Andrew Kerin, Executive Vice President and Group President, 
     Global Food, Hospitality and Facility Services, ARAMARK 
     Corporation; Judi Ketcik, Partner, CK&D Bob Kimball, 
     President & CEO, RealNetworks, Inc.; Tom King, President, US, 
     National Grid; Darla King, President and CEO, King Business 
     Interiors; Luther C. Kissam, IV, President, Albemarle 
     Corporation; Klaus Kleinfelds, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa; John 
     L. Knott, Jr., President and CEO, The Noisette Company, LLC; 
     Philip D. Kohn, Partner and Pro Bono Coordinator, Rutan & 
     Tucker, LLP; Michael Kong, CEO, MAPTI Ventures, former CEO 
     Modern Luxury Media; Tom Krouse, CEO, Donatos Pizza; James R. 
     Kruer, Partner, Chevalier Ginn Shirooni & Kruer, P.S.C.; 
     Sherry Lansing, Founder and CEO, The Sherry Lansing 
     Foundation; Jonathan Lavine, Chief Investment Officer, 
     Sankaty Advisors LLC; Marguerite Lee, Corporate Community 
     Relations Manager, Cisco; Martin V. Lee, Managing Partner, 
     Famco Investments.
       William Lee, Co-Managing Partner, WilmerHale; Jeffrey 
     Leonard, CEO, Global Environment Fund; William Lew Tan, 
     President, Tan & Sakiyama; John Lim, Partner, Lim, Ruger & 
     Kim, LLP; David Lincoln, Managing Partner, Element Partners; 
     Bruce R. Lindsey, CEO, William J. Clinton Foundation; David 
     Lissy, CEO, Bright Horizons Family Solutions; Jason Lutz, 
     President and CEO, Villa, Inc.; Sharon Matthews, CEO, eLynx; 
     Carlos Mazzorin, Group Vice President, Asia Pacific, South 
     America and Global Purchasing (Retired), Ford Motor Company; 
     Josh McCall, Chairman & CEO, Jack Morton Worldwide; Larry 
     McCracken, Vice President, Talent Acquisition, Golden Key 
     Group; Bill McDermott, Co-CEO, SAP; Hugh McDonald, President 
     and CEO, Entergy Arkansas, Inc.; Ron McIntyre, Partner, 
     Perkins Coie LLP; Thomas F. McLarty III, Chairman, McLarty 
     Companies.
       Joseph P. McMillan, President and CEO, McMillan Bros., 
     Inc.; Sharon McWhorter, President, American Resource Training 
     System, Inc.; Lee Miller, Global Co-CEO, DLA Piper; Michael 
     J. Miller, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Mark Minyard, 
     Partner, Minyard Morris; Tom Monahan, CEO, Corporate 
     Executive Board; Ben S. Moss, Managing Broker and Principal, 
     The Campins Company; Will Muggia, CEO, President, and CIO, 
     Westfield Capital Management; Shea Mullen, President, Give 
     and Take; Robert Mulroy, President and CEO, Merrimack 
     Pharmaceuticals; William Neukom, CEO, San Francisco Giants; 
     Mark Nieker, President, Pearson Foundation; Lisa Paulsen, 
     President and CEO, Entertainment Industry Foundation; Brian 
     Payne, President and CEO, Central Indiana Community 
     Foundation and The Indianapolis Foundation; Robert Perez, 
     Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Cubist 
     Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Carol Ann Petren, Executive Vice 
     President and General Counsel, CIGNA Corporation; Julian 
     Posada, President, Chicago Fire Soccer Club.
       Fred Prescott, Vice President and GMM, L.L. Bean-Retail; 
     Anne Proctor, Pro Bono Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP; 
     Thomas J. Raffa, President and CEO, RAFFA, P.C.; David B. 
     Ramsay, retired, Chairman, President & CEO, SunTrust Bank, 
     Northwest Florida; Michael A. Rashid, President and CEO, 
     AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies; Rudy Redmond, Manager, 
     KCP Initiatives; Colleen Regan, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP; 
     Sean Reilly, CEO, Lamar Advertising; Peter Remington, 
     President, The Remington Group; Theodore Roosevelt IV, 
     Managing Director, Barclays Capital; Steve Rosa, CEO, 
     (add)ventures; Bob Rowe, President and CEO, NorthWestern 
     Energy; Shirley Sagawa, Co-Founder, Sagawa/Jospin; Matthew 
     Saiia, CEO, Collective Next, LLC; Ronald L. Sargent, Chairman 
     and CEO, Staples; Daniel Sasse, Partner, Crowell & Moring; 
     Jeff Schaffer, Vice President, Enterprise Community Partners.
       Cathleen Schmidt, President NH/VT, Citizens Bank; Lesa 
     Scott, President, Heinemann Publishing Company; Jason Scott, 
     CEO, EKO Asset Management Partners; Fred Sears, CEO and 
     President, The Delaware Community Foundation; Bobbi Silten, 
     President, Gap Foundation; Robert Small, Managing Director, 
     Berkshire Partners LLC; Logan Smalley, President, Darius Goes 
     West; Robert Smith, Founding Partner, Castanea Partners; 
     Marsha Smith, Executive Director, Rotary Charities; Jonah M. 
     Smith, Owner and Investment Advisor, Smith Pierce, LLC; Erik 
     Smith, President & CEO, Blue Engine Message & Media; Stacey 
     Snider, Co-Chairman and CEO, Dreamworks SKG; Karen Sock, 
     President and CEO, Sock Enterprises, Inc.; Amanda Sodoma 
     McMahon, Founder and Principal, McMahon Consulting LLC; Gene 
     Sofer, Founding Partner, The Susquehanna Group.
       Javier Soto, President, The Miami Foundation; William M. 
     Sowers, Principal, The Sandia Group; Fredric J. Spar, 
     Managing Director, Kekst and Company; Chris Stadler, Managing 
     Partner, CVC Capital Partners;

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     Shirley Stancato, President/CEO, New Detroit, Inc.; Sue 
     Suter, CEO, United Way of South Mississippi; Jeffrey Swartz, 
     President and CEO, The Timberland Company; Marc Tarpenning, 
     Co-founder, Tesla Motors; Ron Terwilliger, Chairman Emeritus, 
     Trammell Crow Residential; Alice G. Thompson, CEO, Black 
     Family Development, Inc.; Jonathan Tisch, Chairman and CEO, 
     Loews Hotels; Susan B. Towler, Vice President, Blue Cross and 
     Blue Shield of Florida Foundation; Rita L. Tuzon, Executive 
     Vice President and General Counsel, Fox Networks Group; Julia 
     A. Uihlein, Vice President, David and Julia Uihlein 
     Charitable Foundation, Inc.; Toni-Marie Van Buren, Senior 
     Vice President, Partners for Community Change, United Way of 
     San Antonio & Bexar County; John Van Camp, President/CEO, 
     Southwest Solutions; David Van Patten, President and CEO, 
     Dare Mighty Things.
       Jim Vella, President, Ford Motor Company Fund; Graeme W. 
     Bush, Chairman, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP; Robert Waldron, CEO 
     and President, Curriculum Associates; Mark Walker, Managing 
     Director, Global Community Affairs, Applied Materials, Inc.; 
     Jeffrey C. Walker, Chairman, Millennium Promise; Alexander J. 
     Walker Jr., President, Devine Millimet; Hampton Walt, 
     President/CEO, Inland Press; Benjamin Walton, Director, The 
     Walton Family Foundation; Michael J. Ward, Chairman, 
     President and CEO, CSX Corporation; Gail Warden, President 
     Emeritus, Henry Ford Health System; Allen P. Waxman, Partner 
     and Chair of the Life Sciences Group, Kaye Scholer LLP; 
     Bernard White, President, White Construction; Kane Willyerd, 
     CEO, Jambok; Steve Woodsum, Founding Managing Director, 
     Summit Partners; Tae Yoo, Senior Vice President, Corporate 
     Affairs, Cisco; Mary Lou Young, President and CEO, United Way 
     of Greater Milwaukee; Keith Zendler, CEO, Peoplemovers.com; 
     Peter Zeughauser, Chairman, Zeughauser Group.

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