[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H1338-H1339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING BUCK LIMEHOUSE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from

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South Carolina (Ms. Mace) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. MACE. Madam Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of Buck 
Limehouse, a beloved member of the Charleston community, public servant 
to the State of South Carolina, and a fellow graduate of the Citadel, 
the military college of South Carolina.
  Buck served as a commissioner from the First Congressional District 
for the South Carolina Department of Transportation and would later 
serve as South Carolina's first Secretary of Transportation. He even 
started the State infrastructure bank, the first of any State in the 
Nation. His leadership was instrumental in the implementation of 
several transportation projects across the State of South Carolina.
  Buck was a pillar of the Charleston community, the consummate 
entrepreneur. While he will be sorely missed, his legacy will live on 
in our State for decades to come. I offer my sincerest condolences to 
the Limehouse family.


                   Recognizing Beaufort Film Society

  Ms. MACE. Madam Speaker, I rise today because for over three decades 
Beaufort has served as the backdrop for major motion picture films, 
including Forrest Gump, The Big Chill, and of course Pat Conroy's The 
Prince of Tides.

  Today I rise to recognize the extraordinary contributions of Ron 
Tucker and his team at the Beaufort Film Society.
  This past month, the society recognized aspiring filmmakers of every 
genre at the 16th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival, 
showcasing Beaufort's sweeping marsh vistas and quiet charm to visitors 
from all over the world.
  Over 10,000 attendees from four continents, eight countries, and 32 
States gathered at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort for this 
incredible exhibition of independent films and documentaries.
  After such a spectacular festival this year, I know the global film 
community is looking forward to coming back to Beaufort next year.


                     Coastal Carolina Eagle Scouts

  Ms. MACE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate 98 Coastal 
Carolina Eagle Scouts, including their first female Eagle Scouts, which 
totaled six young women from our area to achieve this distinct honor. 
It was an honor to meet these women just a few weeks ago.
  Only about 6 percent of Scouts achieve the Eagle rank, and as the 
first woman to graduate from the Citadel, I can appreciate the special 
challenges inherent with being one of the first women anywhere.
  As a conservationist, I am also pleased to inform the House of 
Representatives that over half of the projects completed by the Eagle 
Scouts in the Charleston area were conservation, climate, and 
environment-related. In reaching this goal, these Scouts completed over 
21,000 hours of volunteer work in their communities.
  I commend their efforts, and I was glad to congratulate each of them 
in person just last month.


                           Crisis in Ukraine

  Ms. MACE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address the rising crisis in 
Ukraine. I want to recognize President Zelensky and the people of 
Ukraine for their valor, for putting it all on the line to defend their 
freedom, their country, their democracy. We have seen people from all 
walks of life, all ages defending their country and their homeland.
  As much as I dislike social media, I think it has really influenced 
how quickly we have responded to sanctions, not only us but our allies. 
I commend us and our allies, our friends and partners around the world 
for doing that, but more needs to be done.
  Upwards of 600,000 barrels of oil a day are imported into our country 
from Russia. Vladimir Putin funds his war machine, his wars and his 
invasions of Ukraine and elsewhere through the oil and gas economy, so 
every gallon that we fill in our cars today from Russian gas has the 
stain of blood from the Ukrainian people. I can't think of one person 
in the State of South Carolina who wants to put one more gallon of gas 
in their car from Russia.
  I am encouraged to see the administration today is looking more 
seriously and may announce a moratorium and ban on Russian imports of 
oil and gas, and we need to do that, but the administration should be 
concerned about getting jobs here going to Texas, going to South 
Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, American jobs, and not a job in 
Venezuela. Venezuela is aligned with Russia. They are an ally of 
Vladimir Putin. We shouldn't be seeking jobs for Venezuela and Saudi 
Arabia to replace Russian oil when we have those jobs right here in our 
country or our neighbors to the north in Canada, who are not aligned 
with Russia, who do not support Putin. Replacing one bloody regime with 
another is just wrong.
  We need to be able to keep costs down. We should not be dependent on 
kowtowing to global dictators. When I look at the rise of inflation, 
the cost of goods over the last year is up over 100 percent, gasoline 
over 80 percent, coffee over 70 percent. Every single crisis our Nation 
is facing today, whether it is Ukraine, whether it is Afghanistan, 
whether it is the border, is a direct result of President Joe Biden's 
failed policies in his first year in office, and it has got to end 
today.

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