[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10399-10400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     REMEMBERING RUSSELL A. FREEMAN

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                           HON. DAVID DREIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 12, 2000

  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, this year California has lost one of its 
finest attorneys and the Congress has lost a good friend and adviser.
  In mid March, Russell A. Freeman passed away at his home near Los 
Angeles. As the General Counsel of Security Pacific Corporation, Russ 
Freeman, in the mid-1980s and early 1990s, undertook many of the early 
steps at broadening the range of bank product and service offerings in 
order to strengthen the banking charter and meet customer demands. Much 
of his legal work set the intellectual and practical foundation for the 
landmark financial legislation that passed the Congress just this past 
year.
  Security Pacific, based in Los Angeles, was the nation's fifth 
largest banking firm and produced many new business and consumer 
innovations. Moving from his native New York, Russ Freeman joined the 
bank in 1959 and rose from staff attorney to General Counsel. By his 
work there for some 33 years, he demonstrated those somewhat rare 
values today of loyalty and commitment.
  Russ Freeman received many accolades and awards over the years, 
including Outstanding Corporate Counsel from the L.A. County Bar. More 
significant, however, Russ Freeman served as mentor to numerous 
attorneys who are now working in various financial and non-financial 
firms across the country. He instilled in these attorneys--and in his 
corporate and legal colleagues--a strong work ethic, a demand for 
excellence in legal analysis and the need to conduct one's work in a 
professional manner. And he communicated these values in a fashion that 
earned him the highest respect and regard. This represents an important 
legacy for the banking and legal communities. Russ represented his 
company with tenacity, honesty and creativity and he was a strong 
advocate for the banking industry.
  Russ Freeman frequently provided input to me and to other members of 
the House and Senate on banking and financial issues. He brought the 
straight story, good or bad, and we relied on him for accurate 
information and new ideas. His vision reinforced the impetus in 
Congress to improve financial services regulation to the benefit of 
consumers and to keep our banking system the strongest in the world. We 
have lost a good friend with the death of Russ Freeman.
  Our thoughts and condolences go out to his many friends and 
colleagues and, particularly, to his son, James, daughter, Elizabeth, 
and granddaughter, Katelynn.

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                     NON-PROFIT RELIEF ACT OF 2000

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                           HON. CHAKA FATTAH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 12, 2000

  Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing legislation which 
will provide much needed postage rate relief for nonprofit mailers. The 
measure will protect nonprofit or preferred mailers from double-digit 
rate increases. My legislation is identical to legislation introduced 
in the Senate, S. 2686, on June 7, 2000, by Senator Thad Cochran, the 
Chairman, and Senator Daniel K. Akaka, the Ranking Minority Member of 
the Senate Subcommittee on International Security Proliferation and 
Federal Services. I am pleased to be joined in the introduction of this 
bill by Congressman Steny H. Hoyer, Ranking Minority Member of the 
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and 
General Government, and Congressman Danny K. Davis and Congressman 
Major R. Owens, both members of the Subcommittee on the Postal Service.
  The practice of designating certain types of mail for preferred rates 
was initiated by the Congress over 50 years ago. In 1993, deficit 
reduction legislation eliminated federal financial support for 
nonprofit mailers, but mandated that nonprofit rates be lower than 
rates for commercial mailers.
  In January of this year, the United States Postal Service (USPS) 
Board of Governors proposed postage rate increases for all classes of 
mail. The USPS formally filed the rate request which is pending before 
the Postal Rate Commission (PRC). Under the current rate request, rates 
for nonprofits will surpass rates for corresponding commercial mail. 
The USPS attributed the increase to inaccurate cost data. However, to 
its credit, the Postal Service has requested and proposed legislation 
to fix the ``rate anomaly.'' Without the legislation, the nonprofit 
periodical preferred rate will disappear.
  The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, the Magazine Publishers of 
America, National Federation of Nonprofits, Direct Marketing 
Association, and the Association of Postal Commerce have worked with 
the USPS to draft an acceptable legislative solution to the nonprofit 
rate problem in the current rate case before the PRC. The compromise 
between nonprofit and commercial postage rates, is supported by the 
above organizations.
  By locking in the current rate relationship between nonprofit and 
commerical postage rates, we will protect all categories of nonprofit 
mail from future rate shock. Specifically, the bill would set nonprofit 
and classroom Periodical rates at 95 percent of the commercial 
counterpart rate, excluding the advertising portion, set nonprofit 
Standard A rates at 60 percent of the commercial Standard A rates, and

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set Library and Educational Matter rates at 95 percent of the rates for 
the special subclass of commercial Standard B mail.
  On behalf of local charities, hospitals, churches, educators, arts 
organizations, nonprofit publications, and a host of others, the 
original cosponsors and I, invite my colleagues to protect nonprofit 
mailers and support this bill.

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                      HONORING JOHN ``DOC'' TYNAN

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                        HON. JOHN JOSEPH MOAKLEY

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 12, 2000

  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor my very dear friend, 
neighbor, and former colleague in the Massachusetts Legislature, 
Representative John ``Doc'' Tynan who is celebrating his Eightieth 
Birthday.
  Mr. Speaker, few people I've ever known could match the strength and 
character of Doc Tynan. Whether as the toughest, most tenacious All 
Scholastic Left End to play Football for South Boston High School, or 
as the man who's probably raised more money for local charitable 
organizations than anyone I've ever known, everything Doc Tynan does, 
he does one hundred percent. And no one could ever say that Doc isn't 
exactly the same fellow all the time. No matter who he's with or where 
he happens to be, Doc tells it like it is.
  Not a lot of people know this, Mr. Speaker, but Doc Tynan was an 
Executive Officer and Bombardier in World War II. He flew a total of 
twenty-five missions, and commanded both Clark Gable and Jimmy Stewart. 
And, true to form, Doc survived five plane crashes in Europe. In fact, 
he only bailed out of planes twice. One time, his B-17 was shot down 
over Germany, but limped along as far as the English Coast. Major Doc 
Tynan parachuted out of the crippled plane in pitch darkness, not 
knowing where they were. He crawled to a house in the countryside and 
after identifying himself as an American soldier, he was taken to the 
hospital to treat his broken leg.
  The other three times he stayed with the plane and did his level best 
to land. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air 
Medal with four clusters. No wonder, as a State Representative Doc made 
it to the Committee on Ways and Means in the Massachusetts House. If 
there's one thing you can say about Doc, Mr. Speaker, it's that when 
there's a job to be done, Doc Tynan has always been there with both the 
way and the means to not only get the job done, but to get it done to 
perfection, never for his own benefit, but for the good of others and 
the community he loves.
  Among Doc's many accomplishments, he was the Democratic Whip in the 
Massachusetts House and chaired Committees on Veterans Services and 
Legislative Research. He was the Budget Director of the Massachusetts 
House, President of the South Boston Neighborhood House, Chairman of 
the Gate of Heaven Fund raiser, and a member of the Board of Trustees 
of the New England College of Optometry.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to wish my very dear friend a very 
happy Eightieth Birthday and to thank him for everything he's done for 
the men and women and boys and girls of South Boston.
  Happy Birthday, Doc!

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               IN RECOGNIZING THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION

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                           HON. TONY P. HALL

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 12, 2000

  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, on June 8, 2000 a reception was held 
in the Capitol to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Make-A-
Wish Foundation. During the past two decades, this organization has 
fulfilled almost 80,000 wishes made by children who are ill.
  The highlight of this reception was an inspirational address made by 
a remarkable seven-year-old named Ryan Davidson. Ryan, who had a brain 
tumor, is the 3,000th ``Wish Child'' of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Make-
A-Wish Foundation. His speech follows:

Remarks By Ryan Davidson Make-A-Wish 20th Anniversary Reception June 8, 
                                  2000

       Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, my name is Ryan 
     Davidson and I am seven years old. I go to Ashburn Elementary 
     and I am in the first grade. Today I am well and feeling 
     great! But I didn't feel good last summer.
       Two weeks after kindergarten, I had a ton of really bad 
     headaches. My mom gave me Tylenol but it didn't help. My 
     headaches got worse and my left hand wouldn't work. I 
     couldn't get a tight grip when I tried to hold stuff. My mom 
     and dad took me to Dr. ``D'' in Ashburn. Dr. ``D'' said that 
     I should go have an x-ray. We went to the hospital for the x-
     ray. I was scared of the big x-ray machine. After my x-ray 
     the doctors said that I should go to Children's Hospital for 
     more x-rays. I had to lay still alone in the machine. I had 
     four x-rays in one day!
       The doctors said that I had a brain tumor and had to stay 
     over night. I was scared to stay by myself, so my mom stayed, 
     too. Four days later I had my surgery. I was scared. Before 
     the doctors put me to sleep, they told me to think about that 
     green car going around the track. After my surgery, I woke up 
     during another x-ray. The machine was moving forward and 
     back. It was very loud and I was scared.
       The next day, I was called the human ``Q-tip'' because I 
     had a bandage that looked like the top of a ``Q-Tip''. I was 
     in the hospital for five days. I still had stitches when I 
     went home. A week later I had to get my stitches out. I had 
     to go to sleep while I got the stitches out.
       I still have to have MRI's.
       Then in October, ``Make-A-Wish'' came. They asked lots of 
     questions and asked me where I wanted to go. I wanted to go 
     meet my favorite racecar driver, Bobby Labonte, and see the 
     race. I knew he would be at a racetrack!
       In the spring, we had a party for all the people who had 
     helped while I was in the hospital. Near the end of the 
     party, Make-A-Wish came back to grant my wish! They said, 
     ``You're leaving next week to go to California!'' I started 
     jumping up and down. Make-A-Wish got me a ton of stuff. Then 
     on Wednesday, a limousine picked me up from school and took 
     me to the airport. When we got there, we went to the cockpit. 
     I got to sit where the Captain sits.
       When we got to California and got off the plane, I felt a 
     hat. It was our host, John! He got me balloons and when we 
     got to the hotel, he gave me four Bobby Labonte cars.
       On Friday, we went to practices and qualifying races. Bobby 
     Labonte qualified 36th. On Saturday, I woke up early. We went 
     to the track. When we got there we went to meet Bobby 
     Labonte!
       When we first got there, while we were waiting, I got to 
     hold his racing helmet. Then when Bobby came out of the 
     trailer, I got to spend almost 15 minutes with him. I asked 
     him lots of questions about racing and he autographed two 
     hats, a car, a tee shirt, and my racing uniform. Then he gave 
     my sister, Mallory, and me each a team hat. It was the 
     greatest day of my life!
       The next day was race day! Bobby came in second! On Monday 
     we left to go home. I had a lot of fun!
       I hope you enjoyed my story. It has a very happy ending. 
     Thanks Make-A-Wish for making my dream come true.



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