[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4542]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   ROTARY INTERNATIONAL ASSISTS JAPAN

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, all Americans have 
provided sympathy for the people of Japan due to the massive earthquake 
and tsunami, but I was grateful to learn last week at the Lexington 
Rotary Club, led by President Nick Pizzuti, that The Rotary Foundation 
is taking direct action. Special Assistant Bill Walker of the Second 
District Office is a dedicated Lexington Rotarian. The Rotary Japan and 
Pacific Islands Disaster Fund has been established for donations online 
worldwide. Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith of 
Kirksville, Missouri, is promoting the people-to-people assistance in 
the best tradition of Rotary with his creed: Building Communities, 
Bridging Continents. Japan is a leading Rotary nation, and it is 
fitting the incoming RI president-nominee to continue the relief 
assistance is Sakuji Tanaka of the Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, 
Japan.
  As a Rotarian, I appreciate Rotarians worldwide, with hundreds of new 
clubs in formerly Communist countries from Bulgaria to Slovakia to 
Russia making a difference with Service Above Self. As with Polio Plus, 
Rotarians can achieve humanitarian assistance which creates worldwide 
records for effectiveness.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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