Chaka Fattah

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a truly remarkable man, one who genuinely exemplifies what it means to be a teacher, mentor, and scholar. Donald N. Bersoff, who is both a psychologist and lawyer, will be retiring this month from academic life and from his position as Director of the dual degree program in Law & Psychology co-sponsored by Drexel University and Villanova University School of Law, both of which are in the great State of Pennsylvania. The son of first-generation Americans, Donald N. Bersoff was born in the Greenwich Village section of New York City in 1939. He received his Bachelor's degree, Master's degree and his Ph.D. in School Psychology from New York University. After serving as a therapist at a psychiatric facility in Staten Island, New York, he served his country as a staff psychologist in the United States Air Force stationed in southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. When he returned to civilian life, after teaching at several different Universities, he attended prestigious Yale Law School, graduating in 1976. After law school, where he was on the editorial board of the Yale Law Review, Dr. Bersoff, returned to academics, founding the dual degree program in Law & Psychology jointly administered by the University of Maryland School of Law and the Department of Psychology of The Johns Hopkins University. When Dr. Bersoff returned to private, practice, he became the first general counsel of the American Psychological Association. Later, Bersoff continued his representation of that organization as a partner in the firm of Ennis Friedman & Bersoff, and later as a partner in the firm of Jenner & Block in Washington, DC. Dr. Bersoff eventually returned to the world of academics when he agreed to assume the directorship of the dual degree program in Law & Psychology administered by Drexel University and the Villanova University School of Law, where he has served as a tenured professor on both faculties for the past 11 years. A pioneer in the field of Law & Psychology, Dr. Bersoff has taught undergraduate, graduate and law students as well as practicing psychologists and attorneys for over 35 years. In his distinguished teaching career, he has taught courses in Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Mental health Law, Criminal Law, Forensic Psychology, Legal and Civil Rights of the Mentally Ill, and advanced seminars in Social Science Applications to Law. He has also been active in the clinical arena, supervising school psychology interns as well as supervising attorneys in practice clinics. Dr. Bersoff is a diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and is also admitted to practice law in Maryland, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, and before the United States Supreme Court. In fact, in his years of legal practice, has written 25 amicus briefs to the Supreme Court. Dr. Bersoff was an invited participant in the 1994 American Psychological Association Assembly for the 21st Century, and has been listed in Who's Who in America for 15 years. He is the recipient of scores of teaching awards, and is a Fellow of all the major organizations in both law & psychology. His publications number in the hundreds, including the leading text book for the teaching of Ethics to psychologists, and the leading treatise on mental health law for his home state of Pennsylvania. As a psychologist and attorney, Dr. Bersoff has devoted significant time and effort to facilitating interdisciplinary cooperation between these two great professions. Dr. Bersoff was the American Psychological Association's first general counsel, directed that organization's Ethics Committee for over a decade, and served on the Association's Board of Directors from 1994 to 1997. In fact, in December 2000, Dr. Bersoff was awarded a Presidential Citation by the American Psychological Association which aptly summed up his remarkable list of accomplishments by concluding, in part: ``Few others will reach the level of accomplishment that Donald N. Bersoff has attained both as a lawyer and a psychologist to promote, advance, and assist in shaping the future of the field of Psychology and the Law.'' Based on the reports of his students, Donald N. Bersoff is a gentleman, a scholar and a wonderful teacher. He is a warm, funny and authentic individual who clearly cares about his students and colleagues. As a practitioner in both the fields of law and psychology, he has consistently demonstrated the general ethical and professional principles of competence, integrity, responsibility, respect for people's rights and dignity, concern for other's welfare, and social responsibility. He has enjoyed a rich, diverse and satisfying career spanning four decades. Most importantly, perhaps, Donald N. Bersoff's legacy is marked by the indelible impact he had on the hundreds of students for whom he has served as a mentor. Dr. Bersoff's former students have worked for this country's government, serving various Senators and Representatives. Many of his students have served as law clerks for state and federal judges. His former students serve with distinction in the Armed Forces, in hospitals and mental health clinics, and in prestigious law firms across the country. And the ``family tree,'' which starts with Donald Bersoff at its roots, extends into the world of academics, with Bersoff proteges teaching at great Colleges and Universities across the country. Please join me in applauding the 35 year career of a gifted and generous scholar and practitioner in the fields of Law & Psychology. Donald Bersoff has worked extremely hard to reach this momentous occasion. Again quoting from the Presidential Citation Dr. Bersoff received from the American Psychological Association: ``In so many areas of his life, he has challenged individuals to `try to make what is thinkable, doable.' His life serves as a testament to that challenge.''

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of talk about accountability, holding students accountable and teachers and schools. There is one entity that is never mentioned, even though States are responsible for the certification of teachers, the setting of curriculums, the entire determination about how schools are going to be provided resources. There is nothing anywhere about trying to get States to be responsible once and for all for the education of poor children. The Congress, in 1965, 35 years ago, passed the title I law, which we are getting ready to reauthorize, and since then, still, States have failed poor children. I would hope that we would have a rule that would allow us to seek more accountability. I think there could be consensus between Democrats and Republicans on that point.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, let me first rise to say that I come from a background in the Pennsylvania Senate and General Assembly, I spent 12 years there, where we had something which was entitled the Bipartisan Management Committee. The entire management of the legislature was handled through the Bipartisan Management Committee, in which decisions around funding and committee size and staff issues were handled in a bipartisan manner. Mr. Speaker, I think what has taken place in the Committee on House Administration, under the leadership of both the ranking member, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), and the chairman, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ney), is as close to that as is possible here in the Congress in the sense that there has really been a bipartisan effort to figure out what, as a professional legislative body, is needed for the various committees to implement their objectives and responsibilities, and to adequately provide for that in terms of the overall funding levels for committees; to also meet a threshold, a target, if you will, set by the majority party when it was in the minority of a one-third provision of resources for a minority party in this Congress to be able to articulate and fight for its positions on a variety of issues. We have accomplished that. I want to thank not just the chairman and the ranking member, I want to thank some of the people who had to work a little to get us there, including someone who I have not often said nice things about, I guess, on the floor of the House, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), chairman of the Committee on Government Reform that I served on for 6 years. His committee and a number of the other committees, the Committee on the Judiciary and others, had to move a little bit so we could all come here today in support of this resolution. I want to thank not just the leadership of the Committee on House Administration, but I want to thank others in the majority who helped move this Congress to a place that I think will gain us greater respect from all who view us. Mr. Speaker, in conclusion, I want to say that I hope as this Congress goes forward, that we will continue to be prepared to meet the growing needs of the financial resources that our various committees will have; that we will work in terms of improving the committees and hearing rooms, and doing whatever else is necessary so that Members of what all would agree is the premier lawmaking body in the world would have the ability to carry out in a professional way their work; and that our committees are capable of taking charge of the great responsibilities we have as the United States Congress.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, let me thank the gentleman from Maryland, the ranking member, and let me quickly state that I support this resolution. I think it is important. I am a Member that has served in a number of capacities, on the Committee on House Administration, the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, both committees which really serve this institution; and I think all of us have a responsibility to serve the institution and not just serve our own districts and our own needs. Part of that service is that this institution has to be respectful of its own history and it is important given the 13,000 or so individuals who have served in the House, and some number close to a hundred who have been African Americans, I think it is important that this book document the life and work of African-American Members. It should be updated. It would be important for students all across the globe who study the United States Congress to read the stories of people like my predecessor, the Congressman from the second district, William H. Gray, who rose to be the highest ranking African American at that time to serve in the Congress; to learn about the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Watts) and his leadership in the majority party; to understand the legacy of an Adam Clayton Powell who passed into law more measures which have an impact on tens of millions of Americans than any of us could talk about on a day on this floor, from Head Start to the minimum wage law. It would be helpful for people who want to study this institution to know that there was a time in which African-American Members who served here could not eat in the Member's dining room, could not check into a hotel in this city, and nonetheless came to this floor and worked on committees and championed the causes of their districts and helped move this Nation towards a more perfect Union. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for authoring this resolution to update and revise this historical document that is reflective of the life and legacy of so many who have served, and moreover for the tens of millions of people whom they have represented here in the halls of Congress. I urge all of my colleagues to support the resolution.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, continuing to reserve the right to object, I would like to say that Dr. Massey is a fine appointment to the Board of Regents. He holds a Ph.D. in physics. He has been the President of Morehouse College. He has served as the head of a national laboratory in Chicago. He has provided a tremendous amount of service, and is a great educator. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Florida and the gentleman from Georgia. Mr. SPEAKER, I withdraw my reservation of objection.

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, continuing to reserve the right to object, I yield to the gentleman from the great State of Georgia (Mr. Lewis).

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, and I shall not object, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica) for purposes of explaining the joint resolution.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of Peirce College, a matchless institution of higher education located in my district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Peirce College has taken great strides to bridge the digital divide and become an institution dedicated to providing graduates for the information age. In fact, Peirce recently took two significant steps towards this goal. First, with the opening of its state-of-the art alumni Hall and second, through the recent approval of its online degree programs. Despite its purely urban location, Peirce College is reaching out to provide competitive workforce and technology programs to individuals living in the more rural parts of Pennsylvania. Peirce College is well positioned to do this. In Fiscal Year 1999-2000 Peirce's off-site programs enrolled 408 students from rural and suburban areas across Pennsylvania. Through distance learning technologies, Peirce College intends to connect all of its students and programs including those in the rural areas of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has one of the largest rural population of any state in the county. To this extent, the Peirce distance learning programs can offer a significant opportunity for students, many of whom are adult learner, to gain training an education programs that are technology oriented and needed in today's job market. I support Peirce College in its effort to secure a federal partnership to expand its on line and distance learning programs. To that end, I have worked with Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, ranking member for the House Appropriations subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Relocated Agencies. In this year's Fiscal Year 2001 House passed Agriculture Appropriation bill, report language was included to direct the Department of Agriculture to give consideration to the distance learning at Peirce College under the distance learning and telemedicine grant program. The Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, as authorized by the Food Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 and amended by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, aims to provide access to telecommunications services to improve rural educational opportunities. This program provided facilities and equipment to link rural education with more urban centers in order to increase educational opportunities for rural students. As such, I believe this program is well aligned with the goals and actions of Peirce College. I strongly support Peirce college's proposal for a distant learning grant and look forward to working with the Department of Agriculture and the Committee to insure that Peirce College proposal receives full and fair consideration.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, as the Ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Postal Service, I am pleased to join Chairman McHugh in the consideration of S. 2686, 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. This measure will provide much needed postage rate relief for nonprofit mailers and address serious shortcomings in the current United States Postal Service (USPS) rate case proposal that is now before the Postal Rate Commission (PRC). On Friday, October 6, the United States Senate approved passage of S. 2686, legislation drafted by the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers, the Postal Service, and others that is designed to protect preferred postal rates for nonprofit mailers. S. 2686, which will protect nonprofit or preferred mailers from double-digit rate increases, is identical to H.R. 4636, legislation I introduced on June 12, 2000. I was 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. To date a number of members have cosponsored my bill. The practice of designating certain types of mail for preferred rates was initiated by the Congress more than 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 Postal Service Board of Governors proposed postage rate increases for all classes of mail. The USPS formally filed the rate request which is pending before the PRC. The proposed postal rate increased for all classes of mail is designed to raise $3.7 billion in new revenues--beginning in 2001. Under the current rate request, rates for nonprofits will surpass rates for corresponding commercial mail. The USPS attributed the increase to inaccurate cost data and have suggested that the ``average'' increase for mailers is approximately 6.4% Unfortunately, for nonprofits and magazine industry, the hit is double-plus the average increase. To its credit, the Postal Service requested and proposed legislation to fix the nonprofit rate anomaly. The legislative fix was drafted by the Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers with the assistance of the Magazine Publishers of America, National Federation of Nonprofits, Direct Marketing Association, and others. These organizations worked with the postal service to craft an acceptable legislative solution to the nonprofit rate problem in the current rate case before the PRC. You are all to be commended. Without the legislation, the nonprofit periodical preferred rate will disappear. How does S. 2686 correct the rate anomaly? The bill would ``lock-in'' the rate relationship between nonprofit and commercial Standard A and Periodical rates, which would prevent nonprofit mail from current and future ``rate shock'' by doing the following: Set nonprofit Periodical rates at 95% of the commercial counterpart rate. Excluding the advertising portion, nonprofit mailers would receive a 5% discount off the commercial rate. Set the revenue per piece for nonprofit Standard A mail to reflect a 40% discount over the revenue per piece received by commercial Standard A mail. Set Library rates at 95% of the rates for the Special subclass of Standard B mail. Passage of the bill is necessary before the Postal Rate Commission completes deliberations on the current rate case. Mr. Speaker, before I close I would like to thank Chairman McHugh and his staff, Robert Taub and Heea Vazirani-Fales, for their hard work in ensuring a compromise on this matter, PRC Chairman Ed Gleiman for his efforts to keep Congress focused on fixing the problem, Neal Denton of the Alliance for keeping the coalition together and on track even in the face of last minute challenges, the Postal Service for being proactive and Nanci Langley, Deputy Minority Staff Director for the Senate Subcommittee on International Security Proliferation and Federal Services and Dan Blair, Senior Counsel, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee for all of their help and support. I must also commend and thank the Government Reform Committee Chairman, Congressman Dan Burton for keeping all the parties together for the good of the nonprofit community. I close by thanking the Ranking Government Reform member, Congressman Henry A. Waxman for his support, hard work, and cosponsorship of H.R. 4636, and for bringing the bill to the attention of the Corrections Day Group. And so, on behalf of local charities, hospitals, churches, educators, arts organizations, nonprofit publications, and a host of others including Girard College, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the National Association of Independent Schools, and Chicago WILDERNESS Magazine, and the cosponsors of H.R. 4636, I ask that my colleagues support S. 2686 and urge its swift adoption.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, our fraternity had the ``Stay in School and Go to College.'' That was one of the very early programs of the Alphas. My son had a perfect attendance up through his high school graduation, and it was an important choice. But, nonetheless, his record of a perfect attendance was important to him and acknowledgment of the importance that we place on education. So now he is a freshman in college. He is doing well. I think it is important that we as adults indicate to young people where they need to place their value. Hobnobbing at the White House is one thing, but learning and earning a diploma and eventually a degree so that one day one can be in the White House as the resident of it, as the Chief Executive, is a much more important goal in life.

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, let me thank the distinguished gentleman from the great State of Illinois (Mr. Davis) and the City of Chicago, who is a fraternity brother of mine. I come to the floor just ever so briefly just to add my voice in support for this effort. It really is a substantial effort that, even if I was not a member of this great fraternity, I would be supportive of it, because it really gets at the heart of where we need to be, and that is communicating with individual young men and with our young people in a way which is relevant in terms of the choices that they have to make, the choice points that they confront, that will have an impact on their life chances in a way that they cannot even imagine at 12 and 13 and 14 and 15 years of age. So I just want to thank the gentleman from Illinois for carving out this special order for a very special message. I want to thank all of my fraternity brothers throughout this country and, in fact, beyond the national borders of this country who are committed to education and committed to this effort in particular in terms of raising the awareness of young people about the choices that they have to make, and the fact that, if they make the right choice, they stand to reap the reward, and if they make the wrong choice, not only do they suffer the consequence, but our entire community and our society suffer the consequences of the choices, assuming they make the wrong one. So I want to thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) and my other Alpha brothers.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I seek the opportunity to join my colleagues in saying a word for our party member, the retiring gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling). I have had the opportunity to serve with him for a number of terms as he has led the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. His work in regard to improving the life skills and life chances of millions of young people, and in particular his work in developing the Even Start Program and his support for additional resources to be provided in terms of special education, are of particular note. I join with my colleagues from the State of Pennsylvania and many of us who served with him on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in wishing the gentleman God speed in his retirement.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, let me say in conclusion, because we have no further speakers on our side, that I thank the gentleman from New York (Chairman McHugh) and I would hope that the naming of this post office, even though it is in East Chicago, Indiana, in some symbolic way represents our appreciation for so many young men who gave their lives in service to this country in the conflict that we now refer to as the Vietnam War. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, let me thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. McHugh), the chairman of our Subcommittee on Postal Service, for his efforts in helping us bring to the floor this very important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I want to make a note, even though we act today on a Senate bill, it was the House bill of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky) that was introduced, as the gentleman from New York (Chairman McHugh) has indicated, first and in cooperation with obviously the entire congressional delegation, we now move this Senate bill. I want to commend the gentleman from Indiana for introducing this bill decades after the death of this young man in service to his country. The gentleman, my good friend, took it upon himself to introduce this legislation to acknowledge the sacrifice of Mr. Gomez and his family on behalf of a grateful Nation. Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky), my good friend.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, as the Ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Postal Service, I am pleased to join my Government Reform Committee colleague, Congresswoman Judy Biggert (R-IL) in the consideration of H.R. 4451. H.R. 4451, which designates a United States Post Office after ``Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr.'', was introduced by my good friend and committee colleague, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD), on May 15, 2000. Mr. Frederick L. Dewberry, Jr. was born and raised in Baltimore City. He is a graduate of Loyola College and received a law degree from the University of Baltimore. A dedicated and distinguished World War II veteran, Lieutenant Dewberry served in the U.S. Navy, working as a sonar operator on submarines. Returning to Maryland, Mr. Dewberry held the very important post of Chairman of the Baltimore County Council from 1964 to 1966. From 1979 to 1984, Frederick Dewberry was the Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation. He passed 10 years ago, on July 9, 1990. Mr. Speaker, I urge swift adoption of this measure and commend my colleague, Congressman Cummings for seeking to honor Frederick L. Dewberry--a veteran and true public servant.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone).

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Payne).

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation to name a postal facility in Newark, New Jersey after our colleague in the other House, Senator Lautenberg. I want to just reference his work in the United States Senate since 1982 on a whole range of items, but I want to particularly point out and commend to all of my colleagues his work in the area of education, his sponsorship of the $1,500 HOPE scholarship credit, and his support for the largest increase in Pell grant assistance in the history of the Pell grant program. He has been a strong supporter of environmental legislation and other very important pieces of legislation. Mr. Speaker, I think it is entirely appropriate to join my colleague from the great State of Georgia in commending to the House this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4786, which names a post office after Samuel P. Roberts, was introduced by Representative Barr on June 29, 2000. Mr. Roberts was born on April 10, 1937, in Rome, GA. He obtained a degree in insurance and risk management from Georgia State University and went on to head the Roberts Insurance Agency. He decided to enter politics and in 1996 he ran for the Georgia State Senate, representing District 30. Tragically, his second term was cut short when he lost his battle with cancer and died on January 3, 2000, in Douglasville, GA. Naming a post office in his honor is a fitting way to honor his commitment to his community and family. I urge the swift adoption of this measure. Mr. Speaker, I would just like to reiterate my support for the bill at hand. I thank the gentleman from the great State of Georgia (Mr. Barr) for his comments. Since Mr. Roberts formerly served as a member of the State Senate in his State and as a former member of the State Senate of Pennsylvania, I again want to thank the gentleman for recognizing that those who serve our public and other legislative bodies deserve recognition in this way. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4450. This legislation is the product of the work of my good friend, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings), who represents both the State of Maryland and the City of Baltimore. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings), the prime sponsor of this legislation, to allow him to articulate to the House his reasons to commend it for passage.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me congratulate my colleague and my good friend from the great State and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Mr. English). He is responsible for this legislation. And appropriately so, because in his home district, in the City of Erie, the person who we honor has been so well known. But also throughout our State her work has been documented, even in the area of Philadelphia, and it is obvious that this is the type of person that a Federal facility, like a postal facility, should appropriately be named, and will in this case be named, after her. I want to thank my colleague for introducing this legislation and ask all to support H.R. 4625. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. FATTAH

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my name be added as a cosponsor of this legislation.

Mr. FATTAH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. It provides a host of rules focused at the needs of communities in which this economic expansion has not yet reached, and many of which have been referenced earlier today. I think that is appropriate that this Congress move in this direction. I want to compliment the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. English) and also others who have been involved in moving this legislation forward, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Talent) and the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Watts); but on my side of the aisle the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel) have done an extraordinary job. I just want to say that the President's support for the New Markets initiatives indicates once again that we can, working together, perhaps provide hope in places where hope is necessary. I just want to say that in this Congress, to the degree that we focus in on substantive relief for people who face present problems, I think that we can all be proud of our work, and this legislation is another example of it.