the EU should give consumers the choice of purchasing American beef.

No government can guarantee its citizens zero risk, and no public agency should presume to try.

Baba Ji has been instrumental in facilitating the distribution of medical services to the most needy in the remote villages of Punjab.

For his tremendous work in these areas; for his insight and leadership; and for his continued dedication to the underprivileged, I would like to thank and congratulate His Holiness Baba Ji.

He and his family have long been promoters of equal education rights for boys and girls.

He has spoken passionately about the oppression created by the dowry system and has repeatedly lent his services to families unable to meet the expenses of a wedding.

Another issue of great significance to Baba Ji is that of gender equality.

Through a combination of meditation and medication, Baba Ji and the Charitable Hospital has assisted the sick, drug addicts and those suffering from depression.

I rise today to recognize His Holiness Baba Kashmira Ji Maharaj for his commitment to equality and tolerance in India.

The efforts they are making will last for generations to come.

Today, it serves perhaps an even more important role as a reminder of the way things used to be.

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Connie Loudermilk and the Golden, Illinois Historical Society for their efforts to preserve Prairie Mills in Golden.

Prairie Mills was built by Henry R. Emminga in 1872. It operated for 60 years and served as a key component of Golden and the surrounding area.

I want to commend Connie and Randy as well as Jim Simpson, Dave Weese, Bob Teel, Ben Booth and all the other volunteers involved in this worthwhile effort.

I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating National Older Americans Month in the District of Columbia.

I intend to assure the seniors of the District of Columbia that I will have no greater priority than preserving Medicare.

Senior citizens in my District want the 106th Congress to know that the Social Security and Medicare programs have done more to make their senior years secure and healthy than any programs ever enacted by the Congress.

I want to focus my own constituents on the immediate problems of Medicare, which runs out of money in 2008.