Ollie has served as a Board Member of the Union Central Life Insurance Company; the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company (now CINergy); the Manhattan Life Insurance Company; and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

A committed community leader, Ollie has served on the Executive Committee of the Cincinnati Art Museum; as Vice Chairman, Advisory Board member, and Life Member of the Salvation Army.

Each year, more than one million children sustain brain injuries, most commonly from sports injuries caused by bicycling, skiing, diving, or playground falls.

My fellow colleagues, join me in honoring Father Vincent Caruso and Sister Mary Valentine Delfino for their leadership and dedication to the children and the families of the Cleveland area.

Father Vincent Caruso realized the need for a Catholic School to teach children of the parish neighborhood about the Gospel and give them a solid education so that they may grow up to live and know their human dignity.

My colleagues, please join me in honoring AMA and its convention participants for this conference that will hopefully motivate more Muslims to consider a future in public service.

I rise to congratulate the leadership of the American Muslim Alliance (AMA) and all the convention participants

Political participation in the electoral process is important for every American.

I commend the participants of AMA for its activity in gaining knowledge and making the necessary contacts for full involvement in the American political process.

By encouraging Muslims to run for public office, the AMA has brought political participation among the Muslim community to a higher level.

It is evident that AMA has played a crucial role in training and educating American Muslims nationwide about the political process.

I would like to take this opportunity to recognize and support September 20-26 as National Pollution Prevention Week.

The amendment is very narrowly crafted to protect state and local laws from preemption only by NAFTA and WTO bureaucrats.

The consultation process does not give the states, or Congress, any control over the decision of whether to preempt state law.

Congress can pass the Kucinich-Ros Lehtinen amendment and the U.S. will still be in full compliance with all treaties.

Most of the state and local laws that are endangered by NAFTA and WTO are local economic development and public safety laws and have nothing to do with the commerce clause of the Constitution.

The amendment would protect Kentucky's small-business set-aside law, which the European Union has said is WTO illegal.

Wait until the trade panels start awarding damages against the U.S. based upon state laws--$970 million in damages requested based on California's MBTE ban.