Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 85-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/17/2011 Page 4 of 4 ; June 8, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE $3609 legislative history because the CVRA ‘‘is un- HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES stewards of the land, yet the actin w ambiguous.’ Response of the United States, SERGEANT VORASACK T. XAYSANA ting process to renew their permits is In re Antrobus, No. 08-4002, at 12 n.7 (10th Cir. an «+, -, severely backlogged due to litigation Feb. 12, 2008). Mr - BENNET. Mr. Pr esident, ig fs aimed at eliminating livestock from At the time that the Justice Department With a heavy heart that I rise today to public land. filed this brief, no Court of Appeals agreed honor the life and heroic service of During times of high unemployment with the Tenth Circuit. At the time, three SGT Vorasack T. Xaysana. Sergeant and increasing food prices, we need to other Circuits had all issued unanimous rul- Xagysgana, assigned to the Headquarters be encouraging jobs in rural economies. ings that crime victims were entitled to reg- and Headquarters Company, 2nd Bat- W d to be fostering an environ- ular appellate review. See In re W.R. Huff talion, based in Fort Hood, TX, died on e nee oO I g ’ Asset Mgmt. Co., 409 F.3d 555, 562 (2d Cir. 2005); 4410, t Xaysana was ment to raise more high quality, safe, Kenna v. US. Dist. Ct. for the Cent. Dist. of Ca., Apr il 10, 2011. Sergean ay san N American beef and lamb; not litigating 435 F.3d 1011, 1017 (9th Cir. 2006); Im re Walsh, Serving in support of Operation New j)..° 229 Fed. Appx. 58, at 60 (8rd Cir. 2007). Dawn in Kirkuk, Iraq. He was 30 years That is why I introduced the Grazing My next question for you is, given that the old. ; ; Improvement Act of 2011. This legisla- Justice Department has an obligation to use A native of Westminster, CO, Ser- tion will provide the certainty and sta- its “best efforts,”’ 18 U.S.C. §3771(c)(1), to af- geant Xaysana enlisted in the Army in bility public grazing permit holders ford crime victims