September 7, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 157, Pt. 9 13029 Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:37 p.m. of being selected ’s first new I know colleagues are waiting. I recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassem- Senator in almost 30 years. I remember would simply wrap up by saying that bled when called to order by the Pre- coming to the Senate, a new Senator, my State has lost a great son. The Sen- siding Officer (Mr. CARDIN) and watching Senator Hatfield at ate has lost one of its former giants. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I sug- work. Sometimes he would be with Our Nation has lost a man who rep- gest the absence of a quorum. Senator Kennedy and a big flock of the resented honesty and decency in public The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate’s leading progressives, and service. I will never, ever forget how clerk will call the roll. sometimes he would shuttle over to much Senator Hatfield has meant to The legislative clerk proceeded to visit with Senator Dole and a big group my home State of Oregon. call the roll. of conservatives. Somehow the public I note Senator MERKLEY is here who Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask interest was addressed. served as one of Senator Hatfield’s in- unanimous consent that the order for The question then becomes: How did terns as well as Senator ALEXANDER the quorum call be rescinded. he do it? What was the Hatfield ap- and Senator COCHRAN. I think we have, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without proach all about? To me, Senator Hat- through the graciousness of Senator objection, it is so ordered. field was religious, but he was never in- REED and Senator MCCONNELL, time for all our colleagues. f tolerant. He was idealistic, but he was never naive. He was willing to stand I yield the floor. REMEMBERING SENATOR MARK O. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- alone but never one to grandstand. HATFIELD ator from Oregon is recognized. But it was not his public life that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I rise shaped his belief and his principles. today to commemorate a statesman ator from Oregon. Those were forged in the most hellish and a mentor, Senator Mark O. Hat- Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, my home of places: World War II in the Pacific. field. He took many roles: dedicated State of Oregon has many towering and As a officer in the U.S. public servant, conscientious man of majestic features, such as our iconic Navy, Senator Hatfield witnessed first- faith, and pioneer for new development Mount Hood and our beautiful State hand the battles at Iwo Jima and Oki- in the West. He was born in 1922 in Dal- tree, the Douglas fir. Senator Mark O. nawa. He was one of the first Ameri- las, OR, a small town not far from our Hatfield, who passed away on , cans to see the devastating effects of capital, Salem, to a family of modest stood head and shoulders above all of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. means. His father was a blacksmith them. Later, he served in , and his mother was a schoolteacher. Last night, the Senate passed S. Res. where he saw the economic disparities When he was young, his family then ac- 257, a resolution in respect of the mem- that would later lead to war in South- tually moved to the State capital, ory of Senator Hatfield. This after- east Asia. Those images remained with which gave him a chance, as a teen- noon, Senator MERKLEY and I, with col- him throughout his life, acting as a ager, to work as a guide in the State leagues of both parties, would like to touchstone for his belief that the world capitol building and to imagine return- reflect on the extraordinary legacy of should be a safer and more peaceful ing one day as a public leader. our special friend, Senator Mark Hat- place. It was Senator Hatfield’s be- He proceeded to study at Willamette field. liefs—those beliefs—that served as the University in Salem. During his fresh- For me, Senator Hatfield’s passing foundation for his career in the Senate man year, events took a dramatic turn this summer, just as it seems the Con- and for his opposition to the Vietnam with the attack on Pearl Harbor in gress has become embroiled in a never- war and to the proliferation of nuclear 1941. Senator Hatfield joined the Re- ending series of divisive and polarizing weapons. serves and accelerated his studies, so debates and battles, drove home that Senator Hatfield was a major player he completed his degree in 1943 and Senator Hatfield’s approach to govern- on the national stage. At the same joined the Navy. He proceeded as a ment is now needed more than ever in time, he never forgot our home State naval officer and fought in Okinawa our country. or strayed very far from his approach and Iwo Jima, and he saw the dev- Senator Hatfield was the great rec- of trying to bring people together. I see astating aftermath of the atomic bomb onciler. He was proud to be a Repub- our friend, Senator ALEXANDER, on the at Hiroshima, an imprint that, along lican with strongly held views. Yet he floor, who also has had a lot of experi- with his State, caused him to struggle was a leader who, when voices were ence on natural resources issues. with the appropriate and moral use of raised and doors were slammed and I can tell my friends on both sides of force throughout his life in public serv- problems seemed beyond solution, the aisle that watching Senator Hat- ice. In his own words: could bring Democrats and Republicans field champion the need for family- In the war’s immediate aftermath, one together. He would look at all of us, wage jobs in the forest products sector, vivid experience made the profoundest im- smile and always start by saying: while at the same time being a cham- pression on me. I was with a Navy contin- ‘‘Now, colleagues,’’ and then he would pion of environmental protections of gent who were among the first Americans to enter Hiroshima after the atomic bomb had graciously and calmly lay out how on wilderness areas and scenic rivers, was been dropped. Sensing, in that utter devasta- one issue or another—I see my friend, like a classroom in the effort to come tion, the full inhumanity and horror of mod- Senator COCHRAN from Mississippi, who up with sound public policy. ern war’s violence, I began to question knows this so well from their work to- When colleagues come to our home whether there can be any virtue in war. gether on Appropriations—it might one State, they will have an opportunity to He elaborates on this process of ques- day be a natural resources question, it go to the Gorge, a spe- tioning, this process of challenging, in might one day be a budget issue or a cial treasure. We had a big anniversary his book ‘‘Conflict and Conscience.’’ In health issue or an education issue, but recently on the anniversary of the Co- terms of the , he con- Senator Hatfield had this extraor- lumbia Gorge National Scenic Area. cluded that it did not meet the Chris- dinary ability to allow both sides to Senator MERKLEY and I were there. tian theologians’ test for a just war. work together so an agreement could That never could have happened with- After the war, Hatfield went back to be reached, where each side could out that unique ability of Senator Hat- Oregon and he started a law degree, but achieve some of the principles they felt field to bring people together, and he he changed course after a year. He de- strongly about. They would not get went into every nook and cranny of our cided instead to pursue a master’s in them all, but they would get a number State, communities that barely were political affairs, and he went to Stan- of them. That, of course, is the key to bigger than a fly speck on the map. He ford and completed that master’s and what is principled bipartisanship. would make their roads better and came back to Oregon. He started teach- It was not very long ago, it seems, their schools better and their health ing at , and in when Senator Hatfield walked me down care better, again by bringing people short order he was running for the Or- that center aisle, when I had the honor together. egon House, in 1950, first elected at the

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I will be an amendment from the left side of the championed an initiative to outlaw the eternally grateful to Jerry Frank and aisle. The amendments were on the death penalty. That ballot measure Senator Hatfield for offering me that issue at hand, such as different tax passed, and Governor Hatfield then internship, for that opportunity to strategies, and often they were bipar- commuted the sentences of those on come to our Nation’s capital to see tisan in nature. Indeed, you saw that death row. government in action. My first respon- our Senators at that time—most of In 1965, in July, he was the one Gov- sibility was to open the mail. When whom had served in World War II to- ernor at the National Governors Asso- you open the mail, you start to under- gether—could disagree without demon- ciation to vote against the resolution stand the dimension, the breadth of po- izing each other. This is a tremen- endorsing the Vietnam war. litical opinion in the breadth of a dously important facet of the Senate In 1995, he proceeded to oppose the State. that has been lost over the decades balanced budget amendment, and as How readily did many constituents since. Indeed, there were many friendly the Senate historian, Don Ritchie, ob- attack Senator Hatfield’s Christian debates between Republicans and served, ‘‘It was one of the most coura- faith because they disagreed with him Democrats. geous votes I had ever seen. He knew on some policy position. I opened so My father, Darrell, was a mechanic, he was sacrificing his chairmanship much mail that said: Hi, my policy po- and he had one of these debates with and his position as a Senator. Few sition is this and yours is different. So his boss who owned the company. When knew then that Senator Hatfield had how can you be a man of Christian I was offered the internship with Sen- offered to resign.’’ faith? ator Hatfield, Jerry called my father Senator Hatfield also worked hard to Indeed, Senator Hatfield started his and said, Darrell, I won the debate be- build core institutions in Oregon. He book ‘‘Conflict and Conscience’’ with cause Senator Hatfield will work to was a champion of Oregon Health and just this dimension, a politicization of make JEFF a good Republican. My dad Sciences University and built it into a religion. He puts in it a number of let- said, no, no, no, I won the debate be- fabulous institution of research and ters that he received. One reads: cause JEFF will work to make Senator learning. The Mark O. Hatfield School Dear Mr. Hatfield, Hatfield a good Democrat. Neither of of Government carries on his legacy of Your encouragement of antiwar dem- us would have broached such a topic. leadership, conveying those principles onstrations and the riots that have come The conversation wasn’t about to young leaders who are dispersing from such demonstration are in fact treason Democrats and Republicans. It was throughout the public policy arena. for they give comfort and aid to our enemies. about the challenges at hand and how The Marine Science Center in Newport, ... I and a lot of other Christian people are ex- you resolve them. It was from that a tremendous research facility, con- summer that I developed a lifelong ad- tinues to yield benefits, including set- tremely disappointed in your performance in the Senate, for you who claim to be a Chris- miration for Senator Hatfield and his ting the foundation for the recent loca- tian and have access to our Almighty God model of public service. Here is what tion of NOAA’S research fleet in the should have a better understanding of human Senator Hatfield had to say about pub- city of Newport. nature and the evil in the human heart. lic calling: He was an intense advocate of med- Senator Hatfield talked about the Political service must be rooted in a phi- ical research, and he championed NIH, challenge of being a public man of faith losophy of society’s overall well-being, with where a building now bears his name. and working to take those principles a broad vision of how the body politic serves He was a champion for the U.S. Insti- and convert them to public policy in the people through its corporate structures. tute of Peace. He felt if there were the face of hostility coming from the The heart of one’s service in the political academies that studied war, there left or the right. But it was his deter- order must be molded by ideals, principles, should be acadamies to study peace and and values that express how we, in the words mination to stay that course, to con- of the Constitution, are ‘‘to form a more per- reconciliation. tinue to be a person of reflection and In 1975, he introduced the George fect Union, establish Justice, insure domes- depth in the pursuit of public policy. Washington Peace Academy Act to fur- tic Tranquility, provide for the common That summer, I was assigned to the defence, promote the General Welfare, and ther the understanding of the process Tax Reform Act of 1976. The great joy secure the Blessings of liberty to ourselves and state of peace among nations, to that I had was that it happened to and our posterity.’’ consider the dimensions of peaceful come up on the floor that summer. He continued: resolutions of differences, to train stu- Back then, before there was television Political service must flow out of such a dents and to inform government lead- in this Chamber, before there was e- commitment. Convictions about war and ers in the process of peaceful resolu- mail, you would come to the floor, if peace, about the priorities governing the ex- tions. It took 9 years, but this effort you were working on an issue, and go penditure of Federal funds, about the pat- which began as the George Washington up to the staff gallery and follow de- terns of economic wealth and distribution, about the Government’s responsibility to- Peace Academy Act ended in the estab- bate, and you would rush down with lishment of the U.S. Institute of Peace ward the oppressed and dispossessed both in the other staffers to meet your Senator our land and throughout the world, about in 1984. coming out of the elevators just out- As my senior colleague mentioned, our Nation’s system of law and justice, and side those double doors. Because there about the meaning of human liberty—these he championed many efforts to protect were lots of amendments, I got to meet should be at the core of one’s desire to seek Oregon’s precious wilderness. One of with the Senator many times to de- public office. his final projects was to protect Opal scribe the debate on the floor here, and It was because of my admiration for Creek, which has been described as to fill in what folks back home were Senator Hatfield that when I became 6,800 acres of virgin old growth, the saying about the particular issue at Speaker of the Oregon House in 2007, I largest span remaining in western Or- hand. called him and asked if he would con- egon. He said about this: Then, occasionally, the timing being sider coming to swear me in when I It is an inspiration. It is a place of edu- just right, we would have a chance to took the oath of office. He readily cational and spiritual renewal and explo- ration. To walk among the centuries old fir, walk back and forth. Senator Hatfield agreed to do so. That was the last pub- hemlock, and cedar inspires tremendous awe loved to walk back and forth outside in lic event that my father was at before and instills, I think, a perspective unlike the sunshine under the trees between he passed away. It was one of Senator itself. the Capitol and his office in the Russell Hatfield’s last major public events.

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It is because of my admiration for and not to a partisan divide. A true compassion for people drove Senator Hatfield that when I came to Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, would many of Mark’s decisions. After being this Chamber I asked for Senator Hat- my colleague yield? one of the first American servicemen field’s desk. There are 14 names carved Mr. MERKLEY. Certainly. to see the destruction and carnage of into the desk drawer in his desk. The Mr. WYDEN. I appreciate that, and I Hiroshima following the atomic bomb- 13th is Senator Hatfield’s. As I looked certainly don’t want to interrupt his ing, he later declared his leadership in at the names, I was surprised to dis- very eloquent remarks. the campaign to pass the 1987 nuclear cover this desk had never crossed the Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- weapons test ban, one of his major ac- aisle before. So I think it is symbolic sent that the time for tributes to complishments. of Senator Hatfield’s career of public former Senator Hatfield be extended Having a father with Alzheimer’s dis- service, focused on solving problems until 3:30 so that my friend and col- ease and other family members with and working together across the aisle, league can speak, as well as Senators cancer, Mark became one of the strong- that his desk made that journey to LEAHY, ALEXANDER, COCHRAN, BINGA- est Senate advocates of Federal spend- where it is now. MAN, and LEVIN, who all wish to speak. ing on medical research. He also sup- During those walks back and forth The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ported prohibiting the sale of arms to between here and the Russell Senate objection, it is so ordered. undemocratic countries and countries Office Building, Senator Hatfield Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I have that did not respect human rights. paused one day to pull the leaf off a just one closing comment, and that is Spending 8 years as the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Mark Ginkgo tree. He said: JEFF, this is one this: This is a picture of the Senator of the simplest of God’s creations. Why Hatfield tree. It has my staff in front of Hatfield did an amazing amount of is it that folks can’t see the beauty of it. We went out there on July 12, Sen- good for his State of Oregon. In fact, it God’s creation in the very simplest of ator Hatfield’s birthday, to take this is hard to travel in the State of Oregon one of his plants? picture and we hoped to give this to without seeing the differences he made. Senator Hatfield was always known I held that leaf tightly in my hand, him. We didn’t have a chance to do for his courteousness. Despite his inde- determined to preserve it. Just as we that before he passed away. But I think pendent streak, he had complete re- got back to the office, he plucked it this tree will serve as a living reminder spect on both sides of the aisle. More out of my hand and said: Well, of of all that he championed throughout than once I was there, and my two col- course, you don’t want to continue to his tremendous career. We have lost a leagues from Oregon on the floor know carry that leaf. I didn’t have the cour- great man, and our Senate and our Na- this, when people would come up to age at that moment to say: No, I would tion are poorer for it. him and call him ‘‘Saint Mark.’’ treasure that leaf all my life, and then The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- It is important to remember that de- grab it back from him. So I don’t have ator from Vermont. spite the squabbling that goes on in the leaf, but I take that memory of his Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, let me Washington these days, there are poli- deep personal faith and conviction. speak a little bit about , ticians who care deeply about the well- I was sharing this story with another because those of us who knew Mark being of their colleagues in their State. intern who served with Senator Hat- thought the world of him. I had an op- On a personal note, when I came to field in 1985, and he said: Well, let me portunity to know him and to serve the Senate, I was No. 99 in seniority. tell you another story about a tree and with him, and for 23 years I served with Actually, there were only 99 of us in Senator Hatfield. On this walk between him in the Senate. the Senate because there had been a the Capitol and the Russell Senate Of- I rise to pay tribute to Mark as a tied race in New Hampshire. So I was fice Building there is a tree that Sen- dedicated public servant and a re- the junior most Senator, sitting way ator Hatfield planted. It is a spected lawmaker, a man whom I liked over in the corner seat. Several of the Metasequoia tree. It so happens the to call my friend, and I think virtually more senior Senators reminded me how Metasequoia used to grow throughout everybody serving during that time, junior I was. I received a handwritten Oregon millions of years ago. When Republican and Democrat alike, con- note, which I still have, from a Senator people found the fossils and studied sidered him a friend. who wrote: When I came to the Senate, them, they concluded the tree was ex- He dedicated nearly his entire life to I was No. 99. But you move up. You tinct—until the 1940s when they found public service. He served in the U.S. move up quickly in seniority. He said: a stand of Metasequoias growing in Navy during World War II. He took My door is always open to you. Let me China. part in the battles of Iwo Jima and know what I can do to help. Senator Hatfield arranged to have Okinawa. He taught in That Senator was Mark Hatfield. We one of these trees planted in that walk. Oregon at Willamette College for 7 became friends from that moment. I It so happens in 2005, when I was House years. He served in the Oregon State did go to him for advice. Marcelle and Democratic leader in Oregon, we passed legislature. He served two terms as I traveled with him and Antoinette in a bill that made the Metasequoia tree Governor. I remember him smiling numerous parts of the world. I can still the fossil of Oregon, but we didn’t when somebody would see him in the remember the laughter on the plane. know about this tree Senator Hatfield corridors and call him Governor. He be- We would talk about everything—ev- had planted. But there it is today. It is came Oregon’s longest serving Senator. erything from children to politics, to now 25 years old. It sheds its needles He served five terms in the Senate. sports, to whatever. every winter, so people think it is a fir Unfortunately, Mark was one of a What a wonderful person. He was a tree that has died. But it comes roar- dying breed in politics today. He was public servant. He was a statesman. He ing back to life in the spring. an old-fashioned Senator and a polit- was a friend. I consider myself fortu- Now, 25 years into its life, it is equal ical moderate. He came from a brand of nate to have known him, but especially to the highest of the broad leaf trees on Senators that included names such as to have served with him. This Senate the grounds of the Capitol. In another Bob Stafford and George Aiken, both was a better place with Mark Hatfield. 25 years the Hatfield tree is going to from Vermont. Oregon, like my State, I yield the floor. soar over these Capitol grounds. In so prizes independence in their elected of- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- doing, it is going to represent the val- ficials, and he was certainly never ator from Oregon.

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The Sen- esting, independent, decent man. I sim- Served five terms as a Sen- ator from . ply wanted to say, from the vantage ator for Oregon making him the longest Mr. ALEXANDER. Mark Hatfield was point of someone who feels privileged serving U.S. Senator from Oregon. (1967–1997) elected to the Senate in 1966. It was a to serve in the Senate, what an impres- Twice served as chairman of the Appropria- distinguished class that included some sion this man from Oregon made on a tions Committee (1981–1987 and 1995–1997) prominent Republicans, sort of a new As chairman and later ranking Republican 26-year-old young aide to Howard on the Senate Appropriations Committee, wave in the Republican Party. In addi- Baker in 1967. Senator Hatfield steered millions of dollars tion to Governor Hatfield, a former I remember him for his courtesy, his to public works projects in Oregon. They two-term Governor, there was Charles decency, and for his independence. ranged from national scenic areas and hydro- Percy of , former President of I yield the floor. power dams to the state university system Bell & Howell; there was Ed Brooke of Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ap- and the Marine Science Center that bears his Massachusetts, the first African Amer- plaud my colleague from Tennessee. I name. Senator Hatfield fought earnestly ican popularly elected to the Senate. appreciate him coming to make com- throughout his career for environmental pro- Also in that Republican class were ments about his service with Senator tection and conservation, including reforest- Cliff Hansen, a prominent rancher from Hatfield. When I was first coming to ation, the development of alternative en- Wyoming, and a young man who was a the Senate, Senator Hatfield asked me ergy, and pollution control. He was a long- time defender of Native American tribes, son-in-law of then-Republican leader, to bring greetings to his former col- serving on the Indian Review Commission to , Howard H. Baker, Jr. leagues. One of the first conversations protect treaty rights on tribal lands. I hitched a ride with I was able to have was to sit down with Senator Hatfield quadrupled Oregon’s wil- to Washington, DC, in that year and Senator LAMAR ALEXANDER who, like derness areas to more than two million acres went to work as Baker’s legislative as- Senator Hatfield, served as a Governor, and worked successfully to protect the Co- sistant in 1967, and, of course, had a and who embodies so many of the lumbia River Gorge, the Oregon Dunes and chance to meet Senator Hatfield. At qualities Senator Hatfield worked to Oregon’s rivers. During his last session of that time, there was less space for Sen- cultivate. Congress, Hatfield helped preserve the Opal ators than there is even today. So new Creek Wilderness from logging. He also gen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- erously funded a wide variety of civic, aca- Senators were put into rooms with ator from Mississippi. demic and environmental programs. each other. For example, Senator Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, today, Senator Hatfield restored funding for the Baker and Senator Brooke and all their the Senate mourns the death of the National Institutes of Health and secured ap- staffs were put in a single room, sepa- former United States Senator of the propriations for the improvement of the Or- rated only by a partition. State of Oregon, Mark Odom Hatfield. egon Health & Sciences University, now a They got along with that for 6 He was elected to the Senate in 1966, leading U.S. research institution. In a months. But Senator Hatfield did not and served for 30 years until his retire- hushed congressional hearing room in 1990, like it very much. After all, he had ment. he pleaded for increased money for Alz- been a Governor for two terms and was heimer’s research while describing how the The U.S. Senate lost one of its most disease had reduced his father, a powerfully not used to being treated in that way. talented and successful Senators when built former blacksmith, to a ‘‘vegetable.’’ He was polite about it, as he always Mark Hatfield retired from this body. His unwavering commitment to peace and was. But soon he made a mission. He It was a pleasure for me to serve on matters of national security were heavily in- went around the Senate and the Cap- the Appropriations Committee when he fluenced by his experiences as a young naval itol and he counted up all the rooms became Chairman and to learn from his officer in World War II. He manned a landing that then-Senator James Eastland of example of courtesy to others and his craft during the invasion of Iwo Jima in 1944 Mississippi had taken to himself. He polite but unapologetic adherence to and then became one of the first Americans found 34 different rooms that were as- his personal views and convictions, to see the devastation in Hiroshima the fol- lowing year. Senator Hatfield believed that signed to Senator Eastland and only even when they may have differed from lasting national security is not achieved half a room was assigned to Hatfield. those of others. through military might exclusively, but only Senator Hatfield then reported to the His service reflected great credit on possible when people have access to edu- Republican conference that Eastland the . cation, health care, housing and job opportu- had 34 rooms and that apparently Senator Hatfield was a tireless and nities. someone was living in one of the rooms effective advocate for serious reforms In 1970 with Senator George McGovern (D– because someone from Restaurant As- aimed at improving the quality of life South Dakota), he co-sponsored the McGov- sociates was putting a tray of food out- for all Americans and addressing what ern-Hatfield Amendment, which called for a side the door of this room in the Cap- he called ‘‘the desperate human needs complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. itol and every morning two arms would in our midst.’’ During the 1980s, he ef- In the 1980s, Hatfield co-sponsored nuclear come out and bring the food in. fectively used his Appropriations weapons freeze legislation with Senator Ted This was Senator Hatfield’s first re- Chairmanship to champion a wide Kennedy. He also advocated for the closure port to the Senate. I saw him about 25 range of issues from human rights to of the N-Reactor at the Hanford Nuclear Res- years later, when he was chairman of improvements in health and education ervation, though he was a supporter of nu- the Appropriations Committee and had programs and environmental and con- clear fusion programs. The N-Reactor was a lot of power. I said: Senator Hatfield, servation issues; and he got results. used for producing weapons grade plutonium how many rooms do you have now? He while producing electricity. Senator Hatfield’s strength of char- Because of his opposition to what he just smiled. My guess is he probably acter and commitment to doing the viewed as excessive defense spending and an had 34. right thing, according to his con- unnecessary military buildup under Presi- But what I remember about Senator science, whatever the consequences, dent Reagan, Senator Hatfield was the lone Hatfield, as a very young aide, was how was widely admired. Republican to vote against the 1981 fiscal unfailingly courteous he was to every His contributions through his life- year’s appropriations bill for the Department single person. If you caught his atten- time of dedicated service in Oregon and of Defense. tion, you had his full attention. It is our Nation’s capital are impressive, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- easy to see why he was elected to the and will be long respected. ator from New Mexico. Senate for 30 years. It is easy to see Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I am why he won 11 elections. sent to have printed in the RECORD an honored to join with my colleagues in

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I hope there are those who are colleagues and friends in the Senate. back in 1995: listening who will take heart that it is His retirement in 1997 was an occasion A balanced budget can come only through consistent with Republican principles for regret for all of us who knew him leadership and compromise. This com- to stand for the values of Mark Hat- and admired him. He set a very high promise must come from each one of us. . . . field. standard for service in the Senate. In the end there is no easy answer, and there Announcing his retirement from the He was a master of the complex never will be. Regardless of the procedural Senate in 1995, Mark Hatfield said: spending and tax issues that are the restraint in place, where there is political As a young man I felt the call of public will to create a balanced budget we will cre- weekly focus of most Senate work. Of service and believed in the positive impact ate one. Where there is a will to avoid one, government can have on the lives of people. course, in his role as chairman of the we will avoid it. . . . A vote for this balanced Appropriations Committee, he was re- Government service has allowed me to pro- budget constitutional amendment is not a mote peace, protect human life, enhance spected and appreciated for his fair- vote for a balanced budget, it is a vote for a education, safeguard our environment, im- minded consideration of requests from fig leaf. prove the health care of Oregonians, and all Senators—Democrat and Repub- Mark Hatfield said it as he believed guard the rights of the individual. lican and Independent. He was a model it, straight from the shoulder—coura- As I said, though I didn’t have the of civility and of kindness, and he took geously and direct. He did so in regard honor of actually serving in the Senate a genuine interest in the well-being of to many other issues. with Mark Hatfield, we shared a com- those with whom he worked, both Sen- From the vantage point of the Appro- mon hero. If a person visited his Hart ators and staff and all of those who priations Committee, Senator Hatfield Office Building suite and went to his worked to keep the Senate functioning. was able to champion causes near and conference room, they would see the He had a heartfelt commitment to dear not only to his heart but near and most amazing display of memorabilia seeking nonmilitary solutions to our dear to the hearts of so many Ameri- and tributes to I Nation’s problems around the world, cans. Among these causes was medical have seen anywhere outside of my and his votes—including his votes research. Senator Hatfield was such an hometown of Springfield, IL. One whole against the Vietnam War—reflected effective supporter of medical research wall in Senator Hatfield’s office was that strongly held commitment. that in 2005—8 years after his retire- covered with a collection of Abraham It was not in Mark Hatfield’s nature ment from the Senate—the National Lincoln paintings, photographs, and to be a demagogue on any issue. He saw Institutes of Health opened the Mark memorabilia. His fascination with Lin- no advantage, political or otherwise, in Hatfield Clinical Research Center in coln began when he was in grade school twisting issues. The pandering and pos- honor of his career-long support of and he first learned about the evil of turing that afflict much of our polit- medical research. slavery and the leadership Lincoln pro- ical debate today were not part of the How well I personally remember, as a vided in abolishing it. politics he practiced. member of the FDR Memorial Commis- Sometimes at night, Mark Hatfield I considered Mark both a mentor and sion, how Mark Hatfield joined DANNY said to a reporter, he liked to quietly a friend during the time he served in INOUYE, his cochairman, to finally lead slip down to the Lincoln Memorial to the Senate and when I was able to us to build the long overdue memorial meditate. ‘‘It’s like a cathedral,’’ he serve with him. He has been greatly to one of America’s greatest Presi- said. ‘‘People come in talking loudly, missed since his retirement from the dents. but then they go up the steps, and it’s Senate, and now, of course, our sense of Today, the Senate mourns the pass- amazing, they all begin to whisper. loss is even greater. ing of Senator Hatfield. How vividly How can they help it?’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- those of us who had the pleasure of I can recall one particular instance ator from Michigan. serving with him remember him. My where Mark Hatfield agreed to come to Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I come to wife Barbara and my deepest sym- my hometown of Springfield, IL. Each the floor today to pay tribute to the pathies go out to Mark’s wife Antoi- year on February 12, we have the Abra- life and the public service of Mark Hat- nette, to their family, and to their ham Lincoln Association dinner, and field. friends. As the Senate honors his ex- we invite people who are in public life Mark Hatfield began his lifelong ca- traordinary career, we can all take in- or who are historians and academics to reer of public service in the U.S. Navy spiration from his willingness to join come and talk about their impressions during World War II. After the war he with colleagues of both parties to of some aspect of the life of Abraham returned to Oregon where he served in achieve enduring goals. Lincoln. I remember his speech because the State house of representatives, in Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I wish to he spoke about a man named Edward the State senate, as the Oregon sec- join my colleagues in remembering Dickinson Baker. retary of state, and eventually as Gov- Senator Mark Hatfield, an extraor- had served ernor of the State. Fortunately for us— dinarily good man, a man of dignity in the U.S. House of Representatives as for the Senate and for the country— and integrity. I didn’t have the oppor- a Congressman from Illinois from two Mark Hatfield did continue his career tunity to serve with him in the Senate, separate congressional districts. He of public service and went on to serve but he chaired the Senate Appropria- then moved to Oregon and became a five terms in the U.S. Senate. tions Committee when I was a member Senator from the State of Oregon. He During his time in the Senate, Mark of the House Appropriations Com- was a close friend of President Abra- Hatfield repeatedly demonstrated he mittee, so oftentimes we would come ham Lincoln. He was killed early in the possessed the courage of his convic- together in conference on a given issue, Civil War at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff. tions. We have heard that word ‘‘cour- and I admired him greatly. His statue is one of the Oregon statues age’’ used this afternoon by Oregon Mark Hatfield was an independent here in the Capitol Building. Senators and others as it relates to man throughout his public career. He Mark Hatfield came to tell a story of Mark Hatfield, and there are so many was a man of civility and deep faith, a Edward Dickinson Baker and the examples of that courage, including an devout evangelical Christian. He was a friendship of Abraham Lincoln and the unpopular position he took relative to Republican who believed government connection with Oregon. I went up to the Vietnam war. But in 1995 he op- could be a force for good. him afterward and said: There is an- posed the balanced budget constitu- During the course of my statement, I other part of this story you might find tional amendment, which was then will read some comments by Senator interesting. After Abraham Lincoln under consideration by the Senate. It Mark Hatfield, and those who are fol- served as a Congressman—he was given

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The only election he ever lost and that was the job to be the provin- rity, and it is one of the reasons I was for student body president for his cial , the territory wanted to come to the floor today and beloved alma matter, Willamette! Al- of Oregon. Had Lincoln made that deci- say a few words about how much he though that is a record any statesman sion, history might have been a lot dif- meant to me. When it came to par- can envy, it is more importantly, an ferent for America. Hatfield and I ticular issues on appropriations, he example of public service we can all ad- laughed about that and the Oregon really focused on medical research, mire. connection between Lincoln and Ed- which was very important to him, and As a Senator, Mark Hatfield served ward Dickinson Baker. He was an ex- on efforts to eliminate poverty in the the people of Oregon for 30 years— traordinary man, Hatfield was, in that United States. longer than anybody in the history of he not only admired Lincoln, but he In 1995, he cast a historic vote. He the State—and he served them well. He studied him and the history of his life. was the only Republican to vote was an Oregonian through and through, Mark was born in 1922, the son of a against a constitutional amendment to and you could tell he loved his home railroad blacksmith and a school- require a balanced Federal budget. His State. He worked tirelessly for all Or- teacher. He attended Willamette Uni- vote meant defeat for the measure be- egonians, regardless of their back- versity in Salem, OR. He ran for the of- cause it fell one vote short for the two- ground or political persuasion. fice of student body president—the thirds majority needed for passage. As a young naval officer, Mark Hat- only race he ever lost. Senator Hatfield said he voted against field experienced the battle of Iwo As a young Navy officer in World War the amendment for two reasons: be- Jima and the aftermath of the atomic II, Mark Hatfield was at both Okinawa cause he believed it would starve social bomb in Hiroshima. These experiences and Iwo Jima, the two Pacific islands programs and tear deep holes in Amer- had a profound and lifelong effect on that were the scene of some of the ica’s safety net and because it exempt- Senator Hatfield. He hated war, but he bloodiest fighting of the war. Later, he ed defense and entitlement spending always had respect for our servicemen was one of the first Americans to enter from cuts. Besides, he said, if Congress and women. Senator Hatfield was also Hiroshima after the city was dev- wanted a balanced budget, all it had to deeply religious, and relied upon his re- astated by the first atomic bomb. do was pass one. ligious convictions and love for this Those experiences and his own reli- Some younger Senators in his party country to guide him. He believed in gious views had a profound influence were so angry at Hatfield for having America as what some call it, ‘‘a mir- on his beliefs about the use of military cost them this balanced budget amend- acle of light.’’ power. ment that they set out to strip him of Senator Hatfield and I did not always He was a lifelong foe of excessive his committee chairmanship as chair- agree on everything, but we respected arms buildup. He told the Christian man of the Senate Appropriations each other’s views. I admired that Sen- Science Monitor in 1982: Committee. Luckily, that threat never ator Hatfield always tried to find com- There comes a time in a Nation’s life when materialized. Senator Mark Hatfield mon ground with his fellow Senators. additional money spent for rockets and shrugged off their anger. He told a re- This made him a successful statesman bombs, far from strengthening national secu- porter: and a respected individual on both rity, will actually weaken national secu- I’ve been out of step most of my political sides of the aisle. rity—when there are people who are hungry life. So what else is new? Today, I am honored to have the and not fed, people who are cold and not In the year after the balanced budget privilege to add my voice to the chorus clothed. amendment vote, the Appropriations of praise for this outstanding public Mark Hatfield once castigated Demo- Committee, under Chairman Hatfield’s servant whose service will long endure crats in the 1980s for not speaking up leadership, went on to cut more than in the heads and hearts of all Ameri- strongly enough about what he consid- $22 billion in discretionary nondefense cans, especially those who knew and ered excessive military spending dur- spending from the budget. He wasn’t had the pleasure of serving with him. ing the administration. opposed to spending cuts, but he didn’t My thoughts and prayers are with his He was the only Senator to have voted support a constitutional amendment. family as they mourn the loss and cele- against the Vietnam war and the Per- I wish to offer my condolences to brate the life of this great man. sian . Senator Hatfield’s wife Antoinette, Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask my Politics wasn’t his first calling. He who has been his partner for more than colleagues to join me in honoring the was a college professor and then col- 50 years, and his children and grand- memory of Mark Hatfield, a former lege president. In 1956, he was elected children. Governor and U.S. Senator from the to the Oregon State Legislature, where ‘‘Stand alone or come home’’—that is State of Oregon. Mr. Hatfield passed he was instrumental in passing meas- the advice Mark Hatfield’s father gave away on August 7, 2011, in Portland at ures banning racial discrimination in him about facing moral choices, and the age of 89. housing and public accommodations—a Mark Hatfield lived his life by that The son of a Baptist railroad black- decade before the government consid- rule. Now he has gone home, and we smith and a schoolteacher, Mr. Hat- ered similar civil rights laws here in are left to recall and celebrate the life field was born in Dallas, OR, on July Washington. From there, it was a and service of this good man. 12, 1922. He graduated from Willamette steady climb to State senator and sec- Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise University in 1943, having fast-tracked retary of state. In 1958, he was elected today to speak about the passing last his studies so that he could enlist with Governor, becoming the youngest ever month of Mark Hatfield, a former col- the Naval Reserve. in his State. He was reelected in 1962. league of mine in the U.S. Senate As a young man, Mr. Hatfield served He successfully ran for the Senate in whose service to the people of our great in World War II at the battles of Iwo 1966 with a straightforward platform Nation and his beloved State of Oregon Jima and Okinawa and later saw first- that included opposition to the Viet- is truly noteworthy and continues to hand the devastation of the atomic nam war. In all, he spent 30 years in inspire public servants today, 15 years bombing of Hiroshima. These experi- this body, including 8 years as chair- after his retirement in 1996 from the ences shaped him personally and politi- man of the powerful Senate Appropria- world’s greatest deliberative body. cally, and he became an outspoken ad- tions Committee. I remember him as Indeed, service is the hallmark of vocate for peace, and a prominent op- chairman. When he would have con- Senator Hatfield’s legacy; I know be- ponent of the Vietnam war.

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He also served as Oregon’s sec- I was honored to serve with Senator amendment with Senator George retary of state, and for two terms, he Hatfield in the Senate and on the Ap- McGovern of South Dakota, which was a successful Governor. He went on propriations Committee. We were would have created a deadline to end to serve the people of Oregon as a U.S. neighbors on the 7th floor of the Hart U.S. military action in Vietnam. Senator for three decades. Building. We worked together on many Senator Hatfield later was one of I knew Mark to be a man of decency, important issues, especially on inter- only two Republicans along with Sen- always civil in the way he conducted national women’s rights. As coastal ator CHARLES GRASSLEY of Iowa—to his business, and I believe that was his Senators, we also worked together on vote against the 1991 Senate resolution signature strength as a legislator. jobs that affected both of our States— authorizing the first gulf war. While Mark and I did not always agree, everything from fishery issues to sav- Mr. Hatfield will also be remembered he was never disagreeable. He was prin- ing jobs in the shrinking shipbuilding as a leader in the fight against the pro- cipled and passionate about the things industry. liferation of nuclear weapons. he believed to be true, but he was also Senator Hatfield was a man of deep In 1982, he introduced S.J. Res. 163— respectful of those with whom he dis- faith, known for putting his values into the nuclear freeze amendment—with agreed. His demeanor won him many action. He was also a gentleman who Senator Edward Kennedy, which ar- friends and built many fruitful rela- accomplished so much for his State and gued that ‘‘the greatest challenge fac- tionships on both sides of the aisle, his Nation. He will be greatly missed. ing the Earth is to prevent the occur- making him a most effective legislator. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I rence of nuclear war by accident or de- Upon retiring from the Senate in would like to join those who have spo- sign.’’ 1996, Mark reflected upon the nature of ken or intend to speak about our Had it passed, the resolution would our country’s politics, saying, ‘‘I’m former colleague Mark Hatfield. have urged the United States and the going to miss the people, but not the Most people remember Mark as one Soviet Union to ‘‘pursue a complete process.’’ He had grown disenchanted of our party’s most liberal members— halt to the nuclear arms race.’’ with the coarse partisanship that had as a Republican who called himself a Senator Hatfield told the Christian warped the political process, and he liberal even after Democrats started Science Monitor, ‘‘We’ve developed the knew that if we were to keep moving avoiding the term. ability to destroy the planet, but that forward as a country, the vital center I think he would like to have been re- doesn’t give us the right to destroy the would have to hold, civility would have membered as someone who tried to planet.’’ to prevail, and bipartisanship would bring people together or as he put it, as Throughout his career in public serv- have to return. Solutions do not come a reconciler. ice, Mr. Hatfield fought for what he be- from gridlock. Bipartisanship has to He was, as we all know, a man of lieved was right, rather than walking win the day. deep principle and compassion. He was any strict party line. He fought for Since Mark retired from the Senate, also a gifted politician, to this day the peace, for civil rights, for the environ- our politics have become even more longest serving Senator in Oregon his- ment, and for medical research. tribal. But I believe it would serve us tory. As chairman of the Senate Appro- all well, as we honor his life, to reflect Mark was also deeply influenced by priations Committee for two terms, he upon the example he set—that dis- his experiences. supported increased budgets for the Na- agreements do not have to become It is said his deep aversion to war de- tional Institutes of Health; fought for roadblocks but instead can be opportu- rived, in part, from his experience as crucial social programs in a time of nities for innovative compromise. one of the first American servicemen shrinking government; and was an I learned a great deal from Mark Hat- to enter Hiroshima after the dropping early supporter of the Endangered Spe- field during our time in the Senate to- of the atomic bomb. cies Act. gether, and I am grateful for this op- Those of us who knew Mark as a col- As a dedicated, remarkable and out- portunity to honor Mark’s memory. league are glad to have had the chance spoken public servant, Mark Hatfield’s Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I rise to know him and serve with him. And life was filled with a wide range of today to honor the life and legacy of I would like to take this opportunity service and accomplishments. Early in Senator Mark Hatfield. He was a true to extend my heartfelt condolences to his career, he said, ‘‘I pray for the in- giant, a man who placed principle Antoinette and the Hatfield children, tegrity, justice and courage to vote the above politics—doing what he felt was as well as Mark’s many grandchildren. correct vote, not the political vote.’’ It right for the people of Oregon and the America, and the Senate family, have is clear he lived up to this principle Nation. lost a good man. and made extraordinary contributions Senator Hatfield’s life was one of Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, this to our nation and to the world. Our service. He served as a naval officer afternoon we heard tributes to former thoughts and prayers go out to his fam- during World War II. He fought in the Senator Mark Hatfield from a bipar- ily. He will be missed. battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. tisan group of Senators. I would like to Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I Later, he was one of the first Ameri- add to those tributes by including in rise today to honor the life and legacy cans to see the effects of the atomic the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD the eulogy of Senator Mark Hatfield—a lifelong bombing of Hiroshima. He served in the that Senator Hatfield’s son Visko de- Oregonian, a genuine statesman, and a Oregon state legislature, as secretary livered at his father’s Memorial Serv- dedicated public servant. With a career of state and Governor, and then as Sen- ice. in government that spanned nearly five ator of the United States. I ask unanimous consent that the fol- decades, Mark leaves behind a legacy In the Senate, Senator Hatfield was lowing statement be printed in the of service and a model of civility in known for his many accomplishments RECORD. American political life. for the people of Oregon. He used his There being no objection, the mate- From the shores of Iwo Jima, to the position on the Appropriations Com- rial was ordered to be printed in the halls of the statehouse in Salem, Or- mittee, where he became chairman, to RECORD, as follows: egon, and the Chamber of the U.S. Sen- bring jobs and opportunity to his Good afternoon, thank you Dr. Ogilvie, Fa- ate, Mark dedicated his life to our State. One of his greatest legacies is in ther Mike (Maslowski) amazing as usual, country. He served courageously as a foreign policy, nuclear disarmament, thank you. Pastor Ron (Kinkead), thank naval officer in the Second World War and in the pursuit of peace. Senator you. Thank you also to the Village Baptist

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He spoke of how he was poised, turned out today to honor my father. will never forget the position you were in for as the Commander of an Amphibious Craft, It is remarkable to see the outpouring of two weeks because I am a senator’s son. for the invasion of mainland Japan. Of how if love and support for the man we simply Twelve years ago ran into friends, a couple we had not dropped the atom bombs on Hiro- called Dad. from Oregon, on the street in New York. shima and Nagasaki, he would more than I have pondered this moment over and over Even more than being delighted at our likely never have made it to the shores of in my head for a long time. chance meeting, in a city of millions, they Japan alive. Would I speak? What would I say? were giddy with the news that they had just He said the catharsis for him was in shar- What could I possibly add to what has al- seen my father’s obituary at the New York ing his rations with Japanese children, after ready been said about my father. Times. his mission changed from that of invader to So many introductions, so much accolade, With great surprise I informed them that I clean up and relief operations, in the after- hundreds of honors, countless speeches, had just hung up the phone with him not 30 math of the bomb. He showed me a few small ground breaking ceremonies, ribbon cutting minutes earlier. porcelain pieces he had dug out of the rubble. dedications, political campaigns, opinion They proceeded to clarify that they had Simple everyday objects, teacups and sau- pages, articles and books. won and auction item—a tour of the New cers. Words, words, words and more words, vol- York Times offices. During the tour, they I will always be grateful to the people of umes of stories some true, some false and had seen the Obituaries of the notable and Japan for their sacrifice, because in doing so, some, hybrids of both. famous. Including my father’s. Pre written, one US Soldier made it back alive and went A dear friend advised me to share the per- ready to go. on to become my father and to spend nearly sonal side, share the family side, and share I remember one time at a photo studio in fifty years of public service, fighting for the something close to my heart. New York I was introduced by a friend, to an lives of millions of people worldwide. I thought to myself, I have shared enough. Art Director from Oregon. Upon hearing ‘‘Or- I would learn more about my father read- I have shared my childhood, I have shared egon’’ and ‘‘Hatfield,’’ I could see the light ing books and newspapers, than I would my adolescence, and I have shared my adult- bulb go on over the art director’s head. The learn about him, from him, or so I thought. hood. same connection, I had awkwardly embraced Dad was the man who taught me to pray. My entire life, shared as a function of a many times in my life, was made. He then To say thank you, to give thanks and to be public figure. asked in a definite and knowing voice . . . grateful, to give thanks for food, to give The tank is pretty empty, what more could ‘‘are you related (I began nodding) to Tinker thanks for the blessings of the day. I share? Hatfield?’’ The prayer: Inner voice as outer voice. So I thought about it and came up with the With great relief, I said, ‘‘no I am not.’’ ‘‘God bless this food, in Jesus name amen.’’ No offense to the famed shoe designer at reoccurring question. The kids’ simple prayer around our table. Nike. The question that, I have been asked ‘‘Dear heavenly father we pray that you What is it like to be a Senator’s son? throughout my life. bless this food to the nourishment of out I could tell you about the woman who ‘‘What is it like to be a Senator’s son?’’ bodies and thus to thy service in Christ’s came up to me when I was 12 years old. I was I used to quip that I really didn’t know name we pray, Amen.’’ His simple version with my father on a re-election campaign anything different he had always been a sen- around our table. swing thorough eastern Oregon. I was wear- ator; except for the day I was born, when he I have heard Dad give thanks in front of ing a three-piece, brown velvet suit—in east- was Governor of this state of Oregon. thousands and in front of a few. Because he ern Oregon . . . in July. The only time in my life I wasn’t a Sen- She had cornered me when I was alone. She wanted to and because he was asked to. ator’s son, I was a Governor’s son. waved her finger in my face and exclaimed His faith was remarkable. His prayers were What is it like to be a Senator’s son? ‘‘look at you in your fancy three piece suit soothing, thoughtful and kind. To be in the public eye, under the micro- all dressed up from the east coast. You know I have gone to nearly every kind of church scope, in the spotlight. we have pretty girls here too, you just have with my father. But one in particular stood What was it like to grow up under the to look for them hiding behind the sage out . . . a Baptist church. weight of assumption and misconception, brush.’’ When I was a teenager, Dad would come subject to the torment of political persua- I was stunned—where was the political into my room and wake me up on a Sunday sion? playbook? What do I say? I smiled and as- to go to church. Then he would come in In the shadow of a figure so large and with sured her I would keep my eye out for girls again and wake me up again. the awesome responsibility of privilege, sim- hiding in the sage brush and I thanked her Often times he would come in with a look ply because the people of Oregon had given for coming to the ‘‘Meet Mark’’ spaghetti of incredulous disbelief, when it seemed as my father their faith in him every six years, dinner to support my Dad. though I was not going to budge. five times. One night at dinner at my home, I sat to He would declare ‘‘I cannot believe you What is it like to be a Senator’s son? the right of former president Nixon, a dinner can’t commit one hour of the week to the I have been subpoenaed and compelled to that included a round table of official presi- Lord.’’ testify in front of a Senate ethics com- dential historians. Nixon was brilliant, the Well ‘‘one hour’’ in those days at this par- mittee. Grilled for five hours by government man fielded question after question on every ticular Baptist church soon became about 35 lawyers because someone thought my father aspect of geopolitics, managed to eat his din- minutes. had sold out his career and the people of Or- ner and comment on how he fondly remem- This was because when would arrive on egon. bered my mother’s steamed green beans, and time and take our seats, the minister, Pastor I witnessed my mother’s real estate busi- how happy he was that she had served them Maritz—had kind of squeaky voice and he ness shredded, slowly, painfully and publicly, again that night. would say—‘‘I see we have Senator Hatfield because someone thought my father had sold He conjured a memory of a visit to Oregon in our congregation today, perhaps he would out his career and the people of Oregon. when he was VP. My father, as governor lead us in the pastoral prayer.’’—Privacy I have been hugged by total strangers who greeted him at the airport. Dad wore a white shattered—Dad would rise and deliver, pray- shared very personal stories about how my trench coat, Nixon a black one. The former ing for all of us, for those less fortunate, for father had changed their life, or how he had president said it was a smart move wearing those in need, for our soldiers over seas, for bestowed their Eagle Scout award, on them white, because, when the front-page photo of our leaders to have strength and wisdom to decades before. the event was published the next day, it was make good decisions, to make better deci- In high school, I was walking a friend my Dad who jumped off the page, not him. sions. home after school. Trailing us were two Se- What is it like to be a Senator’s son? Dad was fond of mixing church and state— cret Service agents. The same two who had Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Billy Gra- in church—during prayer. taken me to school earlier that morning, the ham, all guests in our home on separate oc- I believe he thought there was certain same two who had sat in on classes and in casions. irony in doing so. the lunchroom with me. I have met Mother Theresa, Menachem And that in church, he was a safe enough Two men whose job it was to throw down Begin and the Pope. distance from those who might decry his their lives for mine. Not because mine was so I have flown onto the deck of an aircraft faith and it’s influence on him when it came important, but because the same nut case carrier, visited mental institutions, medical to matters of state. had threatened the life of the President of research centers, and courthouses. When he had given enough pastoral prayers the United States and my father’s life, in the Tom Brokaw wrote six simple pages about we began arriving late to church, well after same breath. While my father and mother my father in his book, The Greatest Genera- the pastoral prayer had been given. Pastor

VerDate Mar 15 2010 14:22 Aug 13, 2014 Jkt 099102 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR11\S07SE1.000 S07SE1 pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD September 7, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 157, Pt. 9 13037 Maritz began to catch on. Being the smart shoulders to stand on, his were foot steps to Senate floor by a remarkable woman, Baptist that he was, he switched to asking follow. Antoinette Hatfield. For those of us dad to give the benediction. A few months ago in what we thought were who knew Mrs. Hatfield, the only way Not long afterward Dad re-maneuvered, so Dad’s final moments, it was late at night I we could sum her up would be to say: we would arrive late AND then leave early. I was going into the second straight day at his felt okay with dedicating 35 minutes a week, bedside. I was holding his hand and telling What a woman. Whip smart, boundless to the Lord in Church. him it was okay to let go, he had lived a energy, persistent in a way that made What is it like to be a Senator’s son? good life and fought long enough, we would it clear she was going to push hard for I want to read a letter, which I opened and take care of mom. what was important, but always in a read to my father two years ago. It was during this time, he and I had a re- way that left you with a sense that she It was at a time when his health and his markable exchange. would be standing up for what was total awareness as we knew it began to fade. At the time, he wasn’t talking very much. right and almost invariably with her I believe it was during this phase, that his I asked him of there anything he needed or husband standing up for our State. inner awareness was unwavering, was still anything I could do. intact. He straightened up his leaning body and My colleague in the Chair, the Pre- The letter had been mailed to the MOH opened his eyes wide and he said. siding Officer, Senator MERKLEY, de- School of government at PSU and had been ‘‘You need to save a life.’’ scribed his experiences with Senator forwarded on to dad’s home. It was written He asked me to save a life. Hatfield very eloquently. We have by Philip Millam. I said, ‘‘Whose life should I save?’’ heard that from one Senator after an- (Read Letter) He said, ‘‘The first one you can.’’ other. But I thought it was appropriate I have had this letter on my desk for two There was a long pause, he was staring this afternoon—as many Senators years. straight ahead, not blankly, but like he was knew Mrs. Hatfield and, I think, share Forty Years this man carried the desire to seeing something that I wasn’t. thank my father. To tell Dad that with the I asked him what he was looking at, he my views—and important to note that simplest words ‘‘thank you . . . thank you said Senator Hatfield often said—and my for your service,’’ that Dad had made this ‘‘There are so many poor people and people colleague will recall it as well—he man’s effort in an unpopular war, feel honor- who are hungry, who are on the doorstep.’’ could not have made the contributions able. In the fewest of words he had lessened I paused a while, wondering. to Oregon without having at his side, the feelings of animosity and of being Then I asked him ‘‘what do they look having the good counsel, enjoying the marginalized. like?’’ affection of this wonderful woman, An- It brought tears to my father’s eyes and to Without hesitating, he said toinette Hatfield. mine. I was proud of my father and he knew ‘‘They look like us.’’ it. A glimpse at what it is like to be this sen- So as the Oregon delegation in the Mr. Millam I would like to respectfully ask ator’s son. Senate wraps up these tributes, we you to stand up and to be recognized. For It is a continual reminder that there is a simply want to acknowledge not just your service to our country, in the most dif- calling to help where ever possible, a calling Senator Hatfield’s contributions but ficult of circumstances, I would like to to open our eyes to people who we may think the chance we have had to be with Mrs. thank you. And for providing me with a are different, or who we may think are less, Hatfield in work situations and per- memorable father and son moment, I would than who we think we are. sonal situations, and we wish to ex- like to say Thank You. It is a reminder for us to open our eyes to press our gratitude for all she has done What is it like to be a Senator’s son? help people who others cannot see, or who Awe, Awareness, Anger. others choose not to see. for decades now working with her hus- Pride, Press and Privilege. Why? band, working with Oregonians to The realization that it is not about who I Because they ‘‘look like us.’’ They are in make Oregon a better place. have met, where I have gone or what I have fact us. This afternoon, Antoinette Hatfield, done. I would like to take a moment and thank as well as her late husband, has our un- It is to be witness to his impact on the from the bottom of my heart, Dr. Francis dying gratitude. lives of others. Collins director of the NIH as well as Dr. Mr. President, with that, I yield the Mark Odom Hatfield. John Gallin, director of the MOH clinical re- floor, and I note the absence of a His life was never about the man or the search center at NIH. Two men whose effort quorum. name. To shower praise on it, to honor it, to at sustaining human life and medical re- chisel it granite or cast it in bronze or, to search continues to inspire. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. sully or demean it, or to criticize it, is miss- I would like also like to thank my sister MERKLEY). The clerk will call the roll. ing the point. Elizabeth who for years has magnificently The legislative clerk proceeded to The point of my father’s existence was not worn the titles of both doctor and daughter, call the roll. to collect awards or praise, but rather, I be- through some of the most difficult times Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask that lieve, to teach a lesson. during our father’s stages of declining the order for the quorum call be re- The lesson is a simple one, yet too often health. You are a rock star of a doctor. And scinded. overlooked. a fabulous sister. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The lesson is that we need to be kinder to Lastly, I would like to thank my mother one another, to help and to teach each other. Antoinette Hatfield, who for more decades objection, it is so ordered. To honor and to respect one another. than anyone, has stood by my father’s side in f Because long after the man is gone and the life. She has made sacrifices most of us will LEAHY-SMITH AMERICA INVENTS buildings are renamed or torn down, the les- never know, under more difficult cir- son must live on in each of us. cumstances than anyone should have to. ACT The lesson from the teacher, from the serv- Always the matriarch, she is the woman Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- ant leader. behind the man, in front of the world. imous consent that the remaining time The lesson in many instances was to stand Allow me to straighten your halo. You are postcloture be yielded back, and the up when others chose to sit, to speak out an angel among us. motion to proceed to H.R. 1249, the when others were silent. To find clarity Visko Hatfield, August 14, 2011. America Invents Act, be agreed to; when the noise was deafening. To forgive those who are unforgivable. Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I think that there be debate only on the bill The lesson is to protect life at all stages of we have seen in the last half hour, al- until 5 p.m., and at 5 p.m. the majority vulnerability, or as he used to say, in the most going on an hour, the enormous leader be recognized. womb, at the gallows and on the battlefield. goodwill that Senator Hatfield gen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Dad taught me that it cannot be the self- erated in the Senate, with Democrats objection? ish, it must be the selfless who make the and Republicans alike coming to the The Senator from Kentucky. world a better world. floor. I just wanted to wrap up with one Mr. PAUL. I ask that the unanimous Each one of us has a part to play, last comment. consent request be modified so once we Each one of us has influence on the other, Each one of us has a responsibility to our- Senator Hatfield did not serve alone. are on the bill I can offer an amend- selves and in turn, to each other. He was accompanied through his ex- ment related to the Secretary of the Dad never wanted to be a giant, he pre- traordinary public service journey that Treasury and that a vote on that issue ferred to have giant impact. His were not the we have heard discussed today on the be reported.

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