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May 18, 2011 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 157, Pt. 5 7459 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled all inbound passengers to U.S. Customs and oversight is conducted, both governments ‘‘The State of the Securitization Mar- Border Protection to the Department have a firm commitment to the protection of kets.’’ of Homeland Security in fulfilling its mis- data and the respect of individual privacy; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without sions of protecting the border and enhancing Whereas in February 2011, the European border security; Commission proposed that the European objection, it is so ordered. Whereas there is bipartisan agreement on Union create its own PNR system in order to f the need to collect and share passenger trav- identify potential terrorists and other dan- U.S./EUROPEAN UNION FLIGHT el data, which— gerous criminals; (1) has served as a cornerstone for inter- Whereas in 2010, the Washington Post— MANIFEST EXCHANGE dicting terrorists by the administrations of (1) recognized the important role that PNR Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent President Barack Obama and former Presi- data plays in securing international avia- the Senate proceed to Calendar No. 49, dent George W. Bush; and tion; and S. Res. 174. (2) continues to fulfill the mandate for in- (2) recommended that data sharing should The PRESIDING OFFICER. The creased information sharing set by Congress not be restricted without demonstrating spe- in— cific problems with the operation of current clerk will report the resolution by (A) the Aviation and Transportation Secu- agreement: Now, therefore, be it title. rity Act (Public Law 107–71); Resolved, That the Senate— The legislative clerk read as follows: (B) the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism (1) acknowledges the grave threat posed by A resolution (S. Res. 174) expressing the Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458); terrorists and other dangerous criminals who sense of the Senate that effective sharing of (C) the Implementing Recommendations of seek to exploit international aviation to do passenger information from inbound inter- the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law harm to our countries; national flight manifests is a crucial compo- 110–53); and (2) urges the Department of Homeland Se- nent of our national security and that the (D) other laws requiring information shar- curity to reject any efforts by the European Department of Homeland Security must ing internationally and within the United Union to modify existing PNR data sharing maintain the information sharing standards States Government to promote greater secu- mechanisms in a way that would degrade the required under the 2007 Passenger Name rity; usefulness of the PNR data for identifying Record Agreement between the United Whereas the Implementing Recommenda- terrorists and other dangerous criminals; States and the European Union. tions of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 re- (3) urges the Department of Homeland Se- There being no objection, the Senate quired nations to enter into information curity to not enter into any agreement that would impose European oversight structures proceeded to consider the resolution. sharing agreements with the in order to qualify for the United States visa on the United States; and Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask waiver program; (4) opposes any effort by the European unanimous consent the resolution be Whereas security and intelligence experts Union to interfere with counterterrorism co- agreed to, the Lieberman amendment, recognize that— operation and information sharing between which is at the desk, to the preamble, (1) advance information about travelers is the Department of Homeland Security and be agreed to; the preamble as amended a critical tool in identifying high-risk pas- non-European countries. be agreed to; there be no intervening sengers; and f action or debate, and any statements (2) the intelligence gained from the anal- ysis of passenger travel data is critical for— RECOGNIZING AND HONORING be printed in the RECORD. (A) protecting the United States against The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without terrorists entering the United States; and objection, it is so ordered. Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent (B) preventing terrorists from boarding the Senate proceed to S. Res. 189. The resolution (S. Res. 174) was international flights bound for the United agreed to. States; The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The amendment (No. 320) was agreed Whereas the Agreement Between the clerk will report the resolution by to, as follows: United States of America and the European title. Union on the Processing and Transfer of Pas- The legislative clerk read as follows: (Purpose: To amend the preamble) senger Name Record (PNR) Data by Air Car- A resolution (S. Res. 189) recognizing and In the 5th whereas clause of the preamble, riers to the United States Department of honoring Harmon Killebrew and expressing strike ‘‘an agreement to exchange passenger Homeland Security (DHS), done at Brussels the condolences of the Senate to his family information’’ and insert ‘‘information shar- and Washington on July 23 and 26, 2007 (re- on his death. ing agreements’’. ferred to in this resolution as the ‘‘EU–U.S. There being no objection, the Senate In the 6th whereas clause of the preamble, PNR Agreement’’)— strike ‘‘international law and treaties have (1) succeeded a series of agreements be- proceeded to consider the resolution. recognized’’ and insert ‘‘security and intel- tween 2002 and October 2006; Mr. REID. Madam President, I will ligence experts recognize’’. (2) was intended to remain in effect until just make a very brief comment. I am The preamble, as amended, was 2014; and not a great fan. I am a base- agreed to. (3) complied with European Union and ball fan. I am sure there are better fans The resolution, with its preamble, as United States privacy laws by providing as- than me. I have followed baseball all of amended, read as follows: surances that the United States would use my life, starting as a little boy. I have PNR data for limited purposes; listened to baseball games, and I would S. RES. 174 Whereas PNR data gathered pursuant to Whereas the National Commission on Ter- the EU–U.S. PNR Agreement has been used have loved to have met Harmon Kille- rorist Attacks Upon the United States— to identify and arrest a number of dangerous brew. He was a man who, before anyone (1) found that ‘‘[t]argeting travel is at terrorists, including— ever suggested steroids, was so power- least as powerful a weapon against terrorists (1) David Headley, who was planning an at- ful. He holds 10th or 11th place in the as targeting their money’’; and tack on Denmark and who contributed to the history of baseball for hitting home (2) recommended that the United States tragedy in Mumbai; and runs. According to what everyone says ‘‘combine terrorist travel intelligence, oper- (2) Faisal Shahzad, who was attempting to about him, he was such a nice man in ations, and law enforcement in a strategy to flee the country after attempting to set off a addition to that. intercept terrorist, find terrorist travel car-bomb in Times Square. facilitators, and constrain terrorist mobil- Whereas PNR data has been used to pre- Mr. FRANKEN. Madam President, I ity’’; vent the travel of many other individuals rise to talk about a icon. Whereas terrorists continue to target considered to be national security threats or Minnesotans and baseball fans across international travel to the United States, as otherwise inadmissible to the United States; this country are celebrating the life of evidenced by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s Whereas the privacy protections in the Harmon Killebrew today. We lost the attempt to detonate a bomb on board North- current EU–U.S. PNR Agreement are robust, great slugger yesterday. west Airlines Flight 253 on December 25, 2009, and a February 2010 joint review by both sig- I never met Mr. Killebrew, which is en route from Amsterdam to ; natories found no privacy violations, misuse, kind of hard for me to believe, because, Whereas Congress responded to the attacks or injury from the collection of PNR data by of September 11, 2001, by mandating that all the Department of Homeland Security; similar to so many Minnesotans, I felt air carriers flying into the United States Whereas although the United States and that I knew him. He was the heart of provide passenger name record (referred to the European Union have different governing the franchise, not in this resolution as ‘‘PNR’’) data concerning mechanisms that lead to differences in how just because of the towering home runs

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Every Twins lebrew and former Idaho Representa- were so excited to have a major league fan knew that from his years on the tive Ralph Harding founded the Danny team in Minnesota, and Killebrew was team and his years in the Twins broad- Thompson Memorial Golf Tournament, the heart and the anchor of the fran- cast booth. But for some reason I de- in honor of Killebrew’s former Min- chise, batting cleanup and cracking out cided to talk to another member of nesota Twins teammate, who died from 400-foot-plus home runs with his unbe- that great team, and figured I would leukemia in 1976. Since then, this an- lievably powerful swing. talk to Harmon a little later. But by nual tournament, played in Sun Val- By 1965, Killebrew, along with Tony the time I tried to find him again, he ley, ID, has raised more than $11 mil- Oliva, , , was gone. lion, which has been leveraged with , , , and So, I never met Harmon Killebrew. matching grants to over $25 million, unseated the Yankee dy- But, again, like all Twins fans, I felt I for leukemia and cancer research. Each nasty and took the knew him. A gracious, humble man year, these proceeds are divided equal- pennant. I was sitting along the left that we in Minnesota were privileged ly between St. Luke’s Mountain States field line of the to watch, and who we were privileged Tumor Institute in Boise, Idaho and game before the All-Star break that to have represent our State. the Cancer Re- year when Killebrew hit a ninth-inning Mr. CRAPO. Madam President, my search Center. walk-off homer to beat the Yankees. It colleagues Senators , AMY Harmon Killebrew’s talent and hard was not a typical Killebrew home . KLOBUCHAR and AL FRANKEN join me work have inspired countless young It was a line drive that just shot out of today in honoring the life of Harmon athletes, and he leaves behind a legacy the park into the left field stands, and Clayton Killebrew. We join with his of encouraging skill and dedicated it sent us into the All-Star break in family and friends in mourning his service. We extend our condolences and first place. I, along with lots of Twins passing and paying tribute to his inspi- prayers to his family, friends and loved fans, believe that was the blow that rational life. ones and deep gratitude for his compas- was the key to that season. Harmon Killebrew began his exem- sion, service and leadership. As I said, that rope of a homer was plary athletic career in Idaho. He was Mr. REID. I am very happy to ask not a typical Killebrew . He born June 29, 1936, in Payette, ID, unanimous consent that the resolution was known for these towering blasts. I where he earned multiple awards as an be agreed to, the preamble be agreed remember one in particular. I was athlete in baseball, and to, and the motions to reconsider be watching the Twins on TV one summer football at Payette High School. Har- laid upon the table. night with my dad and my brother, and mon explained his childhood in Idaho The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the Twins were playing the Tigers in in a way that fellow Idahoans could objection, it is so ordered. Detroit in the old . clearly understand. He often shared The resolution (S. Res. 189) was And Killebrew got ahold of one and it this quote from his childhood. ‘‘My fa- agreed to. cleared the left field roof, one of just ther used to play with my brother and The preamble was agreed to. The resolution, with its preamble, four shots that cleared that roof in the me in the yard. Mother would come out reads as follows: 87-year history of the stadium. My and say, ‘You’re tearing up the grass’; S. RES. 189 recollection is that by its trajectory, ‘We’re not raising grass,’ Dad would the ball was estimated to be a 480-foot reply. We’re raising boys.’ ’’ We under- Whereas Harmon Clayton Killebrew was stand Harmon often credited then-U.S. born on June 29, 1936, in Payette, Idaho; home run. Killebrew hit the longest Whereas Harmon Killebrew earned mul- ball in the history of Metropolitan Sta- Senator from Idaho, Herman Welker, tiple awards as an athlete in baseball, bas- dium—a 530-foot shot! for recommending to then-Washington ketball, and football while at Payette High Now Killebrew was not that big a Senators owners, the Griffith family, School; man. He was 5 feet 11 inches and about that their team sign Killebrew, and at Whereas at the age of 17, Harmon Kille- 210 pounds. In his major league career, age 17, Killebrew signed his first profes- brew signed his first Harmon Killebrew hit 573 home runs, sional baseball contract with the Wash- contract with the Washington Senators; all without the aid of steroids. Kille- ington Senators. Whereas Harmon Killebrew credits then- brew grew up in rural Idaho. According He went on to play his first seven United States Senator from the State of to one press account I read last night, seasons here in Washington, DC, before Idaho, Herman Welker, with recommending to the Griffith family, then-Washington Sen- Killebrew claimed to have gotten his moving with the franchise to Min- ators owners, that the Washington Senators strength from carrying 10-gallon milk nesota in 1961, when it would be re- sign Killebrew; cans during the summers as a youth. named the Minnesota Twins. Killebrew Whereas Harmon Killebrew played his first But I know a little something, second played 14 seasons in Minnesota, mak- 7 seasons of professional baseball in Wash- hand, about where the power for those ing the All-Star team in 10 of those ington, D.C. before moving with the Wash- home runs really came from. His legs. seasons. He also competed in the 1965 ington Senators franchise to the State of See, about 20 years ago, a friend of , where his Twins would Minnesota in 1961, where the team was re- mine did a little film with Killebrew, lose to the Dodgers in named the Minnesota Twins; and travelled to his home in Idaho. seven games. Killebrew completed his Whereas Harmon Killebrew played 14 sea- My friend asked Killebrew where his sons with the Minnesota Twins; professional baseball career in 1975, Whereas Harmon Killebrew hit the longest power came from, and Harmon said playing one season with the Kansas home run in the history of Metropolitan Sta- that it came from his legs. Killebrew City Royals. dium, which hit a seat located 520 feet from told my friend that the Killebrews all His remarkable skills earned him due home plate that the Twins later painted red had incredibly powerful legs and that recognition. He was awarded the Amer- in honor of that historic shot; his father, Killebrew’s father, could ican League Most Valuable Player Whereas while with the Minnesota Twins, jump over a cow from a standing posi- Award in 1969, when he led the league Harmon Killebrew made the All-Star Team tion. in both home runs and runs batted in. in 10 different seasons and competed in the I had always hoped to meet Killebrew Killebrew’s No. 3 uniform was retired , where the Minnesota and ask him about that. I had a chance Twins fell in 7 games to the Los Angeles by the Minnesota Twins, and he was Dodgers; to. In 2005, there was a commemoration elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Whereas Harmon Killebrew earned the of the 40th anniversary of the 1965 1984. His accomplishment of 573 career American League’s Most Valuable Player Twins team. It was held in a tent after home runs currently ranks 11th on the award in 1969 when he led the league in both a Twins’ game at the Metrodome. All-Time baseball list. home runs and runs batted in;

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Whereas uniform number 3, which Harmon torized races, using motorcycles, took place The legislative clerk read as follows: Killebrew wore while with the Minnesota on the recently completed 2.5-mile oval, Twins, has been retired by the Minnesota which had a racing surface composed of A bill (S. 1022) to extend expiring provi- Twins; crushed stone and tar; sions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement Whereas as of 2011, Harmon Killebrew, with Whereas on August 19, 1909, the first 4- and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the In- 573 career home runs, ranks 11th highest on wheeled automobile races at the Indianapolis telligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention the all-time career home run list of Major Motor Speedway took place; Act of 2004 until December 31, 2014, and for League Baseball; Whereas for 63 days in late 1909, 3,200,000 other purposes. Whereas Harmon Killebrew was elected to paving bricks, each weighing 9.5 pounds, Mr. REID. I now ask for its second the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984; were laid on top of the crushed stone and tar reading but object to my own request. Whereas Harmon Killebrew remained ac- surface to upgrade the Indianapolis Motor The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- tive in many important charitable efforts Speedway, leading the facility to be nick- tion having been heard, the bill will re- following the conclusion of his playing ca- named ‘‘The Brickyard’’; reer; Whereas a 3-foot horizontal strip of that ceive its second reading on the next Whereas in 1977, Harmon Killebrew joined original brick remains exposed at the start legislative day. with Ralph Harding, a former United States and finish line, known as the ‘‘Yard of f Representative from the State of Idaho, in Bricks’’; founding the Danny Thompson Memorial Whereas on May 30, 1911, the first Indian- ORDERS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 19, Golf Tournament, in honor of Danny Thomp- apolis 500 Mile Race took place and was won 2011 son, Harmon Killebrew’s former Minnesota by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.602 Twins teammate who died as a result of leu- miles per hour; Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask kemia in 1976; and Whereas the Indianapolis 500, the largest unanimous consent that when the Sen- Whereas the efforts of Harmon Killebrew in -day spectator sporting event in the ate completes its business today, it ad- support of the annual Danny Thompson Me- world, has occurred on every Memorial Day journ until 10 a.m. on Thursday, May morial Golf Tournament in the State of weekend since 1911, except during the in- 19; that following the prayer and Idaho generated more than $25,000,000 for leu- volvement of the United States in world pledge, the Journal of proceedings be kemia and cancer research at St. Luke’s wars from 1917 through 1918 and 1942 through approved to date, the morning hour be Mountain States Tumor Institute in Boise, 1945; Idaho and the University of Minnesota Can- Whereas in 1977, Janet Guthrie became the deemed expired, the time for the two cer Research Center: Now, therefore, be it first woman to compete in the Indianapolis leaders be reserved for their use later Resolved, That the Senate— 500; in the day; and that following any lead- (1) recognizes Harmon Killebrew as one of Whereas in 1991, Willy T. Ribbs became the er remarks, the Senate proceed to a pe- the greatest professional baseball players of first African-American driver to compete in riod of morning business until 11 a.m., all time; the Indianapolis 500; with Senators permitted to speak (2) honors Harmon Killebrew for his chari- Whereas the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, therein for up to 10 minutes each, with table efforts to support leukemia and cancer by hosting the IZOD IndyCar Series, the the time equally divided and controlled research; and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the MotoGP Se- (3) extends the deepest condolences of the ries, and the Formula One Series, is the only between the two leaders or their des- Senate to the family of Harmon Killebrew. facility in the world that has played host to ignees, with the majority controlling the first half and the Republicans con- f these 4 elite worldwide racing series; Whereas every May since 1981 the Indian- trolling the final half; and that fol- RECOGNIZING THE 100TH ANNIVER- apolis Motor Speedway has served as the lowing morning business, the Senate SARY OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 backdrop for the annual Armed Forces In- proceed to executive session under the Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent duction Ceremony, in which citizens of Indi- previous order. ana who have volunteered to serve in the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that the Senate now proceed to the Armed Forces are administered the oath of consideration of S. Res. 190, submitted enlistment; objection, it is so ordered. earlier today. Whereas in 1987, the Indianapolis Motor f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Speedway was officially listed on the Na- clerk will report the resolution by tional Park Service list of National Historic PROGRAM title. Landmarks as the oldest continuously oper- Mr. REID. Madam President, there The legislative clerk read as follows: ated automobile racecourse; and Whereas the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race has will be a rollcall vote tomorrow at A resolution (S. Res. 190) recognizing the played an enormous part in shaping and de- about 2 p.m. on the motion to invoke 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 fining the City of Indianapolis, the State of cloture on the nomination of Goodwin mile race. Indiana, United States motorsports, and the Liu, of , to be United States There being no objection, the Senate United States automobile industry, and is a Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. proceeded to consider the resolution. great source of pride to all citizens of Indi- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent ana: Now, therefore, be it f that the resolution be agreed to, the Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 10 A.M. preamble be agreed to, and the motions 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. TOMORROW to reconsider be laid upon the table. Mr. REID. Madam President, there The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f seems to be no one here asking for objection, it is so ordered. DISCHARGE AND REFERRAL—S. 840 more time. If that, in fact, is the case, The resolution (S. Res. 190) was I ask unanimous consent that the Sen- agreed to. Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent ate adjourn under the previous order. The preamble was agreed to. that the bill, S. 840, be discharged from There being no objection, the Senate, The resolution, with its preamble, the Committee on Environment and at 6:34 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, reads as follows: Public Works and referred to the Com- May 19, 2011, at 10 a.m. S. RES. 190 mittee on Finance. Whereas the Indianapolis Motor Speedway The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f objection, it is so ordered. is the largest spectator sporting facility in NOMINATIONS the world, with more than 250,000 permanent f seats; Executive nominations received by Whereas founders Carl G. Fisher, Arthur C. MEASURE READ THE FIRST the Senate: Newby, Frank H. Wheeler, and James A. Al- TIME—S. 1022 THE JUDICIARY lison pooled their resources in 1909 to build Mr. REID. I have been told that S. MORGAN CHRISTEN, OF ALASKA, TO BE UNITED the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 5 miles STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, VICE from downtown Indianapolis as a testing 1022 is due for its first reading. ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, RETIRED.

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