18320 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 158, Pt. 13 December 28, 2012 whom he spoke of with boundless love, cate for his beloved home State, fight- waii, and the Nation, are immeas- and of course, his entire family, as our ing fiercely on behalf of his fellow Ha- urably enhanced by his service. hearts go out to them during this most waiians. Whether strengthening vital f difficult time. infrastructure, increasing job training TRIBUTES TO DEPARTING On an occasion of such a large and and employment opportunities across SENATORS historic loss, finding the appropriate the islands, or supporting veterans, he words to capture the immense depth united a workhorse-like legislative Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I would and breadth of this moment, as well as craftsmanship with his legendary like to pay tribute to the Senators who the magnitude of its meaning, rep- statesmanship to not only deliver on will not be returning when the 113th resents the most daunting of chal- behalf of , but ensure that his Congress commences next month. I lenges. As Dan was the most senior State, despite its geographical loca- have already spoken about Senator member of this esteemed Chamber, and tion, was on the vanguard of mod- KYL and about Senator Inouye, one of the second longest serving Senator in ernism. the truly great Americans and giants its history, every Senator here never In fact, I can still well-recall trav- of this institution. At the time of his known this institution without him— eling to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Uz- death, Senator Inouye was just a few and so it is difficult to comprehend bekistan with Senator Inouye and Sen- weeks short of celebrating 50 years of that these hallowed halls will never ator Ted Stevens—who shared a re- Senate service. Only Senator Byrd again witness his presence or hear his markable friendship themselves—as served in this institution longer. deliberative, compassionate, and meas- part of a five-member Senate delega- Turnover is a natural occurrence, but ured approach. tion in February of 2002, just 4 months it’s important to acknowledge that the Like all my colleagues, I profoundly after the horrific terrorist attacks of Senators who are departing have admired Dan for his devotion to this September 11, 2001. One of the first served in the Senate for a combined country and the steadfast, irrepressible American delegations to travel to Af- total of 237 years, or nearly 20 years per determination that he exhibited day in ghanistan after the tragedy, we con- Senator, on average. Add Senator and day out, as he sought to better our sulted with NATO leaders to discuss Inouye, and the total is close to 300 Nation not only for his constituents in international support for anti-ter- years. That service represents an enor- his beloved home State of Hawaii, but rorism efforts worldwide and met with mous amount of expertise on issues for all who called America home. But President Pervez Musharref of Paki- ranging from national defense and for- that is who Dan was, and throughout stan and Chairman Hamid Karzai of Af- eign affairs to the Federal budget to his remarkable life, he placed the high- ghanistan to signal America’s commit- energy policy. The departing Senators est of premiums on service above self. ment to defeating terrorism. And Dan will also take with them vast institu- He did on the shores of Honolulu tional knowledge and bipartisan friend- when, having heard the clarion call of was instrumental in these formative post-9/11 efforts in combating the com- ships and working relationships that sirens ringing out across the island as will leave a void we will need to fill. Japanese planes attacked American bat the scourge of terrorism. And so as we reflect upon his un- DANIEL AKAKA naval forces at Pearl Harbor, he rushed equaled career, we as a people and as a Mr. President, DANIEL AKAKA was toward the battle to volunteer as a Red Nation can find solace in knowing that born on September 11, 1924 just 4 days Cross medic. He did on the battlefields after Senator Inouye and, like Senator in Italy during the Second World War, he has left to us an incredible legacy of Inouye, he overcame the prejudice and when having taken sniper fire and en- service that will not only resonate for hostility directed at Asian Americans during a gruesome explosion that generations to come, but that will in- following the attack on Pearl Harbor would later claim his right arm, he re- spire all of those who are fortunate to to serve with distinction in the U.S. fused to evacuate, pressing forward to follow in his footsteps, just as it has in- Army during World War II. Senator neutralize enemy positions so that he spired all of us who have had the privi- AKAKA was a civilian worker in the could lead his men to safe ground—an lege of serving with him. act of heroism and valor which later Perhaps most importantly, though, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1943 rightfully earned him the Distin- he was indisputably what our fore- to 1945. Then, he was on Active Duty in guished Service Cross and the Medal of fathers quite likely had in mind when the Army from 1945 to 1947. After Senator AKAKA finished his Honor. they envisioned a United States Sen- Those acts of valor, which spoke to ator, and his beloved Aloha State—and military service, he devoted his career Dan’s intrinsic and abiding concern for indeed our Nation—could not have to education, first as a teacher and others, distinguished him throughout asked for a more eloquent and powerful then as a principal and later as an offi- his life. In fact, it motivated him at champion fighting on their behalf. I cial in the State of Hawaii Department every turn in Congress, where he cared will most certainly always remember of Education. He was first elected to not about scoring political points, but the sincerity and warmth of our con- the House of Representatives in 1976 about doing what was right. In times versations and forever treasure our and then appointed to the Senate in rife with partisanship, he proved the friendship. 1990 upon the death of former Senator rare exception, bringing to bear his As I conclude, today, I remember a Spark Matsunaga. He won an election principled voice of reason, as well as powerful statement of Senator that November with nearly 54 percent his enormous credibility, his gravitas, Inouye’s, which speaks to his unparal- of the vote, and was re-elected to the and his vast experience to rise above leled humility and integrity. Having Senate in 1994, 2000, and 2006, twice re- the rancorous din that all too often en- recently been asked how he hoped his- ceiving over 70 percent of the popular velops us here in Washington. tory would remember him, he replied, vote and never dropping below 61 per- Indeed, Dan legislated with uncom- ‘‘I represented the people of Hawaii and cent. mon civility and candor, ability and ef- this nation honestly and to the best of Senator AKAKA is America’s first ficacy, as well as the most seriousness my ability. I think I did okay.’’ Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry, of purpose and irrepressible good Mr. President, I believe, as do my and the only Chinese-American Mem- humor. It is no wonder, then, why the colleagues, that history will recall ber of the Senate. He chairs the Indian people of Hawaii, since achieving state- Senator Inouye as one of our most dis- Affairs Committee and, like Senator hood in 1959, have repeatedly and over- tinguished and iconic legislators, and Inouye, he has been a stalwart sup- whelmingly returned Dan to Congress just as he joins the pantheon of exem- porter of Native Americans, Native for over half a century, entrusting him plary leaders who have shaped our Na- Alaskans, Pacific Islanders, Asian not only to be their voice and their tion for the better, his memory will, Americans, and Native Hawaiians. One vote, but their champion. too, forever live on in the collective of his highest priorities has been to se- And that is precisely what he was—a heart of an eternally grateful Nation. cure passage of the Native Hawaiian legislative stalwart and tireless advo- Indeed, the Senate, the State of Ha- Government Reorganization Act, S.

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It’s the right thing to do. and friendly personalities of Senators The epitaph on the stone plaque where I have been privileged to work with AKAKA and Inouye, their wise counsel, the great English architect Sir Chris- Senator AKAKA on efforts to protect and their service here in the United topher Wren is buried reads, ‘‘If you the Federal workforce. Federal em- States Senate on behalf of Hawaiians seek his monument, look around you.’’ ployees have no greater champion than and all Americans. The same could be said for Senator Senator AKAKA, who has chaired the JEFF BINGAMAN BINGAMAN with regard to the preserva- Homeland Security & Governmental Mr. President, JEFF BINGAMAN is an- tion of our natural world. Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of other Senator whose quiet demeanor Two weeks ago, Senator BINGAMAN Government Management. Senator belies his tremendous skill and effec- gave his farewell speech to the Senate AKAKA is committed to making the tiveness as a legislator. Senator BINGA- and I would like to quote from the be- Federal government an employer of MAN and I were born 2 days apart Octo- ginning of that speech. He remarked, choice capable of attracting and re- ber 3 and October 5, 1943, respectively. In 1981, in his first inaugural address, taining the best and the brightest. In Both of Senator BINGAMAN’s parents President Reagan said, ‘‘Government is not 2009, he introduced the Telework En- were teachers, which may help explain the solution to our problem; government is the problem.’’ hancement Act, which became law in his interest and involvement in edu- I came to the Senate two years later in 2010 and expands telework opportuni- cational policy. He graduated from a 1983 with the firm belief that in most cases ties at executive agencies. Senator public school in a small town in New his statement was wrong. AKAKA has also fought to create a cul- Mexico and then went to Harvard for I believed then and I believe now that the ture of transparency and fairness in his bachelor of arts degree and Stan- Federal Government can be a constructive the Federal Government, authoring the ford for his law degree. From 1968 to force for good; in protecting and maintaining the civil liberties of all Americans, in main- Whistleblower Protection Enhance- 1974, he served in the U.S. Army Re- taining and strengthening our economy, in ment Act, which I was proud to cospon- serve and in 1978, he was elected attor- protecting our environment and in helping sor. President Obama signed that bill ney general of New Mexico. Senator Americans live productive and fulfilling into law last month. And Senator BINGAMAN was first elected to the Sen- lives. AKAKA has been a civil rights cham- ate in 1982 and then won reelection four I agree wholeheartedly with Senator pion, partnering with Senators LIEBER- times, only once dipping below receiv- BINGAMAN and am grateful that for the MAN, COLLINS, me, and others to sup- ing at least 61 percent of the popular past 30 years in public service, he has port domestic partner benefits. vote. lived by those words and beliefs. I also appreciate Senator AKAKA’s de- Senator BINGAMAN has worked on ev- SCOTT BROWN termined advocacy for financial lit- erything from drop-out prevention in Mr. President, Senator BROWN shook eracy and consumer protections. His schools with low student achievement the political establishment when he Credit Card Minimum Payment Warn- and graduation rates to phasing out won a special election in 2010 to replace ing Act was included in the 2009 Credit the waiting period for disabled individ- the late Senator Ted Kennedy. Senator CARD Act. Now, thanks to Senator uals to become eligible for Medicare BROWN was the first Republican to win AKAKA, credit card bills must include a benefits and to eliminate it for people a Senate race in Massachusetts since disclosure box to show consumers how with life-threatening conditions to the Senator Edward Brooke won re-elec- long it will take to repay their entire establishment of ARPA–E the Ad- tion in 1972. Senator BROWN previously balance if they only make minimum vanced Research Projects Agency at served in the Massachusetts State monthly payments. The so-called the Department of Energy. House of Representatives from 1998 to ‘‘Akaka Box’’ also lets consumers Earlier this month, the Energy Infor- 2004 and then in the State Senate from know how much it will cost to pay off mation Administration, EIA, reported 2004–2010. their outstanding balance within 36 that with improved efficiency of en- Senator BROWN has been here just a months, which is a typical length of a ergy use and a shift away from the short time, but he has been in the debt management plan. Senator AKAKA most carbon-intensive fuels, U.S. en- ‘‘thick of things’’, given his willingness was also an author of portions of the ergy-related carbon dioxide, CO2, emis- to reach across the aisle. According to Dodd-Frank Act addressing financial sions are likely to remain more than 5 Congressional Quarterly, he has the literacy (establishing the Office of Fi- percent below their 2005 level through second-most bipartisan voting record nancial Education within the Con- 2040. Emissions from motor gasoline in the Senate, and helped the majority sumer Financial Protection Bureau) will decline as a result of the adoption pass the Stop Trading on Congressional and investor protections. of fuel economy standards, biofuel Knowledge, STOCK, Act, which he co- Throughout Senator AKAKA’s long mandates, and shifts in consumer be- authored; the Dodd-Frank Wall Street and distinguished career in Congress, havior. Emissions from coal used in the Reform and Consumer Protection Act, he has also been an ardent environ- generation of electricity will decline as which was passed with exactly 60 votes; mentalist. As a former chairman of the power generation shifts from coal to the repeal of the Department of De- Subcommittee on National Parks, leg- lower-carbon fuels, including natural fense’s ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ policy; islation he authored has created, ex- gas and renewables. These are all sig- the Hiring Incentives to Restore Em- panded, or otherwise improved each of nificant accomplishments, made pos- ployment, HIRE, Act, and the New Hawaii’s national parks. His Hawaii sible largely by Senator BINGAMAN’s START Treaty. In the wake of the hor- Tropical Forest Recovery Act estab- steady hand at the helm of the Energy rific shootings at the Sandy Hook Ele- lished the Hawaii Experimental Trop- and Natural Resources Committee, mentary School in Newtown, Con- ical Forest in order to promote the re- where he has helped to shape and pass necticut, Senator BROWN was one of the covery of tropical forests in Hawaii and all of the major energy bills for over first Republicans to express his support undertake needed research to better the past decade. for reinstating the assault weapons protect tropical forests around the In 2009, Senator BINGAMAN shep- ban. On a more parochial note, I would world. herded the Omnibus Public Land Man- note that 9 months ago he started serv- A hallmark of Senator AKAKA, like agement Act to passage. That legisla- ing as an active member of the Mary- Senator Inouye, is his soft-spoken and tion added wilderness protection to land National Guard, and we are grate- courteous manner. The Senators from over 2 million acres, designated 1,100 ful for his service. Hawaii have always treated the rest of miles of wild and scenic rivers, and KENT CONRAD us with respect and graciousness. They added more than 2,800 miles to the na- Mr. President, few, if any, other Sen- have reached across the aisle to foster tional trail system. I believe it was the ators have devoted as much time and

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energy as Senator KENT CONRAD has to contemporary water needs, ensuring his final Senate speech; he indicated trying to balance the Federal budget. Federal help to protect Fargo against that he will take to the floor again if There are few more important—or dif- record spring flooding, and securing we reach agreements in the next few ficult—tasks. The Senate will miss his over $1 billion to rebuild Grand Forks days on the 2012 farm bill and the so- steady hand as chairman of the Budget and build new flood controls following called fiscal cliff negotiations. If we do Committee and his expertise on budg- the 1997 flood, an additional $1 billion find a way forward, Senator CONRAD etary and fiscal matters as a former to respond to the ongoing, devastating will have played a key role in both in- tax commissioner for the State of flooding in the Devils Lake basin, and stances. It has been my honor to serve North Dakota. a final $1 billion to respond to the on the Budget Committee under Sen- As Senator CONRAD likes to note, he record breaking 2011 flooding in Minot. ator CONRAD’s leadership. was 16 years old when he sat in the While Senator CONRAD has been a KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON visitors gallery to this Chamber, lis- leader on farm and energy policies, he Mr. President, Senator KAY BAILEY tened to former Senator Hubert Hum- has been the leader on budget policies HUTCHISON has been shattering glass phrey speak on the Civil Rights Act, as chairman of the Budget Committee ceilings her entire life in a career that and decided that he wanted to be a and a senior member of the Finance has spanned law, banking, TV news re- United States Senator. Not only did he Committee. Six years ago, he teamed porting, owning a small business, and make that decision, he committed him- with former Republican Senator Judd politics. She was one of five women in self to running for a Senate seat in 1986 Gregg of to propose a her University of Texas Law School or 1988. After Senator CONRAD received bipartisan commission to tackle the class. She was the first Republican degrees from Stanford University and debt. That idea ultimately prompted woman elected to the Texas House of George Washington University, he President to create the Representatives. In 1990, she became worked as an assistant to our former National Commission on Fiscal Re- state treasurer—the first Texas Repub- colleague, Byron Dorgan, who was the sponsibility and Reform, also known as lican woman elected to statewide of- North Dakota Tax Commissioner from the Bowles-Simpson (or Simpson- fice. Her 1993 special election victory Bowles) Commission after its co-chairs, 1969 to 1980. He succeeded Senator Dor- to succeed Senator Lloyd Bentsen former Republican Senator Alan Simp- gan as tax commissioner but beat him made her the first—and only—woman son of Wyoming and former White to the Senate, defeating Republican in- to represent Texas in the Senate. She House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, in cumbent Mark Andrews, who had rep- was re-elected in 1994, 2000, and 2006, re- 2010. Senator CONRAD was appointed to resented North Dakota as a Represent- the Commission and has subsequently ceiving over 60 percent of the popular ative or Senator since 1963. Senator served in the bipartisan ‘‘’’ vote in each instance. In 2001, she was CONRAD won that election in 1986. As he and ‘‘Gang of Eight’’ groups of Sen- named one of the 30 most powerful remarked in his farewell speech, ‘‘That ators attempting to find a budget com- women in America by Ladies Home is the power of a plan.’’ promise that would forestall the tax in- Journal. Senator CONRAD pledged that he creases and automatic spending cuts Senator HUTCHISON was the Senate would not seek re-election in 1992 if the scheduled to commence on January 1, architect of our military forces’ trans- Federal budget deficit had not declined 2013. formation from Cold War-based for- by the end of his term. He honored that Senator CONRAD has been indefati- ward basing, with extensive overseas pledge. But North Dakotans, to their gable in his pursuit of sound budgetary infrastructure, to a strategically bal- credit, encouraged him to run in a spe- and fiscal policies. He has brought a so- anced approach that emphasizes rap- cial election that year to fill the re- berness to the subject, along with his idly deployable military forces based mainder of Senator Quentin Burdick’s trademark patience and extraordinary at large, modern, centrally located term. Senator Burdick, the State’s sen- ability to discuss complex budget U.S. military installations. As chair of ior Senator at the time, had died in issues and large numbers in a way that the Military Construction Appropria- September 1992. Byron Dorgan was is accessible to everyone accompanied, tions Subcommittee, she has played a elected to replace Senator CONRAD, and of course, by his myriad charts! Sen- crucial role in developing larger, Senator CONRAD was elected to replace ator CONRAD has always promoted a soldier- and family-friendly U.S. instal- Senator Burdick. He was re-elected balanced approach to addressing our lations and improving the quality of three times, with 58 percent, 61 per- budget deficits that includes higher life and the quality of health care for cent, and nearly 69 percent of the vote, revenues, spending cuts, and appro- our servicemen and women and their respectively. This is an extraordinary priate entitlement reform. The Bowles- families. As ranking member of the political accomplishment in a largely Simpson Commission’s report, which Senate Commerce Committee, Senator Republican State and a testament to he helped draft, should serve as a blue- HUTCHISON authored major legislation Senator CONRAD and the discernment print for Congressional action. in 2005 and 2010 to create a balanced, of North Dakota voters. No matter how arduous the budget bipartisan blueprint for America’s Agriculture is the single biggest com- negotiations become, Senator CONRAD post-Shuttle space program. She also ponent of the North Dakota economy. is eternally optimistic. As he noted in protected $100 billion science and re- Senator CONRAD has successfully his farewell speech, search investment in the International fought to make sure farm programs I think we all know our country needs a Space Station by paving way for com- benefit North Dakota’s farmers and plan now, and we know plans have worked mercial crews. Senator HUTCHISON is ranchers, from winning formula fights before. I was here in 1993 when we had just one of Senate’s leading advocates for on drought legislation in his first term come off the largest deficit in the history of the United States. The country was in the bolstering the Nation’s science and to leading the charge for disaster as- doldrums. The economy was just plugging technology education and competitive- sistance in the late 1990s and playing a along, not doing very well, we had a weak re- ness. In 2007, she co-sponsored the leading role in writing the 2002 and 2008 covery from a deep recession, and we passed America COMPETES Act, which in- farm bills. North Dakota receives far a plan to get the country back on track. We cluded her legislation to allow college more farm program benefits, on a per did it the old-fashioned way. We made tough students majoring in science, tech- capita basis, than any other State, and decisions, some that were unpopular, but it nology, engineering or mathematics— they have helped produce prosperity in was the right thing to do and it worked. We balanced the budget. We had the longest pe- STEM—to be concurrently certified as farm country. Senator CONRAD has also riod of uninterrupted economic growth in elementary and secondary school brought hundreds of millions of dollars the Nation’s history. Twenty-three million teachers. to North Dakota to develop water sup- jobs were created, and we were actually pay- Senator HUTCHISON has been a strong ply and flood protection projects. Key ing down the debt of the United States at the voice for women’s economic empower- victories include passage of the Dakota end of the Clinton administration. ment and family-supporting tax poli- Water Resources Act to bring Federal I share Senator CONRAD’s fervent cies. She joined with my colleague, legislation in line with North Dakota’s hope that his farewell speech won’t be Senator MIKULSKI, in sponsoring the

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In 1982, he won the she was serving in the Texas House of turing Extension Partnership Program, first of two terms as Connecticut’s At- Representatives, she sponsored pio- MEP, a public-private partnership that torney General, and was immensely neering legislation to protect rape vic- provides technical support to small and popular for championing environ- tims by redefining consent and shield- medium manufacturers. Since MEP ar- mental and consumer protection. ing them from invasive personal ques- rived in Wisconsin in 1998, its two cen- Senator LIEBERMAN pulled off per- tions that implied ‘‘blaming the vic- ters have created or retained over haps the biggest upset of the 1988 elec- tim.’’ The Texas law became the na- 13,000 high quality manufacturing jobs tion cycle when he defeated incumbent tional model for state laws to protect with almost $2 billion in economic im- Republican Senator Lowell Weicker in rape victims. In 2003, here in the Sen- pact throughout the State. In 2007 and a close race, winning by just 10,000 ate, she won passage of bill that cre- 2010, Senator KOHL introduced bipar- votes. But 6 years later, when Demo- ated the national Amber Alert; more tisan legislation to authorize appro- crats lost control of both houses of than 550 abducted children have since priations for MEP and, in both in- Congress, Senator LIEBERMAN won re- been reunited with their parents. stances, those bills became public law: election with over 67 percent of the Senator HUTCHISON is also an accom- the former as part of the America vote. In 2000, while he simultaneously plished author. In 2000, she and other COMPETES Act of 2007; the latter as ran for Vice President, he received over woman Senators co-authored Nine and part of the American COMPETES Re- 63 percent of the vote for the Senate Counting: The Women of the Senate. In authorization of 2010. For over a dec- seat he held. 2004, she wrote American Heroines: The ade, and despite budgetary pressures, Here in the Senate, Senator LIEBER- Spirited Women Who Shaped Our Coun- MEP has received the resources it MAN has been a strong advocate of re- try, which was followed in 2007 by the needs to continue to help small manu- cruiting, training, and equipping a 21st bestselling book, Leading Ladies: facturers in Wisconsin and across the century fighting force and using it to American Trailblazers. I’m not sure, nation, prompting the American Small defend America’s security, values, and but I believe she is the only sitting Manufacturers Coalition to name Sen- interests. Senator LIEBERMAN was one U.S. Senator to have appeared on an ator KOHL a ‘‘champion for small man- of five Democrats to co-sponsor S.J. episode of Walker, Texas Ranger with ufacturers.’’ Res. 2, which authorized the use of Chuck Norris! Senator KOHL’s quiet but effective force in the first Gulf War in 1991. He Senator HUTCHISON has a solid con- contributions to our Nation aren’t lim- partnered with Senator MCCAIN to push servative voting record and outlook. ited to his service here in the Senate. for U.S. intervention in the Balkans in She is thoughtful, accessible, and col- He is a committed philanthropist, too. the 1990s, and he was a proponent of laborative. These qualities and her For instance, he donated $25 million to former President George W. Bush’s hard work have made her an out- the University of Wisconsin at Madison ‘‘surge’’ strategy in Iraq. standing Senator. We will miss her. for the construction of its new sports Following the terrorist attacks on HERB KOHL arena. It was the largest single dona- September 11, 2001, Senator LIEBERMAN Mr. President, Senator HERB KOHL tion in University’s history. In 1990, he led the charge to establish the 9/11 embodies the American dream. His par- established the Herb Kohl Educational Commission, whose mission was to pre- ents were Jewish immigrants from Po- Foundation Achievement Award Pro- pare a full and complete account of the land and Russia who started a chain of gram, which provides annual grants to- circumstances surrounding the at- grocery and department stores. Sen- taling $100,000 to 100 graduating sen- tacks. Then, in response to the Com- ator KOHL earned a Bachelor of Arts iors, 100 teachers, and 100 schools mission’s recommendations, Senator degree from the University of Wis- throughout Wisconsin. And he is much LIEBERMAN worked with Senator SUSAN consin in 1956 and a Master of Business beloved in his hometown for pur- COLLINS to implement the largest reor- Administration, MBA, degree from chasing the Milwaukee Bucks basket- ganization of the intelligence commu- Harvard Business School in 1958. Be- ball team in 1985 to prevent the team nity in over half a century. As Chair- tween 1958 and 1964, Senator KOHL was from being moved to another city. man of the Government Affairs Com- a member of the United States Army mittee, Senator LIEBERMAN led Con- Reserve. Senator KOHL had a highly Mr. President, few Senators have gressional efforts to establish the De- successful business career before he struck as independent a path in recent partment of Homeland Security, which was elected to the Senate in 1988 with years as Senator JOE LIEBERMAN. He integrated all or part of 22 different 52 percent of the vote. In each succes- was the first prominent Democrat to Federal departments and agencies. He sive re-election effort, his share of the chastise then-President Bill Clinton for has since continued to oversee the De- popular vote rose, all the way up to his affair with Monica Lewinsky but partment’s work in his position as more than 67 percent in 2006. did not support removing the President ranking member of the Committee be- I have served with Senator KOHL on from office. He was the Democratic tween 2003 and 2006 and as Chairman the Judiciary Committee and have seen Party’s nominee to be Vice President again since 2007. firsthand his commitment to ensuring in 2000—the first Jewish candidate on a Senator LIEBERMAN is a committed the fairness of our legal system. national party ticket in American his- environmentalist. He played a key role Senator KOHL introduced legislation tory. Senator LIEBERMAN has con- in drafting and passing the 1990 Clean to create a tax credit for employer-pro- founded people because he has been Air Act Amendments, which estab- vided child care after Congress passed willing to follow his conscience and to lished the sulfur dioxide ‘‘cap and the welfare reform bill in 1996, to help place principle over party loyalty. trade’’ program to combat acid rain, families move from welfare to work. Senator LIEBERMAN is a proud son of one of the most successful programs in The credit was codified in section 45F Connecticut. His parents ran a liquor history. He has introduced every major of the Internal Revenue Code as part of store in Stamford; both his paternal climate change bill in the Senate, and the package of tax cuts passed in 2001. and maternal grandparents were immi- every bill that has been brought to the Section 45F offers a tax credit for 25 grants from Poland and Austria, re- floor for a vote. In 1994, Senator LIE- percent of what it costs a business to spectively. He graduated from Yale BERMAN worked with then-representa- build and maintain an on-site child University—the first member of his tive Nancy Johnson, a Republican, to care facility and 10 percent of their ex- family to graduate from college—and secure Wild and Scenic River status for

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In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, While he was in the Navy, he was an in- 1991, he collaborated with then-Senator ANWR, to oil and gas exploration; he telligence briefer for Admiral Arleigh Sam Nunn, a Democrat from Georgia also has introduced legislation every Burke. and chairman of the Armed Service two years to protect ANWR perma- To this day, Senator LUGAR shows his Committee, to eliminate latent weap- nently. fifth generation Hoosier roots, man- ons of mass destruction in the former In 1994, Senator LIEBERMAN intro- aging the family’s 600-acre corn, soy- Soviet Union. To date, the Nunn-Lugar duced the Video Game Ratings Act, bean, and tree farm. When he was just Cooperative Threat Reduction Program held hearings on violence in video 35, he was elected Mayor of Indianap- has deactivated more than 7,500 nu- games, and played an important role in olis and served two highly successful clear warheads. Three months after the establishing a rating system and re- terms and was elected President of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on stricting sales of mature games to mi- National League of Cities in 1971. Sen- the United States, Senator LUGAR nors. In the wake of the terrible trag- ator LUGAR defeated incumbent Sen- enunciated the ‘‘Lugar Doctrine’’, edy at the Sandy Hook Elementary ator Vance Hartke in 1976 with 60 per- which commits the United States to School in Newtown, CT, he has called cent of the vote in a year when the use ‘‘all of its military, diplomatic and for the creation of a national commis- Democratic candidate for president, economic power—without question—to sion to study gun violence in a com- Jimmy Carter, won the election. He ensure that life threatening weapons of prehensive way. In 1998, Senator LIE- was re-elected five times. On three of mass destruction everywhere are ac- BERMAN introduced and helped pass the those occasions, he received well over counted, contained and destroyed’’ and Charter School Expansion Act, which 60 percent of the vote. In 2006, he re- which ‘‘asserts that the U.S. should en- expanded the number of high-quality ceived over 87 percent of the vote while courage democratic institutions and charter schools available to children Democrats were recapturing control of decrease dependence on foreign energy across the United States. Three years Congress for the first time in 12 years. sources.’’ Few, if any, people have done later, he was a lead sponsor of the No Before Senator LUGAR chaired the more than Senator LUGAR over the past Child Left Behind legislation, NCLB. Foreign Relations Committee, he 36 years to ensure security, promote Because of his involvement, he was in- chaired the Agriculture Committee, freedom and peace, and reduce the vited to join the NCLB conference com- during which time he authored the 1996 threat of war. mittee despite not serving on the com- Farm bill. He established a biofuels re- In 2008, Senator LUGAR received the mittee of jurisdiction. In 2007, Senator search program to help increase U.S. Paul H. Douglas Ethics in Government LIEBERMAN was a lead sponsor of the utilization of ethanol and combustion Award, which is awarded by the Uni- National Innovation Act and the Na- fuels, and led initiatives to streamline versity of Illinois Institute of Govern- tional Innovation Education Act. the U.S. Department of Agriculture, re- ment and Public Affairs. He gave a pro- These were underlying pieces of the form the Food Stamp Program, and found speech on the nature of biparti- final American COMPETES Act, in- preserve the Federal school lunch pro- sanship when he received that award. I tended to spur innovation and ensure gram. Over the course of his career, he think the speech perfectly exemplifies that our workforce has the education has been deeply involved in food secu- Senator LUGAR and his approach to and skills necessary to compete in a rity issues, both domestically and governance, and I would exhort every- global economy. In 2010, Senator LIE- around the globe. one to read it and take it to heart. This BERMAN led the successful fight to re- Senator LUGAR generally holds con- is part of what he said: peal the Department of Defense’s servative economic views, but he sup- Too often bipartisanship is misrepresented ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ policy. He also ports President Obama’s DREAM Act as the byproduct of moderate political views has introduced legislation to provide and certain restrictions on gun owner- or the willingness to strike deals. We should domestic partnership benefits to fed- ship. He was the first Republican Sen- be clear that bipartisanship is not centrism, eral employees, and was an original co- ator to announce his support for Presi- and it is more than just compromise. It is a sponsor of the Employment Non-Dis- dent Obama’s first Supreme Court way of approaching one’s duties as a public servant that requires self-reflection, dis- crimination Act. nominee, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cipline of study, and faith in the good will of Senator LIEBERMAN is a highly ac- Judge Sonia Sotomayor. He also voted others. complished Senator because he has put in favor of President Obama’s second I believe this type of independent self re- pragmatism above ideology and be- Supreme Court nominee, Solicitor Gen- flection and discipline of thought is at the cause he has been willing to forge bi- eral Elena Kagan. I was proud and priv- core of any politician’s attempt to be truly partisan alliances and compromises. He ileged to work with Senator LUGAR on bipartisan. In today’s political environment, is a deeply religious man whose motto an extractive industries transparency politicians are bombarded by demands from might well be the prophet Isaiah’s our respective parties and loyalist groups to provision that we are able to include in adopt certain orthodox positions. To some plaintive cry, ‘‘Come now, and let us the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & extent this is a necessary element of a two- reason together’’ (Isaiah 1:18). The Sen- Consumer Protection Act. And I have party system. But when positions are adopt- ate will miss his devotion to public learned so much from Senator LUGAR ed purely on the basis of partisan advantage service, cheerfulness, and optimism. serving on the Foreign Relations Com- or strategic opposition to the other party, RICHARD LUGAR mittee. our system begins to break down. Some Mr. President, Senator RICHARD In a long career of dazzling accom- members may genuinely agree with their LUGAR isn’t just one of our leading plishments, Senator LUGAR has made party 50 percent of the time, others may Senators; he’s one of the Nation’s his greatest mark with respect to for- genuinely agree with their party 99 percent of the time. The question is whether a politi- greatest statesmen over the past quar- eign affairs. In 2006, Time magazine cian arrives at those conclusions through ter-century. We have been fortunate in- rated him as one of America’s 10 Best honest reflection and careful study of the deed to have Senator LUGAR at the Senators in an article entitled ‘‘The issue or whether they arrive there because helm of the Foreign Relations Com- Wise Man’’. According to the article, they have adopted an ‘‘us-versus-them’’ men- mittee, either as chairman or ranking Senator LUGAR’s ‘‘thinking has often tality. Increasingly at all levels of American member, for so many years. He is quite proved to be ahead of the curve.’’ He politics, capable leaders are succumbing to literally a gentleman and a scholar. pushed for democratic governments in the temptation to put politics first. . . Particularly destructive is the After graduating first in his class from the Philippines and South Africa and misperception in some quarters that gov- high school and from Denison Univer- the development of alternative fuels to erning with one vote more than 50 percent is sity, he attended Pembroke College at reduce our reliance on foreign supplies just as good or better than governing with 60 Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, where he of oil in the 1980s. He has been influen- or 70 percent support. Under this theory, the

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The relationships quarters for STRATCOM, and a new the President on the grounds that his that are destroyed and the ill will that is Veterans Administration hospital for actions didn’t warrant his removal created make subsequent achievements that ’s veterans. from office. much more difficult. If the minority is not a Senator NELSON has always been true During consideration of the 2001 tax participant, it begins to see its job as frus- to his beliefs and true to his word, and cuts, Senator SNOWE worked with trating the majority, rather than as trying it has been a pleasure to work with former Senator Blanche Lincoln, a to advance its ideas or contributing to good him. His desire to seek bipartisan com- Democrat from , to increase legislation. A 51 percent mentality deepens promise is a noble one. He likes to the amount of the child tax credit and cynicism, sharpens political vendettas, and depletes the national reserve of good will quote Henry Ford, who said, ‘‘Coming make it refundable, so that low income that is critical to our survival in hard times. together is a beginning. Keeping to- families who don’t earn enough to pay Leaders should not content themselves with gether is progress. Working together is federal taxes could still benefit from 51 percent if they can expand a working ma- success’’. Senator NELSON has always the credit, ensuring that it would as- jority through outreach, judicious rhetoric, heeded those words; we would be well- sist an additional 13 million more chil- bipartisan alliances, and thoughtful argu- served to do likewise in his absence. dren and lift 500,000 of those children mentation. National unity is not simply a out of poverty. But 2 years later, she civic nicety; it counts in real policy Mr. President, few people have faced joined Senators and terms.... the personal adversity Senator OLYM- JOHN MCCAIN as the only Republicans Senator LUGAR concluded his speech PIA SNOWE has overcome on her way to to oppose the 2003 tax cuts. Prag- by remarking that former Senator becoming the youngest Republican matism, not fealty to a rigid political Paul Douglas’ life ‘‘provides us with an woman ever elected to the United ideology, has been her guiding prin- extraordinary example of what can be States House of Representatives; the ciple. achieved through thoughtful dedica- first woman to have served in both Senator SNOWE was one of eight Re- tion to public service.’’ The same can houses of a state legislature and both publican Senators to vote to repeal the be said for Senator LUGAR. houses of the U.S. Congress, and the ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ policy. Al- first Greek-American congresswoman. though she represents a largely rural, Mr. President, Senator BEN NELSON Senator SNOWE, a first-generation pro-hunting State, she has supported is a native Nebraskan who earned his American, was orphaned at a young sensible gun control measures. She B.A., M.A., and J.D. degrees from the age and then her uncle, who was rais- teamed with our former colleague, Sen- University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He ing her with his family, died a few ator Ted Kennedy, to co-author the embarked on a highly successful career years later. Her first husband was landmark Genetic Nondiscrimination in the insurance industry, working for killed in a car accident when she was Act, which prevents insurance compa- Central National Insurance Group of just 26 and, later, her 20-year-old step- nies and employers from denying or Omaha. In 1975, he became Nebraska’s son died from a heart ailment. And yet, dropping coverage based on genetic State insurance director before going Senator SNOWE didn’t just persevere. tests. I have been proud to work with back to work for Central National In- She ran for her late husband’s seat in Senator SNOWE on a number of small surance first as an executive vice presi- the House of Representatives at business initiatives, including our leg- dent, and then as president. the age of 26 and won. She was re-elect- islation to increase the cap on surety With regard to politics, Senator NEL- ed to the State House in 1974 and, in bonds. SON decided to start at the top. In 1990, 1976, won election to the Maine Senate. Senator SNOWE has stated repeatedly in his first run for office, he was elect- She was elected to the U.S. House of that she inherited a legacy of biparti- ed as Governor of Nebraska. In 1994, he Representatives in 1978, and rep- sanship and independence from former was re-elected with 74 percent of the resented Maine’s 2nd Congressional Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith, vote. During his tenure, he cut spend- District from 1979 to 1995. who delivered her seminal ‘‘Declara- ing relative to the previous administra- Senator SNOWE successfully ran for tion of Conscience’’ speech against the tion by 64 percent, promoted legisla- the seat vacated by former Senate Ma- bullying tactics, smear campaigns, and tion to cut crime through the Safe jority Leader George Mitchell in 1994, intimidation of former Senator Joe Streets Act & Juvenile Crime Bill, ad- winning 60 percent of the vote. She was McCarthy. As Senator SNOWE remarked vocated for low-income families re-elected in 2000 and 2006, winning 69 in her ‘‘farewell’’ speech the other day, through the Kids Connection health percent and 74 percent of the vote, re- Senator Smith’s stand demonstrated care system, enacted welfare reforms, spectively. In nearly 40 years of hold- truly uncommon courage and prin- and cut taxes for over 400,000 middle in- ing elective office, Senator SNOWE has cipled independence. Senator SNOWE come Nebraska families. He was forced never lost an election. has been a worthy heir and guardian of to step down because of term limits, During her time in office, Senator Senator Smith’s legacy. We will miss but then he successfully ran for the SNOWE has been a quintessential Yan- her common sense, her pragmatic ap- Senate seat vacated by Senator Bob kee Republican, putting her constitu- proach to governing, and her ability to Kerrey. While that race was close, he ents and the Nation ahead of political promote bipartisan consensus. was re-elected in 2006 with just under party. While she served in the House, JIM WEBB 64 percent of the vote. she was a member of the moderate Mr. President, Senator JAMES WEBB Senator NELSON is a moderate to con- wing of the Republican Party known as is a highly decorated combat veteran of servative Democrat, which is fitting Gypsy Moths, working with southern the Vietnam War, the first Naval Acad- given the conservative tilt of Nebraska Democrats known as Boll Weevils to emy graduate to serve as a civilian voters. For the past 12 years, he has forge bipartisan budgets. Here in the Secretary of the Navy, lawyer, and ac- frequently reached out to Republicans Senate, she was a member of the Gang complished author. Senator WEBB grew to try to get things done. For instance, of 14. Prior to that, during the Senate’s up in a military family and noted in he was a member of the so-called 1999 impeachment trial of then-Presi- his 2004 book, Born Fighting: How the ‘‘Gang of 14’’ that helped to resolve the dent Bill Clinton, she worked with her Scots-Irish Shaped America, that his judicial nominations controversy in Maine colleague, Senator SUSAN COL- ancestors fought in every major Amer- 2005. He has worked hard to protect and LINS, to find a middle ground approach, ican war. Senator WEBB’s father, a ca- promote the State’s agricultural inter- drafting a motion that would have al- reer officer in the U.S. Air Force, flew ests, becoming a champion of ethanol lowed the Senate to vote separately on B–17s and B–29s during World War II,

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We needed the Vietnam War he served as a pla- reaching across the aisle as they have them to go public with their support toon commander with Delta Company, done so many times to forge bipartisan for the proposal so that all the can- 1st Battalion 5th Marines. He earned a consensus and solutions to our Nation’s didates would be on the record as being Navy Cross, the second highest decora- most vexing problems. The men and on board with the plan. That would tion in the Navy and Marine Corps for women who will be leaving the Senate help to strengthen and stabilize the heroism in Vietnam. He also earned the at the end of this Congress understand economy and put South Korea on a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two that compromise isn’t a dirty word; it track toward a long term solution to Purple Hearts. Senator WEBB’s son is the genius at the heart of our polit- their financial problems. Jimmy has continued the Webb fam- ical system. We will miss them. We were so ‘‘effective’’ with our as- ily’s long, proud record of military JOSEPH LIEBERMAN signment that, after meeting with us, service to our Nation as a rifleman and Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, at the end each of the candidates took to the air- Marine Corps Sergeant, served a tour of each session of Congress, the Senate waves the next day to make it clear of duty in Iraq with Weapons Company, takes a moment to acknowledge and that if they were elected they would re- 1st Battalion 6th Marines. express our appreciation for the service write the whole deal. Senator WEBB has served just one of those retiring Members who will not As soon as they made it clear they term but he has made it a productive be a part of the next Congress when we were not interested in the proposal one, passing the 21st Century GI Bill to reconvene in January. We offer each of that had been made, the value of their provide the same educational benefits them our thanks for a job well done. currency began to sink like a rock. It to post-9/11 veterans that the World JOE LIEBERMAN is such an individual, hit the maximum loss for three days. War II ‘‘Greatest Generation’’ received. and he has brought so much to our That was enough to teach each can- He introduced the bill his first day in work in the Senate over the years. We didate that they had no alternative but office, and saw it enacted into law. will miss him. to move in the direction the Inter- More than 800,000 veterans have since Ever since he arrived here in the Sen- national Monetary Fund had rec- received educational benefits through ate JOE has always seen our delibera- ommended. the program. What a wonderful legacy tions as not so much a matter of party As soon as that realization became for Senator WEBB to have. so much as it has been about each issue clear, each of the candidates went back Senator WEBB also dedicated his time taken individually. That is why we see on the airwaves and said that they in office to refocusing and rebalancing him as such a thoughtful legislator. He would comply with the International our relationships in East Asia. He has examines every matter that comes be- Monetary Fund’s recommendations and long argued that getting mired in Iraq fore the Senate, taking stock of how it pursue the policies that would place and Afghanistan was a strategic mis- will impact his home State of Con- the nation on firmer ground. When take, and that our long-term interests necticut and the future of our Nation, there is only one viable alternative it lie with Asia. As chair of the Senate and then he makes a decision on the makes taking a position on an issue Foreign Relations East Asia Sub- best course of action for the Congress like this a lot easier. committee, he visited nearly every to take. His ability to sort through I learned a great deal about JOE on country in the region, focusing particu- each issue focused more on policy than that trip—and from him, too. It was in larly on the countries of mainland politics has helped him to work with every sense time well spent both for me southeast Asia and our treaty allies. Senators on both sides of the aisle— and JOE—and for the government of His 2009 trip to Burma was the first by and bring something important to each South Korea as well. That experience a U.S. leader in 10 years; the visit is discussion. That is why the people of has been with me ever since and I have widely credited as the beginning of ef- Connecticut kept hiring him back on never forgotten it. forts to change our relationship with for another term. Simply put, they saw JOE is completing his fourth term that country. Senator WEBB remains him in action in the Senate and visited and through it all he has been a good the only U.S. leader to have met with with him when he would return to Con- representative of the people of Con- Than Shwe, the former junta leader, necticut and they liked what they saw. necticut. He has been a part of many and he also met with Aung San Suu I got to know JOE as we worked to- difficult and complex issues during Kyi while she was under house arrest. gether during a trip to South Korea. those four terms. Each day, strength- Senator WEBB has also worked continu- The Kyoto Conference had concluded ened by his faith and guided by his ously to resolve the basing issues with and South Korea was in the midst of a strong sense of values and principles, our main ally in the region, Japan, and series of problems. The outlook was he has taken on each challenge that to help pass a trade agreement with troublesome and action needed to be has come before us and done some very South Korea. taken on a priority basis. The problems important work for the Nation. A hallmark of Senator WEBB’s life- were magnified by the election that Thanks, JOE, for your willingness to long service to our Nation is his will- was going on and the monetary crisis serve. You have compiled a record dur- ingness to tackle the tough, that was being played out in the midst ing your years of service on the State unglamorous issues. Here in the Sen- of all of that political campaigning and and national level of which you can be ate, he led an effort to reform our posturing. very proud. As I thank you for your criminal justice system, introducing In an effort to be of assistance, the service, I also want to thank you for legislation to establish a commission International Monetary Fund had your friendship. I have enjoyed having of experts to review the entire spec- stepped in and was willing to provide the chance to come to know you and I trum of the American criminal justice the support that was needed in ex- hope you will continue to keep in system from drug laws to sentencing, change for South Korea’s willingness touch with us in the months to come. prison conditions, recidivism, and judi- to take certain steps that they believed cial reform. were essential if any additional ele- f Mr. President, these men and women ments of the crisis were to be avoided. who will be leaving the Senate soon The International Monetary Fund ENVIRONMENTAL EPA MERIT have made extraordinary sacrifices to asked us to meet with the candidates AWARDS serve our Nation. We are fortunate who were running in South Korea and Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I that they have chosen to spend signifi- make them aware of the importance of rise today to honor the 11 individuals cant parts of their lives in public serv- the current problem and the need to and organizations from Connecticut

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