December 8, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7251 would watch from the living room as We don’t know when a Udall will Anne, and all of the folks who are here his dad sat at the dinner table sur- next grace the halls with their pres- in front of you. There are too many to rounded by Democrats and Republicans ence, but I do know this: Our country thank. alike—both sides at dinner working to- needs more leaders like TOM. First and foremost, I thank my staff. gether. Those memories left a mark. Senator UDALL once said his father Every Senator here knows we are only TOM would spend his time in Congress and his uncle were lifelong role models as good as the people on our teams, and trying to do much the same. TOM’s because they had the right mix of in- as my friend PATRICK LEAHY says, we work with Senator Vitter led to one of spiration and perspiration. He said: Senators are often just a constitu- his greatest accomplishments in office: ‘‘They were both visionaries, but they tional impediment to the staff. Over the first major revision of the Toxic were also doers.’’ I can think of no bet- the years, I have been blessed with Substances Control Act in 40 years. At ter description of TOM UDALL himself— staffers who are full of talent, skill, the time, it was the most significant a visionary but also a doer. drive, and heart. environmental law to pass Congress in TOM, as you move on to the next I don’t want to leave anyone out, so over 20 years. chapter in your life, I wish you and Jill I ask unanimous consent to have print- TOM also had become one of the Sen- the very best of luck on the road ed in the RECORD a list of all of my ate’s leading authorities on Tribal pol- ahead. staff who have been part of Team icy, cosponsoring over a quarter of the I yield the floor. UDALL. bills that passed through the Indian Af- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- There being no objection, the mate- rial was ordered to be printed in the fairs Committee on their way to being ator from New Mexico. RECORD, as follows: signed into law. Legislation to improve FAREWELL TO THE SENATE Tribal access to affordable healthcare Mr. UDALL. Madam President, I Ned Adriance, Anna Alexander, Beverly Allen, Anna Apodaca, Gabe Apodaca, Lauren thank Senator SCHUMER for those kind and funding to support Native Amer- Arias, Michael Bales, Paloma Arroyo- ican language preservation programs remarks earlier. Lefebre, Jonathan Black, Greg Bloom, Jes- and boost support for Native American As you know, I announced last year sica Borchert, Billy Busch, Rene Camacho, entrepreneurs all bear the Udall stamp. that I wasn’t running for reelection, Xochitl Campos, Jack Carpenter, Nick Car- When it comes to protecting our en- and if I had known everyone was going ter, Sameer Chintamani, Dorcas Cisse, vironment and public lands, no one to be so nice to me, I might have an- Leeanne Clark, Sarah Cobb, Emma Coghlan, commands greater respect than the nounced it earlier. Jennifer Collins, Michael Collins, Clinton Cowan, Tiffany Cox, Laura Creech, Walter senior Senator from New Mexico. TOM I am not the only Senator who is giv- ing a farewell speech. Many of us got to Cross, Kevin Cummins, Cal Curley, Laura helped increase funding for the Depart- Davidson, Reyes De La Cruz, Sabrina De ment of Interior by 25 percent, includ- hear LAMAR ALEXANDER last week. Santiago, Leticia Delgado, Francesca Di ing billions to protect our national LAMAR is the perfect example of what a Palma, Kristine Dietz, Meredith Dixon, parks and expand our wildlife pre- U.S. Senator should be. Before I was Noelle Dominguez, Elizabeth Driggers, Pablo serves. Through the Great American wet behind the ears in the Senate, in Duran, Roger Duran. Bobbie Ferrell, Rachel Fleischer, Meagan Outdoors Act, TOM helped secure per- my first week here, LAMAR invited me and Jill, my wife, to dinner. There it Foster, Tannis Fox, Claudette Frausto, Julia manent funding for the Land and Friedmann, Jenna Frosch, Adam Fullerton, Water Conservation Fund—a fund his began. Jill and Honey, LAMAR’s wife, Ariel Garayar, Jack Gardner, Rene´e Gasper, dad helped establish over 40 years ago. became fast friends, and LAMAR and I Cara Gilbert, Fern Goodhart, Melanie Good- One of TOM’s favorite authors, Wal- grew closer, building the kind of man, Marco Grajeda, Jessica Grubesic, lace Stegner, once wrote: friendship that is essential here in the Stephenne Harding, Jesse Hale, Emma Ham- Something will have gone out of us as a Senate. We worked together to get ilton, Miranda Hernandez, Sierra Howlett, people if we ever let the remaining wilder- things done for our States in bolstering Cynthia Hull, Carolyn Ice, Michele Jacquez- ness be destroyed. . . . We simply need that our National Laboratories and con- Ortiz, Stephen Jochem, Michael Johnson, wild country available to us, even if we never serving our great outdoors. Something Alex Jordan, Michelle Kavanaugh, Edward do more than drive to its edge and look in. Kellum, Sean Kennedy, Caroline Klaff, else we shared was Mario, our barber in Stephanie Kuo, Talia Lapid, Jeffrey Lopez, Well, TOM did a whole lot more than the Senate barbershop. To be honest, Michael Lopez, Yesenia Luna, Jeanette ‘‘look in.’’ He preserved, he conserved, that is the best place to learn the wis- Lyman, Rachel Marchand, Crystal Martinez, and he expanded the great American dom of the Senate—by sitting in Jaime McCarthy. wilderness for generations hence. Mario’s chair. Jake McCook, Amber McDowell, Everette These highlights, impressive as they Friendships like I have with LAMAR McKoy, Matt Miller, Elisa Morales, Donda are, are only the tip of the iceberg. and Mario are what I will miss most Morgan, Rachel Montoya, Raven Murray, Tom Nagle, Ben Nathanson, Matt Nelson, Over his 12 years in office, TOM’s legis- about the Senate. It is the friendships Casey O’Neill, Annie Orloff, Steven Ortega, lative accomplishments ran the gamut because, as any good Senator will tell Bianca Ortiz Wertheim, Marissa Padilla, of consumer protection, conservation you, friendships are what get you over Matthew Padilla, Olivia Padilla, Russell policy, climate change, the protection the finish line. I will cherish the friend- Page, Carmela Quintana, Anna Rael Delay, of Tribal nations, and, most recently, a ships I have forged over the last 12 Eddie Render, Alyssa Roberts, Kelly Romero, principled stand against the current years. Rene Romo, Ken Rooney, Zachary Rosen- administration’s attempts to roll back I will miss serving the people of New berg, Carlos Sanchez, Joshua Sanchez, Ben Salazar, Laura Salgado, Alethea Scally, critical environmental protections. Mexico in Congress. The greatest honor Alicia Schreiner, Anthony Sedillo, Kelly Through it all, TOM has been of my life has been doing that, and I Seibert, Leo Sheehan, Sam Simon, Alyson unendingly civil, decent, and kind. He am confident that New Mexico will be Sincavage, Joshua Sisneros, Jeffrey Stein. has deep friendships, real friendships, in good hands with my friend Senator Jake Stewart, Kristina Swallow, Tomas long-lasting friendships in our caucus HEINRICH, my great partner over the Talamante, Jennifer Talhelm, Michael and across the aisle. He prefers to solve last 8 years. With his dedicated advo- Thorning, Xochitl Torres Small, Patsy Tru- problems, no matter who gets the cred- cacy for our communities and his love jillo, Lisa Van Theemsche, Roberto Vasquez, Anna Vavruska, Andrew Wallace, Daniel it, sometimes resisting the urge to of the land—all of that—MARTIN has Watson, Zoe Wilson-Meyer, David Williams, make a splash in public. been an inspiration, and Senator-Elect Devon Wohl, Bill Woldman, Timothy Kidding aside, TOM is as down-to- BEN RAY LUJA´ N, whom I have the privi- Woodbury, Veronica Yoo, Jan Zastrow. earth as they come. There is just no ar- lege of calling a friend, I know will Mr. UDALL. I want to say thank you tifice about him. He is a decent Sen- fight for New Mexico families every from the bottom of my heart to each of ator and a man. You couldn’t find any single day in the Senate. you for your hard work, your public better. Other Senators will attest to I will miss the righteous struggle we service, and your commitment. these qualities, I am sure, and so will take up in these Halls to build a more I want to thank my family—my par- his staff—a tribute that is perhaps even perfect Union, and I will miss all of ents Stewart and Lee Udall, who in- greater. The respect and loyalty that you—my staff, colleagues, and every- stilled in me the will to do good and to Senator UDALL commands from those one who works around the clock—and be good. who work for him day in and day out is the unsung heroes who keep the Senate To my brothers, sisters—my sister something extraordinary. running, people like John, Leigh, Mary Lori, who is here—and cousins who

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I got my start them for their constant love and sup- (Laughter.) in politics by working with my father port. —I would like to talk about a few of in fighting alongside the Navajo ura- Most importantly, thank you to my the highlights of my career and what I nium miners who had been hurt and brilliant and beautiful partner of 42 have learned from them. many who had died. They had been years, Jill Cooper Udall. Jill has been As you know, protecting America’s hurt by this Nation, by our nuclear my rock. She has been my chief coun- outdoor treasures is a cause close to weapons program. My work as vice sel. She has been my everything, and I my heart. It is something of a family chair of the Indian Affairs Committee couldn’t have asked for a better part- project. My family homesteaded in the has been the honor of a lifetime and ner with whom to have this public ad- West almost 180 years ago, and like another area in which this committee venture. generations of Udalls before me, I grew has achieved bipartisan progress. It has truly been an adventure for up with a special connection to the I thank my chairmen, Senator this son of the West, for after 20-plus land—to the gorgeous, untamed beauty HOEVEN and Senator BARRASSO before years, it is time for me to go back of the West, to the 60-mile vistas, to him, for their partnership and friend- home. As the great western writer Wal- the snow-covered, rugged mountains, ship. We have worked together as a lace Stegner wrote, ‘‘It is not an un- alpine lakes, and abundant wildlife. committee for better healthcare, edu- usual life curve for Westerners to live MITT ROMNEY knows this, for our cation, housing, and urgently needed in and be shaped by the bigness, sparse- great-grandfathers settled the same resources for Native communities, es- ness, space, clarity, and hopefulness of small western community. Stegner pecially as they battle this pandemic. the West—to go away for study and en- called the West the ‘‘geography of The Federal Government’s obligation largement and the perspective that dis- hope.’’ It sure is for me. It is what has to uphold its trust and treaty obliga- tance and dissatisfaction can give—and inspired much of my public service, and tions is sacred. Some of my proudest then to return to what pleases the that is why I am so proud of what we achievements have been the result of sight and enlists the loyalty and de- have accomplished together to con- working with Tribal leaders to advance mands the commitment.’’ serve our natural heritage. the Indian Country’s priorities and to Stegner said that we fall into two On the Appropriations Committee, support New Mexico’s 23 Tribes. categories. We are either boomers or we have worked together for resources Recently, a bipartisan coalition stickers. Boomers ‘‘pillage and run.’’ for our public lands and environmental passed legislation to strengthen the Stickers are ‘‘motivated by affection, protection, on a bipartisan basis, in the principle of Tribal self-governance, by such a love for place and its life face of massive proposed cuts, and we provide Native entrepreneurs critical that they want to preserve it and re- have held off anti-environmental riders resources, and secure investments in main in it.’’ that have had no place in these bills. I am telling you here today that I am Native language revitalization. Thank you to my friend LISA MUR- a sticker. I am also an optimist. I want The achievements I remember most KOWSKI, who has been the best partner to be more accurate: I am a troubled fondly are ones like these—those we I could ask for in this work. In New optimist. I have tried to open my eyes did together. Indeed, those are the only Mexico, where public lands are central to the challenges we face, while never kinds of achievements that are possible to our way of life, we have had enor- losing conviction in our ability to meet in this body. mous success unlocking tens of thou- those challenges. Take the Frank R. Lautenberg Chem- As the scientist Rachel Carson said, sands of acres of enchanted land for all ical Safety for the 21st Century Act— one way to open your eyes is to ask of us to enjoy—and for MARTIN to hunt our landmark reform of the Toxic Sub- yourself, ‘‘What if I had never seen this on every now and then. Each of these stances Control Act. It was the biggest before? What if I knew I would never efforts was collaborative and commu- environmental reform in a generation. see it again?’’ nity-driven, and that collaborative I was proud to lead that effort to pro- I believe this Nation has arrived at a work has culminated in one of the big- tect our families from toxic chemicals. moment when we are opening our eyes gest conservation victories in Amer- It was hard work, and it took years. to the enormous challenges before us ican history—the passage of the Great But if you can get a project where JIM and also to their solutions. Our planet American Outdoors Act. Thanks to the INHOFE and ED MARKEY are working for is in crisis—facing mass extinction and determination of a grassroots coalition the same goal, you can get a lot done climate change. Our people are in and many champions here in Congress, around here. coronavirus—ravaged by a pandemic we got this bill over the finish line. It is another example of how friend- that has laid bare the inequities of our For the first time, we have realized ships get you over the finish line. My society. Also, our democracy is in cri- the promise of the Land and Water friendship with David Vitter, my part- sis as the people’s faith in their govern- Conservation Fund—the promise my ner on TSCA reform, was sort of like ment is shaken. father envisioned almost 55 years ago, Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch’s friend- We cannot solve one of these crises when he helped to create our Nation’s ship, a political odd couple—me, the without solving the others, and that is most successful conservation program. son of Mormon pioneers; David, a son why I am troubled, but all I have to do After more than 20 years of fighting for of New Orleans—two very different po- to be optimistic is to look around me. this in Congress, I am thrilled we have litical backgrounds and different views I look at the young people across this gotten it done, and we have gotten it on the big problems before us. country who are calling for change, for done together. But I will never forget the dinner we climate action, for voting rights, for The law is a model for how conserva- had after Frank Lautenberg passed immigrant rights, and for economic, tion and economic recovery can go away, when we decided to take on environmental, and racial justice. They hand in hand. It will help us to achieve TSCA reform. We looked at each other have held sit-ins in my office—prob- the urgent goal of protecting 30 percent after that dinner and shook hands and ably in yours too. They are demanding of our lands and waters by 2030. Enact- said: We are going to get this done. that we do better, and their determina- ing the Great American Outdoors Act, And we did. It passed the Senate tion gives me hope. I am optimistic as at a time of immense division, is a tre- unanimously. We agreed that there was I look back on the small acts of kind- mendous feat, and it tells us a lot a problem, and we found common ness and the big acts of progress that about what we are capable of. It tells ground on a solution. That is still pos- define my time in the Congress. I be- us that conservation is popular—a po- sible in the Senate. lieve that there are lessons in these ac- litical winner. Environmental protec- But I didn’t come here to just list ac- complishments. tion can be an area of cooperative ac- complishments. You can check my

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They punish When we emerged from the wilder- lege of learning from many dedicated compromise. ness, we learned what Apollo 11 had servants. One of them was Senator Our government is supposed to re- achieved. We had landed on the Moon— John McCain. spond to the will of the majority while the Moon that seemed so impossibly Senator McCain was a friend to me protecting the rights of the minority. far away. and a friend to my family. When John Instead, we have ‘‘the tyranny of the We should never forget that we can first came to the House, my Uncle minority.’’ That tyranny is super do—we, all of us, can do—the impos- Mo—big Uncle Mo, 6 feet 5 inches— wealthy, politically powerful, and dan- sible when we open our eyes to the took him under his wing. John did the gerously out of touch with the Amer- challenge and work together to meet same for me, and we worked together ican people. it. on issues like campaign finance re- The majority of Americans support So as I return home to the West, I am form, Native American issues, and oth- pandemic relief, healthcare for every clear-eyed about—even troubled by— ers. American, action on global warming, how far away our destination is. But I John often said to me: ‘‘We disagree racial justice and police reform, and so am optimistic that we will get there, in politics—but not in life.’’ Let’s re- many other priorities that don’t see like we always have. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- member that. ‘‘We disagree in poli- much progress in the Senate. ator from New Mexico. People are losing their faith in the tics—but not in life.’’ Mr. HEINRICH. Madam President, it My great-grandfather helped settle system—rightfully so. We have to do is my honor today to commend the sen- St. John’s, a small farming and cattle something to fix this. ior Senator from New Mexico, my long- If we are to take bold action nec- community on the Arizona-New Mexico time partner in this Chamber, my good border, in the 1880s. He had an embroi- essary to tackle the urgent problems friend TOM UDALL, for his years of serv- dery that hung on his frontier home before us, we must reform our democ- ice to our great State of New Mexico that read: ‘‘If the good folks don’t get racy. We must make it easier to vote. and to our Nation. into politics, the scoundrels will take We must end the dominance of Big Before I speak about Tom, I would over.’’ Money, and we must root out corrup- like to quickly take a moment, too, to I believe there are a lot of good folks tion. recognize the service of Congress- here in the Senate, but the system we And we do not have any time to woman XOCHITL TORRES SMALL over are caught in makes it too hard to waste. We have no choice but to be bold these last 2 years. work together. We need to remember because the crises before us demand Congresswoman TORRES SMALL actu- that we disagree in politics but not in bravery. Hundreds of thousands of ally served for a time in Senator life. Americans are dead from a pandemic— UDALL’s office in Las Cruces, and for I am not the first to say in a farewell a pandemic that this administration these last 2 years in the House of Rep- address, and I won’t be the last: But has callously ignored, a consequence of resentatives, she has dedicated herself the Senate is broken. The Senate is its continued rejection of science. In to delivering resources for the people broken, and it is not working for the New Mexico, we have surpassed 108,000 of southern New Mexico. And I am so American people. cases, over 1,700 are dead, and tens of very grateful to have served alongside We are becoming better and better thousands have lost their jobs. XOCHITL in our congressional delega- political warriors. We are good at land- Meanwhile, our Nation is facing dual tion, and I am greatly looking forward ing a punch, at exposing the hypocrisy, climate and nature crises of epic pro- to seeing how she will contribute her and at riling each other up, but we portions. Earlier this year, much of the heart and her talents to New Mexico aren’t fostering our better angels. Our American West was engulfed in wild- next. She certainly learned a great deal peacemaking skills are atrophied. fire. As an arid State, New Mexico is in from our senior Senator. Every hurt takes time to heal, and the crosshairs of climate change. We TRIBUTE TO TOM UDALL each time we hurt each other, it sets us lose a football field’s worth of nature Now, let me tell you a little bit about back. every 30 seconds. our senior Senator, TOM UDALL. But, unfortunately, the structures we A million species are at risk of ex- One of the first times I ever spent have built reward us for hurting one tinction because of human activity. any serious time with TOM UDALL was another. We need to reform those Our planet’s life support system is actually on horseback. Tom was serv- structures or we will never make that under threat. As the climate crisis ing at the time as the Congressman for progress we need to make. worsens, ecosystems are destroyed, and northern New Mexico’s Third Congres- I have proposed Senate rules changes as ecosystems are destroyed, we emit sional District, and I was leading a when I was in the minority and when I more harmful greenhouse gases. We group called the Coalition for New was in the majority to make sure this cannot solve one crisis without solving Mexico Wilderness. Together, we rode institution does not remain a grave- the other. into rugged mesas and canyons east of yard for progress. Protecting nature is about protecting Las Vegas, NM—that is the original The Founders did not envision a Sen- humanity. It is just that simple. And Las Vegas—that I hoped would soon be ate requiring 60 votes to act. The fili- marginalized communities, commu- designated as the Sabinoso Wilderness. buster came to be through historical nities of color, low-income commu- It was clear right away that Tom accident, and it is now woven into the nities, and indigenous people are bear- shared my sense of wonder in the out- institutional framework. The promise ing the worst consequences of the envi- doors and wild places and a strong of the filibuster is that the majority ronmental destruction and pollution commitment to protect those precious will find common ground with the mi- caused by the rich and the powerful. landscapes for future generations, and nority, but the reality of the filibuster We have the power to solve these cri- despite his day job walking the Halls of is paralysis—a deep paralysis. ses—the power and the obligation. All Congress, he was pretty comfortable on On top of this, we have a campaign fi- it takes is clear eyes and political will that horse of his—much more so than nance system that is out of control. and remembering that we may disagree myself. John McCain told you that over and in politics but not in the future that More than a decade later, Tom and I over again, and he called money the we want for our children. would repeat that horseback ride in cancer growing on our democracy. And When I was a young man, I spent the Sabinoso, alongside President Trump’s John McCain knew a lot about cancer. summer of 1969 in the mountains of then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Secret money floods campaigns to Colorado, teaching students wilderness We were both serving in the Senate buy influence instead of letting the skills. Each night, we would look up by this point. We had successfully

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