September 24, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 153, Pt. 18 25197 the assets—in the —of ‘‘pluribus’’ comes easy, but ‘‘unum’’ is ceived political advantage, not recog- any foreign company doing business hard. nizing that most voters would prefer with them, in effect, cutting them out It would be a lot easier if ‘‘e pluribus we work together when Americans are of American markets. unum,’’ the national motto displayed fighting and dying. Any lesser sanctions, such as focus- above the Presiding Officer’s desk in Both sides deserve an ‘‘incomplete’’ ing on the Quds Force, would not in the Chamber, were reversed and be- on their report cards. any way solve the problem. That is like came ‘‘many from one’’ instead of ‘‘one A unified country would speak with the hit men for the Mafia; you have to from many.’’ one voice on where we go from here in get to the Mafia. Ken Burns’s epic series on ‘‘The War’’ Iraq because our troops deserve to hear We cannot settle for symbolism. This began last night on public television. It it; because the enemy needs to hear it; is serious. As I said, finally—and this is promises to stick in our collective because one political party does not go my last point—our resolution should memory as only a few television events to war, our country does; and, finally, not be read as an authorization for the have—for example, the Roots series, because the Senate looks downright ri- use of force. I think we might even be Burns’ own Civil War series, and Super diculous lecturing Baghdad about being changing a couple words in it to make Bowls. in a political stalemate when we can- that crystal clear. That was not our in- In fact, our country is so splintered not get out of one ourselves. tention. To the extent that anybody these days and so enthralled with our We still have an opportunity to speak might try to use that as an excuse for diversity that not very much becomes with one voice on Iraq. Seventy-eight not supporting it, you will not have collective memory, as did, for example, of us in the House of Representatives that excuse. We took out a couple of McGuffey’s Reader in the 19th century, and the Senate—35 Democrats and 43 phrases that were pointed out as poten- or the three network newscasts in the Republicans—have cosponsored legisla- tially offering that degree of support. mid-20th century. tion making the bipartisan Iraq Study This diminution of our common core This is not such an authorization for Group recommendations the policy of of beliefs and experiences is America’s the use of military action. This is de- our Government. It is a consensus most fundamental challenge because forging signed to prevent that. So if your con- Members, I believe, agree with. It is unity from our magnificent diversity is cern is that we might ultimately be sitting there staring us in the face, America’s greatest achievement and waiting for us to adopt it and the forced—or some people might believe has created our capacity for other we might be forced—to take action President to sign it. achievements. At West Point a few weeks ago, 30 ca- against Iran, and you want to avoid At the some dets told Ken Burns, after they had that result, this kind of economic sanc- weeks ago, reflecting on his 6 years of seen some of his World War II series, tion is within our power as Americans. work on this television series, Ken that they had watched his Civil War se- We don’t have to rely upon anybody Burns said Americans were more ries with their parents and had decided else in the world to do it; we can do united during World War II and its then to attend West Point. We can only that. We know it can hurt them, and it aftermath than at any other time. It hope that Burns’ new series can have as goes to the entity causing harm to our was no coincidence that during this era forces and, therefore, we believe it is the ‘‘greatest generation’’ also accom- much impact and remind us of that an appropriate action for the adminis- plished the most: Welcoming new citi- time—World War II and its aftermath— tration to take. zens based upon beliefs instead of race, when Americans pulled together, and This would put the Senate on record building overwhelming military power remind us that today we could use a as urging the administration to take and the best universities, and pro- little less pluribus and a little more this action as soon as possible, so we ducing nearly one-third of the world’s unum. Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- can end the actions of the IRGC. wealth for 5 percent of the world’s peo- sent to have printed in the RECORD the I compliment my colleague from ple. Connecticut again for his leadership Quoting the late Arthur Schles- names of the 78 cosponsors of the Iraq and sponsorship of the resolution. I inger’s book, ‘‘The Disuniting of Amer- Study Group recommendations, on S. hope tomorrow we will vote on it and ica,’’ Ken Burns said America today 1545 in the Senate and H.R. 2574 in the our colleagues will be supportive of it. could use ‘‘a little less pluribus and a House. In the Senate, there are nine The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- little more unum.’’ Democrats and eight Republicans pore. The Senator from Tennessee is Following World War II, liberals such among the cosponsors. recognized. as Schlesinger, Albert Shanker, and There being no objection, the mate- Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I Hubert Humphrey were vigorous apos- rial was ordered to be printed in the ask unanimous consent to be added as tles of America’s common purpose. RECORD, as follows: a cosponsor to the legislation offered Their Fourth of July speeches were as THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS by the Senator from Connecticut and effusive as anybody’s. IMPLEMENTATION ACT the Senator from Arizona. But today, the left disdains, and the COSPONSORS OF S. 1545 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- right seems to have forgotten the im- Democrats: Ken Salazar (D–CO), Mark pore. Without objection, it is so or- portance of unum, which means we are Pryor (D–AR), Robert Casey (D–PA), Blanche dered. abandoning our greatest achievement. Lincoln (D–AR), (D–FL), Mary Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I We see this in our work in the Sen- Landrieu (D–LA), Claire McCaskill (D–MO), Kent Conrad (D–ND), and Tom Carper (D– compliment them for their leadership ate. There is no constituency for con- DE). on this important issue. sensus, only for division, and many of Republicans: Lamar Alexander (R–TN), I ask unanimous consent that the de- those who work hardest for consensus Bob Bennett (R–UT), Judd Gregg (R–NH), bate time for the energy and resources are retiring or near the end of their ca- John Sununu (R–NH), Susan Collins (R–ME), conference report be preserved. reers here. Pete Domenici (R–NM), Arlen Specter (R– The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- A good example is the debate on Iraq, PA), and Norm Coleman (R–MN). pore. Without objection, it is so or- a war that, unlike World War II, di- COSPONSORS OF H.R. 2574 dered. vides us instead of unites us. The Presi- Democrats: Mark Udall (D–CO), Jason Altmire (D–PA), Leonard Boswell (D–IA), f dent is conducting the war the way he wants to conduct the war, not recog- Rick Boucher (D–VA), Nancy Boyda (D–KS), FORGING UNITY nizing that persuading at least half the Robert Brady (D–PA), Henry Cuellar (D–TX), Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, a Danny Davis (D–IL), Lincoln Davis (D–TN), people he is right is the only way he John Dingell (D–MI), Charles Gonzalez (D– lot is being said about whether Ken can sustain a long-term U.S. presence TX), Jane Harman (D–CA), Baron Hill (D– Burns included enough Latinos in his in Iraq. IN), Steve Israel (D–NY), Daniel Lipinski (D– new television series on World War II. The Democratic majority, on the IL), Tim Mahoney (D–FL), Jim Matheson (D– This is one more reminder that other hand, is working hard for a per- UT), Dennis Moore (D–KS), James Moran (D–

VerDate Mar 15 2010 13:51 Jul 27, 2010 Jkt 059102 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR07\S24SE7.000 S24SE7 wwoods2 on DSK1DXX6B1PROD with BOUND RECORD 25198 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 153, Pt. 18 September 24, 2007 VA), Donald Payne (D–NJ), Collin Peterson siding today how we are divided. This Mr. President, how much time do I (D–MN), Mike Ross (D–AR), Bobby Rush (D– is a different story, so we will take a have, since I am Senator REID’s des- IL), John Salazar (D–CO), Heath Shuler (D– little break out of our discussions ignee? NC), and David Wu (D–OR). about Iraq, and we will continue to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Republicans: Frank Wolf (R–VA), Mary work for bipartisanship in bringing pore. Each of the managers has 671⁄2 Bono (R–CA), Michael Castle (R–DE), John 1 Abney Culberson (R–TX), Tom Davis (R–VA), this war to an honorable close. minutes. The Senator has used 3 ⁄2 min- Charles Dent (R–PA), David Dreier (R–CA), At this time, we take a little break utes. Vernon Ehlers (R–MI), Jo Ann Emerson (R– from that and turn toward something Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, will Sen- MO), Phil English (R–PA), Jeff Fortenberry that is very important, which is build- ator LANDRIEU be amenable to taking (R–NE), Luis Fortun˜ o (R–PR), Jim Gerlach ing and rebuilding the water infra- 10 minutes at this time, and I will re- (R–PA), Wayne Gilchrest (R–MD), Dean Hell- structure of our Nation. Today is a day serve time later for her in the debate? er (R–NV), David Hobson (R–OH), Peter that is 7 years in the making. Ms. LANDRIEU. Yes. Hoekstra (R–MI), Walter Jones (R–NC), Jack I wish to start off by thanking my Mrs. BOXER. I yield 10 minutes of Kingston (R–GA), Mark Kirk (R–IL), Randy my time to Senator LANDRIEU. I wish Kuhl (R–NY), Michael McCaul (R–TX), Sue committee, all of the Members on my side of the aisle, and Senator INHOFE, to say before she begins, she has been a Wilkins Myrick (R–NC), Jim Ramstad (R– mover behind this bill. She has worked MN), Ralph Regula (R–OH), David Reichert our ranking member, and all his col- (R–WA), Christopher Shays (R–CT), Chris- leagues on the Republican side of the her heart out to get this bill to the topher Smith (R–NJ), Patrick Tiberi (R–OH), aisle. This is an unusual day. This is a floor and, as a result of her working, of Fred Upton (R–MI), James Walsh (R–NY), day where we come forward united on a course, along with her colleague, Sen- Zach Wamp (R–TN), Ed Whitfield (R–KY), bill that will authorize the projects and ator VITTER, who is on the committee, Roger Wicker (R–MS), and Don Young (R– policies of the Civil Works Program of our committee came to Louisiana and AK). the Army Corps of Engineers. I am so held a very unique hearing. We had many colleagues—I see Senator CARDIN The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- pleased we will vote today on final pas- is on the floor. He was there. We had a pore. The Senator from California is sage of that bill, and we will send it to very good turnout, and Senator recognized. the President. Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, could I hope President Bush will reconsider LANDRIEU was eloquent. She has been eloquent on the floor of the Senate in the Chair tell me what the order is this his veto threat of this bill. I think col- the past I look forward to hearing her morning. leagues will speak to how urgent this remarks. f bill is. Imagine not having a water re- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- sources bill for 7 long years. That is CONCLUSION OF MORNING pore. The Senator from Louisiana is too long to wait. If colleagues are con- BUSINESS recognized. cerned about the size of the bill—truly, Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- if we had gone back the way we did it, thank the Senator from California and pore. Morning business is closed. every 2 years, it would be about the all of my colleagues on this particular f size that this bill is. As Senator INHOFE committee who have worked so hard. will say when he gets here—and, as you WATER RESOURCES DEVELOP- The ranking member, Senator INHOFE know, he and I don’t agree on many en- from Oklahoma, has also worked hard. MENT ACT OF 2007—CONFERENCE vironmental matters, but on public REPORT But I have to say to this chairwoman works matters we do agree—this is the who took the chairmanship of this The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- first step in a long process—the author- committee and said 7 years is enough pore. Under the previous order, the izing step—and then comes the appro- time to wait, it is too long for the peo- Senate will proceed to the consider- priations. ple of Louisiana, for California, or ation of the conference report to ac- So every one of these projects that , or Maryland—my good col- company H.R. 1495, which the clerk has gone through local governments all league from Maryland, Senator CARDIN, will report. over this country—remember, for every who serves on this committee has been The legislative clerk read as follows: one of these projects, there is a local so forceful—she said: I am coming to The committee of conference on the dis- match. These are projects that came Louisiana. I want to see it for myself, agreeing votes of the two Houses on the from the bottom up, from our people particularly after Hurricanes Katrina amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. who were saying to us we need help and Rita devastated our coast. 1495), to provide for the conservation and de- with flood control, with economic de- As the chairwoman knows, we lost velopment of water and related resources, to velopment, with dredging and we need 267 square miles of land in south Lou- authorize the Secretary of the Army to con- help with wetlands restoration and in a struct various projects for improvements to isiana because of the storm and the rivers and harbors of the United States, and number of areas involving the move- devastation of the tides, the surges, for other purposes, having met, have agreed ment of water; and this country and the flooding. That is more than the to recommend and do recommend that the learned it when we watched after Hur- whole District of Columbia, more than House recede from its disagreement to the ricanes Rita and Katrina. two and a half times the size of the 100 amendment of the Senate and agree to the If we didn’t know it then, we cer- square miles that represent the Dis- same with an amendment, signed by all con- tainly know it now. So I say to this trict of Columbia. This is a huge ex- ferees on the part of both Houses. President, this bill is in line, in terms panse of land that was lost. (The conference report is printed in of the pricetag, with what we would This Senator said enough. We have the proceedings of the House in the have had if we had done this bill every been waiting too long. It has been 7 RECORD of July 31, 2007.) 2 years. There is huge support for this long years. Today with this conference The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- bill. The votes in the House and the report vote that is going to take place pore. The Senator from California is Senate are enormous, very one-sided. in about 2 hours, that wait will come to recognized. So I hope, Mr. President, if you are an end. The last step Congress can take Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am listening or people in your office are to send this bill off will have been very pleased to bring to the floor today listening, this is a respectful request to taken. The conference report, hope- the conference report on H.R. 1495, the please join with us. We don’t have to fully, will be approved by a vast major- Water Resources Development Act of fight over every single thing. When it ity of Senators on both sides of the 2007. I think I can pick up on some- comes to the economy, the quality of aisle. It would not have happened with- thing Senator ALEXANDER said about life of our people, we should be united. out Senator BOXER’s leadership. I am, how divided we are in this country over The House vote on this conference re- indeed, so grateful on behalf of the peo- this . That is very clear. No port was 381 to 40. We are hoping we ple I represent in Louisiana. one understands more than our Sen- will vote in that same fashion in the This is a small map, but it shows my ator who is sitting in the chair and pre- Senate. colleagues the vastness of the land we

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