May 9, 2016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2607 women and undermine women’s health that he is the Republican nominee. I dented expansion and economic care. ‘‘Planned Parenthood’’ became a have heard a number of Republican growth, Senator Bennett worked tire- swear word. has treated Senators say: I am not going to the lessly to ensure that our State’s infra- women with disdain. He has called convention. Well, that solves the prob- structure kept pace with the demands women dogs, pigs, and he defends rape. lem, doesn’t it? Republican Senators of a booming population. Were it not Trump watched as congressional Re- need to say whether they are going to for Bob and the indispensable role he publicans walked away from com- vote for this guy. The Republican Par- played in securing much needed fund- prehensive immigration reform. He lis- ty’s chickens have come home to roost ing for these transportation projects in tened as House Republicans likened in the form of Donald J. Trump. , our State would not be the prime DREAMers to drug mules. Is it any sur- Mr. President, I ask the Presiding Of- destination for business, entrepreneur- prise that Donald Trump—now the Re- ficer to announce—I see Senator ALEX- ship, and innovation that it is today. publican nominee—uses Latinos and ANDER, the senior Senator from Ten- I need not rehearse all of Senator immigrants to generate fear, to be a nessee, on the floor—the business of Bennett’s accomplishments in the Sen- fearmonger? He has called undocu- the day. ate because his public legacy speaks mented immigrants criminals and rap- for itself. The TRAX and FrontRunner f ists. public transportation systems in Utah Donald Trump has watched Repub- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME are perhaps the most tangible symbols licans deny the existence of climate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under of that legacy, but there are plenty change, and he is following in their the previous order, the leadership time more. I join all Utahns in thanking footsteps. He would rather believe in is reserved. Senator Bennett for his many years of crackpot conspiracy theories than ac- loyal service to the Beehive State. We cept climate change. It is real, but this f love him, and we will miss him dearly. is what he said about climate change: MORNING BUSINESS In addition to fighting tirelessly for ‘‘The concept of global warming was the people of Utah, Senator Bennett The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under created by and for the Chinese in order exercised remarkable prudence as an the previous order, the Senate will be to make manufacturing appropriator and provided principal in a period of morning business until 4 noncompetitive.’’ Try that one on. leadership on the Banking Committee p.m., with Senators permitted to speak That is a direct quote. That kind of and as chairman of the Joint Economic therein for up to 10 minutes each. harebrained thinking has no place in Committee. He was a talented law- The President pro tempore. the White House, but sadly it is not far maker, skilled at forging consensus from the anti-science climate change f and reaching compromise without sac- denial that is now Republican Party REMEMBERING BOB BENNETT rificing his core conservative values. doctrine. Over the 18 years that Senator Ben- On nearly every issue, Donald Trump Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise nett served in this Chamber, he con- has simply adopted the positions of the today in honor of the memory of a sistently demonstrated sound judg- modern Republican Party. Through humble statesman and an adored col- ment and strong leadership. In a short their obstruction and anti-Obama poli- league and a dear friend, Senator Bob time, he gained the trust of his Repub- tics, Senator MCCONNELL and Repub- Bennett. Bob passed away peacefully in lican colleagues, who considered him a lican leaders constructed Donald his house last week with his wife and trusted resource on matters of strategy Trump’s Presidential campaign and his children gathered around him by his and policy. After seeing Bob’s rapport platform piece by piece. He is the bedside. In the wake of his passing, the with other legislators, then-Senate ma- nominee of the Republican Party, and Bennett family has witnessed an out- jority leader asked him to he is the nominee the Republican lead- pouring of love as thousands of individ- serve on the leadership team. Senator ers deserve. Now the Republican Party uals from across the country have Bennett also served in leadership posi- is his. reached out to pay their respects to a tions alongside Majority Leader Republicans want Trump to be their man who served selflessly to the very MCCONNELL, with whom he shared a standard bearer. They are scrambling end of his service here. To the many deep and meaningful friendship. to get behind this hate-spewing nomi- expressions of love and admiration that While Senator Bennett was well nee. There is no better example of Re- have already been offered in Bob’s known for his quiet, contemplative de- publicans marching lockstep with honor, I wish to add a few words of my meanor, he was also regarded as an or- Trump than the Supreme Court va- own. ator—a good one. He came frequently cancy. The Republican National Com- I had the distinct privilege of serving to the floor to engage his colleagues on mittee is trying to bring their party alongside Bob Bennett for nearly two the most complex issues of the day. He together by promising this dangerous decades as we jointly represented our was exceptionally articulate, speaking man will appoint Justices to the Su- beloved State of Utah here in the with an eloquence and ease that re- preme Court. Republicans say they . During the many flected the brilliance of a well-cul- want their misogynistic, anti-women, years of our service together, Bob be- tivated mind. Whether he was giving a anti-Latino, anti-middle class billion- came more than a respected partner; he public address or holding a private con- aire to determine the balance of the was a trusted confidante and a cher- versation, Bob could explain even the Supreme Court for the next generation. ished friend. most complicated policies in simple, Republican Senators say they trust the In this Chamber, Senator Bennett understandable terms. He was a pre- judgment of a man who mocks our vet- was widely revered as a wise and eminent communicator whose talents erans, belittles JOHN MCCAIN as not thoughtful leader committed to finding will be sorely missed. being a war hero, and mocks Ameri- innovative solutions to the most dif- Mr. President, up to this point, I cans with disabilities. They want him ficult challenges of the day. But above have spoken at length about how Sen- to fill the Supreme Court. It is a sad all else, he was a passionate fighter for ator Bennett will be remembered as a day for this country when the Repub- the people of Utah, who were always public figure, but I also wish to speak lican Party trusts the judgment of a foremost in his mind. I have never met about how I will remember him as a vile, swindling billionaire. But anyone someone so committed to his constitu- personal friend. who has been paying attention to what ency as Senator Bennett was to the Bob Bennett was one of the most Republicans have been doing the past 8 people of Utah. humble men I have ever met. In a years should not be shocked. It is no exaggeration to say that Chamber teaming with outsized egos Hillary Clinton is going to be the every Utahn has benefited from Bob’s and rampant self-importance, Bob Democratic nominee. I support Hillary public service. You cannot ride the stood apart. He always eschewed the Clinton. I am not hiding from that. Re- train, take public transportation, or spotlight and never esteemed himself publican Senators need to stop waffling drive on the freeway in our State with- above anyone else. On some days, you about Donald Trump. Not going to the out seeing the fruits of Bob’s labor in could even find him riding the Metro in convention doesn’t take away the fact the Senate. As Utah faced unprece- to work. When a staffer asked him why

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Mr. President, I will Perhaps more importantly, he never will miss Bob very much, and I think talk about the Zika virus, but I want let the office of Senator define him. all of us who knew him well will miss to first add a comment about Senator Maybe that is because he came to Con- him. He was truly a great example. Bob Bennett. gress with such a rich and varied back- With that, I yield the floor. A gentleman’s gentleman, a legisla- ground. Prior to his work here, Bob had The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tor’s legislator, a Senator who would already served as a Mormon military ator from Tennessee. reach across the aisle in order to get chaplain, a congressional liaison with Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I the workable consensus in order to get the Nixon administration, a public re- wish to make a few comments about something done. Doesn’t that sound like the type of lations director for billionaire Howard Senator Bennett; and then I will yield person we need in the Congress today Hughes, and as the chief executive offi- the floor to Senator NELSON, who has in order to confront the issues we are cer of FranklinCovey. For Bob, being a another schedule; and then, for the in- facing? I was saddened to hear the news Senator was never something that was formation of Senators and staff, I will he had passed on. central to his personal identity; it was make some comments on how we are merely a job title that allowed him to going to proceed on the Energy and f serve others in a greater capacity. Water bill, which I hope we can wrap ZIKA VIRUS Allow me to share a simple story up pretty quickly, but I will wait until Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I want that illustrates Bob’s humility and Senator NELSON finishes. to give an update. The Zika virus is willingness to serve. Many years ago, Mr. President, I am glad I had a raging. It is certainly raging in Puerto Bob befriended a blind couple in his chance to hear the majority leader, Rico. It is expanding greatly in this local Mormon congregation. Every sin- Senator MCCONNELL, as well as Senator country, and the State with the most gle Sunday, Bob would pay the couple REID and Senator HATCH, all of whom infected cases is my State of Florida. a personal visit, drive them to church, were great friends of Bob Bennett, as I have been on this floor many times and stay by their side for the duration was I. asking for the President’s request of of meetings—always ready and always Bob Bennett came to Washington $1.9 billion to attack the Zika virus. eager to help. For Bob, faithfully serv- with his father Wallace Bennett, who About $800 million of that is, No. 1, to ing this elderly couple was just as im- was a U.S. Senator. He was in the Sen- replace the Ebola emergency fund, portant as fulfilling his duties in the ate when I first came here as a Senate which they have raided since the Con- Senate. That, Mr. President, is heart- aide. I first met Bob nearly 50 years gress has not given them the funding in felt humility and love unfeigned. ago, when we, in effect, both worked order to try to get at the problem to I often wondered what it was that en- for Bryce Harlow, who was President begin with, which is somewhere around abled Bob to serve so selflessly. I be- Nixon’s Chief of Congressional Rela- $500 million to $550 million. They need lieve the answer is simple: It was his tions. Mr. Harlow, who is revered in another $225 million to increase Med- faith in and love for Jesus Christ, Washington still, would have Saturday icaid in Puerto Rico, where it is now whom he looked to as a model of serv- morning meetings with all of those of estimated that by the end of the year, ant leadership. Bob believed in the us who had the job of being congres- 25 percent of the population of Puerto Christian teaching that when you are sional liaisons with Members of Con- Rico—25 percent—will be infected be- in the service of your fellow men and gress. Bob Bennett was in the Trans- cause that is where this mosquito— women, you are only in the service of portation Department, and I was Mr. called the aegypti mosquito—that your God. This belief animated his Harlow’s assistant and telephone an- transmits the virus is raging, but be- service until the very end. swerer in the White House at the time. ware, especially as we are going into For as long as Bob was physically We got to know each other then. We the warm summer months, this aegypti able, he was an active volunteer in his have known each other ever since. He mosquito is all over the Southern church congregation. In fact, just 3 and his wife Joyce visited with us in United States. Anyplace that is hot, weeks ago he hosted a doctrinal discus- our home in Tennessee and we traveled humid, and where there is rain—be- sion with dozens of Latter-day Saints with them and worked together on a cause rainwater will not all dissipate. seeking to build their faith. In this variety of issues. They became very It may be in a bottle cap. It may be in meeting, Bob bore testimony of Jesus special friends. a dishpan. It may be in a birdbath. Christ and his perfect example of love He was chairman of the Energy and Where there is stagnant water, that and sacrifice. The next day, Bob suf- Water Subcommittee, to which Senator mosquito will lay its larva, and that is fered a stroke and was admitted to the HATCH referred, which had so much to the breeding ground to hatch the hospital for the last time. do with his home State of Utah. He aegypti. Both in public office and in private handled that with great diligence and About 11⁄2 weeks ago, when we were life, Bob Bennett was a model of self- great effectiveness for a number of here before the recess, there were ap- less service. We were blessed by his years. That is the bill we are working proximately 1,000 cases reported in the work in the Senate and will continue on today in the Senate. United States, which included 570 in to benefit from his example of humble I will be at his service tomorrow, as Puerto Rico and 94 in Florida. Now, leadership. I pray that we might al- will other Senators. I simply wanted to just a little over a week later, it is al- ways remember Bob’s humility and add my voice to those of the majority ready up to 1,133 cases across the coun- kindness and seek to emulate these leader, the Democratic leader, and his try—up to 629 in Puerto Rico and 107 in qualities ourselves as we work together colleague Senator HATCH in saying we my State. Just today, two more cases to overcome the challenges facing our all greatly admired Bob. He served our were reported by the Department of country. Nation brilliantly and well and elo- Health in the State of Florida. Mr. President, having said all of that, quently. The bottom line is, the virus is Bob was very fortunate to have Joyce I heard his farewell address. It was spreading, and it is spreading quickly. as his companion. She is a terrific one of the best I have ever heard. I re- Not only is it spreading, but the CDC human being, very talented—a flute in- member one of the things he said: The confirmed the first Zika-related death structor, a tremendous flutist. He has great value as a Senator is that you of a 70-year-old man who died of com- wonderful children, each one of whom not only have a say, you have a vote. plications in Puerto Rico. has made contributions in our society Bob Bennett had a lot to say, he cast Over the break, I met with a group of that are exemplary. His friends will al- a lot of votes, and a lot of us listened Puerto Rican leaders in Florida. Basi- ways remember Bob as somebody who very carefully to what he had to say cally, Puerto Rico does not have the

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