S11446 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 18, 2004 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. EN- But isn’t it interesting that the U.S. periodic national and world Boy Scout jam- SIGN). Without objection, it is so or- military has taken a position in a set- boree. dered. tlement which, if taken to its logical Mr. President, I yield the floor. Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- conclusion, would keep the Boy Scouts The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. dent, what is the parliamentary proce- of America off a military facility when, BURNS). The Senator from Kentucky. dure that we find ourselves in? in fact, every military officer in the f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- U.S. military, including this former of- TRIBUTES TO RETIRING ate is in morning business. ficer of the U.S. Army, took an oath SENATORS Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- that said the following: dent, I will address the Senate in morn- That I will support and defend the Con- ing business. stitution of the against all en- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- emies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear late Senator Paul Coverdell was a ator from Florida is recognized. true faith and allegiance to the same; that I great Senator and dear friend of many take this obligation freely without any men- f of us in this body. His untimely passing tal reservation or purpose of evasion; and left a great hole in our hearts. But it CULTURAL ISSUES IN AMERICA that I will well and faithfully discharge the also took from and from Amer- Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- duties of this office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God. ica a great leader. dent, it seems that several things have At the time, none of us had any idea That is the part of the oath every happened with regard to questions of how we would ever manage without U.S. military officer takes, and it is matters of faith and what some would him. I remember when we were doing the one I took decades ago when I en- call cultural issues that seem to be up- tributes to him after his death. There tered as an officer of the U.S. Army. side down in America. was great emotion on the floor of the It seems to me there is a great deal Just in the last few days, we have Senate. I remember Senator Phil of inconsistency then that the U.S. De- seen several ABC stations across the Gramm tearfully giving Senator Cover- partment of Defense would take a posi- country that have had a fear of being dell a farewell. We all felt great affec- tion where every one of its officers has fined by the Federal Communications tion for him. sworn to uphold their oath, and at the Commission for showing the award- So when the Governor of Georgia, end of that oath state, ‘‘so help me winning movie, ‘‘Saving Private Governor Barnes, needed someone to God,’’ and yet they are moving to a po- Ryan,’’ because of some of the lan- step into Paul Coverdell’s place to be sition to knock the Boy Scouts out of guage that is used in this extraor- the voice for Georgia, he called upon a being able to use public facilities—in dinarily heroic film that is one of the fellow whom I had not previously met this case, military facilities—because most accurate portrayals of the fog and but had heard of for some time, former they have a similar oath. heat of war that has ever been made. ELL MILLER. I come back to my opening com- Gov. Z At the same time, we find that ABC, Happily retired and without personal ments. We have something that is up- in its leading up to Monday Night ambition for further public office, ZELL side down. There is not a Senator here Football, has fostered an advertise- MILLER responded to the call of duty. who does not passionately believe in ment to promote one of its nightly net- And what a difference he has made in freedom of expression, freedom of work prime time shows in which a ris- this body. In a time of turmoil, a time speech, and freedom of belief in what que kind of setting is displayed for an of terrorist attacks, of economic chal- any person chooses to believe, but are audience that would inappropriately lenge, of foreign war, when America we getting so mixed up that we lose include children, particularly, who are needed somebody to lead, Providence sight of what are the accepted ways in watching at around 6 o’clock in the Pa- blessed America with a great Senator, which we conduct ourselves and the re- cific time zone of this country. On the ZELL MILLER. spect we have for one another in our one hand, ABC stations are taking off During his short tenure here, this old respective beliefs? the air a movie that really has a great marine has been critical to our efforts Really, is there anyone who wants to deal of portrayal of the strength of this to obtain economic opportunity, home- kick the Boy Scouts out of their an- country and all of its patriotic values land security, and national security for nual jamboree on a Virginia military and, at the same time, the network, this Nation. I can say with total cer- facility? Of course there isn’t. ABC, is then promoting what some In this week that has just passed tainty that Paul Coverdell would be would find questionable. where we see the ABC network saying proud—proud—of the accomplishments It seems to me we have lost our sense to some of these stations that we are of ZELL MILLER. They have been good of balance, our sense of direction, that not going to allow ‘‘Private Ryan’’ be- for Georgia, and they have been good it is entirely upside down as to what cause it has bad words in it, and at the for America. we should be doing. same time promoting a commercial A review of every major battle this So, too, I have noted in a Washington that certainly has questionable view- administration had in the last 4 years newspaper today the fact that Sec- ing characteristics for young children shows that ZELL MILLER was in the retary of Defense Rumsfeld is urged to at the 6 o’clock timeframe on the west middle of each one and the linchpin to defend the Boy Scout movement, the coast of this country, and where to- each success. ZELL MILLER was instru- title of the headline, and of which crit- day’s news is bringing us to the point mental to the economic recovery our ics are pointing out that a settlement at which our own Department of De- Nation now enjoys. ZELL MILLER was by the Department of Defense of an fense is taking a position that ulti- the key to the homeland security our ACLU suit back a few years ago is mately would lead to kicking off the Nation has attained. ZELL MILLER was going to continue to drive, to force the Boy Scouts because the Boy Scouts be- one of the strongest voices to harden military to cut off all taxpayer support lieve in God, then I think this country our Nation’s resolve to fully wage the to the Boy Scouts of America which, in has gone too far. It is time to stand up war against terrorism. On these, the this case, uses military bases for meet- and speak out about common sense and most critical issues upon which history ings and events, such as their annual principles that were set in place for will judge this Nation, this President, Boy Scout jamboree that is held on a this country by its Founding Fathers and this Congress, it was ZELL MILLER Virginia military base. of a belief in Divine Providence and a whose vote and voice made the dif- It seems that we have it, again, up- respect for that belief. ference. side down, for if the objection is that So what I will be doing is offering a ZELL made the difference when the the Boy Scouts of America have, as resolution to the Senate today, and numbers didn’t add up to victory. Like part of their oath, an allegiance to that resolution will conclude that: our mutual friend, , appar- God, and if that is the reason for the ently being outnumbered was never a It is the sense of the suit, might I remind the Members of that the Department of Defense should con- cause for concern to ZELL. ZELL served the Senate that when we took the oath tinue to exercise its longstanding statutory in the proud line of Truman Demo- of office, it said at the end of the oath, authority to support the activities of the crats. Like Harry Truman, he called ‘‘so help me God.’’ Boy Scouts of America, in particular the for unity during a time of war and, like

VerDate Aug 04 2004 00:08 Nov 19, 2004 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G18NO6.014 S18PT1 November 18, 2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11447 Harry Truman, gave hell to anybody fate of the agenda of the last several judge and also Attorney General of the who played games with our national se- years swung. For the goals of President United States under President Jimmy curity. Bush, from homeland security to eco- Carter. He follows that philosophy. As Like John Kennedy, he knew that tax nomic growth to the war on terrorism, a matter of fact, he analyzed each cuts were not just good for the econ- ZELL MILLER has been the difference nominee who came forward and I be- omy but they were good for the take- between victory and defeat, the gap be- lieve saw fit to support the nominees, home-pay of workers and their fami- tween almost and barely. consistently, that President Bush sent lies. But from ZELL we didn’t just hear I think part of the willingness of Sen- forward—not because of politics but be- the thoughts of old-school Democrats, ator MILLER to step forward, break cause he believed those judges would we also rediscovered the truths of our ranks, and support President Bush follow the law, not make law. They Nation. He showed us that integrity came because he is a man of experience would be constructionists, not activ- still matters, that nation comes before and judgment and integrity. He got to ists. party, and that thinking first of our know President Bush. He looked into Oftentimes, on each one of these children and grandchildren is the right his heart, he examined his policies, and issues it came down to this one man and proper way to judge national pol- he believed him. He had a particular making the difference, either taking icy. Any time ZELL looked for his bear- belief in this man at this point in his- the lead or casting the key vote on ings, he gazed to those fixed stars of tory, based on his study of history, his those issues. He taught us once again his favorite constellation: His wife writing, and his experience, and he was that nation, family, faith, heritage, Shirley, his children, his seven grand- willing to step forward in an unusual and principle are more important than children, and two great-grandchildren. degree and take a lot of grief for it, to politics and party. In this he re- This internal compass served him well stand up for what he believed was affirmed the belief that government because no one could ever accuse ZELL right. for, of, and by the people can work. When President Bush proposed a tax of being confused about what he be- When he spoke, people listened. I will cut to get the economy moving in 2001, lieved in and why. tell you why people listened. I asked So ZELL MILLER heads back to the and things were not going well, ZELL him how he found time, how he did his Appalachian Mountains of north Geor- MILLER was the first Democrat to sup- speeches. He personally writes his gia, whence he came. He returns with port that plan. He cosponsored the bill speeches. It is not written by staff. It is his wife Shirley back to the base of with Phil Gramm of Texas, a great not generated by some computer. It is Double Knob Mountains, where the ra- Senator. When they teamed up I not regurgitated from some document vines flow to the Brasstown Creek and thought of that slogan in the Alabama or some memorandum or some sum- then the Hiawassee River and on to the football network. Bear Bryant would mary somewhere. It comes from his Gulf of Mexico. He returns to the dirt have a TV show every week to talk heart, his experience, his head, and his roads he walked as a lad, where he about the game. He promoted Coca- understanding of this great Republic of worked with his mother, to haul stones Cola from Georgia, I guess, and Golden which we are blessed to be a part. That from a nearby field to build a rock- Flake potato chips, and the slogan was: is why people listen to his speeches. walled house with no rafter, no ‘‘Great Pair Says the Bear.’’ So when Most of us recall his speech in New subfloor, and a ladder for a staircase in ZELL MILLER and Phil Gramm joined which he was raised. forces, it was indeed a great pair. When York at the convention, where he, in From such modest beginnings, and it came time to protect the homeland Trumanesque fashion, blasted those who play games with our national de- such a modest man, the world is better against terrorist attacks, it was ZELL fense. They squalled and thought it because of his leadership. He stands as MILLER who stood with the President a lesson for all and for all time. Be- in 2002 to make sure we had a Depart- was hell. He was just telling the truth, I suggest. cause of ZELL MILLER, I can say, be you ment that functioned more like the a Senator, a college graduate, a single Pentagon than the post office in pro- It was clear, passionate, and powerful mother, or an elementary school stu- tecting the lives of American citizens. and helped change the course of the na- dent, never, never, never doubt the im- After 4 months and 11 votes and a na- tional debate. It changed the course of pact a single person with clear vision tional election, finally it took. We the national debate because it was and a strong heart can make for your passed the Homeland Security bill that true. What he said was important. It family, your community, your nation, has succeeded in keeping us safe, since had to do with whether this Nation and, yes, your world—not just for now 9/11, at least—a feat not many would would have leadership committed to a but for generations to come. have predicted possible at the time. strong America. He also had some very So, Senator MILLER, we will miss you I would just say this: Senator MILLER fine words right here on the floor of the around here. understood the importance of that Senate. Mr. President, we have had the privi- issue. I believe he called three press On the Energy bill, he rose in ‘‘de- lege over the last 4 years to serve with conferences. He urged those who were fense of that great American work- a truly great American who has made a blocking the Homeland Security bill horse,’’ in his words, the pickup truck. difference in a body in which it is very for some sort of internal governmental He told a story of meeting a guy who difficult for an individual Senator to union-type politics, not on the real was a PHD—that is a post hole digger— frequently make a difference. Farewell, merits—he warned them that this was who said: Senator MILLER. We look forward to bad. It was bad for America, and it was If you really want to know when times are seeing you in the coming years. bad politically for those who blocked bad, take notice of the number of people hav- I yield the floor. it. ing to sell their pickups. Look at the ads in The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. They didn’t listen. I think they the paper and the ‘‘for sale’’ signs in the GRAHAM of South Carolina). The Sen- wished they had. Certainly, after the yards. The more you see, the worse it is be- ator from Alabama. election they were quite willing to pass cause pickups are the very symbol of the ZELL MILLER the bill they had been blocking before working man. As the pickup goes, so does Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I the working man and the very heart of this the election. country. thank the assistant majority leader for When the economy slowed down due his fine words. I certainly agree with to the attacks and the corporate scan- He added: those about ZELL MILLER. Democracies dal, and it came time to accelerate the Pickups are as essential to the carpenter in general, America in particular, seem tax cuts in 2003, once again it was ZELL as his hammer; as essential to the painter as blessed that in times of turmoil, lead- MILLER who made the economic incen- his paintbrush. So we must leave this Amer- ers do step forward and give us the tive plan the law of the land. ican workhorse, the pickup truck, alone. guidance we need. During a time of war On the question of judges for Amer- Don’t pick on the pickup. and economic challenge, America got ica, ZELL MILLER had the classical view Then he shared with us a tune called such a leader in ZELL MILLER. It is not of the role of a judge consistent with ‘‘Talking Pickup Truck Blues.’’ He too much to say that he was the key, his good friend, the wonderful Judge spared us the agony of singing it, but the very hinge upon which much of the Griffin Bell, who was a court of appeals he did share one verse.

VerDate Aug 04 2004 00:08 Nov 19, 2004 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G18NO6.017 S18PT1 S11448 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 18, 2004 Sure, an SUV is classy travel, but it ain’t told some of my colleagues last night, I thank all of you. I thank my fam- much good for hauling gravel, or hay or bo- not a day has gone by since I have been ily. I thank my very special staff who vine feces. So please do not make my pickup here that I have not thought of this has stayed with me through thick and truck an endangered species. good man who left us so suddenly and thin. I thank my friends and especially That is not often heard on the floor so tragically. my God. It has been one heck of a ride. of this Senate—words of eloquence that My most fervent hope during these The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- bring a smile to us all but more than 41⁄2 years has been that Paul would be ator from Montana. that drives home a truth about real pleased with the way I have served and Mr. BURNS. Mr. President, I wish to people who serve America day after finished out his term. I know Paul is say a few words about my friend from day in pickup trucks. pleased, as I am, that our mutual Georgia, Senator MILLER, who preceded So this man knows America. Given friend , one of the fin- my remarks. all the good he has done in so little est public servants I have ever known, I was raised in the Midwest. We both time—he has given so much to it—he will soon be our successor in this great come out of an era of rural America. It leaves much too soon. He has done a body. was a different life. I remember when great job for this Nation and for Geor- I also wish to say what an honor it we did not have electricity. We did not gia in replacing the departed Paul has been to serve the last 2 years with live on a gravel road. We did not have Coverdell who we all loved and ad- my colleague from Georgia, Senator running water in the house. In fact, the mired. He has been a great leader and . water bucket froze on cold winter a great Senator, and the Senate will Now as this page turns on the final nights. We didn’t have the best clothes miss the presence of this old Marine chapter of my career as a public serv- in the world. But they were clean. And sergeant. ant, I cannot help but remember how it I have never gone to bed hungry. I can say without contradiction I be- was in that first chapter of my life. I have an idea my mother was kind of lieve that few Senators in the history Growing up in a remote Appalachian like Mrs. Miller. A home full of love on of this Republic have in one short term valley, we lived in a house made of a badlands farm made up of two rocks contributed so much to the health and rocks my mother gathered from a near- and one dirt, trying to hang on to it, welfare of our Nation and made such a by creek with only an open fireplace coming out of tough times called the tremendous impact on it. for heat, no indoor plumbing, no car, Depression of the dirty 1930s. It shaped It is because he put his Nation first; no phone, and no father. a lot of character. It put a lot of fiber On summer nights before the TVA he stood for what we believe in. He was in a lot of people who went on to love dammed up the Hiawassee River and true to his raising. this country and would serve her and brought electricity to that Appa- I thank the Chair. I yield the floor. our States at any cost. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- lachian valley, after the Moon had The highest compliment one could ator from Georgia. come up over the mountain, the light- pay to any person we meet in this Mr. MILLER. Mr. President, I have ning bugs were blinking, while the body, comes from the West in an ex- listened with a grateful heart to the frogs croaked down at the creek and pression that says: We’ll not say good- generous words of my colleagues, the the katydids sang, every once in a bye; we’ll just say so long because you Senator from Kentucky and earlier while a whippoorwill’s lonesome cry are welcome to sit at my fire anytime. this morning the Senator from Ala- could be heard. That is my feeling toward this old bama. I will remember and cherish I remember after my mother had fi- marine. I only have one disappoint- those words as long as I am on this nally quit working and was getting us ment, that we never did get a trip to Earth. I thank each of them for their quiet and ready to go to bed, we would the Pacific to visit Iwo Jima. I have friendship. play a game. The game would start I see my good friend from Montana when the headlights of that rare car been there but he never got to go. We on the floor. I thank him, a fellow ma- would penetrate the darkness, maybe tried every way in the world. We had a rine, for his friendship. once every half hour or so on that nar- couple trips scrubbed because of busi- This means more to me than I have row strip of asphalt across a big ditch ness in the Senate. We never did make words to express. I did not come to this in front of our house. We would stare it, but we are not going to give up. Senate expecting events to unfold as at the headlights of the car as it made So we say so long to ZELL MILLER, a they have. I guess I am living proof its way around the steep curves and fi- good friend, a good Senator, a great that politics is not an exact science. nally over Brasstown Mountain. We representative of Georgia, and a great In Shakespeare’s ‘‘Hamlet,’’ his would count and see how long it took representative of this country. friend Laertes is going off to college from the time it went by our house I came down here today to talk about and his father Polonius is giving him until its taillights would disappear other men who will be leaving this Sen- the usual advise that you give when through that distant gap and was no ate, including Senator HOLLINGS from your sons go off to college. After all longer a part of that one and only South Carolina. He was chairman of the words of caution that I hope fa- world I knew. the Commerce Committee when I first thers still give their sons, Polonius It was often at this time my mother came here in 1988 and 1989. I was up to ended with these words: would laugh and say, ‘‘You know my eyes in confusion, trying to drink This above all: to thine ownself be true, what’s so great about this place? You out of a fire hydrant to take it all in. And it must follow, as the night the day, can get anywhere in the world from My former chairman of the Commerce Thou canst not then be false to any man. here.’’ Committee was part of my education, a I have always believed that and I That world has turned many times very important part of it, in under- have tried to live that. since I first traveled that narrow road standing the work done in the commit- I have had a most blessed personal through that gap and out of that val- tees and this business of setting policy life—personal and political. Since 1959, ley. It has been a long road with many that conforms to the wants and desires voters in Georgia have been putting me twists and turns, ups and downs, of our States and what is good for the in one office or another, and I am deep- bumps, and, yes, a few wrecks, a road country. ly grateful to them. that twice carried me to the highest of- One time I offered a little amend- God has richly blessed my personal fice of the ninth largest State in this ment that had a far-reaching effect in life. My wife Shirley has been the per- Nation, to all the continents and fa- the debate of regulating the cable in- fect partner for over 50 years. She has mous cities of the world and, finally, to dustry. I didn’t want to do that but I been my companion, my critic, my the Senate. wanted to give him a little competition crutch. We have two wonderful sons, So I leave this Senate, knowing that to make them better. I offered an Murphy and Matthew, and our daugh- once again my mother has been proved amendment without telling anybody on ters-in-law and our grandchildren and right. One could get anywhere in the the committee, without telling a soul. our great-grandchildren. We are very world from that little mountain valley I will tell the Presiding Officer I blessed. and back again. Everywhere I have know what it is like to sit way down at If he had lived, Paul Coverdell would ever been really was on my way back the end of the committee because when be ending his second 6-year term. As I home. I came here my seniority was S100.

VerDate Aug 04 2004 00:08 Nov 19, 2004 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G18NO6.020 S18PT1 November 18, 2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11449 I remember the chairman, Mr. HOL- ing back to his Colorado, back to the resentatives, they came up with those LINGS, saying, I’ve never heard of any- High Country. He is looking forward to first national education goals. There thing like that. It was pretty obvious that. had been a long prelude to all of this we were going to have to go to a vote. PETER FITZGERALD comes from Illi- activity in 1989. I was a part of that He didn’t know if he had enough votes nois. As to all of these men, I want to prelude, and I saw a lot of it happen. to defeat it and I didn’t know if I had say you do form relationships here, and In 1978, when I was elected Governor enough votes to pass it. An instance there is a certain bond that attracts us and Bill Clinton was elected Governor such as that calls for a little backroom all, as we learn that even though you of Arkansas, and Dick Riley of South sit-down, talk about this, and see what may be on the same side of the aisle or Carolina, and our colleague, BOB it does to the issue. the opposite side of the aisle, one could GRAHAM, who was Governor of Florida, I was right there with him. Senator always agree or disagree without being we were all faced with the same issues. INOUYE from Hawaii was also in the disagreeable. That is what makes the Our States were behind; the world was meeting. One can start to learn the Senate a special place. changing, and we needed a better edu- ways of the Senate especially in the We will miss all of these men, but I cation system, particularly at the ele- areas of committee work. am looking forward to those who take mentary and secondary level. So that I will miss ERNEST HOLLINGS because their place as, there again, new rela- by 1983, when the report of the U.S. De- he has been an institution here serving tionships will be developed, a new bond partment of Education, called ‘‘A Na- from the 89th through the 108th Con- dealing with the old challenges of a tion at Risk,’’ came out saying we were gress. That is a great tradition. free society, with those who love the greatly at risk because of the medioc- The Presiding Officer knows and un- Constitution and love this country who rity of the education system, it was derstands ERNEST HOLLINGS. We may were prepared to die for it and would if into that environment that it came. disagree on philosophy but we did not asked to do so today. No one doubts the The Governors in 1985 and 1986 all disagree on America. depth of their patriotism nor their worked for a year on education. I was DON NICKLES will leave this Senate in service to their country. We welcome chairman of the NGA that year, and this year, having arrived in 1980 with them as we say goodbye to old friends, Bill Clinton was the vice chairman. It President Ronald Reagan. The real old relationships that will never be for- was the first time in the history of the voice of conservatism, a fiscal conserv- gotten. governors organization that we all fo- ative, who stood in this Senate and Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I cused for a year on one subject. Then, fought wasteful spending and did it suggest the absence of a quorum. by 1989, we had a President of the with grace, did it with knowledge, a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The United States, George H.W. Bush, who leader among all. clerk will call the roll. became the first of three consecutive There again, he being 8 years ahead The assistant legislative clerk pro- Presidents to say he wanted to be an of me, he was a mentor and someone I ceeded to call the roll. education President. The goals that could look to, study and learn from. Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I the governors adopted with the Presi- In 1987 or 1986, TOM DASCHLE came to ask unanimous consent that the order dent in 1989 were very straightforward. No. 1, all children in America will the Senate. A neighbor from South Da- for the quorum call be rescinded. kota from Aberdeen, SD, we both The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without start school ready to learn. No. 2, high school graduates will in- learned a little bit here. He was much objection, it is so ordered. crease to 90 percent. more successful than I, reaching into Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I No. 3, American students will leave leadership of his party. We had a lot of ask unanimous consent that I be al- the fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades common friends in South Dakota. I lowed to speak for up to ten minutes in having demonstrated competency in will be sorry to see TOM DASCHLE leave morning business. math, science, English, history, and ge- the Senate. But he has left big tracks The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ography. here. There are fond memories on ate is in morning business. The Sen- No. 4, America would be first in the issues that we agreed on and issues ator from Tennessee is recognized. world in math and science. that we did not agree, but we did not f No. 5, adult Americans would be lit- do it being disagreeable. 1989 EDUCATION SUMMIT erate. BOB GRAHAM from Florida I learned No. 6, every school would be free of was in the Angus business and he Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, drugs and violence. leaves this year. right after the election, on November 3, Those were the goals. You might say JOHN BREAUX from Louisiana. I 2004, I went to the Miller Center at the after a decade of unprecedented school worked with him on the Commerce University of Virginia. The purpose of reform and concern, America backed Committee regarding energy issues. the occasion was a discussion of the into its goals for reform. That was 15 His wisdom will be missed. 1989 Education Summit. It had been 15 years ago. A lot has happened since I am afraid I took much more from years since the President of the United then. these men than I could ever return to States and the Nation’s Governors—all When I became Education Secretary them. of our chief executives—gathered in in 1991, we created something called I served only one term with JOHN ED- Charlottesville, VA, to establish the America 2000, which was to try to move WARDS and PETER FITZGERALD. They, first ever national education goals for America community by community to- too, will be missed in the Senate. Their our country. ward those national education goals. contribution was huge. It is astonishing to me that 15 years Governor Clinton became President BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL served have gone by since then, and it was to Clinton, and he changed the name to from the 103rd to the 108th Congress. most other governors who were there. Goals 2000 and tried his brand of mov- But my, the knowledge he has had and It was important to look back on what ing us in that direction. the experiences he has had. had happened in 1989, to see how it hap- Now we have another President, the It seems as if he has always ridden pened, and to think about what hap- son of the man for whom I worked, who dangerous things, including old broncs pened since then. has, through No Child Left Behind, and horses, which are unpredictable, The summit at the University of Vir- working in a bipartisan way, tried to and, you might say, not the safest ginia had gone remarkably well. Presi- set from Washington accountability things. What a great thrill being the dent George H.W. Bush had convened standards that will help make sure cover Senator for Harley Davidson. He, it. Terry Bransted, the Governor of that all children are learning. I rise to too, has lived a great life. He, too, un- , was chairman of the National talk about this today only for this rea- derstands the West. He is also a mem- Governors Association that year. He son: That the national summit of gov- ber of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. had appointed the Governor from Ar- ernors and the President, on its 15th The reservation is in my State of Mon- kansas, Bill Clinton, whose library is anniversary, should not go by without tana. opening today, and Carroll Campbell of mentioning it on this floor. We campaigned together, learned South Carolina as the lead Governors. There has never been anything like it from each other. Now he will be return- Working with the President’s rep- before. One of the most important

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