June 16, 2004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6869 So our heartiest congratulations to their basketball team through their energy I sat directly behind him and I the Detroit Pistons, as the players, and passion which was on display throughout couldn’t see, but I think his eyes were coaches, staff, and fans celebrate their the regular season and playoffs at the Palace closed. But he was hearing—no, he was third NBA championship. The effect of at Auburn Hills; feeling each and every touching word. Whereas the Detroit Pistons became the these finals will be felt for a long time. first team in NBA Finals history to win When our President spoke of ‘‘the whis- As a Detroiter and proud citizen of games 3, 4, and 5 on their home court since tles of shells from behind them, the Michigan, I know the huge impetus, the NBA returned to its current format in white jets of enemy fire around them,’’ the wonderful momentum, the great 1985; on several occasions, he would nod feeling that pervades and permeates Whereas in honor of the Detroit Pistons’ softly as if saying to himself: That is my home State tonight. Since Detroit championship, the Palace of Auburn Hills is exactly how it was. is now home to both the WNBA and officially changing its address to Four When the President talked of the NBA champions, perhaps Detroit, long Championship Drive; and sound of bullets hitting the steel ramps Whereas the Detroit Pistons have dem- known as Hockeytown USA, will now that were about to fall, he softly but onstrated great strength, skill, and persever- visibly shivered in agreement and then be recognized as Hoopstown USA as ance during the 2003–2004 season and have well. made the entire State of Michigan proud: a more vigorous nod, as his old body I ask unanimous consent that the Now, therefore, be it stiffened and he was once again that resolution and preamble be agreed to Resolved, That the Senate— young warrior, that soldier of freedom, en bloc, the motion to reconsider be (1) congratulates the Detroit Pistons on charging in to face the enemy, ‘‘throw- laid upon the table en bloc, and that winning the 2004 National Basketball Asso- ing those grenades everywhere,’’ as he ciation Championship and recognizes all the any statements relative to the resolu- had put it earlier. players, coaches, support staff, and fans who His two big sons—strong men, you tion be printed in the RECORD without were instrumental in this achievement; and intervening action or debate. could tell—were in tears, unashamedly (2) directs the Secretary of the Senate to taking off their sunglasses and wiping The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution COLEMAN). Without objection, it is so to the Detroit Pistons for appropriate dis- their eyes with the back of their hands. ordered. play. They did not have any Kleenex. They The resolution (S. Res. 380) was Mr. LEVIN. I thank our friend from were not exactly the tissue-carrying agreed to. Georgia for his patience as we let out kind. I couldn’t help but wonder, when was the last time these men had shown The preamble was agreed to. our feelings about what happened yes- such emotion. How long had they The resolution, with its preamble, terday in Detroit. talked and planned with their dad on reads as follows: Mr. MILLER. Congratulations to the this important moment in his life and S. RES. 380 Pistons. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the life of this country? Whereas the Detroit Pistons finished sec- He told me he lived in Florida now, the previous order, the Senator from ond in the Central Division of the Eastern and I am terribly ashamed I did not get Georgia is recognized for 8 minutes. Conference and won the National Basketball his name. But I was hesitant, I was re- Association (NBA) World Championship for f the first time since winning back to back luctant. I felt like I was intruding on a Championships in 1989 and 1990; REMEMBRANCE OF D-DAY family gathering. Whereas the Detroit Pistons is the first Mr. MILLER. Mr. President, D-Day I did talk with many others. I want Eastern Conference team to win the Cham- happened when I was 12 years old. But to mention 2 whose names I did get, 2 pionship since 1998; I can remember it better than I can re- who had been among the 100 awarded Whereas the Detroit Pistons by defeating the prestigious French Legion of member some things that happened the heavily-favored Los Angeles Lakers 4 Honor: Marvin J. Perrett and Alan F. last week. At that time my mother games to 1 showed grit, determination, dis- Reeves. cipline, and unity, thereby securing their worked at the old Bell Bomber Plant in Coxswain Perrett is from New Orle- third National Basketball Association World Marietta, GA, helping build B–29s or, as ans and helped Stephen Ambrose put Championship; they were called back then, ‘‘flying for- together that great D-Day museum lo- Whereas the Detroit Pistons completed an tresses.’’ cated there. By the way, visit it, if you incredible season with strong performances Sunday before last, I got to realize a from many key players, including Finals have a chance. It is magnificent. This lifelong dream, a visit to Normandy. I coastguardsman had brought 36 men on Most Valuable Player Chauncey Billups, got to walk around Omaha and Utah two-time Defensive Player of the Year Ben to Omaha Beach in a landing craft on Wallace, a new head coach in Larry Brown beaches. I peered down those steep the first wave, after piloting them and savvy front office executives such as Joe slopes at Pointe du Hoc. I sat spell- around for hours, around and around on Dumars; bound and misty eyed as I listened to that rough, choppy sea, but with those Whereas Detroit Pistons owner Bill David- the magnificent speech of our Presi- thick fumes and their own vomit son became the first owner to win an NBA dent George W. Bush at that Sunday gagging them. Something I had never and WNBA championship, as well as the morning ceremony, amid those nearly Stanley Cup championship, in the span of 12 known before, he also took a landing 10,000 silent crosses and Stars of David, craft into Iwo Jima in the first wave months; a sacred spot in the history of freedom, Whereas President of Basketball Oper- and later Okinawa. That is what coast- ations Joe Dumars built a cohesive cham- if ever there was one. guardsmen did. pionship team through smart draft choices, I got to talk and meet with many of I met Alan F. Reeves who had been key free agent signings and bold trades, in- those members who are left of the part of General Eisenhower’s Supreme cluding the mid-season acquisition of ‘‘greatest generation.’’ One sat in front Allied Command at one time and is Rasheed Wallace, a vital part of the Pistons’ of me at the ceremony with his two, still active with those members who impenetrable frontline; big, good-looking, husky, raw-boned are living. He gave me some insight Whereas Detroit Pistons Head Coach Larry sons, who looked as if they were a cou- into that great man who had com- Brown, the oldest coach to win an NBA ple of acorns that had not fallen too far Championship, became the first coach to win manded this greatest of all assaults in both an NBA and NCAA championship; from that sturdy oak. He came in with world history. He was fascinating and Whereas each member of the Detroit Pis- them a little stooped, moving slowly, inspiring to talk with. He shared some- tons roster, including Chauncey Billups, an infantryman’s blue badge and a thing else with me, a beautiful poem Elden Campbell, Tremaine Fowlkes, Darvin Bronze Star proudly attached to his written by his son who once visited the Ham, Richard Hamilton, Lindsey Hunter, shirt. He told me he had come in on the cemetery with his father. Mike James, Darko Milicic, Mehmet Okur, first wave, ‘‘loaded down with gre- I asked Mr. Reeves if I could have a Tayshaun Prince, Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wal- nades,’’ and later ‘‘I threw them every- copy of it, and I want to share it with lace, Corliss Williamson, made meaningful where,’’ he said. Mostly he was quiet, contributions to the success of the basket- the Senate. By Christopher Bromley ball team and proved once again that the though. Reeves of Delaware: whole can be greater than the sum of its When our President began to speak, Le cimetiere de St. Laurent, and all it holds parts; he almost reverently slightly bowed his Awaits the sixtieth recollection of why it is. Whereas Detroit Pistons fans made a head, obviously lost in the memory of Its rows on rows boxed by Austrian black meaningful contribution to the success of that longest day long ago. pines,

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U.S. CONGRESS, also published in the House version of the Fewer seats, more empty chairs, OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE, Congressional Record on February 24, 2004. This commemoration. Washington, DC, June 16, 2004. However, because the Senate did not publish I’d rather wait within the esplanade of trees, Hon. TED STEVENS, the Second Notice on that date, the Second Defer the grid of graves behind me, President Pro Tempore, U.S. Senate, Notice was published on February 26, 2004.) Lift a pine cone from the path, Washington, DC. The comment period for the Second Notice Roll it in my hand, DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: This transmittal let- of Proposed Amendments to the Procedural Smell its earth and resin tar, ter supersedes the transmittal letter of June Rules ended on March 25, 2004. The Board re- Gaze across the cliff 15, 2004. ceived a number of additional comments re- garding the proposed amendments. Beyond the beach, Section 303(a) of the Congressional Ac- countability Act of 1995 (‘‘Act’’), 2 U.S.C. The Executive Director and the Board of Drift the moment, Directors of the Office of Compliance have Delay the turn. 1383(a), the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance shall, ‘‘subject to the approval reviewed all comments received regarding A weepy rain is in the air, the Notice and the Second Notice, have made But I can hear the hush press on my back, of the Board [of Directors of the Office of Compliance], adopt rules governing the pro- certain additional changes to the proposed The quiet murmur of ten thousand amendments inter alia in response thereto, Crosses sprung from planted souls, cedures of the Office, including the proce- dures of hearing officers, which shall be sub- and herewith issue the final Amendments to They no longer scream. the Procedural Rules as authorized by sec- The gentle yet relentless passage of these mitted for publication in the Congressional Record. The rules may be amended in the tion 303(b) of the Act, which sates in part: sixty years ‘‘Rules shall be considered issued by the Ex- Does not diminish any sacrifice; it has re- same manner.’’ The Executive Director and Board of Directors of the Office of Compli- ecutive Director as of the date on which they moved the sting. are published in the Congressional Record.’’ Wounds have eased, their pains appeased. ance are transmitting herewith the enclosed Amendments to the Procedural Rules of the See 2 U.S.C. 1383(b). Time deftly folds the space between those The complete existing Procedural Rules of Office of Compliance for publication in both lost and left, the Office of Compliance may be found on Eventually to wrap them all in common the House and Senate versions of the Con- the Office’s web site: www.compliance.gov. thought, gressional Record on the first day on which Supplementary Information: The Congres- Collected minds of how this place was both Houses of Congress are in session fol- sional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA), PL wrought lowing this transmittal. See 303(b) of the 104–1, was enacted into law on January 23, Wrap us Act, 2 U.S.C. 1383(b). 1995. The CAA applies the rights and protec- In the mists creeping up the slopes, These amendments to the Procedural tions of 11 federal labor and employment Seeping through the burial ground. Rules of the Office of Compliance shall be statutes to covered employees and employ- Make free wind stall, and pine cone fall. deemed adopted by the Executive Director ing offices within the Legislative Branch of Let no shadow touch the mall. with the approval of the Board of Directors Government. Section 301 of the CAA (2 The Channel’s rough today. on the date of publication of this Notice of U.S.C. 1381) establishes the Office of Compli- Adoption of Amendments to Procedural ance as an independent office within that Mr. President, I yield the floor. Rules on both the House and Senate versions Branch. Section 303 (2 U.S.C. 1383) directs The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- of the Congressional Record. that the Executive Director, as the Chief Op- ator from Alabama is recognized. Any inquiries regarding this Notice should erating Officer of the agency, adopt rules of Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I be addressed to the Executive Director, Of- procedure governing the Office of Compli- thank the Senator from Georgia for his fice of Compliance, 110 2nd Street, SE., Room ance, subject to approval by the Board of Di- excellent works. Once again, he has LA–200, Washington, DC 20540; 202–724–9250, rectors of the Office of Compliance. The TDD 202–426–1912. rules of procedure generally establish the shown he is one of the most eloquent Sincerely, process by which alleged violations of the Members of this body, if not the most SUSAN S. ROBFOGEL, laws made applicable to the Legislative eloquent. We are going to miss him. He Chair of the Board of Branch under the CAA will be considered and still has a lot to do between now and Directors. resolved. The rules include procedures for the end of this session, but he has cer- WILLIAM W. THOMPSON II, counseling, mediation, and election between tainly done yeoman’s service here. His Executive Director. filing an administrative complaint with the Office of Compliance or filing a civil action tribute to those soldiers who were NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO in U.S. District Court. The rules also include PROCEDURAL RULES there on that special day many years the procedures for processing Occupational ago is valuable to us all. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT Safety and Health investigations and en- Mr. President, I had the opportunity On September 4, 2003, a Notice of Proposed forcement, as well as the process for the con- to accompany former Senator Phil Amendments to the Procedural Rules of the duct of administrative hearings held as the Gramm to Pointe du Hoc in Normandy Office of Compliance was published in the result of the filing of an administrative com- a few years ago. Tears were in his eyes Congressional Record at S11110, and H7944. plaint under all of the statutes applied by when he showed us exactly where the As specified by the Congressional Account- the Act, and for appeals of a decision by a ability Act of 1995 (‘‘Act’’) at Section 303(b) hearing officer to the Board of Directors of Texans went up the hill at Pointe du (2 U.S.C. 1384(b)), a 30 day period for com- the Office of Compliance, and for the filing of Hoc. It was an incredible achievement. ments from interested parties ensued. In re- an appeal of a decision by the Board of Direc- f sponse, the Office received a number of com- tors to the United States Court of Appeals ments regarding the proposed amendments. for the Federal Circuit. The rules also con- MORNING BUSINESS At the request of a commenter, for good tain other matters of general applicability to Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask reason shown, the Board of Directors ex- the dispute resolution process and to the op- unanimous consent that the Senate tended the 30 day comment period until Oc- eration of the Office of Compliance. now proceed to a period of morning tober 20, 2003. The extension of the comment These amendments to the Rules of Proce- dures are the result of the experience of the business with Senators permitted to period was published in the Congressional Record on October 2, 2003 at H9209 and S12361. Office in processing disputes under the CAA speak therein for up to 10 minutes On October 15, 2003, an announcement that during the period since the original adoption each. the Board of Directors intended to hold a of these rules in 1995. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without hearing on December 2, 2003 regarding the HOW TO READ THE AMENDMENTS objection, it is so ordered. proposed procedural rule amendments was The text of the amendments shows changes f published in the Congressional Record at to the preexisting text of the Procedural H9475 and S12599. On November 21, 2003, a No- Rules as follows: [deletions within italicized OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE tice of the cancellation of the December 2, brackets], and added text in italicized bold. STATEMENT 2003 hearing was published in the Congres- Only subsections of the rules which include Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask sional Record at S15394 and H12304. amendments are reproduced in this NOTICE. On February 26, 2004, the Board of Direc- unanimous consent that the attached The insertion of a series of small dots tors of the Office of Compliance caused a (.....) indicates additional, unamended statement from the Office of Compli- Second Notice of Proposed Amendments to text within a section has not been repro- ance be printed in the RECORD today the Procedural Rules to be published in the duced in this document. The insertion of a se- pursuant to section 304(a) of the Con- Congressional Record at H693 and S1671. The ries of stars (*****) indicates that the

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