April 16, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2679 so many hopes and dreams dashed, so The assistant legislative clerk pro- making private label socks not only in many families grieving, the country ceeded to call the roll. America, but in Vermont, since 1978. Third was heartbroken, my wife and I were Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent generation owner Ric Cabot, who launched heartbroken, and we are still. I wish we that the order for the quorum call be the company’s own label—Darn Tough Vermont—in 2004, says one of the secrets to could offer more than our thoughts and rescinded. Darn Tough’s success is the deceptive dif- our prayers and the thoughts and pray- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ficulty of making a good sock. ers of our fellow Minnesotans. objection, it is so ordered. ‘‘People think socks are easy to do, it’s We cannot turn back time. We can- f just a pair of socks, how hard could it be?’’ not bring back the lives we have lost. Cabot said. ‘‘I guess that allows people to But if there is something we can do MORNING BUSINESS come into the market, but the staying power of companies that don’t produce their own today in this Chamber—this week in Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- this Chamber—to save lives in our product is very short. There are so many imous consent that we now proceed to people that are doing it well, it’s hard to communities tomorrow, to make it a period of morning business, and Sen- maintain a presence.’’ more likely that boy will be coming ators be allowed to speak for up to 10 Perhaps the best symbol of Cabot’s fastidi- out of the school, then I think we minutes each. ousness when it comes to socks is the 18-inch should do it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ruler projecting incongruously out of his Thank you. objection, it is so ordered. back pocket when he greets visitors at the I ask unanimous consent that the front door of the plain metal building that f time for debate only be extended until houses Darn Tough. 8:30 p.m. and that at 8:30 p.m. the ma- RECOGNIZING DARN TOUGH Cabot sat on the ruler and broke it about 20 years ago. He had one of Cabot’s mainte- jority leader be recognized. VERMONT nance workers glue it back together, giving The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, Vermont it the look of a broken bone that has healed objection, it is so ordered. is known for many of its great busi- well. There are certain things, Cabot says, Mr. FRANKEN. I suggest the absence nesses and products. Among those suc- you don’t want to replace. Cabot is never without his ruler as he of a quorum. cessful companies is Darn Tough The PRESIDING OFFICER. The roams the knitting floor and quality control Vermont, whose brand represents the departments of Darn Tough, handling socks, clerk will call the roll. commitment to quality and excellence The assistant legislative clerk pro- and measuring them. that defines Vermont. For nearly a ‘‘I sweat quarter-inches,’’ Cabot says. ‘‘The ceeded to call the roll. decade, Darn Tough Vermont has been first thing I do when I pick up a sock, is it Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- making the type of quality products the right length? If a sock is the right imous consent that the order for the our Nation has grown to expect from length, that means a lot of people are doing quorum call be rescinded. Vermonters. their jobs.’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Later, at a quality audit station, Cabot Darn Tough was launched in 2004 by objection, it is so ordered. picks up a sock, a men’s large. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Ric Cabot, whose family founded Darn ‘‘Socks that made it this far, there’s not imous consent that it be in order for Tough’s parent company in Vermont 35 going to be a huge hole, or wrong color, but the sizing should be right,’’ he says. ‘‘This the Manchin-Toomey amendment No. years ago. For three generations, the Cabot family has stayed true to their should be at or on 103⁄4 inches.’’ 715 to be set aside and the following It’s dead on. Socks, Cabot explains, are a amendments be in order to be called roots and committed to the Northfield community. While other clothing man- math problem, ‘‘like most things in life.’’ up: Grassley substitute amendment Among the numbers you have to work out consistent with the summary, which is ufacturers have outsourced their labor, are the size and gauge of the needles used to at the desk; Leahy-Collins amendment the Cabots carry on where they knit the socks. The gauge of the needle is ba- No. 713, trafficking; Cornyn amend- began—manufacturing in New England, sically how many needles you can fit in a ment No. 719, conceal carry; Feinstein keeping faith with their customers and circumference, because socks are knit in a circle. amendment No. 711, assault weapons- their 120 employees. Darn Tough has a local feel to those ‘‘Those needles are in a cylinder,’’ Cabot clip bans; Burr amendment No. 720, says. ‘‘You have to take into account needle veterans-guns; Lautenberg-Blumenthal who visit its factory and know its oper- ators, but the company’s name brand is size, cylinder size, what’s the right weight of amendment No. 714, high-capacity clip wool, nylon and Lycra? How are you going to ban; Barrasso amendment No. 717, pri- known across the country and around reinforce it? How many stitches per inch? vacy; and Harkin-Alexander amend- the world wherever people appreciate a Where are you going to put the terry, the ment relative to mental health, the high-quality wool hiking and athletic cushioning?’’ Once you answer all of these many mathe- text of which is at the desk; that fol- sock, and its products are even worn overseas by our troops in combat. And matical questions, Cabot says, you have the lowing leader remarks on Wednesday, ‘‘DNA’’ of a Darn Tough sock. Then that April 17, the time until 4 p.m. be equal- as with other Vermont companies that equip and outfit our military, tax- DNA has to be expanded to hiking socks, ly divided between the two leaders or running socks, cycling socks. Every sock has payers can rest assured our troops are their designees to debate the amend- more in common, mathematically, than they ments concurrently; that at 4 p.m., the in good hands when their feet are in don’t have in common with other Darn Senate proceed to vote in relation to quality goods made by Darn Tough. Tough socks. the Manchin amendment No. 715; that The Burlington Free Press recently ‘‘That’s the math of it, the durability story, the comfort story, the fit story,’’ upon disposition of the Manchin paid tribute to Ric Cabot and all of the employees at Darn Tough for their Cabot said. amendment, the Senate proceed to But all those stories, he said, are trumped votes in relation to the remaining hard work that continues to benefit our troops and the Vermont economy. I by another story when it comes to mar- pending amendments in the order list- keting Darn Tough socks: The Vermont ed; that all amendments be subject to a ask unanimous consent that a copy of story. Darn Tough employs about 120 people 60-affirmative vote threshold; that no the recent Free Press article entitled in Northfield, maintaining the New England other amendments or motions to com- ‘‘Rebuilding American textiles, one tradition of textiles that once included hun- mit be in order to any of these amend- sock at a time: Darn Tough measures dreds of towns. ECORD. ‘‘You got to remind people, they know it, ments or the bill prior to the votes; success,’’ be printed into the R There being no objection, the article but you tell them nobody ever outsourced that there be 2 minutes equally divided was ordered to be printed in the anything for quality,’’ Cabot said. ‘‘That’s prior to each vote, and all after the the key.’’ RECORD as follows: first vote be 10-minute votes. f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there [From Burlington Free Press, Apr. 4, 2012] LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO objection? REBUILDING AMERICAN TEXTILES, ONE SOCK Without objection, it is so ordered. AT A TIME: DARN TOUGH MEASURES SUCCESS RAMBLERS Mr. REID. Mr. President, I suggest (By Dan D’Ambrosio) Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, last the absence of a quorum. In Northfield, about 50 miles north of Monday, college fans The PRESIDING OFFICER. The White River Junction where Ibex makes its crowned their newest champion, the clerk will call the roll. home, Cabot Hosiery Mills, Inc. has been Louisville Cardinals. I wish to take a

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:06 Apr 17, 2013 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G16AP6.044 S16APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2680 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 16, 2013 moment to congratulate another his- The altered college ‘‘Angels of the Pacific.’’ Upon their re- toric college hoops team. basketball and became a watershed turn to the U.S. in 1945, Mrs. Manning The NCAA recently announced that event in the civil rights era. Three and her fellow nurses were honored by the 1963 NCAA Men’s Basketball Cham- years later, for the first time in NCAA President Roosevelt with the Bronze pions, the Loyola University Chicago history, Texas Western, with an all- Star Medal and a Presidential Unit Ci- Ramblers, would become the first team black starting lineup, won the cham- tation. ever enshrined into the National Colle- pionship. The 1963 Loyola University We are all so grateful for Mildred giate Basketball Hall of Fame. Chicago Ramblers helped make this Manning’s service. Her legacy will live In an era when racism gripped the possible. on in our Nation’s history, reminding game, Loyola Coach as- Loyola’s basketball team was led by us of the horrors of war and of the sembled the first predominately black Coach Ireland and Assistant Coach bravery of the special people who per- team to win an NCAA Championship. Jerry Lyne, and featured starters John severe by helping others. Mrs. Loyola’s starting lineup featured four Egan, , , Ron Manning’s unwavering dedication to African Americans. This was unheard Miller, and , as well as re- serving our Nation in the midst of of in those days. serves Dan Connaughton, Jim Reardon, hardship continues to inspire me, and I Despite hateful comments from the Rich Rochelle, and Chuck Wood. All of am honored to commemorate her public and threatening letters from the those individuals are members of the today. Ku Klux Klan, Loyola lost only two Loyola Athletics Hall of Fame, and f games all season and marched through each of the five starters has also had ISRAEL’S 65TH ANNIVERSARY the Final Four. In the championship his jersey number retired. game they faced Cincinnati, a team I congratulate the 1963 Loyola Uni- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, today I which had been ranked No. 1 all season versity Chicago Ramblers on their ac- wish to express my congratulations to and had won the tournament the 2 pre- complishments and look forward to Israel on the 65th anniversary of its vious years. If this wasn’t pressure their induction ceremony in the Na- independence. enough, the 1963 NCAA championship tional Collegiate Basketball Hall of Today, America’s closest ally in the was also the first nationally televised Fame on November 24, 2013. Middle East, Israel, commemorates its NCAA title game. f Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut— Les Hunter, starting for Loy- one day after its Memorial Day, Yom ola, remembered it as an opportunity HONORING MILDRED MANNING Hazikaron, and one week after Holo- to show ‘‘that the brand of black bas- Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, today caust Remembrance Day, Yom ketball was exciting and it provided for I honor the legacy of Mildred Manning, HaShoah. more exposure and recruiting for fu- the last surviving American female While Independence Day is a celebra- ture players.’’ WWII POW, who died March 8 at age 98. tion for the people of Israel, this Me- The championship game was an up- Mrs. Manning’s heroics in Bataan and morial Day was marked by somber hill battle for Loyola. After missing 13 Corregidor are an enduring example of ceremonies and national grief over the of its first 14 shots, they trailed by 15 the bravery of American servicemem- loss of their soldiers. Nationwide sirens points with less than 15 minutes to bers and of nurses’ dedication to caring and moments of silence emphasize the play. Then, with only 9 seconds left and for patients. I wish to share her amaz- sacrifices Israelis have made to protect the score tied, Walter Vic Rouse tipped ing story. their thriving, free and democratic in a missed shot to put the Loyola Mrs. Manning, born in 1914 on a poor state. These intensely personal losses Ramblers ahead by 2 points. When the Georgia farm, aspired to escape the in such a small country underscore the final buzzer sounded, the Loyola Uni- poverty which surrounded her. She at- continuing threats faced by Israelis, versity Chicago Ramblers were na- tended nursing school during the De- the scale of their efforts and the impor- tional champions. To this day, Loyola remains the only pression, and in 1939 she joined the tance of a Jewish homeland. And Yom school from Illinois to have won the Army Nurse Corps. Wishing to see the HaShoah reminds Israelis of the ter- NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball world, she requested assignment in the rible devastation of the Holocaust that Championship. Philippines. happened to the Jewish people in a To most players, winning the NCAA Weeks after Mrs. Manning arrived in time before they could celebrate the championship would be unquestionably Manila, Japanese forces attacked Pearl existence of the modern State of Israel. the highlight of the season. Harbor in Hawaii and a U.S. air base As we celebrate Israel’s Independence As Ramblers point guard and All- near Manila. During the months-long Day, we must continue to reduce the American Jerry Harkness says, now Battle of the Philippines which forced key threats to Israel’s security. We that he has gotten older he is even an American retreat to the peninsula must focus on opportunities for peace more proud of a game Loyola played of Bataan and the island of Corregidor, in the Middle East. Israel has always earlier in that championship season. Mrs. Manning was one of a handful of been prepared to pursue those opportu- On March 15, 1963, Loyola and Mis- Army and Navy nurses who braved the nities and make peace with its neigh- sissippi State played a game the NCAA relentless attacks to treat wounded bors. Over the past six decades, despite calls The Game of Change. It was a and dying soldiers. When Americans diplomatic gestures, multiple Arab game which changed surrendered in May, 1942, Mrs. Manning countries have repeatedly attacked forever—and helped change race rela- was one of 77 Army and Navy nurses Israel. We should not forget that it was tions in America. who were captured and spent the rest Palestinian, not Israeli, leaders who Mississippi State had won their con- of the war in harrowing imprisonment. walked away from the negotiation ference for the past 3 years, but it ap- The prison, built on the grounds of table at Camp David in 2000, on the eve peared they would be unable to com- Manila’s Santo Tomas University, held of what would have been a historic pete in the 1963 NCAA tournament be- nearly 4,000 people in squalid condi- breakthrough for peace. cause of an unwritten State law bar- tions. There were no showers, beds, or Today, it is Israel who continues to ring the team from competing against kitchens. Hundreds of people were acknowledge the necessary framework teams with black players. Rather than forced to share a single toilet. Food for any peace agreement—a two state forfeit their place, Mississippi State’s was so scarce prisoners suffered se- solution. While Israel has shown will- president and coach decided to defy verely from malnutrition. ingness for direct negotiations, the Governor Ross Barnett’s vow of ‘‘seg- Despite these trials, Lieutenant Man- Palestinians continue to be an unreli- regation now and forever.’’ They snuck ning and her fellow nurses remained able partner in moving toward peace. It their team out of town under the cover fiercely dedicated to providing medical is vitally important to stress the im- of darkness to avoid being served an in- care to those around them. For 21⁄2 portance of the Palestinian Authority’s junction barring them from leaving the years, they maintained strict order, close security cooperation with Israel. State. wore uniforms, and cared for their fel- If peace is to be possible, the Pales- Loyola won The Game of Change, but low prisoners. For their efforts, she and tinian Authority also needs to confront both teams, together, made history. her fellow nurses earned the moniker, the recent surge in violence in the

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