January 25, 2007 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1183 gave the Iraqi people a chance for free It is with that background that, in- Iraq. A resolution was passed out on a elections and a chance to write their deed, it is a great honor for me that vote of something like 12 to 9 yester- own Constitution. Those successes the family has asked me to deliver the day. It was bipartisan in the passing, which did occur were the result of eulogy. It will be a great privilege for but it was basically a partisan vote. great determination by our troops in me, next Monday, to recall the great Save for one member of the minority uniform and many brave Iraqis who life and times of this great American on the Senate Foreign Relations Com- stepped forward and risked their lives and great Floridian. I will just mention mittee, all of the minority voted to move their nation forward. a couple of things in his career. I will against the resolution. But almost to a But we all know the situation today. elaborate at greater length and will in- person, all of the members of the Sen- As of this morning, we have lost 3,057 troduce that eulogy into the RECORD of ate Foreign Relations Committee, both American soldiers. We know that over the Senate after I have given it. sides of the aisle, had expressed their 23,000 have returned from Iraq with in- I wish to mention that was a Senate dissatisfaction, individually in their juries, almost 7,000 with serious inju- which had giants with whom all of us statements in front of the committee, ries—amputations, blindness, serious in my generation grew up—Symington with the President’s intention to in- burns, traumatic brain injury. Those of Missouri and Johnson of Texas and crease the number of troops, which is are the realities of what we face. Dirksen of Illinois and Mansfield of already underway, as we know, as we We also know that the situation on Montana and, from my State, have been reading the commentary in the ground in Iraq is very difficult for Smathers and Holland. the press. most people to understand. When the Johnson really relied on Smathers— So we have that resolution. Then we Prime Minister of Iraq, Mr. Maliki, so much so that when there was a va- have a resolution introduced by Sen- says to the President: We don’t need cancy as the assistant majority leader, ator WARNER. This Senator from Flor- additional troops, and the President he asked Smathers to fill in tempo- ida looks at these two resolutions, and they are almost identical. So this Sen- says we are sending them anyway, rarily. And when Senator Johnson, the ator is one of several Senators who has when the generals in the field say that majority leader, ended up having his cosponsored both resolutions. This if America continues to send troops, heart attack and was out of work for 7 Senator is one of several Senators who the Iraqis won’t accept the responsi- months, George Smathers stood in as has been trying to bring the two to- bility of defending their country and the acting majority leader. Upon Sen- gether to be folded into one, since it the administration says we are going ator Johnson’s return, he asked Sen- basically, in substance, is the same to send troops anyway, I think that is ator Smathers to be his permanent as- thing in both of them. Yet for one rea- evidence that this administration’s sistant majority leader. LBJ was not son or another, that has not been ac- policy is not connected to the reality someone who was accustomed to hav- complished. of what is on the ground in Iraq. And ing someone tell him no, but his friend certainly for the Vice President to Therefore, next week, we expect both from Florida told him that he should characterize that sad and tragic situa- of those resolutions to come in front of not do it. the Senate. At this moment, it looks as tion in Iraq today as an enormous suc- I will just mention one other fact. cess is not in touch with the reality of if it will be the Senate Foreign Rela- George Smathers, as a young Congress- what our soldiers face and our country tions Committee product that will then man, met Fidel Castro in 1948. Fidel faces. be amendable and I suppose with a sub- Mr. President, I yield the floor and Castro told him that he was going to stitute amendment. Then we go suggest the absence of a quorum. take over Cuba. That was 11 years be- through all the amendatory process. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The fore Castro ousted the hated dictator Now, that may be the way the Senate clerk will call the roll. Batista. Smathers was always leery of will work its will, but it is not nec- The bill clerk proceeded to call the Fidel Castro, and he often warned peo- essarily the way it could be done the roll. ple, before Castro took over and, in easiest, if we could have great minds Mr. NELSON of Florida. Madam fact, after Castro was in. When so come together in a bipartisan way on President, I ask unanimous consent many in the world thought he got rid two resolutions that virtually say the that the order for the quorum call be of the hated dictator Batista, Smathers same thing. rescinded. said: Watch out, he is going to consoli- I bring this up simply to say we get The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. LIN- date power and he is going to become a so wound around the axle and so COLN). Without objection, it is so or- problem. He was prophetic. That is ex- worked up over the particular number dered. actly what happened. of troops when, in fact, looking at the f That was the kind of leadership we underlying conditions in the Middle had. It is the passing of an era. Amer- East and in Iraq, where there is so TRIBUTE TO SENATOR GEORGE A. ica has lost one of her great leaders, SMATHERS much at stake for our country: The oil and Florida has lost one of its great and gas in that region, the east-west Mr. NELSON of Florida. Madam sons. It is my privilege to bring these trade routes that go through the area, President, on Monday I have the great remarks to the Senate. all of the international capital invest- privilege of delivering the eulogy at I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- ment that is in that region of the the funeral for Senator George sence of a quorum. world, and all of the capital that is pro- Smathers in whose office I had the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The duced that flows out of that part of the privilege, as a college student, of in- clerk will call the roll. world—all of that instability in the re- terning. As I greet each of our interns The bill clerk proceeded to call the gion, brought about as a result of in- in our Senate offices as they rotate, I roll. stability in Iraq, is going to have a always tell them the story of being an Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- major global impact. intern, how it had a profound influence dent, I ask unanimous consent that the The former commander, the former on my life because that summer, in- order for the quorum call be rescinded. combatant commander of the U.S. Cen- terning for Senator Smathers, I met The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. tral Command, General Tony Zinni, a his son Bruce. Bruce and I then became SANDERS). Without objection, it is so now retired 4-star Marine general who college roommates. After law school ordered. served as the head of Central Command and the military, Bruce introduced me f back under the Clinton administration, to my wife, and I returned the favor has written extensively on this, and he IRAQ WAR RESOLUTIONS and introduced Bruce to his wife. And points out that there is a complexity his son, little Bruce, is my godson. So Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. Presi- we have unleashed by going into Iraq over the years, I have had the privilege dent, for a week now we have had this that is not only the Sunni-Shiite con- of having my life intersecting with the speculation, the rumors, and then fi- flict but also the Arab-Persian conflict. Smathers family, so much so that nally the deliberations in front of the General Zinni, in his upfront, blunt- when I came to the Senate, I requested Senate Foreign Relations Committee talking way says: that I have the desk of George of a resolution disapproving the Presi- There are three options in Iraq: Fix it, con- Smathers. dent’s increase of the forces by 21,000 in tain it, or leave it.

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Unless a different date and time are set And if we can’t fix it, we have to con- occurred after the death of Mohammed by the Chairman pursuant to (1) of this sec- tain it, but then you are going to have in the 600s A.D., that it was the rebel- tion, Committee meetings shall be held be- to own that containment and have a lion started by his son-in-law that ulti- ginning at 9:30 a.m. on Thursdays the Senate containment strategy executed by the mately led to the Shiite sect which was is in session, which shall be the regular United States because the region can’t born out of rebellion and wanting to meeting day for the transaction of business. do it for itself. And containment, ac- get revenge. We have seen that play 3. At the request of any Member, or by ac- cording to General Zinni, is very messy out over centuries and centuries. tion of the Chairman, a bill, matter, or nom- and is probably much tougher in the ination on the agenda of the Committee may Again, we are seeing it play out now in be held over until the next meeting of the long run. Iraq. But we must be optimists and we So perhaps as we discuss next week Committee or for one week, whichever oc- must try, for the stakes are exception- curs later. these two resolutions over the issue of ally high. 21,000 troops, let’s remember that in II. HEARINGS OF THE COMMITTEE the long run, for us to be successful in f 1. The Committee shall provide a public stabilizing Iraq, we have to look to ad- COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY announcement of the date, time, place and subject matter of any hearing to be con- ditional issues that have to be solved, RULES OF PROCEDURE ducted by the Committee or any Sub- such as the economics there, the diplo- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today the committee at least seven calendar days prior macy, the security—a lot of what the Judiciary Committee held its first to the commencement of that hearing, un- Iraq Study Commission has come for- business meeting of the year. I can now less the Chairman with the consent of the ward with in their plan. And let’s also report to the Senate that we have orga- Ranking Minority Member determines that good cause exists to begin such hearing at an understand that as we talk about what nized our subcommittees, including our we want to do to stabilize Iraq in get- earlier date. Witnesses shall provide a writ- creation of a new subcommittee on ten statement of their testimony and cur- ting the Iraqi security forces able to Human Rights, named our sub- provide their own security, that get- riculum vitae to the Committee at least 24 committee chairs and ranking mem- ting them provided with guns and hours preceding the hearing in as many cop- bers, adopted our committee rules and ies as the Chairman of the Committee or other equipment isn’t going to provide adopted our funding resolution. I thank Subcommittee prescribes. the security that you need because, the our ranking member, Senator SPECTER, 2. In the event 14 calendar days’ notice of Iraqi security forces need civil affairs and all members of the committee for a hearing has been made, witnesses appear- and psychological operations and coun- ing before the Committee, including any wit- terintelligence and intelligence forces. their cooperation. ness representing a Government agency, We were delayed a few weeks by the They are going to have to have civil af- must file with the Committee at least 48 failure of the Senate to pass organizing fairs moving in behind their military hours preceding appearance written state- resolutions on January 4, when this operations in order to paint buildings ments of their testimony and curriculum session first began. The Republican vitae in as many copies as the Chairman of and create infrastructure so there will caucus had meetings over several days the Committee or Subcommittee prescribes. be something positive left behind. 3. In the event a witness fails timely to file Remember, the doctrine under Sec- after we were in session before finally agreeing on January 12 to S. Res. 27 the written statement in accordance with retary Rumsfeld was ‘‘clear, hold, and this rule, the Chairman may permit the wit- build.’’ The problem was, they cleared and S. Res. 28, the resolutions assign- ness to testify, or deny the witness the privi- an area, but they never held it. They ing Members to Senate committees. lege of testifying before the Committee, or never got around to the point of build- The Judiciary Committee has tradi- permit the witness to testify in response to ing. General Petraeus said yesterday in tionally met on Thursday. Regrettably, questions from Senators without the benefit our committee we were going to go in the delay in Senate organization meant of giving an opening statement. and clear, hold, and then we have to be that I could not notice or convene a III. QUORUMS able to build. Whether we talk about meeting of the committee the morning 1. Six Members of the Committee, actually 21,000 troops or not, you cannot build of January 11, as I had hoped. We de- present, shall constitute a quorum for the voted the intervening Thursday to our purpose of discussing business. Eight Mem- in the midst of sectarian violence of bers of the Committee, including at least Shia, Sunnis, and the overall Arab-Per- oversight hearing with the Attorney General. January 18 was the date the two Members of the minority, shall con- sian conflict. Until we address these stitute a quorum for the purpose of issues, at the end of the day, Iraq is not Attorney General selected as most con- transacting business. No bill, matter, or going to be stabilized. In a destabilized venient for him, and we accommodated nomination shall be ordered reported from society, a priority has to be in rebuild- him in that scheduling. the Committee, however, unless a majority ing institutions in social, economic, Today, I can report to the Senate, in of the Committee is actually present at the and political areas. accordance with Senate Rule 26.3, that time such action is taken and a majority of One of the things the United States the Judiciary Committee has, again, those present support the action taken. may consider increasing its emphasis designated Thursday mornings as our 2. For the purpose of taking sworn testi- regular meeting days for the trans- mony, a quorum of the Committee and each on, since we have so many agencies of Subcommittee thereof, now or hereafter ap- government there all doing their own action of business. The Judiciary Com- pointed, shall consist of one Senator. mittee has also reported the authoriza- thing, is an interagency coordinating IV. BRINGING A MATTER TO A VOTE tion resolution required by Senate mechanism to help bring everything The Chairman shall entertain a non-debat- together so, indeed, ‘‘clear, hold, and Rule 26.9. In addition, the Judiciary able motion to bring a matter before the build’’ has an opportunity to be exe- Committee adopted its rules. In ac- Committee to a vote. If there is objection to cuted and then, hopefully, an oppor- cordance with Senate Rule 26.2, I ask bringing the matter to a vote without fur- tunity to succeed. that a copy of the rules of the Senate ther debate, a roll call vote of the Com- I wanted to offer some additional Judiciary Committee be printed in the mittee shall be taken, and debate shall be ideas, a lot of which have been inspired RECORD. terminated if the motion to bring the matter by General Zinni, someone who under- There being no objection, the mate- to a vote without further debate passes with stands how to operate in that part of rial was ordered to be printed in the ten votes in the affirmative, one of which must be cast by the minority. the world as we debate next week the RECORD, as follows: V. AMENDMENTS resolutions over whether we would in- RULES OF PROCEDURE 1. Provided at least seven calendar days’ dicate our approval of the President’s UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON plan. Maybe when we debate that, we notice of the agenda is given, and the text of THE JUDICIARY the proposed bill or resolution has been made can debate the deficiencies of not only I. MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE available at least seven calendar days in ad- what has been done in the past but 1. Meetings of the Committee may be vance, it shall not be in order for the Com- what we have to do in the future in called by the Chairman as he may deem nec- mittee to consider any amendment in the order to give that country an oppor- essary on three days’ notice of the date, first degree proposed to any measure under tunity to stabilize. time, place and subject matter of the meet- consideration by the Committee unless such

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