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S7020 — SENATE December 9, 2016 While BARBARA’s departure leaves diction, helping Congress to pass the pledge he had made to his the Senate without one of its strongest Comprehensive Addiction and Recov- Hoosier constituents and did not run champions for the environment, col- ery Act, CARA, to improve prevention for reelection to the Senate. lege affordability, and reproductive and treatment, support those in recov- For many people, 18 years in Con- rights, we will continue to fight for ery, and ensure first responders have gress might be enough, but Senator these core priorities as she would have the tools they need. She helped to pass COATS was just getting started. After done. legislation to reauthorize the Violence he left the Senate, he joined the pres- It has been a privilege to serve along- Against Women Act, crack down on tigious law firm of Verner, Liipfert, side a steadfast champion like BAR- in the military, make Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. In BARA. college campuses safer, and improve 2001, then-President Bush nominated She has served Maryland with utter mental health first aid training and Senator COATS to be Ambassador to the conviction, and I know she will con- suicide prevention programs. Federal Republic of Germany. He ar- tinue to be a progressive force in this Senator AYOTTE has followed in the rived in Germany just 3 days before the new chapter of her life. footsteps of other Republican Senators September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Aloha, BARBARA, and a hui hou, from New England, such as Robert In the aftermath of 9/11, Ambassador ‘‘until we meet again.’’ Stafford of Vermont and Coats established excellent relations f of Rhode Island, who are true conserv- with then-opposition leader and future TRIBUTES TO DEPARTING atives when it comes to the environ- German Chancellor Angela Merkel—a SENATORS ment. She crossed party lines to vote crucial ally—and managed the con- for Federal clean air rules that protect struction of a new U.S. Embassy in the Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, much of New Hampshire’s air and water from heart of Berlin, next to the Branden- the time here in the Senate, we are en- cross-State pollution and to deploy the burg Gate. gaged in pretty fierce partisan battles. Senator COATS served honorably as I would like to take a break from that best available technology to reduce pollution from energy production. She Ambassador for 3 and one-half years for a moment and talk about the four and then returned to practicing law at Republican Senators who will not be helped pass the Better Buildings Act to encourage greater energy efficiency in another ‘‘blue chip’’ law firm, King & back when the 115th Congress convenes Spalding. But he also served as presi- next month. While we may have dif- commercial buildings, and she has been a strong supporter of the Land and dent of Big Brothers Big Sisters of ferent political philosophies and policy America and on the boards of many prescriptions, I respect and admire Water Conservation Fund, which has helped protect thousands of acres in civic and volunteer organizations, in- each of them, and I will miss working cluding the Center for Jewish and with all of them. New Hampshire. I have enjoyed working with Senator Christian Values, which he cochaired KELLY AYOTTE AYOTTE and send my best wishes to her with Senator Joe Lieberman. And Sen- Mr. President, Senator AYOTTE and I and her husband, Joe, and their chil- ator COATS and his wife, Marsha, serve together on the Small Business dren Katherine and Jacob. formed the Foundation For American Committee. I have seen firsthand her Renewal to continue their engagement commitment to helping small busi- DAN COATS Mr. President, there is a famous in faith-based initiatives. nesses in New Hampshire and across Senator COATS began his ‘‘second’’ . She is like so many other quote attributed to the American au- thor F. Scott Fitzgerald: ‘‘There are no congressional career by running suc- Senators, past and present, from New cessfully for his old Senate seat in 2010. England States: pragmatic and willing second acts in American lives.’’ We all During Senator COATS’ second stint, I to reach across the aisle to get things know that to be untrue and, as it turns out, so did Fitzgerald, who was have had the pleasure of serving with done. him on the Finance Committee, where Prior to her election to the Senate, quintessentially American. What he ac- we worked together to help charities Senator AYOTTE served as the chief of tually wrote, in an essay called ‘‘My receive timely notice on issues related New Hampshire’s Homicide Unit and Lost City,’’ is this: ‘‘I once thought to their tax-exempt status. I appreciate deputy attorney general before she be- that were no second acts in American Senator COATS’ calm and steady de- came the State’s first female attorney lives.’’ meanor, the diligence he applies to his general in 2004. She was appointed to If we want to see a successful ‘‘sec- that position by a Republican Gov- ond act’’ we need to look no further work, and the civility he extends to his ernor, but she was reappointed twice than to the senior Senator from Indi- colleagues. Senator COATS may be retiring from by a Democratic Governor. ana, Mr. COATS. He is actually on about In the short span of one Senate term, his fourth act. the Senate, but I have a hunch there will be yet another successful act in his Senator AYOTTE has become a re- Senator COATS graduated from Whea- spected voice on national security ton College and then began his long long, distinguished career. While we issues while serving on the Armed service to our Nation by enlisting in may have policy disagreements, I have Services Committee and the Homeland the U.S. Army. Following his military no doubt that Senator COATS is com- Security & Governmental Affairs Com- service, he attended the Indiana Uni- mitted to the common good and will mittee. Foreign Policy magazine listed versity Robert H. McKinney School of find new ways to serve. I anticipate, Senator AYOTTE as one of the top 50 Law. He excelled academically, becom- however, that he will also seek to Republicans on international affairs. ing associate editor of the Indiana Law spend more time with his wife, Marsha, Senator AYOTTE comes from a mili- Review, and earned his de- whom he met in college, their three tary family and is married to an gree. children, and their 10 grandchildren. War veteran—Lieutenent Colonel Joe Senator COATS served as a district MARK KIRK Daley—so she has been a staunch sup- representative to then-Representative Mr. President, John Kennedy wrote porter of our men and women in uni- Dan Quayle. When Dan Quayle was ‘‘Profiles in Courage’’ nearly 50 years form and their families. elected to the Senate in 1980, DAN ago. But for the last 6 years, we have Senator AYOTTE has worked hard to COATS won his House seat and was re- had yet another profile in courage here give New Hampshire veterans more elected four times, never receiving less in the Senate: the junior Senator from choices when it comes to health care than 60 percent of the vote. When Dan , Mr. KIRK. In 2012, he suffered a since the State does not have a full- Quayle was elected Vice President in devastating ischemic stroke. He had to service Veterans Administration, VA, 1988, DAN COATS was appointed to the relearn how to do basic things, like medical facility. To help veterans in Senate seat being vacated and then walking. It took a year of intensive New Hampshire’s North Country access won elections in 1990 and 1992. physical therapy at the Rehabilitation care closer to home, she successfully During what I will call Senator Institute of Chicago—physical therapy pushed for the opening of VA clinics in COATS’ ‘‘first’’ congressional career, he that has been likened to boot camp. Colebrook and Berlin. focused on cutting taxes and govern- When he returned on January 3, 2013, Senator AYOTTE has been a leader in ment spending and reforming entitle- and climbed the 45 steps of the Capitol the fight against opioid abuse and ad- ment programs. In 1998, he honored a Building to reenter the Senate, it was

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He went on to gresses, Senator KIRK had an awesome resentatives and the Senate, will make earn a master’s degree from the Lon- responsibility all Senators appreciate: it easier for the U.S. Environmental don School of Economics and a law de- his desk on the Senate Floor—Desk No. Protection Agency, EPA, to review the gree from Georgetown University. 95—was the ‘‘candy desk.’’ He kept the safety of chemicals already on the While he practiced law at the law firm desk stocked with sweets made in Illi- market and the new ones being devel- of Baker & McKenzie, most of his adult nois such as Mars, Milky Way, Jelly oped, and it provides a stable source of life has been spent in public service. Belly, and Snickers, helping to support funding for EPA to meet the law’s re- Senator KIRK joined the U.S. Navy an industry that employs over 3,000 quirements, a huge step forward with Reserve as a direct commission officer people in his home State. respect to chemical safety. in the intelligence career field in 1989. Senator KIRK suffered a life-threat- Senator VITTER has been instru- He was recalled to Active Duty for the ening stroke. It temporarily slowed mental in developing and passing im- 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia; par- him down, but he returned to the Sen- portant public works bills, including ticipated in Operation Northern Watch ate where his courage, grace, dignity, the current Water Resources Develop- in Iraq, which enforced the no-fly zone, collegiality, and resolve will continue ment Act, WRDA, reauthorization. in 2000; and later served three reserve to inspire all of us long after he departs While he has been an architect of our deployments in . He retired next month for his next great endeav- Nation’s infrastructure policies, he has from the Navy Reserve with the rank or. I wish him well. also been sensitive to the concerns of of commander. his home State. Thanks to his involve- Senator KIRK worked for Representa- Mr. President, Senator VITTER is ment in the past several surface trans- tive John Porter and at the World probably one of the most conservative portation bills, is no longer Bank and the State Department. He Senators and yet has a long record of a ‘‘donor’’ State with respect to the came back to to serve as a bipartisan accomplishments on behalf highway trust fund; the State receives counsel to the House International Re- of his home State and the Nation. I $1.06 in spending for every $1.00 it sends lations Committee, as it was known at have enjoyed serving on the Small to Washington in gasoline taxes. Sen- the time. When Representative Porter Business and Entrepreneurship Com- ator VITTER was stalwart when one of retired, he successfully ran for the seat mittee, which he has chaired for the the Nation’s worst natural disasters— of his former boss and went on to win past 2 years. During that time, the —devastated Lou- reelection four times. I had the pleas- committee has reported nearly 30 bills, isiana and the rest of the Gulf Coast in ure of serving with both Representa- 8 of which have been signed into law so 2005 and again in the wake of the BP tive Porter and then-Representative far. One of those bills, Senator VIT- Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. He KIRK while I was in the House. And TER’s Recovery Improvements for coauthored the RESTORE Act, which then he was elected to the Senate in Small Entities After Disaster Act—the directs 80 percent of the Clean Water 2010, to the seat President Obama pre- RISE After Disaster Act—will help Act fines levied against BP—$5.5 bil- viously held. small businesses recover from disasters lion—to the States whose fisheries, During Senator KIRK’s 16-year con- more rapidly. Considering that small shorelines, and economies were deci- gressional career, he has demonstrated businesses are major employers and the mated by the spill. that he puts country above party, most lynchpins of their communities, help- Senator VITTER has numerous other notably by supporting the common- ing them to recover is crucial. legislative accomplishments. To men- sense assault weapon ban. More re- Senator VITTER is a Louisiana na- tion just a few, he authored the Steve cently, he was the first Republican tive, born in . He was an Gleason Act, which helps people af- Senator to meet with President excellent student and went on to earn flicted with diseases such as Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, his A.B. from Harvard. He attended Ox- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, Merrick Garland. And he was the first ford University as a Rhodes scholar, by making it easier for them to acquire Republican Senator to call for hearings earning a B.A., and then he earned his speech-generating devices. He reformed and a vote on this superbly qualified law degree from Tulane. He was elected the Board by putting individual, a position applauded by to the Louisiana House of Representa- in place the requirement that at least Crain’s Chicago Business journal. tives in 1992; in 1999, he won a special one sitting board member must have Senator KIRK is a staunch supporter election to succeed then-Representa- community banking experience. And of Israel and has been at the forefront tive to represent the he successfully elevated Barksdale Air of efforts to ensure that a robust sanc- State’s First Congressional District. Force Base’s Global Strike Command tions regime remains in place against He was reelected in 2000 and 2002 with to four-star general status. Iran if it fails to comply with the more than 80 percent of the vote in I mentioned a moment ago that Sen- terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan each instance. In 2004, he won the Sen- ator VITTER is a conservative. He and I of Act, JCPOA. I have been pleased to ate seat being vacated by . have vast differences of opinion on work with Senator KIRK on S. 1882, the That election was historic; he became many issues. But that is ok; that is the Nepal Recovery Act. That bill is on the the first Republican in Louisiana to be nature of the Senate. The genius of our legislative calendar; it would be a fit- popularly elected as a U.S. Senator. system of government is that it al- ting tribute to Senator KIRK if the Sen- The State’s last Republican Senator, lows—and encourages—people with dif- ate can pass it before the end of the , was chosen by ferent points of view to come together 114th Congress. the State’s legislature in 1876, back be- and agree on legislation that moves I know that Senator KIRK is justifi- fore the 17th Amendment to the U.S. our country forward, and that is some- ably proud of chairing the Appropria- Constitution was adopted. Senator VIT- thing Senator VITTER has been able to tions Subcommittee on Military Con- TER was reelected in 2010 with 57 per- do over his career. I send my best wish- struction, Veterans Affairs, and Re- cent of the vote. es to Senator VITTER, his wife, Wendy, lated Agencies. Under his stewardship, Senator VITTER has had a productive and their children Sophie, Lise, Airey, Congress is poised to pass record health career as a legislator. On June 22, 2016, and Jack. care funding for our veterans. He President Obama signed into law the Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, today I serves as the cochair of the bipartisan Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety want to pay tribute to two colleagues Senate Great Lakes Task Force, which for the 21st Century Act, which amends who are retiring at the end of this promotes the economic vitality and en- the Toxic Substances Control Act, year, Senator BOXER and Senator MI- vironmental health of the Great Lakes, TSCA, the Nation’s primary chemicals KULSKI, two remarkable Democratic which provide drinking water to 40 mil- management law. Senator VITTER was women Senators leaving the Senate as lion Americans and Canadians. He au- the lead Republican sponsor of this four new women come in.

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When asked what advice she would newcomer to the Senate at the begin- BARBARA MIKULSKI give to her successor, Senator BOXER ning of this Congress and the only Mr. President, I would also like to Democrat in the freshman Senate class said she should not be afraid to fight honor Senator BARBARA MIKULSKI, who of 2014. I am eternally grateful for the the good fight every single day. blazed a trail for women in the Senate guidance and wisdom of my fellow Sen- And that is what Senator BOXER has and always looks out for the members ators, particularly those with decades done. Over the past four decades, she of our communities no matter their of experience fighting for the American has been an advocate for medical re- gender, race, or identity. As the father people. Constituents, colleagues, and search, women, workers, the environ- of two daughters, as well as a son, I ment, and infrastructure. historians will recount their accom- greatly admire Senator MIKULSKI’s plishments for years to come, but I will As ranking member of the Environ- work to break barriers for women. She take a few minutes now to convey ment and Public Works Committee, has fiercely fought to ensure that all ARBARA BOXER urged Congress and some brief words of praise and grati- B women have access to essential health the country to confront climate tude. care services, is a champion for equal change, creating the Climate Action pay, and passed legislation that ex- Task Force with Senator SHELDON Mr. President, it has been a great panded childcare access for all fami- WHITEHOUSE. honor to serve in the Senate under the lies. In closing, I am reminded of what leadership of Senate Democratic Lead- A daughter of Baltimore and a Robert Kennedy once said: ‘‘The pur- er HARRY REID. Senator REID has former social worker, Senator MIKUL- pose of life is to contribute in some taught us all what it means to rep- SKI also knows the challenges that our way to make things better.’’ resent one’s State in the U.S. Senate, communities face. She has been dedi- Senator BOXER has told us that, doing everything one can to fight hard cated to supporting our older, indus- while she is leaving the Senate to re- for the people back home. In his nearly trial communities like Baltimore and turn to , she does not intend 30 years in the Senate, Senator REID Detroit so that they can compete in to end her life of service. She will con- has mastered the rules and traditions the new economy. I would also like to tinue to work to make things better. of this institution and used them to de- recognize her leadership as Vice chair- We wish her well and we thank her for liver victories for the people of his woman on the Appropriations Com- her public service in the House and state and the nation. mittee. We owe her a debt of gratitude here in the Senate. Senator REID is always ready to lend for her eagle eye and unrelenting spirit BARBARA MIKULSKI an ear and a helping hand to his Demo- in defending essential programs in Mr. President, this year we are also cratic colleagues; yet he listens most intently to his constituents. He never areas including health care, education, saying farewell to our colleague, BAR- job creation, infrastructure, and na- BARA MIKULSKI, the senior Senator stops thinking about how to ensure that they have access to well-paying tional security. Our work on breaking from Maryland. down barriers and advancing these pri- Senator MIKULSKI first entered poli- jobs, health care, education, and a bet- orities is not yet done, but I thank tics almost 50 years ago when she was ter future for their children. Senator Senator MIKULSKI for leading the way. elected to the Baltimore City Council REID has supported economic develop- in 1971. Five years later, she was elect- ment and infrastructure investments BARBARA BOXER ed to the U.S. House of Representatives that have created jobs throughout the Mr. President, Senator BARBARA and, a decade after that, she was elect- country. BOXER is also a trailblazing woman and ed to the U.S. Senate. After the 2008 financial crisis, when a fierce advocate for what is best for Senator MIKULSKI is the longest serv- millions of homes were underwater and her State, and I have been honored to ing woman in the history of Congress the existence of the American auto in- get to know her through our work in and is the first woman Senator to be dustry hung in the balance, Senator the Senate. Throughout her career, elected in her own right. REID helped craft a compromise to Senator BOXER has fought for common- These achievements are notable, but begin our economic recovery. I am sense consumer and environmental pro- they are not what inspired BARBARA to grateful for his strong support of the tections to make us safer. She has been come to work every day. American auto industry during this an incredible partner in our fight this Senator MIKULSKI one remarked that, crisis, which helped us pass essential year to end the water crisis in Flint, ‘‘Each one of us can make a difference. legislation to restructure Michigan’s MI, and to reduce the threat of drink- Together, we make change.’’ And that automotive manufacturers and rebuild ing water contamination in cities is what BARBARA MIKULSKI sought to our communities. I was also proud to across the Nation. do every day. work with him and other leaders on the Senator BOXER knows that we must As a member of the Health, Edu- Dodd-Frank Act, which holds Big protect our children and communities cation, Labor and Pensions Committee, Banks accountable and helps safeguard from the grave effects of environ- Senator MIKULSKI has championed edu- American families to prevent another mental contamination by investing in cation, workers’ rights, and health crisis and build a healthier economy. our aging infrastructure and maintain- care. She has stood up for our children Senator REID’s contributions are too ing vigilance. We must also provide the and our seniors. many to name, from advancing afford- extra care, education, and health care As a member of the Appropriations able health care coverage for millions services that these children and com- Committee since she arrived in the of Americans, to defending labor pro- munities need to recover. Senate, BARBARA MIKULSKI has worked tections and our social safety net. She has always been a champion for tirelessly to ensure that the programs Through it all, Senator REID has dem- children, from establishing the first that advance those priorities receive onstrated an unwavering commitment federally funded afterschool program the funding they need to be successful. to the details of policymaking and to to protecting children from contami- Margaret Chase Smith once said, his constituents. nated products. Just as importantly, ‘‘Public service must be more than Senator REID’s legacy and the mem- Senator BOXER has been a leader in doing a job efficiently and honestly. It ory of his tireless work ethic will con- protecting the natural resources these must be a complete dedication to the tinue to inspire us to keep working future generations will inherit. Her people and the nation.’’ hard, like our constituents do every victories for clean water, job-creating Senator MIKULSKI dedicated her life day, to make their lives better. Sen- smart infrastructure projects, and en- to the people of Maryland and the ator REID understands and reminds us vironmental protections should inspire

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Senator DAVID as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. his ties to the Senate in his role as VITTER has served as chairman of the We have collaborated on efforts to help President of this body, and I think he Senate Small Business Committee, of veterans suffering from PTSD, protect has been one of our best partners in the which I am a member, and has been a wildlife habitats and improve water administration. consummate partner on issues affect- quality in the Great Lakes, extend All of us were glad to be able to rec- ing Michigan’s small businesses. On the coverage for Americans at ognize JOE and his son, Beau Biden, by Small Business Committee, we have risk for diabetes, and even establish naming the cancer section of 21st Cen- been able to pass significant legislation the Senate Albanian Caucus. I admire tury Cures Act after Beau. I expect JOE to ensure that small businesses have the strength and resolve Senator KIRK will continue to be a voice for ending the resources they need to compete, ex- has exhibited throughout his Senate cancer, and I hope to work with him pand, and give back to their commu- term and wish him continued success. towards that cause. nities. We extended the SBA 7(a) Fed- It has been a privilege to work with JOE, Diana and I send our best to eral loan program to provide thousands such talented and committed col- you, Jill, and your family. You have of small businesses with financing at leagues. I wish them all the best in this served the people of Delaware and the no cost to American taxpayers. To- next chapter of their lives and thank people of the United States with dis- gether, we introduced legislation that them for their work. Thank you. tinction. will provide patent education to small f f businesses. We also introduced legisla- TRIBUTE TO VICE PRESIDENT JOE HONORING PRIVATE FIRST CLASS tion that will help small businesses BIDEN JOHN R. ALLMAN plan for and protect against cyber se- Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I wish to curity attacks. I am glad to have col- Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, today I say a few words about PFC John R. leagues like Senator VITTER who be- wish to recognize the service of a Allman. John was born November 22, lieve that no issue is too small when it former colleague and our current Vice 1963, in Carlsbad, NM. He played fierce comes to supporting support job cre- President, . football for the Carlsbad High School ation and economic growth. JOE was born in Pennsylvania but moved with his family to Delaware Cavemen and graduated in 1982. DAN COATS when he was 13. He left Delaware for John always wanted to be a Marine— Mr. President, I would also like to brief stints at St. Helena School and like his father and grandfather before extend my warm wishes to Senator Syracuse University Law School, but him. He fulfilled his dream and became DAN COATS. He has served ably as he has always returned to Delaware, a marine weeks after graduating from chairman of the Joint Economic Com- including the daily trips he made home high school. mittee, and I have been proud to sit on during his Senate career and the reg- Tragically, John was killed in a ter- the committee during his tenure. He ular trips he makes home to this day. rorist bomb attack on his barracks has convened important hearings to Because of his devotion to Delaware, while on a multinational peacekeeping discuss essential issues including the JOE quickly got his start in politics, mission in Beirut, Lebanon. John and Federal debt, the effects of automation first on the New Castle County Council his fellow marines were stationed in on our economy, tax reform, and eco- and then in the U.S. Senate, where he Lebanon to help stabilize the country nomic growth. I appreciate his con- became the fifth youngest U.S. Senator from civil war. sistent efforts to create a bipartisan in history in 1972. He also has the dis- On April 18, 1983, the U.S. Embassy in forum where we can discuss innovative tinction of being Delaware’s longest Beirut was hit by a suicide truck ideas for addressing our Nation’s eco- serving Senator. bomb—one of the first suicide attacks nomic challenges. As a fellow Mid- I worked with JOE on many different in the region—killing 63 people, includ- westerner, Senator COATS knows that issues during his time in the Senate ing 17 Americans. we must have big ideas and bigger and served on the Foreign Relations On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs hearts as we move forward, committed Committee when he was our chairman. struck separate buildings housing to helping all Americans achieve the JOE is known as a foreign affairs ex- American and French military forces future they deserve. pert, and he has many reasons to be in Beirut—members of the multi- KELLY AYOTTE proud of the work he has done in that national force. The attack on Amer- Mr. President, I also had the pleasure area. One of those things that we ican barracks housed the 1st Battalion of serving with Senator KELLY AYOTTE worked on together was the President’s 8th Marines, John’s battalion. The on the Senate committees on Small Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. bomb striking the marines’ quarters Business, Commerce, and Homeland I remember being at the 2003 State of was the largest nonnuclear explosion Security and Government Affairs. She the Union speech when President Bush that had ever been detonated, equaling has been a pragmatic partner on legis- said, ‘‘We’re going to put $15 billion in force between 15,000 and 21,000 lation as varied as the Northern Border into an AIDS effort.’’ That shocked all pounds of TNT. The death toll was 220 Security Review Act, which will of us who were there. It was a lot of marines, 18 sailors, and 3 soldiers, John strengthen American security at the money. But we worked together to de- among them. It was the deadliest sin- northern border with Canada, and the velop a bill that passed the House and gle-day death toll for the Marine Corps Manufacturing Extension Partnership Senate unanimously. since World War II’s Battle of Iwo Jima Improvement Act, which would expand JOE managed the floor when we reau- and the deadliest single terrorist at- a public-private partnership to help thorized that program in 2008, and we tack on American citizens prior to the businesses get their products to mar- worked with Senators Coburn, BURR, . The blasts led to ket. We also introduced the Pet and and Lugar to develop that reauthoriza- withdrawal of the international peace- Women Safety Act to protect victims tion. At the time, JOE suggested histo- keeping force. of from emotional rians will regard PEPFAR as President John’s hometown of Carlsbad and trauma caused by acts or threats of vi- Bush’s ‘‘single finest hour,’’ and I tend Eddy County proclaimed Veterans Day olence against their pets. I respect Sen- to agree. A few years ago I visited the 2016 as ‘‘John Allman Day’’ in his ator AYOTTE’s dedication to these Kasisi Orphanage in Zambia. We were honor. That day, the community cele- issues. As a father, I also admire Sen- told that, before PEPFAR, they had to brated with a parade, speeches, and ator AYOTTE’s great work raising two bury 18 kids a month that died of tributes to John. A bench was made

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