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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 157 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 No. 137 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was U.S. SENATE, Senate floor to open the Senate on this called to order by the Honorable SHEL- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, day by leading us in prayer. DON WHITEHOUSE, a Senator from the Washington, DC, September 15, 2011. Rabbi Gutterman is a personal State of Rhode Island. To the Senate: friend, but he is more than that. He is Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, a person of real significance in the of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby PRAYER Rhode Island community. He has appoint the Honorable SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Our a Senator from the State of Rhode Island, to served as the rabbi of Temple Beth El friend, Rabbi Leslie Gutterman, rabbi perform the duties of the Chair. for 40 years, which means he has offi- for 40 years of the Temple Bethel El in DANIEL K. INOUYE, ciated at the weddings of the children Providence, RI, will now lead the Sen- President pro tempore. of people whose bar mitzvahs at which ate in prayer. Mr. WHITEHOUSE thereupon as- he officiated, and he has officiated at The guest Chaplain offered the fol- sumed the chair as Acting President the bar mitzvahs of the grandchildren lowing prayer: pro tempore. of people whose weddings at which he officiated. He is an important part of O God, whose spirit is with us in f every righteous act, invoke Your bless- the Rhode Island community. He has RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY been described as a community asset ing upon the elected representatives of LEADER our government. Enlighten with Your and a moral compass for Rhode Island. wisdom those whom the people have The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. In addition, he is just a beautiful per- entrusted with the guardianship of our UDALL of New Mexico). The majority son. He and his wife Janet have come here rights and liberties. leader is recognized. today to join us, and we are very proud On this day, proclaimed as the Inter- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I yield the and delighted that we could share this national Day of Democracy, we pray floor to the Senator from Rhode Island at this time. moment of the morning with our col- that our country may ever be a beacon leagues and with Rabbi Gutterman. of freedom, justice, and peace. We pray f I yield the floor back to the majority for those in other lands who are op- WELCOMING RABBI GUTTERMAN leader with great pride in the presence pressed and persecuted. Mr. REED. Mr. President, I rise to of Rabbi Gutterman on our floor this Grant that this new day not be lost morning. thank and commend Senator WHITE- to us. May it be filled with Your pur- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- HOUSE for inviting Rabbi Leslie pose and our labors rewarded by the pore. The majority leader is recog- Gutterman here to deliver the prayer. satisfaction gained by all who pursue a nized. Les Gutterman has been an extraor- life of righteousness, virtue, and honor. f Amen. dinary figure in our State, a man of great wisdom, compassion and kind- SCHEDULE f ness, who has, since 1970, contributed Mr. REID. Mr. President, following PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE extraordinarily to the State of Rhode leader remarks, the Senate will be in Island and to the people of Rhode Is- morning business for 1 hour. The ma- The Honorable SHELDON WHITEHOUSE land. jority will control the first half and the led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: His congregation goes far beyond de- Republicans will control the final half. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the nominational lines. He is literally the Following morning business, the Sen- United States of America, and to the Repub- rabbi for everyone. In fact, he is my ate will resume consideration of H.J. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, rabbi, and I am pleased and proud to Res. 66, which is a joint resolution re- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. say that. garding Burma sanctions and the legis- f Mr. President, again, I am delighted lative vehicle for additional FEMA to welcome Rabbi Gutterman here funding. The filing deadline for all APPOINTMENT OF ACTING today. first-degree amendments to the sub- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- stitute amendment and to H.J. Res. 66 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ator from Rhode Island. is 1 p.m. today. I filed cloture on the clerk will please read a communication Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, it substitute amendment and on H.J. Res. to the Senate from the President pro is a great honor and a great pleasure to 66 last night. If no agreement is tempore (Mr. INOUYE). join my senior Senator JACK REED in reached, there will be a cloture vote on The assistant bill clerk read the fol- welcoming Rabbi Leslie Gutterman the substitute amendment on tomor- lowing letter: from Providence, RI, here onto the row morning. We hope to reach an ∑ This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. S5637 . VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:49 Sep 16, 2011 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15SE6.000 S15SEPT1 tjames on DSK6SPTVN1PROD with SENATE S5638 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE September 15, 2011 agreement to complete action on the has to Nevada and the rest of the coun- FEMA joint resolution as well as FAA and try to honor the contributions of a pop- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I want to highway extension today. Senators will ulation that is such an integral part of spread on the record how much I appre- be notified when votes are scheduled. our national identity. For hundreds of ciate the support of the Republicans in REMEMBERING SENATOR MALCOLM WALLOP years, Latinos have helped shape the allowing us to be able to get on the Mr. REID. Mr. President, Malcolm face of this Nation. FEMA bill. We are on that bill now. We Wallop of Wyoming is a man with I wrote a history of my birthplace, have some amendments pending. If we whom I served in the Senate for ap- Searchlight, NV, and one of the inter- are not able to work out an agreement proximately 10 years. He represented esting things I found in my research is on that today, we will have votes on a the State of Wyoming. During that that the railroad was built into Search- number of cloture issues relating to time, I can remember the work he and light in the early 1900s, it is 26 miles, that most important legislation affect- Alan Simpson did together—Alan and it was a difficult railroad to build, ing millions of Americans who have Simpson, another retired Senator from but it was basically built by Mexicans been devastated by Mother Nature. Wyoming. Senator Wallop died yester- who had come to the United States to I am disappointed, however, in one of day. He was 78 years old. our Republican colleagues who at this Senator Wallop was a fine man. His do the labor that it took to do that. Some 7,000 of them built that railroad. stage is holding up something that is roots in Wyoming stem back to pioneer so vitally necessary. ancestors in the Big Horn. Although he It is not very long—26 miles long—but it took a lot of work to get it done. The House sent us two pieces of legis- was born in New York, he served his lation that passed overwhelmingly in country admirably in the Army and So everyplace you go in America, ev- the House, one that will keep 1.7 or 1.8 then worked for many years as a cattle eryplace especially you go in the West, million people working on highway and rancher and businessman before run- you find contributions made by His- other construction around the country ning for office. He was extremely good panics. They have made contributions dealing with highways. That is an ex- friends with the great Nevadan Paul in the battlefield, in the workplace, tension of 6 months. They also sent to Laxalt. and the classroom. They have spurred us a 4-month extension, fully funded, of There were occasions when Malcolm progress in the laboratory, playing the Federal Aviation Administration, and I didn’t agree on political issues, field in all athletics, and, of course, in also vitally important. but he was always an agreeable man, a the halls of justice. They have shaped Unless my friend, the junior Senator very fine man. I honor his service the way we farm and the way we do from Oklahoma, agrees to allow us to today, both as a soldier and a Senator, business. They have influenced our art go forward, one Senator will stop 80,000 and certainly will miss him, as every- and our literature. Construction sites people from working. I hope he will re- one in Wyoming will and all of his col- of casinos and shopping centers around consider. The issue he has presented is leagues who worked with him here in the State of Nevada—they have con- a little unusual. He says he doesn’t like the Senate. tributed mightily to that work that is bike paths being part of the highway HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH being done and has been done.