March 2, 2010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S935 skier Barbara Ann Cochran, slalom halfpipe. Our entire State is proud of In true fashion, our Olym- gold medalist in 1972. your accomplishments on this inter- pians bring more than talent, excel- The Cochran family is somewhat of national stage. lence, and commitment to their sports. an Olympic dynasty in its own right. But I am proud of every Vermonter They showed exemplary dedication to Barbara Ann’s sister Marilyn and who was chosen for the Team. No mat- their communities. In other words, brother Bob also competed in 1972 and ter what their results were, it has been these men and women are more than her sister Lindy in 1976. Bob’s son Jim a pleasure to watch them, and I know just athletes; they are people who are raced in Saturday’s slalom at his sec- that each minute of competition we concerned about the world in which ond Olympics. A member of the family saw on television was preceded by hard they are living and the communities in is a member of my own staff and I cher- work, sacrifice, dedication, and thou- which they live. When ish having him here. sands of hours of training. took gold in the Torino games in 2006, There were 11 athletes in Vancouver They have been great ambassadors she combined her prize money with this year who were born in Vermont or for the , and fantastic proceeds from maple syrup sales to call Vermont home. Ten others at- role models to Vermont’s kids. I say start a charity called ‘‘Hannah’s Gold’’ tended high school or college in congratulations to all of them. which brings aid to a village in . Vermont, we are going to take credit Finally, I want to take a moment to That is what Hannah Teter did. Liz for them as well, and we are proud to recognize two Vermonters who missed Stephen, a cross-country skier from do that. competing in Vancouver because of se- East Montpelier, supports ‘‘Fast and Raised in Vermont are snowboarders rious head injuries. Snowboarder Kevin Female,’’ a charity geared toward get- from West Dover, Lindsey Pearce of Norwich fell while training ting young girls involved in sports. Jacobellis from Stratton, Hannah in Park City, UT, on December 31, and Lindsey Jacobellis, a snowboarder from Teter from Belmont and Ross Powers Cody Marshall, Chelsea’s brother, of Stratton, VT, used her love of animals from Londonderry; alpine skiers Pittsfield, an alpine slalom racer, was as motivation to get involved with the Jimmy Cochran from Richmond, Nolan injured last summer. Both have come a American Society for the Prevention of Kasper from Warren, and Chelsea Mar- long way since their injuries but have Cruelty to Animals. From charity ef- shall from Pittsfield; nordic skiers difficult recoveries ahead of them. I forts to hometown, family-owned res- Andy Newell from Shaftsbury, Liz Ste- spoke with Kevin Pearce’s mother Pia, taurants, the impact of these out- phen from East Montpelier, Caitlin and I know how the whole family has standing individuals is felt by many. Compton from Warren; and freestyle come together for him, just as Cody The 11 athletes who are recognized skier Hannah Kearney from Norwich. Marshall’s family has come together today as Vermont Olympians are the Vermont’s colleges and universities, for him. So I wish them and their fami- following: in cross-country skiing, with a strong tradition of winter lies well, and I wanted them to know Caitlin Compton, Andy Newell; in Al- sports, have sent athletes, both in- they are special inspirations to all of pine skiing, Chelsea Marshall, Nolan state and out-of-state, to numerous us. They are in all of our prayers and Kasper, and Jimmy Cochran; in ski games. Jim Cochran is a UVM alum, thoughts. jumping, Nick Alexander; in freestyle along with biathlete Lowell Bailey, Vermont is a very small State—sec- skiing, gold medalist Hannah Kearney; nordic skier Kris Freeman and hockey ond smallest in the country—so it is al- and in , silver medalist goalie Tim Thomas. Nordic skiers Simi most like one big community in our Hannah Teter, bronze medalist Kelly Hamilton and Garrott Kuzzy are sense of pride for these young people. Clark, and Lindsey Jacobellis. It is Middlebury College graduates. I see my distinguished colleague with great pleasure that I congratulate Vermont’s ski academies, private from Vermont on the floor. I yield to these athletes on a spectacular job. high schools that are dedicated to win- him. The State of Vermont is very proud of ter sports training, attract hundreds of Mr. SANDERS. I thank Senator you all. LEAHY for yielding. There is not a lot kids from out of State every year, and f have produced hundreds of Olympians. more I can add to what he has already Liz Stephen and Nolan Kasper skied at said. TRIBUTE TO REVEREND JESSE Vancouver and are graduates of Burke As you well know, Vermont is a SCOTT Mountain Academy, which was the small State. We have 620,000 people— Mr. REID. Madam President, I rise to first ski academy in the country, one of the smallest States in the coun- acknowledge a respected voice and founded in 1970. Other ski academy try. But a lot of our young people grow longstanding figure in the Las Vegas graduates competing in Vancouver are up on the slopes of Vermont. They are community; I rise to commend a leader snowboarder Louie Vito who attended involved in skiing and snowboarding of souls and a social advocate for civil Stratton Mountain School along with from a very young age. My grandson is rights and children for over 50 years; I Andy Newell and Ross Powers; free- out there. He is 5. He is doing pretty rise to wish a happy 90th birthday to a style skier Michael Morse of the well as a snowboarder. That is true all man whom I and many in Las Vegas Killington Mountain School; and over the State. call their friend. I rise to honor Rev. biathlete Laura Spector and skiercross I think people who have watched the Jesse Scott. racers Paul Casey Puckett and Daron extraordinary Olympics in Vancouver On March 3, 1920, Jesse Scott came Rahlves who attended the Green Moun- noted that a lot of the participants, a into a world that is far different than tain Valley School along with Chelsea lot of the outstanding athletes came what we see today. When I think of the Marshall. Jim Cochran represented the from the State of Vermont. The world challenges he and so many others have Mount Mansfield Winter Academy, and watched as Hannah Kearney of Nor- endured over the years, I am humbled Kelly Clark the Academy. wich won the first gold medal for the by his strength, perseverance, and faith Of course, all of Vermont wants to United States. She was closely followed in God. give a special hearty congratulations in the women’s snowboarding halfpipe As a graduate of Southern University to those whose efforts resulted in med- when Vermont took both second and in Baton Rouge, LA, Reverend Scott als—Hannah Kearney won gold in the third place on the podium. That is has devoted his life to social justice. He mogul competition. quite a feat for a small State. Kelly was an organizer and president of the I spoke with her the morning after. I Clark of West Dover brought home the NAACP’s Westside Branch in Los Ange- told her I had seen her great smile on bronze, and Hannah Teter of Belmont, les and later supervised the work of television that morning. She said I the silver medal. This is an incredible some thirty NAACP branches in south- think it is going to take forever to get feat when you consider that there were ern California. that smile off my face. The New York a total of just eight women on the U.S. Eventually he came to Nevada, where Times had a wonderful article showing snowboarding team; three of them were he served as the executive director of Marty Candon driving her in a parade from the Green Mountain State and the Las Vegas NAACP. Reverend Scott in Norwich this past weekend. two of them were in the top three. was on the front lines in efforts to Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark won That is pretty good under anybody’s move the city of Las Vegas through silver and bronze in the snowboard definition of success. very challenging times. In fact he was

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Madam President, I rec- to serve as executive director of the work on pressing legislative business ommend to my colleagues a February Nevada Equal Rights Commission and for the American people like job cre- 11 Wall Street Journal column by Stan- authored an autobiography, ‘‘Pioneer ation. ford economist Michael Boskin, enti- for Social Justice.’’ Justice Keenan had to wait 124 days tled, ‘‘When Deficits Become Dan- Today, Reverend Scott is the assist- between her Senate Judiciary Com- gerous.’’ ant pastor at Second Baptist Church of mittee vote and her floor vote. Some Boskin’s premise is that the new Las Vegas and is the former pastor of other circuit court nominees of Presi- taxes and ‘‘enormous deficits and end- Second Christian Church in Las Vegas. dent Obama had to wait even longer less accumulation of debt’’ in President He is still carrying out his life’s mis- than that. Fourth Circuit Judge Andre Obama’s budget will create a ripple ef- sion of social advocacy by working Davis was forced to wait 158 days—over fect of problems through our economy. with Nevada’s nonviolent ex-offenders five months—between his committee He explains that the debt will even- to provide job training and employ- vote and his floor vote. Seventh Circuit tually force additional growth-smoth- ment. He also promotes education for Judge David Hamilton was forced to ering taxes: ‘‘Such vast debt implies children and is aligned with initiatives wait 168 days. immense future tax increases. . . . It’s that help students graduate from high hard to imagine a worse detriment to school and provide scholarships to col- How does this compare with the treatment of President Bush’s circuit economic growth.’’ lege-bound young men and women. Boskin also notes that ‘‘so worrisome Madam President, I ask the Senate court nominees? Under President Bush, 61 judges were is this debt outlook that Moody’s to join me in paying tribute to Rev- warns of a downgrade on U.S. Treasury erend Jesse Scott for his lifetime of confirmed to the appellate courts. Their average wait time from com- bonds, and major global finance powers service to Nevada and our Nation. talk of ending the dollar’s reign as the f mittee vote to floor vote was a mere 29 days, according to statistics from the global reserve currency.’’ He describes NOMINATION OF BARBARA Congressional Research Service. President Obama’s budget as ‘‘the most KEENAN risky fiscal strategy in history.’’ Justice Keenan was forced to wait I ask unanimous consent that this ar- Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, over four times longer than the aver- today the Senate confirmed Justice ticle be printed in the RECORD, and age Bush circuit court nominee who urge my colleagues to consider the Barbara Keenan to be a judge on the was confirmed. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth facts and arguments it contains. This is part of a larger pattern of ob- There being no objection, the mate- Circuit by a vote of 99–0. But the vote struction on judicial nominations. Dur- rial was ordered to be printed in the took place only after an unsuccessful ing President Obama’s first year in of- Republican filibuster of her nomina- RECORD, as follows: fice, due to Republican filibusters and WHEN DEFICITS BECOME DANGEROUS—DEBT- tion. holds, the Senate confirmed only 12 This is just the latest example of the TO-GDP RATIOS OVER 90 PERCENT HAVE SIG- lower court judges. Only 12. NIFICANT IMPACT ON THE PACE OF ECONOMIC new low to which Republicans have GROWTH sunk when it comes to the treatment You have to go back to President Ei- (By Michael J. Boskin, Feb. 11, 2010) of judicial nominations. senhower to find a President who had When the Democrats were in the mi- so few judicial confirmations. Presi- President Barack Obama’s 2011 budget lays out a stunningly expensive big-government nority under President Bush, we voted dent Eisenhower only had nine judicial confirmations during his first year in spending agenda, mostly to be paid for years against cloture on a handful of his judi- down the road. He proposes to increase cap- cial nominees, but only the most con- office. But President Eisenhower only ital gains, dividend, payroll, income and en- troversial and only those for appellate made nine judicial nominations that ergy taxes. But the enormous deficits and court positions. year. endless accumulation of debt will eventually Under President Obama, Senate Re- Every other President in the modern force growth-inhibiting income tax hikes, a publicans have filibustered and stalled era had more judicial confirmations national value-added tax similar to those in almost every judicial nominee sent for- than President Obama during their Europe, or severe inflation. ward, regardless of the court and re- On average, in the first three years of the first year in office. 10-year budget plan, federal spending rises by gardless of the controversy. President George W. Bush had 28, and 4.4 percent of GDP. That’s more than during Take the case of Virginia State Su- that was with a Democratic Senate President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society preme Court Justice Barbara Keenan. majority. President Clinton had 27, and Vietnam War buildup and President You would be hard pressed to come up President George H.W. Bush had 15, Ronald Reagan’s defense buildup combined. with someone less controversial for President Reagan had 41, President In those same three years, spending on aver- this Fourth Circuit vacancy. age hits the highest level in American his- Carter had 31, President Ford had 22, tory (25.1 percent of GDP), save the peak of Justice Keenan had the strong sup- President Nixon had 25, President port of her home State Senators, JIM World War II. The average deficit of $1.4 tril- Johnson had 18, and President Kennedy lion (9.6 percent of GDP) is over three times WEBB and MARK WARNER. She sailed had 56. But President Obama had only the previous 2008 record. through the Senate Judiciary Com- 12, due to unprecedented Republican Remarkably, President Obama will add mittee without a single vote of opposi- obstruction. more red ink in his first two years than tion. She received the highest possible Today is March 2. By this time in his President George W. Bush—berated by con- rating from the American Bar Associa- servatives for his failure to control domestic tion. And she will be the first woman Presidency, President George W. Bush spending and by liberals for the explosion of from Virginia to sit on the Fourth Cir- had 39 judicial confirmations. And, it military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan— cuit. bears repeating, that was with a Demo- did in eight. In his first 15 months, Mr. Yet here we are—over 4 months after cratic Senate majority. By contrast, Obama will raise the debt burden—the ratio President Obama has only 16 judicial of the national debt to GDP—by more than Justice Keenan was reported unani- Reagan did in eight years. mously out of the Judiciary Com- confirmations, less than half as many as his predecessor. Some specific proposals are laudable: per- mittee—and the Republicans refused to manently indexing the Alternative Minimum agree to have an up-or-down vote on There are 15 judicial nominations Tax for inflation, part of the increased R&D the Keenan nominee and forced the pending on the Senate floor. Most of funding, reform of agriculture subsidies, a Democratic majority to waste time fil- them were approved in committee future freeze on one-sixth of the budget (only ing and voting on a cloture motion. without a single vote of opposition. after it balloons for two years). But these are They have used similar tactics with Yet, due to anonymous Republican swamped by the huge expansion and cen- holds, many have been waiting months tralization of government. other judicial nominees. True, as he often reminds us, President Why are the Republicans making us and months for a vote. Obama inherited a recession and fiscal mess. jump through all these procedural This Republican obstructionism is Much of the deficit is the natural and desir- hoops? unacceptable and it must be exposed. able result of the deep recession.

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