S3834 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 24, 2001 also work hard and have earned a share filing out more forms if we do not act. Ten years ago, April 23, 1991, the Fed- of the surplus in the form of a tax cut. At a minimum, the AMT exemptions eral debt stood at $3,433,997,000,000, The President’s tax rate cuts are should be raised and indexed, and fam- Three trillion, four hundred thirty- skewed to the rich and the average Ar- ily credits should be protected from the three billion, nine hundred ninety- kansan won’t see a real cut, if at all, AMT’s bite. seven million. until 2006. Forty-nine percent of Ar- With our private savings rate at a Fifteen years ago, April 23, 1986, the kansans have adjusted gross incomes negative for the first time in our his- Federal debt stood at $1,959,815,000,000, under $20,000 and the average house- tory we should encourage more private One trillion, nine hundred fifty-nine hold income in Arkansas is $29,019. savings by increasing the IRA and billion, eight hundred fifteen million. About 85 percent of Arkansas families 401(k) contribution limits as part of an Twenty-five years ago, April 23, 1976, don’t make enough to qualify as one of overall retirement security and expan- the Federal debt stood at the ‘‘model families’’ that President sion act. Increasing private savings is $600,771,000,000, Six hundred billion, Bush has been talking about in his an important way to keep capital re- seven hundred seventy-one million, speeches. In other words, only about 15 serve up and interest rates low. The fis- which reflects a debt increase of more percent of Arkansans would get a $1,600 cally conservative thing to do is in- than $5 trillion, $5,073,198,614,244.57, tax cut. The other 85 percent of Arkan- clude the pension bill in this year’s tax Five trillion, seventy-three billion, one sans deserve a real tax cut too. relief. hundred ninety-eight million, six hun- I believe in creating a new ten per- I support eliminating the so-called dred fourteen thousand, two hundred cent bracket like the President, but marriage penalties in the tax code, but forty-four dollars and fifty-seven cents under my plan it be fully implemented we should do it in a way that is fair to during the past 25 years. widows and singles. Taxpayers should this year. That will bring thousands of f dollars to Arkansas families imme- not be punished for getting married, diately and over the next 5 years will but nor should they be punished when TRIBUTE TO SENATOR ALAN mean significantly more to the Arkan- their spouse dies or if they choose not CRANSTON sas economy than will the Bush plan. to get married. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask I also want to expand the 15 percent Lastly, the estate tax should be re- unanimous consent that the following bracket by $10,000. This will mean that pealed within the next three years. tributes by current and former mem- 85 percent of Arkansas taxpayers and While the revenue estimates of repeal- bers of the Senate and House of Rep- small businesses never make it out of ing the estate tax have been high, I be- resentatives at the memorial service the 15 percent bracket and will never lieve there are many ways we can en- for the late Senator Alan Cranston be sure that death is no longer a taxable pay more than about an 11 percent ef- printed in the RECORD. fective Federal tax rate. Expanding the event without breaking the treasury. There being no objection, the mate- 15 percent bracket would mean that a In the short run, we may have to pro- rial was ordered to be printed in the vide for a mark-to-market fee to pro- couple earning $55,000 would get $980 RECORD, as follows: more than they would under the Bush vide for a stepped-up basis for inherited property or a higher capital gains rate MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO SEN. ALAN CRANSTON plan, regardless of whether they have BY SENATOR MAX CLELAND children or not. The only way for aver- for inherited property, but no tax would be paid unless the asset was sold. On February 6, over 200 admirers gathered age citizens to get a significant tax cut in Hart SOB 902 to pay tribute to our dear under the Bush plan is to have chil- In short, the U.S. tax code should not friend Alan Cranston, who left us on the last dren. Single people and people who are be an obstacle to family farmers and day of the year 2000. Joining with me as no longer raising their children deserve small business people who want to pass sponsors of this event were the Senators a tax cut too, and I propose to give on their legacy. from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), Cali- At the end of the day, Vice-President fornia (Mrs. Feinstein and Mrs. Boxer), and them one. CHENEY would get about a $1 million Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), and the I do believe in doubling the child tax tax cut under my plan, instead of the former Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Simp- credit as the President proposes. How- $2.4 million he would get under the son). Ten members and former members ever, I believe it should be partially re- Bush plan. However, average Arkan- spoke, and a short film about Senator Cran- fundable for working taxpayers as their sans would see thousands more and ston’s recent activities was shown. At the Earned Income Tax Credit is phased end of the program, Alan’s son, Kim, spoke. those dollars will be spent and saved in out. Approximately 140,000 Arkansas It was a memorable afternoon for all in at- Arkansas where they belong. A family families, or 37 percent of Arkansas tendance. of four with a $30,000 income would get families with children, will not benefit The Program Cover pictured Alan and his a $1,600 per year tax cut which is ap- beautiful, now seven-year old, granddaughter from the President’s plan because their proximately $484 more per year than Evan. On the second page appeared the fol- incomes are too low to owe federal in- they would get under President Bush’s lowing words of the Chinese poet and philos- come taxes. By making the child tax plan. My plan would put more money opher Lao-Tzu, which Alan carried with him credit partially refundable, low-income in Arkansas and the South, and would every day: working parents would get the benefits cost $400 billion less than the Presi- A leader is best of the child tax credit just like I do. At dent’s $1.6 billion plan. That cost sav- When people barely know the same time, I believe it is unfair to ings is important, because ultimately, That he exists, phase out the value of exemptions and Less good when I will not support any tax cut plan that They obey and acclaim him, credits for high income individuals. would endanger the long-term solvency What’s good for the goose is good for Worse when of Social Security and Medicare and in- They fear and despise him. the gander. If we are going to give a hibit our ability to retire the national $1,000 per-child tax credit to working Fail to honor people debt. And they fail to honor you. families, then we should give that cred- f But of a good leader, it to all working families, rich and When his work is done, poor. THE VERY BAD DEBT BOXSCORE His aim fulfilled, We also must fix the Alternative Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, at the They will all say, Minimum Tax, AMT. I have asked the close of business yesterday, Monday, ‘‘We did this ourselves.’’—Lao-Tzu President in person, I have asked him April 23, 2001, the Federal debt stood at The program participants and sponsors in writing, ‘‘How will your Administra- $5,673,969,614,244.57, Five trillion, six were shown on the third page as follows: tion address the AMT?’’ Many of you hundred seventy-three billion, nine Musical Prelude: United States Army may not know that the AMT, which is hundred sixty-nine million, six hundred Strings. designed to prevent affluent taxpayers fourteen thousand, two hundred forty- Introductions and Closing: Judge Jonathan from sheltering their tax liability in Steinberg. four dollars and fifty-seven cents. Speakers: Senator Max Cleland, Senator credits and deductions, will soon have Five years ago, April 23, 1996, the Alan Simpson, Senator Edward Kennedy, an unintended consequence for 37 mil- Federal debt stood at $5,106,372,000,000, Senator Diane Feinstein, Senator Barbara lion Americans. These middle income Five trillion, one hundred six billion, Boxer, Representative G.V. (Sonny) Mont- workers will be paying higher rates and three hundred seventy-two million. gomery, Representative John A. Anderson,

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 April 24, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3835 Representative George Miller, Senator John crat was elected more than once to the U.S. of forces and shrewd compromiser who al- Kerrey, Senator Maria Cantwell, and Kim Senate, Alan Cranston won four Senate ways lived to fight another day. The sum of Cranston. terms in the Capitol, serving a total of 24 thousands of ‘‘small’’, quiet, often little-no- Family in attendance: Kim Cranston, years. It is a California record unmatched ticed and uncelebrated legislative actions Colette Penne Cranston, Evan Cranston, and except for the legendary Hiram Johnson, a over near a quarter-century adds up to Eleanor (R.E.) Cranston Cameron. Republican who held his Senate seat from steady progress in nearly every area of Event Sponsors: Senators Cleland, Simp- 1917 to 1945. American life. son, Rockefeller, Kennedy, Feinstein, and In addition, Cranston was elected to seven As for one man’s place in such a record, Boxer. consecutive terms as the Senate Democratic former Vice President Walter Mondale called The back page of the program set forth Whip, the number two party position in the Senator Cranston: ‘‘The most decent and Senator Cranston’s Committee assignments Senate. That, too, is an all-time Senate gifted member of the United States Senate.’’ and the acknowledgments for the Tribute, as record for longevity in a leadership post. Even with so diverse a legislative record, follows: Alan Cranston is credited with rebuilding certain points of emphasis and priority Senator Cranston’s 24 years of service in the Democratic Party in California through emerge. Although never an ideologue, Sen- the United States Senate exceeded that of grass- roots activism and organization. In ator Cranston was passionate in pursuit of any California Democratic Senator and was the mid–1950s, he organized the then- power- world peace, for extending opportunities for the second longest tenure of any California ful California Democratic Council, a vast those left out of the mainstream, and for Senator. He was elected Democratic Whip network of party volunteers that in 1958 protecting the natural environment. Asked seven times, and his service of 14 years in helped sweep Republicans from most state- by a reporter what he ‘‘goes to the mat for,’’ that position is unequaled. His Committee wide offices. Edmund G. ‘‘Pat’’ Brown was Cranston replied: ‘‘Peace, arms control, service was: elected governor, Democrats seized the Cali- human rights, civil rights, civil liberties. If 1969–93: Committee on Banking, Housing, fornia Legislature, and Cranston began two there’s an issue between some very powerful and Urban Affairs. terms as State Controller of California. people and some people without much power, 1971–73 and 1975–79: Chairman, Sub- Senator Cranston sought the Democratic my sympathies start with those who have committee on Production and Stabilization. Party nomination for President in 1984. His less power.’’ 1973–75: Chairman, Subcommittee on Small campaign, though ultimately unsuccessful, During the eight years that remained to Businesses. raised to new heights public support for him after he left the Senate, Alan Cranston 1979–85: Chairman or Ranking Minority international arms control and a superpower worked tirelessly on issues of war and peace, Member, Subcommittee on Financial Insti- freeze on nuclear weapons. speaking out for human rights, and for pre- tutions. In terms of political style, Senator Cran- serving the environment of the planet for 1985–87: Ranking Minority Member, Sub- ston drew upon an earlier Earl Warren tradi- present and future generations. In 1996, he committee on Securities. tion of bipartisanship, and was well served became chairman of the Global Security In- 1987–93: Chairman, Subcommittee on Hous- by a diversified base of political support. stitute, a San Francisco-based research orga- ing and Urban Affairs. Representing the California mega-state in nization which he founded together with 1969–81: Committee on Labor and Public the Senate, Cranston skillfully balanced a former Soviet President and Nobel Peace Welfare (Human Resources). wide array of insistent and sometimes con- Prize winner Mikhail S. Gorbachev to pro- 1969–71: Chairman, Subcommittee on Vet- flicting state interests. He steered a delicate mote world peace and the abolition of nu- erans’ Affairs. course between the state’s giant agribusiness clear weapons. 1971–73: Chairman, Subcommittee on Rail- interests and those of consumers, family EARLY HISTORY road Retirement. farmers and farm workers; he weighed the 1971–81: Chairman, Subcommittee on Child claims of home builders and growing commu- Few people in modern history have entered and Human Development. nities with the need to preserve open space the U.S. Senate as freshmen better prepared 1981–93: Committee on Foreign Relations. and wildlife habitats; and he nurtured and than Alan Cranston to combine lifelong con- 1981–85: Ranking Minority Member, Sub- led the California epicenter of the national cerns over foreign and domestic policy with committee on Arms Control, Oceans, Inter- arms control and peace movements, while ef- an understanding of the inner procedural, po- national Operations, and Environment. fectively representing the home of the na- litical and human workings of the institu- 1985–93: Chairman or Ranking Minority tion’s defense and aerospace industry. tion. It was a preparation which made it pos- Member, Subcommittee on East Asian and The record of Congressional measures from sible to gain and hold on to Senate power as Pacific Affairs. 1969 to 1993 adds up to a catalogue of lit- Democratic Whip for 14 of his 24 years in 1977–92: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, erally tens of thousands of legislative ac- Congress. Chairman or Ranking Minority Member. tions on which there is a Cranston imprint. In 1936, as a 22–year-old foreign cor- In addition, Senator Cranston served on These include the large events of the past respondent he joined the International News the Committees on the Budget (1975–79) and quarter century—Vietnam, the Cold War, Service (later part of United Press Inter- on Nutrition and Human Needs (1975–77), and civil rights, the rise of environmentalism, national), immediately after graduating on the Select Committee on Intelligence conflict in the Middle East, Watergate, the from Stanford University. He was sent on as- (1987–93). energy crisis, and equal rights for women. signments to Germany, Italy, Ethiopia and Event Planning and Arrangements: Bill The Cranston mark is on thousands of bills England in years leading up to the outbreak Brew, Fran Butler, Kelly Cordes, Chad Grif- and amendments he personally authored af- of World War II. He personally watched and fin, Bill Johnstone, Susanne Martinez, Dan fecting virtually every aspect of national listened as Adolph Hitler whipped his audi- Perry, Ed Scott, Jon Steinberg, Lorraine life. Without this legislative record, America ences into mass frenzy. He saw Mussolini Tong, Elinor Tucker. would be a different and poorer place in the strut before tens of thousands in Rome. He As I said at the Tribute, I would not be in quality of life and environment for a major- covered London in the fateful years ‘‘while this body were it not for Alan Cranston. My ity of our people. Rivers would be more pol- England slept,’’ and he watched as the world colleague, the Senator from Washington (Ms. luted, the air less clean, food less safe. Fewer seemed helpless to act against the dark Cantwell), expressed that same sentiment in opportunities would be open to all citizens, march of fascism. her remarks. Alan Cranston will always be fewer advances made in medicine and Three years later, following his return to an inspiration for us. He will live in our science; there would be less safe conditions the United States, Cranston learned that an memories and the memories of all those who in workplaces. English-language version of Hitler’s ‘‘Mein served with him and were touched by the Despite facile and careless cynicism about Kampf’’ was being distributed in the U.S. He causes he championed and in the hearts and the work of government, the achievements of was alarmed to discover that, for propaganda minds of those he so ably represented in his the nation’s Legislative Branch from the purposes, parts of the text had been purpose- beloved State of California. Following are mid–1960s to the early 1990s have made a dis- fully omitted. These were passages which the transcript of the Tribute, and the docu- tinct and meaningful difference in the lives would have made clear the nature and full ment, ‘‘Legislative Legacy, Alan Cranston in of millions of Americans. Alan Cranston’s extent of Hitler’s threat to the world. To the U.S. Senate, 1969–1993,’’ that was distrib- particular contributions to progressive legis- warn Americans against Hitler, he wrote a uted at the Tribute. lation is notable. The difference a single U.S. complete and accurate version of the book, Senator can make is demonstrated by a with explanatory notes making the Dic- A LEGISLATIVE LEGACY—ALAN CRANSTON IN study of all votes cast in the Senate over two tator’s real intentions clear. It was published THE U.S. SENATE, 1969–1993 decades in which the outcome was decided by in tabloid form and sold a half-million copies AN OVERVIEW less than five votes and often by a single before a copyright infringement suit brought As an eight-year-old boy, Alan Cranston vote. Between 1969 to 1989 there were over by agents of the Third Reich put a stop to its lost his first election to be bench monitor in 2,500 such votes in which Alan Cranston’s in- further distribution. his Los Altos grammar school. As an adult, fluence often was critical to the outcome. Senator Cranston’s strong commitment to he became the state’s most electable Demo- The figures do not include thousands of human rights and peace, and his alertness to crat and one of the most durable and suc- legislative decisions reached by less narrow the dangers of totalitarian one-man rule, cessful California politicians of the 20th Cen- margins. Nor do they reflect the additional were clearly shaped by witnessing first hand tury. During decades of political and social influence of Senator Cranston as a behind- the rise of fascism in Europe and the deadly turbulence, when no other California Demo- the-scene strategist, nose-counter, marshaler chain of events leading to the Second World

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 S3836 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 24, 2001 War and its Cold War aftermath. His first on system, arms control issue and foreign in immigration laws and access to legal serv- work in Washington, serving in 1940 and 1941 treaty from 1969 to 1993. A recognized leader ices. as a representative of the Common Cause for on the Foreign Relations Committee, Alan Aware from his days as a journalist of the American Unity, entailed lobbying Congress Cranston was a highly respected voice on be- importance of protecting news sources, Sen- for fairness in legislation affecting foreign half of arms control, nuclear non-prolifera- ator Cranston fought the Nixon Administra- born Americans. This activity gave him an tion, peaceful settlement of international tion to preserve an unfettered and free press opportunity to learn at close range the inner conflict, human rights around the world, in America. He successfully blocked legisla- workings of the Senate. sensible and compassionate approaches to tion in 1975 that would have created an Offi- With the outbreak of war, Cranston served immigration and refugee issues, foreign cial Secrets Act threatening First Amend- as Chief of the Foreign Language Division of trade and long range solutions to problems ment freedoms. the Office of War Information in the Execu- of famine, disease and oppression in the Health care tive Offices of the President. When offered a Third World. Both on the Senate and Human Resources draft deferment in 1944, he declined it and In addition to U.S.-Soviet relations, those Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Re- enlisted in the Army as a private, where he specific areas of foreign policy in which Sen- search, and as Chairman of the Senate Vet- was first assigned to an infantry unit train- ator Cranston made a significant impact in- erans Affairs Committee, Senator Cranston ing in the U.S. Because of his experience as clude the passage of the Panama Canal Trea- worked to secure for all individuals access to a foreign correspondent and journalist, he ty, efforts to bar military aid to the Nica- health services necessary for the prevention became editor of Army Talk. His rank was raguan contras, aid to Israel and efforts to- and treatment of disease and injury and for sergeant by VJ Day. ward peace in the Middle East, helping to the promotion of physical and mental well- While still in the Army, he began research- bring a halt to U.S. involvement in a civil being. ing and writing a book in hopes of influ- war in Angola, and opposition to apartheid He authored the law, and extensions and encing international decision-making in the in South Africa. refinements of it, that provided for the de- post-war world. It was an account of how, in Environmental legislation velopment nationwide of comprehensive the aftermath of the first World War, a hand- Among the legacy of Alan Cranston’s years medical services (EMS) systems and for the ful of willful men in the U.S. Senate, opposed in the Senate is a wealth of parks, wilderness training of emergency medical personnel. He to President Wilson and the 14–point peace areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, scenic steered the original Emergency Medical Sys- plan, managed to prevent U.S. participation areas and coastline protection measures. tems Act through Congress, then persuaded a in the League of Nations, ultimately under- With just two bills in which Alan Cranston reluctant President Nixon to sign it into mining the peace and setting the stage for a and Rep. Phillip Burton of San Francisco law. A few years later, the Cranston measure second World War. teamed—the Omnibus Parks Act of 1978 and was quite possibly responsible for saving an- In 1945, ‘‘The Killing of the Peace’’ by Alan the Alaska Lands Act of 1980—as much acre- other President’s life. It was at a special Cranston was published. The New York age was placed under federal protection as trauma care unit at George Washington Uni- Times rated it one of the 10 best books of the all the parks lands created earlier in the 20th versity Medical Center in Washington, D.C., year. The book served to warn against the Century combined. Senator Cranston was the established in part by the EMS law, where folly of repeating the same isolationist mis- Senate sponsor of legislation creating the President Reagan’s life was saved following takes that followed World War I. The Cran- Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the an assassination attempt in 1981. ston book also presented a meticulous de- Santa Monica Mountains National Recre- Senator Cranston also wrote laws that scription of the byzantine inner workings of ation Area, the Channel Islands National have made a broad range of family planning the U.S. Senate during the debate over rati- Park, a 48,000 acre addition to the Redwoods services available to individuals who cannot fication of the League of Nations treaty. At National Park, and the inclusion of Mineral otherwise afford or gain ready access to age 31, the future Senator revealed a full ap- King into Sequoia National Park. He spon- them. He authored legislation that improved preciation of the critical role played by indi- sored 12 different wilderness bills which be- services to families of sudden infant death vidual egos, personalities and interpersonal came law between 1969 and 1982. He helped syndrome (SIDS) and encouraged expanded relationships in the legislative process, and close Death Valley National Monument to research efforts. Legislation to support com- showed how awareness to such human fac- open pit mining and was an architect of the munity efforts to control venereal diseases tors could be critical in determining the out- Endangered Species Act and the Marine and tuberculosis were shaped by Senator come of a vote. Mammal Protection Act. Cranston. He authored several provisions of The immediate post-war years in Wash- He worked diligently throughout his Sen- law substantially increasing funding for ington and publication of The Killing of the ate years for the California Desert Protec- AIDS research, education, and public health Peace marked the real beginning of Cran- tion Act, that called for setting aside mil- activities. ston’s determination to become a member of lions of acres of desert lands as wilderness He wrote the law that expanded and co- the Senate. He wanted to enter that institu- and park preserves, and creating better gov- ordinated federal research in arthritis, and tion where he could promote world peace and ernment conservation efforts for a vast por- he helped create the National Institute on causes of social justice. tion of the California desert ecosystem. His Aging. Totally separate from his role as a From 1949 to 1952 he served as national efforts ultimately came to fruition when federal legislator, he helped establish the president of the United World Federalists, Senator Dianne Feinstein, during the first private, non-profit Alliance for Aging Re- dedicated to promoting peace through world Clinton term, was able to enact into law the search to spur research scientists to find an- law. He was a principal founder of the Cali- Cranston crusade for desert preservation. swers for the chronic disabling conditions of fornia Democratic Council, established to in- Even this long list does not tell the com- aging, including Alzheimer’s Disease. fluence the direction of the Democratic plete story of Senator Cranston’s environ- His commitment to healthy aging was also Party in the state, and was elected as the mental record, which includes clear air and personal. A lifelong physical fitness buff and first CDC President in 1953 and served until clean water legislation, control of toxic accomplished runner, he set a world record 1958. wastes, liability for oil spills, restoration of for his age group in 1969, running the 100– He was elected California state controller fish and wildlife resources, and support for yard dash in 12.6 seconds. He broke his own in 1958, which placed him among the top new technologies for cleaner fuels. No other record three years later running in the Uni- ranks of the party’s statewide elected offi- period in American history has seen so much versity of Pennsylvania Relays at age 59. cials. He was reelected in 1962 and served been accomplished for environmental protec- Rights for persons with disabilities until 1966. tion as the last three decades of the 20th When Alan Cranston came to the Senate, SENATE ACHIEVEMENTS Century, and Senator Cranston was an essen- disabled persons had virtually no legal pro- Foreign affairs tial but largely unheralded architect of these tection against unjust discrimination and Elected to the Senate in l968, during the policies. there had been little progress toward remov- height of fighting in Vietnam, Senator Cran- Civil rights/Civil liberties ing physical barriers that excluded them ston quickly allied with so-called ‘‘doves’’ In his first term as a Senator, Alan Cran- from public buildings and facilities. He was which were a distinct minority in Congress ston wrote the amendment that extended to acutely aware of these injustices due to crip- at that time. Together with Senator Edward federal workers the civil rights protections pling disabilities suffered by members of his Brooke of Massachusetts, Alan Cranston co- earlier mandated to private employers. He immediate family. He often characterized authored the first measure to pass the Sen- also played a key strategic role in ending a people with disabilities as ‘‘the one civil ate cutting off funds to continue the war in filibuster which threatened the extension of rights constituency any of us can be thrust Southeast Asia. The Brooke-Cranston the Voting Rights Act. He authored the first into without a moment’s warning.’’ He led Amendment paved the way to the U.S. Con- Senate bill to redress grievances of Japa- efforts to enact legislation in 1973 for the gress ultimately asserting its prerogatives nese-Americans interned in relocation camps first time outlawing discrimination in feder- over military spending and provided for the during the Second World War. Cranston co- ally-funded programs and requiring that fed- orderly termination of U.S. military involve- authored landmark legislation protecting erally-funded buildings be made accessible to ment in Vietnam. the civil rights of institutionalized persons. disabled individuals, and promoting the em- Senator Cranston played key roles in shap- He was the first U.S. Senator to employ an ployment and advancement of persons with ing the SALT and START arms pacts, and in openly-gay person on his staff, and he fought disabilities by the federal government and framing debate on virtually every new weap- official discrimination against homosexuals federal contractors. The sloping sidewalk

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 April 24, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3837 curbs for wheelchairs on nearly every street for passage of three veterans bills: Veterans Over more than two decades, he provided in the nation stem from Alan Cranston’s Re-employment Rights, Veterans Health- diligent oversight and direction for all fed- early advocacy for disabled people. Care Services, and the Veterans Health Care eral volunteer programs, including the Peace Children and families Act. Corps, VISTA, the ACTION Agency, Foster Senator Cranston authored a rich body of Women Grandparents, and the Retired Senior Volun- legislative reforms that humanized and vast- Another constant throughout the Cranston teer Program. ly improved adoption assistance, foster care, Senate career has been his efforts aimed at POST-SENATE CAREER child custody and child care. He was a leader eradicating sex discrimination and providing From 1993 until his death just hours before in sponsoring child abuse and neglect preven- equal opportunities for women. the first day of 2001, Alan Cranston pursued tion laws and in investigating the abuse of He worked hard, both in the U.S. Congress the opportunity afforded by the end of the children in institutions. and in the California legislature, for passage Cold War to abolish nuclear weapons. He He was responsible for extending the origi- and ratification of the Equal Rights Amend- worked on the issue as Chairman of the nal authorization of the Head Start pre- ment. He authored provisions of the Equal Gorbachev Foundation, and then as Presi- school education program. He authored suc- Employment Opportunity Act precluding dent of the Global Security Institute in San cessful bills extending Medicaid coverage for discrimination in hiring and retaining Francisco, which he helped establish. An im- prenatal health care for low-income preg- women employees and those who are preg- portant accomplishment of the Institute was nant women. He co-wrote the landmark L975 nant. On the Banking Committee he pio- to put together, with a coalition of groups law designed to provide educational opportu- neered laws prohibiting discrimination called Project Abolition, the Responsible Se- nities for handicapped children, and he was a against women in obtaining credit and bene- curity Appeal, which calls for action leading strong supporter and developer of children’s fitting from insurance policies. to the elimination of all nuclear weapons. At He consistently championed women’s ac- nutrition and feeding programs throughout Cranston’s urging, this document was signed cess to health care and reproductive health his time in the Senate. by such notable people as Paul Nitze, Gen- services. He was the Senate author of the Many private organizations honored Cran- eral Charles Horner, and former President Freedom of Choice Act to codify into federal ston for his work, including the North Amer- Jimmy Carter. Project Abolition, founded by law the Roe v. Wade court decision. ican Conference on Adoptable Children, Cranston, promises to be the foundation for which named him ‘‘Child Advocate of the ADDENDA a wider nuclear abolition campaign in the Year’’ in 1979, the California Adoption Advo- Any summary of the Cranston record years ahead. cacy Network, the Child Welfare League of would be incomplete without also noting the During the decade of the 1990s, he traveled America, the Day Care and Child Develop- following: to the Indian Subcontinent, in Central Asia ment Council of America, the California Senator Cranston helped lead the opposi- and elsewhere, working with national leaders Child Development Administrators Associa- tion in the U.S. Senate to G. Harrold to accommodate peaceful change in the tion, and the JACKIE organization, which Carswell and Clement Haynsworth, both world, especially the development of plural- cited ‘‘his leadership in obtaining national nominated by President Richard Nixon to istic, free societies in the former Soviet adoption and foster care reform.’’ the Supreme Court. Both nominations were Union. In the very last years of his life, he Veterans defeated. was more often at home, in the sprawling When Robert Bork was nominated to the Spanish Colonial style residence in Los Altos Though opposed to the Vietnam War, he Court, it was a vote count taken by Demo- Hills, where he was surrounded by three gen- was deeply compassionate toward those who cratic Whip Alan Cranston that first showed erations of his family. He assembled a mag- fought America’s most unpopular war. Able the nomination could be overturn. Senator nificent library encompassing a wide range to separate the war from the warriors, he Cranston skillfully used this information to of California, American and International was an early champion for the Vietnam vet- persuade swing vote Senators to reject the history and politics, in thousands of books, erans, especially for improving health care Bork nomination. in VA hospitals and clinics. During the Carter Presidency, when Cran- artworks, memorabilia and photographs. To In his first year in the Senate, Alan Cran- ston had the patronage power to recommend this library would come many friends, polit- ston was assigned chairmanship of a Labor federal judicial appointments, he instead es- ical allies old and new, former staff and an Committee subcommittee dealing with vet- tablished a bipartisan committee with the occasional journalist intent on an interview. erans. He used that post to draw national at- California Bar Association to assist in Former Senator Cranston made this assess- tention to inadequate and shocking condi- screening candidates based on merit. Under ment of his priorities in one interview, just tions in VA hospitals, which were over- this system four women, four African-Ameri- months before his death: whelmed by the returning wounded from the cans, two Latinos and one Asian were ap- ‘‘I am an abolitionist on two fronts. I be- Vietnam war. When a full Committee on Vet- pointed to the U.S. District Court in Cali- lieve we have to abolish nuclear weapons be- erans Affairs was established in the Senate, fornia. In addition, one African-American, fore they abolish us, and I think we have to he chaired its subcommittee on health and one woman, and one Latino were appointed eliminate the incredibly important and sig- hospitals and later chaired the full com- as U.S. Attorneys. nificant role of money in politics before mittee for a total of nine years. He long championed federal support for we’re going to have our democracy working Among a few highlights of this record: im- mass transit, including the Surface Transit as it should work. If we blow ourselves up in provements in compensation for service-con- Act, which for the first time opened up the a nuclear war, no other issue, no matter how nected disabled veterans, education and Federal Highway Act to allow mass transit important it may seem to be, is going to training programs tailored to Vietnam-era to compete for federal funds on an equal matter. And until we get money out of poli- veterans, requirements for federal contrac- basis with highways. tics, money is going to affect every issue tors to give preference in hiring for Vietnam- As Housing Subcommittee Chairman on that comes along, often adversely to the in- era and disabled veterans, and a long list of the Banking Committee, he lead efforts to terest of the public. So let’s abolish both.’’ initiatives to improve health care in the VA pass the Urban Mass Transit Act of 1987, the Years earlier, while preparing to retire medical system. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, and the from the United States Senate, he expressed Alan Cranston wrote the law that created Housing and Community Development Act of gratitude for the opportunities to make a a national network of VA counseling facili- 1987 and then succeeded in gaining enact- difference on behalf of California and people ties known as ‘‘Vet Centers’’ to aid returning ment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af- throughout the world: Vietnam veterans in coping with readjust- fordable Housing Act in October 1990, a land- ‘‘It has been a privilege I have cherished ment to civilian society, and helping to iden- mark law that set a new course for federal and for which I can never adequately thank tify and treat the condition known as post- housing assistance, stressing production of the people of California. It is my hope that traumatic stress syndrome. affordable housing units, improved FHA in- many of the accomplishments achieved over He was among the first to draw attention surance, elderly and handicapped housing ex- these past 24 years in the areas of world to the health problems believed associated pansion, special housing for people with peace, the environment, and in the effort to with exposure to Agent Orange and he gave AIDS, and reform of public housing. Passage secure a better quality of life for millions of the VA specific authority to provide Viet- of the Housing and Community Development Americans will survive and serve as the basis nam veterans with medical care for those Act of 1992 culminated Senator Cranston’s 24 of continued progress by others in behalf of conditions. He also helped bring to light years of major legislative achievements future generations.’’ health problems of veterans who were ex- steadily aimed at making housing more posed to nuclear radiation as part of U.S. available and fostering community economic FEBRUARY 6, 2001, 2:00 PM, MEMORIAL TRIBUTE government atomic testing in the 1940s and growth. TO ALAN CRANSTON, U.S. SENATOR 1969— 50s, and he fought to allow compensation for He helped strengthen the Resources Con- 1993, HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, ROOM subsequent medical effects of the exposure. servation and Recovery Act, the basic law 902, WASHINGTON, D.C. For more than a decade he fought to allow which allows the federal government to regu- Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. On behalf of veterans legal rights to appeal VA decisions late hazardous waste material to insure that the sponsors, Senators Cleland, Simpson, on claims for benefits and ultimately suc- it is safely managed. Rockefeller, Kennedy, Feinstein, and Boxer, ceeded in establishing the United States He headed efforts in the Senate to break welcome to this Memorial Tribute to Sen- Court of Veterans Appeals. His very last day the filibuster mounted against Labor Law ator Alan Cranston. At the outset, I want to in the Senate, Alan Cranston was responsible Reform. express our appreciation to the U.S. Army

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 S3838 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 24, 2001 Strings for their Prelude musical offerings truly overjoyed at Max’s election to the Sen- One of the things I’m proudest of that we today. Also, thanks to C-Span for covering ate in 1996. I want to express my gratitude to were able to do, is put together something this event. This turnout today is itself a Max personally and to his staff, Bill called the Vet Center Program. Alan Cran- wonderful testimonial to the work of this Johnstone, Farrar Johnston, and Andy ston, since 1971, had been introducing in the man of the Senate, Alan Cranston, and we VanLandingham, for all of their help with Senate something called psychological read- are absolutely delighted that his family has the arrangements for this event. justment counseling for Vietnam veterans journeyed here from California to share in And now our first speaker, Senator Max and their families. It would usually pass the this Tribute—his son, Kim, and daughter-in- Cleland of Georgia. (Applause.) Senate, die in the House, and had no Presi- law Colette, and their child and Alan’s Senator MAX CLELAND. Thank you all very dential support; but I was able to talk to granddaughter, Evan, who graces the pro- much and thank you Jon Steinberg for being President Carter, we were able to put the ad- gram cover with Alan, and we are so happy uncharacteristically brief. (Laughter.) ministration behind this legislation. It that Alan’s wonderful, 91-year-old sister, I see so many of my colleagues here. Real- passed, and we were able to sign it into law, R.E., who wrote a biography about Alan, is ly my first real exposure to the United and I put together one of the very first Vet with us as well. States Senate came about because Alan Centers in 1980 in Van Nuys, California. Now, During his 24 years as a Senator, Alan Cranston cared. He was an unusual indi- there are some 200 scattered around the vidual. I visited the Dirksen Building here Cranston did much to better the lives of the country. Some three-and-a-half million vet- for the first time in December of 1969. I was people of his state and the people of this erans and their families have received coun- still basically a patient in the VA hospital country and all countries. You will hear seling through this program, and Alan Cran- system when I was asked to appear before much about those efforts and achievements ston was basically responsible. today. In my role, I am a proxy for the scores something called the Senate Subcommittee Let me just say that, in 1973, he helped to of staff who worked for Alan Cranston over on Veterans’ Affairs about how the VA was pass legislation that helped the disabled in his Senate career. I began in March 1969, al- handling returning Vietnam war veterans. this country, that required that federally- most at the beginning, and stayed 21 and a That meeting was chaired by a tall, lean funded buildings be made accessible, that freshman California senator named Alan half years. I’ve always thought that one promoted the hiring and advancement of Cranston. I really didn’t know him then, but could tell a great deal about the kind of per- people with disabilities by the Federal gov- it became the start of a three-decade friend- son someone was by how those who worked ernment. He established something called ship. most closely with him felt about him. I the Architectural and Transportation Bar- think it speaks volumes about Alan Cran- In 1974, I ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor in Georgia, and, other than my riers Compliance Board, which has the re- ston—and Alan is the way he asked his staff sponsibility for setting standards for accessi- always to refer to him—that so many worked own priority for my own race, my second pri- ority in the whole world in terms of politics bility and for assisting and forcing compli- with him for so long. In fact, five worked for ance with accessibility laws. I was named to him for his full 24 years; two others worked was to make sure Alan Cranston got re- elected in 1974. Actually, Alan was very kind that Board by President Carter in 1979. more than 20 years; five others for 15 years Throughout the remainder of the 70s, Alan to me, and brought me out to California, and or more, and three or four for 10 or more I got a chance to campaign for him and kind worked to revamp federally-assisted state years. I doubt that any Senator has sur- of clear out some of the cobwebs that I had voc-rehab programs, sponsoring laws that passed that record for staff loyalty and staff in my own mind about politics and about gave priority to the most seriously disabled. satisfaction. In 1980, he sponsored legislation to make Alan was wonderful to work for and with. life. We campaigned together and I found him just as inspiring and invigorating in some improvements in that program at the He was not a saint, of course, but he was a VA, and in 1990 he was a leading cosponsor of gentlemen, through and through. He gave re- that campaign as when I had met him in ’69. It’s amazing how life works. Little did I the Americans with Disabilities Act, which spect to get respect. To me he was a mentor, know that, as someone from Georgia, some- has been a pioneer piece of legislation, as we a teacher, an inspiration, and a friend. I one from California would be critical in my all know. loved him. I will always remember him. And continued service in public life. I did lose my I just want you to know that I wouldn’t be when I do, I will think back to our last meet- race for lieutenant governor in 1974 and, in the United States Senate, I wouldn’t have ing—at dinner on November 13. He was therefore, was unemployed. Christmas Eve, ever been head of the Veterans’ Administra- strong and vibrant and full of passionate 1974, I called my friend Jonathan Steinberg, tion, without the mild-mannered distin- commitment to the cause of the elimination and said ‘‘I just wanted to wish you the guished gentleman from the great state of of nuclear weapons. I remember our hugging happiest of holidays’’ and said ‘‘by the way, California. I mourn his passing, and we will goodbye. It was a great hug, but I wish I had if you’re looking for anybody who wants to miss him. God bless you. (Applause.) held on a littler longer. work, I’m available.’’ He said, ‘‘are you seri- Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. Thank you A few announcements before we get to our ous?’’ And I said ‘‘I am deadly serious.’’ Well, very much, Max. Speaking of the ADA, I see speakers: First of all, I want to remind each it was Alan Cranston that made it possible Senator Harkin here. We welcome you. of you to please sign one of the guest books for me to get a $12,500-a-year job on the staff Alan referred to our next speaker as his in the lobby before you leave. I hope you’ve of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee in best friend on the Republican side. They each gotten a program. If not, you can pick the spring of 1975. That was more money served together as their respective party one up on the way out. And also on the way than I’d ever made in my whole entire life. leaders on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee out, there is a paper on Senator Cranston’s I was there a couple of years and, in the and as Assistant Floor Leaders, or Whips, as legislative legacy in the Senate. summer of 1976, when a young man from they were also called. Another tall, lanky, Before I introduce our first speaker, I want Georgia named Jimmy Carter seemed like he hairline-challenged Alan, former Senator to note the presence here—now or expected— was destined to win the Democratic primary, Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming. in addition to those who will speak, of many Alan Cranston talked to me and said ‘‘I Senator ALAN K. SIMPSON. Jonathan and distinguished members of the Senate and think you ought to be the new head of the former colleagues and friends and family, House: Senator Rockefeller, who is one of Veterans’ Administration.’’ That scared me Kim, Colette, Evan, and Eleanor, and Cabi- our sponsors; Senator Lugar, Senator Leahy, to death. I said, ‘‘well, if you really think I net members, including one Norm Mineta, Senator Dodd, Senator Bingaman, Senator can do it, let’s go for it.’’ He talked to Sen- who I met at the age of 12 in the war reloca- Sarbanes, Senator Dorgan, former Senator ator Nunn and talked to Senator Talmadge. tion center at Hart Mountain. He was behind DeConcini, and Representatives Waxman, By the August convention of the American wire, I wasn’t, and I should have been and he Filner, Roybal, Capps, and Harmon. Also Legion, a convention in Seattle, Senator shouldn’t have. (Laughter.) But, anyway, it’s with us is former Senator Harris Wofford, Cranston pulled Jimmy Carter aside and said a long, wonderful friendship, with a guy I who spoke so eloquently at the Grace Cathe- ‘‘I have two requests.’’ I don’t know what the love, and I’m so damn proud of you, pal, even dral in San Francisco on January 16, and other one was, but he said ‘‘the second one is when you did that when you were in Boy Mark Schneider, former Director of the to make Max Cleland head of the VA.’’ And Scouts, I’ll never forget. (Laughter.) Peace Corps, which Harris Wofford was in- Jimmy Carter replied, ‘‘I love Max Cleland.’’ Well, it’s a great honor and privilege to strumental in starting, in which Senator So President Carter wound up in January honor my old friend. To be asked is very, Dodd served as a volunteer in Central Amer- 1977 as President of the United States, and very moving to me, and I want to share just ica, and in which Alan Cranston believed so Alan Cranston wound up as Chairman of the a few memories and thoughts about a very deeply. We are also honored to have the pres- Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and I only had special friend. I came to the Senate in ’79. Al ence of three Cabinet members, all from two friends in Washington; one was Presi- was Chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Com- California—Secretary of Transportation Nor- dent, and the other was Chairman of the Vet- mittee, and that’s when I first met Max. I man Mineta, Secretary of Agriculture Ann erans’ Affairs Committee. (Laughter.) So I said, ‘‘Max, you have a wonderful job there, Veneman, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs was nominated in March of 1977, as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; veterans never Tony Principi. youngest head of the Veterans’ Administra- pick on each other—ha, ha, ha.’’ Well, any- Our first speaker has timed it impeccably. tion, and, thanks to Alan Cranston, I was way, it was an interesting time, Max, wasn’t (Laughter.) Our first speaker is, fittingly, confirmed in record time, and took over that it? Well, enough of that. Butch is here and he the lead sponsor of today’s tribute. Simply agency, with really the support of Jon Stein- would correct anything that I said. But it put, Alan Cranston loved Max Cleland—as do berg and Alan. They were my constant fell to my pleasant luck to soon become the I. They first met in 1969, and I’m sure Sen- guides, and sometimes spurs, and encouraged ranking member in 1980, the Reagan Admin- ator Cleland will talk about that. Alan was me all the way. istration. Well, I knew who Al was, I knew of

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 April 24, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3839 his journalistic prowess, of his warning to very special, and it can be that way again. I ranged your schedule to come down here his countrymen about Adolf Hitler, and the urge it upon you all. Anyway, he ran for from New York and we know you have to two versions of ‘‘Mein Kampf’’, one for do- President, he gave it his all, as he did in leave to go back there. mestic consumption and one for the naı¨ve every phase of his life, but the brass ring We’re going to show a very short film now, and the unwary, and Alan was sending out eluded, eluded his grip, and he came back to it’s only two or three minutes, but we the alert. I knew of his athletic achieve- his Senate home, his pride intact. The only thought we ought to have Alan with us. ments and his stamina, and I very soon time I really, really flustered him, I was Film learned of his powerful loyalty to America’s flush with power. Now a member of the ma- NARRATOR. Moscow, Winter, 1998. veterans. jority, the fever of the majority burned in VOICE. Alan, you don’t wear a coat in the He was so cordial to me, and his staff, so my bosom like a hot Gospel. I ambled over to Russian winter? very helpful to this new, pea-green freshman. his offices, his spacious offices, great view, ALAN CRANSTON. I don’t believe in them. And what a staff it was: Jon Steinberg, Ed two fireplaces, couches, cozy chairs, comfort, VOICE. He doesn’t believe in them. It’s like Scott, Bill Brew, Babette Polzer. Well, I oh, and I said ‘‘Al, yes I think this will do John Kennedy, it’s ... sought their counsel, and plumbed their ex- very nicely [(laughter)] for my new Whip of- NARRATOR. That was Alan in retirement. pertise. Al would occasionally check up on fice.’’ And the blood drained from his face. For most people, a time to slow down. But at me, ‘‘how are you? Can we be of more help?’’ And I said: ‘‘No, no, just kidding, Al. You 84, as he approached the Russian Duma, Alan I said, ‘‘I need a lot more help.’’ But then I represent millions, I represent thousands. Cranston was a man on a lifelong mission. built my own staff. And, oh, to all of you But when the wind shifts around here, and ALAN CRANSTON. I got into all this way who will be deprived of staff one day. Staff you Dems have the horses, don’t let ‘em back shortly after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I met Albert Einstein. He told me, as he told deprivation is a serious issue (laughter); it is come around my office with a tape measure others, that the whole human race could be the most shocking of the transitions (laugh- and some greedy looking guy with a clip- wiped out by nuclear weapons. I’ve been ter), and my wife, a beautiful woman of 46 board.’’ And he said, ‘‘it’s a deal.’’ And we working on it ever since. years, she said ‘‘Alan, your staff is gone, you had a handshake. Then the time came, and have no staff, they are not here, and I am not NARRATOR. And forty years later, after no one ever darkened my door, no trillions had been spent on weapons of mass one of your staff.’’ (Laughter.) But, there unworthies with tape measures ever came to was Biblical precedent for this, you look it destruction, Alan emerged with a collection see me. of allies that astonished even him. up in the Good Book, it says, ‘‘Jacob died So, we legislated together, we argued, we leaning on his staff’’. (Laughter.) Now, so ALAN CRANSTON. One very dramatic mo- collaborated, we joshed and laughed with ment, when Lee Butler, who had command of along came Ken Bergquist and one Tony each other, we took pleasure in confusing Principi, in those early years. Tony seems to all of our nuclear weapons, gave his first people. Same first name, same hairstyle; public address at the State of the World have moved along nicely in life, a wonderful ‘‘hairing impaired’’ is what we called it in human being with rare gifts, who has been Forum, in San Francisco, revealing the con- political correctness. Same gaunt, emaciated cerns he had developed about the whole de- bestowed again on the veterans and the peo- frame. Same gait, same grin. And, people ple of this country. He will be serving very terrence policy and the ongoing dangers would come up to me and say, ‘‘I just think from reliance on nuclear weapons. And, as he wisely and very well as Secretary of Vet- the world of you and you ran for President, erans Affairs, and I’m damn proud of you, spoke, presiding right next to him was Mi- and your views on the environment and nu- khail Gorbachev, the leader of the country too, pal. clear freeze thrill me to death.’’ (Laughter.) Tom Harvey then came on. But Tony and that we would have destroyed. At the very And I’d say, ‘‘No, no; I’m Al Simpson,’’ and end of this remarkable speech, Gorbachev Jon Steinberg became a very dynamic duo, they’d say ‘‘Not you!’’ (Laughter.) And Al they worked with Tom Harvey in those early and Butler stood up and embraced each said he got that in reverse about, you know, other. That was a very dramatic moment. years. And, as I say then, in ’80, I became in twice a month, too, so we would compare the majority, and the first call I received Two weeks ago, General Butler and I made that, and our constituents were often not in public a statement by 48 past and present after the election was from Al Cranston. Of alignment, you might imagine. But the best heads of state and some 75 other national course, who else? In that cheery voice, he one, though, and then I’m going to stop: Che- leaders from 48 nations, advocating specific said ‘‘congratulations, Mr. Chairman.’’ Well, ney, Gulf War, Secretary of Defense, he steps towards abolition. Despite these and I thought, the power, I felt the surge . . . called and he said, ‘‘we’re going over to a other favorable developments, there is sig- (laughter) . . . and I thought how like him to game in Baltimore; bring Ann’’, and we went nificant doubt, skepticism, cynicism, and do that. Well, we cranked out some good leg- over to the game, and 53,000 Oriole fans, outright opposition to much of this. So, islation together. With Sonny here, another ‘‘Hey Cheney, we love ya! Great stuff!’’ You plainly, there is much to do, and we have a dear friend on the other side of the aisle, and know, I said ‘‘Boy, this is getting bad in lot of hard thinking to do about what is in John Paul Hammerschmidt, then Bob here.’’ We left in the seventh inning and order. But let me say in closing that I do not Stump, those were men of my faith, my po- went back down through the bowels, where believe that we need to wait, and I do not be- litical faith. And Sonny used to sit next to all the guys, the beer drinkers and the cigar lieve that we can afford to wait, until the me and say: ‘‘Don’t do it pal. I know what smokers, were, and they went ‘‘Hey, Cheney, end of the next century, to fulfill the obliga- you’re going to do. Just shut up, won’t you?’’ baby, you’re all right—we love ya!’’ And I tion of our generation to all generations that (Laughter.) I know we’re not going to let turned to him and I said, ‘‘You know, they preceded us and all generations that hope- that get away now, Sonny. never treated you like this in Casper.’’ And fully will follow us, to deal with the threat Anyway, the changing of the guard went a guy from the audience said ‘‘Hey, I know to all life that exists and is implicit in nu- well. The only hitch was that all of the vet- the big guy, too; that’s Al Cranston!’’ clear weapons. Thank you. erans organizations had selected National (Laughter.) So, I can assure you he loved JUDGE JONATHAN STEINBERG. That film Commanders and Officers from California. that story (laughter), when I told him that. that was pulled together from a larger docu- Well, you know how that goes. And now their Well, he handled life well. Stuck to his mentary by George Crile, a former CBS pro- guy was gone, and the cowboy from Wyo- guns, worked through pain, met life full in ducer, who has developed documentaries on ming was in the saddle. Well that was very the face, as if in a track meet, headed for the nuclear arms for ‘‘60 Minutes’’ and CNN. We much fun to watch, I loved it. It was painful tape, and he loved that thrill. Many would are indebted to him and the Global Security for Jonathan, but I loved it. And we were have buckled; not Al. The pain of loss of the Institute, of which Alan Cranston was Presi- able to, when I took over, we were able to Presidency, the pain of loss of family mem- dent, for making that film available to us. get Steinberg’s statutory language down to bers, the pain of loss of Norma to Parkin- And now we will go a little bit out of order, one paragraph in one page. We never let him son’s Disease that withered her, that with- and hear from one of this event’s sponsors, go two pages with one paragraph. And he had ered their union. The pain of cancer, the pain the Senior Senator from California, whose a tendency to do that. of accusation and assault by the media, the work with Alan Cranston goes back many, Then, in 1984, I was honored to become the pain from his peers at that time; we talked many years and who, among many other Assistant Majority Leader, and who was the about that, oh yes we did, of that sense of achievements, carried on successfully with Assistant Minority Leader? Al Cranston. We being singled out, very painful. some very important environmental initia- worked closely together. We enjoyed each And he left the Senate and went on to vital tives that Senator Cranston began. other, we trusted each other. We gave good other things, and meaningful things in his Senator Dianne Feinstein of California. support and counsel to Bob Dole and George life, undaunted, head high, smile on his face, (Applause.) Mitchell, and we thought it was a silly idea, fire in the belly, finishing the course laid Senator DIANNE FEINSTEIN. Thank you but that we oughta make things work. And out. And we knew on one unknown day he very much. Thank you. It’s really a great even when Al was running for President, would be taken from us. And we shall miss honor and a privilege to be here. I just want imagine me, being the ranking member of a him. But not mourn him. For he was a man to recognize two members of the California committee with Kennedy and Hart and Cran- of vigor and joy and vision. And my life is House delegation that came in. First is Lois ston, all three of them running for President. much richer for having shared a significant Capps, from the Santa Barbara area, and I went to them and I said ‘‘you cannot use piece of it with Alan Cranston. A race well Jane Harmon, from the southern Los Ange- these chores of mine for your great cycle, run, my old friend. God rest his soul. (Ap- les area. And I’m not sure whether Paul and I won’t ever use the committee to em- plause.) Wellstone and Jeff Bingaman were intro- barrass you’’ That’s the kind of friendship I Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. Senator Simp- duced earlier, but I want everybody to know had with Ted, with Al, with Gary, it was son, we greatly appreciate your having rear- that they’re here, too.

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 S3840 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 24, 2001 Alan Simpson is a hard act to follow, seven-year granddaughter Evan, who is here felt about injustice to anyone anywhere. And there’s no question about that. I look at life today. And I think, for my granddaughter, his leadership in the battle against apartheid this way: That we’re here but for an instant for Barbara’s grandson, and for all of us, who in South Africa was indispensable. in an eternity. No one really knows when really look at this land and want to do what Throughout his brilliant career, the causes that instant is over, and the only thing that we can to protect it. of civil rights and human rights were central really matters is what we do with that in- This was a very special Californian. And to Alan’s being and his mission—and Amer- stant. Because, when it’s over, there’s noth- life wasn’t always easy for Alan, either. But ica and the world are better off today be- ing we can take with us other than the leg- I think his ability to keep his eye on the cause Alan Cranston passed this way. acy, leave behind. Alan Cranston first came goal, to establish what he established, A key part of all his achievements was his into my life in 1962, and that’s when I first whether it was from the translation of Mein unique ability to translate his ideals into met his sister, R.E., and it was in his cam- Kampf, to his work against nuclear devasta- practical legislation. Few if any Senators paign for State Controller; believe it or not, tion, to his environmental record, Alan have been as skilled as Alan in the art of it was the first campaign for which I ever Cranston truly lived that instant in eternity, constructive legislative compromise that volunteered, and so I’ve always kind of taken and he has truly left us a good legacy. Thank fairly leads to progress for the nation. a special interest in a lot of his achieve- you very much. (Applause.) He was a vigorous supporter of the Peace ments. From that point on, I found this Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. I’m sure there Corps, a strong overseer of its performance, former long distance runner really to be a are others that I failed to mention. I thank and a brilliant advocate for all the Peace tireless workhorse for all Californians, and, Senator Feinstein. I know that Senator Reid Corps Volunteers. He was a champion for as a matter of fact, for all Americans. This is also here, and again I apologize if I missed health coverage for returning Volunteers, was a man who really loved the intricacies of anyone. and one of the first to understand that good the legislative process. He was the consum- No Senator has worked on more causes health coverage had to include mental mate vote counter. He possessed the uncanny closer to Alan Cranston’s heart and soul health services as well. ability to assess competing camps, to quick- than has Senator Edward M. Kennedy. I am In many ways, his first love was the Peace ly find where votes would fall and determine particularly grateful to him, because it was Corps, and I know that President Kennedy whether the best course of action was to through his chief counsel, Jim Flug, who is would have been very proud of him. Even be- fight or compromise. Unfortunately, neither also here today, that I was introduced to and fore he came to the Senate, he had his first my friend Barbara Boxer nor I really had an came to work for Alan in 1969. Senator Cran- contact with the Corps, as a consultant to opportunity to work with him in his nearly ston and Senator Kennedy served together Sargent Shriver. As Alan often said, he be- quarter of a century here in the Senate, but for 12 years on the Labor and Human Re- came involved because he was so inspired by I think these traits are legendary, I think sources Committee, which Senator Kennedy my brother’s vision of a world where Ameri- they’re known by all. chaired from 1987 to 1995 and again for 17 cans of all ages could work side-by-side with Alan Cranston yielded a whole array of days this year. peoples throughout the world to put an end wonderful accomplishments, but I want to Our next speaker, Senator Ted Kennedy of to poverty. just concentrate today on a few things in the Massachusetts. (Applause.) Because of Alan, the Peace Corps today is environment. And, in the true sprit of the Senator EDWARD M. KENNEDY. Thank you, thriving as never before—free of the partisan legendary Californian conservationist John Jonathan. To Kim, and Colette, and Evan, tensions that divide us on other issues— Muir, Alan Cranston became a very pas- and R.E.—let me begin by saying that I loved spreading international understanding of sionate architect of measures to preserve our Alan Cranston too. I will never forget the 24 Alan’s and America’s best ideals—educating God-given natural treasures. Alan Cranston years of friendship and leadership and new generations of young Americans about was the original author of something called achievement with which he graced the Sen- our common heritage as travelers on space- the Desert Protection Act. Shortly after I ate and the nation. And so it’s a special ship earth—teaching us about the beauty, won in 1993, and knew I was coming to Wash- privilege and honor for me to be part of this the richness, and the diversity of other peo- ington, the phone rang, and Alan said, tribute today. Alan is profoundly missed by ples, other languages, other cultures and ‘‘Would you be willing to take over the effort his family and friends, his colleagues in the about the enduring importance of the great- to pass a Desert Protection Act?’’ And I said, Congress, and by all those around the world est pursuit of all—the pursuit of peace. ‘‘Of course.’’ And we came back and we re- who pursue the great goals of hope and Near the end of John Bunyan’s ‘‘Pilgrim’s vised the language, rewrote the bill some- progress and peace. Progress,’’ there is a passage that tells of the what, changed some of the concepts, and I must say—I grew up thinking Cranston death of Valiant: moved it ahead. But, the basic originator of was a city in Rhode Island. But Alan taught ‘‘Then, he said, I am going to my Father’s. this, let there be no doubt, was Alan Cran- each of us that Cranston stands for some- And though with great difficulty I am got ston. The bill was filibustered, but we were thing else as well—the very best in public hither, yet now I do not regret me of all the lucky in the Senate, we got it through, and service. trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. it became a reality in 1994. And the legisla- Alan loved to lead behind the scenes—for My sword I give to him that shall succeed me tion created the largest park and wilderness 14 of those 24 Senate years with us, he was in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill designation in our nation. Over six million our Democratic whip, and he wrote the book to him that can get it. My marks and scars acres, two new National Parks, Death Valley about the job. In those great years, we used I carry with me, to be a witness for me, that and Joshua Tree, and one National Preserve, to tease Alan about the position, because so I have fought his battle who now will be my the East Mojave. And so because of that, we few people outside Congress knew what it in- rewarder. have actually protected, well I said six, but volved. Since Alan was from California, a lot ‘‘When the day that he must go hence was it’s actually closer to seven million acres of of people thought the Minority Whip was the come, many accompanied him to the river- pristine California desert wilderness for all name of a Leather Bar in Malibu. (Laughter.) side, into which as he went, he said, ‘Death, time. Thank you, Alan Cranston. But seriously, Alan was a giant of his day where is thy sting?’ and as he went down He was also the lead sponsor of legislation on many issues, and his concern for social deeper, he said, ‘Grave, where is thy vic- which established the Golden Gate and the justice made him a leader on them all. We tory?’ So he passed over, and all the trum- Santa Monica National Recreation Area, the served together for many years on the Labor pets sounded for him on the other side.’’ Channel Islands National Park, a 48,000 acre Committee and especially the Health Sub- We loved you, Alan. We miss you. And we addition to the Redwoods National Park, and committee, and his insights were indispen- always will. (Applause.) the inclusion of Mineral King into the Se- sable. I always felt that if we’d had another Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. Thank you, quoia National Park. He also sponsored Alan Cranston or two in those years, we’d Senator. twelve different wilderness bills that became have actually passed our Health Security Our next speaker was elected to the Senate law between 1969 and 1982. He helped close Act, and made health care the basic right for seat that Alan occupied when he retired in Death Valley National Monument to open- all that it ought to be, instead of just an ex- 1993. She and Senator Cranston collaborated pit mining. He helped craft the Endangered pensive privilege for the few. on many matters while she served in the Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Perhaps the greatest legacy that Alan left House of Representatives, and she authored Act, and with just two bills, on which he us was his able and tireless work for democ- with Senator Feinstein a lovely resolution of teamed with the late and wondrous Phillip racy and world peace. Every village in the tribute to Senator Cranston that was adopt- Burton of San Francisco, the Omnibus Parks world is closer to that goal today because of ed by the Senate on January 22. On behalf of Act of 1978, and the Alaska Lands Act of 1980, Alan. No one in the Senate fought harder or Alan’s family and his extended family and as much acreage was placed under federal more effectively for our nuclear weapons all his friends, we express our gratitude for protection as all the park lands created ear- freeze in the 1980’s, or for nuclear arms con- this most gracious action. lier in the twentieth century combined. trol. His hope for a nuclear-free future still Senator Barbara Boxer of California. (Ap- So, I can truthfully say, without his serv- represents the highest aspiration of mil- plause.) ice, America would have been a different, lions—even billions—throughout the world. Senator BARBARA BOXER. Thank you. To and certainly a poorer place, in terms of our I also recall Alan’s pioneering efforts to Alan’s family, beautiful family, and to my environment and the quality of life for many press for Senate action to end the war in dear colleagues who are here, it certainly of our citizens. Alan Cranston leaves a leg- Vietnam, and his equally able leadership for has been my honor for the past eight years acy of preservation that will be remembered civil rights at home and human rights to serve in the seat that was held by Alan and enjoyed and certainly by his beautiful around the world. We know how deeply he Cranston for 24 years.

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 April 24, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3841 Alan was a deeply caring human being and If you look around today in the Senate, marks of this Memorial Tribute to Senator he cared even for those whose distant cries there are 13 women Senators from both par- Alan Cranston. were not always heard in Washington. ties. That’s just in this building. Next door— Alan and I became friends because he was From civil rights to arms control, from and we have a couple here—there are 61 Chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs cleaning up the environment to improving women in the House. We are doing better Committee and I was Chairman of the House the lives of our nation’s veterans—Alan’s now, but as my friend Barbara Mikulski Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and we both work knew no geographic boundaries. But, often says, it takes the ‘‘Sir Galahads,’’ to enjoyed working for veterans and their fami- sometimes Alan’s legacy on women’s rights get us there, and Alan was definitely a Sir lies. Alan was a veteran of World War II and gets overlooked and that is what I’m going Galahad. had really a good feel for veterans issues. to speak about today. I’m just going to tell you one quick per- You know, at first, I was a little uncom- From his earliest days in the Senate, Alan sonal story, and then I’ll end. Alan decided fortable working with the great Senator made improving the lives of women a pri- to retire, I ran for the seat and won the seat, from California. I am kinda the hand-shak- ority. In 1969, he supported the Equal Rights and about a year later, he made an appoint- ing, pat-on-the-back congressman whereas Amendment. Remember the ERA. It failed. ment to come to see me. Now, I know this, Alan was in great physical shape, and he But, in 1972 he became a proud cosponsor the family must know this, but unlike the would look down on me and say ‘‘I am sure again of the ERA, and it passed. But he Whip’s office, which someone else must have we can work together’’ and we did. didn’t stop there—he wrote letters and he decorated, Alan’s personal office here in the He had a couple of veterans functions out got on the phone to California legislators Hart building was not the most beautiful in California and asked me to come out. considering the measure, urging their sup- place, because this was not important to Going from one veterans meeting to an- port, and his work paid off and California Alan. It was dark; it was dark leather and other in different towns in California, we ratified it that same year. Unfortunately, dark walls and the blinds were drawn, and stopped at this restaurant, and he said they not all the states followed suit. But Alan did that was it. Alan just saw it as a place to made the best vegetable soup in California. not stop his advocacy. He continued over the work—files all over the floor. So when I got People recognized him when he walked in, next decade to push for the Amendment’s into the office, I said: ‘‘Let’s brighten it up. but Alan wanted the soup and didn’t work ratification and when time ran out, he co- Let’s bring California.’’ And I ordered all of the crowd, so to speak. sponsored another ERA in 1983 and another these green plants, and we opened up all the I said to Steinberg, ‘‘explain to me’’, and one in 1985, even before he knew he was going shades and we painted the walls peach and he did, in California you had millions of peo- to have a granddaughter. Alan would not we got peach and green fabrics, and I mean, ple and you just don’t work the crowds. give up. it was different. So I thought, you know, (Laughter.) So, I found out about that. He worked to eliminate gender discrimina- Alan was coming to see me about arms con- Alan did many good things for veterans, tion in the workplace. He was the principal trol, but I was excited that he was going to and I will mention a few. author of the Equal Employment Oppor- see what had happened to his office. And he He was the architect of the Veterans Read- tunity Act Amendments of 1972, which ex- came in and he sat down, and he sat there justment Counseling Act that Max Cleland tended protections against gender discrimi- and his first thing is, ‘‘You’ve got to be more mentioned. There are 206 centers to help nation to federal employees in the work- aggressive on arms control.’’ Now that’s the Vietnam veterans to readjust and Alan did place. And he was the very first member of first time anyone ever told me to be more pass this legislation in 1979. Congress to introduce legislation aimed at aggressive on anything. (Laughter.) But he He had a strong interest in veterans health eliminating wage discrimination in the fed- started to lecture me and, you know, time care and he passed legislation that gave eral workplace. went on, it was an hour, he still hadn’t said thousands of veterans more access to health Alan understood the challenges faced by a thing about the room. So, finally, I got up care. He pushed for more outpatient clinics, working mothers. He worked to provide child my courage, and I said, ‘‘So Alan, what do and more veterans use outpatient clinic fa- care for this nation’s working families, in- you think of the office?’’ And he looked cilities now and the VA, I’m happy to say, troducing some of the first ever legislation around, and he looked around, and he said, has been able to cut back on the number of to provide care both before and after school. ‘‘You moved my desk.’’ (Laughter.) That was hospital beds in our 172 hospitals, because of He knew that many kids were without adult it. Alan Cranston and our outpatient clinics. supervision, and I was so proud when under Alan said about his role as Senator, and I He was part of our team that established the Clinton Administration, we saw after- quote him, when he retired: ‘‘It has been a the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans school funding increase from $1 million in privilege I have cherished and for which I Claims and worked very hard for the upgrade 1997 to $845 million in 2001. Alan, you laid the can never adequately thank the people of of the VA to a Cabinet department. ground work for that. California.’’ Let me take this moment on be- Some member of Congress, and what a mis- He also worked tirelessly to protect a half of the people of California to say to Alan take he made, introduced legislation to tax women’s right to choose, authoring the Free- Cranston thank you and your work lives on. veterans disability compensation. Senator dom of Choice Act to codify Roe v. Wade. I (Applause.) Cranston went berserk, he killed this tax proudly carry that bill now. He pushed for Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. Thank you legislation before it even saw the light of increased access to family planning services very much, Senator Boxer, and thank you day, and he was right. for low-income women and teenagers, and for being with us so long. I couldn’t help but Alan was very helpful in establishing edu- fought to provide medical care to low-in- note when you talked about women and forg- cational benefits for veterans who completed come pregnant women, who otherwise would ing the way for women, that the U.S. Army their military obligation, and, he saw to it have been left without it and would not have Strings that played at the beginning of our that the educational benefits go to the had healthy babies. ceremony today was composed of four actives as well as the National Guard and And he didn’t stop there. He sought to women from the U.S. Army. And no men. Reserve. level the financial playing field for women, I want also to acknowledge the presence As big as California is and the many gov- pushing for laws prohibiting discrimination here of Senator Daniel Akaka, of the Demo- ernment programs that the state has, I be- against women trying to obtain credit. And cratic Leader, Senator Tom Daschle, and of lieve he really enjoyed working for veterans we forget today when we open our mailboxes Senator Hollings of South Carolina. We ap- and their families more than other issues in and we keep getting all these applications preciate their presence with us very much. government. for credit cards, there was a time when a Known to all veterans’ advocates as ‘‘Mr. He was a friend of the veteran and veterans woman could not get any credit. We thank Chairman’’, our next speaker was the coun- organizations knew they could count on you, Alan, although we have to restrain our- terpart in the House to Senator Cranston Alan, and he came through for them. selves now and then. We appreciate the work and Senator Simpson as the Chairman of the We all miss him and know even in Heaven you did. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs in the other Alan has an exercise program going. (Laugh- Alan was responsible for the first appoint- body, as it is affectionately called. He and ter and applause.) ment of a woman to the federal court bench Alan had to resolve many sticky and tricky Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. Thank you in California. I’ve personally, and I know issues over the 14 years that he led the House very much, Mr. Chairman. Dianne, we’ve recommended many women; Committee, and they were always able to do I want to note Senator Jeffords who has five of those that I recommended to Presi- so with congeniality and mutual respect. just joined us. We appreciate your being dent Clinton were nominated and confirmed. He has been a great friend to me person- here. Alan laid that ground work too. ally, as has been his Committee staff. I now Next, we will hear from a former colleague An advocate for equal education for young introduce Former Representative Sonny of Alan’s who knew him long before he be- women, he fought hard for Title IX of the Montgomery of Mississippi, ‘‘Mr. Chairman’’. came a United States Senator or held any Education Amendments of 1972, and you (Applause.) public office. He very graciously called last know what that is, equal opportunity for our Representative G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY. Thursday to offer to say a few words in trib- children, for our girls in athletics. Thanks very much, Jon. ute to Alan. I now introduce former Rep- And the list goes on and I will stop there To the family of Senator Cranston, my col- resentative and Independent Presidential with it, because it could go on and on. But I leagues on this panel, cabinet members, candidate, John B. Anderson of Illinois. (Ap- stand before you today, as a Senator who is other distinguished guests, ladies and gentle- plause.) carrying on the progressive work of Alan men. Representative JOHN B. ANDERSON. Thank Cranston. His belief that women are equal I’d like to thank you, Judge Steinberg and you very much, Judge Steinberg, and my dis- has borne fruit. others for letting me participate in the re- tinguished former colleagues in both the

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 S3842 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 24, 2001 House and the Senate, distinguished mem- maintaining peace with justice, that we so many of us who later sought to run for po- bers of the cabinet, and Alan’s family. I would recognize the goal that he sought, of litical life in the State of California. count it an honor indeed to be included in world peace through world law. I think it’s rather fitting that we remem- the group that is privileged this afternoon to It’s been mentioned, I think, already, that ber Alan at this time. Because we can re- say just a few words about the career of this he served as President of the Global Security member when a conservative administration very remarkable man. You have already Institute, a non-profit organization dedi- came to this town twenty years ago and heard a great deal about his commitment to cated to disarmament and world peace. He sought to launch an attack on programs for the cause of civil rights, women’s rights, saw security not simply as an issue confined the poor, on women and the ill, on foster conservation, the environment, veterans’ af- within the narrow boundaries of nationalism care and adoption, on child health, on handi- fairs. I will not attempt to repeat the com- but as an issue that required the forging of capped education, and so many other pro- ments or the praise that could continue to be new bonds of global cooperation. grams that were targeted for elimination. heaped upon him for the efforts that he ex- And one of the last and most vivid memo- Alan and his colleagues not only led that erted in all of those fields. But, as a member ries that I personally have of Alan Cranston fight, but participated in it, stood their of the ‘‘other body’’ for 12 of the 24 years was less than three years ago, when the ground, and fought against those efforts, and that Alan Cranston served in the Senate, I Hague Appeal for Peace drew thousands of today, when we see a new administration ar- was well aware of the distinguished record peace activists from around the world to the riving in town, we’re no longer talking about that he had compiled in that body. And I Hague, to celebrate, to commemorate the the elimination of these programs, we’re would simply again state what has already one-hundredth anniversary of the first Hague talking about making them work better. We been remarked that earlier than most he saw peace conference. Alan was there as one of recognize the beneficiaries of these pro- the folly of our entanglement in Southeast the leading spokespersons from the United grams, and the benefits to our society. We Asia, and I remember his very clear and States. And again, one of the memorable ex- now see that, in fact, because of the fight clairvoyant voice calling for an end to the periences of that international meeting was that was made a long time ago, we now have struggle there. He called for more than that, to attend one of its sessions and to hear him a legacy of understanding the role and the for an end to the arms race. describe how he was even then busy working importance that government plays in so And it’s really to that vision that he had in on a book, a book on sovereignty, a book many American’s lives, and the necessity of this particular realm of international affairs that would seek to explain that, in this new it. We’ve heard it with respect to veterans, that I wanted to direct my very brief re- millennium, the old Westphalian theory of we’ve heard it with respect to the environ- marks this afternoon. Because, as a very state sovereignty was simply not sufficient ment, to women, and to so many others in young man he was gifted with a passion for unto the needs of our present age, and we American society. achieving peace in our time that was shaped had to reconceptualize that term in a way Many of us would think that if you look at as someone said about a former President, I that would allow the formation of demo- the last quarter of the 20th century in Amer- forget who it was, he had a vision that en- cratic global institutions that would carry ican politics, you would think of extreme abled him to peer around a corner of history, out the goals of disarmament and build a ideological behavior, you’d think of political to see what lay beyond. In short, he was, in- world in which peace could be achieved chaos, and you would suggest that not a lot deed, a globalist long before globalization through reliance on the rule of law. got done. But, as already had been men- had become a term used in common par- Those are the memories that I will cer- tioned here, if you look at the legacy and the lance. tainly carry with me, as inspiration for the workload and the work product of Alan And it was just two years after the found- remainder of my life, and I thank you, Alan Cranston, you would recognize that, in fact, ing of the United World Federalists in Ashe- Cranston, for the things that you did, both in it was a golden age of legislation for people ville, North Carolina, that young Alan Cran- the Senate, and then in those very important like Alan Cranston. He was able to put his ston at the age of 35 became the President of years when you carried forth your ideas and signature and his work into so many efforts that organization and served until 1951. One lived for your ideals as a strong member of that became the law of the land. I recall two of his mentors was the late, distinguished American civil society. (Applause.) of those, working with him as a colleague in Grenville Clark, who, along with Lewis B. Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. I think that the House. One was in the 70s; in the late 70s, Sonn, wrote that very magisterial work on gave us all an important glimpse of the for- after five years of working together, of hold- world peace through world law. And that in- mation of Alan Cranston’s philosophy and ing hearings, site visits, talking with fami- deed was the vision that Alan Cranston had. thinking and I know that there are a number lies and children, we put together legislation He had a vision of a democratic world federa- of people from those early days in the United to deal with the problems of foster care, to tion that would emerge from what was then, World Federalists who are here today, in- children who were trapped in a system from when he was president of the United World cluding Neil Potter and Ted Waller, who which they could not escape, families who Federalists, still a very nascent United Na- worked with Alan so many years ago at the could not get their children back from that tions. He maintained that interest and founding of that organization. system, and the impact that it had on these served on the Board of Advisors of the World Our next speaker has served for 26 years in children. That law was later signed by Presi- Federalists Association until his recent the House of Representatives. He worked dent Carter, and it was Alan’s tenacity that death. very closely with Alan on many initiatives allowed us to get it through. Upon his retirement from the Senate in of significance to their California constitu- The other one of course, that’s been men- 1994, and this is the point, I think, that I ents and particularly to the children of their tioned here, is the California Desert. Alan wanted the opportunity to emphasize here state and the children of the entire country. started pioneering that effort so many years this afternoon, he did not regard his career We are very grateful that he has taken time ago, so many years before we actually con- as ended. I read the account of the marvelous to be with us throughout this entire cere- sidered it on the floor of the House or the memorial service conducted in San Fran- mony this afternoon. Senate. Where he walked over those areas, cisco just three weeks ago, in Grace Cathe- Representative George Miller of California. he hiked over them, he spent time with the dral, where his son was quoted as saying that (Applause.) constituents who were interested in them, he had said that ‘‘when the end comes, I Representative GEORGE MILLER. Well with the organizations that were trying to want to be able somehow to still struggle thank you, and to all of you, to family and preserve them. Kim has spent much time in across the finish line with my head up.’’ And friends, and colleagues. I am very, very that area. And, after Alan left the Senate, I he added to that that when the end came, he pleased to be able to participate in this me- managed the bill on the floor of the House. was still sprinting; he was not merely strug- morial to an extraordinary life, to clearly The opponents were numerous; we used to gling, he was sprinting in pursuit of the one of the leading California statesmen of have to have security and armed guards to goals that he sought. And he became a lead- the 20th century. go into the hearings on the California Desert ing and a very strong voice in civil society in My familiarity with Alan Cranston goes Bill. They held the controversial ones in the area that, at the end of his life, I am con- back long before my politics, when as a Beverly Hills, so that people would have vinced, lay closest to his heart. It was the in- young boy, I sat in the living room of our trouble getting there, it was a grand ploy. terest in disarmament, an end to the threat home and listened to Alan Cranston and my And it worked. But, in any case, the opposi- of nuclear war and the achievement of world father and many other California politicians tion in the House was incredible. We spent peace through world law. And he believed plot campaigns and create and organize the many, many, many, many days debating this that that could be achieved only through the California Democratic Council, which legislation, on again, off again, part of the application and the use of the same fed- changed the politics of California, changed day, into the night. They filed numerous eralist principles that had inspired the the Democratic Party in California, amendments, all of which had unlimited de- Framers of our Constitution to write a Con- launched their careers, and later the careers bate time. They had a coterie of people who stitution that would bring about peace and of so many other progressive politicians in would speak on every amendment for the domestic tranquillity among the then 13 the State of California. It was a profound or- maximum time allowed, so that they could independent sovereignties who had found ganization, in terms of its influence in Cali- delay this bill and not see it enacted. I called that under the Articles of Confederation fornia. In the post-war, in the conservative Alan and I said, ‘‘Alan, we’ve got to accept their bonds of unity had become frayed. And years, it was an organization, that led by some amendments to speed this along. The it was Alan’s belief, building on that histor- Alan, would speak out on nuclear arms con- members of the House are starting to call me ical fact, that only with a restructured and trol, on civil rights, on the rights of labor— Moses, they’ve said they’ve been in the an empowered United Nations, one capable of these issues that became the cornerstone for desert for so long on this legislation.’’ I said,

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 April 24, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3843 ‘‘Some of these amendments, what can we sprinted through the United States Senate, first to fight for the recognition of post-Viet- accept to narrow this down’’, and he said, always with a yellow pad in his hand and a nam stress syndrome, a leader in insisting, ‘‘None’’. And I said, ‘‘Alan, this is the House, felt-tip pen, covered with ink, with more together with Sonny Montgomery, on the ex- it will never stop’’, and he said, ‘‘None’’. He things on that pad to do in one day than tension of coverage under the VA, under the said ‘‘We can’t accept them’’. I talked to him most of us would venture to accomplish in a GI Bill. And when the Agent Orange issue about a couple of amendments to move the week or a month, and he got them done. And came to the fore, Alan insisted on getting boundaries, he said, ‘‘No, I’ve been there; I’ve always with this incredible, mischievous answers from a government that was unre- been there and if you go to the bottom of twinkle in his eye. He had fun advocating sponsive. He made sure that veterans and that canyon, you’re going to find a little and challenging the system. their families got the care that they needed. spring down there—most people don’t know One of the most enduring images of Alan Under his leadership, together with his part- it exists. You can’t put that outside the would be at the Iowa caucuses in 1984 at the ner in the House, they increased GI Bill ben- park, that’s going to have to be in.’’ Well, Holiday Inn in Keokuk, Iowa, where he was efits for Vietnam veterans—and I tell you it’s turned out he was right. Dianne managed seen sprinting barefooted down 40-meter that that was a time when veterans too often the bill on the Senate floor, and Bill Clinton hallways, then he’d walk back, and he’d re- had to fight for what was their simple due, signed it into law, and now it’s one of our peat the exercise for about 40 minutes. And whether it was a memorial here in Wash- leading attractions in the nation and cer- I think that understanding that, we can un- ington, or simply to have the government tainly in the State of California. Those who derstand why it was no coincidence that recognize that it was a war, and not simply opposed it are now seeking authorizations Alan’s favorite hotel was the Chicago O’Hare a conflict. Alan’s leadership made all the dif- and appropriations for visitors centers and Hilton, where they had 250-meter hallways. ference. It’s a sad truth in our history that various support systems for the park. (Laughter.) a weary nation indeed seemed eager to turn (Laughter.) The Chambers of Commerce now Three weeks ago in California, we had a its back on the entire war by also turning its think that this is a cash register and they’d tender goodbye to our friend, this sprinter, back on so many veterans. It should forever like to have it expanded, they’d like to have at a memorial service—calling to mind the be a source of pride to the Cranston family the boundaries expanded, they’d like to have many ways in which he enriched our lives that Alan was chief among those who in- the protections upgraded, so that more visi- and this country. sisted that America honor that service and There in the Grace Cathedral, we heard tors would come and bless their economy. It keep faith with sons who left pieces of them- Colette Cranston say that in death Alan was Alan Cranston’s foresight that brought selves and years of their lives on the battle- Cranston ‘‘has become my Jiminy Cricket— that about. field in Vietnam. that little voice in [her] conscience that You know, the political mentor to so many This was a man who fought with extraor- says, ‘Colette, think before you leap.’’’ It of us, Phil Burton, used to say to us that dinary passion for everything. And he fought would not be an exaggeration to say that when you came to the House or you came to at the most difficult of times. Not just for that warning was a characteristic of Alan— the Senate, that it was a privilege and it was veterans, but as we’ve heard from others think before you leap, and, most of all, he an honor, and you had to pay the rent, you today, he fought against all that war rep- wanted us to think, he wanted us to look, had to pay the rent all the time to stay resents—remembering that war, and the kill- and, by God, he wanted us to leap. He im- there. And I think that Alan fully under- ing that follows it, is the ultimate failure of plored us to put a public face on policy. He stood that while this clearly was the world’s diplomacy. wanted us to think not in terms of statistics most exclusive club, he still had to pay the Alan Cranston was above all else a man of and numbers and programs, but in terms of rent, and he did over and over and over peace. And he was a man of peace not as a people; and the people he spoke of most again, on behalf of so many Americans, on matter of public policy, but as a matter of often, as all of my colleagues who served behalf of our environment, on behalf of world personal passion. Remember: This was a man with him will remember, were senior citi- peace, on behalf of human rights. He paid the who, in 1934, found himself in the same room zens, children, those without decent housing, rent constantly to earn his right to stay here as Adolf Hitler. Five years later, he wrote a immigrants, those in need of a helping hand and to work and to work and to work on be- critical English translation of Adolf Hitler’s regardless of race or religion. He was a moral half of all of us. And I think we should thank ‘‘Mein Kampf’’ in an effort to reveal the Ger- voice, a voice of conscience, someone who him, for all of the fights that he made, and man leader’s true plans. And he wore Hitler’s understood that even as he remained vigilant all of the ground that he stood, on behalf of ensuing lawsuit as a badge of honor, proud in defending the needs and wishes of his America, and all of its people. Thank you that he had stood up to try and warn the home state of California, he was also a global very much, Alan. (Applause.) English-speaking world about the evils of citizen and he knew and felt the responsibil- Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. Thank you, Nazism. ities of this institution, towards the rest of Representative Miller. Throughout the rest of his service he used Next, we will hear from a Senator who the world. public office to force Americans to listen to served on two Committees with Alan—Bank- Through four terms as a United States other prescient warnings—about nuclear ing and Foreign Relations—where they Senator, he also remained a man of enor- war, about the arms race, about hopes for shared many common interests. Senator mous humility—on his answering machine peace that he refused to give up even as oth- Kerry was a highly decorated veteran of he was simply ‘‘Alan’’—as he was to so many ers chose to beat the drums of war. Vietnam and a co-founder of the Vietnam who worked with him and knew him. And Senator Cranston came to his famous com- Veterans of America, an organization which this personal sense of place and of restraint mitment, as we learned from the film, after was to play an important role in the enact- made it easy to underestimate the contribu- meeting with Albert Einstein in 1946. And he ment of much legislation that he and Sen- tions that he made to the Senate, and to our left that meeting convinced that he had ator Cranston championed, particularly the country. Certainly he never paused long found his mission and he would indeed spend Veterans’ Judicial Review Act that created enough to personally remind us of the im- the balance of his life arguing that convic- the Court on which I am honored to serve pact of his service, of the history that he was tion before the world. along with another former Member of Con- a part of and the lives that he touched. gress who is also with us today, Chief Judge I first met Alan in 1971 when I had returned As a member of the Senate leadership and Ken Kramer. from Vietnam and many of our veterans a senior voice on the Democratic side of the Senator Kerry succeeded to the Demo- were part of an effort to end what we Foreign Relations Committee, he worked cratic leadership of the Banking Commit- thought was a failed policy in that country. tirelessly to reduce the nuclear threat. Obvi- tee’s Housing Subcommittee, which Senator In Alan Cranston we found one of the few ously, there were many of those efforts, but Cranston had chaired from 1987 to 1993. Also, Senators willing not just to join in public op- one of the most unpublicized was his effort I know that Senator Kerry shares the pas- position to the war in Vietnam, but to be- through the 1970s and 80’s, when he convened sion that Senator Cranston lived and come a voice of healing for veterans of the a unique group known as the ‘‘SALT Study breathed for ending the threat of nuclear an- war—a statesman whose leadership enabled Group’’. A senators-only gathering monthly nihilation. others, over time, to separate their feelings in his office, off the record, face-to-face to Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. (Ap- about the war from their feelings for the vet- define the confines of the debate. He knew plause.) erans of the war. At a time when too many the impact that quiet diplomacy could have Senator JOHN KERRY. Thank you, Jona- wanted literally to disown this country’s on the issues, but on this issue above all that than. Kim, Colette, Evan, and R.E., it’s a own veterans, Alan Cranston offered them a he cared about the most. very special privilege to join with all of you warm embrace. He was eager to do some- He loved the Peace Corps, and he fought today in remembering the remarkable life thing all too rare in Washington: To listen— for it. He fought to attach human rights con- and achievements of our friend, Alan Cran- and he listened to veterans who had much to ditions on aid to El Salvador. He was a lead- ston. say, much of it ignored for too long. He hon- ing national advocate for the mutual As we’ve heard today, and as we all know, ored their pride and their pain with his sen- verifiable freeze. He was always an idealist Alan was a sprinter, a record-holding sprint- sitivity and his understanding. whose increase in political power, gratefully, er, who, in his sixties, was only two seconds That’s when I first came to see the great was always met by progress for the issues slower than he was in his twenties when he energy and the commitment that he brought that he cared about so deeply. It was not just set the records. And I think it’s safe to say to issues affecting veterans, especially those the work of a career, but the work of a life- that those who knew him well would agree of the Vietnam era. He was deeply involved time—and after he left the Senate, we all that he really sprinted through life; he on veterans’ health care issues, among the know the remarkable commitment that he

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 S3844 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 24, 2001 continued with Mikhail Gorbachev and ulti- time for him to run outside. But, when Alan, his granddaughter Evan and all the children mately in his founding of the Global Secu- challenged with the fact that maybe some of of our planet. rity Institute. the other hotel guests found it shocking to Kim. (Applause.) He did that because he sensed that the end find somebody so tall and long running down KIM CRANSTON. Thank you, all. Those of of the Cold War, with all of the opportunity the halls at 7:30 in the morning, the Senator you who were familiar with the legal pads that it afforded, which he understood, still replied, ‘‘well maybe I should start at 6:30 in- that Alan carried around and the black pens left us a world that was more dangerous, and stead.’’ (Laughter.) will be happy to know that Evan is over here he was haunted by the threat of nuclear ter- But Alan never complained about that busy making a ‘‘to do’’ list. (Laughter.) I’m rorism. We missed his voice in the debate on task. And for me, in Washington state, there not sure what it all includes. the test ban treaty, and we miss him even were lots of World Federalists, a lot of people Jonathan, thank you very much for help- more today. part of the nuclear freeze movement, a lot of ing to organize this, and everybody else who When he left the Senate, Alan reflected on people very appreciative of his efforts on the was involved in this, the Senate sponsors, his service and he said of his own legacy, environment. But Alan was also a very self- and each of the other speakers; I deeply ap- simply: ‘‘Most of all, I have dedicated myself deprecating person when it came to making preciate your kind and touching words about to the cause of peace.’’ a moment light. And I’ll never forget the Alan and his work here. It’s good to see all That dedication was real, it was lasting, time in Vancouver, Washington, where hun- of you, so many old friends. It’s sad under and the legacy of peace for a good and peace- dreds of people had showed up at eight-thirty the circumstances that we come together, ful man who gave living embodiment to on a Sunday morning, I think it was the but it’s wonderful to see you all again. I Culbertson’s simple, stubborn faith that Fourth of July, to hear his message about know how much Alan cherished your friend- ‘‘God and the politicians willing, the United the nuclear freeze. And when he mistakenly ship and collaboration over the years. States can declare peace upon the world, and called the host of the event, whose name was I was really truly blessed, I feel, to have, win it.’’ That belief was Alan Cranston—and ‘‘June’’, ‘‘Jane’’, and he heard a gasp from through the genetic lottery, ended up as it’s a belief still worth fighting for. (Ap- the audience, he quickly looked down at his Alan’s son, and had the opportunity to get to plause.) program and saw that he had mistakenly know him as my father, as my dearest and Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. Our con- called her the wrong name, and all of a sud- oldest friend, and as a wonderful collabo- cluding speaker from this body is also one of den started pounding on his chest, saying, rator, mentor, teacher, and leader. And I its newest members. She traveled to Cali- ‘‘Me Tarzan! You Jane!’’ (Laughter.) Which know his loss as a leader is a loss we all fornia three weeks ago, as did Senator Kerry, put everybody at ease, and Alan went on to share. as he told us, to attend the ceremony at- give his very important remarks to a com- I’ve been reflecting over the last month on tended by over a thousand persons at the munity that I don’t think has seen since the many of the things that I’ve learned from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. For rea- likes of Alan Cranston. Alan and our work together, living with him, sons that I know she will share with us, she And yet, when you run a Presidential cam- and a few things stand out that I wanted to will be—along with Max Cleland—a living paign, you also are a spokesperson for your share today. One thing that stood out for me was the remarkable style of leadership he legacy of Alan Cranston in the United States issues. But I never saw Alan take advantage had. Inside the program is the poem that he Senate. of that situation, where he was trying to Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington. make more than the situation called for. In carried, the Lao-Tzu quote, for most of his (Applause.) fact, he was very reserved in his comments. life, that really informed the style of leader- Senator MARIA CANTWELL. Thank you. To I remember being with him on August 31, in ship that he practiced. It concludes with: Kim and Colette and Evan and R.E., thank 1983, when the Korean Airline flight 007 was But of a good leader, you for allowing me to share this occasion to shot down. We happened to be in Anchorage, When his work is done, remember Alan and to have been there a few Alaska, at that time, and many of you prob- His aim fulfilled, weeks ago and to see so many of the friends ably know the various controversies that They will all say, and faces that Alan touched. arose out of that; 269 people were killed. And ‘‘We did this ourselves.’’ People today have talked about Alan’s leg- I remember waking up that morning to a And so today, we’re here, recognizing what islative career—the many pieces of legisla- press event where probably 200 different peo- we accomplished together with Alan. And so tion that will live with us for a long time. ple were there, including the national press, it’s an opportunity not only to mourn his But I’d like to share with you today maybe all wanting Alan to make a statement right loss, but to celebrate what we accomplished a different Alan Cranston that I knew as I away; because he was a Presidential can- together, and I think, beyond that, to recom- worked on his Presidential campaign in 1983 didate, because his remarks would be all over mit, and commit to the ongoing causes that and 1984. Some people might think running the news. And yet Alan had the self dis- we engaged in with him. for President is a glorious task, but it is a cipline not just to say something imme- Another lesson that has stood out in the very difficult one that I think Alan knew diately that morning, but to say, in a last month for me was something that I real- would help aid the cause and message that calming way, ‘‘let’s find out the facts, first.’’ ly remember when I first began hearing it he wanted to fight for. In fact, I’m not from And when I think about that as a human from him. I was told the central purpose of Washington state originally; it was Alan being, particularly in my new post and job, life was to make the world a better place, or, Cranston that dropped me off there in 1983. in which the world moves so fast and in as one of Alan’s heros, Martin Luther King, In fact, the first time I ever visited, I was a which people go about promoting their idea Jr., once said, ‘‘life’s most persistent and ur- part of his presidential campaign staff, in and concepts, the very human side of Alan gent question is ‘what are you doing to serve which he left me at SEA–TAC Airport in Se- Cranston remains with me, and I hope it does others?’’’ And it was certainly in that spirit attle and went on about his business to cam- with each of you. that Alan conducted his life and committed paign. But people who knew Alan knew that I talked to him in October of this year, in most of his public life. he jumped into that race to deliver a mes- which I was out campaigning in Bellingham, And, finally, one other thing that stands sage for the right reason. I was fortunate Washington, one of the last places I had to out very strongly for me, both in terms of enough to have read R.E.’s book about Alan, campaign with him, and I said to him, ‘‘Sen- the work that he did here in Washington, and and knew all the things that Alan had fought ator, you dropped me off here almost seven- to the work that he continued to do after he through in his life, some of the things that teen years ago, and you never picked me left Washington, was his recognition of the have been mentioned today. About being up.’’ And Alan reminded me that is was time extraordinary moment in history in which sued by Adolf Hitler for translating in next to work together. So I guess I say to Kim, we all live. In that regard, I just note that a to no time a version of ‘‘Mein Kampf’’. Being and Colette, and R.E., and to those of you friend commented after Alan had left the a pre-World War II journalist and being who are going to carry on the Cranston leg- Senate, that they had seen him, and they smart enough to understand what was going acy, that he left in each one of us a piece of said, ‘‘Kim, you know, he doesn’t seem to be to be advocated and running back to the that flame that he carried for so long. You slowing down, he seems to be speeding up.’’ United States and having that published. saw it on the film. It started when Albert And I think that was true, because he said to And all of the other wonderful things that Einstein said to him, ‘‘nuclear arms could me that he’d felt since he left the Senate Alan did in helping women, and on the envi- wipe out a whole race of people.’’ I think that he could really focus in on the things ronment; one thing I haven’t heard men- Alan started saying that from that moment that he was most concerned about, to devote tioned today is his work with Native Ameri- on, and reminded people about it until his 100% of his energy to those causes that were cans, which is something that I recognize. last days. And so I hope that each and every of greatest concern to him. And I think the But what was amazing about Alan from a one of you, as I will, carries part of that cornerstone of that was an understanding personal perspective, and you definitely get torch and flame that Alan had of self-dis- that we have entered a new age during our to know someone from a personal perspec- cipline, knowing that he was not the mes- lifetime, when we’re facing global challenges tive when you travel with him on a presi- sage, but the messenger, in helping this that can be addressed only at the global dential campaign, is that Alan was very self fight. Thank you. (Applause.) level, and that we need to come up with ef- disciplined. John Kerry talked about his run- Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. And now we’ll fective new approaches for dealing with ning, and that was something that was very hear from Alan Cranston’s son Kim, who I those challenges. important to Alan on a daily basis. And, yes, know is committed to seeing that Alan’s life- After he left the Senate, the cause did con- I can attest to the fact that he did sprint in long commitment to securing world peace is tinue, most recently in the form of the Glob- the hotel corridors when you didn’t schedule carried on as his most important bequest to al Security Institute, which is continuing,

VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:16 Apr 26, 2001 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\CRI\S24AP1.REC pfrm10 PsN: S24AP1 April 24, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3845 and it has a great board, and a wonderful di- ington, D.C. to compete in the national first prosecution under the federal rector, Jonathan Granoff, our CEO, who is finals of the ‘‘We the People’’, The Cit- ‘‘Three Strikes’’ law, and the first here today. And I would really urge those of izen and the Constitution program. I prosecution under the Lautenberg you who are here today who shared in those am proud to report that the class from amendment that prohibited convicted causes with Alan to look forward to opportu- nities to collaborate with us, because the Cheyenne Central High School from domestic violence offenders from own- work goes on, and Alan was just the mes- Cheyenne represented the State of Wy- ing a gun. senger. oming in this national event. The fine But Steve wasn’t content merely to In closing, I’d just like to say something I students in this class include: Joe do a stellar job on the day to day du- know Alan closed most of his speeches with, Bergene; Skye Bougsty-Marshall; Cory ties of United States Attorney. He be- which was, ‘‘I thank you for all you are Bulkley; Michelle Cassidy; Ryan Day; came a member of the Attorney Gen- doing, and urge you onward.’’ Thank you. Sara De Groot; Chris Heald; Nat Lint- erals Advisory Committee, serving on (Applause.) er; Steve Lucero; Geoff Luke; Caroline the working Group on Interior Enforce- Judge JONATHAN STEINBERG. Thank you, Kim. I know your father would be proud of Morris; Ben Silver; and Annaliese ment Immigration Law and on Sub- your personal actions to pick up the torch Wiederspahn. I would also like to rec- committees handling violence against and deeply moved by your words. ognize their teacher, Don Morris, who women, organized crime, victim crime, I want to close with some expressions of deserves much of the credit for the juvenile justice and Native American thanks to many people. Again, I want to class’ success. issues. In addition, he served as chair note how grateful all of us are to the spon- These young scholars worked dili- of the Midwest High Intensity Drug soring Senators and to all who spoke so elo- gently to reach the national finals and Trafficking Area and has held forums quently and movingly about the man who through their experience gained a deep across Northern Iowa to educate citi- will live forever in my heart as ‘‘Alan,’’ as the most important influence on the lives of knowledge and understanding of the zens and help reduce methamphet- so many of us in this room today. fundamental principles of our constitu- amine use. The presence here throughout this entire tional democracy. When I think of all the work Steve ceremony of three Cabinet officials in this I am pleased to have had the oppor- Rapp has done for our state and our new Administration should remind us all of tunity to support the ‘‘We the People’’ country, I’m reminded of the words of Alan’s abiding belief that it was possible to program through my work on the President John F. Kennedy who once form an alliance with every Senator on one Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- noted, ‘‘Law is the strongest link be- issue or another, and of his commitment to sions Committee and the reauthoriza- tween man and freedom.’’ Steve Rapp do just that. Common ground and common tion of the Elementary and Secondary has worked tirelessly to keep the peo- sense was much more important to him than party affiliation or political philosophy. We Education Act. I am particularly proud ple of Northern Iowa and America free, thank the three Secretaries who joined us to note that the Better Education for free from crime and violence, and free today and helped remind us of how impor- Students and Teachers Act will allow to raise their families and live their tant those sentiments are for the welfare of schools, which choose to do so, to use lives in safe, secure communities. our country. federal funds to incorporate the We the Steve has been honored by groups There are an enormous number of people People program into their study of ranging from the Afro-American Com- who volunteered their time and did just in- civics and American government. munity Broadcasting to the NAACP to credible work to make this tribute as suc- I once again want to congratulate the Black Hawk County Legal Secre- cessful and meaningful as we hope that it taries Association. And it is my pleas- has been. If I leave anyone out, I apologize— Don Morris and these students from as I do, and as I did before, if I left out any Cheyenne Central High School.∑ ure to add myself to that list and offer former officeholder, who I should have recog- f my deepest gratitude for his long and nized earlier. So, I offer special thanks, on distinguished record of service.∑ TRIBUTE TO STEPHEN J. RAPP behalf of the family and myself, alphabeti- f cally, to Zack Allen, Bill Brew, Fran Butler, ∑ Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I’d like Monique Ceruti, Kelly Cordes, Chad Griffin, to take a few minutes to honor Ste- RECOGNITION OF THE 125TH Bill Johnstone, Susanne Martinez, Katie phen J. Rapp, United States Attorney BIRTHDAY OF ST. MARY PARISH O’Neill, Dan Perry, Valerie Rheinstein, Alex- for the Northern District of Iowa. OF NEW BALTIMORE, MICHIGAN andra Sardegna, Ed Scott, Martha Stanley, Steve Rapp has been a trailblazer in ∑ Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask that Loraine Tong, Joel Wood, and one most spe- cial person, Elinor Tucker, without whose my home state of Iowa since he began the Senate join me today in congratu- highly efficient logistical support we would his career in public service in his early lating the St. Mary Parish of New Bal- never have made it to this point. I thank twenties. Back in 1972, he won a seat in timore, MI on their upcoming one hun- Senator Rockefeller for allowing her to put our House of Representatives, and at dred and twenty-fifth anniversary. in so much time and effort and to do so in the tender age of twenty-five, he came Since 1876, the St. Mary’s has been such an effective way. Finally, an even more within a hair’s breadth of winning the serving the spiritual needs of it’s con- personal thanks to my wife, Shellie, for help- Third District Congressional seat. He gregation as well as the community at ing to keep me on an relatively even keel did eventually join us on Capitol Hill a large. over the past month as this event was pulled The history of St. Mary Parish is too together. few years later when he served as Staff And, finally, thanks to all of you who Director and Counsel of the U.S. Sen- long and rich for me to recount here in joined us in tribute today to Senator Alan ate Judiciary Subcommittee on Juve- full, but it is important to point out McGregor Cranston, a great American who nile Delinquency. that New Baltimore has been home to lived his life by the philosophy of a Chinese After his stint in Washington, Steve a Catholic community since 1805, when poet Lao-Tzu, whose words on leadership, returned to Iowa and served another ‘‘horseback priests’’ from Canada and printed in today’s program, Alan carried four years in our House of Representa- Detroit would come to minister in pri- with him every day. tives where he distinguished himself as vate homes. It was in 1876, as America That concludes this Tribute. Please re- was celebrating its centennial, that Fa- member to sign the guest book, and thanks a leader on anti-crime legislation. again for coming. And we’ll go out to the Steve was instrumental in passing our ther Aloysius Lambert was appointed theme song from Alan’s Presidential cam- state’s rape shield law and our strong the first resident pastor and the St. paign, ‘‘Chariots of Fire’’. (Applause.) anti-drunk driving regulation. And he Mary Parish was born. Father Lambert f wrote the law that forbids release worked to establish a church and chap- pending appeal of criminals who are el, a grade school and a rectory. Other ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS guilty of forcible felonies. important events in the history of the In 1993, Steve was appointed as a Parish include the mortgage being paid United States Attorney for the North- off and burned in 1938, the addition of a CONGRATULATING WE THE PEO- ern District of Iowa, and under his war memorial shrine in 1949, and the PLE PARTICIPANTS FROM WYO- stewardship, the Northern District be- completion of a new gymnasium in MING came a national torchbearer in crimi- 1951. This gymnasium would serve as a ∑ Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, on April 21– nal prosecutions. Steve filed America’s temporary church when the 83 year old 23, 2001 more than 1,200 students from first prosecution under Title II of the building burned to the ground in 1958. across the United States met in Wash- Brady Law. He also filed the nation’s In 1963, the cornerstone was laid in

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