S7784 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 18, 2018 125th birthday of the Nevada Sage- Brown, Jr., for his nearly 50 years of knowledge Arturo S. Rodrı´guez for his brush, the independent student news- committed public service to the people 45 years of leadership and commitment paper of the University of Nevada, of California. to protecting and advancing the civil, Reno. Born out of a rebellion against The son of a former California Gov- political, and economic rights of farm the university’s board of regents, the ernor, Jerry was born in San Francisco workers, most notably as president of Nevada Sagebrush has been a strong in 1938 to Pat Brown and Bernice the United Farm Workers of America, and independent voice for the student Layne. He graduated from the Univer- or UFW. body since October 19, 1893. sity of California, Berkeley in 1961 be- Born the grandson of a cattle farmer The paper has gone through several fore earning his law degree from Yale in San Antonio, TX, in 1949, Arturo name changes throughout its long his- University in 1964. He began his state- first learned of Cesar E. Chavez and tory. It was first known as the Student wide career in public service in 1970 California’s farm worker movement in Record, then changed its name to the after winning his first election as Cali- 1966. His passion for civil rights and so- Sagebrush before the 18th volume was fornia secretary of state. cial justice motivated him to become published in 1910 and finally, in 2004, In 1974, Jerry became Governor of an active farm worker supporter as a became known as the Nevada Sage- California for the first time, imple- student at Saint Mary’s University, brush. The newspaper has received an menting an agenda that epitomizes the where he would later graduate in 1971 Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker essence of California values. He helped with a degree in sociology. After re- Award several times, most recently create millions of jobs and strength- ceiving a master’s degree in social during the 2014–15 school year, and the ened the environment. He passed the work from the University of Michigan ACP Online Pacemaker Award in 2011. Agricultural Labor Relations Act and in 1973, Arturo joined the farm worker The Nevada Sagebrush alumni have led the cause for the introduction of movement full-time, working with gone on to pursue successful careers in government funding in renewable en- Chavez for the next two decades to de- a variety of prominent fields. Its edi- ergy research. After 8 years in office, velop and train new organizers, manage torial alumni have distinguished Jerry had a distinguished law career, UFW industry organizing campaigns, records in journalism, literature, edu- ran for Federal office on a platform and oversee national boycott strategies cation, business, the military, and pub- dedicated to empowering communities that would increase wages and improve lic service from the local level to the and affecting change, and served as working conditions. Following highest levels of State and Federal chairman of the California Democratic Chavez’s passing in 1993, Arturo be- Government. Party. came the second president of the UFW Among distinguished Sagebrush He reentered public life in 1998, this and committed himself to fulfilling alumni, Alan Bible, the paper’s man- time as mayor of the great city of Oak- Chavez’s legacy of creating a more just aging editor in 1929, went on to become land, my hometown. As mayor, Jerry and equitable food system that treated a U.S. Senator for Nevada from 1954– worked diligently to revitalize down- farm workers with the dignity and re- 1974. Eva Adams, the woman who ran town Oakland, reduce crime, and ex- spect they deserved. Bible’s Senate office, was the Sage- pand educational opportunities. In 2006, Arturo’s presidency has been nothing brush business manager in 1928 and was he became California attorney general short of extraordinary. Under his lead- appointed by President Kennedy to and prioritized consumer protection, ership, farm worker wages have risen head the U.S. Mint, a position she held environmental protection, and com- to an average of $13.18 an hour, above until 1969. Jim Joyce, the newspaper’s bating the underground economy. State and Federal minimum wage laws. editor from 1957–1958, served as the Finally, in 2011, Mr. Brown returned Arturo established industry-wide orga- press secretary and later executive as- to the Governor’s seat where his record nizing campaigns resulting in 80 per- sistant to Senator Howard Cannon. Ed- can only be described as extraordinary. cent of the mushroom, rose, and straw- ward Allison, the news editor in 1960, Jerry has brought California’s unem- berry workers now represented by a served as chief of staff for Senator Paul ployment rate to record lows, expanded union contract. He held employers ac- Laxalt. Sig Rogich, an editor of the health coverage to millions in the countable for wage and hour laws, win- Sagebrush from 1965–1966, served as a wake of the Affordable Care Act, and ning millions of dollars for workers in senior assistant to President H.W. established groundbreaking policies to back wages and overtime pay. He won Bush and was also the U.S. Ambassador combat climate change that have in- historic State legislation to provide to Iceland in 1992. spired our Nation and the world. Before overtime pay to farm workers and pro- Many more Sagebrush alumni have joining the U.S. Senate, I worked with tect them from heat exposure. gone on to serve and make an impact Jerry for 6 years as attorney general of As president of the largest and most in the State of Nevada. Ruthe Deskin California, during which we tackled an active farm worker movement in the and Dondero Elementary Schools in economic and housing crisis of epic Nation, Arturo has also pushed a na- Las Vegas were named after Ruthe proportions and fought to protect the tional agenda for immigrant and work- Deskin, assistant to the publisher of privacy and cyber security of Califor- ers’ rights. He led negotiations with the Las Vegas Sun for 50 years, and nia’s residents and businesses. Since major agricultural associations to de- Harvey N. Dondero, a teacher and joining the U.S. Senate, Jerry, Senator velop the agricultural provisions in the school principal in Nevada, both of FEINSTEIN, and I have worked together Senate’s comprehensive immigration whom wrote for the Nevada Sagebrush. to bring critical aid to those affected reform bill passed in 2013. He and the Rollan Melton Elementary School and by the deadly wildfires that have rav- UFW worked closely with the Obama Earl Wooster High School in Reno also aged our State. White House to secure protections for owe their namesake to alumni of this I am incredibly grateful for the op- farm workers from the harmful effects great newspaper. portunity to honor Governor Brown’s of pesticides, in addition to protections Today, I celebrate the many con- leadership and achievements today on for children and parents as part of tributions of the Nevada Sagebrush to the Senate Floor. His ability to bring President Obama’s immigration Execu- the University of Nevada, Reno and to sweeping change to improve the lives tive actions. I was honored to work the State of Nevada. It is with pride of the people he serves and the commu- closely with him as a newly elected that I ask my colleagues to join me in nities he governs is truly inspiring. His Member of the Senate to introduce the recognizing the Nevada Sagebrush for unwavering commitment to the people Fairness for Farm Workers Act, S. 3131, giving students a strong and inde- of California and vision for a more per- to strengthen critical Federal protec- pendent voice.∑ fect union will long be remembered and tions for farm workers as they face f cherished in the pages of history.∑ long hours and exposure to harsh work- f ing conditions. TRIBUTE TO EDMUND G. BROWN, Arturo’s legacy represents the best of JR. TRIBUTE TO ARTURO S. who we are as a nation. His unwavering ´ ∑ Ms. HARRIS. Mr. President, today I RODRIGUEZ commitment to bettering the lives of wish to express my deepest apprecia- ∑ Ms. HARRIS. Mr. President, it is the most vulnerable epitomizes the tion to Governor Edmund G. ‘‘Jerry’’ with gratitude that I rise today to ac- kind of servant leader we should all

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:55 Dec 19, 2018 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18DE6.016 S18DEPT1 December 18, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7785 strive to be. His contributions to the REMEMBERING MATT ARTHUR tained both a bachelor’s degree and his farm worker movement and our Nation ∑ Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, re- juris doctorate. will have a lasting impact for genera- cently, my hometown of Warner Rob- Justice Hines went on to serve on the ∑ tions to come. ins, GA, and indeed the entire State of bench in Georgia for over four decades. f Georgia, lost a true leader. I lost a In 1974, then-Governor Jimmy Carter chose him to fill a slot on the State REMEMBERING DR. THOMAS KENT good friend and mentor. court of Cobb County. He served there ‘‘T.K.’’ WETHERELL During his career, Matt Arthur made for 8 years until becoming a judge on ∑ Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, Dr. a difference in the lives of countless students and families. He was raised in the Superior Court of Cobb County. Thomas Kent ‘‘T.K.’’ Wetherell was a Thirteen years later, in 1995, Gov- distinguished public servant, educator, Fitzgerald, GA, one of six children. He graduated from Fitzgerald High School ernor Zell Miller appointed Justice and a great man who leaves behind a Hines to an open seat on the Georgia tremendous legacy of service to the in 1952 and received a football scholar- ship to the University of Georgia. In Supreme Court, a capacity in which he State of Florida. Dr. Wetherell is rec- served for another 13 years. ognized as one of the best speakers in addition to playing football, he served as battalion commander of the univer- In 2016, Justice Hines was voted by the history of the Florida House of his colleagues to be Chief Justice of Representatives, as well as a trans- sity’s ROTC unit, and earned a bach- the Georgia Supreme Court. He was the formative and effective president of elor’s degree in industrial arts. He first resident of Cobb County, GA, to Florida State University, FSU, and would also later earn master’s degrees become chief justice. Tallahassee Community College. He in industrial arts and administration Justice Hines retired from the bench loved the State of Florida and worked and a specialist’s degree in education his entire career to improve higher leadership. After graduating college, earlier this year. He was known as an education in the State. Matt served in the U.S. Army at Fort intellectual powerhouse, with a deep As a student at FSU from 1963 to Benning in Columbus, GA. He served appreciation and understanding of the 1968, T.K. was a star football player. In from 1957–1959, ultimately rising to the rule of law. However, Justice Hines was fact, he still holds the record for the rank of first lieutenant. better known as a dedicated husband, longest kickoff return in the school’s In 1959, Matt became a high school father, and grandfather. He is survived history. Off the field he succeeded in football coach, winning a Triple-A by his wife Helen, two adult children, academics, earning bachelor’s and mas- State championship in 1961. The fol- and four grandchildren. ter’s degrees in social studies edu- lowing year, he moved his family to Bonnie and I join all Georgians in cation in 1967 and 1968 and a doctorate Warner Robins and embarked on a ca- continuing to lift up the Hines family in education in 1974. A third-generation reer that would truly make a dif- in our prayers during this very difficult Floridian, T.K. became the first alum- ference. He was the first head coach time. Harris was a dear personal friend, ∑ nus to serve as the president of his and athletic director of my high school and I will miss him greatly. alma mater. His tenure as president of alma mater, Northside High School, f FSU from 2003 to 2010 marked a trans- and served as its principal from 1968– EXECUTIVE AND OTHER formative time for the university. 1980. COMMUNICATIONS Among his many accomplishments, Dr. In 1980, Matt became superintendent The following communications were Wetherell launched the Pathways of of the Houston County School System. laid before the Senate, together with Excellence initiative, which elevated He succeeded my father, David A. accompanying papers, reports, and doc- the research profile of FSU and Perdue, Sr., in this role and served uments, and were referred as indicated: brought hundreds of millions in invest- until retiring in 1988. His enduring con- ments to campus. He brought the Ap- tributions to the community were com- EC–7444. A joint communication from the plied Superconductivity Center to memorated with the opening of Matt Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, transmitting, pursuant to law, the FSU, where it became the materials re- Arthur Elementary School in Warner search division of the National High fiscal year 2019 report on the plan for the nu- Robins in 1999. clear weapons stockpile, complex, delivery Magnetic Field Laboratory. FSU’s For years, my father and Matt Ar- systems, and command and control systems brand new College of Medicine grad- thur were close friends. I was also (OSS–2018–1422); to the Committees on uated its first class under Dr. proud to call Matt a friend. Our family Armed Services; Appropriations; and Foreign Wetherell’s tenure and opened six new and the entire Middle Georgia commu- Relations. regional campuses. He established the nity will miss him. EC–7445. A communication from the Acting Office of National Fellowships and the Throughout his life, Matt led by ex- Chief of the Planning and Regulatory Affairs Office of Undergraduate Research and Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, Depart- ample and always put family first. He ment of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant Creative Endeavors, both of which im- is survived by his high school sweet- proved the national academic profile of to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Child heart and wife of 64 years Sarah Bob Nutrition Programs; Flexibilities for Milk, FSU. Even this University of Florida Arthur, two adult children, five grand- Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements’’ Gator can appreciate that he made children, and one great-grandchild. (RIN0584–AE53) received in the Office of the FSU a stronger university. My wife Bonnie and I join everyone President of the Senate on December 17, 2018; His time in the Florida House of Rep- in our hometown and countless others to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, resentatives was no less impressive. He Matt Arthur impacted for the better in and Forestry. chaired the Appropriations and Edu- EC–7446. A communication from the Con- lifting up his family during this very cation Committees, where he trans- gressional Review Coordinator, Animal and difficult time. Matt Arthur was a great formed the lessons he learned working Plant Health Inspection Service, Department American and will be greatly missed.∑ at State universities into common- of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to sense legislation that improved the f law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Branding Requirements for Bovines Imported Into the State’s university system for all stu- REMEMBERING HARRIS HINES United States from Mexico’’ (RIN0579–AE38) dents. It’s no wonder the Miami Herald ∑ received in the Office of the President of the named him one of the Top Ten Legisla- Mr. PERDUE. Mr. President, in No- Senate on December 17, 2018; to the Com- tive Leaders in the body for five vember, Georgia tragically lost a true mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For- straight years. public servant. estry. Beyond T.K.’s many professional ac- Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief EC–7447. A communication from the Assist- complishments, I counted him as one of Justice Harris Hines leaves behind a ant Attorney General for Administration my best friends. He was a man of integ- lasting legacy of service and bipartisan and Chief Financial Officer, Department of rity who didn’t shy away from chal- respect. Justice, transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- Chief Justice Hines was born in 1943 port relative to violations of the lenges and was passionate about im- Antideficiency Act; to the Committee on Ap- proving higher education in our fine and grew up in Atlanta. He attended propriations. State. My thoughts and prayers are Grady High School, lettering in mul- EC–7448. A communication from the Chief with his wife, Ginger, and their chil- tiple sports. After graduation, he at- Counsel, Federal Emergency Management dren and grandchildren.∑ tended Emory University, where he at- Agency, Department of Homeland Security,

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