S1996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 9, 2018 When it comes to tax cuts for big cor- REMEMBERING DANIEL KAHIKINA AKAKA Later he and Senator Inouye success- porations and the rich, deficits are no Ms. HIRONO. Madam President, I fully included language in the 2009 impediment, but now that these tax rise today in remembrance of Senator stimulus bill that provided onetime cuts are in place, I predict that deficits Daniel Kahikina Akaka. Senator payments for these Filipino veterans will once again morph into a dire prob- Akaka, who served in the Senate for 23 through the newly created Filipino lem, a scourge on the Nation, an excuse years and sat at this desk, passed away Veterans Equity Compensation Fund. for Republicans to target Medicare, on Friday morning, with his wife of Senator Akaka also introduced bipar- Medicaid, and Social Security. nearly 70 years, Millie, and his ex- tisan legislation to allow these vet- That has been the playbook since the tended family at his side. erans to reunite with their children Bush era: explode the deficit with tax Since his passing, people across Ha- and families in the United States. cuts for the rich and powerful, then use waii have shared their memories of and While this bill did not pass, President the deficit they created as a reason to tributes to Senator Akaka. Each of Obama established through executive cut Social Security and Medicare. their stories has a common thread— order the Filipino World War II Vet- Lo and behold, this week the major- Senator Akaka’s dedication to living erans Parole Program in 2016 to allow ity in the House will vote on a bal- with ‘‘aloha.’’ Senator Akaka embodied the children of these veterans to re- anced budget amendment—a way for the ‘‘aloha’’ spirit. From meeting near- unite with their parents in the United Republicans to force cuts to Medicare ly every Hawaii family who came to his States. Some of these veterans have and Medicaid and Social Security. It is office for a Capitol tour to serving as a been waiting for decades to reunite hard to believe they can say it with a tireless advocate for veterans, the Na- with their children. straight face, but we will hear Repub- tive Hawaiian community, and Hawaii Although Senator Akaka had retired, lican Members say this week that families, Senator Akaka’s care, empa- his insistence on bipartisanship helped Washington needs to get its fiscal thy, and compassion were evident to to build broad support for President House in order, only a few months after everyone who knew him. Obama’s decision to issue this Execu- they added $1.5 trillion to the deficit by When I was elected to the Senate, I tive order. tax cuts that mainly benefited the requested Senator Akaka’s desk to be Senator Akaka was also instru- wealthy and the powerful. It is the my desk. I did this because it rep- mental in building support to award height of hypocrisy. resented continuity as Senator the Filipino Veterans of World War II The American people deserve better Akaka’s successor, and the desk is a the Congressional Gold Medal that than this patronizing Kabuki theater. symbol to me of his years of service passed in 2016, after years of continued They deserve a Congress squarely fo- and the ‘‘aloha’’ he had for this body effort. cused on helping the middle class, not and the people of Hawaii. Senator Akaka was also a champion The last time I saw Senator Akaka the powerful, not the special interests, for America’s Native people and served was at last year’s American Logistics not those at the very top of the eco- as chairman of the Senate Indian Af- Association Hawaii conference. This nomic ladder. So far, this Republican fairs Committee. As the first Native gathering brings together Hawaii busi- Congress has shown it is not up to the Hawaiian to serve in the U.S. Senate, nesses from across the State to market job, and every day more and more Senator Akaka fought to expand fund- their products for sale to military com- Americans realize that. ing for Native Hawaiian healthcare, missaries. Over 20 years ago, Senator I yield the floor. education, and housing programs. Akaka worked with small businesses I suggest the absence of a quorum. In 1993, President Clinton signed into and the military commissary network The PRESIDING OFFICER. The law Senator Akaka’s apology resolu- to create this conference because he clerk will call the roll. tion, which acknowledged the Federal understood how much receiving a com- The legislative clerk proceeded to Government’s role in the overthrow of missary contract would mean to Ha- call the roll. the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1893. The res- waii’s businesses, especially Hawaii’s Ms. HIRONO. Madam President, I ask olution’s unanimous passage marked unanimous consent that the order for small businesses. The conference started with one the 100th anniversary of the overthrow the quorum call be rescinded. and was a watershed moment for Na- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. small table with a few products and grew to an entire ballroom full of local tive Hawaiians. It served as the first ERNST). Without objection, it is so or- official admission by the United States dered. products and entrepreneurs. Last year, the conference was named for Senator of the role it played in the overthrow f Akaka. of the Hawaiian Kingdom. CONCLUSION OF MORNING That is who Senator Akaka was. He Senator Akaka later worked on the BUSINESS brought people together to solve prob- Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act. lems and create opportunities. His leg- This law required the United States to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning make the Hawaiian homelands whole business is closed. islative style wasn’t flashy or over the top. He put his head down and got to by ensuring a repayment of lost use of f work, and he built relationships with lands originally set aside by Congress EXECUTIVE SESSION colleagues to get things done. but which were nevertheless trans- Senator Akaka’s work on behalf of ferred to or otherwise acquired by the our Nation’s veterans also reflected his Federal Government. EXECUTIVE CALENDAR persistent, effective style. After serv- The apology resolution and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ing in World War II, Senator Akaka Lands Recovery Act provided the foun- the previous order, the Senate will pro- went to college under the GI bill and dation for Senator Akaka’s namesake ceed to executive session to resume became an educator. As chairman of legislation—the Native Hawaiian Gov- consideration of the following nomina- the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Com- ernment Reorganization Act, often re- tion, which the clerk will report. mittee, he was a strong advocate for ferred to as the Akaka bill, to establish The senior assistant legislative clerk expanding the GI bill for a new genera- a process to secure Federal recognition read the nomination of Claria Horn tion of veterans. He authored the post- for Native Hawaiians to achieve parity Boom, of Kentucky, to be United 9/11 GI bill, which was signed into law with the Alaska Natives and American States District Judge for the Eastern in 2011. Indians. and Western Districts of Kentucky. Senator Akaka also championed the When I served in the House of Rep- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- cause of the Filipino veterans of World resentatives, I introduced the House ator from Hawaii. War II in Congress. These veterans companion to the Akaka bill and testi- Ms. HIRONO. Madam President, I ask fought for the United States but were fied about the importance of passing unanimous consent that I be permitted denied the benefits and citizenship this legislation in both the U.S. House to place a maile lei on the lectern dur- they were promised. Senator Akaka in- and the U.S. Senate. Senator Akaka re- ing my remarks. troduced legislation that would restore introduced the Akaka bill for more The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without these veterans’ benefits and, with his than 10 years, but it did not pass before objection, it is so ordered. leadership, this bill passed the Senate. he retired.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Apr 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.005 S09APPT1 April 9, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1997 A former longtime Akaka staff mem- he will be deeply missed by his col- erything he could to make sure his col- ber reflected on the Senator’s commit- leagues in both the U.S. House and the leagues didn’t either. He voted against ment to the Native Hawaiian commu- Senate. The maile lei is here to signify the Iraq war and advocated for peace nity. She said: his devotion and commitment to the and nuclear nonproliferation through- Senator Akaka worked tirelessly to ad- people of Hawaii. out his career. dress the longstanding issues resulting from I yield the floor to my colleague Sen- He was unrelenting when it came to the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He ator BRIAN SCHATZ. the causes that were most important felt strongly that there needed to be a proc- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- to him. As the only Native Hawaiian to ess to bring all parties to the table because ator from Hawaii. ever serve in the U.S. Senate, he never without such a process these issues remained Mr. SCHATZ. Madam President, I stopped working to see Native Hawai- festering sources of emotional pain that ians recognized in a government-to- would stand in the way of Hawaii being able thank Senator HIRONO for her poignant to move forward as a state and for Native remarks, and I want to offer my condo- government relationship with the Hawaiians to move forward as indigenous lences to the family. United States. peoples. Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka died In his years on the Indian Affairs Building on his work, in 2016, the De- on Friday at the age of 93, leaving be- Committee, including as the chairman, partment of the Interior adopted rules hind a legacy of integrity, kindness, he successfully sponsored the apology creating a process that could reestab- and service to Hawaii and to the Na- resolution, which recognized that the lish a government-to-government rela- tion. overthrow of the Queen—the only mon- tionship between the United States and In Washington, Senator Akaka was arch in the United States—was illegal Native Hawaiians. While the Native an ambassador of ‘‘aloha.’’ He showed and facilitated by agents of our own Hawaiian community has differences people kindness, respect, and hospi- Federal Government. This was the theme of Senator on the issue of Federal recognition, ev- tality rarely seen in this town. He Akaka’s career—to advocate for people eryone can agree that Senator Akaka didn’t just represent Hawaii’s interests in the Congress; he showed the world who did not have power and for people pushed for the passage of the Akaka who were vulnerable. He was a cham- bill because he wanted equity and jus- what Hawaii represents; in the words of President Kennedy, ‘‘all that we are pion for the Federal Government em- tice for Native Hawaiian people. ployees who, to this day, continue to Senator Akaka’s advocacy for our and all that we hope to be.’’ be a punching bag for some. He spon- country’s Native people could best be He started that service as a welder in sored the 2012 Whistleblower Protec- summarized in his own words during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He tion Act, which ensures that Federal his farewell address to the Senate, fought in World War II in the Pacific workers cannot be retaliated against if where he said: arena, traveling to places like Tinian and Saipan. When World War II ended, they report waste, fraud, and abuse. The United States is a great country. One That was just one of the many things of the things that makes us so great is that he took advantage of the GI bill to at- though we have made mistakes, we change, tend the University of Hawaii to be- he did to make the Federal Govern- we correct them, we right past wrongs. It is come a teacher—an occupation he ment a better employer. our responsibility as a nation to do right by never fully left behind. Senator Akaka also fought for con- America’s native people, those who exercised Senator Akaka served for 36 years in sumers. He helped people who were try- sovereignty on lands that later became part Congress—14 years in the House and 22 ing to get out of credit card debt. He of the United States. While we can never in the U.S. Senate. He was loved by made sure investors had an advocate at change the past, we have the power to colleagues in both parties because he the Securities and Exchange Commis- change the future. sion, and he protected people who sent was kind to everyone. In fact, he never Many people also may not know that remittances around the world so they said a bad word about anyone, not even Senator Akaka was just as committed aren’t swindled out of their hard- in private. The foundation for his kind- to protecting Hawaii’s land and water earned money. ness came from his faith, which he resources as he was to improving the Every morning he would begin his learned from his mother Annie. lives of Hawaii’s people. In 1992, Sen- day by meeting visitors from Hawaii. He was a faithful attendee of the ator Akaka successfully passed his Those connections to his constitu- weekly Senate Prayer Breakfast, where Tropical Forest Recovery Act into law, ents—to home—drove his work and he would lead Members singing hymns. which served as a basis for Federal con- kept him focused on helping Hawaii. He always began with the history of servation efforts that protect Hawaii’s Much of his work was possible be- each song—a tradition he passed on to plants and forests. cause of the bipartisanship relation- As with so many of his initiatives, our own Chaplain, Chaplain Black, who ships he built with other Senators. the Senator was much ahead of his continues it today. Some of his best friends in the body— Danny Akaka was also very humble. time. This act provided a vision and Senators INHOFE, COCHRAN, and BAR- There were times he didn’t get credit blueprint for tomorrow’s conservation RASSO—were people with whom he did for the work he did here because he ethic, one that stressed the integration not agree very often. Every Member of didn’t care about the credit. He cared of ecology, livelihoods, and culture; in this body—those who knew Senator about the work, about making a dif- short, an ethic that emphasized sacred Akaka and those who didn’t—can learn ference for people, especially those relationship between people and place, from his legacy—a legacy of quiet lead- whom he represented. community and sustainably managed ership, of treating others the way you He was deeply convinced that the resources. want to be treated, and focusing on the government could improve people’s Senator Akaka also leaves behind a things that matter to the people we are lives because he had seen that in his demonstrated commitment to biparti- here to represent. sanship. He was widely known for his own life as a beneficiary of the GI bill. I want to end with a few words from faithful attendance at the Senate Pray- He would become the Senator who Chaplain Black. This is what he had to er Breakfast every week. Colleagues modernized that bill, bringing it into say about Senator Akaka: the 21st century. He always fought who attend that breakfast regularly There’s something called ethical congru- asked me about how he and Millie were hard for veterans—for their benefits ence—it refers to when your actions back up doing. and their recognition, no matter the your rhetoric. And most of us struggle with During his farewell speech, Senator color of their skin or their country of that, because it’s very easy to say something Akaka said: origin. When someone once challenged but much more difficult to live it. There’s a verse in Scripture that says, we are living In Congress and in our nation, we are truly him on the cost of benefits for vet- erans, he answered by saying: ‘‘The letters, so our lives should be something that all together, in the same canoe. If we paddle people should be able to read. Francis of As- together in unison, we can travel great dis- price has already been paid, many times over, by the service of the brave sisi said: preach the gospel everywhere you tances. If the two sides of the canoe paddle go; when necessary, use words. Senator in opposite directions, we will only go in cir- men and women who wore our nation’s Akaka preached the gospel everywhere he cles. uniform.’’ went, and very rarely had to use words. Senator Akaka is deeply missed by Senator Akaka never forgot the costs That’s the kind of ethical congruence that all the people in Hawaii, and I dare say of war on our country, and he did ev- he had.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Apr 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.007 S09APPT1 S1998 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 9, 2018 The U.S. Senate and our country body had ever done and in numbers way. Paul Coverdell, who had the seat would be better off if there were more that were very impressive. He created that I hold today, died. Paul was a Re- leaders like Danny. He fought for the what is known as the HOPE Scholar- publican. He was in his second term as vulnerable, promoted peace, and looked ship, funded by the Georgia Lottery. A a Republican. Roy Barnes was the Gov- for common ground. Most of all, he em- lot of lotteries have been passed and a ernor of Georgia, a Democrat, and bodied the ‘‘aloha’’ spirit and showed lot of liquor referendums have been when Paul Coverdell died, Roy Barnes us all what it means to have a pure passed by promising people that the called Zell up, who was then the imme- heart and be a true public servant. money was going to go to education, diate past Governor, and said: Zell, I Our thoughts are with the family of but it never really did. In Georgia, the need you to go to Washington and Senator Akaka today, with Millie, his way it was done is that it came out of serve for me because the body is get- children, his grandchildren, his great- the debates that he and I had in our ting pretty close politically up there. grandchildren, and his staff. He will be race for Governor. We finally passed a We need to make sure a Democrat is in remembered and greatly missed. constitutional amendment to allow that place to replace Paul. I yield the floor. legal gambling in Georgia and then I wasn’t involved in the conversation I suggest the absence of a quorum. passed the HOPE Scholarship, which because I was hoping they were going The PRESIDING OFFICER. The was where the money went. We tied up to call me up, which I will get to in a clerk will call the roll. all the money made from the lottery minute. They didn’t, but they did later. The senior assistant legislative clerk separately for three things: college But they hadn’t done it at that time. proceeded to call the roll. scholarships for eligible Georgia stu- Roy said to Paul: You just have to do Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask dents, 4-year-old voluntary prekinder- it for me, Governor Miller. You have to unanimous consent that the order for garten for Georgia pre-Ks to the age of make sure that Georgia stays Demo- the quorum call be rescinded. 4, and technology and innovation and cratic. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. wiring and infrastructure in our public Zell went on public television and MORAN). Without objection, it is so or- schools. said: I want to accept this appointment dered. The election was in 1990. He was to the U.S. Senate to fill this seat, but REMEMBERING ZELL MILLER elected in 1990 as the Governor of Geor- I am going to vote like Paul Coverdell. Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, on the gia. He served two terms, but by the He knew how important Paul’s serv- 23rd day of March, 2018, just a little end of the decade, the lottery had ice had been in the State. He knew the over 2 weeks ago, Zell Bryan Miller of passed. Since its passage, 1.8 million conservative movement had taken the the State of Georgia—former Member Georgia children have gotten their col- State and was moving in that direc- of this body, former Governor of the lege education—1.8 million—and 1.6 tion. Zell was a man of conscience and State of Georgia, former State senator million Georgia 4-year-olds have gone principle who recognized the impor- in the State of Georgia, former chair- to prekindergarten voluntarily. Geor- tance of the U.S. Senate seat, but, man of the Democratic Party in the gia’s public schools are wired. They are more importantly, he recognized the State of Georgia—who contributed im- on the internet. We deliver content wishes of the voters. He told Roy mensely to his State, passed away at through distance learning. It is at the Barnes, he told me, and he told every- his beloved home in Young Harris, GA, leading edge of technology in public body in the State: I am going to take in Towns County. education of any State in the country. it, but I will vote like Paul Coverdell. I am here to pay tribute to Zell and Now, politicians can take credit for a When that 4 years was up of finishing his life and his contributions to our lot of things, but I don’t know of any- that term of Paul Coverdell, Zell Miller country, both for a purposeful reason, body who can take credit for 1.8 mil- decided not to run again. I was in the as far as a fellow Member, but also for lion college degrees, 1.4 million pre- U.S. House at that time, and he ran a a very personal reason for me, because kindergarten programs, wiring schools press conference here in Washington to he is an individual I met through poli- for the information technology of the say: I will not seek reelection. That tics, became one of my best friends 21st century, and doing it all based on was in 2003. through politics, and probably had a personal effort and commitment to I got on the phone, called my wife, more influence personally on my life see to it that the more we are edu- and said: I am going to go see Zell. If than anybody else I know in public cated, the better the State will be. he is not going to run, I am going to service. I said that Zell was an author. He run for that seat. That would be a good As I said, Zell died in Young Harris, was an author and a marine. He served way to end my career and make a con- GA, the home of Young Harris College. in the Marine Corps from 1953 to 1956. tribution to my State. Zell Miller was, first of all, a teacher He wrote a number of books about the I called Zell, and I said: Governor, and a writer. He wrote over 10 books. Marine Corps. He wrote a number of ar- can I come to see you this weekend in He taught. He was educated at the Uni- ticles about the Marine Corps. He Young Harris. versity of Georgia. He taught at Young wrote one book called ‘‘Corps Values.’’ He said: Yes, come on. Harris College. He always taught The values he learned in the Marine So I got in my pickup truck, which is throughout his career. Even as Gov- Corps he used throughout his life in a good way to drive in North Georgia, ernor and Lieutenant Governor, he was education, as Governor, as a father, where a pickup truck is a standard op- an instructor and a teacher. He was and as a family man. erating vehicle. It was kind of a snow- professorial, but he was tough as nails. Zell’s wife is Shirley Miller. Shirley flake morning in North Georgia and There was only one way to do it and is a wonderful lady, and I got to be the North Georgia mountains in Young that was the Zell way, he used to say, with her a little bit 2 weeks ago during Harris. I sat down with Zell at the fire- and he knew how to get it done. the services. Zell and Shirley are Geor- place, with Woodrow and Gus, the two He was for four terms the Lieutenant gia’s forever first family, not just be- dogs, talking about politics. Finally, I Governor of Georgia. He then ran for cause they were Governor and first got around to the subject of saying: Governor in 1990. I happened to be his lady together and Lieutenant Governor Well, Zell, the reason I am here is that opponent in 1990, and I will get to that and first lady together but also because you announced that you are not going in just a minute. He won that election. Shirley was a partner with Zell. She to run for reelection. I want to know if It was pretty close. It has gotten a lot wasn’t just his wife. Shirley worked you have any issue with my running to closer since then. Pretty soon, when I tirelessly for Zell and for the State of replace you. have grandchildren, I am going to tell Georgia, and to this day, she works He said: Put your shoes on, son. You them all I won. So far, that is not the tirelessly for our State. During Zell’s can win that seat. Let me know what I case. But he won, and he was elected more difficult years—over the last few can do to help you. twice to be Governor of Georgia. years having the difficulties he had I have never forgotten the encourage- As Governor of Georgia, he embraced healthwise—Shirley was there to be ment, never forgotten what he said, education as a major issue. As I said, with Zell every single day. and never forgotten the challenge I felt he was a teacher and was all about Zell Miller came to the Congress of I had to thank the guy who had beaten teaching. He did something that no- the United States in a very unique me for Governor in 1990—to make a

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:27 Apr 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.008 S09APPT1 April 9, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1999 statement like that when I was going tically for kids. Zell wanted very much The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. to seek to replace him in the U.S. Sen- to see public education as the apex of ERNST). By unanimous consent, the ate 24 years later. It made a lot of dif- his career, and so he wanted to make mandatory quorum call has been ference to me in my life. sure in that second term, it was. I ac- waived. Zell was a unique individual, and cepted. He worked hard. We joined to- The question is, Is it the sense of the there has never been one like him. He gether, and we—to this day—had a Senate that debate on the nomination was a Democrat the day he was born, great period of time for public edu- of Claria Horn Boom, of Kentucky, to and he was a Democrat the day he died. cation in our State in terms of im- be United States District Judge for the A lot of people remember he wrote a provement, cashing in on the HOPE Eastern and Western Districts of Ken- book, ‘‘A National Party No More,’’ scholarship, and doing all the things tucky, shall be brought to a close? which made a lot of Democrats mad. that we did later on. The yeas and nays are mandatory He spoke at the Democratic National I could go on and on, but I will just under the rule. Convention and made a lot of Repub- say this: I have worked with a lot of The clerk will call the roll. licans mad, and then he spoke at the people, and I have known a lot of peo- The legislative clerk called the roll. Republican National Convention—the ple. I have never known a better one Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator only elected person in history to de- than Zell Miller. I have never known is necessarily absent: the Senator from liver the keynote address at both na- anyone more true to their word, more Arizona (Mr. MCCAIN). tional conventions, Republican and solid to be counted on, who accepted Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Democratic—not in the same year but their oath of office and every responsi- Senator from Illinois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) in the same decade. bility that went with it, who would say is necessarily absent. Zell said what he thought, he they were sorry when they needed to The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. thought what he said was right, and he say they were sorry and would fight LANKFORD). Are there any other Sen- delivered on everything he ever said, like hell when they needed to fight like ators in the Chamber desiring to vote? and if he ever was wrong, he apolo- hell and would never take no for an an- The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 96, gized. In his latter years, he appointed swer if they wanted you to do the right nays 2, as follows: many of his former opponents to offices thing for the State of Georgia. [Rollcall Vote No. 64 Ex.] of importance in our State. For me on this night in Washington, YEAS—96 For me, this is the first time I can DC, having gone to the funeral of my Alexander Gardner Murray publicly say thank you to Zell Miller. I dear friend Zell Miller, having shared Baldwin Gillibrand Nelson know he is looking down, and I hope he with his family and many others who Barrasso Graham Paul is listening to what I am about to say. Bennet Grassley Perdue loved him as I have over the years dur- Blumenthal Harris Peters When he beat me in 1990 and when I ing those 2 days in Atlanta, let me Blunt Hassan Portman ran to replace Sam Nunn when Sam close by saying that one of Georgia’s Booker Hatch Reed stepped down in 1996 and lost that seat greatest citizens and probably our Boozman Heinrich Risch as well, I thought I was through with Brown Heitkamp Roberts greatest Governor, Georgia’s first fam- Burr Heller Rounds public service. I had made my best ef- ily in perpetuity, Zell and Shirley Mil- Cantwell Hoeven Rubio fort and done as well as I could serving ler, will be missed greatly by our State Capito Hyde-Smith Sasse in the legislature but couldn’t make it Cardin Inhofe Schatz and will be missed greatly by me. I Carper Isakson Schumer to that higher place. thank God I had the opportunity to Casey Johnson Scott After I had run for Sam Nunn’s seat, know Zell Bryan Miller and learn from Cassidy Jones Shaheen about 2 months after the race was over, him in the best way you can, and that Collins Kaine Shelby Zell called me up, in August 1996, and Coons Kennedy Smith is by working for him. Corker King Stabenow said: Johnny, I have a problem. I have God bless you, Zell. Thank you for Cornyn Klobuchar Sullivan a Republican State school super- what you did on behalf of the people of Cortez Masto Lankford Tester intendent and a Democratic legisla- Cotton Leahy Thune Georgia. God bless you and the United Crapo Lee Tillis ture, and they are fighting like hell, States of America. Cruz Manchin Toomey and I can’t solve the problem. But if I I suggest the absence of a quorum. Daines Markey Udall name you as school board chairman, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Donnelly McCaskill Van Hollen then you can come over here and bal- Durbin McConnell Warner clerk will call the roll. Enzi Menendez Warren ance this out, get the politics out of it, The senior assistant legislative clerk Ernst Merkley Whitehouse and help to solve the problem. proceeded to call the roll. Feinstein Moran Wicker Governor, I appreciate that, but I Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, I ask Fischer Murkowski Wyden Flake Murphy Young know what happens on a school board: unanimous consent that the order for You have 11 members on the board. I the quorum call be rescinded. NAYS—2 am chairman, and there are 10 other The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Hirono Sanders people who vote. You can’t change 10 objection, it is so ordered. NOT VOTING—2 people’s minds unless you know who CLOTURE MOTION Duckworth McCain those 10 people are. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant He said: You tell me who else to ap- The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the point. I will fire the others and appoint vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are 2. Senate the pending cloture motion, the new people. Come over to the man- The motion is agreed to. which the clerk will state. sion. UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT—EXECUTIVE The legislative clerk read as follows: So I went over to the mansion, and CALENDAR we sat there with his operator at the CLOTURE MOTION Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I telephone desk and for 2 hours called We, the undersigned Senators, in ac- ask unanimous consent that at a time people I knew I could trust and be- cordance with the provisions of rule to be determined by the majority lead- lieved in to help me with public edu- XXII of the Standing Rules of the Sen- er, in consultation with the Demo- cation. I asked them to serve with me ate, do hereby move to bring to a close cratic leader, the Senate proceed to ex- on the State board of education, take debate on the nomination of Claria ecutive session for the consideration of it over, clean up the mess which had Horn Boom, of Kentucky, to be United the following nomination: Executive taken place and which Zell acknowl- States District Judge for the Eastern Calendar No. 376. I ask consent that edged thoroughly. and Western Districts of Kentucky. there then be 10 hours of debate, equal- I accepted, he made the appointment, Mitch McConnell, Jerry Moran, John ly divided in the usual form; that fol- and over 2 years, we had a remarkable Cornyn, John Hoeven, John Kennedy, lowing the use or yielding back of Johnny Isakson, Chuck Grassley, Cory time period. In large measure because I Gardner, James E. Risch, Thom Tillis, time, the Senate vote on the nomina- thought my political career was over, I Pat Roberts, David Perdue, Mike tion with no intervening action or de- didn’t think about what I was doing as Rounds, John Thune, Roy Blunt, Rich- bate; that if confirmed, the motion to much politically as I thought prac- ard Burr, Tom Cotton. reconsider be considered made and laid

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:25 Apr 10, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.016 S09APPT1 S2000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 9, 2018 upon the table; that the President be Mo graciously, and with no political in Sedona. He is working hard to re- immediately notified of the Senate’s gain in sight that Mo could see, took cover and wants to return to the Sen- action; that no further motions be in JOHN under his generous, broad wing. ate. His spirits are good. He was re- order; and that any statements relat- Mo taught JOHN the power of consensus turning calls and working on state- ing to the nomination be printed in the and bipartisanship, and, in turn, John ments while we visited. He was plan- RECORD. had the guts to buck his own party. To- ning ranch projects right in front of us The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there gether, they forged a remarkable part- that had to do with the cottonwoods objection? nership. that were out in front of us as we were Without objection, it is so ordered. Mo is marked by graciousness, hu- looking out at his place. His wonderful Mr. ALEXANDER. I suggest the ab- mility, and humor; JOHN by bombasity, wife Cindy, a strong and talented sence of a quorum. independence, and courage. They were woman in her own right, was at his side The PRESIDING OFFICER. The a perfect match. They sided together to and working to make sure things were clerk will call the roll. protect the Grand Canyon. They sided shipshape at the ranch. What a unique The bill clerk proceeded to call the together to protect Arizona wilderness. and loving partnership. roll. They sided together to improve the JOHN, we wish you and Cindy the Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I ask very best and look forward to your unanimous consent that the order for lives of our first Americans. They sided together to upend the campaign fi- speedy return. the quorum call be rescinded I suggest the absence of a quorum. nance system, to try to make sure poli- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection, it is so ordered. ticians are beholden to their constitu- clerk will call the roll. MO UDALL AND JOHN MCCAIN ents, not to special interests. The senior assistant legislative clerk Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, last JOHN took these positions in sharp proceeded to call the roll. Wednesday, in Arizona, at the Grand contrast to his party. After Mo retired Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Canyon, a number of us gathered to from the House and JOHN had entered ask unanimous consent that the order OHN honor Mo Udall and JOHN MCCAIN and the Senate, J continued to take for the quorum call be rescinded. their friendship and partnership, which fearless positions. He championed im- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without made America a lot better. migration reform. He supports curbing objection, it is so ordered. For months, JOHN was looking for- methane emissions. ORDER OF PROCEDURE ward to this gathering. He mentioned Many Americans will never forget— Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, it to me several times last year. He was and I was standing right about here notwithstanding rule XXII, I ask unan- very excited. You could kind of see the when this happened—when, on July 28, imous consent that at 12:10 p.m. on sparkle in his eyes, but he was unable 2017, JOHN MCCAIN stepped into the Tuesday, April 10, the Senate vote on to attend because of the battle he is well of the Senate and gave an unex- confirmation of the Boom nomination fighting. Looking back, the friendship pected thumbs down to his party’s des- and that if confirmed, the motion to between Mo and JOHN was remark- perate attempt to repeal the Affordable reconsider be considered made and laid able—how different they were but how Care Act. upon the table and the President be im- well they got along. In 1982, Mo and JOHN appeared to be mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- In 1982, Arizona could not have elect- worlds apart—Arizona politicians rep- tion; further, that the cloture vote in ed two more different Members to the resenting liberal Tucson and conserv- relation to the Ring nomination occur U.S. House of Representatives. Mo ative Phoenix, who would necessarily at 2:15 p.m. Udall was elected to a 12th term. A be at odds, yet they shared so much. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without third-generation Arizonan, Mo was a Both stood by their principles, but objection, it is so ordered. tall, lanky, Lincolnesque, one-eyed both believed in working across the f aisle to get things done for the Amer- Mormon who tried to cheat his way NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED into serving in World War II; self-effac- ican people. Both put country over per- ing and humorous, a liberal Democrat sonal ambition, fame, and fortune. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I in a conservative State who cham- Both were men of integrity, and both ask unanimous consent that the En- pioned the environment and Native were courageous. All of us can learn ergy Committee be discharged from Americans and one of the most power- from their duty to country over selves, further consideration of and the Senate ful and respected Members of the their commitment to working for all proceed to the en bloc consideration of House, who chaired the Interior Com- Americans, and their dedication to the following nominations: PN1637, mittee critical to Arizona’s welfare. working with the party across the aisle PN1653, and PN1680. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without And JOHN MCCAIN, an easterner and to reach consensus. objection, it is so ordered. newcomer to Phoenix, having arrived Morris King Udall and JOHN SIDNEY The clerk will report the nomina- only 2 years before running for Con- MCCAIN III were unlikely political al- tions en bloc. gress; a carpetbagger, some said; a lies and even more unlikely friends, The senior assistant legislative clerk stocky, handsome son and grandson of but they were both, and both are true read the nominations of James Reilly, four-star Navy admirals who easily American heroes. of Colorado, to be Director of the made his way into the U.S. Naval Heroism is not born of words and bra- United States Geological Survey; Theo- Academy, only to graduate 894 out of vado and bragging; heroism is born of dore J. Garrish, of Maryland, to be an 899 in his class, due to his extreme re- silent deeds that help others. Mo and Assistant Secretary of Energy (Inter- belliousness. JOHN is a man self-de- JOHN accomplished much by deed. Both national Affairs); and James Edward scribed as a ‘‘freshman right-wing are true Arizonans, true Americans, Campos, of Nevada, to be Director of Nazi’’ when he entered Congress but as and true heroes. the Office of Minority Economic Im- a naval officer who could have been I am privileged to have known both pact, Department of Energy. freed from imprisonment as a POW in men—to have grown up with Uncle Mo, Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to Vietnam, yet refused to leave his men to have campaigned with him, and to consider the nominations en bloc. behind and instead suffered unimagi- have shared his stories and stolen his Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous nable torture and pain for over 5 years. jokes and to have served in the Senate consent that the Senate vote on the Despite his novice as an Arizona poli- and to serve with JOHN MCCAIN. nominations en bloc with no inter- tician, JOHN MCCAIN knew enough to JOHN and I have worked together on vening action or debate; that if con- beg to secure a place on the Interior many issues. We have traveled inter- firmed, the motions to reconsider be Committee. At that point, Mo’s de- nationally. Our work together on the considered made and laid upon the cency and JOHN’s courage met. While Senate Indian Affairs Committee has table en bloc; that the President be im- JOHN was new to Arizona politics and, produced real results for Native Ameri- mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- by his own admission, could not tell a cans. tion; that no further motions be in copper mine from a cotton field, he had After this Grand Canyon event I de- order; and that any statements relat- promise, being elected president of his scribed in some of the remarks up ing to the nominations be printed in minority Republican class. there, I went to visit JOHN at his ranch the RECORD.

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