May 16, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4645 APPOINTMENT recognizing that he was never going to Hecht called to tell him The PRESIDING OFFICER. The be a dynamic speaker. He spoke with a that he appreciated his having saved Chair, on behalf of the majority leader, distinct lisp. But this is something his life. pursuant to Public Law 107–252, Title that people in came to admire And what a life it was. II, Section 214, appoints the following and appreciate. People had great affec- Nevada has had a great loss. I hope individual to serve as a member of the tion for him, as you can tell from his that Chic’s family recognizes the great- Election Assistance Board of Advisors: first Senate race. ness of this man. I know there are Wesley R. Kliner, Jr. of Tennessee. Chic’s election to the Senate is de- many in Nevada who do. scribed as being the biggest political As strongly as I feel about Chic f upset in the history of the State of Ne- Hecht, his friends run deep in our MEASURE READ THE FIRST vada. He beat a man who had served in state. My good friend Art Marshall, TIME—S. 2810 the Senate 24 years, Senator Howard who is a good, strong Democrat and has Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I under- Cannon, a man who had been chairman helped me on everything that I have stand there is a bill at the desk, and I of the Rules Committee, Commerce ever done, spoke with admiration of his ask for its first reading. Committee and Armed Services Com- deep friendship with Chic Hecht. They The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mittee. It was a tremendous upset. were from different political parties, clerk will read the bill for the first Chic was rightfully proud of that but always had a very good relation- time. election. ‘‘Only in America could this ship. Art called me nearly every day to The assistant legislative clerk read happen,’’ he said the night that he beat tell me how Chic was doing while he as follows: . ‘‘Put that down. That wrestled with cancer. A bill (S. 2810) to amend title XVIII of the is what makes America great.’’ Today, Chic’s suffering is over. He Social Security Act to eliminate months in Even Chic’s opponents liked and re- will be missed. 2006 from the calculation of any late enroll- spected him. In time, the pain of his loss will pass, ment penalty under the Medicare part D pre- In 1988, Chic was beaten by Senator but never our memories and apprecia- scription drug program and to provide for ad- . But as Senator Bryan tion for this man. Chic Hecht, Senator ditional funding for State health insurance said, they were good friends during the from Nevada. counseling programs and area agencies on Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask aging, and for other purposes. race and continued being good friends after. That was Chic Hecht. unanimous consent that the resolution Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask As successful as he was in the polit- be agreed to, the preamble be agreed unanimous consent for its second read- ical field, he was even more successful to, and the motion to reconsider be laid ing, and in order to place the bill on as an entrepreneur. He made his money upon the table. the calendar under the provisions of in a number of different ways. One was The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without rule XIV, I object to my own request. objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- selling women’s clothing. The other was in the banking business. He was The resolution (S. Res. 481) was tion having been heard, the bill will re- agreed to. ceive its second reading on the next extremely successful. But public service called him. In ad- The preamble was agreed to. legislative day. dition to his Nevada legislature and The resolution, with its preamble, f Senate experience, he also served as reads as follows: RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF Ambassador to the Bahamas from 1989 S. RES. 481 FORMER SENATOR JACOB CHIC to 1994. Whereas Jacob Chic Hecht served as a spe- HECHT During the 1950s, Chic was a member cial agent in the United States Army Intel- ligence Corps; Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask of the Army. At that time, Chic was an Whereas Jacob Chic Hecht served the peo- unanimous consent that the Senate undercover person—a spy. He was ple of Nevada with distinction from 1983 to now proceed to the consideration of S. known for this his entire life. During 1989 in the ; Res. 481, which was submitted earlier some of his campaigns, people checked Whereas Jacob Chic Hecht served as United to find out if, in fact, this man of small States Ambassador to the Bahamas from 1989 today. until 1994; The PRESIDING OFFICER. The stature really was a spy because if that was not the case, they planned to use it Resolved, That the Senate has heard with clerk will report the resolution by profound sorrow and deep regret the an- title. against him in the campaign. But they nouncement of the death of Jacob Chic The assistant legislative clerk read couldn’t, because it was true. He served Hecht, former member of the United States as follows: with distinction in the military. Senate. A resolution (S. Res. 481) relative to the Here’s another example of the kind of Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate death of Jacob Chic Hecht, former United man Chic was. communicate these resolutions to the House States Senator for the State of Nevada. We had today, as we have for many of Representatives and transmit an enrolled decades, our Tuesday caucuses. During copy thereof to the family of the deceased. There being no objection, the Senate Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns proceeded to consider the resolution. the time Senator Hecht served in the today, it stand adjourned as a further mark Mr. REID. Mr. President, yesterday Senate, he attended the Republican of respect to the memory of the Honorable morning in Chic Hecht died. Tuesday caucus. Well, one Tuesday, Jacob Chic Hecht. Chic Hecht was a former Senator and a JOHN KERRY was late coming to the f fellow Nevadan. On behalf of the entire Democratic caucus, and he came across ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY Senate family, I extend condolences to Chic Hecht, who was in a state of dis- AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2005 Chic’s wife, Gail, and their daughters, tress because while eating lunch with Leslie and Lori. the Republican caucus, he had some Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask Chic was a man very small in stat- food lodged in his throat. He couldn’t unanimous consent that the Com- ure, but his life has left a big shadow breathe. He staggered out of the Re- mittee on Homeland Security and Gov- on the State of Nevada and the entire publican conference and, fortuitously, ernmental Affairs be discharged from United States. Chic’s political career JOHN KERRY recognized that something further consideration of S. 879, and the was outstanding, and I consider it a was wrong. Senator KERRY applied the Senate proceed to its immediate con- privilege that I could serve with and Heimlich maneuver, and the food came sideration. know him. out. Chic Hecht was told by the doctors The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without When I was Lieutenant Governor of that he had a matter of a few seconds objection, it is so ordered. The clerk Nevada, Chic served in the Nevada to live. will report the bill by title. State Senate. When I was elected to Now, to show the kind of man Chic The assistant legislative clerk read the Congress in 1982, he was elected to Hecht was, every Christmas, even as follows: the Senate. A few years later, I had the though he was proud of his Jewish A bill (S. 879) to make improvements to good fortune of joining him here. faith, every Christmas thereafter, rec- the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984. Chic was someone who had no guile. ognizing that that was a day of cele- There being no objection, the Senate He made it through his political career bration for Senator KERRY, Senator proceeded to consider the bill.

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