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April 3, 1998 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð SENATE S3231 John and Mary Jane Ogilvie. It gives championships in his 21 years as coach. forts to bring a bill to the floor that me great pleasure to congratulate In doing so, he coached 9 consecutive balances the budget for the first time them on their momentous and joyful national championships from 1978±1986 in 30 years. And yet, this resolution day. which is an NCAA record for all sports. fails to adequately address some of our March 25, 1951, our Senate Chaplain Incidently, that streak was broken by nation's most pressing priorities, in- and love of his life took their vows to Iowa State University who placed 6th cluding child care, education, and become man and wife. This month this year in Cleveland. health care. marks 47 years of sharing their lives, Though he is largely unheralded out- First, however, I would like to take a dreams, work, struggles, laughs and side of amateur athletics, his formula moment to discuss how we reached this tears, and commitment to each other. for success is as simple as it is dif- historic moment when, for the first The Ogilvies were blessed with three ficultÐhard work. Gable once said, time since 1969, we present the Amer- children, Heather, Scott and Andrew, ``Like anything in life, it's not hard to ican people with a budget that is in and are also the proud grandparents of be the best. It is as simple as outwork- balance. The balanced budget we have four wonderful grandchildren, Erin, ing the opponent.'' His motto is ``Hard today is a result of the hard work and Airley, Bonnier and Scotter. work solves anything.'' But Gable progress we have made over the past In an era where marriages are too didn't just say the words, he lived few years to reduce the deficit. The ef- often short lived, it is wonderful to see them. And he demanded his wrestlers fort dates back to 1990 when President a couple who has endured the trials and live them as well. BushÐdespite strong opposition from tribulations that plague so many of to- Following Gable's 1971 Gold Medal his own partyÐboldly endorsed a plan day's marriage. The love and commit- victory in the World Championships in that lowered the deficit by $500 billion ment they have demonstrated over the Bulgaria, he celebrated by taking a and started us down the road to fiscal years should serve as an inspiration to long run. For most, that was a time to responsibility. us all. relax, to enjoy your success. For Dan This effort was then continued by Mr. President, I ask that you join Gable it was an opportunity to get one President Clinton in 1993 when he pro- posed a far-reaching economic plan, me, our colleagues, and the entire practice ahead of any opponent he which is more appropriately called the Ogilvie family in recognizing the won- might face in the upcoming 1972 Olym- Balanced Budget Plan of 1993. This bal- derful sense of achievement and happi- pic Games. ness that marks the occasion of 47 The notion of work and preparation anced budget plan, which I supported, was enacted into law without a single years of marriage. I congratulate and is almost second nature in an agricul- Republican vote and has helped to re- offer best wishes on many more years tural state such as Iowa, where folks duce the deficit from $290 billion at the of matrimonial bliss to my dear understand that you cannot harvest beginning of 1993 to an anticipated sur- friends, the Ogilvies.· what you do not sow. That's why the plus this year. Despite the claims by other secret to the success of Iowa f my colleagues on the other side of the wrestling is that most of its wrestlers UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WRESTLING aisle that President Clinton's plan are Iowans. Seven out of the ten wres- TEAMS WINS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP would doom our economy, this eco- tlers that Iowa qualified for nationals nomic plan has put us on a road to · Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, when are from the state of Iowa. solid recovery. It has reduced deficits many think of Iowa, they think of peo- Furthermore the second-place team, by more than $1 trillion, led us to the ple with spirit, discipline, and a good Minnesota, a suburb of Iowa in wres- lowest unemployment rate in 24 years, old-fashioned work ethic. When sports tling terms, is coached by a former created 15 million new jobs, and re- enthusiasts think of Iowa, they think product of Iowa wrestling. And the sulted in the greatest number of Amer- of superior college wrestling. coaches of Illinois, Wisconsin and Indi- Two weekends ago in Cleveland, icans owning homes ever. ana are former Iowa wrestlers. Iowa's Most recently, Mr. President, we fin- Ohio, for the fourth consecutive year, new coaches, Jim Zalesky, Lincoln ished the job of balancing the budget for the 7th time in the past 8 years, and McIlravy, Tom Brands and twin-broth- when we enacted the Balanced Budget for the 16th time in the last 21 years, er Terry Brands collectively won 10 Act of 1997. The Balanced Budget Act the University of Iowa won the college NCAA individual titles while wrestling of 1997, which I supported, not only re- wrestling national championship. Two for Dan Gable. duced spending, but also cut taxes for weeks prior, for the 25th consecutive Gable once said the biggest benefit of the first time in 16 years, providing year, Iowa won the Big Ten Conference sports is that ``* * * it teaches an ath- much-needed tax relief for working Championships. Individual titles were lete to deal with adversity and adver- families. I was very pleased to support won by Mark Ironside, Jeff McGinness sity builds character.'' Perhaps, the the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 be- and Joe Williams and three other greatest testament to Iowa's character cause it protected our priorities such Iowans became All-Americans by plac- is that they won a National Champion- as fiscal discipline, child care, edu- ing second. ship without Dan Gable. No one would cation, health care, and the environ- Imagine the attention a school would have wanted that more than Gable ment. get if it won two, three or four con- himself. Unfortunately, Mr. President, the secutive NCAA basketball tour- Former NFL-great Frank Gifford resolution before us today fails to pro- naments. Yet the University of Iowa's commented, ``Dan Gable is the most tect these priorities and turns its back dominance in NCAA wrestling has be- dedicated athlete I have ever known.'' on America's families and children. It come almost routine. Nevertheless, The impact of his dedication prevails fails to recognize many initiatives im- this year's victory was anything but even in his absence, as the tradition of portant to our children and families in- routine. Because this year, Iowa won Iowa's wrestling dominance marches cluding quality child care, reducing without its legendary coach, Dan forward. Old-fashioned hard work still class sizes, renovating and modernizing Gable, who took the season off and is lives in Iowas and it still works for our children's schools, and promoting contemplating retirement. Iowa. after-school learning. As many know, Dan Gable is the My congratulations to Iowa wres- The resolution provides no manda- world's most notable ambassador for tlingÐthe National Champions again! tory funding for either child care or the sport of wrestling. Gable grew up in f early childhood education. Moreover, it Iowa and compiled a 64±0 high school explicitly excludes President Clinton's FISCAL YEAR 1999 BUDGET record. He attended Iowa State, where proposals to use any revenues from RESOLUTION he was 118±1, and went on to win the comprehensive tobacco legislation to Gold Medal at the Olympics in Munich · Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I rise pay for initiatives for children, includ- in 1972. He won the Olympic tour- today to express my views on the budg- ing child care, anti-smoking education, nament without allowing an opponent et resolution. I commend the Budget children's health care, and improve- to score a single point against him. Committee on the job it has done. ments in education. Gable then went on to coach at the Chairman DOMENICI and Senator LAU- Clearly, the resolution before us University of Iowa and win 15 national TENBERG should be praised for their ef- shortchanges children, and that is why S3232 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Ð SENATE April 3, 1998 I offered an amendment to establish a TRIBUTE TO RICHARD A. two NASA Certificates of Recognition deficit-neutral reserve fund which SEARFOSS, RICHARD M. for software developed. could be used to fund legislation de- LINNEHAN AND JAY CLARK WMUR-TV of Manchester and the signed to improve the affordability, BUCKEY Christa McAuliffe Planetarium of Con- availability and quality of child care, · Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. cord are cooperating to offer a live and to support families' choices in car- President, I rise today to congratulate interactive question-and-answer ses- ing for their children. I was dis- Commander Richard A. Searfoss, mis- sion with the New Hampshire astro- appointed, obviously, when my amend- sion specialist Richard M. Linnehan nauts on April 24, 1998, that will be ment was defeated, but was pleased and payload specialist Jay Clark shown in the Planetarium and relayed that the amendment had the support of Buckey for their participation in the to students in the astronauts' home- fifty of my colleagues.