December 18, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8109 little attention then and is even less the Hispanic community and shared Mahalo, my friend, until we meet remembered now. the community’s hopes and aspira- again. My colleagues, DANNY’S speech tions. In recent conversations, I know f should be required reading today given from his comments that he understood RECESS the recent tragedies. It was just last the growing importance of the Hispanic week that I was asked to speak on Sen- community and the benefit of advanc- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under ator INOUYE’s behalf at an event con- ing their interests within American so- the previous order, the Senate stands cerning the proposed Eisenhower Me- ciety. He lived it, he understood it, he in recess until 2:15 p.m. morial. It is a joint bipartisan effort knew. Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:33 p.m., that has taken far too long to bring to We worked together on the recogni- recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassem- fruition. In the cloakroom the day be- tion of Filipino veterans—something bled when called to order by the Pre- fore we had one of our many discus- he was very passionate about—and he siding Officer (Mr. WEBB). sions where he grabbed my hand and thanked me most graciously, as al- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- looked me in the eye and said: You and ways, for my interest and for my com- ator from Maryland. I probably vote differently 80 percent of mitment to working with him on an f the time, but in all of our mutual ef- issue so dear to his heart. EXTENSION OF MORNING These are just a few stories of a man forts and all of our travels, I have con- BUSINESS sidered you a brother. who led a quintessentially American I didn’t know what to do. I responded life. I know there are thousands more Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I ask with a tear in my eye, and I said: I love stories to be told, some of which have unanimous consent to extend morning you, DANNY INOUYE. already been told on the Senate floor, business until 3 p.m., with Senators And he said: I love you too. but the real story is that this was a permitted to speak therein for up to 10 What a wonderful thing to hear from man who sacrificed for his country, minutes each. a true American hero in every respect. met the challenges it presented, but ul- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without It has been a privilege and an honor to timately, because of a kind heart and objection, it is so ordered. serve with such a remarkable and truly loyalty to the ideals we profess as The Senator from Texas. humble man. Americans, he became one of the most f I also want to thank his wonderful important, yet most humble, leaders in REMEMBERING DANIEL K. INOUYE staff in working with my staff on so the U.S. Senate. many mutual projects. Senator INOUYE and his life and deeds Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I Aloha, my dear friend. I will miss remind us what it means to be an rise this sad day to comment on the you every day. American hero, a war hero who carried passing of a great patriot, Senator I yield back the remainder of my the burden of his service with him all . He fought for his coun- time. of his life. His courage, his patriotism, try as part of the Greatest Generation The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- and his respect for the values he fought and served his State with distinction ator from New Jersey. for informed his views and his votes in for more than 50 years. Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask this Chamber. We were all honored to know him and unanimous consent to speak for 5 min- The Senate is sadly diminished today blessed by his sacrifice in defense of utes. with the passing of one of our most re- American freedom. We served together The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without spected and iconic leaders—a hero, a on the Armed Services Committee and objection, it is so ordered. powerful voice for reason, rationality, later on the Appropriations Committee Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, and common sense when reason, ra- as well. DANNY’S insight was invaluable there are few times in the history of tionality, and common sense are too to our Nation’s defense and military this institution when one Senator, a often in short supply. He will be missed policy. He did make America stronger. singularly iconic leader, comes along not only by all of us who had the privi- I had the pleasure of working with and reminds us of what it means to be lege to serve with him but by a nation him when we traveled together to Bos- a U.S. Senator and what it means to that needs more leaders like him. nia to visit our troops in the very early represent the very best of what this We, all of us, remember his lasting stages of that conflict. We later went Nation stands for and to do it, as he al- influence, his way of making us look to the Middle East on a CODEL with ways did, with the utmost dignity, into the heart of the matter without Senator Stevens as well. One of the pic- honor, pride, and integrity. prejudice or preconceived political im- tures in my office is of Senator Ste- I am deeply saddened to have to pressions. He knew how to get to the vens, Senator INOUYE, Senator SNOWE, speak to the passing of a true Amer- crux of an issue, and he led the way so and myself in our helmets and flak ican hero. He was someone who in- many times for the rest of us. We fol- jackets the first time we flew into Sa- spired so many of us in the Senate. His lowed his lead, and the Nation is better rajevo in the early 1990s, when the ideals and sense of justice were always for it. Serbs had still been shooting from the on display. All of us who worked with him as hills into the airport. The passing of Senator INOUYE leaves chairman of the Appropriations Com- In 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the a painful void in the leadership of this mittee respected his word and his com- end of World War II, Senator INOUYE body. In so many ways, the life and mitment to fairness. He was always and a number of other World War II sacrifice of Senator INOUYE embodies willing to listen, always willing to hear veterans gathered at the Smithsonian the essence of the ‘‘greatest genera- your side, always willing to reach out to reminisce about their time in battle. tion.’’ across the aisle for what he believed Senator INOUYE recalled the morning Even when faced with the suffering, was right. of December 7 at Pearl Harbor, when he indignity, and humiliation of an in- Most recently, he was the voice of recognized that the men in the Japa- ternment camp, he did not allow his support and wisdom in our efforts to nese planes looked like him, and he heart to be turned or his love and com- secure disaster relief for my home said he knew then his life would never mitment to his country to be dimin- State of New Jersey. He empathized be the same. ished. Justice was a constant theme in with the needs of New Jerseyans, just As soon as the Army permitted Japa- his life. He represented the challenges as he addressed the needs of Hawaiians nese Americans to volunteer, he signed faced by his Hawaiian people since for decades. There is no more gracious up and ventured to the mainland of the statehood, when he became its first man than DAN INOUYE, no one who was United States for the first time in his representative in the U.S. Congress. as dignified and respectful than the life. He and his fellow Hawaiians of We had a close bond when it came to senior Senator from . Japanese descent worried about how our concern for minorities in our coun- Our thoughts and prayers go out to they would be treated in the United try. Because of the struggles in his life, his wife and his family and to the peo- States but, as he recalled it, they en- he understood the struggles in both of ple of Hawaii today. We have lost an countered kindness and respect at our communities. He felt a kinship to incredibly great man. every stop their train made.

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In 1953, he was has left for all of us as we mourn his during this time that he also distin- elected to the Hawaii Territorial House death, celebrate his life, and give guished himself to earn the Congres- of Representatives and was imme- thanks for his service to the people of sional Medal of Honor, the highest diately elected majority leader. He Hawaii, the Senate, and the United military award in our country for served two terms there and was elected States of America. valor. to the Hawaii Territorial Senate in To Senator INOUYE we say aloha. There is often talk of partisan acri- 1957. Midway through his first term in With that, I suggest the absence of a mony in Washington, but we know the Territorial Senate, Hawaii quorum. strong friendships can form across achieved statehood. He won a seat in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The party lines. Senator INOUYE and Sen- the House of Representatives as Ha- clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to ator had such a friendship. waii’s first full Member and took office call the roll. They were both war heroes from the on August 21, 1959, the same date Ha- Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask last two States to join the Union, and waii became a State, and he was re- unanimous consent that the order for they both recognized and guarded the elected in 1960. Then, in 1962, he was elected to the the quorum call be rescinded. congressional prerogatives under our The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Constitution to play the primary role Senate and was reelected eight times, only once with less than 69 percent of objection, it is so ordered. in determining appropriations to fund Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, the Sen- the government. the vote. Senator INOUYE had been in the Congress since Hawaii became a ate—both as a legislative body and as a When they were the two senior Sen- family—is in mourning today after the ators on the Appropriations Committee State. He was the second longest serv- ing Senator in our Nation’s history, passing of its most senior and revered and on the Commerce Committee, they Member, Senator DANIEL INOUYE of Ha- considered themselves as cochairs and and he served with distinction, just as he served with distinction in the U.S. waii. officially designated each other as In his final days, Senator INOUYE was that. When control of the Senate Army. Others on this floor have already de- asked how he wanted to be remem- changed hands, it was not unusual for tailed his bravery in battle, his service bered. He replied, with characteristic one to retain key members of the oth- on the Watergate and Iran-Contra modesty: er’s staff. Committees and his accomplishments I represented the people of Hawaii and this So today, I add mine to the many as the first chairman of the Senate Se- nation honestly and to the best of my abil- voices mourning his passing and say to lect Committee on Intelligence and as ity. I think I did OK. his family: You are in our thoughts and chairman of the Commerce and Appro- With similar understatement, speak- prayers. priations Committees. I would like to ing about the extraordinary act of her- DANNY INOUYE was someone in our highlight his work on behalf of the vic- oism in combat for which he was Senate whom I think we should all tims of racial and economic and social awarded the Congressional Medal of strive to be; that is, he was a warrior, inequality and his commitment to Honor, he explained that it was ‘‘a case but he was a gentleman. He was a man making the Senate operate as the of temporary insanity.’’ who was loyal to the core for not only Founding Fathers envisioned. Modesty and reserve were trademark his beliefs but also his friends, and if he A statement on Senator INOUYE’s qualities of our beloved DANNY INOUYE. gave his word, his word was good. He is Web site says: ‘‘DAN INOUYE was always But we can speak more forthrightly someone whom every one of us who among the first to speak out against about this very extraordinary person. knew him cared for and regarded as a injustice whether interned Japanese Yes, Senator INOUYE represented the giant among us. In fact, I would say Americans, Filipino World War II vet- people of Hawaii and this Nation hon- the Senate has lost a gentle giant. erans, Native Americans and Native estly and to best of his ability. But he I yield the floor. Hawaiians.’’ How true. did not do just ‘‘OK.’’ DANIEL INOUYE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- A few hundred yards from this Cham- was a truly great American, a public ator from Maryland. ber is the Smithsonian’s magnificent servant of extraordinary accomplish- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I join National Museum of the American In- ment. His qualities of character and with Senator HUTCHISON in paying trib- dian. Senator INOUYE introduced the conscience and steadfastness have set ute to Senator DANIEL K. INOUYE. legislation to create that museum and the standard in the Senate for over five I rise to pay tribute to our dear col- fought for Native American and Native decades. league. Senator INOUYE was not one of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander recogni- Think about this. In 1973 and 1974, as the tallest Senators; in fact, he had a tion and rights and restitution as a Senate Select Committee inves- slight build and a quiet demeanor. But chairman of the Senate Committee on tigated the crimes of Watergate, which he was a giant. He will be missed by all Indian Affairs. Senator did we count on to take charge in the Senate. The people of his beloved In the Senate, Senator INOUYE treat- with tough but fair questioning of Hawaii will miss him. All Americans ed all his colleagues with respect and those involved? will miss him. courtesy and always reached across the In 1976, after revelations of abuse of In the immediate aftermath of the aisle to forge bipartisan solutions to power by the CIA and the FBI, which attack on Pearl Harbor, Senator our Nation’s biggest challenges. His Senator did we count on to oversee re- INOUYE was declared an enemy alien friendship with former Republican forms as first chairman of the Select because of his Japanese ancestry. But leader Bob Dole, whom he met while Committee on Intelligence? Of course, in 1943, when the U.S. Army dropped its the two of them were recuperating we counted on Senator INOUYE. enlistment ban on Japanese Ameri- from grievous combat injuries—along In 1987, as the Iran-Contra scandal cans, he enlisted in the Army and vol- with, I might say, another wounded rocked the Reagan administration, unteered to be part of the 442nd Regi- veteran who became a giant in the Sen- which Senator did we count on to lead mental Combat Team. ate, Senator Philip Hart of Michigan— a tough but fair inquiry as chairman of The 442nd became the most highly serves as an example we should strive the select committee appointed to in- decorated infantry regiment in the his- to emulate. He was a member of the so- vestigate the affair? Of course, we tory of the U.S. Army. The 442nd, called , again reaching across counted on Senator INOUYE. known by its motto, ‘‘Go for Broke,’’ the aisle at a time when partisan tem- Time and again, over seven decades, was awarded eight Presidential Unit pers were particularly high. the United States of America has Citations and 21 of its members, includ- There are few—if any—Americans counted on DANIEL INOUYE, and he al- ing Senator INOUYE, were awarded the who have been more heroic in battle, ways delivered. He always responded to

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Senator INOUYE was that and New Mexico, Silver City, he was an bat, he spent 2 years in Army hospitals. much more. Eagle Scout. He graduated from Har- At one of those hospitals he met two Senator INOUYE was the finest of vard College and Stanford Law School, other wounded veterans: a soldier from men. For half a century, the Senate where he met his future wife Anne. Kansas named Bob Dole and a Michi- has been graced by his dignified and While at Stanford, he worked on Sen- gan boy named Philip Hart. All three noble presence. It will not be the same ator Robert F. Kennedy’s campaign for would go on to become giants of Senate without him. We will miss our friend President. At the age of 35, he was history. DANIEL INOUYE very, very much. elected New Mexico attorney general It is difficult to imagine, but after re- Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I in 1978. Four years later, at the age of turning from the war, LT DANIEL suggest the absence of a quorum. 39, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. INOUYE was wearing an empty right The PRESIDING OFFICER. The During his three decades in this sleeve pinned to his Army uniform and clerk will call the roll. body, JEFF BINGAMAN has been a classic was denied service at a San Francisco The legislative clerk proceeded to workhorse Senator as opposed to being barbershop. The barber dismissed him call the roll. a show horse Senator. He is truly re- Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask with the words, ‘‘We don’t serve Japs markable and distinctive among Sen- unanimous consent that the order for here.’’ One of DANIEL INOUYE’s great ators for his willingness to shun the the quorum call be rescinded. legacies in his successful fight to de- limelight and share the credit in order The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to get important work done for his feat that brand of racism and discrimi- objection, it is so ordered. nation was his successful fight against State and for his country. any form of discrimination against f Senator BINGAMAN has been a much- valued colleague of mine on the anyone, especially people with disabil- TRIBUTES TO DEPARTING Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ities. Throughout his political career, SENATORS Committee, but he has really made his he fought for civil rights and social jus- mark in the Senate—a lasting mark— tice not only for Japanese Americans Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I come in his role as chair of the Energy and but for all Americans. to the floor now to bid farewell to one Natural Resources Committee. As Mr. President, I have lost not only a of the Senate’s most respected Mem- chair and also at times ranking mem- friend of nearly four decades but also bers, Senator OLYMPIA SNOWE from the ber of that committee, he has played a my chairman on the Committee on Ap- great State of . She chose to re- leading role in shaping energy policy propriations and its Subcommittee on tire this year after a distinguished ca- for our Nation, authoring bipartisan Defense. Senator INOUYE was well reer in public service spanning nearly legislation promoting a balanced en- known as a stalwart advocate for na- four decades, first in the Maine Legis- ergy portfolio encompassing all energy tional defense and for veterans. He also lature, 6 years in the U.S. House, and sources. fought very passionately to advance the last 18 years here in the U.S. Sen- Senator BINGAMAN worked closely education, the National Institutes of ate. with his New Mexico colleague, Sen- Health, and other programs in the ju- Throughout this remarkable career, ator Pete Domenici, to pass the land- risdiction of my Appropriations Sub- she has been respected for her inde- mark 2005 Energy Policy Act, signed committee on Labor, Health and pendence, always putting her values into law by President George W. Bush. Human Services, and Education. and country ahead of party and par- This was signed, I might add, appro- I will never forget what Senator tisanship. She can, of course, be a very priately at Sandia National Labora- INOUYE said one time in a meeting in persuasive advocate for the conserv- tories in Albuquerque, NM. That com- which my bill on labor, health and ative causes she holds dear, but, as we prehensive law established human services, education, NIH, the all know and appreciate, she is willing groundbreaking policies on many Centers for Disease Control—all of the to buck party loyalty when she be- fronts, including a renewable fuels things that are in that bill came for- lieves it is in error or when she believes standard for biofuels, support for alter- ward. Remember, Senator INOUYE was in what is better for our country. And native vehicles, loan guarantees for at that time the chairman of the De- our future depends on . I new energy technologies that reduce fense Appropriations Subcommittee, cite, for example, when she voted in greenhouse gases, establishing policies and he said something I will never for- favor of the Recovery Act and the to upgrade the electrical grid, plus a get. Dodd-Frank reform of Wall Street. whole range of measures to promote He said: I especially admire Senator SNOWE’s energy efficiency. I chair the Defense Appropriations Sub- talent for reaching across the aisle and In 2007 he again collaborated with committee. That is the subcommittee that building bridges in order to get things Senator Domenici in securing passage defends America. done. On that score, she has rep- of the Energy Independence and Secu- He said: resented the United States and her rity Act. This act included an ambi- Senator HARKIN chairs the Subcommittee State of Maine at her very best, and tious increase in vehicle fuel efficiency on Labor, Health and Human Services, and that is just one of the many reasons standards—from 25 miles per gallon to Education. That is the subcommittee that why we are sad that she has chosen, 35 miles per gallon by the year 2020—as defines America. voluntarily, to retire. well as significantly greater commit- So Senator INOUYE was not a one-di- OLYMPIA SNOWE has been a wonderful ments to the use of biofuels. These two mensional person. He was not just colleague and friend, always congenial, provisions are largely responsible for someone who fought for our veterans always willing to listen, always willing the significant decrease in oil imports and fought for the strong defense of our to examine different sides of an issue. that we have seen over the past several country. I also remember him saying What more could we ask of any U.S. years. one time—repeating the famous words Senator? We have been fortunate to More broadly, Senator BINGAMAN has of President Truman—that the have had a Senator of her high caliber, played a critical role in ensuring the strength of America comes not just intelligence, and character in this body vitality of America’s energy research from the number of tanks, guns, and for the last 18 years. I join with the en- and development community, cham- war planes we have but from the tire Senate family in wishing her and pioning energy programs at all levels, health, welfare, and education of our John the very best in the years ahead. including universities, national labora- people. JEFF BINGAMAN tories, and in private industry. In tributes on the floor yesterday and Mr. President, in these closing days I can’t close without mentioning a today, colleagues are remembering DAN of the 112th Congress, the Senate is great living legacy of the Senator from

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