April 4, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3429 four pilots and wounding many on the work us very late, as did Senator Dole, burg, . Captain Brown ground, including one young man who and then Senator BYRD and then Sen- was then selected for the prestigious had 68 percent of his body covered with ator Mitchell, our majority leaders. I position of Executive Assistant to the burns, and the deaths of two 6-year-old would drive him home in the wee hours Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Fi- girls, and it was a fatal accident for of the morning. And sometimes after 1 nancial Management in Washington, Senator . a.m., after one of those 20-hour days, DC. Following a successful tour of Senator Heinz had an illustrious ca- we would sit and talk in his back alley duty, he next reported to the Navy Of- reer in the Congress of the United before he entered his home, and we fice of Legislative Affairs as Congres- States. I first met him in 1971 when he called it an end to the day. sional Liaison for Readiness Programs. was running for the seat of former Con- The day before he died, I had Joan Captain Brown was then chosen to gressman Robert Corbin, who had died. with me. I called her Blondie, which I serve as a senior Supply Officer on- And , the matriarch of do from time to time, and he was sur- board USS PUGET SOUND, AD–38. Pennsylvania politics, and a leading prised. The last words I heard John Recognized for his sustained out- figure nationally, had asked me to Heinz say was, ‘‘Does she call you standing leadership and organizational come be a speaker for a John Heinz Dagwood?’’ I said, ‘‘No, she doesn’t, skills, Captain Brown was then se- fundraiser in her home. John.’’ lected to serve as the Senior Analyst I was then the district attorney of But in memory of John Heinz there on the Department of the Navy’s Orga- Philadelphia. I recall very well meet- have been many posthumous recogni- nization, Management and Infrastruc- ing this good-looking young man who tions. The most important of all are ture Team. was 32 years old, soon to be elected to the Heinz Awards, established by his Returning to a position working with the House of Representatives, and saw then-widow , with very our nation’s lawmakers, Captain him in one of his maiden speeches substantial endowments in five cat- Brown was handpicked to serve as Di- charm the crowd and move on to the egories which were of greatest impor- rector of the Naval Programs Division, House of Representatives. tance to John Heinz. They were: First, Navy Office of Legislative Affairs. In My next extensive contact with John arts and humanities; second, environ- this capacity he was a major asset to Heinz was in the 1976 primary election ment; third, human condition; fourth, the Navy, Marine Corps, and Congress where we squared off in what was a tra- public policy; and, fifth, technology, and has been considered a valued advi- ditional Pennsylvania battle of east the economy, and employment. sor to the very top echelons of the versus west. I was no longer the dis- John Heinz left behind three extraor- Navy and Congress. His consummate trict attorney but had a significant fol- dinary sons, Henry John IV, Andre, and leadership and integrity ensured that lowing within the metropolitan area in Christopher. Hardly a day goes by that Naval programs were appropriate, un- eastern Pennsylvania, and John Heinz I don’t think of John Heinz and the derstood, and well communicated. A was the ‘‘Zion’’ of the west. It looked great contributions he made to the role model and mentor to those who promising for a while when Philadel- Senate. worked for and with him, he made his phia came in 10 to 1 in my favor and I am advised that once a Member has impact on people as well as programs. then United Press International de- been gone for 10 years, the Member is Through his brilliant insight and dedi- clared me the winner at 1:30. But Alle- then eligible to have a stamp named cation, he directly contributed to the gheny County and some of the western after him. I am sure there will be many future readiness of the United States counties came in as much as 15 to 1. awards given to John Heinz. Already Navy and this nation. This was a very close vote by 2.6 per- the numbers are significant, with the Captain Brown’s distinguished cent. With 26,000 votes out of a million John Heinz Regional His- awards include the Legion of Merit, the cast, John Heinz became the U.S. Sen- tory Center; the H. John Heinz Center Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy ator following the 1976 election at the for Science, Economics and the Envi- Commendation Medal, the Navy age of 38. ronment; the H. John Heinz, III School Achievement Medal, the Sea Service He was a very distinguished Senator, of Public Policy and Management at Ribbon, Battle ‘‘E’’ Ribbon, Navy Meri- as the record shows. He had a place on Carnegie Mellon University; the John torious Unit Commendation and the the Finance Committee. He had a place Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Navy Unit Commendation. on the Banking Committee. He was Tinicum; and the H.J. Heinz Depart- The Department of the Navy, the chairman of the Aging Committee. It ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Cen- Congress, and the American people was rumored that he intended to run ter. have been defended and well served by for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1994, f this dedicated naval officer for over 26 and that he had aspirations for the years. Captain Will Brown will long be CAPTAIN WILL BROWN White House. Of course, those remembered for his leadership, service potentialities were snuffed out by his Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I rise today and dedication. He will be missed. We untimely death. to recognize and honor Captain Will wish Will, and his lovely wife Phyllis, John Heinz had unlimited political Brown, , as he re- our very best as they begin a new chap- potential and was really one of the ris- tires upon completion of over 26 years ter in their life together. ing stars on the American political of honorable and faithful service to our f scene. His death left an enormous void nation. in Pennsylvania politics, in American A native of Queens, New York, Cap- EQUAL PAY politics, and in the Senate. tain Brown joined the Navy in 1975. A Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, yes- I had seen him just the day before career Supply Officer, he began his terday, Equal Pay Day, marked the when we were in Altoona, PA, together. service as the Sales Officer aboard USS day this year when women’s median We were speaking at a lunch for the GUAM, LPH–9, followed by a shore as- earnings for 2000 and 2001 to date, catch hospital association and had become signment at Naval Aviation Technical up with what men earned last year. very good friends after our tough pri- Training Center, Lakehurst, New Jer- It is disgraceful that hard-working mary battle which had occurred some sey. Captain Brown returned to sea as women and people of color are still bat- 15 years before. Senator the Supply Officer aboard USS BAR- tling wage disparities and pay dis- and his administrative assistant, Bob NEY, DDG–6, and then served as the crimination on the job. There is a Kunsic, had counseled John and me Combat Systems Analyst at Com- wealth of evidence that shows that the when he was elected to the Senate in mander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. At- wage gap still continues to plague 1980, that together we wouldn’t be lantic Fleet. Following graduation American families, and that wage dis- twice as strong but we would be four from the Naval War College, he was the crimination continues to be a serious times as strong. Director of Consumable Logistics Man- and pervasive problem in workplaces I used to drive John Heinz home. We agement on the Chief of Naval Oper- across the country. In spite of the both lived in Georgetown—he in a man- ations Staff followed by an assignment progress we have made, women still sion and I in a condominium. In the as Director of Repairables at Naval earn only 76 cents for every dollar early 1980s, Senator Baker used to Supply Systems Command, Mechanics- earned by men. African American

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