S11424 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 5, 2001 needs and the investment in infrastruc- real lift to this economy. The Presi- AMERICA’S FARMERS NEED A ture as part of a stimulus package. dent is right, we need to do it. It would FARM BILL NOW That is important as well. be unforgivable, in my judgment, if Mr. DORGAN. My colleague from Ar- We have the issues of extending un- Congress left town sometime between izona is coming back to speak, but be- employment benefits, health care now and Christmas, whenever we finish fore he does I will mention the issue of issues for the unemployed, the issue of our work, and had not passed a stim- the farm bill. We have had a substan- what kind of tax cuts might be em- ulus package to try to provide some tial amount of discussion in recent ployed to stimulate and lift this econ- lift to this country’s economy. days about the farm bill. omy, and then the issue of what kind of I know some will argue we have eco- I mentioned aviation security, which infrastructure investment we can make nomic stabilizers that we did not used we need to get done quickly. I men- that puts people back to work building, to have in this economy and that reces- tioned the stimulus package, which we repairing, and making things. All of sions are not quite as deep as they used have a requirement to enact, and now a these should come together in a pack- to be. We do not know that. We do not farm bill. We have the Secretary of Ag- age designed to stimulate this econ- know what the consequences of Sep- omy. riculture who has left, I believe, for This economy is in much more trou- tember 11 will be on this economy. We Qatar. It is a country whose name most ble than most people understand. It do know that going into September 11, of us cannot pronounce. They are hav- was a very soft economy prior to Sep- we were in the business cycle and we ing the WTO meeting in Qatar because tember 11, and September 11 cut a hole were on the contraction side of a busi- they cannot have them anywhere else. right through the belly of this econ- ness cycle. It is inevitable that there is It is a country with very few hotel omy. We are beginning to see the evi- expansion and contraction, and we rooms, and so they will therefore ac- dence of that now each day with each were on the contraction side of that commodate very few demonstrators. additional number that describes the business cycle. These demonstrators tend to show up condition of our economy. Then September 11 occurred. We shut wherever they are discussing trade It is going to have an impact in every down the airline industry. The entire anywhere in the world, so they are hav- part of this country. It will touch vir- travel industry in this country is in a ing this meeting in Qatar. But we had tually every family. So the question is, huge amount of trouble. Some of us hoped to meet with the Secretary of What can we do and how can we do it? have proposed some loan guarantees to Agriculture last week. How can we lift this drowning econ- try to provide assistance in those We think it is very important to pass omy? areas. This economy took a huge body a farm bill in the next 3 or 4 weeks. President Bush has said he wants blow, and I think most do not under- The House of Representatives did so. It Congress to act and act quickly. He is stand how deep this likely recession is better than current law. It is not right about that. We should. We must. could be or how long it could last if all good enough yet for wheat and feed But just acting, if it is not the right of us do not now do the right thing. grains and some of the things we need thing, will not be the right approach. If to do to improve it, but we have a re- This is not about Democrats or Re- we do not do the right thing, taking ac- sponsibility to pass a farm bill, one publicans. It is about good ideas, hav- tion is pretty irrelevant. What we need that works for family farmers. ing the capacity to employ opportuni- to do is take action now to do the right There are some who are counseling, ties for investment and consumption in thing to give help to this country’s as the Secretary of Agriculture, the this economy to try to rev this eco- economy. The House of Representa- head of the Office of Management and nomic engine once again. tives passed what they called a stim- Budget and others have, that, oh, do ulus package. I describe it as leftovers. We went through unprecedented not worry, do not do it now, do it next My mother used to talk about left- growth in our country for a good many spring; the money will still be there. overs when she was talking about the years. We were blessed with that. In Nonsense. That money is in the budget supper table. What is for supper? We fact, some looked at those numbers and this year, and it reserves a place this called it supper in my hometown. When they looked at NASDAQ and the stock year and in future years, but it will not she said leftovers, we all understood in market and they thought this economy be there next year. Next year, we face our family what leftovers meant. only goes one way. an entirely different economy when we Well, I view the stimulus package It is true of the President. It was true begin constructing a new budget. So we that the House passed almost the same of the Congress. Everybody said: You have a responsibility to do a farm bill way, as leftovers. It is all the things know something, we are going to have in the next 2, 3 to 4 weeks as well, and they had left over from previous tax surpluses for 10 years in a row. The some of us are going to fight like the bills that they did not get, but they al- next 10 years we are going to do so devil to make that happen. ways wanted to do. It did not have very great we are going to have surpluses I prefer it be a farm bill that comes much at all to do with whether it is every year. So let us put in a very out of the Agriculture Committee. Sen- going to help this economy, whether it large tax cut anticipating surpluses for ator HARKIN is leading the way, and I is going to stimulate this economy, the next 10 years. want to work with him. If it does not whether it is going to lift this econ- come out of the committee, then there omy. It was just leftovers. That was just months ago. Those sur- is a farm bill sitting at the desk we In fact, I will mention one. I will not pluses are very quickly vanishing, re- could bring before the Senate and go into great depth. One of them, at a grettably, and this economy has cost of $21 billion, was stuck in the changed in a very significant way. I amend. It came from the House of Rep- House-passed stimulus package to hope we can get back to the position resentatives. One way or another we incentivize investments overseas. Now, where we have economic strength and owe it to the American farmers to tell me how that stimulates the econ- opportunity, hope for American fami- write a farm bill that works. omy in this country. It is a big give- lies who have lost their jobs and a I see my colleague from Arizona is in away to companies that move and keep growing economy that provides new op- the Chamber, and I yield the floor. needed investment capital overseas and portunities for others in this country The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. earn income overseas and do not want who are going to enter the job market. LEAHY). The Senator from Arizona. to repatriate the money. Now talk At this point, this Congress has no f about the nth degree of goofy. At a choice but to be with this President time when our economy is on its knees, and, between the two parties, construct ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS, THE we have the U.S. House passing a tax a stimulus package that really does WORLD SERIES CHAMPS provision that incentivizes additional give a lift and some hope to the Amer- Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I thank my investments overseas. Our investments ican economy. If we do not do that, the colleague from North Dakota for ar- ought to be to incentivize creating jobs American people should judge us harsh- ranging my time to speak. I will talk in the United States, not elsewhere. ly, in my judgment. Between now and about two things: First is the victory So we have a big job ahead of us to when we leave this year, we have a re- last night in the bottom of the ninth try to pass legislation that provides a sponsibility to do that. inning of the Arizona Diamondbacks in

VerDate 06-NOV-2001 00:44 Nov 06, 2001 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G05NO6.021 pfrm02 PsN: S05PT1 November 5, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S11425 the baseball World Series. Naturally, It was not by accident. The Arizona Colangelo. He deserves the very best, we Arizonans are very proud of the Ari- Diamondbacks wanted to play the very as does his management team, his son zona Diamondbacks. best in the World Series. They wanted Bryan, and all the others who worked I am proud of the New York Yankees, to play the New York Yankees; they to make that a great family and a and I am proud of the people of the city got that chance. They wanted to beat great team in the State of Arizona. of New York. Ever since I was a little the very best, and in Mariano Rivera, I note that I talked to Jerry kid, I was a New York Yankees fan be- the New York Yankees’ relief pitcher, Colangelo this morning. He had re- cause my grandfather used to listen to that is who they had to beat in the bot- ceived a congratulatory call from the games on the radio back in the tom of the ninth. And they did. It President Bush, himself a great base- Midwest I became familiar with the takes nothing away from Rivera or the ball fan. And hopefully some of the statistics of all of the great players of rest of the Yankees who are truly a Diamondbacks will be able to get to the New York Yankees throughout the class act, but what it shows is that Washington in the not too distant fu- years, mostly through the good but there has now begun a new dynasty in ture to meet with the President. He is through both the good and the bad. baseball—the Arizona Diamondbacks. also on the way to Chicago for the They have been the most successful They won 100 games in their second baseball owners meetings, and there franchise in baseball history, of course, season, did not win the National are some big decisions the owners have and when the events of September 11 League pennant but did very well. to make about this great American occurred in New York City, all of Naturally, we were very proud of pastime. America, in a sense, became New York them. Now to win it all in the World I just wanted to share with my col- Yankees fans. When they won the Series really caps it off for Arizona leagues my joy, and I am sure I speak American league pennant and went to fans. for all the people in Arizona, the way the World Series for the first time My hat goes off to the general part- they feel about the Arizona probably in their history, Americans ner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Diamondbacks this year, the way they were pulling for the New York Yankees Jerry Colangelo. Jerry is known in the have kept together as a team. They rather than the other team which, of sports world as a very successful sports have had to play a very tough National course, had always before been the un- entrepreneur, a real fan, and also a par- League Western Division, the Los An- derdog, and mostly Americans pulled ticipant. He himself played ball in his geles Dodgers and the San Francisco for the underdog. But this time, they youth and, coming from Chicago, obvi- Giants, who were challenging them were pulling for the New York ously was involved in the key franchise every step of the way. San Diego was a Yankees; everybody except, that is, the of the Chicago Bulls, came to Arizona, tough team for them, as were the Colo- Arizona Diamondbacks fans. and helped create the Phoenix Suns, a rado Rockies. Four years ago, Arizona got a base- very successful franchise in its own All of those teams deserve a lot of ball team. At that point, I became, at right. credit. But in the end it was the Ari- least in the National League, an Ari- He was the natural person to whom zona Diamondbacks who marched zona Diamondbacks fan. My fantasy the leaders of Phoenix came when they through the other teams and ended up was to have a World Series that in- wanted to put together a major league beating Atlanta to take the pennant volved the American League champion, baseball team. And he said: I really and I think, in facing the New York the New York Yankees, and the Na- have my hands full with the other Yankees, faced the best the American tional League champion, the Arizona things I’m doing, including the Phoe- League had to offer. It was obviously a Diamondbacks, in which both teams nix Suns and in getting a new stadium, victory in which all of Arizona can would do very well and which would be a new place for the Phoenix Suns to take a great deal of pride. And I hope won by the Arizona Diamondbacks in play ball; and he said: We would have fans across the United States who may the bottom of the ninth inning of the to have a brand new ballpark: that have been pulling for the Yankees for seventh game. Lo and behold, that is exactly what would take a lot in terms of public sup- other sentimental reasons this year happened, a dream come true for a port, and I would rather not be in- will take a good hard look at the up- baseball fan all of my life and some- volved in it. start Arizona Diamondbacks who de- body who likes both of these teams But he was the logical choice, and re- serve a lot of credit, having beaten the very well. luctantly he agreed to take the leader- best, and will be around for a long time Obviously, I rooted for the ship in bringing together the Arizona to come as a great baseball team play- Diamondbacks. I understand the dis- baseball franchise. He did that. He ing our great national pastime. appointment of the New Yorkers who raised the money. He provided the lead- A final word on this. I was talking to lost but, of course, as we all know, New ership. He got the BankOne ballpark somebody this morning who said: You Yorkers have more often than not been built with a beautiful stadium in down- know, during this series, which has to on the other side and have tasted the town Phoenix with a retractable roof go down as one of the greatest series in fruits of victory. that goes back and forth in 6 minutes, the history of baseball, the way the All Americans appreciate the valiant a beautiful natural turf ballpark in games were won in Yankee Stadium battle both teams put up and certainly which to play. and in the bottom of the ninth in the what the New York Yankees were try- His philosophy was to create a win- seventh game in Phoenix, a lot of ing to achieve for not only themselves ner. Jerry Colangelo is about winning. America was focused on having fun as a team but the people of New York. He is not a guy who just wants to field with our national pastime and not In a larger sense, all Americans par- a team and then perhaps take 20 years thinking about some of the more seri- ticipated in this series fully aware of to get to the World Series. He thought ous and difficult issues we have had to what it meant to the people of New the Arizona fans deserved a winner at face. One of the ways we can show the York and, frankly, it meant that same the very beginning, and that is what he terrorists that they can have abso- thing for all of the people of America set about to create. Naturally, it did lutely no chance of beating the Amer- because we could not go to the series not come free, and as a result, because ican spirit is to continue to do what we with the Yankees playing without a new major league baseball franchise enjoy, and that includes enjoying our thinking of the events of September 11. cannot participate in most of the reve- great national pastime, baseball. So Yet in another way, the series having nues from the league for I think it is my hat is off to the Arizona been won by a new, fresh team, the Ari- about 5 years, it was very costly to the Diamondbacks. zona Diamondbacks, I think also is a people who supported the team, and fi- f great thing for America. As a nancially, obviously, they are not in as Diamondbacks fan, it is especially good shape as some other teams that NOMINATION OF JOHN WALTERS gratifying that after just 4 short years, have been there a lot longer. Mr. KYL. Mr. President, the other the Arizona Diamondbacks won the So this will be a big boon to them not subject I want to talk about today is baseball World Series, the shortest pe- just from a fan support base but finan- also, I hope, good news in that it in- riod of time ever in the history of base- cially as well. Therefore, I really ap- volves what I think the Senate will be ball. preciate what has happened for Jerry able to take up very soon, and that is

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